NEW DELHI India has hit out at Pakistan a day after the latter called off the NSA level talks, with Union home minister Rajnath Singh asking that if Pakistan was keen on rais- ing the Kashmir issue, why didn't they mention the matter during the talks in Russia's Ufa. "Why didn't Pakistan raise the Kashmir issue in Ufa in Russia when the two Prime Ministers met last month?" Mr Singh demanded. "It was understood that no third party will come in this meeting... They should have decided on this agenda earlier," the minister said. "Now Pakistan needs to decide what they want to do." Last month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had held bilateral talks with his Pakistan counter- part Nawaz Sharif, where it was decided to restart and the dialogue between the two countries. The National Security Advisor level talks were expected to take the process forward, but the agenda agreed on was ter- ror, which was scuttled after Pakistan insisted on raising Kashmir and meeting the leaders of Hurriyat. "We will continue to try for cordial relations with Pakistan... it up to them to decide," the minister said. After three days of back and forth between the two countries, Pakistan had called off the talks late last evening, saying it could not meet the terms that India had said were non-negotiable -- That Kashmir will not be part of the agenda, and Pakistan's NSA Sartaj CONTD. ON P AGE 5 MUMBAI Temperature: 34 0 C Precipitation:72% Humidity:75% Wind: 19Km/hr HAQ SAADDA FIGHT FOR RIGHT MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 2015 'What is PM Modi Trying to Achieve?' Kejriwal on AAP Lawmaker's Arrest Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Blames Congress for Stalling GST Bill Katrina Kaif says ‘I love you too’….but it’s not for Ranbir Kapoor! P8 NEW DELHI In the wake of the debate over the death penalty following the execution of Mumbai attack convict Yakub Memon, the Supreme Court has said capital punishment is not inhuman or barbaric and will not violate the CONTD. ON P AGE 5 Death Penalty for Heinous Crime Not Barbaric, Says Supreme Court NEW DELHI With a 10 per cent stake sale in Indian Oil Corporation scheduled for Monday expected to fetch Rs. 9300 crore, the Narendra Modi government's disinvestment kitty may swell to Rs. 12,600 crore this fiscal. The figure will be the best 'first- CONTD. ON P AGE 5 With Indian Oil Stake Sale, Government Eyes Best 'First Half' in 7 Years PATNA RJD chief Lalu Prasad today asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to check the rising prices of onions and arrest those hoarding the veg- etable. "The central govern- ment has failed to raid and CONTD. ON P AGE 5 RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Asks Prime Minister Modi to Check Onion Prices KOLKATA Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the central gov- ernment's financial inclusion pro- gramme will prevent people from getting fleeced by "unreliable" financial institutions. "Our banks have traditionally been brick and mortar branches that cannot reach every village. But now the system has moved beyond that. CONTD. ON P AGE 5 Centre's Financial Inclusion Schemes Will Prevent Fleecing: Arun Jaitley PATNA Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said he would soon "expose the truth" behind the Rs. 1.25 lakh crore special package announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the poll- bound state. "Soon, we will bring out the truth and the real face of Rs. 1.25 lakh crore special package to Bihar," Mr Kumar said in Patna after launching several projects CONTD. ON P AGE 5 Will Expose the Truth Behind Bihar Package, Says CM Nitish Kumar NEW DELHI Robert Vadra, the son-in-law of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, today said that he's "No VIP" and shouldn't be treated as one, after the government removed his name from the 'no- frisking' list at airports. Mr Vadra, 46, travels with a Special Protection Group or SPG personnel and had been exempted to be frisked at airport security checks across the country. "Finally!! I am glad and have been awaiting this so called and never used, Security Exemption Privilege, CONTD. ON P AGE 5 I Am No VIP, Glad to Be Off 'No- Frisking' List at Airports: Robert Vadra SRINAGAR Ruling Peoples Democratic Party today hit out at the Opposition National Conference for its "childish and non-serious" approach towards an issue like India- Pakistan talks. "The reactions CONTD. ON P AGE 5 National Conference 'Non- Serious' about India- Pakistan Talks: PDP BHOPAL For the third consecutive year in a row, Madhya Pradesh has been ranked number 1 by the National Crime Records Bureau for the maximum number of rape cases. In 2014, the state recorded 5,076 rape cases, which is an average of 13 rapes CONTD. ON P AGE 5 In 2014, Madhya Pradesh Registered 13 Rapes Every Day Highest in India P3 P2 Weather Report DELHI Temperature: 34 0 C Precipitation:26% Humidity: 56% Wind: 20Km/hr KOLKA T A Temperature: 32 0 C Precipitation: 63% Humidity:90% Wind: 13Km/hr CHENNAI Temperature: 33 0 C Precipitation:53% Humidity:64% Wind: 18Km/hr LUCKNOW Advocating the promo- tion of Sanskrit, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said even foreign scholars have considered it to be one of the most scientific of lan- guages. "There is no other lan- guage which provides answers to complex philosophical questions like epics written in Sanskrit. Be it art, litera- ture, science or technolo- gy, people are admitting Sanskrit is most useful," Mr Singh said addressing the launch of a 'Mahaabhiyan' to take Sanskrit to every house which is being led by an educational institution in Lucknow. He said that even NASA, while building a super computer, had said that Sanskrit was the most suitable language for it. "But the irony is that we are getting away from it in India," he said. Mr Singh said that Sanskrit does not have a problem of spelling like other languages, such as English, and was pro- nounced in a similar CONTD. ON P AGE 5 Sanskrit Most Useful for Science, Technology, Says Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Vol. 1 Issue: 367 Price: Rs.3:00 Reg. No: DELENG/2014/58212 Delhi Edition Pages: 8 Website: www.saaddahaq.in Email: [email protected]SRINAGAR There were massive protests outside Kashmiri separatist Syed Ali Shah Geelani's resi- dence in Srinagar this morning after the police refused to allow his party, the Tehreek-e- Hurriyat,to hold a seminar. CONTD. ON P AGE 5 Protests Outside Geelani's Residence in Srinagar; Cops Use Water Cannon NEWS IN BRIEF KOLKATA Calling for more eco- nomic activity in east- ern states, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said political dif- ferences between the BJP and the Trinamool Congress will not come in way of development of West Bengal as he lamented "obsolete policies" of past. "... the party to which I belong (BJP) and the party which rules West Bengal (TMC) are strongly opposed to each other and that probably will continue. "But in terms of development of this country and the state, the political differences between the two will not matter and we will fully cooperate in the development and growth of the state of West Bengal," he said at the inauguration of Bandhan Bank here. Jaitley said it was "a break from some of the obsolete policies of the past and the realisation CONTD. ON P AGE 5 Why Didn't Pakistan Raise Kashmir in Ufa, Asks Home Minister Rajnath Singh Political Differences not to Hamper Bengal's Development: Arun Jaitley Madhya Pradesh to Host World's Largest Solar Power Station BHOPAL The world's largest 750 Mega Watts (MW) solar power station will be built in Rewa district's Gudh area, Madhya Pradesh's Energy Minister Rajendra Shukla said today. "Global tenders for com- missioning the solar power station in an area over 1,500 hectares at Bandwar region in Gudh tehsil of Rewa, will be invited shortly," Mr Shukla told PTI. CONTD. ON P AGE 5 BEED Younger farmers in Maharashtra's Marathwada region may be more vulnerable and prone to commit sui- cide, a survey has found. Dilasa Janvikas Pratishthan, an Aurangabad-based NGO, has carried out a sample survey by study- ing farmer suicides in the eight districts of the region. Their findings are startling: 50 per cent of farmers are between the ages of 20 and 40 years. "We studied 247 sui- cide cases of which 75 per cent had the burden of unpaid loans. 30 per cent of farmers were between the age bracket of 20-30 years, whereas the remaining were 30- 40 years old," Shilpa Gole, project head of the NGO's agribusiness initiatives explains. Further analysis as per CONTD. ON P AGE 5 50% Farmers Committing Suicide in Drought-Hit Marathwada Are Under 40 NEW DELHI Bolstered by the Bombay High Court order overturning ban on Maggi, Nestle India plans to bring back the popular instant noodles back in the market by end of this year subject to certain clearances. The company, which has taken a hit of Rs. 450 crore, including destroying over 30,000 tonnes of the instant noodles since June when it was banned because of alleged exces- sive lead content, says it will continue with the CONTD. ON P AGE 5 GUWAHATI The flood situation across Assam continued to be grim as the toll rose to 13 today and 18 districts still remain inundated, officials said. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi undertook an aerial survey of the worst affect- ed districts of Kokrajhar, Chirang, Bongaigaon, Goalpara and Dhubri. A total of 1,291 villages have been submerged so far, affecting 6.16 lakh people. The district CONTD. ON P AGE 5 HYDERABAD The BJP-led NDA gov- ernment is ready to take up pending projects worth Rs. 8,000 crore which were initiated under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) during the UPA tenure, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said today. "Under the JNNURM, there were some works pending during the previ- ous government's term. The outgoing (UPA) gov- ernment has left the burden of pending works (not completed before March 2014) on state govern- ments," Mr Naidu said. "After I came, I reviewed it and found lot of works are pending and states do not have funds. Assets are lying idle. Now the government has decid- ed to fund the JNNURM for the works which are at a stage of more than 50 per cent completion," the Union Urban Development Minister told reporters. Earlier, he addressed BJP Telangana state-level CONTD. ON P AGE 5 Centre to Fund Pending JNNURM Projects Worth Rs. 8000 Crore: M Venkaiah Naidu Trying to Bring Back Maggi by End of This Year: Nestle India Assam Flood Toll Rises to 13, Chief Minister Gogoi Undertakes Aerial Visit NEW DELHI Pakistani media has blamed India for the can- cellation of first-ever National Security Adviser- level talks, which were to take place today and tomorrow. On Saturday night, Pakistan had announced that it could not meet the two terms India said were non-negotiable - that Kashmir will not be part of the agenda of the talks, and that Pakistan's NSA Sartaj Aziz would not meet Kashmiri separatists in Delhi. External Affairs minister Ms Swaraj said the con CONTD. ON P AGE 5 Pakistani Media Blames India for Cancellation of NSA-Level Talks WASHINGTON The US has said it was "disappointed" that the proposed talks between the National Security Advisors of India and Pakistan has been called off. "We are disappointed the talks will not happen this weekend and encour- age India and Pakistan to resume formal dialogue soon," State Department spokesman John Kirby said yesterday. The spokesperson, however, said the "con- structive" interaction between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Ufa, CONTD. ON P AGE 5 US Says 'Disappointed' That India-Pakistan Talks Called Off
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NEW DELHIIndia has hit out at
Pakistan a day after thelatter called off the NSAlevel talks, with Unionhome minister RajnathSingh asking that ifPakistan was keen on rais-ing the Kashmir issue,why didn't they mentionthe matter during the talksin Russia's Ufa.
"Why didn't Pakistanraise the Kashmir issue inUfa in Russia when thetwo Prime Ministers metlast month?" Mr Singhdemanded.
"It was understood thatno third party will comein this meeting... Theyshould have decided onthis agenda earlier," theminister said. "NowPakistan needs to decidewhat they want to do."
Last month, PrimeMinister Narendra Modihad held bilateral talkswith his Pakistan counter-
part Nawaz Sharif, whereit was decided to restartand the dialogue betweenthe two countries.
The National SecurityAdvisor level talks wereexpected to take theprocess forward, but theagenda agreed on was ter-ror, which was scuttledafter Pakistan insisted onraising Kashmir andmeeting the leaders ofHurriyat.
"We will continue to tryfor cordial relations withPakistan... it up to them todecide," the minister said.
After three days of backand forth between the twocountries, Pakistan hadcalled off the talks latelast evening, saying itcould not meet the termsthat India had said werenon-negotiable -- ThatKashmir will not be partof the agenda, andPakistan's NSA Sartaj
'What is PM Modi Trying to Achieve?'Kejriwal on AAP Lawmaker's Arrest
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley BlamesCongress for Stalling GST Bill
Katrina Kaif says ‘I love you too’….butit’s not for Ranbir Kapoor! P8
NEW DELHIIn the wake of the debate over
the death penalty following theexecution of Mumbai attackconvict Yakub Memon, theSupreme Court has said capitalpunishment is not inhuman orbarbaric and will not violate the
CONTD. ON PAGE 5
Death Penalty for HeinousCrime Not Barbaric, SaysSupreme Court
NEW DELHIWith a 10 per cent stake sale
in Indian Oil Corporationscheduled for Monday expectedto fetch Rs. 9300 crore, theNarendra Modi government'sdisinvestment kitty may swellto Rs. 12,600 crore this fiscal.The figure will be the best 'first-
CONTD. ON PAGE 5
With Indian Oil Stake Sale,Government Eyes Best'First Half' in 7 Years
PATNARJD chief Lalu Prasad
today asked Prime MinisterNarendra Modi to check therising prices of onions andarrest those hoarding the veg-etable. "The central govern-ment has failed to raid and
CONTD. ON PAGE 5
RJD Chief Lalu PrasadAsks Prime Minister Modito Check Onion Prices
KOLKATAUnion Finance Minister Arun
Jaitley today said the central gov-ernment's financial inclusion pro-gramme will prevent people fromgetting fleeced by "unreliable"financial institutions.
"Our banks have traditionallybeen brick and mortar branches that cannot reach everyvillage. But now the system has moved beyond that.
Kumar today said he would soon"expose the truth" behind the Rs.1.25 lakh crore special packageannounced by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi for the poll-bound state.
"Soon, we will bring out the truth and the real face ofRs. 1.25 lakh crore special package to Bihar," MrKumar said in Patna after launching several projects
CONTD. ON PAGE 5
Will Expose the Truth Behind BiharPackage, Says CM Nitish Kumar
NEW DELHIRobert Vadra, the son-in-law
of Congress president SoniaGandhi, today said that he's "NoVIP" and shouldn't be treated asone, after the governmentremoved his name from the 'no-frisking' list at airports.
Mr Vadra, 46, travels with a Special ProtectionGroup or SPG personnel and had been exempted to befrisked at airport security checks across the country.
"Finally!! I am glad and have been awaiting this socalled and never used, Security Exemption Privilege,
CONTD. ON PAGE 5
I Am No VIP, Glad to Be Off 'No-Frisking' List at Airports: Robert Vadra
SRINAGARRuling Peoples Democratic
Party today hit out at theOpposition NationalConference for its "childishand non-serious" approachtowards an issue like India-Pakistan talks. "The reactions
CONTD. ON PAGE 5
National Conference 'Non-Serious' about India-Pakistan Talks: PDP
BHOPALFor the third consecutive year
in a row, Madhya Pradesh hasbeen ranked number 1 by theNational Crime Records Bureaufor the maximum number ofrape cases. In 2014, the staterecorded 5,076 rape cases,which is an average of 13 rapes
CONTD. ON PAGE 5
In 2014, Madhya PradeshRegistered 13 Rapes EveryDay Highest in India
tion of Sanskrit, UnionHome Minister RajnathSingh today said evenforeign scholars haveconsidered it to be one ofthe most scientific of lan-guages.
"There is no other lan-guage which providesanswers to complexphilosophical questionslike epics written inSanskrit. Be it art, litera-ture, science or technolo-gy, people are admittingSanskrit is most useful,"Mr Singh said addressingthe launch of a'Mahaabhiyan' to takeSanskrit to every housewhich is being led by an
educational institution inLucknow.
He said that evenNASA, while building asuper computer, had saidthat Sanskrit was themost suitable languagefor it.
"But the irony is that
we are getting away fromit in India," he said.
Mr Singh said thatSanskrit does not have aproblem of spelling likeother languages, such asEnglish, and was pro-nounced in a similar
CONTD. ON PAGE 5
Sanskrit Most Useful for Science, Technology,Says Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh
outside Kashmiri separatistSyed Ali Shah Geelani's resi-dence in Srinagar this morningafter the police refused to allowhis party, the Tehreek-e-Hurriyat,to hold a seminar.
CONTD. ON PAGE 5
Protests Outside Geelani'sResidence in Srinagar;Cops Use Water Cannon
NEWS IN BRIEF
KOLKATACalling for more eco-
nomic activity in east-ern states, FinanceMinister Arun Jaitleytoday said political dif-ferences between theBJP and the TrinamoolCongress will not comein way of developmentof West Bengal as helamented "obsoletepolicies" of past.
"... the party to whichI belong (BJP) and theparty which rules WestBengal (TMC) arestrongly opposed toeach other and thatprobably will continue.
"But in terms of
development of thiscountry and the state,the political differencesbetween the two willnot matter and we willfully cooperate in thedevelopment andgrowth of the state of
West Bengal," he said atthe inauguration ofBandhan Bank here.
Jaitley said it was "abreak from some of theobsolete policies of thepast and the realisation
CONTD. ON PAGE 5
Why Didn't Pakistan Raise Kashmir inUfa, Asks Home Minister Rajnath Singh
Political Differences not to HamperBengal's Development: Arun Jaitley
The world's largest 750Mega Watts (MW) solarpower station will be builtin
Rewa district's Gudharea, Madhya Pradesh'sEnergy Minister RajendraShukla said today.
"Global tenders for com-missioning the solarpower station in an areaover 1,500 hectares atBandwar region in Gudhtehsil of Rewa, will beinvited shortly," MrShukla told PTI.
CONTD. ON PAGE 5
BEEDYounger farmers in
M a h a r a s h t r a ' sMarathwada region maybe more vulnerable andprone to commit sui-cide, a survey hasfound.
Dilasa JanvikasPratishthan, anA u r a n g a b a d - b a s e dNGO, has carried out asample survey by study-ing farmer suicides inthe eight districts of theregion. Their findingsare startling: 50 per cent
of farmers are betweenthe ages of 20 and 40years.
"We studied 247 sui-cide cases of which 75per cent had the burdenof unpaid loans. 30 percent of farmers werebetween the age bracketof 20-30 years, whereasthe remaining were 30-40 years old," ShilpaGole, project head ofthe NGO's agribusinessinitiatives explains.
Further analysis as per CONTD. ON PAGE 5
50% Farmers Committing Suicide inDrought-Hit Marathwada Are Under 40
NEW DELHIBolstered by the
Bombay High Court orderoverturning ban on Maggi,Nestle India plans to bringback the popular instantnoodles back in the marketby end of this year subjectto certain clearances.
The company, which hastaken a hit of Rs. 450crore, including destroyingover 30,000 tonnes of theinstant noodles since Junewhen it was banned
because of alleged exces-sive lead content, says it
will continue with the CONTD. ON PAGE 5
GUWAHATIThe flood situation
across Assam continued tobe grim as the toll rose to13 today and 18 districtsstill remain inundated,officials said.
Chief Minister TarunGogoi undertook an aerial
survey of the worst affect-ed districts of Kokrajhar,Chirang, Bongaigaon,Goalpara and Dhubri.
A total of 1,291 villageshave been submerged sofar, affecting 6.16 lakhpeople. The district
CONTD. ON PAGE 5
HYDERABADThe BJP-led NDA gov-
ernment is ready to take uppending projects worth Rs.8,000 crore which wereinitiated under theJawaharlal Nehru NationalUrban Renewal Mission(JNNURM) during theUPA tenure, UnionMinister M VenkaiahNaidu said today.
"Under the JNNURM,there were some workspending during the previ-ous government's term.The outgoing (UPA) gov-ernment has left the burdenof pending works (notcompleted before March2014) on state govern-
ments," Mr Naidu said."After I came, I
reviewed it and found lotof works are pending andstates do not have funds.Assets are lying idle. Nowthe government has decid-ed to fund the JNNURM
for the works which are ata stage of more than 50 percent completion," theUnion Urban DevelopmentMinister told reporters.
Earlier, he addressedBJP Telangana state-level
CONTD. ON PAGE 5
Centre to Fund Pending JNNURM ProjectsWorth Rs. 8000 Crore: M Venkaiah Naidu
Trying to Bring Back Maggi byEnd of This Year: Nestle India
blamed India for the can-cellation of first-everNational Security Adviser-level talks, which were totake place today andtomorrow.
On Saturday night,Pakistan had announcedthat it could not meet the
two terms India said werenon-negotiable - thatKashmir will not be part ofthe agenda of the talks, andthat Pakistan's NSA SartajAziz would not meetKashmiri separatists inDelhi.
External Affairs ministerMs Swaraj said the con
CONTD. ON PAGE 5
Pakistani Media Blames India forCancellation of NSA-Level Talks
WASHINGTONThe US has said it was
"disappointed" that theproposed talks betweenthe National SecurityAdvisors of India andPakistan has been calledoff.
"We are disappointedthe talks will not happenthis weekend and encour-age India and Pakistan toresume formal dialoguesoon," State Departmentspokesman John Kirbysaid yesterday.
The spokesperson,however, said the "con-structive" interactionbetween Prime MinisterNarendra Modi andPakistan Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif in Ufa,
CONTD. ON PAGE 5
US Says 'Disappointed' That India-Pakistan Talks Called Off
Implement 25 % quota for poor chil-dren: Delhi govt to play schools NEW DELHI
The Delhi government on Sunday ordered implementa-tion of 25 per cent reservation for poor children in playschools and creches, which are running on land alloted atconcessional rates by the government.
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia issued directivesfor implementation of the quota for children of economi-cally weaker section (EWS) in all play schools.
In November last year, the Delhi High Court hadslammed the state government for failing to devise anymechanism to ensure 25 per cent reservation to poor chil-dren in play schools.
"Schools will be required to display this information onnotice boards as well as on their websites. The noticeboards should be placed at places where they are visible tomore public," the Delhi Government said in a statementtoday.
"Schools cannot charge the EWS quota students any feefor registration or prospectus...If they are not able to admitany applicant under the quota the schools will be requireto give an explanation for the same," it further said.
Regarding rules for distance of play school from appli-cant's residence, the government has said that the normsdetailed under Right to Education (RTE) Act for entry-level classes will be followed.
If the number of applicants is more than number of seatsthe admissions will be done through draw of lots proce-dure, he said.
"The school will be required to communicate to the par-ents the date of lottery procedure and it will conducted inpresence of parents.
"The draw of lots procedure will be concluded only afterreceiving signature of at least five parents and all the relat-ed documents will be secured for future reference,"Sisodia said. The schools will not be permitted to hold anyinterview, counselling, written or oral examination ofeither the parents or children for admission to playschools, creches or pre primary schools, he said.
The move comes as implementation of Delhi HighCourt's directive issued in November 2014.
CPI(M) to hold plenum in Decemberafter 37 yrsNEW DELHI
CPI(M) will hold a plenum in December after a gap of37 years to assess its organisational strength, especially inits one-time bastion of West Bengal, party sources saidtoday.
Preparations for the plenum were discussed during athree- day meeting of the party's Central Committee,which concluded today, they said.
"In the run up to the plenum, the party's politburo hasprepared a questionnaire on the basis of which our statecommittees have framed reports on the organisation's sta-tus, specific problems and ways to tackle them.
"These reports are being studied and will be consideredby the Central Committee when it meets in October. Afternecessary amendments by the Central Committee, thedraft report will be sent to the state committees. Revisedreports will be tabled at the plenary meeting then," asource said.
CPI(M) had decided to hold a plenary meeting during aparty congress in April this year.
The party's last plenum was held in 1978 at Salkia inWest Bengal.
Women inmates in Tihar jail: ConcernedHC asks DSLSA to take stepsNEW DELHI
Delhi High Court has expressed displeasure over theplight of 152 women undertrial prisoners, who have beenlanguishing in Tihar jail for more than six months eventhough charges against them were not serious.
A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice JayantNath asked the Delhi State Legal Services Authority(DSLSA) to take necessary steps for their immediaterelease.
"It may be mentioned that the plight of the undertrialprisoners who have been languishing in prison withouttrial for a very long period has been taken note of by theSupreme Court as well as this court on several occasionsand various directions have been issued from time totime.
"We are pained to notice that in spite of the said orderspassed by the courts and the periodical visits made by theofficials and panel advocates of the DSLSA, interactionwith the inmates and Legal Services Clinics being organ-ised in jail complex, many of the undertrial prisoners arein jail for more than six months even though charges arenot for serious offences," the court said.
The court's observation came after it was informed bythe Superintendent of Jail No.6, Tihar Jail, that there are105 women undertrial prisoners who are facing chargesother than murder, rape, culpable homicide not amount-ing to murder and Maharashtra Control of OrganisedCrime Act (MCOCA).
We seek to empower madrasa stu-dents with edu, skill: HeptullaNEW DELHIEmphasising the Centre's "growth for all" vision,
Union Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla here onSunday said that her ministry aims to engage the studentsin madrasas with education and skill development, sothat they are not distracted by anything else.
"Last year in November, we launched the MaulanaAzad National Academy for Skills (MANAS), and ourPrime Minister has often laid emphasis on seeing aQuran in one hand of a madrasa student, and a computerin the other.
"And, in line with his vision and advice, I want to seea 'kalam' (pen) in one of their hands, and an 'auzar' (tool)in the other. So, that they become ideal Indians. And, so,that they don't have to think of anything else," Heptullasaid.
DELHI NEWS2 NEW DELHI | MONDAY | AUGUST 24, 2015Fight For Right
Party lawmakerCommando SurenderSingh was granted bail ina case of allegedly usingexpletives against a gov-ernment employee, partychief and Delhi ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwalhas blamed PrimeMinister Narendra Modifor the arrest.
"Modi govt getsCommando Surinderarrested. In less than 24hrs, he gets bail. What isModiji trying to achieve?(sic)" Mr Kejriwal tweet-ed this morning.
Yesterday, AAP hit outat the Delhi Police askingthem to refrain fromindulging in politicallymotivated actions in thefuture. "Despite assertionsby the top brass of theDelhi Police that it is notunder any sort of politicalpressure, its repeatedunsuccessful attempts tobrowbeat AAP leaders andvolunteers make it clear
that it has allowed itsimpartiality and credibili-ty to be compromised"said a press release fromAAP. Surender Singh, aformer NSG Commando,was arrested on Friday forallegedly making casteistremarks, and two of hissupporters are accused ofmanhandling a New DelhiMunicipal Council(NDMC) employee, whowas a part of the team that
was doing a routineencroachment check incentral Delhi on August 4.AAP has alleged thatNDMC officials were ask-ing for bribes and MrSingh was implicated in afalse case.
The party also asked thePolice to "desist in futureagainst indulging in politi-cally motivated actions,and how it is a clear exam-ple of having "allowed
itself to be used by theBJP's central governmentto trouble elected MLAs."
Mr Singh is the thirdAAP lawmaker to havebeen arrested in the lastthree months. FormerDelhi Law MinisterJitendra Singh Tomar washeld in a fake educationaldegree case in June andKondli legislator ManojKumar was apprehendedin July.
'What is PM Modi Trying to Achieve?'Kejriwal on AAP Lawmaker's Arrest
NEW DELHIA Delhi court has con-
victed a man for threaten-ing to throw acid on a stu-dent and stalking her onher way to college.
Metropolitan MagistrateShivani Chauhan heldSyed Arshad Kadri, anative of Uttar Pradesh,guilty of offences undersections 354 (molestation)341 (wrongful restraint)and 506 (criminal intimi-dation) of the IPC, whilerelying on the girl's testi-mony. "Prosecution has,very well with all certaintyand conviction, been ableto prove and establish theculpability against accusedbeyond the pales of reason-able doubt," the court said.
The court, which is yet topronounce quantum of sen-tence, said, Kadri used tostalk the girl on her way tocollege where she was astudent of mass communi-cation, "restrained her wayseveral times and threat-ened to throw acid uponher and kidnap her if shedid not pay heed to hisadvances." It said thatKadri's counsel has notbeen able to elicit anymaterial contradiction intestimony of complainantand "has not been able toreasonably explain the evi-dence appearing againsthim".
The court also rejectedKadri's contention that thegirl framed him and she
could not recall the mobilenumber from which heallegedly called her, say-ing, "the mere fact that thewitness does not remembermobile numbers fromwhich the calls werereceived does not negatethe occurrence of the inci-dent". According to theprosecution, the girl hadlodged a complaint onDecember 1, 2010 thatKadri had been stalking,abusing and threateningher for one month.
Kadri, who was arrestedand charge sheeted for theoffences, pleaded inno-cence and claimed he wasfriends with the girl but herbrother falsely implicatedhim as he did not like him.
Delhi: Man held guilty for stalking,threatening to throw acid on girl
NEW DELHIThe Urban Development
Ministry has sent a freshlist containing names offive retired judges forselection of chairman ofDelhi Metro Fare FixationCommittee, after five ear-lier proposals were reject-ed by the AppointmentsCommittee of Cabinet(ACC).
A fresh list has been sentto the Department ofPersonnel & Training(DoPT) for obtaining theapproval of ACC, sourcesin the Urban DevelopmentMinistry said.
The list consists ofnames of Justice (retd) ML Mehta of Delhi HighCourt, and four retiredjudges of Allahabad HC --Justice Satish Chandra,Justice Virendra VikramSingh, Justice AshokSrivastava, and JusticeRajes Kumar.
After the rejection ofearlier five panels, thistime the UrbanDevelopment Ministry hassent the maximum namesof five retired judges afterprocuring the list from theLaw Ministry, the sourcessaid. The AppointmentsCommittee of Cabinet,headed by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, haddeclined the last proposalwith names of three retiredjudges in February 24 thisyear, with direction tobring a fresh list for selec-tion of chairperson andtwo members of Fare
Fixation Committee.Names of an Additional
Secretary of the UrbanDevelopment Ministry andthe Principal Secretary(Finance/Vigilance) ofDelhi Government havebeen suggested as thecommittee members.
The Ministry had sentthe first panel with thename of one retired judgein December 18, 2012,which was declined inFebruary 7, 2013. Anotherproposal was sent inMarch 21, 2013, and wasrejected in April 26 thatyear. The third proposalwas sent to DoPT inOctober 31, 2013 andrejected on December 11.The ACC rejected thefourth proposal on March26, 2014.
Fares of Delhi Metrowere last revised in 2009when the minimum farewas raised from Rs 6 to Rs8 and the maximum fromRs 22 to Rs 30.
Since then there hasbeen a significant increasein input cost including 94per cent rise in power tar-iff. In the past three years,Delhi Metro RailCorporation has made sev-eral requests to the UrbanDevelopment Ministry forconstitution of FFC forraising fares. Delhi Metrocan revise its fares only onrecommendation of thethree-member FareFixation Committee con-stituted by the central gov-ernment from time to time.
Fresh panel of five ex-judges sent to ACC to pickDelhi Metro FFC chairman
NEW DELHIIn a suspected gang war,
a 32-year-old propertydealer was shot deadallegedly by six assailantsin southwest Delhi'sGreater Kailash area,police said on Sunday.
While five of the allegedassailants have been arrest-ed after a search operationwhich involved more thana 100 police officials withseveral locals helpingthem, one accused is still atlarge, said a senior policeofficial.= he incident wasreported last night.
The deceased, identifiedas Raju, was headingtowards Tigri village withan associate in a motor-bike.When they reached anintersection in GreaterKailash I area, an SUVintercepted the motorbikeand allegedly opened fire.
The assailants targetedRaju and fled once he col-lapsed on the ground, saidthe senior official.
Officials in a policepatrolling van nearbyheard the sound of gunfireand reached the spot,
where they saw a securityguard and some locals try-ing to help Raju.
They immediately head-ed towards the residentialcolony where theassailants were reported tohave fled, said the official.
Meanwhile, the SUV ofthe assailants rammedinto?a gate in a residentialcolony and all six of themhad to flee abandoning thevehicle there. Later, morethan a 100 police officialswere deployed in a searchoperation and the entirearea was combed.
Five of the assailantswere hunted down by thepolice. They have beenidentified as DeepakPandit, Arun, Shankar,Virender and Shanu, saidthe senior official.
During interrogation, itemerged that there wasrivalry between the twogroups ? one headed byDeepak Pandit and theother the deceased,Raju.Both of them wereinvolved in several busi-nesses, including propertydealings.
NEW DELHIUnion Minister VK
Singh's daughter Mrinalinihas joined the ongoing ex-servicemen's protests forthe implementation of theOne Rank One Pensionscheme at Delhi's JantarMantar. "I have joined thisas a daughter of a formerarmyman," Ms Singh toldnews agency ANI. "I per-sonally feel that OROPshould be implemented assoon as possible."
Asked if her fatherapproves her joining theprotest, since he is servingin the Narendra Modi gov-ernment, she said, "I havenot sought his permissionand neither do I need hispermission. I have come
straight from Hisar becauseI feel for the cause," report-ed news agency Press Trustof India.
The protests over OROP -on for more than twomonths -- had escalated onIndependence Day as the
expected announcement ofthe scheme during PrimeMinister Narendra Modi'sspeech from the Red Fortdid not materialise.
The evening before, thecivic officials, together withthe police, had attempted to
move the protesters to clearthe area around the old sun-dial as part of securityarrangements for theIndependence Day.
Furious, the ex-service-men had talked of scalingup the protests and three ofthem had started indefinitehunger strike. Two dayslater, 10 former servicechiefs wrote to PM Modi,expressing "dismay" overthe government's handlingof the issue.
As the Prime Minister'sOffice stepped in the nextday, several police officersinvolved were transferredand the former servicemenagreed not to escalate theiragitation for the next 10days.
Union Minister VK Singh's Daughter Joins OROP Protests
Property dealer shot dead in South Delhi'sposh Greater Kailash, five detained
NEW DELHIThe Enforcement Directorate has
issued fresh summons to Kashmiriseparatist Shabir Shah, currently inDelhi, for questioning in connectionwith a decade-old case related toalleged terror financing through a"hawala channel".
The case relates to August 2005,when the Delhi Police's special cellarrested Mohammed Aslam Wani, analleged hawala dealer, who hadclaimed that he had passed on Rs.2.25 crore to Mr Shah, Chairman ofDemocratic Freedom Party of Jammuand Kashmir.
This is the third attempt by theagency to serve summons on MrShah, who was detained by the DelhiPolice yesterday when he landed inNew Delhi to meet PakistaniNational Security Adviser (NSA)Sartaj Aziz in prelude to the now can-celled NSA-level talks, sources said.
Mr Shah has been summoned at theDelhi zonal office of the agency thisweek, sources said.
The Kashmiri separatist had in thepast told the Press Trust of India thatthe case was "politically motivated".
Mohammed Aslam Wani, who iscurrently out on bail, has also beensummoned by the agency, which reg-istered a case under the Prevention ofMoney Laundering Act (PMLA)against him and Mr Shah.
Mr Wani, 35, was arrested alleged-ly with Rs. 63 lakh received through'hawala' channels from the MiddleEast and a large amount of ammuni-tion in August, 2005.
During questioning, Mr Wani hadclaimed that Rs. 50 lakh were to bedelivered to Shabir Shah and Rs. 10lakh to the Jaish-e-Mohammad 'areacommander' in Srinagar Abu Baqar,while the rest of the money was to behis commission.
He also claimed that he had deliv-ered about Rs. 2.25 crore to Mr Shahand his family in several instalmentsover the past year.
Mr Wani, who hails from Srinagar,came in contact with the Kashmiriseparatist early in 2004, police said.
According to sources, Mr Shah hadallegedly asked Mr Wani to channel'hawala' money to him from Delhi forwhich he was paid three per cent ascommission.
Kashmiri Separatist Shabir ShahSummoned in Money Laundering Case
NEW DELHIEarning money should not be the param-
eter for success and it should be evaluatedby how much an individual contributes tothe society, Deputy Chief Minister ManishSisodia on Sunday said here as he calledfor developing of good values in students.
"In pursuit of value-based education, wemake our children study the autobiogra-phies of some great personalities but thatdoes not ensure that those values getimbibed in them," Sisodia, who is also theEducation Minister said.
"We need to develop those values in ourchildren. Value education is driven by theconfidence that one doesn't feel the needto take a bribe, misbehave with col-leagues, indulge in various crimes. Oureducation should facilitate that, " headded. Sisodia was speaking at an awardfunction organised by Bhartiya SanskritiGyan Pariksha Samiti (BSGPS) to felici-tate 31 principals and 38 teachers fromacross the country.
"Earning money should not be theparameter of success but it should be eval-uated upon how much an individual con-tributed to the society. Our educationshould make the children good humanbeings first and good salary package earn-ers later," Bedi said.
Value education should be beyond teach-ing of autobiographies: Manish Sisodia
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has corrected its "inadvertent mis-take" and removed the name of ChiefMinister Raghubar Das from a noticethat had earlier said admission seek-ers in B.Com who failed to get seatsin the college will get another chancefollowing instruction of Mr Das.
"There was no such instructionfrom the chief minister. It was a mis-take inadvertently committed by ourstaff. We have withdrawn the noticeand replaced it after removing hisname," officiating Principal of thecollege Sujata Sinha said today.
The notice on Friday had stated thatB.Com students who failed to secure
admission in the college for meetingthe marks criteria will get anotherchance following instruction of theChief Minister.
Now, the much sought-after col-lege, affiliated to Kolhan University,will hold an admission test on August25 for those who had applied foradmission, Ms Sinha said.
The officiating principal, however,admitted that a suggestion from theChief Minister Office, Jamshedpur,was received asking the collegeauthorities to consider the demand ofthe students and allow them one morechance.
Jamshedpur Women's College Delete's CM Das' Name From Notice in Admission Row
KOLKATADescribing the passage
of the stalled Goods andServices Tax Bill as aparameter to measure thematurity of India's politi-cal system, union financeminister Arun Jaitleytoday made a veiledattack on the Congress for"stalling the country'sprogress".
"The maturity of ourpolitical system is beingtested. Not only the gov-ernment in power butmost regional parties alsosupported the GST move.But one political partywanted to use disruptionas a tactic to prevent it -otherwise there wouldhave been a consensus,"he said during an interac-tive event in Kolkataorganised by the IndianChamber of Commerce.
The minister termed thelast session of parliamentas "somewhat disappoint-ing but reasonably educa-tive" as the GST Billcould not be pushedthrough despite a consen-sus being build around it.
"People will see reasonand when they see reason
this whole polarisationbetween an India whichwants to grow and minis-cule minority whichwants to block... I hope itwill instill some sense inthose who want to block,"he said.
Comparing the bicam-eral legislative structurebetween India andBritain, Mr Jaitley saidsince the upper house ofparliament there is notelected, the House ofCommons or the lowerhouse can push its billsdespite the House ofLords opposing it.However, since both the
houses in IndianParliament are elected -directly and indirectly - asingle house' diktat can-not evolve a Bill into anAct. The minister, never-theless, expressed opti-mism about it.
"I do hope as theworld's largest democracywe get out of this processof stalemate betweendirectly and indirectlyelected houses," he said.
The minister furtherblamed the former UPAgovernment for stallingIndia's growth allegingthat the Congress-ledregime adopted the policy
of redistributingresources withoutincreasing productivity.
"We had slowed downin the past few yearsbecause we tried alternategrowth models," MrJaitley said adding theUPA growth model prop-aganda looked attractive"as a slogan" but couldnot be executed at theground level.
Mr Jaitley, who alsoholds the portfolio ofinformation and broad-casting, said consumer-centric states like WestBengal will benefit ifGST is enforced.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley BlamesCongress for Stalling GST Bill
AMETHIUnion minister Smriti Irani took
on Congress vice president RahulGandhi today on his home turf -Amethi, the traditional seat of theGandhis - questioning the allegedsale of land meant for a bicycle fac-tory to a trust run by his family. TheCongress dismissed her charges as"wild and baseless".
She claimed 65 acres of farmers'land, acquired at subsidised rate forsetting up Samrat Bicycles factory,was sold to Rajiv GandhiCharitable Trust on February 24.
"The factory had not been set up.The land should go back to theUttar Pradesh State IndustrialDevelopment Corporation," shesaid.
"Samrat cycles land was closeddown and the land belonging tothem was auctioned through DebtRecovery Tribunal under courtorders," said senior Congress leaderAbhishek Singhvi. "The RajivGandhi Trust procured the landunder court orders in an open trans-parent fashion."
Ms Irani's rally was held fourdays after Mr Gandhi addressedone, promising the constituency a"kurta-pajama sarkaar" -- a govern-ment of and for the common man asopposed to his oft mentioned suit-boot government of Narendra
Modi. Her charges ranged from bro-ken promises, to corruption andeven short memory.
"The people of Amethi wereexpecting a railway line fromAmethi to Unchahar," she told thecrowd. "But three generations ofthe Gandhi family could not deliverit... I am happy to say that the railline has been sanctioned for the firsttime by the Narendra Modi govern-ment."
Mr Gandhi had earlier laid thefoundation of the 67-klongUchahar-Salon-Amethi rail line tobe built at a cost of Rs. 380 crore.
She even ridiculed Mr Gandhi'snoting down the pointers for hisspeeches in Parliament, which hadmade headlines during the recentlyconcluded monsoon session. "Hetalks in Parliament for maybe twominutes, but even for that he needswritten notes," the minister said.Amethi and Rae Bareli - the tradi-tional Gandhi bastions - had alsobeen the only seats the Congresswon during last year's national elec-tion in Uttar Pradesh. Ms Irani hadcontested unsuccessfully againstMr Gandhi but had managed tosecure nearly 3 lakh votes.
Smriti Irani Targets RahulGandhi on His Home Turf Amethi
Jammu: DefenceMinister Manohar Parrikartoday reviewed the securitysituation in Jammu andKashmir including defencepreparedness along Ladakhborders and cross borderinfiltration.
The Minister, who wasaccompanied by the chiefof Army Staff GeneralDalbir Singh, arrived in Lehas part of his two-day visitto Ladakh region of thestate.
The Defence Ministerheld a high-level meeting of
top commanders of the stateand reviewed the securitysituation, cross-border infil-tration and border securitysetup, defence officialssaid.
"The General officerCorps 14 Corps briefed theDefence Minister on theprevailing military situationand also state of defencepreparedness along the bor-
ders of Ladakh," defencespokesman Col SDGoswami said.
Mr Parrikar addressed thetroops in Leh apart fromvisiting a DRDO unit there.
The Defence Ministeraccompanied by the armychief and the ArmyCommander visited theDefence Institute of HighAltitude Research in Lehand was briefed by DGR&D on the ongoing proj-ects by the institute.
Mr Parrikar will return toDelhi tomorrow.
MUMBAIMaharashtra Chief
Minister DevendraFadnavis today chairedAurangabad divisionreview meeting to discussthe water scarcity situa-tion in Marathwadaregion.
"I chaired a droughtmitigation meeting atAurangabad where wediscussed all measuresthat can be taken to pro-vide respite to people. Weare trying to ensure thatwater supply to residentsand fodder supply forlivestock reaches theregion," Mr Fadnavis toldPTI.
According to latest offi-cial figures, only eightper cent of water is left inreservoirs ofMarathwada, one of theworst drought-hit regionsof Maharashtra.
He said planning was
done to supply cattle fod-der through "hydroponictechnique" and water toLatur city through rail-way wagons.
"We have also plannedto discharge water fromupper dams so that thedams in the lower regionreceive adequate amountof water," he said.
Mr Fadnavis furthersaid that he has instructedofficials to hold gramsab-has in every village ofMarathwada region toapprise people of the 27measures taken by the
government to deal withwater crisis in parchedconditions.
National RuralEmployment GuaranteeScheme will be taken upon a large scale now andwater conservation workin farm ponds and wellswill be relentlessly done,he said.
According to an officialfrom the Chief Minister'sOffice, Maharashtra,since June, has receivedaround 500 mm or 59.3per cent rains against thenormal of 831.4 mm.
Devendra Fadnavis ReviewsMarathwada Water Situation
GUWAHATIIn what might affect the
ruling Congress in Assamahead of next year'sassembly polls, formerstate health and educationminister Himanta BiswaSarma today met BJPpresident Amit Shah inNew Delhi, and said hewould be joining theparty soon.
"I along with AssamBJP president SiddharthaBhattacharya met BJPnational president AmitShah. We discussed ahost of issues includingthe present political situa-tion, floods etc. (inAssam)," Mr Sarma toldmedia persons outside MrShah's residence in NewDelhi today evening.
"I expressed my will-
ingness to work under thestrong leadership ofPrime Minister NarendraModi and national presi-dent Amit Shah and theyhave accepted it."
He also posted a noteon his Facebook account:"Following massive callsover the past monthsfrom people acrossAssam hailing from allcommunities, will be for-mally joining the BJP(Bharatiya Janata Party)for A Resurgent Assamand Northeast under thevibrant leadership ofPrime Minister ShriNarendra Modiji.
"Urging all of you hereto join hands for aResurgent Assam andNortheast," Mr Sarmaposted.
Assam Congress Leader HimantaBiswa Sarma to Join BJP Soon
SRINAGARJammu and Kashmir
Chief Minister MuftiMohammad Sayeed todayexpressed disappointmentover cancellation of NSAlevel talks between Indiaand Pakistan, but hopedthe stalemate would soonbe resolved. In a state-ment, Mr Sayeedexpressed disappointmentover abrupt cancellationof the meeting but hopedthe break in talks wouldbe temporary and thethaw achieved at Russia'sUfa where Prime MinisterNarendra Modi andNawaz Sharif met andexhibited great cama-raderie will not beallowed to go waste.
He pinned hope that the
two neighbours will re-engage soon in a mean-ingful dialogue and stepstaken by New Delhi toremove impediments innormalization of relationswill be reciprocated byIslamabad.
The chief ministernoted that for a sensitiveborder state like Jammuand Kashmir, peace and
stability on both the inter-nal and the external frontsare of critical significanceto normalcy, stability anddevelopment and fromthis perspective, last-minute cancellation of theNSA-level meeting is agreat disappointment.
"Escalation of firingalong the Line of Control(LoC), coupled with inci-
dents of terrorism, arematters of serious con-cern to us here, as muchas they are in the rest ofthe country," he said.
Asserting that India-Pakistan relationship overthe years has becomemulti-dimensional andmultilateral with eachsphere dealing with speci-fied issues like trade,travel, confidence build-ing measures (CBMs),diplomatic and politicalmatters, Mr Sayeed said itis neither warranted nordesirable to insist uponall-inclusive participa-tion, directly or indirect-ly, in each and everybilateral meeting, likethat between the twoNSAs.
Disappointed at NSA Talks Cancellation, SaysJammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Sayeed
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar Reviews Security Situation
PATNAEven as Nitish Kumar
government todayclaimed improvement inpower scenario in Biharthrough full page adver-tisements in newspapers,Union Power MinisterPiyush Goyal trashed itsaying the poll-boundstate's power productionis nothing but "zero".
"Not a single MW orunit of electricity is gen-erated by Bihar govern-ment owned powerplants. The entire powersupply to Bihar is beingmet by the Centre," MrGoyal said.
"The Centre has beenproviding 2800 MW elec-tricity to illuminate thestate on day-to-day basis.Of which, 484 MW is noteven the allocated shareof Bihar," he said. "Theground reality belies allthose claims being made
by the Nitish Kumar gov-ernment about improve-ment in power situation inBihar," the UnionMinister of State forPower, Coal and New andRenewable Energy toldreporters in Patna.
Throwing a gauntlet toMr Kumar to speak outabout the ground realityof power scenario in
Bihar, Mr Goyal askedhim for how long the pro-duction will remain zeroin the state. On the stategovernment's claim that ithas identified 2500 acreland for construction ofan Ultra Mega PowerProject in Banka district,he said identification ofland was not enough andit has to be acquired by
the state government. TheCentre has allotted a ded-icated coal mine for thesaid project, but construc-tion work was delayed asthe state government hasnot acquired land, MrGoyal said.
Raising questions abouttransmission infrastruc-ture of the state, theUnion minister remindedMr Kumar about hispromise in 2012 to peoplethat if he failed toimprove electricity condi-tion he would not come toseek vote in 2015 elec-tion.
After Prime MinisterNarendra Modi's criticismof power scenario inBihar, Mr Kumar said onlast Sunday that all vil-lages would be electrifiedwithin a year and itshould not be confusedwith electrifying everyhousehold.
The transmission infra-structure comprising 628power stations and 98grid power sub-stationswas not enough to pro-vide electricity to all vil-lages of Bihar, Mr Goyalsaid.
Despite the state gov-ernment's claim aboutimproved power scenario,the per capita electricityconsumption in Bihar isonly one-fifth of nationalratio at 200 units against1000 units at the nationallevel, he said.
He also expressed con-cern at the 'unacceptablyhigh' transmission lossrate of 46 per cent.
Hinting at corruption inthe power department, MrGoyal said a staggering46,000 transformers hadto be changed in the stateover the past five yearsdue to their poor quality.
Union Minister Goyal Attacks Bihar GovernmentAds, Says 'Zero' Power Production
ALIGARHAfter Maggi, the Uttar
Pradesh Food and DrugAuthority (FDA) will soonfile a case against FMCGgiant ITC limited, after itfound lead, "far in excessthan permissible limit" init's Yippee Noodles.
The state's FDA said thatthe samples of Yippee noo-dles were seized from alocal mall in Aligarh.
"The laboratory reportfor these samples, whichwere received here yester-day, indicated that the leadcontent which should havebeen below 1 ppm wasfound to be 1.057 ppm",Head of Department FDA,Aligarh Division, ChandanPandey told the Press Trustof India.
On June 21, FDA author-
ities had seized 8 samplesof different food productsfrom a local mall includingthe sample of Yippee noo-dles. These samples weresent to the state laboratoryat Lucknow and Meerutfor testing, Mr Pandeyadded. Stating that exces-sive lead content can causeserious harm, particularlyto children, he said that areport has been sent to theFDA Chief Commissionerfor permission before fil-ing an official case.
Excessive Lead in ITC's YippeeNoodles, Says UP's Food Authority
BY JAYAN JOSE THOMAS
China sprung a surprise on worldmarkets last week. The Chinesecurrency renminbi (less formally
known as yuan) lost its value against theU.S. dollar by nearly 3 per cent betweenAugust 11 and 13. This was its sharpestweekly fall in over two decades.
With the devaluation, China’s manufac-tured products are going to get cheaper. Inother words, with one U.S. dollar —whose value relative to renminbiincreased from 6.2 to 6.4 following deval-uation — you can now purchase moreChinese goods than before.
The devaluation announcement camewithin days of China’s export figures forJuly recording a negative growth, owingmainly to the slow pickup in demand fromdeveloped-country markets. Naturallyenough, one interpretation was that thedevaluation was an attempt by theChinese authorities to boost exportdemand for its manufactured goods.Some commentators argued that theChinese action might trigger a newglobal currency war — where othercountries too devalue their currencies tocompete with China — as had happenedduring the Great Depression of the 1930s.
Reason to devalue
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC),China’s central bank, soon stepped in toclarify. It said that the devaluation markedthe transition to a flexible, more market-based system of determining China’sexchange rates. In contrast, the systemthat existed until now was one in whichthe value of the Chinese currency (espe-cially in relation to the U.S. dollar) hadlargely been fixed by the government.
If PBOC’s claims are true, it is likely tobe a component of a larger, national strat-egy to internationalise the renminbi.China wants to see the renminbi emergeas a currency for international trade andfinance, like the dollar. It also plans tobuild Shanghai into a global financialcentre, rivalling New York. As a prelimi-nary step, China is trying to get the ren-minbi included in the basket of currenciesin International Monetary Fund (IMF)’sSpecial Drawing Rights (SDRs). The IMFhas set a precondition that China shouldremove restrictions on foreign capitalflows and shift to a flexible exchange rate
system. Expectedly, the IMF welcomedPBOC’s announcement.
It is to be noted that China has had strictcontrols on foreign capital movementsacross its borders, at least until recently.Such controls have been effective in fil-tering out volatile, short-term capitalflows, which are often harmful to theeconomy, while at the same time encour-aging Foreign Direct Investment. In con-trast, India has, over the years, liberalisedits capital account substantially, attractingrelatively large volumes of short-termcapital flows.
C h i n a ’ sremarkablyf a s t
e x p o r t -led economicgrowth during the2000s occurred in anenabling environment provided by a sta-ble exchange rate and tight capital con-trols. In fact, the stability in China’s cur-rency rate has been a factor that helpedother East Asian economies to achievesteady and fast growth.
All this, however, has come at a cost. Tomaintain a stable exchange rate, Chinahas been investing a significant part of itsforeign exchange earnings in U.S. treas-ury bonds, despite their very low returns.Beijing has thus been effectively transfer-ring a share of its hard-earned savings tothe U.S. This, in turn, has fuelled con-sumption demand in the U.S., helping itovercome the problems caused by tradeand government-budget deficits.
Break free of bonds
China’s strategy to break free of itsmutually dependent relationship with the
U.S. has multiple prongs. One, Chinaaims to derive its future growth morefrom domestic markets and servicesrather than from exports of cheap manu-factured goods. Two, Beijing is trying tostrategically deploy its large foreignexchange assets into initiatives such asAsian Infrastructure Investment Bank(AIIB) and the ambitious ‘One Belt OneRoad’ project. It would also like to replacethe ‘dollar-zone’ in East Asia with aviable ‘renminbi zone’.
By opening the doors to global financeas part of its
plan tointernationalise its curren-
cy, China, however, may be forsaking thevery stability that has been the hallmarkof its economic ascent. The boom in itsstock markets and the subsequent crashlast month is clearly a sign of things tocome. Many Chinese firms are highlyindebted. According to one estimate,China’s debt to GDP (Gross DomesticProduct) ratio is as high as 282 per cent.China has also witnessed substantiallylarge outflows of foreign capital this year.
China’s economic and investmentgrowth has slowed down in recentmonths. The country has poured billionsof dollars into investments in infrastruc-ture and other basic industries, especiallyafter the 2008 global economic downturn.But this has not been matched by risingdemand for these industries, eitherdomestic or foreign, leading to the cre-ation of excess capacities. For instance,
the rising numbers of unsold flats haveresulted in a slowdown in constructionactivities and a reduction in the demandfor its steel and cement industries.Wholesale prices in the country have beenon a downward spiral. The slowdown inChina is threatening economic prospectsin many other parts of the world too, par-ticularly in countries that are suppliers ofcommodities to China.
In these trying times, what China shouldperhaps do is to implement policies thatfavour real wage increases and greaterincome distribution, thereby boostingdomestic consumer demand. China’sclaims to a leadership role in the world
economy are legitimate. But instaking these claims, it should
avoid getting into a deeperembrace with global
finance. The beast thatis international
finance has trig-gered many aneconomic col-lapse in the past,and China is notimmune to its
treacherous charms.
India, meanwhile,has a large trade deficit
with China, accounting for asmuch as a quarter of India’s over-
all trade deficit. With the devaluationof the yuan, imports from China are goingto climb up, worsening India’s deficit.The competitive disadvantages of Indianmanufacturing sector vis-à-vis theChinese one arise mainly from India’spoor infrastructure, which translates intohigher costs for Indian firms in areas likepower and transport. These disadvantagescan be overcome only with massiveinvestments, especially public invest-ment, of the kind that China has made forover two decades.
The continuing stagnation in demandfor Chinese goods, especially from devel-oped countries, underlines the importanceof domestic markets for growth in India aswell. Therefore, like China, India tooneeds policies that enable better employ-ment creation, greater redistribution ofincomes, and rejuvenation in domesticdemand.
(Jayan Jose Thomas is an associate pro-fessor of economics at the Indian Instituteof Technology, Delhi)
MONDAY | AUGUST 24, 2015
Not quite an endorsement
Yuan makes its first market move
BY TRILOCHAN SASTRY
In the ongoing debates onthe new land acquisitionbill, the potential of
agribusiness to address agrari-an distress has not beenexplored. There are severaldomestic agriculture compa-nies, both listed and private,that are doing extremely wellamidst an increasing number offarmers’ suicides.
The classic case is of suicidesby cotton farmers. Of late,share prices of textile compa-nies are performing extremelywell and attracting huge privateinvestment, but cotton farmerscontinue to be in distress. Evenin staples such as pulses, riceand wheat, food companies dowell but the farmers are in trou-ble. It is significant that allthese foods are processed, butnot by the farmer. The money isclearly in the market, and notmerely in production.
Recognising this, severalfarmer-owned producer compa-nies and new types of self-reliant cooperatives, broadlycalled Farmer ProducerOrganisations (FPOs), haverecently been set up. Theyaggregate, sometimes process,and then market agriculturalproduce. The best example ofsuch an FPO is Amul Dairy.Along with other NationalDairy Development Board(NDDB)-promoted dairy coop-eratives, they have brought mil-lions out of poverty.
In this context, a cold, hardlook is required at howagribusiness operates, and atthe policy measures, if any, thatneed to be put in place toenable FPOs to thrive.However, non-dairy agricultureis far more difficult to handle.Prices and supply are volatileand vary at times by over 100per cent unlike in the case ofmilk. This not only makes
farming difficult, but agribusi-ness as well.
A look at the listed successfulcompanies in food processing,if we exclude multi-nationalcompanies that focus entirelyon semi-ready or ready-to-eatfoods, shows the following: forlisted rice and pulse mills,whole wheat, plain flour andsemolina producers, and edibleoil companies, net profit mar-gins are low at less than 5 percent but interest costsare often twice theprofits. Debt-equity ratiosare hoveringat around200 perc e n t .T a x e sa r eo v e r50 percent ofn e tprofits.
M o s ti m p o r t a n t ,such compa-nies, unlessbacked by deeppockets, take years toestablish, based initially onpromoter capital, and later, cap-ital from the share market. Ricemills and processing units list-ed on the stock exchanges usu-ally take 10 years or more tobecome successful with highmarket valuations, profits anddividends. Thus, we largely seeprivate unlisted companies inthis sector, outside the purviewof public accountability.
What does this mean forfarmers and the several hun-dred FPOs that have alreadybeen set up? First, the low mar-gins do not really matter. If wetake the profits not on the totalvalue-added sales, but on thevalue of raw produce, the mar-gins are much higher. For the
farmer this is a significantincrease in income, and issometimes the differencebetween poverty and prosperi-ty.
Capital constraints
However, there are severalbarriers that have to beovercome.First
a n dforemost isthe capital con-straint. FPOs are initially notable to raise share capital fromtheir member-farmers. Theyalso cannot go to the share mar-ket to raise capital unlike theprivately-owned food process-ing companies.
We ‘protect’ the FPOs fromhostile takeover by not allow-ing shares to be traded.However, this effectivelyblocks them from raising capi-tal from the share market,which even wealthy privatepromoters need. So FPOs inIndia are all taking the only
route available — aggregatingraw produce and selling it tothe private sector, which thentakes away the lion’s share ofthe profits.
The next barrier is workingcapital. FPOs have to buy in
cash astheir member-farmers need themoney desperately at harvesttime to repay crop loans andrun their households. They ini-tially cannot demand cash fromthe buyers who often take a fewmonths to pay. So FPOs needhigher working capital than theprivate sector. This is wheredairy cooperatives score sincemilk is produced and consumeddaily and farmers can some-times wait for a few days to getpaid. Given current bankingnorms, non-dairy FPOs are
simply unable to raise loans, asthey lack an equity base andcannot provide collateral.
The third barrier is manageri-al capability. It is unreasonableto expect farmers to run theeveryday business operationsin an FPO, just as it is unrea-
sonable to
e x p e c tshareholders to run a listed
company. As in the private sec-tor, FPOs can hire well-paidprofessionals if they reach acertain scale as Amul and sev-eral other, large, successfulcooperative dairies have done.
So what is the way out?While initial share capital fromfarmers is very difficult tomobilise, it can be raised overthree to five years as profitscome in. But meanwhile thereare fixed investments, workingcapital and interest costs, and
costs of professionals.
Finance options
Bridge financing is required.An interesting idea followed inother countries allows coopera-tive-corporation joint venturesand different classes of sharecapital. Allowing trading inclosed circles, clear exit clausesand allowing buy back by FPOs
of outside investor shares,may help raise initial
capital.
Unfortunately,joint ventures permit-
ted in the Indian ProducerCompany Act allow very littleoutside share capital. Hence,innovative ways of providingworking capital to FPOs areurgently needed. The highlysuccessful collateral-free, selfhelp group-bank linkage pro-gramme needs to be adapted forFPOs, based on a case-by-casebusiness analysis and cashflows, rather than on collateral.
The RBI is willing to cate-gorise lending to FPOs as a pri-ority sector, but banks are notwilling to come forward with-out collateral. An alternative isa special fund outside the bank-
ing system. Finally, the hugeinterest burden on FPOs needsto be reduced. Unlike in micro-finance, if interest costs arehalved, profits are doubled inagribusiness.
Finally, there are taxes andregulations. While farm gatesales are tax-exempt for thefarmer, FPOs with processingunits have to pay VAT on theentire sales proceeds, effective-ly on the purchase of raw mate-rial as well. Hopefully, the pro-posed GST Bill will iron outthis anomaly.
The combined effect of inter-est rate reduction and taxbreaks can make these FPOstriple their profits and thusmobilise large numbers offarmers quickly — perhapseven faster than Amul did. Theregulatory burden at the grass-roots is far too cumbersomeneeding more than 20 permis-sions, each taking time and fac-ing several obstacles. It effec-tively kills the growth of thissector. These need to be waivedby giving SEZ type privilegesto FPOs.
In spite of such odds, we stillsee the odd successful FPOrunning well for decades. Thereal question is not why thereare so few; it is how even thesefew succeeded. The combinedturnover of cooperatives in theU.S. is over $500 billion, andfor Europe’s top 10 coopera-tives, it is $110 billion. Ourlargest and only one has aturnover of $3 billion. Thosecountries have less than 10 percent of their populationengaged in farming while wehave over 50 per cent. Surelywe can do better.
(Trilochan Sastry is thefounder of the Centre forCollective Development andProfessor at IIM Bangalore)
From farmer to businessman
EDITORIAL4 NEW DELHI | MONDAY | AUGUST 24, 2015Fight For Right
Fight For Right
Local issues invariably define local elections.While the Bharatiya Janata Party did well to wineight of the 10 municipal bodies in the Madhya
Pradesh civic elections, this is no popular endorsementof the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government’s acts ofomission and commission relating to the Vyapam scam.In its campaign the opposition Congress sought to cen-tre stage the scam, but in the local body elections thevoters were seemingly more interested in issues ofcivic amenities directly concerning them. There was noway they could have assumed that their vote wouldaffect the course of the Vyapam investigations or thefortunes of those who are believed to be involved in thescam. Also, the scale and size of the polls do not allowthe results to be read as being indicative of the mood ofthe people. Thus, for the BJP to claim that the resultsof the municipal elections show that the allegations onVyapam were fabricated is totally unacceptable. Thevote for the BJP reflects its strengths at the grass-rootlevel, and its robust organisational structure developedover the years. In contrast to the Congress, a party indisarray in Madhya Pradesh without any one leader inthe forefront, the BJP managed the campaign well withMr. Chouhan as its face. As is not unusual in local bodyelections, a positive campaign worked better than anegative one. But the electoral battle with Vyapam asthe central issue is yet to come. The success in themunicipal bodies is by no means a vindication of theBJP’s stance that none of its top leaders in the Stateneeds to be held accountable for the lapses and cover-ups. There is little doubt that the Chouhan governmenthas lost some of its sheen since the scandal broke.Attempts to trace the roots of the corrupt operationback to the days when the Congress was in power, canoffer only limited purchase for the BJP. True, for theCongress, the loss in the municipal polls is a setback inits attempts to raise the Vyapam issue as part of anationwide campaign. But the BJP and Mr. Chouhanwould be mistaken if they think they have seen the lastof the Vyapam-centric campaigns. Without the widenetwork of fraud involved in the employment andadmission tests scam being undone, and the offendersranging from lowly touts to persons in high officebeing brought to justice, the controversy would notcome to rest. If the perception that the BJP and its gov-ernment are not being sensitive to issues of corruptionand accountability continues to gain credence, therewould be an electoral price to pay in Madhya Pradesheventually.
What does this mean forfarmers and the several hundred FPOs
that have already been set up? First, the lowmargins do not really matter. If we take the profits
not on the total value-added sales, but on the value ofraw produce, the margins are much higher. For the
farmer this is a significant increase in income,and is sometimes the difference between
poverty and prosperity.
China’s strategy tobreak free of its mutually dependent rela-
tionship with the U.S. has multiple prongs. One,China aims to derive its future growth more from domes-
tic markets and services rather than from exports of cheapmanufactured goods. Two, Beijing is trying to strategically
deploy its large foreign exchange assets into initiativessuch as Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
(AIIB) and the ambitious ‘One Belt OneRoad’ project.
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Why Didn't...Aziz would not meet Kashmiri separatists
in Delhi.India has throughout asserted that it will
stick to Prime Minister Narendra Modi'scommitment to his Pakistani counterpartNawaz Sharif in Uffa -- that the talks will beon terror. The resolution had hardened fol-lowing a couple of terror attacks in Jammuand Kashmir and the arrest of a Pakistani ter-rorist in the run-up to the talks.
But the Pakistan government said the talkswould not "serve any purpose", if conductedon the basis of the two conditions.
US Says ...Russia, was encouraging."We were encouraged by the constructive
interaction between the leaders of India andPakistan earlier this year at Ufa, particularlythe announcement of dialogue between thecountries' National Security Advisors," Kirbysaid.
Pakistan last night called off the NSA-leveltalks proposed for today, after ExternalAffairs Minister Sushma Swaraj earlier yes-terday virtually gave an ultimatum toIslamabad to give a commitment that it wouldnot go ahead with meeting separatists.
Swaraj was reacting to Pakistan NSA SartajAziz's remarks that he was willing to come toIndia for talks without any pre-conditions.
India was also upset over Pakistan includ-ing Kashmir as part of the agenda for theNSA talks that was mainly scheduled to dis-cuss terror.
The first-ever NSA-level talks was agreedupon in July in Ufa during a meeting betweenthe prime ministers of India and Pakistan.
Pakistani Media...tours of talks decided at a meeting in
Russia's Ufa last month was clearly restrictedto terrorism. But the Pakistan governmentsaid the talks would not "serve any purpose,if conducted on the basis of the two condi-tions laid down by the Minister."
In Pakistan, all leading newspapers carriedthe story on the front page, highlighting theIndian "pre-conditions" which, they claimed,led to the breakdown of talks.
The front page headline of Dawn said,"NSAs' talks cancelled over Indian condi-tions".
"While it was obvious that neither sidewanted to be seen to officially call off talks, itwas also patently clear that neither side waswilling to do much to rescue them in Delhi,"the daily said.
India's angry reaction "is perhaps a sign ofModi's (Prime Minister Narendra Modi) trueintentions," it said. "He does not really wantdialogue with Pakistan, but does not want tobe seen rejecting talks outright in front of theinternational community."
"Yet, for all the Indian obstinacy, there havebeen some serious errors by the governmentin Pakistan," the report added.
Under the headline "No talks with pre-con-ditions, Pakistan tells India" the NewsInternational reported, "Without waiting toburn the midnight oil and succumbing to'orders' from New Delhi, Pakistan respondedto the 'hilarious' Indian directive..."
The Express Tribune termed the cancella-tion of talks as a blow to the efforts of nor-malisation of India-Pakistan ties. "India'sintransigence is to blame," it said.
Calling the Pakistani decision "unfortu-nate," a foreign ministry spokesperson said,"India did not set any preconditions... Weonly reiterated that Pakistan respect the spiritof the Simla & Ufa Agreements, to which itwas already committed."
Madhya Pradesh...The plant is expected to start generating
solar energy by March 2017.The project -- Rewa Ultra Mega Solar --
is a joint venture of Solar EnergyCorporation of India and MP Urja VikasNigam, where in both parties have 50 percent stake, he added.
According to him, the project will comeup on barren government land as one MWpower generation needs two hectares tractof land. Mr Shukla further added that thecost of generating one MW solar energycomes to around Rs. 7.6 crore.
At present, world's largest solar powerproject - Ivanpah Solar Power Facility of392 MW -- is at Mojave deserts inCalifornia, United States, the ministerinformed.
In February last year, Narendra Modi, asBJP's prime ministerial candidate, inaugu-rated Asia's largest solar power project atNeemuch.
As per reports, Welspun's solar powerproject in Neemuch, some 400 km fromhere, had come up at a cost of around Rs.1,100 crore on 305 hectares of land.
Political Differences...of the potential of this area which is of
extreme importance."The Centre and the state are cooperating
towards a greater enhanced growth ratesthat will eventually bring prosperity in the
state, he said.He said the change in developmental pol-
itics and developmental environment willbe created by institutions like BandhanBank.
Jaitley was in the town for the launch ofcity-based Bandhan Financial Services'full-fledged commercial banking opera-tions.
"In fact Prime Minister Narendra Modihas repeatedly declared that for furthergrowth of India, the growth of easternstates is important," he said.
West Bengal, which has created hugenumber of scientists, economists, academi-cians, authors and writers, is now creatingthe Bangla entrepreneur and "this is a greatbeginning," he said.
"I think this beginning is also importantin terms of the return of entrepreneurship tothe state of West Bengal, which was other-wise fleeing from the state. If this were tohappen, I am sure the state would be on agreat path to progress," he said.
Centre to Fund ...meeting of municipal councillors, chairmen
and activists to apprise them of the newschemes being undertaken by Centre.
"The preliminary estimates says almost Rs.8,000 crores worth of works got stuck.Whichever is completed more than 50 percent we are going to fund them," Mr Naidusaid.
Explaining various schemes, he said theCentre and state government would sittogether to chalk out the programme for com-pletion of various housing schemes such asRajiv Awas Yojana and Valmiki AmbedkarAwaas Yojna. He suggested that the state gov-ernment should also take a proactive role init.
Mr Naidu said as many as 11 cities andtowns of Telangana have been selected underAtal Mission for Rejuvenation and UrbanTransformation (AMRUT) scheme.
The Centre would extend all possible helpto states regardless of political affiliation, hesaid.
Sanskrit Most...manner everywhere. Unlike other lan-
guages, where pronunciation varies fromregion to region, Sanskrit does not have thisproblem as it is based on sound science, headded.
"Even youths in the US and UK are readingSanskrit," he said.
Mr Singh said that as during his stint as theeducation minister in Uttar Pradesh govern-ment, he had introduced two chapters onVedic mathematics in the school curriculumwhich, however, were later removed by thesubsequent governments.
He said that if there was the will, knowl-edge of Sanskrit could be taken to each andevery house.
Assam Flood ...administrations have opened 260 relief
camps, housing 1.79 lakh people.Mr Gogoi asked the concerned depart-
ments to expedite rescue and relief opera-tions in all the flood-hit areas.
He praised the National Disaster ResponseForce (NDRF) and the army for their effortsin rescuing marooned people, and said min-isters and officials have fanned out to theaffected areas and were monitoring the reliefoperation.
The chief minister said the first priority ofhis government was providing relief to theflood-hit people.
He said he has instructed the deputy com-missioners of the affected districts to leaveno stone unturned to extend all possible helpto the affected people, especially childrenand women.
"Restoration of surface communicationand repair of breached embankments havealso been accorded priorities," he said.
Mr Gogoi slammed the central govern-ment, saying it was yet to release a sizeablechunk of funds sought by the state for infra-structure damage caused by floods last year.
"The Centre has only released Rs. 380crore so far. We submitted memoranda to thecentral government including the primeminister and the home minister, but we havenot received the funds sought by us for hugeinfrastructure damage caused by floods lastyear," he said.
Mr Gogoi said there are no funds con-straints in providing relief to the affectedpeople.
"We have funds for relief work. What werequire from the central government is suffi-cient funds for building infrastructure suchas roads, bridges, school buildings, healthcentres, houses and embankments damagedby floods last year and proper rehabilitationof the flood-hit people," he said.
In a memorandum to Home MinisterRajnath Singh in October last year, MrGogoi sought Rs. 2,010 crore for damagedinfrastructure.
The state also demanded Rs. 660 crore forrescue and relief operations.
Mr Gogoi said the state government wouldprepare an assessment report highlightingthe damage only after the flood watersrecede.
50% Farmers...
the NGO shows that while younger farmerswere in debts they accrued after taking farm-related or personal loans, the older lot com-mitted suicide unable to repay loans taken fortheir children's marriages.
"More and more we see that younger farm-ers seem to be committing suicide today. Andit's perhaps because many live in nuclearfamilies, without family support and thencrack under pressure," says Dilasa's secretarySanjeev Unhale.
Take the case of the Sontakkes in Beed dis-trict. Hanuman was just 35 years old and hiswife Sumitra was 30 when they both con-sumed poison together last December.Sumitra died the same day while Hanumandied within 48 hours, leaving behind fourchildren, a blind father and an aged mother.
"He has loans over Rs. 1 lakh and couldn'trepay as the monsoon failed repeatedly," saysHanuman's mother Imar.
20 kilometres away at another village wasanother tragedy of double suicides.
On January 1, 2014, when India was cele-brating New Year's Day, just 38 years old,Datta Kale committed suicide by jumping inhis own well. Exactly one year and one weeklater his father Atmaram ended his life bydrowning himself in the very same well.
Datta's daughter Meera says he was tensehow he would get her married, while his wifeChhaya Kale won't allow her young son to bea farmer. "What is there for us? Only povertyand unhappiness."
Trying to ...existing formula of the product and not
change the ingredients."We will try and target something that is
better than that. My desire is to do it beforethat but let's see," Nestle India ManagingDirector Suresh Narayanan said.
He said as per court directives, this quarterit would go in for testing of Maggi samples atthree independent laboratories in Punjab,Hyderabad and Jaipur which are accreditedwith National Accreditation Board forTesting and Calibration Laboratories(NABL).
"By the time we get everything done (allclearances), it will be middle of September. Ican tell you this quarter no, unlikely.Subsequent quarter, we will try (to bring backMaggi)," Narayanan said.
He said the company has to test the Maggisamples within six weeks and after that itwould start manufacturing and then the noo-dles would be tested again.
Asked whether the recent problems wouldmake the company change ingredients of theinstant noodles, Narayanan replied in thenegative saying "what has worked for 30years" must work in future too, although thecompany would continue to work on innova-tion and add more variants in future.
Acknowledging that the ban has 'dented'the company, Narayanan said the companyhas to win back consumer confidence andwill "spend aggressively" on rebuilding thebrand from a "zero" level through customerengagement activities and advertisements.
When asked if the company would consid-er seeking damages from food regulators onthe back of Bombay High Court judgment,Narayanan remained non-committal said thecompany's focus would be to bring backMaggi as soon as possible, look ahead andmove on while working together with author-ities.
Centre's Financial...Banks have taken over the initiative of hav-
ing private individuals as banking correspon-dents who visit every home in order to bringpeople into the structured banking network,"Mr Jaitley said at an event in Kolkata.
"It is the expansion of this segment - whichwill help keep people away from investing inotherwise unreliable agencies - which has cre-ated problems in many states like WestBengal," said the union minister.
His remarks come in the backdrop of sever-al deposit-seeking firms, including theSaradha group, going bust, and in turn ruininglakhs of investors - mostly from rural areas -across states like Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhandand Assam.
Mr Jaitley also said that the Narendra Modigovernment's 'Jan Dhan Yojana' and therecently launched social security schemeshave linked a large section of the so farunbanked people to the banking network.
I Am No...to be removed at Airports," he said in a
statement.Mr Vadra said that he's more than ready to
give a written consent to remove his namefrom the VVIP list. "I am no VIP and I haveexpressed my view on this subject in the pastas well. Please stop wasting people's timewith this news, every few days," he said.
The Home Ministry has said it does notconsider the threat perception to Mr Vadraserious enough to warrant his inclusion in the'no-frisking' list but has advised the CivilAviation Ministry to take a final call afterconsultation with the Special ProtectionGroup.
The Home Ministry has also asked the CivilAviation Ministry to re-visit and review thecomplete list of 33 categories of people,including the Dalai Lama, who are currentlyexempted from frisking at airports in thecountry. The ministry, along with Bureau of
Civil Aviation Security, is expected to beginthe review and trim the list.
The current list includes the President, VicePresident, Prime Minister, Union CabinetMinisters, Leader of Opposition, SupremeCourt Judges, High Court Chief Justices,Chief Ministers and their deputies, Governorsand Ambassadors.
Mr Vadra's wife Priyanka Gandhi andbrother-in-law Rahul Gandhi, who travelwith SPG personnel, are not frisked at airportchecks.
Will Expose...totally worth Rs. 19,499.13 crore.He hinted that several ongoing projects
worth thousands of crores of rupees wereincluded in the special package announced byMr Modi last week. Even projects that wouldbenefit other states were also included in thespecial package, he said.
Nitish Kumar reiterated his demand forspecial category status to Bihar.
"We will continue to fight for the rights ofBihar," he said.
Mr Modi announced the much-awaitedpackage for Bihar on Tuesday in Ara town inBhojpur district. He said the aid would"change the face of Bihar".
On the other hand, state BJP leaders areupbeat after the announcement on the specialpackage and hope it would give the NationalDemocratic Alliance led by the party anadvantage over the grand alliance of JanataDal-United, Rashtriya Janata Dal and theCongress in the coming polls.
Death Penalty ...right to life and liberty in heinous crimes.The observation came on Friday from a
three-judge bench which was hearing theappeal from a murder case convict who hasbeen given the death sentence.
Vikram Singh, who had been convicted forabducting and killing a 16-year-old, had chal-lenged his death sentence, arguing that capitalpunishment is applicable only to terrorists.
The bench of Justices TS Thakur, RKAgrawal and AK Goel said, "A sentence ofdeath in a case of murder may be rare, but ifthe courts have found it is the only sentencethat can be awarded, it is difficult to revisit thatquestion..."
What was important, the top court said, wasthat the punishment should be should be pro-portionate to the crime.
"Death penalty in a case of kidnapping orabduction will not qualify to be described asbarbaric or inhuman so as to infringe the rightto life guaranteed under Article 21 of theConstitution," the court said.
While death penalty is awarded in the rarestof the rare cases, the last few persons to beexecuted were people convicted on terrorcharges - Afzal Guru, who was convicted inthe 2001 Parliament attack case and AjamalKasab, the lone Pakistani terrorist caught forthe 26/11 attacks in Mumbai.
But it was Yakub Memon's execution thatnot only triggered questions from the civilsociety about his punishment, but also on thelarger debate on death penalty.
Vikram Singh had been arrested for theabduction and murder of school student AbhiVerma in 2005.
He was awarded the death sentence by thePunjab and Haryana High Court, which waslater confirmed by the Supreme Court. He hadchallenged the death sentence given for thecrime he was booked under - kidnapping forransom (Section 364A).
Punishments under the section include deathsentence, life imprisonment and a fine.
With Indian ...half' in 7 fiscals.The government has sold minority stake in
three PSUs - PFC, REC and DredgingCorporation - to raise over Rs. 3,300 crore sofar this fiscal.
"We have already completed three issuesand on Monday, we will have the fourth one.Although we are more than a month to gofrom the first half to end, this will be the bestever first half in past seven fiscals," saidDisinvestment Secretary Aradhana Johri.
In the first half of the last fiscal - 2014-15 -the Department of Disinvestment could notdivest stake in a single Public Sector Unit.But in the same period of 2013-14, it had soldstake in six PSUs to garner Rs. 1,300 crore.
In first six months of 2012-13 too, nodivestment took place. Only one issue mate-rialised in the corresponding period of 2011-12, collecting Rs. 1,500 crore.
In the first-half of 2010-11, the departmentof disinvestment garnered Rs. 2,400 crorethrough minority stake sales in PSUs. Thefigure for the first half of 2009-10 was Rs.4,200 crore.
The disinvestment department has been seta mammoth target of Rs. 69,500 crore in thecurrent fiscal. Of this, Rs. 41,000 crore isexpected to come from minority stake sale inPSUs, and another Rs. 28,500 crore fromstrategic stake sales.
So far this fiscal, Indian equity marketshave been volatile amid the slump in Chinesemarket and Greek crisis and fears of impend-ing rate hike by the US Federal Reserve.
The BSE Sensex has dropped by over threeper cent since the beginning of the current fis-cal, but the three disinvestments so far havebeen successful, with strong demand from
retail and institutional investors."Investors feel India is an outlier among
emerging markets. We have a robust pipelineof stocks and the work is to keep the ballrolling," said Ms Johri, who took charge ofthe department in October last year.
The department has lined up over twodozen PSUs, including ONGC, BHEL,NALCO, NMDC, MMTC and EngineersIndia, for stake sale.
The government would sell 10 per centstake in IOC on Monday at a floor price ofRs. 387 a share - about two per cent discountover last closing - which is likely to fetch Rs.9,302 crore to the exchequer. Around 24.28crore shares will be on sale.
RJD Chief...catch onion black-marketeers and take
action against onion hoarders," the formerBihar chief minister tweeted.
"The central government should act fastto deliver cheap onion to people. It is pos-sible only if the government checks andcontrols onion prices," he added.
Criticizing the central government forfailing to bring back black money as prom-ised during parliamentary polls, LaluPrasad said: "When the NDA governmentis not able to catch onion black-marketeersin the country, how can it bring blackmoney from foreign land?"
Mr Prasad's remarks came as onion pricescrossed the Rs. 80 per kg mark at manyplaces in Bihar today.
National Conference ...that have come in from the Opposition
smack of immaturity and cynicism," PDPChief spokesperson Mehboob Beg said."Talks have immense ramifications for thepeople of Jammu and Kashmir," he added.
"War mongers as well as 'Kashmir andPakistan bashers' have time and againindulged in creation of an atmosphere ofhatred which does not help in any mannerwhatsoever," Mr Beg said.
The PDP spokesperson said Chief MinisterMufti Mohammad Sayeed led governmentbelieves in the dialogue process till thedesired results are achieved.
"Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Sayeed have ear-lier proved that we could live in peace withPakistan," he said.
The former Lok Sabha member said eventhe complex "K-issue" was nearly clinchedwith the emergence of the 'four point formu-la' and the positive developments like open-ing-up of the Srinagar-Muzafarrabad Roadand the Poonch-Rawalakote road.
In 2014, Madhya...every day. Half of the women who were
raped were minors.In Bhopal, reporters met with the family of a
17 year old girl who was repeatedly raped andblackmailed a year ago, allegedly by a neigh-bour. When the parents found out, they regis-tered a complaint but the neighbour was out onbail within a week. The family of the teen saysthey are still receiving threats and for the safe-ty of their daughter they put her in a correctionhome where she is dealing with the trauma onher own.
"My daughter is at a children correctionhome in a way suffering and the accused is outon bail. I cannot bring my daughter home fear-ing that he may harm her," said the rape sur-vivor's mother.
Madhya Pradesh also tops the list when itcomes to sexual offence, with 15,170 casesregistered last year.
Activists say the state has a host of welfarescheme for girls and women but lacks vision toensure their safety.
"Chief Minister's Vision 2018 does not havemuch focus on crime against women in it. Ittalks about domestic violence, that too abouttheir welfare scheme, but there is no mentionof steps they will take to bring down crimeagainst women," Prarthana Mishra, an activistfrom NGO Sangini told reporters.
The state government has formed an all-women Nirbhaya team to patrol and checkcrime against women and set up a women'shelpline. But there is a lack of dedicated per-sonnel for such projects. The BJP government,embarrassed, is now evading the media overthe issue.
When we approached Home MinisterBabulal Gaur on the issue he chose to evadethe question and walked away briskly.
Protests Outside...Today is the raising day of Mr Geelani's
party and he was to address the seminar at hisresidence-cum-office in Hyderpora, where hehas been under house arrest for the last fourmonths.
Mr Geelani's supporters - a few hundred innumbers - clashed with the police, followingwhich the cops had to use batons, water can-nons and tear gas on the protesters.
Four people were reportedly injured in theprotests.
The protests come a day after the NationalSecurity Adviser level talks between Indiaand Pakistan were called off.
Mr Geelani, 85, was among the Kashmiriseparatists invited by Pakistan to meet itsNSA, Sartaj Aziz, in Delhi. To India, this wasunacceptable.
Google and Twitterannounced Fridaytheir partnership
placing tweets in onlinesearch results has beenextended to desktop.
Confirmation came in atweeted exchange betweenthe two US tech firms.
"Hey @twitter, Searchparty at our place. Meet uson desktop?" Google said,to which Twitter replied,"You got it, @google.We'll bring the Tweets."
The two firms agreed inMay to place tweets inGoogle mobile searchresults, and that the samewould apply to desktop ata later time.
The two firms had a sim-
ilar arrangement datingback to 2009, but tweetsdisappeared from Googlesearch results in 2011.
The tie-up could helpboost engagement atTwitter, which has seengrowth sputter comparedwith other social networks.It also brings fresh contentand commentary fromTwitter to Google searchqueries.
"It's a great way to getreal-time info when some-thing is happening,"Google's Ardan Arac saidwhen the deal wasannounced in May.
In an update Friday,Arac said, "We've extend-ed this to desktop now too,and in English every-where."
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1. Plants synthesis protein fromA. starch B. sugarC. amino acids D. fatty acids
2. Plants absorb dissolved nitrates from soil and con-vert them intoA. free nitrogen B. ureaC. ammonia D. proteins
3. Out of 900 reported species of living gymnosperms,conifers are represented by about 500 species, About2,50,000 species of angiosperms (flowering plants)have also been reported in the world. The vast anddominant woodlands in Europe, Asia, North Americaand mountains such as Himalayas are wooded withA. all gymnosperms, except conifersB. only angiosperms C. only conifersD. angiosperms & all gymnosperms except conifers
4. One of the following is not a function of bones.A. Place for muscle attachmentB. Protection of vital organsC. Secretion of hormones for calcium regulation inblood and bonesD. Production of blood corpuscles
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Answer: 1(C), 2(A), 3(C), 4(C)
TODAY’S STARARIES You may be looking for some new values in your personal life,
Aries. You're no longer interested in superficial or frivolous rela-tionships. You need to meet different kinds of people and selectfriends who are really worth keeping. Don't worry if you feel liketaking a step back to get some perspective, because this is thetime to do it. Relationships are too important to neglect.
TAURUS You may want to take a little trip into your past to visit some oldfriends, Taurus. You could find yourself daydreaming throughyour good and bad memories. This is an excellent period tobreak with some of the more negative ties to your past. If yourpartner is a little worried about you going back in time at themoment, reassure him or her.
GEMINI If you're concerned about the love that certain close people havefor you, you shouldn't try to compensate by being clingy or over-ly affectionate. This period is about keeping your distance andputting your relationships into perspective to see what they'rereally worth to you, Gemini. Someone may ask you for an evenstronger commitment over the next few months.
CANCER This isn't the time to make any more of a commitment to yourrelationship, Cancer. You aren't satisfied with your attitudetoward things lately. Don't forget that your partner's character-istics may have something to do with it! You have two monthsto take care of things. Take advantage of this reevaluationperiod. It doesn't happen that often.
LEO Today you might want to think about getting things straightwith the people close to you. It's possible you haven't dealtwith any problems you had in your relationships last month,Leo. It's time to look at things again. You may have hiddencertain things from yourself. You need to be much more hon-est about what you want in your personal life.
VIRGO You may be asking certain questions about your feelings,Virgo. Do you know about the trap that many people getcaught up in - feeling so close to their partners that they oftenforget themselves? Sometimes it's easy to confuse your feel-ings with this kind of self-denial. Today you need to think abouthow this affects your life.
LIBRA Nothing can hold back your flame for long, Libra. You have ahard time resting your body and recharging your batteries. Atthe moment, you're probably still going through a deep trans-formation that won't allow you to slow down. Take the time tomeditate and get in touch with your feelings. What is it youreally want out of life?
SCORPIO You can be known for needing a lot of love, but you will neveradmit that to yourself, much less anyone else. Sometimes itseems as if you like feeling emotionally frustrated. Today is theperfect day to meditate about whether or not this is true of you.Do you talk to other people about your emotional needs?
SAGITTARIUSYou probably aren't worried about being conventional inyour relationships, Sagittarius. In fact, conventionality isoften what causes you problems. If you're wondering whatmorality is and what it's based on, this is a good day tothink about these questions.
CAPRICORN You may not be very precise. Your motto seems to be "every-thing is relative." However, paying attention to details doesn'tnecessarily mean that you lose sight of the fundamentals.Your friends could tell you that. If you're an artist, you mightmake an effort today to be clearer in your expression and a lit-tle more down to Earth.
AQUARIUS This isn't a good time to make any big relationship decisions.If you're thinking about starting a relationship, moving intogether, or getting married, you may feel a bit troubled byyour decision, Aquarius. Take advantage of the day to reeval-uate things objectively. There may be some issues to resolvebefore you go any further.
PISCES Today you may feel like something is holding you back,Pisces. Everything was going just fine until now. If you believethe stream of chatter in your head today, you will be regress-ing in every area of your life! For example, you may be afraidto go any further in your relationship because of your past fail-ures. Use this time to lay the past to rest.
New reports now indicate Foxconnhas hired more workers to pumpup the production of the
rumoured iPhone 6c. It has been alsoreported that the handset would nowlaunch in November instead ofSeptember. Details on pre-order and launch dates ofthe rumourediPhone 6sh a v e
a l s oemergedon the Web.
The news of iPhone6c launching inNovember comes not toolong after tipster Evan Blass(aka @evleaks) tweeted theiPhone 6c would launch alongside theanticipated iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plusin September. The news of a Novemberlaunch instead was reported byChinatimes (via GforGames). A Foxconninsider has also been reported to havesaid that the company has received ashipment of 4-inch displays for the hand-set in question - contradicting a recent
report of the iPhone 6c bearing a 5-inchdisplay.
The iPhone 6chandset was
l a s t
m o n t hsaid to sport
a full metal buildand not the plastic cas-
ing as seen with the iPhone 5c model,according to Jefferies, a brokerage house.The news was initially reported by theBarrons blog. Also mentioned was that
since the handset is supposed to be acheaper version of the rumoured iPhone6s, it might miss out on Force Touch tech-nology.
Meanwhile, a website claims a Frenchcarrier has announced pre-orders
for the much talked-aboutiPhone 6s handset will
start fromSeptember
11, and
t h a tsh ipmen t
would com-mence from
September 18, some-thing which has been
rumoured before. The news wasinitially reported by the Mac4Ever
website.
Earlier this week it was said that someGerman carriers have also started pre-registrations for the iPhone 6s model.Carriers like Vodafone Germany and T-Mobile have started issuing interestforms and tickets. Another report sug-gested the device to reach on September26 to countries in the second phase ofrollout.
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to Desktop Japanese electronicsmaker Sharp Corp hasentered negotiations
with Taiwan's Hon HaiPrecision Industry Co(which goes by the tradename Foxconn) for a tie-upover Sharp's struggling dis-play business, the Asahinewspaper reported onSaturday.
Investors and analysts
have urged Sharp to over-haul its liquid crystal dis-play (LCD) and consumerelectronics divisions. ChiefExecutive Kozo Takahashiinitially resisted but lastmonth said he was open tomajor restructuring,including some kind ofstrategic deal for its LCDbusiness.
Sharp could consider
accepting capital from theworld's largest contractelectronics manufacturer,Hon Hai, in the displaybusiness after the businesswas spun off from Sharp,or selling Sharp's stake intheir joint-venture TVpanel plant in Sakai, Japan,the report said, citingunnamed sources.
But Sharp was also seen
as considering a Japangovernment-backed fundfor support, and the situa-tion was fluid, it added.
Asked about the report, aSharp spokesman toldReuters, "We are consider-ing various things regard-ing the reform of displaybusiness, but we decline tocomment on an individualfirm."
Last month, Sharp saidits net loss widened inApril-June in its strugglethrough a painful restruc-turing. Sharp said it was hitby a decline in its electron-ics business, includingslack demand for LCD tel-evisions, smartphones andair purifiers.
The company had alsoannounced it would sell its
Mexican TV productionbusiness to Chinese elec-tronics company Hisense,which would continue tosell televisions under theSharp brand. Earlier thisyear, Sharp said it was cut-ting 10 percent of its49,000 positions world-wide as part of a turn-around plan intended tokeep it afloat.
Japan's Sharp Reportedly in Talks With Foxconn on Tie-Up
Nasa engineers have start-ed working on the first ofeight micro-satellites
under the Cyclone GlobalNavigation Satellite System(CYGNSS) project.
The system, being built at theSouthwest Research Institute inSan Antonio, Texas, will improvehurricane forecasting by makingmeasurements of ocean surfacewinds in and near the eye wall oftropical cyclones, typhoons andhurricanes throughout their lifecycle.
Communication antennas, atti-tude control, GPS receiver, andother instrumentation will beinstalled on the satellite frame inthe coming weeks.
"We are now in the last phaseof the beginning of a new era inhurricane observations," saidChris Ruf, CYGNSS principalinvestigator at the University ofMichigan, Ann Arbor.
CYGNSS mission - a constel-lation of eight micro-satellites -will allow scientists to probe theinner core of hurricanes fromspace frequently for the firsttime, using both direct andreflected signals from existingGPS satellites to obtain estimatesof surface wind speeds over theocean.
These measurements willadvance forecasting methods byproviding data that can lead to
better predictions of hurricanetracks, intensities and stormsurges.
The CYGNSS constellationwill be deployed into low-Earthorbit with successive satellitespassing over the same regionapproximately every 12 minutes.
As the CYGNSS and GPSsatellites circle Earth, their inter-action will provide a new imageof wind speeds over the entiretropics every few hours, whereasa single satellite supplies a newimage every few days.
The University of Michigan isdirecting the CYGNSS missionfor Nasa, including satellitedesign and production and sci-ence data processing.
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levelling victory in the secondcricket Test by reducing SriLanka to 72 for two after set-ting the hosts a daunting victo-ry target of 413, riding onAjinkya Rahane's sparklingcentury.
The 27-year-old Rahane(126) notched up his fourth Testcentury as India declared theirsecond innings at 325 for eightand then snapped up earlywickets to leave the islanders ina shaky position at close on anengrossing fourth day.
India will now look to takethe remaining eight wickets ona tricky fifth day track to levelthe three-match series 1 -1 andspoil the party for retiring leg-end Kumar Sangakkara in hisfarewell Test match.
Sangakkara, 37, did not havea fairytale ending to his finalinnings after the one-downbatsman departed for just 18runs. He was scalped for thefourth time in this series byRavichandran Ashwin (2-27) asthe home crowd gave an emo-tional farewell to the left-hand-ed batsman.
After coming on to theground amid a standing ovationand guard of honour by the vis-iting Indian team, Sangakkarawas done in by an Ashwin turn-er to be caught at gully byMurali Vijay. The visiting play-ers, including captain Virat
Kohli, then shook hands withthe departing Sangakkara as hisfamily looked on from thestands.
Dimuth Karunaratne (25 notout) and skipper AngeloMathews (23 not out) thenstood their ground for anunbeaten 39-run stand to fighton.
The Lankans will look toscore the remaining 341 runsfor a series clinching victorythough that will a tough task.With two wickets alreadydown, they will try to bat outfor a draw on a P Sara ovaltrack, which is expected todeteriorate and assist the spin-ners.
No team has ever scored 413in the last innings of a Testmatch on Sri Lankan soil. Thehighest successful run chasehas been achieved by Pakistanonly a few months back, whenthey scored 382 for threeagainst the Lankans inPallekele.
The highest fourth inningstarget successfully chased bythe hosts has been 352 againstSouth Africa in Colombo in2006.
The highlight of the day wasRahane's knock and his 140-run second wicket partnershipwith Murali Vijay (82), whichput India in a position to take amammoth overall lead. Rohit
Sharma chipped in with a use-ful 34 before India declared thesecond innings.
Dhamikka Prasad andTharindu Kaushal picked upfour wickets apiece but failedto stop the flow of runs.
Ashwin had opened the bowl-ing along with Umesh Yadav(0- 10) and made immediateimpact with the new ball. In the3rd over Kaushal Silva (1)played a loose shot off a fulltoss and hit it straight to shortmid-wicket.
Sangakkara then put on 25runs for the 2nd wicket withKarunaratne before Ashwindismissed him.
Mathews came in next and
survived the 12.1 overs beforestumps. Ishant Sharma (0-18)and Amit Mishra (0-13) werethe other bowlers deployed.
Earlier, after tea, India con-tinued to bat on and didn'tdeclare until they were eightwickets down. Stuart Binny(17) was gone first ball after thebreak and to everyone's sur-prise Wriddhiman Saha (13*)came out to bat, despite a righthamstring strain. Later he didn'tkeep wickets as Lokesh Rahuldonned the gloves.
At the other end, Ashwin (19)was accounted by Dhammika(4-43) after he threw his bataround and helped India clearthe 400-run mark in terms ofoverall lead.
Mishra (10) was dismissed,again off Prasad in the 89thover, and Umesh (4*) batted abit too as India played for com-fort. The declaration finallycame after 91 overs after thevisitors added another 42 runsin 9 overs after tea. RanganaHerath (0-96), AngeloMathews (0-1) andDushmantha Chameera (0-63)were the other bowlers tried outearlier in this innings.
After lunch, India startedfrom 179/3 as Rahane andRohit looked to get runs quick-ly to press for an early declara-tion. But Sri Lanka had theirown plans to keep things tight,and with Kaushal (4-118) bowl-ing round the wicket to the tworight-handers, they were suc-
cessful in their ploy.The scoring rate fell below
three-per-over as Rohit tooktime to settle down. In themeantime, Rahane completedhis Test hundred off 212 ballsin the 67th over. India's leadswelled to 300 in the same over,even though only 42 runs camein the first hour of play afterlunch.
Slowly though, the two bats-men started attacking and play-ing shots and the run-rate wentpast the four-per-over mark.Rohit perished in trying to clearthe boundaries and was caughtin the deep off Kaushal in the75th over. Two overs later, theoff-spinner also accounted forRahane who edged one to thekeeper.
It brought Binny andWriddhiman Saha (5 retd.)together at the crease, but thelatter retired hurt in the 79thover due to a strained righthamstring. He left the field toget treatment and it is suggest-ed that he will be fit enough tokeep wickets. Lanka took thenew ball as soon as it was duebut Binny and Ashwin man-aged to avoid any further dam-age before the final session ofplay.
In the morning session, Vijayand Rahane scored half-cen-turies and put on 140 runs forthe second wicket. Starting atthe overnight score of 70 forone, Vijay (39*) and Rahane(28*) looked to get into their
grooves as soon as possible.They started slowly but thescoring pace increased soonafter. Vijay first brought up his11th Test half-century in the36th over, off 104 balls, and asif that was the cue for goingafter the bowling, he hit twosixes thereafter.
At the other end, Rahane triedthe calm approach and yet keptthe scoring rate up, reaching hisfifty off 118 balls in the 39thover. It also brought the 100-partnership up for the two bats-men, while India's 100-markhad come earlier in the 38thover. The aggressive intent ofboth batsmen was clearlytowards a declaration later inthe day and they scored 68 runsin 13.4 overs in the first hour atabout five runs per over.
In the second hour of playthough, Sri Lanka fought backand applied brakes on the scor-ing with two wickets. Vijay wasthe first to go, out LBW toKaushal in the 46th over.Skipper Virat Kohli (10) cameout to bat and he wasn't givenany free boundaries to get offthe mark quickly with the off-spinner coming round the wick-et.
He was out LBW in the 53rdover as Rohit came out to batwith a few minutes left for thebreak. He did well enough tobat out the remaining sessionwithout any further losses, stillkeeping India on track for a350-plus lead target.
2nd Test, Day 4 - Rahane ton helps visitors set 413-runtarget, Sangakkara swansong ends in disappointment
NEWDELHIImmediately after Kumar
Sangakkara's farewell Testinnings came to an end onSunday, Master BlasterSachin Tendulkar wel-comed the southpaw on theclub of the retired crick-eters. Tendulkar took tomicro blogging site,Twitter, to congratulate theSri Lankan great by tag-ging him as a terrificambassador for the game
and welcomed him to theclub of the retired.
However, Sanga failed toimpress in his final Testinnings as he got out afterscoring mere 18 runs in the2nd innings of 2nd Testagainst India.
It's once again India'spremier spinner,Ravichandran Ashwin,who spoiled Sanga'sfarewell party in Colombo.
In fact, in Sanga's last
four innings, Ashwin wasthe one who got the betterof the retiring great oneach occasion.
From spectators to play-ers to umpires, everyonegave Sanga a warm sendoff as the 37-year-oldwalked back towards thepavilion. The legendarycricketer holded his armsaloft and headed towardsthe pavilion for the lasttime.
Sachin Tendulkar welcomes KumarSangakkara to 'club of retired'
BEIJINGUsain Bolt brutally ended two-
time doping offender JustinGatlin`s attempt to controversiallyusurp him as the king of sprintingwhen he blazed to the 100 metresworld title on Sunday.
The towering Jamaican roaredpast Gatlin at the halfway mark toretain his crown in a season`s bestof 9.79 seconds, with his Americanrival taking silver just one hun-dredth behind on a pulsatingevening at the world champi-onships in Beijing.
Before their blockbuster clash,Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill completed a fairytale come-back by winning her second hep-tathlon world title, helped in nosmall part by an astonishing melt-down by fellow Briton KatarinaJohnson-Thompson.
But the night belonged to Bolt,who had played a high-stakesgame of poker in the heats, run-ning well within himself as Gatlin,dressed in a blood-red lycra suit,posted eye-popping times of 9.83and 9.77 to seemingly gain thepsychological edge.
Gatlin, the sport`s pantomimevillain after twice serving doping
bans, looked stunned at the finishas Bolt danced and struck a gun-slinger`s pose and a Bob Marleytune pumped out around the Bird`sNest stadium, where he shook theworld at the 2008 Olympics.
"I came out relaxed, no stress,and brought it home," said Bolt,who turned 29 on Friday. "It is allabout running the race and gettingit done. My aim is to be numberone until I retire."
Gatlin, 33, was philosophicalafter tasting defeat for the firsttime in 29 races, a streak datingback two years.
"I feel good," he shrugged. "It
was a great race, I just got nibbedat the line by the great Usain."
Behind Bolt and Gatlin,American Trayvon Bromell andCanada`s Andre de Grasse sharedbronze after recording a time of9.92 in a final in which four of thenine men had returned from dop-ing suspension, includingAmericans Tyson Gay and MikeRodgers, along with JamaicanAsafa Powell.
New world athletics bossSebastian Coe will privately bebreathing a sigh of relief thatOlympic champion Bolt repelledGatlin`s challenge after the sport
was plunged into crisis by allega-tions of widespreaddoping.Britain`s Ennis-Hill,returning to the sport after givingbirth last year and a battle withniggling injuries, was all but gift-wrapped the gold medal afterJohnson-Thompson failed to post amark in the long jump.
Last world champion in 2009,Ennis-Hill capped a remarkabletwo days by storming home to winthe final 800 metres heat in twominutes, 10.13 seconds to finish asthe runaway winner with a total of6,669 points.
Canada`s CommonwealthGames winner Brianne Theisen-Eaton, the gold medal favouritecoming into the competition, set-tled for silver with 6,554 whileLatvian Laura Ikauniece-Admidina took bronze with anational record 6,516.
A shell-shocked Johnson-Thompson was left languishing adistant 28th on 5,039 points. The22-year-old came unstuck afterdeciding to go for broke in the longjump, attacking the board aggres-sively in a bid to claw back someof Ennis-Hill`s overnight advan-tage.
CINCINNATIThe Indo-Swiss tennis
combine of Sania Mirzaand Martina Hingis losttheir women's doublessemifinal, to crash out ofthe $2,701,240 CincinnatiMasters, following a three-set defeat here.
The top seeds were upset4-6, 6-0, 6-10 by theunseeded Chinese Taipei'ssister pair of Hao-ChingChan and Yung-Jan Chanin an hour and 14 minuteson the outdoor hard courtsof the Lindner FamilyTennis Center on Saturday.
With the win, the Chansisters levelled their head-to-head to 1-all, havinglost to Sania and Martinain Toronto earlier this year.
In a topsy-turvy first set,service games were brokenalmost regularly. But theChan sisters clinched fourbreakpoints to that ofSania and Martina's three
to take the lead in thematch.
The Indo-Swiss combinemade a brilliant comebackto win six consecutivegames next up and bag thesecond set. Sania andMartina earned threebreakpoint opportunitiesand converted each to raceinto the third set.
But when it mattered, the
unseeded Chinese Taipeipair came good to win thesuper tie-break 10-6 andadvance to the finals of thetournament, to be playedon Sunday.
Indian men's doublesspecialists Rohan Bopannaand Leander Paes lost theirrespective quarterfinalmatches on Friday.
Sania Mirza-Martina Hingisousted from Cincinnati Masters
Sprint legend Usain Bolt trumps JustinGatlin to retain world 100m title? at Beijing
NEW DELHINational coach Pullela Gopichand on
Saturday categorically stated he harboursno hard feelings for Saina Nehwal in aninterview to the Times of India.
The current women's world number onebadminton player split with Gopichandand moved to Bengaluru to work underVimal Kumar.
“It's a fantastic achievement and it's real-ly good what she has achieved. This leavesher with the expectation to do even better.I can definitely say that she is playing bet-ter. Of course, you can debate that lastyear, she won the Australian Open defeat-ing Carolina and registered other goodperformances. Today is the time to cele-brate her feat. She is World No. 1 and I'mvery happy for her. If going to Vimal hasmade this difference to her game, I haveno problems with that,” Gopichand toldTOI. It is no secret that Saina's perform-ance has shown a marked improvementafter she changed her coach. Post her his-toric silver medal at the recently conclud-ed World Championships in Jakarta, the25-year-old was signed by a sports man-agement group for Rs 25 crore as part of a2-year-deal.
“Badminton today is a different ballgame. There is more exposure to the sport.Earlier, people used to take notice of ourresults only if we made the finals of a par-ticular event. Sometimes our results werereported after the end of the tournament.These days, there's a preview getting pub-lished. The television viewership and thenumber of people following the game havegrown manifold.
Obviously, the players' performanceshave been the primary reason for it and Iam very happy to see all this happen. Itstrengthens badminton's commercial via-bility, which is very good. It will furthermotivate players to do well and promptnew guys to take up the sport,” Gopi fur-ther added.
Very happy for Saina Nehwal, she isplaying better now: Pullela GopichandNEW DELHI
According to a report inthe Times of India, formerBCCI president NSrinivasan will attend theboard's working commit-tee meeting in Kolkata onAugust 28.
Srinivasan will repre-sent the Tamil NaduCricket Association at themeeting, which will alsobe attended by MumbaiCricket Association chiefSharad Pawar.
The Tamil Nadu strong-man has not participatedin any BCCI meetingsince February due to theimpending verdict of theLodha Committee.
BCCI's Annual GeneralMeeting is expected totake place in September.At the time, the board willtake a call on Srinivasan'sre-nomination as ICCchairman from India.
The August 28 meetingin Kolkata is the last onebefore the AGM.
“Srinivasan didn't attend
the earlier meetingsbecause the Lodha com-mittee report was pending.Now there are no legalbindings and most likelyhe will be there in Kolkatafor the meeting,” a sourcewas quoted as saying inthe TOI report.
Though the new BCCIregime has shown nosigns of pulling out sup-port to Srinivasan at ICC,the veteran cricket admin-istrator will want to makeis present felt and gaugethe mood of his formercolleagues in Kolkata.
The working group ofthe board, in charge ofstudying the LodhaCommittee verdict on2013 IPL spot-fixing case,will submit its report atthis meeting on August28.
BCCI is expected tofinalize their decision onthe future of ChennaiSuper Kings andRajasthan Royals at thismeeting.
N Srinivasan to attend BCCI work-ing committee meeting in Kolkata
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HEALTH/BOLLYWOOD8 NEW DELHI | MONDAY | AUGUST 24, 2015Fight for Right
De stressing seems tobe an unattainablegoal and staying at
home watching TV onweekends is not going tohelp you get closer to it.
Incase you want to takethe mission of distressingseriously this weekend,then we have 10 fabulousideas that will help yourelax completely. Theseideas will push you out ofyour comfort zone and willpump up your mood. Justkeep reading to know whatwe are talking about.
Exciting ways to destress this weekend #1
KaraokeEven if you think that
you can't sing then this is'the' activity for you. Graba mike and read the lyricsfrom the screen and thebest part is you can makethe song your rendition. Atthe karaoke you can croakor sing it with passion, thechoice is yours. You're therockstar behind the mike.
Exciting ways to destress this weekend #2
Visit a breweryThe Indian alcohol mar-
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Exciting ways to destress this weekend #3
Comedy club or playA good laugh is the best
way to de-stress, and the
best place for that is at acomedy club or a comedyplay. When was the lasttime you watched a liveperformance? It is a totallydifferent experience thanwatching a televisionshow.
Exciting ways to destress this weekend #4
Try a different cuisineIndians staunchly
believe that the Indian cui-sine is the best. But whynot try a new cuisine?Today there are severalrestaurants catering to dif-ferent tastes and differentcuisine. There are restau-rants that serve Thai,Vietnamese, African,Mexican, besides the regu-lar Italian fare available atmost restaurants.
Exciting ways to destress this weekend #5
Club hoppingIf you're a party animal
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Exciting ways to destress this weekend #6
Barbeque partySummer is the best time
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Exciting ways to destress this weekend #7
Connect with earthMonday - Saturday is
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Exciting ways to destress this weekend #8
Go camping
When was the last timedid you see a blanket ofstars or heard the silence ofdarkness? Plan a campingtrip and you can expere-ince just that. There areseveral organization thatplan interesting campingtrips, you can also widenyour social circle.
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Amusement parkGoing to an amusement
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Adventure gamesIf an amusement park is
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Moonlight pro-duction pres-ents yet
another interesting storyof a girl named lillywho hailed from a smalltown and wanna getrich, successful overnight. But,will she orwon't she? Stay tuned,promos to out soon.Samira Raza, in mainlead with supportingcast Reet, Roopa,Sahiba, Akanksha andGagan Deep Singh.Param of Moonlightproductions is veryhopeful that this smallbudget entertainer willdo big in the industry.
This small budget entertainer willdo big in the industry: Param MLP
Shah Rukh Khan andSalman Khan havecome together for a
film, even Aamir Khan andSalman have united for afilm but fans have beeneagerly waiting so see allthe three Khans in onefilm. A few days ago therewere reports that SajidNadiadwala was to bringtogether SRK, Salman and
Aamir together for a film.
While the thought ofwatching the three mostpowerful and popularactors of Bollywood gaveus goosebumps.we mightnot see Salman, Aamir andSRK sharing screen spacewith each other in a filmanytime soon. When theFan actor was recently
asked about this dreamunion, SRK said, “We meeteach other and talk a lot,but we have never spokenabout films.”
“One day, Salmancracked a joke. He said,“Guys, we three won’t do afilm together. We will onlyend up fighting. One willkeep using his brains,
another will finish thework quickly, and someonewill not reach the sets ontime” said the Dilwaleactor.
Well for now, we canonly hope that somehowwe get to see the threeKhans in one film. Don’tyou too want to seeSalman, Aamir and ShahRukh in a film?
Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and Aamirwill not team up for a film – find out why!
We all know what equationKatrina Kaif shares withher beau Ranbir Kapoor.
Both make one sizzling couple and ifall goes well, they might as well con-sider tying the knot by next year orso. However, this time we are nothere to talk about how much Katloves her boyfriend Ranbir! In stead,its about how much she adores this‘woman’ in her life and its none otherthan her gym trainer, Yasmin. Yes!Sorry to spoil the fun guys. ButKatrina totally looks up to Yasmin forhelping her stay so fit. In fact, shejust said, ‘I LOVE YOU TOO’ toYasmin in one of the cutest ways pos-sible… This happened during therecent book launch of YasminKarachiwala and Zeena Dhalla’s
‘Sculpt and Shape: the Pilates Way’.Kat revealed how Yasmin has alwaysbeen next to her and has helped herachieve so many different looksacross all her films. “Whether itsDhoom 3 or Sheila Ki Jawani, shehas helped me no matter what time ofthe day it is. I would wake up in themiddle of the night saying ‘we haveto do abs’ and she would be ready.She is a fantastic trainer and oneimportant thing about her is she neverstops learning. That is somethingwhich I think is important for all ofus to learn from her.”, said theactress. Yasmin too is quite fond ofKat and loves being her trainer. Wetotally loved seeing their admirationfor each other at this recent event!
Katrina Kaif says ‘I love you too’….but it’s not for Ranbir Kapoor!
