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Jaishankar, who has reached the Tajik capital,will be holding bilateral talks with his counter-parts from Tajikistan and Iran, SirojiddinMuhriddin, and Hossein Amir-Abdollahian,respectively.

At media briefing here, MEA spokespersonArindam Bagchi said: "Our EAM will be there andhopefully we will be having number of bilateralmeetings. I do not want to prejudge which one. Iam not rule in or rule out any meetings. So let'swait for what meetings take place."

Responding to a question on the India-Chinastandoff, he said India's position was the same.

"We reiterate our position that completion of dis-engagement in the remaining areas can pave theway forward for two sides to consider de-escalationof forces and ensure full restoration peace and tran-

quility and enable bilateral relations," he said.Bagchi also said that the SCO is celebrating the

20th anniversary of its foundation, and India is par-ticipating for the fourth time as a full member.

The spokesman also said that Prime MinisterNarendra Modi will participate in the first in-per-son Quad leaders' summit in Washington onSeptember 24, and on the next day, will participatein the general debate at the UN General Assemblyat its 76th session.

The theme for this year's general debate is"Building resilience through hope to recover fromCovid-19, rebuild sustainably, respond to the needsof the planet, respect the rights of people, and revi-talise the United Nations".

While the PM will be in Washington, he will alsohave a bilateral meeting with US President JoeBiden, he added.

"We also look forward to bilateral meetings withother Quad leaders as well as bilateral meetingswith some other leaders while he is in New York onSeptember 25," he said.

To a question on a missing Hindu in Afghanistan,Bagchi said: "We have seen a missing person'sreport of an Indian national - Bansuri Lal in Kabul.We are in touch with all concerned. We have seenreports about local authorities undertaking investi-gation. We will continue to monitor situation andwill tell you of any developments."

On resumption of Operation Devi Shakti, thespokesperson said: "Until and unless operationsresume at Kabul airport, it will be difficult to sayhow people will be evacuated. It will be easier oncethe operations resume. We are watching this, forthe remaining Indians and Afghans willing tocome."

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Speaking at CII'sFinancial MarketsSummit, he said:

"Inflation is moderatingfrom the shock spike ofMay, but core inflation issticky at still elevated lev-els.""In the financial mar-kets, divergent behaviour isevident -- the exuberanceof equities versus the cyni-cism of bonds. Monetarypolicy has been on a pro-longed pause in terms ofthe policy rate after reduc-ing it to its lowest levelever."

According to Patra, themonetary policy stance of'as long as necessary'accommodation is reflectedin ample liquidity in thesystem, with net surplusesof close to Rs 9 lakh crorebeing absorbed by the RBIon a daily basis.

"Markets are, however,constantly reassessing thisstance with incoming dataand seeking definitive reas-

surance on the futurecourse of policy."

Besides, he pointed outMPC's assessment thatinflationary pressures arelargely driven by supplyshocks.

"Although shocks of thistype are typically transitory,the repetitive incidence ofshocks is giving inflation apersistent character.Contributions to inflationare emanating from a nar-row group of goods -- itemsconstituting around 20 percent of the CPI are respon-sible for more than 50 per

cent of inflation."Furthermore, he cited

that MPC remains commit-ted to its primary mandateof price stability, numeri-cally defined as 4 per centwith a tolerance band ofplus or minus 2 per centaround it.

"Taking into account theoutlook on growth andinflation and keeping inmind the inherent outputcosts of disinflation, it ispragmatic to envisage aglidepath along which theMPC can steer the path ofinflation into the future."

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As many as 55 interlinkedKashmiri and Khalistanigroups, currently operating

hand-in-hand within the US, couldbe detrimental for both India andAmerica, a US-based think tankwarned.

In its report, the Hudson Institutealso said that the activities ofKhalistani groups located in NorthAmerica should be investigated with-in the limits prescribed by US law toprevent a recurrence of the violenceorchestrated by the Khalistan move-ment in the 1980s. It also apprehend-ed the possibility of these groupsreceiving funding, support, and mili-tary training from Pakistan, whichcould have ties with terrorist groupsoperating in India.

Such diaspora-based efforts areworrisome because Pakistan's intelli-gence agency, the Inter-ServicesIntelligence (ISI), may be assisting

pro-Khalistan groups financially andorganisationally, it observed.

Noting that the US government hasshown reluctance to act on intelli-gence from India concerningPakistan-supported Khalistan mili-tancy, the think tank also observedthat the US administration now needsto investigate the increasing hobnob-bing between the two separatistgroups.

In addition, the report further said

that since Pakistan cannot take directaction against India, Indian intelli-gence agencies have warned that itwill support militant groups inJammu and Kashmir and Khalistancadres to scale up their activities tocarryh out a proxy war through mili-tancy.

Referring to the recent cooperationbetween Khalistani and Kashmirigroups that has become increasinglyapparent in North America, the UK,

and Europe, with the extremistgroups often operating in tandem, thereport said: "For example, in August2020, Khalistani and Kashmiriactivists staged an indication in NewYork against India, and, in September2019, activists appropriated imageryand slogans from the Black LivesMatter movement, whose aim is toredress systemic and structural whitesupremacy in the United States."

"Joint protests of Khalistani andKashmiri separatists have occurred inWashington DC, Houston, Ottawa,London, Brussels, Geneva, and otherEuropean capitals," it noted.

Importantly, the recent increase inKhalistan-related anti-India activismwithin the US has been occurring asthe United States and India are col-laborating to confront the rise ofChina, especially in the Indo-Pacificregion. Pakistan is a critical Chineseally and therefore has a vested inter-est in weakening this India-US collab-oration, it said.

India's inflation level is moderating from theshock spike of May, said RBI's Deputy GovernorMichael Debabrata Patra on Thursday.

'Khalistani-Kashmiri nexus in UScould be detrimental for India'

CM appeals to make VaccinationMaha Abhiyan 3.0 a success

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Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhanhas said that Madhya Pradesh hasmade good progress in vaccination

work to save citizens from Corona. Whilemaintaining this atmosphere, our state ismoving towards cent percent vaccination.Efforts are on to achieve 100 per cent target offirst dose of vaccine to citizens. Chief MinisterShri Chouhan has appealed to the citizens ofthe state to make Vaccination Maha Abhiyan3.0 a success in Madhya Pradesh on the birth-day of Prime Minister Shri Modi onSeptember 17.

Chief Minister Shri Chouhan has urgedother departments including HealthDepartment, members of Crisis ManagementCommittees at each level, Corona Volunteers,social organisations, political parties, educa-tional institutions and all sections of the soci-ety to participate and make the vaccinationmega campaign a success. Chief Minister Shri

Chouhan hasalso lauded theefforts made toachieve the tar-get of the first dose vaccination in the monthof September itself.

Massive tree plantationChief Minister Shri Chouhan will plant

saplings in the Smart City Garden on Friday,September 17 at 10:30 am. 75 saplings will beplanted in the park. On completion of 75years of independence, plantation will bedone in the presence of prominent personswith the cooperation of education depart-ment and local administration. Chief MinisterShri Chouhan's address will also be held onthis occasion. Arrangements have also beenmade for broadcasting through YouTube andwebcast including Doordarshan. In the AnkurAbhiyan, saplings will also be planted in 75thousand schools of the state on the occasionof Amrit Mahotsav of Independence.

COVID BOOSTER DOSENOT CENTRAL THEME ATTHE MOMENT: ICMR CHIEF

New Delhi: The DirectorGeneral of Indian Council ofMedical Research (ICMR),Balram Bhargava, said onThursday that a booster dosefor Covid-19 is not the centraltheme of scientific and publichealth discussions at themoment.At a media briefing onthe Covid situation in thecountry, Bhargava said thatadministering both doses of the vaccine is the major proiritynow. Talking about the ongoing vaccination drive in thecountry, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said that20 per cent of India's adult population have received boththe doses of the vaccine, while 62 per cent have received atleast one dose of the vaccine.Bhushan said that 34 districtsin the country are still reporting a weekly positivity rate ofover 10 per cent, while 32 districts are reporting between 5-10 per cent weekly positive rate.The Health Secretary saidthat Kerala and Mizoram continue to be the major concernareas with the southern state reporting 67.79 per cent ofIndia's total Covid cases last week.Kerala is the only statewhich has over 1 lakh active cases at present, while fivestates have over 10,000 active cases, including Mizoram(13,000), Andhra Pradesh (14,000), Karnataka (15,700),Tamil Nadu (16,000) and Maharashtra (53,000). According toBhushan, India presently has 3,42,000 active cases.

NYT ARTICLE ON INDIA'S COVIDRESPONSE 'PROVOCATIVE','ATTENTION-SEEKING': HEALTHMINISTRYNew Delhi:Addressing a mediabriefing on the pre-vailing Covid situa-tion in the country,the Director Generalof Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), BalramBhargava, on Thursday termed the recent New York Timesarticle on India's Covid response as "provocative" and "atten-tion-seeking".The article published in New York Times hadclaimed that the "ICMR tailored its findings to fit PrimeMinister Narendra Modi's optimistic narrative despite alooming crisis".Responding to a question, Bhargava said,"This is a provocative and attention-seeking article publishedat a time when India is doing good and our vaccination driveis also excellent. It is aimed at diverting attention. All theissues raised are dead ones and probably do not merit anyattention.""We greatly value journalistic and editorial free-dom. But at the same time we must also realise that all of us,including the Union government and the state governments,are fully engaged in fighting the pandemic and all our energyand time is devoted to that," said Union Health Secretary,Rajesh Bhushan."We cannot afford to get diverted by thingsthat can be addressed at a later date, or which are not a pri-ority from the public health point of view," Bhushanadded.Condemning the article, NITI Aayog Member(Health), V.K. Paul, said, "We condemn such distorted andout of context reporting. This is not desirable."

Govt approves Rs 30,600 cr sovereignguarantee to operationise bad bank


The government has approved pro-viding Rs 30,600 crore as stateguarantee for the security receipts

issued by the bad bank, National AssetReconstruction Company Ltd (NARCL).

The government guarantee will allowbanks to transfer their non-performingassets (NPAs) to NARCL, which will buythe stressed assets on payment of 15 percent of the amount in cash and the bal-ance 85 per cent in security receipts.

The government guarantee will beavailable on the gap between the face

value and actual realised value of theassets to ensure that banks do not loseout on stressed asset sale while alsohelping to clean up their balance sheet.

The guarantee on SRs will be avail-able for a period of five years to ensurethat resolution of bad assets happen in atime-bound manner without any delay.The incentive of government guaranteewould cease if asset resolution takesmore than five years.

The government has identified Rs 2lakh crore of stressed assets in the bank-ing sector to be transferred to theNARCL. However, in the first phase, itwould take up fully-provided bad assetsworth Rs 90,000 crore.

Giving details of the latest reform ini-tiative taken by the government to cleanup the banking sector, Finance MinisterNirmala Sitharaman said that in the lastsix financial years, banks have alreadyrecovered Rs 5,01,479 crore. Of this, Rs3.1 lakh crore has been recovered sinceMarch 2018.Sitharaman added that thegovernment guarantee will give moreconfidence to the lenders to sell theirassets to NARCL.

Addressing a press conference onThursday, the Finance Minister also saidthat apart from NARCL, the governmentis also setting up an India DebtResolution Company Ltd to manageNPAs. In this company, PSBs and state-owned financial institutions will own 49per cent stake.

She added that private sector bankswill also hold stake in it.

The Finance Minister in her 2021-22Union Budget speech had announcedthe setting up of a 'bad bank', includingan asset reconstruction company andasset management company to takeover the existing stressed debt of banks.

A bad bank is a bank set up to buy thebad loans and other illiquid holdings ofanother financial institution.

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The present interlocutor R.N.Ravi, who was also theGovernor of Nagaland, was

shifted to Tamil Nadu last week.The Ministry has zeroed in on thename of the former SpecialDirector of Intelligence BureauAkshaya Kumar Mishra as a newinterlocutor and soon the notifi-cation will be issued, sources said.

Mishra, a retired IPS officer of1987 batch of the Rajasthan cadreis said to be a pick of Union HomeMinister Amit Shah for thisimportant assignment, sourcesalso said.

He was made Advisor to theHome Minister after his superan-

nuation in April this year. Mishrais said to have played a significantrole in signing a peace accordwith the militant groups based inAssam's Karbi-Anglong districtand ceasefire agreement with theNational Socialist Council ofNagaland (NSCN)(K) Niki group,another source in the security setup said.

The Naga peace talk has beenvirtually stalled as Ravi has notmet any leader of any faction ofthe Naga rebel group since longand recently his comment on theIndependence Day speech onAugust 15, 2021, was not appreci-ated by the political groups of thestate, they added.

The huge trust deficit betweenRavi and the Naga groups has ledto his exit from the state as he wasin cross swords with the NationalSocialist Council of Nagaland(Isak- Muivah) for the last twoyears.

In fact the Naga Peace talksbegan to derail in early 2020 whenthe National Socialist Council ofNagaland-(Isak Muivah) (NSCN-IM) leader T. Muivah refused tohold any dialogue with interlocu-tor and Nagaland Governor R.N.Ravi following a dispute on theframework of the agreementsigned in 2015.

Ravi, an IPS officer of 1976batch from Kerala cadre, who had

retired as the Special Director inIntelligence Bureau in 2012, wasappointed as the governmentinterlocutor on the Naga peacetalks in 2014. In 2015, he signed aframework agreement with theNSCN-IM on behalf of the Centreon August 3, 2015, in the presenceof Prime Minister Narendra Modi,and later in 2019 he was made theGovernor along with his inter-locutor's responsibility.

He, according to the source,was made Nagaland Governor in2019 despite opposition from theNational Socialist Council ofNagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN I-M), the key rebel group that thegovernment has been talking to.

CENTRE ALL SET TO APPOINT NEWINTERLOCUTOR FOR NAGA PEACE TALKS GANDHINAGAR | Agencies

The Bhupendra Patel cabinetin Gujarat was expandedon Thursday with 24 minis-

ters -- all new faces -- inducted,out of which only three have heldministerial posts before.

Ten cabinet ministers, fiveministers of state with independ-ent charges, and nine ministersof state were sworn in byGovernor Acharya Devvrat at theRaj Bhavan. No minister from theprevious Vijay Rupani govern-ment was retained.

The new cabinet ministers areRajendra Trivedi, Jitu Vaghani,Rushikesh Patel, Purnesh Modi,Raghavji Patel, Kanubhai Desai,Kiritsinh Rana, Naresh Patel,Pradip Parmar and ArjunsinhChauhan. Out of the above,Trivedi, Rana and Raghavji Patelhave been ministers earlier.

Trivedi, who was the AssemblySpeaker, had quit from his postearlier on Thursday.

Harsh Sanghvi, JagdishPanchal, Brijesh Merja, JituChaudhari, and Manisha Vakilare the new ministers of state forindependent charge.

Mukesh Patel, Nimisha Suthar,Arvind Raiyani, Kuber Dindor,Kirtisinh Vaghela, GajendrasinhParmar, R.C. Makwana, VinodMoradia and Deva Malam weresworn in as ministers of state.

Out of the new ministers,seven are from Saurashtraregion, six from South Gujarat,

three from Ahmedabad, threefrom north Gujarat and 5 fromcentral Gujarat. There are 8 legis-lators from the Patidar commu-nity, 6 legislators representingthe OBC community, three fromthe Scheduled Tribes, and twoeach from the Kshatriya commu-nity and the Schedule Castes.

Bhupendra Patel was electedthe new Chief Minister onSunday, following the suddenresignation of Rupani a day earli-er.

Bhupendra Patel expands cabinet,24 new ministers sworn in

Thiruvananthapuram|Agencies

Kerala BJP president K Surendran onThursday appeared before theKasargode Crime Branch police officials

after he was summoned in an election briberycase filed against him.

A local court had directed the Police to reg-ister a case under the Election Commissionrules when a complaint was given againstSurendran and two other local BJP leaders,after it surfaced that money was paid to theBSP candidate K Sundara to withdraw hisnomination at the Manjeswaram assemblyconstituency in the April 6 assembly polls.

Surendran in the April 6 assembly polls hadcontested from two constituencies - Konniand Manjeswaram.

Surendran was closeted with the officialsfor over 75 minutes and according to sourcesin the know of things he denied knowingSundara. He also pointed out that since hehas the highest respect and regards for the lawof the land, he came before the probe officials.

The CPI-M candidate from the constituen-cy VV Ramesan who finished third is the com-plainant and the Kasargode First ClassMagistrate Court gave the nod to register acase against Surendran and two others.

When votes were counted on May 2, theCongress led UDF candidate AKM Ashraffdefeated Surendran with a margin of 745votes.Incidentally, it was Sundara himselfwho made an open admission to the mediathat he was given Rs 2.5 lakh and aSmartphone to pull out from the election. He

said that he was also offered Rs 15 lakh, ahome, and a wine parlour in Karnataka ifSurendran wins.

Since then the ruling CPI-M led Left was upin arms against this disclosure, but this chargewas then promptly denied by Surendran andhis party that no such thing has happened.

Incidentally in the 2016 assembly polls,Surendran lost by a meagre margin of 89 votesand in that election Sundara, who contestedas an independent candidate secured 467votes.So the BJP was determined to see thatthis time with Sundara coming up as a BSPcandidate, his name would appear just beforethe name of Surendran in the electronic vot-ing machine and it could play spoil sport tothe fortunes of Surendran.

And on the last day of withdrawal of nomi-nation, Sundara withdrew his candidature.

Kerala BJP chief appears beforePolice in poll bribery case

MYSURU | Agencies

Hindu Jagarana Vedike South IndiaConvenor Jagadish Karanth onThursday gave a 10-day deadline

to the Chief Minister to initiate actionagainst officers responsible for the dem-olition of the Huchagani Mahadevammatemple in Mysuru.

"As the head of the state, the ChiefMinister should take responsibility. Ifthe action is not initiated, we will take aprotest march to his residence," he said.

Addressing a huge gathering gatheredto protest the demolition of Hindu tem-ples, Karanth attacked the ChiefSecretary and said, "He is giving ordersto demolish temples every day accord-ing to the media reports. If it is true, hemust be really stupid."

"You must read the Supreme Courtorder first. It is very clear, vacating thetemple is the last option. If it is builtbefore 2008, the temple has to be regu-larised. The court also emphasizes thatthe people's feelings must also be con-sidered.

"Though the villagers are ready to giveland for the temple, the DC of Mysuruhastily went ahead with demolitionwithout common sense," Karanth said.

"No one can tolerate this. This shouldbe the first and last case in the state. Thepresent government is doing what

invaders Ghazni, Ghori, Khasim andTipu Sultan have done to the Hindutemples. This must be ended," he said.

e also reacted angrily over theBommai government's decision todecide the height of Ganesh idols duringVinayak Chaturthi. "What is the connec-tion between the height of the Ganeshidol and coronavirus", he asked.

"Some fellows sitting in Bengaluru air-conditioned offices take improper deci-sions on matters of religion," he com-mented.Thousands Hindu JagaranVedike members attended the protestorganised in Mysuru to protest againstthe demolition of temples. They allegedthat the government was only servingnotices to Masjids and Christian reli-

gious centres while going ahead withdemolishing the Hindu temples withouttalking to locals and giving any option toshift.

Even Congress Opposition leaderSiddaramaiah chided the ruling BJP gov-ernment for demolishing HuchaganiMahadevamma temple in Mysuru dis-trict. After feeling the heat, BasavarajBommai, the Chief Minister has orderedto stop the demolitions until furtherorders. Meanwhile, Bajarang Dal andHindu Jagaran Vedike supportersobserved bandh in the DakshinaKannada district. The BJP members arealso carrying out an online campaignthat they are Hindus first and then work-ers of the BJP.

Hindu outfit gives deadline to K'takaCM for action on temple demolition


Ateam of Maharashtra Anti-TerroristSquad (ATS) and Special Cell of theDelhi Police is jointly interrogating the

six terror suspects who were planning to carryout attacks in the forthcoming festival season,an official said here on Thursday.

According to sources, the Maharashtra ATSteam, after reaching the national capital heldtalks with the sleuths of the Special cell ofDelhi Police.

The cops are currently examining Osama,who was trained in Pakistan, and JaanMohammed who is suspected to be an opera-tive of the D company. He was arrested inKota when he was on his way to Delhi.

Maharashtra ATS chief Vineet Agarwal, onWednesday, said that the terror suspect JaanMohammed belongs to Dharavi, Mumbai.

The cops are also looking for Osama'sfather Humaid-ur-Rehman, who is being sus-pected as the mastermind of the terror mod-ule. It is alleged that Humaid had sent Osamaand Zeeshan Qamar, a resident of UP's

Allahabad, to Muscat in Oman to join trainingin Pakistan.Once they reached Muscat,Pakistan Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) tookthem to Gwadar port through sea routes to getthem trained in making explosives andbombs. Osama and Zeeshan Qamar wereimparted the training of making bombs andIEDs and committing arson with the help ofdaily use items at a farmhouse in Thatta inSindh province.There were three Pakistaninationals in the farmhouse. Two of these,Jabbar and Hamza imparted training to them.Both of them were from Pakistan Army asthey wore military uniforms, according to theinformation obtained.

Maha ATS, Delhi Police jointlyinterrogate arrested terrorists

With an aim to resume peace talks with Naga leaders, the UnionMinistry of Home Affairs (MHA) is all set to appoint a new inter-locutor very soon.


The Congress onThursday demandedthat an inquiry should

be conducted into the datafudging by ICMR as partyalleged the medical bodymanipulated data to keep thepolitical masters happywhich led to the loss ofhuman lives.

Addressing a press confer-ence in New Delhi, CongressGeneral Secretary AjayMaken alleged that seniorscientists, who worked withthe ICMR, and other organi-sations, are now coming for-ward to point out seriousirregularities in 'Covid man-agement'. They have pointedout political interference andfudging of data by ICMR.Political interference resultedin preventable deaths ofmore than 50 lakh people inIndia, he said.

"The Congress demands acriminal investigation againstthe Prime Minister, the then

Health Minister, and alsoagainst Management ofICMR. The inquiry should beconducted by sitting judge,"Maken said. He said that theparty will raise the issue inand outside parliament."Now, as the time goes by,more and more scientistswho worked with the IndianCouncil of Medical Researchare coming forward with star-tling facts of political interfer-ence and arrogance whichwas not only against 'scienceand democracy', but alsocaused millions of preventa-ble deaths. These scientists,to name a few, include DrAnup Aggarwal, Dr NamanShah, Dr Somdatta Sinha, DrShahid Jameel and some oth-ers are gradually opening upin social media and foreignpublications."

Maken alleged, "In June2020, a study commissionedby the ICMR concluded thatModi's lockdown had slowedbut would not stop the virus'sspread. Within days, the

authors withdrew it. AndICMR tweeted the withdraw-al. Some of the scientists nowsay that they were forced towithdraw the report. In July2020, DG, ICMR, Dr BalramBhargav forced ICMR scien-tists to withhold data, basedon serological studies, whichsuggested that virus wasspreading to 10 cities. Thisdeliberate blunder led to lossof lakhs of lives."

He said, "the second Covidwave hit India severally inApril 2021. The ModiGovernment was caughtunprepared, people of Indiawere left to fend for them-selves. Black Marketing ofdrugs likeHydroxychloroquine,Ivermectin, Fabiflu, Dexona,Tocilizumab, Remdesivir,Paracetamol was galore. Asingle injection of Remdesivirwas selling between Rs50,000 and Rs 1 lakh,Tocilizumab injection for upto Rs 10 lakh in black mar-ket".

Cong demands inquiry into allegationsof data fudging by ICMR

Lucknow|AgenciesThe ruling Bhartiya Janata Party

(BJP) will hold a farmers' meet inLucknow on September 19 on thecompletion of four years of the YogiAdityanath government in UttarPradesh.

The Kisan Morcha of the party willfelicitate the chief minister on theoccasion.

The programme is designed toestablish a direct connect with farm-ers amid indications that the ongoingfarmers' agitation will intensify aheadof the 2022 state assembly election.

BJP Kisan Morcha president,Kameshwar Singh, said that an esti-mated 20,000 farmers are expected atthe Lucknow meeting.

"Fifty farmers from each assemblyconstituency will be present on theoccasion to thank the chief ministerfor various pro-farmer measures,"Singh said.

The BJP programme comes aheadof the September 27 Bharat Bandhcall given by all the farmers' unionbacking the agitation.

The ruling BJP is now trying topresent a division between 'real farm-ers' and ones agitating for political

reasons. "Theirs is not a farmers' agi-tation, it's a political agitation," saidKameshwar Singh.

The BJP has already held farmers'meeting at 298 places in 95 assemblyconstituencies of the state.

"We selected those assembly seg-ments which had a substantial pres-

ence of sugarcane farmers. In thesemeetings, we interacted with nearly60,000 farmers," Singh said.

The Kisan Morcha also intends tofelicitate 71 farmers at each districtheadquarter on September 17 whichis Prime Minister Narendra Modi's71st birthday. "We have so many

achievements to talk about. As manyas 2.50 crore farmers in UP are bene-fitting through the Kisan SammanNidhi, soil health cards, crop insur-ance, kisan credit card, 50 per centdiscount of farm equipment. Theseare some of the many achievementsthat we will talk about," Singh said.

UP BJP to hold farmers' meet to felicitate Yogi

ROADMAP FOR CABINETEXPANSION IN RAJASTHANREADY, SAYS MAKEN

New Delhi:CongressGeneral Secretary In charge ofRajasthan Ajay Maken onThursday said that roadmap isready for cabinet expansionand organisational rejig in thestate. "If Ashok Gehlot had notfallen ill we would have donecabinet expansion and theroadmap is ready for appoint-ment at board corporationsand district presidents,"Maken said at a press confer-ence in Delhi on Thursday. heCongress leader said thatGehlot is still unwell and doinghis work from home and as hegets well this will be done.

When asked about SachinPilot, he said, "At the state level,we are discussing all issues butif something is given at theAICC level its beyond mypurview." Sources say aroundfive from the Pilot camp will beaccommodated in the Gehlotcabinet, and also the appoint-ments to the posts of chairmanof boards and corporationshave also beenfinalised.Maken on July 30after finishing his one-on-oneinteraction with all the 115Congress MLAs, and seniorparty leaders, had said thatsome ministers had expressedtheir willingness to resign andwork for the party.


Pakistan's Inter-ServicesIntelligence (ISI) trained the twoterrorists, that were arrested by

the special Cell of Delhi police, wereto blow bridges and railway tracks tocause mass casualties in India, it wasrevealed during the interrogation onThursday.

According to official sources, thetwo suspected terrorists -- Osama andZeeshan -- who were trained by theISI in Thatta of Pakistan's Sindhprovince, were instructed to do arecce of railway tracks. The interroga-tion revealed that the duo was alsoasked to acquire the details of the tim-ings and route of the trains with morepassengers so that the blast results ina high number of casualties. Sourcesinformed that 1.5 kg of RDX wasfound from their possession whenthey were caught by the Special Cellearlier this week. "This much amountof RDX is enough to cause large-scaledestruction," the source said. As per

the latest reports, a team ofMaharashtra Anti-Terrorist Squad(ATS) and Special Cell of the DelhiPolice is still jointly interrogating allthe suspected terrorists.

The cops are also specificallyfocussing on another suspected terror-ist Jaan Mohammed who is suspectedto be an operative of D company. Hewas arrested in Kota when he was onhis way to Delhi. Maharashtra ATSchief Vineet Agarwal, on Wednesday,said that Jaan Mohammed belongs to

Dharavi, Mumbai. The cops are alsolooking for Osama's father Humaid-ur-Rehman, who is being suspected asthe mastermind of the terror module.

It is alleged that Humaid had sentOsama and Zeeshan Qamar, a residentof UP's Allahabad, to Muscat in Omanto join training in Pakistan.

Once they reached Muscat, PakistanInter-Services Intelligence (ISI) tookthem to Gwadar port through searoutes to get them trained in makingexplosives and bombs.Osama and

Zeeshan Qamar were imparted thetraining of making bombs and IEDsand committing arson with the helpof daily use items at a farmhouse inThatta in Sindh province. There werethree Pakistani nationals in the farm-house.

ISI trained terrorists were to blow bridges, railway tracks in India

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However, the crisis is Lebanon is notnew, it's decades old but has wors-ened in the last two years due to sec-

tarian politics and corrupt politicians,bankers and bureaucrats. The ongoing eco-nomic crisis has worsened as the coronaviruspandemic took hold in 2020, followed by thedevastating August 2020 Port of Beirut blasts,which has been described by experts as "oneof the biggest non-nuclear explosions in his-tory".

Following the Beirut explosions, the crisisworsened exponentially. According to TheNew York Times, the price of consumergoods has "nearly quadrupled", leaving peo-ple with barely any access to necessities likefood and medicine. Some healthcare compa-nies have run out of medicines "needed totreat cancer and heart disease" as a result ofthe country being unable to procure productsfrom foreign importers.

Fuel has become scarce in Lebanon due tothe lack of foreign currency to pay energysuppliers, leading to the closure of powerplants, hospitals, and water pumping sta-tions. As a result, civilians have been leftwithout electricity and clean water, as well asthe ability to heat or air-condition theirhomes. And those who want to leave arestuck, as there's no fuel available to fill theirvehicles.

The ongoing crisis has left almost half ofLebanon's population living in poverty, andhas prompted more mass protests to removethe political elite "accused of corruption, mis-management, and negligence", reports theBBC.

In a statement, the Unicef said: "The needsare massive, and the urgent formation of anew government with clear commitments toreform, is critical to tackle the current crisisthrough determined and systematic action toprotect children's lives and ensure access towater and all basic services."

Lebanon is at the onset of a serious col-lapse, Najat Rochdi, the UN deputy specialcoordinator for Lebanon, warned in an inter-view with the Efe news agency.

"I am not talking about a theoretical sce-nario that maybe in a few months if nothinggets done the situation is going to collapse.

No! We are talking about a serious beginningof a serious collapse and the people are pay-ing a very high price today.

"The only solution, the only way to saveLebanon, to save the Lebanese and to savethe country is with reforms," she added.

Lebanon's political scenarioThe crisis-battered country has been run

by a caretaker government for more than ayear due to a lack of political consensus,making it impossible to carry out necessaryeconomic reforms the international commu-nity demands from Lebanon.

Lebanon is heading toward more "chaosand poverty" if a government is not formedimmediately, a Lebanese lawmaker warned,with the end of this week marking 13 monthssince the resignation of Prime MinisterHassan Diab's administration.

Diab stepped down in the wake of the portblasts that devastated the capital, but he hasstayed on in a caretaker capacity.

President Michel Aoun's term ends inOctober next year, while Parliament's termends in May 2022.

On whether the President would seek toremain in power after the end of his term ashe did in the 1980s, Vice President of theFuture Movement, Mustafa Alloush, toldArab News newspaper that "Aoun will notrepeat his experience of fleeing from thepresidential palace. He is concerned with

passing on politics to GebranBassil, his son-in-law, and giving him a clear share in thenext formulation of authority".

As new Lebanese secular political groupsare struggling to organise before the 2022elections, the sectarian parties are using pop-ulist discourse and aid politics to secure thesupport of their constituencies.

Criticism is quite rare among the Lebanesewho still support the sectarian political fac-tions that have been in power since the1990s. According to the researchers and polit-ical analysts, despite the vocal social anti-cor-ruption movement that has emerged afterOctober 17, 2019 and the recent wins the"thawra groups" have scored in universitystudent councils elections and syndicates,many Lebanese still support the establish-ment parties.Being sectarian in design, thepolitical class has played on sectarian senti-ment since the civil war. Amal Movement wasthe defendant of the "deprived Shias", whilethe Free Patriotic Movement's ministerGebranBassil presents himself as the protec-tor of "Christian Rights" in his political state-ments.

Members of new political movements bornfrom the October 2019 protests say that the"Us vs Them" narrative helpsdistract attention from the realissues at hand corruption andimpunity.

For example, politicians in Christian,Druze and Sunni parties claim Iran as theiropponent and Western countries as friends.On the other hand, Hezbollah and its alliesclaim Israel as an opponent, look at Westernstates, especially the US, as friends of Israeland accuse them of imposing a blockade onLebanon, as the fuel crisis in the countrydeepens.Meanwhile, Prime Minister-desig-nate Najib Mikati has been able to cobbletogether a 24-member cabinet after negotiat-ing with President Aoun last week, a line-upthat is satisfactory for everyone, including aninternational community that wants sectari-an factions to divide portfolios and name atechnocratic government.

Hopes are high, but expectations are low.Sectarian political factions have been negoti-ating on who gets which portfolio, but Mikatiadmitted last month that the conversationhas been less about plans for reforms andpolicies to recover from the economic crisis,and were focused on who gets what.

(Asad Mirza is a political commentatorbased in New Delhi. He writes on Muslims,educational, international affairs, interfaithand current affairs. Views expressed are per-sonal)

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As the countdown to the Uttar PradeshAssembly elections due early next yearbegins, issues like governance and

development are expectedly taking a back seatand it is 'Abba Jaan' and Taliban that areemerging as the latest poll narrative in UttarPradesh.State Chief Minister Yogi Adityanathon Sunday said that prior to 2017, "those whosay 'Abba Jaan' used to devour the freeration."The speech had the desired impactand non-BJP political parties promptly object-ed to the use of 'Abba Jaan' -- an endearmentfor father -- for political gains. It was clear thathe was referring to the Samajwadi Party sincehe had earlier referred to Samajwadi patri-arch Mulayam Singh Yadav as 'Abba Jaan' ina TV programme. Some directly related it toMuslims. The result of this developing situa-tion is that key issues like development havebeen put on the backburner and almost allpolitical leaders are now bending backwardsto establish their Hindu credentials-much tothe glee of the BJP leaders.Mayawatiaddressed her party meeting in Lucknowrecently, she was greeted with chants of 'JaiShri Ram'.AamAadmi Party (AAP) leadersManish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh, onMonday, offered prayers at various temples inAyodhya while Priyanka Gandhi Vadra visit-ed a Hanuman temple in Rae Bareli duringher recent visit.The BJP is clearly setting thetone for the next elections using the issue ofnational security on the Taliban issue andputting non-BJP parties in the dock over theMuslim appeasement.The content beingshared on on party-run social media handlesand groups on WhatsApp, show that aroundone-fourth of the posts in the last two weekswere Taliban related referring to PrimeMinister Narendra Modi as a "strong person-ality" and projecting Chief Minister YogiAdityanath as a strong Hindutva brandagainst these forces.

Abba jaan, Taliban are wayahead of Development

Beijing|Agencies

China EarthquakeAdministration has dis-patched a work team to

guide on-site disaster relief work,reports xinhua news agency.

A total of 890 commanders andfighters from nearby fire-fightingand rescue brigades have beenmobilised, while another 4,600 res-cue workers are on standby.

There were a total of 737 col-lapsed houses, 72 houses with seri-ous damage, while 7,290 with dam-age to some extent.

Collapsed walls and houses wereseen on the way to rain-battered

Jiaming township in the epicentrearea. Electricity in most of thehouses in the town has been sus-pended. Amid heavy rain in Fuji

township, rescue workers weregoing door to door searching forpeople in the damaged houses andmoving them to temporary shel-

ters.More than 6,900 affected resi-

dents have been relocated, andover 10,000 people were shifted totemporary shelters as of earlyThursday morning, according tothe local government.

According to the ChinaEarthquake Networks Centre, theearthquake occurred at 4.33 a.m.

The epicentre was monitored at29.2 degrees north latitude and105.34 degrees east longitude. Thequake struck at a depth of 10 km.

Approved by the provincial gov-ernment, the earthquake reliefheadquarters of Sichuan has acti-vated a level-II response, the sec-ond highest in China's four-tierearthquake emergency responsesystem. Some telecommunicationbase stations and cables were dam-aged.The Luzhou high-speed rail-way station has been closed,according to railway authorities.

All coal mines have beenordered to halt underground oper-ations and evacuate miners inshafts.

3 DEAD, 60 INJURED IN 6.0-MAGNITUDECHINA EARTHQUAKE

US, UK, Australia announcenew security partnership

Washington|Agencies

The US, the UK, andAustralia haveannounced the creation

of a new trilateral securitypartnership.

US President Joe Biden,British Prime Minister BorisJohnson, and AustralianPrime Minister ScottMorrison made theannouncement during a vir-tual event, reports Xinhuanews agency.

In a joint statement, thethree governments said thepartnership, called "AUKUS",will help "significantly deep-en cooperation on a range ofsecurity and defence capabil-ities".

The first initiative underAUKUS will be delivering anuclear-powered submarinefleet for Australia and thethree countries will spend asmany as 18 months dis-cussing how this capabilitywill be delivered, accordingto the statement.

Australia intends to build

the submarines in Adelaide,a coastal city in the country'ssouth, in cooperation withthe UK and the US, Morrisonsaid in his remarks.

"Australia is not seeking toacquire nuclear weapons orestablish a civil nuclear capa-bility," he said, vowing tomeet all of its nuclear non-proliferation obligations.

Biden and Johnson saidthe nuclear-powered sub-marines that Australia wantsto acquire are conventionally

armed, noting that theircountries will also be fully inline with their non-prolifera-tion obligations.

A senior administrationofficial told reporters thatAUKUS "is not aimed orabout any one country,"claiming that "it's aboutadvancing our strategic inter-ests, upholding the interna-tional rules-based order, andpromoting peace and stabili-ty in the Indo-Pacific."

Dhaka|Agencies

Bangladeshi CommerceMinister Tipu Munshi and hiscounterpart Australian

Minister for Trade, Tourism andInvestment, Dan Tehan have signeda framework on trade and invest-ment between the two countries, theMinistry of Foreign Affairs in Dhakasaid in a statement on Thursday.

The Trade and InvestmentFramework Arrangement (TIFA), thefirst of this kind between Australiaand Bangladesh in the last fivedecades, is expected to provide aplatform for institutionalised eco-nomic interactions and to opennewer opportunities for trade andinvestment between the two coun-tries, Xinhua news agency quotedthe statement as saying.

It said a joint working group isexpected to offer a mechanism totake forward discussion to realizefull potentials of trade and invest-ment.

While speaking at a virtual signingceremony on Wednesday, MinisterTipu Munshi said: "I am profoundlyhappy that TIFA has been signed inthe year while Bangladesh is cele-brating the golden jubilee of inde-pendence and the birth centenary ofthe Father of the NationBangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur

Rahman."We would expect the TIFA to

address all relevant questionsincluding retention of the Duty-FreeQuota-Free (DFQF) treatment forBangladesh in the post LDC gradua-tion (least developed countries),trade liberalisation, creating a con-ducive atmosphere for greater tradein services and flow of investment."

He invited his Australian counter-part to visit Dhaka soon.

Tehan warmly accepted the invita-tion and promised to visitBangladesh next year with a tradeand investment delegation. Heassured Bangladesh of the continua-tion of DFQF treatment pending thenext review which is not scheduledin the foreseeable future.

"Australian has the potential tomeet Bangladesh's increasing educa-tion, training and energy needs," headded.Bangladesh-Australia bilateraltrade has grown six times over thepast decade, reaching $2.6 billionlast year.Ready-made garment, agri-culture, food and education serviceswere key drivers of this growth.

Despite not being an elaborateand legally binding agreement, TIFAcan help add new tradeable itemsfrom both sides and facilitate bilater-al trade and investment.

Australia proposed to host theinaugural meeting of the joint work-ing group in early 2022.

B'desh inks trade, investment framework with Aus UNSC ENCOURAGESRESUMPTION OFTALKS ON NILE DAM

United Nations:The UNSecurity Council hasencouraged Egypt,Ethiopia and Sudan toresume negotiations on thedisputed Grand EthiopianRenaissance Dam on theNile River. In a presidentialstatement, the Councilencouraged the threestakeholders to resumetalks at the invitation of thechairperson of the AfricanUnion (AU) to finalizeexpeditiously the text ofmutually acceptable andbinding agreement on thefilling and operation of thedam, "within a reasonabletime frame", reportsXinhua news agency TheSecurity Council called onthe three countries to takeforward the AU-led negoti-ation process in a con-structive and cooperativemanner.

Three people were killedand 60 others injured onThursday after a powerful6.0-magnitude earthquakejolted Luxian county inChina's Sichuan province,authorities said.ty to pay dues.

EXISTENTIAL CRISIS IN LEBANON While the world it seems has beentoo occupied with the develop-ments in Afghanistan, anothertragedy in the making is currentlyon in Lebanon -- a country facingone crisis after another.ty to pay dues.

Asad Mirza


Pakistan Prime MinisterImran Khan said thathis country had to

endure a "terrible" relation-ship with the US whichturned out to be disastrousfor Islamabad.

In an interview with CNN,Khan also called out the USfor repeatedly accusingPakistan of harbouring ter-rorists, Dawn news reported.

"What are these safehavens? The area of Pakistanalong the border ofAfghanistan had the heaviestsurveillance by the USdrones, surely they wouldhave known if there were anysafe havens?"

The premier said thatPakistan was unable to takemilitary action against theAfghan Taliban because theywere not attacking Pakistan.

"Pakistan had its own

internal matters to look at,such as attacks from theTehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan(TTP)."

He said that had he beenin the government at thattime, he would have taken adifferent course of action.

"I cannot destroy mycountry to fight someoneelse's war," he said. "Myresponsibility would havebeen to the people of mycountry."

Khan also said that he didnot speak to US President JoeBiden after the Taliban tookover Afghanistan.

Imran Khan says Pak had to endurea 'terrible' relationship with US

05madhya pradeshBhopal, Friday, September 17, 2021


State Bank of India has come up with anattractive gift for the customers lookingto buy their house in this festive season.

From SBI, customers will now get home loansat attractive discounted rates. SBI ChiefGeneral Manager Umesh Kumar Pandeyinformed that this drive to provide homeloans at concessional interest rates will becompleted in two phases.

The first phase will be operated fromSeptember 1 to October 31 and the secondphase from November 1 to December 31,2021. Customers wishing to take a home loanduring this period can get it with a minimumfloor rate of interest of 6.70 percent and theywill not have to pay any processing fee. In thiscampaign, customers will also get many otherbenefits. The interest rates are linked with theCIBIL score. No distinction has been madebetween the interest rates of salaried andnon-salaried customers and a genuine efforthas been made to pass on the benefit of low-est interest rates to all.

Pandey informed that the main objective ofthis campaign of SBI is to help more andmore people to get their own home at lowinterest rate and without processing fee, mak-ing the home loan business simpler and moreattractive.

SBI offers home loan on concessionalrates during festive season


Chief Minister Shivraj SinghChouhan has said that theincome of every woman

belonging to self-help group shouldincrease by Rs. 10,000 per month.You move ahead with hard workand authenticity, the government iswith you at every step. The stategovernment has set a target of pro-viding Rs. 2550 crore bank loan thisyear to strengthen women self-helpgroups. The responsibility of run-ning ration (PDS) shops will alsonow be given to self-help groups.

Along with this, a reward of Rsone crore will be given to the clusterlevel federation for best perform-ance in increasing the income levelof self-help groups. Aajeevika Martwill be set up at Bhopal Haat inBhopal for the sale of the productsof the groups. Linkage with onlinecommerce portal will also be doneto increase business. A special proj-ect will be made for the trade ofsinghada and fish for the women'sgroup. Ayushman cards will be pro-vided to all eligible members of thegroups. Chouhan was addressingthe orientation and interaction pro-gramme of state level women self-help groups today.

Chouhan visited the exhibition

focused on the role of self-helpgroups in fighting the worst pan-demic of the century, Corona Virus.He also visited an exhibitionfocused on the role of SHGs inbuilding a Atmanirbhar MadhyaPradesh. Chouhan said that anassistance of Rs.1050 crore would begiven by the state government toself-help groups for various activi-ties. Self-help groups will have topay only 4 percent interest on bankloans. The remaining interest will bepaid by the state government.

Chouhan greeted all members ofWomen Self-Help Group who cameto his residence. He said that it isnecessary to treat women with

respect and equality. As the ChiefMinister, I am working with the spir-it on how to make progress, welfareand empowerment of women easi-ly. Social, educational, economicand political empowerment ofwomen is necessary. For this, 50percent seats have been reserved forwomen in the elections to all theurban bodies and panchayats in thestate. Women are making achieve-ments in all directions, either in thefield of education or in the field ofsports. Their self-confidence andsocial consciousness has increased.The capacity to fight against injus-tice has also increased. The attitudeof the family and society towards

women has also changed.Chouhan said that Livelihood

Mission is a panacea for the eco-nomic empowerment of poor andlower middle class women of thestate. There can be no bigger brandthan Livelihood Mission, it is a guar-antee of purity. Its products shouldbe branded on the basis of '100 percent purity.'

Chouhan advised the members ofself-help groups to beware of mid-dlemen and not to fall prey to greed.Chouhan said that the more inde-pendent, transparent and empow-ered the process of decision makingand buying and selling by women,the stronger the self-help groupswill be. The training, support andguidance provided by the missionhas helped to eradicate poverty oflakhs of families. By joining thegroups, the women have openedtheir accounts in bank. Now theyneed not keep their savings in anybox. The 13 sutras taught in groupshave given women new dimensionsof progress.Chouhan said that thestate government is making all pos-sible efforts to encourage the activi-ties of Self-Help Groups. More than6 thousand government buildingshave been allotted in different dis-tricts to conduct meetings andactivities.

Chouhan interacts with women SHGs

INCOME OF WOMEN ASSOCIATED WITH SHG SHOULDINCREASE BY RS.10 THOUSAND PER MONTH: CM


Minister of State forSchool Education(Independent Charge)

and General Administration,Inder Singh Parmar releasedthe Class XII Board ofSecondary Education examina-tion results through a singleclick. Parmar congratulated allthe students and their parentsfor their success in the exami-nation results. He wished thestudents all the best for a brightfuture and successful life.Parmar said that the result hasbeen prepared on the basis ofBest of Five evaluation method.All the students have beenpassed. The examination resulthas been Cent Percent, inwhich 52.28 percent candidateshave passed in first division,40.28 percent candidatespassed in second division and7.43 percent candidates havepassed in third division. TheEducation Department hasprepared the exam result keep-ing in mind the future and safe-ty of the students.

Parmar said that candidateswho are dissatisfied with theirexamination results, can

appear in the examination of allsubjects or a particular subjectto be held in September, 2021.Such candidates can register onthe MP Online portal to appearin the examination from August1 to August 10, 2021. Only theresult prepared on the basis ofthe examination of such candi-dates will be considered final.

The Board of SecondaryEducation has declared exami-nation results of 6 lakh 56 thou-sand 148 regular candidates. Ofthese, 3 lakh 43 thousand 64(52.28 percent) candidates havepassed in first Division, 2 lakh64 thousand 295 (40.28 per-cent) candidates in second divi-sion and 48 thousand 787 (7.43percent) candidates in thirddivision. This way, the result ofthis year has been CentPercent.The examination resultof private candidates has alsobeen prepared on the basis ofhigh school examination. Outof total 71 thousand 996 privateexaminees, 19 thousand 925(27.67 percent) candidates havepassed in first division, 33 thou-sand 944 (47.14 percent) candi-dates in second division and 18thousand 126 (25.17 percent)candidates have passed in third

division. For the examinationresults of a total of 6 thousand348 candidates of other statesor board, their Class Xth mark-sheet is being verified. After theverification of marks, the resultof these candidates will also bedeclared.

Special arrangements havebeen made to redress the griev-ances of the students regardingthe examination results. If anystudent has any complaintregarding the marks, then hecan enter his roll number andapplication number through aspecial software created on theMP Online portal, and getinformation about his subjectwise marks in high school andthe marks of the subjects ofhigher secondary examinationmapped on its basis.

There is a free of costarrangement to rectify any kindof clerical errors in the mark-sheets being given to the candi-dates, for a period of threemonths from the date of decla-ration of results. Students whodo not get any correctionsmade for three months willhave to make an applicationalong with fee for such correc-tions later.

Cent percent resultof Class XII exam


The date of online regis-tration for appearingin the special exami-

nation of High School,Higher Secondary andHigher SecondaryProfessional Examination2021 has been extended tillAugust 15, 2021 by theBoard of SecondaryEducation. Earlier this datewas fixed as August 10. Thisdecision has been taken dueto excessive rainfall in thestate and the flood situationin Gwalior and Chambaldivisions.

It is noteworthy that thestudents dissatisfied with theexamination results of theHigh School, HigherSecondary and Higher

Secondary ProfessionalExamination 2021 conduct-ed by the Board ofSecondary Education orthose whose results weredeclared as absent, for suchcandidates special examina-tion is being conducted fromSeptember 1 to September25, 2021. To appear in theexamination, the candidateswere provided the facility toregister on the MP OnlinePortal from August 1 toAugust 10, 2021. Studentsregistering online to appearin the special examination,who do not want to appearin the special examinationdue to any reason, can can-cel their registration throughMP Online from 11 to 15August 2021.

Last date to apply for Class 10thand 12th is now August 15

ROYAL KITTY HELD

Bhopal:Van Bandhu Parishad's Royal kitty was held inArera club on 15th September, with GANESH UTSAVCelebrations. 80 Members participated and enjoyed the gettogether. President Sandhya Agarwal addressed the gatheringand conveyed about the projects and future plans run by thisnoble organization. Secretary Sangeeta Palod and the execu-tive committee explained about the new rules to all the newmembers. Ganesh Vandana was presented by Alpana Agarwaland Manisha Chhajed. Dance performance on Ganesh bha-jans presented by Prachi,Ranjana Mamta and Rakhi.Sewapatra Prabhari Lalita Khabya announced about the high-est collection in the month of August. Treasurer Alka Guptapresented the account details and donations received forschools. Everyone enjoyed the game of Housie and mouthwatering high tea was served. All COVID protocols were fol-lowed.


The 116th meeting of the MajorProject Control Board was held atthe Chief Minister's residence

auditorium. Water Resources MinisterTulsiram Silawat attended the meetingvirtually. In the meeting, approval wasgiven by the Board for the works of SeepAmber Complex project of Sehore dis-trict.

Irrigation will begin from this projectfrom November 2022. The project willirrigate a total of 9 thousand hectares.This project has been approved in placeof the earlier proposed Sankota andMograkheda schemes in Sehore district.Out of the total proposed command

area of 9 thousand hectares from boththe earlier schemes, 8 thousandhectares of land will be irrigatedthrough Seep Amber Pressurized

Irrigation Project. The remaining 1000hectares will be irrigated by theChhipaner Lift Project under construc-tion under the Narmada ValleyDevelopment Authority.

The new project will save 526.09hectares of affected forest land and dis-placement of 63 families under the sub-mergence area of Sankota andMograkheda projects approved earlier.Apart from this, about 5 thousand farm-ers of 31 villages of Nasrullaganj tehsilwill be benefitted. The administrativeapproval for the project is Rs 174.94crore. Chief Secretary Shri Iqbal SinghBains, Additional Chief Secretary ShriSN Mishra and other senior officerswere present in the meeting.

Approval for works of Seep Amber irrigation project116th meeting of the Major Project Control Board held underthe chairmanship of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan

75 THOUSAND SAPLINGS WILLBE PLANTED IN SCHOOLS ONAZADI KA AMRIT MAHOTSAV

Bhopal: On Friday, September 17, on the occasion ofAzadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, 75 thousand saplings will beplanted in the schools of the state. Minister of State forSchool Education, Inder Singh Parmar informed thatunder the leadership of Chief Minister Shivraj SinghChouhan, one sapling would be planted in every schoolof the state to reduce air pollution and for protection andconservation of environment. Every effort will be made toprotect the plants. Along with this, the photo of the plant-ed sapling will be uploaded in the 'Vayudoot Ankur' app.

Principal Secretary School Education Rashmi ArunShami informed that the plantation programme will beconducted in schools by the School Management andDevelopment Committee or School ManagementCommittee. Schools which have a boundary wall or afaced campus will be preferred for plantation. Plants oflocal varieties will be planted and every effort will bemade to ensure the safety of the plants with tree guardsetc. In this regard, instructions have been issued to thecollectors of all the districts and the concerneddepartment.


The India MeteorologicalDepartment (IMD) onThursday warned of

"heavy to very heavy" rainfallaccompanied by lightningand thunder in parts ofMadhya Pradesh. An orangealert predicting likely "heavyto very rainfall" (between64.5 mm to 204.4 mm in 24hours) was issued for the dis-tricts of Datia, Bhind andMorena in north Madhya

Pradesh. The region hadreceived heavy showers lastmonth too.A yellow alertwarning of heavy rainfall(between 64.5 mm to 115.5mm) was issued for 28 dis-tricts including Rewa,Hoshangabad, Sehore andMandsaur. Thunder accom-panied by lightning was alsolikely at isolated places acrossten divisions of the stateincluding Bhopal, Indore,Gwalior and Jabalpur, theMet department said.

The alerts were valid tillFriday morning, said P KSaha, a senior meteorologistat the IMD's Bhopal office.Almost the entire state wasreceiving rains, he added.

Udaipura in Raisen districtreceived the highest 75 mmof rain in western MadhyaPradesh while Patan area inJabalpur received the highestrainfall of 130.6 mm in east-ern parts of the state in the 24hours ending 8.30 amThursday, Saha said.

IMD Issues Orange Alert,Warns of Heavy Rain

Thunder accompanied by lightning was alsolikely at isolated places across ten divisionsof the state.

CM PLANTED SAPLINGS WITHMEMBERS OF WOMEN SHGS

Bhopal: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan onThursday planted saplings in Smart Garden along with themembers of women self-help groups of Tikamgarh, Satnaand Barwani. Chief Minister Shri Chouhan planted saplingsof Badam, Karanj and Parijat. Members of Prerna Shakti, JaiBhavani and Shraddha Mahila Self-Help Group participatedin the plantation. It is noteworthy that members of women'sself-help groups from all the districts of the state have cometo Bhopal to communicate with Chouhan. Chouhan plantssaplings every day as part of his resolve. Chief Ministerrequested mothers, sisters and daughters of self-help groupspresent in Smart Park to encourage plantation in theirrespective areas.

CMEXPRESSESGRIEF OVERTHE ROADACCIDENT

Bhopal: Chief MinisterShivraj Singh Chouhanhas expressed grief overthe road accident aheadof Bada Pul of riverNewaj in Rajgarh district.Chouhan has said that allpossible help will be pro-vided to the families ofthe deceased. ChiefMinister has directed thedistrict administration toprovide immediate reliefto the injured and makenecessary arrangementsfor the treatment.Chouhan has prayed toGod to give place to thedeparted souls at hislotus feet and givestrength to the familymembers to bear thisdeep sorrow and theearly recovery of theinjured.


Minister of State for SchoolEducation (IndependentCharge) and General

Administration Inder Singh Parmarsaid that the work of helping thehelpless people is true humanity.We all should come forward to buildpositive thinking of helping in socie-ty. Parmar said this while presentingthe key of the scooter to DivyangJitendra Chauhan in associationwith Round Table India and AsnaniCharitable Foundation.

Jitendra told Parmar that thisscooter would become a boon forhis self-reliant life. He had lost hisjob due to the closure of the callcenter during the Corona period,but now with the help of this scoot-er, he will take care of his family byworking as a food delivery boy.Parmar, while feeding sweets toJitendra with his own hands, wishedhim good luck for his future success-ful life.Parmar thanked Round TableIndia and Asnani CharitableFoundation for taking the initiativeto help. Parmar said that this initia-

tive taken by the organization in theodd circumstances of the Coronaperiod will inspire society to helpthe weak and helplesspeople.Round Table Bhopal, anorganization active in social service,was established 7 years ago. Theorganization has constructed 20

classrooms and toilets in variousgovernment schools in the field ofeducation. Along with donating 65beds in Jawaharlal Nehru CancerHospital during the Corona period,food and ration items worth Rs 20lakh have also been distributed toneedy people.

Bhopal: Minister of State for SchoolEducation (Independent Charge) andGeneral Administration, Inder SinghParmar informed that To maintain thecontinuity of education of the studentsof the state and establish an active dia-logue between parents and teachersParent-teacher meeting will be organ-ized from September 15 to 17, in all gov-ernment schools of the state. Parmarsaid that like last year, this year also dueto Corona, the academic session hasbeen delayed. The entire society alongwith the educational system of the stu-dents has been affected by Corona. Insuch times, the cooperation of teachersand parents is required in creating anenvironment of learning for the stu-dents. Parmar has urged the parents ofall the students to be present in the par-ent-teacher meeting.

Parmar said that during the parent-teacher meeting, parents would bemade aware of the completion of theclass syllabus in the stipulated timeperiod, continuing the education of thestudents at home and the education sys-tem in the light of the new educationpolicy. In this session, the role of parentsin bringing better results of the studentswill also be discussed.

Parent-teacher meetingsin all government schools

Parmar presented the keyof the scooter to Divyang

Los Angeles | Agencies

Matthew Lopez, the Tony-nominated playwright of"The Inheritance," has been

roped in to pen the remake of the latepop icon Whitney Houston film "TheBodyguard" at Warner Bros.

The upcoming movie will be inspiredby the 1992 romantic drama, whichstarred Houston and Kevin Costner,reports variety.com.Lawrence Kasdan ofKasdan Pictures, and Dan Lin andJonathan Eirich of Rideback are produc-ing the new film. Rideback's NickReynolds will serve as the executive pro-ducer.Kasdan was the writer-producer ofthe original. Lin has been attached to theproperty since 2011, which has seen deliri-ous speculation over the potential lead castfor years.Names from Chris Hemsworth andTessa Thompson to Channing Tatum andCardi B have been floated. No cast has beenset for LApez's script at this stage.

"The Inheritance" premiered atLondon's Young Vic in 2018, where it washailed as "the most important Americanplay of the century." It transferred to theWest End later that year, and opened onBroadway in the fall of 2019.

Lopez's show has received the OlivierAward, Drama Desk Award, EveningStandard Theatre Award, LondonCritics' Circle Award, Outer CriticsCircle Award, Drama League Award,GLAAD Media Award, WhatsOnStageAward and the South Bank Sky Arts Award.

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Halle BerryLos Angeles | Agencies

Berry told the New York Times newspaper: "This isanother battle I fought my whole life. That because Ilook a certain way that I've been spared any hard-

ship. I've had loss and pain and a lot of hurt in my life.I've had abuse in my life.""I get really frustrated whenpeople think because I look a certain way that I haven'thad any of those real-life experiences because I absolutelyhave," she added.Berry won Best Actress at the 2002Oscars for 'Monster's Ball'.However, Berry didn't receive the jobopportunities she expected even after being feted with the

award, reports femalefirst.co.uk.She earlier shared: "It was sur-prising, because I thought they were going to just back up the

truck and drop them off at my house, right?""When you have a historic win like that, you think, 'Oh, this isgoing to fundamentally change.' It did fundamentally change

me, but it didn't change my place in the business overnight. I stillhad to go back to work. I still had to try to fight to make a

way out of no way."Berry has also felt an economicpressure to take on certain roles at one

stage in her career.

Cameron Diaztalks 'hardballing' onrelationshipexpectationsLos Angeles | Agencies

Actress Cameron Diaz has talked of the virtues of"hardballing" during a sit-down chat with DrewBarrymore and Ross Matthews. During anappearance on 'The Drew Barrymore Show',Matthews said: "I have a girlfriend who kept say-

ing, 'These guys keep leaving me, they keep leaving me,'(and), I go, 'Well, what are the first dates like?'

"She said, 'Well I ask them if they want kids.' Girl, whatare you doing on date one? You don't ask if you want kids,you ask if you like pizza or the colour blue."

Diaz replied by calling Matthews' friend a "natural hard-baller", meaning someone who is clear about their expec-tations from the outset, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

The actress added: "She is like, 'This is what I want, areyou in?' So, she shouldn't be looking at it that they areleaving her, she should be going, 'You know what, youdon't add up to me, you're not at my place,' but that'sokay." "Then you at least know that we are not in thesame place. And I think that's what dating is all about."

Matthews agreed with Diaz's dating advice, saying that it'simportant to "know what you want".

Discussing his approach to love, he said: "I think it's importantto know what you want. And when you see it, hold onto it. And ifyou find something that's not for you, don't be afraid to move on."

Diaz, who married Benji Madden in 2015, then offered anotherpiece of relationship advice.She said: "If the other person is notholding onto you, let go of them."

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Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga partnerfor specials with ViacomCBS

New York | Agencies

Ninety-five-year-old Tony Bennett and LadyGaga's second and final collaborativealbum 'Love for Sale' will be broadcast in

three different specials on CBS, MTVEntertainment Group, and Paramount+.

The three-special series were announced inlieu of Bennett and Gaga's partnership withViacomCBS.Among them is Bennett's return tothe 'MTV Unplugged' franchise that gave hiscareer a major comeback boost, this time withGaga, reports Vareity.com

The first special will be 'One Last Time: AnEvening With Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga', to airon CBS the Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend.

The hour-long show is the filmed rendering ofthe two concerts the pair did at Radio City MusicHall in August, as Bennett's final public perform-ances, the first night of which coincided with his95th birthday. The show will be available forstreaming on Paramount+.

The second special is 'MTV Unplugged: TonyBennett & Lady Gaga', pegged for winter with noconfirmed air date yet. The show was filmed withan intimate studio audience in New York Cityaround the time of August's Radio City Music Hallperformances. That show played a major role inBennett's career almost three decades ago whenhis first 'MTV Unplugged' special was turned intoa surprise-hit 1994 album that went on to win the1995 Grammy for album of the year.

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Grammy winning-singer Ed Sheeran has said there is alot of "side-eye" going on at major prize-giving cere-monies and that he can feel the "resentment and

hatred" in the air.Appearing on Audacy's 'The Julia Show', Sheeran said: "The

room is filled with resentment and hatred towards everyoneelse and it's quite an uncomfortable atmosphere.

"All the artists are sweet people, but they're like, surroundedby entourages that want them to win too, so it's one artist sur-rounded by ten people and another artist surrounded by 10people and everyone is kind of giving each other the side-eye."

The 'Perfect' hitmaker doesn't like seeing artistes not sup-porting other artistes and wanting their peers to "fail".

He added: "It's nothing to do with MTV or the award show,it's at all the other awards shows (too); Billboards, GRAMMYs... AMAs, it's just lots of people wanting other people to fail andI don't like that."

The 'Shape Of You' hitmaker said England's awards showsuch as the BRIT Awards are more light-hearted as everyone isout for a good time, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

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Whitney Houston's'The Bodyguard'gets a remake atWarner Bros

VENGABOYS RETURNWITH '1999 (I WANNAGO BACK)' SINGLELondon | Agencies

The 'Vengabus' is back with 'Boom' as the '90s partyanthem band Vengaboys takes us back to the '90swith '1999 (I Wanna Go Back)' single released

Thursday.Europe's dance party band of D-Nice, CaptainKim, Sailor Robin, and Cowboy Donny have returned andare taking us back to 1999. Announcing in a communiqueon their social media, Vengaboys reveal their disapprovalof the new millennium, feeling that the 21st century hasfailed us and they want to bring back some fun and happi-ness. To reinforce their bold statement, Vengaboys havecovered Charli XCX and Troye Sivan's '1999' and part-nered with WOMBO to create a vibrant video. The videotakes a trip down memory lane, to the party decade of the'90s with '1999 (I Wanna Go Back)'.Vengaboys workedwith WOMBO on the first-ever artiste partnership bybringing the power of AI to the mainstream through a cus-tom music video designed to bring well-known artistesand personalities to life. 1999 was the year the Vengaboysconquered the world with their famous summer anthems'Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!' and 'We're Going To Ibiza!'.Both songs rocketed straight to the #1 chart position incountries all over the world including the UK and becametwo of the biggest songs of the summer of 1999.


Dubai: | Agencies

Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohliannounced on Thursday that he will be step-ping down as the T20I captain after the com-

pletion of the men's T20 World Cup in Oman andthe UAE in October.

Kohli has taken this decision to manage hisworkload, which has been quite high In the last5-6 years as he has led India in all three formats.Though he has been playing in all three formatsfor "last 8-9 years", Kohli will continue to do soand said he will continue to contribute as a bats-man in T20s.

Through his official Twitter account, Kohli hasthanked everyone who have supported him inhis journey as the captain of the Indian team inall formats. He also said that he has given every-thing to the team as the T20I captain and willcontinue to contribute to the team as a batsmanin future.

"I have been fortunate enough to not only rep-resent India but also lead the Indian CricketTeam to my utmost capability. I thank everyonewho has supported me in my journey as theCaptain of the Indian Cricket Team. I couldn'thave done it without them - the boys, the supportstaff, the selection committee, my coaches andeach and every Indian who prayed for us to win,"said Kohli in his statement.

The development comes just three days afterBCCI Treasurer had said to IANS that Kohli will

be the captain in all formats, quashing specula-tions on wheth'r Kohli's deputy Rohit Sharmawill take over as captain in white-ball cricket."This is all rubbish. Nothing such is happening.This is all what you guys (media) are talkingabout. BCCI has not met or discussed anythingon this issue (split captaincy). Virat will remainas the captain (of all formats)."

Kohli said that he will continue to serve asIndia's Test and ODI captain. "Understandingworkload is a very important thing and consider-

ing my immense workload over the last 8-9 yearsplaying all three formats and captaining regularlyfor last 5-6 years, I feel I need to give myselfspace to be fully ready to lead the Indian Team inTest and ODI Cricket. I have given everything tothe Team during my time as T20 Captain and Iwill continue to do so for the T20 Team as a bats-man moving forward."

Kohli made his T20I captaincy debut in thethree-match T20I series against England in 2017,thereby becoming the captain of India in all for-mats. In 45 T20Is, Kohli led India to 27 wins and14 losses with two matches tied and two matchesyielding no result, be'oming India's second mostsuccessful skipper in the format after MS Dhoni.Kohli also became the first India captain to regis-ter T20I bilateral series wins in South Africa (2-1)and England (2-1) in 2018 followed by NewZealand (5-0) and Australia (2-1) in 2020.

"Of course, arriving at this decision took a lotof time. After a lot of contemplation and discus-sions with my close people, Ravi bhai and alsoRohit, who have been an essential part of theleadership group, I've decided to step down asthe T20 Captain after this T20 World Cup inDubai in October. I have also spoken to the sec-retary Mr Jay Shah and the President of BCCI MrSourav Ganguly along with all the selectors aboutthe same. I will continue to serve Indian Cricketand the Indian Team to the best of my ability,"concluded Kohli.

VIRAT KOHLI TO QUIT AS T20ICAPTAIN AFTER T20 WORLD CUP

Warangal | Agencies

Punjab's Harmilan Kaur Bains stole thethunder from the sprinters by breakingSunita Rani's long-standing national

record in the 1500 metres on the second day ofthe 60th National Open AthleticsChampionships in the Jawaharlal NehruStadium in Hanamkonda here on Thursday.

The 23-year-old start-to-finish specialistcruised home in 4:05.39 to erase the mark setby Sunita Rani at 4:06.03 in the Asian Games inBusan in 2002. She also shattered OP Jais'a'smeet record of 4:11.83 set in Delhi in 2006.Del'i's KM Chanda gamely shadowedHarmilan until the Punjab runner sped away atthe bell to win by a sizable margin.

Harmilan, undefeated in eight national-level1500m races since January 2020, has shownrapid progress, improving from 4:14.68 in theKhelo India University Games in Bhubaneswarlast year to 4:08.70 and 4:08.27 in theFederation Cup (March 16) and Indian GrandPrix 4 (June 21) respectively in Patiala. OnThursday, she capped it with a National mark,the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) said in arelease on Thursday.

It needed such a strong effort to push a cou-ple of good sprint events to the shade. NareshKumar (Andhra Pradesh) and Delhi'sTarandeep Kaur took the honours as the fastestmale and female athlete of the meet by win-ning the 100m dashNaresh Kumar's 10.30 sec-onds win came with the second-fastest time byan Indian in 100m this year behindGurindervir Singh's 10.27 seconds in Patiala onJune 26. It also gave the 23-year-old fromGuntur a place among the five fastest sprinters

in Indian history. Quite inevitably, it gave himthe meet record, improving on Anil Kumar's10.37 seconds set in 2001.The race producedpersonal bests for Assam's Amlan Borgohainand Harjit Singh (Services) with times of 10.34seconds for both, a photo finish separatingthem by six-thousandths of a second to securethe silver medal for the former. To their credit,the trio was able to script great runs despite acouple of false starts by Services' KS Pranavand Satnam Singh.

Delhi teenager Taranjeet Kaur, who wasknocked down by a car and broke a collar bonejust over two years ago, claimed the title of thefastest woman of the meet with a blazing runin a personal best time of 11.50 seconds toleave the seasoned Archana Suseendran(Tamil Nadu) in her wake. Taranjeet Kaurknocked two-tenths of a second from her pre-vious best of 11.70 clocked in winning theFederation Cup Junior (U20) title in Bhopal onJanuary 25 this year. The men's 1500m racesaw an upset of sorts as little-known ParvejKhan (Haryana) stunned the two-time AsianAthletics Championships medalist Ajay KumarSaroj (Railways) tasted his first defeat at theNational level since August 20, 2019.

National Open Athletics: HarmilanKaur sets national record in 1500m

.Lahore | Agencies

New Zealand have suffered a setback ahead ofFriday's ODI series opener in Pakistan with wicket-keeper batsman Tom Blundell ruled out of the

series because of an injury suffered during the precedingT20I series against Bangladesh.

All-rounder Daryl Mitchell, who was going to join theside for the T20Is, will take over his place and will be avail-able for selection once he completes the mandatory isola-tion period.

Blundell sustained the injury in the fourth T20I againstBangladesh and the Blackcaps physio Nishil Shahexplained the injury needed a concentrated period ofrehabilitation.

"Tom's been working hard since the injury inBangladesh," Shah told the Cricket New Zealand website."The injury's not quite where we want it so we th'nk it'sbest for him to concentrate on his rehab given the bigsummer of cricket ahead."

New Zealand coach Glenn Pocknall said the injury

comes as a blow ahead of the ODI series."Obviously everyone is gutted for Tom, he's a quality

player with a diverse skill-set."He'll remain with the squad and we're hopeful he'll be

available again for the T20I series."Pocknall said after consultation with the regular coach,

Gary Stead, it was agreed Mitchell was best suited as areplacement.

"We're fortunate to have someone of Daryl's quality tojoin us early for the ODIs," he said. "He's shown last sum-mer what a destructive batsman he is, while also offeringanother useful bowling option.

"With Tom out, we do lose our first choice backup wick-et-keeping option.

"However there are several guys in the squad withkeeping experience and we'll ensure they do the neces-sary work at training to be up to speed if called upon."

New Zealand are on their first tour of Pakistan after agap of 18 years and will be playing three ODI and five T20Imatches.

New Zealand lose Blundell ahead of series opener in Pakistan


Led by Deepak's fluent show, ServicesSports Control Board (SSCB) boxers pro-duced an impressive all-win perform-

ance on the second day of the 5th Elite MensNational Boxing Championships at theInspire Institute of Sports in Bellary,Karnataka, on Thursday.

Deepak, who had upstaged the world andOlympic Games champion ShakhobidinZoirov of Uzbekistan during his silver medalshow at the Strandja Memorial earlier thisyear, started the domination for SSCB with aflawless 5-0 win against Bihar's Aman Kumarin an opening-round match in 51kg. BarunSingh (48kg) and Akash (54kg) further extend-ed SSCB's winning momentum as they man-aged unanimous victories against Telangana'sDonald Janumala and Rocky of All IndiaPolice respectively.

Dalveer Singh Tomar (64kg) and NaveenBoora (71) were the other two boxers toprogress into the second round as all the fiveSSCB boxers in action emerged victors on thesecond day of the prestigious event which hasclose to 400 boxers from 35 states/UT unitsand boards in the fray.

Meanwhile, in the 67kg, Karnataka'sRayyan MD also made his way into the sec-ond round as he defeated Delhi's BhupeshRuhal by a 4-0 margin.

Maharashtra pugilists Ajay Pendor (51kg)

and Yash Goud (64kg) too made winningstarts to their campaigns as they outpunchedManipur's Irabot Heigrujam and Sailem Malikof Ladakh respectively in their opening roundbouts. Among other pugilists who enteredsecond rounds were Uttar Pradesh's Javed(51kg) and Chandigarh's Rohit Kumar (64kg).While Javed got the better of Assam's ManojThakur in a 4-1 win, Rohit's attack forced thereferee to stop the contest and declare himthe winner with an RSC verdict againstGujarat's Arvind Thakor.

Playing in the 71kg, Rajasthan's JaivardhnKasnia also progressed into the second roundafter a 4-1 win over Gujarat's MohammedMoin Shaikh as 75 bouts took place on thesecond day of the event.

National boxing: Deepak in secondround as SSCB dominate

Edinburgh | Agencies

Scotland defeated Zimbabwe byseven runs in the first of thethree T20 Internationals here.

Batsman Richie Berrington, bat-ting at No. 4, shone with the bat witha brisk 82 not out while medium-pacer Safyaan Sharif starred with theball for Scotland with figures of 4/24.

Chasing 142, Zimbabwe lost theirfirst wicket on the first ball of theirinnings, as Wesley Madhevere wascaught behind off Sharif for a goldenduck. The pacer struck again in hisnext over as Madhevere's openingpartner Tadiwanashe Marumani fol-lowed suit, becoming the quick's sec-ond victim.

Regis Chakabva (17) and skipperCraig Ervine (26) steadied theinnings. They stitched a 48-run standbefore the two batsmen were dis-missed in quick succession by MarkWatt (1/17) and Ollie Hairs (1/19)respectively.

Sean Williams contributed with arun-a-ball 28, sharing a 54-run standwith Milton Shumba. Though wicketsfell at regular intervals from one end,

Shumba (45 not out) remainedunperturbed.

With 19 required from the last twoovers, and Shumba looking set,Zimbabwe were edging closer to vic-tory. But brilliant death bowling fromChris Sole (1/24) and Sharif sealedthe deal for the host. Together they

gave away 11 runs and claimed threewickets in the last two overs.

Earlier, Scotland won the toss andelected to bat. They got off to a shakystart as they lost their top three bats-men -- George Munsey (1), KyleCoetzer (2) and Hairs (5) -- insidethree overs.In the sixth over, they lost

another wicket in Calum MacLeod(6), who became Tendai Chatara's(2/23) second victim. Despite a flurryof wickets, Berrington stayed firm atthe crease.

He found support in MatthewCross, with the duo sharing animportant 45-run stand before LukeJongwe (2/28) broke their partner-ship. He had Cross caught for 14 inthe 13th over. Michael Leask alsocontributed with a 13-ball 11, whileSharif remained unbeaten on 9.

Berrington's solid contribution of82* from 61 balls, which featuredseven fours and three sixes, helpedrevive Scotland innings. From being30/4 at one point, Scotland finishedon a competitive 141/6.

Berrington, Sharif power Scotlandto win over Zimbabwe in first T20I

Brief scores :Scotland 141/6 in 20 overs (RichieBerrington 82 not out, TendaiChatara 2/23, Luke Jongwe 2/28)beat Zimbabwe 134/9 in 20 overs(Milton Shumba 45 not out, SafyaanSharif 4/24).

Espoo | Agencies

India's top-ranked player Prajnesh Gunnerswaran will betaking on Otto Virtanen, Finland's No. 2 singles playerwho is ranked 419, in the first match of their Davis Cup

World Group I 1st round match at Espoo Metro Areena hereon Friday.

Ramkumar Ramanathan, India's No. 2 player ranked 187in the world, will meet Finland's top player EmilRuusuvuori, the World No. 74, in the second match on theopening day of the two-day encounter.

The Indian doubles pair of Rohan Bopanna and DivijSharan will take on the Finnish pair of Harri Heliovaara andhis partner Henri Kontinen in the first match on Saturdaywhich will be followed by the reverse singles.

India's non-playing captain Rohit Rajpal was happy withthe fact that his top singles player will be leading the cam-paign in the tie.

"The draw was as I was expecting. We are happy that ourNo 1 Prajnesh comes out first and if he performs to hispotential then God willing, we should go up 1-0, and thenthe pressure will be on their No 1, who will play Ramkumar,"Rajpal was quoted as saying in a video released by the

All=India Tennis Association (AITA). He said Ramkumar hadgood chances of putting it across Ruusuvuori, despite thedisparity in rankings. "Ram is a very versatile player. We arepreparing him well for this match and I have high hopes forhim. I am hoping he will do the job for India," said Rajpal.

Considering the way the draw has shaped up, Rajpal said

the doubles match on Saturday will be very crucial."Doubles will be very crucial for both teams. If you are 2-0

up, the feeling is different. But if you are 1-1, then both theteams will be focussed on the doubles." he said. If things goas per rankings, there is a good possibility that the score willbe 1-1 at the end of the first day.

India coach Zeeshan Ali said the draw is in India's favour."Draw worked in our favour, I was hoping that Prajnesh willplay the first match and that's what happened," he said.

Though there were some worries for India asGunneswaran has recently recovered from an injury. ButZeeshan said Gunneswaran has recovered from the injuryand is hitting the ball well. "He has been hitting the ball verywell and there is no sign of an injury so I am glad. It was ascare couple of weeks back when he had told me that hiswrist was bothering him and he did go back to Chennai toget some rehab done.

"Coming over here, he is hitting the ball well, he is movingwell. The court also is suiting him with the speed and every-thing. That's probably the best I have seen him play. So I amhoping that he is able to bring that game to the match whenhe plays tomorrow," he added.

Davis Cup: Gunneswaran to start India's campaign against FinlandKalyani | Agencies

Ghanian forward RahimOsumanu scored theonly goal as defending

Champions Gokulam KeralaFC (GKFC) prevailed overHyderabad FC 1-0 in Group Dencounter of the 130thDurand Cup at the Kalyanistadium here on Thursday.

Osumanu scored within aminute on resumption afterthe half-time and Gokulumheld onto the lead despitelosing Emil Benny, who wasgiven the marching orders forgetting a second yellow card.

Gokulam played an attack-ing game from the word goand created quite a few

chances to score. Early on inthe first half, GKFC had thefirst major chance whenRahim Osumanu had the ballright in front of theHyderabad FC (HFC) goal buthe could not put it past goal-keeper Lalbiakhlua Jongte.Afew minutes later, GKFC hadanother golden opportunity,courtesy a beautiful cross byOsumanu but Emil Bennyfailed to score. ThoughHyderabad had more of theball, Gokulam had the betterchances at goal. Jongte didwell to keep it goalless at halftime.In the second half,Gokulam picked up fromwhere they left off, and madean impact immediately.

Durand Cup: 10-man Gokulamovercome Hyderabad FC 1-0

Pratik Gandhi: The story of'Shimmy' touched me deeply


As his short film 'Shimmy' releases on September 17, actor PratikGandhi shares how deeply he is connected with the story inwhich he plays the father of a teenaged daughter. Talking

about the film, Pratik said, "I feel blessed that 'Shimmy' foundme. The story touched me deeply. As an actor I have alwaysbelieved in experimenting and with Shimmy I got to play

around a lot internally as an actor. Amolis a very relatable character goingthrough an unknown curve as a parentof a teenaged daughter. Disha is a verytalented writer and director who canadd her magic in the simplest ofmoments."The film is directed by DishaNoyonika Rindani, produced by GuneetMonga of Sikhya Entertainment.

Disha said, "Shimmy is a specialmovie for me. It is the story of an aloof

father and a daughter with a secret and how they embark on ajourney to some uncomfortable destinations. I wrote it with JaiMehta, never thinking that someone would let me direct it oneday. I am grateful to get the right partners in Guneet and Achinwith Sikhya backing this story super close to my heart.

"Shimmy is an ode to all the fathers who are trying to fathom theunexpected turns and milestones in their kids' life and build an intri-cate connection with them. I couldn't think of anyone more apt thanPratik for this role and can't wait for people to see Bhamini's role whichpivots the film's narrative by miles. It was fascinating to see them playroles of strangers, with a spark. In a society where fathers are perceived tobe less expressive, Shimmy is all about a journey of a man from being afather to a friend."

Honey Singh, Govinda, Chunky Pandey

on 'Super Dancer 4' this weekTeamAbsolute|Mumbai

While singersHoney Singh,Neha Kakkar

and Tony Kakkar will bespecial guests for oneepisode, the otherepisode will see thepresence of Govinda andChunky Pandey on theweekend episodes of'Super Dancer: Chapter4'.If one episode promis-es to be a musical treat,the other episode willride on nostalgia andlongstanding friendship.

From Honey Singh and Shilpa Shetty Kundra lighting up the stage with their dance moves, to Govinda andChunky performing with Shilpa Shetty and Geeta Kapur on their song 'Lal Dupatte Vali' to the choreographerspaying tribute to guest Neha Kakkar, the weekend episodes of 'Super Dancer: Chapter 4' will have a lot toenjoy for the audience. Additionally, this weekend marks the 'Race to Super 8' where two contestants will besent back for revision. Who from among the 10 contestants will step ahead in the 'Race to Super 8'?

'Super Dancer: Chapter 4' will air this weekend on Sony Entertainment Television.

RITEISH-GENELIA

DESHMUKH TO BESTAR DRAWS OF 'BIGG

BOSS OTT' FINALETeam Absolute|Mumbai

Even as 'Bigg Boss OTT' nears its finale, clearingthe way for the television format to be hosted bySalman Khan, the latest news from the 'house' is

that architect-actor Riteish Deshmukh, who was lastseen in 'Baaghi 3' with Tiger Shroff and ShraddhaKapoor, and his wife Genelia will share the spotlightwith the host Karan Johar on Saturday, September 18.

And of course, after the eviction of Neha Bhasin, thefive remaining contestants -- Pratik Sehjpal, Divya

Agarwal, Nishant Bhat, Raqesh Bapat and ShamitaShetty (whose abrasive behaviour has attracted

much attention) -- are all working hard to lookglamorous and raise the show's oomph quotient.

If the show grapevine is to be believed, theDeshmukhs are likely to announce the win-

ner (or winners), who will the get an oppor-tunity to move on to Salman Khan's

'Bigg Boss' house.


Actress Jacqueline Fernandez, duringa chat session with her 'BhootPolice' co-actor Arjun Kapoor, saidthat some of the social media criti-cism makes sense to her as she

takes it positively.Arjun has started a social media chat ses-

sion titled 'Bak Bak with Baba' that will see theactor talk to his industry friends and family tounearth things that people might not knowabout. He dropped a candid chat session withJacqueline, where they spoke about everythingfrom her first crush, her fitness journey andhow she tackles trolls.The 'Gunday' actor askedJacqueline: "The meanest thing that you haveread about yourself on social media?"

She replied: "There are a lot of mean things.It's ok we all get it. I read things about myselfhow terrible I sound, how terrible my accent isand how I speak Hindi, bad criticism on how Ilook. I kind of take it like positively. I am like okwhat do they mean."

She added: "Then, I feel may be there issome room for improvement. There is somecriticism where you feel this person is beingnasty. Some places actually makes sense tome."Talking about her first crush to Arjun,Jacqueline said: "There was somebody inschool but I can't name him. I also had a hugecrush on Leonardo DiCaprio after watching'Romeo and Juliet' and 'Titanic' and Ricardofrom Backstreet Boys."

She further revealed to Arjun that she has"never been on a blind date."

The actor, who plays Chiraunji in the horrorcomedy, then asked the actress about howimportant food is to her?

Jacqueline shared that she definitely loves tocelebrate with food.

She also added: "There was a phase in my20s when I did turn to food and that was late atnight. I lived alone so it was like cake, icecream, anything crispy. I actually did have aterrible relationship with food and then I wentlike starving for a week which is like really badfor you.""So, now it's about knowing that Idon't need to turn to it, tomorrow is anotherday and we will get through it."

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Actor Vicky Kaushal left for theMaldives on Thursday to shoot for anepisode of adventure show 'Into The

Wild With Bear Grylls'.According to the Disney Channel, Vicky

will be joining actor Ajay Devgn on theshow, hosted by renowned survivalist BearGrylls.

The audience gave a phenomenalresponse to the show when earlier actorAkshay Kumar and later superstarRajinikanth appeared on the show.

In 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modihad also appeared on the show, with sky-rocketing interest from the audience.

While the date for the show going on-airhasn't been announced yet, it is confirmedthat it will premiere on the discovery+ appfirst.

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Actress Bhumika Chawla is happy with theresponse to her recently-released Telugumovie 'Seetimaarr'. The movie, directed by

Sampath Nandi, is a sports action drama and alsofeatures Gopichand and Tamannaah Bhatia.

Talking about the film, the 'Tere Naam' actresssaid: "Sports backdrop films have their own charmand curiosity among audiences. Theatres haveopened up and the entertainment industry is pick-ing up. I play the role of Gopichand's sister who wasa kabbadi player and inspires him to become a

player and coach."Bhumika made herTollywood debut in 2000 with 'Yuvakudu'.

She said her journey so far in the Southfilm industry has been wonderful. "Thelandmark films of my career in thesouth would be 'Yuvakudu', 'Okkadu',

'Simhadari', 'Sillunu Oru Kaadhal' toname a few. Southern industry hasits own way of functioning. The audi-ence in the South worship their idols,

it's their way of showing love. Eachculture, industry and person are

different," she added.The 'Dil Ne JiseApna Kahaa' actress further said:"People have been very respectful andkind. I thank Great India

Entertainment for launching me in theTFI and I thank Supriya, Nagarjuna and

the production house. I learnt a lot fromthe industry."

But what about the language bar-rier? "I have acted in Tamil,

Telugu, Malayalam andKannada films. As an actor

there is no preferred lan-guage - a good script, greatpowerful content, goodteam is what matters as anactor - language is no bar.Though Hindi comes easyin terms of language, it has

never been a barrier.," shesaid.The 'Run' actress

revealed that she is now look-ing for roles which can give her

more opportunity to explore. Shesaid: "Acting gives me creative satis-

faction.

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