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Justice here Justice there

IN BRIEF
Jalan panel
finalises
RBI report Rebels can’t be compelled Pakistan told to review
to attend House: SC conviction of Jadhav
■ NEW DELHI: The Bimal
Jalan Committee on Eco-
nomic Capital Framewo-
rk, set up to assess the op-
timum size of capital re-
serves the RBI should
hold, will soon submit its R. BALAJI Telegraph in response to a question: OUR SPECIAL cluding Jadhav’s confession, with
report to the central ba- “These orders will only give horse- CORRESPONDENT full consular access and with a right
nk’s governor, Shaktik- New Delhi: The Supreme Court trading of legislators a fillip.” for India to arrange for Jadhav’s
anta Das. The panel met has restrained the Karnataka In the Supreme Court, the bench New Delhi: The International Co- legal representation.
for the last time on Wedn- Speaker from compelling 15 dis- said it was passing an interim order urt of Justice (ICJ) on Wednesday While India has been allowed to
esday. The report was gi- sident MLAs to attend the As- to “balance” the competing claims. asked Pakistan to review and recon- arrange legal representation for
ven final touches and will sembly on Thursday, when a The larger constitutional issue will sider the conviction of Kulbhushan Jadhav and asking Pakistan to con-
be submitted in the next trust vote is scheduled. be dealt with at an appropriate stage. Jadhav, a “retired Indian naval offi- duct an “effective review and recon-
10 to 15 days, sources said. The fate of the Janata Dal Secu- The operative part of the court’s cer” sentenced to death by a Pak- sideration” of the conviction and
BUSINESS lar-Congress coalition government, order follows: istani military court in April 2017 sentence, the ICJ did not direct how
headed by H.D. Kumaraswamy, “The issue arising in the case is for espionage and terrorism, while Islamabad should go about doing
hinges on the dissidents. However, whether resignations submitted by extending the stay on his execution this, leaving open a window for an-
Wage committee if the rebels choose to abstain from members of the legislative Assem- and upholding his right to consular other military trial.
Thursday’s proceedings in spite of a bly at a point of time earlier than pe- access. India had specifically argued
■ NEW DELHI: An existing whip, Speaker Ramesh Kumar can- titions for their disqualification un- The decision was hailed across against “review and reconsidera-
tripartite advisory com- not take action against them now der the Tenth Schedule of the Const- the political spectrum. In the official tion” as an adequate remedy, stat-
mittee of employers, em- under the anti-defection law. itution (anti-defection law) should response to the verdict, the external ing that “Pakistan’s criminal justice
ployees’ unions and state The law otherwise empowers have priority in the decision-mak- affairs ministry billed it as a “land- File picture of Kulbhushan system by way of trial in the mili-
government officials will the Speaker to disqualify them if Kumaraswamy in Bangalore ing process or whether both sets of mark judgment” that validates Jadhav tary courts does not satisfy the min-
determine a national- they defy the whip. A whip seeking on Wednesday. (PTI) proceedings should be taken up si- India’s position on the case fully. imum standards of due process in its
level minimum wage participation in the House proceed- multaneously or the disqualifica- The court, by a vote of 15-1, has ICJ has rejected India’s “demand of application to civilians”.
that will be binding on all ings has been issued by the ruling part in the said proceedings or to opt tion proceedings should have prece- upheld India’s claim that Pakistan is release and repatriation”’ of Jad- However, the ICJ concluded that
states after the passage of coalition at the start of the ongoing to remain out of the same. We order dence over the request(s) for resig- in egregious violation of the Vienna hav. “Pakistan is under an obligation to
a draft law, the Centre session. accordingly,” the bench said. nation…. Convention on Consular Relations, The lone naysayer in the judg- provide, by means of its own choos-
said on Wednesday. A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan The apex court passed the direc- “Constitutional principles sho- 1963 on several counts. ment was the ad hoc judge who was ing, effective review and reconsider-
NATION P4 Gogoi and Justices Deepak Gupta tives on petitions filed by the dissi- uld not receive an exhaustive enu- “We also appreciate the direc- nominated to the ICJ because Pak- ation of the conviction and sentence
and Aniruddha Bose, however, re- dent legislators who challenged the meration by the court unless such tion by the International Court of istan -– as a party to the case -– did of Mr. Jadhav, so as to ensure that
fused to entertain the plea of the Speaker’s refusal to accept their res- an exercise is inevitable and un- Justice that Pakistan should review not have a national on the bench. full weight is given to the effect of
HC relief for mayor 15 rebels to direct the Speaker to ignations and accused him of com- avoidable to resolve the issues that and reconsider the conviction and India is currently represented in the the violation of the rights set forth in
forthwith decide on their resigna- pelling them to participate in Thurs- may have arisen in any judicial pro- sentence given to Shri Jadhav by ICJ by Justice Dalveer Bhandari. Article 36 of the Vienna Convention,
■ CALCUTTA: The high cou- tions. day’s trust vote under the threat of ceeding. In the present case, having the Pakistani military court. We While accepting all of India’s taking account of paragraphs 139,
rt has quashed a notifica- The top court upheld the supr- disqualification. regard to the stage at which the ab- note that the court has directed that contentions in the case as far as con- 145 and 146 of this Judgment”.
tion by the Bidhannagar emacy of the Speaker in deciding the Senior advocate and Congress sp- ove issues are poised in the light of Pakistan is under an obligation to sular access to Jadhav is concerned Article 36 of the Vienna Conven-
Municipal Corporation’s time frame to deal with the resigna- okesperson Abhishek Singhvi said the facts and circumstances surrou- inform Shri Jadhav without further by near unanimity, the ICJ refused tion pertains to consular access,
joint commissioner to co- tions, saying he cannot be fettered the objective of securing time to deci- nding the same, we are of the view delay of his rights and to provide In- to entertain India’s plea to annul the nd the paragraphs of the judgment
nvene a meeting of coun- on this issue by any judicial fiat. de on the resignations had been met. that the aforesaid questions should dian consular officers access to him decision of Pakistan’s military pertain to Pakistan’s assertions that
cillors to move a no-confi- “We also make it clear that until But other Congress leaders re- receive an answer only at a later in accordance with the Vienna Con- court, direct Islamabad to release its Constitution provides for a free
dence motion against further orders, the 15 members of acted with dismay. Chief spokesper- stage of the proceedings. vention. We expect Pakistan to im- Jadhav and facilitate his safe pas- trial and judicial review, citing the
mayor Sabyasachi Dutta. the Assembly ought not to be com- son Randeep Surjewala said the “The imperative necessity, at plement the directive immediately,’’ sage to India. instance of the Peshawar High
METRO pelled to participate in the proceed- order “sets a terrible judicial prece- this stage, is to maintain the consti- the external affairs ministry said in Neither did the ICJ accept the Court in 2018 setting aside
ings of the ongoing session of the dent!” tutional balance and the conflicting a statement. other alternative suggested by more than 70 convictions and sen-
House and an option should be Former additional solicitor-gen- and competing rights that have been Pakistan also claimed a “big India: direct a trial under ordinary tences handed down by the military
House raps Trump given to them that they can take eral K.V. Viswanathan told The canvassed before us….” win”, highlighting the fact that the law before civilian courts after ex- courts.

■ WASHINGTON: The US
House of Representatives
voted on Tuesday to con-
demn President Donald
Trump for “racist com-
Bihar police scan on RSS AIIMS to be
part of one
strains Nitish-BJP ties
ments” against four mi-
nority Democratic con-
gresswomen. Reuters
FOREIGN P2
entrance
Flyover plan
DEV RAJ perintendents and district sp-
ecial branch officers on May 28,
currently under training at
the police academy in Hydera-
exam
Patna: A letter from the Bihar when futile power-sharing nego- bad. We are going to examine OUR SPECIAL
■ CALCUTTA: The Bengal police special branch asking tiationsbetweentheBJPandthe the entire matter and will ask CORRESPONDENT
government has floated a officials to gather information JDUweregoingonattheCentre. him why he processed such a
tender to dismantle the on the Rashtriya Swayamse- As a controversy broke, file and did not seek permisson New Delhi: The Union cabinet
vulnerable portions of vak Sangh (RSS) and its affili- Nitish, whose jurisdiction inc- from his superiors,” he said. on Wednesday approved the
the Vivekananda Road ates has triggered a row be- ludes the police since he hand- Gangwar said that neither National Medical Commission
flyover, portions of which tween chief minister Nitish les the home department too, the police headquarters, nor Bill 2019 that proposes common
had collapsed in March Kumar’s Janata Dal United called a meeting of the force’s the home department or the s- entrance and exit tests for med-
2016. and his ruling partner BJP. top brass at his 1 Aney Marg ate government had asked the ical colleges nationwide, includ-
The letter from the police official residence. officer concerned to take such a ing “institutions of national im-
QUOTE intelligence wing directed the Later, J.S. Gangwar, addi- step. “We will decide about ac- portance” such as the All India
officers concerned to gather tional director-general, spe- tion against the officer after the Institutes of Medical Sciences.
Great pressure has details like names, addresses, cial branch, the wing that had probe is complete,” he added. The bill — aimed at estab-
been exerted over phone numbers and professio- issued the letter, held a media The BJP had sought a reply lishing a National Medical Co-
the last two years to ns of officer-bearers in the RSS conference to announce that a from the state government mmission (NMC), a new regu-
find him! and 18 allied organisations probe had been ordered. while asserting there was no latory structure for medical
and submit them as a report “The letter has been issued question of compromising its education and practice to re-
DONALD TRUMP within a week. under the signature of a super- links to its ideological mentor. place the existing Medical Co-
On Hafiz Saeed’s arrest The letter, which has been intendent-rank officer recent- uncil of India — also proposes
leaked, was sent to all deputy su- ly promoted to the IPS. He is CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 to regulate fees and other
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charges for 50 per cent of seats

TWO TRADERS HELD ON COMPLAINT BY US COMPANY in private medical colleges.

An earlier version of the bill

North Face swoop in hills

introduced in 2017 had propo-
sed to regulate 40 per cent of se-
ats in private medical colleges.
The 2019 NMC bill provides
for a national eligibility-cum-
entrance-test for admission to
VIVEK CHHETRI Darjeeling, sources said. all medical colleges and a na-
“A case was filed by Vishal Mondal, tional exit test to serve as a “li-
Darjeeling: The North Face Apparel constituent attorney duly authorised to centiate exam” for entrance to
Corp, the US-based outdoor recreation sign and verify the complaint on behalf postgraduate medical courses
product company, has filed a police of The North Face Apparel Corp, at and a screening test for foreign
complaint against “some shops” in Dar- Darjeeling police station on July 6,” medical graduates.
jeeling for allegedly falsifying the com- said a source. The NMC will have four
pany’s trade mark. The police conducted raids on the autonomous boards for under-
Darjeeling police arrested two shop- two shops in Darjeeling the next day graduate education, postgrad-
keepers on July 7 and seized 107 jackets and Mondal verified that the products uate education, assessment
and 69 pants from their shops in the were not genuine. and rating of medical colleges,
hills. Sources said that the two traders Mondal had complained that some and ethics and registration.
had been granted bail. “unscrupulous persons/firms” were in- The Centre said the stren-
A North Face backpack
This is the first time that a multina- dulging in manufacturing, printing, gth of the boards had been in-
tional company is pursuing such a case products of other brands are also found marketing distributing, stocking, sell- creased from three, as initially
in Darjeeling. here. ing “spurious/counterfeit” products of proposed, to five and the boar-
“The North Face” apparels are ubiq- The US company appointed the The North Face, said the source. ds would include two part-ti-
uitous in the hill town, surprising Delhi-based United Overseas Trade me members — one a doctor
CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
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many visitors from abroad. Cloned Mark Company to pursue its case in selected by the government
and the other an elected doctor
from the state medical council.
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House condemns Trump’s racist language IN BRIEF

18 killed in
JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS after the debate over the Presi-
dent’s language devolved into
House rebuke of a President in
more than 100 years, passed
the House’s lone independent,
Representative Justin Amash
dent praised how the Republi-
cans voted, tweeting, “So great Taliban
clash
Washington: The House a bitterly partisan brawl that nearly along party lines, 240 to of Michigan, voted with all De- to see how unified the Republi-
voted on Tuesday to condemn showcased deep rifts over 187, after one of the most polar- mocrats to condemn the Presi- can Party was on today’s vote
as racist President Trump’s at- race, ethnicity and political ising exchanges on the floor in dent. concerning statements I made
tacks against four congress- ideology in the age of Trump. recent times. “I know racism when I see about four Democrat Con-
women of colour, but only The measure, the first Only four Republicans and it, I know racism when I feel it, gresswomen.” ■ KABUL: Taliban mili-
and at the highest level of gov- The vote was a show of tants killed at least 18
ernment, there’s no room for unity for Democrats — who Afghan soldiers in clash-
racism,” said Representative had been squabbling for weeks es that erupted
John Lewis, Democrat of — and a test of Republican overnight when troops
Georgia, an icon of the civil principles. In the end, the only were trying to capture a
rights movement. Republicans to cross party senior Taliban leader,
Some Republicans were House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on her way to the House lines were Representative government officials
just as adamant in their de- Chamber at Capitol Hill; (Right) President Donald Trump in Fred Upton of Michigan, said on Wednesday. The
fense of Trump: “What has re- the Cabinet Room of the White House. (AP) Susan W. Brooks of Indiana, clashes started after sev-
ally happened here is that the Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsyl- eral soldiers were air-
President and his supporters an insult that he has contin- jection to the remarks, charg- vania and Will Hurd of Texas, dropped into the Ab Ka-
have been forced to endure ued to employ in the days ing that they had violated the the House’s only black Repub- mari district of western
months of allegations of since. rules of decorum, which call lican. Badghis province to con-
racism,” said Representative “There’s no excuse for any for lawmakers to avoid im- But as the debate played duct a night raid on Tal-
Dan Meuser, Republican of response to those words but a pugning the motives of their out, the scene devolved into a iban hideouts and arrest
Pennsylvania. “This ridicu- swift and strong, unified con- colleagues or the President. It spectacle. a designate district gov-
lous slander does a disservice demnation,” Speaker Nancy was a stunning turn in a de- At one point, Representa- ernor of the hardline Is-
to our nation.” Pelosi said as the House debat- bate about Trump’s own in- tive Emanuel Cleaver II, De- lamist group. Farid
Republicans ground the ed the resolution. “Every sin- cendiary language. mocrat of Missouri, who was Akhizai, a provincial
proceedings to a halt shortly gle member of this institution, Trump on Tuesday denied presiding in the House when council member in
before the House was to vote Democratic and Republican, that his tweets were racist and Republicans challenged Badghis, said the Tal-
on the non-binding resolution, should join us in condemning implored House Republicans Pelosi’s words, banged the iban encircled the sol-
which calls Trump’s tweets the President’s racist tweets.” to reject the measure. The gavel, rose from the marble diers, killed 18 and cap-
and verbal volleys “racist As Republicans rose to President raged on Twitter, dais and stormed off the floor. tured 11. Ten were miss-
comments that have legit- protest, Pelosi turned towards calling the House resolution a “We aren’t ever, ever going to ing. The district gover-
imised increased fear and ha- them on the House floor and “con game” as he renewed his pass up, it seems, an opportu- nor of Ab Kamari said a
tred of new Americans and picked up her speech, her harsh criticism of the con- nity to escalate, and that’s lack of coordination was
people of colour.” voice rising as she added, “To gresswomen. what this is,” Cleaver said, his to blame. “The operation
It was the Democrats’ re- do anything less would be a “Those Tweets were NOT voice rising in frustration. was conducted to raid a
sponse to Trump’s attacks on shocking rejection of our val- Racist,” Trump wrote. “I don’t “We want to just fight.” hideout used by several
Representatives Alexandria ues and a shameful abdication have a Racist bone in my body! For their part, Republicans Taliban commanders,
Ocasio-Cortez of New York, of our oath of office to protect The so-called vote to be taken took to the floor not to defend but the insurgents had
Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, the American people.” is a Democrat con game. Re- the President’s remarks but to evacuated the area two
Ayanna S. Pressley of Massa- Representative Doug publicans should not show condemn Democrats for what days before,” said Khu-
chusetts and Rashida Tlaib of Collins of Georgia, the top Re- ‘weakness’ and fall into their they called a breach of deco- dad, who goes by one
Michigan, who he said should publican on the Judiciary trap.” rum. name. Reuters
“go back” to their countries, Committee, made a formal ob- Late on Tuesday, the Presi- New York Times News Service

Yangon protest
Switzerland ■ YANGON: Thousands of

to extradite
people demonstrated on
Wednesday on the
streets of Myanmar’s

researcher largest city, Yangon,

both for and against pro-
posed constitutional

to US amendments that would

reduce the power of the
military. Reuters
Zurich: Switzerland has
agreed to extradite a Chinese
researcher to the US where Cambodia plastic
prosecutors have charged him
with helping his scientist sis- ■ PHNOM PENH: Almost
ter steal secrets allegedly seven dozen shipping
worth $550 million from containers sitting in a
British drugmaker Glaxo- Cambodian seaport that
SmithKline. were found to be filled
Gongda Xue, a 20-year with plastic waste came
Swiss resident, has been fight- from the US and Cana-
ing extradition and was la- da, the Southeast Asian
belled a potential flight risk country’s environment
after he was detained by Swiss ministry said on
authorities earlier this year. Wednesday. AFP
The Swiss Federal Office of
Justice confirmed on Wednes-
day that the US request for his UN peacekeeper
extradition was approved ear-
lier this month. ■ JUBA, SUDAN: Unknown
The Basel-area researcher gunmen killed a UN
is the brother of Yu “Joyce” peacekeeper and six
Xue, a Chinese-American sci- civilians in the disputed
entist who pleaded guilty in a region of Abyei on the
US court in Pennsylvania to border between Sudan
pilfering secrets from a facility and South Sudan. Reuters
of GlaxoSmithKline. Reuters

Boris spin on
stolen bike
London: It was, Boris John- Johnson’s colourful anec-
son said, the last time he had dotes, all is not quite as it first
shed a tear. appears. Because far from
After riding the same bicy- having had the bike for the
cle for over a decade he had be- whole of his mayoral career it
come “lachrymose” when he was, in fact, a much more re-
discovered it had been stolen cent acquisition that he rode
from outside parliament. for, at most, two out of his
“I had my bike for the eight years in charge of the
whole of my mayoral career,” capital.
he revealed in Monday night’s It was a previous bicycle —
Tory leadership debate. “It which he nicknamed “Bikey”
was never nicked during all — that was his true pride and
my time as mayor and I used to joy, and it fell victim to wear
chain it up across the whole and tear rather than criminal
city. Barely had Sadiq Khan’s activity.
reign [as London mayor] While trivial, the discrep-
begun before it was nicked.” ancy has raised eyebrows
Unfortunately, like a few of among his Westminster critics
who have long suggested that
the former foreign secretary
has a record of being some-
what loose with the actualite.
“With anecdotes like this the
wheels come off his campaign
rather than any mythical
bike,” said one Tory opponent
drily.
The Times, London

Like a few of Johnson’s

colourful anecdotes, all is
not quite as it first appears

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EAST 3
IN BRIEF
Boy dies, Assam flood toll jumps to 28
12 hurt in ASTAFF REPORTER ts, the number of breaches
would have been less had the

mishap
Guwahati: Floods continued Assam government sanc-
to wreak havoc in Assam on tioned money in time to repair
Wednesday with 10 more per- 268 embankments damaged by
sons losing their lives and rais- the floods last year.
■ AGARTALA: An eight-ye- ing the toll to 28. “The Assam government
ar-old boy died and 12 ot- The floods have forced the sanctioned money to repair
hers were injured when district administration to set embankments only in March.
a jeep in which they were up new relief camps, intensify A few days later the election
travelling collided with a rescue operations and the code of conduct came into for-
truck at Nalkata in Tripu- Assam Public Service Com- ce for which work could not be
ra’s Dhalai district on mission (APSC) to postpone its started. Had the government
Tuesday. Officer-in- Civil Services (main) exami- sanctioned the money on time
charge of Manu police nations, among others. incidents of breach of embank-
station Ajit Debbarma Till Wednesday, over 1.5 ment would have been much
said, “The jeep was lakh people were taking shel- A family shifts their belongings from their submerged house in Kamrup, Assam. (AFP) less,” said Muhi Borgohain,
going to Manu and while ter in 819 relief camps in differ- president of All Assam Water
taking a sharp turn at ent districts. The SDRF, family will be given Rs 3,800 to the number of damaged hous- been converted into a makes- Resources Contractors’ Asso-
Nalkata, collided with the NDRF, army and local admin- help them buy basic objects es was 246, while 459 were par- hift prison for the over 400 in- ciation.
truck coming from the istration evacuated 14,580 peo- like clothes and utensils”. tially damaged. mates of Dhubri district jail
opposite direction.” The ple stranded in their homes “According to a relief man- The Brahmaputra, Dhan- which is reeling under water.
deceased has been identi- and other places. ual, a flood-hit family should siri, Jia Bharali, Kopili, Puthi- The Civil Services (mains)
fied as Jitendra Debnath, According to Assam State get Rs 95,000 from the govern- mari, Beki, Katakhal and examination, scheduled to be-
the officer said, and Disaster Management Autho- ment if its house is damaged Kushiyara are flowing above gin on July 22, have been resc-
added the injured were rity, 57 lakh people in 29 dis- completely. We have asked the the danger level in different heduled. However, the exami-
shifted to Kulai hospital. tricts, along with 1.73 lakh deputy commissioners to places. Highways have been nations scheduled to begin
Police have arrested the hectares of cropland have make arrangements so that submerged in many places. on August 2 remain un-
truck driver Krishna been affected. this amount can be given with- Altogether 2,300 schools changed.
Datta, 40. Cabinet minister Himanta in three months,” Sarma said, have been affected by floods Incidents of breach of em-
Biswa Sarma said the state adding that earlier it took upto and buildings of many other bankments were reported fr-
government “has enough two years to get reports of educational institutions have om 48 places. According to tho-
Jumbos in park money and when relief camps damage from the deputy com- been turned into relief camps. se associated with repair and
inmates return home, each missioners. On Wednesday, The Dhubri Girls’ College has construction of embankmen-
■ TEZPUR: A female ele-

Naveen gears
phant and her calf en-
tered Tol Kolibari area
near here on Tuesday, Appeal for
‘humane’
after fleeing from the
rising floodwaters in

up for bypoll
Kaziranga National
Park. The elephants
strayed near the North
Assam divisional com-
approach
missioner’s residence at
to NRC
prestige fight
Tol Kolibari in the after-
noon and the forest offi-
cials tried to push them GAURAV DAS
back.
Guwahati: Two hundred in-
FUN TIME tellectuals, academicians, wri-
SUBHASHISH MOHANTY Naveen, but failed to win a sin- ters, journalists, activists, lit-
gle election because of terateurs and civic society or-
Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Naveen’s popularity. ganisation members, includ-
Dal president and Odisha chief Participating in a road ing Sahitya Akademi-winning
minister Naveen Patnaik on show in a high-tech bus on We- writers like Nirupama Borgo-
Wednesday began the cam- dnesday, Naveen appealed to hain, Arupa Patangia Kalita
paign for the July 20 Patkura people to support him once ag- and Hiren Gohain, on Wednes-
Assembly bypoll where his ain. “I am seeking your bless- day made an appeal urging ce-
party is facing challenge from ings. Please vote for Sabitri ntral and state governments
a godfather figure turned foe. Agrawal. I will personally look for a humanitarian approach
Children participate in The by-election has been after the Patkura constituen- towards the National Register
a Xattriya workshop in necessitated by the death of cy,” the chief minister said. of Citizens and foreigners’
Morigaon, Assam. BJD candidate Bed Prakash Te importance Naveen has issue and for people lodged in
Picture by UB Photos Agrawal just ahead of the poll accorded to the bypoll was evi- Assam’s six detention centres.
that was scheduled to be held dent from the fact that he has The 200 people have been
on April 29. Bed Prakash’s marshalled a dozen ministers made signatories to an appeal,
MP’s road query wife Sabitri is the BJD candi- and more than 40 MLAs to Pa- which was made public by rep-
date for the bypoll. tkura to campaign for the par- resentatives of civil society or-
■ RANCHI: BJP’s Ranchi Election to the high-profile ty’s candidate. Although the ganisations and committees at
MP Sanjay Seth raised constituency in Kendrapara Assembly session is on, most an event here on Wednesday.
the issue of an elevated district assumes political sig- of the ministers remained ab- Writers like Tashoprabha
road from Ratu Road nificance as it is being seen as sent on the floor of the House Kalita were also present.
to Zakir Hussain Park a “prestige battle” for as they were campaigning. “The question over citizen-
in Parliament on Tues- Naveen’s as his bete noire, Congress MLA Santosh ship that is being espoused
day. He demanded the Bijoy Mohapatra, has entered Singh Saluja drew attention to across the state has unleashed
Centre to start the work the fray on a BJP ticket. this. “There is no minister in untold misery among sections
on priority basis. He re- The enmity between Nav- the House to answer our ques- of the state’s populace. It has
quested road and surface een and Mohaptra is well-kno- tions. All of them are cam- pushed some people towards
transport ministry to wn. Mohapatra has for a long paigning at Patkura. This is death, including suicides. Su-
speed up the Ranchi- time been taking tough stands unfortunate and not good for ch incidents have hurt both
Varanasi national high- against Naveen over a host of parliamentary democracy. If humanitarian and democratic
way. issues, including the mining the proceedings of the House sentiments in our society. Th-
and chit fund scams. can run with just two minis- ousands of people have been
Mohapatra, who was one of ters, what is the necessity to imprisoned at the detention
Rape bid arrests the founding members of the give 15 per cent representation camps and new people are
BJD and was instrumental in to MLAs in the council of min- being sent there through the
■ KENDRAPARA: Five per- bringing Naveen into politics isters?” asked Saluja. foreigners tribunal system.
sons, who allegedly tried after the demise of Biju Pat- However, the poll result It is quite shocking that some
to rape a woman in naik on April 17, 1997, was de- will have a far-reaching im- citizens are being held based
Odisha’s Kendrapara nied a ticket by Naveen at the pact on the electoral politics of on their ethnic origins. Is this
three weeks ago, have last moment in the 2000 As- Odisha. The question is wh- aspect judicious? Descendants
been arrested, police said sembly polls. Political ob- ether the result will affect the of freedom fighters, Kargil
on Wednesday. The ac- servers feel Naveen refused to newly developed bonhomie war veterans and other noted
cused had barged into make Mohapatra a candidate between the BJP and the BJD individuals have not been
the victim’s house, beat because he believed that the after the general election. spared from the detention cen-
up her husband and son, veteran leader harboured am- During the Lok Sabha po- tres. Is it true that Nazi princi-
locked them in a room bitions of becoming chief min- lls, the relations between the ples or doctrines are being
and tried to rape her. ister replacing him. two estranged partners had tu- implemented in the land of
They fled the scene after Since then, the four-time rned more bitter.But after the Xankardeva and Azan Peer?
the woman raised an MLA and former minister in results were declared, there This question keeps haunting
alarm. PTI the Biju Patnaik government were signs of the parties inch- us,” a portion of the public ap-
has been fighting against ing closer. peal reads.

AKADEMI AWARD FOR CHHAU EXPONENTS

Honour for Jharkhand duo

ACHINTYAGANGULY a particular style or school of chhau
(Seraikela Chhau) but “I’m respectful to
Ranchi: He is a chhau dancer and all other schools Purulia and Mayurb-
teacher who broke new ground when he hanj”, he said. The annual Chhau Mahot-
decided to teach girls way back in the sav that he hosts accommodates all the
mid-1990s when it was still considered a schools of chhau.
male bastion. She is a folk singer known Pattanayak’s efforts in trying to im-
to pick up rare songs in Bhojpuri, Maith- press the Chaibasa-based Kolhan Univer-
ili and Magahi and promote them. sity to introduce a course in chhau bore
When Sangeet Natak Akademi an- Tapan and Chandan fruit this academic year when the univer-
nounced the names of its award winners sity introduced a year-long diploma
for 2018 on Tuesday, the list included two gratitude to them enough.” course.
from Jharkhand — veteran chhau expo- Reminded that he has been a pioneer “Students have taken admission and
nent Tapan Pattanayak from Seraikela himself by teaching girls the dance form, classes will begin at the Kashi Sahu Col-
and young folk singer Chandan Tiwari introducing short-term chhau courses, lege in Seraikela shortly,” he added.
from Bokaro. and persuading Kolhan University to Tiwari, whose family is originally
Pattanayak, director of Rajkiya begin a year-long course from this aca- from Bhojpur in Bihar but was brought
Chhau Nritya Kendra, Seraikela, was demic session, among others, he said: up in Bokaro, got the yuva puraskar
among the 44 performing artistes, includ- “The award shows my efforts to rejuve- awarded to performing artistes below 40.
ing nine dancers from across the country nate chhau dance have been noted.” Widely known in Bihar and Jhark-
who bagged the prestigious Akademi About a decade ago, he along with hand, Tiwari was busy performing at a
Puraskar for his contribution towards some of his students started researching Guru Purnima event at Purnea in Bihar
the folk dance form. on forgotten themes depicted in the dance when this paper contacted her on
Tiwari, among one of the most popu- drama format — without narration but Wednesday evening. “My mother Rekha
lar folk singers of today, was among the with dance to the beats of music — in Tiwari was my first teacher,” said the
32 performing artistes who won the Ustad chhau. “We were able to retrieve nine singer who later trained from Prayag
Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar that is such themes. They’re not easy to choreo- Sangeet Samiti and received a Sangeet
awarded to those below 40. graph but this kind of a challenge gives Prabhakar diploma.
An elated Pattanayak told this an artiste real pleasure. I’ve also re- The Akademi awards will be con-
paper on Wednesday that he was hon- trieved some bygone dance techniques ferred by the President at an investiture
oured. Thanking his gurus, Kedarnath that I’ve taught my students to apply in ceremony at a later date with a cash
Sahoo and Sudhendra Narayan the present format,” Pattanayak added. award of Rs 1 lakh, a tamrapatra (copper
Singhdeo, he said: “I can’t express my He added that he might be practising plaque) and an angavastram.
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IN BRIEF
Fake Wage clarification with consultation pledge
kidnap OUR SPECIAL
CORRESPONDENT
table a Code on Wages Bill pre-
scribing a binding minimum
due this month. As Gangwar
had made no mention of the
tion sought by The Telegraph
on Friday, the labour reforms
the minimum wage which the
Government intends to fix
fies the national floor-level
minimum wage every two
Rs 178 was very low and criti-
cised the government for zero-

arrest
wage. He had added that Rs 178 floor-level wage while ad- cell of the labour ministry said under the new Code on years as a recommendatory ing in on the amount without
New Delhi: An existing tri- would be the minimum wage. dressing a media conference on Wednesday that the bind- Wages,” the clarification said. amount. This rate is based on discussions.
partite advisory committee of The labour ministry clari- last Wednesday, his an- ing minimum wage would be The national floor-level mini- the poverty line estimates pre- A labour economist said
employers, employees’ unions fied on Wednesday that the nouncement had been seen as decided by the tripartite advi- mum wage had been fixed at pared in 1970 by the erstwhile the binding minimum wage
■ NOIDA: A 20-year-old man and state government officials reference was to the national a reference to the amount to be sory committee that had rep- Rs 176 in 2017. Planning Commission. would be more than the na-
has been arrested here for will determine a national-level floor-level minimum wage, fixed under the Code on Wages resentatives from trade The Code on Wages Bill This newspaper had tional floor-level minimum
allegedly concocting a minimum wage that will be which is not binding, and not Bill, which all states would unions, employers and the seeks to empower the Centre sought the perspectives of the wage. “The tripartite body will
story about his own abd- binding on all states after the the amount to be fixed under have to follow. The amount of state governments. to prescribe a binding mini- Union labour ministry and the discuss the report of the expert
uction and misleading po- passage of a draft law, the Cen- the Code on Wages Bill that Rs 178 is much less than the Rs “It is clarified that 178/176 mum daily wage rate for the trade unions, including the committee (that had suggested
lice with false informati- tre said on Wednesday. will be mandatory. 375 a day proposed by an ex- was in reference to the present entire country. No state can RSS-affiliated Bharatiya Maz- Rs 375 as the minimum daily
on, officials said on Wed- Labour minister Santosh The floor-level minimum pert committee the govern- context of National Floor Le- pay less than the stipulated door Sangh, on the minister’s wage)…. The wage rate will
nesday. Rizwan did this Gangwar had last week said wage is updated every two ment had set up. vel Minimum Wage. It should amount. announcement. certainly be much higher than
because he had splurged that the government would years, and the next update is In response to a clarifica- not be anyway construed with Currently, the Centre noti- The trade unions had said Rs 176,” he said.
Rs 5,000 in partying with

Saeed arrest
friends and was scared to
face his family. Mohd Sh-
amsuddin had approach- Darjeeling Bihar police
letter on
ed the police on Tuesday
with a complaint that he
▼

FROM PAGE 1

days before
was getting messages fr-
om Rizwan’s phone that
his son has been abduct-
ed. Rizwan’s phone num-
The US company feels such an
act amounted to cheating the
general public, loss of revenue
RSS sparks
ber was tracked and his for the government and also
ally row
Imran US trip
location was traced. Rizw- “tarnishing” the image of the
an was found there to be brand.
all right, the official said. Sources said “The North

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FROM PAGE 1
Rizwan admitted to have Face” products sold in Darjeel-
concocted the story. PTI ing came at less than half the “Media persons are asking us
price of authentic product. “It about the letter on the RSS.
is a household name in the re- NASIR JAFFRYAND The state government should
Train trouble gion,” said a resident. AGENCIES give a statement on it,” Sanjay
During investigations, the Mayukh, MLC and the BJP’s
■ MUMBAI: Local train se- arrested shopkeepers inform- Islamabad: Pakistani count- national media co-head, said
rvices of the Central Rail- ed the police that they had been er-terrorism officials on Wed- while raising the issue in the
way were disrupted for selling the products for many nesday arrested Hafiz Saeed, legislative council on Wednes-
over three hours on Wed- years now and had procured the alleged mastermind of the day.
nesday after an overhead them from Nepal and Siliguri. 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks Party MLAs Nitin Navin
electric wire snapped and Sources said that “The and a UN-designated terrorist, and Sanjay Saraogi expressed
fell between Vithalwadi North Face spurious appar- in connection with cases most- “extreme objection” to the
and Kalyan stations, an els” were manufactured in ly related to terror financing. letter and said they would
official said. Two women Nepal itself. Darjeeling shares The move, which comes “never compromise about the
suffered injuries. PTI an open border with Nepal. days ahead of Prime Minister RSS and its ideology, whether
Pranay Rai, public prose- Imran Khan’s maiden visit to Hafiz Saeed the government stays or
LAKE CRUISE cutor, told The Telegraph: the US, is being seen as an at- goes”.
“The arrested shopkeepers tempt by Pakistan to come out includes 300 seminaries and The power-sharing negoti-
were booked under Section 420 of the grey list of the Paris- schools, hospitals, a publish- ations in May had ended in fai-
(cheating)/34 (common intent) based watchdog Financial Ac- ing house and ambulance lure after the BJP offered just
of the Indian Penal Code along tion Task Force (FATF), services, has no ties to militant one cabinet berth to the JDU,
with Section 63/65 of Copy- which had pulled up the coun- groups. which refused to accept it on
right Act and Sections 103/104 try for failing to meet the sec- An Indian government offi- the ground that sharing of po-
of Trademark Act.” ond deadline to take all the ac- cial said merely arresting wer should be proportionate
The company has compla- tions specified to combat Saeed was not enough and that to the number of Lok Sabha
ined against the “use of trade- Students plod through a flooded street following heavy rain at Hubli in Karnataka money laundering and terror he should be put on trial and seats won.
mark, logo, word mark”. on Wednesday. (PTI) financing to avoid the blacklist convicted. The JDU won 16 seats in
in October. He said the sense in New the parliamentary elections
Saeed, the chief of the Ja- Delhi was that Pakistan was and the BJP 17, the two acco-

BJD backs Modi, snubs Cong

A man rows his boat maat-ud-Dawa that is widely taking steps such as these be- unting for the bulk of Bihar’s
at the Dal Lake believed to be a front for the fore Imran’s trip to the US, 40 Lok Sabha seats. Ally LJP of
in Srinagar. (AP) terror group Lashkar-e-Toiba which has offered a $10-mil- Ram Vilas Paswan won six se-
that perpetrated the 2008 lion reward for information ats and the Opposition Con-
Mumbai attacks in which 166 leading to Saeed’s conviction gress one.
J.P. YADAV area and planted their flag. in Varanasi on October 12 and one the ruling BJP preferred people were killed, was travel- over the Mumbai attacks. Nitish expanded his cabi-
Cop kills wife, self The veteran from Bengal, referred to Modi’s bilateral in- for the deputy Speaker’s post. ling to Gujranwala town in During the visit that begins net soon after and offered one
New Delhi: Biju Janata Dal recently appointed leader of teraction with US President This time BJD boss and central Pakistan from Lahore on July 21, Imran is scheduled berth to the BJP, which de-
■ GARIABAND: A police co- MP Bhartruhari Mahtab on the Congress in the House, Donald Trump at the recent Odisha chief minister Naveen in the morning to seek pre-ar- to meet US President Donald clined it. The developments,
nstable allegedly commit- Wednesday invoked “national called it a matter of “grave G20 summit in Osaka to sug- Patnaik has selected Puri MP rest bail in terror-funding Trump. combined with the JDU’s op-
ted suicide after killing interest” and told the Lok concern” in what appeared to gest the Prime Minister was Pinaki Mishra to be the party’s cases when he was arrested by “We have seen this before,” position to issues like a unifo-
his wife in Chhattisgarh’s Sabha to extend “full support” be a bid to corner the BJP, working towards the best in- leader in the Lok Sabha. the counter-terrorism depart- the official said. “After the rm civil code, triple talaq, and
Gariaband district, police to Prime Minister Narendra which had centred its election terests of the country. Sources in the BJP said the ment of Punjab province. visit is over, things are usually the citizenship bill, created
said on Wednesday. Ram- Modi’s diplomatic efforts, the campaign on nationalism. “I urge upon the House to government was ready to have “He will face trial in the back to what they were be- stress between the allies.
esh Sen and his wife were intervention possibly aimed at Defence minister Rajnath extend full support to our Mahtab as deputy Speaker but anti-terrorism court in Gu- fore.” The JDU has 69 MLAs in
found dead with bullet in- countering Congress House Singh assured the House all Prime Minister Narendra was not getting the green sig- jranwala,” a senior security Trump tweeted on the 243-member Bihar House
juries at their rented hou- leader Adhir Ranjan Chowd- was well on the Line of Actual Modi to further our national nal from Naveen. “We are, official told The Telegraph. Wednesday: “After a ten-year and the BJP 54.
se in Gariaband town on hury. Control, the demarcation line interest,” Mahtab said while however, not in a hurry and Saeed, the official said, has search, the so-called master- Apart from the RSS, the po-
Tuesday, an officer said. Chowdhury had sought to that separates Indian-con- stressing the need for political waiting for things to turn in been sent to prison on seven mind of the Mumbai Terror at- lice letter listed the Vishwa Hi-
No suicide note was found criticise the government over trolled territory from Chinese- unanimity, drawing a big our favour,” a BJP leader said. days’ judicial remand. tacks has been arrested in ndu Parishad, Bajrang Dal,
and the motive behind the Chinese incursion in the controlled territory. round of applause from the The government has de- He has been shifted to La- Pakistan. Great pressure has Hindu Jagran Samiti, Dharm
step is not known yet. PTI Ladakh region earlier this “India and China are re- treasury benches. ferred the election for deputy hore’s high-security Kot Lakh- been exerted over the last two Jagran Samanvay Samiti, Mu-
month. specting bilateral pacts to It was an extraordinary in- Speaker for now. pat jail, where former Prime years to find him!” slim Rashtriya Manch, Hindu
Mahtab’s comment also maintain peace and tranquilli- tervention from Mahtab. The BJP won eight Lok Minister Nawaz Sharif is serv- However, the former Pak- Rashtra Sena, Rashtriya Sevi-
Vadra case provided a peek into the ty on the border,” Rajnath While the BJD has always trod Sabha seats from Odisha in ing seven years’ imprison- istan ambassador to the US, ka Samiti, Shiksha Bharti,
changed political dynamics said, referring to Modi’s sum- the middle path vis-à-vis the the recent elections and nurs- ment in a corruption case, an Husain Haqqani, contested Durga Vahini, Swadeshi Ja-
■ NEW DELHI: Robert Vadra since the BJP’s 300-seat-plus mit meeting with President Xi BJP and the Congress, es ambitions of capturing official said. the tweets. “Finding him was gran Manch, Bharatiya Kisan
on Wednesday sought performance in the April-May Jinping in Wuhan last year. Mahtab, on Wednesday, virtu- power in the state, but it is not A spokesperson for Punjab never an issue. He operated Sangh, Bharatiya Mazdoor
more time from Delhi Hi- parliamentary elections. Mahtab then rose to inter- ally snubbed the Congress in a hurry, aware that Naveen governor Shahbaz Gill said: freely and was highly visible. Sangh, Bharatiya Railway
gh Court to file his respo- Chowdhury had brought vene, reading from a prepared while backing Modi. is still a very popular leader. “The main charge is that he is He has been arrested and re- Sangh, Akhil Bharatiya Vidh-
nse to the Enforcement up the alleged incursion dur- text, clearly prepared to count- Mahtab, a veteran Lok The party, however, hopes gathering funds for banned leased many times over,” yarthi Parishad, Akhil
Directorate’s plea challe- ing zero hour, claiming that er the Congress and back the Sabha member, was the BJD’s that by the next Assembly outfits, which is illegal.” Haqqani said, adding that Bharatiya Shikshak Ma-
nging his anticipatory ba- Chinese troops had on July 6 government. House leader during the first elections in 2024, the BJD Saeed denies any involve- Trump should “immediately hasangh, Hindu Mahasabha,
il in a money-laundering entered 6km inside Indian ter- He mentioned a scheduled Modi government and his would split and many leaders ment in terrorism and main- fire whoever gave him the Hindu Yuva Vahini and the
case. Justice Chander Sh- ritory in Ladakh’s Demchok meeting between Modi and Xi name had been circulated as would join the BJP. tains that his network, which wrong information”. Hindu Putra Sangathan.
ekhar granted two weeks

Army social
to Vadra. The matter was
listed for further hearing
on September 26. PTI FINDINGS TO AID PLAN TO CONTROL EMISSIONS IN INDIA
COOL DESIGN

media diktat El Nino may trigger

OUR SPECIAL
CORRESPONDENT
bility of leaks. They (soldiers)
have been asked not to circu-
late any information through
pollution spike: Study
New Delhi: The army has social media. Stern action will OUR SPECIAL Scientists have known for monsoon behaviour can influ-
warned its officers and person- be taken against those violat- CORRESPONDENT years that northern India is ence air pollution levels,” said
A tattoo artist makes a nel against excessive use of so- ing the cyber security norms,” vulnerable to severe air pollu- Gufran Beig, a senior scientist
design in Navi Mumbai cial networking platforms the official said. New Delhi: Subtle changes in tion during the autumn and at the Indian Institute of Trop-
on National Tattoo Day such as Twitter, Facebook and The officers and personnel sea surface temperatures in winter months resulting from ical Meteorology, Pune, who
on Wednesday. (PTI) WhatsApp and made it clear have also been directed not to the Pacific Ocean and oscillat- a mix of traffic and industrial was not associated with the
that action would be taken in forward or store sensitive data ing wind patterns near Antar- emissions, soot from burning China-US study.
case of violations. on their electronic devices and ctica may influence air pollu- crop-residues, and natural Beig and his colleagues
The directive has also in- also not to open unknown em- tion levels over the Indo-Gan- dust. had earlier this year suggest-
Maoist held structed them not to make ails and suspicious websites. getic plains, scientists in In their new study, atmos- ed that an extreme spike in air
photos in uniform their profile “They have been instruct- China and the US said on pheric scientist Meng Gao and pollution levels over northern
■ LUCKNOW: A Maoist car- pictures on social networking ed not to indulge in any kind of Wednesday. colleagues have shown that India during autumn-winter
rying a reward of Rs 50,000 sites and reveal their rank, un- propaganda spread by some The scientists have found both El Nino and the Antarc- 2017 was likely related to an
on his head was held on it name, location or anything veterans who are critical of that El Nino, the rise in aver- tic oscillation can induce wind unusually late withdrawal of
Wednesday by the Uttar else related to their work. the government,” he said. age sea surface temperatures conditions that could worsen the monsoon that year.
Pradesh anti-terrorist sq- “The directive has been is- A section of veterans has over parts of the Pacific, and a air pollution levels. The late withdrawal was
uad in Bareilly, police sa- sued to limit their (soldiers’) been critical of certain policies belt of winds called the During strong El Nino followed by the emergence of
id. Kheem Singh was arre- online presence as part of of the government, including Antarctic oscillation can winters, the researchers said, a lower-than-normal anti-cy-
sted on the basis of infor- cyber security norms. In the the recent one pertaining to through long-distance effects wind speeds are weaker over clone condition which led to
mation provided by Man- past we have seen how some the Centre’s decision to make influence atmospheric condi- northern India. Low wind low wind speeds and “stagna-
ish Srivastava, who was in officers and soldiers were disability pension taxable, tions and air pollution levels speeds can lead to stagnation tion” near the surface and
custody for his alleged honey-trapped by foreign which sparked a debate on so- over northern India. in the atmosphere and trigger spikes in pollution, Beig said.
involvement in Maoist ac- agencies into inadvertently cial media. Their findings could help spikes in pollution. The The China-US research
tivities, an officer said. PTI leaking sensitive informa- Security agencies have ale- India predict winter-time air Antarctic oscillation working team has pointed out that
tion,” said an official at the rted the army top brass about pollution conditions and initi- through effects related to the under global warming, ex-
army headquarters. how foreign intelligence agen- ate emissions control plans to Indian ocean can also lead to treme El Nino conditions have
Deportation spree The official, however, clar- cies are suspected to be using minimise health risks from conditions that increase pollu- been predicted to become
ified that there was no ban on English and Urdu-speaking deterioration of air quality, tion levels. more frequent in the years to
■ NEW DELHI: Twenty-sev- the use of social media, and women to trap army officers the researchers at Hong Kong A senior Indian atmos- come.
en accused were deported that the directive was aimed at and personnel on social media. Baptist University, Nanjing pheric physicist and an au- Earlier studies probing
to India and 111 more we- making soldiers aware of the The women, who mostly University, Fudan University thority on winter-time air pol- how rising global tempera-
re arrested or located aft- pitfalls of the excessive use of operate on pornographic sites, in China and Harvard Univer- lution said such links between tures might impact pollution
er Interpol red-corner no- social media. lure vulnerable officers into sity in the US said. distant weather conditions had predicted that air pollu-
tices were issued, Union “Official communications sex chats and then blackmail The paper was published and air pollution levels needs tion windows in India are like-
minister of state for home are also being circulated on them into parting with classi- Girls wear masks to protect themselves from air pollution on Wednesday in the research to be explored further. ly to increase by 20 to 120 days
G. Kishan Reddy said. PTI WhatsApp and there is a possi- fied information. in New Delhi. File picture journal Science Advances. “We have some hints that per year by the year 2050.
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NATION 5
IN BRIEF
Water
Cheek by jowl in Dongri’s illegal haven
deaths in Mumbai: The Dongri enclave
in south Mumbai, where a fo-
ur-storey building caved in on
ties in Bhendi Bazaar.
As police have launched a
probe to fix responsibility, the
were built before Indepen-
dence.
“There are several build-
money from builders to allow
illegal constructions,” claimed
Rashid Pathan, an advocate
rrying out repairs and mai-
ntenance. “These buildings ha-
ve been built without permiss-

UP school Tuesday killing 14 people, is a

hotbed of illegal constructions
and is part of the municipal
Mhada (Maharashtra Housing
and Area Development Autho-
rity) and the BMC are appare-
ings that have been built by vi-
olating the norms. Though the
BMC is aware of these violati-
who lives in Dongri.
BMC corporator Rais Shei-
kh, who once lived in the area,
ion from the BMC under the
guise of carrying out structural
repairs, which has further in-
■ ALIGARH:Two children ward that has the highest pop- ntly passing the buck onto ea- ons, they prefer not to act as said illegal developments had creased the load on already we-
died and 52 others were ulation density. ch other over the ownership of some officials have taken taken place on the pretext of ca- akened structures,” he said. PTI
taken ill allegedly after Illegal parking is another the collapsed Kesarbai build-
drinking contaminated major concern in Dongri, whi- ing.
water from a hand pump ch has a population of 1.28 lakh A senior police officer said
in their village school in packed into just 2.84sqkm. on Wednesday that the inqui-
the district on Tuesday The narrow bylanes and ry would find out who was the
afternoon. The children vehicles parked haphazardly actual owner of the building
complained of nausea, vo- on roads posed hurdles for res- and whether the residents we-
miting and loose motion cue vans and ambulances in re paying property tax or cess.
after drinking the water, reaching the collapse site on Housing minister Radha-
Aligarh’s chief medical Tuesday. krishna Vikhe Patil had said
officer M.L. Agarwal said The cave-in of a part of the on Tuesday that the building
on Wednesday. A medical century-old Kesarbai building was illegal and was owned by a
team is investigating wh- is not an isolated incident. In private trust.
ether the mishap could be September 2017, 33 people died Underscoring the illegaliti-
connected to the seepage when the seven-storey Husai- es, a local resident said the en-
of contaminated water in- ni building collapsed in the tire B ward had become the
to the hand pump followi- Bhendi Bazar area, which is hub of unauthorised construc-
ng heavy rain, he said. also part of the B ward of the tions, and that illegal alter-
The kids who were taken Brihanmumbai Municipal Co- ations could be found in al-
ill are out of danger. PTI Rescuers conduct search operation at the site of the collapsed rporation (BMC). Don Dawood most every building.
building at Dongri in Mumbai on Wednesday. (PTI) Ibrahim once owned proper- Many of these buildings
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Breaking a tie is a complex matter, in sport as in life

T
THURSDAY 18 JULY 2019 VOL. XXXVIII NO. 12 Rules of the game
LIFEAFTER DEBT
W ARGHYASENGUPTA
hen the henpecked likewise be prospective. Otherwise, a team is
Mr Bumble was asked for going to be partly judged on its performance
his view on the law in Eng- in the tie-break, which ought to begin on a

T
he Narendra Modi government has spark- land which assumed that a clean slate and partly on some select aspects
ed another ‘demonetization’ moment — wife acts on a husband’s di- of its performance in the match apart from the
this time it is over its decision to float sover- rection, he famously remarked — “the law is a result, which is the antithesis of a clean slate.
eign bonds on overseas markets. The finance mi- ass — a idiot.” Almost two centuries hence, on This is like saying that once scores in tennis
a glorious summer evening in London, two are tied at 6-6 in the tie-break, the victor will
nister, Nirmala Sitharaman, who made the shock
tie-breaking rules of law in different sporting be the one who has hit more aces in the match.
announcement in her budget on July 5, insists that events, in a coincidence for the ages, were sub- Or, in football, if instead of a sudden death
there have been extensive discussions before the ject to similarly intense scrutiny at two sto- when scores after the penalty shootout are
government decided to push ahead with an idea ried British institutions — Wimbledon and still level, the match is awarded to the team
that previous regimes had flirted with but never Lord’s. Breaking a tie is a complex matter, in that has more corners. This is patently un-
worked up the courage to take. The government sport as in life. On Sunday, Wimbledon man- principled.
aged to bring a classic final to a thrilling de- It is also arbitrary as it privileges bound-
believes it has a compelling argument for a foreign nouement through a tie-break in the fifth set ary-hitting, which is only one way of making
currency-denominated sovereign bond issue. It — a rule change that was both rational and runs, which, in turn, is only one of the two ob-
does not want to crowd out private borrowers from sensible. At Lord’s, however, the Internation- jectives in the game of cricket. There is no dif-
the domestic capital market; it intends to borrow al Cricket Council’s decision to determine the eral closure principles have been followed in final was a tie, the trophy would be shared by ference if one scores six runs by hitting one six
money at a very low cost in order to fund a part of winner in case of an intractable tie by count- the past in cricket. Counting number of wick- both teams — the rule-makers gave no weight or running two threes — except for higher
ing the number of boundaries hit in the whole ets lost— India beat Pakistan in 1987 on this to the first principle (that a tie should be bro- decibel levels, there is no higher value at-
its Rs 7.03 lakh crore fiscal deficit; and it wants to
match was, in equal parts, bemusing, ill-con- ground; the head-to-head record in the World ken) and maximum weight to the third princi- tached to hitting a six. This tie-breaking rule
bring down the real rate of interest for industry ceptualized and asinine. Cup — in the tragic tied game between Aus- ple (the contest should terminate soon). gives greater weight to boundary-hitting, an
from the current level of around 9 per cent. In the history of Wimbledon, this was the tralia and South Africa in the 1999 World Cup It is here that England being crowned unprincipled privileging that has no basis in
Several experts have slammed the idea. The first year that the fifth set featured a tie-break. when Allan Donald got run out with the world champions despite scores being tied, the game. Further, there are two require-
former governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Rag- The rule change was prompted by the super- scores tied, Australia was declared the win- both in the match and in the tie-breaking ments to win a cricket game — runs and wick-
human performances of John Isner and Kevin ner having beaten South Africa earlier in the Super Over, on the basis of having scored ets. While unarguably an ODI match can be
huram Rajan, believes that the risks of such a Anderson in their semi-final last year, a tournament; in the 2015 World Cup, no tie- more boundaries in the match is unprincipled won without taking wickets (in theory) but
flotation outweigh the benefits. The tremors could match in which the fifth set alone went on for breaker was deemed necessary and the Cup and arbitrary, giving undue weight to the cannot be won without runs, to discount wick-
rock the domestic bond markets, raising the fright- around three hours to end 26-24. The seeming would be shared in the hypothetical event of a third principle at the cost of the second. A ets completely is yet another unconscious un-
ening prospect of a ‘foreign tail wagging an Indian interminability of this ordeal led to a modified tied final. However, in 2019, it was decided that Super Over itself as a tie-breaking method is derlining of how much of a batsman’s game
dog’. Yields on the 10-year government bond have closure principle being introduced. The basic a Super Over would be used to break a tie. In sound — it is a microcosm of a 50-over match cricket really is.
principle of winning a set by a difference of case scores were still level after the Super in one over with three batsmen. It prizes the

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already tumbled to 6.33 per cent, the lowest since two games was given greater scope to fructify Over, the number of boundaries scored in the same skills that the game itself does — scoring he best that can be said of this rule is
demonetization. Oddly, the Swadeshi Jagran Man- in the final set than in other sets, with no tie- match, including the Super Over, would be runs and taking wickets. It is also quick, tak- that so remote was the possibility of a
ch, the right-wing think tank, has also opposed the break if the players were tied at 6-6. This was a counted and the team with higher boundaries ing no more than a few minutes at the end of a Super Over being tied that the ICC
move. The SJM has raised the red flag on patriotic seeming hat tip to tradition, symbolic of per- would win. day-long game. failed to apply its mind and devise a principled
considerations, arguing that the bond will give sistent British equivocation about change. In deciding whether and how to break a tie But the closure principle of the winner and appropriate tie-breaking rule. Similar was
rich nations a handle to dictate India’s policies. However, if the tie continued at 12-12, then a at the end of a sporting contest, three princi- being determined on the number of bound- the assumption in Dickensian England when
tie-break would be played. The tie-break itself ples appear to be at play — first, that the better aries hit if the Super Over is tied is unprinci- the possibility of a woman dominating her
The big worry is that the Centre has not fully con- would be the same as in other sets — a micro- contestant should win and a tie should ordi- pled. The Super Over or any other tie-break- husband was too remote to contemplate, lead-
sidered the ramifications of the move that will pass cosm of the difference-of-two rule. This was a narily be broken; second, the criteria for de- ing method which is essentially the match in a ing to Mr Bumble’s vicarious punishment.
on a sizeable burden of debt to the millennial gen- relief — Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, termining who is the better contestant, if this microcosm — tie-breaks in tennis, penalty This was comeuppance for the cruel Mr Bum-
eration. The rupee-dollar exchange rate has wob- two of the greatest tennis players in history, has not been decided in regulation time, shootouts in football and hockey, overtime in ble. But for New Zealand in the World Cup
bled in the past few years. The rupee could weaken who had given their all for over four hours, should have a rational nexus to the skills nec- basketball — is prospective in nature. It al- final, defeat was both cruel and undeserved.
weren’t run to the ground because of a stoic essary to succeed in the sport; third, that the lows both teams/players an equal chance to The rule here, like the law there, was an ass.
considerably from current levels which could see resort to unthinking tradition. Equally impor- application of such criteria should be prag- win a contest after it is tied. In essence, the tie- Or perhaps worse — a thrice-double ass.
repayment costs shoot when the bonds mature. tantly, it was a fair resolution as both players matic and not lead to a near-interminable con- break starts on a clean slate. However, hark-
The ‘bond aid’ for government finances could also had an equal chance of winning the match test. Needless to say, different weights are at- ing back to the number of boundaries scored
raise the prospect for distortionary taxes at home. when it was locked at 12 apiece in the fifth set. tached to each of these principles in different in the whole match is retrospective. If a pros- The author is Research Director,
Cricket’s journey to a Super Over in the sports. For example, in the 2015 cricket World pective method of breaking a tie is chosen, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy.
The government is looking to raise 10 per cent
final to break a tie was more tumultuous. Sev- Cup, when it was decided that in the event the then any further tie-breaking method should Views are personal
of its borrowings from the sovereign bond. The
cost of borrowing will depend on its global credit

The fool and the prophet

rating, currently pegged at the lowest rung of in-
vestment grade. The government will need to pare
spending in order to hold its fiscal deficit down to
3.3 per cent of GDP this year, reduce its current ac-

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count deficit that has been rising as exports falter
and imports surge, boost investment, and make
n the days when politics was less furious
and more humane, kings had two special
courtiers: the court fool and the court
VALSON THAMPU Constitution can be taken with such an order
of loyalties.
The court fool and the court prophet are
sure there is no crisis that can undermine its cred-
ibility as a borrower. China and Indonesia have prophet. The fool served as a genial reminder cialism is only a political movement, know this desperation reflected in the eagerness to thus desperately needed. Laughter is a way of
to the king of the vanity of power-wielding. nothing about it. It is even more than a reli- eradicate from Modi’s India all effective Oppo- relating to reality which, but for the anaes-
large foreign currency-denominated debt. Both
The court prophet kept the king mindful of his gion. Its goal is a new creation of man”. Modi’s sition. Surely, this is not a democratic senti- thetic of laughter, would be too unpleasant to
countries have higher credit ratings than those of accountability to an authority higher than project of ushering in a New India is less ment. It is, at best, a psychological need, stem- face. Truth, Michel Foucault said, is a func-
India, which had an external debt of $543 billion at himself. Globally, the fool and the prophet be- earth-shattering. ming from the insecurity that stalks the falter- tion of alterity. Only ‘outsiders’ to the Estab-
the end of March. But 38 per cent of this debt is in came anachronistic in the aftermath of Political messiahs have failed all through ing steps of those who play god in history. The lishment are free to speak the truth. The
the form of commercial borrowing. A flotation of democracy. The last serious fool and genuine history for not counting the cost that their only way to keep history under leash is by margdarshak mandal — comprising Advani
$4 billion sovereign bond as a first tranche may prophet we had in politics were Raj Narain pursuits inflicted on fellow human beings. eliminating alternatives and competitors. and Co. — was expected to perform a similar
(died 31 December, 1986) and Jayaprakash Alexander the Great conquered and baffled This is nothing new. We don’t have to go to role. Their plight proves that truth cannot be
seem modest but it could whip up more trouble Narayan (died October 1979), respectively. the known world. But at what cost? Peter the Stalin’s Russia. At home, Indira Gandhi enun- institutionalized even on the margins. Conse-
than it seeks to alleviate. I feel for Narendra Modi for three reasons. Great and Napoleon did too. Hitler — nearly. ciated the TINA factor in politics. Modi’s proj- quently, we heard no truth-speaking from the
First, he is admirable in so many ways. Sec- Again, at what cost? All of them ended up as ect is only a more aggressive variant of it. mandal.

CHANGE TACK
ond, he is my prime minister. Third, he takes victims of their own projects. They came to All of us are familiar with its local editions. Truth can only be imported into the Estab-
his role, alas, too seriously. He flies, by ins- grief not because their goals were petty, but A professor takes his profession so seriously lishment from the outside. That was the stel-
tinct, in the face of Aristotle’s doctrine of the that they flew in the face of, as Victor Hugo that he and his professional role become one. lar role of the media. God save democracy if

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rafficking continues to be a thorn in India’s golden mean. If Aristotle is right, a serious says in Les Misérables, the logic of history. His earnestness shuts him out from the larger the fourth estate settles down as obsequious
flesh. This is borne out by the latest report and zealous man stands in danger of becom- Modi appears to be of a similar vein. In his world and renders him stiff, stolid and ill-at- courtiers to the Establishment.
of the National Crime Records Bureau in ing a fanatic. A fanatic is one who forgets that election speeches, he said that he had not had ease with normal life. Adolf Eichmann had The curse of absolute power is that it
he too is a human being, all roles and titles a single day of rest in five years. He worked said that he would leap laughing into his breeds blindness to truth that is subsumed in
which West Bengal, Maharashtra and Karnataka being ad hoc plumages. eighteen hours a day. These are indisputable grave at the thought that he had exterminated lived realities. But truth will prevail, no mat-
are among the worst farers. Hearteningly, enter- The gau rakshaks, for example, are dead facts. But if the logic of history holds, not even millions of Jews. He was no monster, as Han- ter who struts on the stage of history. The
prising interventions seem to be gathering steam serious, like the moral vigilantes in the Amer- Modi can know the shape of the New India he nah Arendt testifies in Eichmann in Jerus- legacy that one may leave to posterity, if at all
as well. The Karnataka government has enlisted ican Bible belt who lynched those they is out to craft. As Hegel argues, while it is alem. The death of his conscience coincided Modi is mindful of it, has to be in harmony
the help of survivors of trafficking and slavery to thought were moral offenders. Read Adolf given to individuals to initiate actions and with the complete fusion of his conscience with the logic of history. And that logic wills
Hitler’s autobiography, Mein Kampf. The one revolutions, it is given to none to steer their with his political mission; something that that no man shall be a master of history. All
track those who are yet to be rehabilitated. Such thing you cannot doubt is his earnestness. He projects to intended destinations. Man may Modi unwittingly echoes in saying that he is a are, in the end, playthings in the hands of
an initiative is perhaps an admission that the State believed he was creating a new humanity. want to play god; but he will not be god. He BJP worker first, and prime minister later. It what Hegel called the cunning of reason that
can only be a facilitator of change; the actual work “Those who think,” he said, “that National So- knows it; and it makes him desperate. We see baffles logic that the oath of allegiance to the guides history.
on the ground needs to involve the community.
Survivors not only have crucial knowledge about
the mechanisms of trafficking and the relevant
have been the case if a pers- did not take cognizance of the they defeated Australia and most fascinating days in the
laws but they are also instrumental in helping vic- on’s hand was stuck between report published in The Te- stormed into the final. history of cricket. The fate of
tims overcome the shame and distrust that are the doors. A month ago, an legraph. Hence, this tragedy In the hard-fought final, the Cup came to be decided
heaped upon them by society. Involving those af- inherent fault in one of the is undoubtedly a case of England won the Cup by by one key super-over. Fasci-
fected directly by the menace is often the key to a new rakes delivered by Inte- criminal negligence. virtue of having scored more natingly, the English and the
successful intervention. Thus, roping in rescued gral Coach Factory in Peram- boundaries. But they did Kiwis were tied in their scor-
bur — the very kind which Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, manage to play as a team and es even in this. In the end, the
victims housed in rehabilitation shelters could act the deceased, Sajal Kumar Calcutta thus are the deserving win- number of boundaries — this
as a safeguard against the problem of re-traffick- Kanjilal, tried to board — de- ners. The contributions of is random — tipped the
ing as they are likely to be the first to know of such veloped a snag, throwing the Jason Roy, Jos Buttler, scales in favour of England.
incidents. West Bengal has done something simi- city’s lifeline out of gear for
over four hours.
Winner’s luck Jonny Bairstow and Jofra
Archer are substantial. Eoin
Yet, even after a defeat for
such a flimsy reason, Kane
lar with its Swayangsiddha scheme.
It is intriguing that ICF ■ Sir — Congratulations to Morgan must be lauded for Williamson, the captain of
But just as legislations need the support of com- rakes are operated only in England for winning the his able captaincy. New Zealand, had a smile on
munities to succeed, efforts by the community, too, Calcutta. The metro authori- cricket World Cup after 44 his face. The Black Caps ac-
need strong laws in order to be effective. More ties must ensure that the rak- years (“All about boundaries, Indranil Sanyal, cepted defeat with amazing
than 36 years after the Karnataka Devadasis (Pro- es that are plied are of the hi- margins & some luck”, July Calcutta calmness. They might not
hibition of Dedication) Act was passed, the state is ghest quality. A life has been 15). It seemed unlikely that have won the Cup, but they
yet to issue the rules for administering the law.
Strangely, the proposed Central bill on trafficking
Early start lost and responsibility for it
needs to be apportioned. Was
the motorman at fault or was
England would make it after
they lost successive matches
against Pakistan, Sri Lanka
■ Sir — It was an epic World
Cup final at Lord’s. Alas,
New Zealand lost to England
did win people’s hearts.

Soumya Mishra,
— the Lok Sabha passed it last year — advocates a ■ Sir — Durga Puja will take place in October this year. Heart- it a technical glitch? Either and Australia. But they bou- after scoring the same num- Jamshedpur
centralized approach. For instance, it lays stress eningly, Calcutta Police has started making preparations to way, Metro Railways must nced back. In the semi-final, ber of runs because they
on setting up rehabilitation centres without ac- manage crowds quite early. Police officials have already met get to the bottom of this and scored fewer boundaries. ■ Sir — The basis on which
the organizers of popular Pujas to ascertain that rules are not make sure such an incident There should be another England was declared the
knowledging the role that community participa-
flouted while constructing pandals. But the desired result does not recur. method of deciding the win- winner of World Cup 2019 is
tion can play within institutions that remain out- will not be achieved unless the Puja organizers work in tan- ner in such circumstances. unjustified. The scores of
side the purview of regular scrutiny. Further, in- dem with the police. They must resist the temptation to win Bidyut Kumar Chatterjee, Interestingly, Martin both teams were tied. But
creasing punishments for trafficking — the bill en- the tag of Calcutta’s ‘biggest Puja’. The safety of the pandal Faridabad Guptill, who ran out M.S. since England lost all their
dorses such an approach — would amount to little hoppers must be prioritized. After all, none can forget that a Dhoni with his direct hit dur- wickets at 241 runs and New
as long as socio-economic factors that lead to traf- stampede-like situation led to the closure at Deshapriya Park ■ Sir — In the report, “Why ing the semi-finals, was the Zealand scored the same at a
in 2015. you seldom get an AC Metro” reason for England scoring loss of eight wickets, the lat-
ficking remain unaddressed. Education and em- (May 11), it was reported that six runs off a throw that ter should have been de-
ployment are also important to integrate traffick- P. Banerjee, rakes manufactured by ICF missed its mark. That was clared champions.
ing victims. Notwithstanding its chequered per- Calcutta could not be made operation- the turning point for Eng-
formance, Karnataka has reserved 1 per cent al owing to a fear of snags land. Congratulations to the Sunil Kumar Pal,
seats in all state-run universities for Devadasis Costly mistake station to his death (“Emer-
gency calls by passengers
and malfunctioning doors.
Taking cue from this, I urged
English captain, Eoin Mor-
gan, and his team.
London, UK
and their children.
■ Sir — It is shocking that the fail”, July 14). One is forced the government in the recent ▼
closing doors of a metro train to ask how the metro could discussion on the budget in N. Mahadevan,
Letters should be sent to:
SCRIPSI trapped a man’s hand as he
was trying to get in, dragging
start if the gap between the
doors was more than the
the Rajya Sabha to take cor-
rective measures, but in
Chennai T
6 Prafulla Sarkar Street,
him for almost 60 metres standard tolerance limit of 15 vain. It is evident that the ■ Sir — The final of the 2019 Calcutta 700001
He that is down need fear no fall. along the Park Street metro millimetres — which must Metro Railways authorities Steep cost World Cup was one of the ttedit@abpmail.com
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DULL SHOW

Wipro profit rises 12%

Copper# 443.05 -0.70 exit of promoter-chief execu-
tive Rana Kapoor over gover-
*per barrel in Rs; # per kg in Rs REPORT CARD nance concerns by the RBI. nies and also the realty sector.
The bank’s fresh slippages It sold one account with an
MONEY MARKET Quarter ended June at Rs 6,232 crore nearly doubled exposure of Rs 412 crore to an
Yield (%) (in Rs crore) 2018 compared with the Rs 3,408 asset reconstruction company
Call rate 4.40
2019
New Delhi: IT major Wipro Ltd on “Our efforts on client mining have re- crore in the previous quarter, during the reporting quarter.
91-day T-Bill 5.80
Income 501.1 552.7
Wednesday posted a 12.5 per cent rise in sulted in an addition of three customers in leading to the gross non-per- “This was a ‘quarter of con-
1-year Gilt 5.97 consolidated net profit at Rs 2,387.6 crore more than $100 million bucket. We will Expenses 206.5 122.8 forming asset ratio to rise to solidation’ in which the bank
5-year Gilt 6.39 for the April-June quarter, and guided for continue to build differentiated capabili- 5.01 per cent against 1.31 per has demonstrated strong re-
PAT 205.2 291.7
up to 2 per cent sequential revenue ties to drive business transformation for cent in the year-ago period and silience in revenues and asset
10-year Gilt 6.34
growth for the July-September period. our customers by investing in our big EPS (Rs) 9.70 13.72 2.91 per cent three months ago. quality. We believe that earn-
Its revenue increased by about 5.3 per bets,” Wipro CEO and executive director The overall provisions gal- ings trajectory should
IN BRIEF cent to Rs 14,716.1 crore during the report- Abidali Z Neemuchwala said. loped 184 per cent to Rs 1,784 strengthen significantly from
ed quarter, compared with Rs 13,977.7
crore in the year-ago period. The Banga-
NUMBER WATCH
Wipro’s topline numbers lag behind
those of larger rivals TCS and Infosys that HDFC AMC crore. It used Rs 1,399 crore of
the Rs 2,100-crore in additional
hereon,” the statement said in
a “management commentary”

Fresh bid lore-based company’s consolidated in-

come rose by about 5 per cent to Rs 15,566.6
crore during the reported quarter.
million — translating into a sequential
growth of up to 2 per cent.
announced their first quarter perform-
ance last week. TCS logged a revenue
growth of 11.4 per cent to Rs 38,172 crore profit
provisions made during the
March quarter. The down-
grade of two finance compa-
on the numbers.
Dhanlaxmi Bank
terms for Wipro’s mainstay IT services revenue
was $2,038.8 million, up 4.3 per cent year-
“We delivered IT services margins of
18.4 per cent and free cash flows of 98.8 per
during the June quarter, while Infosys
saw its topline rising 14 per cent to rises 42%
nies led to a Rs 1,109-crore hit
in provisions during the re-
Dhanlaxmi Bank on Wednes-
day reported a net profit of Rs

Jaypee
on-year. The company, which competes cent of our net income. We had a slower Rs 21,803 crore. porting quarter. 19.84 crore for the first quarter
with rivals like Tata Consultancy Ser- start to the year, we, however, remain fo- OUR SPECIAL The provision coverage ended June 30 of the current fi-
vices and Infosys, had earlier said its IT cused on our operations and continue to
Mindtree profit up 41% CORRESPONDENT ratio dropped to 43 per cent, nancial year. The bank had
■ NEW DELHI: The National services revenues in June 2019 quarter invest in talent and capabilities for the fu- Mindtree on Wednesday posted a 41.4 per one of the lowest among pri- posted a net loss of Rs 45 crore
Company Law Appellate are likely to be in the range of $2,046 mil- ture,” Wipro chief financial officer Jatin cent rise in consolidated net profit to Rs Mumbai: HDFC Asset Man- vate sector lenders. in the same period of 2018-19.
Tribunal (NCLAT) on lion to $2,087 million, excluding the im- Dalal said. 92.7 crore for the June quarter. The ban- agement Company’s June Despite the setbacks, the The total income was near-
Wednesday directed IDBI pact of the divestment of its Workday and Wipro saw a sequential drop of 3.8 per galore-based firm had registered a net quarter profit after tax rose 42 bank, however, maintained its ly flat at Rs 256.75 crore during
Bank, the lead lender of Cornerstone On Demand business. cent in net profit from Rs 2,483.5 crore in profit of Rs 158.2 crore in the year-ago pe- per cent to Rs 291.7 crore from credit cost guidance at 1.25 per April-June 2019-20, the bank
debt-ridden Jaypee Infrat- For the July-September quarter, March 2019 quarter, while revenue riod. Mindtree’s revenues rose 11.9 per Rs 205.26 crore a year ago. cent for the entire year, stating said in a regulatory filing.
ech, to file an affidavit list- Wipro expects its IT services revenue to dropped 1.9 per cent from Rs 15,006.3 crore cent to Rs 1,834.2 crore in the quarter com- HDFC Asset Management that the same stood at 0.32 per On the asset front, the bank
ing out new terms and be in the range of $2,039 million to $2,080 in the previous quarter. pared with Rs 1,639.5 crore a year ago. PTI was earlier in the news when it cent for the first quarter. continued to witness pressure
conditions if a fresh round decided to provide liquidity to At the time of announcing with gross non-performing as-
certain fixed maturity plans of the results last time, the bank sets remaining higher at 7.61

Emami to use own

of bidding is conducted. A
two-member bench head-
ed by Chairman Justice StanChart HDFC Mutual Fund to deal
with the crisis faced by these
had said it has identified assets
of over Rs 10,000 crore which
per cent of gross advances at
end of June 2019. Gross NPAs

base in
S.J. Mukhopadhaya has funds because of their expo- led it to provide extra Rs 2,100 were 8.94 per cent at the end of
asked IDBI Bank to file an sure to certain non convert- crore and report a maiden June 2018 and at 7.47 per cent

funds to retire debt

affidavit by Friday in this ible debentures (NCDs). quarterly loss. at March-end 2019.

GIFT City
regard. The appellate tri- In its notes to accounts, the Later, reports had also Net NPAs were at 2.35 per
bunal has listed the mat- company said that during the come about watchers express- cent of net advances, down
ter for next hearing on quarter, it purchased NCDs ing concern over its exposure from 3.79 per cent a year ago. It
Monday. PTI ASTAFF REPORTER amounting to Rs 426.45 crore. to companies like DHFL, the stood at 2.41 per cent by the end
These NCDs are secured by a Anil Ambani group compa- of March 2019. PTI
Calcutta: Standard Chartered SAMBIT SAHA promoter level. pledge of certain listed equity
London market Bank expects to open an inter- HEALTH WATCH Goenka had earlier said shares and that under the

Nayara fortifies
national banking unit in Gu- Calcutta: Emami, the well- the promoters were keen to same arrangement, the com-
■ LONDON: India could tap jarat International Finance ness focused fast moving con- Quarter ended March pay back the entire Rs 2,200 pany additionally purchased
London’s capital market Tec (GIFT) City this year. sumer goods company, will (in Rs crore) 2018 2019 crore in debt to release all NCDs amounting to around
when the country decides GIFT City is being devel- strive to become debt free as pledged shares and it would Rs 33.26 crore on July 1.

India presence
to raise its first-ever inter- oped by Gujarat government the management plans to Revenue 2541 2693 like to monetise the group’s as- During the quarter, the
national sovereign bond as a hub to attract internation- utilise internal accruals to re- 306.2 302.5 sets in cement, paper, health- company’s total income rose
PAT
later this year, British al entities offering services tire residual loans. care, real estate and retail. to Rs 552.75 crore from Rs
Prime Minister Theresa such as offshore banking, Borrowings of the company Borrowings 325.9 109.8 Around 42 per cent of promot- 501.19 crore in the correspon-
May has suggested. De- asset management, insurance, have come down sharply by Rs ers’ 52.7 per cent holding in ding quarter a year ago.
Finance cost 34.30 21.40
scribing India and the UK capital markets IT and allied 216 crore in 2018-19, the consoli- Emami is pledged as of now. The assets under manage- New Delhi: Russian oil major Rosneft-backed Indian refinery
as twin pillars of the Com- services, backed by fiscal con- dated balance sheet of Emami ment (AUM) rose to Rs 3,56,700 Nayara Energy, previously Essar Oil, said on Tuesday it will be
monwealth built on cessions. The minimum alter- shows, reducing interest cost tion, especially in rural areas,
Amortisation cost crore, a year-on-year increase investing $850 million to expand into petrochemicals.
shared values of democra- nate tax for the International by 37 per cent year-on-year. the mainstay of the company’s A key reason for the depressed of 18 per cent, the fund house Nayara plans to set up a 450,000 tonnes a year polypropylene
cy, she called on the Indi- Financial Services Centre has “We want to use cash gen- consumer base. PAT over the last four years is said. plant, the company said in a statement.
an government to raise its been lowered to 9 per cent erated from the business to re- While revenue went up often attributed to the amorti- As of June 30, 59.2 per cent The company has licensed technology from W.R. Grace & Co
proposed international from 18.5 per cent. duce borrowing and become 12.3 per cent over the last four sation cost of intangible as- of the company’s total month- to produce a broad range of phthalate-free products from its
sovereign bond later this “There is a plan to open an debt free,” Mohan Goenka, di- years, profit after tax slid 16.5 sets. Expense on account of ly average AUM was con- 400,000 barrel per day refinery in Gujarat state.
year in London. PTI offshore banking unit in GIFT rector of Emami, said. per cent in the corresponding amortisation of intangible as- tributed by individual in- Nayara Energy in a statement said the current and future in-
City. It will hopefully come by Emami’s borrowing stood period. Any reduction in fi- sets, mostly related to Kesh vestors compared with 54.3 vestments in the petrochemical business would significantly
the end of the year,” said Zarin at Rs 109.86 crore as on March nance cost is going to add to King, which Emami acquired per cent for the industry, contribute towards the development of the Devbhumi Dwarka
Strides Pharma Daruwala, CEO of Standard 31, 2019 compared with the bottomline. in 2015-16 for Rs 1,651 crore, HDFC Asset Management district as petrochemical hub in India.
Chartered Bank, on the side- Rs 325.91 crore a year ago. Fi- The effort of the manage- stood at Rs 248.49 crore in the said. AUM in actively man- B. Anand, chief executive officer, Nayara Energy, said, “The
■ HYDERABAD: The US Food lines of an event organised by nance cost has come down to ment also comes at a time the last fiscal. In 2017-18, the com- aged equity oriented funds petrochemical sector has a vital role to play in India’s economic
and Drug Administration the Ladies Study Group, affili- Rs 21.40 crore in 2018-19 from owners are battling to reduce pany spent Rs 243.57 crore grew to Rs 1,68,900 crore as on growth and development. Diversifying our energy basket with
has issued a warning to ated to the Indian Chamber of Rs 34.30 crore a year ago. debt taken by pledging shares under this head. June 30, 2019 with a market our foray into petrochemicals is a step towards becoming a part
Strides Pharma Science Commerce. The aggressive push to clip of Emami Ltd. The Goenka Emami will spend a simi- share of 16.2 per cent. of this development story.
as there were discarded An offshore banking unit loan exposure comes at a time and Agarwal families — pro- lar amount this year, but the The stock markets gave a He said Nayara was committed to drive excellence through
CGMP (current good could allow Indian companies Emami, maker of Navaratna moters of the company — have outgo will come down to Rs 90 thumbs-up to the results with partnerships and deliver innovation across our businesses.
manufacturing practice) having a global presence to oil, Boroplus and Zandu, faces sold 20 per cent of their com- crore from next fiscal onwards its share price closing with “Our partnership with Grace will ensure that the right technol-
documents and records in avail themselves of credit in stagnating sales and profit as bined holding in the last six and go off the balance sheet gains of over 3 per cent on the ogy is available to produce high quality value-added products
the scrap yard of its plant other currencies, while for- it stares at a dip in consump- months to retire debt at the after five years. BSE on Tuesday. from our refinery,” he said. Reuters
in Puducherry. PTI eign portfolio investors could
use the services to invest in do-

Oil investment City gas monopoly to end

mestic securities. The Union
FMCG growth government has announced a
series of fiscal incentives in its
■ NEW DELHI: The FMCG
latest budget on July 5 to at-

target at $1bn
sector in India will face a tract investors to GIFT City.
slowdown in 2019 with a These include a 100 per New Delhi: The Centre will introduce moving into the 11 cities in which it dis-
growth rate of 9-10 per cent cent tax holiday for 10 out of 15 rules in six months that could lead to the tributes gas, including Jamnagar,
impacted by a dip in de- years, no dividend distribu- phase-out of monopolies controlled by Ahmedabad, Hazira, Surat and Rajkot in
mand, particularly the tion tax out of current and ac- natural gas distribution companies in 34 the western Gujarat state.
rural. The FMCG growth cumulated profits and long- OUR SPECIALCORRESPONDENT cities, including New Delhi and Mumbai, Some cities awarded to Indian Oil and
rate for the first half of term capital gains exemptions allowing consumers to choose a new sup- Adani Gas Ltd would also be open to new
2019 is around 12 per cent, to Alternative Investment New Delhi: The country hopes to attract more than $1 billion in- plier, a senior regulatory official said. distributors, under the new provisions.
a report by Nielsen said. Funds (AIFs). There is also an vestment in the oil exploration and production blocks that were In 2009, the Petroleum and Natural No immediate comment was available
BOTTOM LINERS exemption from withholding awarded on Tuesday under the new auction rules, oil minister Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) gave ex- from the five companies.
tax on interest paid on debt se- Dharmendra Pradhan said. clusive gas marketing rights, initially for The PNGRB recently awarded over
curities issued at GIFT. Pradhan said a higher production of oil and gas was priority five years, to companies who had estab- 130 city gas projects and is hoping that
SHARED GAINS
of the Modi government. “There is possibility of $1 billion in lished gas distribution networks in cities those will involve new investment of Rs
Overseas borrowing OALP-II and III,” he said. across the country as a way to recover another three months as the regulator 1.2 lakh crore ($17.50 billion). Notable win-
Daruwala feels the decision of The government awarded 32 blocks in the latest two explo- their costs along with exclusive rights to will first seek feedback from companies ners include GAIL, Adani and IOC.
the Centre to tap the overseas ration licensing rounds, called the open acreage licensing policy use the networks for 25 years. and the public, he said. The companies will provide piped gas
market to raise a part of its (OALP) that allows companies to carve out any area they want However, the regulator will open the The move could affect the business of to an additional 22.1 million domestic cus-
gross borrowing offers a new to drill. marketing business to competition, said GAIL (India) Ltd, formerly known as Gas tomers, build 4,600 fuel stations and in-
source of funding for the gov- State-owned Oil India bagged 12 blocks followed by private Satpal Garg, a PNGRB board member, Authority of India Ltd, the biggest gas dis- crease the size of the pipeline network by
ernment and lays a bench- resources major Vedanta with 10. A consortium of Reliance In- who is in control of its commercial and tributor in the country. two-thirds.
mark for corporate houses. dustries Ltd and BP Plc got one. monitoring responsibilities. GAIL has direct or indirect control of At the end of March 2019, India daily
“It appears you can “The sovereign bond is Utpal Bora, chairman-cum-managing director, Oil India “These companies have more than re- many of the single-city distributors, such supplied about 21.1 million cubic metres
trust your financial something that a lot of govern- Limited, said the strategy of the company was to consolidate covered their costs as indicated by their as Mahanagar Gas Ltd in Mumbai, In- of gas to about 5 million households,
adviser... however, I have ments do. India has not done it its position as the leading operator in the North East and profitability and market cap,” he said. draprastha Gas Ltd in New Delhi. They 35,000 commercial and industrial clients
some hidden fees.” but China does it. It’s a new av- carry out exploration in areas where there was no The rules will be ready in three could now face new competition. and for vehicles through 1,700 fuel sta-
enue of raising money.” production. months, and implementation would take Gujarat Gas Ltd may also have rivals tions, Garg said. Reuters
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SCHOOL ASPIRATIONS CREATE STRESS FOR KIDS P10 ● AUTO DRIVERS BLOCK TRAFFIC IN CNG PROTEST P9
THURSDAY 18 JULY 2019 XXNE

GOOD
morning HC bins Bidhannagar no-trust order Bista finger
at state &
EVENTS
OUR LEGALREPORTER The main argument of Du-
tta’s counsel and former Cal-
When asked whether the
state would prefer an appeal
verdict. The mayor’s post is an
elected post,” mayor Dutta
GTA over
■ Inauguration of cricket
coaching camp facility and
Calcutta: The high court
on Wednesday quashed a
notification issued by the
cutta mayor Bikash Ranjan
Bhattacharyya was that since
the July 9 notification was is-
against Wednesday’s order, a
state law department official
said that after getting the copy
told The Telegraph.
Naihati hearing school
tree plantation programme
by Chanchal Cricket Acad-
Bidhannagar Municipal sued by the joint commission- of the judgement, the state The hearing of a petition OUR CORRESPONDENT
emy at Stadium Ground,
Corporation’s joint com- er of the corporation, it should would decide its future course moved by 18 councillors of
Chanchal in Malda, 10am.
missioner to convene a not be considered as valid. of action. Naihati municipality chal- Siliguri: Darjeeling MP Raju
meeting of councillors to Bhattacharyya’s argume- Trinamul had decided to lenging the state govern- Bista took a dig at the Bengal
■ Cultural programme or-
move a no-confidence mo- nt was that only the chairper- remove Dutta from the post of ment’s decision to appoint an government and the Gorkha-
ganised by Eastern Zonal
tion against mayor Sabya- son of the corporation had the mayor after he was seen keep- administrator in the civic land Territorial Administra-
Cultural Centre at Srijani
sachi Dutta. right to issue the notification ing close connection with BJP body allegedly to avoid no- tion (GTA) for not signing an
However, Justice Samapti convening a meeting of the leader Mukul Roy. Since Dutta confidence motion against the agreement with the Centre to
Cultural Complex, Srinike-
Chatterjee gave liberty to Kr- board of councillors for mov- did not resign, the ruling party existing chairman, concluded facilitate the construction of a
tan in Birbhum, 5pm.
ishna Chakrabarty, the ing a no confidence motion. had stared the process of mov- in the court of Justice Samapti Sainik School in the Darjeel-
chairperson of the civic body, “We have no objection if ing a no-trust motion against Chatterjee on Wednesday. The ing hills.
■ Discussion on signifi-
to issue a fresh notice in two the civic body follows the him. judge has adjourned the ver- On Wednesday, Bista is-
cance of Banamahotsav
days “ in accordance with norm and convene a fresh Accordingly, some coun- dict of the case. sued a press release and men-
followed by a cultural pro-
law” to convene the meeting. meeting. But the July 9 notifi- cillors, under the leadership of tioned that he had come to
gramme organised by state
In the joint commissioner’s cation must be set aside,” deputy mayor Tapas Chatter-
Bongaon case know that a proposal to set up
forest department on the
notification, the meeting was Bhattacharyya had claimed jee had submitted a requisi- The state BJP on Wednesday such a school in Darjeeling
occasion of Banamahotsav
supposed to be held on July 18. before the court. tioned to convene a meeting of mentioned before Justice was mooted in back in 2012.
2019 at Bir Sidhu Kanu
After the order, it will be im- Both advocate general all the councillors for the Samapti Chatterjee that even The Sainik Schools located
Nagar High School,
possible to convene the meet- Kishore Dutta on behalf of the mayor’s removal to chairper- after the judge’s order, chair- across India are run by a socie-
Kalyani in Nadia, 10am.
ing on that day to move the no- state and Kalyan Banerjee, son Chakraborty. Chakrabort- man of the Bongoan munici- ty that functions under the
trust motion against Dutta chairperson’s counsel and Tri- y, in turn, had forwarded the pality did not allow some of Union defence ministry.
■ Health check-up camp
who was removed from the namul Congress MP, had op- requisition to joint commis- councillors belonging to their Accordingly, he had put a
for workers of unorganised
mayor’s post by the Trinamul posed Bhattacharyya’s argu- sioner Surajit Ghosh. Ghosh party to take part in the no- question in the Lok Sabha,
sector organised by Rad-
Congress as he was seen cosy- ment and claimed that corpo- then issued the no-confidence confidence motion against the asking the concerned ministry
hakrishna Market Tra-
ing up to the BJP. ration’s commissioner and, in notification convening a meet- present mayor. The party as whether any in-principal
ders’ Association at its of-
The verdict followed a peti- his absence, the joint commis- ing on July 18. prayed for allowing it to file an approval for setting up the
fice in Chakdah, Nadia,
tion by Dutta who had chal- sioner, had the right to issue “I have always abided by application to bring the issue school was given back in 2012
10.30am.
(Clockwise from left) Calcutta High Court, Krishna lenged the legality of the July 9 notification to convene a meet- the law of the land. I will abide before the court. Justice Chat- and whether there are any
Chakrabarty and Sabyasachi Dutta notification. ing of the board of councillors. by the Calcutta High Court’s terjee allowed the prayer. reasons for the delay as no
■ Inauguration of two-day
such institution has come up
recitation programme or-

Glare on TMC
in Darjeeling hills so far.
ganised by Anwesa at Ra-
“The ministry replied back
bindra Sadan, Behrampore
and mentioned that the ap-
in Murshidabad, 6pm.
proval was granted back on
May 2012. It was also conveyed
■ Programme of devotion-

feud in cut
to the state on January 2015
al songs organised by Baz-
and as per procedure, a tripar-
arshow Village Committee
tite agreement was required to
in front of the Durga Man-
be signed between the min-
dir Committee at Shaktip-
istry, the state and the

money charge
ur in Murshidabad, 4pm.
GTA. But so far, there has
been no response from the
■ Programme of folk songs
state’s side, said the reply,”
organised by Pulinda Mar-
said a source.
ket Committee in front of
This is what has irked
Bank More, Beldanga in
Bista.
Murshidabad, 7pm.
SUBHASISH CHAUDHURI The content and design of “I am outraged that the
the posters are identical and West Bengal government
■ Programme of devotion-
Santipur: Anonymous poste- only posters in particular has denied our hills an insti-
al songs organised by Tam-
rs have been plastered in nine wards mention the ward num- tute of national eminence.
ralipta Gaudiya Math in
wards of Santipur municipali- ber. De is the councillor from What I find particularly trou-
front of its premises at
ty, accusing the respective Tri- ward 13. blesome is that in not bother-
Steamer Ghat, Tamluk in
namul Congress councillors, CCTV footage shows that ing to sign the letter the West
East Midnapore, 6pm.
including chairman Ajoy De, at least four persons slapped Bengal government has de-
of taking “cut money” from the posters in the wee hours of nied our brave soldiers and
■ Carrom competition
beneficiaries of the Pradhan Wednesday from 2.40am in their children who would
organised by Uttarayan
Mantri Awas Yojana. wards 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 21, 22, have been the main benefici-
Club on its premises at
The posters were pasted al- 24. ary of this Sainik School,” the
Badamtala, Tamluk in
legedly by Trinamul workers While De and party’s dis- MP has said through the re-
East Midnapore, 2pm.
who owed allegiance to San- trict president Sankar Singh lease.
tipur party MLA Arindam Bh- refused to blame any leader di- Bista has also appealed to
■ Cultural programme
attacharjee. rectly, several party workers the state so that necessary ini-
organised by Rituranga, a
The Nadia district Trina- and councillors alleged that tiatives are taken to expedite
cultural group, at Railway
mul president, Sankar Singh, the youths seen on CCTV the process of setting up the
Crossing Ground, Daharp-
admitted that party workers footage were close aides of school in Darjeeling.
ur, Tamluk in East Midna-
were behind the posters. party’s Santipur MLA The MP has also men-
pore, 6pm.
Bhattacharjee had won the Arindam Bhattacharjee. tioned that the defence min-
Santipur Assembly seat as a De said, “The CCTV foota- istry also do not have any pro-
Congress candidate in 2016. A ge shows that the youths past- posal of shifting the
IN BRIEF year later, he joined Trinamul
and ever since, the MLA and
ing the posters are well known
faces and we all know to which
Gorkha Recruiting Depot and
Gorkha Records Office from
the civic chief are not on party they belong. It is quite Darjeeling.

Snakebite terms.
Trinamul sources said
some Trinamul workers were
unfortunate that my party
workers are trying to humili-
ate me. If anybody has any-
Recently, there were spec-
ulations that these offices
would be shifted to some other

kills one identified on CCTV cameras

slapping posters at several
places riding a white Scorpio
thing to say against me I urge
him to face me without fear.”
Singh said: “It is quite un-
location.
“The ministry has made it
clear that is no such proposal,”
■ TEHATTA: A 44-year-old on Tuesday night. fortunate that some leaders A great egret takes wing in Nadia’s Krishnagar. Picture byAbhi Ghosh said Bista.
man died of snakebite in The sources also ques- are seriously damaging the
Nadia’s Tehatta on Tues-
day night. Local people
tioned the role of police as dur-
ing slapping of posters on
party’s image from within. We
have brought the matter to the BJP SEES TMC HAND IN BANNERS PUT UP BY RAIGANJ ‘CITIZENS’

Hoardings on ‘Jai Shri Ram’ quote

said the snake bit Tapas Tuesday night in at least nine notice of our top leadership,
Halder, a resident of Nisc- wards no police patrol was including the chief minister.”
hintapur village, on his seen intercepting the Scorpio. The Trinamul leadership
palm when he was trying “Join the programme of meanwhile on Wednesday
to unlock a door at his gheraoing the councillor's evening organised a public
residence. He was rushed house in protest against his meeting where it has issued a
to Tehatta sub divisional taking Rs 40,000 to Rs 50,000 48-hour deadline to the police KOUSIK SEN it seems some people here
hospital where he died per beneficiary in the name of to nab those who put up the are trying to play politics
later. allotting house under the posters. Raiganj: A number of hoard- over it,” said Nirmal Dam,
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yo- Superintendent of ings carrying Nobel laureate the district BJP president.
jana,” read the posters. Ranaghat police district VSR Amarya Sen’s recent quote Trinamul, CPM and the
Woman suicide The suspected Trinamul Ananthnag said, “We have so on the “Jai Shri Ram” Congress said they had
workers allegedly slapped far received no complaint.” slogan have appeared in nothing to do with the
■ MURAROI: A homemaker posters accusing at least nine Asked how police over- the North Dinajpur district hoardings.
died after she allegedly party councillors, including looked the scorpio roaming in headquarters, prompting the “But we support the re-
consumed pesticide foll- De for taking ‘cut money’ from the town for over two hours, BJP to point finger at the marks of Amartya Sen. The
owing a quarrel with her PMAY housing scheme benefi- the SP said, “I have to check Trinamul Congress for the BJP is using the slogan as
husband in Birbhum’s ciaries. facts first.” banners and iterate its oppo- part of its divisive politics,”
Muraroi late on Tuesday sition to the economist’s said Mohit Sengupta, the
evening. Sources said comment. Raiganj MLA and the dis-
Priya Bhuinmali was de- “Nagarikder pokkho trict Congress chief.
clared dead on arrival at theke procharito (these have Sandip Biswas, the
Rampurhat health distr- been put on behalf of the res- Raiganj municipality chair-
ict hospital. Police source idents),” read the hoardings man and a district Trinamul
said Priya, 28, had mar- which featured the pictures leader, spoke along the same
ried Kiran Bhuinmali 10 of Sen. lines. “We didn’t erect the
years ago. The Raiganj Nagarik hoardings but we support
Mancha, an apolitical body those who put up them on
of residents, said there One of the hoardings which appeared in Raiganj. Picture by Kousik Sen the streets of Raiganj. The
Skeleton found might be a political motive BJP is trying to create a divi-
behind the hoardings’ ap- BJP was slammed by its ri- late, it is being used as a pre- Durga and Ram Navami.” sion among people,” he said.
■ INDAS: Police recovered a pearance. vals several times over the text to beat up people. I don’t The hoardings were Apurba Pal, the district
human skeleton packed “It is surprising that issue (Jai Shri Ram chant),” feel this slogan has any con- found at prominent crossing secretary of the CPM, also
in a plastic bag from the those who have put up the said Tapan Chowdhury, nection with the culture of and thoroughfares in said the party supported
Dwarakeswar river in hoardings have called them- the secretary of the Mancha. Bengal,” reads the quote Raiganj. Sen’s views, but didn’t put
Bankura’s Indas early on selves the ‘residents’ of The hoardings carried ex- written in Bengali. The BJP said it suspected up the hoardings.
Wednesday. Local people Raiganj. But no such deci- cerpts from Sen’s address at It further states: “I had that Trinamul was behind Sumit Kumar, the super-
informed the police about sion was taken by any citizen an interaction programme asked my four-year-old the banners. intendent of police, North
the plastic bag emanating forum or social organisation. in Jadavpur University on grandchild who her “We suspect it is the Dinajpur, said a vigil was
foul smell that was stuck We suspect the hoardings July 5. favourite deity is. She replied handiwork of Trinamul. Our maintained to avert any law
in the riverbank. The po- were erected with some “I had never heard ‘Jai that it is Ma Durga. There is party doesn’t endorse and order trouble over the
lice said a probe was initi- political intentions as the Shri Ram’ slogan earlier. Of no comparison between Ma Amartya Sen’s remarks and hoardings.
ated and the carcass has Some of the posters pasted in Santipur.
been sent for autopsy. Picture by byAbhi Ghosh
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Tusker raids Bankura school, homes
ABHIJEET CHATTERJEE failed as we raised alarm and We rushed out of the house grocery shop. “The elephant ed accusing the forest officials ce. “We have been intimating
chased it away,” said a vil- and saw the elephant loom in not only ate rice but also scat- of inaction after the animal re- villagers about possible ele-
Bankura: A wild elephant we- lager. front us,” said Phurki Maji, a tered pulses and rice on the turned to the forest on Wedne- phant infiltration into human
nt on a rampage in two Banku- The villagers said the villager. The animal broke the road. It broke open the gate of sday morning alleging inacti- habitats at night to alert them.
ra villages breaking through elephant apparently became tiled roof of the house and the shop and barged in,” said on by them despite informing Our hula parties (village tra-
an iron gate of a primary scared after being chased and threw some earthen tiles in Tarak Maji, the shop owner. them about the incident. ined to chase elephants) are
school and damaging mud hid in a bush and as the people the air with its trunk. It also The elephant then went to “The elephant had been also guarding the villages so
houses, shops and fields. left, it attacked a mud house in ransacked two more mud a nearby field where farmers frequently entering into this that we could chase the jumbo
Sources said the tusker, the neighbouring Kenduadihi houses in the village. cultivate pumpkin. “The jum- locality at night for the past back to the jungle soon after it
that emerged from a nearby village in the wee hours of “The elephant was hungry bo ate and damaged at least 50 two weeks. We have repeated- appears,” said Bhaskar, divi-
forest, first entered a primary Wednesday. and became angry after vil- quintals of pumpkin we culti- ly informed the forest officials sional forest officer of Banku-
school in Kapistha village on “A portion of the mud wall lagers prevented it from eating vated on our land,” said Kartik but no action was taken. We ra (north).
Tuesday night by breaking the of my house collapsed after the the rice kept in the school Ghosh, a vegetable farmer. He are feeling scared at night,” He added that the villagers
main gate and ambled towards jumbo kicked it. We were kitchen,” said a forest official. said the damaged pumpkins said Tarak Maji. whose homes and crops had
the kitchen. “It tried to drag sleeping on the floor inside the Later, the tusker was fou- were worth around Rs 30,000. Forest officials in Banku- been damaged would be given The damaged iron gates of the primary school at Kapistha
rice sacks with its trunk but room when the wall collapsed. nd eating rice and pulses at a The villagers demonstrat- ra, however, denied negligen- compensated as per norms. village in Bankura. Picture by Tapas Sinha

A farmer ploughs a field in Nadia’s Karimpur. Picture by Picture byAshis Pramanik

Navy team Auto drivers block

arrives for traffic in CNG protest
Teesta search
OUR CORRESPONDENT idea of the current situation.
ABHIJEET CHATTERJEE

Durgapur: Around 1,200 au-

torickshaw operators blocked
roads at different locations in
“I have spoken with the Durgapur on Wednesday to
Siliguri: Indian Navy person- officials of Indian Navy. The protest dearth of Compressed
nel reached Sevoke near here steep water level has made Natural Gas (CNG) since June
on Wednesday to search for their task difficult. What I 27.
two tourists and a cab driver have learnt from them that The auto drivers raised the
who had been missing with the they are trying to get some in- blockades at 10am across the
vehicle in the Teesta since struments which can be help- town resulting in widespread
July 10. ful for the search operation. I traffic snarls. They blocked Autorickshaw operators block the road near Durgapur
However, the strong force will talk to the chief minister roads like the approach road Municipal Corporation on Wednesday. Picture byArup Sarkar
of the river did not allow them and appeal to her to facilitate to NH2 near Durgapur Munic-
to initiate the search. Later, it transportation of such equip- ipal Corporation and Durga- meetings between the trans- are always willing to resume
was learnt that they need ments from the Indian Navy pur administrative area that porters, GEECL and the ad- operations but will not com-
some equipments which are to base at Visakhapatnam,” Deb houses all government offices, ministration yielded no result. promise on safety standards.”
be brought in their headquar- said. courts, interstate bus termi- In Asansol, the truck driv- On Wednesday evening,
ters in Vishakhapatnam. The disappointment of the nus and banks. The protesters ers led by INTTUC leader and Durgapur sub-divisional offic-
The NDRF, that had initiat- driver’s acquaintances and also did not allow entry of president of Motor Vehicle Tr- er Anirban Koley held a meet-
ed a search since date of acci- family members of the missing buses to the terminus forcing ansport Workers’ Union Raju ing with the auto drivers and
dent, however, continued its tourists continued, as a week the passengers to walk a dis- Ahluwalia demonstrated in some Trinamul leaders but to
work on the Teesta but could has passed after the accident. tance to catch buses. front of the GEECL office on no avail.
not locate the missing persons The SUV, that was carry- The supply of CNG had Wednesday and prevented
or the vehicle. ing three tourists from Ra- stopped since June 27 follow- some officials from entering
“After reaching here, we jasthan to Sikkim, went off NH ing a strike called by the Tri- the plant. Later, they were al-
have assessed the river water. 10 and plunged into the Teesta. namul-backed truck drivers lowed to enter their office after
Unless the water level re- Among the four missing per- engaged in transportation of police intervened.
cedes,it seems difficult to sons — the tourists and the the green fuel, demanding A GEECL spokesperson
carry out the search. We also driver — body of one of the wage hike, PF and ESI facili- said: “We have met the admin-
need some equipment neces- tourists has been recovered so ties. Also, they were protest- istration several times and su-
sary for carrying out such op- far. ing the decision to replace bmitted our stand on the issue
eration in deep water. We have Meanwhile, in another de- some drivers on safety of violation of safety. The driv-
contacted our higher officials velopment, BJP leaders in grounds by Great Eastern En- ers have earlier illegally stop-
and have apprised them about Siliguri met family members ergy Corporation Limited ped the work twice and creat-
the situation,” said one of offi- of the missing tourists. (GEECL), a Gurgaon based ed several safety hurdles. The
cials of Indian Navy. Abhijit Roy Chowdhury, private company engaged in transport contractors of the
The naval team reached the Siliguri (organisational) exploring and producing CNG GEECL want to start work wi-
the here on Tuesday evening, district president of BJP also in Raniganj coal belt. th new drivers in a safe man-
a day after the state had sent a letter to Union defence “We are not getting the ner and for that they need the
sought help from them for the minister Rajnath Singh thro- CNG to run our autorick- support of the administration.
search operation. ugh Raju Bista, the MP of Dar- shaws for the past three weeks We reiterate that we have and
State tourism minister jeeling, and appealed to him and we can’t earn money.
Gautam Deb, who had been for necessary assistance so th- Some of us are forced to run
monitoring the activities at Se- at the naval team can get nece- the three-wheeler with petrol
voke, went to the spot on ssary equipment and can car- but that is not economically vi-
Wednesday morning to get an ry out the operation in Sevoke. able for us as passengers are
not ready to pay surplus fares.
We are helpless and have no
option but to launch such
protest,” said Chanchal Gorai,
an auto driver.
Sources said CNG is not
only eco-friendly and cheaper
but also gives extra mileage.
“The price of petrol is
around Rs 76 a litre while we
get the CNG at Rs 68 per kg.
Moreover, we get almost dou-
ble mileage from the green fuel
as compared to petrol,” said
another auto driver.
In Asansol and Durgapur,
only CNG operated autorick-
shaws are allowed to ply as the
green fuel is produced and
NDRF personnel on the Teesta on Wednesday. available here.
Picture by Passang Yolmo Sources said two tripartite
10 METRO THE TELEGRAPH SILIGURI THURSDAY 18 JULY 2019
XXNE

Fee refund PHASES OF PARTIAL LUNAR ECLIPSE

must, tech
varsity tells
colleges
SUBHANKAR
CHOWDHURY

Salt Lake: Maulana Abul

Kalam Azad University of
Technology has asked its col-
leges to refund the fees of a stu-
dent if he/she withdraws be- 1.32am 1.38am 1.45am 1.51am
fore the start of the course.
In a notice sent to the col-
leges on July 9, the university
said the entire fees collected
from a student except a pro-
cessing fee of not more than Rs
1,000 has to be refunded.
At the time of admission, a
private engineering college af-
filiated to the university
charges Rs 40,000 as tuition
fee, Rs 5,000 as admission fee,
and Rs 1,000 as students wel-
fare, sports and games fee. Col-
leges charge Rs 600 as library
and bank fee as well.
The university has re-
ceived complaints from
guardians and students about
refund of fees, vice-chancellor
Saikat Maitra said. “We want 2.13am 2.27am 3.00am 3.07am
to remind the colleges that A clear sky in the early hours of Wednesday let Calcuttans have a good view of the partial lunar eclipse, which continued from 1.31am to 4.29am. The greatest partial eclipse, when the Moon was at its darkest, occurred
they have to abide by the All around 3am. “The magnitude of the eclipse is 0.65, which means 65 per cent of the diameter of the moon was covered by the shadow of the earth at the maximum point of the eclipse. That was around 3am,” said
India Council for Technical Debiprosad Duari, director, research & academic, MP Birla Planetarium, who watched the eclipse from the roof of his house in Salt Lake. India will witness its lunar eclipse on May 26, 2021. Pictures by Pradip Sanyal
Education (AICTE) directive

How our Metro is different from others’

on refund of fees.”
After completion of the
three rounds of online coun-
selling by the joint entrance
examination board, a student
has to visit the college to take
admission. They are then
asked to pay the entire sum, a SANJAY MANDAL ideal figure. This leads to
university official said. heavy overhead cost,” said a
In the schedule uploaded Calcutta: Calcutta is the only Metro official.
on the JEE board website, the city where the Metro Rail is Outsourcing is the model
admission process will close run by the railways and urban followed by several other
on July 20. transportation experts said Metro operators.
“But before classes start in unless the model is changed “Security is not out-
the first week of August, a stu- passenger safety and services sourced. But other than that,
dent can withdraw... he/she are unlikely to improve. most services are out-
might get through to some In all other cities, Metro is sourced,” said an official of a
NITs by cracking the JEE partially owned by the state Metro operator in another
Main... or he/she might decide government and urban devel- city.
against studying at a private opment ministry. In some Services like cleaning and
engineering college,” the offi- places, it's being constructed maintenance are outsourced
cial said. “In such cases, col- and run in private public part- to agencies.
leges are often accused of ha- nership mode. “If maintenance is out-
rassing students when it “But Calcutta Metro is sourced to a private agency, it
comes to refunding fees.” completely owned by the Indi- is done professionally,” the of-
The higher education de- an Railways and unless the ficial pointed out.
partment on July 10 extended ownership is changed or it is For Calcutta Metro, main-
the admission deadline for un- allowed to function under a tenance has been a serious
dergraduate courses of Calcut- corporation like Delhi Metro, issue always.
ta University, West Bengal things will not improve,” said Snags are frequent even in
State University, and Burd- a senior Metro official. new rakes and often poor
wan University to July 25 over Delhi Metro Rail Corpora- maintenance is blamed.
seats lying vacant in their col- tion or Bangalore Metro Rail
leges. Corporation (joint venture be-
Revenue
“An engineering aspirant tween government of India Calcutta Metro last year in-
can decide to withdraw and and state government), curred a loss of around Rs 350
get admitted to one such col- function like independent bod- Passengers get into a crowded Metro at Chandni Chowk on Wednesday afternoon. Picture by Pradip Sanyal crore, said sources.
lege now. So, private engineer- ies taking decisions on “We are not allowed to ex-
ing college have to refund the safety and service related mat- Metro spoke to several of- needs improvement and how Workforce working for every one kilome- have around 800 employees plore new revenue models be-
fees,” another official said. ters including buying rakes ficials and urban transporta- the red tapism of the railway According to one expert, tre. Metro Rail now covers 27 working under it. But present- cause the railway ministry
Some private colleges even and outsourcing maintenance tion experts who pointed out ministry prevents improve- ideally a metro transportation kilometres. ly, the workforce is more than rules are strict,” said one
hold back the original school works. where the Metro Rail system ment. system should have 30 persons “This means Metro should 4,000, which is five times the Metro official.
leaving certificates so that stu-

Tender for flyover demolition School aspirations

dents cannot cancel their ad-
missions, he said.
In the July 9 notice, the in-
spector of colleges of Maulana
Abul Kalam Azad University,

create stress for kids

Swapan Kumar Maity, re-
ferred to the AICTE directive SUBHAJOY ROY opment Authority, the custo- Mayo Hospital on Beadon are divided on what to do with
and said: “It will not be per- dian of the structure. Street. The tender has stipu- the unfinished flyover. While
missible for institutions to re- Burrabazar: The govern- The urban development lated that the demolition has most, especially those who live
tain the school/institution ment has floated a tender to department had formed the to be “completed by two to away from the neighbour-
leaving certificates in original dismantle the vulnerable por- committee, comprising engi- three weeks’ time”. hoods through which the in-
in the event of a student with- tions of the Vivekananda Road neers and academics, follow- Bids have to be submitted complete flyover passes, want JHINUK MAZUMDAR
drawing before the com- flyover, a portion of which had ing the collapse of the Majer- by July 30. CMDA sources said construction to resume. They
mencement of course.” collapsed in March 2016. hat bridge in September. work could start by the second stand to gain from the flyover. Calcutta: How soon is too soon
Colleges go to any extent to The government is yet to The committee has advised week of August. Those living under the for a child to start learning for-
ensure seats don’t go vacant, decide whether the rest of the a detailed health assessment of A CMDA engineer said the structure or next to it, who mally? Heads of high schools
another official said. Thou- structure will be pulled down several flyovers and bridges steel structures that did not would have to take a detour to and preschools sought an an-
sands of seats have gone va- or allowed to stand to facilitate and recommended that vulner- have any concrete above them get on the flyover, have long swer to this critical question at
cant in the past few years but reconstruction of the flyover. able parts of the Vivekananda would be pulled down. The protested the construction. a panel discussion recently.
colleges can’t refuse to refund Officials said another ten- Road flyover be razed. pier and the pier cap will be A flyover along the route A daylong conference on
fees on this ground, he said. der would be floated to assess The tender says the girders left untouched. would benefit thousands of Crossing the Line organised
Taranjit Singh, the presi- the health of the rest of the have to be brought down from A 41m-long span of the fly- people in north Calcutta and by the Early Childhood Asso-
dent of the Association of Pro- structure. the superstructure. According over that was under construc- the northern fringes who suf- ciation, in association with
fessional Academic Institu- “We have floated a tender to the tender advertisement, tion had collapsed at the fer snarls on their way to The Telegraph, for early child-
tions, which represents self-fi- to dismantle the vulnerable the girders that would be re- Ganesh Talkies crossing on Howrah station, The flyover, if hood educators, parents and
nanced engineering colleges portions of the flyover. Only moved “were commissioned March 31, 2016, killing 26 peo- completed, will reduce the mentors included a discussion
in Bengal, said: “We are not those portions identified as without the support of bear- ple. The structure has re- journey time considerably. on Transition from Preschool
aware of any such allegations vulnerable by the bridge advi- ings and above which no deck mained untouched since as For residents of the Posta to High School.
regarding the refund of fees. sory committee will be pulled slab was cast”. the state government failed to and Ganesh Talkies areas, the Efforts to make a child
But we will go by whatever the down,” said an official of the The girders that will be decide about its fate. structure represents a con- ready for school and bringing
council says.” Calcutta Metropolitan Devel- pulled down will be kept near Residents of north Calcutta stant threat to their lives. forward the learning create
stress, the panelists said.

TWO WOMEN HELD FOR RUNNING RACKET IN KABARDANGA HOUSE “The pressure of trying to
make the child ready for

Teen rescued from sleaze den

school creates an environ- Participants at the conference for early childhood educators,
ment of stress from Day 1 and parents and mentors on Saturday. Picture by Sanat Kr Sinha
instils fear for school in the
child. Why are we trying to ers said. “Children should only be
bring on things before he or Few high school seats and playing and having a good
she can take it in?” asked Rup- the fact that not all who apply time in preschools. It should
DEBRAJ MITRA massage parlours and hotels ed her school education and the first couple of days. Victims become more katha Sarkar, the principal of can be taken in builds up the be an extension of their
in the city as well as in the lives with her mother and a “Sampa took her to vari- vulnerable, like in this case. La Martiniere for Girls. pressure for parents, early ed- homes. The pre schools need
Calcutta: A 15-year-old girl districts. 19-year-old brother. The fam- ous houses and hotels across The absence of a robust edu- Sarkar said that the child ucators said. to make children cross the
allegedly forced into prosti- On Tuesday, a police team ily runs on the money sent the city, where she was ex- cation system and poverty should not be taught anything “What are the criteria for midline and they should be at-
tution was rescued from a rescued the teenager with by the husband of her elder ploited. Jhuma rented a por- made the girl more vulnera- but be allowed to express him- rejecting a child? Parents are taining the skills they need to
house near Thakurpukur on the help of the NGO. She has sister. tion of the Kabardanga ble,” said Saji Philip, direc- self or herself. “Just be a worried about that rejection go to high school,” said Suman
Tuesday afternoon. been sent to a shelter. “She said she was raped house for the same purpose,” tor of operations in the Cal- friend to that little girl or boy and that is why they are anx- Sood, the director of Mongrace
Two women who were al- The women who were ar- at the age of nine by a neigh- an officer of Lalbazar’s anti- cutta wing of the Interna- who comes to you. Don’t teach ious. The reason is that Montessori House and chief
legedly running a trafficking rested have been identified bour. She did not disclose it trafficking unit said. tional Justice Mission. them anything. Help them to schools are few. If more good territory mentor of Early
racket from the single-storey by their first names — until her mother took her to “The girl is still trauma- Jhuma and Sampa have listen to music, help them to schools come up they can fulfil Childhood Association.
house in Kabardanga, less Jhuma, 29, and Sampa, 27. a doctor for gynaecological tised and will take some time been remanded in police cus- play, help them to enjoy na- this need of anxious parents,” The moderator of the panel
than 5km from Tollygunge Sampa, the police said, problems,” said a volunteer before opening up. It seems tody. They have been ture,” she said. said Paramita Biswas, discussion, radio host Jimmy
Metro station, were arrested. was held during a raid on an- with the International Jus- she had been threatened by charged under IPC sections But parents, in their anxi- founder, Association Montes- Tangree, said parents need to
A report released two other prostitution den a few tice Mission, who was part of the women,” the volunteer related to procurement and ety to admit their children to a sori Internationale. be educated.
years ago by the West Bengal years ago. the rescue team. said. trafficking a minor into particular school, often end up But teachers agreed that “The stress percolates to the
Commission for Protection The teenager, who lives in According to the girl, she The house from where prostitution. creating stress for the young parents are often “hyper” child as well. If a fear or anxiety
of Child Rights and the NGO a pocket on the southern had come in contact with the teenager was rescued Sections under the Im- ones. That anxiety often about getting their child ad- is instilled in the child, it will re-
International Justice Mis- fringe, is said to have told the Sampa through a friend last stands in a bylane in the inte- moral Traffic Prevention Act comes across when parents mitted to a particular school main for a long time. The body
sion (IJM) said minor girls rescuers that he had been year. Sampa is said to have riors of Kabardanga. Neigh- and Protection of Children want to know from preschool and they have questions like language of parents and non-
were being trafficked in “working” for the two lured her with a promise of a bours said they had no clue from Sexual Offences Act teachers not what the child is whether the playschool has a verbal communication is also
large numbers and forced women for a year. job. She was allegedly as- what was going on there. have also been slapped on doing in school or if he or she is tie-up with a high school or important for the child to be re-
into prostitution in houses, The girl has not complet- saulted by multiple men on “Rape is a social stigma. the two. enjoying but whether s/he is whether there is a syllabus for laxed,” said Shamik Ghosh, a
“ready for high school”, teach- a particular school. paediatrician.
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XXNE
METRO 11
Traders agree to demolish building Nadda to
OUR CORRESPONDENT

Siliguri: The impasse at the

after the structure in question
is dismantled.
The new building was built
the structure immediately as
the traders have appealed for
some time. They themselves
visit Bengal
next month
Bidhan Market over an illegal by the Bidhan Market Byab- will dismantle the structure
building was resolved on sayee Samiti to accommodate and have already removed the
Wednesday as traders submit- some traders whose shops tin roof of the first floor,” said
ted an undertaking to tourism were gutted in a fire on June the minister.
minister Gautam Deb promis- 11. Subrata Saha, president,
ing that they would not “I had a meeting with the Bidhan Market Byabsayee ASTAFF REPORTER We are trying to pack in as
carry out any further con- market committee. They gave Samiti, said: “We have re- much as possible,” said a state
struction. me a written undertaking that quested the minister to allow Calcutta: Jagat Prakash Na- functionary.
The shopowners in return they will not carry any further our members some time on dda will visit Bengal next mo- It has also been decided
urged the minister to stop the construction in the market. humanitarian ground so that nth in his maiden trip as the that Nadda would not hold any
Siliguri Jalpaiguri Develop- They also appealed to me to the traders not get evicted BJP working president to as- public rally during the visit.
ment Authority — that owns take necessary initiative so from the market place ahead sess its organisational stre- “As of the August 10 visit,
the market’s land — from dis- that SJDA can carry out the of Durga Puja. Once the re- ngth and post-general election Naddaji will only attend in-
mantling the illegal structure task of rebuilding affected building process starts, we scene. door organisational meet-
immediately, keeping in mind areas of the market. I have will remove the structure BJP state general-secre- ings,” said Chattopadhyay.
the loss that the shopkeepers spoken with the SJDA chair- from the spot.” tary (organisation) Subrata According to him, a public
who have opened shops in man who will soon visit the The tourism minister Chattopadhyay said on rally would instead be ad-
their building, would suffer market. Necessary works for also said that he will soon or- Wednesday that Nadda was dressed by BJP chief and
ahead of the upcoming Durga the reconstruction will com- A portion of the Bidhan Market; (right) Gautam Deb at the meeting on Wednesday. ganise citizens’ convention in likely to visit Calcutta on Au- Union home minister Amit
Puja. mence in couple of months’ Picture by Passang Yolmo the city to seek opinion from gust 10. Shah, also scheduled to visit
They will dismantle the time,” said Deb. residents as how to address “He would be addressing the state at the end of August.
building in due course, the Along with the shop own- on the issue. space for 20-odd shops. agency had served notices to the problem of encroachment. the first state committee meet-
traders assured. ers, Deb also held a meeting The stalemate had oc- He immediately ordered the market committee on Right from footpaths to ing after the Lok Sabha polls
This made the minister as- with officials of SJDA, Siliguri curred at the market here SJDA to issue necessary no- Monday, asking them to dis- riverbeds, there are encroach- and review the socio-political
sured them that SJDA would Municipal Corporation after Deb, during a visit to the tice and demolish the struc- mantle the shops within 72 ments everywhere in Siliguri situation in Bengal,” said
stand by the affected traders and Siliguri Metropolitan market, found that a building ture. Following the minister’s hours. which need to be cleared, he Chattopadhyay.
and will build shops for them Police at his office to discuss has been illegally built with order, the development “SJDA will not demolish said. The BJP’s state general-
secretary Sayantan Basu said
Nadda has expressed his de-

Ousted TMC sire to visit the kin of at least a

couple of BJP workers alleged-

civic chief
ly murdered in the post-elec-
tion violence in the state.
“We are in the process of

appoints identifying at least two victim

families that we can take Nad-
daji to meet when he is here,”
JP Nadda
“Amitji would address

new deputy said Basu.

A BJP insider said that
Nadda would start the Bengal
the masses and also express
the party’s gratitude for
blessing us with so much faith,
KOUSIK SEN journey with a visit to the under his presidency, handing
headquarters of the Ramakr- us wins in 18 Lok Sabha seats
Raiganj: Prasanta Mitra, the ishna Math and the Ramakr- here,” said Chattopadhyay.
chairman of Gangarampur ishna Mission in Belur and is He added that state unit
municipality, appointed a new also scheduled to visit the resi- was yet to finalise a central
vice-chairman in the civic dences of Swami Vivekananda Calcutta venue for the
body on Wednesday. and Netaji Subhas Chandra Shah rally. The two options in
Trinamul has interpreted Bose. consideration are the Sahid
the decision as a move to try “As of now, we know that it Minar Maidan or Mayo
and delay the meeting to take is going to be a one-day visit. Road.
up a no-confidence motion
against Mitra.

Overhaul in
Tulsi Prasad Chowdhury
is the new vice-chairman.
Prasanta, who was head-
ing the Trinamul-run board in

Malda Congress
Gangarampur, was expelled
from the party last month
after his brother Biplab — the
former district Trinamul chief
in South Dinajpur and an ex- SOUMYADE SARKAR the party’s deplorable elec-
MLA — had joined BJP. toral performances in last one
There are 18 councillors at Malda: Congress committees year.
the civic body and a letter in six of 15 blocks in Malda dis- Mostaque Alam, the dis-
signed by nine of them submit- trict were dissolved on trict party chief and an MLA,
ted a letter to Prasanta, men- Wednesday following a resolu- said: “The reshuffle was essen-
tioning that a meeting had to tion adopted by party’s district tial as we want to accommo-
be called to table a no-trust committee. date fresh faces into the party.
motion against him. Also, the party has re- Unfortunately, we have been
This made Prasanta re- moved two of its five MLAs undergoing a crisis period in
move Amalendu Sarkar, the from the post of block Con- Malda where we had unchal-
vice-chairman. gress presidents and have lenged political supremacy in
According to sources, as brought in new faces. The for- past four decades.”
per the municipal act, the mer presidents of other dis- Party sources said a report
chairman has to convene the solved block committees have on the age, performance and
meeting within 15 days from been inducted as co-opted productivity of block Congress
the date of the receipt of the members of the district com- leaders would be placed at a
letter. If he does not do so, the mittee. meeting of the PCC that would
vice-chairman can convene A squirrel on a tree in Nadia’s Karimpur. Picture byAshis Pramanik The move has come after be held in Calcutta on July 19.
the meeting. “If even the vice-

TMC trio return ‘cut money’

chairman does not convene
the meeting, the councillors
can call the meeting then,”
said a source.
The Trinamul leaders po-
inted out that to prevent Amal-
endu Sarkar from calling the OUR BUREAU from 16 people and had as- government scheme. In Malda, protests were
meeting, Prasanta had remo- sured them of houses under Udayan Guha, the Trina- also reported against alleged
ved him. “But now that there Cooch Behar/Malda: Three the scheme. Accordingly, they mul MLA of Dinhata, is the corruption of elected repre-
was no vice-chairman, our co- Trinamul leaders in Tufan- called all these people on chairman of the civic body. sentatives of rural bodies. Res-
uncillors could have called the ganj 2 block of Cooch Behar Wednesday and handed over The CPM supporters how- idents of six villages under
meeting. To prevent it, he has district on Wednesday retur- the money to them. ever, were not allowed to enter Malior-I panchayat under
selected a new vice-chairman ned over Rs 2 lakh to a number “We had collected the mo- the municipality. Later, they Harischandrapur police sta-
so that the process can be defe- of villagers from whom they ney for party funds but retur- went to the SDO’s office and tion submitted written com-
rred,” said a Trinamul leader. had taken the money with a ned it to all the persons conce- submitted a memorandum. plaints to the BDO of
The civic chief, when asked promise of houses under a cen- rned,” said Bhaben Burman. “We have demanded that Harischandrapur-II block, al-
about the issue, said he has ex- tral scheme. Meanwhile, in Dinhata, the this money should be refund- leging that the Trinamul-run
ercised his power to put Ch- About 10 days ago, Bhaben CPM held a rally and walked ed to people. A number of ben- panchayat has defalcated over
owdhury in his deputy’s post. Burman, Dilip Burman and up to the local civic body, al- eficiaries have already report- Rs 7.5 lakhs from MGNREGS.
“Tulsi Prasad Chowdhury Krishnakanta Burman, who leging that the Trinamul-run ed to us and we have informa- Najrul Sheikh, one of the
is the new vice-chairman. are Trinamul leaders of municipality has taken Rs tion that there are many more complainants, alleged that
After assuming his office, he Barokodali-I panchayat of the 20,000 from a number of bene- from whom this money has fund was sanctioned for im-
has decided to convene the block, had admitted that they ficiaries who were supposed to been taken,” said Debasish proving agricultural land of
meeting on August 5.” had taken Rs 2.02 lakh in total get houses under a central Deb, a local CPM leader. their area.
 T

THE WOODS
If I was going to
do Star Trek, I
should commit to it.
It’s my last movie.
Quentin Tarantino, on directing
an R-rated version of Star Trek

THURSDAY 18 JULY 2019 XXNE

FREEZE
FRAME
HBO to be back with second
Sona’s tips on sex
Actress Sonakshi Sinha think about five other actors
Quentin’s last
trek
but not me. That’s how I also
season of Euphoria excited about reacted to the story but the
script was great. It is being
HBO network has handed out a second-season order to the role in film directed by a woman who Reservoir Dogs
teen drama Euphoria starring Zendaya. The series pre- has brought such sensitivity
miered on June 16 and revolves around 17-year-old Rue Ben- that explores to the topic that it would
nett (Zendaya), a drug addict, who is fresh from rehab, and is
trying to work on her future. Rue’s life changes drastically sexual taboos make everyone feel comfort-
able,” the 32-year-old said.
when she meets Jules Vaughn (Hunter Schafer), a girl who
recently shifted to town following her parents’ divorce, and
and gender There is a lot of awkward-
ness about women talking
Quentin Tarantino

like Rue is searching for “where she belongs”. equality about sex but Sonakshi be-
lieves this mindset is incor- Q uentin Tarantino has
already spoken about
Pulp Fiction

S
rect. “It is so wrong. Why his plans to retire from direc-
There’s no onakshi Sinha says
she was surprised
should something be okay
for Peter and not for Paul? If
tion once he completes his
10th feature film and it may or
fourth to be approached
for a bold subject
you have fever, you go to a
doctor and not be shy about
may not be an R-rated version
of Star Trek.
Filmmaker Sam Raimi like Khandaani it but when people have a The writer-director,
wanted to make a fourth Shafakhana, which revolves sexual disorder, it’s all done whose ninth feature film Jackie Brown
Spider-Man movie, follow- around a woman running a in a hush-hush tone. Nobody Once Upon A Time In... Holly-
ing his Tobey Maguire- sex clinic, as she has mostly goes to a clinic or talks about wood is slated for release on
fronted trilogy, but the film done family friendly roles. it. Sex is the most natural July 26 (in India on August
did not receive the go-ahead
after the critical mauling of
Will he be in But the actress took the
challenge head-on as she re-
thing in the world. We are
here today because of it so
23), had spoken about his re-
tirement plans to GQ Aus-
the third film. Raimi direct-
ed the original Spider-Man
The Eternals? alised the film gave her an
opportunity to explore
why don’t we talk about it?”
According to Sonakshi,
tralia: “I think when it comes
to theatrical movies, I’ve
Kill Bill:Volume 1
trilogy and post the bashing Kumail Nanjiani has not con- stereotypes attached to sex. Khandaani Shafakhana, come to the end of the road. I
the third instalment rece- firmed if he has joined the It is also a refreshing which releases on August 2, see myself writing film books
ived, he and the cast of Marvel’s The Eternal- change to see a female pro- also touches upon topics like and starting to write theatre,
studio, s, but he said featuring in the tagonist leading the film as gender equality. “We see that so I’ll still be creative. I just
Sony Pic- superhero film would be “gr- such stories were led by male her own brother telling her think I’ve given all I have to
tures, de- eat”. According to reports, actors in the past, she added. that she cannot run the clinic give to movies.”
cided not to the Pakistani-American act- “In the film, my character because she is a woman. So it There’s some debate on
make any or is one of the artistes who struggles to thwart the social also talks about inequality,” the number of Tarantino Grindhouse: Death Proof
more mo- is set to be a part of the new stigma and ignorance about she added. movies. He’s already at 10
vies in the offering from Marvel Cine- sex in a small town. We have Sonakshi said that in since Kill Bill is split into two
series. matic Universe. “I cannot co- always had male protago- spite of the subject, a family volumes, and there’s Death
mment on that. It would be nists in such films. I feel audience can watch the film. Proof, which was part of
so great to be part of a super- happy that I am the flag- “I am still that Sonakshi Grindhouse.
hero film. I would love it so bearer in terms of the subject went away after she read the “It is not a story one Sinha who will only do fami- Tarantino has successful-
much,” Nanjiani told Variety. — running a sex clinic in a script and got to know that a would imagine me doing. If ly films. I guarantee you, we ly pitched an R-rated Star
Inglourious Basterds
film,” Sonakshi said. female director, Shilpi Das- somebody gave you the one- will have the best family au- Trek to producer J.J. Abrams
The actress said her fear gupta, will be at the helm. liner of the story, you would dience for this film.” PTI and Paramount and has writ-
Chazelle for Emma and Brad ten a script. The studio is yet

Anushka’s web slate

to officially green-light the
for period drama Babylon project.
Elaborating on his career
Damien Chazelle is working on his next feature film Babylon plan, Tarantino told Cin-
and wants to reunite with his La La Land star Emma Stone emaBlend: “I guess I do have Django Unchained

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for the project. The makers are also in talks with Brad Pitt to treaming giant Netflix Bulbul and we are again a loophole, (if) the idea was to
join the film, which will be his second Hollywood-set period on Tuesday unveiled looking to disrupt the kind of throw a loophole into it.
drama after Once Upon A Time In... Hollywood. Deadline said their new slate of Orig- content audiences are con- Which would be (to go),
Chazelle has penned the screenplay and is attached to direct inal series with superstar suming. The creative free- ‘Uhhh, I guess Star Trek
the movie. According to sources neither Stone nor Pitt has Shah Rukh Khan and An- dom to be able to translate doesn’t count. I can do Star
officially boarded the project. ushka Sharma attached as these stories to screens that Trek...but naturally I would
producers on two different reach a global audience is end on an original’. But the
projects. While Shah Rukh’s exciting for us, which is why idea of doing 10 isn’t to come The Hateful Eight
Heigl in Netflix series based Red Chillies Entertainment
is producing the zombie hor-
Netflix is such an important
partner,” Anushka said.
up with a loophole.
“If I was going to do Star
on Hannah’s novel ror Betaal, Anushka and
Karnesh Sharma’s Clean
Mai revolves around 47-
year-old wife-and-mother,
Trek, I should commit to it.
It’s my last movie. There sho-
Katherine Heigl is joining Firefly Slate Films will serve as ex- who finds herself accidental- uld be nothing left handed ab-
Lane, a Netflix series, as one of ecutive producers on Mai. ly sucked into a rabbit hole of out it. I don’t know if I’m go-
the leads. Based on the bestseller “This is my second col- violence and power, follow- ing to do that, but that might Once Upon A Time
of the same name by author Kr- laboration with Netflix after ing a personal tragedy. PTI Anushka Sharma happen,” said the director. PTI In... Hollywood
istin Hannah, the series will see

On-job scars Jalebi actor

Heigl play a magnetic, ambitious
and loyal woman named Tully
Hart. Firefly Lane follows Kate and
Tully, who meet as young girls and
‘Evil’
become inseparable best
friends throughout 30 ye-
ars of ups and downs, su-
Gamora turns coach
ccesses and failures, de-
on Zoe
S
pression. When an be- carlett Johansson says politi-
trayal breaks them cal correctness
apart the two women go
their separate ways,
and it is unclear
may be a trend
in show business,
but she should be
radar
Z
whether they will ever free to explore a oe Saldana wants to
be able to reconcile. wide range of char- see her Marvel Cine-
acters as a perform- matic Universe char-
ing artiste. acter Gamora go evil.
Badhaai ho, the The actress, who
was last year at the cen-
The actress first played
Gamora in Guardians of the
couple is back tre of controversy over
her casting as a transgen-
Galaxy, which she followed
up with the film’s 2017 sequel
Badhaai Ho! co-stars Neena Gupta der man in the drama Rub and franchise tentpoles —
and Gajraj Rao are set to team up for and Tug, said art should not Avengers: Infinity War and
Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan, the be bound by restrictions. Avengers: Endgame.
makers have announced. The movie, “You know, as an actor I Saldana, 41, is now look-
which also reunites the duo with should be able to play any per- ing forward to the third part
Ayushmann Khurrana, will son, or any tree, or any animal, of the Guardians film, and
present Gupta and Rao in a com- because that’s my job and the though there is no clarity
pletely different avatar. “With requirements of my job... I feel about where the character
Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan, we like (political correctness is) a will go after the events of
chose to explore a novel subject in trend in my business and it needs Endgame, she wants to ex-
an unusually unexpected setting. A unique story like this to happen for various social rea- plore the bad side of Gamora.
needed talents like Neena ji and Gajraj Rao and I’m so sons, yet there are times it does “The technical answer is,
happy to have them on board,” producer Aanand L. Rai get uncomfortable when it af- it all depends on what Marvel Varun Mitra
said. The film will address a socially relevant story revolv- fects the art because I feel art and James Gunn desire to do

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ing around a same sex couple. It is scheduled to be released should be free of restrictions,” with the Guardians and with arun Mitra of Jalebi brush up techniques before
early next year. she told As If magazine. Gamora’s fate,” Saldana said. fame is currently on shooting. “We had a coach
Johansson went on to say “There’s a part of me that the web platform, and I had to work on a free
that the society would be more in wants her to go back, find her playing a football coach in kick. I put in eight hours of
Mystery behind sync if people were allowed to ex-
press themselves freely.
way back to the Guardians,
but there’s also a part of me
ZEE5’s Bombers.
He plays Badol, the sole
practice every day. In Mum-
bai we play for 90 minutes on
reschedule “I think society would be more
connected if we just allowed others
that wants to explore a bad
Gamora. She’s, you know,
survivor of a Bengal football
club after his teammates are
a small turf. The shooting
took me back to school days.
Amy Adams’ Woman in the to have their own feelings and not she’s considered the most le- killed in a bus accident. He “We are as much a foot-
Window is set to be delay- expect everyone to feel the way we thal assassin, the most lethal said the show delves into the ball-crazy country as we are
ed after a screening for do,” she said. woman in the galaxy, so I wo- origins of sportsman spirit. mad for cricket. Living in
a test audience left th- Last July, Johansson dropped uld want to see what that wr- “Bombers explores the urban cities, we have access
em confused. The fi- out of Rupert Sanders’ Rub and Tug, ath looks like,” she said. PTI rise of a player through the to designated turfs and
lm, which was green- in which she was attached to por- journey of his team. It’s very grounds. But while scouting
lit by Fox 2000, now tray real-life figure Dante Tex Gill, much tied to the collective locations for the show, we re-
owned by Disney, will gangster and massage parlour energy in a sport.” alised there is a genuine
be undergoing five da- owner, following backlash from the Varun, who had also dearth of proper football
ys of re-shoots. Based on LGBT community. starred in 2015 film Kaash, fields across small-town
AJ Finn’s book of the “In light of recent ethical ques- said shooting Bombers was a India. The fields that exist
same name, The Woman tions surrounding my casting as gruelling experience. “We are not maintained and are
in the Window is the story Dante Tex Gill, I have decided to re- shot on real locations in Ben- risky to play on. I hope, thr-
of a child psychologist with spectfully withdraw my participa- gal. Director Vishal Puri had ough our show, people get in-
agoraphobia (Adams). She tion in the project,” she said in a watched me on Ted Talks spired to create and preserve
witnesses a crime involving statement then. where I spoke about a foot- more grounds,” he added.
her new neighbours, but no Sanders’ previous film Ghost in ball memory. Sapna Pabbi Speaking about his
one believes her. “We’re the Shell (2017), starring Johansson (Breathe actress) had also future plans, Varun said he
dealing with a complex as a Japanese manga character, had mentioned my name and “would love to do a biopic,
novel. We tested the mo- also received a lot of backlash for they got inquisitive,” he said. maybe on a cricketer like
vie early for that rea- casting a Caucasian actor for the The actor, a Delhi boy, Virat (Kohli)” some day.
son,” said Fox 2000 pres- role. The film was accused of racism said he plays cricket, table
Scarlett
ident Elizabeth Gabler. and whitewashing. PTI
Johansson
Zoe Saldana as Gamora tennis and squash, but had to Shama Bhagat
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GLAM UR
I paint
flowers so
they will
not die
Frida Kahlo, painter
1907-1954

THURSDAY 18 JULY 2019 XXNE

Of clouds and Happy big shopping

PERFUMES
CAN MAKE
YOU FUME „ Buying things and not hav-

rain and love

ing the time or space to man-
age them.
„ Overspending.
„ Long queues at the trial
rooms and cash counters.

Tips
„ Buy high-value items like
jackets/sunglasses and take
Blue comes a look at what one can use in
the next season.
in so many „ Look for stains and finish-
shades, from ing. Stains of make-up do
come off, and one may end
Chemicals azure to up getting more discount on
that piece. But the item will
contained in ultramarine,
body scents, for gods and STYLE have to be washed before
use, which makes it not so
colognes and
sprays may often for men COACH new.
„ Older collections need to
be looked at carefully too.

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lot of new things. Some items lose their lustre
be harmful ow many „ Stores dish out the last sea- over a period of time.

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erfumes, or the sweet shades of son’s collection, so it’s not „ Buy an item you usually
scent of danger, asks a blue are old-old. wouldn’t buy. Because it’s
Scientific American there? „ The items are huge in on discount it doesn’t hurt.
report. From Air quantity and variety. „ The best idea is to go into a
Citing an Environmental Force Blue to Zaffre, „ There is something for store with a knowledge of
Working Group (EWG) re- Wikipedia counts at least 70. everyone. what one wants. “If we go in
search, the report states that Perhaps with green, blue „ Best time to get those ex- wondering, we may end up

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many popular perfumes, is the colour that comes in ale time is the best time pensive shoes. squandering.”
colognes and body sprays the largest number of of the year for shopa- „ All stores come alive with „ Shop for classics – things
that contain natural shades. Is it because these holics and conscien- energy and people. that have longevity and
essences also contain several two primary colours are the tious shoppers alike, not to „ Shopping budgets can be overrides seasons or trends.
potentially hazardous syn- most prominent in nature? mention even the planned around sale time. „ Come back home and sort
thetic chemicals, some of Green is the colour of leaves shopophobes. Discounts everything – there may be
which are derived from pe- and trees, and blue is the could easily mean a com- Cons too much. Plus, it improves
troleum. They are often not colour of the two of the plete overhaul of the the chances of an exchange.
wardrobe. „ We may end up buying
listed. large presences of nature: „ A sale is best when it
more than we need.
A rose may be a rose, but the sea and the sky. starts. Right in the middle,
But like everything else, a „ Ending up with stuff we
what smells like a rose in a But skies and waters more stocks are added. But
sale has two sides. might not use.
perfume can be a concoction look different in different at the end, one gets to pick
of synthetic ingredients, not parts of the world. In the In this column stylist out of the sale and/or the
all of them good for your West, the names of the vari- Pros Sanika Kakirde speaks fresh stock. Plus the crowd
skin. ous shades of blue are often „ Huge discounts. her mind on everything gets thin.
A recent Instagram post a direct reference to the sky „ The possibility of getting a about fashion Happy shopping!!!
by The Swaddle talks about and the waters: Azure,

Essential care
perfumes used across the Cerulean, Midnight Blue,
range of cosmetic products.
These, the report says, can
Sky Blue, Ultramarine.
Precious stones like BEAUTY
BIT
as it pours
cause allergies, pain and con- lapis lazuli and turquoise
tact dermatitis. are blue. Blue, like white, is
Using a particular prod- associated with purity: the
uct can exacerbate the very two are often the colours
problem that it is supposed Virgin Mary is painted
to resolve, because of the fra- with.
grance it contains, the report In this part of the world,
adds. It provides the example however, blue is touched
of lip balms. The petrolatum with the divine, as it is with
or the shea butter in the lip desire. And rain.
balm helps to keep the mois- Two of the most promi-
ture trapped, but the men- nent Hindu gods, Ram and

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thol causes “inflammation Krishna, are dark, shyam. he rains are here in
and/or dryness”. This leads Though shyam is likened to fits and starts. Al-
to the repeated use of lip- the colour of a fresh grass though the monsoon
balm to soothe the problem, blade, durba, both gods are comes with loads of good
while it only increases. depicted as blue. So is the things, it also brings with it
dark goddess Kali. She is skin and hair issues and
smelly homes, apart from

FACE
also called Shyama.
Lord Krishna himself is the diseases. These two es-
called Shyam, and also sential oils can be used irre-

BASIC
Ghanashyam, the dark spective of seasons, but they Dab a drop or two of this es- spoonful of pure coconut oil
cloud that is carrying rain. work wonders especially in sential oil on a cotton swab and apply on scalp. Let it
Under a sky overcast with monsoons, in the damp and dipped in warm water and stay for an hour before you
such clouds, Radha sets out humid weather. use it to cleanse your skin. If wash your hair with warm
Do you know on her perilous journey to you have severe acne, mix it water.
your skin type? meet her divine lover. Tea tree oil with your regular face wash For skin: Aching muscles?
She is often imagined as It is one of the essential oils and use. Make your own sore scrub
If you don’t, it’s wearing a blue sari. A cele- that can be applied topically by mixing 3 tablespoonfuls
ok. Here’s an brated taant sari from for wonderful results. Eucalyptus oil of pure coconut oil with 1
Shantipur is called Nilam- For hair: Mix a few drops of It is also known as Nilgiri tel. heaped spoon of brown
easy test bari: the blue of the sky. tea tree oil with pure olive It is an oil that is packed sugar and 5 drops each of
Here designer Subhajit oil and massage on your with loads of healing proper- lavender, eucalyptus and
Dey showcases his designs scalp. Let it stay for an hour ties for skin, hair and your peppermint essential oils.
from his collection “Indi- before you wash your hair health. Use as a scrub on the sore
var” (Blue Lotus). with warm water. This will For hair: It is common for parts and wash off with
It uses various shades of reduce the intensity of dan- the hair to not dry naturally warm water.
blue along with pale green druff that normally occurs in the rainy season. This Ishrat Ansar manages
and white, says Dey. “The silk, Murshidabad silk and hand block print, Mad- Models: Nick Rampal and in the rainy season. gives rise to an itchy scalp. Ishrat’s Hair&Skin
collection represents the raw silk are used,” says hubani painting, Kalamkari Monisha Sen For skin: Oily skin and acne Mix two drops of eucalyptus Studio, Lord Sinha Road,
Hair and make-up: Amit Karak are a part of the monsoons. essential oil with 1 table- Calcutta.
glory of different Indian tex- Dey. painting, Ajrakh print, indi- Location: Altair Capella
tiles. The fabrics are used Many different tech- go print, kantha embroi- Photograph: Paul David Martin

DON’T STEP OUT

mostly lightweight: khadi niques are used in this col- dery, machine embroidery, Designs and styling:
cotton, handloom cotton lection, such as tie-n-dye, zari work, patchwork. Subhajit Dey

C
leanse your skin
with a cleanser or a Walking speed and you NEGLIGEE-NTLY
A
face wash. Pat face few words from a idly receding hairline.
lightly dry. Wait for an
hour.
The pace at which you rates as well as the chances that pa-
classic list of The
Washington
Abdicate (v.), to give
up all hope of ever hav-
a) If your face feels taut, es- walk may say a lot tients would return to the hospital.
Post’s neologisms, relat- ing a flat stomach.
pecially if you smile, you about your health How to Determine Your
ed to fashion, beauty
and weight loss, or
Flabbergasted (adj.),
appalled over how

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have dry skin.
esearch claims that walking Walking Speed rather, their opposite: much weight you have
b)If your nose and forehead speed may be a strong predictor Negligent (adj.), de- gained.
feel fine, but you feel of more than just your general A 2018 review of 38 studies published in scribes a condition in Decafalon (n.): The
tighter around your health. the British Journal of Sports Medicine which you absentmind- gruelling event of get-
cheeks, you have combina- noted the goal pace for people younger edly answer the door in ting through the day
tion skin. „ Your walking speed might predict than 60 should be greater than 100 your nightgown. consuming only things
c) If all of your nose, fore- how long you’ll live. A June 2019 study steps per minute, or 2.7 miles per hour. Balderdash (n.), a rap- that are good for you.
head and cheeks look shiny published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings Older adults likely will see similar ben-
in the US tracked data such as walking efits at a slower pace, but there’s no re-

Monsoon collection
even after an hour, you
have oily skin. speed, handgrip strength, BMI, waist search yet to say exactly what that
d) If your features are not
circumference and body fat percentage pace is.
shining, but are not look-
for nearly 475,000 patients over the
ing dull either, or feeling
course of seven years. Walking pace — Decline
tight, you have normal
defined as slow, steady/average or
skin.
brisk — was the strongest predictor of Research also says that it’s not only
how long a person would live, with a about how fast you walk, but about
Don’t worry if you see slow pace being associated with short- how your speed is changing. The slow-
your skin behaving differ- er life expectancies. ing down of walking speed in an indi-
ently from the last time „ Your walking speed could be a sign vidual is a strong indicator that he or
you took a good look at of heart health. A 2018 study published lower risk of dying over the course of she is losing overall health.
yourself. Skin behaves dif- in the British Journal of Sports Medi- the study compared to slow walkers. Also, if you are a fast walker it does-
ferently according to sea- cine explored the link between walking „ Faster walking speed could mean n’t mean you’re in perfect health.
sons. Age and pollution speed and mortality rate and found av- fewer hospital visits. A June 2019 study But walking speed can certainly be
change it. erage walkers (which the researchers published in Blood assessed nearly 450 considered a strong indicator of your This Monsoon, the Michael Kors PVC collection will be available in Optic White,
Model: Soumyasri Banerjee defined as walking at a pace of below 20 patients with blood cancer and found health. Chestnut Mel and Olive Crocodile Embossed trims across shoulder bags and cross
Photograph: Baban Mukherjee minutes per mile) had a 20 percent walking speed predicted the survival Courtesy: www.livestrong.com body styles.
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SPORT
SHARATH
SHINES
ON DAY I
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EASY DRAW FOR INDIA IN 2022 WORLD CUP ASIAN QUALIFIERS P15
CALCUTTA THURSDAY 18 JULY 2019 XXNE

IN BRIEF
Will not say Jason is 2ND CLARET JUG BECKONS RORY Bangar to
RUN-TIME
in squad reapply &
I redeemed for Test present
myself: Ben vs Ireland his case
London: Ben Stokes admitted Stokes insisted the team must OUR BUREAU LOKENDRAPRATAPSAHI
memories of the off-field inci- start preparing for the Ashes
dent that threatened his ca- series against old rivals Aus- Calcutta: Jason Roy has been Calcutta: Despite the sugges-
reer brought him to tears after tralia. named in England’s Test tion in some quarters that
England’s historic World Cup “We’ve achieved half of squad for the first time for the Team India’s batting coach
triumph. what we wanted to do, which one-off game against Ireland Sanjay Bangar will alone be
Stokes was found not is winning the World Cup,” at Lord’s starting July 24. held accountable for the coun-
guilty of affray following a Stokes said. Roy, a prolific opener for try’s exit in the semi-final of
street brawl during a night “Everyone involved in the England in limited-overs the 2019 World Cup, the low-
Britain’s Amy Hunt
out in Bristol in 2017. The all- Test team as well as the one- cricket, accumulated 443 runs profile former opener has de-
during a news confe-
rounder was banned and fined day team have sort of had to in their triumphant 50-overs cided to reapply for the posi-
rence ahead of European
by the England and Wales get their heads around the fact World Cup campaign. But he tion.
Athletics U-20 meet
Cricket Board after accepting that we have an Ashes series is not a regular top-order bats- “I will reapply and present
a charge of bringing the game coming up and we still have a man for Surrey in red-ball my case if and when called for

Manish
into disrepute. serious amount of work to cricket. the interview,” Bangar told
Stokes was also stripped do.” The 28-year-old, however, The Telegraph late on
of the Test vice-captaincy Stokes’s Test team-mate is expected to open the batting Wednesday, in response to a

hits a and missed the Ashes tour,

but he worked his way back
from that chastening inci-
James Anderson, meanwhile,
claimed the all-rounder had
asked umpires to take away
with Surrey team-mate Rory
Burns and will have an oppor-
tunity to impress the selectors
WhatsApp message.
Bangar, however, declined
to answer any more ques-

century dent to enjoy a key role in

England’s first-ever World
Cup crown.
the four overthrows that
proved decisive during Eng-
land’s final win over New
ahead of the Ashes series
against Australia starting Au-
gust 1.
tions.
It was back in August 2014,
after India got outplayed in
■ NORTH SOUND: Skipper After some impressive dis- Zealand. England chairman of se- the Test series in England that
Manish Pandey struck an plays on the road to the final, If Stokes had his way, the lectors Ed Smith told Sky Ravi Shastri came on board as
impressive century while Stokes cemented his place as match might not have been a Sports: "We have total confi- the Team Director and Ban-
Krunal Pandya took five an English cricket icon by tie and gone to a Super Over, dence he (Roy) will be able to gar was appointed the batting
wickets to guide India ‘A’ scoring 84 not out and then where both teams scored 15 adapt to red ball cricket." coach. Bowling coach
to a 148-run win over starring in the Super Over runs and England eventually Somerset all-rounder Bharath Arun also came on
West Indies ‘A’ in the that eventually led to Sun- won the World Cup on bound- Lewis Gregory has also been board at the same time.
third unofficial one-dayer day’s thrilling final win over ary count. called up for the first time, While Bangar has had an
and take an unassailable New Zealand at Lord’s. Anderson said that Stokes, while uncapped fast bowler uninterrupted run, Shastri
3-0 lead in the five-match “I won’t look back and say who apologised the moment Olly Stone, who picked up an and Arun were out of the pic-
series here. Opting to bat, I redeemed myself or any- the ball ricocheted to the injury during the tour of West ture for just over a year when
India A put on a big total thing like that. I’m an athlete boundary — after a deflection Indies earlier in the year, re- Anil Kumble was the head
of 295 for six in their allot- and a cricketer, and it’s what off his bat — by raising his turned to the 13-man squad. coach.
ted 50 overs and then we are paid to do, to win tro- hands, had appealed to the England’s leading wicket- In July 2017, Shastri re-
bowled out the hosts for phies,” Stokes told ITV’s Good umpires to overturn their de- taker James Anderson too turned as the head coach, on
147 in 34.2 overs. PTI Morning Britain on Wednes- cision. was included, despite picking the specific recommendation
day. “The etiquette in cricket is up a calf injury some days of powerful captain Virat
“It was coming back from if the ball is thrown at the back. Kohli. Arun also came back on
Red for Ruth all of that. It was tough. Get- stumps and it hits you and On Anderson's chances of account of Shastri’s insis-
ting back into cricket obvious- goes into a gap in the field, you being involved against Ireland tence.
■ CALCUTTA: Lord’s cricket ly massively helped straight don’t run. as he returns from a calf tear, It’s understandable that
ground will be turning after that. “But if it goes to the bound- Smith added: “It's not clear. Bangar didn’t reply to any
red for Day II of the sec- “It was a stressful time for ary, it’s four as per the rules “James is making good more questions, but associ-
ond Ashes Test between me, my wife, my family back and you can’t do anything progress and if he's fit to play ates made three points:
England and Australia in home. about it,” Anderson told the without risk against Ireland, (a) that somebody or
aid of the Ruth Strauss “I had amazing people BBC. that's a possibility.” some people have an agenda;
Foundation. Players around me, my team-mates, “I think, talking to Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes (b) batsmen from India
from both sides wearing friends, family. They have to Michael Vaughan who saw were rested for the one-off scored seven hundreds and 12
special commemorative take a lot of credit for helping him after the game, Ben actu- Test, but have been included fifties;
shirts including Ruth me to get through that.” ally went to the umpires and in a 16-man pre-Ashes train- (c) that little credit is
Strauss Foundation logo, Stokes wept tears of joy on said, ‘Can you take that four ing camp this weekend. Pac- ever given to the batting coach
red caps and red num- the Lord’s pitch immediately runs off? We don’t want it’. ers Mark Wood and Jofra who, in any case, has never
bers on the back of their after England won the World But it’s in the rules and that’s Archer were not considered angled for appreciation.
playing shirts. The Ruth Cup and he revealed thoughts the way it is,” added Ander- for selection as both have suf- Indeed, it’s bizarre that
Strauss Foundation was of his past had come flooding son. fered left side strains. certain quarters have spread
set up by Andrew Strauss back. “It has been talked about Wood has been ruled out the word that Bangar alone
in honour of his wife “I got emotional there, at for a while among the players, for four to six weeks due to the could be held accountable,
Ruth, who died of a rare the end, and that was proba- potentially that being a dead injury he sustained during when nobody asks questions
form of lung cancer in bly a culmination of lots of ball if it does hit the batsman Sunday’s World Cup final, of Shastri.
December 2018. Our Bureau things — happiness that we and veer off somewhere.” while Archer will have a peri- Rory McIlroy during a practice session in Portrush, on the eve of the Shastri has either been the
won it and subconsciously The Christchurch-born od of rest before being consid- Open Championship on Wednesday. (Reuters) Team Director (the Super
thinking and remembering Stokes said after the summit ered for Ashes selection. head coach) or the head coach
Concussion subs back to what I went through,” clash that he might have to “He (Archer) will have a in three World competitions

■ LONDON: Bidding to
make the sport safer, the
ICC might introduce con-
he said.
Despite the team’s eu-
phoric celebrations following
the World Cup victory,
say sorry for the rest of his life
for the extra runs, which he
labelled “fluke.”
Agencies
short break in Barbados be-
fore returning to the UK later
this month.
After playing a pivotal role
Inzamam steps down — the 2015 World Cup, the 2016
World T20, the 2019 World
Cup. In all these competitions,
India have tripped at the semi-
cussion substitutes in in- in England’s ICC Cricket Karachi: Pakistan chief selec- new chief selector who can ed Wasim Haider, Tauseef final stage.
ternational cricket dur- World Cup triumph, Archer tor Inzamam-ul Haq stepped bring in new ideas and fresh Ahmed and Wajahatullah Perhaps, it’s worth noting
ing next month’s Ashes has been awarded an incre- down as the chief selector on thinking. Wasti. that in the limited time Kum-
series before implement- ment contract by the ECB for Wednesday, but was open to “I spoke to PCB chairman His decision to rest captain ble headed the support staff,
ing it across all formats. the next 12 months,” said an take up any new assignment Ehsan Mani and managing di- Sarfaraz Ahmed and five other India made the final of the 2017
Introducing concussion ECB release on Wednesday. from the Pakistan Cricket rector Wasim Khan on Monday players for the one-day series Champions Trophy.
substitutes has been a Meanwhile, a squad of 16 Board (PCB). and conveyed my decision to against Australia in UAE be-
major bone of contention players will attend a pre- The under-fire chief selec- them. I also thanked them for fore the World Cup was
for the ICC since the trag- Ashes training camp this tor told reporters in Lahore backing and supporting the se- slammed by former stalwarts,
ic death of Australian weekend at St George’s Park, that he would not seek an ex- lection committee since taking critics and fans alike.
cricketer Phil Hughes, the Football Association’s na- tension or renewal of his con- over the reins of Pakistan crick- Inzamam claimed that the
who was struck on the tional football centre based at tract, which expires on July 31. et,” Inzamam, the most capped national team had come a long
head by a ball during a Burton-Upon-Trent. “After more than three Test player, said. waysincetheretirementsofstal-
Sheffield Shield match in That group includes World years as chief selector, I have A veteran of 120 Tests came warts like Misbah-ul Haq and
November 2014. PTI Cup winners Roy, Joe Root, decided not to seek a renewal under severe criticism as the Younis Khan in May 2017 and
Buttler, Stokes, Wood, Chris of my contract,” the former chief selector for being uncer- now the youngsters have grown
Woakes, Jonny Bairstow and skipper said. tain about some selection deci- in experience and stature.
Anish wins gold Moeen Ali.
THE SQUAD
“With the ICC World Test sions and poor planning ahead “They are now ready to
Championship due to get un- of the World Cup, where Pak- excel and perform consistent-
■ NEW DELHI: Anish Bhan- Joe Root (captain), Moeen Ali, derway in September, the ICC istan failed to qualify for the ly across the three formats. It
James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow,
wala Wednesday claimed T20 World Cup in 2020 and the knockouts. has been a pleasure to see
Stuart Broad, Rory Burns, Sam
the gold medal in 25m Curran, Joe Denly, Lewis Gregory, ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Chief selector since mid- these players grow and make
rapid fire pistol competi- Jack Leach, Jason Roy, Olly 2023, I believe it is the right 2016, Inzamam headed the selec- names for themselves in inter-
tion to continue India’s Ben Stokes time for the PCB to appoint a tion committee that also includ- national cricket.” Sanjay Bangar
Stone, Chris Woakes. PTI
dominance in the ISSF
Junior World Cup in

Want critics to know I’m not finished yet, says Dutee

Suhl, Germany. Bhan-
wala topped the qualifica-
tion with 584 and shot 29
in the final to finish on top
of the podium. Russian
Egor Ismakov won the sil-
ver medal in the event New Delhi: Ace sprinter answer to her critics, who had “But that does not mean reality. both the World Champi- said. of 11.26 during the Asian
with 23, while Florian Dutee Chand on Wednesday written her off after she admit- that I will neglect my athletics She is yet to qualify for onships, to be held in Doha “I am overwhelmed by so Championships in Doha in
Peter of Germany bagged declared that the gold she won ted to her relationship. career. later this year, and next year’s many congratulatory mes- April and she will have to at
bronze with 19. PTI at the World University “Many people have com- “I have done (admitting to Olympics in Tokyo. sages, including from some least repeat it in less than next
Games last week would spur mented in bad languages. having a relationship with a Dutee, who holds the 100m very important people. two months’ time.
her to achieve more, despite They said that Dutee is now fo- girl from her village) what I national record (11.24 sec- “But I am not going to be “I have not qualified for ei-
Deepika’s silver the negative vibes from some cused on her personal life and thought was needed and now I onds), will have to be at her carried away by this. I have to ther the World Champi-
quarters after her recent ad- her athletics career will be am focusing on my career,” best if she is to qualify for the focus on important events onships or the Olympics and
■ TOKYO: India’s top- mission of being in a same-sex over. she added. September 27-October 6 World ahead,” said the Odisha run- the qualifying timings have
ranked woman archer relationship. “I want to let them know After winning the gold at Championships. ner. been made more difficult this
Deepika Kumari Wednes- The 23-year-old Dutee be- that I am not finished yet,” she the World Universiade, she “The 100m gold was my The World Championships time.
day clinched a silver came the first Indian woman said. had tweeted: “Pull me first at any world level. qualification timing is 11.24, “I have asked the AFI (Ath-
medal at the 2020 Tokyo track and field athlete to “Just like any other down, I will come back “It is my career highlight which is higher than the 2017 letics Federation of India) to
Olympic Games test clinch a gold medal in the human being is concerned stronger!” so far. But it is a tough road standard of 11.26, while the arrange for some meets in
event after going down to World Universiade after she about his or her personal life, I Dutee also described her ahead. Tokyo Olympics 100m qualify- Asia or Europe so that I can
18-year-old Korean An won the 100m in Napoli, Italy, also need to think about my history-scripting gold as the “My target is to qualify for ing time is 11.15 which is a qualify for the World Champi-
San in straight sets here. on July 9. personal life. That is why I “highlight” of her career, the World Championships much tougher task. onships,” she added.
PTI Dutee said the gold was an came out. but wanted to stay rooted in Dutee Chand and then the Olympics,” she Dutee ran her season’s best PTI
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Tough challenge: Stimac Bagan vs

Md. Sp.
on Day I
Kuala Lumpur: India were also not drawn alongside big-
handed a comparatively easy ger teams from Pot 2 like Iraq
draw for the 2022 World Cup and Uzbekistan.
second round Asian quali- India can beat the likes of
fiers, here on Wednesday. Afghanistan and Bangladesh ASTAFF REPORTER
The football team is and will hope to play their best
clubbed with Qatar, Oman, against Oman, as well as Calcutta: Mohun Bagan will
Afghanistan and Bangladesh World Cup hosts Qatar, if they meet Mohammedan Sporting
in Group E. have to advance to the final in the opening match of the Du-
But India head coach Igor round of the qualifiers. rand Cup at the Salt Lake Stadi-
Stimac termed the draw “a very Stimac said: “We need to re- um on August 2.
tough challenge”. “It will be a spect everyone, not only teams The 129th edition of the
tough challenge for our young from Pot 1, and Pot 2, but even tournament, which was last
team. We have been drawn into teams from Pot 3, and Pot 4. The held in 2016, will feature
a very tough group,” Stimac Intercontinental Cup showed to seven I-League and five ISL
said. “We need to respect every all how strange a game of foot- teams.
opposition,” he added. ball is. The two teams who are The 16 participating teams
The 40 Asian countries playing the final (Tajikistan, have been divided into four
were divided into eight groups and DPR Korea) are the lowest groups — East Bengal, Army
of five teams each in the draw AIFF technical director Isac Doru at the Fifa 2022 World Cup Fifa ranked teams in the tour- Red, Jamshedpur FC, Ben-
held at the Asian Football Con- preliminary draw on Wednesday nament. That shows that every- galuru FC (group A); Mohun
federation headquarters here. one can beat everyone,” he said. Bagan, Mohammedan Sport-
All the teams in each group 2022 World Cup qualifiers and remaining 12 slots in the 24- “I will teach the team to re- ing, ATK, Indian Navy (group
will play home-and-away the 2023 AFC Asian Cup Fi- team AFC Asian Cup. spect the opposition, but when B); Chennai City FC, Real
round-robin matches starting nals, to be held in China. India avoided the big guns we step on to the pitch, we will Kashmir, FC Goa, Army
from September 5. The next best 24 teams from Pot 1 like Iran, Japan, do everything to win. That is Green (group C); and Chen-
The eight group winners from the second round of the Korea, Australia and Saudi the way I am going to prepare naiyin FC, Gokulam Kerala,
and four best runners-up will joint qualifiers will compete in Arabia, but drew Asian Cup my team. We are just at the be- TRAU FC, Indian Air Force
advance to the final round of a separate competition for the champions Qatar. India were ginning of our journey.” PTI (group D).
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IN BRIEF
Kieran &
Darren Clarke to strike Schedule
upsets
Rose
left out
opening tee at ‘home’ Justin
Portrush: Northern Ireland’s has pedigree at Portrush, set- Portrush: Justin Rose hit out Matt Wallace during practice on Wednesday. (Getty Images)
rugged and spectacular north- ting the course record of 61 as a at the way golf’s major cham-
■ LONDON: England full east coastline will come alive 16-year-old during the North pionships have been shoe-
backs Kieran Trippier with excitement and expecta- of Ireland Championship. horned into a four-month
and Danny Rose have tion on Thursday when the Fourteen years later and stretch of the season and
been left out of Totten- Open Championship returns sitting third in the world rank- blamed the PGA Tour’s lucra-
ham Hotspur’s pre-sea- to Royal Portrush for the first ings, McIlroy will hope to em- tive FedEx Cup play-offs for
son squad fTor their tour time since 1951. brace the huge home support the mess.
of Asia. Spanish and The County Antrim club he will have as he looks to end The new schedule, which
British media reported will host the 148th staging of a five-year wait for a fifth sees The Open as the last
Trippier, 28, is on the the game’s oldest Major, 68 Major title. “I want to enjoy it Major of the year with the US
verge of a move to Atleti- years after it held the only and give these crowds some- PGA brought forward in the
co Madrid in a deal other Open to be played out- thing to cheer for,” said the calendar, has been running
worth $24.81 million. side of England and Scotland. 2014 champion, who remem- for the first time this season.
Spurs confirmed Rose Some 215,000 fans are ex- bers meeting Clarke when he “One Major a month really
has been granted time off pected at the Dunluce course. visited the club aged 10. I think is too much. In my
“to explore prospective When the serious action The third Northern Irish opinion, they’re too soon,”
opportunities with other begins, Northern Ireland’s Major champion in the field is Rose said. “It’s too condensed.
clubs”, along with strik- Darren Clarke will hit the Graeme McDowell, who was As a professional, in terms of
er Vincent Janssen and opening tee shot on Thursday. born and raised in the town peaking for something, the
winger Georges-Kevin Despite the early start, the but who says his family could process that’s involved in try-
Nkoudou. Reuters grandstands around the first not afford memberships at ing to do that can be detailed
tee are certain to be packed in Royal Portrush when he was and it can be longer than a
order to watch the 2011 Open growing up, so instead they month.
Club record champion and local favourite joined the Rathmore club that “But I also think it’s pretty
tee off. Clarke was brought up plays on Royal Portrush’s sec- much driven by FedExCup,
■ LONDON: West Ham further inland at Dungannon ond course, the Valley. wanting to finish on a certain
smashed their transfer but has a house next to the He told the European Tour date with everything else hav-
record on Wednesday as course and said it was an “hon- Dustin Johnson plays out of a bunker during a practice he remembers sneaking on to ing to fit in where it can.
the Premier League club our” to be asked by the R&A to round at Royal Portrush on Wednesday. (AP) play the course as a teenager “For me, Major Champi-
signed French striker Se- begin proceedings, according with brother Gary, who is now onships should be the things
bastien Haller from Ein- to the BBC. last time it was held at the local economy. part of Royal Portrush’s that are protected the most.
tracht Frankfurt. Haller It has been a long wait for Portrush, which is just a few Rory McIlroy has won four greenkeeping staff. That’s how all of our careers
agreed a five-year con- Portrush to host its second miles down the coast from the Majors already so has experi- But the more recognisable ultimately are going to be
tract with the Hammers Open, and much has changed Giant’s Causeway. While the enced the emotion of winning McDowell almost did not measured. Forty years ago,
for a reported £45 mil- in that time, including the cre- famous trophy remains, this the game’s biggest prizes — make it to his home Open, and there wasn’t a FedExCup. So,
lion, in a deal that sur- ation of two new holes — the year’s winner will receive a but he admits lifting the Claret admits he would have found it if you’re trying to compare one
passes the £42 million seventh and eighth. cheque for £1.56m and the Jug on home soil on Sunday hard to be in the town in a dif- career to another career, it’s
they paid to sign Felipe Max Faulkner was award- R&A predicts the tournament could see him “burst out cry- ferent capacity had he not the Majors that are the bench-
Anderson from Lazio ed £300 and the Claret Jug the will deliver an £80m boost to ing”. The Northern Irishman qualified. Agencies marks.” Agencies
last year. AFP

Tax probe Need more

■ MADRID: A Spanish
court said on Wednesday
it had opened a tax probe
coaches:
into Doyen Sports,
whose football funding
schemes and third-party
Gopichand
player ownership activi-
ties were exposed by New Delhi: India’s top shut-
Football Leaks. The tlers have missed his court-
court said the firm, side presence this year but na-
founded in 2011 in Malta tional badminton coach Pul-
and since closed down, is lela Gopichand says he can’t
suspected of fraud worth really help cutting down on
at least five million travelling as that would come
euros. AFP in the way of finding the next
crop of world-beaters.
GOLDEN GIRL Gopichand hasn’t been
travelling with the likes of PV
Sindhu on the international
circuit this year and he doesn’t
intend to change that until
next year.
“If I was just travelling,
what happens to the next
batch? We would never have a
Sindhu come out then. So we
need more coaches, I can’t do it
alone. I need more help and
support,” Gopichand said.
All the top Indian players,
Svetlana Romashina
including Olympic silver-
after winning the Solo
medallist Sindhu, London
Free Final of the FINA
Olympics bronze-medallist
World Championships
Saina Nehwal and Kidambi
Srikanth, have achieved suc-
One-year deal cess under the guidance of
Gopichand.
■ BANGALORE: Bengaluru But with Indian badminton
FC completed the signing growing in leaps and bounds,
of Spanish striker Gopichand has been left with
Manuel Onwu Villafran- less time to devote to the top
ca ahead of the 2019-20 players, which leave some of
season, the club an- them aggrieved.
nounced on Wednesday. Last month, there were re-
The 31-year-old striker ports that the relationship be-
who becomes the 13th tween Sindhu and Gopichand
Spaniard to sign for the has deteriorated, something
Blues, has put pen to which the Indian ace rub-
paper on a one-year deal bished later on.
with the club having an “Everybody needs person-
option to extend it for an- al attention, and lot more
other year. PTI court time from me which is
not always possible. I keep get-
ting it that ‘Bhaiya, you were
CBF criticised not there, if you were there I
would have won’,” Gopichand
■ SAO PAULO: The coach said. PTI
of Santos women’s team
criticised the Brazilian
Football Confederation
(CBF) on Tuesday after
Sindhu in
her players were forced
to spend part of the
night in a hotel lobby be-
2nd round
fore a crucial first divi- Jakarta: PV Sindhu and Ki-
sion game. “This is the dambi Srikanth made impres-
respect that people have sive starts to their campaign,
for women’s football in progressing to the second round
Brazil,” said Emily of the Indonesia Open with con-
Lima, as she recorded trasting wins at the BWF World
on video the players Tour Super 1000 tournament
curled up on hotel sofas. here on Wednesday.
Reuters Rejuvenated after a
month-long break from a hec-
tic BWF schedule, Sindhu and
Sharath shines Srikanth prevailed over
Japanese shuttlers Aya Ohori
■ CUTTACK: At the 21st and Kenta Nishimoto in
Commonwealth Table women’s and men’s singles re-
Tennis Championships, spectively.
hosts India topped their Fifth seed Sindhu, who is
groups to qualify for the looking for her first title of the
Super Eight stage in both season, staved off a challenge
men’s and women’s team from Ohori with a 11-21, 21-15,
events here Wednesday. 21-15 win, while eighth seed
Sharath Kamal, G Srikanth, who had entered the
Sathiyan and Harmeet finals at India Open this year,
Desai beat Scotland and beat Nishimoto 21-14, 21-13 in
Singapore 3-0. Sharath 38 minutes.
beat Colin Dalgleish of Among other Indians, HS
Scotland 11-2, 11-6, 11-9 Prannoy and B Sai Praneeth
and Zheyu Clarence bowed out of the men’s singles
Chew of Singapore 8-11, competition. Praneeth, lost 15-
11-5, 11-4, 11-9. PTI 21, 21-13, 10-21 to Hong Kong’s
Wong Wing Ki Vincent.
PTI