London, July 19:
India lost three wickets in quick succession but fought back through Murali Vijay’s gutsy half-century to take their overall lead to 145, leaving the second cricket Test against England interestingly poised, here today
At stumps on third day, India were 169 for four despite a solid 78-run second wicket stand between Vijay (59 batting) and Cheteshwar Pujara (43).
Vijay is in company of skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who survived a hostile spell from Stuart Broad to remain undefeated on 12 off 51 balls having added crucial 46 runs with Vijay for the fifth wicket.
The Tamil Nadu opener has shown tremendous patience during his 190-ball knock today which had seven fours but more impressive was his decisiveness while leaving deliveries outside the off-stump.
With England batting deep, it will be interesting to see what kind of target is set by the Indian batsmen. India will be aiming for a lead of 250 plus in order to make a match of it on a Lord’s track which will then help Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Co to exploit the conditions.
It was 6/82 was the main reason for India getting England out for 319 in their first innings thereby restricting the first innings lead to 24.
For England, it was Liam Plunkett, who started the collapse by first inducing a nick from Pujara, who again looked good for a big knock. Virat Kohli (0)’s error in judgement cost him dearly as the delivery he left jagged back enough to clip the bails.
From a relatively comfortable 118 for one, India were reduced to 123 for four in a space of three overs.
First innings centurion Ajinkya Rahane then got a howler from umpire Bruce Oxenford as a rising delivery from Stuart Broad hit his arm-guard before lobbing up as Matt Prior ran from his position to dive forward and complete a catch.
Shikhar Dhawan (31) again got a start but failed to convert it into a big score leaving his place in the playing XI for the third Test under scanner.
Vijay and Dhawan batted on an eased out pitch as they wiped out the deficit by the seventh over.
Dhawan hit four boundaries but a flashy shot off Ben Stokes brought about his downfall with Joe Root taking the catch at point.
Vijay in company of Pujara, however denied the bowlers any openings, looking to bat patiently for long in this third innings of the game, and brought up the 50-run mark in the 18th over. Plunkett and Moeen Ali were the other bowlers used in the session.
Earlier, Bhuvneshwar’s second successive five-for figures helped him get his name on the prestigious Lord’s ‘Honours Board’ after his teammate Ajinkya Rahane got his name up there on the first day.
The UP seamer’s figures were second best by an Indian after Amar Singh’s 6/35 at the hallowed ground back in 1936.
Ravindra Jadeja (2-46), Moahmmad Shami (1-58) and Murali Vijay (1-12) were the other wicket-takers for India in this innings.
On a pitch where Bhuvneshwar troubled the batsmen with his moving deliveries, his senior partner Ishant Sharma went wicketless after bowling 24 overs. While a few deliveries did beat the bat, the lanky seamer was guilty of not making the batsmen play on a quite a few occasions.
The morning began with England still adrift by 76 runs and only 4 wickets remaining. (PTI)
Vijay hits a gutsy fifty as India lead by 145 after day 3
‘Bacche Mann Ke Sacche’ to hit theatres next month
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 19: Hindi Feature Film “Bacche Mann Ke Sacche”, written, edited and directed by son of the soil, Jayesh Gupta, who belongs to Trikuta Nagar (Jammu) is ready to hit theatres next month.
The film under the banner of Karismatic Productions is completed in all respects and is slated to be released next month.
As the title of the film suggests, the film is about children and has a message for them as well as for the adults. Apart from this, the film has a lot of comedy, seriousness, drama and entertainment.
DB grants last opportunity to State in PIL of trans-genders
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 19: In a PIL filed by Mian Haji Saria seeking direction against denial of admission to the children of trans-gender in the private educational institutions, Division Bench of State High Court comprising Chief Justice MM Kumar and Justice Tashi Rabstan has granted last opportunity to the State for filing comprehensive action plan.
On June 3, 2014, the DB had directed the State to submit a comprehensive action plan with regard to the steps to be taken in terms of Apex Court directions on safeguarding the rights of trans-genders.
Today, when the PIL came up for hearing, Senior AAG Gagan Basotra stated that some more time would be required to comply with the order and requested for granting four weeks time.
Upon this, Division Bench comprising Chief Justice MM Kumar and Justice Tashi Rabstan granted one last opportunity of four weeks to file comprehensive action plan.
5 bovines rescued, smuggler held
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 19: Police rescued five bovine animals and arrested a smuggler from Bagga Nallah area, falling under the jurisdiction of Batote police station.
As per police sources, police team from police station Batote laid a naka at Bagga Nallah and intercepted a Tata mobile bearing temporary registration number JMU-AU-5687.
During checking, police rescued five bovine animals, which the smuggler was carrying towards Srinagar from Jammu without permission.
The driver of the vehicle identified as Abdul Hamid, son of Babu Khan of Delwas, Chanderkote has been arrested.
A case under FIR number 71/14 under Section 188 RPC and 3 PCA Act has been registered at police station Batote and investigation started.
Police team headed by Inspector Mohammad Iqbal made the arrest under the supervision of SSP Ramban Javed Iqbal Mattoo.
Everything is on track, IPTL will pan out as planned: Bhupathi
New Delhi, July 19:
There is no threat to the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL), veteran Indian star Mahesh Bhupathi said today, asserting that none of the team owners has pulled out and a multi-year deal was firmly in place with the country’s biggest broadcaster for his ambitious event.
Bhupathi woke up in Spain to frantic calls from Indian media asking about the future of IPTL in the wake of a pullout by PVP Ventures as claimed by a media report.
Bhupathi though said everything was on track, laughing off the report.
“Micromax are the owners of the Mumbai Franchisee. PVP Group along with Sachin Tendulkar were in talks but deadlines were not met,” Bhupathi said from Spain.
“Our league is structured in such a way that players have to be paid at regular intervals. PVP office told me that they are busy fighting elections in Andhra. Obviously payments could not wait, so we went on and got another team in India. I have e-mail confirmation from PVP saying go ahead,” the veteran star explained.
“PVP were in discussions to buy the India franchisee but unfortunately PVP got busy with elections and could not make payments timelines and hence we sourced another team.”
Bhupathi also revealed that Micromax have chosen Delhi as venue so their matches will be played in the capital.
Bhupathi said he was “annoyed” with the media reports and it was baffling to see such an article.
“Everything is on track. In fact, in London, three days before the Wimbledon all the owners were there for a workshop and they all met the players. Rahul from Micromax met (Rafael) Nadal. Dubai owners met (Novak) Djokovic and Manila owners met (Andy) Murray, so there are no hiccups, contrary to what that media story says.” (PTI)
CEC inaugurates hatchery plant
Excelsior Correspondent
Kargil, July 19: Chief Executive Councillor LAHDC, Kargil Haji Asgar Ali Karblaie today inaugurated hatchery plant of Poultry Development Farm at Kurbathang.
The Executive Councillor for Animal and Sheep Husbandry and PWD Mohammad Amir Advocate was also present on the occasion.
On the occasion, the Poultry Development Officer informed that a total of 4897 eggs have been loaded for hatching in the first phase. If the operation proved successful with hatching 50 percent eggs, out of total loaded eggs after 21 days, we would load 10,000 eggs in the next phase, he added.
Among others, Chief Animal Husbandry Officer, Kargil Dr. Mohd Iqbal and Poultry Development Officer, Kargil Dr. Gulzar Hussain, besides Doctors and the other officials of the department were also present on the occasion.
Body recovered
Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, July 19: Police said it has recovered a body at village Yarikah in D.H Pora, which was later identified as Khursheed Ahmad Ellahi son of Abdul Salam of D.H Pora.
A police spokesman said police has registered a case under Section 174 CrPC to ascertain the cause of the death.
Forest officials protest over junior’s promotion
Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, July 19: Scores of senior forest officials of Tangmarg division today protested against what they called the illegal promotion of one of their colleagues by the department.
The protesting employees said that they were surprised to see that Imtiyaz Ahmad Khan, who was working as social forestry worker in Tangmarg division has been promoted as Range Officer and posted at territorial range Gulmarg.
Ghulam Hassan Bhat, President Forest Division Tangmarg said that Khan has been illegally posted on the vital post after he was promoted by using his political influence.
“Imtiyaz Ahmad Khan is only middle pass and for the post of Range Office, one should have technical qualification in Kashmir Forestry Course (KFC) or atleast 20 years of experience as Forester in the department,” Bhat said, adding, Khan doesn’t have relevant qualification for the post.
The employees demanded that Khan’s Order No. 184 released on 18th of this month be cancelled, otherwise, they would go for indefinite strike.
Rajnath directs to prepare road-map on internal security
NEW DELHI, July 19: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today issued direction for preparation of a holistic road-map on key internal security issues, including Left Wing Extremism, Jammu and Kashmir and Northeast, in a time-bound manner.
At a high-level meeting, attended by top officers of the security establishment and intelligence agencies, Singh reviewed the entire gamut of the internal security scenario, activities of terrorist organisations, cross-border terrorism besides others.
Official sources said violence perpetrated by Maoists, the situation in Jammu and Kashmir and Northeastern region have also come under intense discussions.
Singh directed the security officials to prepare a road-map on all these key issues in a time-bound manner and suggest ways to deal with them.
Singh was briefed about the problems along the international border like infiltration and how to resolve them.
The Home Minister took stock of the Left Wing Extremism, which is now considered the biggest security challenge for the country, and the areas where the menace is serious and how to tackle it.
Functioning of paramilitary organisations also came up for discussion and officials told him that eight lakh personnel of the paramilitary organisations are currently deployed for various internal security duties. (PTI)
ED files charge sheet in Surat diamonds hawala case
NEW DELHI, July 19:
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a charge sheet under anti-money laundering laws against prime accused Afroz Fatta and others in the Rs 5,000-crore Surat fake diamond trade and hawala scam.
The agency was probing the case for over four months and charged a total of 79 people, including key accused Fatta and Madanlal Jain, under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after it had filed a complaint in a special court in Ahmedabad.
“ED Ahmedabad files prosecution complaint in PMLA Special Court, Ahmedabad in the Rs 5,000 crore Surat fake diamond trade and hawala scam,” the ED said on its recently launched twitter handle– ‘dir_ed’.
“In Surat fake diamond hawala scam Afroz Fatta & Madanlal Jain (both already in judicial custody) and 77 others charged with money laundering,” the agency said on the social networking site.
ED is also probing hawala dealings (transfer of money through illegal banking channels) in this particular case under the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA).
The agency’s zonal office in Surat, in March, had claimed to have busted a hawala racket to the tune of Rs 700-crore during searches at the offices of some diamond traders in this city.
Sleuths had also questioned Fatta and trader Jain for their alleged involvement in the racket where it is suspected that Rs 700 crore was sent outside India.
It suspects the total scam to be worth Rs 5,000 crore.
ED suspects that the people it is probing indulged in huge under-valuation of imported diamonds in order to send a large amount of foreign exchange outside the country without paying proper duties and taxes.
The agency has alleged that instead of importing diamonds, the traders made bogus import bills claiming that they had purchased the diamonds from a foreign trader.
Using the bills, the traders used to transfer money to overseas banks and financial intermediaries, without ever importing any diamond, it claimed. (PTI)