ZERO POINT (INDO-BANGLA BORDER)

Not covered by the his-toric Land BoundaryAgreement withBangladesh, about 260Indian villages with a totalof 70,000 residents whichlie in the 'no man's land'between the two countriescontinue to pose a vexedchallenge for troops look-ing to secure the borderagainst smuggling andinflux of fake currency.

While the LBA providesfor the activation of the1974 India-Bangladeshagreement for exchange of161 border enclavesadversely-held by the thetwo neighbours, an exact

solution to the vexed statusof these villages situatedjust ahead of theInternational Border (IB)fence remains hangingfire.

"There are villageswhich are located ahead ofthe border fence and aredifferent from the areaswhich are covered underthe LBA. Shifting thesevillages inside the IB willbe very useful. We havetaken up the matter a num-ber of times with theauthorities but there hasbeen no progress.

"The population living inthese villages is vulnerableto a number of unlawful

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Senior Bihar Police officer refusesto join Delhi ACB

Bihar Assembly polls: Alliance of JD (U), RJD indoldrums as both parties eyeing CM post

Priety Zinta reacts on the Maggicontroversy! P8

NEW DELHIThe Delhi government will

ask the Centre to act againstUber, Ola and other app-basedtaxi services in Delhi, the city`stransport minister said onTuesday.

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Delhi government to write toCentre for action against Uber

MUMBAIThe Bombay High Court has

granted temporary bail for fourdays to a convict serving lifeterm to enable him to perform"kanyadaan" ritual at hisdaughter's marriage in Nashikthis week.

Justices S V Bhadang and A SGadkari ruled in their recent

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HC grants bail to life-term convict toperform 'kanyadaan'

RANGIYAA minor girl, who was

allegedly trafficked from herealongwith two others has beenrescued from Haryana andthree persons were arrested inconnection, police said today.

Three girls from Assam'sKamrup (Rural) and Nalbaridistricts were allegedly lured

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Assam girl rescued fromHaryana

NEW DELHIOn a three-day visit to India,

US Defence Secretary AshtonCarter on Wednesday met IndianDefence Minister ManoharParrikar.

The meeting took place atSouth Block after Carter, head-ing a high-level delegation, laida wreath at the Amar Jawan Jyoti

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US Defence Secretary AshtonCarter meets Manohar Parikkar

MINSKPresident Pranab Mukherjee

will met his Belarusian counter-part and discussed a host ofissues like boosting trade tiesand co-operation in the field ofmining and education, markingthe first state visit by an Indianhead of state to this eastEuropean country.

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Pranab Mukherjee meets BelarusPresident, discusses bilateral ties

NEW DELHIWorld Environment Day

(WED) is celebrated everyyear on 5th June throughoutthe world with differentthemes.

Prime Minister NarendraModi on the occassion ofWorld Environment Day will

plant saplings to create awareness for environment.Last year he urged people to protect the environment

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PM Modi to plant saplings on WorldEnvironment Day

LUCKNOWA young man was killed in

celebratory firing during awedding in Uttar Pradesh,police said on Wednesday.

The youth was from thegroom`s side which was on itsway to the marriage venue inAmbedkarnagar early

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Man killed in celebratory firingduring wedding in UP

HYDERABADPrime Minister Narendra

Modi's proposed visit to Israelis "worrisome" as it under-mines India's position onPalestine and also "destroysbalance" in foreign policy, sen-ior Congress leader AnandSharma said on Tuesday.

Addressing reporters here,the Congress Deputy Leader in

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CHENNAITemperature: 390CPrecipitation:0%Humidity:54%Wind: 21Km/hr

MUMBAIEven as BJP's ally Shiv

Sena continues to opposethe controversial landacquisition bill, UnionRoad Transport andHighways Minister NitinGadkari on Wednesdaysaid both the parties wereheading towards a com-mon goal.

"There is a will amongboth the parties and weare moving in the samedirection," Gadkari toldreporters here withoutspecifying the directionor change, if any, inSena's posturing.

He was accompaniedby a host of ministers

from Maharashtra alongwith Union minister forheavy industries and sen-ior Sena leader Anant

Geete.Gadkari termed the bill

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Land Bill: Sena, BJP moving in samedirection, says Gadkari

Indo-Bangla border: 70K people in 'noman's land' keep IB porous

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ISLAMABADPakistan has reacted

angrily to India's objec-tion on holding of polls inGilgit and Baltistanregions of Pakistan-occu-pied Kashmir (PoK).

A spokesperson ofPakistan's Foreign AffairsMinistry Wednesday dis-missed the Indian objec-tion and also the remarksthat the entire state ofJammu and Kashmir,including regions ofGilgit and Baltistan, areintegral part of India.

“Kashmir is an interna-tionally recognized dis-pute, pending final settle-ment through free andimpartial plebiscite underUN auspices,” thePakistani MoFAspokesperson said.

“Indian description ofGilgit-Baltistan electionon June 8 'as attempt byPakistan to camouflage

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India unlawfully occupying Jammu andKashmir: Pakistan's Foreign Ministry

GUWAHATIConcerned about the honour

and identity of the people ofnortheast region living in thenational capital, the Centre hasset up a special security celland asked CBSE and UGC toincorporate lessons and sub-jects about the region, Ministerof State for Home Affairs Kiren

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Special security cell put in place forNE people in Delhi: Rijiju

NEW DELHIMaggi noodles was

today banned in Delhi for15 days and existing stocksordered to be withdrawnwhile retail major FutureGroup stopped sale of thepopular instant snack at itsBig Bazaar outlets in a fur-ther setback to Nestle Indiaover food safety issues.

Announcing Delhi gov-ernment's decision to banMaggi noodles for 15 days,Delhi Health Minister Satyender Jain said Nestle

India has been asked towithdraw the existing

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NEW DELHIUpping the ante

against Rahul Gandhi,Union Minister SmritiIrani on Wednesdayslammed him forignoring farmers in hisAmethi constituencycharging the Congressleader with failing toaddress their griev-ances.

Irani, who led afarmers' delegationfrom Pipri village toWater ResourceMinister Uma Bharti,said the villagers hadboycotted the last LokSabha polls as neither the Congress leader

nor any of his repre-sentatives visited thevillage which faces the

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NEW DELHIWith even Indian

Gods being importedfrom China, DefenceMinister ManoharParrikar Wednesdaynarrated how idols ofLord Ganesha werecoming into Indiafrom that countrywith eyes becomingnarrower and narrow-er.

Parrikar, who wasaddressing a seminaron 'Design and MakeIn India-Electronics,'was talking about theimportance of gov-ernment's flagshipinitiative.

The Minister said

he often gets statuesof Gods, especiallyGanesha, as giftswhen he attends pro-grammes.

"I found that nowa-days the eyes are

becoming smaller andsmaller. One day Iturned it back andfound Made inChina," he said leav-ing the audience at

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'Chinese' Ganesha's eyes are narrower, saysParrikar while pitching for 'Make in India'

Rahul Gandhi ignored farmersin Amethi: Smriti Irani

Maggi noodles banned in Delhi,pulled out of Big Bazaar outlets

Parrikar voicesconcern overarms sale toPakistanNEW DELHI

Defence MinisterManohar ParrikarW e d n e s d a yexpressed concernover arms sale toPakistan, ahead ofhis meeting with vis-iting US DefenceSecretary AshtonCarter.

"I will not com-ment on specifics butany arms sale toPakistan is a concernto India," he toldreporters here. He

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New SOPs for agencies probingponzi schemes in the offing

NEW DELHIA new set of Standard

Operating Procedures(SOP) is being formu-lated by the governmentfor central and state lawenforcement agenciesfor probing illegalmulti-level marketingor ponzi schemes.

Sources said the dosand don'ts for investi-gating these fraudulentschemes are beingdrawn up by CentralEconomic Intelligence

Bureau (CEIB) in coor-dination withDepartment ofFinancial Services.

The move comes fol-lowing instances inwhich investors havebeen duped of their hardearned money throughponzi schemes--a swin-dle in which quickreturn on an investmentis offered.

Sources in the CEIB,which acts as the nodal

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Modi govt invites Sonia, Rahul, Kejriwalfor International Yoga Day event

NEW DELHIKeen to ensure that the

first International YogaDay on June 21 turns out tobe successful, the Modigovernment, Wednesday,extended invitations toCongress president Sonia

Gandhi, party vice presi-dent Rahul Gandhi andDelhi Chief Minister ArindKejriwal to take part in theevent.

The central governmenthas extended invitations toall Members of Parliament

as well. All union cabinetministers are also expectedto be present on the occa-sion.

Culture Minister SripadNaik said, "We are organis-ing an event at Rajpath on

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ISLAMABADPakistan's powerful

Army Chief Gen RaheelSharif raised the Kashmirbogey once again onWednesday and said thatit was “an unfinishedagenda of partition”.

Speaking at a functionat the National DefenseUniversity (NDU),Islamabad, Gen Sharifsaid, “Kashmir is anunfinished agenda of par-tition. Kashmir andPakistan are insepara-

ble.”“While we wish peace

and stability in theregion, we wantKashmir's just resolutionin the light of UnitedNations resolutions and

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Kashmir is 'unfinished agenda ofpartition': Pak Army Chief Raheel Sharif

Oil tanker catches fire, sparks blazein Punjabi BaghNEW DELHI

A major blaze broke out in west Delhi's Punjabi Bagharea here this afternoon after an oil tanker caught fireand the flames spread to a nearby warehouse.

The incident took place in the Transport Nagar areanear the Punjabi Bagh Metro station when an oil tankerparked there somehow caught fire, police said.

There was no immediate report of any casualty in theincident, which has caused traffic to be diverted awayfrom the area.

A call was made to fire officials and Delhi Police fol-lowing which eight fire tenders were rushed to the spot.Efforts to douse the flames were still on with policehaving cordoned off the area.

'Naxalite' Kobad Ghandy on indefinitehunger strike inside Tihar JailNEW DELHI

Kobad Ghandy, accused of being a Naxalite and underarrest since 2009, has gone on indefinite hunger strike atthe capital's Tihar Jail to protest against alleged harass-ment by authorities.

Ghandy, 68, started his hunger strike on Saturday,alleging that the jail authorities had been unnecessarilyshifting him between different wards in order to target“his failing health”.

In a statement released earlier this week, Ghandyreportedly claimed that he suffers from several illness-es, including a heart problem, blood pressure, a slippeddisc, arthritis and a kidney condition.

The Delhi Police had booked Ghandy under theUnlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and various sec-tions of the Indian Penal Code for a number of offences,including impersonation, cheating and forgery.

Delhi govt directs private hospital toprovide treatment for infant underEWS schemeNEW DELHI

The Delhi government on Wednesday directed a pri-vate hospital in the city to provide treatment to a nine-day old infant under the provisions for free treatment forthe for the economically weaker section (EWS) of thesociety.

According to reports, Delhi Health MinisterSatyendar Jain directed Apollo Hospital to treat theinfant, who suffers from heart disease. Further detailsare awaited.

Posters questioning AAP govt's claimof arresting corrupt officers surfaceat bus stops in DelhiNEW DELHI

Posters questioning the Arvind Kejriwal-led AamAadmi Party (AAP) government's claim of arrestingand suspending several officials for their involvement incorruption have reportedly surfaced at various bus stopsin the national capital.

Written by 'ek aam Delhi vaasi' (a common Delhi res-ident), the posters ask the Delhi government to name the35 officers arrested and 152 suspended for their allegedinvolvement in corruption as claimed by the party,according to ANI.

Two months after the launch of the anti-corruptionhelpline, posters by the Delhi government were putacross the city which highlighted the success of thehelpline.

The Delhi government had claimed in their advertise-ment that several officers had either been arrested orsuspended for their alleged involvement in corruption.

The Bharatiya Janata Party too had earlier asked theDelhi government to release the names of all these offi-cers and put them up on their website.

Arvind Kejriwal creating unnecessary contro-versy, should focus on promises: BJPNEW DELHI

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesdayalleged that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwalwas creating `unnecessary controversy` by roping inofficers from Bihar in the Anti-Corruption Branch(ACB), adding that the latter should focus on fulfill-ing the promises made to the people of the state.

"This is another example of an unnecessary contro-versy and Kejriwal is trying to go way beyond whathe is entitled to do. It is evident that this is somethingwhich is not tenable, that is why the state govern-ments are finding it difficult to concede to thisrequirement. Even the reports are coming that offi-cers are not willing to join,"BJP spokesperson NalinKohli told a news agency.

"The larger question is why isn`t Kejriwal deliver-ing on promises of 500 new schools, 15 lakh CCTVcams and 900 primary health centers? He shouldwork on them," he added.

Maid torture: Court's order onframing charges todayNEW DELHI

A court here will on Wednesday deliver its order onissue of framing charges in a case against former par-liamentarian Dhananjay Singh, accused along withhis wife, of torturing their maid leading to her death.

This was announced by Additional Sessions JudgeAmit Bansal on Monday.

The former MP is out on bail, but his wife Jagriti islodged in Tihar Jail.

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NEW DELHI/PATNAThe Delhi government's

move to fill up posts in itsAnti-Corruption Branch byroping in officers fromBihar Police has hit anotherroadblock with one of thesix officers expressing hisinability to shift to Delhi.

Deputy Superintendentof Police (DSP) SanjayBharti, the senior-most ofthe six officers, has saidthat he will not be able totake up the new assignmentimmediately due to medicalreasons.

A leading daily quotedArwal Superintendent ofPolice MS Dhillon as say-ing that they have notrelieved Bharti as yet as hehas requested stay on histransfer on medicalgrounds. Bharti, a 2000-batch Bihar police serviceofficial, is currently postedas DSP in Arwal.

Dhillon refused todivulge the medical reasonsdue to which Bharti hasexpressed his inability toshift to Delhi.

The daily quoted sourcesas saying that Bharti hadinitially showed his inclina-

tion to join the Delhi ACB.According to Bihar DGP

PK Thakur, six police offi-cers were shortlisted for theDelhi ACB job after theyhad shown their willing-ness, and were subsequent-ly relieved for joining onApril 6. Some of them havealready joined the ACB,Thakur added.

Of the five Bihar officerswho have already joinedthe ACB, three are inspec-tors while two are sub-inspectors.

The Arvind Kejriwal-ledAam Aadmi Party (AAP)

government's move to hireofficers from Bihar Policehas already led to a contro-versy, with DelhiLieutenant GovernorNajeeb Jung saying only hehas the power to make suchappointments.

“The ACB Delhi being apolice station functionsunder authority, control andsupervision of the LG, aposition clarified by theMinistry of Home Affairs(MHA),” a statement fromthe LG's office said yester-day.

“The office of Lt

Governor has so far notreceived any proposal forthe deputation of such per-sonnel from outside DelhiPolice. The matter will beduly examined as and whenthe LG receives formal pro-posal from the VigilanceDepartment of Delhi gov-ernment,” the statementadded.

Reacting to the LGoffice's statement, the Delhigovernment stated that theHigh Court has already set-tled the issue of jurisdictionof ACB and that there is noconfusion.

Senior Bihar Police officerrefuses to join Delhi ACB

NEW DELHIA Delhi court has

acquitted a man of thecharges of raping hisdivorced wife andcompelling her to ter-minate pregnancythrice saying shelodged a false caseagainst him after hestopped paying moneyto her.

Additional SessionsJudge Virender Bhattabsolved the man, aDelhi resident, saying,"It appears thataccused was payingmoney to her evenafter the dissolution oftheir marriage in year2007 and later whenhe stopped payingmoney to her, she con-sulted a lawyer, on

whose advice shelodged a false com-plaint of rape andforced abortions."

The judge, whileacquitting the accusedof the charges undersections 376 (rape),313 (causing miscar-riage without woman'sconsent) and 506(criminal intimidation)of the IPC, observedthat there was no con-sistency in statementsof the woman and shehas been changing herversion at every stage.

The court noted thatthe complainant, in herstatement recordedbefore a metropolitanmagistrate, had statedthat her grievanceagainst the accused

was that he hadstopped paying moneyto her and also used toavoid her telephonecalls.

She then consultedher lawyer telling himthat she does not haveany money to makeher both ends meet andupon the advice of thelawyer, she filed acomplaint of rape, itsaid.

The court also tookinto consideration thepetition under domes-tic violence act filedby the woman in 2014,which she withdrewlater saying that shewas living separatelywith her children fromfirst marriage and didnot have any physical

relations with theaccused since divorce.

Regarding the claimthat she was forced toabort her pregnancythree times, the courtsaid there was no evi-dence regarding twoout of the three preg-nancies.

"There is no evi-dence on recordregarding the abortionof prosecutrix of theyears 2005 and 2008.Prosecution producedevidence only regard-ing her abortion in2013 but documentsdemonstrate that shehad herself visitedhospital in 2013 fortermination of herpregnancy with herconsent," it said.

Delhi: Man freed of charges of rapingdivorced wife, forcing abortion

NEW DELHIThe Rohini District Courts complex has

issued a fresh circular on admissions toits creche facility, clarifying that its standon maintaining "high standards ofhygiene" was "not in any way discrimina-tory".

The fresh circular, issued on Tuesday,said that the condition of entry of neatand clean children, free from any disease,laid in a May 25 circular, was only tomaintain high standards of hygiene.

"All judicial officers and ministerialstaff of both districts, North West andNorth, having female children in the agegroup of 2.5 years to 12 years and malechildren in the age group of 2.5 years to 9years may avail of the creche facilitylocated on the 3rd floor at Rohini Courtscomplex," the May 25 circular had said.

"However, children of staff would beallowed if the children of judicial officersare not available; and provided the chil-dren are neat and clean, hygiene is main-tained and are free from disease," it hadadded.

This, however, raised the heckles of thenon-judiciary staff members of the court

complex. "It is also made clear that theprevious circular dated May 25 was neverissued with the intent to discriminateagainst anyone, and rather the spirit wasto extend the facility to all with an effortto maintain high standards of hygiene inthe facility and in the larger interest ofbeneficiaries," Tuesday`s circular pointedout."All users would be required to fol-low the norms framed in this regard," itsaid. Though the fresh circular ofWednesday stated that all judicial officersand court staff would be at liberty to availof the creche facility, located on the thirdfloor of the court building, it failed tomollify many non-judicial employees.

"The guardians shall bring to the noticeof the caretaker the particular medicalrequirement of the child, if the childneeds any. Children suffering from anyknown infectious disease shall not be sentto the creche," the earlier circular hadsaid.

Most court employees, speaking on thecondition of anonymity, expressed theirdispleasure over "no change in the condi-tion" and said that the circular was "dis-criminatory".

Delhi court emphasises on hygiene at its creche

NEW DELHIThe intermittent rains which

have drenched the national capitalin last couple of days and broughtthe much-needed respite fromscorching heat are pre-monsoonshowers caused by western distur-bances.

But the relief is short-lived asthe MeT department has predictedmainly clear sky from Fridayonwards with the mercury expect-ed to cross the 40 degree markagain.

"The rains received in Delhisince June 1 are pre-monsoonshowers caused by western distur-bances.

While the sky will be partlycloudy and light rains and thun-derstorm can occur today andtomorrow, Friday onwards heat isslated to return with mainly clearsky," said a senior MeT official.

In the last 24 hours till 8:30 inthe morning, the city received 0.5mm rains at Safdarjung observato-ry which is considered the officialreading of the city while Palamrecorded 2.2 mm rainfall.

Earlier today, Delhiites woke upto a cool, overcast morning as theminimum temperature remainedfour notches below normal at 23.6degrees Celsius.

The weatherman has forecast apleasant day with maximum tem-perature likely to settle at 35.24degrees, several notches belownormal for this time of season.

Humidity was recorded at 70 percent at 8.30 AM.

The maximum temperature yes-terday settled at 39.9 degreeCelsius, one degree below normal,while the minimum was recordedfive notches below normal at 22.2degrees Celsius, he added.

Rains received in Delhi pre-monsoon showers: MeT

Action against schools if parentsstopped from carrying mobiles

NEW DELHIPrivate schools in the city

have been warned of strictaction by the EducationDirectorate if they bar par-ents from carrying mobilephones in school premisesdue to fears that they couldbe used to collect evidenceagainst demands for capita-tion fees.

The directive has comefollowing complaints thatparents have been stoppedfrom carrying mobilephones by the school man-agements fearing it couldbe used to collect audio-video evidence againstdemand of capitation fee.

"Collection of capitationfee by a school whileadmitting a child in aschool is illegal and pun-ishable as per the Right toEducation (RTE) Act,2009," according to a cir-cular issued by P Lata Tara,Deputy Director Education(ACT I).

The Directorate in itsorder dated February 23had directed managementsof all private unaidedrecognised schools not tocharge any capitation fee atthe time of admission.

Delhi Government hadalso advised general public

to collect evidence againstdemands of capitation feeby schools through audio-video recordings in suchcases.

"lt has come to the noticeof the department that man-agements of some privateunaided recognised schoolsare not allowing parentsvisiting schools for admis-sions to enter premiseswith their mobiles and thattheir mobile phones areretained at the entry gate ofthe school which causeshindrance for parents tocollect evidence of suchmalpractices," said the offi-cial.

"All the school manage-ments of private unaidedrecognised schools havebeen directed that, par-ents/guardians must beallowed to carry theirmobile phones withinschool premises failingwhich strict action will betaken against the defaulterschools," she said.

The RTE Act definescapitation fee as 'any kindof donation or contributionor payment other than thefee notified by the school.'Section 13(1) of the Actprohibits taking of capita-tion fee by the schools.

MHA backs LG over issue ofappointments in Delhi govt’s ACBNEW DELHI

In a fresh standoffbetween the Lt Governorand the AAP dispensation,the Union Home Ministryon Tuesday backed the for-mer saying no appointmentcan be made in the anti-cor-ruption branch (ACB) ofthe Delhi government with-out his nod. Justifying theLt Governor's authorityover appointments in theACB, a senior HomeMinistry official said as perthe CrPC, the ACB is apolice station and the policein Delhi comes under theLG. "The LG is the finaland the competent authorityfor appointments of policeand hence approval of LGis necessary while appoint-ing anyone in ACB as it isalso a police station," the

official said.It also argued that an

SHO of any state cannot beappointed in any other statearbitrarily without thestamp of approval of thecompetent authority.

The Home Ministry'sbacking of the Lt Governorcomes in the wake of thelatest standoff between himand the Arvind Kejriwalgovernment over the latter'smove to appoint police offi-cers from Bihar in the ACBof Delhi.

The AAP government inDelhi and the Lt Governorhave been involved in apublic spat over his powersvis-a-vis an elected govern-ment. The Centre had onMay 21 issued a notifica-tion siding with the LtGovernor.

1984 riots: Court asks CBI to reply on allegations against Jagdish TytlerNEW DELHI

A Delhi Court on Wednesdaydirected the CBI to reply on theallegations that Congress leaderJagdish Tytler tried to influence awitness in a 1984 anti Sikh riotscase in which the agency has fileda closure report.

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Tytler Related Video1984 riots: Delhi HC asks CBI

to reply on allegations againstTytler

During the hearing, senior advo-cate HS Phoolka, representing theriots victims, apprised the courtthat Verma in his statement hadtold CBI that Tytler had allegedlystruck a deal with Surinder Kumar

Granthi, who was a prime witnessin the case and had deposedagainst the Congress leader abouthis involvement in the case.

"As per the deal, hefty amountwas paid to Surinder (who hasdied) besides settling his sonNarinder Singh abroad. He(Tytler) also told me (Verma) thathe had mounted pressure on

Narinder who in turn was to pres-surise his father Surinder tochange his statement in favour ofJagdish Tytler," Verma had toldCBI.

Verma had alleged in his state-ment that in 2010, Tytler had sentRs five crore to his sister who livesin Canada and the money was sentthrough hawala and when the

amount reached the account of atrust, it was frozen by the con-cerned bank.

The CBI has also recorded state-ment of Bollywood actor AmitabhBachchan in the case.

On the agency's clean chit toTytler, Phoolka said that he willfile a protest petition against theclosure report.

Delhi's PWD secretarytransferred toAndaman & NicobarIslandsNEW DELHI

Senior IAS officer ArunBaroka, who was holdingcharge of PWD Secretaryin the city, was onTuesday relieved from hisduty by the AAP govern-ment.

Baroka, who was alsoholding additional chargeof Secretary ofAdministrative ReformsDepartment and Secretaryof InformationTechnology Department,has been transferred toAndaman & NicobarIslands.

In April, Home Ministryhad issued a transfer orderof Baroka and two otherIAS officers - SCL Dasand SS Yadav.

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LUCKNOWE-governance is poised to take a

big leap in Uttar Pradesh with thestate lining up a slew of initiatives toempower citizens in line with the`Digital India` programme.

It is putting in place a system whichwould deliver vital services to citi-zens directly through the computer,mobile phone or tablet, practicallyeliminating the necessity of pursuingofficials.

By December 2014, 26 citizen-cen-tric services of eight departments hadconducted over 37 million e-transac-tions through the e-District/StatePortal, 14,500 Common ServiceCentres (CSCs) and 300 Lokvanicentres (LCs).

The Uttar Pradesh government islikely to provide 90 more servicesthrough the network of CSCs andLCs, according to a CyberMediaResearch press release.

The e-District project had beenimplemented as a pilot project in sixdistricts in 2008. It is now beingrolled out in the remaining 69 dis-tricts.Under the rollout, e-Governance cells/computer labs arebeing established in each districtheadquarters with 14 computers.

Laptops are being provided to eachsub-divisional magistrate and tehsil-dar for improving efficiency throughan end-to-end automated system.

District e-governance societies(DeGS) have also been constituted ineach district. The project had gonelive in 21 more districts by January2015.In a significant development,the state administration has decidedto accept self declaration formsinstead of sworn affidavits, alongwith an application for availing suchservices.The IT Policy 2012 is help-ing to develop Agra and Lucknow asIT hubs under PPP (Public-Private

Partnership) arrangements.Under this policy, IT companies

setting up their units in the state areeligible for 100 percent exemptionfrom stamp duty and five percentinterest subsidy (not exceeding Rs.1crore) for a period of five years.

CyberMedia Research (CMR) inpartnership with Dell is co-hosting`Government Connect` series ofroundtable across India, includingLucknow, on the theme "Future-ready IT, for future-ready govern-ment".The aim is to bring togetherdecision makers, domain expertsfrom the IT and egovernance on acommon platform as solutionproviders and management consult-ants.The session in Lucknow will beinaugurated by Om Prakash Singh,the Uttar Pradesh minister fortourism, and Manoj Kumar Pandey,the minister for science and technolo-gy, here later this week.

NEW DELHIThe controversial

changes at the helm of theNational Museum andLalit Kala Akademi are thegovernment`s move tobring in new talent andthere is no attempt at "saf-fronisation", Minister ofState for Culture MaheshSharma has asserted.

"We took the decision tochange the heads of insti-tutions in the interest of theorganisations, not individ-uals," Sharma told IANSin an interview, adding thathis ministry worked in theinterest of organisationsrather than individuals.

Denying allegations ofimposing a "culturalcadre" of the government`schoice, Sharma said the"so called intellectuals",who lacked faith in the

democratic system werebehind such baselesscharges.

"The intellectuals whohave gone to court againstthe government have nofaith in the democratic sys-tem. We took the decisionto change the heads ofinstitutions in the interestof the organisations, notindividuals. Where is thequestion of saffronisation?In the Akademi, we havegiven charge to an addi-tional secretary. If he issaffronised, every bureau-crat in the government issaffronised," Sharmamaintained in response tocharges that the govern-ment of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi was tryingto bring in Hindu national-ists to head key culturalbodies at the behest of the

Rashtriya SwayamsewakSangh (RSS).

Reacting to allegationsthat the government wasmeddling in the affairs ofsome premier culturalinstitutions, Sharma saidthat his ministry was notgoing to "blindly follow"the previous governmentand was looking to inductthe best possible talent.

"We don`t follow blindlywhat the previous govern-ment was doing. We arehere to challenge the statusquo. We are always look-ing for the best," he added.

The ministry has been inthe eye of a storm over theabrupt transfers ofNational Museum headVenu Vasudevan and LalitKala Akademi chiefKalyan KumarChakravarty.

No saffronisation of culture bodies, wewants to bring in new talent: Minister

UP's e-governance poised for big leap

PATNAAmid continued logjam

over a tie-up betweenJanata Dal (United) andRJD and signs of growingstrain between them, ChiefMinister Nitish Kumar onWednesday started meetingparty legislators andParliamentarians to takefeedback from them aboutthe situation.

Kumar interacted at his 7Circular Road residencewith MLAs, MPs and otherparty leaders of three dis-tricts - West Champaran,East Champaran andBagha - to take feedbackfrom them regarding theprevailing situation.

He is scheduled to havesimilar interactions in thesecond session in theevening with MLAs, MPsand other leaders ofMadhubani, Darbhanga,Sitamarhi and Sheohar,JD(U) spokesman NeerajKumar said.

The exercise would con-tinue till June 17, he said.

Speculation is makingrounds in the corridors ofpower that Kumar's inter-action with Legislators,Parliamentarians and partyoffice bearers district-wisemight be to gather informa-tion about a situation with-

out RJD.Despite the fact that

Kumar and RJD PresidentLalu Prasad live near toeach other there is no meet-ing between them to endthe deadlock on tie-upbetween them.

Prasad's close confidanteand RJD Legislative

Council member BholaYadav today met the chiefminister. Yadav, however,refused to divulge detailsof his meeting with Kumarto mediapersons.

RJD vice presidentRaghubansh Prasad Singh,whose assertions againstdeclaring Kumar as CM

candidate of the alliancewas retorted strongly bystate minister Shyam Rajakwho called him on beingpayroll of BJP, today saidthe leadership and otherissues could be sorted outonly when the prominentleaders of the two partiestalk over them.

Singh was perturbedover Rajak commentsagainst him.

Talking to mediapersons,Singh appealed toCongress President SoniaGandhi to intervene tohammer out a solution andgive shape to anti-BJPalliance in Bihar.

After state JD(U)President BasisthaNarayan Singh made itclear that for his party noname other than NitishKumar was acceptable forcoming state polls, manyother party MLAs spokeon similar lines.

Nitish takes feedback from party MLAs, MPs on JD(U)-RJD tie-up

NEW DELHIThe Indian government

has always watered downthe impact of the IslamicState of Iraq and theLevant on the country'syouth. However, accord-ing to a secret report com-piled by the IntelligenceBureau on the status ofIndians fighting for theISIS, a total of 11 Indianshad joined the terrorgroup.

As per the report, of the11, six were from Gulfcountries holding differentpassports and rest wereresident Indians.

Till now, the intelligenceagencies have officiallyidentified four Kalyanyouths (Areeb Majeed,Aman Naeem Tandel,

Fahad Tanvir Shaikh andSahim Farooq Tanki) asthe ones who had travelledto Iraq and joined the ISlast year.

The report identifiedfive Indians who have diedfighting for the ISIS. FaizMasood from Bengaluru,Sahim Farooq Tanki fromKalyan and Abdul QadirSultan Armar fromKarnataka, HaneefWaseem from Hyderabadare among those identifiedas dead.

Five Indians are stillfighting for the purpose ofthe ISIS.

A daily has quoted a lat-est report by Indian intelli-gence agencies on ISIS assaying that the terror out-fit, banned in India under

the Unlawful Activities(Prevention) Act [UAPA],has failed to recruitactivists from the SouthAsian country because ithas not found any tractionamong the Muslim youthhere.

Majeed, who returned toIndia last year, has beenchargesheeted by theNational InvestigationAgency. Majeed wasarrested on his return toMumbai after spendingnearly six months in Iraq.He was booked under theUAPA on charges of con-spiring to commit a terror-ist act and being a memberof a banned foreign terroroutfit, and under the strin-gent Section 125 of theIPC for "waging war

against the nation".The whereabouts of the

other youths of Indian ori-gin are not known.

The daily further quotedsources as saying that theISIS first radicalised these11 youths, recruited andtrained them, and later sentthem to fight in Iraq andSyria.

The report added: "NoIndian has joined ISIS inlast six months".

"After reports that ISIShad recruited these 11men, there was swiftaction by different agen-cies. Several young boysin many states weretracked and some werequestioned too. Despite itsattempts, the extremistgroup has lost its appeal.

11 Indians have joined Islamic State: Report

MUMBAIThe Bombay High Court

has issued notices toMunicipal Corporation ofGreater Mumbai (MCGM)and 15 companies torespond to a PIL allegingthat land obtained by theseestablishments on certainconditions fromMaharashtra Governmentwere being used for realestate development.

The notices were issuedby justices Anil Menonand S C Dharmadhikari,who asked the respondentsto appear on June 18 inresponse to the PIL filedby Jitendra Awhad, MLA.

The PIL contended thaton a plea by the respon-dent companies, the StateGovernment has exemptedtheir vacant land in excessof ceiling limit under theprovisions of section 20(1)of Urban Land (Ceilingand Regulation) Act.

The orders of exemptionof vacant land are passedon certain condition whichlays down that such landwould be used only for thepurpose of Industry andany change in user of landwould amount to breach ofcondition, said the PIL. If,

at any time, the State findsthat there is breach of con-dition it may withdraw theexemption after hearingthe aggrieved entity.

The PIL said that the Actwas repealed onNovember 29, 2007.However, the full bench ofthe Bombay High Court incase of MaharashtraChambers of HousingIndustries Versus State ofMaharashtra had held thatthe Repeal Act saved thevalidity of the order grant-ing exemption to vacantland.

Therefore, section 20(1)of the Act, grantingexemption to vacant lands,is saved in every respectand holds good in law, thePIL said.

The petition argued thatthe respondent companieswere using their exemptedvacant land for the purposeof Industry for a quite longtime. However, since lastfew months, they havecommitted breach of therespective orders ofexemption issued by theGovernment by using theirexempted vacant landsother than the purpose ofIndustry.

PIL says cos giving vacant landto builders: HC seeks response

JAMMUJust days ahead of the

commencement of theholy Amarnath Yatra, ZeeMedia has accessedexclusive pictures of theShivlinga.

The pictures show thatthe Shivlinga has alreadygained height and localsclaim the same could turnout to be much bigger thisyear compared to previ-

ous years when it is com-pletely formed.

The area around theAmarnath cave shrine –dedicated to Lord Shiva –has been receiving snow-fall and as per reports,five to six feet of snowhas already accumulatedthere.

On Monday, stateGovernor NN Vohra con-ducted an aerial survey of

the area to review prepa-rations for the Hindu pil-grimage starting on July2.

Also yesterday, forsmooth conduct of theannual Amarnath Yatra,Shri Amarnathji ShrineBoard's CEO performed'pratham pooja' atChandanwari on the tradi-tional Pahalgam track tothe holy cave shrine.

First on Zee Media: Exclusive picturesof Amarnath Cave Shrine

Air Force aircraft crashes in Odisha, pilots injuredBARIPADA (ODISHA)

An advanced jet traineraircraft of the Air Forcecrashed in a paddy field atKudarsahi in Mayurbhanjdistrict on Wednesday,leaving two pilots injured.

The two pilots ejectedthemselves out of the air-craft before it crashed, anofficial said, adding one ofthe injured pilots has beenidentified as Sachin.

The advanced jet traineraircraft crashed after flyingfor about 50 km from the

Kalaikunda Air Base on aroutine sortie, Air Forceofficials said.

The reason behind thecrash is yet to be knownand a Court of Inquiry hasbeen ordered by the AirForce, they said.

Odisha DGP SanjeevMarik told PTI overphone, "We have got infor-mation that one aircraftcrashed in a paddy field ina village under BisoiPolice Station area."

Asit Panigrahi, Inspector

General (DIG), northenrange, said, "The accidenttook place between 1.20pm and 1.30 pm. There is alogo of the Air Force in theaircraft."

He said the fire on theaircraft has been con-tained.

Additional DistrictMagistrate Surath Mullicksaid two pilots had beentraced to a place about twoto three km away from theaccident site. Both werefound injured.

Bihar Assembly polls: Alliance of JD (U), RJDin doldrums as both parties eyeing CM postNEW DELHI

The alliance of twomajor regional outfits inupcoming Bihar Assemblypolls- Janata Dal (United)and Rashtriya Janata Dal(RJD)- is in doldrums asthe issue of chief ministeri-al candidate has causedmuch heart burn amongthem.

Reflecting continued dis-comfort within the RJDover declaring NitishKumar as the chief minis-terial candidate of thealliance, party vice presi-dent Raghubansh PrasadSingh said yesterday therewas no need to declareKumar as a CM nominee.

"There are so many per-sonalities in RJD who canbecome a good ChiefMinister," Singh said. At atime when political sce-nario in Bihar is heatingup, Singh's comments cannot be taken in isolationjust because he is one ofthe close associates of RJDpresident Lalu PrasadYadav.

Singh, a former UnionMinister, has been express-

ing discomfort overKumar's candidature as aCM nominee for sometime now.

The JD(U), in a strongretort to the senior RJDleader's statement againstKumar, alleged him ofhelping BJP.

"By making such asser-tions, Singh and othersseem to be on the BJP payroll and making statementsto benefit the saffron

party," state ministerShyam Rajak said.

Though the RJD chiefwas in favour of joininghands with the JD(U) todefeat the BJP, but 'bymaking such statementsthese leaders are only cre-ating roadblocks', Rajak, aclose confidante of NitishKumar, said.

According to somereports, Congress and theNCP are backing JD-U

leader Nitish Kumar as thechief ministerial candidatein the coming Bihar elec-tions. The Congress threwits weight behind NitishKumar after its vice presi-dent Rahul Gandhi pre-ferred the JD-U leader overLalu Prasad. Congress sup-port to Nitish Kumar willprovide him the bargainingpower when the BiharChief Minister talks to theRJD.

PATNAAn emissary of RJD

chief Lalu Prasad onWednesday met BiharChief Minister NitishKumar to sort out differ-ences over forging analliance ahead of assem-bly elections.

After the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) refused tocompromise over thechoice of Nitish Kumaras the chief ministerialcandidate, RJD legislatorBhola Yadav met thechief minister at his resi-dence here.

Rashtriya Janata Dalleader RaghuvanshPrasad Singh had earlierpublicly opposed the pro-jection of Nitish Kumaras the chief ministerialcandidate of a RJD-JD-Ualliance.

Bhola Yadav hadworked as a private sec-

retary to Lalu Prasad aswell as his wife RabriDevi for years. He is con-sidered close to LaluPrasad.

Bhola Yadav told themedia that RaghuvanshPrasad Singh`s statementon Nitish Kumar was hispersonal view.

"Talks are going onbetween the RJD and theJD-U for an alliance. Weare hopeful that every-thing will be sorted out,"he said.

On Tuesday, the JanataDal-United (JD-U) presi-dent in Bihar, VashishtNarain Singh, said thatNitish Kumar wouldindeed be the chief minis-terial candidate of ananti-BJP alliance.

The Congress and theNationalist CongressParty are also backingNitish Kumar.

Lalu Yadav emissary meetsNitish Kumar after differences

BY SUNIL SHARMA

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N.Chandrababu Naidu is grapplingwith a financial crisis at a time

when the bifurcated State of AndhraPradesh has high expectations from him.A year after its formation, problems seemto be aplenty for the State which was bornwith huge fiscal and revenue deficits —Rs. 20,320 crore and Rs. 14,252 crore,respectively.

The people of Andhra Pradesh hadpinned their hopes on the government todeliver on a host of promises made beforethe elections, but the gaping deficits pre-sented in this year’s budget present a grimpicture. However, things have improved alittle, as Finance Minister YanamalaRamakrishnudu has managed to bringdown the fiscal deficit to Rs. 17,584 croreand the revenue deficit to Rs. 7,300 crore.With the State not specifying how it willgenerate resources to meet budgetaryrequirements, the high deficit makes it anuphill task for the government.

Needs Central aidOne major impediment in the State’s

planning process seems to be the Centralgovernment’s failure to deliver on itsassurances to bridge the resource gap inthe first year after bifurcation. FormerPrime Minister Manmohan Singh hadsaid on the floor of the House during thedebate on the Andhra PradeshReorganisation Bill in Parliament: “Theresource gap that may arise in the succes-sor State of Andhra Pradesh in the veryfirst year, especially during the periodbetween the appointed day and the accept-ance of the 14th Finance Commission rec-ommendations, will be compensated inthe regular Union Budget 2014-15.” Butno step has been initiated by the succeed-ing National Democratic Alliance govern-ment in this direction so far , making itdifficult for the new State to beat its hugeresource crunch.

That apart, it has been a tightrope walkfor the government on the waiver of loanspromised to farmers and women self-helpgroups. The government has taken stepsto deposit, in part, the payment of the loanwaiver package to farmers, and is in theprocess of depositing the first instalmentof the Rs. 10,000 waiver promised to eachwoman member of SHGs. But the inordi-nate delay and the cumbersome process ofidentifying beneficiaries, which allegedlyended up excluding a sizeable lot, is

drawing criticism from many parts of theState.

There is still a long way to go before thegovernment fulfils its promises and thishinges on the Central government’s com-mitment to handhold the State to over-come its financial woes.

A major expenditure is, of course, thenew capital. According to analysts, thereare wide-ranging apprehensions that thegovernment may resort to imposing newfees in the form of user charges and otherlevies if the deficit continues to widen thisyear too. “It is not at all a rosy picture forthe State which is largely dependent onCentral assistance to meet its require-ments,” said one analyst. This has had aneffect on the State’s planning process.With Andhra Pradesh losing out onHyderabad as a result of the bifurcation,investors are reportedly not willing toventure into a new State, especially onethat has no ready capital yet. They are onwait-and-watch mode, at least for the firstyear.

The delay in announcement of an indus-trial policy and the eternal wait for specialcategory status has created another chal-lenging scenario, say top bureaucrats.“Andhra Pradesh’s hands are tied when it

comes to industrial policy. It is linked tothe special category status, as that bringsin several tax sops and a congenialecosystem for industrial growth,” said asenior government official.

This can be seen from the fact that therehave been no concrete proposals forAndhra Pradesh, except for a couple ofannouncements relating toVisakhapatnam, the port city, whichalready has the necessary infrastructure tohouse industries, both big and small.Hyderabad continues to attract big ticketinvestors like Google, which hasannounced aggressive expansion plans forits unit in the city.

The State government’s salary hike of43 per cent and 27 per cent interim relieffor its employees, to meet the cash-richTelangana standards, is going to cost theexchequer a steep Rs. 9,284.5 crore.

Time to leave HyderabadThe absence of infrastructure and capi-

tal in the new State and the excessivereliance on Hyderabad, which is to bejoint capital for 10 years, has put the A.P.government at loggerheads with itsTelangana counterpart on several fronts.These include the sharing of offices ofkey departments in the joint capital.

Adding to this are woes on the politicalfront, with the Telangana RashtraSamithi’s manoeuvres to project theTelugu Desam Party as a party from the‘other’ State.

TRS has succeeded in attracting somekey TDP leaders over to its fold in the pastfew months, forcing TDP president andChief Minister Mr. Naidu to focus moreon Telangana. This was evident from theamount of time he gave to Telanganaleaders these past few weeks compared toprevious years, when his Telangana lead-ers had to wait hours to meet their presi-dent.

The focus on Telangana is also givingrise to certain unsavoury incidents, thelatest being the arrest of TDP MLA A.Revanth Reddy on charges of bribing anominated MLA to vote in favour of theTDP in the Legislative Council electionson June 1. Coupled with these are reportsof growing unrest among the people overthe government’s failure to shift base tothe new State. This is mounting pressureon the government to do something toassuage their feelings. Mr. Naidu hasrightly announced his intentions to stayamong the people, by residing inVijayawada for at least part of the week.

Thursday | June 04, 2015

BY SHIV VISVANATHAN

Ilove airports because they are fullof surprises. I meet friends andclassmates who I have not met in

years in an ecstasy of joy whichspreads over a coffee. Then, we moveon in our own peripatetic ways. Butthe meeting and the conversationtrigger ideas, possibilities; some thatare partly nostalgic while others seednew and innovative ideas. Most ofthe people I meet are 50 plus, havehad full lives and yet are desperatelytrying to make sense of the world.They are outstanding teachers,activists and professionals who feelthat for all their proactiveness theworld has moved beyond them.Many articulate personal disquiet anddoubt in political terms, trying toinvent a different way of doing, evensmelling things.

One of them told me, “For many ofus, the political or the idea of thepolitical was a way of fine-tuning ourlives, of making sense of how privatedreams linked to public good. Wewere bumbling, naive, stupid andbelieved that dreams could easilytranslate into realities. We were foolsbut glorious fools, and in our folly,there was a wisdom.”

There was a certain commonality— though I would not say consensus— to these conversations. Few want-ed a resurgence or a revival of thatway of politics. There have been toomany casualties. Broken lives do notallow time for any form of sentimen-tality. However, they all added thatthey wanted to see a world beyondNarendra Modi. Mr. Modi depressedthem, they said. He was too puritani-cal, dismal, and his notion of powerhad little sense of laughter or even areciprocity of give and take.

A war of categoriesThis generation too had been

caught in a Cold War of categories —of ‘right-left’, ‘secular-communal’,and ‘official-informal’. By making afetish of these categories, we havedestroyed ourselves. I remember asensitive member of the CommunistParty of India (CPI) telling me thatthey had become commissars of themind. Still worse, they had policed

themselves into mouthingShibboleths. He added,“Think ofStalin. He seems outdated and slap-stick today but Stalin policed ourlives. Stalin was the litmus test oftruth, a cybernetic exercise whichkept history on the right path. I wishwe had read Czeslaw Milosz’s TheCaptive Mind, Arthur Koestler’sDarkness at Noon or George Orwell’s1984, less as murky stories, andinstead had treated them as everydayfables, warning against the totalitari-an of everyday. As a result, the Leftin its dogma became puppets uncon-sciously pulled by their own strings.”

My friends also realised something.Those who had fought for years treat-ing factions as fetishist truths, nowhad more in common, i.e., they allfelt passionately about the world.There was a poignancy to the conver-sation. I remember the scientist,Dinesh Mohan, telling me that “theNehruvian world was the aspiringworld”. Education opened up a newworld. People from first generationfamilies loved education. It was notabout exams, but the dream of a bookand the magic of ideas. But he cau-tioned that “aspiring meant explor-ing, discovering ideas and ideasbeyond this world. It was not justskill development and mobility.”

An impoverished politicsAnother told me, “you met people

from little towns whose ideas flaredup your imagination, who spunworlds which were unbelievable.Everyone I knew had a roster of suchnames — of painters, scientists, sto-rytellers, designers who just fadedaway.” It was a romantic world and itmade mistakes. Today, one has to listout these mistakes. Our ideologiesblinded us into intolerance. We treat-ed Lenin, Stalin, Marx as gods butunfortunately as monotheistic, mono-lithic gods. Our political beliefsshould have been syncretic like ourreligions. Our one-sided beliefs cre-ated one-sided histories. Fifty yearslater, our political parties, especiallythe CPI and the Communist Party ofIndia (Marxist) started to becomerelics. They were forms of politicalautism but they swallowed and

destroyed so many of the best. Today,these parties need a mourning wallfor the casualties they created.Ironically, in a dream of freedomexpressed at the time ofIndependence, we seem to haveended up destroying dissent, eccen-tricity and marginality. In objectify-ing a slice of history, we have onlyended up with an impoverished stateof politics. In trying to be stupidlyscientific, we have failed to realisethat truth is spoken in a variety ofdialects. We have treated the terms‘plan’, ‘design’, ‘project’ and ‘nationbuilding’ as official projects when weshould have seen them as being naiveexperiments. One among moreeccentric friends explained Mr. Modito be a Giffen good — a consumeritem having the paradoxical qualityof being in greater demand when itsprice rises, and lower in demandwhen the price falls. He attracts themediocre who in turn create a unrealworld of history. In our generation,our mistakes were more obvious, butin this generation, the mistakes willbe more lethal. In terms of its imprac-ticality, our generation was the farce,while in its sense of pragmatism, thisgeneration will end up being more ofa tragedy. In ours, problems were likedemons, but in theirs, they are like

monsters. The seeds of an alternativeWhile the older generation was

intolerant, even naive, it created thepossibility of a new kind of problem-solving. In fact, it is out of a sense ofrecognising our mistakes that ourgeneration creates this possibility.Our proposal has been triggered bytwo events. First, Sitaram Yechury’selection as the new General Secretaryof the CPI(M) and Delhi ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwal’s constitu-tional battle with the Bharatiya JanataParty (BJP). Today, while the adventof Mr. Modi is accepted and willbecome a part of history, it is theevents that surround his politics thatwill sow the seeds of an alternativehistorical possibility. Our modestproposal arises out of a hundred con-versations with civil society andactivists in the Left parties whichmust now lead to the formation of acreative, critical and constructiveopposition force to the BJP regime. Ithas to be an Opposition with creativepossibilities; an Opposition whichavoids demologies. The last point iscrucial. Let me explain this. I remem-ber one of the moving moments dur-ing the Emergency happened whenpolitical leaders across ideologiesfound themselves in jail. It was whenthe Left and the Right discovered that

courage and resistance belonged tono one ideology.

I am sure somewhere that Mr.Yechury and many others in the Leftmust have thought of bringing all thestrands of the left together —Naxalite, Left Liberal, Gandhian,Lohiate, Feminist, Trade Union,CPI(M), CPI, the liberation theologyand the Dalit Left. One has to do thisbefore the Left fades into irrelevance.As the old joke goes, the OctoberRevolution faded into theOctogenarian Revolution in India.The party is dying of Stalinist senili-ty.

Speaking for allFor decades, the Left parties

worked with the official trade unions.Issues raised by the fishermen’sstruggle, the Narmada BachaoAndolan, Chipko, Baliapal and KoelKaro occurred outside the Left partyfocus. In fact, a lot of politics dealingwith issues of marginality and thesurvival of subsistence groups tookplace outside Left party limits. Thedistinction between environment andclass, or the red and green move-ments blinded people from realisingthat nature is not an object of use, buta way of life and livelihood in India.While the Left triggered the subalternimagination, which went beyond thenationalist and Marxist imaginations,it failed to initiate a dialogue with thealternative movements, especiallythose of science. The movement ofalternatives also talked about therights of the future which the Leftneeded to develop into an imagina-tion and a constituency. The dangerof pre-emptive futures is one of thegreat threats to democracy. In short, apluralism of the Left has to lead to agerm plasm of dissent, eccentricity,alternatives, margins and minorities.We have to create a democracy thatspeaks through them and for them.More than this, it has to result in avision of caring for the defeated, thebroken, the forgotten and the discard-ed. A Kejriwal and movements likehis have a lot to add to the Left. Theyhave added to the language ofempowerment by showing that oneneeds a space beyond representation

and participation. One needs an alter-native politics that reworks issues ofeveryday life. One needs justice inboth a macro and micro way. Oneneeds the ideals of nationalist ideal-ism and asceticism to rework ideas ofcitizenship. Mr. Kejriwal’s politics isnot an isolated fragment but has to beseen as being a part of the great civilsociety movements. The MazdoorKisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) andthe Right to Information Act (RTI),the Anna Hazare battle against cor-ruption, the anti-nuclear strugglesacross India, the battle against arbi-trary demolition, the effort to remem-ber the Narmada survivors that wereall fought not only in ideological butnon-ideological terms are all a part ofour legacy. When we combine theLeft and the Kejriwal-like struggles,we get a great jigsaw; a compost heapof ideas of a vision of India, speakingmany dialects, providing for transla-tion and articulating new visions ofgovernment and technology whichbring nature back into the social con-tract and which link body and bodypolitic in more dignified ways.

Such a pulsating vision of India isboth local and planetary. It creates analternative churning which can chal-lenge the Rashtriya SwayamsevakSangh (RSS) and the Vishwa HinduParishad (VHP) to a debate whichreplaces moral policing with justice.Such a formation has to call for adebate and keep the issues that weface open. Such a vision that is opento doubt but at ease with itself canrework the functioning of a majori-tarian democracy into a pluralisticworld. This is a vision which has seenthe pain and the joy of the last fewdecades. Now, it offers itself as a re-examined experiment to stop theModi juggernaut and recreate anIndia that can dream the music of dif-ferent worlds. It may be a quilt patchbut it will be holistic, mature andevolving in terms of its struggle. Itmight also get us beyond the medioc-rity of our current obsessions.

(Shiv Visvanathan is a professorat Jindal School of Government

and Public Policy.)

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Extreme weather conditions have become such apart of life all across the world over the lastdecade and more, that ways and means to under-

stand and cope with them have become an essentialelement of survival strategies. Heatwaves in summer,cold waves in winter and extreme rainfall when it isleast expected have almost become the norm. Each ofthese rounds takes its own toll on lives and livelihoodseven as those in other areas are forced to stand as mutespectators. This summer in India, the number of liveslost to heatwave conditions has exceeded 2,000. Whileshrinking winter-spans are considered by specialists asa sure sign that climate change is a reality we cannotignore, at the other end of the spectrum, hot summersare no less debilitating. Prediction of these phenomenais itself so difficult, not for lack of effort but becauseof the theoretical limitations of the models being usedin the calculations. Broadly speaking, there is no doubtthat summer heat is worsening by the year in parts ofIndia. This fact is reflected in some climate studies. Forinstance, one on climate in the subcontinent over theperiod from 1961 to 2010 by scientists of the IndiaMeteorological Department based in Pune andChennai, found that compared to the first four decades,the number of heat-wave (HW) days per season washigher during 2001-2010 in many parts of north, north-west and central India. An increase was observed in thenumber of severe-heat-wave (SHW) days per season insome stations, mainly in north-west India. The studyalso found that the frequency, persistence and area cov-erage of HW/SHW days were more than average inyears succeeding El Nin~o years.

The question remains whether humankind is prepar-ing for eventualities such as this. For those in denial ofclimate change, there are clear pointers that cannot beignored. Also, from the point of view of disaster miti-gation, the rising number of heatwave related deathsshould serve as an urgent signal to develop innovativemethods to control summer-time losses. It is somewhatironical that while the long, hot summer takes such atoll, in this subcontinent it is also a necessary conditionfor the monsoon to set in and provide adequate rainfall.In a sense, the unendurable heat and the rains that fol-low are tied together in a delicate balance. While it isimportant to preserve this balance by focussing on fac-tors to mitigate climate change, it is also necessary todevelop methods to cope with the impact of each ofthese when they go beyond normal.

One of them told me, “For many of us,the political or the idea of the politicalwas a way of fine-tuning our lives, ofmaking sense of how private dreamslinked to public good. We were bum-bling, naive, stupid and believed that

dreams could easily translate into reali-ties. We were fools but glorious fools,and in our folly, there was a wisdom.”

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India unlawfully..its forcible and illegal occupation of region'

is interference in the internal affairs ofPakistan,” the spokesperson added.

The official went on to hold India at faultand claimed it is actually New Delhi which isunlawfully occupying the territories ofJammu and Kashmir.

“India’s position on Kashmir is one of utterdisregard to the UN resolutions, a consistentpattern of forceful occupation denial of theinalienable right of self-determination to thepeople of Jammu and Kashmir.”

The remarks came a day after Pakistan'sArmy Chief Gen Raheel Sharif said thatKashmir was “an unfinished agenda of parti-tion”.

Speaking at a function, Gen Sharif said,“Kashmir is an unfinished agenda of parti-tion. Kashmir and Pakistan are inseparable.”

“While we wish peace, stability in region,we want Kashmir's just resolution in the lightof United Nations resolutions and as per aspi-rations of Kashmiris to bring lasting peace inregion,” he added.

Kashmir is...as per aspirations of Kashmiris to bring

lasting peace in the region,” he said.Gen Sharif added that Kashmir (Pakistan-

occupied Kashmir) is an integral part ofPakistan and that the Pakistan Army won'tallow any skirmishes in the region.

Director General, Inter-Services PublicRelations (ISPR), Major-General AsimBajwa tweeted General Raheel Sharif's state-ments. Army Chief's reassertion of Pakistan'sstand on Kashmir comes a day after Indiaobjected to the conducting of polls in theGilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-occupiedKashmir (PoK).

India contends that Pakistan is holding thepolls – for the first time ever – to cement itsclaim on the region, which rightfully belongsto India.

Reacting strongly to the upcoming elec-tions in Gilgit and Baltistan on June 8, Indiaon Tuesday said it is an attempt by Pakistanto "camouflage its forcible and illegal occu-pation" of the regions which are integral partof the country.

Official spokesperson of the ExternalAffairs Ministry, Vikas Swarup, alsoexpressed concern at the "continued efforts"by Pakistan to deny the people of the regiontheir political rights and to absorb these terri-tories. "India's position is well known. Theentire state of Jammu and Kashmir whichincludes the regions of Gilgit and Baltistan isan integral part of India. The election inGilgit and Baltistan on June 8 under the socalled 'Gilgit Baltistan Empowerment andSelf Government Order' is an attempt byPakistan to camouflage its forcible and illegaloccupation of the regions."

Union Minister Jitendra Singh had alsoaccused Pakistan of doing "mischief" in thematter.

"As far as India is concerned, its positionwith relation to the erstwhile Jammu andKashmir is very clear. The 1994 resolution ofParliament, which was unanimously passed,clearly states that if at all there is any issueleft between India and Pakistan, it is toretrieve the portion of erstwhile J&K whichcontinues to remain in the illegal occupationof Pakistan," he said.

"Let me also add that as far as the Gilgit-Baltistan area is concerned, as for thePakistan Constitution itself also, it does notform a part of Pakistan," he had further stat-ed.

Modi govt...International Yoga Day. Some 1 lakh peo-

ple to be there including children, police andarmy."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is very keenthat International Yoga Day is celebrated in abefitting manner in India and is personallymotoring the preparations to ensure that theevent is a grand success; he had chaired ahigh-level meeting, last week, to review thepreparations for that day.

The United Nations had in December lastyear declared June 21 as the InternationalYoga Day, with 177 countries voting infavour.

The proposal had been mooted by Modiduring his first address to the UN GeneralAssembly in September last year.

Emphasising that yoga’s central theme is“synergy,” Mr Modi has called for a “coordi-nated effort, not only involving various min-istries and departments, but also with peo-ple’s active participation, to enable a befittingcelebration for the first International YogaDay”, a PMO statement said.

He called for the involvement of eminentyoga practitioners, spiritual leaders and otherdistinguished individuals from various walksof life, so as to make the event a success, itadded.

The planning of activities and events onYoga Day should aim to make it a massmovement, all over the world, the PrimeMinister said as he was given an overview ofthe preparations for the various events beingplanned in India and across the world to markthe day.

In a post on 'Facebook', he said the entire

global community has come together in sup-port of celebrating the first-ever InternationalDay of Yoga on June 21.

In the run-up to the Yoga Day, the PrimeMinister would be sharing a post daily, cover-ing various aspects of Yoga, the PMO said.

Parrikar voices..was replying to a question about continued

American sale of arms to Pakistan. He wasalso asked if this issue would be raised duringhis meeting with Carter later in the evening.

The US has given military hardware,including F-16 fighter planes, to Pakistanamounting to a whopping USD 5.4 billionsince the 9/11 terror attacks, according to alatest Congressional report.

Sale of F-16 combat aircraft and relatedequipment account for nearly half of this.

The military hardware given to Pakistan inthe 10-year framework has been argued assupplies needed by Islamabad for capacitybuilding to fight terrorists in its border areas.

But most of the arms and equipment sup-plied to Pakistan have been those whichcould be used for conventional war withIndia.

'Chinese' Ganesha's...Vivekananda International Foundation in

splits.He said Indians have imagined the facial

features of Goddess Saraswati and Ganeshaamong others based on the paintings of RajaRavi Verma.

"Don't be surprised if it slowly changes. Sowe have to start 'Make in India' right fromDiwali gifts to our own Gods. I think it isquite serious," he said, talking about theChinese edge over India in manufacturing.

Turning anecdotal while talking about pop-ulation problem, the Minister said when hewas a child his father used to jokingly saythat a single atom bomb can solve it.

"The population then was only 35 crore andhe considered it to be a problem," he said in alighter vein.

India, he said, has a large number of young-sters because the country's population ishuge.Parrikar, known for his witty one-liners,also took a dig at Pakistan when a journalisttold him that his recent comment on usingterrorists to neutralise terrorists has spookedthe neighbour (unko mirchi lagi hai).

Parrikar replied, "I will not go into whatPakistan feels about that but mirchi, woh bhiAndhra ki lagi hai".

Rahul Gandhi...during monsoon."This village belongs to a

Lok Sabha constituency whose MP till todayhas not tried to address their issue. The vil-lagers had boycotted the polls as they had lostfaith in the democratic process.

"However, I have assured them that theNarendra Modi government will try toaddress the issues within the democraticprocess and restore their faith in the system,"Irani, who had unsuccessfully contested theLok Sabha polls from Amethi, told reportershere.

The farmers' delegation comprised BJP'sAmethi district president Durgesh Tripathiand some villagers from Pipri.

Bharti accused Gandhi of only "using hisfamily name" for political gains and doing lit-tle for the cause of farmers in his constituen-cy.

"It is heartening to see that Smriti hasdevoted attention to Amethi. She has come tomy ministry with their grievances while lookat the man (Rahul) who is only making gooduse of his family name," she said.

Irani, who had hit out at Gandhi earlier forallegedly doing no development of his con-stituency despite the Congress-led UPA gov-ernment being in power for 10 years, said hadhe visited the Pipri village he would haverealised the sufferings of the villagers.

During a visit to the constituency lastmonth, she had attacked him on the food parkissue, charging that he was more interested inprotecting the interests of a business houseand was ignoring the plight of farmers.

Irani said Rahul has been "missing" fromhis constituency and that the dreams shownby three generations of Congress can only befulfilled by the Narendra Modi government.

Land Bill...guise" for the country and cited the devel-

opment of coal mines in Nagpur as a classicexample of the steps taken by the PrimeMinister Narendra Modi-led government forland acquisition.

Shiv Sena has been strongly opposing thebill saying it cannot accept it in its presentform but were ready to support only if theirdemand for seeking 70 per cent consent fromthe farmers is incorporated in it.

Sena president Uddhav Thackeray hadreportedly told his MPs representing LokSabha and Rajya Sabha will continue tooppose the bill till their demands wereaccepted.

Sena through its mouthpiece 'Saamana' hadeven dared its ally to start land acquisition inJammu & Kashmir, which it has currentlykept away from the purview of the bill owingto Article 370 of the Constitution.

Indo-Bangla...acts and attempts from the other side," BSF

Inspector General (South Bengal Frontier),Sandeep Salunke, said at his headquarters inKolkata.

BSF troops deployed along the 'first mainpillar' of the Indo-Bangladesh border atPanitar here showed PTI how the meanderingIB leads to a unique situation wherein twoadjoining houses, separated by a mere 10-metres between them, come under the juris-diction of either country.

Along this 4,096-km long border, BSF offi-cials say, there are about 260 villages withabout 70,000 men, women and children liv-ing in them.

In the South Bengal corridor alone -- com-prising the border crime prone areas of North24 and South 24 Parganas, Nadia,Murshidabad and Malda districts -- there are54 such villages with a population of 30,074living in 4,749 houses.

"This is like living on no man's land. Theproblem is historic and border-guardingtroops face some unique challenges for whichwe have deployed dynamic strategies likemaintaining photographic registers and regu-larly identifying and updating data to knowwho is new to the area," BSF CommandingOfficer Ratnesh Kumar said after undertakinga routine tour of Chakpanitar village.

IG Salunke said that as the number of thesevillages is "not very big", a lasting solutionfor effective border management would be tobring them inside the border fence.

"This has been our repeated request, butthere has been no solution... The people wholive in these villages do not want to shift else-where as they have their life-long invest-ments here. Incidents of smuggling and crimeare serious concerns in these areas," he said.

BSF troops and officers say they detect sev-eral instances every day of smuggling ofbasic food items, cigarettes and householdgoods in these areas with the women andchildren living in these villages made to actas couriers for such activities.

Forces' Deputy Inspector General(Intelligence), SP Tiwari, said operating insuch circumstances has led to the filing of asmany as 153 cases of harassment or illegalentry against BSF personnel in the last 2-3years, something which is demoralising forthe troops.

IG Salunke said that a 200-km section ofthe border fence on the 915-km-long SouthBengal sector of the Indo-Bangladesh borderis in a "state of very urgent maintenance" as aphysical barrier is required where there ispopulation living on the frontier.

"But there are no funds available for main-tenance of this for at least a decade now,"Salunke said.

BSF also wants to fence the riverine areasof this border for effectively dominating thearea and hence a pilot project for installationof an embedded under-water fence is current-ly on in the Gojadanga area in the North 24Parganas district of West Bengal.

"The CPWD is working on somethingcalled the 'infinium' or 'infinite aluminium'fence for the riverine border areas. It is just atthe pilot project stage as of now," he said.

The major crimes in these villages includesmuggling from Bangladesh into India of avariety of goods, fake Indian currency notesand gold, officials said. There are also casesof illegal border crossing, fence breachingand kidnapping of locals.

"I was abducted by Bangladeshi peoplewhen I was working in my field ahead of thefence last year. The other side had some prob-lems after (Indian) security agencies pickedup some of their men. I was released afterlanguishing two months in captivity inBangladesh," said Tapas Ghosh, a resident ofNoonaganj village.

New SOPs....agency for economic intelligence, said they

will share the SOP with investigating agen-cies once they are finalised.

Major such scams being probed includethose relating to Rose Valley and Saradha chitfund wherein investors lost about Rs 15,000crore and Rs 2,500 crore respectively on falsepromise of good returns.

The CEIB has been disseminating intelli-gence to central and state authorities aboutcompanies and persons behind ponzi schemesso that necessary action against offenders canbe taken.

Of late, it has written to Chief Secretaries ofstates asking them to involve the media inspreading awareness at the grassroots level sothat people do not get cheated by suchunscrupulous elements, sources said.

A typical ponzi scheme involves the opera-tor collecting a large amount of money frominvestors and paying them returns from theirown pockets or the money collected fromsubsequent investors, rather than from profitearned by the person or entity operating sucha scheme. Such activities came to be knownas ponzi schemes after Charles Ponzi, whobecame notorious in the US in the 1920s fordeploying this technique while promising 50per cent return on investments in 45 days and100 per cent within 90 days.

The Centre is also coming out with anamended bill to check fraudulent activities byamending the Prize Chits and MoneyCirculation Schemes (Banning) Act, 1978,which according to CEIB, is a prohibitoryAct and not a regulatory one.

The bureau had also suggested the Centreto appoint a special central agency for inves-tigating such cases.

Maggi noodles...stock. Jain said the government will carry

out lab testing of all other noodles brandsavailable in the city and will take actionbased on the reports.

"Government has put a ban on Maggi noo-dles for 15 days. We have asked Nestle Indiato withdraw Maggi stocks within 15 days. Wewill carry out lab testing of fresh stocks and adecision will be taken accordingly there-after," Jain said.

With concerns rising over the safety of thetwo-minute noodles, Megastar AmitabhBachchan, against whom a Bihar court hasordered registration of an FIR after he wasfeatured in their advertisments, said he willcooperate with "what the law says" though hehasn't received any notice in connection withthe product that he "stopped promoting" twoyears ago. Actors Madhuri Dixit and PreityZinta were also named in the FIR.

The Union government referred the Maggiissue to the National Consumer DisputesRedressal Commission to take appropriateaction even as more states--Odisha, TamilNadu and West Bengal-- lifted samples fortests.

However, in some good news for the Swissmultinational, a Goa official said lab tests ofsamples of the noodles taken in the state havenot shown any traces of the flavour enhancerMSG and lead.

The decision came nearly two hours afterseveral top Nestle India officials explained toJain their position on the issue.

Yesterday, the Delhi government had saidthat it found samples of Maggi noodles"unsafe" for consumption as it contained leadbeyond the permissible level in Maggi masala(tastemaker).

Modern retail outlets like Big Bazaar runby the Future Group contribute a large chunkof sales for FMCG firms, including Nestle.

US Defence...memorial at India Gate, the World War I

monument.He is scheduled to call on Prime Minister

Narendra Modi and meet External AffairsMinister Sushma Swaraj and NationalSecurity Advisor Ajit Doval on Wednesday.

This is Carter`s first visit to India asdefence secretary.

Carter, who arrived in Visakhapatnam onTuesday, has visited the Eastern NavalCommand and the indigenous stealth frigate,INS Sahyadri.

PM Modi...across the globe to create awareness about

the importance of protecting planet Earth andmother nature.

United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP) calls on nations, encouraging themto do something positive for the environmenton World Environment Day.

The theme for this year’s WED is “SevenBillion Dreams. One Planet. Consume withCare".

Pranab Mukherjee....The President, who arrived here late last

night on a two-day visit, was accorded a cer-emonial welcome at the majestic Palace ofIndependence by Belarusian President A GLukashenko.

After the ceremony, Mukherjee had a one-to-one meeting with Lukashenko.

During the talks with Lukashenko, thePresident discussed a host of issues whichincluded increasing trade ties between thetwo countries besides boosting co-operationin the field of mining, education and heavymachinery.

Later, the two Presidents witnessed signingceremony of several agreements andMemorandum of Understandings, includingagreements between Securities and ExchangeBoard of India (SEBI) and Ministry ofFinance, Bureau of Indian Standards as wellas between Prasar Bharti and National StateTelevisions. This is the first Presidential visitfrom India to Belarus. Belarus President hadvisited India twice in 1997 and 2007.

During his visit, Mukherjee will be unveil-ing a statue of Mahatma Gandhi at theBelarusian State University where he will beawarded an honourary degree.

The President will also inaugurate a refur-bished power project for which the work hasbeen done by Bharat Heavy ElectricalsLimited (BHEL).

During the visit, MoUs and agreements willbe signed between public sector undertakingsas well as at the government-level coveringdifferent sectors, including textile, power andeducation.

Delhi government...capital, these cabs continue to ply as the

Delhi government does not have mechanismsto crack down against them," Gopal Rai toldreporters here a day after a Delhi girl wasallegedly molested by an Uber cab driver.

"It is beyond our understanding why thecentre despite being informed is not takingaction against these taxi services. These serv-ices are taking undue advantage of being appbased," he added.

HC grants...order that Ashok Khalse, undergoing life

imprisonment in Nashik Central prison, maybe sent home with police escort after furnish-ing a surety bond of Rs 15,000 with one ortwo sureties of the like amount.

In his petition sent from jail by post, Khalsehad requested furlough leave to attend hisdaughter's marriage at Malegaon camp inNashik.

Rohini Dandekar, amicus curiae, appointedfrom the legal aid panel, urged for temporarybail on behalf of the prisoner.

Arfan Sait, additional public prosecutor,produced a report of Panchavati police stationin Nashik for perusal of the court. The reportconfirmed that the marriage of Khalse'sdaughter was to be held in Nashik this week.

The prosecutor submitted that in view ofthe provisions of Maharashtra Furlough andParole Leave Rules, the petitioner is not enti-tled for furlough leave before the expiry ofsix months of sentence.

He also pointed out that the High Court hadalready rejected Khalse's appeal against con-viction and confirmed life sentence awardedto him by the lower court.

"However, taking into consideration thefact that the marriage of the daughter of thepetitioner is scheduled and the petitioner'spresence is required for performing the reli-gious ceremony of 'kanyadaan', we areinclined to release the petitioner on tempo-rary bail for a period of four days," the judgessaid.

Assam girl ...by two persons, identified as Rahul Ali and

Nizam Ali, and were taken to Haryana wherethe duo sold them to a person for Rs 25,000each, police said here.

They were arrested last week and during aninterrogation Rahul confessed about thecrime, they said. Assam police personnel withthe help of Haryana police traced one of thevictim at Palam village and rescued her.

The person to whom she was sold wasarrested yesterday and was identified asMahendra Singh. Singh was remanded tojudicial custody today. The other two girlswere yet to be traced and search was on torescue them, he said.

Man killed...Wednesday. Drunk and overjoyed, some

people fired in the air, killing the man, a res-ident of village Tanda Chagurpur Mishrolia.

The victim died on the spot.The wedding was being solemnised at the

house of the village head. Police has sent thebody for a post-mortem examination and acase has been registered against unknownpersons, a police official told IANS.

Casualties during celebratory firing in UttarPradesh have been a cause of concern and thegovernment has ordered a blanket ban onsuch festivities.

Orders have been in place for revokinglicenses of all such weapons found to be usedin such merry firing, but officials rue that theorders have not been strictly implemented.

PM's visit...Rajya Sabha said India has had a consistent

and firm position on the rights of Palestiniansfor a state of their own since the days ofMahatma Gandhi and Pandit JawaharlalNehru.

"So, there has to be balance. This PrimeMinister has actually undermined that bal-ance in India's foreign policy because he hasnot engaged with the countries of the MiddleEast, countries of the Gulf. He has dilutedIndia's firm, consistent position on Palestine,"he said.

The former Union minister said the PM hasalso not engaged with Africa and LatinAmerica.

"Since it (the visit) is confined to Israel, thePrime Minister must bear this in mind thatIndia has vital interests... Economic interestsin the countries of the Gulf, countries of theMiddle East. There are over seven millionIndian diaspora (in these regions)," Sharmacautioned.

"Foreign policy cannot be partisan. He(Modi) is free to travel but the message thathe gives and the balance which hedestroys...That's worrisome," he said.

Special security...Rijiju on Wednesday said. "We are con-

cerned about the honour and identity of thepeople of the North East region living inDelhi. Therefore, we had set up theBezbaruah Committee. Any problem facedby them will be addressed by the specialsecurity cell and a legal aid service authori-ty," he told reporters here.

"There will be a dedicated helpline andcases related to racial discrimination, person-al issues, rental issues, etc., will be registeredimmediately.

"A special programme has also been initiat-ed by Delhi Police. Among the 90,000 strongforce there are only 43 personnel from thenortheast," the minister, who hails from theregion, said.

"So at the first ever DGPs (DirectorGeneral of Police) meet outside Delhi inGuwahati last year, we took a decision torecruit ten women and ten men from each NEstate and 20 each from Assam," Rijiju said.

"There are a lot of northeast people in Delhiand their presence has to be there in thepolice," he added.

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Mozilla has onceagain rolled outan update for

Firefox browser thatbrings some new featuresfor users. The update,which comes in betweentwo major iterations,brings the browser versionfrom 38.0 to 38.0.5, indi-cating that the updaterolled out has minorchanges.

However, Firefox 38.0.5brings at least one majorfeature - Pocket integra-tion. The Pocket save-for-later service was previous-ly available as an add-onfor the browser. It alsobrings a new Firefox Hellotab sharing feature to thebrowser. Notably, Mozillalast month showcased boththese features forWindows, Mac, and Linuxplatforms in Firefox Beta.There is no word as towhen the features willreach the Android plat-form.

The new Pocket integra-tion in Firefox allowsusers to skip the process ofsigning up separately forthe service, as it is part ofFirefox Accounts andavailable for users in USEnglish, German,Japanese, Russian, andSpanish. The feature canbe accessed by the Pocketbutton on the top bar.

skype_hello_screen_sharing_feature_blog.jpg

with the updated Firefoxbrowser can now share aWeb-page or an activeWindow in the Firefoxbrowser in a Hello conver-sation. For those unaware,Firefox Hello was intro-duced in version 34. AWebRTC feature, it letsusers make and receivecalls even in Guest Mode.The newest screen sharingfeature is aimed at lettingusers collaborate on a doc-ument or shop onlinetogether.

Finally, the Firefox38.0.5 update also addsReader View, a distractionfree interface with "cleanformatting for articles andblog posts" for easier read-ing. The Reader View also

features Pocket integra-tion.

The firm has additional-ly brought some perform-ance tools for its FirefoxDeveloper Edition, abrowser specifically madefor developers. The

update, which brings thebrowser version to 40 willmake it easier for develop-ers to create fast, interac-tive websites and webapps. The details are avail-able in the Mozilla blogpost.

1. Most common disease of poultry in India isA. fowl poxB. tick feverC. ranikhetD. coryza

2. Most abundant tissues of our body are

A. muscular B. connectiveC. epithelial D. nervous

3. Mumps is a disease caused by

A. fungus B. bacteriumC. virus D. None of these

4. Rain water helps to increase the ____ to some extent.

A. phosphorous contentsB. nitrogen contentsC. calcium contentsD. potash contents

QUIZ TIME

Answer: 1(C), 2(B), 3(C), 4(D)

TODAY’S STARARIES This is a great day to strut your stuff, Aries. You're on top of

the world, so enjoy it, your family, and the people around you.You're at the forefront of the action and you don't miss a beat,regardless of the conversation buzzing around you. You'reable to whip out facts and dates at the drop of a hat. Don't letanyone bring you down or talk you out of your good mood.

TAURUS You may feel tense, Taurus, perhaps because someone close toyou disregards the way you feel. You feel as if this person is moreconcerned with his or her own issues and not concerned about you.Meanwhile, your sensitive, caring heart is well aware of everyoneelse. You support others and are thoughtful. It's time to rearrangeyour priorities. First care about yourself, then others.

GEMINI Take extra time to tend to your appearance and show off a bittoday, Gemini. Keep your shoulders back and head high. Be theproud person you are. You should feel validated. Your job todayis to simply uplift people with your presence. This is no sweatfor you. Happiness is right up your alley, so have fun.

CANCER You may feel nostalgic as you look through photo albums, rearrange furniture,and remember past times, Cancer. Your mind will touch on emotional events thatyou may not have fully dealt with at the time they happened. Old feelings that youthought were gone could well up and bring tears to your eyes. Honestly face thesefeelings now instead of stuffing them back down for another decade.

LEO You feel confident. People can't help but notice as you radiate a loving, peacefulcalm, Leo. Eyes will turn your way, and complete strangers may come up to youand tell you how attractive you are. Be confident yet humble and you will inspirepeople just by your peaceful, glowing presence. Take advantage of this wonder-ful day by enjoying yourself for the beautiful person you are.

VIRGO You may be running into obstacles associated with your goals.You may feel you aren't getting the support and cooperation youdeserve. Today you may sense that people are emotionally dis-tant, with shallow views on certain issues. People you expectedto be on your side may turn against you, making you feelbetrayed. Try not to take things personally.

LIBRA This is a great day for you, Libra. Unexpected reunions are possible,thanks to the lighthearted aura you radiate. You don't need to workvery hard to bring everything your way. Your sunny personalityattracts the fun and good fortune that you most certainly deserve.People are extremely lucky to be in your glowing presence on a daylike this.

SCORPIO You may wonder why all the attention isn't focused on you, Scorpio.Perhaps you feel cheated and irritable. The more annoyed you get,the more you will drive others away instead of draw them to you.Rather than get upset or angry because attention isn't coming yourway, join with the prevailing happy-go-lucky mood. You will find thatyour whole day turns around for the better.

SAGITTARIUS Most of the time you deal with the facts, Sagittarius. Facts are thingsyou can grasp, categorize, and make rational sense of. Unfortunately,today some of your facts may be challenged by one of the things youfear most - intense emotions. The ensuing friction is like dealing withapples and oranges. You may find it hard to find any common groundfrom which to negotiate.

CAPRICORN Get into the spotlight where you belong instead of letting some-one else take credit for something you did, Capricorn. Don't beshy about strutting your stuff. You may usually turn away frompeople who act this way because they seem shallow and self-centered. Realize that you're more sensitive. Be proud of whoyou are.

AQUARIUS You're getting support for and confidence from one aspect ofyour life and physical energy from another. Even though thetwo areas may be in a point of conflict, Aquarius, you have theability to take the positive aspects from each and fuse themtogether to create something new or solve a problem. Poolyour resources and shift into high gear. The sky's the limit.

PISCES You will most likely be hungry for attention today, Pisces. You will lookat others who are on center stage and adjust your appearance or atti-tude in order to be more like them. Be careful of getting obsessed withattention. The key is to be yourself and happy, regardless of who'swatching. A flower unseen blooms just as beautifully and smells just assweet.

Tech giant SamsungElectronics Co Ltdsaid on Wednesday

it has no plans to mergewith affiliate SamsungSDS Co Ltd, in an attemptto quell speculation thatsuch a deal is in the worksto help Samsung Group'ssuccession process.

"The managementwants me to expressclearly that we do nothave a plan to merge withSDS," Robert Yi,Samsung Electronics'

head of investor relations,said at a company eventin Seoul.

Samsung Group hasbeen restructuring itssprawling businessempire over the past yearto secure a stable transferof control from the found-ing family patriarch LeeKun-hee to his three chil-dren. The elder Leeremains hospitalised fol-lowing a May 2014 heartattack, adding urgency tothese efforts.

Some investors and ana-lysts have said SamsungElectronics and SamsungSDS, an IT services com-pany, could merge soon.Such a deal would giveSamsung Group heirapparent Jay Y. Lee andhis sisters, major share-holders in SDS, shares inSamsung Electronics, thecrown jewel of SouthKorea's top conglomerate.

"This announcementmay not remove all therumours and hearsayers inthe market but I hope itconveys the manage-ment's thoughts on thisissue," Yi said.

Samsung's de factoholding firm, CheilIndustries Inc, andSamsung C&T Corpannounced in late-May anall-stock merger, puttingstakes in key manufactur-ing and financial arms ina single vehicle under theLee heirs' control.

Investors expect moregroup consolidationmoves to be announced inthe near term, thoughSamsung Group has notdisclosed its restructuringplans.

Samsung Electronics Says No Plans toMerge With Samsung SDS

On Tuesday, Amazonannounced that it will beoffering free shipping in the

US on all items without requiring aminimum order. Earlier, this wasonly the case for Amazon Primemembers - everyone else had to payfor shipping if your order total wasunder $35 (approximately Rs.2,250) - but this makes it easier foreveryone to turn to Amazon to buyday to day items.

Earlier, Amazon India was alsooffering free deliveries on all items,but it now offers free delivery onlyfor orders of Rs. 500 or higher.

This does reduce the value ofAmazon Prime to users, who haveto pay $99 (approximately Rs.6,300) per year to subscribe to the

service. However, Amazon has overtime introduced features like same-day deliveries, and also been steadi-ly strengthening its digital services,for free music and video streaming,which should help keep Prime usershappy.

According to a report, while theminimum price restriction has beenremoved, there are still some con-straints. The service covers itemsthat weigh 8 ounces (230 grams) orless, which does restrict the types ofproducts you would be ordering. Apacket of biscuits for example,would make sense, while a 1-litrebottle of Coca-Cola (which costsroughly the same amount) wouldnot be accepted because of theweight.

According to the report, Amazonstarted this project on a trial basis13 weeks ago, and found that arti-cles started selling more quicklythan before. This move could helpAmazon recover ground againstlarge retailers like Walmart andTarget which have also been aggres-sively selling products online, but atthe same time, is unlikely to helpAmazon much as it would have tobear the added cost of shipping.Perhaps the company is hoping thatthe increased number of users willalso reflect in an increased numberof Prime subscriptions, which comewith additional benefits.

With any luck, if the program issuccessful, Amazon will bring backfree shipping to India as well.

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LG India, soon afterstarting pre-book-ings for the G4

smartphone, has confirmedJune 19 India launch datefor the handset. The com-pany revealed the launchdate via an advertisementin a newspaper, with alaunch event in Mumbai.Notably, the promotionalmaterial has also affirmedthat the G4 launching inIndia will support dual-SIM, a fact that wasstrangely absent from thecompany's pre-bookingpage. Recently, a Mumbai-based retailer claimed thatthe LG G4 would launch atRs. 51,500 in a dual-SIMvariant. Additionally, athird-party online retaileralso started selling thedual-SIM of the LG G4 atRs. 49,999. Both these inci-dents indicate that wemight only see the dual-SIM variant of the LG G4launched in India later thismonth. Considering thatLG has already launchedtwo dual-SIM variants ofthe G4, the LG G4 DualSIM (H818P) and LG G4Dual SIM (Dual LTE)H818N in select countrieslast month, we can expectone of these variants to beunveiled at the June 19event.

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French Open 2015, quarter-final: RafaelNadal vs Novak Djokovic - Preview

PARISNovak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal

will clash in a French Open quarter-final blockbuster on Wednesday inone of the sport`s most-eagerly await-ed clashes of recent times.

World number one and top seedDjokovic eased into the last eight onMonday with a 6-1, 6-2, 6-3 win overFrance`s Richard Gasquet.

Defending champion Nadal, seek-ing a 10th Roland Garros crown, sawoff unseeded American Jack Sock, 6-3, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2.

It was Nadal`s 70th career win atthe French Open against just onedefeat and his 39th in a row at thetournament he has dominated for adecade.

"It`s the biggest challenge I canhave on clay," said Djokovic, whoneeds a French Open title to completethe career Grand Slam.

"He`s lost just once here."On facing Djokovic, sixth seed

Nadal said: "I will have to play mybest tennis.

"He`s the world number one and ishaving a great season. It`ll be a com-plicated match."

Nadal beat Djokovic in the 2012and 2014 finals in Paris as well as the2013 semi-finals and holds a career23-20 edge in head-to-head meetings.

But Djokovic is the overwhelmingfavourite to break that strangleholdthis year after claiming a 26th succes-sive win on Monday.

The 28-year-old has lost just twiceall year and has not been defeatedsince February.

Against Gasquet, he was almostunplayable.

He carved out an astonishing 23break points and was just brokenonce as his concentration wavered inthe third set.

The in-form Serb also fired 47 win-ners as he reached a 24th successiveGrand Slam quarter-final.

Nadal could also have had an easi-er afternoon.

The Spaniard, who will be 29 onWednesday when he faces Djokovic,had a match point in the 10th game ofthe third set before the 22-year-oldSock kept his campaign alive.

But the young American paid aheavy price for his nine double faultsand 44 unforced errors.Second seedRoger Federer, the 2009 champion,made the last eight for the 11th timewith a 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 win overFrance`s Gael Monfils and goes on toface Davis Cup-winning teammateStan Wawrinka.

British third seed Andy Murrayended the hopes of another homeplayer, seeing off unseeded JeremyChardy 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.

He will next take on seventh-seed-ed Spaniard David Ferrer.

Federer raced through the final twosets on Monday in just over an hourafter the last-16 tie was delicatelypoised at a set apiece when it was

suspended in the chilly gloom ofSunday evening.

"I feel fresh and pumped up to beback in the quarter-finals again aftermissing out last year," said Federer,who was beaten by Ernests Gulbis inthe last 16 in 2014.

Federer will take a 16-2 careeradvantage over Wawrinka intoTuesday`s quarter-final, including awin on clay in Rome earlier thismonth.

"It`s special to play Stan, therearen`t many Swiss players in thedraw," said Federer.

Murray, twice a semi-finalist inParis, will face 2013 runner-up Ferrerfor a place in the last four althoughChardy, the world number 45, gavehim plenty to think about on a rock-ing Court Suzanne Lenglen.

However, the Frenchman`s tem-perament let him down at the wrongtimes as he was broken three times inthe fourth set.Chardy committed 10double faults and 56 unforced errors.

Indian hockey colts' preparatory camp begins here on June 8NEW DELHI

Indian hockey colts willkickstart their preparations forthis year's men's Junior AsianCup in Malaysia and nextyear's FIH Junior World Cupwith a preparatory camp at theMajor Dhyan Chand NationalStadium here, starting June 8.

A total of 48 core probableswill be part of the preparatorycamp. Fifteen new playershave been inducted into thecore probables following theirimpressive outings at therecently-concluded fifthHockey India NationalChampionships.

After a week, the list will bepruned down to 33 core prob-ables, who will further trainunder the watchful eyes ofchief coach Harendra Singh.

The 33 core probables willthen fight for a spot in thenational squad that will fea-ture in the 2016 FIH JuniorWorld Cup in New Delhi fromDecember 1-16 and JuniorMen Asia Cup 2015 inMalaysia, to be held fromNovember 14 to 22.

The new faces to feature inthe camp are midfielder ImranKhan, Vikrajit Singh, VivekSagar and Somaiah Kuppanda,who have impressed all andsundry with their performanc-es in the national champi-onships.

Commenting on the newinclusions in the camp,Hockey India's HighPerformance Director RoelantOltmans said: "The youngboys showed talent and capa-

bility of playing under toughcompetition during the recent-ly-culminated NationalChampionships. We kept aclose eye on each of the play-er and monitored their devel-opment. We picked the bestamong them who have theskills to participate at an inter-national level competition.

"The preparatory camp willbe another opportunity forthese young players."

List of 48 junior core proba-bles:

Goalkeepers: Pankaj KumarRajak, Suraj Karkera, JugrajSingh, Subodh Tirkey, VikasDahiya, Karan Thakur, YashKumar, Krishan B Pathak,Syed Naseenuddin Shahbaz.

Defenders: Abhishek PratapSingh, Anand Lakra, Dipsan

Tirkey, Gurinder Singh,Harmanpreet Singh,Jarmanpreet Singh, NilamSanjeep Xess, Varun Kumar.

Midfielders: Vikrajit Singh,Abhay Ekka, Ajay Yadav,Baljeet Singh Boparai, ImranKhan, Manpreet, NilakantaSharma, Prakash Barla, RajatSharma, Santa Singh,Simranjeet Singh, Sumit,Harjeet Singh, Vivek Sagar,Somaiah Kuppanda.

Forwards: Gurjant Singh,Pawan Kumar, Sumit Kumar,Sumit Toppo, Raushan KumarPaswan, Jamma Majhi, AjitKumar Pandey, ArmaanQureshi, Mohd Nizamuddin,Parvinder Singh, Rajant,Dharamvir Yadav, Raju Pal,Ajmer Singh, Nitesh Kiro, AjitPandit.

Tendulkar, Shane Warne shares Legends T20blueprint with ICC CEO David Richardson

DUBAIRetired greats Sachin

Tendulkar and ShaneWarne on Wednesday metICC Chief Executive DaveRichardson at the globalbody's headquarters here todiscuss their ambitiousLegends T20 cricketLeague, proposed to beheld in the USA in August-September.

"Sachin and Warnedropped in at the ICCheadquarters this morningand met the ICC CEODave Richardson to sharetheir planning and blue-print for the league thatthey are planning to float,"an ICC Spokesperson toldPTI on conditions ofanonymity.

However, the officialclarified that it is not under

ICC's jurisdiction to clear aprivate league floated byindividuals as it comesunder the purview of thehome cricket board wherethe tournament or matchesare supposed to be held.

"Look, ICC is not thebody to clear the tourna-ment. As per ICC's consti-tution, it is the home boardthat clears the tournamentand informs the ICC subse-quently about it.

"For example, it was theBCCI that informed us thatthe Indian Cricket Leaguebacked by Essel Groupwas not approved by them.So it was dubbed as anunsanctioned league.Similarly IPL, CPL,Natwest T20 Blast areleagues approved byBCCI, ECB and WICB,"

the official explained.The matches are being

planned in US cities likeChicago, New York andLos Angeles.

"The rule remains thesame. There the governingbody is USACA (UnitedStates of America CricketAssociation) and if it'sbeing held in the US, theywould need theirapproval."

There is a possibility thatthe two legends metRichardson to seek guid-ance from the ICC regard-ing logistical matters relat-ed to conducting a tourna-ment and other nitty grit-ties.

Both Tendulkar andWarne took to twitter toconfirm their meeting withICC top official.

"Looking forward to thechallenge @ShaneWarne.GAME ON!! It is#SachinversusWarne!!!,"Tendulkar tweeted beforethe meeting.

"Exciting meeting todaywith the #ICC Game on#SachinversusWarne !!!"was Warne's tweet.

Tendulkar and Warnehave reportedly offered 28former players contractsworth USD 25,000 a matchfor the proposed league.

According to reports,Brett Lee, Andrew Flintoff,Jacques Kallis, AdamGilchrist, Glenn McGrath,Michael Vaughan, SouravGanguly, MahelaJayawardene were amongthe former stars who havebeen approached for theproposed league.

JAKARTA (INDONESIA)World number one

Saina Nehwal disposedoff Thai NichaonJindapon's challenge instraight games but PVSindhu crashed out ofthe Indonesian OpenSuper Series badmintontournament following aclose first-round defeat,here on Wednesday.

Second seed Sainagot the better of herThai opponent 21-1621-18 in 35 minutes.

Sindhu's defeatthough prevented anall-Indian second round

clash as both the Indiangirls are in the bottomhalf.

Sindhu lost her gru-elling first round 21-1615-21 14-21 to ChineseTaipei's Ya Ching Hsuin 49 minutes. Sainawill now take on ChingHsu for a place in thewomen's singles quar-terfinals.

Meanwhile, in themen's singles ParupalliKashyap overcameThailand's TanongsakSaensomboonsuk 21-17 21-7 in just 29 min-utes to advance to the

second round. Worldnumber 14 Kashyapnext faces fifth seedKorean Wan Ho Son.

Later in the day,Kidambi Srikanth willopen his campaignagainst Danish Hans-Kristian Vittin, ranked15th in the world. In thewomen's doubles theIndian pair of JwalaGutta and AshwiniPonnappa will opentheir campaign againstTaipei's team of YaChing Hsu and Yu PoPai.

Saina Nehwal, P Kashyap advance; PVSindhu ousted from Indonesian Open

Pakistan recall Ahmed Shehzad fortour of Sri Lanka

KARACHIPakistan have recalled

opener Ahmed Shehzad to theTest side for the cricket tourof Sri Lanka, a quick come-back for the batsman afterbeing dropped for the seriesagainst Bangladesh in April-May on disciplinary grounds.

Besides Shehzad, the selec-tors also recalled another outof favour opener, the south-paw Shan Masood after hewas ignored for the last fewseries and tournaments. Chiefselector, Haroon Rasheedsaid that Shehzad had beengiven a chance since heremained a strong player forPakistan in Tests and wasimproving.

"Shehzad, like others, wasclear for selection and so wehad no issues picking him,"he said. Head coach WaqarYounis and captain Misbah-u-Haq had both suggested tothe cricket board after theWorld Cup to drop Shehzad

and Umar Akmal and makethem play domestic cricketfor a year as both of themneeded to improve their atti-tude in general.

Rasheed said the selectorshad delayed announcing thesquad because of fitness

related matters with fastbowlers like Rahat Ali,Sohail Khan and Ehsan Adil."Adil was cleared and hasbeen picked but the other twostill require more time," thechief selector said.

Off-spinner, Saeed Ajmal

was as expected ignored afterhe failed to impress on hiscomeback in Bangladeshwith a changed changing hisbowling action. The experi-enced bowler, down on hisluck since being suspendedfor an illegal bowling action

last September, was alsoignored for the limited overseries against Zimbabwe thatended on Sunday.

Rasheed also made it clearthat young promising playerslike left-arm spinnerMuhammad Asghar, leg-spin-ner Osama Mir and all-round-er Bilal Asif would be consid-ered later on for either theone-day or T20 matches inSri Lanka. The first Testagainst Sri Lanka is sched-uled from June 17 at Galle.He said if need arose, a 16thplayer could be sent for thethree Tests because of theweather conditions in SriLanka.Pakistan test squad:Muhammad Hafeez, AhmedShehzad, Shan Masood,Misbah-ul-Haq (Capt),Younis Khan, Asad Shafiq,Haris Sohail, Azhar Ali,Sarfaraz Ahmed, JunaidKhan, Wahab Riaz, EhsanAdil, Imran Khan, ZulfiqarBabar and Yasir Shah.

June 3, 1973. On thisvery day an emergingactor Amitabh

Bachchan tied a knot witha renowned actress JayaBhaduri. Its been 42 yearssince Amitabh and JayaBachchan got married andduring this time the couplesaw Amitabh becomingBig B – the biggest super-star of India.

Being together for 42years, the superstar couplehas been an inspiration formillions of couples all

over the nation. So what’sthe special plan tonight?Will Abhishek, Aishwaryaand Aaradhya throw arousing party for Big Band Jaya? Or will theBachchan Sr jodi opt for aquiet, peaceful romanticdinner? Well, none of theabove.

When Amitabh wasasked about anniversaryplans, Big B replied,” Iwished Jaya on our 42ndwedding anniversary lastnight only…but she is

outta country…will videochat with her once amback home…rest no morespecial plans for the day.”When questioned if hemissed Jaya, Amitabhrevealed that the bluegreen shawl which he waswearing for Wazir teaserlaunch was in fact giftedby his wife while shootingfor Piku and he chose towore it today as it wastheir marriage anniversary.

Now that’s touching andcute! Isn’t it?

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Blame it on our stressful life,easy accessibility to toomuch reading material on

the Internet and otherwise that dis-cuss mental frailties at length, orsimply the 'celebrity effect', butbeing down in the dumps seems to

be the rage with a sizeable numberof urban folk. According tosources, a social gathering thesedays is more than just catching up,as people openly speak about theirapparent depressed state of mindand offer medical aid to each other

— in the form of anti-depressantsor happy pills as they are popularlyknown as — if you need it. Andwhile increasing incidences ofdepression worldwide, owing tovarious reasons, make it pertinentto spread awareness about its symp-

toms and cure, misinterpretationand medicalization of normal emo-tions may make things worse.Experts help BT unravel the curiouscase of being sad... Psychiatrist DrYesheswini Kamaraju said, "It is awelcome sign that the stigma aboutdepression and other more seriousmental disorders is finally breaking,and people are becoming morearticulate about their symptoms andremedies. But what's crucial here isthe appropriate measurement of thefunctional impact of depression onthe individual.

Diagnosis differs from person toperson, depending on the intensityof the ailment and other factors.Misconceptions regarding depres-sion cannot be ruled out, as a sim-ple emotion like angst may be mis-interpreted, hence professional helpshould be taken before reaching aconclusion." Thyroid problems,anaemia and exhaustion may attimes lead to mental unrest, whilebiological differences could predis-pose women to depression, sheexplains. "Support from family andpsychological therapies becomecrucial in such cases," she adds.Giving more insight to this, psycho-therapist Tasneem Nakhoda says,"There is a difference between aclinical case of depression and aself-diagnosed one. One should notrelate everyday emotions like anxi-ety or sadness to depression.

Shocking: Being depressedis the new 'in' thing

Not too long ago, Abhishek Kapoor’shighly anticipated film Fitoor grabbedheadlines when Rekha made an exit

from the project. After the veteran actressditched Fitoor, which stars Katrina Kaif Kaif

and Aditya Roy Kapur in the lead, Tabu wasbrought on board immediately. However, thiswhole switch has made things a bit tough forthe makers as they will now have to re-shoot allthe portions they shot with Rekha in Kashmir.

And it won’t b easy because the makers of Katand Aditya starrer will once again have to takepermission to shoot in the beautiful valley. Soall this has created budget issues for the makers.

While talking to a leading tabloid, a sourcesaid, “The film was already over budget and thepermission to shoot in Kashmir was obtainedwith a lot of difficulty. Now re-shooting will notonly add to budget issues, but also getting thesimilar effect in terms of weather will also be ahuge challenge.” Talking to the same tabloid,UTV’s spokesperson didn’t comment on thesame but he revealed, “The Mumbai schedule iswell on track. We are currently shooting at astudio and will be here for another 25 days, sothere is no question of any permission.”

While it is being said that Rekha had onlyshot for two days in Kashmir, according to atabloid report, the ageless diva shot for morethan two days. If that’s the case then the makersof Fitoor will have to zoom off to Kashmiragain that too for a few days so that they can re-shoot the scenes with Tabu. And that will sure-ly burn a hole in their pockets!

Directed by Abhishek Kapoor, Fitoor which isslated to release next year on February 12 isproduced by UTV Motion Pictures

OMG: Yeh Hai Mohabbatein’s Mihika Verma receivessleazy and abusive messages on Facebook!

Here’s how Mr and Mrs Amitabh are celebratingtheir 42nd marriage anniversary!

NEW DELHIIt was so glittery all over the sets of

'khwahishen' - a film by Moonlight pro-duction. Adding a film to it's credit aftergrand success of skits and ad filmsDelhi lad Param MLP, producer anddirector of film expressed 'we addedanother feather in our cap with actressSamira Khan of Parwarish fame.

Her other serials like 'Kabhi saas bhikabhi bahu thi', 'Kahani Ghar Ghar ki'of Balaji films were great hits. "My thisfilm is a family drama. Our artists haveput in their hundred percent to show-case so called showbiz life of the socie-ty and I hope that like every hit drama,this film will attract people from allwalks of life, he said. Actress Samiraexpressed that it was a different experi-ence to work with Moonlight produc-tions. I will try to give my best in thisfilm too like my previous films and I amoptimistic that people will find my char-acter with the pace of the film, she says.

The film has been shot at variouslocations of Delhi and Jaipur. AryaSingh has been music director whereasNoor, Kailash and Amit has given play-back. Promos of film are expected soon.

This film of mine is a familydrama: Param MLP

Priety Zinta reacts onthe Maggi controversy!After Bollywood

celebrities likeA m i t a b h

Bachchan and MadhuriDixit who have receivedlegal notice for endorsingMaggi noodles, actressPriety Zinta has landedinto legal trouble.

The Salaam Namasteactress who endorsedMaggi noodles 12 yearsago seemed a little con-fused took to Twitter onWednesday to express herdisbelief over the issue.

“Reading the newsabout me being sued fordoing the Maggi commer-cial over 12 years ago? 12years ago? How does thathappen?” Preity tweeted.

A case has been regis-tered against Nestle Indiain a local court inBarabanki in UttarPradesh by food regulatorFSDA (Food Safety andDrug Administration),

after they foundmonosodium glutamate orMSG and lead in excess

of the prescribed limit inMaggi samples they test-ed.