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REGULAR MONSOON EXPECTED 

Bengaluru is all set for a 

good monsoon as the summer 

coming to an end. The 

weather and forecasting 

department is expecting 

the rain from 9th June onwards. 

The Weather and Forecasting 

Department told 

BJP state spokesperson 

requests the postponement 

of the University examinations 

The southern graduate 

constituency for Vidhana 

Parishat election 

will go to polls on June 

9th. But, on the same 

day the examinations of 

Mysuru University and 

Vishweshwaraya 

nological University are 

scheduled. Hence, the invigilators 

in the examinations will 

not be able to vote in the 

upcoming elections. 

So, BJP state spokesperson 

S Suresh Kumar, 

SSLC, PU question papers to 

be printed in exam hall only 

Vehicles to go 

on auction on June 11 

TO START FROM 9TH JUNE 

The south Indian states He also raised concern 

are getting normal rain about the rain saying, “It 

before the start of the real rained only for 10 minutes 

monsoon in the month today and the streets are 

Kengeri police station 

of June. Beating the heat, heavily water logged. The 

along with Shivajinagar 

Bengaluru was drenched water is not drained away 

police station have deinary 

report regarding The content of the report administration intends 

wrote a letter to 

photo shoot incident inside 

Mysuru palace, which are recommendations for lakh saplings over the 

can’t be revealed but there to plant as many as one 

the Chief Election 

Commissioner requesting 

him to 

katesh, Additional Depu- 

how to tighten administra- 

25,000 saplings having 

was investigated by T Ven- 

enhancing security and next three months, with 

declare June 9th 

ty Commissioner and incharge 

director of Mysuru Go Green 

two days. 

tion,” she hinted. 

been planted over the last 

as public holiday 

according to Negotiable 

Instruments 

She was speaking after a The DC informed that 

Palace Board, has been 

Tech- 

submitted to the government. 

act. He also said 

sapling planting driver-’Go emphasis has not been laid 

the evaluation of 

Green’ at her residence, just on planting saplings, 

With regard to the 

participating the answer scripts 

held as a part of the World but prime importance 

same, Deputy Commissioner 

C Shikha said that 

are also scheduled 

Environment Day celebrationtanance 

of the saplings as 

has been given on main- 

on the same day. 

they are awaiting a reply 

well. Mysuru Urban Development 

Authority has 

Evaluators and 

Over 40 saplings were 

in this regard. 

other related staff 

will be unavailable for voting he added. planted at Deputy Commissioner’s 

residence. 

“On Saturday we submitted 

the preliminary 

5000 tree guards”. 

come forward to sponsor 

with good shower from easily but only at a slower 

past two days. According 

pace. I seriously think 

to the report, Bengaluru about the heavy rains and 

A nondescript politico 

created ruckus at the 

received 18mm rain in just its effects. The drainage 

10 minutes. Key areas in system has to be managed 

BBMP office. He assaulted 

the city like Banshankari, in a better way as the monsoon 

is approaching.” 

the Revenue Inspector at 

Koramangala and HRS Layout 

received heavy rain. During the recent city 

BBMP revenue office. 

The rain caused heavy rounds, CM Siddharamaiah 

traffic jam at the peak hour inspected the various tender 

in all the roads. The water 

for sure roads where 

logged streets in many the water logging seen. He 

parts of the city forced the had instructed the mayor, 

Bengaluru Develop- 

CH, “Bangalore will get that the rain is going to be 

city drivers to move at a 

considerable rain in the a normal monsoon rain. 

faster pace. 

ment Minister KJ George 

month of June. The monsoon 

in the state is expect- 

the garden city is main- 

The temperature in 

Mano, who lives in and other BBMP officials 

Shantinagar said that he to take proper measures 

ed to start on 9th June.” tained at the reasonable 

witnessed a heavy traffic for the same. Only the upcoming 

monsoons will anty’s 

backward classes 

Bharatiya Janata Par- 

Till now the weather department 

did not come are enjoying the pleasant 

degree. The Bengalureans 

from Richmond circle to 

Shantinagar bus stand. swers the questions and and SC wing presidents 

across any sign of getting climate, thanks to the untimely 

rains. 

He also said that it took the prove whether the are all set to swear in 

heavy rain and cyclones. 

him around 30 minutes to measures taken are fruitful 

or not. 

at Jagannath Bhavan in 

today. The event will be 

The source further said 

cross the short distance. 

Mysuru: The prelim- 

report to the government. She said that the district 

cided to auction the two 

wheelers which have 

been lying since ages. 

There are nearly 47 

two wheelers without 

any legal heir. 

Inspite the prior notification 

to the legal heirs, 

Ruckus at BBMP Office 

The accused Waji 

throws away office documents 

and landline phone 

in BBMP office at Minerva 

circle. The palike officials 

have decided to lodge 

complaint against Waji in 

Kalasipalya Police Station. 

Further info awaited. 

BJP backward classes 

and SC wing presidents 

to swear in tomorrow 

they did not turn up hence 

the police authorities have 

planned to auction the 

vehicle on June 11 2016 

morning at 11 am. 

It is an open auction 

and it will be conducted in 

Kengeri police station. 

Malleshwaram. The ceremony 

is to commence at 

10.30AM. BJ Puttaswamy 

and DS Veeraiah will be 

taking the baton as presidents 

of backward classes 

and scheduled caste 

wings respectively. This 

program will be presided 

over by ex-chief minister 

and BJP state president 

BS Yedyurappa. 

Palace photo shoot flak: Preliminary report 

submitted to government 

Deputy Conservator of 

Forest Karikalan said that 

only indigenous plants 

would be planted. 

BU felicitates 

toppers at 51st convocation 

Tumakuru, Jun 7: Going 

by the experience of 

embarrassment faced 

during the paper leak 

scam, the state government 

has taken the first 

step to stop exam related 

frauds in the state. State 

higher education minister 

T B Jayachandra has 

said that the question 

papers for SSLC and II 

PU examinations will be 

printed in the examination 

hall itself from this 

academic year. 

Jayachandra was 

speaking to reporters in 

Tumakuru on Monday, 

June 6. 

The question papers 

will be mailed simultaneously 

to all the examination 

centres from 

the central control room 

of the department. And 

then the question papers 

will be printed just 10 

minutes before the commencement 

of the exams. 

Proper and necessary 

arrangements will be 

made at the examination 

centres to take print out 

of the question papers, 

Jayachandra explained. 

The state government 

had to conduct re-examination 

for the second 

PU chemistry paper 

twice in the last academic 

year following leak of 

question papers. 

Jayachandra also revealed 

that the government 

will not grant permission 

for starting new 

colleges this year and 

urged the existing 

colleges to improve 

their condition 

with more 

facilities. 

New education 

policy to make 

students employable 

Speaking about 

other plans in 

education sector, 

Jayachandra 

said,“The state 

government has 

been formulating 

a anew education 

policy to ensure 

that students are 

employable. A meeting 

in this regard will be 

held with the vice-chancellors 

of universities on 

June 15. Opinion of experts 

like Dr C N R Rao, 

former chairman of the 

Prime Minister’s Scientific 

Advisory Council, 

and Wipro chairman 

Azim Premji will also be 

obtained. Appointment 

orders will be issued 

to 2,160 candidates recruited 

for the posts of 

assistant professors at 

government colleges.” 

BU celebrated its 51 

convocation yesterday at 

Jnana Jyothi Auditorium. 

All the toppers were felicitated 

at the ceremony. The 

occasion was presided by 

Honourable governor and 

the chancellor of the University, 

Shri Vajubhai Vala. 

Law and Education minister, 

TB Jayachandra, Chairman 

of All India Council 

for Technical Education, 

Anil Sahasrabudhe and 

Vice-chancellor of the varsity, 

Thimme Gowda were 

present at the function. 

Krishnamurthy, son of a 

tailor bagged 7 gold medals 

in masters in Physics 

was the star of convocation. 

82 students receive 

cash prizes. Overall 216 

gold medals were given 

away. 163 students received 

Ph.D degrees. 

BESCOM TO DISCONNECT ELECTRICITY SUPPLY IF ESTAB- 

LISHMENTS DO NOT COMPLY WITH FIRE SAFETY RULES 

Keeping in view the 

rising number of fire accidents 

in the city, the State 

Government has framed 

strict rules for owners and 

developers of high rise 

buildings to comply with 

fire safety rules. 

If the buildings do not 

comply with the rules 

framed by the government, 

electricity supply companies 

like BESCOM, GESCOM, 

HESCOM, CHESCOM will 

disconnect electricity connection 

and also seal the 

building. 

If the building owners 

fail to rectify the lapses 

even after being warned, 

BBMP and other Municipal 

authorities shall suspend 

the occupancy certificate 

for the High rise buildings. 

Acting on a notification 

issued by Government of 

Karnataka in July 2011, a 

joint inspection drive was 

carried out by the Fire 

and Emergency Services 

Department and BBMP in 

Bengaluru, Mangaluru and 

Hubblli. 

A total of 15, 045 high 

rise building in Bengaluru 

were identified by Karnataka 

Fire and Emergency 

Services Department that 

do not have No Objection 

Certificates or Clearance 

Certificates and 3397 

buildings in Mangaluru and 

Hubballi. 

In the recent inspections 

carried out by Fire and 

Emergency Services Department, 

a total of 2212 

buildings were re-inspected. 

Out of which 1202 were 

found to be complying with 

fire safety measures. But 

146 buildings were identified 

and recommended 

to BBMP and BESCOM for 

power disconnection and 

withdrawal of occupancy 

certificate. 

The Fire department 

carried out inspections at 

32 Star hotels, 27 Malls and 

Multiplexes, 21 Museum 

and Art Galleries, 30 high 

Assembly buildings and 15 

Palace Grounds Convention 

Centres in Bengaluru. 

Government of Karnataka 

has framed measures for 

buildings of 15 mtrs and 

above in height to comply 

with fire safety measures. 

Obtaining NOC from Fire 

and Emergency Services is 

one of the most important 

rules by the state. 

BBMP or local municipal 

authority were strictly directed 

not to grant building 

plans/ licenses without obtaining 

NOC from Fire and 

Emergency Services. 

If the building is already 

existing but occupied or 

under construction, the 

BBMP or Local Municipal 

Authority will not grant oc-

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BRIT PAEDOPHILE TARGETED 

A dishonourable British 

paedophile who is accused 

of raping and sexually 

abusing numerous children 

in Malaysia’s poor 

communities allegedly 

posed as a volunteer at an 

orphanage in Bengaluru 

CITY ORPHANAGE TOO! 

for Children Orphanage and he is not believed to 

in June. The unsuspicious have abused any children 

pastor allowed Huckle, at the orphanage. 

who introduced himself 

in the email as “originally 

from UK but am studying 

an IT Degree in Malaysia”, 

to visit New Hope. 

and wanted to take photos 

and videos of children, according 

to sources. 

Richard Huckle approached 

the Indian pastor 

George Fernandes, 37, 

requesting permission 

for a trip to his New Hope 

His email read, “I’m very 

much interested in visiting 

your orphanages in Bangalore 

and Ambur. It would 

be a great experience for 

me to visit your orphanages, 

meet and help the children, 

and would be more 

than happy to use my photography 

and video editing 

skills to help make some 

promotional material for 

your ministry. God bless 

your ministry and I look 

forward to hearing back 

from you,” he wrote. 

Fernandes even allowed 

Huckle to stay at his house, 

but according to the sources, 

at no point was he left 

alone with the children 

during his two-day stay 

Recalling the visit, 

Fernandes told the online 

newspaper Huckle 

“would not speak much 

or tell anything about his 

past. He was very quiet 

and very different than 

other western volunteers 

we had in the past and he 

would hardly opened up 

even during dinner at my 

home. He had very good 

knowledge of photography 

and taught us many new 

things and we learnt a lot 

from him but he seemed 

disoriented and won’t look 

straight into our eyes ever 

during his short stay.” 

Sources said Huckle had 

gained the trust of people 

in Christian-dominated 

communities in Muslim-majority 

Malaysia and 

also lived in churches in 

the capital, Kuala Lumpur. 

AN UNCOVERED 

He was charged with 

91 offences, including 14 

counts of rape of a child 

under 13 years old. His 

victims included five children 

aged between 3 and 

12 at the time of the abuse, 

and a baby believed to be 

six months old, the document 

said. 

The court in London has 

handed 22 life sentences 

to him after he pleaded 

guilty to 71 child abuse offenses 

while in Southeast 

Asia. Richard Huckle, 30, 

was arrested at Gatwick 

Airport near London in 

2014 as he returned home 

from Malaysia, where he 

committed most of his 

crimes, Britain’s National 

Crime Agency said. 

He confessed to abusing 

almost 200 children on a 

blog he published on the 

dark web, an area of the 

Internet which is not easily 

accessible to the general 

user. 

Bangalore supply 

sewerage board engineer 

and contractor 

who executed the project 

have been mentioned as 

accused number 2 and 3 

and cases will be regis- 

TRENCH CLAIMS WOMAN’S LIFE 

wheel got stuck in a tered against them and washed away in the rain 

trench which was not they will also be arrested, that lashed the city Last 

filled properly 

the police said. 

week, said the police. 

Bangalore water Supply 

Sewerage Board (BWSSB) 

pipeline project on Kamanahalli 

claimed the life 

of a woman on Monday. 

The victim, Jolly (45) a 

school teacher was going 

with her husband Abraham 

to her workplace on a 

motorcycle when the front 

Jolly, was not wearing 

a helmet she fell 

down and sustained 

head injury leading to 

her death. 

Case was filed 

against Jolly’s husband 

Abraham, an ex-serviceman, 

for causing 

his wife’s death due to 

rash driving. 

But the locals held 

BWSSB responsible for 

Jolly’s death, saying that 

accidents were a regular 

feature on the road as the 

civic agency left the road 

in a sorry state and did 

nothing to ensure safety. 

The BWSSB undertook 

a project to lay a pipeline 

on the Kamanahalli 

main road about a month 

ago. The workers dug up 

the road, but did not cover 

the trenches properly 

once work was finished. 

They used mud to fill the 

trenches but most of it was 

The digging and re-digging 

of the roads has been 

a fashion since a long time. 

Once dug, the workers do 

not bother to close it completely. 

The officials also 

turn a blind eye to the issue. 

Once one authority 

digs the road and it is redug 

by another authority 

after some days or months. 

Considering the state of 

infrastructure of Namma 

Bengaluru, all the concerned 

authorities need to 

collaborate and enact. This 

is unnecessary wastage of 

tax payers’ money. 


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CM meets the secretaries to review 

agriculture inventory 

On the impact of 

pre-monsoon showers 

across Karnataka, Chief 

Minister Siddaramaiah 

today had a meeting with 

District Incharge Secretaries 

to observe the situation 

and review the preparation 

for monsoon which is 

expected to hit the State in 

another a week time. 

According to official 

sources, the meeting 

would note the inventory 

of seeds and fertiliser 

availability. 

With Meteorological Department 

predicting good 

rainfall during the monsoon, 

the State government 

has set a target of 130lakh 

tonnes of grain production 

this year as against a 

condensed production of 

110lakh tonnes last year 

due to severe drought. The 

target fell short by 20lakh 

tonnes last year. 

Chief Secretary Arvind 

Jadav, Agriculture Minister 

Krishna Byregowda and 

other officers were present 

in the meeting held at 

Vidhana Soudha. 

The State Secretariat 

Mr. Byregowda addressing 

the media earlier this 

week projected that they 

were prepared of the seed 

and fertilizer requirement 

of farmers. 

The measures to be taken 

in situation of floods 

were also to be discussed 

in the meet. 

Afro-Indian cultural 

relationship displayed through art 

Indira Gandhi Natonal 

Centre for the Arts hosted 

a cultural event called the 

Africans in India on June 

7th. 

The “Audio Visual” 

Exhibition event was inaugurated 

by Higher Education 

and Tourism Minister, 

R.V Deshpande and 

was presided over by Dr 

Deepti Navaratna joined 

by the other community 

members. 

The exhibit aimed to 

shed light on the history 

of cultural exchange that 

existed between India 

and Africa over the centuries 

and display about 

ancient links of Afro-Indian 

Sidhis, Africans in the 

Deccan, African in Indian 

paintings and African sufi 

saints. 

R.V Deshpande along 

with Dr Deepti 

Navaratna walked 

through the exhibition 

observing 

the exhibits getting 

an insight of 

the paintings and 

portraits. 

The exhibition 

was to project 

the extraordinary 

achievements of 

Africans in India 

since the 1300`s. 

In Indian history 

as the higher 

ranks are eventually 

being recognized, they 

found themselves in societies 

where enslavement 

did not necessarily preclude 

social rise where 

being a foreigner, from a 

different race, colour and 

religion were not obstacles 

to reach the upper 

class of society. 

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About 1 lakh given skill 

training in Jharkhand 

Nearly one lakh people 

have been given skill training 

in Jharkhand under the ‘Skill 

India Mission’. An official release 

said the ‘Skill India Mission’ 

yielded great dividends 

for Jharkhand with nearly 

one lakh enrollment recorded. 

Prime Minister Narendra 

Modi and Union Minister of 

State for Skill Development 

& Entrepreneurship (Independent 

Charge) Rajiv Pratap 

Rudy applauded the achievement, 

the release said. 

Ramadan began across 

the country 

The Muslim holy month of 

Ramadan began across the 

country from yesterday. The 

Ruyat-e-Hilal (moon sighting) 

committee announced 

the sighting of moon last 

evening. The worshipers 

thronged mosques last night 

to offer special night prayer 

called Traweeh, which will 

continue throughout the 

month. Ramadan is the ninth 

month of the Islamic calendar. 

In Kerala, today is second 

day of holy month of Ramadan. 

Ramadan began across 

Gulf countries yesterday. 

The believers observe fast 

and join mass prayers held 

at mosques across the state 

during the period. This annual 

observance is regarded as 

one of the five pillars of Islam 

8 injured in clash 

between two groups 

Eight people were injured 

in a clash that broke out over 

a minor dispute between two 

communities at Sikanderpur 

village, police said. The violence 

erupted after a tractor 

collided with a buffalo cart 

belonging to a member of 

a different community, SP 

(City) Santosh Mishra said. 

The incident led to stone 

pelting in which 8 persons 

were injured and two of 

them were taken to hospital, 

he said. Police said the situation 

has been brought under 

control. 

Rahul Gandhi pitches 

for release of ‘’Udta 

Punjab’’ 

Amid a raging controversy, 

Congress vice-president Rahul 

Gandhi on Tuesday made 

a strong pitch for release of 

film ‘Udta Punjab’, noting that 

the state has a “crippling drug 

problem” and censoring the 

movie would not fix it.”Punjab 

has a crippling drug problem. 

Censoring #UdtaPunjab will 

not fix it. The government 

must accept the reality and 

find solutions,” the Congress 

Vice President said on Twitter. 

Anurag Kashyap, one of 

the producers of ‘Udta Punjab’, 

has compared the ongoing 

censorship regarding his upcoming 

film to the dictatorship 

in North Korea. 

Sushil Modi backs 

Bharti’s claims on 

Nitish, Mamata 

Senior Bihar BJP leader 

Sushil Kumar Modi on Tuesday 

seconded Union minister 

Uma Bharti’s assertions that 

regional satraps like Mamata 

Banerjee and Nitish Kumar 

emerged on the political firmament 

with BJP and RSS 

support.”Nitish Kumar was 

made a minister and chief 

minister of Bihar by BJP,” Sushi 

Modi, who was formerly 

deputy to chief minister Kumar, 

told reporters after his 

‘Janata Darbar’ programme.”- 

JD (U) and Nitish Kumar were 

with the BJP in NDA for 17 

years and emerged on the national 

politics with the support 

of BJP and RSS,” he said, 

echoing the views expressed 

by Bharti. 

Ahmedabad to get a 

Lion Safari 

Railway minister Suresh 

Prabhu offered help to the 

state to start a lion safari 

express in the lines of tiger 

express aimed at spreading 

awareness on the conservation 

of big cats. 

The Railway Minister said 

apart from the safari express, 

he was willing to start theme 

based trains in Gujarat on 

revenue sharing basis. He 

also announced that three 

train services announced in 

the budget this year will also 

begin soon. This includes the 

Humsafar, Tejas and Uday 

train services. 

CONGRESS MLA EXPELLED FOR 

ANTI-PARTY ACTIVITY IN TRIPURA 

STING PROBE: CBI QUIZZES 

UTTARAKHAND CM HARISH RAWAT 

The Central Bureau of 

Investigation (CBI) again 

on Tuesday questioned 

Uttarakhand Chief Minister 

Harish Rawat in connection 

with the ongoing 

preliminary enquiry into 

an alleged sting operation 

against him. 

The CBI had earlier 

questioned Rawat on May 

24 for over five hours in 

connection with the sting 

operation where he was 

shown offering bribe to 

rebel Congress MLAs to 

save his government. 

The Uttarakhand chief 

minister had said that this 

was a conspiracy against 

him. 

Congress MLA Biswa 

Bandhu Sen has been expelled 

from the primary 

membership of the party 

for six years due to his anti-party 

activities, said Tripura 

PCC president Birajit 

Sinha. 

“To maintain discipline 

in the Congress, Biswa 

Bandhu Sen, one of the 

“I believe the entire 

nation is watching 

this. And very 

soon there will be a 

solution to this conspiracy,” 

he said. 

Meanwhile, Uttarakhand 

BJP president 

Ajay Bhatt 

said that Rawat 

should cooperate 

with the CBI rather 

than blaming anyone 

in this regard. 

“He should cooperate 

with the CBI. Why is he 

blaming us? The CBI is an 

independent agency. He 

should better cooperate 

in this matter rather than 

blaming anyone,” Bhatt 

said. 

Earlier, the Uttarakhand 

High Court had refused 

Congress MLAs has been 

expelled from the Congress 

party for six years because 

of his anti-party activities 

since last one year. He was 

warned several times but 

to quash the ongoing CBI 

probe into the sting operation, 

following which the 

agency had summoned the 

Chief Minister. 

The TV sting operation 

was done in March, when 

rebel Congress lawmakers 

voted against the state 

budget, triggering a political 

crisis. 

Later, Rawat government 

was sacked by the 

Centre and the state was 

placed under President’s 

Rule. 

However, Congress 

knocked the door of the 

Court and Rawat returned 

as Chief Minister after winning 

a trust vote ordered 

by the Supreme Court earlier 

this month.v 

he did not stop his activities, 

therefore, on June 6, 

he was expelled from the 

primary membership of 

the Indian National Congress,” 

said Sinha. 

Sen was one of the seven 

rebel Congress MLAs, 

who in protest against the 

AICC’s decision of Congress-Left 

alliance in West 

Bengal, was to officially 

join the TMC to form an 

opposition party here. 

The TPCC president 

viewed that those leaving 

the Congress were not actually 

attached with the 

party’s ideology. 

It is reported that six 

Congress MLA’s, including 

expelled Sen, are going to 

join the TMC. 

PRADHAN MANTRI UJJWALA YOJANA TO 

BE LAUNCHED IN ODISHA ON JUNE 20 

The launch of the Pradhan 

Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, 

a scheme for providing 

free LPG connections to 

women from BPL households, 

will be held in Sambalpur 

on June 20. 

Union Tribal Affairs 

Minister Jual Oram and 

Oil Minister Dharmendra 

Pradhan are scheduled to 

flag it off. 

As per sources, it is 

planned to increase the 

number of LPG customers 

in Odisha from 39 lakh at 

present to 80 lakh by December 

2018 through this 

scheme. 

The scheme has already 

been launched by the Centre 

in Gujarat, Madhya 

Pradesh and Rajasthan. 

Under the scheme, Rs. 

8000 Crore has been set 

aside for providing five 

Crore LPG connections 

to BPL households. The 

scheme provides a financial 

support of Rs. 1600 for 

each LPG connection to the 

BPL households. 

PM MODI EXPRESSES 

‘DEEPEST’ GRATITUDE TO QATAR EMIR 

With Qatar Emir Tamim 

Bin Hamad Al Thani pardoning 

several prisoners 

for Ramadan, including 

23 Indians, Prime Minister 

Narendra Modi has 

expressed his gratitude to 

the Emir. 

“A special gesture to 

mark the start of a special 

month...the Government of 

Qatar releases 23 prisoners, 

who will return home 

to India. My deepest gratitude 

to the Emir of Qatar 

for the gesture.” tweeted 

Prime Minister Modi, who 

is in Washington on a bilateral 

visit at the invitation 

of President Barack 

Obama. 

Though official 

figures have yet to be 

released, many of the 

pardoned prisoners, 

typicallyhail from 

nations that have 

a lot of nationals 

here, including India, 

Nepal, Bangladesh 

and the Philippines, 

said sources, adding 

Sheikh Tamim 

Bin Hamad Al Thani 

typically pardons 

inmates twice a year, including 

National Day on 

Dec. 18. 

Those who are freed 

have already served a significant 

portion of their 

jail term and the pardons 

are seen as a sign of goodwill 

toward Qatar’s large 

expat population, said embassy 

officials. 

More information about 

those who are pardoned 

will be sent to their respective 

embassies in the 

coming weeks. 

Nearly 100 people were 

pardoned during Ramadan 

for crimes related to theft, 

possession of drugs and 

fraud, among other crimes 

in previous years. 

On Sunday, Prime Minister 

Modi concluded his 

visit to Qatar, where he 

held meetings with business 

leaders and the Emir 

of Qatar, followed by signing 

of agreements, a lunch 

hosted by the Emir, a meeting 

with the father Emir 

and an interaction with 

the Indian community. 



JD (U) CAUTIONS CONGRESS 

OVER JOGI’S RESIGNATION 

The Janata Dal (United) 

on Tuesday cautioned the 

Congress Party, its grand 

alliance partner in Bihar, 

over the rebellion of former 

Chhattisgarh Chief 

Minister Ajit Jogi, saying it 

is sad news for the grand 

old party and that it should 

make efforts to strengthen 

itself to counter the Bharatiya 

Janata Party (BJP). 

JD (U) leader K.C. Tyagi 

said, “This should be 

sad news for the Congress 

Party. And at a time when 

the Bharatiya Janata Party 

(BJP) is spreading its 

wings across the nation, 

the Congress Party should 

make efforts to strengthen 

itself.” 

Jogi yesterday floated a 

new party and asked the 

people to suggest a name. 

Jogi had last week hinted 

that he might float a 

new party, saying he had 

no other option but to quit 

the Congress for the sake 

of Chhattisgarh. He had 

said the Congress Party 

was presently working like 

‘Team-B’ for incumbent 

Raman Singh-led government 

in the state. 

However, the Congress 

downplayed the rebellion 

Jogi, saying he has the support 

of only one MLA. 

Congress general secretary 

Digvijaya Singh had 

said to media, “I congratulate 

him on his decision. 

But I would like to tell you 

that leaving his wife and 

daughter only one Congress 

MLA has supported 

him. This proves that the 

rest of the congress inmates 

are united.” 

FIR REGISTERED AGAINST 

FOUR STUDENTS, DIRECTOR 

OF VR COLLEGE 

An FIR has been registered 

against four students 

and the director of the 

Vishnu Roy (VR) College 

in connection with Bihar 

School Examination Board 

(BSEB) results issue. 

The four students 

against whom the case has 

been registered are Sourabh 

Shrestha, Rahul Kumar, 

Ruby Rai and Shalini. 

Following the furore 

over the Bihar Board examination 

toppers being 

unable to answer basic 

questions related to their 

stream eventually leading 

to a re-examination, Chief 

Minister Nitish Kumar had 

on Sunday said the guilty 

won’t be spared, adding 

the investigation into this 

matter will done with a 

criminal angle. 

The Supreme Court 

had an urgent hearing on 

the plea for a Central Bureau 

of Investigation (CBI) 

probe into the Mathura violence. 

A vacation bench of justices 

P. C. Ghose and Amitava 

Roy had listed the 

matter, filed by lawyer and 

Delhi BJP spokesperson 

Ashwini Upadhyay. 

The petitioner’s advocate 

sought an urgent 

hearing saying the CBI 

probe is necessary, looking 

at the gravity of the violence. 

The petitioner said, 

the court may also take 

suo moto cognizance of 

the matter and direct the 

CBI enquiry, as it is necessary 

to find out the truth. 

Speaking at a rally in 

Amroha on Sunday, Union 

Home Minister Rajnath 

Singh dared the Uttar 

Pradesh Government to 

“I am going to seek 

more information on this 

and take action. A similar 

case had come to the fore 

even earlier and we re-examined 

all those whose 

names were in the top 10 

list,” Nitish added. 

Talking about a previous 

case, where images 

and videos went of cheating 

in matriculation examinations 

went viral;he 

added that his government 

had taken firm action then. 

“The education department 

is looking into 

the matter and the state 

government will also intervene. 

Nobody will be 

spared. It is good that this 

issue came to light, as I 

am sure now that it won’t 

happen again after tough 

action,” the Chief Minister 

said. 

Emphasizing on the 

need to go to the root of 

the problem in order to 

solve it, Nitish said that 

cancelling the results was 

not enough and that a 

thorough probe was needed. 

call for a CBI 

investigation 

into the incident. 

“The probe can also 

take a criminal turn. Anyways, 

a probe is underway 

and I am confident that the 

education department will 

come through in its investigation,” 

he added. 

On Saturday, the BSEB 

had cancelled the results 

of two toppers, including 

Sourabh Shrestha, of the 

Intermediate (Science) 

examinations after they 

failed to prove their merits 

in a re-test. 

The board had on Friday 

asked Sourabh and 

his collegemate Rahul Kumar, 

who were among the 

13 toppers from the Arts 

and Science streams in the 

Class XII examinations, to 

reappear in a re-test following 

a controversy over 

their merits. 

Saurabh Shrestha from 

the Science stream, who 

had secured 485 out of 

500, was caught on camera 

failing to answer basic 

questions 

Ruby Rai, the Arts topper, 

from the same college 

failed to take the re-test on 

Friday citing health reasons. 

Rai had secured 444 

marks out of 500 in the 

Arts stream. However, 

on camera she did not 

even appear to know the 

number of subjects in her 

course. 

MATHURA VIOLENCE: 

SC HEARS PIL FOR CBI 

PROBE 

“It seems like there 

is more to it than meets 

the eye. And such things 

should be brought into the 

open,” said Rajnath at the 

rally. 

“If the Uttar Pradesh 

Government wants to get 

to the bottom of this, they 

should ask for a CBI inquiry 

into the violence. If they 

ask, the Centre will surely 

agree. This is not a small 

incident,” he added. 

BJP president Amit 

Shah had earlier held 

Uttar Pradesh Minister 

Shivpal Singh Yadav responsible 

for the Mathura 

violence and sought his 

resignation. 

The Samajwadi Party, 

however, countered his assertion 

and dared the BJP 

president to either produce 

evidence in support 

of his allegations or tender 

a public apology. 

A large amount of explosives 

were found during 

the search operation yesterday 

at the Jawahar Bagh 

where 25 people, including 

two cops, were killed 

following a clash between 

the police personnel and 

encroachers. 

Facing flak from all 

corners for offering a 

compensation of only Rs. 

20 lakh to the kin of policemen 

killed in Mathura 

violence, the state government 

reportedly swung 

into damage control and 

increased the amount of 

compensation from Rs. 20 

lakh to 50 lakh earlier on 

Saturday. 

It also announced that 

that the kin of the deceased 

security men will 

also be provided with extra 

ordinary pension.

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WORLD 

US backs India’s bid 

for NSG membership 

Backing India’s bid to join 

the Nuclear Suppliers Group 

(NSG), the US said, by becoming 

the member of the 

elite grouping the country 

would be in a stronger position 

to be a “good citizen” on 

proliferation-related issues. 

“Having gone down the 

path of the civil nuclear 

agreement with India and 

having invested a significant 

amount of time in building 

up our cooperation with India 

as it relates to nuclear 

security,” Deputy National 

Security Advisor Benjamin 

Rhodes told a Washington 

audience. 

Rhodes remarks on India 

came in response to a question 

about why some countries 

like China are opposing 

India’s membership in the 

48-member NSG. 

“..I think the bottom line 

for us is that we believe that 

through engagement with 

India and through engagement 

with groups like the 

NSG, we are in a better position 

to support India as a 

good citizen on these issues,” 

Rhodes said. 

He said the US believed 

that engaging India and trying 

to bring it into international 

processes will be more 

effective in promoting the 

country’s security protocols. 

US University asks 

25 Indians to leave 

studies 

At least 25 of a total 60 

Indian graduate students 

at Western Kentucky University 

have been asked to 

leave their computer science 

programme after the first semester 

as they do not meet 

its admission standards, a 

media report said today. 

The university used international 

recruiters, who had 

run advertisements, to find 

the students and compensated 

them based on how many 

students they enrolled. 

James Gary, the chairman 

of the University’s Computer 

Science Programme, said 

yesterday that “almost 40” 

of the students did not meet 

the requirements of their admissions, 

even though they 

were offered remedial help 

by the university. 

While some students will 

be allowed to remain, at least 

25 of the nearly 60 students 

in the programme must 

leave, he was quoted as saying 

by The New York Times. 

“If they come out of here 

without the ability to write 

programmes, that’s embarrassing 

to my department,” 

Gary said, explaining why 

the university could not permit 

them to continue. 

Indian Origin Professor 

in UK Awarded by 

Queen 

Eminent Indian origin 

professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya 

has been awarded 

the prestigious Regius Professorship 

in Manufacturing 

by Queen Elizabeth II for his 

outstanding contribution in 

manufacturing. 

“WMG, at the University of 

Warwick, which was founded 

by eminent Indian Professor 

Lord Bhattacharyya, 

has been bestowed the prestigious 

Regius Professorship 

in Manufacturing by Her 

Majesty the Queen,” a release 

said today. 

Through his career, he has 

advised the UK government 

on manufacturing, innovation, 

and technology, including 

former Prime Ministers 

Margaret Thatcher and Tony 

Blair. 

Bhattacharyya, Chairman 

and founder of WMG, said 

“Having founded WMG in 

1980 to invigorate UK manufacturing, 

it is a wonderful 

honour to be bestowed upon 

the Group. This is recognition 

to every member of 

staff, over the last 35 years, 

who has contributed to our 

success. 

SUNITA WILLIAMS 

REMEMBERS KALPANA CHAWLA 

INDIAN AMERICAN ASTRONAUT SUNITA WILLIAMS 

CONSIDERS KALPANA CHAWLA GREAT FRIEND AND MENTOR 

Sunita Williams 

who was speaking 

on the occasion of Indian 

Prime Minister 

NarendraModi’s visit 

to the ‘Tomb of the 

Unknown Soldier’ 

and ‘Space Shuttle 

Columbia Memorial’ 

at the Arlington 

National Cemetery 

said, “She was a great 

friend, a mentor and 

someone you can always 

sit down and 

have a cup of tea 

with.” 

Chawla’sfamily 

was present at the 

wreath laying ceremony. 

According to finds in a 

research, Aboriginal people 

were the first to inhabit 

Australia. The research 

work carried out byGriffith 

University,refutes an earlier 

landmark study that 

claimed to recover DNA 

sequences from the oldest 

known Australian, Mungo 

Man. 

This earlier study was 

SunitaWilliamswho was 

with her father,met the 

Prime Minister who invited 

her to visit India. Sunita 

Williams said that she was 

very happy to get an invitation 

from PM Modi to 

visit India. 

Sunita Williams spoke 

about India and U.S. scientific 

collaboration,“Right 

now that is not my field 

of expertise. I am sort of 

WERE ABORIGINALS 

interpreted as evidence 

that Aboriginal people were 

not the first Australians, 

and that Mungo Man represented 

an extinct lineage 

of modern humans that occupied 

the continent before 

Aboriginal Australians. 

Scientists from Griffith 

University’s Research Centre 

for Human Evolution 

(RCHE) recently used new 

NO CRIMINAL CHARGES 

AGAINST JAPANESE COUPLE 

FOR LEAVING SON IN FOREST 

heads down in a new space 

craft that we’re building 

here. But, I have had the 

opportunity to go to India 

and talk to many people 

who are very interested 

in space collaboration and 

the space adventure,” She 

added, “So, I have a 

feeling, you know, I 

think most people 

in India are excited 

about space as well 

as about how we are 

excited about space 

here.” 

NASA Assistant 

Director, who was 

also present at the 

event, said, “We have 

a wonderful collaboration 

of NASA and 

ISRO, never been 

stronger. All the way 

to Mars!” 

After meeting visiting 

Prime Minister, 

Williams’ father 

Deepak Pandya said that 

the Prime Minister asked 

him to visit India to which 

he replied he certainly 

would if his health willing, 

if my health remains good. 

(ANI) 

THE FIRST AUSTRALIANS? 

DNA sequencing methods “This represents the first 

to re-analyze the remains time researchers have recovered 

of Mungo Man from the 

an ancient mito- 

World Heritage listed chondrial genome sequence 

landscape of the Willandra from an Aboriginal person 

Lakes region, in far western 

who lived before the arrival 

New South Wales. of the Europeans,” he 

added. 

The Japanese couple, 

who abandoned their seven-year-old 

son in a forest 

as a punishment, will not 

face any charges. 

A Hokkaido police officer 

is reported to have said 

that they did not want to 

regard it as a criminal case. 

Yamato Tanooka, who survived 

alone for six nights, 

was deserted by his parents 

in Japan’s northernmost island 

Hokkaido to teach him 

a lesson for throwing stones 

at people. 

The couple left Yamato 

by the side of the road and 

when they returned shortly 

later to pick him up, he had 

disappeared. 

Takayuki Tanooka, the 

child’s father, had initially 

told the police that they 

were separated from the kid 

while he was foraging for 

edible plants along with his 

wife and daughter. 

He, however, confessed 

hours later that he had in 

fact made Yamato get out of 

the family car and left him 

briefly by the roadside in an 

attempt to discipline him after 

he was throwing stones 

at people. 

Toru Numata, a lawyer 

who handles abuse and domestic 

violence cases said, 

the chances of making this 

matter a prosecutable one 

are extremely slim considering 

the factors behind the 

case. 

The lawyer added the 

focus is likely to shift to the 

boy’s mental care, focusing 

on possible trauma from the 

ordeal. 

The boy was discovered 

mildly dehydrated last Friday 

by a soldier, sheltering 

in a hut on a military drill 

field around five kms from 

where he was abandoned. 

(ANI) 

Professor Lambert, 

from RCHE, said it was 

clear that incorrect conclusions 

had been drawn 

in relation to Mungo Man 

in the original study.He explained, 

the results proved 

that the more advanced 

genomic technology was capable 

of unlocking further 

secrets from Australia’s human 

past. 

Professor Lambert further 

said, “We now know 

that meaningful genetic information 

can be recovered 

from ancient Aboriginal 

Australian remains.” 

The arrest of the French 

man who was planning 15 

attacks in the coming days 

has shocked France which 

is on high alert following 

last year`s deadly jihadist 

attacks in Paris. 

The Frenchman was arrested 

on May 21 while trying 

to cross into Poland near 

the Ukrainian frontier town 

of Yagodyn, in possession 

of a massive weapons stash 

that included 125 kilograms 

(275 pounds) of TNT and 

grenade launchers. 

Ukraine’s claims on Monday 

that it had arrested a 

suspected far-right French 

extremist who was allegedly 

planning to attack the 

Euro 2016 championships 

has increased the security 

fears over Europe`s showcase 

football tournament 

which is just four days before 

the tournament kicks 

off in France.Ukraine`s security 

services said, “The 

25-year-old man had a huge 

arsenal of weapons and was 

planning to attack a string 

of locations in his home 

country” 

Preparations in France 

have also been marred by 

strikes that have paralysed 

transport and the torrential 

rains that caused flooding 

along the River Seine, forcing 

tourist attractions including 

the Louvre Museum 

to close. 

The research was 

planned and conducted 

with the support of the 

Barkindjii, Ngiyampaa and 

MuthiMuthi indigenous 

people.There has been considerable 

debate in Australia 

and around the world 

about the origins of the first 

Australians since the publication 

in 1863 of Thomas 

Henry Huxley’s ‘Man’s Place 

in Nature’. 

This study has been published 

in Proceedings of the 

National Academy of Sciences. 

(ANI) 

CHINA PUBLICLY NAMES PAKISTAN 

FOR MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS 

ISIS BURNS ALIVE 19 YAZIDI 

GIRLS FOR REFUSING TO BE SEX 

SLAVES: REPORTS 

FRENCHMAN PLANNING 15 TERROR 

ATTACKS ARRESTED IN UKRAINE 

“A Muslim mosque, a 

Jewish synagogue, tax 

collection organisations, 

transportation checkpoints 

and numerous other locations 

are his target,” said 

Ukraine’s security service 

Chief VasylGrytsak. 

The attacks would have 

been staged just ahead of 

and during the tournament, 

the SBU security service 

said. 

Grytsak said that the suspect 

was not happy with the 

French governments way of 

dealing with migrants. 

Video released by the 

SBU security service 

showed a man whose face 

was blurred out loading 

guns and other weapons 

into the back of a van. 

Ukraine`s secret service 

In a major development, 

China has for the first time, 

publicly acknowledged the 

role of Pakistan in the coordinated 

terror attacks 

that took place in Mumbai 

between November 26 and 

29, 2008 that claimed the 

lives of 164 people and left 

another 308 injured. 

Chinese State Television 

CCTV9 has, in a documentary 

aired recently, highlighted 

the role of the Lashkar-e-Taiyaba 

(LeT) and its 

ISIS terrorists executed 

19 Yazidi girls by burning 

them alive inside iron cages. 

According to the ARA 

News report the girls were 

burnt alive after the girls 

refused to be sex slaves to 

ISIS terrorists. This act of 

punishment was carried out 

infront of a large gathering 

in Mosul on Thursday. 

A local activist Abdullah 

al-Malla told reporters, 

said it had become aware in 

December of the arrival of 

a French national who had 

begun “to establish contacts 

with a number of representatives 

in the (pro-Russian 

separatist) east”. 

The man, who has not 

been formally identified by 

French authorities, worked 

for Elitest, an agricultural 

cooperative, inseminating 

cows in northeastern 

France.The firm`s technical 

director Luc Voidey described 

the man as “an exemplary 

employee”. 

The man used to live in a 

village called Nant-le-Petit 

along with his grandfather. 

The local mayor said he 

would not believe what had 

happened because he was 

not the person who would 

sponsors in Pakistan in this 

horrific attack which shook 

the world. 

This change in policy by 

China is significant in the 

sense that it is taking place 

on the eve of the expiry of 

Beijing’s decision to place 

on technical hold the listing 

of three known LeT/JuD(Jamaat-ud-Dawa) 

militants - 

Hafiz Abdul Rahman Makki, 

Talha Saeed and Hafiz Abdul 

Rauf, on June 9, 2016. 

“They were punished for refusing 

to have sex with ISIS 

terrorists.” Another eye witness 

said that nobody could 

stop them and that the 19 

girls were burned to death 

while hundreds of people 

were watching. 

Causing a mass displacement 

of nearly 400,000 

people to Duhok and Erbil 

in Iraqi Kurdistan, ISIS 

terrorists took over 3,000 

do that kind of activities. He 

presented himself well in 

the village always. 

Nicolas Wilt, a farmer 

who knew him, said he had 

regularly visited Ukraine 

as “he told us he had a girlfriend 

in Ukraine”. 

A police source indicated 

that a t-shirt bearing 

the motif of an extreme 

rightwing group was seized 

during a search in Nant-le- 

Petit. 

France is still under a 

state of emergency following 

November`s suicide 

bombings and shootings 

in Paris that left 130 people 

dead and were claimed 

by the Islamic State group. 

French investigators have 

opened a preliminary inquiry 

into the suspect, who 

The listing of these individuals 

by the Al Qaeda 

Sanctions Committee of 

the United Nations Security 

Council in September 

2015, had the overwhelming 

support of all members 

of the international community, 

with the exception 

of China, which acted on 

Pakistan’s behest. 

China is already facing 

considerable global flak 

over a similar technical 

hold over the listing of 

Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) 

Chief Hafiz Saeed, even 

though the JeM stands listed 

by the United Nations 

Sanctions Committee. 

China has obviously realized 

that extending blind 

support to Pakistan on terror-related 

issues taints 

its own reputation as a 

responsible world power 

that is seeking to build an 

international consensus on 

the need for all countries to 

jointly fight the menace of 

terror. (ANI) 

Yazidi girls as sex slaves 

after they overran Sinjar in 

northwest Iraq in August 

2014, 

There are about 

1,800Yazidi women and 

girlsabducted by ISIS in 

Iraq and Syria, according 

to Kurdistan regional government 

officials. 

During a lightening offensive 

in 2014, the ISIS 

captured Mosul, making it 

the capital of its self-styled 

Caliphate, which extends 

across a swathe of territory 

in Iraq and Syria. 

Supported by air strikes 

from the US-led coalition, 

Kurdish Peshmerga troops 

and a Shia-dominated 

paramilitary force, Iraqi 

forces on March 24 began 

a long-awaited offensive to 

re-take Mosul from the terrorist 

group. 

was previously unknown to 

police. 

President Francois Hollande 

acknowledged on 

Sunday that the threat of 

an attack during the monthlong 

competition could not 

be discounted, but promised 

to “do everything to ensure 

that the Euro 2016 is a 

success”. 

France has mobilised 

90,000 security personnel 

to secure areas with large 

number of supporters, with 

anti-hooligan policing plans 

also in place. 

But the increasingly anxious 

mood in France has 

cast a pall over a celebrated 

competition that unites the 

continent once every four 

years. 

Air France pilots are 

planning to go on strike 

over pay and conditions for 

four days from Saturday, a 

day after the tournament 

starts. 

Make-or-break talks between 

unions and employers 

on Monday were also set 

to decide whether a rolling 

rail strike will affect the influx 

of fans from around the 

continent 

“The Frenchman offered 

people with whom he was 

in contact (in the east) several 

thousand euros in order 

to have a Ukrainian citizen 

help him carry the load 

into Europe,” he said.

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SPORTS 

MCCULLUM BLASTS ICC’S ANTI- 

CORRUPTION UNIT FOR `CASUAL` APPROACH 

Former New Zealand 

captain Brendon Mccullum 

has criticized the International 

Cricket Council’s anti-corruption 

and security 

unit for their ‘very casual’ 

approach in dealing with 

players alleging match-fixing 

and urged the world 

cricket’s governing body to 

act more professionally on 

the same. 

Last year, the 34-year-old 

had disclosed before a London 

jury that former New 

Zealand captain Chris Cairns 

had approached 

him three times 

over fixing a 

match. However, 

Cairns was effectively 

cleared of 

match-fixing at the 

end of a nine-week 

trial in November. 

While delivering 

the MCC Spirit 

of Cricket Cowdrey 

Lecture at 

Lord’s, McCullum 

said he stood by 

the evidence he 

gave against 

Cairns and 

voiced his 

reservations 

over life 

bans given to 

players such 

as former 

team-mate 

Lou Vincent 

despite acknowledging 

their wrongdoing. 

McCullum, 

who led 

TIGER WOODS IS GETTING BACK TO WORK — AS AN AUTHOR 

Tiger Woods’ participation 

in next week’s US Open 

remained in doubt on Monday 

but the 14-time major 

champion announced he 

has another project on the 

go. 

Woods said in a statement 

on his website that 

he is writing a book about 

his historic victory in the 

A single bench judge of 

the Delhi High Court dismissed 

Sushil’s plea for 

a trial, observing it may 

“jeopardise” the chances of 

selected candidate Narsingh 

Yadav . 

1997 Masters, which will be 

published by Grand Central 

Publishing next year. 

The still untitled work, to 

be co-authored by Canadian 

golf writer Lorne Rubenstein, 

will include insights 

from the golfer not only on 

his spectacular 12-stroke 

victory at Augusta National 

but also on the two decades 

since then. 

Woods is writing his second 

book, which will look 

back on his historic victory 

in the 1997 Masters, when 

he broke 20 records and 

became the first player of 

black heritage to win a major 

championship. 

The book, which does 

not yet have a title, will be 

co-written with Canadian 

golf writer Lorne Rubenstein 

and be released in 

hardcover, as an e-book and 

in audio editions in March, a 

month before the 20th anniversary 

of his first Masters 

title. 

The book will describe 

his history of the game and 

how golf has changed over 

the last 20 years. Woods 

also will open up about his 

relationship with his father, 

Earl Woods, dispel misconceptions 

and reveal stories 

that have never been told. 

His first book came out in 

2001 and was called “How I 

Play Golf,” which was written 

with the editors of Golf 

Digest magazine.The 1997 

Masters was the first of his 

14 majors. Beyond his record 

score of 270 (which 

Jordan Spieth tied last year), 

it was significant because of 

Augusta National’s history 

with blacks. The club did 

not have its first participant 

until Lee Elder in 1975, and 

its first member until Ron 

Townsend in 1990 .Woods 

has won the Masters three 

other times. 

The announcement of 

SUSHIL KUMAR STICKS TO HIS 

FAITH, APPEALS FOR A SECOND TRIAL 

Sushil kumar’s plea for 

selection trial dismissed by 

the Delhi High Court, double 

Olympic medalist Sushil 

Kumar will approach the 

Wrestling Federation of India 

again and then a larger 

bench of the same HC in his 

quest for competing at the 

Rio Olympics before deciding 

on whether to challenge 

the verdict in the Supreme 

Court.Justice Manmohan 

acknowledged Sushil’s feats 

in the international arena 

and termed him a “legendary 

wrestler” in 66kg 

weight category but did not 

allow him to have a chance 

to compete for the Olympic 

berth in the 74kg category. 

Sushil’s mentor and fatherin-law 

Mahabali Satpal, 

meanwhile, said he was 

upset with the verdict as he 

felt that the former world 

champion was in the form of 

his life and he should not be 

denied a chance to at least 

get a trial. 

Kumar is the fittest ever. 

His current weight is 78kg 

and during the training sessions 

beating wrestlers not 

just in 74kg category but 

also in much higher divisions. 

He has recently beaten 

a national level wrestler 

in 120kg category. 

Narsingh had secured 

the Olympic quota place for 

India last year at the World 

Championship in Las Vegas 

after winning a bronze medal. 

Since then the Maharashtra 

grappler has been staking 

claims for the berth and 

the WFI had been steadfast 

in its stand to send Narsingh 

to Rio since he had grabbed 

the quota. 

New Zealand to the final of 

last year’s World Cup and 

retired from international 

cricket in February, suggested 

it was vital on the part of 

the ICC to give a degree of 

clemency for those who acknowledge 

wrongdoing in 

order to encourage others 

to come forward. 

Charges were leveled 

against Cairns after he sued 

former Indian Premier 

League chairman Lalit Modi 

for libel in 2012 for accusing 

him of match-fixing. 

his second book promotes 

Woods as the first player 

of African Asian heritage to 

win a major. Woods’ mother, 

Kultida, is from Thailand. 

Woods will open up about 

his relationship with father 

Earl Woods, dispel previous 

misconceptions and will 

candidly reveal many more 

stories that have never been 

told before. The 1997 Masters 

was one of the most important 

tournaments in his 

life for many reasons 

His most recent was the 

2008 US Open, and Woods 

hasn’t played a tournament 

since undergoing two separate 

surgical procedures 

late last year to alleviate 

back pain. 

Going by norms in WFI 

guidelines, a quota belongs 

to the country and not to 

an individual wrestler, and 

former world champion Sushil 

pointed out that there 

should be a trial in 74kg category 

to decide who would 

go to Rio. 

The 33-year-old, who 

had won a bronze medal in 

2008 Beijing Olympics and 

followed it up with a silver 

in 2012 London Games, had 

moved the court seeking 

directions to WFI to hold selection 

trials. 

Sushil had won both his 

Olympic medals in 66kg category 

but had to move up to 

74kg after the International 

Wrestling body (FILA) rejigged 

the weight divisions 

post the London Games. 

Sushil kumar and his associates 

will be speaking to 

the Wrestling Federation 

of India and urge to hold a 

second trial, later will take 

decisions accordingly to appeal 

to the higher court. 

ARGENTINA GULPED LIONEL MESSI’S ABSENCE 

Argentina shrugged off 

the injury absence of Lionel 

Messi to launch their 

Copa America Centenario 

campaign with a 2-1 defeat 

of defending champions 

Chile.Goals from 

Angel Di Maria and Ever 

Banega secured a deserving 

three points for Argentina, 

who exacted sweet 

revenge for their defeat to 

the Chileans in last year’s 

Copa America final.Chile 

substitute Jose Fuenzalida 

scored an injury time 

consolation for the holders. 

The Argentines will 

now be firm favorites to 

progress to the quarter-finals 

as Group D winners 

with games against Panama 

and Bolivia to come. 

Injured Argentina captain 

Messi watched from 

the substitutes’ bench at 

Levi’s Stadium after failing 

to recover in time from 

a sore back suffered in a 

friendly win over Honduras 

last month. 

But the Barcelona superstar’s 

absence was 

barely noticeable, with 

Nicolas Gaitan slotting 

into Argentina’s attack 

and making an instant 

impression, hitting the 

woodwork with a header 

after only two minutes. 

That missed chance set 

the tone for the early exchanges 

of an entertaining 

first half which saw 

Argentina create the lion’s 

share of opportunities 

without managing to find 

a breakthrough goal.Manchester 

United defender 

Marcos Rojo was the next 

to test Chile goalkeeper 

Claudio Bravo, unleashing 

a dipping shot from 

20 yards which the Barcelona 

stopper comfortably 

saved in the 17th minute. 

In midfield meanwhile, 

a fascinating battle for 

supremacy was unfolding 

between Argentina’s 

rugged enforcer Javier 

Mascherano and Chile’s 

combative Bayern Munich 

star Arturo Vidal.Vidal 

did not wait long to make 

his mark on the contest, 

crashing into the back of 

Gaitan with an ugly challenge 

to earn a yellow 

card from Uruguayan referee 

Daniel Fedorczuk. 

Chile, fielding the core 

of their victorious Copa 

America side, gradually 

grew into the game. But 

it was Argentina who 

continued to look the 

more threatening and 

they might have taken the 

lead on 22 minutes after a 

lightning fast counter-attack.Di 

Maria and Banega 

combined delightfully 

down the left flank before 

the ball was transferred 

to Napoli’s Gonzalo Higuain 

whose attempt on 

goal was deflected wide 

for a corner.From the ensuing 

setpiece Rojo directed 

a header just wide 

of Bravo’s post as another 

chance went begging. 

Chile came closest to 

breaking the deadlock in 

the 30th minute, when 

Alexis Sanchez burst onto 

a layoff from Vidal to go in 

on goal. 



SERENA WILLIAMS 

HIGHEST PAID SPORTSWOMAN: 

FORBES MAGAZINE 

Two days after her stunning 

loss to Garbine 

Muguruza in the French 

Open final, Serena Williams 

scored a different 

win on Monday, when 

Forbes Magazine reported 

she has overtaken 

Maria Sharapova as the 

world’s highest-paid 

sportswoman. 

Williams earned USD 

28.9 million over the past 

12 months, the financial 

magazine reported in an 

article posted on its website. 

Russian tennis star 

Sharapova had held the 

title for the past 11 years. 

Williams, 34, has dominated 

her sport for more 

than a decade. She won 

her second Grand Slam in 

2002 before going on to 

win 19 more since then. 

After the fallout at Roland 

Garros on Saturday, she 

vowed to keep trying to 

equal Steffi Graf’s Openera 

record of 22 Grand 

Slam titles. Williams’s career 

prize money of USD 

77.6 million amounts to 

more than twice as much 

as any other sportswoman’s. 

However, Sharapova 

dominated in endorsement 

profits before 

companies including 

Nike, American Express, 

Porsche and TAG Heuer 

distanced themselves after 

she tested positive for 

the recently banned drug 

Meldonium earlier this 

year. Sharapova earned 

USD 21.9 million over the 

past 12 months, down almost 

USD 8 million from 

the previous year, Forbes 

said. American mixed 

martial arts star Ronda 

Rousey was third on the 

list with USD 14 million, 

just ahead of NASCAR 

stock car driver Danica 

Patrick, who earned 

USD 13.9 million. Serena 

Williams earned $28.9 

million over the past 12 

months. 

Maria Sharapova had 

held the title for the past 

11 years. 

Williams’s career prize 

money of $77.6m 

amounts to more than 

twice as much as any other 

sportswoman’s. 

EDEN GARDENS TO HOST FIRST 

PINK BALL MATCH IN INDIA 

Pink-ball cricket indeed 

is the way forward. Test 

cricket’s popularity has 

been steadily declining. 

The pink-ball Test in Australia 

last year received an 

overwhelmingly positive 

response and India is going 

to embrace the change. 

The Super League final 

under lights is an experiment 

with an eye to hosting 

day-night Tests in the 

near future. Cricket might 

signal the evolution of the 

sport and the administrators, 

the process is seldom 

straightforward. In India, 

cricket is played using 

SG balls but a pink Kookaburra 

ball will have to 

be used in the upcoming 

Super League final. When 

they were trialed in the 

Sheffield Shield in Australia, 

the biggest complaint 

was that they deteriorated 

swiftly and became difficult 

to sight. 

Abhishek Dalmiya, the 

CAB Secretary, acknowledged 

the issues and said: 

“Certain conditions are 

required for the pink ball 

to hold up for a substantial 

period. We have spoken to 

Kookaburra’s subcontinent 

head and will follow 

the advice.” 

The iconic Eden Gardens 

in Kolkata is set to host 

what will be the first daynight 

match in India. The 

final of the Super League, 

to be held from June 17 

to 20, is expected to be 

played under lights. Super 

League is a domestic tournament 

in the state that 

allows them to identify 

potential players for their 

Ranji team. 

RCB COACH IDENTIFIES REPETITION 

AS KEY TO KOHLI’S METEORIC RISE 

Trent Woodhill, Royal 

Challengers Bangalore 

(RCB) has cited ViratKohli’s 

consistency 

accompanied by a holistic 

approach towards his fitness 

and innings as the 

reasons behind the star 

batsman’s meteoric rise. 

According to the coach, 

Kohli has trained himself 

in such a way that he can 

repeat his performances 

proficiently every time he 

steps into the crease.The 

27-year-old demonstrated 

his batting prowess 

with finesse in the recently-concluded 

Indian Premier 

League season as he 

accumulated a staggering 

973 runs at an equally astounding 

average of 81 in 

the lucrative T20 league. 

Woodhill, who has been 

associated with the national 

teams of Pakistan 

and New Zealand said, 

“The Indian Test skipper, 

who is generally known 

for his classical approach 

towards the game, didn’t 

have to manufacture 

shots, thanks to his sound 

mechanics.” 

According to the Australian, 

Kohli was able to use 

his muscle memory and a 

sharp mind to hit the ball 

exactly where he wants it 

to go every time, Sport24 

reported. 

After a disappointing start 

to the IPL season, Kohli 

led from the front to steer 

the RCB into the final 

where they lost to David 

Warner’s Sunrisers Hyderabad.

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BUSINESS 

NOVEL PC LAUNCHED BY DELL TO 

PROMOTE EDUCATION VIA TECHNOLOGY 

In collaboration with 

the Indian government’s 

Digital India campaign, 

US-based computer giant 

With inflation winding 

up high again along with 

global crude oil prices 

inching up, the Reserve 

Bank is likely to sustain 

the status quo on interest 

rates at its bi-monthly 

monetary policy review 

for the current fiscal, according 

to experts. 

Besides, the central bank 

may wait for the impact 

of delayed monsoon rains 

before making the next 

move. 

RBI Governor Raghuram- 

Rajan, criticised for following 

hawkish monetary 

policy for too long before 

starting to lower rates, 

has reduced the benchmark 

interest rate by 1.5 

Dell on Monday declared 

the launch of Aarambh - a 

pan-India initiative aimed 

at driving the use of personal 

computer (PC) for 

education. 

per cent since January last 

year. Since then, he has 

been persuading banks to 

fully transmit the benefit 

of the policy rate cut to 

customers. 

“Arming them with newage 

skills, enhanced 

learning and the power 

of technology, we want to 

help mould young minds 

so they are able to find a 

firm footing in a Digital India,” 

P. Krishnakumar, Dell 

India Vice President, Consumer 

and Small Business, 

said in a statement. 

The initiative aims at exposing 

students to interactive 

methods of learning 

in the developmental 

years to contribute to the 

overall growth of a student. 

Through Aarambh, Dell 

will engage with three 

key audiences - students, 

teachers and parents in a 

series of activities meant 

to build their confidence 

and familiarity using the 

PC. 

The programme concentrates 

on enabling both 

parents and teachers to 

actively aid in the educational 

development of the 

child, while using a PC 

and create an encircling 

ecosystem and supportive 

background for the child. 

The year-long project aspires 

to reach one million 

students and 1,00,000 

teachers across 5,000 

schools; and 2, 00,000 

parents in 75 cities across 

the country. 

The customary post-policy 

press briefing by Rajan, 

whose current 3-year 

term as the central bank 

Governor ends in Septem- 

RBI TO MAINTAIN STATUS QUO 

ber, will also be closely 

observed for any cues 

relating to whether he is 

being given an extension. 

“I don’t see much in this 

credit policy. Interest 

rate wise, there would 

not be any change,” IDBI 

Bank Managing Director 

KishorKharat said. 

Tomorrow’s review could 

also turn out be the last 

policy anchored by Rajan 

if the proposed Monetary 

Policy Committee (MPC) 

is put in place before the 

next review due on August 

9. 

Economic Affairs Secretary 

Shaktikanta Das had 

said the panel would be 

vested with powers to decide 

on interest rates from 

September onwards. 

The six-member MPC will 

include RBI Governor and 

three nominees of the 

government, which has 

a mandate to bring consumer 

or CPI inflation to 

the pre-set target. 

“RBI is likely to maintain 

status quo this time. Although 

there is consistency 

in inflation numbers, 

the last numbers do not 

give much comfort,” a senior 

banker said. 

“Only positive factor is 

good monsoon. RBI will 

wait for it to happen before 

taking any call on rate 

cuts,” he said. 

Retail inflation soared to 

5.39 per cent in April on 

higher food prices, reversing 

a downward trend 

seen in recent months. 

“With inflation remaining 

sticky at slightly above 5 

per cent and growth fairly 

steady (although uneven), 

we expect policy rates to 

stay on hold until end- 

2016 (including at the 

upcoming policy meeting 

on June 7) with the focus 

shifting to liquidity provision,” 

Nomura said in a 

report. 

ASIA RESURRECTS ITS STOCKS AS YELLEN RISES 

Asian stocks strike a fiveweek 

high on Tuesday 

after U.S. Federal Reserve 

Chair Janet Yellen gave 

a largely upbeat assessment 

on the U.S. economic 

outlook, while the 

USD declined on fading 

expectations of interest 

rate increases in coming 

months. 

MSCI’s broadest index 

of Asia-Pacific shares 

outside Japan rose to 

about 0.5 percent, taking 

its gains to 6 percent in 

two weeks, as investors 

judged the Fed’s cautious 

stance as well-suited to 

equities. 

“Yellen’s comments yesterday 

downplayed the 

impact of the jobs data 

last week and gave a cautious 

sense of optimism 

on the outlook for the U.S. 

economy,” said Fan Cheuk 

Wan, head of investment 

strategy, Asia at HSBC Private 

Bank. 

“Her comments point towards 

the world remaining 

stuck in a low-growth 

and low-yield environment 

which should be 

positive for risky assets 

and keep the dollar soft,” 

she said. 

The Fed chief said last 

month’s jobs report 

was “disappointing” but 

warned against attaching 

as it would result in consequences 

to the payrolls 

data in isolation. 

In Asia, Hong Kong’s stock 

market led regional gainers 

with the broad gauge 

rising 1 percent as investors 

hunted for bargains 

in one of the cheapest equity 

markets in the region. 

Money market future 

decreased stakes on a 

July rate hike further, to 

around 20 percent, from 

30 percent before Yellen’s 

comments. They were 

pricing in about a 60 percent 

chance of a rate hike 

by July before the earlier 

weak payrolls data. 

With the Fed suggesting it 

was in no rush to increase 

interest rates, bond yields 

slipped with 10 U.S. Treasury 

yields re-enforcing 

to 1.74 percent from 1.84 

percent last week. Benchmark 

yields are down by 

63 basis points so far this 

year. 

Lower yields on government 

debt translated into 

further inflows into relatively 

higher-yielding corporate 

debt with an index 

of Asian bonds tracked 

by sources rising to fresh 

highs. 

Inflows into Asia-focused 

equity funds showed a 

noticeable pickup in recent 

weeks, according to 

sources. 

The dollar index hit a 

four-week low value of 

93.745 before bouncing 

back to 94.066. 

The euro dipped to 

$1.13520 after having 

scaled a four-week high of 

$1.3930 while the yen also 

stepped back to 107.545 

EMPOWERING PSBS 

FOR SETTLEMENT OF 

BAD LOANS 

Pledging to support 

NPA-ridden public sector 

banks, Finance Minister 

ArunJaitley on Monday 

said they would be authorized 

and protected 

in case of “commercially 

prudent” settlement of 

bad debts. 

With provisioning for 

NPAs or bad debts leading 

to Rs. 18,000crore of acquired 

net loss for about 

a dozen banks, he said the 

government will not hesitate 

to provide capital beyond 

the Rs 25,000crore 

budgeted for the current 

fiscal year. 

After meeting top executives 

of state-run banks, 

Jaitley said the Indian 

Banks’ Association - a 

representative body of 

management of banking 

in India - would discuss 

GOA TO HOST CONFERENCE 

OF STATE POWER MINISTERS 

Goa will host a two-day 

conference of State power 

ministers from across the 

country on June 16-17 to 

review, plan and monitor 

the sector. 

“State power ministers’ 

conference has been 

scheduled to take place on 

June 16 and 17 in Goa,” a 

communication from the 

per dollar from 

Monday’s fiveweek 

high of 

106.35. 

The Australian 

dollar changed 

tides at $0.7365, 

below Monday’s 

four-week 

peak of $0.7392 

ahead of the 

Reserve Bank of 

Australia’s policy decision 

at 0430 GMT. 

The central bank is widely 

expected to keep rates 

on hold after a rate cut 

last month.Elsewhere, 

oil prices held firm after 

and suggest a mechanism 

to handle settlements of 

non-performing assets 

(NPAs) or bad debts. 

“The IBA would be examining 

some of the suggestions. 

The government 

would also be open for discussions...to 

suggestions 

that the banks further put 

forward with regard to resolving 

the stress that has 

been created. 

“One of the key considerations 

was that in situations 

like these banks 

should be empowered and 

consequently should be 

protected so that they can 

bring about commercially 

prudent settlements,” Jaitley 

said after the review 

meeting with the heads of 

public sector banks. 

He said the PSBs clocked 

Union Power Ministry to 

its Goa counterpart read. 

The conference will be inaugurated 

by PiyushGoyal, 

Minister of State for Power, 

Coal and Renewable 

Energy. 

“It will be attended by 

power ministers and secretaries 

of the State and 

crippling attacks on Nigeria’s 

oil industry and fresh 

draws in U.S. crude stockpiles. 

operational profit in 

excess of Rs 1.40 lakh 

crore last fiscal and the 

increasing losses of Rs 

18,000crore suffered by 

them were mainly on account 

of higher provisioning 

for bad loans. 

“The overall operational 

profit of the PSBs last year 

was quite significant. It 

was in excess of Rs 1.40 

lakh crore...It is on account 

of the provisioning 

that overall the PSBs declared 

a net loss of about 

Rs 18,000crore and a significant 

amount of provisioning 

having been made 

in the last two quarters (of 

last fiscal),” Jaitley said. 

Talking about roads ahead 

to deal with the bad loan 

problem, Jaitley said the 

bank CEOs and government 

had a candid discussion 

on the subject. 

“Various suggestions have 

come up with regard to 

empowering the banks 

itself to function in an 

environment where, on 

commercially prudent 

considerations, they can 

deal with the situation. 

The government is fully 

committed to supporting 

the banks in this regard,” 

he added. 

Union territories and senior 

officials of Power 

and Public Sector undertakings 

of the ministry,” it 

stated. 

The conference will review, 

plan and monitor 

the power scenario across 

the country for further development. 

Global crude benchmark 

Brent futures hit a seven-month 

high of $50.83 

per barrel on Monday before 

easing to $49.57 early 

on Tuesday and the U.S. 

West Texas Intermediate 

(WTI) crude stood firm in 

Asia at $50.39 per barrel, 

after rising 2.2 percent on 

Monday, its largest gain in 

three weeks. 

FASHION 

SKIN CARE DURING RAINY SEASON 

The chilly season makes 

us feel fresh andalive but 

unfortunately, winter is 

the time when our skin 

tends to get dry, itchy 

and dull due to lack of 

moisture. We usually 

look around for good cold 

creams and body butters 

to get over dry skin 

conditionsbut we often 

overlook thingsavailable 

at our home for our skin 

routine. 

If you feel cosmetics and 

creams are very expensive 

in the market, home 

remedies can help provide 

you moisturized skin 

during rainy season. 

There are many natural 

moisturizers are in the 

home glycerin, honey 

milk. You can use them directly 

to treat the dry skin 

problem during chilly season 

Here is a list of few home 

remedies for skin care 

Egg yolk paste for skin 

care 

Make a face pack with egg 

yolk, 1 teaspoon of honey 

and teaspoon of milk 

powder. Mix the ingredients 

well and apply it over 

your face evenly, leaving 

eyes and lips. Keep it for 

20 minutes and wash with 

simple tap water 

Rose with honey face pack 

to protect skin 

You can get both honey 

and rose water at home 

readily. You need to take 

small container where 

one teaspoon of honey is 

poured. Mix it with a single 

spoon of rose water 

and mix. Now apply this 

face pack on your face. 

This brings natural glow 

to your face 

Effective home remedies 

for skin with aloe Vera gel 

Aloe Vera is now used in 

all spheres when it comes 

to beauty and health benefits. 

You need to take out 

the gel from aloe vera 

plant and apply it over 

your face for a period 

of 30 minutes. This acts 

as a wonderful moisturizer 

but along with being 

a moisturizer it also 

protects your skin from 

all impurities. Your skin 

will look soft and bright 

during winter season. You 

might get 

Coconut oil for dry skin 

Coconut oil is one of the 

common types which will 

be definitely available at 

home. Take coconut oil 

and apply it over your 

skin and massage it gently 

before going to bath. 

Almond,Oats to get glowing 

skin 

If you almond at home, 

you easily make almond 

paste by soaking fewalmonds 

overnight. But 

you also need to peel the 

skin of the almonds and 

grind it to fine paste. Add 

raw milk to tis paste, two 

teaspoons of lemon juice 

as well as gram as gram 

flour to the paste. Now 

you need to apply this 

away with like warm water. 

This improves the skin 

tone 

Winter care tips with lemon 

The lemon juice contains 

vitamin C THAT IS good 

for your skin. This juice 

helps the dry skin and 

exfoliates your skin. Lemon 

also o helps in overall 

improvements of the skin. 

Apply the juice of lemon 

on your face and neck to 

make it glow. 

Oatmeal face packs for 

glowing skin 

Oatmeal is good for removing 

dirt from your 

skin. Mix a pinch of turmeric 

in ½ cup of oatmeal 

and a few drops of lemon 

juice. This has to be 

blended into thick paste 

and you can apply it on 

your face. Leave it for 15 

minutes and then rinse off 

with Luke warm water 

Milk, lemon and almond 

oil for dry skin 

Make a mixture of 1 spoon 

of juice of lemon and 1 tablespoon 

of dried milk 

powder. Add 1 tablespoon 

of almond oil to this mixture. 

Now blend it to form 

a thick paste. Milk powder 

will add moisture to 

your skin and the lemon 

will cleanse it. The tone 

will lighten with the lemon 

juice and almond oil 

will help make the skin 

soft and supple.

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ENTERTAINMENT 

ARE JOHN-PRIYA 

HEADING FOR SPLITSVILLE? 

We don’t want to be 

the harbinger of bad 

news, but we just might 

be...because there are 

strong whispers in Bollywood 

about John Abrahams’ 

marriage being on 

the rocks. 

John, who married 

USA-based investment 

banker Priya Runchal in 

2014, is said to be having 

issues in the marriage 

due to their long distance 

set up. While Priya is busy 

with her career in the US, 

her actor-husband is taking 

care of his film commitments 

in India, a gossip 

site stated. 

This apparent distance 

is rumoured to be 

the reason behind their 

HRITHIK ROSHAN TO CHANNEL HIS INNER JACK 

SPARROW WITH ROMANCE, ACTION, 

DRAMA&HUMOR 

Bollywood actor Hrithik 

Roshan is currently working 

on his romantic drama 

‘Kaabil’, however, there is a 

lot of buzz surrounding his 

next film titled ‘Thug’. Rumours 

had it that the movie 

will be on the lines of Pirates 

of the Caribbean and 

that Hrithik will be playing 

the part of ‘Jack Sparrow’ 

essayed by Hollywood star 

Johnny Depp. 

Vijay Krishna Acharya, 

who has signed the 

42-year-old actor for the 

action adventure flick dismissed 

those rumours 

saying it was not inspired 

by the popular Hollywood 

movie. 

“The film with Hrithik 

is not as reported. It is not 

on the lines of Pirates of 

Though Dame Helen 

Mirren is not a fan of 

KimKardashian, she has 

showered praise on the 

‘Keeping up with the Kardashians’ 

nude selfie. 

In a recent interview 

with a magazine, the 

70-year-old star said cited 

“shameless women” like 

Kardashian and musical 

group Pussy Riot as role 

models, who have rejected 

labels such as slut and 

embraced bigger body 

shapes, E! Online reports. 

“I’m not into the Kardashians, 

it’s a phenomenon 

I just don’t find interesting, 

but and this is 

the big word: B-U-T-T - it’s 

wonderful that you’re allowed 

to have a butt nowadays,” 

she said. 

the Caribbean. The film has 

all elements like drama, 

action, humour, romance, 

song. It’s an action adventure 

film,” revealed the 

sources. 

A formal announcement 

regarding the movie that 

is being produced by Yash 

Raj is to be made soon. 

The ‘Bang Bang’ star will 

be seen next in Ashutosh 

Gwariker’s Mohenjo Daro, 

a period drama. 

Meanwhile Hrithik is 

currently working with 

Yami Gautam, in director 

Sanjay Gupta’s ‘Kaabil’. In 

an exclusive interview with 

DC, Yami revealed that both 

stars will be playing a blind 

couple in the film. It also 

happens to be the first film 

where the lead pair is blind. 

HELEN MIRREN LAUDS `SHAMELESS` 

KIM K’S NUDE SELFIE 

marriage allegedly falling 

apart, the site further added. 

The two, who had a 

hush-hush marriage, have 

never stepped out together 

for film parties, premier 

galas and other Bollywood 

soirees, the site noted. 

So, is their marriage really 

on the verge of a breakup? 

Only time will tell. 

Before tying the knot 

with Priya in an intimate 

ceremony, John was in an 

almost decade-long relationship 

with sultry siren 

Bipasha Basu. She, incidentally, 

recently walked down 

the aisle with Karan Singh 

Grover. 

We hope that these rumours 

die down and the 

two reconcile immediately. 

Adding on to this, the 

‘Eye in the Sky’ star said 

that she had never been 

a fan of the Kardashians, 

but admired their role in 

making big butts acceptable. 

“Thanks to Madame 

Kardashian, and before 

her, J.Lo, we’re also allowed 

to have thighs now, 

which are great too. It’s 

very positive,” she said. 

Mirren also revealed 

that at the time when she 

was growing up, even 

showing a bra strap was 

thought to be unbelievably 

sluttish. 

“When I was growing 

up, it was thought to 

be unbelievably sluttish 

to even have a bra strap 

showing. Everything was 

about women conforming. 

I love shameless 

women. Shameless and 

proud,” she added. 

The 35-year-old reality 

star had posted her nude 

selfie on March 7 with 

the caption, “When you’re 

like I have nothing to wear 

LOL. 



MADHUR BHANDARKAR DENIES SIGNING 

RADHIKA APTE FOR HIS NEXT 

Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar 

has dismissed reports 

that Radhika Apte 

will be seen in his next 

film. 

There were reports that 

the “Badlapur” star had 

bagged a role in the National 

award winning director’s 

next, “Main, Indu”. 

B-TOWN SLAMS CENSORSHIP ON 

‘UDTA PUNJAB’ 

Film makers including 

Karan Johar, Mahesh 

Bhatt, and Ram Gopal 

Varma among others on 

Tuesday criticized Censor 

Board of Film Certification 

(CBFC) for censoring the 

content of upcoming film 

“Udta Punjab”. 

The Abhishek Chaubey-directed 

movie, co-produced 

by Phantom and 

Balaji Films, deals with the 

substance abuse in Northern 

part of the state and 

its effects on the youth. 

“#UdtaPunjab speaks of 

the reality of our times, 

censoring reality amounts 

to delusion. The fraternity 

has to stand by what’s 

right!!” Johar he tweeted. 

The strong reactions from 

the film industry came 

after the Censor Board 

purportedly raised certain 

objections regarding references 

to Punjab. 

It has been said the Shahid 

Kapoor-Kareena Kapoor 

When asked, Bhandarkar 

said, “No nothing like that. 

I have denied it previously. 

Don’t know where these 

rumours are coming from. 

I haven’t signed anyone.” 

Reportedly, the film will 

be set in the emergency 

era and will apparently 

revolve around the life 

Khan starrer might have 

to undergo some changes 

due to the board’s disapproval. 

Sudhir Mishra, who has 

had his share of run-ins 

with the board, tweeted, 

“No film should be censored. 

Only be certified. 

Lot of blood, sweat has 

gone into the making. But 

the answer is to make 

brave films.” 

Bhatt, whose daughter 

Alia is playing one of the 

leads in the film, said censorship 

is similar to ignorance. 

“Censorship is the child of 

fear and the father of ignorance”. 

Is Pahalaj Nihalani listening? 

The Censors says I 

am the one who says the 

last sentence on UDTA 

PUNJAB .The nation can 

say what it wants our verdict 

is going to stick. Why 

should I censor myself to 

of a poetess who rebels 

against the system. 

The “Fashion” director, 

however, did not divulge 

any details. 

Radhika was last seen in 

“Phobia” and will feature 

opposite superstar Rajinikanth 

in “Kabali”. 

nourish ignorance.” 

National award-winning 

filmmaker Hansal Mehta, 

who faced an opposition 

from the board before 

the release of his last film 

“Aligarh”, said the row surrounding 

“Udta Punjab” 

has made him angry. 

“What is this I’m hearing 

about #UdtaPunjab? 

Makes me very, very angry. 

Can the truth defame 

a state? #UdtaPunjab- 

Censored Delusion or 

collusion? Why is the establishment 

so scared of 

films that mirror reality? 

#UdtaPunjabCensored,” 

tweeted an agitated Hansal. 

Actor Ranvir Shorey requested 

Prime Minister 

Narendra Modi to intervene 

into the matter. 

“Dear @PMOIndia, please 

put an end to this constant 

BLACKMAILING of 

the film fraternity by the 

CBFC. 

PAUL MCCARTNEY ADMITS BEING 

A RACIST AS A KID 

SPLIT WITH MILEY CYRUS WAS A 

GOOD DECIDION SAYS HEMSWORTH 

Though they have 

come together, Liam 

Hemsworth feels his 

2013 split with Miley 

Cyrus was a “good decision.” 

Opening up about his 

love-life in the GQ Australia’s 

latest issue, the 

‘Hunk Games’ actor revealed 

that at the time 

the couple were going 

in different directions, 

it was good for them to 

call it quits, reports the 

Mirror. 

“Of course it was hard, 

man. But at the time we 

were going in different 

directions and it’s just 

what needed to happen,” 

said the 26-year-old actor 

about their break-up, 

which happened months 

after Hemsworth had 

proposed with a 3.5-carat 

diamond ring. 

“We were both super 

young and it was a good 

decision at the time - we 

both needed that,” he 

added. 

British singer Paul McCartney 

has recently admitted 

of having a weaker 

understanding of offensive 

words and slangs as 

a kid. 

In an interview, the 

73-year-old musician admitted 

that as a kid it was 

normal to be “racist” and 

use certain words that he 

wouldn’t use now, reported 

E!Online. 

The ‘Mull of Kintyre’ 

hit-maker added that he 

later realized it is “denigrating” 

and thought 

“how it would make the 

people you were talking 

about feel.” 

The former bassist of 

the rock band ‘The Beatles’ 

further said that the 

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change in his behavior 

came over time. 

Interestingly, McCartney 

also noted that he understands 

why artists like 

KanyeWest, his recent recording 

partner, use slang 

in their music, adding that 

when artists like him use 

the n-word it sounds like 

a term of endearment and 

takes the sting out of it.

05-JUNE-2017

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