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OF CHHOTI SI BAAT & OPENER, ENDS LIFE OVER BATSMAN TO SCORE 20,000
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I-Day Speech: ‘If Art 370 Was So Crucial, Why Did Ruling Parties Keep It Temporary & Not Make It Permanent In Last 70 Yrs?’ CM: Will bring
a new Act to
PM: ‘Population explosion a worry’, SELFIES & SONGS AS LADAKH
CELEBRATES ‘FIRST I-DAY’ stem the rot in
revenue dept
govt schemes needed to control it Koride.Mahesh
@timesgroup.com

‘Patriotic To Keep India to finally Hyderabad: The revenue

Photo: Anindya Chattopadhyay

Time has now come to department, synonymous

take challenges head-on. with being the most corrupt
Families Small, Sometimes decisions are taken for get chief of def government wing, will soon
political advantage but they cost see a radical shake-up in Te-
Good For Nation’ future generations…Our rapidly staff, 20 yrs after langana. Chief minister K
increasing population poses new Chandrasekhar Rao, in his
TIMES NEWS NETWORK challenges. There is a section that
is well aware of the consequences
it was mooted Independence Day address
after hoisting the national
New Delhi: Prime Minister of uncontrolled population growth. Rajat.Pandit@timesgroup.com flag at the Golconda Fort on
Narendra Modi on Thursday They deserve to be honoured and Thursday, said, “The archaic
placed the issue of “popula- respected. They are self-motivated New Delhi: India will finally and obsolete revenue acts ha-
tion explosion” on the natio- to keep their families small...which is have a tri-service chief, or a chi- ve caused immense damage
nal front-burner, calling it a also good for the nation. By setting ef of defence staff (CDS), a pi- to the farmers and the peo-
challenge and exhorting the them as examples we need to inspire votal defence reform hanging ple. We have to undo these da-
Centre and states to devise fire since the 1999 Kargil con- mages.” A new revenue bill
the segment of society which is still
schemes to tackle it. flict, to provide “single-point would be introduced in the
not thinking on these lines
In his Independence Day military advice” to the govern- coming budget session of the
speech from the Red Fort, Mo- What was the reason for revocation ment and inject some much-ne- assembly to replace the old
di said the rising population of Art 370 and 35A? We don’t avoid eded synergy in planning, pro- one, the CM added.
was a cause for worry and po- problems, nor do we let them fester. curements, training and logis- “The proposed Act will
sed new challenges for the Now every Indian can say confidently, tics among the Army, Navy and give no room for corruption
present and the future. He sa- ‘one nation, one Constitution’ Indian Air Force. and provide hassle-free ser-
id citizens with small famili- vices to farmers and people,”
es needed to be held up as role
models as their decision was
The sword of triple talaq hung over
our Muslim sisters and mothers. It
PM takes stock he said.
 More jobs for locals: P2
an expression of patriotism
and love for the nation.
did not let them live with freedom.
Many Islamist nations had banned
of economy What forced the hand of
Modi’s reference to “popu-
lation explosion” came as a
surprise as it was after a long
the practice long back. But in India
for some reason we did not. If we P M Modi reviewed the econo-
mic situation with finance
minister Nirmala Sithara-
the chief minister, to over-
haul the revenue depart-
ment, could be a Facebook
can abolish sati pratha, female
interval that a PM gave the is- foeticide, child marriage, dowry, man on Thursday. During the post by a distressed farmer
sue any prominence. It also then why can’t we raise our voice meeting, the PM is believed to Kondapalli Sharath in
against triple talaq? have assessed the nature of the March this year about his or-
FULL COVERAGE: P 2, 7 & 8 PM Narendra Modi at the Red Fort on Independence Day
ongoing slowdown and its im- deal after his family’s land
marked a break from the pat- pact. There are expectations was transferred to a relative
tern over the past 10-15 years
where the bulging numbers
‘Shun single-use ‘Wealth creators Modi ignores that the government will soon
announce a sector-specific sti-
by revenue officials of Man-
cherial district.
were seen as an asset, with
the term “demographic divi-
plastic from Oct 2’ deserve respect’ Pak, greets Af mulus package. P13 Chandrasekhar
dwelt on the measures taken
Rao

dend” deployed to underline

the benefits they could bring.
The other big theme in the
C alling for a “mass move-
ment” to get rid of hazar-
dous plastic, the PM urged pe-
A sking citizens to opt for
Made-in-India products,
PM Modi called for treating
P M Modi skipped any men-
tion of Pakistan in his spe-
ech but pointedly referred to
“To further sharpen coor-
dination between the forces, I
want to announce a major de-
by his government, inclu-
ding steps to develop
villages and introduction of
PM’s speech was predictably ople on Thursday to take the wealth creators with re- Afghanistan, congratulating cision from the Red Fort: India administrative reforms.
the decision to do away with “first big step” to shun single- spect, in what was seen as an it on its 100th year of freedom, will have a CDS. This is going He also spoke about growth
Jammu & Kashmir’s special use plastic on Gandhi Jayan- attempt to bridge the trust and said, “Afghanistan is a go- to make the armed forces even in IT exports and law and or-
status and to create two Union ti. He asked startups and ent- deficit between government od neighbour of India...” The more effective,” PM Narendra Leh’s main market wore a festive look on Thursday as Ladakh marked der situation. He claimed Te-
territories of J&K and La- repreneurs to join hands to- and industry. “Those who reference, like the absence of Modi said in his Independence its first Independence Day since the announcement of its langana stands as a model
dakh. The dream of “one na- wards recycling plastic and create wealth... are serving any mention of Pakistan, can Day speech on Thursday. reorganisation into a Union Territory with celebratory banners and state in the entire country.
tion, one Constitution” had be- using it in building highways the nation. We should not su- be expected to annoy Islama- TOI was the first to report impromptu dancing and singing on the streets, reports Himanshi KCR, however, did not
en realised and those who op- and other areas. P 7 spect them...” he said. P 7 bad. P 7 on June 21 that the appoint- Dhawan, with pictures by Piyal Bhattacharjee. At the end of the flag make any mention about
pose the decision should ex- ment of a tri-service chief was hoisting ceremony, which was attended by BJP leader Ram Madhav Pay Revision Commission,
plain why they did not make disadvantages of unrestrai- If the population is educated, needs, then I think the count- among the top priorities of the and Ladakhis who had travelled from distant villages, Ladakh MP interim relief, enhancement
Article 370 permanent when ned numbers. “If the popula- empowered and skilled and ry can fulfil these things,” Modi 2.0 government in the de- Jamyang Tsering Namgyal broke into a traditional dance to the sound of retirement age to 61 years
they were in office, he said. tion is not educated, not he- has adequate means availab- the Prime Minister said. fence arena. of drums and loud cheers from crowds, which included visiting for state government emplo-
Talking about population althy, then neither the home le to achieve the right ambi- tourists. Not only did the ceremony celebrate local culture, it was also yees, filling job vacancies
control, Modi focused on the nor the country can be happy. ence to fulfil their wishes and ‘Will not wait’: P9 Related report, P9 eco-friendly, with residents avoiding use of firecrackers | Report, P8 and new schemes.

Accidents
Iranian tanker,
Indian captain On China’s call, UNSC to Who killed my
father, asks
Papad, cosmetics, honey
claim four
push Khadi Comm sales
G
& crew freed
ibraltar decided on
Thursday to free an Ira-
hold closed-door J&K talks Pehlu’s son
Joel.Joseph@timesgroup.com up 25% to `75,000 crore
lives in city
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
nian oil supertanker, detai- Sachin.Parashar Hyderabad: Road acci-
ned off the British overseas @timesgroup.com Silence on Art 370 will ‘Pak claim of killing Nuh: Pehlu Khan’s eldest John Sarkar & Sidhartha TNN The entity managed to dents in city and outskirts
territory six weeks ago by son Irshad, 28, had seen his stay in the black with a small claimed four lives on Thurs-
Royal Marines, paving the New Delhi: The UN Security spark violence: Imran 5 soldiers fictitious’ father being thrashed re- New Delhi: At a time when profit of Rs 15 crore. day. While a couple and the-
way for a possible swap for a
British-flagged tanker sei-
zed by Iran in the Gulf. The
Council will have closed-door
consultations on the situation
in Jammu and Kashmir on
Q uestioning the internati-
onal community’s “silence”
on the issue of India defanging
I ndian Army has rejected as
“fictitious” the Pakistan
military’s claim of having
morselessly by a mob of cow
vigilantes next to the natio-
nal highway in Rajasthan’s
businesses are complaining
of slow demand, Khadi and
Village Industries Commis-
KVIC’s sales are almost
twice as much as HUL, Indi-
a’s largest consumer goods
ir daughter were killed
when their bike collided
with a JCB machine at Moi-
Indian captain of Grace 1 Friday following a call by Chi- Article 370, Pakistan PM Imran killed five Indian soldiers Alwar district on April 1, sion (KVIC) has reported an company, which reported nabad, a class 9 student,
and three other Indian crew na to discuss the issue. The Khan on Thursday warned it during a cross-border firing 2017. Two days later, Khan di- over 25% jump in sales to a gross sales of around Rs Azeez Ayan, who was retur-
members were released de- consultations will focus on Pa- would have severe “repercu- along the LoC in J&K. There ed in hospital in front of Irs- little under Rs 75,000 crore 38,000 crore in the last finan- ning home after attending
spite a last-minute claim on kistani foreign minister Shah ssions” in the Muslim world, have been reports of Pakistan had’s eyes, losing the battle during 2018-19. cial year, though its net pro- Independence Day celebra-
the vessel by the US. P 12 Mahmood Qureshi’s letter to “setting off radicalisation and army increasing its against injuries inflicted du- It is the humble papad, ho- fit was 400 times higher at tion at his school, was mo-
the UNSC criticising India for cycles of violence” if the deployment along the LoC ring the attack. Two years ney and cosmetics that have over Rs 6,000 crore. wed down by a SUV at Toli-
developments in J&K and see- countries allowed “another after the Modi government on, Irshad feels like a helpl- contributed to a major chunk Going by annual revenue chowki. Police said 45-year-
New drug cures king a formal, on-record mee-
ting — a demand which failed
Srebrenica-type massacre and
ethnic cleansing of Muslims in
withdrew special status to
J&K and bifurcated the state
ess spectator again after the
six men accused in the lyn-
of the state-owned entity’s re-
venues, with the much-hyped
in 2018-19, KVIC would com-
pare with the top 25 listed In-
old Bal Reddy, his wife Jyot-
hi, 40, and their daughter Si-
deadliest strain to draw enough support from
Security Council members.
Indian-occupied Kashmir”. P 8 into two Union Territories. P 8 ching case were set free by a
district court in Rajasthan
Khadi products making just
around 4.3% of the overall
dian companies with sales a
little lower than Bharti Ari-
ri, 13, were killed in the
Moinabad accident while
of tuberculosis Pakistan had called for a
formal meeting and to allow its
to get the requisite support
from UNSC members.
this is only meant to encoura-
ge members to speak informal-
because of “serious shortco-
mings” in the police probe.
sales in the last financial year.
KVIC’s sales growth is its
tel’s Rs 81,000 crore but a sha-
de higher than Grasim Indu-
returning home in Shadna-
gar after celebrating Raks-

U S regulators on Wednes-
day approved a new tu-
berculosis medicine that
representative to be present
with the right to speak. For
such a formal meeting to take
TOI reported on Thursday
that Qureshi’s call for an open
and formal meeting had found
ly on the issue at hand. This is
just an exchange of views whe-
re no record is kept or any for-
“Who killed my father
then?” he asks, admitting
the family was shaken by the
fastest in four years and
comes after a “moderate” 13%
rise in 2017-18.
stries’ Rs 72,970 crore.

`
`5k cr sales target: P 13
habandhan at Jyothi’s brot-
her’s residence in Chevella.
FULL REPORT: P3
shortens and improves treat- place, it’s important that the few takers in the Council. mal outcome decided,’’ said a verdict. Irshad says he still
ment for the hardest-to-treat proposal is accepted by at least The last time there was a diplomat from a UNSC mem- gets panic attacks when he

In 3 states, deficit turned

cases, a worsening problem nine member states (out of 15 formal meeting of the UNSC, ber state on condition of ano- remembers the assault on
in many poor countries. A in the Council). China approa- the kind demanded by Pakis- nymity. Only representatives Pehlu, 55, who the mob had
three-pill combo cured 90% ched the Council president for tan in Qureshi’s letter, on J&K of the 15 UNSC members will accused of being a cattle
of patients with very drug- a closed meeting after Pakis- was in 1971. “The minutes of be present in the talks. smuggler.

into deluge in just 6 days

resistant TB, usually within tan’s bid for a formal, open me- the consultations or other de-
six months. Patients also in- eting backed by Beijing failed tails will not be made public as ‘Russia gave nod’: P 7 ‘Verdict shook us’: P9
fected with HIV fared as well
as the other participants of
the seminal study. P 11 MOSCOW MIRACLE: PLANE LANDS IN CORNFIELD Reuters
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THE TIMES OF INDIA, HYDERABAD | FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2019 assembly elections

Happy #IndependenceDay. "The

day a woman can walk freely on
P rivate firms, including
hotels and retail outlets
cashed in on Raksha
the roads at night, that day we can say Bandhan and
that India has achieved independence" Independence Day
falling on
—Mahatma Gandhi. Let us strive for that same day
day! —Swati Lakra | @IGWomenSafety

Pics: Ramoorthy P, TOI

n Digital Revamp On The Anvil At High Court n Govt Plans More Basthi Clinics n Police Control & Command Centre Almost Ready

Twice the fervour as I-Day, Rakhi coincide

On cards: Software Old City awash with celebrations
for a paperless HC, Omar Bin Taher

Charminar: Residents of Old City

judicial complex celebrated Raksha Bandhan and In-

SagarKumar.Mutha
@timesgroup.com
Hyderabad: Chief justice
Raghavendra Singh Chauhan
of Telangana high court on
Thursday disclosed that a new
software has been introduced
to enable lawyers to secure
certified copies of judgments
in their cases within just a
day or two of their pronounce-
ment. He said this after un-
furling the Tricolour on the
HC premises as chief guest
at the 73rd Independence Day
celebrations.
court to 42 from the current
sanctioned strength of 24
and hoped that their request
would be conceded to shortly.
Informing judges, lawyers
and staff of the HC and their
families that a new judicial
academy complex was coming
up soon at Shamirpet and that
the Telangana Bar Council too
would have its office in it, the
CJ said they were endeavour-
ing to improve facilities in
the judiciary since January 1,
2019, the day a new high court
for the state came up. He also
informed the legal fraternity
that they were putting in all
efforts to introduce e-filing of
cases with a view to turn the
HC into a paperless court by
December-end.
Justice Chauhan also ex-
tended his greetings on the
occasion of Raksha Band-
han, which coincidentally
fell on Independence Day this
time. He described lawyers as
guardians of the state and its
dependence Day with splendour on
Thursday. Paying homage to those
who sacrificed their lives for the coun-
try, people from different walks of life
converged on the locality to celebrate
Independence Day.
Men, women and children in crisp
attires took part in flag hoisting cer-
emonies across the city. Schools con-
ducted cultural programmes after
hoisting the Tricolour to mark the day.
Scenes of communal harmony
punctuated the colourful day with
abaya-clad female volunteers of a city-
based NGO giving rakhis to Hindu col-
leagues and attenders at hospitals. Children dressed as Mahatma Gandhi wave a 73-metre-long Tricolour at
“We work as a team in serving poor Necklace Road on Thursday
patients. It is important for us to show
respect to one another’s faith and fes-
tivals. Raksha Bandhan is one such
Pvt players cash in on double bonanza
occasion,” Rizwana Kauser, manager,
SHE Team of Helping Hand Founda-
tion. Almost 60% women volunteers
P rivate establishments, including
restaurants, online food delivery
providers, and retail outlets cashed in
with messages like ‘Big Bro’, clubbed.
The trend of online delivery of
‘rakhis’ has also picked up in the recent
with HHF are from Old City areas. on the fact that Raksha Bandhan and years. “ I have been tracking the Rakhi
“HHF believes in secular values Independence Day coincided on the since the time I sent it and it was
which are reflected in our work. Our same day. While restaurants organised delivered at the right time according to
volunteers serve the marginalised theme-based events and special buffet, their time zone,” said Tejeswini
without any difference and festivals online food delivery apps offered huge Rathnam, whose brother stays in
regardless of their faith,” said Muj- discounts on the occasion. Outlets gae Canada. “I also received a gift from my
CM K Chandrasekhar Rao unfurls the Tricolour at Golconda Fort on Thursday
taba Hasan Askari, of the Foundation. ‘rakhi’ combo offers, with coffee mugs brother, too.” TNN

Farm loan waiver BJP maligning Police command

Chief Justice Raghavendra
Singh Chauhan during his
democratic fabric. “They are
the guardians of the nation
and hence Raksha Bandhan ‘More jobs for locals’ Nehru: Congress
& control centre
wishes to all of them,” he said. order issued: CM XFrom P1 from the Finance Commission
The CJ later gave awards and grants before rolling out the ac-
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I-Day address on Thursday
The CJ also revealed that
the Supreme Court and the
Centre had been requested
to increase the sanctioned
strength of judges in the high
CM K Chandrasekhar Rao greets TPCC chief Uttam Kumar Reddy
during the governor’s At Home on Thursday
appreciation letters to three
constables who saved the HC
building from a possible fire
accident a few weeks ago and
also gave prizes to the chil-
dren of HC staff who excelled
in studies.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Hyderabad: Chief minister K Chan-
drasekhar Rao on Thursday said that
orders have been issued to waive crop
loans up to Rs 1 lakh for farmers in
tune with the promise made by TRS
during December assembly elections.
It is estimated that the govern-
ment would require Rs 32,000 crore
to implement its promise. The CM
made the announcement during his
Independence Day speech at Golconda
fort. There was intense speculation
that the chief minister would make
an announcement on farm loan
waiver on Thursday.
The government had
announced Rs 1 lakh
would be waived on the
loans that were availed by
farmers before December
11, 2018. “Guidelines along with
details of eligible farmers will be
issued soon. Since the government
is busy clearing bills for Rythu
Bandhu and Rythu Bima schemes,
guidelines on the farm loan waiv-
er will take time,” an official said.
B
ut, he did announce that
all recruitments would be
done as per the new zonal
system that was approved by
the President of India a few
months ago where in 95% of
state government jobs would
be given to locals.
The chief minister an-
nounced a 60-day special action
plan to develop villages and
towns in the state. “Sanitation
will be improved in villages
and towns with the
ticipation
par-
of people
and NGOs.
We will
release
funds
tion plan.”
Apart from this, a ‘Power
Week’ would be organised to
address problems of loosely
hanging and snapped electric-
ity lines, twisted, bended and
rusted electric poles and non-
functional streetlights in vil-
lages and towns.
The chief minister also said
works on the Palamuru-Ranga
Reddy Lift Irrigation Project,
set to benefit the erstwhile
Mahbubnagar, Ranga Reddy
and Nalgonda districts, would
be fast-tracked. “Mega projects
like Kaleshwaram take 15 to
20 years for completion, but
we completed it within three
years,” he said.
The state would be able to
reap 400 tmcft of water through
Kaleshwaram, another 100 tm-
cft through
Sitarama
project and
75 tmcft
from De-
vadula.
on Friday alleged BJP was trying
to malign the first prime minister of
India, Jawaharlal Nehru. Interacting
with media persons after hoisting
the flag at Gandhi Bhavan, he said
it was unfortunate that BJP was
slinging dirt at a great leader who
went to jail 22 times while fighting
for India’s independence. He also
said BJP was trying to “rework the
historical facts” related to Kashmir.
BJP to celebrate
T Liberation Day
B JP Telangana president K
Laxman, national general
secretary Muralidhar Rao said
BJP would celebrate Telangana
Liberation Day. After participating
in Independence Day celebrations,
Laxman said the TRS was bowing
before the AIMIM for political
benefits and was now celebrating
Telangana Liberation Day. “TRS is
worried that if Razakar’s history is
talked about, then it will hurt MIM.
We will celebrate Liberation Day in
Amit Shah’s presence,” he said.
to be operational
soon, says CM
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Hyderabad: Chief minister K
Chandrasekhar Rao has said the
state government is implementing a
special strategy for development of
Greater Hyderabad.
In his Independence speech at
Golconda Fort on Thursday, the chief
minister said ‘basthi clinics’, which
have been providing free medical as-
sistance to the poor, have become a
huge hit in the city and the govern-
ment was planning to increase the
number of clinics.
“There is a significant drop in
the infant and maternity mortality
rate in the state with the KCR kits
programme. Now, the government
is preparing health profile of Telan-
gana based on diagnostic tests of the
people,” he added.
KCR announced that the under-
construction police command and
control centre would become opera-
tional soon for the smooth conduct
of various festivals, events and mon-

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salute the sacrifices made by
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itoring law and situation in the city.
He said the state was on top in main-
taining law and order in the country
stands brave, tall & fearless in fighters & martyrs who had sacrificed and also innovative measures. On
front of enemy lines. Let’s salute each their lives for Independent India, who made us realise the development, the chief minister said
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CRIME FILE
28-yr-old vehicle
thief arrested
A 28-year-old man was
caught by Cyberabad
police on Thursday for
committing automobile
theft. The accused was
identified as Mohammed
Wajeed, a resident of LB
Nagar. Police caught the
accused during a vehicle
check at Quthbullapur
crossroad. Police seized 10
two-wheelers and four
auto rickshaws together
worth `10 lakh.
Man attacks
friend with knife
A 24-year-old man attacked
his friend with a knife over
a personal matter at Hafe-
ez Baba Nagar. The victim,
Ilyas, suffered injuries to
his head and hands. Police
said the accused, Saif, is
at large. Both are from
Karnataka.
Man murdered,
relative suspect
A day after a junior assi-
stant at a government
school in Vikarabad was
stabbed to death, police
suspect the involvement of
his relative in the crime.
The deceased was stabbed
on Wednesday.
After UoH cancels discussion
on Article 370, ABVP protests
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Hyderabad: Two days after
the University of Hyderabad
(UoH) denied permission for a
panel discussion on Article
370, members of the Akhil
Bharatiya Vidyarthi Paris-
had (ABVP) took out a bike
rally on campus and even rai-
sed slogans on Kashmir, as
part of Independence Day ce-
lebrations, on Thursday.
Several ABVP members
spoke about Jammu & Kash-
mir at the Kargil Chowk, hai-
ling the Centre’s recent move
to revoke J&K’s special status.
“The 73rd Independence Day is
more special for us as Kash-
mir is now integrated,” said
one of the ABVP supporters.
The celebrations left many
Kashmiri students and their
supporters anguished. They
questioned why the universi-
ty granted permission to
ABVP for the rally while disal-
lowing students from the
School of Humanities to orga-
nise the panel discussion
scheduled for August 13.
“Permission for our event,
which was an intellectual dis-
cussion, was revoked just 30
minutes before the event ci-
ting security reasons. Why
was the same rule not follo-
wed for the bike rally taken
out by ABVP. This trend is
ABVP members take out a bike rally at UoH on Thursday
threatening,” said one of the
organisers of the panel dis-
cussion.
Lashing out at the admini-
stration for failing to take any
action against ABVP, they al-
leged that the student body is
always protected by the autho-
rities. “This is not the first ti-
me. In the past too, voices of
dissent were oppressed,” said
H Faseeh, president of Stu-
dents Islamic Organisation at
UoH. “Even when we tried to
protest against the revocation
of special status to J&K last
week, the university authori-
ties curbed our right by impo-
sing Section 144 on campus.
But now, the same university
has not raised any issue on the
bike rally and sloganeering by
ABVP members,” he said.
When TOI contacted the
university spokesperson Vi-
nod Pavarala for clarification,
he said that both the events –
panel discussion and bike ral-
ly – did not have the vice-chan-
cellor’s approval.
“The dean, students welfa-
re has not received any requ-
est to conduct the bike rally by
any group. The administra-
tion would like to clarify that
neither of these events had
the university’s approval. We
have no report at this stage
whether these were actually
conducted,” said Pavarala.
Fuel tanker
owner steals
petrol, held
Secunderabad: Two persons,
including a fuel tanker owner,
were arrested on Thursday
for allegedly pilfering 20 litres
of petrol from a tanker at Mal-
lapur. Rachakonda police ar-
rested M Ganesh, 50, from
Mallapur and an oil tanker ve-
hicle owner, G Narayana (42),
a driver from Zaheerabad.
According to cops, Ga-
nesh, who owned the petrol
tanker vehicle, had given the
vehicle on rental basis to Bha-
rat Petroleum Corporation Li-
mited to transport the fuel
from one place to another.
“On Thursday, Ganesh had
parked the vehicle in an open
plot at Gokul Nagar in Malla-
pur. Ganesh along with his
driver were seen by some pas-
serby stealing petrol in jerry-
cans. The locals alerted cops.
The vehicle was carrying
20,000 litres of petrol,” Nacha-
ram sub-inspector Venkat
Reddy said. After questioning
the duo revealed that while
carrying fuel for BPCL, they
would steal petrol in 20-litre to
40-litre cans and sell it for less
price to earn extra money.
“The duo sell petrol for `10
less a litre than the market pri-
ce,” the SI added. The duo was
booked for cheating, theft and
sections of the Essential Com-
modities Act. TNN
HC ups relief to kin of ’04
accident victim by 10 times
SagarKumar.Mutha
@timesgroup.com
Hyderabad: Finding fault
with a civil court in Hydera-
bad which apportioned a part
of the blame on the deceased
himself in a road accident ca-
se and awarded a mere `1.78
lakh as compensation to his
wife and three children, justi-
ce T Amarnath Goud of the Te-
langana high court has enhan-
ced the compensation to `17.74
lakh and directed the insuran-
ce company to pay it with
7.5 per cent interest per year
from the date of the accident
in 2004.
This would give the family
the much-needed relief as
they would now, hopefully, get
ten times more compensation
than the one granted by the
trial court and also, interest
for the last 15 years.
On October 10, 2004, B
Krishnaiah was coming to Hy-
derabad from Mahabubnagar
on a motorbike along with one
of his friends.
When they reached Kun-
durg village, a jeep came in
high speed in a rash and negli-
gent manner and hit their
motorbike.
Krishnaiah suffered seve-
re injuries. He was shifted to
Osmania General Hospital in
Hyderabad where he succum-
bed to the injuries while ta-
king the treatment. His wife
and three children were ren-
dered helpless on account of
this ghastly accident that took
away their sole breadwinner.
They sought `15 lakh as com-
pensation for the loss.
The trial court in its judg-
ment reasoned that Krishnai-
ah was a pillion rider on that
fateful day.
A lower court in Hydera-
bad had apportioned a
part of the blame on the
deceased himself and
awarded a mere `1.78 lakh
as compensation to his
wife and three children
The man who drove the bi-
ke was not examined at all.
The trial court concluded that
the bike rider had possessed
no valid driving license. Hen-
ce the drivers of both the jeep
and the bike should bear the
blame in equal measure. Hen-
ce the insurance company’s li-
ability to compensate for the
death of an individual was re-
duced to 50 per cent.
The trial court finally or-
dered the insurance company
to pay `1.78 lakh to the kin of
the deceased.
Aggrieved by this order,
the wife and kin filed an appe-
al in the high court challeng-
ing the trial court order.
Their counsel B Roja Ra-
mani described the order of
the trial court, particularly in
holding the deceased as partly
responsible for his death, as
erroneous and bad in law.
Merely because the driver
of the bike was not holding a
driving license, he cannot be
held liable for contributory
negligence, she said. The trial
court committed another er-
ror even in calculating the
number of dependents. The
number of dependents is four
and the trial court based its
calculations on three depen-
dents, she said.
Setting aside the trial co-
urt order, Justice Amarnath
cited a supreme court order
that held that a scooterist can-
not be held guilty of contribu-
tory negligence merely
because he did not possess a
driving license.
He also calculated and ar-
rived at `17.74 lakh compensa-
tion to be paid to the family ta-
king into various aspects like
future prospects, appropriate
multiplier, age of the deceased
at the time of his death, loss to
the dependents, etc.
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entertainment into the mix.
CINEMA OF THE WEEK The storytelling is backed by
Mission Mangal (Drama)
solid characters in the MOM
team, who have scientifically
★★★ thought out solutions for their
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Vidya real-life problems, too. MOM’s
Balan, Sonakshi Sinha, team comprises of five strong
Taapsee Pannu, Nithya women Tara, Eka (Sonakshi
Sinha), Neha (Kirti Kulhari),
Menen, Kirti Kulhari,
with Vidya Balan as the
parallel lead. Both actors team
up to give measured and
engaging performances as
scientists who give their heart
and soul to realise India’s
dream of being a big player in
the international space race.
They are ably supported by
■ When a high-ranking police officer is
killed by his alleged rape victim, Sub- Evaru (Thriller, Crime,
inspector Vikram Vasudev is entrusted Drama) ★★★
with investigating what seems like an
open-and-shut case. However, as he
Cast: Adivi Sesh, Regina
Cassandra, Naveen Chandra, Murli
delves deeper, Vikram finds the case
Sharma, Pavithra Lokesh
spiralling into a dark tale filled with
Direction: Venkat Ramji
unexpected surprises.
Duration: 1 hours 58 minutes
Language: Telugu (U/A)

Sharman Joshi, HG
Dattatreya
Direction: Jagan Shakti
Duration: 2 hours 13 minutes
Language: Hindi (U/A)
■ A team of Indian scientists
at ISRO (Indian Space
Research Organisation) take
on the extraordinary task of
successfully sending a satellite
into the orbit of planet Mars
in a country’s maiden attempt.
glorious chapter in Indian
history. This deeply patriotic
film takes a few cinematic
liberties along the way, while
doing that, it delves into the
watchful eye of one of the
mission directors Tara (Vidya
Balan), but during the media-
fuelled fiasco later on, Rakesh
takes the blame for it. As a
Kritika (Taapsee Pannu) and
Varsha (Nithya Menen) who
wrack their brains and come
up with innovative, low-cost
s o l u t i o n s fo r t h e M a r s
mission. Part of the same
team are Par meshwar
(Sharman Joshi) and Ananth
(HG Dattatreya).
Moments of heightened
drama in the screenplay are
tailor-made to please the
audience, especially those
who don’t have a knack for
Sonakshi Sinha, Taapsee
Pannu, Kirti Kulhari, Nithya
Menen. Their team also has
Sharman Joshi and senior
actor HG Dattatreya, who
bring in some moments of
levity to the drama. Sanjay
Kapoor in a brief cameo,
looks outrageous at best.
Dalip Tahil, who plays the
NASA-return scientist with a
half-American half-Indian
accent doles out more laughs
than advice for the other
A
fter watching Evaru, all questions
will be answered, Adivi Sesh told
us in an intverview. And sure
enough, while Evaru asks plenty of
questions, it does give a resounding
answer - that the film is indeed inspired
by Spanish film, The Invisible Guest.
Why the makers kept that under a
wraps remains a mystery, but Evaru is
a thriller that keeps you hooked right
till the end.
Sameera (Regina Cassandra) is
accused of murdering a police officer
who rapes her. Her lawyer (Vinay

A
dream doesn’t become
reality through magic, it
takes sweat,
determination and hard work
to make it come true. That’s
what Indian scientists at ISRO
have gone through for the past
five decades, leaving behind
their personal lives, making
their families second priority
and propelling themselves
into a pursuit of scientific
achievement. One of the
glorious chapters in their
success story was the 2014
Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM),
more popularly called the
Mangalyaan Mission. Against
all odds, India became the first
country in the world to break
m a ny s p a c e a n d E a r t h
barriers and reach the distant
planet in its first attempt.
Mission Mangal is a film that
dramatises and recreates this
lives of the scientists who
made this almost-impossible
dream come true. The film
throws light on how scientists
go through the humdrum of
everyday life and when at
wo rk , t h e y s h ow g r i t ,
gumption and tremendous
d r ive t o a ch i eve t h e
unthinkable. The focus on
human drama is endearing,
but we would have liked to see
more action happening at
ISRO, which we know very
little of.
The story picks up in 2010,
when a team at ISRO is led by
Rakesh (Akshay Kumar) as
they launch a rocket into
outer space. But that launch
mission ends up in unexpected
failure when a technical error
forces the rocket to veer
towards earth. The ill-fated
error happens under the
result, Rakesh is assigned to
the far-fetched Mars Mission
at ISRO, which other scientists
at the organisation believe is
nothing but a flight of fancy.
But, the patriotic Rakesh and
the industrious Tara decide to
fight the odds and put India on
the space map again. Dealing
with minuscule budgets,
scrutiny from their peers and
pressure from all quarters,
Rakesh and Tara make a team
of junior scientists from ISRO
with the intention of putting
the Mars Mission into space
within 24 months.
Writer-director Jagan
Shakti’s film takes complex
scientific jargon and
simplifies it for the common
man. The narrative also
cleverly makes use of logic,
home science and alternate
s c i e n c e t o a d d q u i rk y
theories, equations and
numbers. Mission Mangal
simplifies its complex subject
so that viewers of all ages and
backgrounds can engage with
the story and the characters.
On the flipside, the simplicity
does get a bit too convenient
on more than one occasion.
The narrative could have
focused more on the nuances
of the mission and the
authenticity of the mission
control at ISRO. At times, the
characters get a bit over-the-
top and then on occasions the
screenplay gets a bit pedantic.
Even the CGI is pretty average.
But then, the feeling of
patriotism and national pride
does eclipse the minor pitfalls
of this mission.
The performances by the
ensemble cast are strong.
Akshay Kumar leads the cast
characters.
Under the vision of
creative director R Balki and
an average execution by
filmmaker Jagan Shakti,
Mission Mangal makes good
with its emotional highs and
drama. In the end, when you
see India’s scientists celebrate
their hard-earned victory
with the Mangalyaan orbiting
Mars, you can’t help but cheer
for the triumph of a nation
and its scientific success.
Despite the ups and downs,
this story does make you
believe that dreams do come
true, especially in the vast
expanses of the outer space.
— Rachit Gupta
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Varma) hires a corrupt police officer,
Vikram (Adivi Sesh) to help crack the
case and defend Sameera against the
prosecution lawyer who has the entire
department on his side. But an old case
handled by Vikram enters the plot,
making things seem more complicated
than they actually are.
Make no mistake, it’s not easy to pull
off a thriller of this kind and keep the
viewers glued and guessing, especially
given how a genre like this isn’t
explored much in Telugu cinema, and
for that Venkat Ramji deserves credit.
While the filmmaker makes a few
changes to the original, he does manage
to keep the suspense impact right till
the very end.
However, while the makers manage
to connect the dots between each twist
and turn, there’s something amiss in
some of the subplots, and it does feel
like the connection isn’t seamless. In
trying to separate itself from the
original, Ramji needlessly creates a
subplot and the film ties itself up in
knots. One does wonder why the
original plot was tinkered with.
The film, however, is lifted by Adivi
Sesh who delivers a brilliant
performance. Naveen Chandra, too,
puts in a solid performance. As the lead
character, Regina could’ve been a touch
better and doesn’t always convey the
impact that her character needs.
Evaru is gripping to the core and has
some decent technical values, but the
film does lets itself down at times with
gaps in the narration. An additional
subplot makes it more confusing and
doesn’t necessarily work, but it’s an
earnest attempt from Venkat Ramji for
his debut film. If you’ve seen the
Invisible Guest or the Hindi film Badla,
you’d come out feeling slightly
underwhelmed. But if you watch Evaru
with an open mind, it’ll end up
surprising you.
— Paturi Rajasekhar

Ranarangam (Action,
Crime) ★★★
Cast: Sharwanand, Kajal
Aggarwal, Kalyani Priyadarshan,
Direction: Sudheer Varma
Duration: 2 hours 18 minutes
Language: Telugu(U/A)
■ Deva (Sharwanand) is a powerful
gangster from Visakhapatnam who
moves to Spain to put his past
behind him. But what happens
when he realises he can’t shake off
his enemies no matter where he
goes?
gangster who rises to power and
ends up making numerous enemies
along the way. The difficult part is
when it comes to moving past all
that mind-bending swag the film
has on full-display and realising it’s
nothing but the same old liquor in
a shiny new bottle. This is not the
kind of film you go to for its unique
story that will surprise you with its
twists and turns, it’s the kind of
film that allows you to soak in its
mindless beauty much before you
realise it’s heading in a completely
predictable direction.
Deva (Sharwanand) is a rich
man living in Spain, busy being a
single father to a teen he dotes on.
comes to haunt him. Ranarangam
keeps switching between his past
who’s aided by his friends (Raja
Chembolu, Aadarsh Balakrishna,
NTR regime, smuggling in alcohol
from Odisha in innovative ways
and selling them for a profit. He
also falls heads-over-heels for Geeta
(Kalyani Priyadarshan), whom he
tells the truth of his profession.
Ranarangam packs in even
more characters played by Ajay,
B r a h m a j i a n d m o re. K a j a l
Aggarwal too exists in this tale for
no reason, while Murli Sharma
breezes through and brings some
delightful nuance to his role of the
token antagonist. Now that we’ve
gotten that out of the way, time for
the nitty-gritty. While Sharwanand
and Kalyani Priyadarshan pour life
into their roles and give it their all,
the film seem to be director
Sudheer Varma, cinematographer
Divakar Mani, stunt coordinator
Venkat, music director Prashant
Pillai and dialogue writers Arjun-
Carthyk.
The colour red tinges numerous
scenes, lending not just a jagged
kind of beauty, but also an
atmosphere that makes one feel like
they’re watching a home-grown
neo-noir film a la Sin City. The
colours and frames used also
remind one of a graphic novel,
almost as if Sudheer and Divakar
hand-painted the whole film
together. Prashant Pillai’s music is
a delight but his BGM elevates
frustrating narrative which never
allows you to truly connect to the
characters. The dialogues by
Arjun-Carthyk too don’t end up
being overtly melodramatic and hit
just the right note. This is where
Ranarangam truly shines.
Wat ch R a n a r a n g a m t h i s
weekend if neo-noir films are your
choice of poison, especially the
ones you can soak in without
looking for logic. Gives this one a
chance especially for the way
Sharwanand carries off his role
and for the technicians. But don’t
go looking for a story that will
surprise you or even leave you in
awe, you will be disappointed.

R
anarangam is a film that’s not Despite keeping a promise he made in Visakhapatnam and present, not Sudhardhan). He decides to take Kajal Aggarwal has very limited many key scenes. Thanks to these
hard to describe, plain and years ago, he leaves some loose always nailing the transition. Deva advantage of the liquor prohibition scope to perfor m, the ones intricacies, the film manages to — Neeshita Nyayapati
simple, it’s the story of a threads dangling and his past soon was once a black movie ticket seller imposed on the state under the seemingly having the most fun in s t ay w i t h yo u d e s p i t e t h e

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Conspiracy within Cong to defame me: Vijayashanti

Famously known as ‘Lady Amitabh’, actor & Cong leader Vijayashanti tells
Roushan Ali that she has no plans to join BJP, and will keep fighting KCR. Excerpts:
■ Are you rejoining BJP? Is it
because the fact that you are si-
delined in Congress?
My first priority is to fight aga-
inst the failures of KCR govern-
ment and to ensure justice to the
people. People feel they have been
betrayed by TRS. Vijayashanti is
not an individual. She is an institu-
tion within an institution (Cong-
ress). As far as going back to BJP, I
■ But the talk is that BJP lea-
ders at the national level are in
touch with you.
I started my political career
with BJP, and I know most senior
leaders. Even Advaniji is close to
me. BJP leaders have been in touch
with me for over two decades irre-
spective of my party affiliation.
■ Are you leaning towards BJP
because of saffron party emer-
committee during Lok Sabha
elections. But, you were not vi-
sible in party activities soon af-
ter the elections.
put an end to such reports. As I sa- You should ask this question to
id, attempts are being made to dri- the party leaders. Let them give me
ve me out of the par- ty. a free hand or at least define my ro-
■ You are a star le. I will tour the entire state and re-
campaigner in vive the Congress. My objective is
Congress and to bring Congress to power in 2023.
were chairper- But, I am not even invited to core
son of campa- committee meetings.
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revival in Telangana?
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ress candidates are feeling cheated
after these MLAs joined TRS. The
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can say is I am not going to be
among those joining BJP on
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Fined `27 Lakh NOT FOLLOWING THE GREEN WAY?
For Leachate What measures must be in place
for proper disposal?
Pollution The hazardous waste management
rules stipulate that industries must
U.Sudhakarreddy
@timesgroup.com
Hyderabad: The Central Pol-
lution Control Board (CPCB)
has issued show-cause notices
to two projects managed by
Ramky Enviro Engineers Li-
mited for mishandling of ha-
zardous waste and imposed
`27 lakh penalty for causing le-
achate pollution, which conta-
minates water supply.
In the notice sent to Hyde-
rabad Waste Management
Project (HWMP) at Dundigal,
CPCB chairman SP Singh Pa-
rihar and member-secretary
Prashant Gargava said that
HWMP had not only failed to
comply with the direction of
CPCB under the Environment
Protection Act but also conti-
nued to cause damage to envi-
ronment. CPCB asked HWMP
to pay `11 lakh towards envi-
use measures such as:
z Secured landfill z Pit stabilisation
z Solar evaporation pond z Multiple
effect evaporator z Spray dryer
z Hazardous waste incinerator z
Effluent treatment plant
In the event of failure to
comply with the directions,
appropriate action will be
initiated against the facilities
without any further notice —CPCB
ronmental compensation.
Similarly, Coastal Waste
Management Project (CWMP)
in Visakhapatnam’s Pharma
City, was taken to task for not
complying with rules and cau-
sing damage to environment.
It was asked to shell out `16
lakh as penalty. Both projects
manage industrial hazardous
waste by resorting to landfills
and incineration. However,
pharma, paints and chemical
industry waste is not properly
treated which leads to conta-
mination of water sources.
The top brass of CPCB said
that both the projects had
failed to act despite being as-
ked to comply with the norms
in December 2018 itself. Inspec-
tions were done but no sui-
table action was taken, it said.
“In the event of failure to
comply with the directions,
appropriate action will be ini-
tiated against the facilities
without any further notice,”
the body warned.
The hazardous waste ma-
nagement rules stipulate a se-
cured landfill, pit stabilisa-
tion, solar evaporation pond,
multiple effect evaporator,
spray dryer, hazardous waste
incinerator and an effluent
treatment plant. Environmen-
tal compensation is worked
out for each day of violations
based on the pollution index,
officials said. In the case of
CWMP, the pollution board sa-
id inspections were carried
out between October 15 and
November 28, 2018, for 44 days
wherein violations were noti-
ced and recorded.
When contacted, marke-
ting head of Ramky Enviro,
Visakhapatnam, Sambasiva
Rao said: “I do not have know-
ledge about CPCB notice.” He
also said they dispose of in-
dustrial waste using scientific
methods and denied any lapse
on their part. It is learnt that
notices have also been served
on Ramky Enviro-managed
projects in other states.
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Hyderabad: Central Bureau
of Investigation official of Hy-
derabad unit
who probed
the Monica
Bedi-Abu Sa-
lem passport
forgery case
was bestowed
with President’s Police Medal
for Distinguished Services.
Satish Prabhu, an inspector
of police of Anti Corruption
Wing of CBI, was also invol-
ved in investigation of several
key cases such as the Gautami
Express derailment.
Prabhu has been working
since August 2013 on deputa-
tion for Railway Protection
Force of South Central Rail-
way. He joined service as sub
inspector of RPF in 1992 and
was awarded a medal in 1994
for the detection of the Gauta-
mi Express derailment case.
During his stint with the CBI
between 2000 to 2005, Prabhu
investigated high profile ca-
ses against senior officers of
various government organi-
sations and public sector
units. He was involved in the
Secunderabad: A day after
TRS working president K
Taraka Rama Rao asked offi-
cials to look into the pro-
blems affecting Kapra lake,
residents have taken to soci-
al media to raise a variety of
issues affecting the city’s la-
kes. Encroachment and pol-
lution being among the ma-
jor concerns. The Kapra issue led to residents airing their grievances on issues
“Please look at Isnapur about other water bodies and civic problems
lake also. At one corner of
the lake debris are being
dumped. The lake is also
highly polluted,” tweeted
Patta lands on lake bed a result of
Eshwar (@6eshwar9). Re- practices during Nizam-era: Officials
plying to this, MAUD princi-
pal secretary Arvind Kumar
said: “Will send our team to O fficials from the irrigation department say that patta lands
on lake bed are a result of events that took place during the
Nizam’s era. “At that time, there was an informal understanding
Isnapur lake also.”
Speaking about Annara- regarding what was called shikam pattas which could be used by
yuni Cheruvu in Nagaram, private individuals. These type of patta lands could only be used
another resident Prashanth for agricultural purposes because the water body would make
(@shanthchandra) said: the area fertile.” Sources said shikam patta lands could not be
“Nature’s beauty. There ne- transferred from one generation to another, but this practice has
eds to be a solution for this developed over time. “After generations of a family use the land
lake. Help us save Annarayu- sentiments develop. It become difficult then to vacate people
ni Cheruvu.” Lamenting from the land they claim ownership to,” said the official. TNN
that officials’ comment abo-
ut how they will take action keya Nagar in Nacharam (@Balu64170968) pleaded
every now and then, he said was Anand Kumar Koppu with KTR over the Jawahar-
nothing really changes on (@AnandKoppu), who said: nagar dumpyard. “You have
ground and the “pathetic sa- “Similar issues are pending not been taking care of the

Metro sees highest footfall 3 teens held investigation of the Monica ga continues”. in our colony over a decade Jawaharnagar dumping
Bedi-Abu Salem passport for- It was not just lakes that now. Land grabbers object to yard issue. We were suffe-
gery case in which both were drew people’s ire, the legal any kind of development in ring a lot,” he said. Speaking
for rape of convicted. He is also renow- hurdles at Kapra lake also the open park areas clai- about the “bad air” in the

as 3.06L take a ride on Wed Gadwal minor

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ned for his work in investiga-
tions that have led to convic-
tions of high-ranking govern-
ment officials.
led to talks ranging from
stinking dumpyards to tra-
vel issues. Raising the issue
of encroachments at Karthi-
ming ownership of the land.
Kindly intervene before we
lose the land.”
Balaji Thirukkovalluri
area, Thirukkovalluri appe-
ared to be hinting at the bur-
ning of waste, which has be-
en raised be residents there.
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Hyderabad: Three minor bo-

Gulf returnees file RTI seeking info on

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad
Metro Rail on Wednesday set
a new record in patronage
with nearly 3.06 lakh pas-
sengers taking the Metro ri-
de in a day. HMRL managing
director NVS Reddy said the
number of passengers using
the service created a new re-
cord and Metro stations had
registered a record 3.23 lakh
footfall (3.06 lakh ridership)
on Wednesday.
The Metro Rail authoriti-
es attributed the increase in
ridership to the holiday
rush, better connectivity to
Metro stations, availability
of rent-a-bicycle or a two-
wheeler services at some sta-
tions. After unfurling the na-
tional flag at Metro Rail Bha-
van here on Thursday, Reddy
informed that the reversal
work at the Hi-Tec City Met-
ro station has been comple-
ted as well.
Metro officials have attributed the increase in riders to the holiday
rush and better connectivity to stations among other factors
“The Hi-Tec City reversal
works were completed in all
respects and normal train
services will be introduced
between Jubilee Hills check-
post and Hi-Tec City in the
next few days after mandato-
ry safety clearances are obta-
ined,” Reddy said, adding
that the frequency of the tra-
ins would also be increased
to five or even three minutes
during peak hours.
“The frequency of trains
will be increased to and from
Hi-Tec City in all directions
in a few days from now,” the
HMRL MD said.
The work up to Raidurg
(Mindspace Junction) sta-
tion was also nearing comp-
letion and trial runs would
start on the Hi-Tec City-Rai-
durg section soon.
ys were taken into custody by
police on Thursday for alle-
gedly raping a minor girl in
Gadwal district on Wednes-
day. The district police said
that the boys had allegedly ra-
ped the 13-year-old girl when
she was alone at her residence
as her parents were at work. It
is learnt that the accused had
abused the girl in the past too.
On Wednesday, when the
girl was alone, the boys came
to her house and allegedly ra-
ped her. Later when the girl’s
mother came to the house in
the evening, the girl complai-
ned of pain and explained
the ordeal.
The girl’s parents lodged a
complaint following which
the boys were taken into cus-
tody and were booked under
the Protection of Children
from Sexual Offences (Pocso)
Act. The accused boys are
aged between 14 and 15 years.
rehabilitation measures taken by state
Sushil.Rao@timesgroup.com
Hyderabad: Workers from
Telangana who returned
from Saudi Arabia have filed
an Right to Information
(RTI) application to know
what measures have been
initiated for their rehabilita-
tion after they submitted a
memorandum to chief mini-
ster K Chandrasekhar Rao.
The RTI was sent to chief se-
cretary S K Joshi’s office on
August 14.
A letter asking for rehabi-
litating 102 workers from va-
rious districts was submit-
ted to the CMO in Secretariat
for which an acknowledge-
ment was received on July 16.
The application to the public
information officer, in the of-
fice of chief secretary filed
on August 14, sought infor-
mation under the RTI Act.
“102 returnee migrant wor-
kers from Saudi Arabia
along with me submitted a
memorandum to the CM see-
king financial help and reha-
bilitation. Please provide me
file notings and action taken
report,” the application re-
ad. The workers hailing from
Nizamabad, Karimnagar,
Warangal and Adilabad dis-
tricts also held a meeting af-
ter they returned from Saudi
Arabia on June 17 at Jagtial
on how to represent their is-
sues to the state government.
According to Saindla Ra-
jaiah of Damannapet village
in Gollapalli mandal of Jag-
tial district, the then union
minister of state for external
affairs V K Singh had visited
the labour camps in Riyadh
on January 31 and said they
would initiate measures to
send the workers back. Over
3,000 workers, all working for
a Cypriot construction firm
operating in Saudi Arabia,
attended the meeting.
“Without a work permit,
staying in the country had
become illegal. The compa-
ny neither paid our salaries
nor sent us back home,” Sa-
indla Rajaiah said. He said
that at the insistence of the
labour court in Saudi Ara-
bia, the workers were able to
get air fares to return to In-
dia in groups.
On Thursday, welfare mi-
nister Koppula Eashwar
who heard the grievances of
the migrant workers from
Dharmapuri said he would
facilitate them get loans
from the SC Corporation.
The workers can avail a loan
of `4 lakh to buy four buffalo-
es. One clause, however, is
that the person availing the
loan should have at least 20
guntas of land on his name.

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28.4MM
TOP 5 IN T
Nizamabad CM Jagan defends policy decisions With 80% done,
Kharif sowing
Pics: A Sarath Kumar and Suman Reddy D

50 Kamareddy Points Out Several AP leaders give YSRC workers

28.4MM Low Literacy I-day parade a miss prevent TDP
40

30
Komaram Bheem
25.8MM Rate In AP
Ujwal.Bommakanti
A
majority of legislators, including those
from the YSR Congress, skipped the In-
dependence Day celebrations held at police
MLA from cheer for farmers
20
23.8MM
Jagtial
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Since most legislators are first-timers, it is hoisting flag Sribala.Vadlapatla
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being said that they preferred to stay back

A
ndhra Pradesh chief mi- TIMES NEWS NETWORK CROP HECTARES
Adilabad and participate in the celebrations in
10 nister YS Jaganmohan Hyderabad: Contrary to gro- Rice 5,94,728
12.7MM Reddy hoisted the tri-co-
lour on the occasion of 73rd
their constituencies. Apart from city
legislator Mustafa,
Chirala: The YSR Congress
activists prevented local Te-
wing worries, 80% of kharif so-
wing has been achieved. Maize 3,48,061
Independence Day at Indira Tadikonda MLA lugu Desam Party MLA Ka- Thanks to the gulf between ra- Red gram 2,67,178
Gandhi Municipal Corpora- Dr V Sridevi ranam Balaram from atten- infall and sowing narrowing
Green gram 59,700
REGION WRAP tion Stadium in the city on
Thursday.
and MP ding the flag hoisting cere-
mony at the Mandal Paris-
down, hopes of a good crop ha-
ve brightened. With the south- Black gram 22,818
Krishnade
Speaking at his maiden I- varaya had Development Officers west monsoon active and irri- Soyabean 1,71,213
Addl chief secy Day speech, Jagan said free- no other (MPDO) office creating a ten- gation projects brimming, so-
Cotton 17,39,504
dom struggle was not a merely sed atmosphere in Chirala wing of various crops in
appointed a chapter in history books but
prominent
leader from on Thursday. 35,39,861 acres has been comp- Sugarcane 21,932
Hyderabad: The Andhra a great force that leads us to a the district The situation turned vo- leted against a target of Chillies 5,232
Pradesh state government good path. A participant of the Independence day celebrations takes a latile when the Balaram’s fol- 43,34,477 acres.
witnessed the
on Thursday appointed Dr The CM said despite 73 ye- selfie with Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jaganmohan lowers retaliated and con- Experts said while a delay- expected acreage of 9,64,548
parade. TNN
PV Ramesh, a retired IAS ars of independence, the co- Reddy, in Vijayawada on Thursday fronted with the YSR Cong- ed monsoon gave jitters, good hectares.
officer of 1985 batch as the untry is facing huge political, ress activists which ensued a rainfall in the last couple of we- Millets’ acreage has impro-
Additional Chief Secretary economic and social dispariti- A student of ZP street brawl between the two eks has bridged the deficit con- ved with the crop sown in 1,533
to the chief minister on a es. High School, political rivals. Eventually, siderably. “There is nothing hectares as against 326 hecta-
tenure basis for a period of “Twenty-seven per cent of cops had to be summoned much to worry about kharif so- res in the last kharif. Cotton
Vadapalem,
three years. Indians are uneducated. In who resorted to lathi-charge wing now,” professor R Jagade- was sown in 101% of the area,
performs
Andhra Pradesh, it is 33%. In- to bring the situation under eshwar of Professor Jayashan- while ragi scored a high with
Garuda Seva dia has high level of under-
Malkambh during
celebrations in
control. kar Telangana State Agricultu- 109% area covered. Among the
graduate dropouts compared According to informa- re University said. Nirmal-Asi- coarse grains, red gram was
observed with BRICS countries. AP is Visakhapatnam tion, the YSR Congress cad- fabad district topped the charts cultivated in 92% of the crop
Chittoor: The Garuda less educated compared with res in huge numbers shouted with 102% sowing, while area.
Seva was observed in many other states,” Jagan sa- A boy slogans against TDP and Ba- Khammam came last with a po- Scientists, however, war-
Tirumala with religious id while addressing a large participates in the laram asking the MLA to lea- or 52% cultivation. ned farmers to be wary about
gaiety on Thursday. On the gathering of students and tea- Independence day ve the MPDO office premi- Nirmal-Asifabad, Kama- water-logging in farm fields
auspicious occasion of chers in the stadium. celebrations ses. reddy, Adilabad and Rajanna which could damage the crop.
Sravana Pournami, the Jagan questioned India’s The situation further ten- Sircilla districts did exceptio- “There could be 10% less pro-
celestial fête was observed position in human develop- sed up when former MLA nally well by sowing more than duction per acre in dry crops
between 7pm and 9pm. ment indices. He said the Village volunteers system launched, 2.8L volunteers involved Amanchi Krishna Mohan the targeted coverage area. like maize as rainfall is still
Gambling YSRC government has plan-
ned Navaratnalu scheme to
TIMES NEWS NETWORK minister said that the system cover 50 families in each village.
brother Swamulu reached
the place along with his follo-
Medchal-Malkajgiri, Siddipet, continuing,” Jagadeeshwar sa-
Nalgonda, Suryapet, Mulugu id. In Mahbubnagar, Gadwal,
was launched as the villages are Identity cards would be given to
racket busted bring in change. He said the
Navaratnalu delineated by
Vijayawada: After unfurling backward even after 73 years of the volunteers and they would be
wers, which saw the YSR
Congress activist hurling
and Khammam districts fared Khammam and Jangaon dis-
below par where the extent of tricts, maize crop was affected
Vijayawada: Nine per- the tricolour at the IGMC achieving independence. He said given an honorarium of `5,000
sons involved in organising him in the party manifesto stones at the TDP cadres. sowing was less than 70%. by the fall armyworm pest.
grounds in Vijayawada, AP CM the volunteers would be trained per month.
and participating in gam- was prepared after under- However before the situation “Paddy acreage is still lag- Sowing of kharif crops like
YS Jaganmohan Reddy launched to interact with the people. The volunteers would first
bling racket at Adavinak- standing people’s problems could turn worse, an ging. We hope it will improve in paddy and pulses begins with
the flagship programme, Village Jagan announced that the identify the beneficiaries, get to
kalampadu village in during his 3,648-km padayatra additional police force was the coming weeks,” a senior of- the onset of monsoon in June
Volunteers System, for taking village secretariats would be know their problems and then
Krishna were arrested on throughout the state. Jagan al- summoned to avoid any furt- ficial said. Paddy was sown in and ends in August-end. The
governance to the doorsteps of launched from October 2 and delineate the schemes being
Thursday. Cops seized `1.07 so defended recent policy ini- her attacks. 5,97,565 hectares (62%) of the harvesting begins in October.
the people. The programme said village secretariats would provided by the government for
lakh in cash. A case under tiatives to provide job reserva- Police also provided addi-
would involve 2.8 lakh be set up in each village to them. A toll-free telephone
relevant sections of the AP tion for locals and reverse ten- tional escort to MLA
volunteers. deliver governance to people in number—1902—would be set up

Nellore cops bust cell

Gaming Act was registered. dering. Balaram and ensured the ce-
Addressing the village 72 hours. at the call centre in the Chief
Jagan said the govern- lebrations were completed
volunteers gathered at a This scheme involves Minister Office (CMO) to receive
30-year-old hit ment would bring in new laws
function hall in the city, the chief provision of one volunteer to the grievances of the people.
peacefully.
to share nominated posts and The rivalry betsween Ba-
by lorry, dies
Srikakulam: A 30-year-old
man died in a road acci-
dent after he was hit by a
contracts among people who
have not yet achieved econo-
mic, social and political free-
government, which was esca-
lated for commissions. We cal-
In his one-hour long add-
ress, after reviewing an im-
Speaking about Amma Vo-
di which would be launched
laram and Krishna Mohan
has been simmering ever sin-
ce the latter lost the assembly
robbery gang, arrest
dom. led for 75% jobs for locals in in- pressive parade, he listed out on January 26 next year, he sa- elections. Meanwhile,
lorry near Lolugu area in
Srikakulam on Thursday.
The deceased was identi-
“We asked discoms to re-
duce tariffs. We asked contrac-
tors to reduce cost of tenders
dustries. Many are lamenting
these decisions. But we did not
dither as these were in public
the welfare schemes and legis-
lations that his government
has taken during its two-and-
id all mothers would be given
`15,000 per year so that they
can educate their children
TDP state president Kala
Venkata Rao has condemned
the YSRC attack on their
four more smugglers
fied as K Santhosh Kumar. quoted during the previous interest,” Jagan said. a-half months of rule. without any hassle. legislator.
INTER-STATE GANG NABBED
THE KHANJARABHATS

Flood relief camps Parsis in city plan grand Andhra forest

dept rescues
GANG | The
Khanjarabhats are a
notorious inter-state
gang of dacoits from

set up in Vij schools Navroze festivities pangolin

Dewas district in
Madhya Pradesh known
to operate on national
highways. They have
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District collector Thanksgiving Nellore SP Aiswarya Rastogi addresses
the media after four smugglers were
a criminal history in
Maharastra, Gujarat,
Vijayawada: All 72 gates of Mohammed Imtiaz re- Vijayawada: Upon recei-
the Prakasam Barrage were viewed the flood situation Prayer And ving credible information, arrested on Thursday, in connection
with a robbery case from February
Rajasthan, Orissa, West
Bengal & Telangana
opened on Thursday causing AP forest officials foiled
around 4.5 lakh cusecs water
and alerted the officials as
more water is likely to be
Dinner Planned smugglers attempt of sel-
to be released into the Bay of ling a pangolin (anteater) at Ujwal.Bommakanti desh and one international
Bengal. released from Prakasam Arya.Sharan Pedda Dornala area in Pra- @timesgroup.com smuggler from West Bengal.
Low-lying areas in the city Barrage by Friday morning @timesgroup.com kasam district on Wednes- Earlier, on May 3, police had
remained inundated for the day. The pangolin is Vijayawada: Nellore police arrested two members from
past three days. The revenue ter to around 1,200 people. Hyderabad: A population amongst the endangered nabbed an inter-state gang of the Khanjarabhats dacoity
department and Vijaywada District collector Moham- of around 450 Zoroastrian Bai Maneckbai Nusserwanji Chenoy Fire Temple in Hyderabad species and is a scheduled dacoits from Madhya Pradesh gang from Madhya Pradesh
Municipal Corporation med Imtiaz reviewed the flo- families in the city are animal in the Wild Life Pro- and West Bengal on Wednesday who were responsible for the
(VMC) are continuing relief od situation and alerted the planning to go big on cele- member the departed souls tection Act. who were involved in the robbe- robbery. “Around 10 teams wor-
activity at flood-affected officials as more water is lik- brating their new year, also COMMUNITY of their family members. ry of a cell phone consignment ked on the case and tracked the
areas.
Balaji Nagar, Rama Ling-
ely to be released from Praka-
sam Barrage by Friday mor-
known as Navroze, on Au-
gust 17 this year. While Zo- CONNECT There are beautiful flower
vases filled with different
earlier this year at Sri City SEZ.
The accused were identifi-
lorries from Nellore to Indore
via Hyderabad. Thousands of
eswarapeta and other low-ly- ning. He asked the irrigation roastrians across the world evening the Zoroastrian types of flowers and each ed as Shaik Hamidujuman (35), hours of CCTV footage were
ing areas on the banks of the department to monitor in- celebrated their New Year Club at Secunderabad will vase is dedicated to the soul an international smuggler scanned during the process by
Krishna were hit by the flood. flows at Pulichintala project on March 21 this year, clo- host a programme followed of the deceased,” Perviz from Malda, West Bengal, whi- multiple teams,” Rastogi said.
The retaining wall project and alert officials at the tail ser home, the 1,000 member by a sit-down Parsi din- Nalladaru, President, Zo- le three others — Ankith Sri- During the case, the teams car-
was not completed on time, end villages of the Krishna strong community will ce- ner,” said Jehangir Bisney, roastrian Stree Mandal. vathsav (29), Pawan Chowdary ried out investigation in seven
exacerbating the situation. delta. lebrate it on Saturday. a chartered accountant With time things have (40), Pradeep Madhavan (34) states – AP, Telangana, Tamil
VMC sanitation wing organi- According to officials aro- “In the morning, many and trustee of The Parsi changed within the com- The rescued anteater weighs are from Indore, Madhya Pra- Nadu, Maharashtra, Madhya
sed relief camps at seven mu- und 25,000 people visited the community members wo- Zoroastrian Anjuman of munity in the city. “Where- around 16 kgs desh. Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and
nicipal schools and gave shel- barrage on Thursday. uld be visiting one of the Secunderabad & Hydera- as most of the traditions The incident took place on West Bengal.
three fire temples in the bad (PZASH). and rituals are intact, most Official sources said that February 12, this year, when the After the arrest of the gang
twin cities. The Anjuman The PZASH is also pre- of the old palatial houses they received a tip-off about gang attacked a truck driver members of Khanjarabhats
fire temple which is also paring for a grand celebra- have been demolished to the animal being sold to a de- and robbed a truck transpor- — Sukesh Hadas and Santosh,
,r., p Bangalore Metro Rail known as Agiary located at tion to coincide with the make way for apartments,” aler in Markapuram area ting a large consignment of Xi- both from Dewas district —
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when PM Modi put it on his
agenda on Thursday. Modi said
the issue was not tackled all
these years because of political
considerations.
“Dear countrymen, our na-
tion has reached a phase when
we should be transparent about
everything. Time has now co-
me that we should take chal-
lenges heads on. Sometimes,
decisions are taken keeping in
mind political advantage but
they come at the cost of growth
of our future generation,” he
said. Modi was all praise for ci-
tizens who have chosen to rest-
rict the size of their families.
“In our society, there is a sec-
tion which is very well aware of
consequences of uncontrolled
population growth. They deser-
ve our accolades and respect.
This is an expression of their
love for the nation. Before ha-
ving a baby, they take a well-
considered decision whether
they will be able to take care of
their child’s needs,” he said.
Further emphasising his point,
he said, “Not only do they
(small households) contribute
to the welfare of their family
but also to the good of the na-
tion. People who have played
this huge role need to be honou-
red, and by setting them as ex-
amples we need to inspire the
segment of society still not
thinking on these lines. We ne-
ed to worry about population
explosion.”
New Delhi: While asking citi-
zens to opt for Made-in-India
products, Prime Minister Na-
rendra Modi on Thursday rea-
ched out to businesses and cal-
led for treating wealth creators
with respect in what was seen
as an attempt to bridge the
trust deficit between the go-
vernment and industry, which
has grown in recent months.
“Those who create wealth
for the nation, those who cont-
to reiterate his backing to ‘Ma-
de-in-India’ goods as he asked
citizens to prioritise locally-
made products.
While underlining the need
to boost exports, including an
emphasis on district-level fo-
cus, the PM said, “We have to
proceed with the Make-in-In-
dia mission that we took up.
Why should Made-in-India pro-
duct not be our priority? We
should decide that we will give
priority to what is produced in
closed-door meet’
From P 1 Pakistanis target PIOs
marking I-Day in UK
T
he Russian envoy to the
UN was quoted as having
said late on Wednesday
that Russia would agree to par- V iolent protests took place
outside the India high
commission in London on
ticipate in the consultations on-
ly if it happened in the form of Thursday when protesters
a closed-door meeting. In a carrying Khalistani and
statement earlier, Moscow had Kashmiri flags tried to push

Modi ignores Pakistan, greets Af on 100th I-Day

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New Delhi: Days after Parlia-
ment voted to void Article 370
by removing Jammu & Kash-
mir’s special status, Prime Mi-
nister Narendra Modi skipped
any mention of Pakistan but
pointedly referred to Afghanis-
tan, offering advance congratu-
lations for soon completing its
100th year of freedom.
The reference, just as the
absence of any mention of Pa-
kistan, can be expected to an-
noy the Pakistani establish-
ment. The Pakistani leaders-
hip on Wednesday devoted its
own Independence Day spee-
ches to Kashmir, without much
mention of the Pakistan na-
tion, and promised to get even
PTI untry for celebrating 100 years
of independence this year”.
The remark is likely to be read
as a signal that India has consi-
derable stakes in Afghanistan
and will remain engaged in
any future plans which seek to
provide a role for Taliban.
Afghanistan celebrates its
Independence Day on August
19. In the current context, Mo-
di’s remark is also a veiled refe-
rence to the fact that the Afghan
nation is trying to work out a
peace process to stop the figh-
PM Modi greets First Lady Savita Kovind and President Ram Nath ting with Taliban. Pakistan is
Kovind as Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu looks on during an I-Day the primary supporter of Tali-
reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan ban and the US is keen that Isla-
mabad facilitate the peace pro-
with India. red independence, the PM said, cess which would allow Ameri-
Felicitating Afghanistan “Afghanistan is a good neighbo- ca to withdraw its forces from
for its centenary year of decla- ur of India, and I wish the co- the country after 18 years.
ribute to the nation’s wealth
creation are serving the nation.
We should not suspect them
and we should not treat them
with disdain. It is important
that those who create wealth in
the country should be given re-
spect and encouraged. They
should be given pride of place.
If wealth is not created, it will
not be distributed. If wealth is
not distributed, then the poor
cannot benefit. Therefore, we-
alth creation is critical for a co-
untry like us and we want to en-
courage that. To me, those who
are engaged in creating wealth
are the country’s wealth,” the
PM said in his Independence
Day speech. His statement co-
mes barely six weeks after fi-
nance minister Nirmala Sitha-
raman’s words of encourage-
ment in her maiden Union
Budget speech.
my country. We have to focus on
local products for a lucky to-
morrow.”
In fact, exports, which have
been one of the big laggards in
recent years and are seen to be
dragging the overall manufac-
turing sector, was a key theme.
“Our country has to increase
exports. India can’t just be a
market for the world. We also
have to attempt to reach global
markets,” Modi said.
The PM also said the $5 tril-
lion GDP target may appear to-
ugh but it could be achieved
over the next five years and will
help in fulfilling the aspira-
tions of all Indians. He said the
economy should use the stable
and predictable regime to its
advantage, especially when the
government had managed to
strike a balance between mode-
rate inflation and growth.
said there was no alternative to
resolving differences between
India and Pakistan other than
bilaterally through political
and diplomatic means. It had
also said its representative at
the UN would adhere to this
“consistent’’ position.
China’s backing of Pakis-
tan is hardly a surprise to the
government. Beijing’s support
to Islamabad is similar to the
position it took after the Pulwa-
ma attack in February as it
sought to yet again delay a UN
ban on Jaish-e-Mohammed
chief Masood Azhar. Beijing
gave in only after the US,
France and the UK looked to in-
troduce a resolution for the ban
directly in the Security Coun-
cil. This would have meant Beij-
ing having to publicly defend
its decision to help an individu-
al heading an internationally
forward across police lines and
threw objects in the air above
mounted police horses,
targeting members of the
Indian diaspora who were
peacefully celebrating
Independence Day.
Hundreds of hooligans
were among the protesters at
the so-called anti-India protest
deliberately held to coincide
with the I-Day event. TNN
banned terrorist organisation.
It is significant that Quresh-
i’s letter to the UNSC president
specifically seeking an emer-
gency meeting came shortly af-
ter his return from Beijing. Qu-
reshi had visited China to mo-
bilise support for Islamabad’s
position against India’s, as he
claimed, unilateral and illegal
decision to revoke the special
status to J&K.

PM Modi urges country to ‘Cut down use

launch all-out war on plastic
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New Delhi: PM Modi on
Thursday urged people to
take the “first big step” to
shun single-use plastic on
the birth anniversary of
Mahatma Gandhi on Octo-
ber 2 and called for a “mass
movement” to get rid of ha-
zardous plastic.
“Remembering revered
Bapu, we should start col-
lecting single-use plastic
from homes, streets,
chowks and drains. Can we
take the first big step on
2nd October towards ma-
king India free from single-
use plastic? Come, my co-
untrymen! Let us take this
forward,” Modi said.
The PM urged munici-
palities, municipal corpo-
rations and ‘gram pancha-
yats’ to make arrange-
ments to collect single-use
plastic and asked start-ups
and entrepreneurs to join
hands towards recycling
plastic and using it in buil-
ding highways and other
areas.
Last month, the drin-
king water and sanitation
of chemical
fertilisers,
PTI pesticides’
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: A month after
the government pitched
for ‘zero budget farming’,
PM Narendra Modi on
Thursday called upon far-
mers to gradually reduce
use of chemical fertili-
sers and pesticides and sa-
id it would be a “great step
in saving our mother
earth”.
“The way we are using
chemical fertilisers and
pesticides, it is damaging
Students from the Anjuman Islam school take part in the 73rd Inde- soil health. As a farmer, as
pendence Day celebrations, in Mumbai on Thursday a child of this soil, I have
no right to damage its he-
alth,” he said in his Inde-
Modi lauds Isro for Chandrayaan-2 pendence Day speech.
Underlining the im-
I n his Independence Day speech, PM Narendra Modi on
Thursday lauded Indian Space Research Organisation for
the successful launch of India’s indigenous lander-rover
portance of cutting down
on use of chemical fertili-
mission to Moon on July 22 and hailed Indian scientists for sers, he appealed to far-
their achievements in the space sector. mers to do it in campaign
He said, “Today, the achievements and progress of India mode. “Revered Bapu (Ma-
and its professions are recognised abroad. Chandrayaan-2 hatma Gandhi) showed us
is headed to a part of Moon where no one has visited before. the way. Should we not cut
This is a big achievement by our scientists”. Modi was down the use of chemical
mentioning the south pole of Moon where Chandrayaan-2 is fertilisers in our fields by
scheduled to land on September 7. The south pole is an 10% or 20% or 25% and if
unexplored territory of Moon which Chandrayaan-2 will possible should we not
scan with the help of its Pragyan rover and orbiter to look launch a ‘Muktikar Abhi-
BJP, SJM hail ‘very inspiring’ speech
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: BJP and its saf-
fron affiliates on Thursday
hailed PM Narendra Modi’s
Independence Day address
as “inspiring”, saying it re-
flected his government’s re-
solve to build a new India.
“A very inspiring speech
by PM Narendra Modi on In-
dependence Day from the
ramparts of the Red Fort.
PM Modi’s speech reflects
his vision and resolve
to build a New India of eve-
ryone’s dream,” BJP chief
and home minister Amit
Shah tweeted.
BJP working president J
P Nadda termed Modi’s spe-
ech as “very inspiring”.
Nadda, who later unfurled
the national flag at the BJP
headquarters here, said the
country had taken a leap un-
der Modi’s leadership with
the hope of becoming one of
the developed nations in the
world. “The PM made impos-
sible things possible by imp-
lementing government sche-
mes in a time-bound manner
and ensured people’s parti-
cipation. The country will
move ahead in his leaders-
hip and would achieve new
Law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday tweeted this photo,
saying ‘sisters from Muslim community tied Rakhi on my hand today &
celebrated freedom from the evil practice of Triple Talaq’
heights,” Union minister Pi-
yush Goyal tweeted.
Union minister Giriraj
Singh applauded Modi for
his stress on checking rising
population, saying it will
“definitely happen” now.
Prime Minister also ap-
pealed citizens to buy indi-
genous products and must
strive to make the policy of
"Make In India" successful.
“Let us all resolve to use pro-
ducts made in India. Let us
resolve - local products for a
lucky tomorrow. Local pro-
ducts for a beautiful tomor-
row. Local products for a
bright tomorrow," he said.
Swadeshi Jagaran
Manch’s co-convenor Ash-
wani Mahajan expressed
happiness on PM appealing
to people to buy indigenous
products. and his stress to
“Make in India” successful.
“We’ve made representa-
tions to government and re-
ceived a good response but
today we believe that go-
vernment will work on pro-
moting Swadeshi (local pro-
ducts) as it will boost local
economy as well,” he said.
Sonia: No place
for bigotry
& fanaticism
New Delhi: Congress presi-
dent Sonia Gandhi on Thurs-
day said the country had no
place for bigotry and fanati-
cism, and asked citizens to
stand against injustice, into-
lerance and discrimination.
In her Independence Day
message she said, “Democra-
tic and resilient India at 73
has no place for bigotry, su-
perstition, sectarianism, fa-
naticism, racialism, intole-
rance or injustice, yet mil-
lions of fellow citizens enco-
unter discrimination daily.
We must rise as a nation to
stand against every act of in-
justice, intolerance and dis-
crimination to cherish our
freedom.”.
Sonia unfurled the natio-
nal flag at the Congress head-
quarters in the presence of
senior party leaders and wor-
kers. She appealed to all to re-
invigorate the principles of
compassion, coexistence and
inclusive development as the
indelible features of polity,
society and economy. TNN

Identity won’t be tampered with: Guv

department had unveiled a
scheme to set up one plas-
tic waste storage facility in
every villages and plastic
waste management units
in 7,500 blocks by 2021-22
under the plan to take vil-
lages from open defecation
free to ODF Plus.
Single-use plastics, of-
ten referred to as disposab-
le plastics (use-and-throw
items), include carry bags,
food packaging, bottles,
straws, containers, cups
and cutlery.
Central Pollution Cont-
rol Board data shows that
India generates 25,940 ton-
nes of plastic waste every
day of which 10,376 tonnes
(40%) remains uncollec-
ted. Uncollected plastic
waste choke drainage and
for signs of water and other findings. TNN
river systems, litter mari-
ne ecosystems, are inges-
ted by stray animals, and
add to soil and water pollu-
tion. Asking people to
shun plastic carry bags,
PM Narendra Modi requ-
ested shopkeepers to put
up signboards exhorting
customers not to use plas-
tic bags and instead bring
their own cloth bags or buy
cloth bags to carry their
goods.
“Let us create an envi-
ronment. We generally gi-
ve gifts to people on Diwali.
Why not pack those gifts in
cloth bags this year and
every time? If people go to
the market with cloth bags,
that will be an advertise-
ment for your company
too. If you give a diary or
calendar, nothing will hap-
pen. But if you give a
bag, that will be a medium
of your advertisement,” he
said. Responding to the
PM’s appeal, environment
minister Prakash Javade-
kar said his ministry wo-
uld review all initiatives
and chalk out a concrete
plan to realise the target.
“Meetings will be held
with all stakeholders to
chalk out a concrete plan to
make it a people’s campa-
ign to realise the target,”
he said in a statement from
Sao Paulo in Brazil.
yan’ (campaign)? This
will be a great service to
the nation,” Modi said.
Though distribution of
‘soil health cards’ among
farmers helped them cut
use of fertilisers to some
extent, they still use about
55 million tonnes of urea
and P&K (phosphatic and
potassic) fertilisers every
year for higher yields. In
2019-20 budget, the govern-
ment had proposed to focus
on resource efficient and
eco-friendly ‘zero budget
farming’. It is one of the
methods of organic far-
ming which consumes less
water while adhering to
better agronomic practi-
ces that eliminates use of
chemical pesticides and
fertilisers, reducing cost.
Srinagar: Governor Satya Pal
Malik on Thursday assured
the people of J&K that their
identity was not at stake fol-
lowing abrogation of the
state’s special status guaran-
teed under Article 370 of the
Constitution.
After hoisting the national
flag on the 73rd Independence
Day at Sher-i-Kashmir Stadi-
um, Malik said the “historic
changes” will open a new door
of development and help vari-
ous communities promote
their languages and cultures
in J&K, and Ladakh.
The function was also at-
tended by national security ad-
visory Ajit Doval.
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval (L) and J&K governor Satya Pal Malik
attend an Independence Day ceremony in Srinagar on Thursday
“I want to assure people of
J&K that their identity is nei-
ther at stake nor has been tam-
AFP
pered with. Indian Constitu-
tion allows many regional
identities to prosper... Nobody
should be bothered that their
identity will finish because of
the steps taken by the Central
government...
This step can be used to pro-
mote language, culture and
identities within the state,” he
said in the last Independence
Day speech of a governor be-
fore the state turns into a
Union Territory on October 31.
“In the last 70 years, people
were led astray from the main
issues of economic develop-
ment, peace and prosperity.
Instead of paying
attention to these issues people
were misled on issues which
are irrelevant to their lives” he
said. PTI
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2019

With dancing & drum beats, Killings at LoC:

Army rejects
Imran questions world’s ‘silence’,
warns of severe repercussions
Ladakh celebrates ‘1st I-Day’ ‘fictitious’
claims of Pak
Omer Farooq Khan

Islamabad: Prime Minister

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Pak to award
Residents Hope UT Status Would Open New Vistas In The Plateau New Delhi: The Indian Army
on Thursday called as “ficti-
Imran Khan questioned on
Thursday the silence of the
two pilots
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Piyal Bhattacharjee cerns. Ladakh MP Jamyang
Tsering Namgyal and Ladakh
tious” the Pakistan military’s
claim of killing five Indian sol-
diers during a cross-border fir-
international community
and warned of “severe reper-
cussions and reactions” if it
for downing
Leh: Winter is almost knocking
Autonomous Hill Development
Council (LAHDC) chairperson
ing along the Line of Control
(LoC) in Jammu & Kashmir.
stayed silent and allowed “an-
other Srebrenica-type mas-
Indian jet
on the door but on Thursday Gyal P Wyangal ended the cere- The response by the Indian sacre and ethnic cleansing of Islamabad: Pakistan will con-
morning standing in Leh’s mony by breaking into a tradi- Army came after Pakistan mili- Muslims in Indian-occupied fer top military awards to two
main market, you could only tional Ladakhi dance which tary’s spokesperson Major Gen- Kashmir”. of its Air Force officers for
feel spring in the air. Men and drew loud cheers from crowds. eral Asif Ghafoor claimed that Khan’s message came on showing valour during an ae-
women dressed in traditional Namgyal also posted a video of three of its soldiers and five Indi- India’s Independence Day, rial combat with India in Feb-
goucha and kuntop hurried to- himself waving the Indian flag an personnel were killed in the which is being observed as a STRICT WARNING ruary, President Arif Alvi said.
wards the city’s Polo Grounds and dancing on the street with cross-border firing. “The claim black day across Pakistan. Wing Commander Muha-
with children and tricolours in members of the public. He tweet- by Pakistan is totally baseless Newspaper issues carried violence,” he added. mmad Nouman Ali, who
tow. A bright yellow banner an- ed, “The residents believe firmly and fictitious. We strongly reject black borders and politicians, “In IoK, 12 days of curfew, downed an IAF jet piloted by
nouncing “Union Territory of in the principal of environmen- the claim,” Indian Army spokes- including PM Imran Khan, presence of extra troops in an Abhinandan Varthaman on
Ladakh celebrates its first inde- tal conservation. Following this person Col. Aman Anand said. replaced their social media already heavily militarised February 27, will be conferred
pendence day” summed up the norm, they have taken a pledge In a tweet, Ghafoor also al- pictures with black squares. occupied territory, sending in with Sitar-e-Jurat while Squa-
mood. Overnight, banners had MP JT Namgyal (C) during a traditional Ladhaki dance in an independ- of no crackers even for the cele- leged that the Indian Army has Flags on government build- of RSS goons, complete com- dron Leader Hassan Mah-
sprung up thanking PM Modi, ence day ceremony at the Polo Grounds in Leh on Thursday brations.” increased firing along the LoC ings flew at half-mast. Over munication blackout — with mood Siddiqui will be awarded
and commemorating the four Wyangal, who was chief in an effort to divert attention 1,000 supporters of the terror- the example of Modi’s earlier with Tamgha-e-Shujaat.
youngsters who laid down their flag. Rinchin Norbu, 71 years, pated in the march past and guest, said that a 70-year-old de- from the current situation in ist group Hizbul Mujahideen ethnic cleansing of Muslims The investiture ceremony
lives agitating for UT status. had travelled160 km from Nubra performed to patriotic songs mand had been fulfilled by the J&K. There have been reports of marched through Muzaffara- in Gujarat… (sic),” Khan will be held on March 23 next
Rinching Dolma brought Valley with 10 family members. like Challe Re from the film Uri. Centre. “Our development has the Pakistan army increasing its bad, capital of Pakistan-occu- wrote on his Twitter account. year after Pakistan Day parade
along her 82-year-old mother, “In 70 years, we never got any- Slogans of Bharat Mata Ki Jai been neglected at the expense of deployment along the LoC after pied Kashmir, holding black Relations between New in the capital. Tensions be-
sister and eight-year-old son thing until now,” he said. His and Jai Hind rent the air. J&K. We know that will change India’s decision to withdraw spe- flags and shouting anti-India Delhi and Islamabad have de- tween India and Pakistan esca-
from their village in Stok,10 km neighbour and an army veteran BJP leader Ram Madhav, now,” he said. The event also saw cial status to J&K.Jammu &and slogans. teriorated since August 5, lated after Indian fighters
from Leh city, to watch the func- Nawang Losang hoped that UT who attended the flag hoisting large number of visitors from Kashmir, and bifurcate the “Will the world silently when India nullified Article bombed Pakistan-based terror
tion. “Today is a special day and status would mean better jobs. ceremony, told TOI that the de- Pune and Mumbai. Microbiolo- state into two Union Territo- witness another Srebrenica- 370 and bifurcated J&K into group Jaish-e-Mohammed’s
we really wanted to be part of “My daughter has finished MA cision to make Ladakh an inde- gist Suniti Dikshit from Mum- ries — Jammu &and Kashmir, type massacre and ethnic two Union Territories. Isla- (JeM) biggest training camp
this,” she said. The family had and is at home without a job. I pendent UT was a gift for the re- bai was carrying with her 500 and Ladakh. cleansing of Muslims in mabad has denounced the near Balakot in February.
woken up at 5 am to finish their hope this decision will help our gion. “Focus of the centre will rakhis for the jawans. “We are The Indian Army has also IoK?” he tweeted. “I want to changes as “illegal” and, in It came 12 days after 40
household chores before head- children get better jobs,” he said. be on faster development and visiting Ladakh as part of a strengthened its vigil along the warn the international com- response, downgraded its CRPF personnel were killed
ing for the Polo grounds. Her The crowds grew stronger we will address the concerns of group of 160 people. We have LoC and kept its personnel on munity if it allows this to hap- diplomatic ties with New Del- when a JeM suicide bomber
son Tanzing Somchuk was by the hour, with people stand- the region, whether it is Kargil been sightseeing in the past few high alert to effectively deal pen, it will have severe reper- hi, expelled the Indian high rammed a vehicle carrying
dressed in army fatigues and ing on rooftops, on vehicles, cli- or Leh,” said Madhav, who is days. Today we wanted to be part with any “misadventure” by cussions and reactions in the commissioner and suspend- over 100 kg of explosives into
was planning to get his face cking selfies and singing along planning to meet eminent citi- of the Independence Day festivi- Pakistan, a senior military offi- Muslim world, setting off ed trade and train services their bus in Pulwama district
painted with the colours of the as local school children partici- zens to understand their con- ties,” she said. cial said. PTI radicalisation and cycles of with India. of J&K on February 14. PTI

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 9 TIMES NATION | India At 73
Verdict shook
us to the core:
Pehlu’s son
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itting on a cot at his home
in Jaisingpur, 70km from
Gurgaon, in Nuh (Mewat)
district bordering Alwar, Ir-
shad says a big crowd — around
100 people — had surrounded
them (Pehlu and his sons Irshad
and Arif) in Behror when they
were transporting cows from
Jaipur to Nuh. The mob, Irshad
recalls, had turned on Pehlu,
who pleaded for mercy and said
the cattle were not for slaughter,
tortured him and made videos,
which later went viral.
“I was sure each of them
would get at least 20 years in
jail, if not life imprisonment.
But this verdict has completely
shaken us to the core. I have
seen my father getting killed by
the same men who got acquit-
ted a day ago. One of them had
himself admitted in a sting op-
eration earlier that he killed my
father. Why can’t police get evi-
dence? Did my father die on his
own? Did he kill himself ?” asks
an incredulous Irshad. “At least
tell us who killed my father?”
However, Irshad and his
seven younger siblings say
they continue to have “full faith
in judiciary”. The family is
determined to carry on the le-
gal battle, but admits the costs
are daunting. “After my father
died, we have fallen on hard
times. “But I won’t let this case
die, even if it means neglecting
the affairs of my house. The
moment I receive a copy of the
court order, I will approach the
HC in Jaipur,” he adds.
Monsoon now
akin to a T20
match: Expert
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T
he patterns seem to fit in
with what experts have
been warning about the
monsoon under climate change
— the frequency of heavy rain
events is increasing while the
number of days of light to mod-
erate showers is decreasing.
“The Indian monsoon has
become like a T20 match, the sit-
uation can change dramatically
within a few balls (days),” said
MRajeevan, veteran meteorolo-
gist and secretary of the earth
sciences ministry. He said, cou-
pled with extreme rain events,
length of dry spells is also in-
creasing. This combination in-
creases the threat of floods, ex-
perts said. Saurashtra & Kutch,
which is among the drier sub-
divisions in the country, had a
cumulative rainfall of 233mm
in the 68 days till August 7. In
the next six days, it received
222.8mm rainfall, resulting in
flood havoc in seven of the sub-
division’s 12 districts.
No single weather event can
be directly linked to climate
change, M Mohapatra, director
general (meteorology) at IMD
said. “Last year, Mt Abu got
around 70cm of rain in a day.
This is part of climate variabili-
ty. But the increase in the num-
ber of very rainy days is due to
climate change.”
‘Chhoti Si Baat’ heroine Vidya Sinha dead `45k cr Ladakh solar plant faces site pain
Avijit Ghosh &
Bella Jaisinghani TNN
I
n 1970s India, she typified
the nice, neighbourhood
middle-class girl whom
shy guys would wait for word-
lessly at the bus stop. Vidya
Sinha, who played that girl to
perfection in the middle-of-
the-road classic “Chhoti Si
Baat” (1976), passed away at
Mumbai’s Criticare Hospital
on Thursday. She was 71.
“Vidya Sinha died
around 11.30am. She was ail-
ing with lung disease and re-
cently also had heart trouble.
She was not responding to
treatment,” Dr Deepak Nam-
joshi, who treated her, said.
“Chhoti Si Baat” was the
bigger hit but Vidya had al-
ready caught everyone’s eye
earlier in the modestly suc-
cessful “Rajnigandha” (1974),
which was based on Hindi lit-
terateur Manu Bhandari’s
Gen Rawat top pick for CDS post?
Implementation Panel To Work FOR BETTER SYNERGY
Out Modalities By November
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1. WHY INDIA NEEDS
New Delhi: PM Narendra
Modi’s announcement of the
chief of defence staff post in
his Independence Day speech
on Thursday led to intense
speculation in strategic and
military circles, with the ma-
jority view being that Army
chief Gen Bipin Rawat will be
the frontrunner for the job.
Sources said an “imple-
mentation committee” will
work out the modalities and
the role of the CDS by Novem-
ber. IAF chief Air Chief Mar-
shal B S Dhanoa will retire on
September 30. Gen Rawat’s
tenure is till December 31.
The three services, which
have to truly integrate to face
the challenges of technolo-
gy-driven futuristic wars,
will get effective leadership
at the highest level with the
CDS post, the PM said in his
speech. In effect, the CDS
will rank higher than the Ar-
my, Navy and IAF chiefs,
even if he is a four-star gener-
al like them, and eventually
pave the way for unified the-
atre commands instead of
the present single-service
ones, sources said.
Sources said the CDS will
handle all tri-service issues
and push for “greater jointne-
ss” among the Army, Navy and
IAF, which often pull in differ-
ent directions without any in-
ter-service prioritisation, to
systematically build the coun-
try’s military capabilities
within budgetary constraints.
“Though a four-star gen-
eral like the three chiefs, the
CDS will be ‘first among
equals’ in the hierarchy. But
Took call on talaq law ‘India doesn’t want to wait too gold smuggling case
in just 10 weeks: PM long for incremental progress’
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: PM Narendra
Modi hailed the law against
triple talaq as a singular
achievement of his govern-
ment in its second term.
Parliament passed the
Muslim Women (Protection of
Rights of On Marriage) Act,
2019 in July after the governm-
ent managed to get adequate
support in Rajya Sabha where
it doesn’t enjoy majority.
“In just ten weeks, we
made big ticket decisions
like bringing about a law
against triple talaq to pro-
tect the rights of our Muslim
women,” the Prime Minister
said in his Independence
Day address as he listed oth-
er decisions like major
amendments in the anti-ter-
ror law and transfer of ap-
proximately Rs 90,000 crore
to the bank accounts of
Air India becomes first Indian
airline to fly over North Pole
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Mumbai: Celebrating prob-
ably its last Independence
day as a national carrier, Air
India hoisted its Boeing 777
aircraft over the North Pole
to become the first Indian air-
line to operate commercial
flights overflying the polar
region. Its Delhi-San Francis-
co flight, which usually over-
flies the Atlantic or the Pacif-
ic ocean, cut across latitudes
instead on Thursday to fly
over zero degree north in a
feat that would probably be
Air India’s last hurrah before
it is thrown into the throes of
privatisation.
1947-2019
story, “Yehi Sach Hai”. Both
films were directed by Basu
Chatterji, the master of mini-
ature middle-class life.
The characters played by
Vidya in these films had larger
social echoes. In “Rajnigand-
ha”, she was a student unable
to choose between two lovers.
In “Chhoti Si Baat”, she
played a typist wooed by two
suitors. Both these women
the Army, Navy and IAF
chiefs will have operational
command of their forces. A
five-star CDS is not envi-
saged as of now but let us see
how the exact structures pan
out,” the source said.
Aprominent section of the
defence establishment believ-
es that India needs a five-star
CDS — with overall operation-
al control as well — to crack
the whip in the rank-con-
scious environs of the over-15-
lakh-strong armed forces.
But others contend that an
all-powerful “general no. 1” is
unlikely given the long-stand-
ing politico-bureaucratic
concern over such a post,
with some sections in the past
even erroneously stressing
that it could set the stage for a
possible military coup.
Successive governments
have used the ruse of the
“need to consult various polit-
ical parties” to keep the CDS
post in cold storage ever since
it was strongly recommended
by both the Kargil Review
Committee in 1999 as well as
the L K Advani-led group of
ministers’ report in 2001.
The intense rivalry and
turf wars among the Army,
Navy and IAF also put paid to
all such plans. In 2012, the Na-
resh Chandra Taskforce
pitched for a permanent
chairman of the chief of staff
committee (PC-CoSC) — a di-
luted version of the CDS —
with a fixed two-year tenure.
The CoSC currently compris-
Tiger Memon, Dossa
es the three service chiefs,
with the most senior among
them acting as its ex-officio
chairman till he retires.
cleared in 30-yr-old
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Talaq petitioner
ties rakhi to PM
I shrat Jahan, one of the key
petitioners in the triple
talaq case, tied PM Narendra
Modi a rakhi on Thursday and
thanked him on behalf of
Muslim sisters for making the
Islamic practice illegal.
Jahan, who tied PM a
Tricolour rakhi in Delhi, said
she was “delighted” to have
got the opportunity. PTI
farmers under who are ben-
eficiaries of PM Kisan Sam-
man Nidhi Yojana.
He said the decision on the
law against talaq was taken in
the spirit of India’s democra-
cy and Constitution “so that
our Muslim sisters get equal
rights... such decisions are
not for political gains”.
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POLAR EXPRESS
Given the ongoing ten-
sion with the neighbour, the
run-up to the polar route de-
but had Air India’s oper-
ations department chalk up
two flight plans. “We were
were half-confined, half-free.
Through them, Vidya seemed
to be representing thousands
of middle-class women in ur-
ban and small-town India. She
became their celluloid mirror,
her life and pleasures a fulfil-
ment of their fantasy. In times
when Bombay heroines were
synonymous with shimmery
glamour and inviting pouts,
Vidya was the divergent other:
big, kohl-laced eyes, smart sa-
ris and a smile. She was the re-
al, attainable middle-class girl
for thinking young men.
The hashtag, Vidya Sin-
ha, was the top trend on
Thursday evening. And it on-
ly underlined that she still
retained a fond, if forgotten
corner in many hearts even
four and a half decades later.
To Vidya’s credit, she tried
to break free of the “good girl”
image. She even bashed up
baddies in “Chalu Mera
Naam” (1977). But it didn’t
A GENERAL NO. 1?
➤ To provide single-point
military advise to government
➤ Better manage country’s
strategic resources & nuclear
arsenal
➤ Bring synergy among
Army, Navy & IAF by resolving
inter-service doctrinal,
planning, procurement &
operational problems
➤ Streamline long-term
defence planning &
procurement process
➤ Truly integrate Service
HQs with defence ministry &
reduce civil-military divide
2. THE HISTORY
➤ CDS post strongly
recommended by GoM report
after the 1999 Kargil conflict,
which saw squabbling
between Army & IAF
➤ GoM report stressed
the existing chiefs of
staff committee (CoSC)
had ‘revealed serious
weaknesses’ in its ability to
furnish single-point advise
➤ Many tri-Service
organizations subsequently
came up but CDS kept
in cold storage
➤ Naresh Chandra Taskforce
in 2012 also wanted
Permanent Chairman of CoSC
(a diluted
version of CDS)
➤ Lt-Gen Shekatkar
Committee in 2016 also
suggested new 4-star
general, apart from 3 chiefs,
as ‘chief coordinator’
 Continued from P 1
T
he PM dwelt at length
on the decision to re-
voke J&K’s special sta-
tus and bifurcate it, and un-
derlined that two-thirds sup-
port in both Houses of Par-
liament reflected that the
move enjoyed wide support
and was a task waiting to be
done as old approaches to re-
solving issues had failed.
“Today, I can say with
pride that every Indian
can say we are one nation,
one Constitution. And this
one dream of Sardar Val-
labhbhai Patel has been real-
ised,” the PM said.
Taking a swipe at Con-
gress, he said, “The country
asks them: if Article 370 or
35A were so necessary, then
despite such a majority, why
didn’t you make it perma-
asked to be prepared for a Pa-
kistan airspace closure on
August 15. Had they shut
down their airspace to Indian
flights, we still would have
flown the polar route, though
with a different routing that
took the aircraft over Strait of
Hormuz and then north-
bound for the pole,” said an
Air India source. Delhi-San
Francisco flight AI-173 lifted
off at 4am, with about 243 pas-
sengers on board, overflew
Pakistan, Afghanistan, Ka-
zakhstan, Russia and over-
flew the North Pole by
12.27pm to cross over to the
other side of planet Earth.
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work. Neither did producer-
director B R Chopra’s “Karm”
(1977) where she was cast op-
posite Rajesh Khanna, then a
superstar on a slippery slope.
No image-conscious her-
oine would have played the
avenging killer in Ramsay’s
murder mystery, “Saboot”,
or the female Fagin who ex-
ploits child beggars in Raj N
Sippy’s “Josh” (1981), in a de-
si Oliver Twist kind of film.
In a 2015 interview with
rediff.com, Vidya had said
that she grew up in central
Bombay’s Matunga area. She
was Miss Bombay in 1968 and
started modelling which led
to her being cast by Basu
Chatterji, her daughter Jah-
navi told TOI.
In recent years, she found
comfort in television work.
What will endure longer is
the girl with sparkling
eyes of “Rajnigandha” and
“Chhoti Si Baat”.
(Left to Right) General Bipin Rawat, Air Chief Marshal
Birender Singh Dhanoa and Admiral Karambir Singh
TOI, JAN 22, 2017
3. THE GLOBAL SCENE
➤ Over 70 countries (the US,
UK, France, Germany etc) have
CDS-like post for integration
in military planning &
operations
➤ US: chairman of joint chiefs
of staff is highest-ranking
military officer & principal
military advisor to President.
But chiefs of the unified
combatant commands, who
handle different parts of the
globe, also report directly to
political leadership
➤ China re-organized its
2.3-million People’s Liberation
Army into five theatre
commands in 2016
The new system in
place is for direct
benefit of the people on
the ground. Now
everyone in J&K can
question the Centre
NARENDRA MODI
Prime Minister of India
nent? Why did you leave it as
temporary? This means that
even you know what hap-
pened was not right, but you
did not have the courage to
rectify it or the political
will,” Modi said.
“The new system in place
is for direct benefit of the peo-
ple on the ground. Now every-
one living in J&K can direct-
ly question the Centre.”
He said the discriminato-
ry provisions of Article 35A,
Mum may get
its first woman
police chief
Prafulla.Marpakwar
@timesgroup.com
Mumbai: In case Mumbai po-
lice commissioner Sanjay
Barve does not get an extension
after his superannuation on Au-
gust 31, state intelligence com-
missioner Rashmi Shukla and
Anti-Corruption Bureau’s di-
rector general Parambir Singh
are among the front-runners to
lead the Mumbai police force.
If Rashmi Shukla is ap-
pointed, she would be the first
woman to hold the post.
A senior IPS officer told
TOI that it was for CM to take
a decision on whether to grant
an extension to Barve.
Sanjay.Dutta@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: The govern-
ment’s plan to set up a 7,500
MW solar photo-voltaic pow-
er plant at an estimated cost
of Rs 45,000 crore in Ladakh,
currently the largest invest-
ment proposal for the newly-
carved Union Territory, may
be shifted to a new location
over wildlife concerns.
The project’s blueprint
prepared by SECI (Solar En-
ergy Corporation of India)
envisages a 5,000 MW plant in
Hanle-Khaldo village in Nyo-
ma block, a strategically im-
portant area 254 km from dis-
trict HQ Leh. Another 2,500
MW unit is to be built at Suru
in Zanskar, 254 km from the
Kargil district HQ.
The Nyoma site plan has
now fallen foul of the wildlife
department, which has asked
SECI to move the project to the
Morey plains near Pang, some
TOI, JUN 21, 2019
4. WHY INDIA
NEEDS THEATRE
COMMANDS NEXT?
➤ Joint commands cost-
effective, save resources
& prepare forces for
integrated land-air-sea
operations
➤ India has 17 single-
Service commands (Army
7, IAF 7 & Navy 3)
➤ But only 2 joint
commands for Andaman
& Nicobar Command
(theatre) & Strategic
Forces Command
(handles nuclear
weapons)
which flow from Article 370,
restricted the rights of
women and deprived Dalits
and tribals of political
reservation.
Modi referred to reading
down of Article 370 and pas-
sage of the legislation to ban
triple talaq as reflecting the
government’s resolve nei-
ther to keep problems pend-
ing nor to nurture them.
“India does not want to
wait too long for incremental
progress. A high jump is
needed, our thought process
has to be expanded,” he said
while speaking of the gov-
ernment’s plan to invest
Rs 100 lakh crore in infras-
tructure-building. “People’s
trust in us has given us new
strength. The 2019 mandate
shows hopelessness has giv-
en way to hope,” he said.
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Under `3.5L cr scheme, all rural
homes to get piped water by ’24
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Thursday
announced the launch of Jal
Jeevan Mission, which will
primarily focus on providing
piped water supply to all rural
households by 2024. He said
over Rs 3.5 lakh crore will be
spent under the mission.
Modi highlighted how for
seven decades a large section
of the rural populace had to
wait for getting safe drink-
ing water and needed to cov-
er many kilometers to fetch
it. In its poll manifesto, BJP
had promised ‘Nal Se Jal’
(piped water for all) and the
LAND
Tow
WOES
ard
Heavy
snow on
Tanglang La and
Baralacha La passes
blocks access to the
stretch of the Leh-Manali
Highway along the new
site of the solar plant
for 6-8 months
g n
Baralacha La
ylo
16,040ft
Ke
rds
H I M A C H A L
wa
To
185 km southeast of Leh. It ar-
gued the original site is the
breeding ground of protected
wildlife species, which will be
impacted by movement of peo-
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Shun indecorous
behaviour, save
courts’ dignity: CJI
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Chief Justice of
India Ranjan Gogoi on Thurs-
day called for shunning in-
decorous behaviour and mo-
tivated conduct during court
proceedings and said it is im-
portant to identify such ele-
ments and put them in “quar-
antine” to ensure the dignity
of the judiciary.
The CJI was speaking at
the Independence Day cele-
brations in the Supreme
Court premises in the pres-
ence of law minister Ravi
Shankar Prasad, attorney
general K K Venugopal and
other senior advocates.
The law minister said the
judiciary should have an in-
house mechanism to main-
tain discipline and account-
ability among judges.
CJI said the judiciary is
all prepared to tackle the
growing number of litiga-
tion and to ensure speedy dis-
posal of cases by reinventing
its infrastructure. He said all
stakeholders should rise
against parochial mindsets
and myopic views. “There
has been an unprecedented
rise in the number of inci-
dents of indecorous beha-
viour. It has raised its ugly
head in all courts. It is impor-
tant that stakeholders identi-
fy and isolate such elements to
Rebecca.Samervel
@timesgroup.com
Mumbai: Tiger Memon and
Mohammed Dossa, among
India’s most wanted terror
accused and alleged master-
minds of the 1993 Mumbai se-
rial blasts, were discharged
by a magistrate court recent-
ly in a 30-year-old case in
which they and three others
were booked for smuggling
around 527kg of gold valued
then at Rs16 crore. Two oth-
ers , Saheb Singh (62) and Mo-
hamed Lajporia (72), who
stood trial, were acquitted.
Another absconding ac-
cused, Abdul Munaf Havil-
dar, too has been discharged
from the case.
Acquitting Singh and
Lajporia, the court held that
in the absence of proper and
cogent evidence, no charge
was proved. Discharging
Memon, Dossa and Havildar,
the court said, “Considering
the available evidence on re-
scheme was launched as
soon as the government re-
turned to power.
Though the Budget had a
mention of the scheme,
there was no specific alloca-
tion for it. It was on Thurs-
day when the PM announced
MISSION LAUNCHED
the estimated expenditure
for the scheme which will al-
so include works such as wa-
ter conservation, irrigation,
rain-water harvesting, sea-
water or waste water treat-
ment, and “per drop, more
crop” and micro irrigation
for the farmers.
Tanglang La
Height: 17,582ft
To
wa
sL
Debring rd
sL
eh
eh
Moore
15,748ft
Mahe
New Sumdo
site
Pang
ple and project activities.
Sources said the defence
forces too queued up for land
for firing range, citing SECI
project as precedence. Faced
FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2019
Some of the HCs
keep entertaining
and passing orders
in unnecessary PILs
and are almost
running a ‘parallel
administration’ in
states, said law and
justice minister
Ravi Shankar Prasad
ensure decorum of this insti-
tution isn’t lost,” the CJI said.
Prasad flagged the issue of
judicial indiscipline and said
some of the high courts keep
entertaining and passing or-
ders in unnecessary PILs and
are almost running a “parallel
administration” in the state.
Holding that judiciary has
played a very important role
in strengthening the demo-
cratic system the country,
Prasad said there are judges
who pass orders for publicity,
particularly at the fag end of
their career, and such beha-
viour must be criticised.
He said the Supreme
Court should put in place
some mechanism to ensure
judicial accountability, pro-
priety and discipline among
judges. He also emphasised
the need for an All India Judi-
cial Service for recruitment of
judges in lower courts and at-
tract best talent to judiciary.
cord and witnesses are not
traceable, there is no possi-
bility of conviction of ab-
sconded accused.”
The prosecution had sub-
mitted that on July 2, 1989, of-
ficers of the Customs Preven-
tive (unit) conducted a search
in a compound at Andheri
(E). They found three vehi-
cles: two jeeps and a van. The
prosecution said when one of
the compartments was
opened, officers recovered a
total of 4,520 gold biscuits
weighing 10 tolas each.
It said the roles of Me-
mon, Dossa and Lajporia
were revealed after a car in
which they were travelling
was intercepted in Andheri
(E) and officers found a for-
eign-made revolver and 70m
textile valued at Rs4,200.
On February 1, 2019 the
court recorded final state-
ments of the accused. They
said they were falsely impli-
cated. On August 8, the court
pronounced its verdict.
Comparing Jal Jeevan
Mission to Swachh Bharat,
the PM said water conserva-
tion movement should hap-
pen at grassroots level. “This
campaign on water conserva-
tion should not just remain a
government initiative. It
should become a people’s
movement like our Swacchh
Bharat Abhiyan,” he said.
“We must move forward
with the belief that in the
next five years we have to do
more than four times the
work that has been done in
the last 70 years for water con-
servation and to revive the
sources of water. We cannot
wait any longer,” he added.
The
original site
is connected to Leh
through an all-weather
metalled road via the
Changthang plains,
which comes under
wildlife protection
area
Nyoma
AL
L-W
EA
TH
ER
Original
RO
AD
location
Hanle-Khaldo
14,764ft
with the Catch-22 situation,
the department asked SECI to
shift the project to avoid pres-
sure from the forces.
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2019

A thought for today

Those who are engaged in creating wealth,
for me they are also the wealth of our country
NARENDRA MODI
Regain India’s Textile Glory
How to reverse the slide in apparel exports and ride a high growth path

Do What It Takes Ajay Srivastava

A look at last year’s

apparel export figures
players are the low-cost retailers like
Walmart, high fashion brands like Zara,
H&M, Gap, and online-only retailers like
Amazon, Zalando. They conjure new
On 73rd Independence Day it is India’s is chastening. China
exported $145 billion,
fashion trends and convert designs into
affordable clothing within a few weeks.
economic future that is in focus Bangladesh $36 billion, Any delay means a change in fashion
Vietnam $33 billion and and the product ending into surplus.

T
he identity of this government is that it neither avoids India a mere $17 billion. India is far
problems nor lets them fester. So said Prime Minister behind China and steadily losing to
smaller countries.
Narendra Modi in his Independence Day address to the
The biggest reason is India’s near
nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort. He was referring to the absence from the main product category
momentous decision to nullify Article 370. In this view, a temporary that accounts for 70% of world trade in
provision came to endure for seven decades because earlier govern- apparels – synthetic apparels. Today, most
ments lacked the courage for course correction. A like charge can be formal, sports and fashion wear uses
laid at the Modi government’s door, on the economy front. synthetic fabrics. They are durable, do not
fade, can have any colour. Easy blending
Signs of a worrying slowdown are all around. However, the PM
with wool, cotton, or rubber allows ex-
says that every citizen should be dreaming of India becoming a five perimentation. Unsurprisingly, synthetics
trillion dollar economy in the next five years, which means that have overtaken cottons and become
instead of the usual incremental progress it is time to “jump high”. favourites of the fashion industry.
Such exponential progress requires confronting the problems that With weak synthetics, India’s
are holding up the economy. apparel industry is a horse running with
one leg tied. The results are low exports,
Indeed, the PM called for honour-
low wages, and low investments in the
ing wealth creators and touched on sector. Here is how.
the need to expand exports, which Globally cotton dominates spring
implies a reversal of the current and summer sales seasons. Synthetics
approach of piling on taxes, tariffs, and blends dominate autumn and winter
harassment by tax agencies, high seasons. Indian units run six months a
year to produce cotton apparels. In the
spectrum charges and the like – a
remaining six months, most units are
‘maximum government’ approach shut or run at a low capacity as they do
that ends up hobbling the global not have orders for synthetics/ winter
competitiveness of the Indian wear. Most workers go home.
economy. One concrete outcome of Also, a factory that runs only six
the speech was Modi’s announcement months a year still has to pay the full year’s
fixed costs – rent, salary for minimal
of his government’s decision to deliver on the long pending demand
staff, interest on loans, etc. This makes
for a chief of defence staff for the Indian armed forces – essential anything made in the factory expensive.
for its modernisation and integration and hanging fire since estab- Absence from synthetics also affects
lishing such a post was recommended after the 1999 Kargil war. workers’ wages. Winter wears are more
If the PM’s first term was signatured by the Swachh Bharat expensive than informal cotton wear. So,
campaign, a similar role in the second term may be performed by at 20% labour cost, a worker making a suit
would earn more money than the worker
the Jal Shakti Abhiyan. With many areas suffering drought followed
making a blouse. Since India is mainly an
by flooding in recent months it is obvious that India’s water infra- informal cotton wear exporting country,
structure and administration need a radical makeover. More wages remain at minimal levels. Entry
efficient use of water is, indeed, a necessary ingredient for India’s into synthetics would make factories run
economic revitalisation. For such revitalisation, and if India is to full year, and increase wages manifold.
hit the $5 trillion target, the government must display decisiveness Why is India weak in synthetics?
Here are three major pain points.
similar to that which it is willing to exhibit on the security front. It
One, expensive raw material. India is
needs to get out of the business of running businesses, including
most public sector banks, and to courageously reform the factor
markets that have been making India increasingly uncompetitive.
‘We have to convince farmers about importance of shifting
Who Killed Pehlu Khan? from water-guzzling crops to water efficient crops’
Putting the debate over bringing water
under Concurrent list of the Constitution
Justice weeps. Despite a video that captured his to rest, the Union water resources (Jal
lynching, the law can’t nail his assailants Shakti) minister Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat in a conversation with
Vishwa Mohan and Dipak Dash said
almost a captive market for a few large
firms that produce 90% of the synthetics
raw materials consumed in India.
Domestic prices are tied to import prices.
And imports are expensive because of
high customs and anti-dumping duties on
raw materials like PTA, PSF, PFY, acrylic
fibers, etc. Duty-free imports to exporters
offer some relief, but the domestic
synthetics ecosystem remains stunted.
Two, weak weaving and processing.
The textile value chain consists of yarn
making, weaving, fabric processing and
apparel making. Weaving and fabric
processing are the weak links that
threaten to fragment this chain, forcing
the export of yarn and import of fabric.
Most weaving and processing units
are small, informal units that lack
expertise, scale and technology. Power
outage and reduced capacity use doubles
the cost of weaving in India, making it as
expensive as in the EU or US.
Fabric processing faces similar issues.
Chinese units process 10 lakh metres of
cloth a day, Indian units less than 20,000
metres. For large orders, Indian units do
mechanism. We had, however, started
working on it in a holistic manner by
adopting the river basin approach. You
cannot clean Ganga without cleaning
Yamuna and you cannot clean Yamuna
without cleaning Kali and Hindon. We
With weak synthetics, India’s
apparel industry is a horse
running with one leg tied.
The results are low exports,
low wages, and low
investments in the sector
batch processing that often results in
output with varying shrinkage, feel and
shades. Also, most Indian processors
are struggling to meet the zero-liquid
discharge (ZLD) norms set by Madras
high court in 2011.
Not surprisingly, while India is the
number one yarn exporter (India 23%
share, China 13%) when it comes to
fabrics, performance falls (India, 6%,
China 52%). Yarn sector has large units,
while weaving and processing happen in
small informal units.
Three, low preparedness of Indian
exporters to meet the demands of the
fast fashion industry (FFI). Key FFI
as paddy and sugarcane) to climate
resilient and water efficient crops (such
as millets and maize). We, however,
cannot expect farmers to respond unless
we incentivise them.
In this context, I must appreciate
This forces FFI to place orders only with
firms that deliver fast and are compliant
with labour and other rules.
Cost is an important issue. One metric
used by FFI for making payments to appa-
rel manufacturers is standard allowed
minute (SAM). It measures the time taken
in making a garment. FFI firms compare
SAM across manufacturers and countries
while placing orders. Skilled labour and
the latest technology are a must to ensure
a good SAM. 80% of Indian exporters do
not meet SAM or other requirements.
A three step plan will unshackle the
sector and set it on a high growth path.
One, lower import duties on synthetics
raw materials. Lower duties will bring
down the prices by 30% to 50%, almost at
par with global prices. This would free
the apparel industry to scale up and
invest in synthetics. Without low import
duties, the synthetics industry and hence
exports cannot take off in a big way.
Two, strengthen the weaving and
processing segments. Only large units
with the latest technology can meet the
quality requirements. Setting up ten big
scale weaving and processing units could
be an annual goal. High investments in
the latest machinery set Chinese industry
on a high growth path.
Three, take priority action to make
more factories FFI compliant. The good
news is India has about 1,200 compliant
factories supplying cotton products to
FFI and other large buyers. Many of these
would invest in synthetics and export
new products to the same set of buyers.
Indian has a rich textile heritage with
thousands of firms and skilled craftsmen.
The suggested actions would make us a
significant player in apparel trade. The
industry engages 50 million people.
Change will benefit everyone associated.
The writer is an Indian Trade Service
officer. Views are personal
belief that only government can deliver.
■ How confident are you of meeting
Swachh Bharat target by October 2?
Is it true that a significant share of
toilets built are not twin-pit ones?
We will meet the target. We are

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he acquittal of six men accused of lynching dairy farmer
it was time to handle water issues in an had established authorities and started decision of Haryana government to working with two states – Odisha and
Pehlu Khan on Independence Day eve raises the obvious integrated and holistic manner: handholding states. Primarily, states incentivise those farmers who voluntarily Goa – where there is a little gap. There is
question: Who killed Pehlu Khan? The case is reminiscent will have to execute it. The river Ganga shifted from paddy to maize and other no doubt that twin-pit technology is
of the Jessica Lal killing: She was shot in a room full of people but ■ There was discussion during the can’t be clean in a few years. It’s an less water consuming crops. I must the ideal one. Now, we are promoting
during trial witnesses sang a different tune. In Pehlu’s case his kin previous Modi administration to ongoing effort where everybody also appreciate the Maharashtra retrofitting. One-third retrofitting of old
were eye-witnesses and there was also evidence that does not lie: A bring water into the Concurrent will have to come on board. government’s move to allow sugarcane toilets has already been completed.
viral video of cow vigilantes brutally assaulting Pehlu. list so that the Centre can ■ When should we expect cultivation only through precision ■ Government launched ‘Jal Shakti
legislate on the issue. What’s results on Ganga cleaning? (drip) irrigation. That way, the Abhiyan’ (water conservation
The judge has reportedly ruled that the Rajasthan crime branch the current position? We have been simultaneously farmers will not only save water campaign through de-silting
did not produce in court the video or the phone on which the video A committee has deliberated on the working on multiple fronts – be it but also get better productivity. of water bodies and digging
was shot. Lawyers in the case also claim the issue and found that there is no need for creating sewage infrastructure, ghat ■ What about finding up new ponds) when the
police did not get the video analysed and it. So, there is no such proposal pending development, surface cleaning or adequate finance for ‘Nal Se monsoon had already started.
certified by a forensic science laboratory. It is with the government as of now. Even my afforestation. I can tell you confidently Jal’ (piped water supply) We have made a beginning
unfortunate if neither the Alwar court nor personal opinion is that this is not the that the river water would certainly be scheme and other targets? and the people in panchayats
solution. It’s not as if doing that will end clean from Devprayag (origin) till We have converged schemes. have started thinking about it.
the prosecutor or the police failed to get this all problems. The issue needs to be Haridwar-Rishikesh in Uttarakhand by We look at huge participation At least, someone has thrown a
simple, almost bureaucratic, exercise done. dealt with in an integrated and holistic end of this year. of NGOs, civil society and corpo- stone in the still water to create
There are precedents even in high profile manner. It has, in fact, been started with We’ll complete all sewage infra- rates earmarking their CSR fund for ripples. The integration
cases like the 2G spectrum scam of documents integration of all water related issues structure works and create capacity to activities. We have successful of different
being filed by the prosecuting agency even under one ministry (Jal Shakti) in the treat sewage water so that no untreated examples of ‘Sujalam departments has
after trial had begun. Given the multiple failures – earlier six present government. There is also need sewage from any urban habitation in Suphalam’ scheme in helped create
to change people’s mindset. the state can enter the Ganga. I would Gujarat and ‘Mukhya awareness
accused named by Pehlu were given a clean chit and nine others ■ What’s the progress on the Ganga like to again emphasise that it’s an Mantri Jal Swav- among people.
were then named accused – a fresh investigation is needed instead of cleaning effort? ongoing process and we have been working lamban Abhiyan’ in One focus of the
appealing against the verdict in high court. It’s not a one-day issue. It’s not as if on it with all sincerity. If you look at Rajasthan where drive is to
While the Jessica Lal case is conventionally seen as a shocking we clean the river once and it remains water parameters, Ganga is still the lawmakers and rejuvenate the
case of botched investigation, the Pehlu Khan case is far worse clean forever. Though efforts to clean the cleanest river of the country barring government old and tradi-
river had begun in the mid-1980s, no one four-five stretches in UP and Bengal. employees tional water
because of the hounding of victims that ensued. Pehlu’s sons are
had then treated the issue in a holistic ■ Agriculture in India consumes lot contributed bodies. People
fighting charges of cow smuggling, a tack to solidify the perception manner. Over Rs 4,000 crore was spent on of water due to inefficient practices. a portion used to protect
that the victims were somehow responsible for their own it during 1985-2014. Whatever little How can this be tackled? of their ponds and clean
lynching. In the Unnao case too this strategy of using the law infrastructure was created had stopped We have to convince farmers about salaries. We them in the past.
and police to silence victims was on display: the rape survivor’s working as states could not do it in importance of crop diversification and need to rise We need to restart
father was jailed in a trumped up Arms Act case. If trust in India’s absence of an operation and maintenance shifting from water-guzzling crops (such above the this tradition.
criminal justice delivery system is not to be demolished, a fresh
investigation is called for. dilbert Sacredspace
To Infinity
Union of the state Burn worldly love,
rub the ashes and make
The Kashmir solution could well be extended ink of it,
to include other parts of the country make the heart the pen,
the intellect the writer,
Jug Suraiya write that which has
The Big Boss and his Shah-en-Shah, patting their backs in no end or limit.
congratulation for finding the perfect solution for Kashmir.
Big Boss: You know, your idea of turning the state of Guru Nanak
Kashmir into a Union territory was just perfect.
Shah-en-Shah: You are too kind, Bossbhai. But more
could be done.
BB: More needs to be done in Kashmir than turning it into a Union territory?
You mean put it under President’s Rule? Or even Prime Minister’s Rule?
S-en-S: Well, that last bit is already a de facto done deal. No, what I meant
Ramakrishna Movement And Spirit Of Hinduism
was that more could be done by way of turning more states into Union territories, MN Kundu and centre is everywhere. Whereas man intense yearning was the sole precondi- part in hierarchical order of conscious-
particularly the few remaining states which are under the occupation of the is a circle whose circumference is tion for divine realisation. Since renun- ness, life-force or energy expressed as

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Opposition, like Mamatabhen’s Bengal. amakrishna Paramahansa’s nowhere but centre is within the finite ciation is the key to realisation and it is mind and matter. Fundamental science
BB: I think she prefers to be called Mamatadi, not bhen. But how can we teachings began a movement of body-mind complex.” Aim to expand the difficult for householders, he developed a was yet to catch up with the concept, but
turn such states into Union territories? What arguments could we use for doing universal socio-spiritual ideology. self-centric centre to be omni-centric with unique concept of mental renunciation to Swamiji clarified all this with intuitive
such a thing? The movement was characterised by divine wisdom, divine love and uncon- be free in psychological reality, cutting off wisdom and glaring examples.
S-en-S: Two very simple arguments. Aren’t all states revival of ancient Indian spirituality, ditional love for all, for identification the umbilical cord with delusive reality. He spread the practice of yoga as an
part of the Union of India? And isn’t the Union of India with fresh interpretation and added with cosmic oneness. It is a life changing, Interestingly, the holy mother’s life enabling means for self-control to rise
jugularvein one indivisible territory? Therefore, all states, per se, humanitarian dimensions. At the same socio-spiritual movement aiming at the was her message. Amid severe trials and above instinctive compulsions that keep
can be deemed to be Union territories, QED. time, it stood for selective acceptance process of becoming and not bookish tribulations in life she remained us down. It is a matter of assimilation
BB: That’s all very well. But won’t there be Articles in the Constitution that from the West, for material progress. or intellectual knowing. always anchored in God with through psycho-physical process, divine
don’t allow states to be turned into Union territories at the drop of a diktat? Movement means organised action by Sri Ramakrishna was Vedantic proclamation, “What love, wisdom and selfless service. He also
S-en-S: Articles, sharticles. Don’t newspapers and magazines also have a group of people with common unwavering in assertion shall i do with that which combined theoretical Vedanta with the
articles, though spelt with a small ‘a’ and not a capital ‘A’. And isn’t it the job, objectives and ideology. Here the move- that the sole purpose of life cannot make me immortal?” practice of selfless service. Thus he
indeed the duty, of the editor of the newspaper or magazine to keep changing ment had one common motto, “Atmano is God-realisation; every- She advised all to be loving transformed compassion into service and
the articles constantly. Imagine a daily newspaper with the same old articles moksharthang jagaddhitaya cha” – thing else ends in futility and and non-judgmental, “The worship with pantheism.
appearing in it every day, day after day. How boring. liberation from the bondage of misery- misery. By virtue of his own whole world is your own, The hallmark of the movement was
BB: So like newspaper articles, constitutional Articles can also be changed? go-round of life in limitless joy of the experiments, he asserted no one is an outsider.” She scientific spirituality, simplification
S-en-S: Sure. Or even scrapped, like Article 370. Infinite after attainment of what nothing that every religion could be herself exhibited all- of the universal spiritual process,
BB: Gosh. Imagine all those Opposition-wala states being turned into else remains to be attained, and the way is the correct way to God. Apart from advo- embracing love for the less privileged as acceptance of all religions as right ways
Union territories. How hunky-dory! self-expansion or loving all as extended cating all-inclusive religious pluralism, well as advanced devotees. for realisation, divine humanism and
S-en-S: Hunky, as you say, dory. In affairs of state, you could call it the ideal self, identifying with the ultimate he simplified the entire spiritual process Swami Vivekananda spread religion spiritual universalism par excellence
state of affairs ... solidarity of one life, expressed as many. as developing sincere aspiration for God as supreme science and not as a matter of which are highly essential today.
jug.suraiya@timesgroup.com Swami Vivekananda said, “God is a and thereby harmonised the apparently blind faith. He analysed the building block (Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa passed
blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/jugglebandhi circle whose circumference is nowhere contradictory spiritual paths. To him, of the universe and our cosmic counter- away on August 16, 1886)
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2019 TIMES XI XII I
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II III
Bananas on verge of being wiped out? Air carrying
microplastics
Fungus That Has Decimated Plantations In Asia And Oz Infects Latin America Crops to Arctic now,
Getty Images/iStockphoto

A
deadly fungus that has
wreaked havoc on ba-
nana plantations in the
eastern hemisphere has, de-
spite years of preventative ef-
forts, arrived in the Americas.
Colombia has declared a
national emergency after the
fungus that can devastate ba-
nana crops was found in its
soil. The Fusarium type 4
(TR4) organism was detected
say scientists and in Africa in 2013. It has
now been detected in Latin
America, which supplies the
bulk of the world’s bananas
grown for export.
The group of affected ba-
nanas — known as Cavendish
— are Columbia’s third-big-
gest agricultural export with
sales of $866.2 million in 2018,
Latin America supplies the bulk of the world’s bananas grown for export and are particularly vulnera-
ble due to their lack of genetic
Leon said in a series of tweets
that the police and even the
military had been drafted in
to combat the spread of the
disease, alongside experts
from Australia, the Nether-
lands, Brazil and Mexico. “We
are responding with every-
thing we’ve got,” she said.
A 24-hour watch by agri-
culture officials and the Col-
ombian air force is enforcing
Berlin: Scientists say they’ve
found an abundance of tiny
plastic particles in Arctic snow,
indicating that so-called micro-
plastics are being sucked into
the atmosphere and carried
long distances to some of the
remotest corners of the planet.
The researchers examined

New cure found

across nearly 180 hectares in
the northeastern province of
La Guajira, sparking a nation-
wide effort to increase sanita-
ry controls to contain it.
The disease is “a serious
threat to banana production”
because once it is established,
it can’t be eradicated, the UN
SHORT CUTS
says. No known fungicide or
biocontrol measure has pro-
ven effective against TR4.
And fusarium fungus can re-
main in the soil for 30 years.
Fusarium TR4 was first
detected in the 1990s in Ma-
laysia and Indonesia and
quickly spread to China,
where it occurs widely, ac-
cording to the UN. It attacks
the roots and blocks the
plants’ vascular systems.
The destructive fungus re-
mained long confined to
Southeast Asia and Austra-
lia, until its presence was
confirmed in both West Asia
ITALIAN BECOMES FIRST SPACE DJ
diversity. Bogota has been
keeping its regional neigh-
bours — also major banana ex-
porters — apprised of the sit-
uation, according to the head
of its agricultural institute.
The Columbian Agricul-
tural Institute (ICA) general
manager Deyanira Barrero
restrictions on the movement
of crops. She added that agri-
culture minister Andres Va-
lencia Pinzon had travelled to
Ecuador on Monday to brief
representatives of 15 coun-
tries, comprising 85%of the
global banana market, on Col-
ombia’s efforts. AGENCIES
ESA/Big City Beats via Reuters
snow collected from sites in
the Arctic, northern Germa-
ny, the Bavarian and Swiss
Alps and the North Sea island
of Heligoland. “While we did
expect to find microplastics,
the enormous concentrations
surprised us,” Melanie Berg-
for deadliest strain
mann, a researcher at the
Alfred-Wegener-Institute in
Bremerhaven, Germany, said.
of tuberculosis
AFP
Their findings were pub- Donald G McNeil Jr
lished Wednesday in ‘Science

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Advances’. hen she joined a trial
Dozens in US fall sick after The research demonstrated of new tuberculosis
the fragments may become air- drugs, the dying
vaping, doctors in a fix borne in a way similar to dust, young woman weighed just
pollen and fine particulate 57 pounds. Stricken with a
N early three dozen young people have been
hospitalised in US in recent weeks for severe
respiratory problems after vaping either nicotine
matter from vehicle exhausts.
While there’s growing con-
deadly strain of the disease,
she was mortally terrified.
cern about the environmental Five years later, Tsholo-
or marijuana, stumping doctors treating them.
impact of microplastics, scien- felo Msimango, 25, is now tu-
The Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin public
tists have yet to determine what berculosis-free. She is
health departments are investigating these cases A pharmacist holds two sets of
effect, if any, the minute parti- healthy at 103 pounds, and
and at least 20 additional emergency admissions pills showing the difference
cles have on humans or wildlife. has a young son.
that doctors suspect are related to vaping some between the amount of tablets a
Bergmann said the high- The trial she joined was
substance, possibly even illegal street drugs or patient takes on the new NIX
est concentrations of micro- small — it enrolled only 109
adulterated liquids laced with THC, the ingre- course (left) versus the old
plastics were found in the Ba- patients — but experts are
dient that produces marijuana’s high. There are treatment, at a hospital in
varian Alps, with one sample calling the preliminary re-
also cases in California, which appear to be Johannesburg, South Africa
having more than 150,000 par- sults groundbreaking. The
associated with vaping cannabis or cannabidiol
ticles per 1 liter (0.26 gallons.) drug regimen tested on Msi- pills a day for six months.
oil. Most of the patients were having difficulty
Although the Arctic sam- mango has shown a 90% suc- The pills contain just three
breathing. Some also reported chest pain, vomit-
ples were less contaminated, cess rate against a deadly drugs: pretomanid, bedaqui-
ing and other ailments. The cases have ranged in
the third-highest concentra- plague, extensively drug-re- line and linezolid. (Someday,
severity, with some patients suffering severe
tion in the samples the re- sistant tuberculosis. the whole regimen might
lung damage. Each patient reported using e-
searchers analysed — 14,000 On Wednesday, the Food come in just one pill, as HIV
cigarettes or other vaping devices in the weeks
Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano of European Space Agency (ESA) has become the first space DJ, after playing a set particles per liter — came from and Drug Administration en- drugs do, one expert said.)
leading up to the emergency. But officials are not
from the International Space Station to a cruise ship of clubbers in the Mediterranean Sea. The set, which lasted an ice floe in the Fram Strait off dorsed the approach, approv- But even the new treat-
yet clear whether vaping caused the injuries.
between 15 and 20 minutes, was broadcast live as a curtain-raiser for a huge music cruise in Ibiza eastern Greenland, she said. AP ing the newest of the three ment poses hazards. Short-
drugs used in the regimen. term use of linezolid against
AFP Usually, the World Health Or- severe hospital infections

This Japan temple has put faith in robot priest

Kyoto: A 400-year-old temple
in Japan is attempting to hot-
wire interest in Buddhism
with a robotic priest it believes
will change the face of the reli-
gion — despite critics compari-
ng the android to “Franken-
stein’s monster”. The android
Kannon, based on the Buddhist
deity of mercy, preaches ser-
mons at Kodaiji temple in Kyo-
to, and its human colleagues
predict that with artificial in-
PLAYING GOD? The android Kannon, based on the Buddhist deity of telligence it could one day ac-
mercy, preaches sermons at Kodaiji temple in Kyoto quire unlimited wisdom.
“This robot will never die,
it will just keep updating itself
and evolving,” priest Tensho
Goto said. “That’s the beauty
of a robot. It can store knowl-
edge forever and limitlessly.
It’s changing Buddhism”.
The adult-sized robot be-
gan service earlier this year
and is able to move its torso,
arms and head. But only its
hands, face and shoulders are
covered in silicone to repli-
cate human skin.
Clasping its hands togeth-
er in prayer and speaking in
soothing tones, the rest of the
droid’s mechanical parts are
clearly visible. Wiring and
blinking lights fill the cranial
cavity of its open-top head
and snake around its gender-
neutral, aluminium body.
A tiny video camera in-
stalled in the left eye completes
an eerie, cyborg-like frame.
Developed at a cost of al-
most $1m in a joint project be-
tween the Zen temple and re-
nowned robotics professor Hi-
roshi Ishiguro at Osaka Uni-
versity, the humanoid — called
Mindar — teaches about com-
passion and of the dangers of
desire, anger and ego.
“You cling to a sense of self-
ish ego,” it warns worshippers.
“Worldly desires are nothing
other than a mind lost at sea.”
With religion’s influence
on daily life flat-lining in Ja-
pan, Goto hopes Kodaiji’s ro-
bot priest will be able to reach
younger generations in a way
traditional monks can’t. AFP
ganization adopts approvals
made by the FDA or its Eu-
ropean counterpart, mean-
ing the treatment could soon
come into use worldwide.
Tuberculosis has now sur-
passed AIDS as the world’s
leading infectious cause of
death, and the so-called XDR
strain is the ultimate in le-
thality.Only a tiny fraction of
the 10 million people infected
by TB each year get this type,
but very few of them survive
it. The treatment itself is ex-
traordinarily difficult.
But in the trial Msiman-
go joined, nicknamed Nix-
TB, patients took only five
causes few problems, but use
for many weeks against TB
can kill nerves in the feet,
making it hard to walk, or can
suppress the bone marrow
where blood cells are made.
The FDA approved beda-
quiline in 2012 for use against
multi-drug resistant TB (the
XDR strain is an even deadlier
subset), and in 2015 the WHO
followed suit. Until Wednes-
day, pretomanid was in dis-
pute, although in June an
FDA advisory committee vot-
ed 14-4 to approve it. Some ad-
vocacy groups argued at the
time that the drug had been
too little tested. NYT NEWS SERVICE

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SECONDS AFTER TAKE-OFF FROM MOSCOW, PLANE COLLIDES WITH GULLS, LOSES BOTH ITS ENGINES
Russia’s ‘Sully’ saves 233 with miracle landing Dems after Trump’s call
Moscow:The captain of a Rus-
sian passenger jet was hailed
as a hero on Thursday for land-
ing his plane in a cornfield af-
ter it collided
with a flock of
gulls seconds
after take-off,
causing both
engines to
malfunction.
While
Damir Yusupov dozens of
people
sought medical assistance,
only one was hospitalised.
The event drew compari-
sons to the 2009 “Miracle on
the Hudson”, when a captain
ditched his plane in New
York’s Hudson River after a
bird strike disabled his en-
gines. The incident was im-
mortalised in the Hollywood
movie “Sully”, based on the
autobiography of Captain
Chesley Sullenberger and
Iran tanker that US sought to seize freed;
Tehran calls Washington move ‘piracy bid’
Madrid: The British overse-
as territory of Gibraltar rele-
ased a seized Iranian super-
tanker on Thursday over last-
minute objections from the
US, potentially easing ten-
sions between London and
Tehran, which still holds a
British-flagged vessel. The re-
lease of the Grace 1 comes
amid a growing confrontation
between Iran and the West af-
ter US President Trump pul-
led Washington out of Teh-
ran’s nuclear deal with world
powers over a year ago.
In past weeks, the Persian
Gulf region has seen six at-
tacks on oil tankers that the
US has blamed on Iran and the
downing of a US surveillance
drone by Iranian forces. Iran
denied it was behind the tan-
ker attacks, although it has se-
ized other tankers.
Gibraltar Chief Minister
Fabian Picardo said the US co-
uld still begin a new legal pro-
cedure for seizing the Grace 1,
China holds drills as HK braces for protests
Hong Kong: Hong Kong
braced on Thursday for more
mass demonstrations thro-
ugh the weekend, as China
again warned against for-
eign interference in the
city’s escalating crisis and as
mainland paramilitary
forces conducted exercises
just across the border.
Western governments,
including the US, have
stepped up calls for re-
straint, following ugly and
chaotic scenes at the city’s
airport this week, which
New Everest rules will
limit who gets to climb
Kathmandu: In an effort to
address deadly human traf-
fic jams on Mount Everest
and weed out inexperienced
climbers, Nepali officials on
Wednesday formally propo-
sed new safety rules that co-
uld significantly reduce the
number of permits issued
for the world’s highest peak.
Under the measures, wo-
uld-be climbers would have to
prove that they have scaled an-
other major peak, and touri-
sm firms would be required to
have at least three years’ expe-
rience organising high-altitu-
de expeditions before they can
lead climbers on Everest, Ne-
pal’s tourism ministry said.
Climbers will also have to
Only kin dead in El Paso shooting, he invites city to funeral
Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs
W
henhis wife was killed
in the El Paso, Texas,
shooting this month,
Antonio Basco lost not only his
partner of 22 years but also his
only relative. With no other fa-
mily, Basco asked a funeral ho-
me to invite the public to the vi-
sitation and prayer service Fri-
day for his wife, Margie Reck-
ard. El Pasoans sent a clear
response: We’ll be there.
One day after Perches Fu-
neral Homes wrote on Facebo-
ok that Basco “welcomes anyo-
ne to attend,” the funeral home
said on Wednesday that it was
Israel bars entry of two
The emergency landing by Ural Airlines A321 in Moscow (above) drew comparisons to the 2009 ‘Miracle on the
Hudson’, when a captain ditched his plane in New York’s Hudson River after a bird strike disabled his engines
starring Tom Hanks.
The Ural Airlines A321 car-
rying 226 passengers and a
crew of seven hit the birds as it
was taking off Thursday from
Moscow’s Zhukovsky airport
en route for Simferopol, in Cri-
mea. Russia’s Rosaviatsiya
state aviation agency chief
Indians aboard Grace 1 released
T he police proceedings against four Indian crew members,
including the captain, aboard an Iranian oil supertanker
has ended and they were released by authorities in Gibraltar
on Thursday. “I am grateful and thankful for my release. And I
am grateful to all who have facilitated my release in my legal
team,” the captain of the Grace 1tanker said in a statement.
The arrested Indian crew members — the master, chief
officer and two second mates — were aboard the
Panama-flagged supertanker. A total of 28 crew on board the
vessel included Indians, Russians, Latvians and Filipinos.
They had spent over a month in detention on board the ship
since it was seized in early July. The crew should now be able
to sail on to a destination agreed with Iran and the owner of
the tanker – the National Iranian Oil Company. PTI
but that provisions under the
European Union’s sanctions
regulations were ending on
Thursday after the Iranian go-
vernment assured him in wri-
ting that the ship will not send
its 2.1million barrels of crude
to a sanctioned entity in Syria.
Reacting to the develop-
ments, Iran’s foreign minister
Mohammad Javad Zarif accu-
forced the cancellation of
nearly 1,000 flights. The air-
port, one of the world’s busi-
est, was returning to normal
but under tight security af-
ter thousands of protesters
had jammed its halls on Mon-
day and Tuesday nights, part
of a protest movement Beij-
ing has likened to terrorism.
Across a bridge linking
Hong Kong’s rural hinterland
with the booming mainland
city of Shenzhen, hundreds of
members of the paramilitary
People’s Armed Police con-
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Most deaths in the last
climbing season were
blamed on overcrowding
prove, before setting out,
that they had paid at least
$35,000 for the expedition.
“Everest cannot be climbed
just based on one’s wishes,”
Yogesh Bhattarai, the tou-
rism minister, said months
after at least 11 people died or
went missing on Everest. NYT
moving the service to a larger
venue. Over 50 strangers have
ordered flower arrangements,
tributes have poured in online
and people have made plans to
travel from California, Wiscon-
sin and New York to attend.
“He thought he would be bu-
rying his wife alone,” said Har-
rison Johnson, a funeral dir-
ector at Perches who is hand-
ling the service. Basco thought
a few neighbours and other El
Paso residents might respond
to the open invitation, Johnson
said. Instead, Basco, who has a
small car-washing business,
has been stunned by the flood of
condolences. “I talked to him
TIMES GLOBAL
Alexander Neradko told re-
porters that the crew “made
the only right decision” to land
the fully loaded plane immedi-
ately after both of the plane’s
engines malfunctioned. “The
crew has shown courage and
professionalism and deserve
the highest state awards.”
sed the US of trying to “steal
our property on the high seas.”
“Having failed to accomplish
its objectives through its #Eco-
nomicTerrorism — including
depriving cancer patients of
medicine — the US attempted
to abuse the legal system to ste-
al our property on the high se-
as,” Zarif tweeted, calling the
Trump administration’s mo-
ducted exercises at a sports
complex in what was widely
seen as a warning to protes-
ters in Hong Kong. The police
could be seen carrying out
crowd-control exercises, and
more than 100 dark-painted
paramilitary vehicles filled
the stadium’s parking lots.
However, several western
and Asian diplomats in Hong
Kong said Beijing has little ap-
petite for putting the PAP or
the People’s Liberation Army
onto Hong Kong’s streets. Ten
weeks of increasingly violent
Norway detects
radioactive iodine
near Russia
Oslo: Norway’s nuclear safety
authority said on Thursday
that it detected tiny amounts of
radioactive iodine in a region
bordering Russia after an ex-
plosion at a Russian missile
testing site. The sample was col-
lected at an air filter station in
Svanhovd near the border with
Russia, from August 9-12.
On August 10, Russia’s nucle-
ar agency Rosatom said five peo-
ple were killed in an explosion at
the Arkhangelsk site in the far
north. It later said they were
testing new weapons. “At pre-
sent it is not possible to deter-
mine if the last iodine detection
is linked to the accident,” the
Norwegian Radiation and Nu-
clear Safety Authority said. AFP
Antonio Basco, whose wife was among the Texas mass shooting victims,
says he has no other family and welcomes anyone wanting to attend her
services. And El Pasoans have sent a clear response: ‘We’ll be there’
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AP
The plane was fully loaded
with 16 tonnes of kerosene, he
added. “Just imagine what
the consequences would be if
the crew didn’t make the cor-
rect decision.”
The airline said the cap-
tain, 41-year old Damir Yusu-
pov, is a highly experienced
ves a “piracy attempt”.
It was not clear whether
the Grace 1would sail away im-
mediately; nor was it known
what the Trump’s administra-
tion strategy was. The US jus-
tice department did not resp-
ond to requests for comment.
“This is an important ma-
terial change in the destina-
tion of the vessel and the bene-
ficiary of its cargo,” Gibral-
tar’s Picardo said, adding that
the move ensured that the Syri-
an government of President
Bashar Assad would be depri-
ved of more than $140 million
of crude oil. Gibraltar said it
had “solid documentary evi-
dence” that the vessel was bo-
und for Syria when it was deta-
ined on July 4, but that the poli-
tical fallout had prompted
talks with Iranian officials.
In a statement following
the Gibraltar decision, Brita-
in’s foreign office warned Iran
to abide by the assurances that
led to the release. AP
confrontations between po-
lice and protesters have
plunged Hong Kong into its
worst crisis.
Meanwhile, US President
Trump urged President Xi Ji-
nping to meet personally with
the protesters in Hong Kong,
tweeting that it would lead to
an end to tensions that have
seized the territory for weeks.
Trump’s tweet came a day af-
ter he tied a US trade deal with
China to a humane resolution
of the weeks of protests
wracking Hong Kong. REUTERS
Staff to Google: Avoid work
with immigration officials
San Francisco: Hundreds of
Google employees on Wed-
nesday called on the internet
titan to avoid working for US
immigration officials until
they stop “engaging in hu-
man rights abuses”. A peti-
tion signed by more than 600
“Googlers” as of late afterno-
on was prompted by word
that US Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) was prepa-
ring to request bids on a mas-
sive cloud computing cont-
ract. Google is a major cloud
computing provider. Its rivals
in the market included Ama-
zon and Microsoft.
“The winning cloud provi-
der will be streamlining
CBP’s infrastructure and faci-
AP/File Photo
pilot who has logged over
3,000 flight hours. Yusupov, a
son of a helicopter pilot,
worked as a lawyer before he
changed course and joined a
flight school when he was 32.
A father of four, he has flown
with the Ural Airlines since
his graduation in 2013 and be-
came the captain last year.
Russian television sta-
tions carried footage of pas-
sengers standing in the corn-
field next to the plane, hug-
ging the pilot and thanking
him for saving their lives. “It
was quite a feat to keep the
plane from stalling and quick-
ly find a place to land,” Viktor
Zabolotsky, a former test pi-
lot, said in televised remarks.
The crew received swift
accolades. Russian President
Vladimir Putin’s spokesman,
Dmitry Peskov, hailed the pi-
lots as “heroes” and said they
will receive state awards. AP
Panel: Trudeau
found guilty of
violating ethics
Toronto: Canada’s ethics com-
missioner said on Wednesday
that PM Justin Trudeau impro-
perly pressured a former attor-
ney general to halt the criminal
prosecution of a company, a de-
velopment that could imperil
his re-election chances. The re-
port comes just before the start
of campaigning for the October
21 polls and it threatens to re-in-
flame a scandal that rocked the
government earlier this year.
Ethics commissioner Ma-
rio Dion said Trudeau’s attem-
pts to influence the then attor-
ney general and justice mini-
ster, Jody Wilson-Raybould,
were contrary to the constitu-
tional principle of prosecutor-
ial independence. Trudeau sa-
id he takes responsibility “for
everything,” but said he “can’t
apologise for standing up for
Canadian jobs.” AP
Autopsy on
Epstein shows
broken neck
New York: The autopsy into fi-
nancier Jeffrey Epstein, who
died in an apparent suicide
while awaiting trial on sex traf-
ficking charges, found his neck
had been broken in several pla-
ces, the Washington Post repor-
ted late on Wednesday. Such in-
juries can occur to people who
hang themselves or who are str-
angled, the newspaper said. It
cited unidentified sources fam-
iliar with the autopsy’s results.
The New York medical exa-
miner’s office could not be rea-
ched. It was unclear when the
autopsy report would be finis-
hed or made public. REUTERS
litating its human rights abu-
ses,” a copy of the petition
posted on medium.com said.
“It’s time to stand toget-
her again and state clearly
that we will not work on any
such contract.” The petition
demanded that the company
publicly commit not to sup-
port immigration and cus-
toms enforcement, the office
of refugee resettlement, and
CBP. By providing technolo-
gy support to those agencies
in the current climate, Google
would be “trading its integri-
ty for a bit of profit, and joi-
ning a shameful lineage,” the
petition argued. Google did
not immediately reply to a re-
quest for comment. AFP
this morning, and he’s still bre-
aking down in tears,” Johnson
said. “This is about a communi-
ty coming together to be there
for him, to hold him up.”
Reckard, 63, was one of 22
people killed after a gunman
opened fire at a Walmart on Au-
gust 3, and the story of El Paso
rallying around Basco is one of
many to inspire an outpouring
of sympathy and compassion
in the aftermath of the attack.
There were the parents who di-
ed protecting their 2-month-old
baby, who survived; the soccer
team that hosted a vigil for the-
ir 15-year-old teammate who
was killed and many more. NYT
Prez Move Being Seen As An Extraordinary Step
To Influence An Ally To Punish Political Opponents
Isabel Kershner
Jerusalem: Israel on Thursd-
ay barred the entry of two US
Democratic congresswomen
who had planned to visit the
West Bank, hours after Presi-
dent Trump had urged the co-
untry to block them. Trump’s
intervention was an extraor-
dinary step to influence an al-
lied nation and punish his po-
litical opponents at home.
The two congresswomen,
Representatives Rashida Tla-
ib and Ilhan Omar, both fresh-
men, are the first two Muslim
women elected to Congress.
Both are outspoken adversa-
ries of Trump and have been
vocal in their support of the
Palestinians and the boycott-
Israel movement. The presi-
dent has targeted them in spe-
eches and Twitter postings
that his critics have called ra-
cist and xenophobic.
It was reported last week
that Trump was pressing Is-
rael PM Benjamin Netanya-
hu to deny entrance to the
two women, and Thursday
morning he left little doubt.
While Israeli officials were
still deliberating the matter,
he said in a Twitter post that
“it would show great weak-
ness if Israel allowed Rep.
Omar and Rep. Tlaib to visit.”
Later on Thursday Isra-
el’s interior ministry anno-
unced that Netanyahu had
decided to deny entry to the
two American lawmakers,
on grounds of their “boycott
activities against Israel”
UK oppn seeks to oust PM to avoid
no-deal Brexit, but rival plans clash
London: Opposition parties
launched rival campaigns to
topple PM Boris Johnson and
stop him taking Britain out of
the European Union without a
deal, illustrating fractures in
the anti-Brexit movement
that make neither scheme lik-
ely to succeed. Johnson has
promised to push through Br-
exit by October 31, with or wit-
hout a deal, setting the scene
for a showdown in parliament
where a majority of lawmake-
rs are opposed to an EU divor-
ce without a transition deal.
With parliament the main
obstacle to Johnson’s “do or
die” pledge, lawmakers are
urgently seeking a way to re-
move him or change the law to
delay Brexit. Jeremy Corbyn,
the veteran socialist leader of
the Labour Party, said lawma-
kers should support a vote of
no confidence and back him
AROUND THE WORLD
People watch a fireworks to mark the feast of the Assumption of Our Lady in Mosta, Malta, on Wednesday
China net co sorry
for ‘typhoon killed
nearly all’ alert
C hinese internet giant
Tencent has been forced to
apologise after its video team
reported that a typhoon had
wiped out the entire population
of a province in east China that
is home to nearly 100 million
people. Typhoon Lekima hit the
Chinese provinces of Zhejiang,
Shandong and Anhui over the
weekend, forcing more than
two million residents to flee.
China’s official news agency
Xinhua said that at least 49
people were killed with dozens
still missing. But Tencent Video
sent a news alert to its sub-
scribers on Monday saying the
typhoon had “killed nearly
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File photo of US representatives Ilhan Omar, left, and Rashida Tlaib.
The duo are outspoken critics of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians
Congressman justifies abortion ban by
saying world populated by rapes, incest
U S representative Steve King on Wednesday defended his call
for a ban on all abortions by questioning whether there
would be “any population of the world left” if not for births due
to rape and incest. Speaking before a conservative group in the
Des Moines, the Iowa congressman said, “What if we went back th-
rough all the family trees and just pulled those people out that were
products of rape and incest? Would there be any population of the
world left if we did that?” He further said, “Considering all the wars
and all the rape and pillage that’s taken place ... I know I can’t
certify that I'm not a part of a product of that. It’s not the baby’s
fault for the sin of the father, or of the mother.” A King spokesman
didn’t respond to a request for comment. The nine-term Republican
congressman has been criticised for comments he’s made over the
years, especially on issues related to race and immigration. AP
and in accordance with the zens, let alone members of
country’s anti-boycott law. Congress, was one of the most
Prominent Arab Israeli pronounced violations of de-
parliament member Ayman mocratic norms that he has
Odeh called the ban “anot- engaged in since taking office
her desperate attempt to hi- in January 2017. US House
de the reality to the world”. Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the
Trump’s decision to re- decision was sad and deeply
commend that another count- disappointing and hoped that
ry block entry to two US citi- Israel reversed the move. NYT
Man stabbed outside UK interior ministry
A man was taken to hospital after being stabbed on Thursday
outside Britain’s home office interior ministry in London. One
man was arrested at the scene, the city’s Metropolitan Police said.
The home office is responsible for tackling crime and the governm-
ent has recently launched a campaign to deter people from
carrying blades in a bid to combat a surge in knife crime.“Enquiries
are ongoing into the exact circumstances of the incident.” The
police said the victim’s injuries were not life threatening. AFP
to lead a “strictly time-limi- beral Democrat party, Jo
ted temporary government” Swinson, who said Corbyn
that would postpone Brexit was not the right figurehead
and hold an election. “This go- for an emergency govern-
vernment has no mandate for ment. Swinson’s rival idea
No Deal, and the 2016 EU refe- for a senior parliamentarian
rendum provided no mandate to lead a national unity go-
for No Deal,” Corbyn said. “I vernment is unlikely to be
therefore intend to table a vote accepted by Corbyn. UK’s
of no confidence at the earliest electoral law lets another par-
opportunity when we can be ty try to form government wit-
confident of success.” hin 14 days of a successful no-
However, his chances of confidence vote, but only if
success were crippled by the they have a majority in the
leader of the anti-Brexit Li- 650-seat parliament. REUTERS
Reuters
everyone” in the eastern pro-
vince of Shandong. Tencent
Ohio State University” that
would cover various items inclu-
Video apologised for the gaffe, ding T-shirts, baseball caps and
saying it was caused by an
editorial error and vowed to
“strictly review” its content
hats. The school has previously
secured other trademarks, inclu-
ding names of football coaches
before publishing. “You have an
army of reviewers to erase even
the slightest social protest. But
Woody Hayes and Urban Meyer.
9-year-old girl sues boys
you can't check your own choir over gender bias
content at a time of a major A 9-year-old girl is suing a
disaster?” wrote one netizen. centuries-old Berlin boys choir,
arguing that her bid to join was
Ohio state univ seeks to only rejected because of her
trademark the word ‘the’ gender, in a case that has spar-
Ohio State University wants to ked debate over equal rights
trademark the word “The” when versus artistic freedom. The
used as part of the school’s State and Cathedral Choir is one
name on university merchandi- of the most renowned boys cho-
se.The school submitted a irs in Germany, founded in 1465
trademark application this by Fredrick II of Brandenburg.
month to the US Patent and Over its 554 years, it has never
Trademark Office. The applica- admitted any girls. The girl aud-
tion requests a standard charac- itioned with the choir in March
ter trademark for the title “The and was rejected.
 Telcos Poised To Capitalise On
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looking to deleverage their balance sheets by selling non-core
assets like fibres & towers. Operators are designing tariff
plans to ensure they get maximum average revenue per user
(ARPU) from customers. Telcos are expected to follow Jio’s
lead in taking a price hike for smartphone customers from
Q4FY20. Airtel, with its strong 4G subscriber addition, is
well placed to capitalise on higher smartphone pricing
Source: Edelweiss Research
Desis’ Q1 foreign trip bill at new high Cos offer free flights,
Spend $1.6Bn In Apr-June Qtr | Create A Record In June Too With $596M
Mayur.Shetty
@timesgroup.com
Mumbai: Indians are spen-
ding a record amount on in-
ternational travel. In June
2019 alone, spending on fore-
ign travel amounted to $596
million — the highest since
the Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) started collating data
under the liberalised remit-
tance scheme. While overall
forex spending by Indians is
on the rise, expenditure on
foreign trips is growing even
faster, accounting for a lar-
ger share of the total spend.
This year’s June travel
spend accounted for 42% of
the foreign exchange pur-
chased by Indian individu-
als. In the first quarter of
FY20, international travel
cost the country $1,594 bil-
lion of the total $4,181 billion
RCap Q1 net
rises fourfold
to `1,218 crore
New Delhi: The Anil Amba-
ni-led Reliance Capital has re-
ported an over fourfold jump in
its consolidated
net profit at Rs
1,218 core for the
first quarter of the
ongoing fiscal, dri-
ven by higher income. The
company’s profit was Rs 295
crore in the year-ago period.
Total income increased by
31% to Rs 6,083 crore during the
April-June quarter of 2019-20 as
against Rs 4,641 crore in the cor-
responding period a year earlier.
Total assets of Reliance Capital
stood at Rs 79,207 crore as on Ju-
ne 30, 2019 as against Rs 83,973
crore a year ago. The company
also said it did not raise any fixed
deposits from the public.
During the entire last fiscal,
the company said it had repor-
ted a loss of Rs 1,454 crore.
Reliance Capital has inter-
ests in asset management
and mutual funds, pension
funds, insurance, finance,
stock broking, distribution of
financial products, asset re-
construction, proprietary in-
vestments and other financial
services. AGENCIES
Flipkart hits Walmart’s int’l profit
Digbijay.Mishra
@timesgroup.com
Bengaluru: Walmart’s in-
ternational unit saw opera-
ting profits fall by nearly
30% to $900 million in the se-
cond quarter ended July of
the financial year 2020, pri-
marily due to the inclusion
of Flipkart. The company
also saw its net sales in in-
ternational markets fall by
1.1% to $29.1 billion even as
the Bentonville-based retail
giant reported strong num-
bers in its home market US.
This is the second conti-
nuous quarter for Walmart
where its international ear-
nings have been impacted
due to Flipkart as it saw a
fall of 38% in operating pro-
fits to $790 million in the
first quarter. After the $16-
billion acquisition for a 77%
stake in Flipkart, this is the
first full financial year whe-
re the Bengaluru-based onli-
ne retailer has been added in
Fake auto parts’ growth beats auto sales Trade growth may weaken
Nandini.Sengupta
@timesgroup.com
Chennai: The Rs 22,000-crore
counterfeit auto parts indust-
ry — growing faster than car
and bike sales, and which do-
ubled in the last five years — is
giving headaches to original
equipment manufacturers
(OEMs). They are now hoping
that the draft rules to eradica-
te spurious spares, which we-
re notified in July, will get
operational soon.
According to the Authenti-
cation Solution Providers’ As-
sociation (ASPA), the overall
counterfeit product industry
in India is worth Rs 1lakh cro-
re, causing the government
tax losses of Rs 40,000 crore.
While fake products are com-
mon in agriculture (fertilisers
and pesticides) or even FMCG,
they are life-threatening in
the automotive and pharma-
TIMES BUSINESS
Subscribers (in M)
in forex purchased by indivi-
duals. A year ago in April-Ju-
deploy feedback apps
ne 2018, travel was $1 billion
out of a total spend of $3 bil-
lion (see graphic).
The RBI categorises reta-
il purchase of dollars under
various heads, such as tra-
vel, education, purchase of
property, gifts, investments
and maintenance of close re-
latives. The second-highest
category has been education.
The liberalised remittan-
ce scheme was introduced in
2004, allowing Indians to
spend up to $25,000 annually
at that time. This limit was
periodically revised and now
stands at $2,50,000 per indivi-
dual. Except for gambling
and investing in Indian con-
vertible bonds, the money
can be used for any purpose.
A year ago, for June 2018,
foreign travel was $381 mil-
Modi reviews state
of economy with FM
New Delhi: Prime Mini-
ster Narendra Modi on
Thursday comprehensive-
ly reviewed the state of the
economy with finance mi-
nister Nirmala Sithara-
man as his government
scrambled for solutions to
tackle a fast-spreading
slowdown in various sec-
tors, which is eroding we-
alth and causing job losses.
Modi, after delivering
his sixth straight address
to the nation on Indepen-
dence Day from the ram-
parts of the Red Fort here,
went into a brainstorming
session with Sitharaman
and all top officials in her
ministry, sources privy to
the development said. The
meeting, they said, was to
assess the nature of the
slowdown and its long-
term impact. There are ex-
pectations that the govern-
ment would come out with
sector-specific stimulus so-
metime soon.
A query sent by email
to the spokesperson of
the finance ministry rema-
FISCAL SNAPSHOT
For quarter ending July (in %)
Gross profit Operational
rate income
-1.6 -29.6
I’m excited about the opportunity
we have in India…Although we face
macroeconomic and political challenges in
some of our markets, our teams continue to
find innovative ways to serve customers and
deliver solutions that make shopping easier
Doug McMillon | PRESIDENT & CEO, WALMART
its earnings review.
Following the acquisi-
tion last year in May, Wal-
mart had said that it is ex-
pected to incur a loss of $0.60
a share, which translates in-
to a total loss of $1.8 billion
for its financial year ending
`22K-CR BIZ
The Indian counterfeit
product industry is worth about
Rs 1L cr, and it dents the govt
with tax losses of Rs 40,000cr.
The fake auto parts business is
alone worth Rs 22,000cr now
Beverages, computer
hardware, FMCG, tobacco
and alcoholic beverages
are among the top sectors
that are battling fakes,
with the FMCG segment
having a counterfeit product
share of as high as 30%
This grey market for products
is said to be both local- as well
as import-driven
ceutical industry, said ASPA
president Nakul Pasricha.
“Counterfeiting is a huge
problem in the auto parts af-
ter-market segment,” said
Pasricha. “The total auto af-
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300
200
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lion out of a total spend of $1
billion, accounting for 37%.
This was followed by educa-
tion at 25%. While the share
of education has remained
constant, thanks partially to
the restriction on work visas
in the US and the UK, travel
has grown sharply on the
back of a steady rupee.
According to the World
ined unanswered.
India’s economic
growth has slowed to 6.8%
in 2018-19 — the slowest pace
since 2014-15 — and consu-
mer confidence is waning,
while foreign direct invest-
ment has plateaued.
TAKING STOCK: File photo
of PM Narendra Modi with
FM Nirmala Sitharaman
International trade and
currency war is further ag-
gravating the problem.
While the finance ministry
has remained tight-lipped
on measures being con-
templated to take the econo-
my out, the RBI governor
had earlier this month sta-
ted that the slowdown is mo-
re cyclical than structural.
But there are ominous
signs showing that the
Net FY20 global sales
growth outlook (in %)
5 37%. Walmart’s total reve-
3-4
Original Revised
on January 31, 2020.
The world’s largest retai-
ler also lowered its guidance
for net international sales
growth (see graphic), even
though it indicated that ope-
rating profit is expected to
improve. In contrast, Wal-
A draft notification of the
motor vehicle rules, that
proposes fixing of invisible
microdots on vehicles and
all their parts to prevent
theft and check fake spares,
is currently open for
feedback and comment
ter-market in 2018-19 grew by
9.6% to Rs 67,491 crore ($10 bil-
lion) from Rs 61,601 crore ($9
billion) in the previous fiscal.
Counterfeit auto components
account for 30-40% of the ove-
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345
320
281
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1,500
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600
300
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Tourism Organization, the
number of Indians travel-
ling overseas in 2019 will hit 5
crores, which is nearly twice
the 2.4 crores who had travel-
led abroad in 2017. Although
this is less than 4% of the co-
untry’s population, it is size-
able in terms of spends.
The RBI’s numbers show
that of the $13.8 billion spent
slowdown may be deep.
The auto sector is facing its
worst crisis in two decades
and reports suggest thou-
sands of job losses in the
automobile and ancillary
industry. In the real estate
sector, the number of un-
sold homes has increased
while fast-moving consu-
mer goods (FMCG) compa-
nies have reported a decli-
ne in volume growth in the
first quarter.
Though lending by
banks to industries has
shown a significant jump
from 0.9% in April-June
quarter in 2018 to 6.6% for
the same period this year,
the same to job-creating
MSME sector has slipped
from 0.7% in 2018 to 0.6% in
June quarter. Also, direct
tax collections have grown
by just 1.4%. The growth in
GST collection till July this
fiscal too has been only 9%
as against 18% estimated in
the Union Budget. Sales of
cars, tractors and two-whe-
elers have declined to a 19-
year low. PTI
mart’s better than expected
earnings sent its scrip jum-
ping by over 5% in the US as
its e-commerce business in
the home market moved up
nue for the quarter went up
by close to 2% at $130 billion,
while it also raised the outlo-
ok for the rest of the year.
“I’m pleased with the
progress we’re making in
China. For the quarter,
nine of 10 markets posted po-
sitive comp sales (compa-
rable-store sales),” said
Walmart president and CEO
Doug McMillon in a prepa-
red statement.
He also added that he
was impressed with Flip-
kart’s ecosystem companies
like Myntra, which used a
network of kirana stores
to deliver 70% of the 8.5
million packages during its
recent sale, and payments
unit PhonePe, which has
crossed 50 million monthly
active users.
rall after-market for compo-
nents in retail outlets.”
Apart from sales loss, the-
re are also lives lost. “A good
20% of all road accidents in
India is attributed to counter-
feit automotive parts and, ac-
cording to a Ficci-Cascade re-
port, counterfeiting in the au-
to sector results in tax reve-
nue loss of about Rs 2,200
crore to the government,” ad-
ded Pasricha.
The top sectors battling co-
unterfeiting are alcoholic beve-
rages, auto components, com-
puter hardware, FMCG, mobi-
le phones and tobacco. While
the problem is critical in auto
parts, in FMCG too the counter-
feit product share is as high as
30%. “There are fly-by-night
operators making them in In-
dia, and some portion of these
counterfeit auto parts also co-
me in from China,” said Pasri-
cha. The boom in the used car/
ARPU* (in `)
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by Indians in FY19, $4.8 billion
(35%) was on travel, followed
by $3.6 billion (26%) on educa-
tion and $2.8 billion (20%) for
maintenance of close relati-
ves. Indians also spent nearly
$1.4 billion on gifts to their re-
latives overseas.
Where overseas spending
has not kept pace is on pur-
chase of property or equity
investments. Total remittan-
ces by individuals for the pur-
chase of property abroad
was less than $4 million in Ju-
ne 2019 compared to $7.7 mil-
lion in June 2018 and $10 mil-
lion in June 2017. In FY19, In-
dians spent only $84 million
on the purchase of property
abroad. These numbers are
only transactions done in an
individual capacity and do
not include investments by
high net worth individuals
through a corporate route.
Agri-tech
funding up on
increasing
use of data
Sindhu.Hariharan
@timesgroup.com
Chennai: Increasing smartp-
hone penetration and availabili-
ty of low-cost data — which has
resulted in the inclusion of far-
mers in the information econo-
my — has made agriculture-tech
startups a darling of investors.
Data from research firm
Tracxn shows the agri-tech sec-
tor has already crossed $100
million worth of investments
till date in 2019, compared to
$163 million in full year 2018
(see graphic). Further, invest-
ments in agri-tech startups
grew almost six times (6x) from
2016 to 2018. While 37 deals were
recorded in 2018, 2019 has alrea-
dy registered 21deals.
GREEN INVESTING
No. of Investment
Year
deals (in $ m)
2019 YTD* 21 100
2018 37 163
2017 41 80
2016 36 25
*YTD: Aug 13 Source: Tracxn
Startups creating market
linkages for agricultural pro-
ducts contributed over 90% of
the deal count and value in 2019,
Tracxn data shows. Other seg-
ments that attracted investors
are farm business manage-
ment software, supply chain
tech, and startups leveraging
AI and other tech for precision
agriculture. Digital is helping
transform the way farmers de-
rive value from their output,
and solving the “information
asymmetry” in the sector. The-
re is more acceptance of new-
age agri-tech solutions as sca-
lable businesses today, entre-
preneurs said.
“Investors now view India
as a playground for agri-tech
solutions that have the capaci-
ty to go global,” Gramophone
co-founder and CEO Tauseef
Khan said. This is a huge
change from 2016 when entre-
preneurs found it tough to get
meetings with investors with
an agri-tech idea, he added.
The startup claims to redu-
ce cost of cultivation by an av-
erage 15-20%, and increase far-
mer yield by 30-40%.
SUV/two-wheeler market has
further exacerbated this pro-
blem. “As vehicles get older,
customers are more likely to lo-
ok for cheaper alternatives to
OEM parts and therefore tend
to get exposed to spurious op-
tions,” said Pasricha.
OEMs, of course, conduct
routine raids against traders
and manufactures dealing in
counterfeit parts. A recent raid
by Honda Motorcycle & Scoo-
ter India across north and east
India led to seizing of “counter-
feit goods worth Rs 49 lakh last
month”. He added, “In the last
three years, the Honda intellec-
tual property rights enforce-
ment team has seized 94,000 co-
unterfeit parts across the co-
untry.” “The draft notification
of the motor vehicle rules ca-
me in the last week of July and
could stop counterfeiting to so-
me extent, if and when adop-
ted,” said Pasricha.
108 105 129
Airtel revenue per user
Continue To Invest In Rewards, Workplace
Tools To Up Productivity Despite Slowdown
Namrata.Singh
@timesgroup.com
Mumbai: The growth slow-
down has not deterred India Inc
from keeping its workforce en-
gaged. Employee engagement,
a term that the HR fraternity is
familiar with, continues to at-
tract investments. And how.
RDC Concrete, owned by
private equity firm True
North, offers its employees
one-day tours to other cities,
inclusive of air travel, under a
programme called ‘Meri peha-
li udaan’ (My first flight). The
initiative is meant to give an
experience of air travel along
with a holiday to those employ-
ees who have never travelled
by air before.
The Rs 1,000-crore indepen-
dent ready-mix concrete com-
pany, which hires people who
are mostly 10th/12th pass diplo-
ma holders, has already flown
over 200 people under this initi-
ative. RDC Concrete’s head (HR
and business excellence) K S
Bhoon said employees become
eligible under ‘Meri pehali uda-
an’ after they have completed a
year with the company.
Being a people-intensive
business, every year around
100 employees join RDC Con-
crete, which has a total
strength of about 700. Const-
ruction industry wages are
usually lower than the servi-
ces sector, and there are many
who cannot afford air travel.
Given such employee-engage-
ment initiatives, attrition ra-
tes at RDC Concrete have come
down from 23% two years ago
to 15%, said Bhoon.
In the services sector, orga-
nisations are using digital tools
to enhance employee engage-
ment. The Indian Hotels Com-
pany (IHCL) recently installed
an employee feedback platform
‘V Connect’. At one of its hotels,
IHCL received a message regar-
ding the quality of food in the
employee canteen. Such comp-
laints would have otherwise go-
KVIC chief targets
`5k cr sales in FY20
From P 1
Partnerships with public
and private sector enter-
prises, aggressive marke-
ting and a renewed push
from the Narendra Modi
government saw KVIC mo-
re than double its sales
over the last five financial
years, up from Rs 33,135
crore in 2014-15, KVIC cha-
irman Vinai Kumar Saxe-
na told TOI.
During the current fi-
nancial year, Saxena is tar-
geting a 20% growth in vil-
lage industry sales, which
he hopes will touch the Rs
85,000-crore mark, while
looking to push khadi sa-
les to Rs 5,000 crore, which
will be an increase of over
50%. During 2018-19, Khadi
sales rose 28% to Rs 3,215
crore.
“Mr Modi has to be gi-
ven credit for the growth
in awareness of Khadi. Sa-
les of Khadi products have
shot up in the last five ye-
ars. Most private brands
further in third qtr: WTO
Geneva: The World Trade Or-
ganization (WTO) said on
Thursday that its latest econo-
mic barometer showed that
the growth in merchandise
trade was likely to weaken
further in the third quarter. Its
quarterly trade growth indica-
tor showed growth in global
goods trade was likely to wea-
ken, with a reading of 95.7. In
its previous quarterly report
in May, the WTO said that
growth was likely to remain
weak, with a reading of 96.3.
A score of below 100 in the
indicator, a composite measure
of seven drivers of trade, sig-
nals below-trend growth. Refer-
ring to a mid-year WTO report
issued in July, it said that trade
flows have been hit by new rest-
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110
95
*
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ne unreported, increasing the
chances of disgruntlement
among employees.
V Connect ensures the com-
pany receives feedback on a re-
al-time basis. The manager cal-
led for a team meeting to under-
stand the details. Discussions
were focused towards under-
standing feedback about the is-
sues people had with the food,
and their inputs about having
lighter/healthier and more cui-
sine options were duly incorpo-
ENGAGING EMPLOYEES
h Ready-mix concrete co RDC
Concrete gives its employees,
who’ve never been on
a flight before, a
new experience
like a tour along
with air travel.
This has reduced
its attrition rate
h A real-time feedback
platform at Indian Hotels has
helped the hospitality firm
identify and address employee
issues quickly
rated in the dining menus at the
cafeteria. The company said V
Connect has already become a
critical touch point for employe-
es to voice their opinions anony-
mously across locations.
IHCL’s EVP and global he-
ad (HR) P V Murthy said, “We
are service-oriented and ne-
ed to maintain high engage-
ment levels at any point in ti-
me throughout the year. No
comments or suggestions are
ignored to enable a continuo-
us engagement.” Based on
the feedback received thro-
ugh V Connect, IHCL claims
engagement levels have gone
up within teams.
On the other hand, to
bring in a uniform culture of
recognition at a global beve-
rage company, BI Worldwide
India is deploying a digital
personal assistant called ‘Re-
cognition Advisor’ that re-
now have a Khadi range,
for instance, Arvind has
Khadi denims. The quirki-
ness of Khadi material
makes it a fashion staple,”
said Arvind Singhal, foun-
der of retail consultancy,
Technopak.
For instance, first and
business class passengers
of Air India on internatio-
nal routes receive amenity
kits supplied by KVIC. Si-
milarly, it has successfully
tied up with textile and re-
tail majors such as Arvind
Mills and Raymond to
supply Khadi material
that is subsequently mar-
keted and branded by
them.
While sales have been
rising, ensuring that pro-
duction keeps pace was a
challenge. But that too se-
ems to have picked up in re-
cent years.
KVIC provides employ-
ment to around 5 lakh peo-
ple under the Khadi cate-
gory and 1.5 crore people
under ‘village industries’.
WTO to rule on India sugar export subsidies
Geneva: The WTO set up panels on Thursday to rule on complaints
by Australia, Brazil and Guatemala against India’s export subsidies
for sugar and sugarcane producers, which they assert are illegal, a
Geneva trade official said. The decision was automatic upon the
complainants’ second request at a closed-door meeting of the WTO’s
Dispute Settlement Body. India will keep its sugar export subsidies
despite complaints to the WTO from rival producers, though it will
tweak how it provides them, four sources directly involved in the
matter said told Reuters in Mumbai last month. REUTERS
rictions at historically high le-
vels. “Tensions leading to hig-
her trade barriers and greater
uncertainty pose significant
downside risks to trade growth
forecasts,” it added.
Sustained weakness in
the latest index was driven by
below-trend values in all com-
Data Customers
(in M)
58 95
Airtel
minds managers at regular in-
tervals that s/he needs to re-
cognise employees’ achieve-
ments. The digital personal
assistant provides analytics-
based insights to managers so
that they can take an informed
decision on recognition. The
company, whose name was not
revealed, has a large workfor-
ce that is always on-the-go and
the tool would be particularly
useful for those working in fac-
tories having no access to com-
h BI Worldwide India has
provided a co with a digital
assistant that provides
analytics-based data to
managers, reminding them to
recognise their subordinates’
achievements regularly
h At Yes Bank, a mobile app
provides employees immediate
access to info, otherwise
requiring use of tech systems
or emails, slashing the time
taken for routine jobs to just
hours from 1-2 days earlier
puters, said company sources.
At Yes Bank, a ‘Yes for You’
mobile app provides anytime-
anywhere access to informa-
tion. Queries that earlier requ-
ired access to emails, support
agent and long timelines spre-
ad over one-two days, are now
being resolved in a matter of
hours in some cases.
Yes Bank senior group pre-
sident (human capital manage-
ment) Deodutta Kurane said,
“The past decade has seen in-
creased attention in employee
engagement with organisa-
tions actively designing strate-
gies towards building producti-
ve working relationships where
employees see mutual value
and benefit for both themselves
and their organisation. We rea-
lised how crucial it is for us to
engage with our internal custo-
mers who are ultimately the fa-
ces of our bank.”
NCLAT upholds
insolvency plea
against Sahara Q
New Delhi: The National Com-
pany Law Appellate Tribunal
(NCLAT) upheld the order of
the Mumbai bench of NCLT, di-
recting initiation of the insol-
vency resolution process aga-
inst Sahara group subsidiary
Sahara Q Shop.
A three-member NCLAT
bench headed by chairman Jus-
tice S J Mukhopadhaya upheld
the order passed by the NCLT,
which had on December 15, 2017,
admitted the plea to initiate in-
solvency proceedings against
the company filed by one of its
operational creditors.
This order was challenged
before the appellate tribunal
by a shareholder of Sahara Q
Shop, contending that there
was no default in payment by
the company as it could not
pay to its creditors because
the Supreme Court had prohi-
bited ‘Sahara Group of Compa-
nies’ to pay any amount to any
person in the ongoing con-
tempt proceedings. However,
the plea was rejected by the
NCLAT observing that there
was no such specific directions
in the SC order. AGENCIES
ponent indices, it said.
International air freight,
electronic components indi-
ces now show readings well be-
low previous levels, while au-
tomobile production and sa-
les, and agricultural raw mate-
rials seem to have bottomed
out, the WTO said. REUTERS
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applauded by the Indian players as he ke a lot of pride in stepping up for the te- of India’s run chase, Kohli was hit on
walked off after being dismissed in the 12th am as much as you can and I take a lot of the right thumb by a Kemar Roach
over. He raised his bat, helmet perched on pride in that,” Kohli told reporters after bouncer. The Indian captain was seen Most ODI Most ODI Tons Most ODI Tons In
top of it, and the crowd continued to cheer, the final ODI against West Indies.
wondering if it was the last time they would “Two good games with the bat for me,
to be having some pain but after being
attended to by the physio, he
Tons As Captain In Chases Successful Chases
see him bat. But after the game, Gayle but more importantly we got the result continued batting to lead India to a
22 26 22
dismissed suggestions that this was his
farewell game. “I didn’t announce anything-
because of my contribution, so it makes
me feel much better and eventually all
series-clinching six-wicket win.
“I don’t think it’s a fracture
21
...any retirement,” he said in a short video
posted by Cricket West Indies, when asked
that matters when you cross the line.
Shreyas with the way he played took the
otherwise I wouldn’t have continued
(batting). It’s just a split of the nail,”
17
whether he has retired from ODI cricket or
not. Asked if he will still be around, he said,
pressure off me and I played my natural Kohli said at the post-match
13 13 14
game, he added. presentation ceremony on
“Yeah, until further notice.” The match was curtailed due to rain
and India eventually had to chase 255 in
Wednesday.
Asked about the condition of his
10
Gayle’s best part is fun-loving and 36 overs. thumb at the post-match press
friendly nature, says Kohli: Indian The team was reduced to 92/3 at one conference, he said. “Luckily, it’s not
captain Virat Kohli paid tribute to veteran stage, but skipper Kohli was joined by broken. When I got hit I thought it was
West Indies batsman Chris Gayle saying Shreyas Iyer in the middle and the duo worse than what it turned out to be.
apart from his cricketing exploits he will formed a 120-run stand to ease the pressu- But it’s not broken so I should be good
also be remembered for his fun-loving and re and consolidate Men in Blue’s position for the first Test.”
friendly nature. “I would like to congratulate in the match. The first Test between the two Ricky Virat AB de Virat Sachin Rohit Virat Sachin Rohit
him for a great career, playing for the West Shreyas was eventually dismissed af- sides begins on August 22 at North Ponting Kohli Villiers Kohli Tendulkar Sharma Kohli Tendulkar Sharma
Indies. He has done so much for West Indies ter playing a knock of 65 runs off just 41 Sound. PTI (Aus) (Ind) (SA) (Ind) (Ind) (Ind) (Ind) (Ind) (Ind)
cricket and he is icon all over the world. He balls. Kohli heaped praise on Shreyas, sa-
is one of the nicest human beings around, 220 76 98 131 232 124 84 124 79
ying the right-handed batsman played

that for me is his biggest quality,” Kohli
said. “Everyone knows about his cricket but
I think the kind of person he is, so helpful
with youngsters, so fun loving and always
smiling even in the most pressure situa-
tionsFor me, Chris Gayle the person is the
best part of him.”
South Africa’s team director seeks
Pep inspiration: South Africa’s interim
team director Enoch Nkwe says he will look
to Manchester City’s coach Pep Guardiola
for inspiration during his side’s upcoming
tour of India. Nkwe replaces West Indian
Ottis Gibson, the previous head coach, for
the trip which starts in September. “There
are a lot of things you can learn from diffe-
rent sporting codes. I have followed his
(Guardiola’s) work and enjoy how he backs
his philosophy, he always tries to set new
boundaries and break new records,” he
said. “Seeing his growth, from coaching one
of the biggest clubs in the world (Barcelona)
at the age of 37, is an inspiration.”
with a lot of confidence.
“Shreyas has come along really well.
He has stepped in and played with a lot of
confidence, I think that orders well for
the team. He has presented a strong case
for himself to be a regular feature in the
middle order. He was very sure about his
game, hopefully, he builds on his game,”
Kohli said. “Sometimes you can feel like
that the situation is not challenging you
enough. But in international cricket, eve-
ry day you need to contribute, I think
Shreyas understood the value of perfor-
ming here. He was brave under pressure,
he is heading in the right direction,” he
added.
Earlier in the match, West Indies had
won the toss and the side had opted to bat
first. Openers Gayle and Evin Lewis stit-
ched together a partnership of 115 runs.
Both batsmen were then quickly sent
8
back to the pavilion and after their dis- innings innings innings innings innings innings innings innings innings
missal, the match was halted due to rain.
Once the action resumed, India were
able to take wickets at regular intervals Most International Runs In A Decade (Tests + ODIs + T20Is)
to restrict Windies.
“Firstly, we were glad we got the two
wickets and then it rained for a bit to bre-
ak the momentum. During the break, we
Virat Kohli
2010-19; avg. 57.03,
20,018
were nervous, as Duckworth-Lewis wo- 67 tons
uld have taken the game away from us.
Actually, it was good that we got game ti-
me,” Kohli said.
“When Chris and Lewis play like that,
Ricky Ponting
2000-09; avg. 49.63,
18,962 Times Virat Kohli has won the
Player of the Series award in ODIs,
you understand why they are rated as the
55 tons
making him joint 4th on the all-time
two most dangerous batsmen in the
list. The record belongs to Sachin
world. When they get going, you cannot
Tendulkar (14) followed by Sanath
do much as a skipper,” he added. ANI
Brief scores: India 256/4 in 32.3 overs (Kohli
Jacques Kallis
2000-09; avg. 51.94,
16,777 Jayasuriya (11), Shaun Pollock (9),
38 tons Virat Kohli & Chris Gayle (8)
114*, Iyer 65, Allen 2-40) beat West Indies 240/7
in 35(Gayle 72, Lewis 43, Khaleel 3-68, Shami 2- Stats: Rajesh Kumar; Graphic: Sunil Singh
50) by six wickets

Dar joins Bucknor as most capped

Test umpire: Aleem Dar on Thursday
equalled Steve Bucknor’s record of officia-
ting in the highest number Test matches
after taking the field for the 128th time
during the second Ashes Test between
England and Australia at Lord’s. “It’s a great
honour to equal the number of Test matches
of my role model, umpire Steve Bucknor,”
Dar, 51, was quoted as saying by the Inter-
national Cricket Council in a tweet.
St Lucia Zouks to replace St Lucia
Stars in CPL: The St Lucia Zouks will repla-
ce the St Lucia Stars for the 2019 CPL sea-
son following the recent termination of the
participation agreement with the company
operating the Stars franchise. The Zouks
will be playing matches in St Lucia and
across the Caribbean in this year’s CPL
which will take place from September 4 to
October 12. The Zouks was the name of the
St Lucia franchise when it was founded in
2013. St Lucia is one of four islands in the
Caribbean known for its zouk music.
AGENCIES
‘Love coming out to bat when
the dressing room is nervous’
Port of Spain: Indian captain Virat
Kohli praised him for coming good un-
der pressure in the ODI series against
the West Indies and Shreyas Iyer said he
loved batting in tough situations when
the dressing room is “nervous”. The 24-
year-old Iyer played a big role in India’s
2-0 series win against the West Indies as
he gave able support to captain Virat
Kohli who excelled as usual with back
back-to-centuries.
Kohli and Iyer had partnerships of
125 and 120 in the second and third ODIs
under tricky situations respectively. In
the third ODI, Iyer came out when India
were at a spot of bother at 91 for 3 in the
13th over while chasing a revised target
of 255 from 35 overs. His counter-attack-
ing 65 from 41 balls took the pressure off
Kohli, who remained not out on 114, and
changed the complexion of the game.
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MAKING IT COUNT: Shreyas Iyer
“I am very happy. I want to come out
to bat in this kind of tough situation
when everybody in the dressing room is
nervous. I love it because the (complex-
ion of the) match can change and anyt-
hing can happen in the team position,”
Iyer told Chahal in an interview after the
third ODI on Wednesday. PTI
Hazlewood among wickets on
return as Oz bowl Eng out for 258
Getty Images
London: Josh Hazlewood marked his
entry into this season’s Ashes with
three wickets as England were bowled
out for 258 on second day of the second
Ashes Test at Lord’s finally on Thurs-
day. England were in dire straits at 138/6
before Jonny Bairstow (36 not out) and
Chris Woakes (25 not out) repaired so-
me of the damage in an unbroken se-
venth-wicket stand of 63. Pat Cummins
and Nathan Lyon too chipped in with
three wickets each.
Only opener Rory Burns (53) and
wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow, last man
out for 52, passed fifty after England we-
re sent into bat by Australia captain
Tim Paine following a total washout of
Wednesday’s first day.
In reply, Australia were 30/1with Us-
man Khawaja batting on 18 and Camero-
on Bancroft on 5.
After rain washed out Wednesday’s

VB commits suicide
first day, Australia captain Tim Paine
McCullum to decided to field first after winning the
toss in a bid to exploit England’s vulne-

coach KKR TOI

rable top order. Fast bowler Hazlewood,
the only change to the Australia side

New Delhi: Former New Zea-

‘Ex-India Player was very much a part of the te-
am set-up till their last game
that beat England by 251runs in the first
Test at Edgbaston last week, backed up
GOTCHA! Cameron Bancroft dives to catch Rory Burns at Lord’s on Thursday

land captain Brendon McCul-
lum was on Thursday appoin-
ted head coach of Kolkata
Knight Riders in the Indian
Premier League. McCullum,
who played for KKR in 2008-10
and 2012-13, earlier this month
announced he was retiring
from cricket after the GT20 to-
urnament in Canada.
“Brendon has been an inte-
gral part of the Knight Riders
family for a long time,” (KKR)
chief executive Venky Myso-
re said in a statement. “His le-
adership qualities, honesty,
positive and aggressive style,
combined with his natural
ability to bring the best out of
the teams he has been part of
makes him ideally suited to le-
ad KKR and TKR (Trinbago
Knight Riders) as a head co-
ach.” McCullum was also part
of the 2012 KKR squad that
won the IPL championship.
He described his appointment
as a “great honour”. “We have
fantastic squads in both KKR
and TKR and I along with the
support staff will be looking
to build on the successes.” AFP
Was Depressed
Due To Losses In
Cricket Business’
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: Former India ope-
ner VB Chandrasekhar com-
mitted suicide at his residen-
ce in Mylapore on Thursday
evening, police said. His body
was found handing from the
ceiling fan in his bedroom on
the first floor. Investigating of-
ficer inspector Senthil Muru-
gan said Chandrashekar, 57,
had not left any suicide note.
“Chandrasekhar’s wife told
the police that she had knock-
ed at the door of his room but
there was no response. She
then peeped through the win-
dow to find him hanging from
the ceiling,” said inspector
Murugan.
Police said Chandrasek-
har’s wife Soumya told them
that he had tea with the family
and went to his room at 5:45
pm. “She also informed us
VB Chandrashekhar
that VB was depressed due to
the losses that he had incur-
red in his cricket business,”
Murugan said.
VB owned a Tamil Nadu
Premier League team — VB
Kanchi Veerans — and also
ran a cricket academy VB’s
Nest in Velachery. His body
was sent to government Roya-
pettah hospital for autopsy.
VB represented India in 7
ODIs and was known for his
attacking batting style. Not
only did he represent India at
the highest level, VB was also
amember of the Tamil Nadu’s
Ranji Trophy-winning side in
1987. The swashbuckler also
played for Goa — before don-
ning the roles of a national se-
lector, state coach and com-
mentator. He was also very ac-
tive with his TNPL team and
earlier this week. In fact, the
TN cricket fraternity was in a
state of shock and most didn’t
know the reason of his death
till late evening.
“I met him just a few days
ago. He looked so fit, everyt-
hing was fine, I can’t believe
he is no more,” former India
player and TN captain S. Bad-
rinath, who was doing com-
mentary for TNPL, said.
VB came into national
reckoning during the Irani
Trophy clash in 1988 at the MA
Chidambaram Stadium when
he smashed a 56-ball 100 (even-
tually getting out for 119) and
set up Tamil Nadu’s victory
against Rest of India. That in-
nings was the fastest century
scored by an Indian in first-
class cricket before Rishabh
Pant broke it with a 48-ball
century in a Ranji clash in
2016. After his retirement
from first-class cricket, VB
was part of the India Cements
family and was also the first
operations director of Chen-
nai Super Kings when it star-
ted in 2008
that decision in just the second over of
the match by removing opener Jason
Roy for a duck.
He then dismissed England captain
Joe Root (14) to leave the hosts reeling at
26/2. Rory Burns, following up his mai-
den Test hundred at Edgbaston, made 53
after twice being dropped off Peter
Siddle, and the left-handed opener sha-
red a third-wicket partnership of 66
with Joe Denly (30).
But Denly’s exit after lunch sparked
a collapse that saw England lose four
wickets for 46 runs. Hazlewood, in for
fellow paceman James Pattinson,
struck with his third ball when Roy was
caught behind by wicketkeeper Paine
after fending loosely outside off stump
at a rising delivery.
It was a brilliant start for Ashes-hol-
ders Australia, looking to win their first
Test series away to England in 18 years,
with the hosts a wicket down without a
run on the board.
Root, England’s best batsman, did
cover-drive two successive Pat Cum-
mins deliveries for textbook fours in the
seventh over. But Hazlewood had Root
lbw to a ball that nipped back. AFP
Brief scores: England 258 (R Burns 53, J Ba-
irstow 52; J Hazlewood 3/58, P Cummins 3/
61, N Lyon 3/68) vs Australia 30/1.
Patel’s five-wicket haul
checks Sri Lanka’s charge
Galle: New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel
carved through Sri Lanka’s top order
and took five wickets to even the odds
for the visitors after the second day of
the opening Test in Galle on Thursday.
New Zealand were bowled out for
249 in the first session but Sri Lanka
struggled to get going during Patel’s
spells and finished on 227-7, trailing by
22 runs.
Openers Dimuth Karunaratne and
Lahiru Thirimanne patiently saw off
the new ball attack of Trent Boult and
Tim Southee before Patel was introdu-
ced as early as the 11th over in spin-fri-
endly conditions. The Indian-born left-
armer, who finished with 5-76, struck in
his first over to have Thirimanne stum-
ped. Karunaratne was next to go with a
similar delivery that trapped him leg
before with the score on 66-2.
Kusal Mendis and Angelo Mathews
built a 77-run partnership for the third
wicket before Mendis (53) was dismis-
sed the very next ball after bringing up
his 10th half-century just before tea.
After a middle-order collapse, whe-
re three batsmen added only six runs,
wicketkeeper Niroshan Dickwella (39
not out) and Suranga Lakmal (28 not
out) wrested back control with an unbe-
aten 66-run partnership to keep the
Test evenly poised.
Earlier Ross Taylor, unbeaten on 86
at stumps on Wednesday, fell to the very
first delivery he faced, missing out on
his 19th century after edging fast bow-
ler Lakmal to the wicketkeeper. After
Akila Dananjaya picked up five wickets
on the first day, Lakmal (4-29) quickly
cleaned up the tail.
The two-Test series, with the second
match set for Colombo, is the first for
both teams in the newly launched
World Test Championship.
BRIEF SCORES: Sri Lanka 227/7 (K Mendis
53, Mathews 50, Dickwella 39*, Lakmal 28*,
Ajaz 5-76) trail New Zealand 249 (Taylor 86,
Nicholls 42, Dananjaya 5-80, Lakmal 4-29) by
22 runs. AGENCIES
THE TIMES OF INDIA, HYDERABAD
FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2019
Shreya keeps
slender lead
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Hyderabad: Amateur Shreya
Pal managed to keep Gaurika
Bishnoi at bay and led by one
shot in the second round of
the 12th leg of the Hero wo-
men’s Pro golf tour at the Bo-
ulder Hills Golf and Country
Club here on Thursday.
City girl Shreya, who
turns 16 next week, dropped a
crucial bogey on the 525-yard
par-5 closing 18th hole to see
her lead drop from two to one.
Shreya, who finished with an
even par 72 with three birdies
and three bogeys was five-un-
der 139. She had shot five-un-
der 67 on the first day.
MAKING HER MOVE: Gaurika
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Gaurika started the day fi-

ve behind Shreya. Gaurika,
the current leader in the Hero
Order of Merit, birdied the
Rishiket on a roll
TIMES NEWS NETWORK 5x4, 8x6) as Khammam we-
Prithviraj best
placed Indian
Ashwa Arjun works well
TIMES NEWS NETWORK 45, 400/28, look well. Best Friend (Nakhat S), Light Mu-
CITY SPORT

Par-3 third, Par-4 fourth and
Par-5 seventh. Playing one
group ahead, Gaurika drop-
ped a shot on 11th, but so did
Shreya. On the 12th, Shreya
had another bogey, which me-
ant the two were now level and
tied for the lead. However, bir-
dies on 13th and 15th took
Shreya two ahead again befo-
re she dropped a shot on 18th.
Gaurika parred seven ho-
les in a row from 12th to 18th
for a 68 to trail Shreya by one.
They will go out together in
the final group alongside Gau-
ri Karhade. Gauri trails Shre-
ya by two. Ananya Datar (70-
74) was fourth.
Leading scores (after 36 holes): 139:
Shreya Pal (A, 67, 72); 140: Gaurika Bishnoi
(72, 68); 141: Gauri Karhade (71, 70); 144: Ana-
nya Datar (70, 74); 145: Afshan Fatima (74,
71); 146: Amandeep Drall (74, 72); 147: Siddhi
Kapoor (74, 73).
Rashmikaa in quarters
re dismissed for 184. New Delhi: India's Prithviraj sic (Bopanna) 1-17, 800/1-0, 600/45, 400/31, former mo-
Hyderabad: There's no In another match, P Tondaiman shot a 47 on the Hyderabad: Ashwa Arjun worked at- ved better. Amazing Script (Rb) 1-13, 800/57, 600/43, Shrivalli Rashmikaa overcame Jagmeet
stopping Ris- Adith’s four-wicket haul, first day qualifiers of the men's tractively when the horses were exer- 400/28, speedy. Ashwa Arjun (App) 1-13, 800/57, 600/ Kaur of Delhi to move into the quarter-
hiket Sisodia including a hat-trick, set up trap event in the ISSF shotgun cised here on Thursday morning. 43, 400/28.5, pleased. Escalating Striker (Umesh) 1-16, finals of the Adidas MCC National Tennis
as the opener Nizamabad District’s se- World Cup in Lahiti, Finland Sand 800M: Exclusive Wind (App) 1-3, 600/48, 400/32, 800/1-0, 600/43, 400/28, maintains form. Warrior Su- Championship in Chennai on Thursday.
slammed his ven-wicket win over Nal- on Thursday. He was the best easy. Ice Warrior (Bopanna), Sporting Smile (Nakhat S) preme (Kiran N) 1-17, 800/1-0, 600/43, 400/28, not ex- Rashmikaa won 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-1.
third double gonda District. placed Indian at sixth, as the fo- 1-2, 600/47, 400/31, both level. Shiloh (Kiran N) 1-2, 600/ tended. Buttonwood (Koushik) 1-17, 800/1-1, 600/44,
century in four Brief scores: Nalgonda District 121 in urth and final stage of the ISSF 45, 400/28, fit and well. Tiger Of The Sea (S Prakash) 1-3, 400/28, stretched out well. That's My Class (Harinder) 1- Solitary goal win for Srinidhi
matches in the HCA's U-19 29.2 overs (P Adith 4/45, Aniketh Reddy World Cup got underway. 600/47, 400/32, moved easy. New Hope (Naresh) 1-2, 17, 800/1-1, 600/46, 400/30, moved nicely. Shakesphere Syed Awezuddin scored the all important
Inter-College and Schools 3/19) lost to Nizamabad District 122/3 in Prithviraj had rounds of 600/46, 400/30, pushed. Turf Emperor (Umesh) 1-2, (Aneel) 1-14, 800/58, 600/43, 400/27.5, moody. goal as Srinidhi Football Club defeated
tournament, here on 22.4 overs (Harshawardhan Singh 45 no). 22 and 25 to grab the sixth and 600/46, 400/30, not extended. Aarohi (P Gaddam) 1-2, 1200M: Victory Parade (Kiran N), Alta Vita (App) 1-31, Hyderabad Globe by a solitary goal in the
Thursday. Jahnavi Degree College 320/9 in 50 overs final qualifying spot with 600/46, 400/30, may upset. Magic Street (Rohit K) 1-2, 1000/1-15, 800/1-0, 600/45, 400/31, they moved TFA C division super league match. On
Rishiket has scores of an (Rishiket Sisodia 229; Y Sai Chand 3/ three more qualifying rounds 600/46, 400/31, moved freely. Like Wise (Nakhat S) 1-4, together. Wednesday, Royal United FC's Azizuddin
unbeaten 291, 163, 200 not out 29) bt Khammam District 184 in 45.5 before the finals on Saturday. 600/48, 400/33, handy. Promiseof- scored a hat-trick to floor Cantonment FC
in three matches and on overs (TVS Narayan 101; Lokesh 3/14, Kynan Chenai shot 45 to lie happiness (App) from 1200 to 400/ 5-0. Aziz scored in the 34th, 53rd and 58th
Thursday he struck a 153- Mudassir Ahmed 3/38, Priyanshu Jain 4/ 43rd while Manavjit Singh 59, eased up. Strategist (Akshay) from minutes. Syed Mahboob (32nd) and Sala-
ball 229 (7x4, 21x6) to set up 37). Bhavans Sri Aurobindo 280/8 in 45 Sandhu did not finish the com- 1200 to 400/1-2, easy. Lion Heart (Ra- am (68th) completed the tally.
Jahnavi Degree College's overs (B Nishant 55, Shyam 34, IIyaan 49, petition. William Chetcuti fique Sk) from 1200 to 400/1-0, pus-
(Secunderabad) 136-run win Mayank Gupta 34, Saketh 60 no) bt HPS was leading the field with 48. hed. Southern Crown (Harinder) 1-2, 10K Run on Sunday
over Khammam district at (Begumpet) 123 in 32 overs (Illyaan 4/ In the women's trap, Sha- 600/45, 400/29, good. The US consulate general in Hyderabad,
the Gymkhana. Jahnavi 16). Mahboobnagar Disrticts 188 in 49.3 gun Chowdhary shot 44 over 1000M: Reunion (Rb) 1-19, 800/1-2, the University of Hyderabad, Bala Vikas
will now take on Nizamabad overs (Chandrashekar 35, Sunil Reddy 53; two rounds to lie 11th, while 600/47, 400/32, in fine trim. Evon Social Service Society and the Hyderabad
District in the semifinals. Mohd Abdul Adnan 4/28) lost to SP Col- Seema Tomar shot 40 to be in Von Brando (P Ajeeth) 1-14, 800/58, Runners will organise a 10K Run on Sunday
TVS Narayan waged a lege 189/7 in 47.4 overs (Jaydev Goud 70, 35th spot. Manisha Keer was 600/43, 400/28.5, moved on the bit. (August 18).
lone battle with 101 (107b; Sahasra 48, Mohd Abdul Adnan 34 no). down in 54th with 36. PTI Dillon (Deepak S) 1-17, 800/1-1, 600/

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SUPERMEN!
There’s More Turkish Delight
Will it be a close
Liga race this time?
Replenished Barca Begin Campaign
Today Against Bilbao; Madrid Rivals
For Liverpool After Another
Shoot-out Triumph, This Time Atletico, Real Have Also Spent Big
Against Chelsea In The Super Cup
AFP
Barcelona: The La Liga sea-
son begins on Friday with
Miguel Delaney Barcelona, Real Madrid and
Atletico Madrid all set to be
Istanbul: As the minutes rack up for his players, so far stronger units after a re-
the trophies start to amount at Liverpool for Jurgen cord-smashing transfer win-
Klopp. He will probably be far more bothered about the dow which saw Spain’s biggest
former in the long run. But he still so jubilantly revelled UEFA Super Cup: three clubs splurge over 800
in the moment of victory in the 2019 Super Cup, which Liverpool 2 (Mane million euros on new players. JOAO FELIX
came well into Thursday morning in Istanbul. That 48, 95) Chelsea 2 Champions Barcelona have
debutant goalkeeper Adrian made the key save in the (Giroud 36, been practically in a league of
shoot-out will only add to that euphoria: getting his Jorginho 101-pen) their own in the last two sea-
Liverpool career off to the best possible start. after extra-time; sons and are favourites to win
That it was one of Chelsea’s youngsters in Tammy Liverpool win 5-4 a third consecutive title after
Abraham who missed will add another complication on penalties making some smart moves in
for Frank Lampard, but he will easily console him with the summer to replenish their
the vast improvement in performance, from both the squad of serial winners.
substitute and the team. The Chelsea manager isn’t the UNLIKELY HERO: Barca start on Friday away
sort of figure who would consider the Super Cup a Adrian (with the to Athletic Bilbao, where they
trophy of significance, but he will see the significance cup) made the will flaunt France’s World Cup
in various elements of this game. all-important winning forward Antoine

126m
Most notable was how Chelsea lived with the save in the Griezmann and fresh-faced
European champions, as well as the huge impact of penalty shootout Dutch midfielder Frenkie de
N’Golo Kante on his teammates. There was also the Jong, signed for a combined
first impact of Christian Pulisic. On the other side, 195 million euros. The Cata- Euros spent by Atletico on Joao
beyond the unnecessary problem of players like
Fabinho going down with cramp in already packed
schedule, there was the goalkeeper’s display and
For Adrian, leap from obscurity to Cup glory lans, though, will be without
talisman and usual top scorer
Lionel Messi for their curtain
Felix’s transfer from Benfica

305m
the ever-developing relationship between Roberto AFP raiser as he recovers from a
Firmino and Sadio Mane. They still had to wait, Moushumi.Bora@timesgroup.com days on, he finds himself lifting muscle injury, while the club
though, as Pulisic finally arrived for Chelsea. That a European trophy. continue to be linked with a

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came in the 36th minute. Having previously looked iverpool and Chelsea alum- Klopp’s sprint towards the move to re-sign Neymar from
a little functional, he suddenly fired, picking up the nus Joe Cole, who had also keeper was more ‘Chariots of Paris St Germain. Euros spent by Real Madrid so
ball in the Liverpool half and drawing four defenders played with Adrian at West Fire’ real-time than any other Thirty-three time champi- far in the transfer market
to just accelerate past them. A huge space had been Ham, feared that the goalkeeper Hollywood blockbuster, and the ons Real, meanwhile, plot an

created, most notably between Joel Matip’s legs. Puli- was being thrown into the lion’s
sic picked his spot through them, for Olivier Giroud den. At the end of the slugfest
to do the same with Adrian’s legs. That followed Pe- of a Super Cup, the Spaniard
dro smashing the bar and preceded Pulisic having a had come out with a gladiator’s
fine strike ruled out for offside, and it was clear that roar, loud and brash; in Klopp’s
Chelsea were comfortable with the flow of the game. words, “like Rocky”. Yeah, he
That wasn’t quite the case when the flow changed. defied all odds. He did it.
The introduction of Firmino caused chaos, par- Cole faulted his decision-mak-
ticularly for Liverpool’s equaliser. The Chelsea de- ing, his ‘umming and ahing’, and
fenders didn’t really know where to go, or when to might have been proved right if the
pick him up. It meant he was afforded the kind of last thing to remember Adrian San
freedom to so deftly square for Sadio Mane, who had Miguel by in this match was his
an easy finish. No one can be blamed for tired legs foul on Tammy Abraham which
leading the game to getting stretched in a needless resulted in a penalty duly convert-
extra-time period. Some of Mane’s second was down ed by Jorginho. But some people
to sheer irresistible force of Liverpool’s attacking. were born to seize the opportunity.
Liverpool weren’t clear, though, because of a pen- A little late in life or career maybe,
alty that wasn’t completely clear. It certainly mud- but it always makes up for a good
died perceptions of Adrian’s debut. The goalkeeper story. For Englishman Abraham,
was adjudged to have brought down Abraham, and though, it was a different take after
Jorginho slid the spot-kick past him. Every other he saw his spot-kick saved.
Chelsea player in the shoot-out would do the same... For the 32-year-old former Real
bar Abraham. Adrian stood strong. Liverpool were Betis man, it was a dream se-
finally leaping about. Another trophy. Although an- quence. Having ended his contract
other long night. © THE INDEPENDENT with West Ham at the end of last
season, he was practising at Span-
REDS’ NIGHT: Manager Klopp ran to Adrian along with the players
dium near Seville individually
before being called into action by
the European champions with the
exit of eternal goalie-in-waiting
Simon Mignolet to Brugge, and
calf injury of mainstay Alisson
Becker in the opening EPL game.
It was a time of uncertainty at
the back for the rollercoaster
Reds. But Istanbul had to be about
penalties again, and this time the
focus shifted from a Pole (Jerzy
Dudek) with wobbly legs to a
Spaniard with an outstretched
one. Granted it was the smaller
cup and no magical turnaround
but some fairy dust had been
sprinkled on the tall unknown
goalie who had emerged from
oblivion, with little match prepa-
ration on his European debut. “I
don’t know where Adrian was two
weeks ago when we played Man
City,” Klopp said after the match.
“One month ago I was train-
ing by myself in Spain with my
goalkeeper coach and friends
helping me with the training,”
said Adrian. Next moment, he
was at Anfield being handed the
emotions surprised the manager
himself. “I didn’t know before
the game how good it would be
when you win it,” he said. “But
it’s brilliant, it’s really big.”
The fact that it was achieved
at Besiktas Park, where Liver-
pool’s on-loan goalkeeper Loris
Karius plies his trade now, was
not lost on anyone associated
with the Reds. The German,
whose litany of misfortune on
a Kiev night almost a year ago
stole the headlines, could not be
recalled after the Alisson injury
for technical reasons. Cue Adri-
an, and he fit the part perfectly.
Of course, the curtains are
down now. The movie is over but
the show goes on. When Adrian
was giving his pitchside interview
on Wednesday, Klopp whistled:
“Come on. We play Saturday!”
A weary side with a Euro
hangover must deal with South-
ampton in the afternoon, or Adri-
attempted resurgence in the
domestic competition away to
Celta Vigo on Saturday, after two
disastrous campaigns in a row
saw them finish 17 and 19 points
adrift of Barcelona respectively.
Madrid have spent a staggering
305 million euros in the close
season, a third of that going on
Belgium forward Eden Hazard,
but the mood at the Santiago
Bernabeu is far from optimistic.
Last year’s runners-up
Atletico Madrid have also
thrown money around this
summer after cashing in on the
sales of Griezmann, Lucas Her-
nandez and Rodri and they host
Getafe in a euphoric mood after
an outstanding pre-season cam-
paign. “I’ve never been more
excited about a new season,”
said Atletico midfielder Koke.
Portuguese teenager Joao
Felix will be the player to watch
195m
Euros spent by Barcelona on
Antoine Griezmann and Frenkie
de Jong
at the Wanda Metropolitano after
an 126-million-euro move from
Benfica, although his impres-
sive early performances indicate
he will not be intimidated by his
huge price tag.
Valencia finished fourth
last season but will face a
ster n battle for the final
Champions League spot with
Sevilla, with new coach Julen
Lopetegui determined to re-
build his reputation. Sevilla
are the biggest spenders out-
side the top three, shelling out
some 150 million euros. REUTERS
AFP

ish sixth-tier side UD Pilas’ sta- Besiktas arena, and a ‘sidekick’ No. 13 shirt. Lucky for him as 10 an’s tale will be soon forgotten.
To have two more days AFP

recovery early in the

season, it’s an advantage UNFLAPPABLE presence was hardly felt. In only the sixth
to them going in. But I don’t want
to look like I’m moaning, I’m
FRAPPART BLAZES minute she made the crucial call not to
give Liverpool a penalty when Sadio
delighted with our performance, we A NEW TRAIL Mane’s scissor-kick shot hit Andreas
didn’t lose the game because of that In the highest-profile men’s game yet for Christensen’s arm. Frappart had few
but it was a bit frustrating.” a female referee, Stephanie Frappart problems keeping pace with the world’s
—Frank Lampard CHELSEA MANAGER made it look like any other. A month after top male players — a concern sometimes
she oversaw the Women’s World Cup voiced by critics of female referees — and IN THE SPOTLIGHT:
“In penalty shootouts you’re always lucky but final, the French ref dealt with everything was quietly authoritative. Frappart kept Antoine Griezmann
Adrian’s performance over 120 minutes was in the Super Cup game between Liverpool Chelsea’s players under control when (left) will be
incredible, making the save from the penalty was the and Chelsea — star players’ tantrums, they twice had goals ruled out for offside. hoping to make a
icing on the cake. The goalkeeping coach told me he JOB DONE: Referee Frappart greeted aggrieved players with soccer’s tangled handball rules, and the Frappart was accompanied by assistants mark for Barca
needs time to get fit, but he didn’t have time.” a firmly outstretched palm, such as when Chelsea’s physical test of extra time. Manuela Nicolosi of France and Michelle
—Juergen Klopp LIVERPOOL MANAGER Azpilicueta was upset at a booking for shoving Mane Such was her control, her milestone O’Neal from Ireland. AP

0 There has still never been a Super Cup that

finished goalless after 120 minutes. Van Dijk, Messi, Ronaldo
vie for UEFA award
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HARANGUE RONALDO!
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Heart-broken Chinese football fans
Dortmund hope to break
2
This is just the second Super Cup to go to An angry South Korean fan flew to placed beer, scarves and candles
penalties – the other, in 2013, also involved
Chelsea, again after a 2-2 draw. They lost 5-4 to
Sweden to confront Juventus
superstar Cristiano Ronaldo for
outside Beijing Guoan’s stadium in
a fast-growing memorial to former
Bayern’s stranglehold
Bayern in the shoot-out.
L ionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Virgil Van
Dijk have been shortlisted for the UEFA Player
sitting out a friendly in Seoul, the
latest in a bizarre row that has
forward Walter Martinez, who has
died aged 37. The Honduras Berlin: Champions Bayern Munich to sign several players of their

3 This was Lampard’s third Super Cup. The

previous two came as a player with Chelsea; he
was captain for the defeats in 2012 and 2013.
of the Year award, the sport’s European governing
body said on Thursday.
While Ronaldo, a three-time winner, has been
ever-present in the final three since the award was
prompted a police investigation.
In an 11-minute clip posted on his
Youtube channel, which has
racked up nearly 3,000,000 views,
international suffered a suspected
heart attack on Monday in New
York, Chinese Super League (CSL)
side Guoan said, plunging the club
are preparing for their toughest Bun-
desliga season in years with title ri-
vals Borussia Dortmund looking to
avoid another mid-season slipup and
choice, including Manchester City’s
Leroy Sane. The arrival this week
of 30-year-old winger Ivan Perisic
as a replacement for departed vet-

4 Liverpool have won the Super Cup on four

occasions, taking them level with Real Madrid in
third on the all-time honours board. Only AC
Milan and Barcelona have won more, with five.
created in 2011, centre back Van Dijk makes his first
appearance after helping Liverpool win the Cham-
pions League title last season.
For the women’s award, treble-winners Olym-
pique Lyonnais made it a clean sweep with strik-
Kwak Ji-hyuk approaches the
Portuguese striker at a hotel in
Stockholm. As Ronaldo appears in
the lobby of the hotel, where
Juventus were staying for last
and its supporters into mourning.
Martinez had stints with Beijing
in 2007-2008 and 2010-2012. He
later had a spell in MLS with San
Jose Earthquakes. He retired from
break the Bavarians’ seven-year
Bundesliga stranglehold.
Bayern, who last failed to win the
title when Dortmund were champi-
ons in 2011-12, kick off the season
erans Franck Ribery and Arjen Rob-
ben was seen by many as a desperate
Plan B before the transfer window
closes on Sept. 2.
For Dortmund, the moves of Ger-

7 Sadio Mane, man of the match on Wednesday, is

the seventh player to score twice in a Super Cup.
The others are: Mário Jardel (2000), Djibril Cissé
(2005), Radamel Falcao (2012 – hat-trick), Cristiano
Ronaldo (2014), Lionel Messi (2015) and Diego Costa
er Ada Hegerberg, right back Lucy Bronze and
midfielder Amandine Henry shortlisted. He-
gerberg was the first recipient of the women’s
Ballon d’Or last year.
The awards will be presented during the Cham-
(2018). pions League group stage draw ceremony in Mo-
naco on Thursday Aug. 29. REUTERS
week’s International Champions
Cup final, Kwak shouts in English,
“Why didn’t you play in Korea?”
only to be ignored. “Even when I
put the sign right in front of his
eyes, I was utterly ignored,” Kwak
says in the video.
football in 2016. The diminutive
forward won 49 caps for Honduras,
scoring 12 goals, and played in the
2010 World Cup in South Africa.
The club said in a statement, “We
hope there is football in heaven.
Beijing will always miss you!” AFP
against Hertha Berlin on Friday,
having bolstered their defence with
World Cup-winning French duo Lu-
cas Hernandez and Benjamin Pa-
vard. Overall, though, they have
many internationals Julian Brandt
and Nico Schulz as well as Belgium’s
Thorgan Hazard were all announced
within days of the end of the season
in May. World Cup winner Mats
been less successful than Dortmund Hummels then returned to Dort-
in the transfer market, having failed mund after his spell at Bayern. AFP

Panellist Mary Kom Barty beats Sharapova in Deepak stars in

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the first round, bringing home identical five-
coach’s Drona bid? Cincinnati: Top seed Ashleigh
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Ben Leong (64), who was down with fever for New Delhi: The composition Mary’s personal coach, Chho- Australia’s Barty, 23, won the battle Panthers posted an emphatic
last two days. Among other Indians, four of of the selection committee for te Lal Yadav, for the Drona- of former number one players in 33-25 victory over Puneri Pal-
them -- Rashid Khan, Viraj Madappa, Udayan this year’s Rajiv Gandhi Khel charya award, because Mary just over 90 minutes on Wednesday. tan in the Pro Kabaddi Lea-
Mane and Aman Raj -- carded four-under 68 Ratna and Arjuna awards has will be on the selection panel. gue in Ahmedabad on Thurs-
each to be tied 30th on a low scoring day. led to raised eyebrows in the It’s been learnt that the Box- TENNIS ROUNDUP day. This was Jaipur’s first
sports ministry. Some offici- ing Federation of India (BFI) The reigning Roland Garros match in the Ahmedabad leg
Sharath pulls out of South Zone TT als have questioned the choi- nominated Yadav’s name for champion beat five-time Grand of the tournament. Puneri
Tiruvananthapuram: The withdrawal of Achanta ce of boxing legend M C Mary the award based on Mary Slam winner Sharapova for the se-
Sharath Kamal at the eleventh hour has left the Kom as one of the committee Kom’s recommendation. “Ide- cond time this season after a win at PRO KABADDI ON A ROLL: Deepak Hooda
door ajar for most players who aspire to win members owing to her poten- ally, Mary Kom’s name sho- the Australian Open. It was Barty’s IT’S A WINNER: Ashleigh Barty had already lost to Dabang
the men's singles title in the ongoing UTT tial ‘conflict of interest’ as uldn’t have been there in the 40th victory of 2019 and she goes on Delhi here. With this win, Jai- Puneri defenders. Puneri’s
National Ranking (South Zone) table tennis she is an active athlete. committee. She is conflicted to face Estonia’s Anett Kontaveit, during his 6-7(3) 7-6(4) 6-2 loss. pur are comfortably sitting in Manjeet and Nitin Tomar,
championships at the Jimmy George Indoor Earlier this month, the mi- and this can be an issue. Hope- who beat Iga Swiatek 6-4, 7-6 (7/2). Kyrgios confronted Murphy late the third spot with 25 points their leading raid points
Stadium here. The draw t on Wednesday has nistry announced a 12-mem- fully, it doesn’t lead to any unsa- in the second set and accused him of after six matches. scorers this season, played
found Manav Thakkar as the rightful recipient ber committee to select athle- voury situation,” a ministry of- Nick Kyrgios melts down starting the shot clock too early. He Jaipur, winners of Sea- hard but were thwarted by
of the top-seed position. AGENCIES tes for the Khel Ratna, Arjuna ficial reacted. again during loss to Murphy was ultimately issued a point penalty son 1, always looked the bet- the formidable defence of
awards, Dhyanchand and The BFI has recommen- Cincinnati: Nick Kyrgios continu- at the end of the second set tiebreak. ter side and led throughout. their opponents, especially
Dronacharya awards. Six-ti- ded names of boxers Gaurav ed his feud with umpire Fergus They were ahead 17-11 at the Sandeep Dhull and Vishal.
Vol. XIX Issue No.279 Registration No. APENG/2000/03128 me world champion Mary Bidhuri and Amit Panghal Murphy during his second round Nishioka knocks out Nishikori halfway mark. Jaipur inflic- Puneri Paltan coach
Published for the proprietors, Bennett, Coleman & Company Ltd. by Kom is one of the panellists. for the Arjuna, besides nomi- loss to Karen Khachanov at the Cin- Cincinnati: Yoshihito Nishioka se- ted the first all-out of the Anup Kumar was upset with
Sharad Mohan Mehrotra, at "Times House", 8-2-351, Road No 3, While forming the commit- nating coaches, Sandhya Gu- cinnati Masters on Wednesday, loud- cured a dream result on Wednesday evening on Puneri Paltan at his team’s performance.
Banjara Hills, Hyderabad 500 034, and printed by him at "Times tee, the ministry chose to igno- rung and Shiv Singh, for the ly abusing the official before leaving as he defeated longtime idol and Ja- 10-7. It was once again a bril- “I’m very disappointed with
re the fact that Mary Kom is an Dronacharya award. the court to smash some rackets. panese countryman Kei Nishikori liant show by Jaipur skip- our performance, especially
Press" Plot No 5A, Road No 1, IDA, Nacharam, Hyderabad 500 076,
active athlete, is eligible for the The ministry officials The Australian faces a heavy sanc- 7-6 (7/2), 6-4 at the ATP Cincinnati per Deepak Niwas Hooda, our defenders,’’ he said.
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tor (Hyderabad Market): Robin David- responsible for selection of (TOP) scheme and is compe- of Yadav and other boxers time in as many weeks and with to his 77th-ranked compatriot, who Jaipur’s raiders were with the performance of the
news under the PRB Act. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole ting in qualifiers for a berth at and coaches come up for deli- Murphy for the second time this came through qualifying, in just cautious in their approach entire team. “We played ac-
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Palekar TELUGU 07:30PM Ammayi Cutu

‘I am sad that I didn’t get to meet my

GEMINI Abbayi Naatu
with Vidya 08:00PM Patas
Sinha in 06:30 AM Sri Karunamyi’s 09:00PM Golmaal
Devi Vaibhavam 09:30PM Tarak Mama
Chhoti Si 07:00 AM Anugraham Ayyo Rama
Baat 08:00 AM Chinni Krishna 10:00PM Robo
08:30 AM Bill Maaku 10:30PM Patas
Thrill Meeku 11:30PM Express Raja

friend Vidya for that one last time’

09:00 AM Badra (Movie)
12:00 PM Bandham
12:30 PM Magadheera
01:00 PM Nandhini
01:30 PM Mogali Rekulu
02:00 PM Matti Gajulu
02:30 PM Mathrudevobhava
03:00 PM Nee Sneham
Amol Palekar talks about his co-star Vidya Sinha, who passed away in Mumbai yesterday (Movie)
06:00 PM Prathigatana
06:30 PM Akka Mogudu
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07:00 PM Rendu Rella Aaru
07:30 PM Roja
ctress Vidya Sinha, who was last seen as Bebe in the
ZEE TELUGU
07:30 AM Srikaram
Subhakaram
08:00 AM Omkaram
08:30 AM Pooja (Movie)
11:30 AM Batuku Jatkha Bandi
12:30 PM Ganga Manga
01:00 PM Rakta Sambandham
01:30 PM Gundamma Katha
02:00 PM Bangaru Gajulu
02:30 PM Meenakshi
03:00 PM Ramasakkani Sita

WE HAD REMAINED FRIENDS EVEN AFTER
I QUIT ACTING. WHAT STARTED OFF AS A
PROFESSIONAL EQUATION BETWEEN US,
TURNED INTO A FRIENDSHIP OF A LIFETIME
TELUGU
RANARANGAM (U/A) ★★★
58888 Code: ran
Sharwanand, Kalyani Priyadarshan,
Kajal Aggarwal
Deva (Sharwanand) is a gangster who has
climbed through the rungs by beginning his
crime career as a liquor bootlegger in
Visakhapatnam. The film charts the journey
of his life in two different eras.
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CINEPOLIS (Malkajgiri) 10.00AM, 1.10, 4.20,
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9.00PM; MANJU 11.00AM, 2.00, 6.00,
9.00PM; LAKSHMI (Shamshabad) 11.15AM,
2.15, 6.00, 9.00PM; NAGENDRA 12.00PM,
3.00, 7.00, 10.00PM; NARTAKI 11.30AM,
2.30, 6.30, 9.30PM; JYOTHI (RC Puram)
11.00AM, 2.00, 6.00, 9.00PM;
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VIDYA SINHA
1947-2019
— AMOL PALEKAR
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EVARU (U/A) ★★★
58888 Code: eva
Adivi Sesh, Regina Cassandra, Naveen
Chandra, Murli Sharma, Nihal
Sameera (Regina Cassandra) is raped and
ends up killing her assailant. Corrupt cop
Vikram Vasudev (Adivi Sesh) believes she’s
lying. What does her crime have to do with
a young boy (Nihal) looking for his missing
father (Murli Sharma) forms the crux of the
story.
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EVARU
(TELUGU)
A
08:00 PM Pournami 03:30 PM Suryakantham
TV show Kulfi Kumar Bajewala, passed away on 08:30 PM Bhagyarekha 04:00 PM Varudhini Parinayam
09:00 PM Kalyani 04:30 PM Big Celebrity
Thursday morning in Mumbai. She was recently Challenge -
09:30 PM Nandini
admitted to a suburban hospital in critical condition due to 10:00 PM Thasmath Jagratha International
aggravated heart and lung disorders. 11:00 PM Alludu Seenu 05:30 PM America Ammayi
(Movie) 06:00 PM Muddha Mandaram
The 72-year-old actress made a mark in Bollywood in the 06:30 PM Attarintlo Akka
1970s and 80s with films like Chhoti Si Baat, Rajnigandha GEMINI MOVIES
Chellellu
07:00 AM Karthavyam
and Pati Patni Aur Woh. Talking to us, her co-star Amol 09:30 AM Ammoru Thalli
07:00 PM Ninne Pelladatha
Palekar, who lives in Pune, said, “It’s terribly heartbreak- 07:30 PM Ramasakkani Sita
12:00 PM Shankam 08:00 PM Prema
ing to know that my friend Vidya is no more. I was in touch 03:00 PM Mithrudu 08:30 PM Maate Mantram
with her daughter until the night before she passed away. I 06:00 PM Drushyam 09:00 PM Kalyana Vaibhogam
09:00 PM Dhenikaina Ready 09:30 PM Suryakantham
wanted to come over to Mumbai and meet her, but I could- GEMINI COMEDY 10:00 PM Suryavamsham
n’t because I’ve had an injury. I didn’t know that I wouldn’t 06:30 AM Laughing Club 10:30 PM Ramasakkani Sita
get to meet my friend for that one last time. She went through 07:00 AM Jokes Zone 11:00 PM Bathuku Jatka Bandi
so much in the last few years of her life. It was a beautiful 09:00 AM Kevvu Comedy
10:00 AM Badri (Movie)
TAMIL
life wasted. I feel extremely sad; she’s left a void. We had re- 01:00 PM Comedy Marathon SUN TV
mained friends even after I quit acting. What started off as 01:30 PM Fun Bomb 06:00 AM Aalaya Vazhipaadu
a professional equation, while working on Basu Chatterjee’s 03:00 PM Non Stop Navvu 06:30 AM Aanmiga Kathaigal
03:45 PM Chinna Dose 06:45 AM Nalla Kaalam
Rajnigandha, turned into a friendship of a lifetime. We al- Pirakkudhu
04:00 PM Super Hit Scenes
ways stayed in touch. Each time that she was in Pune or 05:00 PM Zing Zing Amazing 07:30 AM Morning News
when I was visiting Mumbai, it was a ritual that we had to 06:00 PM Kiraak Comedy 08:00 AM Vanakkam
catch up. Over the years, Vidya had developed a lot of health 07:00 PM Non Stop Navvu Thamizha - Guest
07:30 PM Comedy Raja 08:30 AM Fitness Guru
issues, but this time, whatever happened, was sudden. I had 08:00 PM Edorakam 08:45 AM Maadi Mela Mettu
even spoken to Zarina Wahab. She and I would exchange Aadorakam 09:00 AM Aaha Kalyanam
notes with each other about Vidya.” 08:30 PM One Hour Fun Hour
09:30 PM Comedy Marathon
09:10 AM
09:30 AM
Daddy Arumugam
Sun Naam Oruvar
Recalling the first time he met Vidya Sinha, Palekar says,
“I met her at Basuda’s Worli residence before we started
10:00 PM Non Stop Navvu 10:00 AM
10:30 AM
Jai Hanuman
Lakshmi Stores
10:45 PM Comedy Factory
shooting Rajnigandha. Dinesh Thakur and I were theatre GEMINI LIFE 11:00 AM Arundhathi
actors, and Basuda suggested that the three of us rehearse 07:00 AM Book Your Song
08:00 AM Mee Choice
11:30 AM
12:00 PM
Agni Natchathiram
Paandavar Illam
our lines together, something that was a rare practice then
and is a must-do now. I met Vidya there. It was an attempt 10:00 AM 7wonders 12:30 PM
01:00 PM
Mahalakshmi
Tamilselvi
10:30 AM Musical Melodies
to make her feel comfortable in our company because she 11:00 AM Mutha Mestri (Movie) 01:30 PM
02:00 PM
Minnaley
Chandralekha
didn’t have an acting background. I gradually got to know Vidya Sinha and Amol Palekar have shared the screen in several movies 02:00 PM Marapurani
02:30 PM Nila
her and it sparked off a friendship that became an insepa- Saniveshalu
including Chhoti Si Baat (above) and Rajnigandha (middle). Palekar told 03:00 PM Kalyana Parisu
rable part of our lives.” us that the death of his co-star of many years has left him heartbroken
03:00 PM Naa Paata
03:30 PM Ranam (Movie) 03:30 PM Movie
06:30 PM Spot Booking 06:00 PM News
07:00 PM Jai Jai Vinayaka 06:30 PM Azhagu
07:30 PM Marapurani 07:00 PM Roja
Saniveshalu 07:30 PM Kalyana Veedu
CINEMA 08:30 PM Superoo Super
09:30 PM Village Lo Vinodham
08:00 PM
08:30 PM
Nayagi
Kanmani
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09:30 PM Lakshmi Stores
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5.15, 7.50, 10.30PM; INOX MP MALL 9.15PM. 10.45AM, 1.40, 4.45, 7.40, 10.40PM; KUMAR STAR MAA TV
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7.20, 9.55PM; PVR RK 10.50AM, 4.50, 7.35, 10.35PM; AISNA GPR 7.20PM; ASIAN PRASADS MULTIPLEX 9.45AM, 3.00, 5.45, CINEPOLIS (Malkajgiri) 4.05PM, 10.50PM; Neevaye 01:30 PM Nayaki
7.50PM; PVR INORBIT MALL 10.05AM, M CUBE 10.45AM, 7.20PM; BHUJANGA 8.15PM; PVR CENTRAL 10.30AM, 1.20, 4.30, PVR CENTRAL 10.25AM, 4.30PM; PVR 03:00 PM Savitramma Gari 02:00 PM Serial Dibbanna
2.05, 4.55, 8.00, 10.50PM; PRATAP 11.00AM, 2.00, 6.00, 9.00PM; BVK 7.30, 10.20PM; PLATINUM MOVIE 9.00AM, NEXT GALLERIA MALL 10.10AM, 1.35, Abbayi 02:30 PM Bill Nimdu Dhudu
11.00AM, 2.00, 6.00, 9.00PM; RADHIKA MULTIPLEX 12.30PM, 5.35PM; BIG CINE- 12.15, 2.30, 5.15, 8.20, 10.45PM; PVR NEXT 3.50, 10.30PM; INOX GVK MALL 4.35, 03:30 PM Karthika Deepam Namdu
10.50AM, 4.30, 10.40PM; RAJDHANI MAS 4.20PM; CINEPOLIS (Attapur) 7.20PM; GALLERIA MALL 10.00AM, 11.00, 4.00, 8.00, 10.50PM; TIVOLI CINEMAS 7.15PM. 04:00 PM Mouna Ragam 03:00 PM Whistle (Movie)
11.00AM, 2.00, 6.00, 9.00PM; CINEPOLIS SUDHA 10.50AM, 7.20PM; 10.00, 11.00PM; SWAPNA (Katedan) 2.15PM; FAST & FURIOUS: HOBBS & SHAW (A) 04:30 PM Ave Kallu 06:00 PM Kaveri
05:00 PM Bigg Boss
SHIVAPARVATHI 11.30AM, 2.30, 6.30, CINEPLANET MULTIPLEX 1.50PM, 7.40PM; SUDARSHAN 11.00AM, 2.15, 5.45, 9.15PM; ★★★½ 06:00 PM Siri Siri Muvvalu
06:30 PM Devayani
07:30 PM Sevanthi
9.30PM; S2 MALLAPUR 11.10AM, 1.50, LAKSHMIKALA (Moosapet) 11.30AM, 2.45, INOX GVK MALL 10.05AM, 11.35, 1.00, 4.00, 58888 Code: fas 06:30 PM Agnisakshi 08:00 PM Nanu Nanna Kanasu
7.25, 10.15PM; SREERAMANA 11.00AM, 6.30PM; INOX GSM MALL 2.40PM, 9.00PM; 7.00, 10.00PM; PVR ICON 1.00PM, 3.00, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Idris 07:00 PM Vadinamma 09:30 PM Nandini
2.00, 6.00, 9.00PM; SREERAMULU INOX GVK MALL 1.30PM, 7.35PM; INOX MP 7.00, 9.00PM; PVR INORBIT MALL 10.10AM, Elba 07:30 PM Kartika Deepam 09:00 PM Jeevanadhi
11.30AM, 2.30, 6.30, 9.30PM; SRIKRISHNA MALL 4.50PM; MALLIKARJUNA 11.30AM, 11.00, 2.00, 8.00, 10.10, 11.00PM; PVR A terrorist who is genetically enhanced is on 08:00 PM Koyilamma 09:30 PM Kshama
(Uppal) 11.15AM, 2.15, 6.15, 9.15PM; SVC 2.30, 6.30, 9.30PM; PRASADS MULTIPLEX MUSARAMBAGH 1.00PM, 4.55, 7.10, 10.10, a mission to weaponise a deadly virus. 08:30 PM Mouna Ragam 10:00 PM Devayani
MAHALAKSHMI 11.00AM, 2.00, 6.00, 10.30AM, 12.15, 4.00, 11.00PM; PVR FO- 11.00PM; PVR FORUM MALL 10.00AM, Hobbs (Johnson) and Shaw (Statham) must 09:00 PM Kathalo Rajakumari 10:30 PM Nanu Nanna Kanasu
09:30 PM Bigg Boss3 11:00 PM Nandhini - Rep
9.00PM; SHA 11.30AM, 2.30, 6.30PM; RUM MALL 10.15AM, 7.35, 10.40PM; PVR 11.00, 1.20, 5.00, 7.00, 8.00, 10.00, overcome their dislike for each other to take 10:30 PM Savitramma Gari 11:30 PM Sevanthi
SWAPNA (Katedan) 11.15AM, 6.00PM; ICON 1.10PM, 6.35PM; PVR CENTRAL 11.00PM; PVR RK 10.35AM, 4.00, 8.10, on the powerful enemy. Abbayi UDAYA MOVIES
SHIVAGANGA 2.15PM; TALLURI THEATRES 1.50PM, 7.55PM; PVR IRRUM MANZIL 11.00PM; RAMAKRISHNA 11.30AM, 2.30, AMB CINEMAS 1.25PM, 4.15, 10.25PM; 11:00 PM F3 07:00 AM Baa Baro Rasika
11.20AM, 4.45, 10.20PM; VISHNU 11.15AM, 4.45PM, 11.00PM; PVR MUSARAMBAGH 6.00, 9.15PM; RADHIKA 10.50AM, 4.45, ASIAN CINESQUARE 1.30PM; BIG CINE- STAR MAA GOLD 10:00 AM Galimathu
2.15, 6.15, 9.15PM. 12.45PM, 7.55PM; PVR NEXT GALLERIA 10.45PM; INOX MP MALL 11.00AM, 1.50, MAS 10.20PM; CINEPOLIS SUDHA 1.15PM, 06:30 AM Ayurveda Jeevana 01:00 PM Gandugali
MANMADHUDU 2 (U/A) ★★★½ MALL 10.05AM, 6.00, 10.40PM; PVR 4.40, 7.30, 10.30PM; S2 MALLAPUR 10.30PM; CINEPOLIS (Kukatpally) 10.10PM; Rahasyalu 04:00 PM Hare Rama
58888 Code: man PRESTON PRIME (Gachibowli) 12.05PM, 11.20AM, 5.15, 8.00, 10.45PM; SHIVA CINEPOLIS (Attapur) 10.25AM, 4.35, 06:30 AM Golden Hits Hare Krishna
Nagarjuna, Rakul Preet 3.45PM; PVR RK 1.35PM; RAJDHANI 91.5PM; SRISAIRAJA 11.30AM, 2.30, 6.00, 10.25PM; CINEPLANET MULTIPLEX 08:30 AM Love Journey 07:00 PM Mangala Sutra
(Movie) 10:00 PM Haddina Kannu
A playboy is constantly pressurised by his 11.15AM, 2.15, 6.15, 9.15PM; SANDHYA 9.00PM; SHA 9.45PM; TALKIE TOWN 1.45PM; INOX GSM MALL 10.15AM, 11:00 AM Raja Vikramarka
aged mother and sisters to get married. Due 11.00AM, 2.00, 6.00, 9.00PM; S2 MALLA- 11.15AM, 2.30, 6.15, 9.30PM. 5.10PM; INOX GSM MALL 3.25PM; INOX (Movie) MALAYALAM
to his commitment phobia, he hires a PUR 2.15PM, 6.15PM; PRASHANT 11.00AM, BATLA HOUSE (U/A) ★★★½ MP MALL 10.05AM, 6.50PM; INOX GVK 02:00 PM Mass (Movie) SURYA TV
woman to pretend to be his fiancé and ditch 2.00, 6.00, 9.00PM; PVR INORBIT MALL 58888 Code: bat MALL 4.50PM; MIRAJ SHALINI SHIVANI 05:00 PM Yeto Vellipoindi 06:00 AM Jesus Voice
him on their wedding day. 11.00AM, 7.30PM; TALKIE TOWN 6.00PM; John Abraham,Mrunal Thakur, Ravi 1.45PM, 11.00PM; PVR FORUM MALL Manasu (Movie) 06:30 AM Vachana Sandesam
AMB CINEMAS 1.55PM, 7.50PM; ASIAN TIVOLI CINEMA 11.15AM, 7.45PM. Kishan, Manish Chaudhari, Rajesh 12.50PM, 4.15, 10.55PM; PVR ICON 08:00 PM Seethamma Vakitlo 07:00 AM Shubharambham
CINESQUARE 1.40PM; ASIAN GPR 1.40PM; ISMART SHANKAR (A) ★★½ Sharma, Sonam Arora, Sahidur Rahman, 4.15PM, 9.45PM; PVR INORBIT MALL Sirimalle Chettu 07:30 AM Chocolate - Rpt
(Movie) 08:00 AM Laughing Villa
ASIAN M CUBE 7.35PM; ARJUN 11.30AM, 58888 Code: ism Kranti Prakash Jha 12.45PM, 6.45PM; PVR FORUM MALL 11:00 PM Golden Hits Kalakkan Cuts-Rpt
2.30, 6.30, 9.30PM; BIG CINEMAS 1.20PM; Ram Pothineni, Satya Dev, Nabha Natesh, ACP Sanjay Kumar goes under intense 10.50PM; PVR INORBIT MALL 1.10PM; STAR MAA MOVIES 08:30 AM Super Taste - Rpt
CINEPOLIS (Malkajgiri) 12.50PM, 7.30PM; Nidhhi Agerwal scrutiny after his team conducts an opera- PVR PRESTON PRIME 6.45PM; PVR NEXT 07:00 AM Chinna Kodalu 09:00 AM Thoppil Joppan
CINEPOLIS (Attapur) 1.25PM, 7.15PM; Shankar is a rowdy who gets into trouble tion killing two alleged Indian Mujahideen GALLERIA 7.00PM; PVR IRRUM MANZIL 09:00 AM Vyjayanthi (Movie)
CINEPOLIS SUDHA 1.50PM; CINEPLANET and is out to settle scores with people who operatives and arresting one at Batla House 12.15PM, 6.45PM; PRASADS MULTILPLEX 12:00 PM Athadu 12:00 PM Thamarathumbi
MULTIPLEX 4.45PM; GANESH have wronged him. But what happens when a in Delhi. And there are two more who man- 4.15PM, 10.15PM; PVR MUSARAMBAGH 03:00 PM Orange 12:30 PM Oridathu Oru
(Shamshabad) 11.15AM, 2.15, 6.00, chip is inserted into his brain, affecting his age to escape and are on the run. While a 4.00, 10.45PM; PLATINUM MOVIE 06:00 PM Jaya Janaki Nayaka Rajakumari - Rpt
09:00 PM Arjun 01:00 PM Chocolate - Rpt
9.00PM; INOX GSM MALL 1.30PM, 9.30PM; memories? certain section of the media, activists and 10.00AM, 1.15, 4.30, 7.40, 10.50PM; 01:30 PM Nilapakshi - Rpt
INOX GVK MALL 11.10AM, 7.40PM; INOX SRIMAYURI 11.00AM, 2.00, 6.00, 9.00PM; politicians alleges it’s a fake encounter, will PRASADS MULTIPLEX 8.45PM ; PVR E TV
06:30AM Annadata 02:00 PM Pranasakhi - Rpt
MP MALL 1.15PM, 10.10PM; VISHWANATH 11.45AM, 2.45, 6.45, Delhi Police be able to prove otherwise? MUSARAMBAGH 4.10PM; S2 MALLAPUR 02:30 PM Shajahanum
07:00AM ETV News
LAKSHMIKALA (Moosapet) 11.30AM, 9.45PM. BIG CINEMAS 10.20AM, 2.05, 7.20, 10.30PM; 7.55PM. 07:30AM Tollywood Time Pareekuttiyum
6.30PM; MEGHA 11.15AM, 2.15, 6.15, SUPER 30 (U) ★★★½ AMB CINEMAS 10.45AM, 1.40, 4.10, 7.20, THE LION KING (U) ★★★½ 08:00AM Subhamastu (Movie)
9.15PM; PRASADS MULTIPLEX 1.15PM, (Dubbed in Telugu) 10.15PM; ASIAN GPR 1.20PM, 10.30PM; 58888 Code: lion 09:00AM Nuvve Kavali 05:30 PM Vaalsalyam
7.15PM; PVR FORUM MALL 1.00PM, 4.20, 58888 Code: sup ASIAN M CUBE 1.20PM, 4.30, 10.40PM; Donald Glover, Beyonce, Seth Rogen (Movie) 06:00 PM Allaudheen
12:00PM Telugu Ruchi 06:30 PM Lakshmi Stores
7.40PM; PVR ICON 3.15PM; PVR CENTRAL Hrithik Roshan, Nandish Singh, Mrunal ASIAN CINESQUARE 10.35AM, 4.35, 7.25, The Lion King visits the Savanna region of 07:00 PM Ennu Swantham Jani
1.15, 4.55PM; PVR IRRUM MANZIL Thakur, Aditya Srivastava, Pankaj 10.30PM; CINEPLANET MULTIPLEX 10.40AM, Africa where the future king needs to claim 01:00PM Sri Rama
Pattabhishekam 07:30 PM Oridathu Oru
10.15PM; PVR MUSARAMBAGH 7.30PM; Tripathi 4.30, 10.35PM; INOX MP MALL 10.30AM, his place on the Pride Rock. But first he Rajakumari
01:30PM Nalugu Stambalata
PVR NEXT GALLERIA MALL 1.40PM, Anand Kumar (Roshan) who comes from a 1.30, 7.40M, 10.0PM; INOX GVK MALL must battle betrayal and personal 02:00PM Abhishekam 08:00 PM Nilapakshi
7.15PM; PVR INORBIT MALL 4.10PM, modest family in Bihar is a Mathematics ge- 10.05AM, 1.10, 4.10, 7.15, 10.20PM; INOX tragedies... 02:30PM Attarintiki Daredi 08:30 PM Pranasakhi
10.40PM; RAGHAVENDRA 11.00AM, 2.00, nius. He sets out on a mission to prove that GSM MALL 11.40AM, 3.00, 6.20, 9.40PM; INOX GVK MALL 2.15PM; INOX GSM MALL 03:00PM Seetamma Vakitlo 09:00 PM Chocolate
6.00, 9.00PM; RAJYALAKSHMI 11.00AM, you don’t need to be a king’s son to become MUKTA A2 RAMAKRISHNA 11.15AM, 2.30, 12.30PM; PVR FORUM MALL 5.10PM; PVR Sirimalle Chettu 09:30 PM Thamarathumbi
03:30PM Aadade Aadhram 10:00 PM Allaudheen - Repeat
2.00, 6.00, 9.00PM; SHANTI 11.00AM, 2.00, a king in today’s world. Watch the making of 6.00, 9.15PM; MIRAJ SHALINI SHIVANI INORBIT MALL 4.05PM; PRASADS 10:30 PM Thoppil Joppan
6.00, 9.00PM; S2 MALLAPUR 4.20PM; SRI- Anand’s Super 30 training programme that 11.00AM, 1.15, 7.30PM; LAKSHMIKALA MULTIPLEX 1.45PM, 6.30PM. 04:00PM Vasantham
04:30PM Manam (Movie)
LAKSHMI KALAMANDIR 11.30AM, 2.30, helps students crack IIT exam. (Moosapet) 11.20AM, 9.45PM; SHA 2.45PM; ★ Trash ★★ Below Average SURYA MOVIES
05:30PM Film Based Program
6.30, 9.30PM; TALLURI THEATRES 2.15PM, CINEPOLIS (Attapur) 4.05PM; INOX GSM PVR RK 1.30PM, 4.40, 10.50PM; PVR ★★½ Average ★★★ Above Average 06:00PM Panduga Chesko 07:00 AM Aazhakadal
6.15PM; TIVOLI CINEMA 2.10PM, 10.45PM. MALL 6.00PM; INOX MP MALL 4.30PM. MUSARAMBAGH 12.30PM, 3.45, 7.00, ★★★½ Good ★★★★ Very Good ★★★★ 06:30PM Prem Nagar 10:00 AM Pranayamani
KOBBARI MATTA (U/A) 10.20PM; PVR ICON 1.15PM, 7.30, 10.45PM; ½ Outstanding ★★★★★ Masterpiece 07:00PM Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo Thooval
58888 Code: kob HINDI PVR INORBIT MALL 10.25AM, 1.40, 4.45, 07:30PM Manasu Mamatha 01:00 PM Bharya
Sampoornesh Babu, Ishika Singh MISSION MANGAL (U) ★★★ 7.35, 10.40PM; PVR PRESTON PRIME 08:00PM Swathi Chinukulu 04:00 PM Sathyam
Sampoornesh Babu will be seen in three 58888 Code: mis 3.30PM, 10.00PM; PVR IRRUM MANZIL On occasions, the cinema listings in print 08:30PM Naa Peru Meenkashi 07:00 PM Movie
may not reflect the actual shows running in 09:00PM ETV News 10:00 PM Chukkan
different roles - Pedarayudu, Paparayudu Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Sonakshi 1.40PM, 3.15, 6.30, 9.45PM; PVR FORUM SURYA MUSIC
theatres on account of mid-week changes 09:30PM Extra Jabardasth
and Android, apart from romancing seven Sinha, Taapsee Pannu, Nithya Menen, MALL 10.00AM, 11.15, 1.15, 4.30, 7.45, in schedules, which have either not been 10:30PM Extra Jabardasth 08:00 AM Music Greeting
different heroines in the film. Kobbari Matta Sharman Joshi, Kirti Kulhari 11.00PM; PRASADS MULTIPLEX 9.00AM, communicated to us, or not communicated Jalsa Time 09:00 AM Good Morning
is a spoof of old Telugu action films. The movie is inspired by events that led to 11.45, 2.30, 5.15, 8.00, 10.45PM; PVR CEN- in time to meet print timelines. While any 11:00PM Attarintiki Daredi 10:00 AM Musiq Xpress
AMB CINEMAS 11.05AM; CINEPOLIS Isro’s Mangalyaan launch. Watch it to know TRAL 10.00AM, 1.30, 7.25, 10.50PM; PVR inconvenience caused to readers on this 11:30PM Aadade Aadaram 10:30 AM Cinema Kathi
(Malkajgiri) 11.20AM; LAKSHMIKALA how a group of scientists went on to accom- NEXT GALLERIA MALL 10.25AM, 1.50, 4.55, account is regretted, the responsibility for it E TV PLUS 11:00 AM Juke Box
(Moosaept) 2.45PM, 9.45PM; PVR FORUM plish one of the greatest feats in Indian space 7.45, 11.00PM; RADHIKA 1.40, 7.20PM; S2 07:00AM Kick 12:00 AM Love Connections
is the individual theatre/multiplex’s.
08:00AM Pove Pora 01:00 PM Noon Tunes
MALL 4.20PM; PVR CENTRAL 11.00AM; history. MALLAPUR 11.30AM, 4.55, 11.00PM; SHIVA 02:00 PM Musiq Xpress
RAGHAVENDRA 11.00AM, 2.00, 6.00, AMB CINEMAS 10.35AM, 11.10, 1.20, 4.35, 09:00AM Patas Punches
02:30 PM Foodie Buddie
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11:00AM Express Raja 03:00 PM Juke Box
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58888 Code: kat 10.40PM; ASIAN GPR 10.30AM, 4.40, 02:30PM Golmaal 06:00 PM Super 10
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A police officer investigating mysterious 11.00, 12.50, 3.40, 6.30, 9.20, 10.20PM; • Type rev <space> short code of movie as given <space> your name <space> 08:00 PM Juke Box
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1430 Happu Ki Ultan Paltan 1715 Shaamdaar Hits 1330 Toy Story Young 0909 Aan - Men At Work 1449 Dil Se 1315 Dhruva
0825 Marley & Me 1140 Haseena Maan 1245 The Jungle Book
1500 Laal Ishq 1900 Planet Bollywood News 1455 Goal! 1835 The Man With 1225 Arjun The Warrior 1652 Nh 10 1630 Ishq
1050 Marmaduke Jayegi 1505 Guru
1900 Bhabi Ji Ghar Par Hain! 1930 E Town News 1655 Death Wish The Golden Gun 1500 Aparichit - The Stranger 1840 Rock On 2000 Mla Ka Power
1235 Sing 0635 Original Sin 1452 Sirf Tum 1710 Daag-The Fire
1930 Happu Ki Ultan Paltan 2000 Loudspeaker 1900 Hercules 2100 Skyfall 1745 Shiva The Super Hero 2100 Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2245 Ms Dhoni The Untold
1300 Toy Story 0845 Meet The 1745 Main Khiladi Tu Anari 2000 Golmaal Again
2000 Jaat Na Poocho Prem Ki 2200 Toofani Hits 2100 Con Air 2345 Hot Pursuit 2000 Vardi 2325 Provoked Story 2315 Maragathananayam
1425 Coyote Ugly Spartans 2100 Aitraaz
2030 Paramavtar Shri Krishna 2300 Holiday
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HYDERABAD IS TALKING ABOUT HYDERABAD TIMES, THE TIMES OF INDIA

Pic: Venkat Rao M

3

Iconic venues dazzle in colours of the

tiranga to mark Independence Day Metro stations
GOLCONDA FORT see heavy rush
of commuters
in the last
couple of days

Techies hop on
metro rail to beat
Decked in shades of saffron, white and green,
the traffic blues
...CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
TRAFFIC ON CITY ROADS IS A NIGHTMARE; METRO IS A
the landmarks of Hyderabad were a sight to LIFESAVER: TECH CITY RESIDENTS
Hyderabadis who live or work in Hitec City swear by the metro, as it’s “effi-
behold on Independence Day cient and convenient”, considering the nightmarish traffic snarls in the IT
yderabad’s landmarks were drenched in colours of the tiranga on the corridor. “Before the metro was launched, travelling from my university

H eve of India’s 73rd Independence Day on Wednesday. From Golconda

BURGULA RAMA KRISHNA RAO BHAVAN
The iconic landmarks of Hyderabad were illuminated with saffron, white and green lights ahead of
August 15 to celebrate India’s 73rd Independence Day
KACHEGUDA RAILWAY STATION
Fort and Buddha Statue at Tank Bund to Kacheguda Railway Station
and Burgula Rama Krishna Rao Bhavan at Adarsh Nagar, several prominent
spots in the city looked magical as they were lit up in saffron, white and green-
coloured lights. Trails of tiny LED lights adorned the walls of the Golconda
Fort while the Buddha Statue alternated between saffron, white and green
hues at rhythmic intervals. The gigantic tricolour at Sanjeeviah Park made
for a perfect backdrop for the Buddha stature, adding an extra zing to the
picturesque sight. Photographers, selfie lovers and city bloggers had a field
day, as many were spotted clicking pictures in and around these venues until
late in the night.
BUDDHA STATUE
(UoH) to my house in Secunderabad was harrowing. The cabs would work
out super expensive what with the surge pricing et al. And then, you’d end up
getting stuck in jams endlessly. The MMTS was an option, but it was so time
consuming and unreliable. So, I had to think 10 times before stepping outside
the university, because it would easily take me two hours to get home, either
by train or by cab,” says Ambika Pradhan, a resident of Malkajgiri. But ever
since the Hitec City line was launched, commuting has become a cakewalk
for the students, says Ambika, adding, “It’s a blessing for us, really. Especially
in the monsoon, when the cabs are always on surge and the drivers keep can-
celling on you, metro is the best option. I just hope they increase the frequen-
cy during the peak hours because it gets really crowded.”
Many agree that the metro of-
fers a breather from the unending
traffic snarls in the city, especially
during peak hours. “I travel on
OVER THE NEXT THREE
work from Dilsukhnagar to Hitec TO FOUR DAYS, THE
City on a regular basis. Initially, I FREQUENCY OF TRAINS
used a car and it would take nearly
two hours. Now that I take the
ON THE HITEC CITY
metro, I not only save a lot of time, ROUTE WILL INCREASE.
but also spare myself the stress of THERE WILL BE A
driving on pothole-ridden roads.
It’s also much more eco-friendly, so TRAIN EVERY 5
the metro really ticks all the right MINUTES AND DURING
boxes,” reckons Navaneeth PEAK HOURS, THERE
Thirunagari, who works at a
private firm. WILL BE A TRAIN
WOULD RATHER TRAVEL IN A EVERY 3 MINS ON THE
CROWDED TRAIN THAN GET BLUE LINE
STUCK FOR HOURS IN — NVS REDDY, MD of
TRAFFIC: COMMUTERS Hyderabad Metro Rail
With corporate employees and stu-
dents who earlier relied on cabs or autos now switching to the metro, the sta-
tions and trains can get a tad too packed. But that’s an inconvenience they’re
ready to put up with, as long as they can avoid peak hour traffic, say com-
muters. “Yes, there’s heavy rush at the stations, especially Ameerpet and
Hitec City. Having said that, I would rather travel in crowded trains than expe-
rience the traffic snarls in the IT corridor. The latter is just exhausting and
back-breaking,” says Anirudh Chakravarthi K, an IT employee. Kalyan
Kumar, another employee who works in Hitec City, agrees. But he wishes
something would be done to ease the crowds. “Frequency of trains must
increase. This way, not only will the trains be less crowded and more comfort-
able, it will also encourage more people to switch to the metro, thus easing
some of the traffic from city roads as well,” he says.
MORE TRAINS, INCREASED FREQUENCY ON THE ANVIL: HMR MD
The metro authorities meanwhile, have some good news for the commuters.
Such has been the demand for the metro rail on the Hitec City line that HMR
officials are now planning to increase frequency, especially during peak hours.
“Over the next three to four days, the frequency of trains on the Hitec City
line will increase. There will be a train every 5 minutes and during peak
hours, there will be a train every 3 mins on the Blue Line,” reveals NVS Reddy,
adding, “Trial runs between Hitec City and Raidurg (Mindspace Junction)
stations will start soon and once Raidurg is operational, the footfalls are like-
ly to increase even further. Already, several corporate companies have
approached us regarding shuttle services from the Metro station to offices.
Such services are going to increase in the coming days.”
— Inputs by: Soumayani.Ghoshal@timesgroup.com; Thadhagath
Sravan.Vanaparthy@timesgroup.com and Paturi.Rajasekhar@timesgroup.com

#JaiHind: Celebs spread I-Day cheer online

SHOOT ING STAR
Adah Sharma posted a
video of her shooting
balloons online and wrote,
“Shooting all negativity
away from my country.
Happy Independence Day!”
A SLICE OF
HISTORY
Adnan Sami posted his
NTR’s
picture with a vintage
son,
Indian coin and stamp
Abhay
to extend his wishes on
Ram as
Independence Day
Netaji

s India celebrated its 73rd Independence Day on Thursday a slew of celebs

A took to social media to express their love for the country and wish their fans.
A few stars found some really quirky ways to do so. While NTR Jr posted a
picture of his son, Abhay Ram dressed up as leader of Indian Freedom Movement,
Subhas Chandra Bose, Adah Sharma posted a video from a shooting range where
she was seen shooting balloons. Popular singer and composer Adnan Sami took the
A DAY OUT WITH FANS vintage route and posted his picture with a vintage Indian coin and stamp that
Nani celebrates I-Day with his little fans at Film Nagar Cultural Centre on Thursday commemorated Independence Day in 1947.
4 HYDERABAD TIMES, THE TIMES OF INDIA
IN FOCUS FRIDAY 16 AUGUST 2019

@valentts

Weneedconcretestepsforthewelfareof Valentina
Sampaio

the transgender community: Manvendra

LGBTQ rights activist Manvendra Singh Gohil welcomes the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill which
was passed in the Lok Sabha on Aug 5, but says implementing the bill is the bigger challenge
Kamlesh Surve
Soumitra.Das@timesgroup.com they should be happy about it. While the intentions are
good, implementation of the bill is the bigger issue in
ver since the revised version of the Transgender India. Unfortunately, only six or seven states have a

E Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill was passed by a

voice vote in the Lok Sabha on August 5, it has
garnered mixed response from trans individuals across
the country. While the amended bill aims at empowering
the transgender community by safeguarding their rights
and also talks about provisions of non-discrimination in
areas like employment, education and housing, several
activists feel that the bill, in its present form, doesn’t have
too much to offer to the community. We spoke to prominent
LGBTQ rights activist Manvendra Singh Gohil, co-founder
of Lakshya Trust (which works closely with transgender
persons in Gujarat), for his take on the issue. Excerpts:
‘INTENTIONS ARE GOOD, BUT WHAT
ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION?’
I know that a lot of activists are unhappy with this bill, but
as someone who has worked closely with the transgender
community, I don’t agree with all their reservations. They
are objecting to the provision where the district magistrate
will need to issue a certificate (after the self-declaration of
Transgender Welfare Board, whereas every state needs to
have one. In Gujarat, the board was set up in February this
year, but till date, it has not held a single meeting and
nothing has been done. What is it waiting for? I feel
even our government needs to be sensitised about
the issues faced by the community. Why can’t they set
an example? For instance, if they employ educated
transgenders at the Secretariat, it will send out the right
signals. Also, most transgenders are not even aware
about this bill, which needs to change.
‘FEW ARE WILLING TO EMPLOY
TRANSGENDERS’
People from the transgender community have to face a lot
of discrimination on a daily basis, and very few are
willing to employ them. And that is the scenario across
India. They have to fight for their basic rights. I know a
transman, a reputed dentist, who wanted to change his
name in the marksheet. But even after the court ruled in
his favour, he continued to face hurdles. Since he is

Trans model wants

gender identity) to avail rights, which, in a way, is similar
to appearing in front of a screening committee. They say
that it is an invasion of privacy. But my take on this is a
little different. What if someone misuses the provisions
of this bill in the absence of any kind of screening? In
Vadodara, we had identified a straight woman not too long
ago, who would pretend to be a transgender and beg in
trains. The passengers would help her, thinking that she
was a transgender. It gives a bad name to the entire
community, and the benefits are availed by people who are
fake transgenders. So, this provision is for safeguarding
the interests of the community and
self-employed, he was able to fight against the system. But
there are many whose voices are never heard? When they
have to encounter such frustrating situations and attitude
in the society, a lot of transgenders get back to begging or
get into prostitution. I know of a well-educated transwoman,
who was doing well in the aviation industry. But after she
had a gender reassignment surgery, nobody was willing
to employ her. So, while the bill is well-intentioned, there
is a lot more that needs to be done for the welfare of the
community. We need some concrete steps to be taken,
instead of things that are
to change ‘status

Transgender
Transgender Persons
Bill
Bill has
Persons
has garnered
response
garnered mixed
response from
mixed
from trans
trans
promised just on paper.

quo in the society’

merican beauty brand is a hugely important moment

A
individuals
individuals across
across the
the country
country
Victoria’s Secret’s new-
ly hired first transgen-
der model Valentina Sampaio
believes her selection is a
Manvendra Singh Gohil says, “transgender community “victory for society” and plans
has to face a lot of discrimination on a regular basis” to change the “status quo not
only in fashion but in society”.
“This represents a victory for
WHILE THE INTENTIONS ARE GOOD, society, not just the trans
community, but for all people
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BILL IS THE who are currently underrepre-
BIGGER ISSUE IN INDIA. UNFORTUNATELY, sented in fashion,” Sampaio
ONLY SIX OR SEVEN STATES HAVE A said in an interview with a
fashion magazine. Calling it an
TRANSGENDER WELFARE BOARD, WHEREAS “evolution”, Sampaio explained,
EVERY STATE NEEDS TO HAVE ONE “Brands are finally learning and
— Manvendra Singh Gohil catching up to the importance
of inclusivity and diversity. It
not only for myself, but my
community and beyond.”
News of Sampaio joining the
brand comes less than a year
after the lingerie company faced
backlash after Ed Razek, chief
marketing officer of Victoria’s
Secret’s parent company
L Brand, was asked to elaborate
on the statement that why
the annual Victoria’s Secret
Fashion Show does not include
transgender or plus-size mod-
els for ramp walk. “No, I don't
think we should. Well, why not?
Because the show is a fantasy,”
Razek had said in an interview
with a magazine. ANI

LEISURE
ARIES March 20 - April 18
LOOP THE LOOP TIMES HITORI The opposition of Mars and BIRTHDAY TODAY
Rules
Y ou need to be hardworking

■ Connect adjacent dots with
vertical or horizontal lines,creating a
single loop (Fig A).
■ Crossover’s or branches are not al-
lowed (As shown by the dotted lines in
Fig B).
ENGINEERING | MANAGEMENT | MEDIA | LAW ■ Numbers in the puzzle indicate the
number of lines that should surround it,
presents
while empty cells may be surrounded
SUDOKU CHALLENGE by any number of lines.
■You can’t draw lines around
Level: Medium zeroes.
■ Each puzzle has just one unique solu-
tion.
How to begin: Example (Fig A) - Begin
with the zero next to 3. Since no lines
can be drawn around zero, mark crosses
around it, as shown. Now there is a cross in
one space around 3. So we know the three
lines of 3 can only be drawn in the remaining
three spaces. Next, these lines can only be
extended in one direction each. Continue,
using the same logic.
Hints: Keep eliminating possibilities by marking crosses in spaces between dots where a line
isn’t possible,i.e.,if you have already completed required lines or where a line extension may
create a branch or cause a dead-end (Fig B).
SCRAMBLE
Rearrange the letters in the four word jumbles, one letter to each square/circle,
to make four ordinary words
GMLOO
MPCLU
HOW TO PLAY
Fill in the grid so that every horizontal row, every vertical ALNUDP
column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1-9, without
repeating the numbers in the same row, column or box.You HIOSBK
can’t change the digits already given in the grid. Every
puzzle has one solution. Want of ___ shows want of ___. - Virgil (5,..,5)
GARFIELD
Example
HOW TO PLAY
1.A number may appear just
once in each row or column.
Eliminate the repeated
numbers by darkening the
cells. (see example)
2. Darkened cells must never
be adjacent in a row or col-
umn.
(Fig A) Not allowed (Fig B) 3. Unmarked cells must
create a single continuous
area, undivided by darkened
cells.
Today’s Ratings:
HOW TO 07-average 08-good 10-outstanding
PLAY
Now arrange the
letters in the
circles to form the D you make from the letters shown in today’s
answer to the
riddle or to fill in E L
the missing word
as indicated.
R
M E
O Dictionary is used as reference.
ANIMAL CRACKERS
FinQiex
Moon could make you irrita-
ble and quarrelsome.You
might experience trouble in
your family.Today, you might
indulge in unnecessary ex-
penditure.You might feel un- o-mr
easy about a lot of things. Be
patient as this too shall pass.
TAURUS April 19 - May 19 Talk
to those who are more experienced
at workplace as they might give
you some good advice. Network-
ing will help you in achieving your
goals.Work on your dreams for the
future and with consistent efforts,
you can make them a reality.
4. Every time you darken a cell, you can automatically circle
GEMINI May 20 - June 20 You
its vertical and horizontal neighbours, which means they
have an inquisitive mind and you
cannot be eliminated.
would like to develop your mental
5.Any cell “sandwiched” between neighbours of the same capacities.At the moment, you are
value can be circled. (e.g. 6 4 6 ) very keen to pursue an acttivity or
6.A “triple”is a special case of sandwich.Circle the centre cells, a course that will help you in grow-
and darken the ends.(e.g. 6 6 6 ) ing mentally and spiritually.
CANCER June 21 - July 21 At
SPELLATHON workplace, you realise that
teamwork is very important. You
realise that cooperation helps in
achieving complex goals. Friends,
acquaintances and relatives are
How many words of four or more letters can supporting your ideas and
projects, so make use of these
puzzle? In making a word, each letter may be opportunities.
LEO July 22 - August 21 You are
used once only. Each word must contain the
central letter. There should be at least one
seven letter word. Plurals, foreign words and
highly emotional today and can’t
keep calm. Inhibitions and ten-
sions might arise in love matters.
proper names are not allowed. British English
Some family problems could oc-
cur. Indulge in some introspection.
VIRGO August 22 - September
MUTT & JEFF
FORTUNE A-wm V K.Pi
t-r- m, luckstars4uiagmall.com
21 Serious decisions should be
carefully considered. The con-
junction of planets would encour-
age you to think on spiritual terms.
Don’t deviate from the truth of life.
Difficulties are bound to arise in
the larger scheme of things but if
you believe in yourself, nothing is
impossible.
LIBRA September 22 - October
22 Jupiter offers some lucky mo-
ments and the sun brings mo-
ments of happiness and mutual
affection. In every level of your life
you might achieve your goals with
success. The trine between the
Sun and Jupiter offers an ener-
getic drive that makes you ac-
cept challenges with enthusiasm.
SCORPIO October 23 - November
20 You have a fair sense of jus-
tice regarding situations. Stick to
your objective nature of assess-
ing things. Extravagance and
wastage when it comes to finan-
cial matters is on the cards. So be
cautious in money matters.
SAGITTARIUS November 21-
December 20 Changeable mood
fluctuations could bear problems.
In love matters, stressing more on
and pushy to realise your
goals. Avoid getting stuck in your
comfort zone.
Tip: Your lucky colours are
green and black. Your lucky
gems are black pearl, black dia-
mond, emerald or green stone
You share your birthday with:
Saif Ali Khan
individualistic identities would
cause trouble, which could lead
to tragic and dramatic results.
CAPRICORN December 21 -
January 19 Discussions with au-
thoritative figures will be mean-
ingful today. Do be aware that re-
vealing intimate details about your
personal life could prove to be a
bad move. Avoid emotional public
display of affection.You might want
to confide in your boss or some-
one in a position of authority.
AQUARIUS January 20 -
February 18 You are serious, fo-
cused and determined when it
comes to completing assignments
at workplace. Duty calls should be
tended to. Personal life might take
a backseat. So much so that
you won’t have the time for leisure
activities.
PISCES February 19 - March 19
Few things in life come free of
risks but that doesn’t mean you
should go looking for it.Try to steer
clear of situations that could eas-
ily get out of hand – and the kind
of people who enjoy making them
get out of hand.

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TIMES SUDOKU LOOP THE LOOP TIMES HITORI
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MINDBENDER
Can you guess what the sentence
below signifies ? Try using homonyms,
homophones, synonyms, or try warping
the original meaning of the saying. SCRAMBLE SPELLATHON MINDBENDER
Words: Gloom, clump, deem, dome, dorm, All that glitters is not gold.
A man finds a bucket full of shining upland, kibosh meld, mere, mode,
pyrite and exclaims “I’m rich beyond Answer: Want of pluck shows model, mole, more,
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ART, MUSIC AND THEATRE FRIDAY 16 AUGUST 2019

Lamakaan: Off
Birjees
Qadar ka
Kunba
Road No 1,
Banjara Hills,
August 23, 8 pm:
Baig’s tribute
Kabaddi, the Game
of Partition —
is a period drama
to Kasturba
set in the bloodiest
time in Indian his-
tory. This play a
testament to the
masses who were
made to
participate in one
of the biggest
political gambles
ever. The essence
of the play thrives
on just one ques-
tion — did
independence
Dekh Behen really set us free?
IF IT’S HAPPENING, IT’S HERE Ravindra
Bharathi:
Lakdikapul
Radisson Blu Plaza,August 16 and 17,7 pm
Qadir Ali Baig Theatre Foundation presents Kasturba, a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi’s
Road, near wife Kasturba. Set in the Aga Khan Palace in 1940s, the play, written by RK Paliwal
Cook with State Assembly,
Saifabad
● August 24,
and directed by Mohammad Ali Baig, is in true tradition of the foundation’s popular
Heritage Theatre series.

the master
Hyatt Place Hyderabad,Road No 1,
7.30 pm: Dekh
Behen — presented
Bookings can be done online.
the Department of Language and Culture,
by Akvarious Productions, this play is written Government of Telangana will organise a
Banjara Hills and directed by women with an all-female cast three-day International Mime Festival
Indulge in the low carb flavours at Hyatt Place and crew. Set in the backdrop of an elaborate where artistes from nine Indian states and
Hyderabad,Banjara Hills as head chef,Gaurav Punjabi wedding, this bittersweet comedy is internationally acclaimed mime artiste,
Ramakrishnan,will be offering patrons a low carb about five bridesmaids who catch up a few Elena Sera from Paris, will participate.
cooking session on August 21 from 11 am to 2.30 hours before the wedding to gossip, drink, Phoenix Arena: Phase 2, Hitec City
complain, and finally help each other out. ● August 18, 7.30 pm: Birjees Qadar Ka
pm.The passes are priced at `1,800 (all inclusive). ● August 29-31, 7 pm: ‘Mime Art 2019’ —
For more information,call: +91 9347411860 Kunba — a play directed by Nasreen
Indian Mime Academy in collaboration with Ishaque.

A Journey Ravindra Bharathi, Lakdikapul

Through Road, near State Assembly,
Impermanence Saifabad, August 19, 6.30 pm:
Deepanjali School For Excellence in
Kuchipudi presents ‘Rukmini Krishna’
by Deepika Reddy, National Sangeet
Natak Akademi Awardee and
troupe. Also present at the event
will be singer SP
Balasubrahmanyam.
MUSIC Deepika
Reddy

Shilparamam: Near Cyber

Towers, Hitec City Main Road,
& DANCE
Madhapur, August 17, 5.30 pm: A
Bharatanatyam recital by Veena
Gangadhar and Tejaswini Sandeep.
Mini Shilparamam: Bhagayath
Layout, Laxmi Narayan Nagar
Colony, Uppal
● August 17, 5.30 pm: A
Mohiniyattam recital by Anju Peter.
● August 17, 6.30 pm: A Kuchipudi
recital by Sravya Bandaru and the stu-
dents of Chaturvi Shastramayi Dance
Academy.
● August 18, 5.30 pm: ‘Nataraja
The Beauty of Wisdom Nrityaramam’ — a
joint recital of Andhra Natyam and
Perini Lasyam by the students of Perini
Srinivas Rao.
Pingle Venkatram Reddy Hall, lower
Tank Bund,
beside Ramkrishna Mutt, August 18,
Alliance Française Hyderabad: Plot No 4, Aurora Colony, 6 pm: A Hindustani classical recital by
Road No 3, Banjara Hills, preview on August 16, 6 pm. Santoor player Satish Vyas and
On till August 23, from 9.30 am to 8 pm: ‘The Beauty of Anuradha Kuber on vocals as a tribute
Wisdom’ — a solo art exhibition by Avala Harikumar. to the living legend of Hindustani clas-
sical music — Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma.
Siddheshwari Designer Studio, Jubilee Hills, August 17,
7pm: ‘Luxury Evening — The Art Edition I’ — an art event to
promote young and upcoming artists in Hyderabad.
Dhi Artspace: Plot No 7-1-54/2/C, Sri Gurukrupa,
Dharam Karan Road, Ameerpet, till August 20, 11 am to
7 pm: ‘A Journey through Impermanence’ — an art exhibition
OTHER EVENTS Bhavneet

Phoenix Arena: Hitec City

by Poorvesh Patel and Maksud Ali Mondal.
● August 17, 8 pm: ‘Comedy Crackers’
Kalakriti Art Gallery: Plot No 468, Road No 10, Banjara — Funny Side Up presents a stand-up
Hills, till September 2, 6.30 pm: ‘Like the Air I Breathe’ — comedy evening with Hyderabad’s very
an exhibition of paintings by Bakula Nayak on vintage paper own Rohit Swain and Saikiran.
based on the idea of love, how it makes one a better person ● August 16, 5.30 pm: ‘Abrogation of Article 370’
Like the Air I Breathe Saikiran
and how much more of it is needed in this world. — a dialogue to discuss the consequences of the
abrogation of a article 370 in Kashmir.
● August 17, 7.30 pm: ‘RTI Amendment Bill’ —
SURFSIDE THE JAPANESE Parliament passed the RTI Amendment bill that
Rohit
SISTERS by LOVER by Isabel seeks to give the central government the authority to
Swain
decide on the tenure and salaries of the information
Nancy Thayer Allende commissioners. The session will discuss the possible
Keely Green always In 1939, as Poland falls impact of this amendment and what should ordi-
dreamed of leaving the under the shadow of nary citizens look out for.
shores of Nantucket to the Nazis, young Alma ● August 17, 11.30 pm: ‘Late-night Laughs Vol. 2’ —
become a writer. Now Belasco’s parents send join Hyderabad’s funniest comics as they pour out
she’s a novelist living her overseas to San their fears, insecurities and frustrations in a no-
in New York. Keely is Francisco. There she holds barred show that will have you rolling on the
also dating a pediatric meets Ichimei Fukuda, floor laughing. The show features Bhavneet, Anurag
surgeon who looks the son of the family’s Singh, Pensy Antall, Hargun Singh and Varun
good but isn’t “the Japanese gardener, Karyakarte.
one.” She just can’t and between them a ● August 24, 7 pm: ‘Stories and Observations by
bear to break it off, un- tender love blossoms, Bhavneet’ — The Mazaak Factory presents a collection
til he declares his de- but following Pearl of funny thoughts and observations by stand-up comedi-
sire to settle down. Harbor the two are an Bhavneet.
Then Keely’s editor re- cruelly pulled apart. Nritya - Forum for Performing Arts: Plot No 8-2-
jects her latest novel. Throughout their life- 269/62, behind Lumbini Jewel Mall, Road No 2,
With her personal and times, Alma and Banjara Hills, August 18, 6 pm: ‘‘Introspecting
professional lives sud- Ichimei reunite again Ramadas’ — bringing the introspection of Ramadas
denly in shambles, and again, but theirs is with Telugu Natya Sangeetam, using traditional chari-
Keely longs for the a love they are forever forced to hide from the world. Decades tra natakam (historic drama) that includes padyas and
soothing island way of life. Growing up, Keely and her friend, later, Alma is nearing the end of her long and eventful life.
Isabelle, were inseparable. Nothing could come between them Irina Bazili, a care worker struggling to reconcile her own
abhinayanam. GET LISTED, GET HOT
– except, as it turned out, Keely’s boyfriend, troubled past, meets the older woman and her grandson, Seth, Ravindra Bharathi: Saifabad, August 21, 7 pm: Staging a play, a dance recital, organising an art show, hosting a food
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Banjara Hills, Hyderabad.
Phoenix Arena: Hitec City
● August 16, 7.30 pm: Primer —
directed by Shane Carruth, the movie is about
SCREENINGS
four friends/fledgling entrepreneurs, knowing
that there’s something bigger and more inno-
vative than the different error-checking
devices they’ve built, wrestle over their new invention.
● August 23, 7.30 pm: The City of Lost Children — a
scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps
children to steal their dreams,
hoping that they slow his aging
process. The movie is directed by
Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet.
Alliance Française: Banjara Hills, August 20, 7 pm:
Girlhood — a girl with few real prospects joins a gang,
reinventing herself and gaining a sense of self- confi-
dence in the process. However, she soon finds that this
new life does not necessarily make her any happier.
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Relocation of the Mona Lisa causing commotion

Da Vinci’s famous painting has been moved to a new room in Paris’ Louvre Museum as its usual home is being renovated

Visitors wait in line to see the Mona

Lisa in the Medici Gallery at the
‘THE LOUVRE DREW A RECORD 10.2 MN VISITORS IN 2018’ Louvre in Paris. Leonardo da Vinci’s
The problem is that there are so many more tourists now. Worldwide, international famous painting has been moved to
Until the 20th century, there was little fanfare around the Mona Lisa. a new room in the museum while its
She was just another painting at the Louvre. The portrait’s theft in
tourist arrivals (visitors staying at least one night in a country) reached 1.4 billion in
usual home is renovated — a room
1911, and a high-profile trip to the Met in New York and the National 2018, two years earlier than forecast, according to the UN World Tourism Organization. with only one entrance, causing
Gallery, Washington in 1962-63 made her a global media sensation France once again topped the list of destinations. And the Louvre drew a record 10.2 some commotion for visitors
million visitors last year — more than any museum, ever, it announced in January.
he Mona Lisa gets around. In 1516, she was reach the Mona Lisa’s skylit new digs — the Medici theft in 1911, and a high-profile trip to the Met in

T lugged out of Italy on the back of a mule by

Leonardo da Vinci and ended up in France,
where she became royal property. She lived for a
time at the Palace of Versailles, then moved
permanently to the Louvre Museum, the world’s
Gallery, named after a striking series of wall-to-wall
paintings by Rubens, also on display there. Not
that anybody notices the Rubens works. As if in an
airport check-in area, dozens of visitors rowdily
wait their turn in another snaking line. Armed with
New York and the National Gallery in Washington
in 1962-63 made her a global media sensation.
Today, she tops the bucket list of many tourists. The
problem is that there are so many more tourists
now. Worldwide, international tourist arrivals

tog"
largest art museum and a historic monument in smartphones, selfie sticks and cameras, they (visitors staying at least one night in a country)
Paris, France. That stay was interrupted in 1911, then rush into the final stretch — the Mona Lisa reached 1.4 billion in 2018, two years earlier than

when a thief snatched her off the walls and kept her
for two years in his Paris apartment before he was
caught trying to sell her in Florence, Italy.
Now, the Mona Lisa is on the move again. And while
it’s only a temporary relocation — from one wing of
viewing pen. They have roughly one minute there
before the guards shoo them away. “I need more time
to watch the Mona Lisa,” said Jongchan Lee, a
Korean mechanical engineer who had just seen the
masterpiece for the first time. “There are so many
%
forecast, according to the UN World Tourism
Organisation. France once again topped the list
of destinations. And the Louvre drew a record
10.2 million visitors last year, more than any
museum, ever, it announced in January.

the Louvre to another — it’s causing commotion. The
Salle des États, where the painting has hung since
2005, is being renovated in time for the October
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people in there. So the guards are pushing us to go, PEOPLE DON’T JUST WANT TO SEE
go, go. That’s not really good.”
THE MONA LISA, THEY WANT TO TAKE
THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE PUBLIC

opening of an exhibition commemorating the 500th
anniversary of Leonardo’s death. So, since July 17
the portrait has been installed in a protective case on
a temporary wall in another gallery.
The difference is that there’s only one way in —
up three escalators and through a single doorway
— and 30,000 visitors a day to accommodate. The
museum has spread the word that it is “exception-
ally busy,” and that only pre-booked tickets
guarantee entry.
NEED MORE TIME TO WATCH THE
MONA LISA, CAN’T RUSH: VISITORS
Once the visitors get past the metal detectors,
ticket holders are herded like sheep in a long,
coiling line. They shuffle up escalators until they
AND THE PAINTING IS ANOTHER ISSUE,
COMPLAIN VISITORS
Visitors are held back around 15 feet from the 30-inch-
tall painting. Jane Teitelbaum, a retired educator
from the United States who had seen the Mona Lisa
multiple times “in the flesh” and wanted to share the
joy with her daughter and granddaughter, said she
“wasn’t pleased” with the experience, because “we
were so far away.” “The thing about the Mona Lisa
is, supposedly, her eyes follow you,” Teitelbaum said,
adding, “I could hardly see her eyes.”
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front of him and took a shot. “You have to take a
photo to be able to appreciate her,” he said as he
walked out.
Photographs may be a solution, but they’re also
part of the problem. People don’t just want to see
the Mona Lisa: they want the picture for social
media to prove it. Many don’t look at her at all; they
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Iceland is preparing for

a world without ice soon

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Tourists at a melting glacier in south Iceland. As rising temperatures drastically reshape Iceland’s landscape,
businesses and the government are spending millions for survival and profit

rom the offices of the fishing

F operation founded by his family two

generations ago, Adalsteinn Ingólfs-
son has watched the massive Vatnajökull
glacier in Iceland shrink year after year.
Rising temperatures have already winnowed
the types of fish he can catch. But the
wilting ice mass, Iceland’s largest, is a
strange new challenge to business. “The
glacier is melting so much that the land is
rising from the sea,” says Ingólfsson, the
Chief Executive of one of Iceland’s biggest
fishing companies, adding, “It’s harder to
get our biggest trawlers in and out of the
harbour. And if something goes wrong with
the weather,the port is closed off completely.”
As temperatures rise across the Arctic
nearly faster than any place on the planet,
all of Iceland is grappling with the prospect
of a future with no ice. Energy producers
are upgrading hydroelectric power
plants and experimenting with burying
carbon dioxide in rock to keep it out of the
atmosphere. The fishing industry is
slashing fossil fuel use with energy-efficient
ships.
CHANGING LANDSCAPE/CLIMATE
ARE A MATTER OF URGENCY
Glaciers occupy over a tenth of this famously
frigid island near the Arctic Circle. Every
single one is melting. So are the massive,
centuries-old ice sheets of Greenland and
the polar regions. Where other countries
face rising seas, Iceland is confronting a rise
in land in its southernmost regions, and
considers the changing landscape and
climate a matter of great urgency.
Vatnajökull, a glacier that once stretched
over more than a tenth of Iceland, is shrin-
king by a length of nearly three football
fields a year in some places, in Iceland
‘CLIMATE CHANGE IS NO LONGER
A JOKE’
When Europe suffered record-breaking heat
in July, Iceland’s capital, Reykjavik, clocked
its highest temperatures ever. Iceland’s econ-
omy is on the cusp of a recession, partly bec-
ause an important export, the capelin fish,
vanished this year in search of colder wate-
rs. Last week, the United Nations warned
that the world’s land and water resources
are being exploited at an unprecedented
rate. The country elected an environmen-
talist Katrín Jakobsdóttir as Prime Minis-
ter in 2017 on a platform of tackling climate
change. Her government is budgeting $55
million (`390 crore, approximately) over five
years for reforestation, land conservation
and carbon-free transport projects to slash
greenhouse gas emissions. More will be
spent by 2040, when Iceland expects busi-
‘GLACIAL MELTING MIGHT
OVERSATURATE WATERSHEDS
IN THE NEXT CENTURY’
In Höfn, an Icelandic fishing town, the land has
risen nearly 20 inches since the 1930s, in the last
decade alone, it has floated four inches above
sea level. It is forecast to rise as much as six feet
in the coming century, according to the Icelandic
Meteorological Office. Glacial melting is also
expected to oversaturate watersheds in the next
century, and scientists predict that they then will
dry up. The state-run energy company which
generates three-quarters of Iceland’s power is
building room for additional water turbines at its
dams. It is also building new capacity for wind
turbines to operate when the glaciers die. “From
a design perspective, we’re taking into account
what will happen in the next 50 to 100 years,”
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Vice President for research and development.
nesses, organisations and individuals to be
removing as much carbon dioxide from the
atmosphere as they put in. Despite gener-
ating clean geothermal energy and hy-
dropower, major industries including alu-
minum and ferrosilicon production also pro-
duce a third of Iceland’s carbon dioxide. T&C Apply
Tourism, now the engine of growth after a
banking collapse in 2008, has flourished with
warmer weather, but added to Iceland’s cli-
mate woes as planes packing millions of FURNITURE FURNISHINGS DECOR
visitors push per capita carbon dioxide emis- Karkhana Attapur Miyapur Gachibowli Nagole
sions above that of every country in Europe.
— Liz Alderman/New York Times
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Ranjit Kumar

‘RED FORT REPRESENTS THE SECULAR Red Fort stands as

a symbol of an India
that was there
before the Britishers

NATURE & INTEGRITY OF OUR NATION’

arrived and 1857
symbolises the Hindu-
Muslim unity in this
country. Red Fort
humare Hindustan
ki integrity, secular
nature ko represent
karta hai
TIGMANSHU DHULIA
India Gate is
publicised in a certain
way in popular
culture.But when
Netaji was at Bahadur
Shah Zafar’s grave in
Rangoon,he pledged
that aapko mai
Hindustan wapas
leke chalunga.
Hum aapko Red Fort
mein baithayenge.
This is a fact.It
was always Red Fort

When I made Raag

Divya.Kaushik@timesgroup.com and
Abhimanyu.Mathur@timesgroup.com
hough it is the Red Fort where the
Desh,I went there
(the barracks).
Uniforms of Prem
Sehgal, Shahnawaz
Khan, Gurbaksh
Singh Dhillon are all
kept there. It was
overwhelming to see
that, to think that
they must have
walked there at
with the Indian freedom struggle. His all INA prisoners inside the Red Fort and an unofficial visit once. The Governor of
one time
grandfather was a freedom fighter. “During the decided that the trials will happen there. They Bengal (PB Chakraborthy, the then Chief
Quit India Movement, he was in prison for four were so foolish that they chose these three Justice of the Calcutta High Court and the
years. The legacy of that period is the eczema officers — one Sikh, one Hindu and one acting Governor of Bengal) invited him for tea.

T Prime Minister unfurls the tricolour

every Independence Day, curiously
enough, it is the India Gate that has come to
signify patriotism in most films and TV shows.
Tigmanshu Dhulia is one of those rare
filmmakers who have shot inside the Red Fort,
an opportunity he got while making Raag
Desh, a film based on the famous Indian
National Army (INA) trials.
According to Tigmanshu, the Red Fort does
not feature so prominently on the screen
because of Bollywood’s laziness when it comes
to research. “This has happened recently. I
think it’s basically ignorance. Not many
filmmakers are inclined towards history
because more research is needed there.
Research is a recent discipline in Hindi films,
it wasn’t there earlier,” says the director.
A student of history before he became a
filmmaker, Tigmanshu delves into how before
the India Gate was even constructed, it was the
Red Fort that stood tall as the symbol of India’s
freedom struggle. “India Gate is publicised in a
certain way in popular culture. Maybe it is
because of that, that whenever we speak of
freedom or anything nationalistic, we show the
India Gate. But when Netaji was at Bahadur
Shah Zafar’s grave in Rangoon, he pledged,
‘Aapko main Hindustan wapas leke chalunga.
Hum aapko Red Fort mein baithayenge.’ This is
a fact. It was always the Red Fort. Dilli Chalo
was Lal Qila Chalo,” says Tigmanshu.
The director-actor has had a strong bond
that he contracted there, which has stayed in
the family. I also have it,” the filmmaker says
with a smile. It was only natural for someone
who grew up with that background to look for
stories associated with the freedom struggle to
show on the silver screen, and this quest
culminated in Raag Desh, which brought him
to the Red Fort.
The director admits that though he lived in
Delhi for years, it was Raag Desh that
introduced him to the history of the
monument. He shares, “When I went for the
recce, it was very overwhelming. Uske pehle
main saat saal Delhi raha hoon, three of them
with NSD, but Red Fort kabhi gaya nahin tha. I
had gone as a tourist but I hadn’t seen that side
(the barracks) even once. But when I had to
make the film, then I went there. The uniforms
of Prem Sehgal, Shahnawaz Khan, Gurbaksh
Singh Dhillon are all kept there. It was
overwhelming to see that, to think that they
must have walked there at one time. It was a
great experience.”
Inside the Red Fort, Tigmanshu shot at the
very place where the barracks that housed the
INA officers once existed. That is when he
learnt about the significance of the monument
for the British. He tells us, “The Britishers had
this idea that these guys are trying to
challenge us, so let’s set an example, let’s have
the trial at the Red Fort as it was an iconic
place. Bahadur Shah Zafar ko unhone dethrone
kiya. They wanted to set an example by putting
Muslim — which was kind of representing the
entire country. That went completely against
the Britishers.”
Tigmanshu says the INA Trials were the
final nail in the coffin for the British Raj. He
recounts an incident from then to prove his
point. “When the trials were taking place at
the Red Fort, the three officers used to live
there. Red Fort had barracks where the
museum stands now. From the barracks, the
officers were taken to the room where the
trials took place in a truck. This one time, a
British officer and his Gorkha soldiers were
leading the officers. This scene is in the film
too. The British officer pushes the INA
officers. Gurbaksh palat ke ek maarta hai
usko. Aur koi bhi Gorkha soldier uss officer ki
madad ke liye nahin aata. Uss din inko lagta
hai ki yeh kya ho gaya! That was a big setback.
Even Nehruji spoke about it. That triggered
the thought among British that if soldiers are
not with us, who will save us? We need to get
out of here. Otherwise, Churchill had openly
said during World War II ki woh India nahin
chhodne wale. Woh toh Labour party jeet gayi
wahan aur INA hua yahan and that changed
everything,” he says.
Tigmanshu further says that even Clement
Attlee, who was the British Prime Minister
when India became independent, attributed the
independence to the INA. He shares, “Clement
Attlee, who was the British Prime Minister for
one term (from 1945-51), had come to India on
There, he was asked, ‘What do you think was
the role of the Indian National Congress in
independence?’ He just smiled and said, ‘It was
not the Indian National Congress but the INA
that sort of propelled us to leave India.’”
The director feels that the Red Fort and the
history of freedom struggle associated with it
symbolise religious harmony. He elaborates,
“Red Fort stands as a symbol of an India that
was there before the Britishers arrived and
1857 symbolises the Hindu-Muslim unity in
this country. Woh jo mutiny hui thi, woh
soldiers Hindu thay, Muslim thay, sabko East
India Company ke khilaf ladna tha aur unhone
bola Badadur Shah Zafar humara raja hai, toh
sabne bola, Dilli chalo, Red Fort pahuncho. Red
Fort humare Hindustan ki integrity, secular
nature ko represent karta hai.”
In fact, during his research for Raag Desh,
Tigmanshu came across several incidents
related to the freedom struggle and the INA,
which showed the secular fabric of the
movement. He shares his favourite, “Burma
had many south Indians at that time. There
were Sikhs also. Netaji went to one south
Indian temple. He was accompanied by some
Muslim soldiers and the temple priest refused
to let them enter. Netaji ne kaha mujhe toh
yahan poore Hindustan ke liye puja karni hai.
When he said that, the temple priest called
them aur tika lagaya sabko. When they all
came out of the temple, Netaji asked everyone
to wipe off the tika from their foreheads and
said the day we would start wearing religion
on our faces, India will be divided. It was such
a big thing. Don’t flaunt your religion. Religion
is a very personal thing, aur aaj dekho kya
haal hai.”
It was at the Red Fort during the INA Trials
that the Hindu Mahasabha, Muslim League,
and the Indian National Congress came
together for the first time in support of one
cause. The director sees certain lessons in this
for the current populace in this fragmented
climate. He tells us, “The right history was
taught to us and we are a product of that era,
but if that history is changed then there won’t
be any meaning left in icons like Red Fort.
People will forget 1857. In earlier days, roti and
lotus flower had certain significance. Roti
symbolises the moon or crescent and lotus
flower has been Lord Vishnu’s symbol. So if
one village wanted to convey it to the other
that they are united, then one man from the
village would carry a roti and a lotus flower.
Even if that person would get caught, no one
would realise what it was. So they started a
system with these elements that were religious
symbols, but the motivation was not religious.
Kamaal ka daur tha 1857!”

SRK in video tribute to Pulwama martyrs Gigi Hadid enjoying ‘casual’

romance with Tyler Cameron
I THINK THE
OVERWHELMING
igi Hadid wants to keep her
PARTICIPATION OF
CELEBRITIES FOR THE
CAUSE IS COMMENDABLE
G romance with Tyler
Cameron “casual” for now.
The 24-year-old model has been
spending a lot of time with the
AND HEARTENING Bachelorette star recently, but
– Moses Dhinakaran, sources say they’re both keen on
DIG and official spokesman of CRPF keeping the
relationship
simple for the
time being,
because they
are both just
interested in
“having
fun”.
“ Gigi and
Tyler are still
casually dat-
As per a production member, Shah Rukh Khan sang these stand united gives us a formidable strength to face ing. Gigi went
lines for Tu Desh Mera – Tere liye jiyen marein, vaade jo challenges and makes our nation great.” through a
tujhse kiye poore sab karein. Desh ke rang mein ranga Abhishek Mishra, MD, Happy Productions India, tells us, “To say breakup from a serious relationship and
hua, kehta hai ye lahu mera, aanch bhi aaye tirange ko to that we were excited by the prospect of Shah Rukh Khan joining Tyler just got off a dating show. The two
beh jaaun katra-katra. Tu desh mera, main hu tera us for the video is an understatement. He was travelling that week are enjoying building a friendship first,
WORLD RAP

and was quite busy. We are grateful that he took out the time to going on dates and having fun. Nothing
Niharika.Lal@timesgroup.com shoot for the video. We shot Shah Rukh’s part of the video at more than that right now,” a source told
Mehboob Studios in Mumbai.” Joining a list of actors like Amitabh an entertainment portal. Agencies
ith Shah Rukh Khan shooting for the multi-starrer A member from the production team says, “We were following Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor and

W tribute video dedicated to the CRPF personnel martyred

in the Pulwama attack, Tu Desh Mera has added another
name to its star list. Despite his busy schedule, the actor shot for
the four-minute video last week. As many as 14 actors were
approached to shoot, and most, including Amitabh Bachchan,
Aamir Khan and Ranbir Kapoor, have already done so.
Moses Dhinakaran, DIG and official spokesman of CRPF, says,
“This tribute to our heroes and martyrs reaffirms our faith that
the whole nation stands in solidarity with us. The overwhelming
participation of celebrities for the cause is commendable and heart-
ening. The initiative of Happy Productions in bringing up the idea
and its resolute execution deserves all the praise. Our ability to
up with Shah Rukh for some time. After finishing the shoot, he
told us that he was glad to be a part of this tribute video for
soldiers.” He adds, “We are still figuring out the dates of the launch.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Shah Rukh
Khan recently shot for the Tu Desh
Mera video, which is a tribute to the
CRPF personnel martyred in the
After her break up Zayn Malik earlier
this year, Gigi Hadid is often spotted
hanging out with the Bachelorette
However, we will release the song’s teaser on Independence Day.” star Tyler Cameron these days
The song, Tu Desh Mera, has been mainly sung by Javed Ali, Pulwama attack.
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