NEW DELHIBJP today said internet

must be governed as it is"extremely important" forgovernance but it shoulddone in a way that does notcompromise on the spiritof freedom of speech andexpression.

"Internet is extremelyimportant and since it isextremely important forgovernance also, becauseevery person is within theambit of government,internet has to be governedin a way that does not takeaway basic essence ofinternet which is freedomof speech and expression,"BJP NationalSpokesperson SambitPatra said today.

He was speaking at anInternet governance event

organised by industrychamber Assocham.

"Even those who are try-ing to curb this freedom ofexpression also enjoy free-dom of expression.Internet is creation of mindand hence mind cannot beput within boundaries andmind does not has bound-aries of countries in it. Sointernet must be governedin non-discretionary man-ner for benefit of mankindat large," he said.

Talking about 'net neu-trality', he said the govern-ment has formed a com-mittee on net neutralityand telecom regulatorTRAI is also working on it.

"Once the TRAI submitsits recommendation to theTelecom Commission and

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Arun Jaitley disapproves of tendencyof shrillness, hype by channels

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KABUL/NEW DELHIA top Afghan official has

been quoted by an Afghan newsagency as saying that militantsattacked an upscale guesthousein Kabul on Wednesday nightthinking that IndianAmbassador Amar Sinha was

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Kabul guesthouseattack: Indian envoywas Taliban's target?

HISARA criminal, who was to be

produced before a court today,was shot dead inside the courtcomplex in Haryana allegedlyby an armed assailant, policesaid. Sandeep alias Bachhi was

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Criminal Allegedly ShotDead Inside CourtComplex in Haryana

COLOMBOThe UN refugee agency on

Thursday appealed for theresumption of ferry servicesbetween India and Sri Lankasaying it would help in thereturn of Sri Lankan Tamilrefugees from India.

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UN refugee agencywants resumption ofIndo-Lanka ferry service

NEW DELHIAll 39 Indians held hostage in

Iraq by ISIS militants for nearly ayear are "alive", External AffairsMinister Sushma Swaraj told thefamilies of the victims today.

Ms Swaraj, who met the fami-lies for the seventh time since theabduction of the Indians in Junelast year from Mosul, reassured the families about the

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All 39 Indians Held as Hostages in Iraqby ISIS are Alive: Sushma Swaraj

JODHPURA court in Jodhpur today

rejected actor Salman Khan'sthe revision petition seekingpermission to summon five wit-nesses in the Arms Act caseagainst him.

Mr Khan's counsel HMSaraswat said that they wereawaiting for the detailed order to find out the grounds

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Jodhpur Court Rejects Actor SalmanKhan's Plea in Arms Act Case

NEW DELHIPresident Pranab Mukherjee

on Thursday greeted the gov-ernment and the people ofParaguay on the eve of thecountry's independence day.

"On behalf of the governmentand the people of India and onmy own behalf, it gives megreat pleasure to convey to you

warm greetings and felicitations on the occasion ofyour independence day," the President said in his

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President Pranab Mukherjee GreetsParaguay on Independence Day

NEW DELHIThe Janata Dal (United) on

Thursday criticised the Centrefor passing the amendment tothe child labour law, statingthat the need of the hour in thecountry was to provide poverty

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Need poverty alleviationschemes, not childlabour laws: JD(U)

NEW DELHIThe Centre has taken a deci-

sion to empower state govern-ments to make rules for preven-tion of illegal mining and allthe other matters connectedwith it.

The Ministry of Mines will,however, work in co-ordination

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NEW DELHIIndia on Thursday said

it was the "irresponsibleand inefficient" handlingby various agencies inPakistan which led to therelease of 26/11 Mumbaiterror attack mastermindZaki-ur Rahman Lakhvifrom jail.

Minister of State forHome Kiren Rijiju alsosaid that underworld donDawood Ibrahim wasliving in Pakistan andgovernment was com-mitted to bringing himback to face law.

"We have given all rel-evant papers, all evi-dence against Lakhvi.

But Pakistani agenciesdid not produce theseevidence properly beforecourt, which resulted inhis release from jail.They handled the case ina very irresponsible and

inefficient manner," hetold reporters here.

Referring to 1993Mumbai serial blasts keyaccused, Dawood, theMinister said there was

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Internet must be governed: BJP

NEW DELHITelangana Rashtra

Samithi leader KKavitha on Thursdayclaimed that theCongress Party onlyremembers the plight offarmers when it is not inpower, and dismissedRahul Gandhi's 'padya-tra' through the state asa mere attempt to give aboost to the cadre of thegrand old party.

"For so many years,

the Congress Party notonly ruled Telangana,but also India as awhole. Yet, they havenever been able to stopfarmer suicides. We feelthat the Congress hashit an all-time low, andthus, they are going allover the country to givea boost to their cadre,"Kavitha told a newsagency.

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BEIJINGDuring his 90-minute

talks with ChinesePresident Xi Jinpingtoday, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi raised aseries of stress points fortheir countries, includinghow China issues visas toapplicants fromArunachal Pradesh, whichit claims as SouthernTibet.

Sources said the PMraised India's objectionsto visas being stapled tothe passports ofArunachal residents,instead of stamps within.

A map of India carriedon state-run China televi-sion channel CCTVremoved Kashmir andArunachal Pradesh, rais-ing a controversy onTwitter.

Sources tell Mr Modialso shared concerns withPresident Xi about the$46 billion economic cor-

ridor that China is build-ing through Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir.

Sources say that on thecontentious issues, therewas a free and candidexchange of views.

"It was very substantiveand I would say theatmosphere was verycomfortable, so in a senseit was building on thechemistry between thetwo of them that startedlast September... on thepolitical side, there was alot of discussion onstrengthening trust andincreasing convergence.Political issues were dis-cussed, boundary issueswere discussed, includingpeace and tranquility onthe border," said ForeignSecretary S Jaishankar.

In a major departurefrom protocol by theChinese leadership, thePM became the first

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BENGALURUAfter ping pong tables, moti-

vational posters and casualdress codes, India's tech start-ups are following SiliconValley's lead and embracing the"fail fast" culture credited with

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India Learns to 'FailFast' as Tech Start-UpCulture Takes Root

NAGPURUnion Home Minister

Rajnath Singh today metRSS chief MohanBhagwat at the Sanghheadquarters here and dis-cussed the national politi-cal scenario as the BJP-ledgovernment at the Centreis completing its first yearin power.

According to RSSsources, the closed doormeeting lasted for abouttwo hours in which impor-tant issues like the landbill was discussed.

Making his first trip to

the Sangh headquarters'Hedgewar Bhawan' afterbecoming Home Minister,Singh deliberated uponkey issues such as the

black-money tracking andthe performance ofNarendra Modi govern-ment from the perspective

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NEWS IN BRIEF

NEW DELHIA day after Cabinet

approved Rs 20,000crore for the flagship'Namami Gange' pro-gramme, Union WaterResource Minister UmaBharti on Thursday saidaround Rs 7000 crorewill be spent on pay-ment of dues of previ-ous clean Ganga proj-ects, which have esca-lated due to time andcost overruns.

"Only Rs 4000 crorewas spent in past 29years for cleaning ofGanga. Now, we willhave to pay the liabili-ties (of previous proj-

ects) due to cost escala-tion which will bearound Rs 7000 to Rs8000 crore," Bharti toldreporters after the 4thmeeting of Inter-linkingof rivers.

She said optionswould be explored formaking the old policiesmore effective to yieldbetter results, andNGOs and other organi-sations would be

engaged for Ganga reju-venation.

Expressing confi-dence that the govern-ment will be able tocomplete first phase ofcleaning of the holyriver by October nextyear, Bharti noted thatthe Ganga rejuvenationprogramme is a centralsponsored schemewhich does not requiredany financial assistancefrom states.

"The main reason whyCentral schemes getdelayed is that they getstuck in obtainingapprovals from state

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NEW DELHIAbsence of an "adequate

financial model" is a realchallenge faced by manymedia organisations,Information andBroadcasting Minister ArunJaitley on Thursday said,adding that this situation notonly affects news content butmay even lead to ills likepaid news.

"What is the financialmodel behind the digitalmedium, it's still strugglingfor it... The aberration in theelectronic media is that thecost of distribution is morethan the cost of content,"Jaitley said.

Speaking further, he saidthat with cost of distribution

being so high, there is anobvious compromise on thecost of content as the quan-tum of advertising availableis almost stagnant or maybegrowing marginally.

He said that in this situa-tion, news organisations maybegin competing for eye-

balls, resulting in hype and"shrillness". In a shrilldebate, he added, the otherside of the picture is notknown.

He further said that while alarge number of organisa-tions will maintain priorities,

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Lack of 'adequate financial model' chal-lenge for many media houses: Jaitley

BEIJINGIn a major departure

from protocol by theChinese leadership, PrimeMinister Narendra Modibecame the first worldleader to be hosted outsideBeijing, at President XiJinping's hometown ofXi'an.

President Xi warmlywelcomed the PM at theShaanxi Guest House asthe two leaders shookhands for photographs. Inhis opening remarks, PMModi, wearing a blackbandhgala suit, expressedhis appreciation for thePresident's gesture. "Thisis an honour to 125 croreIndians whom I am repre-senting as Prime Minister,"he said.

Last year, whenPresident Xi visited India,he met with the PM in hishome state of Gujarat, anencounter that was referredto today. "You receivedme very warmly in yourhometown. I am very gladto receive you in myhometown," said theChinese leader.

While PM Modi spoke inHindi, President Xi madehis remarks in Chinese.

The day was certainlyhigh on ceremony andcolour - the PM visited theTerracotta WarriorsMuseum striking poseswith the statues there, atemple and then thefamous Wild GoosePagoda with President Xi.

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XIANOn Thursday evening, after a dinner

banquet hosted by President Xi Jinpingfor Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the

ancient city of Xian, the two leaders willwalk out to the courtyard of the Pot Cityfor a cultural performance.

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Police to give self defencetraining to one lakh Delhi girlsNEW DELHI

One lakh girls in Delhi will be given self defencetraining by the police and more than 66,000 of themhave already been trained.

Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi conveyed thisto the 9th meeting of the Special Task Force set up tolook into issues related to safety and security of womenhere today.

The Task Force, headed by Union Home Secretary,has been informed by Bassi that the chargesheets arenow being registered in the shortest possible time andthe quality of investigation is being improved.

"Delhi police has planned to train about one lakh girlsin self-defence training and about 66,190 girls havebeen trained in this field so far during current calendaryear," a Home Ministry statement said.

Self-defence is being included in the syllabus ofschools by the concerned authorities.

The Home Secretary asked the officers to focus on theissues of GPS and GPRS based tracking system andCCTVs in DTC buses.

Street light and last mile connectivity to the housesfrom metro stations through suitable mode such as e-rickshaws, autos, shuttle service or any other cheaptransport should be encouraged, he said.

Goyal asked the officers to implement all develop-mental works required for growth of Delhi as a smartcity. He also asked the NDMC and MCDs to improvethe condition of roads, water and sewerage in theirareas.

The meeting was attended by the Chairperson DelhiCommission for Women (DCW), Chief Secretary Delhi,Commissioner of Police Delhi, heads of differentdepartments of the Delhi government and senior offi-cers from the Ministry of Home Affairs and other con-cerned Ministries of Government of India.

Representatives of the Government of Haryana andUttar Pradesh also attended the meeting.

Theft incidents on the rise,need deterrent effect: CourtNEW DELHI

Two men have been sent to three years in jail forbreaking into a person's house to commit theft by aDelhi court which refused to take a lenient view towardsthem observing such offences are on the rise and therewas need for "deterrent effect".

Metropolitan Magistrate Ashok Kumar handed downthe jail term to Bunty and Bobby for the offences underSection 457 (house-breaking by night in order to com-mit offence) read with 34 (common intention) of IPC.

"Convicts don't deserve too much leniency and sen-tencing them merely up to the period undergone andgiving them benefit of probation would be overlookingthe gravity of the offence."

"I am not in favour of releasing them on probation assuch offences are increasing day by day in alarmingnumbers and deterrent effect must be shown to prospec-tive evil elements," the magistrate said.

The court also said that the conduct of the duo inentering the house of complainant Gaje Singh in southDelhi here in odd hours with an intention to committheft was very serious in nature.

The court, while observing that the purpose of sen-tencing is a balancing act, said, "On one hand, punish-ment should be sufficient to deter accused not to repeatoffence and become a good member in society. On theother hand,punishment shouldn't be too harsh resultingin accused becoming hardcore criminal."

The court, while holding the duo guilty of the offence,relied on the testimony of the complainant and rejectedthe contention of convicts regarding contradictions instatements.

According to the prosecution, late at night on October18, 2011, Bunty and Bobby entered the house of Singh"in a clandestine manner" to commit theft, but wereapprehended by him and his neighbour and were hand-ed over to the police.

The court said that there were minor contradictionsbut the incident took place in 2011 and the evidence wasrecorded in 2015, so it can be attributed to mere lapse ofmemory and "no person should be expected to have arazor sharp memory".

It also also rejected the contention of defence counselthat there were no independent witnesses to corroboratethe version of the complainant and said, "It's is a wellknown fact that people are reluctant to be made part oflitigation as they are too busy in their dailystruggle".

During the trial, the duo had pleaded not guilty andclaimed they were falsely implicated.

The court, however, rejected their claim saying theycould not prove false implication as there was no motivefor Singh to do so.

Two men shot dead in broad daylightshooting in Delhi's Rajender NagarNEW DELHI

Two persons were shot dead by unidentified gunmenin broad daylight at Central Delhi's Rajender Nagar onThursday.

The deceased have been identified as Ram Charan,who was in his early 40s, and Lakhan Lal (52).

The incident took place around 9:18 am in the marketarea near Shankar Road in Rajender Nagar when theduo had reached there to have their morning cup of teaat a shop.

Suddenly, three people reached there on a motorbikeand opened fire at them from close range.

"Ram Charan died on the spot while Lakhan Lal wasrushed to B L Kapoor hospital in an unconscious statewhere he succumbed to his injuries," said DeputyCommissioner of Police (Central) Parmaditya.

Initial investigation revealed that Ram Charan was awitness in a case pending in Tis Hazari court and theattack could be linked to it, police sources said.

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IN BRIEF

NEW DELHIIn a major embarrass-

ment for Arvind Kejriwal,the Supreme Court hastoday suspended an orderissued by his governmentthat called for criminaldefamation cases againstthe media.

The top court pointed outthat Mr Kejriwal has per-sonally challenged crimi-nal defamation casesagainst him on the groundsthat they encroach upon hisright to freedom of speech.His lawyers have arguedthat defamation should beconsidered a civil wrong.

"You can't do both thingstogether - come to theSupreme Court againstdefamation on one hand,and then take actionagainst the media," thejudges said.

Last week, Mr Kejriwal,46, commissioned a majorcontroversy after a noteasked all officers in hisDelhi government to regis-

ter complaints about "anynews item which damagesthe reputation of the chiefminister or the govern-ment." The order wasattacked by his opponentsand others as Mr Kejriwal'sattempt to stifle any criti-cism. He has controversial-ly accused the media of

being "sold" and commit-ted to "supari journalism"to discredit his party.

Mr Kejriwal strode intooffice after a victory ofrecord proportions inFebruary's election inDelhi. However, sincethen, his term has beeneclipsed with a series of

controversies and a bitterlyrancorous split with twosenior party leaders,Prashant Bhushan andYogendra Yadav, who haveaccused him of being dic-tatorial and turning themore than two-year-oldAAP into "a one-manshow."

Supreme Court Faults Arvind Kejriwal forDouble-Speak, Stops Defamation Diktat

NEW DELHIPolitical parties on

Thursday welcomed theSupreme Court order put-ting on hold the Delhigovernment's circular thatcalled for criminaldefamation cases againstthe media.

The Bharatiya JanataParty and the Congressquickly reacted to theapex court's observationthat accused Delhi ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwalof following double stan-dards.

It said that seeking sus-pension of criminaldefamation proceedingsagainst himself but issu-ing a circular permittingaction against mediagroups for allegedly

defamatory reportingreflected "dichotomy".

"They not only wantedto gag the media but gagcommon citizens, politi-cal parties and their lead-ers. It was undemocraticand not in the interest ofthe democracy as awhole," Delhi Congresspresident Ajay Makensaid of Delhi's rulingparty. "I am very happythat SC has issued thisorder. The circular nolonger would be valid,"he added. The BJP echoedthe same view.

"It was untenable in thecourt of law, but he wentahead because of hisanarchistic approachtowards governance.Kejriwal has been given a

tight rap by the SupremeCourt on his anarchistapproach," BJP leaderSiddharth Nath Singhsaid.

Former Aam AadmiParty leader PrashantBhushan said the "doublestandard" of Kejriwalhave been exposed.

The Kejriwal govern-ment on May 6 issued acircular that if any personwas aggrieved by anypublication of a newsitem, that person canrefer it to the Delhi homedepartment which, inconsultation with the lawdepartment, can grantsanction prosecution ofthe media house publish-ing the news, leading to adefamation case.

Political parties welcome SC's stayon Delhi government's circular

3NEW DELHIDelhi Commission for Women

Chief Barkha Shukla Singh onThursday approached the LtGovernor and Delhi Police seeking"stringent" action against AAP leaderKumar Vishwas, alleging that he wasbehind the posting of a series of"inappropriate" and "objectionable"tweets on her.

The DCW chief also sought filingof an FIR against the AAP leader onthe basis of her complaint and askedfor police protection, alleging threatto herself and her family fromVishwas and his associates.

Earlier this month, the DCW chiefhad issued summons to Vishwas afteran AAP volunteer accused him of notrebutting "rumours" about an illicitliaison with her and ruining her repu-tation.

"Mr Kumar Vishwas is threateningme through his cohorts and is sending

number of tweets. The tweets are sohighly objectionable and undignifiedthat after reading them one will hanghis or her head in shame.

"These objectionable and badtweets against woman of dignity andhigh reputation like me definitelyinvite stringent legal action againstKumar, who is directly or indirectly

defaming me through twitter in thesocial networking site just becausethe Commission summoned him onthe basis of a complaint of a dis-tressed woman," Singh said in lettersto Lt Governor Najeeb Jung andDelhi Police Commissioner BSBassi. Vishwas could not be contact-ed for his comment.

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CBI has arrested thealleged mastermind of themurder of freelance jour-nalist Chandrika Rai andthree members of his fami-ly in 2012, the agency saidhere on Thursday.

CBI sources saidDharneesh Singh, a con-tractor based in Shahdoldistrict, was the master-mind of the killings and hisfingerprints were recov-ered from the crime scene.

A CBI spokesperson saidthe agency had alreadyarrested one more accusedearlier.

The case was handedover to CBI by the MadhyaPradesh High Court inJanuary this year.

Journalist ChandrikaRai, his wife Durga Rai,son Jalaj Rai and daughter

Nisha Rai were murderedon the intervening night ofFebruary 17-18, 2012.

"It was alleged that theentire family of the jour-nalist was brutally mur-dered in the night of 17/18-02-2012 by unknown per-sons. The State Policearrested the driver of thedeceased and filed acharge sheet against himon May 26, 2012," the CBIspokesperson said.

The spokesperson saidfamily members of Raiapproached the MadhyaPradesh High Court seek-ing a CBI investigationinto the case. The HighCourt stayed the ongoingtrial against the accusedand passed order for rein-vestigation of the case byCBI.

NEW DELHIThe Supreme Court on

Thursday dismissed theplea of a bank employeewho had challenged fram-ing of charges against himfor publishing an alleged"vulgar and obscene"poem on Mahatma Gandhiin 1994 in an in-housemagazine of which he wasan editor. A bench compris-ing justices Dipak Misraand Prafulla C Pant saidone cannot be allowed touse indecent language for"historically respected per-sonalities like MahatmaGandhi".

The bench upheld theBombay High Court's deci-sion of not quashingcharge of sale/publication

of obscene books, framedagainst accused DevidasRamchandra Tuljapurkar,saying freedom of speechand expression does notallow a person to cross"contemporaneous com-munity parameters" ondecency. The bench askedTuljapurkar, the then editorof in-house magazine ofBank of MaharashtraEmployees Union, toexpress his points of viewbefore the lower court dur-ing the trial.

The court, however,quashed the criminal pro-ceedings against the print-ers and publishers of themagazine in which thepoem penned by Marathipoet Vasant Dattatraya

Gurjar was published, say-ing they have already ten-dered an unconditionalapology.

On April 16, the apexcourt had reserved its ver-dict on the plea ofTuljapurkar, who wasmade an accused in 1994for publishing the alleged-ly vulgar poem on Gandhi,for quashing of his prose-cution under section 292(sale, publication ofobscene books) under theIPC. The court had said itwould decide as to whetherputting "indecent words"in the "mouth of MahatmaGandhi" by the poet fallsunder ambit of freedom ofspeech and expression ornot.

Poem on Mahatama: SC refusesto quash charge against editor

NEW DELHIA Delhi court on

Thursday asked theNarmada BachaoAndolan (NBA) activistMedha Patkar and thehead of an Ahmedabad-based NGO, who havefiled three crossdefamation casesagainst each other, toreach a compromise andreferred the matters tothe mediation centre.

M e t r o p o l i t a nMagistrate VasundhraChhaunkar said bothPatkar and VK Saxena,President of NGONational Council forCivil Liberties (NCCL),were public figures andtheir long legal tussle

was not leading any-where.

"You both are publicfigures. Why don't yousit and talk? The matteris being referred tomediation centre. Youboth try to reach settle-ment today itself beforea mediator and informthe court on next date ofhearing," the metropoli-tan magistrate saidwhile posting the matterfor July 30.

During the brief hear-ing, Patkar deposited Rs3,000 fine imposed onher for non-appearanceon the last date of hear-ing of the case and sub-mitted a medical certifi-cate regarding her ail-

ments. The court, whichwas to pronounce itsorder on framing ofdefamation chargesagainst Patkar in one ofthe three cases, askedher why she was nottrying to settle the dis-pute with Saxena, asboth have to come toDelhi from Ahmedabadfor the cases whichhave been going on forthe past 14 years.

Counsel appearing forPatkar said the SupremeCourt was already hear-ing a bunch of petitionschallenging the consti-tutional validity of sec-tion 499 and 500(defamation) of IPC andif Saxena was ready to

withdraw two casesagainst her, then shewould withdraw hercase "within five min-utes". Saxena's counselMahipal andShubhashis Soren saidthat Patkar has lodged afalse case against him atAhmedabad and anysettlement could bereached only if shewithdraws her caseagainst him.

"You should not gointo mediation with ablocked mind but withan open mind. Try toreach a settlement and ifyou fail to do so, thencourt will proceedaccordingly," the mag-istrate said.

Court asks Medha Patkar, Ahmedabad-based NGO chief to compromise

NEW DELHIDelhi government on

Thursday said that it willsoon remove all the printadvertisements and posterscarrying the image of ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwaland work on innovativeideas to promote its policiesand schemes.

The statement by AAPcomes following theSupreme Court verdict onbanning the publication ofphotos of leaders in govern-ment advertisements exceptthose of the President,Prime Minister and theChief Justice of India.Welcoming the SC order, aDelhi governmentspokesperson said, "Wewill comply with theSupreme Court guidelineand remove advertisementscarrying picture of ChiefMinister or any other min-ister. All the print ads willbe removed soon."

A senior governmentofficial, however, claimedthat it would be difficult topromote its policies andschemes without a promi-

nent face."It will be very challeng-

ing to promote governmentpolicies and schemes with-out using the picture ofArvind Kejriwal. We willbe working on some pow-erful and innovative ideasto promote the govern-ment's message," the offi-cial said.

He said the newly-launched anti-corruptionhelpline - 1031 - hadreceived encouragingresponse due to CM's regu-lar appeals to report againstcorruption. "For long wehave been using ChiefMinister's picture on gov-ernment advertisement.Kejriwal's picture was usedas he has large public con-nect and people gave largemandate in Assembly elec-tion on his name," seniorofficial said. Yesterday,AAP-government hadreleased a 39-second longTV commercial in whichKejriwal spoke about howhis government was able topay higher compensation torain-hit farmers.

CBI arrests prime accused injournalist murder case

NEW DELHIA man poured kerosene on his

wife and set her on fire in fullpublic view at a rotary near theirhome in northeast Delhi's JyotiNagar today.

The incident took place around4 PM when the victim, identifiedas Rubina was forcibly draggedby her husband husband RayeesKhan to a roundabout near theirhouse in Loni area. He thenpoured kerosene and set her onfire.

She was admitted to the GuruTeg Bahadur (GTB) Hospitalwith 75 per cent burn injuries.Her condition is said to be criti-cal. The man fled the scenebefore the police arrived at thespot.

"Before anyone could react,Khan fled the spot. We got a call

from a passerby around 4.02 PMwho informed us about the inci-dent, following which a policeteam rushed to the spot. By thattime locals had doused the fire.We rushed her to the hospital,"said a senior policeofficial.

We have registered a case atJyoti Nagar police station and amanhunt has been launched.Their neighbours have said thatthe couple was undergoing amarital discord. They have twochildren.

Several teams have beenformed to nab Rayees Khan.One of them has also been sentto Uttar Pradesh as it is suspect-ed that he may have fled to hishometown, the police said,adding that the investigations areon.

Woman Critical After Husband SetHer on Fire in Delhi's Jyoti Nagar

Will remove all print ads withKejriwal's photo: AAP govt

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NEW DELHIRanjit Sinha, the former chief

of the CBI, held "inappropriatemeetings" at his home withthose being investigated by hisagency, abused the powers ofhis office and must be investi-gated himself, the SupremeCourt said today.

Mr Sinha retired inDecember. His last few weeksin office were seeped in contro-versy and ignominy, with theSupreme Court ordering hisremoval from his agency'sinvestigation into the massivetelecom scam. The judgesaccepted that he was guilty oftrying to subvert the inquiryagainst telecom firms andexecutives who were chargedwith colluding with govern-

ment officials to get out-of-turnmobile network licenses andfree spectrum or airwaves.

The evidence furnishedagainst Mr Sinha, 62, was piv-oted largely on a diary that

recorded who visited him athome-the entries showed housecalls were made regularly bythose being investigated in thetelecom case, and the coalscam, which rests on blatant

irregularities in the distributionof mining licenses by earliergovernments to private firms.

The allegations against MrSinha were brought to the topcourt by lawyer-activistPrashant Bhushan andCommon Cause, an NGObased in Delhi. "The court hasheld that it was inappropriatefor the CBI chief to meet theaccused in the absence of theinvestigating officers," MrBhushan said today.

The Supreme Court has saidthat Mr Sinha's meetings withthose accused in the telecomand coal scams should beexamined by the CentralVigilance Commission, theagency that deals with govern-mental corruption.

NEW DELHIThe Defence Ministry

has agreed to buy 56 planesfrom Airbus for $1.87 bil-lion, as Prime MinisterNarendra Modi moves tomodernise the country'smilitary, an official saidThursday.

The ministry's DefenceAcquisition Council,which approves big ticketorders, agreed Airbus andIndia's Tata AdvancedSystems would jointlybuild military transport air-craft to replace an ageingfleet.

The deal for the C295sworth over Rs. 11,935crores ($1.87 billion) wasagreed late Wednesday bythe council along withother orders worth $875million or over Rs. 5,584crores, the DefenceMinistry official told newsagency AFP.

Under the project pro-posal, Airbus would build16 twin-turboprop aircraftin "fly-away condition",while Tata would assemblethe remaining 40 in theHyderabad in a technologytransfer.

India is in the middle of amajor upgrade of itsSoviet-era military, partly

to keep up with Pakistanand big-spending China.

Since coming to power

one year ago, PM Modi'sgovernment has approveda string of military projectsthat had stalled under theprevious Congress govern-ment, in part over corrup-tion scandals.

The PM has said hewants to end India's statusas the world's number onedefence importer and tohave 70 percent of hard-ware manufactured domes-tically by the turn of thedecade.

His government liftedthe cap of foreign invest-ment in defence to 49 per-

cent last year.Other orders approved

yesterday include 145BAE Systems ultra-lightartillery howitzers, Indo-Russian BrahMos cruisemissiles for six warshipsand 197 Russian Kamovhelicopters, the officialsaid.

The council, chaired byDefence Minister ManoharParrikar, also set up a com-mittee to work out thedetails for the alreadyagreed purchase of 36Rafale fighter jets fromFrance.

NEW DELHIJ Jayalalithaa's widely

expected return as chiefminister has reportedlybeen delayed over thepossibility of an appealby Karnataka against heracquittal in a corruptioncase on Monday.

The former chief min-ister has not made a sin-gle public appearancesince the verdict that trig-gered wild celebrationsamong her supporters.

Sources in herAIADMK party say the67-year-old is waiting fora move by the Karnatakagovernment, which hassaid that it is examiningwhether the decision toclear Jayalalithaa wasbased on flawed math.

Special public prosecu-tor BV Acharya hasflagged what he claims isa major miscalculationby the court, and has rec-ommended an appeal.

The Karnataka HighCourt cancelledJayalalithaa's convictionand four-year jail sen-tence saying that she had

been incorrectly chargedwith accumulatingwealth disproportionateto her known sources ofincome during her firstterm as Chief Minister ofTamil Nadu. Justice CRKumaraswamy said thathe based his decision ona calculation of her assetsthat suggested that unac-counted wealth wasabout 8 per cent of herincome, which was"within the permissiblelimit of 10 per cent".

But the prosecutoralleges that the judgemiscalculated the former

chief minister's loans andher illegal wealth is infact, 76 per cent of herknown income.Karnataka Chief MinisterSiddaramaiah yesterdaysaid his government isexamining the allegation.

O Panneerselvam, whostepped in as Tamil Naduchief minister afterJayalalithaa's convictionby a trial court inSeptember last year andhas never objected tobeing described as herproxy, went to her PoesGarden residence inChennai with 19 minis-

ters on Wednesday.Ms Jayalalithaa had to

step down after her con-viction, which left herdisqualified as a lawmak-er. Her party men insistthere is no cause fordelay in her takingcharge again.

"Not at all. Definitelynot. Because this matteris not a huge matter at all.It will be verified and Idon't think this will cre-ate a problem in ourAmma's taking charge,"said AIADMKspokesperson CRSaraswathi.

Jayalalithaa's Return as ChiefMinister Could be Delayed: Sources

HYDERABADSoon after his appoint-

ment this week, newTripura GovernorTathagata Roy tweeted,"Thanks to all twipple whocongratulated me. Pleaseappreciate that I can't replyindividually. And,alas,nomore political tweets."

But the political tweetsthat already crowd MrRoy's Twitter page haveplaced the Bengal BJPleader in the middle of abig row, with his criticslaunching a #recalltatha-gatharoy campaign. Theyallege that his postsdemonstrate a strong com-munal bias and so he can-not be appointed to a con-stitutional post.

Mr Roy - whose Twitterhandle @tathagata2 statesthat his politics is"Hindutva" and his person-al mission "To preservehistory of exodus of

Hindus fm East Bengal," -is unfazed.

The articulate 70-year-old, an engineer by profes-sion, said that he does notregret the views he aired asa BJP leader, but asGovernor, "I am a changedman." "That was a differ-ent person, a political per-son, I said things which mypolitics dictated, mybeliefs dictated. I don'regret them. But afterbecoming Governor, I haveconstitutional duties," MrRoy said, adding, "Like

parentage, I cannot changehis beliefs, but it will nothave any part to play in theduties that I perform."

Mr Roy has also chargedpolitical rivals with mak-ing convoluted interpreta-tions of his tweets. "Theymay want to hang me orbehead me but their convo-luted interpretation iswrong," he said.

Asked if he wouldrethink becoming governorif the Tripura governmentraised objections, Mr Roysaid, "I have talked to

home minister RajnathSingh. He said theConstitution provides for aconsultation with the stategovernment beforeappointment of a governor.He had that consultationwith the chief minister andthe Chief Minister did notvoice any such objection.Therefore that is the end ofthe controversy."

Tripura is ruled by theCPM led Left Front andthe chief minister is CPMPolitburo member ManikSarkar. Tathagata Roy hadtweeted on April 2, "Isometimes think howlucky I am, that I am near-ly 70 and won't live to seethe Islamic takeover ofWest Bengal." And aboutthree weeks later, "39 yrsof Left & Pseudoleft,Mamata rule inexorablypushing W Bengal twdsde-industrialization, anar-chy and Islamic takeover."

New Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy DefendsTweets on 'Islamic Takeover,' 'Love Jihad'

Tata-Airbus Military Plane Order for $1.9 Billion Cleared by Government

Former CBI Chief Ranjit Sinha's Home Meetings'Inappropriate', Says Supreme Court, Orders Investigation

NEW DELHIIndia's weather office said on

Thursday it expects monsoonrains to hit the southern Keralacoast around May 30, a timelyarrival for farmers worried aboutdry weather from an El Ninoweather pattern this year.

For millions of farmers whosewinter-sown crops were damagedby unseasonal rains in Februaryand March, the IndiaMeteorological Department's(IMD) prediction of a timely startto the monsoon may help themplan their sowingbetter.

IMD considers a June 1 arrivalas normal. Last year the annualrains hit the Kerala coast on June6, leading to deficient rains thattrimmed grain output.

"A timely onset of monsoon

will help ease threats of El Ninofrom the minds of farmers tosome extent," said Sudhir Panwar,chief of farmers' lobby groupKisan Jagriti Manch. "This couldalso lead to timely sowing ofsummer crops."

The El Nino, or a warming ofsea-surface temperatures in thePacific, brought the worst droughtin four decades to India in 2009.A repeat could severely hit farm-ing, which accounts for 15 percent of the country's $2 trillioneconomy and supports two-thirdsof its 1.25 billion population.

"There are instances in the pastwhen the monsoon onset tookplace much ahead of the normaldate but the season turned out tobe dry as happened in 2009,"IMD's chief forecaster D.S. Paitold Reuters.

Monsoon Rains to HitSouth India on Time

CHENNAIDMK chief M

Karunanidhi today saidthe Supreme Court verdicton banning photos ofChief Ministers in govern-ment advertisementsamounts "to snatchingaway the rights of states"as the constitution gives"equal status" to PrimeMinisters and ChiefMinisters.

"The Supreme Courtjudgement that govern-ment advertisementsshould carry photos ofPresident, Prime Ministerand Chief Justice of Indiaand not state ChiefMinisters amounts tosnatching away the rightsof states.

According to theConstitution of India, in afederal set-up, PrimeMinisters and ChiefMinisters have equal sta-

tus," he said.Karunanidhi said people

in the respective statesalways gave importance toChief Ministers.

"Both Prime Ministerand a Chief Minister wereselected by the majorityparty, that is, one that hadwon elections, even as thePresident had the supportof a political party," he

said.Therefore, all the basic

reasons that justified car-rying photos of Presidentand Prime Ministersapplied for state ChiefMinisters also, he said in astatement.

Former five-time ChiefMinister, Karunanidhisaid that with lesser num-ber of educated people in

the country, an advertise-ment with a picture wouldconvey the message easierthan many words.

It has been long accept-ed by people in Indiandemocracy that while thePrime Minister was 'sym-bolic' of the Central gov-ernment, the ChiefMinister was the equiva-lent of the state.

"Therefore, it is myopinion carrying photos ofChief Ministers in govern-ment advertisements isunavoidable," he said.

"personality cult" as ananti-thesis of democracy,the Supreme Court hadyesterday barred publica-tion of photos of leaders ingovernment advertise-ments except those of thePresident, Prime Ministerand the Chief Justice ofIndia.

Ban on Chief Minister Photos in Government AdsSnatches State Rights: DMK Chief M Karunanidhi

BEIJINGRevolutionary changes

could take place in Asia ifChina and India forge clos-er ties overcoming mistrust,the Chinese state mediasaid on Thursday as PrimeMinister Narendra Modibegan his three-day visit tothe country.

"Anyone with somegeopolitical knowledgeunderstands what revolu-tionary changes would hap-pen to the political and eco-nomic landscape in Asia if

China and India could joinhands to forge ahead," anarticle in the state-runGlobal Times said. "Butpeople are also aware thatthere seems always to be alack of mutual trustbetween the dragon and theelephant," the article said.

Noting that China is theworld's largest textileexporter followed by India,it said the ranking implieswhere the Sino-Indian rela-tionship stands and unveilsone of the reasons.

Close Sino-India ties can usherrevolutionary changes: Media

Rahul Gandhiindulging in politicsof lies, says BJPNEW DELHI

The bitter war of wordsover Amethi food parkcontinued, Thursday, withBJP national secretaryShrikant Sharma accusingCongress vice presidentRahul Gandhi of indulgingin “politics of lies”.

“Rahul Gandhi wants totell Congress that he isactive, trying to find hisspace and that's whyindulging in politics oflies,” Sharma said.

“If a leader of rulingparty was not able to startthe food park, what doesthat say about Congressand Rahul Gandhi?” headded.

NEW DELHIIn the highly competitive scenario for

news organisations, the desire to bewatched more can lead to shrillness andhype where the other side of the pictureis ignored, Information andBroadcasting Minister Arun Jaitleytoday said.

The viewer, he however added, hasfreedom to decide which version iscloser to reality and it is here that the"conventionalists have a chance to hitback". The I&B minister was address-ing a seminar organised by the IndianInstitute of Mass Communication(IIMC) here on 'Establishment of aCommunication University'. Jaitleysaid that the best training a journalistcan get is only when he is on his feet inthe field.

The media, he said, in Indian democ-racy from just being an informant hasbecome a participant who partly laysdown the agenda. "Whether good orbad, not in a position to sit on judge-ment," Jaitley said.

The Minister said that if news chan-nels have to compete with each other,there comes in the desire to create hype,which can be done through controver-sies, celebrities or important crimeevents being highlighted.

"This necessarily leads to shrillness.In a shrill debate, the other side of thepicture is not known. And if the epi-

demic of shrillness spreads than chan-nel across channel, you will find onlyone viewpoint.... And if there is a legit-imate alternative viewpoint, how doyou fill in the gap for that?," Jaitleyasked.

He said the advent of news camerahas changed the definition of news to"what the camera can capture".

He added that even if one looks atconventional media, a policementhrowing a stone or singer having madea tweet found more prominence thanthe results of British elections.

Jaitley referred to the absence of ade-

quate "financial model" as a real chal-lenge saying that while digital media isstill struggling to find such a model, inelectronic media the cost of distributionis higher than the cost of content.

In such a situation, the cost of contentcan be obviously compromised, he said.

The I&B minister said that there are anumber of public issues currently beingdebated, but he was choosing not toexpress himself because he feels notadequately informed.

"It is only when the shrillness dilutesa little, there will be space for the otherviewpoint," he said.

Arun Jaitley disapproves of tendencyof shrillness, hype by channels

Friday | May 15, 2015

The recurrence of a major earthquake on May 12 —this time measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale — withits epicentre near Kodari in Nepal, barely a fortnight

after the devastating temblor in the landlocked country, hasonce again raised questions about preparedness for suchdisasters in the subcontinent. India is divided into five seis-mic zones, with Zone 5 being the most active and earth-quake-prone. The Himalayan regions, the Assam andBurma region, and the Bhuj region in the west fall in thiscategory. While the time of occurrence of a big earthquakecannot be predicted accurately with existing technology, theforeknowledge of potential danger areas can help mitigatethe impact of a disaster. The reason for earthquakes occur-ring in Nepal is known: the movement of the Indian tecton-ic plate against the Eurasian plate. Along the Himalayas lietwo fault-lines: the Main Boundary Thrust and the MainCentral Thrust. Running parallel to the Himalayan ranges toa width of 100 km to 120 km, this region has a history ofearthquakes. In the last 120 years, there have been fourmajor events: 1897 (Shillong), 1905 (Himachal Pradesh,Kangra), 1934 (Nepal-Bihar border), 1950 (ArunachalPradesh, then a part of the North East Frontier Agency orNEFA). The movement of the Indian tectonic plate againstthe Eurasian plate has created accumulated stress. Thisstress is released in a manner that makes predicting earth-quakes impossible. When a major event happens, part of thestress is released at that point but accumulates in a differentpart of the belt. Thus there is no natural escape for theregion from susceptibility to earthquakes. The best-laidplans for disaster mitigation following quakes can go awry,but some lessons can be learnt from the past. However, asthe gap between the occurrence of major earthquakes in agiven region could stretch over more than a lifespan, mem-ories can fade and mitigation plans may not be grounded inlived experience. The real advancement that has been maderecently in India is, for instance, the setting up of many seis-mological stations, especially after the Bhuj earthquake of2001. Measurements from these stations and global posi-tioning system data now tell us the Indian plate is movingnorth at a speed of 5 centimetres a year. This would con-tribute to stress accumulation and to seismic activity even inZones 2, 3 and 4. We need to accept earthquakes as a reali-ty and do everything in our power to redefine developmentplans, especially in terms of building quake-resistant build-ings. There should be systematic resort to “disaster drills” toeducate the public on what to do during an earthquake.Preparedness is the key to managing any more such disas-ters.

BY NIRUPAMA RAO

In 1950, the year of establishment of diplo-matic relations between the Republic ofIndia and the People’s Republic of China,

the Indian Sinologist, Prabodh ChandraBagchi, offered this summation of their“thousand year” relationship: “To Friends inChina:..The road is long, so do not mind thesmallness of the present. We wish you mayaccept it.” This note of forbearance is not eas-ily assimilated in either country today, popu-lated as both of them are by young “dreams”,incandescent nationalisms, and power in theprocess of being restored.

As the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi,goes to China, bearing his message of INCH(India and China) towards MILES(Millennium of Exceptional Synergy), he isin tune with the synergy of that earlier millen-nium in relations between the two countries,conscious of the smallness of the present inIndia-China interaction, and the length of theroad ahead as the two countries seek to buildharmony in the midst of differences. In thetradition of his ancient Indian forebears inChina, when he lands in Xian, from where theSilk Road stretched westward into India, Mr.Modi, ever the pragmatist who also dares todream, will approach the challenge of China,aware of the complexities that crowd the rela-tionship, but also conscious of the potential itholds.

Not brothers but partners

The India-China relationship today ismarked by low levels of mutual trust, pervad-ing ambivalence in each country’s approachto the other, and the lack of knowledge of theother among the people of either country. Mr.Modi’s test is to introduce more rationalityand coherence into the relationship than thereis today, and to convince his Chinese inter-locutors of the need for the same. The twocountries that gave the world Panchsheel,cannot live in mutual exclusion. Indians andChinese cannot be brothers, but they can bepartners.

Deng Xiaoping said that for China,“Development is the hard truth”. That dictumapplies equally to India. It is only a strong,secure, economically developed India thatcan successfully achieve the goal of being aleader on the global stage. A partnership fordevelopment between India and China is awin-win partnership and neither side can lose

in such a transaction. India, which has dis-tances to cover in its development marathon,aims well to draw in investment and infra-structure-creating expertise from China. Thisis pragmatic and we must drop apprehensionsof Chinese companies as Bond villainsstroking Persian cats on a desert island andunleashing deadly viruses on people. India isbig and strong enough to deal with such enti-ties and get what it wants.

Policy moves, as reported by the media, toease visas for Chinese nationals visiting Indiafor tourism and business purposes are logical.India is increasingly a good business destina-tion for Chinese investors and companies.From being ranked 19 in China’s export mar-kets in 2001, India was ranked number 6 in2013. The Indian consumer is literally thenext-door neighbour for Chinese businessestoday, a neighbour who is seeking several“home improvements” that a Chinese suppli-er or investor can help with. Take Xiaomi,known to Indian consumers as just Mi, theChinese smartphone manufacturer that in justunder a year has seen India become its largestoverseas market. Mobile phones are our sin-gle largest item of import from China.

Tapping trade and tourism

The business of diplomacy is business. Ourtrade with China has grown phenomenally inthe last decade and so has our trade deficit($44.7 billion at last count). The Chinesemarket has been resistant to entry by ourpharmaceutical exports and our serviceindustries. An unequal relationship is anuneasy relationship. Mandarins in theChinese Commerce Ministry need morestrategic direction from the top decision-mak-ing echelons in the Politburo and the StateCouncil on this aspect of legitimate concernfor Indian businesses. This is a point thePrime Minister will have to emphaticallymake.

Another area of focus must be tourism.Tourist arrivals from China are minuscule.Chinese views of India are mired in images ofpoverty, dirt and chaos. There is much to bedone in terms of changing that view, andattracting young Chinese particularly to ourBuddhist sites, our backwaters and rain-forests, and our Hindu and Islamic heritage.Given the millions who are fans of yoga inChina, there is obviously a vast, untappedsection of the Chinese travelling public that

will make India a favoured destination if wemarket our tourist attractions in a focussedand “smart” manner.

State visits are occasions for signing agree-ments, joint statements and declarations. Thepath of bilateral relations is strewn with theheadstones of such documents. Concretely,India and China must move forward withmore purpose in areas like their strategic eco-nomic dialogue, on issues of military-to-mili-tary cooperation (itself a solid confidence-building measure), better connectivity whichis the spine on which trade and investment ispositioned (a positive measure would bedirect air connectivity between New Delhiand Beijing), consultations on disarmament,non-proliferation and arms control (a wel-come first round was held in Beijing lastmonth), state-to-state relations between ourprovinces and China’s (the Chief Minister ofAndhra Pradesh has returned recently from avery useful tour of China), and consultationson the regional situation, especially onAfghanistan.

China-Pakistan ties

China’s ‘One Belt One Road’ initiative (theAsian Infrastructure Investment Bank — theAIIB — is another), bearing the stamp of theChinese President, Xi Jinping, himself, is aclever way of redrawing the map of theregion on a Chinese-driven projection. TheMaritime Silk Road, which traces its geneal-ogy to the ancient southern silk route, essen-tially provides a catchy name to China’s 21stcentury foray into the waters of the IndianOcean, building ports and staging points inkey stations along the way, including SriLanka, the Maldives, northern Kenya, andGwadar in Pakistan. The benefits to India aredifficult to assess, as we legitimately seek toconsolidate our time-tested ties and create ourown organic connectivity with the islands andcoastal lands of the Indian Ocean. The PrimeMinister’s tours in the region are a reflectionof this reality.

As part of its Belt initiative, China is work-ing with Pakistan to construct a Sino-PakistanEconomic Corridor across the Karakoramranges into Pakistan-occupied Kashmir(PoK) and connecting with the Arabian Sea atGwadar.

The alignment of this corridor is largelyparallel, when seen on the map, with our

Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor. The “all-weather strategic partnership of cooperation”between China and Pakistan (Mr. Xi is fresh-ly returned from a visit to our western neigh-bour), continues to flourish unimpeded,despite reports of the troubles in Xinjiangfomented by East Turkestan IslamicMovement groups ostensibly trained in terrorcamps in Pakistan. The Sino-Pakistan rela-tionship will not be far from the PrimeMinister’s thoughts, and is a source of funda-mental dissonance in our interface withChina. It will not go away.

China’s selective approach to the issue ofKashmir, where its actions in PoK signalimplicit acceptance of Pakistani jurisdiction,vis-à-vis avoidance of contacts with India onJammu and Kashmir and entities based there,is another source of difference. There is noreason why China should not encourage con-tacts between Xinjiang and Jammu andKashmir, or even an aviation link betweenUrumqi and New Delhi. Old Kashmir andChinese Xinjiang were intimately linked. A21st century Silk Road initiative shouldexplore these connections.

The boundary question

The gorilla in the room is predictably, theboundary question. It is somewhat cagedalthough it rattles the door rather persistentlywhen transgressions occur along the Line ofActual Control (LAC), and a hyperventilatingmedia in both countries (and a larger socialmedia universe) agitates it further. Let it notbe forgotten that the areas along the LAC inthe India-China border areas have remainedclash-free since October 1975. Since 1993,various agreements to maintain peace andtranquillity, and confidence-building mecha-nisms between border security personnel onboth sides, have kept the peace effectively,despite doomsday predictions. One hopes foradequate reserves of good sense on the part ofboth governments to ensure that peace pre-vails. Recrudescent nationalisms in eithercountry should not drive the debate to a pointwhere well-calibrated mechanisms for stabil-ity are rendered non-functional.

In an interview on the eve of Mr. Modi’svisit, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said thatsettling the boundary question “as early aspossible is the historical responsibility thatfalls on both governments”. This is not animpossible goal but will require the political

strength, confidence, conviction and fibre toaccept mutual adjustment and accommoda-tion so that an agreed boundary line demar-cates the long frontier between India andChina. Are out-of-the box solutions possible,ones that will enable a biosphere beyond bor-ders for the people who inhabit the frontierareas? These have been explored and foundpossible in similar situations across theworld.

For a start, border trade needs more of a fil-lip from both governments, as also the open-ing of more pilgrimage routes. The route fromDemchok in Ladakh to the holy sites ofKailash and Manasarovar is one such exam-ple. Opening the route will certainly create aradically new normal in the area, allowing fora people-centred dispensation to ring-fence aterritorial dispute. Here, the ball is in China’scourt.

Mr. Modi’s joining Weibo, the Chinesesocial media network, is an astute move.Even if it does not move mountains, it willawaken millions of Chinese, the young andeducated especially, to an interest in India.We need that awakening. As a leader of thefree world, Mr. Modi’s can be a powerfulpresence in China. That is as it should be.

(Nirupama Rao, a former IndianAmbassador to China and the United States,

was the Foreign Secretary of India from2009 to 2011. She is now a JawaharlalNehru Fellow at the Jawaharlal Nehru

Memorial Fund, New Delhi. A specialist inIndia-China relations, she is also working

on a book on India-China relations.)

BY JABIN T. JACOB

Mr. Narendra Modi will make hisfirst visit to China as PrimeMinister from May 14 to 16. He

is unique among Indian political leadersin possessing some significant experienceof China before attaining office. In fact,despite — or perhaps because of — thedifferences in world views and how hehas gone about understanding China, he isprobably the first Prime Minister afterJawaharlal Nehru capable of shaping aunique approach to China. His forthcom-ing visit will be one of many such oppor-tunities to do so.

The differences between the two PrimeMinisters also show how both China andthe Sino-Indian relationship have changedover time. For one, until the defeat of1962, Mr. Nehru looked at China in anti-colonial and anti-imperialist solidarityand so, promoted communist China’smembership of international organisa-tions and participation in internationalaffairs. This is not to say that he did notunderstand the geopolitical challengesposed by another large country next doorthat had a length of history and greatnessof civilization equal to that of India, apopulation of similar size, and, important-ly, a different political ideology. But Mr.Nehru also believed that India and Chinahad the potential to do much together toreshape the world.

Mr. Modi’s four visits to China asGujarat Chief Minister were predicatedon a vastly different world situation thanthe one that confronted Nehru. First,while the Cold War has ended, the twomost important powers in the world today,the United States and China continue tobe rivals. Given that the rivalry has shift-ed closer to home, India is hard pressed toformulate some sort of a response amidstits own political and economic churning.

Lagging behind

Second, there is no doubt that India hasfallen considerably behind China in worldstanding. Perhaps it is the lack of politicalcachet compared to China — representedby the lack of a UN Security Council per-manent seat and membership to the NPT— that hurts India most. India underNehru had presence and held attention onworld forums. Until Mr. Modi camealong, India appeared content to rest on

past laurels or to portray significancethrough an alphabet soup of multilateralgroupings that either did not produce anyuseful results or challenged the existingworld order without quite the necessarywherewithal.

Third, unlike Mr. Nehru who dominatedIndia’s decision-making and thinking onforeign policy issues, India now has chiefministers of states engaging with othercountries, and they are increasingly influ-ential on foreign policy. The ChiefMinister from Tamil Nadu on Sri Lankaand that from West Bengal on Bangladeshare obvious examples. As Chief Minister,Mr. Modi himself has had held forth onforeign policy matters, including report-edly helping in 2012 to achieve therelease of some Gujarati diamond tradersarrested in China.

If Mr. Modi’s China agenda appearsmostly economic in nature, it is probablythe result of extrapolation from his recordas Gujarat Chief Minister and his identityat home of being focussed on develop-ment. However, politics and ideologyseem at least as important to Mr. Modi aseconomics.

Take, for one, what the symbolism ofhis interactions with various world lead-ers suggests. Mr. Modi’s ‘bearhug diplo-macy’ with Shinzo Abe of Japan, TonyAbbot of Australia, and Barack Obama ofthe U.S. stood in contrast to the ratherpolite welcome to Xi Jinping inAhmedabad last year. Mr. Modi clearlyknows who he thinks are India’s friendsand partners.

Two, the invitation to the Sikyong of theCentral Tibetan Administration and to theTaiwanese representative in India to Mr.Modi’s swearing-in ceremony should notbe forgotten. These are no small politicalstatements coming from a leader who,purely as a practical matter, understandsthe importance of attracting Chineseinvestment to India and will, no doubt,focus on it a great deal during his visit.

“India’s silence on the Silk Roads initia-tive is due to its different interpretation ofwhat the roads represented in the past.”

Three, Mr. Modi appears to have arather audacious politico-cultural agendain his foreign policy. He cannot but beaware of the Dalai Lama’s mortality, the

Sino-Tibetan debate over his reincarna-tion, and the puppet Chinese PanchenLama being propped up to rival the DalaiLamsa’s influence. Mr. Modi will contin-ue India’s challenge to Chinese attemptsto hijack the global Buddhist agenda. TheIndian Prime Minister has frequently andconfidently highlighted India-ChinaBuddhist links. Given China’s currentpolitical realities, references to Buddhismin the India-China context are likely to bea favoured method for Mr. Modi to high-light its Indian origins, India’s role in pro-tecting and preserving Tibetan culture,and its legitimacy in challenging any nar-rative that China might offer. The trip toMongolia is also surely part of thisapproach. Overall, it is Mr. Modi whocomes across as more convincing than theChinese when he makes philosophicaland metaphysical allusions such as Indiaand China being ‘two bodies with onespirit’. He, thus, also shows up the contra-diction in China’s communists attemptingto parlay Confucian ideology orBuddhism as a tool of Chinese soft power.

Four, Mr. Modi’s government has, notsurprisingly, maintained a studioussilence on China’s new Silk Roads or ‘onebelt, one road’ (OBOR) initiative. Whileengaging with the initiative makes emi-nent economic sense for India, there aresome Chinese notes that jar historicallyand culturally for India. By converting theSilk Road story into a narrative of tradeand economic cooperation but withoutmuch reference to the flow of ideas,including Buddhism, along these sameroutes, Beijing is trying to reinterpret his-tory for its current purposes. The Indiansilence thus is a challenge and reminderof the very different political and religioushistory that the so-called Silk Roads rep-resented.

Multidimensional challenge

However, silence or inaction is also nota sustainable option for India — theOBOR seeks to fundamentally reshapenot just economic development modelsand networks but also political relationsand ideologies in China’s neighbourhoodand, thus, poses an unprecedented andmultidimensional challenge to India.Project Mausam is designed to exploreand reinvigorate India’s historical linkswith the Indian Ocean region, and fits inwith Mr. Modi’s cultural agenda, but in its

current shape, offers little or no strategicchallenge to OBOR. Ultimately, historyand politics will be (re)written by the eco-nomically dominant, and OBOR couldlead to a situation where Beijing exercis-es influence over nations despite the bor-ders between them.

What then of the boundary dispute?Taken together, the above aspects of Mr.Modi’s foreign policy suggest that whilehe might be willing to be practical andacknowledge that Tibet is today a part ofChina, his cultural agenda might alsorequire that any resolution also offer Indiagreater, regular, and multifaceted accessto Tibet than is the case today. Hence, theopening of another route to KailashManasarovar through Sikkim and eventhe short-lived plan, if ever there was one,of the Prime Minister travelling to theholy mountain during his China visit.

The induction of Kiren Rijiju fromArunachal Pradesh into the Modi cabinetconfirms India’s red lines, but as with thepotential of OBOR to make bordersinconsequential, the cultural agenda of a‘Greater India’, too, could mean that lineson a map are unnecessary to legitimateand further Indian influence in Tibet andelsewhere on China’s periphery. This,then, could make the inevitable redrawingof India’s map, which a solution willinvolve, more palatable.

(Jabin T. Jacob is Assistant Director &Fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies, NewDelhi.)

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If Mr. Modi’sChina agendaappears most-ly economic in

nature, it is proba-bly the result of

extrapolation fromhis record as

Gujarat ChiefMinister and his

identity at homeof being focussedon development.

The India-Chinarelationship today

is marked by low levelsof mutual trust,

pervading ambivalencein each country’s

approach to the other,and the lack of

knowledge of the otheramong the people of

either country.

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PM Narendra...world leader to be hosted outside Beijing -

at President Jinping's hometown of Xi'an.In his opening remarks, PM Modi, wearing

a black bandhgala suit, expressed his appre-ciation for the President's gesture. "This is anhonour to 125 crore Indians whom I am rep-resenting as Prime Minister," he said.

Last year, when President Xi visited India,he met with the PM in his home state ofGujarat, an encounter that was referred totoday. "You received me very warmly in yourhometown. I am very glad to receive you inmy hometown," said the Chinese leader.

The focus now shifts to Beijing tomorrowwhere the PM 's talks are expected to yieldtrade agreements worth $10 billion.

Chinese President ...Before dinner, PM Modi will be given a

traditional Tang Dynasty welcome. In September last year, when President Xi

visited India, he had strolled with PM Modion the banks of the Sabarmati river inAhmedabad and he too was treated to a cul-tural performance. The two leaders hadfamously sat on a traditional Gujarati swing,chatting.

Xian, the PM's first stop on his three-daytour of China, is the hometown of PresidentXi Jinping and his hosting PM Modi there isa reciprocal gesture after his visit to MrModi's home state Gujarat last year. It is alsoa departure from protocol and is seen as asign of the importance China is attaching tothis visit.

Welcoming PM Modi President Xi saidtoday, "You received me very warmly in yourhometown. I am very glad to receive you inmy hometown."

PM Modi appreciated the Chinese leaderreceiving him outside Beijing. "This is anhonour to 125 crore Indians whom I am rep-resenting as Prime Minister," he said.

"It is very rare for Chinese leaders toaccompany foreign guests outside Beijing,"the state-run China Daily noted. It said PMModi would be given "the highest-levelreception."

After talks with President Xi, which willset the tone for formal government to govern-ment talks in Beijing tomorrow, PrimeMinister Modi will visit the famous WildGoose Pagoda, a spiritual structure built tohighlight famous Chinese Buddhist monkXuan Zang's journey to India in 645 ADthrough the ancient Silk Road.

He also visited a famous terracotta warriorsmuseum this morning.

PM Modi has met President Xi three timesduring the last one year and held extensivetalks on a wide range of issues.

PM Modi ...Their talks lasted an hour and covered a

series of irritant issues for both sides, includ-ing the simmering border dispute and India'sobjections to China issuing visas as stapledpages instead of stamping them inside thepassports of applicants from ArunachalPradesh, which Beijing claims as disputedterritory. Government sources confirmed toNDTV that the PM also voiced his concernsabout the $46 billion economic corridor thatChina is building through Pakistan-OccupiedKashmir.

Sources say there was a free and candidexchange of views.

Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar said, "Itwas very substantive and I would say theatmosphere was very comfortable, so in asense it was building on the chemistrybetween the two of them that started lastSeptember. On the political side, there was alot of discussion on strengthening trust andincreasing convergence. Political issues werediscussed, boundary issues were discussed,including peace and tranquility on the border.

The focus now shifts to Beijing tomorrowwhere the PM 'S talks are expected to yieldtrade agreements worth $10 billion.

Lack of 'adequate...some others may compromise and that is

how the problem of paid news may arise,which particularly during elections seemshighly prevalent.

"Is there a way we can check it or theBroadcasting (Content) Complaints Councilcan check it? I have very serious doubts,"Jaitley said.

He said that a decade-and-a-half ago,Supreme Court in a judgement decided thatcommercial speech is also free speech.

"So those who market paid news mightfind this interpretation of the Supreme Courtcoming to their aid if the BroadcastingComplaints Council were to proceed againstpaid news because that is commercialspeech," he said, adding that the particularjudgement was in the context of advertising.

The minister averred that the viewer orreader can dissect various versions of newsand see which is the closest to reality andhere was an opportunity for conventionaliststo hit back.

The I&B minister was speaking at a semi-nar organised by the Indian Institute of MassCommunication (IIMC) on the'Establishment of a Communication

University', where BCCC chief JusticeMukul Mudgal and I&B secretary BimalJulka were also present.

New Delhi: Absence of an "adequate finan-cial model" is a real challenge faced by manymedia organisations, Information andBroadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley onThursday said, adding that this situation notonly affects news content but may even leadto ills like paid news.

"What is the financial model behind thedigital medium, it's still struggling for it...The aberration in the electronic media is thatthe cost of distribution is more than the costof content," Jaitley said.

Speaking further, he said that with cost ofdistribution being so high, there is an obviouscompromise on the cost of content as thequantum of advertising available is almoststagnant or maybe growing marginally.

He said that in this situation, news organi-sations may begin competing for eyeballs,resulting in hype and "shrillness". In a shrilldebate, he added, the other side of the pictureis not known.

He further said that while a large number oforganisations will maintain priorities, someothers may compromise and that is how theproblem of paid news may arise, which par-ticularly during elections seems highlyprevalent.

"Is there a way we can check it or theBroadcasting (Content) Complaints Councilcan check it? I have very serious doubts,"Jaitley said.

He said that a decade-and-a-half ago,Supreme Court in a judgement decided thatcommercial speech is also free speech.

"So those who market paid news mightfind this interpretation of the Supreme Courtcoming to their aid if the BroadcastingComplaints Council were to proceed againstpaid news because that is commercialspeech," he said, adding that the particularjudgement was in the context of advertising.

The minister averred that the viewer orreader can dissect various versions of newsand see which is the closest to reality andhere was an opportunity for conventionaliststo hit back.

The I&B minister was speaking at a semi-nar organised by the Indian Institute of MassCommunication (IIMC) on the'Establishment of a CommunicationUniversity', where BCCC chief JusticeMukul Mudgal and I&B secretary BimalJulka were also present.

Rs 7,000 cr will ...governments. Cleaning of Ganga is a 100

per cent centrally sponsored project and wedo not have to seek any (financial) clearancesfrom the states," she said.

Bharti said that the ministry has decided toengage four battalions of Territorial Armyand deploy alongside the banks of Ganga forconstant monitoring of littering and disposalof waste into the river under the project.

"With four battalions of Territorial Army,we will have around 3,000 personnel whowill be working on the banks of Ganga toensure that no pollution is created. They willalso monitor the implementation of ourschemes," said the Minister.

Bharti said that the cleaning of Ganga andYamuna was a joint project and would besuccessful only if viewed in totality.

"Learning from our past mistakes, we haverealised that the problems and challenges incleaning the two rivers along with someadjoining rivers will have to be taken upjointly," she said.

Noting that Ganga was being polluted mostby the industries which discharge their efflu-ent directly into the river, Bharti said, theywould be made to ensure that only treatedwater was released into the river.

The Ministry had issued notices to 764industries, and asked them to check releaseof effluents into River Ganga and submit adetailed action taken report on controllingand preventing pollution within 15 days.

Bharti also insisted that clean water shouldbe used for limited purposes only and treatedwater for other larger purposes.

"Only used or treated water should be usedlargely so that fresh water is kept for limitedpurposes," she said.

Lakhvi released...no doubt that the underworld don was liv-

ing in Pakistan."Dawood is in Pakistan. There is no doubt

about that. We are committed to bringing himback. But I cannot give any time-frame asPakistan is not cooperating with our request,"he said.

Asked whether India should play cricketwith Pakistan as part of "cricket diplomacy",Rijiju said the government would take anappropriate decision taking into account allrelevant issues as "people's sentiment" wasinvolved in it.

Internet must...then after the commission approaches the

government, the government will take deci-sion in favour of people," Patra said.

Patra said because of vagueness in words,Section 66 A of the IT Act had been misusedin the past.

Congress leader and former UnionMinister Manish Tewari, who participated inthe discussion, said internet should not begoverned and it should be left to develop the

way it is."Difficulty is where do you draw the line?

Someone may be liberal and he may drawline on left and someone may conservative hemay draw line on extreme left," Tewari said.

Aam Aadmi Party leader Somnath Bhartisaid law should be used to serve larger pub-lic interest and not to protect politicians.

He said many people in the country includ-ing police and politicians do not know aboutinternet.

"Gradually social media will replace mediabecause media is controlled by few individu-als with certain interest... Social media can-not be controlled. Controlling internet byviolating net neutrality should be opposedand I am with people who are opposing it,"Bharti said.

Congress only ...is an issue that is country-wide. This prob-

lem is always suffered by the regions that arearid. Whenever the Congress is not in power,they remember the farmers' plight," sheadded.

Kavitha also said that in the short time thatit has been in power, the TRS has done muchto alleviate the plight of the farmers.

"It has been only 12 months since we cameto power but we have done a lot of work. Wehave provided them with fertilisers, water,electricity around the clock... if you want topoliticise the issue, then you are more thanwelcome," she said.

Rahul Gandhi will be meeting the familymembers of farmers who committed suicidein Telangana, as well as addressing farmers'woes. He will also undertake a 15-kilometre-long padyatra here. Last month, the Congressvice-president conducted similar padyatras toaddress farmers' issues in Punjab andMaharashtra.

Rajnath Singh...of the RSS during his discussion with the

Sangh chief, the sources said.The minister, who arrived by a BSF plane

this morning told reporters that his govern-ment was committed to the betterment ofpoor and farmers.

He, however, declined to comment onCongress vice-president Rahul Gandhi'scampaign against the farmers' plight.

Condemning the IS attack in Karachiwhere more than 40 persons were gunneddown yesterday, Singh mentioned that Indiahas always asked Pakistan to contain terror intheir country while expressing apprehensionsabout such attacks.

The Home Minister exuded confidence onPrime Minister Narendra Modi's visit toChina.

To a query on the probe initiated byHaryana government on alleged land deals ofRobert Vadra, Singh dismissed allegations ofhis party indulging in witch hunt and said,"We do not indulge in such tactics."

All 39 Indians ...well-being of the nationals on the basis of

information received from various sources.The government was making sincere

efforts for the safe and early release of theIndian workers, she told them.

"Earlier we had six sources we told us thatthe Indians are alive. Now we have two moresources to corroborate the same. Out of thesetwo, one is so solidly reliable that there is noquestion of not believing. They have veryclearly said that all the 39 Indian are alive,"Ms Swaraj said after meeting the families ofthe hostages.

The ministry said Ms Swaraj had earlierpersonally spoken to her counterpart ForeignMinisters in the Gulf Cooperation Council orGCC as well as other friendly countries in theregion for their assistance in the safe releaseof Indians in captivity.

The minister also assured them that as soonas some concrete proof on the well-being ofthe workers is received by the government, itwould be shared with the families.

Minister of Food Processing HarsimratKaur Badal was also present during the meet-ing.

President Pranab...message to Paraguay's President Horacio

Manuel Cartes Jara."India and Paraguay have always enjoyed

warm and friendly relations. It is a matter ofimmense satisfaction to note that our mutual-ly beneficial relationship continues to growand diversify. I am confident that our rela-tions will assume greater depth and sub-stance in the years to come," he said.

The landlocked South American countrygot its independence from Spain in 1811.

Jodhpur Court ...on which the court has turned down the

petition.He, however, said the option of moving the

High Court is open. "But we will reach afinal decision only after perusal of the order,"said Mr Saraswat.

Sessions Judge Manoj Kumar Vyas hadcompleted the hearing of the petition lastweek and had reserved the order for today.

Earlier, the trial court had rejected the peti-tion following which Mr Saraswat hadmoved sessions court.

The five witnesses mentioned in Mr Khan's

petition were prosecution witnesses and hadalready been examined.

But after the trial court allowed the prose-cution to summon four new witnesses in pur-suance of the four undecided applicationsmoved in 2006, the defence also made a pleato call these witnesses again.

The case pertains to contravention of theArms Act in which the actor is accused ofusing weapons with expired licence toallegedly poach black bucks in Jodhpur onOctober 1, 1998.

Kabul guesthouse...inside.The attack at the Park Palace guesthouse in

Kabul's Kolola Pushta left five people dead,including two Indians and an American, offi-cials were quoted as saying.

Khaama Press quoted President AshrafGhani’s special envoy for good governanceAhmad Zia Massoud as telling reporters thatthe militants attacked the guesthouse think-ing the Indian envoy was present in the com-pound.

Massoud visited the attack scene in Kabullate on Wednesday night and spoke toreporters there.

“Massoud said the attack on Park Palaceguesthouse is likely a political attack but hedid not elaborate further,” the Khaama Pressreport said.

“A security official earlier said a musicalevent was due to be organised, which wasdue to be attended by the Turkish and Indianguests as well Afghan nationals.”

Sinha had tweeted about Indian casualtiesin the attack, which is being owned by theTaliban.

“Unfortunately, a few Indian casualtiesamong others at the Kabul g/house attacktoday,” Ambassador Sinha tweeted.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ear-lier tweeted that he was concerned about thesituation after hearing the news.

“In the aircraft I got news about the attackin Kabul. Am concerned about the situation& I pray for everyone’s safety,” Modi said ina Twitter message.

Sinha earlier said all Indians were reportedsafe and the embassy was in constant touchwith security forces.

Gunmen stormed the Park Palace guest-house, which is popular with foreigners, onWednesday evening, leading to a seven-hoursiege that ended in five people being killed.

They entered the building when a partywas going on, trapping many foreigners wait-ing for a musical concert to begin. Police andsoldiers rushed to the scene and surroundedthe building, leading to a stand-off. Bursts ofgunfire could be heard.

Kabul police chief Abdul Rahman reportedearly Thursday that five people were killed,six wounded and 54 hostages were rescued.

Criminal Allegedly...facing several cases including - murder and

attempt to murder registered under the provi-sions of the Arms Act in Hisar, Hansi andJind. He was brought to the complex by theJind police today and was to be producedbefore a court in Haryana in connection witha case, police said.

Sandeep was shot dead by a man identifiedas Sajid, a resident of Balsamand village ofHisar district, as he was moving towards thecourtroom, they said.

Sandeep succumbed to bullet injuries onthe spot, a spokesman of Hisar district policesaid, adding an Assistant Sub Inspector ofJind police, Gulbir, who was accompanyinghim also sustained injuries in the firing inci-dent and had been admitted to a hospital inHaryana.

"Sajid who opened fire was nabbed fromthe spot. A case has been registered in con-nection with the firing incident and theaccused is being questioned," the police said.

UN refugee..."We look forward to the resumption of the

ferry service between India and Sri Lankathat would be of enormous support to thosewho wish to return," said Golam Abbas, rep-resentative of the UN High Commissionerfor Refugees (UNHCR) here.

Yesterday, over 40 refugees left for SriLanka voluntarily from Chennai andTiruchirappali under the aegis of theUNHCR.

The total number of refugees whose returnfrom India has been facilitated by theUNHCR this year so far has now risen to147.

They returnees said they had escaped SriLanka's ethnic conflict and had lived incamps in Tamil Nadu since as far back as1990.

The India-Lanka ferry service betweenTuticorin and Colombo was resumed in June2011 after a lapse of nearly 30 years.However it was scrapped a year later as it didnot prove to be a commercially viable opera-tion.

During Prime Minister Narendra Modi'svisit to Colombo in March, the two countrieshad expressed strong willingness to resumethe service as early as possible.

Over 100,000 Tamil refugees from SriLanka live in Tamil Nadu. Out of those,about 65,000 live in 107 camps spread acrossthe state.

Need poverty ...alleviation schemes.“The biggest disease in India is poverty.

The government is continuing to make laws.But, which parent does not want to teachtheir children? Every parent now, whether itis a chai-wallah or a street vendor, wantstheir child to study and earn good money,"JD(U) leader Ali Anwar said.

"But, it is a necessity for them to survive intheir meagre income. It is a societal state andthe government needs to facilitate jobs toeradicate poverty through schemes likeMNREGA, minimum wages and increasingtheir wages. Families that have been labour-ers for generation cannot really do much.How will they manage to survive if they donot work?" he added.

Earlier on Wednesday, the Centre passedthe amendments to the child labour lawwhich allows children below the age of 14 towork in 'non-hazardous' family enterprisesand in the audio-visual entertainment indus-try, with the pre-condition that their schooleducation should go unaffected.

Centre takes...with state governments to curb and check

illegal mining in the country.This information was given by Minister of

State for Steel and Mines Vishnu Deo Sai inreply to a question posed in Rajya Sabha onWednesday.

The Ministry of Mines will regularly mon-itor the framing of rules by the state govern-ments to control illegal mining as per Section23C of Mines and Minerals (Developmentand Regulation) Act, 1957.

Furthermore, task forces have been set upat state and district level to control illegalmining. So far, 23 states have reported tohave constituted the Task Forces.

A State Coordination-cum-EmpoweredCommittee (SCEC) has also been set up tocoordinate efforts to control illegal mining byincluding representatives of Railways,Customs and Port authorities. So far 13 stategovernments have set up Coordination-cum-Empowered Committees.

A regular follow up will be done with thestate governments to adopt an action planwith specific measures to detect and controlillegal mining including, use of remote sens-ing, control on traffic, gather market intelli-gence, registration of end-users and settingup of special cells.

The Ministry of Railways have instituted amechanism on April 16, 2010 to allow trans-portation of iron ore only against permitsissued rake-wise and verified by StateGovernment, apart from taking measures tofence and set up check post at the railwaysidings

The Ministry of Shipping has directed allmajor Ports in the country to streamline theverification procedures for movement of ironore, and to check whether royalty has beenpaid for the consignment.

Government has notified amendment inRule 45 of Mineral Conservation andDevelopment Rules, 1988, on February 9,2011 making it mandatory for all miners,traders, stockists, exporters and end-users toregister with IBM and report their transactionin minerals on monthly basis for a properend-to-end accounting of minerals.

India Learns ...fuelling creativity and success in the

United States.Taking failure as a norm is a major cultur-

al shift in India, where high-achieving chil-dren are typically expected to take steadyjobs at recognised firms. A failed venturehurts family status and even marriageprospects.

But that nascent acceptance, fuelled byreturning engineers and billions of dollars inventure fund investment, is for manyobservers a sign that India's $150 billion techindustry is coming of age, moving from aback office powerhouse to a creative force.

"There is obviously increased acceptance,"said Raghunandan G, co-founder ofTaxiForSure, which was sold to rival Ola thisyear. He is now investing in others' earlystage ventures.

"My co-founder Aprameya (Radhakrishna)used to have lines of prospective brides tomeet ... the moment we started our own com-pany, all those prospective alliances disap-peared. No one wanted their daughters tomarry a start-up guy."

Srikanth Chunduri returned to India afterstudying at Duke University in the UnitedStates, and is now working on his secondventure. "I think what's encouraging is thatacceptance of failure is increasing despite thevery deep-rooted Asian culture where failureis a big no," he said.

"It's ok to fail"The shift has come about, executives say,

as engineers began returning from SiliconValley to cash in on India's own boom, ashundreds of millions of Indians go online.

"Investors too want to find the nextFlipkart, and most of them come fromSilicon Valley backgrounds, so they bringthat culture," said Stewart Noakes, co-founder of TechHub, a global communityand workspace for tech entrepreneurs."That's changing the Indian norms. It'sbecoming ok to fail and try again."

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Sony last monthlaunched the XperiaZ4 in Japan, forgoing

the fanfare of a flagshiplaunch, and with no wordon the globala v a i l a b i l i t y.Now, the com-pany haslaunched theXperia A4 forthe Japanesecarrier NTTDocomo.

Notably, thenew SonyXperia A4 fea-tures nearlyidentical specifi-cations as theXperia Z3C o m p a c t ,launched lastyear. The XperiaA4 (SO-04G)will come inGrey, Pink, Blueand Whitecolours. It is cur-rently availablefor pre-ordersvia NTTDocomo and willstart shipping mid-June. Sofar no pricing details havebeen announced for thehandset.

The single-SIM XperiaA4, unlike the Sony XperiaZ3 Compact, runs Android5.0 Lollipop out-of-the-box. It features a 4.6-inchHD (720x1280 pixels)Triluminos display with X-

Reality engine. Like mostof Sony's recent top-endsmartphone launches, theXperia A4 featuresIP65/IP68 ratings for dust-

proof and waterproof certi-fication.

It features a 2.5GHzquad-core QualcommSnapdragon 801 SoC withAdreno 330 GPU and 2GBof RAM. It packs a 20.7-megapixel rear camerawith LED flash and ExmorRS sensor apart from a 2.2-megapixel front facing

camera, just like the SonyXperia Z3 and Xperia Z3Compact.

The internal storage onthe handset is 16GB, whichcan be expanded viamicroSD card (up to128GB). Much like the

Xperia Z3 Compact, itpacks 2600mAh battery.

Connectivity options onthe Xperia A4 include Wi-Fi, FM radio with RDS,Bluetooth 4.0, GPRS/EDGE, A-GPS, 3G, 4GLTE, 3.5mm audio jack,

and Micro-USB. Thesmartphone measures128x66x9.1mm while theXperia Z3 Compact comeswith 127.3x64.9x8.64mmdimensions. Both phonesweigh 129 grams.

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1. Pollination is best defined asA. transfer of pollen from anther to stigmaB. germination of pollen grainsC. growth of pollen tube in ovuleD. visiting flowers by insects

2. Plants receive their nutrients mainly fromA. chlorophyll B. atmosphereC. light D. soil

3. Movement of cell against concentration gradient iscalledA. osmosis B. active transportC. diffusion D. passive transport

4. Photosynthesis generally takes place in which partsof the plant?A. Leaf and other chloroplast bearing partsB. stem and leafC. Roots and chloroplast bearing partsD. Bark and leaf

QUIZ TIME

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

TODAY’S STARARIES You're unstoppable today, Aries. It seems you can do anything.

Your confidence and energy are high. There's no question thatyou're ready to take the world by storm. Is the world ready foryou? Think carefully as you formulate plans for your new project.Whatever you do will succeed, but be sure you're doing whatyou really want to do rather than what others expect of you.

TAURUS It's likely that you're being held back by certain traumatic pastevents. Before you can make further progress in your life,Taurus, you must address these painful memories for the lasttime. If it feels too frightening to do alone, seek professional help.You will find that mustering the courage to do this difficult, emo-tional housecleaning is more than half the battle.

GEMINI You could receive some sort of windfall today, Gemini. Use itwisely. Consider buying some time to figure out what you wantto do with your life. It's likely that your career isn't exactly ringingyour bells these days. You're ready for new challenges andopportunities. Meditate on what would make you happy and thentake a systematic approach to achieving it.

CANCER It's likely that you will succeed at whatever you set out toaccomplish today, Cancer. If you've been held back by worriesover the integrity of a relationship or the long-term prospectsof a partnership, you can dispel concerns by confronting theperson directly. You may find he or she has the same feelingsabout you! Honesty is important today.

LEO Your energy may flag a bit today, Leo. There's nothing to worryabout, though you could take better care of your health. Whathappened to that exercise regimen you vowed to start? It's nevertoo late to improve your eating habits and begin working out.Even if you only walk three times a week, you will notice a dra-matic difference in your appearance and outlook.

VIRGO Today is meant for socializing and connecting, Virgo. Your cre-ativity is at an all-time high, so also try to work in some quiettime where you can do some writing or painting. If friendsinvite you out in the evening, by all means, take them up onthe offer. You may meet someone who could be pivotal to yourcareer. Be open to all possibilities.

LIBRA You can't help but notice that your home looks a bit drab,Libra. Today you could plan to do something about it. It won'ttake much money, just time and a little creativity. Paint somesamples on the walls. Your spirits will improve. You can makebig changes to the mood of the place simply by introducingmore color.

SCORPIO You have a to-do list a mile long today, Scorpio. You mayspend a lot of your day running errands. It certainly takesa lot to run a household, as you no doubt realize. Try notto get overwhelmed with all that you feel needs to bedone. Most of the deadlines are self-imposed. No onewill know if you don't meet them.

SAGITTARIUSYou're ready for a career change, Sagittarius, or at least achange of venue. Have you considered telecommuting oneday per week? That might give you the variety you seek with-out needing to find a new job. You may meet someone todayor in the near future who will have a dramatic influence onyour career decisions. Listen carefully.

CAPRICORN What is your dream, Capricorn? Answer that question as specifical-ly as possible today, then set about attaining that goal. All signs indi-cate that whatever you begin today will pay off big time. Eventhough you may feel that your dreams are too ambitious, there's noneed to feel overwhelmed. Vow to take things one step at a time.Keep in mind the old adage, "Once begun is half done."

AQUARIUS This may seem odd, Aquarius, but you may not be the person youthink you are. There are indications that you have hidden talents. Ifthey come out today, no one will be more shocked than you! Thiscould take your career in an entirely new direction. Strategize waysto incorporate this talent into your career. Your work will take on anew dynamic, and you will take a major leap forward.

PISCES You're about to experience a major change in your life's direc-tion, Pisces, and it may occur today. Keep your mind open to allsorts of possibilities. You're likely to receive some importantinformation. Of course, you may not realize its importance rightaway. It's only with the passage of time that you will look backon this event as pivotal. Make sure you don't miss it.

Xiaomi's new Mi 4i 4G LTE-enabledsmartphone will be going onsale again in India on

Thursday. The third flash sale willcommence at 2pm IST for regis-tered users on Flipkart. XiaomiIndia, at the time of writing, had notrevealed the number of Mi 4i unitsthat will be going on sale in theflash sale on Thursday.

Unfortunately, the companynever revealed the number ofXiaomi Mi 4i units that went onsale in the last flash sale as well asthe time taken for the availablehandsets to go out of stock. Thefirst flash sale saw 40,000 unitsgoing out of stock in 15 seconds.

Priced at Rs.12,999, the XiaomiMi 4i features a unibody polycar-bonate build, and has a soft touchmatte finish with an anti-greasecoating. The Chinese companyclaimed that the Mi 4i featuringdual-SIM dual standby support is12 percent thinner than the XiaomiMi 4 and is also 13 percent lighter,at 7.8mm and 130 grams respec-tively. Both SIM card slots support4G LTE connectivity, and the phoneis compatible with LTE bands inIndia.

It sports a 5-inch full-HD(1080x1920 pixels) fully laminatedOGS Corning Concore IPS display.The Mi 4i's display has a pixel den-sity of 441ppi, and a Sunlight Display

fea- ture that optimises the display for visibilityunder bright light. The smartphone runs

MIUI 6 based on Android 5.0Lollipop.

It is powered by a 64-bitocta-core Snapdragon 615processor coupled with anAdreno 405 GPU and 2GB ofRAM. The smartphone sportsa 13-megapixel rear camerawith f/2.0 aperture and dual-tone flash. It also packs a 5-megapixel front-facing cam-era. The Xiaomi Mi 4 bears16GB of inbuilt storage, withno expansion slot. The Mi 4iincludes a 3120mAh battery.

Xiaomi, in a move toimprove its after sales service,announced a partnership withGadgetWood earlier thismonth. Under the partnership,GadgetWood promised a one-day repair service, whichincluded pick and drop serv-ices for Xiaomi devices(smartphones and tablets)within a business day of plac-ing the request for a fee of Rs.99. The service is initiallyavailable in Delhi-NCR at themoment, but a Xiaomispokesperson said Gadgetsthe company was "exploringopportunities to expand it to

other cities in India."

Xiaomi Mi 4i 4G LTE Smartphone Upfor Grabs Again on Thursday

Spice has launched theFire One Mi-FX 2, aFirefox OS smart-

phone priced at at Rs.2,799 that has been madeavailable to buy from thecompany's e-commercewebsite - Saholic. Thehandset is the successor ofSpice Fire One Mi-FX 1that was launched inAugust.

The dual-SIM support-ing Firefox OS 1.4-basedFire One Mi-FX 2 featuresthe same 3.5-inch HVGA(320x480 pixels) resolu-tion LCD display as itspredecessor, and alsopacks a 1GHz processor

(unspeci-fied). The RAM however,has been upgraded from128MB to 256MB. Thecamera pixel count hasalso been bumped-up from1.3-megapixel on the rearcamera to 2-megapixel,and 0.3-megapixels on thefront-facing camera to 1.3-megapixels.

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MUMBAIMumbai Indians stayed on

course for a play-off berth afterpulling off a narrow five-runwin over defending championsKolkata Knight Riders in anerve-wracking last-over IPLthriller here on Thursday.

The hosts first recoveredfrom a poor start of 79 for fourto post 171-4 following a whirl-wind knock of 61 not out in 31balls from Hardik Pandya.

Chasing the score, KnightRiders lost wickets at regularintervals after a bright start of45 but still were in the hunt fora win and a place in the play-offwhen they needed 12 runs inthe last over bowled by KieronPollard.

However, the big-built WestIndian conceded only six runsafter taking the wicket of dan-ger man Yusuf Pathan who wascaught behind for 52 off thefirst ball to help Mumbai crossthe finish line at the WankhedeStadium.

MI thus took their points tallyto 14 with one last away gameleft to play against Sun RisersHyderabad on May 17, whileKolkata have 15 with onematch in hand againstRajasthan Royals to be playedat the Cricket Club of India'sBrabourne Stadium here onMay 16.

Earlier Pandya, who cameafter the fall of captain RohitSharma, slammed 2 sixes and 8fours in his 31-ball whirlwindknock and added an unbroken92 runs in 51 balls for the fifthwicket with Pollard (33 not out)to resurrect Mumbai after they

were reduced to 79-4 in 11.4overs.

Put into bat, MI were put onthe back foot within the powerplay period when they lost bothopeners Parthiv Patel (21) andLendl Simmons (14).

After the rare failure of the

consistent Ambati Rayudu thatleft MI at a difficult 47 for 3,captain Sharma and WestIndian Pollard did some repairwork but the dismissal of theformer for a 21-ball 30 put thebrakes again.

But Pandya took the KKR

bowling by the scruff andsmashed the ball around. Hestruck Umesh Yadav for fourfours in the 17th over beforereaching his half century witha six in 25 balls.

Former Bangladesh captainShakib Al Hasan, returning to

the tournament after a month'sgap because of national duty,did the star turn for thedefending champions with atwo-wicket haul for 22 withhis crafty left arm spin.

South African MorneMorkel (1 for 27) and Narine(1 for 38) were the otherwicket takers. Knight Ridersconceded 72 runs in the lastfive overs.

Chasing the MI total,Knight Riders were off to asound start with in-form open-ers, captain Gautam Gambhir(38) and Robin Uthappa (25)putting on 45 runs before thelatter was sent back by off-spinner Harbhajan Singh.

A lap shot by Uthappa wentstraight to fine leg fielderMalinga, a ball after the bats-man had clubbed the off-spin-ner over mid wicket for a bigsix.

In the same over ofHarbhajan, a suicidal attemptfor a single saw ManishPandey run out by a direct hitat the striker's end stumpsfrom fine leg by LendlSimmons to leave the KnightRiders at 46 for 2 within thepower play.

A useful 42-run partnershipensued between Gambhir andYusuf Pathan, who were quietinitially before opening out, to

lift Knight Riders to 74 afterten overs.

Gambhir, who was battingwithout any trouble, wasdropped by Pandya off left-arm spinner Jagadisha Suchithwho had to wait only till thenext ball to reap his reward ashe cleaned up the rival cap-tain.

Yusuf Pathan then added 30runs with Shakib Al Hasanbefore the former Bangladeshcaptain was caught pullingpacer Vinay Kumar and tenruns later Andre Russell wasdismissed by Malinga via awide ball that he edged behindto leave Knight Riders at 128for five.

Suryakumar Yadav threat-ened for a brief with a coupleof boundary hits before per-ishing in the deep off a flickshot against McClenaghan inhis death-over spell.

Later, needing 21 to win offthe last 12 balls, Yusuf Pathanhammered Malinga for a hugesix over mid wicket off thefifth ball of the penultimateover to bring down the targetto 12 in the last over and alsocomplete his fifty in 35 balls.

But his dismissal off thefirst ball of the last over endedKKR's hopes as PiyushChawla was unable to scorethe required runs.

IPL 8: MI keep playoff hopes alive with 5-run win over KKR

HARAREZimbabwe cricket

authorities on Thursdayabandoned a planned tourto Pakistan citing poorsecurity -- before retractingtheir decision within 20minutes and saying discus-sions were still ongoing.

Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC)released an official state-ment saying the tour wouldnot go ahead followingrecent militant violencethat has revived fears aftera deadly attack on the SriLankan team bus in 2009.

But the ZC spokesmanLovemore Banda thenissued a rapid apology,saying the abandonmentwas not confirmed.

"The executive and theboard are in a meetingright now and we are wait-ing for their decision,"Banda told AFP by tele-phone, without explainingthe earlier statement.

The tour would be thefirst by a Test-playingnation since militantsattacked the Sri Lankanbus in Lahore, killing six

Pakistani policemen andtwo civilians and injuringsix Sri Lankan players.

Pakistan has been des-perate to regain its status asan international cricketvenue, but security con-cerns rose further thisweek when gunmenattacked a passenger busand killed at least 43 peo-ple in the southern city ofKarachi.

Zimbabwe are due toarrive on May 19 and playtwo Twenty20 internation-als on May 22 and 24 andthree one-day internation-als on May 26, 29 and 31.

All five matches wouldbe played in the easterncity of Lahore afterZimbabwe refused to playin Karachi. ZimbabweCricket said in its firststatement:"The decision

not to tour at this time hasbeen taken after consider-ing the advice from thecountry's supreme sportsregulatory authority, theSports and RecreationalCommission (SRC)."

It quoted CharlesNhemachena, the SRCdirector general, as saying:"We have consulted on thesecurity situation inPakistan... And have been

advised that it would notbe safe for the team to trav-el to Pakistan."

An advance party visitedPakistan last week andexpressed confidence thatthe tour would go ahead.

Zimbabwe this weekannounced its 16-mansquad, but a private dailypaper on Thursday said theteam should not be put indanger.

"One thing is very clear;Pakistan is not a safe desti-nation to travel to," theDaily News said. "Pakistanis on fire at the moment."

No major team hasrecently be willing to risktheir safety to visitPakistan, beginning anunwanted odyssey for the1992 world champions,who have played most oftheir "home" matches since2009 in the United ArabEmirates. Bangladesh havebacked out twice after ini-tially agreeing to tour,although Pakistan havemanaged to host minorteams Afghanistan andKenya.

Zimbabwe abandon, then reconsider tour to PakistanLIVERPOOL

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard hopesto "keep it together" when he bids farewellto his beloved Anfield on Saturday.

This weekend`s Premier League matchat home to Crystal Palace will mark the34-year-old midfielder`s final match infront of the Kop before he joins LAGalaxy once the season ends.

"I don`t know how emotional it will be,"said former England captain Gerrard at anews conference on Thursday.

"I don`t know what it`s going to be like.I`ve been dreading it because I`m going tomiss it so much," added the Liverpool-born star, for whom the Reds have beenthe only club of his professional career todate.

"The plan is to try and keep it togetherand avoid the tears.

"If someone had said when I was goingto the academy at eight years old thatyou`re going to play 708 games and winthe trophies, along with the highs andlows, I`d have taken that.

"The supporters have been incrediblesince day one. I`ve had cruel lows andincredible highs. Their support has neverchanged in 17 years. That will be the mostemotional goodbye."

Asked who had been his biggest influ-ences at Liverpool, Gerrard replied: "Iowe an awful lot to Gerard Houllier.

"He was a father figure and I won three

trophies under him," he said of the Frenchmanager, in charge at Liverpool from1998-2004.

"He gave me the captaincy at 23 and itwas a brave thing to do. I owe an awful lotto him."

Turning to his current Liverpool boss,Gerrard said: "I wish I`d met him BrendanRodgers earlier in my career. I know I`d betalking about trophies now."

Meanwhile Gerrard said he would liketo return to Liverpool when his playingdays were over.

"If there`s a role I consider myself goodenough for, then I`d like to come back. Ido feel I can contribute in the future."

Steven Gerrard set for emotional farewell

ROMERafa Nadal produced an "almost

perfect" display to beat John Isnerand book his spot in the quarter-finalsof the Italian Open on Thursday asRoger Federer overcame a brief lapsebefore easing past Kevin Anderson.

Fourth seed Nadal, who has strug-gled to find his best form this seasonin the wake of the wrist injury andappendicitis issues that underminedhim last year, was imperious againstthe big-serving American and closedout the match 6-4 6-4.

He did not face a single break pointand won 90 percent of his first-serv-ice points.

"I was almost perfect," Nadal toldSky Sports Italia. "It was a goodmatch, I`m satisfied."

The Spaniard, who fell to seventhin the rankings after Sunday`sMadrid final defeat to Andy Murray,looked to be back on the path to dis-covering his best claycourt form.

The warm weather made the courtfaster and Nadal`s top-spin forehandforced Isner on the defensive, some-thing the statuesque American doesnot do well.

Nadal, a seven-time champion inRome, will now face StanislasWawrinka, who beat Dominic Thiem7-6(3) 6-4 to record consecutive vic-tories for the first time sinceFebruary.

Second seed Federer appeared to beheading for an easy win againstAnderson as he broke early in bothsets and held two match points on

serve, leading 5-2 in the second set.Anderson valiantly fought back to

level, however, before losing the lasttwo games and the match 6-3 7-5.

The Swiss will now play the winnerof Tomas Berdych`s clash with FabioFognini.

Seventh seed David Ferrer crushedfellow Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-1 6-3 and will play BelgianDavid Goffin who reached the lasteight after Andy Murray withdrewwith fatigue.

In the women`s event, MariaSharapova came back from a 3-1first-set deficit to beat BojanaJovanovski 6-3 6-3.

The Russian, a twice winner inRome in 2011 and 2012, has taken upthe favourite`s mantle after SerenaWilliams withdrew due to a rightelbow injury.

Fourth seed Petra Kvitova provedtoo powerful for former world num-ber one Jelena Jankovic, hitting 23winners, with only 19 unforcederrors.

Second seed Simona Halep easilydowned Venus Williams 6-2 6-1 injust over an hour while EugenieBouchard double faulted on matchpoint, before losing a three-hour bat-tle to Carla Suarez Navarro 6-7(2) 7-5 7-6(7).

''Almost perfect'' Rafael Nadal cruisespast John Isner into Rome quarters

NEW DELHIThe Ministry of Home Affairs

(MHA) on Thursday said that nofinal decision had yet been taken onthe proposed bilateral series betweenIndia and Pakistan.

According to ANI, Kiren Rijijustated that MHA has not taken a deci-sion in this regard.

However, he added that the senti-ments of people cannot be kept asidewhile taking a decision to engagewith Pakistan whether in politics orsports.

The news came a day after theIndian government gave green signalto an India-Pakistan series expectedto be held in UAE in December thisyear, according to reports.

The approval earlier had come afterPakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chiefShahryar Khan met Finance MinisterArun Jaitley.

The government was of the viewthat sports should not be mixed withpolitics, sources said there will be nocompromise with Pakistan on issueof terrorism.

During the past few days, Shahryaralso held meetings with BCCI chiefJagmohan Dalmiya and BCCI secre-tary Anurag Thakur.

Earlier in a ground-breaking move,cricket administrators from India andPakistan agreed to play five bilateralseries in eight years, first of which istentatively scheduled to take place inDecember this year.

"The series will start in December

as per schedule and it will comprisethree Tests, five ODIs and two T20s.The preparation is on in full swing.We have to overcome the final hur-dle. You may know as per the MOUthere will be five series between thetwo countries in eight years,"Shahryar said.

Shahryar also said that he hadcome to Kolkata to specially conveyhis congratulations to Dalmiya?, whowas recently elected as the presidentof Indian cricket board.

He went on to emphasise that alongwith Dalmiya, he revived the mostimportant cricket series in the worldin 2004 as well.

Dalmiya also sounded hopeful ofreviving the series but said that with-out the support of government, theseries will not go forward.

The last series between India andPakistan was held in 2012-13 whenPakistan visited India for a three-match One Day International andtwo-match Twenty20 Internationalseries. Pakistan had won the ODIseries 2-1, while the T20 series ended1-1.

It was Pakistan's first cricket tourof India in five years, after the infa-mous Mumbai terror attacks in 2008,which stalled all bilateral tiesbetween the two countries.

No final decision yet taken onIndo-Pak cricket series: MHA

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Forsaking chicken tandoorifor a ham sandwich in thename of a healthy diet

may actually be doing theopposite.

In recent years, most of ushave begun making healthierchoices. But are these choices,often based on general under-standing, really as healthy aswe think they are? Well, yes,and no. While we may havebeen successful in shunningfoods high salt content and badfats, there is still a lot more ofunhealthy content sneaking in.Most of us don't realise howmuch salt, sugar and saturatedfat is present in our every dayfood.

The Department of Health inBritain found that despite mostpeople wanting to improvetheir health, a majority had noidea about the level of hiddennasties in their meals. A studyof 2,000 adults found 77 per-cent got more basic questionsabout their diet wrong thanright.

With lifestyle diseases on therise, it's important to be awareof what hidden nasties may bein your food, and to know whatyou are putting in your andyour family's bodies. Some ofour favourite meals, takeaways

and snacks contain highamounts of salt, sugar and satu-rated fats. For instance themajority did not realise a pre-packed ham and cheese sand-wich had more salt than achicken tikka masala readymeal.

Simple changes you canmake

Prepare food from freshingredients Read labels tocheck for saturated fat contentand cut down on such foodsSwap high sugar options for

lower ones Watch out for hid-den salt and sodium content inpackaged and frozen foods

Label alertBiscuits, khaari, khakra,

matri, chips, margarine, frozenfoods, all these contain hydro-genated fats. While it givesfood its structure, and makes itcrispy, these trans-fatty acidsclog arteries and impede hor-mone production, and replacegood, necessary fats likeOmega 3 and 6.

Certain foods may be markedas zero cholesterol. But checkfor the saturated fat content inthe nutrition information table.It's unlikely to be zero. Whenour liver processes saturatedfat, it releases cholesterol. Sodon't be guided by marketinggimmicks.

Canned fruits and vegetables,and chips contain high levels ofsugar and salt, which is bad forhealth. Using fresh ingredientsmay take 10 extra minutes, butyou can be assured that you and

your family's health are not athigh risk.

Many foods sold as 'low fat'are loaded with hydrogenatedfat, and extra sugar. Check thenutrition information table, andyou'll know that what you areeating will only make you puton more weight and is bad foryour system.

Dairy products like cheeseslices and cheese spread andsauces also contain highamounts of saturated fat, cho-lesterol and sodium, similar tomost processed foods. Whileyou may indulge yourself withlayers of cheese in sandwiches,the good old homemade paneer,chutneys and sauces are muchgood for your health.

Make right choices

Tandoori and roti vs. naanand parathas

Go for a tandoori or a plainroti or chapati made fromwheat flour instead of refinedflour options like naan.

Hollywood's holistic healthcoach Alex Jamieson comparesit with the paste used in papier-mache projects. 'Made of whiteflour and water, the sticky,gooey paste worked like gluethat hardened in no time. That'swhat refined flour, moistenedwith your saliva, is like: agummy, nutrient-poor glob ofstarch.' Also avoid parathas in arestaurant. The ghee used isunlikely to be of a good qualityand you may ingest high levelsof bad fats.

Dark chocolate vs. milkchocolate

Dark chocolate contains moreantioxidants and less fat whilemilk chocolates high levels ofsaturated milk fat. Dark choco-late with a cocoa content of70% or higher contain resvera-trol, which has been found tolower blood sugar. Truffles,souffles and even hot chocolatecan be a good source of resver-atrol and cocoa phenols(flavonoids) as long as darkchocolate with a high contentof cocoa is used.

Meet the hidden nasties in your food

Never did we and many othersanticipate that the chirpy,witty and goofy Karan Johar

would be roped in to play the viciousvillain Kaizad Khambatta in AnuragKashyap’s Bombay Velvet. Not onlydid the the director turned actorimpress us with his stint as seen inthe trailer, but also managed to over-shadow his co-stars Ranbir Kapoorand Anushka Sharma in the same!Itseems like Kjo will take the cake inBombay Velvet and we are hopingthe same happens, as the film hits thescreen this Friday. The director wasinterviewed by a leading entertain-ment daily recently, which ques-tioned him on his equation with RK.Kjo being his hilarious self had avery interesting answer to the samewhere he said,” He thinks I’m his toythat he wants to play with as he is allthe time amused by me, be it what Isay or what I do.” LOL!

Talking further, Kjo said,”

He(Ranbir) is more a friend now andif you see Ranbir and me in a casualinteraction, you will feel that he is thesenior and I’m the junior. He is bully-ing me and back-slapping me all thetime.” Kjo went on to state thatRanbir has a charismatic personalityand does not take himself too serious-ly.”

Ranbir is the most charismatic manon and off-screen. I have this deepamount of love for that boy. I love theway he’s so casual about stardom. Ilove the fact that he’s unabashed,unapologetic and easy about himself.He does not take himself and hiswork too seriously and yet he is veryserious about his work.”

Karan Johar on Ranbir Kapoor: Ranbirthinks I’m his toy that he wants to play with!

Reacting to the issueraised by Peoplefor the Ethical

Treatment of Animals(PETA) over an advertise-ment for an innerwearbrand featuring actorRanveer Singh thrashing ashark, the brand'sspokesperson said that thevisuals were not intendedto offend anyone, andadded that a disclaimerwould soon be attached tothe commercial.

The recent advertise-ment garnered a negativeresponse due to visualswhich showed Ranveertaking a dive into anocean to save a girl from ashark and beating up ashark.

"This is to clarify thatthe shark shown in the lat-est Rupa commercial fea-turing Ranveer Singh is a

rubber toy, no animal wasused in the shoot. It is notour intention to hurt any-one's sentiment. We willbe adding a disclaimer tothe ad to this effect," saidMukesh Agarwal, whole-time director, Rupa & Co.Ltd. brand's spokesperson,in a statement.

While condemning theadvertisement, the animalrights organisation raisedconcerns and said it plansto take the matter forwardby writing to the actor andthe brand.

In a statement issued onWednesday, PoorvaJoshipura, PETA IndiaCEO, said, "PETA will bewriting to Rupa Frontlineand Ranveer Singh toshare our concerns onbehalf of sharks andtoday's socially awareyouth."

Ranveer Singh's Shark Ad ThatOutraged PETA to Carry a Disclaimer

We all rememberAditya RoyKapur’s rise to

fame with Mohit Suri’sAashiqui 2. The actor wasseen opposite his currentrumoured ladyloveShraddha Kapoor and thefilm proved to be one ofthe most successful ones in2013. Reports earlier sug-gested that Mohit wasplanning to remake theFrench comedy drama TheIntouchables in Hindi andnow the latest grapevine isthat the director has ropedin Aditya for the film!Aditya is currently work-ing on his film Fitooropposite Katrina Kaif. We

hear that Mohit wouldbegin shooting for theremake in August inLondon, post his ventureHamari Adhuri Kahani’srelease next month. In theoriginal, the leads of thefilm belonged to two dif-ferent age groups but in theremake, the leads will beshown as to youngsters. Aswe told you, Aditya cur-rently shoots for Fitoorminus his on-screenladylove Kat as the latter isbusy with Cannes FilmFestival 2015. We are verycurious to know who willstar opposite Aditya in thefilm. Any guessesBollywoodLifers?

Actor Shah Rukh Khan'sTwitter following justswelled to 13 million. He's

added a million followers since hit-ting 12 million at the end of March.

#SRK13Million is, of course,trending on Twitter.

The actor hasn't acknowledgedthe milestone on Twitter yet.

SRK is still behind AmitabhBachchan who has over 14 millionfollowers and ahead of PrimeMinister Narendra Modi whoseTwitter community is 12 million

strong.The 49-year-old actor is active on

the micro-blogging site, offeringinformation on his family and filmsas well as posting musings on life.He's currently busy with three proj-ects - Maneesh Sharma's Fan whichhe's been shooting for a while,Raees opposite Pakistani actressMahira Khan which just startedfilming, and the Rohit Shetty-madeDilwale with actress Kajol whichSRK will shoot for nextmonth.

Shah Rukh Khan Now Has 13 Million Fans on Twitter

Aditya Roy Kapur roped infor Mohit Suri’s Hindi remake

of The Intouchables?