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Mamata asks police not Defence PSUs will have Was Zika outbreak kept Fernando Verdasco knocks
to allow smuggling of to compete with private under wraps because of out ninth seed Alexander
cattle to Bangladesh sector, says Jaitley Vibrant Gujarat summit? Zverev at Roland Garros
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Pr inted at . C henna i . C oim b ator e . B en g alu ru . Hy de r ab ad . Ma durai . Noi da . Vi sakhapatnam . Thiruvanantha pu ra m . Kochi . V i j ayawada . Mangaluru . Ti ruchi rapalli . Kolk ata . Hubballi . Mohali . Malapp uram . Mumbai . Ti ru pat i . luck n ow

NEARBY
Madras HC stays new Babri case: Advani, Joshi, Bharti
curbs on cattle trade charged with criminal conspiracy
Bench puts on hold operation of 2 key rules for four weeks CBI judge says there is evidence to frame charges; BJP leaders will now face trial
Trainee IAS oicer
drowns in institutes pool Mohamed Imranullah S. Omar Rashid was rejected by the CBI
NEW DELHI MADURAI LUCKNOW judge.
A 30-year-old trainee IAS The Madras High Court A Special CBI court here on Previous charges against
oicer, Ashish Dahiya, Bench in Madurai on Tues- Tuesday charged senior BJP Mr. Advani and others under
allegedly drowned in the day stayed the operation of leaders L.K Advani, Murli Sections 147, 149, 153A, 153B
pool of the Foreign Services Rules 22(b)(iii) and 22(e) of Manohar Joshi and Union and 505 of the IPC will run
Institute in Munirka here on the Prevention of Cruelty to Minister Uma Bharti with along the additional charge
Monday night. He a was Animals (Regulation of Live- criminal conspiracy in the of criminal conspiracy.
native of Sonipat in Haryana. stock Market) Rules 2017 no- December 9, 1992 Babri The previous clauses are:
DELHI METRO PAGE 1 tified by the Centre on May Masjid demolition case. rioting (147), every member
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23. The new rules ban the They will now face trial in of unlawful assembly guilty
sale of bulls, bullocks, cows, the conspiracy case almost of offence committed in pro-
buffaloes, steers, heifers, 25 years after the Mughal-era secution of common object
calves and camels for mosque was demolished by (149), promoting enmity
slaughter in animal mar- kar sevaks. between different groups
kets. There is sufficient evid- Legal tangle: BJP veteran L.K.Advani, with Uttar Pradesh (153A), imputations, asser-
Justices M.V. Muralidaran ence on record to frame Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, at the VIP guesthouse before tions prejudicial to national-
and C.V. Karthikeyan granted charges against them under going to the court in Lucknow on Monday. RAJEEV BHATT *
integration (153B) and state-
the interim stay for four conspiracy and other ments conducing to public
weeks on a public interest lit- charges, special CBI judge A discharge application 50,000 each. Bail was gran- mischief (505).
IIT-D scholar commits igation petition filed by S. S.K. Yadav said in the order. filed by Mr. Advani and oth- ted to all 12 accused who ap- Apart from the six men-
suicide in hostel room Selvagomathy (45), an activ- The court framed charges ers was rejected by the peared in court in person. tioned above, the court
NEW DELHI ist-cum-lawyer based here, stay, the judges said: This that I cannot buy or sell against the trio along with court. Vimal Srivastava, one of framed charges against half-
A Ph.D student allegedly challenging the constitu- court is not in full agreement cattle even at my home, he three others BJP Rajya the lawyers for the accused a-dozen other accused per-
committed suicide in her tional validity of the 2017 that a presumption is in fa- told the judges. He pointed Sabha MP Vinay Katiyar and Bail plea accepted leaders, said in the discharge sons in the Babri Masjid de-
hostel room at the Indian Rules on various grounds, in- vour of the Central Govern- out that animal market had VHP leaders Vishnu Hari The judge earlier in the pro- application submitted before molition, most of them con-
IIT-Delhi campus, the police cluding the legislative com- ment, when a particular rule been defined to be a market Dalmia and Sadhvi Rit- ceedings, however, accepted the court that there was no nected with the Sangh
said on Tuesday. petence of the Centre to is introduced not by Parlia- place or sale yard or any ambhara under Section their application for bail, material against them to con- Parivar.
DELHI METRO PAGE 1 frame them. ment but by the Executive, other premises or place to 120 B (criminal conspiracy) which the CBI opposed, stitute an offence under Sec-
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Dissident Jay Panda has imals is concerned, it is ex- that the subject of law under for sale or auction.
egg on his face clusively in the State list. In consideration is in the State The definition also in-
64% fail after Modi, Merkel nudge FTA,
BHUBANESWAR the above background, it list. cluded any lairage adjoining
BJD MP Baijayant Panda, who should be tested whether the a market or a slaughterhouse
Wide definition
has been facing criticism for
voicing his opinion on partys
impugned rule is within the
Constitutional or legal Senior counsel M. Ajmal
and used in connection with
it and any place adjoining a crackdown
internal matters, literally had
egg on his face when he went
to inaugurate an overhead
framework and have consid-
eration over and above the
State enactments in this sec-
Khan, representing the peti-
tioner, contended that the
definition of the term an-
market used as a parking
area by visitors and includes
animal fair and cattle pound
on cheating sign a dozen agreements
water storage tank in his ular country, the judges ob- imal market as found in the where animals were offered Amarnath Tewary
constituency on Tuesday. served in their order. 2017 Rules was so wide that for sale or auction. Patna Both leaders press for easing of bilateral trade, investment
NATION PAGE 6 Though Assistant Soli- cattle could not be sold for After last years mass-copy-
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citor-General G.R. Swam- slaughter at any place in the CONTINUED ON PAGE 10 ing, toppers scam and al- Suhasini Haidar
OPPORTUNITIES PAGE 4 inathan vehemently objec- country. A bare reading of CONGRESS WALKS TIGHTROPE legations of corruption, the BERLIN
DELHI METRO 6 PAGES ted to grant of an interim the definition would mean ON BEEF ISSUE PAGE 10 Bihar State Education India and Germany agreed
Board (BSEB) claims to on the need to resume free
have cleaned things up this trade talks between India
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har Intermediate Board ex- soon, and signed a dozen
Boiling point amination, declared on wide-ranging but low-profile
Tuesday, seem to bear this MoUs on the subjects of edu-
out with 64.75% students cation, health, skill develop-
failing, almost a mirror im- ment and sustainability after
age to last year, when just a meeting between Prime
37.81% failed. Minister Narendra Modi and
According to the BSEB, German Chancellor Angel
of 12,40,168 students who Merkel on Tuesday.
appeared for the examina- Prime Minister Modi and Strong ties: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Prime
tion, 7,94,622 students Federal Chancellor Merkel Minister Narendra Modi in Berlin on Tuesday. AP *

failed. Only 30.11% stu- underlined their determina-


dents passed in the Science tion to ease bilateral trade October for the EU-India ginally from 17.33 billion in
stream and 37.13% in Hu- and investment They also summit in Delhi, in an effort 2015. German FDI in India is
manities. Commerce res- reaffirmed their strong com- to take FTA talks forward. also low, at just under a bil-
ults were better, with mitment to the EU-India lion Euros in 2016.
73.76% passing. Well ana- Broad Based Trade and In- Investor protection We clearly see the pro-
lyse the results later, a vestment Agreement (as the FTA talks had stalled after 16 gress under your term. But
BSEB official said. FTA is called) and their com- rounds of negotiations in the cancellation of the India-
Khusbu Kumari, with mitment to bring about a re- 2013. Since then, bilateral in- German investment treaty
86.02%, was declared the sumption of the negotiations vestment treaties with Ger- makes it very difficult for in-
topper in Science; Ganesh at the earliest possible date. many and other European vestment especially by small
Kumar, with 82.06%, was This would, inter alia, allow countries have also lapsed. companies from Germany,
ranked the highest in Hu- to establish provisions for German CEOs, who met and we urge that you work
manities, and Priyanshu the mutual protection of with Mr. Modi at a business on the conclusion of the EU-
Jaiswal, 81.06%, led the new foreign investments, a lunch, said this had caused India FTA, Hubert Lein-
Commerce stream. They joint statement issued in much uncertainty in the hard, president and CEO of
would be rewarded with 1 Berlin said, addressing an is- business relationship, as hydropower company Voith
lakh in cash and a laptop sue that has been raised re- they were particularly wor- Gmbh, and president of the
by the government, BSEB peatedly by businessmen in ried about investor German business chamber
officials said. Ms. Kumari, the European Union. protection. APA, said, speaking in the
though, was not satisfied At 17.42 billion in bilat- presence of Mr. Modi and
with her marks and has ap- Talks in July eral trade (2016), India ranks Ms. Merkel.
plied for a re-evaluation. MEA officials said Indian and 24th among countries doing
Dry run:The Papanasam dam in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu now has a mere 15 feet of water against its capacity of 143 feet. EU negotiators would meet business with Germany, a CONTINUED ON PAGE 10
The dam which caters for the people of three districts is waiting for rain in its catchment areas. A. SHAIKMOHIDEEN * CONTINUED ON PAGE 10 in July this year and then in figure that grew very mar- MODI MEETS PRIYANKA PAGE 10

Monsoon
IIT-M research scholar
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Tabs to watch over truant teachers keeps date


beaten up for eating beef 4 States to use tablet PCs and smartphones to track attendance, penalise absentees
with Kerala
Jacob Koshy
He took part in protest organised against cattle trade rules Vikas Dhoot Ministry. While the initial smartphones, not tablets. not be paid during NEW DELHI
New Delhi plan was to roll out the We will start with four unauthorised absence. The southwest monsoon
R. Sivaraman sudden, seven or eight stu- Bunking school could tablet trackers across States and after studying the The tablet devices will set in over Kerala, Naga-
R. Sujatha dents surrounded him. Be- become tougher for Chhattisgarh in August, performance for three monitor parameters such as land, Manipur, Mizoram
CHENNAI fore his friend could react, government teachers in Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh months, consider rolling it dropout rates and aspects and Arunachal Pradesh on
A research scholar at the In- Sooraj was hit on the back of some States, with the Centre and Rajasthan have also out nationally, Mr. Swarup like availability of drinking Tuesday, according to an
dian Institute of Technology his head, said Azhar set to launch a new decided to join the effort told The Hindu. States water, toilets and official statement by the In-
(IIT-Madras) was on Tuesday Moideen, a student who ac- programme under which without seeking Central believe the investment will laboratories. Eventually, dia Meteorological Depart-
allegedly attacked by some companied Sooraj to the their attendance would be funds. Rajasthan will use pay for itself as teachers will they could deliver training ment (IMD). It is expected
students inside the campus hospital. tracked by a GPS-enabled content. to advance into parts of
for eating beef earlier during The students were then tablet device. Another official said the Karnataka, Tamil Nadu,
a festival. He was injured in R. Sooraj coming out after separated by those in the Ready for launch in four teacher attendance module and Goa next week.
the eye. treatment at a hospital. * mess. States in August, the plan would need biometric For the next 15 days, we
A group of students held a B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM In the melee, Manish too will also help create a details that can be stored see no factors that could
beef-eating festival on reportedly suffered an in- national real-time education locally instead of using impede the monsoons
Sunday at the Himalaya lawn from Malappuram in Kerala jury in his right forearm, database. The data points Aadhaar-based progress, K.J. Ramesh,
in which, according to the and who is a member of the and was treated at that it will cover include authentication as 3G Director-General, IMD, told
ILLUSTRATION: DEEPAK HARICHANDAN

organisers, around 70 stu- Ambedkar Periyar Study Sundaram Medical school-level infrastructure connectivity could be weak. The Hindu. There will,
dents had participated. The Circle, was reportedly dining Foundation. and quality of teaching and however, be stronger rains
festival was part of a protest at the mess with a friend. We took Sooraj to the learning. Geotags for checks across the western coast
against the Union govern- When Sooraj was having dispensary in the institute Teacher absenteeism is We will geotag the tablet than peninsular India. In
ments restrictions on cattle lunch with a friend, Manish but the doctor there said the 25% on an average in devices so that teachers May, the IMD had said the
trade. Kumar Singh, a third-year eye injury was serious and government schools and a cannot mark their monsoon would set in over
The incident, in which R. masters student from the referred him to Sankara key reason for poor learning attendance from external Kerala two days earlier
Sooraj, a Ph.D. student of Ocean Engineering depart- Nethralaya, said Azhar outcomes, said Anil Swarup, locations, and a biometric than its usual June 1 date.
aerospace engineering, was ment, approached him and Moideen. The Kotturpuram Secretary (School Education check linked to a State-level
injured happened around asked whether he had beef police recorded Soorajs and Literacy), Human teacher database can be CONTINUED ON PAGE 10
2.15 p.m. Sooraj, who hails at the festival; and all of a statement at the hospital. Resource Development done, the official said. MONSOONS HERE EDITORIAL

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DELHI Timings
Wednesday, May 31
3 die from
asphyxiation Panel seeks report Actor booked for
RISE 05:24 SET 19:14
RISE 11:01 SET 00:00
Thursday, June 01
Staff Reporter
BERHAMPUR
Three members of a tribal on children in jail culpable homicide
RISE 05:24 SET 19:15
RISE 12:01 SET 00:22
family died from asphyxi-
ation while cleaning an un-
In connection with a models death
Friday, June 02 used well at Badakalakota A comprehensive programme to be taken up for children elling at a speed of 95-115
RISE 05:24 SET 19:15 village in Gajapati district Special Correspondent
Kolkata kmph.
RISE 12:57 SET 01:02 on Tuesday. The deceased Soumya Das jal Biswas said he had taken they have been lodged. After
The Kolkata Police on Tues- In the early hours of April
have been identified as Kolkata charge of the department re- getting the data, we will meet
day made a prayer before a 29, the car with Mr Chatter-
Phainat Gamang (55) and The West Bengal Commis- cently, so he was not the children and their par-
city court to include charges jee at the wheels and Ms
his two sons, Preising sion for Protection of Child aware of the matter; but he ents to assess their situ-
under Section 304 of the IPC Chauhan seated on the front
Gamang (22) and Ataniya Rights has sought a report would look into it. ation, Commission chair-
of culpable homicide not seat met with an accident on
Gamang (18). from the Director-General person Ananya Chatterjee
amounting to murder Rashbehari Avenue.
Three others who tried and Inspector-General of NCRB report Chakrabortie told The Hindu
against actor Vikram Chat- While Mr Chatterjee sur-
to rescue them also fell un- Correctional Services on the As per the 2015 report of the on Tuesday. She said the
terjee in connection with vived, Ms Chauhan died in
conscious. The injured condition of the children of National Crime Records Bur- Commission had not re-
the accident that killed his the accident. Mr Chatterjee
have been admitted to the convicts who live in jail with eau (NCRB), 257 children had ceived any complaint so far
co-passenger, model and had surrendered before the
Gumma health centre. their parents. been lodged in the correc- of violation of child rights in
television personality city police, which had then
According to the police, Commission officials said tional facilities, including 66 the correctional facilities.
Sonika Chauhan. booked him for rash driving.
the incident took place on a comprehensive pro- of the convicts. The report The Commission is yet to re-
The prayer was accepted A city court granted bail
Tuesday morning when gramme for protecting the put the number of women ceive a response to its May 15
by the court. According to to him on May 5 following
Gamang and his two sons rights of these children convicts with children at request.
police sources, the charges which a major debate raged,
tried to clean an unused would be taken up on the 206. Ms. Chakrabortie said the
were brought as the forensic particularly on social media,
well on their premises. The basis of the report. We have sought informa- proposed programme would
examination of the actors over how the actor had been
bodies of the three were However, Minister for Cor- tion on the number of such focus on education, nutrition
car revealed that it was trav- let off the hook.
later taken out of the well. rectional Administration Uj- children and the jails where and medical facilities.

Odisha extends free


cancer treatment
It will be available at district hospitals
Staff Reporter treatment is expected to re-
BHUBANESWAR
duce the burden on the
The Odisha government has Acharya Harihara Regional
extended free treatment for Cancer Centre, Cuttack.
cancer patients to the whole Apart from Odisha, patients
State from Tuesday. Hence- from West Bengal,
forth, free cancer treatment Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh
will be available at all the and Andhra Pradesh de-
district headquarter pend on AHRCC.
hospitals. Announcing free cancer
Earlier the same facilities treatments in all the dis-
were available at 13 hospit- tricts, Chief Minister Naveen
als, including Capital Hos- Patnaik said: Patients from
pital, Bhubaneswar; Ispat rural areas and tribal dom-
General Hospital, Rourkela; inated pockets would bene-
and district hospitals in fit immensely from the pro-
Koraput, Nabarangpur, gramme. This will help
Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Puri, reduce the financial and
Kandhamal and Rayagada. psychological burden on
people.
Chemotherapy free Besides, radiotherapy
Under the programme, can- centres will be set up at
cer patients can avail them- Nabarangpur, Jharsuguda,
selves of chemotherapy and Angul and Bhubaneswar
consultations from cancer Capital Hospital at an estim-
experts free of cost at all ated cost of 40 to 50 crore
these hospitals. per centre over the next two
Renowned cancer spe- years. These centres would
cialist Dinesh Pendharkar is help detect cancer at the
supervising the programme. primary stage, said Mr.
The district-level cancer Patnaik.
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Sukhbir re-constitutes H.P. oicial caught taking bribe


Akali Dal core panel
Names an oicial in the Chief Ministers oice as an accomplice: CBI
Press Trust of India Singh Majithia and Sharanjit
Chandigarh Singh Dhillon, Surjit Singh Staff Correspondent consultant to a private phar- the recovery of 38,960 in
In the aftermath of the de- Rakhra and Baldev Singh Shimla <
> The Joint Director,
his accomplice macy based at Baddi, had al- cash, foreign currency, 170
bacle in the Punjab As- Mann. A Joint Director of the State leged that the Joint Director gm of gold, 350 gm silver
demanded a bribe
sembly elections, Shiromani Sitting MPs Sukhdev Industries Department was and his accomplice were de- and bank locker keys.
Akali Dal (SAD) president Singh Dhindsa, Ranjit Singh arrested by the CBI on Tues- of 10 lakh for manding a bribe of 10 lakh
Sukhbir Singh Badal on Brahmpura, Balwinder day while allegedly accept- clearing a ile. It for clearing a file. Search on
Tuesday reconstituted the Singh Bhunder and Prem ing a bribe of 5 lakh from was agreed that 5 It was agreed that 5 lakh A search of the office
partys core committee by Singh Chandumajra are the representative of an in- lakh would be paid would be paid in the first premises of the accused is
inducting four new mem- among the senior members dustrialist at Baddi in Hi- in the irst instalment. under way.
bers into it. of the committee. The core machal Pradesh. instalment. The CBI laid a trap in The Opposition BJP im-
committee has a total of 26 Tilak Raj and his associate Chandigarh and caught the mediately demanded the
Complainant
Four new members members, including Badal were arrested from a meet- accused red-handed while dismissal of the govern-
Former State Chief Minister and his son Sukhbir. ing place in Chandigarh. der Sections 120-B of the accepting the bribe. ment. State BJP chief Satpal
Parkash Singh Badal will The CBI claimed Mr Raj IPC and Section 7 of the Pre- Satti and former Chief Min-
continue to be the patron of First meet named an official of Chief vention of Corruption Act, Cash, forex recovered ister Prem Kumar Dhumal
the committee, an SAD The newly-constituted com- Minister Virbhadra Singhs 1988. Later, a search at the resid- said in a joint statement that
spokesman said here. mittee will meet for the first office as an accomplice. The complainant, a ence of the accused in Sec- corruption was rife under
The new members in- time on June 3 at Jalandhar A case was registered un- chartered accountant and tor 19-C, Chandigarh led to the Congress government.
cluded in the core commit- to discuss various issues,
tee are sitting MLAs Bikram the spokesman said.

Rajasthan to train youth for green jobs NHAI oicials seek stay
Govt to promote trades in solar power, green businesses and water management on arrest in NH-74 scam
Special Correspondent solar power, green busi- and assessment and certific- "training of trainers" pro- Press Trust of India Udham Singh Nagar along
Jaipur nesses and water manage- ation of trainees. Rajasthan grammes, besides accredit- Nainital with persons whose land
National Occupational ment. Besides training Skill and Livelihoods Devel- ing training institutes. NHAI officials named in an was acquired for construc-
Standards (NOS) are being youths in these sectors, 16 opment Corporation man- Trades related to water con- FIR in connection with the tion of the highway and
developed in Rajasthan for more trades will be added aging director Krishna Kunal servation and treatment will multi-crore NH-74 scam on fixed July 28 as the next
sectors such as renewable soon. told The Hindu that the de- get high priority under the Tuesday approached the date of hearing in the case.
energy, green construction The move will help in en- velopment of NOS assumes MoU, he added. Uttarakhand High Court Irregularities running
and water management, vironment protection, con- significance in view of Mr. Kunal said the upcom- seeking a stay on their into 240 crore in the ac-
with an emphasis on skill de- trol of greenhouse gas emis- paucity of water in Rajasthan ing skill universities in the arrest. quisition of land for NH-74
velopment of youths. sions, reduction of waste and issues related to proper State will also have a Green located in Udham Singh
The State government has and pollution, restoration of water outflow in the absence Sector Centre of Excellence, Next hearing on July 28 Nagar district were detec-
signed a memorandum of ecosystem and adaptation to of continuing river flow. while another such centre Though putting no immedi- ted in March with Chief
understanding (MoU) with the effects of climate change. The council will also ap- will be established for solar ate stay on their arrest, Minister Trivendra Singh
the Skill Council for Green The MoU will include cur- prove the curriculum for and advanced electrical Justice Lokpal Singh of the Rawat recommending a CBI
Jobs to promote trades in riculum alignment with NOS training and will execute solar energy. HC issued notice to ADM probe into the scam.
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Contingent workforce on the rise


As businesses move towards a gig economy, there is a need to redeine talent management
Ranga Reddy While recruiting contingent
workers, there is an ever-

W
ith technology be- present challenge of verify-
ing the most im- ing the professed skills by
portant enabler in the candidate as well as pro-
any business today, organ- tection of confidential intel-
isations have to take a num- lectual property at the end
ber of related realities into of their tenure with the com-
consideration. pany. Talent procurement
One, the difficulty of has to be robust in terms of
housing all the necessary technical evaluation, intel-
technological skills under lectual property protection
one roof. Two, the necessity and commercial negotiation
of viewing talent as an in- to ensure both parties are
vestment rather than a cost, satisfied with the
and at the same time, avoid arrangement.
investing in talent across all
areas at the same time. Unexpected expenses
Three, the emergence of a While gig economy is the
global workforce, where trend that is bringing in
proximity to a companys niche technical talent into IT
physical location is no companies, it is essential
longer a constraint in hiring that business owners ask
talent. Four, last, but prob- themselves if such dynamic
ably very significant, the ad- staffing is serving their busi-
vent of the millennial work- ness and corporate needs.
force that is While gig offers flexibility
technically-gifted, thrives on to experiment with new
a dynamic work culture, technology, their compatib-
which helps them upgrade ility to existing business/ser-
their skills constantly and vices, it cannot substitute a
stay relevant in an economy concrete business plan that
that cannot be termed as stems from well-thought and
completely stable. reviewed strategy. Pro-
These numerous develop- longed investment in hiring
ments have led to the emer- high-skilled gig workers in
gence of a phenomenon the name of experimenting
known as "Gig Economy", with new offerings could led
where companies invest in to unexpected expenses that
hiring freelance, part-time, might not lead to any ROI.
contingent and virtual em- This depends entirely on the
ployees with specialised companys risk appetite.
skills for a period of time.
Gig Economy is not a Labour guidelines
passing fad -- already, in the The need to follow labour
United States, one in three guidelines with regard to
workers are contingent. maintaining a steady flow of
It is here to stay as it of- part-time or contingent
fers companies with the lee- workers is essential. The
way to choose between volume of regulations in it-
areas that need focus and self can be a daunting task.
ones that do not; for ex- There is a large gap between
ample, a dilemma between the way gig is growing and
customer-led and techno- A software employee is seen working from home. PHOTO USED FOR REPRESENTATIONAL PURPOSE ONLY the adaption of regulations
logy-led product/service de- as the law associated with it
velopment approach; or to not help keep talent costs takeaways. model does seem like an skilled contingent workers? workforce is skilled to deal is a challenge that has no is incomplete and anti-
determine the businesss under control, contingent An additional advantage ideal solution for current The key to managing this with it and therefore, en- concrete answers. quated in many respects.
technology investments in workers primarily enable is the flexibility to determine workforce trends and needs; challenge is to educate the courage them to make the If dealing with millenni- Companies have to handle
the near future such as a companies to hire the best the fit of the associate to the however, there are various permanent workers on un- best of their temporary asso- als, rewards that are more the situation expertly
choice between block chain talent in any field and bridge organisation and vice versa, challenges that have to be derstanding the existing skill ciation with their gig col- utilitarian, instant, and offer through application of
and robot advisory. By using existing skill gaps in their rather than starting the rela- addressed as well: gaps in the organisation and leagues. recognition from qualified mind, due process, and
a gig workforce, a company workforce by employing tionship on a permanent that by bringing in these gig peers as well as open com- principles of natural justice.
can be flexible in its ap- consultants who could build note, which once again of- Balancing act consultants, the company is Ensuring loyalty munication channels that Companies want assurance
proach, especially while and stabilise a practice for fers companies and contin- The impact that a gig eco- ramping up skills for the or- The entry of a contingent are not mired in hierarchy that they are not against the
working on a new offering them. For the workers them- gent workers the opportun- nomy might have on an or- ganisation as well as indi- workforce might also bring and structure would ensure law in a situation where
or service, and let go of a fo- selves, the flexibility to ity to experiment with what ganisation's permanent vidual employees. It is es- forth other issues. continued loyalty from a gig there is no law. As long as
cus area which is not making choose assignments, de- works and what doesnt. workforce has to be con- sential to get across the Engaging with a work- talent one would like to em- practices are equitable,
sense to overall business, termine their career and At the same time, it is a sidered. How do you de- message that the company is force that is temporary and ploy again in the near or far most fears can be allayed.
after thoroughly knowing its move away from the win-win situation as pay- velop a work culture and en- staying abreast of market de- may or may not have in- future. (Ranga Reddy is co-
ins and outs. hitherto company-managed ment will be made for ser- vironment that is velopments and is keen on terests in the organisation founder and CEO of Maveric
While it might or might career, are the key vices rendered. The gig comfortable with highly ensuring that its permanent beyond the current project Verifying skills Systems. )

New recruiting landscape


emerges on the horizon
In a fast-evolving digital economy, workforces will become increasingly liquid
Murali Padmanabhan vices that allow anytime,
anywhere working model. As

T
he digital revolution is the future of work increasingly
impacting every aspect goes virtual, digital reputation
of business. Corporate may replace resumes and tra-
leaders are looking at digital ditional performance
technologies not as disrupters processes.
but as enablers to transform
the way their workforce func- Flexible structure
tions, the way projects are ex- To sustain a highly skilled
ecuted and also the organisa- workforce and fluid project
tional workflow. model, digital businesses must
The crux of the matter is have an equally flexible organ-
that a workforce has to be izational structure. Leaders
highly adaptable and change- have to shift to a parallel form
ready to stay relevant in the of leadership, where they co-
PHOTO USED FOR REPRESENTATIONAL PURPOSE ONLY
fast-changing digital world: It create and manage simultan-
is called a Liquid Workforce. eously. They need to be clear
With automation taking over ganisation that seeks to be low employees to re-skill rap- about expectations, transpar-
many processes and the work- ahead of the learning curve. idly. Organisations can also de- ency with feedback and ulti-
place undergoing a sea change Having a liquid workforce velop their own alternatives to mately trust their people to
due to this, employees have to gives it a distinct edge. fill the gaps in skills and meet make decisions. Trust will be
be re-trained to be on top of Today, we are seeing com- the high demand in areas such the new currency of the digital
the developments. With digital panies being continually as robotics, artificial intelli- age.
economy constituting 22 per pushed to change products, gence and data science.
cent of the world economy, services, and sometimes even Measuring effectiveness
companies have to embrace business models as new tech- Challenging problems Feedback mechanisms and ob-
technologies at the earliest. nologies break in. And with a To solve challenging problems, jective success metrics can be
The idea of proactively re- liquid workforce, companies organisations need teams with even more important in suc-
training employees to adapt to will be able to access critical top talent. Many a time, these cessfully managing fluid work
the changing demands of the skills quickly, innovate faster, skills do not exist within an or- and teams.
organisation, which are most and operate more efficiently. ganisation. To attain these Team connecting for a few
often dictated by market The digitally-powered work- skills and broaden their inter- minutes, frequent sharing of
forces, is not new, except that force wont just change what pretation of workforce, com- even partial project deliver-
the pace at which digital tech- businesses do but will change panies must blur traditional ables, and deftly-created mile-
nologies are spreading is how they do it. The imperat- boundaries and find the right stone tracking are all elements
astounding and companies ives for a "liquid workforce" combination of internal em- of successful liquid team man-
have to more than keep their are: ployees, freelancers and tech- agement. Creating a supple
eyes open and ears to the nologies. workforce might sound chal-
ground; they have to be highly Upgraded Skillsets Governments and compan- lenging, but once done, the re-
intuitive. Skill upgradation, Successful organisations make ies must collaborate to arrive wards are immense.
skill development, innovation, continuous learning part of or- at a new social contract for the (Murali Padmanabhan is
project planning and restruc- ganic growth. This includes liquid workforce. Organisa- Senior Vice President and In-
turing an organisational set-up online open courses and one- tions must also use combina- dia Head - Talent Management
have become critical to an or- to-one virtual training that al- tion tools and cloud-based ser- at VirtusaPolaris Corporation .)

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IN BRIEF
Police seek details of Dry orchards add to A.P. farmers woes
Drought has rendered many acres useless, triggering large-scale migration from villages
arrested Pak. nationals V.K. Rakesh Reddy
ANANTAPUR
Hundreds of acres of orch-
the Balapuram village,
mostly of big farmers, have
migrated, mainly to
KCR initiates steps ards in Andhra Pradesh have Bengaluru. Several other vil-
to curb corruption Bengaluru oicials approach Pakistan High Commission gone completely dry while lages in the Putluru, Yella-
HYDERABAD many more are set to go the nuru and Pedda Pappur
Telangana Chief Minister K. Special Correspondent helped the trio cross the same way unless the govern- mandals have also witnessed
Chandrasekhar Rao has Bengaluru <
> We are checking
whether they are
Indo-Nepal border. We are ment takes immediate cor- large-scale migration owing
directed officials to take The Bengaluru Police, verifying his claims, a rective measures. to dry conditions.
steps to check corruption in through the Union Ministry part of a sleeper senior police officer said. Orchards in the Penna While the government has
the Stamps and Registration of Home Affairs, have ap- cell network and Chitravati river belts of been waxing eloquent on
department. It comes in the proached the Pakistan High Senior official Doctor suspended the Putluru, Yellanuru and saving groundnut crops in
Bengaluru Police
wake of alleged irregularities Commission in Delhi seeking Health Commissioner Sub- Peddapappuru mandals, lakhs of acres and continu-
detected in land transactions details of the three Pakistani odh Yadav suspended and those in the Tadipatri ing the good work with re-
involving 693 acres of land at nationals who had obtained their stay in Bengaluru. Naglakshmamma D.C., the mandal, wear a deserted spect to other crops as well,
Miyapur a couple of days ago. Aadhaar cards using fake Though the investigations Deputy Chief Health Officer look. Bleak future: A farmer in his dried-up ield in Balapuram reality is tellingly different.
documents. have so far not linked them of Jayanagar General Hos- In the Putluru mandal village, Anantapur district, on Tuesday. R.V.S. PRASAD *

Kerala Minister hints at On May 25, the police ar- to any anti-national activity, pital, and initiated disciplin- alone, which is among the Ineffective mechanism
liberalised liquor policy rested Samira Abdul Rah- we are cross-checking ary action a day after she worst affected, over 150 while sapota (chickoo) orch- about drinking water than Although we have the re-
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM man (25), a Pakistani na- whether they are part of a was arrested by the police. acres of sweet lime orchards, ards in several hundreds of water for the crops. Only a quired material for protect-
Kerala Excise Minister T.P. tional who had married sleeper cell network, an of- Dr. Naglakshmamma had besides 350 acres of acres in the Tadipatri man- bountiful rainy season can ive wetting in the district, we
Ramakrishnan has said the Mohammed Shihab from ficer said. attested the documents sub- pomegranate and 500 acres dal are on the verge of dry- possibly revive the trees. No haven't been able to reach
Left Democratic Front will Kerala, along with her mitted by the three Pakistani of mango orchards, have ing up, thanks to dismal amount of protective irriga- the farmers certainly not
review the liquor policy to cousin Kirhon Ghulam Ali Verifying claims nationals and Mohammed dried up while more than ground water levels, truant tion wetting can save them all of them because of inef-
make it more in tune with the (26) and Khasif Shamshud- During the course of their in- Shihab from Kerala to get double the number are on rainfall and ineffective at this juncture, says fective mechanism. Even
ground reality in Kerala. Mr. din (30), all from Karachi in vestigation, the Central Aadhaar cards. the verge of collapse. administration. Srinivas Reddy of the Bal- though we have ground level
Ramakrishnan said the Pakistan. Crime Branch learnt that the Mr. Yadav has also sus- The story of the Yellanuru apuram village of the staff who continuously mon-
government was seized of the trio were in touch with a few pended T.H. Ravikumar, a Perennial loss mandal is one of seemingly Putluru mandal, whose itor the crops, the adminis-
reports which showed that Calls being analysed people in Pakistan. Group D worker of the hos- Pomegranate in over 300 perennial crop losses, with sweet lime orchard has dried trative process is not yet in
the curbs on liquor sale had Meanwhile, Central investig- The police said that Mo- pital, on the charge of pro- acres and mango orchards in more than 300 acres of up. There isnt a single leaf place, said a senior officer
dealt a blow to the tourism ating agencies are analysing hammed Shihab has ex- fessional misconduct in con- 200 acres have dried up in sweet lime orchards going on any of the trees. of the Horticulture Depart-
sector. calls made by the trio during plained in detail how he nection with the same case. the Peddapappuru mandal dry. We are bothered more More than 70 families of ment at Anantapur.

Now, ire plays havoc in Varthur lake Mysuru zoo to get 4 zebras from Israel I-T oicials
hot on black
Unidentiied persons set ablaze garbage pile near inlet canal Ramat Gan Safari Park will gift animals for the second time in three years
money trail
Staff Reporter Shankar Bennur with the request.
Bengaluru Mysuru Once the DG (Foreign Biju Govind
After froth, a fire was repor- The Ramat Gan Safari Park Trade) gives the clearance Kozhikode
ted at the Varthur lake after of Tel Aviv plans to gift and the formalities are com- Businessmen, politicians,
residents spotted a huge zebras to the Mysuru zoo for pleted, a team from the zoo and top names in the film
garbage dump near the inlet the second time in a span of will leave for Tel Aviv to industry have come under
canal set ablaze on Tuesday three years. bring the animals. CZA had the scanner of the Income
morning. The Israeli zoo is gifting already written to the DG Tax Department as officials
The garbage pile was four zebras (one male and (Foreign Trade) on this, she armed with provisions in
dumped in the feeder canal three females). The Central said. Tourists might get to the recently passed Fin-
that connects the Bellandur Zoo Authority of India (CZA), see the zebras in July since ance Bill 2017 prepare to
lake to Varthur, close to New Delhi, has given its ap- the animals would be put in take action against black
Thubarahalli. It is suspected proval to procure the zebras quarantine for almost 15 money in Kerala.
that unidentified persons set which will be a new attrac- days after their arrival, she At least 25 cases of large
fire to the mound, which led tion for visitors. said. and unaccounted for trans-
to thick smoke engulfing the Never-ending issue: Varthur has become an illegal waste In striped coats: A ile photo of the four zebras brought from Two zebras died in 2015 actions have been detected
area. processing site, say Bengaluru residents. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
* MoEF approval Israels Ramat Gan Safari Park to Mysuru zoo in 2014. and the zoo management in bank accounts during
The Mysuru zoo is planning took the help of equine spe- the demonetisation period
Layer of trash Owing to the rains, a heavy garbage that had been to seek the approval of the ted four zebras (two males Kamala K. told The Hindu cialists and biologists to keep between November 9 and
This has become some sort gush of water flows under washed away into Varthur Ministry of Environment and and two females) to the that the zoo had plans to the other three zebras in December 30. The depart-
of illegal waste processing the garbage, said Jagadish lake during the monsoon Forests (MoEF) to complete Mysuru zoo following its re- strengthen the captive good health. The two zebras ment has set up an exclus-
site. Trucks dump garbage Reddy from Varthur Rising, last year, covering the the formalities for bringing quest for introducing new breeding of zebras and that died were among the ive benami prohibition unit
here, ragpickers sort it and who spotted the fire. already putrid lake with a the zebras here. bloodline. therefore approached the Is- four gifted by the Ramat Gan in Kochi to look into this, a
leave leftovers in the canal. It was these mounds of layer of trash. In 2014, the Israeli zoo gif- Zoo Executive Director raeli zoo for the second time Safari Park. top I-T official said.
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IN BRIEF
Dissident Jay Panda AAP demands sacking of Punjab Minister
Rana Gurjit Singh accused of impropriety in multi-crore sand mining auctions
has egg on his face SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
CHANDIGARH/NEW DELHI

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) le-


Fathers name may be BJD MP slammed for opinions on partys internal issues gislators held a protest out-
optional on degrees side the Punjab Assembly
NEW DELHI Special Correspondent dalised by unidentified per- here on Tuesday, demanding
The UGC will soon work on a BHUBANESWAR sons on Monday. But Mr. sacking of Irrigation and
proposal to make fathers Biju Janata Dal MP Baijayant Panda had twitted that he Power Minister Rana Gurjit
name on degrees optional Panda, who has been facing wont bow down and will be Singh over allegations of im-
after the Union HRD Ministry criticism for openly voicing there on Tuesday. propriety in the multi-crore
agreed in-principle to a his opinion on the partys in- sand mining auctions re-
suggestion by Women and ternal matters, literally had Panda tweets cently held by the State
Child Development Minister egg on his face when he Forget stones and eggs, government.
Maneka Gandhi. Whether went to inaugurate an over- they can't cow me down The protesters were led
the student wants to mention head water storage tank in even if they use bullets, by the Leader of the Opposi-
the mothers or the fathers his constituency on Tuesday. Eggs, stones and shoes were tweeted Mr. Panda minutes tion, H.S. Phoolka, AAP pres-
name should be his or her thrown at Baijayant Panda in after the incident took place. ident Bhagwant Mann and
choice, Minister Prakash Shielded by supporters Mahanga on Tuesday. Talking to presspersons senior leader Sukhpal
Javadekar said. PTI The incident took place at Ja- * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT after the incident, Mr. Panda Khaira. They were detained
tiparilo village in the Ma- said everything was smooth by the Chandigarh police as
hanga Assembly constitu- the tank built with funds re- in the BJD for 17 years, but they attempted to march to-
NGT orders demolition of ency when Mr. Panda was leased by him under the intra-party conflict and wards Punjab Chief Minister Clear evidence: AAP legislators courting arrest during a protest march in Chandigarh on
illegal hotels in Kasauli walking towards the inaugur- Member of Parliament Local goondaism had surfaced in Capt. Amarinder Singhs res- Tuesday. AKHILESH KUMAR
*

NEW DELHI ation site after his helicopter Area Development Scheme the party during the past idence and later released.
The National Green Tribunal landed about 200 metres was to be inaugurated. three years with bureaucrats There is an emergency- fight for Mr. Gurjit Singhs and Mr. Gurjit Singh, he the State.Our party mem-
(NGT) on Tuesday cracked the away. Mahanga comes under sitting in air-conditioned like situation in Punjab. Even resignation, he said. said, adding that he would bers in Chandigarh were
whip on seven hotels in the the Kendrapara parliament- Lack of invite rooms in Bhubaneswar man- the Leader of the Opposition On Monday, Capt. Singh appeal to the Chief Minister picked up by the police
picturesque Kasauli town of ary constituency that Mr. A section of the local BJD aging party affairs. and elected representatives had ordered the setting up of to transfer the probe to a sit- today [Tuesday] for protest-
Himachal Pradesh, directing Panda represents in the Lok workers were agitating, al- Chief Minister and BJD were not allowed to meet the a one-man judicial commis- ting judge of the Punjab and ing against corruption. This
the demolition of illegally Sabha. As eggs, stones and leging that local legislator president Naveen Patnaik CM. We were arrested for sion to probe the allegations Haryana High Court. is because the close aides of
constructed portions of their shoes were hurled at Mr. and State Health Minister had removed Mr. Panda as raising the voice of the against the Minister. The in- Meanwhile, the AAPs Capt. Singh are involved in
buildings and imposing fines Panda by supporters of the Pratap Jena was not invited party spokesperson a few people of the State, Mr. quiry is being conducted by Delhi unit on Tuesday al- corruption, he said.
ranging from 5 lakh to 10 local legislator, one hit him to the inauguration cere- weeks ago following a series Phoolka told journalists. (Retd.) Justice Narang, and leged that the Congress was He further said that the
lakh each. A Bench headed by on the face. He was quickly mony. In fact, the plaque of tweets and newspapers he is expected submit a re- looting the funds of the Pun- loot by Mr. Gurjit Singh
NGT chairperson Justice shielded by his supporters bearing Mr. Pandas name articles by him criticising the CM not acting port in the matter within a jab government. could not have happened
Swatanter Kumar also and guided to the site where near the water tank was van- partys functioning. He further said that the Chief month. Mr. Khaira, however, Talking to journalists, without the knowledge of
imposed hefty environmental Minister was not taking ac- said the inquiry would be of senior AAP leader Ashutosh the senior leaders of the
compensation on the hotels tion against Mr. Gurjit Singh no use. said the Congress was follow- Congress. He also said that
for causing irretrievable
damage to the ecology,
polluting the environment
First accident on longest bridge despite there being clear
evidence of the latters
guilt. We will continue to
There is a counsel-client
arrangement between the
families of Justice J.S. Narang
ing in the footsteps of the
erstwhile SAD government
in unleashing corruption in
Capt. Singh should immedi-
ately sack the Irrigation and
Power Minister.
and raising unauthorised
constructions. PTI Bhupen Hazarika bridge was inaugurated by PM on May 26
500 cases filed by UP
Staff Reporter
Kolkata
NHRC issues show-cause notice to oicer
anti-Romeo squads Three days after Prime Min-
LUCKNOW
The UP anti-Romeo squads
ister Narendra Modi inaugur-
ated the countrys longest
For hitting a municipal employee in 2014; seeks response within six weeks
lodged 538 cases and bridge named after le- Staff Reporter ployee on May 26, 2014, and misconduct as a public up the incident by the muni-
initiated action against 1,264 gendary singer Bhupen Haz- NEW DELHI when he refused to carry out servant. cipal authorities, the NHRC
people in the past two arika in Tinsukia district of The National Human Rights some personal menial The NHRC gave both six said in a statement.
months. According to an Assam, the first accident has Commission (NHRC) on chores, according to the weeks to respond. The NHRC
official release, 3,38,344 been reported on the bridge. Tuesday said it had issued a NHRC. observed that the Meerut Su- Photos of victim
people, mostly youths, were show-cause notice to the perintendent of Police had The Commission observed
let off with warnings by the No lights on bridge Tragic tale: Two men were injured when their motorcycle hit a then Meerut Municipal Com- Appropriate action responded to earlier notices that photos of the victim
squads of policemen. Two men travelling from sentry post on Monday night. FILE PHOTO: AFP
* missioner for hitting an em- Apart from issuing a notice by denying the allegations. published in the media
From March 22 to May 28, the Dhola to Sadiya were injured ployee in 2014, asking him to the IAS officer, the Com- However, the NHRC showed injuries. While the
squads questioned over seven in an accident around 9.30 lost control and hit a sentry Chiring sustained minor in- why departmental action mission also directed the Ut- through its own inquiry victim did not file a com-
lakh people at over two lakh p.m. on Monday. Interest- post on the side, Sadiya SP juries. Mr. Changmai said shouldnt be initiated against tar Pradesh Chief Secretary team found that the casual plaint, which is why the po-
spots, including malls, ingly, there are no lights on P.S. Changmai said. prima facie it appears that him. to take appropriate action worker was beaten up and lice took no action, an NGO
markets and outside the bridge. They were on a Arup Guraguhain lost his the two men were probably Abdul Samad had al- against him as it had found abused, and that there was a approached the NHRC on
educational institutions. PTI motorcycle when they they left hand, while Dhirenjyoti drunk. legedly hit a municipal em- him guilty of negligence deliberate attempt to cover May 27, 2014.
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IN BRIEF
Maoists torch bus, 7 arrested Zakir Naik seeks 4 Khalistani
youths
Passengers told to alight before it was set aire in Chhattisgarh
Malaysian citizenship nabbed
Special Correspondent
NAGPUR
The preacher is facing terror charges Special Correspondent
Chandigarh
Maoists set ablaze a passen- Press Trust of India The Punjab Police on Tues-
ger bus in the Narayanpur New Delhi day said it has arrested
district of south Chhattis- Controversial Islamic four youths, including a
garh on the intervening preacher Zakir Naik, wanted woman, who were plan-
Trouble ahead for night of Monday and Tues- by the National Investigation ning to carry out targeted
Fadnavis dream project day. Agency (NIA) on terror killings under the banner
MUMBAI There were no human cas- charges, has applied for of Khalistan Zindabad to
Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi ualties as they had asked Malaysian citizenship, ac- fan communal violence in
road, Chief Minister Devendra passengers to vacate the bus cording to agency sources. the State.
Fadnavis dream project, is before setting it on fire. Naik has been changing Jagdish Tytler and Saj-
likely to face more hurdles as The incident took place his base frequently after the jan Kumar [both Congress
NCP chief Sharad Pawar on on the Dhanora-Orchha road NIA moved Interpol for issu- leaders] were on the radar
Tuesday announced a of Narayanpur. ance of a Red Corner Notice of these highly radicalised
meeting with project- Maoists burnt a private (RCN), international arrest Zakir Naik youths, as well as those
affected farmers from all 10 passenger bus around four warrant, against him, they who they considered re-
districts in Aurangabad on kilometers south of the said. pending against him, the sponsible for incidents of
June 12. Dhanora police station. They The preacher, believed to sources said. sacrilege of holy books,
have been opposing the con- be having Permanent Resid- Naik is being probed for said a police spokesperson
struction of the road from ence status in Malaysia, has terror and money launder- in a statement released
Panic in Jaipur after Narayanpur to Orchha in from the office of the Chief
leopard enters building now sought its citizenship ing charges. He fled from In-
Abujhmad. Despite their op- but no decision has been dia immediately after an in- Minister.
JAIPUR
position, work on 45 km of taken so far on his applica- vestigation against him was The arrests have come
Panic gripped a residential
road out of a total 66 km dis- Daring attack: The private passenger bus which was set ablaze by the Maoists in Narayanpur tion, the sources said. initiated. close on the heels of the
colony in Sikar after a leopard
tance has been completed district. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT.
*
India is planning to use His present place of stay capture of five other mem-
entered an under-
under the security cover of its diplomatic channels to is unknown and it is be- bers of the group, nabbed
construction shopping
the Indo Tibetan Border Po- tendent of Police Mr. San- There was firing All seven arrested Maoists frustrate all attempts by the lieved that he has been shut- on May 26 from Bathinda
complex. However, the big
lice (ITBP) and the district tosh Singh. between the Maoists and the have accepted their involve- preacher to get citizenship tling between the UAE, district.
cat did not harm anyone. It
police force. The road con- This is the second incid- police in this area two days ment in several incidents of in any country Saudi Arabia, African and Police said the youths
was tranquilised and released
struction is still on, said ent of Maoist violence in the ago and seven Maoists were arson in this area, the SP The Malaysian authorities Southeast Asian countries, had come together to form
in a forest. PTI
Narayanpur district Superin- area in the last two days. arrested after the encounter. added. were aware of terror cases the sources said. Khalistan Zindabad after
being radicalised over the

Ex-Minister & ilm director


social media platforms by
certain individuals based

Last seen with need not be killer: SC in Pakistan, various Middle


Eastern countries and the

In the absence of other evidence this cannot be the basis of conviction


Dasari Narayana Rao dead United Kingdom.
The statement said the
youths working in close
collaboration with their
Krishnadas Rajagopal circumstance of last seen year-old case regarding the which Kakati had promised Reigning supreme, he worked with almost all top actors handlers and associates
NEW DELHI together and absence of finding of the severed body to marry her. based within the country
A person cannot be held satisfactory explanation of Rekha Dutta on the rail- The judgment notes Suresh Krishnamoorthy His 100th film was and abroad were in the
guilty of murder merely for cannot be made the basis way tracks near her home how her body parts were HYDERABAD Lankeswarudu with actor process of mobilisation of
the reason that he was the of conviction, a Supreme in the sparsely populated found lying scattered 40 Film director and former Chiranjeevi, while his 150th funds, procurement of
person last spotted with Court Bench of Justices L. tea gardens of Assam. metres across the rail track Union Minister of State for was Param Veer Chakra with weapons, and arranging
the victim of the crime, the Nageswara Rao and Navin Ms. Dutta was last seen two days later. Kakati and Coal Dasari Narayana Rao is Nandamuri Balakrishna. He training for group mem-
Supreme Court has held. Sinha held in a recent together with Jitendra Nath some other persons were no more. also did Balipeetham and bers when the Mohali po-
In a case where the judgment. Kakati, an assistant man- arrested and booked for He helmed 151 films, pro- Swayamvaram with Sobhan lice nabbed them in an op-
other links have been satis- The court observed that ager at the Gotanga tea es- murder and rape. duced over 50 films and has Babu. eration from May 29 to 30.
factorily made out and the suspicion cannot take the tate, inside a staff bunga- The trial had acquitted worked with almost every In times when quite a few The four, Harbarinder
circumstances point to the place of legal proof, for low on the night of them for lack of evidence. top actor. people were struggling in Singh, Jarnail Singh,
guilt of the accused, the sometimes, unconsciously December 27, 1992. However the High Court The 75-year-old Rao intro- the highly-competitive world Randeep Singh and Amrit-
circumstance of last seen it may happen to be a short She had disappeared set aside the trial court duced actors like Sujatha of films, Dasari reigned su- pal Kaur, have been
together and absence of step between moral cer- after that sighting. Her judgment and sentenced and Mohan Babu and direc- Dasari Narayana Rao. * preme, but not without go- booked under different
explanation would provide tainty and legal proof. family, residing in the them to life imprisonment. ted N.T. Rama Rao, ing through the grind him- sections of the Unlawful
an additional link which Though laying down the neighbourhood, had Meanwhile, Kakati died Nageswara Rao, Chiranjeevi a daughter and two sons. He self. Activities Prevention Act,
completes the chain. In the law, the Supreme Court caught the couple inside in the course of litigation among others. is also remembered for the Talk that he was working Arms Act, and IPC. They
absence of proof of other however pushed into the another bungalow on a and the case against him Born on May 4, 1942, he scandal that rocked the na- on a script for a big film with have been remanded in 7-
circumstances, the only realm of uncertainty a 25- previous occasion, after abated. was 75 years old and ailing tion over allocation of coal big names was rife till his day police custody.
for a while. He leaves behind blocks. end came on Tuesday.

Doctor held
for death of
Goa plans ine on Case against
doctors in
Gen Rawat gifts ambulances,
snifer dogs to Myanmar Army
four babies plastic bags soon assault case Press Trust of India
New Delhi
in-Chief of the Myanmar
Army.
Press Trust of India Correspondent Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat Gen Rawat, on a four-day
Mumbai 500 penalty on bags below 50 microns CUTTACK on Monday handed over visit to Myanmar, had on
A doctor working at a hos- The city police have re- keys of 10 ambulances and Monday met the countrys
pital in Maharashtras Am- Prakash Kamat gistered a case in connec- gifted 15 sniffer dogs to the iconic leader Aung San Suu
PANAJI Myanmar Army. Kyi and held talks with the
ravati was on Tuesday ar- tion with Mondays assault
rested on the charge of To tackle the menace of on three attendants of a pa- He also visited the De- top military leadership to
negligence, following the garbage and litter in public tient, including a woman, fence Services Academy at boost defence and security
deaths of four infants. places, the Goa government by at least eight junior doc- Pwin Oo Lwin where he in- cooperation between the
Bhushan Katta and a will impose a fine of 500 tors of the SCB Medical teracted with the officers two countries.
nurse who were on duty at from July to implement a College and Hospital. and the faculty. Myanmar is one of Indias
the Neonatal Intensive ban on buying and selling of We have registered two The Army chief handed strategic neighbours and
Care Unit of Punjabrao plastic bags below 50 mi- cases at the local over the keys and gifted the shares a 1,640-km-long bor-
Deshmukh Medical College crons. Mangalabag police station, dogs to Senior General Soe der with a number of north-
Hospital were booked on Talking to The Hindu Manohar Parrikar one by the attendants of Win, Deputy Commander- eastern States.
the charge of negligent act. after a public function, the patient and the other
The medical college and Chief Minister Manohar Par- ban plastic bags below 50 by the doctors, DCP San-
the hospital are run by Shri rikar said on Tuesday that microns in the tourist State. jeeb Arora said on Tues-
Shivaji Education Society. the fine will be sub- Simultaneously, the govern- day. Investigations, he said,
Four premature babies, sequently raised to 5,000 ment will start workstations had started.
born last week and kept in depending upon the suc- for garbage collection on
incubators in the hospital, cess or otherwise of the highways. 8 named in FIR
died in the early hours on bans implementation with The Goa government in While the attendants have
Monday. The bodies were the lower fine. the past had banned plastic named all the eight ac-
handed over to parents He further said that the bags below 40 microns, cused doctors in the FIR,
after autopsies. government has decided to which is still in operation. the doctors have not men-
tioned anyone in particu-
lar.

Odisha is ganjas ground zero They have merely stated


that they were assaulted by
at least three attendants of
patient Kuber Ray of Puri
Rural communities see the weed as a route to survival district.

Satyasundar Barik
Abused and beaten up
BHUBANESWAR A group of doctors in the
Hemp grows illegally in vast hospitals orthopaedic de-
stretches of Odishas inac- partment allegedly con-
cessible forested regions, fined at least three attend-
making it one of the top ants of Kuber, including his
marijuana-producing States wife Kumudini, in a room
in the country. and abused and beat them
The plant is luxuriant in up.
highly-suited climatic condi- The patient later left the
tions, and its growth is aided hospital apparently fearing
by low police movement in danger to his life.
Maoist-affected hilly regions
as well as pervasive rural
poverty.
Out of over 8,500 acres of Choking it of: Excise oicials burn a plantation in Kandhamal
cannabis crop destroyed district. BISWARANJAN ROUT
*

across the country during


2016-17, Odisha accounted banned crop annually. Bhawanipatna on April 29
for 47% with 4,028 acres. Kandhamal, dubbed the while 28 persons carrying 56
nucleus of the ganja crop na- gunny bags stuffed with the
More of it hidden tionally, recorded destruc- weed were arrested in a
Despite the acreage of can- tion on 2,400 acres this forest under Mathili police
nabis destroyed by enfor- year. limits in Malkangiri district
cers going up three-fold in One estimate says the on May 18. A dozen quintals
the State in the past five value of ganja crop set on was seized from a car in
years, officials say the detec- fire could be over Rs. 600 Khurda on May 2 and four
ted cultivation is just the tip crore this year. Despite the girls with 19 kg were arres-
of the iceberg. measure, smugglers trans- ted in Balangir district in
The crop season com- port tonnes of it. March.
mences around September The State Police, Excise NCB sources said huge
and it is harvested around Department and Narcotics quantities of marijuana from
February or March. In 2012- Control Bureau (NCB) have Odisha were seized in neigh-
13, hemp grown on 1,305 made at least 15 major bouring Jharkhand, Chhat-
acres was burnt. In later seizures during April and tisgarh, Telangana and
years, enforcement agencies May. A truckload worth Rs. 1 Andhra Pradesh during past
destroyed 3,200 acres of the crore was intercepted at two months.
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Thought for food


We need to hasten eforts to prevent food waste, at the consumer household level and in the supply chain
isation, enough to feed the 800 tion, India remains home to a cultural commodities have
million who sleep hungry every quarter of the worlds undernour- increased from 4% of GDP in 2008-
Monsoons here night. Of this, over 200 million are
in India, a country that grows sui-
ished people, a third of the worlds
underweight children and a
09 to 5.5% of GDP in 2013-14, ac-
cording to the Economic Survey.
With fears of the impact of El Nino receding, cient food to feed its burgeoning quarter of the worlds hungry. This Edible oil imports alone in the last
population of 1.3 billion. demographic cannot possibly res- year cost us 65,000 crore ($10 bil-
India must make the most of a good rainfall The SDGs have clearly put the ult in a productive and eicient lion). This need not be the case in
Vinita Bali

T
he arrival of the monsoon along Indias shores on spotlight on food loss and waste, workforce, or be converted into future.

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May 30, with a meteorological forecast for rainfall and we are beginning to see more any meaningful economic di-
ne of the unfortunate para- attentive discussion on the subject. vidend. The World Happiness Re- Digniied quality of life
that would almost match the normal average of
89 cm, is cause for cheer. It appears that the oicial fore-
caster, the India Meteorological Department (IMD), is
O doxes of our lives today is
that despite adequate food
production and unimaginable ad-
At the recently held Food Congress
in Dusseldorf in early May 2017, the
focus was on identifying possible
port 2017, which looks at quality of
peoples life beyond GDP and per
capita income and includes eco-
To provide even a baseline and dig-
niied quality of life to its people,
India has to address enhancing ag-
less apprehensive now about the negative impact of a vances in technology, one in three solutions for both through better nomic variables, social factors and ricultural productivity, crop diver-
late-onset El Nino phenomenon in the Paciic Ocean, persons worldwide is not getting farming practices, use of techno- health indicators, has ranked India siication and eliminating food loss
since it expects a favourable swing in Indian Ocean sea enough of the right food to eat and logy, better information, change in at 122 of 155 countries. Indias de- and waste with a irm resolve,
surface temperatures to act as a counter. This years approximately 800 million of consumer behaviour, etc. Estim- cline in 2014-16, compared with backed with the right and timely
seven billion sleep hungry every ates of food waste and food loss India translates to approximately 2005-07, is on account of poor and action. The last must be done on
summer monsoon rainfall will be studied closely for
night. Not surprisingly, this makes range between 30 and 50% for $7.5 billion, and for a country slow progress on social factors and priority as it deals with food
more than one reason. The IMD is using an improved poor diet the No. 1 risk factor by far, both developed and emerging where agriculture contributes 15% health indicators. already available. So the key ques-
dynamic forecasting model that relies on high-grade for the global burden of disease. countries. to GDP and employs 53% of the Agriculture has to be one of the tion is, how do we minimise food
computing after several years of of-the-mark predic- Poor diets globally are more re- In developed countries food workforce, this is clearly drivers of Indias growth, and even loss given that the government
tions, and its accuracy will be tested. In the area of agri- sponsible for ill health as com- waste happens more at the con- unafordable. though we are the worlds third wants this, businesses want this,
cultural productivity, a second consecutive year of nor- pared with the combined efect of sumer household level, where These are serious statistics, and largest producer of food, our agri- and people want this?
mal rainfall will improve the prospects of higher output drugs, tobacco and alcohol. Wo- more is purchased than con- unless there is an efort to address culture growth has fallen well be- There is clearly a structural and
men and children continue to be sumed; and in emerging econom- food loss factors systemically, the low the targeted 4% over the last 15 behavioural component to this,
from the 60% of farmland that is without irrigation facil-
the most vulnerable, with 156 mil- ies, it is the supply chain that leads state of health and nutrition of our years. According to the Interna- and the door is open for invest-
ity. Combined with the beneit of low oil prices, and lion stunted children in the world to food loss during harvest, stor- people will continue to be inad- tional Food Policy Research Insti- ment in food system infrastruc-
thus low inlation, this could spur rural prosperity. Giv- and 40% women anaemic. Add to age or in transit, largely due to equate, as food loss means loss of tute, India needs to at least double ture: storage, transportation, pro-
ing rural residents a better deal is imperative. Even with this the fact that the world adds poor infrastructure and inad- macronutrients such as calories, its investment in agricultural re- cessing, etc; investment in
ongoing urbanisation, there is a need to improve the so- 200,000 new people to its popula- equately aligned processes. As an fats, proteins; but even more search to double farmers incomes information systems that help
cio-economic infrastructure in villages, starting with tion every day, of which India adds example, Indias cold storage re- alarming, it means loss of micronu- by 2022. This will not happen only identify loss by crop and region so
health, education and housing. It is also important to 58,000. This translates to the need quirement is 66 million tonnes, trients because foods that are rich with a focus on rice and wheat solutions can be speciically
to feed two billion more people by and the national storage capacity in micronutrients are also perish- more diversity is needed, with the tailored to the problem; use of
relieve a signiicant section of rural residents from debt. 2050 and to support a higher de- currently available is approxim- able fruits, vegetables, poultry, addition of vegetables, fruits and technology to better connect sup-
The All-India Debt and Investment Survey, conducted mand for major crops, estimated to ately 30 million tonnes. Invest- ish, dairy, etc. Additionally, with dairy farming. ply and demand; public-private
by the National Sample Survey Oice in the 70th round increase by 50%, from 2.5 to 3.5 bil- ment in creating adequate cold urbanisation and rising incomes, Harnessing technology to in- partnerships with companies to re-
during January-December 2013, showed that 31.44% of lion tonnes. storage capacity alone will stem the length of the food value chain crease agricultural productivity, duce spoilage and loss; creation of
rural households were in debt. food loss substantially. With in- also increases, as what people eat where we lag both our potential food banking networks that work
There will also be variations. Indications are that Ra- Staying on target creasing wealth, India is, ironic- becomes less and less connected to and competitive benchmarks will with civil society and development
It is therefore with compelling ally, home to both food waste and where they live. be critical to our overall well-being. agencies on getting food already
jasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Goa
reason that Target 3 for the Sustain- food loss. The Global Nutrition Report As an example, since the 1960s In- available to those that need it.
and parts of Tamil Nadu may get less than average rain- able Development Goal (SDG) 12 is In either scenario, food that is 2016 has highlighted Indias overall dias groundwater irrigation has in- Among the several priorities we
fall this year, while Kerala, Karnataka and the Western to halve per capita global food produced (using depleting and tardy progress in addressing creased dramatically, and since the have, minimising food loss has the
Ghats region could get more than the normal. Prepar- waste at the retail and consumer critical resources such as water) chronic undernutrition, manifest 1980s groundwater levels have potential to be transformative in
ing for rainfall variations between years and among level, and reduce food losses along but not consumed is a colossal in stunting (low weight for age), been dropping, thus stressing the multiple ways.
geographic regions should be a policy goal, but this has production and supply chains in- waste which we cannot aford to ig- wasting (low weight for height) and system. Groundwater recharge
not received the needed attention. The long-term neg- cluding post-harvest losses. Food nore. Food loss is also nutrition micronutrient deiciency or hid- therefore becomes a critical vari- Vinita Bali is chair, Global Alliance for
loss is valued at $1 trillion globally loss, productivity loss and there- den hunger. able to augment agricultural pro- Improved Nutrition. Views expressed are
lect is relected in the lack of irrigation facility for more
by the Food and Agriculture Organ- fore GDP loss. The 40% food loss in With 17% of the worlds popula- ductivity. Further, imports of agri- personal.
than half of all productive land. A good year is a time to
prepare for the future, and if 2017 concludes with a
bountiful monsoon and harvest as expected, the Centre
and the States should focus on creating the infrastruc-
ture that will build resilience against droughts. State
governments need to prepare cities and towns for the
monsoon on a continuous basis. Clearing of urban wa-
Dont tax the tiller
terways and creation of new reservoirs are absolute ne- Even the net beneit of taxing agriculture isnt worth the cost of monitoring and rolling out such a system
cessities, since looding has assumed crippling propor-
olish intermediaries, which en- taxation would have been locally
tions on the one hand, while municipal supply of
couraged zamindars to evict exist- based, with a national crop register
drinking water is unable to meet new demand from ex- ing tenants instead, pauperising not necessarily linked to which
pansion of housing. Unchecked pollution is making a them further. The Central govern- crops would be taxed in speciic re-
lot of naturally harvested water unproductive, with ment did its part by seeking to not gions or States. The tax rates for
poor management of solid waste in cities turning lakes tax agricultural income, with most the same crop in diferent regions
into cesspools. A good monsoon is described by eco- States following suit. could be diferent, inequitably en-
nomists as a four-month-long swing factor for the na- Feroze Varun Gandhi suring arbitrage for some farmers.
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Pitfalls in the tax demand Amidst all this, it is hard to de-


tional economy, more so because it generates millions
However, with growth in agricul- termine if there would be net bene-
of direct farm jobs. That should make it a central policy

F
or peasants, the Mughal Em- ture rising, a demand for taxing ag- it to taxing agricultural revenues,
concern, with eforts made to tap every drop. pire was fundamentally an ex- riculture income has arisen. Agri- even for rich farmers (deined on
tractive state; a protection cultural income declared by local thresholds), compared to
racket run riot. Typically, the land taxpayers, in returns iled till end cost of monitoring and rolling out
revenue share of a crop varied 2014, for exemption was at 9,338 such a system. Even a progress-
The Kumble factor between 33% and 50%, depending
on fertility, with a further 10-25%
crore, with over 2,746 income tax
cases declaring 1 crore agricul-
ively structured taxation system
would encourage ictitious owner-
paid to the zamindar for his eforts. tural income in the 2014-15 assess- However, there remain signiic- may be subjected for tax payment. ship splits amongst rich farmers
A decision on retaining him as head coach Its replacement by the East India ment year. ant pitfalls with this demand. Taxing agricultural incomes is an and their relatives. Even assuming
must not be muddied with personal agendas Company and later the British gov- The estimated total annual agri- Given the level of informal occupa- idea devoid of knowledge of farm- a net take of approx. 1,200 crore,
ernment provided little respite. Za- cultural income from cultivation tion prevalent in agriculture, im- ing practices as well. the potential increase in the Cent-

T
he Indian cricket team should have been exuding
mindars were now granted hered- and livestock, as estimated by the plementing an agricultural tax will Many farmers save seeds from ral governments taxation reven-
conidence as it begins its title defence in the ICC itary and proprietary rights, with National Sample Survey Oice, is at not be easy. Any agricultural tax one harvest for the next and the ues would be increased by about
Champions Trophy in England from June 1 to 18. It the rate of assessment ixed in per- 4,16,092.5 crore, with the total in- system would have to evolve crop- practice remains critical to run- 0.1%, while input subsidies, cur-
comes of a long and successful season at home, and in petuity. The Companys share was come of the top bracket at 16,084 speciic norms of return to the ning Indian agriculture propos- rently totalling 35,784 crore in
the normal course of things the buzz would be about In- often ixed at 2/3rd of the gross pro- crore and that of the irst two land, while accommodating ex- als based on value of goods pro- 2016-17, would face signiicant up-
dias match against Pakistan at Birmingham on June 4, duce received by the zamindars brackets, including households ternal shocks like droughts, loods duced would end up taxing such ward pressure. Is this truly worth
given how rarely the traditional rivals play each other from the ryots. The consequences with over four hectares, at 83,433 or pests. Furthermore, for impos- sustainable practices as well. For the efort?
of such land revenue systems were crore. ing tax on value of goods pro- tax based on sales, it shall disin- Agricultural taxation has histor-
these days. However, all is not right in the dressing
stark agricultural output grew at Taxing 9,73,000 large farm duced, the mechanism would fail centivise farmers to sell through ically been considered the third
room, and there is distracting speculation about an im- just 0.37% per annum between holdings having greater than 10 to take individual farm economics organised formal channels, rail of Indian politics. While we
minent change in leadership. It started with the Board 1891 and 1947, with foodgrains at hectares of land earning an aver- into account, thereby presenting a thereby increasing risk to farmers harken about improving econom-
of Control for Cricket in India calling for fresh applica- just 0.11% per annum, while com- age of approx. 5 lakh annually case wherein a farmer would be income. Instead of raising agricul- ies of scale in agriculture, such ef-
tions for the head coachs post since the incumbent, mercial crop output rose by 1.31% shall yield about 1,200 crore of ag- taxed even if he makes a loss on tural income, we would trend back forts send discouraging signals to
Anil Kumbles one-year contract will end after the annually; meanwhile the popula- ricultural income tax on varying sale. It shall require administration to age-old farmer pauperisation. large and medium farmers who
Champions Trophy. The BCCI clariied that Kumble tion rose at 0.67% annually. The co- crop conditions, consequent in- to ensure exact estimate of crop seek to increase their produce
lonial government pushed farmers comes and applicable tax rules. productivity and realised sale Not worth the efort through utilisation of better tech-
would have a direct entry for the process, but the last-
into heavy debts and eventual Weve tried this before. The K.N. price per crop harvested a seem- In addition, any crop-speciic taxa- niques, difering crop patterns and
minute scramble, just as Virat Kohlis men landed in pauperisation. Raj Committee on Taxation of Agri- ingly humongous task for all farm- tion would have to be traded-of more judicious use of agricultural
England, raised questions. There had been enough Post-Independence, the na- cultural Wealth and Income (1972) ers. Lack of clarity on land titles against input subsidies, which are inputs. A nation-state where a
time for the Board to take a call on the head coach, tional and State governments sought to institute a progressive ag- and cropping patterns based on nationally uniform for fertilisers farmer can be moderately rich one
whether it meant retaining Kumble or opting for a new sought to redress this. The riculture tax on agricultural in- lease/share-cropping shall further and vary on a State-wise basis for year and marginally poor the other
candidate. It did not come as a surprise, therefore, Agrarian Reforms Committee of come in a norm-based manner, introduce randomness to the water and electricity. Should input cannot in good conscience tax
when leaks surfaced about Kumble seeking a higher pay 1949 sought a programme of land with regional average crop yields system. subsidies, assumed to be high at their income.
reforms that would transform the deining levy rates in a universal Further complications arise if the institution of the crop tax rate,
package for the Indian players and support staf. Dis-
actual tillers into owner-cultivators manner. The recommendations farmers sufer from multiple crop fall in the future, the farmer would Feroze Varun Gandhi is a Member of
gruntled BCCI oicials painted Kumble as a man ex- by a large scale. Instead, a step-by- were not accepted, given limited failures followed by one successful efectively lose out on both ends of Parliament, representing the Sultanpur
tracting his pound of lesh, and the anti-Kumble cam- step approach was adopted to ab- political and grassroots support. crop, for the income in that period the value chain. Any crop-speciic constituency for the BJP
paign was sharpened with suggestions that Kohli is not
comfortable with his overbearing ways.
Such talk about diferences between coach and skip-
per does nobody any good. Whatever be the nature of
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.

their alleged diferences, the Kumble-Kohli combina- Assault on ideals democracy have at habits. Poor people often unscrupulous traders to procedure used by military languages. The current
tion has delivered excellent results. While there could Not only is the notiication varying points seen get their food supplement engage in black marketing. personnel. Our judgments scenario, where it is being
be the odd diference of opinion, on the ield it is en- issued under the Prevention incidents of targeted from red meat, which is In both cases, the ordinary on Major Gogoi, no doubt, suggested that Hindi be
tirely the captains call on how to guide the team. Last of Cruelty to Animals Act lynchings. India urgently available at a moderate people would be the worst should be tempered by the made the link language, it
year in the West Indies, when Kohli preferred Rohit (PCA) on the buying and needs to learn from the gory price. With the banning of suferers. fact that he acted on the imposes unnecessary
Sharma over Murali Vijay in the third Test at Gros Islet, selling of cattle in animal and shameful history of the cattle slaughter, many more K.A. Solaman, spur of the moment in a burden on the people of
markets unconstitutional, U.S. in this matter, enact a people are likely to sufer Alappuzha do-or-die situation. But the non-Hindi-speaking States
Kumble backed his decision. Victory in the West Indies
its timing is also an attempt stringent anti-lynching law from malnutrition. The cow Army Chiefs approval for to learn Hindi. A contrarian
and a golden run at home against New Zealand, Eng- to target a people preparing and strengthen the secular, slaughter ban and beef Army chief s defence the action, especially when view could be that it will be
land, Bangladesh and Australia are a testament to for their month-long fasting enlightenment values of its consumption ban will A simple question should be a court of enquiry is extremely useful for people
Kumbles and Kohlis man-management skills and a val- and the feasts which follow education system and the provoke a situation similar posed to those who support examining the matter, was from the north to learn a
idation of the talent within the ranks. The unsavoury (All animals are equal, administration itself. A to that created in Bihar after in the name of patriotism totally unwarranted. south Indian language, or
tidbits planted in the media about Kumble are a terrible editorial, May 29). In fact, polity built on the the liquor ban, leading to the action of Major Nitin Manohar Alembath, even for people from the
with the spate of lynchings foundation of non-violence more black marketing. Leetul Gogoi in using Kannur south to learn the language
contrast to the can-do spirit with which he took charge
and violent attacks by goons and constitutional ethos Mahatma Gandhi had once Farooq Ahmed Dar as a of the neighbouring States.
as coach in June 2016. Now, the Cricket Advisory Com-
in many parts of the country cannot tolerate violence on been asked if he supported human shield: would they Language policy The growing importance of
mittee comprising Kumbles former team-mates Sachin on the pretext of protecting the part of its people. a ban on cow slaughter. He continue to hold the same It is important to continue cities like Hyderabad,
Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and V.V.S. Laxman has an the cow, any decent Firoz Ahmad, responded by telling that it opinion if they or their kith with English as one of the Bengaluru and Chennai as a
unenviable task. They have to sift through fresh applica- government and polity Delhi would mean coercion and kin are required to prime languages (Beyond source of employment can
tions, besides having to assess Kumbles performance, would have shown some against those Indians who undergo what Mr. Dar the language conlict, May actually serve as a link to
and then take a call on who should be the head coach. seriousness towards The Centres notiication on are not Hindus. Cow underwent? (Questions 30). Given the international their languages and
Positions of authority in cricket teams usually have a bringing in an anti-lynching cattle slaughter is more than slaughter ban and beef ban that wont go away, May 30) relevance of English, we cultures.
law. It is a shocking just a deliberate attempt to will be counterproductive to If we were to go by the cannot aford to regress at Raghav R.N.,
four-year cycle coinciding with the World Cup. Ideally, Bengaluru
coincidence that both the encroach upon States our nation in two ways it reasoning ofered by Army the world level. On the
the next head coach, be it Kumble or somebody else, U.S. which claims itself to powers. It is an attempt to will polarise the country Chief Bipin Rawat, use of a other hand, Hindi may be
should be given a contract till the 2019 World Cup in be the oldest democracy encroach on our rights and it would provide human shield will be seen as given a dominant place but more letters online:
England. The focus must be on the demands of cricket. and India the biggest related to food and eating opportunity to some a legitimate standard not at the cost of other www.hindu.com/opinion/letters/

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THE WEDNESDAY INTERVIEW | PINARAYI VIJAYAN

For the BJP, the Left is its principal enemy


Keralas Chief Minister on his governments policy priorities, the rise of the BJP, and the dangers to pluralism and secularism
Stanly Johny dependent on other States the Congress party, despite maybe because their party is
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has been in the forefront for vegetables and other its nationwide presence, is leading the Central govern-
of the opposition to the Centres decision to ban cattle trade for food items incapable of building this ment. But just with that, we
slaughter. Hes already written a letter to the Prime Minister resistance. What we see now cant say the BJP is growing
seeking a reversal of the decision and another to all other Chief We understand the prob- is that several Congress lead- in strength in Kerala.
Ministers urging them to oppose the move and called for an all- lem. Its the peoples right to ers are joining the BJP, in-
party meeting in the State to discuss its response to the notifica- eat healthy food. Thats why cluding national leaders, The BJP leadership both
tion. When The Hindu met him at his North Block office in the we are promoting bio farm- State committee presidents at Centre and in State says
Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram last week, news on the con- ing. The plan is to revamp and even former Chief Minis- the CPI(M) attacks its
troversial Environment Ministry notification was still fresh on Keralas agricultural sector ters. So we cant trust the cadres in Kerala. Many
TVs. How can people eat beef now? was his first comment through these measures. We Congress in this anti-BJP res- people, both CPI(M) and
while sitting on a sofa placed on the right side of his large office want the State to be self-suffi- istance. Both the Congress RSS activists, have been
room. Asked if this poses any legal or constitutional issues given cient in vegetables and fruit. and the BJP are representing killed since your
that the power to make laws on cow slaughter lies with State le- When the agricultural sector extreme right-wing politics. government came to
gislatures, Mr. Vijayan said, it appears so. We have to look into is revived, farming will Be it liberalisation, globalisa- power. What did you do to
the notification in detail. Excerpts: spread to more fertile areas tion, or privatisation, the end this cycle of violence?
which are now lying idle. Congress was in the forefront
You are one the two Chief Can you be little more of implementing them. The The RSS has tried to des-
Ministers of the specific? There are concerns about BJP is following the same troy the CPI(M) in Kerala in
Communist Party of India the state of economy as economic policies. Since several ways. One among
(Marxist) in the country. If I start pointing out initi- well. Unemployment is there are no major differ- them was physical attacks.
Tripura is a much smaller atives, there are quite a lot of high. Kerala doesnt have ences in economic policies, Its been a long time since
State. So obviously, them. Kerala has a good edu- a big industrial sector. You both of them represent a horrific physical attacks star-
theres a larger focus on cation system. Still, there are had promised millions of common sphere. Thats why ted in Kerala. We brought to-
S. GOPAKUMAR

your government. Does it some issues in the States employment the BJP is not seeing the Con- gether the related parties for
put any additional public education sector. Our opportunities during the gress as its main rival. talks. Such talks had a good
pressure on you? priority is to fix these prob- campaign. How are you For the BJP, the Left is its impact. Though some incid-
lems. The plan is to make all going to fix the economy? principal enemy. The Left is ents took place even after
I dont feel any such pres- classrooms, from Standard 1 not a powerful force nation- that, we plan to continue the

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sure. We see this as part of to Plus-2, smart classrooms. Kerala is not a resource- industrial policy to bring Congress party, theres a cordial relationship ally in todays India. Still the same approach.
our public works. We have Once this is rolled out across rich State. This is a big chal- more industries into the despite its between the State and the BJP is scared of the Left. You
clear policies on each issue. the State, a student studying lenge. Only if you have re- State. Ease of doing business nationwide Central governments. can see that in Kerala and Does it upset you that
And we are working accord- in a public school will have sources, you will have sound is our motto. Kerala will be- Tripura, the only two States your partys legislative
ing to those policies. For us, the same facilities as in any industries. To overcome this come one of the best States
presence, is As a CPI(M) Polit Bureau where the Left is in power. presence keeps shrinking
its the normal way of advanced school in any part challenge, we have launched that provide facilities for in- incapable of building member, how do you look nationally?
functioning. of the world. Similar changes the KIIFB (Kerala Infrastruc- dustries to come up. resistance to BJP at the rise of the BJP? It The BJP is growing in
will happen in the health- ture Investment Fund has an absolute majority Kerala as well. It is no Each State unit is trying to
The Left governments in care sector as well. The first Board). We are planning to Your party [CPI(M)] has leadership of a Chief at the Centre, it keeps longer a political revamp the party base. The
Kerala are known for is to establish a system of spend 50,000 crore for dif- been very critical of the Minister. winning State elections untouchable. It has an major setback we suffered
flagship initiatives, be it family doctors. Also, all the ferent development initiat- BJP and particularly of Despite such criticisms, MLA for the first time in was in West Bengal. But the
land reforms, literacy main hospitals in the State, ives through the KIIFB. Prime Minister Narendra the government-to-govern- If you look at the current history. Its vote share Bengal party has taken steps
campaign, peoples including medical colleges Modi. How is your ment relationship between political climate in the coun- jumped and it is getting to address its challenges and
planning or welfarism. and taluk hospitals, will have But will industries come equation with the Centre? Kerala and the Centre is on a try, we are going through a equal media space with we see that it is having a good
What is your the best healthcare facilities. to Kerala? Critics say the firm track. For example, we very dangerous phase. What other parties. impact. In other States, ours
governments flagship We have also taken measures State is not business- It has two sides. On one had gone to Delhi as soon as distinguishes the BJP from had already been a small
programme? to control prices of drugs. friendly and its militant side, there are political differ- the Left Democratic Front other parties is that its con- The BJP is doing all kinds party.
We have already launched trade union culture is ences over the policies of the (LDF) government took office trolled by the RSS (Rashtriya of political stunts in Kerala, But some alliances had
The motto of this govern- the Aardram initiative that driving away investors Central government led by [in May 2016]. We met sev- Swayamsevak Sangh). Its but they still havent gained weakened us further in some
ment is not to focus on any will revamp the public health Narendra Modi. At the same eral leaders, including the clear that the RSS is directly public support. They won a places. We have realised our
particular agenda but on Ker- system in the State. LIFE Thats not right. Look at time, the State had certain is- Prime Minister. The Prime taking key decisions on be- seat in the last Assembly mistake and are now trying
alas comprehensive devel- (Livelihood, Inclusion, Fin- the facts; has any industry in sues with the Central govern- Minister asked us if we could half of the BJP. RSS policies election [in Nemom, to strengthen our independ-
opment. As part of this, we ancial Empowerment) is an- Kerala been shut down be- ment. One among them was launch an Ayurvedic institute are not compliant with our Thiruvananthapuram] with ent activities. But irrespect-
have taken sector-wise other major scheme the gov- cause of this militant trade that an all-party delegation in Kerala as theres lots of in- countrys interests. The RSS support from Congress ive of our national strength,
initiatives. ernment has launched that unionism? Has any industrial wanted to meet the Prime terest in Ayurveda in the doesnt accept secularism voters. The Congress had only the Left can stand up to
These programmes in aims to make Kerala a zero house operating in Kerala Minister a few months ago to State. He promised the The danger this poses to a traded votes with BJP [in the communal forces in the
total will change the face of homeless State in five years. complained about facing apprise him of certain issues Centres help. We are now pluralistic country like ours Nemom] for the BJPs sup- country. Thats why the BJP
Kerala. We are sure that such problems in doing business the State is facing. But we actually planning to establish is huge. A strong resistance port elsewhere. There was and the other right-wing
initiatives, like the pro- Kerala is already doing because of the unions? There were not given permission to a world-class Ayurvedic Insti- has to be built against this at- some arrangement between parties keep attacking the
grammes implemented by better in health-care and are several wrong campaigns meet him. Usually Prime tute in Kerala. We have made tack on our constitutional them. But its true that the Left.
the previous Left govern- education sectors. But going around about Kerala. Ministers dont take such a some other suggestions as values. BJP is getting high media
ments, will have a place in what about agriculture? This is one among them. We position of not meeting a well which were approved by But at the same time, we space in Kerala dispropor- Full interview on http://bit.ly/
history. The State is heavily are going to announce a new State delegation under the the Centre. So we can say cant overlook the fact that tionate to its actual strength, PinarayiVijayanIntw

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FIFTY YEARS AGO MAY 31, 1967

GST no panacea Sino-Pakistan line-up against India


Using language which appeared to be pregnant with hidden
Killing tax competition between States and secret meaning known only to themselves, the Vice-Chair-
is not a great idea man of the Chinese National Defence Council, Mr. Yeh Chien-
ying and visiting Pakistani Defence Minister, Mr. Afzal Rahman
Prashanth Perumal Khan, yesterday [May 30] spoke highly of the significant talks
The Goods and Services which had been held between the two sides and the further co-
Tax (GST) is being launted operation which had resulted from Mr. Rahman Khans current
as the single-biggest eco- visit to China. The nature of Mr. Rahman Khans present mis-
nomic reform since the eco- sion is not known but there have been reports that he is in Pek-
nomic liberalisation of 1991. ing to negotiate an arms deal. Whatever the mission, the indic-
Even critics of the tax, who ations are that he is having a very successful visit. Speaking at a
complain about its complex dinner given by Mr. Rahman Khan in Peking last night [May 30]
four-slab rate structure, Mr. Yeh revealed that the Pakistani Defence Chief in meetings
agree that it is a step in the with Chinese State and Army leaders had very friendly and
right direction. The significant talks on questions of interest to both parties thus
primary reason is that it making contributions to furthering the relations of friendly co-
does away with the present operation between China and Pakistan. He declared that no
system of multiple Central force whatsoever could disrupt Sino-Pakistani friendship.
and State taxes, replacing it
with a much simpler tax
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Another supposed bene-
it of GST is that it is a tax on CONCEPTUAL NOTEBOOK Alleged cheating: A European charged.
consumption, which re-
places the current web of
Efficient Question of public trust At the Police Court before the Chief Presidency Magistrate G.W.
Brown Clegg, a European is being prosecuted on a charge of
cascading taxes in the pro- market theory cheating Miss Hewett of the United Free Church Mission in re-
duction chain that in- Finance The right lessons must be learnt from the Zika cover-up spect of Rs. 870 and criminal breach of trust as a servant in re-
creases prices and distorts spect of Rs. 66. It is alleged that on 1st February, 1915, the ac-
production. In the process, it is said, the new tax system does A theory of financial mar- Vidya Krishnan Transparency in adminis- cused as manager and partner of the School Equipment
away with the barriers to free trade within and between States, kets that states that asset Last week, it became ap- tration is the cornerstone Company received an order from Miss Hewetts school for
efectively turning India into a single free market for goods and prices fully reflect all avail- parent that the Health of public health. black boards and school desks and on 18th March, 1915, re-
services. able information in the Ministry had, for many In the first five days, re- ceived full payment of Rs. 910 for the goods. The black boards
For sceptics, there is good reason to doubt all these claimed market. Since, according months, kept it under ports went from announ- worth Rs. 40 were delivered to Miss Hewett, but ten months
beneits of the GST. One, a nationwide tax such as the GST will to the theory, assets are wraps that India has so far cing the incidence of Zika later when she wanted the desks the accused was not to be
lead to a higher tax burden as it reduces tax competition. priced to perfection, in- reported three cases of to boilerplate reports on found. On enquiry it transpired that the business of the School
Earlier, States which were keen to attract investment and la- vestors will not be able to the Zika virus. The earliest precautions to be taken Equipment Company was taken over by Messrs. Forbes Forbes
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bour from each other had a reason to cut taxes. Now, the exploit discrepancies case was that of a 64-year- and symptoms to watch Campbell and Company on 13th February 1915.
Centre, which will face no tax competition except from the between price and in- old man, who had tested out for. With interest
rest of the world, can determine rates at whim. This will en- trinsic value to earn abnor- positive for Zika as early as dwindling, and serious
courage tax rate increases that are detrimental to growth. mal profits. Consequently, November 2016. questions unasked, the
Two, the number of taxes does not necessarily relect the ac- it should be impossible for From what is now in government seems un-
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tual burden imposed on businesses by any tax system. For ex- investors to earn returns the public domain, we likely to hold a press brief-
ample, a single, high tax rate might impose a greater burden that beat the market, ex-
DATA POINT
know that the government ing explaining the bizarre
on businesses than multiple taxes that add up to a lower rate. cept by assuming higher has violated established chain of decisions it has
A single, low tax rate might also turn out to be more burden- investment risk. The the- protocols in many ways, taken since November.
some if the cost of bureaucratic compliance is higher than un- ory was proposed by each having serious na- was contained but the gov- The government owes an
der multiple, higher tax rates. So what matters eventually is American economist and tional and international ernment did not know answer to the citizens as
the overall burden under a tax regime, which is likely to be Nobel laureate Eugene implications. that it would be when it to why the affected com-
lower when States compete than otherwise. Fama in 1970. It has come By not briefing the me- launched a massive sur- munity, in Bapunagar dis-
under criticism lately for dia or the global public veillance project in the trict, was kept in the dark
No change in prices ignoring irrationality health community, India district. while their samples were
Three, contrary to common belief, the prices that consumers among investors that can broke a well-established That brings us to an ur- being taken.
pay dont rise or fall in tandem with taxes imposed on goods, cause wide gaps between protocol of sharing in- gent issue this Zika out- I cannot imagine any
be they production or consumption taxes. Consumer prices price and value for a long formation with the af- break has shined an un- other beat finance, de-
are determined purely by consumer demand, not the cost of time. fected community and flattering light on: the fence or sports where In-
production. It is true that a discriminatory tax might force neighbouring nations, quality of health reporting dians will not get outraged
businesses to discontinue or reduce the supply of certain who could have taken ne- in India. on finding out, from an in-
goods in favour of others. cessary precautions such The health sector is a ternational agency such as
Such distortion of production can lead to the rise in the as issuing travel advisor- technical beat with a lot of the WHO, that their gov-
prices of certain goods (due to lower supply) and a fall in the ies. More important, the science backing every es- ernment had suppressed
prices of others (due to greater supply), which is clearly not Health Ministry collected tablished protocol. The crucial information for all
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nearly 35,000 samples epidemiology of a disease, this time, from Parlia-
inal point point. It is true that multiple taxes across and within
MORE ON from people living in the the analysis of the pat- ment, the press and the
States can distort production, but the beneits in the form of
lower tax rates are likely to outweigh the costs of such distor-
tion.
THE WEB 3 Bapunagar area
Ahmedabad without in-
forming them that they
of terns of outbreak, causes,
and effects of health and
the disease conditions in
public, who had the right
to take all necessary ac-
tions to protect them-
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were under surveillance. defined populations selves and their families
a smaller, but perfect, one. http://bit.ly/JudyMalware
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Modi, Merkel nudge


Tral march foiled amid tensions Hurriyat
leader targets
Campuses in some districts in the Valley to remain closed today as a precautionary measure Army chief
FTA, sign agreements Peerzada Ashiq
Srinagar
Special Correspondent
Srinagar
The Prime Minister, who
spent several hours on PM meets While the government suc-
cessfully foiled a separatists
Hurriyat chairman Syed Ali
Shah Geelani on Tuesday
Monday evening speaking to march to Tral, home town of described the recent state-
Chancellor Merkel at the of- actor the slain Hizbul Mujahideen ments of the Chief of the
ficial retreat of Schloss commander Sabzar Army Staff, General Bipin
Meserberg outside Berlin, Press Trust of India Ahmad Bhat, in south Kash- Rawat, on Kashmir as an
was accorded a ceremonial BERLIN mir on Tuesday, students are illustration of a criminal
guard of honour at the Ger- Prime Minister Narendra keeping the security agen- and fascist mentality.
man Chancery in Berlin on Modi took time out from his cies on the edge. The statements only ex-
Tuesday morning. hectic schedule of bilateral As a three-day protest pro- posed the Armys inten-
After an hour of talks in talks and meetings in Berlin gramme marred by shut- tions. It testifies our claim
the Inter-Governmental con- to meet actor Priyanka down, restrictions and that security forces are
sultations, where he was ac- Chopra on Tuesday. curfew came to an end on given a free licence to carry
companied by MoS (Ex- The actor was in the city Tuesday, sources in the out genocide in Jammu and
ternal Affairs) M.J. Akbar, for a special promotion of States security establish- Kashmir with impunity,
Energy minister Piyush her latest Hollywood film ment fear students may still said 86-year-old Mr.
Goyal, Commerce Minister Baywatch. The actress took pose a threat to law and or- Geelani, who remains un-
Nirmala Seetharaman, and to Twitter to share her der tomorrow. Based on der house arrest.
Science, Technology and picture with the Prime district-wise evaluation, the Gen. Rawat had backed
Environment Minister Harsh Minister. Thank you for government has decided not Major Leetul Gogois de-
Vardhan, the two sides an- taking the time to meet me to restart classes in higher cision to tie a civilian to a
nounced agreements on cy- this morning secondary schools and de- jeep, saying a dirty war
ber policy, railway safety, @narendramodi Sir. Such a gree colleges in Budgam, has to be fought with in-
and the training of Indian lovely coincidence to be in Anantnag, Shopian, Kup- novative ways. For seven
Skill Development Officers #berlin at the same time, wara and Ganderbal decades, we have time and
and Cluster Managers. Priyanka captioned the districts. On the edge: A member of the security forces stands guard during curfew in Srinagar on Tuesday. *
NISSAR AHMAD again raised our voice and
Mr. Modi said Germany photo. Deputy Magistrate, Srin- expressed our concern
has prime place in skilling agar, Farooq Ahmad Lone Pulwama, left over 50 stu- ation in Kashmir remained Curfew-like restrictions were and Court Road-Pinglish, about the sinister plans of
Indias youth, adding that said all higher secondary dents injured. peaceful and under con- placed in all volatile areas of where miscreants resorted the Indian leadership in
the two countries are made Indias protectionist eco- schools and colleges would trol on Tuesday against the south and north Kashmir, to heavy stone-throwing on Kashmir. However, no seri-
for each other. nomic policy and on remain closed on Wednes- A predicament backdrop of the separatists besides Srinagar. The roads police and security forces, ous steps were taken by in-
We are a country of 1.2 whether India would main- day as a precautionary Security agencies fear that call for a march to Tral. leading to Tral were sealed. injuring many, said a police ternational community,
billion, with 800 million tain its Paris accord commit- measure. separatists may tap on the Traffic on the Srinagar- However, despite the re- spokesman. One protester said Mr. Geelani.
youth. Germany has the ments if U.S. President Don- Tension has been prevail- raw anger on the campus to Jammu National Highway strictions, people tried to as- was injured. The Jamaat-e-Islami ex-
right expertise in engineer- ald Trump pulled out of the ing on several campuses in turn students rage against was suspended and train ser- semble in the Ratnusa area Kashmir slipped into a pressed concern over the
ing, manufacturing, and is climate change agreement. the Valley since April 15, the State and in favour of the vices were stopped. Classes of Tral. There were minor fresh cycle of protests on Sat- threatening and intimidat-
excellent in innovations, he The question is hypothet- when a police raid on the slain Bhat. in all schools, colleges and incidents of stone-throwing urday, after militant Bhat ing statements of General
said. Mr. Modi however, ical at present, the MEA Government Degree College, The police said the situ- varsities were called off. at Keller Chowk, Shopian was killed. Rawat.
sidestepped questions on spokesperson said.

Madras HC stays new


Mamata acts
against cattle Congress walks tightrope on beef issue
curbs on cattle trade smuggling Suspends Youth Congress workers who butchered calf, but does not critique Centres ban
In her affidavit, the peti- animals for this purpose. It Special Correspondent Smita Gupta the condemnation of the there is no ban on cow
tioner claimed that the stat- was also argued that the Kolkata NEW DELHI gory episode was not accom- slaughter, the Congress gov-
utory rules were repugnant Centre had no authority to While reiterating her op- The Centres ban on the sale panied by any critique of the ernment, taking its cue from
to their own parent legisla- extend its rule-making position to the Centres no- and purchase of cattle for Centres move: this has Mr. Gandhis statement,
tion The Prevention of power to the extent of ban- tification restricting the slaughter from animal mar- caused discomfort in some used the police on Tuesday
Cruelty to Animals (PCA) ning sale of animals in a sale of cattle for slaughter kets has placed the Congress sections of the Congress. to stop a beef fest organ-
Act of 1960. She said Section market for slaughter. in the animal markets, in a tight corner politically. ised by students unions to
28 states that it shall not be Ms. Selvagomathy con- West Bengal Chief Minister The party feels that the Multiple impact protest against the Centres
an offence to kill any animal tended that the new rules Mamata Banerjee asked Bharatiya Janata Party wants For the new Regulation of ban on trade of cattle for
in a manner required by the offend the right to freedom the police on Tuesday to to further its polarising Livestock Market Rules, slaughter. However, in Kerala
religion of any community. of religion guaranteed un- ensure that there was no agenda with the ban follow- 2017, does not just violate and Tamil Nadu, beef fests
None of the other provisions der Article 25 and the pro- smuggling of cattle from ing three years of attacks by the principle of federalism were held on Monday.
too imposed prohibition on tection of interests of minor- the State. vigilante groups on cow a point Chief Ministers of Commenting on the BJPs
either slaughter or sale of ities under Article 29. She was interacting with traders, those engaged in On the boil: Delhi BJP Yuva Morcha protest before the some Opposition-ruled intent, former Union Minis-
officials, public represent- skinning dead cattle for Congress headquarters in New Delhi against cow slaughter by States have already made ter Manish Tewari told The
atives and the police at an leather, or those suspected Youth Congress leaders in Kerala. SANDEEP SAXENA *
but it also promises to have Hindu, Through the Rules,

Babri case: Advani, administrative meeting at


Barrackpore in North 24
Parganas district.
of eating beef, with the vic-
tims being either Muslims or
Dalits.
ban. They were later suspen-
ded. The partys communic-
people of India. He had
taken his cue from party
economic consequences.
And in the States such as
Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Goa,
the BJP wants to emphasise
the otherness of the other ...
Congress State governments

Joshi, Bharti charged There will not be any


smuggling of cattle.
Whatever the local politi-
Stern action
The Congress quandary was
ation chief, Randeep Surjew-
ala, said, Indias ethos and
Congress ... culture abjures
vice-president Rahul Gandhi
who had tweeted: What
happened in Kerala yester-
West Bengal and the North-
east, where cattle meat
largely buffalo meat is con-
in the past have enacted cow
protection laws. However,
the intent was never to de-
The court has clubbed to- leaders have appeared be- cians say, even if they are reflected in its unqualified any kind of violence or bar- day [on Sunday] is thought- sumed, it also constitutes an monise the other but to re-
gether the two sets of cases fore a court in connection from my party, I am telling condemnation of Youth Con- barism against every living less, barbaric & completely attack on the freedom of spond to local sensitivities.
in the Babri demolition with the Babri Masjid de- you, there is no cattle gress workers, who being much less the cow, unacceptable to me & the choosing what to eat. The BJP only wants to pro-
being heard in Lucknow and molition case after the Su- smuggling, she said. butchered a calf publicly in which has a special place in Congress Party. I strongly In Karnataka, for in- mote lumpenism in the
Rae Bareli and ruled that preme Court in April used The issue mentioned in Kerala in protest against the the hearts and minds of the condemn the incident. But stance, where currently name of the cow.
it would hold a compre- its extraordinary constitu- the Centres notification
hensive trial. tional powers under Article falls within the States juris-

Kin of Goa murder victims reach out to PM


Amid tight security ar- 142 to restore the criminal diction.
rangements, Mr. Advani, Dr. conspiracy charges framed As long as the State
Joshi, Ms. Bharti and other against them. The apex does not pass any law, do
accused in the Babri demoli- court overruled the Alla- not abide by it, the Chief
tion case appeared in per- habad High Court judgment Minister told the meeting.
son, obeying summons is- dropping the charges. Ms. Banerjee asked the Cops protecting local criminals, say relatives of 10 tourists who have died since 2005
sued to them on May 25. police to be prepared to
The court had stressed that Bharti should quit tackle communal flare-up. Prakash Kamat fice, they have alleged that ment in the deaths of tour- to reveal the truth about dead in Maharashtra, among
it would not accept any The Congress demanded She accused the Bharatiya Panaji Goa Police personnel pro- ists and locals in Goa, says their deaths, the letter others.
pleas seeking exemption the resignation of Ms. Bharti Janata Party (BJP) activists Close relatives of 10 foreign tect local criminals for the letter. states. The letter states that the
from appearance or from the Ministry, and of stoking communal pas- tourists slain or found dead money and the same local The letter has been signed increasing crime has made
adjournment. asked the Prime Minister to sions, and said action in mysterious circumstances anti-social elements are in- Seek independent probe by Parvati Dasi, mother of Goa the second most dan-
This was the first time Mr. uphold the law and the should be taken against in Goa and neighbouring volved in crimes and We fervently request a Caitanya Holt who was killed gerous tourist destination in
Advani and other top BJP Constitution. such people. areas since 2005 have writ- murders of foreign nationals Commission led by Supreme by a mob near Morjim the whole world.
Director-General of Po- ten to the Prime Minister ac- and locals. Court judge to analyse the beach; Minna Pirhonen, This is the second such
lice Surajit Purakayastha, cusing the local police in Police are resistant to investigations of the deaths mother of Felix Dahl, whose letter to the Prime Minister.

Tight norms bring who was present at the


meeting, told the Chief
Minister that there were
Goa of covering up the
murders. They have sought
the setting up of a commis-
solving these cases and
those who are responsible
for murder remain at liberty
of Caitanya Holt, Felix Dahl,
James Durkin, Kyle Arndt,
British minor girl(name
murder case was registered
after a delay of nearly two
years; Fiona MacKeown,
In September last year, Ms.
Mackeown, had written to
Narendra Modi seeking

Bihar results down certain pockets where at-


tempts were being made to
create communal tensions.
sion, monitored by a Su-
preme Court judge, to ana-
lyse the investigations.
to reoffend. Unbiased inde-
pendent investigation is
needed to reveal the connec-
withheld), Denyse Sweeney,
Stephen Bennett, Martin
Neighbour, Michael Harvey
mother of British teenager
who was found dead after
being sexually assaulted at
justice for her 16-year-old
daughter following the ac-
quittal by a trial court of two
Last year, while 11.55 lakh principal secretary of the The police were alert to the In an open letter, dated tions between the locals, po- and Jonathan Burbank to en- Anjuna beach; and, Amanda men accused of assaulting
students appeared for these Education Department, danger and were ready to May 21, 2017, and addressed lice in Goa, drug mafia and sure a proper, unbiased and Bennett, sister of Stephen her daughter and leaving
examinations and 7.18 lakh said. BSEB chairperson tackle the situation. to the Prime Ministers Of- politicians and their involve- comprehensive investigation Bennett, who was found her to die on Anjuna beach.
had passed, the State had Anand Kishor said, Online
hit headlines with mass submission of examination

Law panel in moral quandary New 1 notes to


copying, a fake toppers forms, strict conduct, bar
scam, and allegations of cor- coding of answersheets and,
ruption in the BSEB. finally, computerised tabu-
The lower success fig-
ures of students this year
could be due to the strict
lation left no room for unfair
practices and it could be the
reason for the dismal per- Commission seeks publics views on legalising gambling and betting
be released soon
measures adopted by the formance of the students. Special Correspondent to be legal tender, the cent-
BSEB while conducting the The Opposition BJP has Krishnadas Rajagopal ate opinion on include gambling legislation. How- that is drained to gambling Mumbai ral bank said on Tuesday.
exam and evaluating the an- demanded the resignation NEW DELHI whether legalising betting ever, there is no uniformity operators in other countries The Reserve Bank of India It is the Finance Secretary
swersheets, R.K. Mahajan, of Education Minister. The Law Commission on and gambling will help in in the various State laws and online, Justice Chauhan will soon issue new 1 notes, who signs 1 notes, unlike
Tuesday sought views from curbing illegal activities; will most of these laws pertain to wrote in the signed public 20 years after the previous other currencies that bear
the public and stakeholders licensing gambling and bet- physical gambling and not appeal. release. the signature of the RBI

Monsoon keeps on whether or not gambling


and betting are morally cor-
rect in the Indian circum-
ting help the government
earn substantial revenue and
generate employment; is leg-
online or virtual gambling,
which is seen to be a route to
crime, corruption and
The Commission noted
that both gambling and bet-
ting are closely associated.
These currency notes
are legal tender as provided
in the Coinage Act, 2011.
Governor.
The central bank has
been gradually withdrawing

date with Kerala stances.


Primarily, it wants public
inputs on the question of leg-
alising betting and gambling
morally correct in the Indian
circumstances; what can be
money laundering.
Section 67 of the Informa-
tion Technology Act of 2000
The Commission has found
that the strict rules against
betting and gambling are
The existing currency notes
in this denomination in cir-
culation will also continue
smaller denomination notes
and issuing coins that cost
less.
While a timely arrival has no spring barrier effect] in alising gambling and betting a possible model by which vaguely prohibits online hardly a deterrent against
bearing on the spread and forecasting an El Nino conducted clandestinely people engaging in such transmission and publica- clandestine activities.
quantum of rainfall, meteor- between February and May. across the country and the activities can be safeguarded tion of material which cor- The legality of various
ological agencies across the We had suggested as cause of ruin for many against bankruptcy; if legal- rupt persons. activities which involve bet-
world, including India, much in our April forecast- families. ised, should foreign betting ting like horse races and
largely concur that the for now we maintain that Views would be compiled and gambling companies be Parallel economy card games have come up
threat of an El Nino has sig- the monsoon will be near for a report to be handed allowed to have a foothold in Families are rendered bank- before the Supreme Court.
nificantly decreased. normal (or 96% of average over to the government. The the country. rupt and many people are In K.R. Lakshmanan vs State
The latest El Nino out- of 89 cm). A more detailed question came up after the behind bars... Online of Tamil Nadu case, the
look, according to the IMDs update will be available be- Supreme Court asked the Grey area gambling and betting is an- court concluded that horse
models, now puts it at about fore June 10, he said. commission to study the The law on gambling is a other area which has be- racing was a game of skill
18%. Century-old climate re- Kerala had registered possibility of legalising bet- grey area and a topic of de- come very difficult to curb. It rather than chance.
cords suggest that the odds widespread rainfall over ting in the backdrop of the bate for years. is understood that a lot of In State of Andhra Pra-
of an El Nino developing in two days with 78% of monit- IPL betting scandal. Gambling is covered un- money is involved in illegal desh vs K. Satyanarayana &
any given year are 23%. oring stations reporting der an archaic law, the Pub- gambling business, creating Ors, the court held that
Mr. Ramesh explained rainfall, a key factor that The questions lic Gambling Act of 1867. The almost a parallel economy, rummy is a game of skill and
this as due to an inherent prompts the IMD to declare The various questions the Constitution has enabled the converting legally earned not entirely based on
uncertainty [also called the the monsoons arrival. commission wants to gener- States to enact their own money into black money chance.
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IN BRIEF
Vibrant Gujarat summit forced silence on Zika?
Even health workers on prevention operations were not informed of incidence; WHO oicial expresses disappointment over Ministry response
Vidya Krishnan any new disease spread by jarat, informed the media January 2017. When we pub-
Jyoti Shelar the mosquitoes, said that the government, Con- lished this information last
New Delhi/Bapunagar
Gulshan Bano, 40, a resident sciously did not go public week, the Ministry informed
Bengal not yet ready to For a week, the Union Health of Garib Nagar inside Ba- with the cases as the num- us that the first case in Feb-
roll out GST: Amit Mitra Ministry has maintained that punagar. bers did not rise. ruary 2016 was a typo. The
KOLKATA the decision to not make Asked about how the gov- Further, the Health Min- handling of information by
West Bengal is not ready to cases of Zika public was to ernment handled the news istry delayed giving data on the Ministry has been disap-
roll out the Goods and avoid panic. However, an in- about the Zika cases, Dr. Sou- the Zika cases in Gujarat to pointing, the official said.
Service Tax in its current vestigation by The Hindu re- mya Swaminathan, Director WHOs South East Asia Office
form, State Finance Minister veals that the Vibrant Gujarat General of the Indian Coun- (SEARO) for nearly two Precautions ignored
Amit Mitra said on Tuesday. Summit was a factor in the cil of Medical Research months. WHOs SEARO had According to notification re-
He said that there were decision to keep the Zika in- (ICMR), said: In general, for reached out to the Ministry quirements of WHOs Inter-
issues with the tax rates cidence under wraps. public health interventions, in March whereas the data national Health Regulations
levied on products like The cases in Ahmedabad it is best to take the com- was given to them on May 15, (2005), member states are to
footwear, leather goods, district were confirmed by munity into confidence. We and eventually published brief the international organ-
entertainment tax on movies, January 4, 2017. In just about need to educate people last Saturday. isation within 24 hours of
books, etc. that have to be a week, Prime Minister Nar- Under wraps: A team of 250 health workers and entomologists carried out a week-long about the risks and present a Going in, the govern- identifying a case. The four
resolved. The current tax endra Modis flagship project exercise to identify mosquito breeding spots and screen patients in Bapunagar. VIJAY SONEJI * factual and balanced view. ment could not have known decision criteria to be used...
rates are likely to make to attract foreign investors, that the cases wont rise. We in assessment of a public
compliance difficult for small Vibrant Gujarat, was sched- logists (people who study in- cial campaign for vector- ical boundary, he said, Answer in Parliament reached out to the Health health event are: (1) the seri-
and medium firms, he said. uled to take place. A travel sects) were summoned to Ba- borne diseases like malaria adding that the secrecy was The Health Ministry had sub- Ministry the day that ques- ousness of the events public
advisory at this time could punagar, in the east of and dengue. The ID activities probably to avoid spreading mitted in Parliament that, tion was raised in Parlia- health impact; (2) the un-
HC bars S.P. Tyagi from have ruined the summit. Ahmedabad, where the pa- are carried out throughout panic. representative[s] of the ment. It took two months to usual or unexpected nature
travelling to Indonesia Two independent sources, tient lived. The healthcare the year so we simply fol- The health officials were State Governments/UTs have get the data from the govern- of the event; (3) the risk of in-
NEW DELHI one of whom is highly placed workers were divided into lowed the orders, said Dr. not the only people in the been briefed on the action ment, said a senior official ternational disease spread;
The Delhi High Court on in the Health Ministry, con- clusters of 20 to carry out in- Harish Sandariya, medical dark. The entire district, plan. Advisories have been in WHO SEARO. and (4) or the risk that travel
Tuesday stayed a trial court firmed that the investment tensified intra domestic (ID) officer of the Bapunagar with population of close to issued to the States for in- The WHO official added or trade restrictions will be
order allowing former IAF summit was the reason for work that involves identify- Urban Health Centre that six lakh people, was told that tensification of vector con- that when the ICMR eventu- imposed by other countries.
chief S.P. Tyagi, a key accused covering up the Zika cases. ing mosquito-breeding spots was at the epicentre of the the screenings were for mal- trol measures. Travel advis- ally handed over the inform- We now know that none
in the AgustaWestland VVIP and symptomatic patients. action. aria. The health workers ory has been issued, after ation, the facts were out of of these precautions was
helicopter scam, to travel to Intense surveillance The week-long exercise, Even now, I have no idea keep coming to put medica- confirming one of the three place. Their document said taken by the Health Ministry
Indonesia. Decrying the Soon after a positive case however, did not mention who the Zika virus patients tion in the water tanks to cases reported. that one case each was re- as the State-level health offi-
special treatment given to was reported, a team of 250 the word Zika. are. I am only told that two prevent malaria and dengue. However, last week, J.N. ported in February 2016, cials were also kept out of
Mr. Tyagi, Justice I.S. Mehta health workers and entomo- We were told it was a spe- of them fall under my med- But we are not aware about Singh, Chief Secretary of Gu- November 2016 and then the loop.
said, I do not understand
why the accused persons

Private sector key to defence


always want to travel
abroad. Staying the trial
court order till July 12, it
ED gets clearance to SC declines
relief for
agreed to the CBIs
contention that Mr. Tyagi, 71,
who is on bail, may interfere
appeal in Reddy case Jaitley says strategic partnership policy will open up manufacturing to private players IPS oicer
with the investigation. PTI
HC had quashed move against him Special Correspondent istry factors in both these Legal Correspondent
Praful Patel defends UPA New Delhi contents sending a clear New Delhi
decisions on Air India Special Correspondent had sought a legal opinion. In order to build the coun- message to the DPSUs that The Supreme Court on
NEW DELHI NEW DELHI It is learnt that the authorit- trys domestic defence man- they need to improve effi- Tuesday declined to stay
Former Civil Aviation Minister The Enforcement Director- ies concerned have now ufacturing base, Defence ciency and capabilities. the conviction of IPS of-
Praful Patel on Tuesday ate has received the go- cleared the proposal to file Public Sector Undertakings The Strategic Partnership ficer R.S. Bhagora, cur-
described as multi-tiered ahead for filing an appeal the appeal. (DPSUs) will have to com- policy which is part of the rently serving in Gujarat, in
and collective the decisions against a recent Karnataka The Karnataka High pete with the private sector Defence Procurement Pro- the 2002 Bilkis Bano case,
to merge Air India and Indian High Court order quashing Court held that the Enforce- which is being promoted in a cedure intends to open up despite arguments raised
Airlines and the order to buy all the action taken against ment Case Information Re- big way, Defence Minister manufacturing of four major that refusal of the immedi-
111 aircraft by the state-run former State Minister G. port (ECIR) could be re- Arun Jaitley said on Tuesday. defence platforms for the In- ate relief may lead to his
carriers, a day after the CBI Janardhana Reddy, his wife gistered by the Directorate The emphasis is to use Honour time: Arun Jaitley giving away the Raksha Mantris dian private sector. The ca- termination from service.
decided to launch and two mining companies only when there was a con- our entire potential as a awards for excellence, in New Delhi on Tuesday. PTI *
pacity of the DPSUs and A Vacation Bench of
investigation into these. The owned by them and the at- viction and a judicial con- country to expand rapidly their order profiles will also Justices A.K. Sikri and
CBI on Monday registered tachment of their assets clusion had been arrived at and therefore the policies competition between the isters awards for excellence be taken into considera- Deepak Gupta said there
three FIRs to investigate worth 884 crore in a as to the quantum of pro- are also being liberalised to two will certainly bring out to DPSUs. tion...we also need to ex- was no urgency in the case
alleged irregularities in the money laundering case. ceeds of that crime. It then allow a fair competition the best potential in both the He said the recent policy plore larger defence manu- and posted the matter for
purchase and lease of aircraft In view of the order dated quashed the action initiated between the DPSUs and the areas, Mr. Jaitley said, after on Strategic Partnerships ap- facturing with private sector hearing in July. He was con-
by the two airliners. PTI March 13, the Directorate against the writ petitioners. private sector A healthy giving away the Defence Min- proved by the Defence Min- participation, he stated. victed by the Bombay HC.

UAE ready for air traic pact


But the Gulf nation demands access to more Indian airports
Somesh Jha Mr. Sinha, on the other
Suhasini Haidar hand, said the air traffic pact
NEW DELHI
with the Gulf had to be
The United Arab Emirates apples to apples in terms
(UAE) is in favour of Indias of airports and landing slots.
proposal for a unified bilat- As per the global practice,
eral air traffic pact provided countries sign air service
the Gulf nation gets access to agreement bilaterally which
more Indian airports. decides the equal number of
We understand that In- flights or seats per week that
dia wants to rationalise the can fly into each others
air service agreements with country depending upon
the UAE, and have one uni- their own requirements.
fied pact instead We have Looking for slots: A view of the Dubai airport. India has Then, the government dis-
suggested to Indian officials separate air agreements with various emirates of the UAE. * AP tributes the allocated seats
that we are happy to talk to the respective airlines.
about a unified agreement, India has signed separate what is the standard meth- Airlines from India and
with the hope they will agreements with emirates of odology that is in place for UAE are entitled to fly
speak of giving the UAE air- the UAE which is a unique negotiating (air traffic rights) around 1.34 lakh seats a
lines access to more air- arrangement as bilateral air and thats really what we are week from both sides at
ports, UAE Ambassador to traffic rights are generally examining right now. How present. Airlines from India
India Dr. Ahmed Al Banna signed between two coun- do other countries consider and Dubai have exhausted
told The Hindu. tries. It has an agreement their negotiation with the their bilateral entitlement.
He said officials on both each with Abu Dhabi, Dubai, UAE and lets make sure we The air traffic agreement
sides would soon hold a Ras al-Khaimah and Sharjah. are consistent with global between India and the UAE
meeting to discuss the pro- protocols, Mr. Sinha said, has been a bone of conten-
posal to sign a single bilateral Global practice explaining the rationale be- tion for both the countries in
air traffic agreement. Minister of State for Civil Avi- hind Indias shift in strategy. the recent past.
If they are worried that ation Jayant Sinha told The While Dubai has been
Delhi and Mumbai are busy Hindu in an interview re- Smaller airports constantly demanding more
and there are no extra slots, cently that India is contem- Dr. Banna said UAE airlines entitlements, India has re-
then we would be happy to plating a single air traffic were willing to fly to smaller frained from renewing its
speak about Ahmedabad, pact with UAE to align with airports in India too such as present bilateral agreement
Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kochi or global practice. Indore and Visakhapatnam. due to lack of viable slots
Bangalore and Chennai, Dr. It becomes a question of We hope that it will be con- available for Indian carriers
Banna said. how it is done globally and sidered by India, he said. in Dubai.

Minesweeper deal to be inked soon


India and South Korea ready to inalise pact for 12 mine detectors for the Navy
Dinakar Peri with four ageing minesweep-
NEW DELHI ers which will be retired by
After repeated delays and 2018 end. However, efforts to
protracted negotiations, In- procure new MCMVs have
dia and South Korea are set been repeatedly delayed.
to be close to finalising the The Acceptance of Neces-
deal for 12 minesweepers for sity for construction of 12
the Indian Navy. new MCMVs was approved
Commercial negotiations by the Defence Acquisition
are in the final stages and Council on February 28,
should be concluded in the 2015 on nomination basis to
next two months. The tech- GSL.
nical negotiations have long
been completed which also Pricing issues delay deal
involves the Indian Navy, a The Kangnam Corporation
defence source said on was eventually shortlisted as
Tuesday. frastructure and facilities to ship is expected to be de- the foreign OEM, but the fi-
Discussions are underway build the vessels. livered three years after the nal deal was still delayed due
between Goa Shipyard Lim- The deal for 12 mine- contract is signed. Mine- to pricing and technology
ited, which has been nomin- sweepers or Mine Counter sweepers are crucial to de- issues.
ated as the yard for construc- Measure Vessels is worth tect mines and explosives The deal is expected to go
tion by the government, and about 32,640 crore and the planted by the enemy target- beyond 12 as the Navy is
Kangnam Corporation of ships would be manufac- ing our ships as they enter or keen to order additional
South Korea. The GSL has tured in India under Trans- leave harbours. ships once the original order
already created necessary in- fer of Technology. The first The Navy is presently left is fulfilled.
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ELSEWHERE
Trump crosses swords with Cyclone Mora batters
Merkel on trade, defence Bangladesh coastline
Six killed; millions evacuated and countrys main port shut
Blames ally for not spending enough; indicates U.S. may withdraw from Paris pact
Haroon Habib
Varghese K. George Dhaka
Car bombs kill 23, Washington Cyclone Mora that lashed
wound 80 in Baghdad United States President Don- Bangladesh's coastlines, for-
BAGHDAD ald Trump on Tuesday rat- cing the evacuation of mil-
Two car bombs killed at least cheted up tensions with Ger- lions of people and shutting
23 people and wounded many with a fresh tweet, the countrys main port and
about 80 others in Baghdad blaming the key ally for not river transport, killed at
on Tuesday, security sources spending enough on defence least six people in Coxs
said. One bomb targeted a and for Americas trade Bazar and Rangamati before
crowd typical of the Muslim deficit. moving to Indias north-east.
holy month of Ramzan that We have a MASSIVE The cyclone, which
was shopping ahead of the trade deficit with Germany, lashed the coastal belt with a
next day's fast. REUTERS plus they pay FAR LESS than wind speed of 128 kmph and
they should on NATO & milit- made landfall at around
Germany detains Syrian ary, Mr. Trump wrote on 6:00 am on Tuesday, cut off
teen planning attack Twitter. This will change, Kutubdia, Moheshkhali and
BERLIN he added, amid a raging de- Teknaf from other parts of
German authorities detained bate in the U.S on the Presid- the country. Road transport-
a 17-year-old Syrian outside ents first official tour of ation was affected, phone
Berlin on Tuesday on Europe last week, which lines were disrupted, more
suspicion that he was many critics say has under- than 20,000 houses des-
planning a suicide attack in mined key partnerships. Paying homage: U.S. President Donald Trump lays a wreath during a ceremony at the troyed and hundreds of
the German capital, oicials German Chancellor An- Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia on Memorial Day on Monday. NYT * trees were uprooted.
said. Police in the state of gela Merkel and her cabinet The Disaster Management
Brandenburg said the
teenager was detained in the
county of Uckermark,
colleagues have been critical
of Mr. Trump in recent days,
after he refused to reiterate
His comments on climate
change and defence spend-
ing also left European part-
White House oicial Ministry said that it moved
to safety more than 2.5 mil-
lion people in 10 coastal dis-
Homeward bound: People carry their belongings and walk back
home after spending a night at a shelter in Cox's Bazar. AP *

northeast of Berlin. AP

Australia may strip


the principle of collective se-
curity that binds the North
Atlantic Treaty Organisation
ners in the lurch.

Growing trade surplus


quits amid tensions tricts which were most vul-
nerable to the tropical storm
as the Met Office upgraded
south of the tip of the Cox's
Bazar-Teknaf peninsula and
the southernmost part of
used as camps for the Ro-
hingya refugees from Myan-
mar. Coxs Bazar provides
paedophiles of passports (NATO) partners. Mr. Trump Germanys trade surplus Associated Press tion has taken over the Fake the cyclone warning to Great Bangladesh. However, no shelter for an estimated
SYDNEY also indicated that the U.S with the U.S is growing. It Washington News. Danger No. 10, the highest casualty has been reported 200,000 Rohingyas, who
Convicted paedophiles will under him may withdraw rose to 252.9 billion euros in A top White House commu- Mr. Dubke wrote in a level. About 18 million so far in the area, as resid- fled Myanmar to escape
have their passports from the Paris climate agree- 2016, growing from 244.3 nications staffer has statement that it had been people live in 19 coastal dis- ents have already been persecution.
cancelled to prevent them ment. Ms. Merkel said days billion euros in 2015. Ger- resigned as United States an honour to serve Mr. tricts, 10 of them located in moved to shelters. Shamsul Alam, a Ro-
travelling overseas to ofend when Europe could com- many has the third largest President Donald Trump Trump and my distinct high-risk areas. The government has hingya community leader,
again under tough new laws pletely count on others are trade surplus with the U.S, considers a major staff over- pleasure to work side by ordered two navy ships to said almost all the 10,000
which Australia on Tuesday over to a certain extent. after China and Japan. haul amid intensifying in- side, day by day with the Flights cancelled move to the St. Martin Island thatched huts in the Bal-
hailed as a world irst. We Europeans truly have Many Presidents, includ- quiries into his campaigns staff of the communications The country's main seaport, with relief materials. ukhali and Kutupalong
Legislation will be introduced to take our fate into our own ing Barack Obama, have dealings with Russia. and press departments. Chittagong, suspended con- The Coxs Bazar district's camps had been destroyed
to Parliament later this hands, she said on Sunday complained that European The departure of Michael tainer handling. All flights disaster management office in the storm. Omar Farukh,
month in this regard. AFP and echoed the sentiment partners were free-riding Dubke, Mr. Trumps com- Last day not confirmed from Chittagongs Shah said that more than another community leader
again during her press con- on the U.S for defence, but munications director, comes Mr. Dubke offered his resig- Amanat International Air- 200,000 people were in Kutapalong camp, said
Policeman who fatally ference with PM Narendra Mr. Trump has raised the as aides as well as outside nation earlier this month, port were cancelled from moved to the 538 cyclone conditions were dire: Now
shot black boy is ired Modi. Mr. Trumps tweet rhetoric to a different level. advisers say the President White House counselor Kel- Tuesday morning to this af- shelters. The local adminis- we are in the open air.
CLEVELAND came soon after the Modi- In 2006, NATO members has apparently grown in- lyanne Conway said on ternoon. The Bangladesh In- tration said 88 medical An estimated 75,000
An Ohio police oicer who Merkel press conference. pledged to spend at least 2% creasingly frustrated by al- Tuesday, but offered to stay land Water Transport Au- units, 6,010 local volunteers Muslim Rohingyas are be-
fatally shot a black 12-year- of the GDP on defence, and legations of Russian med- on during the Presidents thority or BIWTA has and 15,000 Red Crescent vo- lieved to have fled to
old boy in 2014 was ired on Germans are bad they reiterated it in 2014 dling in the 2016 election first foreign trip. His last day suspended the operations of lunteers were kept on Bangladesh since the
Tuesday after an internal The Germans are bad, very after Mr. Obama pushed for and revelations of possible has not yet been determ- all river transports. standby. Burmese army launched an
probe found that he provided bad, Mr. Trump had told it. Only five members of the ties between his campaign ined. Over 15,000 homes were operation in response to in-
inaccurate information on his European Union leaders last alliance met that threshold and Moscow. White House chief of staff damaged in Coxs Bazar Rohingya camps ravaged surgent attacks in October
application to join the police, week, according to reports in 2016 . The U.S is particu- The President tweeted on Reince Priebus thanked Mr. alone, said local administra- The cyclone has also rav- last year. When contacted, a
oicials said. Timothy in the German press. See larly peeved at Germany, Tuesday: Russian officials Dubke in a statement and tion officials. aged nearly 10,000 thatched UN official working with Ro-
Loehmann was a rookie with the millions of cars they sell which spends only 1.2% of its must be laughing at the U.S. said Mr. Dubke had offered Nearly 70% homes have huts in Balukhali and Ku- hingya refugees said the
the Cleveland Division of in the U.S., terrible. We will GDP on defence, while the & how a lame excuse for to remain onboard until a been damaged on the Saint tupalong camps in Coxs damage in the camps could
Police. REUTERS stop this, the President said. U.S spends 3.6%. why the Dems lost the elec- transition is concluded. Martins island, some 9 km Bazar district, which were not be assessed instantly.

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Flashpoint in Venezuela
PM Theresa May-led Conservative Partys lead over Labour halved to 9% from 18%, according to a poll
Vidya Ram demographic where it has from hundreds of thousands.
London been seen as particularly In a global race for talent
When British Prime Minister vulnerable. and innovation, U.K. firms
Theresa May announced The poll highlighted the risk being left in the starting
plans to hold a snap election damage done to the support blocks because of a blunt ap-
on June 8, she faced criticism for the Conservative Party proach to immigration, the
from some, including those over plans on social care of Confederation of British In-
who believed the party was older people: the govern- dustry warned earlier this
exploiting the low approval ment had said that the eld- month.
ratings of the Labour Party, erly would have to pay the On Tuesday, Ms. May
which, they believed had full cost of their care, sought to re-focus the debate
little chance of winning. whether or not they stayed on Brexit, an issue perceived
Just over a month and half at home or in a care home, Face-of: Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May. *
GETTY IMAGES to be one of her stronger
on, a very different political until they were down to their ones, telling the audience
picture has emerged, with last 1,00,000 of asset. the PMs party on this issue, the Evening Standard, a Lon- gathered in the city of Wol-
Labour dramatically narrow- as well as an earlier reversal don weekday newspaper ed- verhampton that she was
ing the gap between itself Party image hit on taxation of the self-em- ited by former Chancellor prepared to take difficult de-
and the Conservative Party. The policy, which was ployed and the decision to George Osborne. cisions that leadership de-
Conservatives lead over dubbed the dementia tax, hold the election in the first manded, including in negoti-
Labour has halved to 9% sparked a huge outcry, for- place despite previous prot- On economic policy ations with other EU leaders,
from 18%, according to a cing the party to revise its estations that it would not The governments attempt set to commence 11 days
Survation poll for the ITV policies in the days after the happen till 2020, led Jeremy to portray the Labour Party after the elections. Only one
news channel. While Labour manifesto launch, with a Paxman, a seasoned broad- as the weaker one on eco- has the determination to de-
appeared to draw greater pledge to introduce a cap on caster who interviewed both nomic policy has also liver the will of the people,
support on issues it has tra- the costs people would face. the party leaders on Monday struggled at points, with con- she said.
ditionally been strong on, But the party has night, to ask her if she was a cerns, including from busi- Mr. Corbyn, by contrast,
such as the NHS, and from struggled to recover from the blowhard who collapses at ness, voiced about the Con- has sought to focus his
the youth, the survey damage, which has hit the the first sign of gun fire. servative Partys partys campaign on real-
showed, significantly, that it image it has sought to por- Ms. Mays manifesto was commitments on toughening term cuts to public services.
No let-up: Riot security forces clash with demonstrators as a motorcycle is set on ire during a has also been seen as deliver- tray itself as strong and branded the most dis- the immigration regime, to I am fighting this election
protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government in San Cristobal on Monday. ing the best policies for older stable, in contrast to the La- astrous manifesto in recent bring net migration figures on social justice, he told Mr.
Demonstrations that started in late March have claimed 58 lives. REUTERS * people and pensioners, a bour Party. The changes of history, by the editorial of down to tens of thousands Paxman.

Manuel Noriega, Panama dictator ousted by U.S., dies Banned Pak. outits
Becoming de facto leader by promoting himself as full general of armed forces, he had head-spinning ties with Washington
have free rein on FB
RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD tensive care since March 7 It was an inglorious home- before turning it over to listening post in the region. Their network has sectarian mix: Dawn

M
anuel Antonio after complications de- coming for a man who had Panama on December 31, He grew more belligerent,
Noriega, the brash veloped from surgery to re- been known for brandishing 1999. however, and by 1989 U.S. Press Trust of India banned outfit, the report
former dictator of move what his lawyer de- a machete while making de- In the 1990 book In the patience had run out. Law- Islamabad said. Forty one of
Panama and sometime ally scribed as a benign brain fiant nationalist speeches Time of the Tyrants, a chron- makers in Washington, some At least 41 of the 64 outfits Pakistans 64 banned outfits
of the United States whose tumour. His daughters told and living a lavish, libertine icle of the Noriega years, the of them worried about the banned by Pakistan, includ- are present on Facebook in
ties to drug trafficking led to reporters at the hospital in life off drug-trade riches, journalists Richard M. Koster coming turnover of the canal ing the Pakistani Taliban the form of hundreds of
his ouster in 1989 in the March that he had sustained complete with luxurious and Guillermo Snchez to Panama, began asking and the sectarian group pages, groups and indi-
largest U.S. military action a brain haemorrhage after mansions, cocaine-fuelled Borbn gave a startling ex- more questions about his Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, are act- vidual user profiles, it said.
since the Vietnam War, has the procedure. He had been parties and voluminous col- ample of Noriegas double- ties to drug traffickers. Op- ive on Facebook and just a
died. He was 83. granted house arrest in Janu- lections of antique guns. It dealing. While providing position in Panama had also click away from the coun- Largest groups
President Juan Carlos ary to prepare for the was a quirky life as well: He secrets about Cuba to the grown, ignited in large meas- trys 25 million users of the The biggest outfits on the
Varela of Panama an- procedure. liked to display his teddy The U.S. also saw him as United States, they wrote, ure by the torture and social media platform, a me- social network, in order of
nounced Noriegas death on His medical problems bears dressed as useful in its eforts to keep Noriega sold Fidel Castro murder in 1985 of Dr. Hugo dia report said on Tuesday. size, are Ahle Sunnat Wal
Twitter early on Tuesday came on the heels of a legal paratroopers. inluence in Panama. AP * thousands of Panamanian Spadafora, a longtime critic The outfits network, Jamaat with 200 pages and
morning. odyssey that had begun with passports, at $5,000 each, who had publicly accused both interconnected and groups, Jeay Sindh Mut-
Mr. Varelas post read, the invasion and led to Playing both sides Western Hemisphere and for use by Cuban secret Noriega of being in league public, is a mix of Sunni and tahida Mahaz with 160,
The death of Manuel A. prison terms in the United Noriega, who became the de tipping off drug cartels. agents and possibly agents of with Colombian drug Shia sectarian groups, Sipah-i-Sahaba with 148 and
Noriega closes a chapter in States, France and finally facto leader of the country Whose side he was on was other Soviet bloc nations. cartels. global terror organisations Balochistan Students Organ-
our history; his daughters Panama. While imprisoned by promoting himself to full often hard to tell. There was a failed coup in operating in Pakistan, and isation Azad with 54.
and his relatives deserve to abroad he suffered strokes, general of the armed forces It was an awkward em- More belligerent 1988. The next year, Noriega separatists in Balochistan Other banned outfits that
bury him in peace. hypertension and other ail- in 1983, had a decades-long, brace that befitted the his- Noriegas two-facedness was annulled the results of Pana- and Sindh provinces, Dawn exist on Facebook at a smal-
Noriega died around 11 ments, his lawyers said. head-spinning relationship tory of American and known to the U.S. authorit- mas presidential election, news reported. ler scale include Lashkar-e-
p.m. local time on Monday After returning to Panama with the U.S., shifting from Panamanian relations since ies. But they saw him as use- ratcheting up pressure on The names of all banned Jhangvi, Tehreek-e-Taliban
at Santo Toms Hospital in on December 11, 2011, he cooperative ally and inform- the U.S. built the Panama ful in their efforts to main- the United States to take ac- outfits, including acronyms Pakistan, Tehreek-e-Taliban
Panama City, a hospital em- began serving long sen- ant for American drug and Canal early in the 20th cen- tain influence in Panama at a tion. After another failed and small variations in Swat, Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-
ployee confirmed. An official tences for murder, embez- intelligence agencies to tury. The U.S. continued to time of political instability coup, in 1989, he anointed spelling, were searched on Shariat-e-Mohammadi,
cause of death was not im- zlement and corruption in shady adversary, selling operate the canal and gov- and leftist uprisings in Cent- himself maximum leader, Facebook to find pages, Jamat-ul-Ahrar, 313 Bri-
mediately available. connection with his rule secrets to political enemies ern a strip of territory along- ral America. He provided, and the national assembly groups, and user profiles gadeand a host of Baloch
Noriega had been in in- during the 1980s. of the United States in the side it for eight decades for one thing, an important declared war on the U.S. NYT that publicly liked a separatist organisations.
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market watch
30-05-2017
Sensex dddddddddddddddddddddd 31,159 ddddddddddddddd0.16
US Dollar dddddddddddddddddddd 64.66 ddddddddddddd -0.06
% CHANGE
M&M plans 12,000 cr. Hindalco Q4 net rises 25% to 503 cr.
spend to fuel growth
Gold ddddddddddddddddddddddddddd 29,350 ddddddddddddddd0.00
Brent oil ddddddddddddddddddddd 51.61 ddddddddddddd -1.79 Proit jump powered by higher revenue from operations at aluminium maker
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA alisation. Interest expense stitutional Placement (QIP)
NIFTY 50 New Delhi was lower by 3%, mainly on in March. In line with its
PRICE CHANGE Hindalco Industries Ltd. account of pre-payment of commitment, the company
ACC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1635.15. . . . . . . 10.75
Adani Ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340.35. . . . . . . 12.55
Firm to focus on retaining market share with new products today posted a 25% increase loan. used the cash proceeds from
Ambuja Cements. . . .. . . . . . 242.45. . . . . . . . . 2.20
in standalone net profit Net Profit for the fiscal QIP towards prepayment of
Asian Paints. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1159.45. . . . . . . 12.90 Lalatendu Mishra at502.5 crore for the fourth year 2017 stood at 1,557 4,506 crore of long term
Aurobindo Pharma . . . . . . 580.30. . . . . . . 67.90 MUMBAI quarter ended March, on the crore, registering a growth of loan in April 2017 till date
Axis Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514.40. . . . . . . . . 7.15 Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. back of higher revenue from 182% versus previous year. the total pre-payment stands
Bajaj Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2851.40. . . . . . . 13.45 (M&M) will invest 12,000 operations. Hindalcos consolidated at 5,536 crore.
Bank of Baroda . . . . . .. . . . . . 178.50. . . . . . . . . 4.85
Bharti Airtel . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 370.70. . . . . . . . -2.40
crore in the next three years The company had posted revenue stood at 102,631
Bosch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23538.40. . . . . . -36.75 to ensure that its growth mo- a standalone net profit of crore for the fiscal year 2017. Debt refinanced
BPCL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 738.75. . . . . . -16.10 mentum continues. 401 crore in the January- It attained a record con- During the fiscal year 2017,
Cipla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510.50. . . . . . . . . 5.15 While 7,500 crore would March period of FY16, solidated EBITDA (Earnings Novelis refinanced its $2.5
Coal India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267.70. . . . . . . . . 0.40
be invested in new product Hindalco Industries said in a Bright show: FY17 proit before Interest, Tax, Depre- billion senior notes and $1.8
Dr Reddys Lab . . . . . . . .. . . . 2481.35. . . . . . . 55.50
Eicher Motors. . . . . . . . .. 28323.40. . . . . 151.30
development and capacity BSE filing. surged 182%. ciation and Amortisation) at billion term loan. As a result,
GAIL (India). . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 405.45. . . . . . . . . 4.30 expansion for Mahindra The total income on a 13,558 crore, up 36% as annual cash interest savings
HCL Tech. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 868.15. . . . . . . . . 3.70 range of vehicles, 4,500 standalone basis increased Tax, Depreciation and compared to the earlier of $79 million has been
HDFC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1579.50. . . . . . -19.35 crore would go towards in- to 11,969.6 crore, over Amortisation) was 5,819 year, it said. achieved along with an ex-
HDFC Bank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1629.05. . . . . . . . -2.85
vestments in group compan- 9,472 crore in the year-ago crore, up 35% as compared The robust performance tended debt maturity profile
Hero MotoCorp . . . . . .. . . . 3740.35. . . . . . . 74.55
Hindalco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203.15. . . . . . . . . 1.90 ies as well as for acquisi- period. In a statement, the to the previous year, suppor- was supported by stable op- for the senior notes, it said.
Hind Unilever . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1072.60. . . . . . . . . 0.35 tions, said V.S. company said that Hindalco ted by lower input cost, erations across businesses. During the year, Hindalco
Indiabulls HFL . . . . . . . .. . . . 1113.60. . . . . . . . . 6.60 Parthasarathy, group chief registered standalone reven- higher aluminium volumes For the fiscal year 2017, net also divested its stake in
ICICI Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321.40. . . . . . . . . 6.50 financial officer, M&M. ues of 39,383 crore for the and realisation. profit stood at 1,900 crore. Aditya Birla Minerals Ltd.,
IndusInd Bank . . . . . . . .. . . . 1473.85. . . . . . -16.85
Bharti Infratel . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 372.25. . . . . . . . -7.10
Every year, we will invest Powering ahead: Pawan Goenka and V.S. Parthasarathy fiscal year 2017. EBITDA Depreciation was up by The company raised $500 Australia. The shares rose
Infosys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 996.20. . . . . . . 11.05 about 4,000 crore and this announcing the company's results. SHASHI ASHIWAL
* (Earnings before Interest, 11% due to progressive capit- million through Qualified In- 0.9% to 203.15 on the BSE.
Indian OilCorp . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 419.55. . . . . . . . . 0.30 includes 2,500 crore for
ITC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311.45. . . . . . . . -4.40 capex and 1,500 crore for the investment to develop a enue of 12,289 crore which
Kotak Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 961.95. . . . . . . . -6.60
L&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1767.55. . . . . . -14.85
Lupin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1129.90. . . . . . . 19.70
investments, he said.
The company, which is fa-
cing a tough challenge in its
high end electric vehicle
through Pininfarina, he
said.
was up 5.2% compared with
the year-earlier period.
Vehicles sales in the do-
Piramal puts Jet Airways FY17 net Cox & Kings
M&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1361.10. . . . . . . . . 1.05
565 cr. into to spin of
Maurti Suzuki . . . . . . . . .. . . . 7147.50. . . . . . . 13.05
NTPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161.25. . . . . . . . . 4.75
ONGC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178.65. . . . . . . . . 2.90
utility vehicles and sports
utility vehicles business
from a dozen players, is fo-
M&M on Tuesday repor-
ted a consolidated net profit
of 3,698 crore, up 17.5% for
mestic market on a year-on-
year basis remained flat at
1,30,778 units. However, do- auto parts proit at 438 crore forex unit
PowerGrid Corp . . . . .. . . . . . 204.10. . . . . . . . -5.00
Reliance Ind . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1359.35. . . . . . . . . 2.45
cusing on retaining its mar- the year ended March 31, mestic tractor sales rose
State Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288.85. . . . . . . . . 4.85 ket share with new products 2017. During the year, con- 13.3% to 46,583 units. Special Correspondent Airline reduces debt by 1,902 crore Special Correspondent
Sun Pharma . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 508.00. . . . . . . . . 5.40 as well as having a first solidated gross revenue in- The ban on the sale of BS- MUMBAI MUMBAI
Tata Motors . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 481.30. . . . . . . . -0.20 mover advantage in the elec- creased by 10.8% to 89,713 III vehicles from April 1, Piramal Enterprises Ltd., Special Correspondent The board of Cox & Kings
Tata Motors DVR. . . .. . . . . . 286.80. . . . . . . . . 1.40
tric vehicles business. crore. 2017, affected it adversely as through its Piramal Fin- MUMBAI Ltd. (C&K), a leading travel
Tata Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.40. . . . . . . . . 1.25
Tata Steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511.85. . . . . . . . . 4.15 It also decided to build a For fiscal year 2016-17, it could not sell 13,000 BS-III ance Ltd. unit, has invested Jet Airways Group, which in- firm, approved the demer-
TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2551.10. . . . . . -21.75 strong portfolio in its farm M&M along with its subsidi- vehicles, it said. The impact a total of 565 crore in two cludes Jet Airways (India) ger of its foreign exchange
Tech Mahindra . . . . . . .. . . . . . 388.30. . . . . . . . . 8.85 equipment business through ary Mahindra Vehicles Man- on this head has been estim- auto components compan- and Jet Privilege, has repor- division into a separate fin-
UltraTech Cement . .. . . . 4082.10. . . . . . . 20.80 overseas acquisition and fo- ufacturers Ltd. (MVML), re- ated at 171 crore. During the ies as part of a strategy to ted net profit of 438 crore ancial services company to
Vedanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244.90. . . . . . . . . 0.70
Wipro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536.15. . . . . . . . . 1.55
cus on export markets. M&M ported profit after tax of current year, the company focus on the sector. for the year 2016-17 on total be named Cox & Kings Fin-
YES Bank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1438.35. . . . . . . . . 0.05 is also working on setting up 3,889 crore, up 16.3% on will introduce a brand new This includes financing revenues of 22,693 crore. ancial Service Ltd.
Zee Entertainment . . . . . . 522.55. . . . . . . . . 0.75 a second home base outside gross revenue and other in- SUV and two refreshed ver- of 275 crore to RSB Group For the fourth quarter, the (CKFSL). The demerger is
India either in one of the come of 48,125 crore which sions of existing models. and 290 crore to In- group reported a net profit effective April 1, 2017 and
ASEAN countries or in was 9.5% more than the pre- For the year, the board re- doshell Mould Ltd. of 23 crore on total reven- subject to high court and
EXCHANGE RATES Africa. vious year. commended a dividend of The auto component ues of 5,728 crore. This is regulatory approvals.
Indicative direct rates in rupees a unit On a standalone basis, 13 per share. space has been on our the second profitable year Turbulent skies: Past year Strong macro drivers
except yen at 4 p.m. on May 30 Electric vehicles M&M reported profit after Commenting on the res- radar as a focus area for a for the airline. was tough for domestic and coupled with a strategic
CURRENCY TT BUY TT SELL
Dr. Pawan Goenka, man- tax of 3,956 crore, up 23.4% ults, Deven Choksey, MD, KR while now, said Khushru The past year has been international markets. AFP *
brand presence will enable
US Dollar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 64.46. . . . . . . 64.78 aging director, M&M, said on gross revenue and other Choksey Shares and Securit- Jijina, managing director, extremely challenging for CKFSL to flourish, said
Euro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 71.87. . . . . . . 72.23
British Pound . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 82.91. . . . . . . 83.33 the company would invest income of 48,439 crore , up ies said, Despite tough busi- Piramal Finance. both domestic and interna- ductivity and business Peter Kerkar, CEO, Cox &
Japanese Yen (100) . .. . 58.07. . . . . . . 58.36 600 crore to 800 crore in 8.9%. ness environment, the com- Both RSB and Indoshell tional markets, said Naresh performance, enabling us to Kings Group. There are
Chinese Yuan . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 9.40. . . . . . . . . 9.45 its electric vehicles business For the fourth quarter pany has reported good have long standing rela- Goyal, chairman, Jet Air- reduce our debt by 1,902 abundant, large-sized aven-
Swiss Franc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 65.95. . . . . . . 66.29
Singapore Dollar . . . . . . .. . 46.50. . . . . . . 46.74
to ramp up production in ended March 31, 2017, M&M growth in profitability. The tionships with major OEMs ways. We achieved positive crore during this year des- ues for natural product di-
Canadian Dollar . . . . . . . . .. . 47.87. . . . . . . 48.11 line with the governments and MVML combine repor- farm equipment division and command higher wal- results through our relent- pite weakening demand in versification and the timing
Malaysian Ringitt . . . . . .. . 15.05. . . . . . . 15.14 push for electric vehicles in ted profit after tax of 874 gave better profits. The res- let share of their respective less effort to streamline op- certain international mar- of this demerger is most
Source:Indian Bank the country. This excludes crore, up 26.3% on gross rev- ults are on expected lines. customer set. erations, improve pro- kets, especially Gulf. opportune, he said.

BULLION RATES
Natco Pharma Q4 Will repay
CHENNAI

May 30 rates in rupees with previous


rates in parentheses

25,000 cr.
net jumps 181%
Retail Silver (1g) . . . . . . . . . . . 43.30. . . . . (43.10)
22 ct gold (1 g) . .. . . . . . . . . . . 2,785. . . . . (2,783)

debt: RCom
Companys Tamilu drug spurs growth
TRAI to issue Press Trust of India
New Delhi
Debt-laden telecom oper-
regulations Special Correspondent
HYDERABAD ator Reliance Communica-
The consolidated net profit tions said on Tuesday it
on tarifs of Natco Pharma Ltd. for the had told lenders that it
quarter ended March has al- would repay 25,000 crore
Special Correspondent most trebled to 176.7 crore, before September 30 this
New Delhi a development that saw the year, expected to be gener-
The Telecom Regulatory company shares gain 5.7% at ated from two business
Authority of India (TRAI) is the BSE on Tuesday. deals.
likely to come out with reg- Propelling the 181.4% RCom has formally ad-
ulations on tariff assess- growth, from 62.8 crore in vised all its lenders that it
ment, which deals with is- the corresponding quarter (1,089.7 crore). The rev- will be making repayment
sues such as promotional of previous fiscal, was a gen- enue and profit growth dur- of an aggregate amount of
offers and predatory pri- eric version of Tamiflu (Os- ing the financial year was 25,000 crore from the
cing, within a month. eltamivir) influenza drug it driven primarily due to the proceeds of these two
We will analyse the had introduced with mar- sales of generic Oseltamivir transactions, on or before
views received at the open keting partner Alvogen in product in the USA market September 30, 2017, the
house as well as the written the U.S. in December 2016. and continued growth of do- company said in a
comments, and finalise our The net revenue for the mestic formulations busi- statement.
views in the next 30 days, quarter increased 46.2% to ness, according to the com- RComs net debt stood at
TRAI Chairman R.S. touch 577.2 crore (394.8 pany. In 2015, Tamiflu oral a whopping 44,345.30
Sharma said on Tuesday crore). For the full 2016-17, capsules had U.S. sales of crore as on March 31 this
on the sidelines of an open the Hyderabad based com- approximately $403 million. year.
house discussion on the panys consolidated net Natco shares closed at The assertion comes at a
subject. Mr. Sharma added profit grew 209.3% to 486 939.65 a piece, a gain of time when there are grow-
that the regulators view crore (157.1 crore). The 50.70 over the previous ing conerns over the com-
may come as an order or a total revenue went up 888.95. The share touched panys debt repayment
regulation. 90.8% to 2,078.9 crore an intra-day high of 961.90. capability.

Momentum revives ahead of GST rollout


Consumer spending roars back to life after post-demonetisation cash crunch
Reuters largest economy to expand
GURUGRAM by 7.1% on year in the Janu-
Kaveri Shukla and her fiance ary-March quarter, just up
are on a shopping spree from 7.0% in the prior
ahead of their wedding next quarter and ahead of Chinas
month. In just one week, the 6.9% growth rate. Some even
couple has bought home ap- expect a growth print as high
pliances ranging from a rice as 7.8% when the GDP fig-
cooker to a refrigerator and ures come out on
are purchasing a new car. Wednesday.
Marriage is a kind of big India doesnt publish na-
spending commitment, said tional figures on retail sales.
the 28-year-old financial con- But high-frequency indicat-
sultant while shopping at an ors such as car sales, retail
upscale mall in Gurugram, a Shopping scramble: The prospect of a price rise is seen pushing lending and goods imports
satellite city and business some people to go for purchases ahead of July. show consumer spending
hub near Delhi. has roared back to life.
It is an excuse to spend, big reform the launch of a unknown, said Kumar Ra- The consumer rebound
not defer your purchases. multi-rate Goods and Ser- jagopalan, head of the Retail- backs the Reserve Bank of
Shukla is not alone. Mil- vices Tax (GST) from July 1 ers Association of India. But Indias (RBI) prediction of a
lions like her are thronging could also be bringing for- it could turn out to be a big V-shaped recovery from the
shopping malls and stores in ward spending into the cur- fillip in the short run. cash clampdown, whereas
India, thanks to a busy wed- rent quarter as shoppers Other headwinds loom: many in the private sector
ding season. A heatwave is look to avoid rates of 28%, or Layoffs in the information- had expected a longer
also boosting demand for air higher, on some consumer technology sector are unset- slump.
conditioners and refrigerat- durables and luxury items. tling some households at a With a good monsoon and
ors. Its a welcome change The impact of the new tax time when the economy is government pay hikes in
for an economy where con- regime is not clear -- some still not generating enough prospect, the outlook for a
sumer spending, tradition- items are expected to be new jobs for workforce that sustained recovery looks
ally a driver of growth, took cheaper -- but the prospect is growing by around a mil- good. And as consumer
a blow after Prime Minister of a price rise is seen push- lion people a month. spending powers more than
Narendra Modis shock de- ing some people to buy half of Indias economic
cision last November to ahead of July. The risk is High frequency growth, the recovery has
scrap high-value bank notes. spending falls away after the Economists polled by Reu- bolstered the prospects of
The prospect of another tax is launched. GST is a big ters expect Asias third- stronger growth.
CM
YK
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IN BRIEF
Indian banks bad loans may Ramco
Cements Q4
Eveready net rises 12%;
set for packet tea JV
rise to 15% by March 2018: S&P net dips 26%
Special Correspondent Appliances ofset tepid battery sales
CHENNAI
Lenders may need to take large haircuts on loans to unviable stressed projects The Ramco Cements Ltd.s Special Correspondent
standalone net profit for KOLKATA
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA operate with a thin capital the fourth quarter contrac- Eveready Industries India
NEW DELHI cushion. ted by 26% to 134 crore Ltd. (EIIL), best known for
Uber to strengthen R&D Indian banks stressed assets In addition, they may be from 182 crore in the year- its dry-cell batteries, posted
team in India are likely to increase to 15% required to take large hair- earlier period. a 12% increase in fourth-
NEW DELHI of total loans by March 2018 cuts on loans to unviable During the period under quarter net profit to 10.5
U.S.-headquartered Uber is even as their regulatory cap- stressed projects, the regu- review, the company sold crore. Operating income
looking to strengthen its ital requirements will con- latory capital requirement 23 lakh tonnes of cement, rose 7% to 304.6 crore as
research and development tinue to rise till 2019, S&P will continue to rise till 2019 against 21 lakh tonnes, healthy demand at the light-
team in India and is also in Global Ratings said on and profitability will remain marking an increase of ing and appliances business
discussions with National Tuesday. subdued. 10%. Ramcos revenue helped offset tepid sales of
Payments Corporation of Indian banks credit pro- showed a marginal in- batteries and flashlights.
India to enable payments for files are unlikely to improve Capital shortfall crease to 1,196 crore Sales at the mainstay seg-
cabs via UPI. What works over the next 12 months, said The government has prom- (1,156 crore). ment remained subdued
well in India, works well in S&P Global Ratings in a re- ised to infuse 70,000 crore For the financial year during the quarter, due to In focus: Lighting segment
every other part of the port titled No Quick Cure Sticky wicket: Capital shortfall and asset quality issues may into its PSU banks over 2016- 2017, Ramcos revenue in- lower consumer offtake and demand lit up sales.
world, said Vinay Ramani, for Indias Banking Blues. pave the way for consolidation among PSU banks, says S&P. 2019 with 10,000 crore al- creased to 4,607 crore destocking in trade chan-
head of global growth at The banking sectors total located for fiscals 2018 and from 4,219 crore. Net nels post demonetisation. 1,355.2 crore, while net
Uber India. So India is where stressed assets will increase mal in the March quarter of among the lowest in a dec- 2019 each. In our view, profit increased to 649 The process for hiving off profit jumped 36% to 93.6
our new products will be to 13-15% of the total by the the last fiscal. Year-over-year ade. Indias public sector these amounts will not be crore from 542 crore. The EIILs packet tea business crore. The battery market
built irst, Mr. Ramani said. end of March 2018 with PSU increase in non-performing banks will have to continue sufficient to fully resolve the company continued to fo- into a joint venture with was impacted by demonet-
banks accounting for most of loans (NPLs) led to higher to rely on external capital in- public sector banks looming cus on cost reduction group company McLeod isation as well as imports
Aurobindo Pharma Q4 those loans, S&P Global Rat- provisions and lower profits fusion to meet the Basel III capital shortfall, S&P said. measures and reduced op- Russel India Ltd. was set from a neighbouring coun-
net profit declines 4% ings credit analyst Deepali and the capital available to capital requirements, or sell It said capital shortfall erating cost, according to a rolling on Tuesday after the try, the company said.
HYDERABAD Seth Chhabria said. absorb unexpected losses re- off their non-core assets or and asset quality problems statement from Ramco. board decided to initiate In February, EIILs board
Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. The performance of the mained thin, S&P Global investments, Ms. Chhabria could pave the way for con- The board declared a di- talks with MRIL. had approved a proposal to
reported a 4% decline in its S&P-rated public sector Ratings said. said. solidation among the gov- vidend of 3 per share for EIILs operating income recast the unprofitable
consolidated net profit to banks that we rate was dis- Besides, loan growth was The report said PSU banks ernment-owned banks. the financial year 2016-17. rose 2% in 2016-17 to packet-tea business.
532.45 crore for the quarter
ended March as against
554.77 crore in the year-
earlier period. Total revenue
from operations decreased by
Naspers leads $80 mn. funding Sundaram Finance Q4 net rises 14%
2.8% to 3,641.63 crore
(3,745.92 crore). For FY17,
net profit rose 13.6% to
2,301.67 crore (2,025.09
in food delivery start-up Swiggy Healthy performance comes amid diicult market conditions, says MD
crore).Total revenue from
operations rose 8.13% to
Firm to ofer new product and service oferings Special Correspondent
CHENNAI
2016-17 against 110% in
2015-16.
tributions came from LCVs
and tractors. Going forward,
15,089.86 crore. special Correspondent next phase of its growth. Sundaram Finance Ltd. SFL mobilised fresh de- we expect normal monsoon
BENGALURU The start-up would intro- (SFL) said its standalone net posists of 456.65 crore and and the kick-off in road con-
HealthAbove60 to ofer Food delivery start-up duce a suite of new product profit increased by 14% to ended FY 17 with deposits of struction activities to augur
healthcare for elderly Swiggy said it had raised $80 and service offerings to en- 139 crore for the fourth 2,411 crore. Deposit renew- well for the automotive in-
CHENNAI million in the latest series-E hance its customer experi- quarter ended March 31, als stood at about 80%. dustry, he said.
HealthAbove60, a unit of funding round led by the ence. 2017, against 122 crore in Mr. Srinivasaraghavan
FrontEnders Group, South African Internet and Swiggy also said it the year-earlier period. said the gross and net non Non-financial demerger
announced the media group Naspers. planned to double its tech- We have achieved a performing assets stood at The demerger of non-finan-
reintroduction of its geriatric Existing investors Accel nology headcount and in- healthy growth in both top 1.54% and 0.55%, respect- cial services investments of
home healthcare services to India, SAIF Partners India, crease investments in core and bottom line, notwith- T.T. Srinivasaraghavan ively, in 2016-17 against SFL into a wholly-owned
provide hospital-quality Bessemer Venture Partners, engineering, automation, standing the difficult market 2.08% and 0.92% respect- subsidiary, Sundaram Fin-
healthcare for the elderly in Harmony Partners and Nor- data sciences, machine conditions impacted by (LCVs), passenger cars and ively in 2015-16. ance Holdings Ltd., is expec-
Chennai. We are conident west Venture Partners also Plate full: Swiggy said it will learning and weak replacement buying, utility vehicles, construction We planned for broad- ted to be completed by the
of addressing some of the participated in this round. enrich customer experience. personalisation. uncertainty surrounding the equipment and tractors, he based growth as we saw second quarter of 2017-18.
most intractable medical Naspers was attracted to implementation of BS-IV said. some headwinds. The com- SFL had already obtained a
problems encountered by the companys (Swiggy) ex- in India, said in a statement. Unlocking potential emission norms and demon- The hire-purchase lender mercial vehicles industry no objection letter from NSE
the elderly that are ceptional execution in dis- Founded by BITS Pilani Swiggy said it unlocked the etisation, said T.T. Srinivas- reported 18% growth in its was going through rough and from the Competition
accompanied by inadequate rupting online food ordering alumni Sriharsha Majety and business potential for part- araghavan, managing dir- disbursement for the patch and medium and Commission of India.
care, acute stress and slow and delivery in India while Nandan Reddy and IIT Khar- ner restaurants across eight ector, SFL. quarter under review to heavy commercial vehicles Steps have been initiated
difusion of best practices, many players are strug- agpur graduate Rahul locations in India , including We were able to achieve 3,413 crore from 2,893 remained flat or marginally to file an application with
said G. Srinivasan, founder, gling, Ashutosh Sharma, Jaimini, Swiggy said it would Delhi-NCR, Mumbai. Pune, across-the-board growth in crore. The board recommen- negative, he said. the National Company Law
FrontEnders Group. Naspers head of investments use the funds to propel the Hyderabad and Chennai. light commercial vehicles ded total dividend of 115% for During the year, the con- Tribunal for approval.
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TV PICKS
Roland Garros: SS Select 1
HD & 2 HD, 2.30 p.m.
Verdasco outslugs Sascha Zverev; Konta bows out
IN BRIEF del Potro, playing his irst French Open in ive years, gets of to a smooth start; Wawrinka advances after a scratchy opener
ROLAND GARROS
Agencies
No shake!
Paris
Fernando Verdasco stunned
ninth seed Alexander Zverev L aurent Lokoli refused
to shake his first-
round conqueror Martin
at Roland Garros on Tuesday,
Klizans hand, claiming
eliminating the in-form
the latter had faked injury
youngster 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 in
in a bitter Roland Garros
a first round match that was
clash on Tuesday. Lokoli
suspended overnight. World
Djokovic projects a snubbed Klizan as the
No. 1 Andy Murray made it
politically correct picture! World No. 50 offered his
through to the second round
PARIS hand after completing a
with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 6-0 win
Novak Djokovic, when asked 7-6(4), 6-3, 4-6, 0-6,
over Andrey Kuznetsov.
for his views, decided not to 6-4 win.
The 33-year-old Verdasco
get involved in a discussion outslugged Zverev when play He made out he had a
over whether or not Serbia resumed on Tuesday at one leg injury but then in the
should join the EU. Politics is set each, with the German fifth set he was running
something that is not my big having lost momentum around like a rabbit,
interest at the moment. I do overnight after he had Lokoli, the World No.
follow it, of course, because grabbed the second set and 285 said. He speaks of
it is part of my life and looked in control. respect but he showed
everyones lives. Im aware of none of this.
Instead of pushing to play
whats happening. But more While offering no
on on Monday evening,
than that, I cant say, he said. Making a splash: Though Su-Wei Hsiehs win over No. 7 Johanna Konta was the bigger upset seeding-wise, it was Fernando Verdascos victory over ninth-seeded comment about the
AFP Zverev agreed to Verdascos
request to call a halt to play Alexander Zverev, widely regarded as a dark horse coming into the tournament, that was the real surprise. AP *
incident, Klizan said he
shortly after 8:30 p.m. local had suffered the injury
played at Roland Garros over tro has shown that he is once his trademark backhand his Roland Garros debut.
<
> Idiferent
time. like to do some three weeks ago, and had
The 20-year-old World No. her career. stuf. I think again capable of using his big drive long or into the net as But the Swiss did enough to pull out of the Madrid,
10, who had won three titles With only four main draw forehand to great effect. He he looked to keep the points to win. Wawrinka will play Rome and Geneva
its quite fun to play
this year including the Rome wins on clay in her career, beat qualifier Guido Pella short against the 152nd- Alexandr Dolgopolov in the tournaments.
the match like that 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 in an all-Argen- ranked Kovalik, was making second round.
Masters and was seen as an Konta was looking to prove
Su-wei Hsieh tine match-up.
outside bet for the title here, she could be a force on the
had no answer to Verdascos red surface.
I was making jokes, Oh,
del Potro showed no sign IMPORTANT RESULTS
punishing ground strokes. The 26-year-old Briton got of the shoulder and back
Verdasco broke Zverev off to a flying start, winning coach, I am so nervous I can- problems that hampered First round: Men: 21-John Isner 6-3. 3-Stan Wawrinka (Sui) bt Anastasija Sevastova (Lat) bt
twice to clinch the third set 13 of the first 15 points and not play, said the him at the Lyon Open last (USA) bt Jordan Thompson Jozef Kovalik (Svk) 6-2, 7-6(6), Annika Beck (Ger) 6-2, 6-4; 26-
Schiavone likens tennis Taiwanese. (Aus) 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-3. 15- 6-3; Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukr) Daria Kasatkina (Rus) bt Yanina
before the latter collapsed in taking the first set. week and did not face a
to marriage Gael Monfils (Fra) bt Dustin bt Carlos Berlocq (Arg) 7-5, Wickmayer (Bel) 7-5, 6-4. Su-
the fourth. But Hsieh fought back and When you make it fun single break-point.
PARIS
you feel more relaxed on the Third seed Stan Wawrinka Brown (Ger) 6-4, 7-5, 6-0; Nic- 6-3, 6-4; 18-Nick Kyrgios (Aus) Wei Hsieh (Tpe) bt 7-Johanna
The 2010 Roland Garros Konta had to save five break
court. It was an amazing olas Almagro (Esp) bt Marcos bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) Konta 1-6, 7-6(2), 6-4; 5-Elina
champion Francesca Early upset points before her opponent launched his bid for a second
result. Baghdatis 6-7(7), 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-3; 29-Juan Mar- Svitolina (Ukr) bt Yaroslava
Schiavone, who lost in the In another early upset, No. 7 eventually prevailed in the title here with a slow start,
(1); 1-Andy Murray (GBr) bt An- tin del Potro (Arg) bt Guido Shvedova (Kaz) 6-4, 6-3; Alize
opening round, was candid seed Johanna Konta bowed second-set tie-break, and Juan Martin del Potro, toiling to find his rhythm be-
drey Kuznetsov (Rus) 6-4, 4-6, Pella (Arg) 6-2, 6-1, 6-4. 28- Cornet (Fra) bt Timea Babos
about her her two-decade out with a 1-6, 7-6(2), 6-4 de- then closed it out in the back at Roland Garros for the fore ultimately beating quali- 6-2, 6-0; 8-Kei Nishikori (Jpn) Fabio Fognini (Ita) bt Frances (Hun) 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-2; 12-
on-off love affair with the feat to 109th-ranked Su-Wei third. first time in five years, had fier Jozef Kovalik 6-2, 7-6(6), bt Thanasi Kokkinakis (Aus) Tiafoe (USA) 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 1-6, Madison Keys (USA) bt Ash-
game. I hate tennis Hsieh. Hsieh, the 2014 doubles little trouble winning his first 6-3. 4-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4; Fernando 6-0. leigh Barty (Aus) 6-3, 6-2; Sor-
sometimes. It is a big Considering the setting, champion here with Peng round match. The 2015 champion Verdasco (Esp) bt 9-Alexander Women: 3-Simona Halep (Rou) ana Cirstea (Rou) bt Shuai Peng
relation. A love that you have the result is not all that sur- Shuai, was playing her first After a series of wrist op- struggled to time the ball in Zverev (Ger) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2; bt Jana Cepelova 6-2, 6-3; Eu- (Chn) 6-3, 6-1; 20-Barbora
to love and then you hate prising. Konta has now lost show-court match at the St- erations kept him off Tour an overcast Court Suzanne Chung Hyeon (Kor) bt 27-Sam genie Bouchard (Can) bt Risa Strycova (Cze) bt Alison Riske
sometimes. Its like when you all three matches she has ade Roland Garros. for months at a time, del Po- Lenglen, frequently spraying Querrey (USA) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, Ozaki (Jpn) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2; 17- (USA) 6-3, 6-0.
marry someone, she said. AFP

Men in Blue thrash Bangladesh Sangakkara backs India


Seamers do the damage after Dinesh Karthik delights with an aggressive 94 Singles out real irepower in fast bowling
Press Trust of India Press Trust of India
LONDON London
A supremely assertive India Former Sri Lanka skipper
Frustrating times for on Tuesday humiliated Kumar Sangakkara on Tues-
Andy Murray Bangladesh by 240 runs to day said defending cham-
PARIS
gear up for the ICC Champi- pion India was capable of re-
Andy Murray has had a
ons Trophy in an emphatic taining the Champions
blighted 2017 so far. All
fashion and sound a warning Trophy title as it was a better
through the year he has had
to Pakistan. balanced unit with real fire-
illness as well as an elbow Playing in its second power in fast bowling.
injury conspiring against him warm-up match, the defend- This year we have four
and his form. Then he fell sick ing champion made short Asian teams in the tourna-
again when he arrived in work of its sub-continental ment and clearly India is the
Paris. Its frustrating. Its the neighbour by bowling it out leader in the region. It won
third time I have been ill this for 84 in 23.5 overs at the in 2013 and it has a team
year, the World No .1, said. It Oval after piling up a com- capable of winning this year
should happen more really. manding 324 for seven. too, Sangakkara wrote in Go for it, mate! Kumar Sangakkara is impressed with the
We are in the locker rooms A hostile opening spell his column on the ICC balance of the Indian squad. FILE PHOTO AFP
*

with lots of players, sweat, from Umesh Yadav (three for website.
lots of germs, you know, in air 16) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar
planes all the time. AFP

French player banned for


(three for 13) reduced
Bangladesh to 22 for six in
only the eighth over.
Coming good: Dinesh Karthik handled the Bangladesh bowlers with assurance as he crafted a
ine innings in Indias second warm-up match on Tuesday. REUTERS *
Exceptional spinners
In fact, the team is arguably
ICC goes hi-tech
between mid-wicket and The scores: India 324 for seven stronger, better balanced
trying to kiss reporter Earlier, Dinesh Karthik CHAMPIONS TROPHY with real firepower in its fast
Press Trust of India The technology being
made a strong case for a long-on. in 50 overs (Dinesh Karthik 94 London introduced at the ICC
PARIS bowling. Its spinners R. Ash-
middle-order slot with a styl- Skipper Virat Kohli and retd. out, Hardik Pandya 80 The International Cricket
A French tennis player who overcast conditions. His first win and Ravindra Jadeja are Champions Trophy include
former captain Mahendra n.o., Shikhar Dhawan 60, Council (ICC) on Tuesday
tried to kiss a television ish 94 (77b, 8x4, 1x6), while boundary was a cut shot off exceptional in ODI cricket an Intel drone that will
Singh Dhoni did not bat, giv- Ravindra Jadeja 32, Kedar
reporter against her will Shikhar Dhawan (60, 67 balls launched a series of provide advanced pitch
Taskin followed by a superb Jadhav 31; Rubel Hossain three and I am sure Virat Kohli is
during a live broadcast at 7x4) got runs under his belt ing others an opportunity to technological innovations in analysis, a bat sensor that
straight drive off Mustafizur. for 50) bt Bangladesh 84 in going to be desperate to
Roland Garros was banished against a quality attack com- get a good hit before the big- partnership with Intel to be will allow for profiling of
He was severe on off-spin- 23.5 overs (Bhuvneshwar Ku- bounce back after a disap-
from the tournament on prising Mustafizur Rahaman, ticket Pakistan game. used during the Champions the bat swing and a Virtual
ner Mossadek Hossain and mar three for 13, Umesh Yadav pointing IPL, he added.
Tuesday for his Rubel Hossain and Taskin With Yuvraj Singh not three for 16). Trophy getting under way Reality experience for fans
reprehensible behaviour. Ahmed. coming out to bat, indicating left-arm spinner Sunzamul The wicketkeeper-bats- on June 1. at the stadium.
Islam, cutting and pulling Sri Lanka 356 for eight in 50 man, however, felt that In-
Maxime Hamou, 21, grabbed that he is yet to get fit, overs (N. Dickwella 25, U. Thar- With the focus firmly on Several batsmen will use
Eurosport journalist Maly Pandya explodes Karthik, after his failure anything that was short. dias selection was a little enhancing the tournament the bat sensors, enabling
anga 110, K. Mendis 57, D.
Thomas around the neck and Hardik Pandya showed his against New Zealand, Karthik added 100 runs conservative. experience for fans, new insights on strokeplay
Chandimal 55, K. Perera 38) lost
shoulders while she utility as an all-rounder with grabbed the second oppor- with Dhawan for the third to New Zealand 359 for four in The only slight concern I players, media and and rich story-telling in
interviewed him following his an aggressive, unbeaten 80 tunity. wicket after Rohit Sharma (1) 46.1 overs (M. Guptill 116 retd., have for India is that its se- broadcasters, the broadcast. Analytics from
first round defeat on Monday. off 54 balls, that was laced Karthik showed good and Ajinkya Rahanes (11) T. Latham 44, K. Williamson 88 lection was perhaps a little innovations will use data, the sensor will be available
It was frankly unpleasant. If with six boundaries and four composure during his in- lack of footwork saw them retd., N. Broom 37 n.o., C. An- conservative, but it is still analytics and visualisation. for fans to analyse.
it hadnt been live on air, I huge sixes in the arc nings played under mostly getting played on. derson 50 n.o.). very strong, he said.
would have punched him,
Thomas told the French

The nightwatchman is in for a long innings


edition of the Huffington
Post. AFP

Woods was asleep


at wheel: Police
MIAMI The CoA inds itself in a bind, provoked incessantly by the BCCI, and forced to re-deine its role as it goes along
Tiger Woods was found
asleep at the wheel of his car ning of the sport. Yet it is forced to act as a lawyers and its own high profile office- itor General Vinod Rai saw his role as that Tendulkar, V.V.S. Laxman and Sourav Gan-
when he was arrested for super-board because the BCCI itself is bearers were able to do. The suggestion of a nightwatchman, putting systems in guly choose the next national coach.
driving under the influence lacking in leadership and is happy to line that there is an element of reasonableness place to ensure a smooth transition. Again, why?
but passed a roadside breath the path to change with all manner of on all sides is encouraging. Yet, in real terms, there hasnt been The CoA might be spreading itself too
test, police records showed roadblocks. that much progress. thin, getting involved in the nuts-and-bolts
on Tuesday. The golf Few associations have held proper elec- Different approach in the N-E The general body meetings needed to when it is yet to enforce its primary ob-
superstar needed to be tions as required by the Supreme Court, It is worth examining a slightly different change registrations havent been held, jective to oversee state association elec-
woken by a police officer, his BETWEEN WICKETS and there arent enough committed, approach to cricket in the North East. As uniform elections havent even been con- tions, carry out the SCs orders and then
arrest report showed. AFP suresh menon young leaders emerging from the mess mentioned in these columns earlier, it templated, constitutional reforms neces- make itself redundant.
that is the BCCI. would make sense to have initially a sary arent being discussed. The night- The committee comprises good people,
Sangakkara misses out The hierarchy of responsibility in Indian composite team from that region in the watchman is in for a long innings. professional, cricket-loving, and with
on equalling record cricket administration is affecting trans- Need for clean visionary Ranji Trophy since no State can field a first Perhaps there is a need to co-opt one or much to contribute to setting the BCCI
LONDON ition, causing delays in the enforcement of A strong, clean visionary is the need of the class team that is competitive. two more members who have the sole re- house in order. Yet by getting dragged into
Surreys Kumar Sangakkara the Supreme Courts orders. hour, yet the BCCIs traditional allergy to For so long has the region been neg- sponsibility of creating the atmosphere for the by-lanes and alleyways of administra-
missed out on a record- State associations look for directions nurturing the generation to follow has left lected that to expect individual teams constitutional changes. Nothing can hap- tion it is being distracted from the main
equalling feat when he was from the Board of Control for Cricket in it bereft of a personality who can shake off from Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, pen at the board level before the State- route.
dismissed for 84 against India; the BCCI looks to the Committee of its moribundity and bring in fresh energy. Meghalaya, Sikkim or Nagaland to be any- level issues are sorted out. That has to be
Essex at Chelmsford on Administrators; the CoA is cautious and The CoA finds itself in a bind, provoked thing but fodder for the big teams is un- the focus. Exercise fraught with tension
Monday. The Sri Lankan star awaits the Supreme Courts word. And incessantly by the BCCI, and forced to re- realistic. Perhaps there can be a deadline The CoA was present at the meeting of It was never going to be easy. To hand-
was bidding to become just there are sixty thousand cases pending in define its role as it goes along. by which time through systematic ef- the captains and coaches that discussed hold the BCCI while it travelled into the
the fourth player in the the Supreme Court. Yet, it has shown a positive attitude by forts including investment in infrastruc- domestic matters including the return to 21st century is an exercise fraught with
history of cricket to score Justice Lodha, whose recommenda- agreeing to ask the Supreme Court to take ture some or all of these teams will have home-and-away matches in the Ranji tension. Chipping away the harmful
hundreds in six successive tions the Supreme Court accepted while another look at what some associations to be ready for the national Trophy (instead of playing at neutral ven- debris accumulated over some eight dec-
First Class innings. That attempting to cleanse the cricket board, have called unimplementable (sic) dir- championship. ues). ades in eight weeks or even eight months
meant there was no place in suggests that the CoA might be micro- ections. The CoA was appointed in January; four A good and necessary discussion that would be incredibly difficult even if every-
the record books for managing. Management and governance These include the one-State, one-vote months later, it is yet to oversee the was. But why should the CoA involve itself body acted as if time were of the essence.
Sangakkara, alongside should not be mixed up, he has said. rule, the removal of voting rights to the changes associations are required to make in what is a purely cricketing matter? Like- Yet delays are dangerous. They do no
Englands C.B. Fry, Australias Perhaps he has a point. The CoA, like Railways and Services and the inclusion of to their constitutions to bring uniformity wise, according to some reports, a CoA favours to any of the elements involved,
Don Bradman and South the Lodha Committee earlier, is not expec- the CAG as a BCCI member. to administration at that level. In January, member is expected to be present when least of all the game of cricket itself. Un-
Africas Mike Procter. AFP ted to be involved in the day-to-day run- This is more than the BCCIs highly paid its head, the former Comptroller and Aud- the Cricket Advisory Committee of Sachin certainty is the enemy of stability.
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IN BRIEF
Wenger to stay at Arsenal: reports I am not 100%
A formal announcement of new contract is expected to come on Wednesday it: Gareth Bale
Agence France-Presse him to sign a new deal is
London pivotal to Wenger winning
Arsene Wenger has told Ar- some brownie points with
China suspends TT coach senal owner Stan Kroenke he the disenchanted fans as he
over gambling debt will accept the Premier could then build a team
BEIJING
League clubs offer of a new around him and a serious
Double Olympic table tennis
two-year contract, according title challenge as a result.
champion Kong Linghui has
to reports on Tuesday. The 28-year-old Chilean,
been suspended as head
Wenger met Gunners ma- though, has made it clear to
coach of the Chinese
jority shareholder Kroenke be a great player you need to
womens team after it
and chief executive Ivan win trophies on a regular
emerged he faces a lawsuit
Gazidis on Monday to dis- basis two Copas America
over a gambling debt.
cuss his future before his have sated his international
According to a Hong Kong
contract expires next month. appetite hence why Bayern
court writ, Kong, who won
The 67-year-old has been Munichs apparent interest
gold at the 1996 and 2000
heavily criticised this season, in him could turn his head. No kidding: Real Madrids Gareth Bale, left, admits having
Summer Games, faces a
with Arsenal fans calling for taken painkillers earlier in the season. REUTERS
*

HK$2.55 million ($327,000)


his resignation after their Backroom staff
lawsuit over a debt to a
team failed to qualify for the There has been disquiet Agence France-Presse I am not 100 per cent fit,
luxury hotel in Singapore.
Champions League for the about some of Wengers Madrid I havent played for six or
REUTERS first time in 20 years. coaching staff with, accord- Gareth Bale believes he isnt seven weeks, Bale said on
Suggestions that Arsenal ing to The Times on Monday, fit to last 90 minutes for Real Tuesday.
may insist on hiring a dir- goalkeeping coach Gerry Madrid in his homecoming I obviously had my oper-
ector of football to work with Peyton and fitness coach to Cardiff for the Champions ation which still really hasnt
Wenger had sparked claims Tony Colbert in the eye of League final against Ju- healed. I have been playing
the Frenchman was consid- the storm. ventus on Saturday and ad- with a lot of pain, even
ering ending his 21-year Looking ahead: Arsene Wengers top priority will be to convince Alexis Sanchez The Frenchman, however, mitted taking painkillers to when I came back I was tak-
reign. to sign a new deal. REUTERS * is none too keen to see play earlier this season. ing tablets to get through
But after leading Arsenal changes in his personnel Bale hasnt featured since games and training. The last
to an impressive 2-1 FA Cup remains a firm supporter of A perennial gripe for fans ball who could work on po- former Ireland international suffering the latest in a six or seven weeks have en-
final victory over Premier his manager, that he wants to and pundits alike, is that tential transfer targets but Peyton has been with him series of calf injuries that abled me to rest my ankle a
Marco Reus out for
League champion Chelsea remain in charge of the Wenger doesnt like to get in- this has been vehemently since 2003 and Colbert, a have plagued his time in bit and really try to get it a
several months
with Kroenke watching from north London club. A formal volved in bidding wars with opposed by Wenger. sports and exercise scientist, Madrid, against Barcelona bit better, and obviously re-
DORTMUND
the stands on Saturday, announcement of Wengers the Gunners major rivals arrived in 1999. on April 23. cover from the injury which
Borussia Dortmund and
Wenger had hinted he was new contract is expected to and resorts to what appear Persuading Sanchez Some form of comprom- However, he said he has it caused.
Germany midfielder Marco
willing to stay. come on Wednesday. to be last-minute panic buys Alexis Sanchezs perform- ise will be sought, but it will paid the price for rushing Bale returned ahead of
Reus, who sustained a partial
And the Daily Mail and Arsenal will have to ad- and paying over the odds. ance in the FA Cup final illus- be a surprise not to see some back from ankle ligament schedule from his ankle op-
ligament tear in his right
Daily Mirror reported dress several problem areas Some board members react- trated how crucial he is to changes if only to show the damage suffered in Novem- eration in February and
knee during the German Cup
Wenger has informed Amer- in order to make next season ing to these concerns wished the Gunners. His contract ex- board isnt totally at the be- ber and that his right ankle scored on his comeback
final, will be out for several
ican tycoon Kroenke, who a less bumpy ride: to install a director of foot- pires in 2018 and persuading hest of Wenger. still hasnt fully recovered. against Espanyol.
months. He has been already
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Sports Bureau Sundar Prashanth bt Roy


moves up
Shiv Nadar School Makkar memorial cricket and took four for 14 as memorial cricket
Singapore Hobbs (Sgp) 6-1, 6-2. Doubles:
wins title tournament. Rohtak Road Gymkhana tournament. Sports Bureau
Ramkumar Ramanathan Hiroyasu Ehara & Sho
Panchal was named the beat St. Angels School by 118 The scores: Pune
Shiv Nadar School won the beat Shaheed Alam 6-1, 6-0 Katayama (Jpn) bt Sidharth
man-of-the-match while runs in the fifth ACE Sehwag Academy 97 in 30 Megh Bhargav Patel de-
district basketball title for in the first round of the Rawat & Dalwinder Singh 6-1,
Shawej Khan was named the under-12 cricket overs (Gautam Sethi 25) lost to
6-2. feated Chinas Tao Mu 2-6,
boys in Gautam Budh Nagar $15,000 Futures tourna-
best batsman and Vaibhav tournament. Noida Wonders 100 for four in 6-4, 6-4 in a first round tie
with a 67-39 victory over St. 14 overs (Harshit Sethi 32). ment in Singapore on Tues- $25,000 Futures, Andijan,
Rao the best bowler. Harshit The scores: RRG 243 for four of the HCL Asian junior ten-
Joseph School in the final. day. Uzbekistan: First round:
Argentinian defender Sethi was named the player- in 30 overs (Shreshth Yadav Faiz shines Vishnu Vardhan bt SaidaLo nis championship here on
Arnav Sahni who scored 45 116, Yog Gupta 56) bt St. The results: 43,000 Chal-
Musacchio joins AC Milan of-the-tournament. Faiz Ahmads all-round show Saidkarimov (Uzb) 6-0, 6-4; Tuesday.
points in the final was Angels School 125 in 25.2 overs lenger, Vicenza, Italy: First
ROME The scores: (71 and two for 28) saw Hari Sriram Balaji bt Mohit Mayur Other results:
declared the most valuable (Raunak Chopra 47, Yog Gupta round: Ruan Roelofse (RSA) &
Argentinian centre-back Gush Club 336 in 39.5 overs Singh Academy defeat RP 6-2, 7-6(8). First round: Boys: Akanit
player of the tournament four for 14, Ratan Veer Singh Antonio Sancic (Cro) bt Tomis-
Mateo Musacchio has signed (Dhruv Jurel 64, Vision Panchal Academy by four wickets in $25,000 ITF women, Andijan: Pumjit (Tha) bt Rithvik
while Nikhil Sundaresan was two for four). lav Draganja (Cro) & Jeevan
a contract with AC Milan 57, Manish Sehrawat 57, Kartik the 14th Hansraj TYCA First round: Komola Umarova Choudary Bollipalli 6-4,6-2;
adjudged best defender. Nedunchezhiyan 7-6(3), 6-3.
through until 2021, the Serie Pawar three for 67, Chetanya Easy for Noida Wonders under-19 cricket (Uzb) bt Dhruthi Venugopal Ho Denton (Hkg) bt Prasanna
Gush Club takes $15,000 Futures, Singapore:
A club announced on Bishnoi three for 68) bt RSCC Harshit Sethi and Karan tournament. 6-4, 7-6(5). Bagade 6-0,6-3; Kasidit Sam-
First round: Ramkumar
Tuesday. The 26-year-old, the honours 215 in 33.1 overs (Ankit Chillar Chaudhary took three rej (Tha) bt Rishabh Sharda
The scores: Ramanathan bt Shaheed Alam $15,000 ITF women, Antalya:
capped six times by Vision Panchals all-round 48, Rahul Ajeet Chaudhary 41 wickets each conceding just 6-2, 2-6, 6-3.
RP Academy 139 in 37.2 overs (Sgp) 6-1, 6-0; Sidharth Rawat First round: Daiana Negreanu
Argentina, arrives in Italy performance (57 and four n.o., Chetanya Bishnoi 36, three and nine runs Girls: Sakura Hosogi (Jpn) bt
(Mohit Kathuria 34, Vishal Rana bt Sem Verbeek (Ned) 6-4, 7-5; (Rou) bt Jennifer Luikham 6-2,
from Villareal, where he has for 73) and Dhruv Jurels Vision Panchal four for 73). respectively as Noida Yubrani Banerjee 6-1, 6-1;
28) lost to Hari Singh Academy Cheng-Yu Yu (Tpe) bt Dal- 6-0. Doubles: Pia Konig (Aut)
played since the 2009-10 knock of 64 helped Gush Shreshth, Yog sizzle Wonders beat Sehwag 144 for six in 27.5 overs (Faiz winder Singh 6-3, 6-1; Massato & Vanda Lukacs (Hun) bt Li- Kuan Yi Lee (Tpe) bt Muskan
season, starting 271 games Club thrash RSCC by 121 runs Shreshth Yadav slammed 116 Academy by six wickets in Ahmad 71, Vishal Chaudhary Shiga (Jpn) bt Anirudh niques Theorn (Nam) & Jen- Gupta 6-3, 6-3; Tanisha
the 18th Manav Chopra three for 48). Chandrasekar 6-4, 6-0; Vijay nifer Luikham 6-1, 6-3. Kashyap bt Shrivalli Rashmika
for the La Liga side. AFP to lift the fourth Sardari Lal while Yog Gupta made 56
Bhamidipaty 7-5, 6-2; Vaidehi
Chaudhari bt Ayu Sugiyama

We need to forget Parul tenders apology to AISCD Naresh shocks Sanjay (Jpn) 6-0, 6-0; Mana
Kawamura (Jpn) bt Shivani
Manjanna 6-3, 6-1; Akanksha
Sports Bureau Harsh Negi 6-2, 6-0; ; Aakar- Bhan bt Xiaoxi Zhao (Chn) 7-6

we are playing India


CHANDIGARH
shit Mahajan bt Divyanshu (4), 6-4; Rhea Verma bt Jiho
Tried to plead her case because of suspense over selection Naresh Badgujar upset top Hooda 6-3, 6-2; Naresh Badgu- Shin (Kor) 6-3, 7-6 (5).
seed G.S. Sanjay 3-6, 6-1, 7-5 jar bt Aditya Vardhan Roy
Special Correspondent was purely because of the the same, and that there was Chaudhary 6-2, 7-5.
Press Trust of India
Birmingham
spice, Haris urged his team
not to get carried away by
New Delhi anxiety to participate in the no doubting the authority of
AISCD. She said that owing
in the under-18 boys pe-
quarterfinals of the Zenlabs Girls: U-18: Harleen Kaur bt Chandigarh
Pakistan does not need any the rivalry. Parul Gupta, the tennis global competition conduc- Ethica AITA Championship Japjot Kaur 6-0, 6-4; Nisha
added motivation for its And when Sunday rolls player seeking selection for ted once in four years, and
that there was no intention
to the suspense about her se-
lection, both she and her
series junior tennis tourna- Rani bt Adity Dogra 6-1, 6-1;
Sarah Dev bt Vrinda Sharma
boys shine
Champions Trophy opener around, the 28-year-old, Deaflympics, has apolo- ment on Tuesday.
against India but batsman who came in as a replace- gised, along with her father to defame the national feder- father were in depression 6-1, 6-0; Simran Pritam bt Ak- Special Correspondent
The results:
Haris Sohail insists his team ment for Umar Akmal, is Avinash Gupta, to the All In- ation, Parul wrote, saying and had only tried to plead shita Sharma 6-7(3), 6-4, 2-0 KOLKATA
that she owed everything to their case. Boys: U-18: Naresh Badgujar bt (conceded); Damini Hoon bt
has to forget about the op- confident Pakistan will have dia Sports Council of the G.S. Sanjay 3-6, 6-1, 7-5; Nitin DAV Public School, Chand-
her father. The AISCD, in collabora- Arti Nayan 6-4, 6-4; Farhat
position it is facing on adjusted to the weather con- Deaf (AISCD), and sought Jaipal Singh bt Suhail Ahmad igarh, defeated city-based
tion with the Sports Author- Aleen Qamar bt Sanya Chadha
Sunday. ditions, having had a fort- the national federation to Khan 6-0, 6-1; Aditya Vardhan Khalsa High School in the
Fathers concern ity of India (SAI), will con- 6-0, 6-0.
Rain at Edgbaston cur- night on English soil. consider her case Roy Chaudhary bt Ashish senior boys category of
My father always tried to duct the national camp and U-16: Harleen Kaur bt Konika
tailed Pakistans final warm- We have had good pre- sympathetically. Bawra 6-1, 7-5; Jagtar Arora bt the 45th K.C. Mahindra all-
encourage me so that I can selection trials for Singh Dhull 6-2, 6-1; Lagan
up game before the start of paration, we have had a I hereby apologise from Yugantar Vyas 6-3, 6-2; India invitation schools
stand on my legs despite my Deaflympics in Delhi and Bidhan bt Pawandeep Kaur
the tournament, with Aus- good couple of days. It is a the core of my heart, said Shashikant Rajput bt Dhruv 6-3, 6-1; Priyanka Jakhar bt regatta at the Rabindra
tralia making 57 for one bat- huge game against India, a Parul in the letter addressed deafness. He is worried Gandhinagar in June. Sarobar here on Tuesday.
Tangri 6-3, 6-2; Shubham Saini Snigdha Sran 6-3, 6-1; Mansi
ting first in 10 overs. really big game. But it is just to the secretary-general of about my future and career. The players concerned bt Navneet Singh Chahal 6-2, In the junior girls sec-
Whatever I am today is only Sharma bt Akshita Sharma 7-6
For Pakistan, the focus a game. AISCD Walter Fernandez and coaches have already 3-6, 7-6(1). (6), 6-4; Anushka Sharma bt tion, La Martiniere Kolk-
now shifts to taking on India We are preparing and president R.C. Sathian. due to his best support, she been notified about the ata-A and South Point
U-16: Shashikant Rajput bt Suchi Kaur Bedi 6-1, 6-4; Princy
on Sunday in the opening ourselves for all of the hard stressed. same, and Parul will be one School started their cam-
Ayyooque Ahmad Khan 6-2, Panchal bt Suryanshi Tanwar
pool encounter at the same matches. Our strength is our Anxiety Parul also accepted that of the tennis players under- paign on winning notes.
6-0; Bhupender Dahiya bt Sar- 6-4, 6-1; Simran Pritam bt
ground. bowling and fielding and we Conceding that the appeal to the rules were the same for going the training and trials St. Sebastian School beat
abjot Singh 6-0, 6-2; Shubham Nimrat Kaur Atwal 6-3, 6-2;
While those encounters are working on all these as- various authorities as well as everyone and that she and at the DLTA Complex from Saini bt Sukhpreet Singh Jhoje Srishti Dhir bt Tanuja Chauhan Nava Nalanda High School
usually provide a little extra pects of our game. the international federation her father were bound by June 1. 7-6(5), 6-1; Gaurav Gulia bt 6-1, 6-2. in the junior boys section.

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THE HINDU CROSSWORD 12021 (set by Arden)


SUDOKU FAITH
1 2 3 4

9
5 6 7 8 13 Attack is bad (9) 6 Leave your job? No good, you
should stick with it (5)
He guides pilgrims
14 An increase in admiration (12)
Adiyars, who are realised souls and have direct vision of the
10 11
18 Carrying around a snack, can 7 Harry is a Libra! Capital! (8) Lord, have gone on long pilgrimages to various temples.
say how old it is (6,6) They have sung soulful hymns filled with philosophical re-
flections on the nature of the soul, its obvious bondage with
12 13 8 Brave, revolutionary urge to
21 Unfulilled desire to study, it's the world and the inner and permanent bondage with the
wrong place in the US (9) listen (8) Lord as well.
14 15
Tirunavukkarasar is a scholar par excellence, well-versed
23 Often one doesn't like it as a
9 Water has a property to rise in the prevailing Samana faith as well as the core essence of
16 17 pet (5)
causing disquiet (7,7) Saivism. His life and hymns capture the journey of the soul
18
towards the secure realm of faith in the Lord, who is ever
24 Guess it's OK to bring in wise ready to provide succour to all, pointed out Dr. Sudha Se-
19 20 men, no force to be used (7) 15 Crusader against corruption shaiyan in a discourse.
21 22 23
radioed cops in the state On one occasion, Tirunavukkarasar is on his way to the
25 Religious claim is suspect (7) capital (9) temple at Tirupaincheeli on the banks of the Kaveri. Despite
his age and frail health, he braves the trek to the temple. He
26 Man, the horse amounts to
24 25 is hungry and tired and seems to have lost his way.
almost nothing (6) 16 Writing's become extremely
Whenever an Adiyar is in a difficult situation, it is to be un-
sporadic Author's looking
27 One on one, Im mostly cordial derstood that Siva is very much around to protect and bless.
worried (8)
26 27 (8) The Lord creates a garden and a pond and appears as a
young man whose vocation is to give food packets to the
17 Time to support Don for the Solution to puzzle 12020 Solution to yesterdays Sudoku weary travellers. He offers the food packets to him and asks
DOWN
event (8) E S O R B
him where he is proceeding. The Lord guides Tirun-
ACROSS C A P R I C L O V E O I L avukkarasar to the temple and disappears even as He makes
1 Snow job getting more even by 1 Story to emulate is essentially
O H E E A R L U His kindness explicit.
day's end (8) below the knee (6) 19 She takes boy up, he's a loner C H E L S E A N O O D L E S
O M T N S E U
The path to liberation is arduous but bearable when Siva
5 Language spooks assume ban (6) O V E R A L L P A I N T E R is always by ones side is the message of the lives of the Adi-
2 Order wife to leave its
will be revoked (6) N R I E O Y yars.
complete (6) A L L E NWR E N C H
10 Noble except once, perhaps? Sacred shrines and temples are believed to be the abode
20 Prompt to follow others, E A E O A B
(7) 3 May be sent in, for he is no G U I L D E R R OMA N I A of the all pervading Lord, who, out of His boundless com-
mostly to save (6)
11 Puts off, time to hog all the amateur on court (6,3) R M A A A D G passion, resides in them in the tangible form of a deity to en-
attention (7) E X P E N S E T A L I B A N
T A U R I I A I
able people to worship Him and cultivate bhakti towards
12 It's part of the hall, an airy 4 May be dogs and cats will pull 22 Fruit started ripening he F L AM E N C O C E L L O Him. Hence pilgrimages have come to stay as a means to be-
annexe (5) you back a bit (10,4) wanted another helping (5) E E N E L hold and commune with the Lord in person.

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IN BRIEF
Do-or-die game for Bengaluru FC Dortmund gives coach
Tuchel the boot
Rocas men need a win to enter the knockout round; Chhetri and Vineeth it to play
Agence France-Presse
only loss came at the hands Dortmund
AFC CUP of BFC last month, when de- His reputation for the un-
fender John Johnson struck a orthodox made Tomas
Ashwin Achal match-winning injury-time Tuchel the perfect replace-
Griezmann is Europes
busiest player
Bengaluru goal. ment as Borussia
LAUSANNE
Bengaluru FC (BFC) takes on Coach Marjan Sekulovski Dortmunds head coach
Atletico Madrids France Maziya Sports and Recre- did not make much of that when Jurgen Klopp quit in
striker Antoine Griezmann ation Club of Maldives in a setback. 2015.
played 63 games this season do-or-die AFC Cup Group E Even though we lost, we But two years later,
racking up 5,454 minutes on encounter at the Sree take a lot of confidence from Tuchels relationship with
the pitch, making him the Kanteerava Stadium here on that show. This is because the Bundesliga giant has
most used player in Europe, Wednesday. BFC scored the goal 30 turned sour.
A win will take BFC (9 seconds after extra-time. The Tuchel was axed on Tues- Thomas Tuchel. *
AP
the International Centre for
Sports Studies (CIES) said on points) into the knockout referee had awarded three day, with a year left on his CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
Tuesday. Leicester Citys round, while a draw will suf- minutes of extra-time, and contract, after falling out
fice for table-topper Maziya Johnson scored at 93 with Dortmunds CEO Hans- Joined Dortmund for the
Nigerian defender Wilfred 2015-16 season and
Ndidi (61/5,290) and another S&RC (12 points) to make the minutes and 30 seconds. Joachim Watzke and losing
cut. This is the final group This time, we want to show the support of his dressing guided it to the highest
Atletico stalwart Koke (62/ points tally ever achieved
5,274) came second and stage encounter for both everyone what we are cap- room.
sides. able of. We want to create The writing had been on by a runner-up in
third. The study counted all Bundesliga.
games in the top five leagues history for Maziya and foot- the wall in the mixed zone
in Europe: England, France, Udanta to miss match ball in Maldives, he said. immediately after the Ger- He delivered the teams
Germany, Portugal and Spain. BFC, fresh from its Federa- The 44-year-old from Re- man cup final his only title irst title in ive years
AFP tion Cup title-triumph, will Time to deliver: Although Bengaluru FC will push hard for three points, it will be wary of Maziyas public of Macedonia added, with the team in Berlin. with a a 2-1 win over
miss the services of the in- threat on the counter. K. MURALI KUMAR
*
We have to be at our best, Captain Marcel Eintracht Frankfurt in the
jured Udanta Singh. because BFC is one of the Schmelzer criticised Tuchel German Cup inal on
The home fans, however, Sunil are Vineeth are side is wary of the visitors three points. From the very best sides in Asia, and surely for not picking stalwart Nuri Saturday.
will be thrilled to see star ready for tomorrow. Only prowess on the counter-at- first minute, we have to show the best side in India. It also Sahin to replaced injured
players Sunil Chhetri and Udanta is out, Roca said, tack. Maziya is a well organ- them that we are here to one of the richest clubs in Germany midfielder Julian Was responsible for the
C.K. Vineeth in action. There adding At the end of a tough ised team. They will punish win, he said. this region. We cannot com- Weigl for the cup final signings of promising
were fitness concerns sur- season, we want to finish you if you give them a Maziya S&RC has enjoyed pare [ourselves] with them line-up. youngsters Ousman
rounding the duo, but coach with a win. The players may chance on the counter-at- a good run in the tourna- in terms of money or inter- After two years in charge Dembele and Emre Mor,
Luciano Spalletti steps Albert Roca stated that they be a little tired, but they are tack. ment thus far. In five league national achievements, but Tuchel walks away from & promoting Julian Weigl
down as Roma coach have recovered in time for very motivated. But for us, we have only outings, the side had we can compete in terms of Dortmund with an en- to the irst team.
ROME this crucial clash. Roca explained that his option and that is to get notched up four victories. Its being a good team. hanced reputation as a bril- CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
Luciano Spalletti stepped liant tactician, who can be
down as coach of AS Roma on difficult. postponed, then played less
Tuesday, just two days after
leading it to a second-place
finish in Serie A. He is
Wagner composes a fairytale with Huddersield The April 11 bomb attack
on the Dortmund team bus
triggered the events which
than 24 hours later when
the shell-shocked hosts lost
3-2 and Tuchel was left
expected to join Inter Milan. led to his downfall. fuming.
Under his stewardship this Guides the Championship team into the Premier Leagues promised land Tuchel was onboard He complained that he
season, it won more Serie A when three bombs blasted was not consulted about
points and scored more goals Agence France-Presse Ian Holloway, then a tele- he had come in such a short the team bus on the way to whether the match should
than any side in Romas London vision pundit and now time. its Champions League have taken place
history. REUTERS David Wagners arrival at Queens Park Rangers man- By the way Ian Holloway, quarterfinal at home to Not so, said Watzke and it
Huddersfield Town was ager, labelled Huddersfield all the best for next season, Monaco. was just a matter of time be-
Bagan looks to sign off greeted with scorn, but just as candidates for relegation Wagner said. I know a lot of The game was initially fore Tuchel was forced out.
on a positive note 18 months later the German at the start of this season. the pundits wrote us off. Im
DHAKA has silenced the critics by But Holloway and the rest of so happy to prove experi-
Mohun Bagan will look to end masterminding his clubs the doubters underestimated ence is not essential, espe-
the season on a high when it fairytale promotion to the the urbane Wagners pioneer cially here in England which
faces Abahani Limited Dhaka Premier League. spirit, inspirational personal- is so traditional.
in its last round AFC Cup When Wagner was ity and tactical prowess. Ive been in confronta-
Group E clash here on plucked from his role as Bor- Having revitalised his tion with experience ever
Wednesday. With Cyclone ussia Dortmunds reserve team with a host of young- since Ive been here. People
Mora affecting several parts team coach by Huddersfield sters signed on loan from the Mission accomplished: Huddersield Town players celebrate said Im not used to English
of the region, it remains to be owner Dean Hoyle in Novem- Premier League, Wagner re- winning the Sky Bet Championship playof inal. REUTERS * football, Im not used to not
seen whether it impacts the ber 2015, many pundits warded Hoyles faith in spec- having a winter break, and
match. It may also turn out to claimed his lack of experi- tacular fashion at Wembley first time in 45 years. drenched in champagne Id never been in the play-
be its I-League-winning coach ence in the cut-throat world on Monday as Huddersfield Winning promotion, from his players celebra- offs before. Well, experience
Sanjoy Sens final game with of the second-tier champion- beat Reading 4-3 on penal- which is worth 170 million tions, he arrived at a post- is important, but if you have
Bagan as he is unlikely to ship meant the appointment ties after a 0-0 draw to re- to the Terriers, was a sweet match press conference keen passion and ideas you can
continue. PTI was doomed to failure. turn to the top flight for the moment for Wagner and, to remind his critics how far match it.

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