NEW DELHIThe Congress party on

Saturday demanded thatthe Election Commissionshould take notice ofMadhya Pradesh ChiefMinister Shivraj SinghChouhan`s alleged audiotape and punish him as perthe laws of the land.

Highlighting the audiocassette which revealedhow Chouhan was tryingto buy votes by promisinglucrative posts to his party-men, president of theWomen`s Wing of theCongress Party, ShobhaOza, called the incident`unfortunate`.

"Shivraj Singh Chouhanhas clearly violated theModel Code of Conduct.And it is so unfortunatethat the Chief Minister wastrying to buy votes bypromising lucrative poststo his Party men," Oza tolda news agency here.

"The ElectionCommission should takenotice of this entire audiocassette and should punishChouhan as per laws," sheadded. The Congress Partyhad yesterday filed a com-plaint against ShivrajSingh Chouhan forallegedly violating the

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MUMBAITemperature: 290CPrecipitation:50%Humidity:84%Wind: 19Km/hr

HAQSAADDAFIGHT FOR RIGHTSunday, June 28, 2015

No work happening, no files mov-ing: Maken on AAP govt

When PM Modi bats, he will hit the ballout of the park, says Lalit Modi

Sidharth Malhotra starrer Brothers will break VarunDhawan’s ABCD 2 opening weekend record, say fans! P8

AHMEDABADHeavy rains, which caused a

flood like situation in Gujarat'sSaurashtra region, claimedlives of five Asiatic lions in theAmreli and Bhavnagar districts,forest officials said.

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5 Lions Found Dead inGujarat After Heavy RainLeads to Flooding

PATNAA child has died and six oth-

ers fell ill on Saturday inBihar`s Vaishali districtallegedly after being adminis-tered polio drops.

The incident occurred inShahpur village near Hajipur,district headquarters ofVaishali, about 25 kilometres

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Bihar: Child dies, six othersfall ill after taking polio drops

MUMBAIThe Mumbai police is prob-

ing the angle of politicalpatronage being extended to theaccused in the toxic alcoholtragedy. 104 people died afterconsuming spurious liquor atLaxmi Nagar slum in Malvani,near suburban Malad earlierthis month. Deputy police

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Mumbai Toxic Alcohol Tragedy:Police Probing if Accused hadPolitical Patronage

NAGPURUnion Minister Nitin Gadkari

was all praise for the rich culturalheritage, art and literature of WestBengal and Maharashtra whichcontributed a lot to the post andpre-Independence era.

"A marked influence of Westernconcepts over younger generationis posing a challenge to conserving our culture," saidMr Gadkari, while inaugurating the Vishwa Bangla

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Union Minister Nitin GadkariPraises Bengal's Rich Culture

UNITED NATIONSUN Secretary-General Ban Ki-

moon has said that he welcomesthe "growing global prominenceand engagement" of the UN's"close parters" China and India, asthe Asia-Pacific region rises as acentre of dynamism and influence.

"The engines of growth and eco-nomic power continue to shift with the rise of the Asia-

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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon WelcomesGrowing Engagement of India, China

GURGAONSamajwadi Party chief

Mulayam Singh Yadav has beenadmitted to a private hospital inGurgaon following high fever, adoctor said today.

The 75-year-old former UttarPradesh chief minister was

admitted to Medicity Medanta Hospital yesterdayaround 8.40 am. "The patient is undergoing severaltests including ultrasound and CT scan," a hospitalsource said. The SP leader had undergone a routine

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Fever Lands Mulayam SinghYadav in Gurgaon Hospital

NEW YORKA top Indian-origin executive

at micro-blogging site Twitterhas resigned, the latest in arecent string of departures fromthe company including that ofCEO Dick Costolo.

Rishi Garg, the VicePresident for Corporate

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Indian-Origin ExecutiveLeaves Twitter Inc

LUCKNOWMonsoon has become weak

in Uttar Pradesh after initialheavy rainfall though there waspossibility of it gainingmomentum in the coming days.

Meteorological Director JPGupta today said that afterheavy rainfall initially, mon

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Monsoon Becomes Weakin Uttar Pradesh AfterInitial Heavy Rainfall

P3P2

Weather ReportDELHITemperature: 380CPrecipitation:0%Humidity: 51%Wind: 19Km/hr

KOLKATATemperature: 300CPrecipitation: 80%Humidity:84% Wind: 11Km/hr

CHENNAITemperature: 380CPrecipitation:20%Humidity:52%Wind: 18Km/hr

WASHINGTONThe US-India relation-

ship has reached a newheight under the ObamaAdministration as thetwo countries haveforged landmark partner-ships in several key areaslike defence and energy,a top US diplomat hassaid.

"We have carried ourrelationship with India tonew heights, forginglandmark partnerships onclean energy, higher edu-cation and defence coop-eration," DeputySecretary of StateAntony Blinken told aWashington audienceyesterday.

"In January, when

President (Barack)Obama attendedRepublic Day celebra-tions in New Delhi asPrime Minister(Narendra) Modi's hon-oured guest, he was thefirst American presidentto do so," Dr Blinken

said in his remarks at theCenter for a NewAmerican Studies, a USthink-tank.

Dr Blinken saidAmerican global leader-ship has mobilized coun-tries to confront the

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Ties With India Have Reached New HeightUnder Prez Obama, Says Top US Diplomat

Audio tape row: Congressasks EC to punishChouhan as per laws

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HOWRAHStaff members of a bank,

including its manager, wereheld to ransom by a group ofprotestors allegedly belongingto Chief Minister MamataBanerjee's Trinamool Congress(TMC) in West Bengal onFriday. Around 200 protestors

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Trinamool ProtestorsAllegedly Lock UpBank in West Bengal

KOLKATAStating that people have

the final say in a democra-cy, West Bengal ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjeehas said that her partyTrinamool Congress wouldwin next year's Assemblyelection riding on thedevelopment work done inthe last four years.

"In a democracy, peoplehave the final say. Ourrecord on developmentmakes us confident that wewill win again in 2016,"

Ms Banerjee tweeted.When asked about

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NEWS IN BRIEF

NEW DELHIThe number of cen-

trally sponsoredschemes (CSS) is like-ly to be reduced to 30from 72 with a ChiefMinisters' Sub-Groupof NITI Aayog reach-ing a broad consensuson the issue.

The panel has alsorecommended toincrease the share offlexi funds to 25 percent from the current10 per cent.

"There is a broadconsensus on reducingnumber of CSS andhaving two types of

schemes," panel's con-venor Madhya PradeshChief Minister Shivraj

Singh Chouhan saidafter the meeting of thesub-group here at NITI

Aayog. The recom-mendations will be

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NEW DELHIUnion Minister Ravi Shankar

Prasad on Saturday said heexpects Reserve Bank of India(RBI) to grant payment licenceto the proposed Post Bank ofIndia by August.

This will enable the networkof 1,54,000 post offices(including 1,30,000 rural postoffices) to offer banking serv-ices to the masses in the coun-try.

"We expect RBI to give pay-ment bank licence to post(department) in August,"Minister of Communicationsand IT Prasad said.

In last one year, theDepartment of Post (DoP) hasnetworked 27,215 post officesinto one national unit through

computers.The DoP, which has applied

for a payment bank licence, hasa hybrid model in mind tooperate Post Bank of India.

As per RBI guidelines, pay-ment banks would offer a lim-ited range of products such asdemand deposits and

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RBI may give payment bank licence toPost Department in August: Prasad

Chief Ministers' Sub-Group of NITI Aayog Proposesto Reduce Centrally Sponsored Schemes

'We Will Win Assembly Elections Againin 2016,' Says Mamata Banerjee

Why BJP Mired in ControversiesNeeds to Be Explored: Shiv SenaMUMBAI

Amidst controversyengulfing the BJP gov-ernment in Maharashtraover allegations againstits ministers, its allyShiv Sena has said itneeds to be exploredwhy such such issueswere emerging within ayear of the new govern-ment coming to power.

Sena further said thataccusations against theministers shows that"politics is being played

to put a halt to theirambitions".

"BJP is in trouble atthe Centre and in thestate. The problems it isfacing at the centrallevel can be kept asideas there are two leaderslike Narendra Modi andAmit Shah to take careof them.

"But Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis willhave a hard time deal-ing with the kind of

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VARANASIPrime Minister

Narendra Modi willlaunch the IntegratedPower DevelopmentScheme aimed at ensur-ing 24x7 power for all,during his visit toVaranasi on Sunday.

PM Modi is scheduledto arrive at the LBSInternational airport atBabatpur where UttarPradesh Chief MinisterAkhilesh Yadav andGovernor Ram Naikwould receive him.

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PM Modi to Visit Varanasi ,Launch Power Scheme

Must-win election for Jayalaltihaaends, 65% votes polled

CHENNAIAn assembly by-election

here that AIADMK leaderJ Jayalalithaa must win toremain the Tamil Naduchief minister ended onSaturday evening with tensof thousands voting.

Polling in theRadhakrishnan Nagar con-stituency whereJayalalithaa is pittedagainst CPI`s C Mahedranended at 5PM with some65 percent of the around250,000 electorate exercis-ing their franchise.

The exact polling per-centage would be knownonly when the final figurescome from all the 230polling stations, officialssaid.

While there are 28 candi-dates in the fray, onlyMahendran of theCommunist Party of Indiais viewed as a seriousopponent. Jayalalithaa iswidely expected to win.

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NEW DELHIPrime Minister

Narendra Modi willlaunch the Digital IndiaWeek on July 1 hereaiming to encourageinvolvement and creat-ing awareness about the

field, Communicationsand IT Minister RaviShankar Prasad said inNew Delhi on today.

"Many dignitaries willjoin us on that with theirinvestment plans for the

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PM Narendra Modi to LaunchDigital India Week on July 1

AGARTALADespite inclement

weather, over 83 per centof the 92,146 voters todaycast their vote in the by-elections to two assemblyconstituencies in Tripura,officials said.

The balloting, whichstarted at 8 am, inPratapgarh and Surma

assembly segments wasabsolutely peaceful.

This is for the first timecandidates' photographshave been displayed inElectronic VotingMachines (EVMs) to avoidconfusion among the vot-ers.

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High Turnout in TripuraAssembly By-Elections

NEW DELHIPrime Minister

Narendra Modi onSaturday said that invest-ment in the country isincreasing and the worldis coming to explore theopportunities India has to

offer."Investment in India is

increasing, the world iscoming to explore theopportunities India has tooffer," Prime MinisterModi said on twitter

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Investment in Indiaincreasing, says PM Modi

AAP Logo Designer Serves LegalNotice on Arvind KejriwalLUCKNOW

The AAP logo's designer who has quit the party hasserved a legal notice to Delhi Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal for still using the logo for which he holds thecopyright.

Sunil Lal told IANS that he had served the noticethrough his lawyer Akhilesh Chandra seeking aresponse within 15 days for continuing to use the logo.Lal has severed ties with the Aam Aadmi Party.

"I designed the logo, given it to the party but with-drew it after my belief in the party and its ideology wasshattered," Lal said, adding he wrote a letter to MrKejriwal on April 7 seeking the logo back.

"I had categorically requested the AAP not to use thelogo designed by me in posters, banners, flags, websitesand other means of publicity. But they continue to use itblatantly," he said. He said the logo was his intellectualproperty that was never transferred to the party.

Youth kidnapped, killed by juvenilehostel mateNEW DELHI

An 18-year-old youth was kidnapped and killed by hisjuvenile hostel mate here over an old enmity, police saidon Friday.

The body of Deepak, who was a 12th class student,was recovered from a secluded place in west Delhi`sKanjhawala early on Friday.

Police said that they have arrested the juvenileaccused and hunt is on for his seven other accomplicesin the crime.

Deepak and his friend Ajay were kidnapped onThursday afternoon near a mall when he reached theiron the request of the juvenile to settle their enmity,police said.

Later the accused pushed Ajay out of the vehicle. Ajayinformed police about the kidnapping, said the official.

Deputy Commissioner of Police Vikramjit Singh saidthat the victim and the juvenile studied in a school inSonepat in Haryana and stayed in a hostel.

"One year ago the victim had badly beaten up thejuvenile over some issue. To settle the one enmity, thejuvenile kidnapped the victim and killed him after beat-ing him with rods and wooden sticks," Singh said.

No work happening, no files moving:Maken on AAP govt

NEW DELHICongress leader Ajay Maken on Saturday said the

Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) govern-ment was busy fighting with the Central governmentand the municipalities, while no work was being carriedout in Delhi.

"The Delhi Government is busy fighting with theCentral Government, with municipalities, with theHaryana Government. No work is happening, no file ismoving," Maken told ANI.

"67 AAP MLAs and seven BJP MPs were not electedby Delhi to get into childish fights with each other," headded.

The Aam Aadmi Party, meanwhile, has trained itsguns at the Centre and questioned the silence of PrimeMinister Narendra Modi over the Lalit Modi-Vasundhara Raje row.

It also filed an interim application in the Delhi HighCourt today against the appointment of JointCommissioner of Police Mukesh Kumar Meena as AntiCorruption Branch (ACB) chief.

AAP questions PM Modi'ssilence over Raje rowNEW DELHI

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday questionedPrime Minister Narendra Modi`s silence over the LalitModi-Vasundhara Raje row, asking why he had notaddressed the people of the country over the issue tillnow.

"I think this entire episode makes Vasundhara Raje`sposition as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan completelyuntenable. This warrants her resignation. And the bigquestion is, why is the Prime Minister silent?" AAPspokesperson Raghav Chadha told a news agency.

"He is tweeting away and wishing the people of peo-ple of Madagascar and the people of Mozambique ontheir Independence Day. He is wishing the StatehoodDay to the people of Croatia. But he finds no time toaddress the people of India?" he added.

The opposition parties have been mounting pressureon the BJP to sack Rajasthan Chief Minister VasundharaRaje from her post.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), however, has saidthat there is no concrete evidence of corruption againsther.

Rajasthan BJP president Ashok Parnami had yester-day said that Raje`s shares in the Niyant Heritage Hotelswere birthday gifts from her son and daughter-in-law.Raje, meanwhile, arrived in New Delhi to attend theNITI Aayog meet today.

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NEW DELHIThe Delhi government has moved

the High Court against the appoint-ment of police officer MK Meena asthe chief of its Anti-CorruptionBureau (ACB). It wants the removalof Mr Meena, a Joint Commissionerof Police from the bureau till themain petition of the Aam AadmiParty (AAP) government challengingthe Centre's notification of May 21 isdecided by the Court.

On June 9, Delhi LieutenantGovernor Najeeb Jung had appointedMr Meena to head the anti-graft unit,who outranked SS Yadav, an officerhandpicked by chief minister ArvindKejriwal.

AAP claims that no cases havebeen registered by ACB since MrMeena took over the reins. Delhiconvenor of AAP, Dilip Pandey said,"We will have no option but to formsquads comprising party volunteersand expose corruption in the city. Wewill tell people that the Centre is notallowing us to register an FIR againstcorruption".

The government had attempted tostall Mr Meena's appointment, alleg-ing that it was illegal as there was noposition in the ACB for him to fill.The Vigilance Department of theDelhi government, which overseesfunctioning of the ACB, had issued aletter asking him to revert to hisDelhi Police assignment.

But Mr Meena had refused to do

that. He wrote back in a letter that hehad already taken over as ACB chiefand threatened legal action if he wasstopped from attending work.

This is the latest clash betweenchief minister Arvind Kejriwal andMr Jung over key appointments inthe capital. Mr Jung insists the finalsay on appointments is vested in him;Mr Kejriwal says an elected head ofgovernment is entitled to choosemembers of his team.

Last month, the Delhi High Courthad called the notification 'suspect' in

which the Centre had said that theLieutenant Governor is the finalauthority on appointments of seniorofficials. The Court had noted thatthe Lieutenant Governor, who repre-sents the Centre, is "bound to actupon the aid and advice" of the Delhicouncil of Ministers.

The 'suspect' tag was challenged bythe Centre in the Supreme Court,which had said that the High Courtmust hear the case independently andnot get influenced by any observa-tions.

Delhi Govt Moves HC Against Appointmentof Top Cop as Anti-Graft Panel Chief

NEW DELHIFormer TERI director

RK Pachauri, accused ofsexual harassment, hasbeen allowed to travelabroad by a Delhi courttoday. Dr Pachauri hadasked for permission totravel for personal reasons,since there was a death inhis family. He will be trav-elling to the US from June29 to July 9. The 74-year-old's passport had beenheld back till now since heis an accused in an allegedsexual harassment caselodged against him by awoman research analyst.He has denied the charge,and was questioned for thesecond time by DelhiPolice in this connectionon Friday. Investigatorshave already sent DrPachauri's mobile and lap-top, submitted to the police

by him, for forensic analy-sis as he claimed that hewas a victim of hackingand his computer resourceswere misused and he hadfiled a police complaint inthis regard as well.

Dr Pachauri has proceed-ed on leave from TheEnergy and ResourcesInstitute (TERI) after sexu-al harassment charges werelevelled against him inFebruary this year.

He had also steppeddown from United Nation'sInter-governmental Panelon Climate Change (IPCC)and Prime Minister'sCouncil on ClimateChange.

In 2007, the IPCC wasjointly awarded the NobelPeace Prize with formerUS Vice President Al Gorefor their part in galvanisinginternational action againstclimate change.

Ex-TERI Director RK Pachauri, Accused ofSexual Harassment, Allowed to Travel Abroad

Cloudy Sunday in Delhi,Says Weather Department

NEW DELHIThe national capital experienced a part-

ly cloudy today with the maximum tem-perature settling a notch above the sea-son's average at 38.1 degrees Celsius.Similar weather is expected tomorrow, theMetrological office said. "The sky willremain partly cloudy tomorrow (Sunday)and the maximum and minimum tempera-tures are likely to hover around 38 and 27degrees Celsius," said an official of the

India Meteorological Department. Todaymorning was sunny and the minimumtemperature settled at 27 degrees Celsius,average for this time of the season. Theday's maximum humidity was recorded at71 per cent. Yesterday's maximum temper-ature was recorded at 36.8 degreesCelsius, a notch below the season's aver-age, while the minimum was 24 degreesCelsius, four notches below the season'saverage.

Vasundhara Raje denied appointment withPM Modi, Amit Shah; returns to Jaipur

NEW DELHIRajasthan Chief Minister

Vasundhara Raje, who wasexpected to meet top BJPleaders including PrimeMinister Narendra Modi,party president Amit Shahand Finance Minister ArunJaitley here on Saturday,has reportedly beensnubbed amid the ragingLalit Modi controversy.

Raje had flown to NewDelhi this morning toattend a NITI Aayog meet-ing and was expected tomeet the senior party lead-ers in the evening amidreports that she has beengiven a clean chit by theparty leadership in thesnowballing Lalitgate.

However, Raje wasdenied appointments withthe three leaders, reportssaid, and the Rajasthan CMhas already returned toJaipur.

Raje had been underpressure to quit over heralleged involvement inLalitgate.

Reports had, however,claimed that the top leader-ship of the party was learntto have accepted Raje'sdefence as PM Modi metShah and Jaitley yesterdayover the issue.

Raje's visit to New Delhicame a day after the state

BJP refuted all the allega-tions being levelled at her,saying yesterday that thedocument which shesigned in support of LalitModi's immigration appli-cation to the UK govern-ment was never producedin court as she had backedout of it later.

The state unit of theparty also claimed thatLalit Modi's investment inthe chain of hotels ownedby her son was legal andhad been disclosed toauthorities.

Congress has accusedRaje of quid pro quo inhelping Modi and launcheda relentless attack on her,demanding her resignation.

Raje has maintainedsilence over the raging roweven though her office hastermed the allegations"untrue", claiming thatthey were aimed at harm-ing her politically.

BJP for its part has saidthat it "fully supports" her.

The party has called herits tallest and most popularleader in the state, where

she has led the party to itsbiggest Assembly and LokSabha wins.

At a press conference inJaipur yesterday, RajasthanMedical and HealthMinister RS Rathore hadeven said that Raje willalso attend a NITI Aayogsub-committee meeting onSunday.

Raje was scheduled tovisit London from June 27to July 2 but cancelled herUK tour early this week inview of the NITI Aayogmeet.

Ex-ACB chief making 'nonsensi-cal allegations' against Jung-appointed Meena: Congress

NEW DELHICommenting on the

recent episode where for-mer ACB chief SS Yadavallegedly threatened tocommit suicide, CongressParty leader SandeepDikshit said thatLieutenant GovernorNajeeb Jung must initiateimmediate action andclean up the entire depart-ment. Dikshit called Yadav`incompetent` and criti-cised him for acting like afeudal servant of the DelhiGovernment. "I thinkYadav is now a compro-mised officer. I have alsoheard that Yadav takes hisorders from (Manish)Sisodia rather than basedon facts of any situation.Now, if the ACB doesthat,and if he has compro-mised to such a largeextent that he is like a feu-dal servant of the DelhiGovernment, it only showshis incompetence, and Ithink, the LG must takeaction and clean up thewhole department,"Dikshit told ANIhere.Highlighting Yadav`sclaim that he was beingunfairly targeted by M KMeena, the current ACBchief, Dikshit said Meena

is known to be a `verystraightforward, and strongofficer` and added thatonly governments that arescared of such officersmake `nonsensical kind ofallegations`. "The LG musttake cognizance of thefacts, strengthen the ACB,and make sure that itworks well. And, I have asuspicion that as news ispouring in daily of minis-ters of the Aam AadmiParty (AAP) getting intovery dirty kinds of deals inthe city, they are scaredthat officers like Meenawill start catching them,"he added. The turf warbetween former Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB)chief SS Yadav and thebody`s current chief M KMeena has turned ugly.

The former ACB chief,who is an additional com-missioner of police, startedshouting against DelhiPolice in the presence of MK Meena after being cen-sured for carrying theACB`s FIR book. Thiscomes amid the ongoingconflict between DelhiChief Minister ArvindKejriwal and Lt. Gov. Jungover Meena`s appointmentas ACB chief.

Arvind Kejriwal writes 'secretnote' to Rajnath Singh, mentions

allegations against ACB chiefNEW DELHI

Delhi Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal has sent a"secret note" to UnionHome Minister RajnathSingh, mentioning allega-tions against Lt Governor-appointed Anti-CorruptionBranch (ACB) chief MKMeena of involvement inhawala and curtain pur-chase scam.

Deputy Chief MinisterManish Sisodia informedthe Delhi Assembly aboutthe note while speaking onthe functioning of the eliteprobe agency. The AAPgovernment and the LGhave been engaged in a bit-ter fight over administra-tive control of the ACB.

"Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal has sent a secretnote to Union HomeMinister and mentionedserious allegations -hawala and sofa-pardascam against him (Meena).I hope he (Union HomeMinister Rajnath Singhwill take cognisance of thismatter and will take strictaction accordingly,"Sisodia said.

Lt Governor NajeebJung earlier this month hadappointed Meena, a joint

commissioner of DelhiPolice as the head of theACB supersedingKejriwal's hand-pickedchief SS Yadav which wasstrongly denounced by theAAP government. TheAAP has been maintainingthat Meena's appointmentis illegal and that for itYadav is the ACB chief.

Yesterday, Yadav hadaccused Meena of threat-ening and pressuring himand trying to hamper func-tioning of the anti-graftbody.

Sources said Yadav hassubmitted three complaintsagainst Meena's allegedhigh-handedness to theVigilance Department ofDelhi government whichoversees functioning of theACB.

"ACB comes underDelhi government'sVigilance Department anddirector of this departmentis the head of the ACB.This has been the arrange-ment since ACB's incep-tion. ACB was formedunder the Prevention ofCorruption Act accordingand its mandate is to catchanybody involved in cor-ruption," Sisodia said.

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NEW DELHITaking a dig at Prime

Minister Narendra Modiover Lalitgate, Congresstoday accused him of fol-lowing "Raje dharma" and"not rajya dharma" byshielding Rajasthan ChiefMinister Vasundhara Rajeand External AffairsMinister Sushma Swaraj.

"The Prime Ministershould follow 'rajya dhar-ma' and not 'Raje dharma'or 'Lalit dharma',"Congress spokesman AjoyKumar told reporters evenas he reiterated the party'sdemand for the sacking ofMs Raje and Ms Swaraj.

Mr Kumar said that thePrime Minister's responseon the issues of corruption

and black money was"very disappointing" afterhis "tall promises" madeduring the Lok Sabhapolls. "Instead of takingaction on these issues,

Modi has become the pro-tector of those having hugeblack money," he charged.

Mr Kumar's remarks fol-low in the wake of the BJPcentral leadership coming

out to back Ms Raje afterinitially not voicing itssupport for days.

Rajasthan BJP has,meanwhile, refuted all theallegations against her,saying the documentwhich she signed in sup-port of former IPL bossLalit Modi's immigrationapplication was never pro-duced in court as she hadbacked out of it later.

However, the Congressspokesman argued that MsRaje has committed an"anti-national" act bysecretly supporting theimmigration application ofLalit Modi.

This has exposed BJP's"pseudo-nationalism", heclaimed.

BEIJINGAs India's e-visa scheme

for Chinese tourists is setto get implemented, Keralaand Andhra Pradesh havemade a strong pitch to wootravellers from China withlucrative packages andtheir age-old spice, martialarts links besides naturalbeauty steeped in local cul-ture.

With its well laid outpublicity network, Keralamade a big show at a spe-cial evening for Chinesemedia and travel writers inBeijing by organising afusion performance com-bining its ancient martialart 'Kalaripayattu' withChina's Shaolin temple,whose early roots stretchesto the South Indian state.

Six performers of'Kalaripayattu' joinedhands with Shaolin expertshighlighting similarities

between two traditional artforms at a glittery get-together organised by theIndian Embassy in Beijing.

K Sunilkumar Gurukkal,who featured in moviesalong with Hollywood'sKung Fu star Jackie Chan,headed 'Kalaripayattu'team. Kathakali danceform was also displayed.Kerala's Tourism MinisterA P Anilkumar is heading adelegation to China thatincludes state ChiefSecretary Jiji Thomson andTourism Secretary GKamala Vardhana Rao.Anilkumar said the fusionof 'Kalaripayattu' andShaolin showed thatKerala and China have alot in common, remindingthe Chinese the adventuretravels undertaken byChina's marine adventuretraveller Zheng He toKerala few hundred years

ago.The state still has China's

imprints like the Chinesefishing nets dotting thecoast line of Kochi, amajor landmark fortourists.

Though Kerala attractedover a million foreigntourists last year, Chineseaccounted for little over4,000, he said. India is alsoholding "Visit India Year"campaign all over China toattract Chinese touristswhose numbers to Indiawere less than two lakh lastyear. Last year's Chinesetourists numbers visitingabroad touched about 100million spending overUSD 128 billion. Boostedby Chinese governmentpush, its tourists travelledmostly in the Indian sub-continent to Nepal (1.4lakh), Maldives (4 lakhs)and Sri Lanka (1.3 lakh)

last year.Chinese travel analysts

advised Kerala to coordi-nate with the Sri Lankatourism to work out jointtours as the island's airlinehas a number of flightsfrom different Chinesecities and the flight timebetween Lanka and Keralais just an hour.

Kerala also couldbecome a new centre forChinese film shooting assome of the Chinese filmpersonalities are visitingseveral locations of thestate.

State-run Chinese TVhas already done four partseries on Kerala highlight-ing its tourism potential forChinese. The new jointventure film by Chineseand Indian firms called"Wrecking havoc in India",a comedy could be shot inKerala, said Prasad Shetty,

partner of StrategicAlliance a

Chinese firm promotingIndian films.

Andhra Pradesh, whichhas caught the eye ofChinese investors after theApril visit of its ChiefMinister ChandrababuNaidu, is also making aneffort to attract Chinesetourists showcasing itsfacilities like the 974-km-long coastline ofVisakhapatnam as well asBuddhist centres likeAmaravathi which too hadancient links with China.

Thanks to popular reli-gious cites like Tirupathi,the state is attracting about100 million domestic andNRI tourists but the effortnow is to aim for moreinternational tourists, saidNeerabh K Prasad, thestate's Principle Secretaryto Tourism and Culture.

Kerala, Andhra Pradesh Make StrongPitch to Woo Chinese Tourists

PM Modi Following 'Raje Dharma', Accuses CongressBEIJING

Changing position onChina`s claims over theSouth China Sea wouldshame its ancestors, whilenot facing up to infringe-ments of Chinese sover-eignty there would shameits children, ForeignMinister Wang Yi said onSaturday.

China has becomeincreasingly assertive inthe South China Sea,building artificial islandsin areas over which thePhilippines and othercountries have rivalclaims, sparking alarmregionally and inWashington.

"One thousand years agoChina was a large sea-far-

ing nation. So of courseChina was the first countryto discover, use and admin-ister the Nansha Islands,"Wang said, using theChinese term for theSpratly Islands, whichtogether with the ParacelIslands form the bulk ofChina`s claims.

"China`s demands ofsovereignty over theNansha Islands have notexpanded and neither willthey shrink. Otherwise wewould not be able to faceour forefathers and ances-tors," the normally taciturnWang said in unusuallystrong comments.

China claims most of thepotentially energy-richSouth China Sea, through

which $5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes everyyear. The Philippines,Vietnam, Malaysia,Brunei, and Taiwan alsohave overlapping claims.

Speaking to academicsand former officials, Wangsaid China could not faceits children and grandchil-dren if "the gradual andincremental invasion ofChina`s sovereignty andencroachment on China`sinterests" was allowed tocontinue.

He said US ships tookChinese troops to reclaimthe Spratlys after they wereoccupied by Japan duringWorld War Two. Othercountries only startedoccupying what he said

was Chinese territory fromthe 1960s after oil was dis-covered.

"China is in reality thebiggest victim," Wangsaid.

On Friday, the US StateDepartment`s number twodiplomat comparedChina`s behaviour in pur-suit of territory in theSouth China Sea to that ofRussia in eastern Ukraine.

Wang did not addressthose comments, butdefended China`s landreclamation and buildingwork in the South ChinaSea as necessary toimprove living conditions,pointing out that othercountries had been build-ing there since the 1970s.

China says changing position on SouthChina Sea dispute would shame ancestors

PANAJINewly-formed Swaraj

Abhiyaan today said theymight not ask anti-graftcrusader Anna Hazare toget associated with them atthis juncture fearing thepersonality cult projection,but might approach theveteran activist in future.

"In future, if we mighthave a desire to have him(Anna Hazare)...we willrequest him to be with usand guide us. But rightnow we have notapproached him," SwarajAbhiyaan leader YogendraYadav told PTI in Goa,where he is on a privatevisit and will also meetlocal leaders.

If we do so, SwarajAbhiyaan, a group formedby expelled AAP leadersYogendra Yadav andPrashant Bhushan, wouldbe accused of harbouringpersonality cult like anyother party including AAP,he said.

"He (Hazare) has notrefused. We have also notgone to ask him to leadus...Personality cult is nogood.. We are meetingordinary people who arestruggling for India. That

is far more important thanthe personality cult," hesaid.

Responding to a ques-tion, Mr Yadav refused tojudge the performance ofDelhi Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal on thescale of one to ten.

"Every CM should get alonger time to bejudged..It's unfair to judgehim now," the leader said.

"As a matter of fact wehave made it a policy ofSwaraj Abhiyaan not tocomment on everydayaffairs of AAP.. Medialoves it but we won't com-ment," he said.

"We commented on theissue of Tomar (Delhi Lawminister), we commentedon the issue of public

advertisement issued byDelhi government. Wecommented up on the LGbecause they were policyissues," he added.

Mr Yadav said thedemand for full statehoodfor Delhi is justified.

"Every elected govern-ment should have the rightto transfer its officials. Ifelt that this politics ofconfrontation of order is animmature way of trying toachieve statehood. It isimmature of chief ministerwho might make peoplepay. It is very immatureway of dealing with a veryjustified demand.. Becauseof this immaturity insteadof gaining something itmay be counter-produc-tive," he opined.

Swaraj Abhiyaan Fears Personality CultProjection in Approaching Activist Anna Hazare

UNITED NATIONSIndia's acclaimed direc-

tor Satyajit Ray is among16 global thinkers andartists whose portraits havebeen displayed at the UNheadquarters in an exhibi-tion that honors them fortheir contribution to thecommon good of humanity.

'The TransformativePower of Art' exhibition,organized by President ofthe General Assembly SamKutesa, will be thrownopen to the public on June30. The late director, who

received an honorary Oscarin 1992, the same year that

he was bestowed withIndia's highest civilian

award Bharat Ratna, isamong the 16 personalitieswhose portraits has beendisplayed.

The others are Pakistanirights activist and NobelPeace Prize laureateMalala Yousafzai,renowned musician fromGabon Pierre-ClaverAkendengua, legendaryAmerican author MayaAngelou, American folksinger Joan Baez, Britishactress Audrey Hepburn,influential Russian painterVassily Kandinsky,

Egyptian singer UmmKulthum, Chinese actressGong Li, Grammy Award-winning South Africansinger and civil rightsactivist Miriam Makeba,French philosopher EdgarMorin, Iranian actressFatemeh Motamed-Arya,Ugandan poet Okotp'Bitek, Brazilian socialdocumentary photographerSebastialo Salgado,Nigerian playwright andpoet Wole Soyinka andKenyan writer Ngugi WaThiong'o.

Acclaimed Director Satyajit Ray's Portrait to be Displayed at UN Exhibition

When PM Modi bats, he will hit theball out of the park, says Lalit Modi

NEW DELHIThe man who is instrumental in

inviting the wrath of the opposi-tion on the ruling Bharatiya JanataParty (BJP) and its leaderNarendra Modi now appears to beseeking to make amends, after theparty said it would seek anInterpol `red corner notice`against him.

Lalit Modi, sitting in London,tweeted on Saturday that PrimeMinister Modi was a "most savy(sic) man".

The former chief of the IndianPremier League, embroiled in sev-eral controversies and whose pass-port was revoked by the Indiangovernment, said that "when he(Modi) bats, he will hit the ball outof the park".

Lalit Modi, who has been put-ting out reams of informationthrough tweets and other media,was apparently helped by ExternalForeign Minister Sushma Swarajand Rajasthan Chief MinisterVasundhara Raje, at a time whenhe was being sought by theEnforcement Directorate duringthe previous United ProgressiveAlliance regime.

Modi`s tweet praising the primeminister came on the day Raje wasin Delhi, for an official meeting,

but was planning to meet the BJPbrass to give her side of the story.According to sources, she wasexpected to meet the prime minis-ter, but latest reports said that themeeting had not come through.

Raje has accepted that she hadsigned a document supporting theapplication of Lalit Modi for a res-idence visa in Britain. The opposi-tion parties say that at best thispoints to an impropriety by a lead-ing BJP leader when the IPL chiefwas wanted by the authorities in

India.Lalit Modi, who has been stay-

ing in London for several years, issought by the EnforcementDirectorate for alleged financialirregularities when he was the IPLhead.

He has been tweeting regularly,often implying nothing more thana meeting with political figures.

On Friday he said that he andsenior Congress leader Kapil Sibalhad chatted over three days duringa wedding in Istanbul.

Earlier the same day, Moditweeted that he "bumped into"Congress president SoniaGandhi`s daughter Priyanka andher husband Robert Vadra in aLondon restaurant last year.

He did not imply any wrongdo-ing or impropriety on their part.But the BJP, under attack for "sup-porting a fugitive", immediatelyreacted asking the Congress presi-dent to explain what the meetingbetween the three was allabout.

Telangana Wants RBI to Return Rs.1,274 CroreHYDERABAD

The Telangana government has urgedthe Centre to intervene and direct theReserve Bank of India to credit backRs.1,274 crore to the state's account asthe money was transferred "illegally" tothe income tax department.

A state government delegation led byMinister for Panchayat Raj andInformation Technology, K TarakaramaRao met Union Finance Minister ArunJaitley in Delhi today.

Mr Rao told reporters after the meetingthat they urged Mr Jaitley to ensure thatthe money is credited back to the stateaccount. He said the RBI transferred themoney "illegally", suddenly without any

notice and in violation of a court order.The department had issued notice to

Andhra Pradesh Beverages Corporationin the then united Andhra Pradesh, seek-ing tax dues worth Rs.2,900 crore.

Tarakarama Rao, who was leading thedelegation on behalf of state FinanceMinister Etela Rajender, said theTelangana government approached thecourt, challenging the notice on theground that division of the corporations'assets and liabilities between the twostates was still not completed.

The delegation, which included ChiefSecretary Rajiv Sharma, also told MrJaitley that the state government is not anincome tax assesee.

Not Leaving New Zealand Becauseof Allegations: Indian Envoy

WELLINGTONIndia's High

Commissioner to NewZealand Ravi Thapar onSaturday said he was notleaving the countrybecause of assault allega-tions against his wife butbecause he wanted to takecare of his mother living inIndia.

Mr Thapar's wife hasbeen accused of physicallyassaulting a domestic helpat their residence. He hasdenied the allegations andsaid his wife was an "expe-rienced diplomatic spouse"incapable of assaulting an"able-bodied man".

"I'm going but to takecare of my mum becausemy dad passed away lastyear. I cannot keep up13,000 km away just talk-ing to her on the phone,"The New Zealand Herald

quoted him as saying.Referring to the alleged

assault charges, he said:"You must understand thatpeople who are notexposed, people who arenot educated, people whoare sometimes first-timersabroad, who have heard ofthese will use this opportu-nity sometimes to get sym-pathy from other agen-cies."

According to earliermedia reports, a man spoketo the police through aninterpreter on May 9 andalleged that he was physi-cally assaulted by MrThapar's wife.

Police said the domestichelp did not want to takethe matter further andwanted to go home. Thestaff member left NewZealand on May 28.

BY PRAVEEN PATIL

In many ways, the 1984 nationalelection was a watershed in Indianelectoral history. Campaigning, for

the first time, was handled professional-ly by an advertising agency,Rediffusion, headed by Rajiv Gandhi’sclose friend Arun Nanda. For the firsttime, intense studies were conducted onthe social and cultural complexities ofthe electorate to create the best possiblemessaging. A multimedia campaignaround the theme of ‘national unity’ wasthe result. A whole host of wearableadvertising material — cufflinks, stick-ers, badges and labels — carried thenational unity message along with theCongress emblem. 1984 was the start ofwhat we can call Neo-politics 1.0, andcontributed to the scale of Rajiv’s victo-ry in 1984-85.

In five years, Rajiv Gandhi managedto squander his mandate of hope. Itmarked the end of Neo-politics 1.0 andcreated a two-decade long cycle ofunsustainable coalitions and unstablegovernments built on identity politics.

A new politics

With the new millennium, Neo-poli-tics 2.0 was born, marked by a clearmandate for stability and governancerather than vote banks. Since 2000,almost 93 per cent of all elections haveproduced clear mandates for one partyor for a coalition, with the notableexceptions being Bihar, Jharkhand andthe national elections of 2004.

Since 2014, Neo-politics 2.0 hasassumed greater significance. Take, forinstance, the recent Delhi elections. TheAam Aadmi Party (AAP) had a corevote base of around 30 per cent in thecity-state of Delhi, but in February, theentire anti-BJP, anti-Congress and thenon-aligned vote aggregated aggres-sively into the AAP ballot box, becauseAAP became the sole viable face ofNeo-politics 2.0. In Delhi, AAP wasable to almost double its vote share to55 per cent because of this aggregation.

The BJP had achieved something evenmore spectacular nationally earlier thatyear, when the saffron party managed totake a 66 per cent quantum leap in voteshare across India from its 2009 base of

18.8 per cent. BJP’s biggest gains werein northern and western India, and wereprobably the most dramatic in the Hindiheartland. In fact, Bihar and UttarPradesh, the two original Mandal Stateswith deep-rooted caste loyalties,showed a remarkable degree of affinityto Neo-politics 2.0.

If the 2014 elections taught an impor-tant lesson, it was this: post-caste voteaggregation was not just an urbanDelhi-Mumbai-Bangalore phenomenonbut had found traction even in the hin-terland of north India. The Hindi heart-land’s caste politics giving way to Neo-politics 2.0 meant that the BJP won aremarkable 110 seats — almost 40 percent of its total tally of 282 — in thegreater Bihar (including Jharkhand) andgreater Uttar Pradesh (includingUttarakhand) regions.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi wasthe biggest beneficiary of this boundlessvote in 2014, when his support base wasdescribed as the “united spectrum ofHindu votes”, but, as we are discover-ing now, the “boundless vote” is a fardeeper demographic transformation ofIndia. We have, therefore, to look at theupcoming Bihar elections through theprism of Neo-politics 2.0 in order toobtain a better perspective of the demo-graphic patterns.

Similar but different

At the outset, Bihar may look like arepeat of Delhi, with a similar battlebetween Mr. Modi and a popular localleader supported by both the intellectu-al class and the media. It may even boildown to a contest between pragmaticeconomics and the freebie culture. Yet,such a rendering of the Bihar canvaswould be too monochromatic because itdoes not account for the new hues ofpost-caste electoral realities.

In the summer of 2014, it appearedthat Mr. Modi would be the clear choicefor the Bihari neo-political vote, but ayear later it looks less apparent. Now,Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar isalso a strong claimant.

Mr. Kumar appears to have learnt hislessons after last summer’s debacle andis slowly trying to make the transition

towards the same governance-centriccampaign that won him the mandate in2005 and 2010. He has hired the new-age tech-campaigner CAG (Citizens forAccountable Governance), whichhelped build Brand Modi in 2014. Mr.Kumar hopes to be the quintessentialBihari brand that can attract young, newvoters across caste lines. ElectionCommission data shows that there are78 lakh new voters below the age of 20,who will play a crucial role in Bihar.

Yet, Mr. Kumar’s path has too manyobstacles. An elementary mistake thatmany political commentators have beenmaking repeatedly on television chan-nels and newspapers since theannouncement of an RJD-JDU-Congress alliance is adding up the 2014votes of the three entities and arriving ata bombastic combined vote share of 46per cent. Such quick mathematics gloss-es over the fact that JDU’s 16 per centvote in 2014 was spread across 230Assembly segments, whereas the partymay not contest more than 100 seats inthe State election. Similarly, RJD’s 20.5per cent vote share was across 164Assembly segments in 2014, while itmay contest only half that number now.In essence, their combined vote share,based on 2014 numbers, may yield onlyaround a 28 per cent (JDU+RJD) voteshare, assuming that 50 per cent of theirrespective votes are transferable to eachother.

The one positive consequence of theRJD-JDU-Congress alliance is that itensures an almost 100 per cent conflu-ence of the roughly one crore Muslimvotes, which would otherwise havebeen splintered. But this is not enoughfor victory. Mr. Kumar needs to emergeas the single most important choice inBihar’s neo-politics, like Mr. Kejriwaldid in Delhi.

Obstacles ahead

Mr. Kumar faces four hurdles. First,unlike Mr. Kejriwal who recoveredfrom his 49-day fiasco, Mr. Kumarfaces a far longer ten-year anti-incum-bency factor. Disillusionment hasgrown sharper in the last two years ofgovernance drift, after his break-upwith the NDA and his Manjhi experi-ment.

Second, Bihar in 2010 was the fastestgrowing State in India with a 14.15 percent GSDP (gross state domestic prod-uct). Bihar’s growth is now slower atabout 9 per cent. Studies show a demon-strable correlation between high growthand the re-election of incumbent gov-ernments (Madhya Pradesh,Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh andGujarat are some examples), and aslower growth rate might hamper Mr.Kumar’s prospects. Third, Lalu PrasadYadav and the Congress may unite theMuslim vote but they also come with alot of electoral stigma. Finally, theJDU’s lack of political infrastructure atthe polling booth level (it dependedlargely on BJP-RSS workers in pastelections) makes it difficult for Mr.Kumar to emerge as a winnable alterna-tive in more than 70-80 seats.

Thus, there is a real likelihood that theNitish-Lalu-Congress “secular alliance”could potentially combine with the anti-incumbency factor and swing towardsthe BJP.

Meanwhile, the BJP’s road to Patna isriddled with diversions from its ownright flank. For the average BJP voter,the party’s core ideals are built on threeplatforms — an unapologetic pan-casteHindu outreach, liberalised free marketeconomics, and good governance minuscorruption. In the last year or so, how-ever, BJP has been widely seen as fal-tering on at least two of these counts.For instance, in Bihar, the BJP’s localunit has been blatantly organising castemelas and public rallies that go againstthe very ethos that Modi stood for in2014, that of forming a pan-caste Hindubedrock. Similarly, on the economicfront, there has not been any revolution-ary change in the last one year. Worse,the Lalit Modi controversy has takenaway some more of the sheen from BJP.

It will be interesting to see how cam-paigning unfolds in Bihar over the nextfew weeks. But regardless of the result,one reality cannot be missed — Bihar,like many parts of India, is also home toNeo-politics 2.0.

(Dr. Praveen Patil is a psephologistand an experimental demographic pat-

tern analyst.)

Sunday | June 28, 2015

BY PULAPRE BALAKRISHNAN

Higher education in India isonce again in the news,though not for the most

attractive of reasons. Recently, theheads of more than one of the coun-try’s best known institutions haveeither resigned or been sacked fol-lowing differences with the govern-ment. There are reports that the posi-tion of a vice chancellor of a promi-nent university is under threat.However, these instances are no morethan shocks to the widespreaddespondency amidst the public overthe state of this branch of Indian soci-ety.

Pulapre Balakrishnan

Some time ago, the then Ministerfor Human Resource Development,Arjun Singh, had announced to anational meeting of vice chancellorsthat higher education in India waslike a “sick child”. That he was part-ly responsible for its state, havingdirected it to expand by 50 per centwithin three years as part of theCongress Party’s response to theMandal Committee Report, was per-haps less of a failing on his part thanthe failure to initiate a diagnosis ofthe affliction. Were this done at thattime, at least some of the subsequentdamage could have been averted.

Not world class

One of the deficiencies of highereducation in the country, identifiedby the government itself, is that itscolleges are nowhere to be found inthe global league tables. While ratingneed not bother us unduly, we mustrecognise that absence from theshortlist of Indian universities tells ussomething about the production ofglobally recognisable knowledge inthis country. Had we chosen to ignorethe global pool of knowledge, thiswould be of no concern. But, we can-not state this to be the case, as wedrink deeply at this very pool. Thefact is that in the production ofknowledge globally, we are merespectators, admiring the pirouette or

applauding the tightrope walk, partic-ipating at best as cheerleaders. WhileI can say little with any confidenceabout the natural sciences, of eco-nomics it can be said that there isvery little that is original being donehere. Where we can speak of theoryand methodology as being relatively

independent, it is not only that werely on theory developed in theanglophone world but even theempirical methods are often outdat-ed, despite the fact that unlike in thepast they are now quite easily acces-sible. Global best-practice method-ologies are more accessible todaybecause we are by now a far richersociety compared to say the 1950s,and information and the software forprocessing it are no longer out ofreach. Of course, this is very likelynot the case in the applied scienceswhere material resources are still pro-hibitively expensive. Think “largehadron collider”.

Spending on education

It would be difficult to make thecase that higher education in Indiahas been starved of resources in theaggregate. A shift in public expendi-ture towards higher education hadcommenced in the 1950s, eventhough the social returns to primaryeducation were very likely higherthan the social returns to the tertiary.

By the early 20th century, the ratio ofpublic spending on higher educationto that on schooling was by far thehighest in India (UNESCO: ‘GlobalEducation Digest’). It is interestingthat in Japan, the government spendsmore per capita on schooling than itdoes on university education. Yet,

Indian academics have migrated evento Japan to carry on their profession-al life despite the obvious linguistichurdles. By the late 1960s, AmartyaSen was already writing about thehigh opportunity cost of starting uni-versities in India and had suggestedthat higher education in India wasbeing expanded largely only inresponse to middle-class pressure.

Quality control

Even though the expansion of high-er education had commenced in the1950s, a difference marks that phasewhen compared to the past decade orso, when the next major round ofexpansion — notably the near dou-bling of the number of IndianInstitutes of Technology (IIT) andIndian Institutes of Management(IIM) — was initiated by the Centreand in some States. At the beginning,the human capital necessary to oper-ate the system was not in such shortsupply as it is today. Quality controlwas relatively less constrained. Butmore importantly, there was a recog-

nition that there was no point inexpanding education without assur-ing its quality. Egregious instances ofthis are the heads of the All IndiaInstitute of Medical Sciences and theatomic energy complex being person-ally headhunted by Nehru. Today, itis not only that the human capital is

in relatively short supply, but thepolitical leadership valorises accessat any cost. Expansion has becomethe raison d’être of the public pres-ence in higher education and thequerying of the quality of educationis discouraged as elitism. This is nomore than sentimentality when it isnot disingenuous.

In today’s age, the production ofknowledge needs governance exactlyas does any other activity with socialconsequences. If the quality of highereducation in India is to improve, thefocus of the governance must be onresearch and learning outcomes. Pooroutcomes which are to be identifiedas poor quality of the education makea mockery of the expansion of highereducation whether by the state or theprivate sector. The state offering poorquality higher education with muchfanfare is the moral equivalent ofostentatiously inviting hungry peopleonly to feed them leftovers. The pri-vate sector in India is often not farbehind in promising the moon butleaving students with little to show.

This has been flagged as rampant inso-called professional education.Shailendra Mehta has written a papertitled “Why is Harvard #1?” putting itdown entirely to governance. Whilethere is no reason whatsoever forIndia to emulate Harvard in all itsaspects, we may yet want to paysome attention to its governancemodel if we aspire to ever play in thetop league of global knowledge pro-duction.

While the consequences for qualityof a reckless expansion are quite eas-ily seen, that of another subtle butdefinite trend is less easily discerned.The latter may have had an importantrole in killing-off our universities.This is a political development whichhas two aspects to it, namely theadoption of a corporate-centricapproach by governments and thespread of illiberalism within society.The connection between these twodevelopments is far from obvious butone thing is clear. It is that the rise todominance of a politics incorporatingboth these elements is not helpful tothe pursuit of knowledge. It has led toa sort of “closing of the Indian mind”once open to myriad influences andmindful of the virtues of truth andbeauty. Going back a little further, wecan see the vestiges of such mindful-ness in our spectacular achievementsin fields as diverse as philosophy andarchitecture. One does not have toagree fully with the poet Keats whenhe had declared that the link betweentruth and beauty is all there is toknow to acknowledge that such anawareness must infuse our highereducation enterprise! If you think“truth and beauty” is for the birds,you may want to read the astrophysi-cist S. Chandrashekar on “Motivationin science”. The severely bureaucra-tised environment in India’s universi-ties has managed to expunge all cre-ativity from the system.

Politically drivenWhen social forces act to snuff out

a vibrant and free-spirited learningenvironment, we are largely in thehands of the political class, for it is

this class that wields the levers ofpower that can counteract the reac-tion. But when the political classabets these very forces, we are leftpretty much in the lurch. There issomething of this kind at work inIndia today.

First, for decades now, members ofthe political class have been veryheavily invested in the profitmakingsegment of higher education. Privateengineering, medicine and manage-ment education have offered full-time politicians a happy huntingground. Naturally, there has been noconcern for knowledge creation here.On the other hand, the archipelago ofCentral higher education institutionshas been treated as a handmaiden toadvance party-political agendas. Thishas been the case under both thefronts that have ruled India over thepast decade-and-a-half. The initia-tives have ranged over making anIIM education virtually free, toexpanding enrolment without anyconcern for the consequences.

Almost a century ago, KalidasBhattacharya, a philosophy teacher inCalcutta, delivered an address to hisstudents which was published as atract named “Swaraj in Ideas”.Though the address must itself beseen in the context of the Indiannational movement, its messageremains as fresh as ever.Bhattacharya had argued that politi-cal independence by itself wouldamount to little if Indians did nothave the mental capacity to imagine aworld in relation to their own needs.The prerequisite for this is the devel-opment of cognitive means, an ethi-cal sensibility and a historical under-standing. This alone can be called aneducation. We watch with shock andawe as everything handed down fromDelhi of late suggests that the politi-cal class don’t want one for ouryoung. Higher education in India isbeing throttled by the regulator, andno one is screaming murder.

(Pulapre Balakrishnan can bereached at www.pulaprebalakrish-

nan.in)

Needed, a new urban vision

A fight outside the caste silos

We don’t want no education...

EDITORIAL4 NEW DELHI | SUNDAY | JUNE 28, 2015Fight For Right

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Fight For Right

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched his flagshipSmart Cities Mission proclaiming that governmen-tal intervention in planning the cities would be min-

imal. He referred to a “bottom-up approach”, but did notemphasise who exactly would benefit from the cities. Theapproach suggests that India is breaking away from itsAnglo-European architectural tradition, promoted byJawaharlal Nehru in the 1960s with the projection ofChandigarh as a template for urban planners. Nehru’s aimwas to create mixed-income cities with easy access tocommunity infrastructure and to institutions such as thejudiciary, the legislature and the executive. But Mr.Modi’s urban-planning approach contradicts that view andlargely resonates with American-style urbanism. The gov-ernment is putting the spotlight on smart cities and allow-ing the business community to lead the development. Letus take an example in the U.S. to figure out who couldbenefit from the new urban plans in India. In New YorkCity, most of the commercial and residential buildingsfrom uptown to downtown Manhattan are inhabited by therich who can afford the huge rents. They have installedbiometric security systems to keep the ‘unwanted people’— that is, the poor — at bay. The city government haslargely outsourced the public services to private compa-nies, which are replacing the labour force with mecha-nised technology. As a result, the job market has becomesaturated. The unskilled workforce is caught up in a low-wage job cycle. Before pushing India on to a similarAmerican path, Prime Minister Modi must step back andre-think whether his government should invest in smartcities, or rather empower the existing urban centres bymeans of policies that cater to poor and middle classIndians. For instance, at present almost every Indian cityfaces sanitation issues due to the absence or inadequacy ofdrainage networks. The migration of people from ruralareas to the urban peripheries continues at a rapid pace,resulting in the mushrooming of slums and unauthorisedcolonies. According to Census 2011, some 65 million peo-ple live in slums. The government’s response to the issuein terms of planning to build affordable housing for themis short-sighted. Smart cities would simply institutionalisethe disparity within the cities instead of filling the lacunae.The last decade of urbanisation did change the academicand policy consensus toward urban centres, but ignoredthe fringes of these centres where those from the poor andthe lower-middle class who came in a large influx endedup. In Delhi, the government passed on powers to resi-dents’ welfare associations, which now decide on thechoice of basic civic matters — and they always give pref-erence to their own gated communities. Mr. Modi musttake a forward-looking stance when it comes to develop-ing urban India. Otherwise, the glossy vision of buildingsmart cities could end up triggering a process of socialapartheid.

One of the deficiencies of higher education in the country,identified by the government itself, is that its colleges arenowhere to be found in the global league tables. While

rating need not bother us unduly, we must recognise thatabsence from the shortlist of Indian universities tells ussomething about the production of globally recognisableknowledge in this country. Had we chosen to ignore theglobal pool of knowledge, this would be of no concern.

But, we cannot state this to be the case, as we drinkdeeply at this very pool.

5 NEW DELHI | SUNDAY | JUNE 28, 2015Fight for right

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PM Modi to...will travel by helicopter and road to

Banaras Hindu University (BHU), where hewould inaugurate the newly built trauma cen-tre.

Later at the DLW ground in Varanasi, hewill launch the Integrated PowerDevelopment Scheme (IPDS), a flagshipproject of his government which aims atstrengthening sub transmission and distribu-tion network in the city along with 100 percent metering facility.

The Scheme is being launched fromVaranasi for which Rs. 574 crore has beenallocated. The sector's key financer PowerFinance Corporation would prepare thedetailed project report (DPR).

The state government would then either bidthe project or nominate agencies to executethe same as per the DPR.

Along with the IPDS, the Prime Ministerwill also launch the ring road project for thetemple town and give a go-ahead to the con-version of the road from LBS InternationalAirport to city's Varuna bridge into a four-lane road, which is a part of NH 56.

Later, he will address "Vikas Sabha". Alarge number of people are expected toattend.

"BJP state president Laxmi Kant Bajpaireached Varanasi today ahead of PM's visit.The local leaders and workers yesterday tookout a march in the city to appeal to the mass-es for their support to make the PM's rally atDLW successful by participating in largenumber," said Sanjay Bhardwaj, BJP mediain-charge of Varanasi constituency as well asPoorvanchal region (eastern UP).

Mr Bhardwaj said Mr Bajpai held meetingswith party leaders and workers at the GulabBagh office at Sigra to make the rally suc-cessful, and they expect participation of morethan 40,000 people including BJP workers,railway employees and their family members.

UP Health and Family Welfare MinisterAhmad Hasan and another Minister YasarShah would be present throughout the PrimeMinister's visit.

Earlier, on June 25, Union Minister of State(Independent Charge) for Coal, Power andRenewable Energy Piyush Goyal had visitedVaranasi and held meetings with officials ofpower department and also with districtadministration.

During his visit, Mr Goyal also took stockof the preparations for the Prime Minister'svisit.

The security has been tightened in andaround the DLW campus and senior policeand administrative officials are regularly vis-iting the sites of the programme.

This is Narendra Modi's third visit after tak-ing charge as Prime Minister.

PM Modi had visited Varanasi for a day andattended Ganga aarti and offered prayers atthe Kashi Vishwanth temple on May 17 lastyear after BJP won with an absolute majoritywith him being as a PM's nominee.

Later in December, he again visitedVaranasi during which the PM visited hisadopted Jayapur village.

Elaborate security arrangements have beenmade by the UP police for PM Modi's day-long visit to his constituency, official sourcessaid.

Inspector General - Law and Order, SatishGanesh said DG Security, Gopal Gupta hasbeen made in-charge of the Prime Minister'sprogramme and 14 SP rank, 20 Deputy SPrank officers have also been deployed for thesecurity.

Besides 15 companies of PAC, RAF andother adequate number of police personnelwill be deployed in Varanasi.

Investment in...while sharing a link to a Wall Street Journal

article which praises India`s economygrowth.

He also shared an article by the ForeignPolicy magazine which said India is comingout on top in the Baseline Profitability Index(BPI)."Growth forecasts up, perceptions ofcorruption down, and investors better protect-ed." Do read"," he added.

As per the Wall Street Journal article, Indiareceived USD 34 billion as FDI in the year2014, according to a report releasedWednesday by the United NationsConference on Trade and Development.

PM Narendra Modi...sector. We expect investments of billions of

dollars from them. These investments willalso result in employment to several lakhs ofpeople," the minister said at a press meet.

Industry leaders likely to join PM Modi onJuly 1 are Mukesh Ambani of RelianceIndustries Ltd., Anil Ambani of RelianceGroup, Cyrus P Mistry of Tata Sons, SunilMittal of Bharti Enterprises andKumarmangalam Birla of Aditya BirlaGroup.

The others are Ping Cheng of DeltaElectronics, Anil Agarwal of SterliteTechnologies, Azim Premji of Wipro, HariOm Rai of Lava International, PeterGutsmeidl of Airbus Group, Pawan Munjal ofHero Group, and Mikio Katayama of NidecCorporation

Must-win election...pendents and candidates from small parties

including social activist KR Ramaswamy,popularly known as "Traffic Ramaswamy".

Polling was brisk and peaceful throughoutthe day since it started at 8 a.m.

Men and women voters turned out in largenumbers. Schools and colleges in the con-stituency were closed on Saturday. The voteswill be counted on June 30.

Opposition parties like the DMK, the PMK,the DMDK, the Congress, the BJP and theMDMK stayed away from the contest.

The two Left parties - CPI and CPI-M -fielded Mahendran as their joint candidate.

The Radhakrishnan Nagar constituency fellvacant after AIADMK`s P. Vetrival resignedfrom the house to facilitate Jayalalithaa`s re-election to the assembly.

Jayalalithaa, elected from Srirangam in2011, lost that seat and the chief minister`spost after a trial court in Bengaluru convictedher in the disproportionate assets case.

The Karnataka High Court upheld herappeal and acquitted her of all charges.Jayalalithaa was again sworn in as chief min-ister, but she has to get elected to the assem-bly within six months.

The Karnataka government has gone onappeal against the high court order in theSupreme Court.

The Election Commission has introduced aE-Netra system (Election Novel ElectronicTracking and Rapid Action System) in theconstituency to observe the model code ofconduct, monitor the expenditure by candi-dates, and redress complaints through a sin-gle window.

For the first time in India, the poll panel hasintroduced Electors Assistance System(EASY). Under this, voters in RadhakrishnanNagar can get all election details. This facili-ty is available through email, SMS and E-Netra MobileApp.

High Turnout...have cast their ballot in the by-election of

Pratapgarh and Surma. The election wasabsolutely peaceful and smooth," additionalchief electoral officer Debashish Modak toldIANS.

"There was no report of any incident,except malfunctioning of two EVMs, report-ed from the two seats," Mr Modak said.

He said there was no complaint of electoralmisconduct raised by any political party.

"Voters, including women, were seen queu-ing up to exercise their franchise in most ofthe 115 polling stations in both assembly con-stituencies," the official said.

Mr Modak said : "Central para-militaryforce and Tripura State Rifles personnel weredeployed for smooth polling."

Inspector general of police (police control)Nepal Das told IANS that no untoward inci-dent was reported during the polling.

According to the officials, 50,004 voters inPratapgarh and 42,142 in Surma assemblyconstituencies were eligible to cast their votesto choose their representative from the ninecandidates in the fray.

The Election Commission had appointedfour observers, around a 100 micro-observersand several hundred polling personnel for theby-polls.

Counting of ballots for the assembly seats,both reserved for the Scheduled Castes, willbe held on June 30.

The by-elections were necessitated after thedeath of ruling CPI-M (Communist Party ofIndia-Marxist) stalwart and former ministerAnil Sarkar (Pratapgarh) and former ministerSudhir Das (Surma).

Sarkar represented his constituency eighttimes in a row since 1978 while Das won theSurma seat on five consecutive occasionssince 1993.

Besides CPI-M, the main oppositionCongress and the Bharatiya Janata Party andother smaller parties put up candidates inPratapgarh (in western Tripura) and Surma(in northern Tripura) assembly constituen-cies.

RBI may...remittances. They will not be allowed to

undertake lending activities and will initiallybe restricted to holding a maximum balanceof Rs 1 lakh per individual customer.

They will be allowed to issue ATM or debitcards as also other prepaid payment instru-ments, but not credit cards.

According to a source, Prasad has approvedhybrid model suggested by Ernst & Youngwhich prepared detailed project report onPost Bank of India (PBI).

"E&Y has come out with three models butsuggested preference to a hybrid model.Under which about 600 branches will bedirectly operated by PBI staff in post officepremises and transactions in other parts of thecountry will be supported by India post staff,"a post bank official said.

Post Bank of India is proposed to have itsown employees and IT infrastructure. Thetransaction handled by India Post, employeeswill be entered in to the server of PBI.

The Department expects revenue of over Rs550 crore from PBI in first five years.

Besides this, the minister said that Postoffices have opened 52 lakh accounts underSukanya Samridhi Scheme compared withabout two-three lakh accounts opened bybanks.

"I have also motivated the Department to

work on ecommerce business. This year theyhave seen growth of 37 percent in revenuefrom ecommerce business to Rs 500 crorethis year compared with last year," Prasadsaid.

Chief Ministers' Sub-Group...finalised by July 5 and consent of all mem-

bers would be sought before submitting thefinal report to Prime Minister NarendraModi.

"Some more suggestions have come. I haveformed a committee of NITI Aayog officialsheaded by its CEO. It will deliberate...preparea final draft by July 5. After seeking all chiefministers consent on the draft, the final rec-ommendations will be submitted to the PrimeMinister," said Mr Chouhan.

The panel has met for four times at an inter-val of almost one month. The last meetingwas held on May 28 in Bhopal. Based on ear-lier meetings, a draft report was presentedtoday to the members for comments, whichwas prepared by a committee headed byNational Institution for Transforming India(NITI) Aayog's CEO Sindhushree Khullar.

The draft report suggested centrally spon-sored schemes to be divided into two broadgroups. The first, Core Scheme, comprisingof national development agenda that includeslegislatively backed schemes such as MNRE-GA, Swachh Bharat Mission and Mid DayMeal. The final list will decided later.

The second is Optional Schemes for socialprotection and social inclusion. Based on thedivision of schemes into two part, the numberof CSS would be 30, the draft stated.

According to draft, the centre's share wouldnot be less than 50 per cent.

Today's meeting was attended by the ChiefMinisters of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan,Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Nagaland among oth-ers.

Ties With India...Islamic State terror group and Ebola virus."We have revitalised NATO's commitment

to the defense of its own members, ralliedEuropean allies to support Ukraine, andpenalised Russia for its actions in Ukraine,"he said.

He said the US has also deepened itsengagement with the Asia Pacific, a regionthat increasingly is embracing the connectionbetween good governance, sustainablegrowth, and long-term stability.

"We have enlisted China in the effort tomitigate climate change, and just this weekwe held the 7th US-China Strategic andEconomic Dialogue, an opportunity to forgenew areas of cooperation, even as we dealforthrightly with our differences," Dr Blinkensaid.

The US is coming closer every day to amajor new trade agreement - the TransPacificPartnership, which, if achieved, will cover 40per cent of world GDP with a more levelplaying field for American business, higherstandards for labor, the environment, andintellectual property, he asserted.

audio tape row...code of conduct in the run up to the bypolls

in the province.Senior Congress party leader Digvijay

Singh had released an audio tape on his socialmedia account, accusing Chouhan of seekingfavours from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)leader Rajesh Chaudhary in lieu of a betterpost following the by-elections.

The bypolls is scheduled to be held today.The BJP, which is in power in the state,

however, was swift to deny the allegations.The incident comes as a huge blow to the

BJP which is battling corruption chargesagainst Union External Affairs MinisterSushma Swaraj and Rajasthan Chief MinisterVasundhara Raje Scindia for helping contro-versial former IPL boss Lalit Modi with histravel documents.

Why BJP Mired...serious issues facing the party in

Maharashtra," Sena said in an editorial in theparty mouthpiece, 'Saamana'.

"Everyday, somebody is being accused ofwrongdoing and Fadnavis has to defendthem. It needs to be explored why the crack-ers are bursting within one year of the partycoming to power in the state," it added.

Sena said BJP's problems started with afake degree row involving state water supplyand sanitation minister Babanrao Lonikar fol-lowed by similar allegations being levelledagainst state education minister VinodTawde.

Now, women and child development minis-ter Pankaja Munde has been accused ofawarding contracts without inviting tenders,it added.

"Vinod Tawde and Pankaja Munde wereboth claimants to the post of chief minister infuture. If this angle is explored, it can be seenthat politics is being played to put a halt totheir ambitions," the Sena said.

Mr Fadnavis is an able chief minister whowill continue to defend his ministers withoutgetting tired of the opposition's charges andwill keep governing the state with highmorals and clean politics, it averred.

'We Will Win...state Finance Minister Amit Mitra said, "It

is better to ask her about the tweet. But shesaid that people have the last word. She saidso because many developments had takenplace, like rise in plan expenditure, capitalexpenditure, improvement in physical andsocial infrastructure."

"Thus she said that she is confident on thebasis of work done in the state. This wasbased on evidence which had actually takenplace on the ground. It is natural and logical,"Mr Mitra said.

Reacting to the tweet, BJP national secre-tary Siddharth Nath Singh said, "MsBanerjee's statement shows her nervousnessas she knows very well that her governmenthas not done anything in name of gover-nance. The rise of BJP in Bengal is makingher more nervous."

CPI(M) politburo member Md Selim saidshe was saying this due to her "lack of confi-dence".

"She knows the real picture of Bengal andshe knows that none of her promises havebeen fulfilled. So she is not confident of com-ing back," he said.

Union Minister Nitin ...Sammelan (World Benali Literary confer-

ence) in Nagpur yesterday evening.The World Bangala Conference is an apt

platform to promote rich and glorious her-itage, he added.

This Bengali literary meet is the first steptowards conservation and preservation of richWest Bengal culture, Mr Gadkari said laudingthe efforts.

Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy,Bangaladesh High Commissioner in India,Sayed Muazzem Ali, former MPs BanwarilalPuroht Ulhas Patil, and Vice-ChancellorVisva Bharati University, Shanti Niketan, DrSushanta Dasgupta were present.

Renowned personalities from the fields ofart, music, and literature are participating andsharing their knowledge and experience withthe people of Nagpur.

On the occasion, eminent persons likeEnglish language novelist writer essayist andresearcher Mani Shankar Mukherjee, notedmime actor Yogesh Dutta, international foot-ball player Chunni Goswami were felicitatedfor their contribution to the society.

Fever Lands...check-up three days ago at the hospital in

Gurgaon, according to the sources.He was admitted again yesterday following

chest and stomach infection."He was admitted in a private ward and has

been advised three-day rest," said the sources.

UN Secretary-General... Pacific region as a centre of dynamism and

influence," Mr Ban said."I welcome the growing global prominence

and engagement of China and India, keyMember States and close partners of theUnited Nations on many of the Organization'spriority areas," he said in his address toStanford University.

Mr Ban was in San Francisco yesterday tocommemorate the 70th anniversary of theadoption of the UN Charter.

In his address to the university, Mr Ban saidthe year 2015 is a "key year" for efforts toestablish the ASEAN Community.

"I look forward to seeing regional econom-ic integration, including free movement ofgoods, services, investment, skilled labourand a freer flow of capital," he said.

He said Asia also faces challenges thatcould put at risk global goals of prosperity,stability and dignity for all.

These include competing territorial or mar-itime claims, political and communal ten-sions, and non-traditional security threatssuch as transnational organised crime and ter-rorism, he added.

5 Lions Found...Three lions, including a three-month-old

female cub, were killed after they drownedfollowing heavy rainfall in the Amreli dis-trict, while carcasses of two other lions werefound from the Bhavnagar district, forest offi-cials said.

"A forest department team recovered car-casses of two Asiatic lions today, including afive-year-old male lion and a three-month-oldfemale cub from Gagadiyo river at BoringadaVidi village in Liliya taluka here," Amrelidistrict's Deputy Conservator of Forest MRGujjar told PTI.

"Besides, we also found a carcass of alioness, aged around six to eight years, fromBavadi village in Liliya taluka of Amreli dis-trict yesterday," Mr Gujjar said.

"Carcasses of the lions were sent for post-mortem," he said.

Around seven forest department teams,including 35 personnel, have been scanningthe entire district to avoid any further casual-ties and also to study the situation.

Bhavnagar district Deputy Conservator ofForest GS Singh said two lions, who proba-bly fell into the

Shetrunji river, were dead."We found carcasses of two lions, including

a male and a female, from Garajiya village onthe banks of Shetrunji river in Palitana talukaof Bhavnagar district today," Mr Singh toldPTI.

"The bodies have been sent for post-mortem," Mr Singh said.

Heavy rains also took a toll of other wildanimals like blue bulls, spotted dears, porcu-pines and wild boars.

"The Forest department team has alsofound three 'cheetals' (spotted deer), a porcu-pine and a wild boar from the forest range,"he added.

"We have also recovered carcasses of about150 neelgai (blue bulls) from the Bhavnagarforest range," Mr Singh said.

A Bhavnagar forest department team hasbeen scanning the area, he said.

Bihar: Child...from Patna, where children aged upto five

were administered polio drops on Friday.Vaishali civil surgeon Ramashish Kumar

has ordered a probe into the incident.Further details are awaited.

Mumbai Toxic Alcohol...commissioner Dhananjay Kulkarni said,

"Whoever was related to them in terms ofsupport are from various political parties. Wehave the basic information about it. We willbe investigating further on it".

The Crime Branch is investigating the case,they have arrested one more accused takingthe total number of arrests to eight.

"The primary information which we havegot is that they are related to a lot of people interms of business. We are still questioningthem about the same," said Mr Kulkarni.

Sources have said that the chemicalmethanol used in brewing the illicit liquorwas sourced from Vapi in Gujarat. The townnear Maharashtra has industrial units that usesuch chemicals for production.

Methanol is added to illicit liquor toincrease its alcohol content. Consumption ofas little as 10ml of it can result in blindness,and 30ml or more is usually fatal.

Sources say that local excise officials aregiven the responsibility of adding a chemical,butanol in methanol to make it bitter, so thatit cannot be used for producing illicit liquor.Police suspect that excise officers take bribesnot to add butanol, and this modus-operandiis being investigated as well.

The Chief Minister has ordered compensa-tion for the victims as well as a high levelprobe under the chief secretary ofMaharashtra.

The Opposition has demanded the resigna-tion of the Chief Minister DevendraFadnavis, as he holds the Home portfolio andExcise Minister Eknath Khadse, after thisincident.

Indian-Origin...Development and Strategy at Twitter, a role

that put him in charge of the Mergers &Acquisition strategy, has announced hisdeparture after a tenure of 13 months.

"After an amazing ride as Twitter's VPCorporate Development and Strategy, I'msaying farewell today," he tweeted yesterday.

"Our team has built a stronger Twitter witha dozen acquisitions in the last year. Hats offto @dickc for admirable leadership, humour,energy, and trust," Mr Garg said, usingCostolo's Twitter handle to thank him.

"I can't wait to witness the company's nextchapter. I'm off to pursue some exciting newprojects; more soon! #staytuned," the tweetsread.

Twitter did not immediately announce areplacement for Mr Garg, whose departurecomes just two week after Mr Costoloannounced he was stepping down as the com-pany's CEO.

Mr Costolo has been replaced by co-founder Jack Dorsey on an interim basis.

Other high-level departures over the last 18months include product chief Daniel Graf,COO Ali Rowghani, and CFO Mike Gupta.

Before joining Twitter, Mr Garg was theM&A chief for fellow Jack Dorsey companySquare.

According to his online profile, Mr Gargreceived a BA in Economics and MS inIndustrial Engineering from StanfordUniversity, and an MBA from the HarvardBusiness School.

Monsoon Becomes Weak...soon has become a little weak because of

which earlier possibility of rain at mostplaces has reduced.

He, however, said that monsoon could gainmomentum in the coming days.

According to the Meteorological officereport, light to moderate rain or thundershow-ers occurred at isolated places over the statein the last 24 hours.

Chief amount of rainfall recorded in cmswas Naraini 6, Palliakalan 5, Katerniaghat 4,Shardanagar and Kakrohi 2 each.

Rain or thundershowers would occur atseveral places over eastern Uttar Pradeshtomorrow, Meteorological department added.

Trinamool Protestors...owing allegiance to a local leader of the

TMC entered the branch of UnitedCommercial (UCO) Bank in Dasnagar,Howrah on Friday morning. They allegedlydemanded the sanctioning of loans for youthswho are registered with the employmentexchange. Protestors claimed that there hasbeen a delay in sanctioning such loans since2011, which prompted them to take action.

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Delphi AutomotivePLC on Fridayoffered a new

description of an encounteron a California roadbetween one of its proto-type self-driving cars and aself-driving vehicle oper-ated by Google Inc, saying"the vehicles didn't evencome close to each other."

The description differedfrom Delphi's originalaccount on Thursday,when a company official

told Reuters that a Googleself-driving car onTuesday "cut off" a Delphiself-driving car that wasbeginning to make a lanechange. The incidentoccurred in Palo Alto, andno collision took place.The official was a passen-ger in the Delphi vehicle.

To avoid the Google car,the Delphi car "tookappropriate action, as it isprogrammed to do," theDelphi official said on

Thursday. The vehicle'ssensors recognised thepresence of the Google car,aborted its move, waitedfor the Google car to finishits manoeuvre, then com-pleted its own lane change,he said.

On Friday morning, aDelphi spokeswoman saidthe Delphi car had seen theGoogle car move into thelane where it was planningto go. The Delphi cardetected "that the lane wasno longer open" so it "ter-minated" the lane change.

The cars were about a lanewidth apart, according tothe spokeswoman.

"During a recent visitwith Reuters, our Delphiexpert described an actualinteraction that weencounter all the time in

real-world driving situa-tions. In this case, it was atypical lane changemanoeuvre. No vehiclewas cut off and the vehi-cles didn't even come closeto each other," the Delphispokeswoman said onFriday afternoon.

"Both automated vehi-cles did exactly what theywere supposed to do."

Google, which haddeclined to comment onthe story on Thursday,issued a brief statement onFriday that said the "two

self-driving cars did whatthey were supposed to doin an ordinary everydaydriving scenario."

A Reuters spokespersonon Friday said the newsagency "stands by accura-cy of its original story."

1. Visakhadatta sketches the event after the death ofSamudragupta in his work

A. MudrarakasamB. Devi Chand GuptamC. MrichekakatikaD. Malavikagnimitra

2. The system of Dual Government during the latter half ofthe 18th century AD is associated with the name of

A. CliveB. ComwallisC. Waren HastingsD. William Bentinck

3. The Vedas contain all the truth was interpreted by

A. Swami VivekanandaB. Swami DayanandaC. Raja Rammohan RoyD. None of the above

QUIZ TIME

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

TODAY’S STARARIES You may be in a difficult position, Aries, as a critical part of a pend-

ing decision. Your first reaction may be to throw up your hands andleave the decision to someone else. Making a choice is too tough,so you find that you'd rather not have to make it at all. Unfortunately,it looks like everyone else has the same idea. Deep down, you havean opinion that needs to be heard.

TAURUS Your self-esteem should be strong these days, Taurus, helping youbuild more confidence in yourself every day. There may be a glitchin the action today, however, as someone with an extreme perspec-tive on things suddenly steps into the picture. Your emotions maysuddenly swing from one end of the spectrum to the other. Do yourbest to stay calm.

GEMINI A ray of sunshine is likely to shine on you, Gemini. Things may have beencloudy lately, making it harder for you to maintain a positive disposition.Today's news will be uplifting, and you will likely be reminded of all the goodtimes in store for you. Others may feel a bit of stress, but you should be ableto see through this and appreciate the benefits of the situation.

CANCER Recent hesitation on your part may have suddenly put you in a bind, Cancer. Itmay feel like you've reached gridlock and your choices are limited. You can nolonger get a solid handle on things. Instead of trying to make a move now, youmay have to wait until the dust settles and you can see clearly again. Let the sit-uation release before you add any more friction.

LEO There are powerful forces operating now, Leo. Whether you realize it or not, youhave tremendous control over the direction of these energies. Take control of thesituation instead of letting someone else do it for you. You will find that other peo-ple are more malleable than usual, making them quite willing to move forward inwhatever direction you point them.

VIRGO If conflict arises in your world, Virgo, you must keep in mind thatthere is no one else to blame except you. Keeping your sights seton one goal is useful as you concentrate all your energy towardthat one thing. At the same time, you may be losing perspective onwhat's going on around you. Make sure you continue to be a teamplayer by keeping an eye out for the people in the wings.

LIBRA Life may seem like a great train ride, Libra. You have yourown little compartment that you're striving to keep comfort-able and neat. The company you keep is important, as isyour proximity to the food car. Be careful that you don't getso wrapped up in your own little world that you neglect topay heed to where the train is headed.

SCORPIO You need to learn an important lesson in follow-through, Scorpio.As you strive for perfection, you may get the feeling that nothing isever fully completed. Try not to be so hard on yourself. The workyou've finished so far is more than likely much better than whatmost people could ever accomplish. Put the final touches on what-ever you're doing and move on.

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

CAPRICORN You may be hit with some extreme circumstances that causeyou to feel uneasy about continuing along your path, Capricorn.Use this jolt as a reminder that nothing is set in stone. An ele-ment of the unexpected can always creep up on you. Deepdown, you probably had a feeling that this difficult situation wasbound to happen eventually.

AQUARIUS You may feel like you're on a road to adventure and excited aboutthe frontiers you're encountering, Aquarius. Unfortunately, itseems that not everyone is as excited about this path as you are.Blows to your ego are apt to hit hard, but try not to let this deteryou. This is more than likely a result of other people's jealousy ofyour incredible strength and bravery.

PISCES There's a tremendously sensitive side to your personality that's tenderand extremely vulnerable, Pisces. Be careful about putting too muchof yourself out there now. By opening yourself up so much, you're invit-ing in trouble. Others might not be that aware of how sensitive you are.Those with strong, boisterous spirits are likely to be abrasive, so pro-tect your emotions.

Both LG Greece'sFacebook page(LG Hellas) and

O2, a UK-based tele-com operator, have sep-arately confirmed thatLG currently has noplans to bring Android5.1.1 Lollipop to thisyear's flagship smart-phone, the G4. Lastweek LG Hellas saidthe company had noplans to roll outAndroid 5.1 Lollipop toits G3 handset as well.

Notably, LG this yearhas launched a numberof Android 5.0 Lollipophandsets in the market.The firm has till datenot mentioned anythingabout whether its hand-sets, including the flag-ship G4, would get therecently announcedAndroid M.

Like speculated in thecase of LG G3, thestatements by O2 and LGHellas on their Facebookpages earlier this weekcould mean that the G4,which runs Android 5.1Lollipop, might be directlyjumping to Android M.

Skippingupdates is nothing new forLG as the firm has previ-ously too rolled out theAndroid 5.0 Lollipopupdate to its G3 directly

from Android 4.4.2

KitKat.

On the other hand, fel-low South Korean firmSamsung's Galaxy S6 andGalaxy S6 Edge have start-

ed receiving the Android5.1.1 Lollipop update.

Sony earlier this monthdetailed its plans as towhich Xperia smart-phones will be receivingthe Android 5.1 Lollipopupdates later this year. Asper the company, theentire Xperia Z serieswill be receiving theAndroid 5.1 Lollipopupdate, along with theXperia T2 Ultra andXperia C3, starting July.Sony also announced thatthe Xperia M2 andXperia M2 Aqua hand-sets will be directlyupdated to Android 5.1Lollipop from Android4.4 KitKat, skipping theAndroid 5.0 Lollipop OScompletely.

Till date, only HTC andSony have announcedAndroid M would berolled out to some of theircurrent generation hard-

ware, with HTC promisingan update for the One M9and One M9+, and Sonyhas already providedAndroid M DeveloperPreview images for a widerange of its handsets.

LG Says 'No Plans' to Update G4Flagship to Android 5.1.1 Lollipop

India will launch a dedi-cated satellite for theeight SAARC countries

by December 2016 to pro-vide a range of public serv-ices, space agency chiefA.S. Kiran Kumar said onFriday.

"The two-tonne satellitewill have 12 Ku bandtransponders, with eachdedicated to one country inthe region for providingcommunication, education,tele-medicine, disastermonitoring and other need-based services," the IndianSpace ResearchOrganisation (Isro) chair-man told reporters inBengaluru.

Prime Minister NarendraModi proposed an exclu-sive satellite for nations inthe region as a gift as Indiais the only one with capa-bility to build and launchsatellites for communica-tions, earth observationsand space sciences.

The South AsianAssociation of RegionalCooperation (Saarc) wasformed in 1985 withBangladesh, Bhutan, India,Maldives Nepal, Pakistan

and Sri Lanka as its sevenmembers and expandedsubsequently to includeAfghanistan.

At the last Saarc summitin Katmandu on November26-27, 2014, heads of theregion endorsed Modi'sproposal for such a satelliteon the lines of regionalsatellites in Europe andNorth America.

"At a Saarc meeting inDelhi on June 22, expertsfinalised modalities tohave a dedicated satellite

for the region. Five repre-sentatives from each coun-try, including Pakistan par-ticipated in the meeting,"Kiran Kumar said on mar-gins of a science event.

On approval by the Modigovernment, the state-runspace agency will take 18months to build the satel-lite at its centre inBengaluru and launch thespacecraft from its space-port at Sriharikota inAndhra Pradesh.

"All going well, we hope

to put a Saarc satellite inthe geostationary orbit byDecember next year (2016)as we need 18 months tobuild and launch it," theIsro chief Kumar said afterchairing a session on"Contribution of IndianInstitute of Science tostrategic sectors" at theIISc alumni global confer-ence here.

The ministry of externalaffairs is coordinating withits counterparts in theregion on details of theirneeds.

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IPL Corruption Scandal: Mumbai Cricket AssociationStill in the Dark Over Whistleblower's Identity

MUMBAIIt has been more than

two months since the issuecropped up, but MumbaiCricket Association offi-cials are still in the darkabout the identities oftheir two Ranji Trophyplayers, both the whistle-blower and the allegedculprit, who wereinvolved in another IPL-related corruption attempt.

"We have not got anyinformation from theBCCI (Board of Controlfor Cricket in India, whichconducts the cash-richIndian Premier League)on this issue. No, we havenot asked them. Theymust have either investi-gated the thing or are stillpursuing the case," MCA'sjoint secretary Dr P VShetty said.

On April 10, BCCI sec-retary Anurag Thakur aswell as the RajasthanRoyals team CEO RaghuIyer had praised thewhistleblower for bring-ing to the BCCI's Anti-Corruption and SecurityUnit (ACSU) about analleged approach byanother individual to cor-rupt the game.

The names of both,described as MumbaiRanji Trophy teammatesin a news report one dayearlier to the statements ofThakur and Iyer, were notrevealed in the press state-ments.

According to the newsreport, a Mumbai-basedRajasthan Royals playerwas approached by hisRanji teammate, not partof the Royals' outfit, with

an offer of money if hefollowed a pre-decidedpattern of play.

The player declined theoffer and reported theincident to the BCCI'sACSU which launched aninvestigation into the inci-dent.

Today, a news report hasclaimed that it was Royals'leg spinner Pravin Tambe,who is also a MumbaiRanji Trophy cricketer,who was the whistleblow-er and had reported theapproach made to him tothe ACSU.

"An inappropriateapproach was made to amember of the RajasthanRoyals team that is cur-rently participating in thePepsi IPL 2015," Thakurhad said in his April 10press release.

"The player, who wasapproached, reported thematter to his team man-agement immediately,who in turn have reportedthe incident to the Anti-Corruption Unit of theBCCI. The ACU of theBCCI is currently investi-

gating the matter to ascer-tain the facts.

"We are happy to notethat the prompt action ofthe player is an outcomeof the ongoing initiative ofthe BCCI to educate crick-eters at various levels toreject and report any suchincident or approach madeby individuals who intendto damage the fabric of thegame," Thakur had said.

Royals, at the centre ofthe 2013 spot-fixing scan-dal as well, had also con-firmed the developmentand promised zero toler-ance.

"Over a month ago, aplayer from RajasthanRoyals was approachedinappropriately by a play-er (who was not part of theIPL) in connection withthe Indian Premier League2015 matches," Royals'CEO Raghu Iyer had saidin a statement.

"Maintaining high stan-dards of integrity, theplayer informed theRajasthan Royals manage-ment of this inappropriateapproach.

In keeping with applica-ble IPL Regulations,Rajasthan Royals manage-ment immediately report-ed the incident to the Anti-Corruption & SecurityUnit (ACSU) of theBCCI.

"Rajasthan Royals com-mends the player for hav-ing reported this incidentimmediately and for hishonesty and uprightness.His dedication to maintainthe highest standards ofintegrity needs to be laud-ed," Iyer added in Aprilpress release.

Iyer said RR, whoseplayers were arrested dur-ing the 2013 scandal, willtake a very strict view ofany corruption.

"Rajasthan Royals inkeeping with its zero tol-erance approach immedi-ately reported the incidentfurther to the ACSU/BCCIfor further process.Rajasthan Royals willcontinue to provide fullsupport and assistance tothe BCCI to ensure thatthe game of cricket isplayed in the right spirit."

"This incident doeshighlight that if playersand other officials cooper-ate and disclose informa-tion or approaches imme-diately, the game can bekept clean and free fromundesirable elements andactivities," he said.

The incident came onthe heels of the 2013 IPLspot-fixing scandal whichled to the arrests of threeRajasthan Royals crick-eters, including formerIndia fast bowler SSreesanth.

MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli Have noRift Between Them: Mohd Shami

BENGALURUInsisting that all was

well in the Indian cricketdressing room, pacerMohammed Shami todaysaid reports of rift betweenTest captain Virat Kohliand ODI skipperMahendra Singh Dhoni aresimply wrong.

"That the team is dividedand the team is not per-forming -- there is no truthin these things. I haveshared the dressing roomwith all of them includingVirat and Mahi Bhai. Inever felt anything likethat (there is a rift betweenthem). If media is makingan issue then it is wrong,"he told PTI here.

The injured pacer is inthe city undergoing fitnesstraining at the NationalCricket Academy. Shamihas been out of actionsince the World Cup due todiscomforting pain andinjury in his left knee

Shami also requestedmedia not to highlight"baseless" stories of dis-unity and rift betweenKohli and Dhoni, andinstead write about theteam's ad players' perform-ance.

"I request media not tohighlight these baselessstories. This only dividesthe team, and affectsteam's and players' per-formance," he said.

Asked whether Dhonishould give up captaincyafter a poor show by Indiaagainst Bangladesh, Shamisaid it is not fair to drawconclusions on the basis ofone bad series.

"I like his captaincy, Imean look at his record.Mahi Bhai has won usWorld Cups in all formatsof the game. One shouldnot draw conclusionsbased on just two serieswhere we haven't per-formed. According to me,he should continue," hesaid.Asked when is helikely to begin bowling inthe nets, Shami hoped thathe would be able to do thatnext month onwards.

"I cannot write and give,but I hope to start bowlingin the nets next month," hesaid.

Shami has been out ofaction since the World Cupafter he complained of painin his knees.

After he was ruled out oflast IPL, Shami, who wasthe fourth highest wicket-taker of the World Cupwith 17 wickets in sevenmatches, underwent kneesurgery in New Delhi.

Asked how is he feelingafter five to six days of hisrehabilitation at the NCA,Shami said his body is in abetter shape now.

"From past five to sixdays, I have been undergo-ing fitness training here. Iam now in a comfort zoneand my body is not feelingtight. There is no problemand I am slowly increasingthe weight," he said.

Would it be a easy forhim to get back into theIndian team after an injury,

Shami said, "In my reckon-ing, whoever performswell, he should be in theteam."

Asked if Dhoni missedhis services in the dismalBangladesh tour, Shamisaid indisciplined bowlingcost India the series for thefirst time against the hosts.

"The series againstBangladesh went awry. Asfar as bowling is con-cerned, it is important topick wickets with new ballin first 10 overs and inpowerplays. That probablydid not happen. We pickedwickets late which resultedin Bangladesh scoringmany runs. Even the lineand length was a bit indis-ciplined," he said.

NEW DELHIIn a clear hint that the Indian

cricket team will go ahead with thetour of Zimbabwe, the BCCI onSaturday confirmed that the selec-tion committee will meet here onMonday to pick the squad.

"A meeting of the All-IndiaSenior Selection Committee of theBCCI will be held at 11:00 am onMonday, 29 June 2015, at theHotel ITC Maurya, Delhi, to selectthe Indian teams for the forthcom-ing tour of Zimbabwe, which com-prises three (3) ODIs and two (2)T20 Internationals starting from 10July 2015," the BCCI said in astatement.

The next month's tour to theAfrican nation had been rendereddoubtful owing to unresolvedissues between the country's crick-

et board and host broadcaster TenSports.

Zimbabwe Cricket had said in apress release that it was hopeful of

going ahead with India's tour of thecountry.

The fatigue of the Indian players,who have been playing continuouscricket over the past six to sevenmonths, was also seen as one of thereasons for the tour's likely aban-donment.

The BCCI's confirmation, how-ever, puts all the speculations torest

The committee will also selectthe India 'A' team that will partici-pate in a tri-series against Australia'A' and South Africa 'A' to be heldin Chennai and Wayanad from July19.

The selection committee meetingwill be followed by a press confer-ence addressed by secretaryAnurag Thakur and chairman ofselectors Sandeep Patil.

BCCI confirms Indian team'sselection for Zimbabwe tour

Bhaichung Bhutia Partners CoalIndia in Football Talent Hunt

KOLKATAKeeping the 2017 FIFA

U-17 World Cup in mind,Coal India has partneredwith former Indian footballcaptain Bhaichung Bhutiato scout for young talentsin the districts of Bengal.

As part of the pro-gramme, there will be aninter-district tournament inthe state and the most tal-ented lot would be impart-ed training by Coal India,its director R Mohan Dassaid during a media inter-action here on Saturday.

"Bhutia is a partner inthe programme and we arelooking at a long termassociation," Das said.

The programme will befinalised within a month'stime, he added.

He further said each of

their nine subsidiaries havebeen asked to identify twosport disciplines anddevelop a Coal India team.

PANAJIIn an anti-climax, the

panel headed by DrShekhar Salkar has with-drawn from what was sup-posed to be a bitterly-fought election of the GoaCricket Association.

The election committeereceived letter of with-drawal on Saturday, pavingway for unopposed elec-tion of Chetan Desai-ledgroup. Following this, thecommittee cancelledSunday's election process.

After the controversysurrounding the electionreached the Goa bench ofBombay High Court, itallowed election with thecondition that resultsshould not be announceduntil further orders.

The court, whichappointed 'election com-mittee' headed by Justice AP Lawande to oversee theprocess, also pulled up theSalkar-led group forresorting to unfair means.

Finally, BJP MLA and

member of GCA managingcommittee SubhashFaldesai brokered peace.

"Some of the clubsrealised that there was nopoint in fighting election.That is why the peace wasbrokered between the twofactions," said Faldesai,denying that the state gov-ernment intervened in thematter. "Being a politicianI shouldn't interfere. But Iam here as a member ofGCA," he said.

Salkar said both the fac-tions will withdraw thepolice cases filed againsteach other in the run-up tothe election.

Following withdrawal,the election committeecancelled Sunday's polls.

"All the ordinary and lifemembers have beeninformed that election tothe posts of president, lifemember and membersstands cancelled in view ofwithdrawal of nominationsby the contesting candi-dates," it said.

Goa Cricket Association ElectionSet to be Unopposed as Shekhar

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Commonwealth Games silvermedallist pair of Jwala Gutta andAshwini Ponnappa emerged as thelone Indian survivors at the CanadaOpen after reaching the semifinals ofthe USD 50,000 Grand Prix bad-minton tournament here.

The 2011 World Championshipbronze medallists notched up a 21-1921-13 win over Hong Kong combo ofChan Kaka Tsz Ka, Yuen Sin Ying inwomen's doubles competition at theMarkin MacPhail Centre.

The third seeds Indian pair willnext take on Japan's Shiho Tanakaand Koharu Yonemoto. The 2010Commonwealth Games gold medal-lists Jwala and Ashwini had reachedthe semifinals of US Open GrandPrix Gold last week to attain theircareer-best ranking of World No. 13.

Among other Indians, B SaiPraneeth and Ajay Jayaram bowedout of the quarterfinals in the men'ssingles event, while women's doublespair of Pradnya Gadre and N SikkiReddy also suffered a loss.

The 22-year-old Praneeth, seeded10th, went down fighting 13-21 21-18 11-21 to two-time silver medallistat Olympics and former World No. 1

Lee Chong Wei. It was his secondsuccessive loss to Lee in two weeksafter losing to the Malaysian at theUS Open semifinals.

Ninth seed Jayaram, meanwhile,lost to top seed Marc Zwiebler ofGermany 16-21 15-21 in another

quarterfinal match.In women's doubles, Pradnya and

Sikki produced a gallant fight but itended with a heartbreaking 18-21 25-23 15-21 loss to Poon Lok Yan andTse Ying Suet

Jwala-Ashwini reachsemifinals of Canada Open

GENEVASepp Blatter will not

stand again for the FIFApresidency, he told a Swissnewspaper, but insisted heremained in charge ofworld football`s governingbody.

In an interview withWaliser Bote, Blatter said:"I am not a candidate, butthe elected president."

Asked what he intendedto do when he stands downas president, Blatterreplied: "I haven`t thoughtmuch about it for the timebeing."

He added: "My decisionto leave was really a liber-ation, both for FIFA andfor myself."

The comments come aday after another Swissnewspaper, Blick, pub-lished an interview withBlatter in which he insist-ed he "did not resign" asFIFA president.

"I did not resign. I putmyself and my office inthe hands of the FIFA con-gress," Blick reported

Blatter as saying.The 79-year-old Blatter

announced on June 2 thathe would step down fromthe FIFA presidency at anextraordinary congress tobe held between Decemberthis year and March 2016.

That decision followedthe crisis that engulfedFIFA with 18 peopleindicted in the UnitedStates on football-relatedcorruption charges.

Since then, sources closeto Blatter have beenreported as saying he wasnot ruling out the prospectof going back on his deci-sion to resign after receiv-ing messages of supportfrom Asian and Africanfederations.

Blatter`s announcementon June 2 came just daysafter he had been re-elect-ed as president.

At the time, he said:"While I have a mandatefrom the membership ofFIFA, I do not feel that Ihave a mandate from theentire world of football.”

Sepp Blatter 'not a candidatebut elected president': Report

The film faced a lot oftroubles during pro-duction. Smriti Irani

was roped in earlier to playthe role of Rishi Kapoor’swife and Abhishek’s moth-er in the movie. She alsobonded with Asin on thesets. But Smriti had tomake an abrupt exit fromthe film as she could notkeep up with shuttlingbetween the movie and her

duties as the HRD minis-ter. sShe was soon replacedby Supriya Pathak.

The makers were facedwith more problems asthey had to re-shoot partsof the film but the film’sleading lady had put on afew pounds and it didn’tmatch with her previousphysique in the previouslyshot parts of the movie.

But despite being thrown

off-track, All Is Well hasfinally found it’s feat andwe would get to watch iton August 21st!

Abhishek would be seenon screen post Dhoom 3,which is a long gap. Whilewe would miss watchingSmriti play a role in thisunique film, we are psy-ched to see what the ubertalented Supriya Pathakbrings to the table!

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Ever wondered why humansgrind their teeth, pull theirhair and clench their fists to

express anger? There's a reasonbehind it all.

"These natural and fairly com-mon ways of blowing off steamhelp relieve tension from the bodyand face. In fact, they all exist in aform of yoga known as Face (orSukshma) yoga. The subtle tech-niques of this form combat ageing,stress and tiredness and help youget that glow back," says SejalShah, a yoga teacher. Not only dothese exercises take only 10 min-utes to do every day, they can bepractised anywhere.

Here are a few simple techniquesyou can follow for a few minutesbefore a big work presentation torelax your face, or prior to medita-tion to help you focus deeper.

- Close your fists, but keep yourthumbs upright. Close your eyes,and start making circles (gently)with your thumb on each eye. Dothis exercise for 2-3 minutes.

How it works: This move helpseliminate dark circles, and releasestension from the muscles aroundyour eyes.

- Open your eyes as much as youcan — try to expose as much of thewhite in your eye as is possible.Then squeeze your eyes tightly

shut. Repeat this for 3-4 minutes,till your eyes feel like they aregoing to start watering. Then closethem and relax.

How it works: This move helpsimprove eyesight and may evenhelp get rid of spectacles over aperiod of time.

- Using only your mouth,breathe in, and puff your cheeksfor a couple of seconds. Then,release through your mouth again.Repeat 8-10 times.

How it works: This posestrengthens the cheek muscles,

preventing them from looking hol-low.

- Pull your earlobes downwardsfor about 30 seconds. For the next30 seconds, pull them outwards,and follow this by rotating themclockwise and anti-clockwise foralmost 30 seconds each.

How it works: This exercisebrings awareness and also releasestension from the facial muscles.

- Hold your eyebrows with yourfingers such that you can pull thebrows from centre towards the end

of the eyebrows. Do this for 3-4minutes.

How it works: This relaxingmove massages, and keeps stressfrom accumulating near the eye-brows.

- Smile as wide as you can. Thenpress your lips tightly together,almost as though you were kissingsomeone. Repeat this exercise for20-25 times.

How it works: This exerciserelaxes the muscles around thelips, and cheeks. It also helpsbrighten up the face.

Here's a NEW yoga that cande-stress you anywhere, anytime!

Kangana Ranaut is not onlythe ‘Queen’ of Bollywoodbut controversies as well.

Be it taking digs at DeepikaPadukone or making headlines forher rumoured tiff with her TanuWeds Manu Returns co-star SwaraBhaskar, the actress has been in thenews a LOT lately. Reports sug-gested that her film I Love NYwasn’t supposed to see it’s release,as told to her by producer BhushanKumar. But tables have turned asthe makers are now deciding to goahead with the release of the film.I Love NY which also stars SunnyDeol was supposed to release twoyears back. But Kangana wasreportedly told that the film wasn’tupto the mark and hence won’t beallowed to hit the screens.Kangana is now fuming with thelatest update of the film’s releaseand has even protested against it.

There were reports that theactress might even sue the makersof I Love NY. Her wrath howeverhasn’t come in handy as the mak-

ers are deciding to release the film,one way or the other. A sourcewhile talking to Subhash K. Jhastated,” The producers T Series

have decided to give the film atoken theatrical release to be ableto release the film on satellite andDVD.”

Kangana Ranaut may cry all she wantsbut her film I Love NY WILL release!

Abhishek Bachchan and Asin’s AllIs Well to release on August 21st!

NEW DELHIIt was so glittery all over the sets of

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

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

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

This film of mine is a familydrama: Param MLP

Sidharth Malhotra starrer Brothers will break VarunDhawan’s ABCD 2 opening weekend record, say fans!

Not too long ago, weasked you’ll to voteand tell us if Sid’s

upcoming film will beat theopening weekend record ofJr Dhawan starrer ABCD 2.Well, the votes are in and theresult isn’t too surprising…

So far this year has beenquite amazing for VarunDhawan. First, the B-townhunk broke his romantic heroimage with Badlapur andnow he has charmed manywith his dance moves. Yes, Iam talking about his latestrelease ABCD 2 which hasbeen running in the theatresfor over a week now and hasalready broken quite a fewrecords. Co-starringShraddha Kapoor, this RemoD’Souza directorial whichhit the screens on June 19 isnot only the highest openerof this year but the dance

film has also recorded thehighest opening weekendcollection. After witnessing agood opening, Varun starrerwent on to gross Rs 46.35crore in the first three dayswhich is mighty impressive.While the sequel of Any

Body Can Dance is stillgoing rock steady at the tick-et windows, soon we’ll seeVD’s first co-star SidharthMalhotra grace the bigscreen too.

The Ek Villain actor’smuch-awaited film Brothers

is slated to release on August14 and thereefore we decidedto conduct a poll on our web-site recently.

We asked you all to voteand tell us if Sidharth starrerBrothers will break the open-ing weekend record ofVarun’s ABCD 2. Well, 78percent of the voters saidYES whereas 22 percent ofthe voters said NO. Thismeans most of you believeBrothers will easily rake inmore than Rs 46 crore in itsfirst weekend.

Frankly speaking, even Ifeel the same. After all,Brothers is backed by KaranJohar and also co-starsAkshay Kumar andJacqueline Fernandez in thelead. Touted as one of thebiggest releases of this year,the Sidharth starrer is expect-ed to break records at the boxoffice.