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NEARBY
NHRC seeks report
on Gorakhpur deaths
Dhinakaran takes Toll at Uttar Pradesh hospital shoots up to 104
on Edappadi, OPS
MADURAI Damini Nath
Vidya krishnan
The ousted AIADMK
New Delhi/lucknow
(Amma) deputy general
secretary T.T.V. Dhinakaran The National Human Rights
took on both Chief Minister Commission (NHRC) on
Edappadi K. Palaniswami Monday issued notice to the
and O. Panneerselvam at Uttar Pradesh government
a public meeting in Melur over the deaths of dozens of
here on Monday. children and others at the
TAMIL NADU A PAGE 7 Baba Raghav Das Medical
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD College hospital in Gorakh-
pur. The NHRC notice, term-
Student who attacked
ing the case a serious viola-
beef-eaters punished
tion of the right to life of
CHENNAI
patients, came even as 41
The IIT-Madras has barred a
more children died since
student who attacked one
Saturday. With the fresh Future tense: A worried relative of a patient keeps watch
of the organisers of a
spurt in fatalities, the death outside the intensive care unit at the Baba Raghav Das
beef-eating protest from the REPORTS ON PAGE 19
toll has touched 104 in the Medical College hospital in Gorakhpur on Monday. REUTERS *
hostel zone and withdrawn

past week.
his boarding and lodging
Taking suo motu cognis- different illnesses, including of deaths caused by JE with
for six months.
T.N. submits draft ordinance to Centre

CHENNAI A PAGE 6
ance of media reports, the Japanese encephalitis ( JE). the Chief Secretary during
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD NHRC asked the U.P. Chief Acting Principal of the an open hearing and camp
Secretary for a detailed re- hospital Dr. P.K. Singh said sitting conducted in Luc-
port within four weeks. that 12 children succumbed know on August 9-11.
Union Home Ministry examining proposal for one-time NEET exemption to JE on Saturday, 13 on However, in spite of the
Details of action sought Sunday and 16 by 9 p.m. on assurance given by the State
Special Correspondent posed by the Tamil Nadu Home Ministry. As Ministers The NHRC asked for details Monday. The full report for administration, the situation
New Delhi/Chennai government seeking one- of State Nirmala Sitharaman of the steps taken for the the day will be available only has not improved, the
A day after Union Minister time exemption to admit and Pon. Radhakrishnan families of the victims and after midnight, said Dr. NHRC said.
Nirmala Sitharaman assured MBSS/BDS aspirants based said yesterday [Sunday] that the action taken against offi- Singh. We see these many As reported earlier, the
support for Tamil Nadus bid on their Plus Two scores for the Centre would clear the cials responsible. cases every year at this time. private company providing
to get exemption from NEET- seats in government medical ordinance we are hoping it A total of 63 patients ad- The deaths are actually in liquid oxygen to the medical
based admissions to under- colleges and government would be cleared soon. mitted to the intensive care keeping with the corres- college hospital stopped
graduate medical degree quota seats in private col- The drafts have been unit of the government-run ponding figures from last supply as an outstanding bill
programmes, an official leges for this year alone. sent to the Ministries con- facility died last week, re- year, he added. of 70 lakh had not been
team led by State Health Sec- cerned Law and Health portedly because of the oxy- The NHRC said the incid- cleared. After the deaths, a
retary J. Radhakrishnan sub- State hopeful for their opinion, the Health gen supply being stopped ent pointed towards gross magisterial inquiry was
mitted a draft ordinance to Mr. Radhakrishnan told re- Secretary said. due to pending payments to callousness on the part of ordered to find the cause.
the Centre on Monday to fa- porters in New Delhi that he the supplier. Thirty deaths the hospital administration
cilitate the same. was hopeful that the ordin- CONTINUED ON A PAGE 14 took place over 48 hours on and the Medical Education NO FAITH IN YOGI-ORDERED
The Union Home Ministry ance would be cleared soon. SITHARAMANS EFFORTS HELPED Students appearing for the August 10 and 11. The gov- and Health Department of PROBE, SAYS AKHILESH YADAV;
said that it was examining We have submitted the TAMIL NADU A PAGE 14 State-level model test for ernment has maintained Uttar Pradesh. It observed SUPREME COURT DECLINES PLEA
the draft ordinance pro- draft of the ordinance to the A NEW TWIST A EDITORIAL NEET at a school in Chennai. that the children died due to that it had taken up the issue FOR INTERVENTION A PAGE 15
METROPLUS A 16 PAGES
Centre likely to differ with J&K on Article 35A

Vijaita Singh buying property, which is in A senior government offi- igation petition challenging
New Delhi violation of Article 14 of the cial, speaking on condition the constitutional validity of
The Centre is likely to take a Constitution, The Hindu has of anonymity, said there Article 35A. The article pro-
divergent opinion from that learnt. were apprehensions that any hibits a non-Jammu and
of the Jammu and Kashmir Article 14 says: The State adverse order against the Kashmir resident from buy-
government on Article 35A, shall not deny to any person provision could give the sep- ing property in the State.
on the grounds that it dis- equality before the law or aratists a chance to stoke vi-
criminates against women the equal protection of the olence in the Valley. CONTINUED ON A PAGE 14
who marry outside the State laws within the territory of The Supreme Court is ARTICLE 35A COMES UNDER
from applying for jobs or India. hearing a Public Interest Lit- SCRUTINY A PAGE 14
OPS-Modi
meeting fails
to speed
up merger
Sobhana K. Nair
New Delhi
A meeting between Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
and AIADMK (Puratchi
Thalaivi Amma) leader O.
Panneerselvam here on
Monday failed to provide
the push for a merger in
the near future with the
ruling AIADMK (Amma) in
Tamil Nadu.
While Mr. Pan-
neerselvam left no one in
doubt that the Prime Minis-
ter was playing an active
role in bringing the war-
ring factions together, it
emerged that the former
had set some hard terms
for a reunion, which were
unacceptable to the faction
loyal to Chief Minister Ed-
appadi K. Palaniswami.
I came to convey the
wish of our party cadre to
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi and apprise him of
the political situation in
Tamil Nadu, Mr. Pan-
neerselvam told journalists
after the meeting, but
evaded questions on the
merger. I cant comment
on speculation. We will do
what is good for the
people, he said.
The BJP has been work-
ing hard to negotiate a
truce between the two fac-
tions while being keen on
keeping away the family of
jailed party leader V.K.
Sasikala from a unified
AIADMK.
On Friday, Mr. Palan-
iswami met Mr. Modi and
Union Finance Minister
Arun Jaitley in Delhi.
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Flight suffers
snag, returns
Schools can order textbooks online Co-optex to launch
Special Correspondent CBSE has asked affiliated schools to place an indent for NCERT books to avoid supply delays
ahimsa pattu
CHENNAI
A SpiceJet flight from Chen- S. Poorvaja supply will be better. Most do not have to approach dif- Aims to attract young customers
nai to Kochi returned to CHENNAI schools have a few vendors ferent vendors, said P.
the Chennai airport on With instances of schools not from whom they procure the Ashok Shankar, CSMA secret-
Monday night, 30 minutes being able to procure NCERT NCERT books for higher ary.
after take-off, due to a tech- books on time having led to classes and often, they face a Most schools choose to tie
nical snag, according to a concern in the past, an on- shortage of supply for a few up with vendors from whom
passenger. line system has been intro- subjects, she said. they procure the NCERT
SpiceJet flight SG 605 duced for affiliated institu- For the current academic books. The current system
was scheduled to depart at tions to place an indent to year, the CBSE Schools Man- has vendors procuring the
8.50 p.m. There was a obtain the books required agement Association (CMSA) books from the NCERT,
delay and the flight took off for the academic year 2018- reached out to nearly 80 which a principal said, res-
only by 9.15 p.m. After 30 19. member schools and collec- ults in delays since there is a
minutes, there was an an- In a circular sent out by ted the details of the number change in demand every
nouncement that there was the CBSE, affiliated schools of books required by the in- year. This change could be
low cabin pressure and the have been asked to register stitutions. due to more schools opening
oxygen masks came off, and place a demand for the or shifting to using the
George, a passenger, said. upcoming academic year Easier for schools books, leading to not enough
Later, there was a follow- well in advance so that based We then approached the books being readily available
up announcement about on the indent, the NCERT Streamlining education: Most schools opt for NCERT NCERT and the Ministry of or in stock. Comfort-wear: Weavers of 15 looms have been identified to
the flights return due to a can supply books for all textbooks for classes IX-XII. FILE PHOTO * Human Resource Develop- While a majority of produce ahimsa pattu sarees. K.V.SRINIVASAN
*
technical snag. He said the classes to their empanelled ment and managed to pro- schools opt for the NCERT
passengers were shifted to vendors across the country. difficulties in procuring his- There was no clear pic- cure the textbooks needed. textbooks for classes IX-XII, R. Sujatha optex managing director
another aircraft. A principal of a city school tory books for Classes IX and ture in the past about the Now that there is an online schools can chose books by Chennai T.N. Venkatesh.
SpiceJet could not be said that for the 2017-18 aca- X, as well as Sanskrit text- number of books needed, portal in place, it will save private publishers for middle This festival season, Co-op-
reached for comments. demic year, they had faced books. and now, we hope that the schools some time and they school and lower classes. tex will be launching a range 15 looms identified
of ahimsa pattu sarees to Co-optex has identified 15
cater to a niche market that looms that would weave
Traffic diversion
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC shuns silk as conventional only ahimsa pattu. The
production requires killing weavers of these looms have
Colours of freedom silk worms. Usually, once traditionally been doing
the worm has spun the co- threadwork on sarees and
for I-Day fete coon, which is later used to

make yarn for silk, it is
dropped in water and killed
they have been asked to
continue. The society has
given them select designs.
so that the yarn is continu- They are happy to oblige,
Elaborate security on Kamarajar Salai ous. Mr. Venkatesh said.
In the ahimsa variety, the Ahimsa pattu was the res-
Special Correspondent Road to reach Kamarajar silkworm is allowed to ma- ult of a survey among cus-
CHENNAI Salai. ture and escape its cocoon. tomers during its exhibition
For the first time, Chief Min- Vehicles coming from Since the cocoon is broken, on vintage Kancheepuram
ister Edappadi K.Palan- Muthusamy Bridge/Anna the yarn is discontinuous, silks, officials said. We got
iswami will unfurl the na- Salai and proceeding to- and also lacks the lustre of feedback from those in the
tional flag on the ramparts wards Parrys Corner/Kama- the silk made by ensuring 25-35 age group who wanted
of St. George Fort on Tues- rajar Salai via Flag Staff the cocoon is not broken. to wear silk but said they
day. Road may take route via Since by its nature wanted sustainable cloth-
In view of Independence Muthusamy Bridge, ahimsa silk would be coarse, ing. The market for ahimsa
Day celebrations, elaborate Muthusamy Road, R.A. Man- the Tamil Nadu Handloom pattu would initially be in
security arrangements have dram and NFS Road to reach Weavers Cooperative Soci- cities such as Chennai,
been made on Kamarajar Parrys Corner, and Anna ety, popularly known as Co- Coimbatore, Bengaluru and
Salai, besides modifications Salai and Wallajah Road to optex, has decided to use Mumbai, an official said.
in the movement of traffic reach Kamarajar Salai threadwork instead of the The silk would be priced
from 6 a.m. till the function respectively. usual zari embellishment. higher as the yarn cost for
gets over, a press release While vehicles with red We are looking at ahimsa pattu is twice that of
said. and purple passes that ar- ahimsa pattu in two ways normal silk.
The stretch of Kamarajar rive before 8 a.m. are to be as regular corporate wear Each month, Co-optex
Salai from Napier Bridge up parked at the Secretariat, that is easy to maintain and would be selling only
to RBI Subway North on Ra- those arriving after 8 a.m., as something that is not around 50 sarees, the offi-
jaji Salai and Flag Staff Road along with vehicles with jazzy but elegant, said Co- cials added.
will be closed for all vehicu- blue and pink passes, are to
lar traffic other than be parked at the PWD park-
All decked up: Ripon Buildings was lit up on the occasion of the 70th Independence Day. * B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM vehicles with car passes.
Vehicles coming
Kamarajar Salai and pro-
on
ing lot.
Those in vehicles without
passes will alight near the
Spanish art expo begins
Curtains go up on Korean film festival ceeding towards Parrys
Corner via Rajaji Salai may
take the route via Swami
War Memorial and the
vehicles will be allowed to
park at the Island Ground
Staff Reporter
Chennai
An exhibition of Spanish art
people from different cul-
tural backgrounds to the
varying landscapes of Spain
Staff Reporter relationship is based on a exchanging ideas and cul- Korea, New Delhi, the Con- Sivananda Salai, Anna Salai, through the entry on Anna was inaugurated by the and the beauty of table-top
CHENNAI long history of friendship ture among countries. Prin- sulate General of the Repub- Muthusamy Bridge, Salai. Prince of Arcot, Nawab Mo- flowers.
The relationship between In- and it has grown in various cipal Commissioner of In- lic of Korea, Chennai, and Muthusamy Road, R.A. Man- hammed Abdul Ali, at ITC Exchange of art is a fine
dia and Korea is growing aspects. There needs to be come Tax Rajib Kumar Hota Indo Cine Appreciation dram and NFS Road to reach Parking for MTC buses Grand Chola Hotel on way to bring people of dif-
faster than ever before, H.E. mutual understanding of said the festival, which show- Foundation will be held Parrys Corner. MTC Buses carrying RSP Monday. ferent cultures together. We
Hyung Tae Kim, Consul Gen- each others culture, history cased only a few films when from August 14-19 at the Rus- Vehicles coming on Rajaji and NSS students will enter It is being organised by should also display Indian
eral, Republic of Korea in and lifestyle. Such film fest- it started, now boasts of a sian Centre for Science and Salai and proceeding to- Island Ground through the The Phoenix Company as art on a global platform so
Chennai, said here on ivals help in a great way to huge variety. Culture. Six films Poetry, wards Kamarajar Salai may VIP Gate, where the stu- part of their The Arts of the that people around the
Monday. strengthen and deepen the The festival that is being The Host, Woochi: The De- take the route via NFS Road, dents will disembark. The World initiative. world have a better under-
While speaking at the in- understanding. jointly organised by the mon Slayer, Hahaha, The R.A. Mandram, Muthusamy buses will be parked at the Spanish artist Silvia Sanc- standing of the rich culture
auguration of the Korean Cine artiste Sameera said Korean Cultural Centre, the Housemaid and My Dear Des- Road, Muthusamy Bridge, Island Ground at the places hez Ortega exhibited her and heritage of our great
Film Festival, he said, The films are a great medium of Embassy of the Republic of perado will be screened. Anna Salai and Wallajah allotted for them. work from portraits of country, Mr. Ali said.
CHENNAI TODAY CINEMA ARTS EVENTS

Rd., Egmore, Mother Teresa So- Narpani Kalvi Arakkatalai, Narada Gana Sabha Trust, Also video presentation of Poongulam Subramanian (Mru- Sri Vishnu Mohan
RELIGION cial Service Society, Dr. J.G.K.V. MMDA Nagarm, 5.30 p.m. MUSIC DANCE DRAMA Chennai - 600018 - Swamiji's talk. Arkay Conven- dangam) and Sri G. Hari Hara Foundation 94443 81404,
Vasuki Kannappan Arangam, Organising Committee: In-
Bhagavad Gita Bhashyam: Radhakrishna Salai, Mylapore; Ph: 24993201 tion Center, Mylapore.All are Sharma (Kanjira) To-morrow 92822 28561, 044-65272991
auguration of organic farm, CSI
Satyavratananda Saraswati, National Confederation of Small Deaf and Dumb School, Today - Main Hall - Nat- welcome. 4.30 p.m. Namasankeertan by www.svmf.in
Kesari HSS., Ponduy Bazar Extn., Industry, G.S.T. Rd., Guindy; yarangam - 21st Annual Them- SRI THIAGARAJA Gyaneswar Bhajan Mandali & SRI KRISHNA UTSAVAM - 2017
Santhome High Rd., 11a.m. Group 06.45.p.m.Vocal Concert
T. Nagar, 6.30 p.m. Kola Perumal Chetty Vaishnav atic Bharatanatyam Festival - SANGEETHA VIDWATH : Concluding day today at 10
Alumni Association of P.T. by Sri Sriram Parthasarathy &
Soundaryalahiri: Sen- SSS.; Periyar E.V.R. Salai, Arum- Lee Chengalvaraya Naicker Thyaga Bharatham - 5.30 p.m. SAMAJAM, Mylapore, a.m. - Saulabhyam of Sri
galipuram Sankararama bakkam; Soka Ikeda College of -Sri R.K.Raghavan (Former CBI Ph:24982270. Party_All are Welcome. Krishna and of Her Holiness Sri
Polytechnic College: Alumni www.Vanimahal.com.
Dikshithar, Ramana Kendra, Arts and Science for Women, meet, E.V.K. Sampath Rd., Director & Adviser, TCS Ltd.) Sathguru Swami Gnanananda
Mylapore, 6.30 p.m. Madhanangkuppam; G.S.S. Jain Vepery, 2.30 p.m. inaugurates. Sri R.Krish- Today 6.30 p.m. Vocal concert Sarasvathi - Pravachanam by
Kanda Puranam: Madhivan- College for Women, Vepery High
Mission Academy of Shoot- namoorthy, President, Narada by SMT. LAVANYA with Sri Srik- U.Ve. Sri DAMAL RAMAKRISH-
nan, Asthika Samajam, Alwar- Rd., Vepery, ; Commissioner of
ing Sports: 2nd Tamil Nadu Gana Sabha presides. Awardees anth & Sri Kallidaikurichi Sivak- NAN. At 6 p.m. - SRI KRISHNA
pet, 6.30 p.m. CGST and Central Excise, Chen- - Guru - Smt Radha Sridhar, ukar. All are welcome. - Audio-visual discourse by Sri
nai Outer Commissionerage, Ne- Inter-School Shooting Champi-
Krishna Gananam: N,V. onship competitions, 18/1, AE Senior Dancer -Sri Sathyanaray- V.A.K. Ranga Rao. At Sri Gnana
wry Towers, 2nd Avenmue Anna Advaita Peetam, 7 / 15, New Giri
Alamelu and V. Subbaraman, Block, 10th Main Rd., 2nd St., ana Raju, Emerging Talent
Nagar, 8 a.m.; Queen Mary's Col- Road, T.Nagar. Admission free.
Sitadevi Garodia Hindu Vidy- lege, Kamaraj Salai, Marina, Shanthi Colony Anna Nagar, 5 Award - Ms. Apoorva Jayara-
alaya, East Tambaram, 6.45 p.m. man, Bharatanatyam Accom- All are Welcome. Live webcast at
8.20 a.m.; Nanganallur Eastern http://www.chennaistream.com/
p.m. Sectoir Resicents' Welfare Asso- The Divine Life Society Inter- paniment - J.B. Sruthi Sagar -
national: Meeting, AJ 100, 2nd Flute. Outstanding contribution sripeetam Joining us in our cel-
Thiruarutpa: P.K. Prabhakar, ciation, Wheel House, 22nd St.,
Sakthi Vinayagar Temple, P.T. Nanganallur; Sundar MHSS., St., Anna Nagar West, 9 a.m. to Bharatanatyam - Dr.Sudha ebration of Sri Krishna Utsavam,
Rajan Salai, K.K. Nagar, 6 p.m. Sundar Nagar, Poonamallee: The Seshayyan. 6.30 p.m. - - Theme - the Apparao Galleries presents
Senior Citizens of Nanganal-
Madras Electric Trades Associ- lur: Meeting, Ranjani Hall, 15th "Mahatma Gandhi" - Dancers - THE INVISIBLE BLUE MAGIC
Krishna Jayanthi Celebra- .... LOVE, an exhibition of
tions: Asthika Samajam, ation, META House, Vellam St., Nanganallur, 5 p.m. C.P. Satyajit , Keerthana Ravi,
Bangaru St., Purasawalkam; Sadhashi Baskar,Sivadas Rajan. painting to celebrate the spirit
Veerama Munivar St., Devaraj Narcotics Anonymous: Meet-
K.C.S. Kasi Nadar College of Arts Tomorrow - 16th - Theme - of Krishna from 15-08-17 to 15-
Nagar, Saligramam, 10 a.m.; ing, Self Help Group, Community
Hare Krishna Movement Chen- and Science, Ellaya St., R.K. Chennai Fine Arts "Jhansi Rani Lakshmi Bai" - Dan- 10-17 at Apparao Galleries, 7,
Service Center, Balfour Rd., Kil- Wallace Garden, Nungam-
nai, 1st Seaward Rd., Valmiki Nagar; Kancheepuram District - pauk, 7 p.m. BRAHMA GANA SABHA Cell : 8939664030 cers - Aishwarya Nityananda,
bakkam, and GODHULI, an
Today 6.00 p.m. Shri Chitravina Janani Murali, Manjula Am-
Nagar, Thiruvanmiyur, 9 a.m. Collectorate, Kancheepuram; 9444444767
Al-Anon: Meetings, St. An- exhibition inspired by the an-
inaugurates aresh, Poornima Kaushik. All
and ISKCON, Akkararai, 7 p.m. Income Tax Department, Chen-
nai - Aayakar Bhawan, Mahatma drews Church, Oragadam; CSI Today 7 p.m. at TAG - M F A C Narasimhan cient Pichwai tradition of
James Church, Ullagaram; Ezhil Hall, Oliver Road, Mylapore, Sarathy Sangeethotsavam. are Welcome. Nathdwara from 15-08-17 to 30-
CULTURE Gandhi Rd., Nungambakkam, ;
Model School, Kodungaiyur; and Group rendition of Divyanama
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, Theatre Marina Presents 09-17 at The Leela Galleria, Ap-
Natyarangam - Narada Gana Thalamuthu Natarajan Building, Port and Dock Educational Trust
ABHAIYA RANGA THILAGA krtis by students at Sri Krishna parao Galleries @ The Leela
Sabha Trust: 21st Bharath- Gandhi-Irwin Rd., Egmore; HSS., Tondiarpet, 7 p.m. Mandiram, 19/1 Canal Road,
Tamil Play By J.Raghunathan Vande Bharata Mataram Palace, MRC Nagar.
anatyam festival - Thyaga Church Park, Anna Salai, Go- Alcoholics Anonymous: Meet- Dir R.Giridharan. Booking at Kamarajar Nagar, Thiruvan-
ings, Santhome HSS., Mylapore; miyur. All are welcome. Presented by Rotary Club of
Bharatham, TTK Rd.,Alwarpet, palapuram, 8.30 a.m.; Chennai Hall and at www.
CBF Church, Banu Nagar, Pudur, Chennai Spotlight
5.30 p.m. District Collectorate Office, Bookmyshow.com
Singaravelan Maligai, Rajaji Ambattur; C.S.I. James Church, CHROMEPET CULTURAL
Organising Committee: Re- ACADEMY (22651809, Today at 10 a.m. Independence
lease of book The Cosmic Code Salai; Integral Coach Factory, Medavakkam Main Rd., Day Special Concert by Rithvik
South Colony, ICF; Young Men's Ullagaram; St. Josephs Anglo In- 9444690174)
is Illusion, Bharatiya Vidya Raja with R.K. Shriramkumar,
Bhavan, Mylapore, 4 p.m. Indian Association, Moore St., dian HSS., Vepery; Dr. M.G.R. Today 8.00 a.m. 70th Independ- Umayalpuram Dr. K. Sivaraman
2nd Line Beach; Hindustan Insti- MHSS., Arcot Rd., Saligramam; ence Day Flag Hoisting. At 6.45 and Dr. S. Karthick followed by
Organising Committee: In- Bedhasda Swimming Pool, Elaya
auguration of textile exhibition,
ute of Technology and Science, p.m, "Yugpurush-Mahatma of Presentation of Lifetime
Padur; J.H.A. Agarsen College, Mudali St., Tondiarpet; Christ Mahatma" a Special Drama on
Thakkar Bapa Vidyalaya, Ven- the King Church, G.K.M. Colony, Achievement Award to Umay-
Madhavaram, 9 a.m. Southern Desa Pitha Gandhiji directed by alpuram Dr. K. Sivaraman at 11-
katnarayana Rd., T. Nagar, 10 Peravallur;
Railway, RPF Parade Ground, Bombay Gnanam. 45 a.m. in the presence of Dis-
a.m. St. Teresa Church, Nungam-
Ayanavaram; Anna Road Head
Organising Committee: Bud- bakkam High Rd.; ECI Church, KARPAGAM GARDENS trict Governor Rtn. R.
Post Office - Inauguraration of
ding artists drawing exhibition, 'Permanent Philately Exhibi- Dr. Ambedkar St., Arumbakkam; SATSANGH, ADYAR Ph. Srinivasan, at Sastri Hall, Luz.
Animakers, Shanthi nagar, tion', Anna Salai; Lamech HSS., Bharath Dass School, Perungudi; 24914221 / 9444034221 Rasikas are cordially invited.
Chrompet, 11 a.m. Kaikkankuppam, 9.15 a.m.; Karnataka HSS., Habibullah Rd.,
Gokulashtami and Vinayaka
Chief Administrative Officers/ T. Nagar S.B.M. School, Perumal
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THE HINDU
Over 900 casual labourers Poor record-keeping hits

CHENNAI Timings
Tuesday, August 15
RISE 05:57 SET 18:30
digitisation of civic records

RISE 00:00 SET 12:25
Wednesday, August 16
RISE 05:57 SET 18:30
RISE 00:25 SET 13:24
Thursday, August 17
join fight against dengue Deadline extended by six months for project completion
RISE 05:57 SET 18:29 Civic body unable to carry out mosquito control measures due to staff shortage Aloysius Xavier Lopez bodies have not been
RISE 01:20 SET 14:24
Special Correspondent
Chennai
Digitisation of records in the
<
> The cooperation
from various
handed over to the Chennai
Corporation after the mer-
Chennai <
> Casual labourers
need awareness Chennai Corporation has departments was ger. A few officials are aware
The Chennai Corporation been delayed because of the not adequate of this. But they are reluct-
and orientation to
has intensified the drive to poor record keeping system Civic body officials ant to take action. Some of
control vector-borne dis- understand their of various departments. the corporation lands have
eases such as dengue by rop- role and Following a delay in com- the private agency, the civic already been grabbed and
ing in casual labourers. Ow- responsibility pletion of the digitisation body has permitted the encroached upon, said an
ing to shortage of workers in Corporation official project by a private agency, agency to continue the official.
the Public Health Depart- the Chennai Corporation work. Even as the work or-
ment, the civic body has per day. The workers will get Special Officers Council has der was issued by the Chen- Many pages damaged
been unable to carry out 9,920 as salary per month. extended the deadline for nai Corporation on May 11, Work on scanning pages of
mosquito control operations Fogging operations are ex- completion of the project by 2015, the work was delayed the Law Department and the
for the past few months. pected to improve. Source six months. for many months. Education Department is
According to officials, as reduction operations will im- Pointing to the damages In a letter dated May 23, under way now. But many
many as 153 labourers will prove. Mosquito density will caused to records and the 2017 to the Chennai Corpor- pages have already been
carry out vector control op- reduce, said an official. challenges in scanning of ation, the private agency damaged. A few months ago,
erations in Tiruvottiyur, 129 such pages, the private had claimed that it had com- invaluable documents relat-
in Madhavaram, 125 in Ton- Intensified drive: Fogging operations are expected to Clearing vacant plots agency had requested the pleted 75% of the work. As ing to data on birth and
diarpet, 85 in Royapuram, improve in the city, says an official. FILE PHOTO *
The Corporation has already Chennai Corporation to ex- many as 7.7 lakh pages had death were damaged as la-
80 in Thiru-Vi-Ka Nagar, 122 started clearing waste in va- tend the deadline. been scanned, the letter bourers hurriedly shifted
in Anna Nagar, 114 in Tey- and other vector-borne dis- the field level said the casual cant plots in various parts of said. the records, sources said.
Jewellery nampet and 120 workers in
Kodambakkam.
eases to carry out source re-
duction operations.
labourers lack motivation to
work in most of the zones.
the city.
Most of the vacant plots
60 lakh records
The agency has to scan 60
Corporation officials said
the cooperation from vari-
The existing records have
been shifted several times to
missing Each worker will cover 80
houses every day, screening
The zones have reported
huge vacancies in the Public
There is a need for more
awareness among the casual
have become sources of
mosquito breeding.
lakh records of the Chennai
Corporation. The records
ous departments was not ad-
equate.
facilitate the renovation of
Ripon Buildings.
CHENNAI: Unknown persons overhead tanks, wells and Health Department for the labourers. They need orient- Residents are requested to pertain to various aspects in- Some of the officials While a portion of re-
broke into a house in AA other mosquito breeding past few years. ation courses to understand report such mosquito breed- cluding birth and death re- themselves may not want cords are housed in zonal of-
Block of Anna Nagar and sources. But the vacancies have their role and responsibil- ing sources in their neigh- cords, land records, civic some key records to be digit- fices of the civic body, a
decamped with 50 sover- The workers will visit the not been filled by the civic ity, said an official. bourhood on corporation utilities, assets and resolu- ised. Many land records are chunk of the records have
eign of jewels and 4 lakh neighbourhoods that have body. The Chennai Collectorate helpline 1913, said a Corpora- tions passed by the Council. missing. Some of the land been preserved at the iconic
in cash. reported malaria, dengue Corporation officials at has fixed the wages at 320 tion official. Accepting the request of records from erstwhile local headquarters.
Student who attacked beef-eaters punished Residents want Otteri Nullah Lorry driver
knocked
CHENNAI cleaned ahead of monsoon
has been put up in all hostels
on the campus.
ical parties here taking it up.
The police booked a case
his hostel accommodation
for six months. The discip- down
The Indian Institute of Tech- A clash had broken out against Manish Kumar Singh linary committee had rep-
nology - Madras has barred a between two groups of stu- and others under four Sec- rimanded the students who Canal flowing through Anna Nagar reduced to a dump Special Correspondent
student who attacked one of dents in May after one held tions, including rioting, had been involved in the CHENNAI
the organisers of a beef eat- an impromptu protest wrongful restraint and crim- clash, besides those whose A 40-year-old lorry driver
ing protest from the hostel against restrictions on cattle inal intimidation for assault- act triggered violence. died after being hit by a
zone and withdrawn his trade by eating beef on one ing. In another unrelated in- vehicle on Sunday night at
boarding and lodging facility of the institutes lawns. In A case was filed against cident, the institute took ac- the Chennai Port.
for six months as a disciplin- the clash, R. Sooraj, a Ph.D Sooraj based on a counter tion against a few senior stu- The victim has been
ary measure. scholar, was attacked. He complaint by Manish. dents who had indulged in identified as Barani Raj, a
The student has been in- sustained a serious injury re- Two months later, the ragging during the introduc- native of Cuddalore. He
structed to enter the cam- quiring a surgery for a IIT-M Hostel Disciplinary tion session in July-end. had parked his container
pus only with the prior per- broken cheekbone. Committee informed the stu- The institute has asked lorry near a gate and was
mission from the institute for The issue became a na- dents that the attacker had the parents of these students walking to check the rear
academic reasons. A notice tional controversy with polit- been punished by cancelling to meet the dean. side. A rashly driven
vehicle knocked him
down. He was seriously in-
Biomining to be used to reclaim Two school jured and succumbed to in-

juries on the way to the
Government Stanley Hos-
students
Sembakkam dumpyard drown in sea Pitiful state: Garbage makes the canal a breeding ground for mosquitoes. *
V. GANESAN
pital. A few lorry drivers
protested, urging the po-
lice to arrest the driver of
Erode-based firm has been awarded the 1.5 crore project Special Correspondent
K. Lakshmi
CHENNAI
floodwater. A. Chock-
alingam, secretary of B Sec-
mains neglected
covered with plastic waste.
and the vehicle.
T. Madhavan nam Municipality has been Officials said the biomin- CHENNAI Residents living along the Ot- tor Residents Welfare Asso- Besides taking stringent
CHENNAI
After tasting success with its
awarded the 1.5 crore pro-
ject. It is expected to take 12
ing concept was a simple,
low-tech, quick and eco-
Two school students
drowned off the Marina on
teri Nullah, a minor water-
way that links floodwater to
ciation, said while people of
other areas are concerned
measures against those who
dump garbage, the depart- Graduation
first biomining project at months to complete. friendly method to reclaim Monday. Accompanied by the Buckingham canal, want about the canal turning a ments concerned must initi-
Kumbakonam Municipality, At present, pre-pro- old open waste dumps to their soccer coaches, stu- it to be cleaned ahead of the dump, residents of Anna ate periodical cleaning of day held
the Commissionerate of Mu- cessing work (stabilisation) achieve near zero emission dents of Guru Nanak Ma- northeast monsoon. Nagar Western Extension the canal.
nicipal Administration is going on and once it is of landfill gases. In this triculation Higher Second- The 12 km waterway fear water logging during Meanwhile, the Water Re- Staff Reporter
(CMA) has accorded sanc- over, civil work will start for concept, loosened layers of arys School had gone to passes through Anna Nagar, monsoon as the waterway is sources Department plans to CHENNAI
tion for a similar project that setting up machinery, said old waste are sprayed with the Marina for practice. Purasawalkam, Otteri and too narrow to carry floodwa- prioritise desilting of city R.M.D. Engineering College
could also reclaim the B. Dharmaraj, the com- composting bio-cultures. The coaching began at 7.30 drains into the Buckingham ter. waterways and execute the held its 12th Graduation
dumpyard on the Sem- panys director. The waste would be steril- a.m. The police said that canal near the Basin Bridge. Unless the Otteri Nullah pre-monsoon exercise Day on August 13. M. P.
bakkam lake. ised, stabilised, and using after two hours, the Residents of Anna Nagar is widened, areas near Park wherever necessary. Poonia, vice-chairman,
A few months ago, the 35,000 tonnes of waste machinery, segregated into coaches had asked them to complain that the canal Road cannot escape inunda- Every year, the depart- AICTE, delivered the
Southern Bench of National The project in Sembakkam organic and inorganic sub- go home. However, the flowing through the 6th Av- tion, he said. ment desilts waterways in graduation day address
Green Tribunal had ordered has been established under stances, which would be boys pretended to leave enue has been reduced to a the city ahead of the north- and distributed degrees to
the closure of the dump on the Design, Build, Own, Op- later sent for recycling, re- and returned to the beach. dump. J. Babu, a resident of Overgrown vegetation east monsoon to ensure free 908 students and Univer-
the lake, following which ex- erate and Transfer concept use or composting. While they were playing 3rd Avenue, said tree Residents of Purasawalkam flow of floodwater. However, sity rank certificates to 69,
perts in Anna University for clearing 35,000 tonnes Aggregates such as in the waters, high tides branches and garbage on the also complained about over- this year, the work would be including two gold medal-
were consulted. Based on of waste spread over 4.5 coconut shells, plastics, dragged Kishore Kumar, stretch of the canal ob- grown vegetation and float- prioritised and machinery lists.
their suggestion, the CMA acres with a capacity to pro- wood, rubber, glass, inert, Deepak and Santhosh, all structs water flow. This has ing garbage in the Otteri Nul- engaged to desilt vulnerable R. S. Munirathinam,
has now decided to test the cess 100-200 tonnes a day. and soil enriching bio-earth aged 15, into the sea. Fish- also become breeding lah near Bricklin Road. H. portions. founder-chairman, R.M.K
biomining option as a huge We intend establishing are collected. While coconut ermen were able to rescue ground for mosquitoes. Premanand, a resident, re- The major waterways, group of institutions,
volume of garbage has been similar plants throughout shells and wood are sold as Santosh. Areas around B Sector in called that there was an at- Cooum and Adyar rivers, are presided. K. Sivaram, prin-
dumped on the lake bed the south with the target of fuel, rubber and glass are The bodies of Kishore Anna Nagar Western Exten- tempt to clear garbage on being periodically cleaned. cipal, spoke. College dir-
over two decades. clearing dump sites and sent for recycling. Plastic is Kumar and Deepak were sion are often flooded dur- the stretch near Puras- As there was not much of ector R. Jothi Naidu, vice-
Erode-based Zigma Global handing them over to the supplied to recycling plants washed ashore. The vic- ing the rains as the Otteri awalkam about six months rain last year, other water- chairman R. M. Kishore
Environ Solutions that set up community as valuable and cement plants, the com- tims are from Velachery Nullah does not have ago. ways may not require much and secretary Yalamanchi
the plant for the Kumbako- land, said Mr. Dharmaraj. pany officials said. and Saidapet. enough capacity to carry However, the canal re- desilting, an official said. Pradeep participated.
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Dhinakaran demands probe into Jayalalithaas death

Addressing a public meeting in Melur, he says Panneerselvam, who was the Chief Minister at the time of her demise, would be the first to come under scrutiny
PonVasanth
Arunachalam
MADURAI
ings in the head office and
indulging in acts of forgery
(misuse of the AIADMK let-
Edappadi camp remains unfazed
Seeking to take the wind out terhead). They do not have T. Ramakrishnan ginal expectations of the or- Finance Minister D. Jayak-
of the sails of Chief Minister any connect with the public CHENNAI ganisers of the Melur event umar said there may have
Edappadi K. Palaniswami or the party cadre. The ruling AIADMK with regard to the participa- been some minor issues
and rebel leader O. Pan- He also accused the fac- (Amma), which is hopeful of tion of legislators, the num- with the AIADMK (PTA),
neerselvam, the AIADMK tion led by Mr. Palaniswami an early reunion with the AI- ber of MLAs who took part which happen among sib-
Ammas ousted deputy of kidnapping and detaining ADMK (Puratchi Thalaivi was much lower. [By taking lings. He added that a for-
general secretary T.T.V. Dh- a few MLAs to prevent them Amma), appears to remain part in the meeting], some mula is being worked out to
inakaran, at a massive rally from attending the meeting unfazed by the public meet- legislators may have been thrash out all the
here on Monday, urged the on Monday. ing conducted by its side- temporarily carried away. differences.
Tamil Nadu government to He also accused the fac- lined deputy general secret- But, this need not be viewed Going by media reports
order a probe into the death tion of denying police per- ary T.T.V. Dhinakaran in as something that would on Mondays meeting
of former Chief Minister Jay- mission for the meeting, be- Melur. pose a threat to the exist- between Mr. Panneerselvam
alalithaa. cause of which the court had R. Vaithilingam, one of ence of the present govern- and Prime Minister Modi,
From the beginning, I Show of strength: Supporters of T.T.V. Dhinakaran attending his public meeting. *
R. ASHOK to be approached. the organising secretaries of ment as none of the legislat- the Finance Minister saw a
have said that we (Sasikala Arguing that the party the AIADMK (Amma), said ors want the regime to positive signal from the
family) have nothing to hide, a mammoth turnout. dharma yudham. What iswami to bear in mind that should focus on registering a that compared to the ori- collapse, he pointed out. development.
and therefore, nothing to Referring to the demand they are doing is not a they are in power because of huge victory in the 2019 Par-
fear. So, I am asking the gov- of AIADMK (Puratchi dharma yudham, but a war party general secretary V.K. liamentary elections, he said
ernment now to order a Thalaivi Amma) leader Pan- against dharma, he said. Sasikala (now jailed) and act that the State government
probe, declared Mr. Dh- neerselvam, he said, In Most of Mr. Dhinakarans according to the wishes of should therefore focus on
inakaran at a rally attended fact, it was Mr. Pan- speech was sharply critical party cadre and the public. implementing policies that
by thousands of cadre. neerselvam and others who of Mr. Palaniswami and his Justifying his earlier com- would benefit the people.
The rally at Melur, organ- were in charge (of the ad- Cabinet colleagues, MLAs ments that recent actions of Asking Mr. Palaniswami
ised to celebrate the birth ministration) at the time of and other party functionar- Mr. Palaniswami and a few and his faction not to get
centenary of party founder Ammas ( Jayalalithaas) ies supporting the latter. others to sideline him carried away by the fact that
M.G. Ramachandran, turned death. If there is a probe, amounted to cheating pun- they were in power, he said,
out to be a platform for Mr. they should be enquired You owe it to Sasikala ishable under Section 420 of We are the commanders of
Dhinakaran, who was side- first. Stating that MLAs alone are the Indian Penal Code, he the party, who are serving
lined by Mr. Palaniswamis He ridiculed the claim of not the party, Mr. Dh- said, The party cannot be our cadre. If the cadre order
camp, to showcase his re- Mr. Panneerselvams faction inakaran urged the govern- run by a few people con- us, we would not hesitate to
sourcefulness in organising that they were waging a ment led by Mr. Palan- ducting closed-door meet- take extreme steps.
BJP seeking to saffronise Tamil Nadu 20 MLAs,

six MPs in
AIADMK organ sees Prime Minister Modis hand in splitting the party
attendance
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> Across several general secretary Sasikala freezing its Two Leaves
B. Kolappan
CHENNAI States, you can [who appointed Dhinakaran] symbol for challenging him. Staff Reporter
Even as the AIADMK factions witness the (BJP) and immediately rushed to They (BJP) could make MADURAI
led by Chief Minister Edap- governments New Delhi to meet Mr. Modi. Congress MLAs openly vote At least 20 MLAs and six
padi K. Palaniswami and What does it mean? for their candidate. Be it Ut- MPs attended the birth
anti-democratic
former Chief Minister O. Kaavi Adi, Kazhagathai tarakhand, Arunachal Pra- centenary celebrations of
Panneerselvam are adopting moves and Azhi (Paint saffron, destroy desh, Goa, Bihar or Gujarat, former Chief Minister M.G.
an extremely soft approach dictatorial attitude AIADMK), a poem published you can witness the (BJP) Ramachandran, organised
towards the BJP-led Central Marudhu Azhaguraj in the party mouthpiece, governments anti-demo- by the T.T.V Dhinakaran-led
Editor, Dr. Namadhu MGR
government, the party mocked Mr. Modis achieve- cratic moves and dictatorial faction of AIADMK
mouthpiece, Dr. Namadhu the BJP, Marudhu Azhaguraj, ments, saying they included attitude, contended Mr. (Amma), in Melur on
MGR, has castigated the the editor of Dr. Namadhu converting currency notes Azhaguraj. Monday. Speaking to The
Centre, accusing it of at- MGR, said, We cannot af- into mere papers and bury- The paper also alleged Hindu, former Higher Edu-
tempting to paint Tamil ford to remain silent as we ing the concept of pluralism that independent Central cation Minister and Pap-
Nadu saffron and destroy the deem that Prime Minister in the country. agencies including the CBI, pireddipatti MLA P. Pa-
AIADMK. Narendra Modi is directly in- Recalling late Chief Minis- the Enforcement Directorate laniappan confirmed that
The party organ is under volved in splitting the AI- ter Jayalalithaas 2014 Parlia- and the Income Tax depart- 20 MLAs, including him-
the control of the family of ADMK into one more faction mentary slogan asking voters ment had become pawns of self, and six MPs, attended
V.K. Sasikala, the jailed in- [supporting T.T.V. Dh- to choose between this lady the BJP, adding that the the function.
terim general secretary of inakaran]. Chief Minister Ed- and Modi, the poem ac- party was using them to However, police sources
the AIADMK (Amma). appadi K. Palaniswami adop- cused Mr. Modi of splitting settle scores with the said that there were 21
Justifying its criticism of ted a resolution against the AIADMK into three and opposition. MLAs and seven MPs.
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THE HINDU
IN BRIEF
Nirmalas promise on NEET draws flak Weather Watch
Rainfall, temperature & air quality in select metros yesterday
There is confusion which Minister is handling what portfolio, says Congress leader P. Chidambaram
B. Kolappan However, BJP MP L. government we conveyed it Asked whether Ms.
CHENNAI Ganesan said Ms. Sithara- to the people as we are also Sitharaman would be given a
Union Minister of State for man had not made any uni- part of the government, ex- bigger role in Tamil Nadu
Soldier laid to rest Commerce Nirmala Sithara- lateral announcement, but plained Mr. Ganesan. politics, Mr. Ganesan said he
with military honours mans announcement that shared the information when BJP State president Tamil- could not judge what would
SIVAGANGA that the Centre would co- a question pertaining to isai Soundararajan echoed happen in the future.
Hundreds of grief-stricken operate to grant a one-time NEET was raised. his views, saying Ms. Sithara- She is a Tamil and had
people of Kandani village exemption from NEET-based man had only responded to a her education in Tamil Nadu
bade a tearful farewell as the admissions through the or- Legal implications pointed question on the and abroad. She is one of the
body of P. Ilayaraja, the sepoy dinance route in government He said though there was a subject. very efficient ministers in the
who was killed in an medical colleges and the gov- reason behind Tamil Nadus We are all part of the dis- Union Cabinet. Tamils
encounter in Jammu and ernment quota seats in P. Chidambaram demand, the Centre had to cussion held on the subject should be proud of her
Kashmir on Sunday morning, private medical colleges has look into the legal implica- after the Prime Minister vis- achievement, said Mr.
was laid to rest at his native evoked strong criticism from Prime Minister? Something tions of giving exemption to ited Rameswaram. Since she Ganesan.
village near Ilayangudi on a section of leaders. is happening, CPI(M) State one State which might affect was also fully involved in the Reacting to Mr. Chidam-
Monday evening with the full Commerce Minister secretariat member K. other States. discussion, she has ex- barams tweet, he said in the
military guard of honour. promises on NEET. Power Kanagaraj said. I suspect Union Health Minister pressed the governments Congress government many
Colonel S.S. Pandian, Station and Coal Minister rejects she might be projected as J.P. Nadda consulted leaders stand, Ms. Soundararajan decisions, which were sup-
Staff Officer, Station GST rate changes. Who is in the BJPs face in Tamil Nadu from Tamil Nadu and AI- told The Hindu. posed to be taken by Prime
Temperature Data: IMD, Pollution Data: CPCB, Map: Skymet (Taken at 18.00 Hrs)
Headquarters, Tiruchi, spoke. charge of which portfolio? in the future as even Pon. ADMK ministers and leaders She said the Centre had Minister Manmohan Singh,
tweeted former Union Fin- Radhakrishnan, the only also met him. I have atten- resorted to the ordinance were taken by others. Mr, Forecast for Tuesday: Heavy to very heavy rain is likely at isol-
Dalith youth stabbed to ance Minister P. Union Minister of State from ded the meetings and Ms. route because NEET was said Chidambaram might have ated places over Andaman & Nicobar Islands, east Uttar Pradesh,
death near Vellore Chidambaram. Tamil Nadu, appeared un- Sitharaman also took part in to severely affect the pro- forgotten the fact, but the na- Bihar, sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya,
VELLORE
Is she the Union Health aware of the development, the consultations. When a spect of rural students enter- tion still remembers, he Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, coastal Andhra Pradesh,
A Dalit youth was murdered Minister or Home Minister or he added. decision was taken by the ing medical colleges. said. Rayalaseema, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry
by a few caste Hindus near city rain max min city rain max min
Agartala................30.... 33.0.... 25.2 Kozhikode ............... .... 32.4.... 25.2
Chinna Naagal village in K.V. Ahmedabad..........0.6.... 33.4.... 25.2 Kurnool .................2.1.... 33.1.... 24.4
Kuppam police station limit
on Sunday night, police
sources said. Elavarasan, 25, a
Japanese encephalitis Chennai Police Commissioner Aizawl ................... .... 27.7.... 13.2
Allahabad .............. .... 33.4.... 27.2
Bengaluru .............. .... 28.3.... 21.6
Lucknow.................. .... 31.6.... 25.8
Madurai..................10.... 33.2.... 23.2
Mangaluru ............... .... 30.7.... 24.5
resident of M.M. Kuppam,

owned a poultry farm near under control in T.N. to get Presidents Medal Bhopal................... .... 30.0.... 22.9
Bhubaneswar ........28.... 31.8.... 24.9
Chandigarh ..........0.4.... 35.2.... 26.7
Mumbai...............11.4.... 29.8.... 24.5
Mysuru.................... .... 31.8.... 19.8
New Delhi ............... .... 35.8.... 27.4
Thenkani Malai. About 10 Chennai ...............9.4.... 33.7.... 26.6 Patna ....................0.9.... 29.4.... 25.7
days ago, his brother was Honours for 26 other T.N. officials as well Coimbatore............ .... 32.3.... 23.4
Dehradun............... .... 32.7.... 22.9
Port Blair ................ .... 30.9.... 26.0
Puducherry.............. .... 32.7.... 25.6
stopped by Natarajan, a Data show number of cases decreased last year Special Correspondent Sankar; ASP M. Baskaran;
Gangtok................24.... 22.5.... 17.2 Pune ....................... .... 29.1.... 21.9
resident of Manganipatti near Goa .....................4.5.... 31.0.... 25.7 Raipur ..................... .... 31.3.... 25.1
Chinna Naagal and was
Zubeda Hamid now. Even before the vaccine came CHENNAI DSPs V. Ashok Kumar, P.A. Guwahati ...........41.1.... 30.1.... 25.4 Ranchi...................1.6.... 30.5.... 22.4
CHENNAI in, if there was a report of any child The Union Home Ministry Sundaram, K.Vas- Hubballi................. .... 28.0.... 21.0 Shillong...............39.2.... 23.9.... 15.6
questioned why he was Hyderabad ...........3.5.... 30.4.... 21.9 Shimla...................2.8.... 25.3.... 15.6
passing by Chinna Naagal. In the wake of the deaths of 60 chil- with AES, an epidemic-control re- has announced Presid- anthaselvan, S. Panbalan Imphal....................3.... 31.2.... 22.2 Srinagar ................2.2.... 21.6.... 14.3
When Elavarasan and his dren in a government hospital in sponse was immediately launched ents Police Medal for Dis- and K. Dhanasekaran; In- Jaipur .................... .... 32.3.... 23.5 Trivandrum ............. .... 31.7.... 25.1
friend Rajini were going to Gorakhpur recently, all eyes now are in the area, he said. tinguished Services to City spectors C. Rajesh, O. Vet- Kochi..................... .... 31.6.... 25.0 Tiruchi .................... .... 36.3.... 26.0
Kohima................1.8.... 26.9.... 18.0 Vijayawada ............1.4.... 33.9.... 24.2
the farm around 6.30 p.m. on on a disease for which some of the The second approach involved Police Commissioner A.K. riselvan, S. Nelson, J. Naga-
Kolkata..............17.8.... 32.2.... 26.0 Visakhapatnam ......... .... 32.0.... 27.4
Sunday, Natarajan and two children were believed to have been surveillance of the virus through col- Viswanathan, Additional rajan, K. Mohan; SSIs S.
admitted: Japanese Encephalitis lection of mosquitoes to check for Commissioner S.N. Sesha- Sekar, U. Arumugam, A. Particulate matter in the air you are breathing Yesterday
others allegedly stabbed CITIES SO2 NO2 CO PM2.5 PM10 CODE
Elavarasan. ( JE). positivity, even if cases had not been sai and Additional Super- Iruthayaraj and L. Joseph-
Ahmedabad ......... ......... ... ....... .............. In observation made at
Tamil Nadu has a long history reported in the area. intendent of Police C. A.K. Viswanathan raj. Bengaluru ................9 ...50 ..50 ....... ....110 ......* 4.00 p.m., Horah,
with the disease it was first recog- The vaccine is now administered Raja, Core Cell Security Meanwhile, the State Chennai....................7 ...15 ..59 ...... 99 ....... ......* recorded an overall air
History-sheeter dies nised in India in 1955, with cases re- along with the Measles Rubella vac- Branch CID. government has also announced Delhi......................11 ...63 ..32 ...... 93 ....... ......* quality index (AQI) score
in police custody of 187
Hyderabad .............22 ...13 ..13 ...... 58......60 ......*
ported in the then North Arcot dis- cine to all children in these districts Mr. Viswanathan, a 1990-batch Tamil Nadu Chief Ministers Medal Kolkata ..................20 ...59 ..47 ....... ......89 ......*
indicating a moderate
TIRUNELVELI level of pollution.
trict of the State and from in two doses. Coverage, he said, was IPS officer who took over as the City for Excellence in Public Service, on Lucknow ..................5 ...27 ..40 .... 150 ....... ......* In contrast, Nashik,
A history-sheeter, who was Maharashtra recorded a
neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. around 85%. The vaccine is not Police Commissioner in May, was the occasion of Independence Day Mumbai ...................5 .....8 ..17 ...... 20......40 ......*
healthy AQI score of 30
facing more than 20 cases, Pune ......................40 .....3 ..74 ...... 19......35 ......*
JE is a viral disease transmitted by generally available in the private conferred with the Presidents Police to six police personnel including
died on Monday morning Vishakhapatnam .......7 ...12 ..60 ...... 34....202 ......*
the bite of the Culex mosquito. sector, which is why it is not 100%, Medal for Meritorious Service in ADGP K. Jayanth Murali, IG C.
after he was picked up by the Air Quality Code: * Poor * Moderate * Good
Acute Encephalitis Syndrome is a he said. The cases reported, he said, 2006. Easwaramoorthy, DCP A.. Myilvag-
police during a vehicle check SO2: Sulphur Dioxide. Short-term exposure can harm the respiratory system,
group of neurological conditions were of people who had not been S.N. Seshasai joined as DSP in anan, DSP M. Chandrasekaran, In- making breathing difficult. It can affect visibility by reacting with other air
at Alangulam on Sunday.
caused by a number of pathogens, vaccinated, and sporadically, cases 1987. He was promoted as Superin- spector S. Vijayan and constable J. particles to form haze and stain culturally important objects such as statues
Sources said, S. Palani, 37, of
including bacteria and viruses. from other districts and States. The tendent of Police in 1997 and as IG in Sudha. and monuments.
Sivalaarkulam near Alangulam NO2: Nitrogen Dioxide. Aggravates respiratory illness, causes haze to form by
Blood tests can establish if a case of JE vaccine is administered in 13 en- 2013. He held the post of Commis- Another 10 police personnel have
here, was intercepted owing reacting with other air particles, causes acid rain, pollutes coastal waters.
AES is specifically JE. demic districts in the State it was sioner of Police, Tirupur before be- been awarded Chief Ministers CO: Carbon monoxide. High concentration in air reduces oxygen supply to
to a sudden spurt in crimes in
Data from the National Vector initially piloted in three districts and coming Additional Commissioner of Medal for Excellence in Investiga- critical organs like the heart and brain. At very high levels, it can cause
and around Alangulam and dizziness, confusion, unconsciousness and even death.
Borne Disease Surveillance Pro- later extended to cover the others. Police. tion.
also as a precautionary PM2.5 & PM10: Particulate matter pollution can cause irritation of the eyes,
gramme for Tamil Nadu since 2010 The Centre has also announced The following persons will receive nose and throat, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath, reduced
measure ahead of the
show that the number of cases went No anti-viral treatment award of medals for 26 officers of the medal for excellence in investig- lung function, irregular heartbeat, asthma attacks, heart attacks and
Independence Day.
up for a few years, but dropped last There is no anti-viral treatment for the State police. The 23 officers who ation: ASP K. Veeramani; DSP P. premature death in people with heart or lung disease
year. From 11 cases in 2010, the JE, explains Dr. Bala have been awarded the Police Medal Ashok Natarajan; Inspectors V. (Individual pollutant data for various cities are averages for the previous day)
States rights on the number went up to 53 cases in 2015, Ramachandran, chief of paediatric for Meritorious Service are: DIGs Chandrasekaran, J. Nagarajan, C.
wane, says Ramadoss but dropped to 51 cases last year. As intensive care, Kanchi Kamakoti Deepak M. Damor, Anisa Husain, V. Umadevi, A. Siva Ananth, J. Anbu
CHENNAI of August 6 this year, 22 cases were CHILDS Trust Hospital. The disease Vanitha, Karthikeyan and K. Prakash, P. Parthiban and J.
On the eve of Independence reported. Hundreds of cases of causes an inflammation of the brain Bhavaneeswari; SPs P.K. Senthil Malarkodi; and SI M. Sundara-
Day celebrations, Pattali Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES), and can be accompanied by fever, Kumari and N.Z. Asiammal; ACP G. moorthy.
Makkal Katchi founder Dr. S. however, continue to be reported seizures and diminished conscious-
Ramadoss on Monday year on year this year there have ness.
contended that States have been 659 cases in the State, while in Though some patients go on to
lost more rights than they 2016 there were 859. recover, many continue to have
have gained over the past Though JE is a disease that has neurological issues even after they
seven decades. Tamil Nadu high morbidity and mortality, T.N. are cured. These include seizures,
stands first in reinforcing has had no deaths due to it for three developmental delays and learning
national unity, but the States years now, said Director of Public disabilities among others, he said.
rights are being consistently Health K. Kolandaisamy. Management of the disease in-
denied by its neighbours, He explained that the State had cludes administration of anti-edema
said Dr. Ramadoss. He cited adopted a multi-faceted approach to medicines, said T. Ravichandran,
the NEET controversy in the disease. Surveillance for AES has director, Institute of Child Health,
support of his view. been ongoing for around 30 years Egmore.
Three MLAs support

Kadiramangalam
residents
KUMBAKONAM
Three MLAs belonging to various outfits
but elected to the Assembly on the AI-
ADMK symbol have pledged their support
to the protesting Kadiramangalam villa-
gers and have promised to take up their
cause with Chief Minister Edappadi K. Pa-
laniswami during their visit to the trouble-
torn village on Monday.
The Kadiramangalam tour of the three
MLAs has to be seen against the backdrop
of their support to beleaguered AIADMK
deputy general secretary T.T.V.
Dhinakaran.
Grievances heard
Manithaneya Jananayaka Katchis
Thameemun Ansari, Tamil Nadu Kongu Il-
aignar Peravais founder U. Thaniyarasu
and Mukkulathor Pulipadai founder Kar-
unas all elected on AIADMKs Two
Leaves symbol in the last Assembly elec-
tions visited Kadiramangalam on
Monday and listened to the grievances of
the villagers.
Speaking to them, Mr. Ansari pointed
out that their fight was not for money or
power but to save agricultural operations
that provided livelihood to thousands of
people.
The residents were also fighting to pre-
serve the fertile lands for the future
generations.
The three MLAs also brought to the no-
tice of the villagers that they had severally
raised the Kadiramangalam issue in the As-
sembly and had also collectively taken the
issue to the notice of the Chief Minister.
They also demanded that the ONGC ac-
cept the blame with regard to pipeline
bursts and stop alleging that those who op-
pose their dangerous projects are anti-de-
velopment and are working against the na-
tions progress'.
Mr. Thaniyarasu noted that the Centre
must not support the anti-people activities
of the ONGC and must respect the sensitiv-
ities of the villagers.
CM M CH-CHE
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THE HINDU
CHENNAI
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CM M CH-CHE
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10 SOUTH
CHENNAI

THE HINDU
IN BRIEF
Amit Shah downplays In absence of permission,
Kannada film blurs tricolour
Lingayat, State flag issues Director of Mass Leader was not aware of the latest rules
Womens panel registers Terms them political game plan of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah MURALIDHARA KHAJANE by the measurements of the term which may be exten-
case against P.C. George BENGALURU flag and flagpole as pre- ded to three years, or with
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Staff Reporter ernment for appeasement The recently-released Shiva- scribed by the law. fine, or both. The board
The Kerala Womens Bengaluru politics, leading to a com- rajkumar-starrer Mass The time is too short. We had asked the producer of
Commission on Monday Bharatiya Janata Party na- promise in the security of Leader, which is about an may also be forced to blur Mass Leader to blur the tri-
informed Speaker P. tional president Amit Shah, the State. He was referring to Army officer fighting terror, the national flag, said colour in some scenes in the
Sivaramakrishnan that it had who concluded his three-day the recent communal had the tricolour blurred in Chetan Kumar, director of absence of permission, he
filed a case against Kerala visit to the city, sought to cauldron in coastal all the scenes where it ap- Bharjari. Tarun Shivappa, said.
Congress legislator P.C. downplay the demand for a Karnataka. There have peared. The soon-to-be-re- producer of Mass Leader, Director of Mass Leader,
George. It had earlier opened religion status by the Lingay- been 20 murders of RSS act- leased Bharjari, starring was told by the Regional Of- Narasimha, said he was not
an inquiry against Mr. George ats and a separate flag for ivists in the State. But the Dhruva Sarja, may also have fice of CBFC, Bengaluru, to aware of the rules. By the
on the charge of shaming a Karnataka. He termed them government seems to be pro- to do the same if the director delete the flag or blur it. time the CBFC asked us to
woman actor who was a political game plan of tecting groups indulging in fails to get the go-ahead from blur the flag, the film was
abducted in Kochi. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. such activities. Why were all the Ministry of Home Affairs Supreme Court verdict completed and we did not
The BJP was confident cases against the Socialist (MHA) in time. When contacted, Srinivas- have the prescribed permis-
Road rage: actor Gururaj that the people of the State Democratic Party of India This is the stipulation set appa, Regional Officer, sion. As we did not want to
stabbed in the thigh would not believe in such withdrawn, he asked. down by the Central Board CBFC, Bengaluru, said the dilute the intensity of the
BENGALURU plans, he told a press confer- To make a point: BJP national president Amit Shah on his way On whether the 2018 As- of Film Certification (CBFC), rules were made following scenes by deleting it, we
Gururaj, actor and son of BJP ence in Bengaluru on to a meeting with journalists in Bengaluru. BHAGYA PRAKASH .K *
sembly polls would be following a six-month-old the courts recent verdict. compromised by blurring
MLC Jaggesh, was stabbed in Monday. fought between Mr. Siddara- Supreme Court order, which The national flag had been the flag, said the director.
a case of road rage at R.T. Asked about the demand mand for a minority religion plan to counter the Congress maiah and Narendra Modi or not many Kannada film- specified as an emblem in Bharjari is about a patri-
Nagar on Monday. According for a State flag and anti-Hindi status by the Lingayats, Mr. on emotive issues of State Mr. Siddaramaiah and State makers are aware of. It is the (Prevention of Improper otic family, which hoists the
to the police, Mr. Gururajs car protests in the State, he Shah said the partys stand flag, anti-Hindi protests, BJP president B.S. Yeddy- now mandatory for every Use) Act, 1950. It could not national flag on all national
was damaged when another wondered why the issue was was that it was only a polit- Lingayat religion status and urappa, Mr. Shah said they film using the national flag be used for the purpose of festivals. We shot a few
car tried to overtake him. An being raised just before the ical game plan. He refused to Mahadayi river water row. would be fought under the to get permission from the any trade or business, scenes of the fluttering tri-
argument ensued, and it elections. Even Mr. Siddara- elaborate further. leadership of Mr. Yeddy- MHA. Film-makers are to without the permission of colour without the know-
turned violent with the other maiah is not serious about However, it is learnt that Politics of appeasement urappa. But the goodwill of specify whether the script the MHA. Violation of the ledge of the norms of the
driver stabbing the actor in the issue. Its only vote bank Mr. Shah has told the State Mr. Shah came down Narendra Modi-led Union really demands the use of norm shall be punishable MHA and the CBFC,said Mr.
the thigh. politics, he said. On the de- leaders to prepare an action heavily on the Congress gov- government will help. the national flag and abides with imprisonment for a Chetan Kumar.
Leopard rescued from well

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Wayanad officials bring it out without using tranquillizer

At 70-plus, he adopts 70 students to mark 70th I-Day
Staff Reporter Chittoor-based social worker looks beyond distributing uniforms & books, wants children to imbibe patriotism
KALPETTA
A male leopard that fell into K. Umashanker said that by adopting the dream of bringing
an open well in a private CHITTOOR schoolchildren, mostly schoolchildren to libraries.
property at Pozhuthana in On Monday, the eve of the belonging to urban poor He wanted them to devote
Wayanad district on Monday 70th anniversary of households, he didnt time to learning about the
was rescued by the person- Independence, merely mean distribution of lives of great leaders who
nel of the forest department. Parvathareddi Parthasaradhi uniforms, books, stationery brought freedom to the
Shrawan Kumar Verma, Naidu, a Chittoor-based and food. country.
Chief Conservator of Forest, social worker, adopted 70 This will make our
Northern circle (Kannur), children of the local Vibrant builders children the strongest
told The Hindu that the municipal elementary At this age, I look at them as citizens, he said.
property belonged to school and anganwadi vibrant builders of the
Haneefa of Puthan Purakkal. centre of Balaji Nagar. countrys destiny. Apart Moral lessons
His wife found the wild cat Waiting for help: The leopard that fell into a well at Mr. Naidu, 76, a from their regular welfare, I Mr. Naidu said he would
in the well on Monday morn- Pozhuthana in Wayanad district on Monday. household name in Chittoor, wish to see the young minds arrange regular moral
ing. Locals who reached the Andhra Pradesh, has been learn the true meaning of lessons for the children and
spot alerted the forest offi- sistance of the police and to tranquillizer shots but we extending for four decades Independence Day make them participate in
cials. fire and rescue services, could manage to rescue the financial and moral support celebrations, and imbibe the cultural activities and
used a net attached to a life- animal without a single dart to hundreds of families spirit of love for the physical training.
Net & lifebuoy buoy and a ring-shaped of tranquillizer, he said. afflicted by poverty and country, he said. The school authorities
Personnel of the forest de- device to rescue the animal, Aged about seven, it was life-threatening ailments. The veteran social worker and parents were all praise
partment, South Wayanad the forest officer said. In healthy and bore no signs of Celebrating the occasion said that in the last decade, for Mr. Naidus gesture Future beckons: Parthasaradhi Naidu with schoolchildren
Forest Division, with the as- rescue operations, we resort injuries, Mr. Verma added. with the children, Mr. Naidu he had been pursuing the towards the children. whom he adopted at Balaji Nagar in Chittoor on Monday.
CM M CH-CHE
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THE HINDU
CHENNAI
NATION 11
IN BRIEF
Six killed in
Uttarakhand
HC puts out auction
cloudbursts
notice for Aamby Valley
MUMBAI In Himachal, families flee homes
The Bombay High Court on
Monday published a notice to Press Trust of India Kotrupi in Himachal Pra-
auction Subrata Roys hill city Dehradun deshs Mandi on Sunday
township Aamby Valley at a Six persons were killed and morning fled their homes to
reserve price of 37,392 10 others, including six nearby villages, since the
crore. Official liquidator (OL) Army jawans, were reported mud slide and fall of
Vinod Sharma issued the to be missing in two incid- boulders have not stopped.
notice inviting prospective ents of cloudbursts in They have demanded that No respite: Banana rafts have become the mode of transport in the flood-affected Morigaon district of Assam. At right, a villager shifts grains from a flooded
bidders for the 6,762.1 acres Pithoragarh district of Ut- the administration help village in Araria district of Bihar. RITU RAJ KONWAR & PTI
*
near Lonavala, located tarakhand early on Monday. them in their rehabilitation.

between Mumbai and Pune. One of the cloudbursts
Rain triggers flash floods in Bihar

Talking to The Hindu, Sahara's occurred near Tawaghat at Highway traffic hit
advocate Shri Gautam 2.45 a.m., sending a rivulet, After a cloudburst, an entire
Awasthi said: There are the Mangti Nullah, into portion of a big hill came
several steps before the spate and its swirling waters down and a number of
auction takes place. swept away a few shops and houses and vehicles on the
three Army tents, an official Mandi-Pathankot National 41 dead in Bihar, situation grim in Assam, Bengal & Arunachal; crucial rail link to northeast snapped
GJM asks supporters release said. Two bodies Highway were buried.
to end hunger strike were recovered from the The authorities who are Press Trust of India to be grim in several districts one block of Katihar dam- east region till 10 a.m. of Au- and Ratua block in Malda
Patna/Guwahati/Kolkata
KOLKATA spot, while eight persons working overtime to restore with recurring landslips dis- aging roads. gust 16, a top official said. district were inundated.
A day after meeting Home five Army jawans, a Junior the highway said it would Heavy rain in the last three rupting road traffic. Mr. Kumar said heavy rain Tracks have been inundated
Minister Rajnath Singh, the Commissioned Officer and take a couple of days more days triggered flash floods in In Assam, floods claimed in Nepal and Bihar in the last at various places. Rhinos in distress
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha two locals were missing, for traffic to resume. parts of Bihar, where 41 three more lives, taking the three days had led to this West Bengal Chief Minis- With the Kaziranga National
(GJM) on Monday asked its the release said. The search operation at people have died so far, and toll this season to 102. situation and the State gov- ter Mamata Banerjee said: Park (KNP) and the Pobitora
supporters to withdraw their The second cloudburst the disaster site continued inundated large areas in As- Bihar Chief Minister Nitish ernment was carrying out re- We are concerned about Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam
indefinite hunger strike in also occurred around the on Monday but no more sam and North Bengal, para- Kumar, who conducted an lief work on a war footing. the flood situation and are getting submerged, rhinos
the Darjeeling hills. Given same time at Malpa and bodies were recovered. lysing normal life and snap- aerial survey of flood-hit monitoring it round the and other animals have
that tomorrow [Tuesday] is swept away six persons. Forty-six bodies were re- ping rail link to the areas, told reporters that Trains cancelled clock. State government taken shelter on the high-
the 70th Independence Day, I Rescue teams recovered covered on Sunday and 14 of Northeast from the rest of Araria was the worst-affected The Railway Board has can- sources said Phulahar river lands. Hence patrolling has
am also of the view that the four bodies from the area them were yet to be identi- the country. district. Flood waters have celled all incoming trains had crossed its danger level, been intensified as poachers
Home Ministers appeal while two were still missing. fied, Deputy Commissioner In Arunachal Pradesh too, engulfed areas in Kisanganj, from various parts of the while 20 villages, mostly un- could take advantage of the
should be respected and the Meanwhile, about 20 Sandeep Kadam said. the flood situation continued three blocks of Purnea and country towards the north- der Harischandrapur block-II situation, a KNP official said.
hunger strike by the Yuva families of farmers who wit- (With inputs from
Morcha withdrawn as a first nessed the landslip havoc of Kanwar Yogendra)
Bengal villagers find shelter in Bangladesh

step in achieving our goal of
Gorkhaland, GJM chief Bimal
Gurung said in a release.
68 insurgents surrender
with arms in Manipur Minister thanks neighbour for gesture; Siliguri city and Cooch Behar district cut off
IMPHAL
Sixty-eight insurgents, Suvojit Bagchi eastern border of the States sought refuge in the houses take shelter in Bangladesh
including four women, from Kolkata
Cooch Behar district. In the of their relatives here, Mr. and we are immensely
six outlawed groups in the
Najmool Haq called several middle of last week Mr. Haq, Haq said. We will all celeb- thankful to the government
State, surrendered before
times from Moghulhut town his two children, wife and rate Independence Day in of the country for accom-
Manipur Chief Minister N.
in Bangladeshs Lalmonirhat parents left the village as the Bangladesh this year. modating and feeding so
Biren Singh on Monday at a
district to say that his real river Dharla, about three km Realising that Bangladesh many people without any
homecoming ceremony. The
name should not be dis- from his house, overflowed has stepped up its ma- fuss, Mr. Ghosh said.
insurgents also handed over a
closed as he crossed the bor- its banks and entered his vil- chinery to accommodate the The entire north Bengal is
huge cache of arms,
der without papers to take lage. The adjacent village Jar- few thousand children, reeling under the impact of
ammunition and explosives.
shelter in a flood centre in idhorla is also under water, women and men from Cooch incessant rain in both the
Welcoming them, the Chief
Moghulhut town in north he said. Behar, the Minister of North plains and the hills. Both Si-
Minister promised protection
Bangladesh. A few thousands from the Bengal Development Depart- liguri city and Cooch Behar
and said a nodal officer had
Moghulhut is about 15 two villages took shelter in ment Rabindra Nath Ghosh district are cut off from the In the border villages of
been appointed to look after
minutes on foot from Mr. the flood centre in Moghul- thanked the Awami League- rest of Bengal. About a dozen West Bengal, many have
the needs of the former
A policemen asks the crowd at the site of Sundays landslip Haqs village, Daribosh, loc- huts Union Council flood led government. people had lost their lives, taken shelter on roof tops.
insurgents.
near Urla in Himachal Pradesh, to move back. AFP *
ated in the extreme north- centre. Many have also Many thousands had to the Minister said. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Finish work at Haji Ali

dargah by year-end: SC
Beautification wont cost you much, it tells government
Krishnadas Rajagopal
NEW DELHI
Urging the Maharashtra gov-

ernment to seize the great
opportunity and take the
initiative to beautify Haji Ali
dargah and its surroundings
in Mumbai, the Supreme
Court on Monday said it
hoped and expected the
work to be completed by
December 31 so that the vis-
itors in the new year can see
the famed shrine in all its
splendour.
A Bench of Chief Justice of The Haji Ali Dargah in Mumbai. * AFP
India J.S. Khehar and Justice
D.Y. Chandrachud directed The States counsel said the Bombay High Court or-
that a meeting be held on he would convey this to the der to remove squatters in
September 4 by the Mumbai authorities. The court pos- the contentious 908 square
Collector and all other stake- ted the case for hearing on metre area near the shrine
holders to finalise the pro- October 4, when the finally would be accepted. It ob-
posed beautification plans. approved plan would be served that believers of reli-
Why dont you do the placed before it. gion will never support en-
beautification and get the The court had earlier dir- croachments, while
credit for it? It will not cost ected the authorities to re- refusing pleas by the shop-
you much It is a great op- move all encroachments keepers to modify its order
portunity for you, Chief around the dargah and directing the removal of en-
Justice Khehar told the Ma- made it clear that no ex- croachments near the his-
harashtra government. cuses for non-compliance of toric 700-year-old shrine.
SC for videotaping 3 members

of Manipur
of court proceedings outfit held
Petitioner seeks CCTVs for fair trial Staff Reporter
New Delhi
Legal Correspondent filed by Pradyuman Bisht for The Delhi police special
NEW DELHI installing CCTV cameras in cell claims to have arrested
A Supreme Court Bench has criminal courts as a meas- the commander-in-chief,
mooted the possibility of ure to ensure fair trial. finance secretary and an-
having audio and video re- On March 28, the Su- other member of the
cordings of proceedings in preme Court directed that at banned Manipur-based ter-
the constitutional courts least two districts in every ror outfit Kangleipak Com-
the Supreme Court and the State/Union Territory, CCTV munist Party (KCP) on
High Courts. cameras (without audio re- Sunday. The accused were
A Bench of Justices A.K. cording) may be installed in- arrested from north Delhi.
Goel and U.U. Lalit on Fri- side the courts... We make Deputy Commissioner
day said judges in other it clear that the footage of of Police (Special Cell)
countries do not consider the CCTV camera will not be Pramod Singh Kushwah
recording of proceedings as available under the RTI said they received a tip-off
a violation of privacy of [Act] and will not be sup- that KCP leader Laishram
court proceedings. The plied to anyone without per- Ranjit Meitei alias Manao
Bench observed orally that mission of the High Court alias Apik alias Tamnganba
the U.S. Supreme Court has concerned, the Supreme alias Loya was in Delhi to
video and audio recordings Court had ordered. set up the organisations
of its proceedings. Mr. Singh submitted that base in the Capital. It was
The discussion with Addi- 12 High Courts had already learnt that he had plans to
tional Solicitor General installed cameras in two dis- set up a hideout in Delhi
Maninder Singh came dur- tricts, while others were in for anti-national activities,
ing the hearing of a petition the process of doing so. Mr. Kushwah said.
CM M CH-CHE
YK
12 EDITORIAL CHENNAI

THE HINDU
Partition or Independence?
The horror of Partition is gradually coming to displace the idea of freedom. This carries immense dangers
ally as much as ideologically. But ligionists in the other. And they
have these recoveries of the re- continue to do so into the present.
gions violent history, interestingly Perhaps the real trauma of Parti-
A new twist originating in the two partitioned
provinces of British India, given us
tion has little if anything to do with
the egregious violence among
The last-minute NEET exemption to a clearer idea of freedom or further Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs. After
obscured it? all, this can now be spoken of so
Tamil Nadu will only lead to more litigation faisal devji easily as to belie the existence of
J
ust when it appeared that this years medical admis- Failure of communalism any traumatic kernel in such nar-
sions in Tamil Nadu would be solely based on the omething insidious has been I would like to suggest that however ratives. Instead it is the still un-
S happening to our commemor- necessary it might be, the focus on speakable memory and reality of
DEEPAK HARICHANDAN
National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) and
that no further legal avenue was available to circumvent ations of Independence over Partition and its violence has ob- betrayal, of treachery against ones
the last two decades or so. It seems scured our ideas of freedom, own religious community, which
it, the Centre has added a new twist. It is now, according
as if the horror of Partition is gradu- whether of the historical or utopian might inspire the rage of Partition
to Union Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, ally coming to displace the idea of kind. Both scholarly and amateur in its own time as well as in our
ready to cooperate with Tamil Nadu in its efforts to ob- freedom and dominate our annual explorations of Partition these own. This was already clear in a
tain a one-time exemption from NEET. Tamil Nadu, reflections on the momentous days, especially those relying upon number of difficult conversations
which abolished entrance tests for professional courses events of August 1947. How did this in attempts to recover past glories name or remain undeveloped, as oral history, have come to displace Gandhi had with refugees from
in 2006, fears that the introduction of NEET would shift occur, and what are its implic- or out of resentment at present seems to be the case in Bangladesh, traditional narratives about appor- Pakistan, and from literary and an-
jeopardise the admission prospects of rural students ations? conditions. probably South Asias most author- tioning responsibility with more ecdotal evidence is certainly true of
In their early decades as inde- While Indian and Pakistani lead- itarian state today. Whereas 1947 is nuanced discussions of everyday those who left India as well.
who cannot afford the extra coaching and higher work-
pendent states, India and Pakistan ers in the period immediately fol- a meaningless number for life in 1947. Fascinating though they This means that the problem
load that preparing for NEET entails. In its desperation both sought to play down and even lowing Independence might not Bangladeshis, despite the immense are, such stories stray even further posed by Partition is not merely or
to get around the NEET barrier, it passed two Bills seek- forget the violence of Partition, have been so interested in justice brutality it entailed for Hindus in from any inquiry into the idea of even primarily a Hindu-Muslim-
ing to preserve its existing system of admitting students which is of course one way in which and forgiveness, they understood the erstwhile East Pakistan, in In- freedom. Indeed they tend to rein- Sikh one, but instead something
to medical and dental courses based on Class 12 marks. trauma manifests itself. But their the importance of forgetting, and dia its violence became the subject force long-standing accounts about that needs to be addressed by each
However, the Centre, understandably reluctant to response was also a strategic one, knew that to link their countries of commentary and reflection only communal or religious loyalties group internally if it is to achieve
grant such exemption to one State alone, did not recom- since the leaders of both nations freedom with violence was a dan- in the 1980s. This happened follow- trumping nationalist ones at a time any resolution. At the moment
realised that any official recogni- gerous thing, if only for their own ing the Punjab insurgency, when it when the social and political order such treachery is projected onto re-
mend presidential assent to these Bills. As admission
tion of these brutal events would political futures. Not only could it became clear that a great deal of had broken down. ligious minorities in both coun-
season closed in, the State government decided to go by not only detract from the achieve- delegitimise independence and unfinished business remained But did Partition in fact mark the tries.
NEET rankings, but reserved 85% of seats for students ment of freedom, but also ran the threaten civil strife, but make for an from Partition. triumph of communal loyalties, if As far as Indo-Pakistani relations
passing out of its own school Board. The Madras High risk of imperilling the religious embittered and properly hysterical It was from this period that the not outright hatreds? While histori- are concerned, Gandhi was surely
Court struck down this order. The Supreme Court dis- minorities who might be held re- nationalism playing into the hands formerly subtle and discreet refer- ans and others have emphasised right in saying that no peace
missed the State governments appeal. With medical sponsible for it. of their opponents on the right and ences to Partition in art, cinema the undeniable importance of such between the two was possible until
admissions already delayed by a month, one would Without a single monument to left. and literature were transformed violence, sometimes mitigated by all those who had been driven away
mark it, Partition was for many into academic studies and other, the malignant role of the colonial were given rights to return and
have thought the State government would see the writ-
years remembered only by two Unfinished business rather too obvious, invocations of state or secular parties and politi- compensated for their losses of life
ing on the wall and move ahead with the admission kinds of groups, religious ones on The first breach in this wall of si- freedoms violence. Unlike the cians, they have for the most part and property by some form of con-
based on NEET. But its efforts were unrelenting. What it the far right which viewed the new lence came neither in India nor right and left-wing emphasis on as- ignored the fundamental betrayal trition and restitution, incomplete
could not achieve legally, it seems to have achieved states as being soft on belligerent Pakistan, and didnt even have Par- signing responsibility for such viol- of religious allegiances that as it would necessarily be.
politically, albeit for just one year. minorities loyal to foreign powers, tition as its subject. It took the ence to internal enemies, the lib- provided their context. For rather And yet this betrayal was prob-
This belated move is bound to spawn further litiga- and those on the far left who saw emergence of Bangladesh in 1971 eral discovery of Partition entailed than demonstrating the power of lematic not because it happened,
tion and encourage similar demands elsewhere. The el- them as agents of a bourgeoisie out of a genocidal civil war to blaming both sides to acknowledge communal loyalties, Indias parti- but did so in such an incomplete
loyal to international capitalism. change the script of independence their common inhumanity and by tion illustrated their massive be- way. For it has always been the un-
eventh-hour change in the basis for admission will
Despite their vehement opposition in the region. Apart from the bru- that token humanity also. As with trayal, as Hindus and Muslims will- concern of their citizens for each
cause heartburn to students who have cleared NEET, a to one another, it is striking how tality of its birth, Bangladesh was the nationalists of old, the British ingly abandoned their other that has kept India and
demanding test. There is no denying that the exemp- much these two movements shared created at a time when genocide could also be held responsible if re- coreligionists in both countries. Pakistan united. In other countries,
tion will please many students, but if the Centre was in their more or less conspiratorial and crimes against humanity had quired, and while they certainly de- Those like Gandhi and Jinnah insurgencies and indeed provincial
ready to grant a one-time exemption, it ought to have visions of history. become viable legal categories in- served blame, such a move was who had relied upon such com- civil wars in places like Balochistan
done so much earlier and not now. The argument all ternationally. Bangladeshi nation- meant only to exculpate one or an- munal allegiances, not simply or Punjab would have led to their
along was that it did not want to treat one State alone Virtue in forgetting alism was thus defined by these fig- other Indian group from it. inter-religious ones, to hold the fragmentation. But in South Asia,
Of course Partition had been a ures of horror, but having been In Pakistan, always late to the country together and force more all this can happen in one province
differently; nothing was done to allay the impression world historical event immense in unable to hold Pakistan or its army game, Partition has only become a negotiations were astounded to see while others enjoy peaceable lives.
that the test was being thrust on an unwilling State. its destructive force, and so it is culpable for their crimes, its publicly debated issue quite re- how easily they unravelled. It was Maybe it is the imperial rather than
Now, there is a sudden realisation that Tamil Nadus only right to remember it. Yet for- founders and their political heirs cently. For unlike India, where in- not trust in the other country that national character of these diverse
situation is unique. It is difficult to miss the political getting is also a crucial virtue, both have increasingly focussed on dependence had always been a allowed Indian and Pakistani lead- societies that keeps them together,
messaging given that it was Ms. Sitharaman, a minister in moral and political terms, be- searching out traitors and collabor- mixed blessing, given not its viol- ers to agree to Partition, but at the the mutual relations of citizens
involved in her partys affairs in Tamil Nadu, who made cause when paired with justice and ators from within. Whatever the ence so much as the loss of territory very least the famous hostage the- defined neither by love nor hatred
forgiveness it is the only thing that justice of this enterprise, it has pro- involved, in Pakistan it had sig- ory, whereby a Hindu or Muslim but indifference. The quest for cul-
the announcement, and not the Health Minister. If the
stitches together societies divided duced a violent and vengeful na- nalled unalloyed victory following minority in one country was tural or religious unity and the hunt
exemption is stayed by the courts, another set of stu- by violence. As Gandhi had always tional culture unable to move bey- a brave struggle. To reflect on the thought to guarantee the good for traitors will only put this unity
dents and parents will once again feel short-changed. In said, European ideas of history, ond the trauma of its creation. violence of Partition in Pakistan, treatment of its fellows in the other. at risk.
any case, the State government is only postponing the and the national, communal and When a history of violence over- then, is to question the very legit- And yet despite all claims to the
inevitable, as upgrading academic standards in its own other identities based upon it, shadows ideas of freedom, the lat- imacy of the state, even without be- contrary, majorities in either state Faisal Devji teaches history at Oxford
schools and preparing students for future challenges could only produce violence either ter can either be sacrificed in its longing to the right or left politic- were happy to endanger their core- University
are unavoidable imperatives.
A hasty order
A great divide
SEBIs order against suspect companies
There is a contrast between the status of women and their political presence, as Nagaland and Haryana show
smacks of heavy-handed justice 68% of SC women and 41% of SC result of the new criteria intro- Members of the Legislative As-
men. But quite interestingly, wo- duced in the amended Panchayati sembly (MLAs). On the other hand,
T
he order of the Securities and Exchange Board of mens representation increased to Raj Act of Haryana. An amendment there is no woman MLA in Naga-
India imposing trading restrictions on 331 com- an average of 42% across all levels to the Act resulted in her husband land. Yet, in terms of sex ratio and
panies suspected of being shell entities is an ex- in comparison to 36% in the fourth being disqualified from contesting female literacy, Nagaland scores
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ample of rash regulatory action. The Securities Appel- panchayat election held in 2010. as he had a criminal case pending over Haryana. According to the
late Tribunal has since rightly ordered the lifting of the against him while her son was in- 2011 census, female literacy in
radhika kumar Decoding the data eligible being a minor. In a bid to re- Nagaland was 76.69% as against
trading restrictions imposed on two of the companies
Along caste categories, State Elec- tain the panch seat among her 66.77% in Haryana. The sex ratio in
that approached it, namely J Kumar Infraprojects and
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he incidents of protests and tion Commission (EC) data show community that is concentrated in Nagaland was 931 women per
Prakash Industries. In fact, the tribunal stated in its or- violence by tribal bodies in that SC women panches were a particular area of the village, it 1,000 men as against 879 women
der that it is apparent that SEBI passed the impugned Nagaland earlier this year 32.81% in comparison to women was decided to nominate her in- per 1,000 men in Haryana, which
order without any investigation. Interestingly, the reg- over 33% reservations for women from the Backward Classes (BC) stead of her husband. Therefore, is the second lowest in the country.
ulatory body had acted on a list of suspect companies in urban local bodies have once category who constituted 27.49% that the representation of SC wo- she was a consensus candidate. Clearly, there is a disconnect
that the Ministry of Corporate Affairs had forwarded again highlighted the issue of wo- of elected women panches. In fact men exceeds that of SC men among between the low social status of
men and representation. SC women have higher representa- the panches at the village level and West to east women in Haryana and the com-
after consultation with the Serious Fraud Investigation In this context, it is interesting to tion than BC women at all levels of among members of the zilla par- Data from the Haryana EC website paratively higher political pres-
Office and the Income Tax department. Instead of con- look at the case of Haryana which local governance except for the of- ishad. This is again heartening shows that 42.3% women candid- ence that they enjoy in represent-
ducting an independent investigation into these sus- conducted elections to rural pan- fice of the sarpanch wherein the given that reservation for SC wo- ates at the level of the village panch ative bodies. The more vexing
pect companies, SEBI passed the buck to the exchanges chayat bodies in January last year. difference is 2.41% in favour of BC men as a total of SC reservations for were elected unopposed. Women question is the case of Nagaland,
and asked them to impose immediate trading restric- The State amended the State Pan- women when calculated as a per- panchayat members at all three campaigned actively in the pan- wherein women have formal
tions on the companies. Before a proper investigation chayati Raj Act, even including cri- centage of the total number of elec- levels was 48%, while for SC men it chayat elections. Women nomin- agency in terms of literacy and
teria such as educational qualifica- ted women sarpanches. Also, was 52%. Primary research makes ees also participated in village ral- numbers but lack a democratic
by SEBI or the exchanges, the companies were put un-
tions and standards for candidates 9.24% of the total seats in pan- it clear that the spurt in womens lies and sought electoral support. voice as political representatives
der stage four of the Graded Surveillance Measure, to meet while seeking election to chayat elections were reserved for representation was not by design Most election posters used pic- and decision makers. The question
whereby trading is limited to one day a month, the trad- panchayat bodies. Academically, BCs (both men and women), while but by default. A newly elected wo- tures of both the woman candidate that one must then ask is this: Can
ing price is capped, and buyers are required to deposit men from the general category had 10.87% were for SC women. There- man panch from a Jat-dominated and a male relative. Scaling up the democratic rights and representa-
money. It is suspected that trading on the shares of to be matriculates, women and fore, reservation for SC women did village in Ballabgarh block in analysis to the level of the Legislat- tion be traded off for tradition and
these shell companies was used as a way to launder Scheduled Caste (SC) candidates bolster their numbers, enabling Faridabad district said that she had ive Assembly, Haryana has the in- the promise of development?
black money. In fact, 169 out of the total list of 331 com- had to have passed out of middle them to overtake BC women rep- heard of her nomination after it teresting distinction of electing the
school, while SC women should resentatives. was announced by the locals and highest percentage of women rep- Radhika Kumar is Assistant Professor,
panies had already been suspended from trading be-
have passed standard five. This The second development with when she was not present in the resentatives among all States, Department of Political Science, Motilal
fore the order. But on the list were also companies with raised criticism as it disqualified regard to the category of gender is meeting. Her nomination was a namely 14.44% or 13 out of the 90 Nehru College, New Delhi
huge market capitalisations, and it is reasonable to as-
sume that the predominant share of trading on any
given day is legitimate.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters emailed to letters@thehindu.co.in must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials.
An interesting unknown, meanwhile, is the basis on
which the MCA prepared the list of suspect companies For an overhaul of 2.5% of GDP spending is word of solace for their exhortation of Swachh responsible for water consistently burnt at a
The bitter reality is that still a paltry sum and parents? In contrast, when a Bharat has fallen on deaf stagnation, regular scorching pace. There was
that was forwarded to SEBI. The governments resolve while we pat ourselves on inadequate to meet the calamity strikes in the West, ears. In all this, one is fumigation and constant no trademark Bolt side-on
to act against dodgy companies, for the sake of bringing the back for being one of the requirements of a country the Opposition works in reminded of the Camus monitoring at all hospitals, victory stand, both arms
business practices under the purview of the law, is in- fastest growing economies such as India. Augmenting tandem with the novel, The Plague. In Tamil public or private, should be stretched diagonally. It was
deed warranted. According to Finance Minister Arun of the world that has taken investment in public health government and ensures Nadu, the situation is not the priority of the pathetic to see his relay
Jaitley, since demonetisation the Centre deregistered giant strides in science and care with appropriate that succour is extended to different. Dengue fever has government. teammates Yohan Blake,
well over 1,60,000 dormant companies until early July. even carved a niche for itself utilisation management is the needy. We need to be been raising its ugly head Shreyans Jain, Julian Forte, and Omar
in the global corporate pivotal to sustaining Indias more humane and civil while the States politicians New Delhi MacLeod lifting up the fallen
It has also identified over 37,000 shell firms and
world, what eclipses these growth. In lieu of focussing when catastrophes strike. are fully engaged in their Bolt. However, his name
3,00,000 firms engaged in suspicious dealings, accord- achievements are our on issues such as Gau Pushpa Saran, internecine quarrels. Final lap will always live on (Sport
ing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. At the same time, dismal social parameters, Rakshak, the need is for Chennai M. Vathapureeswaran, The unfinished is sometimes Bolt, Farah farewell party
a sound business environment also requires that the especially our health Centre and States to focus Madurai unforgettable. It was sad to falls flat, August 14).
government adhere to the basic rules of justice at all indices. Exemplifying this on Shishu Rakshak. The death of many see the legendary Bolt C.V. Venugopalan,
times. Handing out extremely harsh punishment on fact is that no remedial Remedial measures such as children in a place which Poor sanitation, pathetic reduced to tears and in deep Palakkad
suspect companies without giving them an adequate measures have been mosquito eradication while has elected the Chief health-care systems, pain in his final appearance more letters online:
adopted despite Japanese simultaneously embarking Minister of a State speaks inadequate public on a track which he had www.hindu.com/opinion/letters/
chance to explain their positions smacks of heavy-
encephalitis claiming more on a vaccination drive will volumes of how insensitive awareness campaigns and
handedness. The economic costs of freezing the trading than 10,000 lives in Uttar help matters. and callous politicians, apathy of the government corrections & clarifications:
of shares of popular companies are not commensurate Pradesh between 1978 and Nalini Vijayaraghavan, bureaucrats, ministers and and the municipality are A sentence in Miles covered, miles to go (Non Fiction, August
with the purported benefits of such action. While the 2005. This abject apathy Thiruvananthapuram doctors have become in what result in the spread of 13, 2017) read: But this book commiserating the 25 years of eco-
nomic reforms is not focused on those juxtapositions. It should
SAT order has brought some fairness to the entire pro- towards life is inexcusable their attitude towards the the tropical diseases every have been commemorating.
ceedings, SEBIs action will deal a blow to its credibility (Editorial Wages of It has become a dubious most vulnerable in society. year. The stakeholders
In the story headlined A Battle and a betrayal (Magazine, Au-
among investors as being an effective and unbiased reg- neglect, August 14). norm for all the Opposition It was a historic moment concerned must also stop gust 13, 2017) there was a reference to a ten-day march to Myan-
Though the Centre has parties, without exception, when Railway Minister Lal adding political colour to mar. It should have been Rangoon.
ulatory body. Not surprisingly, investor unease was at
cleared the long-awaited to fish in troubled waters in Bahadur Sastri resigned the tragedy. The adoption of
least partially evident on the street where stocks wit- National Health Policy 2017 times of crisis. How many owning moral responsibility proper sanitation measures It is the policy of The Hindu to correct significant errors as soon as possible. Please specify
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CM M CH-CHE
YK
THE HINDU
CHENNAI
OPED 13
An overhaul at seventy The childs right to dignity

We must choose national security as our overriding priority to sustain our position in a troubled world Neither is all sexual contact with children rape nor should
ably consume energies at the cost of
there be a blind exemption to sexual violence within marriage
national priorities, but what distin- special law would override general per-
guishes serious states from Third sonal laws. The Gauhati High Court in Jahirul
World frivolousness is the attention Maulana v. State of Assam (2016) quashed the
to national needs. Unless the key pri- chargesheet against a man who had allegedly
orities are attended to, what kind of raped a minor. Since the victim was his wife
K. Shankar Bajpai nation will remain to play politics in? and had borne his child, the court felt that to
Building up state power to estab- continue criminal proceedings would defeat
lish and sustain our position in a Swagata Raha & Shraddha Chaudhary the ends of justice. However, the Karnataka
After 70 years, how capable have we troubled and troublesome world High Court faced a case (Soni Nihal v. Sri.
made ourselves to handle our na- should long have been our topmost Recently, a two-judge Bench of the Supreme Sandeep Patel, 2017) with nearly identical
tions challenges? One needs an ap- priority. How many in governmental Court heard a petition on the constitutional- facts and observed that the criminal pro-
paratus for arousing awareness of circles, leave alone the country, even ity of the marital rape exception in the IPC ceedings initiated for the alleged offence
what requires attention, for deciding realise what that involves? French (Exception 2 to Section 375). The petitioners [rape] cannot be quashed.
what ought to be done, and the in- Premier Pierre Mendes-France ob- pointed to the contradictions between the Acquittals are the norm as Section 42A of
struments for doing it. We have run served: To govern is to choose. Protection of Children from Sexual Offences the POCSO Act is not aligned with the social
down dangerously in all these re- How do you govern a country if it Act, 2012 (POCSO Act), which defines child reality of normal sexual exploration among
spects. A handful of people at the chooses rebuilding temples as its as a person below 18 years, and the marital teenagers and the belief about the sanctity of
top, elected or professional, are leading objective? rape exception in the IPC, which states that marriage held by most judges, prosecutors,
keeping our country going somehow, sexual intercourse between a man and his and the police. A few Delhi judges held that a
but the machinery for attending to Defence situation wife (who is not under 15 years) is not rape. strict interpretation would interfere with the
our affairs is simply inadequate. Late though it is, we must choose na- The Bench apparently inquired whether the autonomy of teenagers. Many special courts
Governments everywhere tional security as our overriding pri- court must intervene to provide protection felt the parties were married, and it would
nowadays find existing institutions Whether in organising appropriate weapons supply or developing our internal ority. Whether in organising appro- to married girls between 15 and 18 years be unfair to punish the man for what ap-
and processes unable to cope with infrastructure, our defence situation suffers from amateurishness and neglect. priate weapons supply, developing from sexual exploitation by their spouse, peared to be a consensual relationship.
peoples needs, much less their ex- Indian Army soldiers carry arms and ammunition south of Jammu AP * our internal infrastructure or in en- given the legislative intention to exempt mar-
pectations or the complexity of mod- suring effective management, our de- ital rape from prosecution.
ern problems. Democracies face the far more on the basis of Reason: rig- improve their conditions and circum- fence situation suffers from cumulat- The technicality is easily answered be-
greater difficulty that their very es- orous, methodical, sedulous argu- stances. Leaving aside the endless ive amateurishness and neglect. How cause the POCSO Act does not carve out any
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sence, the concepts, ideas and prac- mentation used to shape our debate on modernity-versus-tradi- our Defence Ministry has been oper- exception in favour of marriage. The legislat-
tices that engendered and developed thought, without our being dogmatic tion, modernity here means simply ating almost from the beginning stag- ive intention is also evident from Section 42A
democracy, are shaken and en- about it ours is perhaps the only this readiness to benefit from addi- gers belief. Indeed, our entire admin- of the POCSO Act, which provides that in
dangered. Looking at the worlds old- country with a religion believing tions and corrections to existing istrative machinery has become so case of inconsistency with the provisions of
est today is enough to justify worries there are other ways to God. Such a knowledge rather than suffer from dysfunctional, one despairs of re- any other law, the POCSO Act will override.
about all, not least our own. cast of mind leads to a live-and-let- the outdated. Where would we all be form. While the considerations that
live acceptance of diversity essential if orthodoxy insisted the world is go into decision-making hardly meas- Disjunction between law and reality
Old civilisation, new battles to our unique nationhood. Is it oper- flat? Consider our own history: we ure up to the issues, the instruments The marital rape exception under the IPC The POCSOs approach fails to recognise
India is an exceptional state, inevit- ative now? keep blaming colonialism for various of implementation simply dont has not prevented the police from register- the autonomy and evolving capacity of chil-
ably with exceptional problems. When his first atomic explosion deficiencies, without asking why we work. Overhauling this machinery is ing cases under the POCSO Act when the vic- dren, particularly adolescents. Parliament
Never in history have so many di- succeeded, Robert Oppenheimer fell. No great forces invaded us, we surely the sine qua non for our sur- tim is above 15 years and is married to the ac- and the Supreme Court need to consider the
versities and in such huge numbers famously quoted the Vedas. When I were outplayed by a few adventurers vival, leave alone our progress. cused. Studies by the Centre for Child and South African Constitutional Courts conclu-
constituted that self-governing sys- asked what made him interested in because we wallowed in careless ob- We may prefer blind eyes, but oth- the Law at the National Law School of India sions in Teddy Bear Clinic for Abused Children
tem called a democracy. For nearly them, he answered; Your ancestors solescence, whereas they used dis- ers see all this too clearly, not least University, Bengaluru have revealed that the v. Minister of Justice and Constitutional Devel-
seven decades, the theory of a plural asked the right questions, which we cipline, training, organisation, new the two neighbours with major victim was married to the accused before or opment (2013), in which provisions that crim-
society obtained obeisance, not al- scientists are still struggling with. weapons and methods i.e., mod- claims on our territory. We increase during trial in 19% of the cases in Delhi, 8% inalised consensual sexual conduct of ad-
ways practised or believed in, but That intellectual curiosity, that ernity. What have we learned? their opportunities for mischief in Assam, and 6% in Maharashtra. The per- olescents between 12 and 16 years were held
somehow bowed to, howsoever per- search for knowledge, for meanings, while limiting our own options by centage of cases in which the victim was in a unconstitutional. At the same time, the gov-
functorily. It is no longer being at- for all the other truths leading to the Focussing on national priorities disregarding our failings. How you romantic relationship with the accused, in- ernment and courts cannot be oblivious to
tempted, with consequences yet Ultimate, drove us to our initial Till the 1980s, China and India hardly appear to others shapes their ap- cluding marriage, stood at 29% in Delhi, 20% sexual violence within personal relation-
unknown. heights. To imagine we are still on differed in various economic para- proach: being seen as a state strong, in Assam, and 21% in Maharashtra. In almost ships. CCL studies show that courts do not
One statistical fact reflects our those heights, to ignore the expan- meters or the pace of progress. In knowing what to do and equipped to all the cases, the special courts acquitted the consider whether the minor consented
greatest change: in our first elections sion and modification of knowledge, our present tensions, comparisons do it, exerts an innate deterrence; husband or boyfriend because the victim freely, or the child was groomed by the ac-
(1951-52), our electorate was 173 mil- to ignore experience, is dangerous are particularly unwelcome, but we look sloppy, ill-prepared and prob- turned hostile, or her age was not proved, or cused, or whether the marriage was forced.
lion, the turnout was 110 million; last folly. We are emerging from a long must understand the crucial import- lem-ridden, you are bound to en- she stated that the marriage was consensual. Demands for strict construction of all
time (2014) 815 million could vote, period of backwardness, when we ance of the lesson they learned and courage aggressiveness. Our govern- The higher judiciary has largely taken a le- sexual contact with children as rape and the
540 million did. Numbers apart, lost the qualities that had first made we reject: Never Again. India actu- ment came to power arousing nient approach in such cases. The Gujarat blind exemption accorded to sexual violence
todays Indians are not the same in us great, and had succumbed to ally suffered foreign humiliation far expectations of firm, effective gov- High Court in Yunusbhai Shaikh v. State of within marriage are both incompatible with
what or how they think, in what mat- newer, more efficient forces. We will more extensively, and directly, but ernance. It looks like having a long Gujarat (2015) quashed the FIR against the the constitutional guarantee of a right to life
ters to them. Howsoever everlasting get nowhere by fighting yesterdays the determination Never Again gal- run ahead, with the only possible na- accused under the IPC and POCSO holding, of dignity and protection against violence.
Eternal Indias culture, its putative battles all over again and that too vanised China into modernity. They tional challenger bent on suicide and [the victim] is admitting... that she had ac- An acceptable exception would only be one
heirs behave very differently now in yesterdays ways. As the Victorian adamantly aim to outdo others in all State leaders ever more parochial. companied the applicant on her own free that is premised on respect for adolescent
than at Independence. Two current novelist-poet George Meredith fields. We Indians blame the distrac- The greatness of India they proclaim will and... since she was in love with the ap- childrens right to physical integrity and free-
manifestations hardly fit our tradi- wrote, In tragic life, no villain need tions of democracy but there is a will only be possible if we put our plicant and the applicant also loved her, they dom of expression with safeguards against
tions: violence and intolerance. Per- be We are betrayed by what is false deeper fault: there is no thinking-out house in order to suit modern times. decided to get married. It added, however, grooming, force, coercion, and exploitation.
haps we are more prone to violence within. of vital priorities, no acceptance of that proceedings under the Prohibition of
than supposed: Gandhiji called off Using changes in knowledge to modern ways. Yes, winning State K. Shankar Bajpai is a former Ambassador to Child Marriage Act, 2006 (PCMA) should be Swagata Raha is senior legal researcher (consultant) &
his civil disobedience movement be- change beliefs and practices is what elections, consolidating central Pakistan, China and the U.S. and Secretary, initiated against the person(s) who per- Shraddha Chaudhary is legal researcher, Centre for
cause we erupted. But we used to live enables people, societies, nations to power, democratic politics inescap- External Affairs formed the nikah, since the PCMA being Child and the Law, NLSIU, Bengaluru
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Feared and feted FIFTY YEARS AGO AUGUST 15, 1967
The Rwandan Presidents record is a Foreseeing breakthrough in agriculture

mismatch between growth We are it seems to me, poised for a major breakthrough in
and persecution the matter of agricultural production said President Zakir
Hussain, in a broadcast to the nation to-night [August 14, NEW
GARIMELLA SUBRAMANIAM DELHI], on the eve of Independence Day. The President said
the problem hitherto had been to persuade the farmers to ad-
The record of Rwandas President Paul opt new techniques but now a deep psychological change had
Kagame, elected recently for a third con- come about and it was the farmer who were pressing for the
secutive seven-year term, is a mismatch provision of greater and more up-to-date facilities. Dr. Hussain
REUTERS
of prosperity and persecution. The com- recounted in detail the countrys progress since independence
bination underpins the dangerous, if fa- 20 years ago and expressed optimism for the future. The in-
miliar, assumption that economic vestments we have made in our economy are about to yield
growth and an efficient administration are a fair trade-off for their full results and soon. In ten years or perhaps even in five,
the democratic rule of law and free expression of dissent. A I am sure we shall see our country as the centre of a great eco-
former guerrilla leader of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), nomic change which will have its impact not only on our own
Mr. Kagame is credited with the restoration of peace and se- 500 millions, but on the whole of Asia and Africa, he said.
curity after the 1994 genocidal killings of some 8,00,000 eth-
nic Tutsis and their Hutu sympathisers.
But in the years since, his past military instincts seem to A HUNDRED YEARS AGO AUGUST 15, 1917
have got the better of Mr. Kagame. Multi-party elections held CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
periodically since 2003 have been all but a near monopoly of
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the RPF. Many of the regimes dissenters are either in exile or CONCEPTUAL ABSTRACT
face constant threats. The meticulous planning that goes into There has been no improvement in the G.I.P. Railway work-
the countrys feted infrastructure development may be evid- Loan to value shop strike situation [in Mumbai]. To-day [August 14], the
ence of a rational approach to nation building. The absence of
street-level corruption likewise may imply a firmness of pur-
ratio In pursuit of power Agent, in a notice to the strikers, recapitulates various in-
creases in the grades of wages recently announced and con-
Finance cludes with a warning that the Company is obliged to consider
pose. But the attempt to foster reconciliation between the ma-
jority Hutu and the minority Tutsi communities seems to be-
This is a metric used to as-
Good men are likely to lose out in the race for power means of carrying on work in their shops by other sources and
tray the same impatience for results. In the years after the necessary steps are now being taken to do this. The notice
sess the level of risk in-
massacres, perpetrators and victims were told to affirm a Prashanth Perumal J. fact, most good and detract people who have a adds: Unless the workmen return at once re-engagement
volved in extending a loan
Rwandan identity rather than remember their particular eth- cent men who wish to do preference for bullying could not be guaranteed and anyone who did not return by
to a borrower by compar-
nicity. To emphasise one or the other was frowned upon as di- After any human disaster good for others try to others into submission. In Friday at the latest would be considered dismissed and the
ing the value of the loan
visionism. Such quick fixes could be a case of social engineer- caused by people who avoid rather than em- fact, Hanna and Wang in portion of his holdings in the provident fund representing
against the value of the un-
ing carried to a clinical extreme with potential risks. wield political power, brace positions of power. their study find that stu- contributions plus interest would be forfeited. The strikers
derlying collateral. The
On the external front, Mr. Kagame seldom ceased to lever- there is almost always a Dishonesty and Selec- dents with pro-social pref- had been trying to molest those who have given in, but so far
loan to value (LTV) ratio is
age the moral guilt among donor nations on their failure to in- bunch of utopian dream- tion into Public Service: erences were less likely nothing serious is reported. The relief committee, as usual,
calculated by dividing the
tervene in the genocide and subsequent humanitarian relief ers who argue that the dis- Evidence from India, a to prefer government distributed rice, dholl, etc., and is arranging for discharge of
loan amount by the estim-
and refugee crises in neighbouring Congo. For their part, west- aster could have been 2017 paper by Rema jobs. People with anti-so- mens rent bills.
ated market value of the
ern countries began to count on Rwandas strongman as a avoided if only good Hanna and Shing-Yi Wang cial preferences, of
collateral. It is usually ex-
shining light of human development thanks to the compre- people held such power. published in the American course, are less likely to
pressed in percentage
hensive socio-economic transformation he spearheaded. Im- Power, if held by good Economic Journal, use their coercive powers CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
terms, and shows the CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
pressive but repressive, was a familiar refrain among the aid people with good inten- provides evidence that it for the good of society
amount of money that can DATA POINT
and business communities about his authoritarian ways. tions, can lead to good is indeed the worst among either.
be salvaged from a bor-
things for all, they say. people who get attracted Typically, one could
rower in case of a default.
Impulse for self-perpetuation Many former supporters to power. The authors still argue that good
Since the actual market
Rwanda has registered average annual growth figures of 5% for of the socialist regime in find that students who people when given coer-
value of the collateral is
over a decade. The country also jumped many notches up the Venezuela, for instance, cheat on a simple laborat- cive powers can neverthe-
likely to fluctuate over
World Banks ease of doing business index. The proportion of argue that socialism failed ory task are more likely to less use it towards achiev-
time, loans with lower LTV
women represented in Parliament is said to be one of the to work in the country prefer public sector jobs. ing the good of society.
ratio are considered safer
highest in the world. Mr. Kagame was also nominated to the only because it was hi- They further argue that But, as public choice eco-
as the lender is protected
UN Millennium Development Goals Advocacy Group by Ban jacked by power-hungry cheating on the task they nomists would argue,
from larger fluctuations in
Ki-moon. These achievements should be enough for the man people. If not for these study predicts future cor- such good men are quite
collateral value.
to rank among Africas finest leaders. But the impulse for self- greedy people, they say, ruption among civil ser- likely to lose out to the
perpetuation rather than a place in history has apparently in- CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
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fluenced the Presidents actions in recent years. He accord- worked in the erstwhile So what is it about power. This is because
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ingly ensured the prolongation of his rule, through a 2015 con- Soviet Union and China as power that tends to at- while the good people
stitutional amendment, to allow him to run for three more THE WEB well. tract towards it the worst may fight for power to do
terms, subsequently ratified in a popular referendum. Very little thought, among all people? good for society, bad
His victory this August is only the first of them. His tinkering Google fired Damore for however, goes into why it For one, since power people pursue power to
with the Constitution as well as his politics of fear have drawn sexism, but we need is often the worst among involves the use of coer- do good for themselves,
widespread international condemnation. Also, there are con- science over bias men who get to occupy cive force, rather than which in turn makes them
cerns regarding Rwandas democratic future in view of the en- charge of positions of peaceful and voluntary in- more ruthless in their pur-
trenched one-man rule and fear of a Hutu reprisal. http://bit.ly/googlegendergap power and misuse it. In teraction, it tends to at- suit of power.
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Create an India that does Jaitley speech skips
Centre likely to differ mention of Doklam
with J&K on Art. 35A not discriminate: President He talked of last years surgical strikes
The Article also ensures job Ms. Mufti has held multiple In I-Day eve address, he calls for partnership between citizens and government Special Correspondent
reservation for residents. meetings with Prime Minis- New Delhi
A 2002 order by the J&K
High Court in the State of
ter Narendra Modi and
Union Home Minister Ra-
New Delhi Approves five In the customary address to
the armed forces on the eve
Jammu and Kashmir Versus
Dr. Sushila Sawhney and
jnath Singh and claims to
have got an assurance that
President Ram Nath Kovind,
in his first address to the na- Kirti Chakras of Independence Day, De-
fence Minister Arun Jaitley
Others had said that the status quo will be tion on the eve of the Inde- on Monday avoided refer-
daughter of a permanent maintained. pendence Day, called for a Special Correspondent ence to the ongoing standoff
resident marrying a person Attorney-General K.K. partnership between cit- NEW DELHI with China at Doklam even
outside the State would not Venugopal informed the Su- izens and the government to President Ram Nath Kovind as he recalled the pre-empt-
lose the status of permanent preme Court on July 17 that create a new India that does approved five Kirti Chakras ive surgical strikes by the
resident of J&K. the issue being discussed in not discriminate on gender on the eve of Independence Army last year to prevent in- Arun Jaitley
The official explained the court was a matter of in- or religious background. Day, of which three were filtration by terrorists.
that Article 35A was a provi- terpretation of law for Spelling out his vision, awarded to Army personnel Despite our repeated re- these counter-terrorism op-
sion that had been inserted which no affidavit was re- President Kovind said when and two to personnel from quests to our Western neigh- erations, militants and those
in the Constitution through quired. The State govern- India completes 75 years of the Central Reserve Police bour not to use our territory supporting them suffered
a presidential order, and ment had filed a counter-af- Independence by 2022, it Force (CRPF) for their role occupied by it, not only to significant casualties.
it was not ratified by Parlia- fidavit against the petition. should have a compassion- in counter-terror train terrorists but also use
ment. There was an option The Centre also told the ate society. operations. However, the it as launch pad for pushing Welfare measures
with the Centre to ratify the Supreme Court that it New India must include highest peacetime gallantry these militants into India, In addition, Mr. Jaitley ded-
provision by sending it to wanted a larger debate on that integral humanist com- award, Ashok Chakra, was such nefarious activities icated a major part of his
Parliament, the official said. the subject. Ms. Mufti had ponent that is in our DNA, Building new nation: President Ram Nath Kovind addresses not given this time. continued. We ran out of pa- speech to the welfare meas-
He, however, added that it said earlier that any at- and which has defined our the country on the eve of 71st I-Day on Monday. PTI *
tience as these terrorists ures taken by the govern-
had not been considered tempt to tinker with Article country and our civilisa- were not only targeting our ment for military personnel.
yet. The Home Ministry has 35(A) would have repercus- tion, he said. Classes are part of the na- The President recalled the basis of policy and action, armed forces but also civil- These include implementa-
held a series of consulta- sions, and India will not get tional development process. contribution made by the belief in unity and discipline, ians the Indian Army con- tion of the One Rank One
tions with the Law Ministry a shoulder to carry its na- Inclusive development President Kovind said freedom fighters including faith in a synthesis of herit- ducted surgical strikes on Pension (OROP), increase in
on the provision. tional flag in J&K. The President said the goal senior citizens, the differ- Jawahar Lal Nehru and age and science, and promo- September 29 last year at allowances including the
Coming together on the The official said it was for of creating a new India can ently-abled, the poor and un- urged citizens to draw inspir- tion of the rule of law and of several of these launch pads hardship allowance, en-
issue, J&K Chief Minister the Supreme Court to de- be achieved only when dis- derprivileged should always ation from them and invoke education all of it was loc- to pre-empt infiltration by hanced penury grant to
Mehbooba Mufti and former cide whether the issue was advantaged sections like the be part of a compassionate the same spirit for the task of ated in a partnership terrorists, the Union Minis- non-pensioner, ex-service-
Chief Minister and National to be treated as a proced- Scheduled Castes and societys thought and not nation building. between citizen and govern- ter said. men and widows among
Conference leader Omar Ab- ural issue as per the PIL pe- Tribes, Other Backward an after thought. The stress on the moral ment, said the President. He added that during others.
dullah have objected to any tition or a substantive
tinkering with Article 35A. issue.
NEET waiver: Sitharamans Article 35A comes SC tells Karti

T.N. submits draft to cooperate
ordinance to Centre efforts helped Tamil Nadu under scrutiny in probe
Krishnadas Rajagopal
The draft Indian Medical fore August 30. Minister emerges as key go-to person between T.N. & Centre To be decided by Constitution Bench NEW DELHI
Council (Tamil Nadu In Tamil Nadu, in aca- The Supreme Court on
Amendment) Ordinance, demic year 2016-17, about Nistula Hebbar Legal Correspondent powers the States legis- Monday lifted the Madras
2017, said: Replacing the 4.2 lakh students studied NEW DELHI NEW DELHI lature to frame any law High Courts stay order on
present system of admis- biology as one of their sub- Union Minister for Com- The question whether Art- without attracting a chal- a Look Out Circular (LOC)
sions in State government jects in Class XII in State merce Nirmala Sitharaman icle 35A, relating to special lenge on grounds of violat- issued by the Bureau of Im-
seats based on marks se- board schools of the over has emerged as a key go-to rights and privileges of the ing the Right to Equality of migration against Karti
cured in NEET examinations 88,431 students who ap- person between the Tamil citizens of Jammu and Kash- people from other States or Chidambaram.
from 2017-18 is a very peared for NEET in TN, at Nadu government and the mir, is ultra vires of the Con- any other right under the The court also urged
emotive issue. There is un- least 95% are from the State Centre over the NEET (Na- stitution or not is likely to Constitution. him to cooperate and par-
animity among all political board, while only 5% are tional Eligibility and En- head for a decision before a Section 6 of the Jammu ticipate in the investiga-
parties of the State that the from CBSE and other trance Test) issue. Top five-judge Constitution and Kashmir Constitution tion of a corruption case
existing policy of admis- Boards. Any change of syl- sources in the government Bench. restricts the basic right of involving kickbacks paid by
sions to the Medical and labus cannot be abrupt, but confirmed that it was the The indication that the women to marry a man of INX Media for obtaining
Dental colleges, which has has to be built up from base Ministers efforts, along with constitutionality of Article their choice by not giving clearance from the Foreign
protected the interests of classes. Just because the syl- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 35A will be under scrutiny the heirs any right to prop- Investment Promotion
poor students from rural labus was available in NEET MP and Central Minister Pon Larger role: Nirmala Sitharamans efforts along with Pon came from a Bench of erty if the woman marries a Board. Staying the August
areas and also ensured that guidelines, a student from Radhakrishnan, that resul- Radhakrishnan had positive impact in New Delhi. FILE PHOTO * Justices Dipak Misra and man not holding the Per- 10 High Court order, a
medical personnel are avail- another Board could need ted in the ordinance by the A.M. Khanwilkar while hear- manent Resident Certificate. Bench of Chief Justice of In-
able in all remote parts of considerable time to get ad- State government getting a left out, said a senior gov- position of the Centre should ing a petition filed by Charu Her children are denied a dia J.S. Khehar and D.Y.
the State, should not be re- equately equipped. This hearing in New Delhi. ernment source. not be compromised in the Wali Khanna, who has chal- permanent resident certific- Chandrachud emphasised
placed without addressing would also require special Throughout the Mon- Deputy Speaker of the law courts, said the source. lenged the Article as well as ate thereby considering that Mr. Karti, son of
the concerns of the student coaching which poor and soon Session of Parliament, Lok Sabha, M. Thambidurai, The State government, in Section 6 of the Jammu and them illegitimate not former Finance Minister P.
community... rural students can ill afford there were hectic parleys in fact met with the Minister the last two meetings that Kashmir Constitution, given any right to such a wo- Chidambaram, has to parti-
The Home Ministry will and that was the logic for between the State govern- almost everyday of the ses- Chief Minister E.K. Palan- which deal with the per- mans property even if she is cipate in the investigation
have to obtain the instruc- abolishing entrance examin- ment and the Centre over a sion, with the deadline for iswami held with Prime Min- manent residents status in a permanent resident of by appearing before the
tions of the President for the ations for professional reprieve for Tamil Nadu on doing something to allevi- ister Modi (the last on August J&K. Jammu and Kashmir, the probe officers for
ordinance to be promul- courses in TN in 2006, the the NEET issue. The State ate the problems of the rural 11), had assured the Centre petition, filed through ad- questioning.
gated by the Governor be- ordinance said. government presented fig- students being August 30, that the State had implemen- Property rights vocate Bimal Roy, said. Our business is only
ures that showed that the in- added the source. ted NEET in the admissions The petition said Article 35A The court tagged the peti- one. You must go for the in-
take of students in private to private medical colleges protects certain provisions tion along with another filed vestigation. How will it be if
OPS-Modi meeting fails medical colleges and post

graduate courses in medical
schools in the State this year
Meeting with PM
Both Ms. Sitharaman and
Mr. Radhakrishnan had a
and post-graduate courses,
but that admission to gov-
ernment medical colleges
of the J&K Constitution
which denies property
rights to native women who
by NGO We the Citizens
challenging Article 35A.
The NGOs petition con-
people of this country do
not respond to investiga-
tions against them? Chief
to speed up merger showed that students in

urban areas and those with
meeting with Prime Minister
Narendra Modi in the last
and to fill the government
quota in private colleges
marry from outside the
State. The denial of these
tended that the States spe-
cial autonomous status un-
Justice Khehar asked.
But our little thing is
Central Board of Secondary week of the monsoon ses- (where fees were reason- rights extend to her children der Articles 35A and 370, that you cannot, as of now,
According to sources, Mr. how can there be a merger, Education (CBSE) schooling sion to discuss the matter able) required some more also. This should ideally go was discriminatory against leave the country till you
Panneerselvam is insisting a senior MP asked. were over represented and with him. Prime Minister time to redress the rural- before a Constitution non-residents as far as gov- participate in the investiga-
that he be either given the However, Finance Minis- rural students with State Modi was sympathetic but urban divide that was emer- Bench, Justice Misra said. ernment jobs and real estate tion. Thats all, CJI Khehar
chief ministership or the ter D. Jayakumar told journ- Board Matriculation getting also cautioned that the legal ging in student intake. Article 35A also em- purchases are concerned. observed.
post of party general secret- alists in Chennai that the
ary as a condition for mer- ruling faction saw positive
Trump India-China border With loyalists expelled,
ging with the AIADMK signals in Mr. Pan-
(Amma). neerselvams statements in
The other formula, ac- New Delhi.
greets Modi
cording to his aides, is to A couple of days ago,
meet hangs in balance
Sharad remains defiant
share the Chief Ministers both camps looked like al-
post on a rotational basis. most taking synchronised on I-Day eve
On the record, though, Mr. steps. The Panneerselvam Dinakar Peri happened this time. We
Panneerselvam has been faction submitted an affi- Press Trust of India NEW DELHI will wait and see what hap-
placing only two demands davit to the Election Com- New Delhi Amid the standoff at Dok- pens tomorrow, the source
a probe into former Chief mission, along with a copy U.S. President Donald lam, uncertainty continues added. People removed are long time party members: JD(U) leader
Minister Jayalalithaas death of the resolution passed by Trump called up Prime over the ceremonial Border The five BPM points along
and expulsion of the the Palaniswami faction, Minister Narendra Modi, Personnel Meeting (BPM) the Line of Actual Control Nistula Hebbar
Sasikala family from the nullifying the appointment on Monday night to convey between the armies of India (LAC) are at Bum La and
State units backing
NEW DELHI
party. of T.T.V. Dhinakaran as his greetings on the eve of and China on the eve of In- Kibithu in Arunachal Pra- Senior Janata Dal (U) leader
We have made our con- deputy general secretary. Indias Independence Day dependence Day. desh, Daulat Beg Oldi and Sharad Yadav struck a defi-
ditions very clear. I cant say
anything more on the mer-
ger, Rajya Sabha Member
The Dravida Munnetra
Kazhagam (DMK), mean-
while, is gleefully watching
celebrations.
Mr. Modi shared this in-
formation through a tweet.
As of now BPM is un-
sure. We have invited them;
acceptance from China is
Chushul in Ladakh and
Nathu La in Sikkim.
In addition, there is also
ant note after the partys Bi-
har unit chief, Bashishtha
Narain Singh, removed 21
Nitish, says Tyagi
and AIADMK (PTA) leader V. the negotiations. Even if Appreciate the warm yet to come, a senior offi- uncertainty over the annual people said to be loyal to the Special Correspondent completed the
NEW DELHI
Maitreyan told The Hindu. the two come together, they felicitations from @POTUS, cial said on Monday. bilateral military exercise former from the party. membership process and
Meanwhile, the AIADMK will not be able to save the who called this evening to Before ceremonial BPMs Hand-in-Hand to be held Refusing to comment on A day after the Sharad thus, are not recognised
(Amma) is getting uncom- AIADMK unless they get Mr. convey Independence Day that are held on national later this year. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Yadav faction of the State units, he said.
fortable about conditions Dhinakaran too on board. greetings. days, either side gives con- The joint planning con- Kumar, Mr. Yadav said he Janata Dal (United) Mr. Yadav renounced
dictated by the AIADMK Such a scenario is unlikely, Thank you @realDon- firmation a couple of days in ference has not taken place was preparing for the Au- claimed it was the real the party of his own free
(PTA). If they are not ready DMK MP T.K.S. Elangovan aldTrump, Mr. Modi advance. thus far, but it has not been gust 17 programme of the party, with 14 JD(U) State will despite his journey of
to make any concession, said. tweeted. However, that has not formally cancelled either. combined opposition units supporting it, 40 years with the party,
parties, termed Saanjha Vir- party general secretary Mr. Tyagi said. He
aasat (Syncretic Traditions) K.C. Tyagi said that four admitted it was not easy
Waqf Board plea made under pressure Kashmir to be held in New Delhi. out of the five recognised for the party to remove
The people removed State units were with a senior leader like him.
today are old members of Nitish Kumar. We respect the Sharad
tense, red the JD(U) and are in fact the Mr. Nitish Kumar was Yadav of yesteryears, who
real JD(U), he said. made party president in resigned from the Lok
Offer to build mosque away from disputed site meant to curry favour, says cleric alert issued Speaking to a television the Patna special session Sabha. He is not corrupt.
channel, Mr. Yadav said the of April 23, 2016. Only But, unfortunately, he
special correspondent with the government. Board council. As for Board in the claim to the special correspondent sarkari (official) JD(U) would five State units have wants to go with those
NEW DELHI The Maulana, who heads Maulana Kalbe Sadiqs land and the Shia Board had Srinagar soon find themselves tired recognition in the party: today he had once taught
Prominent Shia cleric the Anjuman-e-Haidari, said: speech, it is his personal not appealed against the ver- Kashmir remained on the of expelling people. Bihar, Jharkhand, Kerala, us to fight. He has
Maulana Kalbe Jawad has The current government in opinion, perhaps aimed at dict. Even as the Shia Waqf edge on the eve of Inde- Dadra and Nagar Haveli decided to go with those
dismissed the Shia Waqf Uttar Pradesh has recom- some influence he may want Board chairman, you are pendence Day on Monday NCP MP to attend and Jammu and Kashmir. who are with dynasty and
Boards offer to build a mended a CBI probe into to exert on the government, only the caretaker of the as the authorities imposed Sources said Tariq Anwar, The others had not corruption.
mosque a little distance some scams in the working he said. The Shia Waqf property; you cannot give it restrictions in parts of the Nationalist Congress Party
away from the disputed site of the Shia Waqf Board, and Board, in an affidavit to the away. A Masjid belongs to Al- Valley and issued a red MP in the Lok Sabha from
in Ayodhya as having been we feel [Board chairman] Supreme Court, had claimed lah, it is no ones personal alert in the wake of the Bihar, will join the opposi- steady stream of opposition of place in the drawing
made under duress. Waseem Rizvis affidavit is ownership of the disputed property, the Maulana said. killing of a Hizb operation programme on leaders including Congress room. CPI(M) general secret-
He said the statement of related to it. Ayodhya site. He [Waseem Rizvi] is sur- tional commander and two Thursday. The decision leader Ahmad Patel, who ary Sitaram Yechury also
Maulana Kalbe Sadiq, vice- Maulana Kalbe Jawad said rounded by the CBI because civilians on Sunday. comes despite both NCP narrowly won in the Gujarat met Mr. Yadav for discus-
president of the All India Probe ordered the Boards affidavit claiming of what he did, and he is try- Mobile bunkers were set MLAs in Gujarat having Rajya Sabha polls because of sions on the August 17 meet.
Muslim Personal Law Board, The State government has to be a party to the Babri ing to get out of the situ- up and quick response voted for the BJP in the re- a single vote cast in his fa- This programme has noth-
that Muslims should agree to recommended a probe into Masjid case had come 70 ation. He said he was await- teams stationed in all volat- cent Rajya Sabha elections vour by JD(U) MLA Ch- ing to do with the JD(U) and
the construction of a Ram allegations of misappropri- years too late. A court in Fa- ing the SCs verdict and was ile pockets. Separatists in the State. hotubhai Vasava. its decisions; it was decided
temple on the disputed site ation on a report from a izabad in 1946 had ruled in not supportive of this affi- have called for a shutdown Meanwhile, Mr. Yadav's A bouquet presented by three months ago, Mr. Ya-
was meant to curry favour member of the Central Waqf favour of the Sunni Waqf davit. on Tuesday. New Delhi residence saw a Mr. Patel occupied the pride dav told The Hindu.
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No faith in Yogi govt.-ordered probe: Akhilesh

After visiting family members of the victims, former CM says government should order an independent investigation SC declines
Omar Rashid
LUCKNOW
who died in the BRD
hospital.
plea seeking
A day after the Yogi
Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh
In Gorakhpur rural, Mr.
Yadav visited the homes of
intervenion
government ordered a high- Brahmdev Yadav and San- Legal Correspondent
level bureaucratic probe into tosh Gond of Baghagada vil- NEW DELHI
the deaths of children at the lage in Belipur and Kishun The Supreme Court on
BRD hospital in Gorakhpur, Gupta of village Belwar in Monday declined a plea to
Samajwadi Party chief Khorabar area. take suo motu cognisance
Akhilesh Yadav demanded After meeting the families, of the deaths of children in
an independent probe. Mr. Yadav said they told him a government hospital at
The former U.P. Chief Min- that their children did not Gorakhpur in Uttar
iester said he did not have get the necessary medical fa- Pradesh.
any faith in the probe cilities and treatment in the A lawyer made the plea
ordered by the BJP govern- BRD hospital. before a Bench led by Chief
ment. He, however, did not Justice of India J.S. Khehar,
specify what kind of probe Compensation sought who responded that he
he wanted. The SP chief demanded that should approach the Alla-
The BJP government has 20 lakh each be given to the habad High Court. The
initiated a probe by a high- families of the children who Bench reasoned that the
level committee under the died. The government must incident happened in one
Chief Secretary which will tell us why the innocent chil- State and in one hospital,
submit its report in a week. dren died. If there was no and the High Court was
They launched CBI in- oxygen supply, who was re- best to deal with the case,
quiries for everything to do sponsible for it, Mr. Yadav in case a petition is filed
with us [previous SP govern- said. As Opposition parties Painful wait: People rest on the floor outside the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Baba Raghav Das hospital in Gorakhpur on before it.
ment]. At least ensure an in- continue to corner the Monday. REUTERS
*
The court also asked
dependent probe. We want Adityanath government over why it should intervene as
the truth of the incident to the incident, which Maurya, however, said the ceased cant be brought back Gupta criticised the func- on moral grounds, saying he the authorities had already
come out. We want the gov- happened in his constitu- government is taking all but our sympathies are with tioning of former Principal of had made several requests to swung into action. The law-
ernment to fix responsibility ency, Mr. Yadav said his steps to ensure that the cul- them and we stand with the BRD medical college R.K. the State government to yer wanted an Special In-
and accountability so that party did not want to politi- prits are punished and that them in this hour of sad- Mishra, who has been held settle the dues but the vestigation Team to be con-
such an incident is not re- cise the issue but only help such incidents are not re- ness, Mr. Maurya said, while responsible for the delay in amount was transferred only stituted under the
peated, Mr. Yadav said in the poor families who were peated. The probe is on and speaking to a news agency. payment to the oxygen com- on August 7, a week after the directions of the SC to
Gorakhpur, after meeting the affected. whoever be the culprit, he Meanwhile, Director Gen- pany. Soon after he was sus- company wrote a threaten- probe the deaths of chil-
family members of children Deputy CM Keshav Prasad will not be spared. The de- eral Medical Education K. K. pended, Mr. Mishra resigned ing reminder. dren at the BRD Hospital.
Ignoring the science behind encephalitis deaths

Without accepting the link between endemic scrub typhus and brain inflammation, the U.P. govt. is unlikely to tackle the medical emergency
Priyanka Pulla learnt that a majority of the burden during the seventies obvious to researchers that fever, the first sign of scrub
children being admitted to as well. something other than Japan- typhus, go to private health-
Sometime last week, dozens BRD have scrub typhus a ese encephalitis was at work. care practitioners and not
of seriously-ill children at mite-borne disease endemic Wrong approach For a brief period, doctors government hospitals. So,
Gorakhpurs Baba Raghav in Uttar Pradesh. Because Why did it take so long to at BRD suspected that enter- these private practitioners,
Das Medical College Hospital they werent treated during pinpoint scrub typhus? First, oviruses, a class of viruses to many of whom arent medic-
were starved of oxygen from early stages of the disease, because we were too focused which the poliovirus be- ally qualified, must be tar-
the ventilators that were the scrub typhus triggered on the usual suspects to look longs, were the top cause for geted in training pro-
keeping them alive. News re- brain inflammation, which beyond them. Over the past the epidemic. But research grammes. Unless they
ports say this happened be- can be very hard to cure. few decades, organisations didnt bear out this suspicion suspect scrub typhus in chil-
cause the hospital didnt pay This means that the chil- such as the National Institute either. dren and treat it before it ad-
its oxygen vendor. dren at the hospital didnt of Virology and the National Yet, even today, the Yogi vances to encephalitis, chil-
This image of babies being have much of a chance any- Centre for Disease Control, Adityanath government is dren will keep coming to
suffocated because someone way a fact the Yogi visited BRD Hospital re- talking of poor sanitation as BRD. The hospital will be
didnt get their cash is an ob- Adityanath government is peatedly and ran lab tests for the reason behind the pesti- able to do precious little
scene one. citing as a defence of its in- dozens of pathogens known lence at the hospital (enter- then.
competence. to cause encephalitis, such as oviruses spread through con- The real danger is that if
Unusual suspect The confused history of enteroviruses, the chikun- taminated water). And while the government ignores
But the story of why the ba- research into the Gorakhpur gunya, herpes simplex and pushing Japanese encephal- scrub typhus, children will
bies were in the hospital in pestilence begins in 1978, dengue viruses, and the mal- and involvement of organs ing the disease to continue itis vaccination campaigns is continue to die, and well
the first place is equally wor- when the epidemic first aria parasite. other than the brain, like the killing, unseen. crucial, as the government is never know if the science
rying its one of medical re- broke out. Within a few But researchers like liver and the spleen. The second lapse was that doing, this wont make a pointing to scrub typhus
searchers not looking bey- years, doctors at the sentinel Govindakarnavar Arunku- the Uttar Pradesh adminis- dent in the hospitals bears out. Dumping the hy-
ond the obvious while hospital confirmed that the mar of the Manipal Institute Deaf to data tration wasnt listening to the burden. pothesis without testing it
investigating the three-dec- outbreak of encephalitis, or of Virus Research, who first These symptoms would have scientists, who were finding fully is the most criminal
ade old scourge at brain inflammation, was found scrub typhus in BRDs revealed that the epidemic that the Gorakhpur outbreak Timely treatment thing the administration can
Gorakhpur. mainly due to the Japanese encephalitis wards, say this wasnt due to typical viruses, had changed over the years. The government cant ignore do. But Yogi Adityanaths
Even though this recur- encephalitis ( JE) virus. was the wrong approach. but the scrub-typhus bac- Once Japanese Encephal- the science for a number of statements to the media raise
ring epidemic has killed over Today, researchers sus- The scientists should have terium that is not known to itis vaccinations began in reasons. First, its going to the very real fear that this
5,000 people since 2010, its pect that Japanese encephal- studied the symptoms of trigger encephalitis out- 2007, incidence of this dis- take a miraculous effort by will happen.
primary cause wasnt identi- itis wasnt the only cause each patient in detail, log- breaks. ease at the hospital fell to the government to weed out (Priyanka Pulla is a freel-
fied until early this year. even then. Scrub typhus was ging data such as the length Instead, the focus re- less than 20%, but encephal- scrub typhus in the State. ance science and medical
Now, researchers have hiding in the encephalitis of fever before encephalitis, mained on lab testing, allow- itis cases kept coming. It was Most patients who develop journalist)
Cong. demands PMs There have been incidents

apology in I-Day speech like this before: Amit Shah
NEW DELHI
The Congress on Monday Action will be taken based on inquiry report, he tells media
asked Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi to apologise to the Staff Reporter poll-bound State, he said the
country in his Independ- Bengaluru BJP did not believe in taking
ence Day address for the BJP national president Amit action against anybody
death of over 60 children at Shah has said that incidents without first holding an in-
a State-run hospital in Uttar similar to the one at a hos- quiry. The Chief Minister
Pradeshs Gorakhpur dis- pital in Gorakhpur of Uttar has instituted a time-bound
trict, from where sitting Ajay Maken Pradesh, where over 60 chil- inquiry. Once the report is
Chief Minister Yogi dren have died over the last submitted, we will make it
Adityanath has been elected portedly because of a short- five days due to non-supply public and take action
five times. age in the supply of liquid of oxygen, have happened against those responsible.
The party also sought the oxygen, Congress senior before. To another question on
resignations of the CM and spokesperson Ajay Maken The work of the Con- the alleged insensitivity of
the State Health Minister said, The PM uses Twitter gress, he said, is only to the Chief Minister calling for
Siddharth Nath Singh for to say something about tra- ask for resignations. Amit Shah a grand celebration of
trying to save the guilty in gedies even in Turkey or He was responding to a Krishna Janmashtami, Mr.
the tragic deaths of these USA, but he has not found question whether Uttar Pra- Addressing a press confer- Shah said everybody was
children. any words to console the desh Chief Minister Yogi ence in Bengaluru on pained by the death of the
Attacking Mr. Modi for re- families of the dead chil- Adityanath should resign Monday, as part of his three- children. But Janmashtami
maining silent on the deaths dren.We hope he apolo- owning moral responsibility day tour of Karnataka to was not a government
of these children, re- gises to the country. for the incident. strengthen the party in the programme.
Varun Gandhi pledges 5 cr. for child care unit

Announcing the project at Sultanpur, he asks fellow MPs to take up similar projects in rural areas
Special Correspondent dren, the incident must act sponsibility funding, he ad- hospital premises for provid-
NEW DELHI as an impetus to take actions ded in his statement. ing medicines to children at
Jolted by the tragedy in that serve as a deterrent to He hoped that with suffi- a lower cost.
Gorakhpur where 30 chil- recurrence of such an cient additional funds from
dren died in a government event. external donors, the paediat- 24x7 access
hospital reportedly due to a Mr. Gandhi said he spoke ric wing would be fully func- An intensive care unit (ICU)
lack of oxygen cylinders, BJP to the Chief Medical Super- tional in six months. consisting of 100 beds will be
MP from Sultanpur, Varun intendent, the Chief Medical The wing would also in- established to ensure no
Gandhi pledged 5 crore Officer and the District Ma- clude an in-house research child goes untreated. The
from his Member of Parlia- gistrate of Sultanpur in Uttar centre that would work on wing would have 24x7 access
ment Local Area Develop- Pradesh, a Lok Sabha seat matters of child healthcare to water for drinking and
ment (MPLAD) fund to build that he represents, to co-or- and prevention of several sanitation, electricity and
a state-of-the-art paediatric dinate the setting up of the water/air-borne diseases that oxygen supply, Mr. Gandhi
wing in the Sultanpur dis- paediatric wing. could affect these defence- said, adding, that three am-
trict hospital. Varun Gandhi less children, he said. bulances would cater spe-
The human tragedy in State-of-the-art facility cifically to children.
Gorakhpur has left me jol- I have pledged an amount hospital. This will be accom- Free vaccination It is my hope that other
ted, said the young MP in a of 5 crore from my panied by a matching grant The wing would also provide MPs who represent a rural
statement posted on his MPLADS fund, to build a of 5 crore more, to be free vaccination for children constituency, also initiate
twitter account, adding that Model Hospital Paediatric raised personally through under the National Vaccine something similar in their re-
while grieving the terrible Wing with state-of-the-art in- donations and collections Programme. It would also set spective areas, Mr. Gandhi
loss of lives of all the chil- frastructure, in the district from Corporate Social Re- up a pharmacy within the added.
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ELSEWHERE
They wanted to create terror: witnesses 18 killed in
Burkina Faso
Charlottesville mobilises in protest against violence by white supremacists; gains on justice under threat, says professor terror attack
Varghese K. George was pointing a machine gun Reuters
Oz Deputy PM ineligible
Charlottesville
We learn love, not hate,
at a family of four, including
children, sometime earlier
Racism is evil: Trump Ouagadougou
Suspected Islamist milit-
due to dual citizenship read a card pinned to a that day. They wanted to ants killed at least 18
SYDNEY single orchid placed at the create terror. But by the end Agence France-Presse those who cause violence people and injured many
Australias Deputy Prime feet of an imposing statue of of it all, those with the guns Washington in its name are criminals during a raid on a restaur-
Minister Barnaby Joyce said Thomas Jefferson at the Uni- were on the defensive. They U.S. President Donald and thugs, including the ant in Burkina Fasos cap-
on Monday that he may not versity of Virginia (UVA). The had their guns strapped on Trump, under pressure to KKK, neo-Nazis, white ital overnight, but security
be eligible for Parliament violence on the campus, un- to them, but their back to the explicitly condemn a supremacists and other forces shot dead both the
after being told he may be a leashed by white suprem- wall. They realised their weekend rally by white hate groups that are attackers. This is a terror-
dual citizen of Australia and acists who descended there bluff was called, he said, ru- supremacists that ended repugnant to everything ist attack, said Communic-
New Zealand. Aussie on Friday night, took the ing that he perhaps missed in bloodshed, on Monday we hold dear as ations Minister Remi
politicians are not eligible to community by surprise and some best years of denounced racism and Americans, he said. Dandjinou at a press con-
be elected to Parliament if fresh graffiti denouncing ra- America. slammed the Ku Klux ference on Monday.
they hold dual citizenships, a cism has appeared over the Today, the town of Char- Klan and neo-Nazis as Attacker denied bail Burkina Faso, like other
rule that has forced the weekend. lottesville in general, and repugnant. Earlier on Monday, Mr. countries in West Africa,
resignation of two senators in The events on Friday UVA in particular, are both Those who spread Sessions said in an has been targeted sporad-
recent weeks. Reuters night were completely unex- bastions of progressive polit- violence in the name of interview that the car ically by jihadist groups.
pected. Their rally was an- ics in America. However, bigotry strike at the very attack does meet the Most attacks have been
Yemen has seen 5 lakh nounced for Saturday, said their history is as complex as core of America, Mr. definition of domestic along its remote northern
cholera cases since April Sankaran Venkataraman, the fact that Jefferson, who Trump said in nationally terrorism. On Monday, a border with Mali, which
GENEVA Professor of Business Admin- wrote the words all men are televised remarks from judge denied bail for the has seen activity by Islam-
Cholera is believed to have istration at the UVA. In the created equal into the dec- the White House. suspected attacker, James ist militants for more than
affected more than 5,00,000 last 20 years that I have been Un-American: Effigies condemn white supremacist groups oration of American inde- Racism is evil. And Fields. a decade.
people and killed nearly here, I have not seen any- and President Donald Trump in Chicago. AFP * pendence, owned dozens of
2,000 since late April, the thing like this. slaves, explained Daniel Ehn- French citizen killed
World Health Organization various incidents. jumped off a pick up truck, bom, director of the Center another two decades before to be named, said the sur- A French citizen was
(WHO) said on Monday. A full 1 dead, 19 injured Larry Goedde Jr. grew up slammed me on to the pave- for South Asian Studies at women were admitted prise attack on Friday night among the dead, French
5,03,484 suspected cases Racists and neo-Nazi groups in Charlottesville, and ment and started stomping UVA. across courses. was inspired by the Amer- Foreign Affairs Minister
and 1,975 deaths are had assembled in the town moved to Canada 11 years all over me, he recalled. The There were separate Those gains on racial and ican Rights contempt for the Jean-Yves Le Drian said.
attributable to the outbreak, to protest against the pro- ago before returning only same group then drove schools for the Whites and gender justice over centuries liberal university system it- French President Em-
a WHO overview showed. AFP posed removal of a statue of last week to a different around the town and at- the Blacks, and when the are now under threat, said self. manuel Macron discussed
a confederate general, one America, he said. He makes tacked many others. U.S. Supreme Court ruled Mr. Ehnbom, an expert on They think universities the situation with Burkina
Use legal route, says that invokes memories of ra- and repairs guitars for a liv- The crowd had come against the practice, the South Asian art history, are a problem. And the fact Faso President Roch Marc
Kenyatta to Opposition cial oppression. Heather ing, and the first week of his from all over from Florida, State of Virginia ordered pointing out that the viol- that there is resistance to Kabore, his office said, in-
NAIROBI Heyer, a 32-year old legal as- new beginning in his old city Texas, North Carolina... schools closed rather than ence over the weekend is a their politics here also allows cluding the role of a new
Kenyas President Uhuru sistant, was killed when a 20- turned out to be eventful on there was hardly anyone combine them in the 1950s. sign of the political turmoil them to have a showdown, multinational military
Kenyatta on Monday year old man allegedly drove Saturday when he was tar- from Virginia itself, Mr. The university did begin ad- in the country. violence and national publi- force aimed at fighting Is-
appealed to the Opposition his car into the crowd. Nine- geted by the nationalist Goedde Jr. said. mitting African American Another professor at the city, he pointed out. Mr. lamist militants across the
to hold legal demonstrations, teen people were injured in crowd. A group suddenly He stopped a man who students in 1950s, but it took university, who did not want Ehnbom agreed. vast Sahel region of Africa.
not street protests, and allow
Kenyans to get back to
normal life after last weeks
disputed vote. ...we
continue to appeal to them ...
to use... legal mechanisms...
China bans imports from N. Korea We cant have another Korean war
to express their
dissatisfaction, he said. AFP
Iron ore and seafood among the items targeted as part of new UN sanctions South Korean President Moon Jae-in appeals for calm
Agence France-Presse has raised international from Tuesday. Beijing had resolution 100%, fully and Agence France-Presse missiles towards the U.S. Pa- terest lies in peace, Moon
Pakistan governments Beijing alarm about where the crisis already announced a sus- strictly. Seoul cific island of Guam. told advisers in a meeting.
websites hacked China will halt iron, iron ore is headed. pension of coal imports in China, which is suspected South Korean President Mr. Moon, who has previ- We cannot have a war on
ISLAMABAD and seafood imports from Beijing had pledged to February. of failing to enforce past UN Moon Jae-in called Monday ously advocated dialogue the Korean peninsula ever
Hackers targeted many sites North Korea starting Tues- fully enforce the latest sanc- The United Nations Secur- measures, accounts for 90% for calm in the stand-off with the North, urged it to again, he said.
of the Pakistani government day, following through on tions after the United States ity Council, including per- of North Koreas trade. with North Korea, saying stop all provocations and Mr. Moon on Monday also
on Monday, when the country new UN sanctions after U.S. accused China of not doing manent member Beijing, ap- Among the latest banned there should never be an- hostile rhetoric immedi- met General Joseph Dun-
was celebrating its pressure for Beijing to strong enough to rein in its neigh- proved tough sanctions products, China imported other war on the peninsula. ately, instead of worsening ford, chairman of the U.S.
Independence Day, officials in arm Pyongyang over its bour, which relies heavily on against Pyongyang on Au- $74.4 million worth of iron Tensions have flared since the situation any further. Joint Chiefs of Staff.
the telecommunication allys nuclear programme. the Asian giant for its eco- gust 6 that could cost the ore in the first five months of U.S. President Donald He also indirectly urged According to Mr. Moons
authority said. The hacked The decision was an- nomic survival. country $1 billion a year. this year, almost equalling Trump, responding to the the U.S. to resolve the crisis spokesman, Gen. Dunford
websites included those of nounced on Monday after The Chinese Commerce Chinese Foreign Minister the figure for all of 2016. Norths latest missile tests, peacefully. said in the meeting that the
the Ministry of Defence, the days of increasingly bellicose Ministry said on its website Wang Yi vowed after the UN Fish and seafood imports warned it of fire and fury Our top priority is the U.S. would only consider
Ministry of Information rhetoric between U.S. Pres- that all imports of coal, iron, sanctions were approved totalled $46.7 million in like the world has never national interest of the Re- military action against North
Technology and the Ministry ident Donald Trump and iron ore and seafood will be that his country will for June, up from $13.6 million seen. The North in turn public of Korea (South Korea if all diplomatic and
of Environment. Kim Jong-uns regime, which completely prohibited sure implement that new in May. threatened to test-fire its Korea) and our national in- economic sanctions failed.
312 killed in Sierra Student groups to

Leone flooding protest on I-Day
More than 2,000 left homeless To condemn violence against minorities
Agence France-Presse
Freetown
Vidya Ram crimination Alliance, the In-
London dian Society at SOAS
At least 312 people were A group of student organisa- University, and the Federa-
killed and more than 2,000 tions are to hold a protest in tion of Ambedkarite and
left homeless on Monday London on Tuesday, the In- Buddhist Organisations.
when heavy flooding hit Si- dependence Day, to protest On this day it is import-
erra Leones capital of Free- the recent attacks on people ant to remind people what
town, leaving morgues over- from the minority com- independence means. It
flowing and residents munities, which they argue means you need to include
desperately searching for have turned India into a the lives of all your people
loved ones. Republic of fear. and take responsibility for
Red Cross spokesman Several hundred people them over the past 70
Patrick Massaquoi told AFP are expected to take part in years so many people
the death toll was 312 but the march, which will begin havent benefited from that
could rise further as his Flooded streets in Regent, near the statue of Mahatma promise so many are still
team continued to survey Sierra Leone. AFP *
Gandhi on Tavistock Square sitting on the sidelines, fa-
disaster areas in Freetown and end at the Indian High cing constant atrocities, liv-
and tally the number of Meanwhile disaster man- Commission with a petition ing under threat, not able to
dead. agement official Candy Ro- calling for stronger action share the economic bene-
Mohamed Sinneh, a gers said that over 2,000 from the government fits, said Satpal Muman,
morgue technician at Free- people are homeless, hint- against the perpetrators. chair of Caste Watch U.K.,
towns Connaught Hospital, ing at the huge humanit- It is being organised by who is one of the organ-
said 180 bodies had been re- arian effort that will be re- the South Asia Solidarity isers, and expects people
ceived so far at his facility quired to deal with the Group, Caste Watch U.K. from within and outside
alone, many of them fallout of the flooding in one and other organisations, in- London to join the
children. of Africas poorest nations. cluding the Anti Caste Dis- demonstration.
Garden Bridges demise prompts relief

Move follows London Mayor Sadiq Khans decision not to back it
Vidya Ram for the taxpayer to accept
London the loss than to risk the addi-
The decision to scrap the tional demands of the pro-
plans for a pedestrianised ject proceeds.
garden bridge across the Following the report, Lon-
Thames river in central Lon- don Mayor Sadiq Khan in-
don has been welcomed by sisted that no further public
residents of the city with a funds would go into it. Lon-
mixture of anger and relief. doners will, like me, be very
The controversial project, angry that Londons taxpay-
which has had questionable ers have now lost tens of mil-
levels of public support, has Scrapped: A computer generated image shows the design for lions of pounds committed
already cost the taxpayer Garden Bridge across the River Thames. AFP * by the previous Mayor on a
over 37 million. project that has amounted to
The Garden Bridge Trust, backing of the then London Others pointed to the fact nothing, he said on
set up to build and run the Mayor Boris Johnson, who that the bridges location Monday, following the trusts
project, expressed regret even described those who in a part of London with announcement.
while talking of the decision objected to the bridge as ad- many other crossing points However, anger surround-
on Monday, blaming it on a opting a Taliban-like hatred was far from the citys ing it remained, particularly
move by Mayor Sadiq Khan of objects of beauty. most pressing need. in the wake of the debate
not to the back the project. However, a strong local A damning report pub- around austerity and the
The Garden Bridge would opposition movement built lished in April by Margaret provision of social housing
have been a unique place, a up swiftly, led by Thames Hodge, a well respected par- following the Grenfell Tower
beautiful new green space in Central Open Spaces, which liamentarian, had called for fire in West London, where
the heart of London, free to criticised the lack of local the project to be scrapped, at least 80 people died.
use and open to all showcas- consultation, the destruction pointing to the tripling of the I shall not weep for the
ing the best of British talent of open green space on the projects costs, and the mere death of the #gardenbridge
and innovation, it insisted. rivers bank, and the vast 69 million in private back- but for the loss of the 37
amounts of public money ing it had attracted. Though million of public money that
Johnsons support being pumped into a project an astounding 37.4 million ought to have been spent on
The project, based on the at a time when the countrys of public money had gone social housing, tweeted
vision of British comedienne public finances were being into the project, the report David Boothroyd, a Labour
Joanna Lumley, had won the stretched like never before. concluded it would be better Councillor.
CM M CH-CHE
YK
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CHENNAI
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Retail, WPI inflation accelerate RCom jumps

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CPI inflation quickens to 2.36%; wholesale inflation at 1.88% as food costs surge admits plea
Press Trust of India prices, so that wouldnt put Special Correspondent
NIFTY 50 NEW DELHI any pressure in either direc- MUMBAI
PRICE CHANGE Retail inflation as measured tion, Mr. Srivastava said. Shares of Reliance Commu-
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Bank of Baroda . . . . . .. . . . . . 142.25. . . . . . . . . 0.00 were driven by a hardening condiments & spices, barley, the companys petitions
Bharti Airtel . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 408.55. . . . . . . . -6.00 of prices in sugar and con- poultry chicken and paddy seeking approval for the
Bosch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22138.10. . . -485.10 Rising colour: Cotton yarn, fabrics and handloom products
BPCL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478.35. . . . . . . . -5.95
fectionery items, pan, to- (1% each), the government merger of its mobile phone
Cipla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570.05. . . . . . . 28.65 bacco and intoxicants. How- said in its release. Inflation in services with Aircel and were among commodity groups that saw export growth.
Coal India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238.15. . . . . . . . . 2.25 ever, there was disinflation the minerals segment of the the sale of a majority stake
Export growth in
Dr Reddys Lab . . . . . . . .. . . . 2002.05. . . . . . . . -9.10 in the food basket. Turning pricier: WPI inflation in the food segment came in at primary articles category ac- in its telecom towers unit
Eicher Motors. . . . . . . . .. 30385.60. . . . . 758.25
GAIL (India). . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 372.50. . . . . . . . . 3.55 The Reserve Bank of India 2.15% in July, snapping a two-month contraction. celerated to 24.8% in July to Brookfield.
HCL Tech. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 860.10. . . . . . -12.20 (RBI), which factors in CPI from a contraction of 2.02% The tribunal posted
for arriving at its monetary month contraction. Within ous months contraction of while manufactured
July slows to 3.94%
HDFC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1713.95. . . . . . . 18.60 both the petitions for final
HDFC Bank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1757.20. . . . . . . . . 8.15
Hero MotoCorp . . . . . .. . . . 3957.05. . . . . 116.15
policy, had earlier this this, the fruits and veget- 3.1%. Okra (Bhindi) saw infla- products saw a marginally hearing on September 13.
Hindalco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229.15. . . . . . . . . 8.15 month slashed the key in- ables segment contributed tion at 32.4%. lower 2.18% compared with The Department of Tele-
Hind Unilever . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1155.70. . . . . . . . . 2.90 terest rate (repo rate) by 25 the most, with inflation com- What we have to recog- Junes 2.27%, marking the com, represented by senior
Indiabulls HFL . . . . . . . .. . . . 1175.75. . . . . . . 25.85
ICICI Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291.80. . . . . . . . . 4.85
basis points to 6%. ing in at 29%. nise is that these are sea- sixth month of slowing infla- council Beni Chatterji, had Slowest since Nov. 16, in dollar terms
IndusInd Bank . . . . . . . .. . . . 1624.70. . . . . . . . -0.65
Separately, skyrocketing sonal influences and are tion in the segment. earlier told the tribunal
Bharti Infratel . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 379.85. . . . . . . . -2.45 tomato prices propelled in- Seasonal, temporary therefore temporary in Wholesale-based prices that it would be appropri- Special Correspondent India, said, growth in ex-
Infosys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 981.45. . . . . . . . -6.25 flation at the wholesale level Tomatoes witnessed blister- nature, D.K. Srivastava, have edged up in the month ate for Aircel and RCom to New Delhi ports has certainly slowed,
Indian OilCorp . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 419.45. . . . . . . . . 7.65 Goods exports rose for the with rising value of rupee
to 1.88% in July from 0.9% in ing inflation of more than chief policy advisor at EY In- of July on back of sharp intake permission from the
ITC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271.25. . . . . . . . -0.25
Kotak Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 982.60. . . . . . . . -9.60 June, with the food category 209% in July, compared with dia, said. We must look at crease noted in vegetable Supreme Court since the is- twelfth consecutive month (against the U.S. dollar) ad-
L&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1146.90. . . . . . . 14.95 overall contributing signific- a contraction of 29.4% in core WPI inflation and see if prices, Pankaj Patel, presid- sue of 2G spectrum of Air- with shipments in July regis- versely impacting the bot-
Lupin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 966.85. . . . . . . 25.95 antly to the uptick in WPI June, according to data with there are any factors pushing ent, FICCI, said in an email. cel is pending there. tering a 3.94% year-on-year tom line of exporters.
M&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1355.75. . . . . . . . . 7.70
terms. the Centre for Monitoring In- it up. Otherwise, this in- However, the broad con- The transactions are ex- growth to $22.5 billion.
Maurti Suzuki . . . . . . . . .. . . . 7608.45. . . . . 151.05
NTPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171.75. . . . . . . . . 2.90 Inflation in the food seg- dian Economy (CMIE). Brin- crease will subside shortly. ditions for agri prices remain pected to help cut Rcoms However, this was the slow- Rising rupee hurts
ONGC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161.70. . . . . . . . . 2.05 ment of the primary articles jal, too, witnessed a sharp As far as fuel is concerned, conducive. debt by 25,000 crore. est pace of growth since This is quite evident from
PowerGrid Corp . . . . .. . . . . . 222.75. . . . . . . . . 3.85 category in July came in at acceleration in inflation to there has not been any signi- (With inputs from Sharad November 2016, when ex- the trade data that shows
Reliance Ind . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1573.05. . . . . . . 26.80
(With inputs from
State Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278.20. . . . . . . . -1.95 2.15%, snapping a two- 21.1% in July, from the previ- ficant movement in crude oil Raghavan in New Delhi) Press Trust of India) ports grew by 2.56%. that while exports for July
Sun Pharma . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 471.80. . . . . . . 21.80 Data released on Monday grew by 3.94%, in rupee
Tata Motors . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 375.40. . . . . . . . . 0.90 by the commerce ministry terms the growth has turned
GAIL net rises 21%

Tata Motors DVR. . . .. . . . . . 226.45. . . . . . . . . 3.25 showed that major com- negative. In rupee terms,
Tata Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.55. . . . . . . . . 3.00
Tata Steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623.75. . . . . . . 27.00
TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2469.40. . . . . . -26.65
Titan sees up to 30% rise in modity groups of export
showing positive growth in
exports shrunk 0.32% in
July to 1.45 lakh crore.
Tech Mahindra . . . . . . .. . . . . . 402.20. . . . . . . . -0.60
UltraTech Cement . .. . . . 3960.50. . . . . . . 37.95
Vedanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289.15. . . . . . . 10.05
on better LHC sales sales with stores expansion
the month included engin-
eering goods (15.16%), petro-
leum products (20.27%), or-
Mr. Bhasin added that,
while engineering exports
have still been growing at a
Wipro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288.50. . . . . . . . -1.20
YES Bank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1778.50. . . . . . . 39.10 ganic and inorganic respectable pace, it is due to
Zee Entertainment . . . . . . 517.20. . . . . . . 12.30 Better price realisation adds to profit Plans to add more than two dozen outlets in small towns chemicals (20.67%), cotton pick up in base metals. But,
yarn/fabrics and made-ups the rupee value is a cause of
Special Correspondent quarter Q4 FY17. Reuters from a year earlier due to and handloom products concern for exporters.
EXCHANGE RATES NEW DELHI The company said the PANAJI higher jewellery sales during (5.39%) and marine Major commodity group
Indicative direct rates in rupees a unit State-run gas company GAIL year-on-year growth in net Titan expects its jewellery the annual Hindu and Jain products (30.53%). Non-pet- of imports showing high
except yen at 4 p.m. on August 14
registered 21% rise in profit profit was led by a better sales to rise by 20%-30% in holy festival of Akshaya roleum and non-gems and growth in July were petro-
CURRENCY TT BUY TT SELL
after tax of 1,026 crore in performance of the gas 2017-18 fiscal year ending Tritiya. jewellery exports in July in- leum products (15.02%),
US Dollar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 63.92. . . . . . . 64.24
Euro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 75.39. . . . . . . 75.77
the first quarter of this fin- transmission and the liquid March, as it plans to add The governments efforts creased 6.93% to $22.5 bil- electronic goods (22.5%),
British Pound . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 82.90. . . . . . . 83.32 ancial year, compared with hydrocarbon (LHC) seg- more than two dozen retail to bring transparency in bullion. Meanwhile, goods im- machinery, electrical and
Japanese Yen (100) . .. . 58.27. . . . . . . 58.57 the same period of the pre- ment, better price realisa- stores to boost its presence lion trading by making large ports in July recorded non-electrical (7.34%),
Chinese Yuan . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 9.58. . . . . . . . . 9.63 vious year. tion in the LHC segment,
Swiss Franc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 65.99. . . . . . . 66.32 in small towns, a senior cash transactions illegal and 15.42% to $33.99 billion pearls, precious and semi-
Singapore Dollar . . . . . . .. . 46.92. . . . . . . 47.18 GAIL (India) Limited re- and a decrease in the cost of company official said. mandating tax code for such the slowest pace since 1.13% precious stones (6.86%) and
Canadian Dollar . . . . . . . . .. . 50.32. . . . . . . 50.57 gistered 295% increase in production and finance We are planning to add deals is also helping the growth in January 2017. gold (95.05%).
Malaysian Ringitt . . . . . .. . 14.88. . . . . . . 14.98 profit after tax in the first costs. 25 to 30 stores on franchise Customers see no benefit in company, he said. This led to trade deficit Oil imports grew 15.02%
Source:Indian Bank quarter of financial year ... the company re- basis this year on top of the buying from small jewellers, Earlier, people were buy- (goods) narrowing on a in July to $7.84 billion, while
2017-18 vis--vis previous gistered growth in physical existing around 250 stores, says Sandeep Kulhalli. ing from small jewellers as month-on-month basis to non-oil imports rose 15.55%
quarter Q4 FY17, the com- performance in LHC sales, Sandeep Kulhalli, senior they were not asking for PAN $11.45 billion, the lowest to $26.14 billion. The com-
BULLION RATES CHENNAI pany said in a release. natural gas transmission & vice president, retail and They have risen 86% this card or accepting cash. With since $10.5 billion recorded merce ministry said global
August 14 rates in rupees with previ- GAILs profit before tax for LPG transmission by 16%, marketing at Titan, told Reu- year up to Fridays close. the government restrictions, in the month of March 2017. Brent prices rose 8.03% in
ous rates in parentheses the quarter increased by 4% & 26% respectively as ters. Titan shares rose as The companys total in- they dont see any benefit in T.S. Bhasin, chairman of July 2017 vis-- vis July 2016
Retail Silver (1g) . . . . . . . . . . . 42.20. . . . . (42.40) 81% to 1,569 crore vis--vis compared to corresponding much as 4.6% to a record come in the June quarter buying from small jew- the countrys apex engin- as per World Bank commod-
22 ct gold (1 g) . .. . . . . . . . . . . 2,769. . . . . (2,783)
866 crore in the previous period of the previous year. high of 636.65 on Monday. surged 43% to 4,050 crore ellers, Mr. Kulhalli said. eering exports body EEPC ity price data.
CM M CH-CHE
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18 BUSINESS CHENNAI

THE HINDU
IN BRIEF
ITI disinvestment may face delay Natco to unveil 8-10
branded formulations
Telecom equipment maker expects follow-on public offer to hit markets by December
Pradeesh Chandran 4,156.79 crore. It comprised planning to enter markets in Eyes 20% annual revenue growth
Jay Shankar 2,264 crore as equity for Africa and neighbouring
Bengaluru
capital expenditure for up- Bhutan. Special Correspondent
State-owned telecommunica- gradation of manufacturing Under the revival plan, HYDERABAD
tions services provider and infrastructure in all the six several projects have been Drug maker Natco Pharma
equipment maker ITI Ltd.s, plants of ITI for implementa- planned for implementation plans to introduce 8-10
Apollo Hospitals Q1 net plans of a follow-on public tion of new projects and at various manufacturing products in the domestic
falls 51% on higher costs share offer to meet market 1,892.79 crore as grant-in- plants of ITI. In addition to branded formulations seg-
NEW DELHI regulator Securities and Ex- aid to clear part of its telecom products such as G- ment as well as target more
Apollo Hospitals Enterprise change Board of Indias min- liabilities. PON (Gigabit Passive Optical than 20% year-on-year
reported a 51.21% dip in its imum public shareholding Out of 2,264 crore, gov- Network), MLLN (Managed growth in the current fiscal.
standalone net profit to requirement of 25% has been ernment had already re- Leased Line Network) and In an investor presenta-
35.21 crore for the quarter delayed, two people familiar leased 192 crore as first- broadband equipment, a ma- tion it submitted to the
ended June, mainly due to with the development said. phase disbursement to the jor thrust has been given for bourses on Monday, the Hy-
higher depreciation and We are awaiting the gov- company towards capital ex- the manufacture of encryp- derabad-based firm counted crore, as compared with the
interest costs on adding new ernments order on divest- penditure and has made an ted telecommunication these among its near-term 62.8 crore in the year-
beds. The company had ment of its shares, S. Gopu, allocation of 80 crore for equipments required for the goals. Maintaining leader- earlier period, on the back
reported a net profit of chairman and managing dir- Get, set, go: ITI is awaiting the governments order on capital expenditure for the defence sector, Mr. Gopu ship position in the onco- of launch of the generic ver-
72.17 crore in the year- ector of the Bengaluru-based divestment of its shares, says CMD S. Gopu. SUDHAKARA JAIN * year 2016-17. The infrastruc- said. logy and gastro-hepatology sion of Tamiflu (Oseltamivir)
earlier period, the firm said in company, said in an inter- ture upgradation for imple- ITI has six manufacturing segments, building on the influenza drug in the US in
a BSE filing. Total income view on Monday. He did not fairs had extended all the di- renamed as DIPAM from mentation of various pro- plants located in Bengaluru; traction in the newly-un- December 2016.
from operations rose to elaborate further but two top vestment plans to August April 14, 2016. jects was completed at Rae Bareli, Mankapur and veiled Cardiology and Dia- Separately, on Monday,
1,684.46 crore for the said officials confirmed that the next year. Still, we are work- different plants of ITI and Naini in Uttar Pradesh; betology (CnD) division and Natco Pharma announced
quarter from 1,465.43 crore firm would proceed with a ing on the offer to hit the Revival plan some of the projects are un- Palakkad in Kerala; and in extension of the Hep-C fran- the receipt of final approval
in April-June 2016. PTI follow-on offer. market by December this The Centre and the der implementation. Srinagar. chise through the introduc- for an Abbreviated New
The Department of Tele- year. Karnataka government to- Government support will For the year ended March tion of Velpanat are the Drug Application from the
RBI rejects lenders plea communications has given Department of Invest- gether hold 94.86% of ITI help ITI enter into manufac- 2017, ITI posted a revenue of other components of its USFDA for Lanthanum Car-
on GMR plant stake sale its nod for the plan to go ment and Public Asset Man- and 5.14% is held by public. turing of products in differ- 1,903 crore compared with growth strategy. bonate chewable tablets
HYDERABAD ahead this month, said K. agement (DIPAM) is yet to The Union government, in ent market domains in a big 1,674 crore in the last fiscal In the fourth quarter of 500 mg, which are indic-
GMR Infrastructure Limited Alagesan, director, produc- give its approval, Mr. February 2014, had ap- way, Mr. Gopu said. After year. Net profit before tax for 2016-17, consolidated net ated to reduce serum phos-
said that the RBI had tion. In July, the Cabinet Alagesan said. The Depart- proved a revival plan for ITI necessary permissions from the period rose 21% to 305 profit of Natco Pharma in- phate in patients with End-
declined to extend the Committee on Economic Af- ment of Disinvestment was with a funding support of the government, we are crore. creased 181.4% to 176.7 Stage Renal Disease.
deadline to lenders of GMR
Rajahmundry Energy Limited
for the sale of their 55%
stake in a gas-based power
project in Andhra Pradesh. A
HULs Balaji to join Mars buys stake in Preferred Brands IDBI Bank
consortium of lenders led by
Tata Motors as CFO Q1 loss at
IDBI Bank had put on sale Majority share in owner of Tasty Bite brand to help expand vegetarian fare in U.S.
55% of their stake in GMR 853 crore
Rajahmundry Energy, which Veteran spent 24 years with Unilever Special Correspondent 5,933. This subsidiary will
they acquired last year as MUMBAI continue to be listed after SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
part of conversion of debt Special Correspondent Mars Food, a segment of the acquisition, Mars Food Mumbai
into equity. PTI MUMBAI Mars Inc., has signed an said in a statement. IDBI Bank reported an
Tata Motors has announced agreement to acquire major- 853-crore loss in the first
Granules India Q1 net the appointment of P.B. Bal- ity stake in Preferred Brands Natural complement quarter compared with a
profit declines 5.54% aji as its new chief financial International, a manufac- Tasty Bites broad range of profit of 241 crore in the
HYDERABAD officer. Mr. Balaji has turer and marketer of ready- dinner-time products, fo- same period of the previ-
Pharma firm Granules India resigned as CFO of Hindus- to-heat Indian and Asian cused on Indian and Asian ous year. Almost a quarter
has posted a consolidated tan Unilever Ltd. (HUL). food products sold primarily cuisines, makes it a natural of its loans have turned
net profit of 36.80 crore for He has worked for 24 under the Tasty Bite brand, complement to our existing into non-performing as-
the quarter ended June, years with the Unilever for an unspecified amount. portfolio, said Fiona sets. The bank had repor-
which is a decline of 5.54% Group, including a stint as While a majority of sales Dawson, global president, ted a loss of 3,200 crore in
compared with 38.96 crore chief accountant with the P.B. Balaji of Tasty Bite products occur Tickling taste buds: Tasty Bites focus on Asian cuisines Mars Food. the Jan-March quarter.
in the year earlier period. parent in London. in North America, Preferred complements Marss portfolio, says Fiona Dawson. REUTERS *
Upon closing of the ac- Its gross non-performing
Total income increased He will join Tata Motors stint at the group chair- Brands International also quisition..., Mars Food will assets almost doubled to
9.49% to 386.33 crore Group from mid-November mans office. makes products that are sold majority of the products are Shares of the companys expand our all-natural veget- 50,173 crore in one year
(352.83 crore). Krishna 2017. Mr. Balaji will replace Mr. Balaji will drive fin- through retailers in the U.K. exported to the U.S. Pre- subsidiary, Tasty Bite Eat- arian offerings in the U.S., with gross NPA ratio rising
Prasad Chigurupati, CMD, Tata Motors group CFO C. ancial performance and and Australia and through ferred Brands is also present ables, rose 9.71% to close at and leverage Tasty Bites from 11.92% to 24.11%.
said the firm would continue Ramakrishnan, who is bring greater rigour to oper- food services in India. in the food service business 5,645.95 on Monday on the strong product development Fresh slippages have
to build on its strengths by scheduled to retire by end ations and investment de- Tasty Bite branded under which it supplies food BSE, taking its market capit- pipeline, flavour expertise, reduced to 7,659 crore in
commercialising additional of September, 2017, after 37 cisions across the different products are manufactured products to other food man- alisation to 1,449 crore. The and strategic sourcing of Q1 FY 2018 compared to
API and PFI capacities during years of service in Tata Mo- entities, Tata Motors said in at the companys manufac- ufacturers and quick-service price has seen a 52-week low quality ingredients through- 11,531 crore in Q4 FY
the year. tors including an eight-year a statement. turing facility in Pune and a restaurants in India. of 2,800 and a high of out our portfolio, she said. 2017, said a statement.
Google voice search in Public marketplace

eight more languages signs pact with CII
Facility is thrice as fast as text search To help ensure quality in procurement
Special Correspondent through the Google App. Special Correspondent quired by various govern-
BENGALURU Using voice to dictate a New Delhi ment departments, organ-
Google has unveiled its message is not just conveni- The special purpose vehicle, isations and PSUs. The
voice search facility in eight ent, but it is also up to three which operates the Govern- government procurement
additional Indian languages. times faster than typing, ment e-Marketplace (GeM), market is estimated to be
In a statement, the techno- the company said. and industry body CII on about $300 billion.
logy major said that the Google said users could Monday inked an MoU to The MoU aims to estab-
latest move was part of its now use voice input in their ensure quality of products lish a GeM Samvaad a
efforts to help solve the local language to search for and services procured es- participative and collaborat-
challenge for Indias next what they are looking for pecially from small firms ive approach with the in-
billion users. The new lan- without the need to type on by the government, its agen- dustry to promote entre-
guages include Bengali, Gu- a tiny keyboard, making the cies and PSUs. Similar MoUs preneurship the statement
jarati, Kannada, Malayalam, user experience that much shall be signed soon with said. As part of this initiat-
Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, and faster and easier. other industry associations, ive, the GeM and India Inc.
Urdu. Speakers of these lan- To perform voice-based according to a statement. will work together to create
guages will be able to use search, users will need to The GeM is a one-stop awareness and seek inputs
their voice to dictate queries set their language in the portal facilitating online from the industry on tech-
both in Gboard on An- Voice settings menu in the procurement of common- nical specifications for pro-
droid as well as in Search Google app. use goods and services re- curement .
RERA rules CREDAIs London meet

Industry representatives voice concern over laws impact on ongoing projects
Vidya Ram count, the Act prevails, so
LONDON technically speaking you are
A recent meeting of the Con- in violation, said Jaxay
federation of Real Estate De- Shah, the national president
velopers Associations of In- of CREDAI, who has called
dia (CREDAI) in London was for more clarity on the rules.
dominated by discussions We welcome RERA and we
over the Real Estate (Regula- are not shying away from
tion and Development) Act laws but this is a serious and
2016, better known as RERA, most fragile situation.
with industry representat-
ives voicing their concerns Need pragmatic fix
particularly over the legisla- Short term there has to be a
tions impact on ongoing pragmatic solution for RERA
projects. Housing for all: CREDAI says some rules pose a risk to the on ongoing projects, said
The CREDAI delegates at- long-term goal of increasing affordable housing. REUTERS * CREDAI Chairman Getamber
tending the meeting debated Anand. He argued that in its
the changing dynamics and weed out unscrupulous de- ability period, to the legisla- effort to protect customers,
opportunities in the Indian velopers and set higher tions requirement that 70% the legislation was in danger
real estate market as well standards, its members are of proceeds from the project of going to the other ex-
as the opportunities in Bri- concerned about the provi- be placed in a separate ac- treme, potentially risking the
tain, which is keen to lure in- sions regarding ongoing pro- count. long-term goal of increasing
vestment from India into its jects, warning that it could Under the law, developers secure and affordable
real estate sector. have long term, negative re- have 90 days to register on- housing.
verberations for the in- going projects, but with In the legislation there is
Definition of ongoing dustry, ultimately hitting many States having pushed no place where we can go as
RERA, brought in to protect supply and pricing. close to the deadline to de- developers, if we dont get a
the interests of home buy- Part of the problem lies clare the rules (Maharashtra completion certification in
ers, and codify the running around the lack of clarity on was the only state to declare time for a completed pro-
of the sector (with the aim of what constitutes an ongoing them from the outset), de- ject, there is no provision if I
boosting investment in real project said Prakash Challa, velopers have been strug- dont get the electricity con-
estate over the long term) the Chairman of Chennai- gling to meet the 90-day re- nection, the water for my
came into force on May 1, based SSPDL Ltd.. He argued gistration process, leaving completed projectthere is
with individual States re- that the law, when it comes them potentially in breach of a documented shortage of
quired to declare the rules to ongoing projects, is actu- the legislation, and unable to housing which is why we
within a 90 day period. ally unimplementable in sev- market or sell their projects. have the ambition of housing
While CREDAI has wel- eral ways ranging from the Irrespective of what reas- for all by 2022, but why are
comed the regulations, on treatment of common areas surances the States are giv- we actually shooting
grounds that it will help in buildings to the defect li- ing or not giving on this ourselves in the foot?
CM M CH-CHE
YK
THE HINDU
CHENNAI
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No change in the script Camaraderie secret of success: Kohli

Special Correspondent cause that I feel is disrespect- with the tail which is a great
Pallekele ing the sport. sign. He brings in great bal-
Sri Lanka bowled out for 181 in its second dig; India seals series 3-0 Pace duo: (Mohammed) ance, is a gun fielder and
Consistent success emanat-
ing from team-strength and Shami and Umesh (Yadav) gives you break-throughs. In-
INDIA IN LANKA camaraderie within the have done well in the last side the team we have 120%
ranks is a template that Virat home season as well, with faith in him. Kuldeep is a
K.C. Vijaya Kumar great talent. We believe in
Pallekele Kohli swears by in most the new and old ball. Thats
press conferences. the reason why we backed him and he has delivered
Virat Kohli sat on the stair-
After the dust settled at them in this series. Its great both times he played.
case, the India cap slung low
the Pallekele International to see them still bowling with Friends succeed together:
over his head, his eyes fo-
Cricket Stadium and the a lot of heart and putting in We are more like a bunch of
cussed on his cellphone. The
sprinklers came on, Kohli that effort. I certainly rate friends playing together
minutes ticked away and a
was at it again. A happy India Shami among the top-three rather than being senior or
Monday evening waned.
skipper spoke to the media Hardik Pandya . *
AFP (fast bowlers in the world) junior. We dont even think
Inside the press-confer-
after winning the Test series for sure. of the number of games an X
ence hall within the
Pallekele International here on Monday. Excerpts. series 3-0. Pandya and the chinaman: has played or a Y has played
Cricket Stadium premises, Good cricket: We played The mindset: We want to A guy (Hardik Pandya) who within the change-room. We
Dinesh Chandimal was hold- good cricket. We won all consolidate every situation, can get a fifty and a hundred have embraced each other
ing court in Sinhala, speak- three tosses and looking at we want to make sure that in his first three games bat- and accepted each other
ing in a sing-song manner, the nature of the pitches that we are correcting things ting at number eight has to with our different personalit-
pausing often. It was a pic- was a massive factor as well. along the journey and thats have something special in ies and that is the reason
ture of a distressed host cap- We put constant pressure on the mindset we want to take him. The innings he played why people coming in feel
tain trying to keep up his dig- the opposition to make sure forward. You cant raise or here, after being 320 for six, like they dont have to do
nity. we won more sessions and lower your intensity accord- wasnt just mad slogging. He anything different from what
The seconds stretched that has led us to win this ing to your opposition be- used his brain and batted they know already.
and as Chandimals inquisi-
tion by the Sri Lankan
scribes extended, Kohli
walked in discreetly, leant on
No excuses: We try to pick best possible team
the corner wall, texted a bit,
read some messages, smiled
Chandimal K.C. Vijaya Kumar years. He played till 36 and
to himself and then gazed at PALLEKELE won so many Grand Slams.
the packed room. Yet, he The accent is on a fitter, So you never know. We
Pallekele
had to wait his turn to ad- Delivering the goods: Mohammed Shami bowled a probing line around off-stump to come up stronger Indian team with dont say it (Dhonis selec-
dress the media. with a match-haul of five for 49. AP *
Dinesh Chandimal said
that he and his men have the lodestone being the 2019 tion) is automatic but we will
It was the only time when World Cup in England. Selec- see. If he is delivering, why
he looked a wee-bit lost and willow wielders. break. The Sri Lankan skip- Niroshan Dickwella no excuses to offer follow-
per threaded fours with eleg- walked in and knelt low and ing their Test series loss to tion committee chairman not? If he is not, then we will
had to bank on patience. But Pushpakumara nibbled
ant drives, Mathews, as slog-swept the chinaman, India here on Monday. M.S.K. Prasad spelt out this have to look at alternatives.
earlier on the field, the India and perished, Kusal Mendis
usual, was about the muscu- one of those embers from a Credit goes to India for specific goal in his media-in-
skipper had no such hassles. shuffled across and got his K.L. Rahul at No. 4: We will
lar hoick but at least there dying flame. playing outstanding cricket teraction here on Monday af-
A scheduled press confer- pad rapped. Sri Lanka M.S.K. Prasad. *
FILE PHOTO: PTI try K.L. Rahul at No. 4 in this
was a semblance of a resist- in the series. If we could ternoon. Excerpts
ence could be delayed but tottered at 39 for four and a The sweep-bug bit Math- (ODI) series. He is too good a
ance. have dragged the game to Fitness the ultimate yard- have around 25 players and
not an emphatic triumph. question arose will the side ews and when he tried to player to sit out.
the fifth day, we could have stick: If I put my hand on my we will rotate them and see
Kohlis men won the third be bowled out before lunch. Ashwin was forced off the replicate that stroke, he
heart and say, after the how they progress. After a Rishabh Pant and the
and final Test by an innings back-foot, Kuldeep Yadav missed and Ashwins appeal learned something, but
Champions Trophy we felt certain period, we will (draw road ahead: Rishabh is one
and 171 runs to seal the series Elegant drives was lofted and for the few for lbw was approved. (after) losing within two
that we need to be a fitter, a) short-list and focus on to watch out for in the fu-
3-0. Sri Lanka was bowled That ignominy was avoided fans, those were the only The distraught batsman and half days, you cannot
stronger side. We need to those players leading into ture. We have been groom-
out for 181 in its second out- as Chandimal and Angelo moments of cheer. sought a review, failed to re- give any excuses, the Sri
raise our fielding standards. the World Cup. ing him for A tours. He
ing. Mathews commenced their Chandimal, though, suc- verse the verdict and Lanka captain told
There will be an official note The Yuvraj question: We went to South Africa but had
The verdict was a reitera- 65-run fifth-wicket partner- cumbed to Kuldeep, tapping retreated. reporters.
from the BCCI. We are fixing initiated the process of rotat- an ordinary tour but that
tion of Indias overwhelming ship spread over 166 deliver- straight to Cheteshwar Pu- Batting failures and the
Dickwella clattered a few fitness parameters. We have ing and resting some of the doesnt mean he is not in
dominance. If the Tests at ies on either side of the jara at short-leg. absence of key players due
fours and watched Dilruwan two to three phases in those players so that we can see our radar. There is one more
Galle and Colombo were to injuries were the twin
Perera and Lakshan parameters leading up to the how the youngsters do. We A tour coming up. We all
each pocketed with a day to factors that Chandimal
Sandakan depart, with Ash- 2019 World Cup and if will take a final call by the know Rishabh more as a
spare, the concluding con- identified as the causes be-
win and Shami accounting someone fails to match those end of the year. You can say Twenty20 player, so we will
test was secured with two hind Sri Lankas debilitat-
for them. Sri Lankas wicket- parameters, he will not be that Yuvraj is rested. Doors look at him in that format
days remaining! ing loss.
keeper-batsman eventually considered irrespective of are never closed. In terms of too.
When you go to the
It was a story of the num- fell to Umesh Yadav. whoever it is. Skill-level, we selection, we try to pick the
middle, you have to put Rahul Dravid as India-A
ber one team maximising its Trying to guide one past are number one but when it best possible team.
your plans into practice. coach: We are blessed to
strengths against a wilting slip, Dickwella found the safe comes to fitness, we need to
In this series, there Dhoni and the World Cup: have Rahul at the A level as
host. The third day dawned hands of Ajinkya Rahane. raise our standards.
were so many injuries He is a legend and yes we he is giving finished
with Sri Lanka following-on
And when Lahiru Kumara starting from Nuwan Pra- Selecting Manish Pandey have a plan. Discussions products to the senior team.
and resuming at 19 for one
defended without a clue and deep, Suranga Lakmal, and Shardul Thakur in the happen about everybody, it It is lucrative and glamorous
and gaping at a 333-run defi-
found Ashwin disturbing his Rangana Herath and Asela ODI squad: We need to give is not just about MS. I was to be a senior India coach,
cit.
timber, it marked the finish- Gunaratne. We have to per- due recognition to perform- reading (Andre) Agassis but for accepting the A
Dimuth Karunaratne and
line for another one-sided form better than this, the ances at the domestic level book Open, and for him life team (coaching role) we
night-watchman Malinda
clash. home team skipper said. and also on A tours. We actually started after 30 have to give credit to Rahul.
Pushpakumara had the oner-
ous task of attempting to bat It was time for the Indian
for long hours. But the soul- camp to do the high-fives
stirring fight-back proved and the hugs while Kohli
elusive. In the third over, sought his stump-souvenir.
Karunaratne, rooted to the The Indian first innings
crease and stunned by the prospered for 122 overs
extra bounce that R. Ashwin while Sri Lanka, with both its
extracted, edged to slip. digs combined, lasted just
Mohammed Shami then 112.1.
flung a few knives, his line It summed up a script that
asking probing questions was devoid of any surprises
around off-stump and and highlighted one cer-
topped with a hint of swing, tainty the mind-boggling
just enough to unsettle the superiority of Kohlis men.
Ashwin
for Worcs
Pallekele
R. Ashwin will play for

Worcestershire this season.
The India off-spinner, who
was rested for the ODI
series against Sri Lanka,
could play a few matches
in his maiden county stint.
India is scheduled to tour
England next year and the
experience that Ashwin
gains, even if it is limited to
some games, could come
in handy.
Besides Ashwin and
Cheteshwar Pujara, who is
already contracted with
Nottinghamshire, Ishant
Sharma and Ravindra
Jadeja are also in the reck-
oning for county spots.
It is a development that
selection committee chair-
man M.S.K. Prasad wel-
comed: It is a blessing in
disguise for both of them
(Ashwin and Pujara) be-
cause we will have a full-
fledged tour of England in
June, when we will play
five Tests. It is good to play
and get a first hand feel of
the conditions.
Sri Lanka
likely to play
in Lahore
Pallekele
Sri Lanka may well play a
Twenty20 match against
Pakistan at Lahore in
September, if security and
logistical concerns are ad-
dressed.
We had our security ex-
perts visit and make an as-
sessment and things look
positive, said SLC presid-
ent Thilanga Sumathipala.
CM M CH-CHE
YK
20 SPORT CHENNAI THE HINDU

IN BRIEF
Kings book playoff berth Exciting match-up
Abhinav could turn out for Patriots
5-match
ban for
To meet Karaikudi Kaalai in the Eliminator at Natham TNPL
seven matches in the league,
but coach J.R. Madanagopal
Ronaldo
S. Dipak Ragav S. Dinakar said, The real tournament AFP
Chennai
CHENNAI for us begins only now. Madrid
Barcelona signs Paulinho Lyca Kovai Kings coasted to a Twenty20 cricket is a hectic Super Gillies, which has Cristiano Ronaldo was
for 40 million seven-wicket victory over brand of the game but the lost just one match in the hit with a five-match ban
BARCELONA
Ruby Trichy Warriors in its format, on occasions, can league, can pack a weighty by the Spanish football
Barcelona has signed must-win game to book the also be tactically punch on its day. federation on Monday
Brazilian Paulinho from final playoff berth in the stimulating. Strokeful opener K.H. for pushing the referee
Guangzhou Evergrande for Tamil Nadu Premier League. For instance, what would Gopinath has been in rous- after being sent-off in
40 million. He is Barcas Chasing a modest total of be Chepauk Super Gillies ing form and the experi- Real Madrids 3-1 Super
first signing since Neymars 135, Kings lost its skipper M. strategy to neutralise the enced Thalaivan Sargunam Cup first-leg away win
move to PSG. AFP Vijay for a duck. The India threat from Albert Tuti Pat- has batted with maturity over Barcelona.
opener attempted to play on riots rampaging left-right and enterprise at the top of He was also fined
India shocks the on-side, but ended up opening combination of the order. 3,805, and has 10 days
the Netherlands edging to the cover fielder. Washington Sundar and The left-handed U. to appeal the ban.
WAALWIJK (THE NETHERLANDS) However, opener L. Kaushik Gandhi? Sasidev has sparkled in the The result: Barcelona 1
Manpreet Singh scored twice Suryapprakash and B. Despite the prospect of middle-order while Antony (Messi 77-pen) lost to Real
as the Indian mens hockey Anirudh stitched together a India opener Abhinav Dhas, better known for his Madrid 3 (Pique 50-og,
team stunned the 71-run partnership for the Mukund returning for Quali- seam bowling, has been de- Ronaldo 80, Asensio 90).
Netherlands 4-3 in the Robo second wicket. The right-left fier-1, Patriots is likely to livering the big blows with
Super Series on Sunday. duo went about the chase stick with its in-form open- the bat.
Manpreet (30, 44), Varun methodically, rotating the
strike and picking boundar-
ing combination for the
marquee clash on Inde-
The key man in the Super
Gillies attack is the tall left-
Ramkumar
Kumar (17) and Harjeet Singh Final charge: V. Akshay guided Kovai Kings home with an unbeaten 34. PHOTO: R. RAGU
gets in as
*
(49) scored for India while ies at will. pendence Day. arm spinner R. Sai Kishore
Bob de Voogd reduced the Warriors should have a duck in the first over, and Harish Kumar and tired to go Kumar four for 23) lost to Lyca Abhinav, if he arrives who can both contain and
margin with two goals. Mink
van der Weerden scored the
done better after both bats-
men perished in quick
skipper B. Indrajith in the
third over with the score
over long on the very next
ball but could only find a
Kovai Kings 135 for three in 18.4
overs (L. Suryapprakash 30, B.
from Sri Lanka on time,
could bat at No. 3 in a strong
strike with his turn and
bounce.
lucky loser
succession. reading nine. fielder. Anirudh 44, V. Akshay 34 n.o., Patriots line-up that also in-
other. PTI Skipper R. Sathish, grap- SPorts Bureau
However, R. Rohith and V. R. Nilesh Subramanian From there on, Warriors Vignesh Kannan two for 28).
cludes the marauding pling with a strained groin, Cincinnati
and J. Kousik resurrected the innings lost momentum as Final points table:
Akshay were up to the task Dinesh Karthik, who must should be fit for the game.
Bhargav and saw the team home with
an unbeaten 55-run stand for
innings with some sensible
play. The duo collected a
the team struggled to find a
boundary till the 18th over.
Tuti Patriots 7, 7, 0, 0, 14,
+1.845; Super Gillies 7, 6, 1, 0,
be smarting after his sur-
prising omission from the
The action should be enga-
Ramkumar Ramanathan
lost 7-6(6), 7-6(2) to Max-
ging under the lights.
advances the fourth wicket. boundary each in the fourth In the final over, Harish Ku-
12, +0.501; Kaalai 7, 4, 3, 0, 8,
+.033; Kings 7, 3, 2, 2, 8,
India ODI squad.
imilian Marterer in the
second and final qualifying
Megh Bhargav
Kings will now meet over off Thamarai Kannan to mar scalped three to restrict -0.086. The loser in this poten- PLAYING TODAY round of the Cincinnati
CHENNAI: Karaikudi Kaalai on Wednes- kick-start the chase. The duo Warriors to 134. Veerans 7, 3, 4, 0, 6, +0.553; tially high-octane clash will
Kuma Patel rallied from a
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day in the Eliminator at added 78 off just 62 balls for The scores: Dragons 7, 2, 4, 1, 5, +0.347; get a second chance but DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
set down to beat Krishna Qualifier 1: Tuti Patriots vs made the main draw as a
Natham. the third wicket. Ruby Trichy Warriors 134 for Warriors 7, 1, 6, 0, 2, -1.181; Su- both teams would be keen
Teja Raja 2-6, 6-0, 6-2 in the Chepauk Super Gillies, MAC, lucky loser thanks to Gael
Earlier Warriors, after In the 13th over, Kousik seven in 20 overs (R. Nilesh per Giant 7, 0, 6, 1, 1, -2.585. to book their place in the fi-
first round of the adidas- 7.15 p.m., Live on STAR Sports Monfils withdrawal.
electing to bat, started badly struck a boundary, punching Subramanian 57, J. Kousik 43, K. (Read as played, won, lost, no nal. Patriots has rolled over
MCC National junior un- 1, 1 HD, Vijay Super. Other results: $15,000 Fu-
losing K. Bharat Shankar for through the covers off pacer Vignesh two for 18, S. Harish result, points, net run rate). the opposition, won all its DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD tures, Nonthaburi: First
der-18 tennis tournament at
the MCC here. round: Kaza Vinayak Sharma &
The results (first round): Vijay Sundar Prashanth bt Pat-
Boys: Parikshit Somani (WB)
RACING
Queen Credible wins main event tanapong Borisutpong & Vor-
achon Rakpuangchon (Tha)
Thats My Class has an

bt Tarun Karra (TS) 6-2, 6-3;
Amit Beniwal (Del) bt Akshat 6-4, 6-3. $25,000 ITF wo-
BENGALURU: Queen Credible (P. (p), SHP: 55, THP: 33, FP: 391, Q: Aziz A. Jaffer & Mrs. Poonam A. mens: First round: Karman
Agarwal (WB) 6-1, 6-2; Dipin Trevor up) won the 149, Trinella: 797 and 220, Ex- Rupali & Mr. Rajiv S. Ghule.
Wadhwa (Del) bt Sarthak Dharmaprakasha L.S. Venkaji Rao Kaur Thandi bt Kamila Kerim-
acta: 1,008 and 389. Favourite: Al- Trainer: Rehanulla Khan.
Suden (Del) 6-4, 6-2; Arjun Memorial Trophy, the main event beretta. Owner: Mr. Haik H. Sook- bayeva (Kaz) 6-3, 6-2.
5
edge in feature event
JAYANT SHAH MEMORIAL
of the races held here on Monday. ias. Trainer: Neil Darashah.
Channathimmiah Honnappa The winner is owned by Miss. An-
TROPHY (1,600), rated 30 to
50, 4-y-o & over: SAPTAJIT (Syed
(Kar) bt M. Nidhish (TN) 6-1,
6-1; Megh Bhargav Kuma Pa-
ita A Khalakdina, Mr. Rehanulla
Khan, Dr. Phiroz T Khambatta & 3 SMART CHIEFTAN CUP
(1,200m), rated 30 to 50:
BLACK SWAN (Dhanu Singh) 1, In-
Imran) 1, Super Smart (P. Trevor)
2, Courtship (Dhanu Singh) 3 and
Kushagra
tel (Guj) bt Krishna Teja Raja Mr. Shantanu Sharma & Mr. H.M.
(TN) 2-6, 6-0, 6-2. HYDERABAD: Thats My Class has Sk. 59.5, 3. San Vinto (6) Md. Is- Singh 57, 4. Queen To Rule (2)
Sampath & Mr. M.K. Mohan & Sat-
ish G Kundapur & Mr. Aziz A. Jaf-
teresting (Srinath) 2, Mint (Irvan
Singh) 3 and Carolina (S. Shiva
Kumar) 4. 1/2, 1-1/2 and Lnk. 1m,
Raw Gold (Srinath) 4. Not run:
Rising Brave. 1-1/4, 1-1/4 and 1-1/4.
1m, 39.61s. 76 (w), 20, 12 and 25
stuns
Dev V. Javia (Guj) bt an edge over his rivals in the K. mail 59.5, 4. Arrow Arrow Arrow Ajeeth Kumar 57, 5. Mountain Of
Dharmil Shah (Guj) 6-2, 6-1;
Dhakshineswar Suresh (TN) bt
Mahipathi Rao Memorial Million
(1,400m), the chief event of the
(2) Aneel 59, 5. Glorious Grey (3)
Deepak Singh 58, 6. Little Royal
Light (9) C. Umesh 55, 6. Raja
Hindustani (12) Ajit Singh 55, 7.
fer & Mrs. Poonam A. Rupali &
Mr. Rajiv S. Ghule and trained by
Rehanulla Khan.
13.69s. 160 (w), 25, 14 and 37 (p),
SHP: 34, THP: 79, FP: 635, Q: 203,
(p), SHP: 35, THP: 64, FP: 435, Q:
139, Trinella: 1,834 and 1,641, Ex- Laxman
races to be held here on Tuesday (1) C. Umesh 58, 7. Sisco (4) Ajeeth Magical Skill (6) C.P. Bopanna Trinella: 7,902 and 3,951, Exacta: acta: 6,872 and 2,945. Favourite:
Dhruv Tangri (Pun) 6-1, 6-0; Super Smart. Owners: Mr. Laksh Kushagra Mo-
J. Oges Theyjo (TN) bt K.S.
(Aug. 15). Kumar 58, 8. Cannon Grey (10)
Kunal Bunde 56.5, 9. Molon Labe
54.5, 8. Samba (8) Hannam 54.5,
9. Golden Image (11) G. Naresh 1 CONFUCIOUS STAKES (1,100m),
rated 00 to 20: ANMOL HIRA
1,11,058 and Rs. 23,798. Favourite:
Streak Ahead. Owner: Mrs. Ku- Bhatia & Mr. Bhoomi Reddy
AHMEDABAD:
han, a 13-year-old from Hy-
Dheeraj (TN) 7-6(6), 6-0.
Girls: Bhakti Shah (TS) bt
1 TREASURE WIND PLATE (Div.
I), (1,100m), 5-y-o & over, rated
26 to 46, (Cat. III), 1-15 p.m.: 1.
(8) Ajit Singh 55 and 10. Top
Sprint (7) G. Naresh 52.
53.5, 10. Vijays Empire (5) S.S.
Tanwar 53.5, 11. Chinese Thought
(Syed Imran) 1, Tic Tac Toe
(Rayan Ahmed) 2, Kanthaka
mud Sharma. Trainer: Magan
Singh.
Raghunath Reddy. Trainer: Azhar
Ali.
derabad,upstaged GM R.R.
Laxman on a day when the
(7) Md. Ismail 53, 12. Darakhshan (Nazerul Alam) 3 and High
Smriti Singh (Har) 6-3, 6-2;
Mubashira Anjum Shaik (TS)
Apache Gal (5) Gopal Singh 60, 2.
Dolce (11) B.R. Kumar 58.5, 3. Ice
Cave (8) Akshay Kumar 58.5, 4.
1. SAN VINTO, 2. GLORIOUS GREY,
3. GAANDEEVAN Setarah (4) Akshay Kumar 53, 13.
Ikigai (3) Rafique Sk. 52.5 and 14.
Voltage (Darshan) 4. 1, 2 and Nk.
1m, 09.45s. 61 (w), 17, 11 and 13
4 DHARMAPRAKASHA L.S. VEN-
KAJI RAO MEMORIAL TROPHY
(1,200m), rated 45 to 65: QUEEN
6 SANS CRAINTES STUD STAKES
(1,200m), rated 15 to 35, 5-y-o
& over: PRINCEAZEEM (Dhanu
top four seeds, led by Ara-
vindh Chithambaram, con-
bt Ashraya Maheshwar (TN)
6-1, 6-1; Bela S. Tamhankar
True Pearl (3) Khurshad Alam
58.5, 5. Princess Ballerina (ex:
5 B. MARIDESWARA RAO ME-
MORIAL CUP (1,200m), 3-y-o &
over, rated 42 to 62 (Cat. II), 3-15:
Golden Adara (1) Md. Sameerud-
din 51.
(p), SHP: 31, THP: 49, FP: 250, Q:
134, Trinella: 416 and 151, Exacta:
CREDIBLE (P. Trevor) 1, Fair Game
( Jagadeesh) 2, Silver Ikon (Dhanu
Singh) 1, Irish Prince ( Janardhan
P) 2, Game Guy (Nazerul Alam) 3
ceded a draw each and
dropped out of the leaders
1. MOUNTAIN OF LIGHT, Rs. 4,019 and Rs. 2,368. Favour- Singh) 3 and Attorney General (A. and Cool Springs (Shobhan) 4.
(Mah) bt Srujana Rayarala (TS) Matica) (4) Md. Ismail 57.5, 6. 1. Always Together (11) C.P. ite: Tic Tac Toe. Owner: Mr.
Golden Angel (6) Rafique Sk. 57, 7. Bopanna 60, 2. Amorous White 2. DARAKHSHAN SETARAH, Sandesh) 4. Lnk, 3/4 and 2-3/4. Not run: Cullinan. 2-1/2, 1/2 and 3- pack in the National Chal-
6-2, 6-3; Vineetha Mummadi 3. AVANTIKA Chandrakant Narshi Dedhia. 1m, 12.89s. 30 (w), 14, 22 and 16 1/2. 1m, 14.73s. 42 (w), 15, 23 and lengers chess champion-
Cash For Rank (2) Hannam 54.5, (12) Hannam 59.5, 3. Dancing Leaf Trainer: Rajendra Singh.
(TS) bt Devaki Sai (TN) 6-1, 8. In Command (10) S. Sreekant (p), SHP: 60, THP: 52, FP: 207, Q: 17 (p), SHP: 68, THP: 56, FP: 479,
6-0; Chandrika Joshi (Kar) bt
G. Kiran Rani (TN) 6-0, 6-2;
53, 9. Sefarina (7) G. Naresh 52.5,
10. Wonder Star (1) Sai Kumar
(4) A.A. Vikrant 59.5, 4. Dream
Girl (13) Rafique Sk. 59.5, 5. Prin-
cess Hina (1) B. R. Kumar 59, 6.
8 INDEPENDENCE CUP (Div. II),
(1,400m), 3-y-o & over, rated
58 to 78 (Cat. II), 4-45: 1. Thats My 2 MINISTERIAL CUP (1,400m),
maiden 3-y-o only, (Terms): AS
134, Trinella: 650 and 200, Ex-
acta: 1,159 and 458. Favourite: At-
Q: 181, Trinella: 1,562 and 735, Ex-
acta: 6,462 and 4,431. Favourite:
ship on Monday.
GMs like second seed
52.5 and 11. Nelly (9) Ajit Singh Big Flash (9) Deep Shanker 57, 7. Darling (2) Akshay Kumar 60, 2. TIME GOES BY (A. Sandesh) 1, torney General. Owners: Miss. Amalfi Coast. Owner: Mr. Syed S.L. Narayanan, fourth
Smriti Bhasin (TS) bt Shefali Concept Win (S. John) 2, Anita A Khalakdina, Mr. Re- Muheeb. Trainer: Rajendra Singh.
Arora (Del) 6-3, 7-5; Shreya
51.5. Vallee Sceptre (2) Akshay Kumar Green Image (4) P. Gaddam 59.5, seed N. Srinath, eighth
1. ICE CAVE, 56.5, 8. Ambitious Approach (14) 3. Naazaan (6) Kuldeep Singh 56, Habanero (P. Trevor) 3 and Alber- hanulla Khan, Dr. Phiroz T Kham- Jackpot: 94,970 (five tkts); Run-
Tatavarthy (TS) bt Kashish etta (Irvan Singh) 4. Not run: batta & Mr. Shantanu Sharma & ner-up: 11,306 (18 tkts); Treble
seed Debashis Das and 11th
2. PRINCESS BALLERINA, Aneel 56, 9. City Of Pearls (3) K. 4. Masti (7) Hannam 54.5, 5. Sea
Bhatia (Del) 6-3, 6-2; Adrija 3. CASH FOR RANK Sai Kiran 55.5, 10. Rebellion (6) Castle (8) Deepak Singh 54, 6. Car- Wonderlust. 2-1/4, 3-3/4 and 3/4. Mr. H.M. Sampath & Mr. M.K. Mo- (i): 2,879 (four tkts); (ii): 1,613 seed Tejas Bakre were
Biswas (WB) bt Srishti U. Ray Sai Kumar 55.5, 11. Royal Dynam- olina Moon (5) A.A. Vikrant 53.5, 1m, 26.88s. 36 (w), 12, 18 and 11 han & Satish G Kundapur & Mr. (25 tkts). among those held.
(Mah) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. 2 K. MAHIPATHI RAO ME-
MORIAL MILLION (1,400m), 3-
y-o only (Terms), 1-45: 1. Prince
ite (7) Md. Ismail 53.5, 12.
Strengthandbeauty (8) Nawal 53,
7. Aakash Vani (9) B.R. Kumar 53,
8. Atlas Star (3) K. Mukesh Kumar
Caspian (3) Nakhat Singh 58.5, 2. 13. Sprint Legend (5) Kunal Bunde 53, 9. Miracle King (1) A.S. Pawar
ENGAGEMENTS Thats My Class (2) Akshay Kumar 52.5 and 14. Rois Cruise (10) 51.5 and 10. Like Wise (10) Nakhat TENNIS
58.5, 3. Prevalent Force (1) Srinath Khurshad Alam 52. Singh 51.
Zverev masters Federer in Montreal

Cricket: TNCA league, IV-C, 55.5 and 4. Sam The Brave (4) C. 1. AMOROUS WHITE, 1. SEA CASTLE,
Purasawalkam vs. Fox 2. DANCING LEAF, 2. CAROLINA MOON,
Umesh 55.5.
3. AMBITIOUS APPROACH 3. THATS MY DARLING
Trotters (MIT); Netaji vs. Port 1. THATS MY CLASS,
Trust (Gandhi Nagar); Garnet 2. PREVALENT FORCE
6 INDEPENDENCE CUP (Div. I),
(1,400m), 3-y-o & over, rated 9 MACHIAVELLIANISM PLATE
(Div. I), (1,000m), 3-y-o & Agence France-Presse Federer later announced
vs. Minerva (Union); Bharathi
vs. Ranji (Marina); V-A, 3 TREASURE WIND PLATE (Div.
II), (1,100m), 5-y-o & over,
rated 26 to 46 (Cat. III), 2-15: 1.
58 to 78 (Cat. II), 3-45: 1. City Of
Wonders (7) K. Sai Kiran 60, 2. O
over, placed 2nd or 3rd not eli-
gible, rated upto 30 (Cat. III), 5-15:
Montreal that he will give this weeks
Cincinnati Masters a miss.
Kamyuth vs. St. Marys (St. Royal Rajkumari (5) Ajit Singh 60, Ms Akilah (2) Srinath 59.5, 3. Lim- 1. Novitious (3) Ajit Singh 60, 2. Alexander Zverev shocked
Bedes A); UFCC (Cgl) vs. 2. Egyptian Wind (9) Md. itation (9) Nakhat Singh 57.5, 4. Sugar Land (2) Kunal Bunde 59.5, second seed Roger Federer Zverev, meanwhile, will
Crown Royal (3) Kuldeep Singh 3. Proud N Arrogant (5) Aneel 59, play doubles at Cincinnati
Youth Centre (St. Bedes B); Sameeruddin 59.5, 3. Perfection 6-3, 6-4 in the Montreal Mas-
56.5, 5. Italian Cypress (8) Khur- 4. Divine Silver (7) Akshay Kumar
E, National vs. Eccentrics (10) Hannam 59.5, 4. Western Ex-
58.5, 5. Dare To Love (10) Rohit ters final on Sunday to win partnering Leander Paes.
press (7) Aneel 59, 5. Naamdhari shad Alam 56, 6. Top Contender
(Engg.); Comrades vs. TVS (1) Deep Shanker 55.5, 7. Prospero Kumar 58, 6. Jasmine Garden (8) his fifth title of the season. In Toronto, Elina Svitolina
(3) Koushik 58.5, 6. Romantic Fire
MSC (St. Patricks), 9.30 (11) C. Umesh 55, 8. Batur (5) Ro- Nakhat Singh 58, 7. Royal Victory crushed Caroline Wozniacki
(2) G. Naresh 57, 7. Abracos (8) Ak- In the doubles final, Ro-
hit Kumar 54.5, 9. Without (6) Khurshad Alam 57.5, 8. Rus- 6-4, 6-0 to win the womens
a.m.; VI-B, HSBC vs. Chennai shay Kumar 55, 8. Pegasus (4)
A.A. Vikrant 54.5, 8. Blaze Of Makeup (10) Rafique Sk. 54.5, 10. tom (9) G. Naresh 57.5, 9. Cannon han Bopanna and Ivan
Corporation Officials (GE A); Dear (4) N. Rawal 55.5 and 10. title on Sunday.
Glory (1) Ajeeth Kumar 53.5 and Magna Carta (4) G. Naresh 54 and Dodig, seeded seventh, lost
Free Lancers vs. Saidapet 11. Awesome Approach (6) Akshay Negress Princess (1) Ajeeth Kumar The results (finals):
10. Racing Ikon (6) Nakhat Singh
55.5. 4-6, 6-3, [10-6] to fifth seeds
Gymkhana (GE B), 8 a.m.; 52.5. Kumar 52.5. At Montreal: Alexander Zverev
1. NOVITIOUS, Pierre-Hugues Herbert and
VI-A, Presidency College vs. 1. PERFECTION, 2. ROYAL RAJKU- 1. O MS AKILAH, bt Roger Federer 6-3, 6-4;
Komaleeswarar (GE A); MARI, 3. ROMANTIC FIRE 2. PROSPERO, 2. PROUD N ARROGANT, Nicolas Mahut. Doubles: Pierre-Hugues Her-
3. JASMINE GARDEN
Varsity Occasionals vs. Bank 3. TOP CONTENDER Zverev, who had lost 6-1, bert & Nicolas Mahut bt Rohan
of India (GE B), 1 p.m. 4 MACHIAVELLIANISM PLATE
(Div. II), (1,000m), 3-y-o &
over, placed 2nd or 3rd not eli- 7 PEDDAPALLI PLATE (1,400m),
4-y-o only, rated 26 to 46 (Cat.
Days best: AMOROUS WHITE
Double: THATS MY CLASS SEA
CASTLE
6-3 to Federer in the Halle fi- Bopanna & Ivan Dodig 4-6, 6-3,
General: Bertram Memorial III), 4-15: 1. Rubys Gift (14) N. Jkt (i): 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (ii): 5, 6, 7, 8 &
nal in June, is now tied with [10-6].
gible, rated upto 30 (Cat. III), 2-
tournaments, Loyola College, 45: 1. Gaandeevan (9) Koushik 60, Rawal 60, 2. Citi Colors (10) Kunal 9; Tr (i): 1, 2 & 3; (ii): 4, 5 & 6; (iii): Federer for the most titles At Toronto: Elina Svitolina bt Rising star: Alexander Zverev used his booming serves to
1 p.m. 2. Kohinoor Legend (5) Rafique Bunde 58, 3. Avantika (13) Deepak 7, 8 & 9; Tla: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9. this season at five. Caroline Wozniacki 6-4, 6-0. blow away Roger Federer in straight sets. AP *
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THE HINDU CROSSWORD 12086 (set by Afterdark)

SUDOKU FAITH
13 Acquired through unfair
means? Somehow let it go,
orchestra leader in touch (6)
5 Order to appear in Mount Abu
Vishnu addresses Prthu
earn love, get a new start later (8) King Prthu wanted to do asvamedha yagas and successfully
(3-6)
6 Excellent rocket absorbs completed 99 such yagas. But Indra stole the horse just be-
14 Wife's right; stranger's child is
pressure in such atmospheric fore the hundredth yaga, since a person who completes 100
a devil (6)
condition (3,6) asvamedha yagas can ascend to Indras throne.
16 Some beta-keratin found in
Prthus son tracked down the horse and brought it back,
stomach... (4) 7 Found firm's turnover is
but again Indra stole it. The purohits conducting the yaga
19 ... a bit found in fat, oil on behind outlook essentially at
told Prthu that they could make Indra lose his power. But
review (4) some point (6)
Brahma arrived and advised the purohits and Prthu to leave
20 Course's terms revised to 8 Saying used often in epitaphs Indra alone and Prthu did not hurt Indra.
admit adult (6) earlier is also used by fellers Lord Mahavishnu then appeared before Prthu and lauded
25 In India, road and road across a (6) his decision to forgive Indra and not harm him, said P.T. Se-
river has a gate that permits
9 Say, one kidnapping an shadri in a discourse.
one at a time (9)
investigator... (5) Sadhus will never treat anyone as an enemy, said the
26 Dark horse after initially
Lord to Prthu. They know that the body and the atma are
faltering, gets organized 15 ... is a dangerous sick loner,
different. So you must always control your senses and do
basically by end of day (5) lacking energy, taking first
your dharma.
27 Electronic news' user interface step to form a bond (5-4)
A kings duty is to protect his subjects and if he fails in
leads to dissatisfaction (5) 17 Cut short, that's ruling this duty, then he will be sinning gravely. Such a sin can
28 Fruit used to make certain group's castle (8) never be got rid of.
concoction is imported from
18 Birds in cage, one in crosshairs The Lord then spoke about jnanis. A jnani does his du-
Northeast (9)
of guns (8) Solution to puzzle 12085 Solution to yesterdays Sudoku ties, but remains unattached to the results. My love for such
29 Garment made with calico
jnanis is indescribable. Such jnanis are unaffected by joy or
ACROSS distributed around Kent 21 Mess returns vegetable to gain sorrow. They are in control of the mind and the senses. As
ripped out India essentially, margin (6)
1 Replacement's a joke, for a king, he should protect his kingdom.
leading to stress and stone-
internally team leader's 22 Tell channel head to quit (5) The Lord then elaborated on the duties of a ruler. If a
throwing (8,5)
against, to a large extent (13) 23 Second class corn mixture and king does not protect his subjects, but collects unfair taxes
DOWN egg given to untrained horse and is indifferent to their welfare, then one sixth of the sins
10 Harry joins bid to trap
middlemen for a crime (6,3)
2 Lacking form, Usha received (6) of the subjects will go to his account. His punyas will go to
direction to exercise at the the account of the people, and the ruler will be left with
11 Review, perhaps Dennis Lillee start of day (8) 24 Writing implement and nothing good to his credit. A man does not reach Me
brought about (5) 3 Characters in Mossad lynch repaired appliances shipped through yagas. He must have good thoughts and good con-
12 Cool but reserved restraining unfortunately (5) out ASAP (6) duct. Your conduct has pleased me, King Prthu, for you are
one's delight primarily (5) 4 A performer in club keeps 26 Lady in show has talent (5) a jnani.
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THE HINDU
CHENNAI
SPORT 21
Felix and Semenya finish on a rousing note Justin Thomas

Barshim wins mens high jump while Perkovic takes womens discus has the last laugh
Bolt rules out return Finishes two strokes ahead of
Reuters
London
Molinari, Reed and Oosthuizen
Usain Bolt took an shots back.
Agence France-Presse emotional final bow on the PGA CHAMPIONSHIP Thomas came into the fi-
London track at the end of the Reuters nal major of the year ranked
Athletics greats Allyson Felix World Championships on Charlotte 14th in the world. But he
and Caster Semenya lit up Sunday before declaring Justin Thomas validated his came through by executing
the track to bring the curtain that, definitely and reputation as one of golf s under pressure as some of
down on the World Champi- definitively, there was no great talents when he his rivals withered, joining
onships in great style on way he would ever return to stormed to a two-stroke vic- his good friend Jordan Spi-
Sunday. sprinting. No, Ive seen too tory at the PGA Champion- eth, with whom he shared a
Felix ran a stunning leg in many people come back ship on Sunday. house at the British Open
48.7s in the womens and make things worse and Thomas vaulted to the last month, in the Major
4x400m relay to set the shame themselves. I wont Bolt... bidding adieu. * AFP front with four birdies in a champions club of 2017.
United States up for an easy be one of those people who sizzling seven-hole stretch Thomas joins Sergio Gar-
in an ambassadorial
victory and take her record come back, Bolt said firmly. mid-round and held firm cia (Masters), Brooks
capacity.
world medals tally to 16, two Already he was looking And his immediate aims? over the dangerous final Koepka (US Open) and Spi-
ahead of retired Jamaican forward to an exciting In typical Bolt fashion, he three water-lined holes, eth (British Open) as the
duo Merlene Ottey and Bolt. future, he said, with his just smiled and declared: known as the Green Mile. years Major champions.
South African star Se- Soaring high: Sandra Perkovic produced a golden performance on the final day. *
AFP management camp talking The first thing Im going to The 24-year-old made a Anirban Lahiri finished
menya added a third 800m to IAAF President Sebastian do is have some fun. Have a rare birdie at the par-three the tournament with a
crown to her tally to put her gold with a jump of 2.35m, Manangoi (Ken) 3:33.61s, 2. 1:18:55, 3. Caio Bonfim (Bra) 1hr round of 78.
while double Olympic cham-
Coe, about what he might party and have a drink. I 17th to all but secure victory,
alongside another African Timothy Cheruiyot (Ken) 19:04. Put alongside his earlier
pion Sandra Perkovic of
be able to do for the sport need to chill. and a bogey at the last was
great Maria Mutola as the 3:33.99, 3. Filip Ingebrigtsen 50km walk: 1. Yohann Diniz rounds of 72, 73 and 76, he
Croatia claimed womens dis- academic as he carded 68 to
only women to have won the (Nor) 3:34.53. (Fra) 3hr 33:12, 2. Hirooki Arai finished at 15-over 299, for
cus with a throw of 70.31m. finish at eight-under 276.
title three times. 4x400m relay: 1. Trinidad and (Jpn) 3:41:17, 3. Kai Kobayashi Ajee Wilson (USA) 1:56.65; onella Palmisano (Ita) 1:26:36; 75th place.
Indias K.T. Irfan finished Fellow American Patrick
The Americans may have Tobago (Jarrin Solomon, (Jpn) 3:41:19. 4x400m relay: 1. United States 50km walk: 1. Ines Henriques Reed (67) bogeyed the last The scores (final round):
dominated the 10-day com- 23rd out of 58 competitors in Jereem Richards, Machel Ced- High jump: 1. Mutaz Essa Bar- (Quanera Hayes, Allyson Felix, (Por) 4:05:56, 2. Hang Yin (Chn) 276: Justin Thomas (73-66-
mens 20km walk. He to finish equal second with
petition but there was to be nio, Lalonde Gordon) 2:58.12, 2. shim (Qat) 2.35m, 2. Danil Shakima Wimbley, Phyllis Fran- 4:08:58, 3. Shuqing Yang (Chn) 69-68); 278: Francesco Molin-
clocked 1h 21m 40s, less than Francesco Molinari (67) and
no final flourish as Trinidad United States 2:58.61, 3. Britain Lysenko (ANA) 2.32, 3. Majd Ed- cis) 3:19.02, 2. Britain 3:25.00, 4:20:49. ari (73-64-74-67), Patrick Reed
a minute outside his seasons 2:59.00.
Louis Oosthuizen (70).
and Tobagos mens 4x400m din Ghazal (Syr) 2.29. 3. Poland 3:25.41. Discus: 1. Sandra Perkovic (Cro) (69-73-69-67), Louis
best of 1:20:59. Hideki Matsuyama held
relay team ran superbly to 20km walk: 1. Eider Arevalo Women: 800m: 1. Caster Se- 20km walk: 1. Jiayu Yang (Chn) 70.31m, 2. Dani Stevens (Aus) Oosthuizen (70-67-71-70);
The results: the lead briefly mid-round 279: Rickie Fowler (69-70-73-
take the gold. Mutaz Barshim (Col) 1hr 18min 53sec, 2. Sergei menya (RSA) 1:55.16s, 2. Fran- 1h 26:18s, 2. Maria Guadalupe 69.64, 3. Melina Robert-Michon
(Fra) 66.21. before fading with three 67), Hideki Matsuyama (70-
won the mens high jump Men: 1,500m: 1. Elijah Motonei Shirobokov (ANA - neutral) cine Niyonsaba (Bdi) 1:55.92, 3. Gonzalez (Mex) 1:26:19, 3. Ant-
consecutive bogeys from the 64-73-72); 280: Graham
11th. DeLaet (70-73-68-69), Kevin
He carded 72 and fin- Kisner (67-67-72-74); 283:
Kasparov will be prepared to the teeth: Anand Bhambri, Myneni ished three shots behind,
with Rickie Fowler (67).
Jordan Smith (70-75-70-68),
Matt Kuchar (71-74-70-68),
The St. Louis rapid and blitz event is without World champion Carlsen back; Paes out Overnight leader Kevin
Kisner (74) finished four
Jason Day (70-66-77-70),
Chris Stroud (68-68-71-76).
Rakesh Rao years ago, he explicitly ruled Press Trust of India placed above him but
Ahmedabad rapid and classical (formats) New Delhi Myneni was chosen ahead
The buzz in the chess world and said he would never play India brought back top of the others due to his abil-
is palpable. Over the next six classical again. But then, singles player Yuki Bhambri ity to play both singles and
days in the city of St. Louis, nothing stops anybody from to counter Canada in the doubles.
Americas chess Capital, re- changing their minds. After Davis Cup World Group
all, it is not a legal declara- Myneni will team up with
tired chess legend Garry Kas- Play-off tie while veteran
tion and you are not going to Rohan Bopanna, who was
parov, 54, will play nine Leander Paes was not con-
sue him (laughs). Anything is an automatic choice for the
rapid and 18 blitz games, sidered due to his low
possible. doubles rubber being the
plus playoffs if necessary, ranking. highest ranked Indian in
against some of the strongest For the moment, Im also Also making a comeback ATP doubles chart at num-
players in the game. thinking in more practical was big-serving Saketh ber 17.
Notably, the 10-player terms rather than wondering Myneni, who is ranked We look at the rankings
field of the $150,000 St. what hell do when. eighth among the Indians in but not always, selection
Louis rapid and blitz event is Im thinking not only the ATP list at 495 but made committee chairman S.P.
without World champion about him, but I have to the cut. Misra said.
Magnus Carlsen, the prodi- think of the whole tourna- Prajnesh Gunneswaran Davis Cup team: Yuki Bhambri,
gious talent once trained him? What will he do? I egorical. We know Kas- ment, as well. Again, the (220) Sumit Nagal (261), N. Ramkumar Ramanathan,
briefly by Kasparov who re- think, its very unlikely that parov. He is going to be nice thing for the tourna- Sriram Balaji (291), Vishnu Saketh Myneni, Rohan A familys triumph: Parents Jani and Mike have kept every golf
tired in March 2005. hell be the old Kasparov. prepared to the teeth. In ment is that itll draw a lot of Vardhan (410) and Sasi Ku- Bopanna. Reserves: Prajnesh ball from every tournament Justin Thomas has ever won, and
Viswanathan Anand, the Hell have to make changes, fact, hes going to be onto attention. mar Mukund (440) are Gunneswaran, N. Sriram Balaji. the one from here will go alongside all of the others. AFP *
man who fought many a as well, because the world the teeth. No doubt about Finally, what could be that
battle against the former has moved on (in 12 years), that. Im sure hes taking it one factor that Kasparov
World champion and the un- said Anand to The Hindu. very seriously. He might could find hard to deal with?
disputed No. 1, will be part of On being reminded that have well spent the last One general thing is the
the field that includes six Kasparov was last seen as couple of weeks, trying to sheer lack of practical exper-
players from last weeks part of the four-man Ulti- brush up and get back his ience. You cannot recreate
Sinquefield Cup. mate Blitz Challenge in April speed. the sensation of playing at
2016, Anand said, Yes, he Hell be dangerous and the board very easily.
Just curious has done a little bit before, unpredictable. (As a parti- You may have lost some
Everyone is just curious but that was blitz. And in cipant), you also do your practical skills. Under atten-
and thats all. There is a lot of blitz, may be hes more for- training and get ready as tion and pressure, you do
interest to see how hell play. giving because, any way, its much as you can. things differently than you
The players, I feel, are more quite random. Does he see Kasparovs re- do at home. Those are the
practical in terms of, what About Kasparovs pre- turn to the classical format things that could go wrong.
Im going to play against paredness, Anand was cat- as a possibility? Twelve And he knows that.
India-A on
the brink
Press Trust India
Pretoria
India-A is on the verge of

losing the first unofficial
Test against South Africa
as it struggled to reach 192
for six at stumps on the
third day.
Ankit Bawne (46, 82b),
who looked set, was out off
the last delivery of the day.
Earlier, South Africa-A
declared its second innings
at 220 for five, riding on
impressive performances
from skipper Markram (79)
and Rudi Second (74).
Navdeep Saini (three for
20) was the most success-
ful bowler for India-A.
The scores:
South Africa-A 346 & 220
for five decl. (Aiden Markram
79, Rudi Second 74, Navdeep
Saini three 20) vs India-A 120
& 192 for six (Ishan Kishan 39,
Karun Nair 30).
Indian colts
make it 4-0
SPORTS BUREAU
BRISTOL
India defeated England by
one run in a rain-affected
fourth Youth ODI to make
it 4-0 in the five-match
series here on Monday.
Chasing Englands 276 for
eight, India was 151 for four
in 28 overs when rain
ended play.
The scores: England u-19 276
for eight in 50 overs (L. Tre-
vaskis 50, L. Banks 30, F. Or-
gan 61, T. Lammonby 50,
Shiva Singh five for 38) lost to
India u-19 151 for four in 28
overs (Shubman Gill 66, Ab-
hishek Sharma 45 n.o.). Re-
vised target: 150 in 28 overs.
CM M CH-CHE
YK
22 LIFE CHENNAI

THE HINDU
Big Ben to go silent for four years Pak. hoists flag on 400 ft pole at Wagah
MUBASHIR ZAIDI was installed on a 400 foot Pakistani authorities said hoisting ceremony on the
The last bong before the clocks refurbishment will be at 1100 GMT on Aug. 21 ISLAMABAD
pole and hoisted by Pakistan the new flag was the eighth Wagah border. However,
On its 70th Independence Army chief Qamar Javed Ba- tallest in the world. given the height, there are
Agence France-Presse period that Big Ben, whose tell the time silently until Day on Monday, Pakistan jwa. The Army chief said fears of strong winds dam-
London bongs are familiar to many 2021 and the chimes will hoisted what it claimed was The decision to hoist a Pakistans flag was a symbol aging the flag.
Britains much-loved Big Ben people around the world be- continue to be rung on im- the tallest flag in south Asia flag on a 400 foot pole came of its dignity and congratu- India has had to replace
will fall silent for four years cause of their use in BBC ra- portant occasions such as on the Wagah-Attari border. after India hoisted a flag at lated the Pakistan Rangers its flag four times since it was
from next week as conserva- dio and television broad- New Years Eve. The 120 by 180 feet flag 360 feet last year. for arranging a grand flag- hoisted last year.
tion work is carried out on casts, has been silent in its The clocks cogs and
the 19th -century bell in a 157-year history. hands as well as the four di-
clock tower next to the als will be removed, cleaned
Houses of Parliament in Bell weighs 13.7 tonnes up and repaired as part of
London. The Great Bell, popularly the work.
Big Ben falling silent is a called Big Ben, weighs 13.7 The projects cost was es-
significant milestone in this tonnes and strikes every timated last year at 29
crucial conservation pro- hour to the note of E. Four million.
ject, Steve Jaggs, whose offi- smaller bells also chime Because the clock mech-
cial title is Keeper of the clock on a long term basis, as every 15 minutes. anism will be temporarily
Great Clock, said in a Parlia- well as protecting and pre- The last bong before the out of action, a modern elec-
ment statement on Monday. serving its home the Eliza- refurbishment will be at 1100 tric motor will drive the
This essential programme beth Tower. GMT on August 21, the state- clock hands until the clock is
of works will safeguard the It will be the longest ment said. The clock will still reinstated.
Japanese
economist
wins award
The Japan Society of Eco-

nomic Statistics ( JSES)
presented its 2017 Award to
Jun-ichi Okabe, professor,
Yokohama National Univer-
sity, for the book A New
Statistical Domain in India:
An Enquiry into Village
Panchayat Databases,
which he co-authored with
Aparajita Bakshi.
The book draws on field-
work in Warwat
Khanderao village, Buld-
hana district, Maharashtra,
and Raina village, Bard-
haman district, West
Bengal.
Actor-writer
Joe Bologna
dies at 82
Press Trust of India
Los Angeles
Actor-screenwriter Joe Bo-
logna, whose comic timing
won him many plaudits,
has passed away at the age
of 82. He was suffering
from pancreatic cancer.
Actor Renee Taylor, his
wife of 52 years, confirmed
that the Emmy Award-win-
ning writer breathed his
last at City of Hope in
Duarte, California.
Bologna and Taylor
wrote their first Broadway
show Lovers and Other
Strangers, which was direc-
ted by Charles Grodin. The
film adaptation of the play
was nominated for an
Academy Award for best
screenplay.
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Over 900 casual labourers Poor record-keeping hits

digitisation of civic records

Biomining to be used to reclaim Two school jured and succumbed to in-

Dhinakaran demands probe into Jayalalithaas death

BJP seeking to saffronise Tamil Nadu 20 MLAs,

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resident of M.M. Kuppam,

Three MLAs support

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Leopard rescued from well

Wayanad officials bring it out without using tranquillizer

near Lonavala, located tarakhand early on Monday. them in their rehabilitation.

Rain triggers flash floods in Bihar

Bengal villagers find shelter in Bangladesh

Finish work at Haji Ali

Urging the Maharashtra gov-

SC for videotaping 3 members

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An overhaul at seventy The childs right to dignity

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The Rwandan Presidents record is a Foreseeing breakthrough in agriculture

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NEET waiver: Sitharamans Article 35A comes SC tells Karti

OPS-Modi meeting fails medical colleges and post

to speed up merger showed that students in

No faith in Yogi govt.-ordered probe: Akhilesh

Ignoring the science behind encephalitis deaths

Cong. demands PMs There have been incidents

Varun Gandhi pledges 5 cr. for child care unit

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312 killed in Sierra Student groups to

Garden Bridges demise prompts relief

Retail, WPI inflation accelerate RCom jumps

GAIL net rises 21%

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Google voice search in Public marketplace

RERA rules CREDAIs London meet

No change in the script Camaraderie secret of success: Kohli

R. Ashwin will play for

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Thats My Class has an

Zverev masters Federer in Montreal

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Felix and Semenya finish on a rousing note Justin Thomas

India-A is on the verge of

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The Japan Society of Eco-

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