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Kerry visit a start, Modi visit to US pivotal

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After a decade of disengagement with Narendra Modi, now India’s Prime Minister, Washington is now eager to make a fresh start EVAN A. FEIGENBAUM, WASHINGTON

s John Kerry’s India visit began on July 30, a raft of crises consume American diplomacy. By contrast, US-India relations are at a moment of opportunity, but the U.S. Secretary of State faces challenges in New Delhi that are significant in their own way. For one thing, after a decade of disengagement with Narendra Modi, Washington is eager to make a fresh start. The U.S. is sending three cabinet secretaries to India in quick succession — Kerry (State), Penny Pritzker (Commerce), and Chuck Hagel (Defense) — and

Washington is preparing to host Modi himself in September. From the U.S. perspective, Modi’s government offers a welcome respite from years of perceived strategic and economic drift under UPA-2. But Kerry’s visit is also very well timed: First, the NDA government has been in office for nearly two months. Modi has met Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, among others, so it is high time for cabinet-level U.S. engagement. Second, as Kerry himself argued in a speech this week, relations with strategically important countries cannot be shunted to the sidelines by crises. For over a decade, India has been

US lifts ban on flights to Israeli airport IANS, WASHINGTON

among the small group of countries invite unflattering comparisons vital to American strategy. And the between U.S. approaches to China U.S. has a strong stake in continued and India. Indian reform and success-especially The two sides’ first challenge is to as they contribute to global growth, find new ways of working effectivepromote market-based economic ly. Modi, unlike UPA-2, has policies, help secure the global com- designed an administration with a mons, and maintain a mutually strengthened executive and an favorable balance of power in Asia. activist Office of the Prime Minister. Third, Kerry and others, includ- In such a set-up, there are inherent ing Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and limits to reliance on ritualized Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, Strategic Dialogue between foreign just attended the U.S.-China strate- ministries. The two sides should gic and economic dialogue in Bei- relook existing structures, reinvigojing. Continued absence from New rating trade, defense, and CEO Delhi at the cabinet level would forums. But they also need new lines

Panel supports lawsuit against Obama IANS, WASHINGTON

he United States aviation agency has lifted a ban on the country’s flights to an airport in Israel’s western port city of Tel Aviv late on July 23. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) instituted a 24-hour flight prohibition Tuesday after a rocket landed roughly one mile from the airport. “The FAA has lifted its restrictions on U.S. airline flights into and out of Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport by cancelling a ‘notice to airmen’ it renewed earlier today (July 23),” Xinhua quoted an agency statement on July 24.

T The decision was made after the FAA worked with other US government agencies to assess the security situation. The agency carefully reviewed both significant new information and measures the government of Israel is taking to mitigate potential risks to civil aviation, the statement said.

of coordination that reflect the emerging institutional and political set-up in New Delhi. Kerry is attending a Strategic Dialogue that has been a calendar-driven exercise. What the two countries need is a “real” strategic dialogue , built upon a less ritualized but more powerful set of first principles: strengthened coordination, no surprises on core security equities, sensitivity to each other’s domestic constraints, and frequent not ritualized contact at the highest levels. The most immediate need is to strengthen trust after a rough patch. From India’s perspective, the causes of these frictions include U.S. trade cases, the Khobragade debacle, and inadequate U.S. attention to India’s security concerns, especially in India’s neighborhood. From the U.S. perspective such concerns have centered on the scope and pace of Indian economic reforms. These have badly tainted market sentiment and soured U.S. firms on India. Retroactive taxes and the nuclear liability bill have compounded these negative sentiments. Viewed through this prism, the current U.S.-India standoff at the WTO is badly timed. The U.S. side will listen closely to India’s economic priorities. Hopefully, it will bring a few ideas-for example, technology releases, defense licenses, and co-production.

he United States House Rules Committee Thursday approved a resolution allowing the full House to vote on authorizing a lawsuit against US President Barack Obama, accusing him of abusing executive authority. The 7-4 vote was split along partisan lines, just as the vote in the full chamber is sure to be. A vote by the whole House is expected next week, Xinhua reported. The lawsuit has further spawned a fierce debate between the House Republicans and the federal government. Republicans said the ini-

mentation of Obama’s healthcare reform bill. Meanwhile, Obama and congressional Democrats dismissed the suit as an election-year political stunt. The lawsuit mainly focused on Obama’s decision to delay the provisions that require most employers to provide insurance coverage for workers. Republicans said that Obama went beyond his authority by delaying the provision until 2015, after the midterm elections this fall. The lawsuit, if approved tiative is simply aimed at holding by the full House, would be sent to the president accountable for cir- a federal judge to decide whether cumventing Congress on a major the chamber has legal standing to policy change related to the imple- pursue the case.

An Obama dinner invite for a differently-abled Indian girl IANS, MUMBAI

his week, United States President Barack Obama and his wife will host 12 differently-abled people from all over the world, including one from Mumbai, for an exclusive dinner at the White House. The lucky Mumbaikar from suburban Goregaon is athlete Neha P. Naik, 23, who is a Special Olympics International Global Messenger, besides taking part in the 100 meters and shot-put

events. “It is a great honor and I feel very good. It’s the best birthday gift I can get,” an excited Neha told IANS here, in the midst of lastminute preparations for the momentous occasion slated at the White House on July 31. She turned 24 on July 27, her equally excited mother Asha and realtor father Prakash Naik said.

The family originally hails from Goa and is now settled in Mumbai. For the event, Neha will be accompanied by her mentor and teacher Jonita Rodrigues of the 33year-old Punarvas Education Society’s Shri Devrajji Gundecha Punarvas Special School & Vocational Training Centre for Mentally Handicapped. Asha said that Neha

‘We admitted her to a regular school, but she just couldn’t cope up with her studies. Later, we admitted her to Punarvas school’

was born a normal child, but suffered high fever at the age of five, which affected her natural mental growth. “We admitted her to a regular school, but she just couldn’t cope up with her studies. Later, as we realized that she was a different child, we admitted her to Punarvas school,” she said. Since then, Prakash and Asha dedicated their entire life for Neha — their only child — looking after her special requirements, needs and extra-curricular activities.

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Gadkari bugging row halts House Media reports on July 27 said bugging devices were found at BJP•leader and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari’s Delhi residence; Union Minister, however, denied the allegation IANS, NEW DELHI

arliament was disrupted on July 30 as the opposition demanded a debate on the reported bugging at Union Minister Nitin Gadkari’s Delhi residence. As soon as the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha met for the day, members from the Congress were on their feet demanding suspension of question hour to take up a debate on the issue. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has called media reports about a listening device being found at his residence as baseless. Speaking to reporters outside parliament here, the minister said: “I have clearly told you that whatever you are writing and showing is totally false and baseless and there is no truth in it. First it was said that it was my Mumbai residence and now

Union minister Nitin Gadkari

it is the Delhi residence (which is bugged) and there is no truth in it.” In the Rajya Sabha, the opposition, dissatisfied with the minister’s reply, kept pressing for adjourning the question hour. In the ruckus, the house was first adjourned for 15 minutes, and then till noon. When the house reassembled, the issue was raised again by Congress leader Anand Sharma. “Government is tapping phones on a massive scale. Who authorized this? We want a thorough probe,” Sharma said. While Deputy Chairman P.J. Kurien insisted that the zero hour should be taken up, opposition members kept pressing for their demand. Kurien then adjourned the house for 10 minutes. Congress leader Satyavrat Chaturvedi accused the government of running away from a debate.

No bugging at Gadkari home, says Rajnath Singh NEW DELHI: There is “no truth” to reports of bugging at union Minister Nitin Gadkari’s residence, said Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. In a statement in the Rajya Sabha, Rajnath Singh said: “I want to clarify that there is no truth in the media reports (about bugging at Nitin Gadkari’s house).” The Union Home Minister added: “Even the minister, at whose residence it was said that high power listening devices were installed, has himself called the reports as completely baseless...and there have been no complaints by the minister or anyone else in this regard.”

UPSC issue again echoes in Rajya Sabha

Tainted judge case: HC to Force feeding hear plea for CBI probe Muslim staffer: HC to hear PIL IANS, NEW DELHI

he Delhi High Court will hear on August 1 a PIL seeking a CBI probe into Press Council of India Chairman Markandey Katju accusing three former chief justices of India of making “improper compromises” to save a tainted judge of the Madras High Court. A division bench of Chief Justice

Markandey Katju

G. Rohini and Justice R.S. Endlaw will hear the plea that seeks registration of a case and a CBI probe into the matter. Filing the plea, advocate R.P. Luthra said: “The information disclosed by Justice Katju clearly discloses the commission of various cognizable offenses including the offenses covered under prevention of corruption act.” Former Supreme Court judge Katju has alleged that three former chief justices of India — Justice R.C. Lahoti, Justice Y.K. Sabharwal and Justice K.G. Balakrishnan — made “improper compromises” and succumbed to political pressure during the UPA rule from one of its allies, apparently the DMK, in allowing the judge to continue despite an “adverse” Intelligence Bureau (IB) report on allegations of corruption against him.

IANS, NEW DELHI

A TV grab of the incident

he Delhi High Court will on August 8 hear a petition seeking de-recognition of the Shiv Sena and direction for disqualification of 11 of its MPs for allegedly forcing a Muslim staffer to eat at Maharashtra Sadan during his Ramadan fast. A division bench of Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice R.S. Endlaw would hear the PIL next week filed by NGO Garib Nawaz Foundation that also sought immediate arrest of the MPs for provoking religious sentiments. It also sought initiation of criminal case against the Shiv Sena MPs, including Sanjay Rout and Rajan Vichare, who represents the Thane Lok Sabha constituency, and asked

for direction to the Lok Sabha Speaker and the Rajya Sabha chairman to disqualify 11 of the Sena lawmakers. It has been alleged that July 17, Vichare, irked over the poor quality of food, force-fed Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) employee Arshad Zubair, who was catering supervisor at Maharashtra Sadan, before some television cameras. The IRCTC was providing food for Maharashtra Sadan. The PIL said: “The action of the Shiv Sena MPs with the fasting Muslim supervisor was uncalled for and needed to be dealt with a strict action by party chief Udhav Thackeray.”

Leader of Opposition issue to be decided soon IANS, NEW DELHI

L Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan

ok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on July 30 said she would take a decision on the Leader of Opposition issue within four days. “I will see all the rules and also the letter of attorney general. I have to see what’s there and what is not,” she told media persons here. Mahajan added: “The speaker cannot do anything...I have to go by the rules. Within one to four days, I’m expecting a decision on this.”

She pointed out instances when there was no Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha.

I will see all the rules and also the letter of attorney general. I have to see what’s there and what is not In a setback to the Congress’s desire to have its leader in the Lok Sabha given the Leader of Opposi-

Responding to it, Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu said: “The minister concerned has denied the report... we are not running away from any discussion.” As the din continued, the chair adjourned the house till 2 p.m. In the Lok Sabha, Leader of the Congress in the house, Mallikarjun Kharge demanded a statement either by Prime Minister Narendra Modi or the home minister on the issue. He said such bugging incidents had taken place in Gujarat also. He also wanted to know that how many such bugging devices are planted inside the residences of ministers. Media reports on July 27 said bugging devices were found at Gadkari’s Delhi residence. This was, however, denied by Gadkari. Speaking to reporters outside parliament, Gadkari said that the media reports are baseless.

tion status, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi has held that the party cannot get the recognition as rules require that the party should have at least one-tenth of the total strength of parliament’s lower house. Rohatgi, in his opinion to Mahajan, said that Mallikarjun Kharge, the Congress leader in the house, cannot be recognised as Leader of Opposition as the party’s strength was only 44 while onetenth of the total strength of the house is 55.

NEW DELHI: The UPSC row again echoed in Rajya Sabha on July 30 with the JD-U and other opposition parties questioning what the government is doing to resolve it. Raising the issue in the house, Janata Dal-United leader Sharad Yadav questioned what steps are being taken by the government. “What is the government doing to resolve the issue? It is not just about the students from Hindi belt, it is about students of regional languages as well,” Yadav said. Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Prakash Javadekar assured the house that government will take a decision in favor of the students. “We will sort out the issue and take a decision in favor of the students. As soon as the decision is taken we will inform the house,” Javadekar said. The CSAT-II paper carries questions on comprehension, interpersonal skills including communication skills, logical reasoning and analytical ability, decision-making and problemsolving, general mental ability, basic numeracy, and English language comprehension skills (of Class X level). The home ministry has assured the issue will resolved in a week.

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PRAYERS, FEAST, PEACE...

Millions of Muslims celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr in India and abroad with Prime Minister Modi praying for ‘unity and brotherhood in our nation’ IANS, NEW DELHI

n innumerable urban and rural centers, Muslims poured into mosques and large open grounds and offered Eid prayers to mark the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Eid prayers were also offered at the 17th century Taj Mahal. Barring the Kashmir Valley, where youths clashed with security forces for a few hours, the day was celebrated peacefully and with visible joy all across the country. With over 170 million Muslims, India is home to the third largest Islamic population in the world after Indonesia and Pakistan. Modi, who became prime minister only two months ago, greeted the nation on the occasion. “May this auspicious day strengthen the bonds of peace, unity and brotherhood across our nation,” he said.

Islamic scholars underlined the importance of Eid. “It is a festival of peace and love. The sacrosanct occasion teaches people to subside the feeling of hatred and discrimination,” Ashraf Usmani of Darul Uloom, India’s most influential Islamic seminary, told IANS. Maulana Mufti Mukarram, the Naib Imam of Fatehpuri mosque in Old Delhi, said: “It is an occasion when everyone irrespective of religious or social barriers must endorse the message of peace and love.” Attired in new clothes and wearing skull caps, men and children thronged Eidgahs and mosques for namaz. In many mosques, special prayers were held for peace in Gaza, where Israel’s targeting of the Hamas has left hundreds, mainly civilians, dead. The biggest Eid gatherings were reported from Assam, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Jammu

(CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT) People offering prayers at a mosque in Ahmedabad; devotees offering prayers in Bangalore; Pak Rangers giving sweets and fruit basket to Indian counterparts at Attari border. (BELOW) People during prayers in Delhi’s Jama Masjid. (Photos: IANS)

and Kashmir, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Telangana, Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. After the morning prayers, sweets were exchanged with friends and families. Muslims embraced one another with greetings of “Eid Mubarak”. Guests were treated to ‘sheer khorma’ (special sweet made of vermicelli, milk and dry fruits) and other dishes. The festivities extended to the India-Pakistan border in Punjab where Pakistan Rangers offered sweets to the Border Security Force. The Indians and Pakistanis then hugged one another at the bor-

der gates. Muslims across Telangana and Andhra Pradesh celebrated Eid with religious fervour and gaiety — and with prayers for the dead in Gaza. Many families celebrated with simplicity in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. Every Muslim family paid Fitra or charity (`80 to `100) on behalf of each member as per the Islamic rules so that the poor can also celebrate the festival. The Kashmir Valley celebrated Eid with the usual religious fervour after the morning festivities were marred by clashes between youths and security forces.

Once peace returned to the valley in the afternoon, people exchanged Eid greetings with families and friends in Srinagar and all major towns in the valley. Children burst firecrackers. The serenity was visible in Uttar Pradesh too. However, security forces kept a vigil in both Saharanpur and Rampur which have been hit by communal violence. In Kerala, where Muslims account for a quarter of the 33 million people, the biggest gatherings took place in Malappuram, Kozhikode and Kannur. In most cities, the prayers took place in grounds and stadiums.

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Nisha Biswal (left) and Arun Kumar (right)

Neel Mukherjee longlisted for ‘Man Booker Prize’ IANS, LONDON

Congressman makes NRI officials ‘feel outsiders’ A newly elected member of the House of Representatives mistakes two senior Indian-American officials to be from India

Indian government,” Biswal responded. According to the report, it is extremely uncommon for forn an extremely awkward incieign officials to testify before Condent, a newly elected member gress under oath. of the United States House of Following Clawson’s opening Representatives mistook two statement, Eliot Engel, the full senior Indian American officials of panel’s ranking Democrat, pointed the Barack Obama administration out that Biswal and Arun Kumar to be from India and asked them work for the U.S. Government. “ questions about “your country” and ‘I made a mistake in speaking before An update in the Foreign Policy “your government”. report said: “While Clawson’s office “I’m familiar with your country; I being fully briefed did not respond to a request for love your country,” Republican and I apologize’ comment, the Congressman apoloCurt Clawson told Nisha Biswal gized in a statement to USA Today and Arun Kumar at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on also asked Biswal and Arun Kumar later on July 25. July 24, Foreign Policy online if the Indian government could “I made a mistake in speaking loosen restrictions on US capital before being fully briefed and I apolreported. Biswal is the Assistant Secretary of investments in the country. ogize. I’m a quick study, but in this “I think your question is to the case I shot an air ball,” he said. State for South and Central Asian IANS,WASHINGTON

Affairs and Arun Kumar is the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Global Markets and Director General of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service. Clawson, apparently confused by their Indian surnames and skin tone

novel written by a British Indian author has made it to the first long list of the coveted Man Booker Prize for fiction for this year. London-based Neel Mukherjee was among 2014 longlist or Man Bookers ‘Dozen’ for his novel “The Lives of Others” which was published in May this year, a Man Booker statement Wednesday said. As many as 154 books were entered for this year’s prize by British publishers, of which 44 titles were by authors who are now eligible under the new rule changes. The 2014 long list of 13 novels includes American writer Joshua Ferris’ “To Rise Again at a Decent Hour”, Australian writer Richard Flanagan’s “The Narrow Road to the Deep North” and Irish writer Niall Williams’ “History of the Rain”. Mukherjee’s first novel, “Past Continuous” came in 2009 and was chosen as a joint winner of the Vodafone-Crossword Award, a noted literary award for writing in English, for best novel of 2008

Neel Mukherjee

(along with Amitav Ghosh’s Sea of Poppies). The shortlist of six books will be announced September 9, while the winner would be decided October 14 in London. The Chair of the judges, AC Grayling, said: “The judges were impressed by the high quality of writing and the range of issues tackled - from 1066 to the future, from a PoW camp in Thailand, to a dentist’s chair in Manhattan; from the funny to the deeply serious, sometimes in the same book.” The literary award, established in 1969, has for the first time been opened up to the writers of any nationality, writing originally in English and published in Britain. The 50,000 pounds literary prize is awarded each year for the best original novel, written in the English language. Previously, the prize was open to authors from Britain & Commonwealth, Ireland and Zimbabwe. The Man Booker Prize is sponsored by Man Group, a leading investment management firm. Eleanor Catton won the 2013 Man Booker Prize for her novel “The Luminaries” last year. The previous noted winners of the award include many of the literary trailblazers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries like Salman Rushdie, Hilary Mantel, Iris Murdoch and Peter Carey.

Doctor indicted for running Baby’s death to be independently probed illegal prescription racket IANS, LONDON

IANS, WASHINGTON

court in the United States has indicted an Indian-origin doctor of illegally running a prescription racket that led to the death of one patient and harming the health of many others, media reported. A jury in the federal court of Alexandria, Virginia, concluded that Nibedita Mohanty illegally prescribed medicines under the guise of treating chronic patient. Mohanty prescribed narcotic pills to patients who had been jailed for

selling controlled substances and even to someone who, she was explicitly told, would sell the drugs to pay another patient’s bond, the Washington Post reported citing the indictment. Despite being warned by another doctor about a patient who had painkiller addiction, she continued to prescribe OxyContin, Percocet and Dilaudid to that patient. The patient was hospitalized with drug overdose but Mohanty discharged her and less than two weeks later, prescribed more painkillers, the Post report said. A day later, the patient died of oxydone overdose.

n independent probe has been ordered into the case of an Indian-origin woman who battered her three-year-old son to death in Scotland, media reported. The announcement came hours after Rosdeep Adekoya, 35, admitted to assaulting and killing her son, Mikaeel Kular, in their Edinburgh home and hiding his body in a bush behind her sister’s house 25 miles away in a forest area in Fife county, the Fife Today reported on July 25. The Fife council in Scotland said that an independent case review will be done into the incident. The joint chief officers group of Fife and City of Edinburgh has decided to conduct a significant case review following the tragic death of Mikaeel Kular, the council said.

While announcing the move, John Myles, independent chairman of Fife Child Protection Committee said: “It (enquiry) will be led independently and will take place in two phases. The first phase will look at information available from files, records, and policies and procedures that were in place before Mikaeel’s death. Work on this phase has already started.”

“Phase two will take into account any new information that has come to light during the criminal proceedings and will involve interviews with relevant staff,” Myles added. Adekoya also pleaded guilty of lying to the police that her son had gone missing, sparking a massive search by rescuers and emergency teams, before the High Court in Edinburgh on July 25.

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Gaza: No sign of any truce Another Gaza school shelter bombed; toll now 1,253 as Israelis attack Gaza power plant evoking strong protest IANS, GAZA

t least 13 Palestinians were killed and dozens injured early on July 30 when Israeli artillery fire hit a school used as a shelter by displaced people in the northern Gaza Strip town of Jabaliya, as the toll in the coastal enclave in the ongoing offensive rose to 1,253. Health Ministry spokesman in Gaza Ashraf al-Qedra said hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip have so far received the bodies of 13 people and dozens of injured civilians who sheltered at a UN-run school in Jabaliya town, Xinhua reported. Earlier, al-Qedra had said that 20 people were killed. Israel has not commented on the incident so far. On July 29, Israeli attack targeted Gaza power plant evoking strong protests. On July 25, Israeli army struck a UN-run shelter school in the northern Gaza Strip town of Biet Hanoun, killing 16 displaced people and injuring more than 100 others. Earlier on July 30, an Israeli

Palestinian firefighters react as flames engulf the fuel tanks of the main power plant which supplies electricity to the Gaza Strip on July 29. (Photo: IANS)

‘No ceasefire request’ JERUSALEM: Senior Israeli officials on July 29 denied US Secretary of State John Kerry’s claim that Israel had requested the US to extend a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. “Kerry was the one who brought up the option of a ceasefire to Netanyahu, and not the other way around,” Xinhua quoted unnamed officials as saying. “Netanyahu told Kerry that currently the continuation of the Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) operation is necessary.”

airstrike killed eight Palestinians, including a child, in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis. Late on July 29, Israeli airstrikes destroyed three mosques and dozens of homes across the embattled Hamas-ruled territory. The Israeli military offensive on the Gaza Strip, called Operation Protective Edge, was launched on July 8 to end Palestinian rocket firing at Israel. International efforts to end the ongoing fighting have been going on but have failed to achieve tangible results.

US imposes fresh sanctions against Russia WASHINGTON: Washington has imposed new sanctions on Russia’s energy, arms and financial sectors over the Ukraine crisis, US President Barack Obama said on July 29. Building on measures unveiled two weeks ago, the US expanded its sanctions to more Russian banks and defense companies, and blocked the exports of specific goods and technology to Russia’s energy sector, Xinhua quoted Obama telling reporters at the White House. He said the U.S. is formally suspending credit that encourages exports to Russia and financing for economic development projects in Russia. “If Russia continues on this current path, the costs on Russia will continue

to grow,” Obama added. The US imposed sanctions against three state-owned Russian banks, namely Bank of Moscow, Russian Agricultural Bank, and VTB Bank OAO, said the US Treasury Department in a statement. The move prohibits U.S. people from providing new financing to the three financial institutions, limiting their access to the U.S. capital markets.

Indian nurses caught in conflict in Libya NEW DELHI/TRIPOLI: In a near replay of the incidents in Iraq, large numbers of Indian nurses are caught in spiralling violence in Libya, where rival militant groups seek to control the capital’s international airport, and have approached the Indian mission for help and even evacuation. Over the last two weeks, the north African country has plunged into chaos following deadly clashes between government forces and Islamist militants in the capital Tripoli and Benghazi where more than 150 people, most of them civilians, have been killed. Taking note of the fighting, Indian Ambassador in Libya, Azar A.

H. Khan, met the nurses in the Tripoli hospitals and assured them of their safety. “Everybody is safe here. We are in constant touch with the nurses,” Khan told IANS over phone from Tripoli. The ambassador, however, said that only some Indian nationals, mostly nurses, have approached the embassy for help in leaving the country. “It is only in some places around the airport where fighting is raging... rest of the places are fine,” he said. Panic gripped the Indian nationals after incessant shelling rocked the area around Tripoli airport and elsewhere, in a two week-long battle since mid-July.

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Nepal gears up to welcome Modi IANS, KATHMANDU

epal’s three major political parties — the Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and UCPN (Maoist) — late on July 29 consented to the government’s plan to sign a power trade agreement (PTA) with India during the forthcoming visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Breaking protocol, Nepal Prime Minister Sushil Koirala will personally receive his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi when he lands in Kathmandu on August 3 on a two-day visit. A special welcome ceremony will be organized at the Tribhuvan International Airport. There will be a guard of honor for Modi, who will be accompanied by a 101-member delegation including seven ministers, senior government officials and captains of industry besides journalists. Dinesh Bhattarai, advisor to Koirala on foreign relations, told IANS that the prime minister himself would welcome Modi. “This reflects the importance Nepal is attaching to Modi’s visit,” he said. Modi is arriving on a twoday official visit in Kathmandu on August 3. The meeting of the major political parties was chaired by Prime Minister Sushil Koirala to seek national consensus on the

panel was formed,” Narayan Kaji Shrestha, vice-chairman of UCPNMaoist party, told IANS. If India agrees to sign the PTA as forwarded by Nepal before the visit, it will pave the way for export and import of electricity. Earlier, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on July 27 averted a diplomatic disaster by meeting leaders of the ruling CPN-UML just before returning to India after a three-day visit which she said was “productive” and “successful”. The hour-long meeting between Sushma Swaraj and the CPN-UML External Affairs Minister Sushma party took place at Hyatt Regency Swaraj (left) with Nepalese Prime Kathmandu where eight party leadMinister Sushil Koirala during her ers led by Deputy Prime Minister visit to Kathmandu. Bam Dev Gautam were present. The Communist Party of Nepalissues to be discussed with the Indi- Unified Marxist Leninist is the secan side during Modi’s visit to avoid ond largest party in Nepal’s Conany controversy. stituent Assembly. Cooperation in water resources, Sushma Swaraj and CPN-UML generation and development of leaders discussed during their almost hydro electricity and its export to hour-long meeting a wide range of energy-starved India, and some issues including the signing of the security issues, due to open border, Power Trade Agreement at the earlialways remain core concerns in est. Before wrapping up her threeIndia-Nepal bilateral ties and domi- day Nepal visit, Sushma Swaraj termed it “productive” and “successnate every high-level exchange. “We have decided to sign PTA ful”. “I am returning New Delhi (power trade agreement) with India, with full satisfaction. My visit to and to finalize the text of such pro- Nepal was (more) successful than posal, a three-member cross-party expected,” she said.

Pak Army chief talks tough on terrorists ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Army chief Raheel Sharif on July 29 said the “terrorists will not be allowed” to return to the North Waziristan tribal region where a major offensive against militants continues. Gen. Sharif was addressing the Pakistani forces involved in operations against the Pakistani Taliban and foreign militants in the region bordering Afghanistan after peace talks collapsed and the militants launched major attacks on major cities in the country, Xinhua reported. According to the army, 570 terrorists have been killed since operation “Zarbe-Azb” began June 15. The army chief celebrated the Eid festival with the troops on the front lines and paid tributes to them for their courage, an army

statement said. “The chief of the army staff expressed his complete satisfaction over the achievements and progress of the operation made so far in North Waziristan,” it said. “We will not stop short of eradicating this menace of terrorism from across the country,” General Sharif said. He said the forces have cleared Miranshah, main town of North Waziristan, of the militants and also 70 percent purged Mirali, a main stronghold of the militants.

Afghan president’s cousin killed in bombing KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s cousin Hashmat Khalil Karzai was killed on July 29 in a suicide bomb attack in southern Kandahar province, an official said. “The attacker was among visitors of the Eidul-Fitr festival. He made his way into Khalil Karzai’s house. He detonated explosives hidden in his turban after approaching Karzai,” the official told Xinhua. The blast occurred at 10.00 a.m.,

the official said. The exact number of casualties remained unknown, the official added. An investigation has been launched into the incident. Khalil Karzai was a winner in 2014 provincial council election. Khalil Karzai was also the campaign manager of Dr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, a presidential candidate during the Presidential poll.

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Olympic medal winners Abhinav Bindra (left) and Sushil Kumar (right) kept their reputations intact at Glasgow Commonwealth Games by winning a gold each.

Gold rush: Shooters, wrestlers shine at CWG Sunil Kumar, Abhinav Bindra lead India’s medal tally at Glasgow IANS, GLASGOW

hooters and wrestlers put on a stunning show as India grabbed nine medals, including three gold medals, in what was their best show so far in the 2014 Commonwealth Games here on July 29. Till July 30 morning (IST), India had won 10 gold, 16 silver and 11 bronze medals overall. On July 29, Sushil Kumar led the charge as Indian wrestlers winning three of the five gold medals on offer at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC). Amit Kumar and teenager Vinesh Phogat also bagged gold medals while Rajeev Tomar settled for the silver medal. The three gold medals also lifted India to fifth position in the medal’s standings. Trigger happy Indian shooters also had a gala outing as they brought home five more medals —

MEDALS’ TALLY NATION GOLD SILVER BRONZE AUSTRALIA 34 31 36 ENGLAND 33 31 27 CANADA 16 5 18 SCOTLAND 13 11 13 NEW ZEALAND 11 9 11 INDIA 10 15 11

two silvers and three bronzes — from their respective events with the gold remaining elusive on the day. In total, Indian shooters have accounted for four golds, nine silvers and four bronzes from the Glasgow Games till now. The star of the day undoubtedly was two-time Olympic medallist Sushil, who just took 107 minutes to clinch the gold medal in the men’s 74kg freestyle category beating Pakistan’s Qamar Abbas in an

Shuttlers Srikanth, Gurusaidutt reach Round of 32 of CWG GLASGOW: Indian shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and R.M.V. Gurusaidutt won their respective matches to enter the men’s singles Round of 32 at the Commonwealth Games here on July 29. Rising star Srikanth had an easy Round of 64 outing as he needed merely 15 minutes to beat St. Helena’s Duane March 21-3, 21-4 at the Emirates Arena. Gurusaidutt too had an easy match as he won 21-5, 21-12 in 24 minutes against Benjamin Pui Hun Li of the Isle of Man. — IANS

TOTAL 101 91 39 37 31 36

one-sided affair. It was Sushil’s first major international medal after his pet 66kg category was removed and he had to add nine kilograms to adjust in a new weight bracket. Sushil had won both his Olympic medals, bronze in Beijing and silver in London, 2010 World Championship gold, 2010 Asian Games gold and the 2010 Commonwealth Games gold in the 66kg category. It was the third gold for India

after Amit and Vinesh’s triumph in their respective categories. Amit won the gold medal in the men’s freestyle 57kg category beating Nigerian Ebikweminomo Welson. Amit won the bout 3-1 on classification points. Amit won six points in the two periods while Welson got two. Indian teenager Vinesh then made it a double delight as she registered a thrilling 11-8 win over England’s Yana Rattigan to clinch the gold medal in the women’s freestyle 48kg wrestling competition. On July 25, ace shooter Abhinav Bindra fired to glory to sign off from his final Commonwealth Games with a gold while teenager Malaika Goel shot a silver and lifter Santoshi Matsa snatched a bronze as India’s medals tally reached the double figure mark on day two of competition at the 2014 Glasgow Games here.

GOLD Sanjita Khumukchan: Women’s 48 kg weightlifting; Sukhen Dey: Men’s 56 kg weightlifting; Abhinav Bindra: Men’s 10 metre air rifle shooting; Apurvi Chandela: Women’s 10 metre air rifle shooting; Rahi Sarnobat: Women’s 25 metre pistol shooting; Satish Sivalingam: Men’s 77 kg weightlifting; Jitu Rai: Men’s 50 metre pistol shooting; Amit Kumar: Men’s freestyle 57 kg wrestling; Vinesh Phogat: Women’s freestyle 48 kg wrestling; Sushil Kumar: Men’s freestyle 74 kg wrestling SILVER Mirabai Chanu Saikhom: Women’s 48 kg weightlifting; Shushila Likmabam: Women’s 48 kg judo; Navjot Chana: Men’s 60 kg judo; Malaika Goel: Women’s 10 metre air pistol shooting; Prakash Nanjappa: Men’s 10 metre air pistol shooting; Ayonika Paul: Women’s 10 metre air rifle shooting; Anisa Sayyed: Momen’s 25 metre pistol shooting; Shreyasi Singh: Women’s double trap shooting; Ravi Katulu: Men’s 77 kg weightlifting; Gurpal Singh: Men’s 50 metre pistol shooting; Gagan Narang: Men’s 50 metre rifle prone shooting; Vikas Thakur: Men’s 85 kg weightlifting; Harpreet Singh: Men’s 25 metre rapid fire pistol shooting; Sanjeev Rajput: Men’s 50 metre rifle 3 positions shooting; Rajeev Tomar: Men’s freestyle 125 kg wrestling BRONZE Ganesh Mali: Men’s 56 kg weightlifting; Kalpana Thoudam: Women’s 52 kg judo; Santoshi Matsa: Women’s 53 kg weightlifting; Rajwinder Kaur: Women’s +78 kg judo; Omkar Otari: Men’s 69 kg weightlifting; Mohammed Asab: Men’s double trap shooting; Punam Yadav: Women’s 63 kg weightlifting; Manavjit Sandhu: Men’s trap shooting; Gagan Narang: Men’s 50 metre rifle 3 positions shooting; Lajja Gauswami: Women’s 50 metre rifle 3 positions shooting; Chandrakant Mali : Men’s 94kg category weighlifting;

Indian hockey team loses 2-4 to Australia IANS, GLASGOW

he Sardar Singh-led Indian men’s hockey team gave a tough fight to reigning World Champions Australia in their third and penultimate Pool A match of the Commonwealth Games but eventually went down 2-4 here on July 29. It was Australia who scored the first goal in the 15th minute through a penalty corner strike from Chris Ciriello. Simon Orchard helped Australia extend the lead in the 17th minute when he made an excellent move on the counter-attack.

The four-time defending champions made it 3-0 in the 27th minute when Jacob Whetton scored a field goal. India then made sure they did not allow the attack to continue and eventually

found a penalty corner opportunity in the dying moments of the first half. Drag-flicker Rupinder Pal Singh did not disappoint and the 2010 edition silver medallists were off the mark. The second half saw India put up a much better show as they made inroads into the Australian half. The efforts finally resulted in a 49th minute field goal when Ramandeep Singh decreased the tally to 2-3. However, it was not going to be easy against the World No.1 team who came back to score off a penalty stroke in the very next minute to make it 4-2.

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Salman finds his lady love, calls her ‘JFK’

‘EMRAAN HASHMI IS GOOD AT ROMANCE’ Produced by UTV Motion Pictures, Emran Hashmi’s next film ‘Raja Natwarlal’ will hit the theaters on August 29 IANS, MUMBAI

akistani model-actress Humaima Malick, who is making her Bollywood debut with forthcoming Emraan Hashmi starrer Raja Natwarlal, a thriller, seems to be in awe of the way Bollywood’s ‘serial kisser’ romances onscreen. She says he’s good at romance. “Emraan teases a lot. He bullies you a lot, but the good thing about him is that he is good at romance,” Humaima, who has shared some passionate kissing scenes with the actor in the film, said in an interview.

Further, praising Emraan’s professionalism and work, Humaima said: “He gives you your space (while working), doesn’t teach you. I have worked with lot of actors who give

Raja Natwarlal will hit the theatres on August 29. Emraan Hashmi, who is looking forward to Raja Natwarlal, seems to have a practical approach towards his

‘Emraan teases a lot. He bullies you a lot, but the good thing about him is that he is good at romance. He gives you your space (while working), doesn’t teach you.’ their input in your scenes, but he does not do that and leaves you in your own space and leaves the rest on the director.”

MUMBAI: One of Bollywood’s most eligible bachelors, Salman Khan has admitted having a lady love in his life — his Kick co-star Jacqueline Fernandez. Recently, the superstar jokingly gave her his surname Khan, and made her blush when he revealed his admiration for her. While this is the first movie that two are doing together, they seem to have hit it off really well. They made a joint appearance to promote their film Kick on Zee TV’s India’s Best Cinestars Ki Khoj. Meanwhile, Kick has minted over `800 million in just three days despite being panned by the critics. “Salman Khan and Sajid Nadiadwala’s ‘Kick’ collects (July 25) `264mn, (July 26) `271.5 mn and (July 27) `301.8 mn. `837.3 mn is phenomenal,” read a statement. Kick hit over 5,000 screens in India on July 25 as well as 42 other countries including non-traditional markets like France, Germany and Morocco. — IANS

acting job. He is not willing to slog for free, but at the same time he clarifies money is not the sole purpose behind accepting a project.

Priyanka fought like a real ‘Kick’: Salman, Sajid kick up a storm boxer in ‘Mary Kom’ IANS, MUMBAI

ctor Priyanka Chopra fought with real boxers in the biopic Mary Kom, a biopic on the five time World Champion boxer. She says it was not easy to take a full-on punch from professional boxers during the shoot. “All my opponents in the film were real boxers,” Priyanka said in an interview. “It was very difficult to shoot with them because they are real boxers and they don’t know how to fake a punch, they had to really hit you. So I had to get hit a lot and that was really hard,” she added. Co-produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, Mary Kom shows Kom’s journey from an athlete to a boxer, opposition faced by her father to take up the sport as a profession, her fearless nature and so-called end of her boxing career. Directed by Omung Kumar, it is slated for a September 5 release.

‘Kahaani’ to become ‘Deity’ in Hollywood MUMBAI: Here comes a new Kahaani for the Hollywood. YRF Entertainment, the international arm of Indian production giant Yash Raj Films announced that it will remake the critically acclaimed and commercially successful Sujoy Ghosh-directed and Vidya Balan-starrer Kahaani for international audiences as Deity. The remake will be directed by Niels Arden Oplev of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo fame, while Jose Rivera (The Motorcycle Diaries) and Richard Regen (Tehran), have scripted the adaptation. Deity is a thriller about an American woman who goes to Kolkata in search of her missing husband. As she gets closer to the truth, she finds herself at the centre of a dan-

gerous conspiracy. The story unfolds in the context of a colourful, week-long festival. The international movie will be financed and produced by YRF Entertainment, and starts production in February 2015. It will be shot on location in Kolkata. — IANS

Film: Kick; Cast: Salman Khan, Randeep Hooda, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Jacqueline Fernandez; Director: Sajid Nadiadwala; Rating: ****

ick toh banta hai, boss!” The number of times the word ‘kick’ kicks into this heady cocktail of comedy and action, you’d think there’s no word in the dictionary that gives our hero a greater kick than...well, kick. So, brace yourself for a hero who likes to get his kick in the unlikeliest ways. And a hero, who is as unpredictable, whimsical, mischievous and intimidating as Salman Khan. While writing his character in Kick, co-writers Chetan Bhagat, Rajat Arora and Sajid Nadiadwala had to consider Salman’s fan following carefully. This time Salman comes across as far stronger aggressive and in-your-face character than he did in his recent films like Bodyguard and Jai Ho. Salman sinks into the dual role of the prankster Devi and his Robin Hood doppelganger Devil with the smirky relish that only Salman knows how to muster and master. The superhero’s mask when it goes on is sure to bring the house down. ‘Debutant’ director (he handles the cast and characters and the plot like a veteran) Sajid Nadiadwala has set the core-action, a catand-mouse chase plan featuring the dare...um...Devil hero and a determined cop (Hooda, in command), in the striking ambience of Warsaw. It’s an exhilarating set-up. The stunts spiral splendidly into a climax. The stunts are admirably executed and are superior to what we saw in Krrish 3 and Dhoom 3.

Nadiadwala spares no expenses to ensure that his super-hero flick gets going from the first frame. The spectacle is never over-the-top. Playing the karmic crusader comes easily to Salman Khan who likes to see himself being...well... human in real and on screen. Cleverly, the plot weaves the superstar’s real and reel persona into a precocious pastiche where you never know where the reel Salman ends and where the fictional begins. The plot is designed as a flashback conversation between Jacqueline Fernandez and Randeep Hooda who could have been strangers in a train if only they were not engaged to get married. The mixture of the real and the reel gambols through a maze of confidently executed episodes. Not all of them work, though. The drunken buddy-buddy bonding sequence between Hooda and Salman falls flat as Hooda goes progressively over the top. Hooda is otherwise very much in control

over his character and plays off against Salman very effectively. Jacqueline Fernandez has bravely spoken her own Hindi lines. We will ignore her linguistic efforts and focus on how gorgeous she looks while dancing with and for Salman in Jumme ki raat. This film definitely marks her coming of age. However, the biggest hero besides Salman is Ayanka Bose’s cinematography which makes Salman, Warsaw, Mumbai and Jacqueline look fetching without resorting to accessorized illumination. The color tones in the frames are eye-catching without going the garish way. In his directorial debut Sajid Nadiadwala has opted for restrain where he could have unleashed a typhoon of spectacle. The film looks and feels right. Kick is super-slick but never in a ‘showoffy’ way. It is an out-and-out Salman vehicle but there’s room for other interesting characters. This Eid, go dance with the Devil. — Subhash K. Jha

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Fawad has ‘Khoobsurat’ experience with Sonam MUMBAI: Pakistani actor Fawad Khan’s experience of working in India was very good and he credits his Khoobsurat co-star Sonam Kapoor for it. “She is a great person and I enjoyed working with her. The environment on the sets was very homely and I didn’t face any problem at any stage,” Fawad said here on July 27 on the sets of Entertainment Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega. “I didn’t face any problem in communicating with the people on the sets and a lot of credit goes to her (Sonam) for that,” he added. Fawad would love to take Sonam on a tour of Pakistan, especially the Sind region Sonam’s family belongs to. “I have heard she is interested in the Sind region, so I can show her that area. Besides that, I can show her around Lahore the best as I belong to that city,” Fawad said. “It would be a pleasure to show her around Pakistan. I think this is a good chance for us to connect as it is not often you get to visit the other’s country,” added the actor. Khoobsurat also stars Kirron Kher and Ratna Pathak Shah and hits theatres on September 19.

Aishwarya Rai adds glamor to CWG opener GLASGOW: Indian actor Aishwarya Rai attended the opening ceremony of the 20th Commonwealth Games in Scotland’s largest city as the Longines Ambassador of Elegance. Aishwarya, who was dressed in a black coat with her lustrous locks tied in a high bun, was accompanied at the event last week by Longines President Walter von Kanel. The Swiss luxury watch brand Longines is the Official Timekeeper and Watch of the CWG, being held here July 23-Aug 3, and it provides more than 190 timekeepers and 122 tonnes of equipment to support the event. The Official Watch of Glasgow 2014 is a chronograph in steel from the Conquest Classic collection. Longines is also the presenting partner of the gymnastics competitions. During the opener, the CWG Baton was delivered to Queen Elizabeth II, who read her welcome message to the athletes. This event officially opened the Games. Over a period of 288 days, the baton visited 71 nations and territories and covered 190,000 km. Longines’ involvement in the Commonwealth Games dates back to 1962 when it was the timekeeper of the event in Perth, Australia.

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‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ not my real life story: Kareena MUMBAI: Kareena Kapoor and Salman Khan’s next Bajrangi Bhaijaan is about a Brahmin girl and Muslim boy, but the former says that it has no correlation with her personal life. “The film is going on floors in October. It’s a story of a Muslim guy and Brahmin girl. It’s got nothing do with my personal life, but it’s a beautiful human story,” Kareena, who is married to Saif Ali Khan, told IANS. “I think it will be Salman’s career’s best film. It will have Salman in a completely different light altogether and it’s a very special film. It’s special because Salman Khan is producing himself and I am honored I am with him. I am lucky to work with all the Khans in all their home productions,” added the actor who was last seen in damp squib Gori Tere Pyaar Mein. To be made under Salman Khan Ventures, it will be released on Eid next year.

Big B to shoot ‘KBC 8’ launch in Surat MUMBAI: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who is the brand ambassador of Gujarat, is set to shoot the launch episode of his hugely popular TV reality game show Kaun Banega Crorepati 8 in Surat. The idea is to commence the game show in great style and grandeur with the Big B. The knowledge-based show will, for the first time, be uniquely shot live amidst Surat residents and telecast on Sony Entertainment Television at a later date, which is yet to be announced, said a statement. The event is scheduled for August 2 at Surat International Exhibition and Convention Centre, Althan-Sarsana Road, Surat, Gujarat.

Virr Das gets serious, leaner for ‘Jaane Kyon’ MUMBAI: So far he has put his funny side up, but now stand-up comedianturned-actor Virr Das turns serious for Jaane Kyon and even shed a lot of weight to fit into the role in the 1984 riots-based movie. Set in the backdrop of the 1984 antiSikh riots, the film is a true story of a family who survived the riots on the night of October 31 that year. “My next film Jaane Kyon is based on 1984 riots. I have shot half of it and now waiting for my beard to grow, so I can start shooting again,” Virr told IANS. So far he has done fun-filled movies like Delhi Belly, Go Goa Gone as well as Revolver Rani, but for him Jaane Kyon is the toughest. “It’s the toughest film so far because I had to lose weight and look much leaner for the film. I had lost nine kgs for the film,” said the actor. Virr will be seen with Soha Ali Khan in the film which is scheduled to release in October this year.

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OBBINSVILLE (NJ) -- The BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha is set to inaugurate its sixth traditional stone temple in North America, this time in Robbinsville, New Jersey. The mandir has been built according to the Hindu Shilpa Shastras or ancient architectural texts following a tradition of temple building through the millennia. Inspired by His Holiness Pramukh Swami Maharaj, the intricately handcarved shrine is built to last thousands of years. It stands as a testament to the dedication, service and devotion of the organization’s many volunteers and wellwishers. The inauguration of this traditional stone mandir marks the completion of the second phase of the Swaminarayan Akshardham complex that is currently planned for the site. The mandir is 134 feet long and 87 feet wide, comprising of 108 pillars and three garbha gruhs or inner sanctums. The entire mandir has been covered by a permanent structure to increase the structure’s life and accommodate darshan and worship during the region’s harsh winter. The Mandir is made entirely of Italian marble and was completed in three years at a cost of $18 million. This was made possible by the dedication and selfless service of professional volunteers, including engineers and architects, who helped to minimize the cost of the mandir. The inauguration ceremonies will begin with a Vedic Yagna or sacrificial ritual for world peace and will be followed by a Shobha Yatra or celebratory procession of the deities. The inauguration itself will take place according to traditional Vedic rituals in the Murti Pratishta ceremony on August 9 and 10. Finally, the Mandir complex will be opened to the community and public on August 16 at a special dedication ceremony hosting community leaders from within the Indian-American community and from

around the region. His Holiness Pramukh Swami Maharaj will be traveling to New Jersey to be part of the inauguration ceremonies and festivities. He will be joined by a delegation of 40 sadhus and priests from India to officiate the rituals of the installation. In order to add to this joyous occasion, local devotees will be joined by devotees from around the world who have made their own arrangements to attend the festivities. After its opening, the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Robbinsville, NJ, like other BAPS temples, will not only be a center of Hindu liturgy, but will also provide a spiritual haven for aspirants and devotees in their local community. The idols of the chief deities of the mandir, Bhagwan Swaminarayan along with his ideal devotee, Gunatitanand Swami, will be installed in the mandir’s central shrine. The murtis of other Hindu deities, including Radha Krishna Dev, SitaRam Dev, Shiv-Parvati Dev, Hanumanji and Ganeshji, too will be installed within the mandir’s shrines. The mandir will help preserve Hindu rituals, beliefs, and Indian traditions for generations to come. The BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha inaugurated its first traditional stone

temple (and the first traditional stone Hindu Mandir in North America) in Stafford, Texas, a suburb of Houston, on July 25, 2004. This milestone was followed one month later by the opening of the second such temple in Bartlett, Illinois outside of Chicago. In the summer of 2007, traditional stone temples were inaugurated in Lilburn, Georgia near Atlanta and in Toronto, Canada followed by Chino Hills, California in December of 2012. These mandirs benefit the Indian-American community by providing a center for cultural and moral preservation. In 2013, the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Lilburn, GA hosted a spiritual and cultural convention that was attended by nearly 10,000 children and youth from centers in North America. These mandirs also host a variety of activities for children and youth on a weekly basis, including music, language, education and career preparation, and Hinduism classes. In addition to the benefit for the IndianAmerican community, these mandirs also serve as beacons of cultural tolerance and awareness for local community members interested in learning about different communities, religions, and ethnicities. These mandirs have been appreciated and welcomed as significant additions to the cultural, religious, and architectural landscapes of local communities around North America. Today, the organization has over 90 mandirs in North America, of which six are traditional stone-carved, and over 1100 mandirs worldwide. The inauguration of the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Robbinsville, New Jersey promises to be a historic event for the BAPS community and the wider Indian-American community. The support and cooperation of local township officials has played a central role in the successful completion of this mandir. The growing profile of the IndianAmerican community in New Jersey and the United States will appreciate and benefit from the construction of this mandir and complex.

Indian-American CEO faces 20-yr jail term for paying kickbacks BY A STAFF WRITER

HINO (CA) -- The CEO of two publicly-traded companies in the US, Shailesh Shah, has been convicted on charges that he paid kickbacks in return for purchases of his companies’ stock, and could be jailed for 20 years. Shah, 48, of Chino, Calif., has pleaded guilty before US District Judge Richard Stearns to two counts of mail fraud and two counts of wire fraud, according to a press release issued by the FBI. His sentencing is scheduled for October 23. Shah was the president and chief executive officer of SOHM, Inc. and Costas, Inc. He agreed to pay secret kickbacks to an investment fund representative in exchange for having the investment fund buy stock in these two companies. The kickbacks were concealed through

the use of sham consulting agreements and other fraudulent documents. In actuality, however, and unbeknownst to Shah, the purported investment fund representative was an undercover FBI agent. Apart from Shah, also charged in May was Sandip Shah, 40, in an indictment with nine counts of wire fraud. Sandip Shah is also from Chino, California, and was previously arrested on February 27. Sandip Shah was in the business of promoting penny stocks and assisting public companies in finding sources of funding. He agreed to introduce the investment fund representative to executives of publicly traded companies so that those executives could enter into the kickback arrangement. In exchange for the introductions and for facilitating the kickback arrangements as they continued, Sandip Shah accepted

a portion of the kickbacks paid by the executives. What the defendants did not know was that the purported investment fund representative was actually an undercover agent. The plea by Shailesh Shah follows a lengthy investigation focusing on preventing fraud in the microcap stock markets. Microcap companies are small publicly-traded companies whose stock often trades at pennies per share. Shah faces 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a fine of $250,000 or twice the gain or loss on each count. This case was brought in coordination with President Barack Obama’s Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force, to wage an aggressive, coordinated and proactive effort to investigate and prosecute financial crimes.

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IVERDALE (GA) -- Clayton County police say a 16-year-old teen set off a homemade bomb at his Riverdale home on the night of July 23. The teen was arrested and charged with possession/manufacture of a destructive device, reckless conduct and explosive mMaterials. He was released to his parents. According to the police, the teen detonated a homemade explosive made from common household chemicals. It happened on the 800 block of Cedar Bend Ct. just before 10 pm. It was the teen’s mother who called the police after she noticed smoke and fire. As a precaution, residents who live nearby were evacuated. Bomb sniffing dogs were also brought in. No one was hurt.

Welfare fraud charges against three women

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TLANTIC COUNTY, NJ — A Vineland resident who is accused of impersonating an FBI agent while being investigated for welfare fraud was one of the three women indicted on July 24 for allegedly stealing benefits. Zainab Malik, 40, is charged with collecting $72,784 in food stamps, bus passes and child care services by showing a fake birth certificate and a phony social security card, according to Atlantic County Prosecutor Jim McClain. Malik was attending a technical school at which she was not registered. While being investigated by the prosecutor’s office, Malik claimed she worked for the FBI, the prosecutor’s office alleged. She is charged with theft, four counts of displaying false government documents and one count of impersonating a law enforcement officer. Two other women of Atlantic City are also facing charges. Shannin Harrell, 32, allegedly stole $15,751 in food stamps and other benefits by lying about her income. Evonda Valentine, 47, stole $18,756 in assistance and food stamps by claiming children as dependents who didn’t live with her. Harrell and Valentine are each charged with third-degree theft. They face three to five years in prison if convicted.

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Chivukula honors mridangam exponent BY A STAFF WRITER

RENTON (NJ) -- Upendra Chivukula, deputy speaker of the New Jersey State Assembly, recently honored eminent South Indian classical instrumentalist and mridangam exponent Tiruvarur Va i d y a n a t h a n w i t h t h e a s s e m b l y proclamation for his service and promoting Carnatic music abroad. The citation said Vaidyanathan, born in a family of percussionists, began training at the age of six from his grandfather and uncle and through his inherent sense of rhythm, disciplined practice and urge to excel in the art of playing mridangam were showcased in concerts even when he was a high-school student.

Upendra Chivukula, deputy speaker of the New Jersey State Assembly (second from left), presents the NJ Assembly proclamation to Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan while dance guru Divya Yeluri, founder-director of Nrithya Madhavi School of Dance, NJ, and Venu Yeluri look on.

Wrong-way mishap claims life of 2 Indian women

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AN LEANDRO (CA) — Indian American Falguni Shah, 38, who was known for her catering of delicious Indian food at many community events, was killed in a wrongway accident along with a family member on 210 Freeway in Rancho Cucamonga, CA in the early hours of July 20. A suspected drunk driver, who was driving a dark-colored Hyundai Elantra in the carpool lane on the wrong side of the freeway, collided head-on with Falguni’s vehicle, a silver sedan, at a speed of 120 mph. Falguni was a passenger in the rear seat of the car, which was occupied by three of her relatives. Also killed in the crash was Falguni’s sister-in-law Veena Shah, 42, from London, who had been sitting next to her. Falguni and Veena were pronounced dead at the scene and the police believe

Bicylist dies in car mishap

Falguni Shah they were not wearing seatbelts. Falguni, a resident of Fontana, CA, is survived by her husband Dharmesh and two children — a daughter, 9, and son, 19.

Two other people — the driver and the front passenger of the vehicle — were hospitalized with major injuries after the accident, which happened at around 2:22 am. The driver of Falguni’s car was identified as her cousin Nitin Shah, 60, and the front passenger was his wife, 56-year-old Jyotsna Shah, both residents of Chino Hills, CA. The crash occurred as they were returning home from a family reunion at their cousin Bharat’s house in Burbank, CA. Falguni’s husband Dharmesh had left with other family members in a separate car around five minutes before Falguni. He had seen the suspected drunk driver coming from the wrong lane but ignored him. The wrong-way driver was identified as Mack Jaramillo, 28, of La Habra, and was suspected to be under the influence of alcohol. He was also declared dead at the scene.

Pak terror suspect’s trial soon BY A STAFF WRITER

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ELAWARE -- A 21-year-old Delaware man is facing charges in the death of a bicyclist on July 26. Rahul Patel of Newark was allegedly under the influence of alcohol when he lost control of the speeding car westbound on Del. 273. The car then traveled off the roadway onto the center median, rotated counter-clockwise and continued into the intersection, where the passenger side hit an adult male bicyclist who was heading through the intersection. Sgt. Paul G. Shavack told local media that the bicyclist sustained multiple traumatic injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. His name was to be released after he was positively identified and his next of kin were notified. Patel was wearing a seat belt and was not injured.

EW YORK -- A suspected Al Qaeda terrorist linked to the New York City subway bombing plotters will act as his own lawyer at his upcoming trial in the Brooklyn Federal Court. Abid Naseer, 28, a Pakistani man living in the UK, was allegedly part of an international conspiracy tasked with carrying out terrorist attacks in the UK, the US and Norway. He was extradited in January last year. He was among a group of men arrested by the British authorities in April 2009 and accused of being part of a terrorist cell inside the country. According to reports, Naseer shared the same email account and Al Qaeda handle as the three Queens men— Najibullah Zazi, Zarein Ahmedzay and Adis Medunjanin—who were ready to detonate backpack bombs in crowded subway trains in Manhattan. Naseer was allegedly going to carry out an attack—referred to in code as ‘the wedding’—in Manchester in 2009. Naseer reportedly told Federal Judge Raymond Dearie on July 25 that he could not be held responsible for the seizure in his home of industrial flour

Abid Naseer

and oil used to make explosives—the same ingredients Zazi was trained to use-because he shared a communal kitchen with eight others. Homegrown terrorists Bryant Neal Vinas of Long Island and Zazi and Ahmedzay of Flushing, Queens, are expected to testify against him about receiving training at the same terror camp in Pakistan. Naseer faces life in prison if convicted.

He underwent rigorous training under the tutelage of mridangam maestro Karaikudi Mani and with dedication and hard work, he became a much-soughtafter percussionist for countless leading musicians in India, says the citation. He had performed in leading venues such as Lincoln Center in New York and Kennedy Center in Washington DC. He formed a symphonic ensemble, Vibrations, which performs multiple genres of music on a global level as well as promotes music through his position as Faculty Member of SIFAS in Singapore and as a mentor of young musicians who established the Tiruvarur Talavadya Vidyalaya in Chennai, the official proclamation said.

Top court rules against immigrant kids

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ASHINGTON, D.C. — A divided Supreme Court ruled recently that immigrant children who waited for years with their parents to obtain visas still have to go to the back of the line when they turn 21. In a 5-4 decision, the justices sided with the Obama administration in finding that immigration laws offer relief only to a tiny percentage of children who “age out” of the system. The majority no longer qualify for the immigration status granted to minors. The case involved Rosalina Cuellar de Osorio, a Salvadoran immigrant who was in line for a visa along with her 13-year-old son. But after years of waiting, her son turned 21 and government officials said he no longer qualified as an eligible child. He was placed at the back of the line, resulting in a wait of several more years. The family won its challenge before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, but the Supreme Court reversed that decision. Writing for the majority, Justice Elena Kagan said the law directed immigration officials to automatically convert a 21-year-old child’s petition into a category for adults. The only immigrants who can maintain their spot in line are those who would already qualify under the valid new adult category. Because approving families for green cards can take years, several thousand immigrant children age out of the system each year, according to government estimates. Congress tried to fix the problem in 2002 when it passed the Child Status Protection Act. The law allows aged-out children to retain their child status longer or qualify for a valid adult category and keep their initial priority date. But appeals courts have split over whether the law applies to all children or only those in specific categories.

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NATA BIENNIAL CONVENTION PROVES A BIG DRAW

Many dignitaries, including Governor Nathan Deal, graced the big NATA event

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TLANTA, GA -The North American Telugu Association (NATA) kicked off its second convention in Atlanta, Georgia on July 4 on a very high note. The weekend will forever remain in the annals of history as one of the proudest and most glorious moments for Teluguspeaking people around the world. The three-day cultural extravaganza showcased moments where happiness was redefined and ecstasy ran abound unshackled. Enriching literary presentations from world-renowned scholars and poets, enthralling entertainment from various cultural teams that ranged from classical,

Dances that showcased the Telugu heritage stole many hearts

semi-classical, fusion, film songs, folk songs and dances whetted the appetite of all connoisseurs present at the sprawling GWCC center. Dignitaries who graced the occasion included Amma Sri Karunamayi, Spiritual Leader, TTD Chairman Kanumuri Bapiraju Music Director Devi Sri Prasad, Miss America 2014 Nina Davuluri, Lyric Writer & NATA Brand Ambassador Chandra Bose, Lyricist Sirivennela, Padmasree Shobha Raju, besides a host of politicians, acclaimed personalities of Tollywood, literary scholars and artists from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The proceedings were further augmented by the presence of VIPS like

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Chevireddy Bhaskar Reddy MLA, Teegala Krishna Reddy MLA, L Ramana TDP Telangana Leader, Revanth Reddy MLA, Jitta Surender Reddy, Peddi Reddy. Tollywood sensations Tamanna, Praneetha, Vimala Raman, Laya, Madhavi Latha and others added to the glamour and beauty quotient in the cordial environment. The cream of Tollywood entertainers Siva Reddy, Hema, Jabardasth team, Madhavapeddi Suresh and Ghantasala Ratnakumar added to the feverish pitch of excitement with their fantastic humor and spontaneous exchanges. Melody was abound in the air as singers Sunitha, Gopika Poornima,

Mallikarjun and other stalwarts gave a commanding performance that took everyone’s breath away. NATA Excellency awards were presented to outstanding individuals from various fields such as medical, community service, media, research, entrepreneurship and other areas! Seva days and service awards were conferred upon to selective individuals for their outstanding support for NATA Seva Days in India and elsewhere. NATA thanked co-hosts TAMA and GATA for their unconditional support and praised the sponsors for contributing selflessly that made the event a huge success.

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Chand Raat 2014 event (Long Island) On Sunday, July 27, 2014, 7:00 pm at Antun’s by Minar, 244 W Old Country Rd, Hicksville, NY-11801

Entertainment Presents Arjit Singh-Tum hi ho-Live in Concert:arijit singh tum hi ho live in concert_sandhira_14023963003840 Aug 2, 8:00 p.m at Sun National Bank Arena, 550 S Broad Street, Trenton, New Jersey.

Om Entertainment MIKAPOSTERPresents King Mika Singh sizzling with Sunny Leone on Aug 24, 2014 at Long Island University, 720 Northern Blvd, Corona, NY 11368

“Aashiqui ke Liye” -2014-6-3-18-1822with the king of Romance Kumar Sanu Live in Concert Featuring a Live Band From India! on Aug 09, 2014 at 8.00 pm Colden Centre,65-30, Kissena Blvd, Flushings, NY

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Anderson keeps

England’s hope high The seemer takes five wickets as hosts bundle out India for 330 runs in first innings during the third Test IANS, SOUTHAMPTON

linching the remaining two Indian wickets in a jiffy, England bowled out India for 330— 239 runs behind — but chose not to enforce the follow-on on the fourth day of the third cricket Test at The Rose Bowl here on July 30 before lunch. James Anderson took both the wickets — Mahendra Singh Dhoni (50) and Mohammed Shami (5)— with India adding just seven runs to their overnight total in the brief morning session. England totalled 569 for seven declared in their first innings. On day 3, India found themselves in deep trouble, trailing England by 246 runs but but more importantly needing 47 more runs to avoid a follow-on with only two wickets in hand at the end of day three of the third Test at the The Rose Bowl here on July 29. At stumps, India were 323 for eight with captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (50 batting) still battling, accompanied by Mohammed Shami unbeaten on four. Indian batsmen did manage to score 109 runs in 34 overs in the final session of the day but lost three crucial wickets, handing England the initiative again. Ajinkya Rahane, who had

No ‘Save Gaza’ wristbands for Moeen SOUTHAMPTON: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has banned England batsman Moeen Ali from wearing “Save Gaza” and “Free Palestine” wristbands for the remainder of the third Test against India at The Rose Bowl here. Moeen Ali, a devout Muslim had worn the wristbands on the first two days of the third Test but match referee David Boon reminded the Englishman of the ICC clothing and equipment regulations. The ICC issued the following statement Tuesday morning: “The ICC equipment and clothing regulations do not permit the display of messages that relate to political, religious or racial activities or causes during an international match. Moeen Ali was told by the match referee that while

played so well for his 54, was dismissed almost immediately after tea. Ravindra Jadeja (31) and Dhoni added 58 runs for the seventh wicket but once again the Indian batsmen failed to keep going and lost their wicket at a crucial juncture. Bhuvneshwar Kumar (19) and Dhoni added a further 38 runs taking India closer to the follow-on target but Stuart Broad took his

Dharamsala to host West Indies for ODI DHARAMSALA: this picturesque Himalayan hill resort will host a match of India-West Indies One-Day International series in October-November, match organizers said on July 27. This will be the second ODI match at the venue. The Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) is seeing it as a major achievement in showcasing its showpiece venue, located at an altitude of 4,000 feet above sea level, with the mighty snow-clad Dhauladhar ranges forming the backdrop.

“Another ODI, that too in a shortest span, is a big achievement. It’s now official that our infrastructure fulfils international norms,” Himachal Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) press secretary Mohit Sood told IANS. Sood said the Indian cricket board’s tour programme and fixtures committee chaired by Rajeev Shukla on July 26 selected Dharamsala as one of the venues for India-West Indies series. The other venues are Kolkata, Visakhapatnam, Cuttack and Kochi.

Moeen Ali he is free to express his views on such causes away from the cricket field, he is not permitted to wear the wristbands on the field of play and warned not to wear the bands again during an international match.” The English cricket board had cleared Moeen to wear the bands.

third wicket of the match to send the Indian pacer packing. Earlier, India, who started the day at 25 for one and 569 runs behind, lost both overnight batsmen Cheteshwar Pujara (24) and Murali Vijay (34) rather cheaply before lunch. Rohit Sharmaalso looked good before throwing his wicket away with a very poor shot just before tea.

James Anderson took three wickets at the end of Day 3 of the third Test against India.

Ricciardo wins F1 Hungarian Grand Prix IANS, BUDAPEST

ed Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo of Australia, in his rookie year on the F-1 circuit, won the Hungarian Grand Prix Sunday. He managed to slide by Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso (Spain) who finished second and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton (Britain) in the last 10 laps of the 70 lap circuit at Mogyorod, some 18 km from Budapest, Xinhua reported. Ricciardo won the Hungarian Grand Prix in one hour 53 minutes and 5.058 seconds. This win marks Ricciardo’s second win of the season, following the Canadian Grand Prix in June. This win leaves him in third place in the drivers’ championship with 131 points. Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg (Germany) was fourth, doing well enough to hold onto his

Ricciardo celebrates victory with teammates at in Mogyorod, Hungary . (Photo: IANS)

overall lead in the drivers’ championship with 202 points, 11 more than teammate Lewis Hamilton who is second with 191. Hamilton, who finished third,

again performed a near miracle, after a fire in his vehicle Saturday prevented him from driving in the qualifying rounds and forcing him to start way back in the Box Lane.

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Fishermen row: Jaya furious

In a letter to PM, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister has requested Modi to immediately take up the issue of frequent apprehension of Tamil fishermen by Lankan Navy at the highest diplomatic levels IANS, CHENNAI

xpressing anguish at the arrest of 50 Tamil Nadu fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy on July 29, Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take up the issue with the island nation through diplomatic channels. In a letter to Modi, the text of which was released to the media here, Jayalalithaa said: “I once again request you to immediately take up the issue of frequent apprehension of our fishermen and their boats by the Sri Lankan Navy at the highest diplomatic levels so as to secure the immediate release of all the 93 fishermen from Tamil

50 Tamil Nadu fishermen were held by the Sri Lankan Navy on July 29.

‘I request you to immediately take up the issue of frequent apprehension of our fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy.’

Nadu, including the 43 fishermen apprehended earlier and the 62 boats, including the 55 boats impounded earlier, from Sri Lankan custody.” The fishermen had set out from the Nagapattinam fishing base in Nagapattinam district and were apprehended by the Sri Lankan Navy in the early hours of July 29 and taken to Kankesanthurai in Sri Lanka, she said. Earlier, Defense Minister Arun Jaitley said Navy and Coast Guard ships are deployed continuously in Palk Bay off Tamil Nadu to protect Indian fisherman from attacks on the sea. The vessels also seek to check illegal activities in the sea, the minister told the Lok Sabha in a written reply.

SC notice on plea against I will be an Indian till I die, Centre’s nod for remission says a hurt Sania Mirza IANS, NEW DELHI

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he Supreme Court on July 25 issued notice to the cental government on a plea by a Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict challenging the legal provision mandating the state government to take the Centre’s prior consent before remitting the sentence of a convict whose offense was investigated and prosecuted by the CBI. A bench of Chief Justice R.M. Lodha, Justice Kurian Joseph and Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman issued notice on the plea of S. Nalini Srikaran, who is undergoing life imprisonment, challenging section 435 (1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure which says that the state government could not remit sentence without the central government’s consent for offenses investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation. Nalini’s grouse is rooted in the central government blocking the Tamil Nadu government’s decision to release seven con-

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victs in the 1991 assassination of the former prime minister by granting remission of sentence after the apex court on February 18 commuted the death sentence of three conspirators into life imprisonment. The apex court had commuted the death sentence of V. Sriharan alias Murugan, A.G. Perarivlan alias Arivu and T. Suthendraraja alias Santhan, holding that the 11-year long delay in deciding their mercy petition had a dehumanizing effect on them.

ennis star Sania Mirza July 24 said she will “remain an Indian until the end”, after a politician attacked the Telangana government for naming her the state’s ambassador. “I am married to Shoaib Malik, who is from Pakistan. I am an Indian, who will remain an Indian until the end of my life,” Sania said in a statement here. She said she was hurt that prominent politicians and the media were wasting precious time “on a petty issue of my being appointed the brand ambassador of my state Telangana. “I sincerely believe that this precious time should be spent on solving the more urgent issues of our state and the country.” Mirza’s statement came a day after Telangana BJP leader K. Laxman accused the state government of picking Sania as its brand ambassador and giving her a grant in a bid to appease Muslims. Sania said she was born in India

and came to Hyderabad when she was three-weeks-old. She said her forefathers had lived in Hyderabad for more than a century. “My grandfather, Mohammed Zaffer Mirza, started his career as an engineer in Nizam’s Railways in Hyderabad in 1948 and died in his ancestral home in Hyderabad. “My great grandfather, Mohd Ahmed Mirza, was also born and raised in Hyderabad. He was chief engineer, Water Works, Hyderabad, and was responsible for constructing the famous Gandipet dam.

Indian nurses who survived Iraq look for jobs in Gulf SANU GEORGE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

ess than four weeks after Sunni insurgents freed them in Iraq, the nurses who returned home after days of terror are already looking for new jobs in the West Asia. But none of the 46 women, including one from Tamil Nadu, wants to return to Iraq, a country now caught up in a mind-

less civil war that shows no signs of ending soon. J. Merena, who hails from Kottayam, is still busy going to various churches because she feels her safe return was made possible only by god. “My husband works in Qatar and our two small children study here. After this Iraqi ordeal, we have decided to live together,” Merena told IANS.

“So I am applying for a job in Qatar. If I go there with our children, we can live as a family.” Merena will soon join a course to write the qualifying examination for a nurse’s job in Qatar. Another nurse, Renu Balakrishnan, says the dreams she had when she took up work in Iraq remains unfulfilled — the desire to earn a lot more than what a nurse can get in India.

50 Indian fishermen held by Lanka Navy COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan Navy has arrested 50 Indian fishermen for illegal poaching in its waters, a navy official said on July 29. The official said that majority of the Indian fishermen were arrested off Point Pedro in northern Sri Lanka while the rest were arrested off Delft Islands, Xinhua reported. Seven boats used by the fishermen to enter Sri Lankan waters illegally were also seized. He said fishermen from India threatened to force their way into Sri Lankan waters next month as a mark of protest over frequent arrests of Indian fishermen.

TN school fire: Life term for owner CHENNAI: A court in Tamil Nadu’s Thanjavur on July 30 sentenced the owner of a school in Kumbakonam, where 94 children perished in a fire in 2004, to a life term in prison. Nine people were sentenced to varied terms in jail, while 11 others were acquitted. The eight school and government officials were jailed for five years and an engineer for two years. The judgment comes a decade after the accident at the Sri Krishna Middle School July 16, 2004, in which 18 other children were injured. According to the judgment, school owner Palanisamy was sentenced to a life term, and 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment. His wife Saraswathi was sentenced to a five-year term.

Goa minister says sorry for remark PANAJI: Goa’s Deputy Chief Minister Francis D’Souza on July 28 apologized for his comment that India was already a Hindu nation. “My opinion could be wrong for others. I accept it. I don’t say it is the most correct opinion. Francis D’Souza You might say I am wrong. If anyone’s sentiment is hurt, I apologize,” D’Souza said. “Hindu is my culture, Christianity is my religion. When I say Hindu, it means culture and not religion. Hindu culture is 5,000 years old and my religion is 2,000 years old,” D’Souza said. D’Souza said had earlier said that: “India is a Hindu country. It is Hindustan. All Indians in Hindustan are Hindus, including me, I am a Christian Hindu.”

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Most detailed map yet of Mars developed The map includes topographic and thermal information as well as data on the properties of the Martian surface IANS, WASHINGTON

he United States Geological Survey (USGS) has developed the most detailed map of Mars to date, which includes topographic and thermal information as well as data on the properties of the Martian surface. Images captured by the 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet enabled the development of the new map, which improves previous versions dating back to the 1970s and the 1980s, the USGS stated on its website.

The map uses data of the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS), a system that captures thermal emission images, based on the infrared radiation spectrum installed on the Odyssey. Robin Fergason from the USGS Astrogeology Science Center in Arizona led the project in collaboration with researchers of the Mars Space Center of Arizona State University. “We used more than 20,000 THEMIS nighttime temperature images to generate the highest resolution surface property map of Mars ever created,” Fergason

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Antarctic fish might survive ocean warming: Study

WELLINGTON: A species of Antarctic fish might be able to survive the predicted warming of its native waters over the next century if the warming is gradual enough, according to a New Zealand scientist. University of Canterbury researcher Charlotte Austin tested how the emerald rock cod adapted to warmer waters after being removed from its minus 1.9-degree centigrade habitat below the Antarctic ice, Xinhua reported. The fish were able to fully recover from short exposures to temperatures up to 6 degrees centigrade, but long periods of time at 4 degrees centigrade was fatal, Austin said in a statement. However, if the temperature increase was gradual, all fish tested survived the 56 days

of the experiment at 3 degrees centigrade and were able to successfully digest food, a vital physiological process for survival, she said. The results provide some optimism for the survival of this species if ocean temperature in Antarctic does not exceed the predicted increase of 2 degrees centigrade over the next century.

App for tips on baby care IANS, NEW YORK

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n the era of unprecedented quantities of information via web, mobile and other internet-based operations, here comes a new device that can help neuroscientists make sense of the “big data”. Called Thunder — a library of tools developed at the Maryland-based nonprofit Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Research Campus — it speeds the analysis of data sets that are so large and complex they would take days or weeks to analyze on a single workstation, if a single workstation could do it at all. Researchers claim they have used Thunder to quickly find patterns in high-resolution images collected

from the brains of active zebrafish and mice with multiple imaging techniques. “Using Thunder, we analysed images of the brain in minutes, interacting with and revising analyses without the lengthy delays associated with previous methods,” said Janelia Research Campus

group leaders Jeremy Freeman, Misha Ahrens and other colleagues. “Being able to apply analyses quickly - one after the other - is important. Speed gives us more flexibility to explore and get new ideas,” Freeman added in a report appeared in the journal Nature Methods. That is why trying to analyae neuroscience data with slow computational tools can be so frustrating. “For some analyses, you can load the data, start it running, and then come back the next day. But if you need to tweak the analysis and run it again, then you have to wait another night,” Ahrens noted. For larger data sets, the lag time might be weeks or months.

n a sensational revelation, NASA has said that the Earth had a near miss July 23, 2012 with a giant solar flare or Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) from the most powerful solar storm on the sun in over 150 years. “If it had hit, we would still be picking up the pieces,” Daniel Baker from University of Colorado was quoted as saying. “We were lucky to avoid an imminent catastrophe as the sun’s aim narrowly turned away from Earth. Had it occurred a week earlier when the solar flare

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t’s time to bid goodbye to the tea-vending machines and the roadside tea-vendors. An Indian company has unveiled the world’s first automatic fresh-tea brewing machine, which uses only fresh ingredients, is economical and low-calorie in its output. Dlecta Food Pvt Ltd (DFPL), Mumbai, has developed the new technology and processes and has already filed for a global patent. “The existing tea vending machines merely dispense a premix tea comprising instant tea powder, sugar and powdered milk. The quality is often not up to the mark and the sugar content is as high as 62 percent, without scope for any modifications to cater to individual tates,” company Managing director Deepak Jain told IANS. ‘Indians are In contrast, the D’lecta Tea Brewcompulsive tea ing Unit (DTBU) drinkers. But the brews tea by problem is that using a special in most offices, technology, with tea leaves of coffee vending choice to maximachines are mize the flavor, used to make smoothness and aroma of the final tea or coffee’ brew and dispense a for a 100 ml cup, with a cup of refreshing hot tea. capacity for up to 400 cups per “Connoisseurs can customize their favorite cuppa, with a variety day! “Indians are compulsive tea of black, green or regular tea, add real milk (against powdered milk) drinkers, at home and in office. and sugar as per taste with separate But the problem is that in most provisions on the extended trays offices, coffee vending machines are used to make tea or coffee. on the machine,” said Jain. All this within just 30 seconds, These beverages taste awful, are at an approximate cost of Rs.5.50 unhygienic and cannot be cus-

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