Nawaz Sharif chairs high-level meeting in the midst of India -Pakistan strain

Islamabad, Jun 30 Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today chaired a high-level meeting of top foreign policy authorities to talk about ties with India in the midst of pressure over ceasefire violations in Kashmir.

Radio Pakistan announced that Sharif would be advised about imperative outside undertakings issues, incorporating ties with India and Afghanistan.

The meeting is being attended amongst others by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and senior authorities of the Foreign Office.

The meeting was held amid tensions between India and Pakistan after a number of ceasefire violations in Kashmir for which both sides point the finger at each other.

It comes days after the US declared Pakistan-based Hizbul Mujahideen pioneer Syed Salahuddin a worldwide psychological militant.

SP uncertain about going to GST launch

Lucknow, Jun 30 With hours to go before the GST launch, the Samajwadi Party (SP) was uncertain about whether it would go to the midnight function in Delhi.

"Regardless of whether we go to the midnight GST launch or not will be known later in the day," said senior SP pioneer Naresh Agarwal.

The Rajya Sabha MP included completely that his gathering opposes GST and would not support it.

Agarwal had yesterday termed GST a "black law" that was "similar to re-establishment of the East India Company in the nation".

His colleague, senior gathering pioneer Rajendra Chaudhary, nonetheless, said SP had always been in favour of the tax reform.

The gathering had bolstered it in Parliament and in addition the Vidhan Sabha, Chaudhary said when reached.

There was some vagueness about the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) also. BSP sources said party president Mayawati had not gone to Delhi and was in the state capital. Be that as it may, senior BSP pioneer Satish Chandra Misra was in New Delhi, sources called attention to.

A few parties, including the Congress and the Left parties, have chosen to boycott the occasion.

Fund Minister Arun Jaitley has requested that opposition parties to reconsider their choice to skirt the GST dispatch, saying they were all consulted on the circuitous tax reform and couldn't flee from it.

"I trust each political party will reexamine and return to its choice on not taking part in the launch event to be sorted out in the Central Hall of Parliament," he said.

The GST, being charged as the greatest tax reform since Independence, will subsume all backhanded state and focal tolls, making India a single market.

Restrictions in Srinagar against separatists' protest

Srinagar, Jun 30 Authorities today imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar as a precautionary measure against protests by separatist gatherings over the US' choice to proclaim Hizbul Mujahideen boss Syed Salahuddin as a "global terrorist".

Limitations have been imposed in five police stations in downtown (old city) regions of Srinagar the mid year capital of Jammu and Kashmir, authorities said.

They said the controls were in constrain in regions under the purviews of police headquarters Nowhatta, M R Gunj, Rainawari, Khanyar and Safakadal.

The request to impose confinements on the gathering of individuals under segment 144 of the CrpC was issued by region judge (representative chief) Srinagar as a prudent step to maintain a strategic distance from any untoward incident, the authorities said.

Separatists in Kashmir and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir-based United Jihad Council (UJC) have called for challenges after Friday supplications today against the US' choice to pronounce Salahuddin as a global terrorist.

In an announcement issued here yesterday, the separatists stated, "This unjustified move by the US government to appease Government of India and their (US) quiet with respect to the persecution and human rights circumstance in Kashmir, is not worthy to the general population of Kashmir who will strongly protest against it across the valley post Friday prayers".

The statement issued jointly by chairmen of both groups of Hurriyat Conference- - Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq- - and JKLF boss Mohammad Yasin Malik said dissents will likewise be held against the "illicit and discretionary" captures and detention of the separatist pioneers, activists and youth and raid on homes over the Valley.

The UJC, a combination of over twelve aggressor bunches dynamic in the valley, additionally called for protests after Friday prayers against the US government's choice.

signalling glitch influences Delhi Metro's Violet Line services

New Delhi, Jun 30 Services on Delhi Metro's Violet Line were seriously hit amid the morning surge hours today because of a noteworthy flagging glitch.

Services slowed down along the whole passageway extending between Faridabad and Kashmere Gate after trains lost touch with the control centre, a metro official said.

As the incorporated control instrument snapped, trains must be physically controlled, from each station, on this segment between 8 am and 9 am, loading to long delays.

"The issue was settled at 9 am and trains are presently being regulated as per normal timetable on Line-6," a Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) official said.

Prior this year, following force disappointments and ensuing loss of contact of trains with the control focus, administrations were injured on the Blue Line for two progressive days.

Trains had lost contact with the Operational Control Center, considered the nerve-centre of the metro network, because of sudden power disappointments, following which the option instrument of station-level taking care of was activated.

Pullela Gopichand says: We are still far away from China,

New Delhi, Jun 30 Chief national coach Pullela Gopichand today made it clear that India is still far from being a prevailing power, for example, China and said an update of household structure and organization will be expected to end up plainly a badminton superpower.

"I think we are still far from China. I don't think it is a fair comparison. We have done well yet I would need them to do well in World Championships, Olympics and All England, playing reliably and at exactly that point we can state those things," Gopichand told .

"What we have to do is, when every nation does well, it has its athletics going up and together they ought to likewise have the coaches and support staff going up, and also government structure and approach going up.

"Here, by simply our sheer push of engery we have our players going up there yet our mentors, bolster staff, supervisors they are not of a similar level," said the 2001 All England champion.

Indian shuttlers, specially the men's brigade led by Kidambi Srikanth, have been in rampaging structure as they gathered up four Super Series titles out of six till now.

While P V Sindhu secured the India Open, Praneeth lay claim to his maiden Super Series title at Singapore before Srikanth won consecutive titles at Indonesia and Australia in the last two weeks.

Gopichand, who assumed control over the reigns of Indian badminton in 2006, was likewise reproachful of the level of local competitions and organization.

"Our tournaments and administration is not world class.

We still have domestic tournaments which were built in 1991.

So for a long time we have same local structure, same nationals, same major positioning, same considering," he said.

"When we were state level we were delivering a same quality coaches, today despite the fact that we are now world class, we are creating same quality."

Gopichand, who created two Olympic medallist in Saina Nehwal (London Games bronze) and P V Sindhu (Rio Games silver), hailed the administration for help yet said there is a need to arrange things better.

"Our structure is not maintainable. We have a ton of help from government and games expert of India however organisationally we haven't sufficiently developed to support the system," he said.

"We haven't done our arranging and rebuilding, our reasoning is not still world class, our reasoning doesn't comprehend what is world class. The time has come to address those issues," said the 43-year-old.

Rahul Gandhi: GST usage a 'tamasha'

New Delhi, Jun 30 Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today named the usage of GST as a "tamasha", saying the change was being hurried through in a "half-baked" way as a "self-limited time scene".

Gandhi, at present abroad on an occasion, hit out at the administration, blaming it for being "heartless" for taking off GST without arranging, foresight and institutional readliness, as it did amid demonetisation.

"A change that holds great potential is being raced through in an insane manner with a self-promotional scene #GSTTamasha," he said on Twitter.

"Yet, similar to demonetisation, GST is being executed by an inept and uncaring government without planning, foresight and institutional readiness," Gandhi also tweeted.

The Congress pioneer said India merits a GST rollout that does not put crores of its standard natives, independent ventures and traders through enormous torment and tension.

He guaranteed that dissimilar to demonetisation, GST was a change that the Congress had championed and supported from the earliest starting point.

Gandhi's tweets come a day after the Congress reported its blacklist of the midnight GST dispatch occasion by the administration at the Central Hall of Parliament this evening.

The Congress is boycotting the occasion on grounds that a taxation reform couldn't be likened to midnight festivities of Indian Independence the Central Hall has seen on August 15, 1947, and later, on 50 years of flexibility in 1972 taken after by the festival of the Golden celebration of Independence in 1997.

Pakistan violates ceasefire for third consecutive day along LoC in Jammu and Kashmir

Pakistan violates ceasefire for third consecutive day along LoC in Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu, Jun 30 The Pakistan Army ceasefire for the third back to back day today by focusing on Indian posts and civilian area with mortar bombs, little and programmed weapons along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district.

This is the 23rd incident of ceasefire violation in June.

"The Pakistan Army started unprovoked and indiscriminate firing from little arms, programmed weapons and mortars from 0415 hours today on the Indian Army posts along the LoC in Bhimbher Gali (BG) division," a Defence representative said.

The Indian troops restored the fire strongly and adequately, he said.

Recently, two Indian Army jawans were harmed when Pakistani troops fired from small arms and shelled mortars on forward posts and civilian areas along the LoC in Poonch district.

On June 27 (Wednesday), the Pakistani army violated ceasefire by unwarranted and indiscriminate firing and shelling along the LoC in Bhimbher Gali (BG) sector in Rajouri district from 1445 hours till late that night.

In this month, there have been 23 ceasefire violations by the Pakistani Army in Poonch and Rajouri regions other than a cross-LoC assault and two penetration offers in which four people, including three jawans, have been killed.

On June 26, the event of Eid-ul Fitr, the Pakistani Army fired small arms and programmed weapons and shelled mortars along the LoC in Bhimbher Gali part of Rajouri.

India's most recent communication satellite GSAT-17 launched

Bengaluru, Jun 29 India's most recent communication satellite GSAT-17 was today successfully launched by an overwhelming obligation rocket of Arianespace from Kourou in French Guiana, adding teeth to its present armada of 17 working correspondence satellites.

The GSAT arrangement of geosynchronous satellites is a framework created by the Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO) with a goal to make the nation independent in broadcasting services.

The European launcher Arianespace Flight VA238 launched from Ariane Launch Complex No 3 (ELA 3) at Kourou, a French region situated in northeastern shore of South America at 2:45 am IST, a couple of minutes behind the booked time of 2:29 am.

The 3,477-kg GSAT-17 was infused soon after circling co-traveler Hellas Sat 3-Inmarsat S EAN in a perfect flight enduring around 39 minutes.

"GSAT-17 effectively propelled by Ariane-5 VA-238 from Kourou, French Guiana," the city-headquartered ISRO reported after the mission. The planned in-circle operational existence of GSAT-17 is around 15 years, it said.

ISRO's Master Control Facility (MCF) at Hassan in Karnataka assumed control over the charge and control of GSAT-17 instantly after its partition from the dispatch vehicle, and the preliminary health checks of the satellite revealed its normal functioning.

Arranged around I-3K amplified transport, GSAT-17 with a lift-off mass of around 3,477 kg conveys payloads in Normal C-band, Extended C-band and S-band to provide various communication services.

It additionally conveys hardware for meteorological information transfer and satellite based hunt and safeguard administrations being given by before INSAT satellites.

GSAT-17 that will reinforce ISRO s current armada of 17 broadcast communications satellites was propelled into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO).

This was the third satellite launch mission by ISRO this month, the other two being first formative flight of GSLV MkIII and PSLV C-38 missions- - both from Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh.

GSLV MkIII successfully launched GSAT-19 satellite on June 5 while PSLV-C38 circled Cartosat-2 Series satellite alongside 30 co-traveler satellites on June 23 from the Satish Dhawan Space Center.

GSAT-17 is additionally ISRO's third communication satellite to successfully reach orbit in the past two months.

ISRO, which has been subject to Ariane-5 rocket for conveying its heavier satellites, is creating GSLV Mk III for this reason.

Declaring the successful launch of the satellite, Arianespace CEO Stephane Israel tweeted: "Affirmed: GSAT-17 has effectively isolated from its #Ariane5 launcher #VA238 @ISRO."

Thanking Arianespace, Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Center Dr K Sivan, who watched the launch from the mission control focus called it a "course book mission".

Portraying the launch as an special mission for ISRO, he stated, "GSAT-17 is a need of great importance for ISRO and India as it gives the progression in administrations of maturing two satellites, and in addition increasing our transponder capacity, and augmenting our frame of reference to mobile satellite services and in addition to Antarctica areas."

GSAT-17 was the 21st satellite from ISRO to be propelled by Arianespace.

In the coming days, circle raising moves will be performed to put GSAT-17 satellite in the Geostationary Orbit (36,000 km over the equator) by utilizing the satellite s impetus framework in steps, the space organization has said.

Amid the last phases of its circle raising operations, the two sunlight based exhibits and both the reception apparatus reflectors of GSAT-17 will be sent and following this, the satellite will be placed in its last orbital arrangement.

It said GSAT-17 will be situated at its assigned orbital space in the geostationary circle and will be co-situated with a portion of the Indian operational geostationary satellites, and later it is wanted to turn on the correspondence payloads of the satellite.

After the fruitful culmination of all the in-circle tests, GSAT-17 will be prepared for operational utilize.

GSAT-17 s co-traveller Hellas Sat 3-Inmarsat S EAN is a two-payload "condosat" created by Thales Alenia Space for Hellas Sat and Inmarsat.

Once in orbit, the Hellas Sat 3 component will deliver direct to-home and telecom services to keep up and grow Hellas Sat s business reach, while the Inmarsat S EAN segment gives the satellite segment of Inmarsat s new European Aviation Network.

Hellas Sat (member from the Arabsat Group) is a premium satellite operator, offering administrations in Europe, the Middle East and South Africa from the orbital position of 39 East.

Inmarsat is the main supplier of global mobile satellite communications services. The total payload carried on Flight VA238 is approximately 10,177 kg.

Congress not to go to special midnight meeting on GST

New Delhi, Jun 29 The Congress today decided to avoid the special midnight June 30 meeting gathered by the government on GST execution.

Party's senior representative Satyavrat Chaturvedi said "the Congress won't go to the exceptional GST meeting on GST usage."

The choice came after Congress President Sonia Gandhi met former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh alongside different pioneers today.

The gathering has been in an issue over going to the exceptional midnight occasion in Parliament on June 30 to check the usage of Goods and Services Tax (GST) and has had boundless dialogs with different gatherings additionally, which are probably going to stick to this same pattern.

Trinamool Congress has effectively declared its choice to boycott the event.

Sources said Congress pioneers measured its choices as a gathering inside the gathering felt that the GST was the gathering's brainchild that has been presently assumed control by the decision BJP, and along these lines favored going to the uncommon meeting.

Notwithstanding, a few pioneers restricting it feel that the GST is being implemented in a scramble and all viewpoints have not been thought about prompting provocation of mall traders and businessmen and thus, the party should abstain.

Sources additionally say that the Congress was evidently maddened with Modi attempting to copy India's initially Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's midnight "tryst with destiny" speech on the eve of Independence.

The Left pioneers are likewise not slanted to go to the extraordinary GST meeting and are set to skip it, alongside some other restriction parties.

CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury has as of now scrutinized the legislature on "hustling" into presenting GST and reviewed that the decision BJP had restricted the framework when it was in the resistance.

The legislature will use the roundabout molded Central Hall to dispatch the new tax collection framework that is set to drastically re-shape the over USD 2 trillion economy.

A gong will be sounded at midnight to introduce the GST.

Modi will be the key speaker at the capacity.

President Pranab Mukherjee is likewise prone to go to the capacity, where previous Prime Ministers Manmohan Singh and H D Deve Gowda have been welcomed as well.

Centre may stop support if names of central plans changed

Midnapore, Jun 29 The Centre may stop funds to West Bengal for the usage of some central government plans on the off chance that it was discovered that names of those plans were changed, Union minister Ram Kripal Yadav has said.

"We have gotten grievances about West Bengal government changing the names of some central schemes. We are investigating the objections.

On the off chance that it was observed to be valid, the Center will think as far as halting assets to the state for implemention of the central schemes", the Union Minister of State for Rural Development said here yesterday.

The minister was here on a private visit to go to a family work.

Yadav had additionally gone to a Swachh Bharat extend at Salboni in a same district.

President Pranab Mukherjee brings up continuity in India's changes history

Kolkata, Jun 29 President Pranab Mukherjee today said there had dependably been a string of continuity amid each change procedure started in the nation.

"Amid the begin of formative arranging process in the mid fifties till the opening up of the Indian economy in 1991 by recent Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao, we had constantly balanced with the ground substances," he said.

"There had dependably been coherence," Mukherjee, who will set out his office on July 25, 2017, said at the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) here.

Mukherjee said when the advancement procedure was introduced 1991, there had been bunches of level headed discussions and people in general were separated in two gatherings, assessment suppliers and supposition searchers.

The advancement procedure gave us alleviation from thoughtless authoritative controls and it was around then that the improvement arranging model of P C Mahalanobis was put to address, he said.

General society division, thought to be the ordering statures in 1962, turned into a delay the exchequer because of enormous misfortunes they were making, the president said.

Yet at the same time, in the most recent decade, PSUs contributed 1.5 times the gross ventures made in them, gave Rs 4.8 lakh crore as profit and Rs 18.7 lakh crore to the administration as assessments, Mukherjee said.

"So there had been adaptability at each point in time with logic. Taking narrow minded perspectives won't be valuable. An instrument can be valuable and beneficial, relies on upon how we use it", he said.

Mamata Banerjee: I won't permit division of Bengal

Burdwan (WB, June 29 Amid the progressing blend in the Darjeeling slopes for cutting out a different "Gorkhaland" out of West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today solidly precluded advance division of the state.

"Bengal can't be partitioned. I won't permit it," she said at an open meeting here.

Banerjee likewise had an apparent dig at the Center, saying "They can't handle Kashmir. They are peeping (into Darjeeling)."

She stated, "Whatever be the connivance, we will battle unitedly."

Banerjee had before expressed that the unsettling for Gorkhaland, being led by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, was a "profound established intrigue" and bolstered by radical gatherings of the Northeast and some foreign countries.

Venkaiah Naidu requests that political parties not to politicise GST

Dehradun, Jun 29 Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu today advised political parties not to politicise GST, saying the nation will undoubtedly profit massively from the duty activity over the long run.

"The long term impacts of the GST will be exceedingly useful for the nation's economy yet it might have starting, here and now negative consequences for, swelling and the GDP," Naidu said at a press conference here.

Asking for people not to panic about the effects of GST, he approached them to be set up for it.

"Except for tax evaders, no one needs to panic about GST.

I need to request that people endure its underlying impacts alongside us for long -term gains and benefits," he said.

The idea of a bound together expense administration as GST appeared amid Atal Bihari Vajpayee's government and it was being brought into force after predictable diligent work of 16 long years, he said.

Exhorting political parties not to politicise the issue, he said they should remark on it simply after watchful thinking.

Talking on Dehradun's incorporation in the rundown of urban communities where the Smart City extend is to be implemented, he said no city could turn into a Smart City overnight.

It is a long haul extend which requires at least five to ten years to execute, the Union minister said.

He said just those urban areas would get more fund now which reform, perform and change.

"Surat in Gujarat got Rs 600 crore in light of the fact that various changes were done there including development of a Ring Road.

"Also, income of Hyderabad ascended from Rs 765 crore to Rs 1,035 crore as GIS mapping was done there," he stated, including all towns and urban areas should change similarly.

The Centre has a budgetary allotment of Rs 10,000 crore for urban reform, he said.

The concept of credit rating has been introduced to promote urban reforms.

PM Modi: Slaughtering people in name of cow security not worthy

Ahmedabad, Jun 29 Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said killing of people in the name of cow security is not satisfactory, comments that come in the midst of attacks by cow vigilantes and a flood of dissents.

Conveying a discourse to mark the centenary of the Sabarmati ashram here and 150th birth anniversary of Shrimad Rajchandraji, a guru to Mahatma Gandhi, Modi said unleashing brutality against others conflicted with the goals of the Father of the Nation.

"killing people in the name of 'gau bhakti' is not satisfactory. This is not something Mahatma Gandhi would affirm," he said.

"How about we all cooperate. We should make the India of Mahatma Gandhi's fantasies. How about we make an India our opportunity contenders would be pleased with," the leader said.

"No individual in this country has the privilege to take the law in his or her own particular hands," he said.

The Prime Minister's comments come against the background of growing incidents of cow vigilantism. A Muslim youth was a week ago slaughtered on board a Mathura-bound train by people who provoked his family and over and again called them "against nationals" and "hamburger eaters".

"Viciousness never has and never will solve any issue.

As a general public, there is no place for violance," Modi said.

A large number of people the nation over had yesterday rioted in a nationals' challenge named 'Not in My Name' against the current episodes of crowd killings.

Holding bulletins that read: "End the Silence", "No Place for Islamophobia" and "Shed Hate not Blood" among others, the dissidents had said they had assembled to convey a message that there is a need to join for a cause.

Modi, Trump meeting a 'huge achievement': US specialists

Washington, Jun 28 US President Donald Trump's lady meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi was a "huge achievement" and took the Indo-US relationship to the following level, best American specialists have said.

"I thought the visit was gigantic achievement. I was truly glad that the general topic was one of collaboration and not showdown," Robert Blake, the previous Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, said.

Blake, now a senior director at the McLarty Associates, said that a large portion of the specialists were worried that there would be an attention on the exchange shortfall and gadget of issues like the H-1B.

"Rather, I was happy to the point that the two pioneers underscored vital collaboration on counter terrorism, on defence, on advancing in a reasonable and corresponding path on exchange," he told.

"I think it sets an, exceptionally positive benchmark for what's to come. I don't think the gatherings could have gone better," Blake said.

Rick Rossow, from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a top American research organization, stated, it was very clear that President Trump's approach group won out finished his political group in setting the substance of the meeting.

"While there was a section on trade that could portend a rocky period of economic ties, by and large the pioneers hit the correct focuses on our current and future advance on Asian security," he said.

"The segment on Pakistan-based dread gatherings is especially striking, and the note of expanded coordination in the Middle East holds awesome guarantee. The table is set for bureau level talks as we begin our large number of formal discoursed in the months ahead," Rossow said.

Sadanand Dhume, inhabitant individual at the American Enterprise Institute, said Prime Minister Modi at the end of the day demonstrated that remote approach is one of his most noteworthy qualities.

"In a time of worldwide flux, it was essential for New Delhi to guarantee that US-India relations stayed on track.

Modi accomplished this assignment splendidly with a mix of vitality, charisma and charm," Dhume said.

"I think from where we began this was a triumph of sorts. We obviously, finished the outing with no episode," noted Bharat Gopalaswamy of the Atlantic Council.

"Besides, we finished on positives on counter fear based oppression, particularly Pakistan and furthermore the way that we agree our perspectives on China and Indo-Pacific build by and large. The barrier relationship has been fortified with the offer of automatons.

Exchange was dependably and will keep on being sticky and have its difficulties," he said.

Gopalaswamy said the relationship over the most recent 20 years have made some amazing progress and it has developed into a relationship that is moderately protected to changes at the largest amounts.

"Obviously, this is not without challenges but rather organizations in the US and India have deliberately have endeavored to expand on solidifying the establishments of this relationship," he said.

Persis Khambatta, overseeing executive for South Asia at business consultancy Bower Group Asia, said that the first in-person meeting amongst Modi and Trump was exceptionally effective, given that the need was to set a constructive tone for respective relations and between the two pioneers straightforwardly.

"The visit and meetings mark a solid start with the Trump organization, chiefly in ranges of key joining including the Indian Ocean Region, counter-fear mongering and security collaboration," she said.

"By and large, steps were taken to set US-India strategic and security relations on an enduring and developing course in coming years, a flag that won't be lost on Pakistan, North Korea and China, all implied or specified by name amid the visit," she said.

Business issues were not accentuated as much as they have been previously, and prickly issues were stayed away from, however general respective exchange keeps on developing consistently, Khambatta stated, including that both nations have more work to do to take out obstacles to further ventures going both ways.

Critically, both pioneers indicated their efforts to cut formality and establish charge and administrative changes so as to court interests in their separate nations, Khambatta said.

"Trump's accentuation on a 'reasonable and corresponding' exchange relationship and his longing to bring down the exchange deficiency with India were normal," she said.

Mukesh Ambani draws pay of Rs 15 crore for ninth year consecutively

New Delhi, Jun 28 Reliance Industries boss
Mukesh Ambani kept his annual salary capped at Rs 15 crore for the ninth year in row and did not take any stock option even as the compensation of most official executives on the board rose.

Ambani, the richest Indian, has kept salary, perquisites and remittances and commission at Rs 15 crore since 2008-09, doing without nearly Rs 24 crore per annum.

"The chairman and managing director's remuneration has been set at Rs 15 crore as against Rs 38.75 crore as approved, reflecting his desire to keep on setting an individual case for balance in administrative pay levels," RIL said in its yearly report for 2016-17.

His compensation for 2016-17 included Rs 4.16 crore as pay and another Rs 60 lakh by method for perquisites and stipends. He got retirement advantages of Rs 71 lakh and Rs 9.53 crore as commission on benefit.

The base salary, allowances, retirement benefits and commission on profit are the same as what he got in 2015-16.

Ambani intentionally topped his pay at Rs 15 crore in October 2009 in the midst of a verbal confrontation over right-estimating of CEO compensations.

The pay top proceeded even as all other executive directors saw their remunerations go up.

Ambani's cousins Nikhil R Meswani and Hital R Meswani saw their pay ascend to Rs 16.58 crore each. They had earned Rs 14.42 crore and Rs 14.41 crore, individually, in the previous year. In 2014-15, they had got Rs 12.03 crore each.

Additionally, one of his key officials, Executive Director P M S Prasad saw his compensation go up to Rs 7.87 crore in 2016-17, from Rs 7.23 crore in 2015-16 and Rs 6.03 crore in 2014-15.

Refinery chief Pawan Kumar Kapil, in any case, saw his pay drop to Rs 2.54 crore, from Rs 2.94 crore in 2015 - 16. He had earned Rs 2.41 crore in 2014-15.

RIL's non-executive directors, including Nita Ambani, additionally got Rs 1.2 crore each as commission, other than sitting expenses.

Additionally, Nikhil and Hital got stock options worth Rs 64.18 crore each, as indicated by the yearly report. Prasad got stock options of Rs 45 crore and Kapil got Rs 1 crore in investment opportunities.

Ambani's wife Nita Ambani, a non-executive director on the company's board, earned Rs 4 lakh sitting fee and a commission of Rs 1.35 crore. The sitting charge was lower than Rs 6 lakh she earned in the earlier year, yet the commission was higher than Rs 1.20 crore in 2015-16.

Aside from Ambani, the RIL load up has Meswani siblings, Prasad and Kapil as wholetime chiefs.

Other than Nita Ambani, other non-executive directors include Dharam Vir Kapur, Dipak C Jain, Mansingh L Bhakta, Yogendra P Trivedi, Raminder Singh Gujral, Ashok Misra, Raghunath A Mashelkar and Adil Zainulbhai.

Venkaiah Naidu censures lynching of Muslim adolescent on-board train

New Delhi, Jun 28 Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today censured the lynching of a Muslim teen on board a Mathura-bound train, and sought action against the culprits.

Junaid (17) was wounded to death while his siblings - Hashim and Sakir - were harmed by a crowd which additionally professedly flung slurs against them on-board the Delhi-Mathura passenger train between Ballabgarh and Mathura stations last week.

"Any occurrence of such nature is condemnable. It is fierce, frightful. It won't be worthy by any stretch of the imagination. Individuals who are in charge of the same ought to be distinguished and managed solidly," Naidu told reporters here.

Focusing on that what occurred on account of Junaid was "thoroughly wrong", the data and broadcasting pastor said no one can "take law into their hands whatever might be the reason".

"I trust the concerned neighborhood organizations lead a request and make suitable move," he said.

Recently, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar had guaranteed to take action against the culprits. In a meeting with a day by day, Khattar had stated, "The legislature won't enable anybody to take the law in his grasp."

Faridabad Deputy Superintendent of Police (Government Railway Police) Mohinder Singh had said the police were scanning CCTV footage from different points in the region of where Junaid was wounded on-board the Mathura-bound prepare to discover pieces of information of the rest of the denounced for the situation.

"We are attempting to obtain the CCTV footage from different points which may help us in seizing the rest of the blamed," he had said.

Singh said investigations were under progress and expressed hope to nab the other accused in the case.

"One accused has already been arrested," he had said.

Police had likewise reported a reward of Rs one lakh to anyone who gives credible information leading to capture of other accused in the case.

P Chidambaram questions Narendra Modi government for US comments on Jammu and Kashmir

New Delhi, Jun 28 Former home minister P Chidambaram today questioned the Narendra Modi government over the US describing Jammu and Kashmir as "Indian administered" in an official explanation and asked how New Delhi acknowledged it.

The US State Department's announcement had come hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first meeting with President Donald Trump in Washington.

"US' official proclamation used the expression 'Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir'. How did India accept this?" the Congress pioneer asked in a tweet.

On Monday, while assigning Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin a Specially Designated Global Terrorist, the US State Department said the militant group had guaranteed duty regarding a few assaults, including the April 2014 explosives assault in "Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir", which harmed 17 people.

BJP slams Mulayam for safeguarding Gayatri Prajapati

Lucknow, Jun 28 The BJP today assaulted Samajwadi Party patron Mulayam Singh Yadav for safeguarding his close helper Gayatri Prajapati and prompted the SP patriarch to "serenade Gayatri Mantra" rather than supporting the jailed rape charged.

Mulayam's protection of Gayatri reflected his "anti-woman" stance, the BJP said.

"Giving certificate of purity to Gayatri is condemnable. He (Mulayam) is a senior and develop pioneer, however his against lady confront was seen before likewise when he made dubious remarks. Shielding Gayatri, supports his hostile to lady position and attitude of offering support to hoodlums," BJP representative Rakesh Tripathi said.

"No move could be made against Gayatri in the past Akhilesh Yadav administration and FIR was registered against him simply after the Supreme Court guided the recent SP government to do as such," he said.

He prompted Mulayam to "chant Gayatri mantra" instead of defending the tainted Gayatri.

Mulayam had yesterday gone by the region imprison here to meet the assault denounced and named him "innocent".

"He (Prajapati) is honest and is being treated like a terrorist. BJP government is following political feud. I will meet the prime minister and if necessary the president to advise them of the matter," he had said.

"There is no proof with police against Prajapati. A trick is being incubated against him," he had said.

Prajapati was arrested after a FIR was registered with the Gautampalli police station here on February 18, 2017 on Supreme Court mandate.

The complainant had charged that she was over and again assaulted by the blamed. She had asserted that Prajapati had additionally attempted to attack her girl.

A Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) court will outline charges on July 3 against Prajapati and six others in the case.

The matter had rapidly procured a political hue as it came when electioneering was at its top in Uttar Pradesh for the Assembly polls.

Even Prime Minister Narendra Modi had referred to the case amid an election meeting in Jaunpur when he stated, "In this nation, when we accomplish something great, we serenade the Gayatri Mantra. However, the SP-Congress alliance is chanting the Gayatri Prajapati Mantra.

China safeguards Pakistan, says it is at frontlines of anti-terror battle

Beijing, Jun 28 A day after India and the US requested that Pakistan stop cross-border terror, China today set up a solid resistance of its 'all-weather' ally, saying Islamabad was at the frontlines of the fight against terrorism.

"China believes that the international participation against terrorism ought to be upgraded and stepped up. The international community should give full acknowledgment and certification to Pakistan's efforts in such manner," Chinese Foreign Ministry representative Lu Kang told journalists here.

His comments came in response to the India-US joint statement issued after the discussions between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump.

"We have to say Pakistan remains at the frontlines of the international counter terrorism fight and has been attempting efforts in such manner," Lu said because of the announcement in which India and the US had requested that Islamabad guarantee that its dirt is not utilized for cross-fringe dread.

The joint articulation issued yesterday after Modi-Trump meeting had also called on Pakistan to quickly convey to equity the culprits of the Mumbai, Pathankot, and different cross-borderterrorist attacks.

Modi and Trump additionally pledged to fortify endeavors to fight terrorism and eliminate safe havens for terrorists.

In front of the Modi-Trump meeting, the US State Department had set the tone for the summit by declaring Syed Salahuddin, head of Kashmiri activist gathering Hizbul Mujahideen, as a'global terrorist'.

The State Department's activity had conveyed a solid message against the terrorism emanating from the nation which is harming India.

Amid their meeting, Modi and Trump had likewise "dedicated to reinforce participation against psychological militant dangers from bunches including al-Qaeda, ISIS, Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), D-Company (driven by black market wear and dread genius Dawood Ibrahim), and their partners."

On the Modi - Trump converses with enhance Indo-US ties, Lu said China is satisfied over nations developing friendly cooperative relations.

"We think such relations play a positive and helpful part in maintaining peace and dependability in the locale.

Bumrah rises to second, Kohli top-ranked batsmen in T20

Dubai, June 27 India pacer Jasprit Bumrah has risen to second in the most recent ICC Twenty20 rankings while captain Virat Kohli has held the top spot in the batsmen's list.

There is no change in the top three of the all-rounders' table which is going by Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh.

Pakistan's ICC Champions Trophy-winning side's member Imad Wasim has become the numbber-one ranked T20 bowler after South Africa's Imran Tahir lost ground following the finish of the series against England.

In the most recent rankings for T20 bowlers, which was refreshed a day after England beat South Africa 2-1, Tahir has slipped two places after he oversaw just a single wicket in two matches.

His drop to third means Imad has surged to the top for the first time in his career, with Bumrah rising to second.

In the batting table, Kohli, Aaron Finch of Australia and Kane Williamson of New Zealand have held the main three positions.

however, AB de Villiers and Jason Roy are the greatest movers following the simply finished up arrangement.

De Villiers, who was the main run-getter in the series with 146 runs, has come back to the top 20 in twentieth position subsequent to rising 12 places, while Roy's arrangement total of 103 runs has helped him accomplish a profession high 25th position in the wake of bouncing 26 places.

In the team rankings, England has moved into outright second position. It had started the series level with Pakistan on 121 points, however has now moved to 123 points to trail number-one positioned New Zealand by two focuses.

In contrast, South Africa has dropped one point to join Australia on 110 points. Be that as it may, it is positioned in front of Australia by a small amount of a point, and possesses the 6th position.

Shah Rukh Khan: My life not sufficiently enough for a biopic

Mumbai, Jun 26 Shah Rukh Khan's journey to fame can fill in as a motivation for yearning on-screen characters however the hotshot does not trust that his biography can be made into a film as it may be "not that dubious".

The 51-year-old on-screen character said in the event that anybody will compose his biopic it would be all the more an example of overcoming adversity than an existence travel as individuals still don't have any acquaintance with probably the most fascinating things identified with him.

"For so many years, people who are nearest to me will tell you, I have never told people know the most interesting parts of my life so you will never get a good script unless I write it. Whatever they will make of my life will simply be an example of overcoming adversity which I believe is to a great degree exhausting," Shah Rukh said in a meeting.

Shah Rukh began his voyage with network shows like "Fauji" and "Bazaar" and later did a change to movies with "Deewana". The performing artist at first played screw-up parts in movies, for example, " Baazigar", "Darr" , "Anjaam", yet soon went ahead to wind up plainly the lord of sentiment obligingness his motion pictures like "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge", "Dil to Pagal Hai" and "Kuch Hota Hai".

From having a fight with Salman Khan in 2008 to the Wankhede fight, Shah Rukh has had what's coming to him of discussions, yet the performer still trusts he needs to accomplish something "controversial" to make his biopic sufficiently intriguing for the group of onlookers.

"On the off chance that it's not dubious then it will be an exhausting story. I am revealing to you examples of overcoming adversity are very boring. I dislike anyone to make it but rather I am not saying I don't need anybody to make a biopic on me however I don't believe it's an extraordinary subject... not up 'til now," he said.

Author looks for assistance from PM to complete project on music in ancient India

New Delhi, Jun 27 Composer and musicologist Shail Vyas today wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi looking for help for the successful completion of a project on "Music in Ancient India".

Established in 2011, 'songs of Mystery', attempts to discover and recreate music and musical instruments from Indus Valley Civilization, Vedic, Ramayana, Mahabharata and later times in India.

"This driven mission to reproduce the incredible journey of Indian music can't prevail without your assistance. It is my humble and hopeful demand to you to kindly give an appointment for just 12 minutes out of your very busy schedule.

"I understand the seriousness of my request very well however it is critical for the fruitful finishing of the venture. Your dynamic inclusion will take it higher than ever for which, me as well as Indian music will perpetually be thankful to you," Vyas wrote in the letter.

The project in its first phase has already finished models of 10 instruments like the Nandi Veena and Kumbha Tarangini from the Indus Saraswati Civilization.

It has additionally identified more than 30 ancient instruments from different time periods with help of experts on archaeology, music and history who have come on board.

The organisers also posted a video alongside the PDF of the letter sent to the PM on Twitter.

"H'ble Sir, this crucial project on Ancient Indian music needs your assistance. dwnld pdf https://goo.gl/S4UBjR @narendramodi @PMOIndia," was tweeted from the 'Tunes of Mystery' handle.

Experts on board incorporate R S Bisht, Joint Director General (Retd.), Archaeological Survey of India, B R Mani, Director General, National Museum, and senior arranger and writer Kersi Lord, among others, who have likewise composed individual letters to the PM offering proposal for the project.

Modi, Trump call for regarding power while boosting network

Washington, Jun 27 Amid India's worries over the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump today underlined the need for reinforcing local financial availability while regarding power and regional respectability.

India has been seriously condemning of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the pet venture of Chinese President Xi Jinping, as the USD 50 billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which is part of the BRI, goes through Pakistan-involved Kashmir (PoK).

Modi and Trump, who held wide-ranging talks amid their maiden meeting, called for "support in reinforcing regional economic connectivity through the straightforward improvement of framework and the utilization of capable obligation financing hones, while guaranteeing regard for sway and territorial integrity, the rule of law, and nature."

They additionally asked all countries to determine regional and oceanic debate gently and as per global law, a joint articulation issued after the talks said.

The assertion comes, days after Prime Minister Modi forewarned against taking off availability ventures without regarding sway and territorial integrity.

In an address at the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Astana, Modi, in nearness of Xi, had said availability with nations of the area is a need for India and that such ventures ought to guarantee inclusivity and maintainability.

India has been challenging the CPEC energetically and had refrained from the Beld and Road Forum held in Beijing a month ago to highlight its worries over the project.

Meira Kumar: Will challenge on board of vote based esteems

New Delhi, Jun 27 Opposition presidential applicant Meira Kumar today said she would challenge the surveys on the board of law based esteems, comprehensiveness, social equity and decimation of rank structure.

Kumar, the daughter of iconic Dalit pioneer Jagjivan Ram, mourned that the surveys were being viewed as a "Dalit versus Dalit" challenge. The caste system, she told reporters, ought to be "covered where it counts" in the earth.

Gotten some information about affirmed assaults on Dalits in the current past, she stated, "It is very sameful."

The former Lok Sabha speaker, picked as the opposition's candidate to challenge against BJP's chosen one Ram Nath Kovind in the presidential race one month from now, said she had not decided whether or not to engage JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar to bolster her assignment.

Kumar additionally said she would dispatch her survey crusade from Sabarmati Ashram in Gujarat.

"All MPs valued my style of working when I was Lok Sabha speaker... none affirmed I was one-sided," she said.

Hinting at bias, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had posted a video of her Lok Sabha speech in 2013 in which then speaker Kumar is seemingly not extending protection against disruptions in the house.

Government to practice GST-launch in Parliament tomorrow

New Delhi, Jun 27 A mega practice has been arranged tomorrow in the Central Hall of Parliament in front of the historic GST launch on the midnight of June 30.

The practice, planned to be held at 10 PM, might be managed by either Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar, his delegates Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and S Ahluwalia, or Secretary Rajiv Yadav, official sources said today.

Officers worried from different offices including those from the fund service will be part of the rehearsal event, they said.

The occasion to launch the Goods and Services Tax (GST) will be held in the circular-shaped Central Hall, which saw a capacity to mark 50 years of Independence, and attended by President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and a large group of senior ministers and bureaucrats, among others.

Mukherjee had piloted the first Constitutional Amendment Bill to bring GST in 2011 when he was finance minister with the pervious UPA administration.

Tomorrow's practice has been organised to guarantee that everything is efficient and there is smooth direct of the dispatch occasion, the sources said.

The final event is probably going to begin at 11 PM on June 30 and will be on till half past midnight the sources said.

Giving details of the headliner, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had a few days back said that the hour-long capacity will mirror the contribution made by different political gatherings and states to the progressive new duty administration.

Previous leaders Manmohan Singh and H D Deve Gowda, Vice President Hamid Ansari and Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan will likewise be the piece of the occasion, they said.

All Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha members have been invited as also chief ministers and state finance ministers, the sources said.

lord Jagannath's chariot achieve Gundicha temple

Puri, Jun 26 Despite rain and cloudy sky, thousands of devotees today pulled the chariots of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra till their goals at Gundicha temple, around three km from the fundamental temple here.

The pulling of the chariots to the Gundicha temple were ended halfway yesterday because of nightfall.

The chariots are not pulled after nightfall.

The pulling of chariots continued at the beginning of today following ceremonies of gods. The chariot of Lord Balabhadra was pulled first at around 9.30 am trailed by that of Devi Subhadra and Lord Jagannath.

The gods will remain at Gundicha temple for a week amid their nine-day Ratha Yatra celebration. The enthusiasts can see the Lords on the chariot till tomorrow before they are taken to the Gundicha temple in a procession.

Meanwhile, the police have made expand security plan around the chariots and no enthusiast is permitted to climb them or touch the gods.

PM Modi says: Swaraj giving human face to strategy through social media

Washington, Jun 26 Prime Minister Narendra Modi today praised External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj for giving a "human face" to tact and viably utilizing web-based social networking to convey great administration and help Indians in trouble in any side of the world.

"Social media has become very powerful. I am likewise connected with it. Be that as it may, the External Affairs Ministry and Sushma Swaraj have set the best case of how an office can be reinforced through its utilization," Modi said in his deliver to the Indian diaspora amid a group occasion in Virginia.

Applauding Swaraj for immediately reacting and following up on tweets by Indians in trouble anyplace on the planet, Modi said the External Affairs Ministry is presently associated with the poorest of the poor in the nation.

The prime minister commended Swaraj for giving a "human face" to diplomacy and effectively using social media in conveying great administration.

"If any any Indian in trouble tweets from anyplace on the planet to the External Affairs Ministry, even at two in the night, inside 15 minutes Swaraj answers to it, the administration makes provoke move and conveys comes about. This is great administration," Modi said.

He said over the last three years, India's External Affairs Ministry has accomplished new statures in human tact.

He said that more than 80,000 Indians were confronting some inconvenience or the other in various corners of the globe yet the Indian government could bring them securely back home.

He alluded to the incident of Uzma Ahmad, a youthful Indian lady who come back to India from Pakistan after she charged that she was compelled to wed a Pakistani man at firearm point.

"A daughter of India, who arrived in distress in Pakistan, come back to India through efforts of Indian High Commission.

Sushma Ji deserves credit for this," Modi said.

BJP pioneer says: Narendra Modi, Trump have similar leadership style

Hyderabad, Jun 26 Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump have amazing and strong similarities including their approach towards media, legal and legislature, as per a Telangana BJP pioneer.

Modi and Trump likewise have very similar leadership style, said Telangana BJP representative Krishna Saagar Rao in a blog entry.

"Their world view,decision making approach, political interests, governance focus, worldwide needs and judgment on issues are to a great degree comparative," he said.

"Even their approach towards media, legal, governing body, official and in a specific order is very remarkable and eccentrically comparative," Rao included, without explaining.

Modi is as of now on a visit to the US.

Rao named Modi and Trump as unconventional global leaders.

"PM Modi is a tea seller boy, who rose from rock bottom to acquire regard inside the gathering and from a great many Indians to get chosen as the Prime Minister of India," he said.

President Trump, Rao stated, is a multi-very rich person specialist, who had nothing to do with legislative issues, never been a dynamic government official yet has ascended with huge mainstream support to be chosen as US President.

"Both have almost achieved the impossible, with distinctly different backgrounds, which in the regular course wouldn't have them here. They are absolutely eccentric pioneers," he included.

As per him, while the two are exceptionally one of a kind people with various foundations, and from to a great degree disparate financial strata and obviously from two distinct landmasses, they do have astonishing likenesses.

"These strong similarities can really drive a strong compatibility and trust between the two and can positively guarantee an abnormal bonhomie between the two pioneers, proceeding," Rao figured.

If elected, Kovind will be the second Dalit president after K R Narayanan.

Hyderabad, Jun 26 An upper Left pioneer today said that Meira Kumar would give an "intense battle" in the Presidential races, and the Opposition gatherings would attempt to connect with NDA partners to back their joint applicant.

"It's not a symbolic fight, it will be a decent, intense battle," General Secretary of Communist Party of India (CPI), Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy told.

Of the 10,98,903 votes of the electoral college, "We have already talked to 3.5 lakh to four lakh votes. Political gatherings' command (they can't issue whip) won't be accessible. How about we see, what will happen," he said.

"A portion of the NDA partners may likewise vote in favor of us. It will be an extreme battle," Reddy stated, including, the opposition gatherings would "surely" attempt to connect with NDA partners to bolster Meira Kumar.

He named as "shocking" Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's choice to back the NDA presidential chosen one Ram Nath Kovind.

"State (Bihar) governmental issues may have made such an issue, and we have no clue precisely what's the purpose behind this sudden appropriate about-turn. Anyway, it's a lamentable sort of advancement for resistance parties," Reddy said.

With more than 62 per cent of the votes solidly behind him, Kovind's election as the next president is practically sure.

Other than the BJP and its NDA partners, the TRS, the YSRCP, the AIADMK, the BJD and the JD(U) have likewise declared their support to him.

The presidential decision is booked for July 17 and the tallying of votes will happen on July 20.

Kovind recorded his selection within the sight of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on June 23.

If elected, Kovind will be the second Dalit president after K R Narayanan.

Lakhs of travellers visit Kamakhya temple

Guwahati, Jun 26 Lakhs of travellers today offered supplications to Goddess Kamakhya after the doors of the Kamakhya temple on the Nilachal Hill here revived subsequent to staying shut for four days .

The doors which were shut from the 22nd of this current month reopened after routine customs and prayers at 6.15 am at the beginning of today with lovers energetically holding up to get a darshan of the Devi.

The faithfuls said they queued up from 2 am to enter Kamakya temple, considered most hallowed and most seasoned of the 51 Shakti Peeths of the nation, with the goal that they could offer their supplications and regard to Maa Kamakhya at the summit of Ambubachi Mela.

Assam Governor Banwarilal Purohit and Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal additionally offered petitions to Goddess Kamakhya on the event of the Ambubachi mela.

The temple this year saw an extraordinary surge of an expected eight lakh explorers from everywhere throughout the nation and abroad meeting at Kamakhya temple on banks of the mighty Brahmaputra for Ambubachi Mela, as indicated by Kamakhya Temple administration sources.

The mela, otherwise called Amoti or Tantric ripeness celebration amid the rainstorm season falling in the Assamese month of Ahaar, is the festival of the yearly feminine cycle course of goddess Kamakhya.

Trusting thetemple's presiding goddess Devi Kamakhya or Mother Shakti or Mother Earth experiences her yearly cycle of period amid this time the entryways of the temple are shut to guests for four days.

As indicated by Hindu convention Ambubachi symbolizes old agrarian idea that Mother Earth is a ripe lady whose womb sprouts seeds.

The temple has no idol of the directing divinity however Goddess Kamakhya is rather adored as a yoni-like (private part/womb) stone over which a characteristic spring streams in the sanctum sanctorum of the sanctuary.

As indicated by the Kalika Purana, Kamakhya Temple signifies the spot where Lord Shiva's significant other Sati's yoni fell after Shiva hit the dance floor with her cadaver, while a later work Yogini Tantra overlooks this and partners Kamakhya with the goddess Kali and underscores the creative symbolism of the yoni.

In converses with India over Mansarovar journey issue: China

Beijing, Jun 26 China today said it was in converses with India over the denial of entry to 47 Indian pilgrims who were planned to go to Kailash Mansarovar in Tibet through the Nathu-la go in Sikkim.

"As per my data, the two governments are in touch over this issue," Chinese Foreign Ministry representative Geng Suhang told reporters, declining to expand whether it was because of any climate related issues like landslides and rains the Pilgrims were stopped by the Chinese authorities at the Sino-India border.

He said the issue was being talked about by the two foreign ministries.

China a week ago rejected section to 47 Indian pilgrims who were booked to go to Kailash Mansarovar through the Nathu La go in Sikkim.

The travellers were booked to cross over to the Chinese side on June 19 however had neglected to do as such because of nasty climate. They had held up at the base camp and attempted to cross again on June 23 however were denied consent by the Chinese authorities.

In New Delhi, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Gopal Baglay had said that a few difficulties were being knowledgeable about the development of explorers through Nathu La and that India is bringing up the matter with China.

The development has thrown a sad remnant of uncertainty on the yearly yatra as Chinese authorities kept up that it would require some investment to repair the streets and the Indians would not be able to make the pilgrimage any time soon.

The Chinese authorities said they were worried in regards to the security of the Indian explorers which is the reason they were halted from continuing further.

The travellers, who were stopped by the Chinese authorities at the border from continuing further, have now come back to their separate states.

Several Indian travellers attempt Kailash Mansarovar yatra in the Tibetan Autonomous Region of Chinaevery year negotiating the mountainous terrain.

This year, a sum of 350 yatris had enrolled for the yatra by means of Nathu La course and they were to go in seven batches.

The denial of permission to the first batch of 47 Indian pilgrims wasa surprise as the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra through the new route by means of Nathula Pass in Sikkim was propelled with a pomp by the two nations in 2015.

This was the second course concurred by the two areas for the Kailash Yatra.

Till 2015, the Yatra was being sorted out by External Affairs Ministry just through Lipu Pass in Himalays interfacing the Kumaon area of Uttarakhand in India with the old exchanging town of Taklakot in Tibet.

The Nathulla course empowered explorers to travel 1500 km long course from Nathulla to Kailash by transports.

The route through Nathula lessened the hardship and journey time empowering numerous more explorers, specifically matured pioneers, to embrace the Yatra.

The development comes in the midst of pressures in reciprocal ties between the two nations over a large group of issues including the CPEC and India's NSG offered.

Prior this month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had met Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in Kazakh capital Astana.

In the meeting Modi had said the two sides should tap their potential in collaboration, reinforce correspondence and coordination in international issues, regard each other's core concerns and properly handle their disputes.

Jammu and Kashmir CM invites choice of Srinagar in smart city mission

Srinagar, Jun 24 Jammu and Kashmir Chief minister Mehbooba Mufti today respected the Center's decision to include Srinagar and Jammu into the list of smart cities to be produced under the Smart City program on present day lines.

Mehbooba named the choice of the Union government as "memorable" which would "proclaim another period of arranged, cutting edge and eco-accommodating advancement of the two capital urban areas".

She said with the consideration of the two urban areas of the state into the rundown of shrewd urban areas, a major guarantee of the PDP-BJP coalition government stands satisfied.

The choice to incorporate the two urban areas in the rundown of shrewd urban areas was declared by the Union minister for Urban Development Venkaiah Naidu in New Delhi yesterday.

The chief minister coordinated the concerned bureaus of Housing and Urban Development to begin working in quick mode for implementing on ground the keen city extends in the two urban communities keeping in mind the end goal to give quality living to its kin at the soonest, as guaranteed by the two coalition parties.

The smart cities' venture intends to enhance the personal satisfaction of people in urban areas by enabling local area development and harnessing technology , particularly innovation that prompts keen results.

Region based improvement is expected to transform existing areas into better planned ones, accordingly enhancing reasonableness of the whole cities.

Huge greenfield spaces would be produced around urban communities to improve the green cover and also avenues of entertainment and other social movement would be made under the plan.

The plan would empower urban communities to utilize innovation, data and information to improve infrastructure and services.

Comprehensive development in this way will enhance personal satisfaction, make business and improve earnings for all, particularly poor people and the disadvantaged, prompting comprehensive inclusive cities.

Devendro, Ankush in finals of Mongolian boxing competition

New Delhi, Jun 24 Commonwealth Games silver-medallist L Devendro Singh (52kg) progressed to the final along with the young Ankush Dahiya (60kg) on another mixed day for Indian boxers at the Ulaanbaatar Cup in Mongolia today.

Devendro vanquished Mongolia's Gandulam Mungun-Erdene in a consistent decision, while Ankush, a previous Asian youth silver-medallist, showed signs of improvement of Russia's Radna Tsibikov in a part choice.

Be that as it may, three others - K Shyam Kumar (49kg), Mohammed Hussamuddin (56kg) and Priyanka Chaudhary (60kg) - lost their separate elimination round sessions to settle to bronze medals.

In tomorrow's final bouts, Devendro, setting up his best execution of the year up until now, will be up against Indonesia's Aldoms Suguro.

The 25-year-old former Asian silver-medallist has looked sharp in the competition with enhanced wellness having a significant effect to his execution.

The 19-year-old Ankush, then again, will battle it out with Korean Man Choe Chol. This is Ankush's second international tournament since making the move from youth to world class level before the end of last year.

Shyam Kumar, a gold-medallist from the current year's King's Cup in Thailand, lost a split decision to Filipino Rogen Ladon.

Hussamuddin was beaten by Mongolia's Bat-Ochir Tumurkhuyag in his semifinal round session.

In the women's draw, Priyanka lost to Korea's Hye Song Choe.

DSP's lynching in J-K: Three more captured

Srinagar, Jun 24 Three more people professedly included in the mob lynching of Deputy Superintendent of Police Mohammad Ayub Pandith in Srinagar have been captured, Jammu and Kashmir's top cop said here today.

"We have distinguished 12 people regarding the case and five of them have been captured," Director General of Police S P Vaid told.

Recently, the DGP had said two people were captured, while another was distinguished.

He said the police have settled not to save the general population behind the act.

"It is the resolve of Jammu and Kashmir Police that we are not going to save these scoundrels," he said.

The DGP said the investigation for the situation is on and everything would be clear once the report comes.

"Give the investigation complete, at that point no one but we can state what has happened," he said.

Asked whether direct Hurriyat Conference executive Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was available in Jamia Masjid when the episode occurred, Vaid stated, "It involves examination.

NCR's second airplane terminal to come up in Jewar

New Delhi/Lucknow, Jun 24 An international airport with an ability to handle with 30-50 million travellers for every year will come up at Jewar in Greater Noida in the next five to six years to ease the load on the Delhi air terminal, the government reported today.

"In-principle clearance has been granted" for the greenfield airport at Jewar, common aeronautics serve Ashok Gajapathi Raju said at a press preparation in New Delhi.

The Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority has informed 3,000 hectares of land in Jewar for a "world-class" international airplane terminal, Raju included.

Of the aggregate land, 1,000 hectares will be gained under the primary period of airport development, which will cost Rs 2,000 crore.

The government expects that the whole venture will cost Rs 15,000 crore to Rs 20,000 crore.

The metro service in Noida is also likely to be extended up to Jewar in order to improve connectivity to the airport.

The state government, which has been pushing for this venture, has likewise been advised by the Centre to improve road conditions and provide multi-modular transport facilities, said Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation, R N Choubey.

The declaration of a second airport in the national capital locale comes when the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi thinks about a steadily expanding number of travellers.

The IGI Airport presently handles about 62 million travellers every years. According to its updated master plan, the traveller taking care of limit will be expanded to 109.33 million travellers per year in a staged way.

However, the airport is likely to reach that figure in the next seven years, requiring a moment airplane terminal in the region of the national capital, as indicated by the administration.

"Inside seven years Delhi airport will see 109 million trip every year, which will soak its ability. For NCR and NCR's availability having a moment air terminal is indispensably essential and that is the thing that Noida international airport will finish," Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha said.

Senior minister Raju said that the government will respect the Operation Management and Development Agreement (OMDA) with GMR, which works the Delhi Airport together with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) for Delhi air terminal. According to this understanding GMR will have the principal right of refusal in the event that an airplane terminal is worked inside 150 kilometers of the current one.

The ability to deal with 30-50 million travellers for each year will put the Jewar airplane terminal keeping pace with the Mumbai air terminal, which sees 45 million travellers for every year.

Sinha included that the new air terminal will likewise give consistent household and global network to western UP with Noida, Agra, Mathura, Meerut, Vrindavan, Meerut, Moradabad and Bulandshahr liable to fill in as the catchment zone for the new aerodrome.

"Noida International Airport will end up plainly like an aerotropolis with an airport at the inside and an entire host of financial exercises around it," said Sinha.

The primary stage will be a reality in five to six years, which incorporates acquisition of land, offering it out for development and after that giving availability, Civil Aviation Secretary Choubey said.

He included that the delegates of the Uttar Pradesh government have guaranteed the Centre that farmers will give the land to air terminal improvement on arranged settlement premise.

In Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Civil Aviation Minister Nand Gopal Nandi and wellbeing priest Siddhartnath Singh told newspersons that the up and coming airplane terminal is relied upon to empower Noida to wind up noticeably a noteworthy worldwide hardware fabricating group, with huge interests in the area officially rolling in from major global players like Samsung.

Tourism to goals, for example, Mathura, Vrindavan and Agra will also see a major boost, they stated, including that it is additionally prone to fill in as significant coordinations centre point for different assembling and export centres in the western piece of the state.

Alia Bhatt's next with Meghana Gulzar titled "Raazi"

Mumbai, Jun 23 After playing a Bihari migrant in "Udta Punjab", Alia Bhatt is set to play the role of a Kashmiri young lady in Meghana Gulzar's secret activities thriller "Raazi".

The film will see Alia's character married to a Pakistani army officer, which will be played by "Masaan" actor Vicky Kaushal.

The film is delivered by Junglee Pictures and Dharma Productions and depends on Harinder Sikka's novel, "Calling Sehmat", an exciting adventure of a spy who gave all of herself and that of her family in the administration of her country, with the goal that all may live in peace.

Kaushal likewise communicated his excitement on Twitter and expressed gratitude toward Karan Johar for inviting him on board the project.

"A respect to be a piece of Raazi. Much obliged to You sir," he composed.

While, Alia just retweeted Karan's post in which he uncovered the insights about the motion picture.

Rupee goes up 3 paise against American dollar

Mumbai, Jun 23 The rupee made an modest yet positive begin on Friday by edging up 3 paise to 64.56 against the US dollar.

The appreciation in value of the local unit, which has been losing ground for as long as three days, followed fresh selling of the American currency by banks and exporters.

As per merchants, a positive opening in domestic stocks and a weakening dollar overseas supported the rupee.

Oil prices are en route up and US Treasury bills fell.

On Thursday, the rupee devalued by 7 paise to end at a crisp three-week low of 64.59 on relentless dollar request in the midst of a worldwide oil decrease.

In the interim, the benchmark BSE Sensex rose 74.65 points, or 0.23 per cent, to 31,365.39 in early trade on Friday.

PM Narendra Modi praises ISRO for satellite dispatch

New Delhi, Jun 23 Prime Minister Narendra Modi today hailed the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) for the successful polar satellite dispatch conveying 31 satellites, saying the space office has made the nation pleased.

ISRO's workhorse rocket PSLV-38 launched from the spaceport in Sriharikota toward the beginning of today, conveying the Cartosat-2 arrangement satellite - a committed satellite for the defence forces - alongside 30 co-traveller satellites.

"Congrats to ISRO on its 40th successful Polar satellite dispatch conveying 31 satellites from 15 nations. You do right by us!," Modi said in a tweet.

Cartosat-2 is a remote detecting satellite and it is similar in configuration to earlier satellites in the series with the goal of giving high-resolution scene specific spot imagery.

The symbolism sent by the satellite would be valuable for cartographic applications, urban and provincial, seaside arrive utilize and direction, utility administration like street arrange checking, water conveyance, making of land utilize maps, change detection to bring out geographical and man-made features and various other land information system (LIS) as well as geographical information systems (GIS).

Jat blend influences services on Mathura-Alwar rail track

Jaipur, Jun 23 Northern Western Railway (NWR) today cancelled two trains and redirected two others due to blockade on Mathura-Alwar rail track by Jat people group looking for OBC reservation benefits.

Prepare 51973 Mathura-Jaipur leaving from Mathura and prepare 51974 Jaipur to Mathura were cancelled, an NWR representative said here.

While prepare 12035 Jaipur to Agra fortress will end at Bandikui though prepare 51792 Bhiwani-Mathura will end at Alwa, he said.

In the mean time, courses of prepare 19666 Udaipur-Khajurau and 12403 Allahabad-Jaipur were occupied, the representative said.

Recently, a products prepare was ceased by the agitators close Deeg in Bharatpur.

Rail and road network remained affected in Bharatpur and neighbouring ranges in Rajasthan because of mix by Jat people group members requesting gift of OBC reservation advantages to the group in Dholpur and Bharatpur.

PSLV succesfully dispatches Cartosat-2 series,30 nano satellites

Sriharikota (AP), Jun 23 The Indian space agency ISRO today effectively launched its workhorse rocket PSLV conveying 'eye in the sky' Cartosat-2 series satellite for the defence forces -- and 30 nano satellites into orbit.

The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, in its 40th flight (PSLV-C38), lifted off grandly from the principal platform, Satish Dhawan Space Center here at 9.29 am and injected the satellites into orbit around 27 minutes after lift off, in the midst of applause from scientists.

The 44.4 meter tall PSLV-C38 carried the earth observation satellite - Cartosat-2 arrangement satellite as the essential payload alongside 30 co-passenger satellites absolutely weighing 955 kg.

ISRO said following a flight of 16 minutes the Cartosat-2 arrangement satellite accomplished a polar Sun Synchronous Orbit of 505 km slanted at a point of 97.44 degree to the equator near the intended orbit.

Later the various 30 satellites successfully separated from the PSLV in a predetermined arrangement.

After division of the satellite, the two solar arrays of Cartosat-2 series satellite were sent consequently and ISRO's Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) at Bengaluru assumed control over the control of the satellite, an ISRO release said.

"In the coming days, the satellite will be conveyed to its final operational design following which it will start to give different remote detecting services", it said.

With the launch of the third spacecraft in the Cartosat-2 series, India's 'eye in the sky' is set to become sharper and wider.

The previous satellite in the series had a resolution of 0.8 meters and the pictures it went up against India's neighborhood had helped New Delhi do surgical strikes on seven dread platforms over the Line of Control a year ago, as indicated by ISRO sources.

The latest remote detecting satellite has a resolution of 0.6 meters, which implies it can spot significantly smaller objects.

"It can recognize objects within that square (0.6 m by 0.6 m)", an ISRO official told on condition of anonymity.

"Defence surveillance will get a leg-up. It can be used in identifying terrorist camps and bunkers... some formations," the authority said.

When this satellite ends up noticeably operational, it would be "gave over" to the defence forces, which have their own "set up," including ground-stations and trained manpower to access data, the official said.

PSLV-C38 is the seventeenth flight of PSLV XL configuration (with the utilization of strong strap-on motors).

The co-traveler satellites incorporates a nano satellite designed and developed by the Noorul Islam University in Kanyakumari region of Tamil Nadu.

The NIUSAT satellite would give multi-ghastly symbolism to rural product checking and disaster management support applications.

The other 29 nano satellites are from 14 nations - Austria, Belgium, Chile, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.

As the satellites were injected into orbit one by one, the scientists broke into cheers at the Mission Control Center.

Commending the scientists , ISRO chairman A S Kiran Kumar said the mission was successful. "I congratulate the hardwork of the whole team, particularly the Cartosat team. This specific mission has been successful, it has put every one of the satellites into the orbit," he said.

President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed ISRO for the effective polar satellite dispatch conveying 31 satellites.

"Congrats to ISRO team on the successful launch of PSLV-C38 carrying 31 satellites," Mukherjee said in a tweet.

Modi said in a tweet: "Congrats to ISRO on its 40th successful Polar satellite launch carrying 31 satellites from 15 nations. Youmake us glad!"

With today's successful launch, the aggregate number of client satellites from abroad put in circle by India's workhorse PSLV achieved 209, the discharge included.

The ISRO had on June 5 propelled its most capable and heaviest geostationary rocket conveying propelled correspondence satellite GSAT-19, weighing 3,136 kg, from the spaceport here. Each phase of the three-arrange GSLV MkIII with indigenous cryogenic motor had performed well.

Kumar said the GSAT-19 has come to the assigned area and every one of the payloads have been exchanged on and it has begun performing.

He said a correspondence satellite would be propelled on June 28 "which will add critical number of transponders to our ability."

"GSAT-17 is getting propelled on June 28 (from French Guiana). We will be taking a shot at the substitution satellite for IRNSS-1A. We will likely have two Mark-II and two Mark-III launches apart from eight to ten PSLV launches per year," he said.

"Our exertion of proceeding to give expanded earth perception, route and in addition correspondence will proceed and we have numerous more exercises to be performed in the coming days," he said.

The space agency said the 29 international client Nano satellites are being propelled as a major aspect of the business plans between Antrix Corporation Limited (Antrix), business arm of ISRO and global clients.

Cartosat-2 is a remote detecting satellite and it is similar in setup to prior satellites in the arrangement with the goal of giving high-determination scene particular spot imagery.

The imagery sent by the satellite would be helpful for cartographic applications, urban and provincial, beach front land utilize and direction, utility administration like street arrange observing, water circulation, formation of land utilize maps, change identification to bring out topographical and man-made components and different other land data framework (LIS) and geological data frameworks (GIS).

Prior on February 15, ISRO scripted history when the PSLV-37 mission propelled 104 satellites into orbit, including a Cartosat-2 series earth observation satellite.

Thiruvananthapuram tops list of 30 new smart cities

New Delhi, Jun 23 Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, Naya Raipur in Chhattisgarh and Rajkot in Gujarat figured in the new list of 30 cities announced today for development under the Centre's Smart City Mission.

The most recent declaration takes to 90 the quantity of urban areas chosen for part financing of projects by the Centre under the plan.

Thiruvananthapuram took the first slot, took after Naya Raipur, Rajkot, Andhra Pradesh capital Amaravati, and Bihar capital Patna.

Reporting the new rundown at an occasion here, Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said that 45 cities challenged for the 40 accessible smart city slots however just 30 were chosen to guarantee their feasibility and workable plans.

Four urban areas in Tamil Nadu - Tiruppur, Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi and Tiruchirappalli, and three in Uttar Pradesh - Jhansi, Allahabad and Aligarh - additionally made it to the list.

A investment of Rs 57,393 crore has been proposed for developlment of these 30 urban areas. Of the arranged consumption, Rs 46,879 crore will be for core foundation and Rs 10,514 crore for innovation based arrangements.

With this, the total investment approved under the smart city plan of 90 urban areas has gone up to Rs 1,91,155 crore, Naidu said.

The minister said that 20 more urban cities will be challenging for the rest of the 10 slots under the Smart City Mission.

These included Biharsharif (Bihar); Navimumbai, Greater Mumbai and Amaravati (Maharashtra); Bidhannagar, Durgapur and Haldia (West Bengal); and Meerut, Rai Bareilly, Ghaziabad, Saharanpur and Rampur (Uttar Pradesh).

Of the 30 urban cities declared today, 26 have proposed affordable housing projects that advantage the urban poor, 26 urban cities will be taking up school and hospital project, 29 will be taking up redesign and redevelopment of roads.

All 30 urban cities will set up incorporated summon and control focuses that empower coordination among different offices for better service delivery and delivery management of scarce resources such as, water and power, Naidu said.

Referring to reports that maximum funds are being allocated to a little piece of a city areas under the plan, Naidu said the residents and city governments proposed the activities for fixing the infrastructure deficit in their respective cities.

"That is the means by which urban improvement has been drawn nearer in nations, for example, the US. No place on the planet a city has been made keen overnight in one go," he said.

Naidu additionally launched the City Liveability Index which will help a city to know where it remains in guaranteeing the personal satisfaction to its subjects.

This exercise will be taken up in 116 urban cities- covering all smart cities, capitals and cities with over one million population every, he stated, including the first positioning will be out next year.

The minister likewise distributed Rs 500 crore among different states for completing changes in the urban part. A year ago, Rs 400 crore were given to the states.

For the following three years, incentive funds of Rs 10,000 crore are approved for perceiving the efforts by states in urban transformation, Naidu said.

Different cities that figured in the latest smart city list included Karimnagar (Telangana), Muzaffarpur (Bihar), Puducherry, Gandhinagar and Dahod (Gujarat), Srinagar and (Jammu and Kashmir), Sagar and Satna (Madhya Pradesh) and Karnal (Haryana).

Bengaluru (Karnataka), Shimla (Himachal Pradesh), Dehradun (Uttarakhand), Pimpri-Chinchwad (Maharashtra), Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh), Pasighat (Arunachal Pradesh), Aizawl (Mizoram) and Gangtok (Sikkim) were likewise chosen.

Under the Smart City Mission, the Centre gives Rs 500 crore to every city over a time of five years for implementing different projects.

Propelled on June 15, 2015, the government proposes to develop 100 smart cities under the mission.

Restrictions imposed in Srinagar against separatists' dissent

Srinagar, Jun 23 Restrictions were today imposed in parts of the summer capital here to foil the dissent call by separatists against the killing of a civilian in alleged police firing in south Kashmir's Pulwama district.

District Magistrate, Srinagar, Farooq Ahmad Lone told the movement of people will be controlled in seven police stations namely, Khanyar, MR Gunj, Safakadal, Rainawari, Kralkhud, Nowhatta and Maisuma.

He said the curbs have been imposed as a precautionary measure to maintain law and order.

The separatists have called for quiet challenges against the killing of Tawseef Ahmad during clashes with security forces at Kakapora in Pulwama yesterday.

The clashes emitted after an encounter in which three Lashkar-e-Toiba militants were killed.

The separatists, chairmen of both groups of Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq - and JKLF boss Mohammad Yasin Malik, in a joint statement, said it was unrealistic to require a strike in perspective of the 'Shab-e-Qadar' and 'Jumaat-ul-Wida', asking people to stage peaceful protests against the murdering.

John Abraham discloses first poster of "Parmanu"

Mumbai, Jun 22 Bollywood performing artist John Abraham has shared the main look of his upcoming film "Parmanu - The Story Of Pokhran".

The 44-year-old actor took to Twitter where he unveiled the main look of the film. He is also the producer of the Abhishek Sharma-coordinated venture.

"So happy to present to you the first look of my greatest test ever. #ParmanuFirstLook @johnabrahament @kriarj @ParmanuTheMovie," composed Abraham.

The notice demonstrates a piece of Rajasthan's map with the nuclear testing site, Pokhran highlighted with a red dot, alongside the watermark of the John's left profile superimposed on it.

The film depends on Pokhran-II, the arrangement of five atomic bomb test explosions led in the Rajasthan town in 1998.

The film has been produced by KriArj Entertainment, Zee Studios, Kyta Productions in relationship with Abraham's JA Entertainment.

The film is planned to release on December 8 this year.

The film additionally stars Diana Penty and Boman Iran

Pritam Chakraborty: "Tubelight" a challenging project

Mumbai, Jun 22 Composer Pritam Chakraborty said making music for Salman Khan starrer "Tubelight" was a challenging project as he needed to make tunes that supplemented the circumstances and not overwhelm them.

Pritam, who has re-collaborated with Salman and chief Kabir Khan after their blockbuster "Bajrangi Bhaijaan", said he has formed the tunes keeping in the psyche the '60s period, in which the film is set in.

"'Tubelight' wasn't a simple collection to make. There were a ton of difficulties that I needed to overcome. The tunes are exceptionally situational and the circumstances were greater than the song.

In this way, the melodies must be with the end goal that they supplement the circumstances and don't overwhelm them," Pritam said in an announcement.

"The film is set in the 1960's and it was imperative for me to keep the embodiment of the tunes and the notes in that time. I couldn't utilise present day notes while creating the songs. Additionally, the songs couldn't be macho or cool due to the character Salman plays," he said.

The film also stars Sohail Khan, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub and Chinese actress Zhu Zhu in lead parts.

"Tubelight" hits film houses tomorrow.

K Srikanth, H S Prannoy enhance in BWF positioning

New Delhi, Jun 22 Riding on his execution at the Indonesia Super Series Premier a week ago, Indian expert K Srikanth enhanced 11 spots to bounce to the 11th spot in the most recent BWF World ranking here today.

Srikanth, a former World No. 3, secured his second Super Series Premier occasion last week at Jakarta. He now has 51,603 points in his kitty.

H S Prannoy, who paralyzed Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei and China's Chen Long in Indonesia to achieve the elimination rounds, enhanced four spots to achieve a 21st spot.

Be that as it may, Ajay Jayaram and B Sai Praneeth slipped two spots to take the 15th and 16th spots.

In women's singles, Saina Nehwal and P V Sindhu lost one place each to droop to fourth and sixteenth positions separately.

women's double pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy enhanced two spots to achieve the 26th spot, while Sikki and Pranaav Jerry Chopra lost a place to be at 16th spot among
mixed double pairs.

Sushma Swaraj says: 'India, ASEAN working on regional security architecture'

New Delhi, Jun 22 India is working with ASEAN to develop "regional security architecture" in the Asia Pacific with the point of finding synergistic answers for rising and non-conventional difficulties, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said today.

Talking about different parts of India's vital association with the intense coalition, Swaraj said ASEAN-India trade was back on track after two years of slow development with an increase of 8 per cent in 2016-17.

In her address on India-ASEAN association at the Research and Information System, a research organization, the minister recorded terror financing, arms pirating, human trafficking, illegal tax avoidance and cyber crime as significant difficulties confronting the locale. India and ASEAN, she included, had been attempting to battle them.

"India has been working with ASEAN towards developing provincial security engineering in the Asia Pacific that depends on accentuating the serene settlement of debate, finding community answers for rising and non-conventional difficulties, and support for the centrality of ASEAN."

Enhancing maritime cooperation and security had been a zone of centre for both ASEAN and India, she said.

Talking about financial ties, she said the coalition had turned into India's fourth biggest trading accomplice, representing 10 per cent of total trade.

As per Swaraj, India was effectively occupied with Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership transactions including ASEAN and its six FTA accomplices, which, when concluded, would be the biggest territorial exchanging game plan, representing around 40 per cent of world exchange.

"After almost two years of slow development, ASEAN-India exchange is currently back on track with an expansion of 8 per cent in 2016-17 and with India's exports to ASEAN having expanded by just about 20 per cent in 2016-17," she said.

connectivity, the minister felt, was a "huge enabler" for stimulating trade and investment and in addition to guarantee peace and solidness.

"We recognise that the absolute most essential fixing that would make be able to a subjective move in our financial engagement with ASEAN is a noteworthy lift towards foundation and availability, both inside India and in the North East specifically, and with ASEAN."

The external affairs minister said efforts were on to improve availability via land, air and ocean to change the passageways of network into hallways of economic collaboration.

"For improving digital connectivity, particular recommendations have been put forward, including the setting up of a territorial high-limit fiber-optic system, supplemented by national rustic broadband systems and advanced towns in remote regions."

Highlighting India's Act East policy, she said different groups of the North East offer "ties of blood and history" with ASEAN nations.

"The North East is a 'natural partner' in India's Act East Policy."

Swaraj discussed India's social connections and in addition the impact of Hinduism in some ASEAN countries.

"Thailand joins huge components from Hinduism in its architecture, expressions, form move, show and writing. The Cham temple complex of My Son Wat in Vietnam is committed to Bhadreshvara, an incarnation of the Lord Shiva.

"The eminent Angkor Vat in Cambodia was initially worked as a Hindu temple devoted to the Lord Vishnu.

"The Vat Phou temple in Lao PDR, Ananda temple in Bagan, Myanmar and the Borobudur Buddhist sanctuary in Indonesia are cases of the impact of Hindu building standards," she said.

Sikkim CM Pawan Chamling extends support to Gorkhaland demand

Gangtok, Jun 22 Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling today extended his support for a different Gorkhaland state saying it would satisfy the established request of the people of Darjeeling hills and furthermore get perpetual peace the locale.

In a letter to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, he stated, "The satisfaction of the constitutional request of the people in the Darjeeling Hills... will give hotly anticipated equity to their patriotism."

He additionally said that production of a Gorkhaland state will reestablish changeless peace and success in the area and Sikkim will be immensely profited by it.

The three many years of disturbance has "guaranteed more than 1000 lives and caused inestimable loss of property", he said.

Plus, he stated, Sikkim has been enduring "untold misfortune attributable to the repeating blockage of its one and only lifeline NH-10, amid the most recent 30 years of Gorkhaland tumult".

Chamling, additionally the leader of the decision Sikkim Democratic Front, expounded on the situation of understudies and patients who expected to take that "pressure ridden expressway to go to their goal".

He said that a drawn out unsettling in Darjeeling-Sikkim area would posture risk to national security likewise in light of the modest Himalayan state's vital area. Sikkim exists in three global outskirts with China (Tibet), Nepal and Bhutan.

Citing the martyrdom of several Gorkha individuals amid the flexibility development, Chamling expressed, "The affliction of the Gorkha opportunity contender, Major Durga Malla has been properly perceived by the establishment of his statue outside the Indian parliament.

3 Lashkar-e-Taiba militants gunned down in Pulwama

Srinagar, Jun 22 Three Lashkar-e-Taiba militants, incorporating an ultra required in a progression of killings, were gunned down in the small hours on Thursday in an encounter that gone on for more than six hours in Pulwama area of south Kashmir

Majid Dar, one of the killed militants, was included in various killings including that of sarpanch of Kakapora and district president of Pulwama, a police official said here

The encounter began Wednesday evening in Kakapora range of Pulwama taking after a knowledge input that three local young men, who had joined aggressor positions in restricted Lashkar-e-Taiba fear gathering, were stayed in a house situated in a thickly populated region, the authority said

This is the primary effective counter-uprising operation in Pulwama region which is accepted to have extensive nearness of nearby activists supported with a solid system of over ground laborers, he said

The fruitful operation is a major hit to the LeT dread outfit which as of late lost its administrator Junaid Mattoo in an experience at Arwin town in Anantnag region of South Kashmir on June 17, he included

This is the second successful operation against the dread outfit inside three days

On Wednesday, two militants were killed in an encounter in Sopore township of Baramulla area in north Kashmir.

1.27 lakh more houses centre approves for urban poor

New Delhi, Jun 22 The Centre has approved the development of 1.27 lakh more houses for urban poor under its moderate lodging plan with a speculation of over Rs 6,500 crore.

With the most recent endorsement, the aggregate number of houses authorized under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) has achieved 20.95 lakh since the launch of the plan two years back, the Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Ministry said in a release today.

The central help for the new approvals will be Rs 1,915 crore.

In the most recent round, Uttar Pradesh has the most elevated approval for the development of 70,784 houses with a venture of Rs 3,528 crore.

The central help will be Rs 1,062 crore for the development of these houses with every recipient getting Rs 1.50 lakh.

The aggregate number of houses authorised for Uttar Pradesh now remains at 1.12 lakh.

Karnataka has been authorised 56,281 houses with a venture of Rs 2,950 crore and a central help of Rs 844 crore.

Surprisingly, 609 houses have been sanctioned for Port Blair, the capital of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, with a investment of Rs 54 crore.

government requests that banks store junked notes at RBI by July 20

New Delhi, Jun 21 The government has allowed banks and post workplaces to store trashed Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes with the Reserve Bank by July 20.

This is the second window the government has given to banks, post offices and cooperative banks for depositing the junked notes with RBI.

The prior window was open till December 31, an after a long time of demonetisation of high esteem money.

"Such determined bank notes may be kept by such bank, post office or region focal helpful bank, by and large, in any office of the Reserve Bank, inside a time of 30 days from the beginning of these standards," said a government notification.

It additionally said that they ought to get the trade an incentive by credit to the record of such subject as per the general inclination of the RBI of the conditions indicated.

RBI will acknowledge stores gathered by any bank or post office by December 30, 2016 or by any District Central Cooperative Bank from November 10-14, 2016 ought to be kept inside 30 days, the notification said.

They ought to likewise refer to substantial explanations behind non-store of the predetermined certified receipts inside the period, it said.

Old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes were junked from November 8, 2016 to wipe out black money and curb infusion and dissemination of fake Indian currency notes (FICNs).

India is the second-biggest maker and customer of money notes. Dissemination of banknotes has expanded to 90.27 billion pieces from 64.58 billion throughout the last five years.

As on November 8, 2016, the aggregate sum of money available for use was Rs 17.7 lakh crore, which included specified bank notes (SBNs) of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000.

According to the last authority check discharged by RBI on December 13, banks had earned Rs 12.44 lakh crore in banned notes till December 10.