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KRISHNKAUSHIKNEWDELHI, JUNE7

SIXMONTHSafterGeneralBipinRawat, India’s first Chief ofDefence Staff, died in a helicop-ter crash, the government hasamended service rules of thearmedforces,makingallservingand recently retired three-star

officers—LtGeneral,AirMarshaland Vice Admiral — under theage of 62 eligible for the post ofCDS, according to notificationsMonday.Thenewrulesmeanthatthe

recentlyretiredchiefsofserviceswill not be considered. Theamendments also indicate thatan announcement on the new

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ARUNSHARMAJAMMU,JUNE7

ONLY250pilgrimsfromJammuTuesday left for CentralKashmir’s Kheer Bhawani tem-ple in a heavily-protected gov-ernmentconvoy—asharpdropin footfall that comes amid thetargetedkillings in theValley.The annual mela at the

revered temple, also known asthe Ragnya Devi temple, isamongthemostsignificantreli-gious programmes for theKashmiri Pandit community.In2019,around2,500-3,000

pilgrims had left for the templeinGanderbal district’s Tulmullavillage from Jammu in govern-ment-arranged buses, a senior

official said. Therewas no yatrain 2020 and 2021 owing to thepandemic.On Tuesday, a day before

Ashtami—consideredthemostauspicious day at the temple—only 400-500 pilgrims were

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THENEWruleswidentheCDSappointmentpool,makingretiredthree-starofficerseligible.Butthiscanbetrickygiventhatthechiefs,whoarefour-starofficers,mayhavetore-porttoaretiredthree-starofficer ifheisnamedCDS.

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GovtwidensCDSselection pool: Retired,serving3-star officers nowalso eligibleAnnouncementimminent;ChiefswhoretiredafterSept2021outofreckoning

KRISHNKAUSHIKNEWDELHI, JUNE7

THE GOVERNMENT is all set toannounce onWednesday a keychange in how soldiers will berecruited for the Armed Forces,The Indian Express has learnt.UnderthenewTourofDutysys-

tem, likely to be named“Agnipath”, soldiers or“Agniveer”will be recruited foraperiodof fouryears at theendofwhichtheywillgetoverRs10lakh tax-free and certificates ordiplomas for their service.The move aims to recruit

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New Tour of Duty forrecruitment likely today

KashmiriPandits leave forKheerBhawanimela fromJammuTuesday. PTI

HAMZAKHAN,VARINDERBHATIA&MANOJCGJAIPUR,CHANDIGARH,NEWDELHI, JUNE7

ASPLASH in thepool, a gameortwo over snacks, an evening bythe poolside— resort politics isin and no one’s complaining.AheadoftheJune10RajyaSabhaelections, legislators of at leastthree states — Rajasthan,HaryanaandMaharashtra—arehuddled in five-star hotels andresortstoensurerivalpartiesdonot lureawaytheirMLAs.AttheTajAravaliResort&Spa

in Udaipur, Rajasthan CongressMLAs and those supportingthem have been kept busy andentertainedwith birthday cele-brations, magic and movieshows, antakshari sessions, and

more, since June2.Photographs and videos

emerging from the resort showRajyaSabhacandidatesRandeepSurjewala, MukulWasnik and

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Fear reduces numberof Pandit pilgrims forannual mela to a trickle

MIHIRVASAVDAMUMBAI, JUNE7

SAYINGTHAT she feared for her“life”, a top Indiancyclisthasac-cused the chief national teamcoach, R K Sharma, of allegedly

forcinghimself intoherroom,of-feringa“post-trainingmassage”,“forcefully” trying topullher to-wards him, and asking her to“sleepwithhim”,duringacampinSlovenialastmonth,accordingto her complaint emailed to theSportsAuthorityof India (SAI).

The complaint states thatSharmaallegedlytoldthecyclistthat he “wants” her “to be hiswife”. When she resisted, thecomplaint alleges, the coachthreatenedtodestroyhercareerby “removing her from the

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Coach threatened me, said he wantsme as wife: Cyclist complains to SAI

GINAKOLATAJUNE7

ITWAS a small trial, just 18 rec-tal cancerpatients, everyoneofwhomtook thesamedrug.But the results were aston-

ishing. The cancer vanished in

every single patient, unde-tectable by physical exam, en-doscopy,PETscansorMRIscans.DrLuisADiazJrofMemorial

Sloan Kettering Cancer Center,an author of a paper publishedSunday in the New EnglandJournal of Medicine describingthe results, which were spon-

sored by the drug companyGlaxoSmithKline, said he knewof no other study in which atreatment completely obliter-atedacancer ineverypatient.“Ibelievethisisthefirsttime

thishashappenedinthehistoryof cancer,”DrDiaz said.

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‘Astonishing’ result in drug trial: Firsttime, cancer vanishes in every patient

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RajasthanCongressMLAsattheresort inUdaipur. Express

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CDSCDSisimminent.The CDS is themost senior

uniformedofficerinrank,thefirstamongequals--theonlyfour-starofficersinthecountryaretheCDS,the chiefs of the Indian Army,IndianNavyandIndianAirForce.But according to the new

rules, all three-star and four-starofficers from the three services,includingthosewhoretiredinthelast twoyears,willbeeligible forconsideration.The government, however,

has put an age limit of 62. Sinceservice chiefs retire at the ageof62, the three service chiefswhoretired inquick succession sinceSeptember2021areruledout.OnMonday, theArmyRules,

1954, the Naval Ceremonial,Conditions of Service andMiscellaneousRegulations,1963,and the Air Force Regulations,1964were amended to add thatthe "CentralGovernmentmay, ifconsidered necessary, in publicinterest,sotodo,appointasChiefof Defence Staff, anofficer"whois serving as LieutenantGeneral,Vice Admiral, Air Marshal orGeneral, Admiral, Air ChiefMarshal"oranofficerwhohasre-tired" fromthese ranks, "buthasnotattainedtheageof sixty-twoyears on thedateof his appoint-ment."Thenotificationssaidthegov-

ernmentmayextendtheserviceof theCDS for suchaperiod as itmaydeemnecessarysubjecttoamaximumageof65.ThismeansthatallLtGenerals

in theArmyandequivalent offi-cers in the Navy and Air Force,who retired after June2020, areunderconsideration.It also means that General

MMNaravane, who retired asArmy chief in April when heturned62,willnotbeconsidered.Naravanewasconsideredafron-trunnerfortheCDSeversincethepost fell vacant in December.AdmiralKarambirSingh,whore-tired asNavy chief inNovember2021, andAir ChiefMarshal RKSBhadauria, who retired as IAFchiefinSeptember2021,willalsonotbeeligibleforconsideration.Among the three service

chiefs, Air Chief Marshal V R

ChaudhariisthemostseniorandisofficiatingasheadoftheChiefsof Staff Committee. Admiral RHari Kumar is the secondmostseniorofficer,andGeneralManojPande,who took over as Armychief inMay,isthirdinseniority.Appointmentofaservingora

retiredthree-starofficerovertheservingfour-starofficerscancre-atesomeissues.Evenfortheserv-icechiefs,usuallythemostseniorofficeroftheserviceisappointed,but that is a convention, andnotarule,andtherehavebeenexcep-tions.GeneralBipinRawat, thefirst

CDS,died inahelicoptercrash inTamilNaduonDecember8,2021.AppointedonDecember31,2019,he was to have a three-yeartenureuntiltheendofthisyear.Ithas been sixmonths since hisdeath,but thegovernment isyetto announce a replacement. Thechange in service rules for theArmy, Navy and Air Force nowthrowsopenthefieldofpotentialcandidates because the govern-ment can lookbeyond the serv-ingofficers.Themandate of the CDS, as

the primarymilitary advisor tothe government, also includescreating jointness among thearmed forces, creation of inte-grated theatre commands, andprioritisingcapitalacquisitionforthemodernisationof the forces.It was created as a dual-hattedrole, since the CDSwas also ap-pointed as Secretary of theDepartmentofMilitaryAffairs.It was touted as one of the

most significant reforms in thetopechelonsof themilitary, andPrimeMinister NarendraModihad announced the creation ofthe post of the CDS during his2019IndependenceDayspeech.Theposthasbeenvacantsince

December2021,andsomeoftheworkhas since sloweddown, orstalled. Before his death, Rawathadcommissionedofficersatthelevel of General OfficerCommanding-in-Chief (headingacommand) ineachof the serv-ices to comeupwitha report onwhatthepossibleintegratedthe-atre commands could look like.Thesereports,dueforsubmissionearlier this year, are yet to be fi-nalised.

Fourtofiveintegratedtheatrecommands have been envi-sioned:One for air defence, onemaritimecommandformaritimedefence, and either two land-based theatre commands, look-ing at the western border(Pakistan) andnorthern border(China), or an additional inte-gratedcommandwhichincludesthe area under the NorthernArmyCommandatthemoment,looking at the borders withPakistan andChina in theUTsofJ&KandLadakh.The integrated commands

will have resources fromall thethree services available underthem,dependingontherequire-ment. The Theatre Commanderwillhaveoperationalcontroloverallsuchresources,andwillreportto theChiefs of Staff CommitteeheadedbytheCDS.Therehasalsobeendiscussion

onpossiblechangesintheroleoftheCDS.Splittingtheresponsibil-itiesof Secretary,DMA, fromtheCDShasbeenconsidered,butafi-naldecisionisyettobetaken.

Kheer Bhawanipresent,saidsources.In2019,ato-talof20,000-25,000pilgrimshadarrived, said a Kashmiri Panditleader,KingCBharti.Initially,1,400pilgrimshadgot

themselves registeredwith theJammuandKashmiradministra-tion’s Relief and RehabilitationDepartmentforMigrants.Thede-partment accordingly arranged50busestotakethemtoKashmirundersecuritycover.Manyof themlatercancelled

theirregistration.AndonTuesday,only14busesleftfromNagrotaontheoutskirtsofJammucity—twoof these vehicleswere spares incaseofabreakdown.Someofficials attributed the

decreasedfootfallthisyeartothetargetedkillingsaswellasthere-sultantboycottcallsbyprotestingKashmiriPanditemployees.Relief and Rehabilitation

Commissioner(Migrants)AshokPandita, however, saidmorepil-grimswillarriveonAshtami.“Wehavekept25busesatdifferentlo-cations in the Valley for trans-portationofKashmiriPandits,”hesaid,addingthattwobusescarry-ing pilgrimswere coming fromDelhiaswell.But the official sourcemen-

tionedabovesaid thenumberofpilgrimshaving adarshanat theshrine during the mela is notlikelytogobeyond1,000-1,500.Militants have killed eight

people from theminority com-munityinKashmirsinceMay1—five of themwere civilians andthreewereoff-dutypolicemen.Askedabout the lowturnout

amid the killings, JammuDivisionalCommissionerRameshKumar,whoflaggedoffthebuses,toldreporters: “Thegovernmenthas facilitated thepilgrimswhoregisteredfortheyatra…Thepil-grimswill not face anydifficultyinperformingtheyatra. Securitywill be ensured en route and attheshrine.”Kumar said thepilgrimswill

have ‘darshan' at the temple onWednesdayandreturntoJammuadaylater.“The government hasmade

all necessary arrangements forthe pilgrims for safe and securepilgrimage,” said theDivisionalCommissioner.Most Kashmiri Pandit em-

ployeesposted in theValleyun-derthePrimeMinister’semploy-ment package will likely notparticipate in themela amid theprotestsovertheirsecurity.KashmiriPanditorganisations

thatusuallyorganised langars atthe temple and en route fromJammuhad already announcedtheirdecision tostayaway inor-dertoexpresssolidaritywiththeagitatingmigrant Pandits andotherminority community em-ployeesworkingintheValley.The Ramakrishna

MahasamelanAshraminAchabalareaofAnantnag,whichhasbeenorganizing langar forvisitingpil-grims inside the temple for overtwodecades, has decidednot todosothisyear.“Wehadprocuredrationand

made arrangements for provid-ing food to 20,000-25,000 pil-grims andhadeven soughtper-mission fromDharmarth Trustwhichmanages the temple andthe district administration aswell,” saidB LBhat, chairmanoftheadministrativecouncilof themission.“However,inviewoftheincidentsoftargetedkillingofmi-norities followinga senseof fearandprotestsbythem,wehavede-cided to cancel our programmethistime.”Policeofficialssaidathree-tier

security system, comprising J-KPolice, army and paramilitaryforces, has been placed aroundTulmulla, thevillage thathousesthetemple.Therewillbeheight-enedsecurityontheroadleadingtothetempleaswell.Officials said local residents

have also been taken into confi-dence to give a senseof security

tothepilgrims.Meanwhile, pilgrims from

saidthatthoughtargetedkillingshavecausedfearamongthecom-munity,theyweregoingthereasthey could not during the pasttwoyears.Oneofthemsaid:“Wewillprayforpeace.”

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Indian cyclistNational Centre of Excellence(NCOE)”, andmaking sure shewould “sell vegetables on theroad”.According to the complaint,

when the cyclist decided toquitthe camp and return to India,Sharma called her family andaskedthemtogethermarriedasshe did not have a future in thesport.SharmaisstillinSloveniawith

therestof the Indianteamatthetraining camp for the AsianChampionships thismonth, andisscheduledtoreturnonJune14.He did not respond to calls andmessages from The IndianExpress seekinghis response tothe allegations. The coach hasbeen involvedwith thenationalteamsince2014.The cyclist's complaintwas

broughttolightonMondaybySAIin a brief statement,which saidshewas “immediately” broughtback“toensurehersafety”--andthatapanelhasbeensetupto“in-vestigate thematter”,which “isbeingdealt(with)onpriority”.In a separate statement on

Monday, theCycling Federationof India (CFI) identified thecom-plainant and the coach, said itstands “with the complainant”andhas formedaprobepanelofitsown.Inthedetailedcomplaint,the

cyclistdescribesthecoach’scon-duct as “inappropriate, unlawfulandobjectionable”.“Iwas scheduled to leave for

the cycling training camp inSlovenia for the date 15thMay2022to14thJune2022,”thecom-plaintstates.“Afterallthelogisti-cal arrangementsweremade, tomy sheer surprise and shock,threedays beforemy scheduledtravel date, I receiveda call frommycoachMrRKSharma tellingmethat Ihave toshare theroomatHotel Balnea in Sloveniawithhimalone,”itstates.Thecyclist “enteredastateof

extremepanicandanxiousness”andhaddifficultysleeping,whichledher to seek support fromthesports psychologist attached tothecyclingNCOE,accordingtothecomplaint.“SinceIhadtocatchtheflight

to Slovenia in a couple of days, Iwas leftwith almost no time toprocesstheinformationprovidedtome by the coach,” the com-plaint states. “Inmy state of ex-tremeconfusionandanxiousnessonlosingtheopportunitytotrainabroad and attend the camp, Ithought Iwould reach Sloveniaand try to request for alternatearrangements.”Upon reaching the hotel in

Slovenia onMay 16, the com-plaintstates,thecyclistrequesteda separate roombut Sharmaal-legedlyrespondedina“rudeanddismissivemanner”andtoldherthatsheshouldhave“stayedbackinIndia”.“Subsequently,myrequestfor

aseparate/differentroomwasnotpaidheedto. Ihadnooptionbuttobe in the coach’s room,whichwasalsooriginallydesignatedtome.This isalsoshownintheho-telrecords,”thecomplaintstates.With the help of the team’s

support staff, the complaintstates, the issuewas brought tothenotice of a senior SAI official“who immediately organised aseparateroom”forher.According to the complaint,

thismovepurportedly incensedSharma,who allegedly threat-ened constantly to “destroy hercareer”.“He regularly kept making

threatening commentswith re-gardtomycareerandtoldmethatIwillberemovedfromthecyclingNCOEandhewillmakesurethatIsellvegetablesontheroad.Icon-tinuetonothaveanywordstode-scribetheextremementalagony,shockand fear that I continue tofeel till this verymoment,” thecomplaintstates.According to the complaint,

Sharmaallegedly invited the cy-clist tohis roomonMay19 for a“post-trainingmassageasheas-sumed thatmy bodywould betight post-training” but she ig-noredtherequest.ItstatesthatonMay25,thecyclistwastotraveltoGermanyforaneventalongwiththe boys' team but Sharma al-legedly did not take her along,claiming there was no spareroom.Consequently, thecyclistwas

forced to stay back in Sloveniawhile the rest of the team trav-elled toGermany, the complaintstates.“However, theworstwasyet

to come... On the 29th of May

2022, the coach returned fromGermanyearlyinthemorningatapproximately 7 am. I heard aknockonmydoor.Uponopeningthedoor,Ifound,muchtomyhor-ror, the coachphysically forcinghimself intomy room.He thenproceeded to lay on the bed.WhenIrequestedhimtoleave,heforcefully tried pullingme to-wardshimandaskedmetocomeand sleepwith him,” the com-plaintstates.“In addition, hemade com-

mentssuchas-- I shouldbehavelike hiswife as he is extremelyfondofmeandwantsmetobehiswife,” itstates.“This incident spiralledme

intoastateofshockandpanic.Atthispoint,Iwasextremelyscaredformysafety,well-being,andlife.I constantly requested himandpleadedwith him to leavemyroomandmadetheexcusethatIwas getting late for training andhadtogetready,” itstates.“Afterafewhours,Isomehow

managedtogathermyselfandmyemotionsand reported this inci-denttothesportpsychologist,”itstates.According to the complaint,

thecyclist“couldnottoleratetheadvancesandexplicitsexualover-tones”made by the coach, de-cided to leave the camp, andspoke to the CEO of TargetOlympicPodiumScheme(TOPS),PushpendraGarg,whobookedaticketforJune3.When contacted, Garg told

TheIndianExpress:“Afterwegotto knowabout the incident andthatshewasnotcomfortable,weimmediatelytoldher'wewillgetyouback'.During theperiod, SAIofficialsandtheathlete'srelation-shipmanagerwereintouchwithher.”Thecyclist's complaint states

thatthecoach“hasdestroyedmementallyandemotionally,whichis now impactingmy sportingperformance”. It ends with a“humble request”: “take thestrictest possible action againstMrR.K Sharmaandnot just en-suremysafetybutalsothesafetyofallothersaroundme,especiallyfemaleathletes.”

CancerDrAlanPVenook,acolorectal

cancerspecialistattheUniversityof California, San Francisco,whowasnot involvedwith thestudy,said he also thought thiswas afirst.Acompleteremissioninevery

singlepatientis“unheard-of,”hesaid.These rectal cancer patients

hadfacedgruelingtreatments—chemotherapy, radiation and,most likely, life-altering surgerythatcouldresultinbowel,urinaryand sexual dysfunction. Somewouldneedcolostomybags.

Theyenteredthestudythink-ing that,when itwas over, theywouldhavetoundergothosepro-ceduresbecausenoonereallyex-pectedtheirtumorstodisappear.Buttheygotasurprise:Nofur-

thertreatmentwasnecessary.“There were a lot of happy

tears,” saidDrAndreaCercek, anoncologist at Memorial SloanKetteringCancerCenterandaco-author of the paper,whichwaspresented Sunday at the annualmeetingof theAmericanSocietyofClinicalOncology.Another surprise, DrVenook

added,was that noneof thepa-tients had clinically significantcomplications.On average, one in five pa-

tientshave somesort of adversereactiontodrugsliketheonethepatients took, dostarlimab,knownas checkpoint inhibitors.Themedicationwasgiveneverythreeweeks for sixmonths andcostabout$11,000perdose.Itun-masks cancer cells, allowing theimmune system to identify anddestroythem.Whilemostadversereactions

areeasilymanaged,asmanyas3per cent to5per centof patientswho take checkpoint inhibitorshavemore severe complicationsthat,insomecases,resultinmus-cleweaknessanddifficultyswal-lowingandchewing.Theabsenceofsignificantside

effects,DrVenooksaid,means“ei-thertheydidnottreatenoughpa-tientsor,somehow,thesecancersarejustplaindifferent.”Inaneditorialaccompanying

the paper, DrHannaKSanoff oftheUniversityofNorthCarolina’sLineberger ComprehensiveCancer Center,whowas not in-volvedinthestudy,calledit“smallbut compelling.” She added,though,thatitisnotclearifthepa-tientsarecured.“Verylittleisknownaboutthe

duration of timeneeded to findoutwhether a clinical completeresponsetodostarlimabequatestocure,”DrSanoffsaid.Dr KimmieNg, a colorectal

cancerexpertatHarvardMedicalSchool,saidthatwhiletheresultswere“remarkable”and“unprece-dented,” theywould need to bereplicated.The inspiration for the rectal

cancerstudycamefromaclinicaltrial Dr Diaz led in 2017 thatMerck,thedrugmaker,funded.Itinvolved86peoplewithmetasta-ticcancer thatoriginated invari-ousparts of their bodies. But thecancers all shared a genemuta-tionthatpreventedcellsfromre-pairing damage to DNA. Thesemutations occur in4per cent ofallcancerpatients.Patients in that trial took a

Merckcheckpointinhibitor,pem-brolizumab, for up to twoyears.Tumors shrank or stabilized in

aboutone-thirdtoone-halfofthepatients, and they lived longer.Tumorsvanishedin10percentofthetrial’sparticipants.ThatledDrCercekandDrDiaz

toask:Whatwouldhappenifthedrugwere usedmuch earlier inthe course of disease, before thecancerhadachancetospread?A small biotechnology firm,

Tesaro, agreed to sponsor theirstudy. Tesaro was bought byGlaxoSmithKline.Their firstpatientwasSascha

Roth,whowas38in2019.Afterbingdetectedwithcan-

cer, shewas scheduled to startchemotherapy at GeorgetownUniversity, but a friend had in-sisted she first seeDrPhilip PatyatMemorial SloanKettering. DrPaty toldherhewas almost cer-tainhercancerincludedthemu-tationthatmadeitunlikelytore-spond well to chemotherapy.Rothwaseligibletoentertheclin-ical trial. If she had startedchemotherapy, shewould nothavebeen.After thetrial,DrCercekgave

herthenews.“Welookedatyourscans,” she said. “There is ab-solutely no cancer.” She did notneedanyfurthertreatment.“I toldmy family,”Ms. Roth

said.“Theydidn’tbelieveme.”Buttwoyears later, she still doesnothaveatraceofcancer. NYT

RS pollsPramodTiwari, flankedbyChiefMinisterAshokGehlot and stateCongresspresidentGovindSinghDotasra, participating in amagicshow. There are also videos ofsomeoftheMLAsenjoyingacul-tural show,a fewtryinghishandatsinging,anothertakingadipinthe swimming pool and a fewwomenlegislatorsstoppingtogettheirfeetwet.The BJP'sMLAs claim to be

havingafarlesslivelytimeattheDevi Ratn hotel in Jaipur.According to BJP sources, be-tweenJune6and9,thelegislatorswillhave12sessionsfocusingontheparty,itsideology,eightyearsof Modi government, Mission2023,etc.From6-7pmeveryday,therewillbesessionstotraintheMLAsonvotingintheRSpolls.Hitting out at the Congress,

BJPstatepresidentSatishPooniasaid, “AllofRajasthaniswitness-ingwhatCongressMLAsareupto— chilling in the pool, singing,dancing and all that food. Theyhavenoanswerstothepowercri-sis,peoplearerunningaroundforwater and thesepeople swim inpools.Theentiregovernmentisinbaadebandi (sequestered),”Pooniasaid.Thescenesarenodifferentat

theMayfairLakeResortinRaipur,where Congress MLAs fromHaryanaarekept.On June2, theHaryanaMLAsflewinfromDelhi

toRaipuronacharteredflightandchecked into the resort. On June10,theywillbeflownfromRaipurback home to Chandigarh on achartered flight.Only theywon'tgethomethatsoon–fromtheair-port,theywillbetakenstraighttotheHaryanaVidhanSabhawheretheywillcasttheirvote.AICCobserverRajeevShukla,

CLPleaderBhupinderHoodaandCongresscandidateAjayMaken,too,havereachedRaipurtointer-actwith theMLAsand toensuretheystayunited.Party sources told The Indian

Express that theMLAshavebeentaking morning and eveningstrollsbythelakeside—theyarenotallowedtogosight-seeingontheirown.“Wehavebeenspend-ingtimewitheachother,watch-ingmovies,playingcardsandtak-inglake-sidewalks.ChhattisgarhChiefMinister Bhupesh Baghelanda fewother seniorministersfrom the Chhattisgarh govern-ment visited us and interactedwith us,” one of the CongressMLAstoldTheIndianExpress.Anotherlegislatorsaidhelikes

his breakfast at the hotel's lake-side restaurant. “Some of theMLAs prefer to spend theirevenings in the pool and enjoytheir evening snacks anddrinks.Itismoreofavacation.Itisagoodinitiativeby theparty. It's a goodopportunitytointeractwitheachother,discusspoliticsandalsore-lax,”theMLAsaid.Two senior MLAs, Kiran

Choudhry(Tosham)andKuldeepBishnoi(Adampur),areyettojointheMLAsinRaipur.Withjusttwodays left, it is unlikely that theywill go. However, the CongresshighcommandclaimedthattheyareconfidentthatboththeMLAswouldvote for theparty'snomi-nee. While party sources saidChoudhry has been unwell,Bishnoi hasbeenopenly sulkingover not being appointed stateCongresspresident.InMaharashtra, a contest for

thesixthRajyaSabhaseatisheat-ingupbetween theMahaVikasAghadi (MVA) government andtheBJPaheadoftheJune10elec-tions.With seven candidates inthefrayforsixRajyaSabhaseats,the Shiv Sena, NCP and theCongress, constituents of theMVA, and theOppositionBJP inMaharashtra,havebegunmovingtheirMLAstotheresorts.While Sena MLAs had

checked into The Retreat Hoteland Convention Centre HotelRetreat in Malad, following ameetingwith top leadership oftheMVA,includingChiefMinisterUddhav Thackeray, NCP chiefSharad Pawar and Congress'sMallikarjunKharge,attheTridentHotel,theystayedoninthehotel.

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belowofficerrankinthethreeservices every year throughabiannual exercisewith a six-monthgap.Attheendoftheirtenure,25percentofthesere-cruitswill be inducted backintotheservices,althoughthemodalitiesforthisprocessareyettobefinalised.Sources said that candi-

datesbetweentheagesof 17-and-a-half years and21yearswillbeeligibletoapply,andre-cruitmentwillbeconductedun-der existingqualification crite-ria. The recruitswill undergotraining for six months andserve for the remainingperiod.Currently, a soldier serves fornearly17-20years.Underthenewscheme, the

startingsalarywillbeRs30,000,whichwillgouptoRs40,000bythe end of the fourth year.However, 30 per cent of thesalarywill beheldback as sav-ings,andanequalamountcon-tributedbytheGovernmentpermonth, under the Seva Nidhischeme. The total amount, be-tweenRs10 lakh toRs12 lakh,willbegiventothesoldierattheend of four years, andwill betax-free.

Sources said that based onskills acquiredduring trainingandtenure,thesoldiersarelikelytobeawardedeitheradiplomaorcreditsthatcouldbeusedforfurthereducation.Therewillbea “whole of government ap-proach” to help rehabilitatethesesoldiersafterthefour-yearperiod,theysaid.Themoveisexpectedtoad-

dress several issues related totheArmedForces,andbringre-lief tolakhsofyouthaspiringtojointheArmyandnavyandAirForceArmedForces.Therehasbeenalmostnore-

cruitment of soldiers for thethreeservicesoverthepasttwoyears.More than 1 lakh posi-tions for Junior Commissioned

Officers of OtherRanks are va-cant in theArmy, according todata shared by the DefenceMinistry in Parliament onMarch28.Morethan90recruit-mentrallieswereheldeachyearin2017,2018and2019,butonly47in2020-2021andjustfourin2021-2022 due to the pan-demic, itstated.Thenewsystem is also ex-

pected tobringan “all India, allclass”recruitmentprocesstotheservices, allowinganyonefromany region andbackground tobecomepart of all regiments,someofwhich currently havecertaindemarcations.For theGovernment, a key

advantagewouldbe savings inpension. Ithadallocatednearly

Rs1.2lakhcroreforpensiontotheDefenceMinistry and theArmed Forces in the currentfiscalyear--aboutaquarterofthe total defence budget andlargerthanthecapitalacquisi-tionallocation.Accordingtooneofseveral

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EXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI, JUNE7

UPHOLDINGA June 2019 orderof the Financial Commissionerwherein the excise licence of arestaurant was restored, theDelhi High Court has said a li-cenceundertheDelhiExciseAct,2009 cannot be cancelledmerely because ‘public senti-ment’ isagainstthelocationofaliquorvend.Justice Yashwant Varma,

whiledismissingtheappealfiledby the Department of Exciseagainst the FinancialCommissioner’s order, notedthat the solitary ground onwhich the authorities had can-celled the licence of the restau-rantwas ‘public sentiment’ and‘apprehensionofdisturbanceoflaw and order’. However, thecourt ruled that the grant of li-cence under the act and rulesframed under it are not subjectto ‘public sentiment’.“The apprehension of a law

and order situation is clearly adifferent issuealtogetherwhichmustnecessarilybe looked intoby the police authorities con-cerned.Unlessthelicenceof theliquor vend is shown to fall foulofanystatutoryprovisionoroth-erwise established to be in vio-lation of any rule or regulation,the same cannot possiblymeritcancellation merely because

‘public sentiment’ may be op-posedtoitslocation,”saidJusticeVarma in the judgment.The court further said that

public opinion or sentiment isnot germane under the Act forlocating a liquor vend. “Whilethecourtisawarethatprinciplesof res extra commercium (out-sidecommerce)applytotradeinliquor,thatwouldnotjustifythe

cancellation of a licence validlygrantedandwhich is not estab-lished to be in violation of thelaw,” said thebench.DefendingitsorderofJanuary

2018 against the restaurant, theDepartmentof Excise in itspeti-tion had argued that Section 16of the Act confers ample poweron the competent authority tocancela licencegranted“foranyreasonwhatsoever”.However,thecourtsaidade-

partment acting as a public au-thorityisobligedtoactfairlyandnotwhimsically.“Theexpression‘foranyreasonwhatsoever’can-not be recognised as empower-ingtherespondenttocancelali-cenceongroundswhicharenotcontemplatedundertheAct.Theprovisions of Section 16 cannotbe viewed as granting theDepartment of Excise a carteblanche to cancel a licencevalidly granted… on a groundwhichmay not be legally sus-tainable or not contemplatedunder the Act,” reads the judg-ment.

Can’t cancel liquor vend licenceover public sentiment, rules HC

Thecourtsaid thatpublicopinion isnotgermaneundertheAct for locatinga liquorvend.Archive

3-year-old’s rape-murder: HCsentences 3 to jail for rest of lifeEXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI, JUNE7

THEDELHIHighCourthassentenced three convictsin a three-year-old’s rapeand murder case to im-prisonment for the re-mainderoftheirlife,keep-ing in view the “diabolicand brutal manner” inwhich the offences werecommitted.“The three appellants

havebeenconvictedforthegangrapeandmurderof a

minor aged three years,therebybrutallymutilatingher private parts andsmotheringher.Inthepres-entcase,thedeathsentencehas not been awarded bythe learned trial court, butthe sentenceof life,whichwould ordinarily be up to14 years after remissions,would be inadequate, un-just and unfair to the vic-tim,”saidthecourt.InJanuary2012,apost-

mortem showed that thegirlhadbeenraped.Amanapproachedpolice statingthathehadseenthegirl in

amarket cryingwhile be-ingaccompaniedbyaman,whotoldhimshewaslost.This led to the arrest ofJamahir, Raj Kumar andBirbal. The FSL result con-firmed that the trio hadcommittedthecrime.Rejectingtheargument

that the witness wasplanted, the court said,“Version(ofwitness)iscor-roborated by the fact thatvaginal and anal swabs ofthe deceased... matchedwith theDNA samples ofJamahir, as also the twootheraccused.”

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EXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI,JUNE7

NEARLYWEEKS after at least 27peopledied inamassive fireat acommercial building in OuterDelhi’sMundka, theDelhiPoliceandforensicteamssaidtheyhavemanagedtoidentify10ofthede-ceasedpersons,andotherbodiesarestillbeingprocessed forDNAprofilingtests.OnTuesday,policesaidthree

more victims have been identi-fied, namely Madhu Devi,Narender Lal and Muskaan.Earlier, four women and threemen were identified — TaniaChauhan,Mohini, Kailash Jyani,hissonAmit,YashodaDevi,VishalSinhaandDrishtiRam.SameerSharma,DCP(Outer)

said “We informed the familymembersof threevictimsaboutthe tests, and they can collectbodies nowafter an autopsy onWednesday.”Madhu’s father, Rajesh (40)

toldTheIndianExpress,“Wehavebeencheckingwithhospitalsandpolice forweeks. A part ofme isrelieved that her bodyhas beenfound.Madhu and her cousinsPoonamand Preetiwere insidethebuilding.Wearestillwaitingfor updates on Poonam andPreeti…Wehavebeentoldtocol-lectMadhu’s body. I don’t knowif Icanseehercharredbody...”Ismail Khan (27), a business-

man,stillremembersthelastcallhe hadwith his sisterMuskaan.“Shewascryingandsaying ‘bohotdhuahai,plsbachalo’(there’salotof smoke, please save me). I

foughtwith firemenandtriedtoenterbutahugeglassslabfellonme. She sawmeand I askedherto jump from the second floor.Shewas scared... Shewanted tostart her ownbusiness. The firekilled our Muskaan and herdreams... Iwas supposed topro-tectherandI failed.”Officialssaidasthebodiesare

“highly charred,” it poses a bigchallenge for doctors andpolicetoascertainidentity.The fire broke out at a four-

storey building inMundka onMay13, killing 27persons,mostof themwomen. The families ofthe deceasedwere called to themortuary, and had identifiedeight of the deceased, with thehelp of their clothes or pieces ofjewellery.Allthebodiesweresentto Forensic Science Lab (FSL) inRohini. The team said they tooksamplesfromall27bodiestocon-firmidentities.TheDNAsampleswere extracted from the bodiesofthedeceasedwhilebloodsam-pleswere taken fromtheclosestrelatives. These were thenmatched.

ABHINAYAHARIGOVINDNEWDELHI,JUNE7

CONTROLLINGVEHICULARpol-lution could be key to reducingthe surge in ozone levels in thecity that comeswith the rise intemperature,expertssay.Over the past week, the

Central Pollution Control Board(CPCB) has identified ozone as aprominent pollutant inDelhi onJune2andJune6.DatafromtheDelhiPollution

Control Committee (DPCC) forMayalsoindicatesthatozonelev-elswerewell above the 8-hourstandard of 100 µg/m3 andhourlystandardof180µg/m3ac-cording to theNationalAmbientAirQualityStandardsatdifferentmonitoring stations onmultipledays. At 12 pm on May 20 atAnand Vihar, for instance, theozone levelwas ashighas309.8µg/m3,whileitwasaround235.9µg/m3 at the Jawaharlal NehruStadiumonMay19at1pm.Itwasevenhigher at AnandVihar at 7

pmonMay18,at345.7µg/m3.A recent analysis by the

Centre for Science andEnvironment (CSE) noted thatspatial spreadof ozone inDelhi-NCR began inMarch this yearwithearlyheatwaves.Theanaly-sishadstatedthatthegeograph-icalspreadofground-levelozonepollution in NCR inMarch andApril thisyearwasthehighest inthe past four years,with around16 stations exceeding the stan-darddailyoverthetwomonths.“Ozone is a secondary pollu-

tant.Itformsduetoatmosphericreaction amongnitrogen oxidesandVOCs (volatile organic com-pounds) in the presence of sun-light. Nitrogen oxides that areemitted fromvehicles are thereintheatmosphere.VOCsarealsopresent because of unburnt hy-drocarbons. The VOCs energisenitrogen oxides in presence ofsunlight to convert into ozone,”saidDipankarSaha,formeraddi-tionaldirector,CPCB,andformerheadofairqualitymonitoringdi-visioninDelhi.

Sunlight and high tempera-turesinsummercontributetoin-crease in ozone formation.“Reducing VOCs is important...VOCs can be controlled throughbetter fuelefficiency,”Sahasaid.AnumitaRoychowdhury, ex-

ecutivedirector,researchandad-vocacy,CSE,said,“Ozoneisnotdi-rectly emitted fromany source.The gases that come fromvehi-cles, industries, power plants…particularly nitrogen oxides andVOCs,undertheinfluenceofsun-light and temperature react to

formozone.Tocontrolozone,weneedtocontrolprecursorgases...Nitrogen oxide acts as catalystandvehiclescontributethemax-imum to nitrogen oxide emis-sions. In case of Delhi, vehicularpollutionisachallenge.Airpollu-tion control andmitigationnowisfocusedonparticulatepollutioncoming from combustion anddust, but for ozone formation,gasesaresolelyresponsible.”Ozoneisknowntobeaharm-

fulgas for thosewhohaverespi-ratoryconditionssinceitishighly

reactive, Roychowdhury said.“Evenifitincreasesforashortpe-riod,itcanhaveatriggereffectonvulnerablepeople,”sheadded.Meanwhile, theCommission

for Air Quality Management(CAQM)hasinvited“researchanddevelopmentproposals”and“pi-lot projects for field demonstra-tions” for “improvement of airquality”. TheCAQMwill providefinancial support for the pro-posed projectswhich are to becompletedwithin amaximumperiodof twoyears.

She loved cycling, wanted to become a cop: 16-yr-oldrun over while going to school, a family in mourning


THEENFORCEMENTDirectorate(ED) said Tuesday it had seizedRs2.85 crore and133gold coinsduring raids conducted in con-nectionwith amoney launder-ing case against AAPministerSatyendarJainandhisallegedas-sociates.JainhasbeenremandedtoEDcustodytill June9.In its statement on Tuesday,

the ED said, “During the search,various incriminating docu-ments and digital recordswereseized.ThecashamountingtoRs2.85 crore and 133 gold coinsweighing 1.80 kg in total fromunexplainedsourcewerefoundtobesecretedonthesaidprem-ises and were seized underPMLA.”TheEDconductedsearchop-

erationsatdifferentlocationsonMonday. The ED statement didnot say whose premises themoney and gold coinswere re-covered from.It said the search operation

has been carried out on the“premises of Satyendar KumarJain/Poonam Jain, and his ac-complices and other personswhohad either directly or indi-rectly assisted him or partici-patedintheprocessesofmoneylaunderingnamely,AnkushJain,Vaibhav Jain, Naveen Jain &Siddharth Jain (Directors ofM/sRamPrakash Jewellers Pvt Ltd),GSMatharoo (ChairmanofM/sLala Sher Singh Jivan VigyanTrust which runs PrudenceGroup of Schools), YogeshKumarJain(DirectorinM/sRamPrakash Jewellers Pvt Ltd.), fa-ther-in-law of Ankush Jain andM/sLalaSherSinghJivanVigyanTrust”.AAP,meanwhile, rallied be-

hindJainandaccusedBJPofun-leashing“amalicioushatecam-paign against him”. “The PrimeMinister has launched awitchhuntagainstAAP–especiallythegovernments of Delhi andPunjab. Lies upon lies are beingpropagated. You have all agen-ciesunderyourcontrol,butGodiswith us,” CMArvind Kejriwal

tweeted.AAP chief spokesperson

Saurabh Bhardwaj accused BJPof twisting facts and said, “ED'sraid at Jain's housewas a com-plete failure. Only Rs 2.79 lakhwas found by ED. The agencyconducted search operations atJain'shousefrom7amto2inthenightbutcouldnotfindanythingincriminating against him. PMModi's ED gave a clean chit toJainthroughitsseizurememo.Itclearly states that Rs 2.79 lakhwasfoundbutnotseizedastheywere accounted for. Modi gov-ernment's imagewas shatteredat the international level due toBJPsoitstartedafakenewscam-paignagainst Jainclaimingcashandgoldwas found in the raid.”AAPalsosharedapurported

seizurememo given by the ED.“Itisnecessarytotakenoteofthe'punchnama' or the 'seizurememo'oftheED.Thisdocumentis authenticated in presence oftwoindependentwitnessesandcontainsalistof itemsrecoveredduring the raid and subsequentaction…Thememo states, 'as aresultof thesearch,variousdoc-uments, one digital device andtwo locker keys were seized.Indian currency totalling Rs2,79,200wasalsorecovereddur-ing the search. However, thesamewas not seized.’… This isnothing but a clean chit,” headded.The ED’s case is based on a

2017CBI FIR lodgedagainst Jainunderwhich hewas accused ofhaving laundered moneythrough five companies al-legedly linked tohim.

ARNAVCHANDRASEKHARNEWDELHI, JUNE7

THE16-YEAR-OLDgirlwhodiedwhile cycling to school wantedto become a police officer, hergrandmother said on Tuesday.Thefamilyalsosaidtheyhadde-cided todonatehereyes.The girl, Neelema, and her

friend,Baby(15),studentsofSKVKarala, were hit by a Boleropickup van while cycling toschool in Delhi’s Kanjhawalaarea onMondaymorning. Theywere rushed to the hospital,where Neelema was declared

dead on arrival. She was cre-matedonMonday.Pranav Tayal, DCP (Rohini),

said, "The accused driver, VijayPal,tookthemtothehospitalbutthen absconded. Hewas tracedand arrested with the aid ofCCTVfootage."Neelema's grandmother

Manoramarecalledthelasttimeshe saw the 16-year-old: “Sheleft for school around 6 am. Iaskedherifshewantedparathasfor lunch, but she only wantedsomerice. I toldhertoridecare-fully, and she headed down thestreet. That was the last time Isawher."

Neelema lived with hergrandparents, aunt HemalataTiwarianduncleAvineshTiwari,

an auto driver. Her parents liveinEtahinUttarPradesh.“Shewasa studious child, and the classmonitor. Shewanted tobecomeapoliceofficer.Irememberwhenthe class 9 resultsweredue, shedid not eat thewhole day. Oncetheresultswereannounced,shewent out and bought sweets todistribute to thewhole neigh-bourhood,”Hemlatasaid.Her friend Tanisha (12) re-

called, "Sheused to teachall thegirlshowtodanceduringtempleevents. She alsoused to givemerides on her cycle and teachmemathematics."Manorama too said that

Neelemawasanavidcyclist."Shehadbeenaskinghergrandfathertobuyasecondhandcycleforher.Whenever she got anymoney,shewould save up for it.Whenwe finallygot it forherbirthday,she started cycling all the timearoundtheneighbourhood."On the family’s decision to

donateher eyes,Hemalata said,"Wehavealready lostNeelema.At least somebody else can seethanks toher."Her friend Babywasmean-

while shifted to the SanjayGandhi Memorial Hospital inMangolpuri. The girl’s father,JitenderKumar, sells vegetables

andspices fora living."Yesterdayherconditionwas

very serious and shewas in theICU. Shewas unconscious. Nowshe is in better condition. I do-natedbloodforheraswell,”saidherbrotherAvinash.HerecalledhowNeelemaand

Babywereinseparableeversincethey started going to the sameschool threeyearsago.AndafterNeelemagotacycleforherbirth-day threemonths ago, they hadstartedridingtoschooltogether.“Babyhas asked a few times

about Neelema. We have nottold her that she is dead,”Avinashsaid.

SEEKING SHADEAherdof sheepresting intheshadowof treesonahotsummerday.Themaximumtemperature inthenationalcapital stoodat43.5degreesCelsiusonTuesdayandtheminimumwasat27.6degrees.GajendraYadav

MONEYLAUNDERINGCASE

JainwasarrestedonMay30

Thefirebrokeoutata4-storey buildingonMay13

Expertssayvehicularpollution isachallenge

Seizures in EDraids sparkwar ofwords

NeelemawashitbyapickupvanonMonday

‘PROMINENT POLLUTANT’

To check surging ozone levels, experts suggest tackling traffic in capital

Mundka blaze: DNAtest helps identify 10


A DELHI court has acquitted aman in three separate cases re-latedtotheNortheastDelhiriots,afternoneofthewitnessesiden-tifiedhimtobepartoftheunlaw-fulassembly.District Judge Virender Bhat

acquitted PraveenGiri in a caserelatedtolootingandvandalismofshopsinKarawalNagarduringtheriotsonFebruary25,2020.Thecourtnotedthatthecom-

plainants did not identify any oftheriotersduringtheirexamina-tion.Italsoheldthatapolicewit-nessinthiscasewasgivenavideoclipoftheincident,whichhethenshowedtoasecretinformer,whoidentified the accused in thevideo as Giri based on his longhair. “It is, thus, evident that theaccusedwas implicated andar-restedinthiscaseonthegroundthathewashavinglonghairandapersonwithlonghairhadbeenidentifiedbyasecretinformerinthe video clip, whichwas takenoutfromDVRseizedfromapros-ecutionwitness.Theaccusedwasnotapprehendedonthebasisofthe statement of any eyewit-ness,”thecourtsaidinsimilaror-dersinthethreecasesonMay31.It further said that oneof the

prosecution witnesses, whoclaimed to be an eyewitness tothe riotous incident, alsodidnotidentifyGiriasarioter.“Accordingtotheprosecution,

the accusedhadbeen identifiedas a rioter firstly by a secret in-formerfromthevideocliponthebasis of which the accusedwasarrestedfromhisresidence…Thesecret informerhasnotbeenex-aminedasawitness. The prose-cution witness turned hostileanddeniedthathehadseentheaccused having long hair in theriotousmobcommittingvandal-ism,arson, etc,” it added.It stated that there was no

otherwitnesswhohadidentifiedeitherdirectlyorindirectlytheac-cusedasamemberoftheriotousmobonFebruary25,2020.“Therefore, the prosecution

hasmiserably failedtoprovethecharges against the accused.There is no conclusive evidenceon record to suggest that the ac-cusedwasamemberofunlawfulassembly on 25.02.2020whichhadcommittedvandalisation/ar-soninthepropertiesbelongingtothe three complainants. In viewof the nature of evidence led bytheprosecution,theaccusedisli-able to be acquitted andherebyacquittedassuch,”thecourtsaid.

Riots: Courtacquits manidentifiedon basis oflong hair


THEDELHIHigh Court has con-victed three Public WorksDepartment(PWD)officersanda police officer for contempt ofcourt in connectionwith dam-age caused to 80 trees at VikasMargduring constructionworklast year. Besides damaging 80trees, three were cut withoutpermission from the authority,the forestdepartment said.“The PWD has undertaken

constructionactivitiesinvolvingdeep trenchingwithinoneme-tre radius from the trunk of thetrees using heavy machinery,JCB/earth movingmachine onVikasMargnearSwasthyaViharinEastDelhi.Nopermissionhasbeentakenfromthetreeofficerortheforestdepartmentforcut-tingthetreesorcarryingouttheconstruction work, which evi-dently was in breach of thecourt’s direction,” said JusticeNajmiWaziri, while summon-ingtheofficersforsentencingonJuly7.Thecourt said thePWDoffi-

cials should have stopped “vic-timisation”andcuttingdownofthe trees.“There cannot be any con-

cretisation of landwithin a ra-dius of 6 inches around the treetrunksintermsof thedirectionsof this court, National GreenTribunal (NGT) aswell as circu-lars issued on 01.03.2021 by

PWD. All three PWD officershavechosennottocomplywiththe court’s orders, NGT orders,andindeedofPWD’sowncircu-lars,” said thebench.It also said that such exten-

sivework on one of the arterialroads of the city could not haveescaped the attention of localpolice.The station house officer of

Preet Vihar should have en-sured that he was shown duepermission by the PWDbeforecuttingthetreeorconstructingany drain or concretising theearthwithin the prohibited ra-dius.“Insofar as the SHO con-

cerned has not answered theSCN (show cause notice) nor isthere anything on record toshow that he had endeavouredto prevent damage to the trees,hewouldbedeemedtobecom-plicit inbreachof the court’s di-rections,” said thecourt.Thecourtpassedtheorderin

the petition filed by NeerajSharmaalleging glaring victim-isation of trees on account ofconstructionwork at the road.The roots of 80 trees were ex-posed, the forest departmenttold thecourt.The petitioner’s counsel

Aditya N Prasad told the courtthat 11 complaints were filedwith the PWD, forest depart-mentandDelhiPolicebuttheFIRwas registered only when thecourt asked theDCP to file a re-ply.

Damage to 80 trees:HC convicts PWDofficers and SHO


THEDELHIPolicehasregisteredan FIR against a café and bar inKailashColony for allegedly vio-latingnormsbyoperatingafter1am. The barwas in news earlierthis week when IPS officerShankar Choudhary’s namehadcomeup in connectionwith analleged incident, wherein awomanwasinjuredaftershegothitontheheadwithaglassthere.On Monday, the licensing

unithasissuedashowcauseno-tice toSkyCulture, theownerofUnculturedcafé-cum-bar,alongwiththedirectionstostopallop-erations.An officer said police have

lodged an FIRunder IPC section188(disobedience toorderdulypromulgatedbypublic servant)atGreaterKailashstationagainst

SkyCulture.Data provided by the South

districtpolicerevealedthisisnotthe first time an FIR has beenregisteredagainsttheestablish-ment. Since 2020, there havebeen two FIRs against it underIPCsection188andthreekalan-dras (legal proceedings) undertheCigarettesandOtherTobaccoProductsAct (COPTA).Asperthegeneraldiarydoc-

ument, a PCR call was receivedat 3.05 am on Saturday, and amanallegedthatChoudhary,af-terconsumingalcohol,smasheda glass on his wife’s head andfought with someone. Thewoman was taken to MaxHospital where she receivedthree stitches. The Delhi Police,however,clarifiedlaterinthedaythatChoudhary’snamecameupduetoamiscommunicationandthematterhadbeenresolvedasitwasa family issue.

FIR against bar afterIPS officer’s namecropped up in ‘brawl’

BRIEFLYHCtakessuomotunoteofunallotedflatsNew Delhi: Taking suomotu note of the delay inconstruction and allot-mentofmorethan50,000houses under theJawaharlalNehruNationalUrban Renewal Mission(JNNURM) in the capital,the Delhi High Court hassaid that the process ofcompletion of thesedwellings ought to becompleted expeditiouslyso slum dwellers can beduly rehabilitated.

MancaughtwithforeigncurrencyworthRs2.7croreNew Delhi:The CentralIndustrial Security Forcecaughtamanwithforeigncurrency worth Rs 2.7crore at Punjabi BaghMetro station Tuesday af-ternoon. Officials said themanhasbeenhandedoverto the EnforcementDirectorate for further in-vestigation. The mattercame to light when theman’s bag was beingscreenedat theMetrosta-tion

Manthreatensschooldirector,arrestedGurgaon: Three days afterthe director of a privateschoolinFarrukhnagarhadfiledapolicecomplaintal-legingthataman,claimingtobeanassociate of gang-sterLawrenceBishnoi,hadthreatened to kidnaphim,police arrested a 20-year-old former student of thesame school in the case.Policesaidtheformerstu-dent,whoworksasascrapdealer now, was arrestedby the crime branch, sec-tor31.ENS

TwintowersdemolitiondatemovedtoAugust21Noida:The tentative datefor demolition ofSupertech's ‘illegal’ twintowers inNoida has beenmoved fromAugust28 toAugust21,officialssaidonTuesday.PTI


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EXPRESSNEWSSERVICEMOHALI, JUNE7

THEPUNJABVigilanceBureauTuesdayar-restedformerstateministerandCongressleaderSadhuSinghDharamsotalongwithtwoothersoncorruptioncharges.The socialwelfare and forestminister

inthepreviousAmarinderSingh-ledgov-ernmentwasarrestedfromAmlohforbe-ing involved in organised corruptionper-taining to the issuance of permits forcutting of trees, transfer of officials, pur-chases, and issuance of no objection cer-tificates (NOC). Dharamsot, however, de-niedthecharges,sayingheisbeingframed.AMohalicourtlatersenthimtothree-

daypolicecustody.Formerminister Sangat SinghGilzian,

whowastheforestministerintheCharanjitSingh Channi-led Congress government,hasalsobeennamedintheFIR.Channibe-came theCMafter the Congress removedAmarinderSinghinSeptemberlastyear.The other two arrested by the VB are

KamalpreetSinghKamal, thenmediaad-visorofDharamsotandChamkaurSingh,retiredrangeofficer-cum-OSDtothethenminister.AVB spokesperson said that a district

forestofficer(DFO),GuramanpreetSingh,andprivatecontractorHarmohinderSinghHummywere arrested on June 2 for al-legedly demanding and accepting bribefromcoloniserDavinderSinghSandhu inlieuofnotdemolishingfarmhousesdevel-opedbyhiscompanyWWICSinthevicin-ityofNewChandigarh,Mohali.Hummydisclosedduringquestioning

that he had beenmaintaining a diary re-garding bribes given to senior officers ofthe forest department, political leadersand their front-men from time-to-timesince 2017. The perusal and investigationintothecontentsof thediaryrevealedthemodus-operandiof theculpritswhichledto their arrests, theVBsaid.Punjab VB chief director Varinder

Kumarsaidduringquestioningofthecon-tractorandtheDFO,itcametotheforethattheex-ministerwasinvolvedincorruption.

Punjab: Cong ex-ministerarrested on graft charges

Modi meetsTelangana BJPleaders, says willwork to end‘dynastic misrule’


BJPWILLworktowardsgoodgov-ernanceandendingdynasticmis-ruleinTelangana,PrimeMinisterNarendraModi said Tuesday af-termeetingadelegationofpartyleadersfromthestate.The 76-member delegation

included Union minister GKishan Reddy, Telangana BJPchief Bandi Sanjay Kumar andHyderabad civic body corpora-tors.Sourcessaidthecorporatorsbrough up “politics of appease-ment and dynasty” adopted bythe rulingTRS inTelangana.Sources said that the PM,

during his recent visit toHyderabad, had promised thecorporators he would meetthem in Delhi. After themeet-ing, Modi tweeted: “Met@BJP4Telangana corporators inGHMC and other Party leadersfrom Telangana.We hadwide-ranging discussions... BJP willwork for good governance andending dynastic misrule inTelangana.”

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KAMALDEEPSINGHBRARAMRITSAR, JUNE7

FROM BJP to Congress, fromMinisters to farm leaders, andfromRajasthan to Haryana, po-litical leaders cutting acrossparty and state lines have beenmaking a beeline to Mansa inPunjab to meet the parents ofpopular Punjabi singer SidhuMoosewalawhowas shot deadthere tendaysago.The latestvisitoronTuesday

was Congress leader RahulGandhi who posted on Twitterlaterthatit's“difficulttodescribethegrief that...Moosewala’spar-entsaregoing through”.“It's our duty to ensure jus-

tice for them,andwewill do it,”he posted before targeting the

newAAPgovernmentinPunjab.“Thestate's lawandordersitua-tion has broken down com-pletely. It'sbeyondtheAAPgov-ernment tomaintainpeace andharmonyinPunjab,”hetweeted.Shubdeep Singh Sidhu

Moosewala was the Congresscandidate fromMansa in thestate elections earlier this yearandlosttoAAP'sVijaySingla.HewaskilledonMay29byuniden-tifiedattackerswhowaylaidthevehicle which he was drivingand opened fire, killing him onthe spot. TheCongress' flagwasplaced on the singer's body be-fore thecremation.Among the other political

leaders tovisitonTuesdaywereformer chief minister CaptAmarinder Singh, founder ofPunjab Lok Congress, and his

wife Preneet Kaur, a CongressMP. The officiating Jathedar ofAkalTakht,GianiHarpreetSingh,alsomet the family.The long list of high-profile

visitors to Mansa sinceMoosewala's death includedUnionMinister and BJP leaderfromRajasthan Gajendra SinghShekhawatandCongressleader

fromthestateSachinPilot.Representing the ruling

coalitionfromHaryanawasJJP'sDigvijay Chautala who visitedthe family onMonday. RakeshTikait,whohadspearheadedtheagitation against the farm lawsinUP,hadvisitedearlier.Theotherprominentleaders

fromPunjab to visitwere SAD'sSukhbir Badal and HarsimratKaur Badal, Sunil Jakhar whoswitchedsidesfromCongresstoBJPrecently,BJPleaderAshwaniSharma, and farm leadersGurnam Chaduni and JagjitSinghDallewal.However, leaders of the rul-

ing AAP remained conspicuousby their low-key presenceamidstresentmentandangerinthe area over the government'sdecision to reduce security to

Moosewala,amongseveraloth-ers, days before the killing.Incidentally, Mansa falls in theLok Sabha constituency ofSangrur,whichisrepresentedbyChiefMinisterBhagwantMann.The first AAP leader to visit

thegrievingfamilywasAmritsarNorthMLAKunwarVijayPartapSingh on the day of cremation.Singh, incidentally, is said to beunhappywith his party's gov-ernment over a clutch of ap-pointments. Local AAP MLAGurpreetSinghBanawalivisitedthefamilysoonafterthecrema-tion.Mann arrived inMansa five

days afterMoosewala's killing.The visit sawextensive securitybeing deployed at the village,andmourners raising slogansagainst theChiefMinister.


INDIA’S BORDERS need safe-guarding,itwillneveracceptanyattempt to “unilaterally changethe status quo”, and a posturethat “departs from establishedunderstanding” will evoke itsown responses, External AffairsMinister S Jaishankar said onTuesday.Hewasaddressingfor-eign diplomatic corps at a spe-cialeventorganisedtocelebrateeight years of theModi govern-ment.“Wehaveovercomethehes-

itationsofhistoryandwillnotal-low anyone a veto on ourchoices,”hesaid. IndiahasbeenengagedwithChina for thepasttwo years over border row inEasternLadakh.Speakingofhowself-reliance

addstomakingastronger India,Jaishankar said that in the past,globalisation caused “lowereddefences”.“Inthepast,mantrasofglob-

alisation lowered its defencesand discouraged building ofdeeper strengths. That realisa-tion is responsible for the com-mitment we now see toAtmanirbharBharat,”hesaid.Jaishankar said that India

shares the international com-munity’s disappointmentwiththeUnitedNations.“While our endeavourswill

always remain supportive, wealsosharethedisappointmentof

the international communityofthe UN’s declining effective-ness,”hesaid.Jaishankar also spoke of the

triumph of diplomacy over ter-rorismaspartof theforeignpol-icyachievement.“Diplmacyhascontributedto

addressing that challenge bydelegitimisingitandbydenyingitsupportandsustenancetoter-rorism,”hesaid.He said India is looking for-

ward to joining the NuclearSuppliers Group, overcomingthe“politicalimpediments”thatare against global interest, seenas an indirect reference toChina’sobjectiontoNewDelhi'sentry into the elite group of na-tions.Speakingof India’sstanceto-

wards neighbours, Jaishankarsaid that India has a “generous,non-reciprocal approach to ourimmediateproximity”.“Whether during Covid or

current economic challenges,Indiahasgonetheextramileforitsneighboursandwillcontinuetodoso,”hesaid.Hesaid Indiahasalsoarticu-

lated a “sharp awareness” of itsextendedneighbourhoods.“It is expressed in Act East

policy…aGulf engagementandaCentralAsiainitiative,”hesaid,adding“ineachcase,whether itis leadership attention, diplo-matic energies, practical proj-ects, or shared activity, therecord isoneof higher commit-ment”.

ANISHADUTTANEWDELHI, JUNE7

THE ELECTION Commission ofIndia(EC)onTuesdaysaiditwillstartexploringpossibilitiesofre-motevotingonapilotbasis.The poll panel also said a

committeewill be set up to ex-amine issues ofmigrant voters;thiscommitteewillseekconsul-tation from political parties aswell.The EC has been thinking

over the concept of remote vot-ing over the last few years. OnNovember 12 last year, TheIndianExpresshadreportedthatthe Election Commission planstostartmappingthepopulationof migrant workers across thecountrytopreparearoadmaptointroduce remotevoting.“Voters migrate from the

place of their registration tocities and other places for edu-cation, employment and other

purposes.Itbecomesdifficultforthemtoreturntotheirregisteredpolling stations to cast theirvote,” theECsaid inastatementon Tuesday. “The Commissionfelt that time has come to ex-plorepossibilitiesofremotevot-ing,maybeonapilotbasis.”It stated that a committee

will be setup toexamine the is-sues of migrant voters. “Giventhe fact that voters andpoliticalparties are the primary stake-holders, thewider consultationwith all stakeholders, includingpolitical parties, would bestarted thereafter," theCommissionstated.In a meeting on Tuesday,

Chief Election Commissioner(CEC)RajivKumarwasinformedthat “remote areas such asDumakvillagehada71.14%voterturnout and Kalgoth villagerecorded80.45%voterturnoutinrecentelections,” thestatementmentioned.CEC Kumar had trekked

nearly 18 km to some ofUttarakhand’s most remotepolling booths in Chamoli dis-

trictintherecentAssemblypollsto assess challenges faced byelectionofficials—hehadvisitedboth Dumak and Kalgoth, andinteracted with both villagersandpollingparties there.In these remote villages, the

ECstated,“femalevoterspartic-ipated in equal numbers. ItwasfurthernotedthatinvillageslikeDumak and Kalgoth, about 20-25%registeredvotersareunableto cast their vote in their con-stituencies as they are requiredtomoveoutof theirvillage/statebroadlyonaccountof their jobsoreducationalpursuits.”"This situation opens up the

opportunity to explorepossibil-itiesof(a)muchawaitedleapfor-ward to facilitate remote votingbymigrantvoters,"theECadded.In its statement, the poll

panelnotedthatincontrast,dur-ing the 2019 General Electionquiteafewurbanconstituenciessaw poor voter turnout of lessthan50%.

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICEMUMBAI, JUNE7

THEENFORCEMENTDirectorate(ED) on Tuesday opposed thepleasfiledbyNCPleadersNawabMalikandAnilDeshmukh,whohadsoughtpermissiontovoteintheupcomingRajyaSabhaelec-tionson June10.Thecentralagencysaid"pris-

onersdonothavevotingrights".Malik and Deshmukh, who arebothMLAs,hadsought tobees-corted to the Vidhan Sabha attheir own expense for a fewhourstovoteintheelection.Thetwo are in judicial custody inconnection with two separatecasesfiledbythecentralagency.“It is pertinent to mention

that prisoners do not have vot-ing rights under theRepresentationofthePeopleAct,1951.Theright tovote isastatu-toryrightcreatedunderSection62 of the Act and the law is set-tled that the 'right to votebeingastatutoryrightissubjecttotherestrictions prescribed in theAct',” theEDreplystates.Deshmukh is lodged in

Arthur Road Jail in connectionwiththemoneylaunderingcasefiled by the ED alleging that

bribeswere taken frombar andrestaurantownersathisinstruc-tions and themoneywas laun-deredthroughatrustcontrolledby his family. He has been inprisonsince lastNovember.Malik was arrested in

February on allegations ofmoneylaunderinginconnectionwith a property in Kurla. He isadmittedinaprivatehospitalonordersof thecourt.Thecourtwillhearbothpleas

onWednesday.


TAMIL NADU topped the listamonglargerstates,followedbyGujaratandMaharashtra, intheState Food Safety Index awardsannounced by Union HealthMinister MansukhMandaviyaon Tuesday on the occasion ofWorldFoodSafetyDay.Among smaller states, Goa

was the winner, followed byManipur and Sikkim, whileJammu and Kashmir emergedtopamongUnionTerritories,fol-lowedbyDelhiandChandigarh.This was the fourth State

FoodSafety Indexaward,whichwas started in2018-19with theaim of creating a competitiveand positive change in India'sfood safety ecosystem. Statesthat showed significant im-provementwerealsofelicitated.Mandaviya said, “I hope all

statesthatreceivedawardscon-tinuetoworkhardertoimprovefood safety. The PMsays nationand nutrition are deeply con-nected — if a country has toprogress,itisveryimportantthatits citizensarehealthy.”He said the government is

workingtoensurehealthsecurityfor all through initiatives suchashealth andwellness centres andstrengtheningofdistricthospitalsunderthenationalhealthmission.Theminister also launched

theAyurvedaAahar logo,whichcontains the initials of AyurvedaandAhara, the first inDevanagriand the second in English,withfive leaves symbolising five ele-ments of nature, for easy identi-fication of ayurvedic foods. TheministeralsoreleasedaguidancedocumentonFoodBorneDiseaseOutbreak Investigation andMicrobiological Process Control,andSamplingandTestingofFishandFisheryProducts.

From BJP to Cong, all roads lead to Moosewala’s home

RahulGandhiwiththesinger’s familyonTuesday.Express

Won’tallowvetoonourchoices,saysJaishankar

Punjab cops confirm arrestof 8 who helped in murder

DELHICONFIDENTIAL

PUSH FOR 75ENVIRONMENTMINISTER Bhupender Yadavwill leave forGeneva onWednesday to attend the International LabourOrganisation'sannualconference.Duringhisvisit, theminis-ter will bemeeting officials of the Ramsar Convention onWetlands.Asapartof theCentre's 'AzadikaAmritMahotsav',Yadavis lookingfor75Ramsarsites in IndiabyAugust15thisyear,tocoincidewith75yearsofthecountry'sIndependence.TheaccreditationofawetlandasaRamsarsitemarksitasasiteof international importance. India currently has 49 Ramsarsites.TheMinistryhasalreadysentproposalsfor23moretotheConvention,andsent threemoreonTuesday.

REMARKABLE FEATMINISTEROFSTATEforRailwaysRaosahebPatilDavetooktosocialmedia to congratulate railway official Shreyas Hosurfrom the SouthWestern Railway zone for finishing theIronmanTriathlon—oneof thegruellingsingle-dayracesontheplanet.Hosurfinishedtherace,consistingof3.8kmswim-minginopenwaters,followedby180-kmonbike,and42.2kmfull-marathondistancerun, in just13hoursand26minutes.Held inHamburg,Germany, the Ironmanracesare themostcovetedamongthe triathletes.

PLEA, PONDERAN INTERESTING application landed in Delhi Golf Coursemembership committees' office from a clubmember, re-questing that a live-in partner not be charged guest fee andthatthepartnerbeaccordedtheprivilegesofaspouseisgiven.In its examination, theGolf CourseCommitteehas said thatthemembership sub-committeewill examine the case andalsoseeklegalopinion.“ThepresidentwasoftheviewthattheClub'sMemorandumandArticles of Association be studiedanda callmaybe taken if there is noviolationof thenorms.Further, itwasrequestedtoseeklegalopinioninthisregard,”itnoted.

REMOTEVOTINGreferstoamechanismthatal-lowselectors tovote fromlocationsother thanpollingstationsassignedtotheir registeredcon-stituencies—withinthecountryorevenabroad—astheEC focussesontheimportanceof “inclusive-ness” inpolls.With lakhsof votersunabletoexer-cise their franchiseonac-countof geographicalbarriersduetodifferentreasons, remotevotingaimstobridgethatgap.

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Poll panel to look at remote pollingfor migrant voters on pilot basis

State Food Safety list:TN tops big states,Goa smaller ones

RAJYASABHAPOLLS

Jaipur:BJP-backedindepend-ent RS candidate fromRajasthan,SubhashChandra,on Tuesday claimed he hastherequirednumberstosailthrough, with help of cross-voting by some ruling partyMLAs. Talking to journalistsin Jaipur, he saidhe spoke tosome Congress MLAs onphonesbutalsosentanSMSand aWhatsApp text to allCongress MLAs. With BJP’s30 and RLP’s 3, Chandra 8-9morevotes towin.

HAMZAKHAN

‘WILL SAIL THROUGHWITHCROSS-VOTING’

ED opposes Deshmukh,Malik plea to vote, saysprisoners have no rights

MOOSEWALAKILLING

Chandigarh: The Punjab PoliceTuesdaysaidtheyhavearrestedat least eight people for provid-ing logistic support, conductingrecceandharbouringtheshoot-ers who killed Punjabi singerSidhuMoosewalaonMay29.“Those arrested have been

identifiedasSandeepSinghaliasKekda of Sirsa, Haryana;Manpreet Singh aliasManna ofTalwandi Sabo, Bathinda;Manpreet Bhau of Dhaipai,Faridkot; Saraj Mintu of villageDode Kalsia, Amritsar;Prabhdeep Sidhu alias Pabbi ofTakhat-Mall, Haryana; MonuDagarofvillageRewliinSonipat,Haryana; Pawan Bishnoi andNaseeb, both residents of

Fatehabad, Haryana. The policehave also identified four shoot-ersinvolvedinthecrime,”addeda spokesperson of the PunjabPolice inawrittenstatement.ADGP Anti-Gangster Task

ForcePromodBanTuesday saidthatSandeepaliasKekda,onthedirections of Canada-basedgangster Goldy Brar and SachinThapan,whoclaims tobe jailedgangster Lawrence Bishnoi’snephew, kept a tab on SidhuMoosewala’smovementsbyim-personatingashis fan.“Kekda also clicked selfies

withMoosewala, when the lat-ter was leaving homeminutesbeforehismurder,”Banadded.

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THE RECENTLY releasedEnvironmentPerformanceIndex-2022,aglobalrankingsystemthatmeasures environmental healthandsustainabilityofcountries,hasranked India last among 180countriesthathavebeenranked.With a paltry score of 18.9,

India’s 180th ranking comes af-ter Pakistan, Bangladesh,Vietnam andMyanmar — thebottom five together make upthe poorest performing coun-tries forenvironmentalhealth.India has also scored lowon

ruleof law, control of corruptionandgovernmenteffectiveness,ac-cordingtoEPI.Indiaranked168thinEPI-2020,withascoreof27.6.TheEPI,abiennialindex,was

started in 2002 asEnvironmental SustainabilityIndex by theWorld EconomicForumincollaborationwiththeYale Center for EnvironmentalLaw and Policy and theColumbia University Center forInternational Earth ScienceInformationNetwork.

“Using40performance indi-catorsacross11issuecategories,EPI ranks 180 countries on cli-matechangeperformance,envi-ronmental health, and ecosys-tem vitality. These indicatorsprovide a gauge at a nationalscale of how close countries areto established environmentalpolicytargets,’’saystheEPIreport.OverallEPIrankingsindicate

which countries are best ad-dressing environmental chal-lenges , it states.The report has found that

“good policy results are associ-ated with wealth (GDP percapita)’’, meaning economicprosperitymakes it possible fornations to invest in policies andprogrammes that lead to desir-ableoutcomes.“Thistrendises-peciallytruefor issuecategoriesunder the umbrella of environ-mental health, as building thenecessary infrastructure topro-vide clean drinking water andsanitation, reduce ambient airpollution, control hazardouswaste, and respond to publichealthcrisesyieldslargereturnsfor humanwell-being,’’ the re-port states.

India fails green test, finishes at bottom

SOME KEY INDICATORS, AND INDIA

NEIGHBOURHOOD:WHERE INDIA STANDS

Afghanistan 81SriLanka 132China 160Nepal 162

Pakistan 176Bangladesh 177India 180

ENVIRONMENTPERFORMANCE INDEX

TOP5: Denmark, UK, Finland, Malta, Sweden

■Biodiversity 179■ProtectedAreas 177■Species 175ProtectionIndex■AirQuality 179■ClimatePolicy 165■Ecosystemvitality 178

■GreenHouseGas 171emissions

■Biodiversity 170habitat index

■PM2.5 174

■Waste 151management

I believe only a tribal childcanbring thebestmedalin theOlympics as sportsis a part of tribaltraditions.”

8,700 incidents tookplace in theNortheastwhenCongresswas inpower. This reduced to1,700underModi govt.”

Government also liftedAFSPA frommore than66per cent area in theNortheast andbroughtpeace there.”

Under Modi, number of Maoist-hit districts down by 70%: Shah

S Jaishankarwithmembersof the foreigndiplomaticcorpsinNewDelhionTuesday. Twitter/@DrSJaishankar

UnionHomeMinisterAmitShahat the inaugurationofNationalTribalResearch Instituteaspartof the ‘AzadiKaAmritMahotsav’, inNewDelhionTuesday.Anil Sharma.

GARGIVERMARAIPUR, JUNE7

IN RESPONSE to PanchayatMinister TS Singh Deo’s standagainst themining projects inHasdeoAranyaforest,theBJPhassought his resignation, saying“he should resign and join theprotesting tribals”.Speaking tomedia,BJP lead-

ers Brijmohan Agarwal andKedarKashyapsaidtheCongressdidnot careabout thepeopleofthe state. “Chhattisgarh is anATM for Congress. The partyleaders are busy looking afterother states,”Agarwal said.BhupeshBaghelrespondedto

theBJP leaders’ statements, say-ing: “If they (BJP leaders) feel sostrongly for the issue,whydon’ttheyprotestinfrontoftheCentre.Afterall,theCentreallotsmines.”On Singh Deo's statement,

the CM said, “If TS Singh Deodoesn'twant trees tobecut,notabranchwill bechopped”.

BJP, Cong spar afterminister opposesmining projects

CHHATTISGARH

New Delhi

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICESRINAGAR, JUNE7

TWOMILITANTSincludingafor-eigner were killed in an en-counterinKupwaraonTuesday.Followinginformationabout

thepresenceofmilitants,a jointteamof J-KPoliceandArmycor-doned off the Chatkaras Kandiarea of Kupwara early onTuesdaymorning. As theyweresearching, militants openedfired. The forces retaliated lead-ing toagunbattle.Inthegunfight,twomilitants

werekilledincludingaPakistaninational.Policesaidthemilitantsbelonged to Lashkar-e-Taiba(LeT)andidentifiedthePakistanimilitantasTufail.“Two terrorists of the pro-

scribed terror outfit LeT includ-ing one Pakistani terroristnamely Tufail killed. Search stillgoingon,”theJ-KPolicetweetedwhilequotingKashmir IG,VijayKumar.TheKupwara gunfight is the

second encounter in northKashmir in less than 12 hours.

This started barely hours after agunfight tookplace in Sopore innorth Kashmir. On Mondayevening,ajointteamofJ-KPoliceandArmyhad cordoned off thePaniporaforestareaofZaloorainSoporefollowinginputsaboutthepresenceofmilitants inthearea.Asthejointeamsearchedfor

themilitants in the forest area,militantsopenedfireleadingtoagunbattle.PolicesaidaPakistani

militant was killed while histhree associates including twoforeignersescaped.“OnePakistani terrorist affili-

atedwithproscribedterroroutfitLeTkilled. Incriminatingmateri-als includingarmsandammuni-tionrecovered.2FTs(Foreignter-rorists) and one local terroristescaped fromcordon.Searchgo-ingon,” J-KPolice tweetedwhilequotingthepoliceIG.

In a first, Orissa HC assesses itsown performance, lists challengesAPURVAVISHWANATHNEWDELHI, JUNE7

FROMADDRESSING the digitaldivide over access to justice,managingthedocketexplosion,listing important judgments ofeach of its 18 judges to remem-bering staff who succumbed toCovid-19, theOrissaHighCourthasbroughtoutaone-of-a-kindannualreportof itsperformancein2021.The312-pagereportoutlines

the performance of the HighCourtandthe lower judiciary inthestate.Theprojectwasunder-takenbyOrissaHighCourtChiefJustice SMuralidhar who tookofficeon January4,2021.“For any institution, intro-

spection is necessary to over-come the drawbacks and to en-hance efficiency,” the reportstated in a chapter titled'IntrospectionandChallenges'.As of December 31, 2021, a

totalof197,119civilandcriminalcases are pending before theHigh Court. The report statedthatalthoughtheHighCourtdidnot function at full strength, in-stitution of cases in 2021 in-creasedbyaround45,500cases,while disposals increased byaround44,000casesincompar-ison to 2020 figures.TheHighCourtcurrentlyhas

21 judges against a sanctionedstrengthof33judges.Thereport

statedthattheworkingstrengthof judges was only 15 in June2021and13 inOctober2021.“Still the pendency at the

endoftheyearalsosubstantiallyincreasedduetoabolitionof theOdisha Administrative Tribunaland the resultant transfer of itspendency cases to the HighCourt,” the report stated.TheHighCourthasalsobeen

abletopublishseparatemonthlycause lists for old cases. In 2021,3457 five-year-old cases, 252210-year-old cases, 90 25-year-oldcasesand140-year-oldcasewere disposed of -- 41 morecasesolderthan40yearsarestillpending.“Undoubtedly, the greatest

challenge to the judiciary isdocket explosion i.e. increase inthependencyofcases.Whiletheincrease in the institution ofcasesreflectspeople’sfaithinthejudiciary, it also poses chal-lenges,” the report stated.It lists 2-3 important judg-

ments by each of the 18 judgesof theHighCourt includingoneby Chief JusticeMuralidhar in-volvinga15-year-oldwritpeti-tion and a 7-year-old PIL afterreceiving a recent report aboutthedeathof5inmatesinOdishajails.A bench led by Justice

Muralidharhaspassedorderstosystematicallytraceovercrowd-ing in every jail and sought in-puts fromcivil societyorganisa-

tionsandresearchers.In the list of initiatives toad-

dressthedigitaldivideintheju-diciary, the report said theHighCourthadintroducednewfacil-itiesforlawyerswithinthecourtpremises.“To help overcome any dis-

advantage facedby lawyersandlitigants on account of the digi-tal divide caused by the lack ofaccess to the ICT devices andtherefore to participate in thevirtual hearings, theHighCourtprovided video conferencingcabins in itspremises. Likewise,in each of the district court VCcabinswereprovided.”The report said that with

three courtrooms -- of JusticesSK Panigrahi, BP Routray andSavitri Ratho --goingpaperless,considerablereductionwasseeninuseof paper.Printingof ordersand judg-

ments with the watermark oftheHighCourt’s logoandsend-ingHighCourt orders to subor-dinate courts digitally has alsobeenintroducedthroughacus-tomizedsoftwaremodulecalledthe Order CommunicationPortal (OCP).“Substantial time gets con-

sumed by the time such ordersreach the subordinate Courtthrough post resulting in possi-bledelayincompliance,”there-port stated, adding that morethan 40,000 orders have beencommunicated from the High

Court to various District andSubordinate Courts across theState throughOCPin2021sinceits launch inApril thatyear.The High Court has also

launched“E-Custodycertificatesystem” in November 2021 incoordination with the HomeDepartment, the PrisonsDepartment, the office of theAdvocateGeneral and theNIC.“Eventually, E-Custody

Certificate System providescomprehensiveinformationofaprisonersuchastheidentityofacriminal, address, the cases forwhich he has undergone incar-ceration,hisantecedentandpe-riodofsentenceundergone,”thereport stated.Thereportalsopaidhomage

tosixemployeesincludingcopy-ist Panduram Murmu, peonSanjeeb Kumar Barik and gar-deners Sahadev Behera andBinod Bihari Gochhi who suc-cumbedtoCovid.In his parting advice, Chief

JusticeMuralidharurgedhiscol-leagues to read “an excellentpiece titled ‘How to be a GoodJudge -- Advice to New Judges’by Mr Justice RV Raveendran,FormerJudge,SupremeCourtofIndia.”“I find it useful to goback to

it every now and then for guid-ance. I requestyou tocirculateacopythereof,bye-mail, toall ju-dicialofficersinyourjudgeship,”hewrote.

KARNATAKA

Contracttokillman;wifeheldBengaluru: Four peoplewerearrested forattemptto murder of a govern-ment employee,Bengalurururalpolicesaid.The arrested include thewife of the governmentemployee, they said. OnMay 25,Mamata's hus-bandMukunda(44),whoworksintheeducationde-partment,was returningfromofficewith his col-leagues,when twoof thearrested accused (SyedandMoula) and four oth-ers attacked him.Mukunda was injured.Police sources said thecouplehadfrequentfightsoverMamata’s business iwhich she had sufferedlosses.Mamata soughtthehelpof the third accused,Tasleem, to killMukundaandplannedtogetgovern-ment compensation andhisproperty. ENS

TELANGANA

HCsentencesfourcopstojailHyderabad:TheTelanganaHighCourthas sentencedfourpoliceofficialsinclud-ing an IPS officer to fourweeks imprisonment inacontempt of court caseover a petition regardingviolationofSupremeCourtguidelineswhile dealingwithamaritaldisputecase.The court awarded themjail termonMonday andalso imposed a fine of Rs2,000oneachofthem.Thecontemptofcourtpetitionwas filedbya49-yearoldmanandhismother. Thecourt also directed theHyderabad PoliceCommissioner to initiatedisciplinaryactionagainstthefourofficials. ENS

GOA

Hinduoutfittohost6-daymeetPanaji: The HinduJanajagrutiSamiti,aHinduoutfit, will host ‘All IndiaHindu RashtraConvention’ in Ponda,SouthGoafromJune12to18.Thisisthetenthyearofthe annual convention.The topics at the conven-tionwillinclude“legalbat-tles to protect Dharmawithin ambit of theConstitution, how to en-suresecurityandefficientadministrationofthetem-ples”,etc. ENS

BIHAR

Textile, leatherpolicysoonPatna:Bihar governmentwill announce its textileand leather policy onWednesday, in a movelikelytoboostrevenuegen-erationandemployment.Through subsidies and arangeofwaivers,itisaimedat revivingBhagalpur silkindustry. ENS

BRIEFLY

MAYURAJANWALKARPANAJI, JUNE7

A 22 -YEAR-OLDman, who al-legedly raped a BritishwomaninArambol,NorthGoaunderthepretext of givingher amassage,was arrested on Tuesday, saidpolice.TheaccusedJoelD’souzawas

arrested after an FIR under sec-tion 376 (punishment for rape)was registered against him onMonday, Shobhit Saksena,Superintendentof Police,NorthGoasaid.According to the police,

D’souza, who posed as amasseuse, lured thewoman toSweetWater Lake in Arambolunderthepretextofgivingheramud bath and raped her.However, he was not a profes-sionalmasseuse,thepolicesaid.The woman, an adult, who

was inGoaon a tourist visa hadapproachedtheUKconsulateforassistance. She approached thepolicewith officials of the con-sulate on Monday, followingwhich an FIRwas registered atthePernemPoliceStation.On Sunday, Chief Minister

Pramod Sawant, who holds thehome portfolio, had said, “Wewill take action against illegalmassage parlours...”. Saksenasaid that the police had alreadybegun taking action against ille-galmassageparlours.


INAfirst,abatchofcheetahswillbe translocated from SouthAfricatoIndiainAugustthisyearafter delays caused due to theCovid pandemic, Ministry offi-cials announcedonTuesday.Declared extinct 70 years

ago, the first batch of five-sixCheetahs will be translocatedfrom South Africa to KunoNational Park in MadhyaPradesh. This is the first timethatatrans-continentalshiftingof a large carnivore will takeplace.“All themodalitiesforbring-

ingtheCheetahhavebeencom-

pleted and the agreementwithSouthAfrica is inplace.Nowthefinal clearance fromMinistry ofExternal Affairs is awaited. OneofourteamsiscurrentlyinSouthAfrica,’’ said a senior official inthe Environment Ministry onTuesday.AteamofexpertsfromSouth

AfricawillarriveinIndiaonJune15th, and visit the park to over-see the arrangements for thetranslocation.TheMinistry is coordinating

with the National TigerConservation Authority (NTCA)aswell as theWildlife Instituteof India, which has been spear-headingtheprojectonbehalf ofthe Indiangovernment.The Cheetah is believed to

have disappeared from theIndian landscape when theMaharajaRamanujPratapSinghDeoofKoriyaisbelievedtohavehunted and shot the last threerecorded Asiatic cheetahs inIndiain1947. In1952,theIndianGovernment declared theCheetahextinct in thecountry.The only large carnivore till

date to have gone extinct in thecountry,duetoacombinationofhunting and loss of habitat, theplantoreintroduce theCheetahinthecountryhasbeenafootfordecades.While plans to reintroduce

the Cheetah to India have beenafoot for decades, the currentproposal was first floated in2009. The plan was cleared by

the Supreme Court in 2020. Ofthe six sites –Mukundara HillsTiger Reserve and ShergarhWildlife Sanctuary in Rajasthanand, Gandhi Sagar WildlifeSanctuary, Kuno National Park,Madhav National Park andNauradehiWildlifeSanctuaryinMadhya Pradesh – which hadbeen previously assessed in2010, were re-assessed byWII,outofwhichKunowas foundtobereadyfortheCheetahreloca-tion.WII experts have said that

overthecomingdecades,35-40Cheetahsarelikelytobetranslo-catedtositesacrossthecountry,once the first batch of AfricanCheetahsareabletoacclimatiseto Indianconditions.


DAYS AFTER a case was regis-tered against unknownpersonsfor allegedly sending death andrape threats to former BJPspokesperson Nupur Sharma,Delhi Police has provided secu-ritypersonneltoSharmaandherfamily,evenastheparty'sformermedia head, Naveen KumarJindal,hasdemandedthat secu-ritybeprovidedtohimandcitedthreat tohis life.The BJP had on Sunday sus-

pended Sharma and expelledJindal over their allegedderoga-toryremarksagainsttheProphet,whichhastriggeredprotestsandcondemnations.Sources said Sharma had

calledpoliceonseveraloccasionsinthelastweek,allegingthatsheand her family have been ha-rassed over her remarks on theProphet,made during a TV de-batelastmonth.DelhiPolicereg-isteredacaseandalsosentano-tice to Twitter to join theinvestigationandhelpthepolice.On May 27, Sharma filed a

complaint at the Cyber Cell unitof Delhi Police alleging shewasreceivingdeaththreatsandtherewas “targeted hatred” towardsher,policesaid.AnFIRwaslodgedthenextdaywiththeSpecialCellunderIPCSections506(criminalintimidation), 507 (criminal in-timidation by anonymous com-munication) and 509 (insultingmodestyofawoman).Duringinvestigation,Sharma

filed another complaint allegingthatagroupofpeoplewerepro-moting enmity/hatred on socialmediaregardingtheincident.“After examining the said

complaint,IPCSection153A(pro-motingenmitybetweendifferentgroups)was added in this case.Wehave sent notices to Twitterand are waiting for their re-sponse,”anofficersaidJindal, meanwhile, wrote to

DelhiPolicechiefRakeshAsthanaand stated that suspicious ele-ments are roaming around hishouseover the last fewdaysandhe fears threat to his life. Jindalwas earlier allotted six PSO andCRPFpersonnelinhissecurityde-tail, which was withdrawn inSeptember2021.“My address has beenmade

public on socialmedia. I andmyfamilymembersarebeingthreat-ened through socialmedia fromforeigncountries. Somehardlin-ersareopenlysayingthattheper-sonwhowill kill NaveenKumarJindalwillbeawarded,”hewrote.“Seeingthecurrentsituation,Ire-quest you to restoremy securityand, ifneededbe, increased.”

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICELUCKNOW,JUNE7

ABJPfunctionarywasarrestedinKanpuronTuesdayforhisallegedremarks against theProphet in aTwitterpost.HarshitSrivastavaLala,thefor-

mer district secretary of KanpurNagar's YuvaMorcha, has beenbookedunderIPC153A(promot-ingenmity),295A(deliberate,ma-liciousactsintendedtooutragere-ligious feelings) and theInformationTechnologyAct.KanpurBJPdistrict president

Sunil Bajaj said thatHarshitwascurrentlynotholdinganypost intheparty. The action against theBJP functionarycomesdaysafterclashes erupted in Kanpur overobjectionable remarksmadebyNupur Sharma, who was sus-pendedfromBJPonSunday.KanpurPoliceCommissioner

Vijay SinghMeena,meanwhile,urgedpeople tomaintainpeace.A purported video of Kanpur

ShaharQazi,HafizAbdulKuddus,also starteddoing the rounds inwhichhe is heardmaking anal-leged provocative statement.Twelve more people were ar-restedinthelast24hoursincon-nectionwithFriday'sclashes,tak-ingthetotalnumberof arrests to50. “Those involved in the June3clashes are being identifiedthroughCCTV footageandvideoclips. No action will be takenagainst any innocent person...,"saidMeena.

HinduMahasabhaleaderbooked

Aligarhpolicehave registeredanFIR against national secretary ofHinduMahasabha,PoojaShakunPandey for allegedlymakingob-jectionableremarksagainstFridayprayers on socialmedia. Noonehas been arrested so far. Pandeyand twootherswere arrested in2019 for allegedly recreating theassassination of MahatamaGandhionhisdeathanniversary.

2 militants killed in J&K encounter

Vlogger held for ‘abusing’Mamata, Abhishek

’83, ’84 officers to vie for first IRMS top panel slots: Rlys

Telangana Congdemands law forhate speech cases


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EXPRESSNEWSSERVICEHYDERABAD, JUNE7

A JUVENILEwas apprehendedTuesday in connectionwith theallegedgangrapeofaminorgirlinanupscaleareaofHyderabadonMay28,PoliceCommissionerCVAnandsaid.Withthis,policehaveapprehendedsixpersonssofar.The juvenile, Anand said,

drove the victim in the redMercedes Benz froma pub to anearbybakery.He said the juve-nilewasnotpresentintheToyotaInnova vehicle inwhich the girlwasallegedlygangraped.Police said the victim, along

with 4-5 youths, left in a redMercedesBenz fromthepubonMay28eveningandgotdownatanearbybakery.Thepersonwhodrovethecar

is the sixth accused, Anand said.“At thebakery, they all got into aToyotaInnovavehiclethatwasfol-lowing them and was beingdriven by another accused.Althoughhe (sixth accused) didnotrapethevictim,hewaspartofthegroupinvolved,”hesaid.DCPJoelDavissaidtheaccused

didnot drive far andparked theToyota Innovaat adeserted lanenear thebakerywhere thecrimewascommitted.Meanwhile, BJP leader and

DubbakaMLAMRaghunandanRaowasbookedforallegedlyre-vealing the identity of the gan-grape survivor. The FIR againstRao was lodged on a lawyer’scomplaint.“The MLA released photo-

graphsandvideosrelatedtotheincident to the media that re-vealed theminor victim’s iden-tity… (leading to) character as-sassination of the victim and…mayhavecausedtheminorvic-tim colossal distress,” the com-plaint stated.Sharing photos and a video

duringapressconferenceonJune4, Rao had accused an AIMIMMLA’ssonofbeinginvolvedinthegangrape.Hehad, however, saidthe rape survivor’s facewas notvisibleinthevideoclip,henceshewould not be identified. Rao,bookedunder IPCSection228-A(revealing identityof asexualas-saultvictim), saidhehasyet tobeservedanoticeorquestionedbythepolice.However,alawyerhimself,Raodeniedviolating ruleswhilesharingthephotosandthevideowhich,headded,wasalreadybe-ingcirculatedonsocialmedia.“I had to showthephoto and

videobecausetheHyderabadpo-licegaveacleanchittotheAIMIMMLA’s son sayinghewasnot in-volvedwhen in fact he is seen inthevehicleinthevideo,’’Raosaid.

Securitypersonnel inKupwaraonTuesday, ShuaibMasoodi

Mumbai: The Thane PoliceonTuesdaysummonedsus-pended BJP spokespersonNupurSharmatoappearbe-fore iton June22 inconnec-tion with the FIR lodgedagainst her for allegedlymakingderogatoryremarksagainst ProphetMohammad. The ThanePolice had booked Sharmabased on a complaint filedby a madrasa teacher, whoalleged that his religiousfeelings were hurt by whatSharma said in a TV newsdebate. ENS

THANE POLICESUMMONSSHARMA

Delhi Police coverto Nupur Sharma,Jindal seeks security

UP BJP functionary heldfor tweet on the Prophet

AVISHEKGDASTIDARNEWDELHI, JUNE7

DAYS AFTER notifying it, theRailways on Tuesday asked itssenior officers to send applica-tions on the panel of IndianRailwayManagement Service’sLevel16,tobeselectedfromsuit-able officerswho are currentlyservinginLevel15.As per the circular, officers

from1983and’84batches intheeightorganisedGroup-Aservices(Civil, Mechanical, Electrical,Traffic, Accounts, Personnel,Signal and Stores) are eligible toapply.

Several officers from non-Engineering services, who arecivil servants, such as Traffic,AccountsandPersonnel,pointedoutthatgoingbythiscut-off,sen-ior-mostofficersfromtheirserv-iceswill notmake the cut eventhoughtheyareworkinginLevel15, as they are from batches ofsubsequentyears.The seniority lists of the

cadresshowthatthesenior-mostTraffic service offers are frombatches1986onwards,andhenceare not eligible to apply in thisround. Same is the case withAccountsandPersonnelservices.“What is thepointofamergerofcadreswhen civil servantswill

not be eligible to apply at all,” aseniorcivilservantasked.Sources in theministry told

TheIndianExpressthatthecallforapplications is not equal to finalempanelment, anda secondcallforapplicationsfromsubsequentbatcheswillcome“verysoon”.Aseniorofficialsaid:“Thenewsys-temisyettobeestablished.Thisisjust a call for applications sowecanironoutthenewprocess.Wewillcallforapplicationsfromjun-iorbatchessoon.”All batcheswill get a chance

to apply to be empanelled, “asthereisnoagebartoapplyingandbeingempanelledinthenewsys-tem”, theofficialsaid.

EmpaneledofficersofLevel16of IRMSwill be the pool for theAppointmentsCommitteeoftheCabinet to pick suitable officersforpostingin29postsofGeneralManagers of zones, productionunitsandothers.ThenextlevelissevenpostsofLevel17,whichareRailway Board members andChairmanRailwayBoard. Asperthenewrule,anyoneinLevel15iseligibletoapplytobeempanelledforbothLevel16and17.Thecur-rentformistomakethepanelforLevel16posts.Theselectionprocessforem-

panelmentwill haveofficers go-ing through aprocess of self-as-sessment, multi-source

assessment (peers, seniors, etc),alongwith annual confidentialreportsof theofficers.Theoretically,thisnewsystem

takesawayanyadvantageordis-advantage the age factor earlierhad on posting to positions ofGeneral Manager and Boardmembers.A Departmental Promotion

Committee that will make anoverallassessmentoftheofficersfor empanelmentwill consist ofSecretary, DOP&T; Chairman&CEO,RailwayBoard,andonenon-railway officer (like SecretaryDPIIT, or SecretaryMORTH, orCEO,NITIAayog,etc.) tobenom-inatedbytheRailwaysMinister.

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICEKOLKATA,JUNE7

THEKOLKATApoliceonTuesdayarrestedaYouTuber,RoddurRoy,in Goa formaking “derogatory”remarks against West BengalChief Minister MamataBanerjee. andhernephew,TMCMPAbhishekBanerjee.“Roy has been arrested in

Goa and will be brought toKolkata on transit remand,” aseniorKolkatapoliceofficersaid.Roy purportedly made the

remarks during a FacebookLive session on the controversysurrounding Bengali singerRupankarBagchi’scommentsonBollywood singer KK, who diedhours after performing at a live

concert inKolkataonMay31.Roy,whooftenusesexpletives

inhissocialmediaposts,allegedlyhurledabarrageof abuses at theCM and the Diamond HarbourMP,apartfromotherTMCleaderssuchasFirhadHakimandMadanMitra,blamingtherulingpartyforthealleged“mismanagement”atsingerKK's last concert atNazrulManchahere.Several complaints were

subsequently filed against Royat multiple police stations inKolkata.

YouTuberRoddurRoywillbebroughttoKolkata

Juvenilenabbed,6detainedso far

Hyderabad:InthebackdropofBJPspokespersonNupurSharma’sal-legedblasphemousremarksandher suspension from the party,the TelanganaPradeshCongressCommittee has urged the stategovernment to explore optionsfor enacting a law to deal withhatespeechcases.Expressing serious concern

overthespurt inhatespeechin-cidents in the state, formerleader of Opposition in theLegislativeCouncilMohammedAli Shabbir said: “There shouldbe a separate law to deal withhatespeechcaseswithprovisionof immediatearrestandspeedytrial. Hate speech instances areon the rise as appropriate andtimely action is not being takenagainst theculprits...”. ENS

NewDelhi:Central intelligenceagenciesareonalertafter theAl-Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent(AQIS) issueda letterwarningofsuicidebombings in Indiancitiesand states over remarks againsttheProphet.Inathreat letterdatedJune6,

theAQIS said itwould launchat-tacks in Delhi, Mumbai, UttarPradesh andGujarat to “fight forthehonourof theProphet”.All the states have been in-

formedby the intelligenceagen-cies about the threat and theyhave been asked to be on highalert,sourcessaid.TheAQIS letterreferredtore-

marks about theProphet "in themost vile andevilmanner onanIndianTVchannel"andsaiditwasaskingpeopletofight "fortheho-nour" of the Prophet. It is learntthatCentralagenciesverifiedtheauthenticityoftheletterandthenasked state police forces con-cernedtobeonhighalert. ENS

AQIS issuesthreat overremarks againstthe Prophet

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PRESSTRUSTOFINDIALUCKNOW,JUNE7

A PILwas A PILwas filed in theAllahabadHighCourtonTuesdayseeking the establishment of acommitteeheadedbyaretiredorsittingjudgeoftheSupremeCourtorahighcourttoascertainthetruthregardingastructurerecentlyfoundintheGyanvapimosquecomplexinVaranasi.ThePIL, filed in the Lucknow

benchofthehighcourt,islikelytocomeupforhearingbeforeavaca-tionbenchofJusticesRajeshSinghChauhanandSubhashVidyarthionJune9.Thepetitionhasbeenfiledby

Sudhir Singh, Ravi Mishra,Mahant Balak Das, ShivendraPratapSingh,MarkendeyTiwari,RajivRaiandAtulKumarclaimingthemselvestobedevoteesofLordShiva.Thepetitionershavemade

thecentralgovernment,theUttarPradesh government and theArcheologicalSurveyofIndia(ASI)asoppositepartiesinthematter.TheHindu side has claimed

that a Shivlingwas foundduringa videography survey of theGyanvapimosque-ShringarGauricomplexlastmonth.Theclaimwasdisputedbythe

mosque committee memberswhosaiditwasapartofthewaterfountainmechanism in the ‘wa-zookhana’ reservoir, used bydevotees to perform ritual ablu-tionsbeforeofferingnamaz.The petitioners said that the

matter has been leading to dis-putesbetweencommunitiesnotonlywithinthecountrybutacrosstheworld.TheysaidthedisputescouldhavebeenavoidediftheASIand the governments had dis-chargedtheirresponsibilitybyap-pointingacommitteetoascertainthetruthregardingthestructure

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICELUCKNOW,JUNE7

THEVARANASIdistrict court onTuesday heard a fresh civil suitfiled by SwamiAvimukteshwaranand seekingpermissiontoofferprayerstotheShivling claimed to have beenfound inside the Gyanvapimosquecomplex.ThecourtofdistrictjudgeAK

Vishweshaheardthematter,butdid not issue any order on theseer's plea, said DistrictGovernment Counsel (Civil)MahendraPrasadPandey.Duringthehearing,theseer's

counsel pressedon theurgencyof the suit. However, the courthas to decidewhether themat-ter can be heardwhen the civilcourt is closed for summerbreak.Thecourt is likely to issuean

orderonWednesday.Swami

Avimukteshwaranand—who

had filed this suit on June 4 --startedfastuntodeathlastweekafter hewas denied permissionto offer prayers to the Shivlingclaimed to have been found in-side theGyanvapi complex.The Hindu side has claimed

thataShivlingwasfoundduringa videography survey of thecomplex lastmonth.The court of district judge is

already hearing an applicationchallenging themaintainabilityofanotherpleafromfivewomenwho have sought the right toworship atMaa Shringar GauriSthal on the outer wall of theGyanvapi complex. The nextdate of hearing in that applica-tion is July4.OnMay30,a local fast-track

court had listed the next hear-ing of another application--seeking permission toworshipthe claimed Shivling — for July8. In thatsuit, thepetitionerhasalsosoughtabanontheentryofMuslims into the Gyanvapicomplex.

SANATHPRASADBENGALURU, JUNE7

THEGOVERNMENT First GradeCollegeinUppinangady,whichisaffiliatedtoMangaloreUniversity,onTuesdaysuspended24girlstu-dentstillSaturday,adayafterthey

attendedclasseswearinghijabinviolationofanorderoftheCollegeDevelopmentCommittee(CDC).According to the CDC, stu-

dents are required to adhere tothe dress code in the classroomandthecorridor.“OnMonday,thegirlsviolated

theuniformrulesmultipletimes.

The teachers tried to convincethembut theywerenot readytolisten. Finally, the college princi-palconsultedalltheteachersanddecidedtokeepthegirlsawayforfourdays. If thegirlskeepviolat-ing the rules,wehave no choicebut to take strict action,” said acollegeofficial.

PIL in HC seeks panel toreveal truth of structure

Gyanvapi case: Freshplea in Varanasi courtover worship right

Hijab row: 24 girls suspended in Karnataka

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INDIA’STALLYintheQSrankingshas risento35thisyear from29in 2021, President Ram NathKovind said Tuesday. Accordingto the rankings, the Bengaluru-basedIndianInstituteofScience(IISc) has scored 100 on the re-searchparameterandjoinedtheleagueofeliteglobalinstitutions,headded.The2023editionoftheQSor

Quacquarelli Symonds worlduniversity rankings will be re-leasedThursday.Speakingattheinauguration

of the two-day Visitor'sConferenceofvice-chancellorsofcentraluniversitiesanddirectorsof institutionsofnationalimpor-tance,Kovindsaidimprovingthequality of institutions of higherlearningisofvital importanceinorder to achieve the larger goalsintheeducationsector.“We should be setting

benchmarks for the best in theworld. In the top 300, there aresix institutions (fromIndia) thisyear as against four last year (inQSrankings),”Kovindsaid.“I am especially happy to

note that the Indian Institute of

Sciencehasgotafullscoreof100on the research parameter andsharesthisdistinctionwitheighthighlyreputedinstitutionsoftheworld, including Princeton,Harvard, MIT, and Caltech,” headded.QS Ltd CEO andMD, Nunzio

Quacquarelli,waspresentatthelaunchof theconference,whichwas also attended by UnionEducationMinisterDharmendraPradhan and UGC chairpersonProfMJagadeshKumar.Prof Kumarmade a presen-

tationonthephase-wiserolloutof theNationalEducationPolicy(NEP) 2020, including the deci-siontoencourageIndianandfor-eign universities to tie up fortwinning,dual-degreeandjointdegree programmes from the2023-24academicsession.The UGC chairperson said

that the commission hasreached out to 600 foreign uni-versities and 63 foreign envoyspostedinIndiatoachievegreatercollaboration inthehigheredu-cationsector.Healsosaid that thegovern-

mentwasworking on a plan tolaunch a “One Nation OneSubscription” scheme for uni-versities toprovidestudentsac-cess tohighquality journals.

SHAJUPHILIPTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM,JUNE7

SWAPNASURESH,oneof theac-cused in the gold-smugglingthroughdiplomaticbaggagecasethat rocked the previous LDFregime, onTuesday alleged thatChief Minister Pinarayi VijayanhadtakenabagfullofcurrencytotheUAEin2016.However, Vijayan, in a state-

ment, trashed the allegation as“baseless”.Sureshwastalkingtotheme-

dia in Kochi after recording herstatement under Section 164 oftheCrPCinconnectionwithacasepertaining tomoney launderingthat came up during the probeinto gold smuggling through

diplomaticbaggagein2020afterthecustomshadseized30kggold.Suresh, a former executive

secretaryattheconsulate,toldthemedia that she had testifiedagainst Vijayan’s wife Kamala,daughterVeena,formerprincipalsecretaryMSivasankar, his chiefprincipal secretaryNaliniNetto,andformerministerKTJaleelovertheir involvement incase. “I can-notrevealmore,’’shesaid.Referring to the alleged in-

volvement of Vijayan in takingcurrencyto theUAE,Sureshsaid,“Sivasankar hadmetme for thefirst time in2016when Iwas theexecutivesecretarytotheConsulGeneral. Sivasankar toldme thatthe CMhad forgotten to carry abag,whichneededtobetakentoDubai.Whenthebagwasbroughtto the consulate (in

Thiruvananthapuram), wescanneditandrealisedthatitcon-tained currency. I cannot revealeverything aboutmy statementbeforethecourt,”shesaid.Suresh said on several occa-

sions, utensils used for cooking‘biryani’ were sent to the CliffHouse(theofficialresidenceoftheCM) from the consulate. “ThetransferofutensilsmadeofheavymetalsfromconsulatetotheCliffHouse had taken place manytimes. This hadbeendoneat theinstanceofSivasankar,”shesaid.Reacting to the allegation,

Vijayan,inastatement,saidtherewas no truth in the allegation.“When the gold smuggling casecameout, the state governmenthadurged theCentre to conducta comprehensive probe. Due topolitical reasons, certain allega-

tionshavebeenrepeatedlymadeagainstus.Thisispartofacertainagenda...I amsureKerala societywillgiveabefittingreplytothosetrying to harvest gains throughbaselessallegations,”hesaid.Sivasankar said such allega-

tionshad comeup several timesin thepast;whileNetto said sheaccompaniedtheCMtoDubai in2016 in her capacity as his chiefprincipal secretary andwas notawareofanyotherdevelopment.Meanwhile,Oppositionleader

VD Satheesan sought Vijayan’sresignation. “He has no right tocontinue as the CM. The probeinto the case did not reach any-where as part of a deal betweenthe CPI(M) and the BJP. In thewakeoftherevelationsofSuresh,thereshouldbeacomprehensivecourt-monitoredprobe,”hesaid.

ARUNJANARDHANANCHENNAI, JUNE7

TAMILNADU’SministerforHinduReligious and CharitableEndowments Department(HR&CE),SekarBabu,haswarnedtheadministrationofSriNatarajarTemple inChidambaramof legalaction against the priests if theypreventedagovernment-orderedinspectionfrombeingcarriedout.Thiscameafteragovernment

team visited the temple onTuesday to inspect accounts andadministrativedetailsandwasde-niedaccessbydikshithars,hered-itary custodians and archakas(priests)of thetemple.Whiletheinspectionwas scheduled in ad-vance andmultiple reminderswere sent to those concerned,theyrefusedtoentertaintheteam,accordingtoofficials.TheHR&CEdepartment had

sought all details related to thetemple dating back to 2014 —among others, revenue and ex-penditure,auditreportsandbankpassbooks, present status of theproperties; details of donations,jewellery, and other valuableitemsandtheirestimates;detailsof land belonging to the templeandlesseesandregisteroflessees.The government’s notice di-

rectedthetemplemanagerscon-cernedtosubmitthesedetailsbe-foreafive-membercommittee.As

thecommitteemembersreachedthepremises,theyreceivedatra-ditionalwelcomeandweretakenfor a darshan. Later, however,lawyers of thepriests presentedtheircaseandreasonsforrefusal.Minister Sekar Babu said: “I

also satwith them, trying to ex-plain that the governmentwasnot trying to take control of thetemple, but that the SupremeCourt order (of 2014)hadclearlystatedthatthisisapublictemple.”Notingthat thereare“several

complaints” against the templeadministration,theministersaid,“Itisthedepartment'sdutytolookat those complaints and findoutthe truth. If there are no issuesfound after inspection, the gov-ernment’sdutyisdone.”Onedikshithar,however, told

TheIndianExpressthattheinspec-tionwastriggeredbyahatecam-paignagainstthepriests.“Wecan-notentertainthat….Tellusaboutthe complaints filed against us;giveusdetailsaboutthe(alleged)irregularities reportedhere.Giveus the 2009 report prepared bythestategovernmentontotalas-setshere,”thedikshitharsaid.Asthegovernmentistryingto

talk to thepriests throughmulti-ple channels to prevent a stand-off,andalegalbattleovertheirre-fusal,theissueisalsobeinglinkedto the campaign to returnHindutemplestodevoteesfromthegov-ernment'sclutches.

KIRANPARSHARBENGALURU, JUNE7

ASTHEKarnatakaCongresscon-tinues its campaign of burningkhaki ‘chaddis (shorts)’ inprotestsagainst“saffronisation”ofschoolbooksinKarnataka,theBJPhas launcheda counter, andinasimilar fashion.BJP workers On Tuesday

went on a door-to-door cam-paign,collectingusedandworn-out shorts and evenunderwearwhich they said will be sent tothestateCongressofficeandalsoLeader of OppositionSiddaramaiah’shome.Slamming the Congress’s

‘burnthechaddis’campaign,BJPleader and Union MinisterPralhad Joshi onMonday said:“Their (Siddaramaiah’s and theCongress’s) chaddis have be-come loose and torn and, thus,theyareburning them.”MLC and the state unit chief

of the BJP’s SC Morcha,ChalawadiNarayanaswamysaid

party office-bearers andhewillbe personally visitingSiddaramaiah's home to han-dover the ‘chaddis’ tohim.The ‘chaddi’ came into the

spotlight lastweekwhenmem-bers of the NSUI, the studentwing of the Congress, held aprotest in front of educationministerBCNagesh’shome.The protesters were de-

manding a rollback of revisionstoschool textbooks, calling itanattempt to introduce RSS ideol-ogy among students throughtextbooks.

ENSECONOMICBUREAUNEWDELHI, JUNE7

AN AIR Arabia aircraft flyingfromChittagong in Bangladeshto Abu Dhabi, UAE, made anemergency landing atAhmedabadairport afteroneofits engines failedmid-air, a sen-iorDGCAofficial saidTuesday.

The Directorate General ofCivil Aviation (DGCA) haslaunchedaninquiry.Theofficialsaidthattheflight,operatedonafive-year old Airbus A320,landed safely at Ahmedabadaround9.25pmMonday.“None of the passengers or

crewmemberswereinjuredandtheaircraft landedsafely,theof-ficial added.

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CLASSROOM TESTAddressinglearningdeficitscalls forpedagogicalchanges,makingschoolacentreofhealing.Delhitakesastepforward

A S STUDENTSRETURN to schools after the lifting of thepandemic-enforcedcurbs, it's increasinglybecomingevident that classroomswill have tobe re-imagined toaddress thedisruption causedby thepublichealthemergency.Surveyaftersurveyhasconfirmedtheworstfearsofeducationists—theswitch

toonlineclassesinthepasttwoyearshashadnegativeimpactsonchildren'sabilitytoread,comprehendtextsanddosimplesums. Inthe lastweekofMay, theNationalAchievementSurvey (NAS), shonea light on theworrying regression in the learning capabilities of stu-dentsacrosssubjectsandgrades.Nowaseriesofreportsinthispapershowsthateachchildreturning toaDelhigovernmentschoolposesauniquechallenge to the teacher—thestu-dents not onlyhavevarying levels of competencies and learning, but almost everyoneofthemhasbeenscarreddifferentlybythepandemic.Mosteducationalpolicydocuments—includingtheNewEducationPolicy2020—have

talkedof student and teacher-centric approaches.However, the syllabushas continued toexerciseastrongholdonpedagogicpractices.Thiswillhavetochangeinthepost-pandemicclassroom. There are indications that government school teachers inDelhi are alive to theneedforlettingstudentsrecoverlostgroundattheirownpace.Theteacherisdoublingupasacounselor,evenasafriendwhoissensitivetotheneedsofstudentsrequiringspecialatten-tion.TheimprovedlearningenvironmentalsoowesmuchtotheDelhigovernment'sinitia-tivetostrengthenthefoundationalskillsofchildrenduringthesummervacations.Buttheseareearlydaysandpluggingthelearninggapsislikelytodemandmoreinnovativeapproachesfromteachers,schooladministratorsandpolicymakers.Foralargenumberofchildreninthecountry,aschool isnotonlyacentreforeducation,

but it's also aplacewhere theygetnutrition through themid-daymeal scheme (MDMS).Duringtheschoolshutdown,theCentredirectedstatestosubstitutethesemealswithdryra-tionsorcashforstudents.But,byallaccounts,theimplementationoftheschemewaspatchyduringthepandemicyears.NowareportinthispaperhasshownthattheDelhigovernmentdidnotbudgetfortheincreaseddemandformid-daymealsduringthepandemicwhengov-ernmentschoolenrollmentincreased,mostlikelybecauseoftheeconomicdistresssufferedbyasectionoftheparents.Thepost-Covideducationalrecoverywillhingenotonlyonped-agogic practices but also onhowthehealth andnutritional requirements of the child arecateredto.TheMDMS—laudedbyeducatorsforincentivisingparentstosendtheirchildrentoschools—willbecriticaltotheendeavour.TheDelhistoryholdsvaluablelessonsforedu-catorsandschooladministrators intherestof thecountry.Theywoulddowell tolearnles-sonsinclassroomautonomyfromDelhigovernmentschoolteachers.Atthesametime,theymustrecognisethattherecannotbeauniformtemplateforrecovery.

SERVICE CHARGE, PLEASEGovernment'smovetodoawaywiththechargeinrestaurantsdefieslogic.Surely, ithasbiggerchallengesonitsplate

T HERE IS THE challenge of rising inflation, slowing growth, sputtering re-forms,collapseofconsumerspending,nottotalkofgeo-politicaluncertain-ties,andthemightyIndiansarkarisplayingmaibaapfortheconsumer,seizedofapressingissue:Payingtips.NolessthantheUnionMinisterofConsumer

Affairs,whoisworkinghardtorevitaliseexports,hascalledthelevyingofservicechargeona restaurantbill anact of deceit.Officialshaveheldmeetingswith restaurant associ-ations and called for a “robust framework” to ensure compliancewith guidelines thatforbidthelevyofservicechargesbyhotelsandrestaurants.Accordingtothegovernment,levying charges for anything other than “prices displayedon themenu card alongwiththeapplicabletaxes”,without“expressconsent”ofthecustomer,constitutes“unfairtradepractices”.Suchnonsensewouldbelaughable—haditnotbeenfortheseriousnessof itsimplications.For, this is a throwback to the licencepermit rajwhen ill-thought throughandheavy-

handedgovernment interventionsmarkedeconomicpolicymaking.Clearly, thatattempttointrudeandmicro-managethatwhichthegovernmentshouldleavewellalone,contin-uestobealltoofrequent.Representativesofrestaurantassociationsarerighttostandtheirground.Collecting service charge isneither illegalnor inviolationof law.RestaurantspayGSTontheentirebill,includingservicecharge,sothegovernmentdoesn’tloseanything.Inone formor another, service charges exist across sectors: Government transactions haveprocessingfees;food-deliveryserviceshave“restaurantcharges”;ticketingplatformschargea“conveniencefee”.Therestaurantsectorhasbeenbatteredbythepandemic—asperlat-estGDPestimates, valueaddedby trade,hotels, transport andcommunicationat theendof2021-22ismuchlowerthanits2019-20levels.Fewwouldobjecttoachargedesignedtohelpthecountlessmenandwomenemployedinthesector.Moreover,asthisisnotuniformacrossrestaurants, thepresenceofalternativesimpliesnorestrictionsonchoice—thereisnocoercionoftheconsumer.Restaurantsclearlymarktheservicechargeassuchandwaiveit if theconsumerdoesnotwishtopay.Mostcollectionsfromservicechargegotothestaffandareoftenseenasanincentiveinlieuof tips.Ofcourse,thelevyoftheservicechargeshouldbe—asitisinmostcases—clearlycom-

municated to the consumer. It’s unclearwhat provoked this government intervention,where exactly are consumersbeingmade topay service chargekicking and screaming.The official actionmirrors the arbitrarinesswithwhich a domineering state continuestowieldpowerineconomicmatters.Consideringthechallengestheeconomyfacesasitemergesoutof the longCovid shadow, the finest financialminds inNorthBlock shouldworkonmattersmorepressing thanhowarestaurant tip shouldbepaid—ornot.

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NO INCENTIVE TO PERFORMCivilservantswhodogoodworkdosodespitethesystem.Thismustchange

INADDITIONTOseveralotherdamages, thecoronaviruspandemichascausedamajored-ucational breakdown. Studentswhose aca-demic levels, particularly in the rural andsemi-urbanareas,werealreadyfarbelowthetarget feel completely lost. Teachers whowent through a traumatic spell in dealingwith the Covid crisis in their families,whilenegotiatingunfamiliaronlineclasses,associ-ated technical glitches and endless onlinemeetings are also at a loss as theymeet, say,a Class VII student who has completelymissedClassesVandVI.Aseriesofreportsinthis paper has highlighted the challengesposedbytheeducationalemergencyinclass-roomsinDelhi.Thestudent, inseveralcases,could be from a family of first-generationlearners; she is not likely to have any smartdeviceorconnectivitytoattendthesporadiconlineclasses. It'salsolikelythatherparentsmayhave lost their jobs.Severalpost-pandemicstudieshaveshown

thatstudentslagbehindinall theschoolsub-jects.Ithasalsobeenshownthatonlineclasseshavenotprovedhelpfulandeducationcannotcontinue in this faceless inactivemode.A re-cent survey conducted by Vidya BhawanSociety,Udaipurshowedthatin2021,thepro-ficiency levels ofmiddle school students inHindiandEnglishweredismal.Thishappenedbecause of a comprehensive breakdown instudies during thepandemic, particularly inthe case of underprivileged studentswholackeddigitaldevices,connectivity,booksandadedicatedspacetolearn.Amuchlargersur-veycarriedoutby theNationalAchievementSurvey(NAS)of34lakhstudentsofClassesIII,V,VIIIandIXreportsastrikingdipacrosssub-jects andgrades (IE,May26). Thedipwas farsharper in rural areas compared tourbanar-eas.Thenatureandacutenessofthecrisiswillvaryfromplacetoplaceandnohomogenoussolutionislikelytobepragmatic.Deficitsinreadingcomprehensionandba-

sicmathematical abilities inevitably impactlearning inallotherschoolsubjects.All stateshavebeentryingtoaddress this issue intheirownway.However,what seemscommon totheir efforts is a desire to identify “learning

gaps” and address themquickly to create asenseof“alliswell”.Weneedtoappreciatethattherearenoshortcutsineducation.Itdemandssuitableteachers,teaching-learningmaterialsandtime.Amajorcrisisineducationisnotjustaquestionofidentifyingandaddressingsomelearninggaps.Norisitaquestionofquicklycre-ating somecapsuleprogrammes in termsoflinearandadditivelearningoutcomes.Itwouldbewrongtotreateducationinthedoctor-pa-tientmodelbasedondiagnostic,prognosisandremedial intervention.Thosewhowere closely involved in the

DistrictPrimaryEducationProgramme(DPEP)of the 1990swould recollect that theUnionMinistry of HumanResourceDevelopment,statecommitteesoneducationalresearchandtraininganddistrictinstitutesofeducationandtrainingworked inperfect sync for five yearsorso.Itwasalsopossibleatthattimetoestab-lishdistrict,blockandclusterresourcecentres(DRC,BRC,CRC).Theacademicmodeladoptedwasoneofacascade-typeoftrainingwhereacadreofstate-levelmastertrainers(MTs)wascreated througha series ofworkshops, oftenconductedbycollegeoruniversityfaculty.MTswere supposed to train the primary schoolteachersusingtheDRC,BRCsandCRCs.Asthefive-yearmission came to a close, thewholeedifice crumbled like a house of cards. TheDPEPwas implemented in273districtsof 18states.Themissionwassupposedto“overhaultheprimaryeducationsysteminthecountry”.Did anything significant happen inDPEP intermsofacademicgrowthandconceptualclar-ity of primary school students?Did our pri-maryschoolsystemgetoverhauled?Onewon-derswhether anybodywould stickher neckoutforanaffirmativeanswer.The response to the educational break-

downinthepost-pandemicperiodisagainbe-ingmadeinthesameframeworkof “diagno-sis, prognosis and treatment”. “Crack teams”arebeingcreatedtoexaminelearninggapsandoutcomesandreconfigureandreducethesyl-labus.AsmallgroupofMTswill train lakhsofteachersinashortperiodwithaguide.Suitableteaching-learningmaterialswill alsobepre-

paredtomatchthiswholeexercise.Allthiswillbereportedlydoneatbreakneckspeedtoad-dressthelearninggaps.ButcansuchaneffortproveeffectivewhentheDPEPfailedtoachieveanything substantive over a period ofmorethanfiveyears?The fact that education is about ensuring

rationalinquiryandenrichingcognitivecapac-ities needs to be recognised. This cannot bedone in ahurry.Whyshouldwealways lookformedicalormanagerialsolutionstoeduca-tionalcriseswhichdemandalong-terminter-vention?Thereisnowayonecanbringthelostyears back. But there is alsonoway that youcanusesomequickfixsolutions—online,of-flineoracombinationofthetwo—torecoverthelearningthathasbeenlost.Our schools officially run for about 180

teachingdaysorso;therealteachingdaysvaryenormouslyindifferentcontexts.Canwethinkof running theschool for240daysorso?Thepresentteacherswhoarealreadyoverworkedand traumatised shouldnotbeasked for anymorework.Weshouldfillinallteachervacan-cies.Thousandsoftrainedgraduateshavebeenwaiting for years to teach. Appoint themastemporary teacherswith immediate effect.Let’s invite our recently retired teachers andpay themwell. Some college anduniversityteachersmayvolunteertoteachinschools,say,onceaweek.Canwedevote, say, 60daysperyearforaperiodof twoyearstocoverthesyl-labusstudentshavemissed?Ratherthanopt-ingforshortcutsandaddressing“hardspots”or “learninggaps”,we should ensure a com-prehensiveresponsetoanacuteemergencyineducation. Studentsmust go through thewholesyllabusoriginallyplannedforthemandtheyshoulddosobyengaginginconceptuallychallengingtasks.Let’snotforgetthatstudentslovetogotoschoolandengageinpeer-groupactivities, sports, and cultural programmes.Goodteachersaretheir lifeline.Theybegintoavoidschoolwhenitgetsboring.

TheauthorretiredfromDelhiUniversityandisProfessorEmeritus,VidyaBhawanSociety,

Udaipur

INDIA HAS a complicated, love-hate rela-tionshipwithitsbureaucracy.Recently,twobabus of the elite IAS were the subject ofwidespreadpublicderisionwhenan inves-tigationbythisnewspaperrevealedthatoneof themhadorderedthatagovernmentsta-dium in the national capital be emptied inordertowalktheirpetdog.Aweeklater,themedia and the public feted thosewho hadsuccessfullycrackedtheUPSCexaminationinordertobecomebureaucratsofthefuture.Most countries in theworldhaveacadreofprofessional civil servants but nowhere arenewentrants to the systemof governmentcelebratedlikeinIndia. It’s likethepublicit-self hasn’t overcome the colonial legacy ofthe civil service being the grandest of pro-fessions. Thishasconsequences.Thefact isthat,75yearsafter independ-

enceand30yearsafter liberalisation, thereis still an overhang of the all-powerful, all-pervasive state. The fact also is thatdespitegrumbling and complaining about the dif-ficultyofdealingwiththegovernment, thepeopleof Indiaputon thehighestpedestalthe very personnel responsible for it.Dissatisfactionischannelledtowardspoliti-cianswho can be voted out of office everyfive years. But the bureaucracy is perma-nent. Interestingly, most ordinary peopledon’taspireforthemselvesortheirchildrento join politics which is viewed asmurky,the domain of the less-educated non-pro-fessionals. But the civil services are highlyaspirational.There are good reasons for a favourable

viewofthecivilservices.Forone,candidates

are selected onmerit based on an open ex-aminationandinterview.Onecannotinheritapositioninthecivilservices, likeinpolitics.Then there is the job security that comeswithgainingentry.Unlessacivilservantdoesanextraordinarywrong,shehasajobforlife,and steady, time-boundpromotionswhichensure that everyone retires at the top irre-spective of performance. However, in theperceived strengths of the civil services lieitsweaknesses.The single UPSC examination, which

most candidates take in their early ormid-20s, is treated as gospel. Often, it is used asan argument against lateral entry becauseunlesspeoplehavepassedthatexamination,theyaredeemedtonotbemeritoriousorde-servingofbeingingovernment.Itisalsousedtodeterminecareer trajectories.Thosewhostood first or second in their batchwhile intheir20saremorelikelytorisetoimportantpositionssuchascabinetsecretaryorforeignsecretarythirtyyears laterwhentheyare intheirlate50s.Meritandcompetencecannotbe judgedbyasingleexam.The permanence of the job is a problem

too.Punishment forover-reachormisuseofpower is a transfer, either from aweightierministrytoalighteroneorfromhigh-profilecapitals to geographically remote ones. Thetwo IASofficers responsible for the stadiumepisodehavenot lostanyseniority, salaryorstatus for their transgression.Theyhave justbeenmovedoutofthepubliceye.Eventually,theywillfindtheirwayback.Someyearsago,therewasawidelyreportedcaseofanIndianForeign Service officer based in New York

who had “misbehaved”with a flight atten-dant. His punishmentwas being recalled totheheadquartersinDelhi.Now,presumablyexonerated of any serious offence, he is anambassador to a foreign country.Punishments for such transgressions aremore severe and long lasting in the privatesector.Eveninpolitics,scandal-hitministersdon’tget transfers; theyget thesack.The result is that all civil servants, never

mindtheirabilityorcompetence,operateina systemof limitedaccountabilitywith fewincentivestoperformandplentyofopportu-nities to use and abuse their powers. Thosewhodogoodworkdosodespitethesystem.The civil services system needs to be

broughtdown from its pedestal andplacedatparwitheveryotherprofession likeelse-whereintheworld.Thiswillnothappenviapoliticaldiktat. Itrequirestheweightofpub-licopinion.Thesystemmustbemannedbycapable,competentindividuals.Thiscannotbedecidedonthebasisofoneexam.Thebadeggsneedtobeseparatedwhichcannothap-penwhenthejobisforlife. Itmaysoundrad-ical for India’s civil services but that is thewaytherestof Indiaandtheworldfunction,including the UK fromwherewe inheritedthestructure. Thebestandbrightestwill becelebrated. Theywill be given Padma andother awards. And there will be no high-handed babus to deride. India will get thegovernment itneeds for the21st century.

Thewriter is chief economist,Vedantaandwas formerlyOSD&Head,Economics,

Finance&Commerce,NITIAayog

Deficits in readingcomprehension and basicmathematical abilitiesinevitably impact learning inall other school subjects. Allstates have been trying toaddress this issue in theirown way. However, whatseems common to theirefforts is a desire to identify‘learning gaps’ and addressthem quickly to create asense of ‘all is well’. We needto appreciate that there areno shortcuts in education. Itdemands suitable teachers,teaching-learning materialsand time. A major crisis ineducation is not just aquestion of identifying andaddressing some learninggaps.

The permanence of the job isa problem too. Punishmentfor over-reach or misuse ofpower is a transfer, eitherfrom a weightier ministry toa lighter one or from high-profile capitals togeographically remote ones.The two IAS officersresponsible for the stadiumepisode have not lost anyseniority, salary or status fortheir transgression. Theyhave just been moved out ofthe public eye. Eventually,they will find their way back.

FOUNDED BY

RAMNATH GOENKA

B E C A U S E T H E T R U T H I N V O L V E S U S A L L

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WORDLYWISENine-tenthsof education is encouragement.

—Anatole FranceTHEEDITORIALPAGE

PM ON AKALISTHEPRIMEMINISTERhasdeclaredthat theGovernment is determined to put downmisguided elements in Punjab. She hascalledupontheAkalis togiveuptheirmen-tal reservations. She genuinely desires anearlysolutiontowhatever legitimategriev-ances the Akalis may have. The PrimeMinister said that by any test Punjab wasnotdiscriminatedagainst, economicallyorpolitically.EvenmoreunsubstantiatedwastheallegationthatSikhswerebeingdeniedtheir rights. Mrs Gandhi said that thosewhowereoutof powerwere trying tooustthe ruling party andwere using allmeansfor it.

RESETTLEMENT ROWB.K. NEHRU, GOVERNOR of Jammu andKashmir,metthePrimeMinisterandreport-edly discussed with her the controversialKashmir Resettlement Bill. The bill, whichhasevokedwidespreadcriticismalloverthecountry,isawaitingGovernor'sassentbeforeit becomes a law. Nehru also flew into theCapital for crucial consultations on the po-litical, legalandconstitutionalaspectsof thebill which provides for granting of citizen-ship to those state subjects who hadmi-gratedtoPakistanatthetimeofPartitionandwhowant to return to the state. Thesepeo-plewillhavetogiveproofof theirbeingstatesubjectsbeforemigration.

PLO BOMBEDISRAELI JETS BOMBED the nerve centre ofYasser Arafat's Palestinian LiberationOrganisation as ground forces capped thesecond day of Israel's invasion of southernLebanon by laying seige to themajor portcities of Sidon and Tyre, the PLO reported.Arafat's owncommandbunkerwasnot hit,butastringofadjacenthigh-riseapartmentbuildings housing various PLO informationand political offices was struck in the 10-minute air assaults on the Fakhani neigh-bourhoodinsouthBeirut, thecommuniquesaid.ThiswasthefirstIsraeliairraidonBeirutsinceIsraeligroundforcesinvadedsouthernLebanon.

JUNE 8, 1982, FORTYYEARSAGO

THE LETTUCE RUSELet'sfaceit.Thetokenleafisoutofplaceinfastfood,acelebration

ofsodium-heavy,deep-friedgoodness

F EWTHINGSINthisworldhavetheirpurposeasclearly laidoutas lettuce.Thewholepointof it—specifically,themostwidelyusedicebergvariety—istoadda veneer of virtue to the fast-food eater’s experience. Place a pale green leafbetween themustard-slathered bun and thick, juicy patty, and you’ve gone

somewaytowardsmitigatingtheartery-hardeningqualitiesofaburger.Almostanyonewhoeats burgers—and rolls, sandwiches, tacos, nachos—knows that the first step to-wardsanenjoyablemeal is takingout thesoggy leaf.Clearly,thisknowledgedidnotinformKFCAustralia’srecentattempttograpplewith

the lettuce shortage in the country. The fast foodchainannounced that it is replacingatleast someof the lettuce in itsofferingswithcabbage.Cabbagemayhave its supporters,whowill likely tom-tom its superiornutritional profile, crunchier texture andmore ro-bustflavour.Butthefactremainsthatnobodyeatsfast foodforhealth—it issupposedtobepurely a celebrationof sodium-laden, deep-friedgoodness that onemayormaynotregreteatinginthedistantfuture,butwhichissuretosatisfyoneintheimmediateterm.Whyruin theexperience for themereappearanceof virtue?Indeed,theonlyfoodinwhichlettucecanbesaidtohavearightfulplaceisaBLTsand-

wichbecause,well, it’s inthename.Fromeverywhereelse, thesad,soddenleaf couldbebanishedwithout reallybeingmissed.

RamaKantAgnihotri

The education emergency

New Delhi


WHATTHEOTHERSSAY“As Boris Johnson attempts to move on from a painful, authority-drainingvote, it’s hard to escape the feeling that this cat is on his ninth and final life.”

—THENEWYORKTIMESTHE IDEASPAGEWWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

Go back to the iconic frameof Bannister breasting thetape to check the coachStampfl’s pain prognosis. Ifpain had a face, thephotographer had capturedit beautifully. The Englishrunner’s lungs seem to havegiven up, the mind lookstired asking the limbs tostop. Bannister's body onthat rainy summer eveningstayed stubborn, it keptflying towards the finish line.He would later say that thefinal few seconds seemed likean eternity.

IN THEGYANVAPImosque/temple clash,the“Hinduside”seemstobewinningtheperception battle. Claiming their sover-eignreligious right toofferdailyShringarGauri prayers on the mosque premises,the petitioners have also demanded thatthe domes of the structure as well as awall be demolished. The latest petitionprays thatMuslimsnot be allowed in themosquesince itwasconstructedafterde-stroying the Gyanvapi temple 350 yearsago on the orders of the ruthlessMughalruler, Aurangzeb.Knock-off demands for altering cen-

turies-old practices of worship atmosques inMathura, Pune,Goa,MadhyaPradesh andMehrauli are ringing acrossthe country. The TajMahal’s foundationshave also felt the first tremors of Hinduvictimhood. InDelhi theneedlehasbeenpushedback800years,withademandtoexcavatethetruthabouttheQutubMinarandthe“belief” that itsmosquewasbuiltafter destroying 27 Hindu and Jain tem-ples. For the moment, in an exceptionalshow of bravery, the ArchaeologicalSurvey of India (ASI) has rejected thesedemands,but somesentimentsarewait-ingtobeoffendedattheASI’smulishness.By comparison, the “Muslim side’s”

counter-arguments intheVaranasicourts(and in the Supreme Court), appear sub-dued and astringent, as if intimidated bythepeople’scourtof themedia. In fact theflames of Hindu “hurt and pain” havereached Aurangzeb’s grave inAurangabad, where the government hasrampeduppolice bandobast.At Varanasi’s Gyanvapi, the hurricane

of Hindu entitlement to themosque hasgathered such heft that it appears likelythat long before Varanasi’s district judgeforwardshis findings regarding the “reli-giousnature”of themosque/templetotheSupremeCourt in July, anunofficial dele-gationofHindudevoteeswillhave foundaway toworship at the “shivling”which,they claim, has beenwaiting stoically forover three centuries in the septic pool ofthe “wuzukhana”.So,asaHindu, Iaskmyself, “Whatwill

wemake of what we see whenwe get adarshan of this ‘shivling’?” In the Hinduunderstanding, since the deity is presentintheimageorstoneidol, thedarshanwillbe charged with religious meaning. Thedarshan is asmuch to seeas tobe seenbythe deity. Ideally, the devotees will alsotouch the “shivling” with their hands(sparsh) and will then touch their ownlimbs to sanctify the presence of the var-iousdeities that Shiva embodies (nyasa).The Hindus’ “vibrant capacity for im-

age-making”(DianaEck)willalsopivottothe 500-year old grand temple whichwould have housed this “shivling” andother powerful deities, the remnants ofwhichhavebeenpurportedlyfoundinthebasement of themosque. On amoonless

night centuries ago, a ritually purifiedpriestwouldhaveestablishedthe“breathof life” inthedeities (pranpratishtha), andthen in the last ritual, the deity’s eyeswould have been opened with a goldenneedle, for it tomount aperpetualwatchoverGyanvapi.The“Hinduside”assertsthatitwasthis

consecratedandreveredGyanvapitemplethat the iron-fisted Aurangzeb purport-edlyjackbootedtobuildamosque.Butto-day,350yearsafter thetemplewas laidtowaste, at least twoniggling questions aresimmeringinthe“vibrantimagination”ofdevoutHindus.One,whileAurangzebhadthe highest number of Hindumansabdarhighofficials inhisgovernmentinkeyde-cision-making positions, what causedthese notables to stand by and allow thistemple(and3,000others)tobevandalisedanddestroyedbyhisraiders?Whenarulermanufacturesanairof invincibilityaccom-paniedby aweaponised ecosystem, doesit immobiliseeventhoseattheapexof thefoodchain?The secondquestion thatmustbean-

swered by the “Hindu side” petitionerswho are in various courts today is this:WhydidAurangzeb’sMuslimmarauder-sycophants not smash and destroy thestoneshaftof the“shivling”anytimedur-ing the last 350 years? Is it because theycould not summon the seething rage re-quiredtodestroy it (a ragewhichthekar-sevaks summoned easily when they de-stroyed the Babri Masjid)? Or for twelvegenerationshavetheMuslimsconsideredthe“shivling”asmorethanjuststoneandslabs and sticks?TheVaranasi lanes leading to theholy

Kashi Vishwanath temple and Gyanvapimosque and the entire sacred geographyof theghatshavepossiblythehighestden-sity of renouncers in the world, the re-spectedperpetualpilgrimswhohave lefthomeandfamilyforahomeless life.Atthesametime, thesacredtriangledefinedbytheriverGanga, theghatsencrustedonitsbanksandthetemplesthatrunuptheoldcity like civilisational islands of religios-ity,alsohasthehighestdensityofpersonswaitingcalmly todiehere toattainmukti(liberation) from thisworld.Karma, tolerance, renunciation and

liberation are the leitmotifs of theVaranasi of Hindus. And yet, bafflingly, itis in thisother-worldlysetting,wherethesoul drifts into view in the embers of thecremation pyres, that the Gyanvapi realestate fights are beingwaged.Varanasi is said to be the permanent

earthlyhomeofShiva,andthecity isoftencalled Avimukta, the “Never-Forsaken”.Thenandnow,Shivathrives inbinaries—carrying a snake as an ornament on hisarmandyetwiththelife-givingGangalat-ticed inhis hair; a fearful demonpressedunderhis footandyetwithhishandraisedinblessing;dancinginfrenziedswirlsandyetwitha countenance that is absolutelyserene.Freightedwiththesebinaries, it isthereforeeasyto imaginethatShivahim-self placed amosque in a temple, urgingustooozethroughthebarbedwireofby-gone centuries and present-day toxins,and tomakenewunities of old fractures,not only for the next 500 years, but intoperpetuity.

Thewriter is a senior journalist

BUT FOR A singular moment while on thetrain to Oxford for an important athleticmeet, Roger Bannister had a rather unin-spiring start to what eventually would bethemostmemorabledayofhis life. Itwouldget marked forever as a seminal date intrack and field history, some would alsoconsider it a milestone run that redefinedthe limits of humanendeavour.The story goes that onMay 6, 1954, the

amateur runner and full-timemedical stu-dent fromLondonhadhisusualbreakfastofwarmporridge, attended to patients in theOPD,sharpenedhisspikesonthegrindstoneat thehospital lab and, after his shift, joinedthecrowdofdailycommutersatPaddingtontubestation.Bannister, 25 then, had plans to give his

all over amile that evening. For the athletekeentopursueadvancedneurology,thiswastobehis final shot at breaking the4-minutebarrier. The weather, however, was in nomoodtomakeiteasier forhim.With thewinds howling and rain drops

getting larger, Bannister, while on the train,wastemptedtopostponehisattemptatmak-inghistory. Itwas then thathisAussie coachFranz Stampfl cleared his cloudedmind. “Ifthere is only a half-good chance, youmaynever forgiveyourself formissingit,”hesaidbeforeutteringthemagicalwordsthatwouldring through time. “Youwill feel pain, butwhat’spain?”For a species that iswired to chase com-

forts and spendsmost of its waking hoursthinkingofways tomake lifeeasy, Stampfl'smatter-of-factdismissalofphysicalsuffering,a cold handshakewith pain, sounds unreal.It's an emotion alien to themajority — themortals inclined towincemuch before thepin-prickofthevaccinationneedle,poppain-killers to dealwith aminor sprain and fussoverahoneybeesting.Awayfromtheworldofthemollycoddled,

are sporting arenas, the home of hardenedmenandwomen.Theirideaofasatisfyingdayoftrainingwouldmeancoughingbloodafteraworkoutandgettingdizzywithpain in thelimbs.Ontopoftheirpyramidarethosewithhigher pain-thresholds and the capacity tokeepreturningtothesetorturechamberswithunbridled enthusiasm. They are those forwhomlifeisanunending24-hourcycleoffirstgetting their bodies battered and recoveringin time to get battered again. All donewill-ingly, with gusto.While on this punishingschedule, they log those proverbial 10,000hourstobemastersoftheircraftandgethailedasgiftedgeniusesbytheworld.Men likeRafaelNadal, SachinTendulkar,

DiegoMaradonahaven'tletfragileligaments,damaged elbow andmangled ankle — alltear-inducingpainful,career-threateningset-backs—downsizetheirambitions.Theyhaveall looked the bull in the eyes and said,“What'spain?”When just 18, Nadal was told that he

had an inherent weakness, his ligamentsweren't strong enough to hold his ankle. Itwas a heart-breaking diagnosis. It wassomething that couldn't be rectified, theyoungSpainardwouldhavetomanagepainall his life. There were those who advisedhimtotonedownthephysicalityofhis ten-nis. Nadal doesn't glide around the court

likeaRogerFederer.His is the“scamperingonthebaseline”hustleandhewasn'tgivingup on the only way he played the game.Legends of the game are too sure aboutthemselves, theydon't listentoadviceeas-ily, even if it's themedical kind.Till date,Nadal's callingcard remains the

relentlesspursuitoftheball.FourteenFrenchtitlesmeanhehas run the full course on thetoughest Slamseveral timesover. Itwas saidthat theweak ligamentswouldcauseexcru-ciating pain, or get snapped, because of thetwists, turns and torque the red clayputs ontheankle.RolandGarrosisnoposhserve-and-volleyWimbledon-likeaffair.It'stheworkingman'sSlam:Nosweat,nosilverware.Nadal'squarter-finalagainstDjokovicthis

yearstartedinMayandendedinJune.Beforethetournamenthehadspokenaboutpain,attheendof it, he sharedhowhedealtwith it.Henumbedhisankle,riskeddamagetoliga-ments— all to be on the podiumalone andbite thewingsof thesparklingbowl.InarecentinterviewtoTheIndianExpress,

Tendulkar had spoken about pain and thephaseofhiscareerwhenhewasoperatedvir-tually everyyear. “In2003, I hada left fingerinjury, In 2004, I had the tennis elbow andhad an operation in 2005. Around 2006-07,shoulder and right bicep also needed to beoperated upon. I also had a couple of groinsurgeries.Then,therewasanotherwristsur-gery later inmycareer.” Theelbowrecoverywasmostpainful.Tendulkarsaidhecouldn'tliftacoffeemug.If lockedinaroom,hecould-n'tturntheknob.Holdinghisextraheavybatwasoutof thequestion.ThatTendulkarexpressionof helpless-

ness when he hit rock bottom could beseen on Maradona's face when he got in-jured or was brought down after a roughtackle. The Asif Kapadia docu-feature filmonthegreatest footballereverhasaprivatemoment of despair.It's from Maradona's days at Napoli,

wherehis backers, underworldbosses anddodgyowners,wantedhimon the field foreverymatchatanycost.He's lyingonadoc-tor's tablewithfacedown,andapairof am-ateurhandsaredrillingholeswithamicro-slim long needle on his back. Maradonawrithes inpain, but says that theagony is alittle less than last time. Themanwith theneedles says,without any guilt, last time it

waswithoutanesthesia. Inthebackground,hiswife Claudia Villafane, says, “Hewouldget five different injections in differentplaces, and he would play the next day.Diego would bite the pillow because ofpain.” Cut toMaradona's face,who lets outaheart-breaking groan.Beforethat,whileatBarcelona,hehadgot

caught inadiabolical lunge fromadefendercalled Andoni Goikoetxea aka Butcher ofBilbao. Of his trauma,Maradonawould say,theblowtotheanklewasfollowedbyasound“likeapieceofwoodsplitting”.Like a true friend, in thick and thin, pain

accompanies thosedriventosucceed.Go back to the iconic frameof Bannister

breasting the tape to check the coachStampfl's pain prognosis. If pain had a face,thephotographerhadcaptureditbeautifully.TheEnglishrunner'slungsseemtohavegivenup, themind looks tired asking the limbs tostop.Bannister'sbodyonthatrainysummerevening stayed stubborn, it kept flying to-wardsthefinish line.Hewouldlatersaythatthefinal fewsec-

onds seemed likeaneternity. Bannisterwasconscious that in case the clockwouldwintherace, therewouldbenoarmtoholdhimbeyondthefinish lineand“theworldwouldseemacold, forbiddingplace.”His final leapforthelinewastosavehimself frombeingre-memberedasanalso-ran,avaliant trierandasorry figure.Theeffort took its toll.“Icollapsed,almostunconscious,withan

armoneithersideofme.Itwasonlythenthatrealpainovertookme... Ifeltlikeanexplodedflashbulb,”wasBannister'srecollectionofhiseuphoric moment. It could well be Rafasprawledonredclay.Science says that pain has the power to

enhancepleasure. Experts talk about aphe-nomenon called “the runner's high” — thepleasant feeling of lightheadedness after anexhaustiveworkout.It'sattributedtotheflowof opioids, a chemical triggeredby thebodywhenitexperiencespain.It's that heady feeling only the greats

would have experienced. As for themortalsand themollycoddled, forwant of a betterparallel, it'slikethebeertastingbetterafteralongharddayorashikanjibeingsweeteraf-terbeingout inthesun.

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What Shiva wants

CHANGING TIDESTHIS REFERS TO the article, ‘Opening adoorinKabul’(IE,June7).NewDelhihasbeentakingnoteofthegroundrealityinAfghanistan since the fall of Kabul, andIndia's first-ever official delegation toAfghanistan is a pragmatic move onIndia'sparttoofficiallyacknowledgethechangingtimes.Indiahasbeensupport-ive of the leadership of the NorthernAlliance that led to the toppling of theTalibanregimein2001,butcircumstan-tial realities of those times left India nooptionbutto lockhornswithanti-Indiaelements.TheNationalResistanceFrontofAfghanistandoesn'tseemtobeasef-fectivetobecalledasNorthernAlliance2.0,andareluctantWest,today,isnotin-terestedininterveningmilitarily,soIndiawillhavetoengagewiththerulersofthedayinAfghanistantosecureitsinterests.

SudipKumarDey,Barasat

TAKE CHARGETHISREFERSTOtheeditorial, ‘HateandApology’(IE,June6).Withthefurorem-anatingfromtheGulfattheuncalled-forremarksbyitsspokespersons,theBJPhassprungintoactiontododamagecontrol.Thepartyshouldrealisethattheconsis-tentsilencebyitstopleadership,asithasalways done on sensitive issues, hurtsIndia’ssecularimageintheworld.Whileactionhasbeentakenthistimebecausethe carefully nurtured Indo-Gulf rela-tionswere at stake, this vigour in ad-dressing concerns is generallymissing.With rabble-rousers and fundamental-

ists onboth sides of theHindu-Muslimdividenotwilling toyieldan inch,play-ing to the gallery formyopic politicalendsiscertainlynotasagaciousstrategy.

VijaiPant,Hempur

MORE ENGAGEMENTTHISREFERSTOtheeditorial,‘Re-engag-ingKabul’(IE,June7).Thedecisiontakenby the Indian government to depute adiplomatic delegation for meetingTaliban officialsmarks a shift from thepolicyNewDelhi adopted in the 1990swhen the Taliban was in power inAfghanistanandIndiadecidedonastrat-egy of disengagementwithKabul. Thisvisitwouldalsoclear theway forbetterengagement which is important formanyreasons.IndiahasinvestedbillionsofdollarswhichitwouldwanttoprotectandretaintheAfghanpeople’sgoodwill.NewDelhiwouldalsonotlikehistorytorepeat itself andwouldwant commit-ments from the Taliban not to supportthe anti-India groups unlike the era of1990s. It’s against India’s interests thattheTalibanremainsaPakistani satelliteforever. NewDelhi can’t achieve any ofthese objectiveswithout engaging theTaliban. But, at the same time, Indiashould be slow in offering diplomaticrecognition to the Taliban’s orthodoxregime.Indiashouldworkwithotherre-gional and global players to pursue theTalibantoadoptamoreprogressiveout-look,whileatthesametimemaintainingapolicyofgradualbilateralengagement.

SanjayChopra,Mohali

LETTERS TO THEEDITOR

INDIAISTHEbelovedhomeforpractitionersofallmajorreligionsintheworld.Indiancul-ture accepts diversity of faiths and beliefs.Religious harmony and social cohesion aretwocoreelementsforprogressanddevelop-ment. In thewords of KMMunshi: “Indianculture is a living force. It absorbs alien ele-mentswhennecessarybuttransmutesthemintoanewpatternofhomogeneousrichness.It is, therefore, a tremendous forceof powerand beauty,whichmade uswhatwe are intheworld today; andwillmakeuswhatwewanttobe intheworldtomorrow.”Thereare,however,someworrisomede-

velopmentsemergingonsustainingreligiousamity. From time immemorial, human be-ingshavepractiseddivisivenesscontinuouslyononegroundortheother.Religionhasbeenusedunashamedly todividepeople, thoughthere have been several other factors likecolour, race, caste, untouchability etc thathavebeenadivisive influence in thesociety.Over the last threedecades, themostsuffer-ingswereinflictedonhumanityinthenameof religion. Nani Palkhivala, a brilliantmindofthe20thcenturywrote:“Amanmaystudyorpracticereligion.Butifheisafanaticalfun-damentalist,hedeservestorankasareligiousilliterate,whateverhisformaleducationmaybe.ThewordsofTSElliotcometoone’smind:

‘We had the experience, but missed themeaning.'Areligiousbigotmayhavemadeastudy of theology but, by definition, he hasnotunderstoodthetruemeaningofreligion.‘Fanatics have their dreams,’ said Keats,wherewiththeyweaveaparadiseforasect.”Every true religious person understands,basedontheprinciplesofhisownprofessedreligion,thattheultimategoalofallreligionsisthesame,thatonlythepathsarearticulatedin variedways. Hatred and violence againstother religions is generated and createdthroughmisinterpretationsandmisinforma-tionbyill-equippedmindswhohavesmallergains in sight andwho could be called reli-gionilliterates.Suchpersonsareseverelyde-voidof thatbasichumaninstinctofcompas-sion. His Holiness Dalai Lama refers to hismotherashisteacherofcompassion—asim-ple,uneducated,villagefarmer,withuncon-ditionalkindness.Mostofuscouldrecallsuchexperiences in life,whichhavesustainedre-ligiousamityallalong.Compassion is at the heart of every reli-

gion.In1954,asan11-yearold,Ijoinedanewschool in Kannauj, UP.My new school hadtwo drinking water tanks, the bigger forHindu children and the smaller one for theMuslims. Totally unaware of this division, Ioptedforthesmallerone.ThemomentI fin-

ished, some 20 students surroundedme:“Muslim tankimen paani piya!” Iwas veryupset. Iwasbroughtup in a village, andhadseenHindus andMuslimsworking and so-cialising together.Mymother appreciated aMaulavisahibcominghometoteachme,pre-paredsnacksforhimeveryday,butservedinspecialutensils,whichshewouldcleanher-selfwithoutanyhesitation.Thatevening,myfather could guess frommy ashen face thatsomethingmusthavegonewrong.Idenieditinitially,butwhenmymotherwasnotwithinhearing distance, I told him everything. HenarratedthestoryofaladythrowinggarbageonHazratMuhammadSahib everyday andbeing looked after by himwhen she fell ill,whichledtotheendof thedailyroutine.Myfather, a devout Hindu and no scholar ofIslam,saidthatsuchapersonwhohelpsevenhistormenterscouldonlybeadivineperson,and deserves every respect. All practices ofseparation are a consequence of ignorance,andwillvanishaseducationexpands,hetoldme.Myhorizonswereextendedthatday.Noonecoulddenythatexternalelements,

pursuing the policy of inflicting a thousandcuts on India, are active and exploiting vul-nerable elements. The basics of Indian cul-tureareacceptabletoeverycommunity,eventheilliterateHindusandMuslimsareequally

convincedthateverytempleandmosquede-serves equal respect. True scholars of everyreligionmustrisetotheoccasion;gotopeo-ple, and educate themon essential unity ofall religions. Once they are convinced, theblack sheepwill become visible even in thedarkest corners. For global peace, social co-hesionand religious amity are core require-ments. One would like to recall whatChhatrapatiShivajiwroteinhisfamousepis-tle to Emperor Aurangzeb: “Islam andHinduism appear as contrasted terms; buttheyarediversepigmentsusedbythedivinepainter to fill in his picture of thewholehu-manrace.If itbeamosque,thecallischantedinremembranceofHim;if itbeatemple,thebellisrungrememberingHimalone.Toshowbigotry towards anyman’s creed and prac-tices is tantamount to altering thewords oftheholybook.Todrawnewlinesonapictureis to findfaultwiththepainter.”We, thepeopleof India,must strivehard

to generate compassion, strength, sincerityandcommitmenttoensurethesafetyandse-curity of India. The great dialogic traditioncouldberejuvenatedandtrusted.Awayoutwouldcertainlynotbefaraway.

Thewriter is formerdirectorNCERTandworksinthefieldofeducationandreligiouscohesion

Conversation and compassion

But what’s pain?FromRogerBannister’smilestonemomentonthe field thentoRafaelNadalnowonclay—thetriumphsof thegreatsmaynotbepossiblewithout thepain

CR Sasikumar

India'sdialogic traditioncouldbetrustedtorestorereligiousamity

SandeepDwivedi

J S Rajput

Nalini Singh

AstheGyanvapidisputepicksup,ananswermay lie in the lanesandbylanes, thespiritof thecity it is set in

New Delhi

MEANWHILE

FRANCETOSIGNMOONEXPLORATIONPACTFrance is set to sign a US-led multilateral agreement aiming to govern how countries be-have in space and on the moon, according to two people familiar with the plans. France’ssigning of the pact, Artemis Accords, will mark one of the most significant endorsementsyet of US’s effort to shape international legal norms for exploring the lunar surface.

SPAIN

JudgetoseektestimonyfromNSOonPegasusBarcelona:ASpanishjudgewill travel to Israel to seektestimonyfromtheheadoftech company NSO, themakerof the Pegasusspy-wareusedintappingpoliti-cians’phones inSpain, theNational Court saidTuesday.ThecourtsaidJoséLuisCalamahasdecidedtoleadacommissionthatwilltravel to Israel to“taketes-timonyfromtheCEOofthecompany that commer-cialises the Pegasus pro-gramme.” ShalevHulio isthe CEO of the Tel Aviv-basedNSOGroup. Whenaskedforcomment,aNSOGroup’sspokespersonsaid:“NSO operates under astrictlegalframework,andisconfidentthatthiswillbetheresultanygovernmentinquirywillreach.” AP

NSOsays itonlysellsPegasustogovts forsecuritypurposes.

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BRAZIL

BritishwritermissinginAmazonRio De Janeiro: A Britishjournalist and anIndigenousaffairsofficialare still missing in a re-mote part of Brazil’sAmazon as authoritiessay they are expandingsearchefforts in thearea.Dom Phillips, who hasbeen a regular contribu-tor to the Guardian, andBruno Araújo Pereirawere last seen earlySunday in the Sao Rafaelcommunity.Thepairwasreturning from the Valedo Javari and bound forthe city of Atalaia doNorte, butnevershowedup. AP

NEPAL

ReleaseIndianphotographer:JournalistsKathmandu: A group ofNepali photojournalistshascalledforthereleaseofan Indian photographerwhoislodgedinthecoun-try’s Jhapa jail for oversevenmonthsforallegedlycarrying imageprintoutsof $100 notes, which hewould have “needed forshooting a short film”.Durlav Roy Chowdhury,24, a resident of Salkia inHowrahdistrict,workedasa freelancer.He alsohas aYoutube channel named“SnipperMonk Travels”.He was arrested fromChandrargadi Airport inJhapadistrictwhile visit-ingNepal , according to areport in the NationalNewsAgency. PTI

SUI-LEEWEEQUEZONCITY, JUNE7

THE TELEVISION that used toplay footage of Ferdinand EMarcos declaringmartial law isno longerworking. The biogra-phies of people who struggledagainsttheFilipinodictatorweretucked away after heavy rainscaused theceiling tocave in.TheMonumentofHeroes is

one of the few places in thePhilippines dedicated to pre-serving the bitter memory oftheMarcos regime, when tensof thousands of political pris-oners were tortured and de-tained. Its mission when it

opened in 2007 was to makesure people did not forget thesacrificesmade fordemocracy.Thebuildingisnowmostlyin

disrepair, damagedby TyphoonUlysses in 2020 and closed forovertwoyearsbecauseofthepan-demic before reopening inFebruary.Butwiththerecentelec-tion of FerdinandMarcos Jr, theMonumentof Heroeshas seenasurgeofinterestfromFilipinostry-ing to make sense of how thescionofthecountry’sdivisivepo-liticaldynastycouldglidetopres-idencyinalandslidelastmonth.Many of those who have

gathered at the museum areyoungpeoplewhovotedforLeniRobredo, FerdinandMarcos Jr’s

opponent,whoplacedadistantsecondintherace.Theysaytheyare terrified about the prospectof the country’s violent history

under the elder Marcos beingcensoredorerasedwhenthesontakesoffice June30.“We have been in a regime

whereonedisappointmentcameafterthenextandthenthenext,”saidMayRodriguez,executivedi-rector of themuseum. “But thistime, this is the first real seriousdisappointmentofyoungpeople.”Rodriguez, 68, is leading a

group of volunteers in an effortto digitise documents datingfromtheMarcosera.Shesaidsheis determined to “fight hard” ifthenewgovernmenttriestotakeback the land that themuseumsitsoninQuezonCity,oneof themain sites of the uprising thattoppledMarcos’ father in1986.Colloquially known as

Bantayog, or “monument,” inFilipino, the museum has re-ceived roughly 50 queries from

peoplewantingtovisitandlearnmore about the dictatorshipsinceMarcoswon the race, ac-cording toRodriguez.EdicioGDeLaTorre,atrustee

at themuseum, recently told agroupof fouryoungvisitors thathewasworriedabouttheinstitu-tion’sfuture.DeLaTorre,whowasapoliticalprisonerfornineyears,acknowledged during the con-versation that he and his peershadnotdoneenoughtoeducatepeopleaboutmartial law.“WheneverIfeeldownorde-

pressed, I feel guilty,”hesaid.IliaUy, oneof the youngvis-

itors,saidsheonlylearnedofthemuseum three years ago andthat, as a child of the post-1986

generation, she felt as thoughdemocracy was a birthright inthePhilippines.“Whatislackingis the connectionbetweenyourgenerationandourgeneration,”she toldDeLaTorre.The Marcoses were exiled

fromthePhilippinesin1986,theyear the People Power revoltbroughtdowntheir regime.Butwhenthefamilyreturnedintheearly1990s, noonewas impris-oned, despite the governmentsaying theMarcoses had lootedasmuch as $10 billion from thecountry’sTreasury.With no one held account-

able,conflictingnarrativesspread,somearguing the family’s inno-cence,othersfor itsguilt. NYT

MONUMENT OF HEROES IN PHILIPPINES WORKS TO PRESERVE DOCUMENTS RELATED TO MARCOS REGIME

Museum was built so no one would forget, now it’s falling apart

AsculptureofMacli-ingDulag,a tribal leaderwhowasassassinatedbyMarcos forces,at themuseum. NYT

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MALAKHARB&JONGAMBRELLDUBAI, JUNE7

DUBAI POLICE said on Tuesdaytheyarrestedtwobrothersfromthe Gupta family, wanted overallegedly looting state moneywith former South AfricanPresident JacobZuma.ThearrestofAtulandRajesh

Gupta,whohadlivedforyearsinthe sheikhdom, was the latestmajor extradition arrest by au-thorities in the United ArabEmirates.Dubaiinparticularhaslong welcomed the wealthywith little question into its lux-uryneighborhoods.With the UAE now heading

the international policing bodyInterpol, the country has facedrenewedquestioningoveritslaxchecks on money laundering

and reluctance to extradite sus-pects.ThathasonlyincreasedasRussian money flows into theArabian Peninsula nation amidMoscow’swaronUkraine.Police issued a statement

saying they arrested the broth-ers “in connectionwithmoney

launderingandcriminalchargesinSouthAfrica.”The two, as well as their

brotherAjay,hadbeensuspectedofhidingout inDubaisinceflee-ingSouthAfricaaroundthesametime Zuma resigned in 2018amidallegationshehadoverseen

massive levels of corruption atstate-owned companies. Thefamilyhasdeniedtheallegationspreviously.Itwasn’timmediatelyclearifthetwohadalocallawyer.South Africa’s City Press

newspaperreportedin2016thattheGuptafamilyhadpurchaseda $30 million residence inDubai’s Emirates Hills neigh-bourhood, which had 10 bed-rooms, 13 bathrooms, nine re-ception rooms, a double grandstaircase,ahand-painteddome,spacefor11cars,andchandeliersinvirtuallyevery room.Dubaipolice said theymade

the arrest after receiving anInterpol“rednotice”warrantforthe two. “The arrest reflects thecontinuouseffortsof theUAE incombating money launderingcrimes through local coopera-tion among the competent au-thorities,”police said.. AP

AtulandRajeshGuptawerearrested inconnectionwithmoney launderingandcriminalcharges inSouthAfrica.

WILLFIGHTFORALLTERRITORY: ZELENSKYY

AP&REUTERSKYIV, JUNE7

RUSSIAONTuesdayclaimed tohave taken control of 97% ofone of the two provinces thatmake up Ukraine’s Donbas,bringing the Kremlin closer toits goal of fully capturing theeastern industrial heartlandofcoalmines and factories.Russian Defence Minister

Sergei Shoigu said Moscow’sforcesholdnearlyallofLuhanskprovince. And it appears thatRussia now occupies roughlyhalfofDonetskprovince,accord-ing to Ukrainian officials andmilitaryanalysts.Russian state media said

Tuesdaythatanexplosionatacafein the city of Khersonwoundedfourpeople.Tasscalledtheappar-entbombingintheRussian-occu-piedcitya“terroract.”BeforetheFebruaryinvasion,

Ukrainian officials said Russiacontrolledsome7%of thecoun-try, including the CrimeanPeninsula,andareasheldbytheseparatists in Donetsk andLuhansk. Last week, UkrainianPresidentVolodymyrZelenskyysaid Russian forces now hold20%ofthecountry.LuhanskGov.Serhiy Haidai conceded thatRussianforcescontroltheindus-trialoutskirtsofSievierodonetsk.While insisting onUkraine’s

need todefeatRussiaon thebat-tlefield, Zelenskyy said at a

Financial Times conferenceTuesday that he is still open topeacetalkswithRussianPresidentVladimirPutin.HealsolamentedthatWesternsanctions“havenotreally influencedtheRussianpo-sition,”theFTreported.Ukrainewill fight to recover

all its territory occupied byRussianforces,Zelenskyysaidashis troops battled street-to-street inSievierodonetsk.“We have already lost too

manypeopletosimplycedeourterritory,”hesaid.Stalematewas“not an option”, he said. “Wehave toachievea fulldeoccupa-tionof ourentire territory.”Meanwhile, the USmilitary

has begun training Ukrainianforcesonthesophisticatedmul-tiple rocket launchers that theBidenadministrationagreedlastweek toprovide.

An81-year-oldresident leavesherbuildingdestroyedbyRussianmilitarystrike inDruzhkivka,Ukraine.Reuters

Ukraine must not bepressured into a badpeace deal: Johnson

London: Ukrainian PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyymust notbe pressured byworld powersinto accepting a bad peace dealwithRussianPresidentVladimirPutin, British Prime MinisterBoris Johnson told his top teamofministersonTuesday.At the cabinet meeting,

BritishforeignministerLizTrussalso said Londonwas readyingfurthersanctionsagainstRussiafor its invasion of Ukraine,Johnson’s spokesmansaid.“Johnson said the world

mustavoidanyoutcomewherePutin'sunwarrantedaggressionappears to have paid off," thespokesman said. REUTERS

PRESSTRUSTOFINDIACOLOMBO,JUNE7

THENEXTthreeweeksaregoingto be “tough” for Sri Lanka overfuel supplies, Prime MinisterRanilWickremesinghewarnedon Tuesday, indicating that thecash-strapped country, whichneeds some&3,300million forfuel imports in the next sixmonths,mayoptforitsrationing.Addressing Parliament,

WickremesinghesaidthatIndia,China and Japanare leading thelistofcountriesthatprovidedSriLankawithloansandassistanceduring theworst financial crisisfacedby the islandnation.“Relationswith these coun-

tries, which have always beenstrong, are now broken. Those

relationships need to be re-built," he said. “The countryspends$500millionpermonthon fuel. It should be kept inmindthatthecurrentglobalcri-sis risks raisingoilprices. Someestimate that global oil priceswill rise by as much as 40 per

cent by the endof this year. "“In this context, the idea of

introducingacouponsystemforfuel cannot be ruled out.Somehow we have to find$3,300million for fuel for thenext sixmonths,”hesaid.The PMadded that the next

threeweekswillbeatoughtimeforusrelatedtofuel.“Itistimeweallmustuse fuel andgasas care-fullyaspossible.Unessentialtravelshouldbelimitedasmuchaspos-sible. After these difficult threeweeks,wearetryingtoensuretheshortageof fuelandgaswillhaveended. Let’s face these difficultthreeweeksunitedandpatiently,”Wickremesinghe said al-

though the primary focus wason achieving economic stabil-ity, the effortmust be to revivethe economy.

ECONOMICCRISIS

Sri Lanka PM hints at opting for fuel rationing

SriLankaPrimeMinisterRanilWickremesinghe

ASIFSHAHZADISLAMABAD, JUNE7

PAKISTANWILLreduceitsofficialworkweek to five days from sixinabidtoreduceenergyandfuelconsumptionaspartofanenergyconservation plan approved bythecountry'scabinetonTuesday,the informationministersaid.Themove comes as hours-

longpoweroutageshittheSouthAsiancountry,withdemandout-stripping generation during thepeak summermonths. Soaringglobal fuel prices have also in-creasedpressureon theexternalaccountandthelocalcurrencyhashitrecordlowsagainstthedollar.“We are facing a severe cri-

sis...Wedesperatelyneedtotakeenergy conservationmeasures.Weneed to tap on every optionto save on energy,” InformationMinisterMarriyumAurangzebsaidatapressconference.After taking office in April,

PrimeMinister Shehbaz Sharifhad increasedtheworkingweekto six days from five, with onlySunday as a day off, saying hewanted to increaseproductivity.However, the enhanced workweekresultedingreaterelectric-ityandfuelconsumptionbygov-ernmentofficesandemployees.A 40% cut in the official fuel

allowancegiventoministersandgovernment officials was alsoapprovedaspartofthenewcon-servationplan,Aurangzebsaid.

The cabinet has also set upacommittee to devise a plan forworking fromhome on Fridaysfor all government and semi-government offices, and earlyclosureof commercialmarkets.Pakistan has experienced

hours-long power cuts over thelastmonth,with urban centresseeingfour-tosix-houroutagesaday and rural areas over eighthours,astemperaturesacrossthecountrysoar. REUTERS

JILLLAWLESSLONDON, JUNE7

BRITISH PRIMEMinister BorisJohnsonscrambledtopatchuphistatteredauthorityonTuesdayaf-tersurvivingano-confidencevotethat exposedhis shrinking sup-port in Conservative Party andraisedseriousdoubtsabouthowlonghecanstayinoffice.The fact that the vote was

held at all highlighted concernsthatthefamouslypeople-pleas-ingJohnsonhasbecomealiabil-itywith voters. The scale of therebellion—41%of Conservativelawmakersvotedagainsthim—wouldhaveledmostprimemin-isters toconsider resigning.“This is not over,” said Philip

Dunne,aConservativelegislatorwho voted against Johnson inMonday’sno-confidenceballot.ButwithJohnsondefiantlyvow-ing to “get onwith the job,” theendgamemaynotbequick.JohnsonvowedTuesdaytofo-

cuson“whatmatterstotheBritishpeople,” defined by him as theeconomy,healthcareandcrime.“We are able now to draw a

lineundertheissuesthatourop-ponentswanttotalkabout”and“take the country forward,” hetold Cabinet colleagues at theirweeklymeeting.Many Conservatives have

concernsabout theprobity, andincreasingly thepopularity, of aprimeminister who has previ-

ously showna remarkable abil-ity toshrugoff scandal.Lawmakers voted by 211 to

148 to support him as leader,beyond the 180 he needed to

stay in power. Johnson de-scribed the win as “convinc-ing”— but the rebellion waslarger than some of his sup-porters had predicted. AP

POTENTIAL FLASHPOINTS FORJOHNSON

COMMITTEEINQUIRY■ JohnsonisstillunderinvestigationbyParliamentarycommitteeforDowningStreetlockdownparties■ If committee findshedeliberatelymisledParliament,hewouldbeexpectedtoresign■The inquirycouldalsoconductpublichearingswith Johnsonandothersenior figures■There iscurrentlynotimetable for theinvestigation

COSTOFLIVINGCRISIS■Thecostof foodandfuelis rising, interest ratesareup■Failure toaddresscrisiscoulddamageconfidencein leadership

BY-ELECTIONS■Poll showsConservativescould loseat leastoneoftwoseats in June23Parliamentelections.■Defeatcouldbeusedtooust Johnson.■ResultsareexpectedearlyonJune24

ANOTHERCONFIDENCEVOTE■Asperrules, Johnsoncannot faceanothervoteof confidencewithinthenext12months■However, thoserulescanbechangedbythepartycommittee inchargeof leadershipcontests

Majorityvoteneededwas180

Source:Reuters

Doubts hang over Johnsonthough bid to oust him failsLawmakersvoted211to148tosupport Johnsonas leader

LARAAFGHANIJERUSALEM,JUNE7

FOLLOWINGWEEKSofviolenceindifferentpartsof IsraelandtheWest Bank, Israeli nationalistshave targeted the red, green,black and white Palestiniancolours in an escalating “flagwar”thatunderscoresastruggleover statusand identity.Theconflictreachedahighlast

week,whenabillbanningthedis-playofthePalestinianflagatstate-fundedinstitutions,includinguni-versities, passed a preliminaryreadingintheIsraeliparliament.Tosupportersof thebill,rais-

ingthePalestinianflag,whichtosome Jewish Israelis representsan“enemy”entity-isaprovoca-tion. To many Palestinians inIsrael, the bill is an extension ofwhattheyseeasIsraeliattemptstoerase their identity.“Whoeverwantstoliveinthe

State of Israel, the only democ-racyintheMiddleEast,mustre-spect its symbols,” said EliCohen,amemberofparliamentfor the right-wing Likud party,whosubmitted thebill.“Those who want to be

Palestiniancanmove toGazaorJordan,”hesaid.Ahmad Tibi, a member of

parliament for the Joint List, acoalitionofArabparties,saidtheaim of the bill was "to targetPalestiniannationalism".The flag "represents the

Palestinian people wherevertheyare,"he toldReuters.Israeli law does not outlaw

Palestinian flags but police andsoldiershavetherighttoremovethemincaseswhere theydeemthere isa threat topublicorder.Lastmonth, police attacked

pallbearersatthefuneralofwell-known Palestinian journalistShireen Abu Akleh to yank theflagoff thecoffinduringahighlycharged event that took placeamiddeepangeroverherkillingDays later, tensof thousands

of nationalists marched withIsraeli flags outside Jerusalem'sDamascus Gate, a predomi-nantlyArabareaof theOldCity,inwhatmany Palestinians sawas ablatant provocation andat-tackontheir identity.REUTERS

Moscowclaims it hasseized almost all ofUkraine eastern region

THEGUPTASare ac-cusedof using their as-sociationwith JacobZuma to cash in onhuge government con-tracts andkickbacks,andwerebelieved tobeso influential theyhadasay in Zuma’s appoint-ment of Cabinetminis-ters. Their namesburstintopublic view in2016,whenanofficialsaid theGuptas al-legedly offeredhima$44million tobecomethe financeminister inexchange for favours.

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PLAINED

Gupta brothers held in Dubai over S African fraud case

■ $55mn loan soughtfrom India for fertilizer

SRILANKAhassoughta$55mil-lion loan from India for thepro-curementofurea,anofficialsaidon Tuesday. The governmentsaid the Indiangovernmenthasagreed to provide the $55mil-lionloanthroughExport-ImportBankof India. PTI

■ 40-yr tax relief forPort City investmentsTHE ISLANDnationhas decidedto give special 40-year tax relieffor Chinese-built Colombo Portcity to attract potential investorsasthelargestforeigndirectinvest-mentfailedtoattractinvestmentsafter themuch-touted projectopenedfornearlyoneyear,amin-istersaidonTuesday. PTI

Islamabad: GermanForeign MinisterAnnalena Baerbock onTuesday cut short herthree-nation foreign tripafter testing positive forCovid-19 while inPakistan. Baerbock, whoarrivedearlierTuesdayonatwo-daymaidenvisit toPakistan, tested positiveshortlyaftermeetingwithher counterpart BilawalBhutto Zardari inIslamabad. Bilawal, whohadshookhandswithher,went into isolation afterthe development. Hewouldperformofficialdu-tiesfromhisresidence.PTI

DURING PAK VISIT,GERMAN FOREIGNMINISTER TESTSCOVID POSITIVE

Facing ‘severe’ energycrisis, Pakistan revertsto five-day work week

Israeli-Palestinian‘flag war’ brews asviolence flares

AdemonstratorholdingaPalestinianflagduringaprotest in JordanValleyonMonday. Reuters

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WHILE THE Ministry of Elec-tronics and Information Tech-nology (MeitY) has proposed agovernment-appointedappeals'committee to look into com-plaintsagainstsocialmediacom-panies’ contentmoderation, it is"open" toan industrywide "self-regulatoryframework"ifbigtechplatforms such as Facebook andTwitter were to handle users'grievancesandappeals ina"sat-isfactoryway",Minister of Statefor Electronics and IT RajeevChandrashekharsaidonTuesday.In a fresh draft of amend-

ments to the InformationTechnology (IT) Rules, 2021, onMonday, theMinistry proposedthat "the Central governmentshall constitute one or moregrievanceappellatecommittees,whichshallconsistofachairper-son and such othermembers as

thecentralgovernmentmay...ap-point", to be empowered to re-view, andpossibly reverse, con-tentmoderationdecisionstakenbysocialmediacompanies.Thedraft,whichisupforpub-

lic consultation for 30days, trig-geredconcernsaboutthegovern-mentoverridingthedecisionsofsocialmediaplatforms.Termingtheregulationsasan

"evolving"issue,Chandrashekharsaidthegovernmentislookingforawaytomakesocialmediacom-paniesmoreaccountableinhan-dling grievances of users. "If theindustryandthesebig techplat-forms come upwith their ownself-regulatorymechanismtoad-dressgrievancesof users,weareopentoit. If theplatformsthem-selves form a framework of ad-dressinggrievancesofusers,andare accountable to them,we areopentothat idea,"hesaid.Asked if theministrywould

considerrollingbacktheproposalto set up a government-ap-

pointedappeals'committeeiftheindustry comesupwith its ownself-regulatory structure,Chandrashekhar said, "The gov-ernmentisopentotheidea,that'swhywehaveopenedthedraftforpublicconsultation".Deplatforming,orremovinga

person fromasocialmediaplat-form,was a recurring complaintfromusers,hesaid."Whatweareseeing repeatedly inmanycasesis that socialmedia companies

aredeplatforminguserswithoutgivingthemanopportunitytoex-plaintheiractions,whichisavio-lation of Article 14 of the IndianConstitution. Deplatforming auser following a court order or aproven illegality is a differentthing. But deplatforming usersjust based on these companies'ownguidelinesisveryarbitrary,"said Chandrashekhar. Article 14of the Constitution provides forequality before the lawor equalprotectionof thelawswithintheterritoryof India."If the platforms demon-

stratedsystemsandresponsibil-ities to the users, wewould nothave to introduce last year'samendmentstotheintermediaryrules.Buttheydidnot.So,atsomepoint,socialmediaplatformswillhaveto figureoutawayofdoingthis,because it isnotsustainableforthegovernmenttokeepplay-ing thiswatchman type of role.Wearehopingthatatsomepointtheplatformsrecognisethatthey

havetocreateaccountabilityintotheirbusinessmodel,"hesaid.At themoment, the only re-

courseusershave is toapproachthe courts. But "in away, corpo-rations have an advantage overcitizens in court cases becauseveryfewpeopleactuallycanseeklegal recourse," addedChandrashekhar.UndertheITRules,releasedin

February last year, socialmediacompanies aremandated to ap-pointIndia-basedgrievanceoffi-cersaspartof theirduediligenceas"intermediaries"whoenjoyle-gal immunity from third-partycontenton theirplatform.Theseofficers are responsible for over-seeing the grievance redressalmechanism.So,ifauserhasanis-suewithanaccountorcontentona socialmedia platform, he/shecan complain to the company'sgrievanceofficerwhowillhavetoactanddisposeofthatcomplaintwithin15days. Full report on

www.indianexpress.com

CAVEAT:BIGTECHPLATFORMSNEEDTOHANDLEAPPEALSIN ‘SATISFACTORYWAY’

MIHIRMISHRA&PRANAVMUKULNEWDELHI,JUNE7

WHEN A Chandigarh-basedtravel agent called Air India’scustomer care centre inFebruarylastyeartoseekclarityonaKathmandu flighthewasabouttobookforapassenger,heunwittinglybecameapartof aracketthatendedupinlossesofoverRs50lakhforhimandmul-tipleotherslikehim.Theopera-tion,whichinvolvedbookingAirIndia tickets through a two-decadeoldBPOcompany, IGTSolutions,withoutmakingpay-ments to the airline ransmoothlyuntilthesecondCovidwave hit the country, afterwhich it started tounravel andcomeapartattheseams.Last February, the agent

calledaGurgaon-registeredAirIndiacustomersupportnumberseeking a clarification on thenamepatternforticketshewasbooking for a Kathmandu-bound flight. TheAir India callcentre, managed by IGTSolutions, assured thathewillgetacallback fromoneof theirsupportexecutives.Soon,here-ceived a call from a personclaimingtobeanAirIndiarepre-sentativehelpinghimwithhisconcern.Shortlyafter,theagentagain

gotacall fromthesamerepre-sentative,but this timewithanoffer. “Themanclaimed tobefromAir India and askedmehow much I paid for theKathmanduticket.When I toldhimtheamount,heofferedmethesameticket at a significantdiscount of Rs 10,000 to thequotedprice,” he said. The al-legedAir India representativeagreedtohispaymenttermsandissuedaticket. Theagent’s cus-tomer travelled toKathmanduwithouthassleandhepaid themoney to thisperson. “For thenext15days,we followed thismodelofpaymentonlyafterthetripiscomplete…sincetheper-son never failed, I decided tomakepayments at the timeofbooking,” he said, addinghisothertravelagentcolleaguesalsostarted booking through thisperson. All this went on likeclockworkuntiltheCovidwaveofMay2021,which impactedpeople’s travel plans and theystartedcancellingtickets.Someof the agent’s customers can-celled tickets to destinations,suchasCanada,expectingare-fund.Butthetravelagentneverreceivedthatrefundtopassitontohis customers.Otheragentsalsofoundthemselvescaughtinthis trap. “Asofdate, refundsofabout60tickets(mostlytoflightstoCanada)totallingRs52lakhisdue...andIamjustoneagent—thereareseveralmore,”hesaid.Simultaneously,AirIndiabe-

came aware of an accountingdiscrepancy towards theamount it expected to receivefromIGTSolutions for tickets itbelieveswereissuedbytheBPO

companyontheairline’sbehalf.“Legitimateticketswereissuedbut the airline did not receivepaymentstowardsthesebook-ings...whenthisparticularmis-matchlastedforalongerperiod,we approached IGT Solutionsandaskedthemtolookintoit,”anAir India executive told TheIndian Express. He refused tosharethetotalamountthattheairline is due to receive. IGTSolutions,onitspart,filedanFIRat Cyber CrimePolice Station,Gurgaon,lastmonthagainstun-knownpersonswhere it hassaid “multiple ticketswere is-sued throughAir India systemwith no payments being re-ceivedbytheairline,whichwasnotifiedbyAirIndiatoIGT”.IntheFIR,IGTSolutionssaid

after thediscrepancywasdis-covered, it provided certain IPaddresses to Air India fromwhichitprovidesthecallcentreservices, so that theairline canrestrictaccesstoallotherIPad-dresses.“Asthiscontrolwasnotput inplace, toourutter shock,wefindthat few/maybemanyticketshavebeen issuedwith-out any payments,” read thecomplaintfiledbyIGTSolutions’seniormanager-fraudinvestiga-tionsManmeetBakshi.Multiplemessages sent toBakshi seek-ingcommentdidnotelicitare-sponse. IGT Solutions did notrespondtoasetofqueries.IGTSolutions wasInterGlo-

beTechnologiesearlierwhile itwasownedbyRahulBhatia—thepromoterofIndiGo.Thecallcentre companywas acquiredin2019byAIONCapital—a JVbetweenglobalPE fundApolloGlobalManagement and ICICIVentures—in2019for$230mil-lion.AIONCapitalisreportedaslikelytosell85percentstakeinIGTSolutions toprivate equitymajor Baring PEAsia for over$800million. Responding toemail queries, an Air Indiaspokespersondenied involve-ment of its employees in thefraudulentticketbookings.Asked about the circum-

stances inwhich the allegedfraudster couldhave accessedtheagent’s details, the spokes-personsaid:“...wemadeitquiteclear thatAir India is innowayaddressedintheFIR,mentionedbyyou, and isnotawareof anyallegationof involvementof itsownpersonnelinthecase”.Aftermonthsof not receiv-

ingtheirmoney,theagent,alongwithothers, travelled toDelhilast July toconfront theallegedfraudster. “Hepromised to re-fundthemoney.Butitisstilldue.HehasnotreturnedtohishomesincelastJuly.Myonlyhopeisonthepoliceinvestigation.”

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SECTORWATCHAVIATION

Singh: Gencoshave startedimporting coalfor blendingENSECONOMICBUREAUNEWDELHI,JUNE7

ELECTRICITYGENERATIONcom-panies(gencos)havestartedtheprocess of importing coal forblending purposes, PowerMinisterRKSinghsaidTuesday.TheMinistryofPowerhadon

May18warned that if orders forcoal imports are not placed byMay31, 2022 and the importedfuel does not start arriving atpowerplantsbyJune15,defaultergencoswillhavetoraisetheirim-portstotheextentof15percent.Hesaid“mostofthestateshave

started(theprocess), in facteverystatehasstarted.”Withoutsharingany figure, he saidCoal Indiahasramped up its production butneedstoincreaseitmorebecausedemandhasgoneup.WITHPTI

A BPO, discountedAir India tickets &unpaid dues: ‘Racket’unravelled by Covid

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ENSECONOMICBUREAUNEWDELHI,JUNE7

THEWORLD Bank on Tuesdayscaled down its FY23 growthforecast for India to 7.5 per centfrom8percentpredictedinApril,citingthedamagingimpactofris-ing inflation, supply-chain dis-ruptionsandtheRussia-Ukraineconflict.Theseheadwindswouldoffset “buoyancy in the recoveryofservicesconsumptionfromthepandemic”, itsaid.With this, the multilateral

bodyhas revised down its Indiagrowth projection for a secondtimesincetheUkrainewarbegan—ithadcut its forecastby70ba-sispoints inApril.

The country’s GDP grew8.7per cent in FY22, on a sharply-contractedbase.InitslatestissueoftheGlobalEconomicProspects,theWorld Bank pegged India’sFY24growthat7.1percent,up30bps from its April forecast butslower than the latest projectedgrowthof7.5percentforthecur-rentfiscal.Ithasalsoscaleddownitsglobalgrowthprojectionbyasmuch as 120 bps to just 2.9 percentfor2022. FE

ENSECONOMICBUREAUNEWDELHI,JUNE7

LAUNCHING THE Single NodalAgency (SNA) dashboard, a sys-tem which tracks transfer offundstostatesforCentrallyspon-sored schemesandutilisationoffundsbycentralagencies,FinanceMinisterNirmalaSitharamanonTuesday said itwillmakegover-nancemore transparent and re-alisebettervalueforeveryrupeesent by the Centre by ‘just-in-time’moneyrelease.TheSNAdashboardof Public

FinancialManagement System(PFMS),launchedbytheMinisteras part of the Azadi ka AmritMahotsav iconicweek celebra-tions,wasputinplaceinJuly2021and all states got on board byMarchthisyear.TheSNAprovidesinformationaboutwhatthestatehas spent, and Centre releases

sendthemoneyonlywhenitseesitgettingutised.Ministryofficialsspoke about another system forcashmanagement, the TreasurySingleAccount (TSA) system, forautonomous bodies like IndianCouncilofAgriculturalResearch.

Finance Secretary T VSomanathan said this systemwould help cut downon the in-terest expenditure as moneywould be released at the stagewhereitisneeded.“...SotheSNAandTSAhelpus tominimise theinterest costs borne byGoI andthatisnotatrivialcost.Thatactu-ally helps us a lot, particularly inadifficultyear likethecurrentfi-nancialyear.Theseareextremelyhelpfulincontainingfiscaldeficitwithinwhatispossible,”hesaid.

‘Regulatorsshouldbewelladvancedondigitisation’At a separate event, Sithara-

mansaidregulatorsandotheren-titiesshouldbewelladvancedandaheadofthecurveinunderstand-ing digitisation to ensure thatthereisnomisuseoftech,addingthere is need to have firewallmechanisms. Full report on

www.indianexpress.com

THEDRAFT,which isupforpublic consultationfor30days, triggeredconcernsabout thegov-ernmentoverriding thedecisionsof socialmediaplatforms.

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ENSECONOMICBUREAUMUMBAI, JUNE7

STOCKMARKETSonTuesdayfell1 per cent as weak global cuesand worries about the RBI’smonetarypolicy action tobringdown inflation unnerved in-vestors. The Sensex plunged567.98 points to 55,107.34 andtheNSENiftyby153.20pointsat16,416.35 amid selling pressurefromforeign investors.The rupee also declined by

seven paise to close at 77.73against theUSdollar as the sell-off in domestic equities andstrongergreenbackoverseashittheinvestorsentiment.Theyieldonbenchmark10-yearbondre-mainedhighat7.51percent.Initially, weakness in the

globalmarketswasweighingonthe sentiment and continuedselling in banking, FMCGand ITmajors kept the pressure tillthe end. The broader indices,mid-cap and small-cap, endedlowerandlostintherangeof0.6-0.8percent.Market sources said more

measureslikebringingdownliq-uidity in the systemandchang-ing the accommodative policystancewill impactthefundflowintothestockmarket.Foreignin-vestorspulledoutRs2,294crorefromthestockmarketTuesday.

FOOYUNCHEEBRUSSELS, JUNE7

APPLEWILL have to change theconnector on iPhones sold inEuropeby2024,asEUcountriesand lawmakersTuesdayagreedtoa singlemobile chargingportfor mobile phones, tablets andcameras inaworld first.The intervention, which the

European Commission saidwouldmake life easier for con-sumers and save themmoney,came after companies failed toreachacommonsolution.Brussels has been pushing

forasinglemobilechargingportfor more than a decade,prompted by complaints fromiPhoneandAndroidusersabouthaving to switch to differentchargers for theirdevices.iPhones are charged from a

Lightningcable,whileAndroid-based devices use USB-C con-nectors.Half the chargers sold with

mobile phones in 2018 had aUSBmicro-Bconnector,while29per centhadaUSB-C connectorand21percentaLightningcon-nector, according to a 2019Commissionstudy.

“Byautumn2024,USBType-C will become the commoncharging port for all mobilephones, tablets and cameras inthe EU,” the EuropeanParliament said in a statement.EUindustrychiefThierryBretonsaidthedealwouldsavearound250millioneuros($267million)for consumers. REUTERS

BRIEFLYParekh, loansMumbai:HDFC chairmanDeepak Parekh said Indiashouldbeabletodouble itshome loans to nearly $600billioninnext5years,whenIndia looks to becomea $5trillioneconomy. ENS

NewSBIMDMumbai:AlokKumarChou-dharytookchargeasMDforSBI’sretailbusinessandop-erations. ENS

I-TportalglitchNewDelhi:TheI-TDepartm-ent's return filing portal,madebyInfosys,sawsnags.

BRICStalksNew Delhi: BRICS nationsreachedconsensusondeep-erfinancialcooperation.PTI

ENSECONOMICBUREAUNEWDELHI, JUNE7

AFTER EXPRESSVPN, Surfsharkbecamethesecondmajorvirtualprivatenetwork (VPN)providertoshutdownits servers in Indiainresponsetothecountry’snewcybersecuritydirectivewhichre-quiresVPNstostoreuserdatafora period of five years. The com-pany said that VPN providersleaving India “isn’t good for itsburgeoning IT sector”.“In response to the new

Indian data regulation laws,Surfshark is shutting down itsserversinIndia.Thenewlawsre-quire VPN providers to record

andkeepcustomers’ logsfor180days aswell as collect and keepexcessive customerdata for fiveyears,” the company said in ablogpost Tuesday. “Surfsharkproudly operates under a strict‘no logs’ policy, so such new re-quirements go against the coreethosof thecompany”.Prior to Surfshark,

ExpressVPNremoveditsserversfrom India following the cyber-securitydirectivereleasedbytheIndian Computer EmergencyResponse Team (CERT-In). Atleast onemore VPNprovider inNordVPN too is contemplatingremoving its India servers.

Full report onwww.indianexpress.com

Surfshark shutsdown India servers

‘Hiring demand up 9% inMayled by telecom, BFSI sectors’Job demand remained on a growth trajectory inMay,rising 9% year-on-year, supported by telecom, BFSI andimport-export, as per aMonster report

Source:Monster/PTI

4%month-on-monthfallwasseeninMay,

reflectingcautiousrecruitersentimentsamidworriesoverhighinflationdrivingupcostsduetothecurrentsocio-economicscenarioglobally

Secondstraightmonthofy-o-ygrowth inFY23wasseeninMay,accordingtotheMonsterEmploymentIndex(MEI).

BeginningofFY23hasshownpositivehiringscalesgiventhe■Anticipated5Groll-out■Recoveryofseveralbusinesssegmentsacrossnation

Intermsofjoboutlook,businesseswillcontinuetogrow,withdemandreflectedinsegmentssuchas:

■ Importandexport■Telecom■Travelandhospitality■BFSI(Banking,FinancialServicesandInsurance)

TierIIcitiesarewellontheirwaytopost-pandemicrecoverywithsignificantgrowthnumbers,whiletierIcitiescontinuetofuelgrowth

Online recruitment activity contracted in engineering,cement, construction, iron and steel (down 9%)although minor improvement was seen last month

In blow to Apple, EU agreesto single mobile charging port

USB-CtoLightningCableadaptersatanApplestore.By2024,USBType-Cwillbethecommonchargingport. Reuters file

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Thehistoryandsignificanceof the festival forKashmiriPandits,beingheldatMataKheebhawani temple today

ONWEDNESDAY,KashmiriHindus,locallyknownasKashmiri Pandits,will celebratethe Zyestha Ashtami at the MataKheerbhawani temple at Tulmulla in cen-tralKashmir'sGanderbal.Thetempleisdedicatedtothegoddess

RagnyaDevi.Situated30kmfromSrinagarcity, it isoneof themostsacredpilgrimagesites forKashmiriHindus.Thetemplegetsitsname fromkheer, ormilkandricepud-ding, thatpilgrimspour intothespring in-side the temple complex as an offering tothegoddess.Legendhasitthatthewaterof thetem-

ple’s spring changes colour fromwhite tored and black. The colour of the water issaid to predict the impending future. If itchanges toblack, it is seenas inauspiciousoranimpendingdisaster.KashmiriPanditssaythatthewaterhadturnedblackbeforetheywereforcedtofleeKashmirduringthemilitancyof 1990.Every year, amela or festival is held at

the temple. The festival, known asMelaKheerbhawani, is the largest gathering ofHindus in Kashmir after the annualAmarnathYatra.While only a handful of devotees vis-

ited the temple in the 1990s, the festivalwas revivedoveradecadeagowhen largenumbers of Kashmiri Hindu pilgrims re-sumed visits to the temple on ZyesthaAshtami from Jammu and NewDelhi as

well. In2018,thethenPDP-BJPgovernmentfacilitatedtheannual festivalbyprovidingfreetransportationtothepilgrimslivinginJammuandDelhi.Sevaksatthetemplesaythat over10,000pilgrimsvisited the tem-pleduring the festival.Hundreds of localMuslims, too, tradi-

tionally join thecelebrations.Over the last two years, gatherings at

thetempleduringtheannualfestivalwerelimitedbecauseof theCovid-19pandemic.While the pandemic appears to be undercontrol at themoment, this year's festivalwillbecelebratedintheshadowoffearbe-cause of the recent targeted killings ofKashmiriPandits in theValley.

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MELAKHEERBHAWANITHISWORDMEANS

MANOJCGNEWDELHI,JUNE7

AHEADofRajyaSabhaelectionsinfourstateson June 10, various parties have accommo-dated legislators fromat least three states inresorts,awayfrompotentialpoachingbyrivalparties.ApracticefrequentlyseenbeforeRajyaSabha elections, this underlines the impor-tancepartiesgivetoseatsintheUpperHouse.

WhyareRajyaSabhaelectionsimportant?For both the ruling party and the

Opposition, everyRajya Sabha seat counts asanyBill, barring those designated asMoneyBills by the LokSabhaSpeaker, needs the as-sentof thesecondchambertobecomelaw.Rajya Sabha, or theCouncil of States, has

245 seats. Leave aside reaching the halfwaymarkof123,norulingpartyhasevertouchedthe 100mark in the last three-and-a-halfdecades. TheBJP-ledNDA fleetingly touched100inAprilbutitsstrengthisdownto95nowafter the retirementof five of thenominatedmemberswhohadtakenBJPmembership.TheNDAgovernmenthassofarmanaged

togetcrucialBills—farmlaws,theJammuandKashmirReorganizationAct,ortheCitizenshipAmendmentAct—passedwiththehelpofal-lies and support of other parties such asAIADMK,BijuJanataDal,andYSRCongress.Rajya Sabhahas a limited role in the case

ofMoneyBills. It cannotamendaMoneyBill,but can recommend amendmentswithin astipulatedtime,andLokSabhamayeitherac-ceptorrejectalloranyof these.

HowoftenareRajyaSabhaelectionsheld?RajyaSabhaisapermanentHouseandcan-

not be dissolved. To ensure continuity, one-thirdof itsmembersretireaftereverysecondyear, underArticle 83(1) of theConstitution,and “biennial elections” areheld to fill thesevacancies.Thetermofamemberissixyears.Outofthe245members,12arenominated

by thePresident and233are representativesoftheStatesandUnionterritoriesofDelhiandPuducherry.Vacanciesarisingduetoresigna-tion, death or disqualification are filled upthroughbypolls, and those elected serveouttheremainderof theirpredecessors’term.Under Article 80(3), the 12 nominated

members shouldhave special knowledgeorpracticalexperienceinmatterslikeliterature,science,artetc.Anominatedmembermayjoinapartywithinsixmonthsof takingaseat.

Whovotes,andhow?Rajya Sabha MPs are elected by MLAs

throughanindirectelection.Article80(4)pro-vides thatmembers shall be elected by theelectedmembersofstateAssembliesthrougha systemof proportional representation bymeansofasingletransferablevote.The Fourth Schedule to theConstitution

providesforallocationofRajyaSabhaseatstothe states andUnionTerritories, on thebasisof thepopulationof each state. For instance,thereare31RajyaSabhaseatsinUttarPradeshand1inGoa.Electionsareheldtherearemorecandidates thanvacancies;otherwise, candi-datesareelectedunopposed.

Howarethevotescounted?Thenumberof votesacandidaterequires

dependsonthenumberof vacanciesandthestrengthof theHouse. If there isonlyoneva-cancy, the requiredquotaunder theElectionCommission’sConductofElectionRules,1961,is calculated by taking the number of votespolled,divideditby2,andadding1.Forexam-ple,if100votesarepolledinanAssembly,theRajyaSabhacandidatewouldneed:

100/2+1=51votes

Ifthereismorethanonevacancy,theequa-tion is basedonanassignedvalue of 100 forevery first-preferencevote. Thevalues of thevotescreditedtoallcandidatesaretotalled.Thetotal isdividedby1morethanthenumberofvacancies,and1isaddedtothisquotient.For example, if 100 members of an

Assemblyvotefor3RajyaSabhavacancies,therequiredquotabyanycandidatewouldbe

(100×100)/(3+1)+1=2501

Ifforanyseat,candidatesfailtogetthespec-ifiednumber,thesecond-preferencevoteswill

betakenintoaccount,butwithalowervalue.

Howmanyseatsarebeingcontestedinthecurrentelections?Biennial elections are being held for 57

seats across 15 states. But electionswerene-cessitatedonly in 16 seats from four states –Haryana, Maharashtra, Rajasthan andKarnataka.Theremaining41candidatesweredeclaredelectedunopposedlastweek.TheseincludeCongressleaderPChidambaram,for-mer Congress leader Kapil Sibal, RLD chiefJayantChaudhary,andRJD’sMisaBharti.ElectionsinHaryana(twovacancies)have

becomenecessarywith the entry of a thirdcandidate,mediabaronKartikeyaSharma,andinRajasthan(fourvacancies)withtheentryofa fifth candidate, Subhash Chandra, thefounderofZeeandtheheadofEsselGroup,asanindependentwiththesupportof theBJP.InKarnataka, the rulingBJP, theCongress

and the JD(S) haveputup candidates for thefourthseat,forcinganelection.InMaharashtratoo,therearesevencandidatesforsixseats.

TowhatextentcantheresultsaffectthestrengthsoftheNDAandOpposition?Outofthe57retiringmembers,24arefrom

theBJP.Thepartyhasalreadywon14seats,andhas the strength towin six of the 16 seats todecidedbyvoting.Notcountingitsextracan-didates in Karnataka andMaharashtra, theBJP’sstrengthafterthepollswillbe91.Addingtothatwillbethesevennominatedseatsthatfellvacant,whichtheBJPcouldcounton.TheCongresshas29members.Sevenofits

membersareretiringandfourofitscandidateshavebeenelectedunopposed.Thepartyissuretowin fourmorewhile there is uncertaintyoverthefateof twoothers.Soitsstrengthwillgoupto30-32.

ThebiggestgainerwillbetheAAP,whosestrengthhasgoneup from3to10becauseofthecleansweepofPunjab.ThestrengthofYS-RCPwillalsogoupfrom6to9.

BeyondpassingBills,whydoRajyaSabhanumbersmatter?Rajya Sabhaenjoys somespecial powers.

Ifitpassesaresolutionbyamajorityofnotlessthantwo-thirdsofmemberspresentandvot-ing,sayingthatitis“necessaryorexpedientinthenational interest” that Parliament shouldmake a lawon amatter enumerated in theStateList,Parliamentbecomesempoweredtomakea lawon the subject. Sucha resolutionremains in force for amaximumof oneyearbutthisperiodcanbeextendedbyoneyearatatimebypassingasimilarresolution.Asimilarroutecanbeadoptedforrecom-

mending creation of one ormore All IndiaServicescommontotheUnionandthestates.Parliament becomes empowered to createsuchservices.Also, Rajya Sabhahas a role to play if the

President,asempoweredbytheConstitution,issuesproclamations in theeventof nationalemergency, intheeventof failureofconstitu-tionalmachineryinaState,orinthecaseoffi-nancialemergency”. Everysuchproclamationhas to be approved by both Houses ofParliamentwithinastipulatedperiod.Under certain circumstances, however,

RajyaSabhaenjoysspecialpowers.Ifaprocla-mationisissuedatatimewhenLokSabhahasbeendissolvedorthedissolutionofLokSabhatakes placewithin theperiod allowed for itsapproval, then theproclamation remains ef-fective, if theresolutionapprovingitispassedbyRajyaSabhawithintheperiodspecifiedun-der Articles 352, 356 and 360 of theConstitution.

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SANTANUCHOWDHURYKOLKATA,JUNE7

RECENTARCHAEOLOGICAL excavations inDumDum, someof themdatingbackas farasthefirstcenturyCE,haveprovidedfurtherevidenceofhumanhabitationinKolkatafromcenturiesbeforethetimeBritishadministra-torJobCharnockwassaidtohavefoundedthecity.TheexcavationswerecarriedoutbytheKolkataCircleoftheArchaeologicalSurveyofIndia(ASI)atamoundoutsideCliveHouseinMarch-April.

Documented historyCharnock,whoworkedfortheEastIndia

Company,hashistoricallybeencreditedwithfoundingthecityin1690whentheCompanywasconsolidatingitstradebusinessinBengal.CalcuttacomprisedKalikata,GobindapurandSutanuti villages,which theBritish boughtfrom local landlords. Between the14th and16thcenturies,theareawasundertheruleof

theBengalSultanateof theMughals.The view about Charnock being the

founderwaschallenged,andin2003,CalcuttaHighCourtdeclaredthatCharnockoughtnottoberegardedasthefounder. Itorderedthegovernmenttopurgehisnamefromalltext-booksandofficialdocumentscontainingthehistoryof thecity'sfounding.Basedonareportfromanacademiccom-

mittee,thecourtfoundthata“highlycivilisedsociety” and “an important trading centre”hadexistedonthesitelongbeforeCharnockestablishedhis settlement. The committeefoundthataplacecalledKalikatahwasanim-portantreligiouscentreadjacenttoKalighatvillagewith itsKali temple. The site ismen-tioned inBipradasPipilai’sManasaMangala(1495)andAbulFazl’sAin-I-Akbari(1596).In1608,EmperorJehangirgrantedthejagirdariofKalikatahtoazamindar family,knownastheSabarnaRoyChoudhuryfamily.

What’s been excavatedThenew finds include12 cultural layers

of habitationsover virgin soil, various typesof potteries belonging to various periods(Gupta, post-Gupta, Kushan, Islamic, earlymediaeval,mediaeval);coinsincludingsome

withpunchmarksandsomeofcopper;bro-kenpartsofterracottafigurines;copperantiq-uitiessuchashairpinandironnail;fishhooks,stone beads etc. Soil samples, charcoal and

potteryhavebeen sent for scientific dating,andareportwillarrivein6to8months.“There isdefinitelyahistoryof thisplace

whichpredatesthecolonialera,”saidSubhaMajumdar,SuperintendingArchaeologist,ASIKolkataCircle,whoisheadingtheexcavation.“Evenbefore the zamindariof SabarnaRoyChoudhuryandothers, theplacehadsettle-ments.Afterpreliminaryexaminationofthefindings,we can say that therewashumansettlementinthisareadatingbacktofirstandsecondcenturiesCE.Oncewegetthereport,wewill be able to say clearlywhen the firstsettlementtookplace,”Majumdarsaid.

WhyClive HouseMajumdar said Clive House and the

moundoutsidewereselectedforexcavationforthesite’shistoricalsignificance.In2001,anexcavationbytheASIatClive

Househad found someevidence indicatingthatthecitycouldhavehadahistorypredat-ing the colonial era. Those finds, however,werenotscientificallydated.“In2019,further

excavation began. However, theworkwassuspendeddue to thepandemic. InMarch-April, theworkresumed,”Majumdarsaid.Clive House, which itself stands on a

mound, is one of the oldest buildings inKolkata. Someportions of it have been en-croached. It is namedafterRobert Clive, thefirst BritishGovernor of Bengal Presidency,whoused it as a country house. Details arevague as towho built it andwhen: Somerecordsmention a treaty betweenNawabSirajud-DaulahandRobertCliveinthisbuild-ingonFebruary6or9,1757.ItisclosetoasitecalledChandraketugarh,

whereexcavationsinthe1950sand1960sre-vealed an almost continuous sequence ofhabitations fromsix periods from thepre-MauryantothePalaperiods.“Thehousewasbuilt at a strategic positiongiven it stood enroutetoChandraketugarhwhichoncethrivedwith settlements. And the housewas on amound,whichprovided a strategic viewofthearea.Aftermovingin,Clivemodifiedthebuilding,”Majumdarsaid.

Electing Rajya Sabha MPsSIMPLYPUTQUESTION&ANSWER

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ALOCALcourtinGhaziabadMondayawardedthedeathpenaltytotheprimeaccusedinthe2006Varanasiserialblastscase.ThecourtalsoimposedafineofRs4.05lakhonWaliullah,47,whoislodgedatDasnajailinGhaziabad.Itor-deredthatthedeathsentencewillnotbecar-riedoutuntilithasbeenupheldbyAllahabadHighCourt.Waliullah’s lawyerMohammadAarifAlisaidtheywouldappealintheHC.

The blastsIn2006,bombshadexplodedatVaranasi's

Cantonment railway station and SankatMochantemple,killingatleast20peopleandleaving several injured. A thirdbomb, recov-ered fromGodaulia area of Varanasi, didnotexplode.Policesaidallthreebombsweremadebypackingexplosivesinpressurecookers.

Advocate Ali said: “The court acquittedWaliullahintheblastattherailwaystation.IntheblastatSankatMochantemple, thecourtawardedhimcapital punishment. In the re-coveryofthebombatGodaulia,thecourtsen-tencedhimtolife imprisonment.”

The probeDuringtheprobe,UttarPradeshpoliceini-

tiallyclaimedtheblastwasahandiworkoftheterroristgroupHarkat-ul-JehadIslami(HuJI).OnApril5,2006,aSpecialTaskForceledby

thenAdditionalSuperintendentofPoliceVijayBhushan,arrestedWaliullah,whoranasmallwooden-works shop and served as imamatamosqueinPhoolpur,fromGosaiganjareaofLucknow.Waliullah,anallegedHuJIoperative,wasdeclaredthemastermind.Policeclaimedtohaverecovereddetona-

tors, RDXand a .32 bore pistol fromhis pos-session.Theprobefoundthebombshadbeenkeptinacookerwithammoniumnitrateand

aluminumhadbeenusedtomakethem.Police alleged theblastswere carriedout

bythreeassociateswithwhomWaliullahhadstudied atDarul UloomDeoband. The three—Bashiruddin,MustafizandZakaria,allresi-dents of Bangladesh—are still absconding.PoliceallegedthatWaliullahhadtakenthemtoVaranasiandhelpedthembuycookersusedfortheblasts,andlater fledtoBangladesh.InMay2006,MohammadZubairofUP,al-

legedtobeinvolvedintheblasts,wasgunneddowninJammuandKashmirwhileattempt-ingtocrosstheborder.PolicealsoallegedtheinvolvementofShamimAhmedakaSarfaraz,ofUP,whotheysaidhadplantedthebombatGodaulia.Hewasneverarrested.In2013, the thenAkhileshYadavgovern-

ment ordered for withdrawal of case theagainst Shamim. Themovewas stayed byAllahabadHigh Court, afterwhich the stategovernmentmovedtheSupremeCourtwithanSLP,whichisstillpending.

Case transferOn May 3, 2006, lawyers roughed up

WaliullahandpolicemenaccompanyinghiminVaranasicourt.TheVaranasiBarAssociationdecided thatno lawyerwouldargue forhim.Waliullahpleadedforhiscasetobetransferred,andtheHighCourttransferredittoGhaziabad.In August 2008, a Lucknow court sen-

tencedWaliullah to 10 years imprisonmentafterhewasfoundguiltyofoffencesundertheUnlawfulActivities(Prevention)Act.

Counter-claimsAfteranIndianMujahideenmodulewas

busted after the Batla House encounter inDelhi in 2008, a few arrested IMmemberspurportedly claimed responsibility for theVaranasi blasts.AdvocateAlisaidhehassubmittedtothe

Ghaziabad court a statement by oneAsadullahAkhtar claiming thathehadcar-riedout theblasts alongwith someothers.

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SALUTE THE SOLDIERLate Lnk Indra Bahadur Rai9421595X Lnk Indra Bahadur Rai of 1/11 GorkhaRifles (BATALIK) made the supreme sacrificeduring ‘OP RAKSHAK (J&K)’ on 08 Jun 2006 in atrue act of valour. The brave soldier will always beremembered for his raw courage and indomitableteam spirit. To this braveheart we pledge that weshall always be guided by immortal spirit and

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Late Rfn Linchon Pradhan9422881L Rfn Linchon Pradhan of 1/11 GorkhaRifles (BATALIK) made the supreme sacrificeduring ‘OP VIJAY’ on 08 Jun 1999 in a true act ofvalour. The brave soldier will always beremembered for his raw courage and indomitableteam spirit. To this braveheart we pledge that weshall always be guided by his immortal spirit andmake his name proud.

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The above mentioned Martyrs of 1/11 Gorkha Rifles (BATALIK) hadmade the supreme sacrifice during an expedition to summit Mt Trishulin 2009, in a true act of grit and valour. The brave soldiers will alwaysbe remembered for their enthusiaum and courage. To these braveMartyrs we pledge that we shall always be guided by their immportalspirits and do their name proud.

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II Akshat Shrawat S/OSunilShrawat, R/o E-1002GreenVillageSupertechNear ShoprixMallMeerutUttar Pradesh-250002. Declare thatNameofMyFather andMyMother hasbeenwronglywrittenasSunilKumar SinghandReeta Singhinmy10thClassCertificateNo-0528362. Theactual nameofMyFather andMyMother are SunilShrawat andRita Shrawat,whichmaybeamendedaccordingly. 0070789184-1

I,Inder Jeet SinghS/oBalbirSinghR/oH.No-1523, NewHousingBoardColonySector-3,Rewari-123401(Haryana),have changedmyname toInderjeet Singh. 0040617562-4

I,EldhosePC resident ofPerumkulathilhouse,Srappilli,EzhakarnaduPO,ErnakulamDist,Kerala,Pin-682308havechangedmydaughter’s name,fromSarahAnnaEldhose to SarahEldhosevide-Affidavit dated-07/06/2022. 0040617587-5

I,D, SusilaW/o,No.7022686CFNR.SundaramR/o,C-2/235Sector-17,Rohini, Delhi-85 havechangedmyname toSusilavideaffidavit 7.6.2022beforeDelhi. 0040617565-8

I Manoj Khatter S/O Dinesh Kumarborn on 13-08-1981 R/o 1246 RaniBagh Delhi-34 have changed myname to Manoj Kumar videaffidavit dated 25-05-2022

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II,,MMeeeennuuRathi&MeenuChaudharyBothnamearemine. For all futurepurposes I,Shall be known-asMeenuChaudharyW/oNitin Rathi R/oBangoPam,A-202, Omaxepalmgreens, Sec-Mu,GreaterNoida.

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IIsshhiittaa& Ishita Rathi Bothnamearemine. For all futurepurposes I, Shall be known-asIshitaRathi D/oMeenuChaudharyR/oBangoPamA-202, omaxepalmgreens, Sec-Mu,GreaterNoida.

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II,,VViisshhnnuuDutt SharmaAliasVishnuDutt,S/O-RamBabuSharma,R/O.A-260 2nd-floor,Sector-2,Rohini, NorthWestDelhi-110085,thatVishunDutt Sharma&VishnuDutt isoneandsameperson.

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II,,VVIIRREENNDDEERRKUMARS/OMANOHARLALRESIDENTHOUSENO-736,SECTOR-12,SONIPAT,HARYANAHAVECHANGEDMYNAMETOVIRENDERBAJAJ. 0040617567-4

II,,VVAALLLLAABBHHKISHORKESWANI,S/OKISHORLAKSHMANKESWANI,R/O1/59,SATGURUSADAN, SUNDERVIHAR, DELHI-110087,havechangedmyname toVALLABHKESWANI, 0040617565-3

II,,TTaauusseeeeff Nayab,S/oNayabuddinR/o-264,GaliGunnaMissarDelhi Gate,DaryaGanj Delhi-110002,havechangedmynameTausifMirza. 0040617567-2

II,,SSuurreesshhChander S/oUmaPati,R/o-A-3/188, Janakpuri,NewDelhi-110058,haveChangedmynameSureshChander to SureshChandBhatt,for all futurepurpose.

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II,,SSuunnnnyy S/o-RamSinghKhatri,63,PanaUdyan,Narela,MamoorPur,Delhi -110040,HaveChangedMyName toSunnyKhatri for allfuturepurposes. 0040617562-9

II,,SShhaalluuAnandW/oRohit KumarR/o-H-219, AshokVihar, Phase-1, Delhi-110052have changedmyname toShaluKumar for allpurposes. 0040617509-1

II,,SSaavveeeennaaBatra,W/o-RaviBatra,R/o-WZ-109,BhudhellaVillage,Vikaspuri,NewDelhi,inform that SanjanaBatra&SaveenaBatrabothareone& the sameperson.

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II,,SSaavveeeennaaBatra,W/o-RaviBatra,R/o-WZ-109,BhudhellaVillage,Vikaspuri,NewDelhi,haveChangedmyNamefromSanjanaBatra to SaveenaBatra for all futurepurpose.

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II,,SSaattiisshhKumar S/oRoshan LalAhujaR/oH.No.84/26, JawaarNagar, Rohtak (Haryana)-124001,HaveChangedMyName toSatishKumarAhuja.

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II,,SSHHAASSHHIIMEHRA,W/oASHOKMEHRA,ADD.FLAT.NO.A-243,DLF-THECREST, GOLFCOURSEROAD,DLF-5, SECTOR-54,GURGAON,HARYANA-122011,Changedmyname toGEETUMEHRA. 0040617562-5

II,,RRaahhuull Choudhary S/o LateVirender SinghR/o-A-4/34,Jeevan,Jyoti Apartments,PitampuraDelhi-110034,informthat Rahul Chowdhary andRahul Choudhary issame,person. 0040617567-3

II,,RRaahhuull Agrawal S/oMohanLalR/o-126/28 Jyoti Park, Gurgaon-122001,have changedmynametoRAHULAGARWAL for allfuturepurposes. 0040617562-1

IIMohdDanishKhanaliasMohammedDanishKhanS/oAbdulHaleemKhanR/oH.No.24, FlatNo.1, 1st Floor,LaneNo.1, Johri Farm, JamiaNagar, NewFriendsColony,SouthDelhi, Delhi-110025havechangedmyname toDanishKhan for all purposes.

0040617507-3

IIMiter Sain S/oTekChandR/o-S4/12A, Sector-75, BPTPKheriKalan, Faridabad-121002 havechangedmyname toMittarSain. 0070789226-1

II,,RRaaffaattuullllaa Khan,S/o-AtaullaKhan,R/o-B-51,G/F,Type-11,GovernmentPress,MintoRoad,NewDelhi-110002,havechangedmyname toRafatKhan for all futurepurposes.

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II,,RRAANNJJIITT THAKUR,R/OK-263,PUNJABIGALIGURUDWARAROADKOTLAMUBARAKPUR,ND-03,HAVECHANGEDMYDAUGHTER’SNAMETOAANCHALTHAKUR,FROMACHALTHAKUR,FORALLPURPOSES. 0040617565-1

II,,PPrraaddeeeeppKumarKara,S/oKrishanChandR/o.E-104,Ekta,Appartments,Sector-13,Rohini,Delhi-110085,HaveChangedMyName toPradeepKalra,for all,futurepurposes.

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II,,PPaaddmmaannoottaannNdasPaswaniMangtaniW/OKanhaiya LalMangtani,R/OC-10MaitriApptsMayur-Vihar Phase-IDelhi-110091,HaveChangedMyNameToPadmaMangtani, ForAll,FuturePurposes.

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II,,PPRRAASSHHAANNTT,,SS//OOSKBHATNAGAR, R/O100,OPP.J.N.U.,MUNIRKAVIHAR,MUNIRKA,NEWDELHI-110067,have changedmyname toPRASHANTBHATNAGAR.

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II,,NNoo..882211222288..LL RankNC(E)SHAMSUDDINS/OALLAHNOORR/O,65-B,NIYADERENCLAVE,DEEPENCLAVEPART-II, VIKASNAGAR,D.K.MOHANGARDEN,DELHI-59HAVECHANGEDMYNAMETOSAMSUDDINVIDEAFFIDAVITDT.7.6.2022BEFOREDELHI.

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II,,NNeeeettiiMohanD/oShashankMohan,R/o-A-3/188,Janakpuri,NewDelhi-110058,haveChangedmynameNeetiMohan toNeeti Sharma,for allfuturepurpose 0040617512-2

II,,MMoohhiitt Rawat S/oSantanSinghRawatR/oH.no-5370Galino.115,B-Block, SantNagarBurari,Delhi-110084, changedmyname toMohit SinghRawat. 0040617567-7

II,,MMoohhaammmmaadd IlyasAliasMohammad IlyasMir,S/oGhulamMohammadMir R/o.D-1B,LordKrishnaRoad,AdarshNagarDelhi-HaveChangedMyName toMohammad IlyasMir,for all,futurepurposes.

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II,,JJaassaavvaannttaa Kumar S/O-AMRITLAL, R/o-G-24,Sec-56, Noida,UP-201307,have changedmynameto JaswantKumarandAddresstoR/o-H.NO.350/A,GALI.NO-3,RAVIDASSMANDIRMARG,MANDAWALI, DELHI-110092. 0040617587-2

II,,GGaammiikkaa,,DD//ooHarvinder PalTakkar,R/o 53/70,RamjasRoad,Karol-Bagh,NewDelhi-110005,have changedmynametoGamikaTakkar,permanently. 0040617562-8

II AmanKumarRexwal S/oBalbirSinghR/o-196, DalpatiaMohalla, Badarpur, Delhi-110044have changedmynametoAmanKumar. 0070789225-1

II,,FFAAIIBBIIDDAAGEGAMW/ONo.821228.L RankNC(E)SAMSUDDINR/O,65-B,NIYADERENCLAVE, DEEPENCLAVEPART-II, VIKASNAGAR, D.K.MOHANGARDEN, DELHI-59HAVECHANGEDMYNAMETOFAIMIDABEGAMVIDEAFFIDAVITDT.7.6.2022BEFOREDELHI.

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II,,EEllddhhoossee PC resident ofPerumkulathilhouse,Srappilli,EzhakarnaduPO,ErnakulamDist,Kerala,Pin-682308,have changedmydaughter’ s name,fromAnnMariya Eldhose toAnnaEldhose vide-Affidavit dated-07/06/ 2022. 0040617587-4

II,,DDEEEEKKSSHHAAMULTANID/OHarjinder SinghR/O.A-167,VijayLaxmiPark, Nilothi Extn.,Nilothi-110041,ChangeMyName to DIKSHAMULTANI.

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II,,CChhhhaavvii Sharma,D/oRameshKumar Sharma,W/oAdityaAtreeR/o.H.No. 413/7,KadipurEnclaveOpp.Sector-10,Basai(50)Gurgaon,(Haryana)-122006, HaveChangedMyName toChhavi. 0040617562-2

I,Anoj Kumar Singh S/o Ganga SagarSingh R/o,WZ-1313,Nangal RayaDelhi-46,hereby declare that name ofmine has been wrongly written asAKSingh in my minor sonAyush KumarSingh aged 16 years 10th classmarksheet and certificate.The actualname of mine isAnoj Kumar Singh.

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II,,AAnnjjaannaa SarohaD/OPrithviSingh,R/OF-175,A-1,FirstFloor,Kainchi-Wali Gali,NearPunjabNational-Bank,LadoSarai Delhi, 110030.HaveChangedMyNameToAnjanaRani,ForAll,FuturePurposes.

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I,Anil Goyal S/o-Narender Goyal,R/o-372,Deepali-Enclave,Pitampura,Delhi-110034,have changed thename of my minor-daughter from-Parishi Goyal to Jyotsna Goyal,forall,purposes. 0040617562-7

II,,AAjjiitt Pal SinghS/oGurbuxSinghChughR/oK-59, JangpuraExtensionNew.Delhi-110014,Have changedmynamefromAjit Pal SinghChugh toAjit Pal Singh for all purposes.

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II,,AASSHHAARANIANANDW/oDARSHANLALANAND,R/oB-169,HARI-NAGAR-CLOCKTOWER,DELHI-110064,haschangedmyname toASHAANAND. 0040617587-1

II Jyoti Tyagi D/OVijendraSingh,W/OAnanj KumarTyagi R/oPlotNo- 160,1st Floor Pocket- 2,Near Living StyleMall, Jasola,NewFriendsColonyS.O, SouthDelhi- 110025. have changedmynameandshall hereafterbeKnownas Jyoti 0070789185-1

II,,AABBDDUURRRAHIM,S/O.OBAIDULLAH,ADD-467/10,UPPERGROUND-FLOOR,GADDHA-COLONYZAKIR-NAGAR JAMIANAGAR ,SOUTHEASTDELHI-110025,changedmyname toMOHAMMADABDURRAHIM,for all,futurePurposes. 0040617567-6

II,, Sushil s/oMadanLal r/oBE-242-B, Gali-5, Hari Nagar, Delhi-110064 have changedmynametoSUSHILGOYAL. 0040617508-1

II,, ShivNathSinghS/OKhushiRamSharma, R/o 121-A, PampHouseWali Gali, Near RamChandraGirls Inter College,ChandraNagar,Moradabad,Uttar Pradesh- 244001, havechangedmynameandshallhereafter beKnownasShivNathSharma. 0070789181-1

II,, Ramakant S/OAshokKumar,R/oDikoli, Jhansi, UttarPradesh- 284302. Declare thatNameofMineandMyFatherhasbeenwronglywrittenasAnkit SinghandBharat Singh inmyPanCardNo-KMBPS8409C.Theactual nameofMineandMyFather areRamakant andAshokKumar,whichmaybeamendedaccordingly

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II,, DEEPAKSINGH,S/oBalwantSingh,R/o 184-C,Pocket-A-3,MayurVihar,Phase-3,Vasundhra Enclave,Delhi-110096,have changemynametoDEEPAKSINGHNEGI, for allfuturepurposes. 0040617565-10

II,,MohitMongaS/o Late Sh.ShyamSunderMonga,Resident of 321, Gali No. 3, BaghKareKhan, KishanGanj,MalkaGanj, Delhi-110007, in RationCardRecordhasbeenwronglymentionedasSachinMonga.MohitMonga&SachinMongais oneand the sameperson.

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II,,MohdZiaQureshi alias SayedMohammadZia S/OMohammadAminEmployedasLabAssisstant, Directorate ofEducationR/o 1834HaveliChandWaliMohdDeenElaichiMargTurkmangateDelhi-110006, have changedmynameandshall hereafter beKnownasSyedMohammadZia.

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II,,MAMTASharmaD/oSurendraSharmaR/oHouseNo.337,Sector-14, Vasundhara,Ghaziabad, U.P-201012havechangedmyname fromMamtaSharma toMansi Sharma for allfuturepurposes. 0040617556-1

II,, Jaipal SinghS/oPratipal SinghRathoreR/o 1,1, Haider Pur,Farrukhabad,Mahoi,UttarPradesh, 209743have changedmyname fromJaipal SinghRathore, Jaypal Singhor Jaipal(All are sameperson) to JaipalSingh for all purposes.

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II,, ChandraKalaMann,W/oBaneySinghMann, R/o 435-F,Sector-29, Noida, GautamBudhNagar, ChangedMyname toChandraMann for all futurepurposes. 0040617522-1

II,, AntarikshS/OBhupendraKumar Srivastava, R/oB 38/77BahuVatika, Tulsipur,Mahmoorganj, Chhitupur,Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh-221010, have changedmynameandshall hereafter beKnownasAntarikshSrivastava.

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II hitherto knownasBinduAhlawatWife of ShriMaheshSharma, ResidingatHouseNo.9837,Sector-C,Pocket-9,VasantKunj,NewDelhi-110070,have changedmynameandshall hereafter be knownasBinduKadyan. 0040617574-2

II Vakila BegumKhanW/oYaminKhanR/o-D-473, Street-No.-5,SangamVihar, Delhi-110080have changedmyname toVakila 0070789222-1

II SumanGupta ,W/OVimalDagurR/oH-872, Raj Nagar I IPalamColonyDelhi- 110045.have changedmynameandshall hereafter beKnownasSumanDagur 0070789179-1

II SoniaChauhanW/O,BhupendraSinghBhadoriyaR/o Flat-306, Tower -c6, SrsResidency, Sector-88,Faridabad -121002 havechangedmyname toSoniaBhadoriya for all purposes.

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II Shivani D/oDevi Dayal R/oH.No-572, BrahmanMohlla,Dhand, Kaithal, Haryana -136020, have changedmynametoShivani Bhardwaj

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II SatishKumar S/o-Parkash LalR/o-AP-43B, First Floor,MIGFlat, Pitampura, Delhi-110034have changedmyname toSatishKumarChitkara for allpurposes. 0040617511-1

II Pankaj Agarwal S/OHariChand,R/oShiv ShaktiMedicalStore,M-12, Near IndianOverseasBank, Sector-52,Noida, GautambuddhaNagarUttar Pradesh- 201301 I havechanged thenameofmyminordaughterAvanditaAgarwalagedabout 5Year andShe shallhereafter beknownasTanishkaAgarwal

0070789180-1

IIMohdYaminKhanS/oNazirAhmadR/o-D-473, Street-No.-5,SangamVihar, Delhi-110080have changedmyname toYaminKhan 0070789220-1

II Jaspreet KaurW/oParamveerSinghDhillonR/o-2233,HousingBoardColony, Sector-28, Faridabad-121008 havechangedmyname to JaspreetKaurDhillon 0070789223-1

II Geeta aliasGeetaBudhirajaD/o Late Sh. ChetanDevW/oSh.Juginder Pal R/o 307, Block-11,GeetaColony, GandhiNagarS.O., EastDelhi, Delhi-110031have changedmyname toGeetaBudhiraja for allpurposes. 0040617507-4

II,,hhaavvee Lost theOriginalallotment letter andPlot BuyerAgreementdated.7-10-1982ofproperty no.3Amaltas-MargDLFphase-1,Gurgaon-Haryana.Finder plz contact-9810303098. 0040617587-7

II,,HHaarrddwwaarrii Lal Jain S/o InderMalJain, have lostAll OriginalProperty-Papers i.e.-DemandNote,BankChallanAll, 2Possession Letter,LeaseDeed&All DDA-Papers of 28,VasudhaEnclave,Pitampura,Delhi-110034,in thenameof InderMalJain.Finder Pls.Call:-8588932842. 0040617567-10

II,,GGIIRRIISSHHBHATIA,S/oSh.P.N.BHATIA*R/o-1029Dr.MukherjeeNagarDelhi,have LostmyOriginal-Documents of Prop. No.925,NAIWALAKAROLBAGHDELHI-110005.Finder Please-Contact.98102 95568.

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II VijayKumarBatra S/o Lt JaganNathBatradohereby informthat I have lost propertydocuments of Shop (15X10) atKhasraNo-412, PlotNo-1,JangpuraRoad, Bhogal, NewDelhi-110014 in thenameofmyself Jointwith Lt. DayaNandBatra S/o Lt. Nihal ChandBatra.If anyone finds it, KindlyContactmeat 9811058132within 15daysof issueof thispublicNotice. 0040617507-6

PUBLIC NOTICEIt is to be notified that my client Shri SubhashChander Kukreja S/o Shri R.P. Kukreja andSmt. Manju Kukreja w/o Shri SubhashChander Kukreja, both R/o 143, SamratApartments, Vasundhara Enclave, Plot No. B-11, Delhi 110096, have disinherited,disowned & debarred their son Sh.Amandeep Kukreja, their daughter in lawSmt. Anshu Tagra from inheriting theirmovable and immovable properties due totheir constant disobedient attitude, mis-behaviour as my clients have no control overthem. Henceforth my aforesaid clients havesevered their all relations with them and willnot be responsible for the acts and omissionsof the above named persons with anybody inrespect of anything whatsoever.

Sd/-BHUPINDER MEHTANI

(Advocate)245, Western Wing,

Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi-110054

PUBLIC NOTICEIt is for the general public informationthat my Client Mehar Singh S/O Sh.Khacheru and his wife Santo, bothR/O H.No. 224, Ali Ganj, KotlaMubarakpur, South Delhi, New Delhi-110003, have debarred, disownedand broken down all the relationshipfrom their son Sh. Mohan, from theirall moveable and Immoveableproperties either self acquired orancestral situated all over India dueto his misconduct, disobedience andmisbehavior attitude. My client andhis wife will not be responsible infuture for his acts which was done byhim.

Sd/-SANJEEV KUMAR & ASSOCIATES

AdvocateCh.No. 930,

Patiala House Courts,New Delhi-110001

PUBLIC NOTICETHAT MY CLIENTS SH. GULSHANBUDHIRAJA S/O LATE KRISHAN LALAND SMT.SONIA W/O SH. GULSHANBUDHIRAJA BOTH R/O 7/248.GROUNDFLOOR, SUNDERVIHAR,NEW DELHI-110087,INDIA SEVERE ALL THEIR TIESWITH THEIR SON SH MANISHBUDHIRAJA R/O 7/248, GROUNDFLOOR,SUNDERVIHAR,NEW DELHI-110087 AND DISOWN HIM FROM THEIRMOVABLE,IMMOVABLE ASSETS ANDPROPRETIES FOR ALL FUTUREPURPOSES. IF ANYONE DEALS WITHHIM THEN HE DEALS AT HIS OWN RISK,CONSEQUENCES.

Sd/-RAJEEV SAINI(ADVOCATE )

EnrI.No. D/1002/08,B-1/13, Sec-18, Rohini, Delhi-110089

PUBLIC NOTICEBE IT KNOWN TO ALL THAT my clientsShri Ravinder Singh S/o Late ShriGurcharan Singh and his wife Smt.Paramjeet Kaur, both resident of B-356,Hari Nagar, New Delhi-110064, herebysevere all their relations, disown anddisinherit their son, Harjeet Singh,permanent resident of B-356, HariNagar, New Delhi-110064, presentlyresiding at 66, PICKLEY CRESCENT,WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, R2P 1G3,CANADA, from their movable andimmovable properties and also severedall their relations with him vide PublicNotice dated 06.06.2020 published inIndian Express & Jansatta. Now fordevelop the relations in family members,my clients hereby withdraw their earlieraforesaid notice, which should betreated as null and void in future.

Sd/- (JAGDISH KUMAR SOLANKI)ADVOCATE

194 HASTSAL, UTTAM NAGAR,NEW DELHI-110059

PUBLIC NOTICEIt is hereby notified to the public at largethat my clientess Smt. Sukhdevi W/o Lt.Shri Ghanshyam R/o D-278, Inderpuri,Central Distt., Delhi-110012 disowned/debarred her son Rakesh Sanwriya Son ofShri Ghanshyam from the life and proper-ties of my clientess due to his quarrelingnature, using of abusive language and dis-repect my clientess after consuming heavyliquor and he trying to dispossess myclientess from her property. My clientessand her family have no cncern with abovementioned person. My clientess or any onefrom her family will not be responsible forany act, deed and things whatever done bythe above mentioned person with anybody, please note.

Sd/-Shiv Kumar (Advocate)

Ch. No. V-31-A, Tis Hazari courts Delhi-54

Public noticeBE IT KNOWN TO All The Public At LargeThat The Property LOCATED AT CB-89A,Ground Floor, DDA FLATS, HARI NAGAR,DELHI, NEW DELHI-110064 Is UnderDispute As There Has Been Conflict In TheFamily For The Said Property And TheTrial Is Pending Before The Hon'ble TisHazari Court, New Delhi. Any PersonDesirous Of Buying The Property In AnyManner Shall Be Solely Doing So At HisOwn Risk And Costs. My clients, Mr.DIPESH YADAV And Mrs. REENA YADAVR/O CB-89A, Ground Floor, DDA FLATS,HARI NAGAR, DELHI, NEW DELHI-110064 Shall Not Be Responsible ForDischarging Any Liability/Claim In ThisRegard.

Karan BajajAdvocate

D/5607/2020.

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Ch. No. K-71, Tis Hazari Courts,Delhi-110054, Mob:9990427037

PUBLIC NOTICEBe it known to all that my clientess Smt.Bimlesh @ Bimlesh Devi W/o Late Sh.Sohender Pal R/o A-3/388, East Gokalpur,Amar Colony, Delhi -110094, have severed allher relationships with her son Pawan KumarBeniwal, his wife Dipa Rani & grandsonSaksham and granddaughter Vaniya Beniwalwho are residing separately at H. No. 726/1, 2nd

floor, Sector-1, Vasundhara, Ghaziabad, U.P.since 2021, from all her properties moveableand immovable, whatsoever and wheresoeversituated and also severed all her relations,social and economical, with them for theirmisbehaviour and adamant attitude. Anybodydealing with them shall be at his/her/their ownrisks and my clientess shall not be responsiblefor the same.

Sd/-SANJAY MALIK

AdvocateCh.No. 664, Western Wing,

Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi - 54

PUBLIC NOTICEGeneral Public is hereby informed myclients Sh. Pyare Lal S/O Sh. ChamanLal and his wife Smt. Kalawati both R/oK-1/Extn. 71B, Jaildar Enclave, MohanGarden, Uttam Nagar, New Delhi-110059 have severed all their relationswith their son Sh. Kamal Kishor as hehas without the knowledge and consentof my clients living and residingseparately with some lady known asMs. Sona Sharma for last more than 6months. My clients disowning anddebarring their son Sh. Kamal Kishorfrom any inheritance in their propertiesand estate with immediate effect. Theaforesaid persons shall have noconcern, right, title or interest in any ofproperties of my clients. Any persondealing with the above person in anymatter shall do so at his/her/their ownrisk and consequences. Any act of thesaid persons shall not be binding on myclients.

Sd/-Sunil DuttAdvocate

(EnrI. No. D/487/88)Ch. No. 727, 1st Floor, W.Wing

Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi.

PUBLIC NOTICEIt is informed to the public atlarge that my clientessShobha Rani W/o Sh.Rajender Singh Dayal, R/o B-51-A / 50-B, Gali No. 2, 1stFloor Dabri Extension NearGopal Mandir, Dabri, NewDelhi-110045, is the absoluteowner of built-up property no.278-A, Ground Floor, areameasuring 47.11 Sq. Yds.,situated at C-Block, RaghubirNagar, now known as TagoreGarden Extn., New Delhi. Thata person namely Ajeet KumarS/o Sh. Chaman Lal, AadharNo. 248505808457 is mytenant in the said property,now my clientess came toknow that the abovesaidtenant is involved in number ofcriminal cases and also cameto know that he is tried to salemy above mentioned propertyon the basis of false fabricatedand manipulated documents.So, any person dealing withhim in future regarding myabove mentioned property.Hence, this notice is herebygiven that no person shoulddo any legal transaction inrespect of said propertywithout consent of myclientess namely ShobhaRani. If any person / doing ather / his / their own risks andfor that Mrs. Shobha Rani willnot be liable / responsible. Atthe same any transactiondone by any person in respectof said property the saidtransaction will not be bindingon Mrs. Shobha Rani.

Sd/-SHAMSHER SINGH

AdvocateEnrl. No. D-1024/97(R)

Ch. No. 803,Lawyers Chamber,

Rohini Court Complox,Rohini, Delhi-110085

PUBLIC NOTICEThe general public is hereby informed that myclients Sh. Ishwar Pal Singh S/O Dilwar Singhand his wife Smt. Roopwati both R/O 1stFloor, 253-254, Pocket-II, Sector 22, Rohini,Delhi, have served all kinds of relations withtheir son namely Sh. Kapil Chaudhary and hiswife Smt. Deepti presently R/O Plot No. 821,Sector-31, Gurgram, Haryana. Due to theiregoistic, quarrelsome nature, cruel act, notobeying, as they are no more in their control,disrespectful behavior, misconduct/misbehaving with my clients and my clientsdebarred/ disowned them from their allmovable and immovable properties. If anyonedealing with them shall be doing so at theirown risk and responsibility. My clients shall notbe liable for any act, done by them in anymanner whatsoever.

Sd/- MANOJ KUMAR(Advocate)

Ch. No. 138, W. Wing,Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi-54

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MS. NISHA SINGH D/o SH.SINGH RAJ SINGH

DefendantAt- F-98, Gali No. 2A, GroundFloor, Virender Nagar, Janakpuri,New DelhiAlso At- D-1/31, 11 Avenue, GaurCity-2, Sector- 16-C, Noida, U. P.-201009

Also At- 156, Near Sarthi Hotel,Sector-53, Noida, U.P.Whereas you are intentionallyavoiding services of summons. It ishereby notified that if you shall notdefend the case on the day of06.07.2022 at 10.00 A.M. i.e. Theday fixed in the matter, it will beheard and determined ex-parte.Given under my hand and seal of theCourt on this 24th day of May, 2022to be published in English daily“Indian Express” newspaper.Note:- Defendant is informed to fileWS within a period of 30 days fromthe date of receipt of summons withadvance copy to the plaintiff andfilling of WS in commercial suit in120 days period is mandatory and noextension can be granted.

Sd/-Judge

Seal

PUBLIC NOTICEThat on my behalf of my client Sh.Laxman Giri R/o Village - Pawari, Tehsil- Gunnaur, District - Sambhal, UttarPradesh -244302 it is certify that“Munesh Giri” Date of Birth (DOB) -12.06.2007 is my real son due to myaccident his name is not entered in hisArmy record so I request that his nameshould be recorded as in part-II order inhis Army Record.It is certifying that all the informationabove mentioned is true and correct.

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AdvocateEnrl. D-873/2003

Ch. No. 201, 1st Floor,Western Wing,

Tis Hazari Court, Delhi - 110054

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II AseemRastogi S/ORPRastogi,R/oN-4, KashmirAppt.PitamPura, NorthWestDelhi-110034. I have changed thenameofmyminor daughterTaranaRastogi agedabout 5Year andShe shall hereafterbe knownasAditri Rastogi

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II AnnammaM.C. aliasAnnamaChackoaliasAnamma JobbyD/o LateChackoM.P.W/oLateT.A.JobbyR/oH.No.B-30/F-3,DLFDilshadExt.II, Sahibabad,Pasonda, Ghaziabad, UttarPradesh-201005have changedmyname toAnnamma Jobbyfor all purposes.

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II Annamma JobbyW/oLateMr.T.A.JobbyR/oH.No.B-30/F-3,DLFDilshadExt.II, Sahibabad,Pasonda, Ghaziabad, UttarPradesh-201005 is also knownasMini Jobby. Bothnamesareof oneand the sameperson.

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II Anil BalyanS/oSh. RajbirSinghR/oRZ-B-1/4A,NewRoshanPura, Najafgarh, NewDelhi-110043have changed thenameofmyminor daughterfromDivishaBalyan toDivishhaBalyan for allpurposes. 0040617507-5

I, kailash chander S/OGyanDevR/ORZ-29A, Gali no-7,Durgapark,NasirpurNewDelhi-110045,sohereby solemnlyaffirmanddeclare thatmyson's SHIVANKARDHOUNDIYALcorrectD.O.B is 13/04/2004 andmycorrect name isKailashChander not KailashChanddhoundiyalwhich iswronglymentioned inmyson's schoolrecords. 0040617328_2

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The detail of RFP along with terms and conditions etc. is availableon the department website http://publicity.delhigovt.nic.in, canbe downloaded there from.The Pre-bid meeting is scheduled on 13.06.2022 at 2:30 PM inMedia Hut, DIP.This issue with the prior approval of Competent Authority.

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SHAMIKCHAKRABARTYKOLKATA,JUNE7

LONGQUEUESoutsidetheSaltLakeStadiumformatchticketsattestedtoKolkata’sloveforfootball. The All India Football Federation(AIFF) underestimated it by initially issuingonly 12,000 complimentary tickets, assum-ingnomore than10,000 fanswould turnupfor India’smatchesat theAsianCupGroupDqualifiers. Theyhad to do the course correc-tionafterSunilChhetri’scommentthathomeadvantagewould be lost if stands remainedempty. Now, as India begin their campaignagainstCambodiaonWednesday,morethan50,000fansareexpectedtobeinattendance.Stronghomesupportguaranteesanelec-

tricatmosphere.Butitdoesn’tensuresuccessonthepitch.IndiaundertheirheadcoachIgorStimachaveembracedareactive,ultra-defen-sivestyleoflate,especiallyaftertheir1-1drawintheWorldCupqualifiersagainstBangladeshinOctober 2019. In an international friendlyagainst Jordan lastmonth, in the lead-up totheAsianCupqualifiers,Stimacusedadefen-sive block so low that the defenders almostbreatheddowntheirgoalkeeper’sneck.Jordanwonthegame2-0.Theheadcoach’slowblockso far hasn’t achieved anything apart fromkeepingthescorelinesrespectable.TheAsianCupqualifierspresentanoppor-

tunity to break the shackles, against lower-rankedopponents.Cambodia’sFifarankingis171 vis-à-vis India’s 106. Hong Kong andAfghanistan are at 147 and150 respectively.FansdemandproactivefootballandStimacisreadytooblige.“Iwouldsaywehavepreparedforanycase

scenario,butweintendtopressfromthefirstminuteofthegameandputCambodiaunderhighpressure.Weneed toprove thatwearethefavouritesandweneedtocontrolaswellas be ready tohandle their counter-attacks,”hesaidatthepre-matchpressconference.TheAIFF’stechnicalcommitteechairman

ShyamThapaurged the teamtoplay “open”football. “Draws achieve you nothing. Indiamust play open football. I have seen these

playersplayingexpressivefootballwhileturn-ing up for their respective clubs in the ISL. Idon’tknowwhytheybecomecageywhenonIndiaduty,”Thapa,aformerIndiacentre-for-ward, toldTheIndianExpress.His ISL comparison offers relevance, but

there’s a catch. In the ISL, foreigners are in-evitably thestarperformers for their respec-tivesides,whiletheir Indianteammatesplaysecondfiddle.DoesthisIndianteamhavethequality to play open footballwithout losingtheir tactical shape? Also, do they have theability tokeep their concentration levelhighfor90minutes?“Chhacchorirmasladiyebiryani randha jai

na (you can’t cook biryaniwithmix-veg in-gredients),” the legendary PK Banerjee hadsaid in the 1980s,whenhewas in charge ofthe Indian football team.About fourdecadesdown the line, when Robbie Fowler spokeabout thequalityof Indianplayers in the ISL,Banerjee’sobservationstillrangtrue.“Wearestill coaching players. In all honesty, someIndian players look like they haven’t beencoachedbefore,”Fowlerhadsaidinhiscapac-ityastheheadcoachofSCEastBengal.EvenThapaadmittedthat Indianfootball

“hasn’tmovedaninch”sincehis ‘guru’madethe comment. “Given Stimac’s reputation asafootballerandhisexperienceofcoachingatthehighestlevel,wewerehopefulthatIndia’sperformanceunderhimwouldimprove.Butapart fromwinningtheSAFFChampionship,

whichweareexpectedtowin,theteamhas-n’t done anything noteworthy. I don’t fullyblameStimacthough.Heneedslongercampstopreparethenationalteam.Atourlevel,thisismandatory,”Thapasaid.

Favourites onpaperOnpaper, Indiawould start as favourites

againstCambodia,butinatournamentinvolv-ing the game’s backbenchers, Fifa rankingsaren’tthetruemarkerandupsetscanhappen.Notmanymoons ago, India had slipped be-low150inworldrankings.Also,somerecentperformances,overthelasttwoyears,includedraws against Bangladesh, Nepal and SriLanka.Littlewonder then that Stimacpreferred

tokeepexpectationsincheckashesaid:“Fromposition100until180-200, therearenoeasygames. There’s a very smallmargin anddif-ferenceinquality.Thedifferenceisthatifyoucan score an early goal or if you can score inthe first half anhour; thatmakesyour gameeasier. If youdon’t, itmakes youmorenerv-ous.”All said and done, this is a banana skin

tournamentforIndia.FailuretoqualifyfortheAsianCup,inalllikelihood,wouldcostStimachis job.More importantly, as Thapa said: “Itwouldbecatastrophic for Indian football.”

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Led by Chhetri, India look to break theshackles in bid to secure a C’ship spot NITINSHARMA

PANCHKULA,JUNE7

IMMEDIATELYAFTERhebroketheyouthna-tional record in the 100metres at theKheloIndiaYouthGames,SadanandRajwarpulledoffhisrunningspikesfromhisfeetandthrewthemintheair.ThespontaneouscelebrationwasalsoRajwar'swayofsayingfarewelltothewell-used spikes. The 17-year-old fromChandol village in Hazaribagh district ofJharkhandhadmadeplanstobuyanewpairfrom the Sector 17 Plaza in Chandigarh. Hehopestheprizemoneyforclocking10.63sec-ondswillcoverthecost."Mycoacheshavebeengenerousenough

to giveme international-standard sprintshoes.Ialwaysdreamtaboutowningmyownpair. ItcostsaboutRs25,000.Tocreateanewyouth national record is a special feeling. Ihope to improve further. Thenewshoeswilldefinitelyhelp,”Rajwarsaid.His journey to a goldmedal in theKhelo

IndiaYouthGameshasbeenatoughone.Heisthefirstathletefromhisfamilyandifnotforthe loanhis grandfather tookRajwarwouldnothavemadeitsofar."Nobodyinourfamilyknowsanythingaboutrunning.Ourfamilyisintofarmingandweownasmallpieceofland.We are dependent onmygrandfather's (re-tired teacher) pension and income from thefarm,"Rajwar,wholosthisfatherwhenhewasatoddler,said.On the insistence of his grandfather,

RajwarwasenrolledinStStephen'sSchoolinHazaribagh at the age of ten.He first startedrunningon themud track in school andwasguided by coach Priyaranjan. "Apart fromcoachPriyaranjansir,ourteacherKalpanaBaramadesurethat Iwasgiven 'extradiet' sothattherewasnoburdenonmyfamily.Mygrand-fatherhadalready taken small loans to sendmetothehostel,"Rajwarsaid.

AgoldintheUnder-14categoryinastatemeet anda first place finishat the juniorna-tionalsin2017helpedhimgetselectedfortheJharkhandSportsPromotionSocietyAcademyat Ranchi where he trained under coachSanjayGhosh.."ItwasonlywhenIgotselectedfortheRanchiacademythatmyfamilyhadtoworrylessabouttheexpenditure,”hesaid.Recently, Rajwar has made steady

progress on the track. At the just concludedUnder-20 Federation Cup, hewon a bronzewith a timing of 10.78 seconds. Last year,Rajwarwas the finalist in themen's100mattheInter-stateathleticschampionship(10.79).Anexplosivestartiswhatgiveshimanadvan-tage,coachGhoshsaid.“WhenSadanandhadcometousattheacademyinRanchi,hissprintinthe30metreswasverygood.Wespenttimeworkingonhis runningaction, leaningposi-tion initially beforeworking onhis strength,which is the explosive start,which I believewill only improve as he gainsmore strengthin coming years. He can beat GurindervirSingh'sjuniornationalrecordof10.47secondsin the comingmonths and can improve fur-ther,”Ghoshsaid.

SudeshnawinsgoldMeanwhile, Sudeshna Shivankar of

Maharashtrabecamethefastestwomanath-leteofthegamesbyclocking11.79secondsinthe girls' 100metres. The youngster,whosefeat was watched by father HanumantShivankar, a head constable in theMaharashtra Police, too had started practic-ing on amud track in Satara. “Sudeshna al-wayswantedtorunsprints.WhenwegotherenrolledattheChhatrapatiShahuStadiuminSatara,wewere a bitworried about her rac-ingonthemudtrackandgettinginjured.ButcoachBalwantBabarsir toldusnot toworry.Wherevershetravels,sheasksmetoaccom-panyherandseeingherwinmedalsisourre-ward,”Shivankarsaid.

SadanandRajwarwontheboys’100mrace inKhelo IndiaYouthGames. Jaipal Singh

After setting new mark,Rajwar eyes new spikes

THEINDIANnationalfootballteamhastheopportunitytoqualifyforback-to-backAFCAsianCuptourna-mentsforthefirsttimeeverafterhav-ingreachedthemin2019.WhileFIFArankingsplaceIndiahigherthantheiropponentsinthegroup--Cambodia,AfghanistanandHongKong--coachIgorStimac’stenurehasseenthena-tionalteamfarepoorlyagainstcoun-triesrankedlowerthanthem.Thefirststeptowardsbecomingabetterfootballteamhastobeconsis-tencyinqualifyingforAsia’spremiertournament.Thisiswhytheimpor-tanceofanAFCAsianCupishigherforIndia,thantheFIFAWorldCuporeventheOlympics–tournamentsforwhomqualificationremainsunat-tainableatpresent.

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SANDIPGJUNE7

“AGAR AISE daalna hai tomain nahi dalwatahu tere se” (if you are going to bowl like this,then I am not going to bowl you),” RohitSharmaspatoutfromtheslipsthisFebruary.Thenewcaptainwasn’tpleasedthatKuldeepYadav had resorted to firing his deliveries.That onemoment, even if taken out of con-text, seemed to capture the Kuldeep story:lowonconfidence,shrinkingofthebigheartneeded for a spinner, captains losing trust,andanatrophyof talent.But theupturnwasjustaroundthebend.At theheart of Kuldeep’s revival this IPL

season — among other features like fasterarm speed, bolsteredmorale and a feelingof being loved — has been his reacquain-tancewith an old ally: the flight, the aerialsuspensionof theball.Yadav burst forthwith a punkish flight

that foxed and flummoxed batsmen. BabarAzamwould recollect the twin deception -firstatthe2017AsiaCupandthenatthe2019World Cup - his flight hadwrought on him.OronecouldaskunwittingEnglishmenandAustralianswhoduelledhiminathree-yearspan from 2017 to 2020, wherein Yadavseemedlikeaconjurerwithaninexhaustiblebag of tricks. But somewhere, somehow, helost that trick thatmadehismagicwork.In his forlorn years—where hewas not

only ousted from thenational teambut alsothrust into thecoldbyhisex-franchise—thesoulof his crafthaddesertedhim.Yadavstillgavetheballsomeair,buttheballwouldoftentumble rather than rip out, float rather thanfizz,bereftofitspowertoproduceanillusion.Somecriticised that itwasanoffshootof

himtryingtobowlfaster—therewasawide-spreadperceptionthathewastooslowtotor-ment batsmen, once they began to decodehis variations. Hewas flat and flaccid, bats-mencould readhim fromthehands; andathispace,off thepitchaswell.Therewere few tell-tale signs of his re-

gression either — he was not hurryingthrough the action, he was not using toomuchshoulder,hewaspivotingasusualandcompletingtheactionwithhisusualfluency.Yadavwouldsaythat“theballisjustnotcom-ing out of my hands in theway Iwant it tocome.”Asimplebutcomplexassessment, inthatheknowssomething iswrong, yet can-notnail itdown.But that fizz, vigour, and loopy flight has

returnedthissummer.Theballnowripsoutofhispalms,ittraversesadeliciousarc, likeagiant white eye staring into the batsman’seyes, thenrising justabovetheeye-line, anddropping abruptly under his eyes, as if by asuddengravitationalpull.Theprodigiousdriftstilleludeshim,buthegetsthebeguilingdipthathas fooledmanyabatsmaninthepast.Therewereseveralinstancesintherecent

IPLwherein his flight and dip have hoaxedbatsmen—withYadav it is seldom the turnoff thepitchthatdupesthem.Onekeepsgo-ingbacktohisdismissalofShreyasIyerinthefirst of the two encounters between DelhiCapitals andKolkataKnight Riders. Iyer hadjust fetched his wrong-un (one breakingaway) for a six over long-on. The line of thenext ball was similar, angling away fromaroundthestumps,butmoretossedup. Iyersashayed down the track, opened up hisshoulderstorepeattheshot,onlythattheballsuddenlydropped.Onemoment,theballwasthere, thenextmoment itwasnot. Iyer triedto stab-defend, but theball spunaway fromhim and hewas stumped. The same game,hisflightdeceivedAndreRusselltoo,afteranelaborate (by T20 standards) set-up involv-

ingshufflinghisanglesandlengths.Other small tweaks, too, have starred in

the remaking of Yadav narrative. He hasquickened up his action — from strides tothearm-speed.Apart fromafront-armthattends tobreakawaya fraction tooearly, therest of theactionhasbeen retained.A lot ofbowlerstendtolosetheirbiteandgoflatterwhen they bowl faster, but not Yadav be-cause he relies less on shoulders andmoreonarmspeedtoregulatepace.Thisalsoen-sures that he canmodulate his pace — hecan bowl anywhere between 75kph to90kph without losing his sting —makinghimamore lethal bowler.

Different body languageHisbodylanguagetoohaschanged.When

hegetshitforasixorafour,hedoesnotblowhischeeksinexasperation.Thesedays,hejustsmiles,or throwsaknowinglookthatmightgive the impression that the last boundaryconcededwas part of an elaborate, cunningplan.Littlewonderthenthatheimmediatelyreturned to the national side. An in-syncYadavwouldbe invaluable inAustralia laterthisyear.Shouldhesustainhisform,hecouldturn out to be thematch-changing, tourna-ment-definingproposition.The biggest difference, according to

Yadav, is that he has shed the fear of fail-ure. “I have probably become a betterbowler. I don’t know. But one thing is cer-tain. Ihavebecomea lot strongermentally.Whenyoufail in life, youthink, ‘WherecanI improve?’ I haveworked on it, and now I

have no fear of failure.”

Ponting’s backingThe shift fromKKR toDelhi Capitals has

playedahuge role inhismindset change.AtDelhi, he has felt both wanted and loved.Before the start of the season, coach RickyPonting had texted him, saying he desper-atelywantedYadav.CaptainRishabhPanttoldhimbefore the season that hewas the firstperson the teamwanted toacquire. Pontinglaterpromisedhimthathewouldplayall14games. “Whenyouaregiventhe freedomtoexpress yourself, you start to enjoy every-thing.When I spoke toRickyduringmyfirstpractice sessionwith the team, he toldmethatIambowlingverywellandthathe’slook-ingtoplaymeforall14leaguematches.Thatconversationwithhimmotivatedmea lot. Iknewthatevenif Iweretofailinafewgames,the teamwould always backme, and I canone day strike form,” he said in a DelhiCapitalsPodcast.Wrist-spinners,more than any breed of

bowlers, need longspells, time to copewithdisappointmentaswellassuccess.Theyalsoneedunderstandingandindulgence.Around the same time last year, Yadav’s

mindwas staggering throughadark alley ofself-doubt.SometimesIfelt,‘whatisgoingon?’.Sometimes, themind says, ‘ab shayadwohKuldeepnahirahe’(Perhaps,IamnotthesameKuldeep). Sometimes I feel, ‘no, I amstill thesame’ and Iwait for theopportunity,”he toldthispaperduringhisdaysinthewilderness.“There are days when you feel serving

drinksandbeingonthebenchisforthebest,andthentherearedaysyoudon’twanttobein that place. I would think I should havebeen there playing. I tried tomotivatemy-selfeverytime.ItrytobehappyandfeelthatI am bowling well. There was self-doubtsomewhere. I started questioningmyself,”hepouredhismindout.Yadav recalled a conversation with his

idol ShaneWarne—whose death left himshattered—beforetheSydneyTest in2019.“Before the match started, we met in thetunnel.Heputhishandonmyshoulder,andsaid, ‘I want to see you smiling out there, Idon’t care howyoubowl. I justwant to seeasmileonyourface,”WarnehadtoldYadav.Thisseason,herediscoveredthejoyofsmil-

ingaswellasthethrillofflightingtheball.Andinvariably,herediscoveredhimself.

PLAYING TODAYRanjiTrophyLiveonStarSports1/HD1,9.20amUEFANationsLeagueSpainvsSwitzerland,PortugalvsCzechRepublicLiveonSonySportsNetwork,12.15am(Thursday)

PRATYUSHRAJJUNE7

TWENTY ONE wickets fell on Day 2 asKarnataka slipped froma comfortable posi-tion as the Uttar Pradesh bowlers workedtheirwaybackintothegame.Resumingfrom213/7Karnatakaadded40morerunstotheirtally, courtesy Shreyas Gopal's (56 not out)counterattackinghalf-century.Karnataka bowlers dismissed Uttar

Pradeshforapaltry155togainasizeablefirst-inningsleadof98.RonitMore(3/47),Vyshak(2/29), Vidhwath Kaverappa (2/19), andGowtham (2/43), shared the spoils for thehometeam.Karnataka in their secondessay failed to

buildonthemomentumandwerereelingat100/8attheendoftheday'splay.Karnataka'sstar batting line-up, comprising MayankAgarwal (22), KarunNair (10), andManishPandey (4), failed again. Mayank Agarwalnickedthespinnerwhileplayingawayfromthebodyagain.CaptainPandeyattemptedaquick single, but a direct hit found himwellshort.SaurabhKumar(3/32)starredforUttarPradesh,withAnkitRajpoot(2/15),gavehimsupport.Brief Scores:Karnataka 253 all out in 84overs&100for8in34overs(SaurabhKumar3/32, Ankit Rajpoot 2/15) vsUttar Pradesh1st innings: 155 all out (PriyamGarg 39;RonitMore3/47,VidhwathKaverappa2/19,VVyshak2/29,KGowtham2/43)

Ton-up Shubham propels MPRidingonShubhamSharma's (102n.o.)

unbeatencenturyMadhyaPradeshbattersrespondedstronglyagainstPunjabonDay2of theirRanjiTrophyquarterfinal. Punjabwere bowled out for 219 in their first in-nings. Madhya Pradesh were 238 for 2 atstumps, leadingby19runswitheightwick-ets in hand.Himanshu Mantri (89) and Sharma

stitchedasolid120-runpartnership for thesecond wicket to put Madhya Pradesh incommand. Mayank Markande (2/70) wasthe only Punjab bowler who lookedthreatening.Brief Scores: Punjab 1st innings: 219 allout vs Madhya Pradesh 1st innings: 238

for 2 in 99 overs (Shubham Sharma 102batting, Himanshu Mantri 89; MayankMarkande 2/70)

Bengal at 577/5Bengal team head coach Arun Lal on

Monday had said that they are looking tobat as long as possible. Resuming fromtheir overnight score of 310 for 1, Bengalwere 577/5 at stumps.Sudip Gharami (186) and Anustup

Majumdar (117) put on 243 runs for thesecond wicket. Majumdar, 38, completedhis 10th first-class century. Gharami, whowas106overnight,gotoutafterscoring186off 380balls, hitting21 foursandasixdur-ing his long stay at the crease. TheGharami-Majumdar standwasworth 243runs. Abhishek Raman, who was retiredhurt on Day 1, scored a fine 61. AbhishekPorel (68) added 109 runs for the fifthwicketwithveteranManoj Tiwary (54notout).Brief Scores: Bengal 1st innings: 577/5(SudipGharami 186, AnustupMajumdar117; SushantMishra2/122) vs Jharkhand

DEVENDRAPANDEYMUMBAI,JUNE7

THEMUMBAI coachDineshLad rememberswhenSuvedParkarwalkedintotheschoolnetsatBorivali.Hisparentsrequestedhimtoenrolltheir son in the Swami VivekanandInternationalHighSchool team.Afterwatch-ingParkarbatagainstthetennisball,thecoachdidn'tneedanyconvincing.“Hisbatwascomingnicelybehindtheball

andhiseyesremainedontheball.Ifeltwecanworkon this boy,” remembers Lad,whohascoachedRohit Sharma and Shardul Thakuramongst others. Thehand-eye coordinationthat attracted the coachwasondisplay overthe last couple of dayswhen the21-year oldParkar slammed252 forMumbai on debutagainstUttarakhandintheRanjiquarter-finalsbeforehewasrunout."I didn't feel thathighuntil Iwalkedback

tomyroom.IsawthehighlightsagainandthenIfelt Ididsomethingbig.Therearestillplentyof unreadmessagesandmissedcallswhich Ihaven't reverted. I still have a longway to goandthereisamountaintoclimb.It'sjustastartand I just want to carry thismomentum,"Parkarwouldsayattheendof theday.Afewyearsafterhejoinedthehighschool

team, Lad called Parkar’s parentswith a re-

quest.“Itoldthempleasedon’tevertrytostopthechildfromplayingcricket.AcademicscantakeabackseatforawhileasIfeelthathehassomethinginhimtobecomeagoodcricketer.Their parents agreedand thebest part abouthis familywas that their parentsnever inter-fered in his cricket,” Lad recalls. A son of abanker andmother, who had representedMaharashtrainkho-khochampionship,Parkarhasbeenwaitingforhisopportunityatthebigstage.OverMondayandTuesday,Parkarshow-casedtheabilitytobatforlonghours,tickingallboxesinhisfirstbigencounter.Over450balls,25 fours and3sixeshavealready flown fromhisbat.Parkercameundertheselector'sradarafter hammering three hundreds in four

games in a local A-division tournament. HewaspickedforMumbaiunder-25afteranun-beatenhundredwhichhelpedMumbaiclinchtheunder-25CKNayuduTrophy. That knockhadcomeinacrisisafterMumbaiwerelimp-ing at 50 for 6 and he added 194 runswithShamsMulani in an exciting chase. In thewhite-ball cricket in thepast,hehasshownapreferencetocut,upper-cut,andplaythelofteddrive overmid-off against seamers. He alsolikestoworkhiswriststoswattheballbehindsquare-leg.Hewasfarmorepatientandconservative

withhis shot selections, initially, at theongo-ingRanjigame.HehadreceivedthecapfromformerIndiaopenerWVRaman.Just a fewmonths ago, though, things

were a touch dire. Lad recalls that phasewhenParkarwaslowonconfidence.“Hewasgoing through a patchwhere nothingwashappeningforhim.Sowedecidedtogobackto basics. For two hours, every day, we didthe ‘conepractice’. Hedid it quietly and thebestpart ishe is readytoworkhard.Alwaysready to go that extramile to do better. Hehas never complained about anything tilldateand these runsare the result of his sin-cerity,” Ladadds.Brief Scores:Day 2-Mumbai 647/8 decl(Parkar252,Sarfaraz153,Mulani59;DeepakDhapola3/89)vsUttarakhand39for2.

Flight, drift, turn and a turnaround

Karnataka collapse as match hangs in balance Mumbai’s Parkar overcame a crisis ofconfidence before debut double century

ParaWC:Avaniwinsgoldwithworldrecord

Chateauroux: Tokyo ParalympicschampionAvani Lekharawongold atthe Para ShootingWorld Cupwith aworldrecordscoreof250.6inwomen's10m air rifle standing SH1 inChateauroux, France onTuesday. The20-year-old shooter broke her ownworld record of 249.6 to secure her aspot at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.Poland'sEmiliaBabskabaggedthesil-vermedalwith a total of 247.6,whilethebronzewent toAnnaNormannofSwedenaftersheshot225.6.SH1cat-egory is for athleteswith lower limbimpairment for competition in rifleevents. Lekhara bagged the top prizethree days after being on the verge ofmissing the tournament as her coachandescortwere initiallydeniedvisas.

PTI

AakarshientersmaindrawinIndonesiaJakarta:Talented Indian shuttlerAakarshiKashyapnotchedupahard-fought win over Thailand's SiradaRoongpiboonsopitinthewomen'ssin-glesqualifyingroundtoenterthemaindrawof the IndonesiaMasters Super500 tournament here on Tuesday.Kashyap,whohadclaimedthetopspotin thenational selection trials for up-coming major events, includingCommonwealthGames,prevailed13-2121-921-9overSiradain46minutes.ShewillfaceUSA'sBeiwenZhangnext.Indian mixed doubles pair of BSumeeth Reddy and AshwiniPonnappa,whohad grabbed the toppositionintheselectiontrialstosecureaplace intheCWGsquad,alsomadeawinningstarttotheircampaign. PTI

JohnsonresignsfromPGATourtoplayinLIVInvitationalStAlbans :American two-timemajorchampion Dustin Johnson said onTuesday he had resigned from thePGATourtocompeteintheinauguralLIVGolf Invitationalthatkicksoff thisweek.Bydoingso, Johnsonhas likelymade himself ineligible for theAmericanRyderCupteamandcouldpotentially jeopardise his chances ofplaying in golf's majors."It's hard tospeak on what the consequencesmight bebut I've resignedmymem-bershipoftheTourandthat'stheplanfornow,"Johnsontoldanewsconfer-ence at the Centurion Club, north ofLondon, host of the first of eightevents. Johnsonisthesecondgolfertoresign from the PGA Tour to join thecontentious new event which isbankrolled by Saudi Arabia's PublicInvestmentFund(PIF)andoffersato-tal prize pot of $255million. FellowAmerican Kevin Na said he had alsochosen thatoption lastweek.

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SuvedParkar (left)hit252forMumbaiondebut intheRanjiquarters. Express

ShivamMaviafterdismissingKrishnappaGowthamofKarnataka.

Karnatakaintheirsecondessayfailedtobuildonthemomentumandwerereelingat100/8attheendoftheday’splay.

ENDURANCE TESTIndiaplayersduringatrainingsessionat theFerozeShahKotlaStadiuminNewDelhionTuesdayevenasthecapitalexperiencedaheatwave. PraveenKhanna

ThecriticismrosterofKuldeepwas long- too flat, tooslow, tooweak- but justwhen it seemedhemightbe lost,heregained fizz

Have to get the best out ofHardik: coach DravidEXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI,JUNE7

TEAM INDIA head coach Rahul Dravid onTuesdaysaidhewashappytohaveall-rounderHardik Pandyaback in the side aheadof thefirstT20InternationalagainstSouthAfrica.DravidsaidafullyfitPandyawhocanalso

bowlwill adddepth andbalance to the side.“Atthispointoftime,it'sagoodthingfromourperspectivethathehasstartedbowlingagain.We knowwhat that does for us,whatkindofdepththatbringstotheside.Soreally,forus,it'saboutensur-ing thatwe can get the best out ofhim as a cricketer in terms of hisbowling,hisbatting,andintermsofhisoverallcontribution,”Dravidsaid.Dravid also spoke aboutwork-

loadmanagement of players and stated thatexpectingplayerstobeavailableforallmatcheswouldbeunfair. His comments come in thebackdrop of regular captain Rohit Sharma,Virat Kohli, and Jasprit Bumrahbeing restedfrom the upcoming five-match T20I seriesagainstSouthAfrica,beginningonThursday.

OnHardik’s leadershipIjustmetHardikacoupleofhoursago.We

had given him an extra day off, all the guyswho played in the final. His leadershipwasvery impressive. It’s pleasing to haveHardikback. Itwaspleasing towatchhimbat in theIPL aswell.Without giving toomuch away,don’twanttogivethebattingorderawaybe-fore thematch, sometimes the role youplayforthefranchiseisn’tthesameforIndiateam,at times theymightbeslightlydifferent. Thesameisthecasehere.

OnworkloadmanagementIt’s important tomanage theworkloadof

alltheplayers.Wehavealreadyrestedafewoftheplayers.Wehavedonethatinthepastfewseries. Thiswill continue fora littlebit, hope-fully, before the T20WCwe’ll be able to geteveryonebackonboard.

OnRohit being restedWeareintouchwithRohit.Rahulhascap-

tained before. Rohit is one of our all-formatplayers.It’sunrealistictoexpectthattheyplayallgames.Wewantthemtorestandbereadyforthebigmatches,bigtournaments.Withtheone-offTestintheUK,wehavetriedtoensurewefieldourstrongsideforthatTest.Frommyperspective,itisagoodopportunityforyoung-sters(thisseries).

Onapproachof top-3Any top three that play,what

wewantisareallygoodstartfromthembased onwhat thewicketdemands. There arehigh scoringgameswhereyouwanttokeepupthe strike rate. There might beother gameswhere thewicketscanbemorechallenging.As I said

theirrolesatfranchisecricketmightbediffer-entfromwhatwegivethemhere.ButI’mcon-fidentthey’llstepupinthoserespectiveroles.

OnKarthik’s inclusionWithDKit’sveryobviousandveryclear;

he’s made his comeback for the skills thathe has shown by playing in a particularphaseof thegame.He’sbeenpickedtobatinthatposition.

OnUmranMalik“He (Umran) was exciting. Certainly

bowledquick.Thatwasanotherexcitingthingfor me in the IPL… watching the Indianbowlersbowlquickly. Ihopeasacoachitgetstranslated to other formats. He’s obviouslylearning, andgrowing.Wouldbe interestingto see howmuch timewe can give him. I’mcertainly someonewho likes to give playersconsistency.Arshdeepisanotherexcitingguywho’sbrilliantaswell.

OnKuldeep YadavEveryoneofusinlifeneedsthatconfidence

andeveryoneofusinlifewillthrivegiventhatconfidence.It’seasytosay,youdon’tgetguar-anteesinsports.ButnicetohaveKuldeepback.

SpinnerKuldeepYadav(R)hasdevelopedapositiveoutlookaftermovingfromKKRtoDC. PTI

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