India, United States Logistic Assention to Support Defense Ties

WASHINGTON - India and the US on Monday consented to an imperative arrangement that will make the two countries logistical associates and empower both the militaries to utilize each other's benefits and bases for repair and renewal of supplies.

Respecting the marking of the two-sided 'Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement' (LEMOA), Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar and US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said the settlement will encourage open doors for "pragmatic engagement and trade".

LEMOA encourages the arrangement of logistical bolster, supplies, and administrations between the US and Indian militaries on a reimbursable premise, and gives a system to administer them.

"They conceded to the significance (that) this system will give to encourage inventive and propelled open doors in safeguard innovation and exchange collaboration. To this end, the US has consented to lift safeguard exchange and innovation imparting to India to a level equivalent with its nearest associates and accomplices," said a joint articulation after the agreement was agreed upon.

As indicated by the announcement, the barrier ties between the two nations depends on their "mutual values and interests," and their "withstanding responsibility to worldwide peace and security."

Amid their meeting, Parrikar and Carter examined the "abundance of advancement" in reciprocal participation and developing vital organization between the United States and India.

The US has consented to lift barrier exchange and innovation imparting to India to a level equivalent with its nearest associates and accomplices.

The visit, their 6th authority connection to date, exhibits the significance both sides place on reinforcing safeguard ties crosswise over numerous territories: from vital and provincial participation to extended military-to-military trades, to extended coordinated effort on guard innovation and advancement, it said.

Respecting India's participation in the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), Carter reaffirmed US support for India's enrollment in the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).

Recognizing India's sure commitments to local security and steadiness, incorporating into matters past the oceanic space, Carter and Parrikar declared their consent to further counsels in the range, including through the following Maritime Security Dialog, booked in the not so distant future.

Amid his stay in the US, Parrikar will visit Boeing's assembling office at Philadelphia. He would likewise cooperate with American resistance industry agents at an occasion sorted out by the US-India Business Council (USIBC).

Prior yesterday, Parrikar was concurred an improved honor cordon via Carter after he touched base at the Pentagon.

The improved honor is saved for esteemed visitors. Amid ordinary cordon, guests are welcomed at the Pentagon stairs and invited with handshakes, before continuing inside. Amid the improved honor cordon, national songs of praise are played.

Parrikar, joined via Carter, additionally laid a wreath at the Pentagon 9/11 Memorial.

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Curfew relaxed from parts of Kashmir distress, shutdown proceeds for 52 days

Curfew was relaxed from parts of Srinagar and different areas in the Valley, while shutdown and confinements proceeded for 52nd back to back days today.

Curfew was lifted from Anantnag town of South Kashmir and parts of Srinagar, while it stayed in power in a few sections of Srinagar under the locales of police headquarters Maharajganj and Nowhatta in Srinagar.

The security strengths were sent in touchy regions of the Valley to keep any dissents as Hurriyat Conference gave call for lockdown of all all government offices except essential services.

Communicating misgiving and regret over the loss of lives in the Kashmir Valley, Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday said that any life lost in the state, whether of any adolescent or any security work force, is India's misfortune, including that those inciting youthful, pure kids will need to reply to them sometime in the not so distant future.

Tending to the country amid his location in the 23rd release of his 'Mann ki Baat' program, Prime Minister Modi said, "Any life lost in Kashmir, whether of any young or any security work force, is our own misfortune. The individuals who are attempting to upset peace in Kashmir by impelling guiltless youthful kids, they will need to answer to these youthful kids."

The Prime Minister likewise said that all political gatherings need to advance their perspectives on the overarching circumstance in the Kashmir Valley in one voice.

Prime Minister Modi hosted assembled an-all get-together meet on August 12 to talk about the common circumstance in Jammu and Kashmir. He told participants that Pakistan-possessed Kashmir is additionally a portion of Jammu and Kashmir. The prime minister included that "there can't be any trade off on national security, however we need to win the certainty of the general population in Jammu and Kashmir.

The circumstance has turned out to be grave to the point that Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh needed to burn through two-days in Srinagar a week ago meeting with a cross-area of Kashmiri society and the state initiative to search for an exit from the present impasse brought on by the dissents over the disposal of Hizbul Mujahideen activist Burhan Wani a month ago.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti additionally met Prime Minister Modi in New Delhi on Saturday and introduced a three-point activity arrangement, which incorporates having a substantive exchange with separatists and Pakistan, to end the present agitation in the state.

The loss of life in the valley has come to 67, as another adolescent succumbed to his wounds in conflicts that broke out between security strengths and local people in Pulwama area on Friday. (ANI)

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India v/s West Indies T-20 arrangement in Florida a major support to cricket in USA

Lauderhill (Florida)/Dubai: The Central Broward Regional Park, with a seating limit of 15,000, in Fort Lauderdale (USA) will be sold-out for two-match T-20 arrangement between ruling World T-20 champions West Indies and previous champions India to be played on August 27 and 28.

The arrangement has been considered as a lucrative endeavor for both India and West Indies cricket, with tickets evaluated from $75 up to $250. Be that as it may, the International Cricket Council likewise considers this to be an essential activity in satisfying to develope cricket in the United States.

As the International Cricket Council (ICC) has suspended the United States of America Cricket Association (USACA) and engaged itself to authorize which occasions could occur in the U.S. A three-match cricket All-Stars visit last November, highlighting legends Sachin Tendulkar of India and Shane Warne of Australia.

ICC Chief Executive David Richardson clarified what he trusts the U.S. will escape matches between the sides positioned second and third in the T20I rankings. West Indies can go past previous champs India in group T20I rankings.

West Indies can jump second-positioned India in the MRF Tyres ICC T20I Team Rankings when they clash in a two-match arrangement in Lauderhill, Florida. India are as of now set on 128 focuses, four focuses behind table pioneer New Zealand, while third-positioned West Indies are on 122 focuses

Driven by new skipper Carlos Brathwaite, who had crushed four back to back sixes to wrap up the current year's ICC World Twenty20 last against England in Kolkata, the West Indies will move to second place on 127 focuses with a 2-0 win and push India to third place on 124 focuses.

Be that as it may, a 2-0 win for India, commander by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, will help them join number-one positioned New Zealand on 132 focuses yet the Asian side will be positioned second when the evaluations are ascertained past the decimal point. In this situation, the West Indies will slip to fourth position with 118 focuses, one point behind South Africa.

A 1-1 arrangement draw will keep India ahead on 128 focuses with West Indies on 123 focuses.

The individual exhibitions in the arrangement will likewise be definitely viewed with a player from either side driving the player rankings for batsmen and bowlers.

India's Test commander Virat Kohli heads the MRF Tyres ICC Player Rankings for T20I Batsmen with 837 focuses. With Australia's Aaron Finch just 34 focuses behind, Kohli will hope to merge his position at the top.

Rohit Sharma is the following most elevated positioned India batsman in 23rd position, while Dhoni, who had driven India to triumph in the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 title in 2007, is in 50th position yet the probability of getting all the more batting open doors could see him ascend in the positions.

For the West Indies, enormous hitting opener Chris Gayle (eighth) and experienced batsman Marlon Samuels (seventeenth) will hope to climb the positions with Lendl Simmons (31st), Dwayne Bravo (37th) and Andre Fletcher (48th) likewise attempting to climb the stepping stool.

The West Indies has two moderate bowlers up in the table as top-positioned leg-spinner Samuel Badree and fourth-positioned off-spinner Sunil Narine will be out to earn focuses with medium-pacer Dwayne Bravo (39th) the following best on the rundown.

For India, quick bowler Jasprit Bumrah is in second position in the MRF Tires ICC Player Rankings for T20I Bowlers after a respectable show in Zimbabwe a couple of months back when India won the T20I arrangement 2-1. Ravichandran Ashwin is the other India bowler inside the main 10 in seventh position, while left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja is in nineteenth spot.

Marlon Samuels is the best-positioned all-rounder from either side at fifth position.

David Richardson has been cited as sayin "Having the ICC World T20 Champions playing India in Florida will without a doubt move both existing and new fans and players, however maybe all the more essentially, the assent charges will be put into the ICC's continuous work to establish a practical framework for the improvement of cricket in America."

Twelve of the 14 men chose for the 20-over matches were in the Caribbean for the Test arrangement, with the most critical player forgot being Suresh Raina.

West Indies T20I Team: Carlos Brathwaite (captain), Andre Fletcher, Andre Russell, Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo, Evin Lewis, Jason Holder, Johnson Charles, Kieron Pollard, Lendl Simmons, Marlon Samuels, Samuel Badree, Sunil Narine

India T20I Team: MS Dhoni (captain), Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, KL Rahul, Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Stuart Binny, Umesh Yadav, and Virat Kohli.

Schedule: Aug 27 10:00 hrs EDT, Aug 28, 10:00hrs EDT,

MRF Tyres ICC T20I Team Rankings (as of August 25, before the start of the India-West Indies series in Florida)

Rank Team Points: 1. New Zealand 132; 2. India 128; 3. West Indies 122; 4. South Africa 119; 5. England 116; 6. Australia 110; 7. Pakistan 104; 8. Sri Lanka 96; 9. Afghanistan 78; 10. Bangladesh 74; 11. Netherlands 67; 12. Zimbabwe 62; 13. Scotland 57; 14. UAE 54; 15. Ireland 48; 16. Papua New Guinea 44; 17. Oman 37; 18. Hong Kong 29.

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Angry Mehbooba Ends Press Meet With Rajnath Abruptly

SRINAGAR -- Confronted by tough questions, an angry Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today brought to an abrupt end a joint press conference with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh when her stand on ongoing protests were compared with her position during the 2010 unrest.

Singh, who was situated by the central clergyman on the dais, was seen making motions to assuage Mehbooba who went up against a journalist when reminded about her restriction to utilization of power and securing up of separatists 2010 when rival NC pioneer Omar Abdullah was the Chief Minister.

"Muje kya bolenge yeh Sir. maine inke bachon ko bachaya hai Task Force se (What would they be able to let me know. I have spared their children from Special Task power)," Mehbooba, who lost her cool, countered with an unexpected "Thank you, now you can have some tea".

The 57-year-old Mehbooba was obviously disturbed when a journalist got some information about her stand amid 2010 fomentation and cited her meetings in which she had scrutinized the then government drove by Omar Abdullah for utilizing power against kids and capture of Hurriyat pioneers.

The columnist while representing a question about her stand amid the continuous distress in the Valley likewise mentioned an objective fact that she and Omar had just changed spots it appears.

Mehbooba answered, "This isn't right examination. In 2010, there was a fake experience in Machil where three regular folks were murdered. After that there was assault and murder claims in Shopian..."

At the point when different correspondents needed to contribute with supplementary inquiries and illumination, she yelled back "let me finish first and proceeded with "this time an experience occurred in which three aggressors were killed, how is government in charge of that.

"Individuals went ahead roads, we forced check in time. Did the kids go to armed force camps to purchase toffees (treat)? Was the 15-year-old kid, who assaulted the police headquarters at Damhal Hanjipora (in south Kashmir), going there to get milk. Try not to look at both the things. Individuals had honest to goodness outrage that time (2010)," she said.

The 2010 dissents were activated by executing of three young people by Army in a fake experience in Machil area of North Kashmir. This case was at first taken care of by Jammu and Kashmir Police which enrolled a body of evidence against 11 armed force men.

The then government drove by Omar Abdullah requested an enquiry and in record time of two months, all the 11 armed force faculty were charge sheeted. The case was later taken care of by the Military court.

The armed force indicted seven fighters, including two officers, and sentenced them to life detainment for an organized murdering of three Kashmiri regular folks and passing it off as a hostile to militancy operation for prizes and compensations.

In Shopian, two ladies Neelofar and Aasya, were discovered dead and it was charged that they had been assaulted and killed.

After an exhaustive enquiry by the CBI, it was found that they had suffocated in a stream and the charges of assault, leveled by Mehbooba (who was pioneer of resistance), was found with no premise after therapeutic examination of one of the casualty demonstrated that she was a virgin.

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Floods in Bihar and Rajasthan: Situation remains critical

As the flood situation in Bihar remains critical, the Army and the Air Force have been requested to stay on alert in case of any fatalities, reported India Today. The death toll in the flood hit state has crossed 90, as reported by Vishva Gujarat.

Two lakh people have reportedly lost their homes in flood ravaged Bihar, as waters from Sone and Ganga rivers breached embankments, reported Vishva Gujarat.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh, on Monday, spoke to chief ministers of four flood-hit states — Bihar, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand — and assured Centre's help in dealing with the disaster.

"I assured the chief ministers of full cooperation from the Centre in the flood mitigation drive launched by the states," an official statement said.

The rising water level of Ganga has affected all the districts situated along the banks of the river in Bihar.

Ganga and five other rivers have been flowing above the danger mark in Patna, Bhagalpur, Khagaria, Katihar, Siwan, Bhojpurand Buxar districts, prompting officials to keep a close watch over the situation.

The Ganga river has been flowing at maximum level (above danger mark) of the season at six places in various parts of three districts- Digha ghat, Gandhi ghat, Hathidah in Patna, Bhagalpur and Kahalgaon in Bhagalpur district and Buxar district, a Disaster Management Department statement said.

Other rivers flowing above danger mark are — River Sone at Koilwar (Bhojpur) River Punpun at Sripalpur (in Patna), while Ghaghra remained in spate at Gangpur-Siswan in Siwan district, Kosi at Baltara and Kursela in Katihar district and Burhi Gandak in Khagaria, it said.

Five teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) had been deployed in Patna on Sunday, while two teams in Vaishali district to step up the relief and rescue operation in their flood-affected riverine areas, the department said.

It was also decided to take the flood-affected people residing in riverine areas to safer places in relief camps where they would be provided food, water, medical facilities.

The Air Force at Gorakhpur has also been asked to be on alert so that it can be used to drop food packets to the affected areas, if needed.

The Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said that holidays of all the officers have been cancelled in order to facilitate their deployment in flood affected areas.

All the DMs and SPs of flood affected districts would keep moving in order to assess the ground realities; he said adding that DMs would carry out aerial survey of their respective districts.

Nitish Kumar has also demanded that a team of experts look into the problem of silt in rivers, reported Vishva Gujarat. 

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Hafiz Saeed not Muslim, has terrorist belief system and has stigmatized Islam: Fatwa

Bareilly (UP): Hafiz Saeed, Pakistan-based Jamaat-ud-Dawa boss and driving force of Mumbai dread assault, can't be viewed as a Muslim as he has "terrorist philosophy" and has "conveyed shame to Islam", announced an Islamic theological school while giving a "fatwa" (declaration) against him.

The theological school of the Barelvi order named Saeed, author of the Lashkar-e-Taiba who conveys USD 10 million abundance on his head, as "pariah" from Islam and pronounced that tailing him or considering him as Muslim seems to be "illicit".

A "fatwa" is a legitimate profession in Islam which is given by a mufti, a Muslim researcher of a perceived power, who is a mediator or expounder of Islamic law.

The fatwa issued by Mufti Mohammed Saleem of Manzar-e-Islam Saudagaran, an establishment connected with Dargah Ala Hazrat, said that considering Saeed as a Muslim and listening to his words was "unlawful" and "denied".

According to the fatwa, Saeed is a man with "terrorist philosophy", who with his demonstrations has brought "shame to Islam and Muslims over the world".

"Subsequently, it is necessary for each Muslim not to tail him and avoid his philosophy," it said.

The "fatwa" was issued in an answer to an inquiry by one Mohd Moinuddin of Jaipur who had specified in his question that Saeed considered those compositions against Allah and Prophet Mohammad as Muslims.

In addition, Saeed broadcasted hostile to religious belief system and perspectives and incited individuals to make dread, Moinuddin said and asked whether such a man ought to be considered as Muslim.

In his 'fatwa', Mufti Saleem said that having any kind of association with people conflicting with the poise of Allah and the Prophet was illicit and 'haraam', a demonstration that is illegal by Allah.

It said subsequent to Saeed was having contacts with such people, he has been pariah from Islam.

The decision approached on the heels of Saeed asking Pakistan Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif to send troops to Kashmir to "comply" the pending request of Pakistan author MA Jinnah.

Tending to a rally held under the pennant of 'Safeguard Council of Pakistan' in Karachi on Sunday, Saeed had asserted, "Kashmiris had declared before the allotment that they needed to stay with Pakistan. However, after the parcel, India persuasively sent Army to Jammu and Kashmir.

"On this Quaid-e-Azam, Mohammad Ali Jinnah requested his president to react by sending troops however he cannot (to comply with his requests). Presently, I request that Gen Raheel Sharif send troops in (Jammu and) Kashmir as Quaid-e-Azam's request is pending," Saeed said.

He said he was not requesting a war with India but rather they (Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Raheel) must shape a procedure in regards to the Kashmir issue.

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India Eye on Recapturing No.1 In Test Ranking

On a high in the wake of fixing the arrangement with extensive triumphs, a perky India will expect to finish a 3-0 defeat keeping in mind the end goal to recapture its No 1 Test positioning when they meet a drowsy West Indies in the last Test match of the arrangement, in Port of Spain on Thursday.

Having effectively taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the four-match arrangement after their devastating 237-run win in the third Test, Virat Kohli and his men will intend to go for the slaughter in their offer to dislodge Australia from the post position in the ICC Test rankings list.

However a draw at the Queen's Park Oval would imply that Australia will keep up their top position while Pakistan by ideals of their noteworthy 2-2 draw against England will be the No 2 Test group.

With Skipper Kohli making it clear that he will get a kick out of the chance to have Rohit Sharma at No 5 and elevate himself to No 3, it is improbable that the center batting line-up will have any adjustment in the last Test match.

However with Shikhar Dhawan not having a lot of an execution notwithstanding his 84 in the opening Test, it will enthusiasm to check whether Murali Vijay, who was dropped in the last amusement in spite of being fit makes a rebound in the playing XI. The opener's thumb harm has completely mended, as reported by batting mentor Sanjay Bangar beforehand.

Now of time, Cheteshwar Pujara getting a life saver appears to be impossible.

Indeed, even the five-pronged knocking down some pins assault could experience change. In a long season, where India plays another 13 Tests, the workload for any semblance of Ishant Sharma and Mohammed Shami should be overseen.

One of them could be managed a breather, with a bouncing back chance given to Umesh Yadav, or even beginner Shardul Thakur could get a look-in, if Kohli is in trial mode.

The champion entertainer in the arrangement for India has been Ravichandran Ashwin, who is currently world No 1 all-rounder in Test according to the official rankings.

Among the batsmen, opener KL Rahul (236 runs) has been entirely reliable with a major hundred and a half-century in the two Tests while Ajinkya Rahane has again indicated why he is such a vital machine gear-piece in the Indian group's wheel with 243 runs that incorporates a ton and a half century.

Captain Kohli istill top run-getter with 251 runs yet it's more to do with the twofold hundred that he scored in the opening Test.

In the event that the Indian group takes the No 1 Test crown, they will must be more merciless, a characteristic not showcased in this arrangement until days four and five in St. Lucia.

West Indies, in the mean time, will seek after some level of change in their play after yet another compliant surrender.

After Roston Chase's hundred in Jamaica, things searched energetic for the hosts especially after they diminished India to 130/5 in the primary innings of the third Test.

They will want to put a rousing exertion however, with trusts at the end of the day pegged on the accomplished couple, Darren Bravo and Marlon Samuels. Any progressions, notwithstanding the devastating misfortune in the past match, look far-fetched.

Teams:

India: Virat Kohli (c), Murali Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), R Ashwin, Amit Mishra, Ravindra Jadeja, Stuart Binny, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohd. Shami, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma.

West Indies: Jason Holder (c), Kraigg Brathwaite, Shai Hope, Darren Bravo, Marlon Samuels, Jermaine Blackwood, Roston Chase, Leon Johnson, Shane Dowrich (wk), Devendra Bishoo, Carlos Brathwaite, Shannon Gabriel, Miguel Cummins, Alzarri Joseph.

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