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D era Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was on Monday sen- tenced to 20 years jail for two separate rapes and criminal intimidation and fined 30 lakh. The self-styled godman was in tears and pleaded for mercy as CBI special court Judge Jagdeep Singh pro- nounced two sentences of 10 years rigorous imprisonment in each of the two rapes and criminal intimidation. Both the sentences will run consecutively for a total of 20 years, said Defence counsel SK Garg Narwana after the special CBI judge pronounced the sen- tence in the district jail. The 50-year-old dera chief, who claims to have millions of followers and counts politicians as well as celebrities as his friends, has been slapped a fine of Rs 15 lakh in each case, with the court ordering that Rs 14 lakh of which should be paid to each survivor, who were part of his sect and were coerced into having sex with him. A special courtroom with- in the premises of Sunaria jail, Rohtak was created on the instructions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, citing security reasons. The judge was brought to Rohtak by a helicopter from Chandigarh and landed at a helipad near the jail located on the outskirts of Rohtak. The special CBI court at Panchkula had on Friday held the dera chief guilty of rape and criminal intimidation of the two women disciples at the headquarters of his sect at Sirsa in Haryana. The hearing to decide the quantum of sentence started at 2.30 pm on Monday inside the jail premises and the judge gave 10 minutes each to the defence and prosecution sides to make their submission. The defence counsel sought leniency from the court argu- ing that Ram Rahim was active in social work and had health issues while the CBI counsel sought maximum punishment given his conduct. The prose- cution wanted the case to be treated as “rarest of the rare”. The sect chief has been sentenced to 10 years impris- onment in each of the two cases of rape. Both the sentences will run consecutively, said sect chief’s counsel SK Garg Narwana after the special CBI judge pronounced the sen- tence in the district jail. The sect chief ’s counsel said that the verdict will be challenged in High Court. The conviction of dera chief on charges of raping two of his women followers had sparked widespread protests across Haryana, in which at least 38 people were killed and over 260 injured. In all, 76 vehi- cles were damaged including 53 in Panchkula, and 23 in Sirsa in violence after Friday’s verdict against Ram Rahim. The case in which Ram Rahim was convicted and sen- tenced goes back to 2002 after anonymous letter written by a woman follower to then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee alleging rape became public. Continued on Page 4 I ndia and China on Monday ended their 71-day military stand-off in Doklam without any bloodshed or fireworks. Following hectic diplomatic parleys between the two sides, both countries on Monday agreed to “disengage” and retreat. It was also agreed that the status quo prior to the June 16 situation will be maintained and China will not construct any road in the area that Bhutan claims to be its territory. The imbroglio was resolved days before Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to travel to China for the BRICS Summit. During the impasse, China had adopted an unusually aggressive posture and tried to threaten India with muscle power to force its retreat from Doklam where Indian soldiers were standing in support of Bhutan. “In the recent weeks, India and China have maintained diplomatic communication in respect of the incident at Doklam. During these com- munications, we were able to express our views and convey our concerns and interests. On this basis, expeditious disen- gagement of border personnel at the face-off site at Doklam has been agreed to and is on- going,” said spokesperson of Ministry of External Affairs Raveesh Kumar, while breaking the news earlier in the day. However, later in the evening in a separate statement, he added that the process of withdrawal of border person- nel has been almost complet- ed and verified. Sources added that the Indian Army has con- firmed that the Chinese sol- diers too have pulled back with their equipment and machines. India, Bhutan and China, however, can continue patrolling in the area. “India has always main- tained that it is only through diplomatic channels that the differences on such matters can be addressed. Our princi- pled position is that agreements and understandings reached on boundary issues must be scrupulously respected. India’s policy remains guided by the belief that peace and tranquil- ity in the borders areas is an essential pre-requisite for fur- ther development of our bilat- eral relationship. The two countries had also agreed in Astana in early June that dif- ferences should not be allowed to become disputes and that India-China relations must remain stable. We look forward to continuing engagement with the Chinese side on this basis,” Kumar added. A similar statement was issued by the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying, who though tried to give the impression that it was a diplomatic victory for China. “On the afternoon of August 28, the Indian side has pulled back all the trespassing per- sonnel and equipment to the Indian side of the boundary and the Chinese personnel on the ground has (sic) verified this,” Hua said. However, in a compara- tively toned down statement compared to Beijing’s previous posturing, she added that the “Chinese Government highly values its friendly relationship with India. We hope India can fulfill the historic agreement on the border and safeguard the stability of the border area with China.” The stand-off that began on June 16 saw nearly 350 sol- diers from both sides standing face to face at a distance of about 150 feet. Both sides were equipped with bulldozers and earth movers at the location where China was trying to make a road. Doklam falls under Bhutan’s territory which China disputes and claims as its own. Both China and Bhutan are engaged in border talks and despite an agreement between the two sides China is trying to build roads in Doklam. Sources said that the entire Monday was spent reaching an agreement and insuring pull-back of troops. R ape convict Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim on Monday broke down into tears and begged for mercy with folded hands before spe- cial CBI judge Jagdeep Singh in Rohtak’s Sunaria Jail as the makeshift court sentenced him to 20 years jail for rape and criminal intimidation. Unable to stand the verdict, Gurmeet screamed, “Koi mujhe bacha lo.” However, finding himself at his wit’s end, the sob- bing Messenger of God actor pleaded, “thodi ji riyayat (have some mercy)”. As he threw tantrums and sat down on the floor weeping, security per- sonnel had to drag him out of the court premises. Even as he was being forcibly taken away by jail war- dens to his barrack, his lawyers tried to seek leniency in prison rules for the sect chief, who is used to a life of ultra luxury. Head of a multi-crore empire, Ram Rahim will have to sleep on the floor like any other convict. The suitcases he took to the Rohtak Jail has been returned as no personal clothes is allowed inside the cell. Continued on Page 4 T he villagers of special CBI judge Jagdeep Singh’s ancestral home at Rajpura village in Jind are elated at the audacious feat of sending Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim to 20 years of rigorous imprison- ment for two rapes. Although, there is some anxiety about Singh’s safety following the judgment against Dera chief, villagers said they will even die to save Singh from any harm. Singh, who did his pri- mary education in a village school, visits his birthplace at least once in two months, said villagers. T he Chhattisgarh Govern- ment has constituted a sin- gle-member Commission head- ed by retired District and Sessions Judge AK Samant Ray to probe sudden death of cattle reported in Shagun Gaushala of Rajpur village in Dhamdha block of Durg district on August 16, an official Press release said here on Monday. Similar incident had hap- pened at Phoolchand Gaushala in village Godmarra and Mayuri Gaushala of Rano vil- lage of Saja block in Bemetara district on August 18. The Commission will sub- mit the report within three months. RNI Regn. No. CHHENG/2012/42718, Postal Reg. No. - RYP DN/34/2013-2015

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Dera Sacha Sauda chiefGurmeet Ram Rahim

Singh was on Monday sen-tenced to 20 years jail for two separate rapes andcriminal intimidation and fined�30 lakh.

The self-styled godmanwas in tears and pleaded formercy as CBI special courtJudge Jagdeep Singh pro-nounced two sentences of 10years rigorous imprisonment ineach of the two rapes andcriminal intimidation.

Both the sentences will runconsecutively for a total of 20years, said Defence counsel SKGarg Narwana after the specialCBI judge pronounced the sen-tence in the district jail.

The 50-year-old dera chief,who claims to have millions offollowers and counts politiciansas well as celebrities as hisfriends, has been slapped a fineof Rs 15 lakh in each case, withthe court ordering that Rs 14lakh of which should be paid toeach survivor, who were part ofhis sect and were coerced intohaving sex with him.

A special courtroom with-in the premises of Sunaria jail,Rohtak was created on theinstructions of the Punjab andHaryana High Court, citingsecurity reasons. The judgewas brought to Rohtak by a

helicopter from Chandigarhand landed at a helipad near thejail located on the outskirts ofRohtak. The special CBI courtat Panchkula had on Fridayheld the dera chief guilty ofrape and criminal intimidationof the two women disciples atthe headquarters of his sect atSirsa in Haryana.

The hearing to decide thequantum of sentence started at2.30 pm on Monday inside thejail premises and the judge gave

10 minutes each to the defenceand prosecution sides to maketheir submission.

The defence counsel soughtleniency from the court argu-ing that Ram Rahim was activein social work and had healthissues while the CBI counselsought maximum punishmentgiven his conduct. The prose-cution wanted the case to betreated as “rarest of the rare”.

The sect chief has beensentenced to 10 years impris-

onment in each of the two casesof rape. Both the sentences willrun consecutively, said sectchief ’s counsel SK GargNarwana after the special CBIjudge pronounced the sen-tence in the district jail. Thesect chief ’s counsel said that theverdict will be challenged inHigh Court.

The conviction of derachief on charges of raping twoof his women followers hadsparked widespread protestsacross Haryana, in which at

least 38 people were killed andover 260 injured. In all, 76 vehi-cles were damaged including 53in Panchkula, and 23 in Sirsa inviolence after Friday’s verdictagainst Ram Rahim.

The case in which RamRahim was convicted and sen-tenced goes back to 2002 afteranonymous letter written by awoman follower to then PrimeMinister Atal Bihari Vajpayeealleging rape became public.

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India and China on Mondayended their 71-day military

stand-off in Doklam withoutany bloodshed or fireworks.Following hectic diplomaticparleys between the two sides,both countries on Mondayagreed to “disengage” andretreat. It was also agreed thatthe status quo prior to the June16 situation will be maintainedand China will not constructany road in the area that Bhutanclaims to be its territory.

The imbroglio wasresolved days before PrimeMinister Narendra Modi is setto travel to China for theBRICS Summit. During theimpasse, China had adopted anunusually aggressive postureand tried to threaten Indiawith muscle power to force itsretreat from Doklam whereIndian soldiers were standingin support of Bhutan.

“In the recent weeks, Indiaand China have maintaineddiplomatic communication inrespect of the incident atDoklam. During these com-munications, we were able toexpress our views and conveyour concerns and interests. Onthis basis, expeditious disen-gagement of border personnelat the face-off site at Doklamhas been agreed to and is on-going,” said spokesperson ofMinistry of External AffairsRaveesh Kumar, while breakingthe news earlier in the day.

However, later in theevening in a separate statement,he added that the process ofwithdrawal of border person-nel has been almost complet-ed and verified. Sources addedthat the Indian Army has con-firmed that the Chinese sol-diers too have pulled backwith their equipment andmachines. India, Bhutan andChina, however, can continuepatrolling in the area.

“India has always main-tained that it is only throughdiplomatic channels that thedifferences on such matterscan be addressed. Our princi-pled position is that agreementsand understandings reached onboundary issues must bescrupulously respected. India’spolicy remains guided by thebelief that peace and tranquil-ity in the borders areas is anessential pre-requisite for fur-ther development of our bilat-eral relationship. The twocountries had also agreed inAstana in early June that dif-ferences should not be allowedto become disputes and thatIndia-China relations mustremain stable. We look forwardto continuing engagement withthe Chinese side on this basis,”Kumar added.

A similar statement was

issued by the Chinese ForeignMinistry spokesperson HuaChunying, who though tried togive the impression that it wasa diplomatic victory for China.“On the afternoon of August28, the Indian side has pulledback all the trespassing per-sonnel and equipment to theIndian side of the boundaryand the Chinese personnel onthe ground has (sic) verifiedthis,” Hua said.

However, in a compara-tively toned down statementcompared to Beijing’s previousposturing, she added that the“Chinese Government highlyvalues its friendly relationshipwith India. We hope India canfulfill the historic agreement onthe border and safeguard the

stability of the border areawith China.”

The stand-off that beganon June 16 saw nearly 350 sol-diers from both sides standingface to face at a distance ofabout 150 feet. Both sides wereequipped with bulldozers andearth movers at the locationwhere China was trying tomake a road. Doklam fallsunder Bhutan’s territory whichChina disputes and claims as itsown. Both China and Bhutanare engaged in border talks anddespite an agreement betweenthe two sides China is trying tobuild roads in Doklam. Sourcessaid that the entire Monday wasspent reaching an agreementand insuring pull-back oftroops.

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Rape convict Dera SachaSauda chief Gurmeet Ram

Rahim on Monday broke downinto tears and begged for mercywith folded hands before spe-cial CBI judge Jagdeep Singh inRohtak’s Sunaria Jail as themakeshift court sentenced himto 20 years jail for rape andcriminal intimidation.

Unable to stand the verdict,Gurmeet screamed, “Koi mujhebacha lo.” However, findinghimself at his wit’s end, the sob-bing Messenger of God actorpleaded, “thodi ji riyayat (havesome mercy)”. As he threw

tantrums and sat down on thefloor weeping, security per-sonnel had to drag him out ofthe court premises.

Even as he was beingforcibly taken away by jail war-dens to his barrack, his lawyerstried to seek leniency in prisonrules for the sect chief, who isused to a life of ultra luxury.

Head of a multi-croreempire, Ram Rahim will haveto sleep on the floor like anyother convict.

The suitcases he took to theRohtak Jail has been returnedas no personal clothes isallowed inside the cell.

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ancestral home at Rajpuravillage in Jind are elated at theaudacious feat of sendingDera Sacha Sauda chiefGurmeet Ram Rahim to 20years of rigorous imprison-ment for two rapes.

Although, there is someanxiety about Singh’s safetyfollowing the judgmentagainst Dera chief, villagerssaid they will even die to saveSingh from any harm.

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official Press release said here onMonday.

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The Commission will sub-mit the report within threemonths.

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Senior NCP leader PrafulPatel on Monday denied

reports that the NationalistCongress Party was going tojoin the NDA Government.

"There is no basis for spec-ulation that the NCP is joiningthe Government in Delhi,"Patel said on Twitter.

His tweet came followingreports that his party was like-ly to join the Narendra Modi-led Government and couldalso get a Cabinet berth in thenext reshuffle.

The speculation wassparked by the perceived close-ness between NCP supremoSharad Pawar and Modi.

Pawar, who before the 2014general elections had said it wasdifficult to "accept" Modi as thePrime Minister, now enjoys agood equation with him.

At an event last year, Modiexpressed his respect for Pawar,who, he said, had helped himin his initial years in politics.

There has been talk of animminent Cabinet expansion,especially in view of vacanciesin two key portfolios, Defenceand Urban Development.

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As the Jan Dhan Yojanacompleted three years on

Monday, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi on Mondaysaid, the Government has given"wings to millions of aspira-tions" through the scheme asalso the social securityschemes, Mudra Yojana andStand-Up India programme.

He said the Government'sefforts to bring about a quali-tative and transformativechange in the lives of the poorand marginalised continue with"immense vigour".

"Today, Jan Dhan Yojanacompletes 3 years. I congratu-late the crores of people, par-ticularly the poor, who bene-fitted from this initiative," Moditweeted.

"Jan Dhan Revolution is ahistoric movement to bringthe poor, downtrodden andmarginalised into the financialmainstream," he added.

In another tweet, he said,"Through Jan Dhan Yojana,social security schemes,MUDRA & Stand-Up India, wehave given wings to millions ofaspirations."On Sunday, thePrime Minister had said that 30crore new families have got JanDhan accounts in which almost � 65,000 crore have beendeposited.

He had said he felt "a greatsense of fulfilment that withinthree years, the last man on thefringes of the society hasbecome a part of the main-stream economy of the country."

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The Government has sanc-tioned over 2.17 lakh hous-

es for urban poor in six States,including Andhra Pradesh,Uttar Pradesh and Assam, tak-ing the total tally to about 26lakh under the Prime MinisterAwas Yojna (Urban) housingscheme.

The Housing and UrbanAffairs Ministry on Mondaygave nod to over 1.20 lakhmore houses under PradhanMantri Awas Yojana (Urban) toAndhra Pradesh, followed byUttar Pradesh 41,173, Assam16,700, Gujarat 15,222,Jharkhand 14,017 andMaharashtra 9,894. With this,the total houses sanctionedunder the scheme increased toover 26.13 lakh with a totalinvestment of around �1.39-lakh crore.

According to HousingMinistry, central assistance of�40,597 crore has beenapproved for construction ofthese houses.

The 10 States—AndhraPradesh, Tamil Nadu, MadhyaPradesh, Karnataka, Gujarat,West Bengal, Maharashtra,UP, Jharkhand and Bihar—account for 82 per cent of thetotal houses sanctioned sofar under PMAY(U). AndhraPradesh was far ahead ofother States, accounting for20.71 per cent of the totalsanctioned houses.

With the latest sanctions,all states and Union Territories,except Delhi, Chandigarh, Goaand Lakshadweep, have gothouses sanctioned underPMAY(U). Delhi has not ben-efitted from PMAY (U) hous-ing scheme.

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Top Japanese Railway safetyexperts are in India to hold

discussions with the Ministry ofRailways on the issue of safetyon tracks and to exchange ideas.The Japanese experts will alsoconduct site visits related toRailway safety. The team is inIndia in the backdrop of recentmajor rail accidents in India.

"The Government of Japanand the Government of Indiaare working closely on Railwaysafety in India, based on the`Memorandum of Cooperationbetween the Ministry of Land,Infrastructure, Transport andTourism of Japan and theMinistry of Railways of theRepublic of India on RailSafety', signed in February2017, in response to theGovernment of India's requestfor Japanese Government's sup-port on railway safety, inDecember 2016. TheGovernment of Japan dis-patches this railway safetyexpert team based on theGovernment of India's requestsubmitted in July, 2017," theJapanese embassy in New Delhisaid in a statement.

It added that the expertteam consists of railway safetyexperts from railway relatedorganizations, JapanInternational CooperationAgency (JICA) and Ministry of

Land, Infrastructure, Transportand Tourism (MLIT). "Theteam will examine the currentstatus of railway safety in Indiaand India's needs for capacitydevelopment for railway safe-ty for considering further coop-eration through JICA. TheGovernment of Japan expectsthat the dispatch of this railwaysafety expert team will enhancethe level of cooperation on rail-way safety between Japan andIndia," the statement added.

It is learnt that the Indiangovernment had sent a requeston July 7 to Japan for the visitof its Railway safety experts.Though this expert team is notvisiting the three recent accidentsites, it is learnt that the team isgoing to visit the sites related torail maintenance, rail welding,rolling stock and safety man-agement. Sources said the pre-sent team is here to understandIndia's needs in the field of railrelated issues including detec-tion of rail fractures.

Japan has sent similar teamof Railway safety experts onJanuary 9, and again fromJanuary 23-27, 2017. Duringthat visit the Japanese railwaysafety experts reviewed railcondition of Indian Railways,saw demonstration of weldingand checking rail, observedfractured rails, and alsoexchanged ideas with railwaysafety experts in India.

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Aweb-based registry linkedwith Aadhar card for peo-

ple with hemophilia (PwH), afirst in the country, waslaunched on Monday inKarnataka's Mysuru, providingdetails like data on the inci-dence and prevalence of thegenetic bleeding disorder, treat-ment centers, and medicineavailability to help ensure time-ly medical aid to the patientssuffering with the disease.

On the first day itself, 135patients registered online withthe website launched by theKarnataka Health Ministrywith the technical supportfrom Hemophilia FederationIndia (HFI) and HemophiliaSociety Bangalore Chapter."The registry has been linked

with the Aadhar card to avoidduplication as the enrolledpatients will be availingGovernment schemes' bene-fits," said Vikash Goyal,National President of the HFI.

Goyal said the website willhelp any doctor in the State toavail the case history of thepatients if the latter goes toother centers for treatment,ensuring uniform medical aid.

In case the project,launched on pilot basis, is suc-cessful, it will be replicatedacross the country, said a seniorofficial from the Union HealthMinistry which has providedfunds under the centrally spon-sored National Health Mission.Those present on the occasionincluded nodal officer anddeputy director of HealthDepartment Dr SK Banakar,

Mysuru DHO Dr Basavaraju,KR Hospital MS DrChandrashekhar and formerMLA and HSMC patronMaruti Rao Pawar.

Karnataka has around1,700 PwH while overall acrossthe country, there are 20,000PwH. It could be more as only15 per cent of Indians sufferingthe genetic disorder has beenidentified while the rest haveremained undiagnosed, say theexperts. Website will help savethe patients as well as doctorssave time on travel and harm-ful delays.

The registry will help thebleeding disorder communityand as well as the stakeholdershave a better understanding ofthe prevalence, disease severi-ty, inhibitor development,annual bleed rate, type of

replacement therapy, joint out-comes and other patientreported outcomes.

Hemophilia is a group ofhereditary genetic disordersthat impairs the body's abilityto control blood clotting. Evenafter a minor injury or cut,patient's blood does not clotnormally due to the absence ofclotting proteins called AntiHemophilia Factors.

If not taken care, recurrentand prolonged bleeding intojoints, muscles and other sensi-tive organs can lead to perma-nent disability and even death.

According to a study con-ducted by the World Federationof Hemophilia, India has thehighest number of hemophil-iacs, of which over 70 per centdo not have adequate knowl-edge or access to treatment.

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At a time when the perfor-mance of Indian Railways

under Railway Minister SureshPrabhu has come under sharpscrutiny due to the spate oftrain accidents, an interna-tional research agency hasgiven a thumbs up to the pub-lic transporter saying it is"undergoing a paradigm shift".

Known for being trappedin a vicious circle of under-investment, lack of commercialfocus and muted profitability,the Indian Railways, the reportsays, is now breaking outthrough capital expenditureramp-up, structural reformsand implementation of largemarquee projects.

‘Given the Railways' sizeand cross-linkages, its trans-formation will have a far-reach-ing impact on industry," saysthe report conducted by CitiResearch (Citibank) on IndianRailways through sector analy-sis. The report also recognisesthe various marquee projects ofthe Railways undertaken inthe past three years.

It points out that theRailways sector has witnessedmany breakthroughs such asstation redevelopment, fastprogress on Dedicated FreightCorridor (DFC) even as theMumbai-Ahmedabad HighSpeed Rail project will start in2018. It also cited the con-struction of GE/Alstom facto-ries worth �40,000 crores inBihar for locomotives.

The report maintains that

while the Railways is slowlybut steadily rationalizing itstariffs to win more freightfrom roads, it employs greatemphasis on the various struc-tural reforms rolled out bynational transporter that pavethe way for longer-termgrowth such as a modernaccounting and cost manage-ment system etc.

"An independent rail reg-ulator has been set up to rec-ommend rational tariffs, pro-mote competition and create alevel-playing field," says the Citireport confirming theincreased profitability of IndianRailways due to a shift toCommercial Focus that waslacking so far in the huge sys-tem that has world's largestemployees.

"Indian Railways is under-going a paradigm shift. Knownfor being trapped in a viciouscircle of under-investment,lack of commercial focus andmuted profitability, IndianRailways is now breaking outthrough a capex ramp-up,

structural reforms and imple-mentation of large marqueeprojects. Given the Railways'size and cross-linkages, itstransformation will have a far-reaching impact on industry,"says the recent report whichanalyses in depth the upcom-ing changes, their impact andthe biggest potential benefi-ciaries.

The main focus of thereport revolves around the factthat Indian Railways is nowsuccessful in emerging out ofthe vicious circle by increasingcapex rapidly. The report alsoacknowledges Railways'increased efforts in improvingCapex which in turn lifts out-put in other sectors by fivetimes.

While the report high-lights that the "Capex hasgrown despite broader slow-down in traffic", it has alsoappreciated the Prabhu ledRailway Ministry's efforts inspeeding up decision-makingand implementing projectsfaster. "For example, project

approval now takes six ratherthan 24 months," mention theCitibank.

Under attack after theUtkal Express derailment, theRailway Ministry said there hasbeen a decline in the numberof train accidents in the lastthree years after it initiated aseries of safety measures. In2014-15, the number of acci-dents was 135 which decreasedto 107 in 2015-16 and furtherto 104 in 2016-17.

"Safety measures, includ-ing speedy track renewal,ultrasonic rail detection sys-tem, elimination of severalunmanned level crossings onpriority basis, a special safetyfund, along with sophisticatedLHB coaches with anti-climb-ing features, have additional-ly helped make train travelsafer," said a railway ministryofficial adding that RashtriyaRail Sanraksha Kosh (fund)(RRSK) was created in the2017-18 budget for financingcritical safety-related works. Atthe initiation of PM, a fundwith a corpus of �1 lakh croreover a period of five years wasset up.

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HRD Minister PrakashJavadekar on Monday said

the National Council ofEducational Research andTraining (NCERT) wouldwork upon certain coursesabout the history of India's tra-ditions and culture.

"Bharat's (India's) educa-tion system became such thatwe kept on forgetting Bharat'sculture and insisted on remem-bering the rest of the world's.It is necessary to know and

remember the world, but thisdoes not imply that we can for-get Bharat. It is necessary tounderstand Bharat and its glo-rious past," Javadekar saidspeaking at lecture series onBharat Bodh (Idea of India) atIndira Gandhi National Open

University (IGNOU)."We will replicate such

courses with NCERT becausewe think our true identitybegins with the identity of ournation. Without knowing it, wewill not be able to decipher thetruth about the world. We areopen to discussions about thevalue of our past," he said.

The Minister said all phi-losophy and Indology studentsshould attend this lecture seriesand added that people did notknow about India and theyshould know the true identity of

their country. The lecture serieswas being organised by IGNOUin association with BhartiyaShikshan Mandal (BSM).

"We will soon launch a newformal academic programmecalled certificate course in BharatBodh. This will talk about thecultural wealth of India and willalso take a critical look at it,"IGNOU Vice ChancellorRavindra Kumar said. Kumarsaid everything would not betaken for granted but criticallyexamined and whatever wasvaluable would be retained.

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The CBI on Monday yetagain interrogated former

Finance Minister PChidambaram's son Karti foreight hours in connection withthe kickbacks from INX Mediafor FIPB approvals. The agencyhas told Karti that he wouldhave to appear again if anyresponse was needed on theanswers given by him. As theCBI has not given him any fixeddate, the Look Out Circularissued to prevent Karti from fly-ing out of the country will beextended.

Ravi Visawnathan,Bhaskararaman and MohananRajesh, the Directors of Karti'scompanies Chess ManagementServices and AdvantageStrategic Consulting, were alsoquestioned by the CBI onMonday.

According to sources, theCBI is expected to verify theanswers given by Karti byresponding to over 100 ques-tions asked by the investigatingagency in the previous interro-gation session on August 23.Karti was forced to appearbefore the CBI on SupremeCourt's direction. The SC hadquashed the order of the Madras

High Court which had tem-porarily suspended the LookOut Circular issued by CBI. Thenext hearing of the case inSupreme Court is scheduled onSeptember 1.

Sources said that theanswers given by Karti andother Directors were not at allconvincing and their answersfor accepting around �5 crorefrom INX Media was not foundcorrect. It is expected that theagency may summonChidambaram and officials whoworked in FIPB in 2007 afterverifying the answers given byKarti. The EnforcementDirectorate is also expected tosummon Karti soon.

The CBI charged Karti

with accepting around Rs.Five crore bribe for providingillegal FIPB clearance to INXmedia, owned by PeterMukherjea and Indrani, in2007. The media companyinitially got approval to receiveonly Rs. Five crore as foreigninvestment. But Income Taxdepartment found thatthe INXmedia illegally got Rs.300crore as foreign investmentand issued notice. After gettingnotice from Income Tax, Peterand Indrani sought Karti'shelp and the FIPB, underChidambaram, allegedly pro-vided an illegal post-factoclearance to INX Media tosave it from Income-TaxDepartment’s action.

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While various studies havesuggested tribal people

in the country are increasing-ly becoming prone to non-communicable diseases(NCDs) like obesity andhypertension, not much mate-rial on the condition of theirmental health is available,experts on Monday rued here.

Expressing concern at thegaps and lack of data at aroundtable on "Mental Healthof Scheduled Tribes in India"they called upon theGovernment to reach out to thecommunity to frame a nation-al level policy for their mentalhealth.

Dr. Pallab Maulik fromThe George Institute forGlobal Health India said,"There is lack of informationon mental health of ScheduledTribes in the country from theresearch as well as servicedelivery perspective. Some ofthe projects undertaken inIndia show that there are men-tal health issues among theSTs, but we are not looking atthem at all.

"We need to look at bring-ing the tribal community in tothe mainstream discussionabout their health, check theirneeds and develop researchaccordingly," he added.

Dr P Subramaniam,Director, Tribal ResearchCentre, Department of TribalWelfare, Tamil Nadu said,"The tribal population is gen-erally isolated and lacks thebasic medical facilities and

there is inadequate healthinfrastructure. Their overallhealth status is extremely poor,especially mental health.Currently the Government isworking closely with NGOsfor conducting mental healthawareness camps, however,these need to be conducted

more intensively on a regularbasis."

Prof R Srinivasa Murthy,Professor of Psychiatry(Retd.),NIMHANS, Bangalore said,"We need to have a thoroughunderstanding of the develop-ment personality of the tribalpopulation and look closely atthe social/ community cohe-sion and mental health ofIndividuals."

Indian Psychiatric Society(IPS) president Brigadier DrMSVK Raju said they haveconstituted a task force toconduct a survey to evaluatethe mental health of the trib-al people in the country.Stating that while there wasno data available on theirmental health status, Dr Rajusaid the community is facingchanges in their lifestyles andwere often being displacedfrom their native places which effect their mentalhealth.

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Sankalp se Siddhi’’ is a reso-lution which will provide

new direction and dimensionto the country.

The Central Governmentis making efforts to shape newIndia of 2022 in which thecountry would be free fromcorruption, poverty, casteismand communalism”, opinedUnion Health Minister JP

Nadda.He was here to inaugurate

the ‘Sankalp se Siddhi ‘move-ment at the GovernmentMedical College auditorium onMonday.

In his address, the Ministerappealed the people to make aresolution for building thenation as per the dreams ofPrime Minister NarendraModi.

We all will have to con-

tribute so that the mission isaccomplished as per the reso-lution of the Prime Minister, hesaid.

It took five years to com-plete the mission of Quit Indiamovement of 1942 as weattained freedom five yearslater in 1947. Similarly wehave targetted 2022-- five yearsfrom now to make the dreamIndia, Nadda said.

The Minister added that

nation is progressing very fastin all sectors of economicdevelopment. The UnionGovernment is keen on pro-viding effective healthcare atnominal rates to the commoncitizens of the country.

'Amrut Yojana' is part ofthe package of medicare to beprovided to the poor patientsof the country. The Centre hadmade 'stents' and knee-capreplacements reasonably cheap

to the patients, he said.Nadda revealed that a new

health project will be launchedin 100 districts of the countryin which 'screening' of patientsabove 30 years of age will becarried out for hypertension,Diabetes, cervical, breast andoral cancer. The patients willbe treated free of cost. Somedistricts of Chhattisgarh alsowill be added to the list.

He hailed the rapid devel-

opment of Chhattisgarh underthe leadership of ChiefMinister Raman Singh andadded that the State will leadthe nation in building up a newIndia.

Chief Minister RamanSingh later administered apledge to the gathering foreradication of poverty, cor-ruption, terrorism andcasteism.

The Chief Minister added

that it is the duty of all con-cerned citizens to contributetheir mite in the rapid devel-opment of Chhattisgarh andnation by 2022.

Singh said that within 17years of the formation of theState it had made spectacularprogress in power, telecom-munications, laying of roadsand railways network. Theywill play a crucial role in thedevelopment of State and

nation in future.Citizens will observe the

developments in Bastar andSurguja districts and say thatnew era had dawned inChhattisgarh and Bharat. TheState Government had com-pleted five thousand days inpower with the blessings ofpeople. Chhattisgarh had cre-ated several new milestonesduring this historic journey, hesaid.

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The Raipur MunicipalCorporation (RMC) will

be improving its 'GIS-basedMunicipal Tax and FeeCollection System' soon, offi-cials said.

Notably, the RMC admin-istration has already geared upto recover hefty revenue frombig tax evaders who have notpaid their taxes for a long time.

It issued an order in thisregard in March to prepare‘zone-wise lists’ of such taxevaders whose outstanding taxamount is above �50,000. Thetax collection target of �150crore is to be achieved for thecurrent fiscal.

It may be recalled thatChief Municipal Officers(CMOs) and RevenueInspectors of Urban LocalBodies (ULBs) will also havetheir month's salary stoppednow by the Urban Adminis-tration and DevelopmentDepartment if they are unableto meet revenue collection tar-gets set by the Department.

The Department has alsoprepared a 12-month revenuecollection parameter for ULBsto boost tax collection, officials

informed.It has also directed to can-

cel all incomplete and pendingworks approved in 2014-15. Onthe other hand, the RaipurSmart City Ltd (RSCL) hasstarted the process for imple-mentation of ‘Raipur CitySmart Payment System’.

The Smart PaymentSystem comprises — prepara-tions of City Smart Cards,Mobile App and a web portalon Public Private Partnership(PPP) Model, officials said.

Notably, Smart CityMission was launched by theCentre on June 25, 2015.

Subsequently, Raipur wasselected among 100 cities to bedeveloped as Smart City inIndia due to various achieve-ments, initiatives and all-inclu-sive approach, they said.

Accordingly, Raipur cityhad submitted “Smart CityProposal” (SCP) to UnionMinistry of Urban Developmentwith required consent ofGovernment of Chhattisgarhand statutory authority of RaipurMunicipal Corporation (RMC).

Raipur will be developedinto a smart city under the fasttrack mode of first phase of theSmart Cities Mission.

The Smart City Proposal ofRaipur includes the smart citysolutions which involve theuse of technology, informationand data to improve infra-structure and services withinthe city of Raipur .

The State UrbanDevelopment Agency (SUDA)will soon go for developmentand implementation of an e-governance model in UrbanLocal Bodies (ULBs) of theState.

Notably, SUDA is in theprocess of preparing a MasterPlan for implementation ofSolid Waste ManagementProject in all the 168 ULBs ofChhattisgarh, officialsinformed.

It will also get a feasibilitystudy and Detailed ProjectReport (DPR) prepared for allULBs in the State .

Meanwhile , it may berecalled that top brains cur-rently being nurtured in thecountry’s premier business andtechnology schools will soonget assignments to prepareurban development plans forcivic bodies in Chhattisgarh.

The Chhattisgarh UrbanAdministration andDevelopment Department hasdecided to invite interns com-prising mainly students andresearchers from renownedinstitutions like IITs and IIMswho would help in preparingbetter plans for management of

water supply, low cost housing,sewerage management, solidwaste management, povertyeradication, study of variousState and Central schemesrelated to vehicular traffic man-agement in urban areas.

Moreover, as per officialinformation released duringMay this year, under theAMRUT Mission the ninemunicipal corporations-Raipur, Bilaspur, Durg, Bhilai,Korba, Rajnandgaon, Raigarh,Jagdalpur and Ambikapur- havebeen selected wherein ‘ShaharSandhan Yojna’ (City ResearchScheme) will be launched.

The scheme is aimed atutilising the educational knowl-edge of students andresearchers in better develop-ment of cities, officials said.

SUDA has already issueddirectives to all nine MunicipalCorporations in this regard.

The students in final yearof graduation or post gradua-tion studying Engineering,Management, Town Planning,Environment, Technology orSocial Studies will be eligiblefor carrying out the studies.The research scholars can alsotake part in the studies in var-ious municipal corporations.

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The Chhattisgarh StateCooperative Marketing

Federation (MARKFED) —an apex federation of cooper-ative marketing societies — willbe undertaking commercialoperations of agricultural pro-duce to help farmers get betterprice advantage for their pro-duce, officials said.

The Federation alreadyexecutes the work of paddyprocurement under PriceSupport Scheme and supply ofchemical fertilizers and plantprotection material to thefarmers of the State as perdirectives of the StateGovernment.

MARKFED ChairmanRadhakrishna Gupta had alsorecently announced that theFederation would construct aCommercial Complex in thepremises of Nutan Kisan RiceMill in Raipur at a cost of Rs100 crores.

He said that 10 Kisan ricemills in the State would also bemodernised to increase theirstorage capacity.

Gupta said that in theongoing Kharif season, a targethad been set to store 6.5 lakhtonnes of chemical fertilizers.

On the other hand notably,five cities of Chhattisgarh nowhave the Core-PDS systemimplemented involving a totalof 484 ration shops, officialsinformed.

Chhattisgarh has achieved100 per cent digitisation of thePublic Distribution System(PDS) beneficiaries database.

There are 23 other states inthe country which have alsoachieved 100 per cent digitiza-

tion of the PDS database, offi-cials stated.

Moreover, the ChhattisgarhGovernment is now alsopreparing a plan to useAadhaar cards to identifyPublic Distribution System(PDS) beneficiaries.

It has prepared a compre-hensive action plan for ensur-ing total transparency in thepreparation of ration cardsbesides evolving a mechanismfor error-free identity of PublicDistribution System (PDS)beneficiaries.

Under the action plan, themobile, bank account andAadhaar numbers of the ben-eficiaries are being collected.

Chhattisgarh’s PublicDistribution System (PDS)model has gram panchayats,co-operative societies andwomen's self help groups(SHGs) operating the fair priceshops, officials stated.

About 90 % of the massesare covered under Food andNutrition Security Act wasimplemented in 2013, officialsstated.

Chhattisgarh’s PDS underAntyodaya and Priority fami-lies schemes provides 35 kgfoodgrains at Re 1 per kilo.Since June 2014 single membercategory ration card-holdersunder destitutes segment areprovided 10 kg food grains freeof cost.

A total of 14 AgriculturalProduce marketing yards inChhattisgarh have been con-nected to Centre’s e-NAM pro-ject so far, officials informed.

A total of 585 marketsacross the country are target-ed for integration to e-NAM byMarch, 2018, out of which 455

markets from 13 States havebeen integrated so far. Thedetails are given below. For thispurpose, financial assistance ofRs. 30 lakh per market is given.This has been increased toRs.75 lakhs per mandi in UnionBudget for 2017-18. In addi-tion the software and a mandianalyst for a year is also pro-vided to each mandi.

The ChhattisgarhGovernment has signed aMemorandum ofUnderstanding (MoU) withAgricultural and ProcessedFood Products ExportDevelopment Authority(APEDA) to develop clusters

for providing a major push toAgri products exports from theState.

There is a plan to create a‘cluster’ for horticultural cropsin common geographical loca-tions with a view to selectingthe best produce for their pack-aging and their processing forthe exports market, officialsinformed.

APEDA would assist theGovernment in finding exportsmarkets to sell the produce.

For this, the Governmenthas chosen three key horticul-ture producing locations inwhich papaya, bananas andvegetables are grown.

For papaya and bananas,Durg, Bemetara ,Raipur,Bilaspur and Rajnandgaon dis-tricts have been chosen where-as for vegetables, Durg,Bemetara, Raipur, Bilaspur,Rajnandgaon, Balod, Surguja,Bastar and Raigarh had beenidentified.

It may also be recalled thatthe Chhattisgarh Governmenthas prepared a five-year mas-ter plan to provide a fillip to thecultivation of horticulturebased crops in the State.

The master plan is for theperiod 2017-18 to 2021-22,officials informed.

Horticulture is a sunrise

sector in the State. TheHorticulture crops cover anacreage of 7.41 lakh hectaresand production is about 85.95lakh metric tonnes, officialsinformed.

The acreage under horti-culture crops had increasedseveral times since 2004-05.

According to the masterplan, the target is to increaseacerage of horticulture crops byabout 4.52 lakh hectares. Theincrease in acerage will coverfruits, vegetables, masala(spices) crops and flowers.

Under the CentralGovernment's Micro-IrrigationMission Project about 75,000

hectares land had been broughtunder micro-irrigation inChhattisgarh. The proposal isto bring in additional 2.34lakh additional land under themicro-irrigation during thenext five years.

An additional investment of�1,405 crore is likely to beincurred on the project.Farmers will be trained in theprocessing of horticulture crops.

Additional training centersin production of horticulturecrops will be established underthe Private Partnership Plan(PPP), officials informed.

Agriculture expert teamsalso will visit all the villages inthe State and guide the farm-ers. About 30,000 farmers and185 employees will be trainedin the coming years and 100farmers will be sent overseas ona study tour.

The Horticulture Depart-ment officials said that underthe Post-Harvest Management,a network of cold storages andpack houses will be establishedto prevent the damage of per-ishable commodities like fruits,vegetables and flowers in theentire State.

About �90.81 crore is like-ly to be invested in the project.Green Houses, shed net hous-es, mulching will be estab-lished at a cost of �321 crore.

To encourage mechaniza-tion of Horticulture, 20 HorsePower tractors, rotavator, powerspryer, light trap instrumentswill be supplied to the farmersat a cost of �16.74 crore. Honeybee industry will be doubled indue course of time. There is aproposal to invest �6.40 crore inthe rearing of honey bees .

Prime Minister Crops'

Insurance Scheme will helpfarmers to cover up the losses.About 90 nurseries out of 122nurseries will be upgraded.The vegetables are grown on4.14 lakh hectares of land.

Ten minor and three majorPlug Type Vegetable SeedlingUnits are operating at present.An additional 20 minor and 10major units will be establishedsoon. Ten lakh saplings will beplanted every year.

There are immense possi-bilities in growing mangoes,guavas, lemon, Amla,Pomegranate, berries, custardapple, Litchi, 'Naspati', Peech,Plumes and the acreage will beincreased by 1.37 lakh hectaresevery year.

A Mother Tree ResourceCenter will be developed atNaya Raipur for the benefit offarmers. A State-level TrainingCenter will be established tointroduce farmers to high-grade plants.

As many as 22 food pro-cessing units in Chhattisgarhreceived total Central assistanceof Rs 2.48 crores during thefinancial year 2015-16, officialsinformed.

The funds were received bythe food processing unitsunder the scheme forTechnology Upgradation,Establishment andModernisation exercises.

It may be recalled that theCentral government is makingall out efforts to draw ForeignDirect Investment (FDI) underits ‘Make In India’ programmefor drawing investment in theMega Food Park being set upin Chhattisgarh's Dhamtaridistrict in an area of 68.68hectares.

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The State Government hasallotted 54,000 quintals of

wheat for providing nutritioussupplement meal inAanganwadi centres of theState in the month ofSeptember.

This allotment has beenissued by Food Civil Supplyand Consumer ProtectionDepartment under PublicDistribution System, an officialpress release informed.

As per the allotment orders,1470 quintals wheat have beenallotted to Bastar district, 840quintals to Bijapur district, 729quintal to South Bastar(Dantewada district), 1580 quin-tals to Bastar (Kanker) district,777 quintals to Kondagaon dis-trict, 635 quintals to Narayanpurdistrict, 504 quintals to Sukmadistrict, 6180 quintal to Janjgir-Champa district, 1853 quintal toKorba district, 1435 quintal toMungeli district, 1690 quintalsto Durg district, 1435 quintals to

Kabeerdham district, 4154 quin-tals to Rajnandgaon district,2360 quintals to Balodabazar-Bhatapara, 795 quintals toDhamtari district, 2600 quintalsto Gariaband district, 1620 quin-tals to Mahasamund district,6175 quintals to Raipur district,2379 quintals to Balrampur-Ramanujganj district, 2090quintals to Raipur district, 722quintals to Koriya district, 2586quintals to Sarguja district, and1215 quintals of wheat has beenallotted to Surajpur district.

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The ChhattisgarhGovernment will felicitate

sportspersons on the occasionof birth anniversary of Hockeywizard Major Dhyanchandobserved as ‘National SportsDay’ on Tuesday.

The day will be celebratedwith conduct of ‘State SportsAwards Ceremony’ in whichChief Minister Raman Singhwill be the chief guest, an offi-cial Press release said.

Chhattisgarh AssemblySpeaker Gourishankar

Agrawal will preside over thefunction to be held at IndoorStadium at 11.00 am.

The function is being orga-nized by the Sports and YouthWelfare Department.

Leading sportspersons willbe felicitated on the occasion .

Meanwhile, it may berecalled that Chief MinisterRaman Singh on February 19this year had announced thatan Athletics Academy will beopened in the State.

He was addressing partic-

ipants of a ‘Half Marathon’ of21 kms, 10 kms and 5 kms dur-ing the prize distribution cer-emony in Naya Raipur.

The ‘Half Marathon’ wasorganized by ChhattisgarhSports and Youth WelfareDepartment.

Speaking on the occasion,Union Sports Minister VijayGoel had also announced thata Regional Office of SportsAuthority of India (SAI) willalso be opened inChhattisgarh.

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The Chhattisgarh RenewableEnergy Development

Agency (CREDA) will be set-ting up a Call Centre for ‘SourSujla Scheme’ in the State, offi-cials said.

Notably, Chhattisgarh willprocure additional power fromrenewable energy sources tothe tune of approximately 700MW by FY 2018, officials said.

With this the averagepower purchase cost forChhattisgarh State PowerDistribution Company Ltd(CSPDCL) based on the abovepower availability will increasefrom 2.58 Rs/kWh in FY 2015-16 to 3.12 Rs/kWh in FY 2018,they informed.

The rates have beenderived based on cost of powerat existing rates and consider-ing no escalation in power pur-chase cost since it is passingthrough for the distributioncompany.

Notably, CREDA hasinvested Rs 400 crores duringlast 11 years in developinginfrastructure for solar powergeneration which had resultedin 40 MW of electricity beinggenerated from non conven-tional energy sources.

The agency will beinstalling a total of 10,000 sub-mersible and surface solarphoto voltaic (SPV) irrigationpumps in farm lands soonacross the State.

The SPV Pumps shall beprovided with lightening andover voltage protection. Theprincipal aim in this protectionis to reduce the over voltage toa tolerable value before it reach-es the PV or other sub-systemscomponents. The source ofover voltage can be lighteningor any other atmospheric dis-turbance, officials informed.

Notably, the StateGovernment has already com-menced preparation for settingup 51,000 solar powered irri-gation pumps in a span of two-and-half-years in the State.

The Government had setthe target of setting up 11,000solar pumps in the currentfinancial year till March 2017and the rest during the nexttwo years.

Notably, Chhattisgarh gov-ernment is also planning to add2640 MW of additional renew-able energy capacity by finan-cial year 2018-19, officialsinformed.

The State currently hastotal renewable energy poten-tial of 4,500 MW whichincludes solar (grid connectedand roof top), wind, biomassand small hydro.

The State has also planned

to install solar powered pumpsets for agriculture consumerswhich will benefit 16,000 con-sumers.

It may be recalled thatthere are significantly morenumber of villages which are tobe electrified in Chhattisgarhusing the off-grid (solar) modethan the grid-based (conven-tional power supply.

The State has launched a‘Solar Community IrrigationProject’ for drawing waterextracted using solar pumps forsupplying to the agriculturalland of farmers across theState.

A total of 19 remote vil-lages were approved for cre-ation of solar ‘mini grids’ toprovide them access to powersupply as on February 2017 inChhattisgarh, the CentralGovernment has informed.

Village mini-grids areimportant components of uni-versal access to electricity in thecountry particularly for thosevillages where grid connectiv-ity is either not feasible or notcost effective, it informed.

Under the RGGVY schemelaunched by the Central gov-ernment for attainment of goalof providing access to electric-ity to all households, a provi-sion of Rs 540 crore has beenkept as subsidy requirementfor electrification of villageswhere grid connectivity iseither not feasible or not costeffective for DecentralizedDistributed Generation(DDG) during 11th Plan peri-od.

DDG may be from con-ventional or renewable or non-conventional sources such asbiomass, bio fuel, bio gas, minihydro, geo thermal, solar, etc.

The funding is on the pat-tern of 90% subsidy fromGovernment of India and 10%loan from Rural Electrification

Corporation (REC) or fromown funds of the state/loanfrom financial institutions.

In a separate scheme, theUnion Ministry of New andRenewable Energy (MNRE)provides a subsidy of 30% ofproject cost subject to a maxi-mum of Rs.150/- per watt peakfor installation of stand alonerural Solar Photo Voltaic (SPV)power plants with battery stor-age in a micro grid mode/localdistribution network under theOff-grid Solar ApplicationsScheme of Jawaharlal NehruNational Solar Mission.

This scheme is open to allthe States and UnionTerritories. So far, one projectof 20 kWp capacity standaloneSPV micro grid project hasbeen installed in the State ofJharkhand.

MNRE has released anamount of Rs.30 lakh during2009-10 for a 20 kWp stand-alone SPV power project atJhargram village in Gumla dis-trict in Jharkhand. Rs.50 lakhand Rs.53 lakh were releasedduring 2010-11 and 2011-12respectively for a stand-aloneSPV power plant in Village Jari,Gumla district in Jharkhand.During 2011-12, MNRE hassanctioned 533 kWp for SPVmicro grid projects in theStates of Uttar Pradesh(U.P)and West Bengal. An amountof �45 lakh has been releasedfor projects in U.P.

The Central Governmenthas approved 11.2 MWp ofpower generation capacityfrom grid connected roof-topsolar power plants inChhattisgarh as on January 31,2017.

Nationally, an amount of�600 crore has been allocatedfor the projects under “GridConnected Rooftop and SmallSolar power PlantsProgramme” and �508.84

Crore has been released as onthe aforesaid period, theCentral Government hasinformed.

The Ministry of New &Renewable Energy (MNRE)has been promoting “GridConnected Rooftop and SmallSolar Power PlantsProgramme” with a CentralFinancial Assistance (CFA) ofupto 30% of benchmark cost inGeneral category States and upto 70 % in Special CategoryStates, North Eastern States,Lakshadweep, Andaman &Nicobar Islands. Residential,Institutional and Social sectorare covered under this CFApattern.

For Government Sector,achievement linked incentiveup to Rs 18750/kWp in GeneralCategory States andRs.45000/kWp in SpecialCategory States , North EasternStates and Andaman & NicobarIslands and Lakshadweep isavailable under theProgramme, it informed.

Solar power plants havingtotal capacity of 2,467 kWphave been installed at variousplaces including industries inChhattisgarh in 2016-17, theCentral Government hasinformed.

Notably, ChhattisgarhGovernment has decided toidentify more potentially richareas for installation of renew-able energy projects and carryout advance planning for evac-uation and transmission ofpower in an effective and coor-dinated manner.

The commitment wasmade by the State to the UnionMinistry of Power as per a doc-ument presented by UnionMinistry of Power in aConference of Power,Renewable Energy and Minesheld on May 3 and 4 in NewDelhi this year.

A total of 159 Governmentschools in Chhattisgarh wereusing solar energy to meettheir power supply require-ments during the last financialyear (2016-17), officialsinformed.

The State currently also hastotal renewable energy poten-tial of 4,500 MW whichincludes solar (grid connectedand roof top), wind biomassand small hydro, theyinformed.

It has also planned toinstall solar powered pumpsets for agriculture consumerswhich will benefit 16,000 con-sumers.

It may be recalled thatthere are significantly morenumber of villages which are tobe electrified in Chhattisgarhusing the off-grid (solar) modethan the grid-based (conven-tional power supply.

The State has also launcheda ‘Solar Community IrrigationProject’ for drawing waterextracted using solar pumps forsupplying to the agriculturalland of farmers across theState.

The Central governmenthas released �12 lakh each forRaipur and Bilaspur for theSolar City project, officialsinformed. The total sanctionedfunds for the two cities is �43lakh each.

A total amount of �67.01crore has been sanctioned forpreparation of master plans,solar city cells, promotionalactivities and installation ofrenewable energy projects andan amount of � 24.16 crore hasbeen released, so far, underSolar City Programme.

Out of 7 identified solarcities in Maharashtra, anamount of �7.74 crore hasbeen sanctioned and anamount of �3.04 crore hasbeen released for 6 solar cities.

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State Congress party leadersand workers on Monday

held a demonstration atBemetara district headquar-ters to protest the death of cows,Government’s stand on farmersissue and a host of other issues.

They also staged dharnaand before that, senior partyleaders addressed the meeting.

In their speeches, the partyleaders lambasted on the work-ings and policies of the rulingBJP government in the State.

Chhattisgarh PradeshCongress Committee (CGPCC)President Bhupesh Baghelblamed that the governmentwas insensitive over the issue ofmass cow deaths inBemetara.Drought like situa-tion is prevailing in the stateand the government is notmaking any substantial effort totackle the situation, he said.

The BJP in its electionmanifesto had promised Rs2100 support price for paddyand � 300 bonus but is not ful-filling its promise, Baghelsaid.Even after having droughtsituation in 41 of the tehsils inthe State, the government is notopening relief work, hecharged.

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Asymposium on ‘Sankalpase Siddhi’, a resolution and

dream project of PrimeMinister Narendra Modi tar-getting year 2022, was organ-ised here at the district head-quarters on Sunday.

In-charge Minister of thedistrict and Minister forWomen and ChildDevelopment, Ramsheela Sahuwas the chief guest on thisoccasion while Member ofParliament from Mahasamund,Chandulal Sahu, Rajim MLA,Santosh Upadhyay and ZillaPanchayat President, ShwetaSharma were present in theprogramme.

Addressing the pro-gramme, the Minister said that‘Sankalp se Siddhi’ is not ascheme but is a resolution ofPrime Minister, NarendraModi of reconstruction of newIndia targetting the year 2022.

She later administered oathto the party workers for mak-ing the country prosperous bytaking a resolution to removepoverty, corruption, casteismand communalism.

Sahu stressed the partyworkers in the programme toleave aside the differences and

work jointly for fulfilling thedreams of the Prime Minister.

Face and fate of the villagesare changing positively with theefforts of State and CentralGovernment following the pathshown by Pt. DeendayalUpadhyay, she said.

Applauding the State aswell Central Government, shesaid so many schemes werebeing run by the governmentfor the poor and downtrodden.

In his speech, Member ofParliament, Chandulal Sahusaid the country was movingahead towards path of devel-opment under leadership ofPrime Minister, NarendraModi.

The Prime Minister hastaken a resolution to double theincome of farmers till 2022 andwe have to effort our best to ful-fill his dreams, he said.

Earlier the country tookresolution in 1942 to becomefree from British Raj and thatwas fulfilled in 1947. Similarlywe are now taking resolution in2017 to make the country pros-per till 2022, Sahu said.

MLA, Santosh Upadhyay,speaking on this occasion, saidwe would have to take all theGovernment schemes to thepeople so that the dream of thePrime Minister is fulfilled.

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Two children and a pregnantwoman died as a mud wall

collapsed in Urla area of thestate capital on Monday morn-ing, police said

The reason of collapse wassaid to be the light showerswhich loosened the mud wall.

According Station HouseOfficer, Urla, Gautam Gavde,the house belonged to JaglalShah and was situated inSatnami Para of the Urla area.

The house was given onrent to one Banjare and YadavFamily. As the wall collapsed,a pregnant woman, IshwariBanjare (22 years) and two chil-dren Mansi Yadav (5 years)and Manish Yadav (2 years) gotburied under the debris, heinformed.

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More than 50 lakh kilo-grams of firecrackers are

stocked with suppliers and dis-tributors in the NationalCapital Region (NCR) of whicharound one lakh kilogramstock are in Delhi alone.Amused by this information incourse of hearing of PIL, the

Supreme Court on Mondayexclaimed, “You (suppliers)have more firecrackers than theIndian Army. This can burn thewhole country.”

The court reserved its

orders on the PIL seeking banon firecrackers to tackle air pol-lution in the city. Wonderingwhy such a huge stockpile hasbeen collected ahead of theDiwali festival, the Bench ofJustices Madan B Lokur andDeepak Gupta asked the sup-pliers and distributors, “Diwaliis celebrated for around fivedays. In those five days, willyou use 10 lakh kilograms offirecrackers each day?”

The counsel for the distrib-utors told the court that around50 lakh kg of firecrackers lay instocks with licensed firecrackermanufacturers in and aroundDelhi. In all, there were 435 and175 permanent licenses in NCRand Delhi respectively. Theselicenses are issued by thePetroleum and Explosives SafetyOrganization (PESO) after astrict process of inspection.

The court asked AdditionalSolicitor General (ASG) PinkyAnand on what steps theCentre had taken againstChinese firecrackers, known tobe the chief source of causingair pollution. Fireworks retail-ers told the Court that “export-ed” fireworks cause enormousharm to the environment andfind their way into markets ille-gally since there is no license toimport foreign crackers.

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Nearly 200 Indian studentsare marooned in neck deep

water at the University ofHouston in the wake ofHurricane Harvey wreakinghavoc in Houston, US.

External Affairs Minister

Sushma Swaraj on Mondayevening said two of these Indianstudents — Shalini and NikhilBhatia — are in Intensive CareUnit. The Government is ensur-ing that their relatives reachthem at the earliest, she said.

Sushma tweeted that she hadbeen informed by the ConsulateGeneral of India in Houston that

efforts were being made to deliv-er food to the marooned stu-dents.

“CGHoust has informed methat 200 Indian students atUniversity of Houston aremarooned. They are surround-ed by neck deep water,” Sushmatweeted.

Sushma said efforts for

delivery of food were made butthe US Coast Guard did notallow as boats were required forrescue operations. She added thatCGI Houston Anupam Ray wascoordinating with the localauthorities with regard to the res-cue operations and providingrelief to the affected Indians.Harvey, the most powerful hur-

ricane to hit the US in 13 years,has been hammering Texas sinceFriday leaving a trail of destruc-tion, pummeling the region withheavy rain and claiming at leastfive lives since making landfall.

The death toll is expected torise as the storm has triggeringrecord floods, tidal surges andtornadoes.

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In a major comeback, the AamAadmi Party (AAP) retained

the Bawana Assembly con-stituency by 24,052 votes, leav-ing behind the Bharatiya JanataParty (BJP) and the Congress.The bypoll results wereannounced on Monday with theAAP candidate, Ram Chanderbagging 59,886 votes, while theBJP, which had fielded AAPturncoat Ved Parkash as its can-didate, finished a distant second with 35,834votes. The Congress’ SurenderKumar trailed close behind with31,919 votes.

“I thank the people ofBawana for putting their seal ofapproval on the AAP’s clean pol-itics and work done over the last2.5 years,” the Chief Minister andAAP national convener ArvindKejriwal wrote on Twitter.

Interestingly, Ved Parkashhad won this seat by over 50,000votes in 2015 on the AAP’s tick-et, but he lost this seat on theBJP’s ticket.

A total of 28 rounds ofcounting were held. Bawana isone of the largest constituenciesin Delhi in terms of the numberof voters (2.94 lakh). The by-election, which was held on

August 23, saw a meagre turnoutof 45 per cent.

Of the total 1,31,950 votespolled, the AAP cornered 45.4 percent, the BJP 27.2 and theCongress 24.2 per cent. As manyas 1,413 people opted for NOTA(none of the above) category.

The result has come as amorale booster for the AAP,which with this victory, broke achain of defeats it had sufferedin the last few months.

Located in Outer Delhi, theBawana constituency is a mix ofslum clusters, villages and has ahuge poorvanchali (migrantsfrom East UP and Bihar) voterbase, factors that combined topropel the AAP to victory. In theBawana constituency the corevote bank of the AAP was intactas the party managed to regainit even after Ved Parkash hadwithdrawn.

Four months ago, the BJPhad swept the municipal pollsand the Rajouri Garden bypoll.The Congress’ hopes to regainsome lost ground in its erstwhileturf were dashed. In the initialfew rounds of counting, itappeared that the party wouldgive a tough fight to the AAP, butthe AAP surged ahead from the14th round.

The votes of the rural areasof the constituency were count-ed in the first few rounds, afterwhich the Congress had a clearedge over its two rivals, the AAPand the BJP. But, as the votes

polled in the booths of slumclusters started coming into thepicture, the AAP widened itsmargin.

Eight candidates, includingthree Independents, were in thefray for the high-stakes by-elec-tion which was held on August23. The bypoll was necessitatedafter Ved Parkash resigned fromthe Assembly and the AAP, tojoin the BJP.

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Amaravati: AndhraPradesh’s ruling TDPretained the Nandyal seatwhere its candidate BhumaBrahmananda Reddy, a polit-ical greenhorn, defeated hisYSR Congress rival SilpaChandra Mohan Reddy, aformer State Minister, byover 27,000 votes. P6

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The rape victims, despitethreats and pressures all along,stood their ground on rape andsexual harassment allegationsduring nearly 15-year-long hear-ing of the matter in court.

The Punjab and HaryanaHigh Court took cognisance ofthe anonymous letter and soughta report from District andSessions Judge of Sirsa. Districtjudge MS Sular conducted anenquiry and submitted his reportrecommending probe by a cen-tral agency.After getting thereport, the HC had referred thematter to the CBI for probe intothe allegations levelled in the let-ter. In 2007, the CBI filed itschargesheet in the special courtat Ambala. The CBI specialcourt was later shifted toPanchkula. The two sadhvisdeposed before the court statingthat Gurmeet Ram Rahim sex-ually exploited them.The CBIcourt in 2008 had ordered fram-ing of charges of rape againstGurmeet Ram Rahim and thetrial began, which ended onMonday with the pronounce-ment of qunatum of punishmentin the case. The arguments werecompleted on August 17.Gurmeet Ram Rahim is also fac-ing trial in two separate murdercases -- those of Dera followerRanjit Singh in July 2002 and ofjournalist RamChanderChattrapati in October that sameyear.

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includes punitive labour work,he will be given work depend-ing on his category: unskilled,semi-skilled or skilled.

The rape convict claims tohave more than 5 million fol-lowers across the world with amajority of them based inHaryana, Punjab andRajasthan. Ram Rahim wasmedically examined by doctors,led by the Rohtak chief medicalofficer (CMO), and found to befine before being taken to hisprison cell.

On Friday, after the self-styled godman was flown to theRohtak jail, he was lodged inthe jail as prisoner number1997. His prisoner number1997 will now change as he willget a new prisoner number asa convict.

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With a nuanced response,US Secretary of State Rex

Tillerson appears to havebecome the latest senior func-tionary to distance himselffrom President DonaldTrump’s ambiguous reaction tothe racial violence inCharlottesville.

Quizzed as to whetherTrump’s comments blamingboth white supremacists andcounter-protesters for theAugust 12 violence represented“American values”, Tillersontold Fox News on Sunday: “ThePresident speaks for himself.”

A fortnight after theCharlottesville episode in whicha young woman was run over bya self-professed admirer of Naziideology, Trump continues toface a media storm over hiscomments, blaming “bothsides” for what happened in thefamous college town in Virginia.

“I have made my own com-ments as to our values,” Tillersonsaid, stressing: “We expressAmerica’s values from the StateDepartment — our commit-ment to freedom, our commit-ment to equal treatment of peo-ple the world over. And thatmessage has never changed.”

Days prior to his interview,Tillerson commented at a State

Department event: “We do nothonour, nor do we promote oraccept, hate speech in any form.Those who embrace it poisonour public discourse, and theydamage the very country thatthey claim to love.”

Tillerson’s failure to defendTrump came close on the heelsof the oblique criticism mount-ed by the President’s econom-ic adviser Gary Cohn, who dis-closed in a newspaper inter-view that he felt “enormouspressure” to resign following

Trump’s response to theCharlottesville violence.

“This administration canand must do better in consis-tently and unequivocally con-demning these groups and doeverything we can to heal thedeep divisions that exist inour communities,” Cohn toldthe Financial Times.

While stating that as apatriotic American, he wasreluctant to leave his post,Cohn went on to say: “But Ialso feel compelled to voice mydistress over the events of thelast two weeks... Citizens stand-ing up for equality and freedomcan never be equated withwhite supremacists, neo-Nazis,and the KKK.”

Tillerson, when asked abouta United Nations statementindirectly criticising Trump’scomments, said, “I don’t believe anyone doubts the Americanpeople’s values” or the Gov-ernment’s commitment to them.

In contrast to Tillersonand Cohn, Treasury SecretarySteven Mnuchin came toTrump’s aid days after theCharlottesville episode, com-menting that “the President inno way, shape or form believesthat neo-Nazi and other hategroups who endorse violenceare equivalent to groups thatdemonstrate in peaceful andlawful ways”.

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More than 130 people havebeen hospitalised in the

UK after they complained ofbreathing difficulties following asuspected chemical leak alongthe country’s south-east EastSussex coast.

Birling Gap beach had to beevacuated on Sunday after peo-ple reported breathing difficul-ties, stinging eyes and vomitingwhen a mystery “mist” appeared.

“This seems to have beencaused by an unknown hazecoming in from the sea, but thesource has not yet been estab-lished. Emergency services aretreating people at Birling Gapand clearing the area,” SussexPolice said, confirming that theywere investigating the cause ofthe incident.

“People living along thecoast in the area have beenadvised to keep doors and win-dows shut and to move awayfrom the Birling Gap area in par-ticular,” police said.

Police also issued a warningthat the “plume of gas” appearsto be shifting eastwards towardsHastings.

The “mist” is believed tohave come in from the sea, withprevious incidents involvingsomething coming over from anindustrial unit in France.

By last mist, 233 patientshad been treated at EastbourneDistrict General Hospital wherethey were being “decontami-nated on site” by hospital staff.

Officials said the effects,while uncomfortable, were notserious, and East Sussex Fire andRescue Service said it was“extremely unlikely” the sub-stance involved was chlorine.

“Birling Gap some weirdgas leak. People crying.Ambulances called. Don’t go toBirling Gap at the moment,”Sameer Jadhav, an Indian-origin,holidaymaker tweeted.

Kyle Crickmore, who was atthe Birling Gap beach with hisfamily, said it emptied in 10 min-utes after people began to feelunwell. He described how a“foggy haze rolled in out ofnowhere” and there was a “strongsmell of chlorine in the air”.

“It was definitely out of theordinary considering it was anice, clear, sunny day 10 minutesbeforehand,” he told the BBC.

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Amale nurse jailed for lifetwo years ago for killing two

patients with lethal drug over-doses murdered at least 90patients in total, police saidtoday, calling it post-warGermany’s worst killing spree.

Niels Hoegel, 40, was jailedin February 2015 for two mur-ders and several attempted mur-ders of intensive-care patients atthe Delmenhorst hospital nearthe northern city of Bremen.

Police said today that inves-tigators exhuming and analysingmore bodies had since foundevidence of scores of addition-al murders.

The death toll “is unique inthe history of the Germanrepublic,” said chief police inves-tigator Arne Schmidt, addingthat Hoegel killed randomly andpreyed especially on those incritical condition.

There was “evidence for at

least 90 murders, and at least asmany (suspected) cases againthat can no longer be proven,”he told a press conference,declaring himself “speechless” atthe outcome.

Hoegel has admitted toinjecting patients with a drugthat can cause heart failure orcirculatory collapse so he couldthen try to revive them and,when successful, shine as a sav-iour before his medical peers.

He said he felt euphoricwhen he managed to bring apatient back to life, and devas-tated when he failed.

After the revelations of thenurse’s murderous obsession,police and prosecutors launcheda special forensic commissiondubbed “Kardio” (Cardio) tolook into other patient deaths.

Presenting their findings,police said Monday that morethan 130 bodies had beenexhumed and tested for tracesof the deadly drug.

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ern Baghdad on Monday,killing at least 12 people, Iraqiofficials said.

The explosives-laden carwent off at the wholesale Jamilamarket in Baghdad’s Shiite dis-trict of Sadr City, a police offi-cer said. The explosion alsowounded 28 other people, headded, saying the death toll wasexpected to rise further.

A medical official confirmedthe casualty figures. Both officialsspoke on condition of anonymi-ty because they were not autho-rised to talk to journalists.

A plume of thick blacksmoke billowed from the areaand people were running awayin panic. At the site, twistedmetal and shards of glass lit-tered the pavement, along withvegetables and other goodssold at the market.

“It was a thunderous explo-sion,” said Hussein Kadhim, a35-year old porter and father ofthree who was wounded in hisright leg.

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Nepal will distribute awhopping Rs 1.25 billion

relief package to farmers in 30districts who lost their cropsdue to flooding and landslidestriggered by heavy rainfall inthe country, officials said.

This is the highest-everaid package being distributedto the farmers. The plan is sub-ject to approval by the NationalPlanning Commission and theMinistry of Finance, they said.

“The assistance will beissued in the form of immedi-ate cash grants and subsidies onagricultural inputs,” said SurojPokhrel, secretary at theMinistry of AgriculturalDevelopment.

“The money will be trans-ferred directly to the bankaccounts of farmers who havesuffered losses,” he said.

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Now that the Central Board ofFilm Certification (CBFC)has a new chairman, onehopes that the controversiesthat have dogged the board

are now behind us and we can look for-ward to a more progressive approach bythe CBFC to the task of film certification.The first thing that needs to be done isto do away with the notion that theCBFC, which is a film certification body,is a film censoring authority.

Pahlaj Nihalani, the former chair-man, drew a lot of flak for the archaicand, at times, patriarchal approach of theCBFC to film certification. Many filmsran into trouble with the board duringNihalani’s tenure but what was even moreproblematic was his claim that he wasdefending “Indian culture”. Neither henor any other official on the boardcould explain what “Indian culture”meant and whether it was the job of theCBFC to protect it.

In recent times, several films hadproblems with the board, includingMadhur Bhandarkar’s Indu Sarkar andLipstick Under My Burkha, directed byAlankrita Shrivastava. He also wanted theword “intercourse” removed from thetrailer of a recent Shah Rukh Khan film.All of this has made the CBFC a laugh-ing stock and reduced the process of certification to a mockery.

The new chairman of the CBFC,Prasoon Joshi, will hopefully steer theboard towards a modern and progressiveapproach to film certification and givedue weightage to the report of the com-mittee of experts which was headed byShyam Benegal, which examined the pre-vailing practices and drew up broadguidelines and procedure for certificationof films by the CBFC.

The CBFC is a content certifyingstatutory body for the purpose of sanc-tioning films for public exhibition. It isset up under the Cinematograph Act,1952. Its job is to regulate public exhibi-tion of films. A key provision that theCBFC has to keep in mind is Section5B(I) of the Cinematograph Act, whichsays that a film shall not be certified ifany part of it is against the interest of thesovereignty and integrity of India, thesecurity of the state, friendly relations inforeign states, public order, decency orinvolves defamation or contempt ofcourt or is likely to incite commission ofany offence. These clauses also find aplace in the guidelines issued in 1991,which also authorise the CBFC to suggest cuts in a film.

Section 5B (I) of the Act and theseguidelines have been the basis for filmcertification over the last quarter of a cen-tury. They have also been responsible for

the mutation of a film certificationboard into a film censor board and have been the source of much controversy because censorship is anathema to creativity.

Much of the controversy surround-ing the work of this institution relates toits role as a censor board. This may beobviated if the chief recommendations ofthe Shyam Benegal committee are accept-ed. The committee has unanimouslyopined that the current guidelines, whichempower the CBFC to effect cuts in films,should be re-drafted, keeping in mind theprinciple that that rights owner hascomplete rights over his film and anyalteration or change can only be made bythe rights owner.

The committee has categorically saidthat “there should be no system ofimposing excisions (as is practiced at pre-sent) and the CBFC must transition intosolely becoming a film certificationbody, as indeed the name of the institution suggests”.

More importantly, it has said that theCBFC should not act as a “moral com-pass” by deciding what constitutes glo-rification or promotion of an issue or oth-erwise. The scope of the CBFC should beonly to decide who and what category ofaudiences can watch a film. Should a filmviolate Section 5B (I) of the Act or exceedthe limitations defined in the highest cat-egory of certification, recommended bythis committee, the CBFC would be with-

in its rights to reject certification to a film.

However, the CBFC should not beauthorised to dictate excisions, modifi-cations and amendments. The commit-tee has said that the CBFC’s categorisa-tion should be a sort of a statutory warn-ing for audiences for what to expect ifthey were to watch a particular film.“Once the CBFC has issued this statuto-r y warning, f i lm viewing is a consensual act, and up to the viewers ofthat category”.

The central argument of the ShyamBenegal report is that artistic expressionand creative freedom of film-makersmust be protected. There must be objec-tively laid down parameters for certifi-cation, rather than moral policing onwhat should or what should not be shownto the audiences. The CBFC must onlyspecify the category of audiences that aredeemed fit to watch a film.

This means that several conditionslaid down in the existing guidelines,which expect films to remain “sensitiveto values and standards of society”, pro-vide “clean and healthy entertainment”and have “aesthetic value” must be doneaway with because they are open to vary-ing interpretations.

The committee has suggested that thecategorisation of films need to be changedtoo with the addition of a Adult withCaution (A-C) category for films whichmay contain explicit material involving

nudity, violence etc. The committee feelsthat this will prevent film directors fromincluding vulgar and suggestive song anddance situations to cater to a certain cat-egory of audiences.

Before the Shyam Benegal commit-tee examined this issue, a committeeheaded by Justice Mukul Mudgal exam-ined the functioning of the CBFC. Thiscommittee found that some members ofthe advisory panels saw themselves as acensor board with the power to cut andchop scenes. They also imposed theirown moral, political or religious code andobjected to words like “boyfriend” or“kiss” in the dialogue.

The committee said “cinema is a formof art and by its inherent character, capa-ble of varied forms of representation andconsequently, myriad forms of interpre-tation”. It said the courts have grappledfor years to give precise meanings toterms such a morality, obscenity andexcessive violence. “These are conceptswhich are incapable of surgically precisedefinitions and interpretation of suchterms will vary from person to person”.

Since we have such weighty argu-ments against insensitive and thoughtlesscensorship of films, one hopes that theCBFC will move with the times and take necessary steps to limit itself to film certification.

(The writer is Chairman, PrasarBharati . Views expressed here are personal))

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Sir — This refers to the editorial,“Yes to data privacy” (August25). It would be an understate-ment to say that the decision of theSupreme Court, upholding indi-vidual privacy, is historic. What isincredible is that during this land-mark judgement, the judges,specifically overruled earlierjudgements where privacy wasconstrued as non-fundamental.

As personal data is being seenand shared by both, the Governmentand private companies, there hasbeen a growing concern amongstthe citizens of the country, which isnot ill-founded. Though it looks likeAadhaar will keep its relevance butnow this judgement has opened thegates for other issues like taking a re-look at section 377 of the IndianPenal Code, abortion rights andmany other sensitive matters.Moreover, it is to be seen how theGovernment aligns its law with theverdict as data mining is one of themost critical tool for many sectorstoday, including banking and socialmedia like Facebook.

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Sir — This refers to the editorial,“Talking tough on terror” (August24). The US had shifted the epicen-tre of its geo-political interest awayfrom the sub-continent. Its abdica-tion from Afghanistan was a point-er to its diminishing attention overPakistan, post-Osama bin Laden.

Now, the Islamic State has gotDonald Trump revert back toAfghan theatre. He spots a new role

for India even as he chastisesPakistan on terror. With internaltroubles in Pakistan and powerfulChina, a new politico-economic par-adigm in India-US relations needsto be set enduringly.

Indian concerns of Afghanistancannot be unilaterally switched onand off at the will of the US to suitits short-term strategies. The onusof vibrant bilateral ties is as much theresponsibility of the US as it is India’s.

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Sir — This refers to the editorial,“Improving rail safety” (August 24).It is a matter of anguish that in thelast one week, the nation witnessedtwo rail accidents. It has beenreported that in the last five years,53 per cent of railway accidents hap-pened due to derailments. InNovember 2016, the Kanpur tragedyreportedly claimed 150 lives. TheUtkal Express derailment claimed 20lives. While, the Kaifiyat Expressderailment has reportedly causedinjuries to 74 persons. Detailedprobe can reveal the circumstancesunder which the train hit the con-struction dumper.

It is really good gesture on thepart of the Minister for Railways,Suresh Prabhu who offered to resignfollowing the accidents in quick suc-cession. One can see Lal BahadurShastri in Suresh Prabhu since theformer also resigned under similarcircumstances. Such politicians, inthese days, are seldom found.

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Muslim women in India haveearned a new freedom —freedom from the archaic

practice of triple talaq, thanks to thepetitioners and also the SupremeCourt of India.

In a landmark judgement, theapex court, on August 22, held theage-old practice of triple talaq bymen, whereby they divorce theirwives at will under Islamic practice,as “unconstitutional”. The SupremeCourt also directed the UnionGovernment to bring a legislationin place to end this practice.

A five-judge bench of theSupreme Court ruled that the practice of triple talaq violatedArticle 14 of the IndianConstitution that guarantees right

to equality before law. There were two dissenting

judgements — one by the ChiefJustice of India, Justice JS Kheharand the other by Justice SA Nazeer.Three judges, namely, JusticeRohinton Fali Nariman, JusticeUday Lalit and Justice JosephKurian delivered the majority ruling, holding the practice of tripletalaq as unconstitutional.

In his dissenting judgement,Chief Justice Khehar and JusticeNazeer said, “Recognise tirple talaqas part of Islamic practices; followedby Sunni Muslims of Hanafi schoolfor 1400 years”.

“Part of right to religion asguaranteed under Article 25 doesnot violate Article 14, 15 and 21 ofthe Indian Constitution.”

“As part of personal law hasstature equal to fundamental right.Courts can’t set it aside”.

“Government should enact alaw, banning triple talaq as it haddone for sati and devdasi systemamong Hindus”.

The dissenting order has held

that till such law is enacted, Muslimmen should not be allowed topractice tirple talaq to divorce their wives.

The majority judgement says,“This practice of triple talaq is arbitrary as marital tie can be broken capriciously and whimsical-ly….. without any attempt of reconciliation”.

“Triple talaq is only one of threepermissible forms in Islam; statedto be sinful by the very Hanafischool that tolerate it. It is arbitraryand violates Article 14 of the Indian Constitution”.

In majority judgement, JusticeKurian further noted that “...Thepractice is not dictated by Quran;hence it is not integral to Islam”.

Notwithstanding the historicjudgement on triple talaq, there arealso politicians and self-styledthekedars of the Muslim society,who will debate and contest thejudgement in favour of banning thepractice of triple talaq.

But a vast majority of Indians,including Muslim women and some

sane elements amongst the believ-ers of Islam, like Arif Md Khan,who are against the practice of tripletalaq, would stand firmly by theGovernment’s move to end the evilpractice of triple talaq.

Some people are habituallyinclined to oppose anything andeverything that is good for the soci-ety if it is initiated by the NationalDemocratic Alliance Government.The Bharatiya Janata Party hasalways stood by the rights of thepeople, including the rights ofwomen, which also includesMuslim women of the country.

However, it remains to be seenhow the Members of Parliament onOpposition benches in both theHouses behave when the Bill to endtriple talaq is brought before the Parliament.

The Modi Government shouldnot delay in bringing a legislationin Parliament any further. I hopethe legislation is put before duringthe winter session of Parliamentthat would commence sometime in November next.

Without further going into thedetails of the judgment, which hasalready been published, I would liketo make my observation on theissue that has been a subject ofintense debate in the society sincea long time.

It is said that justice is blind elsethe statue of justice a lady would notbe seen blind folded. Many conser-vative clerics and other radicalIslamic organisations tried hard topush the case of status quo, citingthat triple talaq is a matter of faithand practice under Islam.

But by delivering the judge-ment, the apex court has given anew lease of life to the Muslimwomen, who have welcomed theverdict as a victory of humanityover cruelty. The Government isnow going to enact a law on thepractice of triple talaq to ban it for the good.

To know the real condition ofMuslim women in India, one mustread a book by Abdul Bismillahtitled, Jhini Jhini Bini Chunaria,which gives a better insight into the

plight of Muslim women, especial-ly in north India.

The writer has described thecondition of wage earning Muslimfamily where Muslim women aresecond and third-rate members of the family.

A women character in the novelsays, “What is the role of a women— cook food, sleep on bed withhusband, give birth to childrenand serve the man as bondedlabourer. If you fail in your duty orin the estimation of your husband,then face…talaq talaq talaq”.

A Muslim friend of mine says,“Even Allah does not like talaq”.

Nasira Sarma, in her book,Saat Nadiyan Ek Samandar says, “Itis difficult to understand women.She would bear atrocities but would not say her tormentor a tormentor.”

Coming out of the periphery ofbooks and novels, I would also liketo know, are Muslim women out ofthe purview of social justice?

(The writer is a Member ofRajya Sabha)

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The Trump Administrationhas recently been encouragedto consider a plan, using thePrivate Military Companies(PMC) to maintain security

in Afghanistan. According to Blackwaterfounder Erik Prince, the plan’s primaryexternal supporter, such a force wouldinclude 5,500 personnel and a 90-planeready-to-use Air Force. Aside fromsaving American soldiers’ lives, it wouldcost the US treasury $10 billion perannum instead of the current $40 billion.In terms of command structure andcomposition, the personnel would beembedded within existing Afghan secu-rity forces as advisors and the Air Forcewould drop bombs when directed by theAfghan Government.

Given the resurgence of the Taliban,the nascent Islamic State (IS) threats, ayoung state in need of capacity-buildingand international fatigue, to continueexpending civil and military resourcesin Afghanistan, Prince’s proposal soundsreasonable. PMCs, such as the nowdefunct executive outcomes — the par-ent company of the Specialised Tasks,Training, Equipment and Protection(STTEP) led by former South AfricanNational Defense Forces’ personnel,have helped militarily defeat the BokoHaram in Nigeria. The STTEP used astrategy of “relentless pursuit,” wherebylocal trackers call in a “fire force” of air-borne special forces and ground-attackaircraft (a tactic developed in theRhodesian Bush War) to envelope anddestroy the Boko Haram forces. This isa tactic that Blackwater may try to utilise,given the types of aircraft and theiPhone app Safe Strike that it proposesto field in combination.

Despite these few advantages,the success of relying on PMCsremains uncertain. According toLaura Dickinson, former SpecialCounsel to the General Counsel of theUS Department of Defence, it is dif-ficult to adequately monitor andevaluate the performance of PMCpersonnel in war-zones. As we knowfrom Iraq’s experience, they are notbound by any rules of engagementthat adhere to the principles and lawsof war mandated by nationalLegislation and Geneva Conventions.

In the Afghan context, their failureto comply with such laws could furthervictimise Afghans who have alreadyborne the brunt of imposed conflicts forthe past four decades. Rather than pro-tecting this vulnerable population, mis-steps by the PMC personnel could alien-ate Afghans and consequently expose theUS to litigation from aggrieved victims.

Second, neither are the commandand control of PMC personnel withinand across firms clearly delineated andsynergised nor are their roles specifical-ly whether to engage in offensive com-bat or to act only in self-defence. Third,hidden costs from PMCs, unable to ful-

fil their obligations, have provided mas-sive cost overruns in the past.

A fourth problem with the use ofPMCs is that it directly undermines thecore objective of the US and the Nato:To help build a sovereign, democraticand stable Afghanistan. Despite manychallenges confronting the process ofstate-building in Afghanistan, Afghanpolitics has remained peaceful, as themain stakeholders prefer to politickthrough institutions and negotiate to set-tle their differences without violence.

From years of bitter experience,Afghan politicians know that the Afghanpeople are tired of war and only desirepeace. The generation that has come ofage after 2001, is deeply invested in newAfghanistan, whether as Governmentadministrators and businessmen orpeaceful protestors, who abjure violence.

However, using embedded PMCpersonnel would hinder the develop-ment of Afghan security forces, whichcan both deter terrorists and sensitive-ly respond to peaceful gatherings. Also,it would undermine any peace efforts toend war through a negotiated politicalsettlement by introducing a new play-er, the PMC commander, whose corpo-rate interests would dictate a continuedpresence rather than conflict resolution.In this vein, Rebecca Zimmerman of theRAND Corporation notes that PMCsacquire contracts to provide inputs cal-culated as numbers of individuals in par-ticular areas or outputs centered on sit-uation reports submitted by personnel.Thus, broad policy goals, like actuallywinning the war, cannot be contracted.

Apart from these challenges posedby PMCs, the core issue that cannot beresolved by it, despite Erik Prince’s self-conception as a modern British Viceroyrepresenting the East India Company, is

state-building in Kabul. The bureaucra-cy and judiciary take years to constructand require both flexibility and broadpublic legitimacy to survive. Private enti-ties cannot construct state institutions ina humane, timely and cost-effective fash-ion, especially on behalf of foreignGovernments as evidenced by EastIndia Company's own history.

The company’s tax collection effortscreated the Bengal Famine of 1770,which killed a third of the Province’spopulation, decreased labour supply andsent the company into further debt. Itfaced bankruptcy and required specialsubsidies from the British Government,including the Tea Act of 1773 that pre-cipitated the Boston tea party by aggriev-ed American merchants. Politically, theEast India Company’s relationship withthe British Government required twoActs of Parliament in 1773 and 1784,which ultimately subordinated the com-pany’s political activities to the Board ofControl presided by a Cabinet-level civilservant, the Secretary of State.

In spite of various political reorgan-isations and the creation of a merit-basedcivil service in 1853, the company’s polit-ical-military policies caused the SepoyMutiny of 1857, necessitating a massivemilitary intervention by the Britishtroops. After this, the BritishGovernment assumed direct control ofIndia until 1947. In essence, East IndiaCompany required Government subsi-dies, constantly feuded with the homeGovernment, contributed to the loss ofthe 13 American colonies, and had to bemilitarily bailed out by Britain.

Despite these actual and potentialdrawbacks, as the US Governmentcontinues its direct military involvementto support Afghanistan, PMCs cancomplement its role in clearly defined

tasks with strict oversight, from secur-ing vulnerable populations to trainingAfghan soldiers. By doing so, they cancontribute to long-term peace and sta-bility. Senator John McCain, Chairmanof the US Senate Armed ServicesCommittee, has already presented sucha strategy which requires more UStroops for counter-terrorism missions,increased air support, and greater free-dom to strike targets. This policy is dis-tinct from both, the ObamaAdministration’s failed surge and with-drawal strategy and Erik Prince’s pro-posed war by corporate-proxy.

An enduring American presencebased on full implementation ofAfghanistan-US Strategic PartnershipAgreement and Bilateral SecurityAgreement will strongly reassure theAfghan Government and people.

Last Tuesday, in announcing hisAdministration’s new Afghanistan pol-icy, Trump reaffirmed US’s support toAfghanistan’s stabilisation. The strength-ening of Afghan state will automatical-ly weaken the will of militants and theirregional sponsors to continue waging awar of ruthless killing and destruction.

The Afghan people have madecountless sacrifices, resisting pressuresimposed by terrorists and their sponsors.As Trump stated last Tuesday, success inthis endeavour will globally demonstratethe resolve by the US and its Nato alliesto defeating transnational terrorismand holding accountable, under the UNCharter, any state that sponsors terror inAfghanistan or elsewhere in the world.

M. Ashraf Haidari is the Director-General of Policy & Strategy of theMinistry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan,and served in India. Vasabjit Banerjee isan Assistant Professor of political scienceat Mississippi State University.

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The BJP in Goa on Mondayromped to victory in the

two bypolls in Goa, with bothChief Minister ManoharParrikar and Health MinisterVishwajit Rane defeating theirnearest rivals from theCongress to win the Panaji andValpoi Assembly constituenciesrespectively.

According to ChiefMinister Manohar Parrikar,who with his victory formallyentered the State legislativeAssembly, said that theBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)had to battle below-the-beltcampaign by the Opposition aswell as a Church-backed organ-isation, which he said aimed atcreating a divide among thecommunal harmony-lovingGoan community.

“All methods were tried,legal, media, social media andbad publicity. Even to theextent that two days beforeelections, some organisationreleased an untrue fact-findingreport. I am calling it untrue,because you will realise why inthe coming days, becauseGovernment goes by the policeinvestigation...” Parrikar told aPress conference on Monday

soon after his victory wasannounced by poll officials.

Parrikar, now a six-timePanaji MLA and formerDefence Minister was referringto a “fact-finding” report,which was based on a fact-find-ing committee of personnelfrom the Council for SocialJustice and Peace, an NGO,which is directly linked to theinfluential Roman CatholicChurch in Goa and Centre forStudy of Society and Secula-rism, a Mumbai-based NGO.

The report castigated theGoa Police and the Stateadministration for makingshambolic attempts to get to thebottom of a series of desecra-tions of Catholic Crosses, othericons and Hindu places of

worship in the State in recentmonths. The report alsoclaimed that minorities werebeing subtly targeted and thefact that the two person arrest-ed for the desecrations werementally unsound was toomuch of a coincidence.

Parrikar, however, said thatit was necessary to stay alertagainst elements trying to cre-ate a divide in Goa.

“During Ganesh Chaturthi,all Catholics and Muslims visitus and we also visit them dur-ing Christmas. I condemn thefact that it was for the first time,that our opponents tried to cre-ate differences. But the peopleof Goa taught them a lesson...Such forces will try to dividepeople. We will have to be

alert,” Parrikar said. Earlier, in the day, Parrikar

led an open-jeep rally through-out Panaji, after his victoryagainst the Congress candi-date Girish Chodankar. WhileParrikar got 9,862 votes,Chodankar won 5,059 votes.The Goa Suraksha Manch can-didate Anand Shirodkar, whoduring the campaign had per-sonally targeted Parrikar andthe BJP won only 220 votes. TheManch is mentored by formerState RSS chief SubhashVelingkar.

Health Minister VishwajitRane won the Valpoi Assemblyby-poll by a whopping marginof 10,066 votes, defeating hisnearest rival Roy Naik of theCongress.

Rane claimed that a min-ing company owner had triedto destabilise his campaign,but had failed miserably.

“I was very sad that somemine owners (have) played arole against me in this election,”Rane said.

The by-polls were necessi-tated after Parrikar’s return toState politics earlier this year, tohead the BJP-led coalitionGovernment and Rane’s quit-ting the Congress to join theBJP-led coalition Governmentas Health Minister.

The Congress has blamed“electoral terrorism” unleashedby the BJP for its loss.

“The BJP used theGovernment machinery to thefullest and were indulging in‘electoral terrorism’ against itsopponents. We condemn thiscompletely,” Congress Statepresident Shantaram Naik toldThe Pioneer.

The two wins take the leg-islative tally of the BJP to 14 andwith nine ruling coalition allies,Parrikar believes that BJP-ledcoalition Government now hada comfortable majority.

“There was no stress on theGovernment, but obviouslynumbers count in democracyand governance. So now it is 14plus three plus three plus three.So it is 23 strong and theGovernment’s moral strengthhas increased because of astrong result. The Governmentis now endorsed by the peopleof the State,” Parrikar said,adding that he was not lookingto lure any Congressmen to theBJP ranks, as indicated in a sec-tion of the media recently.

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In a major setback to YSRCPchief YS Jaganmohan Reddy

and his political strategistPrashanth Kishor, the rulingTelugu Desam Party (TDP) inAndhra Pradesh on Mondaywon the Nandyal Assemblyby-election by a huge margin of27,466 votes.

TDP candidate BhumaBrahmananda Reddy, a novicein electoral politics, defeated hisYSR Congress rival and formerMinister Silpa Chandra MohanReddy.

While the TDP candidategot 97,076 votes, his rival polled69,610 in the bypoll held onAugust 23 following the deathof TDP MLA Bhuma NagiReddy in March

Declaring winning ofNandyala bypoll as an endorse-ment for 2019 elections, ChiefMinister Chandrababu Naidusaid, “People voted for devel-opment, welfare and good gov-ernance. Nandyala votersrejected YSRCP chief Jagan’skilling instinct and his deroga-tory comments on me.” “Wewould take the win as a mes-sage for next level of gover-nance. We will deliver things

with more responsibility thannow,” he added. He thanked thepeople of the state for sup-porting the TDP-ledGovernment and its develop-ment agenda.

However, the oppositionYSR Congress (YSRC), whichlost the bypoll, said the setbackwas “temporary”.

Thanking Prime MinisterNarendra Modi for his congrat-ulations, the Chief Ministersought more reforms in electionprocess and stressed forPanchayatraj elections shouldalso be conducted within threemonths after Parliamentary elec-tions to allow political leadershipand administration to focus onimplementation of developmentand welfare activities.

After results, the PrimeMinister tweeted, “Congratul-ations to Bhuma BrahmanandaReddy Garu & our valued NDAally, TDP for the big victory inthe Nandyal bypoll.”

Nandyala election was firsttest to Naidu’s political scion,State’s IT Minister Nara Lokeshwho worked silently day andnight behind the scene toensure the victory of TDP can-didate and successfully engi-neering an amazing result.

It is the first bypoll after

three years ever since the Statehas been formed in 2014 andalso after 2014 general elec-tions.

Nandyal assembly con-stituency was traditionallyYSRCP’s bastion. Bhuma NagiReddy, who died following amassive heart attack, switchedloyalties to the TDP a year laterafter getting elected on the YSRCongress ticket in 2014.

Meanwhile, YSRC chiefJagan said it would be a “mis-take” for Naidu to claim victo-ry in Nandyal.

“I would accept the people’sverdict but at the same time itis a mistake for ChandrababuNaidu to claim victory. Thesetback (for YSRC) is tempo-rary and it is not prudent forNaidu to describe it as a victo-ry as ethics, morals and valueswere thrown to winds andthere was no level-playingfield,” Jagan told a press con-ference.

He dared the ChiefMinister to make all 20 MLAs,who defected from the YSRC tothe TDP, resign from theirposts and face fresh elections.

“One can then call it a ref-erendum (on the StateGovernment),” the Leader ofOpposition remarked.

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Split in the pro-quota outfitPatidar Anamat Andolan

Samiti (PAAS) surfaced as acomplaint of loot and dacoitylodged with a Patan police sta-tion in north Gujarat againstthe top PAAS leader HardikPatel and 10 others by his ownclose aide Narendra Patel.

According to police,Narendra Patel, who is PAASconvenor for Mehsana district,had in his complaint alleged thatHardik and his supportersabused him and his associateDilip Savaliya and snatched agold coin and broke his mobilefollowing heated argumentsover some issue. After the inci-dent, Hardik’s close aide DineshBambhania threatened both theoffice-bears of Mehsana unit ofPAAS with dire consequences.

On the basis of the com-plaint of Narendra Patel, thepolice booked a complaintagainst Hardik, his associateDinesh Bhambaniya, Sunil,Brijesh and Mahesh Patel asaccused and four otherunknown persons underSections 395, 427, 504, 506(2)of IPC for dacoity, dishonest orfraudulent removal or con-cealment of property, inten-tional insult with intent toprovoke breach of peace andcriminal intimidation.

When contacted, Hardikfeigned complete ignoranceabout the incident stating thathe had left immediately aftercompletion of his rally in Patan.

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The poor fishermen and members of the coastalcommunity in three more countries along the

African coast would thank India whenever theyget a good catch fish and advance warning aboutimpending cyclones, tsunami and surging waves.India has emerged as the leader and beacon ofhope and security for all countries lying along therim of the Indian Ocean as well as those in thePacific Ocean region. The Ministerial meeting ofRegional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early WarningSystem for Asia and Africa (RIMES) held at PortMoresby, capital of Papua New Guinea lastFriday saw ocean scientists of India unfurling anaction plan for early warning forecast system forComoros, Madagascar, and Mozambique.

The early warning system developed by thescientists of Hyderabad based Indian NationalCentre for Ocean Information Services, an eliteresearch institute under the Ministry of EarthSciences, will see these countries as well as PapuaNew Guinea, a country lying along south west-ern Pacific Ocean, receive free services likeocean forecast and early warming informationon high waves, currents, winds, tides and sub-surface ocean conditions.

This is a great boon to these countries, thefortunes and misfortunes of which depend

entirely on the vagaries of the ocean, said TMBalakrishnan Nair, head, Ocean Science andInformation Services group, INCOIS, who rep-resented the research centre in the RIMED meet-ing along with M Rajeevan, secretary, Ministryof Earth sciences, Government of India.

“The advance information system providedby INCOIS caters to end-users like fishermen,coastal population, tourism sector, coastal defenceofficials, marine police, port authorities, researchinstitutions and offshore industries of these coun-tries. Many of this customise ocean services areaimed towards safety at the sea, oil spill adviso-ry services, high wave alerts, search and rescueoperations, port warnings and forecast along theship routes in addition to tsunami and stormsurge warnings,” Dr Balakrishnan Nair told.

A host of nations including Maldives, Sri Lankaand Seychelles are getting advance ocean infor-mation services offered by INCOIS. Papua NewGuinea coming under the ambit of INCOIS meansthat India’s multi-pronged ocean information ser-vices have reached the Pacific Ocean too. It was aproud moment for India as the Ministerial coun-cil and the World Metrological Organisation laud-ed and placed on record the initiatives of INCOISand India in providing ocean forecast and earlywarning services to Indian Ocean countries andtaking a leadership in Ocean Services in the IndianOcean Region, said Dr Nair.

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Bengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee on

Monday gave a call for“Parivartan” in 2019 generalelections, saying her State led bythe Trinamool Congress wouldlead India to a BJP-free era“devoid of communal politics,political arrogance and scams.”

Picking up from where shehad left at Gandhi Maidan inPatna where she joined a LaluPrasad rally to launch a blis-tering attack on the NDAGovernment in Delhi, theBengal Chief Minister contin-ued on Monday saying timehad come for a reverse count-down which would see the saf-fron outfit out of power in 2019.

“Those who had set theireyes on Bengal should keep inmind that Bengal led by theTrinamool Congress will pavethe way for a Parivartan (polit-ical change in Delhi) in 2019,”she told a rally organised to cel-ebrate the foundation ofTrinamool Congress ChhatraParishad the students’ arm ofthe Bengal ruling outfit.

“They (BJP) are trying todreaming of winning Bengalbut they should better savePanchkula and Uttar Pradeshbefore setting eyes on ourState,” Banerjee said adding theCentre did nothing save deliv-

ering high-sounding speeches.Though she would not

name the BJP top leadershipBanerjee said, “TheGovernment up there doesnothing except rattling outhigh-sounding speeches. Butthey should know that thepeople want performance andnot tall speeches” addingTrinamool Government hadbeen delivering despite the“spiteful treatment we get fromDelhi which has blocked fundsrequired for the developmen-tal works.”

Reminding that a day wasgoing to come sooner than laterwhen the “BJP would be deci-mated under the weight of itsown scams,” Banerjee said thesecular parties of the countrywould unite to bring about thedownfall of the Modi NarendraModi Government which was“arrogant, highhanded and dis-criminatory in nature.”

There were some commu-nal parties (read BJP) whichwere only thriving by dividingthe electorate she said. “Theseoutfits have no business but tospread communal rumor,engineer communal clashes sothat they can reap politicalbenefit,” she said warning “wewill not allow any communalriot to happen in Bengal.”

Banerjee’s speech is seen asa tone-up message to the partyrank and file before the pan-chayat elections. “Some partiesare trying to wrest Bengal byfanning communal politics butthey will not be successful indoing so. They will soon see theoutcome of their dirty politicsin the panchayat elections.”

Alleging that Ram andBaam (BJP and Left) hadteamed up to unsettle her shesaid in 2019 both the Left andthe extreme right would beobliterated from the State’s politics.

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The notification for by-elec-tion to four seats of

Legislative Council will beissued on Tuesday. Nominationpapers for the same could befiled from August 29 toSeptember 5 and the date ofwithdrawal of papers isSeptember 8. Polling andcounting of votes will be heldon September 15. TheReturning Officer for the by-poll will be Principal Secretaryof UP Assembly, PradeepKumar Dube.

The BJP is all set to win allfour seats of the Upper Houseand all four of its candidates are

set to be elected unopposed asthe ruling coalition led by theBJP enjoys huge majority in theAssembly with 325 MLAs outof a total strength of 403.

On August 24, the ElectionCommission had announcedby-elections on only four of thesix seats of legislative council,which had recently fallenvacant after the resignation offive MLCs of Samajwadi Partyand one from Bahujan SamajParty. The ruling BJP still needsone Assembly or LegislativeCouncil seat to ensure that fiveof its Ministers could stay on inthe State Cabinet.

By September 18, ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath,

Deputy CMs Keshav PrasadMaurya and Dinesh Sharmaand Ministers of StateSwatantradeo Singh and MohsinRaza have to become member ofeither of House to continue inthe Cabinet. They need tobecome members of the Statelegislature within six months oftaking oath as ministers. TheYogi Cabinet had taken oath ofoffice on March 19.

Five of the six MLCs haveresigned allegedly to accom-modate these ministers. But theEC has refused to hold elec-tions on two of the six seats onthe ground that the remainingtenure of both MLCs was lessthan a year.

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Two days after eight securi-ty personnel and three ter-

rorists were killed in an auda-cious suicide strike on districtpolice lines in south Kashmir’sPulwama district, suspectedterrorists again targeted thepolice in Anantnag killing anAssistant Sub-Inspector (ASI).Around 23 policemen includ-ing Deputy Superintendent andan Inspector have been killed ina series of attacks on J&KPolice this year. This is the high-est number of police fatalitiesduring the past several years.

Sources said that unknowngunmen targeted ASI AbdulRashid Pir at Mehandi Kadalarea in south Kashmir’sAnantnag town early onMonday. Several bullets hit Pirin his abdomen leaving himprofusely bleeding. He wasimmediately shifted to localhospital where doctors referredhim to Sher-e-Kashmir Instituteof Medical Sciences in Srinagar.Even as efforts were made tosave his life, Pir subsequentlydied of excessive bleeding.

Police and paramilitariesimmediately cordoned off thearea but the assailants could notbe tracked down in the con-gested southern town. A resi-dent of Panzath village inQazigund, Pir was deployed inAnantnag town.

The latest fatal attack on apoliceman was carried out twodays after a suicide strike onDistrict Police Lines inPulwama town that resultedinto death of four policemenand an equal number of para-military CRPF troops. ThreeJaish-e-Muhammad terrorists,all Pakistani nationals, hadsneaked into heavily-guardedpolice lines on Saturday morn-ing to launch an attack. Theywere eliminated after a daylonggunfight.

The terrorists have launchedfrontal attacks on police force inKashmir after police becamepivotal in anti-insurgency oper-ations along-with Army andCRPF. Most of the field intelli-gence is gathered by the policeabout the activities of militants,whose number swelled manifoldsince the killing of HizbulMujahideen leader Burhan Waniin July 2016 that triggered a mas-sive public uprising. However,during recent months, the secu-rity forces launched an effectivecampaign against terrorists andkilled 135 of them including topcommanders like Abu Dujana,Abu Ismail, Sabzar Ahmad Bhat,Arif Lelhari, Bashir Lashkari

and Yaseen Yattu. The cam-paign however, resulted intodeath of 54 security personnelincluding 23 policemen.

The police installationsand personnel were mainlyunder attack in south Kashmirwhere terrorists issued openthreats through video mes-sages and posters. A StationHouse Officer and his sixguards were killed in anambush in Shangus area ofsouth Kashmir in June. In thebackdrop of the threat percep-tion, the State police chiefShesh Paul Ved issued adviso-ry to the policemen to avoidvisiting their residences on theonset of summer season.

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Recurring incidents of for-eign commercial ships hit-

ting small boats engaged infishing activities off the coast ofKerala, in which several fish-ermen have been killed andinjured and their livelihood hasbeen lost due to destruction ofboats and nets, and the failureof the State and CentralGovernments to take the ves-sels’ authorities to task areenhancing anxieties of the fish-ermen community in the State.

The incident in which acargo vessel rammed into asmall boat used by hook-and-line fishermen at around noonSaturday some 39 nauticalmiles off the Kollam coast hasrenewed fishermen’s worries.Six fishermen were injured inthe accident and their boat was

irreparably destroyed but theship sailed away without both-ering to rescue the fishermen.

Till late Monday evening,the Indian authorities had notsucceeded in making the man-agers of the vessel, identified asKSL Anyang with Hong Kongflag, respond to the Navy’sinstruction that the ship shouldsail to Port Blair for legal pro-cedures. The vessel, sailingfrom Iran to Singapore, isreportedly lying anchored atthe Colombo port.

The Coastal Police inKochi on Monday registered acase — without mentioning theidentity of the ship — afterrecording the statements ofthe occupants of the smallanglers’ boat, Arockia Annai,from Colachel, Tamil Nadu.The shipping company hasreportedly adopted a stand

that KSL Anyang had not beeninvolved in any accident off theKerala coast as alleged.

“Experience tells us that thefishermen need not keep anyhope of getting justice in thiscase also,” said Joseph Xavier,a local fisherman fromThoppumpady, Kochi. “OurGovernments go on talkingabout technicalities and legalcomplications as poor fisher-men’s lives perish before thesemammoth specters of steel,” he said.

Joseph Xavier points outthat such “accidents” are notisolated incidents. “Less than 80days ago (on June 11), aPanamanian vessel (Amber L)had crushed a boat (CarmelMatha) under it off the Kochicoast killing two fishermen.Another went missing. Theauthorities are saying that pro-

cedures are on. Can you tell mewhen these ‘procedures’ end?”he fumes.

At least ten fishermen havebeen killed, several inured andfishing implements worthcrores of rupees have beenlost in incidents of foreignships ramming into fishingboats off the Kerala coast in thepast seven years. Fishermencomplain that proper justicehas not been delivered to themin any of these cases.

Seven Keralite fishermenhad suffered serious injurieswhen a foreign vessel hit aKochi-based fishing boat offthe Kerala coast betweenKollam and Kayamkulam inJanuary last. A similar incidenthad occurred in the sea offEzhimala in February, 2013 inwhich several occupants ofanother Kochi-based fishing

boat were injured.The classic example of how

justice is denied to poor fish-ermen in incidents involvingships owned by foreign ship-ping corporations and complexinternational laws and diplo-matic compulsions was thecase in which two fishermenwere shot dead by ItalianMarines guarding Naples-reg-istered tanker Enrica Lexie 14nautical miles off Kollam coaston February 15, 2012.

“Nothing has happened inthat case even after five years oflegal proceedings,” says a leaderof a leading fishermen’s union.“We had seen all kinds of dramain that case. We had seen Italy’ssenior ministers, diplomats andother officials pouring into fish-ing hamlets in Kollam. Doesanybody know what happenedto that case?” he asks.

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There was more embarrass-ment for the Trinamool

Congress with the CentralBureau of Investigation (CBI)on Monday subjecting one ofits senior most leaders andheavyweight State MinisterSubroto Mukherjee to intensivegrilling in the Narada pay offcase.

Mukherjee, who was pur-portedly seen accepting cash ina sting video from a journalistposing as a prospectiveinvestor in Bengal was earlierquestioned for more than threehours by the EnforcementDirectorate.

When asked as to the con-tents of the questions he facedMukherjee said he had coop-erated with his interrogators

adding, “I told exactly what Ihad told the ED on earlier occa-sion.” Mukherjee had said thathe had taken �3 lakh and not �5lakh as was being circulatedadding “the remaining �2 lakhwas due and the journalistshould not pay that to me.”

He said he had taken themoney before the electionsfor electoral expenses.

The Narada video tapeaired in April-May 2016showed at least a dozenTrinamool Congress leadersincluding MPs and Ministers,Kolkata Mayor and an IPSofficer accepting wads of cur-rency notes from the stingjournalist purportedly in lieuof promised favour.

After a long legal battle theCalcutta High Court ordereda CBI and ED investigationinto the case.

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Despite being banned inUttar Pradesh, the game of

death ‘Blue Whale’ claimedthe life of a VI standard studentat Hamirpur district ofBundelkhand region.

As per reports, 13-year-oldParth Singh was found hangingfrom the ceiling in Missioncompound area of Maudahaarea of Hamirpur, while hisfather’s mobile on which hewas playing ‘Blue WhaleChallenge’ was still runningwhen his family noticed hisbody on Sunday around 5 pm .

Vikram Singh’s only sonParth said in his last post thatvery soon he would cross thelast level of the game. “My winis certain though I would notbe alive to see it but still I wantto win at any cost,” he furtherposted.

Numbed with grief, the

parents said that Parth was sup-posed to attend a friend’s birth-day on Sunday evening but hedid not go there and continuedplaying the game.

Hamirpur police, however,cautious on the incident sayingthat they were investigatingand hence could not commentwhether the death was due tothe game or not. “We havefound a mobile phone near thestudent’s body and experts werescanning it,” the police said.

Elsewhere in Bareilly, anintermediate student contact-ed the local police seeking

help from organisers of ‘BlueWhale’ game. The student fromSuresh Nagar area claimed thathe crossed two levels and at thethird stage, he was instructedto carve a whale on his armwith a blade.

He said that fearing it wouldhurt, he left the game afterwhich he received messagesthat if he did not continue thegame his family would be killed.He revealed that the organisersinvited players below 20-years toplay and if the age was men-tioned above that then theapplication shows error.

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After the MaharashtraGovernment withdrew

“unconditionally” its allegation of“serious bias” made againstJustice Abhay Oka in the noisepollution matter, an unsatisfiedBombay High Court on Mondaydirected the State administrationto file a formal affidavit showing“remorse” and tendering anapology to Chief Justice ManjulaChellur in this regard.

When the matter came forhearing before a re-constitutedHC Bench headed by JusticeOka, Advocate GeneralAshutosh Kumbhakon clarifiedits earlier “serious bias” chargeagainst Justice Oka, by saying,“Was not raised as an allegationagainst the judge personally,but was limited only to the sub-ject matter involved”.

In a two-page submissionmade before the HC Bench,Advocate General Kumbhakonstated, “The contention (judgebeing biased) was not raised asan allegation against theHon’ble Judge personally butwas limited specifically to the

subject matter involved in thegroup matters…The state onlyrequested the Chief Justice (ofthe HC) to consolidate all noisepollution matters, and to placethem before a bench of whichJustice Oka is not a member”.

Taking serious exception tothe manner in which the StateGovernment had chosen to dealwith matters relating its “seriousbias” charge against a seniorjudge, a HC Bench of Justice

Oka and Riyaz I Chagla —whose names were freshly list-ed on Monday morning as partof the Bench that would hearnoise pollution-related cases —said that the mere submissioncould in no way be construed asan apology from the State andthat the Government shouldtender an apology to the ChiefJustice through an affidavit.

“A mere statement by theAG doesn’t translate into thestate’s apology,” the HC Bench

said, adding that the State Govtshould have some remorse forfiling such application seekingtransfer of noise pollution-relat-ed cases to another Bench.

“It (the State) must submitan affidavit explaining its appli-cation before the Chief Justice.The State should show remorse.Also, such an affidavit must besigned by a senior state official,and it must identify the personwho gave the AG’s office thedirection to seek the transfer,”the Bench said.

“We are not touchy aboutthe allegations against a par-ticular judge. Our anxiety isabout the consequences of theState’s frivolous action. TheState’s action affects the digni-ty of the judiciary and of the155-year old institution of thishigh court,” the Bench noted.

In a strong rebuke to theState Government, the HCBench went onto observe, “Yourallegations mean that theMaharashtra Government does-n’t want the High Court to exist.It means that the state does nottrust the high court and it saysso in as many words”.

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Chief Minister SarbanandaSonowal took stock of the entirenetwork of embankments dur-ing the day and asked the waterresources department to beginrepairing the breaches.

He asked the DCs to imme-diately address medical emer-gencies and take steps to avertoutbreak of any water borne dis-eases in the flood affected areas,restore snapped communica-tion and repair roads and cul-verts on a war-footing.

He directed the deputycommissioners to reach out toflood victims to ascertain theirlosses and immediately submita report to expeditiously startrehabilitation process. Accordingto a report by the Assam StateDisaster Management Authority(ASD-MA), 1.25 lakh people areaffected currently in Chirang,Morigaon, Nagaon, Karbi Anglong and Golaghatdistricts. PTI

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cial, his wife and their threechildren were among sevenmembers of a family killed onMonday after their vehicleskidded off the road and rolleddown into a river in hillyRajouri district of Jammu &Kashmir, the police said.

Chief Minister MehboobaMufti expressed shock andgrief over the accident and saidthe growing number of roadincidents in the hilly areas ofthe State call for review of thestatus of passenger safety, vehi-cle and road conditions andother parametres. SeniorSuperintendent of Police,Rajouri, Yougal Manhas toldPTI that seven members of thefamily, travelling in their privatecar, were killed in the accident,which occurred near Narianaround 5 pm. He said the policerushed to the scene of the acci-dent and retrieved all the sevenbodies from the vehicle. PTI

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were on Monday arrested inconnection with the lynchingof two men for carrying cowsin a pick-up van in Jalpaiguridistrict.

Superintendent of PoliceAmitabha Maiti said the policehad detained eight people fromBarohalia village, where thelynching occurred on Sundaymorning, for questioning.

Later, three of them werearrested and the rest released,he said, adding that the policewere in the look-out for somemore people involved in thelynching.

Meanwhile, a large numberof people of Barohalia demon-strated before the Dhupguripolice station demanding thatthe three arrested be releasedand claimed that the deceasedwere cattle thieves.

Rapid Action Force (RAF)and a huge contingent of policewere deployed there.

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Start-ups have been men-tined by the Commerce

Ministry in its consolidatedFDI policy document for thefirst time, which can raise up to100 per cent of funds fromForeign Venture CapitalInvestor (FVCI).

Start-ups can issue equityor equity linked instruments ordebt instruments to FVCIagainst receipt of foreign remit-tance, said the document whichincorporates all the changesmade in FDI policy over thepast year.

"In addition, startups can

issue convertible notes to per-son resident outside India (sub-ject to certain conditions)," itsaid.

A person resident outsideIndia (other than citizens/ enti-ties of Pakistan andBangladesh) will be permittedto purchase convertible notesissued by an Indian startupcompany for an amount of Rs25 lakh or more in a singletranche.

NRIs can also acquire con-vertible notes on non- repatri-ation basis, said the documentof Department ofIndustrialPolicy and Promotion (DIPP),Ministry of Commerce.

"A startup companyengaged in a sector where for-eign investment requiresGovernment approval mayissue convertible notes to anon-resident only withapproval of the Government,"it said, adding that the startupissuing convertible noteswould be required to furnishreports as prescribed by theRBI.

The Government is focus-ing on startup companies topromote job creation and inno-vation.

The DIPP, which dealswith FDI related matters, com-piles all policies related to for-

eign investment regime into asingle document to make itsimple and easy for investors tounderstand.

Investors would otherwisehave to go through variouspress notes issued by thedepartment, and the RBI reg-ulations to understand the pol-icy. The Government updatesthe policy every year.

The whole exercise isaimed at providing an investorfriendly climate to foreign play-ers and, in turn, attract moreFDI to boost economic growthand create jobs.

During the last one year,the government has liberalised

FDI policy in over a dozen sec-tors, including defence, civilaviation, construction anddevelopment, private securityagencies and news broadcast-ing.

Foreign investments areconsidered crucial for India,which needs around $1 trillionfor overhauling its infrastruc-ture sector such as ports, air-ports and highways to boostgrowth.

Foreign investments willhelp improve the country’s bal-ance of payments situation andstrengthen the rupee valueagainst other global currencies,especially the US dollar. ���

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��� ����� Regulator Trai onMonday startedconsultation processfor the next round of spectrum auc-tion that includes radiowaves for 5Gservices and frequencies such as theprized 700 MHz that had no tak-ers in the previous auction.

The consultation paper followsreference from the Department ofTelecom (DoT) in April this yearwhere the department sought viewsof the regulator on various condi-tions for the auction, including val-uation and reserve price for mobileairwaves across nine different fre-quency bands.

While DoT has proposed tohold auction in 2017, the TelecomRegulatory Authority of India (Trai)has sought opinion on when thenext round of auction should beheld and whether it should be donein a "phased manner", given thefinancial stress on telecom opera-tors.

"The Government is planningto auction the right to use of spec-trum in 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 900MHz, 1800 MHz, 2100 MHz, 2300MHz, 2500 MHz, 3300-3400 MHzand 3400-3600 MHz bands in thenext auction to be held in 2017," Traisaid in the consultation paper.

"DoT has requested theAuthority to provide its recom-

mendations on applicable reserveprice, quantum of spectrum to beauctioned and associated conditionsfor auction of spectrum in thesebands for all service areas," it said.

Industry association COAIsuggested that the governmentshould not rush to auction spectrumthis year, as the industry is goingthrough "acute financial crisis" and"uncertainties".

COAI further said 2019 mightbe an "appropriate" time to auction5G spectrum as there will be bet-ter use cases and applications for it,and its ecosystem would be devel-oped.

In all, the consultation processentails auction of roughly 7500MHz of spectrum across ninebands (compared to 2,354.55 MHzthat was placed on the block in theprevious auction), according totwo Trai officials.

This is the highest quantum of

radiowaves frequencies ever soldthrough auction in the country andincludes 60 per cent of the total spec-trum that remained unsold in theOctober 2016 auction.

In addition, DoT has included275 Mhz of radio frequencies in twomore bands for mobile services --3300-3400 MHz and 3400-3600MHz -- that can be used for 5G ser-vices.

During the previous bidding inOctober last, the government hadput airwaves worth �5.66 lakhcrore for sale. In the five-day auc-tion, seven telecom companiesmade commitments of �65,789crore for buying 964.80 MHz ofspectrum in various frequencybands.

Even at the end of the auction,nearly 60 per cent of the spectrumremained unsold and spectrumworth �4 lakh crore in 700 Mhzband found no takers.

The telecom industry has beenreeling under poor financial health,falling revenue and profitabilityand is staring at �4.5 lakh crore ofdebt.Industry body COAI has saidappetite for spectrum is likely to befelt only by late next year or early2019 as telecom operators are tak-ing stock of their holdings amidongoing consolidation.

COAI Director General RajanMathews told PTI that having a clearroad map for spectrum auction isimportant, but the larger questionis around when the auctions willactually happen and how the entirestrategy syncs with the new telecompolicy being drafted by DoT.

Also, Mathews felt that thevalue of the 700 MHz band shouldbe based on analysis of the marketand not pegged to the previous auc-tion amount for 800 MHz and 900MHz bands.

In all, Trai has asked 19 ques-tions ranging from suitable timingfor the auction to block sizes, fromrollout obligations (for old and newbands) to spectrum caps, and val-uation approach for arriving at asuitable reserve price for variousbands.

Last date for comments isSeptember 25 and that of counter-comments is October 3. ���

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����������Infosys on Monday saidits promoters have expressed theintent to participate in the company's�13,000 crore share buyback pro-gramme.

The intimation of promoters'participation in the proposed buybackcomes after a prolonged acrimonybetween the founders and the Infosysmanagement over alleged corporategovernance lapses which led to anabrupt exit of CEO Vishal Sikka.

Co-founder Nandan Nilekanihas returned to the company for a sec-ond innings, this time as non-exec-utive Chairman in a Board-levelshake-up that saw the exit ofChairman R Seshasayee along withtwo independent members.

"In terms of buyback regulations,under the tender offer route, the pro-moters have the option to participatein the buyback. We would like toinform...That some of the members

of the promoter and promotersGroup of the company have com-municated their intention to partic-ipate in the proposed buyback,"Infosys said in a regulatory filing.

The company however, did notgive details on which promoters are

keen to participate in the buyback.The co-founders, including NR

Narayana Murthy, hold 12.75 per centin Infosys.

The buyback is subject to theapproval of shareholders of the com-pany through a special resolution, itsaid, adding that the announcementon the modalities such as process andtimeline will be "released in duecourse".

On August 19, a day after Sikkaresigned as CEO citing slander bycompany founders, the then InfosysBoard approved the share buybackplan of up to �13,000 crore toreward shareholders.

The company plans to buyback11.3 crore shares at �1,150 apiece.Infosys' first-ever buyback is secondonly to the �16,000 crore sharerepurchase by its bigger rival TataConsultancy Services (TCS)announced in April this year. ���

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stand-off helped stock marketextend gains for the fourth ses-sion amid firm global indices.

A large part of the show isdriven by IT, FMCG, autoand pharma stocks. The Niftywas back on top of the key9,900 on gains in Infosys, SunPharma and HindustanUnilever.

India and China haveagreed to "expeditious disen-gagement" of border personnelat Dokalam, New Delhi saidtoday, a week before theBRICS summit in China thatPrime Minister NarendraModi is expected to attend.

Domestic investors con-tinued to play sheet-anchorwith their buying push as the30-share Sensex ended at

31,750.82, up 154.76, points -- 0.49 per cent. The gauge hadgained 337.21 points in theprevious three sessions.

The NSE Nifty endedhigher 55.75 points, or 0.57per cent, at 9,912.80 aftermoving between 9,925.75 and9,882.

Dalal Street continued tostay positive about the appoint-ment of Aadhaar architectNandan Nilekani as Infosys'new chairman. This clearlyshowed in the stock, whichwas the biggest Sensex gainerwith a jump of 3.14 per cent at�941.15.

"Market praised the calm-ness at the border due to an endto the military stand-off.Additionally, relief rally on ITmajor with a scope of stabilityreturning to the managementalso supported the market," saidVinod Nair, Head of Research,Geojit Financial Services.

��������E-commerce play-ers like Flipkart and Amazonwill not be allowed to marketmore than 25 per cent of itsannual sales coming from onevendor, the Government todayclarified.

The Government had ear-lier mandated 25 per cent max-imum sales from a single ven-dor but had not specified theperiod for computation of sales.

"An e-commerce entitywill not permit more than 25per cent of the sales value onfinancial year basis affectedthrough its marketplace fromone vendor or their groupcompanies," the Department ofIndustrial Policy and Promotion(DIPP) said in its consolidatedFDI policy circular, releasedhere.

An official, who did notwish to be named, said that thisprovision encourage e-marketplayers to sell goods from dif-ferent vendors.

The DIPP in a tweet stat-ed that restriction of 25 per centon sales of one vendor througha marketplace are to be com-puted on financial year basis.

In the foreign directinvestment (FDI) circular, theDIPP has also included the def-inition of 'competent authority'to grant Government approvalfor foreign investment. ���

��������The new Goods andServices Tax (GST) will beapplicable on any non-monetaryfringe benefit an employee getsfrom his employer, theGovernment said on Monday.

Monetary compensationpaid to employees is not con-sidered supply and will notattract GST, the Central Boardof Excise and Customs (CBEC)said in the latest round of clar-ification issued in form of fre-quently asked questions (FAQ).

The monetary income will,however, continue to attract therelevant income tax.

"The compensation toemployees in the form of moneyis not a supply. However, fringe

benefits are a supply of goods orservices and are liable to tax ifnot exempted," the CBEC said.

The fringe benefits aretransactions in furtherance ofbusiness.

"Even if supplied withoutconsideration, the same aredeemed supply" and will attractGST, it said.

On rental income, it saidGST will not be levied on therental income of less than Rs 20lakh in a year.

"That said, where the rentalincome from a single propertyis less than �20 lakh but theaggregate rental income fromvarious properties exceed �20lakh, the requirement for regis-

tration and GST payment will bethere," it said.

According to the FAQ, noGST is chargeable if free replace-ment is provided by a businessto customers without consider-ation under warranty.

Also, goods sent for ademonstration on returnablebasis would not be consideredsupply as there is no transfer oftitle involved.

But, if some element ofservice is involved, the same willbe a taxable supply, it said.

Equipment and instru-ments sent to manufacturers'factory for repairs and calibra-tion within India on returnablebasis would mean no sale has

taken place. And challan formovement of goods withoutsupply is to be issued for suchitems.

On penalties levied on lateor delayed payment of loans andadvances, the FAQ said penalinterest is a consideration fortolerating an act and it is a sup-ply of service and will be taxable.

It prescribed that GST hasto be paid by a job worker onjob work charges only.

Also, GST would becharged on labour charges in aninvoice.

Illustrating on how GST isto be levied, the FAQ said if lap-top bag is supplied along withthe laptop in the ordinary

course of business, the principalsupply is that of the laptop andthe bag is an ancillary.

"Therefore, it is a compositesupply and the rate of tax wouldbe that as applicable to the laptop,"it said.

Recipient of online databaseaccess services from a companyabroad over the net would have topay the applicable Integrated-GST (IGST) tax on reverse chargebasis.

In case the recipient is not reg-istered, "the matter is treated as anonline transaction and databaseaccess or retrieval services(OIDAR) and the OIDAR serviceprovider is liable to take registra-tion and pay tax," it added. ���

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After a bunch of bad news about bignames missing the US Open, thefolks who run the tournament are

searching for a silver lining. Who couldblame 'em?

They figure there's no time like thepresent to promote the future stars of ten-nis.

At least Roger Federer and RafaelNadal still will be in the field when playbegins Monday, although even that did-n't quite work out for the US TennisAssociation and its TV partners. The pres-ence of the two greats — and the tanta-lizing prospect of what could be their tran-scendent rivalry's first installment atFlushing Meadows — is not as enticing asit could have been, because the luck of thedraw set up the bracket so they only couldmeet in a semifinal, not the final.

There's a significant drop-off inwattage from there: An event already with-out the sport's top woman, 23-time majorchampion Serena Williams (she is preg-nant), will be contested without three ofthe top five members of the men's rank-ings, and five of the top 11.

Andy Murray, the 2012 champion andNo 2 seed, became the latest to pull outwhen he unexpectedly withdrew Saturday,citing an injured hip that could sidelinehim for the remainder of the season. Thatfollowed withdrawals by reigning cham-pion Stan Wawrinka and the man he beatin last year's Final, Novak Djokovic, a two-time champion and five-time runner-upin New York. Also absent: 2014 US Openrunner-up Kei Nishikori, meaning just oneof the 2016 men's semifinalists returns,and 2016 Wimbledon runner-up Milos

Raonic."We want the players to do what's best

for them in terms of their bodies and theirhealth. But we know one thing:Somebody's got to win the tournament,"tournament spokesman Chris Widmaiersaid in an interview. "And we think ten-

nis fans are going to see a lot of new, excit-ing young talent."

To that end, Widmaier said, theUSTA is putting more effort into tellingfans about American players who mightnot be household names — "who to watchout for and why they're going to succeed"

— and up-and-comers from other coun-tries.

"We recognize that we have a respon-sibility to start promoting new names intennis and that will start at this year'sOpen," Widmaier said. "You'll see newfaces in ads. You'll see new names at night."

One example: Alexander Zverev, a 20-year-old German considered the "Next BigThing," will play under the lights in ArthurAshe Stadium on Monday.

Widmaier said Zverev or NickKyrgios, a talented and volatile 22-year-old Australian, could be the focus of TV,print or digital promotion that otherwisemight have put Djokovic, Murray orWawrinka in the spotlight.

"In the past, our ads have featured for-mer champions," Widmaier said. "Nowthey will feature future champions."

That is a good thing for tennis, whichwill see a generation of significant play-ers on its way out in the coming years.Federer, after all, is 36. Wawrinka is 32,Nadal 31. Djokovic and Murray are 30.

Williams turns 36 next month; her oldersister Venus is already 37, the oldestwoman in the draw.

Those seven players own a combined82 major singles titles.

Federer, for one, does not think thepreponderance of injuries among leadingmen is a worrisome trend. He offered arather simple take.

"It's mostly because they are 30-plus.Wear and tear just takes its toll. Maybesome players have just had enough of play-ing hurt and just told themselves: 'WhenI come back, I just want to be 100 percent.Not always playing at 85, 90, 95 percent.It's just not fun this way," he said.

"I don't think there needs to be thatmuch addressing, because the players, theyhave the option not to play as much assometimes they have to or want to," addedFederer, who took off the last half of 2016to let his surgically repaired left knee heal."I don't think the tour is doing muchwrong, to be quite honest."

Nadal mostly agreed, noting, "Don'tforget that we are not 21 anymore."

But he also said, "There is a couple ofthings that I'm sure we could do ... bet-ter."

One specific complaint he raised wasthat tennis balls used at the hard-courttournaments ahead of the US Open aredrastically different from those in NewYork, which is "very bad for the wrist, forthe elbow, for the shoulder."

Another possible reason for so manywithdrawals is one far less likely to beremedied: It stands to reason that moremen would accumulate injuries by the endof their long season, and the US Open'sspot as each year's last Grand Slam tour-nament seems set.

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Lack of adequate time torecover after a late night

match affected Saina Nehwal'sperformance in the semifinals,feels her coach Vimal Kumar,who called for perfect schedul-ing of matches in big ticketevents such as WorldChampionship and Olympics.

Saina had to settle for abronze after losing to Japan'sNozomi Okuhara in the semi-finals and Vimal put the blameon the poor scheduling of thematches at Glasgow.

"I feel sad for Saina. She did-n't get enough time to recoverfor the semifinal match. She had

a late quarterfinal match andthen she had to play in themorning. I think the overallscheduling was a problem,"Vimal said from Glasgow.

"Scheduling shouldn't bedictated by TV. I will hold the

technical official responsible forthis. They should ensure thatplayers get enough time torecover. This is an issue and itneeds to be taken up with theofficials. "Even Chen Long andSrikanth had late matches and

had to play in the morning. It isthe World Championship and itcan't be compared with anyother tournament. For bigevents such as WorldChampionship, Olympics, it isimportant to have perfect sched-uling," he added.

Vimal gave a lot of credit toJapan's Okuhara for her winover Saina. "Saina had a goodtrack record against Okuharaand she won the first game play-ing at a good pace. She isextremely good in slow condi-tions. She always tries to tire outher opponents and then counterattack. So I feel a little sad forSaina, she didn't have as great arecovery as Okuhara had. Butotherwise I am happy withSaina's overall performance."

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Only two years ago,Ousmane Dembele was

playing in France's lower divi-sions with modest club Rennes.

On Friday, he became thesecond-most expensive player insoccer history when Barcelonapicked him to replace Neymarin a deal that could reach 147million euros ($173 million).

The talented 20-year-oldFrench forward suddenly turnedinto a star by joining the Spanishpowerhouse in a transfer sur-passed only by the Brazilianstar's recent move to Paris Saint-Germain.

Now the pressure is onDembele to prove his worth andshow that Barcelona did theright thing by choosing him toplay alongside Lionel Messi andLuis Suarez.

Barcelona is hoping to re-establish its successful attackingtrio, so it's probably no coinci-dence that there is a lot ofNeymar in the young Dembele- from the quickness to the niftyskills to the audacity to the abil-ity to dazzle.

Barcelona is already callinghim the "prince of the dribble",someone who can amaze fanswith his "sublime skill and gutsyflair". The club boasted Dembeleas one of the "most promisingyoung stars in European foot-ball", a player who has a "gold-en future". And it praised himas being "versatile, spectacularand efficient", someone "almostimpossible" to be stopped by therival defenses.

"He is a player who gener-ates a lot of excitement and a lotof expectations," Barcelonacoach Ernesto Valverde said."We expect a lot from him."

Dembele has already shownsigns that he has the potential toshine and one day reach thesame heights of someone likeNeymar.

He scored the winner whenFrance defeated England 3-2 ina friendly back in June, in whatwas his seventh appearancewith the French national team.One dazzling moment in thatgame gave fans a glimpse ofDembele's talent. Early in thesecond half, he picked up a looseball on defense and flicked itpast England defender KyleWalker — one of the quickest inthe Premier League — and lefthim trailing on a pulsating 60-metre run toward the goal.

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The Wrestling Federation ofIndia president Brij Bhushan

Sharan Singh blamed the organ-isers for the country's dismalshow at the WorldChampionships, saying the lackof facilities in Paris resulted inwrestlers losing out on 15 daysof training ahead of the mega-event.

The Indian contingent,which returned empty-handed,was "forced" to train at a localclub in Boulevard de Bercyborough, situated at the borderof France and Germany sinceAugust 6, with hardly any facil-ities or even foreign wrestlers topractice with.

"We completely wasted 15-20 days in France before the startof the tournament. There wereno training facilities provided bythe organisers. Our wrestlers didnot get partners to practicewith," Singh said after returningfrom Paris.

The Indian grapplers not

just failed to make it to the podi-um but lost in the initials roundsof their respective weight cate-gories. None of the wrestlerscould win two consecutive boutsin the main round.

Even those who were for-tunate to get a repechage, owingto their opponents' perfor-mances, also could not takeadvantage of it. No Indianreached the bronze-medal play-

offs during the tournament."None of the other coun-

tries' wrestlers turned up andeven the organisers did notprovide us with any facility. Wehad to arrange for everythingourselves. We had set up ourtraining camp at a local club,where our wrestlers did not getenough partners to train with.

"They had to practice withone another, which wasn't suf-ficient and that reflected on ourresults," rued Singh.

Before any big champi-onship, most of the countriesgather at the venue about twoweeks in advance and trainwith one another.

"We need to ensure that ourwrestlers get enough training aswell as get acclimatised to theconditions. So we always sendour team to any venue muchahead of time. Generally, 5-6countries wrestlers are alwaysthere as well but this time therewere none and even the organ-isers refused to provide any-thing," said Singh.

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India pacer Jasprit Bumrah says thezeal to learn something new witheach game has helped him survive in

international cricket.Bumrah, who took a career-best five

for 27 in the third ODI on Sunday, fur-ther said that he has learnt a lot from SriLankan ace Lasith Malinga while spend-ing time at Mumbai Indians.

"As a bowler you have to constant-ly have to learn new things and that'sbeen my main aim all the time," saidBumrah after India beat Sri Lanka by sixwickets to seal the five-match series 3-0. "This is my first visit to Sri Lanka andI have never played here so it is alwaysa challenge to play in different condi-tions.

"I look to do that (keep learning)and keep asking questions to seniors asto what experience they have gained forso many years. This basic change hascome in me (as a bowler) because Ialways learn nowadays. As a youngsteryou don't know what place you have togo and perform."

Being in regular touch with some-one like a Malinga has also contributedto his growth as a fast bowler.

"He has been there with MumbaiIndians when I was a 19-year-old in2013. I was a kid who didn't play first-class cricket so talking to him and learn-ing from him has been always valuable.

"He has been there for 3-4 years soI have learnt a lot from him. I think everybit of knowledge that you get is veryimportant," said the 23-year-old pacer.

The young pacer has had variedroles in the Indian team, starting out asfirst-change bowler, to becoming adeath-overs' specialist, to now sharingthe new ball with Bhuvneshwar Kumarconsistently.

Bumrah is fine with bowling at anytime of the match.

"I am happy as far as I am able tocontribute to the team's success. If theteam wants me to bowl first-change, I amhappy to do that. If they want me to bowlwith the new ball, I am happy to do that.

"I have bowled with the new ballbefore when I came into the Indian teamin the T20 formats. I shared the new ballwith Ashish (Nehra) bhai. I think aftera period of time you understand whatto do with the new ball.

"I have been bowling first-change for

Gujarat and in the IPL as well, I have gota little bit of experience there as well. It'salways good to contribute to the team'ssuccess, be it with the new ball or the oldball," he said.

Bumrah stressed on the need tokeep evolving as a bowler to keep upwith the demands of internationalcricket.

"Nowadays with technology cominginto cricket people start to analyse andif you only have one or two tricks peo-ple will start to line you up. The thingsyou do early on people don't know butonce they start studying videos andknow what to plan they know what toexpect.

"So you have to keep on evolvingand according to situations you have toadapt because if you are just a one- trickpony that won't work for a long periodof time," explained Bumrah.

When asked about the influence ofIndia head coach Ravi Shastri andbowling coach Bharat Arun, Bumrahreplied, "When I came into the Indian,Ravi sir was the team director so thebasic thing that he told me to do is totreat it as a Ranji Trophy game I wouldplay for Gujarat.

"Because if you play for India, thenyou take on extra pressure and thatwon't help you express yourself. Whathe told me in the first match is still withme. Bharat Arun sir has been there, hehas seen me since my under-19 days,before I played in the IPL or anythingat the NCA. It's always good to talk tohim about my bowling."

India's easy victory was marred bycrowd trouble towards the end as theyexpressed displeasure by throwingwater-bottle missiles on the field. Theplayers left the field for ten minutesbefore returning to complete the for-malities.

"We were not thinking about it toomuch. Obviously, it's unfortunate. Wewere just happy that the game carriedon and the situation was taken care of.It was good that the authorities took careof everything and the game went on,"Bumrah signed off.

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MS Dhoni was almost ruled outfor a crunch India-Pakistan

match in the Asia Cup last year afterhe suffered an injury but the thenCaptain's determination saw himnot only turning up for the game butalso winning it, according to nation-al chief Selector MSK Prasad.

Revealing this at a functionhere, the Chairman of the cricketboard's selection committee saidthough he had even kept ready areplacement, Dhoni told him not toworry and that he would playagainst Pakistan even "if my one legis not there".

Prasad, speaking at the TamilNadu Sports Journalists Association(TNSJA) annual awards functionhere last night, recalled the incidentthat happened during the Asia Cupin Dhaka in Bangladesh in February,

2016 to highlight the determinationand dedication of Dhoni to crick-et.

He said Dhoni had picked up aninjury during training two daysahead of the tie but he went on to

lead India to a win, adding "this iswhat Dhoni is made of ".

Narrating the incident, he said:"While training at the gym late inthe night, Dhoni picked up weightsand suddenly there was a catch in

his back and he fell with the weight.Thankfully, the weight did not fallon him. He could not walk, he wasliterally crawling. He was taken onstretcher. So, I went to Dhoni's roomto know what the issue was. He said,'don't worry MSK bhai'. I even askedhim what should I tell the scribes,and the answer again was 'don'tworry MSK bhai'."

Prasad also said he didn't wantto take chances and summonedParthiv Patel as a replacement. But,Dhoni's resolve came to the fore andhe was ready for the crunch gameagainst the neighbours.

"Before the team wasannounced in the afternoon, Dhoniwas dressed up for the game. Hecalled me to his room and asked mewhy was I worrying so much?Then he said, even if my one leg isnot there, I will still play againstPakistan," Prasad said.

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Left-arm spinner Shakib AlHasan became only the fourth

bowler to take five wickets in aninnings against all nine testnations as Bangladesh took an 88-run lead against Australia in theseries-opening test on Monday.

Shakib returned figures of 5-68 to help his side dismissAustralia for 217 after whichBangladesh ended the secondday on 45-1. Opener TamimIqbal was batting on 30 withnightwatchman Taijul Islam yet toopen the account.

Trailing by 43 runs in its firstinnings, Australia got the lonesuccess in the penultimate over ofday two when left arm spinnerAshton Agar dismissed SoumyaSarkar for 15. Usman Khawajacompleted the catch in the thirdattempt at long-on to ensureBangladesh wouldn't beunscathed. Shakib was aided byoff-spinner Mehidy Hasan who

finished with 3-62.Shakib ended the resistance

of Pat Cummins, removing himfor 25 straight after tea and thentook the wicket of JoshHazlewood to complete the five-for.

Cummins and Ashton Agarstalled Bangladesh's progress tosteer Australia to 193-8 at tea,combining 49 off 143. However,in the first over after tea, Shakibgot Cummins to end the stubbornpartnership. Cummins scored 25off 95 with one four and one six.Agar took the onus and addedanother valuable 24-run withHazlewood (5). Agar was not outon 41, hitting two fours and onesix.

Hasan broke through rightafter lunch having dismissedMatthew Wade for 5 but Maxwellposed a threat until he wasstumped by Mushfiqur Rahim.

Shakib had ended Australianopener Matthew Renshaw'sinnings in the over before lunch.

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Dawid Malan's painstaking fiftyhelped England establish a poten-

tially match-winning lead in the sec-ond Test against the West Indies atHeadingley on Monday.

England were 357 for seven intheir second innings at tea on thefourth day, a lead of 188 runs after con-ceding a first-innings deficit of 169.

Malan fell shortly before the inter-val for 61, one of a quickfire trio ofwickets for off-spinner Roston Chase.

But Chase's burst may not com-pensate for the cost of several droppedcatches, errors that threaten to deny the

West Indies a series-levelling win inthis three-match contest after a much-improved batting and bowling displayfollowing their innings and 209-runthrashing in the first Test at Edgbaston.

Only three sides have successful-ly chased more than 200 to win in thefourth innings of a Test at Headingleyand the last of those occasions waswhen England beat Australia in 2001on the back of Mark Butcher's blis-tering hundred.

England were 303 for four when,to the first ball after drinks, left-han-der Stokes lofted a Chase delivery thatspun away from him straight to long-off, where Kraigg Brathwaite took a

well-judged catch on the boundary.The all-rounder, who made exact-

ly 100 in England's first innings, fell fora fluent 58 that featured 11 fours.

Fellow left-hander Malan,dropped on 32, had dug in for morethan four-and-a-half hours whenChase finally pierced his defences.

Jonny Bairstow, dropped on 13,was bowled for 18 on his Yorkshirehome ground after trying to extrava-gantly reverse-sweep Chase.

Chase had now taken three wick-ets for six runs in 22 balls, withEngland 327 for seven.

Malan was able to drop anchorwhile England captain Joe Root (72)

and Stokes, who made exactly 100 inthe first innings, scored at a quickerrate. England resumed on 171 forthree, a lead of just two runs, after theWest Indies had made 427 in their firstinnings following hundreds from ShaiHope (147) and Brathwaite (134).

Root, dropped in the gully on 10,was 45 not out and Malan, who hada lucky break on four when the WestIndies opted against a review when achallenge would have seen theMiddlesex batsman out caught,unbeaten on 21.

Root completed his second fiftythis Test in 87 balls after he edged twofours off Kemar Roach.

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The Supreme Court on Monday refusedto direct BCCI to conduct e-auction-

ing of the rights of internet, television andmobile broadcast of the T-20 IndianPremier League (IPL) for five years from2018.

As many as 24 companies, includingStar India and Sony Pictures Network, haveso far purchased bid documents to getbroadcast rights which are expected tofetch an unprecedented amount of over�20,000 crore for the richest cricket board.

The broadcast rights are divided intothree categories — TV, mobile and inter-net. The deadline for submission of sealedbids is September 4.

A bench comprising Chief JusticeDipak Misra and Justices AM Khanwilkarand DY Chadrachud considered the replyfiled by the Committee of Administrators(COA) favouring the ongoing auctioningprocess to award the media rights, reject-ing the plea of BJP leader Subramaniam

Swamy that e-auction be held instead.Senior advocate Parag Tripathi, appear-

ing for the COA headed by former CAGVinod Rai, said the ongoing tender processwas a better option as all the bidders puttheir best bids in a sealed envelope to getthe media rights.

Swamy said he would file an interimapplication highlighting the alleged collu-sion and conflict of interest on behalf ofthe IPL chairperson who also runs achannel. This plea was allowed by the topcourt.

The IPL matches are scheduled to startin April next year and the broadcastrights would be awarded for a period of fiveyears from 2018 to 2022.

The IPL governing council at its meet-ing held on July 11 had evaluated the ITT(invitation to tender) for the IPL mediarights and reconfirmed that the existingBCCI tender process was the bestapproach, both in terms of absolute trans-parency and free and fair price discovery,the BCCI had said.

The apex court, on July 28, had askedthe COA to file an affidavit specifying howthe ongoing tender process was better thanthe e-auction process.

The apex court had last month told theBJP leader that it would think over his pleato accord urgent hearing in the case afterSwamy referred to the apex court verdictsto buttress his point that it has been heldthat auctioning was the best method ofawarding contracts.

He had said that the amount involvedin the award of IPL media rights was to thetune of �30,000 crore and the issue shouldnot be decided in an "opaque" manner.

"This petition prays that the distribu-tion of IPL rights, which is scheduled onJuly 17, 2017 should be done in the mosttransparent mode available that is via e-auction," his petition had said.

It had alleged that all activities of BCCIwere undertaken with "tacit" concurrenceof the state governments and the Centre"who are not only fully aware but sup-portive of the activities of the Board".

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Stand-in skipper Chamara Kapugedara feels SriLankan have lost the art of winning matches and

urged his team to take responsibility and work on theirweakness ahead of the fourth ODI.

"There are no outside problems. But I think thatthe winning formula has been forgotten," Kapugedaratold reporters on Sunday after India took an unas-sailable 3-0 lead with a six-wicket victory in the thirdODI. "I have seen that happen to many teams. Whena team is losing, even if they get close to win, theyjust can't go beyond that hurdle. So we have lost thatwinning formula. But we'll have to win just one matchand go from there."

Kapugedara, however, was impressed by theprogress of the bowlers and asked his batsmen to stepup.

"We also talk a lot how we get this on track butI think in the last two games, we have bowled well.There was a big improvement of our bowling in thelast two games. On the other hand, our batsmen alsoneed to lift their game. If we can go for a fair total, Ithink we can win," he said.

World witnessed ugly scenes in Dambulla as theSri Lankan team was jeered and heckled as they leftthe ground after another heavy loss in the first ODI.

"Players need to go out there in the middle andtake the responsibility to perform. Then only we canwin. It's how we, the 11 players or 15 players, play andwin games. There are weak points. That's why we'relosing.

“Somehow, we'll have to find those weak pointsand make those necessary adjustments to before thenext game," the stand-in skipper said. "I don't knowof what people think of it. But as far as I am concern,there's no problem in the team. We're a one unit andno problems whatsoever. All what we have to do nowis to perform and win matches. Nothing else."

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ther aggravated on Monday after senior batsman DineshChandimal was ruled out of the remainder of the lim-ited-overs' fixtures against India due to a hairline frac-ture in his right thumb.

He was hit off a Hardik Pandya delivery whilst bat-ting in the third ODI at Pallekele on Sunday, which Indiawon by six wickets to take an unassailable 3-0 lead inthe five-match series.

Chandimal's absence from the ODI side has beensubject of intense speculation as he is also the Test cap-tain. Yet, he was not selected for this series originally,nor was he part of the ODI series against Zimbabwe athome prior to this Indian tour.

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