ShanghaiReaching out to Chinese

investors, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi onSaturday asked them totake advantage of the"winds of change" in Indiawith a much more trans-parent, responsive and sta-ble regulatory regime evenas leading firms from thetwo sides signed dealsworth $22 billion.

"This is a historic oppor-tunity for Chinese compa-nies," PM Modi saidaddressing the India-ChinaBusiness Forum in China'sfinancial hub Shanghaiafter interacting with 22CEOs of top Chinese com-panies, including Alibaba

Group chairman Jack Ma."We have committed

ourselves for creating andimproving the businessenvironment. I can assureyou that once you decideto be in India, we are con-fident to make you moreand more comfortable,"the Prime Minister said.

"India is ready for busi-ness. You must be sensingthe winds of change inIndia. I only advise you tocome and feel the same,"he told business leadersfrom both countries.

The Prime Minister saidas two major economies inAsia, "harmonious partner-ship" between India and

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BJP govt has failed to deliverpromises: CPI(M)

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JAMMUPakistan Rangers violated

ceasefire by resorting to firingon a Border out Post (BoP)along the International Border(IB) in the RS Pura sector ofJammu district. "The Pakistanrangers resorted to firing on the

Pakistan Rangers vio-late ceasefire along IBin Jammu

BARASATFive persons, including a

woman, were injured when agroup of miscreants hurledbombs at Bansbagan area underTitagarh police station in North24 Parganas district tonight, thepolice said.

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NEW DELHIAam Aadmi Party (AAP)

leader Sanjay Singh onSaturday said that his partywould stage a protest in thenational capital on Sundayagainst the recent hike in fuelprices. "They have increasedthe prices of petrol and dieselwithin 15 days. The Aam

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AAP to protest againsthike in fuel prices

NEW DELHIEngaged in a tussle with Delhi

Lt Governor Najeeb Jung overthe appointment of a seniorbureaucrat as Chief Secretary,Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwalon Saturday said that he hassought an appointment withPresident Pranab Mukherjee.

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NEW DELHIEmphasising that the Hindi

language was as capable as anyother in the world, ExternalAffairs Minister SushmaSwaraj on Saturday said itcould be used to do anything.

Inaugurating the official web-site of the 10th World HindiConference (WHC), to be held in Bhopal in September,here the minister CONTD. ON PAGE 5

Hindi as strong as any otherlanguage: Sushma Swaraj

NEW DELHIThe confrontation between

Delhi Lt Governor Najeeb Jungand Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal deepened on Saturdaywith senior bureaucratShakuntala Gamlin takingcharge as acting Chief

Secretary despite being asked not to do so by the AAPgovernment which accused BJP of attempting a"coup" against it through the LG.

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Gamlin takes charge ignoring CM; BJPattempting coup: AAP govt

AHMEDABADThe Gujarat Government on

Saturday signed MoUs with aChinese enterprise in Beijingenvisaging Rs 29,000 croreinvestments in the state.

The MoUs, inked in Beijingduring Chief Minister AnandiPatel's visit to China, related to

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Gujarat inks MoUs with Chinafor Smart City, industrial park

MUMBAIA 22-year-old woman work-

ing with Tata ConsultancyServices (TCS), was killedafter she was hit by anunknown vehicle in GoregaonEast, police said on Saturday.

The incident took place onWednesday night and the

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MELBOURNEA 22-year-old Sikh

man removed his turbanto help a profusely bleed-ing child following aroad accident in NewZealand, garnering praisefor his humanitarianeffort, a media reportsaid today.

Harman Singh was athis home in Aucklandwhen a five-year-oldboy, who was walking toschool with his elder sis-ter, was hit by a car near-by. Mr Singh rushed tothe spot after hearing thescreeching of car wheelsand the commotion.

He said he did not

think twice about remov-ing his turban to help thechild, who was bleedingfrom the head.

"I wasn't thinkingabout the turban. I wasthinking about the acci-

dent and I just thoughtthat he needs somethingon his head because he'sbleeding. That's my jobto help," Mr Singh wasquoted as saying by New

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PM Modi's brother Somabhai laudsBJP govt's one year performance

MUMBAIFinancial independ-

ence of women can helpcurtail violence againstthem by as much as 90percent, NationalCommission forWomen chairpersonL a l i t h aKumaramangalam saidhere on Saturday.

"The NCW receives250 complaints on dailybasis... 70 percent arefor domestic violence.We have noticed that

when women ownproperty or have finan-cial backing, the vio-lence against themdrops by 90 percent,"Kumaramangalam said.

She was addressing aday-long panel discus-sion on `ChampioningWomen Entrepreneurswith a Global Focus,organised by WorldTrade Centre, Mumbaiand MaharashtraChamber of Commerce,

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ShanghaiPrime Minister

Narendra Modi celebratedthe first anniversary of hisspectacular victory in thenational elections lastyear with what was a 53-minute address to what hecalled a "mini India" inShanghai.

His 5000-strong audi-ence, members of theIndia community inChina, chanted "Modi,Modi" every time the PMdelivered a punchline oreven just paused.

"I didn't realise thatafter one year I will be infront of a mini-India awayfrom India," the PrimeMinister said, drawingcheers when he also said,"No one would make mePM looking at my biodata... I bow to the mil-lions of Indians whosedetermination made theimpossible possible."

"The son of tea seller

became the PrimeMinister. It can only hap-pen in a democracy asstrong as India," he said.

"Bless me," said thePM, "I need your bless-ings so that I don't make a

mistake that causes loss tomy country."

He also said that whileinexperience could causehim to err, "bad inten-tions" never would. "Inone year, there has been

no such incident whenanyone has accused us ofwrong doing," the PMsaid.

PM Modi compared hisone year of governance

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'No One Would Make Me PM Based on My Bio Data. I Bowto Millions of Indians,' Says PM Narendra Modi in China

DAHODEight robbers allegedly kid-

napped a newly-marriedwoman after looting jewelleryworth around Rs four lakh inGarbada taluka of the districton Saturday, police said. The

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NEW DELHIFormer Delhi chief min-

ister Sheila Dikshit said onSaturday that the ongoingconflict between ArvindKejriwal-led Aam AadmiParty (AAP) governmentand the Lt GovernorNajeeb Jung over theappointment of a seniorbureaucrat as ChiefSecretary will not be bene-ficial for the national capi-tal.

“This conflict will bringloss for Delhi, Govt is forDelhi's good not for its

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Financial independence of womenhelps curb violence: NCW

NEWS IN BRIEF

SHANGHAIDescribing his rapport

with President XiJinping as "plus one",Prime MinisterNarendra Modi todaysaid he shares a closefriendship with the topChinese leader and theirmeeting reflected affini-ty and closeness.

"Two heads of statesare meeting with suchaffinity, closeness andcompanionship, whichis 'plus one', better thanthe traditional talks ofglobal relations and tounderstand and appreci-ate this 'plus one' friend-ship will take time for

many," PM Modi saidwhile addressing a gath-ering of about 5,000Indian-origin people in

Shanghai."I think China and

India hold specialresponsibilities for the

betterment of mankind.To fulfil this responsi-bility, India and China

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ULAN BATORPrime Minister Narendra

Modi on Saturday landed herein the Mongolian capital inthe first-ever visit by anIndian prime minister.

Modi arrived here fromShanghai in the second leg ofhis three-nation visit. He con-cluded a three-day visit toChina on Saturday that alsotook him to Beijing andXi`an.

He was received at the air-port by Mongolian ForeignMinister L. Purevsuren.

Mongolia, a landlockedcountry between China andRussia, has a population ofover 2.9 million. More thanhalf of the population followBuddhism, and about three

percent follow Islam and 2.2percent Christianity, while 2.9percent are Shamanist.

With a land area slightlysmaller than Alaska, it has adensity of around 1.7 peopleper square km - among thelowest population densitiesamong independent countries.

Mongolia is nicknamed the"Land of Blue Skies", as it hasaround 250 sunny days.

India has close ties withMongolia from centuries.

While Buddhism wasspread to Mongolia byAshoka and his disciples,Mughal emperor Babur was adescendent of Genghis Khan,founder of the Mongolempire.

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Narendra Modi reaches Mongoliain first-ever visit by an Indian PM

ShanghaiThe teachings of

Mahatma Gandhi haveaddressed two key con-cerns of the world, globalwarming and terrorism,Prime Minister NarendraModi told the students ofShanghai's FudanUniversity , where helaunched a Centre forGandhian and Indian stud-ies today.

"By studying Gandhi'steachings, the Chineseyouth will help not onlythe country but the worldin realising that it hasinnovative solutions forthese problems," PM Modisaid, addressing the stu-dents in Hindi as an inter-preter translated.

The Prime Minister had

repeatedly remarked onhow Gandhiji's life is stillrelevant. In Australia'sBrisbane, he had men-tioned how Gandhiji'steachings have solutions toterrorism and globalwarming. He said he hadbelieved in the ideologiesof the Mahatma "evenbefore I was chief ministerof Gujarat".

Today's programme hadstarted with the Chinesestudents reciting versesfrom Bhagwad Gita. "Thestudents who chantedshlokas from the Hinduscriptures... the fundamen-tals of life were stated inthose shlokas," he said.

Knowledge exchangebetween India and Chinagoes back a long way, PM

Modi said. "To let foreignknowledge flow in is a lit-tle difficult, because thenwe have to make room fornew point of views," hesaid. But China has man-aged it -- first through theteachings of Buddha, andnow, through the teachingsof Gandhi.

"Opening doors for busi-ness is easy... but to openthe doors of knowledge,one needs great innerstrength... Trade onlyhelps the Centre run thegovernment, but theexchange of knowledgehelps generations," saidPM Modi, who had spentthe morning addressingvarious industry leaders inChina.

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PM Modi's brotherSomabhai laudsBJP govt's oneyear performanceSHIRDI

As Prime MinisterNarendra Modi completedone year in office, his elderbrother Somabhai Modi onSaturday described theBJP government's per-formance as "very good"and said the sapling ofdevelopment planted byhim would soon bear flow-ers and fruits.

"Prime MinisterNarendra Modi's perform-ance in his first year inoffice is very good and thefuture will be even better...Modi has only planted a

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Delhi University admission processwill begin from May 28NEW DELHI

The online admission registration to undergraduatecourses of Delhi University (DU) will begin from May28, an official said on Saturday.

The university will first begin online registration fromMay 28, and the offline registration will start from June5.

"The last date for registration for both online andoffline mode is June 15," DU`s spokesperson said.

The eight centres for offline registration are AtmaRam Sanatan Dharma College, Dyal Singh College,Gargi College, Maharaja Agrasen College, PGDAVCollege, Rajdhani College, Shyam Lal College, SriGuru Gobind Singh College.

The first cut-off will be released on June 25.NEW DELHI

A criminal wanted in several cases was killed in anencounter with Delhi Police at a restaurant in CentralDelhi's New Rajender Nagar area on Saturday evening.

According to a senior police official, the deceased,identified as Manoj Vashishtha who was wanted in sev-eral cases of fraud and other crimes, was hit by a bulletin the gunbattle with a team of Special Cell of DelhiPolice.

"Vashishtha was a wanted criminal and carried areward on his head. We had received a tip-off that hewould be coming to Sagar Ratna restaurant in NewRajender Nagar, following which a trap was laid.

"When he reached at the spot, Manoj, sensing policepresence, opened fire on our men. When the team firedback in self-defence, one bullet hit him and he wasinjured," Special Commissioner (Special Cell) SNSrivastava told PTI.

Vashishtha was taken to a nearby hospital where hewas declared brought dead, he said.

According to initial report, nobody else was eitherkilled or injured in the incident.

DU colleges not to impose extra crite-ria for UG admissionsNEW DELHI

Aiming at simplifying admission process, DelhiUniversity has decided that its colleges will not beallowed to impose any extra eligibility criteria for stu-dents seeking admission to undergraduate programmesfrom this year.

"A student applying in five different colleges willhave the same criteria for admission in all of them.Colleges will not be allowed to impose any extra eligi-bility criteria for students. Rules will be same for all andas per set by the university," DU's Dean of StudentsWelfare J M Khurana told reporters here today.

The decision, however, will not apply to minority col-leges such as St Stephen's and Jesus and Mary College,which will announce their own admission criteria andcome out with their cut-off lists.

"Till last year, students used to be in a dilemmawhether his/her aggregate marks will be enough to getadmission, as colleges used to impose additional riderssuch as above 85 per cent in Mathematics required foradmission.

"But from now on this practice will be stopped. Thiswill simplify the admission process, he added.

Over 80 colleges are affiliated to Delhi University.The admission process for the undergraduate courseswill begin from May 28.

Delhi: CBI arrests Service TaxCommissioner for graftNEW DELHI

CBI on Saturday arrested the Service TaxCommissioner of West Bengal's Haldia port G ShreeHarsh for allegedly receiving a bribe of Rs five lakhfrom a company engaged in loading and offloading ofcargo. The CBI claimed that the amount was the lastinstalment of Rs 20 lakh allegedly demanded by Harsh,a 1990 batch officer of Customs and Central Excise, todo favours to the company in a matter of assessment oftheir unpaid service tax.

The agency said the officer had conducted a "perfunc-tory inquiry and investigation with dishonest intent" tofavour the company. One of the directors of the compa-ny Asgar Ali and another person, Parvez Akhter, whocarried cash to the official residence of Harsh late lastnight, have also been arrested. The agency also arresteda close aide of the officer, J. Prasant Kumar, who hadallegedly received the money.

The company was engaged in stevedoring and off-shore cargo handling in Haldia Dock Complex.

After the arrest, CBI carried out searches at 13 loca-tions in Kolkata and Haldia in West Bengal andHyderabad and Guntur in Andhra Pradesh.

They were produced before a Special Judge at Aliporewho remanded them in five days' CBI custody. A caseunder various sections of Indian Penal Code andPrevention of Corruption Act has been registeredagainst the accused.

People-police clash in Gurgaon, 21 arrestedGURGAON

Twenty one people, including Gurgaon councillorNisha Singh, were arrested on charges of attempt tomurder government officials on duty and rioting whileauthorities took possession of hundreds of houses in acolony that came up on panchayat land, said policeSaturday. Nisha Singh is councillor from ward 30.

All the accused have been arrested under various sec-tions of the Indian Penal Code. Senior Congress leadersPradeep Jaildar, Khazan Singh Advocate, PradeepKashyap, Mohan Singh, Krishanpal, Kanwarpal,Ramkishan and nearly 200 unidentified people havebeen booked. Nearly three dozen people, includingwomen and children and some policemen, were onFriday injured in clashes when authorities forcibly tookpossession of hundreds of houses in Dokhar Ki Dhanivillage in sector 47 here.

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IN BRIEF

NEW DELHIIn a scathing attack on

Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal over the rowover appointment ofShakuntala Gamlin as theacting state ChiefSecretary, DelhiLieutenant GovernorNajeeb Jung said onSaturday that he is fullyconscious of his duties.

Responding to a letterwritten by CM Kejriwalwhich strongly requestsJung to work within theconfines of theConstitution, a statementissued by Jung's officesaid, “It is reiterated thatthe Lt Governor has actedfully conscious of hisduties & responsibilitiesunder Constitution ofIndia.”

“Till date not a singleaction taken by the LtGovernor’s Secretariat isin non-confirmity with theprovisions of theConstitution. Delay on thepart of the Hon’ble CM ofover 40 hours necessitateda direction from the LtGovernor that orders beissued, it added.

The statement furthersaid the office of the ChiefSecretary cannot be leftvacant.

“The Chief Secretary isrequired not just for nor-

mal work but for anyemergency that may comeup,” it added, as per ANI.

“Lt Governor’sSecretariat regrets insinu-ation against respectedsenior civil servant &complaint will be exam-ined as per procedure. Ithas also been reported thatthe Principal Secretary(Services) has beenremoved from his posi-tion,” the statement fur-ther said. “This does nothave the approval of the LtGovernor, who is theCompetent Authority totransfer officials of thatrank,” it added.

In his letter to Lt

Governor, Kejriwal hadsaid, "I am simply aghastby your questionableinstructions issued direct-ly to the PrincipalSecretary (Services) topost an officer of yourchoice as the acting ChiefSecretary of Delhi. Indoing so, you havebypassed the democrati-cally elected government."Gamlin took charge as act-ing Chief Secretary, earli-er in the day, even thoughKejriwal sent her a letterasking her not to do so asher appointment was"against" the rules.

Meanwhile, ParimalRai, who was backed by

Kejriwal for the post,declined to become actingChief Secretary, notingthat he respects the LtGovernor's directions.

Gamlin was given theadditional charge of ChiefSecretary by the LG, hoursafter she wrote a scathingletter to Jung claiming thatshe was pressured by asenior bureaucrat in CM'soffice to withdraw fromthe race.

The war of wordsbetween Delhi LieutenantGovernor Najeeb Jung andKejriwal over Gamlin'sappointment has escalatedwith the former statingthat the name proposed by

the AAP Government didnot figure in the list ofnames submitted by theservices department. DelhiDeputy Chief MinisterManish Sisodia lateraccused Jung of 'unconsti-

tutionally' appointingGamlin as the acting chiefsecretary of the state gov-ernment and said the latterdoes not have any right todirectly talk with any stategovernment official.

Chief Secy appointment row: Delhi LG responds toKejriwal's letter, says he's conscious of his duties

NEW DELHISacked head constable

Satish Chandra, who wasarrested for hitting awoman with a brick afterallegedly demanding bribe,was granted bail by Delhicourt on Saturday. Thecourt also observed thatthere is no evidence toprove the allegations madeby the woman that he haddemanded bribe. "Therebeing two counter versionsof the incident and therebeing no clear demand ofbribe. I am of the opinionthat the accused is entitledto bail. Hence, the bail isgranted," Special JudgeNarottam Kaushal wasquoted by PTI. Chandra

was suspended on May 11an later dismissed fromservice after a video clipshowing him throwing abrick at a woman surfaced.

The incident took placein Delhi's Golf Link areawhen the women was com-ing from a parent-teachermeeting in her daughter'sschool. The video of theincident, which was record-ed on camera, showsChandra and the woman ina scuffle. It shows thewoman throwing a brick atChandra's bike, who thenhurls another brick at her.

A criminal case was laterregistered against the Delhicop who was then arrestedon May 12.

Delhi court grants bail tocop who was sacked forthrowing brick at woman

NEW DELHIAmid a row over

appointment of Delhi'sActing Chief Secretary, LtGovernor Najeeb Jung hasbriefed the Home Ministry,which is directly responsi-ble for the capital's admin-istration, even as UnionHome Secretary LC Goyalsaid his ministry has noth-ing to do with the issue.

Official sources said theLG has informally briefedthe Home Ministry aboutthe situation arising out ofGamlin's appointment.

The Ministry, sourcessaid, advised Jung to act asper the Constitution.

Meanwhile, UnionHome Secretary LC Goyal,when asked to comment onappointment of senior IASofficer Shakuntala Gamlinas Delhi's Acting ChiefSecretary, said his ministryhas nothing to do with it.

"The Home Ministry hasnothing to do with it. TheLieutenant Governor andthe Chief Minister arecompetent enough to han-dle the situation," Goyaltold reporters on the side-lines of a function here.

Goyal was asked to com-ment on Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal's objec-tion to the appointment ofGamlin by Jung as actingChief Secretary.

Jung is at loggerheadswith Kejriwal over theappointment of Gamlin asacting Chief Secretary withthe Chief Minister havingopposed the LG's action.

The Kejriwal govern-ment has attacked BJPaccusing it of attempting tostage a coup through theLG. Kejriwal has sought ameeting with PresidentPranab Mukherjee over theissue.

NEW DELHIIn yet another case

where a dreaded gangsterwas calling the shots fromTihar jail, Delhi Policehave arrested five sharpshooters of Karambirgang and averted animpending attack on therival families of thealleged criminal.

The arrested accusedare henchmen ofKarambir who is current-ly lodged in Tihar jail.They were receivinginstructions from thegangster.

Vinod, Amarjeet,Harvinder, Lokesh andVijender were arrested by

the Special Cell of DelhiPolice on Friday.

"They were planning toavenge the brutal chop-ping off a hand ofKarambir's mother by therival Sanchit-Mintu gang.

"The accused werearmed when they werenabbed near Karambir'sresidence in outer Delhi'svillage Ghevra," saidDeputy Commissioner ofPolice (Special Cell)Sanjeev Yadav.

In the second week ofMay, information wasreceived that some mem-bers of Karambir gangwere assembling fre-quently on his instruc-

tions. Karambir was eagerto avenge the crime com-mitted on his mother.

It was also learnt thatrecently, some of themembers of Karambir'sgang had attempted a car-jacking in Kundli borderarea and had opened fireinjuring the car driver.

While fleeing, one ofthe accused had sufferedaccidental bullet injury onhis leg.

"On Friday, an inputwas received thatKarambir was found giv-ing instructions to hishenchmen to carry out therevenge killings duringthe night of the same day.

The instructions wereclear; to eliminate everymember of the rival gangwho could be foundunprepared for theonslaught.

"Without wasting time,a special team was consti-tuted and the five accusedwere apprehended after apatient watch from thehouse of Karambir situat-ed at Ghevra village ofOuter Delhi," saidYadav.

Police recovered two.32 bore pistols and 21live cartridges, two .315bore single shot firearmsand three live cartridgesfrom them.

Delhi Police nabs five sharpshooters of Karambir gang

NEW DELHIA Delhi court on

Saturday extended till May30 the judicial custody ofthe dermatologist husbandof a 31-year-old doctor ofAIIMS who allegedlycommitted suicide due tomental torture caused byhis sexual orientation.

Metropolitan MagistrateSachin Sangwan remand-ed Dr Kamal Vedi, 34, injudicial custody afterDelhi Police informed thecourt that investigation inthe case was going on.

The court also askedKamal, who was present inthe court room with hisfather, if he has moved abail application to whichthe accused replied in thenegative.

Kamal was arrested by

police on May 19 from hisresidence in AIIMS quar-ters in south Delhi after hiswife, Priya, an anaesthetistat AIIMS, was found deadwith her wrist slit at a hotelin Paharganj in centralDelhi where she hadchecked-in after a fightwith herhusband. According topolice, the couple weremarried five years ago andsoon after that, Priya cameto know that her husbandwas a "gay".

However, in a purportedsuicide note she hadclaimed that she had"accepted it" and wasready to live with it butsubsequent "torture" byher husband led her to takethe extreme step.

It said a detailed suicide

note was found on the spotand a similar Facebookpost purportedly made bythe woman revealed thather husband's sexual ori-entation led to sour rela-tionship between the doc-tor couple.

A case was registered atNabi Karim Police Stationand Kamal was bookedunder sections 498A (cru-elty) and 304B (dowrydeath) of the IPC.

Police had received acomplaint from Kamal onthe evening of April 18that his wife was missingsince morning.

It was also alleged thatshe was hiding somewherenear Nabi Karim area incentral Delhi and a policesearch was carried out inseveral hotels.

AIIMS 'gay' doctor remandedin judicial custody till May 30

Delhi LG Najeeb Jungbriefs MHA about row

with CM Arvind Kejriwal

NEW DELHIAs the tussle between

between lieutenant-gover-nor Najeeb Jung andArvind Kejriwal grew overappointment of ShakuntalaGamlin as the acting stateChief Secretary, the CMasked Delhiites whether heshould be given a free handto choose his team of offi-cers or not.

Accusing senior bureau-crat Shakuntala Gamlin of"being close" to powercompanies, Kejriwal askedif an officer close to corpo-rate should be given topbureaucratic post in Delhigovernment. He also askedif a Chief Minister electedby the citizens of the cityshould have right of selec-tion of officer or not.

Expressing his anger,Kejriwal wrote onmicroblogging websiteTwitter - “My Q 2 Delhites- Shud a person perceivedto be very close to bijli cosbe made CS of Del? Shudelected CM have no say inselection? (Sic)”

“All over country, hugenexus betn politicians, offi-cers n cos. In Del, v r try-ing to break thatnexus.That's why wholesystem opposing, (Sic)” headded. Meanwhile, formerJammu and Kashmir ChiefMinister Omar Abdullahalso backed Kejriwal overthe said issue saying thehead of the government

should be free to choosehis own team of officers.

"Like it or not, rightchoice or wrong, a CMmust be free to choose hisor her own team of offi-cers. This back seat drivingdamages democracy,"Omar posted on Twitter.

The National Conferenceworking president alsolashed out at PrimeMinister Narendra Modisaying there was a gap inhis words and deeds onFederalism. "Just yester-day the PM was talking upFederalism in India whilein China. Clearly there is agap between words anddeeds #DelhiGovt," headded.

Kwjriwal ?sought opin-ion of Delhities throughsocial media, hours afterGamlin wrote a scathingletter to Jung claiming thatshe was pressurised by asenior bureaucrat in CM's

office not to be in race forthe post due to her allegedproximity to BSES dis-coms. Najeeb Jung andDelhi Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal are at log-gerhead after LG yesterdaygave the additional chargeof Chief Secretary toGamlin, a 1984-batch IASofficer.

Should elected CM have no say in selec-tion? asks Arvind Kejriwal on Twitter

NEW DELHIIn a scathing diatribe against Lt

Governor Najeeb Jung, ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwal onSaturday asked him to review his"questionable" decision to appointShakuntala Gamlin as acting ChiefSecretary of Delhi and work with-in the "confines" of theConstitution.

"I am simply aghast by yourquestionable instructions issueddirectly to the Pr. Secretary

(Services) to post an officer ofyour choice as the acting ChiefSecretary of Delhi. In doing so,you have bypassed the democrati-cally elected government,"Kejriwal said in a strongly wordedletter to Jung hours after Gamlintook charge of the post, defyingthe Chief Minister. "I wouldstrongly request and urge you toremain within the confines of theConstitution and the laws relatingto government of NCT of Delhi,"

he said.In the letter, he pointed to sever-

al rules of Transaction of BusinessRules, saying "I cannot but con-clude that This is a thinly dis-guised attempt to render the demo-cratically elected govt "ineffec-tive".

"You (L-G) are holding a consti-tutional post. Whatever be thepolitical pressures, you have aduty to uphold the constitution,"the Delhi Chief Minister said.

Work 'within Constitution', angry Arvind Kejriwal tells LG Jung

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AHMEDABADThe Gujarat Government onSaturday signed MoUs with aChinese enterprise in Beijing envis-aging Rs 29,000 crore investmentsin the state.

The MoUs, inked in Beijing dur-ing Chief Minister Anandi Patel'svisit to China, related to an invest-ment of Rs 19,000 crore for theSmart City project and another Rs10,000 crore for setting up anindustrial park in Gujarat, an offi-cial statement said here.

"An MoU signed between theChina Small and MediumEnterprise Investment Ltd(CSMEI) and iNDETXb (IndustrialExtension Bureau)- a GujaratGovernment entity - envisions USD3 billion (Rs 19,000 crore) invest-ment for the Smart City project inGujarat," said the government.

"Gujarat's Additional ChiefSecretary (Industries and Mines)Arvind Agarwal exchanged MoUdocuments with Guo Zhixin,Deputy Secretary General, CASME,in presence of Chief Minister

Anandi Patel," it said.Patel, who is on a six-day visit to

China, announced that Gujarat hasalso inked a pact with CSMEI to setup a Rs 10,000 crore industrialpark in the state.

She was part of the delegationthat accompanied Prime MinisterNarendra Modi during his tour ofthe neighbouring country.

“Dong Jun, Chairman of

Guangdong Richwood Group, andthe Chief Minister discussed possi-bilities for viable projects in hospi-tality and tourism infrastructure inGandhinagar, transport infrastruc-ture in Surat and logistics parksnear Kandla Port and DahejInvestment Region," it said.

Another MoU was concludedbetween iNDEXTb and SinofinnGroup as part of Gujarat.

DAHODEight robbers allegedly kidnapped anewly-married woman after looting jew-ellery worth around Rs four lakh inGarbada taluka of the district on Saturday,police said.

The woman, who got married yesterday,was kidnapped by eight masked men, whorobbed her and her husband as well astheir relatives of jewellery, DeputySuperintendent of Police Harshad Mehtasaid.

"The incident occurred today, when oneKetan Prajapati along with his wifeSumitra and two other women members ofthe family were returning to his house inFatehpura town in the district fromGarbada," he said.

On their way home, around eightmasked men stopped their car on thebridge of river Khan and robbed them oftheir ornaments, Mehta said.

Later, they also forcibly took Sumitraalong with them, he added.

According to the complaint registered byKetan's family friend Bhavin Prajapati,who was driving their car "When they weretrying to snatch away Sumitra's orna-ments, the mask of one of the robbersslipped and she had shockingly addressedhim as uncle. After that the accused tookher with them," stated Bhavin in the com-plaint.

Gujarat inks MoUs with Chinafor Smart City, industrial park

NEW DELHIThe amendments proposed by theCentre to allow employment of childrenbelow 14 years in 'non- hazardous' fami-ly enterprises will lead to "rampant" useof child labour as it is impossible to reg-ulate such businesses, CPI(M) onSaturday claimed as it slammed the "ret-rograde" move.

Charging that the proposed amend-ments will legalise the exploitation ofchildren, the party said, "Narendra Modigovernment's economic reforms pro-mote 'outsourcing'. Many developedindustries farm out work to contractorswho further farm out work to familieswho work round the clock at exploitativerates.

"This is in addition to other tradessuch as bidi making, agarbattis, carpetweaving, etc., where children are forcedto work. Since it is impossible to regulate'family enterprises', such an amendmentwill open the floodgates to the rampantuse of child labour."

The party claimed that the proposedamendments have been mooted in the

wake of "severe" cuts in budgetary allo-cations for children's development. Itfurther alleged that the step exposes theCentre's "callous" approach towards therights of children.

With the government citing the coun-try's "social fabric and socio-economicconditions" while proposing the saidamendments, CPI(M) said that to use"poverty and social fabric of India" tojustify use of child labour is "to punishchildren for their poverty".

"People expected this Modi govern-ment to take meaningful measures toameliorate growing poverty among themajority of our people," the party saidwhile calling upon "democratic- mind-ed" citizens to come together to force thegovernment to withdraw the "anti-child"amendment.

In major changes to the child labourlaw, the Cabinet on May 13 approved theemployment of children below 14 yearsin 'non-hazardous' family enterprises,entertainment industry and sportingevents after school hours while relaxingthe penal action against the parents.

BARASATFive persons, including awoman, were injuredwhen a group of miscre-ants hurled bombs atBansbagan area underTitagarh police station inNorth 24 Parganas dis-trict tonight, the policesaid.

It is still not clear whythe bombs were hurledthere, the police said.

The injured were admit-ted to hospital.

Meanwhile, in anotherincident in the districttoday, one person wasshot at near Barrackporerailway station by a mis-creants, the police said.

The victim was in a teastall when he was shot at.He was hospitalised.

NEW DELHIThe row over the appointment ofsenior bureaucrat ShakuntalaGamlin as acting Delhi ChiefSecretary deepened on Saturdayafter Aam Aadmi Party-led DelhiGovernment ordered the removalof Principal Secretary (Services),Anindo Majumdar from services.

Majumdar had issued orders forthe appointment of Gamlin to thepost of acting chief secretary on thedirections of Delhi Lt GovernorNajeeb Jung.

Meanwhile, Jung has objected toMajumdar's removal and his officeissued a statement that the decisionwas taken by the Delhi governmentwithout his approval and declaredit as void.

About removal of Majumdar, arelease issued by the Jung's officestated that the order "does not havethe approval of the Lt Governor,who is the competent authority totransfer officials of that rank. Thisorder is ab-initio void."

The issue started after Gamlintook charge as the acting Chief

Secretary of Delhi despite DelhiChief Minister Arvind Kejriwalwriting a letter asking her not tojoin as the acting Chief Secretary.

The Delhi CM had also written aletter to Jung asking him to reviewhis "questionable" decision toappoint Gamlin as the ChiefSecretary.

“I am simply aghast by your ques-tionable instructions issued directlyto the Pr. Secretary (Services) topost an officer of your choice as theacting Chief Secretary of Delhi. Indoing so, you have bypassed thedemocratically elected government,” he reportedly wrote.

A release issued by Jung's officereiterated that the Lt Governor hasacted according to the Constitutionover Gamlin's appointment and theDelhi CM was consulted on thematter.

"The delay on the part of the ChiefMinister of over 40 hours necessi-tated a direction from the LtGovernor that orders be issued. It isa given that the office of the ChiefSecretary cannot be left vacant. TheChief Secretary is required not just

for normal work but for any emer-gency that may come up," it said.

Jung had yesterday appointedGamlin as Delhi Chief Secretary,notwithstanding strong oppositionto her nomination by Kejriwal dis-pensation which alleged that shehad close links with BSES discoms.The 1984-batch officer has, howev-er, denied the charges saying theywere baseless.

Chief Secretary KK Sharma hasleft for the US on a personal visitdue to which the government had toappoint an acting Chief Secretary.Gamlin is currently serving asPower Secretary.

Meanwhile, Parimal Rai, who wasbacked by Arvind Kejriwal,declined to become acting ChiefSecretary, noting that he respectsthe Lt Governor's directions. The LtGovernor yesterday gave the addi-tional charge of Chief Secretary toGamlin, hours after she wrote ascathing letter to Jung claimingthat she was pressured by a seniorbureaucrat in CM's office to with-draw from the race.

Child labour law: CPI(M) slams govtfor pushing 'retrograde' changes

RAMPURIn a relief to UnionMinister Mukhtar AbbasNaqvi, the District andSessions Court here onSaturday set aside amagisterial court verdictawarding the BJP leaderone-year jail term forallegedly violating pro-hibitory orders duringthe 2009 general elec-tions.

The Minister of Statefor Minority Affairs andParliamentary Affairswas on January 14 heldguilty under IPC sec-tions 143 (unlawfulassembly), 341 (wrong-ful restraint) and 342(wrongful confinement),Section 7 of CriminalLaw Amendment Act

and Section 144 of CrPC.The case was related

to a demonstration byBJP workers led byNaqvi outside a policestation at Patwai area ofRampur parliamentaryconstituency in UttarPradesh at the time ofcampaigning for the2009 Lok Sabha pollsduring which theyallegedly breached pro-hibitory orders.

57-year-old Naqvi hadlater got bail in the casein which eighteen otherswere also convicted.

The District Judgetoday accepted theappeal of the UnionMinister who was pres-ent in the court for thecase.

MUMBAIFinancial independence ofwomen can help curtail vio-lence against them by asmuch as 90 percent,National Commission forWomen chairperson LalithaKumaramangalam said hereon Saturday. "The NCWreceives 250 complaints ondaily basis... 70 percent arefor domestic violence. Wehave noticed that whenwomen own property orhave financial backing, theviolence against them dropsby 90 percent,"Kumaramangalam said. Shewas addressing a day-longpanel discussion on`Championing WomenEntrepreneurs with aGlobal Focus, organised byWorld Trade Centre,Mumbai and MaharashtraChamber of Commerce,Industry and Agriculture.

PANAJIFrench team constituted to negotiate the Rafale deal hasarrived in India and talks can start anytime now, DefenceMinister Manohar Parrikar said on Saturday as hedescribed the agreement as "one of the bold initiatives" ofthe Modi government. Parrikar said India has constituteda committee headed by Air Marshal SBP Sinha to holdnegotiations with the French team.

"The negotiations on Rafale deal can start anytime fromnow.?Indian government has already formed a commit-tee headed by Air Marshal Sinha. The team from Francealready arrived in India on May 12 to start the negotia-tions," he told reporters.

India is to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets in flyaway condi-tion from France after Prime Minister Narendra Modiand French President Francois Hollande last monthagreed to conclude an Inter-Governmental Agreementbypassing the protracted negotiations for purchase of 126such jets. The two countries had decided to form commit-tees to take forward the negotiations.

"The signing of agreement for Rafale purchase was oneof the bold decisions taken by the government. We signedthe deal for better price, better than earlier," he said.

A joint statement issued after Modi-Hollande talks hadsaid the two leaders agreed to conclude an Inter-Governmental Agreement for supply of the aircraft onterms that would be "better" than that conveyed as part ofa separate process underway.

Relief to UnionMinister Naqvi as Court

sets aside jail term

NEW DELHICPI(M) on Saturday hit out atthe BJP-led Centre on its firstanniversary of a resoundingvictory in Lok Sabha polls, say-ing the Narendra Modi dispen-sation has failed to deliver itspromises and has been execut-ing the policies of Congressover the past 12 months.

Reacting to the PrimeMinister's claims that people'sfaith in the government andworld's optimism about thecountry was at an all time high,the Left party said it was "onlywhen he (Modi) looks at thecountry from abroad", whilethe situation on the ground isdifferent.

"He promised, one, less ofarrogance, more of governance.Governance means delivery; it'snot only promises and suitablemechanisms. So, whateverwrong was there, that has beencontinuing... The policy ofCongress is continuing.

"On the other hand, (their)arrogance is much. It is a oneway traffic. So he is deliveringhis speeches. It is bhashan,

bhraman and bhram (speech,tours, and confusion)," CPI(M)MP Mohammad Salim said onthe sidelines of party's polit-buro meeting here.

On Modi's claim that people'sfaith in his government hasincreased, Salim said the PrimeMinister should "talk to thefarmers who are in distress andcommitting suicides, and theunemployed youth who expect-ed a lot from him".

He added apart from sloga-neering like 'Make in India',nothing substantial is happen-ing for peasants, unemployedyouth and unorganized work-ers. "The manufacturing, theagricultural sector, the trade,commerce, export, everythingin the last one year has gonedown. Even though the BJPand some of the media's pen-chant was for sensex... That isalso not looking bright," Salimsaid adding country is nowherenear to see promises like thoseof bullet train services realis-ing.

NEW DELHIIn the wake of the Nepal quakes,the Centre on Saturday stressedon the building of capacities ofthe National Disaster ResponseForce (NDRF) and State DisasterResponse Forces (SDRFs) toeffectively tackle natural andman- made disasters.

Inaugurating a conferencehere to review the status of pre-paredness for South-WestMonsoon 2015, Union HomeSecretary LC Goyal, noting thatonly 21 of the 29 states have setup SDRFs, said the Centreexpects the remaining ones toestablish such a force within agiven timeframe.

He said that since the primaryresponsibility for disaster man-agement rests with the stategovernments, they shouldutilise the funds given to themby the 14th FinanceCommission for this purpose.

The Centre has already sanc-tioned two more NDRF battal-ions in addition to the 10 exist-ing ones in order that it maysupplement the efforts of the

state governments for disasterresponse. The National DisasterManagement Authority(NDMA) is also providing tech-nical support and logistics to thestates, he added.

The annual conference wasattended by relief commission-ers and secretaries of thedepartment of disaster manage-ment of the states and UnionTerritories.

Goyal said that the three 'Cs',or the three pillars, of disastermanagement were 'Capacity,Coordination and Community'participation and added that therole of civil society, includingNGOs, has become critical indealing with natural calamities.

He added that disaster man-agement is a joint effort andpreparedness for effectiveaction becomes critical in thehour of crisis.

He asked government andcivil authorities, NGOs and peo-ple in general to join in what hesaid was real social service dedi-cated to the saving of humanlives.

The Home Secretary saidevery warning issued by theIndian MeteorologicalDepartment, whether big orsmall, must be taken seriously.

Goyal said that the annualconference should be held twicea year. Every year, apart fromthis annual conference, anotherconference should be held inOctober/November toreview/assess the work done inthis field and take lessons andbest practices for better man-agement of different disasters.

Meanwhile, talking about theflood situation due to theJhelum in Jammu and Kashmirand the Brahmaputra in Assam,Goyal said the problem cannotbe tackled without periodicdredging of the rivers.

In his address, NDRF DirectorGeneral OP Singh said that dur-ing the Nepal earthquake, theforce's capacity was proven asbeing second to none in terms ofsearch and rescue methods andequipment in a situation whererescue teams from 34 countrieswere present.

Arvind Kejriwal-led govt orders removal of Principal Secretary (Services)

Need to build capacity for tackling disasters: Home Secy

BJP govt has failed todeliver promises: CPI(M)

Bombs hurled,5 injured

KATHMANDUIndia, one of the key donors to quake-ravaged Nepal, has said that it willextend support to the Himalayannation according to its needs and prior-ities for reconstruction and rehabilita-tion.

India's Ambassador to Nepal, RanjitRae during a media interaction said onFriday that Nepal has assured Indiathat it would assess its needs by June10, adding that Prime MinisterNarendra Modi has already made acommitment towards this end.

"Nepal and India are culturally andsocially bound together and we havethe same customs and rituals. We,therefore, will lend support to Nepalwith a good spirit," the Ambassadorsaid.

Underlining that India extended itssupport within six hours of the devas-tating tremor on April 25, Rae said thecountry has already supplied over15,000 tonnes of relief materials toNepal.

He, however, said India has not cal-culated the support in terms of mone-tary value.

He stressed that the Nepali govern-ment should carry out relief distribu-tion and reconstruction plans throughthe government mechanism.

"The government has a strong andlarge network in districts and it knowswhat the requirements are. So it is bet-ter to go through the government chan-nel and mechanism," he said.

The devastating earthquake on April25 and the aftershocks killed more than8,400 people and flattened thousandsof buildings, including some iconic her-itage jewels that has hit the country'stourism sector hard.

On Tuesday, a fresh quake of 7.3-magnitude temblor struck theHimalayan nation just when it hadbegun to rebuild itself following thedevastation from the monster temblorless than three weeks ago.

The death toll from Tuesday's tem-blor rose to 136 while the number ofinjured reached 2,956.

'India will extend help asper Nepal's priorities'

RAMPURAmid reports of delay in the merger of Janata Parivarparties, Union Minister and senior BJP leader MukhtarAbbas Naqvi on Saturday took potshots at the allianceconstituents, which he said have divorced even beforetying the knot.

Commenting on the merger of about half a dozenanti-BJP dispensations, the Union Minister inNarendra Modi government said, "it has presented ascene of 'shadi se pehle talaaq' (divorce before mar-riage)."

He added "the partners of the said conglomerate donot carry ideological commitment but undoubtedly theyhad united under a singular theme and that was tocheck BJP from coming to power."

Naqvi, while talking to today, said, "Such alliancesemerging on shallow foundations fall within a shortspan of time and the same is going to happen with theso-called secular anti-BJP conglomerate."

The MoS Parliamentary Affairs and Minority Affairsfurther took jibes at the Janata Parties over the report-ed tussle of seat sharing in Bihar Assembly pollsbetween the Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United) andthe Lalu Prasad-headed Rashtriya Janata Dal.

"So far JD(U) and RJD have openly attacked eachother on the question of seat sharing and if other part-ners of the alliance also placed their claims for multipli-cation of seats to contest the coming state legislature'selection they might need constituencies in four figures,"

BHOPALNobel laureate KailashSatyarthi on Saturdaydemanded a complete ban onall forms of labour involvingchildren below 14 years,against the backdrop of UnionCabinet's nod to amend childlabour law to allow them towork in family enterprise.

The child right activist saidproviding education to allchildren in society is the keyto put an end to this practice.

"Because of child labourthere is poverty, illiteracy andsickness in the world and it isvery essential to provide edu-cation to them as it can effec-tively eradicate child labourfrom world," said Satyarthi,founder of 'Bachpan BacahaoAndolan' at a function here.

He was here to attend the'amrit mahotsav' (turning of75 years) function of educa-tionist Surendranath Dube.

Referring to the proposed

Child Labour (Prohibition &Regulation) Bill 2012, hedemanded a total ban onemploying children below 14in all kinds of profession.

On one of the proposedamendments that allows chil-dren below 14 years to work infamily enterprise after hisschool hours or during vaca-tions, Satyarthi said the chil-dren should be allowed to doso only under his parents orlegal guardians and not underhis relatives.

He demanded a completeban on employment of chil-dren in the age group of 15-18in all forms hazardous indus-tries unlike in only 18 indus-tries which used to be thecase. The existing ChildLabour Law which wasframed in 1986 has manyloopholes, he said, adding theproposed bill will plug themand have more stringent pro-visions.

'Divorce before marriage’, Naqvi’spotshot at Janata Parivar

Ban all forms of labour employing chil-dren below 14 years: Kailash Satyarthi

Robbers loot ornaments, kidnapnewly-married woman

French team in India tonegotiate Rafale deal

AHMEDABAD

India and China have signed an agree-ment to establish a skill and entrepre-neurship development institute inGujarat, the state government said onFriday. The Memorandum ofUnderstanding was signed during theGujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel'svisit to the neighbouring country. Patel isleading a delegation from the state toChina. Besides Patel, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, who is currently visiting

the communist neighbour, ChinesePremier Li Keqiang and AhmedabadMayor Minaxiben Patel were presentwhen the agreement was signed.'Mahatma Gandhi National Institute ofSkill Development and Entrepreneurship'would set up either in Ahmedabad orGandhinagar, according to a governmentrelease. GIFT city in Gujarat andShenzhen in China were identified aspilot smart cities to initiate cooperation inthe development of smart cities, statedthe release.

India, China to establish skill institute in Gujarat

Financial independ-ence of women helpscurb violence: NCW

BY T. T. RAM MOHAN

The Narendra Modi gov-ernment wants a compre-hensive overhaul of pub-

lic sector banks (PSBs), whichaccount for more than 70 percent of assets in India’s troubledbanking sector. It’s hard toquarrel with the idea: whatcould be more attractive than arevamped and shining publicsector? It is important, however,to focus on what can beachieved quickly. The govern-ment must do what it takes torevive bank lending and privateinvestment at the earliest ratherthan pursue ‘reforms’ thatwould keep PSBs in limbo foran extended period.

There are three sets of issuesin PSBs: governance, manage-ment and operational issues.The key governance issues con-cern the composition and func-tioning of the board. The impor-tant management issue is theselection of the CEO. The oper-ational issues are the resolutionof non-performing assets(NPAs) and the infusion of cap-ital in banks. It’s useful to takestock of where we are andwhere the government intendsto go.

Separation of rolesThe government is moving in

the direction suggested by theP.J. Nayak committee’s May2014 report on bank gover-nance. For starters, it has decid-ed to separate the roles of thechairman and managing direc-tor (CMD) in all PSBs exceptthe State Bank of India. Bankchairmen will be selected by apanel headed by the ReserveBank of India Governor.

The case for separation ofroles — that there was too muchconcentration of powers in thehands of the CMD — is notvery persuasive. Bank boardshave one representative each ofthe government as well as theRBI. They also have two ormore executive directors aswell as representatives of bothofficers and workers of the

bank. It is not true that theCMD could act as he or sheliked.

The Nayak committee hadwanted the roles to be separatedat the end of a three-phase peri-od. The committee reckonedthat PSBs by then would haveacquired substantial autonomy,and that the power to appointchairmen, independent directorsand the CEO would havedevolved fully to the boards.The government has chosen toseparate the two roles at thevery beginning.

There are two dangers indoing so. First, however distin-guished the panel that willselect the chairman, it is alwayspossible for the government toinfluence the chairman once heor she is appointed. The resultwould be to pit a politicalappointee against the CEO whohas to deliver results. Second,the chairman may have his orher own agenda; this would ren-der the CEO ineffective. Itwould have been better to deferthe separation of roles untilPSB boards had begun to func-tion effectively with independ-ent directors.

Now that the decision to sep-arate the roles has been taken, itis vital to strengthen the boards.The Nayak committee arguedthat PSBs do not have inde-pendent directors at all. Theyhave directors nominated by thegovernment – these, the com-mittee stated, cannot be said tobe independent. They also havedirectors elected by sharehold-ers. Since it is Life InsuranceCorporation of India that callsthe shots as an important share-holder, the shareholder direc-tors are not independent either.

Further, the Nayak committeecontended that private banksdid better when it came to hav-ing independent directors. Thiscontention must be stronglyrefuted. Directors on the boardsof private banks are chosen bythe promoter or managementand are therefore hardly inde-pendent of either. If anything,

the PSBs are a little better off: agovernment-appointed inde-pendent director is not beholdento the CEO for his appointmentand hence can act independent-ly of the CEO.

There is an unresolved issueof governance in India: can adirector appointed by the domi-nant shareholder — whethergovernment or a private owneror management — be said to betruly independent? As this issueis not likely to be addressed in ahurry, the best we can do untilthen is ensure that independentdirectors have the credentials toadd value to the board. Thegovernment proposes to achievethis by setting up a Bank BoardsBureau (BBB) as recommendedby the Nayak committee. TheBBB will select CEOs, inde-pendent directors and bankchairmen. It will consist ofthree former bankers, two emi-nent professionals and theSecretary of the Department ofFinancial Services.

The Finance Ministry,through its website, has invitedapplications for the post ofindependent director. Some ofthe best people are unlikely tosend in applications; they willjoin only if invited. The BBBwill need to scout for talent.According to some reports, thePrime Minister’s Office willfirst vet candidates for the post.It will then send a shortlist tothe BBB which will make thefinal selection.

When Chief Minister ofGujarat, Mr. Modi got politi-cians removed from the boardsof these enterprises andreplaced them with profession-als of repute. The ChiefMinister’s Office played a keyrole in selecting independentdirectors for these enterprises.This approach resulted in betterboards and improved perform-ance. Why not replicate thisapproach at the Centre insteadof creating another body for thepurpose?

Management issue

Next, the management issue.A professional body to selectCEOs for PSBs is by no meansa novel idea. In the past, we hadan Appointments Board whichwas headed by the RBI gover-nor and included eminent pro-fessionals and a FinanceMinistry official. Yet, this dis-tinguished body was not able toget appointments of bank CEOsright. The political will to letthe Board do its job was absent.It was the Finance Ministry thatdecided the appointments.

The BBB’s outcomes cannotbe very different unless the gov-ernment is willing to let it func-tion independently. And if thegovernment is willing to let go,why not stay with theAppointments Board? If thegovernment can entrust theselection of bank chairmen to apanel headed by the RBI gover-nor, why not do the same forCEOs and independent direc-tors?

The Finance Ministry hasthrown open the CEO’s job infive leading PSBs to privatesector professionals. The initialresponse, it appears, was notsatisfactory. Some requirementshave since been relaxed so thatthere is wider pool of appli-cants. Flexibility in respect ofpay has been promised, mean-ing the appointee will not begoverned by PSB pay scales.

The government seems tohave bought the contention ofthe Nayak committee that PSBshave not performed, and a hugegap between private and publicsector performance has openedup because the public sectorlacks the right talent and theright incentives. These are bothdubious propositions.

PSBs improved their perform-ance after bank reforms com-menced in 1993-94 and contin-ued up to 2010-11. If there hasbeen a deterioration since, it ismainly for two reasons. First,PSBs got into infrastructurefinancing in a way in which pri-vate banks did not. Second, theselection of the CEO went

wrong in many cases. Gettingthe choice of CEO right is halfthe battle won. Incentives canbe addressed in due course.

Infusion of capitalFinally, the operational issues

in PSBs need to be quicklyresolved. The issue of stalledprojects is being addressed.Lenders will have to write downsome of their loans and promot-ers have to take a hit with bankloans getting converted intoequity. At the same time, thegovernment must infuse morecapital into PSBs. This is onearea in which banking policyhas disappointed the most.

PSBs cannot be expected toperform unless they are giventhe necessary capital. Theyneed about Rs. 20,000 crore byway of government equityevery year for the next fiveyears. In 2014-15, the new gov-ernment promised Rs. 11,200crore and ended up infusing Rs.6,990 crore in nine PSBs. In2015-16, it proposes to provideRs. 7,940 crore. Who so?Because the government wantsunderperforming banks toimprove their performance firstbefore asking for more capital.Such an approach is seriouslyflawed. Improvement in per-formance will follow infusionof capital; it cannot precede thelatter. That, after all, was thelogic behind the bailout ofbanks that failed in the sub-prime crisis.

The government can bring outa sea change in PSBs by doingjust three things: appointing theright CEOs, backing them withthe requisite capital and bring-ing independent directors ofcompetence and stature onboard. These can be done expe-ditiously with the existingmechanisms and the existingtalent in PSBs. It is more impor-tant right now to secure quickoutcomes in banking than topursue some grand design.

(T.T. Ram Mohan is a profes-sor at IIM Ahmedabad.)

Sunday | May 17, 2015

The Union Cabinet’s approval of a set of amendmentsto the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation)Act, 1986 raises serious doubts and concerns. One of

these proposes to ban the employment of children below 14years in all occupations except family enterprises and theaudio-visual entertainment industry, on condition that suchwork does not interfere with their education. One amend-ment proposes to regulate “adolescents” in the 14-18 agegroup by prohibiting their employment in hazardous occu-pations unsuitable to their age. There is no doubt that the1986 Act itself needs to be amended. First, the law hasproved to be weak and ineffective in curbing child labour.Second, it is in contradiction with Article 21-A of theConstitution and the Right of Children to Free andCompulsory Education Act, 2009 that makes schoolingcompulsory for all in the age group of six to 14 years. Third,the 1986 Act does not regulate adolescent labour as mandat-ed by ILO Conventions 138 and 182. Although the govern-ment’s intention to amend the Act is to be appreciated, whatis deeply problematic is its intention to exempt from the banemployment in family enterprises. It is suggested thatpoverty and socio-economic conditions in India justify chil-dren helping their families in certain occupations where thepossibility of any harm coming upon them does not exist,provided that they balance the work with schooling. Thismay sound reasonable but may prove unworkable. The lawpotentially opens loopholes that will sustain or even encour-age child labour, creating a regulatory nightmare. Here thegovernment fails to recognise that family enterprises canalso prove to be exploitative and oppressive for children.‘Family enterprises’ fall in the unorganised sector, makingthem an amorphous legal category that is hard to govern.Such a law will adversely affect girl children who are oftenforced into domestic work, or Dalits and those from theminorities who work out of dire poverty but are ultimatelydenied the joys of childhood. Moreover, instead of just tin-kering with the 1986 Act, the government needs to compre-hensively overhaul it, focussing on the rehabilitation ofchildren rescued from traumatic working conditions. Thisrequires an interlinking of ‘rescue, rehabilitation andschooling’ through greater coordination among Ministriesand organisations, and the inter-locking of the provisions ofexisting laws such as the RTE Act, the Bonded LabourSystem (Abolition) Act, 1976; the Factories Act, 1948; theBeedi and Cigar Workers Act, 1996 and so on. It is mean-while also disheartening that the budget allocation for theMinistry of Women and Child Development has beenreduced from Rs.18,588 crore to Rs.10,382 crore.

BY GERRY HASSAN

Britain feels and looks very dif-ferent now from only a weekago.

The general election, of May 7,threw up many surprises — the re-election of a majority ConservativeGovernment, the scale of the ScottishNational Party (SNP) landslide, andScotland and England pointing incompletely opposite political direc-tions.

The SNP won 56 of Scotland’s 59constituencies, reducing the domi-nant Labour Party north of the borderfrom 41 seats at the previous electionto a single seat. A whole host of lumi-naries lost their seats including theScottish Labour leader, Jim Murphy,the Shadow Foreign Secretary,Douglas Alexander and the ShadowScottish Secretary, Margaret Curran.

How did this happen, when onlymonths ago the SNP lost the inde-pendence referendum, and the BritishPrime Minister, David Cameron,considered the whole issue “settled”?And what does it mean for the SNP’saim of Scottish independence and thefuture, if any, of the UnitedKingdom?

Quiet satisfaction

The mood in Scotland at this timeis difficult to fully convey. Scottishpublic opinion, despite its centre-leftcredentials and traditions, doesn’t dooutward celebrations of victory. Thisisn’t the culture of a Milan or BuenosAires where people take to the streetsin their cars tooting and cheering tomark a political event.

Allowing for this Scottish reti-cence, there is a sense of quiet satis-faction in parts of the country. Manypeople felt that Scottish Labour hadbecome the political establishment —complacent, out of touch, showinglittle respect for its own professedvalues — and wanted to punish it.

The explanations offered for thisrange from observations that “Blair

destroyed the Labour Party” to “theIraq war”, from “I don’t know whatthey stand for anyone” to “they arethe same as the Tories” and that“Labour do not stand up for Scotland,but take their orders from London”.

A mixture of public anger and dis-appointment exists towards Labour inScotland that has built up overdecades. It began to find voice whenLabour lost the 2007 ScottishParliament elections to the SNP, bythe thinnest of margins, leading to aSNP minority government underAlex Salmond. There then followedthe 2011 Scottish Parliament electionSNP landslide, and the May 7Nationalist triumph.

There is a general air of goodwilltowards the SNP and its record as theScottish Government. People like thesense that the Nationalists talkScotland up, think positively aboutthe potential of a self-governingnation, and are competent and credi-ble in how they administer devolvedservices.

The SNP has now been in office foreight years, and yet is still able topresent itself as insurgents and out-siders, particularly in relation toWestminster. This is strengthened byLabour still being perceived asincumbents and insiders — responsi-ble for many of the shortcomings ofmodern Scotland.

This may not be altogether fair, butit undoubtedly had traction in therecent May election — with bothLabour and Westminster being heldto account by many voters for what iswrong in Scotland, and the SNPrewarded. This state of affairs cannotlast indefinitely.

Independence referendum

A critical factor in all of this wasthe experience of the independencereferendum. Scotland voted 55:45 tostay in the union last September. Justas important, for three yearsScotland’s constitutional status wasdebated up and down the country

resulting in an unprecedented 85.6per cent turnout.

The referendum question —“Should Scotland be an independentcountry?” — allowed for two simul-taneous debates, one on the constitu-

tion, the other on what kind of coun-try and society people wanted to livein. This emboldened the SNP andindependence opinion. The degreeand depth of the pro-democraticengagement altered the parameters ofScottish society. This was combinedwith two other factors which haveworked in the SNP’s favour.

First, when the campaign began,strategists in “Yes Scotland” (theofficial independence organisation)felt that the voters had no mental mapof what an independent Scotlandwould like and thus presented a con-ditional vision of independence,retaining many key institutions of theU.K. (the Treasury, the monarchy).

However, over the course of thecampaign, the constant discussion ofindependence meant that it becamenormalised, and by the end, the“idea” of independence had movedcentre stage, so much so that after thevote, one poll showed 69 per cent ofScots believing independence wasinevitable.

Second, on the morning after theSeptember 18 vote, Alex Salmondtook responsibility for the defeat andresigned as SNP leader, handing overthe baton to Deputy Leader NicolaSturgeon. This allowed the SNP a

seamless transition, the chance torenew, and, importantly, to changetone from Mr. Salmond’s abrasivestyle to Ms. Sturgeon’s more concil-iatory manner.

All of this is magnified by longer-term factors: the decline of theScottish Tories, Labour’s hollowingout and replacement by the SNP asthe dominant party, the secularisationof society and weakening of religion,and changing patterns of work, econ-omy and industry.

Emphasising distinctiveness

Scotland, in many respects in thelast 40 years, has become more likeelsewhere in Western Europe, andwith this, people increasingly wish toemphasise their distinctiveness innational identities and cultures.

The SNP has played all of this well— nurturing a soft civic nationalismand social democratic sentiment,which sits at ease with most Scots,and is far removed from the right-

wing populism of the UKIndependence Party (UKIP), whichwon the 2014 European electionsacross the U.K., as could be imag-ined.

Success brings with it its own pres-sures. The SNP’s near-clean sweep ofScottish Westminster constituenciesmeans that many supporters nowexpect immediate change. The SNPcampaigned on three main themes: anend to U.K. austerity, opposition tothe ‘Trident’ nuclear weapons systemand more devolution of powers toScotland.

No substantive concessions will beforthcoming on the first two. But onthe third, with Prime MinisterCameron conscious that hisConservative Party won 14.9 per centof the vote and one seat in Scotland— the former, their lowest vote in150 years — a more pragmatic linemay well be evident fromWestminster.

The big issue underneath all this isthe independence question. SomeNationalist supporters are hoping forprogress on this very soon, or morerealistically, a SNP manifesto com-mitment in the 2016 ScottishParliament elections to a second ref-erendum.

EU referendum trigger

Ms. Sturgeon has consistently saidin the 2015 campaign that a vote forthe SNP was not one for independ-ence. At the same time, she has notruled out bringing the question backif there is a change in “material cir-cumstances”. What this is remainsimprecise, but the most likely triggerwould be the Tory initiated EuropeanUnion ‘in’/’out’ referendum that willtake place at the latest by the end of2017.

If the U.K. voted to come out of theEuropean Union, and Scotland andEngland found themselves facing indifferent political directions, thiswould be more than enough to justifya second independence referendum.

Scotland has consistently been per-ceived as less Eurosceptic thanEngland, and the gap between thetwo nations has grown markedly inrecent years.

Even if it doesn’t happen as simplyas described, the U.K. is, in a verypeaceful and very British way, frag-menting and fracturing, and becom-ing a series of very different politicalcultures. This was more than obviousin the recent U.K. election wherethere was no one overarching“national” contest going on, but ahost of subnational, regional andlocal contests.

In this, Scotland is the mostassertive and advanced in decouplingitself from the union of the UnitedKingdom, while Wales and NorthernIreland follow in the slipstream,becoming more autonomous and dis-tinctive.

The old United Kingdom, familiarto people around the world, no longerexists. Its traditions, histories andvalues have given much we should bethankful for, as well as much thereshould be a sense of shame andatonement for. In recent decades,“Britain plc” — the corporate, busi-ness and political class version of thecountry — has grown less and lessinclined to support or understand mil-lions of working people and focussedon the self-interests of global winnersand elites.

The overwhelming consensus inScotland is that this Britain isn’t goodenough and that changing it mightnot be possible in the immediatefuture. Scotland increasingly aspiresto a “revolution of the normal” — tobe democratic, progressive, and amodern, European nation, character-istics which Britain is sadly increas-ingly turning its back on.

(Dr. Gerry Hassan is a writer andcommentator and author of

Caledonian Dreaming: The Questfor a Different Scotland and the

recently published, Independence ofthe Scottish Mind.)

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The big issue underneath allthis is the independence

question. Some Nationalistsupporters are hoping for

progress on this very soon, ormore realistically, a SNP mani-

festo commitment in the 2016Scottish Parliament elections to

a second referendum.

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'No One Would...favourably to the previous Congress-led

regime, making multiple attacks on theopposition party and also on its leaderRahul Gandhi, when he noted that he hadtaken no vacations in the last year.

The jibe at Mr Gandhi for his recenttwo-month sabbatical abroad was clear,though PM Modi did not name him or hisparty.

"Earlier there was a sense of negativityattached with India's global perception. Inone year, are you not able to hold yourhead high and look the world eye to eye?"the PM asked to many affirmatives fromthe audience.

It was his last speech in China and thePM presented highlights from his three-day visit, saying, "Together India andChina are one third of the world's popula-tion. India and China can not only helpeach other but also aid the world in solv-ing many other problems."

At Fudan University...Referring to his meeting with the indus-

try leaders, he said he was very happy tosee the "immense enthusiasm" for theMake in India Initiative.

"Had a good interaction with students atFudan University & launched the 'Centrefor Gandhian and Indian Studies'," thePrime Minister later tweeted.

He also addressed the Indian expat com-munity in Shanghai, who gave him areception. It was his last official engage-ment in China.

Bombs hurled, 5...bombs were hurled there, the police

said.The injured were admitted to hospital.Meanwhile, in another incident in the

district today, one person was shot at nearBarrackpore railway station by a miscre-ants, the police said.

The victim was in a tea stall when hewas shot at. He was hospitalised.

AAP to protest...Aadmi Party will stage a protest against

it tomorrow. When the price of crude oilwas falling in the international market,they didn`t reduce the prices at a level itshould have been," said Singh.

Earlier on Friday, the petrol and dieselprices were raised for the second time in afortnight. While petrol prices were hikedby 3.13 per litre, diesel prices were raisedby Rs 2.71 per litre.

Following the revision, the price ofpetrol in Delhi now costs Rs 66.29 perlitre, while diesel Rs 52.28 per litrerespectively.

PM Modi's brother...sapling (of development) and when it

will become a tree it will bear flowers andfruits," Somabhai told reporters after vis-iting the famous Saibaba shrine heretoday.

Somabhai said the attention the PM isgetting in China is a testimony to his lead-ership qualities.

"People trusted Narendra Modi and gotthe BJP government elected..." he said.

Somabhai also interacted with milk pro-ducers from Maharashtra who complainedabout low prices being offered to theirproduce, and told them that it was up toChief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to lookinto the matter.

Narendra Modi reaches...Modi will spend Sunday in Mongolia

and address the Mongolian parliament,which will be opened on a holiday, in aspecial gesture. The prime minister wouldstart his day by presenting a sapling of theBodhi tree to the chief abbot of theGandan Monastery in Ulan Bator. He willmeet Mongolian Prime Minister ChimedSaikhanbileg for talks after which manyagreements are to be inked. Modi will alsomeet the speaker of the Mongolian parlia-ment.

He will meet President Tsakhiagiin

Elbegdorj and attend a banquet lunch inhis honour. Modi will later lay the founda-tion stone for an IT centre and attend amini Naadam festival - a national sportingfestival and watch wrestling, archery andhorse racing events in an open arena.

Modi will also address a communityreception and banquet in Ulan Bator.

My Friendship with...will have to move together," he said.PM Modi also recalled President

Jinping's telephonic conversation withhim after winning the general election andhow the Chinese President had surprisedhim by naming the village in which hewas born.

"When I won (the general elections),then Xi told me about the find in my vil-lage. He came to India and to Ahmedabad,but unfortunately he could not come toVadnagar," said PM Modi.

"President Xi told me that 'when HieunTsang returned from your gaon (village),he came and settled in my gaon'. PresidentXi took me to the temple and showed methe description of my city (Vadnagar)written in Chinese script by Hieun Tsang,"said PM Modi.

President Jinping received PM Modi inXi'an in a departure from protocol whichwas seen as a reciprocal gesture by theChinese leader who was hosted by PMModi in Ahmedabad when he visited Indialast September.

Gujarat inks MoUs...an investment of Rs 19,000 crore for the

Smart City project and another Rs 10,000crore for setting up an industrial park inGujarat, an official statement said here.

"An MoU signed between the ChinaSmall and Medium Enterprise InvestmentLtd (CSMEI) and iNDETXb (IndustrialExtension Bureau)- a Gujarat Governmententity - envisions USD 3 billion (Rs19,000 crore) investment for the SmartCity project in Gujarat," said the govern-ment.

"Gujarat's Additional Chief Secretary(Industries and Mines) Arvind Agarwalexchanged MoU documents with GuoZhixin, Deputy Secretary General,CASME, in presence of Chief MinisterAnandi Patel," it said.

Patel, who is on a six-day visit to China,announced that Gujarat has also inked apact with CSMEI to set up a Rs 10,000crore industrial park in the state.

She was part of the delegation thataccompanied Prime Minister NarendraModi during his tour of the neighbouringcountry.

“Dong Jun, Chairman of GuangdongRichwood Group, and the Chief Ministerdiscussed possibilities for viable projectsin hospitality and tourism infrastructure inGandhinagar, transport infrastructure inSurat and logistics parks near Kandla Portand Dahej Investment Region," it said.

Another MoU was concluded betweeniNDEXTb and Sinofinn Group as part ofGujarat Government's cleanliness andgreen energy drives. The agreement relat-ed to setting up bio-waste based powerprojects, said the statement.

Gujarat-based cement company SanghiIndustries inked a pact with a Chinesefirm for a project on generating powerfrom cement plant waste," it added.

TCS woman employee...victim kept lying on the road unattended

for about half an hour after she was hit bythe vehicle, they said.

"The woman, identified as ArchanaPandya, was mowed down by an unknownvehicle and we are investigating the case,"a police official from Vanrai police stationsaid.

The woman was crossing a road and wasabout to take an autorickshaw when theincident took place, he said.

"Though the police station was just 50meters away from the place of incident,nobody brought it to the notice of thepolice and the golden hour in terms ofmedical treatment was missed," he said.

As soon as police got the information,the girl was taken to a nearby hospital."However, she was declared dead onarrival," the officer said, adding, furtherinvestigation is on.

Sikh Removes Turban...Zealand Herald.Though removing turban is rare, Mr

Singh said the religious protocols do notrestrict action in emergency situations, thereport said.

The injured boy was rushed to a nearbyhospital where his injuries were initiallythought to be life-threatening but later, hiscondition was stated to be stable.

An eyewitness to the whole episode,Gagan Dhillon clicked a picture of MrSingh with the child and posted it onsocial networking site Facebook with acaption "So proud of this young Sikh manwho helped at a crash this morning wherea child was hit by a car."

Scores of people shared the image with-in minutes while showering praise on him.

Dhillon, a Sikh himself, said taking off aturban to help a stranger on street was arare sight. There was enough help as therewas, but being a Sikh myself, I know whattype of respect the turban has. People justdon't take it off - people die over it.

Netizens praised Mr Singh for hisaction, considered a hugely significant actof humanity.

PM Modi's brother...China was essential for economic devel-

opment and "political stability" of thecontinent.

"You are the 'factory of the world'.Whereas, we are the 'Back office of theworld'. You give thrust on production ofhardware, while India focuses on softwareand services," he said.

Earlier, he met CEOs of 22 top Chinesecompanies including Alibaba, China Lightand Power, Xiaomi, Huawei and TrinaSolar on the last leg of his three-day visitto China.

The Prime Minister assured Chinesebusinessmen that India's economic envi-ronment has changed.

"Our regulatory regime is much moretransparent, responsive and stable. We aretaking a long-term and futuristic view onthe issues," he said.

He said a lot of efforts have been madeand were still underway to improve the'ease of doing business'.

Noting that both countries have poten-tials of growth and problems of povertywhich they can tackle together, he said, "Iam personally committed to take the coop-erative process forward. That is why evenas Chief Minister of Gujarat, I visitedChina. As Prime Minister too I am con-vinced and committed for exchange andco-operation for socio-economic develop-ment of the two countries."

PM Modi said he has a lot of hope fromthe relationship which he and President XiJinping are trying to build.

"We are very keen to develop the sectorswhere China is strong. We need yourinvolvement. The scope and potential, thebreadth and length of infrastructure andrelated developments is very huge inIndia," he said.

PM Modi recalled that in March he hada discussion with Jack Ma of Alibaba inNew Delhi about possible co-operationfor strengthening the micro-credit sectorof India.

The Prime Minister said like China,India also wants to promote manufactur-ing in a big way particularly to create jobsfor youth who form 65 per cent of the pop-ulation.

"Hence, we want to Make things inIndia. For this purpose, we have launcheda campaign called 'Make in India'...

We have to learn from you about thedevelopment of labour-intensive indus-tries, creating conditions for sustainableforeign direct investment, skill develop-ment, infrastructure creation and export-led development model," he said.

"Our initial measures have helped inbuilding up an enhanced investor confi-dence. The sentiments for private invest-ment and inflow of foreign investment arepositive. FDI inflows have gone up by 39per cent during April-2014 and February-2015 against the same period in previousyear," he said, adding India-Chinese part-nership should and will flourish. Heexpressed confidence that coming togeth-er of India and China will result in verygood outcome. "We have complemented

each other in the past. We can complementin the present and future too. As two majoreconomies in Asia, the harmonious part-nership between India and China is essen-tial for economic development and politi-cal stability of the continent," he added.

Robbers loot ornaments...woman, who got married yesterday, was

kidnapped by eight masked men, whorobbed her and her husband as well astheir relatives of jewellery, DeputySuperintendent of Police Harshad Mehtasaid. "The incident occurred today, whenone Ketan Prajapati along with his wifeSumitra and two other women members ofthe family were returning to his house inFatehpura town in the district fromGarbada," he said. On their way home,around eight masked men stopped theircar on the bridge of river Khan and robbedthem of their ornaments, Mehta said.Later, they also forcibly took Sumitraalong with them, he added.

According to the complaint registeredby Ketan's family friend Bhavin Prajapati,who was driving their car "When theywere trying to snatch away Sumitra'sornaments, the mask of one of the robbersslipped and she had shockingly addressedhim as uncle. After that the accused tookher with them," stated Bhavin in the com-plaint.

Financial independence of...Industry and Agriculture.Kumaramangalam also called upon

women to invest in new financial schemesof the Indian government to enhance theirsocial status and security.

Maharashtra Minister for RuralDevelopment Pankaja Munde-Palweurged the elite urban gathering to helpother deprived women, especially in ruralareas.

She pointed out how developed coun-tries have only five percent women entre-preneurs while African and Asian coun-tries have 40 percent women entrepre-neurs, and Maharashtra with 50 percent isa leader in the field.

"I always address women who are illit-erate and have been kept out of the main-stream... There is a paradigm shift in thereasons for women going out to work.Earlier, it was for financial or family com-pulsions, now it is to create their ownidentity," Munde-Palwe explained.

Other prominent speakers in the paneldiscussion included Rupa Naik, director,Project of WTC Mumbai, and RituKumar, Shaina N. C., Amruta Ambekar,Neeta Arora, Dhanashree Hardas.

Two women leaders -- Neelima Mishrawho operated a rural women`s organisa-tion and Sujata Sahu, who runs a NGO inLadakh, were felicitated on the occasion.

Conflict between Kejriwal-led...as saying. She further said that such con-

flicts are equally bad for state and itsadministration process.

“This is neither good for Delhi nor forthe administration,” she said. Further hit-ting out at the AAP government, Dikshitadded, “It’s giving an impression thatKejriwal’s Govt wants to divert the atten-tion, they are not keeping up the promisesthey made.” The war of words betweenJung and Delhi Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal escalated earlier on Friday overthe Chief Secretary appointment row withthe former stating that the name proposedby the AAP Government did not figure inthe list of names submitted by the servic-es department. The statement further saidthe file for the posting of the officiatingChief Secretary was submitted to the LtGovernor on May 13 and was clearedimmediately. Meanwhile, Gamlin, in awritten complaint to Jung, claimed thatshe was being intimidated and black-mailed by senior officials of the DelhiGovernment. She also accused Kejriwal'sSecretary Rajendra Kumar of asking hernot be in the race for the post. She alsoaccused the state government of castingaspersions on her integrity to service andlevelling false charges.

Delhi Chief Secretary...website Twitter, Kejriwal tweeted:

The confrontation between Delhi LtGovernor Najeeb Jung and Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal deepened today with sen-ior bureaucrat Shakuntala Gamlin takingcharge as acting Chief Secretary despitebeing asked not to do so by the AAP gov-ernment which accused BJP of attemptinga "coup" against it through the LG.

Gamlin took charge of the post hoursafter Kejriwal sent her a letter asking hernot to do so as her appointment was"against" the rules.

Jung had yesterday appointed Gamlin asDelhi Chief Secretary, notwithstandingstrong opposition to her nomination byKejriwal dispensation which alleged thatshe had close links with BSES discoms.The 1984-batch officer has, however,denied the charges saying they were base-less.

Chief Secretary KK Sharma has left forthe US on a personal visit due to which thegovernment had to appoint an acting ChiefSecretary. Gamlin is currently serving asPower Secretary.

Meanwhile, Parimal Rai, who wasbacked by Arvind Kejriwal, declined tobecome acting Chief Secretary, noting thathe respects the Lt Governor's directions.The Lt Governor yesterday gave the addi-tional charge of Chief Secretary toGamlin, hours after she wrote a scathingletter to Jung claiming that she was pres-sured by a senior bureaucrat in CM'soffice to withdraw from the race.

Gamlin takes charge...asking her not to do so as her appoint-

ment was "against" the rules.Jung had yesterday appointed Gamlin as

Delhi Chief Secretary, notwithstandingstrong opposition to her nomination byKejriwal dispensation which alleged thatshe had close links with BSES discoms.The 1984-batch officer has, however,denied the charges saying they were base-less.

Chief Secretary K K Sharma has left forthe US on a personal visit due to which thegovernment had to appoint an acting ChiefSecretary. Gamlin is currently serving asPower Secretary.

"The BJP through LG of Delhi hasattempted a coup against the democrati-cally elected government of Delhi withhighest ever mandate in the history of thestate.

"This is for the first time that LG is issu-ing direct instruction to officers, bypass-ing the chief ministers and council of min-isters," Manish Sisodia, who also holdscharge of Services department, told PTI.Meanwhile, Parimal Rai, who was backedby Arvind Kejriwal, declined to becomeacting Chief Secretary, noting that herespects the Lt Governor's directions.

Pakistan Rangers...Tent Guard outpost in the RS Pura sector last

night," a Police officer said on Saturday.He said that around five to six rounds of

small arm fire was fired on the outpost.However, the Indian side exercised restrain.

"The Indian side exercised restrain andnobody was hurt on our side in this latest inci-dent of ceasefire violation," he said.

Hindi as strong...said the impression that only a specific

language could enable oneself to studyscience or any other subject was wrong.

"If Chinese, Japanese, German andFrench could succeed in doing everythingin their own languages then why notIndians using Hindi," the minister said.

Swaraj said ever since becoming theexternal affairs minister if she had a guestwho was speaking in his or her mothertongue, she would speak in Hindi.

"If we have to have an interpreter thanwhy not Hindi...I speak English when theperson I am interacting with is using thesame language," she said, adding thatHindi must be given its due place.

Talking about the website, Swaraj said itwas a user friendly website and peoplewishing to participate in the three-daylong conference, starting September 10,could register themselves using Hindi.

The registration fee for Indian studentsand participants is Rs.1,000 and Rs.5,000respectively. The fee for foreign studentsis 25 dollars and 100 dollars for other par-ticipants from other countries.

The website went live from Saturday.

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The latest version ofWhatsApp to hitGoogle Play brings

with it a complete MaterialDesign user interfacerevamp.

Now on version number2.12.84, the updatedWhatsApp app for Androidon Google Play brings UIchanges that have beenpresent on the 'beta' appavailable on the Facebook-owned company site forover a month.

There are no visualchanges between the app(2.12.38) released on thecompany's site back inApril and the one nowavailable on Google Play.For users who haven't triedthe 'beta' app yet, theupdate will introduce sev-eral design changes to

them, however, the func-tionality remains muchthe same with everythingstill in the same places -thus, no-one is going to beconfused with the newinterface.

The revamped MaterialDesign interface ofWhatsApp brings newicons, animations, andcolour-flipped emoji tray.After the update, the app'stask bar, which is placedon top, is merged withcalls, chats and contactsbar under a single colour.

On opening a chat,users would see a newround green-colouredvoice-recording iconplaced besides the textbar. The chat conversationnow features a bubble-like chat design alongside

several minor animationchanges.

The attachment icons arelarger and more colourful.New animations have beenadded, such as when click-ing an image directly fromthe app and while sharingit. Furthermore, opening aconversation and tapping

on the user's name opens abigger image of the user'sWhatsApp profile imagealong with other detailslike status, media, groupsand others.

Notably, after rolling outWhatsApp Calling to allAndroid users at the end ofMarch, the company began

rolling out the feature toiOS users in April, and toBlackBerry 10 users soonafter. Windows Phone isyet to receive the feature,but the company has con-firmed it will be bringingvoice calling to the plat-form, and is currentlyworking on it.

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1. Plants absorb most part of water needed by themthrough theirA. embryonic zone B. growing pointC. root hairs D. zone of elongation

2.Photo-oxidation isA. photorespiration B. photolysisC. light and oxygen induced breakdownD. All of the above

3. Process of cell division can take place byA. heterosis B. fusionC. mitosis D. None of these

4. Most highly intelligent mammals areA. whales B. dolphinsC. elephants D. kangaroos

5. Plant development is influenced byA. quality of light onlyB. quality and quantity of lightC. quality and duration of lightD. quality, quantity and duration of light

QUIZ TIME

Answer: 1(C), 2(D), 3(C), 4(B), 5(D)

TODAY’S STARARIES The planetary aspects invite you to explore strong expres-

sions of feeling, Aries. A declaration of love, autobiography,spiritual confession, apology, or reconciliation. All thesekinds of communication bring a kind of intimate revelation.This might be what you need in order to take advantage ofthe powerful inspiration of the moment.

TAURUS This is an excellent time to share your feelings with the personyou love, Taurus. It might seem a little scary to you. You're usu-ally a reserved person, but you may surprise yourself with thepassionate declarations that reflect your happiness now. Takeadvantage of this, because things could change over the nextfew days. You may go back into reclusive mode!

GEMINI You may feel like walking barefoot, comforting your friends, orplaying with children. There's a tenderness and openness in theair that affects everyone. It will be like a wonderful day in thecountry, where everyone is happy to see each other, hug, andtell old family stories for the hundredth time. These days makeyoung people laugh and old people smile.

CANCER The current planetary aspects are heightening your natural com-passion for other people. Your relationships will be at the front ofyour mind today, Cancer. You feel good about yourself and otherpeople can tell! People are attracted to you and wish to partakeof your healing serenity. Listen without judgment as people pourout their hearts. That is a very precious skill.

LEO You were born with a certain grace and beauty, Leo. Todayyou will be able to cultivate your love for beautiful things.You may feel like trying on designer clothes or expressingyour innate aesthetic sense by painting. Today your fivesenses will guide you with the help of your imagination andyour artist's temperament.

VIRGO You have some very urgent desires, but they remain a secretto everyone else. In solitude, you cultivate your interest in phi-losophy and mysticism. Today, it's as if you're absent from theworld. Your body and actions are in the real world, but youhave gone so far into yourself that it will be hard for peoplearound you to get you out! What incredible concentration!

LIBRA You're usually the life of the party, but today you may wantto pull into your cocoon, far away from the world and all itsnoise. You need to empty yourself of all negative ideas andthoughts. It's time to do some mental housecleaning andrid yourself of notions that were planted in you as a child.Now you can start all over again.

SCORPIO Your judgment about people relies too much on general opin-ion, Scorpio. As soon as you meet someone, you accept whatothers think about him or her without trying to find out more.This lack of curiosity could lead you to make a hasty decisionabout someone today. If you take the time to listen with yourheart, you could be impressed by what you hear.

SAGITTARIUSDo you have a tendency to give more weight to popular opinion thanyour own feelings, Sagittarius? Maybe you only want to see moviesthat everyone talks about, listen to the popular music, or read bestsellers. In short, your tastes are exactly like most of America's. Is thiswhat you want? Even when you don't like a movie, you may say youdo if everyone else does. Listen to your ideas today.

CAPRICORN Your thoughts are leaning toward the past, Capricorn. Youaren't moving backward, but you may want to get in touchwith your roots in order to move into the future. You wouldalso like to better understand of the mistakes of the past.You're going to be something of a psychoanalyst today.

AQUARIUS People can read you like a book today, Aquarius. Because ofthe current planetary positions, you're a bit touchier thanusual. Your reactions to certain situations are written all overyour face. You're blushing and your hands are sweating andtrembling. Each of your gestures reveals emotion. This wouldbe a great time to be in love. Watch out for love at first sight!

PISCES Your excellent analytical skills may not be up to par over the nextfew days. You seem overwhelmed by your emotions. You have ahard time hiding your feelings and processing the information youreceive. Instead of trying to understand people, you tend to inter-pret their actions and imagine things that aren't true. Be carefulof your judgment at the moment. It's way off base!

HTC India on Thursdayannounced the startof the Android 5.0

Lollipop update rollout forfour of its smartphones - theDesire 816 (see above),Desire Eye, One (E8), andOne Dual SIM.

The company confirmedthe news via a tweet earlierthis week that read, "Weknow you've been waitingfor the Android Lollipop. Itis finally here. Update yourHTC Smartphones today!"

To recall, HTC startedpushing out the Android 5.0Lollipop update for the HTCDesire Eye and HTC Desire816 last month in the UK.The single-SIM variant ofthe HTC One (see below)started receiving the updatein February.

HTC Desire 816, HTCDesire Eye, HTC One (E8),and HTC One Dual SIMusers can also manuallycheck for the update bygoing to Settings > Aboutphone > Software update on their handsets. Asyet, there is no official changelog for theupdate.

Android5.0 Lollipop, besides adding Material Design,also includes a new lock screen and notificationtray along and enhanced privacy features.Improvements to search function and support

for multiple pages in recent apps arealso included in the update.

Some of the other notable featuresof Android 5.0 Lollipop include acleaner, flatter Material Design UIwith a more fluid interface as wellas animations. There is a new'Quick settings' menu that hasbeen revamped, and includes newcontrols like flashlight, hotspot,cast screen controls and more.Android 5.0 Lollipop alsocomes with an opt-in kill switchdubbed 'Factory ResetProtection', which will allowusers to wipe out the device'sdata and Smart Lock feature.There is the new Messengerapp; a guest user mode withcustom options for access;and screen pinning that letsusers fix in place the screenthat's displayed withoutallowing guests to go fur-ther. Google has alsoadded a new batterysaver feature to Android5.0 Lollipop, claimingto extend device batterylife by up to 90 min-utes.

Last month, HTC also confirmed Android 5.1Lollipop update for the One (M8) will rollout inAugust, complete with Sense 7 UI introducedwith the HTC One M9.

Android 5.0 Lollipop Update India RolloutBegins for HTC Desire 816, One (E8), and More Facebook tramples on

European privacylaws by tracking peo-

ple online without theirconsent and dodges ques-tions from national regula-tors, Belgium's privacywatchdog said on Friday.

Belgium's PrivacyProtection Commission(CPVP/CBPL), which isworking with German,Dutch, French and Spanishcounterparts, launched theblistering attack after try-ing to find out more aboutthe US tech giant's prac-tices.

It urged Internet users toinstall privacy software toshield themselves fromFacebook's tracking sys-tems, whether they have anaccount with the social net-work or not.

The show of strengthfrom the Belgian regulator,which does not have thepower to levy fines, high-lights a growing willing-ness across the 28-memberbloc to ensure big US techcompanies abide byEuropean laws.

"Facebook tramples onEuropean and Belgian pri-vacy laws", theCommission said in astatement on Friday afteranalysing changes thecompany made to its priva-cy policies in January.

It said Facebook hadrefused to recogniseBelgian and otherEuropean Union nationaljurisdictions, with thecompany insisting it wassubject only to the law inIreland, the site of itsEuropean headquarters.

"Facebook has shownitself particularly miserlyin giving precise answers,"the watchdog said, addingthat the results of the study

by a group of researcherswere "disconcerting".

A Facebook spokes-woman questioned theBelgians' authority but saidit would review the study'srecommendations with theIrish data protection com-missioner: "We work hard

to make sure people havecontrol over what theyshare and with whom."

"Facebook is alreadyregulated in Europe andcomplies with Europeandata protection law, so theapplicability of the CBPL'sefforts are unclear," shesaid.

Ireland has come undercriticism from EU statesfor policies some say aresoft on the multinationalcompanies Dublin wants toattract, whether on dataprotection or corporate tax-ation.Americans under fire

The Commission saidFacebook would notexplain in detail how ituses data it collects andhighlighted problems withplug-ins such asFacebook's "like" button,which it said affects manywho do not have anaccount with the social net-work.

Facebook is among anumber of firms under firein Europe over how it usesdata it collects. It placestracking "cookies" whenanyone visits a Facebook

page, meaning it can trackthe online activities of ahuge number of non-cus-tomers. Facebook latersaid this was a bug and it isworking to fix it.

Google has been forcedto change its privacy poli-cies following investiga-tions by several Europeanauthorities.

A year ago, the EU'shighest court delivered alandmark judgement order-ing Google to remove linksto outdated informationfrom searches for people'snames, saying Google'sSpanish division meant ithad to abide by Spanishlaw.

More broadly, theEuropean Commissionlaunched an anti-trust caseagainst Google last monthand is studying whether topursue German and Frenchproposals for an Europe-wide regulator for Internetplatforms.

EU competition authori-ties are also probing Appleand Amazon over low taxdeals with Ireland andLuxembourg.

Some European politi-cians, angered by revela-tions of US espionageactivities in Europe, sayU.S. firms are too domi-nant, discouraging localstart-ups and jeopardisingprivacy laws set up inresponse to 20th-centuryabuses by authoritarianleaders.

U.S. President BarackObama, who is trying tonegotiate a landmarktransatlantic free trade dealwith the EU, complainedthis year that Europeappeared to be throwing upprotectionist barriers tosuccessful U.S. technologyfirms.

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MUMBAIShane Watson smashed an

unbeaten century and thenbagged two wickets asRajasthan Royals outplayeddefending champions KolkataKnight Riders by nine runs toseal a play-offs berth in the IPLcricket tournament here onSaturday.

Lifting themselves from thesixth spot, the inaugural cham-pions leap-frogged to the sec-ond place, while KKR, with 7wins and 6 losses, only have amathematical possibility ofmaking the final-four.

Man-of the-match Watson itwas, who made things possiblefor RR as he muscled his wayto a brilliant 104 not out in 59balls, consisting of 5 sixes and9 fours, to help the side amass199 for six at the BrabourneStadium.

Then the Royals bowlers, inparticular the gangling ChrisMorris (4 for 23), Watson (2 for38) and Dhawal Kulkarni (2 for36), snuffed the Knight Riderschallenge and halted theGautam Gambhir-led side at190 for 9.

KKR suffered their secondconsecutive loss in three daysto end with 15 points and theirchances of moving aheaddepends on other teams. Unlessthe results of the last twomatches of the league phase

tomorrow pan in their favour,they will be out of the tourna-ment.

The day though belonged toWatson, who smashed fivesixes and struck nine fours inhis 59 ball blitz the fourth hun-

dred of this season - besidesputting on a rollicking openingstand of 80 with AjinkyaRahane (37).

Related Photo GalleryCelebs@IPL 2015Watson went on undeterred at

the other end though he lost hispartners regularly to remainunconquered after joining A Bde Villiers, Chris Gayle (bothRoyal Challengers Bangalore)and Brendon McCullum(Chennai Super Kings) in thecentury-makers' list of season8.

Andre Russell was KnightRiders' most impressive bowleron view as he put the brakesfirst and then picked up 3 for32. The most expensive wasAzhar Mehmood (0-41 in 3overs), a surprise inclusion forthis do-or-die game after notfiguring in a single game earli-er. The Steve Smith-side got offto a real flyer after opting to batfirst by racing to their fifty injust five overs with openersRahane and Watson in punish-ing mood.

Watson set the tone in theopening over by cover drivingand flicking Mehmood for acouple of fours. Rahane pickedup the cue at the other end byslashing Morne Morkel overpoint for a stunning six afterglancing him fine for a bound-ary but his run-out and some

excellent bowling by Russellslowed down the run-rate a bit.

Chasing 200 for a victory anda place in the last four, the title-holders got off to a horror startby losing their most prolific rungetters - captain GautamGambhir (1) and RobinUthappa (14) within the firstthree overs.

Gambhir mistimed a pull offa ball dug in my Morris andwas caught at short mid wicketoff the sixth ball of the innings.Then Uthappa drove a catch offDhawal Kulkarni to mid-offand leave the Knight Riders at21 for two.

Yusuf Pathan (44) steadiedthe innings with a 56-run part-nership with Manish Pandey(21) before Kulkarni broke thestand. Yusuf was looking goodat the other end and the key inthe Knight Riders chase withhis ability to clear the rope.

With Russell (37) joiningYusuf, another all rounder withpenchant for big hits, the 100was raised in the 11th over. Thefourth wicket duo put on 55runs in 31 balls with Russellstriking two huge sixes off

Watson and debutant BrainderSran - the second one goingover the roof and outside thestadium - Knight Riders werewell on way to overhauling thescore.

But a brilliant third over - andthe 14th of the innings fromSouth African Morris - who hadtaken 3 for 19 in their earliergame resulted in KKR losingRussell and Suryakumar Yadav(0) in three balls.

Russell skied the bowler toKulkarni at long off and thenSuryakumar was caught behindwith a superb ball to leave theKnight Riders at 133 for 5 withYusuf as the main hope. But theBaroda man too departed twoovers later, caught at long off toa tame catch off Watson andRoyals had as good as sewed upthe game with KKR tottering at146 for 6.

Though there was some late-order hitting by Umesh Yadav(24 not out), who struck a sixand three fours off JamesFaulkner in the 19th over, thetask of scoring 16 in the lastover of Morris was too big anask.

IPL 2015: Shane Watson's all-round displaypilots Rajasthan Royals into play-offs

MOHALIChennai Super Kings

produced a clinical per-formance as they demol-ished wooden spoonersKings XI Punjab by sevenwickets to finish on top ofthe league table and quali-fy for the play-offs in theIndian Premier Leaguecricket tournament, here onSaturday.

After restricting KingsXI Punjab to a none tooimpressive 130 for sevenin 20 overs, CSK pair ofFaf du Plessis (55, 41balls) and Suresh Raina(41 no, 34 balls) added 92runs for the third wicket tolay the foundation of a vic-tory that was achieved in16.5 overs.

Du Plessis and Rainajoined forces after CSKwere put in a spot at 10 for2 with both Mike Hussey(1) and BrendonMcCullum (6) being dis-missed cheaply.

By virtue of this victory,CSK finished their leagueengagements on top of theeight-team table with 18points from 14 games,which can't be surpassedby any other team in thetournament.

Finishing on top of thetable ensures that CSK willbe playing the first qualifi-er and even if they lose willget another shot at summit

glory facing the winner ofthe 'Eliminator' betweenteams placed third andfourth.For Kings XIPunjab, it was the end of arather forgettable season,where nothing went rightfor them. Last year's cham-pions finished their cam-paign with six points from14 encounters, losing 11matches in all.

While Du Plessis hit five

boundaries and a six in his41-ball knock, the normal-ly attacking Raina decidedto play the role of ananchor as he guided theteam to a comfortable vic-tory. The UP left-hander'sinnings was studded withfour boundaries.

Despite not hitting toomany sixes, the Du Plessis-Raina duo scored the runsat a fair clip in only 11.3

overs before the SouthAfrican was cleaned up byRishi Dhawan.

CSK by then nearlypocketed the match and itwas left to skipperMahendra Singh Dhoni(25, 16 balls) to completethe formalities with somelusty hits.

Having called it right atthe toss, skipper GeorgeBailey decided on making

first use of the strip.Wriddhiman Saha (15)

quickly hit a six and a fourbut diminutive left-armspinner Pawan Negi clev-erly tossed one outside off-stump which the India'sTest specialist managed tospoon it in the coverregion.

Manan Vohra (4) slicedone to third man whereAshish Nehra took a sim-

ple catch off IshwarPandey's bowling.

The spin troika of Negi(2/25 in 4 overs),Ravichandran Ashwin(1/14 in 4 overs) andRavindra Jadeja (1/18 in 3overs) gave away only 57runs between themselvesin the 11 overs that theysent down, snaring fourwickets in the process.

Veteran Nehra (1/17 in 3overs) along with IshwarPandey (1/22 in 3 overs)also did play their parteffectively as KXIP bats-men hardly could get away.

There was no partnershipat the top of the order andthe only notable standcame at the rear whereAxar Patel (32) and RishiDhawan (25 no) added 44runs but that proved to betoo little at the end of it all.

Kings XI Punjab's over-seas professionals GlennMaxwell (6), GeorgeBailey (12) and DavidMiller (11) again camecropper. EspeciallyMaxwell, who managed ameagre 145 runs at anaverage of 13 plus on 11matches.

Miller did salvage somepride for himself ending upas top scorer with 357 runsto his credit, while Baileymanaged 259 runs from 13games.

IPL 2015: Chennai Super Kings crush KingsXI Punjab by 7 wickets, top league table

ROMESerbia`s Novak

Djokovic swept DavidFerrer aside in straight setson Saturday to qualify forthe final of the ItalianOpen where he will meeteither Stan Wawrinka orRoger Federer.

Djokovic, the defendingchampion, had warned ofthe danger of Ferrer onFriday after his quarter-final victory over Japan`sKei Nishikori.

But Ferrer, the Spanishseventh seed andrenowned clay court spe-cialist, was broken early inthe opening set asDjokovic raced to seal theset 6-4. Ferrer battled hardto break Djokovic`s serv-ice in a thrilling sixth gameof the second set whereadvantage switched handsseveral times before theSpaniard sent a backhandreturn out.

Ferrer had never madethe Italian Open final and

his chances appeared todip soon after those efforts.

The Spaniard lost focusand precision and eventu-ally Djokovic earned thebreak in the ninth game totake a 5-4 lead, the Serbiansealing the match with hisnext service game.

The win keeps Djokovicon track for his fourthRome title, having won histhird in the space of sixyears in 2014 when hestopped Rafael Nadal fromwinning an eighth crownin the Italian capital.

Nadal`s bid to makeamends this time roundwas stopped at the quarter-final stage by Wawrinka onFriday, the 30-year-oldfrom Lausanne beating theSpaniard for the first timeever on the surface.

Federer is a three-timefinalist at the Italian Openbut the Swiss great hasbeen beaten every time,once by Felix Mantilla andtwice by Nadal.

NEW DELHIGagan Narang has been dubbed the

"powerhouse" of Indian shooting bythe Nation Rifle Association of India(NRAI), a day after he earned thecountry its third Rio Olympics quotaplace in the sport with a bronzemedal at the ISSF World Cup in FortBenning, USA.

Battling injuries and a dip in formfor some time, the 32-year-oldNarang showed glimpses of his oldself en route to clinching the bronzemedal in the men's 50m rifle proneevent.

"Gagan Narang is a powerhouse ofIndian shooting, and he has proved itagain by earning India its third quotaplace for the Rio Olympics," NRAIPresident Raninder Singh said.

He added: "I would like to congrat-ulate him on winning the bronzemedal and the quota place for India.This only showcases the depth in theIndian shooting contingent, and weare very hopeful of seeing manymore results like this in the future in

the run-up to the Rio Olympics."It was not long ago that the London

Olympics bronze medallist was leftout of the 10m air-rifle Indian teamfor the first three World Cups thisyear after he failed to record the min-imum qualification score required.

The former world record holderalso failed to win anything big at theWorld Championships and AsianGames last year. But the man, who

was once winning medals by the bag-ful, turned the clock yesterday. Heshot a qualification score of 626.3points to enter the final in eighthposition. In the final, he ensured thatIndia got a third Olympic quota inshooting, scoring a total of 185.8.The other two Indian shooters to havewon quota places for the country fornext year's mega event are Jitu Raiand Apurvi Chandela.

Gagan Narang is powerhouse ofIndian shooting: NRAIROME

Indian tennis player Sania Mirzacame out with all guns blazing withSwiss partner Martina Hingis to enterthe Rome Masters women's doublesfinal on the outdoor clay courts of theForo Italico here on Saturday.

The top seeds defeated French-Slovenian fourth seeds CarolineGarcia and Katarina Srebotnik 6-2, 7-6(5) in an hour and 27 minutes toenter the summit clash of the3,288,530-euro tournament wherethey will take on Hungarian-Frenchthird seeds Timea Babos and KristinaMladenovic for the crown.

This is the fourth time Sania andMartina have entered the finals play-ing together with the last times turn-ing out to be title triumphs at IndianWells, Miami and Charleston earlierthis year.

There was nothing to separate inthe first five games of the opening setas neither pair could hold on to theirservice games. However, just when itmattered, the world's two highestranked players upped the ante to winthe next three games and seal the setin their favour.

Caroline and Katarina came outmuch stronger in the second set.Though they let Sania and Martinabreak their serve in the third game,the third seeds came back towards theend to level the contest when theybroke the top seeds, who were serv-ing for the match, to make it 5-all.

The encounter then went into thetie-breaker where Sania and Martinajust had that extra zing to clinch the

tight contest.Overall, Sania and Martina suffered

because of four doubles faults whichcame towards the beginning.However, the total number of returnpoints they won, helped the Indian-Swiss combine to win the match.Overall, Sania and Martina won 74 ofthe 130 points played and broke theiropponents five times, twice morethan the French-Slovenian pair.

Novak Djokovic beats DavidFerrer to secure Rome final spot

Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis enter Rome Masters final

NEW DELHIIt was so glittery all over the sets of

'khwahishen' - a film by Moonlightproduction. Adding a film to it's cred-it after grand success of skits and adfilms Delhi lad Param MLP, producerand director of film expressed 'weadded another feather in our cap withactress Samira Khan of Parwarishfame. Her other serials like 'Kabhisaas bhi kabhi bahu thi', 'Kahani GharGhar ki' of Balaji films were greathits. "My this film is a family drama.Our artists have put in their hundredpercent to showcase so called show-biz life of the society and I hope thatlike every hit drama, this film willattract people from all walks of life,he said. Actress Samira expressed thatit was a different experience to workwith Moonlight productions. I will tryto give my best in this film too likemy previous films and I am optimisticthat people will find my characterwith the pace of the film, she says.The film has been shot at variouslocations of Delhi and Jaipur. AryaSingh has been music director where-as Noor, Kailash and Amit has givenplayback. Promos of film are expect-ed soon.

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Slave to post-its? Theseeasy lifestyle changes willmake your memory razor-

sharp.

1) GO TO BED AN HOUREARLIER

Any sort of sleep deprivation,even losing as little as an hour anight, can hamper memory. Thisis because when you sleep, apart of the brain called the hip-pocampus files away memoriesfrom the day. Missing out onsleep disrupts this process andcan make you more forgetful. Acomprehensive new US studyeven found that `banking' eighthours of quality shuteye a nightin middle age could help avoidAlzheimer's in later life.

2) RIGHTY, USE YOURLEFT HAND

Mixing up everyday activitiescan keep your brain in goodshape say experts at HarvardUniversity in America. This canbe as simple as brushing yourteeth with the other hand, takinga new route to work or simplyswapping your knife and forkaround. These small changesforce your brain cells to adaptand communicate with eachother, giving them a good work-out and preventing them dyingoff prematurely.

3) SHUT YOUR EYESCan't recall where you left

those keys? Shutting your eyesfor a short time could help you

remember, scientists at theUniversity of Surrey discoveredearlier this year. They found thatparticipants in a test with theireyes closed correctly answeredover 70 per cent of questionscorrectly, compared to only 40per cent of those with their eyesopen. According to leadresearcher Dr Robert Nash,closing your eyes stops youbeing distracted and thereforefrees up brain power. Heexplains, "It might also helppeople visualise the details ofthe event they are trying toremember."

4) CHECK YOUR BLOOD

PRESSUREOver time, high BP can nar-

row the arteries, reducing bloodflow to the brain and triggeringepisodes of forgetfulness. Onestudy by the University ofAlabama in America, found thatpeople with high blood pressurewere more likely to have memo-ry problems -and higher the BP,the worse the problem. If you'reover 40, or have a family histo-ry of heart disease, see your GPto get it checked.

5) SAY NO TO SECONDSA study by Toulouse

University, France, found gain-ing weight can harm memory -

the more overweight you are,the lower recall rate dips.Researchers think fat may clogarteries in the brain, preventinghealthy blood circulation, just asit blocks those in the heart.

6) GO BARGAIN HUNTINGNeed an excuse to treat your-

self? Researchers at DukeUniversity in North Carolina inAmerica, have found that retailtherapy can improve the memo-ries of older shoppers. And it'sall thanks to our love of a goodbargain, which requires the useof an additional brain area.Why? We have to try to remem-ber a lot of information to com-

pare and contrast and pick thebest deal.

7) ADD UP BILLS IN YOURHEAD

Counting up how much you'respending as you put items inyour shopping basket is anothergreat workout for your greymatter. The mental challengeactivates the `working memory'part of your brain, which is cru-cial for focus, concentration andplanning. Studies show workingmemory decreases by up to 10per cent each decade after 25,but training it in such ways canimprove its function.

8) LEARN THE LINKMETHOD

Eight times World MemoryChampion Dominic O'Brien is afan of the link method forremembering a list of words orshopping items. To do it, yousimply make a link betweeneach of the objects. For exam-ple, try remembering the follow-ing words: torch, grapes, a ring,sherry. Imagine shining a torchon a bunch of grapes. Inside oneof the grapes you see a ringsparkling with diamonds. Asyou squeeze the grape, the ringfalls into a glass of sherry.

9) EAT CHICKEN, ANDFLOSS

Rich in the nutrient choline,chicken, along with eggs, fishand beans, can help keep thebrain in top form. Researchers at

Tufts University found that peo-ple who ate plenty of cholinetended to perform better inmemory tests and were less like-ly to display the brain changesthat are associated with demen-tia And after the chicken snack,make sure you floss. Poor gumhealth could damage yourbrain.Studies have found peoplewith gum disease tend to scorelower in memory tests, whichdental researchers say may bebecause infected gums releaseinflammatory by-products intothe bloodstream that travel tothe areas of the brain involved inmemory. So as well as keepingyour teeth and gums healthy,brushing and flossing twicedaily could help keep yourmemory sharp.

10) DITCH DIETS PRO-TEIN-CENTRIC

From Paleo to Atkins, dietsthat ban carbohydrates are aspopular as ever, but going with-out bread and rice can leave youfuzzy-headed and forgetful,according to a study by TuftsUniversity, near Boston inAmerica.This is because yourbrain runs on carbohydrates, sowhen you avoid them, you'redepriving it of its main fuel.Wholegrain carbs are also richin B vitamins, low levels ofwhich can trigger memory loss.But don't skip eating proteineither, as research shows leanmeat, fish and dairy are vital fora good attention span.

10 lifestyle changes for razor-sharp memory

In a freewheeling chat,Ranbir Kapoor talksabout being arrogant

yet secure about his talent,learning from his mistakesand being the 'man' of hishouse.

Q. You are still not a herowith a six pack abs, youare the boy next door.Why?

A. That is so not me. Ifthere is a character thatneeds to have that kind ofbody, I would do it, but thefilms I am doing don'trequire that. I generally dofilms for the young audi-ence, the audience whichrelates to you. Having thequalities of a hero is some-thing, but that attempt andthat journey to be a hero issomething else. I alwaysbelieved in being an under-hero, like Roberto Benignior Raj Kapoor in Shree420. The attempt to dosomething is greater thanthe glory of it. I tried beingthe hero in Besharam andrealised that I don't havethe aura or the conviction

to be the typical Hindi filmhero like Salman (Khan),Shah Rukh Khan, Akshay(Kumar) or Ajay Devgn,they have the persona andthe confidence. I don'thave that. Right now I amhappy playing the under-dog ? the guy who's tryingto be a hero.

Q. Times are also chang-ing. The audience doesn'texpect everyone to belarger than life.

A. The glory of stardomis fading. The good thing isthat the content, movie andthe director are the stars.Anyway people don't go towatch a film unless it isthose blockbuster stars. So,I am happy if the contentgets superstardom status,then more people willcome to the theatres.

Q. You were lucky tobecome a brand afteryour first few films.

A. I guess. But you haveto constantly keep workingto maintain that, to keepwinning over the audience.

After Wake Up Sid andRocket Singh, though itdidn't work, people had anidea of what I do. Theybuilt that perception. Butwhen you do a bad film,like I did Besharam, thenthe audience starts wonder-ing where you are reallyheaded. That affects you.So you have to constantlykeep doing better.

Q. Did you sit back andreevaluate your choicesafter Besharam's deba-cle?

A. Subconsciously, yes. Iunderstood that I was tak-ing my audience for grant-ed. So it was a good lesson.It was a very positive mis-take that I made.

Q. Do you think it affect-ed your brand value?

A. We are all as good asour last film. Nobodyremembers anything butyour last film. Like recent-ly I was dubbing for theaudio visuals for ShashiKapoor and that's when Irealised how much he's

contributed to films. I hadforgotten all about his con-tributions. So yes,Besharam affected me andalso perhaps that's the rea-son why there is a negativ-

ity around Bombay Velvet.It is a kind of a pressure,but that is exciting,because I know the inten-tion here is right.

Q. For someone who's anurban kid, was gettingthe body language of a'60s guy in BombayVelvet difficult?

A. I try to marry thedirector's mind. I don'thave a solid personalitymyself; I find myself veryboring. So I borrow thepersonality that the direc-tor brings to me. It is adeparture from who actual-ly I am. I don't do anyhomework, I just try tounderstand what the direc-tor wants. I am arrogantenough to know that I havethe talent, but I am alsowise enough to know that Ineed to borrow from otherpeople's experiences.

I am a closed person. Iam incapable of openlyshowing my emotions.And cinema is where Ihave found a medium toexpress myself. I was bornin Bandra and went toAmerica for studies. Howwill I ever have the depthof experience of directorswho have had a different

kind of life? Like ImtiazAli comes fromJamshedpur, Anurag(Kashyap) comes fromGorakhpur, Ayan(Mukherji), these peoplegive me another facet tomy personality. I don'tknow better than them. Iam the Wake Up Sid, YehJawaani Hai Deewani fel-low. I have no life experi-ences beyond that. So I amgrateful that these peopleare giving me what I don'tknow. Aamir Khan hadgiven me a solid advicebefore I joined films. Heasked me to travel acrossthe country, saying it willexpand your horizon. Atthat time I wondered whatwas he saying. But now Ithink he was right. Weneed to get out of ourcocoons and see the realworld before we becomeactors.

Q. The Kapoors havealways gone with theflow, have not reallyplanned too much.

A. Exactly. Because we

know that we are justactors and shouldn't takeourselves so seriously, weare not saving the world.We are not doctors, engi-neers or scientists atNASA. Hum toh bas actorshain. I have not plannedanything. Saawariya(2007) just happened andeverything else followedon its own. I never grabbeda film, or snatched a filmfrom someone. MaybeBombay Velvet won'twork, but as long as Iknow that the intentionwas right, I am okay.Anyway, I think if youplan too much, God startslaughing up there.

Q. Do you think yourcocooned upbringing willbe a deterrent when youturn director and want totell a story?

A. Of course. You needto have experienced reallife to tell a story of thatkind. (Smiles) But younever know, I might tell adesi story.

Ranbir Kapoor: I Am Arrogant Enough to Know my Work is Good

Shah Rukh KhanWears Shades Butno Shirt to Thank 13Million Twitter Fans

Bollywood superstarShah Rukh Khandevised a unique

'shirtless' way to thank hisfans and followers after heamassed a massive follow-ing of 13 million fans onTwitter. SRK thanked hisfollowers for making thevirtual platform "colour-ful" for him. The 49-year-old posted a video tweet toshare his views. In theclip, he appears shirtless,is seen with a stubble, anddons shades - all adding tothe charm of Bollywood's'King of Romance'.

The cine icon, whostrives to stay connectedwith his fans and updatethem about his personaland professional life, alsotook the opportunity toshare a message - respectwomen. "A home is madeof all different sorts in afamily, we discuss witheach other, contradict eachother even fight with eachother but do not abusewoman, mother, sistersand daughters just becausethey are not yours... Thankyou 13 million for makingthis very colourful homewith me and yes I amwearing glares but I amnot wearing a shirt," hesaid.