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DRUNK DRIVER
RUNS OVER
PEDESTRIAN
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD JUNE 4
An overspeeding car dri-
ven by a drunk driver
killed a man who was
crossing the road in
Kompally on Saturday
night. Kishore Babu who
was at the wheel and two
of the three in the car
were under the influence
of alcohol when the inci-
dent happened. The inten-
sity of the accident was so
severe that the deceased
Neela Mallesh was flung
in air and landed on the
car windshield and died
on the spot.
According to the police,
Neela Mallesh, 40, from
Kompally was working as
a watchman in a private
firm in the same area. On
Saturday night around 9
pm, after duty, he was
returning home.
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Pothole breaks bikers leg
his leg, in an attempt to
HYDERABAD JUNE 4 negotiate a pothole in the
middle of the road, after
Killer potholes in Hydera- his bike fell in it. The inci-
bad continue to be a dan- dent occurred on Sunday
ger to citizens. Despite on the busy Erragadda ESI
strict instructions from stretch.
Chief Minister K. Chand- Kondreddy Edukondalu,
rasekhar Rao to make the a resident of Champapet,
city pothole-free by May is working as a supervisor
31, pothole-ridden roads in a construction compa-
can still be seen in differ- ny. On Sunday morning
ent parts of the city. he went to a site in
A 28-year-old employee Kukatpally. After work he
of a construction firm, wh-
ile riding on a bike, broke
was returning home on
his bike. While he was
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passing through the road
on Erragadda to ESI
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noticed a deep pothole in
the middle of the road.
Unable to hit the brake
in time, he drove ahead,
but as soon as the front
wheel dropped into the
pothole, he lost control of
the bike and it was thrown
aside. He fell on the road
along with the bike.
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PRESIDENTIAL
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CH. V.M. KRISHNA RAO | DC
HYDERABAD, JUNE 4
There will be no NOTA
(none of the above)
option in the ballot paper
London, 7 killed
London, June 4: Seven
in the next Presidential people were killed in a ter-
election. This was dis- ror attack in the British
closed to the Assistant capital on Saturday night
Returning Officers at a when a van smashed into
workshop organised by pedestrians on London
the Election Commission Bridge before three
in Delhi recently. assailants went on a stab-
Earlier, a Supreme Court bing spree.
directive in 2013 had The three attackers, who
made NOTA a mandato- were wearing fake suicide
ry option for all polls. vests, shouted this is for
The EC is responsible Allah as they used 12-
for conducting elections inch hunting knives to
for Members of Lok Sa- attack revellers at busy
bha, Rajya Sabha, Ass- bars and restaurants in
the market, sending
Council. dozens of others fleeing
for their lives. One of the
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Witnesses said the gang Armed police stand over two suspects shot at the scene
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and reportedly cut the London on Saturday. AFP
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dark-skinned man in a 10.08 pm (2108 GMT) and with families of the
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Anarchy
and
POWER PLAY
Fresh thunderstorm
exploitation
has
increased in
Law panel seeks views on warnings for TS
DC CORRESPONDENT June 8. The

legalising cricket betting

the state of HYDERABAD, JUNE 4
Telangana The Indian
M e t e o ro l o g i c a l
M. Kodandaram Department (IMD) on
TJAC chairman Sunday issued fresh thun-
Intelligence agencies estimate the betting market to be worth `3,00,000 cr derstorm warnings for
the next 48 hours for iso-
lated places over
S.A. ISHAQUI | DC Telangana and north
HYDERABAD, JUNE 4
Meteorological depart-
ment has predicted that
Rayalaseema will contin-
ue to have light to moder-
ate rainfall for the com-
ing week.
Tirupathi recorded the
highest temperature of
41.9 and Visakhapatnam
recorded the lowest at

Its literally a million-dol-

ASTROGUIDE lar question: Should
cricket betting be
Hemalamba; Uttarayana legalised in India?
Thithi: Jyeshta Shuddha Developments which
Ekadasi till 9.43 am have been taking place in
the country since 2013 to
Star: Chitta till 5.48 pm the present day have
Varjyam: 12.01 am to thrown up the question.
1.48 am (Tuesday) It has an impressive
array of supporters.
Durmuhurtham: 12.40 pm to Considered by the busi-
1.32 pm; 3.16 pm to 4.08 pm
ness and commerce
Rahukalam: 7.30 am
to 9 am
HIJRI CALENDAR
industry to be a valid one,
legal luminaries of this
country have also been
Ramzan 9,1438 AH
PRAYERS
batting for legalisation of
cricket betting through
legislation for the past
several years.
Fajar: 4.31 am The Law Commission of
Zohar: 12.24 pm India on May 30, 2017 rel-
Asar: 4.50 pm eased an appeal inviting
suggestions and opinions
Maghrib: 6.53 pm from a cross-section of
Isha: 8.09 pm
SUNSET TODAY 6.55 PM
SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.48 AM
MOONRISE TOMORROW 11.50 PM
people and stakeholders
about legalising betting.
The Commission in its
appeal said that it has
MOONSET TODAY 12.49 AM
A PAPER
published by the
TAMING THE VICE coastal Andhra Pradesh.
Light to moderate rain-
fall is expected in
33.9. Y.K. Reddy, director
IMD, Hyderabad said,
There are a lot of clouds
Federation of
Indian Chambers
THE ENFORCEMENT Directorate THE EXPERTS say that legalising bet-
in May 2015, while busting an ting would work only when it is sup-
Telangana till June 8. The
highest temperature of
over and around Hyder-
abad, Telangana since
of Commerce and international cricket racket in ported by required enabling mecha- 41.6 was recorded at early morning. It is likely
Industry (FICCI) Ahmedabad, claimed the nisms like the sports fraud legisla- Ramagundam and the to rain for the next few
lowest of 35 at Medak. days however these are
for its conference arrested bookies had trans- tion, strong anti-corruption units in Coastal areas of Andhra the pre-monsoon show-
titled Regulating ferred about `300 crore sports bodies, cooperation for Pradesh are likely to ers. We expect the mon-
Sports Betting in through the hawala (illegal) states. receive moderate rainfall soon to arrive by the end
India: A Vice To channel to UK-based betting and thunderstorms till of this week.
Be Tamed company Betfair to obtain a Betting
showed that an master password to place market is
overwhelming 74
per cent of
respondents
bets online and that was sold
to many people in India.
Experts are of the opinion that
worth
`3,00,000
crore
GHMC readies to
believed that
legalising sports
betting would
legalising betting could provide
an opportunity to casual sports
bettors. The legal platform
tackle monsoon
help curb match- makes it easy for monitoring DC CORRESPONDENT and those who indulge in
fixing. and enforcing authorities. HYDERABAD, JUNE 4 this should face criminal
cases. We shall complete
Greater Hyderabad Mun- road repair works by
Indian Cricket, recom- icipal Corporation along June 15, he said.
Centre could earn `19K cr mended that to curb cor-
ruption in cricket, bet-
ting in cricket should be
legalised. Except players
with other departments
will form special vigilan-
ce teams to identify and
nab persons responsible
Managing Director of
Hyderabad Water Board
M. Dana Kishore said that
150 engineers were

COUNTER POINT
IN BRIEF
GHMC raids meat
shops in city
Hyderabad: The Grater
Hyderabad Municipal
Corporation (GHMC) on
Sunday conducted raids on
mutton, chicken and fish sale
points in circles 15 and 17.
The civic body registered two
cases against organisers for
violating rules.
Raid teams confiscated 30 kg
of meat from a shop on the
charges of illegal slaughter-
ing and imposed a com-
pounding fine of `2,500 for
been mulling over this
idea for quite some time
now.
Discussions were initi-
ated with some of the
stakeholders and the
Commission is working
towards a possible rep-
ort. Justice RM Lodha,
former Chief Justice of
India, also advocated leg-
alising cricket betting in
India. Involvement of te-
rrorist elements in betti-
ng is causing a serious th-
reat to national security.
Mr Nilay Dutta, senior
advocate and member of
the Justice Mudgal Com-
mittee, which has been
set up to probe the IPL
match-fixing scam, added
his opinion to the report
of the committee by stat-
ing that, Influx of Haw-
ala money and involvem-
ent of terrorist elements
in betting and fixing of
sports is causing a seri-
ous threat to national
security.
In view of the national
interest involved, it
would be necessary to
explore the options avail-
able to Parliament and
the Legislatures of vari-
ous states to adopt the
procedure stipulated in
Article 252 of the
Constitution of India.
He added that betting
and gambling being a
state subject in the 7th
annually through taxes
DC CORRESPONDENT,
HYDERABAD, JUNE 4
As per a recent report
published by the
Federation of Indian
Chambers of Commerce
and Industry (FICCI) the
Centre could earn
`19,000 crore annually
by imposing a 20 per
cent tax on sports bet-
ting, particularly in cri-
cket, after it is legalised.
The Committee of GST
has proposed 28 per cent
tax on the gaming sector
in its recommendations
submitted to the Centre.
Indian betting market
worth `3,00,000 crore.
According to the esti-
mates of the intelligence
agencies in India, the
Indian betting market is
worth an enormous
`3,00,000 crore. Intellig-
ence agencies as well as
the enforcement direc-
torate have been time
and again reiterating
that the money involved
in betting has been rout-
ed through the hawala
and money laundering
schedule of the Cons-
titution of India, there
was no consolidated uni-
process from India lawyer of the Hyderabad
through foreign coun- High Court, opined that
tries and that the Mafia right now skill games
was behind the betting like horse racing and 13
racket. According to the cards rummy have been
legal experts, legalising regulated under the Ga-
betting would bring in ming Acts across the
more competition and states in the country. He
transparency into the felt that since cricket is
secret world of bookies, also purely a skill game,
which could curtail ille- it should be legalised
gal betting. and brought under the
Mr T. Pradyumna tax bracket so that con-
Kumar Reddy, criminal siderable revenue can be
lawyer at the Hyderabad generated for the
High Court, said that
legalizing betting in
exchequer.
Mr S Pradeep Kumar,
cricket is a sound move.
But legalising betting
criminal lawyer of the
city, took a different
may also be risky as it view. He felt legalising
could become a catalyst cricket betting would
for other unethical have many adverse
activities like spot-fix- effects on society and it
ing and match-fixing.
So, he adds, the enforc-
would encourage anti-
social elements.
ing authorities must
focus on curbing other
Mr C Mallesh Rao, sen-
ior criminal lawyer of
illegal activities. The
law makers should pro-
the city, opined that
legalising betting is
vide a mechanism for nothing but giving per-
strict implementation of mission and credibility
betting in the event of it to an unethical act
being legalised. which would harm the
Mr Pappu Nageswara social and ethical fabric
Rao, another criminal of this country.
form law on this applica- Committee, which was
ble to the entire country. constituted by the
The Justice R M Lodha Supreme Court to reform
and officials, all other
people should be allowed
to place their bets on reg-
istered websites.
Justice Mudgal and
Justice Lodha Committ-
ees have made a distinc-
tion between betting and
fixing.
The Supreme Court in
BCCI versus State of
Bihar case referred to the
recommendations of the
Justice Lodha Committee
where it stated the rec-
ommendation made by
the Committee that bet-
ting should be legalised
by law, involves the enact-
ment of a law which is a
matter that may be exam-
ined by the Law Commis-
sion...
The Apex Court noted
that the Committee has
taken the view that bet-
ting by administrators,
players, match officials,
team officials, owners,
etc., should continue to
be an offence under the
BCCI and IPL rules and
regulations.
Based on these observa-
tions, the Law Commiss-
ion has made an appeal
inviting views and sug-
gestions for legalising
betting in India and to
recommend the Union of
India to bring out appro-
priate legislation which
would be enforceable in
the entire country.
for dumping building
waste material in city.
During a meeting on
handling issues during
already deployed on a spe-
cial task to complete
ongoing works in time.
The meeting discussed
the monsoon, Commissi- 400 sensitive waterlog-
oner of GHMC B. Janard- ging areas and planned to
han Reddy said that spe- tag them with GPS map-
cial teams would be ping. Managing Director
deployed to restore rain of Hyderabad Metro Rail
gauge stations in city and Limited N.V.S. Reddy,
to take necessary action Cantonment CEO Mr. Ch-
in time in cases of any andrashekar, Hyderabad
emergency. We imposed city traffic joint commis-
restriction on road cut- sioner V. Ravinder and
tings in view of the other officials took part
upcoming rainy season in the meeting.
2 MINORS DROWN IN LAKE
WHILE LEARNING TO SWIM
DC CORRESPONDENT the water while Deepak
HYDERABAD, JUNE 4 was standing by the
edge said the sub-insp-
Two minor students
drowned while learning
ector of Medchal Police,
R. Veerabhramam.
swimming under Medc-
hal Police Station limits
Based on a complaint
received by Johns
on Sunday evening. The
kids, identified as D.
father, Emmanuel, a pri-
vate employee, Medchal
Dinesh, 14, and John police immediately
Paul, 15, were Class IX rushed to the spot and
students and residents started fishing out the
of Attivelli in Medchal. bodies of the two kids.
On Sunday evening We are putting our
around 5:30 pm, the duo, efforts to pull out the
along with their friend, bodies since the past few
one Deepak, 14, a Class hours. Once we do, we
VIII student, went to a will book a case under
lake near their house to relevant sections and
swim and drowned in start an investigations.

Docs remove rare tumour from woman

using plastic carry bags
below 40 microns.
The shops were prosecuted
under sections 521, 530, 539,
548 and 596 of the HMC Act
1955.
MIM OBJECTS TO
FLYOVER AT
OWAISI HOSPITAL
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD, JUNE 4
After the Metro Rail route, the
MIM has objected to the con-
struction of a multi-level fly-
EXPECTED BENEFITS
FROM TOT MODEL
Receipt of upfront pay-
ment from private player
FEATURES OF HYDERABAD ORR
Quick option to re
158 km: Total length award projects that were
120 kmph: Design speed earlier awarded under
8 lanes: Right of way (ROW) EPC or BOT model.
3 meters wide: Hard shoulder for
emergency parking/breakdown vehicles
Reduced burden on
state government to
5 meters: Width of central median
25 meters: Width of Railway corridor
monitor highway assets
Better maintained
2 lanes: Service roads on either side highways due to private
4 meters: Utility Corridor on either side participation.
DC CORRESPONDENT,
HYDERABAD, JUNE 4
Doctors at a city hospital
recently removed an intra-
cardiac tumour from the
left ventricle of a 25-year-
old woman from Sanga-
reddy district who had
complained of extreme
shortness of breath.
Doctors who performed
the six-hour operation
said it was an extremely
rare case in fact, only the
second such recorded of
Rosai-Dorfmans disease,
itself a rare condition.
not known. Various caus-
ROSAI DORFMANS SYMPTOMS
es are suspected viral,
bacterial, environmental
Rosai-Dorfman is a Main symptom of
and genetic causes. The
histiocytic disorder Rosai-Dorfman is pain disease is rare and usually
and fever. Often,
in which a type of
white blood cell, when the disease is
affect the neck region, thy-
roid gland, pancreas, skin
and upper respiratory
called non-
Langerhans sinus
not seen under X-Ray,
it is only the continu-
tract. In the heart region,
there was only one record-
histiocyte, is over-
produced. These
ous pain that signals
that the disease is
ed case so far, explained
Dr Anand Agarwal, the
progressing. In very senior surgeon who per-
cells accumulate in formed the surgery.
the lymph nodes rare cases, the symp- The team of cardiolo-
and usually affect toms are breathless- gists including Dr Praka-
the neck region, but ness, headaches, sh Ajmera, Dr Kamal Ku-
mar Chawla and Dr Malli-

ORR toll to stay, as state can also occur in night sweats,

over at Owaisi Hospital junc-
tion that was proposed by the
GHMC under the Strategic
Road Development Plan.
Following an objection by
MIM legislator Akbaruddin
Owaisi, the GHMC drew up
alternative options and pre-
sented them during a meeting
on March 22. But the legislator
sought further changes and
proposed an underpass. He
also wanted a uni-directional
underpass at Midhani bus
depot junction.
Accordingly, GHMC has
puts new system in place
S.N.C.N ACHARYULU
HYDERABAD, JUNE 4
The central government
may have proposed the
cancellation of tolls on
highways, but the users of
Hyderabad Outer Ring
They also replaced the karjun believe that the
womans aortic valve with other parts of the decreased sensation, cells must have developed
a mechanical valve and body and cause difficulty in swallow- in the womans heart re-
kept the woman under organ damage. ing and speaking. gion over the last five-six
observation for six days.
She is stable now, the doc-
tors said. Rosai-Dorfman,
named after two patholo-
condition, involves the
overproduction of a type
of white blood cell that
in the lymph nodes, but
very rarely in the heart.
The reason for overpro-
years.
Rosai-Dorfman usually
occurs in the first ten
years of life, and rarely in
Corridor Board of direc- policy and Promotion gists who discovered the then accumulates, mostly duction of these cells is adults.
tors has agreed to call ten- (DIPP) has suggested that
ders on TOT basis, said Telangana state govern-
the Chief General ment can also auction
Manager
Hyderabad
Corridor
(CGM)
Growth
Limited,
Ananda Mohan. He also
of

instructed the contractor to
prepare general arrangement
drawings. After finalising
them, the GHMC will send the
plan to the state government
for approval.
Similarly, the GHMC has
changed the plan at Uppal and
Rasoolpura junctions.
The GHMC has written to the
directorate of coordination,
police wireless, Union home
ministry, to initiate action to
hand over 1.62 acres of land at
Rasoolpura junction to meet
the larger interest of the city.
The GHMC has taken up the
SRDP at an estimated cost of
`19,263 crore in four phases.
The state government has
sanctioned `2,631 crore for the
first phase, and work is expect-
ed to be complete by April
next year.
Road (ORR) are not likely
to get the benefit of this in
the near future.
As the current Toll
Management System
(TMS) contract is set to
end on July 18, 2017, the
Hyderabad Metropolitan
Development Authority
(HMDA) is ready call ten-
ders in the proposed new
system of Toll Operate
Transfer (TOT).
Ever since the central
government authorised
National Highway
Authority of India (NHAI)
to monetize the opera-
tional highway projects
through TOT model, state
governments are evaluat-
ing the pros and cons of
the new system.
The Hyderabad Growth
B
added that the proposed
decision of central gov-
ernment to cancel the toll
collection is not applica-
ble to ORR since ORR is a
special one.
The NHAI has identified
75 National Highway proj-
ects with an operational
history of two years that
could opt for the TOT
model.
Earlier these projects
were functioning under
E n g i n e e r i n g ,
Procurement and
Construction (EPC) or
Built Operate and
Transfer (BOT) model.
Invest India, the nation-
al investment promotion
and facilitation agency
promoted by the
Department of Industrial
operational projects to
private players on TOT
model and proposed
Hyderabad Outer Ring
Road as one of the prime
candidates for this model.
At present HMDA is col-
lecting `192 crore (`16
crore per month) toll tax
annually. But the HMDA
is expecting the revenue
to be much higher now.
According to the TOT
model, the private player
would offer an upfront
lump sum amount to
HMDA in lieu of the right
to collect user fee and
maintain the project for a
period of 30 years.
This cash inflow will
help the HMDA to direct
the funds to newer proj-
ects. The responsibility of
maintaining the ORR
would be completely
passed on to the private
player.
46% die within a year after heart failure
KANIZA GARARI | DC
HYDERABAD, JUNE 4
Forty six per cent of
Indians who suffer heart
failure die within a year,
according to a new study.
The finding is part of
the global International
Congestive Heart Failure
Study, conducted by car-
diologists on 5,823 patien-
ts in 108 centres in Africa,
India, South East Asia,
China and South Amer-
ica. The patients 60 per
cent men and 40 per cent
women were followed
up for six months.
The study found that
heart failure patients in
India, Africa and South
East Asia were approxi-
FOR A HEALTHY HEART ogist Dr M. Srinivas Rao.
Cases of heart failure
Eat healthy fats, avoid trans-fats. remain undetected or un-
Maintain a physically active lifestyle der diagnosed due to low
Do not sit continuously for long periods awareness, inaccurate
diagnosis and ineffective
Watch your weight regularly treatment protocols.
Maintain a proper sleep routine Rising levels of obesi-
Avoid exposure to second-hand smoke ty, unhealthy diets and se-
Manage your stress levels dentary lifestyles are ma-
jor factors for increasing
instances of cardiovascu-
mately 10 years younger with cardiac arrest. lar diseases, senior car-
than those in South Cardiac arrest is when diologist Dr Shiv Kumar
America and China. The the heart is not function- says. Some three crore
mean age for heart fail- ing properly but there is a Indians suffer from coro-
ure was 59 years in India. scope to rectify it; heart nary artery disease a
The researchers con- failure is a potentially condition in which the
cluded that the general life-threatening condition arteries that supply blood
population in India does in which the heart is to the heart muscle hard-
not understand the dis- unable to pump enough en or narrow and near-
ease properly and heart blood around the body, ly 30 lakh people suffer
failure is often confused explained senior cardiol- heart attack every year.
 syed imran
234 areas prone
to water-logging
Drainage on these roads a tough task
INDULEKHA ARAKKAR | DC
HYDERABAD, JUNE 4
Hyderabad Traffic Police
released a list of 234 areas
that are often waterlogged
during the monsoon, lead-
ing to traffic jams. These
areas have been identified
by the traffic policemen
who have seen traffic jams
at these points every mon-
soon when water stagnates.
The draining of these
roads has always been a
tough task due to potholes,
drainage issues etc. We
have handed over the list to
the Greater Hyderabad
Municipal Corporation
(GHMC) and work has
already begun. Out of the
234 points we had identi-
fied, 27 were crucial
according to the traffic
flow, width of road, age of
construction etc. The area
under the Malakpet bridge
has always been a perpetu-
Many fell into this pothole
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD JUNE 4
Killer potholes in Hydera-
bad continue to be a danger
to citizens.
The bike dragged him
(Kondreddy Edukondalu)
for about five metres. But
he escaped serious injury
because the driver of the
car behind him applied his
brakes and the vehicle
came to a halt a few inches
away from his head, Mr
Naresh, an eyewitness,
said. Traffic came to a
standstill as passersby
rushed to his aid and they
lifted him to the side of the
road in a semi-conscious
state, along with the bike.
A paramedic passing by
noticed the fallen man and
Uttam backs Mallannasagar oustees,
demands TS implement 2013 Land
Acquisition Act, not amended Act
THE AREA UNDER
Malakpet bridge was
always a headache.
POLICE CLAIMS that
no accident happens due
to waterlogging.
20 POINTS have been
worked on to ensure
free flow of water.
al headache during the
monsoon due to waterlog-
ging. Out of these, 20 points
have been worked on to
ensure free flow of water
and work is commencing in
other areas. It is nice to
note that our work is yield-
ing results, says Deputy
Commissioner of Police, P.
Papaiah, Hyderabad City
Police.
The listed areas include
roads at Banjara Hills.
Charminar, Begumpet,
Abids and Nampally.
The pothole has seen many
bike riders falling.
rushed to provide him first
aid and some moral sup-
port.
Workers from a nearby
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VERIFICATION OF
Hyderabad: Candidates who have TSPOLYCET is conducted by the State
qualified for the Telangana Board of Technical and Training for
TS POLYCET
Polytechnic Common Entrance Test the candidates seeking admission to
(TS Polycet) 2017 need to attend the diploma courses in engineering, non-
certification verfication programme at engineering or technology at poly-
PAPERS STARTS
any of the 21 help-line centres technic institutions including aided
between June 6 and 8. and unaided private polytechnics.
The police claim that no
accidents happen due to
waterlogging. However,
traffic jams that require
extra personnel and time
occur during the monsoon.
The Cyberabad Traffic
personnel have also listed
potential waterlogging
areas in L.B Nagar, Uppal
and Madhapur. We are
very happy to note that the
work has already started in
many areas and water
diversion through extra
pipelines has begun.
GHMC has also handed out
disaster kits to all police
stations. So if a tree falls
due to heavy rain, we can
remove it with the help of
GHMC personnel. We have
tried to ensure that there is
no obstruction of traffic
whatsoever due to rains,
says Additional DCP. N.
Divyacharan Rao,
Rachakonda commission-
erate.
PEOPLE LIFTED the
injured man and moved
him to the side of the
road in a semi-con-
scious state.
shop said that a similar
incident occurred in the
morning on Sunday when a
bike fell while negotiating
the same pothole. The rider
missed coming under a city
bus after the alert driver
swerved the vehicle in
time.
As soon as the incident
occurred in the evening,
workers from the shops
and auto drivers filled the
pothole with stones and
twigs to alert commuters.
Edukondalu was rushed
to a private hospital.
 syed imran
Telangana is
No. 1 state
both in
development
and welfare
T. Harish Rao
TS minister
BRIEF
IN
Pranabs last TS visit
as Prez on June 17
Hyderabad: President Pranab
Mukherjee will be making his
last trip to Hyderabad on June
17 and 18 before demitting
office on July 25.
According to official sources,
the President will arrive in
Hyderabad on June 17 and stay
for two days at the Rashtrapati
Nilayam in Bolarum. He will
meet VVIPs and dignitaries,
including the Chief Ministers of
TS and AP and will organise At
Home on the lawns of the
Rashtrapati Nilayam.
KCR names
heads of
TRS wings
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD, JUNE 4
TRS chief and Chief Minister
K. Chandrasekhar Rao on
Sunday appointed heads to
various wings of the party.
MLC Shambipur Raju was
appointed president of partys
youth wing, Mohd Khaja Muj-
eebuddin will head the minori-
ty wing, Sunka Ravishankar
the SC wing, Kancharla Ram-
akrishna Reddy the farmers
wing, Muta Gopal the BC wing
and G. Rambabu Yadav the
labour wing.
Mr Rao had already appoint-
ed heads for partys student
and women wings.
He is expected to appoint
presidents for ST, trade and
legal wings soon.
1st Prez poll
after 2013
NOTA ruling
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD, JUNE 4
There will be no NOTA (none
of the above) option in the bal-
lot paper in the next
Presidential election.
The Election Commission is
also the authoritative body to
conduct elections for the high-
est chairs in the country, that
of the President and Vice-
President. For the Presidential
election, all the elected
Members of Parliament and
Assemblies are the registered
voters. This modified election
notification is most likely to be
issued on June 15.
NOTA option first became
operational in 2013, where the
voter had the option of reject-
ing all the candidates listed in
the ballot paper and register
their negative vote through
electronic voting machines
(EVMs) and ballot papers.
This is the first Presidential
election after the NOTA ruling
of 2013.
At the workshop, ARO, Dr. S.
Raja Sadaram who is the
Telangana Legislature secre-
tary, raised a query about the
NOTA status in the
Presidential election.
The Election Commission
confirmed its absence, though
no official reasons were stated.
WOMAN | POWER
Fewer single women seek dole
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD, JUNE 4
Nizamabad district has the
highest number of benefi-
ciaries for the Telangana
state governments single
woman pension scheme
that was formally laun-
ched across the state on
Sunday, while Nirmal dis-
trict has the least number.
All ministers, MPs,
MLAs etc. distributed
allotment letters to benefi-
ciaries on Sunday extend-
ing `1,000 per month pen-
sion for single women.
Since Chief Minister K.
Chandrasekhar Rao ann-
ounced implementation of
scheme with retrospective
effect from April 1 this ye-
ar, beneficiaries were gi-
ven `2,000 pension each for
April and May.
The amount will be
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VHR says people of Telangana
are ready to teach a lesson to
TRS whenever elections are held
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FIGHTING GRAFT
TS revenue up 16%, deficit 32%
Special drive to find
S.N.C.N. ACHARYULU | DC
HYDERABAD, MAY 29 STATE, REVENUE RECEIPTS, FISCAL DEFICIT
stamp duty evasion
Telangana state has regis- 2017 FEB
tered a revenue growth rate TS: `65,256.50 `28,476
of 16 per cent in the last year
(February 2016 to February Gujarat: `1,09,808.09 `15.265.45
2017) as per the CAG report.
It has also registered a Maharashtra: `2,05,345 `35,915.81
Discretionary powers of sub-registrars scrapped sharp increase in the fiscal
2016 FEB:
deficit growth. At 32 per
DC CORRESPONDENT Former Chief Secret- cent, the fiscal deficit figure TS: `56,220.72 `21,592.88
HYDERABAD, JUNE 4 ROOT OF THE MATTER ary and CCLA K. Prad-
eep Chandra too sub-
is nearly double the revenue
growth rate. Gujarat: `96,868.66 `22,932.13
Sale deeds are Raids revealed that mitted a report to the
The TS government wi- A comparative study of
ll launch a special dri- registered under sub-registrars regis- state government last other states show some Maharashtra: `1,83,440.92 `28,420.44
ve to detect stamp duty year on the need to interesting results.
evasion in wake of the
Miyapur land scam.
Book-1 with 6%
stamp duty.
tered sale deeds in
general deeds category
abolish discretionary
powers to sub-regis-
In Gujarat the fiscal deficit
has reduced by 33.43 per
growth rate in TS, was pri-
marily because of poor
tion of Mission Bhagiratha
and Mission Kakatiya,
The ongoing raids on
sub-registrar offices
Deeds like GPAs, for bribes trars but no effort was
made by the govern-
cent, whereas Maharashtra
registered a fiscal deficit
financial management.
The increase of fiscal
amongst other projects. With
this figure added to the total
across the state reveal- gift deeds etc are ment to implement his increase of 26.37 per cent. In deficit was 31.87 per cent borrowings, the fiscal deficit
ed that the officials had registered under This led to the state recommendations. AP, the fiscal deficit has also and this was in accordance has increased further.
helped property buyers Book-4, and 1.5% exchequer incurring The CM directed offi- increased, by 60 per cent. to the budgetary figures. But While TS leads in the reve-
evade stamp duty and
stamp duty is losses of hundreds of cials to scrap the dis- State senior officials said the TS government had bor- nue growth percentage in
in return received crores of rupees. cretionary powers to the reason for the increase rowed about `10,000 crore the country, Gujarat and Ma-
bribes. collected. sub-registrars with im- in fiscal deficit despite the out-of-Budget in the same harashtra has earned more
The CID and ACB te- mediate effect. Hence- commendable revenue period for the implementa- revenue in the same period.
ams, who have been co- dismay over the cor- tolerate malfunction- forth, only officials of
nducting raids on sub- rupt practices in sub- ing of government the level of CCLA and
registrar offices for the
last five days, submit-
registrar offices.
The CM held an
departments that has
caused huge loss to the
above will have discre-
tionary powers on
TS TOPS CENTRAL
ted their preliminary
findings to the govern-
emergency meeting
with Chief Secretary
state exchequer.
Officials brought to
the notice of the CM
property registrations.
The CM asked offi-
cials to update him on
EDU SCHEME
ment on gross irregul- S.P. Singh, revenue sec-
arities in sub-registrar
offices across the state.
retary B.R. Meena and
CMO officials and
that some discretio-
nary powers on regis-
Miyapur land scam
developments and
IMPLEMENTATION
Official sources said
the reports were refer-
red to Chief Minister
directed them to take
effective measures to
put an immediate end
trations given to sub-
registrars by Congress
government in undi-
CID/ ACB raids on a
day-to-day basis so that
quick decisions can be
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD, JUNE 3
K. Chandrasekhar Rao,
who is learnt to have
to the menace.
The CM made it clear
vided AP made it easi-
er for them to indulge
made to check loop-
holes in the property
TS has topped the
Government of India ini-
expressed shock and that he will no longer in irregularities. registration system. tiative, Rashtriya
Uchchatar Shiksha
Abhiyan (RUSA) which
is a collaboration of the
Centre and state govern-
MINORITIES ments that aims at equi-
ty and excellence in
MUST AVAIL higher education institu-
tions.
Telangana is the first
IN LOVING MEMORY
SCHEMES: KHAN state to have utilised 85
per cent of the funds
allotted.
DC CORRESPONDENT The MHRD had allotted
HYDERABAD, JUNE 4 `170 crore to the TS high-
er education depart-
Adviser to the TS govern- ment. Of this, `39.82
ment on minority affairs crore was released as the
A.K. Khan on Sunday first instalment of Shri TOPKANA NATESUN MOHAN RAJ
DOB: 14-01-1930 DOD: 03-06-2017
urged the minorities to Central share that was S/o Late T.A. Natesun Mudaliar
come forward and avail used to create facilities You live every moment in our hearts
Inserted by: T.M. Basant Kumar (Son),
the benefits the govern- in 40 government degree T. Ananthalaxmi (Daughter-in-Law)
ment has provided to colleges and the Y. Sujata (Daughter)
them. He also highlighted Osmania University. Grand Children:
Deepti Topkana, Harish Topkana,
the various schemes Heema Bindu Menon, Y. Sai Aditya
launched by the state gov-
PARTY TIME
Grand Sons-in-Law:
PROMOTED TO GLORY Govind Patnaik, Arun Menon
ernment for the uplift of
I have fought a good fight, I have finished the race, Great Grandson: Mayansh Patnaik
minorities. I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for
(CA-1540)
me a crown of righteousness. 2 Tim 4:7,8
Mr Khan said, Its the
MP T. Subbarami Reddy leads a team of Congress leaders in felicitating
need of the hour that the 4th ANNIVERSARY
AICC vice-president Rahul Gandhi in Guntur on Sunday. P. ANIL KUMAR minorities come forward
and avail the benefits
extended to them by the
Congress, Left behind government of Telangana.
The government has
introduced various educa-
tion programmes for stu-
slaughter row: Venkaiah dents. Also, the scholar-
ship for students going
abroad for further studies
has been enhanced. It is
Sis. A. PHEBE BENJAMIN
D/o Late Mr. Anantha Benjamin
Late Mrs. Gorantla Louise Benjamin
DC CORRESPONDENT for quite some time. the best possible time to D.O.B.: 8.2.1956 D.O.D.: 4.6.2017
HYDERABAD, JUNE 4 Rahul Gandhi We did not bring in utilise these opportuni- A dear sister who served the Lord KAMLA DEVI ARYA
better intro- any new rules or regu- ties.
faithfully in building up of the saints at
Hebron Church, Golconda X Roads and D.O.D.: 05-06-2013
Asserting that the Cen- spect before lations. The same peo- Mr Khan pointed out also at other places.
Her mortal remains are placed in Hebron.
Inserted by:
Chandrakant Arya (Husband)
tral government has criticising others. Its ple who imposed the that the government is Burial at Narayanguda cemetery on
no intention of impos- restrictions are now also offering civil service 6.6.2017 at 11.00 a.m. Sons - Daughter-in-law
ing any restrictions or the Congress that raking up controver- coaching to 100 students Inserted by: Family Members Daughters - Sons-in-law
regulate food habits of introduced family rule sies. Even the from the minority commu-
9848122392, 9000177791 Grand Children & Family Members
the people Union min- and hereditary politics Rajasthan High Court nity so that the state can
(CA-1541)
ister M. Venkaiah Nai- in India. said that cows must be have more civil servants 1st DEATH ANNIVERSARY
du on Sunday accused protected and recog- from the community.
the Opposition, especi- M. VENKAIAH nised as the National Moreover, the govern-
ally the Congress and NAIDU, Animal. The ment has allotted land for
Left parties of creating Union minister Opposition, which is the Anees-ul-Ghurba
an unnecessary con- making a hue and cry, orphanage at Nampally.
troversy over the issue. for the people to raise appears to have forgot- There will be shops con-
Condemning the Op- objections. Only after ten all this, he said. structed so that the
position parties for the that did the Centre Speaking to news- orphanage can utilise the
slaughter of a calf on notify the guidelines. men at TS BJP office rent to educate the
the streets in Kerala, However, there is no here, Mr Naidu said orphans, Mr Khan said.
Mr Naidu said that the ban on eating beef in that the Opposition
Centre had only acted the notification. Even parties have no work scholarship for Late Dr. Ponneri Srinivasa Rao
DOB: 20.7.1934 DOD: 5.6.2016
on the directions of ap- the Kerala High Court as on date and that was students going "Although you left us, your mem-
ex court and brought specifically asked the the reason they were
in regulations over petitioner who chal- creating controversies
abroad for fur- ories are always in our hearts
forever."
slaughter of animals. lenged the order about from every issue. Unf- ther studies has been Inserted By:
It was on the direc- this, he said. ortunately for them, enhanced. It is the best Sons: P. VAMANRAO, P. ANANDRAO
P. Ganeshrao & Family members.
tion of the apex court The Union minister the people are fully su- possible time to utilise Ph:7799117687
that we formulated said that ban on cow pporting Prime Min- these opportunities
guidelines on slaugh- slaughter was in vogue ister Narendra Modi in
ter of various animals. in many Congress- every sphere, includ- A.K. KHAN OBITUARY
The same guidelines ruled states. It has ing the latest regula- Adviser to the TS gov-
had been uploaded on been there in a few tion on slaughter of
a website for 30 days Congress-ruled states animals, he said. ernment on minority affairs
Nizamabad district has most beneficiaries, Nirmal the least
While the government ex- scheme for this year but
Mrs. NITA MURRAY
W/o Late Basil Murray
BENEFICIARIES IDENTIFIED pected 3.60 lakh applicatio- with fewer applications,
Expired on 01.06.2017
Funeral on 6.6.2017 at 11 a.m. at
IN DISTRICTS ns as per the household su- the expenditure would not St. Marys Basilica, Secunderabad
followed by Burial at Mettuguda
rvey conducted in August cross over `1,500 crore.
Adilabad (1,602) Nagarkurnool (3,160) 2014, it received just 1.42 la- Panchayat raj and rural
Cemetery.
Kothagudem (4,742) Nalgonda (5,867) kh applications, of which development department
Inserted by: Family Members
Hyderabad (5,028) Nirmal (1,277) 1.08 lakh were found to be has been appointed as the
(S/1718/D00346)
Jagtial (3,757) Nizamabad (8,367) eligible after verification. nodal agency for imple- 1st DEATH ANNIVERSARY 1st DEATH ANNIVERSARY 8th SHRADHANJALI
Jangoan (1,421) Peddapally (1,989) In Nizamabad, officials menting the scheme. I will dwell in the house of the
Bhoopalapally (2,319) received around 11,730 app- We extended the dead- Lord forever. Psalms 23:6
Siricilla (1,591) lications, and after scruti- line thrice to enable more
Gadwal (1,744) Ranga Reddy (5,054) ny they found 8,367 eligible. single women submit
Kamareddy (3,522) Sangareddy (5,167) Minister Pocharam Srin- applications. We took up
Karimnagar (2,785) Siddipet (2,975) ivas Reddy, who formally awareness programmes
Khammam (6,412) launched the single wom- from the village-level to
Suryapet (5,093) an pension scheme at Ban- state-level seeking applica-
Asifabad (2,435)
Mahbubabad (2,578) Vikarabad (4,260) swada and Nizamabad, tions. Despite this, getting
MAHARUKH ROHINTON VAKIL
Mahbubnagar (6,333) Wanaparty (2,404) said that Telangana was just over 1 lakh applica- (D.O.D: 05.06.2016)
the only state in the coun- tions surprised us. We will
Macherial (2,275) Warangal rural (2,327) try to give `1,000 social take up the issue with CM
We miss you MAHARUKH profoundly.
We cherish memories of our long
Medak (3,614) Warangal urban (1,918) security pension. Of one and request him to give association, of your joyful smiles, your
Mrs. P.S. JACOB countless acts of kindness and your
Medchal (3,925) and Yadadri (2361) crore families in the state, one more opportunity to W/o Cyril Jacob binding love for all. You lived a full,
around 50 per cent will be submit applications, if the- Retired Head Mistress useful and good life and left a trail of M. PADMAJA
sweetness behind. From the abun- W/o M.S. Naidu
directly credited into the However, applications covered under different re are any leftover benefic- Rly High School, Chilkalguda. dance of His garden God has plucked
bank accounts/post office received for the scheme pension schemes, he said. iaries, said Jupally Krish- D.O.B: 2.5.1937 D.O.D: 5.6.2016 the flower of His choice Time never erases memories
Inserted by - Husband: Cyril Jacob Inserted by: Rohinton, Zubin, Friyana, We miss you and love you
accounts of beneficiaries were much below the gov- The government sanc- na Rao, minister for panch- Nazreen and Feroze Ph: 8008056555
Ph: 65961389
by the 8th of every month. ernments expectations. tioned `4,000 crore for the ayat raj.
(S/1718/D00343) (S/1718/D00331)
 syed imran
No law or
meetings can
protect our
environment. It
can only happen
if people do it on
their own.
Harsh
Vardhan,
Environment
minister
IN BRIEF
CATCH THEM
YOUNG, SAYS
EXPERT
New Delhi, June 4: T S Eliots
words about April describ-
ing it as the cruelest month
are often recalled by old-timers
in Delhi.
Back in our day, one can
often hear a pensioner say, it
was never this hot in the
month of April. There was a
time when winter marked its
onset in the end of October.
But the weather is not an
issue that seems to engage
many among the younger gen-
eration, as temperature incre-
ases, weather patterns change
and rains fall irregularly.
On the eve of World Envir-
onment Day, Arun Krishnam-
urthy, the founder of the
Environmentalist Foundation
of India, says that there is a
strong disconnect between
people and the environment
because of the digital age.
In the digital age, even con-
servation is restricted to social
media platforms and posters.
People have almost forgotten
what it means to be in the
fields working towards real
time and result oriented con-
servation work, he says.
It is imperative to do more
for the environment, he says.
He believes that the younger
generation needs to be sensi-
tised about the environment.
Education system needs to
focus on sensitising students
towards climate change, pollu-
tion impacts and the need for
conservation, he said. PTI
Scientists are developing environment
friendly vehicle batteries, which could
be recharged using fluid electrolytes.
WORLD TO FOCUS ON SAVING OCEAN
Coral bleaching, plastic threat, rising seas to be the focus of ocean conference;
Miami, June 4: World
leaders convene at UN
headquarters next week
for the first major bid to
solve the toughest prob-
lems facing our oceans,
from coral bleaching to
plastic pollution, overfish-
ing and rising seas due to
climate change.
The Ocean Conference in
New York June 5-9
attempts to rally nations
big and small to make
meaningful changes to
preserve what is arguably
the Earths most impor-
tant resource, experts say.
US President Donald
Trumps recent decision to
withdraw from the Paris
climate accord is antici-
pated to be a hot topic at
the talks, which no high-
ranking US officials are
expected to attend.
But despite Trumps
decision Thursday to end
US participation in the
Paris deal, which drew
worldwide condemnation,
experts at the Pew
Charitable Trust said the
United States has been a
part of crafting a broad
call to action, and is
expected to sign it.
We are committed to
halting and reversing the
decline in the health and
productivity of our
ocean, says the three-
page document, which
also expresses alarm at
the impact of climate
change on the ocean.
The call to action is
expected to be signed and
released at some point
during the week-long con-
ference, which will bring
government officials,
ocean advocates and some
heads of state to New
York. The US pullout from
Paris deal means other
nations will lead the way
at the UN talks, particular-
ly small island nations
that have the most to lose
from rising seas.
The world just marked
its three hottest years in
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THREAT TO WORLD
Oceans have
WHAT CAN WE DO
YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE GLOBAL EFFORTS TO
Grow food at
absorbed about one
third of the carbon dioxide
released by human activi-
SAVE THE WORLD AND ENVIRONMENT WITH THESE
SIMPLEST STEPS.
SAVE WATER. Just Across the world, 80 tril-
home: Experts
ties, protecting the one per cent of the lion aluminium cans are New Delhi, June 4: Growing some
planet from the full total water available used every year. Use recy- When it comes to issues of
global warming, green
of our own food
brunt of climate
change.
in the world could be cle bin to dispose them.
used for drinking. You could cycle for short
house gases and pollu-
tion, even the smallest
is a wonderful
way to nourish
our body and cleanse
Melting glaciers Rest of the water is distances or at least use efforts made by different
ocean or frozen. fuel efficient vehicles. individuals count, but the environment at the
and sea ice at the where to start always same time... Rooftop
poles threatens swell
sea level to the point
Most of plastic Power saved is power
bags and other plastic generated. Switch lights,
remains the big question.
Well, for the starters you
gardens will also make
your home cooler.
of washing away entire garbage are not biode- and other gadgets, if you can begin with your food
plate. The food for SANGEETA KHANNA,
islands and populated gradeable. When they are not using them. thought here is: Home- Food writer
coastlines home to 37 per- are thrown into the grown, literally.
Dont waste food.
cent of the planets population ocean, the plastic kills A healthy plate of home-
Optimal utilisation of food
in the coming decades. one million sea crea- grown food is a step organic waste for com-
will reduce the stress on towards healthy environ- post. Doing this you are
Just 20 inches of sea level tures every year. Try to
the environment to grow ment, says expert preventing yourself from
rise could displace 1.2 million quit plastic bags. Sangeeta Khanna on the the foul smell and the
food for us.
people from islands in the eve of World environment from harm-
Switch over renewable Environment Day. ful gases, she added.
Caribbean Sea, Indian and energy like solar, which Our personal health is While the home-grown
Pacific Oceans. reduce use of coal and directly linked to the food helps solving the
Every year, more than eight will protect our health of the planet. We garbage problem, the food
need to take the responsi- writer says that in the
million tonnes of plastic washes forests. bility to make our sources scorching summer a
into the oceans, costing at least Plant a tree of food sustainable. green cover on your
$8 billion in damage to marine or at least help Growing some of our rooftop is no less than a
ecosystems and killing an esti- own food is a wonderful blessing as it helps in
plants to survive way to nourish our body cooling your place.
mated one million sea birds, by watering the and cleanse the environ- According to Shabnam
100,000 sea mammals and plants near your ment at the same time, Kapur, co-founder of
untold numbers of fish. home. says Sangeeta Khanna, Khetify, a Delhi based
renowned food writer and urban-farming startup,
nutrition consultant here. All you need is a little
modern times. And the islands in the Caribbean billion in damage to Jumeau during a UN press But, how can something space for pot, to grow
oceans have absorbed Sea, Indian and Pacific marine ecosystems and conference. as small as growing our food. It can be anywhere,
about one third of the car- Oceans. killing an estimated one Previous global meetings own vegetables at home balcony, terrace, rooftop,
bon dioxide released by Recent studies have million sea birds, 100,000 on problems facing the change the environment or even kitchen window
human activities, protect- shown the troubling sea mammals and untold oceans have taken place, for better? sill, says Shabnam.
ing the planet from the full extent of plastic pollution, numbers of fish. but the World Wildlife Seeing urban-farming Talking about the
brunt of climate change. even in the most remote And famous coral reefs, Funds John Tanzer as one-ready solution for reduced nutrition value
Melting glaciers and sea parts of the world. such as Australias Great described this one as his- the problems in the air, of vegetables due to being
ice at the poles threatens An uninhabited island in Barrier Reef, are suffering toric because the talks Sangeeta says important transported from far
swell sea level to the point the south Pacific, Hende- from hot temperatures are under the auspices of is to nip the problem in away places, she says that
of washing away entire rson Island, thousands of like never before in mod- the United Nations for the the bud, and here the growing it at home will
islands and populated miles from civilisation ern times, with mass first time. major part of the problem also help conserve energy
coastlines home to 37 was recently shown to be bleaching and die-offs con- The reality is that is food scraps...the spent in transporting it.
per cent of the planets piling up more than 3,500 tinuing unabated for the oceans have been in steep garbage creating a pile Spinach is coming
population in the com- pieces of plastic per day. past two years. decline for at least the last of land-fills in the city. from 100s of kms by
ing decades. Every year, more than Small island states can- 50 or 60 years, Tanzer, But if you are into trucks. During that proc-
Just 20 inches of sea eight million tonnes of not afford to be dismayed global oceans lead at WWF, urban-farming, you can ess everyday some of the
level rise could displace plastic washes into the or feel down or depressed said. segregate your garbage produce is losing nutri-
1.2 million people from oceans, costing at least $8 about any of this, said AFP and make use of the tion, she said. PTI
 syed imran
Chandrababu
has no guts
to fight for
SCS, hence he
is slinging mud
on the
Congress
K.V.P. Ramachandra
Rao
Rajya Sabha Member
IN BRIEF
11 caught for
drunk driving
Hyderabad: Eleven drunk
drivers were caught for
drunken driving on Saturday
night at Jubliee Hills. A spe-
cial drive against drunken
driving was conducted by
Jubliee Hills traffic police
near a pub on Road #45 in
Jubliee Hills. Among the 11
drunk drivers who were
caught on Saturday, 10 were
driving cars and one was
caught driving a motor cycle.
Traffic police seized all the
vehicles caught in the drunk-
en driving drive and will be
producing the culprits in
court soon. The police has
increased checkpoints across
the city especially near pubs.
Student dies in
road accident
Hyderabad: A 17-year-old
student died in a road acci-
dent in Karkhana police sta-
tion limits. Police said the
boy picked up his 21-year-old
friend from Trimulgherry and
was en route to Bowenpally
when a scooter rammed into
their bike, injuring the pillion
rider and killing the boy. The
deceased was identified as
Fareeq Shaik, an
Intermediate student. His
friend is Ritesh. On May 29
Fareeq went to pick up his
friend from Trimulgherry and
was driving towards
Bowenpally when a scooter
driven rashly rammed their
bike," said SI B.
Satyanarayana. The boys
were rushed to hospital
where Fareeq died while
undergoing treatment.
RTC bus hits biker
and pillion rider
Hyderabad: A biker and his
pillion rider were hit by an
RTC bus near Sultan Bazar
on Sunday afternoon. The
duo, Syed Haji, 34, and Mohd
Hizamuddin, 40, both
footwear shop owners and
residents of Amberpet, were
going to their workplace in
Koti when the rashly driven
RTC bus hit them. "The inci-
dent occurred at 2:15 pm.
The duo was riding a bike
with the number AP 13 K
4376. The onlookers immedi-
ately shifted them to
Osmania General Hospital
where they are undergoing
treatment", said the Sub
Inspector of Sultan Bazar
Police, G.V. Narsing Rao.
The driver of the bus has
been identified as K.
Ravinder, 35, a resident of
Godavarikani. A case
has been booked.
SPEEDING
LORRY KILLS
TRADER
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD JUNE 4
Betala Srinivas, a 49-year-old
trader was mowed down by a
speeding lorry in Kushaiguda.
The victim was on his way to a
shop near his house when the
accident occurred.
According to the police, Mr
Srinivas was a resident of
Chakripuram village. Apart
from being a businessman, he
was also an active member of
the Telugu Desam Party and a
member of the partys village
committee for
Bommalaramaram village in
Yadadri district.
On Sunday, he was walking
to a shop at Chakripuram X
roads when a speeding lorry
carrying a load of bricks hit
him from behind and ran over
him. He suffered severe
injuries and died on the spot.
The Kushaiguda Police hand-
ed over Mr Srinivass body to
his family after conducting a
post-mortem. They have
charged the lorry driver with
causing death due to rash and
negligent driving, and they
have seized his vehicle. A man-
hunt has been launched to nab
the driver who absconded soon
after the incident.
The deceased is survived by a
wife, three daughters, and a
son.
Sharad Yadav says Jagan should
realise PM Modi will not protect
him from his corruption cases
CRUEL CRIME
Girl tortured, put
to work by mom
Kid suffered serious injury below eye
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD, JUNE 4
An 11-year-old girl who
had allegedly been tor-
tured and pushed into
child labour by her
mother and her stepfa-
ther approached the
S.R. Nagar Police
Station seeking strict
action against her par-
ents.
The girl, N. Rani, sus-
tained a serious injury
below her right eye
when her mother hit
her with an iron object.
The S.R. Nagar Police
have booked a case
against the girls par-
ents and are looking
into the matter.
According to Rani, her
mother Pushpa married
a man named Anki
Reddy, after which they
moved from
Rajahmundry to
Hyderabad. Rani was
forced to drop out of
school and work along-
side her mother. Rani
alleged that her mother
made her work so that
she could earn some
extra money.
Ranis mother bore that a thorough inquiry
two children with
Reddy. After the birth of
the children, Rani faced
MAN RAPES
WIDOW, WIFE
ABETS CRIME
DC CORRESPONDENT
KHAMMAM, JUNE 4
Police has booked a case
against a shopkeeper for
raping a widow and
charged his wife with
the abetment of rape.
According to police,
Gurram Satyanarayana,
who is running a fancy
shop at Police Colony,
had lent `80,000 to the
victim sometime back.
As she was not able to
repay the loan despite
several reminders, the
accused had allegedly
called her to his house.
Afer forced her to have
beer, he had allegedly
raped her. His wife
Vasantha abetted the
rape by filming it.
Following the com-
plaint, circle inspector K
Nagendrachary said
that they are investigat-
ing the case.
NOW CHAI
PE CHARCHA LPG/C Windsor merchant
IN MOSQUES
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD, JUNE 4
Helping Hand, an NGO,
has organised a road
show and a social media
campaign to coincide
with the month of
Ramzan.
The aim of these pro-
grammes is to under-
stand the problems of
the youth while creating
awareness about poli-
cies of the government
that are related to educa-
tion and employment.
Mr Mujtaba Askari,
the founder of the NGO,
says, We conducted a
socioeconomic survey in
areas of the old city, and
there were many shock-
ing revelations. We
decided not to abandon
the matter midway, and
so we have organised
this programme as a fol-
low-up.
He says that the road
show is being held in
parts of the old city,
after the night prayers.
We visit mosques after
the night prayers every
day and offer free tea
and snacks to people.
While doing this, we
strike a conversation ry for violators of the hel-
with them and ask them
about their problems.
Our volunteers note
down their problems,
and educate them about
various policies related
to education, health, and
employment. pay it.
Mr Askari says that
the campaign has been
motivated by the PM's
Chai pe Charcha.
THE GIRL, N. Rani,
sustained a serious
injury below her right
eye when her mother
hit her with an iron
object
THE S.R. NAGAR
police has booked a
case against the girls
parents and are look-
ing into the matter
more harassment than
before. They both scold
me and beat me often.
They make me work
outside, at an Internet
centre, and they take
away the money I get
from there, Rani said.
In a recent incident,
Rani was violently
assaulted by her mother.
She beat me up with an
iron object yesterday,
saying I was not doing
my job properly. Since
there was nobody to
help me, I went to the
police station for help,
she said.
Despite seeing the
childs condition, the
police took over a day to
book a case. They said
had to be carried out
with the mother and the
child. Rani was not
Garbage piled up onboard LPG/C Windor merchant ship, which has been detained by
authorities at Djibouti port.
2 crewmen from AP
stuck at Djibouti port
PINTO DEEPAK | DC
HYDERABAD JUNE 4
Two persons from Andhra
Pradesh along with 20
other crew onboard
ship, are crying for imme-
diate help as the ship was
detained by Naval offi-
cials in Djibouti port after
their Captain left the ship
illegally.
The crew claimed that
they have not been sup-
plied with basic amenities
like food and fresh drink-
ing water, in addition to
non-payment of wages for
the past two months.
The members of the
crew alleged that the ship
was in bad shape when
they reported to work in
January and since then,
they have been facing
trouble with the garbage
piled up in the ship. Pleas
to the fleet operator and
ship owner have fell on
deaf ears, they said.
The two persons hailing
from AP are Chandra-
VIOLATING | RULES Two
No helmet rule takes new turn in city
ANUSHA PUPPALA | DC
HYDERABAD, JUNE 4
The Hyderabad traffic
police has made two coun-
selling sessions compulso-
met rule in the city.
Traffic police has taken
this initiative after the
increase of no-helmet
violation cases due to a
negligible penalty which
matters little to those who
As many as 2,68,995 vio-
lators have been booked
this year till April for rid-
ing two-wheelers without
dafedar abdul baseer
given any medical assis-
tance. Though her face
was swollen and
bruised, the police did
not take her to a hospi-
tal. Md. Waheeduddin,
the Inspector of S.R.
Nagar Police Station,
said, I tried to hand her
over to the Childline
officials so that she
could get some help. But
she refused to go with
them. We have booked a
case and launched an
investigation into the
matter.
Meanwhile, child
rights activists alleged
that the cops were try-
ing to compromise the
case by calling the girls
parents. Activist
Achyuth Rao said, It is
a cognizable offence.
How can the cops just
compromise the case?
shekar Allu (29) from
Vizag, third officer on the
ship and Korlayya Gutta
(47) from Srikakulam who
is a fitter. In addition to
these two, are 13 Indians
from different
states, two each from
other
Bulgaria and Ukraine and
two security officers from
Philippines.
The team boarded the
vessel in January and
despite a bad atmosphere
in the ship, they decided
to work, however, when
things did not change,
they sent a first collective
letter of protest as there
was no food and drinking
water provided by the
company. The garbage
was overloaded onboard
as it has been not dis-
charged and it has become
a health concern for us.
said chief officer LPG
Windsor Yevgen
Bondarenko.
The new management,
Antares Marine, Singap-
ore, assured they would
shift the vessel to a safe
counselling sessions made compulsory if caught without helmet
helmets and `2.69 crore
was collected as penalties.
Helmet rule violators
pay a fine of `100 and a
second-time violator `200
According to the
Hyderabad traffic police,
as the fine is low, two-
wheeler riders prefer to
pay challans than wear
helmets. The cops say those caught without hel-
making counseling
mandatory will force them
to follow the traffic rules.
Earlier counseling was
only mandatory in cases of
drunken driving.
Which is why now the
reason why the traffic
DECCAN CHRONICLE
ALL EXCEPT
ONE WAS
DRUNK
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD JUNE 4
A speeding car driven by
a drunk driver killed a
man who was crossing
the road in Kompally on
Saturday night.
While Neela Mallesh
was crossing the road,
near the Reliance Petrol
Pump, a speeding car
was coming from
Nizamabad towards the
city. One Kishore Babu,
31, who was in an inebri-
ated condition was at the
wheel and he lost control
of the vehicle and hit
Mallesh as he was cross-
ing the road. Since the
vehicle was speeding the
intensity of the hit was
severe, resulting in
Mallesh flying in the air
and crashing on the
windshield of the car. He
suffered a severe head
injury and died on the
spot. Police said that
Kishore Babu and his
relatives Joseph, George
and Vinod, all residents
of Jagathgirigutta were
returning home after
attending a marriage
and were all drunk,
except George. The
police registered an acci-
dental death case. The
police said that they had
registered a prima facie
case of an accident due
to rash driving and since is creating confusion
the accused was found
drunk, they would alter
the case as per provi-
sions of the law.
place and they sailed it to
Fujairah. We sailed with-
out port clearance on
orders from owners and
Captain Todor V Ivanov,
from Djibouti to Fujairah.
We had made a number of
requests to send us charts
and ecdis permits to sail
to Fujairah but we havent
recieved anything and we
had to sail blind without
any safety and risk our
life on the Captains and
owners order. the crew
claimed.
But since we were
refused entry into the port
of Muscat and Sohar, as
the vessel was sailing ille-
gally without port clear-
ance. We had to drop down
anchor at Fujairah outer
port anchorage and we
were promised a supply of
food, water and spare
parts as the engine was
broken.
After we reached
Djibouti, the captain ille-
gally left the port and the
vessel has been detained
since April, he said.
police has now decided to
curb helmet violations by
imposing a mandatory
two-counselling sessions
as per Supreme Court
guidelines.
Hyderabad Traffic DCP
A.V. Ranganath said, As
helmet violations are
increasing, we are making
mets from last week to
attend two counselling ses-
sions. Those who have
been caught a second time
and have got second chal-
lan would have to undergo
the two sessions, says DCP
A.V. Ranganath.
City
MONDAY | 5 JUNE 2017 | HYDERABAD
SPARE ANIMALS
Volunteers pay tributes to animals that are deprived of their life and freedom every
year on the occasion of National Animal Rights Day in the city on Sunday.
Telanganas T Wallet
facing identity crisis
MAHESH AVADHUTHA | DC
HYDERABAD, JUNE 4
The Telangana govern-
ment's first digital pay-
ment app, T Wallet,
launched a few days ago,
is facing an identity cri-
sis. Another app with a
similar name (t wallet)
among smartphone
users. Many downloaded
the private app in the
last few days.
What compounded the
problem was that the
private app appeared on
top of the list in Google
Playstore on Android
phones and
instantly clicked and
downloaded it only to
users
realise the folly later.
After deleting the wrong
app they are scrolling
down the Playstore list
to find the government
wallet (that has a differ-
ent logo) and then down-
load it. The government
e-wallet was not in the
top-20 list initially, but
because of heavy down-
loads in the last few days
it had made it to top-2
place on the list as on
Sunday. However, the
Pune firms app t wallet
still continues to occupy
first place.
The IT department had
no clue about the exis-
tence of another app
with a similar name
until its own e-wallet
launch. Jayesh Ranjan,
Secretary, IT depart-
ment, stated that they
would be contacting ments digital wallet, stat-
Prime Communications,
Pune which is running
the app. The govern-
ment announced this T
Wallet project in
December 2016 and the for using its services like
department was work-
ing on it ever since. A
few weeks afterwards we
learnt that a mobile
company also zeroed in
on the same T Wallet
name. Then we sent a
communication about
the government decision
after which they
dropped their idea, he the private app developer
said. Mr Jayesh said not to spoil Telangana
they will wait for the
response of the Pune
firm and then take a
decision. Although
names are mostly simi-
lar, the logos are differ-
ent, he stressed.
Santosh Kumar, an
expert in IT laws, stated
that the government has
two options before it.
One is to enter into nego- management in response
tiations with the busi-
ness entity and see misunderstanding it to be
whether it has any the state-related app
trademark registration,
whether the app is oper-
ational etc. The other users can join through
option is go to court. reference only. The user
WHO WILL BE COUNSELLED?
SPOT CHALLAN: 2nd time
E CHALLAN: 5th time vehicle
owner with 3 pending challans
Violators will be counselled
at Traffic Training Institutes,
Begumpet and Goshamahal.
Around 150 to 180 violators have
been counselled in the past
one week in both the traf-
fic training institutes in
Hyderabad.
CONFUSION OVER NAME
QHEADACHE for
Telangana
government
QIDENTITY
PROBLEMS for TS
e-payment app-T
Wallet
QPRIVATE APP with
similar name creat-
ing confusion
QPUNE FIRM devel-
oped t wallet app
QTS TO TALK to the
private app
owners to avoid
duplication
MANY USERS POSTED MESSAGES TO THE
PUNE FIRM NOT TO SPOIL
TELANGANAS IMAGE WITH THEIR APP
Pune firms app
launched in 2016
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD, JUNE 4
Prime Communications,
the Pune based firm
which is in the limelight
for running an app akin
to Telangana govern-
shopping, flower
ed that they launched the
facility in May 2016.
It claims its app to be
the first digital gateway
with multiple cash back
recharges, bill payments,
online shopping, flower
order, bus/hotel/flight
bookings etc.
Users M. Kumar,
Ramakrishna Reddy, who
mistakenly downloaded
the private app assuming
it to be the TSs e-payment
app, posted messages to
image by running the use-
less facility. Another per-
son named K.
Ramaswamy termed the
private app as a paagal
app and appealed to IT
Minister to look into the
issue. Another person
Ajay Teja Reddy termed
it a fake t-wallet app.
However, the company
stated that everybody was
which it was not.
We are t wallet and new
PAGE
DC
Q FOR CLARITY TS
is using T Wallet
(Telangana Wallet)
name in playstore
QTS REQUESTING
all users to check
the correct app
logo before
downloading
PUNE FIRM claims
its app is the first
digital gateway with
multiple cashback for
using its services like
recharges, bill
payments, online
order and
bus/hotel/flight
bookings etc.
ID of the referrer will be
the parent ID of the new
user. This is totally a pri-
vate app working since
May 2016. Kindly check
and find the details if you
want to work on this,
stated
Communications in its
Prime
message.
Unlike other wallets in
the market, the private
app is having different
procedures to log in and
several users vented their
anger against the man-
agement in the feedback
section.
The IT department
requested smartphone
users to type T Wallet
Telangana in the search
column on playstore in
Android phones so that
the government app
appears on the screen for
download. Also they are
advising users to check
for the pink coloured logo
that is completely differ-
ent from the private app.
before they press the
download option.
As helmet
violations
are increas-
ing, we are mak-
ing those caught
without helmets
from last week
to attend two
counselling
sessions.
A.V.
RANGANATH
Hyderabad
Traffic DCP
 syed imran dafedar abdul baseer
Digvijay Singh says
Chandrababu had completely
ignored special status as he is
DECCAN CHRONICLE
City
MONDAY | 5 JUNE 2017 | HYDERABAD
PAGE

Naidu, Jagan
are not
pressing for
special
category status
as they are
afraid of PM
Modi
Rahul Gandhi
AICC vice-president
IN BRIEF
City zoo set to get
pair of giraffe
Hyderabad: The Nehru
Zoological Park, Hyderabad
is all set to welcome a pair of
Giraffe from Alipore Zoo at
Kolkata. The request was
made almost a year back and
there had been constant dis-
cussion and efforts to get
the pair of Giraffe in
exchange of a pair of jaguar.
The Central Zoo authority,
New Delhi, issued a no
objection certificate for the
exchange which will take
place in the coming month.
Nehru Zoological Park that is
home to one Giraffe will
soon have three and the
work for building a bigger
enclosure is underway.
Noise: Citizens sing Sonu Nigam tune
Religious institutions blamed for high decibel noise at odd hours, vehicles, industries too faulted
DONITA JOSE | DC
HYDERABAD JUNE 4
When it comes to noise
pollution, religious insti-
tutions seem to be saying,
it is their right. This, in
the face of increasing
complaints against tem-
ples, churches and masjids
for playing loud music or
chanting prayers on loud-
speakers in the banned
slot of 10pm-6am.
Many religious groups
conduct their programmes
through the night or in the
early hours of the morn-
ing. Residents living near-
by have taken to complaint
forums to voice their con-
cern.
Rajashekhar Rao, the
secretary of welfare asso-
ciation of TRT colony,
Vidyanagar, says their
colony is surrounded by
about 10 mosques and tem-
ples that create severe
noise pollution. We dont were set at 45, 55, 70
want to make it a commu-
nal issue, both mosques
and temples make it hard
for us to live here, said they have to deal with high
Rao. With only 200-300
metres of distance
between their colony and
Party halls culprits
REAL TIME NOISE LEVELS IN DECIBELS DB (A) IN 2017
Abids, Paradise have the highest noise levels, day and night; Gachibowli better off DC CORRESPONDENT the residential areas and
JUBLEE HILLS ABIDS PARADISE JEEDIMETLA GACHIBOWLI HYDERABAD JUNE 4 are a source of constant
disturbance to the people
MONTH Day Night Day Night Day Night Day Night Day Night The increasing number of staying in the locality.
function halls near the res- The residents at old
Jan-17 60 56 74 70 72 72 65 58 60 52 idential areas has irked
the public. With parties
Bowenpally have also com-
plained against erring
Jan-17 60 54 73 69 73 72 66 60 63 54 going beyond midnight
and music brazenly blar-
function halls. There is a
Bhagyashree function hall
Jan-17 60 56 73 70 73 73 66 61 61 54
ing much after the 10 pm
deadline, it is evident that
that has residential houses
and schools around it.
Jan-17 60 57 73 69 74 73 66 61 62 54 the function hall owners They have a DJ playing till
and those renting them late at night. How much
Stds 55 45 65 55 65 55 75 70 50 40 have no qualms about vio- can you keep complaining
lating the law. to the police? We need a
the protests very kindly. mosques for disrupting 10-15 per cent rise in levels There are 4-5 function permanent solution, read
DECIBEL LEVELS set Said Raj Kumar of the the silence of the morn- for the month of May. halls near my house. They one of the complaints.
for residential, com- Ganesh Utsav committee ing. One must under- These are attributed to start playing music only Schools, hospitals and
mercial, industrial and that conducts overnight stand that Azaan is just a vehicular noise pollution after 10 pm that goes on till religious places are con-
functions during Ganesh call for prayer, so if it is and pollution from indis- early in the morning, sidered silent zones. There
sensitive areas are 50, Chaturthi, Overnight not made on loudspeaker, criminate use of loud said Abhijith Nair who are two schools nearby
65, 75 and 50 respec- functions and celebrations it is meaningless. Also, it speakers and industrial stays at Gudimalkapur in and law mandates that
tively for the day and are a one-off thing for lasts just 3-4 minutes," works. Mehdipatnam. He says he within 100 meters of silent
for the the night they which we take necessary says Rizwan Qureshi, cler- The police, which is the has tried to complain to zones, music is supposed
permissions. The prayers ic at Macca Masjid. implementing authority, the police who have said to be at its bare minimum.
help in instilling religious The rules on noise levels says that permissions are the patrolling vehicles For TRT colony in
and 40. values and peace in peo- in public are clear and given with the caution that would take care of the Vidyanagar, it is ironic
ple. well explained, but the if violated that is, sound same but no follow-up has because the areas around
the religious structures The Muslim call for number of violations are is above 50 decibels or happened yet. religious institutions are
prayer, Azaan, also came only increasing. extends to night the The police say GHMC marked as silent zones but
levels of noise daily. under the scanner when According to PCB, noise offenders are liable to face must be careful about giv- the noise is coming out of
Religious organisations, singer Sonu Nigam took to monitoring data from 11 legal action as per the City ing permission to these those very places of wor-
however, are not taking to Twitter to criticise centres in the city showed Police Act. halls that have come up in ship and function halls.

Dry cough frequent,

persistent problem
KANIZA GARARI | DC
HYDERABAD, JUNE 4
Almost everyone suffers
from dry cough at some
point of time. For many,
it is a recurring issue. In
2015-16, it was also the
most frequent complaint
in the out-patient depart-
ments of hospitals,
according to evaluation
of clinical data in med-
ical colleges in the state.
Doctors say this is
caused by increased expo-
sure to pollutants in the
environment, thanks to
vehicle emissions, indus-
tries and construction
dust across the city.
The data was taken
from teaching hospitals,
government centres and
multi-speciality hospitals
to understand the inci-
dence of dry cough.
Dry cough, according to
medical literature, is the
sixth most common rea-
son for people to visit a
doctor at out-patient clin-
ics. It is caused by viral
infection or allergies. Dry
cough does not produce
any mucus and is termed
non-productive me- ent of dry cough becomes
dically. But it is found to
affect sleep patterns and
causes severe irritation.
Dr P.S. Shankar, senior
pulmonologist, said dry
cough affected the quali-
ty of life and hampered
the performance of indi-
viduals. Due to the aggravate dry cough. Wh-
increasing environmen-
tal pollution from vehi-
cles, burning of waste
DRY COUGH is
caused by viral infec-
tion or allergies. It
does not prodece any
mucus but is seen to
affect sleep patterns
and cause irritation.
and construction activity,
dry cough is pervasive,
he said. Dry cough is
found to last for around
three weeks in normal
cases. In post-viral infec-
tions, it may continue up
to eight weeks. This is
often a chronic condition
and requires constant fol-
low up.
Senior chest physician
Dr Pramod Kumar, said,
There are more than
1,300 formulations of
cough and cold medicines
in the market. Codeine-
based prescriptions have
been abused very badly
and they need to be con-
trolled. Self-medication is
a common problem in
cough and cold as resist-
ance is noted very re-
gularly. Hence, managem-
an issue. Due to this rea-
son, some of them contin-
ue to suffer from cough
for up to eight weeks.
Sometimes, weather
changes reduce the inci-
dence of dry cough. In so-
me cases, heat conditions
en it is humid and less
hot, the body reduces the
condition on its own.

Vitamin-D is vital
for healthy baby
INDULEKHA
ARAKKAL I DC
HYDERABAD, JUNE 4
The largely indoor
lifestyle that most of us
have adopted today is
resulting in some serious
health issues that were
hitherto taken care of
naturally.
An increasing number
of people, for instance,
now run the risk of acute
Vitamin D deficiency.
A recent study conduct-
ed by Kings College, should be taken seriously
London, concluded that
Vitamin D supplementa-
tion for pregnant women
is a must to reduce the
risk of their babies devel-
oping asthma. The study
claims that regular sup-
plementation of Vitamin
D helps foetal lung
growth and maturation.
Earlier, pregnant
women were encouraged
to bask in the morning
sun either by taking
short walks or just relax-
ing with a cup of tea in
the sun. But the changing
lifestyle, increasing air
pollution and high rise
buildings that cut off
sunlight, are all coming
together to heighten the
health problem.
Said gynaecologist Dr
Sasikala Kola, Cases of therefore we always try
asthma have increased
with all these changes.
VITAMIN D suppli-
mentation for a preg-
nant woman helps to
reduce the risk of
baby developing
asthma
Earlier, we did not have
such an acute level of
vitamin D deficiency in
patients. Vitamin D helps
in controlling allergies. It
also has anti-cancer prop-
erties. So, this study
and measures taken to
increase the Vitamin D
in-take to the required
amounts.
Dr Rooma Sinha, a
gynaecologist at Apollo
Hospital, said, We
always advise pregnant
women to get enough
exposure to the sun dur-
ing the early hours of the
morning and take a dose
of Vitamin D as it helps
to build the calcium
metabolism in children.
Gynaecologist Dr
Vimee Bhindra said,
The first trimester is
critical as this is the time
when most of the organs
of the foetus develop,
including the lungs. Most
women today suffer from
Vitamin D deficiency and
to build the vitamin D in-
take.
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After Trump jolt, wholl Gokul

take lead to save planet? Gopalakrishnan

T
he body language at Prime Minister Narendra Modis meeting
with French President Emmanuel Macron had so much to portray
when seen against events surrounding the Paris Agreement, now
swirling in world politics. The affectionate bearhug was in direct
contrast to the stiff handshake that only last week marked a similar first
encounter between US President Donald Trump and Mr Macron. The rest
of the world is, justifiably, angry at the US President for reneging on the
deal, allowing the internal compulsions of a divided America to dominate
his decision-making. The US pullout may have changed the equations
somewhat, while the chemistry Mr Modi and Mr Macron appeared to
share is positive not only for bilateral ties between two democracies but
also for a world waking up to the need to get together in an effort to save
the planet from global warming.
A touch of Americas exit from the landmark climate
desperation is, deal will come into force only years later. Mr
however, visible in Trump is also besieged by a clutch of top US
reactions to the US corporations and political thinkers who still
swear allegiance to the plan to save the plan-
move. Its et. It appears even Mr Trumps daughter
important everyone Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner were
moves on from ignored as he took this regressive decision.
World wont wait while LETTERS
KCR MEDICAL KITS
rhetoric and gets All may not be lost, but US funding, expected
to be around 20 per cent of the massive fund-
down to working ing needed to phase out polluting power
on reducing plants and, more important, its cutting-edge
greenhouse technology in energy, will be sorely missed.
Trump experiments Although we welcome KCR
kits a lot of improvement is
needed in government hos-
pitals like adequate doc-
gas emissions Mr Modi and Mr Macron, like Germanys
Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese PM Li President Trump is sug- event occurring once
tors, nurses, ayahs, ward
Keqiang in Berlin just days earlier, pledged to go above and beyond the gesting that his relation- every 20 years and this boys, housekeeping per-
Paris deal to protect future generations. ship with the world is introspective mood will sonnel, medicines, equip-
It appears, in Mr Trumps abdication, there are willing takers for world transactional, apart pass, as have his prede- ment and efficient services
leadership, at least to save the Paris deal and leave a better world for pos-
terity.
S. Nihal Singh from ending the so-
called Islamic State.
cessors litanies. The
question this leaves (CM gifts KCR kits, gets
A touch of desperation is, however, visible in reactions to the US move. Further, he believes that unanswered is the harm complaints in return, June
Its important everyone moves on from sharp rhetoric and gets down to
working seriously on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The financing
Talking Turkey the world had taken
America for a ride in the
that the Trump adminis-
tration will inflict on the
4). The kits scheme will
succeed only then. Even
of the deal may have to change, but there can be no returning to the old post-World War II world. country and the world
arguments on whether all polluters pay equally or make differentiated These are strange ideas while it remains in though there are many

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payments. Who steps in to close the yawning financial gap left by the US e are liv- with Europe, in making coming from power. problems we hope the
is vital, and this is where global unity will be first tested. ing in stir- the world safer from the Washington, which has The world will not scheme will succeed.
Indias global role may be constrained by its own difficulties in coming ring and ravages of global warm- exercised tremendous stand still while
up with funding to switch off coal-fired plants and increase output from troubled ing. The Chinese are the influence in Europe and President Trump con- P.V. Tirumala Rao
renewable sources, now producing less than a fifth of its power. Even so, t i m e s , last people to look gift the world in keeping the ducts his unique experi- Hyderabad
its visibility in rubbing shoulders with world leaders at this crucial time with the post-World War horses in the mouth. peace in a largely US- ments in governance.
comes through in its aspiration to take on this responsibility. The climate
deal is, after all, to do with saving the planet rather than scoring diplo-
II map of Europe and the
world changing. First,
Judging by the confu-
sion that reigns at the
ordained world order.
American failures and
The primary responsi-
bility falls on Europe
NIA RAIDS
matic points. Europes pre-eminent policymaking levels, tragedies were largely and Ms Merkel in partic- The NIA and other Central agen-
leader, Germanys with the state depart- self-inflicted such as its ular. But Ms Merkel has cies are going in the right direction
escalation of the hurdles to cross, first in
Waiting for July 1
Chancellor Angela ment short-changed in in tackling Kashmiri separatists
Merkel, drew her con- the projected budget, Vietnam conflict, the winning the forthcom- (NIA raids terror funders, June 4).
clusions from her meet- policy formulation is foolish invasion of Iraq, ing parliamentary elec- The Centre should give a free hand
ings with US President still in a process of trial its hands-off policy tion, then to devise a to them to achieve permanent

T
he Goods and Services Tax seems all set for its July 1 rollout, with Donald Trump at a and error. After his cam- towards Libya except for workable formula to peace in the valley.
finance minister Arun Jaitley confident of keeping this launch date series of summit meet- paign abuse, Chinas using its air power, and bring wayward member Jayakumar K.
despite doubts by the lone dissenter, West Bengals chief minister, ings to pronounce that President Xi Jinping taking over the troubled states into line and Secunderabad
who sought more time. GST, hailed as the biggest reform since the econo- the European Union seems to have been Soviet mantle in begin the long process of
my was liberalised, will subsume most indirect taxes, creating a more
transparent system. Its hoped it will reduce the chances of corruption,
could no longer entirely
depend upon the United
given a free pass. But we
have US defence secre-
Afghanistan. These
were of course decisions
forming a tight defence
apparatus less depen- BOLD DECISION
rampant under the old system. It was hoped GST would reduce the 28 per States and Britain, on tary James Mattis warn- taken by Mr Trumps dent upon the US and
tax on bidis, the poor mans smoke, but it instead taxed it at the highest 28 the verge of leaving the ing Beijing of the dan- predecessors. Britain. The Election Commission has
per cent, from the present five per cent, in the name of protecting the EU, for its defence. gers of repudiating The question the world In Europe, Britain is taken a bold decision by ruling out
health of smokers. While this is debatable, the GST Council must be com- Ms Merkels forebod- international law to mil- is asking is: Where does facing continuing prob- going back to paper ballots and to
mended for the thought it put into finalising GST. For instance, it lowered ing was proved days itarise outcrops in the it go from here? With lems of terrorism, with continue with EVMs. It is also good
the tax on solar panels to five per cent, from the existing 12 per cent, to later by Mr Trumps South China Sea. Mr Trump in power for the next general election to note that the VVPAT slip can be
give alternative energy a boost. The steep drop in GST on processed foods announcement that his How long can Europe the next three and a half days away. But the UK seen for seven seconds to assure the
will give relief to working women as they rush to work after doing their country was withdraw- survive these shock- years impeachment has always been an odd voter that his voting is in the right.
household chores. There will always be some sections left unhappy, as in ing from the landmark waves coming from seems to be a remote man (or, more appropri- Varadachari P.
the case of the diamond industry, which is peeved that diamond roughs Paris climate agree- Washington? They have possibility at present ately, woman). It has not Secunderabad
have been taxed at a nominal 0.25 per cent. Mr Jaitley had a point when ment. The US President created a crisis mood in will he learn on the job been able to reconcile
he said it was imposed to keep track of items. Its well known that the dia-
mond trade is one of the largest sources of unaccounted money, so this is
had lectured North
Atlantic Treaty
Europe, and Ms Merkel
captured well by raising
or continue to wreck the
post-World War II order?
itself with its relatively
modest pecking order in SAVE ENVIRONMENT
one more step to curb black money, after last Novembers demonetisation Organisation (Nato) the existential question To an extent, Mr Trump a new world after having
exercise. members to pay their of the European Unions has been forced to been the great imperial On June 5 World Environment Day
full share of two per cent security. It comes at a change his opinions, as power not so long ago. is observed across the world (China
of gross domestic prod- particularly difficult for instance on going Now it is paying for its vows to adhere to Paris climate deal,
uct to the organisation. time for the EU because back on his promise to foolishness in turning June 2). The real challenge that
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PRADES, (FRENCH
PYRENEES) JUNE 4.
British Airliners
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ell, this wasnt sup-
posed to happen.
The month of quiet
is upon us, a time to
power down and mostly forget
about politics. Two rounds in
the Supreme Court have pro-
duced no evidence against
Nawaz or his progeny. Joint
investigation teams (JITs) are
a dime a dozen and easily
defeated. So why the kerfuffle?
On then to the N-Leagues
theory. Some of it is fact, a
bunch of it is fantasy but
way back before the general
election. The longer-term rea-
son, in the N-Leagues reckon-
ing, is this: Nawaz needs to be
ousted and kept out because of
his India agenda. He wants a
breakthrough with India, the
boys do not.
The mechanism is this:
theres six members in the
JIT; the Federal Investigation
Agency chap, because he
reports to the interior min-
Cyril Almeida
istry, is out of the equation;
that leaves four votes needed
paranoid. But the N-League
may have got it right for the
wrong reason. First, to the N-
Leagues paranoia. It began
with the dissenting judgement
by the bench of five. Nothing
more was needed nothing
other than a majority vote.
That didnt happen, which
brought us to the JIT.
Initially, the N-League
rejoiced in the majority three.
The mistake the N-League
View from has made is that it doesnt
understand the court. Theres
retirement and there was may
be one other left in the high
courts. The court had reverted
to tradition: cautious, slow-
moving, august.
Years since his exit, the
Chaudhry model can be recog-
nised for what it was: a crass
populism wedded to a belief
that power of others must
be held to account. Thats why
Nawaz is in trouble. The court
is struggling to find an identi-
ty and factions are pulling it in
opposite directions.
ves Nawaz stands disqualified.
Because disqualification will
restore the pre-eminence of
the court and because of a
sense that the democratic pro-
ject can only be nudged for-
wards if the political lot
realise they will be held to
account. Its probably too late
now, but there lies the final
mistake of the N-League: its
bumbling, contradictory
approach to the court trig-
gered an impulse in the court
to seek ouster. The court want-
with 88 people aboard includ-
ing five crew, crashed last
night on slopes of Mount
Canigou in France.
Within 12 hours another air-
liner crashed into a post office
in Stockport, England, killing
72 including five crew.
Last night, all the 88 people
aboard a chartered holiday-
flight to Spain died when their
British airliner plunged into a
mountain near Prades, French
Pyrenees.
The four-engined Douglas DC-

when youre the government
what you think matters.
The theory is this: the court
is trying to oust Nawaz. Not
gather evidence, not go by the
book, but get the JIT to pro-
duce a report that gives the
court no option other than to
oust Nawaz.
The immediate reason is
this: get Nawaz now in the
run-up to an election and he
wont have time to figure out a
from five. Two are already in
the bag the boys represen-
tatives. Which leaves the
other three: National Accou-
ntability Bureau, Securities
and Exchange Commission of
Pakistan and State Bank of
Pakistan.
Youre catching on. The
weirdness of surreptitious
calls made public and a rejec-
tion of names offered until the
preferred were picked out by
Pakistan
always, for the PML(N), a
straight line between political
instability and the boys.
But something funny has
the court itself has set up a happened with the court. And
dangerous equation. so, at the risk of drawing the
Five specially selected votes only ire that most truly fear,
versus one on the JIT; just into the court we must delve.
four votes needed to potential- The Chaudhry era was over.
ly justify action. Just four Hyper judicial activism was
votes from the start of the dead. The last Chaudhry
dreamed-of ouster. acolyte on the court, Jawwad
You get why the N-League is Khawaja, had passed into
The five-judge bench
exposed the problem: the
minority judgement, to bor-
row Army Chief Bajwas com-
ments from elsewhere, was
wrong but popular; the major-
itys correct but unpopular.
There is without a doubt,
and its possible to say this
because the next two chief jus-
tices of Pakistan have handed
down a verdict saying so, a
group in the court that belie-
ed to be respected, Nawaz
wanted to survive.
And linking the boys to the
JITs composition and work-
ings has a potential benefit of
drawing external attention
no one wants a coup, so every-
one will do whatever it takes
to make the possibility go
away. The court has Nawaz in
its sights.
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4 aircraft crashed on the slopes
of the 9000-foot Canigou peak
and became the ninth victim in
16 years of the windswept
mountain region pilots call
The Evil Triangle.
Eye-witnesses said the air-
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bound for Costa Brava beaches
veered off course unexpectedly
shortly before it was due to
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A photo of ones shoes or Having skills and knowledge that
speedometer-odometer mismatch
Mohan Guruswamy
I
n January 2017, no
sooner the demoneti-
sation period was
officially over, chief
statistician T.C.A.
Anant informed us: The
growth in GDP during
2016-17 is estimated at 7.1
per cent, as compared to
the growth rate of 7.6 per
cent in 2015-16. He also
said that the volatility due
to the withdrawal of notes
had been weathered and
that the economy was back
on the growth trajectory.
Immediately the full offi-
cial caboodle, right from
the Prime Minister down
to the patently ignorant
party spokespersons, went
to town and said that the
ill-effects, if any, of the
demonetisation were a
passing blip and all was
well.
What they didnt tell the
nation was that the data on
hand was till November
2016, before that singular
act of great stupidity was
inflicted on the nation.
This is typical of how this
government misuses data
to create the illusion of
well-being. It is now
known that demonetisa-
tion costs us much more.
Indias GDP growth for the
year is officially pegged at
6.1 per cent, a huge fall
from the 7.8 per cent
AKHILESH, THE DAY-DREAMER
EVER SINCE he was voted
out of power in the recent
Uttar Pradesh Assembly elec-
tions, Samajwadi Party presi-
dent Akhilesh Yadav is tak-
ing it easy.
He knows that the Yogi
Adityanath govern-
ment is here to stay
for another five
years, so he is
not moving
heaven and
earth to revive
his political for-
tunes.
If the
grapevine
is to be
SELFEET T-SHAPED
ones bare feet are both deep and broad
Modinomics: A
claimed for the previous
year. Mind you, the 2015-16
growth factors in a defla-
tion of 1.4 per cent, which
means the nominal GDP
growth was only 6.4 per
cent. In the real world, it is
nominal GDP which is
more important as value
addition, profits and taxes
are computed, as they are
without adjusting for infla-
tion or deflation.
Demonetisation was sup-
posed to be the great big
magic wand to clean up the
economy, elevate revenues
and put us on a higher
growth trajectory. None of
this has happened. Cash
transactions are once
again the norm. According
to RBI data, the number of
digital transactions
increased by 100 million to
200 million during 2014-16.
This went up to 300 million
till November last year.
During the months of
November and December
2016, when 86 per cent of
the cash was withdrawn
the number of digital
transactions shot up to
well over 500 million. In
the first three months
since currency curbs were
withdrawn, the number of
digital transactions fell to
350 million. This down-
ward trajectory suggests
hitting pre-demonetisation
believed, the young SP presi-
dent is making up for lost
time to be with his family. He
is taking his wife and three
children on trips to
places like Jhansi
and Orchha and
spending most
evenings with
his children,
who are enjoy-
ing their sum-
mer holiday.
During the
day, Mr
Yadav visits
his office
and meets
party work-
levels soon. Tax revenues
mostly went up because of
additional tax collections
on the Seventh Pay
Commission back dues.
GDP growth is like the
number on the speedome-
ter in a car. It tells us at the
pace the nations economic
car is moving. By knowing
this, we can estimate the
distance to the next desti-
nation. But suppose some-
body tinkered with the
speedometer to read more
even when at zero? Even
when the vehicle is not
moving the meter will tell
you it is moving, and when
it is moving it will tell you
it is moving faster than it
actually is. This is what
the Narendra Modi regime
did in February 2015. The
GDP growth rate was
tweaked to put India on a
higher trajectory, giving
itself an added 2.2 per cent
growth as a bonus. Since it
was not real, it was like
adding water to milk.
Adding this gave us a
growth of 7.4 per cent in
2015-16. Without this
tweaking it would have
been 5.2 per cent in line
with the IMFs forecast. If
the Manmohan Singh gov-
ernment had done it a year
earlier the growth in its
last year would have been a
healthy-looking 6.9 per
cent instead of the dismal
4.7 per cent computed.
Tweaked speed on the
speedometer gets caught
out when speed and time
cannot be reconciled with
the distance travelled, and
things like fuel consump-
tion. The lack of new jobs,
just 210,000 in the organ-
ised sector last year, and
REPORTERS DIARY
ers who inform him about
how the media derailed his
campaign and worked for the
BJP. As a result, Akhilesh
Yadav has shut his doors on
the media
The only thing that Mr
Yadav does these days is to
impress upon his party lead-
ers that his friendship with
Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi is for keeps. He
believes that the alliance if
we may still call it so will
ensure his return to power in
2022.
Surely, you cannot stop peo-
ple in politics from dreaming
that too, day-dreaming!
the falling investment to
GDP ratio are some give-
aways pointing of a lower
speed. But the cacophony
of lies orchestrated every
day in the media, particu-
larly on television, tries to
drown out the reality. But
like the mismatched read-
ings on speedometer and
odometer, the truth cannot
be hidden for long. The
GDP post-demonetisation
is now officially fixed at 6.1
per cent. But take out that
2.2 per cent and it is actual-
ly moving at 3.9 per cent,
or a good one per cent
below that in the last UPA
year, which left us so
despondent that 31 per cent
of the country took the
economic prognostications
of Narendra Modi and
Baba Ramdev seriously, to
give the NDA a mandate to
take us out of the morass.
Several well-regarded
economists have ques-
tioned the data that the
finance ministry and the
CSO are churning out.
Derek Scissors of the
American Enterprise
Institute, who tracks the
Chinese and Indian
economies, equates the two
when it comes to fudging
Demonetisation
was supposed to
be the great big
magic wand to clean
up the economy, ele-
vate revenues and
put us on a higher
growth trajectory.
None of this has
happened. Cash
transactions are
once again the norm.
SIDHU, THE ETERNAL SHOWMAN
CRICKETER-TURNED-
politician Navjot Singh
Sidhu has donned many
hats, whether as a play-
er on the cricket field or
as a cricket commenta-
tor or as a judge of a
popular comedy show.
Though Mr Sidhu is
a Cabinet minister
in the Punjab
government, one
cannot keep the
cricketer and the
showman out of
him. During his
recent media
interaction,
while praising
dafedar abdul baseer
DECCAN CHRONICLE
data. Mr Scissors recently
wrote: Most people from
pluralist open societies
want to see pluralist, open
India do well. For now,
however, India has the
same level of economic
credibility as a country
like Vietnam, which pub-
lishes GDP, results even
before the year ends!
World-beating growth?
Maybe. Or maybe poorly
founded quasi-propagan-
da. Even Raghuram
Rajan, the RBI governor,
expressed concern about
GDP data collection and
analysis.
True or false, the figures
put out by the government
reveal an even more
worrisome trend. While
GDP growth has slowed
down to 6.1 per cent, public
administration and
defence has grown by 17
per cent. These two heads
are classified as part of the
services sector. They
account for about 15 per
cent of services, which
now account for almost 60
per cent of GDP. When
announcing the
acceptance of the Seventh
Pay Commissions
recommendations of an
across-the-board salary
boost of 23 per cent,
finance minister Arun
Jaitley said that it will
boost demand. Didar
Singh, secretary-general of
Ficci, said: The pay hike
of nearly `1 lakh crore for
government employees
will give a strong boost to
consumer demand and
help uplift the growth of
the economy. Clearly
spending ever more on its
employees is seen by this
chief minister
Amarinder Singh, Mr
Sidhu said: Amarinder
Singh is our captain
and he is very aggres-
sive, he always likes to
bat on the front foot.
Oped
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dispensation as a
Keynesian pump priming
of the economy. So what is
happening here?
I have told this story
before. I will say it again as
its aptness to describe our
leadership style has never
been so exact. The
Russians have a great joke
on every misfortune they
have to endure. One of the
best I have heard is about
Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev
and Brezhnev travelling
together on a train when it
unexpectedly stops. Then
come up with suggestions
to fix the problem. Lenin
suggests a subbotnik or
day of voluntary labour so
that workers and peasants
can fix the problem.
Nothing happens. Stalin
puts his head out of the
window and shouts that if
the train doesnt move
immediately, the engine
driver will be shot.
Nothing happens.
Khrushchev then suggests
to have the rails from
behind put in front so that
the train can start moving.
Nothing happens. When
his turn comes, Brezhnev
says: Comrades, lets draw 18 Mexican president
the curtains, turn on the
gramophone and pretend
we are moving!
There is a similar air of
make-believe in this gov-
ernments persistent
euphoria on the economic
front.
The writer, a policy analyst
studying economic and
security issues, held senior
positions in government
and industry. He also spe-
cialises in the Chinese econ-
omy.
While describing his
diatribes against the
Akalis, Mr Sidhu said:
I will not let their ball
pitch and turn it into a
full toss and hit it out of
the ground for six.
The showman in
Sidhu also comes out
often, and he will
recite couplets at the
slightest provocation.
Recently, when a jour-
nalist reminded Mr
Sidhu that he did not
recite a single couplet
during the media brief-
ing, Mr Sidhu obliged
immediately with one.
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need
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competitor
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Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
attacks the Opposition for not taking
part in the ECs EVM challenge
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Nowadays I WAR TIMES

DENIED MORTUARY VAN, MAN
Major LoC offensive ahead
study the
Upanishads
and the Gita
CARRIES WIFES BODY ON BIKE
since I am ness at the Purnia Sadar
Along with additional forces heavy artillery may move closer to LoC
Purnia (Bihar), June 5: In
a shocking incident, a man Hospital on Friday.
fighting the in Bihars Purnia district Despite all the efforts, Sah
RSS and BJP RAJNISH SHARMA | DC
NEW DELHI, JUNE 4 NIA FINDS PAK carried his wifes dead body
on a motorcycle to reach his
could not get any help from
the hospital authorities and

Rahul Gandhi India has decided to NOTES IN RAIDS home for her last rites as he
was denied a mortuary van
hence placed his wifes body
on a motorcycle, with him-

ON SEPARATISTS
Congress V-P fully exploit its strategic at a government hospital. self holding it as pillion
advantage along the He was unable to afford a rider to reach their village
Line of Control with private ambulance. home.
security forces having Srinagar/Jammu, Shankar Sah, 60, is a resi- District Magistrate Pankaj
been directed to launch June 4: The National dent of Ranibari village of Kumar Pal said he had
a major offensive as Investigation Agency Purnia district, whose wife already ordered a probe into
IN BRIEF additional deployment
has already been
probing the funding of
subversive activities in
Susheela Devi, 50, died of ill- the matter. ANI

Bihar topper mobilised in the region

scam, 3 held
Samastipur (Bihar): The
Patna police on Sunday
arrested three persons,
including the headmaster of
Sanjay Gandhi High School in
Samastipur district, in con-
nection with forgery by
intermediate arts topper
Ganesh Kumar. He had
passed matriculation from
the same school in 2015.
and the option of mov-
ing heavy artillery close
to the LoC also being
explored.
Sources said Indian
security forces have an
upper hand in terms of
better tactical location
at most places along the
LoC and it has now been
decided to launch a
fresh onslaught against
Pakistani posts and
their border guarding
Kashmir on Sunday con-
ducted fresh raids in the
residences of separatists
leaders and other loca-
tions in the state and
seized foreign currency,
NIA officials said.
During the searches, a
Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat pays homage to slain soldiers, Naik Dipak Maity of few thousand Pakistani
Midnapore in Bengal and gunner G. Manivannan of Tamil Nadu, at AFS Palam in rupees and currencies
New Delhi on Sunday. Both were killed in a militant ambush on an Army convoy belonging to the UAE
at Qazigund on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway on Saturday. PTI and Saudi Arabia as well
as incriminating docu-
PAK MAN TOLD Rawat: Women to
ments were found and
seized, an NIA spok-

Chinese chopper
forces.
Even since Pakistans TO GET AZIZS esperson said.
Raids took place in the

intrudes Indian air

New Delhi:Two helicopters of
the Peoples Liberation Army
of China hovered over
Chamoli district in
Uttarakhand on Saturday,
triggering concern in Indias
security establishment about
the PLAs fourth such incur-
sion into Indian airspace
since March 2017. Sources
said the choppers went back
after about five minutes.
Coast Guard saves
27 from drowning
Mangaluru: The Coast Guard
on Sunday rescued all 27
members aboard the barge
that was sinking in the
Arabian sea off Ullal coast in
Dakshina Kannada district.
Official sources said the
Coast Guard had rescued
four persons Saturday night
and the remaining 23 per-
Border Action Teams
(BAT) had mutilated
bodies of two Indian sol-
diers earlier this month,
a section of the security External Affairs mi-
top brass has been push-
ing for India playing a
more pro-active and Pakistani man medical
aggressive role at the visa for his father pro-
LoC with the aim of
pushing Pakistan on the ommended by the coun-
defensive.
Indian security forces
had recently released fo-
otage of heavy shelling
which demolished two
Pakistan security posts
following the mutilation
of Indian soldiers.
A similar strategy
was adopted earlier also
when Pakistan was
forced to announce a
unilateral ceasefire in
2003. Pakistan fully
realises that Indian
security forces enjoy a
major tactical advan-
tage due to the location
in some sectors like
Chammb, Poonch, Pa-
NOD FOR VISA join combat soon
New Delhi, June 4: New Delhi, June 4: In a
transformational move,
nister Sushma Swaraj the Indian Army is all
on Saturday assured a set to open up combat
positions for women, a
gender barrier broken medical, legal, educa-
vided the case was rec- by only a few countries
globally.
trys adviser on foreign Army Chief Gen Bipin
affairs Sartaj Aziz. Rawat said the process
Taking to Twitter to to allow women in com-
present his case, Saeed bat role, currently an
Ayub said I sold half of exclusive domain of
my assets 4 (for) my fat-
hers liver transplant fr-
men, is moving fast and
initially women will be
om India and now no m-
edical visa for us.
recruited for positions
in military police.
Swaraj, known for I am looking at wo-
extending a helping men coming as jawans. I
hand to people, said, her am going to start it soon.
sympathies are with Firstly, we will start
him. We will give you with women as military
the visa. Sartaj Aziz police jawans, he said,
Sahib should recom- giving details of the
mend your case. PTI move to allow women in combat roles.
the male-dominated pos-
itions in the Army.
Currently women are
allowed in a number of
select areas including in
undertaken
tional, signals and engi-
neering wings of the
Army but combat roles
are kept off limits.
The Army Chief said
he was ready to recruit
women as jawans and
the matter is being
taken up with the gov-
ernment. We have alr-
eady started the pro-
cess, Gen Rawat said. based on a barter sys-
Few such as Germany,
Australia, Canada, the
US, Britain, Denmark,
Finland, France, Nor-
way, Sweden and Israel
have allowed women in
PTI ities in the valley PTI
residence of Ayaz Akbar,
spokesperson of the Teh-
reek-e-Hurriyat, led by
Syed Ali Shah Geelani,
and Peer Saifullah, an-
other of Geelanis close
aides, the officials said.
A similar exercise was
at the
Jammu residence and
warehouse of a busi-
nessman, who the NIA
sleuths believed was
involved in a cross-bor-
der trade scam.
The NIA alleges that
since the Cross-Line of
Control trade, at Uri in
Kashmir and Chakan-
da-bad in Jammu, was
tem, some businessmen
under- or over-invo-
iced their bills, and the
difference in payment
was later used for pro-
moting subversive activ-

Surface-to-air missile test-fired

sons on Sunday morning. It
was earlier reported that 33 llanwala, Akhnoor, Pu-
persons were in the barge. A lwama, along the LoC
lifeboat was used to rescue and it been decided to
the stranded men instead of again fully exploit it,
the earlier plan to use a heli- specially because intelli-
copter to airlift them. gence reports suggest
that terror groups oper-
ating out of PoK will
step up infiltration in
VILLAGE SHUNS the coming days, a sen-
ior security official said.
Sources said as part of
LOUDSPEAKERS the stepping up offen-
sive, forces will resort to
FOR PEACE heavy firing, specially at
those Pak outposts that
provide cover fire to the
DC CORRESPONDENT infiltrating militants.
LUCKNOW, JUNE 4
AKSHAYA KUMAR Air Missile) from Laun- weather, network-ce- cally operated, turret-
SAHOO | DC ch Pad 3 of the Integ- ntric capable of search based launch unit.
BALASORE (ODISHA), rated Test Range at Ch- on-the-move missile Reports said, prior to
JUNE 4 andipur of Balasore system. Sundays test launch,
district. The missile The weapon can India had tested a
Adding further stre-
ngth to its missile tech-
was fired at 12.39 pm.
This was the first
engage multiple targets
at a range of about 30
Surface to air PYthon
and Derby (SPYDER)
nology research and time launch of QR- km with two vehicle Missile system in May
development, India on
Sunday successfully
SAM. The QR-SAM
weapon system, devel-
configuration for area
air defence.
from the Chandipur
Integrated Test Range.
test-fired indigenously
developed missile sys-
tem QR-SAM (Quick
oped jointly by the
DRDO and the Bharat
Electronics Ltd, is a
The QR-SAM is a
truck-mounted missile
and has a 360 rotat-
The system reported-
ly fired Python-5 and
Derby missiles as its
Reaction, Surface to quick reaction, all- able, electro-mechani- interceptors.

It may seem a small gesture

but it is one that could go a
long way in averting commu-
nal disturbances.
Tiriyadeen village
Moradabad district has taken
a landmark decision of not
in
using loudspeakers at places
or worship or during religious
processions. Singer Sonu
Nigam who recently tweeted
about the unnecessary use of
loudspeakers for morning
prayers would have agreed
with the villages peace move.
The village head Sunita Rani
convened a panchayat and con-
vinced Hindus and Muslims
not to use loudspeakers for
religious purposes. It is a
small thing that can bring
peace to the area. I convinced
both the communities and I
am happy that they agreed,
she said.
The elders in the village then
went around removing loud-
speakers form mosques and
temples. The loudspeakers
were handed over to the
Bhagatpur police.
The local people also took a
pledge not to use loudspeakers
in the future for any function,
particularly those connected
to religion. Western UP that
has a history of communal cl-
ashes has often witnessed riots
over the use of loud speakers
during religious functions.
ISI-BACKED
Centre softens stand on TERROR UNIT
cattle sale, invites ideas
DC CORRESPONDENT May 23 order, with
BUSTED
Chandigarh, June 4:
WIDESPREAD
NEW DELHI, JUNE 4 Opposition leaders cry- The Punjab police on
protests had erupted ing foul. West Bengal Sunday claimed to have
Amid widespread prot- in many states CM Mamata Banerjee busted a terror module
ests over the ban on the across the country has even threatened to by arresting three men,
sale of cattle for slaugh- after the May 23 go to court and claimed who allegedly had been
ter, the government said order on cow slaugh- that the ban amounted trained and tasked by
on Sunday that the step ter, with many to encroaching on the Pakistans ISI to carry
was not taken to harm Opposition leaders states powers and was out attacks in the coun-
any community or gro- crying foul. an infringement of the try. In a statement
up and that it was open federal principle. released here, the police
to suggestions on the tions submitted to it. Kerala CM Pinarayi claimed that the three
issue. The environment and Vijayan had called for a accused were directly
The intention behind forests ministry had nationwide agitation linked with the Intern-
the notification was not notified the Prevention against the notification ational Sikh Youth
to harm any particular of Cruelty to Animals and has also invited all Federation, an ISI
group, restrict the food (Regulation of Live- like-minded chief min- backed outfit.
habits of people or stock Markets) Rules isters for a meeting. The They had been instruct-
affect business, science 2017, banning trading in DMK in Tamil Nadu has ed by Pakistan-based
and technology minis- cattle (cows, bull, buffa- also protested. ISYF chief Lakhbir Rode
ter Harsh Vardhan, who lo and camel) for slaugh- The Centre had earlier to carry out attacks on
also holds charge of the ter at animal markets said that it was talking certain individuals, said
environment, has said. last week. The Madras to all stakeholders to re- the police in the state-
Dr Harsh Vardhan High Court has ordered view the various repre- ment.
added that the notifica- a four-week stay on the sentations made by th- During investigation,
tion was not a prestige ban as of now. em and was considering one of the accused had
issue for the govern- Protests had erupted whether buffalo meat revealed that he had
ment, and it would in many states across could be excluded from been imparted training
review all the sugges- the country after the the purview of the ban. by the ISI, said police.

Holy trees to stop

open defecation
AMITA VERMA | DC
LUCKNOW, JUNE 4
In a novel attempt to check
open defecation, the dis-
trict officials in Gonda
recently voted as one of the
dirtiest cities in the coun-
try have decided to plant
trees having religious sig-
nificance.
Trees like Peepul,
Banyan, Neem, Shami and
bushes of Tulsi will be
planted in open spaces
where defecation is com-
mon.
The plantation will begin
from Monday to mark the
World Environment Day
which also happens to be
the 45th birthday of Chief
Minister Yogi Adityanath.
The chief development
officer (CDO) of Gonda,
Divya Mittal, said that the
plantation drive will be car-
ried out in 16 blocks cover-
ing 80 villages-five villages
from each block.
The official said that the
villages chosen for the
drive were ones that have
the maximum number of
toilets but people continue
to defecate in the open.
 syed imran dafedar abdul baseer
US defence secretary Gen. James
Mattis says US recognises India as a
major defence partner
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Nightmare on London Bridge

It is not only (a)
ballistic missile
defense
system - it has
real function.
That is why it is 3 assailants appeared to be wearing suicide vests which was later found to be fake
alarming. London, June 4: Seven
We are united across
people were killed in a
terror attack in the Br- borders in horror and
Alexander Fomin, itish capital on Saturday mourning ... In the
Russian Deputy Defense night when a van sma- fight against terror-
Minister on N. Korea shed into pedestrians on ism, we are resolutely
London Bridge before on Britains side
three assailants went on
a stabbing spree. ANGELA MERKEL,
IN BRIEF Medics wheeled away
injured victims on
German Chancellor

Doctor refuses to stretchers while crying

treat sewer cleaner
Lahore: A 30-year-old sani-
tary worker in Pakistan, who
fell unconscious while clean-
ing a drain, died after a fast-
ing doctor at a hospital
refused to touch his dirty
body, his family has said.
Irfan Maseeh and his three
fellow workers fell uncon-
scious while cleaning a man-
hole , following which they
were taken to Civil Hospital
Umerkot. While Maseeh kept
gasping for breath, his family
members said they pleaded
with the hospital staff to
treat him, but the doctor at
the facility refused to touch
his sludge-covered body,
saying he was fasting.
Bomb scare leads
to stampede
Turin, Italy: At least 1,000
people were injured, seven
seriously, after a bomb scare
triggered a stampede among
Juventus fans watching he
Champions League final in
Turin, local authorities said
on Sunday. The panic seemed
to have been triggered by
fireworks being let off.
TRUMP BELIEVES
people wrapped in foil
blankets were evacuated
from the horrific
scene.
Police received reports
of a van speeding into
pedestrians on London
Bridge at 10.08 pm (2108
GMT). These emergency
calls were quickly fol-
lowed by reports of mul-
tiple stabbings in the
popular Borough Market
area on the south side of
the bridge.
After the white van
crashed into fencing by
Southwark Cathedral,
knifemen sprinted
towards nearby bars
packed with revellers
enjoying a night out.
Armed police were
quickly on the scene and
three assailants were
shot and killed within
eight minutes of the
first call to emergency
services. They were
wearing what appeared
to be explosive vests that
were later discovered to
be fake.
Seven people were
killed and 48 others were
taken to hospital.
The injured included a
police officer who was
one of the first respon-
ders on the scene. He
was stabbed in the face
and leg.
In the face of this
new tragedy, Fra-
nce is more than
ever on Britains
side.
EMMANUEL
MACRON,
French President
These hateful acts do
not deter us; they
only strengthen our
resolve.
JUSTIN TRUDEAU,
Canadian
(Above) Police and members of the Prime Minister
emergency services attend to an injured
person.
(Left) A person, lying on the ground, is
detained by police in Barking, east
London, during raids. Agencies TRUMP SLAMS
They are bound SADIQ KHAN
together by the
single evil ideol-
ogy of Islamist
extremism that
Enough is enough: May IN TWEET
London, June 4: Seven Washington, June 4: US President
preaches hatred, people were killed in a ter- Donald Trump on Sunday said the
sows division, ror attack in the British attack in London showed it was time
and promotes capital on Saturday night to stop being politically correct,
sectarianism. It when a van smashed into warning the threat will only grow
is an ideology pedestrians on London worse otherwise.
that claims our Western values ... Bridge before three We must stop being politically cor-
are incompatible with Islam assailants went on a stab- rect and get down to the business of
bing spree. security for our peo-
THERESA MAY, Police have yet to release ple. If we dont get
British Prime Minister
any details about the sus-
pects, but Prime Minister
smart it will only get
worse, Mr Trump

IN CLIMATE A Spanish citizen, one

CHANGE: HALEY
Washington, June 4: US
envoy to the UN Nikki Haley
defended Donald Trumps con-
troversial decision to withdraw
from the landmark Paris
accord and said he knows that
the climate is changing.
President Trump believes
the climate is changing and he
believes pollutants are part of
the equation, Ms Haley said.
When asked why the US
pulled out of the climate agree-
ment, she blamed former Pres-
ident Barack Obama for agree-
ing to regulations that were
too onerous, too strict and
ultimately unachievable.
She said that underlined that
the US was committed to curb-
ing climate change. Just
because the US got out of a
club does not mean we are not
going to care about the envi-
ronment, the Indian-
American senior diplomat
said.
Australian and four
French people were also
among the wounded.
Several others were
treated at the scene for
what the ambulance
service said were less despite the attack.
serious injuries. One
witness said he saw five
or six people knocked
down on the bridge.
Armed officers resp-
onding to the attack
fired an unprecedent-
ed number of rounds at
the three attackers.
Britains most senior
counter-terrorism offi-
cer, assistant commis-
sioner Mark Rowley,
said eight officers fired
50 shots at three attack-
ers, to ensure they were
neutralised.
Mr Rowley also said
police accidentally shot
a civilian. As the offi-
cers confronted a terror-
ist, a member of the pub-
lic also suffered a gun-
shot wound. Agencies
NO DELAY IN POLLS
PRIME MINISTER Theresa
may confirmed that the gen-
eral election will take place
as planned on June 8,
CAMPAIGNING will
resume on Monday after
most parties suspended
national campaigns.
RECENT ATTACKS IN LONDON
THE UK HAS WITNESSED A SPATE OF ATTACKS
IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.
Theresa May said they
were driven by Islamist
ideology. The attack shows
there is far too much tol-
erance of Islamist extr-
emism in UK, she said.
The attack occurred five
days ahead of a parlia-
mentary election and was
the third to hit Britain in
less than three months.
It is time to say enough
is enough, she said out-
MAY 2017
A suicide bomber blew
himself up outside Ariana
Grandes concert in
Manchester, killing 22
people and injuring 116.
The attack was claimed
by ISIS.
People leave from inside a police cordon.
side her Downing Street Police have arrested 12
office, where flags few at people in Barking, an eth-
half-mast. We cannot and nically diverse suburb of
must not pretend that east London, in connec-
things can continue as tion with the attack.
they are, she said. Agencies
MARCH 2017
Five people were killed when a man
rammed his car into pedestrians on
Westminster bridge in London
before crashing into the barriers
surrounding parliament and then
stabbing a police officer to death.
JUNE 2016: British Labour lawmaker
Jo Cox was shot at and stabbed to
death by a Nazi sympathiser just
days before the historic vote to
leave the EU.
said in a tweet.
In a series of early
morning tweets, Mr
Trump also poured
scorn on London
AP Mayor Sadiq Khans
attempt to reassure
the public after the
attack in London.
At least 7 dead and 48 wounded in ter-
ror attack and Mayor of London says
there is no reason to be alarmed! he
said in one tweet.
Meanwhile, the mayors office said
he has more important things to do
than respond to an ill-informed
tweet. The Mayor is busy working...
to coordinate the response to this hor-
rific and cowardly terrorist attack,
said Mr Khans spokesman. AFP
TWEET TALK
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BUSINESS
Indias competitiveness falls
Institute for Management Developments rankings show dip of 4 spots
New Delhi, June 4: India
has been ranked 45th,
down four notches from
last year, in terms of com-
petitiveness in the annual
rankings compiled by
IMD which saw Hong
Kong topping the list.
US was pushed out of
the top three slots while
Hong Kong consolidated
its dominance of the
annual rankings for the
second year in the list
compiled by the Inter-
national Institute for
Management Develop-
ments (IMD) World
Competitiveness Center.
Switzerland and
Singapore were ranked
second and third respec-
tively, with the USA at the
fourth spot its lowest
position in five years and
down from third last year.
The Netherlands com-
pleted the top five, jump-
ing up from eighth last
year. Others in the top 10
list include Ireland at
6th, Denmark 7th, Lux-
embourg (8th), Sweden
(9th) and UAE at 10th.
As India slid, China
improved its position by
seven places to 18th,
thanks to its dedication
to international trade.
If you look at China,
its improvement of seven
places to 18th can be
traced to its dedication to
international trade. This
continues to drive the
economy and the impro-
vement in government
DIFFICULT TIMES
SFIO to trawl social media
New Delhi, June 4: The gov-
ernments white-collar crime
investigation agency SFIO is
developing a new system,
EYE ON FRAUD
NEW SYSTEM WILL HELP IN EARLY DETECTION OF FRAUDS
which will trawl social media AND SAFEGUARD GULLIBLE INVESTORS
platforms for leads on any
possible fraud-in-making. THE SFIO, which THE NEW SYSTEM would leverage
The bottom of comes under the MCA 21 database as primary data
PECKING ORDER the table, mean-
Also, the new system will
help in early detection of cor- corporate affairs along with data available from other
porate frauds and safeguard ministry, has float- regulatory organisations and external
THE IMD WORLD COMPETITIVENESS YEARBOOK IS THE LEADING while, is largely gullible investors from fly-by- ed a tender for sources
ANNUAL REPORT ON THE COMPETITIVENESS OF NATIONS AND occupied by coun- night operators. selection of a man-
HAS BEEN PUBLISHED BY IMD SINCE 1989 tries experiencing The Serious Fraud Investi- aged service
political and eco- gation Office (SFIO), which provider to
1. Hong Kong
340
nomic upheaval comes under the corporate
affairs ministry, has floated a
develop this
2. Switzerland tender for selection of a man- Early Warning
At the top of the aged service provider to devel- System
3. Singapore digital ranking is (EWS).
criterias are used op this Early Warning System
4. USA to measure differ- Singapore, fol- (EWS). The interested parties
5. Netherlands lowed by Sweden, can submit their bids till July
ent facets of com- 10. The idea of developing an
6. Ireland petitiveness. The the USA, Finland EWS was first floated in 2009 media, that help in detecting companies or persons.
rankings bench- and Denmark, after the Satyam fraud came potential frauds. Besides, it would help in
7. Denmark while the bottom into light. It would generate the data identifying companies for fur-
marks the per-
8. Luxembourg formance of 63 five are Indonesia, The new system would that helps in raising red flags ther examination, scrutiny or
Ukraine, Mongolia, leverage MCA 21 database as and alerts using business detailed investigation by
9. Sweden nations primary data along with data intelligence and analytics Registrar of Companies,
Peru and available from other regulato- capabilities. It would help in other offices of ministry of
10. UAE Venezuela
ry organisations and external protecting investors from get- corporate affairs, or by the
18. China (7 ) 45. India (4 ) sources including social ting exploited by the deceitful SFIO. PTI
If you look at China, its improvement of
seven places to 18th can be traced to its
dedication to international trade. This con- ZF plans to partner two Indian startups
tinues to drive the economy and the improve-
ARCHAK SENGUPTA | DC Nvidia and recently, we had firms, startups can provide
ment in government and business efficiency HYDERABAD, JUNE 4 invited startups from all over us with useful insights due to
PROFESSOR ARTURO BRIS, the world. Two startups from their focused approach
Director, IMD World Competitiveness Center With the race for automated India managed to pique our towards a problem.
driving tech hotting up, interest with their technolo- When asked about the two
German tech firm ZF is con- gy. We think their technology, Indian start-ups she said,
and business efficiency, Ukraine was ranked every year since 1989. ing countries digital sidering collaborating with if developed further, can help Its too early to reveal any-
professor Arturo Bris, 60th, while Brazil was This years list comprises competitiveness. two Indian start-ups to fur- the product become better. thing more but we hope to
director of the IMD placed at the 61st position 63 countries with Cyprus At the top of the digital ther its goals, according to a In recent days, the race for share it soon.
World Competitiveness and Venezuela at 63rd. and Saudi Arabia making ranking is Singapore, fol- top official. self-driven vehicles has ZF, which inaugurated its
Center said. The IMD World their first appearance. lowed by Sweden, the Speaking to this newspaper become complex due to firms technology centre in
The bottom of the table, Competitiveness Center Meanwhile, for the first USA, Finland and ZF chief digital officer tying up with multiple part- Hyderabad in March, is also
meanwhile, is largely is a research group at time this year, the IMD Denmark, while the bot- Mamtha Chamarthi, who was ners. So, when asked whether considering building a test
occupied by countries IMD business school in World Competitiveness tom five are Indonesia, in Hyderabad, said, The com- ZF would prefer tie-ups with track for their automated
experiencing political Switzerland. It has been Center also published Ukraine, Mongolia, Peru pany is open to all options big firms or with start-ups, vehicles after the
and economic upheaval. publishing the rankings a separate report rank- and Venezuela. PTI (partnership or acquisition). Ms Chamarthi said, While Government of Telangana
We already collaborate with we wouldnt rule out the big offered land for it.
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David Warner insists Oz are entirely focused
on their CT campaign, arent distracted of a
rare break from the game of up to two months
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13

There was a lack

RED HOT BLUES

of clarity in
purpose and a
confusion in role
identification. The Sri
Lankan players were
too timid to decisively
commit to their
strengths. Rohit, Dhawan, Kohli, Yuvraj on fire as India
Kumar Sangakkara
Former Sri Lankan
cricketer
pummel Pakistan in Champions Trophy game
Birmingham, June 4:
India thrashed Pakistan by 124
SHORT TAKES runs in the arch-rivals'

3
Champions Trophy opener at Number of century partnerships
Edgbaston on Sunday. between Rohit and Dhawan in
Pakistan, set a revised target
of 289 in 41 overs following Champions Trophy, the most by any
three rain interruptions, fin- pair.
ished on 164, with injured last

91
man Wahab Riaz unable to bat
as India won with 44 balls to The highest score
spare. for Rohit Sharma
Earlier, Virat Kohli and against Pakistan.
Yuvraj Singh stood out in an The previous high-
all-round batting effort, pro- est was 68, which
Steven Finn pelling India to 319 for three
after rain halted proceedings
came in Asia Cup 2012.
Finn to replace twice in the marquee clash.

injured Woakes
London: Steven Finn will
replaced injured fellow
paceman Chris Woakes in
England's Champions
Trophy squad, the
International Cricket Council
confirmed Sunday.
Woakes was ruled out of the
rest of the 50-over tourna-
ment, which features the
world's top eight one-day
international teams, with a
side strain suffered while
bowling just two overs at
the start of England's open-
ing Group A win over
Bangladesh at the Oval on
Thursday.
The experienced Finn, 28,
will join the England squad
ahead of their second match
of the tournament, against
New Zealand in Cardiff on
Tuesday.
The ICC has confirmed that
the event technical commit-
tee of the ICC Champions
Trophy 2017 has approved
Steven Finn as a replace-
ment, said a brief state-
ment from cricket's global
governing body. AFP
Aussies satisfied
with CT security
London: Australian crickets
governing body said they
are satisfied with security
ahead of their Champions
Trophy match with
Bangladesh on Monday in
light of the attack that left
seven dead and dozens
injured in London.
Cricket Australia were
among many sporting bod-
ies and teams to offer their
condolences to the victims.
As with the rest of the
world, the Australian team is
shocked and saddened at
the events that have
occurred in London
overnight and our thoughts
are with those directly
involved and their loved
ones, said a Cricket
Australia spokesman in a
statement. The team, sup-
port staff and travelling con-
tingent have been account-
ed for. Our security team is
working closely with the
ICC. Agencies
Indian batsmen remained
focussed despite the rain
breaks with Rohit Sharma (91
off 119), Shikhar Dhawan (68
off 65), Virat Kohli (81 not out
off 68) and Yuvraj (53 off 32)
rising to the occasion in a
game reduced to 48 overs a
side.
Thanks to the big hitting by
Yuvraj, Kohli and Hardik
Pandya, India amassed 72 runs
in the last four overs with the
46th and 48th going for 21 and
23 runs.
Pakistan's target, though, is
324 in 48 overs.
While Kohli punished pacer
Wahab Riaz, Pandya smashed
three consecutive sixes off
left-arm spinner Imad Wasim
in the final over.
In a match watched by
Sachin Tendulkar from the
stands, Indian batsmen went
on the rampage in the death
overs after patiently seeing off
two rain breaks.
Play was stopped first when
India were 46 for no loss in the
10th over and rain played
spoilsport again when they
were 173 for one in the 34th
over with Rohit and Kohli
holding fort.
It was not surprising that
Sarfraz Ahmed sent India in to
bat after winning the toss
under overcast conditions.
The atmosphere around the
ground was electric though
the day began on a sombre
note with players of both
teams observing a minute's
silence for the people killed in
72
Runs India
t h e scored in
London the last
Bridge ter- four overs
rorist attack. of which 23 came
The start of in the last
the Indian
i n n i n g s
over.
increased the
excitement
levels by a
few notches
with a
charged-up Bhuvneshwar Kumar (left) and captain Virat Kohli celebrate the dis-
Mohammad missal of Ahmed Shehzad during the ICC Champions Trophy match
Amir beating against Pakistan at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Sunday. AP
Rohit's bat three
times in what
turned out to be a
maiden over. SCORECARD
It was a cautious start by India: R. Sharma run out (Babar Azam/Sarfraz
both the openers with just 15 Ahmed) 91, S. Dhawan c Azhar Ali b Shadab Khan
coming in five overs. 68, V. Kohli (not out) 81, Yuvraj Singh lbw b Hasan
Amir's first spell of four Ali 53, H. Pandya (not out) 20. Extras (lb 2, w 2,
overs was exceptional as he nb 2) 6. Total (3 wickets; 48 overs) 319.
gave away 14 runs and was a FoW: 1-136, 2-192, 3-285.
tad unlucky to not get a wick- Bowling: Amir 8.1-1-32-0, Wasim 9.1-0-66-0,
et. Hasan 10-0-70-1, Wahab 8.4-0-87-0, Shadab 10-
Skipper Ahmed started with 0-52-1, Shoaib 2-0-10-0.
the pace of Amir and left-arm Pakistan: Azhar Ali c Pandya b Jadeja 50, Ahmed
spin of Wasim. Though Wasim Shehzad lbw b Kumar 12, Babar Azam c Jadeja b
was economical, facing a spin- Yadav 8, Mohammad Hafeez c Kumar b Jadeja
ner early on released the pres- 33, Shoaib Malik run out (Jadeja) 15, Sarfraz
sure on Rohit and Dhawan Ahmed c Dhoni b Pandya 15, Imad Wasim c
with Amir cranking up good Jadhav b Pandya, Shadab Khan not out 14,
pace at the other end. Mohammad Amir c Jadhav b Yadav 9, Hasan Ali c
Dhawan b Yadav 0, Wahab Riaz absent hurt.
The experienced duo then
played their strokes, especially
Rohit, who exquisitely
Extras: (lb 2, w 6)7. Total (9 wickets; 33.4 overrs)
164.
punched through the off-side. FoW: 1-47, 2-61, 3-91, 4-114, 5-131, 6-135, 7-151, 8-
He brought his fifty by deposit- 164, 9-164.
ing spinner Shadab Khan over Bowling: Bhuvneshwar Kumar 5-1-23-1, Umesh
deep mid-wicket for a six. The Yadav 7.4-1-30-3, Jasprit Bumrah 5-0-23-0,
stylish batsman was playing Hardik Pandya 8-0-43-2, Ravindra Jadeja 8-0-
in his first international game 43-2.
since October last year, having
undergone a thigh surgery in
November.
After Rohit reached his half
century, Dhawan too changed
gears as he smashed pacer
Wahab Riaz for three succes-
sive fours before completing
his half century.
After the fall of openers,
Kohli and Yuvraj took the
innings forward. While Kohli Rohit Sharma
was scratchy for a major part en route to
of his innings, Yuvraj was in his 91. AP
full flow from the word go, hit-
ting the Pak bowlers to all
over. The southpaw hit
eight crisp bound-
aries and a six in
his innings.
Agencies
A security official frisks a spectator at
Edgbaston on Sunday. AP

Australia look to make amends Hotels lockdown THARANGA GETS

London, June 4: Australia
would expect a better show
from their bowlers when
they clash with the ever-
improving Bangladesh in a
SUSPENDED FOR
TRACK RECORD DILIGENCE KEY
post terror attack TWO MATCHES
London, June 4: Team Our thoughts are with London, June 4: Upul
IN LIGHT OF
HIGHEST LOWEST INNINGS TOTALS hotels had gone into lock- everyone affected by what Tharanga will not take
INNINGS TOTALS down after last nights ter- has happened in London field against India as the

Group A ICC Champions
Trophy match at the
Kennington Oval, here on
Monday.
The Australian bowlers
received a severe thrashing
at the hands of New
Zealand batsmen in their
previous game before rain
gods intervened and the
match was abandoned.
It was the first one-day
match for Mitchell Starc
since February while Josh
Hazlewood had also only
one warm-up game under
his belt in a similar period.
The rust was clearly visi-
ble and the fancied team
would be hoping that the
attack puts in a sharper
performance tomorrow.
Because of the lackluster
performance, the Kiwis put
on board 291 in 45 overs,
though they were in a great
position to score better.
The Australian batsmen
too struggled when they
were set a revised target of
235 in 33 overs, managing
only 53 for three in nine
overs which were possible.
Their top-order surren-
dered before the Kiwi
bowlers, who exploited the
conditions well.
Live on TV Bangladesh vs Australia
Q Australia: 361-8 in 50
overs at Dhaka in 2011
QBangladesh : 295-6 in 50
overs at Dhaka in 2011
HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL
SCORES
Q Australia: 185* Shane
Watson at Dhaka in 2011
QBangladesh: 100
Mohammed Ashraful at
Cardiff in 2005
On the other hand,
Bangladesh may not have
won their first match
against England but their
batting was impressive.
Tamim Iqbal and former
captain Mahmudullah led
the batting but the bowlers
could not complement the
good work as England
chased the down the chal-
lenging 306-run target with
remarkable ease.
Joe Root was all class in
his in his unbeaten 133-run
knock that never gave
Bangladesh any chance to
score an upset win.
Australia will have to put
up a better show since
Bangladesh are no more
6PM
QAustralia: 198-5 in 50
overs at Darwin in 2008
QBangladesh: 74 in
27.4 overs at Darwin in
2008
BEST BOWLING
PERFORMANCE
Q Australia: 5-18 Andrew
Symonds at Manchester in
2005
Q Bangladesh : 3-36 Abdur
Razzak at Chittagong in 2006
the Asian minnows and in
white ball cricket, they
have emerged as a strong
force.
It wont be a surprise if
they dominate the
Australian bowlers and
their own bowlers too are
capable of springing a sur-
prise.
The fact that one more
defeat will almost block
Bangladeshs road to semi-
finals, the Tigers are
expected to give their all in
the contest.
One more defeat will
mean that they may not fig-
ure in the top-two in the
group.
PTI
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ATTACK: SMITH
ror attack here, the overnight. The ICC and the ICC has suspended the Sri
International Cricket ECB continue to place safe- Lanka captain from the
Council (ICC) revealed on ty and security at the ICC next two Champions
London, June Sunday, saying it will Champions Trophy and the Trophy matches after his
4: Australias crick- review security at the ICC womens World Cup side was ruled to be four
eters have been told ongoing Champions this summer as the highest overs short of its target
to be extra attentive Trophy in line with priority, the world body against South Africa on
by captain Steve the threat levels. stated. Saturday.
Smith in the wake Three knife-wield- We operate on advice David Boon of the
of the attack in ing attackers, wear- from our Tournament Emirates Elite Panel of
London that left ing fake suicide Security Directorate in ICC Match Referees
seven dead vests, unleashed a conjunction with the ECB imposed the suspension.
and dozens terror rampage and relevant police and Players were fined 10
injured late on through central security authorities per cent of their
Saturday. London, plowing a to ensure that we can match fees for the
Crickets global high-speed van into deliver a safe and first two overs and
governing body pedestrians on the secure event. 20 per cent of their
the International iconic London We will continue to match fees for the
Cricket Council Bridge before stabbing work with the author- additional overs their
(ICC) has released a revellers in a nearby ities over the com- side failed
statement confirming market, killing seven ing hours and to bowl in
enhanced security meas- people and injuring 48. days and the allot-
ures would continue to be Following last nights review our ted time,
reviewed in line with the incident all team hotels security in with the cap-
threat levels. went into lockdown and line with the tain also
You never want to see teams, match officials and threat lev- receiving two
that happening around staff were all quickly els. suspension
the world particularly accounted for. The The secu- points. As two
when were so close to the enhanced security around rity situa- suspension
events that happened last venues implemented fol- t i o n points equate
night, said Smith . Steve Smith lowing the Manchester h a s to a ban from
Weve been briefed by attack remains in place, b e e n one Test or two
our security team this this includes significantly v e r y Upul Tharanga ODIs or two T20Is,
morning, and they are enhanced police and secu- much whatever comes first
comfortable with where rity for todays match, the f ro n t for the player,
security is at. For us, its ICC said in a statement. and cen- Tharanga has been
about just being diligent The heightened security tre of our suspended from
with everything that we in place is for the marquee prepara- upcoming match-
do, he added.
AFP
India-Pakistan clash, in
Birmingham.
tions,
said. PTI
it es, the release
said. PTI
 syed imran
Zidane can
stay at Real
Madrid for the
rest of his
life. Every Real
Madrid fan is so
grateful to him,
he lifted our level
of talent when he
arrived in 2001
and was the best
player in the
world. Now, he is
the best coach in
the world.
Florentino Perez
Real Madrid
president
SHORT TAKE
DUTEE FASTEST
INDIAN WOMAN
AT FED CUP
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD, JUNE 4
Dutee Chand became the fastest
woman when she won the
womens 100m sprint in the 21st
Federation Cup National Senior
Athletics Championships at
Patiala on Sunday.
Dutee clocked 11.48 seconds to
take revenge on Odishas
Srabani Nanda who had earlier
beaten her in the 200 m con-
test. Nanda finished second with
a time of 11.57 seconds while
Merlin K. Joseph of Kerala took
bronze with a time of 11.68 sec-
onds.
Meanwhile, Javelin thrower Anu
Rani was the star performer by
throwing the spear 61.86 m to
break her own national record
of 60.01 m in the last event of
the competition. In the process
Rani, representing Uttar Pradesh
qualified for the World
Championships in London, the
qualifying mark for which was
set at 61.40 m. Suman Devi, also
of Uttar Pradesh took silver with
55.03 m while K. Rashmi of
Karnataka took bronze with
51.12 m. Prem Kumar won the
mens 110m hurdles, crossing the
finish line in 14.34 seconds. He
finished ahead of Suresh and T.
Balamurugan, both of Tamil
Nadu. Suresh clocked 14.35 sec-
onds while Balamurugan
claimed bronze with a time of
14.52 seconds.
Odishas Amiya completed a
sprint double adding the 100 m
title to the 200 m he had won
earlier.
FRENCH OPEN
Venus, Muguruza
crash out on clay
Paris, June 4: There will be
a first-time Grand Slam
champion at the French
Open. And theres a week
left in the tournament to fig-
ure out which of the 12
women still around that will
be.
Venus Williams was the
last of the past major title
winners in the draw, and she
lost in the fourth round to
30th-seeded Timea
Bacsinszky 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 at
Court Philippe Chatrier on
Sunday. That happened less
than an hour after defend-
ing champion Garbine
Muguruza was beaten 6-1, 3-
6, 6-3 by 13th-seeded Kristina
Mladenovic at Court
Suzanne Lenglen.
The only other two women
with a Grand Slam trophy
on their resumes who made
it to the fourth round
Svetlana Kuznetsova and
Samantha Stosur lost ear-
lier Sunday to women with-
out one.
Kuznetsova, who won the
2009 French Open and 2004
U.S. Open, was ousted by
two-time major finalist
Caroline Wozniacki 6-1, 4-6,
6-2, while 2011 U.S. Open
champion Stosur was elimi-
nated by 19-year-old Jelena
Ostapenko of Latvia 2-6, 6-2,
6-4.
Mladenovic will face
Bacsinszky next, and
Wozniacki meets
Ostapenko. Plus, all eight
women who play for quar-
terfinal berths Monday are
seeking a first major title.
Heading into this French
Open, many figured the
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Atletico Madrid star
Antoine Griezmann to stay
at Spanish club next season
Real Madrid players pose with the trophy after winning the European Champions League title at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday.
Madrid defeated Juventus 4-1 in the final.
Real are Europes kings
Ronaldo brace helps Madrid become 1st team to win back-to back titles
Cardiff, June 4: Cristiano
Ronaldo scored twice as
Real Madrid crushed
Juventus 4-1 in Cardiff on
Saturday to become the
first team to retain the
European Cup in the
Champions League era.
The Portugal superstars
opener was cancelled out
by an astonishing Mario
Mandzukic strike, but
goals from Casemiro,
Ronaldo and Marco
Asensio secured Madrids
third Champions League
triumph in four years and
12th in total.
Now a four-time
Champions League win-
ner, Ronaldo finished as
the competitions top scor-
er for the fifth season run-
ning, substantially
enhancing his chances of
matching fierce rival
Lionel Messis tally of five
Ballon dOr crowns.
Were very happy to be
the first team to win the
Champions League in two
consecutive years, said
Ronaldo, who has now
womens draw was wide
open, because of the
absences of Williams sister,
Serena, and Maria
Sharapova. How right those
folks were.
This was Muguruzas first
attempt at defending a
Grand Slam championship,
and she ran into a deter-
mined Mladenovic, who was
backed by a vocal crowd of
countrymen who chanted
her nickname, Kiki,
throughout the match.
Mladenovic often played to
the fans, waving her arms to
ask for more noise. And as
Muguruza walked to the
locker room after her defeat,
she wagged a finger toward
the stands as if to say, Tsk,
tsk!
The 24-year-old
Mladenovic never had been
past the third round at her
home major and has
never made it beyond the
quarterfinals at any other.
But she managed to pull off
the biggest victory of her
career despite 16 double-
faults, seven in each of the
last two sets on a windy day
with the temperature in the
60s (teens Celsius).
Everything wasnt per-
fect. There were a few con-
cerns, Mladenovic said,
before joking: I made about
35 double-faults today, but
everythings OK!
Muguruza, who was seed-
ed No. 4 in Paris, beat
Serena Williams in the
French Open final last year.
She also was the runner-up
to the American at
Wimbledon in 2015. AP
dafedar abdul baseer
double for the first time
RECORD NUMBER OF
TITLES (selected) since 1958, having also
won the Club World Cup
and European Super Cup.
12: Real Madrid
7: AC Milan
5: Bayern Munich,
Barcelona, Liverpool
Zidanes joy was his for-
mer club Juves despair,
4: Ajax Massimiliano Allegris
side crashing in
3: Inter Milan, Manchester
United Champions League finals
and seventh in total,
THE RESULT
Juventus 1
extending their own des-
perately unwanted record.
(Mandzukic 27) The first Champions
Real Madrid 4 League final to be played
(Ronaldo 20, 64,
Casemiro 61, Asensio 90) beneath a closed roof saw
Juve hit their heads
against a familiar ceiling
scored exactly 600 goals for as they missed out on a
club and country in his chance to complete the
extraordinary career. first Treble in their histo-
Zinedine Zidane, a head ry. Madrid drew first blood
coach for only 17 months, in the 20th minute when
became the first boss to Ronaldo flicked the ball
oversee back-to-back wide to Carvajal before
European Cup successes sweeping his pass into the
since Arrigo Sacchis bottom-left corner. It was a
fabled AC Milan team won fine strike, and it made
the tournament in 1989 Ronaldo the first player to
and 1990. have scored in three finals
Victory crowned a glori- in the post-1992
ous season for Madrid, Champions League, but it
who have pulled off a La was quickly cancelled out
Liga and European Cup Juves unit. AFP
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RONALDO STILL FEELS YOUNG,
TARGETS MORE TROPHIES
Cardiff, June 4: competition for the last
Cristiano Ronaldo said five seasons.
he had no intention of
slowing down after
I think people dont
have words to criticise,
spearheading a 4-1 victo-
ry over Juventus that
because the numbers
dont lie, he said after
made Real Madrid the receiving the man-of-the-
first team to retain the match award from Alex
UEFA Champions Ferguson.
League. Im very happy. It was
Ronaldos double in an amazing season
Saturdays final at again. We won trophies.
Cardiff s Principality Its one of the best
Stadium, allied to goals moments in my career. I
by Casemiro and Marco have the opportunity to
Asensio, earned him a say that every year. But
fourth Champions its true.
League win and gave This year was amaz-
Madrid their third in ing again, last year was
four years and 12th in amazing too. Now I have
total. He has now scored two days off to rest and
600 career goals for club after we have a qualify-
and country, including ing game for Portugal
105 in the Champions and we have the
League, and has finished Confederations Cup, he
as the top scorer in the added. PTI
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14
Praneeth wins
Thailand title
Bangkok, June 4:
Shuttler B. Sai Praneeth
won his maiden Grand
Prix gold title by posting
a come-from-behind vic-
tory over Indonesian
Jonatan Christie in the
mens singles final of
the $1,20,000 Thailand
Open here on Sunday.
The third seeded
Indian prevailed 17-21,
21-18, 21-19 over the
fourth seeded
Indonesian in a contest
that lasted an hour and
11 minutes.
This is Praneeths sec-
ond consecutive title
win, following the
Singapore Open victory.
He had reached the
finals of Syed Modi
International in
January at Hyderabad,
where he lost to Sameer
Verma.
Praneeth, ranked 24 in
Sai Praneeth poses with
the world, did not have
an ideal start in the final
as he went down in the
the Thailand Open trophy
on Sunday.
opening game. I was
just focusing on the ral- PRIME MINISTER
lies. It was a difficult
match. The rallies were
going too long. But I
PATS CHAMPION
tried to slowly build up New Delhi, June 4:
and I am happy I could Prime Minister Narendra
win. I thank everyone Modi has congratulated
who supported me, said shuttler B. Sai Praneeth
Praneeth after the for winning the Thailand
match. Open Grand Prix Gold
The Indonesian led 14- mens singles title in
11 but Praneeth kept Bangkok on Sunday.
breathing down his neck Congratulations to B.
and made it 14-14. Sai Praneeth for wining
Christie found himself the Thailand Open bad-
18-17 up and quickly minton tournament.
sealed off the opening India is elated on the
game with three points
on the trot.
accomplishment:
@narendramodi, tweet-
PM
Making a brilliant ed the official handle of
comeback in the second
game, Praneeth surged
the Prime Minister.
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ahead 5-0 and then 9-3
but failed to maintain
his huge lead as his
opponent won six suc-
BAI ANNOUNCES
cessive points to make it
9-9. Leading 17-16,
CASH REWARD
Praneeth managed to New Delhi, June 4:
bag three more points to Badminton Association of
move ahead 20-16. India president Himanta
Although he wasted two Biswa Sarma has
game points, he eventu- announced a cash reward
ally won it 21-18. of `3 lakh for B. Sai
In the decider, Christie Praneeth for winning the
opened up a 8-3 lead but Thailand Open Grand
Praneeth caught up with Prix on Sunday.
him at 9-9. At 17-17, It is a matter of
Praneeth won two cru- extreme pride for me and
cial points to take a 19-17 the whole of BAI to see
lead only to concede the Sai take the podium in
advantage. Christie Thailand. I called him
bagged the next two right after the game and
points to tie at 19-19. congratulated him,
However, the Indian held Sarma said.
on to his nerves to reel Anup Narang, secretary
off two quick points to general of BAI added: It
wrap up the match and is great day for Indian
the title. PTI badminton. PTI