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AgencyThiruvananthapuramJune 11,

A deep depression formedov er the Arabian Sea,ar oun d 760 k m s outh-southwest of Mumbai, onMonday afternoon, which islikely to bring heavy to veryheavy rain in parts of Kerala,coastal and south interiorKarnataka, Konkan region,Goa and the Lakshadweepislands, a bulletin of theIn dia Me teor o lo gicalDepartment stated Monday.The system will in tensifyin to a cyclonic storm byTuesday af ternoon and asevere cyclonic storm withwind speed of up to 115kmph in the next 24 hours,the India Meteoro logicalDepartment (IMD) warned.“The deep depressio n iscurren tly away fr om thecoast and travelling north-northwestwards. It is beingclosely monitored by IMDand might make landfall inGujarat, but even if it doesnot, it is close enough to thelandmass that the impact ofcyclone will be felt along theWestern coast,” said Dr KSathi Devi, a scientist at theIMD.Under the influence of thelo w-p res sure system,monsoon advancement willbe de layed on ce itin tensifies into a cyclonic

Cyclone Vayu to turn into severe storm today,may bring heavy rain to southern coast

storm, she said.Mo nsoo n h it Kera la onSaturday after a week-longdelay.“When such an intense low-pressure system forms, itpu lls in all the moisture-bearing winds towards it,changing the course of themonsoons. Because of thech anges in th e winddirections, most of the rainfr om the s outhwestmonsoon will be over theoceans and some areas inthe western coast,” Devisaid.The cyclone is likely to benamed on Tuesday as itdevelops into a storm.Mons oon activ ity in thesouthern peninsula will pickup once the low-pressure

system moves towards theGujarat coast. “The cyclonicstorm fo rming ove r theAr abian Sea wi ll b r ingheavy rainfa ll to theWestern coastal areas. But,it has affected the progressof mons oon, which w asdelayed anyway th is year.By no w, it sho uld havereached And hra Pradeshan d Telangana . T hemo nso on rain s in thein ter ior of the peninsulashould pick up after about48 hours when the cyclonicstorm moves towar dsGu jara t,” sa id MaheshPa law at, v ice -pr esiden t,meteoro logy and climatechange at Skymet.Skymet has reiterated thatfa rmer s in so uthe rn

peninsula and central Indiashould delay sowing forKharif crops.The wind speeds will alsoincrease over the next threedays. This wi ll resu l t inrough seas along and off thecoast of Kerala, Karnataka,so uth Mahar ash tra , andsouth Gujarat.Th e IMD has advis edf ishermen to not ventureinto Arabian Sea and askedthose in deep-sea areas toreturn to the coast. The rainbr ought on by the lo w-pressure system is unlikelyto offer any respite from theheatw ave to s eve reheatwave conditions overRajasthan, Madhya Pradesh,Vidarbha, southern parts ofHaryana, and Uttar Pradesh.

AgencyNew Delhi June 11,

Prime Minister NarendraMo di has a sked topbureaucrats to prepare a five-year plan document foreach Ministry with well-de f ined targets and asignif icant impactf u ldecision in each Ministryfor which approvals will betaken within 100 days. In ter act ing with a llSecretar ies to the UnionGovernment at his residencein New Delhi yesterday Mr

PM Modi asks target oriented five-year plandocument for each Ministry

Modi said all depar tmentsof the gove rnment mustseek to leve rage theupcoming milestone of 75years of independence. Hesaid it can inspire people tomake a contribution to thebetterment of the country.During the interaction, thePrime Minister said , therecent General Electionsmandate ref lects the willan d a sp i rat ion s o f thepeople to change the statusquo and seek a better life forthemselves. He said , thehuge expectations of the

people should not be viewedas a cha llenge , b ut anopportunity. Mr Modi said, every Centraldepartment and each districthave a role in making Indiaa f iv e t r il lio n d ollareconomy. India’s progressin ease of doing Business,should ref lec t in greaterfacil ita tio n f or sma llbu sin esses anden trepreneur s. Pr imeMinis ter said that eachMinistry of the governmentshould focus on ease ofliv in g. He s aid , w ate r,

f i sher ies, and animalhusban dry are al so theimportant areas f or theGovernment. Mr Mo di also urgedsecretaries to use technologyto improve outcomes andefficiency in each department.During the in teraction ,various Secretaries sharedtheir v ision and ideas onvarious subjects includingadministrative dec ision-making , agr icu ltu re, ITinitiatives, education reform,healthcare and industr ialpolicy.

AgencyNew Delhi June 11,

Prim e Minister NarendraMo di has accepted anin vitation f ro m F ren chPresident Emmanuel Macronto at ten d the out reach

PM Modi accepts Macron’s invite toattend outreach session of G7 Summit

session of the G7 Summit inBiarritz as a special invitee.The summit of the G7 groupof countries will be held inAugust this year in France.External Affairs Ministrys po kesp e rs on Ravees hKumar said the invitation is

a reflection of the personalchemistry between the twoleaders, a demonstration ofthe two co un tr ie sd eepening st ra tegicpartnership and recognitiono f In dia a s a ma jo reconomic power.

AgencyNew Delhi June 11,

Twelve senior off icers ofIncome Tax Depar tmentincluding one of the ranks ofthe joint commissioner werecompulsorily retired by thegovernment on charges ofcorruption and professional

Govt orders compulsoryretirement of 12 senior IT officers

for corruption, misconductmisconduct. Sources said the list istopped by a Jo in tCommissioner rank officeragainst whom there areser ious complain ts ofcorruption and extortion.It also includes an IRS officerin the post of Commissioner(Appeal) in Noida, who was

accused of sexual harassmentto two women IRS officers ofCommissioner rank. Another IRS officer, who wascompulsorily retired , hadacquired movable andimmovable assets worth overthree crore rupees in the nameof self and h is familymembers.

AgencyNew Delhi June 11,

The severe heatwavecontinued to grip the northand central regions of thecountry with mercurybreaching maximumtemperature records in manycities. In Uttar Pradesh, Bandawas hottest with 49.2 degreeCelsius yesterday, which was7 notches above the normal.

Severe heatwave grips North andCentral regions of the country

Allahabad sizzled at 48.9degrees, 9 degrees above thenormal and Jhansi heated at48.1 degrees. In other partsof the state to mercuryhovered around 45 degreeCelsius. Distr ictadministrations have issuedadvisories on how to cope upwith the heat. The MeteorologicalDepar tment has saidthunderstorm with gusty

wind and rain is likely atisolated places during the nexttwo days in the state. In Rajasthan, most placeswitnessed around 45 degreeCelsius. At Churu , thetemperature was recorded 50.3degrees Celsius yesterday.Our correspondent reportsthat the Medical Departmenthas issued advisory for notgoing outside except inemergency situations.

AgencyNew Delhi June 11,

In Mali, at least 100 peoplewere killed by gunmen in anovernight attack in Sobane-Ko u v i llage in Kound oudistr ict . T he v i llage isin hab ited b y the Dogonethnic group. Officials said,95 people, have been founddead with many of the bodiesbu rned adding tha t the

Nearly 100 killed in central Malivillage massacre

search for more bodies isunderway. Th e go vern men t sa idsus pected terror istsattack ed the v ill age ataround 03 a.m local time. Itsaid that at least 19 peoplewere still missing. A survivorsaid about 50 heavily armedmen arrived on motorbikesand pickups. He said, theyfirst surrounded the villageand th en attacked and

anyone who tried to escapewas killed.Clashes between Dogonhunters and semi-nomadicFulani herders are frequentsince a mi litan t Islam istuprising in northern Mali in2012. In the same region inMarch, more than 130 Fulaniv i llagers were k ill ed byar med men wear ingtraditional Dogon hunters’cloth ing.

AgencyNew Delhi June 11,

Congress president RahulGandhi has criticised UttarPradesh chief minister YogiAdityanath over the arrest ofjournalists for sharing andbraoadcasting allegedderogatory comments againstthe CM.“If every journalist who filesa false report or peddles fake,vicious RSS/BJP sponsored

‘Behaving foolishly’: Rahul Gandhi slamsYogi Adityanath on journalist arrest

propaganda about me is putin jail, most newspapers/news channels would face asevere staff shortage. The UPCM is behaving foolishly &needs to release the arrestedjournalists.” Rahul Gandhitweeted.Rahul’s comments fo llowprotests against arrest of 3journalists including onePrashant Kanojia.Prashant Kanojia’s wife’shabeas corpus petition will be

heard by Supreme Courttoday. She has challenged herhusband’s arrest as “illegal”and “unconstitutional”Kanojia had shared a videoon Twitter and Facebookwhere a woman is seenspeaking to reporters ofvarious media organisationsoutside the chief minister’soffice claiming that she hadsent a marriage proposal toYogi Adityanath.An FIR was registered against

Kanojia at the Hazratganjpolice station in Lucknow onFriday n ight. Seniorsuperintendent of police (SSP)of Lucknow, KalanidhiNaithani, had said there wasevidence against Kanojiaunder Section 505 of IPC formaking, publish ing orcirculating false statements,report or rumour and underSection 67 of the InformationTechnology Act fortransmitting obscene materialin electronic form.The UP police had alsocracked down on a privatetelev ision news channelNation Live in Noida forallegedly running without alicense, a day after arrestingits ch ief Ish ika Singh andeditor Anuj Shukla, also forbroadcasting contentallegedly defaming YogiAdityanath.The police action has sparkedoutrage in media circles. TheEditors Guild of India hascr iticised the arrest as“author itar ian misuse oflaws”. A group of journalistsalso organized a protestagainst the arrest on Monday.

AgencyNew Delhi June 11,

The Supreme Court on Tuesdayordered immediate release ofjournalist Prashant Kanojia whowas arrested arrested forsharing a post against UP chiefminister Yogi Adityanath.Kanojia’s wife moved theSupreme Court on Monday. Heshared a video of a Kanpur-based woman makingallegations against Adityanath.He was picked up from his Delhi

Supreme Court orders immediaterelease of journalist arrested for

post against Yogi Adityanath

home on Saturday morningand sent to jail in the evening.The woman has also beenarrested.The Supreme Court said that acase for arrest of the journalistnot made out. “The police canproceed against h im, butarrest? No,” a bench of the topcourt said.The UP police defendedKanojia’s arrest and said hehad made inflamatory tweetsin the past too. “He has beenmaking inflamatory tweets in

the past not only with respectto caste matters but also godsand godesses and that’s whyhe was arrested,” saidadditional solicitor generalVikramjeet Banerjee.The court asked the counsel“where is the mischief madeout”.The police action againstKanojia had sparked outrage inmedia circles. The Editors Guildof India had criticised the arrestas “authoritarian misuse oflaws”.