NEW DELHIOpposition's demand for

early release of MGNRE-GA funds to states and thegovernment's response thatthese were being given ontime led to heatedexchanges between the rul-ing and opposition benchesin Lok Sabha and a briefadjournment of its pro-ceedings on Thursday.

Dissatisfied with ruraldevelopment ministerBirender Singh's reply,more than 15 oppositionmembers, including thosefrom Congress, RJD, SPand Left parties, troopedinto the well raising slo-gans seeking early releaseof funds.

While some membersduring Question Hourraised concerns aboutdelays in release of fundsby the Centre for thescheme, the minister saidmoney is being released ontime.

Noting it was a"demand-driven" pro-gramme, Singh said in thecurrent fiscal itself, thegovernment has alreadyreleased about Rs 12,000crore to various states.

Singh said that paymentof unemploymentallowance in cases wherethe applicant did not get ajob under the MGNREGSwas the responsibility of

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HAQSAADDAFIGHT FOR RIGHTFriday, May 08, 2015

Illicit relationship row: AAP leader KumarVishwas moves HC against summons

Parliament passes historic land accordbill to redraw border with Bangladesh

Supporting Salman Khan in the2002 hit-and-run case? P8

KATHMANDUThe devastating earthquake

that has rocked Nepal not onlykilled thousands but may havealso shrunk the height of theworld's tallest peak - MountEverest - by about 2.5cm,according to analysis of

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Everest may haveshrunk due to quake:Satellite data analysis

CHENNAIA 36-year-old Filipino

woman developed labour painmid-air and the plane she wasin made an emergency landingat Chennai airport on Thursday,airport authorities said.

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Woman gets labour painmid-air, flight makesemergency landing

SRINAGARThe Phutkal artificial lake in

Jammu and Kashmir's Kargildistrict burst on Thursday, evenas officials said all the peopleliving downstream had beenshifted to safety. "Phutkal arti-ficial lake suddenly burst at8am on Thursday and thereleased water has washed

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Phutkal artificial lakebursts in Kargil

NEW DELHIThe spectre of faux pas was

again witnessed in Lok Sabhatoday with even ExternalAffairs Minister SushmaSwaraj making a mistake ofpressing the wrong button whilevoting. Swaraj, who wasimpressing upon the House topass the Land BoundaryAgreement unanimously, herself, however, votedagainst the measure when it was taken up for passage.

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Faux pas again witnessed in Lok Sabha

NEW DELHIBJP general secretary Ram

Madhav has vehemently refut-ed allegations that the party-ledgovernment was "arrogant" andhad not consulted its allies suchas SAD before going aheadwith the land bill. "This bill wasfirst discussed in the UnionCabinet where leaders of all NDA parties were present

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SAD charges on land bill unfair: BJPgeneral secretary Ram Madhav

NEW DELHIMinister for finance, corpo-

rate affairs and ministry ofinformation & broadcasting,Arun Jaitley on Thursday hassaid that in view of the multi-farious channels of informationdissemination, the objectivepresentation of news shouldnever become a casualty.

"While the news domain currently was event based,competitive and anchor driven, there still existed

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News should never becomea casualty: Arun Jaitley

SRINAGARPolice on Thursday used

water cannons and batons todisperse hundreds of Jammuand Kashmir governmentemployees who tried to marchtowards the Civil Secretariat

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Contractual employ-ees stage protest,police use force

NEW DELHIScientists have found another

missing piece for the jigsawpuzzle of life on earth.

Near a hot spring, over twokilometers deep in the AtlanticOcean between Norway andGreenland, they found a newtype of microbe that is the

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Loki: Missing linkin complex lifeevolution found

P5P2

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NEW DELHIRahul Gandhi on

Thursday attacked theNarendra Modi govern-ment in Lok Sabha overthe reported scrapping ofa mega food park projectin his constituency ofAmethi, accusing thePrime Minister of prac-tising politics of revengeand not "politics ofchange" which he hadpromised.

-As the Congress vice-president fired yet anoth-er salvo at the govern-ment over the issue offarmers, home ministerRajnath Singh assuredhim that he would look

into the matter andinform Gandhi, insistingthat the Centre believedin taking all parties alongfor the country's devel-opment.

Raising the issue in theZero Hour, Rahul Gandhisaid he had "liked"

Modi's promise inAmethi during the pollcampaign that he did notbelieve in the politics ofrevenge and was there topractice politics ofchange.

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On Amethi food park issue, Rahul accusesPM Modi of 'politics of revenge'

Opposition seeks timely release ofMGNREGA funds in Parliament

NEW DELHICongress president

Sonia Gandhi's con-tention that informationdelayed is informationdenied, rings true. Withover 39,000 cases pend-ing before the CentralI n f o r m a t i o nCommission an appli-cant must wait for atleast 18 months to twoyears before getting ahearing.

CHRI's VenkateshNayak said that one of

his applications hadbeen pending for thelast four years in thecommission whileanother activist R KJain said he has about150 cases that wereslated for hearingbefore the ChiefI n f o r m a t i o nCommissioner (CIC)related to the PMO,CVC and various highcourts. The chief's posi-tion has been vacant for

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WASHINGTONPrime Minister

Narendra Modi has dis-pelled the notion that hisgovernment is anti-minority, telling Timemagazine in an interviewthat "so far as the govern-ment is concerned, thereis only one holy book,which is the Constitutionof India."

In an expansive conver-sation with the maga-zine's editors on the occa-sion of his government'sfirst anniversary later thismonth, the PrimeMinister, addressing aninternational audience,said "Wherever a (nega-tive) view might havebeen expressed (about) aminority religion, wehave immediately negat-ed that....The unity andthe integrity of the coun-try are the topmost priori-

ties. All religions and allcommunities have thesame rights, and it is myresponsibility to ensure

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Only one holy book for govt —Constitution of India: PM Modi

NEW DELHIAchal Kumar Jyoti, a former

Gujarat Chief Secretary, was onThursday appointed as theElection Commissioner.

62-year-old Jyoti's tenurewill commence from the day heassumes his charge, a LawMinistry notification saidtoday. He retired from active

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Former Gujarat CS Achal Kumar Jyotiappointed Election Commissioner

NEW DELHILok Sabha on Thursday

passed a bill that providesfor trying juveniles agedbetween 16 and 18 yearsfor heinous crimes underlaws for adults, with thegovernment insisting thatit had tried to strike a "finebalance" to ensure that noinjustice was done to inno-cent children.

The Juvenile Justice(Care and Protection ofChildren) Bill was passed

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LS passes bill to make 16-year-oldoffenders liable for trial under adult laws

Pending cases climb to over 39,000 atCIC, wait period now at two years

NEWS IN BRIEF

NEW DELHIPresident Pranab

Mukherjee on Thursdaydescribed the tiesbetween India andRussia as "all compre-hensive" and said it willbe an honour to be partof the 70th anniversarycommemoration ofWorld War II inMoscow.

In an interview toITAR TASS newsagency and a TV inter-view to TASS, the pres-ident said: "I would saythat our relationship isall comprehensive.Russia was the firstcountry with which

India had a strategicpartnership."

Mukherjee, who leftfor a five-day visit toRussia, said it will be anhonour to be part of thecommemoration of the

70th anniversary ofWorld War II on May 9,which recognises themonumental contribu-tions of Russia to thevictory over Nazism andFascism.

The president said thecommemoration onMay 9 would remindpeople "of the need forall countries to striveactively for peace forthe common benefit ofhumankind and to neverforget lessons of thewar".

Recalling his longassociation with Russiaand its leadership duringhis many decades inpublic life, Mukherjeesaid he has metPresident VladimirPutin on a number ofoccasions.

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President Pranab in Moscow, saysIndia-Russia ties all comprehensiveBEIJING

Ahead of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi's visit herenext week, China has said it is"eager to cooperate" with Indiaon deep seabed mining in theIndian Ocean where its deepdiving vessel reported to havediscovered large deposits ofprecious metals like gold andsilver.

"With quickening oceanicdevelopment and increasingmineral exploration in theIndian Ocean, China is eagerto cooperate with India ondeep seabed mining," theChina Daily quoted ChinaOcean Mineral Resource R&DAssociation as saying.

Terming India an ideal part-ner, deputy director of the

association He Zongyu told thestate-run daily that "China andIndia are both developingcountries and contractors withthe International SeabedAuthority (ISA) so we have alot in common and plenty ofopportunities for further coop-eration."

The association is China'sofficial organization engagedin exploration and develop-ment of ocean floor and sub-soil.

Chen Lianzeng, deputydirector of the State OceanicAdministration, visited Indiaon April 20 and suggested thetwo sides enhance cooperationon oceanic research and devel-opment. "If we cooperate, we

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China proposes joint miningof Indian Ocean with India

ISLAMABAD: Echoing similar concern

expressed by the country'stop military leadership twodays back, Pakistan onThursday asked India torefrain from interfering inits internal matters, sayingthat Islamabad has provid-ed proof to New Delhiabout its involvement asrecently as the secretary-level talks.

At a weekly media brief-ing, Qazi Khalilullah, thenewly appointedspokesperson of foreignoffice, said Pakistan hasreminded to India withproof about its involve-ment in Pakistan's internalaffairs. "We have availedall possible opportunitiesto remind India to avoidinterfering in Pakistan'sinternal affairs. The recenttime, we did it at foreignsecretary-level talks," hesaid.

The statement appears tobe the continuation ofaccusations leveled recent-ly by the top military's topbrass. Pakistan army'scorps commanders onTuesday accused India'smilitary spy agency - theResearch and AnalysisWing (RAW) - of fuellingterrorism in Pakistan, attheir conference headed byArmy Chief Raheel Sharif.

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Pakistan warns Indianot to interfere in its

internal affairs

NEW DELHIAgainst the backdrop of

criticism over minorityissues, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi hasasserted that his govern-ment "will not tolerate oraccept" any discrimina-tion based on caste, creedand religion and thatthere was no place for"imaginary apprehen-sions" on rights ofminorities.

The Prime Ministeralso came out stronglyagainst controversialremarks made by someBJP leaders, saying, "wehave immediately negat-ed" wherever an individ-ual view has been

expressed regarding aparticular minority reli-gion.

In an interview to Timemagazine at his officialresidence here, he wasasked about remarks bysome BJP leaders aboutminorities that haveraised concerns amongMuslim, Christians andsome others about thefuture of practising theirfaith in India.

"My government willnot tolerate or accept anydiscrimination based oncaste, creed, and religion.So, there is no place forimaginary apprehensionswith regard to the rights

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Minority issue: No place for imag-inary apprehensions, Modi says

HC notice toPunjab govt,Badal's transportcompanyCHANDIGARH

Taking suo motu cog-nizance of Moga incidentin which a teenaged girldied after being molestedand thrown off a movingbus, the Punjab andHaryana high court onThursday issued notice tothe chief secretaryPunjab, DGP and theowners of the bus, OrbitAviation company.

While issuing notice tothe state authorities andthe company, divisionbench comprising JusticeHemant Gupta andJustice Lisa Gil has alsoappointed advocate HCArora and Rajvinder

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''Operation history-sheeter''to control Delhi crimeNEW DELHI

To commit a crime and flee on a vehicle would soonbe a tough task for Delhi`s professional criminals withpolice launching "Operation History-Sheeter", a first ofits kind initiative to curb crime in the city by cancellingthe driving licence of toughened criminals.

Police maintain cancelling the driving licence of crim-inals would bring down their easy movement in the cap-ital and thus lead to a drop in snatchings and robbery.

"My aim to launch Operation History-Sheeter is to haltthe easy movement of toughened criminals in the citythrough the process of cancelling their driving licence,"Special Commissioner of Police (Traffic) MukteshChander told IANS.

"The operation is in the initial stage and we are takingthe help of the transport authority and local police tomake it effective," he said.

Chander said the traffic police have compiled a list ofover 6,000 history-sheeters -- an Indian police term forcriminals with long record of serious crimes-- with thehelp of local police.

"Now we are planning to send the criminal historydetails of these history-sheeters to the Delhi transportauthority with a request to cancel their driving licencespromptly," Chander told IANS.

"Once the transport department issues notices to theseoffenders, we will send policemen to ensure that theoffenders submit their licences to the officer," he said.

According to Delhi Traffic Police, there is a provisionin section 19 1(a) of the Motor Vehicles Act 1988, underwhich habitual criminals can be disqualified from hold-ing a driving licence, but it is hardly put to use.

"The provision was introduced to deal with habitualcriminals so that they cannot easily escape after commit-ting a crime," a police official said.

Chander said the idea to make use of section 19 1(a)clicked in his mind when a man sent video footage of achain snatcher on the Traffic Police`s WhatsApp number- 8750871493 -- last month.

The vehicle number of the chain snatcher was clearlyvisible in the footage, based on which the police man-aged to get his address and he would be arrested soon,said Chander.

As soon as the cancelled driving licence of a criminalis inserted inside the e-challan machine it will show uphis criminal history which has already been uploaded inthe central computerised police data base.

106 fire incidents in Delhi onThursday, one deadNEW DELHI

The national capital on Thursday witnessed 106 firerelated incidents, with one casualty, a fire service officialsaid.

The official said of the 106 incidents, 104 were minor.In the first incident, fire engulfed the servant room of

a house in the Civil Lines area around 12.44 a.m.Nandan Singh, 63, died in the incident.

It took around three hours for fire fighters to douse theblaze, he said.

In another incident, five shanties were gutted inMadanpur Khadar area. The fire broke out around 12.50a.m.

The official said nobody sustained injuries in the inci-dent and around 15 fire tenders managed to douse theblaze by 4 a.m.

"A total of 106 fire incidents were reported onThursday between 12.44 a.m. and 7.10 p.m. in Delhi.Only two fire incidents were medium while others wereminor," he said.

"Except of one death, not a single person sustainedinjuries," the official added.

Chief Fire Service Officer AK Sharma said, "With thetemperature rising, the number of fire incidents willincrease. It`s not very abnormal phenomena."

Sharma, however, added that the number of fire inci-dents reported on Thursday were the season`s highest.

Nido Tania case: Delhi HC issuesnotice to 4 accusedNEW DELHI

The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought response ofthe four accused facing trial in connection with the deathof Arunachal Pradesh student Nido Tania last year afterthey allegedly beat him up at Lajpat Nagar here.

Justice Manmohan Singh issued notice to Farman,Pawan, Sunder Singh and Sunny Uppal, seeking theirreply on CBI's plea against the trial court's decision todrop charges under the SC/ST Act against the culprits.

"Notice issued to all the four accused," the court said,adding that the reply should be filed within four weeks.

Meanwhile, the court directed Tihar JailSuperintendent to serve court notice to Farman, who isin judicial custody. The remaining three accused are outon bail. The court has now listed the matter for furtherhearing on July 17.

At present, the accused are facing trial in the matterbefore a sessions judge. A similar plea has been filed byTania's father Nido Pavitra, a Congress MLA fromArunachal Pradesh, who sought quashing of theSeptember 25, 2014, order of the sessions court whichhad held no charge could be framed against the accusedunder the relevant provisions of the Scheduled Castesand Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) (Prevention of Atrocities)Act, 1989.

His plea, filed through advocate Prashant Mendiratta,had said the trial court had adopted wrong interpretationof the law and refused to frame charges against theaccused under the provisions of SC/ST Act "despite thefact that the entire assault, which resulted in the untime-ly demise of a young man, was unequivocally and clear-ly motivated by the accused perceiving him as belongingto Scheduled Tribe".

19-year-old Tania, a BA first year student in a privateuniversity here, had an altercation with some shopkeep-ers at Lajpat Nagar market here on January 29, 2014,after they made fun of his hair style.

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IN BRIEF

NEW DELHISenior Aam Aadmi Party

leader Kumar Vishwas onThursday moved the DelhiHigh Court seeking a stayon the summons issued tohim by Delhi Commissionfor Women (DCW) on acomplaint filed by a volun-teer alleging that he wasnot rebutting "rumours"about their illicit liaison.

The plea in the highcourt has sought that thewoman be restrained frommaking any public state-ment and questioned theauthority of DCW to issuesuch summons.

Vishwas has alleged thatDCW chairperson BarkhaShukla Singh is workingunder some politicalvendetta against him.

The Commission hadfirst asked him, his wifeand two others to appearbefore it on May 4 andlater a fresh summons forMay 6 was issued after

they had failed to appear.Acting on the woman's

complaint, theCommission had said thatthe volunteer had workedfor a year in Amethi for theparty and now it is a matterof her respect and honour,

so Kumar Vishwas shouldturn up and give his clarifi-cation.

In an interview to vari-ous news channels, thelady had alleged thatVishwas threatened her tostay quiet or else she

would be killed like AAPleader Santosh Koli.

Koli, who was to contestDelhi Assembly polls, waskilled in a road accident in2013.

The lady had said shehad campaigned alongside

Vishwas, who was pittedagainst Congress vice pres-ident Rahul Gandhi, inAmethi during 2014 LokSabha elections.

She had later found outreports that claimed thatthe AAP leader's wifecaught him in the companyof one of the volunteers inAmethi.

But later she hadreceived a message onsocial media, first onFacebook and later onWhatsApp, showing herpicture as the female vol-unteer Vishwas wasaccused of having illicitrelationship with.

Demanding thatVishwas' wife come for-ward and give an explana-tion, the lady had said thatshe filed a complaint atNand Nagri Police Stationhere in this regard onMarch 29, 2015. However,the police did not pay heedto her complaint.

Illicit relationship row: AAP leader KumarVishwas moves HC against summons

NEW DELHIChief Minister Arvind

Kejriwal has written toUnion Home MinisterRajnath Singh complainingabout a lack of communi-cation between the Centreand Delhi governmentwhich, he said, was delay-ing decision making.

In the letter last week,Kejriwal also emphasisedthe issues related to disbur-sal of compensation to1984 riots victims, transferand posting of bureaucrats,routing of files and deci-sion-making on subjectslike land, police and lawand order.

"Since the time when thenew AAP government wasformed, there has been a

lack of communicationbetween the state and theCentre, which is affectingdecision making," an offi-cial said.

Sources said thatKejriwal focused on thesubject of compensationfor 1984 riots victims.

A senior official said thatwhen Delhi was under

President's rule before thisyear's Assembly elections,the Union Home Ministrydecided to award a com-pensation of Rs 5 lakh eachto 1984 riot victims.However, cheques weregiven only to 17 familieswhile, the official said, it isestimated that there areover 3,000 victims.

Delhi government hasalso made a provision ofRs 10 crore for the riot vic-tims, but is waiting forCentre to clear the reliefpayments. Delhi govern-ment had also tried to seeka clarification from theCentre over the jurisdictionas regards the routing offiles between the ChiefMinister and LieutenantGeneral's office. The gov-ernment has also raised theissue of transfer of officialsas cadre control for civilservants lies with the homeministry. Last month, somebureaucrats holding keypositions had been trans-ferred to other UnionTerritories by the Centre ina major reshuffle.

Kejriwal complains to Rajnath about lack ofcommunication between Centre, Delhi govt

NEW DELHIThe National Green Tribunal (NGT) on

Thursday directed the Delhi government torespond within a week on a plea againstthe compliance report of a committeewhich had observed that there was no ille-gal construction at an ashram of jailed'godman' Asaram Bapu in Karol Baghhere.

A bench of NGT Chairperson JusticeSwatanter Kumar directed the ArvindKejriwal government to respond to theobjections by May 25, the next date ofhearing.

Last November, the tribunal had directedthe Delhi government, police and otherauthorities concerned to demolish all ille-gal constructions at Asaram's ashram andsubmit a compliance report eight weeks.

Later in January, a committee had filedits compliance report stating that there wasno substantive change in detailing of thearea i.E. 4312 sq. Yards of the disputedpremises.

The tribunal's direction came while hear-ing the petition filed by Sanjay Kumarwho sought direction for a fresh inspectionof the ashram.

Advocate Gaurav Bansal, appearing forpetitioner, said that "one of the importantmembers (Independent Member) namelySunita Narain of the court appointed com-mittee has not signed the compliancereport".

"The compliance report is silent on thestatus of the violations/illegal structureswhich were directed to be removed incompliance of the tribunal's judgment," hesaid. Earlier, a committee constituted bythe tribunal had informed it that theashram in the ecologically-sensitive cen-tral ridge of the capital had a "large num-ber" of illegal constructions. The tribunalhad constituted the committee comprisingDelhi forest official Tarun Coomar, Unionforest ministry official TC Nautiyal andenvironmentalist Narain to inspect part ofthe central ridge area.

Demolition of Asaram's ashram:NGT seeks reply to objections NEW DELHI

Delhi Metro servicebetween Tis Hazari andInderlok stations would bebriefly affected over theweekend due to mainte-nance and repair work.

Trains would operate ona single line between thetwo stations, which fall onthe Red Line (Line 1),with three intervening sta-tions namely Pulbangash,Pratap Nagar and ShastriNagar, on May 9 and May10.

"On Saturday the fre-quency of trains would beapproximately 18 minutesbetween 6 AM - 7:30 AMwhereas on Sunday thefrequency would be thesame between 10 AM -12:30 PM," a spokesper-son said.

Officials said this wasnecessitated due to trackmaintenance workbetween Pulbangash andPratap Nagar stations.However, normal trainservices would remainavailable betweenInderlok to Rithala, andTis Hazari to DilshadGarden sections for thatduration.

NEW DELHIIndira Gandhi National

Open University (IGNOU)in its efforts towards offer-ing learner-friendly servic-es has launched an OnlineAdmission System (OAS).

The online admissionsystem was launched todayby in-charge ViceChancellor of IGNOUProf. Nageshwar Rao.

Applicants will now beable to submit their appli-cation forms online andreceive instant confirma-tion for successful submis-sion of their applicationforms through email andSMS, said Prof. Rao.

There is also a provisionfor online payment of pro-gramme fee.

The facility will be avail-

able for the ongoing July2015 admission session forall the 148 academic pro-grammes. The onlineadmission facility can beaccessed on official web-site of the universitywww.Ignou.Ac.In.

The last date for submis-sion of application formsfor bachelor preparatoryprogramme, certificate,advanced certificate andPG certificate programmeswill be June 15. The lastdate with a late fee of Rs300 will be June 30.

In case of master, bache-lor, PG diploma and diplo-ma level programmes, thelast date will be August 17without late fee andAugust 31 with late fee ofRs 300.

IGNOU launches onlineadmission system

NEW DELHIDelhi University is set to

announce by next week itsadmission policy for theupcoming academic ses-sion with major changeslikely on the cards, includ-ing for bringing the admis-sion process online andintroducing a centralisedpolicy for sports quotaadmissions.

"A 23-member commit-tee was formed by the var-sity last month to reviewthe admission criteriaahead of admissions.

"After three extensivemeetings and deliberationson the proposed changes,the committee today sub-mitted its recommenda-tions to the universitywhich will be reviewed by

the Vice Chancellor," asenior varsity official said.

"Some major changesare expected in the patternand guidelines and thefinal policy is likely tobe announced nextweek," he added.

While DU is look-ing to make theentire admissionprocess online fromthe upcoming aca-demic session, thepolicy for admissionsunder sports quota is alsoset to be revamped.

"The committee has rec-ommended that instead ofcolleges conducting sepa-rate fitness tests for admis-sions under sports quota,the same should be cen-tralised and be conducted

by the university," a com-mittee member said.

The admission process islikely to begin from June 2

and will be winded up byAugust 14.

DU had constituted the23-member committeecomprising the registrar,deans of various faculties,principals of various col-

leges and its Academic andExecutive Council mem-bers to look into theprocess of admissions for

the various undergradu-ate courses for aca-

demic session2015-16.

The commit-tee had in itsearlier meet-ings decided todo away withany disadvan-

tage to the gapyear students and

said they will be treatedon a par with fresh schoolpass-outs.

Also, for students seek-ing admission into B.Com(Hons) and Economicscourses, it will be manda-tory to have mathematics

as a subject.The other major changes

which are expected wouldbe in the additional eligi-bility criteria to be adoptedby colleges and the 'Best-Four' policy.

"All the colleges willhave to adopt a uniformityin eligibility criteria foradmissions unlike earlierwhen they could havedefined their own rulebesides those mandated bythe varsity," the committeemember said.

"The Best-Four policy isalso being revised and itwill be mandatory toinclude one languagecourse in the Best-Fourpercentage.

"In case of Honourscourses, if the aspirant has

not studied the particularsubject in class XII, therewill be a deduction of 2 percent while, in case of voca-tional subjects, there willbe a deduction of 10 percent," he added.

The members, however,maintained that the admis-sion committee has notsubmitted any recommen-dation regarding imple-mentation of the Choice-Based Credit System(CBCS), which is beingopposed by a section ofteachers.

"It is being worked out atthe university level and theadmission committee hasnot submitted any recom-mendation on the same,"another member said.

DU to soon announce admission policy for upcoming session

Large haul ofheroin fromNigerian inDelhiNEW DELHI

In one of the biggestseizures of heroin inrecent times, eight kg ofthe drug worth Rs 40 crorein the international markethas been recovered from aNigerian who has beenarrested.

Acting on intelligence,the officials of Directorateof Revenue Intelligence(DRI) Wednesday appre-hended JosephOnyekachukwu fromDwarka area.

During a search opera-tion at his residence, 8 kgof high quality heroin wasrecovered. The interna-tional market price of theseized drug is about Rs 40crore, a DRI official said.

This is one of the largestseizures of heroin made inDelhi in recent times andwill help in busting aninternational racketinvolved in smuggling ofthe drug, he said.

Delhi Metro service on Red Line tobe briefly affected over weekend

DoPT initiates stepsto move Chaturvedito Delhi govtNEW DELHI

The Centre has initiatedprocedures to movewhistleblower officialSanjiv Chaturvedi fromAIIMS to the Delhi gov-ernment, months after arequest to this effect wasmade by Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal.

The Department ofPersonnel and Traininghas written to Ministry ofEnvironment, the cadre-controlling authority forChaturvedi, an IndianForest Service Officer, andthe Union Health Ministryas he is serving in AIIMScurrently, for issuing NOCso that he could bedeputed to Delhi govern-ment.

Only one...not tolerate or accept any discrimination

based on caste, creed and religion," he added,in the face of a spate of divisive and commu-nal pronouncements by some of his col-leagues.

The Prime Minister also addressed theissue of terrorism at some length, saying"countries that believe in human values"should come together and fight terrorism,and it is important for the countries to gobeyond the groups, beyond the individualnames, beyond the geographical locationthey come from, beyond even looking at thevictims of the terrorism, and fight terrorismas a collective.

Modi disclosed that when he met PresidentObama both in September last year and inJanuary this year, he did request him to leadthe charge in delinking terrorism from reli-gion.

"We should not look at terrorism from thenameplates - which group they belong to,what are their names, what is their geograph-ical location, who are the victims of terrorism... I think we should not see them in individ-ual pieces. We should rather have a compre-hensive look at the ideology of terrorism, seeit as something that is a fight for human val-ues, as terrorists are fighting against humani-ty," he said.

Ahead of his visit to China next week,India's Prime Minister also addressed NewDelhi's complex ties with Beijing in an inter-view where Pakistan was a non-issue. Hesaid both India and China are showing greatmaturity and commitment to economic coop-eration.

"There is by and large peace and tranquilli-ty on the India-China border. It is not avolatile border. Not a single bullet has beenfired for over a quarter of a century now. Thisessentially goes to prove that both countrieshave learnt from history," he pointed out.

Asked whether he would like to have thekind of authoritarian power that China'sleader has, Modi maintained that "India is ademocracy; it is in our DNA," and he did notthink a dictatorship was needed to run India.

"If you were to ask me to choose betweendemocratic values and wealth, power, pros-perity and fame, I will very easily and with-out any doubt choose democratic values," hesaid.

Modi also described India and US as "nat-ural allies," an expression first used by for-mer PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee which hadsince been jettisoned.

"We are natural allies ... (It's not) whatIndia can do for the US, what the US can dofor India ... The way we should look at it iswhat India and the US can together do for theworld ... strengthening democratic values allover," he said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has dodgedthe notorious 'devil horn' cover on Time mag-azine. The so-called 'devil horn' cover occurswhen the M in the TIME title comes over thesubject's head, giving him or her the appear-ance of having pointed horns.

Time says has had 34 'devil horn' covers inits history, most recently that of HillaryClinton in silhouette. Others who have fea-tured under devil's horn include MargaretThatcher, Pope Francis, Jesus Christ andDarth Vader. Obama, Bush, and Clinton havealso sprouted devil's horn on Time covers."Any resemblance to cats, bats or devil hornsis entirely coincidental," the magazine said ina recent explanatory note.

Time has a hoary cover tradition. This isthe first time Narendra Modi has been on thecover of both Time's US and Internationaleditions. He has been on the cover of TIMEAsia twice before this week. JawaharlalNehru appeared on six Time covers, andMahatma Gandhi on three. There have been51 Time magazine covers featuring a Bushand 54 featuring a Clinton.

Portrait photographer Peter Hapak who hasshot Modi's cover photo, said he spent a fullhour with Modi to get the ideal shot. "I had afull hour with him, which is very unusualbecause most of the time I only have 10 min-utes for a portrait session," Hapak explained."For portraiture it's very important to makeyour subject forget that you're here, thatsomebody's watching him. It was enoughtime for him to get comfortable."

Minority issue...of the minorities in India," he said."And wherever an individual view might

have been expressed with regard to a partic-ular minority religion, we have immediatelynegated that. So far as the BJP and my gov-ernment are concerned... there is only oneholy book of reference, which is theConstitution of India," he said.

The Modi government has been underattack over Hinduvta outfit campaigns like"ghar wapsi", "love-jihad" and recent vandal-isation of churches in Delhi and some othertowns.

Pakistan warns...commanders conference, PM Nawaz

Sharif, in an interview with Saudi Gazette,had blamed India, , for not responding posi-tively to vibes sent from Pakistan to improveshaky relations between the two countries.

"India had unilaterally called off talksbetween the two countries and it has not beenmaking any effort for resumption of dia-logue," Sharif said.

At Thursday's media briefing, the FOspokesman, while responding to a questionabout Dawood Ibrahim, said the governmenthas always maintained that underworld donis not on Pakistani soil. "India had acceptedPakistan's ignorance of his whereabouts," headded.

HC notice...Singh Bains as amicus curiae in the case to

assist the court in the matter. The bench, however, refused to entertain

the plea of Aam Adami Party Punjab whowanted to become a party in the matter.

The matter reached the high court througha letter written by some senior citizen seek-ing high court's intervention in the issue.

The applicant in this case has also referredto a large number of media reports along withhis letter.

The victim and her mother were allegedlypushed out a moving Orbit Aviation bus,which is owned by the family of state chiefminister Prakash Singh Badal.

China proposes...could share the costs, the risks and the ben-

efits," He said.Proposing the cooperation, He said China

and India are on about the same level interms of the development of deep seabedmining, which makes India an ideal partner.

Deep seabed mining is high-cost and high-risk work, with costs for a mining site top-ping $1.6 billion, he said.

Beijing's proposal for India-China cooper-ation comes in the immediate backdrop of thecompletion of the 118-day voyage of theChina's deep-sea manned submersibleJiaolong in the southwest Indian Ocean hereit reported to have discovered large depositsof precious metals like gold and silver.

During the latest mission in March,Jiaolong successfully carried out 13 dives toobserve different hydrothermal areas, thecharacteristics of hydrothermal fluids anddeep-sea biodiversity, gathering a hugeamount of data and more than 700 samples.

The surprise proposal comes ahead ofModi's three-day visit from May 14 duringwhich he will hold formal and informal talkswith Chinese President Xi Jinping andPremier Li Keqiang in Xi'an and Beijing.

President Pranab...Mukherjee said the "geopolitical realities

and cultural affinities have ensured that ourshas been a relationship marked by exception-al understanding and convergence of views,through all the realignments in the globalpolitical and economic landscape.

"Russia was the first country with whichIndia concluded a formal agreement onstrategic partnership in October 2000,"Mukherjee recalled.

"In recognition of the considerablestrengthening of our multi-faceted relationssince then, we now describe our relationshipaptly as a special and privileged strategicpartnership."

"An area of considerable promise is coop-eration in education, research and innova-tion. We are actively working towards creat-ing institutional linkages between our educa-tional and research institutions," Mukherjeesaid.

The president said the KudankulamNuclear Power Project showcases the bilater-al cooperation, and the hydrocarbons sectorholds great promise.

On defence ties, he said India would like toapply the BrahMos supersonic missile proj-ect experience to other defence platforms andequipment.

"We believe that the 'Make in India' initia-tive provides exciting new opportunities forIndia-Russia collaboration in setting up man-ufacturing facilities in India for Russianweapons systems, their sub-assemblies andcomponents," he said.

Putin had "responded very warmly to thisapproach", Mukherjee said, adding: "We arealso putting in place more active service-to-service exchanges, training cooperation andregular military exercises."

He said the "special privileged strategicpartnership has raised our relationship fromthe level of mere buyer and seller to joint col-laborators in different sectors starting fromdefence to space research. I believe thiscooperation will further enhance in the com-ing years."

On Amethi...promises to people and the one made by the

Prime Minister is the biggest ... What he isdoing is politics of revenge," he said, addingthat the Centre had scrapped the project in hisfamily pocket-borough which would havebenefited farmers in 10 districts. Congressmembers protested with cries of 'shame,shame'.

BJP members often interrupted Rahul as hehighlighted how he worked to have the foodpark project allotted to Amethi after farmers'raised the issue with him.

At one point, Gandhi retorted to the contin-uous disruptions by the ruling party mem-bers, "I am not talking about suit but potato.You should not be scared." He was referring

to his 'suit-boot ki sarkar' jibe at the Modigovernment at an earlier occasion in theHouse.

Talking of the farmers' concern, he said,"They asked me what is this magic that theysell potato for Rs 2 per kg but a packet ofchips having not more than one potato's con-tent sells for Rs 10. They said if they couldsell potatoes directly to factories, then theywould benefit more. The project happenedslowly," the Congress leader said.

Taking Rahul Gandhi on, the minister saidhe was born to a family of farmers and theCongress leader's knowledge was "limited"as one potato's content cost up to Rs 70 in achips packet.

Singh said as far as he knew, it was thecompany behind the mega food park whichpulled out.

"I will have the matter looked into and per-sonally inform you," the home minister said.Amid the sparring between treasury benchesand the opposition, Singh was heard askinghis party members to keep quiet and let himspeak.

Opposition seeks...respective state governments.Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge said

chief ministers of Rajasthan, MadhyaPradesh and Odisha have written to theCentre about inadequate availability of fundsfor the scheme. He wondered "who is tellingthe truth, the states or the Centre."

In response, the minister said enough fundshave been allocated for the scheme and addi-tional money would be given.

"If you are not satisfied with the (minis-ter's) reply, there are other ways (to raise thematter)," speaker Sumitra Mahajan told theagitating members.

As the opposition members were dissatis-fied with the minister's reply and continuedtheir protests, the proceedings wereadjourned for ten minutes.

Soon after the house re-assembled, the pan-demonium continued with the oppositiondemanding release of central funds for the"farmers and the poor" on time.

SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav saidMGNREGA funds should be linked to theMPLAD scheme with stringent conditions asit would ensure timely release of money tothe states.

Though the house took up a question onrenewable energy, not much could be heardas the opposition din continued. Power min-ister Piyush Goyal retorted that since theirleader (Rahul Gandhi) has left the House,they should end the sloganeering.

After the end of the Question Hour, speak-er requested the agitating members to returnto their seats.

Pending cases....the last nine months. ``The waiting period

has steadily increased in the commission.Now it would take at least two years beforean applicant's appeal can be heard,'' Nayaksaid.

Besides the backlog is the worrying issuethat there is no oversight on important publicauthorities like PMO, CVC and cabinet sec-retariat among others. Recently the NationalCampaign for People's Right to Information(NCPRI) led a protest march to Parliamenton the issue arguing that there is no appellatemechanism for RTI violations by these pub-lic authorities. ``The autonomy and inde-pendence of the commission has also beenadversely impacted by the absence of thechief. In fact, even the process of appoint-ment is completely non transparent and arbi-trary,'' the NCPRI said.

Activists rue the fact that a weapon ofempowerment has been blunted due to sheerindifference. Ironically awareness on RTI hasspread among people. According to the CICannual report 8.3 lakh RTIs were filed in2013-2014 with over 2,200 central publicauthorities with 76% compliance.

While the issue of pending cases has beenbrewing for some time now and not necessar-ily a problem created by the NDA govern-ment, the absence of a chief in the CIC hashurt the organization. The CIC is unable totake any administrative decisions and moreimportantly any decisions taken by the com-mission can be challenged by a court becauseof a lacuna in the RTI Act.

LS passes...person, who is apprehended after complet-

ing the age of 21 years, for committing anyserious or heinous offence when such personwas between the age of 16 to 18 years, thenhe shall, subject to the provisions of this Act,be tried as an adult."

At least 42 official amendments weremoved by the government to the bill whichwere adopted, while all the amendmentsmoved by opposition members like ShashiTharoor (Congress) and N K Premchandran(RSP) were negated.

Opposition members opposed the proposalto raise the age bar, expressing apprehensionsabout misuse and violation of rights of chil-dren by the new law which is being enactedagainst the backdrop of the involvement of a16-year-old in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrapecase.

However, minister for women and childdeveloment Maneka Gandhi said she hastried to be "pro-child" and made efforts tostrike a "fine balance" between justice to vic-

tims and rights of children.Rejecting the allegation that she only loved

animals and not children, Gandhi said thenew law was intended to be a "deterrent" toensure that juveniles refrain from crimes andavoid spoiling their lives.

Justifying the need for the new law, shesaid according to National Crime RecordsBureau (NCRB), around 28,000 juvenileshad committed various crimes in 2013 and ofthem, 3887 had allegedly committed heinouscrimes.

She also cited a recent Supreme Courtorder wherein the Apex court had favoured arelook at the law in view of the growingnumber of juveniles involved in heinouscrimes.

Faux pas again...When the voting took place by division on

the Constitution Amendment Bill, the displayboard showed 320 members in favour of themotion and only one against.

The negative vote was by Swaraj who hadpressed the red button instead of green.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was seenlooking at Swaraj and smiling, whileOpposition members had a hearty laugh.

Swaraj then corrected her vote throughpaper. Soon CPI(M)'s Mohd Salim and someothers urged Speaker Sumitra Mahajan tocorrect it. Parliamentary Affairs Minister MVenkaiah Naidu also urged the Speaker tocorrect it before announcing the result of thevote, instead of having a vote on the sameissue again.

Mahajan, who had not made the announce-ment till then, said the motion had beenadopted with 322 votes in favour and noneagainst.

Earlier in the day, another faux pas waswitnessed when a number of BJP memberssaid 'No' during voice vote on an officialamendment moved by Women and ChildMinister Maneka Gandhi to the JuvenileJustice Bill.

Opposition members took swipe at the rul-ing benches over it even as Deputy SpeakerM Thambidurai, who was in the Chair, saidhe had not completed the process of votingand did not take the 'No' into consideration.

"There was some confusion...So we willhave it repeated," he said and put the amend-ment to vote again.

Yesterday too, the government faced someembarrassing moments in the House as 12BJP members voted against a clause of theGST Bill, instead of voting in favour.

The 12 ruling party members had pressedthe red button when the Speaker had put theClause 2 of the Constitution Amendment Billto vote.

News should...space for news based on facts and correct

information. The audience for informationwas extremely keen to have a comprehensiveview of issues and events. At the same timethe credibility of presenting objective newsdepended on the ability to update informa-tion consistently," he added.

Jaitley made this statement while deliver-ing his address at the launch of the DD NewsMobile Application and other e-initiatives ofthe I&B Ministry Thursday. "The launch ofthe application by DD News was an impor-tant milestone for Prasar Bharati as it cateredto the information needs of the pan-Indianaudience. It also provided DD News a plat-form to instantly communicate the objectivenews on a 24x7 basis and added a newdimension to its profile in addressing the vastneeds of the Indian audience," he added.

SAD charges ...as they are ministers in the government.Therefore, to say that the bill was not dis-

cussed with them in advance is not fair,"Madhav told ET. SAD MP Naresh Gujral hadalleged BJP, as the senior partner in the gov-ernment, had not taken the views of its allieswhile going ahead with the bill. He said in aCabinet set up "there may be different viewson the extent of consultation required for thebill".

He said the absence of any meeting of theruling NDA being held a year into the gov-ernment was "something that the governmenthas to think about" as he is "only a partyfunctionary".

"We are accommodative and want cordialrelationships with our allies. We will try andcorrect this perception, if that's the way theyfeel," he added. He said terming the govern-ment as pro-corporate was unfair since it hadspent most of its policy energy on pro-poorprogrammes.

Everest may ...satellite data.The first good view of the aftermath of

Nepal's deadly earthquake from a satelliteshowed that a broad swath of ground nearKathmandu lifted vertically, by about 1metre, which could explain why damage inthe city was so severe.

The data also indicated the tallest mountainin the world, Mount Everest, got a wee bitshorter, Live Science reported.

The new information comes from Europe'sSentinel-1A radar satellite.

Scientists are racing to interpret theSentinel data, which were made available lastweek just hours after the satellite passed over

Nepal.The devastating 7.9-magnitude earthquake

that struck Nepal on April 25 has claimedover 7,500 lives and injured another 16,390people.

The home ministry said that a total of2,79,234 houses have been completely dam-aged and 2,37,068 partially damaged due tothe quake.

Woman gets...Rayninn, a Filipino national, was travelling

in a Qatar Airways flight from Qatar toPhuket in Thailand. While the plane was inairspace around Chennai, the woman devel-oped severe labour pain and began to bleed.

Alerted by the crew, the pilot sounded offthe air traffic authorities here and made aswift emergency landing by 2.30pm.

A medical team rushed the woman to a pri-vate hospital in an ambulance after providingpreliminary medical attention.

The flight is likely to take-off soon, theauthorities said.

Phutkal artificial...away some bridges downstream," a district

administration official said."We have shifted people living in down-

stream areas to safety and there is no appre-hension of loss of life. But the damage toproperty and land will have to be seen," theofficial added.

The released water, as per officials, is yet toreach the small town of Padum, the head-quarters of Zanskar sub-division of Kargildistrict.

Phutkal artificial lake was created fivemonths ago by landslides during winter.

Reports said people, who have abandonedtheir homes in Padum, are anxious and help-lessly waiting to see what damage the hugereleased water from the burst lake causes.

Teams from the central and state disastermanagement authorities had visited the artifi-cial lake and even released the accumulatedwater marginally to bring down the threat todownstream areas.

Contractual employees...here to protest in support of their demand

for regularisation of their services.The contractual government employees of

the Public Health Engineering Departmentassembled at Pratap Park here to protest insupport of their demands, officials said.

As the protesting employees tried to marchtowards the Civil Secretariat, the seat ofJammu and Kashmir government, policeasked them to disperse peacefully.

The protesters, however, refused to payheed and continued to march ahead, prompt-ing the police to use batons, water cannonsand tear smoke shells against them, the offi-cials said.

Dozens of employees were detained, theysaid. There were no reports of anyone gettinginjured in the police action.

Loki: Missing...missing link between organisms like bacte-

ria that have simple type cells and all otherlife forms from fungi to humans that havecomplex cells. The new organism is called'Loki', a short form for Lokiarchaeota, namedafter Loki's Castle, the place under sea whereit was discovered.

The question as to how life progressedfrom simple cells to the mind-bogglingdiversity of complex multicellular organismshas long puzzled scientists and this new dis-covery will help give an answer.

The new study, published in Nature thisweek, was led by scientists from UppsalaUniversity in Sweden working with thosefrom universities in Bergen (Norway) andVienna (Austria). It explains how, billions ofyears ago, the complex cell types evolvedfrom simple microbes.

When Loki was placed in the Tree of Life,this idea was confirmed.

Loki was found close to the hostile envi-ronment of a hydrothermal vent called Loki'sCastle located on the Mid-Atlantic Ridgebetween Greenland and Norway at a depth of2,352 meters.

"Extreme environments generally contain alot of unknown microorganisms, which werefer to as microbial dark matter", saysJimmy Saw, researcher at UppsalaUniversity, and co-lead author of the paper.

By exploring microbial dark matter withnew genomics techniques, Thijs Ettema andhis team hope to find more clues about howcomplex cells evolved.

"In a way, we are just getting started. Thereis still a lot out there to discover, and I amconvinced that we will be forced to revise ourbiology textbooks more often in the nearfuture", says Thijs Ettema.

Former Gujarat...service in January, 2013 before serving in

various capacities in Gujarat.He was also posted at the Kandla Port Trust

between 1999 and 2004.Born on January 23, 1953, Jyoti will have

a tenure of nearly three years.An EC or a CEC has a tenure of six years

in office or till he or she attains the age of 65years, whichever is earlier.

After V S Sampath demitted office inJanuary, H S Brahma was elevated as CEC.

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Salman Khan is no ordinary film star with blockbustersand fan clubs to his name. A celebrity who not onlymentors younger actors but also actively aids social

service, he is hugely popular among both the producers andthe consumers of Bollywood films. Not surprisingly, hisconviction in the hit-and-run case resulted not in any dent inhis image or popularity, but in a huge wave of sympathyfrom fellow Bollywood stars and film fans. The MumbaiSessions Court therefore did well to not be swayed by thegroundswell of support for the megastar while handingdown the judgment in the 2002 case. The verdict was broad-ly in line with the Supreme Court’s observations in theAlistair Pereira case that the law should be equal for celebri-ties and ordinary citizens alike in serious offences that resultin deaths. Pereira, 21, from a wealthy business family, lostcontrol of his luxury car in Bandra in November 2006 andran over five labourers and two children sleeping on thepavement. Though the Supreme Court upheld the three-yearsentence given by the Bombay High Court, it said that wastoo “lenient” a punishment for an offence of culpable homi-cide not amounting to murder. The Supreme Court indicat-ed that trial courts should not give the benefit of the doubtto those driving drunk and instead convict them under 304II (punishable with 10 years imprisonment) than the lesseroffence of 304 A that provides for a jail term of two yearsfor negligent and rash driving. Sessions Court judge D.W.Deshpande’s verdict also nailed attempts by Salman’slawyers to pin the blame on his driver Ashok Singh, theonly defence witness who was suddenly brought up at thelast stage of the 13- year-long trial. Singh testified that itwas he who drove the vehicle that the prosecution claimedSalman drove in a drunken state. But Judge Deshpande wasnot convinced, and told Salman as much on the day of thejudgment. Though Indian courts have been relatively lessstringent in pursuing perjury cases, it is important that thejudiciary pursue the perjury matter against Ashok Singh toexpose why he was willing to take the blame. TheBollywood discourse that Salman was paying the price forhis celebrity status, and that he had done humanitarianwork, has an eerie echo with similar arguments made forSanjay Dutt in the 1993 serial bombings case. Quite rightly,the court did not take such extraneous considerations intoaccount, and the judgment will serve as a model for thelower judiciary in cases of a similar nature. For the police,the lesson is that they cannot be slipshod in investigations.Perhaps the most important message is for society at large:drunken driving could have serious consequences for otherpeople. Deaths caused by drivers under the influence ofalcohol should attract the charge of culpable homicide, andnot merely that of negligent driving.

BY BASHARAT PEER

Television is a noisy mediumbut it can convey silence withgreat power and effective-

ness, when it chooses to. In the pastweek, Indian television journalistscovering the earthquake in Nepalhave generated a great deal of soundand fury. Apart from the insensitivi-ty and the boisterousness, it was thecombination of jingoism and therelentless advertising of India’s aidefforts by television reportersembedded with the Indian forcesthat led to the intensely hostile reac-tions from Nepalese citizens onTwitter, the creation of the hash tagof protest: #IndianMediaGoHome. Itis undeniably an age of advertisedcharity but the gloating does hurt therecipients of your generosity.

Unlike the televised hysterics, thebroken villages of Nepal and theirresidents were quiet, subdued, digni-fied. Whether it was mountainousexpanses of Sindhupalchowk dis-trict, where more than 1,100 peoplewere killed, or Sankhu outsideKathmandu, where several thousandhouses in a dense urban cluster werewiped out, the dignity of theNepalese men and women, quietlydigging through the remains of theirlost homes was the most strikingaspect of reporting on the earth-quake.

Striking dignity

In their interviews, they werestoic, recounting the terrors of theday, the journeys of a lifetime in anunhurried way. It was easy to detecta tinge of frustrated resignation atthe delayed relief measures, the inef-ficiency and weakness of their gov-ernment in their voices. A womanwho had been waiting for five daysfor help to get her daughter’s bodyretrieved from the rubble of a housewas not hysterical. She stood quietly

in the middle of a street and request-ed people to help. A man who hadhelped dig out bodies of four familymembers and was working withNepalese Army rescuers to retrievethe fifth body of someone from hisfamily was prosaic about helpingfind the right place to dig throughthe rubble of what was a four-storiedhouse. In the hospitals, the surgeonswho were working the longest hourswent about their work patiently, pro-fessionally.

In the emergency ward of BirHospital, one of the biggest hospi-tals in Kathmandu, the people whowere intrusive were the reporter andthe cameraman of a television net-work, who chose to read out his dis-patch by the bed of a boy, whosearms and legs were broken andwhose head was being shaved as thedoctors prepared him for a surgeryfor his head injury. There was also aWestern photographer who jumpedaround the bed trying to find theright angle for a shot.

Even the most dramatic rescueoperations were conducted in gravesilence. In the Maitrinagar neigh-bourhood of Kathmandu, whichhouses low-end hotels, mostly usedby Nepal’s migrant workers leavingfor or returning from their jobs inIndia, Korea, or the West Asian andArab countries, scores of buildingshad pancaked. A several-storiedhotel, Pokhara Guest House, hadcollapsed on itself and a group ofFrench rescue workers and Nepaleseparamilitary force men had recov-ered several bodies. A few hundredpeople watched the rescue opera-tions in silence as the rescuers usedmikes connected to sensitivemachines which could track faintsounds and signs of life.

Media insensitivity

The noise throughout the after-

math of the earthquake came fromtelevision crews and their absurdquestions, their indifference to thedignity of the survivors and the vic-tims. The callousness wasn’trestricted to Nepalese citizens theyinterviewed, they wouldn’t evenspare the team of Indian PoliceService (IPS) and IndianAdministrative Service (IAS) offi-cers who were at the Mt. Everestbase camp when the earthquakestruck and an avalanche destroyedthe base camp, killing at least 17climbers and sherpas. After threevery difficult days, the four officers— one of them injured — were air-lifted by a private helicopter and leftat the Tenzing-Hillary airport inLukla, the landing point closest tothe Everest base camp. Several bod-ies of the dead climbers lay on theairstrip. On leaving the airstrip,Sohail Sharma, a Maharashtra-cadreIPS officer, was lugging two heavybags and walking uphill to a hotel. Ayoung man began walking besidehim and struck up a conversationabout his close call at the Everestcamp.

Sharma, a 27-year-old, wasexhausted after three days of horrorand almost no food. He panted as hespoke to the young man and climbedthe hill. After a while, he called hismother, who lives in Amritsar, fromthe hotel. She had been crying. Theyoung man following Sharma turnedout to be a reporter with a Hindi tel-evision network. He had secretlyrecorded their conversation.Sharma’s mother in Amritsar hadheard her son’s straining voice athome. The worried mother, who hadwaited days for news of her son,broke down. “After everything wehad been through, they made mymother cry,” Sharma told me.

Kashmir parallel

What the television networks did

in Nepal was a repetition of howthey covered the Kashmir floods. Intheir gratitude to the Air Force offi-cers who allowed them on the heli-copters, their attempts at reportingbriskly morphed into exercises inpropaganda. In Kashmir, whereverthe Indian helicopters dropped foodpackages, the embedded cameramenwould zoom in at an angle thatshowed the desperate survivors inmost inhumane light scrambling likeinsects on the ground. When theytook over the rescue boats and thrusttheir mikes into faces of peoplestuck in submerged homes, the stu-pidity of the questions was leg-endary. One rather famous televisionjournalist asked a man holding hischild, “Is this your son?” Then therewere the fake stories about the Armyrescuing the separatist patriarch,Syed Ali Shah Geelani, who hap-pened to live in a neighbourhoodunaffected by the floods.

A reminder that the humiliatingcoverage of the Kashmir floods hasnot been forgotten is in the popular-ity of a cartoon drawn by MirSuhail, a young Kashmiri cartoonistfor a Srinagar-based paper, whichshows a television news reporterpoking out of an Indian soldier’suniform pocket with a camera. It hasbeen one of the most used satiricalimages of the Nepal coverage.

A self-pat

The self-congratulatory tone of theIndian relief efforts in Nepal waspartly set by the Indian governmentitself. Prime Minister NarendraModi told journalists in New Delhithat Nepal’s Prime Minister SushilKoirala, who was visiting Thailandat the time of the earthquake, learntabout the quake from Mr. Modi’stweet. Four days after the earth-quake, a Minister of the Modi gov-ernment spoke in Parliament aboutIndia’s emergence as a leading

nation in disaster response. Thefeverishness to advertise the aid forNepal was also found on the socialmedia accounts of various govern-ment agencies.

The anger in Nepal has grown toinclude criticism for the Indian AirForce (IAF) pilots for making it apriority to carry Indian journalistsand allegedly ignoring the advice oflocal government officials. OnTuesday, Annapurna Post, a widelyread Nepali language newspaper, rana report from Gorkha, the districtthat is the epicentre of the earth-quake, with the headline: “CDO tellsPM, Indian Helicopters HumiliateUs.” Mr. Sushil Koirala was visitingGorkha and had held meetings withlocal officials. It reported thatUddhav Timilsina, the Chief DistrictOfficer of Gorkha, complained toMr. Koirala about the IAF pilots notcoordinating with the local officialsand creating problems with manage-ment of relief efforts. “At our meet-ing at the day’s end, we prepare aschedule on what to do next. But theIndia choppers don’t follow it. Theyeither don’t fly according to ourschedule or fly in Indian journal-ists,” he said. (A journalist fromNepal, who doesn’t want to benamed, helped translate this report.)

Competitive influence

The projection of the Indianefforts in Nepal certainly had thesubtext of India-China competitionfor influence over the country. Evenwithout the breathlessness of televi-sion networks, the Indian presencein Nepal is far more visible than theChinese presence. Grocery stores,taxi drivers, and hotels freely acceptIndian rupees. On cable television inNepal, you get a few Chinese net-works and scores of Indian news andentertainment networks. Apart froma range of cars, an overwhelmingnumber of motorcycles and scooters

are visible on the streets ofKathmandu. Most of them areimported from India. The number ofNepali citizens going to study orwork in India is immensely greaterthan those who travel to China.

Although as several scholarlystudies of ‘The CNN Effect’ haveshown, television reporting has farless impact on foreign policies thanthe journalist would like to believe,Indian television news has certainlydefeated the Indian government inthe game of perceptions. On theother hand, the Chinese, who wereskewered for their ham-handednessand racist behaviour in Africancountries, seem to have learned afew lessons in messaging.

China Central Television’s cover-age of the Nepal disaster, was likemost of its coverage — prosaic andstaid. Its English language websitehas a tiny section with a few storieson China’s aid effort in Nepal. ChinaDaily and its weekly Asia editiondid more to publicise the Chineseaid efforts, but it was a shrewdlyrestrained exercise. Indian relief andrescue teams had arrived muchbefore the Chinese teams in Nepal, afact the China Daily’s Asia Weeklyedition worked around by writing ina story that “China’s InternationalSearch and Rescue Team, estab-lished in 2001, was the first interna-tional rescue team with UnitedNations credentials for major disas-ter relief missions to arrive inNepal.”

A Xinhua report about the UpperTamakoshi Hydropower project,where China’s SinohydroCorporation Limited manages theconstruction, spoke about the safetyof the project and the Chinese work-ers stranded there. The messageabout the efficiency and strength ofChinese-built infrastructure washard to miss.

BY SRIKANTH VISWANATHAN

There is a crisis of governance brew-ing in our cities. In Bengaluru, forinstance, the Karnataka govern-

ment has decided to restructure the BruhatBengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP),the city’s municipal corporation, anddefer polls to the city council until therestructuring is effected. The KarnatakaHigh Court had directed the State govern-ment to hold polls to the council beforeMay 31, which the State government con-tested.

Meanwhile, the State government hasmoved with uncharacteristic speed on twofronts. It dissolved the city council beforethe latter’s term ended, giving itself awindow of possibility to push out polls tothe BBMP. Simultaneously, it got therestructuring bill passed in the LegislativeAssembly. Presently, the legislative coun-cil is discussing the bill, even as the three-member expert committee on BBMP’srestructuring, appointed by the State gov-ernment, is working towards its deadlineof June 30. A Public Interest Litigationwas filed calling for elections be held irre-spective of dissolution or proposedrestructuring of the BBMP. TheKarnataka High Court in its judgement onApril 22 has since set aside the singlejudge ruling and given the StateGovernment a six-month period to con-duct elections to the BBMP. The HighCourt order is likely to be challenged inthe Supreme Court.

These happenings are not isolatedinstances. Calls for reunification of themunicipal corporations in Delhi and thescrapping of the Mumbai DevelopmentPlan 2034 are also manifestations of thiscrisis. More cities and towns in India willconfront similar circumstances in comingyears. Rising population, business activi-ty and aspirations will severely strain thealready creaky public infrastructure. Thesystems in our cities are presently notgeared to meet these challenges.

The good news

The good news is that the diagnosis ofthe problem has been carried out repeat-edly over the last decade by several stud-ies and committees. Broadly, the actionareas fall under seven categories: land,spatial planning and urban design; munic-ipal staffing and capacity building (cover-

ing adequacy of skilled staff and organisa-tion design); municipal finance (includingfinancial self-sufficiency and fiscalresponsibility); political leadership (cov-ering both their powers and legitimacy);transparency; accountability (for servicelevels, expenditure and performance); andcitizen participation. Interdependencebetween these categories shows the sys-temic nature of the challenge. For exam-ple, lack of adequate number of skilledstaff in municipalities could lead to lowerproperty tax collections and own rev-enues, but the ability to attract quality tal-ent requires financial self-sufficiency.

Similarly, land and spatial planning arecrucial for financial self-sufficiency, butempowered political leadership is essen-tial to harness those opportunities.

And the bad news...

The bad news, however, is that even theroad map to a solution is not in sight.Local governments fall under the StateList, but State governments have neithershown urgency nor are they equippedwith the human and technical capacitiesrequired to solve this problem. Cities needto be a national priority and, therefore, atthe core of the cooperative federalismagenda of the Union government. The

current approach of managing urbanisa-tion through smart cities and an urbandevelopment mission will not suffice. TheJawaharlal Nehru National UrbanRenewal Mission (JNNURM) offers use-ful lessons on both the utility and limita-tions of packaging project funding linkedto reforms. The government needs to askitself whether these two missions answerthe question “How can our cities guaran-tee acceptable standards of public servicedelivery and good governance to 400 mil-lion Indians today and 800 millionIndians by 2050”.

The first step to solving the problem ofsuccessful urbanisation is to elevate theconversation to a holistic level. Liveablecities are critical today to India. Citiesneed to arguably become the fourth sub-group of the NITI Aayog. Cities bringtogether diverse, but important, prioritiesof economic growth and productivity,connectivity, jobs, skills and talent, for-eign direct investment, ease of doing busi-ness, infrastructure and public services,housing for all and poverty alleviation. Inmany ways, cities are central to meetingmany of these development prioritieswhich are already part of the Union gov-ernment’s agenda. The U.K.’s Work of theCity Growth Commission could possibly

be a good precedent.

The second immediate priority wouldbe to learn from the recent experiences inDelhi and Bengaluru. A serious discus-sion on how governance needs to bestructured in a city is long overdue andneeds to move to contemporary realitiesand needs. Senior levels of the Uniongovernment and Chief Ministers of Statesmust engage in a fruitful discussion. Theoutcome needs to be a broad set of princi-ples on the architecture of a city govern-ment that address the seven action areasreferred to earlier. If this does not happen,

we risk wasting collective energies,resources and time in redrawing munici-pal boundaries with zero impact on quali-ty of life or housing or connectivity or anyof the other development priorities. Whatthe Karnataka government does withBengaluru in the next six months will bewatched closely by the rest of India. Weneed to see if its actions serve as earlywarnings to other States or whether it willblaze a trail of transformational changethat other States can emulate.

(Srikanth Viswanathan is Coordinator,Advocacy and Reforms at Janaagraha

Centre for Citizenship and Democracy, aBengaluru-based non-profit.)

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The crisis of governance in our cities

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The good news is that the diagnosis of the problemhas been carried out repeatedly over the last decade

by several studies and committees. Broadly, theaction areas fall under seven categories: land, spatial

planning and urban design; municipal staffing andcapacity building (covering adequacy of skilled staff andorganisation design); municipal finance (including finan-

cial self-sufficiency and fiscal responsibility); political lead-ership (covering both their powers and legitimacy); trans-

parency; accountability (for service levels, expenditureand performance); and citizen participation.

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HYDERABAD: The Islamic State (IS)

and its brand of fanaticismhas struck yet again. Andthis time, it has claimed theyoung, but terribly mis-guided life of an Adilabad-based engineerMohammed Atif Wasim.Incidentally, Wasim hadmoved to Hyderabadbefore being radicalized inthe UK, where he went topursue a masters degree inengineering.

There seems to be anemerging pattern in thosevolunteering to fightalongside the IS, acceptingits brand of "jihad", withwhich a vast majority ofMuslims is at loggerheads.Contrary to the popularnotion, that inequality,

iniquity, poverty and a lackof education breed terror-ism, many of the ISrecruits have been educat-ed individuals. Wasim is acase in point. The IS prop-aganda is a clear cen-tripetal force pulling youngmen and women into itsvortex of violence. But

while there are conduits,rabid preachers whocovertly "convert", alarm-ingly, most of the radical-ization and recruitment istaking place in vast tractsof cyberspace. A recentstudy by the USA basedconsortium Study ofTerrorism and Responses

to Terrorism (START) enti-tled "The Islamic State ofIraq and the Levant:Branding, LeadershipCulture and LethalAttraction" noted that theIS is unlike al-Qaida andits affiliates. The study hasalso sought to understandthe IS as any organisationin an industry, in this case,the jihad industry.Interestingly, it states thatthe IS has "adopted severalbest practices of otherindustries". The studycompares the IS to theNigeria based terror outfitBoko Haram (BH). It notesthat unlike the BH, whichdestroys telecommunica-tions and power installa-tions to stun and paralysesecurity forces, the IS.

LUCKNOWThe infighting between

mother and daughter (partypresident Krishna Patel anddaughter Anupriya Patel),which had hit Apna Dal,attained another height onThursday, with the partyexpelling Anupriya Patelfrom all party posts.Anupriya Patel, who is theMirzapur MP, has alsobeen stripped of party's pri-mary membership for anti-party activities. However,Anupriya categorically

stated that no party leaderhas the authority to expelher from the party.

According to senior partyleaders, Party presidentKrishna Patel on Thursdayalso broke the lock, whichwas put on the officeentrance allegedly at thebehest of AnupriyaPatel.

Confirming the move ofthe party, Apna Dal presi-dent Krishna Patel, said,"The party conductsmonthly meetings on 6th

and 7th of every month. Inthe meeting held onThursday, the party leadersand cadre in an unanimousdecision decided to termi-nate Anupriya Patel and 6others for their rampantinvolvement in anti-partyactivities."

She further stated thatafter the Lok Sabha elec-tions, Anupriya and heraides have been indulgingin large-scale anti-partyactivities, which has dent-ed the party prospects sig-

nificantly, and even duringthe 2014 Uttar Pradeshassembly bypolls.

Meanwhile, AnupriyaPatel, strongly rebutted theallegations levelled againsther by the party leadership."Nobody can expel mefrom the party. The rele-vant papers about the partyleadership are under theconsideration of theElection Commission ofIndia (since February2015). No one in the partysimply has the authority to

expel me from the party,"said Anupriya, while react-ing to the news of herexpulsion from all theparty posts (including pri-mary membership).

In October 2014, fissureswithin Apna Dal becamepublic for the first time, asthe party's then nationalgeneral secretary andMirzapur MP AnupriyaPatel was removed fromher post with immediateeffect. Apna Dal presidentKrishna Patel in a state-

ment said that the party aswell as the Patel family hadfallen prey to the highpolitical ambitions of herdaughter Anupriya andson-in-law Ashish KumarSingh.

Levelling serious allega-tions, Krishna Patel said,"The party workers had tobow before the whims andfancies of Anupriya duringLok Sabha elections as shehad threatened of amalga-mating Apna Dal with anyother political party if she

was deprived of the chanceto contest the elections. Inthe larger interest of theparty and party workersand to ensure that the partyremains a single entity, Ihad to sacrifice my politi-cal ambitions." She furtherstated that the party work-ers wanted her to contestthe Lok Sabha elections asAnupriya was already a sit-ting MLA from Rohaniya.

The party president wenton to add that in the UP by-elections, Anupriya initial-

ly wanted Ashish (her hus-band) to contest from theseat, and tried her best tomount pressure on theparty and party workers."When I jumped in thefray, she expelled threesenior party workers ofVaranasi to weaken mypoll prospects. After this,when the party tried to res-urrect itself, the husband-wife duo dissolved thenational executive commit-tee in an unconstitutionalmanner."

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NEW DELHIParliament on Thursday passed the con-

stitutional amendment bill regarding theland boundary agreement withBangladesh, with the Lok Sabha's unani-mous nod to the legislation.

The Lower House, showing rare una-nimity, passed the Constitution (119thAmendment) Bill to allow the operational-isation of the 1974 India-Bangladesh LandBoundary agreement.

All the 331 members present in theHouse voted for the bill which became the100th Constitutional amendment passedby Parliament.

"Historic milestone in India-Bangladeshrelations," Prime Minister Modi tweetedafter the Lok Sabha's nod. Modi alsothanked opposition parties, includingSonia Gandhi for support to the bill andspoke to his counterpart Bangladesh PMSheikh Hasina over the issue.

The bill was unanimously passed by theRajya Sabha on Wednesday when mem-bers buried their sharp ideological divide -from Shiv Sena to CPM - to unanimouslygive effect to the Land BoundaryAgreement signed between India andBangladesh in 1974 for exchange ofenclaves.

External affairs minister Sushma Swarajwon the hearts of the entire opposition onWednesday by crediting Manmohan Singhgovernment for putting in the hard work.

"Manmohan Singh is the one who startedthe whole thing. I have merely completedthe task," she said, thanking the formerPM who was present in the Rajya Sabha.She pointed out that the bill is exactly thesame - to the last comma and full stop - aswas presented by UPA in Parliament inDecember 2013. "It's a win-win-win situa-tion for everyone," she said, ascribing thequote to leader of opposition Ghulam NabiAzad. Calling the passage of the bill "his-toric", Swaraj said it would take India-Bangladesh relations to a new high by set-tling the 41-year border issue.

The bill aims at giving effect to theacquiring of territories by India and trans-fer of territories to Bangladesh throughretaining of adverse possession andexchange of enclaves in accordance withthe 1974 agreement.

Sushma Swaraj said it was beneficial forboth the countries and that there will a"notional" loss of territory without bordersgetting contracted.

India will get 510 acres whileBangladesh will get 10,000 acres. "Butthese are notional figures as these areas aredeep inside territories of the two countries.

Our borders are not getting contracted,"she said, while responding to members'questions whether India will lose some ter-ritory.

Swaraj said the measure, apart fromdemarcating the boundaries, would alsohelp checking illegal immigration.

"A solution to the problem of illegalimmigration is inherent in this legislation.With the land border now being decided(with the passage of the bill), the portionswhere there is no fencing will also getfenced," she said.

Swaraj said the only issue whichremained to be settled with Bangladeshwas that of river water-sharing, primarilyrelating to Teesta river. "The way in whichwe are now settling the land boundaryissue, we will try to settle this issue also."

She also announced a package of Rs3,008 crore to West Bengal for rehabilita-tion Indian nationals who will come fromBangladesh, with their numbers estimatedto go up to 30,000.

Of this amount, Rs 775 crore is forexpenses on fixed infrastructure and theremaining amount would be for variableexpenses, depending upon how many peo-ple are to be rehabilitated by the state gov-ernment.

The maritime boundary between Indiaand Bangladesh has also been settled lastyear with the award by the internationaltribunal.

Parliament passes historic land accordbill to redraw border with Bangladesh

CHENNAIAlleging contempt of court by

the Kerala government, the TamilNadu government on Thursdaymoved the Supreme Court seekingto restrain the Kerala governmentfrom conducting any drilling oper-ation, investigation and survey inconnection with the new dam pro-posal at Mullaperiyar.

Tamil Nadu took strong objec-tions to drilling operations under-taken by the Kerala governmentfor a new dam, just 370m down-stream of the existing dam.

"The action of Kerala in havingcommenced ahead with thedrilling operation in utter disregardto the order the SC (May 2014)would be tantamount to contemptof the SC judgement and TamilNadu reserves its right to file con-tempt petition against the officialsconcerned of Kerala and Uniongovernment," the petition said.

It also sought directions to theUnion ministry of environmentand forests to withdraw the clear-

ance given by the standing com-mittee of the National Board forWildlife for conducting the envi-ronment impact assessment studyfor construction of new dam byKerala. The petition recalled theSupreme Court order which cate-gorically held that Kerala was pro-hibited from constructing a newdam without the concurrence of

Tamil Nadu."It is thus not entitled to proceed

with the construction of a new damin any manner or to proceed withany activities related to the pro-posed new dam without the con-currence of Tamil Nadu," itsaid.

The Supreme Court-appointedempowered committee, headed by

Justice A S Anand, in 2012 heldthat the existing dam was hydro-logically, structurally and seismi-cally safe and water lever could beraised to 142 feet. The question ofconstruction of a new dam didn'tarise, the committee said.

In its petition, Tamil Nadu alsoalleged that Kerala had notinformed about the survey, investi-gation or drilling operation to theSC-appointed supervisory com-mittee. The three-member panel,headed by chief engineer (damsafety), Central WaterCommission, was set up by thecourt to look after the safety of thedam. The panel met six times lastyear until November.

The century-old dam is owned,operated and maintained by TamilNadu through an agreement in1886 between British governmentand ruler of Travancore. After aprolonged legal battle in SupremeCourt, Tamil Nadu raised the stor-age of the water level from 136ft to142ft in November.

Mullaperiyar: TN moves SC to restrain Keralafrom conducting feasibility study for new dam

Apna Dal sacks its MP Anupriya Patel, as mother-daughter feud turns uglier

Islamic State, cyberspace and takfiristsPATNA

Expelled for six years bythe RJD, an angry PappuYadav today attacked LaluPrasad and said he willclaim symbol of RJD aftermerger of splinter partiesinto Janata Parivar.

"I have already written tothe Election Commissiontwo days back that I amagainst merger and in suchcondition people like meshould be allowed to retainRJD election symbol'lantern'," Pappu Yadavtold reporters here.

He said after holding ral-lies in Darbhanga on May9 and in Madhepura hisLok Sabha constituency onMay 11 he would organisea meeting of top leaders inPatna on May 15.

"May 16 onwards youwill see a strong RJD withcommitted people like us,"he said. Asked if RJDMLAs were with him,Pappu Yadav said "youshould come to knowabout it on May 16."

Asked if he would leadthe group, Pappu Yadavsaid leadership would bedecided after mutual con-

sultations.The controversial RJD

MP questioned his expul-sion by RJD raising techni-cal issues and said hewould approach EC as wellcourt against it.

"When Lalu Prasad andother leaders locked inmerger of Janata Parivarhave already declaredMulayam Singh Yadav as

President of the new party,how can RJD on diktat ofLalu Prasad can expelme?" he asked.

"Only Mulayam SinghYadav can now take suchdecision on expulsion ofany leader," he said, addinghe would meet MulayamSingh Yadav tomorrow.

A signed notice by RJDChief General SecretaryRamdeo Bhandari todayannounced expulsion ofPappu Yadav for six yearsfor anti-party activities.

Pappu Yadav spittedvenom against RJD supre-mo Lalu Prasad andalleged he was shown thedoors as Prasad saw in himthreat to facilitate succes-sion of his son on RJD toppost.

Pappu Yadav blasts Lalu; to claim Lantern symbol after merger

NEW DELHIThe privileges commit-

tee of Rajya Sabha willrevisit its report which saidthat unauthorized access ofcall data records of ArunJaitley in 2013 was not abreach of privilege andconsider enlarging itsscope to include phone-tapping of MPs.

Deputy chairman PJKurien, who heads thecommittee, said he wouldgo by the sense of theHouse which has sought areview of the committeereport. Raising the issueduring Zero Hour, NareshAgarwal (SP) said theentire House had in 2013expressed concern overthen leader of oppositionJaitley's call data records(CDRs) being accessedunauthorisedly.

However, the panel wasof the opinion that the actof accessing CDRs in anunauthorized manner,though sinister and punish-able in the eyes of the law,"does not seem to causeany hindrance of obstruc-tion in the functioning of aMember of Parliament soas to attract breach of hisparliamentary privileges."

Agrawal said going by

the report, anybody canaccess details of any MP.

Anand Sharma(Congress) alleged thatthere was rampant phonetapping and surveillanceon political leaders, promi-nent persons, senior judici-ary and senior civil ser-vants. When the commit-tee was seized of the issueof Jaitley's call recordsbeing accessed unautho-rizedly, two ministers inthe NDA government com-plained of phone tapping,he said. The home minis-ter, he said, had stated thatthe government had notauthorized such tappings.

"We want to know fromthe Prime Minister whichagency is doing it," hesaid, adding there was anatmosphere of distrust, fearand suspicion and Indiamay soon be convertedinto a police state.

Rajya sabha panel to revisit reporton accessing of Jaitley's call data

BENGALURUWhile the land acquisi-

tion debate has beenseized upon by Congressto pillory the Modi gov-ernment and paint it asanti-farmer, in Karnataka,the biggest state ruled byit, the Grand Old Party isbeing accused of notwalking its talk.

As the Congress leader-ship uses BJP's proposedchanges to the 2013 landacquisition law it moth-ered in 2013, its own stategovernment has been qui-etly acquiring land forindustry purposes under a49-year-old state law thatactivists and farmers'leaders say does notinclude the social impactassessment and consentclauses the Grand OldParty's top leaders havebeen championing for.

The political brouhaha

over the Modi govern-ment's proposed changesto the 2013 law may haveleft the legislation in alimbo of sorts nationally,but in Karnataka, stategovernment officials sayno industrial project hasbeen halted due to landacquisition delays or con-fusion over the centralAct.

"We have acquired allthe required land underthe Karnataka IndustrialAreas Development Board(KIADB) Act," AdditionalChief Secretary (com-merce and industries), KRatna Prabha told ET.

KIADB, which facili-tates land acquisition forindustrial projects and hasbeen slammed by activistsas draconian, now hasabout 20,000 acre of landacross the state in its landbank, with another 12,000

acre in the process ofbeing acquired. As per theKIADB Act of 1966, apreliminary notification isissued to owners of landidentified for industrialpurposes. Their objectionsare heard and then a finalnotification is issued.Activists say this makes itno different in spirit fromthe Modi government'sproposed changes to theUPA's 2013 land legisla-tion. "The concept of con-sent of the landownerscame only with the 2013Act passed by the UPA.But that act is not beingimplemented. Land isbeing acquired inKarnataka only under thedraconian KIADB Act,"activist Arthur Pereira,who has been fighting forland-losers in variousprojects in the Mangalururegion, said.

Land bill: Congress-ruled Karnataka not walking party’sland talk; acquiring land for industry under state law

Information andBroadcasting MinisterArun Jaitley on

Thursday launched amobile application of DDNews and said the audi-ence was extremely keento have a comprehensiveview of issues and events.

Jaitley said there weremultifarious channels ofinformation disseminationand objective presentationof news should neverbecome a casualty.

There was space fornews based on facts andcorrect information in anews scenario which wascompetitive, event-basedand anchor-driven, hesaid.

The minister said thelaunch of the applicationby DD News was animportant milestone forPrasar Bharati as itcatered to the informationneeds of a pan-India audi-ence.

The application willprovide DD News a plat-form to instantly commu-nicate news on a 24x7basis and it has added anew dimension to its pro-file, he said, adding thatthe application willaddress the needs of view-ers who sought informa-tion through the mobilephone.

The minister alsolaunched an ebook of the

Information andBroadcasting Ministryand electronic versions ofIndia-2015 and Bharat-2015 - reference annualsbrought out by thePublications Division.

"It was imperative toconstantly and consistent-ly improve the ongoingefforts to go digital," hesaid.

Referring to the ebook,he said it captures theachievements and initia-tives of the ministry in thelast one year and presentsthe content in a multi-media and reader-friendlyformat with pictures andembedded videos.

The new mobile appli-cation of DD News willmake live TV, news feedand top videos availableon smartphones.

Officials said themobile application has auser-friendly interfaceand is available even inpoor network conditions.While officials said bothAndroid and iPhone ver-sions of the applicationare available, at the timeof writing only GooglePlay listed the app, whilethe App Store did not.

They said e-version ofthe India/Bharat-2015was aimed at providingbetter reading experienceto the public.

1. This African-American woman physical therapistworked with soldiers disabled in World War II. Sheinvented a device that helped the disabled to eat bydelivering food through a tube to a mouthpiece.A. Bessie Blount B. Marjorie JoynerC. Mae Jamison D. Beulah Henry

2. What invention by Garnet Carter made its debut atthe Fairyland Inn Resort in Lookout Mountain,Tennessee, in 1927?A. Miniature golf B. Swimming pool slideC. Ski lift D. Golf cart

3. Who invented the phonograph?A. Thomas Edison B. John KruesiC. Jules Levy D. Alexander Graham Bell

4. Who invented fuel cells in 1839?A. Buckminster Fuller B. Sir William GroveC. Sylvester Graham D. Joyce Hall

QUIZ TIME

Answer: 1(A) 2(A), 3(B), 4(B)

TODAY’S STARARIES A temporary separation from a romantic partner might have you

despairing today, Aries. Your imagination may conjure up allsorts of dreadful scenarios, like your beloved finding someoneelse. Don't do this to yourself. Your friend probably misses you,too. Keep busy so the days pass quickly until your friend comesback and you're together again. Be patient!

TAURUS Have you been walking or exercising too much lately, Taurus?If so, you might experience aching feet and legs today. Wearcomfortable shoes and stay off your feet as much as you canin order to allow the pains to heal. You might want to relax ina hot tub at some point, preferably with a romantic partner!This is one way to turn a misfortune into a great time.

GEMINI A close friend or romantic partner might be in a negative moodtoday, Gemini. You may want to try to lift this person out of thatmood. Take your friend to a sporting event, party, or funny movie. Ifyou're refused at first, don't take no for an answer! It will do yourfriend good to get out of that funk, and it will do you good as well!

CANCER You might have trouble with your plumbing today, Cancer, par-ticularly if you have a big kitchen. This is too complex a prob-lem to handle yourself. Pay the money to have a professionaltake care of the problem. It will save you work and frustration.In the meantime, have a pizza delivered while you're waitingto get your kitchen back!

LEO Are you having problems with your phone, Leo? Is traffic out ofcontrol? Perhaps it might be best to stay home today and putconversations with your friends on hold for a while. You mightmiss a call from someone far away, but the person will try toreach you later. Relax, make yourself some tea, and enjoy thesilence. A little quiet time now and then is good for you.

VIRGO A treasured possession might be missing somewhere in thehouse today, Virgo. No matter where you look, you won't be ableto find it. This could stimulate your determination, and you mightend up searching for hours. The object is in the house, but it'sprobably under something, perhaps in a place you would neverdream of looking. Check the biggest rooms in the house.

LIBRA A romantic partner might suggest a trip together, Libra, per-haps to a place you've been anxious to see. This is a possi-bility, but now your friend is merely kicking the idea around. Ifyou like the idea, don't respond too enthusiastically right nowor your friend might feel threatened and back off. In fact, don'ttalk much at all. Listen and nod agreeably!

SCORPIO Uncomfortable intuitive impressions from someone close mightbe troubling, Scorpio. Is your friend ill or bothered by events outof his or her control? Your friend probably won't want to talk muchabout it, so you will just have to let them tell you what's going onwhen the time is right. This could be frustrating for you, but bepatient. That's all you can do now.

SAGITTARIUSA goal you've been pursuing may be unworkable now,Sagittarius. You may have to put it on hold for a while. This couldbe disappointing, but think about it carefully. What other dreamsdo you have? Figure out which ones are most important to youand then decide which are most promising right now. Sometimeslittle setbacks like this prove to be blessings in disguise.

CAPRICORN Confusion may reign today as you try to glean some infor-mation that seems to be totally elusive, Capricorn. Are youresearching a project? Are some of the facts obscure? Fornow, it might be better to work on something else and goback to your research in a few days. To keep at it nowmight involve you in a lot of work for negligible results.

AQUARIUS A sibling or neighbor might be compelled to move away,Aquarius. This might be emotionally wrenching, and you couldhave a difficult conversation with this person. It isn't always easyto let go of someone you care about, but this could be a valuablelesson in detachment. It will probably take you a while get usedto the idea, though you still won't like it. Hang in there!

PISCES Money matters might seem disastrous today, Pisces. You mayhave had a temporary setback, but you're probably being especial-ly pessimistic and not seeing the whole picture. Sit down and try tojuggle a few figures. You will probably find that you're better off thanit seemed at first. Whatever expenses come up, you will be able tohandle them. Focus on what needs to be done and do it!

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Carl Pei has alreadygiven a Q3 2015 time-frame for the launchof its One smartphonesuccessor, the compa-ny CEO has nowtipped the price andprocessor of theOnePlus Two.

OnePlus CEO LiuZuohu (aka Pete Lau)on Wednesday askedhis followers onWeibo what price tagthe OnePlus Twoshould sport if itcomes with aQ u a l c o m mSnapdragon 810 SoC.After receiving sever-al answers, Zuohu onThursday agreed withsome of his followerswho had suggested aprice of CNY 2,499(roughly Rs. 25,000).Zuohu had asked, "IfOnePlus Two comes withSnapdragon 810, what doyou think will be theprice?" and then laterreplied, "2,499 Yuan seemsto be a reasonable price."

While Zuohu has notconfirmed if the price orprocessor mentioned havenow been finalised for theOnePlus Two, the post cer-

tainly whets our appetitefor an affordable (underRs. 30,000) Snapdragon810-powered handsetheading our way.

To be noted is thatOnePlus lastmonth alsoconfirmed ac h e a p e rhandset willbe launchedtowards theend of theyear, so thosesmartphoneenthusias tswho are find-ing thetipped priceof theOnePlus Twodifficult tos t o m a c hcould lookforward tothe morea f f o r d a b l eh a n d s e tinstead. Thecompany hadthen also saidit aims to sellbetween 3and 5 millionsmartphones

in 2015, and 10 million in2016.

A report in Januarytipped that the OnePlusTwo smartphone will fea-

ture the same 5.5-inch dis-play panel as seen on theoriginal OnePlus One, butwith an increased resolu-tion from full-HD(1080x1920 pixels) toQHD (1440x2560 pixels).The report also tipped that4GB of RAM will accom-pany the Snapdragon 810processor, while a3300mAh battery has alsobeen tipped.

The OnePlus Two wasadditionally seen listed bya Chinese e-commercewebsite in December.While some of the specifi-cations shown in the listingmatched with those men-tioned above, the SoC list-ed was slightly less pow-ered. As per the listing, thesmartphone featured a 5.5-inch display, QualcommSnapdragon 805 processor,32GB of inbuilt storage,16-megapixel rear and 5-megapixel front-facingcamera, all backed by a3300mAh battery. Theconnectivity optionsincluded were 4G net-works, GPS, Bluetooth,Wi-Fi, Micro-USB andOTG connectivity.

OnePlus Two to Sport Snapdragon 810SoC, Tips CEO Along With Price Google in March

revealed how itlimits or entirely

prohibits ad injectors andpromised that an in-depthstudy on ad injectorecosystem will be releasedsoon.

The search engine giant,as promised, has releasedresults of a study it con-ducted with University ofCalifornia, Berkeley andSanta Barbara thatobserves the ad injectorecosystem up close.Google also adds that it hasreceived over 100,000 usercomplaints about ad injec-tors in Chrome just thisyear.

Google in order to con-duct the study custom-builtan ad injection "detector"for Google sites that identi-fied "tens of millions ofinstances" of ad injections.According to the study, 5.5percent of unique IPs(comprising millions ofusers) visiting Google sitesincluded ad injections of"some form."

Some of the key findingsof the study show over50,000 browser extensions

and more than 34,000 soft-ware applications injectedads into user's browser.More than 30 percent ofthese extensions and appli-cations were "outrightmalicious" and stole cre-dentials from targetedcomputer alongside hijack-ing search queries andtracking user activities.

"In total, we found 5.1percent of page views onWindows and 3.4 percentof page views on Mac thatshowed tell-tale signs of adinjection software," notesGoogle Online SecurityBlog. The study also foundthat such malicious soft-ware was distributed via anetwork of affiliates thatget paid a commissionwhenever a user clicks onan injected ad. The studyfound that ad injectorssource their ads from near-ly 25 businesses that pro-vide 'injection libraries'.

"Superfish andJollywallet are by far themost popular of these,appearing in 3.9 percentand 2.4 percent of Googleviews, respectively," notesthe blog. One of the mostinteresting bits from the

findings claim that the adinjection ecosystem gener-ates profit from over 3,000advertisers which includesome of the major retailerslike Sears, Walmart,Target, eBay, companiesthat are paying for the traf-fic received withoutknowledge that "they arereceiving traffic viaunwanted software andmalware." Google stressthat "ad injectors' business-es are built on a tangledweb of different players inthe online advertisingeconomy."

Google said based onfindings of the study it hasremoved 192 deceptiveChrome extensions fromthe Chrome Web Store thataffected 14 million userswith ad injection. GoogleChrome also enhancedsecurity of the browser toflag unwanted softwareand display familiar redwarnings when users areabout to download decep-tive software.

Google also updated itsAdWords policies to makeit more difficult for adver-tisers to promote unwantedsoftware on AdWords.

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Using an AppleiPhone, a team ofUS scientists has

developed a mobile phonemicroscope that rapidlydetects parasite levels inblood.

The team from theNational Institute ofAllergy and InfectiousDiseases (NIAID), part ofthe US National Institutesof Health and Universityof California, Berkeley

developed the device tomeasure blood levels ofthe parasitic filarial wormLoa.

To rapidly screen forLoa infections in commu-nity settings, the scientistsdeveloped CellScope Loa,a video microscope inte-grating an Apple iPhone5s.

With the help of a cus-tom iPhone app, thedevice automatically cap-

tures and analyses videosof the characteristic "wrig-gling" motion of microfi-lariae, enabling quantifi-cation of microfilariae inblood from a finger prickin less than two minutes.

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authors noted.The point-of-care device

may enable safe resump-tion of mass drug adminis-tration campaigns to erad-icate the parasitic diseasesonchocerciasis (riverblindness) and lymphaticfilariasis (elephantiasis).

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been suspended due topotentially fatal drug-associated side effects inpeople with high bloodlevels of Loa microfilari-ae, the filarial worm's lar-val form.

A potential solution is toidentify and exclude suchpeople from mass drugadministration.

"However, standardmethods for measuringmicrofilariae are time-

consuming and must beperformed by trained per-sonnel with laboratoryequipment," the teamwrote. Screening of bloodsamples from potentiallyLoa-infected peopleshowed that CellScopeLoa results correspondwell to those obtained bystandard methods, correct-ly identifying people withmicrofilarial levels over acertain threshold.

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THIRUVANANTHAPURAMFour girls at Sports

Authority of India (SAI)hostel attempted suicideafter allegedly beingharassed by a trainer inKerala, a report said onThursday.

One of the students hasdied and the other three arein critical condition.

All four reportedly con-sumed a poisonous fruit,locally called 'Othalanga'.

One of them had won agold medal in kayak eventduring the NationalGames, which took placethis year.

The girls were undergo-ing training at the WaterSports Centre of the SAI atnearby Punnamada.

It was on Wednesdaynight that the girls werefound poisoned in the SAIwomen's hostel. They wererushed to the GeneralHospital and then toMedical College Hospital.

According to reports,

students took the extremestep as they couldn’t bearthe humiliation by thetrainer after they werereportedly found in an ine-briated state.

Relatives of the athletesalleged that the girls werebeing physically and men-tally tortured by some sen-iors.

However, the hostel war-den denied the charges andsaid they came to knowabout the condition of thegirls only when they faint-ed. "None in the hostel tor-tured them", shesaid.

Angry relatives of thegirl who died said thatunless an inquiry is orderedimmediately and the guiltybrought to book, theywould block the nationalhighway and not performthe last rites of their ward.

On the tragic incidentSAI Director General,Injeti Srinivas, said "Thisis the most tragic and

shocking incident in 3decade long existence ofSAI. We've been followingup with State authorities &SAI officials, priority is tosave their lives. What hap-pened is that 4 of our girltrainees attempted suicide,info came to me yesterdaymidnight."

"Police is investigatingmatter, sub divisional mag-istrate has taken depositionof one girl who is able to

speak. Suicide note wasleft which was jointlysigned, all this will have tobe investigated," Srinivasadded further.

On the entire incidentSports Min SarbanandaSonowal also expressed hisdisappointment. "Deeplyaggrieved by incident thathas happened in Kerala,young girl who died was apromising sportsperson,"stated Sonowal.

Four female athletes attempt suicide at SAIhostel after alleged harassment, one dies

MUMBAISunRisers Hyderabad

kept their play-off hopesalive by pulling off a well-deserved seven-run victoryover Rajasthan Royals in arousing IPL cricket contestthat went to the wire at theBrabourne Stadium here onThursday.

Riding on contrastingfifties from ShikharDhawan (54) and EoinMorgan (68 off 28 balls),SRH posted a mammoth201 for 4 in 20 overs.

Chasing the formidabletarget, Royals lost in-formbatsman Ajinkya Rahane(8) cheaply but a superbinnings of 68 from SteveSmith brought them backin contention. And then alate-order flourish fromJames Faulkner (30), SanjuSamson (21) and ChrisMorris (34 not out) broughtthe hosts in touching dis-tance of victory, which wasnot to be.

Morris threatened to takethe game away with a flur-ry of three sixes in the 19thover bowled by PraveenKumar (0-40) beforeBhuvaneshwar Kumar (3-44) stopped Royals short inthe last over, in which they

needed 18 runs.This was SunRisers' fifth

victory in 10 games, whichtook them to ten points andkept their hopes alive whileRoyals' suffering theirfourth loss in 12 games andhave not yet booked theirfinal-four berth.

Put in to bat, SunRiserswere off to a fine start withDhawan and captain DavidWarner (24) stitchingtogether a 48-run stand.

It got broken in the fifthover when Warner edgedhis compatriot and oppo-site number Shane Watson(2-36) to wicket-keeperSanju Samson.

Another useful partner-ship of 41 followedbetween Dhawan, whomade his third half centuryof the competition and sec-ond against SunRisers, andNo.3 Moises Henriques(20).

It was nipped by legspinner Pravin Tambe (1-32), who clean up theAustralian all-rounderwhile he attempted a bigheave.

Morgan hit Watson for ahuge six before Dhawanslog-swept off-spinnerDeepak Hooda (0-34) over

the ropes to raise his 50 in33 balls, while the teamtotal swelled by 14 runs inthat over.

But he attempted anambitious reverse sweepoff James Faulkner (1-37)soon afterwards and wascastled after adding 38 runswith Morgan.

Irish-born Morgan wasjoined by Ravi Bopara andwent on the offensive inthe last five overs duringwhich the score rattledalong.

Morgan singled outTambe, whose first threeovers cost only 14 runs bycarting the leg spinner fortwo sixes, a four and a cou-ple in his last over. He loft-ed Faulkner for a straightsix to reach 50 off 23 balls,a knock laced with foursixes and as many fours.

When Watson came on tobowl towards the end,Morgan made the ball soarover long on for his fifthsix but then holed out tolong off in the same over to

bring to an end the fourth-wicket partnership withBopara worth 53 in 20balls.

Thanks to Morgan, thevisiting team was able tomuster 68 runs in the lastfive overs and post theirfirst plus-200 total of thetournament and fifth over-all, in which RoyalChallengers Bangalorehave two to their credit.

Chasing the imposingscore, Royals were peggedback when the tourna-

ment's leading run getterRahane departed for 8 offthe sixth ball by edgingBhuvaneshwar to keeperNaman Ojha.

Eight for one turned to30 for 2 when Watsondrove Ishant Sharma, play-ing in only his secondgame of the season, and putup a tame catch to mid on.

Karun Nair, who came inat no. 4 behind Smith,could not replicate the wayhe had batted when scoringa half century against Delhiat this ground four daysago and chased an out-swinger to be caughtbehind off Henriques thatleft Royals a mountain toclimb at 45 for 3 in the 8thover.

Smith was lucky whenon 14 as his high flicktowards deep square leg offPraveen Kumar could notbe grabbed by Henriquesdespite a diving effort.

The Australian batsman,who was in superb form inhis own country earlier thisseason, then showed hisclass as he cover-drove andpulled Henriques for threeboundaries. At the otherend Deepak Hooda got outfor 7 when going for a wild

IPL 2015: Sunrisers Hyderabad down RajasthanRoyals by 7 runs to remain in hunt

NEW DELHIVinesh settled for silver

in Women's Freestyle 48kgdivision after losing herfinal bout to Japan's YukiIrie, while NarsinghPancham Yadav bagged abronze in Men's 74kg cate-gory in the Senior AsianWrestling championship inDoha on Thursday.

Vinesh put up an impres-sive show before goingdown in the final, whileNarsingh was lucky tohave reached the bronzemedal play-off despite los-ing in the qualificationround initially.

On her way to the final,Vinesh comfortably beatTatyana Amanzhol-Bakatyuk of Kazakhstan inthe semifinals after gettingthe better of Mongolia'sTsogtbaatar Byambazayain quarterfinals 8-0.

In the final bout, howev-er, Vinesh could not over-come the challenge fromher Japanese opponent,who proved to be toostrong for the Indian girl.Vinesh lost 2-3 in the end.

Narsingh, who has beenincluded in 74kg categoryin the absence of double-Olympic medallist SushilKumar, lost to Daisuke

Shimada of Japan 9-12 inthe qualification round butcould make it to repachageafter his Japanese rivalreached the final.

During his repachagebout, Narsingh defeatedByungmin Kong of Korea15-4 to enter the bronze-medal play-off. He thenbagged 3-1 classificationpoints to outplay ZhigerZakirov of Kazakhstan andclinched the bronze medal.

In Men's 70kg category,Parveen Rana missed outon a third-place finish ashe went down fighting toTakafumi Kojima of Japanin the bronze medal play-off.

Rana had earlier lost toUzbekistan's BekzodAbdurakhmonov 8-13 byFall in the semifinals.

En-route to the semis,however, Rana did well tobeat Tat Du Can ofVietnam 12-2 in his quar-terfinal bout after clearingthe qualification roundagainst Sri Lanka'sShanaka MadushankaRanwalage by fall, 2-0.

Meanwhile, otherIndians in the fray today --Sonu and Khatri Mausum -- failed to make it to themedal round.

Vinesh bags silver; Narsingh winsbronze in Asian championship

KOLKATAContinuing their supremacy at

home, defending championsKolkata Knight Riders rode onPiyush Chawla's match-winningfour-wicket haul to beat DelhiDaredevils by 13 runs in a lop-sided IPL cricket match at theEden Gardens here on Thursday.

DD's pursuit of 172 was givena severe blow when the Chawla(4/32) claimed three wickets --Kedar Jadhav, Yuvraj Singh andJP Duminy -- in two overs toreduce them to 111-5 in the 16thover as the visitors could neverrecover from the blow and wererestricted to 158/6.

This was DD's seventh loss ofthe season as they slipped to sev-enth position in the eighth teamtable with eight points from 11matches and their hopes to quali-fy for the last four is all but over.

With a second successive winat home, KKR (13 points), on theother hand, brightened their play-off hopes as they jumped pastRoyal Challengers Bangalore tooccupy third place.

Earlier, Yusuf Pathan onceagain held KKR's innings togeth-

er with his 42 off 24 balls (3x4,3x6) before Johan Botha blasted17 from five balls (4x4) in thelast over to lift them to a fighting171/7.

Playing with an extra bowlerafter Sunil Narine got a clearancefrom the Board with a final warn-ing, a relieved KKR re-jiggedtheir batting order and sentChawla at No 4 and the leg-spin-ner contributed with an useful 22

from 19 balls.Required to score at 8.6 in pur-

suit of 172, DD promoted ManojTiwary to open the innings butthe local lad failed to deliver.

Even as Shreyas Iyer (40)looked at ease at the other end,Tiwary played as many as 15 dotballs during his painful 28-ballstay and by the time he departedafter Chawla gave the first break-through, the run-rate had shot up

to 10.80.It also meant that Iyer, who

looked fluent with 40 from 34balls with three fours and twosixes, panicked at the other endbefore being foxed by Hogg'sguile and dragged the ball ontohis off-stump.

Iyer looked impressive in hisfifth 40 score -- the first from anuncapped player -- but Tiwary'spathetic innings triggered DD'sslow downfall as KKR tightenedthe noose with their battery ofspinners.

Chawla gave a twin blow in the14th over dismissing KedarJadhav (10) and Yuvraj Singh (0)in four balls as skipper Duminy,who provided some resistance atthe other end, too ran out of part-ners and became the leg-spinner'sfourth victim.

It was a dream second spell forChawla who claimed three wick-ets giving away nine runs to turnaround the match.

Sunil Narine, now on finalwarning for his action from theBCCI, was introduced in the fifthover in which he conceded 10runs.

Narine looked innocuous as hebowled with caution and returnedwicketless in his 31 from fourovers.

Earlier, Delhi were severely letdown by their fielding and RobinUthappa benefited the most afterbeing dropped twice during his31-ball 32 run innings. On boththe occasions, the ball slipped inbetween the fielders' hands.

Manoj let one slip over theboundary when Uthappa was on15, while Yuvraj who wasemployed at short midwicketdropped a sitter when the KKRopener was on 23.

Gambhir (12 from 10 balls)had given KKR a typical flyingstart putting on 38 runs withUthappa from 4.3 overs beforeZaheer Khan gave DD the firstbreakthrough inducing an outsideedge from the KKRskipper.

Aided by the two reprieves,Uthappa and Pandey (22) capi-talised on the start as KKR coast-ed to 50/1 from six overs beforeMishra put brakes on the run-rateconceding one run from his firstover.

IPL 2015, Match 42: Piyush Chawla stars in KolkataKnight Riders' 13-run win over Delhi Daredevils

BHUBANESWARIndian team beat Japan

2-1 in the 3rd 'Hockey Test'to take an unassailable 2-0lead in the four-matchseries, here on Thursday.

Drag-flicker VRRaghunath scored onewhile Akashdeep Singhdisplayed brilliant stick-work to score the secondgoal for his team. Japan'sHirotaka Wakari pulledone back for the visitors.

In the first quarter of thematch, it was Japan, whoput pressure on the Indiandefence with their longpasses. But BirendraLakra, K Chinglensana andRaghunath foiled Japaneseraids with a lot of confi-dence. Led by skipperSardar Singh, India wenton counter with the help of

their short passes.In the second quarter,

both the teams showedpositive intent to createmore chances. In the 19thminute, Japan's TomonoriOno ran down the leftflank where he found histeammate HirokiSakamoto in the circle,who took a reverse shot butthat was nicely blockedcustodian Harjot SIngh.

In the 30th minute, Indiaearned their first penaltycorner after a quick attack.Dharamvir Singh pushedthe ball in and Raghunathdragged it on the right ofthe Japanese goalie SuguruShimmoto, who tried tostop it with his right handbut the ball deflectedbefore crashing into theback of the net.

India beat Japan 2-1to win hockey series

SAI suicide attempt case: Sarbananda Sonowalorders probe, guilty officials to face strictest actionNEW DELHI

Hours after four girlsattempted suicide afterallegedly being harassedby a trainer at the SportsAuthority of India (SAI)hostel, Sports MinisterSarbananda Sonowalordered a probe andassured that strictestaction would be takenagainst officials who arefound guilty.

The Sports Ministryswung into action byordering an inquiry anddirecting SAI DirectorGeneral Injeti Srinivas torush to Kerala for an onthe spot assessment.

"I am deeply aggrievedby the incident that hashappened in Kerala. Theyoung girl who has diedwas a very promising

sportsperson. It is a bigloss to the country in gen-eral and Sports Authorityof India and sports frater-nity in particular. I con-vey my condolences tothe bereaved family. Wewill give all possible helpto the bereaved family,"Sports MinisterSarbananda Sonowal said

in a statement."Three girls are still

undergoing treatment. Ipray for their speedyrecovery. To provide themthe best possible treat-ment is our top priority.Local police is investigat-ing the matter. I have alsodirected the DirectorGeneral of SAI to rush to

the spot and give me afactual report. I havespecifically directed himto ensure that the bestpossible treatment ismade available to thethree girls who are under-going treatment."

"While law will take itsown course, at this stage Iwould only like to saythat if anyone from SportsAuthority of India isfound guilty in connec-tion with this tragic inci-dent, strictest possibleaction will be takenagainst him or her," headded. A young girl ath-lete died and three otherswere left in a serious con-dition after they con-sumed a poisonous fruithere, a Kerala Police offi-cial said on Thursday.

NEW DELHIIt was so glittery all over the sets of

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In today's world, when there isso much stress and people arehard-pressed for time, there

isn't enough time to relax. Hence,sleeping disorders are common-place.

Like a balanced diet and exer-cise are important to stay healthy,sleep ensures that your body getsproper rest and is rejuvenated.Here are some ways to get a goodnight's sleep...

Sleep at a fixed time: It isimportant to go to sleep at a fixedtime. This doesn't mean justgoing to bed at the same timeevery day, but actually fallingasleep at that time.Ensure thatyou follow this strictly.

Don't go to bed right afterdinner: Apart from keep yourdinner light, make sure that yougive a gap of at least two hoursbetween dinner and bedtime.Chances are that you will keeptossing and turning if your stom-ach is full before going to bed.

Wash your face and feet:Taking a shower is a good ideabefore going to bed, since it helps

you relax, but if this is too muchof a hassle, then make sure thatyou wash your face and feetbefore hitting the sack.

This way, the day's stress willliterally get washed away.

Wake up at the same time:Just like you sleep at a fixed time,you must wake up at the sametime each day as well.

If you sleep well, then youdon't need an alarm to get up atthe same time every day . Try tomaintain this over the weekendas well.

Workout in the evenings:While it is advisable to start yourday with a workout, it also makessense to work out in the evening.This way, you can shake thestress of the day away and burn a

good number of calories. This isbound to tire you out, therebyensuring that you sleep well.

Don't carry a book to bed:Many people are of the habit ofreading before going to sleep, butthis can keep you up longer thanyou would want. Finish readingon the couch or chair and don'ttake your book to bed.

Sleep in a dark room: If youare someone who needs to have alight on at night, break this habit.You can instead switch on a nightbulb in another room. Your bed-room should be devoid of anylight as this helps you sleep bet-ter.

Keep noise at bay: Just likeyou should keep books awayfrom your bed, ensure that youriPod isn't with you in bed.

Apart from tampering withyour sleep, listening to musicwhile in bed is also an unhealthypractice.

De-clutter your bed: Thenumber of items on your bed arealso responsible for the quality ofyour sleep. Make sure that yourbed is comfortable and only hasthe things that are required, suchas pillows, sheets and blankets.

Everything else should betaken off.

Avoid caffeine: Follow ahealthy diet and ensure that youdon't consume caffeine since ittends to mess with your sleepcycle.

Tips to help you sleep like a baby

Alot of Bollywoodcelebrities took toTwitter and

expressed their shockwhen Salman Khan wasfound guilty in the 2002hit-and-run case. RanbirKapoor’s daddy dearestRishi Kapoor also did thesame. He wrote on the pop-ular social networking siteTwitter, “The Kapoors arewith the Khans in their dif-ficult time. Time is thebiggest healer. God Bless.”And now RK himself hasreacted to Bhai’s verdictwhich many on Twitter feltwas unfair.

Ranbir, who is currentlypromoting his upcomingfilm Bombay Velvet co-starring Anushka Sharmaand Karan Johar, wasasked to comment onSalman’s hit-and-run case

verdict during a mediainteraction. Here’s what JrKapoor said:

“You know you can’t

challenge the law and allthat but I have known MrSalman Khan on personalbasis for many many years

and so does my family.And I can vouch for thefact that he is a good manand he is has got a very bigheart.

He has helped countlessnumber of people throughhis foundation. I think hehas helped more peoplethan I have ever heard of.So in these trying timesyou only wish strength andcourage for him and hisfamily. And I am sure he isgoing to bounce back fromthese trying times. And wewish him all the luck andlove.”

Well, for now we dunnohow things are going topan out for the BajrangiBhaijaan actor but even wefeel Salman will soonbounce back from thesehard times and that toostronger!

Ranbir Kapoor reacts to Salman Khan’s 2002 hit-and-run case verdict, says the superstar will bounce back!

Gauahar Khan’sPunjabi debut film,Oh Yaara Ainvayi

Ainvayi Lut Gaya is near-ing its release. A few dayback we were treated to ahilarious trailer of the filmand the makers are now outwith a song titled Kedepind di. The song is writ-ten by Happy Raikoti andsung by Jassi Gill who alsoplays the lead oppositeGauahar Khan.

I know the song is terri-bly cliched with a villageset up and traditionalattires and Bhangra troopas background dancers, butthat’s the beauty of it. Ilove how the song man-ages to aesthetically createthe folk feel- the village setup, the girls playing andthe typical Bhangra steps.And goes without saying

that Gauahar looks herbeautiful self.

What I particular likeabout the song is the factthat the dhol beats are notmarred by electronic beats

(an annoying trend of thehour) which further adds tothe authenticity of thesong. The simple lyricswill have you hummingalong right away.

I just feel that Jassi was alittle over-expressed atsome places, but then ifyou’re that cute looking,you can get by with suchminor flaws.

Oh Yaara Ainvayi Ainvayi Lut Gaya song Kede pind di:Gauahar Khan-Jassi Gill’s number will get you grooving!

Salman Khan supporters have come out inlarge numbers to support their Bhai. Iwasn’t least bit surprised to see Unfair

Verdict On Salman trend on Twitter. I under-stand where this staunch loyalty towards theactor stems from. When I say ‘I understand’, Ireally do. But what’s appalling is the fact thateverybody fails to see the incident that tookplace on wee hours of September 28 2002 andare instead focusing on the last few years ofSalman Khan. What’s worse is the ones callingthis judgement unfair are being exactly thatwhile taking sides with the actor. Now I’m not

anti Salman. In fact I have had the privilege ofmeeting the actor for some of his filmi inter-views and not just that I remember on hisreturn from US post the treatment forTrigeminal neuralgia. I had the opportunity todiscuss things beyond his movies. The actorhad missed Eid and his birthday celebrations inMumbai and was busy shooting for Ek ThaTiger. This was not so long ago in 2012.Salman talked like any other guy and it wasendearing to listen to this mega star confessthat he missed mom Salma Khan’s home-cooked Biryani. How he loves Bandra and will

forever be a ‘Bandra boy’, the actor hadquipped. Now we all know that the actor him-self does a lot of charity, but he wasn’t goinggaga about his own work. He’s indeed a manwith a golden heart, he passionately feels abouthis work beyond Bollywood. But, that discus-sion is for another day. Today it is about anaccident that had happened 13 years ago andwhich’s judgement was long awaited. An acci-dent that had repercussions on lives of people.Thirteen years is a long time and we all knowthat public memory is short-lived. So it’s timeto jog back, it wasn’Supporting Salman Khan

in the 2002 hit-and-run case? Here’s whyyou’re being UNFAIR!t just one life that waslost in this accident, one simply cannot forget acertain Ravindra Patil, a constable who wastrained to be commando. A key witness toSalman’s hit and run case, Patil’s life and storyafter Khan’s drunken driving episode is trulytragic. Here was a commando who not onlylived a life of a criminal on the run, but alsowent behind the bars for no real fault of his. InRavindra Patil’s case, justice delayed wasindeed justice denied. Not to forget theirreparable damage that this accident had done

to the ones who were injured badly on thatfateful day. The victims have forgiven theactor and do not seek punishment. The fansare questioning the court’s verdict and hopingthat their hero goes scot free. The familywants their brother to be free of any legalshackles. But we hope Salman who asked thejudge to treat him like a ‘normal citizen’ andis currently out a two-day interim bail revisitsthe moments of September 28 2002 and askshimself if indeed five years is indeed tooharsh a punishment and answers to himself inindeed life was unfair to him.

Supporting Salman Khan in the 2002 hit-and-run case? Here’s why you’re being UNFAIR!