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DELHI CHIEF MINISTER AND AAP LEADER ARVIND KEJRIWAL STARTED A THREE-DAY POLITICAL TOUR OF PUNJAB BY VISITINGGOLDEN TEMPLE IN AMRITSAR (IANS).

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STILL YOUNG AT 81, IT'S TO DO WITHPEACE OF MIND: DALAI LAMA

I'VE CRIED FIVE TIMES IN MY LIFE,SAYS FLYING SIKH MILKHA SINGH

DEFENCE MINISTER HARJIT SAJJAN, MINISTER OF INNOVATION, SCIENCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NAVDEEP BAINS AND MPRAJ GREWAL WITH MP DARSHAN KANG WHO VISITED QUEEN'S PARK RECENTLY.

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BY JAIDEEP SARINCHANDIGARH, (IANS) He may be touching 90and may be the country's oldest serving chiefminister, but Punjab's Parkash Singh Badal isnot willing to give up just yet -- politicallyspeaking. Badal, who has seen electoral poli-tics from the year when the country got its in-dependence in 1947, is readying himself foranother electoral battle as Punjab votes for a newassembly next February. The wily chief minister had, in the run-up to the January2012 assembly polls, termed them his last political campaign. But, with hisShiromani Akali Dal (SAD) facing a challenge as it seeks a third term in office,Badal is again leading it from the front. I DETAILS ON PAGE 8

Nearly $924m in federal fundingearmarked for public transit; $364m willfor clean water, wastewater treatment

MONTRÉAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier of Quebec,Philippe Couillard confirmed ratification of the Canada-Quebec Agree-ment on Public Transit Infrastructure Fund and Clean Water andWastewater Fund.This agreement-with funding provided by the Government of Canada,the Province of Quebec, and municipalities-will suppor t public tran-sit projects, as well as projects that will provide improved water andwastewater systems, in order that Quebec families may benefit frommodernized infrastructure.The agreement will allow Quebec municipalities and public transitorganizations to access more than $1.2 billion in federal fundingover the next three years to implement projects in all regions ofQuebec. Combined with funding from the province and municipali-ties, more than $2.5 billion will be invested in infrastructure projects.In practical terms, nearly $924 million in federal funding will go topublic transit projects, while $364 million will be earmarked for

projects related to clean water and wastewater treatment."We are making investments that will improve the quality of life forour middle class now, while building a strong foundation for the sus-tainable economy of the future. These investments will help pro-vide the people of Quebec with clean and reliable water sources,and with shor ter commute times so they can spend more of theirvaluable time with their families. Through our solid par tnershipwith Quebec, we are investing in our municipalities so that im-por tant shovel-ready infrastructure projects can proceed withoutdelay." - The Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau"Quebec is the first province to conclude its agreement with thefederal government regarding these two funds. This comprehen-sive agreement between our governments will make it easier tochoose and manage projects, will reduce administrative delaysand will get shovels in the ground faster." - Premier of Quebec,Philippe Couillard

BY VIDHI DHANKARNEW DELHI, (IANS) Flying Sikh Milkha Singh has shed tears on fiveoccasions in his eventful life -- and the most hear t-wrenching waswhen he saw his family being killed during the 1947 Par tition. An-other frustrating moment which brought tears to his eyes was whenhe missed an Olympic medal by a whisker at the 1960 Rome Games.

Narrating his bitter-sweet tearful moments at an eventhere last week, the sprightly octogenarian told anenraptured audience: "Milkha Singh has cried onlyfive times in his life... Thrice these were extremelysad moments while on two occasions, they were

tears of joy...." Taking a stroll down memory lane,the ramrod-straight lanky former middle-dis-

tance runner said he still rues having missedan Olympic medal in the 400 metres race atthe 1960 Rome Games.

BY VISHAL GULATIDHARAMSALA, (IANS) Eighty-one and still young. The Dalai Lamabelieves it's to do with peace of mind. Turning 81 on July 6, his age isno bar to campaign for global peace, happiness and, of course, sav-ing the small blue planet from the effects of climate change. HisHoliness, an honorific given by his followers, star ts his day as earlyas three in the morning with prayers and meditation, say his aides.After that, he takes a shor t morning stroll in his official palace or evenloves to trudge on a treadmill to stay fit."He attends his office from 12.30 p.m. until around 3.30 p.m. He nor-mally retires in the evening by 7," Tenzin Taklha, joint secretary at theDalai Lama's office, told IANS. For breakfast, the Dalai Lama typi-cally has hot porridge, tsampa (barley powder), bread with preserves,and tea. Lunch is served at 11.30 a.m.Strictly vegetarian, when in Dharamsala, the globetrotting Buddhistmonk, known for wearing his trademark maroon robes, drinks a cupof tea at 5.30 p.m. He does not have dinner. Before retiring for thenight, he prays and meditates for two hours.

Desk report / Ontario - Channel Y's exclusive spor ts coveragethat can be viewed twice a day - 4:30pm and repeated again at10:30pm is fast catching up with the imagination of youngsters.The show covers all the major sporting events and has won the hearts ofcommunity with its exclusive Euro Cup 2016 coverage in particular. ChannelY's Match Point gives detailed analysis of various sports that makes thehearts of millions pulsate with excitement. Conducted by Dr Adnan and DrDilnasheen, the show has received rave reviews and is going from strengthto strength. Thanking the community for its encouragement, Dr Adnansaid: "I'm truly grateful to Channel Y viewers for commending oureffor ts as spor ts roundups require deep knowledge of the gamesand a thorough understanding of the teams and their payers.

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PRIYANKA CHOPRA: I HAVENEVER DATED, REALLY??

Govinda with her daughter Tina Ahuja during the India Leadership Conclave 2016 in Mumbai (IANS).

LOS ANGELES, (IANS) Bollywoodactress Priyanka Chopra, whogained international fame throughthe American thriller TV series"Quantico", says she has "neverdated". The former Miss World,who will make her Hollywooddebut in the upcoming "Baywatch"movie, opened up about her lovelife in an interview with InStylemagazine, repor ts eonline.com."I've never dated," said Priyanka,who graces the cover of theoutlet's August 2016 issue, add-ing, "I've always been in relation-ships". The actress said that inIndia, the process of beginning a

relat ionship with someone is"very different. You like someone,you cour t each other, you get intoa relationship," she said. "You areanswerable to each other.Whereas the non-answerability ofdating, my God, I don't know if Iwould ever be able to," Priyanka

added. The 33-year-old actresshas been linked with Bollywoodactors Shahid Kapoor, HarmanBaweja and superstar Shah RukhKhan in the past. On the workfront, she was last seen in theHindi film "Jai Gangaajal", whichwas directed by Prakash Jha.

Decoding AnushkaSharma's weddinglook in 'Sultan'NEW DELHI, (IANS) Actress AnushkaSharma's wedding sequence lookfrom the forthcoming film "Sultan" hasbeen styled by Diva'ni, the country'sfirst cinema-inspired fashion brandthat is set to open its doors in Paki-stan this month. The look is part of aspecial sequence in the song "SachiMuchi" from the Salman Khan-starrer"Sultan", which is releasing on Eidon July 6. Anushka is seen wearinga traditional bridal ensemble for awedding set in Haryana and this oneof the key looks of the actress in themovie. She is seen in a handcraftedtraditional chikankari ensemble embel-lished with bespoke technique ofzardozi, including elements of kundan,gota, dabka and naqshi. This ensembleis a part of Diva'ni's 'Lafz' collection.

Are Kareena andSaif expectingtheir first child?DESK REPORT / TORONTO - Asection of Saif Ali Khan hasquoted Saif as saying thatKareena Kapoor is pregnancy! Ina note published it media, Saif isseen confirming the news: Thestatement says: "My wife and Iwould like to announce that weare expecting our first child inDecember. We would like tothank our well wishers for theirblessings and support and alsothe press for their discretion andpatience." A source close to thecouple says Kareena is trying towrap-up the shoot for her upcom-ing film, Veere Di Wedding by Sep-tember as she will be in her sec-ond trimester by then. The crew isin touch with Kareena's doctor andlooking at ways and means to hideher baby bump in the movie.

Despite 'Mohenjo Daro','Rustom' clash, Hrithikcongratulates AkshayMumbai, (IANS) Despite theclash between "MohenjoDaro" and "Rustom" at the boxoffice, actor Hrithik Roshanhas congratulated actorAkshay Kumar for the trailerof his film. "Mohenjo Daro",which reunites Hrithik with his"Jodhaa Akbar" director AshutoshGowariker, will hit the screens onAugust 12 alongside "Rustom",which has been directed by TinuSuresh Desai. Despite theclash, Hrithik took to Twitter onThursday to appreciate the"Rustom" trailer.


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INDIAN CABINET RESHUFFLE:19 NEW FACES INDUCTED,FIVE MINISTERS CHOPPEDNEW DELHI, (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi onTuesday carried out a major reshuffle of his council ofministers by inducting 19 new faces, elevating Ministerof State for Environment Prakash Javadekar to thecabinet and dropping five junior ministers. All the 19new ministers sworn in at a solemn function at theRashtrapati Bhavan are from the Bharatiya Janata Par ty(BJP) barring RPI leader Ramdas Athawale ofMaharashtra and Apna Dal's Anupriya Patel of UttarPradesh.The ministers were sworn in by President PranabMukherjee in the presence of Vice President HamidAnsari, Modi, BJP President Amit Shah and severalunion ministers including Arun Jaitley, Rajnath Singh andNitin Gadkari. BJP veteran L.K. Advani and ExternalAffairs Minister Sushma Swaraj missed the event but fordifferent reasons. The five Ministers of State who weredropped were Sanwar Lal Jat (Water Resources),Nihalchand (Panchayati Raj), Ram Shankar Katheria(HRD), Mansukh Bhai Vasava (Tribal Affairs) andMohanbhai Kundaria (Agriculture).Katheria has been lately vocal in favour of hardlineHindutva politics. "Whatever the reason I was dropped, Ihave been told by par ty president that I should beworking for the BJP," Katheria told IANS. The newministers are: Faggan Singh Kulaste, S.S. Ahluwalia,Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi, Vijay Goel, RamdasAthawale, Rajen Gohain, Anil Madhav Dave, ParshottamRupala, M.J. Akbar, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Jaswant SinhBhabhor, Mahendra Nath Pandey, Ajay Tamta, KrishnaRaj, Mansukh Bhai Mandavia, Anupriya Patel, C.R.Chaudhary, P.P. Chaudhary and Subhas Ramrao Bhamre.Among the new ministers, 16 are green horns whileGoel, S.S. Ahluwalia and Faggan Singh Kulaste havebeen union ministers earlier. Political sources saidAhluwalia, elected to the Lok Sabha from Darjeeling, andAkbar, a Rajya Sabha member from Madhya Pradesh,have been inducted in a bid to woo minorities.The three new ministers from Uttar Pradesh are AnupriyaPatel (Mirzapur), Mahendra Nath Pandey (Chandauli) andShahjahanpur MP Krishna Raj (Shahjahanpur). WhilePatel is a Kurmi, Pandey is a Brahmin and Krishna Raj isa Dalit. The maximum of four ministers were pickedfrom BJP-ruled Rajasthan: Arjun Ram Meghwal, P.P.Chaudhary, C.R. Chaudhary and Vijay Goel. Gujarat gotthree ministerial ber ths in Parshottam Rupala, JaswantSinh Bhabhor and Mansukh Bhai Mandavia. So didMadhya Pradesh. The strength of Modi's Council ofMinisters now stands at 78, he included. Modi took overas Prime Minister on May 26, 2014 and first expandedhis ministry in November 2014.



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MP RAMESH SANGHA CELEBRATES CANADA DAY WITH COMMUNITYBRAMPTON - MP RameshSangha of Brampton centreconveyed his hear tiestcongratulations and greetingson the eve of Canada Day. Afunction was organized in MPoffice at 100 Kennedy RoadSouth, Brampton. MP RameshSangha welcomed all inviteesand emphasized the fact thatCanada is a homeland ofEquality, Justice and Toler-ance. People from the riding,friends and well-wisherswished each other HAPPYCANADA DAY. Sangha reiter-ated the views of PrimeMinister Justin Trudeau thatCanada is the most-diversecountry on the planet and alsoone of the most prosperous.

"And it's not a coincidence, but because of thediversity."MP Ramesh Sangha thanked all the audience forsparing their time and coming all the way and forreposing trust in him. He was emotional in convey-ing that these feelings are a bit overwhelming forhim.With this celebration Canada as a country entersinto 150 years of its bir th and we are looking toCanada's 150th anniversary in 2017, Canadians willhave more to celebrate next year if we work hard.

Gujarat, Delhi AreMost Investment-Friendly States;Bihar, JharkhandAre Worst

DEVANIK SAHAGUJRAT (IANS) Gujarat and Delhiare India 's most investment-fr iendly states. Bihar andJharkhand are the worst. AndhraPradesh and Tamil Nadu are themost corrupt states for doing busi-ness. West Bengal is the mostdifficult for land acquisition, en-vironmental clearances and ap-provals. These are the findings ofthe recent "The NCAER State In-vestment Potential Index," re-leased by the National Council forAppl ied Economic Research,which created an index to gradestates on five main issues: labor,infrastructure, economic climate,political stability and governance,and perceptions of a good busi-ness climate.The repor t contains two types ofrankings: First, N-SIPI 21, an in-dex that ranks 21 states on thefive issues, including through in-dustry surveys; second, N-SIPI30 which includes all states - in-cluding nine not covered by in-dustry surveys - and are basedon four issues, excluding percep-tion. The data reveals that Gujarattops the N-SIPI 21 index, followedby Delhi and Tamil Nadu, whileDelhi, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu topthe N-SIPI 30 index. Bihar andJharkhand fall in the bottom fivestates in both rankings.In May 2016, the Department of In-dustrial Policy and Promotion listedhow Delhi's ruling Aam Aadmi Partywas making it easier to do business,adding that the Centre was workingwith Delhi and Maharashtra to pro-pel India's rank into the Top 50 in glo-bal ease-of-doing-businessrankings. A whopping 79 per cent ofindustry respondents said corruptionwas a major issue, followed by ap-provals before starting business -72.1 per cent - and getting environ-mental clearances, 66.7 per cent.Earlier this year, India was ranked 76out of 168 countries in TransparencyInternational's Corruption PerceptionIndex 2015.In a recent editorial on crony capital-ism, however, The Economist said:"Encouragingly, India seems to becleaning up its act. In 2008 cronywealth reached 18 per cent of GDP,putting it on a par with Russia. Todayit stands at three per cent, a levelsimilar to Australia. The pin-ups ofIndian capitalism are no longer thepampered scions of its business dy-nasties, but the hungry founders ofFlipkart, an e-commerce firm." Up to82 per cent of respondents reportedthat they had problems in acquiringland in West Bengal, whereas onlyfive per cent reported having anyproblem in Uttarakhand.More than half of respondents - 54.3per cent - reported that environmen-tal clearances were a "severe" prob-lem in West Bengal; 11.4 per centsaid it was not a problem. It waseasiest to get such clearances inHimachal Pradesh, with no more than2.5 per cent of respondents reporting itas a "severe" problem, while 87.5 percent said it was not a problem at all.


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BRAMPTON MAYOR LINDA JEFFREY, PEEL, POLICE CHIEF JENNIFER EVANS, MP RAJ GREWAL, REGIONAL COUNCILLOR MARTIN MEDEIROS,CITY COUNCILOR JEFF BOWMAN, CITY COUNCILLOR PAT FORTINI, MPP HARINDER MALHI, NDP DEPUTY LEADER JAGMEET SINGH, MPKAMAL KHERA, MP SONIA SIDHU AND MP RUBY SAHOTA CELEBRATING CANADA DAY IN BRAMPTON.

$24 Million Investment to Improve Halton Schools

ONTARIO - Ontario is investing an additional $24 million in Haltonover the next two years to repair and renew local schools for a totalinvestment of $71 million. The funds will ensure Halton schools aresafe and modern places for students to learn. The funding will enablelocal school boards to repair roofs, update HVAC units and modernizeelectrical and plumbing systems. It will also significantly improvethe appearance of Halton schools by fixing and upgrading flooring,walls, ceilings, playing fields and more. The repairs are expected tohave a positive impact on students' ability to learn and well-being.The province is investing an additional $19 million for a total of $53million to the Halton District School Board (HDSB) and an additional$5 million for a total of $18 million to the Halton Catholic DistrictSchool Board (HCDSB). The funds are par t of an extra $1.1 billioninvestment in school infrastructure across the province, which builds

on existing funding that has been allocated for repairs and renewalsover the next two school years, for a total of $2.7 billion. The schoolrepair and renewal in Halton is par t of the largest investment in publicinfrastructure in the province's history - close to $160 billion over 12years. The move suppor ts 110,000 jobs every year across the prov-ince, with projects such as roads, bridges, transit systems, schoolsand hospitals. Giving students the best possible learning environ-ment is par t of the government's plan to build Ontario up and deliveron its number one priority - growing the economy and creating jobs."This extra funding is great news for students, staff and parents inHalton. The investment will renew and repair local schools and cre-ate better schools for better learning. This is an impor tant step to-wards local student achievement and well-being, and is a boost forour local economy." - Indira Naidoo-Harris, MPP for Halton

NEW HOPE SENIOR CITIZENSOF BRAMPTON HOLD

ANNUAL AWARD CEREMONY

BRAMPTON - Annual senior's community award ceremony was heldat The Gore Meadows Community Centre and Library recently. Theprogram started with Canada's national anthem and was followed byIndia's national anthem. The anthems were sung by Dr Guru Dutt Vaid,Shambhu Dutt Sharma, Kahlon and others. Shambhu Dutt Sharma thenrecited prayers from different religions showing diversity and respectto all, hate none. Silence of two minutes was observed to pay tributes toOrlando shooting victims.June is senior's month, mothers and fathers combined parents' daywas celebrated as usual by gifting over 150 senior members of theclub. Shirts to men and purses to ladies were given individually by theconsulate general of India in Toronto. Welcome reception was given toDinesh Bhatia, Consul General of India in Toronto. Many communityorganizations of Brampton participated to share the celebrations andshowed respect to guests. Shambhu Dutt Sharma, President New HopeSenior Citizens of Brampton, welcomed diverse community leaders,and thanked for their help.From the state bank of India, Brampton branch Rejesh Gupta, Presidentand CEO, and Biswajit Dass Chief of Operation Officer participated withtheir staff. Amrit Mangat, MPP Mississauga-Brampton South, HarinderMalhi, MPP for Brampton-Springdale, Vic Dhillon, MPP for Brampton,Jagmeet Singh, MPP for Bramlea-Gore-Malton, all attended the eventand spoke about new policies of the provincial government on childbenefits and climate plan. The event honoured John Sprovieri, RegionalCouncillor Wards 9-10, Gurpreet Dhillon, City Councillor Wards 9-10,Pat Fortini, City Councillor wards 7-8, Liz Van Eysinga, Recreation Su-pervisors public services recreation and culture.Mr and Mrs Gupta, Mr and Mrs Ghmsham Vania, Mr and MrsSudhairHanda, Ruth Harper, Satish Thakkar, Gurdev Singh Maan (Presi-dent of North York Sikh Temple), Rakesh Joshi (Joshi Law Office), Mrand Mrs Naval Bajaj, Kashmiri Lal Swan (printing press), Gurjit SinghGrand Empire Banquet Hall, Amol Bhardwaj, ICICI Bank Manager inBrampton, Jaspreet Singh, Habib Bank, Harshad Singh Bassi, PooranSingh Pandhi were all honoured for their community services.



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TORONTO - Aam Aadmi Par ty volunteers in Canada, USA, Australia,UK and other countries observed The International Day Against DrugsAbuse and Illicit Trafficking by kicking off an anti-drug abuse cam-paign 'KickNasha' to help eliminate the drug menace in Punjab underthe leadership of Dr Kumar Vishwas, Convener of AAP Overseas.AAP volunteers organized various events across Canada on Sunday,June 26 in major cities like Toronto, Vancouver, Abbotsford, Calgary,Edmonton and Winnipeg, to create awareness about the grave drugproblem that has gripped the state of Punjab.In Toronto, the team lead by Surinder Mavi, organized an event atLoafers Lake Recreation Centre in Brampton where about 200 peopleattended. The event star ted with the Canadian and Indian NationalAnthem. Gurpreet Dhillon, the City Councillor of Brampton, congratu-lated AAP volunteers for organizing this event and expressed his deepconcerns about the growing use of illicit drugs among the Punjabicommunity. Vicky Dillon, (former two times city Councillor), BaldevMutta (CEO of Punjabi Health Services) and Harry Dhaliwal also sharedtheir views on this issue, while the emcee role was played by LalitBatra and Kulbir Sandhu.Several enter tainment items at the Toronto event were also performed,like Bhangra by the Nichde Gabhru Punjab De team, Chitta song byRavinder Lohi, a Jago song by Avtar Brar and Ajmer Pardesi and adance was performed by little kids (Chelsea Kalra d/o Susheel Kalraand Suyash Handa s/o Sumesh Handa). A video and poster present-ing the drugs abuse facts prepared by Harpreet Saini, Pal Randhawaand Jagpreet Cheema were also presented at the event. A video song

"Ek Nasha: Nashe ke Khilaf" recently released by Dr Kumar Vishvas,depicting Punjab's drug menace, which has been plaguing the statefor last decade, was also played.Dr Anmol Kapoor (Calgary) who was leading this event across world-wide chapters said "First time ever, all AAP overseas chapters workedtogether for a common cause. The cause was to help people who areusing drugs, and raise voice against propaganda by Badal Govt. Weknow that in the bottom of our hear t, AAP is best for India. JaskiratMann, AAP Convener Canada said this was a great campaign and inthe coming months, the par ty may launch more campaigns on socialmedia and among other chapters worldwide to create the awarenessin Punjabi community under the leadership of Dr Kumar Vishvas.Sumesh Handa, secretary of AAP Canada said: "Social Media on twit-ter noted lot of action as volunteers tweeted personal stories, videomessages and posters against drugs with hashtag #KickNasha"Kamaljit Sidhu, while talking to YMedia, said: "This event was a greatsuccess where the take home message which emerged from thediscussion of exper ts was very consistent with the United Nations'theme of this year for June 26 (i.e. "Listen First"). The Punjabi com-munity as Baldev Mutta said is not only physically connected to ourkids, but also emotionally. To solve the problems from the beginning,parents need to have an emotional attachment and listen first to thekids so that such issues can be identified and resolved at the earliestpossible stage." Harpreet Khosa (Media Convener Canada) thankedall the TV and print media houses for covering the KickNasha eventand their suppor t to AAP and Punjabi community events.

Classic Cars Celebration hits Downtown Brampton July 14-16

BRAMPTON - Classic Cars Celebration will be taking place in Downtown Brampton from July 14-16. The event will kick-off Thursdayevening in Gage Park featuring A Tribute to Sinatra with Jeff Sommerville and The Jazz Mechanics running from 7pm - 10pm.This year, Classic Cars Celebration brings an exciting change. The event will run throughout Downtown Brampton opposed to the pastmain location (Gage Park). Friday will feature Par ty in the LANES a new addition to Classic Cars Celebration and entails four excitinglaneway parties with live enter tainment in Downtown Brampton including: Vivian lane (A South Asian Celebration), McArter lane (ABritish Invasion), Daily Times Square (Times Square FIESTA!) and Harmswor th lane (A Caribbean Celebration).Live enter tainment will also be present in Garden Square on both Friday and Saturday evening. Friday evening's enter tainment will runfrom 5-10 p.m. including enter tainment in Garden Square - The David Love Band will rock the Garden Square stage at 8pm. Saturdaywill be a full day of enter tainment beginning with the Classic Cars Parade reaching the downtown core at 1:30 P.M. The Show n' Shinewill run from 2-5 p.m. followed by the film Grease at 5 p.m. shown in Garden Square. Live enter tainment begins at 7pm. with an excitingshow to be put on by The 905 Band.For more information please visit: www.downtownbramptonbia.ca/events.

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TORONTO (PTI) - Pritam Singh Jauhal, a95-year-old World War II veteran and aprominent figure in the Sikh-Canadian com-munity who fought and won a high profilebattle to allow Sikhs wearing turbans intothe Royal Canadian Legions, has died. Lt-Col Pritam Singh Jauhal passed awaypeacefully in Surrey on Sunday, his daugh-ter was quoted as saying by The Globe andMail newspaper. Jauhal spent 38 years inthe Indian Army and Central Reserve Police Force, retiring with therank of lieutenant-colonel before immigrating to Canada to be with hischildren in 1980. He shot to prominence in 1993 when he was prohib-ited from entering the Newton Legion on Remembrance Day. At thetime, the establishment would not allow turbaned Sikh veterans onthe premises. Legion officials insisted that Jauhal and other Sikhveterans who had served the British Empire in the Second World Warcould only come in after removing their turban as rules forbade veter-ans from wearing headgear.

DESK REPORT / TORONTO -Smaller businesses might face prob-lems as Canada Post has issued a 72-hour lockout notice to its union(CUPW) which means work might stop by Friday if till then a deal isnot struck. Canada Post said it gave a reasonable offer to the union onJune 25 and hopes a deal can be struck with the union. The union feelsshutting its doors is no option as nearly 50,000 workers will be out onthe streets and so the union would have no way but to agree withthe proposal of Canada Post. The main bottleneck in negotiationsis the pension plan that according to the union are not fair. Ac-cording to details the body in its repor t showed an annual surplusof $1.2 billion last year but also has a solvency deficit of nearly$6 billion. Thus union demands are not affordable for Canada Postas it would add $1 billion in costs over the life of a new contract.

DESK REPORT / CALGARY - Conservative MPJason Kenney is expected to announce soonthat he will be running for the Alber ta Pro-gressive Conser vat ive Par ty leadership inCalgary. He might also merge at the provin-c ia l leve l , Progress ive Conservat ives andWildrose to fight against the current NDP gov-ernment under a united front. It is wor th not-ing that Alber ta's PC Par ty has been without a leader since JimPrentice, former Conservative MP and cabinet minister resignedin May 2015 once he lost provincial election. Sources closer toKenney say he might make the announcement just before theCalgary Stampede. Jason was first elected in 1997 as MP in 1997and since then had held several impor tant positions. He was oneof the key ministers in the Harper government. The question remainsto be seen is whether Peter MacKay and Lisa-Raitt would still putforward their names for the race?


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Punjab's octogenarian CM gears upfor another tough political battle

MODI IN CONTROL, TURNS FOCUS FROMHINDUTVA TO DEVELOPMENT

BY AMULYA GANGULI

BY JAIDEEP SARIN

CHANDIGARH, (IANS) He may be touching 90 and may be thecountry's oldest serving chief minister, but Punjab's ParkashSingh Badal is not willing to give up just yet -- politicallyspeaking. Badal, who has seen electoral politics from the yearwhen the country got its independence in 1947, is readyinghimself for another electoral battle as Punjab votes for a newassembly next February.The wily chief minister had, in the run-up to the January 2012assembly polls, termed them his last political campaign. But,with his Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) facing a challenge as itseeks a third term in office, Badal is again leading it from thefront.Badal, who turned 88 last December, has increased the fre-quency of his 'Sangat Darshans' meetings with the public forwhich he travels to villages and towns to listen to grievances ofpeople at their doorstep. Under this programme, Badal hastravelled across the state a few times."Unlike other politicians who become inaccessible to the peopleaf ter coming to power, I have always reached out to peoplethrough the Sangat Darshan programme. The rush at theseevents shows people's faith in our government," Badal claims.In the 2012 assembly polls, Badal's son and deputy in thegovernment, Sukhbir Singh Badal, emerged as the chief strate-gist, leading to speculation that he could be appointed the nextchief minister. But Sukhbir remained content with being DeputyChief Minister, even though there is no doubt in anyone's mindin Punjab's power corridors that it is he who calls the shots.The SAD, along with alliance par tner Bharatiya Janata Par ty(BJP), had created history in Punjab's politics in 2012 by

returning to power for a second consecutive term, winning 68seats in the 117 member house. The main opposition Congress,which was quite sure of capturing power, had to face electoralhumiliation. But it is not the love of politics alone that Badalsenior is readying for another electoral innings. The politicalfight between traditional rivals, the SAD-BJP alliance and theCongress, has now been spiced up by the entry of a newchallenger -- the Aam Aadmi Par ty (AAP). The AAP, which hasmade inroads in Punjab's political scene and had even won fourLok Sabha seats from the state in the 2014 general elections,has thrown its hat in the fray.The confidence of the AAP leadership, and the fact that politicalsurveys have given it a clear edge over the SAD and theCongress so far, has caused worry in the camps of bothmainline par ties here, causing them to sharpen their attacks onthe AAP in recent weeks.Born on Dec 8, 1927, at Abul Khurana village near Malout insouthwest Punjab in an agriculturist family, Badal forayed into

politics by getting elected as a village headman in 1947. Hewas elected to the assembly for the first time in 1957 on theCongress ticket. Leaving the Congress soon af ter, Badal endedup opposing its policies and governments. Well-known for hiswitty one-liners and memory of people and events, Badal hasalways remained centre-stage in Punjab's politics in the pastover six decades. He has been chief minister of Punjab fivetimes -- 1970-71, 1977-1980, 1997-2002, 2007-2012 and 2012onwards. He briefly became a union minister in 1977 in theMorarji Desai government.Many of Badal's close family members are in the government.Badal's daughter-in-law Harsimrat Badal (Sukhbir's wife) is theunion minister for food processing. His son-in-law AdaishPratap Singh Kairon is a cabinet minister in his government asis Harsimrat's younger brother, Bikram Singh Majithia. Badal,who cer tainly does not fit into Prime Minister Narendra Modi'searlier comment that politicians should retire at the age of 75,is showing no signs of retiring just yet.

It has taken two years but, finally, Narendra Modi appears to havefound his feet. In a recent interview, he demonstrated his grip on thesituation by covering wide areas of national and internationalaffairs. The earlier silences on crucial issues such as the ram-pages of saffron mobs and the snide attacks on selected targets byself-appointed saviours of the nation are no longer in evidence.Given his command performance of over 90 minutes (on TV), it isodd that he does not engage in more such interactions with mediapersonnel either singly or collectively. Such an initiative will dispelthe impression that he is wary of the press, probably because ofhis experience during and after the Gujarat riots.Along with wide-ranging press conferences, Modi can indulgein more humorous exchanges, shedding his present inhibitionsborn of the "fear", as he has admitted, of the media taking aword of his comments out of the context and blowing it out ofpropor tion.His apprehension that humour can be "risky" is unwarranted. Sois the belief in the media's mischievousness. Of all the leaders,he is better placed than anyone else to inject an element of witand drollery in public life because of his own and his par ty'ssecure political position and his high personal ratings.Neither Sonia Gandhi nor Rahul Gandhi can afford to look at thefunny side of things if only because there may not be any intheir view. It is the same with the regional orders. Even thestability of their political positions does not make MamataBanerjee or Jayalalitha or Nitish Kumar any less tense. InModi's case, however, his body language during the interviewunderlined his confidence.The reason apparently is his success in pinpointing both hissuccesses and difficulties. At home, Modi has had no hesitation instating that only one par ty has been stalling parliamentary debate.In foreign affairs, he is happy about the warmth of the relations withthe US and concerned about the hurdles posed by the multiplecentres of authority in Pakistan.China is a problem, but it has been told that the government will nothesitate to take care of India's interests. That should make it lessadventurous in the border areas. That the prime minister referred tothe positive editorials in American newspapers after his visit to theUS emphasized the disadvantages of keeping Indian journalists,except one, at arm's length which, according to a saffronite, has setoff a "fratricidal war" in the media.Such an interpretation, which maliciously distor ts the competitivenature of journalism, is the adverse fallout of being selective --which doesn't suit a prime minister. Interestingly, Modi's criticismswere all veiled. He did not name the Congress for its obstruction-ism, nor Subramanian Swamy for his publicity-seeking stunts.But the snubs have hit their mark, especially where Swamy isconcerned. The prime minister's advice to the media not to make"heroes" of the hotheads was also well directed since there hasbeen a tendency in the Third Estate to single out relatively minorincidents of saffron excesses to slam the Bharatiya Janata Par ty(BJP) and the Sangh parivar.Notwithstanding the confidence which the prime minister dis-played, his assurances on development in the context of the UttarPradesh elections are more likely to be believed if the BJP visiblydissociates itself from the Hindutva extremists by showing that itdoesn't consider them to be "heroes". Since Uttar Pradesh is the

biggest prize to be won before the next general elections, it willprove the veracity of Modi's asser tion vis-a-vis the unstable groundreality in the state.If, as Modi believes, the new generation only believes in develop-ment, the BJP should have no hesitation in shunning the militants inits ranks. In that case, the par ty should be able to repeat itsoutstanding feat of 2014 when it won 73 of the state's 80 parlia-mentary seats. But, as of now, the signs are not wholly reassur-ing. Even then, it is to Modi's credit that he has been able toturn the focus on his par ty's policies to development from themilitant Hindutva of the 1990s.The next step is to fur ther illumine the present-day "bright spot"of the Indian economy amid the encircling gloom of the interna-tional economic scene, as the World Bank group president, JimYong Kim, has said. In this field, the test lies in ensuring theparliamentary passage of the goods and services legislation,which now has a greater chance because of the increasingsuppor t to the government by the regional par ties.Its passage cannot but create an atmosphere of buoyancy. Oncethis hurdle is crossed, it is only the fraught relations with China andPakistan which will be a matter of worry. In other respects, thecountry's forward march is obvious as in satellite technology andmilitary preparedness.

Under this programme, Badal has travelled across the state a few times."Unlike other politicians who become inaccessible to the people after coming topower, I have always reached out to people through the Sangat Darshan programme.The rush at these events shows people's faith in our government," Badal claims.In the 2012 assembly polls, Badal's son and deputy in the government, SukhbirSingh Badal, emerged as the chief strategist, leading to speculation that he couldbe appointed the next chief minister. But Sukhbir remained content with being DeputyChief Minister, even though there is no doubt in anyone's mind in Punjab's powercorridors that it is he who calls the shots.

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PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU AT PRIDE PARADE IN TORONTO. HE IS THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER OF THE COUNTRY TOPARTICIPATE IN SUCH AN EVENT.

ONTARIO - Star ting July 1, legislation and regulation changes comeinto effect that will increase government transparency, strengthen protection forpatients and workers, cut red tape for business and make life easier for Ontarians.Changes include:" The appointment of Ontario's first-ever Patient Ombudsman to helpmeet the needs of patients who have not had their concerns resolved throughexisting complaint mechanisms, with the office officially opening on July 4,the first business day of the month" Changes to the Lobbyists Registration Act to give the IntegrityCommissioner the authority to investigate alleged violations of the act, theability to prohibit lobbying for up to two years and the ability to provideguidance and direction on lobbyist conduct" Amendments to the Occupational Health and Safety Act and asso-ciated regulations to improve workers' safety, including extending noise pro-

tection to all workplaces covered under the act and adopting new interna-tional standards to provide employers and workers with consistent healthand safety information about hazardous workplace chemicals" Allowing manufacturers of beverage alcohol to have a bar or res-taurant at each of their licensed manufacturing sites, and for the patrons tocarry the same open serving of liquor (e.g., a glass of wine) from one li-censed area (e.g., an on-site store, restaurant or tour area) to another" Amendments to reduce the burden on franchise businesses byproviding rules for more efficient ways to disclose documents."Legislation and regulations always need to evolve in order to increase trans-parency, protect patients and workers, save time and money for business,and make life easier for people across the province. These changes will helpour government deliver on our top priority to grow the economy and creategood jobs." -- Kathleen Wynne, Premier of Ontario.

MODERNIZING REGULATIONS TO INCREASETRANSPARENCY, CUT RED TAPE, PROTECT WORKERS

GROUND BREAKING ATLAIRD STATION ON

EGLINTON CROSSTOWN LRT

ONTARIO - Premier Kathleen Wynne was at the groundbreakingrecently for the latest milestone in the construction of the EglintonCrosstown Light Rail Transit line, the largest transit project un-der construction in Canada.Work is beginning on Laird Station, located near the midpoint ofthe 19-kilometre Light Rail Transit (LRT) line. Construction be-gan in March on Keelesdale, the first underground station. Bythe end of the summer, more than half of the underground sta-tions on the 25-station line will be under construction. Ontariohas invested $5.3 billion toward the capital costs of the LRT line.New, modern light rail vehicles on tracks separated from regu-lar traffic will offer fast, efficient service and improve travel forpeople along the busy Eglinton corridor. The Eglinton Crosstownwill also help lower greenhouse gas pollution, improving airquality and fighting climate change.Ontario is making the largest investment in public infrastructurein the province's history -- about $160 billion over 12 years,which is suppor ting 110,000 jobs every year across the prov-ince, with projects such as roads, bridges, transit systems,schools and hospitals. In 2015, the province announced suppor tfor more than 325 projects that will keep people and goods mov-ing, connect communities and improve quality of life.Invest ing in pr ior i ty transi t infrastr ucture is par t of thegovernment's economic plan to build Ontario up and deliver onits number-one priority to grow the economy and create jobs.The four-par t plan includes helping more people get and createthe jobs of the future by expanding access to high-quality col-lege and university education. The plan is making the largest infra-structure investment in hospitals, schools, roads, bridges and transit inOntario's history and is investing in a low-carbon economy driven byinnovative, high-growth, export-oriented businesses. The plan is alsohelping working Ontarians achieve a more secure retirement.

Canadian GDP edges up 0.1% in AprilOTTAWA - After decreasing in February and March, real grossdomestic product edged up 0.1% in April. Widespread gains,notably in manufacturing, utilities and the public sector, werelargely offset by a significant decline in non-conventional oilextraction.Service-producing industries rose 0.2% in April, after beingessentially unchanged in March. Notable gains were postedby the public sector (education, health and public administra-tion combined), the finance and insurance sector, and whole-sale and retail trade. In contrast, the ar ts, enter tainment andrecreation sector notably declined.The output of goods-producing industries edged down 0.1% inApril, mainly as a result of a decrease in mining, quarrying,and oil and gas extraction. Manufacturing and utilities postednotable increases, while the agriculture and forestry sectorwas down. After two consecutive monthly decreases, manu-facturing output rose 0.4% in April.The rise in manufacturing output in April was attributable tonon-durable goods manufacturing (+0.9%), up for the thirdconsecutive month. Manufacturing of petroleum and coal prod-ucts, chemicals and, to a lesser extent, beverage and tobaccoproducts was up. Conversely, a notable decline was posted byplastic and rubber products manufacturing. After decreasingfor two consecutive months, durable-goods manufacturing wasunchanged in April.Gains were notable in transpor tation equipment manufactur-ing, primary metal manufacturing and, to a lesser extent, mis-cellaneous manufacturing. On the other hand, machinery manu-facturing and wood product manufacturing posted notable de-clines. Utilities increased 1.9% in April. The electric powergeneration, transmission and distribution industry and the natu-ral gas distribution industry were both up, as much of centralCanada experienced colder than usual weather in April.The public sector (education, health and public administrationcombined) rose 0.2% in April, primarily due to growth in publicadministration. Educational services increased, while healthcare services were unchanged. Wholesale trade increased0.2% in April. Output grew for miscellaneous wholesalers (in-cluding wholesalers of agricultural chemicals), petroleum prod-uct wholesalers and, to a lesser extent, food, beverage andtobacco wholesalers. The output of wholesalers of machinery,equipment and supplies, building material and supplies, andmotor vehicles and par ts decreased.

ONTARIO - The province is ex-panding the Ontario CommunityInfrastructure Fund (OCIF) to helpbuild and repair more critical in-frastructure in small, rural andnor thern municipalities. The gov-ernment is increasing its invest-ment in the fund to more than $670million over three years to bettermeet local infrastructure needsexpressed by Ontario municipali-ties.This amount includes more than$420 million in formula-basedfunding and $250 million in top-up application funding. Individualmunicipalities will receive for-mula-based funding annual lybased on their economic condi-

tions and the infrastructure theyown, such as roads, bridges andwastewater facilities.The top-up application compo-nent will allow municipalities tosubmit proposals for specific in-frastructure projects. This appli-cation-based funding is aimed atallowing smaller communities tobring their total OCIF funding upto $2 million over two years toensure all communities have op-por tunities to address larger, criti-cal infrastructure projects.Ontario is making the largest in-vestment in public infrastructurein the province's history - about$160 billion over 12 years, whichis suppor ting 110,000 jobs every

year across the province, withprojects such as roads, bridges,transit systems, schools andhospitals. In 2015, the provinceannounced suppor t for more than325 projects that will keep peopleand goods moving, connect com-munities and improve quality oflife."By expanding the Ontario Com-munity Infrastructure Fund, ourgovernment has shown munici-palities that we are committed toworking with them to addresscritical infrastructure needs intheir communities through pre-dictable, stable funding. The pro-vincial government is laying thefoundation for sustainable eco-

nomic development, creating jobsand new economic opportunitiesin rural and nor thern communi-ties across Ontario." - Jeff Leal,Minister of Agriculture, Food andRural Affairs"The investments we make inpublic infrastructure today willhelp grow Ontario's economy andboost job creation for tomorrow.An expanded and improved OCIFwill help small, rural and nor th-ern communities from acrossOntario repair and revitalize wa-ter, sewer, road and bridge-re-lated infrastructure. It also incorpo-rates the feedback we received fromour stakeholders." - Bob Chiarelli,Minister of Infrastructure.

Ontario Investing $670 Million toImprove Local Infrastructure



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ACTIVISTS OF CHHATRA YUVA SANGHARSH SAMITI (CYSS) AND ALL INDIA STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION (AISA) STAGE ADEMONSTRATION AGAINST DELHI POLICE FOR NOT FILLING A FIR AGAINST THE SON OF BJP MP RAMESH BIDHURI IN A CASEOF BEATING A STUDENT OF DESHBANDHU COLLEGE IN NEW DELHI (IANS).

KEJRIWAL'S PRINCIPAL SECRETARY SENT TO FIVEDAYS CBI CUSTODY; ARRESTS, TRANSFERS ATTEMPT

TO PARALYSE AAP GOVERNMENT: SISODIA

MODI TO EMBARK ON FOUR-NATION AFRICAN TOURNEW DELHI, (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will em-bark on a four-nation tour of Africa from July 7, it was announced onFriday. Modi will be visiting Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania andKenya from July 7 to 11, External Affairs Ministry SpokespersonVikas Swarup said in his weekly media briefing here.The Prime Minister will first visit Mozambique on July 7, where hewill hold bilateral discussions with President Filipe Nyusi to strengthenbilateral ties and enhance development cooperation. Modi will be inSouth Africa on July 8 and 9 where he will have meetings withPresident Jacob Zuma and other senior leaders to further enhanceIndia's historical relations with that country, according to Swarup."With South Africa, we cooperate and work closely... also in multilat-eral fora like BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa), IBSA(India, Brazil, South Africa), G-20 and BASIC (Brazil, South Africa,India, China)," the Spokesperson said, adding that the Prime Ministerwas also scheduled to visit Johannesburg, Pietermaritzburg andDurban. Modi will be Tanzania on July 10 and will have meetingswith President John Pombe Joseph Magufuli "to further enhancemutual cooperation and understanding on major issues of commoninterest". On July 11, Prime Minister Modi will be in Kenya and havebilateral discussions with President Uhuru Kenyatta. He will alsoaddress students in the University of Nairobi during the visit."The visit of the Prime Minister to the African mainland reflects India'sdesire to further strengthen and reinvigorate bilateral ties with ourAfrican partners which were renewed at the successful IAFS-III (In-dia Africa Forum Summit-III) in October last year," Swarup said.All 54 African nations attended the summit held in New Delhi.

TEJAS, INDIA'S INDIGENOUSSTEALTH FIGHTER, INDUCTEDAFTER 33-YEAR DELAYBENGALURU, (IANS) The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Friday inductedindigenously-built Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas that boosts itsweakening operational capability, 33 years after the project to de-velop the multi-role stealth fighter was cleared. The single-enginesupersonic delta-wing aircraft is capable of carrying four tonnes ofweapons and firing air-to-air missiles and precision-guided munitionslike laser-guided bombs -- to attack enemy fighters and hit ground targetsat a speed of more than 1,300 km per hour. The aircraft developed byHindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Aeronautical DevelopmentAgency (ADA) is fitted with Israeli multi-mode radar, the Elta 2032, whichis suitable for air-to-air and air-to-surface modes. It is capable of loweringits radar signature that makes it harder to be detected early. The aircraft isalso equipped with a helmet-mounted display and has a distinctive 'glasscockpit' in which information is displayed real-time to the pilot. In moreways than one, the fourth generation-plus advanced fly-by-wire Tejas iscomparable to the French-built Mirage 2000 and is expected to re-place the IAF's MIG squadrons being decommissioned from ser-vice. It is also considered far more advanced than the JF-17 fighterjointly built by China and Pakistan. The induction of the fighter givesa major boost to the IAF's fighting capability.

NEW DELHI, (IANS) A cour t on Tuesday sent Rajendra Kumar, princi-pal secretary to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, accused of mis-using his official position and facilitating tenders wor th Rs 9.5 crore,to five days CBI custody. Central Bureau of Investigation Special JudgeArvind Kumar allowed the agency to question Rajendra Kumar, formerassistant director of VAT depar tment Tarun Sharma, Endeavour Sys-tems Pvt Ltd directors Sandeep Kumar and Dinesh Kumar Gupta anda fifth man, Ashok Kumar, till July 10.The CBI, which arrested the five on Monday, sought 10 days custodyof the accused saying it had to probe the money trail and confront theaccused with one another. The defence counsel opposed the plea. The

CBI had on December 14, 2015 registered a FIR against RajendraKumar, a 1989 batch IAS officer, for allegedly abusing his officialposition in awarding contracts from the Delhi government to Endeav-our Systems.Terming the arrests of Rajendra Kumar and Tarun Kumar, the Princi-pal Secretary and Deputy Secretary to Kejriwal respectively, as "aconspiracy to paralyse the CM's office", Sisodia said the NarendraModi government was rattled by the AAP's popularity in poll-boundPunjab and Goa. And "today one of our ministers, Kapil Mishra, wascalled for questioning by ACB (Anti-Corruption Branch)," he added."This is clearly an attempt to paralyse our government."

Kejriwal began Punjab tour from Golden TempleAMRITSAR, (IANS) Thronged by hundreds of people, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday star ted a three-day political tour of Punjabwith prayers at two famous shrines in this Sikh holy city. A lone protestor threw some pamphlets towards Kejriwal as he stepped out of theGolden Temple complex, blaming the AAP leader for the razing of a 'piao' (drinking water point) outside the historical Sis Ganj Gurdwara inDelhi's Chandni Chowk area. The man was taken away by security personnel as an unfazed Kejriwal continued with his programme.Kejriwal offered prayers at the holiest of Sikh shrines, the Harmandar Sahib, popularly known as Golden Temple, and later went to the nearbyHindu Durgiana Temple. This is Kejriwal's second tour of a longer duration to Punjab this year. He made a five-day trip to various parts of Punjabin February. The visits are in connection with the assembly elections to be held in Punjab in February next year for which the Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) is posing a serious challenge to the ruling Akali Dal-BJP combine and the opposition Congress. The AAP leader's visit to the state star tedunder the shadow of an AAP legislator in Delhi, Naresh Yadav, being named in a case filed over the sacrilege of Quran, the holy book of Islam,in Punjab's Muslim dominated town of Malerkotla in Sangrur district recently. Yadav has been booked by Punjab Police in the conspiracy behindthe sacrilege incident. The AAP legislator is the party's co-incharge for Punjab affairs. AAP leaders say the Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP alliancegovernment of trying to implicate its leaders in false cases. Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday refused to be drawn into thecontroversy over the criminal case against the AAP legislator saying that the police were investigating the matter. During Kejriwal's visit, theAAP leadership will focus on youth and other categories of voters in Punjab, whose 117 assembly seats go to polls early next year. The AAP hasfour MPs in the Lok Sabha from Punjab. Two of them are under suspension from the party.

HARYANA WARNS JOB ASPIRANTS AGAINST DRUG ABUSECHANDIGARH, (IANS) With three candidates mysteriously dying after undergoing physical tests for police recruitment in Haryana'sKurukshetra district in recent days, the Haryana Staff Selection Commission on Sunday warned candidates that they would bedisqualified if it was found that they had taken performance enhancing drugs for the recruitment.Commission chairman Bharat Bhushan Bhar ti said that if any candidate is found trying to take drugs during physical fitness test forrecruitment to Haryana Police at Kurukshetra, the candidate would be disqualified. "Also, strict action would be taken against thatcandidate according to the rules," he said. Bhar ti said that a special team has been constituted to keep vigil on candidates anddirections have been issued to depute four doctors to examine the candidates before their registration.

RSS CHIEF TO ADDRESS HINDUGATHERING IN BRITAINNEW DELHI, (IANS) RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat will visit Brit-ain in July to par ticipate in a Hindu gathering in a bid to attractBritish Hindu youths to Indian culture. Bhagwat will stay in aspecia l tent dur ing his week- long vis i t , Rashtr iyaSwayamsewak Sangh leaders said."He will try to inspire people to contribute towards a betterfuture for Hindu Samaj," a RSS leader told IANS. The Britain-based Hindu Swayamsewak Sangh has organised a gatheringof over 2,200 Hindus from across the United Kingdom and Eu-rope from July 29 to 31 at Hertfordshire County Show Ground nearLuton. The theme of the gathering is "Sanskaar (values of life), Sewa(selfless service) and Sangathan (community spirit)". Inspired by theRSS, which was founded in 1925, the HSS was established in1966. The HSS is celebrating its golden jubilee.


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NO RELIEF FROM SC TO DERASACHA SAUDA CHIEF IN RAPE CASE

DELHI CHIEF MINISTER AND AAP LEADER ARVIND KEJRIWAL AND PARTY MP BHAGWANT MANN DURING A PROGRAMME ORGANISEDTO RELEASE AAP'S MANIFESTO FOR UPCOMING PUNJAB ELECTIONS IN AMRITSAR (IANS).

NEW DELHI, (IANS) The Supreme Cour t on Friday declined plea byDera Sacha Sauda chief, Sant Gurmeet Ram Raheem Singh seekingdirection to CBI to provide more samples of hand-written pages byone of his erstwhile follower who has alleged that she was raped byhim in 1999. "Despite weighty arguments by senior counsel JayantBhushan we are not inclined to interfere," said the bench of JusticeDipak Mistra and Justice C. Nagappan while refusing to enter tain theplea. The Dera chief approached the top cour t for more samples ofhand written pages by the victim as Bhushan told the cour t that Cen-tral Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) that examined the letter writ-ten by the victim in 2001 to Dera chief held that it can't take a view oneway or the other and had sought more samples.

The cour t was unmoved even when Bhushan told it that thought thevictim had alleged that the rape took place in 1999 but in 2001 shewrote a letter to Ram Raheem Singh describing him as "Pitaji" (fa-ther) and expressing gratitude for all he had done for her includingoverlooking her mistakes at the time. The Dera chief is facing trial bythe special Central Bureau of Investigation cour t in Ambala and hasbeen charged for offences under Section sections 376 (rape) and 506(criminal intimidation) of Indian Penal Code by the CBI in 2007.One of his disciples had written an anonymous letter addressed to the thenPrime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 2002 in accusing Dera chief of sexual abuse.The Punjab and Haryana High Court took up the matter and had ordered a CBIprobe into the incident on September 24, 2002.

Kejriwal masterminded Quran desecration: BJP's Satish UpadhyayNEW DELHI, (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Par ty (BJP) on Monday staged a protest against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal andalleged that he is the "mastermind" behind the Quran desecration case in Punjab."Arvind Kejriwal is the mastermind behind this case," Delhi BJP unit chief Satish Upadhyay said here. "They are doing vote bankpolitics, which is hurting the unity and integrity of the nation. And it is not for the first time they are doing it, they have done it during theassembly elections too," the BJP leader alleged. "We are demanding immediate arrest of Naresh Yadav," Upadhyay said."The Aam Aadmi Par ty (AAP) has always posed as the most honest par ty, now they should tell from where they brought Rs 1 crore topay Vijay," Upadhyay questioned. Slamming AAP leaders, Upadhyay said: "They should have felt ashamed before indulging in suchactivities during the holy Ramzan month." AAP legislator from Mehrauli in Delhi Naresh Yadav was booked by Punjab Police in thedesecration case after main accused Vijay Kumar claimed he was paid Rs 1 crore by Yadav to do so.Sangrur police had arrested Vijay Kumar, Gaurav and Nand Kishore on charge of desecration of the Quran and said they belonged toright-wing Hindu organisation VHP. There was arson in Malerkotla on June 24 night after pages of the holy book were found dumped neara drain. A mob attacked and set Akali Dal MLA Farzana Alam's home on fire leading to communal tension. The mob also exchangedgunfire with police, leaving several injured.

India disappoints optimists,and pessimists: Economic

analyst Ruchir SharmaBY ANJALI OJHA

NEW DELHI, (IANS) The Indian economy lets down both opti-mists and pessimists, with several positives like a drop incrony capitalism and reforms push but also some concernslike increasing protectionism, says Morgan Stanley's princi-pal tactician, economist Ruchir Sharma. In an interview toIANS, the chief global strategist for one of the largest financialservices firms that manages around $1.5 trillion in assets,also says while Prime Minister Narendra Modi's governmentwas voted to power due to resentment, it could have donemore given the mandate it got.Sharma, who has authored a new bok -- "The Rise And Fall OfNations: 10 Rules Of Change In The Post-Crisis World" -- saysif there is one factor that stands out in India's favour it is theinflow of foreign direct investment, which touched a recordlevel of $51 billion last fiscal. "My favourite line in the book isthat India disappoints both optimists and pessimists," Sharmasays during the interview, and adds when hopes run high,there is disappointment, but when the country manages toavoid a crisis, like it did in in 2013, there is optimism. Sharmaalso speaks about the perils of globalisation losing charm andlocalisation taking over. "In India today, one of the big prob-lems is that globally, the number of protectionist measureshas gone up significantly in the post crisis world -- I call it 'BC'and 'AC' or 'Before Crisis' and 'After Crisis' world," he says."The number of protectionist measures India has taken is verysignificant. But what has happened in India currently is the factthat India is at the forefront of it. No country has taken moreprotectionist measures than India," he said. "I think its not apositive sign because at the end it is the consumer who getshur t." Asked about the Modi government's per formance,Sharma seeks to put his opinion in context, and says eco-nomic reasons played a key role in the mandate for the Na-tional Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the 2014 elections.

Why small farmers in Tamil Naduborrow money at 60% interest

BY SURAJ NAIRIn October 2014 Karuppasamy (name changed), a farmer inTamil Nadu's western district of Pudukkottai, had no choicebut to rent a pump-set to irrigate his farm when the rains weredelayed and insufficient. To pay for the pump, Karuppasamytook a loan from the local moneylender. He did not considerapproaching a nearby bank because he had to get water to thefields within a very shor t window. For millions of small andmarginal farmers across Tamil Nadu, a state ravaged by themonsoon's growing vagaries, the story is the same. Their state is atthe forefront of India's financial-inclusion drive, but for Tamil Nadu's smalland marginal farmers, agricultural credit from formal institutions remainsnotoriously hard to secure, as indeed it does in other states across India.While credit flow to the agricultural sector increased, the share of smallloans from formal institutions has steadily declined. The availability oftimely credit from institutional sources appears to be the biggestchallenge for farmers, according to the preliminary findings ofan on-going study by the Institute for Financial Managementand Research (IFMR LEAD), Evidence for Policy Design (EPoD)at the Harvard Kennedy School, and Duke University.



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RELATIVE OF A HOSTAGE CRIES NEAR THE SITE OF AN ATTACK AT A SPANISH RESTAURANT IN DHAKA'S DIPLOMATIC ENCLAVEGULSHAN, BANGLADESH. GUNMEN KILLED 20 FOREIGNERS BY SLITTING THEIR THROATS (IANS).

US envoy discusses Afghanpeace process in PakistanISLAMABAD, (IANS) The US Special Representative forAfghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Olson, met with topPakistani diplomat in Islamabad on Saturday and"discussed the regional security situation and effor tsfor peace and stability in Afghanistan," officials said.Ambassador Olson is visiting Pakistan at a time whenrelations between Pakistan and the US are tense overthe drone strike that killed Afghan Taliban chief MullahAkhtar Mansour and the US blockade of the F-16 fighterplane sale, Xinhua repor ted. The visit is also seenimpor tant at a time when relations between Pakistanand Afghanistan are also tense over recent borderskirmishes that had caused casualties on both sideslast month.Both sides also had the oppor tunity to discuss theeffor ts by the Quadrilateral Coordination Group involv-ing Afghanistan, China, Pakistan and the US to push forthe Afghan peace process. Pakistan's Foreign SecretaryAizaz Ahmad Chaudhry while talking to AmbassadorOlson reiterated Pakistan's commitment to as aneffective forum to facilitate Afghan-owned and Afghan-led reconciliation process. "The Foreign Secretaryunderlined Pakistan's focus on effective border man-agement on Afghanistan-Pakistan border with a view toenhancing security and counter-terrorism effor ts," aForeign Ministry statement said.

Bangladesh will not befrightened by cowardly terroracts: President HamidTHIMPHU, (IANS) Bangladesh President Md Abdul Hamid,who is in Bhutan for a state visit, on Monday said hiscountry would not be cowed down by the "cowardly"Dhaka cafe terror siege and was committed to fightingagainst all kinds of terrorism."I am saddened today in the wake of unfor tunate deathsof some innocent people in Dhaka who were merci-lessly killed by a group of miscreants on July 1, 2016. Iwould like to reiterate that we are not frightened of suchcowardly act and our government is committed to fightagainst all types of terrorism and violent extremism,"Hamid said addressing Bhutan's parliament, The DailyStar repor ted.Hamid's address came on a day Bangladesh PrimeMinister Sheikh Hasina paid tribute to the victims of thebloody July 1 siege at a special event in Dhaka. Hamidstressed stronger par tnership between both the nationsfor economic development of the people and said thatBhutan has a special place in the hear ts of theBangladeshi people, as it was the first country torecognise Bangladesh as a sovereign nation.Describing hydropower as the most potential avenue ofcooperation between the nations, the President said:"We need to take more target-oriented actions forachieving tangible results in this area." He also laudedBhutan for passing a bill related to the Bangladesh,Bhutan, India, Nepal (BBIN) Motor Vehicles Agreement andtouched on Bhutan's pioneering concept of Gross NationalHappiness.

Pakistan calls Dhaka attack allegations highly regrettableISLAMABAD, (IANS) Islamabadon Monday rejected Indian me-dia reports alleging Pakistan's in-volvement in the brutal Dhaka

cafe terrorist attack Friday nightthat left 20 persons, mostly for-eigners -- including an Indian girl,killed. Pakistan's Foreign Office

spokesman Nafees Zakar iatermed the allegations baselessand the repor ts as "highly regret-table", Dawn online repor ted.

A section of India media repor tedthat Bangladesh Information Min-ister Hasanul Haq and Adviser toBangladesh Pr ime MinisterGowher Rizvi blamed Pakistanand its intelligence agency Inter-Services Intelligence for the ter-ror attack in Dhaka on July 1night. "These stories are utterlybaseless and unfounded. Paki-stan strongly rejects such alle-gations," Zakaria said in a state-ment. "The repor ts are irrespon-sible and provocative."He said Pakistan deeply appreci-ates Gowher Rizvi's timely rebut-tal of the media repor ts regard-ing the attack that was claimedby the Islamic State (IS) terroristgroup. Rizvi contacted the PakistaniHigh Commissioner in Bangladesh andsaid the Bangladesh government didnot issue any such statement and thatthe Indian media reports were false.

Nigel Farage resignsas UK IndependenceParty leaderLONDON, (IANS) Nigel Farage onMonday announced he is step-ping down as leader of UK Inde-pendence Par ty (UKIP), saying hehas done his bit for the cause ofBr i ta in leaving the EuropeanUnion (EU). Speaking at a pressconference in Westminster, hesaid he had fulfilled his politicalambit ions af ter successful lycampaigning for Brexit -- Britain'sexit from EU, the Guardian re-por ted. "I have decided to standaside as leader of UKIP," he said."The victory for the 'Leave' sidein the referendum means that mypol i t ical ambit ion has beenachieved. I came into th isstruggle from business becauseI wanted us to be a self-govern-ing nation, not to become a ca-reer politician," he said. "Duringthe referendum I said I wantedmy country back..now I want mylife back," he added.

Istanbul attack: Turkey, US, Russialearn lesson the hard way

BY SAEED NAQVICould the terrorist attack on Istanbul's Ataturk airport killing43 and injuring hundreds be a blowback from the Fallujahoperations concluded three days ago? Does Fallujah, in theend, indicate a more cooperative operation compared to,say, Tikrit last year? Is a resumption of US-Russia coopera-tion over Syria causing anxiety among abandoned militants?Dan Rather, former CBS News anchor, described the air strikes oncolumns of ISIS vehicles on the highway outside Fallujah thus: "Therewas a video-game quality about the air strikes - the accuracy withwhich targets were hit." Are the Americans showing a decisive senseof purpose - a frightening scenario for militant groups protected byregional powers with influence in Washington?A look at the details of the mosaic. Multiple interests were involvedin the Fallujah operations - US advisers and air force, Iraqi forcescontrolled from Baghdad, Shia militias, mistrustful of Baghdad, butwith allegiance to the clerical authorities in Najaf and Karbala.These militias were being advised by Iranian experts.Americans wanted their own nominee, Prime Minister Haider alAbadi, to take the credit. The Fallujah endgame was slow in com-ing because the Americans carried on their shoulders the burdenof protecting and providing safe passage to "assets" holed up inFallujah affiliated to the Saudis and the Turks. It was a delicatebalancing act excellently executed. The balance has presumablybeen retained in the arrangement with the Russians too.A complexity in Iraq is the continuing distance between AyatullahSistani in Najaf, the ultimate source of Shia authority in Iraq, andPrime Minister Abadi, a Shia but low in Najaf's esteem. Despite notbeing given an appointment by Sistani's entourage last year, Abaditurned up in Najaf. He was sent back without an audience with theAyatullah. The clerical collective in Najaf and Karbala would likethe Prime Minister in Baghdad to be free of American influences.There is an irony involved here. Had the Americans not knockedout Saddam Hussain and his iron clad, Baathist regime, therewould not have been any Shia power in Iraq. Even Najaf maychange after Fallujah.Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan who, until 2012 had shot pasteven Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in the national popularity stakes,slipped badly over Syria. He tore his secular mask and came outin loud Muslim Brotherhood colours.Brothers became a column in the architecture of the ISIS under AbuBakr al Baghdadi. The central column were the once "Godless"Baathists of Iraq who, in reaction to Shias replacing Saddam in Baghdad,rediscovered their devout Sunni roots. Money and Salafis came fromSaudi Arabia. This, roughly, is how the brand called ISIS was set up.



PEOPLE GATHER AT THE SITE OF EXPLOSION IN KARRADA-DAKHIL DISTRICT IN SOUTHERN BAGHDAD, IRAQ (IANS).

126 PEOPLE KILLED IN SUICIDE CARBOMB ATTACKS IN BAGHDAD

AL-QAEDA LEADER WARNSUS NOT TO EXECUTEBOSTON BOMBER, OTHERSNEW DELHI, (IANS) The US will suffer the "gravest conse-quences" if Boston marathon bomber Dzokhar Tsarnaev or any otherMuslim prisoners are executed, Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiriwarned in a video message circulated in social media on Friday. TheEgyptian-born Al-Zawahiri, who became leader of Al-Qaeda in 2011after the death of Osama Bin Laden, issued the threat just days afterthe airport bombing in Istanbul, that left 44 killed and 239 injured.While no one has claimed responsibility for the attack, the suspectsidentified by Turkish security services are affiliated with the IslamicState. In his message, Al-Zawahiri specifically named Tsarnaev, con-victed last year of the 2013 bomb attack on the Boston Marathon, inwhich three people died and more than 260 were injured.Tsarnaev was sentenced to death by lethal injection, but his execu-tion date has not been set. Convicted federal inmates spend an aver-age of 10 years on death row. Though it has been eclipsed by IS, Al-Qaeda still commands the loyalty of militants in war-torn Somalia(Al-Shabaab), Syria (Al-Nusra Front) and Yemen.

EU EXTENDS ECONOMICSANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIABRUSSELS, (IANS) The European Union on Friday formallyextended for six months its economic sanctions against spe-cific sectors of the Russian economy, because of lack of fullimplementation of the Minsk agreements. The penalties willbe valid until January 31, 2017, the EU Council said in a state-ment. These measures were introduced on July 31, 2014, ini-tially for a period of one year, in response to the actions takenby Russia in Ukraine, and were strengthened in September ofthat year, Efe news repor ted. On March 19, 2015, the EuropeanCouncil agreed to link the duration of sanctions to the full imple-mentation of the Minsk agreements, scheduled for December31, 2015. Since the Minsk agreements were not fully imple-mented by December 31, 2015, the Council extended the sanc-tions until July 31, 2016. Having assessed the implementationof the agreements, the Council decided to extend the durationof sanctions for six more months, until January 31, 2017.

CHINA WILL NOT FLAUNTMILITARY POWER: XIBEIJING, (IANS) China will not resor t to the threat of force norwill it "flaunt its military power on others' doorsteps at the dropof a hat", a leader of the Communist Par ty of China said onFriday. "Flaunting power everywhere will not reflect strengthand it will not scare anyone," Xinhua news agency quoted XiJinping, general secretary of the par ty's Central Committee,as saying. Xi was speaking at a rally to mark the 95th foundinganniversary of the Communist Par ty. He said China pursued amilitary strategy of "active defence", with the strategic goal ofbuilding a strong military commensurate with the country'sglobal standing and interests in security. Xi also underscoredthe Communist Par ty's leadership of the military, pledging tocultivate a new generation of troops which are capable andcourageous and build an army that follows the par ty.

SYRIA'S ASSAD ENDORSESNEW GOVERNMENTDAMASCUS, (IANS) Syria's President Bashar al-Assad endorsedon Sunday the new government, which maintained many of theold ministers. On June 22, al-Assad issued a decree, taskingMinister of Electricity Imad Khamis with forming the new gov-ernment, as the new prime minister replacing Wael al-Halqi,Xinhua cited the state news agency SANA as saying. WithKhamis as the new prime minister, the new government brought14 new ministers and four ministers of state to the 32-seatcabinet. Few of the key ministries that received a changeare the Information Ministr y, which is now claimed byRamez Tarjaman, the former director of the national SyrianTV, replacing Omran al-Zoubi. The Electr ici ty Ministr y,which was headed by Khamis in the previous government,the Industry Ministry, the Economy Ministry, the Oil Minis-try and the Ministry of Finance.Major ministries were kept unchanged, as Fahed Jassemal-Frai j remains the Minister of Defense and Walid al-Moallem continues to be the Foreign Minister. The InteriorMinistry also retained its old Minister Muhammad al-Sha'ar,while the Ministry of Justice maintained Najm al-Ahmad as itsminister. The new government did not include any of the home-based opposition figures.

Stop defaming China, Chinesedaily tells IndiaBEIJING, (IANS) India must figure out how to earn interna-tional trust to get into the NSG instead of defaming China for itsfailure to do so, a Chinese daily said on Monday. "India needsto perceive China objectively," the Global Times said in aneditorial, commenting on how many in the Indian media wereblaming Beijing for keeping India from the Nuclear SuppliersGroup (NSG). "The Indian public seems to be having a hardtime accepting the outcome of the Seoul plenary meeting ofthe NSG late last month," it said. "The country seems to be stillstuck in the shadow of the war with China in the 1960s andmany still hold on to the obsolete geopolitical view that Chinadoes not want to see India rise. "However, New Delhi mayhave misunderstood Beijing, which can make a big differencein its strategic decisions," said the daily, which reflects thethinking of the Chinese leadership. China, it said, no longerviewed India simply from a political perspective but far morefrom an economic one. "Only by seeking common develop-ment between China and India can the two build a new interna-tional order and form an Asian century," it said, adding India'srapid economic development can actually help improve itsrelations with China. "Chinese citizens may not realize the fullpotential of India, but in general they are attaching far moreimpor tance to the neighbouring country than ever before."

BAGHDAD, (IANS) Up to 126 people were killed and some 152others wounded in bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad onSunday, an Interior Ministry source said. This is the bloodiestattack this year in the country where the army are fighting againstthe Islamic State (IS) terrorists, Xinhua repor ted.The busy commercial district in southern Baghdad was hit by a carbomb at about 1:00 a.m. local time when a suicide bomber deto-nated his explosive-laden pickup truck outside a shopping centre.The three-floor building was completely destroyed, when lots ofpeople were in it. Many of the victims are women and children, thesource said.The powerful blast set fire to the shopping centre and four nearby

buildings while many shops and stalls were charred and destroyed,along with destroying dozens of civilian vehicles at the scene, thesource added. Dozens of rescue workers, firefighters and civilianswere removing debris and burned wreckage from dawn to theevening, looking for survivors and dead bodies.The attack happened when many families and young people were inthe crowded thoroughfare where many shoppers were preparingtheir families for Eid al-Fitr scheduled to star t on Tuesday, whichmarks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Meanwhile, anothercar bomb went off in a market in nor theastern Baghdad, leaving onekilled and five wounded, the source added. The death toll could riseas many wounded are in critical condition.

DHAKA, (IANS) One of the five gunmen who launched Friday's terrorattack in Dhaka has been identified by an Awami League leader asRohan Ibne Imtiaz, the son of another leader of the ruling party's cityunit, even as the attack which claimed 20 lives -- mostly of foreigners-- was claimed by the Islamic State terror group.Rohan has been recognised as the son of S.M. Imtiaz Khan Babul, aleader of the par ty's Dhaka City chapter and Bangladesh OlympicAssociation's deputy secretary general. Babul lodged a police com-plaint on January 4 this year stating that his son was missing. "Wehave identified him (Rohan) as Imtiaz Babul's son after going throughthe pictures that came up in the media and on Facebook," Mukul

Chowdhury, a vice-president of the recently defunct Awami League'sDhaka City unit committee, told bdnews24.com.Babul was the youth and spor ts secretary of the same committeeChowdhury had served. The Awami League currently rules the coun-try and is one of the two largest political par ties of Bangladesh. Formerclassmates have uploaded a photo combo in the social media ofRohan with his parents and a photo -- repor tedly released by theIslamic State -- that monitoring group SITE Intelligence published onTwitter as one of the Dhaka cafe attackers. The hostage crisis at thecafe at Dhaka's upscale Gulshan neighbourhood ended in bloodbathafter army commandos raided and freed 13 hostages.

BANGLADESH RULING PARTY LEADER'S SONIDENTIFIED AMONG HOSTAGE-TAKERS

Pakistan againseeing 'good' and'bad' militants?ISLAMABAD, (IANS) AskingPakistan to have a clear standagainst terrorists, a leadingPakistani newspaper on Sun-day wondered if Islamabadwas again differentiating be-tween "good" and "bad" mili-tants. "The security of Paki-stan and the region lies in anunambiguous policy againstmilitancy and terrorism in alltheir manifestations by allcountries," the Dawn said inan editorial.But it said Foreign Affairs Ad-viser Sar taj Aziz's remarkshad added to the confusionand called for an "immediateand emphatic clarification". Itsaid that citing fears about so-called blowback from militantgroups, Aziz seemed to de-fend Pakistan's lack of actionagainst sanctuaries of theHaqqani network and the Af-ghan Taliban on Pakistani soil.It said that he appeared tosuggest that decisions wereyet to be made regarding howfar and on what scale the statewould eventually act againstsome groups."Has Aziz backtracked on thestate's explicit commitmentthat there will no longer be apolicy of differentiating be-tween so-called good and badTaliban?" the editorial asked."That would be an alarmingand astonishing reversalmade all the worse by the ca-sual - almost careless - manner inwhich the remarks were given."

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SHIV SENA, MIM STALL 'SHORGUL'RELEASE IN VARIOUS CITIES

Nargis Fakhri: I need adog not a man, OMG!

PRIYANKA CHOPRA DURING AN EVENT AS SHE APPEARED ON THE LATEST COVER OF MAXIM INDIA MAGAZINE IN MUMBAI (IANS).

PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI MET WITH THE ATHLETES WHO WILL BE REPRESENTING INDIA AT FORTHCOMING RIO OLYMPICGAMES, IN NEW DELHI (IANS).

MUMBAI, (IANS) The makers of "Shorgul" -- a politicaldrama starring Jimmy Sheirgill and Ashutosh Rana -- claimthat activists of both the Shiv Sena activists and the AIMIMpar ty on Friday stalled the release of the controversialmovie. After a lot of obstacles, the makers of the film wereconfirmed 790 screens across the country. The film releasedon Friday.According to a statement issued by the film's makers,Varanasi Cinema Manager IP Multiplex and IP Vijaya werethreatened. Shiv Sena par ty workers put a stop on the film inNanded city in Maharashtra, and the film is not beingallowed to screen in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut due to issuescreated by AIMIM activists. A Varanasi theatre manager waseven sent to police station, and the show was allowed toplay only at 5 p.m. in the Uttar Pradesh city, which comes inPrime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency.Vyas Verma, one of the producers, said: "If we don't garnersuppor t from cinema houses in smaller towns and districts,

our box office collections will be adversely affected. Anyonewho may have already seen the film will concur that the film isnot controversial as it is made out to be. Inspite of gettingconfirmations about the screens on Thursday night it seemslike we are in for a tough fight once again."A 24 FPS Films Production, the film is based on intolerance andaspires to make audiences contemplate where humanity standsamidst the noise of religious, social, political and economicprejudice. Also featuring Sanjay Suri, Narendra Jha, HitenTejwani, Eijaz Khan, Suha Gezen, Anirudh Dave and DeeprajRana, "Shorgul" touches upon grave subjects that have tran-spired in the recent past such as the Muzaffarnagar, Godhra andBabri Masjid riots apar t from making references to bureaucraticmisdoings, mind games and controversial master strokes ofsome high profile dignitaries. The film has been banned inMuzaffarnagar. Last month, a PIL filed by Vishwa HinduParishad (VHP) leader Milan Som against the film was dis-missed by the Allahabad High Cour t's Lucknow bench.

MUMBAI, (IANS) She has beenin the news for her rumouredrelationship with actor-producerUday Chopra, but actress NargisFakhri says she is not longingto have a man in her life. Whenthe actress stumbled upon apost that read "When a dogsees its owner, its brainsecretes the samesubstances as ourswhen we are in love"on micro-bloggingsite Twitter, theactress tweeted:"Aww, I need a dog nota man." On the bigscreen, Nargis will soon beseen in "Banjo" along withRiteish Deshmukh.

Anupam Kher gets on Iron Throneof 'Game of Thrones', really?MUMBAI, (IANS) Who will rule the sevenkingdoms in fantasy TV series "Game ofThrones", and who will end up sitting on theIron Throne still remains a mystery. But itseems veteran actor Anupam Kher has al-ready claimed his right to the throne -- cour-tesy technology. Some days ago Anupamhad shared an image of himself perhapsafter a workout session. He is seen in black shor ts and a vest.And soon several morphed photographs with the backgroundswapped with different locations, including the famous IronThrone, surfaced on the vir tual world. The actor, who recentlyfinished shooting for his 500th film "The Big Sick" in New York,found humour in it. Retweeting an image, Anupam posted: "Thankyou for working so hard on my Instagram picture. It makes mefeel loved and impor tant." Inspired by novelist George R.R.Mar tin's bestselling series, "Game of Thrones" narrates a grip-ping story of seven kingdoms and royals vying for the Iron throne.It weaves together various emotions -- love, politics, revenge,hatred and value of family -- into a bloody tale which has caughtthe fancy of audiences across the globe.

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GERMANS SHAKE 'Italiancurse' IN NINTH ATTEMPT

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ONTARIO - Last week's comments have encouraged me toinitiate a second column in Midweek that gave an overviewof the teams and Euro Cup 2016. This week to star t with, thequar ter-final line-up at EURO 2016 completed after Italy andIceland joined the last 8 and now the game enters into semi-finals. Details: The first one between Poland and Por tugal.Lewandowski have not scored in his last 7 games forPoland while Cristiano Ronaldo is 1 goal shy of MichelPlatini's all-time EURO record of nine. At the match dayPor tugal edges Poland in penalties to reach semis. RicardoQuaresma scoring winner following Rui Patricio save.Quaresma scored the winning penalty as Por tugal beatPoland 5-3 in a shootout to reach the semifinals of theEuropean Championship on Thursday. Among Wales andBelgium, Wales are through to their first quar ter-final at amajor tournament since the 1958 FIFA World Cup. Belgiummaking 84 attempts on goal at EURO 2016, more than anyother team. In second quar ter-final Wales rallies pastBelgium to reach Euro semis. Wales stormed back from agoal down to beat Belgium 3-1 in a pulsating quar ter-final onFriday at the European Championship. Three unansweredgoals and setting up date with Por tugal. That game is sureto be billed as a clash of Real Madrid stars - Gareth Baleand Por tugal's Cristiano Ronaldo.On other hand Germans waiting for dream clash withAzzurris. A rematch of the 2012 semifinal. Joachim Löw'sside, the only team yet to concede at EURO 2016. Italy beatSpain in the last 16, becoming the first side to down theRoja in a knockout tie at a major tournament since 2006.

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IS SRK PLAYING WARRIOR, GUIDE IN FILMS?MUMBAI, (IANS) Superstar Shah Rukh Khan says that he is not playing a warrior or a guide in any film yet, as was repor ted based onone of his tweets. "i am a warrior,a dwarf & a guide. i am not wot i ought to, want or hope to be. i am all that & i am wot i am. My 2 bitson my upcoming roles," he had said in the tweet.Asked about the cryptic tweet at an event for furnishingbrand D'Decor, Shah Rukh said: "I have been reading, Isometimes just comment on what I read. So I was readingthat I'm a warrior in Adi's (Aditya Chopra) film, I'm a dwarfin Aanand's (Rai) film, which I am, I'm a guide in one of theother films and a counsellor in Gauri Shinde's film. Andthere were two other films that I was doing, which I am not,at this point, at least."I'm sure that one day somebody will take me as a warrioralso and also as a guide. Somebody star ted writing that thefilm is based on the wonderful classic 'Guide' by Dev Anandsahab and Vijay Anand sahab. But it's not like that. I justcommented on what I am cryptically reading on Twitter. It wasn't that I was making a comment on myself."Shah Rukh had also shared another tweet on that day which said 'revealing Imtiaz Ali story' and following that up with a philosophicalquote, indicating his next film with "Highway" director Imtiaz Ali. Shah Rukh's film "Raees" was earlier slated to clash with SalmanKhan's "Sultan" on Eid. But he recently stated that the film got delayed by eight to nine months due to a leg injury he sustained during theshoot of the film.About his injury, he said: "I am working out on my leg. I'm doing some physiotherapy. I have taken time off films and every day I exerciseat least one to one and half hours for the leg. Otherwise I would have had to undergo a surgery which is a long procedure, so I don't wantto do it. God willing, by the time I star t Imtiaz's film, before that I have two months, so working hard on it."

SCAR ON SONAKSHISINHA'S FACE, WHY?MUMBAI, (IANS) Filmmaker A.R. Murugadoss, who pre-sented Aamir Khan in the famous eight-pack abs look in"Ghajini", decided to add a temporary scar on SonakshiSinha's face for her role in "Akira". He says it was done todepict the character's painful past. The film's poster fea-tures Sonakshi with a scar near her right eye.Explaining the reason behind it, Murugadoss said in a state-ment: "In life, every scar that occurs on our body has a storybehind it. Similarly, Akira has a past wound that has dried upand remains a scar now. "The moment we see her face weshould come to know that she has had a painful past. That'swhy I created the scar under her eyes." Sonakshi is said tohave performed high-octane action scenes for the film, whichis the remake of Tamil film "Mouna Guru".Her character hails from the town of Jodhpur, and arrives inMumbai to fur ther her education and with hopes to erase thescars of an unsettling childhood. But unknown to her, Akirafinds herself in the middle of a crime. Suddenly, she standsto lose everything - her family, her friends, even her ownsense of identity - as she becomes the hunted. Now she hasonly herself to trust, and she needs to find the strength withinher to stand up for what is right and prove her own inno-cence and attain justice. Produced by Fox Star Studios, thefilm releases on September 2.

Excited to step out of comfortzone for 'Shivaay': MithoonMUMBAI, (IANS) Music composer-singer Mithoon says hehas stepped out of his comfor t zone of love songs, balladand piano for Ajay Devgn's directorial "Shivaay". Mithoontalked about "Shivaay" at the launch of singer GajendraVerma's new single "Tera Hi Rahun". "I am most excited forit ('Shivaay') because I have stepped out of my comfor t zonefor it, otherwise my identity has got very obvious. Peopleknow that if it's a love song, or a ballad or a piano, then itwould be Mithoon's song. And I have tried to come out of it,so I am excited for it.""Shivaay" is Ajay Devgn's second directorial after "U Me AurHum" and the film is set to release this Diwali. The film hasbeen shot in the Balkan mountains of Bulgaria as well inlocations like Hyderabad and Uttarakhand. The film high-lights Lord Shiva's human elements. On creating a mu-sic bank or creating music according to script, Mithoonsaid: "I completely believe in listening to the stories; Iget inspired from it. It's been 10 years for me as a com-poser, right from my first fi lm 'Zeher' and ti l l my lastrelease 'Sanam re', my success rate has been steady,songs of 'Zeher' were very popular and 'Sanam Re' musichas also been very successful.


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BY TROY RIBEIRO"Junooniyat" is a lacklustre, oft-seen love story, which offers no fresh-ness and not even the zing expected in a romance. It thus appearsboring and mediocre. Captain Jahan Bakshi (Pulkit Samrat), while onan investigative operation, meets a college student Suhaani (YamiGautam) from Amritsar, who is swimming in a restricted area.Several scenes later, the inevitable happens. They fall in love. Pre-dictable? Extremely. And that is the downfall of Vivek Agnihotri's lovesaga "Junooniyat". It is not even handled in an unusual or interestingmanner to give a fillip to an ordinary story. On the contrary it smacksof amateurishness.There is no element of surprise, no interesting twists and not even ahear t-wrenching love story which tugs at your hear t strings. The op-position to their love story seems weak and inconsequential. Thecouple is sensible, practical and perhaps the very antithesis of whatlovers should be.Their "junooniyat" or obsession is clearly missing. There is no mad-ness in their love story and consequently, no magic. With the quintes-sential ingredients of weddings, railway platform scene, "runawaybride", songs and the archetypical Army guy, "Junooniyat" becomestedious to watch. There is a feeling of deja vu throughout.The screenplay too is a staid fare, with songs thrown in intermittently,

to make it seem frothy and enter taining, and to showcase the ro-mance, but it fails to uplift the film. It is lazily crafted, and the charac-ters are flimsy and lack depth. The dialogues, touted to be full ofpoetry as well, seem bland and uninspiring. The direction by VivekAgnihotri disappoints, as it appears staged and theatrical. It is almostformulaic, as if set in a mould.Pulkit Samrat walks through his role of the Captain in the Army,adding nothing to his character. It is almost as if you are watchinga stereotypical Army guy of Bollywood - well mannered, suaveand confident. Perhaps he cannot be blamed for the lack of origi-nality in writing.Yami Gautam too breezes through Suhaani effor tlessly, as it isher of t-seen avatar. Af ter her promising debut fi lm, she sadlyseems to have fallen into a rut of standard, one-dimensional roles.Gulshan Devaiah as the NRI Yash Khurana, is competent and de-l ivers. His del iver y of "Hey, you crying, any dukh?" el icits achuckle.Hrishitaa Bhatt as Mishti, is her usual self, adding nothing to her charac-ter. The music offers nothing spectacular, in spite of a medley of songs onvarious occasions. With moderate production values, the sets and pro-duction designs seem forged. Overall, "Junooniyat" is bland, in-sipid fare which would not even appeal to die-hard romantics.

Scarlett Johansson highestgrossing actressLOS ANGELES, ( IANS) Scar let tJohansson has repor tedly becomethe highest grossing actress inHol lywood, off ic ia l ly earningmore money at the box office thanher female counterpar ts. Ac-cording to box office repor tingwebsi te Box Off ice Mojo,Johansson has alreadyraked in $3.3 billion at theUS box office, making herthe 10th highest earningactor - male or female - in Hollywood, repor ts people.com.By far the youngest actor on the top 10 list, Johansson, 31,was only beaten by the likes of Harrison Ford, Samuel L.Jackson, Morgan Freeman, Tom Hanks, Rober t DowneyJr., Eddie Murphy, Tom Cruise, Michael Caine and JohnnyDepp. The next highest-grossing actress on the list isCameron Diaz at 19, followed by Helena Bonham Car ter(26), Cate Blanchett (29), Julia Rober ts (30), ElizabethBanks (31), Emma Watson (32) and Anne Hathaway at 50.Johansson has appeared as Natasha Romanoff, or BlackWidow, in five Marvel films including "Iron Man 2" in 2010,"The Avengers" in 2012, "Captain America: The WinterSoldier" in 2014 and "Captain America: Civil War" in 2016.She also voiced Kaa in "The Jungle Book" and starred in"Hail, Caesar!" this year.

Nicole Kidman sports grey-haired elderly woman lookSYDNEY, (IANS) Actress Nicole Kidman, 49, looked farolder than her age when she was spotted filming in Aus-tralia. The movie star was photographed as she filmed"Top Of The Lake" here on Wednesday, repor ts mirror.co.uk.While it's currently unknown what character she will playin the television thriller, it's cer tainly called for her to un-dergo a huge transformation. She had ditched her strawberryblonde hair for the show as she channelled a much more maturecharacter. Instead she wore a curly grey wig that added years ontothe actress' youthful complexion. A make-up team had also workedon her face to add on a few decades to her appearance. Kidmanlooked relaxed in between takes as she wore a black jacket teamedwith skinny jeans and Ugg boots.

MANOJ BAJPAYEE, RAJKUMMAR HAIL REACH OF FILM FESTSNEW DELHI, (IANS) National Award winning actors Manoj Bajpayee and Rajkummar Rao on Sunday hailed the reach of filmfestivals, saying that the platform is a "fantabulous concept of exposing cinema and generating audience across India". On thethird day of the 7th Jagran Film Festival (JFF) here, the actors were at the Siri For t auditorium for the screening of their film"Aligarh"."It's a fantabulous concept of exposing cinema and generating audience across India. JFF provides such movies an oppor tunityto reach a larger audience, who can't get to watch them at the cinema. I have been associated with JFF in the past as well andvisited Indore for the festival last year," Manoj said in a statement. "The journey of 'Aligarh' has been a great one and it's goingplaces. We are receiving amazing response from the audience and it's very satisfactory," he added.Talking about JFF, Rajkummar said: "I have been associated with the festival for long. My movies, including 'Shahid' and otherswere screened here previously and I'm glad to be here with 'Aligarh' being screened at the fest. Aligarh", a Hansal Mehtadirectorial, is based on the real life incident of Srinivas Ramchandra Siras, an academician at the Aligarh Muslim University whowas suspended from his job because of his sexual orientation. The movie has been critically acclaimed.

TOUGHEST PART OF FILMMAKING IS PROMOTING IT: IRRFAN KHANMUMBAI, (IANS) Actor Irr fan Khan, who is busy promoting his for thcoming film "Madaari", says he doesn't enjoy promotionalactivities as they don't come naturally to him. "I don't enjoy promotions, but it's my responsibility," Irr fan told IANS. "The mostdifficult par t of filmmaking is promoting it. It doesn't come naturally to me. I am not a very good talker. I don't enjoy talking somuch, but I have to do it because this is my responsibility," he added. Irr fan even went to his hometown Jaipur to spread a buzzabout the film, apar t from going to the set of TV show "Chidiya Ghar". Miraj Enter tainment and Bharat Shah, in association withEaseMyTrip.com, are presenting "Madaari", a Paramhans Creations production. The film is directed by Nishikant Kamat and is allset to release on July 15.

MUMBAI, (IANS) Superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan are giving serious friendship goals to their fans across the world. The two actors haveposed on bicycles together giving out a message of how to say no to pollution. Shah Rukh took to Twitter to share the photograph of their 'bhai' momentwith his fans and followers. "Bhai bhai on bike bike. No pollution…bhai says 'Michael Lal Cylcle Lal'," SRK captioned it. In the photograph, Shah Rukhis seen wearing a white shirt, pants and a waistcoat, while Salman, who is awaiting release of "Sultan", opted for casual wear. He is seen wearing a blackshirt and jeans and also flaunts his new hairdo. The image not only shares a glimpse of the strong bond that the two Khans of Bollywood share, but also has a subtlemessage attached to it. It seems that the actors are trying to promote use of bicycles to curb pollution level.

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Salman Khan's version of 'Sul-tan' title track outMUMBAI, (IANS) After rendering romantic track "JagGhoomeya" in "Sultan", superstar Salman Khan gave a spe-cial treat to his fans by releasing the title track of his for th-coming film in his voice. Amid the controversy around Salmangetting a track sung by singer Arijit Singh from "Sultan", theactor had released the song "Jag ghoomeya" in his voice.Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan has also crooned thesong. On Thursday, the 50-year-old actor shared his versionof the title track and captioned it: "One more koshish (at-tempt) to sing 'Sultan'. Sultan title track Salman version."Salman has earlier crooned for films like "Hello Brother","Kick" and "Hero". The much-anticipated spor ts drama film"Sultan" will release on July 6 on the occasion of Eid. Pro-duced by Aditya Chopra and written-directed by Ali AbbasZafar, "Sultan" features Salman and Anushka Sharma as wres-tlers. Interestingly, it will witness a five-day opening week-end at the box office as July 6 is a Wednesday.

B-Town goes gag on Akshayafter 'Rustom' trailerMUMBAI, (IANS) The Hindi film fraternity praised the trailerof the for thcoming film "Rustom" for its thrilling elements andcongratulated actor Akshay Kumar for his work and look in it.While the trailer made Ajay Devgn take a second look at it,filmmaker Karan Johar found it "supremely intriguing". Packedwith a mystery element, the trailer launched on Thursdayshowcases the action star as a naval officer. According tocelebrities, the "Rustom" trailer has "raised the bar".The over three minute-long trailer shows Akshay clad in acrisp white uniform, spor ting a moustache, while actressIleana D'Cruz, as Akshay's love interest in the film, shines inbold coloured lipsticks and a vintage look. Here's what thecelebrities had to say:Anupam Kher: Loved the trailer. Your journey as an actor isgetting more and more interesting. More power to you myfriend. Jai Ho.Ajay Devgn: After a long time, saw a trailer that made me getup and take a second look.Karan Johar: The 'Rustom' trailer is supremely intriguing.Akshay Kumar in pitch perfect form.Pritish Nandy: Now that's what you call a trailer! Rustomtrailer, Akshay Kumar stupendous! loved!Purab Kohli: Purple indeed! This looks fantastic. Looking for-ward to the movie.Hrithik Roshan: Congrats Akshay Kumar. Loved the 'Rustom'trailer. Good choices maketh the man. I'm sure u agree TwinkleKhanna. God blessRaj Kundra: Well I completely agree! Awesome trailer andvery intriguing! Akshay Kumar can't wait for 'Rustom'.Madhur Bhandarkar: 'Rustom' trailer is gritty, intriguing andimpressive. Nice to see Akshay Kumar in a stoic character.Looking forward. All the best team 'Rustom'.Taapsee Pannu: I 'm neither surprised nor doubtful that'Rustom' trailer is excellent! Akshay Kumar Ileana D' cruz.

Can't judge someone else'scomments: SRK on SalmanMUMBAI, (IANS) Superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who is usuallyvocal about issues, has chosen to remain diplomatic on hisreaction to Salman Khan's "raped woman" controversy.He says he himself is "so inappropriate" at times. At anevent here on Thursday night, Shah Rukh was asked tocomment on the ongoing controversy. He said: "In the lastfew years, I have realised that I made so many inappro-priate comments myself. I don't think I am someone to sitand judge somebody else's comments to be very honest.It's about taking sides or not taking sides."I myself say so many things, who am I to decide whatone should do and what not? Whatever he wants to do, hewill decide himself. Personally speaking, I don't think Ican make anyone to be making comments on this. I am soinappropriate myself."Salman cour ted controversy af ter he said during a mediainteraction that he felt like a "raped woman" walking outof a ring in his role as a wrestler in his upcoming film"Sultan". He later said, Â"I don't think I should have" and explainedthat he found it hard to walk. This led to strong reactions from theNational Commission for Women (NCW) as well as the Shiv Sena.The NCW even asked the actor to render a public apology andhas now summoned him on July 8.

INDIA IS A DIFFICULT COUNTRY:PRIYANKA CHOPRANEW DELHI, (IANS) Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra, whohas made a name for herself in international showbiz, saysIndia is a difficult country and it will take time for things tochange as far as the mindset towards women is concernedas well as in terms of the difference between the rich andpoor. "India is a difficult country. It is like one whole worldwherein each state has different traits, different culture, dif-ferent language, different writing, different thought processand different religion. It (change in mindset for women) is notgoing to be changed tomorrow," Priyanka said here on Tues-day. The actress shared her views about the stereotypes thatwomen are subjected to when she became a par t of an eventhere. Priyanka, as a Unicef goodwill ambassador launched a'Fair Star t' campaign, here on Tuesday. The session touchedupon various issues like the gap between rich and poor, stereotypesthat women face and how can more opportunities be created so thateveryone in the country gets a fair chance to prove their potential."We have forgotten humanity in this disparity. And we can overcome it bycreating opportunity to include them (less privileged) in your life. Slowlyyou will make a difference. Oppor tunities should be createdby the government, which they are, but government can notchange mindset. Change will come from within us," said theNational Award winning actress.

BY DURGA CHAKRAVARTYNEW DELHI, (IANS) Bollywood gossip mills are always abuzz withrumours of his relationship with Alia Bhatt, but Sidhar th Malhotra hasalways chosen to keep mum. The actor says he prefers to be guardedabout his personal life and lets his work do the talking. Asked why heis so guarded about his personal life, Sidhar th told IANS in anemail interview: "I am here for my work and my work speaks tomy audience. At home, I am a private person and I like keeping itthat way, may be that is why I come out as being guarded aboutmy personal life."The "Ek Villain" star, who has no Bollywood connection, star tedhis career as an assistant director in Karan Johar's 2010 film "MyName Is Khan". As an actor, the former model made his debutwith the 2012 film "Student Of The Year", which also starred Alia.Coming from a non-Bollywood background, how difficult is it for anactor to survive in showbiz, where there is cut-throat competitioneveryday?"Since I star ted my career in Bollywood as an assistant director, I hadthe knowledge about how films are made and the kind of effor ts thatgo into making one. The past four years in the industry have beenspectacular," Sidhar th said. Appreciation motivates him to workharder, he added. The 31-year-old, in his four-year journey in tinseltown, has worked in films like "Hasee Toh Phasee", "Ek Villain", "Broth-

ers" and "Kapoor & Sons".Asked why actors only sign one film at atime nowadays, the actor who wasbrought up in New Delhi, shared: "It isvery essential as an actor to be a per-fectionist and have a knack for doingdifferent roles over a period of time tokeep their fans entertained." He sayspersonally, he likes "to focus onone script at a time and do jus-tice to the role and themovie I take up."

A.R. RAHMAN COMPOSES, SING IN 'MOHENJO DARO'MUMBAI, (IANS) Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman, who has composed songs for filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker's "MohenjoDaro", has also lent his voice to a romantic song for the upcoming epic adventure-romance film. Titled "Tu hai", it will be the first songto be released from the film, which stars Hrithik Roshan and Pooja Hegde. The track will be out in July."This is my fifth collaboration with Rahman after my TV show 'Everest'. It has been a rewarding experience as we both got the chanceto enter an entirely different space and time," Gowarikar, who has previously worked with Rahman in films like "Lagaan: Once Upon aTime in India", "Swades" and "Jodhaa Akbar", said in a statement. Set in the pre-historic era, the film features a love story betweenHrithik and Pooja."We had to build a lot from imagination, and we did that after doing research and consulting the archaeologists about the possibilitiesand probabilities of this period, which does not get categorised as history, but as pre-history," Gowariker said. "I stayed within thefindings from the excavations and the ar tefacts, while creating a make-believe world. And Rahman has helped shape that worldbeautifully, exotically and believably," Gowariker added. "Mohenjo Daro" is set to release on August 12.

PARALLEL CINEMA WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUTNASEERUDDIN SHAH: MISHRANEW DELHI, (IANS) National Award-winning filmmaker Sudhir Mishra on Friday said that veteran actor Nasseruddin Shah isone of the reasons because of which he decided to join the enter tainment industry. He believes that without the "Waiting"actor, parallel cinema in India wouldn't have been possible. Nasseruddin was the special guest at the inaugural ceremony ofthe 7th Jagran Film Festival here at the Sri For t Auditorium on Friday.While introducing him on stage, Mishra said: "I have been waiting for this moment all my life... What can one say about thisman, Naseeruddin Shah. When I was a kid and studying in a small town called Sagar we came without ticket to Delhi to seea play (of Shah) called 'Paanchwan Sawaar', written and directed by Balraj Pandit. "One of the reasons why I came toMumbai is sitting right in front of me. Parallel cinema wouldn't have been possible without Naseeruddin Shah. Withoutpeople like him, you cannot define how cinema of the 1970s and 1980s emerged."Actors like him introduced the term 'parallel cinema' with their craft. I remember times when there were films produced byNFDC and Naseeruddin Shah. Many of the films that we saw in earlier times were because of his passion and his love forthe craft. After seeing him we can say that this is India at its best," Mishra, who has directed films like "Chameli" and"Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi", added.Filmmaker Ketan Mehta, who was also present at the ceremony, said: "In my humble earnest opinion, I really believe thatNaseer is truly the first modern actor of Indian cinema. I believe that the entire next generation of actors have derived somuch from his passion, craft, skill and his love for what he is doing. I feel that we haven't acknowledged him enough." Theseventh edition of the festival will witness a retrospective on Naseeruddin Shah's five acclaimed films including "Waiting","Alber t Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hai" and "Monsoon Wedding".

PARINEETI LENDS HER VOICE TO SPIELBERG'S 'THE BFG'MUMBAI, (IANS) After Bollywood actor Gulshan Grover, actress Parineeti Chopra hasjoined the voice cast of Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Spielberg's "The BFG". Theywill lend their voice to characters in the dubbed Hindi version of the fantasy adven-ture film, set to release in India on July 15. Parineeti will voice the female protago-nist of the movie. She has dubbed for Sophie, played by 12-year-old Ruby Barnhill in"The BFG" aka "The Big Friendly Giant", read a statement. The actress decided totake up the par t as she loved the character and it will be her first Hollywood project.Parineeti will also be seen in Homi Adjania's next film "Takadum", which will see her staropposite her "Shuddh Desi Romance" co-star Sushant Singh Rajput. Parineeti had tweeted:"So excited about this one! My next film 'Takadum' with the amazing Homi Adajania."

MANAVIBEZHAD OF IRAN CELEBRATE DURING A MATCH AGAINST ITALY AT THE FIVB MEN'S VOLLEYBALL WORLD LEAGUE2016 IN AZADI STADIUM IN TEHRAN, IRAN (IANS).

OLIVIER GIROUD OF FRANCE HEADS TO SCORE DURING THE EURO 2016 QUARTERFINAL MATCH BETWEEN FRANCE ANDICELAND IN PARIS (IANS).

GIROUD BRACE HELPSFRANCE BEAT ICELAND 5-2PARIS, (IANS) Olivier Giroud scored twice France cruisedinto the last four of the tournament after beating Iceland 5-2 atStade de France here on Sunday. Paul Pogba, Dimitri Payetand Antoine Griezmann also scored against Iceland whichstunned the football world by coming from behind to beat En-gland 2-1 in the last 16. Didier Deschamps' side will nowmeet Germany in Marseille on Thursday. Blaise Matuidi setup Olivier Giroud for the opener and the floodgates quicklyopened, France 4-0 up by half-time. Debutants Iceland re-stored some pride through Kolbeinn Sigthorsson's close-rangefinish before Giroud added his second of the night for France.Birkir Bjarnason pulled another back with eight minutes left,but the damage had long since been done. Against EnglandIceland responded almost immediately to falling behind, butFrance refused to allow them a route back into the game.

Germany down Italy in penaltiesBORDEAUX (FRANCE), (IANS) After 120 minutes of hard-foughtaction and 18 nail-biting penalties, Germany came on top andbeat Italy in the third quarter final match of the Euro 2016 atMatmut Atlantique stadium here. Jonas Hector scored the de-cisive spot-kick as Joachim Low's men booked their spot inthe semi-finals following a 1-1 draw after extra time on Satur-day bringing an end to an enter taining and intriguing gamebetween two very well-drilled sides.Germany edged the Azzurri 6-5 on penalties after seven play-ers failed to find the back of the net in the shootout. Germanytook the lead thanks to Mesut Ozil's finish after a superb movemade by Mario Gomez in the 65th minute. But Italy clawedthemselves level when Leonardo Bonucci scored a penaltyafter Jerome Boateng handled inside the box in the 78th minute.Die Mannschaft will now play the winner of hosts France andIceland, who lock horns on Sunday, in the last four.

France's Pouille wins WimbledonLONDON, (IANS) French tennis player Lucas Pouille defeatedArgentina's Juan Mar tin del Potro 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (8-6), 7-5, 6-1in third-round action at Wimbledon on Sunday. The match wassuspended due to darkness at the end of the third set on Satur-day. Del Potro, who had not played at Wimbledon for threeyears due to injuries, appeared tired in the late stages of thematch, repor ts Efe. "He was very smart," Del Potro, the 2009 U.S.Open champion and a former World No.4, said, referring to theFrenchman's strategy of using slice shots to force him to hit shots withhis surgically repaired wrist. Del Potro is trying to recover his top formafter being away from the ATP Tour for nearly a year due to a left wristinjury. "In this situation, it's hard to say something positive because I lost,I'm frustrated, sad over my loss, but I still have that fire inside," the 27-year-old Argentine said. Del Potro became the first and only LatinAmerican man to win a hard-court Grand Slam singles title when heupset Swiss great Roger Federer in the 2009 US Open final.

Modi meets Indian contingentfor Rio OlympicsNEW DELHI, (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Mon-day met over 60 athletes who will be representing India at thefor thcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and wishedthem the very best. The Prime Minister met each athlete indi-vidually at the Manekshaw Centre here, besides interactinginformally with them. He encouraged the athletes to performto the best of their ability in the world's biggest sporting arena,said a Prime Minister's Office (PMO) statement. Several formerOlympians including MC Mary Kom, Anju Bobby George and P.Gopichand were among those present at the gathering. Over100 Indian athletes from 13 different disciplines have qualifiedfor the Rio Olympics. Over 200 nations will be participating inthe Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro scheduled to begin onAugust 5. Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Spor tsJitendra Singh was also present on the occasion.

ENGLAND'S TOUR TOBANGLADESH IN BALANCE NOWDHAKA, (IANS) The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB)says it will follow government instructions about the team'sBangladesh tour in the wake of an unprecedented hostage crisis inDhaka on Friday night. In the latest flare-up of Islamist militant vio-lence, gunmen laid Holey Artisan Bakery, popular with expatriatesand the well-to-do, under siege with people -- including foreigners -- trapped inside the café. After about 12 anxious hours, a commandooperation brought a bloody end to the hostage standoff on Saturdaymorning, leaving at least 22 persons killed in its wake. The boardsaid it would work closely with the Foreign and CommonwealthOffice and assess the situation with inputs from its own security expertsto reach a final decision about the tour, which was scheduled to begin onSeptember 30, reported bdnews24.com on Sunday. An ECB spokesmansaid, "The safety and security of our players and management is alwaysof paramount importance to ECB and this applies to all teams represent-ing England on overseas tours." "We will continue to monitor and assessthe situation in Bangladesh over the coming weeks and months and willundertake a thoroughgoing and robust pre-tour inspection of plannedsecurity arrangements for the England team."

CRICKET AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS ICC'S IDEA OF RULE CHANGEMELBOURNE, (IANS) Cricket Australia (CA) on Sunday endorsed the progress being made by International Cricket Council (ICC) tochange the structure and context of the game that underpins international competition between countries. Following the ICC's annualconference held in Scotland this week, CA Chief Executive Officer James Sutherland confirmed the governing body's support for changesand the belief in the positive impact they will have in growing global interest in cricket."This week's discussions have been very positive and we will continue to work with ICC and other member countries on the review intothe structure of bilateral cricket to ensure that each of the three international formats continues to be strongly suppor ted by fans,"Sutherland said in a release. "We are keen to see that cricket enjoys growth in both interest and popularity, not just in traditional markets,but also in developing cricket nations." Sutherland also came in suppor t of day-night Tests and planned to host more punk ball Tests indays to come. "In promoting concepts like day-night Test cricket, we are attempting to preserve the core characteristics that makeTest cricket unique and at the same time making Test cricket more accessible and appealing to fans who are increasingly spoiltfor choice in cricket and other spor ting content," he said. Speaking on One-Day Internationals and Twenty20s, he added, "One-daycricket continues to be impor tant and the recent World Cup in Australia and New Zealand highlighted to us again just how powerfulcontext is in driving fan suppor t and interest."

CONTD. FROM PAGE 17So the Euro cup biggest match was held among two Europeangiants. Ultimately Germany advances to semis over Italy inpenalty shootouts.The win wasn't Germany's most ar tistic, but it was perhaps itsmost beautiful, having finally defeated Italy in a competitivegame. Germany advances to the semifinals, again on thestrength of its historical prowess in the lottery that is thepenalty shootout.Jonas Hector scores winning penalty to force meeting withFrance. Germany finally ended 54 years of hur t against Italy inmajor tournaments, winning a wild penalty shootout 6-5 toreach the semifinals of the European Championship on Satur-day. Germany having won their last 6 major tournamentshootouts, to reach their 6th successive World Cup/EURO semi-final. In short it was Germany's sixth straight victory in a penaltyshootout since losing the final of Euro 1976 to Czechoslovakia, and itsfirst competitive win over Italy in nine tries. That included the 1982World Cup final and three major tournament semifinals.

In the last clash among France and minnows Iceland, France(1984) are one of three nations to have won a EURO as hosts,along with Spain (1964) and Italy (1968). With a population of330,000, Iceland was smallest nation to appear at any big finaltournament. Iceland pulled off one of the biggest shocks inEuropean Championship history by beating England 2-1 in theround of 16 on previous Monday, continuing the astonishing runof the smallest nation at the tournament.But unfor tunately France rolls over Iceland in quar ter-finalsdiminishing all of their hopes towards the big one.Olivier Giroud led host country's dominant per formance. OlivierGiroud scored two goals to lead France to an emphatic 5-2victory over Iceland on Sunday infront of 82,000 home fans,sending the hosts into a European Championship semifinalagainst Germany. Perhaps time to meet for the old foes again.So the final line up for the semifinals is: Por tugal vs Wales andGermany vs FranceTwitter: @dradnankhanfacebook: Adnan Khan

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Captain and Former Scoring ChampionBrandon Marino Returns to Beast

BRAMPTON, ONTARIO - The Brampton Beast, ECHL affiliate of the St.John's IceCaps and Montreal Canadiens, announce today that the clubhas re-signed 2015-16 leading scorer Brandon Marino for the 2016-17season.Marino, 30, is a native of Riverside, California and was a tour-de-force with the Beast throughout his 40 games played with the club lastseason and is the first player to be signed ahead of the 2016-17 ECHLseason. In 2015-16, Marino was a point-per-game player, recording13 goals and 28 assists while chipping in with 22 penalty minutes.His 41 points led the club, despite playing in 16 fewer games than thenext highest-scoring teammate.Marino, who took over as the captain of the Beast when Cal Wildretired early in the season, has been an explosive, high-scoring for-ward throughout his ECHL career and is looking to continue that trendwith the Beast this season. His ECHL numbers speak for themselves.In 183 career ECHL contests, the sniper has recorded a combined 63goals and 140 assists shared between the Beast and the For t WayneKomets.His goal-scoring prowess was on full display during the 2013-14season, when he registered 30 goals and 58 assists for 88 points,enough points to earn him an ECHL scoring title during his tenure withthe Komets. Marino believes his best days are ahead of him with theBeast this season and he is excited to get back to the PoweradeCentre in front of the hometown fans in Brampton."This organization treats you well," Marino said. "They do things theright way and I can see that the fan base is growing and we're star ting

to get more suppor t." Marino shared the 2015-16 season between theBeast and the American Hockey League's Utica Comets, spending acareer-high 34 regular season games in the AHL, during which herecorded four goals and 16 penalty minutes. While Marino cer tainlyadmits he learned a lot during the 2015-16 campaign, he believes heis an improved version of the same player."Honestly, I don't think I am a different player," Marino said. "I havebeen lucky enough to produce in terms of points, but I consider my-self a hard worker and I'm looking forward to being a par t of a playoffteam this season in Brampton." Beast Head Coach Colin Chaulk is nostranger to Brandon Marino. The pair suited up together as team-mates on the For t Wayne Komets and got to know each other a stepfur ther last season with Chaulk acting as Marino's Head Coach. Chaulkis excited to have a player of Marino's calibre back in the mix for thisupcoming season."Brandon has led the ECHL in scoring," Chaulk said. "From the outsidelooking in, you know he has talent. What people don't know is thatBrandon is also one of our hardest working players. He says anddoes the right things and not just on the ice. It's definitely a big step inthe right direction for our organization to get a player like Brandonback."Download the Beast Mobile App for FREE to get the latest news straightto your phone! The Brampton Beast will be bringing their excitingbrand of ECHL hockey back to the Powerade Centre this fall. Don'tmiss a minute of the action! 2016-17 Memberships are now avail-able, star ting at $34.78 plus HST per month.

NEW DELHI, (IANS) London bronze medallist Saina Nehwal rose onepoint to the No.5 spot in women's singles while women's doublescombination of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa slipped four places

to be placed 20th in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF)rankings which were released on Thursday.Saina, who recently clinched her second Australian Open title after

beat ing Chinese Sun Yu, ex-changed places with Japan'sNozomi Okuhara, who now oc-cupies the sixth spot in the tableled by Spain's Carolina Marin.Saina 's c i ty-mate PV Sindhure ta ined he r 10 th spo t i nwomen's singles. Meanwhile,inconsistency and poor formcos t 2010 Commonwea l thGames champions duo of Jwalaand Ashwini as they fel l fourspots to be posit ioned at the20th place in women's doubles.In men's singles, Sameer Vermac l imbed a p l ace to be 36 thwhile B. Sai Praneeth fell fourplaces to be placed 37th in therank ings . I n men 's doub lesManu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddyalso made a downward movementto fall two places to No.23 whileyoung combo of Pranaav JerryChopra and Akshay Dewalkarmoved up one spot to 29th.

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KUMBLE ADMIRES KOHLI'SAGGRESSION BUT REMINDSOF A "THIN LINE"BENGALURU, (IANS) Ahead of the Indian cricket team's depar-ture for the West Indies for the four-match Test series, headcoach Anil Kumble on Monday admired skipper Virat Kohli's on-field aggression but at the same time reminded the players of a"thin line" which needs to be respected."I love his (Kohli's) aggression. I was also no different as I wasvery aggressive. But we were probably very different in terms ofhow we came across in the field. But you don't want to curbaggression. I will be the last person to curb someone's naturalinstincts," Kumble said at the pre-departure presser here. How-ever, the legendary leg-spinner also cautioned them againstcrossing the line, being "ambassadors of India"."But we all know how important it is to be ambassadors of Indiaand part of the Indian cricket team. That everybody understands.We will ensure there is a thin line and I hope everybody knowsthat. I won't certainly curb anyone's natural instincts," Kumblesaid with Kohli by his side.Kumble, who will be with the side on his maiden assignment,said instead of looking at the opposition's strengths and weak-nesses, the visitors must improve on their shortcomings in thewarm-up games leading to the first Test. "We have a couple ofpractice games where all the players will get a chance to have aknock and then we will decide on what's going to be the combi-nation for the first Test," he said.

PCB seeks lion's share of profitfrom India, Pakistan gamesKARACHI, (IANS) Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairmanShaharyar Khan has suggested that the country should get ahigher percentage of profits from games against arch-rivalsIndia at International Cricket Council (ICC) events.Khan believes this is one of the ways to raise funds after theterror-ravaged country was stripped off hosting internationalcricket and there are still no signs of the deadlock being bro-ken with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) interms of bilateral series."Pakistan continues to play India in ICC events. The interestand finances that these generate are unparalleled. Tickets forthe World Cup matches in Adelaide and Calcutta sold outquicker than other major spor ting events - Wimbledon, theOlympics being two examples," Khan said in a paper to PCB'sdirectors which was accessed by espncricinfo."The financial income in ICC championships benefits enor-mously from India-Pakistan clashes. Currently, all membersbenefit from the windfall from these matches. (The) Chair-man proposed that Pakistan should be given a higher per-centage of this income." Khan presented the proposals at theICC's recent annual conference in Edinburgh. He also urgedthe ICC asking them to compensate the board for having toarrange home fixture in other countries.

WALES BEAT BELGIUM 3-1,FACE PORTUGAL IN SEMISLILLE (FRANCE), (IANS) Goals from Ashley Williams, RobsonKanu and Sam Vokes sent Wales into their first major semi-final in history when they won 3-1 against Belgium in thesecond quar ter final match of Euro 2016 here. Belgium drewfirst blood in 13th minute when Radja Naiggolan sent a long-range powerful shot past Wales goalkeeper giving the teamlead. However, Wales came back strongly and drew levelwhen Ashley Williams headed in on the half-hour. In openingminutes of second half, it was Hal Robson-Kanu who struckwith a marvellous turn and finish writing his name into Welshfootball history with his stunning individual effor t. The Drag-ons downed Belgium 3-1 in the Euro 2016 quar ter-finals afterSam Vokes added a third to earn Wales their first majorsemi-final in history and face Por tugal on July 6.

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