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BJP Man Set To Be 2nd Dalit Prez
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Bihar governor
Ram Nath Kovind, a known
Dalit figure in BJP circles, is
set to take over as the 14th Pre-
sident after the incumbent
Pranab Mukherjee retires on
July 24. Kovind, 71, will be the
second Dalit, after the late K R
Narayanan, to be President,
and the first one from UP.
A former chief of BJPs
Dalit Morcha who was twice
nominated to the Rajya Sab-
ha before being appointed go-
vernor of Bihar after Na-
rendra Modis victory in 2014,
Kovind is a perfect fit for the
Dalit outreach that Prime Mi-
nister Modi, BJP chief Amit
Shah and the RSS leadership
have been working on to ex-
pand the partys social base.
BJP reckons that his ascen-
sion will help it improve its
standing among Scheduled
Castes. The party also believes
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his social background will
fetch him support from quar-
ters outside NDA, besides ma-
king things difficult for the op-
position. So is the fact that he
comes from UP, which sends 80
MPs to Lok Sabha.
The confidence that he will
be a copybook President, spa-
ring the government any hea-
dache in the run-up to the 2019
Lok Sabha polls, was, sources
said, another consideration in
play. A non-controversial per-
son and a respecter of proto-
col, Kovind, who was praised
by Bihar CM Nitish Kumar for
playing by the book, is expec-
ted to have a good relationship
with the government.
Though Congress, Left,
Trinamool and some others re-
fused to endorse him and are
planning not to give BJP a wal-
kover, Kovinds selection looks
like a foregone conclusion.
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WILL BE FIRST FROM UP; NDAS CHOICE ASSURED OF MAJORITY
Born October 1, 1945,
in Dalit farmer family
in Kanpur
BCom & LLB graduate
from Kanpur Univ
Advocate by
profession, practised in
Delhi HC & SC
Was personal
assistant to former
PM Morarji Desai
Elected to RS from UP
in 1994-2000 & 2000-2006
Ex-president of BJP
Dalit Morcha and ex-
national spokesperson
of the party
Represented India
in the United Nations,
addressed UNGA in 2002
Is married and has a
son and daughter ITS A DUTY. LETS TAKE IT AS SUCH R N KOVIND
Cant spare anyone
from Cabinet: Modi
A ll those in PMs Cabinet
nursing a desire to become
the next President or the Vice-
President were left disappoint-
ed with the PM making it clear
that he couldnt spare any
senior minister. Sources said
he cited Manohar Parrikars
exit from the defence ministry
and environment minister
Anil Daves sudden death to
bolster his point. P 12
BJP, along with its NDA part-
ners, is a fraction short of the
majority mark in the electoral
college comprising elected
members of the two Houses of
Parliament and state assem-
blies. But the support of regio-
nal parties like TRS of Teleng-
ana, YSR Congress, Biju Jana-
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Oppn refuses to
throw in towel
E ven as important regional
players started drifting
towards BJP, the opposition
led by Congress and the
Left refused to abandon
efforts to put up a fight amid
indications that its choice
might narrow down to
Congresss Dalit leader and
former LS Speaker Meira
Kumar and Mahatma Gandhis
grandson Gopalkrishna. P 12
ta Dal and AIADMK has put it
in an unassailable position.
There are indications that
the NDA might garner furt-
her support in the build-up to
the poll scheduled for July 17
with players like NCP not ap-
pearing as enthusiastic as
Congress, Left and RJD to put
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WHY RAM NATH KOVIND?
Picking a Dalit wholl be the first President
from UP is part of BJPs outreach to Dalits,
which has intensified after inter-caste clashes
in Gujarat, Maharashtra and UP
Could create a rift within the opposition.
Nitish Kumar has welcomed the move while
Mayawati has indicated that it will be difficult
for her to oppose his candidature
Has RSS backing. Considered a respecter of
protocol, he is expected to go by the book and
maintain good relations with the government
I am sure (he) will make an
exceptional President and continue
to be a strong voice for the poor,
downtrodden and marginalised... PM MODI
Our stand (towards Someone of the
Kovind) will be
positive provided
stature of Pranabda, or
even Sushma Swaraj
the oppn does not or Advaniji could have
field any Dalit been made candidate
MAYAWATI MAMATA BANERJEE up to five acres. The waiver
NDA confident of
61% votes for Kovind
Wasnt allowed into
Prezs Shimla home
R N Kovind is expected to
have an easy passage to L ess than a month ago,
security personnel didnt
Rashtrapati Bhavan. The NDA
has the committed support of
60.83% of the electoral college,
allow R N Kovind and his family
to enter the Presidents
residence in Shimla, saying he
with TRS, AIADMK, YSR did not have permission from
Congress and BJD backing the Presidents office, reports
Kovind. Nitish Kumar has spo- Anand Bodh. In a twist of fate,
ken well of him and BSP might Kovind is now the frontrunner
not oppose him. Even if the op- to spend the next summer at
position fields a candidate, the the 150-year-old retreat in
contest will be academic.. P 12 Mashobra. P 12
up a symbolic fight against
the BJP candidate.
ong voice for the poor, down-
trodden and marginalised. Wi-
Soon after Kovinds name
was announced by party chief
Amit Shah, Modi took to Twit-
th his illustrious background
in the legal arena, Kovinds
knowledge and understan-
ter to praise the NDAs pick. I ding of the Constitution will
am sure Ram Nath Kovind will benefit the nation, he said.
make an exceptional Presi-
dent and continue to be a str- Continued on P 12
Punjab 3rd state to
waive farm loans,
to take `24k cr hit
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chandigarh: The farm loan
waiver fever is spreading
across the country, threate-
ning to place a huge additio-
nal burden on the already
creaking finances of state
governments. On Monday,
Punjab became the third sta-
te this year after UP and
Maharashtra to announ-
ce a total waiver of all crop
loans up to Rs 2 lakh for
small and marginal farmers
(up to 5 acres) and a flat Rs 2
lakh relief for all other mar-
ginal farmers, irrespective
of their loan amount.
Punjab chief minister
Amarinder Singh announced
the waiver, one of his key poll
promises, in the assembly. He
said the move would benefit
10.25 lakh farmers. Some 8.75
lakh farmers have farms of
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Extend window to
verify CBSE marks
Manash.Gohain
@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: A TOI front-page
report on Sunday, pointing
out differences of up to 400%
in original and corrected to-
FULL COVERAGE: P 2
tals in CBSE Class XII exams,
has triggered an outcry amo-
ng parents and students.
They not only want the
window for verification of
marks extended, but are also
demanding that CBSE should
reopen the re-evaluation pro-
cess and make available pho-
tocopies of the evaluated ans-
10.25L TO BENEFIT
Third state after UP &
Maha to waive farm loans
Total waiver of all crop
loans up to 2 lakh for small
and marginal farmers
Flat 2 lakh relief for all
other marginal farmers,
irrespective of loan amount
State to take over
institutional loans of all
families hit by farmer suicide
Ex-gratia for suicide-hit
families up from 3L to 5L
will cost the debt-ridden state
Rs 24,000 crore, according to
one estimate. Singh said his
government had not decided
on whether to take a fresh lo-
an or generate more revenue
for the purpose.
YOU READ IT HERE
CBSE shocker: Big errors in totalling
Up To 400% Difference In Original And Corrected Marks Raises Questions
Manash.Gohain
@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: Sonali, a Delhi
IS THE NATIONAL BOARD FAILING AT BASIC MATHS?
5 EXAMPLES OF TOTALLING ERRORS
Original Revised Change There are cases
TOI mailed and texted a
questionnaire to CBSEs
chairperson and spokesper-
son on Saturday but there
student, was horrified to SUBJECT 0 MARKS 33 100 of students was no official response until
learn, on May 29, that she had the filing of this report. How-
scored a mere 68 in mathe-
Mathematics 42 90 114% with over 60% ever, a senior CBSE official
matics in her Class XII exam. Economics 16 61 281% marks having admitted that the number of
With 99 in economics, 95 in ac- been failed applications for verification
9 45 400% due to error in
countancy and 96 in business Economics of marks has been unprece-
studies, the maths marks just dented, although he didnt re-
didnt add up. Samiksha
English Core 30 66 120% totalling veal the exact number.
Sharmas dream of making it History 48 98 104% FULL TABLE: P 8
This raises two important
to a North Campus college questions. First, what is
was almost shattered when tral Board of Secondary Edu- 68 to a respectable 95. his subjects, scored just 50 in wrong with the totaling proc-
she scored 42 in maths, after cation (CBSE) for verifica- These are not stray cases. maths. After verification, his ess and how fair is it for the
scoring well in English, Busi- tion retotaling of marks Documents accessed by TOI marks were revised to 90. An- CBSE to do away with re-eval-
ness Studies and Fine Arts. that Samikshas 42 more than revealed how Mohammad Af- other economics student who uation altogether?
It was only after the two doubled to 90. As for Sonali, fan, a Mumbai student who was failed with 9 marks fi-
students applied to the Cen- her maths score went up from scored 80% and above in all nally ended up with 45. Move anti-student, P 8
TOI, June 18
wer scripts without any rider.
Technically, the deadline
to file online applications for
obtaining photocopies of the
evaluated answer scripts en-
ded on Monday. However, ma-
ny said CBSE should extend
the provision.
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Min and Maxi temperature will be
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Fire scare at
Metro station
A short-circuit in one of the
ACs at Mandi House metro
station caused panic on Monday
night after smoke was seen
coming out from the vents at the
platform. Metro services had to
be slowed down because of the
incident. Fire officials said the
incident occurred at 10pm. Due
to technical fault in the air
conditioning system, smoke
spread at platform level and it
cleared up after 15 minutes,
said a CISF official. TNN
Nod likely for
cams in buses
T he Delhi cabinet is likely to
approve the transport
departments proposal to install
CCTV cameras in all DTC buses
when its meets on Tuesday, a
government source said. DTC has
already installed CCTV cameras in
200 buses of its fleet. Presently, it
runs around 3,800 buses. Besides,
there are also 1,200 cluster buses
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A minor fire broke out on
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but no one was injured, fire
officials said. A call was received
at 12.38pm about a fire in
electrical panel in the Vayu Sena
Bhawans storeroom, located on
the fifth floor, said a senior Delhi
Fire Services official said. Five fire
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A 7-year-old girl was brutally
raped by a 20-year-old auto
driver in Dundahera village in
Gurgaon. While cops arrested
the accused swiftly, the victim
is battling for her life at
Safdurjung Hospital. The
accused, Kamal Singh, lured the
girl and her brother with a gift
of bananas, to win their
confidence. He then took the
girl to a secluded spot nearby
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How error-free is CBSE evaluation: HC
Refers To TOI Report On Totalling Of Marks
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Referring to a
TOI report, the Delhi high co-
urt on Monday wondered if
there were errors in the total-
ling of marks in CBSEs
Class XII exams, how many
errors would be there in the
evaluation.
A bench of Justices Sanje-
ev Sachdeva and A K Chawla
referred to the report while
hearing a plea filed by stu-
dents challenging the scrap-
ping of the re-evaluation poli-
cy by Central Board of Secon-
dary Education (CBSE).
The court directed CBSE
to place before it the decision
of its governing body and ex-
amination committee over
scrapping the policy. The bo-
ard has also been asked to pla-
ce its marking schemes for dif-
ferent subjects in Class XII.
The petitioners, who re-
cently took the Class XII bo-
ard exams, have also sought
parity with students from
Odisha whose answersheets
were ordered to be re-evalua-
ted by the Orissa high court.
CBSE, however, informed the
Delhi high court that it had so-
ught a review of the Orissa co-
More showers
likely today, to
keep city cool
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Early morning
showers in several parts of
the city on Monday kept the
mercury level below normal
with Delhiites getting a tem-
porary respite from the heat-
wave which had seen tempe-
ratures touch 43 Celsius last
week. Met officials say that si-
milar rainfall activity is ex-
pected on Tuesday with pre-
monsoon showers continu-
ing in the region.
Delhis maximum tempe-
rature on Monday at Safdar-
jung, the base observatory for
Delhis weather was recorded
at 37.4 Celsius, one degree
below normal for the season.
The minimum temperature
for Monday was 24 Celsius,
four notches below normal.
Safdarjung received
24.8mm of rainfall till 5.30pm
on Monday with humidity
hovering between 56% to
95%, IMD officials said. Loca-
tions like Lodhi Road and Ay-
anagar also received heavy
rainfall, recording 16.9mm
and 11.6mm of rainfall re-
spectively till 8.30am on Mon-
day. Officials from the Regio-
nal Weather Forecasting
Centre in Delhi forecast the
rains to continue on Tuesday
with cloudy skies expected in
parts of the capital.
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urt order and not declared any
re-evaluated result in the sta-
te till now.
According to the TOI re-
port, students were taken
aback to learn that there was
an error in totalling the board
exam marks. While Sonali, a
Delhi resident, learnt that she
had scored a mere 68 in mathe-
matics and above 90 in econo-
mics, accountancy and busi-
ness studies, Samiksha found
on the result day that she had
scored only 42 in maths. After
both the students applied to
CBSE for verification re-to-
talling of marks Samikshas
42 more than doubled to 90. So-
nalis maths score went up
HC seeks status
on desilting
D elhi high court on Monday
directed all civic bodies
and Delhi government to
indicate whether drains in
the city have been desilted or
not. The court took suo motu
note of a TOI report, which
stated that several sewage
water drains had not been
desilted. The report also said
that in areas where desilting
had taken place, the waste
collected remained at the
same spot. HC has sought a
reply from the departments
concerned by June 28. TNN Gurgaon: Monday showed
After rap, work one of the Manohar Lal Khat-
on drain starts
W ork to clean the Kushak
nallah near South
Extension-II has begun, PWD
said on Monday, three days
after the Delhi HCs warning
that non-removal of rubble
from the channel could lead to
jail for the department officials.
PWD submitted a status report
with photographs before the
court which noted that while
the department has started
clearing the rubble, substantial
work remains to be done. PTI
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ALL BOARD
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BE SHARED
WITH STUDENTS
71%
from 68 to 95.
The report also stated that
Mohammad Affan, a Mumbai
student who scored 80% and
above in all other subjects,
had scored just 50 in maths.
After verification, his marks
were revised to 90. Another
student who had failed in
economics by nine marks
finally got 45.
Sonali, whose marks incre-
ased by 27 68 to 95 after ve-
rification, pointed out that ma-
ny students who were not very
confident didnt even opt for
the verification process.
The high court will go thro-
ugh CBSEs reply and hear the
matter again on June 21.
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why keeping Gurgaon mov-
ing during monsoon will be
tar governments biggest
challenges as a short spell of
rain inundated several parts
of the city and choked traffic
on the Manesar side for sever-
al hours in the morning, the
second time in four days that
the city has was brought to its
knees by rainfall.
Last Friday, traffic had
frozen on the expressway,
Sohna Road, MG Road and
other parts of the city for sev-
eral hours. The second warn-
ing came on Monday morn-
ing. And though the adminis-
tration reacted promptly and
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S
hanthi Anil Kumar's
daughter scored 95 in En-
glish, 92 in Chemistry
and Physics, but only 67 in
Mathematics. However, her
daughter did not apply for
verification on a teacher's ad-
vice. We didn't go for verifi-
cation, fearing it would hold
up her admission prospects.
Now, after we got to know of
the goof-ups, we think we
should have applied. I hope in
the interest of students,
CBSE reopens the window
for verification, said Shan-
thi Anil Kumar.
Sharan (he declined to
give his surname) said his
brother scored in single di-
gits in Economics, Business
Studies and Accounts.
Going by past experi-
ence we thought there would
be no changes post-verifica-
tion, but now we have got to
know that students who had
got 9 marks saw them in-
creased to 45 after verifica-
tion. Now we have doubts
over the entire process of
evaluation by CBSE, said
Sharan.
managed to flush the water
out before it could unleash a
bigger chaos, they were fortu-
nate that the rain stopped at a
moderate 32mm.
But for commuters, it was
another day of alarm on city
roads after Fridays scare as
fears of a repeat of the may-
hem caused last July after a
heavy downpour caused
large-scale waterlogging and
brought the city to a standstill
for 20 hours (now infamous as
Gurujam) were rekindled. I
was expecting another mas-
sive jam in the evening but
the roads were cleared and po-
lice personnel were present at
important junctions, said
Pradeep Pachauri, who got
stuck at Hero Honda Chowk
on Monday morning.
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Possibility of human error in tabulation
despite best efforts, says board
I n response to TOIs report on verification errors, CBSE stated
that in spite of the best efforts made by experienced subject
teachers, there may be a possibility of human error in
transferring the marks to the title page of the answer scripts,
summation of marks and manually posting them on the computer
system. The board further stated that it has made provision for
verification to help students avail rechecking of answer scripts
where the totalling of marks is done again. The posting of marks
on the cover page of answer scripts is rechecked and intactness
of supplementary answer scripts and unanswered question, if
any, is assessed afresh. The system of verification of marks aims
to bring more transparency and confidence in the evaluation of
answer scripts. On the scrapping of re-evaluation, the board
stated that CBSE has done away with the process of
re-evaluation on the basis of decision taken by its Examination
Committee and the Governing Body in June 2016 mainly on
account of the following reasons: a) The data suggests that there
is no change in marks after re-evaluation in more than 99.98%
cases. b) The option of verification of marks and photocopies is
already available to the students as per procedure notified by
CBSE on May 5, 2017. TNN
Vinit Nitin Kopurwar of the chance for verification,
Bengaluru, who scored 92 in
Physics, but 68 in mathemat-
but after seeing the TOI re-
port, I realised that I made a
ics and 67 in English, said, I
needed to upload the CBSE
marks for an engineering
mistake. I hope CBSE will al-
low one more chance as our
careers are at stake.
course. Therefore, I did not There are many who ap-
take a chance in case the re- plied for the verification
sults get withheld. I missed process, but are skipping the
Indranil Das
No response from
100, cops react to
tweet after 5 hrs
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Noida: Two engineers travel-
ling on a Pulsar bike thwar-
ted an attempt to loot their bi-
ke by two robbers in near Sec-
tor 104 on Saturday, but failed
to get any police help despite
repeatedly dialling 100. The
police, though reacted to a
Twitter complaint, finally re-
ached the victims nearly four
hours after the crime.
According to the Noida-
based engineers, who work
in Delhi and Gurgaon-based
private companies, they we-
Unlike Friday, when the re travelling on a Pulsar bike
jam originated from Rajiv when two youths on a Disco-
Chowk, Hero Honda Chowk ver bike overtook them from
was the main problem on behind near Maharishi
Monday because, according School in Sector 104.
to officials, a private contrac- The one riding pillion
tor engaged by the National
Highways Authority of India
tried to snatch my bikes key.
At first, we could not under-
(NHAI) to operate the pumps
there did not switch them on
stand what they were trying
to do. When they slowed
for unknown reasons.
The pumps have been in-
stalled here to pump out wa-
down their bike the second
time, I realised that they we-
re trying to snatch the bike.
ter into the Badshapur drain. They also asked me to hand
But the operator did not start over the key to them. One of
the pump, and therefore, them hit my right hand with
there was waterlogging right the beer can he was holding.
at the chowk. But beyond We resisted and hit them
that, there was no waterlog- back, Brajendra Singh, one
ging, said MCG commis- of the engineers told TOI.
sioner V Umashankar. NHAI He said that as the pas-
project director AK Sharma sersby gathered on noticing
could not be contacted. the commotion, the bikers
Seven held as
cops bust three
betting rackets
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Police on Mon-
day busted three betting
rackets in different parts
of the city and arrested se-
ven people. In the first case,
the crime branch arrested
three people for allegedly
placing bets on Sundays
India-Pakistan final match
of the ICC Champions
Trophy.
Acting on a tipoff, they
raided a guesthouse at Ali-
pur road in north Delhi's Ci-
vil Lines and nabbed Rajesh
Kumar (46), Nitin Arora (38)
and Nitin Grover (28) du-
ring the match, said Mad-
hur Verma, DCP (crime).
During the matches,
the bookies would book ro-
oms at guesthouses to set
up shop and receive bets
from punters. Bets worth
Rs 1 crore were already
placed when the raid was
conducted.
A team raided the gu-
esthouse and seized 26 fix-
ed mobile phones in brief-
cases, three laptops and
two LCD televisions.
It was found that they
were in touch with punters
who were placing bets on
step of obtaining the photo-
copy and instead filing RTIs
to get it. We have not applied
for the photocopy because
CBSE is taking an affidavit
stating that the 'evaluated an-
swer book shall also not be
challenged by any examinee
in the court of law or make
any claim on this account in
any forum. My daughter
scored 95 in Psychology, 93 in
Economics and 91 in English.
But her Political Science
score is 68 and remained un-
changed after verification.
However, she is sure of
scoring above 80, so we filed
an RTI. The process of ob-
taining a photocopy is totally
opaque and they (CBSE)
dont want to us to apply. Had
it been transparent, they
would not have taken the un-
dertaking, said Manoj June-
ja from Delhi.
Interestingly, in response
to a TOI online poll, 71% of
respondents said that not on-
ly CBSE, all boards make er-
rors in evaluation of answer
sheets and that all students
should have the right to seek
revaluation and examine
their answer sheets.
fled from the spot. However,
the engineers managed to ta-
ke the photos of the duo
using their phone.
The two engineers imme-
diately tried to call police on
100. However, they did not get
any response, they said.
I made one call which
got no response, while the
other could not get connec-
ted. My friend Vijay Pal, who
was riding pillion, tried the
number twice but he too re-
ceived no response from the
police, said Brajendra, a re-
sident of Sector 93.
As they could not receive
any police help, they tweeted
their plight to the UP Poli-
ces official Twitter handle
and tagged the photo of the
assailants. The @Uppolice
replied saying that the mat-
ter has been forwarded to
Sector 39 police station.
However, there was still
no response from the local
police. Finally, they received
a call from Sector 39 police
station around 11 pm. The
policeman concerned asked
me for the photos but there
was no headway in the mat-
ter so far, said Brajendra.
Had the police helped us
earlier, the assailants could
have been caught, said Vi-
jay Pal, the second engineer
who stays in Sector 82.
every ball that was bow-
led, said Verma.
The men revealed that
they placed bets during
both domestic and interna-
tional cricket matches.
The punter would be provi-
ded with rates of the match
by a dabba (live mobile
phone line that transmits
the rate and which fluctua-
tes from ball to ball). Deta-
ils of bets placed by people
would be keyed into the
laptop and, after the
match, the accused would
IND VS PAK
calculate the total bets and
profit and loss incurred by
every punter, police said.
The accused would ke-
ep changing their location
to avoid detection.
The raids at the other
two locations Roshana-
ra Road and Subzi Mandi
led to a seizure of Rs 4.5
lakh. We have apprehen-
ded four people with seven
mobile phones, said Jatin
Narwhal, DCP, north.
Police said three of
them were booked under
sections of the public
gambling Act.
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SC rejects DMRC plea Najeeb case: CBI team visits JNU

New Delhi: A CBI team on Mon- cumstances that may have led to disappeared from his hostel.

against `60cr payment

day visited Jawaharlal Nehru
University to probe the disappe-
arance of Najeeb Ahmed, a stu-
dent who had gone missing from
his hostel on October 16, 2016.
it as well as other events that pre-
ceded his disappearance. It is lik-
ely to meet the suspects and peo-
ple whose names have cropped
up in the matter, sources said.
With Delhi Police failing to
find her son, Fatima approached
the Delhi high court demanding
a CBI probe.
On May 16, a bench of Justi-

Court Slams Centre For Repeated Litigations
Dhananjay Mahapatra &
Amit Anand Choudhary TNN
New Delhi: The Supreme Co-
urt criticised the Union go-
vernment on Monday for ma-
king tall claims about making
India the hub of arbitration but
attempting to frustrate arbitra-
tion awards by challenging it
repeatedly in various courts.
A vacation bench of Justi-
ces D Y Chandrachud and
Sanjay Kishan Kaul dismis-
sed an appeal filed by Delhi
Metro Rail Corporation chal-
lenging a May 30 order of Del-
hi HC, which had directed
DMRC to release Rs 60 crore
payable as interest to Delhi
Airport Metro Express Priva-
te Ltd (DAMEPL), a subsidia-
ry of Anil Ambani groups Re-
liance Infrastructure Ltd.
The HC order was passed
on a petition filed by DA-
MEPL, which had sought ear-
ly payment of the arbitration
award of Rs 2,950 crore it had
won on May 11 against DMRC
for termination of concession
agreements for the Airport
Metro Express project.
The Reliance Infra subsi-
diary had invoked Section 9 of
Arbitration and Conciliation
Act, 1996, which under recent
guidelines issued by Niti Aay-
og mandates PSUs to pay up
COSTLY DEAL: HC had directed
DMRC to release the amount
payable as interest to DAMEPL
75% of the award amount
even if the PSU challenged the
award in court.
Appearing for DMRC, ad-
ditional solicitor general P S
Narasimha said the award co-
uld not be a fait accompli for
the PSU which under law was
permitted to hold on to the
amount for 90 days from the
date on which it challenged
the award in court.
This argument did not im-
press the bench. It said, We
cannot be reading down the
provision for commercially ef-
ficacious remedy and foreclo-
se the decree passed by arbit-
rators. Narasimha said, Ni-
ti Aayogs decision is a mere
office memorandum and it
cannot override the legal pro-
vision in the Arbitration Act.
The team is looking into alle-
gations of a scuffle between Ah-
med and ABVP students in JNUs
Najeebs mother Fatima Na-
fees recently met CBI officers in-
vestigating the case. She gave de-
ces G S Sistani and Rekha Palli
handed over the investigation to
the CBI. The matter has been
The bench said, On one Mahi-Mandvi hostel and the cir- tails of the events before her son posted for hearing on July 17. PTI
hand, the Niti Aayog holds
conference in Vigyan Bhavan
to make India the hub of arbit-
ration by providing speedy re-
medy to financial disputes
between companies through
arbitration. On the other
hand, the DMRC, a business
partner of the government,
cannot be seen to be making
an arbitration award subject
of litigational luxury.
The court dismissed
DMRCs petition without
even calling upon senior advo-
cates P Chidambaram and Go-
pal Jain to answer the ques-
tions raised by DMRC in its
challenge to HCs interim or-
der asking the public sector
undertaking to pay Rs 60 crore
interest pending its challenge
to the arbitration award.
On June 7, a division
bench of Delhi HC had rejec-
ted DMRCs appeal against
the May 30 order of a single
judge bench. The HC had also
noted that the single judge
had protected DMRCs inter-
ests by directing DAMEPL to
furnish a bank guarantee of
Rs 65 crore.
The single judge had direc-
ted DMRC to deposit Rs 60 cro-
re within 10 days directly into
DAMEPLs loan account with
Axis Bank the main lender.

Snatchers target scribe

outside police HQ
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Snatchers targeted
a mediaperson outside the Del-
hi Police headquarters at ITO
while he was going home in an
autorickshaw on Sunday night.
At 11.20pm on Sunday, the
victim, Anand Tiwari, and his
collague hired an autoricks-
haw to go home. They boarded
the three-wheeler just outside
the police headquarters and
were moving towards Laxmi
Nagar. The auto stopped at the
traffic signal below the ITO fly-
over. Tiwari started checking
messages on his smartphone.
Two youths on a black scoo-
ter stopped beside the autoricks-
haw and gently took away the
phone from Tiwari. First, I
didnt realise who they were but
when I saw them speeding, I as-
ked the auto driver to chase the
scooter, said Tiwari. They follo-
wed the scooter for nearly a kilo-
metre, but the youths disappea-
red, taking advantage of a large
volume of traffic on the stretch.
Tiwari said that the scooter
did not have a numberplate
and the youth riding pillion
was not wearing a helmet.
Later, Tiwari filed a comp-
laint and case was registered.
Interestingly, CCTVs installed
near the police headquarters
failed to record this incident
due to some focus problem.
Police suspect the role of
the same group of criminals,
which had targeted pedestri-
ans at ITO last year.
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AVERAGE AQI
ACROSS FOUR METROS
Delhi
Mumbai
42
Chennai
Kolkata
94
143
Good Moderate
Source: CPCB
AQI LEVELS IN NCR
ITO
NSIT Dwarka
290
Punjabi Bagh
218
Anand Vihar
RK Puram
214
Shadipur
100
Mandir Marg
237
Siri Fort
141
Noida
265
Gurgaon
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Man jumps in
front of Metro
A 26-year-old man allegedly
committed suicide by
jumping in front a metro train at
Qutub Minar station on Monday.
Police said that the man ,
Hemant, was crushed between
the train coach and the platform
even after the train driver had
slammed the brakes. The
incident was reported around
9.10pm when the train towards
Jahangirpuri was entering the
station. Police and CISF officials
said that the man was seen
lurking near the edge of the
platform. No suicide note was
recovered, however, cops have
seized his mobile phone to find
out whether he had recorded a
video or an audio mentioning
about the cause of suicide. TNN
Student shot at
by drunk man
A Class XII student was
allegedly shot at by a drunk
man during an argument after
the accused made an indecent
comment directed at his mother
in Barola, Noidas Sector 49, on
Monday. The boy was later
admitted to a Noida hospital. The
accused, Vinod Baisoya allegedly
picked up a fight with the
student, Dheeraj, who had gone
out to fetch water for his relatives
who were having lunch in a
roadside restaurant bang
opposite the house of the
accused. Baisoya shot Dheeraj in
the chest outside his house with
his licenced revolver following an
argument over a trivial issue,
eyewitnesses said.
TNN
Man stabbed for
denying free food
A 42-year-old eatery owner
was stabbed to death near
NH-58 in Ghaziabad allegedly
for refusing free food to two
visitors on Sunday night. Police
said the victim, Jagpal Singh
Bhadana, was allegedly
stabbed using a kitchen knife
around 12:30am. Jagpals
friends managed to get hold of
one of the attackers, Venupriya
Nakul Saini. His brother-in-law,
Vishal Gupta, the other
accused, is absconding after
the crime. Police said Saini used
to work in a Delhi-based private
firm while Gupta is a stringer
with a local newspaper. TNN
5WORST TRAFFIC
STRETCHES
I Maha Maya Flyover to
Kalindi Kunj at 7.30pm
II Delhi Gate - ITO
III
at 5pm
IDPL Township to Fun
n Food Village via Old
Delhi Gurgaon Road at 9am
IV Laxmi Nagar to Karkari
Mod at 7pm
V Hauz Khas-Savitri
Cinema at 9.30am
SPEED (Km per hour)
8 8
7 7
I II III IV
Worst time
to be on road 7:00 pm
List is drawn from 42 worst
traffic spots in Delhi,
Gurgaon, Noida and
Ghaziabad that are tracked
for congestion between 7am
and 9pm on Google Maps.
Traffic jams outside these 42
spots arent captured
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Gun-making unit busted in E Delhi
216
Three Nabbed; 16 Countrymade Pistols & Cartridges Seized
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Police have bus-
ted a weapon manufacturing
unit near Delhi-Ghaziabad
border and arrested three
men, including the master-
mind, Kasmuddin.
Hazardous
The cops have seized 16
countrymade pistols and se-
aled the factory. The arres-
ted men are being interroga-
ted to trace their customers.
The module was selling
306
the pistols for Rs 7,000-
8,000 each.
They used to supply these
weapons to snatchers, rob-
bers and contract killers in
382 Delhi, UP (Noida Ghaziabad,
Meerut, Muzaffarnagar)
and Haryana, said police.
Besides Kasmuddin, we
have arrested the main supp-
lier of this gang, Ajay Kumar
(41), and his aide Hashim
alias Sonu (19) from Ghazia-
bad. A total of 16 country-
made pistols and 38 live car-
tridges have been seized
444
from them, said Ravindra
Yadav, joint commissioner
(eastern range).
According to Yadav, a team
led by additional DCP Deven-
der Arya and inspector Aish-
vir Singh had tracked down
the illegal weapon suppliers.
On Sunday, the police team re-
ceived a tip-off that two noto-
rious arms suppliers would
come near Seelampur on a mo-
torcycle. Accordingly, the cops
laid a trap and flagged down
the bikers. However, the crimi-
nal duoKasmuddin and
Ajaytried to flee the spot by
No one knows whos responsible for this
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: A vacant plot on
Ring Road near Captain
Gaur Marg in East of Kai-
lash has become a dump yard
of construction waste, not
only proving an eyesore but
also posing a health hazard.
Authorities, however, appe-
ar to have no clue about the
defaulters.
The debris have encroa-
ched upon the pavement and
are gradually falling on to
the road. Commuters on the
route complain of increa-
sing dust pollution.
I take this route daily
and construction waste has
been lying here for a long ti-
me. We have to stop our vehi-
cles because of the traffic
signal and need to keep our
mouths covered as dust is
rising from there, said Pra-
veen Kaushik, a Lajpat THIS IS ACTUALLY A BUSY SOUTH DELHI ROAD: The debris has encroached upon the pavement
Cab drivers protest CM writes to Naidu for relief
Haryana tax hike to Sarojini Nagar residents
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Taxi drivers
from different unions staged
a protest against the Harya-
na government on Monday
over the increase in road tax.
The Haryana govern-
ment has hiked taxes massive-
ly and drivers spend three to
four hours waiting in queues
at the Delhi-Haryana border to
pay these taxes because the
servers remain jammed, said
Sanjay Samrat, president, Del-
hi Taxi Tourist Transporters
Association. Many times,
there are not enough staff
members at the toll booths to
collect the taxes. We have re-
quested the Haryana govern-
ment to rollback the taxes and
also make its online services
efficient, he said.
Posing as cops, snatchers Frogs with burrowing skills found
get real officers thrashed
Arsh Behal &
Pankhuri Yadav TNN
9 Ghaziabad: In a case of mis-
taken identity, two Ghazia-
bad policemen were thras-
hed by a group of seven peo-
ple in Sonia Vihar area of
New Delhi, where they had
gone chasing some miscre-
ants on Monday morning.
Two snatchers, Arvind
and Satish, who were being
V chased by two officers, hood-
winked people around them
by projecting themselves as
cops and the real officers as
miscreants. Calling them cri-
minals, the snatchers started
thrashing the policemen. An
officer from the Sonia Vihar
police station told TOI,
When they saw the snat-
chers thrash the cops, pas-
sersby believed the criminals
and joined in the thrashing.
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CRIMINAL
MINDS
Illegal gun factory made
pistols of 315, 32, 12 bore
MODUS OPERANDI
1
Various parts of pistols such
as iron pipe/barrel, thick iron
sheets and body plates, one-foot-
long springs bought from Meerut
2 Iron sheets and plates
cut out to make the butt
and support structures
under the barrel
3 Using simple tools, triggers,
levers, fire pin and its caps
carved out from the sheets
Tools used Welding machine, driller, iron cutter
blades, axe, hammers and other tools used by masons
taking a U-turn. They were
chased by the police team and
arrested.
The two had 15 firearms
with them, including 13 desi
kattas and two pistols.
They led the cops to their
third accomplice. He was
caught with a firearm.
The three were interro-
gated at length, Finally, they
led the cops to their factory,
which was run in the garb of
a welding shop, in Ashok Vi-
har of Loni, Ghaziabad. Poli-
ce seized a huge quantity of
gun-making materials.
Ajay told police that he
had purchased the pistols
from Kasmuddin for Rs
3,500-4,000 each and bullets
Representatives from
other unions agreed.
Our protest was
against the hike in road tax
in Haryana. Apart from
shelling out so much tax,
drivers also spend a lot of
time just waiting to pay,
said Kamaljit Gill, presi-
dent, Sarvodaya Drivers As-
sociation of Delhi.
The protesters had gath-
ered at Mata Sundri Gurud-
wara in central Delhi and
marched towards Haryana
Bhawan from there. How-
ever, we were stopped at the
Ranjit Singh flyover by Del-
hi Police, Gill said.
They were later given
permission to proceed and
they submitted a memoran-
dum to the resident com-
missioner of Haryana.
The snatchers are unemploy-
ed and commit petty crimes
to sustain themselves.
Although sub-inspector
Manish Chauhan and cons-
table Kiranpal Rathi from
Loni police station who
were in civilian clothes
tried their best to reveal the-
MISTAKEN ID
ir identity, the mob refused
to take them seriously. They
even snatched their service
revolvers and continued to
beat them up. They retur-
ned the revolvers only after
officers from the Loni poli-
ce station came and revea-
led the policemens identity.
The two officers were la-
ter admitted to the Civil Li-
nes Trauma Centre in New
Delhi, where they are un-
dergoing treatment.
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a day
KEY CUSTOMERS Criminals of Delhi, Noida,
Ghaziabad, Meerut and western UP
In 2011, Delhi Police
had unearthed a
similar makeshift
factory in Mir Vihar
on Delhi-Haryana
border in 2011. It was
set up by Indian
Mujahideen chief
Yasin Bhatkal
from one Rajneesh for Rs 200
per piece. He would then sell
the arms and ammunition at
a higher price to his custo-
mers.
In 2011, Delhi Police had
unearthed a similar makes-
hift factory in Mir Vihar on
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Chief minister
Arvind Kejriwal has reques-
ted Union urban develop-
ment minister M Venkaiah
Naidu to let residents of Sa-
rojini Nagar stay in their ho-
mes till the flats under the
East Kidwai Nagar redeve-
lopment plan are ready.
The Sarojini Nagar RWA
had written to the CM, say-
ing that evacuation of their
current accommodations for
redeveloping the area had
been ordered and they would
be forced to move to faraway
locations.
In his letter to Naidu, Kej-
riwal has said the directora-
te of estates has evacuated
five government colonies
Parmanand Singh, Circle
Officer, Loni, said, It was a
case of mistaken identity.
Both the police officers were
there to catch some criminals
and were holding their revol-
vers in their hands while roa-
ming in the area. All of a sud-
den the two snatchers preten-
ded to be cops and started be-
ating them up. The mob
joined in the madness and
started assaulting the cops in-
stead of the snatchers.
However, officers said
that the snatchers were arres-
ted from the spot, after one of
the two cops managed to call
Loni police station and narra-
ted the sequence of events.
We have registered a case,
said a senior officer. He said
that people who thrashed the
cops have not been identified
so far as there was no CCTV
camera installed in the area.
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PRICE TAG
Factory price:
3,000-4,500
Sale price:
Pistol Bullet price:
Cost price
7,000-8,000
200
cartridges
8,000-9,000
Sale price
400
Delhi-Haryana border in
2011. It was set up by Indian
Mujahideen chief Yasin
Bhatkal.
Busting an illicit fire-
arms factory so close to Del-
hi is a big achievement and
would go a long way in check-
ing criminal activities in
Delhi and the rest of NCR.
We are also trying to locate
other suppliers of cartrid-
ges, Yadav added.
Police commissioner
Amulya Patnaik is likely to
sanction a reward for the te-
am for its efforts. DCP (nort-
heast) Ajit Singla has been
asked to move a requisition
to the police headquarters in
this connection.
Sanjeev Rastogi
from nearby areas in the past
three years but since no new
flat has been constructed
since then, there is not eno-
ugh government accommo-
dation. Within a period of
a couple of years, they are
again being asked to vacate
the (Sarojini Nagar) flats,
he has said.
The RWA has also asked
for a compensation of a
minimum of Rs 30,000 for
each flat.
Sarojini Nagar consists
of mainly Type-III quarters
and around 150 Type-IV qu-
arters. At the moment, there
are only a handful of Type-
III quarters available nearby
and the rest are in far-flung
areas like Timarpur, Dev Na-
gar. If the sufficient number
Manash.Gohain
@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: A Delhi University
student has found four new spe-
cies of burrowing frogs from
the Western Ghats biodiversity
hotspot.
A student of professor SD
Biju, who is known as the frog-
man of India, Sonali Garg, ma-
de the discovery after five years
of research. Unlike other mem-
bers of the genus, the new frogs
have burrowing skills.
Garg, who conducted this
study as part of her PhD rese-
arch at DU, said more extensive
studies are required to identify
and describe the Western Ghats
frogs that are already facing ex-
tinction because of human acti-
vities. The new findings will
help in saving these frogs as
now it is clear that five different
species with different conserva-
tion requirements exist, said Bi-
ju. We need to conduct further
studies to reassess their conser-
vation status, said Biju, who
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never misfired, cops told
Rajshekhar.Jha
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New Delhi: Prior to Sundays
police operation, almost every
other criminal caught in east and
northeast Delhi had made a uni-
que confessionthey used Kas-
mu ke kattte. While all of them
spoke about Kasmu aka Kas-
muddin, nobody had ever seen
this elusive weapon maker.
Police said Kasmuddin had
been making weapons for the
past two decades. He had learnt
this trade from his brother-in-
law in Muzaffarnagar and
supplied weapons to criminals
of western UP. After his death,
Kasmuddin shifted to Baghpat
and ran his illegal business. He
was caught almost 10 years ago
and sent to jail. Upon his relea-
se, he did odd jobs like running
a welding shop but could not
make both ends meet. He then
took to manufacturing wea-
pons, again. He took loans and
bought some machinery to set
up a makeshift factory.
Unlike last time, he chose
not to have an accomplice this
time. He also created a wall bet-
ween him and the customers so
that his identity remained a se-
cret. The idea worked well and
he never got caught in his se-
cond stint in Loni.
He managed to produce ze-
ro-error pistols. Criminals we-
re in awe of guns made by Kas-
Nagar resident.
Dinesh, who sells mobile
equipment at the signal, said
the waste came from nearby
construction sites.
The area comes under the
jurisdiction of PWD. Offici-
als have failed to get the de-
bris cleared.
PWD officials said they
got the waste removed at re-
gular intervals, but people
kept dumping more.
The land belongs to Delhi
Jal Board and PWD officials
claimed that they would so-
on put a barricade around
the area to ensure no
one dumped construction
waste there.
We have to clear the de-
bris as they create a problem
for pedestrians. We are now
putting a railing to stop peo-
ple from illegally dumping
construction waste, said a
PWD official.
of Type-III flats are not avai-
lable in Kidwai Nagar, the re-
sidents under compulsory
shifting should be allowed to
opt for the flats as per their
entitlement, the RWA said.
It also mentioned that
their allotments would
stand cancelled from Sep-
tember 1 in the middle of the
academic year and would af-
fect children enrolled in
schools in and around Saro-
jini Nagar.
Instead of this looming
uncertainty for search of an
accommodation at different
places, the fair course of ac-
tion should be to link the va-
cation to relocation at the ho-
uses being constructed at
East Kidwai Nagar, the
RWA has said.
WILD WEST: A DU student has found four species from Western Ghats
supervised the PhD student and
led this study.
The frogs were confirmed as
new species in a DU lab by using
an integrated taxonomic appro-
ach that included DNA studies,
detailed morphological compa-
risons and bioacoustics. Our
study highlights a fairly com-
mon group of frogs that is usu-
ally found closer to human habi-
tations but still not documented
DEATH FACTORY: The men used to supply these weapons to
snatchers, robbers and contract killers in Delhi, UP and Haryana
mu. Most of his former clients
said kattas produced in Kas-
muddins factory never misfi-
red as was the case with nor-
mal countrymade pistols.
Most importantly, these
pistols were cheaper than the
ones made in Munger and
Khargone, which cost anywhe-
re between Rs 20,000 and 25,000
each. Moreover, these were ea-
sily accessible since the factory
was on Delhi-Ghaziabad bor-
der, said joint commissioner
of police (east) Ravindra Yadav.
Kasmuddin used to make
2-3 pistols a day. He would buy
the raw material from a Mee-
rut-based supplier, Mehboob
and then manufacture parts
Letter to Big B:
GST on items for
disabled absurd
Manash.Gohain
@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: A rights group has
written to Amitabh Bachchan,
seeking his intervention on
the move to bring articles es-
sential for people with disabili-
ties under the GST regime.
Bachchan is the brand ambas-
sador for the promotion of the
goods and services tax,
prompting the National Cent-
re for Promotion of Employ-
ment for Disabled People to pe-
tition him.
Under GST which will be
implemented from July 1
across India taxes ranging
from 5-18% on goods used by
people with disabilities have
been approved.
When contacted by TOI, Ja-
ved Abidi, honorary director,
NCPEDP, said: With 70-100
million disabled people in In-
dia, this decision is not only
shocking as these items are
of absolute necessity for peo-
ple with disabilities rather
than a choice but also viola-
tive of provisions of the newly
passed Rights of Persons with
Disabilities Act, 2016.
These items have traditio-
nally been exempt from VAT.
Claiming that the basis on
which these new tax rates were
fixed was beyond comprehen-
sion, Abidi said, statistically,
people with disabilities were
more likely to experience po-
verty, which, in turn, increa-
sed the incidence of disability.
The letter stated: Sir, this
link between poverty and dis-
ability cannot be ignored! It is,
therefore, important for the
GST council to understand
that these items are already be-
yond the reach of a common
person with disability who al-
properly. More extensive studi-
es are required to scientifically
identify and describe the Wes-
tern Ghats frogs that are alrea-
dy facing extinction threats,
said Garg.
The four species are Mano-
harans burrowing frog, found
in Agasthyamala Hills of Kera-
la and named after T M Mano-
haran, the former principal chi-
ef conservator of forests of Ke-
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TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017
like the firing pin, trigger and
lever on his own.
Kattas often misfire due to
manufacturing defects, cau-
sing injuries to the users
hands. But Kasmuddin told po-
lice that he had mastered the
art of making pistol parts and
this was the reason why his we-
apons were in great demand.
Police said Kasmuddin seldom
spoke about business over the
phone. Neither did he take bulk
orders. This was to ensure that
alarge quantity of material did
not pile up at the workshop.
New customers were never en-
tertained and anyone interes-
ted in buying his pistols had to
come through Ajay or Hashim.
ready has an additional cost to
bear in order to live his life in-
dependently and with dignity!
And, if any additional taxes
are levied, it will negatively
impact the disabled people in
India, including the ageing po-
pulation with increasing sup-
port and medical needs (sic).
Abidi added that the additio-
nal expense might also deter edu-
cational institutions, potential
employers and organizations
working with the disabled, thus
Hit where it hurts
Braille Typewriters 18%
Braille Paper 12%
Braille Watches 12%
Braillers 5%
Carriages for
disabled people 5%
motorised or not
Cars for physically
disabled persons 18%
taking people with disabilities
back by two decades.
He extended his request to
FM Arun Jaitley and finance
ministers of other states: We
were quite hopeful that the
GST council would heed to pe-
titions and roll back, or signifi-
cantly reduce, the proposed
GST during their meeting on
Sunday. However, this didn't
happen!
Abidi wrote: The council
deliberated on the tax rate for
restaurants in five-star hotels
but did not reduce (leave alone
abolish) the tax on disability
aids and appliances. What is
even more absurd is that the
council decided to levy a 18%
tax on restaurants in five-star
hotels the same as the tax fix-
ed for Braille typewriters.
rala for his service and conser-
vation efforts; Kadar
burrowing frog from Vazachal
forest of Kerala, which is na-
med after the Kadar tribe that li-
ves in the region; CEPF burro-
wing frog discovered in the Ma-
harashtras Amboli and named
after the Critical Ecosystem
Partnership Fund (USA) to re-
cognise its role in protecting
global biodiversity hotspots;
and Neil Coxs burrowing frog
found in Parambikulam Tiger
Reserve and named after Dr Ne-
il Cox in recognition of his role
in the International Union for
Conservation of Nature Red
List assessment of global amp-
hibian species.
The past decade has witnes-
sed an exponential increase in
the number of amphibian spe-
cies found in the Western Ghats
region. Of the total new species
of amphibians (1,581) described
globally between 2006 and 2015,
the highest number of species
(182) was found in the Brazilian
Atlantic Forest.
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2 constables hurt as
bus rams their vehicle
2nd Such Incident Near Janpath In A Month
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Two constables
were injured when their vehi-
cle was rammed by a speeding
cluster bus near Janpath on
Sunday afternoon. The truck
turned turtle and was drag-
ged for a few metres before co-
ming to halt. The bus driver,
Kapil Chauhan, was later ar-
rested, police said.
Passersby pulled out the
policemen both from Naga-
land Armed Police and rus-
hed them to RML hospital
with head injuries. They have
been kept under observation
but are conscious, police said.
The constables, Chankhu
Konyak and Heralal Ram,
told police that they were dri-
ving from Tis Hazari to Parli-
ament Street to supply food to
their colleagues posted on du-
ty near Reserve Bank of In-
dia. When they reached Tol-
stoy Marg, the bus coming
from Janpath Metro station
rammed their vehicle. Kony-
ak said the bus driver then got
off the vehicle and started
abusing them.
During interrogation,
Chauhan told the cops that he
had lost control of the bus and
in a bid to avoid hitting anot-
her vehicle, he rammed the
truck that had slowed down
ahead of him.
A case of causing hurt due
to negligence and rash dri-
ving has been registered aga-
inst Chauhan.
Some of the passengers in
the bus also received minor
injuries. They too were trea-
ted at the hospital and were
later discharged.
This is the second such in-
cident on this stretch in a
month. Short signalling span
coupled with heavy traffic
flow lead drivers to speed to
save time. Police officers said
that the accidents might be a
fallout of this haste.
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Unattended open drain

a health hazard
KALKAJI EXTN
Dysfunctional,
invisible traffic signal
SHANKAR ROAD
Declared dead a day earlier,
newborn breathes his last
Born With Damaged Kidney, Couples Third Kid Also Critical
Durgesh Nandan Jha &
Somreet Bhattacharya TNN
New Delhi: A newborn at
Safdarjung Hospital, who
had surprised all by showing
signs of life when doctors had
declared him dead already,
breathed his last at 4.15pm on
Monday. He was on oxygen
support for over 24 hours, the
hospital said.
The open drain that runs through Kalkaji Extension from Govindpuri is in urgent
Globally, there are no ex-
need of attention. The drain hasnt been cleaned in a long time, making it a
amples of babies born in the
major health hazard for the residents nearby. The drain is a breeding ground for
20th week of pregnancy and
mosquitoes and the smell emanating from it is unbearable.
weighing less than 500 grams
Citizen Reporter Sanu Nair surviving, claimed doctors.
They, however, failed to expla-
Authorities wait in how they missed that the
child was still alive when
for a mishap they packed him and handed
FREEDOM FIGHTER ENCLAVE over the body to his parents.
We spotted that he
was gasping for breath when
a relative insisted on seeing
BE A SMART TOI the babys face one last time
before the burial, Rohit Ton-
CITIZEN REPORTER don, the deceaseds father,
Keep mobile phones told TOI. He added that doc-
GPS on while clicking tors at the hospital have assu-
and sending pictures red him they wouldnt lose
Describe exactly another child. Tondon, who
where and when works at a garment factory in
picture was taken, south Delhi, said he has three
giving street names children and the deceased ba-
by was their fourth. My
and other locators
third child, Chintu, has a da-
More photos, videos maged kidney since birth.
on timesofindia.com He, too, is in a critical condi-
After the laying of sewers, the roads of Freedom tion, he said.
Fighter Enclave have been left in this terrible state Tondons wife, Shanti De-
for the past two months, making difficult to walk or vi, remains in hospital. She
drive. The new MCD councillor, when informed about was inconsolable and
the problem, said it wasnt his job and the area MLA incoherent since delivery, sa-
has to get it fixed. id family members. Hailing
from Chhattisgarh, the Ton-
Citizen Reporter Vipin Kumar dons have been staying in a
JJ colony near Molarbandh
This traffic light on the main road of for 30 years.
Shankar Road at the crossing of Sir Family members said
Ganga Ram Hospital Marg has been
dysfunctional since a long time. The
traffic light pole across the crossing is
hidden behind a tree and barely visible.
Citizen Reporter Chand Wattal
Newborn twins found buried in pit
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
The residents of BFH block, Shalimar
New Delhi: Two bodies of newborn girls
Bagh, have reserved car parking space
were found buried inside a pit at a park in
Encroachment on public by installing illegal iron posts on the Keshawpuram on Monday morning.
main road, which not only obstructs
space by residents A morning walker noticed a foul
traffic, but is also a safety hazard. Are smell coming out of the pit that was cove-
SHALIMAR BAGH
the authorities watching? red with a heap of leaves. He informed
Citizen Reporter Ankur Sharma police at 7.35 am. Soon, a team reached
the spot and discovered a pair of twins,
both naked and wrapped in a pink chart
Ups and downs of a babys 34 hours in this world
5.30am, Sunday The COULD HE HAVE
baby is born BEEN SAVED?
6am Doctors IT IS DIFFICULT
declare BIRTH TO SAY
him dead, WEIGHT: There are a few
send him 460 gm examples globally
home in a of babies born at 21
polythene bag weeks of pregnancy
while hes still breathing
with low birth weight
Baby shows surviving...
movement while being But such
taken for burial
babies have poorly
10.30am They rush him developed organs
to hospital again and run high risk
4.15pm, Monday Baby of neurological and
development disorder
breathes his last
HOWEVER, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME SUCCESS STORIES
In 2015, Mumbais Santacruz In UK, a report by the Ofce for National Statistics in
Hospital managed to save a baby 2011 showed 80% of babies born prematurely survived.
born merely at 23 weeks and Most of them were born at 27, 28 and 29 weeks of
weighing 460 grams pregnancy, though
Tondons wife was suffering then, said Tondon. He hired tions, but later realized that
from weakness ever since she a cab and went home. mistakes do happen, he said.
conceived their fourth child. However, as per tradition, I would rest only if they can
She used to faint frequently. the women in the family re- hand me my second child who
On Sunday morning, she moved the plastic wrapping is at their mercy. I am told that
started bleeding and we tho- from the childs face when the best doctors are being
ught that the baby was co- it cried out and started consulted for his treatment
ming and rushed her to hospi- wriggling. I did not believe it now, says Tondon.
tal. Things would have been in the first place. I felt God Safdarjung doctors said
different if the doctors had does exist somewhere and the matter was being inqui-
ensured that she was given did not want my fourth child red into. This was technical-
proper attention, said Kalu- to die. I rushed to hospital ly a case of abortion. A
ram, Tondons father. to prove the doctors wrong, child born before 22 weeks
Around 7.30am on Sunday said Tondon. of pregnancy and weighing
morning, Tondon was han- He asked his brother to less than 500 grams cannot
ded over a packet, saying that call the police and inform survive, said Dr A K Rai, me-
his wife had a stillborn child. them about the incident whi- dical superintendent. He,
It was still trembling and tri- le he decided to confront the however, conceded that the
ed to convince the doctors to doctors himself. How could doctors involved in delivery
check once more but they in- they be so callous? When the should have waited for 30-40
sisted that I cremate the body. TV media arrived in the eve- minutes before declaring
I did not tell my wife about it ning, I vented out my emo- the baby dead.
paper, from the pit. 318 (concealment of birth by secret dis-
Police said the newborns suspec- posal of dead body) of the IPC has been
ted to be lying in the park for over a day registered and teams have been formed
appeared to be premature. to identify the parents.
The identity of the girls will be The park remains open till 7pm, after
ascertained only when we are able to tra- which the security guard also leaves.
ce their parents or the hospital where There are a few entrances to the park,
they were born, said a senior officer. which remain unmanned even during
There were slight bruise marks on the operating hours. Police are scanning
the bodies of both the girls, he added. CCTV footage of the area to ascertain
Police said that a case under section the sequence of events.
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CBI questions Jains wife, AAP fumes Govt portal to

Party Claims Ministers Men Said To Have Transacted With Hawala Operators Do Not Exist
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Three days after a team
from CBI reached deputy chief mi-
nister Manish Sisodias residence
to question him in a case related
to the programme, Talk 2 AK, it
was PWD minister Satyendar Jains
turn on Monday. The CBI on
Monday questioned Jains wife, Po-
onam Jain, in connection with a
probe into alleged money launde-
ring against him.
CBI sources said a team had go-
ne to Jains house to seek some clari-
fications from Poonam as she was
reportedly a director in one of the
companies run by him. They clai-
med that the agency had sought ti-
me from her before visiting Jains
residence. CBI had recently registe-
red a preliminary enquiry (PE) in
the case. It has been alleged that Ja-
in turned his black money into whi-
te using these companies and Kol-
kata-based hawala operators. Jain
had denied all the charges.
The minister is being separately
investigated under the Income Tax
Act for allegedly concealing his in-
CBI sources said a team had gone to Jains house to seek some clarifications from
Poonam as she was reportedly a director in one of the companies run by him
come. Initially, some of the compa-
nies linked to him were being pro-
bed and Jain had been summoned
by the authorities, which he said
was in his capacity as a witness.
Subsequently , he was issued noti-
ces in his personal capacity.
Aam Aadmi Party, which has ac-
cused the BJP-led Centre of harass-
ment, said that the raid at Jains
residence proved that CBI was a
PTI
puppet in the Centres hands. In
fact, the party claimed that two
men, Sanjay and Suresh, whom CBI
has accused of transacting with ha-
wala operators on behalf of Jain, do
not even exist.
CBI has been propagating a sto-
ry which is entirely fictional. We be-
lieve that in the chargesheet to-
wards which CBI is progressing, all
persons and stories are imaginary,
said party spokesperson Saurabh
Bharadwaj. He said CBI had been
claiming that the two men it had ac-
cused of working on behalf of Jain
had been with him since 2010 and
had been using a particular landli-
ne number to transact with hawala
operators based in Kolkata.
These men dont exist. Jain
has been asking CBI to produce
these two men before him but they
have failed to do so. This is because
there are no such persons. The
landline number, from which CBI
claims these two have been in
touch with hawala operators in Kol-
kata, has not been working since
2014. Interestingly, this number
never had an STD facility and only
local calls could be made from it.
Can they explain how calls are be-
ing made to an STD number from a
number that is not even working,
asked Bharadwaj.
He also slammed the income-tax
department which has been investi-
gating Jain. The IT department, al-
so a puppet in the Centres hands,
has said that four persons testified
against Jain. In such cases, agenci-
es normally make witnesses con-
front the accused. After much insis-
tence, they made him meet one wit-
ness, Bablu Pathak. In the first 10
minutes of the meeting, Pathak sa-
id that he did not know Jain. Now
the department has given in writing
that they will not make him meet
the other three, Bharadwaj said.
Sisodia said the raids against
AAP ministers were being
carried out only to shift
attention from issues like
Vijay Mallya, Panama papers,
Vyapam scam and DDCA
The party has alleged that
such raids against its ministers is
a ploy by the Centre to not just
harass it but also divert attention
from genuine issues. Sisodia said
the raids against AAP ministers
were being carried out only to shift
attention from issues like Vijay
Mallya, Panama papers, Vyapam
scam and DDCA.
help job seekers
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Delhi govern-
ment on Monday launched
its online job portal and will
be organising a job fair from
July 11 - 15 to help people find
jobs in the private sector.
Labour minister Gopal
Rai said that the web portal
would make it easier for
both job seekers and employ-
ers to identify companies
and people based on an onli-
ne search.
Under an initiative by
the employment depart-
ment, the government had
taken a decision to provide
employment to people in the
private sector. Two job fairs
were organised for this. Sub-
sequently, several names we-
re registered in the employ-
ment exchange. This is a rea-
dy pool of information for
private companies, looking
for certain skill require-
ments, Rai said.
The labour minister ad-
ded that on-the-spot mee-
tings like job fairs were to-
ugh to conduct due to the ex-
cess number of people that
queued up. To address the is-
sue, Rai said: We have deci-
ded to launch the portal whe-
re it will be easier to filter
out the person a company
would like to interview or al-
ternately, a company where
someone would like to
work.
The minister said that
both those seeking jobs and
those wanting to hire emplo-
yees would have to register
on the governments websi-
te. Based on the skill set quo-
ted by a particular candida-
te, they would be shortlisted
and a round of interviews
would be held to ensure that
the candidate is suitable.
The government will also
request industry bodies like
ASSOCHAM, CII to partici-
pate in the event to provide
more opportunities to job se-
ekers, Rai added.

Speakers iftar an all-AAP affair AAP MLAs demand

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New Delhi: Chief minister

Anindya Chattopadhyay

probe into land scam

Arvind Kejriwal and deputy
CM Manish Sisodia travelled
in the same car to reach the if-
tar hosted by speaker Ram Ni-
was Goel on the assembly
lawns on Monday.
The CM walked into the
lawn greeting guests with fol-
ded hands and smiled as the
cameramen tried to capture
the moment. I pray that the-
re be an atmosphere of peace
in the country. An attempt is
being made to create hatred
among people. I pray that
such forces never succeed,
Kejriwal said later.
All four BJP legislators we-
re, however, not seen in the if-
tar. Around 10 invitation cards
were sent to each MLA so that
they can attend with their gu-
ests, said Goel. Opposition lea-
der Vijender Gupta said he had
to attend another iftar.
Lieutenant governor Anil
Baijal was also not present.
Goel said the LG had infor-
med him that he wont be able
to attend the function becau-
se of a pre-occupation.
AAPs rebel MLA Kapil
Mishra did not attend the
iftar either. The invitation
was sent to him too, Goel
said. Although AAP functio-
naries were also invited,
ITS A FEAST: Satyendar Jain, Manish Sisodia, Arvind Kejriwal and Ram Niwas Goel at the iftar
only Atishi Marlena turned
up for the event.
Health minister Satyender
Jain, who has been at the cent-
re of allegations of corruption
levelled by Mishra, arrived qu-
ite late. He sat next to Sisodia
and was seen talking to the CM
as Sisodia listened.
Okhla MLA Amanatullah
Khan, who was suspended
from the party after accusing
senior functionary Kumar
Vishwas of being an RSS-BJP
agent, maintained distance
from Kejriwal. He sat with fri-
ends far away from the main
canopy. Vishwas didnt at-
tend the function.
While the ministers had
vegetarian food from three
stalls, there were six stalls for
non-veg foods.
The Delhi government
will host a separate iftar on
June 23. Some people alleged
that the canopy where the CM
was supposed to sit with his
cabinet colleagues and speci-
al guests was out of bounds
for common guests even befo-
re Kejriwal reached the ve-
nue. Young guests, however,
did not lose any opportunity
to click selfies with the CM
even from outside the canopy.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: As the land po-
oling policy is set to be imp-
lemented in the capital, two
Aam Aadmi Party MLAs
have alleged that over the
past 10 years, politicians
from leading parties had
duped farmers by buying
their land in the name of fa-
ke companies at throwa-
way prices.
In a letter to chief mini-
ster Arvind Kejriwal, Rit-
hala legislator Mohinder
Goyal and Adarsh Nagars
Pawan Kumar Sharma ha-
ve sought an investigation
into the land scam. They
claimed, The black money
of these politicians was in-
volved in these dealings.
The CM later re-tweeted a
post about the letter.
According to the letter,
Those politicians knew
that after the land pooling
policy is implemented, this
land will sell like gold. It
added, Not only have the and bus terminals while
farmers been duped but
even the state has also been
cheated by these politici-
ans in a big way. By registe-
ring land in the name of fa-
ke companies, they have
evaded a substantial amo-
unt of stamp duty.
Goyal later said he had
shared some details and
evidence with the CM and
wont like to comment furt-
her as we would want a
proper investigation to
bring out the truth.
On June 16, lieutenant
governor Anil Baijal appro-
ved the notification decla-
ring 95 villages in Delhi as
development areas under
DDA. The decision is likely
to create affordable housing
units by harnessing private
potential. It is estimated
that DDA would help in pro-
viding up to 25 lakh houses
in these planned areas.
DDA will be responsible
for physical and social in-
frastructure development
such as sewerage, water
supply, electricity supply
housing units would be bu-
ilt by private players.

Minister visits poet

with pension promise
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Social welfare mi-
nister Rajendra Pal Gautam
has ordered an inquiry into the
case of Urdu poet Asrar Jama-
yee, whose old age pension was
stopped in 2013 after the social
welfare department declared
him dead.
DECLARED DEAD
Gautam visited the 80-ye-
ar-old poet at his residence in
Batla House on Monday and
assured him that his case wo-
uld be reviewed immediately
and the pension would be res-
tarted as soon as possible.
Jamayee said that he was
declared dead by the social
welfare department in 2013,
after which his pension of Rs
1,500 per month was stopped.
He subsequently approached
the previous Congress go-
vernment and current AAP
government on numerous oc-
casions, but to no avail.
Firoz Bakht Ahmed, Ja-
mayees friend, said that he
had even visited the local
MLAs office where he was gi-
ven a cheque of Rs 1,000 but it
was not honoured.
Shortly after Jamayees
story went public, chief mini-
ster Arvind Kejriwal directed
the social welfare minister to
visit his home and provide
every possible help.
I have asked Jamayee for
all relevant documents and as
soon as he submits these we
will start processing his app-
lication. From what I could
gather after speaking to him,
there was a call for verifica-
tion of details for which he ne-
ver went. At that time, names
of about 40,000 people were
struck off the list, including
his, Gautam said.

Uphaar victims
meet CM over
mercy petition
of Gopal Ansal
New Delhi: Chief minister Ar-
vind Kejriwal has been learnt
to have told The Association of
the Victims of Uphaar Tragedy
(AVUT) that if a mercy petition
for Gopal Ansal, one of the two
accused in the Uphaar Cinema
fire, reaches Delhi govern-
ment, it will not be approved.
Neelam Krishnamoorthy,
president of AVUT, said that
they had approached the govern-
ment after learning through RTI
that a mercy petition has been fi-
led on behalf of Ansal by senior
advocate Ram Jethmalani, re-
questing clemency and a waiver
of the jail sentence awarded by
the Supreme Court. Krishna-
moorthy said, This plea has be-
en received by the MHA and we
have been given to understand
that the mercy plea has been for-
warded to the Delhi government
and the LG for their opinion. We
requested the CM to not consider
this petition and he has assured
us that he will not. TNN
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Ramjas College may
roll back 25% fee hike
Students Upset With `1k Extra Per Semester
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Delhi Universi-
tys Ramjas College may roll
back the 25% fee hike it has
floated this year, after stu-
dents group National Stu-
dent Union of India (NSUI)
met the acting principal and
lodged their protest against
the massive increase in fee.
This hike is of Rs 3,500 for
science courses and Rs 2,500
for arts and commerce cour-
ses. This means that each stu-
dent will have to pay under Rs
1,000 per semester on average.
In a letter to the college prin-
cipal, NSUI, which called it
unfair, has requested a roll-
back of the fee hike, claiming
it to be the highest among
DU colleges.
We met the principal and
the student adviser and told
them our concern. It will be
difficult for students to study
here if they increase the fee
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so much, said Akshay Lak-
ra, NSUI Delhi president.
A fee hike among colleges
usually happens once every
few years, keeping in mind
the rising costs of expenditu-
re and living. Several DU col-
leges have also decided to in-
crease their annual fees this
year, though they have all li-
mited the hike to under Rs
1,500 annually.
CAMPUS CHAOS
Speaking to TOI, PC Tul-
sian, Ramjas College acting
principal, said, Even after
the hike, the fee of our college
is very less. I showed the pro-
testers that other colleges ask
for a lot more. We need funds
to maintain all the facilities.
However, Tulsian said he
will respect the demands of
the protestors and will look
into their requests. Sources,
too, said that the administra-
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tion is planning to cut the fee
hike from 25% to 14%, and
will be finalised before the
day of the first cut-off.
Lakra has also alleged
that there was massive cor-
ruption in the Ramjas Colle-
ge centennial celebration.
Several students and staff
members have alleged that at
least Rs 25 crore was misused.
We were told that the medical
room was built for Rs 35 lakh,
but does not have basic medi-
cines, he said.
NSUI has demanded for a
neutral committee to audit
the centennial celebration ex-
penses.
Tulsian accepted that a
notice had been served by DU
around a week ago, asking the
college to furnish an account
of its expenditure during the
celebrations. The principal
said that the the data is being
collected, and will be submit-
ted once completed.
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Evening shift has
Dyal Singh in knots
Mohammad.Ibrar
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New Delhi: Dyal Singh College
teachers are at loggerheads over
the evening colleges plan to con-
vert into a morning one and use
the facilities of the existing mor-
ning college.
Morning college teachers are
against the plan. There is alrea-
dy not enough space for us to
function, said a teacher. Delhi
Universitys inspection commit-
tee will place its report and sug-
gestions on the bifurcation issue
in the DU Academic Council mee-
ting on Tuesday. A letter signed
by 86 faculty members was sent to
the VC. It claims the move will ha-
ve a serious negative impact on
the colleges health.
The morning college teachers
alleged the inspection committee
did not take their views while ma-
king the report and have reques-
ted the Academic Council to re-
ject it. The chairman procured
the report from two-three com-
mittee members that did not in-
clude our principal or a teacher,
said Premendra Kumar Parihar,
Dyal Singh morning teacher.
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However, evening college tea-
chers dont agree. According to
Bhawna Pandey, who teaches in
Dyal Singh Evening College,
The team that came to the colle-
ge on February 14 interacted with
the staff members, the principals
of both the morning and evening
colleges, the chairperson and the
governing body. It recommended
that the evening college should
be converted into a morning col-
lege on the same campus from
academic session 2017-18. She sa-
id that bifurcation is required be-
cause at present, their college has
no access to many facilities.
Principal of the morning col-
lege, IS Bakshi, said that he had
informed the inspection team
about the lack of infrastructure.
The principal of Dyal Singh eve-
ning, PK Sharma, pointed out it
was passed after the support of
the morning college principal.
Some morning college tea-
chers were concerned about the
plight of working professionals
who take admission in evening
colleges. However, Pandey said,
In the last 20 years, no working
professional has taken admis-
sion here.
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TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017
TOMORROW IS YOGA DAY. ARE YOU READY?
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VENUES
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Connaught Place
Six radials, Inner
Talkatora
Circle, Central Park
Garden
Nehru Park
Lodhi Garden
ACTIVITIES
1 Common 2 Band 3 Odissi dance
protocol and dance by divyaang
yoga performance students
4 Yoga on wheelchair STRETCHES TO AVOID
The main event will start from 6am at Baba Kharak Singh Marg-GPO
Connaught Place and common protocol Shaheed Bhagat Singh Marg-Gole Market
yoga will be held at all venues from Panchkuian Road-RK Ashram crossing
7am to 7.45am Chelmsford Road-Munje Chowk
Minto Road-DDU Marg crossing
NO-VEHICLE ZONES
Trafc will not be allowed between Barakhamba Road-Tolstoy crossing
11pm on June 19 and 11am on
Kasturba Gandhi Marg-Tolstoy crossing
June 21 in Inner Circle, Middle Circle
and radial roads within Outer Circle of Janpath-Tolstoy crossing
Connaught Place Parliament Street-Patel Chowk
Delhi, Noida to
clean Shahdara
drain jointly
Meenakshi Sinha & Vandana Keelor TNN
Noida: Delhi Jal Board and the Noida Authori-
ty on Monday decided to initiate joint steps to
treat the sewage that flows from Delhi to Noida
through the Shahdara drain and ensure supp-
ly of clean water in Noida. The drain, which
carries effluents from Delhi, flows to Noidas
sectors 14 & 15, before merging with Yamuna.
The gases emanating from the drain have
affected the health of many Noida residents
and have damaged electronic goods in the past
three decades. The drain has also polluted the
groundwater in the area.
In a conclave held on Monday at the club ho-
use in Sector 14, elhi Jal Board agreed to treat
the sewage using bacterial enzymes apart
from making several treatment plants functio-
nal in Delhi. The board will also make the Ka-
lyanpuri sewage plant functional by Sector
30, said Prashant Bhushan, eminent lawyer,
who attended the conclave. The Noida Autho-
rity, on the other hand, will ensure that the par-
ticulate matter in drinking water is treated be-
fore supply, officials said.
The meeting was also attended by Environ-
ment Pollution Control Authority chairman
Bhure Lal, Delhi Jal Board executive engineer
M C Ram, Noida Authority CEO Amit Mohan
Prasad, Noida MLA Pankaj Singh, RWA mem-
bers from sectors 14, 15 & 15A. Sushil Agarwal,
who had filed a PIL on the issue in 1996, was al-
so present. The Supreme Court had issued se-
veral directives on the Shahdara drain on the
basis of a PIL filed by me in December 1996. But
none of it was implemented, leading to the si-
tuation today, Sushil Agarwal told TOI.
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INDIA IS THE CHEAPEST

STATOISTICS
Body of man
who died after Babus forced us to fly Reddy: IndiGo
clinical trial AAI Report To Govt Purportedly Makes It Seem Like A Consensual Decision
PLACE TO GET HIGH ON exhumed Saurabh.Sinha on 6E 608. The AAI report tells DGCA in its report.
CANNABIS & OPIUM DRUGS Sushil.Rao@timesgroup.com
@timesgroup.com makes it look like a consen-
sual decision, where IndiGo
It goes on to add that Reddy
continued to verbally abuse
According to UNODCs World Drug report 2016, the retail New Delhi: The government gladly accepted the MP. IndiGo staff from the security
prices of cannabis- and opium-based drugs are Hyderabad: Days after the received on Monday two The airline has offered a check to the boarding gate. It
sudden death of a man who diametrically opposed ac- completely different ac- informs the DGCA about the
lowest in India. In advanced economies, it is
underwent a clinical trial at a counts of how TDP MP Diwa- count. Watchdog Directorate MP barging into the airlines
in the US that hashish and marijuana, Bengaluru lab, police exhu- kar Reddy managed to General of Civil Aviation, office, pushing the staff and
both derived from cannabis, med his body for an autopsy to board an IndiGo flight to which comes under the min- picking up a printer in the of-
cost the least, while it establish the cause. Vangara Hyderabad last week after he istry of civil aviation (Mo- fice. Giving this account, the
TDP MP Diwakar Reddy allegedly
Nagaraju died at his house in was initially barred follow- CA), asked IndiGo on Mon- airline has told the DGCA that
is the most expensive Nagampet on June 2. Shocked ing a face-off with the air-
misbehaved with IndiGo staff
day to submit a factual equi- IndiGo and some other air-
in Japan last week after being denied
at the suddenness, fellow vil- lines officials at the Visak- ty report of the episode. The lines have decided to ban Red-
boarding for reporting late
lagers, including his son V hapatnam airport. IndiGo report, sources said, dy from their flights in the in-
Marijuana is over 400 times cheaper Srinivas, approached police. The report by the Air- Ashok Gajapathi Raju, who says the airline received in- terest of safety of passen-
in India than in Japan An FIR for suspicious death
was subsequently filed.
ports Authority of Indias
(AAI) airport director (APD) haviour continued even after
happened to be at the airport
at the time.
structions from the AAI chief
security officer (CSO) of Vizag
gers and staff.
In a similar recent epi-
Retail price of cannabis drugs ($ per gram) Nagaraju was buried, in ke- says IndiGo staff agreed to let he was allowed to board, the A source privy to the AAI to accept the MP on 6E 608. The sode involving an unruly MP,
Marijuana (herb) Hashish (resin) eping with the traditions of the Reddy fly after the APD asked airline added. report said: When the MP AAI staff told IndiGo to do so police have taken no action
Padmashali community, to them to. But the airline, offer- Reddy was denied board- spoke to minister Raju, the lat- at the behest of MoCA offi- against Shiv Sena MP Ravin-
South Africa 0.1 11 which he belongs, near a lake ing a blow-by-blow account of ing last Thursday after he re- ter asked the APD to see what cials present at the airport. dra Gaikwad for assaulting
India 0.1 0.2 on the outskirts of the village. the episode, said that it was ported late for IndiGos flight the issue is. Raju, who always We had no opportunity an Air India staffer despite
Police made arrangements for regrettably forced to let the 6E 608. He then misbehaved goes by the book, did not ask to verify the instructions of the airline and the employee
Brazil 0.2 2 the autopsy in a tent nearby. MP board at the behest of gov- with airline officials, and the APD to help Reddy. The the CSO with any of the Mo- filing complaints. No police
USA 0.5 to 63.5 5.3 to 12.4 The autopsy was initially ernment officials present at sought the help of aviation APD spoke to IndiGo staffers, CA officials present at that complaint has been filed so
planned for June 17, but his fa- the airport. Reddys rude be- minister and party colleague who said they will fly the MP time in the airport, IndiGo far in the Reddy case.
UK 4.4 4.4 mily insisted that local doc-
6.2 7.3
From July 1, flyers wont 1cr in a month: New
Spain tors not perform it. Following
this, forensic experts from
Italy 10.5 13.8 Warangal were roped in.
Russia 11 27
France
Germany
11.2
12.1
NA
8.6
10.7 30-yr-old walks have to fill departure forms high in home traffic
China
Japan
28
41.4 66.3
out of hospital, TIMES NEWS NETWORK
TOI
on their return from abroad
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Airport charges
declared dead New Delhi: Indian flyers
was done away with in 2014.
These steps are among
New Delhi: Indians are trav-
elling like never before this
cut, to lower fares
While opium costs 118 times less
Retail price of opioids (US $ per gram) TIMES NEWS NETWORK
headed for foreign destina-
tions will not be required to
fill up departure cards start-
several taken of late to facili-
tate both international and
domestic travel. Last year,
summer holiday season. May
2017 has, for the first time,
seen one crore passengers fly-
D omestic air passengers will
have to pay lower fares,
particularly from non-major
Opium Heroin Agra: A man who was dis- ing from July 1, which means the customs department did ing within the country in a airports, come July, with DGCA
82.9 charged from a hospital here one fewer formality before away with the need for Indi- month. Summer holidays be- slashing certain airport
Japan after treatment for a snakebi- boarding the aircraft. an passengers to fill up a dec- gin around mid-May, which is charges, including air
India
te was later declared dead However, those travelling laration form while coming when the surge began. Ac- navigational charges at all
8.6 to 12.9 497.2
by a doctor. Kush Chaurasia, out of the country via rail, to India if they were not car- cording to DGCA data, May airports, and the passenger
0.7 to 1.7 30, was bitten by a snake and sea ports and land immigra- rying dutiable goods. Howev- 2017, the month registered a service fee and landing fee at all
taken to SN Medical College tion check-posts will have to er, those carrying prohibited 17.4% increase in domestic non-major ones, to the level of
South
35 USA on Sunday. He was discharged fill the embarkation card, ac- and dutiable goods are still flyers over 2016, which record- last December, when a hike was
Africa
144 34 two hours later. On Monday, a cording to an order issued by The departure card contains required to fill up an Indian ed 86.7 lakh domestic flyers. effected. Non-major airports
France policeman turned up at his ho- the home ministry. customs declaration form. The surge has come despite are those serving less than 12
18.9
46.1 me to inform his family that It has been decided to dis-
passenger details such as name,
The Central Industrial the increase in airfares since lakh passengers. PTI
date of birth, and boarding date
80.3 China he had passed away. continue the practice of fill- Security Force (CISF), man- early this year on account of
Brazil
50 It was a funny situation, ing up of the departure card boarding. The same infor- dated to secure airports in rising crude oil prices. ings for June are also very ro-
1.8 said Chaurasia. After the inci- by Indians at all international mation (about the passen- the country, has also started Low-cost carriers rule the bust. The lean season will be-
50.5 80 dent, the principal of the me- airports with effect from July gers) is available in the sys- doing away with the practice skies, with IndiGo, SpiceJet, gin from next month, but will
to
Italy 79.6 dical college, Dr Saroj Singh, 1, 2017, the home ministry tem from other sources, the of tagging and stamping of GoAir and others accounting be fortunately short this year
56.8 77.6 38.1 has ordered an investigation has said in the order. home ministry order said, domestic passengers hand for almost two-thirds of all do- as the festive season is start-
74.9 Russia
UK into the matter. The doctor The departure card con- explaining the rationale be- baggage. The practice has al- mestic flyers. IndiGo alone ing in September, said an air-
Germany might have wrongly written tains passenger details such hind the discontinuation of ready been done away with at has 41.2% of the market share line official. The January to
9.3 Spain
15.5 to 23.3 (Charasias) name instead of as name, date of birth, pass- departure cards. Delhi, Mumbai, Kochi, Ben- for domestic air travel, fol- May 2017 period has seen 4.6
Source : World Drug Report 2016; Research: Atul Thakur; Graphic: Anil Dinod the actual deceased persons, port number, address in In- The requirement for Indi- galuru, Hyderabad, Kolkata lowed by Jet (17.6%) at a very crore domestic flyers, up
Singh added. dia, flight number and date of ans to fill up arrival cards up- and Ahmedabad. distant second. The book- 17.6% from last year.
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Punjab CM was under pressure after UPs farm sop

Continued from P 1
er that the UPA-I government
had announced in 2008. Effec-
on the interim report of the
expert group headed by well-
Rs 3 lakh. He proposed that
the Speaker constitute a five-
back their loans.
Capt Singh claimed the
additional Rs 31,000 crore to
benefit farmers, he added.
2 MP farmers commit suicide
TIMES NEWS NETWORK hanging from a ceiling fan in
his house. Five farmers from
Bhopal: Two farmers com- Sehore have taken their lives

T
he CM refused to say
how much the state
would need to raise to
meet the waiver require-
ments. These are all figures
which will be given in the
state budget, he told report-
ers after announcing the
waiver. The state budget is to
be tabled on Tuesday.
Punjab had got just 0.8% of
the Rs 52,520 crore loan waiv-
tively, this is the first major
debt waiver for the state.
The Punjab CM had been
under pressure to announce
a loan waiver after UP CM Yo-
gi Aditya Nath had waived
loans of up to Rs 1 lakh on
April 4. Capt Singh, however,
insisted his waiver would
provide double the relief an-
nounced by UP and Maha-
rashtra. The decision is based
known economist T Haque.
Capt Singh added his govern-
ment had decided to take
over the outstanding crop
loans (from institutional
sources) of all families of
farmers who committed sui-
cide in the state.
The government has also
decided to raise the ex gratia
for suicide-affected families
to Rs 5 lakh from the existing
member committee of the as-
sembly to visit families of su-
icide victims, ascertain the
reasons for suicide and sug-
gest steps to check the prob-
lem. He informed the House
his government had already
decided to repeal Section 67 A
of the Punjab Cooperative So-
cieties Act, 1961, which pro-
vides for auction of the lands
of farmers who cant pay
previous government, head-
ed by Parkash Singh Badal,
had accepted a loan of Rs
31,000 crore to cover the
shortfall in the cash credit
limit for procurement of
food grains, for which his
government has to pay Rs 270
crore every month and Rs
3,240 crore annually. Had this
not been done, his govern-
ment would have utilised the
The Punjab CM said there
are about 18.5 lakh farming
families in the state, and
about 65% of them are small
and marginal; of these, about
70% have access to institu-
tional finance.
He said a state agricul-
ture policy focusing on in-
crease in farmers incomes
on a sustainable basis would
be formulated soon.
mitted suicide, while a third
attempted to kill himself in
three different districts of
Madhya Pradesh. With this,
the number of farmer suici-
des in the state rose to 15 in the
last 10 days.
Banshilal Meena, 54, a re-
sident of the Jamoniakhurdh
village under CM Shivraj
Singh Chouhans native dis-
trict of Sehore, was found
so far. Banshilals family said
he was in depression for the
last two months as he had not
been able to repay his loan.
Another farmer Jeevan
Singh Meena of Sayarbamo-
ra village in Vidisha commit-
ted suicide because of rising
debt on Sunday night. Murlid-
har from Harda district at-
tempted suicide by consu-
ming celphos pills on Monday.
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Why PM Chose Kovind Over Senior Mantris
After Parrikar,
Modi Felt He
Couldnt Spare
Heavyweights
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: PM Narendra
Modi on Monday refused to
relieve any member of his
Cabinet as NDAs presidential
candidate, tilting the scales in
favour of Bihar governor Ram
Nath Kovind.
Sources said Modi told
the BJPs parliamentary
board that sparing members
of the Cabinet home min-
ister Rajnath Singh, foreign
minister Sushma Swaraj
or social justice minister
Thaawarchand Gehlot
would weaken him.
The PM is learnt to have
mentioned the departure of
Manohar Parrikar, who quit
as defence minister to take
over as chief minister of
Goa, as well as the death of
environment minister Anil
Madhav Dave, to argue that
he needed to hold on to sen-
ior members of his team.
Finance minister Arun
Jaitley has been holding ad-
ditional charge of the defence
ministry, while the environ-
ment ministry is being looked
after by science and technol-
ogy minister Harsh Vardhan.
Members of the parlia-
mentary board also discussed
party veterans L K Advani and
Murli Manohar Joshi, who
were speculated in certain cir-
cles as probables for the presi-
dency, but the twin names did
not generate enough conver-
sation. Lok Sabha Speaker
Sumitra Mahajan, another
speculated probable, figured
A lawyer who cracked
civils but lost 2 elections
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: His appoint-
ment as Bihar governor two
years ago was as surprising
as his selection as the next
probable President. Thats
probably because he was not
very well known in political
circles. But Ram Nath Ko-
vind was one of the first lot
of Dalit leaders to join the
saffron party.
He was the central gov-
ernments advocate in the
Supreme Court during the
Janata Party government
and finally joined BJP in
1991 after 16 years of prac-
tice. From there to the Raj
Bhawan of Bihar and now a
likely journey to Rashtrapati
Bhawan it has been a sto-
ry of dedication and tireless
work for the organisation. He
even donated his ancestral
house in Paraunkh village
in Derapur to the RSS. Ko-
vind was a BJP Rajya Sabha
member for two consecutive
terms from 1994 to 2006.
In between, he was also
the BJP Dalit Morcha presi-
dent between 1998 and 2002.
He served as the national
spokesperson for the party
and also on several impor-
Another BJP gambit to
reach out to Dalits
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Three months
after it reduced the mighty
Bahujan Samaj Party to rub-
ble in Uttar Pradesh elec-
tions, BJPs decision to cata-
pult a Dalit from the state,
Ram Nath Kovind, to Rash-
trapati Bhavan is part of a
calculated plan to consoli-
date the gains in the north-
ern region besides throwing
a symbolic net to the commu-
nity across the country.
The significance of Ko-
vind, governor of Bihar and
a former Rajya Sabha MP,
was evident in the immedi-
ate aftermath of the announ-
cement of his candidature.
JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar
and Dalit czarina Mayawati
welcomed the choice while
reserving their final deci-
sion on supporting his can-
didature. The opposition
leaders may turn either way
but their initial caution be-
trayed their anxiety.
A Dalit from UP appeals
to a vast community across
the cow belt and central In-
dia regions that make for a
vast component of Lok Sab-
ha. For a party enjoying a
dream run electorally, the
symbolism of propping up a
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in the deliberations but failed
to find traction with BJPs top
decision-making body.
Jharkhand governor Drau-
padi Murmu, seen as a prob-
able in certain quarters, was
discussed along with former
deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha
Karia Munda. Murmu and
Munda, tribals from Odisha
and Jharkhand respectively,
were seen as possibilities in
view of the partys desire to
expand its constituency.
Significantly, UP gover-
nor Ram Naik was also on
the short list BJP chief Amit
Shah put up before the parlia-
mentary board, sources said.
But while he failed to get the
nod, his counterpart in Bihar,
Kovind, emerged as the choice
in keeping with the focus of
Modi and Shah to woo Dalits.
The outreach has seen
BJP trying to identify itself
with the legacy of Dalit icon
B R Ambedkar and align itself
with Dalit players like Ramvi-
las Paswan, Ramdas Athavale
and former Bihar chief minis-
ter Jitan Ram Manjhi.
No wonder, Shah empha-
sised Kovinds caste back-
ground as he announced
the parliamentary boards
decision. I&B minister Ven-
kaiah Naidu also spoke along
similar lines.
He (Kovind) is from a
weaker section and belongs to
a family of farmers. He has a
legal background, and twice
served as member of Rajya
Sabha. He understands social,
political and constitutional
issues. He is humble and non-
controversial, Naidu said as
he appealed to all political par-
ties to support Kovind for the
top constitutional office.
Paswan too welcomed
Kovinds candidature. He is
the best choice. Its a brilliant
move by the PM. All parties
should support him, he said.
From joining BJP to
Bihars Raj Bhawan
his has been a story of
dedication and tireless
work. He even donated
had any confrontation with
his ancestral house
in Paraunkh village in
Derapur to the RSS
tant Parliamentary Commit-
tees. After pursuing degrees
in commerce and law from
Kanpur University, he start-
ed preparing for the civil
services in Delhi. He cracked
the examination in 1975 but
didnt join as he was selected
for the allied services.
After that, he started
full-time practice in Delhi
high court and the Supreme
Court and came in contact
with political leaders. He
also served as the personal
assistant of Morarji De-
sai in 1977-78 when he was
Prime Minister.
Just after he joined BJP,
the party fielded him from
Ghatampur in UP but he
lost. His next attempt at
electoral politics was in
2007, when he was fielded
from the Bhognipur assem-
bly constituency in UP. He
PTI
BJP workers celebrating in Patna
after Ram Nath Kovind was
picked as NDAs presidential
candidate on Monday
Dalit in a high position can
further consolidate the polit-
ical gains.
Where Kovind emerges as
part of BJPs Dalit outreach is
the fact that he hails from the
weaker segments of Sched-
uled Castes the non-Jatavs.
Realising that Jatavs are
aligned with non-BJP par-
ties like BSP, and are fierce
Ambedkarites who are less
susceptible to the Hindutva
bait, the saffron party has set
its gaze on non-Jatavs, a key
strand of its successful strat-
egy in the UP elections. The
BJPs sweep of districts with
a good chunk of non-Jatav
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Ram Nath Kovind | 71
The lawyer-turned-neta was born on Oct 1,
1945, in Kanpur (rural) UP to farming family
A lawyer, he practised in Delhi high court and
the Supreme Court for about 16 years until 1993
Elected to Rajya Sabha MP in 1994, served as
UP MP for two terms till March 2006
The Dalit RSS ideologue was
president of BJP Dalit Morcha and All-
India Koli Samaj
Has been on the board of
governors of IIM, Kolkata
& board of BR Ambedkar
University, Lucknow
Joined a stir by SC/ST
employees in 1997 against the the Centre
Bihar governor since August 2015
If Kovind becomes Indias 14th President
after the July election, hell be the rst from
Uttar Pradesh after 9 PMs from the state
lost again. But the party did
recognise Kovinds organi-
sational and administra-
tive skills. Perhaps it was
because of his administra-
tive skills that he hardly
Bihar chief minister Nitish
Kumar, who had said he had
not been consulted before
Kovinds appointment as Bi-
har governor.
His political journey
was mainly centred around
the rights and uplift of the
weaker sections of the so-
ciety. Apart from being the
chief of the BJPs SC/ST
wing, Kovind had joined
the SC/ST employees move-
ment against the central
government in 1997 to pro-
test against some govern-
ment orders. Later, the or-
ders were termed null and
void by the passage of three
amendments to the Consti-
tution during the first NDA
regime. In Bihar, he was
widely acclaimed for con-
stituting a judicial commis-
sion to check irregularities
in promotion of undeserv-
ing teachers, bungling of
funds and appointment of
undeserving candidates in
universities.
votes suggested that it had
managed to pull in votes
from the Dalit tent.
While SCs are far from a
monolith and constitute a het-
erogeneous collection of
castes, it is a fact that the ad-
vent of BSP as a self-respect
movement had knocked them
into a voting unit. While the
unity started fraying with
time, the leadership core of
Jatavs in BSP ensured that a
big chunk of them moved to-
gether politically.
The BJPs strategy focuss-
ing on non-Jatavs is seen as a
rare direct attempt to disman-
tle the Dalit consolidation in a
bid to weaken the political
muscle of Dalit organisations.
The ruling party will use
the unveiling of Kovind, a
staunch BJP loyalist who has
served in various positions in
the organisation, in Rashtra-
pati Bhavan to further its
message among the target
group. It is not a mere coinci-
dence that the party has
launched a sort of package
whereby the UP chief minis-
ter, a saffron-robed, un-
abashed Hindutva votary, is
hawking Kovinds candida-
ture, framing the upcoming
vote as a test of a political par-
tys commitment to Dalits.
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PERSONAL LIFE
Married Savita in
1974; has a son
and a daughter
NOT THE FIRST
DALIT PRESIDENT
KR Narayanan holds
that distinction.
Nominated by
Congress, he became
the President in 1997
DO YOU RECALL? As Bihar governor,
Kovind had asked RJD chief Lalu Prasad
Yadavs son Tej Pratap to repeat the
oath of ofce during his swearing-in as
a minister in 2015 for mispronouncing
the Hindi word apekshit (expected) as
upekshit (neglected)
NITISH IS HAPPY
Matter of happiness
for me personally. As
Cong, Left ready to fight and lose,
for support, its
too early to
say. As Bihar
governor, hes
been impartial
look to Meira Kumar, Gopal Gandhi
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
and maintained
an ideal relationship with
New Delhi: Important region-
the state govt al players may have started
NITISH KUMAR | JD(U) drifting towards BJP, but the
Unilaterally, BJP took opposition refused to give up
a decision... we have efforts to put up a fight amid
indications that its choice
nothing to say.
We dont want could narrow down to Dalit
to comment leader Meira Kumar to coun-
on merits or ter Ram Nath Kovind and the
celebrated Gandhi surname,
demerits of
Gopalkrishna Gandhi.
the candidate
On a day when Biju Janata
GHULAM NABI AZAD | CONGRESS
Dal joined Telangana Rashtra
This is straight- Samithi and YSR Congress to
forward a political support Kovind and when Bi-
confrontation. har CM Nitish Kumar chose
CPM and the to praise the BJP nominee in
opposition his personal capacity, Con-
are meeting gress and Left appeared to be
on June 22nd. firm on their plan to turn the
Only once in presidential poll into what
history of India has they call an ideological battle
the prez been elected against the RSS. The opposi-
uncontested tion decided to meet on June
SITARAM YECHURY | CPM 22 to select its candidate for
a battle it is reconciled to los-
Theres an attempt to ing but which it wants to use
play politics over a to make a political statement.
Dalit prez The meeting will be chaired
nominee. In by Congress chief Sonia Gan-
that case, dhi and is likely to be attended
were not by all 18 opposition parties
interested in which have earlier been part
backing him of brainstorming sessions.
UDDHAV THACKERAY | SHIV SENA Top Congress leader Ghu-
When Kovind was There was no discussion
turned back from on Veep candidate: Shah
Prezs Shimla home
K
Anand.Bodh@timesgroup.com It was on May 30
Shimla: Less than a month that Kovind, along
back, Bihar governor Ram with his family,
Nath Kovind was not allowed to had to return from
enter the Retreat, the official re-
sidence of the President of In- the gates of the
dia in Shimla. Security person- Retreat in Mashobra
nel had told him that he did not hikant Sharma, advisor to Hi-
have the requisite permissions machal Pradesh governor
from the Presidents office. had suggested that he visit the
And today, Kovind is the BJP- Siog reserve forest and had al-
led NDAs nominee to become so told him about the Retreat.
President of India. I had asked him to visit
It was on May 30 that Ko- Siog forest area thinking he wo-
vind along with his family had uld not have the time to visit the
returned from the gates of the Retreat but later he went there
Retreat. The day also happened on his own only to return from
to be his marriage anniversary. the gates, Sharma said. He sa-
Kovind had reached Shim- id that the security personnel
la on May 28 and had stayed at could not have known that the
the Raj Bhawan as Himachal person they denied entry to
Pradesh governor Acharya now has the distinct possibility
Devvrat is his good friend and of returning to the same Retre-
both were appointed as gover- at as the President of India.
nors on the same day. He was The Retreat, located on the
there for Devvrats marriage hilltop at Mashobra, was built
anniversary on May 29 and in 1850 and taken over by the
Kovind had brought him box British viceroy in 1895. The
of mangoes from Bihar as gift. President visits the Retreat at
The next day, Kovind cele- least once a year and his core
brated his own marriage an- office shifts here during the
niversary. As Kovind did not stay. Its a wooden structure
know what places to visit du- with dhajji wall (stone-inlaid
ring his stay, professor Shas- quake resistant) construction.
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Naveen, southern parties
give NDA winning edge
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New Delhi: Ram Nath Kovind, the NDAs pres-
BY THE NUMBERS
idential candidate, should have an easy pas- NDA needs a majority of the full electoral
sage to Rashtrapati Bhavan with the ruling al- college votes for their nominee to
liance already having the committed support
become President
of 57.85% of the electoral college which will
elect the next President. NDA* till June 19: Short by
Even if the opposition decides to field a can- 5,37,683 11,769 votes
didate, the contest will be largely academic.
The NDAs current strength in the electoral 48.9%
college is 5,37,683, which is 48.93% of the total
votes. This goes up to 57.85% votes with TRS
(2%), AIADMK (5.39%) and YSR Congress
(1.53%) already pledging support to the NDA ELECTORAL
candidate. Late on Monday, BJD chief and COLLEGE
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik came out in sup- 10,98,903 votes
port of Kovind, adding 2.99% more votes to the
NDAs kitty. A former BJP Dalit Morcha chief,
Kovind may not be acceptable to several oppo- After June 19 announcement & backing
sition parties but the two key regional parties of TRS, YSR (Cong), BJD & AIADMK
from his home state, Uttar Pradesh, may find it
difficult to oppose him.
Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj
AIADMK 5.39% 59,224
Party have hinted about possible support to
BJD 2.99% 32,892
the NDA nominee. Bihar chief minister and TRS 2.00% 22,048
JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar has spoken posi-
tively about Kovind as the two shared a good YSR(Cong) 1.53% 16,848
rapport after the latter took over as governor
of Bihar three years ago.
Kumar though refused to commit support
60.8%
to the NDA candidate and said it would not be
appropriate to comment on the issue.
He claimed that he has already conveyed
his opinion to Congress president Sonia Gan-
dhi, hinting at the possibility of supporting
Kovind even though he claimed his party
would reach a final decision after the meet- BJP may also be backed by:
ing of opposition parties. If JD(U) (1.91%), SP
(2.37%) and BSP (0.86%) too come on board, SP 2.37% 20,935
the NDA will have the support of 65.98% of the
electoral college. JD(U) 1.91% 20,935
Support for Kovind could swell further as
parties would be loath to be seen opposing a BSP 0.86% 9,399
Dalit candidate for the top constitutional post, *NDA includes BJP, TDP, Shiv Sena, SAD, LJP, PDP,
more so with preparations for the next Lok RLSP, RPI, SBSP, MGP, BPF, NPF, AGP, SRF, AD, NPP,
Sabha polls in 2019 set to start in right earnest. AJSU and SWP. Numbers assume support of all
lam Nabi Azad refused to meet on June 22. Saharanpur in UP and in Har-
even comment on whether Sources in Congress and yana where Dalits protesting
the opposition would field a Left parties indicated that against the government have
candidate, saying the decision Meira Kumar is a likely choice been booked for treason.
would be taken in the meeting. if the opposition decides to Dubbing it a farce, CPI
However, his criticism of the make it an all-Dalit contest. secretary D Raja called it yet
government for not taking the The idea to pick an SC leader another attempt by the NDA
opposition into confidence and would be dictated by the de- to appropriate Ambedkars
his making light of the choice sire to stanch the possible legacy even when BJP had al-
of a Dalit as tokenism sug- BJP charge that rivals were lowed atrocities on Dalits to
gested that a fight is on. opposing a representative grow unabated in states like
The Left has made it plain of the marginalised section UP, Haryana and MP.
that the presidential poll has for political reasons. On the However, sources said the
almost always witnessed a contrary, the decision to field final decision would depend
contest and the opposition Kumar would be used to make on the sentiment that oppo-
should field a candidate a an ideological point about rep- sition parties express in on
line that many resenting the June 22. Gopal Gandhi is seen
feel could in- secular, inclu- as a strong name to direct the
fluence the MEET ON JUNE 22 sive camp. debate around secular ethos
parties likely There was and for tageting the RSS. His
to be swayed by BJPs choice a recognition that Kovinds background as well as his
of a Dalit for the top job but nomination has created com- humanitarian approach in
which are also strong propo- plications by making it easier Raj Bhavan is seen as reflec-
nents of a grand opposition for regional players to support tive of his pro-poor concerns,
alliance for the 2019 Lok Sab- BJPs choice of a Dalit candi- which can be used as a strong
ha elections. It just may make date. There was also a wari- campaign plank. Sources said
them rethink any bid to bolt. ness of what other regional the opposition is unlikely to
CPM general secretary players like Sharad Pawar and win over new parties with
Sitaram Yechury said, The Bihar CM might do its choice of candidate, but
presidential nominee is not But leaders of opposition it could help stop some netas
determined by the character did not let the disappointment from drifting towards BJP.
of the person, but by the poli- and anxiety show through. The opposition also
tics that is behind the selec- Ghulam Nabi Azad rub- slammed the BJP for not tak-
tion of the candidate. There bished the Dalit empower- ing it into confidence despite
are some names under con- ment spin, saying BJPs soft commitments from ministers
sideration and we will decide corner for SCs was evident in Rajnath Singh and Venkaiah
when all opposition leaders attacks on the community in Naidu last week.
PTI
Continued from P 1
ovind, a farmers son,
comes from a humble
background. He devot-
ed his life to public service
and worked for the poor and
marginalised, the PM add-
ed. If he didnt focus on Ko-
vinds Dalit identity, it was
very much on the table.
Speaking to reporters af-
ter the meeting of the parlia-
mentary board, Shah said Ko-
vind had always espoused the
cause of underprivileged sec- Governor Ram Nath Kovind greets PM Narendra Modi in New Delhi on
tions of society, and had a long Monday after he was announced NDAs presidential nominee
career working for Dalits and
oppressed groups. Dalit aur Hyderabad University stu-
picchhde vargon ke liye ha-
Kovind is viewed dent Rohith Vemula, the as-
mesha sangharsh karte rahe favourably by RSS sault on Dalits at Una in Guja-
hain Ram Nath Kovindji, a factor that is rat by cow vigilantes and,
Shah said. He also sought to more recently, the violent con-
counter the criticism that
learnt to have frontation between Thakurs
BJP had made the choice uni- weighed with the and Dalits under the freshly-
laterally. The PM himself PM and Shah elected government of Yogi
has spoken to Sonia Gandhi Adityanath in UP.
and Manmohan Singh. Ev- elevation is expected to be a However, it has paid divi-
eryone has been informed of statement of good intent to- dends too, with the BJP nib-
this decision, he said. wards Dalits, especially the bling at, as its victory in UP
The BJP chief, however, categories that may be more showed, at the Dalit base of
clarified that there was no susceptible to the Sangh Pari- opponents like Mayawati.
discussion on a vice-presi- vars relentless efforts to Kovind is a Kori, a commu-
dential candidate. broaden its appeal. nity present in significant
Kovind is viewed favoura- The efforts at reaching out numbers in the area extend-
bly by RSS a factor that is have not been an unqualified ing from Kanpur to Bundelk-
learnt to have weighed with success, running into rough hand and, unlike the pro-BSP
the PM and Shah and his weather over the suicide of Jatavs, not hostile to BJP.
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Sena: Dalit pick BJPs Diwali arrives early in Those against him will be
seen as anti-Dalit: Paswan
vote-bank politics Kovinds UP village TOI
New Delhi: Anyone opposing
Ram Nath Kovinds candidatu-
re will be seen as anti-Dalit,
Paswan said Kovinds se-
lection came as a tight slap
for those who branded the Mo-
Abhinav Malhotra & cestral house to the village Union minister and Lok Jans- di government as anti-Dalit.

Final Decision TWISTS AND TURNS
On Prez Poll h After BJP boss Amit Shah meets Shiv Sena chief Uddhav
Thackeray on Sunday, a BJP minister says that the Shiv Sena will
back the NDA in the presidential elections
Today: Uddhav h Shah reportedly
Ambarish.Mishra
@timesgroup.com
Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief
Uddhav Thackeray has taken
exception to Bihar governor
Ram Nath Kovind being na-
med as the NDA candidate for
the presidential election.
The Shiv Sena is not in-
terested in the presidential
election if you are going to fi-
eld a candidate only because
he belongs to the Dalit com-
munity. This means that you
have set your eyes on the Dalit
votebank, he said.
Uddhav was addressing
the Senas conclave at Shan-
mukhananda auditorium to
mark the partys 51st anniver-
sary. The choice of the presi-
dential nominee should be in
the larger interest of the enti-
re country. Sena had put for-
ward RSS chief Mohan Bhag-
h The decision to name
assured Uddhav
that the BJP
parliamentary
board will consult
all NDA constituents
before finalizing the
nominee
wats name because we belie-
ve in Hindu Rashtra, he ad-
ded. Uddhav said scientist M
S Swaminathan too was a go-
od choice as he is held in este-
em for his contribution to the
Green Revolution.
Uddhav said he would ta-
ke the final decision on Ko-
vinds candidature after con-
sultations with his colleagu-
es on Tuesday. He also dared
the BJP to hold midterm elec-
tions in Maharashtra.
No political party should
think that it is going to win
every election...The situation
in the state is fast changing.
Bihar governor Ram Nath
Kovind as the NDAs
nominee leaves many in
the Sena surprised. A
leader says the party
was not taken into
confidence
Farmers are boiling with ire
over remunerative prices and
loan waiver...The Sena is rea-
dy for the polls, he added.
Uddhav will have to back
Kovind for the presidential
polls as the Sena is NDAs ally
and shares power with the
BJP in the state and at the
Centre, said observers. BJP
chief Amit Shah hurled some
harsh truths at Uddhav when
the two met at Matoshree on
Sunday. During his hour-long
talks with Shah, the Sena pre-
sident didnt utter a word on
the farmers stir in Maha-
rashtra, it is learnt.
Faiz Rahman Siddiqui TNN
Paraukh(Kanpur Dehat):
Diwali has arrived much in
advance for this small village
in Derapur tehsil of Kanpur
Dehat district. Paraukh, the
native village of Ramnath
Kovind, erupted in joy and
celebration as news spread
that NDA had declared him
as its presidential nominee.
Sweets were distributed
amid the chanting of songs
in praise of PM Narendra
Modi, BJP president Amit
Shah and Kovind. Overjoyed
villagers rushed out of their
houses with harmoniums
and dholaks and started
singing from a podium next
to Kovinds ancestral house.
Our villages son has be-
en chosen as a nominee for
the presidential elections.
The prayers and celebrations
will continue till the results
are out and he is declared Pre-
sident of India, Kovinds
childhood friend Jaswant
Singh told TOI, adding, Our
small village will now find a
place on the world map.
Jaswant recalled that Ko-
Kovinds distant nephew Anil
Kumar and his daughter Nikki
Devi in UPs Paraukh village
vind was very sharp in studi-
es. We used to go to school to-
gether which was some 6 km
from our village. Those days,
the teachers were very strict
and often students were be-
aten up for not paying atten-
tion. But Ramnath was never
scolded as he was a meritorio-
us student, said Jaswant.
Rajkishore Singh, who
was a year senior to Kovind
in the village school, said
that despite his stature, Ko-
vind is easily accessible,
simple, humble and straight-
forward. After becoming
the governor, he came to the
village once and met all of
us. He has even gifted his an-
which is now being used as a
community hall to hold
hakti Party (LJP) chief Ram
Vilas Paswan said as he mock-
I appeal to all political parties
to extend their support. They
small functions, he said. ed claims of opposition parties must prove how concerned
Kovinds distant nephew
Anil Kumar said nobody
putting up a candidate. Peene
wale ko peene ka bahana chahi-
they are for uplift of Dalits. We
have always maintained that
from his immediate family li- ye, Paswan said, indicating the PMs decision will be final
ves here now. Pushpa Devi,
an aanganwadi worker who-
that the rivals were just loo-
king for an excuse to oppose.
and we will support any deci-
sion, he said. Dipak Dash TNN
se father was Kovinds class-
mate, said that in 2002 when
he became a Rajya Sabha
member, the village started
witnessing development.
Despite reaching such sta-
ture, he does not have a single
property in his name in Pa-
raukh village, she said.
Vinod Singh Chauhan,
who lives next to Kovinds
ancestral house, said the lat-
ters father Maiku Lal was a
priest in an ancient temple in
the village. There was a ti-
me when his father could not
afford even his school fee, but
he toiled hard to fulfil the de-
sire of his youngest son to go
for higher studies, said a vil-
lager elder. He used to study
using oil lamps as there was
no power, he added.

BJPs choice of President

nominee stumps SP, BSP
Pervez.IqbalSiddiqui@timesgroup.com Mayawati said.
(But) now that the NDA has no-
Lucknow: BJPs move to name Bihar minated him as their candidate, we
governor Ram Nath Kovind, a Dalit, as will not have a negative approach to-
the NDAs presidential candidate, has wards him primarily because he is
stumped both the Bahujan Samaj Par- Dalit and will support him, she said,
ty (BSP) and Samajawadi Party (SP) adding, Unless the opposition parti-
which have made electoral ca- es put up a Dalit candidate
pital out of empowerment of who is more popular.
backwards classes for more Mayawatis statement is
than 25 years. being seen as an indication
Their circumspection that the Opposition too could
was evident from the fact nominate a Dalit as a coun-
that neither party could out- ter. Political observers, ho-
right dis BJPs choice in wever, said the possibility of
fact, BSP dropped hints that all UPA members agreeing
it was not opposed to Ko- BSP chief Mayawati on a single candidate, even a
vinds candidature in absen- Dalit, in one meeting appea-
ce of a more suitable Dalit candidate, red bleak.
while maintaining that the party op- SPs Naresh Agarwal said, Sonia
poses the RSS. Gandhi has called a meeting of the
Mayawati said Kovind did not re- UPA in Delhi on June 22 and we will
present Dalits as a whole as he be- take a final call on the issue. But, he
longed to Kori caste, a very small sec- refused to comment on Kovinds can-
tion of Dalits across the country. didature. Lets see what happens at
I dont approve of his political the meeting, Agarwal said, adding
background as he has been mainly that SP will only talk on the issue af-
associated with the BJP and RSS, ter the UPA meeting.
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TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017

2L people pay last respects to

Ramakrishna Mission head
TIMES NEWS NETWORK Several Bengal ministers
India wants to be a trade, transit hub ral arrangements as guaran- MVA lacks any guarantee-

Kolkata: Nearly two lakh

people on Monday paid their
last respects to Ramakrish-
na Mission president Swami
Atmasthanandaji, who pas-
sed away on Sunday. The
mortal remains of the 98-ye-
ar-old monk were kept at Be-
lur Math before the last ri-
tes, which were held at the
Ramakrishna Mission head-
quarters on Monday eve-
ning following a gun salute.
and dignitaries attended the
funeral. Bengal Governor
Keshari Nath Tripathi said
it was a great loss which
cant be compensated.
Among those present on
Monday were Tripura go-
vernor Tathagata Ray, TMC
MP Prasun Banerjee and
Bengal ministers Arup Ray
and Lakshmi Ratan Shukla.
Howrah DM Chaitali Chak-
rabarti carried a wreath
sent by PM Narendra Modi.
Inks UN Pact In
Bid To Counter
Chinas OBOR
Indrani.Bagchi
@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: India became
the 71st country on Monday to
join the United Nations TIR
Convention, the internatio-
nal customs transit system,
to position itself as a regio-
nal trading and transit hub.
The TIR system is the in-
ternational customs transit
system with the widest geog-
raphical coverage. As other
customs transit procedures,
the TIR procedure enables
goods to move under customs
control across international
borders without the payment
of the duties and taxes.
TIR Convention is more
than a transport agreement
and has a strong foreign poli-
The TIR system, once in effect, will breathe life into the International
North-South Transport Corridor and the Chahbahar project that India
has been working on for some time
cy element. In a world where
Chinas One Belt One Road
(OBOR) is the dominating
project straddling economics
and geopolitics, India has no
option but to play a better ga-
me if it wants to be counted as
a serious rising power.
Welcoming India into the
global transport arrange-
ment, Umberto de Pretto, the
secretary general of IRU
which manages the TIR Con-
vention, told TOI from Gene-
va that Indias accession wo-
uld have a big impact on re-
gional connectivity. TIR
can help implement the
Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-
Nepal (BBIN) Motor Vehi-
cles Agreement by addres-
sing policy incompatibility
among the BBIN group. For
example, Bangladesh does
not recognise insurance po-
licies made in India, Nepal
or Bhutan. With TIR, there
would be no need for bilate-
tors are covered by the global
guarantee chain.
One of the persistent pro-
blems for Indias connectivity
projects has been the discon-
nect between transport and
customs systems with diffe-
rent countries. Once the sy-
stems are integrated with glo-
bal norms, India reckons it
will become easier to service
African and Asian markets
when the DMIC (Delhi-Mum-
bai Industrial Corridor) co-
mes online. It will breathe life
into the International North-
South Transport Corridor
and the Chahbahar project
that India has been working
on for some time.
China joined the TIR in
2016 when its giant inter-re-
gional connectivity projects
began to take off. As India
ramps up its connectivity
ambitions this is a necessary
step. For instance, the BBIN
motor vehicles agreement
needs this convention to ma-
ke it operational. BBIN
ing mechanism to protect
customs revenue in the
event of goods getting diver-
ted to the national territory
of the state through which it
is passing. Without such me-
chanism, the MVA could not
be operational, he said.
Joining the convention
would be a major economic
boost to South Asia, eventual-
ly connecting the region to
the rest of the world. It could
become a key link between So-
uth and South-East Asia, par-
ticularly as China is already a
TIR member, and connects
transit routes east to Myan-
mar, Thailand, Laos, Cambo-
dia and beyond. He added it
can link India to maritime
transport routes across the
entire Asia-Pacific region.
A statement from IRU (In-
ternational Roads Union) sa-
id this was part of Indias
multi-modal transport strate-
gy that aims to integrate the
economy with global and re-
gional production networks.

India-Af air India at BRICS

freight corridor meet: Theres no
now operational good terrorist
TIMES NEWS NETWORK (mainly pharmaceuticals, Saibal Dasgupta TNN
water purifiers, medical equ-
New Delhi: India and Afgha- ipment) on June 18, 2017 from Beijing: India has sent out
nistan established a direct air Delhi to Kabul. a clear message to the
freight corridor with the first The arrival of the cargo BRICS countries, including
flight from Kabul to Delhi re- flight from Kabul to Delhi China, that they should not
ceived on Monday by foreign marked the inauguration of believe in the Pakistani
minister Sushma Swaraj. the dedicated air freight cor- narrative about making a
The flight, which carried ridor. The decision to estab- distinction between good
60 tonnes of cargo (mainly lish an air freight corridor and bad terrorists. Pakis-
PTI between Afghanis- tani leaders have been try-
tan and India was ing to propagate this theory
taken in the mee- to protect a section of extre-
ting between PM mists, and China has shown
Narendra Modi and no signs of discomfort abo-
President Ghani in ut this narrative.
September 2016 du- I have pointed out that
ring the Presidents terrorism remains the most
visit to India, said potent global menace and
the ministry of ex- threatens global peace...
ternal affairs in a And terrorists cannot be dif-
Sushma Swaraj (R) during the arrival of the statement. The con- ferentiated by calling them
first flight of the India-Afghanistan air corridor nectivity establis- good or bad, V K Singh, mi-
project, at IGI Airport in New Delhi on Monday hed through the air nister of state for external
freight corridor affairs, said at a joint press
asafoetida) from Afghanis- will provide Afghanistan gre- conference after the mee-
tan, was flagged off in Kabul ater access to markets in In- ting of BRICS foreign mini-
by President Ashraf Ghani. dia, and will allow Afghan bu- sters in Beijing on Monday.
A similar cargo flight sinessmen to leverage Indias The press conference was al-
from Delhi to Kabul had earli- economic growth and trade so attended by foreign mini-
er carried 100 tonnes of cargo networks for its benefit. sters of all BRICS countries
(Brazil, Russia, India, China
and South Africa).
The meeting comes ahe-
ad of the BRICS summit of
the heads of governments,
which will be attended by
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi in Xiamen city of so-
uthern China in September.
Pointing out that there
was a need to expedite the
adoption of the Compre-
hensive Convention on In-
ternational Terrorism at
the United Nations, Singh
said all the BRICS countri-
es are supporting this mo-
ve. The BRICS agenda has
witnessed steady expan-
sion, Singh said. The jo-
int working group on coun-
ter-terror concluded its
meeting in May. Our NSAs
are scheduled to meet next
month. In their meeting
last year, they reached sig-
nificant understanding to
enhance BRICS coopera-
tion in security and coun-
ter-terrorism.
India has been unhappy
about Chinas continued
efforts to defend Pakistan
on the issue of terrorism.
Chinese foreign mini-
ster Wang Yi said, China
and India are both major
countries with great influ-
ence, and that they should
boost cooperation in the
BRICS, the Shanghai Coo-
peration Organization
(SCO) and all other multila-
teral frameworks to make a
contribution to peace and
stability in the region and
the world at large.
Reuters

Minister of state for external affairs VK Singh (L) with Chinese

foreign minister Wang Yi in Beijing

Notice to NCW for

inaction in sexual
harassment plaint
Rumu Banerjee@timesgroup.com

New Delhi: The Central Information

Commission has issued a show cause noti-
ce to the National Commission of Women
for its alleged inaction on the complaint of
sexual harassment of a woman staffer as
also for breach of RTI.
The CIC order came on a second appeal
filed by the former NCW staffer, who had fi-
led an RTI with the commission for informa-
tion on the extension of her contract as well
as details of the inquiry report on her comp-
laint of sexual harassment against a senior
NCW official. The information was denied.
The order by M Sridhar Acharyulu is
scathing about the role of NCW as well as
the conduct of the internal complaints
committee of the NCW. It also points to the
incongruity of NCW forwarding the requ-
est for information to the person (as first ap-
pellate authority) against whom the comp-
laint had been filed by its former staffer.
Acharyulu points to breach of statuto-
ry obligations by the first appellate autho-
rity, saying, It is clear that the officer was
accused of sexual harassment, and he was
the same officer supposed to decide the
first appeal as designated FA authority un-
der the RTI Act. It is evidently a case of
conflict of interest and yet he was facilita-
ted to continue ... The first appellate autho-
rity has not followed the principles of na-
tural justice. The order also directs the of-
ficer concerned and the chief information
officer of NCW to show cause as to why
they should not be penalised. The CIC or-
der also comes down on the member secre-
tary of the NCW, asking it to explain why
the panel should not be ordered to pay com-
pensation to the complainant.
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Gambhir slams Kerala IS man killed in Af FIR filed in TN

separatist for Believed To Shajeer M Abdulla,
an engineering
Be Behind graduate from the
formed the people in Padne
about the death of three other
persons from the state who
had joined the IS. Hafeesude-
He is believed to be behind the
radicalization of a section of
Muslim youth through the
bribery case: CM
TIMES NEWS NETWORK documents during bypoll. A
blog Al Muhajiraun, which case has been registered after

lauding Pak Recruitment National Institute of

New Delhi: Slamming
Kashmiri separatist leader
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq for
congratulatory tweet on Pa-
kistans maiden ICC Cham-
pions Trophy triumph over
India, seasoned cricketer
Gautam Gambhir has sug-
gested that he celebrate the
win in Pakistan rather than
in Kashmir.
Gambhirs strong reac-
tion came after the Hurriyat
leader on his Twitter handle
expressed his joy at Pakistan
beating India by 180 runs in
the Champions Trophy final
CHAMPIONS TROPHY
at The Oval in London on
Sunday. Fireworks all
around, feels like an early Eid
here. Better team took the day.
Congratulations team #Pa-
kistan, Farooq tweeted.
To this, the famed Indian
opening batsman not only
slammed Farooq, but also in-
directly took a dig at Chinas
increasing colonisation of
Pakistan. A suggestion
@MirwaizKashmir why
dont u cross the border? U
will get better fireworks (Chi-
nese?), Eid celebs there. I can
help u wid packing, Gamb-
hir wrote in his tweet. IANS
TWITTER WAR
Pak army mocks
India after ICC win
P akistan Army has mocked
India after the countrys
resounding victory in the
Champions Trophy cricket
final, sharing photos of
celebrations in restive
Balochistan with a caption
To whom it may concern.
Lay off. After posting
photos of Army chief
General Qamar Javed Bajwa
with victory (V) sign and
soldiers dancing over
Pakistani triumph over India
at the Oval, military
spokesman Major General
Asif Ghafoor shared pictures
from Balochistan where
people were celebrating the
victory. PTI
Prashanth.MP TNN
Kozhikode: Shajeer Manga-
lasseri Abdulla, who is belie-
ved to be behind the recruit-
ment of a number of Malaya-
li youths to the Islamic State
(IS), is believed to have been
killed in military operations
in Afghanistan.
B C Abdul Rehman, a so-
cial activist in Padne in Ka-
saragod, received a What-
sApp message with a photo of
the body of Shajeer on Mon-
day morning. The message
Technology-Calicut,
was working in
the UAE before
joining the IS
was sent by Ashfaq, a youth
from Padne who has joined
the IS. I had asked him abo-
ut the veracity of the news
related to the death of IS chi-
ef Abu-Bakr Al Bagdadi. In
reply I got this message,
which reads Shajeer - May
Allah accept him with a pho-
tograph of the body, said
Rehman. The message did
not have any other details.
It was Ashfaq who had in-
en and Murshid from Kasara-
god and Yahya from Palakkad
were killed in US strikes in
Afghanistan, according to
Ashfaq. Police sources, howe-
ver, declined to confirm the
news saying that the face of
the person was not clear in the
picture. They, however, admit-
ted that they also reveived in-
formation three months ago
that Shajeer might have been
killed. The Facebook account
used by Shajeer has been in-
operative since March.
Shajeer, an engineering
graduate from the National
Institute of Technology-Cali-
cut (NITC), was working in
the UAE before joining the IS.
contained IS publicity materi-
al in Malayalam. His name
cropped up during the inter-
rogation of IS cadres arrested
from Kanakamala in Kannur
last year. The arrested per-
sons had confessed that Shaje-
er was giving instructions to
them through a group created
in Telegram app.
Shajeers death will be a
major blow for the IS in Kerala
as he was instrumental in re-
cruiting cadres and planning
attacks. He had consulted the
group members in Kerala to
identify the potential targets
that included some Sangh Pa-
rivar leaders and rationalist
thinkers like E A Jabbar.
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu go-
vernment on Monday infor-
med the legislative assembly
that police had filed a case on
distribution of money to vo-
ters in RK Nagar where a by-
poll was to be held on April 13.
The Election Commission had
cancelled the bypoll in the wa-
ke of charges of voter bribing.
Chief minister Edappadi K
Palaniswami said the Election
Commission has directed the
returning officer of RK Nagar
constituency to file an FIR, ba-
sed on an I-T department re-
port on the seizure of certain
getting sanction from the met-
ropolitan magistrate. An in-
vestigation is under way, he
said. The CM did not go into the
details of the documents.
Palaniswami made a state-
ment after DMK working pre-
sident M K Stalin and Cong-
ress floor leader K Ramasamy
raised the issue of the com-
missions directive, which
went viral on social media fol-
lowing an RTI reply to a Chen-
nai-based advocate, M P Vai-
rakkannan. Dissatisfied with
the reply, the DMK and allies
walked out.

Mehbooba
meets kin of
slain J&K cop
Srinagar: J&K chief minis-
ter Mehbooba Mufti on Mon-
day visited the family of
slain police officer Feroz Ah-
mad Dar at Sangam and con-
veyed her sympathies to the
bereaved family.
The CM spent time with
the parents, wife and two kids
of the slain officer. Mufti di-
rected the concerned officers

HEALING TOUCH

to complete the procedures re-

garding a compassionate ap-
pointment in favour of the
next of kin of the slain cop in
the shortest possible time.
Mufti assured the kin that she
would look into the demand
for restructuring a housing
loan which the deceased had
taken. Dar and five other cops
were killed in the June 16 am-
bush in Anantnag by suspect-
ed LeT militants. PTI

Desi assault
rifle set for
Mhow test
Chethan.Kumar
@timesgroup.com

Ichhapore (West Bengal):

The indigenously developed
7.62mm x 51mm assault rifle
has met the expectations of
the project management te-
am, comprising representati-
ves from the Indian Army and
defence agencies, in round
one of its trials. The team fo-
und the rifle satisfactory on
all aspects, barring one ad-
justment that it has sought be-
fore the next round of trials.
P K Agarwal, additional
general manager of Rifle Fac-
tory Ishapore (RFI), confir-
med that the trial was comple-
te. The RFI team is gearing up
to make the adjustment befo-
re offering the rifle for the
next round of trials at the In-
fantry School, Mhow (MP),
which is the testing agency of
the Indian Army.
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Ahead of D-day, UN HQ Made-in-India F-16? Lockheed inks

adopts yoga posture JV with Tatas in fight for Indian skies
TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Will Vie With line is still a long way off will square with US President

A
head of International
Yoga Day, the govern-
ment is again using yo-
ga to project Indias soft power
abroad. The UN building in
New York has been lit up with
the word yoga projected on it.
Actor Anupam Kher in-
augurated the lighting. Kher
on Twitter thanked Syed Ak-
baruddin, Indias ambassa-
dor and permanent repre-
sentative to the UN, for the
opportunity.
Great honour to illumi-
nate the United Nations buil-
ding, New York in prepara-
tion of International Day of
Yoga. Thank you Akbarud-
din sir, Kher tweeted.
The 61-year-old actor later
shared a string of photog-
raphs in front of the building
along with Akbaruddin.
Officials said that a num-
ber of events are being orga-
nised to commemorate Yoga
Day which falls on June 21.
These include a yoga session
at the UN which will be led by
Swami Chidananda Saras-
wati and Sadhvi Bhagwati of
Rishikesh.
Chef de cabinet to UN se-
cretary general Maria Luiza
Ribeiro and president of the
general assembly ambassa-
dor Peter Thomson are special
guests on the occasion.
COMING TO LIGHT: UN will issue stamps commemorating Yoga Day
WHO will also sponsor a
Conversation on Yoga for He-
alth which is being organised
by Indias permanent mission.
Speakers at the event will
include Kher, World Health
Organisation executive direc-
tor Nata Menabde, Swami Chi-
danand Saraswati and Sadhvi
Bhagawati Saraswati, former
NFL athlete turned yogi Keith
Mitchell, Bluechip Marketing
Worldwide CEO Stanton Ka-
wer and Swami Sivadasanan-
da. This year, the UN will also
issue special stamps comme-
morating Yoga Day. The UN
postal agency, UN Postal Admi-
nistration (UNPA) will issue
the new special event sheet to
commemorate the day that has
been marked annually since
2015. The special sheet consists
of stamps with images of the
sacred Indian sound Om and
various yogic asanas.
Saab-Made
Gripen-E Jet
Rajat.Pandit@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: The dogfight
among global aviation majors
over Indian skies is once aga-
in set to take off. Ahead of PM
Narendra Modis visit to the
US early next week, the
worlds largest armament
company Lockheed Martin on
Monday signed a pact with Ta-
ta Advanced Systems to pro-
duce the latest version of its
F-16 fighter jets in India if the
joint venture actually bags the
multi-billion dollar project.
With India last month fi-
nalising the new strategic
partnership (SP) policy in
defence production, which en-
visages joint ventures betwe-
en global armament majors
and Indian private sector
companies under the Make
in India framework, the
Lockheed-Tata tie-up now
firmly pitches the F-16 against
the Swedish Gripen-E fighter
manufactured by Saab.
Both F-16 and Gripen were
The defence ministry wants a second single-engine fighter production
line in India to supplement the long-delayed indigenous Tejas fighter
the only single-engine jets
(less expensive than twin-eng-
ine ones) among the six con-
tenders in Indias original
MMRCA (medium multi-role
combat aircraft) project to ac-
quire 126 jets, in which the
French Rafale fighter had
eventually emerged the win-
ner. But the Modi government
had gone in for the direct pur-
chase of only 36 Rafales for Rs
59,000 crore after scrapping
the deadlocked and exorbitant
MMRCA project in 2015.
The defence ministry now
wants a second single-engine
fighter production line in In-
dia to supplement the long-de-
layed indigenous Tejas fighter
in the backdrop of IAF grapp-
ling with just 32 fighter squad-
rons when it needs 42-44 squ-
adrons for the collusive Chi-
na-Pakistan threat.
As reported earlier by
TOI, the F-16 and Gripen-E
fighters are the main conten-
ders for this second line, un-
der which at least 100 fighters
will be produced and the or-
der could go up to over 200
jets, since the F-18s, Rafales,
Eurofighter Typhoon and
MiG-35s are all twin-engine.
MoD sources on Monday
said the actual deal or cont-
ract for the second assembly
since the process for the selec-
ting the Indian private sector
firm as the strategic part-
ner for production of figh-
ters will itself take several
months, which will be follo-
wed by the extensive bidding
and negotiation process. Un-
der the SP policy, foreign origi-
nal equipment manufactu-
rers (OEMs) will be selected in
a parallel process.
But the Lockheed-Tata
venture, announced at the
Paris Air Show on Monday,
has made its intention clear
to produce, operate and ex-
port the F-16 Block 70 air-
craft (the latest technologi-
cally-advanced version of
the jet that first made its de-
but almost four decades ago)
under the Make in India
framework if selected.
The US itself has not orde-
red F-16s since 1999, shifting to
the advanced fifth-generation
F-35s, but has exported them to
other countries. Of the over
4,500 F-16s manufactured over
the years, with production li-
nes in Europe and other count-
ries like Turkey and South Ko-
rea apart from the US, around
3,200 are still flown by 26 count-
ries, including Pakistan.
But it is still not clear how
Modis Make in India drive for $2.1 billion.
Donald Trumps hard-nosed
policy to not allow jobs and fac-
tories to be shifted out of Ame-
rica. Lockheed and Tata, on
their part, said moving the
F-16 production base from Fort
Worth in Texas to India would
still retain jobs in the US.
F-16 production in India
supports thousands of Lock-
heed Martin and F-16 supplier
jobs in the US, creates new
manufacturing jobs in India,
and positions Indian indust-
ry at the centre of the most ex-
tensive fighter aircraft supp-
ly ecosystem in the world, sa-
id their joint statement.
This unprecedented F-16
production partnership bet-
ween the worlds largest de-
fence contractor and Indias
premier industrial house pro-
vides India the opportunity to
produce, operate and export
F-16 Block 70 aircraft, the ne-
west and most advanced ver-
sion of the worlds most suc-
cessful, combat-proven multi-
role fighter, it added.
Tata, incidentally, alrea-
dy builds airframe compo-
nents for Lockheeds C-130
military transport aircraft.
India has inducted six (one
has crashed) of the 13 C-130J
Super Hercules contracted

Truck, with driver Adivasi woman Jaitley to lead military delegation to Russia
activists pics Rajat.Pandit@timesgroup.com
DELHI-MOSCOW STRATEGIC TANGO
sal) for the project will be is-

inside, set ablaze on Yogi FB fan New Delhi: Defence mini-

TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Darjeeling: The violent stir
in the Darjeeling hills took a
macabre turn on Monday, the
12th day of the indefinite agi-
tation, with Gorkha Janmuk-
ti Morcha cadres setting a
Sikkim-bound truck on fire
along with its driver. Aniket
Chetri, the driver, suffered
70% burn injuries and is
fighting for life in hospital.
As GJM members went
on the rampage blocking ar-
terial roads from daybreak,
tourist heading from Gang-
tok to Siliguri were forced to
turn back and state trans-
port buses from Siliguri to
Darjeeling were held up for
nearly 12 hours on the way.
Around 1.30 pm, Chetris
truck, ferrying bricks from
the plains to Sikkim, was stop-
ped at Kalijhora on National
Highway 10. Chetri, a resident
of Teesta Bazaar, was prevent-
ed from alighting while the
GJM activists poured petrol
and then set light to the truck.
It was only when locals
stepped in that the GJM work-
ers relented. But by then, Che-
tri had suffered severe burns.
Bengal govt sends
Darjeeling report
T he West Bengal
government has sent an
update on the ongoing violence
in Darjeeling to the Centre,
even as it dispatched around
100 women security personnel
from the CRPF to help the state
police restore peace in the hills.
The state governments
report is under examination of
the ministry, a home ministry
spokesperson said.
Home secretary Rajiv
Mehrishi on Monday spoke to
the West Bengal chief
secretary, who requested for
two companies of women
para-military personnel for the
state. One of the two companies
has already reached the
troubled region. TNN
had dared to ply the truck de-
fying the bandh, a local said.
Chetri was pulled out of
the vehicle and rushed to Sili-
guri district hospital in a po-
lice ambulance. As his condi-
tion deteriorated, doctors re-
ferred him to North Bengal
Medical College. Tourism
page stir row
Pranjal.Baruah@timesgroup.com
Guwahati: Ten years after
she was stripped on the streets
of Guwahati during a protest
rally, adivasi women activist
Laxmi Orangs old photog-
raphs have once again stirred
a fresh controversy after an al-
leged Facebook fan page of UP
CM Yogi Adiya Nath having
over one lakh followers posted
the same pictures.
The post on the fan page
claimed that a Hindu woman
was stripped by Congress wor-
kers for allegedly raising slo-
gans in support of BJP and PM
Modi in West Bengal.
Laxmi has decided to file a
criminal defamation case aga-
inst the UP CM along with BJP
MP from Assam RP Sarmah,
who allegedly shared the post.
Im going to move court on
Tuesday, Laxmi told TOI.
All Adivasi Students As-
sociation of Assam (Aasaa)
has already lodged an FIR
with Moranhat police station
in Upper Assams Charaideo
district against the UP CM, sa-
ying that the post not only ad-
ster Arun Jaitley will be lea-
ding a high-powered military
delegation to Novosibirsk
and Moscow this week, at a ti-
me when Russia is desperate
to wrest back from the US its
long-standing numero uno
position in the lucrative Indi-
an arms market.
Jaitley is slated to hold wi-
de-ranging discussions with
the Russian deputy PM Dmit-
ry Rogozin and defence mini-
ster General Sergey Shoygu
during the first India-Russia
science technology commis-
sion and the 17th inter-govern-
mental commission on mili-
tary-technical cooperation
during his visit from June 20
to 23. It comes just before PM
Narendra Modi travels to the
US on June 25-26 for his first
meeting with President Do-
nald Trump.
Though India has increa-
singly turned to the US for me-
ga arms deals in recent years,
Russia can take solace from
the fact that defence projects
worth around $10.5 billion are
now on the verge of being fina-
lised with it. These range from
the acquisition of five S-400
Triumfadvanced air defence
Russia has been Indias
largest arms supplier, with
military-technical contracts
worth $65 billion since 1960
Around 60% of
equipment with Indian
armed forces
of Russian-
origin, from MiG
& Sukhoi-30MKI ghters
to T-90S tanks, kilo-class
SOME ONGOING PROJECTS
WITH RUSSIA:
IAF has inducted 240 of 272 Sukhoi jets
contracted for over $12 billion, with bulk of them being
licensed produced by HAL
Army has inducted 1,000 of 1,657 T-90S main-
battle tanks being contracted for over
$4.5 billion, with 1,000 of them being
licensed produced by OFB
missile systems, four Grigori-
vich-class frigates and 200 Ka-
mov-226T light helicopters as
well as the lease of a second
nuclear-powered submarine
after INS Chakra.
But India is yet to be con-
vinced about the economic
and technical viability of go-
ing in for the multi-billion
dollar joint development and
production of a fifth-genera-
submarines, Talwar-class
frigates & aircraft
carrier INS Vikramaditya
Russia now facing stiff
challenge from the US,
which has bagged Indian
arms deals worth
$15 billion since 2007
class stealth frigates (two to
be built in India) for $4 billion
tion fighter aircraft (FGFA)
called the Sukhoi T-50 or
PAK-FA with Russia.
As reported by TOI earlier,
India will ink the long-pen-
ding final R&D contract for
the FGFA it will require an
estimated $25 billion to induct
127 such single-seat jets only
if there is extensive transfer
of technology and benefits
for the indigenous plan deve-
SOME PROJECTS IN PIPELINE
WITH RUSSIA
Lease of 2nd nuclear-powered
submarine (India currently
operates INS Chakra)
for $1.5 billion
Purchase of ve S-400 Triumf air
defence systems for $5.5 billion
Acquisition of 4 Grigorivich-
Joint production of 200 Kamov-
226T light utility
helicopters (140 to
be built in India)
for over $1 billion
lop its own advanced medium
combat aircraft (AMCA).
The cost-benefit analysis is
still under way, said a source.
But the news is much bet-
ter on other fronts. With the
joint venture on the $1 billion
project to manufacture 200
Russian Kamov Ka-226T light
utility helicopters in India fi-
nally firming up, sources said
the RFP (request for propo-
sued soon. The JV will then
submit its techno-commerci-
al proposal, said a source.
Similarly, negotiations on
the $5.5 billion acquisition of
five S-400 Triumf systems,
which can destroy hostile air-
craft, stealth fighters, missiles
and drones at ranges up to 400-
km, are now in the final sta-
ges. The deal should be finali-
zed within this year. Three of
the S-400 systems are meant
for the west (read Pakistan)
and two for the east (China) to
plug gaps in our air defence co-
verage, said the source.
India, of course, is also on
course to acquire the second
nuclear-powered submarine
on lease from Russia. Indian
Navy had inducted the first
Akula-II submarine, christe-
ned INS Chakra, on a 10-year le-
ase from Russia in April 2012,
under a secret $900 million de-
al inked way back in January
2004. Jaitley is being accompa-
nied by defence secretary San-
jay Mitra, defence production
secretary A K Gupta, DRDO
chief S Christopher, BrahMos
chief Sudhir Mishra as well as
top military officials like Lt-
Gen S K Patyal, Air Marshal R
Nambiar and Vice Admiral G
S Pabby, among others.

The attack was without
provocation. The GJM work-
ers were livid that the driver
minister Gautam Deb, who
visited Chetri at the hospital,
called it a barbaric attack.
ded salt to the old wounds in-
flicted on the community but
could also jeopardise Laxmis
happy family life.
Laxmi said: PM Modi ke-
eps talking about beti ba-
chao and his party leaders ha-
ve treated a woman like me as
a tool for their political advan-
tage. I was stripped during the
Congress regime in the state
in 2007 and 10 years later, I ha-
ve been stripped once again
by BJP. Its a shame.
1993 blasts:
Prosecution to
seek death for
all 4 convicts
Rebecca.Samervel
@timesgroup.com
Mumbai: The prosecution told
the special court on Monday that it
will seek the maximum sentence
against all four men held guilty
last week for plotting the 1993
Mumbai serial bomb blasts that
claimed 257 lives and seriously in-
jured 713. Special counsel for Cen-
tral Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
Deepak Salvi submitted that he
will seek the death sentence for
gangster Mustafa Dossa (60), Fero-
ze Khan (47), Karimullah Khan
(55) and Taher Merchant (55).
The quantum of sentence the
CBI will seek against Abu Salem
(48) is yet to be decided in light of
the undertaking given to Portu-
gal at the time of his extradition
in 2005. The defence had said he
cannot be sentenced to more than
25 years in jail. The maximum
sentence against Riyaz Siddqui
(67), convicted under the lesser
charge of abetting and aiding ter-
rorism, is life imprisonment and
the minimum is five years in jail.
The judge adjourned the argu-
ments for quantum of sentence on
Tuesday. The defence will first ma-
ke submissions on the mitigating
circumstances which they hope
will help get a less severe sentence
for the convicts, after which the
prosecution will commence its ar-
guments. The proceedings are ex-
pected to take a few days. After
both sides complete their submis-
sions, the court will pronounce the
sentence against the six accused.
On Friday, the special Terro-
rist and Disruptive Activities Act
judge Govind A Sanap convicted
six accused for their part in the
blasts. This is the second leg of the
trial against the accused nabbed
after a substantial part of the first
trial was over. The main trial of 123
accused ended in 2006 with the
conviction of 100. Twelve among
them got the death penalty.
Irony of Jharkhand:
INDIA DIGEST
Its rich in resources
but still poorest state
Half way into his five-year term, How do you propose to empower
the youth, women and tribals?
Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das is The government allocated a budget
heading the states first stable of Rs 700cr for youth and women in 2016-
government in the 14 years since 17. Both tribal and non-tribal women are
engaged in lac and tusser silk trade, acco-
its creation. Das is ambitious unting for 60% and 82% of the countrys
about the state and says he plans total produce, but dont earn much due to
to make it one of the most middlemen. To boost lac trade, weve set
up the Mukhyamantri Udyami Board
developed in the country. He that selects 15 women from each village
speaks to TOIs Sonali Das in an and imparts skill training to them. The
exclusive interview. Excerpts: products are then sold through the bo-
ard. For widows, the state has introdu-
What have been your achieve- ced pension and housing facilities. Lion cub chased by car
ments since you took over as CM? Being a non-tribal CM, you hurt
Weve restored peoples confidence tribal sentiments by amending the in Guj, video goes viral
in governance which had eroded over Chhotanagpur and Santhal Parga- A video of a car chasing an Asiatic
the preceding decade. Apart from emer- na Tenancy Acts. Recent lynchings lion cub outside the sanctuary limits,
ging as a transparent and corruption- related to cattle trade too sullied probably in Gujarats Amreli district,
free government, weve also won the the governments image. has gone viral. The occupants of the
confidence of investors by developing This is not the first time that the te- car, who speak Gujarati, chase the
infrastructure and a sound industrial nancy Acts have been amended in the cub till it escapes from its tormentors.
policy. This, in turn, has crea- state. Tribals are being mis- On Monday, the video was posted on
ted jobs. Weve laid a network guided by anti-development a Facebook group called Gujarat
of roads and plan to bring forces. The lynchings, too, Forest, which is run by an NGO.
electricity to every household were instigated by anti-na-
by March 2018. Well provide tional elements who timed 70-yr-old woman dies, toll in
solar power in villages lack- the attacks just before the lynching cases rises to 10: A
ing power grids by December country celebrated three ye- 70-year-old woman, who was as-
2017 and piped drinking water ars of NDA government at saulted in Jharkhands Nagadih on
to every household by 2022. the Centre. May 18 on the suspicion of being a
How did investors Raghubar Das To what extent is Left- child lifter, succumbed to her in-
respond to your road wing extremism hampe- juries at a hospital on Monday. With
shows in Kolkata and Mumbai? ring development projects? the recent death, the toll in the
During Momentum Jharkhand in Most left-wing extremists have eit- Jharkhand lynching rose to 10.
February, the state signed MoUs worth her been arrested, or have surrende-
Rs 3L cr in various sectors like steel, po- red under the governments rehabili- Army rescues 200 stranded in
wer, IT, agriculture, food processing tation policy Nayee Disha. Those re- Arunachal landslides: The Army
and tourism. Out of these, work has be- maining lack ideology or intent and rescued 200 people from a landslide
gun on projects worth Rs 700cr. In July, will be overpowered soon. site near Bhalukpong in Arunachal
we expect an investment of Rs 16,000cr Youve gone from being a labou- Pradeshs West Kameng district on
from Vedanta for setting up a steel plant rers son to a CM. Where do you Monday. Those rescued include 70
in Manoharpur (West Singbhum). The want to see yourself next? women and 50 children.
state ranks fifth in the country in terms My father used to say Id end up as a
of receiving foreign direct investments labourer if I didnt study. I entered po- Four injured as car falls into
(FDI), especially in mining. In educa- litics during the Mandal stir and beca- gorge in Rohtang pass: Three
tion and health, private universities me an MLA in 1995, but never saw my- tourists and a driver were injured
and hospitals, including a cancer hospi- self as CM. I would never leave the sta- when the car they were travelling in
tal by Tata Trusts and an AIIMS in De- te for the Centre. My only mission is fell into a gorge near Rohtang pass
oghar, are on the anvil. development. in Himachal on Monday morning.
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A thought for today

It is said that the present is pregnant with the future Look Beyond Waivers For Kisan 2.0
VOLTAIRE Agri policy must set market mechanisms free to work effectively

Macron Marches On Nalin.Mehta@timesgroup.com estimated that over 90% of Indias

farmers do not get the MSP price and
When Lal Bahadur are dependent on markets, which are
Shastri first shouted Jai circumscribed by arbitrary government
Jawan, Jai Kisan at over-regulation and the shortage of
His newbie party wins parliamentary majority, Delhis Ram Lila Mai- godowns and mandis.
sets stage for a new French revolution dan in 1965, he fleshed
out a cardinal truth
A good example of policy as a problem
is the case of pulses farmers. After a

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n what has truly been a grand slam of electoral success, French about Indias political imaginary: the bumper harvest, in February 2017, the
President Emmanuel Macrons party En Marche! has won a idea of the brave soldier and the hard- India Pulses and Grain Association
working farmer as bulwarks of the petitioned the Union commerce secretary
commanding majority in parliamentary polls. Just a month
nation. BJP, in the past three years, has to remove an old 2006 export ban since
after Macron won the French presidency on a centrist, pro-reform adroitly managed to hook its political market prices in India had slipped below
and business-friendly platform, En Marche! and its allies have messaging to the martial constituency MSP. Tur dal was being sold at the time
picked up around 350 out of 577 seats in the National Assembly. with its uncompromising nationalist between Rs 35,000 and Rs 47,000 per tonne
True, that En Marche! was only formed 15 months ago and Macron rhetoric and chest-thumping machismo. in MP, Karnataka and Maharashtra,
himself fought his first election at the presidential polls means The question is whether growing kisan against the MSP of Rs 50,500. Yet, inexpli-
unrest from Madhya Pradesh to Rajasthan cably, the ban remains in place, along with
that the French political leadership today is dominated by upstarts.
will prove to be an unexpected political limits on stocks, making it impossible for
But it also means that Macron has the requisite mandate to push googly as we head towards 2019. farmers to even recover their costs.
through reforms to overhaul the burdensome French welfare state After all, the imagery of the hard- Artificially choking the market and not
to actually revamp the ancien rgime. pressed exploited farmer running the letting it play out is a recipe for disaster.
The only thing that somewhat dims the En Marche! victory is a engines of the nation deified from the Second, farmer loan waivers only
record low voter turnout. But this beginning of the republic in films like push the can further down the road.
Mother India and Do Bigha Zamin They dont solve the problem. After

Uday Deb
can also be put down to the disillu-
remains an unshakeable shibboleth of BJP came good on its UP loan waiver
sionment with traditional parties, the Indian political imagination. So, will poll promise, Maharashtra caved in to a
both on the right and left. In fact, the the kisan agitations prove to be an similar demand and Haryana, Karnataka
parliamentary polls dealt a heavy effective political lever for a desperate mist Ashok Gulati and his colleagues point and Tamil Nadu are all facing the same
blow to Marine Le Pens far-right opposition looking for evocative handles out, the states agricultural GDP grew at a music. In Punjab, Congress came to
National Front even though her to block BJPs electoral juggernaut or staggering 14.2% over the past five years After a bumper harvest, tur dal power promising exactly this.
party was seen to be dominant only a will this crisis taper off ? and over thrice the national average over was being sold at much below States simply dont have the money
At the political level, BJP has, of the last decade. This is unprecedented in for such largesse. The combined debt-to-
few months ago. course, been acutely focussed on the the annals of Indias agricultural history. MSP while an export ban state GDP ratio of all states taken together
Meanwhile, the Socialist Party power of the farmer vote. Prime Minister Even Punjab did not grow at this rate remained in place, inexplicably. hit an alarming 3.6% in 2015-16, breach-
that dominated the outgoing assembly Narendra Modi publicly declared his during the green revolution period. Markets are circumscribed by ing the mandated 3% ceiling under fiscal
has been hammered down to less governments intent to double farmers Yet, despite this, average earnings of prudence rules. It will go through the roof
than 50 seats. Overall France is charting a positive political path income by 2022 and BJPs 2014 manifesto agricultural households in MP continue arbitrary government with new waivers. A similar waiver by
even as the Anglo-Saxon world looks for comfort in nostalgia-driven promised to ensure a minimum of 50% to lag far behind the national average. over-regulation, plus shortage UPA in 2008 had no discernible long-term
profits over the costs of production in This is basically because while farmers impact on improving agriculture.
populist politics. All of this really sets the stage for a transformative agriculture. Yet, at the policy level, it have been producing more, their input
of godowns and mandis As TV pictures of the kisan agita-
Macron presidency. He has promised to overhaul labour rules, ease has been confounded by the fact that costs water, diesel, fertilisers, etc have farm production in 2016-17 would lead to tions show, the blue jeans and T-shirt
hiring and firing, cut public-sector overhang, and invest heavily the toolkit that our governments have increased substantially while prices for a glut in the market, prices would collapse clad farmers of 2017 are very different
in jobs training. These measures are meant to impart fresh energy traditionally used for managing agricul- their products went down. A TOI analysis and farmer incomes would consequently from the downtrodden peasants of our
to the French economy and rein in the unemployment rate which ture is outdated and faulty. It is essentially shows that between 2004-05 and 2014-15 in go down is Economics 101. Yet, the collective national imagination. They
trying to fix the wrong questions with MP, the cost per hectare of fertilisers and problem is that most of our policies ask why only big corporates should get
hovers just below 10%. seeds for wheat doubled while irrigation have been fixated on giving farmers a
the wrong answers. loan waivers. It is a fair question.
An open, economically stronger France will be a huge asset for The irony of MPs predicament is costs also increased substantially. minimum support price (MSP) and not Yet, instead of temporary sops each
EU, especially now when Brexit talks have begun. In fact, if German instructive. Chief minister Shivraj This is of piece with the national enough on creating conditions for market year, government must do a fundamental
Chancellor Angela Merkel is successful in securing another term Singh Chouhan farcically went on a fast agriculture story where after two years mechanisms to play out effectively. rethink and address this Kisan 2.0 with a
later this year, she and Macron can partner to make Germany and after his own police fired at farmers but of drought, Indian farmers finally deli- Government fixes MSP for 23 new deal on market pricing and a
France the load pillars of a new Europe. But for that to happen, agriculture is the one thing he has vered a good crop for most commodities commodities but official procurement comprehensive deregulation of policy
focussed consistently on since taking but saw their net margins going down is limited to only two wheat and rice instead of old mai-baap sarkar type
Macron and En Marche! need to move fast. They have successfully in many cases into the red. That greater and that too in only a few states. It is
power in 2005. As the agricultural econo- solutions that are past their use-by date.
navigated the anti-establishment wave in France and offered a
message of hope. They must now capitalise on the opportunities
and execute their vision of a dynamic, strong and liberal France.
That would truly be akin to a new French revolution. Hope over anger: Emmanuel Macron has won a mandate
More Dalit Politics to overhaul Eurozones second largest economy
Andrew Hammond has seen the country suffer years Now En Marche! has handsomely
of double digit unemployment beaten both parties in the legis-
BJP announces the politically correct French Presi- but also low growth. lative ballots in a way that many
candidacy of Ram Nath Kovind for president dent Emmanuel
Macrons up-
Given the very high expecta-
tions now surrounding his
people thought most unlikely
even a few weeks ago given that
start party En presidency, Macron will be the party was only founded in

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rime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah
sprang a big surprise, again, by announcing Bihar governor Marche! (For-
ward!) won a
Ram Nath Kovind as NDA nominee for president. Perhaps stunning victory in Sundays
this surprise is not as high-octane as Modi-Shahs decision to anoint legislative elections. With this
a relatively inexperienced Yogi Adityanath as UP chief minister latest big boost, the youngest
in March. But, born in UPs Kanpur, Kovinds name hadnt found president in the six decade-long
mention in the various lists of possible candidates. He is likely to Fifth Republic has transformed
file his nomination on July 23 as President Pranab Mukherjees the countrys political landscape
in a matter of weeks and has
term ends on July 24. potential to become one of the
A Supreme Court lawyer, Kovind has served BJP as national countrys most successful ever
spokesperson, two-time Rajya Sabha MP and political leaders.
most importantly as former president of its Yet, his ultimate success in
SC/ST morcha its his Dalit credentials that coming years is still by no
appear to have tilted the scales decisively. He is means guaranteed. This is not
least because new legislators
expected to win the presidential poll comfort- representing En Marche! are
ably after getting the backing of AIADMK and drawn from a broad spectrum of
TRS within hours of the announcement. Shah political views and the cohesive-
has aimed to break opposition unity, putting in ness of the bloc is uncertain.
a bind not just SP and BSP in UP but also JDU Frances political mood
and RJD in Bihar. Congress finds itself in a catch-22 situation: it remains volatile and one indica-
tor of remaining voter unease is
would be accused of being anti-Dalit if it opposes Kovind while the exceptionally low turnout in
supporting him would effectively mean giving a walkover to BJP. the legislative elections estima-
Modi has clearly set his eyes on 2019 in describing Kovinds ted at 43%. Although the electo-
nomination as empowering a Dalit farmers son who will be a voice rate has decided to favour hope
for the poor and downtrodden. Though BJP had managed to break over anger in this ballot, the tide
BSPs stranglehold over the Dalit vote in UP assembly elections, the could still turn against Macron
if he fails to address widespread
increasing friction between upper and lower castes in states like anti-establishment discontent
Gujarat, Maharashtra and UP has led to the rise of a young and fuelled by economic pain which
oppositional Dalit leadership. Modi-Shah have sought to regain
advantage in this equation with a Dalit presidential candidate. dilbert
acutely aware that, despite early
optimism over the election of the
last two incumbents Nicholas
Sarkozy and Francois Hollande
both ultimately became unpopu-
lar one-term heads of state,
despite also enjoying legislative
majorities. Indeed, Hollande
who became the least popular
His opponents remain,
at least temporarily,
disorientated by
his remarkable
accomplishments
president since records began
decided last year not to even seek
re-election, the first incumbent
not to try for a second term in
the Fifth Republic.
The new president knows
only too well that, if he fails with
his programme, the primary
beneficiaries of any discontent
may well be other anti-establish-
ment figures such as National
Front leader Marine Le Pen and/
or hard left veteran Jean-Luc
Melenchon, who finished second
and fourth respectively in last
months presidential elections.
Le Pen is young enough to run
potentially in several more
French presidential elections.
In this context, Macron is
now likely to try to push as fast
as possible with his reformist
agenda to overhaul the countrys
politics and economy. This
includes proposed labour laws
to try to reduce the unemploy-
ment rate of around 10% and
also reindustrialise France
through innovation-led policies.
Collectively, this could provide
a major fillip to the Eurozones
second largest economy.
Macron wants to try to push
thought the most likely out-
Marche! emerging as the largest
his agenda as hard as he can in
his first 100 days not just so he
can secure as many successes as
possible during his extended
political honeymoon. In addition,
he knows his opponents remain,
at least temporarily, disorienta-
ted by his remarkable accomp-
lish-ments over the last few
weeks which have upended the
traditional two party-politics
status quo of centre-left Socialists
and centre-right Republicans.
Not only did last months
final round presidential election
put the country into unchar-
tered territory by being the first
in the countrys modern history
that neither the Republicans nor
Socialists managed to qualify.
April 2016 and only had a
relatively small number of can-
didates in place before Macrons
presidential victory last month.
Previously, many had
come on Sunday would be En
single party, but without a
majority, which could have
left much of Macrons agenda
stymied. He has instead won
one a sizeable majority. This
could now help realign French
politics, especially given that
key figures from both the Socia-
lists and Republicans have now
rallied behind En Marche!
Taken overall, Sundays elec-
tions have significantly increased
the prospects of Macrons agenda
being enacted and he will now
press ahead as fast as he can with
his reforms. Yet, given sky high
expectations and the volatile
public mood, there remains a
danger that he will be unable to
realise the hopes that are held
about his new presidency.
The writer is an Associate at
LSE IDEAS at the London School
of Economics
Sacredspace
The Witness

Pregnancy is confusing Look at the events come, pass

and go. According to their own
law of karma, both pleasant and
Its relationship to sex seems to have unpleasant events come and
confused the Ayush ministry in particular pass through you. When you see
Radhika Vaz
events as just happenings,
rather than as doings, you are
As a comedian life is almost too easy. Just as i think i am liberated right away.
running out of material our politicians, bureaucrats and
high court judges leap to my rescue. Of course it would be a lot Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
funnier if this display of mediocrity were not being bought
and paid for with taxpayer money but for a good joke i suppose i

Preliminaries On The Path Of Yoga

can let that go.
This week i give thanks for and to the Ministry of Ayush. I had absolutely
no idea that such a thing even existed and so i went on their website to better
understand what it is they do. The landing page states that the Ministrys
focus is on development of Education and Research in Ayurveda, Yoga and Anandmurti Gurumaa the precepts, the Patanjali Yoga Sutras, good health would be like using an ment, the choiceless acceptance of
Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy. And if the Ministry stuck to compiled almost 2,500 years ago, airplane to go shopping. all that is happening in ones life. Not

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this mandate i would have nothing to laugh about. uch before the human mind
Luckily someone in there seems to have attended a hippy-dippy workshop learnt language skills, or start-
where they tell you to step outside your comfort zone and do something new. ed writing, sages understood
Which is how i assume a group of people who know as much as i do about knowledge about the deeper recesses of
pregnancies came to design and distribute an entire booklet instructing the mind. Body, mind, senses, intellect,
expectant mothers how to think, act and feel during gestation. There the essence of being, and Supreme
was some confusion on whether or not these ladies can engage in Consciousness these were all concepts
sexual activity but Minister of the Ministry, Mr Shripad Naik, made that were thoroughly understood by
it very clear that nowhere in the booklet does it say pregnant women them. Scientifically, they meticulously
should abstain from sex. explored and precisely understood
Great! The problem however is that the Ministry has clearly endorsed that profound intricacies of the inner world.
pregnant women should detach themselves from desire and lust. Now i Lets say that there is this conscious- maturity of each leading to the
have no details on the sex lives of the men and women of the Ministry but with ness in us and then, there is this conscious-
most human beings lust and/or desire need to make an appearance before sexy ness in every cell, every atom and every
time can even commence. Instructing women to feel no desire but to still have molecule of the universe. Conjoining of
sex is the very definition of non-consensual sex which, put another way, is this micro-consciousness with the macro-
what we people outside this Ministry of Ayush would call rape.
In closing i respectfully ask pregnant ladies everywhere to ignore the
consciousness is yoga. And attaining to
this state of awareness and consciousness
Ministry of Ayush completely and instead read What to expect when you are is the higher goal of the path of yoga.
expecting, a bestseller based on facts, anecdotal data and experience. I havent Yoga is not just the pinnacle of inner
read it obviously because i havent ever needed to but hey! If the Ministry of evolution; it is also the path of discipline
Ayush can tell you what to do why not the Ministry of Vaz? to holistic progress. The opening sutra of
The writer is a comedian the most celebrated yoga text delineating
emphasises this when it says: Atha yoga
anushasanam indicating yoga as a set
of disciplined practices.
And when it comes to following the
path of yoga, it is not about how much
you know, but how much you practice,
and how much you are in disci-
pline. Aiming to integrate body,
mind, intellect and breath, the
discipline of yoga entails eight
steps in progression, that is,
next: yama, niyama, asana,
pranayama, pratyahara, dhara-
na, dhyana and culminating in
the highest point of samadhi.
Yoga is not a panacea for
diseases, as is being interpreted speaking
by some and touted by prac-
titioners at large, although it is a fact
that a healthy body and mind are
byproducts of its dedicated practice. But
confining its practice to merely gaining
Yama and niyama are the basic
guidelines for aspirants. Yama entails five
moral codes of conduct for interacting
with others. The foremost is satya, truth-
fulness, not only at the level of thought,
speech and action but also in being com-
mitted on the journey to truth.
Next comes ahimsa, non-
violence, towards others and also
towards oneself. Then comes
asteya, non-stealing not cove-
ting that which does not belong
to oneself. Next is aparigraha,
non-hoarding, and the fifth is
brahmacharya that, at the physi-
the cal level, refers to celibacy and for
householders, it implies fidelity.
Niyama, the second limb of
tree Ashtanga Yoga, lays down the
five restraints for self-discipline. The
first is shauch, cleanliness; not only
outer cleanliness but also purity of
mind. Then comes santosha, content-
hankering for anything or being a
grudge-box. Third is tapah, austerity, to
bear anything and everything on
the spiritual path and with complete
dedication to spiritual practices.
Next comes swadhyaya, self-learning
and also learning about ones Self. Reading
books about yoga and contemplation on
what is read is also swadhyaya. The fifth is
Ishwara pranidhana, surrendering comp-
letely to the will of the Almighty with great
devotion. Not being egotistical but being
humble, always remembering the Lord.
In this way, yama and niyama are the
foundations of the yogic path. When
these are faithfully and diligently
practised under the guidance of the
master, only then will the five rungs on
the ladder sequentially unfold and bear
fruit, culminating in the transcendental
experience of samadhi.
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Want to go viral? Heres Our Sun may
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a university to help you twin star
Los Angeles: Our Sun likely
had a twin when it came into

Major Includes Lessons On Make-Up, Cam Performance existence 4.5 billion years ago,
say scientists who found that
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21-year-old student walked website collectively raked in $70.5 born with a companion.
around her campus in Chi- million in 12 months, with comedi- Many stars have compan-
na using invaluable skills an and gamer PewDiePie alone ions, including our nearest
she learned in class: Holding a getting $15 million. neighbour, Alpha Centauri, a
selfie stick aloft, she live- Internet consultancy Analy- triplet system. Astronomers
People perform yoga in a park ahead of streamed her random thoughts sys International estimated Chi- have even searched for a com-
International Yoga Day, in Brussels, Belgium and blew kisses at her phone. nas wanghong industry was panion to our Sun, a star

Changing meal
Jiang Mengna is majoring in worth $7.7 billion last year and dubbed Nemesis because it
modelling and etiquette at Yiwu would double by 2018. New incu- was supposed to have kicked
Coconut oil as unhealthy as Industrial & Commercial College bator companies, formed to find an asteroid into Earths orbit
butter, animal fat: Experts near Shanghai, aspiring to join the
BIG BUSINESS: Student Jiang Mengna
and groom wanghong, are cash- that collided with our planet

times could help

Coconut oil, which is commonly touted as a
health food, may be as unhealthy as animal fat
and butter, US experts warn. Experts at the
growing ranks of millennials ing in, such as Ruhan Holdings, and exterminated the dino-
uses a break at Yiwu Industrial and
cashing in on internet stardom. which last year drew 300 million saurs. It has never been found.
Commercial College to livestream her
In China, they are known as yuan ($44 million) in investment Researchers, including
thoughts to her social media followers
wanghong literally hot on from e-commerce leader Alibaba. those from University of Cali-

us beat jet lag

American Heart Association (AHA) claim coconut the web and they now repre- Wang Houhou returned from fornia (UC) Berkeley in the
oil is packed with saturated fats, which can raise sent an industry worth billions really pretty and take pictures. I studying English literature at a US US, have conducted a radio
bad cholesterol. According to the AHA, 82% of and so big it even has its own uni- feel like this major really suits university last year to discover survey of a giant molecular
the fat in coconut oil is saturated, which is more versity curriculum. me, Jiang said. that attractive fashions she saw cloud filled with recently

than in butter (63%) and pork lard (39%).
People who are phubbed at greater risk of
stress: People who are phone-snubbed or
phubbed face higher levels of stress and
depression, and turn to smartphones and social
media to find acceptance, a study has found.
Researchers from Baylor University, US, found that
the circle nearly completes itself as the offended
parties frequently seek affirmation in likes, shares
and positive comments on social media.
Survey to track calls, card data
At Yiwu Industrial & Commer-
cial College, the classrooms for
Jiang and the other 33 mostly fe-
male students are typically dance
studios, catwalks strafed by flash-
ing lights, and bustling makeup
rooms. The skills taught include
dressing fashionably, applying
make-up, performing on camera,
and knowing various luxury
brands. I like dressing myself up
B
The requests and demands overseas were hard to find formed stars in the constella- eating the dreaded jet vided 30 minutes after wak-
for our major are rising because at home. Young women lapped up tion Perseus. They also creat- lag could be as simple as ing, with later meals at sub-
the e-commerce industry is devel- her playful posts about navigating ed a mathematical model that changing the time you sequent five-hour intervals,
oping rapidly, said Hou Xiao- Taobao, Chinas Amazon, and oth- can explain the Perseus obser- eat, a new study suggests. whilst in the second phase
nan, a dance teacher. er e-commerce platforms, and vations only if all sunlike stars And the results could al- each meal was delayed by
Social media platforms have of- clothing brands began paying her are born with a companion. so help people who struggle five hours after waking up.
fered youngsters around the world and her friend Wang Ruhan to Based on this model, the Suns with the adverse effects of Immediately after each
a window to not just fame, but also showcase their items. We have to sibling most likely escaped shiftwork. In the first hu- phase, sequential blood sam-
big money. In 2016, for example, the do this without much experience and mixed with all the other man trial of its kind, re- ples and fat biopsies were
12 YouTube stars heading the high- and just figure out the right way to stars in our region of the searchers discovered that taken from each volunteer
est-earning 10 channels on the do it, Wang (24) said. AFP Milky Way, they said. PTI delaying meal times also de- in specialised lab conditions
Source: AFP lays the circadian rhythm of that allow measurement of
sugar in the blood. internal circadian rhythms.
YOUR NEXT DOCTOR MAY WELL BE A BOT
They say their findings, The researchers discov-
published in the jour- Thinkstock
A study by the University of Oxford and Yale University, published earlier this month, said machines nal Current Biology,
are predicted to be better than human beings at surgery by 2053. Thats far off, but AI is already could prove to be a

for 20 yrs, and its all for science AP

increasingly being used to diagnose and respond to a raft of conditions

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breakthrough in alle-
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New York: Wanted: 10,000 ers. Participants will get $500 S researchers detected detecting depression by spotting the latter especially
New Yorkers interested in ad- (approx. Rs 32,200) per family cardiac arrhythmia with 97% not-so-obvious patterns crucial as more offices
vancing science by sharing a for enrolling. Researchers accuracy on wearers of an Apple are encouraged to have
trove of personal informa- hope the results will illumi- A tool made by staggered working
Watch with the AI-based Harvard and
tion, from cellphone loca- nate the interplay between Cariogram application hours in order to de-
tions and credit-card swipes health, behaviour and circum- University of Vermont congest roads as well as
to blood samples and life-
changing events. For 20 years.
stances, potentially shedding
light on conditions ranging R esearchers from
University of
Nottingham made an
experts help to better
identify depression
public transport sys- ALL ABOUT THE BODY CLOCK
tems. During the study,
Researchers are gearing from asthma to Alzheimers. by studying Dr Jonathan Johnston and Dr ered that postponing meal
up to start recruiting partici- Aware of the privacy con- algorithm that predicts Instagram posts Sophie Wehrens of the Uni- times by five hours delayed
pants next year for a study so cerns, researchers are offer- heart attacks better than doctors versity of Surrey, UK, exam- rhythms of blood sugar by the

sweeping its called The Hu-
man Project. It aims to chan-
nel different data streams in-
to a river of insight on health,
aging, education and many
other aspects of human life.
Thats what were all
about: putting the holistic pic-
ture together, says project di-
rector Dr Paul Glimcher.
Researchers are tapping
survey science to create a de-
mographically representa-
THE HUMAN PROJECT
tive group. Theyll start with
tests of everything from
blood to genetics to IQ.
Participants will be asked
for access to medical, financial
and educational records, as
well as cellphone data such as
location and the numbers they
call and text. Theyll also be
given wearable activity track-
ing several protections, in-
cluding multiple rounds of
encryption and firewalls.
Outside researchers
wont be able to see any raw
data, just anonymised sub-
sets limited to the informa-
tion they need. Theyll take
nothing with them but their
analyses by hand, since the
analysing computers arent
connected to the internet,
Glimcher said. AP
F U
via conventional guidelines acebook Ss Woebot Labs ined the impact of altering same time-frame. They said
uses AI as debuted on FB meal times on the circadian the findings show that meal-
Googles part of a test Messenger a chatbot rhythms of 10 volunteers. times synchronise internal
DeepMind division project to offering cognitive Circadian rhythms are clocks that control rhythms of
is using AI to help prevent behavioral therapy, approximate 24-hour chang- blood sugar concentration.
doctors analyse suicides by for people wary of es governed by the bodys in- The researchers indicated
tissue samples to analysing social the stigma of seeking ternal clock, and determine that people who struggle with
determine the network posts mental healthcare many processes in the body. circadian rhythm disorders,
likelihood that Volunteers were provid- including shift workers and
breast and For rare diseases: US startup FDNA uses facial recognition tech matched ed with three meals: break- those on long-haul flights,
other cancers against a database associated with over 8,000 rare diseases & genetic fast, lunch and dinner. might consider timed meals
will spread disorders, sharing insights with medical centres in 129 countries In the first phase of the to help resynchronise their
study, the first meal was pro- body clocks. DAILY MIRROR
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Warning Comes A Day After American Military Shot Down A Syrian Airforce Jet
Moscow: Warplanes of the
US-led coalition operating
over Syrian government-cont-
rolled areas west of the Euph-
rates River would be tracked
as potential targets, Russia sa-
id on Monday, a day after the
US military shot down a Syri-
an airforce jet.
Moscow condemned the
downing of the Syrian jet after
it dropped bombs near the US-
backed Syrian Democratic
Forces that are fighting the Is-
lamic State terror group.
The downing of the war-
plane the first time in the se-
ven-year conflict that the US
has shot down a Syrian jet
came as Iran fired several bal-
listic missiles at IS positions in
eastern Syria in retaliation for
two attacks by the extremists
in Tehran earlier this month
that killed 17 people. Syrian op-
position activist Omar Abu
Laila said two missiles fell ne-
ar Mayadeen, an IS stronghold
and claimed there were casu-
alties.Iraqi lawmaker Abdul-
Bari Zebari said his country
Indian, 3 others
dig way out
of Bali prison
Bali: An Indian is among four
foreign inmates who escaped
from a prison on the Indonesi-
an resort island of Bali on Mon-
day, police said.
Prison officers became
aware of the escape while con-
ducting a morning check of in-
mates at the Kerobokan peni-
tentiary in Balis capital, Den-
pasar, said Putu Ika Prabawa,
an officer at Balis Kuta Utara
police station. Prabawa said
the four men were believed to
have escaped through a 50-
by-70-centimetre (20-by-28-
inch) hole found in a wall that
connects to a 15-metre-long (49-
foot-long) water tunnel hea-
ding toward a main street.
He identified the four as Sa-
yed Mohammed Said, 31, of In-
dia; Shaun Edward Davidson,
33, of Australia; Dimitar Niko-
lov Iliev, 43, of Bulgaria; and
Tee Koko King bin Tee Kim Sai,
50, of Malaysia. Said is serving
14 years for drug offences.
Jailbreaks are common in
Indonesia where overcrowding
prisons are struggling to cope
with poor funding. AP
FB shares users WhatsApp & Britain, EU begin
Instagram data to nab terrorists Brexit negotiations
Aatif Sulleyman
F
acebook has revealed
that it was sharing Insta-
gram and WhatsApp us-
ers data. The firm has pub-
lished a blog post detailing
some of the ways in which it
plans to keep content related
to terrorism off the site. How-
ever, one of the tactics is like-
ly to prove controversial.
Facebook says one of its
current focuses is cross-plat-
form collaboration, where it
also collects and analyses us-
ers data from Instagram and
WhatsApp. Given the limit-
ed data some of our apps col-
lect as part of their service,
the ability to share data
across the whole family is in-
dispensable to our efforts to
keep all our platforms safe.
We know terrorists
Trump claims his approval rating is
more than Obamas, but its not true
D onald Trump claimed on Monday his approval rating was
higher than that of Barack Obama despite the data he
referred to suggested the opposite. The new Rasmussen Poll, one
of the most accurate in the 2016 election, just out with a Trump 50%
approval rating. Thats higher than Os #s! he tweeted. However,
data from the same firm showed Obama entered office on 20
January 2009 with an approval rating of 67%. At this same stage of
his presidency, his rating had slipped to 55%, five points higher
than that of Trump. THE INDEPENDENT
20-06-2017 Zone: Delhi
FRANCES EX-FIRST LADY CARLA BRUNI CLARIFIES
THAT SHE NEVER HAD AN AFFAIR WITH TRUMP
The US said one of its F-18 Super Hornets shot down a Syrian Su-22 jet
that had dropped bombs near the base of Syrian Democratic Forces
agreed to the missile overf-
light after coordination with
Iran, Russia and Syria.
Russia, a key ally of Syrian
President Bashar Assad that
has been providing air cover to
the governments offensive
since 2015, also called on the US
military to provide a full acco-
unting of why it decided to
shoot down the Syrian Su-22.
In April, Russia briefly su-
spended a hotline intended to
At 223, France elects record
39% women to parliament
Paris: France voted a record
number of women into parlia-
ment, election results showed
on Monday, after President
Emmanuel Macrons victo-
rious Republic on the Move
party (LREM) fielded a gen-
der-balanced candidate list.
Of the 577 elected lawma-
kers, 223 were female, beating
the previous record of 155 set
after the last election. That se- the government reshuffling would be technical and not
nt France leapfrogging from far-reaching. He refused to say whether ministers who have
64th to 17th in world rankings come under corruption suspicions would keep their jobs. AP
of female parliamentary re-
presentation and to 6th place sen steadily, from 12.3% at the winning seats to women, sa-
in Europe, overtaking UK and 2002 election to 38.6% this ti- id 34-year-old Brune Poirson,
Germany, according to Inter- me. But most parties still put who beat the far-right Natio-
parliamentary Union data.
LREM, which won a majo- spite France having a system Vaucluse district. Poirson,
rity in Sundays ballot, had the in which a partys funding is who has a masters degree in
highest proportion of women restricted if women do not political science from Har-
elected, at 47%. For the first make up 49% of candidates.
time under the (postwar) Fifth
Republic, the National Assem- also tended to stand in consti- cron sent a video to LREM
bly will be deeply renewed tuencies they are unlikely to members urging more wom-
more diverse, younger, the win, keeping the numbers of en to put themselves forward.
partys acting president, Cat- women who make it to the Pa-
herine Barbaroux, said.
Female representation in crons) En Marche (party)... 30% of parliamentary seats
the National Assembly has ri- proactively decided to give going to women. REUTERS
Reuters
BREACHING PRIVACY?
sometimes use encrypted
messaging to communicate,
the post says. Because of the
way end-to-end encryption
works, we cant read the con-
tents of individual encrypted
messages but we do pro-
vide the information we can
in response to valid law en-
forcement requests, consis-
tent with applicable law and
our policies. THE INDEPENDENT
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prevent midair incidents with
the US over Syria after the
American military fired 59
missiles at a Syrian airbase
following a chemical attack
that Washington blamed on
the Assad government.
US confirmed that one of
its F-18 Super Hornets shot
down a Syrian Su-22 that had
dropped bombs near the SDF
base. Russian deputy foreign
minister Sergei Ryabkov com-
Macron to reshuffle government
F
rench President Emmanuel Macron is poised to rearrange his
cabinet after his new centrist party engineered a landslide in
the parliamentary election. PM Edouard Philippe
will resign in the coming hours and a new
government will be named in the next few days,
government spokesman Christophe Castaner
said on RTL radio. Since Macrons new party,
Republic on the Move!, won an absolute majority
in the 577-seat National Assembly, Castaner said
up more men for election, de- nal Front to be elected in the
vard, decided to become a can-
Female candidates have didate in January when Ma-
Britain set its own record
lais-Bourbon low. (Ma- in elections on June 8, with
Google to tackle
YouTube terror clips
A
lphabet Incs Google will
implement more
measures to identify and
remove terrorist or violent
extremist content from
YouTube, it said in a blog post
on Sunday. Google said it would
take a tougher position on
videos containing supremacist
or inflammatory religious
content by issuing a warning
and not monetising them, even
if they do not clearly violate its
policies. The company will also
employ more engineering
resources and increase its use
of technology to help identify
extremist videos, in addition to
training new content classifiers
to quickly identify and remove
such content. REUTERS
16.4m Americans think brown
cows give chocolate milk
A
bout 7% of American
adults roughly 16.4
million people think
that chocolate milk comes
from brown cows, according
to a new nationally represen-
tative survey by the Innova-
tion Centre for US Dairy. It
means the equivalent of the
population of Pennsylvania
does not know that chocolate
milk is milk, cocoa and sugar.
The organisation con-
ducted their survey in 50
states about peoples use and
knowledge of dairy prod-
ucts. About 48% of respon-
dents also didnt know how
chocolate milk is made.
The percentage of misin-
formed adults about choco-
late milk may seen high, but
as The Washington Posts
Caitlin Dewey notes, it may be
more surprising that this fig-
User: abhishek.de
THE TIMES OF INDIA, NEW DELHI | TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017
pared the downing to helping
the terrorists that the US is
fighting against.
Viktor Ozerov, chairman of
the defence committee in Rus-
sian parliament, described the
defense ministrys statement
as a warning. Im sure that
because of this neither the US
nor anyone else will take any
actions to threaten our air-
craft, he said. Thats why
theres no threat of direct con-
frontation between Russia and
American aircraft.
Ozerov insisted that Rus-
sia would be tracking the coa-
litions jets, not shooting
them down, but he added that
a threat for those jets may
appear only if they take ac-
tion that pose a threat to Rus-
sian aircraft.
Meanwhile, the US-backed
opposition fighters said As-
sads forces have been attack-
ing them in the northern pro-
vince of Raqqa and warned
that if such attacks continue,
the fighters would take action.
Clashes between Syrian
Brussels: Britains negotia-
tors came to Brussels seeking a
new, deep and special partner-
ship with the European Union
on Monday as talks on Brexit fi-
nally got under way.
Brexit secretary David Da-
vis told Michel Barnier, the
EUs chief negotiator, that his
team aimed to maintain a pos-
itive and constructive tone
during challenging talks
ahead in the hope of reaching a
deal in the interests of both
sides. We must first tackle the
uncertainties caused by Brex-
it, said Barnier. Those were,
he said, the rights of expatriate
citizens and problems of a new
EU-UK border, notably cutting
across Ireland. He did not men-
tion a third EU priority that
Britain settle a bill of tens of
billions of euros before it leav-
es in 21months.
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HOLY COW!
ure is not higher. Many Amer-
icans are essentially agricul-
turally illiterate, especially if
they do not grow up in agri-
cultural communities. They
may not understand how food
is grown and what it takes to
get to grocery stores.
The way that most agri-
cultural products today are
marketed to shoppers
Time: 06-20-2017 00:06 Color: C
NAMES OF THE JURORS IN BILL COSBYS SEXUAL
ASSAULT CASE COULD BE REVEALED BY JUDGE
troops and the SDF would
escalate tensions and open a
new front line in the many
complex battlefields of the ci-
vil war. Clashes between the
Kurdish-led SDF and Syrian
forces have been rare and so-
me rebel groups have even ac-
cused them of coordinating on
the battlefield.
Both sides are battling the
Islamic State group, with SDF
fighters focusing on their
march into Raqqa, which the
extremist group has declared
to be its capital. On Monday, go-
vernment forces captured the
town of Rasafa.
SDF spokesman Talal Sillo
said the government wanted
to thwart their offensive to
capture Raqqa. He said go-
vernment forces began attack-
ing SDF on Saturday, using
warplanes, artillery and tanks
in areas SDF had liberated
from IS. Sillo also warned if
the regime continues in its of-
fensive against our positions
in Raqqa , this will force us to
retaliate with force. AP
London fire toll
now 79, likely
to go up: Police
London: London police said
on Monday that 79 people were
now believed to have died in
the Grenfell Tower blaze.
Police Commander Stuart
Cundy said the new figure in-
cluded both people who were
confirmed dead and others
who were missing and presu-
med dead. Its an increase
from the previous number of
58. The new total may change
as investigation continued,
Cundy said.
Britain held a moment of
silence for the victims on
Monday, with emergency ser-
vice workers bowing their he-
ads in respect.
Cundy told reporters the
awful reality was that it
might not be possible to iden-
tify all the victims. He said
that authorities were continu-
ing to investigate whether any
crimes had been committed in
the inferno.
The Metropolitan Police
released three photos from in-
side the tower, which showed
in close detail how the fire
charred the building. AP
That financial issue is al-
ready a bone of contention, as
is Brussels refusal to discuss a
new free trade deal until after it
is resolved. May has insisted
that trade talks start immedi-
ately and run in parallel.
While Barnier insists on
the sequencing of talks, so
that trade negotiations cannot
start until January, finding a
way to avoid a hard customs
border for troubled Northern
Ireland may well involve some
earlier discussions.
Barnier said a divorce deal
should be ready by October 2018
to give time for parliamentary
approval. With or without a
deal, UK will be out of the EU
on March 30, 2019. A document
agreed by the negotiators said
further talks will be held in the
weeks starting on July 17, Aug
28, Sept 18 and Oct 9. AP
doesnt help either. In the
grocery store, meat, dairy,
greens, and grains are pack-
aged in plastic wrap, car-
tons, and boxes. It doesnt
look much like the original
plant or animal.
It is a bit surprising, a
spokeswoman for the dairy
campaign told CNN. We re-
ally dont have a suggestion
as to why people would draw
that conclusion regarding
it. To be fair, some milk
questions and myths may
make us smile, the centre
wrote on its website to clar-
ify the age-old cow conun-
drum. Unless consumers
Google the information or
learn it in a classroom, it can
be easy to disassociate be-
tween the milk in their glass-
es and the cows it took to pro-
duce it. AGENCIES
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BLAISE PASCAL
at UK mosque, 10 injured AFP
Attacker A
White, Acted
Alone: Police
London: Avan ploughed into
worshippers near a London
mosque on Monday, killing
one and injuring 10 people in
what PM Theresa May said
was a sickening, terrorist at-
tack on Muslims.
Shortly after midnight,
the vehicle swerved into a gro-
up of people leaving Ramzan
prayers at the Muslim Welfa-
re House and the nearby Fins-
bury Park Mosque, one of the A woman lays flowers outside Finsbury Park Mosque in London; (inset)
biggest in the country. Howe- the attacker Darren Osborne has been taken into custody
ver, it was not clear it the sing-
le casualty was linked to the that left eight people dead. harmed.
attack as the deseased was re- This was an attack on all This morning, our count-
ceiving first aid from the lo- Londoners and we should all ry woke to news of another
cals in an unrelated incident. stand together against extre- terrorist attack, the second
The 48-year-old driver, a mists, said Neil Basu, coun- this month and every bit as
white man believed to have ac- ter-terrorism officer. He ad- sickening as those which ha-
ted alone, was grabbed at the ded that it had all the hall- ve come before, PM May said
scene by locals and pinned marks of a terrorist attack. to repporters. The attack is
down until police arrived. Ten people were hurt, all the fourth since March in Bri-
BBC reported that the attack- of them Muslims, with two of tain and the third to involve a
er was Darren Osborne from them in a very serious condi- vehicle deliberately driven at
Cardiff and has four children. tion. A witness, Abdiqadir pedestrians.
Security minister Ben Walla-
ce said the suspect was not
Warra, said that the van dro-
ve at people and that some of
The Finsbury Park Mos-
que was once a notorious
known to security services.
The Finsbury Park Mos-
que, frequented by worship-
pers from North and west afri-
the victims were carried for
several metres along the road.
Another witness Abdulrah-
man Aidroos said, The at-
hub for radical Islamists but
has changed in recent years
under new management.
Its former imam, Abu Ham-
ca, said the van deliberately tacker was saying I wanna za, was jailed for life in
mowed down Muslim men
and women leaving late eve-
ning prayers. Others linked
kill more people, I wanna kill
more Muslims. He said he
had helped tackle and detain
New York on terrorism char-
ges in 2015.
Despite The mosque re-
the attack to an increase in an- the driver while other witnes- ported that it had received a
ti-Muslim hate crimes, parti- ses said the imam, Moham- string of threatening emails
cularly since the London med Mahmoud, had stepped and letters in wake of the ter-
Bridge rampage on June 3 in to ensure the man was not ror attacks in Paris. AGENCIES
Man drives into Muslim teen
assaulted in
police car in Paris US found dead
Paris: A man on the radar of ty law is needed and the
French authorities died on measure would maintain a Virginia: A17-year-old Ameri-
Monday after ramming a car high security level. can-Muslim girl was beaten up
carrying explosives into a Two police officials said and abducted from near a mos-
police vehicle in the a handgun was found on the que in Virginia on Sunday by a
Champs-Elysees shopping driver, who they said was man who was later held on su-
district, prompting a fiery badly burned after the vehi- spicion of murder after her bo-
blast, officials said. cle exploded. A man could be dy was found in a pond.
No police officers or civi- seen lying on his stomach on The girl, identified as Nabra
lians were hurt, police said. the ground after the inci- Hussein, was walking back
It is unclear why the attacker dent, wearing a white shirt with friends after having a
drove into police, though of- and dark shorts. They identi- Ramzan meal at a restaurant
ficials said the incident was fied him as a 31-year-old from when a motorist started shou-
apparently deliberate. the Paris suburb of Argente- ting insults at them. Husseins
Interior minister Gerard uil who had an S file, mea- friends ran to the All Dulles
Collomb said the attack sho- ning he was flagged for links Area Muslim Society mosque
wed the threat was still very to extremism. for safety but soon realised that
high in the country. He said Visitors to a nearby Au- their friend was missing.
he would present a bill on guste Rodin exhibit were Police found Husseins re-
Wednesday to extend the sta-
te of emergency from July 15
to November 1. He asserted
confined inside the Grand
Palais exhibit hall for an ho-
ur as police cordoned off a
mains in a pond in Sterling.
The suspect, Darwin Torres,
was seen driving suspiciously
that the current situation in broad swath of the Champs- in the area and was held. A ba-
France showed a new securi- Elysees. AP seball bat was recovered. PTI
AROUND THE WORLD
Getty Images
In US, a bystander
live-streams
shooting on FB
P olice were rushed to a US
vacation resort after a
bystander livestreamed a
shooting incident on Facebook
Live in which several people
were injured. The injured were
being treated at South Carolina
hospitals after a gunman
opened fire at Myrtle Beach,
CBS News reported on Sunday.
According to Myrtle Beach
Police, a fight broke out and one
of the belligerents pulled a gun
and fired. Meanwhile, a bysta-
nder livestreamed the incident
that alerted the police. The po-
lice later arrested the attacker.
Oregon adds third gender
option to drivers licences:
Oregon became the first US
state on Thursday to allow
residents to identify as neither
male nor female on state
drivers licences, a decision
that transgender advocates
called a victory for civil rights.
Residents can choose to have
an X, for non-specified,
displayed on their drivers Pamela Anderson has shared a love-filled post for Julian Assange,
licence or identification cards whom she is rumoured to be dating, on her official blog. Titled Why
rather than an M or F. My Heart Stands With Julian, she called on world leaders to help
free the WikiLeaks boss. She blasted Theresa May, calling her the
People urinating in lift is US worst PM in living memory, for keeping Assange imprisoned when
courthouses No. 1problem: Sweden has dropped its case against him. She also called on French
Officials in an Arkansas have a President Emmanuel Macron to grant assylum to Assange
plea for courthouse visitors:
Please stop urinating in our Bird causes power outage Oz man charged after cops
elevator. Officials hope new across Texas: A bird caused seize Nazi machine gun: A
security cameras will deter the
stream of culprits who have
power outage across Texas
after it got into the equipment
40-year-old Australian man has
been charged with possessing
been relieving themselves in of a substation leaving thou- a Nazi machine gun, used by
the courthouse elevator in sands of residents without the German army during World
Jonesboro. Workers said the electricity. According to the War II. Police found the MP40
problem has persisted for years Texas New Mexico Power submachine gun, a prohibited
even though the restrooms are Company, around 9,000 cus- firearm, after they pulled over
only 8 metres from the elevator. tomers were affected. a car on Sunday.
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tough under bankruptcy code
Debt Cases To Crawl On Legal Hassles, Lack Of Infra: Experts
Mayur.Shetty@timesgroup.com
Mumbai: The RBIs big bang
announcement directing
banks to proceed against 12
borrowers under the Insolven-
cy and Bankruptcy Code (IBC)
has raised expectations of an
early resolution. But experts
say the new law is unlikely to
be a magic wand to immediate-
ly cleanse balance sheets of
banks, adding that legal tang-
les and lack of infrastructure
for executing bankruptcies
may emerge as impediments to
early resolution of bad debts.
Borrowers have already be-
en able to stymie lenders in the
National Company Law Appel-
late Tribunal (NCLAT). Also,
in one of the early cases filed by
ICICI Bank, the National Com-
pany Law Tribunal (NCLT) fi-
ned the lender Rs 50,000 for in-
flating the claim against the de-
faulter. In another case, the ap-
pellate body overturned a
ruling by the NCLT and decla-
red the appointment of an inte-
rim resolution professional as
illegal. In light of this experi-
ence, industry watchers say
that prospects for either a reso-
lution in 180 days (extendable
by 90 days) or recovery through
liquidation looks challenging.
One needs to evaluate if
the necessary infrastructure
for executing such a mandate
is available and prepared to
manage these 12 cases. The en-
tire ecosystem, including in-
solvency professionals, tribu-
nals, banking and investors, is
still building capacity and ca-
pabilities, said Ashish
SpiceJet gives
40-plane order
for $4.7bn
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Low-cost carrier
(LCC) SpiceJet on Monday sig-
ned an MoU with
Boeing for 40 B737
MAX aircraft. Va-
lued at about $4.7
billion at current
list prices, the ag-
reement is split between 20 new
orders for the 737 MAX 10 and
conversions of 20 of the LCCs
737 MAX 8 airplanes to 737
MAX 10s.
SpiceJet CMD Ajay Singh
said, As a Boeing 737 operator
and current customer of the 737
MAX, we are proud to be part of
the launch of the 737 MAX 10 and
to be the first airline in India to
order the newest version of the
737, which will enable us to max-
imise revenue on our dense rou-
tes, while having a lower unit se-
at cost. With the introduction of
737 MAXs next year, we will be
able to further expand our net-
work, while keeping costs low
for customers.
SpiceJet had signed a deal
to buy up to 205 Boeing planes
worth $22 billion this January.
The LCC had then enhanced its
then existing order of 55 single-
aisle B737-8 by 100 to 155. An ad-
ditional 50 planes a mix of
wide-bodied and B737s have
been placed as an optional or-
der, taking the total to 205.
SpiceJet currently has a
fleet of 35 B737s and 19 Bombar-
dier Q400s. The carrier plans
to grow its operational fleet to
100 by 2020.
Jeep triggers price war in premium SUVs
Pankaj.Doval@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: Get set to drive the
iconic American SUV brand
Jeep that hits Indian roads in
August with a locally-made
model, which is likely to carry
an entry price of around
Rs 15-16 lakh (ex-showroom
Delhi). The Compass off-roa-
der (1400cc petrol engine and
2,000cc diesel) will be made at
the companys plant at Ran-
jangaon in Pune, and will be
followed up with a smaller
SUV Renegade, which is likely
to cost nearly Rs 10 lakh.
The new models are part of
Jeeps aggressive push into
high-potential markets like In-
dia, Brazil and China. A part of
Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles
(FCA) group, the Jeep is one of
the most exciting SUV brands
the world over and its entry in
India is set to fire up fresh com-
petition in the fast-growing
SUV segment. The Pune plant
is shared with Tata Motors,
20-06-2017 Zone: Delhi
SERGIO MARCHIONNE-LED FIAT DENIES REPORT
THAT IT PLANS TO SHUT CHRYSLER IN JAPAN
BORROWER STRESS ON STREET
T he RBI has asked banks to begin insolvency proceedings against 12 cos which account for 25% of
all bad loans. While the RBI has not revealed the names, Lanco Infratech has confirmed that banks
have initiated the insolvency process. The other 11 cos are mostly in the steel sector, say reports
STOCKS OF DEBT-LADEN COS...
Bhushan Steel
Lanco Infra
Essar Steel
Bhusan Power and Steel
Alok Industries
Amtek Auto 14,074
Monnet Ispat 12,115
Electrosteel Steels 10,274
Era Infra 10,065
Jaypee Infratech 9,635
ABG Shipyard 6,953
Jyoti Structures 5,165
*Source: PTI 0 10 20
Chhawchharia, partner at
Grant Thornton Advisory. Gi-
ven the strict timelines under
the code, it will take conside-
rable efforts from all stakehol-
ders to reach desirable solu-
tions, he added.
Insolvency professionals
step in after bankruptcy is
initiated and manage the pro-
cess until resolution. Accor-
ding to bankers, there are not
enough insolvency professio-
nals in the country to keep up
with defaults. The RBI has
not made the list of 12 borro-
wers public, but the names
are already doing the rounds
in banking circles and news
reports (see graphic).
According to Karthik Sri-
nivasan, group head (financial
sector ratings), ICRA, a key im-
ponderable is the extent to
which these decisions could be
challenged in the courts, thus
Cairn tax: I-T dept seizes
`2k-cr dividend, refund
New Delhi: The income tax
department has ordered
coercive action against Ca-
irn Energy of UK, including
taking away over Rs 2,000-
crore dividend and tax re-
fund, to recover part of
the Rs 10,247-crore retrospec-
tive tax.
This follows the British
oil firm losing in an interna-
tional arbitration tribunal
its challenge against Indias
I-T department taking coer-
cive action to recover the tax
dues. A top source said the
department has already ad-
justed Rs 1,500 crore of tax re-
Fashion sale: Amazon to open
temporary physical stores
Anand.J@timesgroup.com
Bengaluru: Amazon will
open 12 temporary physical
stores in the countrys biggest
tech parks in Bengaluru, NCR
and Mumbai to popularise its
fashion sale event coming up
this weekend. While the com-
pany calls it an end-of-season
sale, it acknowledged that the
brands and sellers on the plat-
form are also looking to sell a
lot of their existing inventory
before GST kicks in. With
GST, the taxation structure
and prices will change.
We have tied up with the
FUELLING COMPETITION
Jeep started India sales
last year, but through
imported Wrangler and Grand
Cherokee SUVs that cost
upwards of 70 lakh
Compass will be the
rst locally-made model
and may cost 15-23 lakh
(ex-showroom Delhi)
Compass will sport 1,400cc
petrol and 2,000cc diesel
engines
which has been Fiats long-
standing manufacturing part-
ner in India.
Kevin Flynn, president
and MD of FCA India, said the
company has made India a ma-
nufacturing hub for right-
hand drive markets, which in-
clude South Africa, the UK and
Australia. It was a strategic
decision to bring the Compass
to India, Flynn told TOI.
The Compass which has
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delaying the process. ICICI
Bank had registered the mai-
den case with the IBC in mid-
January against Innoventive
Industries, which has approa-
ched both the Bombay high co-
urt and NCALT on grounds
that the principles of natural
justice were violated since the
company was not given adequ-
ate notice. The outcome of the
first case filed under IBC can
be expected later this month or
early next month, which will
also provide clarity on kind of
resolution agreements rea-
ched between different coun-
ter-parties, said Srinivasan.
The other concern is the re-
lief that needs to be provided to
businesses to make them viab-
le enough to be sold. Even the
large stressed companies need
a 30-80% reduction in interest
burden to fully cover interest
at current profitability. There-
fund that was due to Cairn
Energy Plc, against the prin-
cipal amount.
On June 16, it sent a noti-
ce under section 226(3) of the
Income Tax Act to the com-
panys erstwhile subsidiary,
Cairn India (now Vedanta In-
` 10K-CR CASE
dia), saying whatever is due
to the British firm in the
form of dividend should be
transferred to the govern-
ment. As much as $104 mil-
lion or about Rs 650 crore,
in past and current divi-
biggest tech parks in the co-
untry and these will act as ac-
tivation and promotion for
our sale. For our young con-
sumers at these parks, this
will be a good opportunity to
step out and experience fas-
hion at physical outlets,
Arun Sirdeshmukh, head of
Amazons fashion business,
told TOI.
Amazon will offer 50-80%
discount on 3 lakh units
across 1,500 brands, apart
from lots of goodies as gifts
and cashbacks. Rival Flip-
kart currently has a lead in
this segment, with its two
Compass will compete
with Hyundai Creta at lower
end while on upper end, it will
take on Mercedes GLA, Audi
Q3 and BMW X1
a length of 4,395 mm and has a
maximum power of 170 BHP
with the diesel engine will
come with manual and auto-
matic transmissions, 4X4 ver-
sions, and likely have a price
range between Rs 15 lakh and
Rs 23 lakh (for the top-end). It
will compete with models such
as Hyundais Creta and Tuc-
son, VWs Tiguan, BMW X1,
Audi Q3 and Mercedes GLA.
We have invested $280 mil-
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fore, stress resolution will need
additional provisioning and
capital. ICICI Bank is the only
corporate lender that appears
comfortable on capital, said
Ashish Gupta and Kush Shah
of Credit Suisse in a research
report.
While banks now have the
power to sell off assets, offloa-
ding several steel plants at the
same time might lead to a
crash in valuations. If there is
alarge number of assets put up
immediately for liquidation,
mostly in the next one year, on-
ly a few may get closer to a rea-
lisable value while the rest
may have to be liquidated at ve-
ry high discounts, said M B
Mahesh of Kotak Institutional
Equities Research in a report.
The option available to
banks would be to temporari-
ly take over the company by
converting debt to equity.
dend, is due to the company,
the source said, adding that
it was likely to be transfer-
red to the exchequer on Mon-
day or by Tuesday.
Next, the department
will move to take 9.8% resi-
dual stake that Cairn Energy
retains in Cairn India even
after selling the erstwhile
subsidiary to Vedanta. The
source said the tribunal refu-
sed to entertain Cairn Ener-
gys pleas for restraining the
I-T department from taking
any coercive action and or-
dering Cairn India to release
dividend due to it. AGENCIES
fashion subsidiaries Myntra
and Jabong. The latter two
are also running end-of-sea-
son sales this weekend.
Fashion including ap-
parel, shoes, jewellery, wat-
ches, handbags and luggage
is the second biggest
segment in online commerce
after electronics. But it rema-
ins constrained by issues re-
lated to size, style and colour.
Hence, the initiative to open
the temporary physical out-
lets. GST is encouraging sa-
les by retailers because past
stocks are already taxed on
the basis of sales tax and VAT.
lion for Jeep at Ranjangaon,
Flynn said. The company has
started production of Com-
pass and is beginning with a
healthy localisation of nearly
65%. This is like the first
chapter in a book, and it is im-
portant for us to get it right.
The good thing for us is that
we are now part of the global
manufacturing team of Jeep
and can pull resources from
across the globe.
As the company builds up
local supplier competencies, a
relatively-small retail network
remains as a key area for con-
cern, a large part of which
may be not prepared to tackle a
huge sales rush or after-sales
issues. Jeep rides on a poorly-
performing Fiat network in
the country and will start with
50 dealers when sales begin in
August. A very small percenta-
ge of this will be dedicated Je-
ep dealers, while the rest will
be Fiat dealers doubling up as
Jeep retailers.
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Sensex hits
new peak
of 31,312 on
GST rollout
Mumbai: The sensex made a
smart recovery of 255 points to
close at a new peak of 31,312 on
Monday and the Nifty reclaimed
the key 9,600 level, riding piggy-
back on GST headway and ex-
pectations of reforms by Sebi.
The markets saw a flurry of
buying as investors sensed
NPA resolution gaining trac-
tion after the RBI asked lenders
to initiate bankruptcy procee-
dings against large defaulters.
BoM
Positive global cues emer-
IDBI ging from other Asian markets
that ended higher in tune with
IOB a weekend record closing on
the Wall Street propped up the
markets here. A firm opening
at European shares in reaction
to a strong victory for president
0
Emmanuel Macrons centrist
party in French parliamentary
elections, as Britain begins for-
mal Brexit talks, buoyed tra-
ding sentiments here.
The markets saw a
flurry of buying as
investors sensed
NPA resolution
gaining traction
after the RBI asked
lenders to initiate
bankruptcy
proceedings
The buoyed sentiment is
back due to relaxation in re-
turn filing timeline to minimi-
se the impact of transition to
GST. On the other hand, the
RBIs insistence that the banks
start the bankruptcy procee-
dings which will improve
banks asset quality and streng-
then the balance sheet, led the
index to climb by 1%, said Vi-
nod Nair, head of research, Ge-
ojit Financial Services.
After a strong opening, the
BSE 30-share index hit a high of
31,362, before closing at a new re-
cord high of 31,312, up 255 points,
or 0.82%, breaking its previous
record closing of 31,309 on June
5. The 50-share Nifty too scaled a
high of 9,673 before ending 70 po-
ints up, or 0.72%, at 9,658. AGENCIES
Crooks make a killing
from life insurance
Policies Bought In Name Of Terminally-Ill
Patients With Promise Of Cut To Their Kin
Rachel.Chitra
@timesgroup.com
Chennai: The Rs 1-crore life
insurance policies launched
six-to-seven years ago with
fanfare have become a lucrati-
ve target for cheats. Although
the premium for these policies
is high, investing in a few ter-
minally-ill clients can quickly
bag a jackpot. For fraudsters
it is an investment. If even one
in 12 applications clicks, their
investment of Rs 1.2 lakh in
premium pays off with a Rs 1-
crore bonus, said Srinivasan
Parthasarthy, chief and appo-
inted actuary at HDFC Life.
Insurers like HDFC Life
say syndicates in Gujarat,
Maharashtra and Telangana
are behind the scam. In one
case, the insurer got 12 death
claims from a cancer hospi-
tal on the Jaipur-Agra high-
way. Our investigation sho-
wed the fraudsters identified
individuals with terminal
illnesses, promised their fa-
milies a cut, paid the premi-
um of Rs 10,000 on their be-
half and did all the paper-
work, said Parthasarthy.
Such fraudulent claims usu-
ally arise within one to two
years of taking the policy.
Max Life Insurance, ho-
wever, has seen more cases
of fraud in low-value policies
Cash crunch at Religare: India Ratings
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Mumbai: India Ratings has
flagged market players about
a temporary cash crunch at
Religare Enterprises which
was scheduled to pay about
Rs 155 crore to its bond hol-
ders by June 30.
The cash crunch is tem-
porary since the inflows
from the companys recent
of Rs 1-2 lakh sum assured.
For Rs 1 crore and above,
there is a higher level of scru-
tiny, said V Vishwanand,
COO, Max Life Insurance.
Medical and financial
checks before underwriting
RIPPING OFF INSURERS
Syndicates in Gujarat,
Maharashtra and Telangana
behind many cases of fraud
Deals struck with
terminally-ill patients to scam
insurers
Even unclaimed bodies
used to claim policy amount
All policies from Jeevan
Jyoti Bima to Rs 1-crore
covers targeted
the policy also make it diffi-
cult to pull off a fraud with a
high-value policy.
The syndicates know insu-
rers cannot verify the medi-
cals of every applicant, so
they try networking with a
large group of people to file
applications, said Vishwa-
nand. Max Life rejects around
2% of its claims for fraud.
In one case, a syndicate
obtained an unclaimed body
from a city mortuary in Be-
gur near Bengaluru to hold a
sham funeral. The insurance
officer sent to settle the Rs 2-
lakh claim became suspicio-
deal to sell off its health insu-
rance subsidiary is still to co-
me. In the meanwhile, Reli-
gare Enterprise is likely to
meet its debt repayment obli-
gations through some short-
term borrowings or issuan-
ce of commercial papers, In-
dia Ratings said in a release.
Currently India Ratings
has a AA-/Stable rating on
the financial services com-
us seeing no sign of grief
among those present. The
claim was rejected. In Anga-
di Raichur, Telangana, an in-
surance agent bought a life
cover of Rs 12 lakh for a man
who had died a month earlier,
Most fraudulent claims
led soon after buying policy
and filed a claim few months
later. It has become easy to
get fraudulent certificates.
Anyone can purchase a poli-
cy on someone elses behalf
and then claim the person di-
ed a few months later, said
Suresh Badrinath, forensics
investigator, Chennai.
Even Pradhan Mantri Je-
evan Jyoti Bima Yojana
(PMJJBY) has been scam-
med. It offers life cover of Rs
2 lakh for a premium of Rs
330 a year. Insurance compa-
nies say claims ratio is high
and about a third of claims
are filed within first month.
pany. Theres no change in its
ratings. A company official
confirmed that Religare En-
terprise was evaluating such
options. In April, Religare
Enterprises agreed to sell its
entire 80% stake in its health
insurance subsidiary for
about Rs 1,040 crore.
The Religare Enterprises
stock closed nearly unchang-
ed at Rs 183 on Monday.
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TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017

Sahara gets
time till July 5
to deposit
`710 crore
Dhananjay Mahapatra &
Amit Anand Choudhary TNN
New Delhi: Condoning Sahara
groups failure to deposit Rs1,500
crore into the Sebi-
Sahara refund acco-
unt by June 15, the
Supreme Court on
Monday permitted it
to make good a short-
fall of Rs 710 crore by July 5 but
with a warning, If money does
not come, Subrata Roy goes
back to jail.
On April 27, Sahara group
and Roy had promised through
senior advocate Kapil Sibal that
they would pay Rs 1,500 crore by
June 15 and another Rs 552 crore
by July 15. As per the SCs Au-
gust 31, 2012 judgment, the out-
standing in the name of Sahara
groups two companies Real
Estate and Housing is still
over Rs 10,000 crore despite the
group paying nearly Rs 14,000
crore into the Sebi-Sahara acco-
unt for refund to nearly three
crore investors from whom it
had illegally raised money by
floating one-time fully conver-
M&M to roll out e-rickshaws NGOs, social sector cos
by year-end, buses to follow bank on innovation
To Invest `600Cr | Restructures Electric Mobility Division
Nandini.Sengupta
@timesgroup.com
Chennai: The $17 billion Ma-
hindra Group is accelera-
ting its focus on electric mo-
bility with another Rs 600 cro-
re investment in e-vehicles
taking its cumulative invest-
ment to Rs 1,200 crore that
will see the company rolling
out an electric buses in a ye-
ars time and e-rickshaws by
this year-end.
It is also working on hig-
her voltage powertrains to be
used by its proposed luxury
vehicle designed by Italian
design firm Pininfarina (ac-
quired by Mahindra in 2015)
as well as a range of Ssangy-
ong vehicles. To that end, the
company has also restructu-
red its entire electric vehicle
business using its the earlier
Mahindra Reva plant in
Bengaluru to make electric
powertrains only, said M&M
The overall e-vehicle focus in-
cludes plans to set up a 60,000
units electric vehicle production
plant in Chakan, near Pune, to
build vehicles and assemble
lithium ion batteries
MD Pawan Goenka. ning stake, Mahindra Reva
We will put in another Rs has now become Mahindra
600 crore in the next couple of Electric which will focus on
years to take the cumulative becoming a supplier of elec-
total to Rs 1200 crore not in- tric powertrains to M&M as
cluding product development well as outside OEMs, said
spend and the investment in Goenka.
the high-end luxury electric Mahindra Electric cur-
vehicle being developed by rently produces the 48 and 72
Pininfarina, he added. The V engines that go into M&Ms
company has already rest- current electric vehicles.
ructured its electric mobility We are working on increa-
division by turning its Ma- sing productivity and laun-
hindra Reva plant in Benga- ching a new 360-600 V power-
luru into an exclusively po- train that will go into the Pi-
wertrain production unit. ninfarina badged luxury
With the Reva founders Mai- electric car, small buses and
nis selling off their remai- other high-end vehicles. It
will also be used by Ssangy-
ong for its e-vehicle range,
he added. The engine will be
ready in two years.
Among the products due
for immediate launch is a 9-
metre bus to be launched in a
year and a full range of e-
rickshaws to be rolled out by
this year end.
Currently the e-ricks-
haws are powered by lead
acid batteries but we are wor-
king on lithium ion and swap-
pable batteries too, said Go-
enka. The e-rickshaws will
have a primarily India focus.
Pininfarina will also be in-
volved in the design of future
electric vehicles from the Ma-
hindra stable, said Goenka.
The overall e-vehicle focus in-
cludes plans to set up a 60,000
units electric vehicle produc-
tion plant in Chakan, near
Pune which will build elec-
tric vehicles and assemble lit-
hium ion batteries.
To Ensure Transformative Results In Edu, Health
Rupali.Mukherjee
@timesgroup.com
Mumbai: Innovation per-
haps the most-discussed C-sui-
te topic for global businesses
has till now largely been asso-
ciated with IT, finance, manu-
facturing and various consu-
mer-led businesses. But as sca-
le takes a vantage seat, even
non-profits and companies in
the social sectors are driving
change and impact through in-
novation. The primary touch
points of social sector like he-
alth, education and livelihood
are slowly but surely incorpo-
rating measures to drive re-
sults that can be transformati-
ve. Disruption has spread
across several levels to address
challenges of cost, hiring, sca-
le of operations and the issue
being addressed. Strategic cost
management can help NGOs
access new sources of revenue,
expand their service footprint
dramatically, and reduce reso-
urce hurdles to growth.
For example, one of worlds
and cross-subsidises others in touching lives of millions.
who cannot pay. The foundation is fun-
Innovative hiring aims to ding Sampark Smart Shala,
solve the challenges of scarce which uses an audio-based
talent with strategies such as learning platform as its core
use of volunteering and deve- innovation to reach over 70
loping own non-traditional ta- lakh children in 76,000 scho-
lent supply. For example, Ara- ols to drive transformation
vind Eye Care trains local wo- in primary education at an
men to act as mid-level oph- annual cost of just $1 per
thalmic personnel, while child. Sampark Founda-
Educate Girls hires local yo- tions frugal innovation-led
uth, Team Balika, who form a large-scale change will soon
key element of its community be a case study at Harvard
connections. Business School. Sampark
ACCOMPLISHING MISSION
FEEDING KIDS | Using PROVIDING EYECARE
highly-efficient IT | Using process
operations and innovation, Sankar
distribution logistics, Eye Foundation has
Akshaya Patra has conducted zero-defect 1m free
established a successful eye surgeries in their pursuit to
template in serving wholesome cure blindness by focusing on
mid-day meals to 1.6m school quality, process and cost while
children daily across 11 states delivering at scale
CREATING SELF-HELP GROUPS | Utilising community
mobilisation, PRADAN works with 4L rural poor women
and has generated total savings of Rs 10L. Over 400
PRADAN professionals today work in 6,700 villages in 39

Oil mkt needs time to Shashi Shanker

tible debentures (OFCDs). largest eye care provider of Indias poorest districts across 7 states
non-profit Madurai-based Ara-
vind Eye Care has reduced Many large and ambitious Smart Shala is a learning
If money does not
come, Subrata Roy goes
set to become the cost of cataract surgery by NGOs stay focused on the size outcome-focused interven-
applying a host of strategies in- of the need and emphasise po- tion that uses an innovative
back to jail, warns SC
Sibal explained the difficulty
faced by the group in arranging
rebalance: S Arabia ONGC chairman
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
cluding better utilisation of
surgeons time, cost reduction
of consumables, and setting up
amanufacturing facility for in-
pulation-level change. Deno-
minator thinkers believe that
untangling even one more part
of a large, knotty problem crea-
audio box the mascot Sam-
park Didi.
Katie Smith Milway, part-
ner and head of philanthro-

the money to a bench of Justices
Deepak Misra and Ranjan Go-
goi. However he promised, We
are here to honour the judg-
ments of the court. We are not
running away. We will pay it up
fully and discharge our liabiliti-
es determined by the court. The-
re is no lack of intent. We just ne-
ed 10 working days to pay up the
balance Rs 710 crore. The group
had earlier deposited Rs 790 cro-
re in the Sebi-Sahara account.
Sibal also informed the court
that the group had sold its stakes
in Grosvenor House, London, to
GH Equity UK Private Ltd and
talks were on to sell two more
overseas properties The Plaza
Hotel and Dream Downtown Ho-
tel in New York.
Sibal also informed the court
that land owned by the group in
villages in Haridwar, with an es-
timated value of Rs 285 crore cal-
culated using the circle rate, was
fetching only Rs 109 crore. He so-
ught permission to go ahead
with the sale.
S
audi energy minister
Khalid al-Falih said the
oil market is heading in
the right direction but still ne-
eds time to rebalance, the Lon-
don-based newspaper Asharq
al-Awsat reported on Monday.
In my opinion, market
fundamentals are going in the
right direction, but in light of
the large surplus in stockpiles
over the past years, the cut ne-
eds time to take effect, he told
the newspaper, referring to a
global deal to curb oil produc-
tion. Current expectations
indicate the market will reba-
lance in the fourth quarter of
this year, taking into account
an increase in shale oil pro-
duction, he said.
Asked about recent drop
in oil prices, Falih said: Mar-
kets determine prices but
are themselves driven by un-
predictable variables beyond
the control of producing na-
tions. Short-term volatility is
mostly a reaction to short-
term factors ... as well as the million barrels from floating
role of speculators in stock storage and a drop in industri-
markets that increase market alised nations' onshore stora-
volatility. ge of 65 million barrels com-
Oil prices dipped on Mon- pared to July last year. The
day, weighed down by a conti- market often tends to ignore
nuing expansion in US dril- these criteria and focus on the
ling that has helped to mainta- drop in US inventories that ca-
Market fundamentals are going in the
right direction, but in light of the large
surplus in stock, the cut needs time to
take effect, says Khalid al-Falih
in high global supplies despite me below expectations, he sa-
an Opec-led initiative to tigh- id. Compliance in April and
ten the market by cutting pro- May with the Opec-led output
duction. The price of oil is deal was above 100%, he said.
down around 14% since late Falih also said he expects
May, when producers led by Libyas production to return
the Organization of the Petro- to normal levels. Opec mem-
leum Exporting Countries ex- bers Libya and Nigeria were
tended their pledge to cut out- exempted from the supply
put by 1.8 million barrels per cuts because unrest had cur-
day (bpd) by an extra nine bed their output. It is inapp-
months. ropriate to pressure Libya to
Falih said there was a rela- slow the recovery in its pro-
tively big draw of around 50 duction. REUTERS
New Delhi: Shashi Shanker,
the man responsible for ensu-
ring latest tech-
nical and field
services for sta-
te-run ONGC,
has been chosen
to succeed Di-
nesh Kumar
Sarraf as the head of Indias
largest oil producer.
Government head hunter
Public Enterprise Selection
Board selected Shanker from
among nine candidates, who
appeared for the interview on
Monday. He is currently direc-
tor (technical and field servi-
ces) at the company.
According to procedure,
the oil ministry will now have
to accept PESBs choice and
get Shankers name vetted by
anti-corruption watchdogs
before recommending him to
the Appointments Committee
of the Cabinet headed by the
Prime Minister, who will have
the final word.
tra-ocular lens and drugs at
Aurolabs. Aravinds cost of in-
tra-ocular lens is $2, as against
a global price of $80-100. Aro-
und 60% of the 4.5 lakh cata-
ract surgeries done yearly are
free, of which 1,00,000 are done
through 3,000-odd camps
across Tamil Nadu through
the hospitals innovative outre- ce centres and mobile science
ach programme, Dr P Nampe-
rumalsamy, chairman emeri-
tus, Aravind Eyecare System,
told TOI.
A surgeon in Aravind per-
forms over 2,000 cataract sur-
geries a year, which is five ti-
mes the number performed by
an average Indian ophthalmo-
logist. Again, this is an indica-
tor of optimum utilisation
with trained paramedical staff
carrying out routine tasks, lea-
ving doctors to handle surgeri-
es. The cost of cataract surgeri-
es ranges from Rs 6,000 to Rs
25,000, depending on the length
and nature of hospital stay, for
those who are willing to pay
tes a lot more value than per-
fecting a solution that serves
relatively few, says Soumitra
Pandey, partner - India, The
Bridgespan Group. Simply
put, they focus on the size of
the need to derive results. For
example, Agastya uses both
town-based experiential scien-
laboratory than India for
labs, including labs in vans and
on motorcycles, to reach stu-
dents in city and countryside
to provide hands-on science le-
arning.
Vineet Nayar, founder of
Sampark Foundation and for-
mer CEO of HCL Technologi-
es, says, Innovation is all abo-
ut thinking outside the box to
achieve what others consider
impossible. The most critical
aspect in successful innova-
tion is finding a new axis. The-
se innovators are focused on
the same problem as others
are. However, they are solving
it by looking at a different axis
and thus being very successful
py advisory, Bridgespan Gro-
ups Knowledge Practice, sa-
ys, Indias social sector lea-
ders seek to address needs by
the hundreds of thousands,
even millions, in the very de-
sign of programmes, assu-
ming cost constraints. As a
result, there may be no better
studying the challenges that
social innovators face in try-
ing to scale up when resour-
ces are scarce. And there
might be no better guide
than Indian social sector or-
ganisations for overcoming
those challenges as effective
agents of change.
Further, another disrup-
tion is community mobilisa-
tion through formation of self-
help groups to solve problems.
Manas Satpathy ED of PRA-
DAN, says that, in the past, no
entity had attempted to syste-
matically induct, train and
nurture highly educated yo-
ung Indians to work in villages.

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Plans to celebrate
International Yoga Day
DDA: Delhi Development Authority is
celebrating International Yoga Day by
organising mega yoga sessions at District
Park, Sector-11, Dwarka; Swarn Jayanti Park,
Rohini; and Yamuna Sports Complex with the
supporting agencies, namely, Patanjali Yoga
Samiti, Art of Living and Vivekanand
Yogashram Hospital, respectively.
Participation of about 3000 citizens is expected
at each of the above locations. Ministry of
Ayush, Government of India, has designated
its senior officers as nodal officers and
nominated supporting agencies. In addition to
above, DDA will also hold yoga sessions at
other centres, including all sports complexes
of DDA and parks. DDA appeals to all the
residents of nearby localities to join in the
yoga day celebrations.
BSF: The Border Security Force (BSF) has
adopted yoga as an integral part of their
training. Every year the International Yoga
Day is celebrated across all BSF areas.
Including the attendance of 350 in New Delhi,
approximately 40,000 men and women of BSF
will practice yoga kriya between 7 and 8 am, on
the frontiers and training institutions of BSF.
Till date BSF has trained 3630 yoga instructors
and will also hold yoga demonstrations in four
cities of Kolkata, Agartala, Ahmedabad and
Bangalore.
CISF: CISF will be celebrating International
Yoga Day from 7 am to 7.45 am in all the 336
units, training institutions, reserve battalions,
zonal, sectoral and Force headquarters across
the country. Mass yoga demonstration is being
organised at Lucknow, UP, wherein CISF
personnel will also be participating along with
other fellow CAPF personnel. Apart from
these, CISF has been designated as Nodal
Force to conduct yoga demonstrations in
Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai. In Delhi the
yoga demonstration will be organised at inner
circle, Connaught Place, New Delhi, in co-
ordination with NDMC and around 1000
personnel from all the CAPFs will participate.
Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas
Sammelan by NHPC
NHPC Faridabad organised Sabka Saath
Sabka Vikas Sammelan at Netaji Subhash
Chandra Bose Stadium, Palwal, Haryana,
showcasing various schemes of the
Government of India directed for the welfare
of public. Minister of State for Social Justice
and Empowerment, Krishan Pal Gurjar, the
chief guest of the sammelan, spoke on the
benefits of the schemes launched by the
central government. Nayab Singh Saini,
Minister of State, Government of Haryana for
Mines & Geology and Renewable Energy, also
addressed the gathering. The event saw
dignitaries of the state, senior officers from
NHPC along with a large number of local
people.
EPFO issues new
instructions
For the benefit of international workers, new
instructions have been issued to all field
functionaries regarding Certificate of
Coverage (COC). The employer is advised to
submit the application form one month in
advance and COC has to be issued prior to the
departure of the employee from India. Also,
new software has been launched to further
streamline the monitoring and supervision of
the performance of exempted Trusts under
EPF & MP Act, 1952. EPFO has also decided to
make Aadhar mandatory and has to be
furnished by the employer in respect to all new
members who join the EPS, 1995, with effect
from July1.
MoUs signed
CWC-CRWC: Harpreet Singh, Managing
Director, CWC, and K.U. Thankachen, Central
Railside Warehouse Company Ltd., signed a
MoU for the year 2017-18 detailing physical and
financial targets for CRWC Ltd., as approved
by DPE and Department of Food & Public
Distribution, Government of India.
EIL-MoP&NG: Engineers India Limited (EIL)
signed the Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) for 2017-18 with the Ministry of
Petroleum & Natural Gas (MoP&NG). The
MoU was signed by K.D Tripathi, Secretary,
civic amenities, womens security, medical
emergency, drug counselling, tourist assistance
MoP&NG, and Sanjay Gupta, CMD, EIL, in the
presence of functional directors of EIL and
senior officials. The MoU targets to evaluate
performance, including parameters on
turnover, operating profit, new business
secured, research & development, etc., thus,
focusing on profitability and sustainable
growth.
RSDC-NBCFDC: With a view to bolster the
drive to bring backward classes in the skilling
ecosystem, Rubber Skill Development Council
(RSDC) has signed a Memorandum of
Agreement (MoA) with National Backward
Classes Finance & Development Corporation
(NBCFDC). Under the terms of MoA, RSDC
will implement Skill Development Training
Programme (project) in rubber and tyre sector
as sponsored by NBCFDC from time to time.
The MoA has been entered into considering the
immense potential for training youth,
belonging to the backward sections with
employable skills, for the rubber sector, said
Meghna Mishra, CEO, RSDC.
Toll free helpline by CRPF
Governor of J&K N.N. Vohra formally
launched the toll free helpline 14411 Madadgaar
to be manned by CRPF for the citizens of
Kashmir residing in the state or any part of the
country. Central Reserve Police Force, which
has a large presence in the Valley, believes that
its spatial spread in areas which are otherwise
far and beyond gives them this unique
advantage to be the interface between the
public and the agency of the state, who can
address the issue, whenever a citizen calls the
helpline. Issues could range from disruption in
dignitaries who addressed the meeting were
to pilgrims visiting shrines in Jammu and
Kashmir, providing information on
recruitment in the Forces, disaster relief, etc.
The event was marked by the presence of the
Deputy Chief Minister, Dr. Nirmal Singh, and
Minister for Education Syed Mohammad Altaf
Bukhari, apart from the Chief Secretary, J&K,
GOC, 15 Corps, DG JKP, and many senior
functionaries of the state administration and
police.
PFC to raise bonds
Power Finance Corporation Ltd. (PFC) has
been allowed by government to raise bonds
eligible for capital gain tax exemption u/s 54EC
of the Income Tax Act. An investor can save up
to a maximum Rs.10,00,000 by investing
maximum permissible amount of Rs.50 lakh in
these bonds. As per DPE Survey of March, PFC
is the seventh highest profit making PSU
among 320 PSUs and has consistent track
record of borrowing Rs.4.5 lakh crore till
March ending. PFC intends to launch its
maiden 54EC bond issue shortly which will
carry highest domestic credit ratings of AAA
from CRISIL, ICRA and CARE. As there is no
cap on the amount that can be raised by the
issuer, full allotment is assured to the investors As part of its continuous efforts to remain
up to the amount permitted u/s 54EC. market-driven, the Central Marketing
Organisation (CMO) of Steel Authority of
India Limited (SAIL) organised an
NTPC makes Indias first interactive meet with the companys major
customers in the Eastern region, which
Canal Top Solar PV system was graced by Union Steel Minister
NTPC has energised 150 kWp Canal Top Solar Birender Singh and Union Minister of
PV system on cooling water (CW) channel at its State for Steel Vishnu Deo Sai. Joint
2320 MW Mouda Thermal Power Project near Secretary (Steel) Sunil Barthwal, SAIL
Nagpur in Maharashtra. This novel Solar PV Director (Commercial) Soma Mondal, and
system makes use of side walls of CW channels other senior SAIL officials also
participated in the meet. Singh said that
India would more than double its steel
production capacity to 300 million tons by
2030-31.
as load bearing structure thereby significantly
decreasing cost of civil and mounting
structure. The system also has other unique
advantages such as land conservation, water Supporting Prime Minister Narendra
conservation due to reduced evaporation, Modis ambitious skill development goal,
increased PV generation due to cooling and renowned singer Mohit Chauhan joins
reduction in dirt, leaves thereby reducing hands with National Skill Development
chemicals for water treatment. Corporation (NSDC) to motivate young
people to come forward and acquire new
skills. Mohit Chauhan, a celebrated name
OBC conducts state level in Indian film industry, is widely
meeting recognised for his passion towards singing,
which helps him connect with people
Oriental Bank of Commerce, Convenor, State across all demographics.
Level Bankers Committee, NCT Delhi,
conducted its 87th meeting recently. The
meeting was addressed by Himanshu Joshi,
ED, Oriental Bank of Commerce. Other
Minister of State of Petroleum & Natural Gas
(i/c). Congratulating IndianOil, Chief Minister
Virbhadra Singh said that the setting up of a
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GoI; K.K. Saraf, Regional Director, RBI; Anand
Prakash, GM (FIDD), RBI; B.S. Jaitawat, DGM;
K.K. Acharya, GM & Convenor, SLBC-Delhi;
and P. Sreedhar, GM, Oriental Bank of
Commerce.
CM lays foundation stone of
in a new era for the energy sector in the state.
POL terminal It will not only improve fuel supply in
Virbhadra Singh, Chief Minister, Himachal Himachal Pradesh, but will also generate
Pradesh, laid the foundation stone of opportunities for indirect employment by way
IndianOils state-of-the-art POL terminal at of handling, loading, and unloading personnel
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Partha.Bhaduri
@timesgroup.com
London: India let themselves
be surprised by Pakistan in the
Champions Trophy final, leav-
ing them grappling with the
problems of being second best.
While Virat Kohli & Co. did ex-
ceedingly well to make their
that one overriding question: why, for the
love of God, would you offer the opposition first
use of Englands best batting pitch, on a day when
the sun was shining and there wasnt a
speck of cloud anywhere?
No matter who he may have con-
sulted before the toss, the ultimate
It was a complete perfor- on-field decision is taken by the cap-
mance against South Africa and tain, and it is he who must take the
I didnt see the need to change blame. By putting Pakistan in to bat,
anything, said Kohli. Maybe
now he will have to think twice,
Virat Kohli allowed them to get on top,
and dug Indias grave.
since modern One-day cricket All said and done, its a batsmans
is all about tweaking the XI ir- game, and because Pakistan batted without
respective of performance in pressure, they could freewheel, and with some luck
the previous game. Persisting and talent, they scored quickly. Once they had mo-
with a winning combination is mentum, confidence rose, self-belief zoomed, and
getting increasingly pass. the juggernaut was impossible to stop.
Pakistan have always played on emotion. They
THE BOWLING are talented and dangerous, but they only have
India came into the tourna- highs and lows, theres no middle ground. When
ment with their bowling look- theyre good, theyre very good, but when theyre

second successive Champions
Trophy final, some key areas of
concern remain.
This is a good time to take
stock of whether the team is on
the right track towards the 2019
World Cup, also to be played in
England on similar flat pitches.
Sustained debate on whether
the team appears intransient
on certain issues is also the
need of the hour.
There is the prickly issue of
whether some veterans in the
middle-order can deliver the
goods consistently enough to
persuade India to persist with
them. On the bowling front too,
the team appeared guilty of
some stagnant strategizing.
Then there is laffaire Kumble,
which is hogging mindspace in
the team as much as it is hogging
headlines in newspapers.
The sooner these issues are
sorted out, the faster India can
build a template for success in
the next World Cup.
THE COMBINATION
First up, was captain Virat
Kohli wrong in sticking to a
fixed lineup following the loss
to Sri Lanka? Flexibility is the
key in modern One-day cricket
but India went the other route:
they settled on a lineup and as-
signed fixed roles, never ac-
counting for failure should
someone have an off day.
That day came in the final,
when Jasprit Bumrah, Ravi-
chandran Ashwin and Ravindra
Jadeja all came a cropper. Bum-
rah is a young player and seemed
to suffer a big case of nerves in
the game against Pakistan, bowl-
ing THAT no-ball to Zaman,
apart from two others, and five
wides on top of those. His line
was all over the place, much like
Ashwins, who bowled four
wides as Pakistan couldnt be
contained and panic set in.
What was the need in the
first place to play Ashwin
against Pakistan, who are good
players of spin, especially on a
flat Oval track? In the first
match-up between the two sides
at Edgbaston, Ashwin was not
played and India won.
ing like the stronger suit, but
two of their main wicket-takers
who thrive on pace, Umesh Ya-
dav and Mohammad Shami,
were made to sit out of crunch
games. The continuing resur-
gence of Bhuvneshwar Kumar,
however, will be one of the
positives. India will hope he
does similar duty in 2019.
While the team seems to
have pinpointed its bowling re-
sources, India took 26 wickets in
this tournament, third behind
champions Pakistan (37) and
semifinalist England (27), who
played a game less. How can
they aim for more? The spinners
took only 8 wickets compared to
18 by the pacers. Would the pres-
ence of Kuldeep Yadav or an-
other leggie have made a differ-
ence? Ashwin, incidentally,
conceded 167 runs from 29 overs
for one wicket, his third-worst
ODI bowling performance in a
series/tournament.
THE MIDDLE ORDER
Indias rampaging top three
will hopefully be active in two
years time, but their success
(they scored 874 of the 104 runs
India had scored before the fi-
nal) has meant less scrutiny on
the middle and lower-middle
order, where Yuvraj Singh and
MS Dhoni still preside with
their waning powers.
While Yuvraj played well
against Pakistan in the group
game, can he consistently deliver
the goods in crunch games? And
will it be wise to retain Dhoni till
the 2019 World Cup? Both Yuvraj
and Dhoni had the perfect plat-
form in the final to show they
can still turn games. Both failed,
as did Kedar Jadhav, who spot
should also be up for scrutiny.
Waiting in the wings are exciting
talents like Manish Pandey and
Rishabh Pant. Ajinkya Rahane
too is sitting out.
THE APPROACH
In hindsight, Pakistan coach
Mickey Arthurs strategies
seemed more on the money. If
we can get them with the new
ball, we can expose the middle-
order, and that hasnt batted
much here. Thats pretty much
our only aim and focus, he had
said before the game.
Sorting out some of these
issues can be emotive affairs,
like deciding what to do with
players of the stature of Yuvraj
and Dhoni. Some issues can be
prickly, like deciding on a new
coach. Consistently surprising
the opposition on the bowling
front, meanwhile, will need
some lateral thinking.
The team now travels from
here to the West Indies, where
they play the first One-day In-
ternational in Trinidad on Fri-
day. Maybe that series will pro-
vide more clarity on some of
the problem areas.
Amirs act
of contrition
Partha.Bhaduri@timesgroup.com
London: The signs were not good for
Mohammad Amir coming into the final.
Of course, he had set the tone when the tour-
nament began for both India and Pakistan,
with the group-stage duel at Edgbaston. His
first two balls in the tournament were beau-
ties, both going on with the angle and beating
Rohit Shamas bat. The fourth ball, he showed
a tiny glimpse of magic, inducing Rohit to
drive, except it wasnt driving length.
Amir bowled a maiden over, serving up
a tiny warning for India of what was to come
a few weeks down the line. Instead, by the
time the game ended, that over lay forgotten,
buried within the warm comfort of another
India win. Amir had, after all, retired with
cramps, putting his big-game fitness and
temperament in doubt all over again.
He missed the semifinal against Eng-
land, too, the one which he desperately
should have been a part of, the one which
brought Pakistan together as one. His re-
placement, Rumman Raees, bagged the
wickets of Alex Hales and Liam Punkett.
By the time Amir recovered from back
spasms, Pakistans bowling coach Azhar
Mahmood declared, Amir is fit. We have
told him if he has any doubt he should let
us know. It was only Mickey Arthur, the
coach, who unequivocally declared a day
before the game, Amir is fit and will play.
Why had Amir not shaken up the cricket-
ing firmament since his return from the
ignominious spot-fixing ban last year? Why
were the magic spells so few and far between
following the three-month jail term and sub-
sequent five-year long ban? Why had he, like
the other mere mortals playing the Champi-
ons Trophy, struggled to find swing?
Was he, perish the thought, over-rated?
Was he mentally up to par? Amir appeared
to be repeatedly seeking atonement. Re-
member, he was booed upon return in
Hard when slogged
across the line: Virat
London: Senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin
has been on a downward spiral in One-day
cricket but India skipper Virat Kohli feels
its unfair to be critical of him.
Asked if Ashwin needs to revisit his
plans due to poor his ODI record in
recent times, Kohli was ready to bat
for his senior-most spinner.
Every spinner has challenges on
flat decks and every spinner could go
for runs. Especially on wickets like
these, where if a batsman gets going, it really
becomes difficult for the spinner and people are
slogging across the line and getting away with it,
Kohli reasoned.
You cant really do much as a spinner because you
are making them play where you want to play, but still,
they are executing those shots, Kohli tried to explain
the helpless feeling that his tweaker went through
bowling to a marauding Zaman.
Ostracized by fellow cricketers upon return from a
fixing ban, the Pak pacer finally shows he belongs
Auckland. He seemed eager to placate
those in the Pakistani cricket establish-
ment who couldnt come to terms with his
return, including some in the dressing
room. It was clear Amir was struggling to
shake off the guilt. Did some part of him
feel he was here merely because interna-
tional cricket had been charitable to him?
Was Amir holding himself back? He
averages 19.14 with the ball in ODIs which
Pakistan win with him in the team. When
they lose, he averages 35.39. In wins, his
strike rate is 25.6, in losses 41.9. Clearly, his
presence is vital. Instead, after the game
against Sri Lanka in which he starred with
both bat and ball, Amir sagely declared, I
believe you need luck in cricket. After
emerging from the ban, he had said, Life
used to be very tough. There were times
when I thought I might not be able to play.
It was very depressing for me. It is a mira-
cle I am back.
Amir would call it a miracle. What we
saw on Sunday was a skilled practitioner of
the black art of left-arm seam bowling, the
PAK PRESSURE
GOT TO INDIA
Kohli said the pressure created by
Pakistans bowlers proved too
much for his title-holders.
They made us make those
mistakes with the way they were
bowling, creating that pressure,
Kohli told reporters.
When players like that get
going on their day, it becomes
really difficult to stop them
because I think 80 percent of
his shots were high-risk, and
they were all coming off, he said.
Meanwhile, reflecting on
Indias tournament as a whole,
Kohli insisted: We can (still) be
very proud ... and we leave here
with our heads held high. Credit
to everyone for standing up and
reaching the finals. In the end ...
you have to accept and admire
sometimes the skill of the
opposition, Kohli added.
Life used to be very tough. There
were times when I thought I
might not be able to play. It
was very depressing for me. If
you cant even touch the ball,
what are you going to do then? It is a
miracle I am back.
Mohammad Amir
scion to the likes of Wasim Akram, the kind
who can conjure up memories of Pakistans
glory days with a single spell. The kind that
can dismiss Virat Kohli twice in two balls.
In the final, with India already under
the cosh of a 339-run target, Amir settled
the debate in the space of a few balls. Be-
fore the final, Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit
Sharma and Virat Kohli had scored 81.38%
of Indias runs
Here, with his third ball, he found
inswing at scary pace, and Rohit was ac-
counted for. Off his ninth ball, Azhar Ali
at first slip dropped Kohli. Off the very
next, Kohli, shaken, instinctively played
bread-and-butter shot, the flick to the on-
side, except in his eagerness he played it a
bit early, and managed only the leading edge
to point. Dhawan tried the counter-attack,
clobbering him for two fours, adroitly pick-
ing the slower one, before Amir took re-
course to the cross-seam and bounce in the
corridor, and got his man.
After seven years, in the same city of
London where he fell from grace, Amir had
made Pakistan world champions again. It
was an act of contrition he would have
dreamed of. It was the sort of giant-killing,
miracle-working, grandiose individual
heroism which was needed to redeem him
in the eyes of a nation. It was Amir show-
ing why cricket made the right choice in
giving him a second chance.
Most of the Pakistan team turned up
in the mixed zone where players interact
after the game. Hasan Ali and Junaid Khan
couldnt stop gushing about Amir, who
himself was nowhere to be seen. He had
already made his statement.
DESTINYS CHILD
PAKISTAN PEAKED
AT THE RIGHT TIME
London: Former Australia batsman
Michael Hussey feels underdogs
Pakistan peaked at the right time and
played their best cricket in the final
against India to lift the ICC Champions
Trophy.
Pakistan was the underdog coming
into the final but there was a feeling of
destiny about it. Tournament play is all
about peaking at the right time and after
a poor start to the tournament, most
pundits gave it no chance of winning,
Hussey wrote in his column for ICC.
However, by the time it lifted the
ICC Champions Trophy 2017 at The Oval,
it was undoubtedly playing its best
cricket. Huge congratulations need to go
to Mickey Arthur, Sarfraz Ahmed, the
support staff and players for showing
great character and turning the teams
fortunes around. AGENCIES
bad, theyre awful. At the Oval on Sunday, they
were smiling, relaxed, and comfortable you
could see it in their body language and they bat-
ted like a stone rolling down a hill.
Anyone who has done a little bit of research will
know that the Oval has always produced some of
the highest scores in England, and is a graveyard
for bowlers. As far back as 1938, England posted 903
in the first innings of a Test against Australia, when
Len Hutton got his 364. More recently, Kumar San-
gakkara scored five consecutive centuries there for
Surrey. In between, I could show you loads of other
examples, but the point is that in such ideal batting
conditions, you bat as much as you can!
Indias botched decision pumped up the best
bowling attack in the tournament, so that they came
out firing, and lethal, bowling faster, straighter, and
with intent. Once Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan
and Kohli were out, India were staring at the abyss.
Regardless of the fact that the Indian middle and
late order have had little batting in the tournament,
how many times has a team chased over 300? Two
out of 10, tops. And no matter how well India chase,
its much harder chasing a big total than posting
one. I have always believed that you should study
the playing conditions you are given. If its a great
batting pitch, bat the opposition out of the game. If
you get better bowling conditions, bowl first. Dont
outsmart yourself, keep it simple, dont over think.
Add to that Kohlis batting flaw: when they bowl
quick on a length, at his fourth and fifth stumps
outside his off stump, he struggles. England
pitched it up and bowled at his fourth and fifth
stumps when India were here, and they had him
figured out. In India, the ball doesnt do much so
he works it to the leg side, but you cant do that in
England. So thats one big weakness he needs to
take care of in an otherwise superb arsenal.
ON A ROLL: Sarfraz and his
boys celebrate Ashwins
dismissal on Sunday
Hope teams will
now come and play
in Pakistan: Sarfraz
London: Not just today, not just tomorrow, this
day will be remembered in Pakistan for years to
come, said a beaming Pakistan captain Sarfraz
Ahmed as he made a passionate plea to other na-
tions to come and play international cricket in
their country.
No major cricketing nation has toured Paki-
stan since the terrorist attack on Sri Lanka team
back in 2009. It was a great achievement by the
boys and full credit to them. Everyone will remem-
ber this achievement, not just for today or tomor-
row but for a long, long time in Pakistan cricket.
The boys were really motivated today. We came
here as a number eight ranked team and won the
tournament. Hope all nations now come and play
cricket in Pakistan, Sarfraz said at the post-
match press conference.
It is an unbelievable feeling which I cant de-
scribe at the moment though. I dedicate this win
to the people of Pakistan.

Indias cricket needs a healthy Pakistan to thrive Arthur eager for World XI visit to Pakistan
Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur said he hoped a
proposed World XI visit to the country later this
year went ahead after his side served notice of their
Siddharth.Saxena@timesgroup.com ly niggle somewhere that in all bel poets rolled into one. Some- us and themselves of a similar enduring talent with a stunning Champions Tro-

W
atching Moham-
mad Amirs first
three overs Sun-
day night which
lopped off the
cream of the Indian batting,
somehow you werent struck so
much by the emerging big-match
failure of the Indians than the
fact that a rare talents spell-
binding potency was something
we should regularly demand as
Indian fans of the game.
Because somewhere, India,
for all its limited-overs prowess
of the recent decade, is still not
complete without a Pakistan
regularly in the mix. Its some-
thing that even our cricketers,
current and past (despite the
largely poor-taste tweets) know
fully too well. It must constant-
Indias stroke-making and run-
accumulating, little of it has
come against the quality and
challenge provided by our orig-
inal cricketing rivals.
Joined at the hip, Indian
cricket is so much poorer with-
out Pakistan as is world cricket
without a substantial West In-
dies. That is something the pow-
ers need to understand.
If scorelines so simply re-
deemed past hurts, then there
would be no meaning in sport and
the myths it gives birth to the
gritty victory, the great upset, or
like happened on Sunday, a breezy
phase of sporting brilliance that
simply took everyones breaths
away. That it was Pakistan, doing
what only they can do on their day,
greatly revived that rapidly-erod-
ing idea of joy, craft and romance
where, along the way, they for-
got who they are and we, as
moneyed masters of unequal
sporting world, were only too
happy to shelve them.
In 2004, a much-troubled West
Indies carved out a similar tri-
umph in the same tournament.
It was completely un-West Indi-
an in that they grafted their way
to the title, perhaps mirroring
the long-running depletion of
depth in the islands. Yet, it was
seen as big enough to spark off
a cricketing re-revolution. Near-
ly, a decade and half later, we all
know how it all went down.
The once-mighty West Indies,
ROMANCING CRICKET: Pakistan team with the Champions Trophy having lost its ethos to lack of
money and the growing idea of
in cricket. rhythm of a contest. When on the cricketing mercenary, was not
Some teams and individuals song, Pakistan were crickets even missed this time. Pakistan,
can effortlessly enhance the original music makers and re- after long, on Sunday, were telling
belief and what they can be. It felt
warm and old-world nice.
On Sunday, every Pakistani
cricketer spoken to by the com-
mentators after their win, re-
membered, in the euphoria of
victory, to remind the world how
there was no inter national
cricket at home and how this
isolation was proving so damag-
ing. Mighty India may have only
suffered a minor blip in their
awesome ICC record, but the
significance of this Pakistan
triumph far outweighs over all
those grand numbers India has
diligently notched up of late.
With this Champions Trophy
victory, they seem to have finally
found a voice and with it, that
much-needed credibility. They
need to be heard now. Its time, the
world of cricket stopped to listen.
phy final win over India.
With the exception of Zimbabwes tour two
years ago, Pakistan have had to play all of their
home matches outside of the country since a
2009 terror attack on Sri Lankas team bus
in Lahore.
However, the International Cricket Council are
set to send a World XI to Pakistan in September.
That team could find themselves acting as a path-
finder for the resumption of tours of Pakistan by
major cricket nations.
Were scheduled to have a World XI in Pakistan
in September for three Twenty20 games, he said.
So hopefully that starts paving the way for future
tours. We can only hope.
Pakistan NEEDED It , India
WANTED it. Congratulations to
the better team on the day !
Abhinav Bindra