BEIJING China said it is making "every effort" to address India's concerns on USD 47 billion trade deficit as it called for combining Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Make in India' ini- tiative with its 'Made in China' to step up invest- ments. "We are making every effort to fundamentally solve the issue. We need to find a new channel, new methodology to break the bottle neck," said Huang Xilian, Deputy Director General of the Asian Affairs department of the Foreign Ministry. China is trying to address the issue by pro- moting mutual investments to balance the trade. "We have agreed two industrial parks and encouraging more Chinese investments in India to promote exports to China," he said. "We are ready to buy. This is next five years we are experted to import commodities from USD 10 trillion. We hope we could import as much as possible from India," he said. "We should try to com- bine 'Make in India' and 'Made in China' strategy together. The key word in India-China relationship is development, which is a CONTD. ON P AGE 5 MUMBAI Temperature: 29 0 C Precipitation:50% Humidity:84% Wind: 19Km/hr HAQ SAADDA FIGHT FOR RIGHT Friday, July 03, 2015 AAP govt using state funds for self promotion: Congress United States to Deepen Security Relationship With India: Pentagon Kangana and Deepika inspired me to do Badlapur, says Varun Dhawan P8 CONCEPCION (CHILE) Argentina coach Gerardo Martino has said Lionel Messi doesn't need goals to be happy after the forward failed to score but starred in a playmaking role in the 6-1 win over Paraguay in CONTD. ON P AGE 5 Lionel Messi doesn't need goals to be happy: Coach MANGALURU Man Booker prize winning author Aravind Adiga has donated Rs. one crore to his alma mater, the Canara High School Association, which is celebrating its 125th anniver- sary. Mr Adiga, who did his CONTD. ON P AGE 5 Man Booker Prize Winning Author Aravind Adiga Donates Rs. 1 Crore to His Alma Mater MUMBAI Around 4000 doctors across Maharashtra have begun their indefinite strike after talks between resident doctors and the state government failed to reach a compromise on Wednesday on their demand for increase in stipend. In Mumbai, 2000 doctors are CONTD. ON P AGE 5 Over 4,000 Doctors Begin Indefinite Strike in Maharashtra NEW DELHI Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had earlier this week issued an unequivocal denial that his entourage delayed a flight to New York by an hour. Early Monday morning, Mr Fadnavis, accompanied by nine people, left for the US on an official trip. The media reported that his principal secretary Praveen Pardeshi, CONTD. ON P AGE 5 Air India Asked to Explain VIP Delays after Devendra Fadnavis and Kiren Rijiju Controversies NEW DELHI Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Thursday brushed aside con- cerns of Parliament's upcoming Monsoon Session being disrupt- ed over the Lalit Modi contro- versy, saying some people may be relevant to TV channels but not to governance. Jaitley said the Bills to amend the Land Acquisition CONTD. ON P AGE 5 Lalitgate: Jaitley shrugs off Congress threat to disrupt Parliament CHENNAI In an incident that is bound to draw a lot of criticism, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) treasurer MK Stalin was on Wednesday caught slapping a man onboard the newly-launched Chennai Metro Rail services. As per a video which came to the fore on Thursday, Stalin is seen slapping a man while taking a ride on the Metro. The passenger, reportedly a party worker, who was standing alongside Stalin, was then asked to move CONTD. ON P AGE 5 MK Stalin denies slapping man onboard Chennai Metro, Jayalalithaa condemns incident SHIMLA A judge in Himachal Pradesh has been suspended following a sexual harassment complaint by a woman judge. The judge has been accused by the woman of harassing her on June 8, during a trip to CONTD. ON P AGE 5 HP Judge Suspended Over Sexual Harassment Complaint by Colleague MUMBAI In a move that will draw crit- icism, the Maharashtra govern- ment has said that Madrasas or schools for Islamic instruction, and any other institutions in the state that do not offer formal education will not be recog- nised as schools and will not be CONTD. ON P AGE 5 Madrasas Not Schools If They Don't Teach Subjects Like Math, Says Maharashtra Government P3 P2 Weather Report DELHI Temperature: 38 0 C Precipitation:0% Humidity: 51% Wind: 19Km/hr KOLKA T A Temperature: 30 0 C Precipitation: 80% Humidity:84% Wind: 11Km/hr CHENNAI Temperature: 38 0 C Precipitation:20% Humidity:52% Wind: 18Km/hr SRINAGAR The annual Amarnath Yatra started on Thursday as over 8,000 pilgrims left from two base camps in Kashmir for the Himalayan cave shrine. As many as 6,065 pil- grims left the Baltal base camp in Ganderbal dis- trict on Thursday morn- ing, while another 2,330 left from the Nunwan base camp near Pahalgam to begin their trek towards the holy cave, a senior police offi- cer told IANS here. The two-month long Amarnath Yatra will con- clude on August 29 coin- ciding with Shravan Purnima and Raksha Bandhan festivals. Kashmir Governor NN Vohra who is also the chairman of the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) will pay obei- sance at the holy shrine on Thursday. He will participate in the tradi- tional 'puja' that marks the beginning of the yatra. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh is also scheduled to offer prayers and have 'Darshan' of the 'Lingam' inside the cave on CONTD. ON P AGE 5 Over 8,000 Pilgrims Begin Amarnath Yatra China Wants to Combine 'Make in India' With 'Made in China' Vol. 1 Issue: 287 Price: Rs.3:00 Reg. No: DELENG/2014/58212 Delhi Edition Pages: 8 Website: www.saaddahaq.in Email: [email protected]NEW DELHI The Supreme Court today said that the privacy of judges must be respected, while dis- missing a Right to Information (RTI) plea seeking that medical expenses of the judges be made public. Chief Justice H L Dattu CONTD. ON P AGE 5 'Respect Privacy of Judges,' Says Supreme Court Rejecting RTI Application Seeking Their Medical Expenses NEW DELHI A parliamentary commit- tee headed by firebrand Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Yogi Adityanath has recommended 100 per- cent hike in the salary of parliamentarians, a news- paper report said on Thursday. Besides proposing a 100 percent hike in salary, the panel has also recommend- ed increasing the pension of elected representatives from Rs 20,000 to Rs 50,000. The Yogi Adityanath-led panel has suggested to CONTD. ON P AGE 5 NEWS IN BRIEF SRINAGAR The controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act will be revoked in Jammu and Kashmir when the sit- uation is conducive, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said. "I want to say that the situation should be such, and I pray to Almighty, that AFSPA should not be needed anywhere in the coun- try. We will need coop- eration of one and all to achieve this goal," Mr Singh told reporters in Srinagar. The Home Minister, who was speaking after paying obeisance at the Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, also ruled out talks CONTD. ON P AGE 5 NEW DELHI Former Union minister Hansraj Bhardwaj has slammed his party Congress for threatening it would not let Parliament function if the cen- tral government failed to act against External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje. Both Swaraj and Raje are in the line of fire for helping Lalit Modi, the ex-chief of cash-rich Indian Premier League. “I don’t think it is proper to take such a decision. Whoever has violated any law, the legal course must, and will, follow. But stopping the House from functioning is not good parlia- mentary practice,” Bhardwaj was quoted as saying by The Indian Express. “Parliament is the highest forum for discussing important issues concerning the people. Even this (Modi-Swaraj-Raje) issue can be discussed on the floor of the House. If the Congress is keen, they CONTD. ON P AGE 5 Congress 'weak' to stop Modi; Rahul 'out of touch' with reality: Hansraj Bhardwaj AFSPA to be Revoked When Situation is Conducive, Says Home Minister Rajnath Parliamentary panel recommends 100% salary hike for MPs, health benefits for grandchildren Government Extends Deadline for Declaring Black Money Till September 30 NEW DELHI The Finance Ministry has extended the dead- line for declaring undis- closed foreign income or black money till September 30. However, assets declared within the 'compliance window' will invite a 30 per cent tax and a penalty of the same amount which can be paid by December 31. Under the new black money law, which has been passed by Parliament and would come into force from April 1, 2016, the penalty would be much higher at 90 per cent, in addition to a 30 per cent tax on undisclosed for- eign assets, while such persons would also face criminal prosecution with a jail term of up to ten years. The Finance Ministry CONTD. ON P AGE 5 NEW DELHI Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged supporters who are active on social media, especial- ly Twitter, to "be posi- tive" because "abuse will finish this exciting medi- um." Sources said the PM, who has leveraged social media skillfully in both his election campaign and to communicate his poli- cies since taking office, met yesterday at his home with nearly 100 people who are staunch backers on platforms like Twitter. "If all the abuses I receive are printed, that paper will cover the entire Taj Mahal," he is reported to have said to them, while asking them to refrain from responding to nega- tive comments with harsh words. The PM allegedly said that despite the invective CONTD. ON P AGE 5 No Abusive Language, Stay Positive on Social Media: PM to Supporters Kangana and Deepika inspired me to do Badlapur, says Varun Dhawan NEW DELHI With an eye on improv- ing farm productivity, the government will spend Rs 50,000 crore over the next five years under the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY). "It has been decided that in 5 years, Rs 50,000 crore from the central Budget would be utilised for the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana. States' share will be over and above this," Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said while communicating the Cabinet decision. He further said: "This can also be utilised to help the material component in MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act)." The decision was taken at the meeting of Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday. For the current fiscal, he said the allocation is Rs 5,300 crore. The spending this year is expected to bring an addi- tional 6 lakh hectares under irrigation while 5 lakh hectares will benefit from drip irrigation. That apart, 1,300 watershed projects have been marked for completion. Currently, 142 million hectares are used for culti- vation, of which only 45 percent farm land is under irrigation. "The major objective of the PMKSY is to achieve convergence of invest- ments in irrigation at the field level, expand cul- tivable area under assured irrigation (har khet ko pani), improve on-farm water use efficiency to reduce wastage of water, enhance adoption of preci- sion-irrigation and other water-saving technologies (more crop per drop)," he said. Besides, the FM said the scheme is aimed at enhanc- ing recharge of aquifers CONTD. ON P AGE 5 UNITED NATIONS As the UN prepares for a global cyber policy by the end of the year, India has said that the ambi- tious 'Digital India' pro- gramme launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks to address the digital divide and focus on affordability for inclusive development. The stark gap in the digital divide between the developed and devel- oping world needs to receive global attention, said Santosh Jha, Director General, Ministry of External Affairs. He said that despite significant advances, half CONTD. ON P AGE 5 PM Modi's 'Digital India' Programme to Focus on Digital Empowerment
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BEIJINGChina said it is making
"every effort" to addressIndia's concerns on USD47 billion trade deficit as itcalled for combiningPrime Minister NarendraModi's 'Make in India' ini-tiative with its 'Made inChina' to step up invest-ments.
"We are making everyeffort to fundamentallysolve the issue. We need tofind a new channel, newmethodology to break thebottle neck," said HuangXilian, Deputy DirectorGeneral of the AsianAffairs department of theForeign Ministry.
China is trying to
address the issue by pro-moting mutual investmentsto balance the trade. "Wehave agreed two industrialparks and encouragingmore Chinese investmentsin India to promote exportsto China," he said.
"We are ready to buy.This is next five years weare experted to importcommodities from USD 10trillion. We hope we couldimport as much as possiblefrom India," he said.
"We should try to com-bine 'Make in India' and'Made in China' strategytogether. The key word inIndia-China relationship isdevelopment, which is a
AAP govt using state funds for selfpromotion: Congress
United States to Deepen SecurityRelationship With India: Pentagon
Kangana and Deepika inspired meto do Badlapur, says Varun Dhawan P8
CONCEPCION (CHILE)Argentina coach Gerardo
Martino has said Lionel Messidoesn't need goals to be happyafter the forward failed to scorebut starred in a playmaking rolein the 6-1 win over Paraguay in
CONTD. ON PAGE 5
Lionel Messi doesn'tneed goals to be happy:Coach
MANGALURUMan Booker prize winning
author Aravind Adiga hasdonated Rs. one crore to hisalma mater, the Canara HighSchool Association, which iscelebrating its 125th anniver-sary. Mr Adiga, who did his
CONTD. ON PAGE 5
Man Booker Prize WinningAuthor Aravind Adiga DonatesRs. 1 Crore to His Alma Mater
MUMBAIAround 4000 doctors across
Maharashtra have begun theirindefinite strike after talksbetween resident doctors andthe state government failed toreach a compromise onWednesday on their demand forincrease in stipend.
In Mumbai, 2000 doctors areCONTD. ON PAGE 5
Over 4,000 DoctorsBegin IndefiniteStrike in Maharashtra
NEW DELHIChief Minister Devendra
Fadnavis had earlier this weekissued an unequivocal denial thathis entourage delayed a flight toNew York by an hour.
Early Monday morning, MrFadnavis, accompanied by ninepeople, left for the US on an official trip. The mediareported that his principal secretary Praveen Pardeshi,
CONTD. ON PAGE 5
Air India Asked to Explain VIP Delays after DevendraFadnavis and Kiren Rijiju Controversies
NEW DELHIFinance Minister Arun Jaitley
Thursday brushed aside con-cerns of Parliament's upcomingMonsoon Session being disrupt-ed over the Lalit Modi contro-versy, saying some people maybe relevant to TV channels butnot to governance.
Jaitley said the Bills to amend the Land Acquisition CONTD. ON PAGE 5
Lalitgate: Jaitley shrugs off Congressthreat to disrupt Parliament
CHENNAIIn an incident that is bound to
draw a lot of criticism, DravidaMunnetra Kazhagam (DMK)treasurer MK Stalin was onWednesday caught slapping aman onboard the newly-launchedChennai Metro Rail services.
As per a video which came to the fore on Thursday,Stalin is seen slapping a man while taking a ride on theMetro. The passenger, reportedly a party worker, whowas standing alongside Stalin, was then asked to move
CONTD. ON PAGE 5
MK Stalin denies slapping man onboard ChennaiMetro, Jayalalithaa condemns incident
SHIMLAA judge in Himachal Pradesh
has been suspended followinga sexual harassment complaintby a woman judge.
The judge has been accusedby the woman of harassing heron June 8, during a trip to
CONTD. ON PAGE 5
HP Judge SuspendedOver Sexual HarassmentComplaint by Colleague
MUMBAIIn a move that will draw crit-
icism, the Maharashtra govern-ment has said that Madrasas orschools for Islamic instruction,and any other institutions in thestate that do not offer formaleducation will not be recog-nised as schools and will not be
CONTD. ON PAGE 5
Madrasas Not Schools If TheyDon't Teach Subjects Like Math,Says Maharashtra Government
Yatra started onThursday as over 8,000pilgrims left from twobase camps in Kashmirfor the Himalayan caveshrine.
As many as 6,065 pil-grims left the Baltal basecamp in Ganderbal dis-trict on Thursday morn-ing, while another 2,330left from the Nunwanbase camp nearPahalgam to begin theirtrek towards the holycave, a senior police offi-cer told IANS here.
The two-month longAmarnath Yatra will con-clude on August 29 coin-ciding with ShravanPurnima and RakshaBandhan festivals.
Kashmir Governor NNVohra who is also thechairman of the ShriAmarnathji Shrine Board(SASB) will pay obei-sance at the holy shrineon Thursday. He willparticipate in the tradi-tional 'puja' that marks
the beginning of theyatra.
Union Home MinisterRajnath Singh is alsoscheduled to offerprayers and have'Darshan' of the 'Lingam'inside the cave on
CONTD. ON PAGE 5
Over 8,000 Pilgrims Begin Amarnath Yatra China Wants to Combine 'Make inIndia' With 'Made in China'
said that the privacy of judgesmust be respected, while dis-missing a Right to Information(RTI) plea seeking that medicalexpenses of the judges be madepublic. Chief Justice H L Dattu
tee headed by firebrandBharatiya Janata Party(BJP) MP Yogi Adityanathhas recommended 100 per-cent hike in the salary ofparliamentarians, a news-paper report said onThursday.
Besides proposing a 100percent hike in salary, thepanel has also recommend-ed increasing the pensionof elected representativesfrom Rs 20,000 to Rs
50,000.The Yogi Adityanath-led
panel has suggested to CONTD. ON PAGE 5
NEWS IN BRIEF
SRINAGARThe controversial
Armed Forces SpecialPowers Act will berevoked in Jammu andKashmir when the sit-uation is conducive,Union Home MinisterRajnath Singh todaysaid.
"I want to say thatthe situation should besuch, and I pray toAlmighty, that AFSPAshould not be neededanywhere in the coun-try. We will need coop-eration of one and allto achieve this goal,"Mr Singh told
reporters in Srinagar.The Home Minister,
who was speaking
after paying obeisanceat the Amarnath caveshrine in south
Kashmir Himalayas,also ruled out talks
CONTD. ON PAGE 5
NEW DELHIFormer Union minister
Hansraj Bhardwaj hasslammed his party Congressfor threatening it would not letParliament function if the cen-tral government failed to actagainst External AffairsMinister Sushma Swaraj andRajasthan Chief MinisterVasundhara Raje.
Both Swaraj and Raje are inthe line of fire for helping LalitModi, the ex-chief of cash-richIndian Premier League.
“I don’t think it is proper totake such a decision. Whoeverhas violated any law, the legalcourse must, and will, follow.But stopping the House fromfunctioning is not good parlia-mentary practice,” Bhardwaj
was quoted as saying by TheIndian Express.
“Parliament is the highestforum for discussing importantissues concerning the people.
Even this (Modi-Swaraj-Raje)issue can be discussed on thefloor of the House. If theCongress is keen, they
CONTD. ON PAGE 5
Congress 'weak' to stop Modi; Rahul 'outof touch' with reality: Hansraj Bhardwaj
AFSPA to be Revoked When Situation isConducive, Says Home Minister Rajnath
Parliamentary panel recommends 100% salaryhike for MPs, health benefits for grandchildren
Government Extends Deadline forDeclaring Black Money Till September 30NEW DELHI
The Finance Ministryhas extended the dead-line for declaring undis-closed foreign incomeor black money tillSeptember 30.However, assetsdeclared within the'compliance window'will invite a 30 per centtax and a penalty of thesame amount which canbe paid by December31.
Under the new black
money law, which hasbeen passed byParliament and wouldcome into force fromApril 1, 2016, thepenalty would be muchhigher at 90 per cent, inaddition to a 30 per centtax on undisclosed for-eign assets, while suchpersons would also facecriminal prosecutionwith a jail term of up toten years.
The Finance Ministry CONTD. ON PAGE 5
NEW DELHIPrime Minister
Narendra Modi has urgedsupporters who are activeon social media, especial-ly Twitter, to "be posi-tive" because "abuse willfinish this exciting medi-um."
Sources said the PM,who has leveraged socialmedia skillfully in bothhis election campaign andto communicate his poli-cies since taking office,met yesterday at his homewith nearly 100 peoplewho are staunch backerson platforms like Twitter."If all the abuses I receiveare printed, that paperwill cover the entire TajMahal," he is reported tohave said to them, whileasking them to refrainfrom responding to nega-tive comments with harshwords.
The PM allegedly saidthat despite the invective
CONTD. ON PAGE 5
No Abusive Language, Stay Positiveon Social Media: PM to Supporters
Kangana and Deepika inspired meto do Badlapur, says Varun DhawanNEW DELHI
With an eye on improv-ing farm productivity, thegovernment will spend Rs50,000 crore over the nextfive years under thePradhan Mantri KrishiSinchai Yojana (PMKSY).
"It has been decided thatin 5 years, Rs 50,000 crorefrom the central Budgetwould be utilised for thePradhan Mantri KrishiSinchai Yojana. States'share will be over andabove this," FinanceMinister Arun Jaitley saidwhile communicating theCabinet decision.
He further said: "Thiscan also be utilised to helpthe material component inMNREGA (MahatmaGandhi National RuralEmployment GuaranteeAct)."
The decision was takenat the meeting of CabinetCommittee on EconomicAffairs (CCEA) headed byPrime Minister NarendraModi yesterday.
For the current fiscal, hesaid the allocation is Rs5,300 crore.
The spending this year isexpected to bring an addi-tional 6 lakh hectaresunder irrigation while 5lakh hectares will benefitfrom drip irrigation. Thatapart, 1,300 watershedprojects have been markedfor completion.
Currently, 142 millionhectares are used for culti-vation, of which only 45percent farm land is underirrigation.
"The major objective of
the PMKSY is to achieveconvergence of invest-ments in irrigation at thefield level, expand cul-tivable area under assuredirrigation (har khet kopani), improve on-farmwater use efficiency toreduce wastage of water,enhance adoption of preci-sion-irrigation and otherwater-saving technologies(more crop per drop)," hesaid.
Besides, the FM said thescheme is aimed at enhanc-ing recharge of aquifers
CONTD. ON PAGE 5
UNITED NATIONSAs the UN prepares for
a global cyber policy bythe end of the year, Indiahas said that the ambi-tious 'Digital India' pro-gramme launched byPrime Minister Narendra
Modi seeks to addressthe digital divide andfocus on affordability forinclusive development.
The stark gap in thedigital divide betweenthe developed and devel-oping world needs to
receive global attention,said Santosh Jha,Director General,Ministry of ExternalAffairs.
He said that despitesignificant advances, half
CONTD. ON PAGE 5
PM Modi's 'Digital India' Programmeto Focus on Digital Empowerment
After Jitender Singh Tomar, another AAPMLA embroiled in fake degree case?NEW DELHI
In another embarrassing case for the Aam AadmiParty, a court here on Thursday took cognisance of acomplaint that a party MLA gave different education-al qualifications in different election affidavits.
AAP MLA Bhavna Gaur furnished wrong informa-tion apropos of her education qualification in her affi-davits, the complaint alleged.
In an affidavit she submitted during 2013 elections,Gaur mentioned that she was Class 12th pass.However, during the 2015 elections, she mentionedB.A. and B.Ed. as her educational qualification.
The AAP is already in the dock over the arrest of for-mer law minister Jitender Singh Tomar in fake degreecase. Tomar had resigned from his post after he wasarrested by the Delhi Police in the case that embar-rassed the AAP.
Tomar arrested on June 9. Police have slapped a caseof cheating, forgery and conspiracy against him.
Humid morning in Delhi, tempera-ture likely to hover around 37 ºCNEW DELHI
It was a humid morning here on Thursday with theminimum temperature settling at 25 degrees Celsius,three notches below the season's average.
The Met Office has forecast an overcast day."Rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms could
occur in some areas of the city," said an official of theIndia Meteorological Department.
The maximum temperature is likely to hover around37 degrees Celsius.
Humidity at 8.30 am was recorded at 62 percent.Wednesday's maximum temperature was recorded at
37.8 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season'saverage, while the minimum was 25 degrees Celsius,three notches below the season's average.
PIL to replace 'archaic' Urdu wordsfrom police proceedingsNEW DELHI
Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought responses ofthe Centre and city police on a plea seeking directionsto replace "archaic and difficult words and phrases ofPersian and Urdu language" with simple Hindi orEnglish words for day-to-day work at police stations.
A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice JayantNath issued notice to Ministry of Home Affairs andCommissioner of Delhi police on a PIL opposing "useof Urdu and Persian words in proceedings at policestations, recording of statements, submitting of challanin courts, etc".
The plea, by advocate Amit Sahni, has submittedthat cops are trained at the Police Training Collegehere to use Urdu and Persian words.
"It is not only cumbersome for Delhi Police officers,who have to learn these archaic Urdu/Persian wordsbut also for accused/counsels and even judicial offi-cers to learn these words in order to understand theproceedings of police," the PIL has said.
The petition has also said that "it would be reason-able and convenient for everyone concerned if sucharchaic words are replaced with simple words ofHindi/English" as it would decrease burden on trainingcops to use such words.
Sahni has said in his plea he had made a representa-tion on March 2, 2015, to the ministry and police toreplace the archaic words with simple ones, but noaction has been taken till date.
He has also said that "the practice of using Persianand Urdu words in police complaints was common,but many states have issued directions to discontinuethe usage of such perplexing terms.
"For instance, Haryana Police has recommended theuse of Hindi in complaints, charge sheets, reports andother proceedings connected with police investiga-tion," the petitioner contended.
HRD Ministry begins process toappoint IIT Delhi directorNEW DELHI
HRD Ministry has initiated the process for appoint-ment of a new IIT Delhi director, weeks after itrelieved R Shevgaonkar of his duties.
The Ministry has invited applications for the postafter Shevgaonkar was relieved on June 11.
"The search-cum-selection Committee will considerapplications received as well as nominations receivedfrom eminent persons.
"The appointment will be on contractual basis for aperiod of five years or till the attainment of 70 years,whichever is earlier," the advertisement stated.
Interested individuals may apply giving detailedresume in the following format clearly bringing outresearch, teaching, industry-academia collaborationsand administrative achievements, alongwith two pagesjustification in support of their candidature, it said.
Shevgaonkar had resigned last December amidreports that he was under pressure from the Ministryon a controversial move to set up an InternationalInstitute of Technology Research Academy (IITRA) inMauritius. An MoU was signed between IIT-Delhi andMauritius Research Council for setting up of the acad-emy. The Ministry had delayed accepting his resigna-tion even as the board of governors in March this yearrecommended to the Ministry to accept his resigna-tion.
DELHI NEWS2 NEW DELHI | FRIDAY | JULY 03, 2015Fight For Right
attacked the AAP govern-ment for reportedly hikingallocation for informationand publicity, sayingspending public money on"self publicity" amountedto corruption.
"They (DelhiGovernment) have setaside Rs 526 crore just forinformation and publicityand last year only Rs 24crore was spent for thesame.
"They have cut budgetfrom various other infra-structure developmentworks and they are spend-ing money on their ownparty workers and consult-ants. Is it not a form of cor-ruption by spending moremoney on self publicity?"Delhi Pradesh CongressCommittee (DPCC) chiefAjay Maken said.
Former AAP leaderPrashant Bhushan also crit-icised government's move.
He alleged that ArvindKejriwal government'snew FM radio ad was acontempt of court and theissue would soon bebrought to the notice of theSupreme Court.
"The TV advertisementbrought in by Kejriwalgovernment was in com-
plete violation of theSupreme Court's order andit amounts to contempt of
court. To think that you cando anything by way ofradio advertisementsbecause it doesn't carry aphotograph would be totalmisunderstanding ofcourt's order.
"If the radio advertise-ment is used to publiciseand promote a party, gov-ernment or a politicalleader, that would be inviolation of SupremeCourt's order and it will besoon brought to the notice
of the court that this is howpolitical parties are violat-ing the spirit of court's
order," Bhushan said.According to a senior
government official, toconnect with people ofDelhi, government hasreleased a 70-second longadvertisement which isbeing played on FM radiochannels.
In the advertisement,Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal says that his gov-ernment has doubled thebudget for education andthe allocation for health
has gone up by 45 percent.He says his governmenthas the intent to spendmoney on people's welfare.
The move came close onthe heels of the SupremeCourt banning use of pic-tures of chief ministers andother political personalitieson advertisements, bill-boards or hoardings ofgovernment schemes. ThePrime Minister and thePresident are the onlyexceptions to the rule.
AAP govt using state funds for self promotion: Congress
NEW DELHIStudents from non-
CBSE boards stagedprotest against DelhiUniversity's admissionguideline to deduct 10 percent marks from the bestof four subjects of candi-dates from boards withdifferent marking pattern.
Alleging a bias towardscandidates from stateboards, the studentsstaged a protest at varsi-ty's North campus anddemanded the penaltyclause be withdrawn.
According to the uni-versity guidelines, all the
discipline subjects musthave at least 70 per centcomponent of theory inthe qualifying exam forthe purpose of being treat-ed as academic/electivesubject.
Students who havepassed from boards,which do not have the70:30 ratio of practicaland theory, will attract apenalty of 10 per cent.
"The students of stateboards like UP Board,Bihar Board, HaryanaBoard and others usuallyscore less marks, whencompared to their CBSE
counterparts, deductingtheir marks will furthermore reduce their chancesof admission," an aspirantsaid.
Another aspirantclaimed, "Deduction of 10per cent marks is a hugepenalty for students espe-cially at a time when thecut offs are unrealisticallyhigh and even 0.5 per centmatters."
However, the universityofficials maintained thatthe guidelines have beenframed keeping largerinterest for students inmind.
"The university has acosmopolitan nature andthe guidelines have beenframed as such to providea level playing field tostudents from boardsacross the country," a sen-ior varsity officialsaid.
"The students who havepassed out from boardswhich have more compo-nent of practical markscan easily have an edgeover CBSE and other sim-ilar boards. Hence, to neu-tralize the same, thepenalty clause has beenkept," he added.
Non-CBSE board students protest against DU admission guidelineNEW DELHI
Delhi PoliceCommissioner BS Bassion Thursday said thatAnti-Corruption Branch(ACB) chief MK Meena`sappointment is legal.
"MK Meena is head ofACB, his appointment asper my understanding islegal, in case you have anyquestions you shoulddirect them to him," saidBassi.
The Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) Government hadfiled an interim applica-tion in the Delhi HighCourt against the appoint-
ment of JointCommissioner of PoliceMK Meena as ACB chief.
The application followsthe petition filed by theDelhi Government againstthe Ministry of HomeAffairs notification.
This came after DelhiPolice (retired) inspectorJawahar Lal had filed acomplaint with Kejriwal,accusing Meena ofembezelling Rs 20 lakh ina curtain purchase scamduring his tenure as theprincipal of the PoliceTraining College in thenational capital.
ACB chief MK Meena'sappointment is legal: Bassi
NEW DELHIThe Delhi government
has decided to appointcivic agencies as a nodalagency to collect conges-tion fee imposed by it ongoods vehicles enteringthe national capital. In hisbudget speech, DeputyChief Minister ManishSisodia announced thatgovernment would imposecongestion fee on goodsvehicles entering in Delhi,identifying them as majorcontributor to air pollutionin the national capital.
"Civic body will beasked to collect conges-tion fee levied on goods
vehicles coming to Delhi.For which, governmentwill provide strong mech-anism to municipal corpo-ration to effectivelyimplement it," Mr Sisodiatold Press Trust of India.
He said that at present,civic bodies collect tolltax through manual sys-tem due to which there aresome leakage in toll tax.
"We will also give mod-ern technology to civicbodies to check leakage,"the deputy Chief Ministersaid, adding that the gov-ernment will use theamount to augment envi-ronment-friendly public
transport system in thecapital.
As per fee structure,entry charges for tempo(light commercial vehicle)will be Rs. 100, four-wheel trucks Rs. 500, six-wheel trucks Rs. 750, ten-wheel trucks Rs. 1000 andfourteen-wheel trucks Rs.1500
According to a seniorgovernment official, Delhigovernment's environmentdepartment will look afterthe project.
"Environment depart-ment will set up the entiremechanism to implementthe project. Government
will use this fund to aug-ment environment friend-ly public transport system,installation of weigh-in-motion bridges, and forother initiatives toimprove air quality inDelhi," the official said.During his budget speech,Sisodia had said that gov-ernment would makePollution Under Control(PUC) monitoring centersto function on real timebasis from July, 2015,which would avoid manu-al interference particularlywith regards to tamperingof data and willful mis-reporting.
Civic Agencies to Collect Congestion Feeon Goods Vehicles: Delhi Government
NEW DELHIFormer Telecom
Minister Dayanidhi Maranwas quizzed by CBI forsecond consecutive day inconnection with thealleged use of over 770high capacity BSNL datalines at his three residencesin Chennai and Delhi.
CBI Special Task Forceofficials, who had ques-tioned Mr Maran for near-ly seven hours at theagency headquarters yes-terday, began his examina-tion again today on theleasing of telephone lines,which has been termed byHome Ministry as threat tonational security.
Mr Maran had alreadybeen questioned in connec-
tion with the case inJanuary and October 2014,while his brother Kalanithiwas examined once inSeptember last year.
It is alleged that a loss ofover Rs. 1.8 crore wascaused to the exchequer byuse of such large numberof high capacity ISDNlines at Mr Maran's BoatHouse Road residence inChennai.
The residence wasallegedly turned into a"virtual telephoneexchange" to facilitatespeedy transmission ofprogrammes by Sun TVowned by Mr Maran'sbrother Kalanithi.
The questioning comeson a day when reports sug-
gest that Information andBroadcasting MinisterArun Jaitley may take upthe case of Sun TV withPrime Minister NarendraModi after the UnionHome Ministry rejected aproposal for granting secu-rity clearance to the televi-sion network.
Sun TV had approachedthe Home Ministry forsecurity clearance and itscase was supported byInformation andBroadcasting Ministry.However, the HomeMinistry declined to giveclearance, saying the own-ers of the TV network werefacing cases for variousoffences including moneylaundering.
Former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi MaranQuestioned for Second Day by CBI
NEW DELHICongress leader and former MoS in
Union HRD ministry Shashi Tharoor hassought Delhi University Vice Chancellor'sintervention in reviewing the marksweightage policy for state board studentsseeking admission to its colleges.
The letter to the VC Dinesh Singh, hascome in wake of a student delegationapproaching Tharoor contending that theanomalies in calculation of weightageshave robbed them off getting admission toundergraduate programmes.
"Following our conversation I explainedto the students' delegation that the marks-weightage policy applied to students fromseveral states could not be altered."
"But as the their representation explains,there is a problem relating to the interpre-tation of the rules and different calcula-tions of the weightage differential at dif-ferent admissions centres. Please have itreviewed so that an injustice is not perpe-
trated," Tharoor said in an email to the VClast week.
The students have pointed out that can-didates who have passed out from KeralaState Education Board are facing a deduc-tion of 10 per cent in best of four subjects'marks.
According to the university guidelines,all the discipline subjects must have atleast 70 per cent component of theory inthe qualifying exam for the purpose ofbeing treated as academic/elective subject.
Hence, students who have passed fromboards, which do not have the 70:30 ratioof practical and theory, will attract apenalty of 10 per cent.
Even as the varsity had announced to doaway with the additional eligibility criteriafrom this year, the students have alsoalleged in their representation that whenthey approached different colleges foradmission, their percentage calculationwas different in each of them.
NEW DELHICapital's iconic
'Ghantewala' sweet shop,which was considered aheritage of Delhi and hadbeen serving mouth-watering delicacies formore than two centuries,downed its shutters onThursday.
Ghantewala's majorattraction was the 'sohnahalwa' which was relishednot only by the locals, buteven big personalitiessuch as ex-prime ministersRajiv Gandhi, MorarjiDesai and Bollywoodsinger Mohd Rafi whoused to visit the shop tosavour the sweets whichwere prepared with pure
desi ghee.The 225-year-old land-
mark sweet shop, situatedin the bustling streets ofChanndni Chowk, wasclosed down as the cost ofmaking sweets becamequite high along withfalling sales.
Ghantewala was sofamous that in 1954,Bollywood filmaker BRChopra had shot a fewportions of his film'Chandni Chowk' in theshop. Lala Sukh Ram,who had migrated fromRajasthan to Delhi duringthe Mughal era, isbelieved to have startedthe business of selling thesweet delicacies.
Shashi Tharoor writes to DU VCseeking review of weightage policy
NEW DELHIDelhi BJP chief Satish
Upadhyay on Thursdayalleged that Chief Ministerand Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) chief ArvindKejriwal is using themoney of the taxpayers forhis PR campaigns.
"Kejriwal has been ques-tioning the other partiesand the Chief Ministers butwhen anyone questions theDelhi GovernmentKejriwal becomes twofaced. Kejriwal has beensaying that other partiesspend extra money. Therehas been a RTI revelation
on the amount of moneywhich has been spent on1031 helpline," Upadhyaytold ANI here.
"There is no count of thenumber of crores he hasspent on the helpline. Andnow, he is preparing tospend money on the adver-tisements. Kejriwal isusing the tax money of thepeople of Delhi for selfprojection and self PR," headded. The Aam AadmiParty has reportedly setaside Rs 520 crore to fundits radio advertisementsover the current financialyear, in which Chief
Minister Arvind Kejriwalwill address the people ofDelhi and share his gov-ernment's work.
The ads, which will runwith the tagline 'Jo Kaha,So Kiya', will refer to hisparty's pre-poll promisesand the steps taken by thegovernment to implementthem. Earlier this year, theSupreme Court had ruledthat only photographs ofthe President, the PrimeMinister and the ChiefJustice can be used forgovernment advertise-ments which are beingpaid for by public funds.
BJP accuses Kejriwal of using tax-payers' money for PR campaigns
Kejriwal-led AAP spends Rs 520crore on radio advertisementsNEW DELHI
The Aam Aadmi Party has reportedly set aside Rs 520crore to fund its radio advertisements over the currentfinancial year, in which CM Arvind Kejriwal will addressthe people of Delhi and share his government's work. Theads, which will run with the tagline 'Jo Kaha, So Kiya',will refer to his party's pre-poll promises and the stepstaken by the government to implement them. Earlier thisyear, the Supreme Court had ruled that only photographsof the President, the PM and the Chief Justice can be usedfor government advertisements which are being paid forby public funds.
NATIONAL /INTERNATIONAL3 NEW DELHI | FRIDAY | JULY 03, 2015Fight For Right
over China's move toblock action againstPakistan over release ofMumbai attack master-mind Zaki-ur RehmanLakhvi, China has pro-posed to discuss the issuewith India in the jointmechanism on counter-ter-rorism.
In the first detailed com-ment from China over itsmove to block actionagainst Pakistan in the UNSecurity Council, a seniorChinese official said thetwo countries are victimsof terrorism and are work-ing quite well to combatthe menace.
"Both India and Chinaare victims of terrorism.We have similar positions
on this. We are workingquite well in this field. Weare opposed terrorism allforms," said Huang Xilian,Deputy Director Generalof the Asian AffairsDepartment of the ChineseForeign Ministry.
But at the same time hesaid that when it comes tothe specific issue in multi-lateral institutions itrequired further discus-sions.
"We need to have furtherdiscussion and conversa-tion so that we can havebetter understanding andcan work closely on it. Weare ready to do that. Wehave a mechanism ofcounter-terrorism consul-tation between the twoministries" in which it canbe discussed, he told
Indian journalists yester-day.
The meeting of thecounter-terrorism mecha-nism is scheduled to beheld in the second half ofthis year.
"We hope it will bringhelp closer cooperationbetween the two in thisfield," he said.
Huang said India andChina have similar posi-tions on terrorism at theUN."We share similarpositions in principle. Onspecific issues... We needto stay (in) close commu-nication for better under-standing and close cooper-ation," he said.
"We have effectivemechanism of counter-ter-rorism consultation. It isquite effective and we
should make full use ofthis mechanism to pro-mote understanding andcooperation," he said.
Beside the Lakhvi'scase, China had earlier puta technical hold on India'sdemand for UN SecurityCouncil to take actionagainst HizbulMujahideen Chief SyedSalahuddin and Lashkar-e-Toiba leader Hafiz Sayeed.
Indian officials saidwhen the UN SanctionsCommittee met at India'srequest, a clarification wasto be sought from Pakistanover Lakhvi's release inthe 26/11 trial but theChinese representativesblocked the move ongrounds that India did notprovide sufficient infor-mation.
WASHINGTONNo one in the BJP gov-
ernment at the Centre andRajasthan has flouted anylaw or involved in corrup-tion, Union MinisterVenkaiah Naidu said as heblamed the opposition fora "defamation and disin-formation" campaign overthe controversy surround-ing former IPL chief LalitModi.
The Urban DevelopmentMinister, currently on afive-day non-official visitto the US, was respondingto questions yesterdayabout the allegationsagainst leaders of the BJP- both at the Centre and inRajasthan - in the LalitModi row.
"No body (in BJP) isinvolved in corruption. Nolaw has been flouted. Noimmoral activities havebeen taken by anyone in
this government. This isan attempt by the opposi-tion parties as part of theirdefamation campaign,because we have given anhonest and transparentadministration.
"They are disturbed,that's why they are intothis disinformation cam-paign," Naidu toldreporters after being felici-tated by the OverseasFriends of BJP in Chantily,Virginia ? a suburb ofWashington DC.
"There is no corruptioncharge against Centre orany (BJP-ruled) state gov-ernment. This governmenthas provided the mosttransparent government...There is no corruptioncharge against anyone inthe government," headded.
"I am confident thetruth would prevail and the
opposition attempts wouldfail," Naidu said andasserted that the function-ing of the Parliamentwould not be affected inview of the row.
"I am confident (thatParliament would functionproperly), because at theend of the day people wantParliament to function.
"I propose, you canoppose, let the House dis-pose. Parliament should beallowed to function," hesaid, adding that in the lastone year, Parliament'sfunctioning has improvedsignificantly.
"Controversies can bediscussed. Opposition canquestion the governmentin Parliament and canhighlight the failures ifany. At the same time, thegovernment will also pres-ent the true picture beforethe people.
No one in BJP flouted any law:Venkaiah on Lalit Modi row
China ready to talk with India over LakhviKHANDWA
At least twenty-five persons,including four women, were killedand 19 others injured when the bus inwhich they were travelling collidedwith a truck near Choti ChhaegaonMakhan area in Khandwa onWednesday.
The incident occurred when the pri-vate bus, carrying 38 passengers, col-lided head-on with a truck on theKhandwa-Indore road, KhandwaSuperintendent of police MSSikarwar told Press Trust of India.
The bus was on its way toKhandwa from Indore while the truckwas heading towards Indore, MrSikarwar said, adding, at the time ofthe collision both the vehicles weremoving at a high speed.
The injured were rushed to the dis-trict hospital.
Mr Sikarwar and District collectorMahesh Agrawal reached the hospitalsoon after the accident. Meanwhile,Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister
Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced anex-gratia of Rs. 1.5 lakh to the kin ofthe victims and Rs. 50,000 to the per-sons injured.
25 Dead, 19 Injured as Bus Collides WithTruck in Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa
PATNABihar Chief Minister
Nitish Kumar went knock-ing on doors in Patna todayas he launched "Har GharDastak," an ambitiousdoor-to-door campaign forthe state elections to beheld later this year.
"All the members of ourparty are trying to reach allthe homes in Bihar. Ouragenda is to reach onecrore homes," Mr Kumarsaid. In the next few days,about 10 lakh workers ofhis party, the Janata Dal(United) will knock ondoors and talk to people.After a household has beencontacted, the home willbe marked with a NitishKumar sticker.
The new outreach hasbeen designed by strategistPrashant Kishor, who wasearlier a key member ofthe team that built innova-tive campaign strategieslargely based on the use ofsocial media for NitishKumar's arch rival theBJP's Narendra Modi, nowPrime Minister.
Mr Kishor clearly deliv-ers custom-made solu-tions. His strategy of tradi-
tional, on-ground election-eering for Nitish Kumar inBihar is very differentfrom the clutter-bustingtechniques that were usedfor Mr Modi's campaign inthe last Gujarat electionsand later the national elec-tions.
For Mr Modi, PrashantKishor had thought upinnovations like the use of3-d holograms at publicrallies and the famous"chai pe charcha" outreachvia video conferencing.
But for Nitish Kumar MrKishore, who belongs toBihar, reportedly assesses
that voters in the state willprefer direct contact to hi-tech campaigns. The cam-paign is also aimed at ener-gising JD(U) workers. Ithas a new slogan and evena new song composed bySneha Khandilkar, thepopular music director offilms like Oye Lucky!Lucky Oye!, and theGangs of Wasseypurseries. The Janata DalUnited will first testground for 10 days withthe new campaign and thencollect feedback, whichwill be analysed before thenext round is launched.
Nitish Kumar Begins Knock-on-DoorsCampaign, Designed by Former Aide of PM Modi
GODHRAA local court today sent a 2002
Godhra serial blasts case accused to12 days of CID (Crime) custody.
Fifth Additional Chief JudicialMagistrate LM Rathod sentMohammad Irfan Qureshi, anaccused in the blasts case, to the cus-tody of CID while acting on its pleathat sought his 15-day remand forinterrogation.
The court had handed overQureshi's custody to CID (Crime)from Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS)which had arrested him on Monday.
CID filed a petition today statingthat they need to interrogate Qureshi
about the incident on whether anyother person was involved in theblasts case, which killed three per-sons and injured many others.
CID has also submitted in the pleathat they need to interrogate theaccused about the source of materialsthat were used in the bombs.
Qureshi, who is in his 40s, isaccused of playing a key role in themultiple explosions. He had been onthe run for the last 13 years. Qureshi,originally from Bulandshahr districtin Uttar Pradesh, lived in Godhratown where he made a living by sell-ing rugs. After the Godhra train burn-ing incident and the riots that had fol-
lowed, he came in contact with YusufGheeteli and allegedly hatched a planto carry out bomb blasts to takerevenge for the killing of Muslims inthe riots. He later went to Mathurafrom where he sent various materialsused to make bombs to Godhra bywrapping them in rugs. After comingback to Godhra, he trained otheraccused in bomb-making, ATSclaims. Qureshi and others plantedand detonated bombs in five places --a bus in Godhra, one in a parkedscooter in Mehlol village nearGodhra, one in a scooter in nearbyLunavada town, one in a bike inDelol village of Panchmahal district.
Godhra Serial Blasts Case: Accused Sent to 12-Day CID Custody
United States to Deepen SecurityRelationship With India: PentagonWASHINGTON
The Pentagon said that it would"deepen" its security relationshipwith India, noting that the US'global network of allies and part-ners is a unique strength that pro-vides the foundation for interna-tional security and stability.
In its 'National Military Strategy'for 2015, the Pentagon said coun-tries like Russia, China and NorthKorea pose security threats to theUS and its allies.
Reiterating that the US "willpress forward with the rebalance"to the Asia-Pacific region, the 24-page report said it will strengthenits alliances with Australia, Japan,South Korea, the Philippines, andThailand.
"We also will deepen our securi-ty relationship with India and buildupon our partnerships with NewZealand, Singapore, Indonesia,Malaysia, Vietnam, andBangladesh. Such efforts areessential to maintaining regionalpeace and building capabilities toprovide for missile defence, cybersecurity, maritime security, anddisaster relief," it said.
The Pentagon said it supportsChina's rise and encourages it tobecome a partner for greater inter-national security.
"However, China's actions areadding tension to the Asia-Pacificregion. For example, its claims tonearly the entire South China Seaare inconsistent with internationallaw," it said.
"The international communitycontinues to call on China to settlesuch issues cooperatively andwithout coercion. China hasresponded with aggressive land
reclamation efforts that will allowit to position military forces astridevital international sea lanes," thereport said.
While Russia has contributed inselect security areas, such ascounter-narcotics and counter-ter-rorism, it also has repeatedlydemonstrated that it does notrespect the sovereignty of itsneighbours and it is willing to use
force to achieve its goals, thereport said.
"Russia's military actions areundermining regional securitydirectly and through proxy forces.These actions violate numerousagreements that Russia has signedin which it committed to act inaccordance with internationalnorms," it said.
The Pentagon said Iran alsoposes strategic challenges to theinternational community.
"It is pursuing nuclear and mis-sile delivery technologies despiterepeated United Nations SecurityCouncil resolutions demandingthat it cease such efforts," it said,adding that North Korea's pursuitof nuclear weapons and ballisticmissile technologies also contra-dicts repeated demands by theinternational community to ceasesuch efforts.
"None of these nations arebelieved to be seeking direct mili-tary conflict with the United Statesor our allies.
Nonetheless, they each pose seri-ous security concerns which theinternational community is work-ing to collectively address by wayof common policies, shared mes-sages, and coordinated action," thePentagon said.
In Haryana, A People's Bridge ThatWill be Closed to Politicians
CHANDIGARHFed up with government apathy, villagers in Haryana's
Sirsa district have built themselves a bridge they wereawaiting for almost four sdecades. The 214-feet long, 16-feet wide steel and concrete bridge over river Ghaggar isnow a reality. For the locals, it will cut short a 40-km jour-ney via unjab to 10 km.
"Our children used to face a lot of difficulty while goingto school," said a resident, Rajender Beniwal. "No onecame to our help... not even when we started construc-tion," added another local, Rajbeer. From the time of thelate Chief Minister Devi Lal to current chief ministerManohar Lal Khattar, the villagers had met one and all.
"Governments came and went... They all promised, butno help came. We met ministers, Parliamentarians, chief
ministers, leaders from Congress, BJP and INLD... but allwe got were assurances," said Major Singh, secretary ofbridge construction committee.
Undeterred, the locals of Paniyari and the nearby vil-lages decided to take matters in their own hands.
From old age to widow pensioners, 5 thousand locals of9 nearby villages stepped forward. Together, they man-aged to raise Rs. 1 crore. The construction began in Aprillast year and now, the bridge is close to completion. Sofar, they have spent Rs. 90 lakh.
But the villagers have decided to get their own back.They say they are thinking of boycotting these leaders inelections. And for good measure, no VIP or politician willever be allowed to use the bridge. It will remain of thepeople, by the people and for the people.
Rescue operations were underway inthree subdivisions of Darjeeling districtwhere multiple landslides have claimed 38lives besides washing away highways anddamaging homes.
A fresh landslip was on Thursday report-ed at Gayabari, 56 km from Darjeeling,cutting off the road link betweenDarjeeling and Mirik which alone hadaccounted for 21 deaths in yesterday'slandslides, an official of West Bengal'sDisaster Management Department said.
With no rains lashing the hills today,National Disaster Response Team, CivilDefence personnel and local volunteersbegan rescue work in the affected areastoday.
Rescue teams from the Sashastra SeemaBal and the National DisasterManagement Authority have also beenpressed into service.
The landslides in Darjeeling, Kalimpongand Kurseong sub-divisions had causedextensive damage to NH-10 and NH-55,cutting off vital road links to the region.
Efforts were on to clear the roads tofacilitate the return of the tourists to the
plains.Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who
had rushed to Siliguri from Murshidabadyesterday, told reporters last night that theDisaster Management Group of the statewas doing a good job.
The Chief Minister said she would takea decision about visiting the naturalcalamity-affected spots only if it did notdisturb the ongoing rescue operation.
The Chief Minister had announced acompensation of Rs 4 lakh each to thefamilies of the deceased in landslides.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hadannounced a compensation of Rs 2 lakheach to the families of the deceased anddeputed Union Minister of State for HomeKiren Rijiju to rush to the area.
A central team, headed by Rijiju, hadvisited the landslide-hit areas in Kurseongyesterday and took stock of the rescue andrelief operations.
Rijiju visited relief camps in Tinglingarea under Kurseong sub-division, wherehundreds of people were rendered home-less after the disaster, and met the injuredin hospitals.
BEIJINGChina has denied any of
its armed personnel wereposted in PakistaniKashmir, stating that thesewere "just stories".
A senior leader in chargeof bilateral relations withIndia and Pakistan said thatwith modern technologyand satellites no troopscould remain undetectedanywhere.
"Even 5,000 ants cannothide from being seeing,"Deputy Diretor-General ofDepartment of AsianAffairs at the foreign min-ister, Huang Xilian saidhere.
Xilian recently returnfrom Kathmandu afterattending the conferenceon reconstruction withChina`s foreign minister.India`s External AffairsMinister Sushma Swarajwas also there. The two
ministers met at the side-lines of the donor confer-ence.
The DDG, who wasmeeting visiting Indianjournalists and those basedin Beijing, said that anymention of armed forces inthe region (PakistaniKashmir) "was ground-less". India had "very goodspy satellites", so wherecould the troops hide, heasked. "Show us the evi-dence," he added.
He was responding to aquestion about commentsmade by senior army per-sonnel in India on the pres-ence of Chinese troops inthe disputed area. He saidperhaps the constructionworkers in uniform were"mistaken" for Chinesearmed men. He said Chinaalways hoped that suchcomments were made only"after checking facts".
No Chinese troops in PakistaniKashmir, says Beijing
BY SUBHIR BHAUMIK
The BBC’s so-called exposé onIndia’s external intelligenceagency, Research and Analysis
Wing (RAW), funding the MuttahidaQaumi Movement (MQM) party in Sindh,has triggered a furore. But has anyone inthe BBC cared to look at the story’s sourc-ing? As someone who, for 17 years withthe BBC, reported extensively on bothintelligence and insurgency, I have doubtsover the story’s veracity, written by myformer colleague Owen Bennett-Jones,over the RAW’s MQM connections. Thefirst line in the story gives it away — andover an issue all BBC reporters weretrained to hold dear. This is how the storybegins: “Officials in Pakistan’s MQMparty have told U.K. authorities theyreceived Indian government funds, theBBC learnt from an authoritativePakistani source.”
Confirming sources
A British reporter of the BBC getting tohear what the MQM has told U.K. author-ities from “an authoritative Pakistanisource”? In my time in the BBC, suchsourcing would never be accepted. TheBBC newsroom would surely ask for asecond reliable source. And commonsense would dictate the newsroom to go infor confirmation from the U.K. authori-ties, preferably those directly involved inthe MQM investigations. Several keyquestions arise. Do the Pakistani sourceshave access to U.K. authorities who areinvestigating the MQM? Has the U.K.shared such details with the MQM? If theU.K. has got clinching evidence aboutMQM money-laundering, has it movedagainst their U.K.-based leaders? Butmost important — why can’t the BBC, ofall organisations, get authentic U.K.sourcing on such a sensitive story? In sub-sequent paragraphs, the whole story ismade to hang on Pakistani sources.
In the last few months, top Pakistaniministers and military officials haveblamed the RAW for all the smoke andfire in Pakistan, accusing it of fuellingunrest in Balochistan, North-WestFrontier Province, Sindh — even for theTaliban attack on the Army school inPeshawar in which more than 100 school-children were killed. The allegations bornof paranoia after India got several con-sulates from a friendly Afghan govern-
ment in towns bordering Pakistan hasbeen carried to extreme limits, as is seenin this case where India is being blamedfor a Pakistani Taliban attack on an armyschool in Pakistan. In the absence of con-crete U.K. sourcing, the BBC story looksas much like any story in Pakistani media,
which blame the RAW for all the unrest inPakistan now.
In my time with the BBC, stories Iwould often get through my extensivecontacts in Bangladesh and Myanmarwould be used only when verified by localbureaus there. On rare occasions, the BBCdid run my newsbreaks like UnitedLiberated Front of Assam (ULFA) topshotAnup Chetia’s arrest in Dhaka, but onlyafter ULFA and the Indian intelligencehad confirmed it and it had been cross-checked with Bangladesh sources.
The RAW’s MQM connections andwith other ‘assets’ in Pakistan in the pastare well-known. The RAW’s late veteranB. Raman had alluded to it in his bookThe Kao-boys of R&AW. He had gone sofar as to say: “If Rajiv Gandhi had not lostthe elections in 1989 and if A.K. Vermahad continued as the chief of R&AW fortwo or three years more, Pakistan wouldnot be existing in its present form today.”It is well-known by now that I.K. Gujral,when he was Prime Minister, closed downall RAW offensive operations in Pakistan,forcing the agency to close down the CITcells (J and X) that were used for them.
There is absolutely no evidence to suggestthat these cells or similar ones wererevived for offensive operations anymore. When such a decision is taken, thecarefully nurtured ‘offensive assets’ areeither pulled back if they are infiltratedfrom India, or they go astray in the
absence of support if they are locals. So,is Pakistan raising a calculated furore overMQM’s India links at a time when theirleaders are being investigated in the U.K.for possessing weapons (that came tolight over the investigations of a murder)and for money-laundering? Is it trying toraise hell over what happened 20 yearsago to score brownie points in the currentcontext? That clearly seems to be the case.
The Sindh card
While elaborating on state-sponsoredinsurgencies in South Asia between 1947and the 1990s earlier, I had argued thatnation states in post-colonial South Asiahave reciprocally backed insurgencies andmilitancy against each other. The docu-mentation covered how Pakistan, Indiaand even Bangladesh used cross-borderinsurgents as part of national policy. Thisindeed is the unique feature of hostileneighbourhood relations in South Asiaafter the departure of the colonial power.The late Benazir Bhutto had told Indianeditor M.J. Akbar that President Zia-ul-Haq is making a mistake by fuellingKhalistani militancy in Punjab. “If he
plays the Punjab card, India will surelyplay the Sindh card,” she had said. Indiadid play the Sindh card for quite a whilein much the same way she had anticipat-ed, but that is history.
After Gujral started his ‘parantha diplo-
macy’, the Indian state went into a defen-sive limbo. Repeated requests by a RAWstation chief to mount an assassinationattempt on ULFA military wing chiefParesh Baruah in Bangkok using Thaipolice assets were refused. From theKachin Independence Army (KIA) to theShanti Bahini in Bangladesh’s ChittagongHill Tracts, to the MQM and otherMohajhir hit-groups in Sindh, the RAWpulled back on all these offensive trans-border operations.
From 2000 onwards, India started per-suasive regional diplomacy to hit mili-tants across the border. The name of thegame changed. It worked in Bhutan andBangladesh because friendly govern-ments there decided to go after Indianrebels based in their territory with someseriousness. It did not work in Myanmarand surely not in Pakistan. But there is lit-tle evidence to show India is as yet tryingsomething different — or something ithad tried in the days of Rajiv Gandhi andA.K. Verma.
(Subir Bhaumik is a former BBC corre-spondent.)
Friday | July 03, 2015
BY SANJAYA BARU
The European Union (EU) wasnever a union. Greece hascalled the bluff. At the heart of
the economic crisis in the EU is apolitical failure. The inability, indeedthe unwillingness, of the membernations of the “Union” to movebeyond a single market and a mone-tary union to create a political entity.The economic crisis in Greece is amanifestation of that political failureacross the EU. National politics haveworsted regional economics.
Imagine an India in which a lessdeveloped State was on the verge ofdefault and neither New Delhi norany of the more developed Stateswere willing to step in and help. Thesuccess of the Indian Union rests onthe fact that the developed regions ofthe country, and the Union govern-ment, have taken upon themselvesthe responsibility of offering a safetynet to the less developed regions. Allfederal systems and continentalnations are built on this foundation ofregional interdependence and mutualsupport facilitated by federal politicalsystems.
A commentary on EU
The failure of the EU’s more devel-oped nations, especially Germany, toprovide such a safety net to a lessdeveloped one like Greece hasbrought the EU to the brink of unrav-elling. This situation has been long inmaking.
The distance between Brussels,Berlin and Athens was brought hometo me 20 summers ago when I optedfor Athens as a destination for mytravels as a guest of the EuropeanUnion Visitors Programme (EUVP).The head of the Delegation of the EUin Delhi at the time, a French diplo-mat, suggested politely that I dropAthens and opt for Paris instead. TheEUVP invitee was allowed to visittwo European capitals of choice apartfrom the visit to Brussels. Berlin andParis are the heart of Europe, she toldme. Why waste time visiting Athens?
Since I had been to Paris manytimes and never to Greece, I insistedon Athens. When the ambassador ofGreece to India found out that I wasunder pressure to visit Paris ratherthan Athens, he threw a mighty fitcausing a diplomatic brouhaha inBrussels. Two decades later, the rela-tionship between Europe’s major
powers and its peripheral nations hasnot changed much.
Germany has behaved much in thesame way that developed States inIndia like to when it comes to thequestion of transferring funds to lessdeveloped States. The former usuallysermonise the latter on the virtues ofindustriousness and hard work andblame them for their backwardness.The latter demand all manner of spe-cial assistance. The Indian union hasthe political instruments to deal withsuch issues. The EU doesn’t.
Through the 1990s and well intothe 2000s, EU enthusiasts from vari-ous European, especially German,think tanks would often lectureIndians about the virtues of regionalcooperation and hold up the EU as anexample for South Asia to emulate.The fact is that long before the EUtried its experiment with unification,India did. The reason why India stucktogether and the EU is now facing theprospect of “Grexit” and “Brexit”
(the exit of Greece and Britain) isbecause the Indian Union became notjust an economic and political unionbut adopted the principle of federalfinancing administered by a demo-cratically elected Union government.
The absence of such a principle ofinternal safety net for an implodingeconomy, and the weakness of the
EU’s political institutions, hasbrought the EU to this brink. How thecitizens of Greece would view theirfuture and how much importancethey attach to their membership ofthe EU to safeguard their future willbe determined this weekend whenGreece conducts a referendum.
Future of Europe
Two exogenous factors have cometo shape the Western response to anunfolding Greek tragedy. First, therise of Germany as a geoeconomicpower and, second, the return ofRussia as a geopolitical player. Overthe years, a more economically suc-cessful and prosperous Germany hasasserted itself, projecting its post-war“geoeconomic’” power to acquirepolitical influence. The eastwardexpansion of the EU has further facil-itated this.
Germany’s ascendance withinEurope was shaped by two additionalfactors. First, the relative decline of
other European economies, especial-ly the economies of southern Europe.
Second, the induction into the EUof several east and north Europeaneconomies worried about the resur-gence of Russia as a geopoliticalplayer. Russian President VladimirPutin’s aggressive leadership has senta shiver down Europe’s spine and
many of East Europe’s smallernations.
Germany and multipolar world
While southern Europe, includingItaly, worries more about growingGerman assertiveness within Europe,northern and eastern Europe worryabout a re-assertive Russia. It isagainst this background that Greece’snationalist and Leftwing leadershipreached out to Russia for help andMr. Putin was quite happy to step intoEurope’s troubled waters. Indeed, thefact that Greek voters opted for aLeftwing leadership has added a newdimension to the resolution of the cri-sis, given concerns in Germany andthe United States about rising left-wing and right-wing forces in Europeand the decline in the influence ofcentrist political parties. Therefore,the stakes are high. The crisis inGreece is not just about sovereigndefault. It is about the future ofEurope.
There is an interesting parallelbetween the Asian financial crisis ofthe late 1990s and the European crisistoday. In 1997-98, when Indonesia,South Korea and Thailand faced apayments and debt crisis, it was thepolitical fallout of that crisis, and thefailure of the International MonetaryFund (IMF) to help the economies introuble, that altered Asian geopoli-tics. While the IMF sermonisedKorea and dictated to Indonesia,China stepped in and bailed outThailand. The IMF has not been ableto return to Asia since, while Chinahas set up its own regional financialinstitutions.
Russia does not have the deeppockets to be a China to beleagueredGreece, but the IMF and Germany’smyopic policy response to Greece’ssocial crisis has set in motion politi-cal responses that could have similarlong lasting impact on big powerequations within Europe and beyond.In Greece it is not just the IMF butalso Europe’s own regional financialinstitutions that have been foundwanting.
Germany, it would appear, wouldnot mind the exit of Greece, andmaybe even Italy, because it hasacquired a more loyal hinterland toits east. This could well mark thebeginning of a new “PaxGermanica”. The crisis in Europe isalso a test for the U.S. Havingfathered the post-war trans-Atlanticorder, the U.S. is unable or unwillingto step in and preserve the EU in itspresent form.
When the dust settles in Europe theemerging multipolar world will cometo stay. If the Asian financial crisisconsolidated Chinese power in Asia,the European financial crisis willconsolidate German, and perhapsRussian, power in Europe. Economiccrises do have geopolitical conse-quences.
Developed economy risk
The crisis in Greece does not in
itself pose an economic risk forIndian investors and traders, but aEurope-wide crisis would. Even asthe Indian economy begins to recov-er from the consequences of India’sown bad policies it may face the riskof dealing with those of Europe.There may be some business oppor-tunities for Indian investors arisingout of the decline in asset valuationsin Europe, but caution would be thebetter part of valour.
Over the past five years, there hasbeen a flight of capital from India toEurope. Many Indian companieshave found investing in Europe a bet-ter proposition than investing athome. What the Greek crisis shows isthat even in developed marketeconomies there can be governmentfailure, if not market failure. Indianbusinesses that seek foreign marketsand external investment opportuni-ties must invest more in understand-ing the nature of political risk aroundthe world. Far too many analystshave worried about “emerging mar-ket risk” to have bothered about“developed economies’ risk”. Thisnow deserves attention.
What the Greek crisis also bringshome to Indian policymakers is theimportance of responsible economicmanagement at home and the needfor creating multiple interdependen-cies externally. Greece’s weakness isthat few in the world worry about itseconomy capsizing. India was in thatspot in 1990-91 and, mercifully, is nolonger in that worrisome place. Butthe debate on the extent of globalinterdependency that India shouldcreate and maintain continues. Thelesson from Greece is not that a coun-try should isolate itself from the glob-al economy but that it should careful-ly manage its relations with theregional and world economy.
(Sanjaya Baru is Director for Geo-economics and Strategy,
International Institute of StrategicStudies, and Honorary Senior
Fellow, Centre for Policy Research,New Delhi.)
Opening up legal services
Raking up the MQM-RAW link for brownie points
The Greek crisis and an imperfect EU
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The government’s proposal to open up the legal serv-ices sector to foreign participation in a limited waymay mark the end of India’s policy of barring inter-
national law firms from entering the country and of keep-ing domestic firms and lawyers insulated from the grow-ing global market for trade in legal services. The govern-ment says it has both the Bar Council of India and theSociety of Indian Law Firms (SILF) on board. The pro-posed entry of foreign firms will be limited to aspectsother than litigation and to international commercial arbi-tration. The presence of overseas lawyers in forums of lit-igation is of course ruled out. It is unlikely that foreignfirms will be interested in litigation work, which is by andlarge organised and regulated on national lines. Further,unless there is reciprocity with regard to recognition oflegal qualifications among member-countries, it will notbe possible for visiting legal professionals to overcomebasic eligibility norms. Ever since the General Agreementon Trade in Services was adopted by member-countries ofthe World Trade Organisation (WTO), the potential forlegal professionals to offer services outside their nationaljurisdiction has expanded exponentially. Apart from draft-ing of agreements and contracts and rendering generaladvice to overseas clients on domestic legal regimes andframeworks, advocates and law firms now play a big rolein starting new businesses, mergers and acquisitions,advising on investments, complying with regulations andobtaining clearances. At the same time, there has been dis-quiet in the legal fraternity about the possible adverseimplications of the entry of foreign firms which, presum-ably, are better organised and have better resources to cor-ner the legal services market. Some went to court andobtained favourable orders barring the entry of overseasplayers. The courts have so far said foreign firms cannotpractise in India without adhering to the Advocates’ Act.However, the Madras High Court has allowed overseasprofessionals to fly in to offer advice to clients on interna-tional legal issues, and participate in international com-mercial arbitration. The matter is now in the SupremeCourt, but if the government can carry the legal fraternityalong on its proposals, India will be in a position to bene-fit from opening up the sector. However, all stakeholdersmust see to it that it does not have an adverse impact eitheron the cost of litigation or on the livelihood of hundreds ofthousands of people enrolled as advocates in the country.A key consideration would be whether India ought not totry and get a share in the estimated $20-billion globalannual trade in legal services. The country now has betterlaw schools and a vast pool of legal talent; there is no rea-son why it should not succeed.
The BBC’s so-called exposé on India’s external intelligence agency,Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), funding the Muttahida Qaumi
Movement (MQM) party in Sindh, has triggered a furore. But has any-one in the BBC cared to look at the story’s sourcing? As someone who,for 17 years with the BBC, reported extensively on both intelligence andinsurgency, I have doubts over the story’s veracity, written by my formercolleague Owen Bennett-Jones, over the RAW’s MQM connections. The
first line in the story gives it away — and over an issue all BBCreporters were trained to hold dear. This is how the story begins:
“Officials in Pakistan’s MQM party have told U.K. authorities theyreceived Indian government funds, the BBC learnt from an authorita-
tive Pakistani source.”
Germany has behaved much in the same way thatdeveloped States in India like to when it comes to thequestion of transferring funds to less developed States.The former usually sermonise the latter on the virtuesof industriousness and hard work and blame them fortheir backwardness. The latter demand all manner ofspecial assistance. The Indian union has the political
instruments to deal with such issues. The EU doesn’t.
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No Abusive Language...often hurled at him by critics on Twitter,
he "has not blocked anyone". Mr Modi has13 million followers on Twitter.
He met with social media influencershours before the launch of his Digital Indiainitiative, which seeks to connect 2,50,000villages by 2019. At a sports stadium inDelhi last evening, India's top industrialistsincluding the Ambani brothers pledged over70 billion dollars to back the campaign toprovide mobile governance and universalphone connectivity to empower rural India.Digital India also hopes to create jobs andramp up investments in manufacturing.
According to opindia.com, those whoreceived the PM's advice on social mediaetiquette were chosen from among thosewho are regular contributors to My Gov,which seeks feedback from the publiconline.
PM Modi's...of the world's population, mostly from
developing and least developed countries,continues to be denied access toInformation and CommunicationsTechnology.
Speaking at the First Session of theReview by the UN General Assembly on theimplementation of the outcomes of theWorld Summit on Information Society(WSIS) here, he noted that the growing gen-der digital divide, which has become evenmore sharp and acute, is a related area ofconcern and needs to be specially factoredinto the review agenda.
"There is also a need to go beyond accessissues and focus on affordability and multi-lingualism for inclusive growth and devel-opment. The formal launch of the 'DigitalIndia' programme by the Prime Minister ofIndia seeks to address these and other issuesrelated to digital empowerment of all its cit-izens," Mr Jha said.
Flagging key issues in areas for incorpo-ration in the WSIS + 10 review process, MrJha said there is need to recognize theimportance of building a common under-standing on the applicability of internation-al rights and norms, particularly the free-dom of expression to activities in cyber-space.
He stressed that there is also need toensure better protection of all citizens in theonline environment and strike an ideal bal-ance between national security and interna-tionally recognized human rights; and tocreate frameworks so that internet surveil-lance practices motivated by security con-cerns are conducted within a truly transpar-ent and accountable framework.
He further expressed the Indian govern-ment's strong affirmation of the principlesof net neutrality.
The official underscored that the overar-ching focus of the review must be to utiliseICT's for development and for the benefit ofdeveloping countries.
On the issue of internet governance, MrJha said it is imperative to acknowledge theplatform of the internet as a global publicgood, where all stakeholders have an equalstake in its functioning and efficiency.
"India would like to reaffirm and renewits commitment to the multi-stakeholderprocesses," he said.
"Our engagement at the WSIS + 10process stems from our deep and substan-tive understanding of the wherewithal need-ed to make ICTs truly relevant for the bene-fit of the entire planet and not just the priv-ileged few," he said.
Govt to spend...and introducing sustainable water conser-
vation practices by exploring feasibility ofre-using treated municipal water for peri-urban agriculture and attracting greater pri-vate investment in precision irrigation.
"The scheme also aims at bringing min-istries, departments, agencies, research andfinancial institutions engaged increation/recycling/potential recycling ofwater under a common platform so that acomprehensive and holistic view of theentire "water cycle" is taken into accountand proper water budgeting is done for allsectors," he said.
The programme architecture of PMKSYlooks at a 'decentralised state-level planningand execution' structure in order to allowstates to draw up a District Irrigation Plan(DIP) and a State Irrigation Plan (SIP), hesaid.
"DIP will have a holistic developmentalperspective of the district outlining medi-um- to long-term developmental plans inte-grating three components namely, watersources, distribution network and water useapplication of the district to be prepared attwo levels - the block and the district," hesaid.
All structures created under the schemeswill be geo-tagged, he added.
The programme will be supervised andmonitored at the national level by an Inter-Ministerial National Steering Committee(NSC) under the Chairmanship of the PrimeMinister with the Union Ministers con-cerned.
A National Executive Committee (NEC)is to be constituted under the Chairmanshipof the Vice-Chairman, NITI Aayog, to over-see programme implementation, allocationof resources, inter-ministerial coordination,monitoring and performance assessment,addressing administrative issues and thelike.
Congress 'weak' ....(Congress leaders) should discuss this in
Parliament, showcase their skills,” the for-mer law minister added in an interview tothe daily.
He also opined that the Congress shouldhave refrained from interfering in the inter-nal politics of the BJP.
Bhardwaj further questioned theCongress' current capability to stop theNarendra Modi juggernaut.
“No, they are not in a fit state of health tocontrol this powerful campaigner (Modi)who is backed by a powerful cadre. That iswhy there was a virtual walkover in 2014,”he said.
According to him, Rahul Gandhi was “outof touch” with the ground reality.
“Now there is no discussion. Where is theCongress today? You tell me who is work-ing (to revive the party). Merely holdingpress conference, Jairam Ramesh briefingon very petty issues… The IPL issue isexposed, let law enforcement agencies dotheir job. The Congress must put forward aprogramme by which we can strengthen ourown weak links. Uttar Pradesh, Bihar,where we have no presence, how can werevive the party there? You tell me how canthey win in Uttar Pradesh or Bihar? There isno plan. You tell me who is doing what torevive the party?” he asked.
“Rahul is a young man. He has to lead theyoung people. But he is not in touch withthe senior people, he doesn’t show anyinclination. So he is also out of touch,” headded.
AFSPA to be...with separatists.Mr Singh's remarks on AFSPA came a day
after BJP's alliance partner PDP hit out atUnion Minister Jitendra Singh for dis-favouring withdrawal of the Act in Jammuand Kashmir, terming his statement "obnox-ious and having unacceptable and unpar-donable undertones".
Jitendra Singh, who is a BJP Lok Sabhamember from Jammu and Kashmir'sUdhampur constituency, had disfavouredpartial withdrawal of AFSPA in the stateand underlined that the last word on thiswould come only from the security agenciesand not from political functionaries.
Rajnath Singh, who was on a two-dayvisit to Kashmir, today said the stakeholderswill have to cooperate in order to ensurethat the act is revoked.
Revocation of the AFSPA is part of the'Agenda of Alliance' -- the common mini-mum programme on which the PDP formedgovernment with the BJP in Jammu andKashmir.
"While both parties have historically helda different view on the AFSPA and the needfor it in the State at present, as part of theagenda for governance of this alliance, thecoalition government will examine the needfor de-notifying 'disturbed areas'.
"This, as a consequence, would enable theUnion Government to take a final view onthe continuation of AFSPA in these areas,"the agenda reads.
Asked if the Centre had any plans to holdtalks with separatist groups in Jammu andKashmir, Rajnath Singh said, "We have noproposal to hold talks with the separatists inJammu and Kashmir.
"We are ready to listen (and) talk to any-one but anti-national activities should beopposed and boycotted."
Asked if the PDP-BJP government willlast its full term given the differences overvarious issues between the two parties,Singh said there was no reason to believeotherwise.
"There is no reason to believe that thisgovernment will not last its full term," hesaid.
On the security situation in Kashmir, theHome Minister said, "I am confident thatthe situation in Kashmir will not be allowedto deteriorate."
"We need the cooperation of people ofJammu and people of Kashmir for improv-ing the situation here," he said.
Over 8,000 Pilgrims...Thursday.The Himalayan cave shrine situated
14,500 feet above the sea level houses anice stalagmite structure that waxes andwanes with the phases of the moon.
Hindus believe the stalagmite structurecalled the 'Lingam' symbolizes mythicalpowers of Lord Shiva.
Police, paramilitary forces and the armyhave been deployed to provide security tothe pilgrims.
China Wants to...major factor of our cooperation," he said.India's trade deficit with China averaged
around USD 47 billion in last year's trade ofover USD 70 billion.
Huang Xilian said China has sent delega-tion to India to discuss measures to increaseimports. China is importing films fromIndia, he said, referring to recent success ofPK which grossed over USD 16 million.
China is also stepping up imports ofIndian pharmaceuticals, Huang said.
Government Extends...said in a statement that it has notified the
three-month compliance window under theBlack Money (Undisclosed Foreign Incomeand Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act,2015.
"The Central Government has notified theSeptember 30, 2015, as the date on orbefore which a person may make a declara-tion in respect of an undisclosed asset locat-ed outside India under the compliance pro-visions of this Act," said the statement.
"The Act provides for separate taxation ofundisclosed foreign income and assets.Stringent penalties and prosecution, includ-ing rigorous imprisonment up to 10 yearsand penalty equal to three times of the taxhave been prescribed for violation," thestatement added.
The new law was passed by Parliament inMay and was notified on May 26, 2015 fol-lowing the President's assent.
Parliamentary panel ,...bring in a pay revision mechanism on the
lines of pay commission, which is at presentonly meant for government employees.
As per the report, at least 60 recommen-dations have been put forward by theAdityanath-led panel.
The panel has also advocated for raisingthe the daily allowance of Rs 2,000 forMPs, which they get during Parliament sit-tings.
Besides proposing 20-25 free air travelsin a year, the panel has also said that anadditional free AC first class ticket shouldbe provided for their companion, such astheir personal secretary.
As per the report, the panel has also rec-ommended extending the health benefitsgiven to the MPs to their children andgrandchildren as well.
The last revision of salaries of MPs tookplace in 2010.
Recently, it was revealed that our parlia-mentarians, with average earnings of Rs 1.4lakh per month along with perks, enjoysumptuous meal due to heavy subsidyreceived by the Lok Sabha Secretariat torun the Parliament canteen, BJP leader MPRajiv Pratap Rudy on Wednesday said thatit is wrong to show only the elected repre-sentatives in poor light, as around 5,000people eat in there.
At a time when soaring prices of meat,fish and vegetables have made these lip-smacking dishes disappear from the com-mon man's plates, Parliamentarians aresavouring these for a pittance, courtesy thesubsidy provided by the central govern-ment.
For instance, crisp fish fry with chipscomes at Rs 25, mouth watering muttoncurry is available for Rs 20, mutton cutletfor Rs 18, a crunchy masala dosa for Rs 6and boiled vegetables for as little as Rs 5.The rates can make one salivate as much asthe dishes.
According to an item list received underthe Right to Information (RTI) Act, whilefish fry with chips is subsidised by 63 per-cent, the figure for mutton curry is 67 per-cent, cutlet 65 percent, boiled vegetables 83percent and masala dosa 75 percent.
Air India Asked...had reported to the airport without an old
passport with the US visa issued to him.The flight was then held up for an hour till
the passport was delivered to him.Amid the flurry of media reports and crit-
icism from the Opposition, Mr Fadnavishad tweeted
Air India also tweeted that the delay wascaused by technical problems.
The report sent by Air India's Mumbaioffice on the delay, however, says that whenMr Pardeshi realised that he had the wrongpassport with him, he called for the correctone and was allowed to proceed with aboarding pass up to the boarding gate.
But since the passport had not reachedhim by then, Mr Pardeshi was stopped fromboarding and Mr Fadnavis' advise wassought, the document says.
The memo notes that with the ChiefMinister refusing to travel without his dele-gation, "offloading of the entire delegationteam of 8 pax alongwith 14 pcs of baggagefrom two different containers and a newload sheet which would have to be preparedwould've further delayed the departure."
It says that "whilst the offloading processwas on" Mr Pardeshi's passport reached theboarding gate.
The controversy was revisited today whenreports surfaced that another Air India flightwas delayed last week for about an hour andthe family of a bureaucrat was taken off toaccommodate Union minister Kiren Rijijuand Jammu and Kashmir Deputy ChiefMinister Nirmal Singh, both, like MrFadnavis, from the BJP.
"VIP Maharajas of BJP delaying flights,deboarding passengers. Arrogance? Yes.
Would PM break his silence?" tweeted theCongress' Digvijaya Singh.
MK Stalin denies...from there. However, Tamil Nadu Chief
Minister Jayalalithaa has condemned theincident.
Video footages of Stalin allegedly slap-ping a passenger in a metro train yesterdayhave gone viral.
Stalin today denied slapping the passen-ger, adding that Tamil Nadu Chief MinisterJayalalithaa was making a mountain out ofmolehill.
"I did not slap him, I only gestured him tomove away from a woman whose feet wasbeing trampled by the passenger. My hand(inadvertently) touched his face while ges-turing," Stalin told news agency PTI whenasked on the issue.
"Jayalalithaa didn't attend the opening ofMetro rail project. So, to divert people fromthat, she is accusing me of slapping a pas-senger," another news agency ANI quotedStalin as saying.
Jayalalithaa said in a statement that Stalintravelled in the train on Wednesday only toscore political points and gain publicity.
"He slapped a passenger in the train andthe same has been published by the media.This is condemnable and is unbecoming ofa person who is a member of LegislativeAssembly," she said.
She said Stalin should realise that in pub-lic places, everybody has equal rights andnobody is inferior to another.
Stalin was accompanied by his supportersand travelled from Koyambedu to Alandur.
Man Booker Prize...primary and secondary education from the
institution, sent the cheque to the school onTuesday.
The association would utilise the moneyto set up endowments named after fiveteachers who founded the institution in1891, Association secretary M RanganathBhat said in a release in Mangaluru.
Mr Adiga himself volunteered to make adonation to the institution and the endow-ments would be used to provide free educa-tion to economically backward studentsstudying in the institution's primaryschools, Mr Bhat said.
Mr Adiga, now based in Australia, wonthe Man Booker prize in 2008 for his debutnovel 'The White Tiger,' which in his ownwords, "attempts to catch the voice of themen you meet as you travel through India-the voice of the colossal underclass."
The novel presents a darkly humorousperspective of India's class struggle in aglobalised world as told through the retro-spective narration of a village boy.
Mr Adiga was the fourth Indian-bornwriter to win the Booker prize after SalmanRushdie, Arundhati Roy and Kiran Desai.
The Canara High School Association's125th anniversary and the new CanaraEnglish Higher Primary School was inaugu-rated yesterday by Harish Bhat, GroupExecutive Council member of Tata Sons.
Over 4,000 Doctors ...participating in the strike.Sagar Mundada, President of the Central
Board of Maharashtra Resident Doctors -the association that has called the strike -said their demands include hike in stipend,strict implementation of the DoctorsProtection Act, two- month maternity leavefor female doctors and fixed working hours,among others.
Mundada said while treating TB patients,if a doctor contracts the illness, he/shewould get six months leave.
He said resident doctors have beendemanding that they be relieved from themandatory bond service (to work in ruralareas) if there is no vacancy for them with-in a month after completing the MD degree.
Mundada said during the bond service,resident doctors should be given duties inarea of their specialisation.
HP Judge Suspended ...Manali hill town for a conference on drug
abuse.The complainant says the judge tried to
force her to go with him to a resort andteased and harassed her. Both are trial courtjudges.
The state Chief Justice has suspended thejudge pending a detailed inquiry, for whichhe has given two months.
Madrasas Not ...eligible for state funding until they teach
subjects like Science, Math and SocialSciences.
"Those schools which do not follow thecurriculum approved by the state govern-ment, will not be recognised as schools.Therefore, children studying in Madrasas orin any other institutions based only on reli-gious studies will not be counted amongschool students," said Dilip Kamble,Minister of State for Minority Affairs in astatement.
The statement also said that theMaharashtra government also plans to con-duct a survey on Saturday for a head countof students in the state who are being taught
in the informal education sector. These stu-dents will be marked as "out of school."
The aim of the exercise, Mr Kamble said,is to ensure such students can be "includedin the mainstream."
The BJP-led state government had earlierthis month asked Madrasas in the state toinclude those subjects in their curriculum tocontinue getting government funds. Thereare about 1.5 lakh students are enrolled in1900 madrassas
"We want the minority to come up in allspheres of life. Thus, it is important thatwhen they give religious teachings to stu-dents, they also give knowledge of othersubjects at the same time. Thus, we havedecided to make it mandatory for madrasasto teach these four subjects as well,"Minister for minorities' welfare EknathKhadse had said at the time.
'Respect Privacy...said, "Once you give the bills and the list
of medicines one can easily make out whattype of ailment judge is suffering from.Where does it stop? Please respect the pri-vacy of judges."
RTI activist Subash Chandra Aggarwalhad approached the top court after the DelhiHigh court reversed a decision to makemedical expenses of Supreme Court judgespublic.
Senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan, appear-ing for Mr Aggarwal, told the court that thepetitioner is interested in only medicalexpenses for the last three years and everycitizen has a right to know how his moneyis spent.
He also argued that if the court dismissesthe petition it will send a wrong message tothe common man.
Lionel Messi ...Copa America semis.Messi dropped deep into midfield, partic-
ipated in five of the six goals and ended thenight with three assists as Argentina turnedit on here on Tuesday to set up a finalagainst Chile in Santiago on Saturday.
"If Messi gives passes that end up in goalsthen there is no problem," Martino saidafter the match on Tuesday.
"What is more important is that heresponds to what the game demands. Hedoesn't look worried to me. He is happy andhe has no problems. He doesn't need to bethe team's goalscorer to be happy."
Argentina had scored only four times infour games before Tuesday and Martinoclaimed before this match that their finish-ing had let them down, but he was delight-ed with his side's superb performanceagainst Paraguay.
"We are very happy because these guysare in another final of an important tourna-ment in the space of less than a year," hesaid.
"It's not the World Cup, but it's veryimportant. We will have to work hard to winthe game against Chile in the final, buttoday we played a good game and it's clearwe were very decisive."
As well as Messi, the 52-year-old coachpraised Javier Pastore after the midfielderscored one and was involved in several ofthe other goals on Tuesday.
"He played a great game," Martino said."He was clear of his role in midfield, he
showed good skills and he found the spacesto attack goal which is something we arealways talking about with him."
Argentina now face Chile in Santiago onSaturday as they look for a first continentalcrown since winning the Copa America in1993. "We are up against a Chile team thatare playing well," Martino said.
"They have good players and have been ina process for three years. Some ideas don'tchange and Chile won't change against us.They will press us when they can and attackus just like they do against other teams."
Lalitgate: Jaitley...Act and bring in a uniform pan-India
Goods and Services Tax (GST) are very cru-cial for development and hoped no politicalparty takes anti-growth and anti-develop-ment position.
"Some people may be of relevance to tel-evision channels, (but) they have no rele-vance to governance as far as theGovernment of India is concerned," he toldreporters here.
He was replying to a question on the pos-sibility of the Monsoon Session ofParliament getting washed out overCongress' demand for resignation ofExternal Affairs Minister Sushma Swarajand Rajasthan Chief Minister VasundharaRaje over alleged links with former IPLcommissioner Lalit Modi.
Jaitley, however, evaded a direct responseto the controversy in which Lalit Modi hasbeen dragging various politicians, includinghim.
The Finance Minister was hopeful that nopolitical party will take anti-growth andanti-development stand to block the crucialBills, which he termed as "extremely neces-sary".
"There is a lot of importance of these Billsto the country's economy... The governmentis hopeful that no political party will adopta negative approach on the issue of devel-opment of the country," he said.
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Apple Music rolloutseems to have beenhit by glitches that
are causing the deletion ofsongs and playlists fromthe iTunes library of sever-al users. The problemsseem to occur only whenusers turn on iCloud MusicLibrary (a feature intro-duced in iTunes 12.2 andiOS 8.4) with AppleMusic, an option that ismeant to provide featureslike offline caching. Otherusers report problems likethe substitution of bad art-work and metadata, apartfrom the replacement offiles with DRM-protectedones.
Multiple threads onApple's support forumwith complaints related toApple Music list problemssuch as "iCloud MusicLibrary just destroyed myMac's iTunes Library." Theissue is said to begin onlywhen Apple Music usersenable iCloud MusicLibrary to add songs,albums, and playlists toMy Music. After enablingthe option, some usersnoticed deleted songs apartfrom deleted localplaylists. Other userspointed out that theiriTunes library now hasduplicate album coversand other artwork, as wellas duplicated files.
One of the users reported
the issue on Apple's forumpage and said, "I'm havingthe same issue and amincredibly frustrated.Literally years' worth ofwork - collecting music,creating playlists, tweak-ing metadata, downloadingalbum art and more. After'upgrading' to iTunes 12.2my library is now showing2 or 3 copies of somesongs/albums, my playlistshave been gutted, sometrack metadata has beenchanged to be incorrect,and old albums that I delet-ed from iTunes Matchhave suddenly reappearedin my library as 'in theCloud.' What a disaster."
Alex Hern from TheGuardian also faced simi-lar situation as he tweeted,"So iTunes 12.2 managedto remove 6500 songs frommy iCloud Music Librarywhich is fun and not at allinfuriating."
Another problem pointedout by blogger KirkMcElhearn was that ifusers matched and down-loaded music files fromiCloud Music Library, thefile was converted into to aDRM-protected file thatonly works with an AppleMusic subscription.
McElhearn noted on hisblog, "When you matchand download files fromiCloud Music Library
(without having an iTunesMatch subscription), how-ever, you get files withDRM; the same kind offiles you get when youdownload files from AppleMusic for offline listening.This means that if you'vematched your library withApple Music and iCloud
Music Library, you need tokeep backups of your orig-inal files. If not, you'll endup with files that you can'tplay without an AppleMusic subscription."
Apple is yet to officiallyacknowledge the problemor provide a fix.
1. Visakhadatta sketches the event after the death ofSamudragupta in his work
A. MudrarakasamB. Devi Chand GuptamC. MrichekakatikaD. Malavikagnimitra
2. The system of Dual Government during the latter half ofthe 18th century AD is associated with the name of
A. CliveB. ComwallisC. Waren HastingsD. William Bentinck
3. The Vedas contain all the truth was interpreted by
A. Swami VivekanandaB. Swami DayanandaC. Raja Rammohan RoyD. None of the above
QUIZ TIME
Answer: 1(A), 2(A), 3(B)
TODAY’S STARARIES You may be in a difficult position, Aries, as a critical part of a pend-
ing decision. Your first reaction may be to throw up your hands andleave the decision to someone else. Making a choice is too tough,so you find that you'd rather not have to make it at all. Unfortunately,it looks like everyone else has the same idea. Deep down, you havean opinion that needs to be heard.
TAURUS Your self-esteem should be strong these days, Taurus, helping youbuild more confidence in yourself every day. There may be a glitchin the action today, however, as someone with an extreme perspec-tive on things suddenly steps into the picture. Your emotions maysuddenly swing from one end of the spectrum to the other. Do yourbest to stay calm.
GEMINI A ray of sunshine is likely to shine on you, Gemini. Things may have beencloudy lately, making it harder for you to maintain a positive disposition.Today's news will be uplifting, and you will likely be reminded of all the goodtimes in store for you. Others may feel a bit of stress, but you should be ableto see through this and appreciate the benefits of the situation.
CANCER Recent hesitation on your part may have suddenly put you in a bind, Cancer. Itmay feel like you've reached gridlock and your choices are limited. You can nolonger get a solid handle on things. Instead of trying to make a move now, youmay have to wait until the dust settles and you can see clearly again. Let the sit-uation release before you add any more friction.
LEO There are powerful forces operating now, Leo. Whether you realize it or not, youhave tremendous control over the direction of these energies. Take control of thesituation instead of letting someone else do it for you. You will find that other peo-ple are more malleable than usual, making them quite willing to move forward inwhatever direction you point them.
VIRGO If conflict arises in your world, Virgo, you must keep in mind thatthere is no one else to blame except you. Keeping your sights seton one goal is useful as you concentrate all your energy towardthat one thing. At the same time, you may be losing perspective onwhat's going on around you. Make sure you continue to be a teamplayer by keeping an eye out for the people in the wings.
LIBRA Life may seem like a great train ride, Libra. You have yourown little compartment that you're striving to keep comfort-able and neat. The company you keep is important, as isyour proximity to the food car. Be careful that you don't getso wrapped up in your own little world that you neglect topay heed to where the train is headed.
SCORPIO You need to learn an important lesson in follow-through, Scorpio.As you strive for perfection, you may get the feeling that nothing isever fully completed. Try not to be so hard on yourself. The workyou've finished so far is more than likely much better than whatmost people could ever accomplish. Put the final touches on what-ever you're doing and move on.
SAGITTARIUS Most of the time you deal with the facts, Sagittarius. Facts are thingsyou can grasp, categorize, and make rational sense of. Unfortunately,today some of your facts may be challenged by one of the things youfear most - intense emotions. The ensuing friction is like dealing withapples and oranges. You may find it hard to find any common groundfrom which to negotiate.
CAPRICORN You may be hit with some extreme circumstances that causeyou to feel uneasy about continuing along your path, Capricorn.Use this jolt as a reminder that nothing is set in stone. An ele-ment of the unexpected can always creep up on you. Deepdown, you probably had a feeling that this difficult situation wasbound to happen eventually.
AQUARIUS You may feel like you're on a road to adventure and excited aboutthe frontiers you're encountering, Aquarius. Unfortunately, itseems that not everyone is as excited about this path as you are.Blows to your ego are apt to hit hard, but try not to let this deteryou. This is more than likely a result of other people's jealousy ofyour incredible strength and bravery.
PISCES There's a tremendously sensitive side to your personality that's tenderand extremely vulnerable, Pisces. Be careful about putting too muchof yourself out there now. By opening yourself up so much, you're invit-ing in trouble. Others might not be that aware of how sensitive you are.Those with strong, boisterous spirits are likely to be abrasive, so pro-tect your emotions.
Intex, after launchingthe Xtreme II smart-phone last week, has on
Thursday launched theAqua Y4 at Rs. 4,190.
The company touts thatthe smartphone's 2-megapixel front camera isthe 'best selfie camera' inthe sub-Rs. 5,000-segment.
The Intex Aqua Y4 is adual-SIM (GSM+GSM)smartphone which runsAndroid 4.4.2 KitKat out-of-the-box. It comes with a4.5-inch (480x854 pixels)FWVGA IPS display, andis powered by a 1GHzdual-core MediaTek(MT6572X) processorcoupled with 512MB ofRAM.
The Aqua Y4 bears 4GBof inbuilt storage, which isfurther expandable viamicroSD card (up to32GB). It sports a 5-megapixel rear camerawith LED flash, whilethere is a secondary 2-megapixel front-facingcamera also onboard. Thehandset's 'volume up anddown' key allows users toclick images.
On the connectivityfront, the Intex Aqua Y4offers 3G, GPRS/ EDGE,Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Micro-USB, and Bluetoothoptions. The smartphonepacks a 1700mAh battery.It measures136x67.5x8.7mm and willbe available in White,Black, Champagne andSilver colours. Some of thepreloaded apps on thehandset include Ask Me,Quikr, Newshunt, Clean
Master, Myntra, Start,Intex service, and OperaMini.
Commenting on thelaunch, Sanjay KumarKalirona, Mobile BusinessHead, Intex Technologiessaid, "At Intex we believein revolutionising a featurerich experience for ourcustomers such that ourofferings become a seam-less mix of technology atthe right price. The AquaY4 is the perfect example
o fdesigning devices keepingthe consumer in mind,even the slightest of con-venience of the user is keptin mind while making thisnew offering."
Earlier this month, Intexintroduced the Cloud NIPS, listing it on its sitewith a price of Rs. 4,350.The new Cloud-seriesbudget smartphone wasalso available to buy via ane-commerce website at Rs.3,785.
Intex Aqua Y4 With 4.5-InchDisplay Launched at Rs. 4,190
Asus has alreadyrevealed multipleSKUs of its sec-
ond-generation ZenFone 2smartphone series. If a newreport from Russia is to bebelieved, Asus will belaunching another 'afford-able' model in its ZenFoneseries later this month.
Said to be called theZenFone Go ZC500TG, thesmartphone will reportedlypack a quad-coreMediaTek processor with2GB of RAM. It is said tofeature a 5-inch HD(720x1280 pixels) and
come with 8GB of built-instorage with no word onexpandable storage sup-port. There is an 8-megapixel rear camera inthe ZenFone Go apart froma 2-megapixel front cam-era.
Mobiltelefon.ru claimsthat the handset supports3G only, unlike the com-plete ZenFone 2 smart-phone series that supports4G LTE connectivity.
All these leaks should betaken with a pinch of saltas Asus has not mentioned
anything about the upcom-ing device and the legiti-macy of the leak remainsquestionable.
Last month, Asus atComputex revealed newZenFone 2 models featur-ing QualcommSnapdragon chipsetsinstead of the Intelchipsets. The new handsetslaunched at Computexinclude the ZenFone 2ZE500KL, ZenFone 2ZE550KL, and ZenFone 2ZE600KL smartphones.
The Taiwanese companyalso launched the new
ZenFone Selfie smart-phone alongside its next-generation ZenWatch 2 andthe new ZenPad tablets.The highlight of the AsusZenFone Selfie is it sportsboth 13-megapixel rearand front cameras withf/2.0 aperture, laser autofo-cus, 28mm focal length,and dual-colour Real Toneflash. Asus's Zen UI packsfew camera improvementtools such as low lightmode, Selfie Panoramamode, backlight (HDR)mode, enhanced beautifi-cation mode, manualmode, and zero shutter lag.
Asus ZenFone 'Go' BudgetSmartphone Tipped to Launch in July
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SPORTS7 NEW DELHI | FRIDAY | JULY 03, 2015Fight for right
Murray breezed into theWimbledon third round onThursday as the women`stop 10 lost its fourth seed-ed player of the week.
Third seed Murray, the2013 champion, brushedaside Robin Haase, theworld number 78 from theNetherlands, 6-1, 6-1, 6-4in just 87 minutes.
The 28-year-old fired 25winners past Haase andgoes on to face either expe-rienced Italian AndreasSeppi or highly-regarded18-year-old CroatianBorna Coric.
"I started the match offvery well. I started quicklyand Robin was a little bitslower at the beginningand then he started to comeback in it, he played bettertennis," said Murray afterhis fourth win in fivematches against his fellow28-year-old.
"That was the sort ofmatch I was expecting atthe end of the second andthe third set where he wasmaking it tough.
"We were playing somelonger rallies. He has goodvariety in his game so therewere some fun points."
Seven-time championRoger Federer also reachedthe Wimbledon third roundtoday with a 6-4, 6-2, 6-2win over Sam Querrey ofthe United States. Secondseed Federer will faceAustralia`s Sam Groth fora place in the last 16.
Later, two-time winnerRafael Nadal will attempt
to follow Murray andFederer into the last 32.
However, the women`sdraw opened up even fur-ther when Russian eighthseed Ekaterina Makarova,a quarter-finalist in 2014,went down 6-2, 7-5 tounseeded MagdalenaRybarikova of Slovakia.
Before 2015, the worldnumber 65 Rybarikova hadnever won a match atWimbledon in seven yearsof trying.
Makarova joined thirdseed Simona Halep, sev-enth seed Ana Ivanovicand Carla Suarez Navarro,seeded nine, in failing toget beyond the secondround.
Rybarikova goes on toface Belarus qualifier Olga
Govortsova who put outFrench 25th seed AlizeCornet 7-6 (8/6), 2-6, 6-1.
Cornet had knockedSerena Williams out ofWimbledon lastyear.Former world numberone Caroline Wozniackimade it through to the thirdround with a 6-1, 7-6 (8/6)win over Denisa Allertova,the world number 83 fromthe Czech Republic.
Wozniacki, who hasnever got beyond the last16 at Wimbledon, nexttakes on Italian 31st seedCamila Giorgi.
Also going into the thirdround was German 18thseed Sabine Lisicki, the2013 runner-up, whofought back to defeatChristina McHale of the
United States 2-6, 7-5, 6-1.Lisicki next meets
French Open semi-finalistTimea Bacsinszky, the15th seeded Swiss.
Federer faces America`sworld number 36 SamQuerrey who has lost bothhis previous matchesagainst the second-seeded17-time Grand Slam titlewinner, failing to win a set.
The only time Federerhas lost before the thirdround at a Grand Slam inhis last 48 major appear-ances was at 2013Wimbledon, when he wasdefeated by SergiyStakhovsky in the secondround.
Nadal, the two time win-ner and seeded 10 this year,takes on German qualifier
Dustin Brown.Brown, the dread-locked
world 102, defeated theSpaniard on grass in Hallelast year in what was thepair`s only previous meet-ing.
Czech sixth seed TomasBerdych is also in actionon Thursday when he facesFrench wild card NicolasMahut.
Reigning women`schampion Petra Kvitova,the second seed, meetsJapan`s Kurumi Nara.
Thursday`s action startedlate due to rain which cameas a welcome relief to fansand players who had swel-tered in record tempera-tures of over 35 degrees onWednesday.
Wimbledon 2015, Day 3: Murray, Federer,Wozniacki breeze through as weather cools off
NEW DELHIThe Enforcement
Directorate (ED) onThursday recorded state-ment of ex-BCCI presidentN Srinivasan in a case ofalleged money-launderingagainst former IndianPremier League (IPL) bossLalit Modi.
"Srinivasan appearedbefore us today and werecorded his statement forclose to three hours," con-firmed an ED official.
"We have recordedSrinivasan's statement ashe had filed the policecomplaint on behalf ofBCCI," the official added.
The ED has widened itsprobe into a foreignexchange violation caseagainst Modi and others,which involves an allegedillegal routing of Rs 21crore funds from aMauritius- based company.
Earlier, the agency, as
part of its FEMA probe,had written to agencies likethe Income Tax depart-ment, RBI and theRegistrar of Companies(RoC) to obtain detailedinformation about theoperations of the Rajasthanregistered firm, said to beowned by Modi and hisfamily members.
Sources had said that theagency may also get intouch with their counter-
parts in Mauritius to obtaindetails on the incorporationof a suspected firm therewhich allegedly sent fundsto the Indian company.
At a later stage, they hadsaid, the agency mayobtain a Letters Rogatory(judicial overseas request)from a court to get therecords.
The case pertains to therouting of the amount afew years ago into this firm
in alleged contravention ofthe Foreign ExchangeManagement Act(FEMA).
The sources had said thepresent and past executivesof the said firm would soonbe called for questioningand even Modi could beserved summons at a laterstage for recording of hisstatement.
The ED had begun inves-tigations into this case inOctober last year after itdetected some foreigninvestment coming intothis group which hadModi's relatives at thehelm.
But in 2007, the sourceshad said, the former cricketczar took over the director-ship of the company alongwith his wife.
The agency had alreadyrecorded the statements offew executives of the saidfirm.
ED records Srinivasan's statement inmoney laundering case against Lalit Modi
NEW DELHITwo-time Olympic-
medallist Sushil Kumarhas opted out of the WorldChampionships after sus-taining a shoulder injury,thereby taking the sheenout of the upcoming selec-tion trials, slated for July6-7 here.
The World champi-onships, scheduled to beheld in Las Vegas fromSeptember 7-12, will alsobe the first qualificationtournament for the 2016Rio Olympics.
"Yes, I have sustained aninjury to my right shoulderwhile practising. So Iwould not be able to takepart in the upcoming selec-tion trials. So, automatical-ly that rules me out of thefirst qualifying event fornext year's Rio OlympicGames," Sushil told PTI.
"I have been advised bythe doctors to take rest. Atthe moment, I don't knowexactly how long myinjury will take to healcompletely, but I am takinggood care," he added.
Sushil's injury has endedwhat could have been aenthralling battle betweenthe veteran wrestler andthe young NarsinghPancham Yadav in theselection trials slated forJuly 6-7 for a place in theWorld Championships.
After the WorldChampionships, there aresix more qualification tour-naments, all of which arescheduled to be held nextyear, starting from March2016. The 32-year-old
grappler said that it wouldnot be wise to aggravatethe injury as there are anumber of qualifyingevents before theOlympics.
"I am not keen to take achance, even though theinjury is not so serious. It isnot good to take part in acompetition half fit. I willbe competing in the quali-fying events next yearbefore the Rio Olympicsand I have been workinghard for it," insisted thewrestler from Haryana.
Sushil, who had createdhistory in 2010 by becom-ing the first Indian to win agold at the WorldChampionships inMoscow, had been prepar-ing hard for the first quali-fying event for theOlympics.
Sushil is the lone Indianto have won two individualmedals in the Olympics.He had bagged a bronze in2008 Beijing Olympicsand then followed it upwith a silver medal finishat London Games in 2012in the 66kg Freestyle. Buthe was forced to move upto 74kg division after the
world body, FILA re-jigged the weight cate-gories.
Since climbing up theweight category, Sushil hascompeted only twice buton both occasions, hemade the nine-kilogramaddition look like a cake-walk.
After a successful cam-paign in LondonOlympics, he took a longsabbatical. Having made acomeback in May last year,he competed in his newcategory at the SeniorInternational wrestlingtournament in Italy andfinished with a silvermedal. He bettered his per-formance in the next tour-nament at GlasgowCommonwealth Games inJuly 2014, winning the yel-low metal.
But he chose not to par-ticipate in any other com-petition after that andinstead started preparingfor the 2015 WorldChampionships.
His absence from the matfor almost a year now hasseen Narsingh regularlyrepresent India in 74kgFreestyle.
Sushil Kumar opts out of WorldChampionships with shoulder injury
However, there was noofficial word on what tran-spired in the meetingwhich lasted for about 30minutes at the CM's offi-cial residence here.
The ace boxer, who alsoholds the rank of DeputySuperintendent of Police(DSP) in Haryana, came inhis Sports Utility Vehicleand avoided the media.
However, it is under-stood that the CM hadasked the boxer to followthe rules for turning pro-fessional from amateur.Recently, Haryana policehad warned of takingaction against Vijender if
he fails to seek permissionfrom the state governmentfor turning professional.
Vijender, the country'smost celebrated boxer, hadbid adieu to his amateurcareer by turning profes-sional, ruling himselfout of next year'sOlympics.
The first Indian boxer towin an Olympic medal --the 29-year-old signed amulti-year agreement withQueensberry Promotionsthrough IOS Sports andEntertainment. Vijenderwas appointed as DeputySuperintendent of Police(DSP) by the previousBhupinder Singh Hoodagovernment in Haryanafor his outstanding recordin boxing at national andinternational level.However, Vijender wascurrently on probation andhad not yet completed histraining.
After turning pro, Vijender Singh meetsHaryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar
GENEVAThe United States has demanded
the extradition of seven FIFA offi-cials detained in May setting offwhat could become a prolongedlegal battle over the handling ofthe major corruption case.
Swiss authorities said Thursdaythat the US embassy in Bern hadsent an extradition request the daybefore.
The seven were detained in adawn raid on a Zurich hotel onMay 27 as a FIFA congress wasabout to start. FIFA leader SeppBlatter was reelected to a new termat the congress but amid a storm ofcontroversy over parallel US andSwiss investigations, heannounced four days later that hewould stand down.
Blatter has not been accused byeither inquiry and again stronglydenied involvement in corruptionin a German media interviewreleased Wednesday.
The US legal authorities haduntil July 3 to make their request
and a Swiss federal justice officestatement said the embassy actionwas "within the timeframe setdown in the bilateral extraditiontreaty" between the two countries.
The seven officials -- all fromSouth and North America -- haveall indicated they will fight extra-dition. The seven held includeJeffrey Webb of the CaymanIslands and Eugenio Figueredofrom Uruguay, who are both for-mer FIFA vice presidents.
Costa Rican Eduardo Li wassupposed to join the FIFA execu-tive committee in May.
There was also Brazilian footballfederation chief Jose Maria Marin,Nicaraguan Julio Rocha andCostas Takkas, a Briton whoworked for the Cayman islandsfederation and Rafael Esquivel,president of the VenezuelanFootball Federation.All areaccused by US authorities ofinvolvement in more than $150million of bribes given for market-ing deals for football tournaments
in North and South America.The seven are among 14 people -
- officials and sports marketingcompany executives -- that USauthorities have charged. Four oth-ers have already made deals withUS prosecutors.
Zurich police will now questionthe seven officials again and theywill have 14 days to respond to theextradition request, the federal jus-tice office said.Experts said thebattle over their extradition couldtake more than a year with hear-ings running alongside the electionfor a new FIFA president.FIFAdeclined to comment on the extra-dition request. "This is a matter forthe relevant authorities," said aspokesperson.
Blatter said on June 2 that a newpresidential election would be heldand he would hand over to a suc-cessor. Indications that he couldstand again have been stronglyopposed by other FIFA leaders.
The FIFA executive is to meet inZurich on July 20 to decide a date
for the election, expected betweenthis December and March 2016.
The 79-year-old Blatter hasdefended his own record, insistingin an interview with German mag-azine Bunte that no-one couldaccuse him of corruption.
"I will answer: Do you under-stand this word at all which youuse? "Anyone who accuses me ofbeing corrupt must first of allprove it to me," he insisted in theinterview released Wednesday.
"No one can do that, because Iam not corrupt."
The accusations against FIFA areunlikely to ease in the comingmonths, however.
Alongside the arrest of the FIFAseven, Swiss police are investigat-ing the attribution of the 2018 and2022 World Cups to Russia andQatar respectively.
Both have already been the tar-get of a FIFA investigation.Football`s world body said nothinghad been found which merited anew vote on the tournaments.
US seeks extradition of 7 FIFAofficials in SwitzerlandNEW DELHI
Rejecting Lalit Modi'sallegations that he accept-ed bribes from a business-man, Indian cricketerSuresh Raina on Thursdaysaid he is considering legalaction against the formerIPL Commissioner andinsisted that he was neverinvolved in any wrongdo-ing. "In the wake of recentmedia reports about me, Iwould like to make myfans around the worldaware and clear the air thatI have always played thegame in right spirit andwith utmost integrity,"Raina said in a statementissued by sports manage-ment firm Rhiti Sports,with which he is associat-ed.
"I have never beeninvolved in any wrongdoing and all allegationsagainst me are false.Playing cricket is my pas-sion for whichever team Ihave represented. I'm also
figuring out my legal rightsto take the right stepsahead in this matter."
Modi had alleged thattwo leading Indian crick-eters and a West Indianplayer had been bribed byan Indian real estatetycoon, who is also a book-maker. London-basedModi tweeted a letter heclaimed to have written toInternational CricketCouncil (ICC) CEO DaveRichardson in June 2013.
Modi then went on toname the three players,
who he claimed were inclose contact with the realestate tycoon who was alsonamed in the letter.
Modi stated that he hadbeen informed by "reliablesources" that the tycoonhad paid in cash and kindto the three players.
The ICC acknowledgedreceiving the letter fromModi but gave the crick-eters a clean chits sayingthat no evidence was foundagainst them. The BCCIalso effectively gave aclean chit to the players.
CONCEPCION (CHILE)Argentina coach
Gerardo Martino has saidLionel Messi doesn't needgoals to be happy after theforward failed to score butstarred in a playmakingrole in the 6-1 win overParaguay in Copa Americasemis. Messi dropped deepinto midfield, participatedin five of the six goals andended the night with threeassists as Argentina turnedit on here on Tuesday to setup a final against Chile inSantiago on Saturday.
"If Messi gives passesthat end up in goals thenthere is no problem,"Martino said after thematch on Tuesday.
"What is more importantis that he responds to whatthe game demands. Hedoesn't look worried to me.He is happy and he has noproblems. He doesn't needto be the team's goalscorer
to be happy."Argentina had scored
only four times in fourgames before Tuesday andMartino claimed beforethis match that their finish-ing had let them down, buthe was delighted with hisside's superb performanceagainst Paraguay.
"We are very happybecause these guys are inanother final of an impor-tant tournament in thespace of less than a year,"he said.= "It's not theWorld Cup, but it's veryimportant. We will have towork hard to win the gameagainst Chile in the final,but today we played agood game and it's clearwe were very decisive." Aswell as Messi, the 52-year-old coach praised JavierPastore after the midfield-er scored one and wasinvolved in several of theother goals on Tuesday.
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At the height of summerwhen pavements are burn-ing, air conditioners are on
high and tempers are higher, whatdo you do to stay cool? Here are afew simple but effective ways tobeat the heat this summer.
The most effective methodcomes from yoga, a very simplepranayam that cools your wholebody from within, more effectivethan any air conditioner.
Once I was in a large group, in asmall room, in the worst of sum-mer. The electricity failed leavingus boiling and miserable. We alldid the breathing exercises givenbelow and very soon everyone wascomfortable enough to go back towork.
"At first I thought of leaving,"said Sudha, a homemaker. "Butafter just a few minutes of thebreathing I was so comfortable Idid not feel the heat and actuallyforgot all about it."
Sheetkari pranayamBreath in through the mouth and
out through the nose.
To breathe in open the lips aswide as you can, exposing theteeth and gums. Touch the teethtogether. As you breath in air willgo through your teeth, instantlycooled by your saliva. Then closeyour mouth and breathe outthrough the nose. If you are doingit right you will immediately feelthe coolness go right down yourbody.
It also strengthens weak teethand gums.
Sheetali pranayamThis Pranayam is an even more
effective cooling but may not beeasy for everyone. If you cannotdo it, never mind, do the Sheetkariinstead. Once again you inhalethrough the mouth, exhale throughthe nose.
The difference is that you suck inair through the tongue as if throughthe straw. Roll your tongue so thatit is like a straw, the tip protrudingslightly out of your mouth. Closeyour lips around your tongue sothat no air goes in except throughyour tongue. Breathe in deeply and
feel the coolness travel all the waythrough your chest and stomach.Breathe out naturally through thenose.
When you do it properly you canfeel the coolness as it goes rightthrough your chest and down toyour stomach. Cooling is immedi-ate.
This pranayam is also very effec-tive for acidity.
Normally we breathe through thenose which filters air and keepsunhealthy particles out. When youbreathe through the mouth no suchfiltering happens, so make sureyou do this breathing only inunpolluted places.
Visualisation and breathingThis is a fun way to cool down in
the worst heat. Visualise yourselfin a lovely cool place like walkingin the snow, or a cool wind blow-ing. Visualise every detail of theplace, making the visualisation asclear as possible. Focus on feelingthe coolness of the wind or thesnow.
Breathing normally, imagine thatwith every breath you are breath-ing in the chill of the air and it isfilling you with coolness. In just afew minutes you should be relaxedand comfortable, and very cool no
matter how hot the summer.
By yoga-expert Rohini Gupta
Effective ways to beat the heat
On the latest coverof FHM, ShrutiHaasan is seen
flaunting two sides of herpersonality! The coveralso reads, “Flip side ofShruti Haasan” Well, theone flip side to Ms.Haasan’s personality thatwe know of is that she issomewhat of a rockstarchick in her personal life!
In an EXCLUSIVEinterview withBollywoodLife some-time back this is whatShruti says about her per-sonal style, “It’s alwaysblack! It’s not goth but Ireally always gravitatetowards wearing black. Ithink its coz’ I’m clumsyand I spill things on myclothes so it’s easier toclean! But frankly I wearso much of black becauseit makes me feel sexyand makes you feel slim-
mer.”
On the cover picture
too, Shruti looks waysexier in black than shedoes in white.
For the all black lookshe is wearing a top andcuff by TheVrenaissance, a braletfrom La Senza, pantsfrom Zara and Louboutinpumps.
Her all-white look is acrop top and skirt byDeme by Gabriella, jew-ellery is fromAccessorize and pumpsare Louboutins.
For one of the insidepictures she is wearing aRohit Gandhi and RahulKhanna jacket with a LaSenza bralet.
Doesn’t she looksmokin’ hot! She looksso damn hot in black, herfixation with the colourmakes perfect sensenow!
ents yet anotherinteresting story of agirl named lilly whohailed from a smalltown and wanna getrich, successful overnight. But,will sheor won't she? Staytuned, promos to outsoon. Samira Raza,in main lead withsupporting castReet, Roopa,Sahiba, Akankshaand Gagan DeepSingh. Param ofMoonlight produc-tions is very hopeful that this small budget entertainer will do big in the industry.
This small budget entertainer willdo big in the industry: Param MLP
Kareena Kapoor to begin shooting for Arjun Kapoorstarrer soon after Bajrangi Bhaijaan’s release?
Kareena Kapoor Khan has gotexciting projects coming up.While her super-starry project
Bajrangi Bhaijaan opposite SalmanKhan is set to hit the screens on July 17.She’ll soon also begin shooting for hernext venture with Arjun Kapoor, wherethe two are supposedly playing husbandand wife. This R Balki film is the samefilm which is also suspected to bringback Amitabh Bachchan in one of theprominent roles. Well, with such animpressive casting coup put to show, itcan now be confirmed that this untitledfilm is officially set to go on floors bythis month-end. Yes!
Arjun, who is highly looking forwardto this film opposite the ever ravishingBebo, spoke about the the same at arecent event. Though he was a little hes-itant about spilling much details aboutthe film. He confirmed the first sched-ule and said, “End of July we will startshooting. And that’s pretty much thestatus in terms of when we begin. Therest of the details is only fair if Balki sir
talks about it.” Here, check out thevideo…
Now its left to see if Kareena too willbegin shooting for the film around thesame time or no. Considering she’ll be
done with most of the promotions forBajrangi Bhaijaan, July-end looks free.Also,we have been told that its a 30-dayschedule that requires both Arjun andBebo to be together!
Va r u nDhawanis a ver-
satile and talent-ed actor is nonews to anyone.The actor wentfrom a chocolatehero in HumptySharma KiDulhania to agrey character inB a d l a p u rovernight. Andmore importantlyconvinced peo-ple of his charac-ters equally well.But what inspireshim to hop fromrom-coms todark dramas todance films?Well…
In a recent con-versation, whenasked why hechose ABCD 2 despite the fact that ABCD was not a huge franchise, the actor said,“Because I saw something in the first one. I saw a lot of honesty and a lot of heart in it,and also it was something different. Also, with Badlapur, I felt that the film was part ofa change and I said I want to be part of this. (Laughs) I don’t want to give all the reasonsbecause I don’t want the other people to read and then start using them and doing thesekind of films. No, but seriously, I feel honestly the mindset of the audience at large ischanging and by that I don’t mean they don’t want to see a typical Hindi film, they obvi-ously want to see that but there is a certain evolution that needs to happen in cinemawhich they want to see slowly.”
He further added, “Badlapur was totally like almost tearing the envelope, not evenpushing it. But they accepted it which was a big shock to everyone. Then we saw aHaider running with a crazy theme in that. So time and again you get these films whichrun, that just shows that there is a section of the audience who wants to see films likethat. You see a Queen, you see a Piku and I feel women are leading this change actual-ly. Women are totally leading this change and they are the ones who are inspiring me topick up films like that.”
Kangana and Deepika inspired meto do Badlapur, says Varun Dhawan
