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The Doon University is play-ing host to students from

British universities here for atwo-week course in “Healthand Well-Being: The Theoryand Practice of Yoga” organisedthe university under a BritishCouncil programme at a scenicvenue near Maldevta in Doonvalley. This is the first interna-tional initiative of DoonUniversity.

The students, five boys and24 girls, have settled down at theTarab Ling Institute interna-tional Tibetan institute. Studentsfrom Doon University-are help-ing them familiarise themselveswith the new surroundings.

Doon University’s registrarBM Harbola told The Pioneeron Tuesday that although theprogramme would focus main-ly on Yoga, wellness and spiri-tuality, the students would alsobe taken to visit Dev SanskritiVishwavidyalaya to witness the

Ganga Arti. They would visitthe Forest Research Instituteand Kalsi to see the Ashokanedict there.

Yoga experts from GurukulKangri University and PatanjaliUniversity will be among thosewho will gather at Tarab Lingto teach English students from20 different universities andcolleges of UK.

They will be visiting theDoon University on August 10and also on August 15 on theoccasion of the IndependenceDay. They will be taken to thelocal Buddha temple on August15.The same evening, a cross-cultural food festival will behosted by the university’sschool of foreign languages, fol-lowed by a dinner hosted by theuniversity vice-chancellor.

Their interaction with thestudents of the host universitywill be mutually beneficial,said Dr Harbola. They will alsovisit Raj Bhawan to attend thetoppers’ conclave on August 10.

A study tour to GurukulKangri university, an educa-tional tour of the Tehri Damand a visit to Wadia Institute ofHimalayan Geology will bepart of the training programmethat concludes on August21.On August 19, a screeningof the classic Hindi film MotherIndia will be held for the visit-ing students who will also betaken on nature walks aroundthe Maldevta area.

This course has beenorganised as part of theGeneration UK-India pro-gramme which aims at sup-porting to 25,000 young peo-ple in the UK in gaining skillsand experience in India,increase opportunities for out-ward mobility and raise aware-ness of India as a destination,create a more globally com-petitive UK workforce andenable a generation of youngpeople to have a deeper, widerand stronger understanding ofUK and India.

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One Class II girl student ofGovernment Primary

School at Ranihat, Kirtinagardied while another girl studentof the same class was injuredwhen the toilet of the schoolcollapsed on Tuesday. Locatednear the new toilet, the toiletwhich collapsed had been in adilapidated condition for long.

The incident occurredwhen the students went to theold toilet to relieve themselves.State primary education direc-tor Seema Jaunsari expressedshock over the incident, sayingthat the tragedy happeneddespite all the school principalsand heads of the educationalinstitutions being earlierdirected strictly not to have anydilapidated structure in theschool premises.

The girls were extricatedfrom the debris and taken tothe primary health centrewhere one of them died dur-ing treatment while the other

was stated to be out of danger.The deceased has been

identified as 8-year-oldArchana, daughter of Ganesh,resident of Ranihat, while theinjured student has been iden-tified as 7-year- old Srishti,daughter of Jai Prakash alsofrom Ranihat.

Tehri district educationofficer Ashok Gusain said thatan inquiry has been constitut-ed and the picture wouldbecome clearer after reportsare submitted by the officialsconcerned in two days. He saidthat the district deputy educa-tion officer Vinod Singh hasbeen deployed at the school

and will report to the educa-tion department onWednesday. Gusain furtherinformed that there are twoteachers in the school andaround 15-20 students arebeing taught. Both the teach-ers were present in the schoolwhen the mishap occurred.

There are 1800Government schools in Tehridistrict out of which around100 school buildings are indilapidated condition. Schoolheads have been directed torefrain from using any dilapi-dated structure that mayendanger the life of the stu-dents studying there.

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The State Governmentclaims to be making all

possible effort to propagatethe Mukhyamantri SwasthyaBima Yojana (MSBY) universalhealth insurance scheme. Thesecond phase of the schemewith increased annual riskcover of �1.75 Lakh started onAugust 1 and the process ofregistering new eligible familiesis presently on.

The State Government hadlaunched the scheme last yearproviding health insuranceplan for both Below PovertyLine (BPL) and Above PovertyLine (APL) families. In the firstphase the cover under thescheme was �50000 which isincreased to �1.75 lakh in sec-ond phase.

The Additional Director

(Administration), Dr Prem Laltold The Pioneer that efforts areunderway to raise mass aware-ness about the scheme so thatall eligible families are coveredunder it. He said the efforts arebeing made to ensure thatmembers of the public comeforward and register themunder the scheme. Lal furtherinformed that to get the healthcard one should contact thelocal Asha worker or nearestGovernment health centre.

The department is usingthe medium of hoardings,newspaper advertisements anddistribution of handouts toinform people about thescheme. Messages on themobiles phones are also beingsent in which the State HealthMinister, Surendra Singh Negiis making personal appeal tothe people to get covered under

the scheme.The State health depart-

ment claims that 817583 healthcards have been distributed tothe beneficiaries and 34778medical claims with an amountof �18.16 Crore are paid underthe scheme till date. In the sec-ond phase of the scheme, wherethe annual claim amount isincreased to �1.75 lakh, a total

of 112 claims have beenreceived till date.

Under the MSBY all suchpersons who are do not payincome tax and are notGovernment employees arecovered. Treatment of 1206general and 459 critical diseasescan be done under the schemein 151 Government and privatehospitals of the State.

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It appears that the adminis-tration of the associated hos-

pital of Government DoonMedical College (GDMC) hereis trying to save the skin of thedoctor (Senior Resident)accused of asking a patient tovisit his home for further treat-ment. It is learnt that theinquiry conducted by the hos-pital has given a clean chit tothe SR.

On Tuesday the MedicalSuperintendent (MS) of thehospital Dr KK Tamta receivedthe report of the inquiry. It islearnt that the SR has told thathe had asked the said patient tovisit his home so that he couldprovide better treatment to

her. He however refused that hehad demanded any moneyfrom her for this largesse of his.

The female patient has alsoreportedly taken back hercharges. This patient, a residentof Jhabreda resident had lefther treatment midway afterthis SR asked her to visit hishome for further treatmentfor which he allegedly demand-ed a hefty amount. The headof department of Chest diseasesDr Rameshwar Pandey washanded over the task of inquiryon the issue.

Meanwhile the secondinquiry involving infection tofour patients, who had under-gone cataract surgeries in theEye Operation Theatre (OT) ofthe hospital, is still on. It is

learnt that the inquiry reportwould be submitted onWednesday.

On Tuesday, the head ofdepartment of eye Dr SushilOjha and Dr Rupleen visitedthe Mahant Indiresh Hospitalwhere these four patients areundergoing treatment. It islearnt that vision of one of thesefour patients is almost lost andwould be shifted to some high-er centre while two patientshave recovered completely.

Following newspaperreports of these two incidencesthe state medical educationminister Dinesh Dhanai hadordered the MS of the hospi-tal to conduct an inquiry andsubmit a report within 24hours.

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Lambasting Chief MinisterHarish Rawat for purport-

edly misinforming the publicabout the State’s condition, theBharatiya Janata Party Statehead Ajay Bhatt averred thatthe credibility of the StateGovernment had deterioratedto such a level that the OrientalBank of Commerce (OBC)had rejected the State’s appli-cation for �100 cr loan.

The Central Governmenthas already made budgetaryallocations to Uttarakhandwhere various Central schemesare underway while the StateGovernment’s level of efficien-cy is such that barringDehradun, the district plans forthe remaining 12 districts couldnot be drafted by the desig-nated last date of December 31,2015 with past years’ unusedfunds amounting to �488 cralso remaining dumped in theabsence of utilisation certificate.

Addressing the media hereon Tuesday, Bhatt said, “TheState Government’s negativeattitude towards developmen-tal works has been exposedwith the Chief Minister failingto even prepare district planson time. About �488 crore leftover from past years’ schemes

has remained unused. TheCentre had released fourmonths’ budget on time butthe State Government had beenable to spend only 1.5 per centof the budget by June 15 in pre-vious financial year 2014-15whereas more than 20 per centof the current financial year’s

had been spent till June thisyear under imposition of pres-ident’s rule. The CM is toutingper capita income rise as itsachievement whereas it is anindicator of developmentalworks undertaken on CentralGovernment directions. Thecondition of the state is such

that the OBC rejectedUttarakhand’s application for�100 crore loan which was tobe used for purchasing newbuses in the transport depart-ment,” said Bhatt.

Referring to the State’sdemand for Central funds,Bhatt said that the Centre hadalready released �2070 crore forforest and private land transferfor the �11700 crore CharDham Yatra highway projectbut the State Government hasnot yet started the procedurefor land transfer. Apart fromthis, the corruption in StateGovernment was furtherexposed when �126 crore wascollected in penalties in min-ing activities during fourmonths of president’s rule com-pared to �272 crore revenuefrom mining in 2015-16.”Dehradun mayor VinodChamoli, BJP State spokesmanMunna Singh Chauhan andDevendra Bhasin were alsoamong those present at thePress conference.

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In its endeavor to inform peo-ple about MSBY, the State

Government has also involvedthe schools. All education offi-cers have been directed toensure that the school heads orteachers make a presentationabout the scheme to the stu-

dents during the morningassembly meetings.

In these meetings the stu-dents would be asked by theteachers to inform their par-ents about the importanthealth insurance scheme of theState Government.

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The Congress has accusedthe Bharatiya Janata Party

state head Ajay Bhatt of mak-ing incorrect statements caus-ing a stir in the State. TheUttarakhand Pradesh CongressCommittee president KishoreUpadhyay strongly condemnedsuch purportedly false state-ments while addressing themedia after his return from anine-day tour of Garhwal andKumaon regions.

Earlier in the day,Samajwadi Party State chiefgeneral secretary HAMSiddiqui and his supporters for-mally joined the Congress at aprogramme attended by ChiefMinister Harish Rawat andCabinet Minister IndiraHridayesh, among others.

Addressing the media atthe Congress Bhawan here onTuesday, Upadhyay opined that

the BJP had no issues left toraise due to which its leaders inUttarakhand were makingillogical statements which werecreating confusion. He saidthat Congress workers wereenthusiastically preparing forthe 2017 Vidhan Sabha electionwith focus on raising publicawareness regarding various

beneficial schemes of the StateGovernment.

He said that a plan will alsobe drafted for consolidatedefforts by party workerstowards a BJP-free State. Byforming the Congress againstcorruption department, theparty organisation will intensifyits efforts towards tackling cor-

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ruption, he said. Earlier, theSamajwadi Party State chiefgeneral secretary HAMSiddiqui along with his sup-porters joined the Congressparty at a function held in theCongress Bhawan.

Speaking on the occasion,the PCC chief said thatSiddiqui had joined theCongress after being impressedby the works undertaken bychief minister Harish Rawatand the policies of Congressnational president SoniaGandhi. Welcoming Siddiquiand his supporters to the party,Chief Minister Harish Rawatopined that his entry in theCongress will prove beneficialin the coming Vidhan Sabhaelections. Finance MinisterIndira Hridayesh said thatbeing an experienced politi-cian, Siddiqui’s joining theCongress will strengthen theparty’s position in his area.Congress State party co-in-charge Sanjay Kapoor andother party leaders were alsopresent on the occasion.

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The State Home, Food andCivil Supply Minister Pritam

Singh has directed the police andother officials concerned to takeeffective action against ram-pant substance abuse and rise incriminal incidence in the pur-chase and sale of land especial-ly in the Vikasnagar area ofDehradun district. Chairing areview meeting with officialsconcerned here on Tuesday,Singh said that no compromisewill be allowed when it comes tomaintaining the law and ordersituation in the State.

He stressed that the officialsconcerned are needed to takeproactive action without laxityor bias especially as delay inaction in some cases takes anundesirable political or com-munal turn. Expressing concernat the rising trend of substanceabuse especially among theyouth, Singh emphasised on theneed for conducting publicawareness campaign while alsodirecting officials to take strin-gent action in such cases.

He directed the departmentof home officials to draft a pro-

posal for creation of requiredposts for strengthening the policedepartment. The State’s directorgeneral of police MAGanapathy said that policepersonnel are deployed in fairs,festivals, exhibitions and for thesecurity of ‘VIPs’. Eliciting thefocus of the Home Minister onthe sanctioned posts in various

categories remaining vacant inthe police department, theDGP demanded that new postsof additional superintendent ofpolice be created for sensitiveareas including Haridwar,Udham Singh Nagar,Dehradun, Haldwani (Nainital)and Kotdwar in Pauri district.

The ADGP AK Ratudi

informed that compared tothe previous year, there hasbeen a drop in the number ofcriminal incidence including 41per cent drop in vehicle theftand three per cent in otherthefts. He said that 70 per centof the vehicle theft cases hadbeen solved achieving 61 percent arrest rate and 63 per cent

recovery whereas in other theftincidence 52 percent have beensolved with 82 per cent arrestand 39 per cent recovery.

There has been a marginalincrease in murder cases in 2016compared to the previous yearwith 87 per cent of the casesbeing solved achieving an arrestrate of 65 per cent.

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Heavy to very heavy rainfallhas been forecast at iso-

lated places in Almora,Champawat, Nainital, USNagar, Pauri, Haridwar andDehradun districts ofUttarakhand during the next 36hours starting from Tuesdayevening. Heavy rainfall mea-suring upto 95 mm rainfalllashed Dehradun district onTuesday night and earlyWednesday morning.

Heavy rainfall has beenreported from the mountain-ous parts of the state too overthe past 24 hours. Many roadsare reported to be blocked fortraffic especially in the hills.

The weather forecast forDehradun on Wednesday isone or two spell of rain/thun-dershower. The showers mightbe heavy in some areas. Themaximum and minimum tem-peratures are likely to be

around 31ºC and 23ºC respec-tively in Dehradun onWednesday.

The Met centre directorBikram Singh informed thatthe maximum and minimumtemperatures were recorded at33.9ºC Celsius and 23.3ºCCelsius in Dehradun respec-tively while it was 21.4ºC and15.5ºC in Mukteshwar, 24.7ºC

and 16.5ºC in Tehri and 34.8ºCand 26.7 ºC in Pantnagarrespectively on Tuesday.

Over the past 24 hours by8.30 am on Tuesday, rainfall ofvarying degrees was reportedfrom some places in the state.While 95.2 mm rainfall wasreported in Dehradun, it was0.6 mm in Tehri and 6.8 mm inMukteshwar.

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Haridwar: Vancouver beingselected to host the 27thInternational OrnithologicalCongress slated for 2018, DrDinesh Bhatt, a noted bird sci-entist from Gurukula KangriVishwavidyalaya, Haridwar, lefton Tuesday to participate in aseven-day long committeemeeting in Vancouver city ofBritish Columbia in Canada. Hewas selected as a member of theScientific ProgrammeCommittee meeting last year.He is among the two Asiansselected in the committee, theother scientist hailing fromChina. All other 12 team mem-bers are senior professors fromtheir institutions from Europeanand American countries.

Speaking to The Pioneer,Dinesh Bhatt who is also anexecutive member ofInternational Bio-AcousticsCouncil in the United Kingdomsaid, “This Congress is consid-ered the most prestigious event

for bird scientists around theworld. It will bring together over2,000 bird scientists from 100countries and it will includepublic events and exhibitions incelebration of birds. TheCongress is expected to providea boost to birding tourism.”

During the seven day meet-ing, discussions will be held onthe keynote speakers for the aca-demic sessions, symposiums,topics for poster presentationsand titles of symposiums besidesreview and editing of 1500research papers, said Bhatt. “Iwas informed by the generalsecretary of the SPC, KatieVachnan from Australia thathundreds of proposals havebeen received from across theworld which needs to be scru-tinised,” added Bhatt.

During the Congress, dis-cussions will be held on theproblems of the birds, theirchanging behaviour and theirredressal. ��

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Prime Minister NarendraModi on Tuesday reached

out to people of the embattledKashmir Valley, seeking theircooperation in restoration ofpeace through “dialogue” and“democracy” and invoked for-mer PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee’sfamous mantra of ‘insaniyat(humanity), jamhuriyat(democracy) and Kashmiriyat’for ushering in a new chapterin the history of the State.

In a clear reference to thedemand for “azadi’ resonatingin some quarters of the Valley,the PM said that people ofJammu & Kashmir have thesame freedoms as enjoyed byevery Indian.

Modi was here to kick offa 15-day exercise — ‘70 SaalAzadi-Zara Yaad Karo Kurbani’— a BJP initiative to com-memorate the IndependenceDay. Speaking on the dayMahatma Gandhi had giventhe call for the British to ‘QuitIndia’ in 1942, the PrimeMinister asked the countrymento take up the cause of nationbuilding and live up to theideals of freedom fighters.

Breaking his silence on themonth-long turmoil thatclaimed around 55 lives, lefthundreds of people injured,and saw the continuation ofcurfew in large part of theValley, Modi signaled that theCentre was ready to exploreother options than seeking a

solution through massivedeployment of the police,paramilitary and Army.

This was the first time thePM was addressing theKashmir issue in the after-math of the killing of HizbulMujahideen CommanderBurhan Wani by security forces

on July 8 that triggered mas-sive reaction across the Valley.

Modi took the peace initia-tive a day after Jammu &Kashmir Chief MinisterMehbooba Mufti appealed himto take steps to “win the heart ofthe people” and the Oppositionparties also called for holding

dialogues with all stakeholdersto defuse the situation.

Describing Kashmir and‘heaven on the earth’, Modi saidit was painful to see innocentyoungsters, who should beholding laptops, books andcricket bats, “handed” stonesand appealed to them for main-taining peace and harmony.

Modi also asserted thatthe Mehbooba MuftiGovernment and the Centreare working together to solvethe State’s difficulties but somepeople, who are unable todigest it, are clinging onto thepath to destruction.

“When Atal BihariVajpayee was the PrimeMinister he had adopted thepath of insaniyat, jamhuriyatand Kashmiriyat and we walkthe same road. I want to tell thebrothers and sisters of Kashmirfrom this great birthplace ofChandra Shekhar Azad thatKashmir has the same strengththat has been given to (otherparts of) India by our freedomfighters. Kashmir has the samefreedom that every Indian feels.

“Today, one feels pained tosee that innocent youths havebeen handed stones. Politics ofsome people is clicking butwhat will happen to these

gullible and simple youths.Humanity and Kashmiriyatwill not be allowed to be hit.The path of democracy anddialogue is there,” he said.

Asserting that the StateGovernment, in which the BJPis a partner, along with theCentre, is working towards theState’s development, he said hisGovernment would do every-thing in this regard and will helplawyers, doctors, those depend-ing on tourism and apple grow-ers in their endeavours.

“Our Kashmir is heaven forthe countrymen. Every Indianhas a dream to travel toKashmir some day. But wecan see that a handful of peo-ple in Kashmir, which is lovedby India so much... A few mis-led people are harming thisgreat tradition,” he said.

“The common man inKashmir wants peace,” he said,adding his Government wantsto take Kashmir to new heightsof development, empower itspanchayats and give job oppor-tunities to its youths. ThePrime Minister complimentedMehbooba Mufti for ensuringthat the Amarnath yatra con-tinues despite the “maliciousintentions” of a few people.

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Aday after HizbulMujahideen terrorists

attacked Border Security Forcejawans in Kashmir, ForeignSecretary S Jaishankar onTuesday summoned PakistaniHigh Commissioner AbdulBasit to his office in South Blockand issued a strongly-wordeddemarche over Pakistan’s poli-cy to provide continued supportto cross-border terrorism andfuelling unrest in the Valley.

While giving examples ofPakistani hand in creating dis-turbance in India, Jaishankarmade a specific reference toLashkar-e-Tayyeba terroristand Pakistani nationalBahadur Ali, who was cap-tured recently during anencounter in Kashmir.Radicalised by Jamat-ud-Dawaand its chief Hafiz Saeed, Ali

was infiltrated along with sev-eral other terrorists. He wasinstructed to take advantage ofthe ongoing agitation inKashmir and attack securityforces and police from thecrowd to fuel the unrest.

“Jaishankar called in thePakistan envoy and issued astrong demarche on continuingcross border terrorism fromPakistan. Demarche made spe-cific reference to LeT terroristand Pak national Bahadur Aliwho was apprehended recently,”said External Affairs MinistrySpokesperson Vikas Swarup.

Last year two Pakistanbased terrorists — Naveedand Sajjad — were arrested byIndian security forces. Thisyear, prior to Ali, securityforces nabbed top Pak LeT ter-rorist Ukasha, alias Hanzullahin Kupwara.

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Breaking her 16-year-longepic fast, Manipur’s ‘Iron

Lady’ Irom Sharmila onTuesday said that she wants tobe the Chief Minister ofManipur to change the societyand that her foremost agendawill be to repeal the ArmedForces Special Powers Act(AFSPA).

Sharmila ended her hungerstrike by tasting a drop ofhoney in Imphal.

“Despite fasting for 16 years,I got nothing. I have decided toend fast to do something dif-ferent. This is my decision andI want to continue my strugglepolitically now,” said the ‘IronLady’, who has been termed as‘Prisoner of Conscience’ by theAmnesty International.

“I want to be the ManipurChief Minister and make achange in certain time. I wantto convince the people ofManipur that my power willshower upon them. I’ll useeverything that I have for bring-ing positive change to the Stateand repealing the draconianAFSPA,” said Sharmila.

“I also want to invite about20 other Independent candi-dates with me to topple theChief Minister Ibobi Singh,”said Sharmila, adding that shewill contest the Manipur

Assembly polls in 2018 againstthe Chief Minister.

“I am embodiment of rev-olution. I want to be the ChiefMinister despite the fact that Iknow nothing about politics, myeducation is low but I want toassure the people that my powerwill be for them,” she added.

Earlier, Sharmila appearedin the court of the chief judicialmagistrate (Imphal West) whogranted bail to her on a per-sonal bond of Rs 10,000. TheCourt has asked her to appearon August 23. She also appealedto the court for some time anda place to interact with themedia. The court gave her 30minutes at the Legal Aid Clinic,

Cheirap Court.On asked about that the

people of Manipur respect heras God and not as a human, shesaid that she wants to live like ahuman being only who has allthe desires like a human being.“I believe in right to equality.Why should they consider meas a God, I am a human beinglike any other and has all humanfeeling any other human,”Sharmila said, adding that shealso wants to set up an Ashramto continue her struggle.

Although she was givensecurity guards considering thethreat perception to her life dueto her decision to end fast,Sharmila said that she does not

need any security. “I do not wantsecurity. If they want to kill me,let them kill me like MahatmaGandhi was killed or Jesus wascrucified. Let them wash theirhands with my blood,” she said.

Sharmila has been fastingsince November 4, 2000 afterAssam Rifles jawans allegedlyshot dead people waiting at a bus stop at Malom nearImphal including LeisangbamIbetombi, a 62-year-old womanand 18-year-old SinamChandramani, a 1988 NationalBravery Award winner.

The killing, which came tobe known as Malom massacre,took place on November 2.

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Less than a month after step-ping down the top post, for-

mer Arunachal Pradesh ChiefMinister Kalikho Pul was onTuesday found hanging in thebedroom of his official resi-dence at the posh Niti Vihararea in State Capital, Itanagar.

As the news of the formerChief Minister committing sui-cide spread, hundreds of peo-ple and Pul’s supporter cameout on the streets blaming thepresent Chief Minister PemaKhandu-led Government forthe death of Pul and demand-ing a CBI probe into the “sus-pected death” of the formerChief Minister. They also start-ed shouting slogans againstthe present Government andthe Chief Minister. The agita-tors later forcefully entered theofficial residence of DeputyChief Minister Chowna Meinand vandalised his residenceand damaged several vehiclesparked there.

The deterioration of law

and order forced the civiladministration to deploy addi-tional companies of Centralparamilitary forces to containthe law and order situation.

“Pul was found hangingfrom a ceiling fan of his bed-room inside the official resi-dence. One of the servantsfirst spotted the body andinformed police and others.Preliminary investigation indi-cated it to be a suicide and thereseems to be no foul play,” saidDGP S Nithianandam.

He said that police haverecovered a “long note” fromnear the room. “I will not callit a suicide note but it is adetailed writing on histhoughts,” the DGP said,

adding that police had takencustody of the “note”, which will be used duringinvestigation.

Although Pul steppeddown last month after theCongress Legislature Party(CLP) elected Pema Khandu asits leader, he was yet to vacatethe official residence of theChief Minister.

“Pul’s body has been sentfor post-mortem and it will betaken to his native village inAnjaw district tomorrow. TheGovernment has declared threedays of State mourning and thebody will be taken with fullState honour,” said State ChiefSecretary Shakuntala Gamlin.

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Awoman and her minordaughter who were gan-

graped on July 29 on nationalhighway 91 in Bulandshahr inUttar Pradesh identified onTuesday prime accused SalimBawaria. The victims had ear-

lier identified other two accused:Zubair and Sajid. All the threeaccused were on Tuesday sent to14 days judicial custody by aProtection of Children fromSexual Offences (POSCO) courtin Bulandshahr.

Meanwhile, InspectorGeneral (Meerut) Sujit Pandeycourted controversy on Tuesdaywhen he revealed the name ofthe victim’s father. He latertried to cover his tracks by say-ing that even the media coverssuch incidents and interviewsthe victims and family mem-bers. He also said that no rule book barred him fromdoing so.

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Policemen are facing the heatin implementation of the

strict provisions of the BiharProhibition Bill, 2016, afterthe suspension of 11 policemenheading various police stationsby the orders of Chief MinisterNitish Kumar for their allegedfailure in checking bootleggingin the dry State.

A number of inspectors andSIs, including Ram Kishore Rai,a police inspector heading athana in the State, have request-ed their superiors for theirremoval from police stations, theposting they would rush to grabduring pre-prohibition era. Rai,48, said, “I can’t quit the job butwant a safe passage.”

Bihar to Police Association(BPA) is up in arms against thepunishing rule that says thatcops failing to check brewingand sale of liquor would not getthana posting for ten years. Theprohibition was enforced in theState from the first week of April.

“We are holding meetingsin each district against this rule

and suspension of 11 cops. Wehave urged the DGP to reviewthis order and revoke suspen-sion. The men will do their jobbut should not be held respon-sible,” said BPA presidentMritunjay Singh.

However, AdditionalDirector General of Police

Sunil Kumar said, “Disciplinaryaction has been initiatedagainst erring cops to send amessage that the Governmentis serious in imposing prohi-bition.” He admitted it was thefirst such crackdown in Bihar.

All told, the Government’saction against Dehri-on-Sone

SHO IC Vidyasagar — whoonly two days before being sus-pended for his alleged failure inchecking bootlegging wasrewarded cash prize of �2,500 byDIG Shahabad range M Rahmanfor handling of anti-liquor oper-ation — is talk of the town.

Many policemen are cluelesshow to deal with stubbornliquor manufacturers in ruralareas. When a police team com-prising 40 men raided a unit atDehri village in Punpun block,22 km from Patna recently, theywere attacked by the villagersand in the stone pelting fivepolicemen, including SHO ArunKumar, were injured.

Till now, nearly 5,000 peo-ple have been arrested and noday is passed without boozerecovery and more arrests. Thearrest of “violators” is feared togo up many times once theProhibition Bill, already passedby the two Houses of the legis-lature, becomes an Act follow-ing the Governor’s nod becauseof the stringent provisions likearrest of all the adult membersof the family from where a bot-tle of liquor is seized.

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Biharsharif: The districtadministration of Nalandaon Tuesday said it has initi-ated the process to impose afine of �5,000 on all the 50 households ofKailashpuri village ofIslampur block as collectivepenalty for violating the pro-hibition law in Bihar.

This is probably the firstinstance of application ofthe tough prohibition law inthe State by imposing the“collective fine” as incorpo-rated in the amended law.Nalanda District MagistrateTyagrajan SM told the mediathat the process has beenstarted to impose the collec-tive fine.

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Police personnel were trainedon Behavioral

Communication Skills on thefinal day of the seminar, held atpolice lines in Dehradun onTuesday. Additional DGP (lawand order) AK Raturi, ADGP(intelligence) Ashok Kumar,Garhwal Range IG SanjayGunjyal and other police offi-cers were present on the con-

cluding day of the programme.This workshop aimed atimproving quality of investi-gation in the registered cases sothat the culprits are meted outmaximum punishment, said asenior police officer whoattended the seminar.

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Taking notice of the fact thatthe sellers of a piece of land

located in Kehri village ofDehradun to the Uttar PradeshMinister Sahab Singh Sainihad hidden their scheduledcaste status, the court of SubDivisional Magistrate (SDM) ofDehradun has given orders toconfiscate the said land.

The wife of Minister, RitaSaini had purchased the landfrom Tula Ram, Jagta Ram andNanda Ram in the year 2010.In the deal the purchaser andthe sellers had hidden the factthat land owners belong toScheduled Tribe (residents ofChakrata) community while

the norm mandate any suchsale should be done after priorpermission of the DistrictMagistrate.

Saini is constructing ahouse on the said 0.0367hectare of land. It came underscanner of authorities whenlocals complained that thehouse is being constructedwithout any permission.

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The Chief Minister HarishRawat said that the State

Government would work as apartner with the agencies con-cerned to further the child’srights and their protection. Hesaid this while addressing a day-long seminar/ workshop heldon Juvenile Justice Act 2015 atIRDT Auditorium SurveyChowk on EC Road inDehradun on Tuesday.

He hailed the slew of initia-tives taken by the departmentsconcerned and police in theform of schemes like Palna,Anprashan, Khilti Kaliya andOperation Smile. “My govern-ment is aware of its responsibil-ity and would do everything inconjunction with other depart-ments concerned to achieve thedesired goal which can only beachieved through combinedefforts,” CM said.

This workshop was jointlyorganised by NationalCommission for Protection ofChild Rights and UttarakhandState Commission for Protectionof Child Rights.

While expressing disap-pointment over the breaking ofthe family ties, he said it direct-ly affected the children.

He said that the state gov-ernment would enhance theskills of the police officersthrough training and they would

counsel the couples againstbreaking away from each otherat least in the interest of theirchildren. He stressed on collab-oration between the national andthe state commissions for theprotection of child rights. “Thestate commission for the pro-tection of child rights would bemade more functional,” CMsaid while congratulating theofficers and personnel of varioussocial originations and govern-ment departments for workingtirelessly in the field of protectionof child rights.

National Commission forProtection of Child Rights chair-person Stuti Kacker, ChhatisgarhCommission for Protection ofChild Rights member ShatabdiSubodh Pandey,RajasthanCommission forProtection of Child Rights mem-ber SP Singh, Maharashtra

Commission for Protection ofChild Rights member secretaryAN Tripathi and YogendraKhanduri, president ofUttarakhand State Commissionfor Protection of Child Rights,Principal Secretary Radha Rautriand other administrative andpolice officers participated in theseminar/workshop.

Government officers andofficials like the city magistrateLalit Narayan Mishra, addition-al SP Mamta Vohra, CO ManojKatyal and others were awardedby the Chief Minister on theoccasion.

Essay completion was heldon ‘Protection of Child Rights inUttarakhand’. Students agedaround 18 years from variousinstitutes participated. Thosestudents who stood first, secondand third were also awarded bythe Chief Minister.

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Uttarakhand is blessed withnatural resources but this

wealth could not get connectedwith agriculture and economicdevelopment, said the vice chan-cellor of the GB Pant Universityof Agriculture and Technology,Dr Mangla Rai while addressingthe toppers conclave at RajBhawan on Tuesday.

In his address Rai stressedon a need to make hill agri-culture more profitable andinformed about ways to achieveit. He said that the States likeMaharashtra and Karnatakareceive less rainfall than

Uttarakhand but both theseStates are far ahead thanUttarakhand in terms of agri-culture produce. Rai said sci-entific and organic methods areneeded to be used in agricul-ture to increase optimum landutilisation.

Throwing light on ways tomake rural agriculture prof-itable, the VC said that tradi-tional agricultural methods areneeded to be linked to moderntechnique and farmers shouldbe given knowledge aboutupgraded techniques and highquality seeds must be madeavailable to them.

On hill agriculture to be

made profitable he said thatmore attention should be givento cash crops.

Expressing his views, thefounder of HimalayanEnvironmental Studies andConservation Organisation(HESCO) Anil Joshi stressedthat ecology and economymust go hand in hand in orderto strengthen the rural econo-my. He said that productsmade in the region must begiven brand names in order topopularise them.

Joshi suggested that morethought is needed to be givenon to how local people could bemade to create products using

local resources. He said hehad set up HESCO with thisaim in mind and this organi-sation is working for severalyears now in Uttarakhand andother States by bringing aboutrural development by usinglocal resources.

The noted environmentalistcalled upon the toppers toremain connected to their rootsand added that without devel-oping rural economies, no coun-try or state could reach the peakof development. The founder ofHESCO said that rural areascould be developed throughagriculture and horticulture andthere is a need for coordination

among knowledge, science, tech-nique and traditional knowledgeto improve rural economiesand reduce the gap between vil-lages and cities.

The Governor ofUttarakhand Krishan Kant Paulwas present during the entiresession on the day. The sessionwas attended by toppers of dif-ferent universities, students ofSGRR PG College, secretary tothe Governor ArunDhaundiyal, VC of MedicalUniversity Dr Saudan Singh,VC of Sridev Suman UniversityDr UC Rawat, VC of KumaunUniversity HS Dhami andUTU VC PK Garg

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With an eye on 2017Punjab polls, Deputy

Chief Minister Sukhbir Badalon Tuesday held a high-levelmeeting to review the devel-opment schemes with allDeputy Commissioners. Heasked the officers to meticu-lously implement and overseethe execution of StateGovernment’s all progress cen-tric schemes and projects.

Driving home his point inclear-cut manner while review-ing various development-ori-ented programmes andschemes, Sukhbir said that nodearth of funds would beallowed to come in the way ofproper execution of suchschemes but also warned thatno laxity would be tolerated

either. Sukhbir, putting some

Deputy Commissioners on hisradar, asked them to come outof comfort and perform to theaspirations of public as well asGovernment. He asked theState Chief Secretary SarveshKaushal to fix criteria foraccessing their performanceand link it to their annualconfidential reports (ACRs).

He also directed them topay specialised attention tocomplete 100 per cent worksfalling under the ambit of ruraland urban missions byNovember, this year, whileadding that their performanceswould be adjudged on this

parameter in the next meeting.

To check the absenteeismamong officials, Sukhbir direct-ed the DCs to have frequentinspections in offices includingeducational institutions andhospitals besides at public deal-ing windows.

Assigning at least 100 sur-prise visits in Governmentoffices in a month, he directedthem to mark absent and sendrecommendation to the con-cerned department for deduc-tion of one day salary from theaccount of absentees. Besides,the inspection teams couldrecommend break in servicefor habitual offenders found

truant often form duty. During the meeting, it was

apprised that under BhagatPuran Singh Sehat Bima Yojna(BPSSBY), more than 25 lakhcards have been distributedamong the beneficiaries andmore than 47,000 patients haveavailed the medical benefits tothe tune of �42.86 crore underthe scheme.

Sukhbir instructed that theimplementation of the schemeshould be monitored at districtand constituency basis in orderto identify the real number ofbeneficiaries and make themavail the benefits.

Coming to the new Atta-Dal scheme, Sukhbir asked theDCs to make sure that thewheat-dal should be distributedamongst the beneficiaries bythe village level vigilance committees.

He also specially instruct-ed that the scheme must bemonitored through SDMs andthe whole process should bevideographed so as to ensuretransparency and every monththe DCs should send a reportto his office.

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Chandigarh: Haryana ChiefMinister Manohar Lal onTuesday directed the officers ofPublic Works (Building andRoads) Department to coordi-nate with the National HighwayAuthority of India to get thepace of ongoing works onnational highways acceleratedin the State.

The Chief Minister, whilepresiding over a meeting toreview the progress of works ofnational highways, exhortedthe officers to put in sincereefforts to get these works com-pleted on time. Public Works(Building and Roads) MinisterRao Narbir Singh was alsopresent in the meeting.Manohar Lal said that the StateGovernment is very keen tofurther strengthen the infra-structure and connectivity inthe state and it has taken manyinitiatives in this direction.

He also directed the offi-cials concerned to examineand revise room rates in allguest houses of the Departmentkeeping in view the expendi-ture being incurred on day-to-day maintenance.

During the meeting, it wasinformed that there are manynational highways passingthrough Haryana as the gov-ernment had got declared anumber of state highways asnational highways.

The widening works ofnational highways passingthrough the State is in progress.The work is in progress at NH-1 from Delhi to Ambala, NH-2 from Delhi to Faridabad-Hodal, NH-8 from AmbienceMall, Gurgaon to Kheri, NH-65 from Ambala to Hisar-Rajgarh, NH-10 fromBahadurgarh to Dabwali, NH-73 from Yamunanagar toPanchkula and NH-71 fromNarwana-Jind to Rewari.

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Days after Prime MinisterNarendra Modi asked the

States to act against “self-styled”gau rakshaks (cow vigilantegroups), Punjab Chief MinisterParkash Singh Badal onTuesday warned those violatinglaw on the pretext of cow pro-tection of stern action.

He also batted for dairyfarmers who are being harassed

in the name of ‘gau raksha’ (cowprotection).

Badal, on the side lines ofhis Sangat Darshan programmein Hoshiarpur Assembly seg-ment, said that dairy farmingwas an allied agricultural activ-ity which supplemented theincome of farmers in a big way.

“This allied farming activ-ity, which involves cattle-rear-ing and trading, should not bediscouraged at any cost,” hesaid, adding that everyoneshould exercise restraint andpermit cattle trade with validdocumentation to go on.

On August 1, dairy farmersof Punjab had accused cowprotection groups of hurting the�2,500-crore cow-breeding

business in the State, allegingthat their flourishing business ofselling high-yielding cows toother states had come to a halt.

Led by Punjab ProgressiveDairy Farmers' Association,they had also accused the rul-ing SAD-BJP regime in thestate of “creating obstacles”,such as asking for no-objectioncertificates (NOCs) to sell cowsto other States.

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Even as the Kranti Divas(August 9) was observed in

the country on Tuesday, it wasrecalled that more than 150freedom fighters of Odishawere martyred in the historicQuit India Movement in 1942against the British rule.

While this saga of sacrificemade 74 years ago had changedthe course of the nation’s his-tory, the present generation isoblivious about the details ofthis great movement.

The British Governmenthad taken into custody almostall the top leaders, who had par-ticipated in the movement fol-lowing the call ‘Do or die’given by Father of NationMahatma Gandhi at the IndianNational Congress’ special ses-sion held in Mumbai (Bombay).

Two veteran leaders MalatiChoudhury and Surendra NathDwibedi were encouraging the

freedom fighters in Odisha.Odisha’s participation in themovement was remarkable inspite of lack of facilities forproper transport, absence of astrong media and, above all, amajority portion of the Statebeing part of the princely states.

According to Utkal GandhiSmarak Nidhi (UGSN) sources,nine people from Lunia andthree from Tudigadia in

Baleswar district were martyredin the British police firing dur-ing the Quit India Movement.

Besides, anotherJallianwala Bagh-like massacrewas scripted at Eram in the dis-trict where at least 29 protest-ers were killed and 56 wereseriously wounded when theruthless British soldiers openedfire at a crowd of nonviolentprotestors.

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after she began her hungerstrike and charged withattempting to commit suicide— a criminal offence underIndian law. Sharmila hasremained in judicial custody inManipur over all these yearsand she was being held at thesecurity ward of the JawaharlalNehru Hospital in Imphal,where she is force-fed liquiddiet through her nose.

The doctors, however, saidthat she would not be givensolid foods immediately.

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Bowing to persistent demandsby a united Opposition for

a discussion on the prevailingKashmir situation, theGovernment on Tuesday agreedto have it in the Rajya Sabha onWednesday. Admitting that sit-uation was “serious and com-plicated,” Union Home MinisterRajnath Singh said it can beresolved only through the coop-eration of all sections.

Making this observationamidst the Opposition callingfor immediate discussion, hesaid the situation in the Statewas “serious” and “no one canclaim” that the Governmentalone can address it. Kashmiris a “sensitive State and is acomplicated problem” and canbe resolved only through effortsof all sections, said Singh,adding the Government isready for a debate on

Wednesday.Prior to his intervention,

the House saw the Oppositionseeking a discussion right awayas was promised by the

Government and asked by theChair to do so on Monday.Minister of State forParliamentary Affairs MukhtarAbbas Naqvi, however, main-tained that he had said theGovernment was willing tohave a discussion in a day or twowhile replying to the Oppositiondemand on Monday.

Meanwhile, raising theKashmir issue for the secondconsecutive day on Tuesday,Leader of Opposition GhulamNabi Azad said the State was wit-nessing curfew for the 31st dayand feared that things will notimprove in the coming days.

Reaching out to theGovernment, he said theOpposition wants to help it indefusing the situation, addingParliament cannot be a “mutespectator” when civilians andsecurity forces are engaged in an “eye ball to eye ball” confrontation.

Concurring with him,

Sharad Yadav (JD-U) asked theGovernment to spell out itsstrategy to tackle the problemand sought ban on pellet guns.Sitaram Yechury (CPM) said theGovernment should summon anall-party meeting on Wednesdayand send an all-party delegationto the strife torn Kashmir valleyin the next two days.

BSP supremo Mayawatialso demanded an immediatedebate on it and attacked PrimeMinister Narendra Modi for hisstatement on Dalits and said itwas made to gain politicalmileage. She called for thePM’s presence in the Houseduring the debate on Kashmir.

Mir Mohammed Fayaz(PDP), however, raised doubtsover the utility of sending aparliamentary delegation toKashmir. “Who will meetthem,” he asked and said thereis a roadmap for developmentof Kashmir and if that is dis-cussed, he would welcome it.

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Dealing with a case where twoversions had emerged after

a 26-year-old youth fell to policebullets but only one FIR relatingthe death to stone pelting wasbeing probed by police, theSupreme Court on Tuesdayasked the J&K Government tofile a sealed cover report byFriday on the circumstancesleading to the youth’s death.

The court also advised theJammu & Kashmir Governmentto adopt a “humane” approachin tackling cases of violence andstone pelting in the State.

The family of the deceasedclaimed that police enteredtheir house on July 10, 2016 andkilled Shabir Ahmad Mir incold blood. They sought a sep-arate FIR against cops relatingto their son’s death which policeclaimed was not necessary asthe FIR relating to stone pelt-ing covered this aspect.

The Chief Judicial Magis-trate, Srinagar, on July 18 direct-ed the SSP to file an FIR againstDSP Yasir Qadri and others onan application by Mir’s father.The CJM court even initiatedcontempt proceedings againstthe SSP and Inspector General ofPolice, Srinagar, for not com-plying with its order. This led tothe filing of the appeal.

The Bench of Justices PCGhose and Amitava Roy stayedthe contempt proceedingsagainst the two top cops andissued notice to the deceased’sfather as well. Attorney GeneralMukul Rohatgi, appearing forJ&K Government, told the courtthat the death resulted in policefiring on a violent and unrulycrowd. ASG Tushar Mehta, whoappeared for the police officers,claimed that lodging casesagainst police officials is modusoperandi of separatists.

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Following Prime MinisterNarendra Modi’s stern warn-

ing to unruly elements acting ascow vigilante groups, the UnionHome Ministry on Tuesdayissued advisory to all States toimplement strict laws in tacklingsuch groups. The advisory saidthat no one should be allowedto take law into their hands inthe name of cow protection andpunish the alleged wrongdoersengaged in cattle smugglingand slaughtering.

“In States where slaughterof cows is prohibited by law,such slaughtering would be inviolation of law, and an offence.

However, that does not entitleany individual or group of per-sons to take action on their ownto prevent the alleged slaughteror punish the alleged wrongdoers,” said the advisory.

MHA’s advisory reiteratedthat it is the duty of States to pre-vent smuggling, if cow slaugh-tering is banned in the State,while not allowing miscreants totake law into their hands.

“Section 39 of the CrPCrequires that any person aware ofthe commission of certainoffences or intention thereof, isrequired to give information tothe nearest magistrate or policeofficer of such commission orintention. Therefore, if an offenceis committed, or about to becommitted, such an offence, orpossibility of offence is requiredto be brought to the notice of theconcerned police authorities ormagistrate for appropriate actionas per law. No person can, under any circumstances, takethe law into their own hands,”said the advisory, seeking sternaction against vigilante groupsinvolved in violence.

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The separatist and pro-Indiapolitical parties on Tuesday

sharply reacted to PrimeMinister Narendra Modi’sbelated statement on Kashmirsituation saying the invocationof former Prime Minister AtalBihari Vajpayee’s insaniyat andjamhooriyat (humanity anddemocracy) remark has nevermoved beyond rhetoric.

“Killing innocent peopleand imposing indefinite curfewin Kashmir is in no senseInsaniyat and Jamooriyat,”JKPCC chief and former Mi-nister Gulam Ahmad Mir said.

He said the people ofKashmir have not seen any rayof democracy and humanity onground as claimed by the BJP.“It is better to implement theprinciples of democracy andhumanity on ground ratherthan uttering the phrases inpublic rallies,” he said.

He said it is unfortunatethat Prime Minister spoke over

the Kashmir situation after 32days and failed to utter a sin-gle word over civilian killings.

The Opposition NationalConference provisional presi-dent, Nasir Aslam Wani said theGovernment of India must ini-

tiate a meaningful dialoguewith all stakeholders of Kashmir.“Kashmir issue is not a devel-opmental issue but a politicalissue and should be addressedpolitically,” he said.

He termed it unfortunate

that the PM didn’t speak even asingle word over the killing ofcivilians in Kashmir. “TheGovernments at the Centre aswell as in the State should imme-diately stop excessive use offorce, pellet guns against the pro-testers and should also stop thearrest spree in Kashmir,” he said.

Legislator Hakim Yasin saidthat they have been listening thesame things from the past sev-eral years. Now it is time toshow something on ground.

The Governmentspokesman and EducationMinister Naeem Akhtar, how-ever, was all praise for Modi’sstatement. “Prime MinisterModi’s statement on Kashmiris praiseworthy. We have wel-comed his approach overreaching out to the perturbedpeople of Kashmir,” he said.

Akhtar said dialogue hasalways been the only way to getKashmir out of crises and allowits inhabitants to witness peace-ful times. “We want the dialogueprocess to continue — we want

it to gain momentum even whenthe present crises are resolvedand things return to normalcy inthe coming days,” Akhtar said.

Meanwhile, breaking hislong silence over the Kashmirsituation, former ChiefMinister and NC presidentFarooq Abdullah urged NewDelhi to acknowledge the gen-esis of the Kashmir turmoil liesin the injustice of August 1953when a popular, democratical-ly elected Prime Minister ofJ&K was illegally overthrown tosuppress the political senti-ment in Kashmir.

Abdullah said the Centralleaders in New Delhi who areadvocating a political solution toKashmir have traditionallyacquiesced with the conven-tional, tried and tested formula-tions of an operational han-dling of the issue. “Their standis welcome and I hope they don’tgo back to the conventionalpolicy of validating an opera-tional handling when seeking apolitical resolution might

become less expedient for them”,Farooq Abdullah stated.

Meanwhile, senior sepa-ratist leader Syed Ali Geelanitook a dig at Modi’s assertionthat basis of Kashmir issue wasbecause of the economic anddevelopmental reasons. He saidthat “killer forces have madeKashmiri boys blind forever.”

In his reaction, HurriyatConference (M) chairmanMirwaiz Umar Farooq said, “Asfar as what Kashmiris want, thewriting on the wall is clear, evenliterally. It can be easily read bythose who want to read it”.

Mirwaiz reiterated thatKashmir is a political dispute tobe addressed in accordance withthe wishes and aspirations of itspeople as guaranteed to them bythe world community and rati-fied by India and Pakistan.

Another separatist leaderYasin Malik said that namingoverwhelming majority ofKashmiris demanding Azadi as‘misled’ was an old ploy ofIndian leaders.

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Protest demonstrations andsecurity forces’ campaign to

quell them continued in severalparts of Kashmir on Tuesdayeven as no major untoward inci-dent was reported amid a shut-down and officially imposedrestrictions, which paralysednormal life for the 32nd con-secutive day. Business activityand traffic movement resumedin civil lines areas of Srinagar andseveral towns after 6 pm in pur-suance of separatists’ schedule.

Sources said that over ahundred protesters, includingwomen, sustained injuries dur-ing clashes with security forcesin south, north and Srinagarareas. Separate protest rallies ofmen and women were held invarious areas of Kashmir amidmassive deployment of securityforces to foil the separatists’ callto hold ‘pro-freedom’ protests.The separatists have extendedthe shutdown call till August 12.

Curfew continued in

Anantnag in south Kashmirand in areas under five old citypolice stations and Batmaloopolice station in Srinagar.Curfew-like restrictions con-tinued in Kupwara, Langate,Kralgund, Handwara and someother areas in Kupwara district.Restrictions under Section 144

also continued in Pulwama,Kulgam and Shopian districts.Similar restrictions continued inBudgam, Ganderbal, Soporeand Baramulla.

Sixty people from southKashmir, 30 from Pattan innorth Kashmir, 10 fromQamarwari Srinagar and 10from Lalpora Lolab in Kupwarawere injured after forces firedpellets and teargas shells.

A police spokesman saidthat three incidents of stonepelting by miscreants on policedeployments in Awantipora,Lalpora Kupwara and Ajas areaof Bandipora District werereported. Reports said thou-sands of people defied curfewto hold protests in the premis-es of Lalpora Grand Masjid inKupwara district. Six personssustained injuries in the clash-es with security forces.

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Keeping caste equation andregional balance in tan-

dem, Gujarat Chief MinisterVijay Rupani appointed eightBJP MLAs as ParliamentarySecretaries (PRS) on Tuesday.

After the oath taking cer-emony of PRS, Deputy ChiefMinister Nitin Patel said theteam of 33, including the 25member Council of Ministersand the eight ParliamentarySecretaries, is dedicated to thedevelopment of Gujarat andservice of people.

“This team represent almostall the castes and regions. It hasrepresentation of Saurashtra &Kutch, North, South andCentral Gujarat. As far as casteequation is concerned the teaminclude one Jain, nine Patidars,12 OBC, two Dalits, threeSchedule Tribe (Tribal), twoBrahmins, three Kshtriya andone Sindhi. Two women are alsopart of it,” said Patel.

Bhavnagar East MLAVibhavari Dave, who belongs toBrahmin community, is givenresponsibility of Women &Child Welfare as well asEducation. Anjar MLA inKutch district Vasan Ahir(OBC) became ParliamentarySecretary for Water Supply andSalt Industry. Tribal MLA ofJetpur Pavi constituency inCentral Gujarat, Jayanti Rathvawould look after Forest andTribal Development.

Ranchhod Desai who iselected from Patan con-stituency in North Gujarat wasgiven responsibly of Panchayat,Animal Husbandry andPilgrimage Development.Another North Gujarat MLABharat Dabhi representingKheralu constituency will lookafter Water Resources andRural Development. Both areOBC representative.

Chotila MLA ShamjiChauhan and Kodinar MLAJethabhai Solanki both fromSaurashtra region will takecare of Civil Supply &Consumer Affairs and SocialWelfare respectively. Chauhanis OBC while Solanki is com-ing from Schedule Caste back-ground. Rupani picked onlyone PRS from powerful Patidarcommunity — Babu Jamna

Patel, MLA of Daskroi. AlreadyPatidars have been given 33 percent representation in Rupani’sCouncil of Ministers as of the25 members Council there areeight Patel Ministers. All thePRS took oath at ‘SwarnimSankul – 1’ building which alsohouses Chief Minister’s office.

Parliamentary Secretariesare de facto Ministers andenjoy rank of Deputy Minister.Hence PRS too given depart-ments like any other juniorMinister and they assist seniorMinisters in their work. Likeother Ministers, they entitle toget Government cars with redbeacon atop coupled with offi-cial other packages. Abiding therule, Rupani cannot exceedlimit of 27 Ministers — 15 percent of total elected MLAs. Itmeans the Gujarat ChiefMinister has two more berth inhis Council of Ministers.

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Aday after gangster Nayeemwas shot in Shadnagar,

Telangana Police continued raidsat several places across four dis-tricts unearthing his massiveassets and properties worth hun-dreds of crores. Nayeem a nax-alite turned gangster, involved in100 criminal cases, including 20murders, was shot in anencounter in Shadnagar of Mah-abubnagar district on Monday.

Documents of lands andproperties worth more than�1,000 crore is part of the assetsunearthed during the raids forc-ing the authorities to seek helpof the Income Tax department.

In searches conducted at hishomes in Hyderabad and thehouses of his family membersand associates, police seized a bigcache of arms, ammunition,explosives and �3.18 crore cash.

In view of the vast empire,including hundreds of acres ofprime land in Hyderabad andother place left behind byNayeem, special team of Staterevenue department, CID, direc-torate of revenue intelligence andIncome Tax department was

constituted for further probe.In the search at his house in

Alkapuri colony, which contin-ued for 12 hours, police seized�2.8 crore in cash, 1.93 kgs goldin the form of jewellery and bis-cuits, gem studded watches, .22mm pistol, three 9mm pistols, adummy revolver, 10 gelatinsticks, 138 lives rounds of ammu-nition, 200 mobile phones, 350sim cards, an Audi car and doc-uments of lands in several States.

During the search at anoth-er house in Vanasthalipuramarea of the city, police found Rs38.5 lakh cash, three pistols, 22live rounds and land documents.

Police questioned Nayeem’swife Farhana and her two chil-dren to gather more information.Police also found five gunny bagsfull of documents of lands andfarm houses and other proper-ties in Hyderabad, Cyberabad,Ranga Reddy and Nalgonda dis-tricts. Officials estimate that thevalue of his lands only inHyderabad was over severalhundred crores. The documentssuggest that he had accumulat-ed 67 acres in the upmarketKondapur area of Hyderabadvalued at �1,675 crore.

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Sixteen years after the bombblasts that rocked several

churches in the State, KarnatakaCID arrested Sheikh Amir Ali(36), a terror suspect. Theaccused belonged to bannedoutfit Deendar Anjuman whichhad carried out the blasts inBengaluru, Wadi and Hubballiin 2000. Sheikh was in hidingin Nalagonda district inTelangana from where he wasarrested. A resident ofBengaluru, Sheikh went under-ground after the outfit cameunder police's radar.

In all 29 people were arrest-ed in the serial bomb blasts, ofwhom 11 were given death sen-tence and 12 were awarded lifeterm. However, seven others,including five terrorists fromPakistan, were absconding.

A sort of terror situationhad been created followingserial blasts at many churches

across the State. There were twoblasts at St Anne's Church,Wadi in Kalaburagi districtand at St John's LutheranChurch, Hubballi. Next dayblasts took place at St Peter PaulChurch, JJ Nagar, Bengaluru.

According to records,Deendar Anjuman was found-ed at the end of the 19th cen-tury by Hajarath MoulanaSiddiqui, a scholar who tried tointegrate all religions and stud-ied all the holy scripts. At onestage, he had even argued thatIslam was the base for all thereligions and later called him-self a reincarnation ofChannabasaveshwara.

He wrote many books inUrdu and Kannada and trans-lated some of the holy scripts.This landed him in trouble. Hewent on to establish DeendarChannabasaveshwara Anjumanin the 1920s and set up anashram in Hyderabad, where helived till his demise in 1952.

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With the Mumbai Policehaving “indicted” Zakir

Naik in their report to theState administration for his“unlawful activities” onMonday, Maharashtra ChiefMinister Devendra Fadnavissaid on Tuesday that the StateGovernment, in consultationwith the Ministry of HomeAffairs (MHA), would take“strictest possible” actionagainst the controversial Islamicpreacher and his organisation.

On a day when Naik’sorganisation, Islamic ResearchFoundation (IRF) reiteratedthat the allegations against thecontroversial televangelist were“false” and “baseless”, the ChiefMinister said, “Based on theevidence gathered by theMumbai Police, whateverstrictest action possible wouldbe taken... We have a lot ofmaterial (against Naik).Whatever proper action needsto be taken, we will do so inconsultation with the MHA”.

A day after the MumbaiPolice submitted a report to theState Government on the“unlawful” activities of Naikand his organisation, Fadnavissaid, “We received the reportlast night... I have briefly gone

through the report. The reportis quite indicting. Certain seri-ous things have been pointedout in the report... The Statehome department is examiningthe report... The process ofdeciding on what action needsto be taken has already begun.”

“We will be sharing thisreport with the MHA, becausemany of the acts which wouldhave to be invoked are in theCentral domain. Given that theissues relating to Zakir Naikhave international ramifica-tions, we would like to takeaction in consultation with theMHA,” Fadnavis said.

Maintaining that the reporthad not made any recommen-dations to the State Government,Fadnavis said, “The report hasdwelt with the activities of Naik

and his organisation during thepast many years. The report hascome out with certain conclu-sions... Based on those conclu-sions, the Government has totake action. If anything, thecops have pointed out as to whatthe irregularities are”.

Following the Dhaka blastsin which two of the attackershad gone to town saying thatthey were inspired by Naik, theState Government had orderedthe Mumbai Police to examineNaik’s past speeches to ascer-tain if he had “inspired”Muslim youths to terror organ-isations and also to scrutinisethe functioning of his outfit IRFand the finances it had receivedfrom various parts of the world.

Meanwhile, IRF reiteratedthat the allegations againstNaik were “false” and “baseless”and that the Islamic preacherfunctioned under the ambit ofthe Indian Constitution.

Declining to comment onthe inquiry report, the IRF saidthat neither Naik nor the IRF hadreceived any notice from theMHA. “Naik is an expert incomparative religion and hasbeen conducting well-researchedtalks on Islam and other reli-gions... Naik believes in pro-moting peace and harmony,”the IRF said in a statement.

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Biharsharif: The districtadministration of Nalanda onTuesday said it has initiated theprocess to impose a fine of�5,000 on every household ofKailashpuri village as collectivepenalty for violating the pro-hibition law in Bihar.

This is probably the firstinstance of application of thetough prohibition law in theState by imposing the ‘collectivefine’ as incorporated in theamended law.

District MagistrateTyagrajan SM said the processhas been started to impose col-lective fine on all the 50 house-holds of the village in Islampurblock following recovery ofliquor bottles.

The administration ofNalanda, the home district ofChief Minister Nitish Kumar,has repeatedly appealed to thevillagers to keep off liquorwhich is banned since April 5in the State, but liquor businesshas continued in the area.

As per the various amend-ments introduced in the BiharExcise and Prohibition Lawthat got the Bihar Legislature’snod during the MonsoonSession recently, a collective finecan be imposed on the entirevillage or town if a group ofpeople repeatedly violate theprohibition law. As per the law,there is a provision to imposea fine of upto �1 lakh if the lawis violated, the DM said.

Besides, the district admin-istration has also initiated theprocess to confiscate assets ofthree hotels from where liquorbottles were found, the DM said.

The DM said 189 personshave been arrested betweenApril 1 and August 7 inNalanda district while 1,083litres of country made liquor,1,527 litres of IMFL, six litres of beer and 109 litres oftoddy were seized during this period. PTI

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Maharashtra on Tuesdaylaunched Quit India

Movement-II against social evilsin the society on the occasion ofplatinum jubilee of the originalmovement at the August KrantiMaidan, where MahatmaGandhi had given the clarioncall of “Quit India” to the Britishrulers on August 8, 1942.

Maharashtra ChiefMinister Devendra Fadnavislaunched the movement in thepresence of Union Minister forUrban Development, Housingand Urban Poverty Alleviationand Parliamentary Affairs M

Venkaiah Naidu. Recalling that Mumbai had

played a significant role duringthe freedom struggle, Fadnavissaid, “Today, the city is takinga lead in launching the secondQuit India Movement. Thistime the fight is against thesocial evils like corruption,farmer suicides, malnutrition,water wastage and terrorism”.

Speaking on the occasion,Naidu said, “Today after 68years of Independence, there isa need for the people to respondwith similar passion, zeal andcommitment to eradicate sev-eral social and other evils plagu-ing the nation and take India tonewer heights”. “We need to say‘Quit India’ to illiteracy, dis-

crimination, disunity anddisharmony, terrorism and anti-nationalism to take the countryfrom ‘Swaraj’ to ‘Suraj’.

“Providing education to all,creating employment, combin-ing development with welfaremeasures are all part of the larg-er ‘Quit Poverty” campaign andevery Indian should supplementthe efforts of the Government inthis regard,” Naidu said.

Naidu said for the nation toachieve faster progress, every sec-tion of the society irrespective ofcaste, creed, religion and regionshould be part of the growthstory. “Precisely this is the phi-losophy behind PM NarendraModi’s ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’slogan,” the Minister said.

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Donald Trump’s cam-paign is falling apart.He’s firing staff, promi-nent Republicans arecoming out against

him and senior supporters are onthe brink of mutiny, according toreports in the US media. Thisbunch of bitter, infighting incom-petents led by a crazy, blond dem-agogue will implode long beforeNovember. But wait a minute:Haven’t I heard that argumentbefore somewhere? Isn’t that exact-ly what every wise head was sayingabout Brexit a few months ago?

I have just returned from aweek on the US east coast spentamong friends, all of whom wouldprobably be placed in the “liberalelite” voter category. Trump wassuch a compelling topic that he hadto be banned from the conversationat times to avoid souring the mood.When he is discussed, it’s withincredulity and disbelief. “Youknow what the worst aspect of aTrump presidency would be?” saidone friend. “Global warming.”

I could only stare at them withwonder. I realise that Americansand Brits are now living in differ-ent worlds, and that we have beensince June 23. But unlike Brexit, theelection of Trump could be a dis-aster on a scale we have not expe-rienced in the West for a very longtime. The US power is the founda-tion of the Western order, an orderTrump has shown no respect forand no intention of upholding.

As President, he would behanded an unparalleled set ofpowers to reshape the US and theworld. Without any checks, hecould veto laws, send troops ormissiles into battle, appoint theCabinet and implement any poli-cies that don’t require new laws,issue pardons and, in some cases,issue executive orders on a rangeof matters that require no approvalfrom Congress at all.

He could probably also pull outof treaties or at least make theiroperation impossible, upendingthe entire infrastructure of Westernrelations, and would have a strongchance of getting damaging legis-lation like protectionist tariffsthrough Congress. In the delicateweb of international peace, Trumpcould wreak havoc.

He has voiced admiration forRussian President Vladimir Putin,for example, and claimed thatRussia “is not going into Ukraine”,despite the annexation of Crimeaand the ongoing war. He deploysbelligerent rhetoric towards anincreasingly aggressive China inthe Pacific; and said that the USwon’t necessarily honour the call

of its Nato allies if they areattacked. Economic relations aresimilarly at risk.

He has threatened to pull outof Nafta, the US’s primary tradingzone, to slash immigration andbring in a string of robust protec-tionist measures that could set offa trade war. He shows nothing butcontempt for the network of flawedbut important Bretton Woods insti-tutions, like the World TradeOrganisation and the InternationalMonetary Fund, which projectWestern power and rules-basedeconomic relations across the world.

And then there is the threat heposes to the ineffable but vitalessence of Western liberalism. Histhreat to ban Muslims; his provoca-tive stirring of hatred against immi-grants, whom he regularly associ-ates with the violent crime plagu-ing the US; and his most recent tac-tic — suggesting that the electionitself might be “rigged”, all show acomplete lack of regard for demo-cratic norms and values.

An ally of Trump’s even wenton the radio to promise a “blood-bath” if the vote is “stolen” from him.In response to this terrifying list ofpolicies, Trump’s opponents appearremarkably complacent. Perhapsthat is because even Trump talksabout his campaign as if it’s a rat-

ings game. During an interviewwith The Washington Post, he inter-rupted himself to point at the TV,which he had on in the background:“Look at this. It’s all Trump all daylong. That’s why their ratings arethrough the roof.”

He lists his poll numbers likefootball scores. He beams supercil-iously at his fans like a Hollywoodaction man. “Yes,”" his smile says.“Finally you see it too: What a bril-liant guy I really am.” It all seemsmore reality TV than reality. Thatmust be why the American estab-lishment still doesn't really believehe could win and moderate or lib-eral voters are far from panicked.

They are underestimating thestructural changes that have beentaking place in a disillusioned elec-torate, which hasn’t seen its wagesrise for years. Despite the existen-tial threat posed by this recklessdemagogue, supporters of BernieSanders are extraordinarily reluctantto swing behind Hillary Clinton.

This is because, unlike Britonsafter Brexit, Americans’ politicalunderstanding of their countrystands firm. The US is ultimatelymoderate and reasonable, theybelieve. Americans want securityand competent leaders with disci-plined campaigns. And the excep-tionally dangerous idea has devel-

oped that even if he does win, hecan’t possibly be serious about any-thing he says.

In other words, a Trump vic-tory is like a locked door with amonster behind it. It’s inconceivablethat it will be opened so there’s nopoint planning for such an event,but even if someone is insaneenough to open the door, the mon-ster won’t really exist or won’t beallowed to run amok or won’t —can’t — be as mad and bad as every-one thinks. The perspective fromBritain couldn’t be more different.

Whatever your view about thereferendum, in Britain, we’ve wokenup. We’ve realised it’s possible for allour received wisdoms to be wrongand for the inconceivable to happen.All of the old “common sense” rules— that British voters are cautious,that fear is more effective than hope,that we don’t want big, untestedideas but boring competence —have proven to be useless.

Remainers are still in a kindof post-traumatic shock, throwingup their hands at the world. ForLeavers, many of whom thoughttheir own political victory soimpossible that they took theirown pens to polling stations toensure their votes weren’t erased,Brexit is a ray of light. It’s theshocking, wonderful proof, afteryears of being ignored, that thesystem might be theirs too.

Going through this experi-ence deeply affects a nation’s con-sciousness. Suddenly, anything ispossible. A hailstorm in June?That fits. A coup in Turkey? Yep.A Trump presidency? Why, ofcourse. And after that? Well, any-thing: US civil disorder, theinternment of American Muslims,the erosion of US democracy, warwith China, peace with Russia, thedisintegration of the IMF and theEU and Nato.

After all, the Western ordercan’t last forever, can it? It’s stillunlikely the ultimate disaster sce-nario will unfold. But it feels to thispost-Brexit Brit like we’ve turned apage in the world history textbook.In my version, the new chapter isprobably called something like“Globalisation: the WesternBacklash”. In updated versions,maybe it will have a different name.

Whatever it’s called, one of itsthemes is that traditional politicaltechniques and wisdoms have losttheir potency and that the elites ofevery country were slow to realise.Keys are rattling in the locks ofdoors we thought had been sealedshut. Be in no doubt, the West’sestablished democratic and eco-nomic systems are in the balance.

(Courtesy: The Daily Telegraph)

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Sir — This refers to the editorial,“Terror re-visits Assam” (August 8).Assam has been grappling with vio-lence of various militant groups fordecades now. The killing of 14 civil-ians in a tiny bazaar in Assam is anexample of this. The gun-wieldingfaction of the Bodos is nowdemanding a State. This is a wishno Government can afford to ful-fil as it will set off competingdemands from other ethnicities notjust in Assam but other North-

Eastern States as well. Though the security forces

did well to reach the massacre siteand gun down one of theassailants, it is time for a repeatof ‘Operation All Clear’ that haduprooted the United LiberationFront of Asom camps in 2003.

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Sir — In an impassioned outreachto the Dalits, against the backdropof the Una flogging incident, PrimeMinister Narendra Modi has con-demned, in no uncertain terms, theself-styled cow protectors who havemounted assaults on Muslims andDalits in different parts of thecountry in the name of the cow.

Snipers will keep sniping aboutModi’s concern coming out of hisworries about not losing Dalitvotes in the run-up to elections inUttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Punjab.Even if this is true isn’t this a goodthing? Welcome as the Modi’s clar-ity on the subject is, it is also cru-cial that he express himself on con-duct that damages his Government’spursuit of economic prosperity.That would carry more weight withvigilantes and with investors.

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Sir — This refers to the editori-al, “A new team in Gujarat”(August 8). The choice of VijayRupani as Gujarat’s ChiefMinister re-affirms the obvious:After prime Minister NarendraModi, it is BJP president AmitShah whose writ runs, more so inGujarat. Rupani pipped front-runner Nitin Patel, who seemedassured that the Chief Minister’smantle was his.

But it looks that the Modi-Shah duo is betting on Rupani’ssuperior administrative andorganisational skills to offset thediscontent among the Patidars.

Whether Patel is able to adjusthimself to the number two posi-tion and how his communityreacts to the surprise change willbe known in the days to come.Both Modi and Shah realise verywell that a victory in Gujarat in2017 will give the BJP tremendousmomentum heading into the 2019Lok Sabha elections. Ultimately, itwill be Rupani’s performancewhich could make the differenceand he will be watched closely.

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Two-year old Meena staredlistlessly at me, hardlyflinching when the needle

was slipped into her vein to giveher life-sustaining fluids. Forthree days she had recurrentloose motions, vomiting andfever which steadily worseneduntil she became too weak to eator drink. The 120-km journeyher mother had to make to thecity hospital, where I worked, wasnot a moment too late. Meenahad severe viral diarrhea, one thatmade her so dehydrated that shealmost lost her life. She testedpositive for rotavirus — the pri-mary cause of moderate andsevere diarrhea — but she wasone of the luckier ones whorecovered after a week of hospi-talisation and left for home,smiling brightly.

Thousands of Indian chil-dren face this fate daily and haveless of an opportunity to smile.Most cases of diarrhea in childrenresult from infection caused by

viruses, bacteria or parasites,which disrupt the normal func-tions of the intestines, makingthem inflamedand vulnerableto other illnesses.

While these illnesses mayseem mild in older children oradults, they take a tremendoustoll on the lives of young children.In a year, more than 1,30,000children in India, under the ageof five, are estimated to succumbto diarrhea. Among these,around 40 per cent may beattributed to rotavirus alone.

Treatment in the form of oralrehydration solution can be life-saving, however, it may be inac-cessible due to non-availability orlack of awareness. Thus, in manycases, rotavirus can be a deathsentence for young children.

Children who are survivorsof recurrent diarrhea oftenbecome victims of malnutritionand impaired growth, andbecome susceptible to otherinfections, that increases the risk

of death from other causes.Furthermore, early, childhooddiarrhea has been linked to long-term cognitive deficits that canpotentially lead to low productiv-ity in later life.

Although Meena’s parentsgot their beautiful daughter back,they suffered a serious financialsetback, both in terms of hospi-talisation costs and their lostwages. An oft unreported aspectof deep adversity imposed byRotavirus is the significant finan-cial burden on families and thecountry as a whole. A single hos-pitalisation for Rotavirus diarrheais estimated to cost between�2,000 to �8,400, an amount thatcan easily force a low-incomefamily into catastrophic poverty.In aggregate, these hospitalisa-tions cost the country approxi-mately �4.9 billion each year.

It is plain to see that a pre-ventive approach is a smart andeffective strategy against one ofthe commonest forms of diarrhea

in young children. Preventionstops the onset of the disease inthe first place, making it impor-tant for children without reliableaccess to healthcare. Preventionalso mitigates the harmful impactof diarrhea on physical growthand mental development in chil-dren and reduces their suscepti-bility to other diseases.

While treatment is an essen-tial component of healthcare,prevention in the form of anational Rotavirus immunisationprogramme in India, estimatedat �4.5 billion, may be more eco-nomical from a national standpoint, than the cost of coveringtreatment for an unvaccinatedpopulation with a high burden ofdisease. Recognising this case, theGovernment of India prioritisedthe addition of Rotavirus vaccinein India’s UniversalImmunisation Programme(UIP), and introduced it in fourStates this year — AndhraPradesh, Haryana, Himachal

Pradesh and Odisha. What is equally exciting is

that the vaccine is completelydeveloped in India, with theoriginal strain taken from anIndian child. Also manufac-tured indigenously, the vaccinehas demonstrated favorable effi-cacy against severe Rotavirusdisease among Indian childrenin the first year, and continuedprotection in the second year.

Clinical trials also examinedvaccine safety in detail, and therewas no evidence of significantvaccine associated adverse events,particularly intussusception (acondition where one part of thebowel slides into another part,resulting in bowel obstruction).However, post-licensing moni-toring of vaccine-related eventsis essential for increasing our evi-dence-base on safety issues, andthe trials underscored the needto strengthen a robust surveil-lance and healthcare delivery sys-tem to ensure a rapid response to

tackle any adverse event relatedto the vaccine.

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The infrastructure and capa-bilities afforded by the ongoingMission Indradhanush cam-paign will help make vaccinesaccessible to those who need it.These programmes need oursupport. It is our moral respon-sibility to give today’s children,such as Meena, a better future.Universal immunisation, uni-versal in its coverage of diseasesand of people can ensure just that.

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“...The sight of starving people movingabout the streets of Calcutta and beg-ging for a little food was somethingunimaginable. They started takingwhatever they could get from anysource available, including street cor-ners and dustbins. Reports of death dueto starvation was reaching us. It wastragic that a strict operation of DI Rulesprevented the truth from being knownto the people at large and particularlyto Provinces outside Bengal. ...Menwanted food and not money, andfoodgrains were hardly available. Iffoodgrains came, there were no meansof communication to carry them to thedistressed areas. Free supply of grueland cheap supply of raw food grainsconstituted our main relief work...Whilemillions died for want of food, an equalnumber followed to the grave onaccount of illness and malnutrition.Then came want of cloth, and peopledied in thousands during winter forwant of shelter and protection. Thewhole atmosphere was nauseating. AGovernment that claimed itself to becivilised was carrying on its adminis-tration smoothly, and was even runninga war, and allowed millions of its sub-jects to wither away for want of food,medicine and raiment. If it had been inother countries, such a Governmentwould have been blown to pieces in notime. There would have been food riotsand rebellion in the land. But our menbeing what they were and our countrybeing what it was, everything wasattributed to fate and people quietlydied without raising even amurmur...My whole energy and atten-tion were employed for organisingrelief, irrespective of party’s communalconsiderations, and I often wishedthat instead of making a hopelessattempt to save lives against tremendousodds and difficulties, we should haveorganised resistance so that the machin-ery of the Government might have beenuprooted. My articles were translatedand published in a book form(Panchasher Manantar , BengalPublishers) and will give some idea ofthe acute nature of the problem thatconfronted us in the dark days of 1943.”

Interestingly, in his latest reflec-tions, A Life in Diplomacy, former for-eign secretary and doyen of Indiandiplomats MK Rasgotra mentions theHindu Mahasabha Session at Amritsarin December 1943. Rasgotra who, as ayoung activist, shared the dais withMookerjee and was asked to speak byhim, recalls how in his own speech,Mookerjee attacked the colonialGovernment for causing the famine,“the ground was filled to capacity withpeople, and Mookerjee, in his presiden-tial address, fired up the audience withstrong condemnation of the firangi sir-car for its crime in creating artificialfamine conditions to kill millions ofBengalis.” At least one gets an honestinsight into Mookerjee’s approach tofamine through these reminiscences ofa most respected former diplomat.

Mookerjee’s moth-eaten diaries arepreserved at the Nehru MemorialMuseum & Library (NMML) and con-tain candid entries, thoughtful reflec-tions, political points and deeply philo-sophical and spiritual expressions. Whencommunist marauders attacked hisancestral house in south Kolkata in early1970s, a section of his family membersdecided to send these and a large cacheof his papers for safe-keeping at NMML.

In fact, Panchasher Manantar wasperhaps the first authoritative accountof the famine and yet it is hardlyreferred to and if referred to at all, nocredit is ever given to Mookerjee. Astudy will reveal in detail Mookerjee’sown reading, approach and study of theBengal famine and has the capacity thusto bust many myths. But then scholarsbent on peddling a certain political lineare never serious and assiduous aboutstudying primary sources, they preferhandling and peddling propaganda,such a thing comes easily to them. It suit-ed a section among the activist histori-ans to suppress this study of the Bengalfamine altogether, again simply becauseworks such as these negated against theirstereotype of Mookerjee.

Some among this third category ofobserves of the exhibition were intriguedby the letter Mookerjee’s mother hadwritten to Jawaharlal Nehru after hisdeath demanding an enquiry they feelit is a hoax. The letter’s tone, dignity andforcefulness are deeply moving.Mookerjee’s younger brother, the cele-brated travelogue writer Uma Prasad

Mookerjee’s book, Syama PrasaderDiary O Mrityu Prasanga (SyamaPrasad’s diary and the Issue of his death),a Bengali classic, was for long a house-hold reading in Bengal, at least innationalist households not given to thefalse romanticisation of communism.

Uma Prasad not only dealt at lengthon the peculiar circumstances ofMookerjee’s death and the disappearanceof his dairy but also appended his moth-ers’ letter written to Nehru asking for anenquiry into Mookerjee’s death.

For those aware of Bengali literature,this is not fiction, but published histo-ry. For the Jawaharlal Nehru Universityhistorian, Nehru’s refusal to conduct anenquiry into Mookerjee’s death is per-haps a logical act, but for the truly demo-cratic minded it is astounding andshocking to think of how a leader of hisstature, a former Union Minister, mem-ber of the Constituent Assembly, theunofficial Leader of Opposition wasallowed to die and the Prime Ministerof the day — believed by some to be anepitome of rectitude, of democraticconduct in public life — refused to evenconstitute, if not anything else, at leasta one man enquiry committee into thecircumstances that led to his death.

For the communists, Mookerjee’sdeath came at an opportune time. Itremoved from their path the one manwho could have stemmed the tide oftheir growth in Bengal and all over thecountry and could have kept them stunt-ed to a political rump.

Those opposing Mookerjee even

today, a good 63 years after his death,are the ones who romanticise terrorism,condone separatism, advocate violentextremism and work to kill the Indiandream and sap our national energies.The echoes of Mookerjee’s politics,drifting through across the decades con-tinues to unsettle them, it confuses andweakens them, after all how can theyconfront one whose possessed such anunshakable will.

As Mookerjee once told his youngaudience when freedom was approach-ing, “We live in an age when the needof Parakrama, ceaseless exertion,courage and valour, in all spheres ofactivity is more imperative thanever...Disruptive forces are at workwithin the country itself. A nation canonly save itself by its own energy. Butenergy and strength hardly come to apeople that do not enjoy the blessingsof unity and freedom.”

Those who wish to tear apart thisunity and compromise this freedom,those whose politics aid and perpetratethe disintegration of India, those whofear this call to ‘Parakrama’ are theones who continue to cower beforeMookerjee’s legacy or continue toheap calumny on it. That legacy, how-ever, still stands unsullied — aninspiring and reassuring sentinel overIndia’s manifest destiny.

(This article is the fourth in a fourpart series on SP Mookerjee. Theauthor is Director of the Dr SyamaPrasad Mookerjee ResearchFoundation, New Delhi)

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The outgoing Reserve Bank ofIndia (RBI) Governor,Raghuram Rajan, who holds

powers setting rates in the centralbank, on Tuesday, bade an emotion-al farewell to the rate cut decision - anUSP of the central bank policy, whichhas been generally followed by thebanking fraternity in the country foryears. Rajan, however, maintainedcountry’s growth projection at 7.6 percent for the current fiscal, but hintedupside risk to his March 2017 infla-tion target of 5 per cent due to com-bination of factors. Taking the final callon rate cut, Rajan said, “Now the ratecut decision is upto the monetary pol-icy committee (MPC) in which theinterest rate setting powers wouldmove from RBI Governor to the paneland a broadbased multi-memberpanel will decide on the interest rateat the next review on October 4.”

Rajan, who will demit office aftercompleting his 3-year term onSeptember 4, played key role for Indiawhere he performed during his tenureon four key metrics - inflation, cur-rent account deficit (CAD), foreignexchange rate and the stock market.Looking forward to the same growthpace in next policy reviews, he saidthat half of the six-member monetarypolicy committee (MPC) - threemembers each from RBI and outsideRBI - are already in place and theGovernment will name its nomineesshortly. With the setting of MPC, theinterest rate setting powers wouldmove from RBI Governor to thepanel. Terming his tenure as ‘fantas-tic’, Rajan said, “Snap judgements bycritics do not matter as I have madeuseful contributions and the resultswill be visible in the next 5-6 years.”

In the customary RBI MonetaryReview Policy till Tuesday, the central

bank kept key rates - repo and revers-es repo rates - unchanged as inflationhit near 2-year high but said the cen-tral bank’s stance remains accom-modative. With upside risk to hisMarch inflation target of 5 per centwhich climbed to a 22-month high of5.8 per cent in June, will continue tobe on upside on factors like food infla-tion, services and the effect of the sev-enth pay panel implementation to theGovernment employees. So, Rajankept the benchmark repurchase (repo)rate at 5-year low of 6.50 per cent andthe cash reserve ratio (CRR) of sched-uled banks unchanged at 4.0 per centas well. The reverse repo rate underthe LAF remained unchanged at 6.0per cent, MSF rate and the Bank Rateat 7.0 per cent.

“It is appropriate for the RBI tokeep the policy repo rate unchangedat this juncture, while awaiting spacefor policy action. As you will notefrom the policy statement, we have

kept rates on hold, maintaining anaccommodative stance while we awaitdevelopments. We are within the infla-tion band given to us by theGovernment and expect to be around5 per cent CPI inflation by March2017, absent unforeseen eventualities,”Rajan said.

Unhappy over passing on rate-cutbenefits to customers in the past,Rajan also lambasted banks andcomplained that banks have passedbenefits only in a modest measure toborrowers. “A pick-up in creditdemand, which would follow the eco-nomic recovery and competition for

corporate loans after the ongoingbalance sheet clean-up by the state-run lenders, will ensure softer lend-ing rates,” he said.

On price front, Rajan said risksto the March 2017 target of 5 percent for headline inflation, whichclimbed to a 22-month high of 5.8per cent in June, continue to be onupside on factors like food inflation,services and the effect of the seventhpay panel implementation to theGovernment employees. The strongsowing and the positive progress ofthe monsoon augurs well for thefood inflation, RBI said, adding thatprices of pulses and cereals are ris-ing. Besides, he exuded confidencethat inflation target of 5 per cent forMarch 2017 will be met as also thatthere will be no market disruptionon account of foreign depositredemptions over $20 billion.

Keeping growth pace of thecountry intact, RBI maintained itsprojection at 7.6 per cent for the cur-rent fiscal on a gross value additionbasis, saying that favourable mon-soon, which is 3 per cent above theaverage, raises prospects of agricul-tural expansion as well as rural

demand. Besides, higher consump-tion is expected because of theimplementation of the 7th Paypanel for the Central Governmentemployees. However, Rajan added,“The successive downgrades in theglobal growth projections by mul-tilateral agencies and world tradesluggishness is pointing to a furtherslackening in the external demandgoing forward.”

Welcoming the passage of theConstitutional amendments fortransition to the Goods and ServicesTax (GST), which will augur well forthe growing political consensus foreconomic reforms, the RBI also saidthat the timely implementation ofGST which has to kick in by Aprilnext year would be challenging butthe indirect tax reform would bestrengthening the Governmentfinances over the medium-term,boost business sentiment and even-tually investments. “The currentaccommodative stance of monetarypolicy and comfortable liquidityconditions should also provide acongenial environment for the rein-vigoration of aggregate demandconditions,” the RBI said.

On non-performing assets(NPAs) or bad loans that have beenailing the banking sector for a longtime, Rajan said he was comfortablewith the stressed assets recognitionprocess undertaken by the banks inthe process of cleaning up their bal-ance sheets.

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Besides, the the company islooking to expand business inKarnataka.

“Our company’s aim is tobecome a global leader in the

mid-sized motorcycle segmentand expand its business inKarnataka,” Royal Enfield Head(Sales, Services and Spares) ShajiKoshy told the news agency.

0 ��=� �� $�� !� $��'�'1��.�Tata Motors chairmanCyrus Mistry on Tuesday askedhis unhappy shareholders to bepatient as the company is pass-ing through a tough turn-around amidst global uncer-tainty which may even impactits highly successful Britishoperations under the JLRbrand.

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Motors. Please don’t expectbig bonuses and dividends tooearly. I know that 0.20 per centfor the fiscal year 2016 isembarrassing. But it’s a signalof better times to come,” Mistrytold the shareholders at the 71stAGM of the company here thisevening.

The company on Tuesdaydeclared a dividend of 20 paisefor ordinary shares and 30

paise for ‘A class shares, whichwill be paid out of its reserves.

It can be noted that for thefirst time in 14 years, Mistry hadtold irate shareholders at the lastAGM that the company was notin a position to pay dividendsfor 2014-15, a decision he hadtermed as painful. The compa-ny had declined dividends fortwo consecutive years in 2000-01 and 2001-02.

��#� �� '��0��.�For the first time in sev-eral years, Air India has not madean operating loss even though itsfinancial condition continues to be“precarious”, Civil Aviation MinisterAshok Gajapathy Raju said today.

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state-run airline after its merg-er with Indian Airlines, the min-ister said “after many years, thisis the first year it has not madean operating loss. It is going inthe right diection and I think ifthis effort continues, it will be anairline we will all be proud of.”

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double manufacturing capac-ity of its truck and bus radialtyres, according to itsChairman Onkar S Kanwar.He further said that domestictyre manufacturers are facing‘big challenges’ from cheapimports from China, whichhas now accounted for up to35 per cent of the market inIndia.

“The company is invest-ing almost �3,000 crore indoubling of capacity of truckand bus radial tyres,” Kanwartold reporters here lateevening yesterday, ahead ofthe Annual General Meetingof the company here.

He said the expansion of thecompany’s Chennai facility toincrease the truck-bus radialfacility from 6,000 tyres per dayto 12,000 tyres per day is under-way. Apollo Tyres is investing�2,700 crore towards this expan-sion. The first phase of expan-sion is likely to be completed byOctober 2016, he added.

Commenting on the cheapimports from China, he said:“Today they have 30-35 percent of market share. They aretaking that much share in thetruck and bus radial tyres.This is really impacting themarket. That is a big challenge.We have taken up with ourGovernment authorities. Theyare looking into it.”

Kanwar noted that the coun-tries like the US has imposed 35per cent import duty on Chinesetyres and all other avenues havebeen closed for them but ‘we haveopened up our market’ for them.“Today we have competition

from all the multi-nationalsGoodYear, Bridgestone,Continental etc. So there is com-petition. You have to fight thatcompetition but you can notfight a competition which is notin market economy.Unfortunately, Chinese (are) nota market economy,” Kanwar said.

He said Appollo Tyres havedone ‘very well this year despitechallenges’. “Last year our compa-ny had a turn over of �11,700 crore.With a net profit of �317 crore. Thisis despite challenges,” he said.Kanwar said the entry into the two-wheeler tyre space has madeAppollo Tyres a full range player.

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Munjal's current tenurecomes to an end on September30 this year. He has been lead-ing the company over the pastseveral years in a highly com-

petitive and volatile market, notto just consolidate marketlead-ership but also expand globalfootprint across continents, thecompany said in a statement.

The company saidKasbekar’s elevation to theboard of directors is a partof its initiative aimed atconsolidation of leader-

ship at home and accelerateglobal expansion. Besides, HeroMotoCorp said it has appoint-ed Neerja Sharma as theCompany Secretary and ChiefCompliance Officer. PNS

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ty mutual fund surged to a recordhigh of �4.5 lakh crore at the end ofJuly, primarily on account of sharpinflow in such schemes. Marketexperts attributed the rise in theinflow to investments in SystematicInvestment Plans (SIPs) and strongparticipation from retail investors.

Besides, declining interest ratefor bank deposits is encouraginginvestors to put a big chunk of theirsavings into equities, they added.Equity funds, which also includeequity-linked saving schemes(ELSS) saw net inflow of �11,985crore during April-July period ofthe current financial year. PTI

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Indirect tax collections roseby 29.9 per cent during the firstfour months of the current fis-cal to about �2.71 lakh crore,

mainly on account of 50.8 percent jump in excise revenues.

Direct tax revenue rose24.01 per cent to �1.59 lakhcrore in April-July, driven main-ly by higher mop-up in personalincome tax due to early advancetax collections. The indirectand direct tax collections tillJuly account for 34.90 per centand 18.82 per cent of the annu-al budget target, respectively.

The Government hopes tocollect �8.47 lakh crore from

direct taxes and �7.79 lakhcrore from indirect taxes, whichincludes customs, excise andservice tax, in 2016-17 fiscal.

Personal income tax col-lection grew 31.47 per centwhile corporate taxes regis-tered an increase of 11.65 percent, an official statement said.After accounting for refunds,the net growth in personalincome tax stood at 46.55 percent, while for corporate tax itwas 2.84 per cent.

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It’s 20 days since he was anoint-ed the Republican presidential

nominee, but Donald Trump’sintra-party troubles are mount-ing with 50 former Republicannational security officials warn-ing that he would be “the mostreckless President in Americanhistory” and at least one partySenator going public on why shewill not vote for Trump.

And in a farcical twist to thecontroversy over his candidacy,a former CIA official from theRepublican ranks has announcedhis entry into the presidentialrace as an independent candi-date. Although he has missedentry deadlines in more than twodozen States, Evan McMullincould possibly hurt Trump in atleast one State – Utah.

In a hard-hitting open letter,the 50 GOP experts, mostlybelonging to the George W.

Bush administration, wrote thatas one “not qualified to bePresident and Commander-in-Chief”, Trump “would be a dan-gerous President and would putat risk our country’s nationalsecurity and well-being”.

“Most fundamentally,Trump lacks the character, val-ues and experience to bePresident,” noted the formidablegroup that includes formerHomeland Secretaries TomRidge and Michael Chertoff andformer CIA Director MichaelHayden. “He appears to lackbasic knowledge about and beliefin the U.S. Constitution, U.S.laws, and U.S. institutions,including religious tolerance,freedom of the press, and anindependent judiciary.”

Perhaps the most damningpublic condemnation of Trumpto date from within theRepublican fold, the letter said:“He has alarmed our closest allieswith his erratic behavior. All of

these are dangerous qualities inan individual who aspires to bePresident and Commander-in-Chief, with command of the USnuclear arsenal.”

Blasting the nominee for his“overriding ego” and lack oftemperament to be President, theletter spoke of his lack of self-control and tendency to actimpetuously, adding: “We areconvinced that in the OvalOffice, he would be the mostreckless President in Americanhistory.”

Trump, however, promptlyhit back at the one-timeRepublican big guns, castingthem as “the ones the Americanpeople should look to foranswers on why the world is amess”, adding: “They are noth-ing more than the failedWashington elite looking to holdonto their power, and it’s timethey are held accountable fortheir actions.”

“These (Republican) insid-

ers – along with Hillary Clinton– are the owners of the disastrousdecisions to invade Iraq, allowAmericans to die in Benghazi,and they are the ones whoallowed the rise of ISIS,” Trumpcharged, maintaining that heinstead was offering “a bettervision for our country and ourforeign policy – one that is notrun by a ruling family dynasty”.

Close on the heels of the

open letter, Susan Collins,the moderate RepublicanSenator from Maine, alsoannounced that she would notvote for Trump. “With thepassage of t ime, I havebecome increasingly dis-mayed by his constant streamof cruel comments and hisinability to admit error orapologize,” she wrote in aWashington Post op-ed piece.

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Beijing: India should avoid“unnecessary entanglement”in the South China Sea disputeduring Chinese ForeignMinister Wang Yi’s visit toNew Delhi to prevent it becom-ing yet “another factor” toimpact bilateral ties, a state-runChinese daily said on Tuesday.

“India may want to avoidunnecessary entanglementwith China over the South

China Sea debate duringWang’s visit if the countrywishes to create a good atmos-phere for economic coopera-tion, which would includereducing tariffs on made-in-India products exported toChina amid the ongoing freetrade talk known as theRegional ComprehensiveEconomic Partnership,” anarticle in the state-run Global

Times said.“India is expected to allow

only moderate tariff reductionon made-in-China productsunder the talks in a bid to pre-serve its domestic industries.

If India wants China to bemore generous in terms of tar-iff reduction, it would beunwise for the country to let itsrelationship with China dete-riorate further at this moment,”

it said.The daily said it is puzzling

that India is focusing on theSouth China Sea issue at thismoment, a move which it saidmight risk “unnecessary sideeffects” to bilateral ties andpotentially create obstacles forIndian exporters hoping toincrease their presence inChina, the world’s secondlargest importer. PTI

Beijing: Republican presiden-tial candidate Donald Trump isplaying the “China-bashingcard” in an attempt to rescuehis falling poll numbers but hasno real ideas to resolve the twonations’ differences, China’sofficial news agency said today.

Responding to a speech onMonday in which the candidate

accused China of breakingtrade rules “in every way imag-inable,” Xinhua such “inflam-matory” rhetoric was meant toappeal to blue-collarMidwestern voters. It called theremarks dangerous and saidthey offered nothing of sub-stance to improve bilateralrelations. AP

London: A 15-year-old Britishschoolboy believed to be fight-ing with the Islamic State inSyria has posted gun-totingpictures of himself onFacebook, alarming police andtriggering fears that the terroroutfit may be using him to lureother western recruits.

Ibrahim Iqbal posted pic-tures of himself in full combatgear and holding an AK-47 onthe social media site. Picturestriggered fears that ISIS may beusing him to lure other westernrecruits. “We are aware of postsmade on social media. Theseare currently being reviewed toestablish if any offences havebeen committed,” the UK’sNorth East Counter TerrorismUnit said in a statement. PTI

Yemen: A Saudi-led militarycoalition conducted air strikeson the Yemeni Capital Sanaa onTuesday for the first time in fivemonths, residents said, afterUN-backed peace talks to endthe conflict broke down overthe weekend. Medics said ninecivilians were killed in a strikeon a potato chip factory in theNahda district of the capital.

The Saudi-led coalition isbacking Yemeni forces loyal tothe exiled government ofPresident Abd-Rabbu MansourHadi who are trying to oustIran-allied Houthi forces fromSanaa. The coalition also forcedthe suspension of flights intoSanaa International Airportfor 72 hours from late onMonday, an airport officialand aid agency sources said.

A spokesman for the coali-tion did not immediatelyrespond to a Reuters request forcomment on the air strikes orthe closure of the airport. AP

Ankara: Turkey warned theUS on Tuesday not to sacrificebilateral t ies overPennsylvania-based preacherFethullah Gulen, whomAnkara blames for the July 15failed coup and wants to seeextradited to face trial.

“If the US does not deliv-er (Gulen), they will sacrificerelations with Turkey for thesake of a terrorist,” JusticeMinister Bekir Bozdag toldreporters during a televisedbriefing in the capital Ankara.

Turkey has repeatedlypressed Washington to extra-dite the 75-year-old cleric toface trial over the attemptedputsch, which saw a roguemilitary faction try to oustPresident Recep TayyipErdogan.

Gulen strongly deniesAnkara’s accusations and hislawyer last Friday said Turkeyhad failed to provide “a scin-tilla” of proof to support itsclaim.

Bozdag asked rhetorical-ly how the United Stateswould react if a person

responsible for violence intheir country was being host-ed by Turkey.

“What if there was anattempted assassination of(President Barack) Obamawhile he was on holiday withhis wife and children, if theWhite House was bombed, iftanks were driven over people,if soldiers shot at people fromhelicopters and the terroristhead responsible for all thiswas in Turkey?”

The coup took place whileErdogan was on a family hol-iday in southern Turkey andsaw both the parliament andarea around the presidentialpalace bombed from the air.

Bozdag said that if the USdid not extradite Gulen, rela-tions between the two wouldbe negatively affected despitebeing “two friendly countries”at present.

The Minister added thatanti-US sentiment hadreached its peak in Turkeyover the Gulen issue andurged Washington to actbefore it became hatred. AFP

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Erdogan’s visit to Putin’shometown of Saint Petersburgis also his first foreign trip sincethe failed coup against him lastmonth that sparked a purge ofopponents and cast a shadowover Turkey’s relations with theWest. “Your visit today, despitea difficult situation regardingpolitics, indicates that we allwant to restart dialogue andrestore relations betweenRussia and Turkey,” Putin said.

Erdogan, who has said thetrip represents a “new mile-stone”, told Putin that ties hadentered a “very different phase”and thanked the Kremlinleader for his backing after thecoup attempt. PTI

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In a possible setback to theotherwise high-flying presi-

dential campaign of HillaryClinton, parents of twoAmericans killed in theBenghazi terrorist attack in2012 have filed a lawsuit againsther, alleging that her “recklesshandling” of classified infor-mation as Secretary of Statecontributed to the deaths.

The lawsuit was filed onMonday in the US DistrictCourt for the District ofColumbia by the FreedomWatch USA on behalf ofPatricia Smith and CharlesWoods for allegedly wrongful-ly causing the death of theirsons, Sean and Tyrone respec-tively. It also alleged defamationand intentional and negligent

infliction of emotional distress.The attack on the US

diplomatic post in Benghazi,Libya had resulted in the deathof four Americans, includingAmbassador ChristopherStevens, Sean Smith andTyrone Woods.

The lawsuit, according toFox News, claims that owing toClinton’s controversial use of aprivate email server, terroristswere able to “obtain the where-abouts of AmbassadorChristopher Stevens and thusthe US State Department andcovert and other governmentoperations in Benghazi”.

The lawsuit says the confi-dential and classified govern-ment information was “likelyhacked by hostile adversariessuch as Iran, Russia, China andNorth Korea aligning with ter-rorist groups”.

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Indraprastha University (IPUniversity) has introduced a newcourse — MSc Nursing: CardioVascular and Thoracic Nursingand invites application for the aca-demic session 2016-17. Thecourse is available at NationalHeart Institute, Delhi. The last date for submission of applica-tions for this programme is August 22, 2016. There are total eightseats available.

Like other programmes of the university, admission for thisprogramme will be made on the the basis of Common EntranceTest (CET) which is scheduled on September 4, 2016. CET Codefor this programme is 198. Minimum eligibility required to applyis BSc Nursing with 55 per cent marks and minimum one yearwork experience in the Nursing field. For more information, logon to www.ipu.ac.in.

� C�% �&)��London College of Business and Law (LCBL), a UK based

college registered under University of London InternationalProgrammes (UoL), has opened its Delhi campus and invites appli-cations for its September 2016 intake. The undergraduatedegree courses offered have been granted equivalence by a hostof major-league Indian universities including Delhi University,Mumbai University, Calcutta University and Punjab University.

LCBL (Delhi) offers undergraduate and graduate diplomacourses in accounting, banking, economics, finance and man-agement. Apart from intense classroom teaching, the students atLCBL (Delhi) campus will also have access to UoL’s VirtualLearning Environment (VLE) facilities whilst undertaking theirstudies at LCBL (Delhi) campus in India. For more information,log on to http://www.lcbldelhi.com/ or obtain the application formfrom the campus office at Rohini, New Delhi. There is no dead-line for submission but applicants are advised to apply as soonas possible as places on their chosen courses will get filled fast.

'�&��!��!�)��0��'��)��&�'�� '�!Strathclyde Business School, Glasgow is inviting applications

for MSc International Human Resource Management course start-ing in September 2016. This course will help students to devel-op an understanding of how and why human resource policiesand practices differ across the world.

The course is a Chartered Institute of Personnel andDevelopment approved centre. Students should have first or sec-ond-class honours degree, or equivalent, in any degree subjectand IELTS 6.5 with a minimum of 5.5 in each criteria. The feeof the course is £17,000 for 2016-17. The last date to apply is August31. For more information email at [email protected].

MBD Group, an education company in India, hascompleted 60 years of existence this year and is now

planning to invest around 500 million in augmented real-ity (AR) and virtual reality (VR) space in the next threeto five years. AR & VR market is expected to reach $35billion by 2025. Also, the Group is planning to enter inter-national markets of US, UK and China.

This will target children from kindergarten to ClassXII as well as vocational education. It’ll produce 3D edu-cational AR and VR videos and simulations. This highquality interactive content will be compatible with thebest VR devices like Samsung Gear, Oculus Rift etc.

Packaged AR & VR based educational curriculumand content will help in keeping the students deeplyengaged in the classroom and can practically experienceand bring their subjects to life.

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Accenture, in association withYahoo India, has launched its fifth

season of Innovation Jockeys: The Huntfor India’s most Innovative Minds. Thiscontest invites full-time undergradu-ate, graduate and post-graduate stu-dents in India to use technology todevelop innovative ideas. The goal ofthis year’s contest is to bring a posi-tive change to society, through thethree themes — detecting fraud andpreventing business malpractice; cre-ating an inclusive digital India; andempowering women.

Applicants for the 2016 contestcan register solo or in teams of up to

four members as they submit:�Solutions for detecting fraud andpreventing malpractice�Platforms or applications that sup-port the creation of a digital India inwhich all citizens can participate andenjoy digital citizenship�Solutions that will empower the livesof women by improving their health,safety and employment opportunities.

The deadline for submitting ideasis August 17, 2016. The submissionswill go through an initial round of

review by the contest’s jury, and thefinal shortlisted participants will beinvited to present their ideas to thejury in the grand finale in Bengaluruon October 20, 2016.

For complete information onthis, log on to http://innovationjock-eys.net/.

Members of the grand prize win-ning team will receive an AppleMacBook Pro. They will also have theopportunity to visit the AccentureTechnology Labs in Dublin, Ireland, or

in Silicon Valley, California, USA, orvisit the Accenture Internet of ThingsCenter of Excellence in Singapore.Winners for each of the three themeswill receive an Apple Watch, and theJury’s Choice Award winners willreceive a Bose SoundLink BT Speaker.

Accenture has also introduced anew award category — a Women’steam will be recognised separately,and members of this team willreceive a Kindle Paperwhite. All eli-gible participants of the grand finalewill be given a chance to participatein a fast-track recruitment processwith Accenture.

%�' ��'�� Going to School, a creative not-for-profit education trust based

in New Delhi, has designed a pro-gramme Be an Entrepreneur to helpschool children to learn creativityand problem-solving skills, nurtur-ing entrepreneurial talent in ruralareas. With a grant of $2.7 millionover 2.5 years from The IKEAFoundation, Going to School willreach 200,000 children in 500schools in Bihar, giving them theskills they need to run their ownbusinesses or get better jobs, andright now, the skills they need to stayin school and transform their lives.

This design intervention in edu-cation is powered by stories. Eachstory teaches children a key entre-preneurial skill — how to identify aproblem, take initiative, make abudget and a plan. What sets the sto-ries apart is colour, art and design.Every Saturday, children are given astory, they play a skills game andthen over the weekend, childrencomplete skills challenge projects —they make children’s newspapersabout entrepreneurs they meet and

much more. In the same schools, thenew ‘kids’ sustainable school chal-lenge’ gives children and theirschools a chance to re-design whatthey learn, to make their schoolsplaces they want to be. Winningschools will receive awards to set upschool enterprise clubs and actiontheir plans.

For the first time, children willbe given a chance to build their ownnewsrooms out of junk and once-loved-things.

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Knowledge without values isfutile. Technological devel-

opment should work in tandemwith environmental protectionfor the betterment of the society,”Manohar Parrikar, Minister ofDefence said at the recently heldconvocation ceremony of BITSPilani, KK Birla Goa Campus. Asa chief guest, Parrikar addresseda large gathering of 2,000 com-prising the graduating students,their parents and the facultymembers of the campus.

The occasion was graced bythe presence of chancellor DrKumar Mangalam Birla; vice-chancellor Dr SouvikBhattacharya and directors of

other BITS Pilani campuses inPilani, Dubai and Hyderabad. Inhis address, Dr Birla reminiscedand acknowledged the supportextended by Manohar Parrikar inbringing up the BITS Pilani cam-pus in Goa. He pointed out thatthe holistic education that stu-dents had received in BITS placesthem in a privileged position, andthey have an implicit obligationand responsibility to help thosewho are less fortunate in the soci-ety.

This year, 616 studentsreceived their degrees, of which

12 were PhD’s. Four bachelor stu-dents who were awarded medalsare gold medalist VishakhaGupta, silver medalist Shah UjashDipakbhai and bronze medalistDave Mihika Himanshu andVasundhara Bhargava.

Where Prof Bhattacharyyagave an overview of the uni-versity’s accomplishments andinnovation, and entrepreneur-ship initiatives, Prof Punnekkatgave a detailed report onadvances in research, new ini-tiatives and collaborations ofthe institute.

Amputation is said to affect 1.5people in every 10,000. InIndia, there are thought to be

over five million amputees and thenumbers of those with disabilitywho require an orthosis is consideredto be even higher. Thus, there is ahuge demand for qualified prosthet-ics and orthotics clinicians through-out the world. The InternationalSociety for Prosthetics and Orthoticsestimates that there is a demand forover 40,000 trained clinical person-nel worldwide.

Where prosthetists are respon-sible for providing rehabilitation forpeople who require an artificiall imb following amputation,Orthotists create devices that may beworn permanently or used tem-porarily to support body and com-pensate for paralysed muscles, pro-vide relief from pain, or preventorthopaedic deformities from pro-gressing. Both the works ofProsthetists and orthotists play animportant role in the recovery ofthose with physical functional lossfollowing disease or injury.

The majority of amputations inIndia are caused by peripheral vas-cular disease (circulatory problems)and may be associated with diabetes;and trauma; (India has a high num-ber of traffic accidents which tend toaffect young men). There are also ahigh number of people whose mobil-ity has been affected by polio.

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orthotist, you should ideally possessthe following qualities:�Enjoy working with people�Have good communication and lis-tening skills �Enjoy solving problems�Enjoy working practically �An interest in how the human bodyworks (anatomy, physiology andpathology)�An interest in how the body movesand how it is affected by externalforces (biomechanics)�An interest in technology and IT

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degree course approved by theRehabilitation Council of India. Thiswill provide students with the edu-cational background and training toenable them to become competentpractitioners and accept profession-al status and responsibility as pros-thetists and orthotists.

Once on an approved course, stu-dents combine academic studies withclinical practice and have a chanceto design and fit prostheses andorthosis under supervision of tutors.

Programmes cover all aspects ofeducation and training in both pros-thetics and orthotics and recognisetheir commonalities. The degreecourses tend to include academicstudies; practical clinical training;clinical experience and may includeproject or specialist modules.

Academic studies include com-munication skills, anatomy, physiol-ogy, pathology, mechanical and bio-mechanical engineering, humanmovement and prosthetic and orthot-ic science. Academic studies tend tobe interlinked with practical trainingsessions where patients may attend forassessment, prescription, casting, fit-ting, alignment, fabrication of pros-theses and orthosis. Students aregenerally asked to treat their patientsholistically and will be introduced toa variety of way to measure the effec-tiveness of the designed intervention(outcome measures)

B i o l o g ymodules aim toprovide stu-dents with ageneral under-standing of keyconcepts in

human anatomy and general patho-physiology of conditions likely to beassociated with prosthetics andorthotics. As diabetes is a major con-tributing cause of amputation, thebasic changes in metabolism thatoccur during diabetes are studied.Skin physiology and pathophysiolo-

gy are also studied inaddition to tissue

mechanics andother commonpathologies.

Mechanicaland biomechani-

cal modules run insequence with all

other clinical and techni-cal modules and allowstudents to gain under-standing in the theoryand application of broadengineering scienceswhich underpin pros-thetic and orthoticpractice. Studentsstudy the knowledge,materials and meth-ods required to givean engineer’s per-

spective on pros-thetics and

orthotic sys-tems, their

design and interaction with thehuman body. This understandingstrengthens the distinctive compe-tence of the prosthetist orthotist andenhances their contribution to andstature within the multi-disciplinaryteam. Students gain knowledge ofbasic and advance clinical and tech-nical applications required to becomea competent professional clinician.

During study, professional skillsare developed which are focussed ona patient centred approach to clini-cal prosthetic and orthotic practiceand help to develop the interperson-al and communication skills requiredto effectively implement prostheticsand orthotics in a professional setting.Encouragement is also given to devel-op and sustain lifelong learning andevidence based practice.

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tist can work alongside other health-care professionals such as rehabilita-tion consultants; physiotherapists,who oversee the patient’s exerciseregime; and occupational therapistswho train the patient in how to per-form daily activities with the device.Once qualified as a prosthetist andorthotist, they can provide rehabili-tation for those following amputation,or with disability. They will beresponsible for assessing a person’sfunctional loss and requirementsand measurement, design and man-ufacture of an appropriately designedartificial limb or orthosis. They canwork in Government hospitals or pri-vate practice. Research opportunitiesare also available in this area.

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PG Diploma in MediaStudies — Film andTelevision for the ses-sion 2016-17. Thereare only 55 seats. Tuitionfee for PG Diploma inMedia Studies is �12,000.

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graduate in any discipline froma recognised university. Those,who have appeared for finalexamination and awaitingresults, are also eligible toapply. There is no age bar.Reservation for SC/ST andphysically handicapped candi-dates is as per rules and uni-versity norms.

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test are set in English and areobjective type. Emphasis is puton general knowledge, cur-rent affairs, proficiency in lan-guage, reasoning, audiovisualmedia etc.

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written test. Such candidatesare exempted from interview.

20 seats arefilled through inter-view which is reserved only forcandidates with journalismand mass communication/filmstudies/videography as theirpass/general/honours/voca-tional subjects at the gradua-tion level. Applicants for thiscategory are exempted fromwritten test.

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application form is August 25.The date of written test isSeptember 4, Sunday at 10.30am. Interview is on September6, 2016 at 12 pm. The classeswill commencement fromSeptember 23, 2016. The pre-scribed application form can bedownloaded from the officialwebsite of Calcutta Universitywww.caluniv.ac.in.

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ACFP is a 10-month coursedesigned to train students in the lat-est computer application skills andacquire specialisation in securities

and wealth management. Studentswill learn about mutual funds,equity dealing and risk manage-ment and the latest skills to succeedin the investment and financeindustry.

ACED is an eight-monthcourse designed to provide the mostrelevant and updated knowledge onequity, commodities and currencymarkets in India. Students willlearn all about trading systems,interpreting reports, derivatives

and clearing among other things. In both the courses students

would undergo mandatory softskills training and a 30-hour indus-try project that would help themgain industry work experience.This will also prepare students forexaminations conducted by theNational Institute of SecuritiesMarket which is a public trust of theSecurities and Exchange Board ofIndia , the regulator of the securi-ties markets in India.

The course will be provided infour selected centers of AptechBanking and Finance Academy —Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore.

Aspire Systems, a leading global tech-nology services firm, has announced

the launch of Shine, in collaboration withUniversal Higher Education Trust, Vellore,as part of its corporate social responsibili-ty initiative.

With a focus on information technol-ogy skill development and employability,the company is looking to enable studentsfrom lower economic backgrounds, fromVellore and its surrounding districts.

The Shine initiative is a year-long pro-gramme consisting of two phases. The first

phase is to be conducted at the VelloreInstitute of Technology (VIT) campus, andthe second phase is to be held at the AspireSystems’ Siruseri campus in Chennai.

The core focus will be on impartingprogramming skills to these students inorder to add value to their employability inthe IT sector. Additionally, training in com-munication and soft skills will also betaught.

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ter individually before August15, 2016. Teams of up to fourstudents will be formed on thefirst day of the event. Topics andthemes for the hackathon will beprovided at the event. Studentswill need to hack, but not nec-essarily code, to conceive newideas that elevate human per-formance at work. Each mem-ber of the winning team will getnew products from Apple, Boseand Motorola. Members of thesecond and third place teamswill win products from Bose andAmazon.

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A career in banking and finance nor-mally requires a solid background inbusiness-related courses such as account-ing, business finance, money and financialmarkets, statistics and micro and macroeconomics. In addition, candidates shouldbe able to understand financial state-ments and analyse a corporation’s growthpotential, profitability, industry niche,future projections and perform a numberof similar tasks.

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Russia's Yuliya Efimova targeted anOlympic swimming medal to celebrateher latest victory over a drug ban.

Swimming action dominated theGames after Michael Phelps extended hisoverall record of gold medals to 19 witha US relay victory on Sunday.

But comments by Australia's new 400metre freestyle champion Mack Hortonagainst his rival Sun Yang unleashed awave of Chinese fury.

Thousands of social media usersdemanded that Horton apologise for call-ing Sun a "drug cheat". Sun, a huge heroin China, served a three month suspen-sion in 2014 for taking a banned stim-ulant.

The state-run Global Times news-paper called Australia "a country on thefringes of civilization" and a former "off-shore prison" for Britain.

The International OlympicCommittee sought to calm the ten-sions, calling for "respect fellow com-petitors".

"Clearly we want to encourage free-

dom of speech," said IOC spokesmanMark Adams.

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Olympics is about respecting othersand respecting the right of others to com-pete," he added.

"There is a line somewhere there, andeach case is different of course, wherepeople should be free to compete in tran-quility."

China's flag at the Games also causedan outcry. The four small, golden starson the Chinese emblem are pointingupwards rather than towards the biggerstar. Social media again erupted and Rioorganisers said the flags would bereplaced.

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two doping bans, was given a last-minute reprieve to get into the Olympicsafter appealling to the Court ofArbitration for Sport.

Having become a symbol of Russia'sfight against the doping storm facing thecountry, Efimova is aiming for a medalin the 100m breakstroke on Monday.

She was booed when she won hersemi-final on Sunday and later acknowl-edged she has had "a crazy 18 months".

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Talented archer Atanu Das provid-ed a silver lining on a disappoint-ing day for the Indians by entering

the pre-quarterfinals of the IndividualRecurve event at the Rio Olympics, hereonTuesday.

Das first blanked Jit Bahadur Muktanof Nepal 6-0 in the round of 32 encounterand then kept his composure to prevailover Cuban Adrian Andres PuentesPerez 6-4 in a thrilling clash.

However the road ahead is full ofchallenges for the 24-year old fromKolkata as he is now up against SouthKorean archer and a former world No 5Lee Seung-Yun.

Lee was a part of the victorious SouthKorean outfit that won gold in the teamRecurve event at the ongoing Games.

The pre-quarterfinal is scheduled tobe held on August 12.

What was impressive about Atanuwas the manner in which he held hisnerve during his last shot in the fifth andfinal set.

The score was 19-18 and a '10 point-er' would have ensured his place in thelast eight even before his opponent hadaimed for his final strike.

Atanu did not disappoint as he hit the'Bulls Eye' taking an unassailable lead andwinning the final set 29-28.

The score in his favour was 28-26 29-26 26-27 27-28 29-28 in favour of theKolkatan.

Earlier, Archer Atanu Das contin-ued his impressive progress as he blankedNepalese rival Muktan Jitbahadur to

enter the last 16 of the men's individualelimination round.

Considered as a virtual no-hoper inthe Indian contingent, Das kept hishopes alive with a clinically efficient showagainst another South Asian archerwhom he beat in straight three sets toscore a 6-0 victory.

Das won the three sets 29-26, 29-24,30-26 and shot seven 10s as compared tohis rival's 2.

Overall his domination is evidentfrom a scoreline of 88-76.

Das is scheduled to play his nextmatch for a place in the last eight latertoday.

He had shown fine composure andskill to bounce back from a poor start inhis maiden Olympics to finish fifth in thequalification round.

Das is the lone male member in theIndian archery team and will competeonly in the individual section as the men'steam had failed to qualify from the WorldChampionship.

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Defending champion SerenaWilliams ended a three-match los-

ing streak against France's Alize Cornetto keep her hopes of a fifth Olympicgold medal alive.

But it was a rollercoaster 7-6 (7/5),6-2 victory for the 34-year-old worldnumber one who 24 hours earlier hadsuffered her first ever Olympic Gameswomen's doubles loss with sister Venus.

Cornet defeated the American starthree times in 2014, including atWimbledon, and proved to be a thornin her opponent's side again in Rio.

Williams led 3-0 and had two pointsfor a 4-0 advantage in the first set. ButCornet stormed back, forcing theAmerican to save two set pointsin the 10th game before the topseed sealed the tiebreak after 77minutes on a chilly centre court.

Williams stepped on the gas in thesecond set to secure a third round clashwith Ukraine's Elina Svitolina, securingvictory on a third match point.

"It was a big motivation to winbecause I haven't done very well againsther in the past," said Williams.

Juan Martin del Potro followed up

his shock defeat of Novak Djokovic bydowning Portugal's Joao Sousa in frontof a legion of passionate, vocalArgentine fans.

The giant 27-year-old, ranked 141in the world after years of wrist injury

misery pushed him to the brink ofquitting, swept to a 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 win.

Dressed in sky blue football shirts,the Argentine's followers draped

national flags and banners over thecentre court barriers and respond-ed defiantly when locals booed the

mention of del Potro's name.Djokovic suffered a second Olympic

defeat when he and Nenad Zimonjic wereknocked out of the men's doubles. TheSerb pair lost 6-4, 6-4 to Brazilian fourthseeds Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares.

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Abhinav Bindra's body lan-guage belied any emotions

whatsoever on what was thefinal day of an illustrious careeras he made it clear that he wasdone with aiming bull's eye andready to move to the nextphase of his life although hedoes not know what it is.

A near second Olympicmedal was missed by a whiskerand even if he felt gutted, Bindrawas not ready to show it in frontof his country's media.

"It is my job to be com-posed. I do not want to breakdown in front of you. I knew thiswas coming and I am at peacewith it. I did my best but endedup fourth. No medal but veryclose. Had a good day, but it did-n't pay off," Bindra told reportersafter the end of the event.

Soon to be 34, Bindramaintained that there's nochance of entering the shoot-ing range again.

"I am done, I haveannounced my retirement, so

there is no reconsideration. I amnot going to shoot again. This isit. I support youngsters already.I support 30 young shootersthrough my foundation. I willtry and do the best I can," the acemarksman added.

The fourth place finishwill not be able to give a clearpicture of what kind of efforthas gone into the preparationand the 2008 Olympic cham-pion said that there was no

dearth of effort this time also."I really tried to put my

best foot forward all theseyears. I am really happy withthe way it is."

While he is ready to moveon to the next phase of his life,the immediate query did notamuse him.

Fittingly a curt reply came:"That is an unfair question toask. I just completed my eventand you want me to give thestory of my life's future, I've noidea."

Bindra also dismissed ideasof giving pep talk to otherIndian athletes at the Games.

"Not at this juncture. It'snot my job to become theircoaches. They have their sup-port staff," said Bindra.

Having started his Olympicjourney in Sydney back in2000, Bindra qualified in threeOlympic finals including hisgolden journey of Beijing in2008 (Athens being the otherone) in his pet 10m air rifle,while he missed out in Sydneyand London.

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�� 0��. Author Shobhaa De hasmocked at the performance of Indianathletes, saying that they had gone toRio Olympics to take selfies and not towin medals, inviting angry responsefrom top sportspersons, including starshooter Abhinav Bindra.

Taking to Twitter,Shobhaa De made funat the performance ofthe Indian athletes,saying that they haveto gone to Rio to takeselfies instead of win-ning medals.

"Goal of Team India at the Olympics:Rio jao (Go to Rio). Selfies lo (Take self-ies). Khaali haat wapas aao (Returnempty-handed). What a waste of moneyand opportunity," she tweeted.

Bindra, India's sole individualOlympic gold medallist, responded, say-ing: "Shobhaa De, that's a tad unfair.You should be proud of your athletespursuing human excellence againstthe whole world." PTI

RIO DE JANEIRO: Aug 9(AP) After months of direpredictions from abroadabout the mosquito-borneZika virus, some Brazilianfans are doing some stingingof their own: They're booingUS athletes and tauntingthem over the fears thatkept some competitors athome.

From the beach volley-ball arena to the soccer sta-dium, boisterous Brazilianfans are having fun withwhat had been one of thebiggest concerns headinginto South America's firstOlympics.

The mockery began dur-ing the first game by the USwomen's soccer team, whenveteran goalkeeper Hope Solowas greeted by chants of"Zika! Zika!" every time shetouched the ball. The jeerswere heard again Saturdayduring a 1-0 US victory overFrance. AP

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India survived a final- quarteronslaught from Argentina for anail-biting 2-1 win that enhanced

their quarterfinal chances at the men'shockey competition of the RioOlympics, here on Tuesday.

The second win in the Pool stagehas virtually secured India a quarter-final berth as they rose to the secondposition with six points.

India dominated Argentina in thefirst three quarters but came undertremendous pressure from the LosLeones in the final 15 minutes duringwhich they conceded as many as fivepenalty corners.

Trailing 0-2, the Argentinesplayed all out hockey in the finalquarter as the Indians lookedout of sorts.

It was a tense final quar-ter for the Indians after drag-flickerGonzalo Peillat pulled one back forArgentina in the 49th minute by con-verting their first penalty corner witha lethal strike that beat goalkeeper PRSreejesh all ends up.

It looked as if it would turn out tobe another heart break for the Indians,following their 1-2 loss to Germanyyesterday after conceding a goal in thedying moments, as the game was most-ly played in the Indian half thereafter.

If not for Sreejesh, India couldhave suffered their second successivedefeat in the Games. Sreejesh pulledoff as many as five saves to deny Peillatand the Argentines.

Earlier, India were the better side

in the first three quarters and took thelead through Chinglensana Singh (8thminute) before fellow Manipuri play-er Kothajit Singh doubled the score-line with a field strike in the 35thminute.

The win against Argentina is ofgreat significance for India as they lastdefeated the Los Leones way back in2009 Champions Challenge, wherethey won 3-2. In the recent past boththe teams played a 3-3 draw at the six-nation tournament in Valencia aheadof the Games.

India will next play LondonOlympic silver medallist Netherlands

in their penultimate pool match onThursday.

Possession wise it was evenstevens in the opening quarter but

India had the better share ofexchanges and created more

scoring chances thanArgentina.

India's first real scoring opportu-nity came in the seventh minute whenSV Sunil cut through inside theArgentina circle from the right flankto pass it on to Akashdeep Singh,whose push was saved by rival goal-keeper Vivaldi.

But from the ongoing move cameIndia's first penalty corner butVivalidi once again came toArgentina's rescue to keep awayRupinder Pal Singh fierce flick. Indiakept up the pressure and securedtheir second short corner in the nextminute and this time Chinglensanaconverted the chance after a smallgoof-up to give his side the lead.

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Indian rower Dattu Baban Bhokanal finishedfourth in the quarter-finals of the men's sin-

gle sculls to be out of medal reckoning in theRio Olympic Games hereon Tuesday.

Bhokanal clocked6:59.89 to cover a dis-tance of 2000m, littlemore than six seconds behind the third and lastqualifier from the quarterfinal 4, NatanWegrzycki-Szymczyk (6:53.52) from Poland.Bhokanal, whose ailing mother is an IntensiveCare Unit of a hospital in India, had clocked7:21.67s in the Heats.

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Shooter Heena Sidhu finished alowly 30th after the Precision

stage of the 25 metre women'sPistol qualification round at theRio Olympics here onTuesday.

Heena neverreally looked in the

hunt as she started the first series with95 cumulative points before drop-ping to 17th position with 95points in the second series at the Olympic ShootingCentre.

Starting the third series at 17th place she failedto produce a spirited performance and managed toscore 96 to further dip to the 30th spot with a totalscore of 286.

The Rapid stage will be played later in the day.Earlier, on Sunday Heena missed out of the race

to the women's 10 metres Air Pistol finals event afterfinishing 14th in the qualifications.

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Indian women's hockey teamcould not produce the per-

formance of their openingmatch against Japan as GreatBritain convincingly overpow-ered them 3-0 in the secondmatch of the Olympic Games,here on Tuesday.

After a cautious first quar-ter, the English women who arethe London 2012 bronze medal-ists, unleashed their fury by

scoring within two minutes inthe second quarter.

Giselle Ansley piercedthrough captain Sushila Chanuand goalkeeper Savita Puniato sound the board with apowerful dragflick breakingthe deadlock in the25th minute.

Before the NeilHawgwood-coached teamcould settle down, it was NicolaWhite whose deft strike made it2-0.

The third half too wentagainst India with Alex Danson

making it 3-0 in the 33rdminute with some effortlessdribbling as Indian women

had no answer to them.The strategy was to hold

the possession and startattacking from thesecond quarter.

"Indians are naturally skill-ful individually. So we went onthe attacking to make sure weare on the right side of the score-

sheet," Crista Cullen said.A couple of times Vandana

Katariya looked to get going, butjust lacked that ability to pullaway from the physicallystronger British players.

The first quarter howeverlooked different with Indiaputting up a solid defence asthey went on to impress in thelast 15 minutes against the two-time bronze medalists.

Indians were reduced to 10playes with five minutes to go asDeepika Thakur was yellowcarded but they ensured thatthere's no further damage byputting up a solid defence.

"To play in Olympics after36 years was big and there wasa lot of pressure on us. We willhave to learn from the mis-takes and come backstronger. We still have hopesto make the quarters," cap-tain Sushila said.

India, who drew againstJapan 2-2, next face Australia,the USA and Argentina in theirremainder league matches.

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Former Commonwealth Games Gold medallistManoj Kumar will open his campaign on

Wednesday against Lithuania's former YouthOlympics gold-medallist Evaldas Petrauskas. It willbe a tough test for Kumar against Petrauskas, whohad won a lightweight bronze medal in the 2012Olympics.

Manoj Kumar secured his RioOlympics berth by storming into semi-finals of the International BoxingAssociation's World qualifying tourna-ment. The 29-year-old pugilist fromHaryana will be going to his secondconsecutive Games. In London 2012,he lost his pre-quarterfinal boutagainst World Number 1 TomStalker of Great Britain in acontroversial manner.

Manoj KumarKaltagdia won agold medal in the

light welterweight division atthe 2010 CommonwealthGames. He competed inthe World Championship in 2009, losing4-5 to Brazilian Myke Carvalho in the first

round. Though he did not proceed beyond thequaterfinals of the 2011 World Amateur BoxingChampionships in Baku, Azerbaijan, he managedto qualify for the 2012 London Olympics.

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The Supreme Court appoint-ed Justice RM Lodha Panel

on Tuesday categoricallyinstructed BCCI to implementa 15-step reform by October 15ranging from constitutionalreforms to principles of award-ing various contracts, includinglucrative TV rights.

As per instructions, BCCIsecretary Ajay Shirke met thepanel members and also car-ried a letter on behalf of pres-ident Anurag Thakur, whocited his 'Leave of Absence' asthe Parliament is in session.

"The BCCI has been givena specific timeline by theLodha Panel to implement 15specific steps related to con-stititional amendments byOctober 15. The honorary

secretary, Ajay Shirke, hasinformed the panel that afirst compliance report of thesteps that are being taken willbe submitted to the panel byAugust 25," a source close tothe Lodha panel said.

According to sources closeto the panel, secretary Shirkeagain spoke about practical dif-ficulties in implementation of afew of the recommendationsupheld by the SC in its verdict.

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The ICC on Tuesday sanctionedthe two T20 International

matches between India and theWest Indies to be held at FortLauderdale in the USA on August27 and 28.

ICC chief executive DavidRichardson said: "The ICC hasapproved these matches becausewe believe they can play a signif-icant role in the long term devel-opment of cricket in the USA andour ongoing efforts to unify theUSA cricket community. Havingthe WT20 Champions playingIndia in Florida will undoubted-ly inspire both existing and newfans and players, but perhapsmore importantly, the sanctionfees will be invested into the ICC'songoing work to lay a sustainablefoundation for the development ofcricket in America."

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