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If not, the Abbas Naqvi said Congress Singh and Kapil Sibal seeking Marshal while addressing a cising terror, Sibal tweeted, PM should tell the truth to the and its allies are “crying” while proof of Indian Air Force’s Press conference at Coimbatore “Modi ji must answer as the country,” Sibal said on Twitter. terrorists and their sponsors are strike destroying the biggest after attending a function in P! international media like New Congress chief spokesman being hit. camp of Jaish-e-Mohammad in which two units of the IAF ! ! York Times, Washington Post, Randeep Surjewala also put out “Is this a coincidence or a Pakistan. were honoured with the London-based Jane a news report about Ahluwalia partnership? It is unfortunate They accused Prime President’s Colours by Information group, Daily in this regard. when the entire country is Minister Narendra Modi of President Ram Nath Kovind. Telegraph, the Guardian and Punjab Minister and speaking in one voice to salute politicising terror. Also, the Dhanoa said, “If we plan to L# $ Reuters are reporting that there Congress leader Navjot Singh our armed forces’ valour, the Congress asked the PM to hit the target, we hit the target. %&' is no proof of militant losses at Sidhu said, “300 terrorist dead, Congress and its allies are rais- clear the doubt after one of the Why would he (Pakistan PM) Balakot in Pakistan.” Yes or No? What was the pur- ing such questions,” he said. Union Ministers denied TV have responded if we dropped Senior Congress leader pose then? Were you uprooting Naqvi accused the reports that 300 terrorists were bombs in the jungles... The tar- Digvijaya Singh too questioned terrorist or trees? Was it an Congress and its allies of “irre- killed in the air strike. get was hit, it has been clearly dropped away from the target, the air strike in Pakistan and election gimmick? Deceit pos- sponsible behaviour”, saying Reacting to the amplified by the Foreign Dhanoa said, “Our report says demanded proof. sesses our land in guise of fight- these comments show their Opposition’s charge, the BJP Secretary in his statement.” otherwise.” The Congress reactions ing a foreign enemy. Stop politi- mindset on a sensitive issue like accused the Congress of “mis- This was the first official He also set at rest all doubts came in the wake of Union cising the Army, it is as sacred national security. leading” the country by its reaction of the Air Chief after about the denial of Pakistan Minister SS Ahluwalia’s state- as the State.” “The country no longer “fake and fabricated” narratives. the Balakot operation which that they lost F-16 aircraft. ment that neither Modi nor any West Bengal Chief Minister expect the Congress and its While Air Chief Marshal B triggered a war of words India has in its possession Government spokesperson had Mamata Banerjee too demand- allies to welcome security S Dhanoa on Monday asserted between the Government and pieces of the AMRAAM mis- given any figure on the casual- ed evidence of the pre-emptive forces’ action to end terrorism the Indian fighter planes hit the the Opposition. sile. “Obviously, I think they ty of air strikes. “Rather, the strike on Jaish-e-Mohammed but they should at least not desired target but it is not When his attention was have lost F-16 aircraft in that Indian media and social media training camps in Pakistan by mislead the nation and insult their job to count the dead. drawn to some reports that combat. So, obviously, they users were circulating an the Indian Air Force. She also Armed forces with fake and “If we plan to hit the target, stated that the bombs were " have been using that aircraft unconfirmed figure of terror- said the Opposition parties fabricated stories,” he said. P O P ormer Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Fmember of Parliament ly inaugurated it on Sunday Baijyant Jay Panda joined the night. Sarang also used a plaque BJP on Monday, giving the saf- International Cooperation shoka Garden police have to write his name instead of fron party an articulate leader Agency (JICA) has reduced soft Abooked BJP MLA from Sharma. The supporters and " in Odisha, where Assembly ublic Investment Board loan amount for the six corri- Narela Vishwas Sarang for Sarang went further and polls will be held together with P(PIB), a wing of the Finance dors of Delhi Metro phase IV inaugurating a park in his con- uprooted the foundation stone the Lok Sabha elections. Ministry, has approved three projects. The Delhi stituency without permission. which was having Minister Panda met BJP chief Amit corridors of phase IV of Delhi Government has proposed that The inauguration of the park Sharma’s name on it. Shah and joined the party at its Metro with certain conditions Delhi and Centre should bear was scheduled by Law Minister After the incident the et ready to face a harsh headquarters in the national that include Delhi Metro will 50-50 share of the operational PC Sharma on Tuesday. agency which developed the Gsummer this year. The Capital. have to bear operational loss- losses. Police said that Swami park capital project adminis- India Meteorological Panda was suspended by es of phase IV. In foreign loans, there is a Vivekananda theme park which tration (CPA) came into action Department (IMD) has pre- the BJD for alleged anti-party After the PIB nod, the risk of currency loss due to fluc- was developed at 80 ft road was and officials locked the gates of dicted the average temperature activities early last year prompt- proposal is likely to be cleared tuations in foreign exchange pending for inauguration and theme park and lodged a com- in most parts of north India ing him to resign from the by the Narendra Modi market. Till now the Centre and Minister PC Sharma was sched- plaint with police on Monday. northeast regions, northwest party and his Lok Sabha seat Government’s last Cabinet the State Government have uled to inaugurate it but before The complaint was regard- India and southern parts of Kendrapara from where he meeting before the Lok Sabha been sharing the currency loss- the scheduled inauguration, ing the Sarang using his name west coast to remain above nor- was elected twice on the BJD elections. The Centre is keen to es equally. The 50-50 opera- MLA of Narela Vishwas Sarang illegally and forceful inaugu- mal during March, April, May ticket. remove all hurdles for starting tional losses was the norm for inaugurated it. ration. A case under sections this year. The BJP hopes that senior Metro phase IV construction as Delhi Metro’s first and second The theme park which has 353 and 427 of the IPC and sec- The rest part of the coun- leader’s presence could expand early as possible. And Delhi phases but it was changed for been developed with an expen- tion 3 of Prevention of Damage try is expected to see normal its influence along the coastal Metro has said it is ready to the third phase. diture of 1.37 crore by capital to Public Property Act, 1984 temperature during summer. belt in the State. start the work soon after getting According to sources, three project administration (CPA) was registered against the The past four years, from Odisha is a priority state for the Government’s nod. corridors of Delhi Metro phase had to be inaugurated by Law Sarang. 2015 to 2018, were the warmest country is likely to experience this year. the BJP, where it is seeking to Sources in the Finance IV include Aerocity to and Legal Affairs and Public On the other hand Vishwas ever recorded years. In fact, the near normal minimum tem- “The heat wave is expect- give a tough fight to the BJD Ministry said the Centre will Tuglaqabad (20.20 km); RK Relation Minister PC Sharma Sarang has claimed that there 20 warmest years on record peratures. ed to hit 16 States due to vari- which is facing anti-incum- keep its stake at 20 per cent and Ashram to Janakpur (28.93 on Tuesday, but before it could is a threat to his life in Congress have occurred in the last 22 It also said there is 37 per ous reasons. However, normal bency under the two-decade would not fund Delhi Metro km) and Mukundpur to be done Sarang along with his government. Police have start- years. This trend also sits in cent probability of the maxi- heat wave — like conditions rule of Chief Minister Naveen phase IV project if Delhi Metro Maujpur (12.54 km). The total supporters and locals forceful- ed further investigation. perfectly with the emission mum temperatures in 2019 will prevail over the country’s Patnaik. fails to bear operational losses cost of three corridor is expect- rates of greenhouse gases being above normal in the core heat wave zone. Central The BJP has already made or cost escalation due to any ed to be around 30,000 crore. ! & (GHGs), which were at a record core heat wave zones of Punjab, and northern India are gener- inroads during the panchayat reasons. There are six corridors in phase high in 2018 according to the Himachal Pradesh, ally considered the core heat and local level elections and In case Delhi Metro fails to IV with estimated cost of ( ! World Meteorological Uttarakhand, Delhi, Haryana, wave zones,” officials said. gained second position in the bear the loss, if any, the Delhi around 46,845 crore. Organisation (WMO). Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, The regions falling under State by relegating the Congress Government will have to do it, The Delhi Metro had sub- )* According to IMD predic- Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, the core heat wave zone are to the third slot. said the sources. mitted the first detailed project tions, the season average max- Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Panda, who owns an influ- The Ministry has also report (DPR) of Phase IV in imum temperatures in West Bengal, Odisha and Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, ential media empire in Odisha, made it clear that Delhi Metro 2014. + $& Himachal Pradesh, west Telengana. Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, had been close to Naveen will have to service the interest However, approval from Rajasthan, Konkan, Goa, The IMD does not consid- Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Patnaik and often articulated payment during the construc- the Government was pending ! Coastal Karnataka, Kerala, er March as part of summer Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, BJD’s viewpoint at the nation- tion period. Delhi Metro has for over four years due to var- % ! Saurashtra, Tamil Nadu, coastal season — April to June is con- West Bengal, Orissa and al level before he fell out with also been advised to generate ious issues, including finances. Andhra Pradesh and sidered the actual summer. Telangana, and meteorological him. funds from other resources, The Delhi Metro’s Phase-IV is ,+# - Arunachal Pradesh are likely to IMD sources said the com- subdivisions of Marathwada, The BJD had accused him including issuance of metro also slated to connect Uttar be higher than normal by 0.5- bined effect of climate change Vidarbha, central Maharashtra of money laundering and bonds. Pradesh and Haryana with the ( & 1.0 degree Celsius. Rest of the will lead to hotter summer and coastal Andhra Pradesh. demanded a probe. 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Bhopal: Koh-e-Fiza police have tim later lodged complaint booked a Mominpuri man for with the SDM and in the assaulting and selling proper- enquiry he found that the ty worth 14 lakh by forging claims made by the victim are documents; case was regis- true and instructions of regis- tered by police on Sunday. tering case against the accused Police said that the accused were given. The police have identified as Gopal was registered a case under sections involved in duping the victim 452,420,406,394,323 and 506 of to the tune of 14 lakhs was the IPC. The accused is yet to booked after the victim lodged the nabbed. Search for the a complaint of fraud. accused has been started. The accused sold property Meanwhile, a 26-year-old which was in the name of the man was nabbed by FRV of TT victim and when the victim Nagar police who was carrying found it he contacted the a sharp edged weapon on accused who initially refused Monday. but later assured that he would Acting on a tip off, FRV provide money and later failed attached with TT Nagar police to provide anything. The victim nabbed a miscreant identified when reached to discuss as Manoj Bandhewar of regarding the land and docu- Rajgarh near TT Nagar stadi- ments he was abused and um who was carrying sharp assaulted by the accused. edged weapon. The police have The accused escaped the registered a case against the $ $ & ' ( ) * + , ( $ &* ' spot and victim lodged a com- accused and started investiga- plaint with the police. The vic- tion. SR % # $ , ) * !"#$ & ' ( + - " to bagging gold medals in sports ! events, there is nothing these O# chin and wounds of chest will rerna Social and Cultural champions cannot do. They be operated. PSociety will organise have made us so proud.” # . )+ SA based Cosmetic Similarly, fingers of left Inspired India Award ceremo- 4 Jain further said that the USurgeon Dr Nicholas Chris ! hand of nine years old child ny on March 6 at Ravindra ! society going to felicitate 18 tal- Retson has operated nine Tarun was also scorched in a ! Bhavan at 6.30 pm to felicitate 0 ented persons. Those who burgled. Gold jewellery was patients in Free Plastic Surgery boiling water tub. His fingers 18 differently-abled youths would be felicitated include targeted by the miscreants that Camp held at Sewa Sadan Eye were also sticked with each who have excelled in fields like # & first female Indian amputee to ouse of an assistant man- raised suspicion that the mis- Hospital Sant Hirdaram Nagar another. Earlier his parents sports and art and culture. 4 ! climb Mount Everest, Padma Hager at Nayapura under creants were aware of the gold Bhopal. underwent three times for the There will be an interactive ses- Arunima Sinha; Paralympics Kolar police station area was jewelry at the house. The police As many as 159 Patients P surgery of their child. Again sion with first female Indian & swimmer, Sharath Gayakwad; targeted by miscreants on have registered a case under came for their treatment. Of they brought this boy for the amputee to climb Mount . $ members of We Are One Sunday and decamped with section 457 and 380 of the IPC them, 28 were identified for operation of all his sticked fin- Everest Padam Arunima Sinha 2 wheelchair group; dancer and valuables over 2 lakh. and have started further inves- various surgeries of their ail- some money and underwent gers. and Indian Paralympics swim- 0! ,& basketball player, Javed According to the police, the tigation. ments. Rest of the patients will the treatment of their son in A 22 years old woman mer Sharath Gayakwad. Chaudhary; body lifter and victim, Manish Mishra along Meanwhile, valuables be operated upto March 8, local private hospital but they Kaushaliya Mishra was Cabinet Minister for 5# model, Yogesh Prajapati; visu- with his family had gone to his worth 90000 were burgled 2019. Any steel hearted person didn’t get good results of the scorched with a hot steam Higher Education, Sports and 6 ally challenged dancer and uncle’s house in Suraj Nagar from Nirmal Nagar under can be compassionate on treatment. exiled from a cooker. The fam- Youth Affairs Jeetu Patwari !! MBA topper, Swapnil Patil; and when he returned on Awadhpuri police station area knowing the pains of these On the contrary after the ily members on this mishap- and secretary (culture) Renu visually challenged dancer, Sunday the valuables were on Sunday. The victim Juhi patients. treatment the chin of boy was pening in perturbation they Tiwari will be special guests of 1 singer and Yoga exponent, found burgled. Panth had gone to meet her rel- Sant Hirdaram Nagar affixed with the chest, and was poured chilled water of the the programme. ! Chandrayee; Olympian cyclist A complaint was lodged by atives and when she returned based 15 years old Neeraj was not capable to rise his face refrigerator on her fingers and Dilip Buildcon chairman and volleyball player, Shruti; the victim with the Kolar police on Sunday valuables were scorched when he felt in a tub properly and his left hand grip it caused infection on the Dilip Suryawanshi will preside While talking to media per- Special Olympic cyclist, and in his complaint he stated found burgled. of boiling water. His neck and was tightened. By the mean wounds. She underwent for her over the programme. sons here on Monday, Sunita Manigmellai; Floor Hockey that he along with his family The victim approached chest portion was badly time on knowing about this treatment for last one year in Dignitaries to also attend the Jain, founder of Prerna Social player, Kiran; Special Olympic was staying at his uncle’s house police and lodged a complaint scorched in this mishappening. free Plastic Surgery Camp, par- many hospitals but could not programme include And Cultural Welfare Society football player, Budhurai; in Suraj Nagar and when he with Awadhpuri police sta- Father Sohan Lal is a auto rick- ents brought this ailing child get relieved. Ultimately she Commissioner (social justice and the organiser of the pro- World Summer Games foot- returned on Sunday the doors tion. shaw driver and earns very and consulted Dr Nicholas came to this camp where Dr. and disabled persons welfare gramme informed, “These baller, Vijay; Arm Wrestler, of the house were open and Based on the complaint meager. Unfortunately, his elder Chris Retson. After prelimi- Retson performed surgery of department) Sandeep Rajak, IG Indians with disabilities prove Manish Kumar; Arm Wrestler, valuables were found burgled. after the preliminary investi- sister also died during that nary examinations, Surgeon her burnt hand on first phase. (Bhopal) Jaideep Prasad, tele- that it is just a state of mind. They Arvind Rajak; Banker, Gold and silver jewelry gation the police have regis- time. On the other hand it can Dr Retson successfully operat- She is very much influenced vision and film actor Darshan have not let their disability hold Padmeshwari Bhaga; Sumant worth over 2 lakh were bur- tered a case under section 457 be said that a misery conditions ed his tightened hand grip with the quality surgery of the Pandya and editor Indian them back in any way. From per- Kale, Sonu Golkar and Poonam gled. The victim was not able and 380 of the IPC and have suddenly emerged on the fam- first. On the second and third Surgeon and the service spirit Wrestling Nakul Patodi. forming in international arenas Shroti. to provide details of the cash started further investigation. ily. Parents have borrowed phase of surgeries, his affixed of the volunteers.
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with the association of by Rang theatre troupe Bhopal .. ) 08) Government of India Ministry in the direction of Ashok Bulani. -5343 (" *2" $"20 5&,, &46 (6#5 4 ("+"3(3 "* five-day Rang Triveni of Culture, New Delhi and On March 9, play ‘Astitva’ will ;#((, ,, 4&#'#"& ( & 6&,24' &"2'&" (,& &46 &'"#7 & %" ATheatre Festival will be Education Directorate Bhopal. be staged. The play is directed D&&"(4(33 $&5+E & &5 24 &"$% G: %( (,& 3 -(4' held in city from Wednesday. To On the first day of the the- by Pradeep Tiwari and will be 2"'&4(6 - %( (+&" 5(4 & ;-&, &6&4 4(&" &6&" mark the grand opening of the atre fest i.e. Wednesday Hindi staged by Rang Anibhav theatre &4,: %( $&5+ ,, $25+"3( &4 (%- 24 2* %( +"26#$ 3 2* theatre fest, a play by renowned play Panchtantra will be staged troupe, Reewa. -(4(*$&"(30 3 &,,3 *2" 4*2"5& 24 &46 '#6&4$( &-2# playwright of the city Prem by Children’s Theatre Troupe Marking the grand closure 6(+&" 5(4 3 &46 %(" 3(,*J(5+,25(4 3$%(5(3 -(36(3 Gupta will be performed. Bhopal in the direction of Prem of the fest, plays Vyang Kriti and 3 &,,3 2* -"&4$%(3 2* &"2#3 -&473: %( 4( +2" &, The theatre festival is being Gupta. On March 7 i.e. Musafir Kisson Wala will be L2-3 4 M 2* %( 6(+&" 5(4 ,, -( 6(6$& (6: 4*2"5& 24 organized by Saghan Society for Thursday, play ‘Nidwand’ will staged. The play is directed by &-2# %( *&$, (3 -(4' '(4 2 46#3 "(3 ,, -( 63+,&(6: Cultural and Welfare Bhopal. be staged. It is directed by KG Tarun Dutt Pandey and Vijit 4(5+,2(6 2# % ,, -( (4$2#"&'(6 &46 '(4 '#6&4$( 2 The theatre fest will be held at Trivedi and will be staged by Singh. The plays will be per- (3 &-,3% %(" 24 -#34(33: 2&43 ,, -( 63 "-# (6 2 %( Shaheed Bhavan auditorium Trikarshi theatre troupe, Bhopal. formed by the artists of Nav -(4(*$&"(3 2* &"2#3 3$%(5(3 & %( $&5+: 4,4( 3 &,,3 ,, that will continue till Sunday. On March 8, play ‘Maa Nritya Natya Sanstha, Bhopal &,32 -( 3( #+ %("( 4 ("(3 (6 $&466& (3 $&4 &++, #46(" %( The fest is being organized Retire Hoti Hai’ will be staged and Navonmesh, Uttar Pradesh. 3$%(5(: / ' + ) * )
mural paintings are the paint- 4 < ings depicting Hindu mythol- he colourful murals and ogy and legends, which are Tshapes depicting the stories ! 2 drawn on the walls of temples of Gods and Goddesses are all and churches in South India, about wood workshop ‘Kerala , ! principally in Kerala. Ancient Mural Workshop’. A mural art !! temples and palaces in Kerala, workshop is being organized at South India, display an abound- Arera Colony that began here &4 , ! < ing tradition of mural paintings from Monday. #! ! mostly dating back between the The workshop focuses on <,&4 , 9th to 12th centuries CE when the art of Kerala. Here on this form of art enjoyed Royal Monday, the participants patronage. These days even learned to carve the portraits of ! Churches in Kerala are com- gods and goddesses. The par- =>3! missioning mural paintings ticipants also carved out stories with Christian motifs. related to those gods and god- $0 The scriptural basis of these desses. Interestingly, there is no 1 paintings can be found in the proper body shape of figures in Sanskrit texts. Some of the this art. From geometrical murals in Kerala are found in shapes to abstract, the artists is one of the ancients craft and penings in the surroundings the churches at Cheppad, can figure out their work also depicts about the art that were carved on wood and this Alappuzha, Paliekkara, belonging to their perception. began with the human race. is how wooden craft all began. Thiruvalla, Angamaly and Notably, the wooden craft The stories of daily life and hap- It is to be noted that Kerala Akapparambu. &5-22 24 "3(K 52"( +"26#$ 24 3 "(33(6
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. 0 ,.# $ %( ( %&6 7,,(6 &3 5&4 &3 +(2+,( #5-(" 2* *& &, (3 4*,$ (6 - %( ( 6#"4' %( ,&3 & 24( '2 6#"4' %( (""2" % 4 #5-& 2 6($&6(3 3 ,(33 %&4 %( $&3#&, *'#"( "($2"6(6 ost-Pulwama, while India’s 24 M 4 BBA - %( *2"5(" 4 9#3 24( 4$6(4 4 BBA Pcounter-terror offensive has %( ( %&3 & 5&92" *22 +"4 4 $2#4 "(3 %( &3% %&3 6((,2+(6 & 54 46#3 " 2* been predominantly aimed at 4 %( "('24 ,7( " &47&0 &45&"0 5&74' (&+243 %"2#'% "(("3( (4'4(("4' 4 ndia will operationalise the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), the 4624(3&0 %&,&460 &,&3&0 &,6(30 &""& 6&5 %(, 4 %-(" &7% #47%& &46 I61-kilometre-long electron- fact remains that it is the &4',&6(3% &46 ((4 4 %( #"2+(&4 -#3 2"+%&43 ,7( %( ( *"25 &"(&3 % - 4& #"&, ic surveillance, known as Smart Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) that $2#4 "(3 $&,&5 (3 Fencing, in the Assam region of is more lethal with a global .225/29292 %( ( %&3 +"(3(4$( 4 L &46 $(" &4 India-Bangladesh border on footprint and direct support :; --= / &"(&3 2* &73 &4 Tuesday to check illegal immi- from Pakistan’s covert agency -;=2292#2 gration and smuggling of arms, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) ammunition, drugs and cattle. in planning, incubation and in countries in the region like Union Home Minister execution of terror attacks on Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Rajnath Singh will inaugurate targets in the Indian hinterland. Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, ("3 4 $ the Smart Fencing in the 61-km %( 75,24' (,($ "24$ 3#"(,,&4$( ,, 2 $%($7 ,,('&, While the LeT had killed as Maldives, Bangladesh and even riverine section of the interna- 55'"& 24 &46 35#'',4' 2* &"530 &55#4 240 6"#'3 &46 many as 166 people at one go in the European countries. tional border in Dhubri district $& ,( during the terror hit in Retired Intelligence offi- $ 566 * of Assam where the %( +"29($ 0 2"6(" ,($ "24$&,, 254& (6 N 4 ("$(+ 24 Mumbai on 26/11 in 2008, the cials pointed out as to Brahmaputra River enters into ($%4;#( D NE0 #46(" %( 25+"(%(43( 4 ('"& (6 number of fatalities inflicted by why any action like a drone Bangladesh, said the Home 2"6(" &4&'(5(4 3 (5 D E ,, $2(" %( 46& the JeM during the last two strike was not conducted New Delhi: Before Indian Air ($%4$&, 3#"(,,&4$( - 46&4 4 (,,'(4$( &'(4$(3 %&6 *2#46 Ministry. &4',&6(3% -2"6(" 4 %( &"(& %$% $2433 3 2* N$%&"O D3&46 decades is less than the casualty against LeT chief Hafiz Sayeed Force (IAF) jets struck the @BB 52-,( +%24(3 &$ ( & %( *&$, 0 '4' & $,(&" 46$& 24 2* The project, Border 3,&463E &46 44#5("&-,( "(" $%&44(,30 %$% 5&7(3 -2"6(" figure recorded by the former who has travelled in the Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) ter- %( 2 &, 4#5-(" 2* 45& (3 %2#3(6 %("( Electronically Dominated QRT '#&"64' & 6 4' &370 (3+($&,, 6#"4' %( "&4 3(&324 in just one incident in 2008. Pakistan Occupied Kashmir ror camp in Balakot on %( 32#"$(3 &66(6 2 %(" 46&4 4 (,,'(4$( &'(4$(3 %&6 &,32 Interception Technique 20 %( (4 "( 3+&4 2* %( "&%5&+# "& %&3 -((4 $2("(6 % ISI officers were directly (POK) over a dozen times dur- February 26, technical surveil- $2""2-2"& (6 O3 &33(335(4 2* &$ ( &"'( 3 % 4+# 3 2* (BOLD-QIT), under the %( 6& & 4( 2"7 '(4("& (6 - $"2&( $255#4$& 240 / involved in the 26/11 Mumbai ing the last five years. lance by Indian Intelligence 35,&" 4#5-(" 2* &3% 2+("& (3 & %( &,72 *&$, Comprehensive Integrated &-,(30 255#4$& 240 6& &46 4'% 3#"(,,&4$( $&5("&3 terror attacks and two of them They also rued the lack of agencies had found 300 mobile Border Management System &46 4 "#324 6( ($ 24 33 (5 are accused in the case. This is a sustained and comprehensive phones active at the facility, giv- (CIBMS) will cover the India- a clear pointer of the ISI’s counter-terror offensive against ing a clear indication of the total Bangladesh border in the area direct patronage of the LeT and the Pakistan-sponsored terror number of inmates housed which consists of ‘char’ (sand its insidious plans against India. directed against India. there, sources said on Monday. islands) and innumerable river On the other hand, the Jaish’s India has been pushing a The National Technical channels, which makes border operations are largely inde- ban against JeM chief Masood Research Organisation (NTRO) guarding a daunting task, espe- pendent with limited cooper- Azhar at the UN but has had started surveillance of the cially during the rainy season, ation of the Pakistan military- so far been stalled singlehand- facility after the IAF was given a statement by the MHA said. ISI combine in the execution of edly by China. clearance to target the camp in In January 2018, the infor- Communication, day and night cial said. The BSF is responsi- terror attacks by the group. The combined death toll Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa mation and technology wing of surveillance cameras and intru- ble for safeguarding the 4,096- The Jaish has developed a inflicted by the JeM since the province, sources said. the BSF undertook project sion detection system, the state- km-long international border mini industry of making Parliament attack of 2001, On February 26, 12 Mirage due to first hand involvement in numbers was something that BOLD-QIT and completed it in ment said. These modern gad- with Bangladesh. At various weapons through reverse engi- attack on the Jammu & 2000 IAF jets penetrated deep operational matters‚ said. the government would release. record time with the technical gets provide feeds to the BSF places, it is not possible to erect neering in Darra Adam Khel in Kashmir Assembly (2001), Uri, inside the Pakistani air space The sources added other The Government gave support of various manufac- control rooms along the border border fences due to geo- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and buys Pathankot and Pulwama dur- and launched 1,000 kg Spice Indian Intelligence agencies had approval for the airstrikes on turers and suppliers. BOLD- and enable the paramilitary graphical barriers, the state- orphans like the LeT from ing the NDA II regime at the 2000 bombs at the camp in also corroborated NTRO’s the Jaish training camp after the QIT is a project aimed to force’s quick reaction teams to ment said. areas hit by natural calamities Centre is a little over 100. Balakot, which housed terror- assessment of active targets Pakistan-based terror outfit install technical systems under thwart any possibility of illegal The implementation of this like cyclone and tsunamis who The then IB special direc- ists, including commanders with inputs of similar number carried out the deadly suicide the CIBMS, enabling the BSF border crossing and crimes. project will not only help the are subsequently trained as tor Ajit Doval who is present- and an ammunition dump. of Jaish operatives at the Balkot bombing in Pulwama, killing to equip the Indo-Bangla bor- “The riverine section of BSF curb all types of cross-bor- suicide bombers at various ly the National Security “During technical surveil- facility. The Government is yet 44 CRPF personnel. der in the unfenced riverine Indo-Bangladesh border in der crimes, but also provide facilities in Pakistan, including Advisor was part of the Indian lance, it emerged that there was to announce the exact number Hours after the air raid, area of the Brahmaputra and its Dhubri is considered to be respite to the troops from the one that was destroyed team that escorted Masood presence of around 300 mobile of terrorists killed in the strike. foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale tributaries with various kind of highly porous where move- round-the-clock human sur- during the air strike by the Azhar along with Mushtaq phones with active signal However, IAF chief BS told the media that the IAF sensors. ment of illegal immigrants and veillance, it said. Two smart Indian Air Force at Balakot. Ahmad Zargar and Ahmad strength inside the facility in the Dhanoa, at a Press conference fighters hit the largest training Now, the entire span of the smuggling of arms, ammuni- fencing pilot projects of five While the JeM has pres- Omar Saeed Shaikh to days leading up to the strike. The in Coimbatore on Monday, camp of JeM in Balakot and Brahmaputra has been cov- tion and other goods are very kilometers each were launched ence in Jammu & Kashmir Afghanistan in exchange for facility was destroyed by the IAF confirmed that the target had eliminated “a large number” of ered with the data network gen- common. The smart fencing in September 2018 along the and certain areas of Pakistan, the passengers of the hijacked fighters,” the sources, who been destroyed by Indian fight- JeM terrorists, trainers, senior erated by Microwave commu- will solve the problem to a great India-Pakistan international the LeT has a major footprint IC 814 passengers. wished to remain anonymous er jets and that exact casualty commanders. ANI nication, OFC Cables, DMR extent,” a Home Ministry offi- border in Jammu. 3 1 'Q) P + +)+Q + 1 * 4 . )+) *
adopt suitable tactics to alliance with the Congress. with the DMK. In Odisha, ☛ %3 $25(3 &'&43 %( * ensure the maximisation of However, it had kept that where Assembly elections are -&$76"2+ 2* %( & ( he CPI(M) on Monday the pooling of anti-BJP, anti- option open in Bengal to likely to be held along with Lok ,(&6("3%+ 2* -2 % %( 24'"(33 Tproposed “no mutual con- TMC votes,” CPM General maximise pooling of anti- Sabha polls, the CPI(M) &46 %( DE 4 (3 (4'&, 7 $ test” for the upcoming Lok Secretary Sitaram Yechury said. least in two seats at present held BJP and anti-TMC votes. will contest the Bhubaneswar +#3%4' *2" & &$ $&, (#+0 Sabha elections in six seats cur- “In accordance with this, by the Left Front — Raiganj The two parties had a sim- Lok Sabha seat and a few %,( %( (* +&" O3 ("&,& #4 rently held by the Congress and the CPI(M) proposes no mutu- and Murshidabad — which ilar tactical understanding in Assembly seats including, its %&3 -((4 2++234' &4 +&$ the Left Front in West Bengal, al contest in the present six sit- were earlier known as tradi- the 2016 Assembly polls. In the sitting seat Bonnai. % %( 24'"(33 indicating its willingness for an ting Lok Sabha seats, current- tional Congress bastions. last general election in 2014, Calling upon the people of ☛ %,( &3 42 $,(&" %( %(" ongress president Rahul understanding between the ly held by the Congress and the CPI leader Mohammad the Left Front managed to win Odisha to defeat the BJP, %( +"2+23&, %&3 &,"(&6 '2 CGandhi on Monday accused two political blocks in the state Left Front,” Yechury said. For Salim won Raiganj seat by two seats — Raiganj and Yechury said, “The CPI(M), 3#++2" 2* %( 24'"(330 Prime Minister Narendra Modi to consolidate anti-BJP votes. rest of the seats, the Left Front around 1,600 votes, while Murshidabad, both of which along with other Left forces, 32#"$(3 3&6 %( +&" 3 of speaking “a lie” about inau- This comes against the in Bengal will decide on March Badaruddoza Khan of CPI (M) were earlier held by the will be working out the details #4,,4' 2 $24$(6( & ,(&3 4 gurating an ordnance unit in his backdrop of the State leader- 8, he added. The decision on had won in Murshidabad with Congress. Congress had won particularly in the background 2 3(& 3 & +"(3(4 %(,6 - %( parliamentary constituency ship of both the Congress and these six seats was taken at a a margin of around 18,000 votes four seats — Uttar Maldaha, of various struggles it has (* /"24 K &'&49 &46 Amethi, claiming he had him- the CPI(M) in West Bengal Central Committee meeting in the 2014 general elections. Maldaha Dakshin, launched against the State #"3%6&-&6 K %$% ("( self laid the foundation stone of pushing for a tactical tie-up, of the party on March 3 and In April 2018, the Party Baharampur and Jangipur. Government.” (&",(" 7424 &3 "&6 24&, the factory in 2010. while the Left party’s Kerala March 4. Congress, the CPI-M’s highest Yechury added talks are In Maharashtra, discus- 24'"(33 -&3 243 His remark drew immedi- unit has been opposing any While it was not clear decision-making body, had said being held in Bihar with the sions are on with the NCP for ☛ 4 &%&"&3% "&0 63$#33243 &"( ate reaction from Union min- pact with the Congress. whether the proposal has that defeating the BJP and its RJD for contesting Ujiarpur contesting Dindori or Palghar 24 % %( *2" $24 (3 4' ister Smriti Irani, who said “In West Bengal, the already got support of the allies was the party’s main goal, seat in Samastipur district seats where the CPI(M) inde- 462" 2" &,'%&" 3(& 3 %("( Rahul Gandhi is “scared” and Central Committee had earli- Congress, sources said the but had also said this had to be while seat-sharing discussions pendently polls around a lakh %( DE 46(+(46(4 , +2,,3 could not see that the new facil- er decided that the CPI(M) will party is unwilling to concede at achieved without a political were underway in Tamil Nadu of vote each, he said. &"2#46 & ,&7% 2* 2 ( (&$% ity in Korwa area of Amethi was a joint venture between "5( 543 (" 90 %&6 53(,* India and Russia which will ,&6 %( *2#46& 24 3 24( 2* %( 1- manufacture AK-203 rifles for "64&4$( *&$ 2" 4 5( % 4 - $, B B: 4 %( ,&3 5&4 (&"30 8 9 armed forces. Rahul Gandhi " R had claimed he laid the foun- 35&,, (&+243 &"( -(4' 1- R dation stone in 2010 and that 5&4#*&$ #"(6 %("(: .2# (4 2 the factory has been producing 5( % &46 3+27( & ,(0 %$% New Delhi: Ten social activists and Shailesh Gandhi, have said New Delhi: The Supreme Court petition asking the apex court 2# &"( #3(6 2 624': "( $ small weapons for years. have come out in support of in their application that they has found “no grounds” to to peruse some books and a “Prime minister ji, I had 2# 42 &3%&5(6 & - lawyer Prashant Bhushan in were “concerned” about initi- recall its judgement rejecting the forensic report of the pho- myself laid the foundation )! . the Supreme Court, contending ation of the contempt pro- plea seeking reinvestigation into tographs of wounds on the stone of the Ordinance facto- that the contempt proceedings ceeding against Bhushan for the alleged “larger conspiracy body of Gandhi to decide the * ry in Amethi in 2010. In the last general election, responded in initiated against him appears to exercising his ‘freedom of leading to” the assassination of need for fresh probe into his many years, small weapons are Hindi on Twitter. “You are be an assault on freedom of speech’ without fear. Mahatma Gandhi. The apex killing. being manufactured there. You scared to see development in speech and expression. Besides, a separate appli- court refused to take into The SC had rejected his ear- . ! went to Amethi and spoke a lie, Amethi that you did not see The activists have filed an cation has also been filed in the account the plea in the review lier plea for re-investigation into 841 which you are used to doing. what was inaugurated in Korwa application to intervene in the top court by five senior jour- petition that claimed that “fresh” the assassination on March 28, he CBI has booked pro- ! ,%-14 Are you not ashamed a bit,” was a JV. Under this agreement contempt plea filed by Attorney nalists, including former union documents and evidence would 2018. In the fresh plea, he had Tmoters of a Hyderabad- + + , Rahul asked in a tweet. between India and Russia, AK- General KK Venugopal against minister Arun Shourie, seeking clear the air in the matter. given reference from two book based construction and leasing % His attack came a day after 203 rifles will be manufac- Bhushan for his tweets in which to intervene in the case. “We have carefully gone — “Who Killed Gandhi” by company for alleged criminal Modi accused Rahul Gandhi of tured,” she said, tagging Rahul he had said that the Government Shourie and four others through the review petition and Lourenco de Salvador written in conspiracy and cheating in - 1,& “lying” and ignoring the ord- Gandhi in the tweet. appeared to have misled the top have said in their application the connected papers filed 1963 and “India Remembered” availing loans which turned % 1, nance factory in Amethi, and On Sunday, in Amethi, court and perhaps submitted that the court, while issuing therewith. We do not find any by Pamella Mountbatten, daugh- into non-performing asset ! - had a dig at him, saying the Modi said, “Some people go fabricated minutes of meeting of notice to Bhushan on February ground, whatsoever, to enter- ter of the then Governor General (NPA) causing a loss of Rs 8.20 6 ,(- rifles manufactured at the unit around giving speeches of the high-powered selection 6 on the contempt plea, had tain the same. The review peti- Lord L Mountbatten. crore to the State Bank of 1 will be known as “Made in ‘made in Ujjain’, ‘made in committee headed by the Prime said it would examine whether tion is, accordingly dismissed,” He had claimed examina- India, officials said on Monday. ' 1 Amethi.” Jaipur’, ‘made in Jaisalmer’... Minister, in the appointment of in sub-judice matters, advo- a Bench comprising Justices SA tion of two books will lead to They said the agency has Shortly after the Gandhi This is Modi. Now ‘Made in M Nageswara Rao as interim cates and litigants briefing the Bobde and LN Rao said in a conclusion that the person/per- filed an FIR against the com- scion tweet, Irani, who had Amethi’ will be AK-203 rifles. CBI director. media would amount to inter- recent order. sons in the highest echelons of pany, BNR Infra and Leasing -' unsuccessfully contested from It will help our jawans.” He did The activists, including ference in course of adminis- Mumbai-based researcher power were “complicit” in the Limited, its promoters B +< $ the constituency in the 2014 not name Rahul Gandhi. Aruna Roy, Arundhati Roy tration of justice. PTI Pankaj Phadnis had filed a murder of Gandhi. PTI Narasimha Reddy, S Bindusagar Reddy, advocates was changed into a partnership Nellutla Jagan, V Narasinga firm with Bindusagar Reddy Rao and D Prabhakara Reddy being added as a partner. % $ " $ + and valuer N Datatreyudu and In 2015, the loans taken by L Kishore Chand. the company were declared as They have been booked NPA with Rs 8.20 crore out- will develop a sense of belong- ed cost of Rs 170.99 crore tres with provision for training, 2 -( 3( #+ & &4 (3 5& (6 $23 2* 3 PB $"2"( 4 %( 4( *( under IPC sections related to standing. ing in Divyangjan to facilitate (Non-recurring Rs 151.16 crore selection, sports academics and (&"30 ,, %&( &4 &6&4$(6 3+2" 3 4*"&3 "#$ #"( 2 (43#"( criminal conspiracy, cheating, During loan recovery pro- roposed in the Budget their integration in society, and recurring Rs 19.83 crore), research, medical support, (**($ ( +&" $+& 24 2* 3 4 3+2" 3 &$ (3 &46 &,32 forgery among others. ceedings under the SARFAESI P2015-16, the ambitious said a senior official from the spread over a period of 5 years,” spectator galleries and suit- (4&-,( %(5 2 $25+( ( & 4& 24&, &46 4 ("4& 24&, ,((,3 The FIR which has been Act, the bank realised that col- ‘Centre for Disability Sports’ Union Ministry of Social the official said. able for holding national/inter- +2" 3 *&$, (3 ,7( 4 ('"& (6 3+2" 3 D4622"E ,7( &654 240 registered on the basis of a lateral security document has inched a step further Justice and Empowerment. The Centre will have an national events. &37( -&,,0 &-,( (4430 2,,(-&,,0 #620 &(724620 /(4$4' complaint from the State Bank mortgaged for the purpose by towards reality with the Taking April 1, 2019, as the outdoor athletic stadium, Sports facilities like &46 #'-0 &6&+ (6 3+2" 3 D4622"E ,7( 2$$&0 2&,-&,,0 of India in which it alleged that the borrower was not enforce- Government identifying zero date, the project is expect- indoor sports complex, base- Integrated sports (Indoor) like /22 -&,, G & 36(0 &"& &4$( +2" &46 &"& 2(" * 4' &46 the company was given a cash able and bank could not recov- Gwalior as the city where the ed to be completed in two ment parking facility; aquatic Badminton, Basketball, Table 4 ('"& (6 3+2" 3 D # 622"E ,7( %,( $30 "$%("0 /22 -&,, P & credit facility of Rs 2 crore and er its amount. first-of-its kind facility will be years’ time, i.e. by March 31st, centre having two swimming Tennis, Volleyball, Judo, 36( &46 (443K &46 4 ('"& (6 3+2" 3 D4622" L # 622"E ,7( bank guarantee limit of Rs 1 It is alleged that the pro- set up. 2021. Thereafter, it will take pools, one covered pool and an Taekwondo, Fencing and 3554' ,, -( +"26(6 & %( (4 "( crore in 2011 on the basis of moters supplied forged docu- To be set up at an estimat- another six months for the outdoor pool; high perfor- Rugby, adapted sports (Indoor) collateral security of land mea- ments to show that land was ed cost of Rs 170 crore in the Centre to become operational. mance centre with classrooms; like Boccia, Goalball, Football suring 16,940 sq yards in the non-agriculture land. next five years, it will “Once operational, this medical facilities; sports science 5 a side, Para Dance Sport and name of B Narasimha Reddy The valuation report was have an advanced sports infra- Centre will result in employ- centre; hostel facilities for ath- Para Power Lifting and inte- who was the proprietor. also forged assessing the value structure to ensure effective ment of 140 personnel. In letes, support facilities includ- grated sports (Outdoor) like The credit facilities of property at Rs 4.66 crore. participation of PwDs in sports addition, construction and ing accessible lockers, dining, Athletics, Archery, Football 7 a were increased over the period The bank valuers also alleged- activities and also enable them allied activities will also gen- recreational amenities and side and Tennis; and integrat- on the basis of several other ly submitted fraudulent to compete at national and erate considerable employment Administrative Block. ed sports (Indoor & Outdoor) collateral securities furnished reports to say that property international levels. opportunities. Setting up of the The facilities so developed like swimming will be provid- by him. submitted as collateral are non Setting up of the Centre Centre shall entail an estimat- would be multi-functional cen- ed at the Centre. 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9 ? # 2 (3,,, $ ( 5 ( ,5 6#4- # /S ( . pposition parties and their choir- boys are understandably unen- thusiastic about post-Pulwama " ( developments, especially the " ( /S " prompt return of Wing OCommander Abhinandan Varthaman, " / -- 0/ - - 1 / because a regime that seemed doomed in the ( forthcoming general elections will now enjoy ( the incumbent’s advantage. While it would be / -- premature to state that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) under Prime Minister Narendra 9(AB Modi will have a walkover, it is undeniable # ( that a second retaliatory strike for attacks ema- nating from Pakistani soil has changed the national mood. ! ( 9 . Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan 9(3,4 # ( released our pilot gracefully but we do not / ( know what understanding he arrived at with the Army before doing so. We know that / Pakistan faces possible blacklisting by the ( ( Financial Action Task Force in June, which - ( Beijing may not help stave off. This would ! make a possible bailout from the International Monetary Fund difficult (or very punitive) $ 2 2 and deter other foreign investments in its fal- stating, “The decisions which are infrastructure of the terrorist World War II ended and Pakistan . 2 $ ! % tering economy. Islamabad has much to gain taken by the Majlis-e-Shoora camps.…” was created as a base for the West ) ! * from de-escalation. (Parliament), particularly during In an interesting but uncon- to monitor Russia, China, Central Interestingly, the institution that per- challenging times, are inevitably firmed news at the time of writ- Asia, the Gulf region and India. 2 formed with great dignity during this episode required to be respected and ing, Jaish-e-Mohammad chief It no longer helps in monitoring P2 was the Islamabad High Court, which con- upheld...” India’s Supreme Court Maulana Masood Azhar, the Moscow or Beijing; the Gulf is Q ( P2 /Q # sidered a petition (W.P. No.786/2019) by should have dismissed the Rafale brain behind the attack on the changing rapidly and Pakistan is Barrister Muhammad Shoaib Razzaq versus and many other petitions; now as Indian Parliament (2001), afraid to commit troops for the % > the Federation of Pakistan, on March 1, 2019. it ponders the merits of teaching Pathankot air base (2016) and the Saudi war in Yemen. India has Aggrieved at the decision to return the Wing students “tamaso ma jyotirga- Central Reserve Police Force the muscle to defend itself and ( ? Commander, the petitioner argued, inter alia, maya” (from darkness lead me to convoy at Pulwama (February de-privileging the Kashmir val- that the Prime Minister of Pakistan was not light), one cannot but marvel at 2019), died in a military hospi- ley will refashion Jammu & 9(3,4 / *C$ ! competent to take this decision, which was the sagacity of the Islamabad D E tal in Rawalpindi on March 2, Kashmir into an ordinary Indian %S D ($ arrived at without taking the Parliament into High Court. 2019. While Islamabad has not State. Pakistan’s 30-year-old strat- 2 % confidence, and that the Wing Commander External Affairs Minister made any formal announce- egy of supporting insurgents in had violated Pakistan’s sovereignty and was Sushma Swaraj addressed the / ment so far, the information is Kashmir is failing. S * liable to be court martialled in Pakistan. Organisation of Islamic considered credible because on Worse, the terrorists have ( In a crisp ruling, the Islamabad High Cooperation on March 1 and . March 1, Pakistan Foreign become too autonomous. After " ? Court asserted that the Prime Minister had upheld multi-religious India’s / Minister Shah Mehmood Jaish al-Adl attacked Iran announced the release of the Indian Air Force civilisational ethos as a land Qureshi admitted on CNN that (February 13), the JeM struck ( pilot on the floor of the House during a joint “that has been for ages a fountain T. Masood Azhar was in Pakistan India (February 14), the Taliban session of the Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament), of knowledge, a beacon of peace, 0 and hinted that he was on his (harboured by Pakistan along where not a single Member objected. a source of faiths and traditions, death bed. with the Haqqani Network) Moreover, the decision “pertains to matters and home to religions from the O The leak of Azhar’s death (if killed around 25 Afghan soldiers . of foreign policy, defence and security of world — and now, one of the . true) is deliberate; a continuation at Shorab military base in Pakistan. It is settled law that such issues are major economies of the world”. of the “gesture” of returning our Afghanistan’s Helmand province " ,-, $ neither justiciable nor fall within the domain In a tribute to India’s new stand- : captured pilot. A few points may (March 2-3). American troops of a High Court for interference… It has been ing in the comity of nations, the be made. India has found the stationed in another part of the . / unambiguously held by the august Supreme host, United Arab Emirates, . lily-pads (terrorist bases) it can base were unharmed but they ) * ( Court that any such interference… would be removed the Pakistan flag after 0 / strike without opprobrium from can easily be targetted as the US ( violative of one of the foundational principles its Foreign Minister boycotted the international community. retreats from Afghanistan under of the Constitution, which envisages trichoto- the meeting. With the United States with- a Pakistan-brokered deal with the my of powers between the three branches, It appears that Muslim cap- O P drawing aid (and patronage) to Taliban. None of these attacks namely, Legislature, Executive and Judiciary”. itals are withdrawing from fun- Pakistan on account of its obdu- served any Pakistani objective The Court said, “Framing of a policy is damentalism as a tool of foreign racy in Afghanistan and prox- and could have frightened Beijing within the exclusive domain of the policy. Dhaka under Sheikh / . P0 imity to China, Islamabad’s util- about Pakistani jihadis joining Executive… The Legislature represents the Hasina has long focussed on eco- ity to the West is over. That is hands with Uighur militants in people of Pakistan and primarily promulgates nomic development and has why the US, UK and France Xinjiang. Pakistan’s own sur- ((+,( laws… The Judiciary is entrusted with the task cracked down on fundamental- again moved the UN’s 1267 vival demands uprooting all ter- of interpreting the law and to play the role of ists. Afghanistan, the Maldives Committee on February 27, to rorist camps and arresting every ( an arbiter in case of disputes between indi- and others crave peaceful devel- list Masood Azhar as a global recruit. #S viduals and between individuals and the State”. opment. Swaraj urged the gath- terrorist. (The writer is Senior Fellow, - . / 0-./1 As the petitioner admitted that his fundamen- ering, “We must tell the states, London and Washington Nehru Memorial Museum and tal rights were not violated in this case, Chief who provide shelter and funding had decided on a Cold War with Library; the views expressed are ( Justice Luqman Khan dismissed the petition to the terrorists, to dismantle the the Soviet Union even before personal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the reins of governance in !!" Pakistan, depends and leans heav- ( ily on its Army and other unseen 9 Sir — The re-nomination of Anil -"(& %(6 & 3'% 2* "(,(* %(4 %( #+"(5( 2#" 2* 46& forces for mere survival and acts Kumble for the final tenure as the 3 &(6 3 /(-"#&" @ 2"6(" 6"($ 4' %( ($ 24 2* 2(" as per their directions, notwith- Indian Cricket Council’s (ICC) ,&7% *2"(3 6(,,4' $%(6#,(6 "-(3 &46 2 %(" "& standing their personal predilec- - ( chairman at the recently held ICC 6 24&, *2"(3 6(,,("3 &$"233 3 & (30 %23( $,&53 *2" tions. Peace talks with Pakistan ( board meeting in Dubai is wel- *2"(3 ,&46 "'% 3 %&( -((4 "(9($ (6 #46(" %( /2"(3 '% 3 are a sham. It will be an insult ( hh come. The move comes at a cru- $ D/E 2* BB : 2(("0 ( 4((6 2 62 %& %4& and a mockery of sorts, if the cial time before the World Cup %&3 624(: %&3 '(4 6"($ "'% 3 2* 2(" BB 5 %($ &"(3 prize, especially for peace, is this summer and enhances the 2* *2"(3 &"(& 2 ?BB 5,,24 2* 3 "&6 24&, 4%&- &4 30 awarded to any ruler in Pakistan. 5 hh hvqh :,, representation of cricketing talent %$% %(,+(6 "(6#$( +2(" &46 +"2 ($ %( (4"24 VS Jayaraman ( . from the sub-continent. 5(4 : Chennai Among other functions, the 2"(2("0 %( 3&4'0 L233(3324 3 %( 44( (4 %3 3($ 2"3: &"7( +,&("3 %&( %9&$7(6 %( &'(46& 4 %( " ( primary responsibility of the 2* %( ,&0M %&3 -((4 "($2'43(6 *2" &'(3: (4 4 %( ,('&, 4&5( 2* 5+"24' 3("$(3: 20 * *2"(3 6(,,("3 &"( ICC’s Cricket Committee remains -& ,( -( ((4 %( "'% *#, 24(" 2* & +"2+(" &46 %( +(" -&43%(6 #46(" %( +"( ( 2* 3 2++4' 6(*2"(3 & 24 &46 % to promote and envisage cricket 324 %2 %&3 -((4 4 %( +233(3324 2* %( 3&5( *2" & ,24' %(4 %( $255("$&, 3($ 2" 3 &,,2(6 2 5&4&'( %( *2" as a sporting event across the 5(0 %( ,& (" 3 $2436("(6 2 %&( & -( (" +23 24: (3 ,&460 %(4 %& ,, %&++(4 3 42 6**$#, 2 '#(33: Sir — Lent is a period of self- S world and ensure adherence to 46((60 %( *2"(3 6(,,("O3 $,&5 *2" %( *2"(3 ,&46 5#3 ( 4((6 2 55(6& (, 5+,(5(4 %( BB /2"(3 '% 3 restraint, marked by fasting, governance and regulations set in -( 52"( %&4 %( 44( (4 %3 2* %( ,& &3 %("( (3 3 42 $ : repentance, prayer and self-con- ; all formats. Kumble’s nomination &$ #&, 24(" 2* *2"(3 ,&46: ( &"( &,"(&6 3#**("4' %( /1! trol for Christians around the to the Cricket Committee is high- (**($ 3 2* 2(" $255("$&,3& 24 4 %( (6#$& 24 &46 %(&, % world. Luxury items or eating rich ly appreciable, as is the nomina- foods, such as meat and dairy tion of other notable experts products, are often avoided dur- " 7 from India to ICC Board/ be given primary focus. At times, the tension between Indian and ing this period. The observance Committee like Shashank the non-availability of technolo- Pakistan. starts on Ash Wednesday and / ( Manohar (Chairman), Ms Indra gy has nearly cost deserving Actually, the prize should be lasts until Easter Sunday, as ( Nooyi (as Independent Director), teams the title. And as the Sir — The Information Minister awarded to those who worked Christians imitate the 40 days ( Rahul Dravid, Shubhangi Chairman of Cricket Committee, of Pakistan is reported to have behind the scenes and persuad- Jesus spent in the desert fasting Kulkarni and others as technical Kumble could spearhead change moved a resolution in the ed the Pakistan Prime Minister to before being blessed by John the # and legal experts. at the domestic level and help National Assembly, recommend- release the Indian pilot. But for Baptist. ( The much-debated imple- towards better perception of the ing the Nobel Peace Prize for the extreme pressure from world Jubel D’Cruz # mentation of DRS to further game in the eyes of the cricket fra- Pakistan Prime Minister Imran leaders and Indian diplomacy, Mumbai P ( Q raise the bar for the gentleman’s ternity and fans. Khan for having released Wing Pakistani leaders would have game and empower the local Varun SD Commander Abhinandan never conceded our demand. $: ( umpires with technology should Bangalore Varthaman, thus de-escalating Every leader, who takes over =-5-2=?9@+:-@ #( 1$"*!2 +%#34567 *A 841&$/+7- ) %!$/7-01 %! .. .! !. . " # !! , . .+ 6 !# #".%&&!. 0 0. ) !. 00, # .) +" A B . !+ 0 .!.! . .) 4%&D+ %( 4 ("4& 24&, "(3+243( 2 %( /O3 &" 3 "7( L#) .! L 4 &,&72 "(*,($ 3 42 24, %( $%&4'(6 $2#"3( . .. )! . .... 2* 46&O3 *2"('4 +2,$ -# &,32 3 '"24' $,2# 0 #
7& -#745#+ / (( 1 & & # 0 $ 2 / 5 0/51 ? . / 8 # ( . R & 3 4 /S ( $ / $ .S ( /S :+ 5 2 ! / . ?E 5 3B " $S - . $ / /5S ( C 2 * # ( 2 /S & 87.. ./1#'4# $ / $ # :@B: any an onlooker would be laugh- /($ ing at the manner in which India G- $ has dealt with the Ram Janmabhoomi issue. Until 1947, $ it was understandable that the . # . ? G- MHindus held no trumpcard to win at Ayodhya, /S $ 2 / but why the lackadaisical handling of the issue % * * thereafter? In 1949, the local court allowed the / / mahants to place the idol of Rama on the chabu- ( - tara so that the worshippers would have access G 7 to the deity. That was sufficient to delight most G--! . ? ( devotees until 1983 when the Vishwa Hindu - G / # ( Parishad (VHP) appealed to every village to send O ) > O a brick or Rama shila to Ayodhya. This was sym- bolic of their desire to build a Rama temple. / ( Other members of the Sangh parivar kept aloof ( until 1989, when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) .S included the temple in its manifesto. On - G December 6, 1992, the demolition of the Babri / * ! / ( edifice took place. A fortnight later, the BJP dis- / # G-S tanced itself from the demolition. Thereafter, the /($ All India Muslim Personal Law Board claimed T / G-S .S ownership of the land and dragged the dispute ( to court and still after 27 years, it remains unre- 9 :@@@ G-S "( solved. This despite the Archaeological Survey of India testifying that there was a stone temple / $ ( . below which the Babri structure had stood. / $ This writer’s associates overseas are amazed - 9 at the lack of will which allows everybody to 0 G- $ * . $ make a mockery of a non-dispute. Experts have .0 $ % $ E 2 $ identified about 3,000 temples, which over the R!S / $ centuries, were either converted or recycled into becoming aroused through the expe- mon characteristics of the two faiths Mahmud, wrote to him. “I learn the 7 G- ( mosques. Hardly a single place of worship has / .: rience of pain in one instance and rather than the differences. One book Turks have rebelled against you. If you / been restored to the Hindus despite seven 0 through the infliction of pain in anoth- of faith; one leader; one religion and, wish, I shall come to you or send my $ S decades of our Independence. On the contrary, er. Perhaps, this explains why we have in the latter, a similar missionary zeal. son with 500 horses, 1,000 soldiers and /S over 100 temples have been desecrated in 0 yielded ground so easily. Professor Bernard Lewis, the eminent 100 elephants. I have been conquered Kashmir over these seven decades. It is distinct- Ever since Professor Max Mueller, American scholar, observed: “The see- by you and, therefore, wish that anoth- $ ( ly possible that easy conquest, again and again German philosopher, delivered his saw attack and counter-attack between er man should not conquer you.” Such over centuries, introduced a sadistic habit into lecture in Westminster Abbey, London, Christianity and Islam had begun with examples of Hindu mindset abound. In / / the psyche of the conquerors, who then perpe- 0 in 1873, the six great religions of the the crusades and they ended with a this context, an eminent Indian histo- 5( trated a variety of crimes and cruelties on the world have been broadly classified into conclusive Christian defeat.” Besides, rian said, “The people en masse seldom :+ O G- $ ( conquered. They acquired an inclination to 0 / two categories. Missionary religions: for almost a 1,000 years, from the first act except as they are led. Given effec- O $S obtain pleasure out of inflicting pain on others. / Buddhism, Christianity and Islam; Moorish landing in Spain to the second tive leadership, they are capable of / 5 > Nearly seven centuries of the invaders’ rule may / and non-missionary religions: Turkish siege of Vienna, 1682, Europe achieving almost anything.” 2 - - S have reduced the vanquished to acquire a slave 0 Hinduism, Zoroastrianism and was under constant threat from Islam. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru AB / . S mentality. Such a state of mind could well have Judaism. In the case of the missionary In the early centuries, it was a double had invited the distinguished histori- $ # ( affected the conquered people in the absence of // religions, it is a sacred duty cast on the threat not only of invasion and con- an, Sir Arnold Toynbee, to deliver the any alternative source of political pressure. followers to spread faith among the quest but also of conversion. Having Maulana Abul Kalam Azad memorial / /S ( To obtain pleasure by being subjected to pain non-believers until, as it were, it is conquered large parts of southern lectures. In the course of them, he $ 9 has been classified by psychologists as accepted by all members of the human Europe, Muslims imposed their Sharia expressed surprise that two prominent /S # ( “masochism.” This is a psycho-sexual disorder family. It is only in the case of Islam that on Christians. mosques stood on the bank of the / 2S in which erotic release is achieved through hav- its followers have resorted to forcible For a millennium, from the Arab Ganges at Benaras so many years after 2S ( ing pain inflicted on oneself. The term derives means to convert non-believers. invasion of Sind in 712 AD till the Independence. ( ( from the name of Chevalier Leopold von For example, Professor Sir Thomas death of Aurangzeb in 1707, Hindu He went on to quote the example ( Sacher-Masoch, an Austrian, who wrote exten- Arnold, who was the principal of society was equally under the threat of of Warsaw, whose biggest church had P Q P Q sively about the satisfaction he gained by being Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, conversion and conquest. This hap- been converted from Catholic to an # 5 beaten and subjugated. The amount of pain Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh in the 19th cen- pened because after the death of Harsh Eastern Orthodox place of worship C 2 2 E ( involved can vary from ritual humiliation with tury, recorded the following: “India is Vardhana in 647 AD, Hindu rulers of when the Russians conquered little violence to severe whipping or beating. a country where Islam owes its exis- north India generally embraced one Poland. When, however, a century later, G While pain may cause a certain amount of excite- tence and continuance in existence to idea: Self-aggrandisement, which spelt the Poles were able to free themselves, # 5(:+ / ( ( ment in many people, for the masochist, it the settlement of foreign conquering but only ruin. they demolished the Russian church. $ # becomes the chief end of activity. The term is fre- Muhammadan races, who have trans- It is well-known that Mahmud They promptly replaced it with a / ( ( quently used in a looser social context in which mitted their faith to their descendants Ghazni had led several expeditions into Roman Catholic edifice of worship. $ # masochism is defined as the behaviour of one, and only succeeded in spreading it India but Hindus seemed to think that That is what Sir Arnold expected of /S ( who seeks out and enjoys situations of humili- beyond their own circle by means of history teaches but one lesson, name- Indians too. Indeed, it is high time, / ( ation or abuse. More commonly, the association persecution and forced conversions.” ly, there are no lessons to be learnt from Hindus got over their old of pain with sexual pleasure takes the form of Ever since Islam was born in history. Alberuni, the distinguished complexes and became self-confident Uur vr v sr s yvvphy pvrpr CI7 Bh uhy both masochism and sadism, the latter obtain- Arabia, it came into conflict with astronomer, who had accompanied free citizens. Vvr vVh hxuhq ing sexual pleasure through inflicting pain on Judaism and Christianity. The clash Mahmud, wrote that Anand Pala, after (The writer is a well-known colum- others. Often, an individual will alternate roles, mainly occurred because of the com- his own defeat at the hands of nist and an author) 56 $
Line of Control (LoC) were moved New Delhi’s line has been that the three Pakistani jet fighters, out of a were seen parachuting down on the undermined Khan’s “peace gesture” parties believe the strike capability deep inside after the Pulwama attack. operation was an intelligence-driven, “fairly large formation” of over 10 F- Pakistani side of the LoC. of releasing him. This video delayed of our highly professional defence The camp in Balakot, which was tar- counter-terror strike; rather than an 16s, JF-17s and Mirage-5 attack jets, Meanwhile, Pakistan Prime the homecoming of Abhinandan by forces? getted, is the JeM’s major training escalatory military aggression. crossed the LoC in the Kalal area in Minister Imran Khan offered talks four hours. The whole incident is a wake-up camp. It’s close to Abbottabad, infa- On February 27, Pakistan crossed Nowshera region of Rajouri in with Prime Minister Modi to de-esca- Pakistan denied that the Indian call for the Modi government to mod- mous because of Osama bin Laden. the LoC with three F-16 jets to Jammu around 10.20 am. A media late a war-like situation between the strike caused any damage on the ernise its defence forces rather than Balakot is situated about 60 km undertake strikes in Jammu & report said four military installations two countries and promised that ground. Surprisingly, even blaming the previous governments. from the LoC, in the Mansehra dis- Kashmir. Indian officials said were being targeted – the Brigade Wing Commander Abhinandan Opposition parties in India doubted Or else it would cut a sorry figure dur- trict of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakistani F-16 fighter jets violated the headquarters in Krishna Ghati would be released soon. India, on the IAF having caused severe dam- ing encounters with age-old weapons / (#&7'0(# Pakhtunkhwa province and is about Indian air space in Jammu & (Poonch), a battalion headquarter in February 27, responded to Khan’s age to the JeM terrorist camps in against its adversaries. India is the two hour’s drive from Abbottabad. It Kashmir’s Poonch and Nowshera Nangi Tekri, supply dump and offer for talks with a demarche, Balakot. The photographic proof of fastest and sixth largest economy in fter the Pulwama massacre, is believed that a large number of JeM sectors but were pushed back by ammunition point in Niyari. A small which stated, “It is unfortunate that the target strikes are available with the the world. However, its defence bud- where more than 40 CRPF terrorists, trainers and senior com- Indian MiG-21 jets. However, the number of these fighters then pro- instead of fulfilling its international IAF and can, therefore, be released by get is 1.44 per cent of the GDP, which Ajawans were martyred by manders were eliminated in the air Pakistan foreign office said in a ceeded to cross the LoC when eight obligation and bilateral commitment the government. is the least since 1962. How long will Pakistani terrorists, as claimed by strikes launched at the camp in statement, “Pakistan Air Force under- IAF jets, which included four Sukhoi to take credible action against terror- The computer memories of Sice- the IAF continue flying 50-year- old Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Balakot. took strikes across LoC from within 30s, two-upgraded Mirage 2000s ist entities and individuals operating 2000 precision guided bombs with vintage jet fighters for combat and Masood Azhar, the Modi The IAF’s air strike sent a robust the Pakistani airspace. This was not and two MiG-21 Bisons, intercepted from its soil, Pakistan has acted with satellite images and exact geograph- how long will the soldiers continue Government gave a befitting reply to but calibrated message to Islamabad. a retaliation to continued Indian bel- them. The Air Force fighters chased action against India.” ical coordinates of the major JeM sacrificing their lives with old rifles, the Pakistani terrorists. In the early The latter is manifest in New Delhi’s ligerence but an action in self defence. the Pakistani jets on their return leg To the satisfaction and great camps were loaded on Mirage-2000 carbines, sniper rifles, light machine hours of February 26, 12 Mirage-2000 diplomatic utterances. India’s Foreign If India is striking at the so-called ter- after they had dropped a handful of solace to every Indian, brave and fighters. With their navigation/seek- guns and without latest night firing combat jets of the Indian Air Force Secretary Vijay Gokhale referred to rorist backers without a shred of evi- laser-guided bombs that narrowly bruised hero Wing Commander er systems, the fire and forget 1000 devices? (IAF), armed with Israeli Precision the action as a “non-military, pre- dence, we also retain reciprocal rights missed their military targets along the Abhinandan returned on March 1 kg Spice-2000 laser guided bombs The Armed forces must have a Guided Munitions (PGM), also emptive strike.” This phrase is indica- to retaliate against elements that LoC. after an agonising day-long wait as homed into the four to six targets Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) for known as SPICE-2000 and Crystal tive of the fact that action was com- enjoy Indian patronage while carry- Wing Commander Abhinandan Pakistan rejected India’s request to selected within the JeM facility with coordination of operations during Maze Mk2, called AGM 142 Popeye pletely based on an assessment of an ing out acts of terror in Pakistan. We Varthaman was in hot pursuit of a allow IAF to fly him in a special air- an error margin of 1 metre. Some war and he must be a member of the PGMs, retaliated by taking off from imminent threat to our national do not wish to go to that route and Pakistani F-16 jet, which he engaged craft. A “confession” video having 20 civilians and even Azhar’s youngest Cabinet Committee on Security CCS their Gwalior airbase on a crucial mis- security, ensured that Pakistan’s mil- wish that India gives peace a chance with an R-73 air-to-air missile. The cuts praising Pakistan was extracted brother Maulana Ammar confirmed for authentic and expert strategic mil- sion, cloaked in the highest secrecy itary personnel and infrastructure to resolve issues like a mature demo- state-of-the-art Pakistani fighter, from Abhinandan at an ISI facility in IAF hitting the Jaish factory and itary advice at such crucial times. to keep an element of surprise. were not targetted and avoided cratic nation.” thought to be a two-seater variant of Lahore. Indian officials said it was ambulances carrying dead bodies. 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India (ECI) over the issue of and Assembly polls together,” its allies for the coming Lok of it, which had allegedly trou- sharing for the upcoming Lok Chief Minister HD holding simultaneous Lok PDP chief spokesperson Rafiq Sabha elections by allotting bled his party in the past. Sabha polls, with Congress say- Kumaraswamy, JD(S) secretary Sabha and Assembly polls in Mir said in a statement. two Lok Sabha constituencies While VCK was part of ing they were moving “in the general Danish Ali, KPCC chief Jammu & Kashmir. Indian National Congress each to the CPI and Viduthalai the DMK front in 2014, CPI right direction.” Dinesh Gundu Rao attended the Both the Kashmir based (INC) delegation led by senior Chiruthaigal Katchi and con- faced polls in association with The two parties had begun meeting. mainstream political parties party leader Taj Mohi-ul-Din, tinued talks with others. its ideological sibling the formal talks last week with the JDS has put forth its — National Conference and BharatiyaJanta Party (BJP) del- Days after finalising seat CPI(M). The two Communist JDS insisting that 12 of the total demand with a list of candidates Peoples Democratic Party — egation was led by its State sharing with parties, including parties together fought 18 28 Lok Sabha seats be conced- to contest for 12 seats. supported holding of early Vice-President, Dr Ali the Congress and the Indian constituencies in Tamil Nadu ed to it, but party supremo and “We have not given a final polls to end political instabili- Lavasa, Deputy Election secretary Choudhary Mohammad Mir during the Union Muslim League, the and drew a blank. former Prime Minister HD shape to it. We will give it in the ty and paving way for the pop- Commissioner, Sandeep Muhammad Ramzan and meeting. DMK today clinched electoral The DMK, keen to post an Deve Gowda indicated Sunday coming days,” Siddaramaiah ular Government in the State. Saxena, Director General ECI, provincial president Nasir Senior Congress leader Taj deals with the fledgling Indiya electoral rebound in the wake that they were ready to com- said. Leaders of the National Dilip Kumar, ADG Sheyphali Aslam Wani reiterated party’s Mohiudin said that his party Jananayaga Katchi as well, of debacles since 2011, has promise. He added that the leaders parties and other regional play- Sharan, Director Nikhil Kumar, resolve that there is no substi- has strongly pitched for hold- besides the CPI and VCK. already allotted nine seats to The two allies, who had were zeroing in on who can win ers in the fray also supported Chief Electoral Officer J&K, tute to a democratically elect- ing parliamentary and The IJK will contest from the Congress in Tamil Nadu formed the government after and from where. Discussions simultaneous polls during their Shailendra Kumar attended ed government in the state. Assembly polls simultaneous- one constituency in its “Rising and the lone seat in striking a post-poll alliance as have not been completed yet, but separate meetings with the series of meetings. “J&K National Conference ly. “It’s for the security sun” symbol, the DMK said in Puducherry. One segment each the May 2018 assembly elections there was good progress, he said. ECI team. During the meeting with is of the view that Assembly agencies to create a conducive an official release here. has been allocated to the IUML threw up a hung verdict, had “I hope that we will give a The high level team of ECI representatives of political par- elections in the State should he atmosphere for polls. As for Formal electoral agree- and the Kongunadu Makkal announced earlier that they final shape in three-four days led by Chief Election ties Jammu & Kashmir held simultaneously with Lok as Congress is concerned, we ments were signed between Desiya Katchi and the latter too would fight the Lok Sabha elec- before March 10,” Siddaramaiah Commissioner (CEC), Sunil National Conference urged the Sabha elections,” the delegation are ready for both parliamen- the leaderships of the DMK would fight polls in the DMK's tions together. added. Arora earlier arrived in Srinagar ECI team to announce assem- said. tary and Assembly polls and and the CPI, VCK, and the “Rising Sun” symbol. The Congress-JD(S) coali- The Mandya Lok Sabha on a two day visit to hold con- bly elections along with forth- Representatives of Peoples these polls should be held IJK. The Stalin-led party is tion coordination committee seat has become a bone of con- sultations with various political coming Lok Sabha elections in Democratic party too echoed together,” Mohiudin told The IJK was part of the continuing talks with parties, chairman and former chief min- tention between the two parties parties, State administration the State. similar view point during the reporters after meeting ECI. BJP-led front in Tamil Nadu in including MDMK and the ister Siddaramaiah told reporters with JD(S) deciding to field and other stakeholders. A three member delegation meeting. “We are ready and our BJP leader also demanded early the 2014 Lok Sabha elections CPI(M) and seat sharing with they had a good detailed dis- Kumarasawmy's son and Deve Election Commissioners, led by party general secretary party will contest both elections announcement of poll schedule and its top leader Pari Vendhar them is expected to be cussion about every con- Gowda's grand son Nikhil Sushil Chandra and Ashok Ali Muhammad Sagar, State with people’s support. We told in the State. had said on Saturday that his finalised in a few days. PTI stituency. Kumaraswamy. PTI '5 ! ; P :6 $ +) + + ' 3 + 1 $ Bengaluru: Dealing a blow to BJP on Wednesday. had surfaced here on February Lucknow: Attacking Prime M1 His reference was appar- the ruling coalition in Jadhav is reportedly being 13, two days after the party ) : Minister Narendra Modi for ently to the stealth of Rafale, an Karnataka, rebel Congress considered by the BJP to be recommended their disquali- saying Rafale jets could have ! air-dominance aircraft. MLA Umesh Jadhav on fielded against Congress vet- fication to the Assembly given better results for India in The Indian Air Force had Monday submitted his resig- eran Kharge from Kalaburgi Speaker. Bengaluru: Former Karnataka Karnataka Congress presi- hitting a Jaish camp in deployed a dozen Mirage-2000 nation from the State Assembly constituency in the Lok Sabha The four MLAs had kept Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on dent Dinesh Gundu Rao also hit Pakistan, BSP chief Mayawati , aircraft to hit the target. to Speaker Ramesh Kumar, polls. the party on tenterhooks for Monday criticised Prime out at Modi for the reported on Monday asked the BJP ! A Jaish terrorist camp was amid reports that he might join The MLA was reportedly several weeks, defying its whip Minister Narendra Modi for his jibe. Government at the Centre destroyed and up to 350 ter- the BJP. unhappy with the “autocratic” twice to attend the Congress purported political potshot at Posting a video of the prime why not a single Rafale fight- rorists were killed in the air Jadhav, who sided with the style of Social Welfare Minister Legislative Party (CLP) meet- Congress president Rahul minister making that comment, er was inducted in the IAF dur- 0 strike on Feb 26, officials rebel faction led by Ramesh Priyank Kharge, son of ings on January 18 and Gandhi while answering a ques- Rao tweeted Sunday, “If there ing its rule. sources have said. Jarkiholi which threatened to Mallikarjun Kharge. February 8 and had been skip- tion by a student on dyslexia. was ever a classless crude Prime “Rafale fighter could have 1 On Sunday, BJP president topple the JD(S)-Congress Jadhav was among the four ping the assembly Budget Targeting Modi, Minister India has seen, here's prove useful in fight against Amit Shah said “more than 250 coalition government recently, MLAs — Ramesh Jarkiholi, B Session. Siddaramaiah tweeted: “Just one. Yuck!” Pakistan, claims PM Modi in ! 4#8 terrorists” were killed. is a two-time MLA from Nagendra and Mahesh After the MLAs refused to came across a video of our During a video interaction, his rallies. Even then not a sin- Modi had also said the Chincholi in Kalburagi dis- Kumathali— who were report- fall in line, the Congress had @narendramodi taking political a girl Sunday sought to know gle Rafale inducted into IAF Rafale jet deal was not finalised trict, a bastion of senior ed to be in touch with the BJP, petitioned Speaker to disqual- potshots using the name of from Modi the measures taken fleet during his Government. . by the previous Government Congress leader Mallikarjun which was accused of trying to ify them under the Anti- dyslexic people. Shame on you by the Government to benefit Better explain people why this “for vested interests and now Kharge. poach the MLAs to bring down Defection Law. Modi!! You just can't go below dyslexic children. kind of lapse and neglect even Mohammad camp in Balakot, an effort is on to hamper it for The MLA met the Speaker the JDS-Congress Government Commenting on Jadhav's this. Your insensitivity can't be Before she even finished her by the BJP on the issue of about 80 km from the Line of political reasons.” and submitted his resignation, recently. resignation, Dinesh Gundu washed away by dipping in any question, the prime minister country's safety and security?” Control in Jammu & Kashmir, The first of the 36 Rafale secretariat sources said. The four lawmakers, who Rao said he was enacting a river. They may be slow in made a comment purported to Mayawati said in a tweet. Prime Minister Modi said, fighters purchased from France Sources close to Jadhav had gone missing for several “drama” by promising to learning but not heartless like be a political jibe at Congress Last week after the Indian “Rafale fighters could have is expected to arrive in India by told PTI he intends to join the weeks amid political turmoil, remain loyal to the party. PTI you.” president Rahul Gandhi. PTI Air Force struck a Jaish-e- delivered even better results”. September this year. 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Allahabad: Even before mid- night with chants of ‘Bum Bhole’ Nagri, said, “Mahashivratri handprint painting in eight night, devotees from different on their lips. marks the culmination of the hours. walks of life and parts of the UP Sugarcane Kumbh and the prominent The Guinness World country began to pour into Development and Sugar Mills bathing days. This year, it fell on Records certificate read, “The Sangam city to take holy dip on Minister Suresh Rana took a dip a Monday, the day dedicated to most contributions to a hand- Mahashivratri, the great night of in the ‘sangam’, and later visit- Lord Shiva, after a long time.” print painting in eight hours was Lord Shiva and the last bathing ed the media centre. “Also on this day, Lord achieved by Prayagraj Mela day in the one-and-a-half- Speaking to reporters, Rana Shiva got married,” said Gunjan Authority, Government of Uttar month-long Kumbh Mela. said, “When I was taking a boat Varshney, who runs the Raam Pradesh (India) in Prayagraj, Till Monday evening, more ride after the dip, a sudden Naam Bank, where devotees Uttar Pradesh India on March than 1 crore devotees had taken shower of petals fell on boat- deposit booklets after writing 1, 2019.” a holy dip in the Sangam area, man. His spontaneous reac- the name of Lord Ram. Another world record cre- officials said. tion was ‘waah Yogi ji’ (UP Kumbh is one of the largest ated was the largest parade of The bathing ghats brimmed Chief Minister Yogi religious gatherings in the buses. with colour in the morning. Adityanath). I was pleasantly world. It is held once in every 12 “The largest parade of buses Late-night showers in parts of overwhelmed by this.” years. This time it began on was achieved by Prayagraj Mela the holy city failed to dampen A UP Government January 15 on Makar Sankranti. Authority, Government of Uttar the spirit of the pilgrims. As the spokesperson said UP Chief There are six bathing dates. Of Pradesh (India) in Prayagraj, sun came out, devotees enthu- Minister Yogi Adityanath will these, shahi snaans are held on Uttar Pradesh, India on siastically greeted the sun, while participate in the ‘Kumbh Makar Sankranti, Mauni February 28, 2019,” the certifi- some offered obeisance to the Samaroh Samapan Kaaryakram’ Amawasya and Basant cate given by Guinness World Sun God with traditional ‘Yoga (formal closing function of the Panchami. Parv snaans are held Records read. asanas’. mega event) tomorrow. on Paush Poornima and Maghi A UP Government official “Till evening, as many as He will felicitate the officials Poornima. said, “The attempt in Prayagraj 1.10 crore devotees have taken who have done exemplary work Police and Central para- involving 500 buses covered a dip in the Sangam area. With during the festival. UP military personnel have been in more than 3.2 kilometres. It was Mahashivratri’s snaan, so far Governor Ram Naik and Urban charge of the movement of held at NH-19 between Sahson more than 24.05 crore devotees Development Affairs Minister people and vehicles and guiding toll plaza and Nawabganj toll have taken a dip during this Suresh Khanna are also likely to them towards the bathing ghats. plaza. This demonstrates the year’s Kumbh,” Kumbh Mela $ O P * ** * + " attend the programme. As the Kumbh approached traffic plan, which worked very Adhikari Vijay Kiran Anand According to Hindu its finale, the mega event etched well during the mela with told PTI. Har Mahadev’ rang through the floating gas-balloon. keep its members together. Content, smiling faces at the mythology, Mahashivratri sym- its name into record books cre- 20,000 police personnel being Till March 3, the number of air, albeit the occasional police A delegation from West “Despite showers, my Kumbh nagris tell us we man- bolises the last holy bath of ating a hat-trick of world deployed.” devotees who had taken the dip announcement. Bengal kept all its members friends and I walked towards the aged the last day crowds well, an Kalpvasis, who spend the month records, which were certified by On March 2, the most peo- during the Kumbh stood at Apart from other informa- together by telling them to fol- bathing ghats and took a dip,” official said. of Magh — the period of aus- the Guinness World Records, an ple sweeping the floor (multiple 22.95 crore, an UP Government tion, the police told the crowds low the large saffron-coloured said Dhananjay Singh, who With heavy rush on their terity — in minimal means. UP government spokesperson venues) was achieved by official said. about the lost-and-found cen- flags. came from Lucknow, adding, “I minds, devotees began arriving Ashutosh Varshney, an said. Prayagraj Mela Authority, As the visitors were heading tre, which could also be seen A group of visitors from consider it (the rain) to be a pro- at the makeshift kumbh nagris astrologer who has set up a One of the records was Government of Uttar Pradesh, towards the ghats, chants of ‘Har from a distance by the installed, Ajmer used rope barriers to pitious sign.” in Prayagraj even before mid- camp in Sector-6 of Kumbh most contributions made to a India on 2 March 2019. PTI < 1 1' 2 : ) ) ) 3 $ ) ) expressed her doubts about the ) + ' Q) exact figure of those getting he Trinamool Congress has killed in the air attack. Tonce again questioned the “We don’t want anyone to Patna: Little did Union It was Giriraj Singh him- tic remark he should now tell true outcome of the Indian play politics with the blood of Minister Giriraj Singh realise, self who had laid down the us who must be sent to ' airstrike in Pakistan’s Balakot our martyred jawans. We only while asserting that the March yardstick that those not Pakistan. where according to BJP presi- want the truth to come out,” 03 rally here of Prime Minister attending the rally would be Embarrassed over the dent Amit Shah at least 250 Banerjee had said demanding Narendra Modi would make it deemed anti-national. Hence, development, BJP MLC Nawal Jamnagar: Asking Opposition Jaish-e-Muhammad terrorists the truth behind the air opera- clear who stood with India he himself becomes a traitor. Kishore Yadav said our party parties to use common sense, were killed in a pre-dawn attack tion. “I have come to know from and who with Pakistan, that He has been threatening those does not need a certificate of Prime Minister Narendra Modi by the Indian fighter jets. some foreign media that it was he would end up explaining whom he considers deshdrohi nationalism. Opposition par- on Monday slammed them for Questioning the domino a miss. Some said that no one his own absence at the public that they would be deported ties are twisting Giriraj Singhs questioning his statement that effect of the air attack senior died while others said that only meeting on Sunday. to Pakistan. Which countrys words out of context. the presence of Rafale fighter TMC MP Derek O’Brien said a person lost his life,” she said As the rally was underway visa is he going to apply for, The JD(U), BJPs senior jets would have given greater senior Minister in the Narendra adding “we want to know how here, Singh hurriedly came up the JAP chief tweeted. ally in the State, distanced firepower to the IAF during the Modi Government had in fact much truth is there in the claim with a tweet stating that he Yadav also peppered his itself from the controversy February 27 aerial engagement ( $ * planted the story in the media of the Government,” and ques- had fallen ill while coming to tweet with hashtags with its spokesman and MLC with Pakistan. + 4 * 1)+ " about the number of deaths in tioning why the Prime Minister the Bihar capital from his #BiharRejectsModi which Neeraj Kumar stating it is for As the political dogfight the JeM camp. “Who gave this avoided an all-party meeting to Lok Sabha constituency was trending on Sunday and Giriraj Singh to explain under over Modi’s remarks escalated Modi is questioning our air down. news about the numbers … brief the Opposition parties Nawada. #DeshdrohiGiriraj. what circumstances he said with the Congress demanding force strike,” Modi said, “If they(Opposition) don’t whether it was 200 or 250?” the about the success of the air raid. His absence at the rally While talking to reporters this and offer a justification an apology from him for try- addressing a gathering in understand me what can I do. Rajya Sabha MP asked saying he With Bengal Governor invited a flurry of sarcastic here on the issue, senior RJD for the choice of words. Our ing to portray the Indian Air Jamnagar in Gujarat. They have their own limita- was sure “a senior Minister in Kesri Nath Tripathi subse- remarks by opposition parties leader Vijay Prakash said party has nothing to do with Force as being weaker without “Please use common sense. tions,” he told the audience dur- the Cabinet planted this news,” quently using innuendos to in Bihar on Monday. Giriraj Singh has proved that, this matter. Rafale, IAF chief Air Chief What I said was if we had ing his 40-minute speech ren- specifying the number of ter- attack those who were ques- Madhepura MP Rajesh by his own logic, he is anti- Known for shooting from Marshal BS Dhanoa declined to Rafale at the time (of aerial dered in Gujarati. rorists who died in the air strike. tioning the veracity of the air Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, national. In any case, the rally the hip, Singh had made the comment on the statement dogfight), then none of our Congress spokesperson “I don’t blame the media for strikes, or for that matter its fall- who has floated his own Jan was rejected by the patriotic controversial remark last week that the French jets would fighter jets would have gone RPN Singh accused the Prime this news. I only say that this out, likening them to “snakes in Adhikar Party upon expulsion public of Bihar. in response to a charge by RJD have made a difference. down and none of theirs Minister and BJP leadership of news was planted by a Minister,” the sleeves,” Bengal TMC lead- from the RJD and is married Fazal Imam Malik, MLA and chief state “I said if Rafale was saved,” he added. India lost one politicising the air strikes and he said adding “this kind of ership on Monday went all guns to Congress parliamentarian national spokesperson of spokesman Bhai Virendra that acquired in time it would have MiG 21 jet during the fierce said Modi should apologise to statement is dangerous” in the blazing against Tripathi won- Ranjit Ranjan, took a swipe at RLSP, issued a statement the RSS, the BJPs parent body, made a difference (during the dogfight in which one F-16 the country for trying to por- political theatre. The senior par- dering how a man on a consti- the Union Minister of State demanding a public apology had sided with the British February 27 dogfight), but warplane of Pakistan Air tray the IAF as being weaker liamentarian’s statement came tutional post could make such (Independent charge) for from Singh and his expulsion colonialists during the strug- they(Opposition parties) say Force(PAF) was also shot without Rafale. PTI days after Mamata Banerjee comments. MSME. from the BJP with the sarcas- gle for Independence. PTI ; $ P 9 4 1 ' 7 %$# : 9>+ * Imphal: Manipur Chief the Chief Minister said. Mumbai: Inability to repay his father had taken from Minister N Biren Singh has Singh also said that the Lucknow: Former BSP MP winning the upcoming Lok bank loan and poor output Yelambghat branch of Bank of 7 ; said his Government would schemes will be reviewed every Kaiser Jahan and a former Sabha polls. from agriculture fields alleged- Maharashtra, he said. take “steps to eradicate poverty” month to ensure that the ben- MLA of the same party, Jasmir A Congress government at ly drove a 35-year- old farmer He was also under depres- in the State and work toward efits reach people on time. Ansari, Monday joined the the Centre will ensure the to commit suicide Monday in sion for poor crop production Mumbai: The Indian Penal the maximum punishment of ensuring that the beneficiaries of “The Government will take Congress along with their sup- rights of the youth, farmers, Beed district of Maharashtra, from his farms, the official Code section that prescribes death for offences of rape. welfare schemes receive their steps to eradicate poverty from porters in the presence of labourers and traders, and police said. said. death penalty for repeat rape However, both the Union dues on time. Addressing peo- Manipur. It is sensitive to the UPCC president Raj Babbar pave the way for establishing The farmer, Mahadev Bhosle left his residence offenders was rightly intro- government and the amicus ple after inaugurating a needs of the people. here, a party spokesperson an atmosphere in which all Rambhau Bhosle, was found at around 4 am and went duced by the legislature to curiae defended the new sec- revamped school in Imphal West “We have already taken said. could feel safe and secure, he hanging from a mango tree to the farm of another impose a deterrent against such tion. district on Sunday, Singh assert- measures to ensure that people Jahan, former Sitapur MP, added. through a rope in the early villager Vyankat Kalkute crimes, the amicus curiae in the They told the HC while ed that the “prevailing system of get electricity and gas connec- and Ansari, former Laharpur Jahan and Ansari had ear- hours in village Khardewadi in where he was found hanging, Shakti Mills gangrape case told sub-section A dealt with a Governance and administration tions without having to wait in MLA, expressed their faith in lier met AICC in-charge of UP- the district, around 375km he said. the Bombay High Court on grave case in which the victim in the State has to be rectified to queues outside Government the leadership of party presi- East Priyanka Gandhi in Delhi from here in the arid His family members Monday. died, or was reduced to a veg- achieve the target”. offices,” he maintained. dent Rahul Gandhi and the and joined the Congress on Marathwada region, an official immediately took him to a However, the application of etative state, section 376 (E) “As a part of this endeavour, Stressing on the important of policies of the party, Monday after quitting the BSP, said. hospital, where he was this Section 376 (E) in the pre- provided that a person previ- two important missions — ‘Go imparting quality education in spokesman Brijendra Kumar Singh said. Bhosle was spotted hang- declared dead before arrival, sent case could be questionable, ously convicted under any sub- to Hills’ and ‘Go to Village’ — schools, the CM said the BJP Singh said. Retired IPS officer Aftab ing by some onlookers, who he said. An accidental death the amicus told a bench of jus- section of section 376 was liable were launched by the Govt in the State will launch a Welcoming them into the Ahmed Khan and Chamber of alerted his family members, he case was registered at the tices BP Dharamadhikari and to be sentenced to the maxi- Government last year to redress new a new mission to provide party fold, Babbar said the Commerce vice-chairman said. Neknur police station and a Revati Mohite-Dere which was mum punishment of death for the grievances of the people liv- better facilities in Government- Congress will form the gov- Surendra Kumar also joined Bhosle was upset as he was probe underway, the official hearing a challenge to the con- the subsequent offence of rape, ing in the hills and the valley,” run institutes. PTI ernment at the Centre after the party, Singh said. PTI not able to replay loan which added. PTI stitutional validity of the pro- if the court deemed fit. vision through writ petitions However, while the Centre filed by the three death row has maintained that such repeat convicts in the Shakti Mills case. offence can occur anytime after (* ' Q Section 376 (E) of the IPC the first offence, Ponda told the that provides for the death court the accused person could penalty for repeat rape offend- be termed a repeat offender # R7 = $ ; ers was introduced by the only if the second offence was ?66?) *:3 Centre through an amendment committed after he was con- Mumbai: The report submitted “A thorough study was car- in existing laws in 2013 fol- victed for rape for the first time. by a State Commission on the ! P ried out by the expert members lowing the December 2012 The amended law has been Ahmedabad/Vadodara: No sion falls, and the production dent,” said Jayraj Gadhvi, a basis of which reservation was of the commission and quali- gangrape case in New Delhi. challenged by Vijay Jadhav, train bogey was set on fire in house involved in the film refut- supervising executive of the granted to the Maratha com- tative data was collected after Advocate Abad Ponda, Mohammad Kasim Bengali and Vadodara to recreate the 2002 ed the reports. According to film. Dhaval Pandya, a senior munity was prepared “scientif- ! carrying out survey in several appointed by the court as the Mohammad Salim Ansari, who torching of Sabarmati Express at crew members supervising the executive overseeing the shoot- ically” and was “error-free”, ! parts of the state,” he told a divi- amicus curiae to assist it in the were sentenced to death by a Godhra as part of a documen- shooting, a damaged coach, ing, clarified that the coach was the Maharashtra Government ! ! sion bench. case in 2014, told the HC that sessions court in April 2014 for tary on Prime Minister used for mock drills by the not set on fire Sunday as claimed on Monday told the Bombay !! The MSBCC had also con- the section was in consonance raping a photojournalist in Narendra Modi, Railway offi- Railways, was provided by the in some media reports. High Court. ducted public hearings in with all legal and constitution- Shakti Mills compound here on cials as well as crew members of authorities to recreate the burn- “We had not set the coach The Maharashtra State major districts, including al principles. August 22, 2013. The sessions a film production company said ing of S-6 coach of the Sabarmati on fire yesterday as claimed by Backward Classes Commission Mumbai, before coming out However, the section’s court had awarded them the on Monday. Express at Godhra by a mob on by some newspapers. After (MSBCC) had submitted its challenging the quota deci- with its report, Sakhare said. application in the present case death penalty as they were also Their clarification came February 27, 2002. shooting that damaged coach in report on the social and eco- sion. The petitioners said the The bench of Justices Ranjit could be questionable, Ponda convicted for having raped a after some media reports said an “We are shooting a biopic the same condition, we will nomic conditions of the com- commission’s report was void More and Bharati Dangre is said. telephone operator in July 2013. unused railway coach was on documentary depicting life and apply special effects during edit- munity on the basis of which of merit and that its data claim- hearing a bunch of petitions Earlier, during the hearing, The trials in both cases Sunday set ablaze at Pratapnagar times of Prime Minister ing to show it burning. the Marathas were given 16 per ing the Marathas are socially challenging the November 2018 the bench had asked the Union were held simultaneously and station in Vadodara during the Narendra Modi. This docu- “That scene will be of only cent reservation in education and economically backward decision of the State government what was the pur- the conviction was handed out enactment of the Godhra train mentary film will be released 20 seconds. We have not set the and Government jobs late last could not be relied upon. Government to grant reserva- pose of introducing section the same day. However, the sen- burning incident. only on social media. “We are coach on fire. It will be done on year. “The commission’s report tion to the Maratha communi- 376 (E) of the IPC since anoth- tences were awarded to the con- However, both the Western using a damaged railway coach, the editing table only. Some Government Counsel Anil was scientifically prepared and ty under a separate category er sub-section, sub-section A of victs within a period of two Railway (WR), under whose used for mock drills, to recreate media persons misinterpreted Sakhare refuted allegations and was error-free. Minor errors called Socially and Educationally section 376, already prescribed weeks from each other. PTI jurisdiction the Vadodara divi- the Godhra train burning inci- our version,” said Pandya. PTI claims of several petitioners, should be discredited. Backward Class. PTI #( 1$"*!2 +%#34567 >*
"3 $ "8 + ) + + * % $ R $1 +- - * - , "+ ) +) = )+) . ers from holding directorship Mallya, who had left India in in any listed company till fur- March 2016 for the UK, has . apital markets regulator ther directions. also filed an application for per- CSebi has asked the The Sebi order followed a mission to appeal against the roadcast regulator TRAI Government to amend the probe into alleged illegal fund extradition order. Bhas written to DTH opera- Companies Act to ensure that diversions at United Spirits Explaining its rationale for tor Independent TV (former- a director declared by it as a Ltd, an erstwhile firm of busi- seeking changes in the ly known as Big TV) asking it disqualified person should ness group headed by Mallya Companies Act, Sebi has said to justify its current tariff plans )3 3 * * 3 immediately vacate the posi- which he had later sold to glob- the fact that Mallya failed to in the backdrop of the sector’s ( @ 3 A3 tion, a plea triggered by default- al liquor giant Diageo. Mallya comply with its direction has new regulatory framework. * * er businessman Vijay Mallya’s and others were also barred brought forward a “legal conun- In a letter to Independent reluctance to do so. from the securities markets in drum” in respect of whether TV, the Telecom Regulatory Under the Companies Act, the same order. Sebi has the power to enforce its Authority of India (TRAI) has the office of a director becomes However, Mallya did not direction when a director refus- also called a meeting with the vacant in case of he or she comply with the order by not es to comply with the same. senior official of the DTH . Also, crude oil, foreign fund being disqualified by an order stepping down as a director of At present, Sebi’s direction company on the said matter, inflows and currency move- of a court or a tribunal, a United Breweries Ltd, another restraining a person from act- Tuesday. n the absence of any imme- ment would be actively tracked mong other reasons, but listed company of his group, for ing as a director is not a ground The regulator flagged the Idiate key triggers, the domes- by the investors, they added. there is no explicit mention of months. for vacation of his or her direc- issue after it received several tic equity market would be Data for the services sector an order by the Securities and Soon after the Sebi order, torship under the existing pro- consumer complaints over lack guided by macro-economic is due on Tuesday which would Exchange Board of India (Sebi), Mallya had also criticised Sebi visions of Section 167 of the of clarity on tariff plans and data, crude oil prices, foreign also influence trading senti- which is mandated with regu- in a series of tweets and had Companies Act, 2013. their break-up details for fund inflows and currency ment this week. lation of thousands of listed said the allegations of fund Further, Sections 164, 167 monthly charges, a TRAI movement in this holiday- “Relative calm has returned firms in India. diversion were baseless and had and 169 of the Companies source said. shortened week, according to to markets as cross-border ten- In a proposal, Sebi has alleged that he was a target of Act, dealing with appointment, “...You are hereby direct- analysts. sions have eased and robust now proposed that the “witch hunt”. vacancy and removal of direc- ed to provide all the infor- The market remained trends are coming visible in the " $ 3 + B6 Companies Act should also After refusing to quit the tors, are administered only by mation in the prescribed for- closed on Monday on account data on credit growth, manu- * * @ ( clearly mention that a person United Breweries Board for the central government mat as sought by TRAI.... of “Maha Shivratri”. facturing activity, new orders 3 * should vacate the office of a months, Mallya finally ceased through the Corporate Affairs Further you are also required Last week, volatility erupt- and employment. The market director if it orders his or her to be its director in August Ministry. to provide detailed justifica- ed on domestic bourses after will look past the weak GDP disqualification. 2017, presumably after pressure “These provisions have not tion that the present tariff the Indian Air Force targeted print and focus on the high fre- Officials said the Finance from other directors. In case of been delegated to Sebi for plans, being offered by Pakistan-based terror camps, quency indicators which are Ministry is in agreement with United Spirits, he was asked by administering them in respect Independent TV are in line leading to days-long geo-polit- suggesting that the Indian Sebi on the proposed amend- the new owner Diageo in April of the listed companies,” the with the new regulatory ical tensions in the region. But economy is demonstrating ment and has asked the regula- 2015 itself to quit the board for official said, citing the regula- framework clearly indicating investors now can heave a sigh signs of a pickup in growth,” tor to get it approved by its board alleged fund diversion. tor’s proposal for the amend- the bifurcation of the of relief amid subsiding of Sunil Sharma, chief invest- and subsequently forward it to Mallya is facing a number ment in the law. Network Capacity Fee and skirmishes on the border ment officer, Sanctum Wealth the Corporate Affairs Ministry, of cases against him, including While Sebi is empowered other charges,” TRAI said in between the two nations.. Management said. which is the nodal Ministry for of loan default, and a court in to initiate adjudication pro- its letter dated February 27. “Market is likely to trade Foreign investors, a main the Companies Act. the UK has already ordered his ceedings under the Sebi Act for TRAI has also asked with a positive bias on account driver of the Indian equity In its proposal, Sebi has extradition back to India and non-compliance of its direc- Independent TV to clarify its of ease in border tensions and market, poured in close to referred to its interim order the same was also approved by tions in such cases, it can only position on complaints expectation of the US-China 17,220 crore on a net basis dated January 25, 2017, the British government last be a penal proceeding for non- received by the regulator. The trade agreement,” said Vinod into Indian equities in February ( > P & >' through which the regulator month. compliance and not for DTH operator is said to have Nair, head of research, Geojit this year, the highest since 4 * *< < @ had barred Mallya and six oth- Subsequently, 63-year-old enforcement of the direction. 0.83 million subscribers. Financial Services. November 2017. <* * 4&#'#"& (3 ) 0 ="1 5= 3 462#33&4 O*P )> D *"5 2 5&7( 5= $ 6(3 B@ . impact of harmful vehicular emissions, all efforts must be $ uto LPG industry in the initiated to push consumers he Prime Minister on . The new application Acountry has sought a towards using cleaner fuels. . TMonday dedicated the Indo- included “further measures” reduction in GST rates on LPG Conversion of vehicles to auto 8 . > &8.>' * $ 9 Russian Rifle Pvt. Ltd to the arlos Ghosn’s new lead - such as limiting Ghosn’s conversion kits for automobiles LPG has to be promoted by rivate sector Karnataka . * & . ' 9 * 8* @" nation at a function held in the Cdefence lawyer said external communications from current 28 per cent to 5 making them more affordable PBank on Monday said the ** * 3 *1 1 district of Amethi in Uttar Monday his “convincing” and bolstering surveillance - per cent to boost vehicle con- and easily available,” said RBI has slapped a fine of 4 8 &8'1 1 C ** Pradesh. This is a joint venture new bail application for the that gave him grounds to versions to the environment- Suyash Gupta, Director crore on the bank for violating 18.>1 . 3 13 1 18 @ formed between the Ordnance former Nissan boss con- hope for a better result, friendly fuel. General of Indian Auto LPG regulatory norms. Factory Board (OFB) on the tained fresh elements he Hironaka told reporters. Indian Auto LPG Coalition. The Reserve Bank of India Indian side and Rosoboron hoped would lead to his The Tokyo District Court Coalition, the apex industry He said such a prohibitively has levied an aggregate penal- export and Concern Kalashnikov release “as soon as possible.” is due to hand down its ver- body for auto LPG in India, high GST rate is driving up the ty of 40 million on the bank 54(3 3( 4( of Russia on the other. Concern Junichiro Hironaka, who dict at any moment on the said that high GST rates were costs of conversion kits and dis- for delayed implementation of Kalashnikov is the manufactur- has a reputation for securing most recent bail application. hampering conversion to LPG, couraging consumers. four of the Swift related oper- er of the famous AK-47 Rifles. acquittals for high-profile But so far, it has shown which is much cleaner trans- “Auto LPG is a very clean ational controls. "($2"63 4 +"26#$ 24 The joint venture has been clients in a country where 99 little inclination to end port fuel as compared to petrol. transport fuel with almost neg- Swift is the global messag- formed to manufacture the lat- percent of cases result in Ghosn’s lengthy pre-trial In a statement, the associ- ligible particulate material ing software used for transac- est AK-203 series of assault rifles conviction, said there was a detention, which has drawn ation said putting an efficient emissions, and can bring about tions by the financial entities. ever Single-day production of at the Ordnance Factory Project “realistic” chance of Ghosn some criticism internation- and non-polluting fuel under immediate improvements in air Notably, the massive 13708 T. With support from Korwa. India is the first coun- eventually being found inno- ally and from rights groups. the highest GST slab is counter- quality,” he said. 14,000 crore fraud at the PNB teered by Vivek Gupta, ED Railways, RMD loaded 22 try that will receive the drawings cent of all charges. Ghosn faces three productive to the government’s The association said auto was a case of misuse of this S(Projects & Operations), Rakes in a day on February 28, and technological details for the Hironaka, known as the charges of financial miscon- focus on cleaning India’s urban LPG has become a major messsaging software. Raw Materials Division (RMD) which is all time record. manufacture of this assault rifle. “acquitter” or the “razor” for duct, two involving alleged air quality. The high GST rates draw in several countries and Post the PNB fraud, of Steel Authority of India Minesalso recorded highest The joint venture, under the his mental sharpness, under-reporting of his salary are proving detrimental to the has helped clean up their which came to light in Limited (SAIL) has set new ever daily-average loading ‘Make in India’ policy will pro- unveiled a third application and a third over a complex conversion industry and ham- urban environments, thanks February 2018, the RBI has records in iron ore production of17.68 rakes per day. The duce 7.5 lakh rifles for Indian for bail on Thursday after scheme in which he alleged- pering the growth of the clean to favourable policy mea- been tough on banks to tight- in February. The daily-average Flux mines at Kuteshwar, has armed forces, para military two unsuccessful attempts ly sought to transfer his loss- and environment-friendly sures. en all kind of their transac- iron ore production clocked scored all time high by loading forces and these rifles will pro- by the tycoon’s previous legal es to Nissan’s books. transport fuel. A prominent example is tions. 66,620 tonne which is all time 26 Rakes in 28 days in gressively be totally indigenised. team. Ghosn has denied all the “An auto LPG conversion South Korea which records 4 Earlier on Saturday, four high notching a growth of February. allegations against him, and kit is not a luxury item which million tonnes in sales of this banks — SBI, Union Bank of 6.45% over the previous one. SAIL is now heading for in an interview with AFP he is placed under the highest GST fuel annually. Turkey runs India, Dena Bank and IDBI — The monthly production in producing 18 million tonneof slammed his continued slab. At a time, when our cities almost 40 per cent of all private had informed exchanges about February has gone up to 1.87 hot metal by the end of this fis- detention. have been reeling under the vehicles on auto LPG. monetary penalty slapped on million tonne recording a cal, for which RMD has taken them by the regulator for non- growth of 11.62% over CPLY. steps at its captive mines to sup- compliance with various direc- Individually, RMD’s Barsua ply required 24.5mt of iron ore tions. Iron Mines recorded highest to the steel plants in this fiscal. #( 1$"*!2 +%#34567 >*
"3 $ "8 + ) + + * % $ R $1 +- - * - , "+ ) +) = )+) . ers from holding directorship Mallya, who had left India in in any listed company till fur- March 2016 for the UK, has . apital markets regulator ther directions. also filed an application for per- CSebi has asked the The Sebi order followed a mission to appeal against the roadcast regulator TRAI Government to amend the probe into alleged illegal fund extradition order. Bhas written to DTH opera- Companies Act to ensure that diversions at United Spirits Explaining its rationale for tor Independent TV (former- a director declared by it as a Ltd, an erstwhile firm of busi- seeking changes in the ly known as Big TV) asking it disqualified person should ness group headed by Mallya Companies Act, Sebi has said to justify its current tariff plans )3 3 * * 3 immediately vacate the posi- which he had later sold to glob- the fact that Mallya failed to in the backdrop of the sector’s ( @ 3 A3 tion, a plea triggered by default- al liquor giant Diageo. Mallya comply with its direction has new regulatory framework. * * er businessman Vijay Mallya’s and others were also barred brought forward a “legal conun- In a letter to Independent reluctance to do so. from the securities markets in drum” in respect of whether TV, the Telecom Regulatory Under the Companies Act, the same order. Sebi has the power to enforce its Authority of India (TRAI) has the office of a director becomes However, Mallya did not direction when a director refus- also called a meeting with the vacant in case of he or she comply with the order by not es to comply with the same. senior official of the DTH . Also, crude oil, foreign fund being disqualified by an order stepping down as a director of At present, Sebi’s direction company on the said matter, inflows and currency move- of a court or a tribunal, a United Breweries Ltd, another restraining a person from act- Tuesday. n the absence of any imme- ment would be actively tracked mong other reasons, but listed company of his group, for ing as a director is not a ground The regulator flagged the Idiate key triggers, the domes- by the investors, they added. there is no explicit mention of months. for vacation of his or her direc- issue after it received several tic equity market would be Data for the services sector an order by the Securities and Soon after the Sebi order, torship under the existing pro- consumer complaints over lack guided by macro-economic is due on Tuesday which would Exchange Board of India (Sebi), Mallya had also criticised Sebi visions of Section 167 of the of clarity on tariff plans and data, crude oil prices, foreign also influence trading senti- which is mandated with regu- in a series of tweets and had Companies Act, 2013. their break-up details for fund inflows and currency ment this week. lation of thousands of listed said the allegations of fund Further, Sections 164, 167 monthly charges, a TRAI movement in this holiday- “Relative calm has returned firms in India. diversion were baseless and had and 169 of the Companies source said. shortened week, according to to markets as cross-border ten- In a proposal, Sebi has alleged that he was a target of Act, dealing with appointment, “...You are hereby direct- analysts. sions have eased and robust now proposed that the “witch hunt”. vacancy and removal of direc- ed to provide all the infor- The market remained trends are coming visible in the " $ 3 + B6 Companies Act should also After refusing to quit the tors, are administered only by mation in the prescribed for- closed on Monday on account data on credit growth, manu- * * @ ( clearly mention that a person United Breweries Board for the central government mat as sought by TRAI.... of “Maha Shivratri”. facturing activity, new orders 3 * should vacate the office of a months, Mallya finally ceased through the Corporate Affairs Further you are also required Last week, volatility erupt- and employment. The market director if it orders his or her to be its director in August Ministry. to provide detailed justifica- ed on domestic bourses after will look past the weak GDP disqualification. 2017, presumably after pressure “These provisions have not tion that the present tariff the Indian Air Force targeted print and focus on the high fre- Officials said the Finance from other directors. In case of been delegated to Sebi for plans, being offered by Pakistan-based terror camps, quency indicators which are Ministry is in agreement with United Spirits, he was asked by administering them in respect Independent TV are in line leading to days-long geo-polit- suggesting that the Indian Sebi on the proposed amend- the new owner Diageo in April of the listed companies,” the with the new regulatory ical tensions in the region. But economy is demonstrating ment and has asked the regula- 2015 itself to quit the board for official said, citing the regula- framework clearly indicating investors now can heave a sigh signs of a pickup in growth,” tor to get it approved by its board alleged fund diversion. tor’s proposal for the amend- the bifurcation of the of relief amid subsiding of Sunil Sharma, chief invest- and subsequently forward it to Mallya is facing a number ment in the law. Network Capacity Fee and skirmishes on the border ment officer, Sanctum Wealth the Corporate Affairs Ministry, of cases against him, including While Sebi is empowered other charges,” TRAI said in between the two nations.. Management said. which is the nodal Ministry for of loan default, and a court in to initiate adjudication pro- its letter dated February 27. “Market is likely to trade Foreign investors, a main the Companies Act. the UK has already ordered his ceedings under the Sebi Act for TRAI has also asked with a positive bias on account driver of the Indian equity In its proposal, Sebi has extradition back to India and non-compliance of its direc- Independent TV to clarify its of ease in border tensions and market, poured in close to referred to its interim order the same was also approved by tions in such cases, it can only position on complaints expectation of the US-China 17,220 crore on a net basis dated January 25, 2017, the British government last be a penal proceeding for non- received by the regulator. The trade agreement,” said Vinod into Indian equities in February ( > P & >' through which the regulator month. compliance and not for DTH operator is said to have Nair, head of research, Geojit this year, the highest since 4 * *< < @ had barred Mallya and six oth- Subsequently, 63-year-old enforcement of the direction. 0.83 million subscribers. Financial Services. November 2017. <* * 4&#'#"& (3 ) 0 ="1 5= 3 462#33&4 O*P )> D *"5 2 5&7( 5= $ 6(3 B@ . impact of harmful vehicular emissions, all efforts must be $ uto LPG industry in the initiated to push consumers he Prime Minister on . The new application Acountry has sought a towards using cleaner fuels. . TMonday dedicated the Indo- included “further measures” reduction in GST rates on LPG Conversion of vehicles to auto 8 . > &8.>' * $ 9 Russian Rifle Pvt. Ltd to the arlos Ghosn’s new lead - such as limiting Ghosn’s conversion kits for automobiles LPG has to be promoted by rivate sector Karnataka . * & . ' 9 * 8* @" nation at a function held in the Cdefence lawyer said external communications from current 28 per cent to 5 making them more affordable PBank on Monday said the ** * 3 *1 1 district of Amethi in Uttar Monday his “convincing” and bolstering surveillance - per cent to boost vehicle con- and easily available,” said RBI has slapped a fine of 4 8 &8'1 1 C ** Pradesh. This is a joint venture new bail application for the that gave him grounds to versions to the environment- Suyash Gupta, Director crore on the bank for violating 18.>1 . 3 13 1 18 @ formed between the Ordnance former Nissan boss con- hope for a better result, friendly fuel. General of Indian Auto LPG regulatory norms. Factory Board (OFB) on the tained fresh elements he Hironaka told reporters. Indian Auto LPG Coalition. The Reserve Bank of India Indian side and Rosoboron hoped would lead to his The Tokyo District Court Coalition, the apex industry He said such a prohibitively has levied an aggregate penal- export and Concern Kalashnikov release “as soon as possible.” is due to hand down its ver- body for auto LPG in India, high GST rate is driving up the ty of 40 million on the bank 54(3 3( 4( of Russia on the other. Concern Junichiro Hironaka, who dict at any moment on the said that high GST rates were costs of conversion kits and dis- for delayed implementation of Kalashnikov is the manufactur- has a reputation for securing most recent bail application. hampering conversion to LPG, couraging consumers. four of the Swift related oper- er of the famous AK-47 Rifles. acquittals for high-profile But so far, it has shown which is much cleaner trans- “Auto LPG is a very clean ational controls. "($2"63 4 +"26#$ 24 The joint venture has been clients in a country where 99 little inclination to end port fuel as compared to petrol. transport fuel with almost neg- Swift is the global messag- formed to manufacture the lat- percent of cases result in Ghosn’s lengthy pre-trial In a statement, the associ- ligible particulate material ing software used for transac- est AK-203 series of assault rifles conviction, said there was a detention, which has drawn ation said putting an efficient emissions, and can bring about tions by the financial entities. ever Single-day production of at the Ordnance Factory Project “realistic” chance of Ghosn some criticism internation- and non-polluting fuel under immediate improvements in air Notably, the massive 13708 T. With support from Korwa. India is the first coun- eventually being found inno- ally and from rights groups. the highest GST slab is counter- quality,” he said. 14,000 crore fraud at the PNB teered by Vivek Gupta, ED Railways, RMD loaded 22 try that will receive the drawings cent of all charges. Ghosn faces three productive to the government’s The association said auto was a case of misuse of this S(Projects & Operations), Rakes in a day on February 28, and technological details for the Hironaka, known as the charges of financial miscon- focus on cleaning India’s urban LPG has become a major messsaging software. Raw Materials Division (RMD) which is all time record. manufacture of this assault rifle. “acquitter” or the “razor” for duct, two involving alleged air quality. The high GST rates draw in several countries and Post the PNB fraud, of Steel Authority of India Minesalso recorded highest The joint venture, under the his mental sharpness, under-reporting of his salary are proving detrimental to the has helped clean up their which came to light in Limited (SAIL) has set new ever daily-average loading ‘Make in India’ policy will pro- unveiled a third application and a third over a complex conversion industry and ham- urban environments, thanks February 2018, the RBI has records in iron ore production of17.68 rakes per day. The duce 7.5 lakh rifles for Indian for bail on Thursday after scheme in which he alleged- pering the growth of the clean to favourable policy mea- been tough on banks to tight- in February. The daily-average Flux mines at Kuteshwar, has armed forces, para military two unsuccessful attempts ly sought to transfer his loss- and environment-friendly sures. en all kind of their transac- iron ore production clocked scored all time high by loading forces and these rifles will pro- by the tycoon’s previous legal es to Nissan’s books. transport fuel. A prominent example is tions. 66,620 tonne which is all time 26 Rakes in 28 days in gressively be totally indigenised. team. Ghosn has denied all the “An auto LPG conversion South Korea which records 4 Earlier on Saturday, four high notching a growth of February. allegations against him, and kit is not a luxury item which million tonnes in sales of this banks — SBI, Union Bank of 6.45% over the previous one. SAIL is now heading for in an interview with AFP he is placed under the highest GST fuel annually. Turkey runs India, Dena Bank and IDBI — The monthly production in producing 18 million tonneof slammed his continued slab. At a time, when our cities almost 40 per cent of all private had informed exchanges about February has gone up to 1.87 hot metal by the end of this fis- detention. have been reeling under the vehicles on auto LPG. monetary penalty slapped on million tonne recording a cal, for which RMD has taken them by the regulator for non- growth of 11.62% over CPLY. steps at its captive mines to sup- compliance with various direc- Individually, RMD’s Barsua ply required 24.5mt of iron ore tions. Iron Mines recorded highest to the steel plants in this fiscal. #( 1$"*!2 +%#34567 >>
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The person The symbolic shift hands ward the mission of the con- a success. national interests are protected,” worthy of this would be the one Wing Commander ated with a large air formation, authority over US diplomatic sulate, "in support of the A high-stakes second sum- Bolton added. .# who solves the Kashmir dispute Abhinandan Varthaman has comprising 24 fighter jets, channels with the West Bank strengthening of American- mit to strike a disarmament deal The summit’s collapse fol- # # . according to the wishes of the de-escalated the hostility including F-16s. and Gaza to ambassador David Palestinian ties, to boost eco- with Kim broke up in disarray lowed the leaders’ historic meet- .@3 &73 &4 Kashmiri people and paves the between Pakistan and India. 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Pyongyang was offering only to “For the Democrats to inter- close part of the Yongbyon com- # . #! . ! view in open hearings a con- plex, a sprawling site covering #!.".) 4 & victed liar & fraudster, at the multiple facilities -- and the 1293%4& 3#3+($ 3 same time as the very important North is believed to have other 6( &4(6 *2"5(" &4&6&4 Nuclear Summit with North uranium enrichment plants. 6+,25& $%&(, 2"' 2* countries have fractured due to television. ondary,” Macron said, without France and the French. But Korea, is perhaps a new low in North Korean Foreign 3+4' &46 3 (&,4' 3 & ( 3($"( 30 repeated clashes between cen- In the spirit of reconcilia- mentioning Prime Minister suddenly, we almost forgot that American politics and may have Minister Ri Yong Ho, however, & ( 5(6& "(+2" (6 246&0 rench President Emmanuel trist Macron and Italy’s populist tion, Macron said he would host Giuseppe Conte or other Italian we have to keep on learning to contributed to the ‘walk’,” he disputed the US account, saying #"44' #+ %( %(& 4 & FMacron has launched a call coalition government. his Italian counterpart Sergio leaders. understand each other,” Macron tweeted. 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Macron did not mention other I believe that between our coun- Nation” Relations between the two Government. “There has been “We will talk about the divisive subjects such as Italian tries there is and always has Sunday that intemperate talk. There have future and Europe,” he added. populist leaders’ support of the been a lot of heart, that is to say, the summit been various twists and turns The two presidents intend “yellow vest” protestors in friendship, love,” he said in a should be and I think we owe it to our to go “beyond the misunder- France or the merger between final message to camera. seen as “a suc- people, to our history and to standings that can sometimes French shipbuilder Chantiers de In Italy, the interview cess, defined Europe, to get past that,” arise in political or economic life l’Atlantique (formerly STX provoked controversy even as the presi- Macron said Sunday on Italian and which are, for me, sec- France) and Italy’s Fincantieri. before its release as Macron dent protect- On the other hand, he spoke chose to be interviewed by ing and at length about his love of Fabio Fazio, a nemesis of Italy’s advancing Italy and his travels. deputy Prime Minister Matteo American “There are so many Salvini and nationalists who national inter- French people who love consider him an archetypal ests.” Italy and Italians who love “trendy” journalist. 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The 32-year lines and relegating Ravindra Tuesday. old would hope for change of Jadeja as the third specialist Since it was a leading nity, for me and Chahal, we The Virat-Kohli led team fortunes and get some runs spinner. question, Kuldeep made an have performed for the team ticked all the boxes to thrash under his belt on Tuesday. "No, no, not at all. We extra effort to make it clear and that helped the team to Australia by six wickets in the Other batsmen like open- haven't ousted anyone. It's that the perception of wrist win, so happy about it," series opener on Saturday. It was er Usman Khawaja, the flam- just that we have got the spinners getting preferential Kuldeep waxed eloquent a welcome boyant Glenn Maxwell, all- opportunities and we did well. treatment compared to finger about the kind of relation win for India ! ) )+ rounder Marcus Stonis, threw They (Ashwin and Jadeja) spinners. that the duo share with the after losing . "=?$ ! their wickets away after getting have always been doing well "We learn a lot from them senior pair. the T20 1.,(1(.1*%4.'(2 their eye in and would be for India. In Test matches, Ash (Ashwin and Jadeja). They In the first game, Kuldeep series 0-2. aiming for bigger scores. (Ravichandran Ashwin) and have a lot of experience. bowled well and got two wick- With only four ODIs The likes of young Peter Jaddu Bhai (Ravindra Jadeja) When I am in the Test squad, ets while Jadeja despite going remaining before the World Handscomb and wicket-keep- are still playing," Kuldeep said I learn a lot from them. wicketless was very econom- Cup, the hosts will look to er Alex Carey too would be on the eve of the second ODI. Whenever we got an opportu- ical. finalise the "two available spots" keen to play their part. in an otherwise settled squad for On the bowling front, leg- the all important tournament. 4 * 8 spinner Adam Zampa troubled Opener Shikhar Dhawan the Indian batsmen and will be P * +>+ >+ ) )+ failed in Hyderabad but he is man Kedar Jadhav, who steered %! 7& key for the visitors. But he likely to get another game as the team home with an unbeat- @ 0 /::H needs adequate support chances of K L Rahul coming in en 81 on Saturday, has more or upfront from pacers Pat 46& G @ B:BB + + ! +) Q for him appear bleak. However, less sealed the number six posi- Cummins and Nathan if given a chance Rahul will be tion. He is also useful with his #3 "&,& ? @ G:BB Counter-Nile. more than willing to make right-arm off-breaks, making 46 #3 @ @ BB:BB Australia could try went wide off the stumps, that is when . optimum use of. him more valuable to the side. !> 7 7& Andrew Tye, who regularly the damage happen. It's about staying away Vice-captain Rohit Sharma On Saturday, it would plays in the IPL, ahead of from their strengths," said Zampa, who dis- can take any attack to cleaners have been pleasing ! / Jason Behrendoff. is stint in the IPL has made Adam Zampa missed Kohli in the first T20 International in on his day and the Aussies for coach A B BBC 46& -(& #3 "&,& - CC "#43 realise that the best way to counter Indian Visakhaptanam as well as the first ODI in A B H would be wary of him and Ravi Shastri @B B B @ 46& -(& #3 "&,& - $7( 3 batsmen is by bowling a wicket-to-wicket Hyderabad. skipper Virat Kohli, who to see that India: Virat Kohli (captain), line. Zampa is happy that he has been to get scored 44 on Saturday 37-year-old B B B P 46& -(& #3 "&,& - P $7( 3 Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Zampa, who has grabbed 44 wick- better of world's best batsman on a few occa- night. Mahendra Ambati Rayudu, Mahendra ets in 35 ODI appearances so far feels that sions recently. Both Rohit and Kohli are Singh Dhoni hit- Singh Dhoni (wk), Kedar his strength is attacking the stumps "It's nice to get players like that (Virat) always hungry for runs and ting form. boost his confidence ahead of armoury. Jadhav, Vijay Shankar, Jasprit rather than bowl big loopy leg breaks out. I thought the best one was the T20 here if the duo fires in unison His unbeat- the World Cup. Chinaman Kuldeep Yadav Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, outside the off-stump, which players like (in Visakhapatnam) and another match in at the VCA stadium, en 59 proved that The Indian team could (2-46 in the first ODI) has Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Virat Kohli and Kedar Jadhav relish hit- Brisbane. I thought they were big wickets then the visitors are in his finishing skills bring in the young Rishabh Pant been leading the spin attack Chahal, Rishabh Pant, Siddarth ting. given the situation of the match and we for a hard time. are not on the in place of all-rounder Vijay and is effective in the middle Kaul, KL Rahul, Ravindra "From my IPL experience and ended up winning the game Ambati Rayudu wane. Dhoni and Shankar, who had an off day overs. But, it will be interest- Jadeja. seeing these guys play, it's not (Visakhapatnam). failed in the first Jadhav now form a with the ball on Saturday. ing to see if Ravindra Jadeja, Australia: Aaron Finch (cap- about the variety of wrong 'uns but But then Zampa also knows that game but knowing vital cog in India's India's bowling, spearhead- who remained wicketless in his tain), D'Arcy Short, Shaun it's about the best way to bowl to getting Kohli alone won't be enough. his abilities and the middle order, espe- ed by death-overs specialist miserly effort, gets another Marsh, Marcus Stoinis, Usman these batsmen. Particularly in ODI "Getting Virat is one thing, he backing he has from cially when the top Jasprit Bumrah, has been chance or Yuzvendra Chahal Khawaja, Alex Carey, Peter cricket, most leg-spinners these was in at the time and it was big the team manage- order fails. impeccable and it reflected in comes back to the playing XI. Handscomb, Ashton Turner, days are attacking the stumps and wicket, but then you also have to ment, his place in Dhoni has the first ODI, when he made Australia, on the other Adam Zampa, Jason that's my strength," Zampa said on the think about getting Dhoni out and the playing eleven been in prime of Aussies dance to his tunes. hand, will need to pull one Behrendorff, Jhye Richardson, eve of the match. Rohit (Sharma) out. Virat is big is not in danger. late form and Along with the Gujarat pacer, back to ensure that the hosts Pat Cummins, Andrew Tye, "I feel like when I get away from the wicket, but there are six or seven Pint-sized every good out- Mohammed Shami is proving do not double their advantage Nathan Coulter-Nile, Nathan stumps, guys like Virat and the other night big wickets in the Indian team," Maharashtra bats- ing will only to be a lethal weapon in Kohli's early in the series. Lyon. 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You can share your suc- ter of attention all the time and they like their cesses if they come up, but don't rub them in egos puffing up with praise and compli- anyone's face. ments. You don't have to keep your successes com- Part of being modest is recognizing the pletely to yourself to be modest. You just have strengths of other people. If you're not mod- to pick and choose who would really care about est, then you probably don't even realize that what you have to say, who really supports you, other people have so much to offer because and who is really close to you and rooting for you're so focused on you, you, you all the time. you to succeed. Maybe it's only your spouse, So, the next time you're hanging out with peo- your mother, your best friend, or your small ple, give them genuine compliments that circle of friends. That's fine. It's better to tell show that you've put some thought into who one person who really cares than to brag to ten they really are. people who couldn't care less. If you got a new Stop asking your friends questions which promotion, don't brag to your other co- force them to respond with a compliment. workers or you'll look like a jerk. But tell your Everyone feels good when they are appreciat- spouse and family -- they'll be proud of you. ed but it can be very annoying to others if you If you closed on a house, celebrate with your dig down deep for compliments all the time. family and the close friends who will be hang- Do you passively look down upon people ing out there. If you ran your personal best in who don't have the things that you have? a marathon, tell your running buddies -- they'll Introspect and think about whether you con- be proud of you. sider everyone who does own the same laptop Avoid talking about how much as you technologically backward or money you have. Talking about does not wear the same brand of how rich you are, how much jeans as you wear cheap and money you have, how ' frugal. much money you will ! Pointing out to some- have, how big of a one at every occasion raise you've got, or ! that what you have is just anything that C8 , better than what they has to do with have is very insult- your general ing. Learn to respect wealth is not !, everyone and every- modest. Talking ! thing that other about how much people do in their money you have 5 own right. makes you look E What is the first self-obsessed and thing you feel when a just plain annoys ! guy keeps bragging other people. You ! about his new laptop all may be proud of the day long or when a girl money you've earned, if keep flaunting her new you've earned it, and you shoes for weeks together? can share your wealth with Would you make fun of them and your family or anyone you support, ridicule them for being a complete but that does not mean perfect strangers will show off? Or would you feel humiliated be happy to hear about your fat wallet. because that guy or girl apparently has some- Do you have the inherent tendency of thing that you don't? If you chose the latter, diverting every conversation to yourself? For you are possibly a show off yourself. example, if your friend tells you that he bought People who keep bragging about them- a new car, you are expected to listen as he talks selves unnecessarily are generally mocked and about its features. You shouldn't be instantly ridiculed. Their show off behavior is not to be turning the conversation around to your car taken seriously nor is it meant to be embraced. and how you got a great deal for it. People show off when they are interested in Not every conversation is supposed to be someone: If you are sitting with a person you about you and if you find yourself guilty of consider interesting then certainly you are making it so, you may passively be a big show going to show of what you have in order to off. If you don't listen to what other people say impress him. On the other hand if you are with and are only interested in what you have to say a boring person then it would make no sense in return, you could turn into a type of per- to say anything interesting as you are not inter- son that people stay away from. ested in getting his attention. This should let It may become very easy for others to label us conclude that we must not hate showy peo- you as a complete show off if all you do is brag, ple, in fact, those people consider us impor- brag and brag on Facebook, Twitter and tant and worthy!! other social networks. 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Spielberg’s Academy Award attention is devoted to 2" 2 +&" $+& ( 4 &4 ensuring that the race never sees another Roma, a Netflix (,($ 24 $&5+&'40 film backed by massive sums, that didn’t play by the same &4'&4& 3&60 L rules as its analog-studio competitors. 624O %&( &4 Now, several are arguing in favour of Netflix or point- 4 (4 24 2 ing out that the situation is more complicated than the- atrical release versus streaming. 924 +2, $3: Indian actor Kabir Bedi tweeted in reaction to the %("( &"( *( news, “Dinosaurous! Never imagined Steven Spielberg &$ 2"3 4 2#" so retrograde as to want different rules for films made 46#3 " ,7( &4-" by streaming services and those produced by all others. A film is a film is a film. No matter who produces it. And: &+22" %("( %( %&3 Rule changes he wants would disqualify most regular pro- -((4 3((4 3&4' ducers.” N( %&( "('#,&" Sean Baker, Tangerine and The Florida Project direc- 3#++, 2* & (" &46 tor suggested that Netflix add a “theatrical tier” to its pric- (,($ "$ & %25( ing plans. “This would help keep theatre owners and audience 320 % 3%2#,6 members who appreciate the theatrical experience sat- $255(4 &-2# +2, $ isfied,” he wrote on Twitter, adding, “Just an idea with $3SO # *((, no details ironed out. But we need to find solutions like -($( 2* %3 $2#4 this in which everybody bends a bit in order to keep the "O3 +(2+,(0 * 2# film community... alive and kicking.” "6&, 3& B C Film and TV director Richard Shepard wrote that &"( ,4' 4 & ,##" “good movies are good movies — wherever they play. 2#3 %25( &46 "&(, "((&,(6 4( "(463 K And in a world where we have more Jurassic Parks then ,4' 4 2#" ("$(6(3: Shirkers, Netflix fills a gap. Love the big screen, but love 2 $&4 2# &,7 ,7( %& S %3 3 3#55(" (664'30 the story/heart of movie more.” ""(3+243-,( -(%&2#" &46 &5 The Blacklist founder Franklin Leonard added that what matters 42 %& 746 2* +("324:M %2,(3&,("3 -($254' isn’t what would happen to Netflix, but to “every other film 32#'% &* (" ,&-(,3 &46 and filmmaker who will struggle O& to get access to the resources nec- ,'% ('% $2# #"(: essary to make a film but not get !, those allowing for a four week . exclusive theatrical release”, variety.com reports. First Reformed writer-director Paul ! electing a wedding outfit is ering comfort as their top-most pri- Schrader emphasised ! more than just a fitting as it’s ority. They are not just stuck on to that “distribution Sactually a process, a memory in the mainstream designers anymore. models evolve” and # the making. The bridal attire is one Weddings are a once in a lifetime pointed out that thing that matters the most over experience, especially for brides “Netflix allows many everything for any woman. The and grooms, as it is their big day, financially marginal Indian bridal fashion has always their day to seek all the attention films to have a plat- been changing and evolving ever and look exactly like they have form and that’s a since the concept of “big fat Indian dreamt of all their lives. By being good thing”. weddings” came in. comfortable in what they choose to The director, 4 Bridal Asia curated its hand- wear lets them enjoy their day. He however, said that some , picked Spring Summer’19 edition, feels it has been quite a refreshing films are too esoteric to CP exhibiting some of the renowned change. People are opting for lighter, benefit from being added designers of the country. Through breezier outfits rather than heavy to Netflix’s larder, using L ' an amalgamation of opulence and P embroidered ones. Even when it First Reformed as an craftsmanship, it showcased some- comes to jewellery they are ready to example. ! $ 2" . 0 & +&" 2* %( thing for everyone, and a multifar- tick something simple that goes Dream Girl associate ious assortment of apparel, jewellery, 4 along with their dress instead of producer Prasanna 46 *,5 46#3 " *2" &,523 footwear and accessories, from the extremely flared pieces. They are Ranganathan posted a *2#" 6($&6(30 3&3 %3 53324 3 choicest brands that came together % also considering cost effective thread explaining that 2 (+,2"( 52"( 2* for celebrating the Indian heritage. ! , designs, something classic, minimal- Netflix has gone the dis- %& %( $&4 62 &46 Dhruv Gurwara, chief market- ist and modern with a touch of tra- tance in terms of giving %2 2 5+"2( : ing officer of Bridal Asia, says, , , F ditionality. distribution to projects “This year, the exhibition complet- , , Dhruv says, “Opting for lighter from people of colour and 4, %&3 3%24 (" ed 20 years and we are absolutely pieces even helps in destination wed- other marginalised groups. 3& , 4 %( 5"&6 elated. Our narrative has opened the dings since you don’t have carry too “If the Academy’s com- '(4"(30 ,7( 6"&5&0 curtains of a new era, where the , much weight of your lehengas and mitment to diversity and &$ 240 "25&4$(0 bride declares her individuality. jewellery.” inclusion as articulated in $25(6 &46 32$26"&5&: ( %&3 The brand is now celebrating the Ask him about the colours its 2020 strategy is as robust chasm between its history, the coy edition,” he adds. which seem to be in trend, he adds, as it seems, excluding ((4 *(& #"(6 4 2,,226 *,530 bride and its future, the bold bride. Dhruv apprises that this time “That dark maroon isn’t there any- Netflix and its diverse artists, 4$,#64' With every passing season, we there were a lot of jewellers from more which used to rule the hearts storytellers and filmmakers &46 understand our muses better, so this Jaipur mainly and other places as of Indian brides. Bright colours from awards consideration was the perfect time to also dedicate well, who were initially wholesalers, like red, blue, pink, white, off- makes no sense.” 37(6 * %("( 3 &4 %4' (,3( %( space to lighter collections.” have started retailing themselves and white, even ivory, are working very Jinn director Nijla “This time we concentrated on are now coming out as brands, like well, everything other than dull vel- Mumin wrote that “no one &3+"(3 2 620 4, 3&60 L &3+"( the summer collection as summer Raniwala and Rambhajo. So it’s vets.” is lining up to give you a 2 62 -( (": -(,(( %("( 3 42 weddings and even destination wed- quite interesting to see the whole- For Dhruv, a wedding dress is full theatrical release. ,5 2 %#5&4 +2 (4 &, &46 %& dings have now become a trend. The salers getting into the retail busi- both intimate as well as personal for Smaller films are often put into smaller theaters, where ( &"( &,, $&+&-,( 2* 5#$% 52"( time between April and June has ness.” a woman and it must reflect the per- many people don’t see them.” actually become a period where lot He further says that people are sonality and style of the bride. After In her thread, she questioned whether a film’s inabil- %&4 ( '( 2#"3(,(3 $"(6 *2": of weddings take place. This is the willing to experiment now, in terms all, a bride’s entire world stops to ity to find wide theatrical distribution should mean it 3 5 ,*(O3 53324 2 (+,2"( reason why we started the summer of quality, colours, what suits them, look at her on her wedding day, it is “erased from the entire awards conversation.” 52"( 2* %& $&4 62 &46 %2 edition. This has been our second fits them best, and they are consid- has to be memorable. L( $&4 62 -( (":M old with a local train-like efficacy Sundance Film Festival, has received Tamid Mumbai’s crowded streets and appreciation from a wide audience. The 2 busy lives, director Ritesh Batra’s The actor says that it is because there haven’t Lunchbox was a simple love story in ways . been many films that showed a local guy unique to itself. Well, the filmmaker and an urban girl romancing. “This one 2$&, ( . . 3&3 3%( comes back with yet another romantic did and in a quite believable way. It was tale set in the city, shovelling people’s $ 2" N (,,3 %& *,53 &"(4O +"2+&'&46& %& very much true,” says the actor. 62(3 42 %&( 5( *2" ,2( "'% attention towards what could also be He calls Ritesh’s filmography style as 42 &3 3%( 3 22 -#3 2 *46 & called the ultimate romance, though not %&( 2 5&7( &4 5+&$ 24 32$( 2" &,&3 3 &46 *2" & 32$&, $( “different, real and simple.” He believes, 5&4 &46 3( ,( 624: epic perhaps. For him, it’s not two per- “There is a simplicity in what he shows %( @A(&"2,6 -"27( 2** %(" fect or equal lovers who make a brilliant just like he even did in The Lunchbox. He (4'&'(5(4 2 &$ 2" love story, it’s the love that makes the rela- doesn’t romanticise the idea of romance tionship perfect, no matter who the pro- rather shows it in a very subtle and real %"3 ,7& 4 tagonists are. way.” 2(5-(" ,&3 (&"0 Photograph, starring actor Talking about a shift in Bollywood’s 524 %3 &* (" %( Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Dangal and sensibility and understanding of modern +2++(6 %( ;#(3 Badhaai Ho fame Sanya Malhotra, fea- relationships, he says that there have been 24: tures the bond between two people who a few directors like “Shekhar Sharma, come from completely different worlds. Anurag Kashyap who had started this L 624O %&( 5( While one is a local photographer, Rafi, change a long time ago. But yes, there are *2" ,2( "'% 42: who captures the people who visit the mainstream directors who also moving %&"6, %&( Gateway of India in Mumbai, the other towards realism now.” 5( *2" is an educated urban girl and a CA, However, explaining what ‘realism’ 53(,*: &5 Miloni. ed only once, as compared to ‘selfie’ and implies, he says, “It is not only about social For Nawaz, it was because of Ritesh ‘posing for candids’ era. issues or making biopics. A film is not $243 &4 , that he chose the character and the film. Talking about how he prepared or propaganda that stands for or promotes "&(,,4' 2(" “I have known him as a filmmaker. I have learnt the way the street photographers a social cause. A film can pick up any sub- GB 6&3 & (&"0 4((" worked with him before and it’s always talk to people at the Gateway or other ject. I don’t see it as a responsibility that %25(0 9#3 *2$#34' a pleasure to work with him,” says he. such national monuments, Nawaz says a film should follow such rules and show Since the film is a first-of-its-kind to that for a few days before they began certain content.” 24 53(,*0 5 -#3 showcase a potential relationship between shooting, Ritesh had called a few photog- As the actor has played a number of 4(33 &46 5 two people from such different back- raphers who helped him to know about characters unconventional to that of a *"(4630M , 24 grounds, he believes that it is just a “sim- their individual styles. “I learnt their way typical Bollywood hero, and done films 3&6: ple and unconventional” love story from of walking, dressing and talking, I like Manto, Thackeray, Gangs of L%("( &"( &,&3 & ,2 2* '#3 the perspectives of two different people, observed how they convinced people to However, no matter what character character. Woh bhi unn hazaaron me se Wasseypur, Manjhi - The Mountain Man who meet and come together. He says, get clicked since today everyone has he plays, the Haraamkhor actor says that hi ek hai, kuch alag nahi (He is also one and many other critically-acclaimed film, (("%("(: %(4 &5 "(&60 %( “It’s not always necessary that a film needs smartphones with good quality cameras. this time he wasn’t playing anyone else, among thousands of others). I was also he says that he doesn’t see himself as an 523 5+2" &4 %4' 3 ,2&, 0 to make an impact on society. It should They don’t feel the need to pay the pho- rather himself. “Here, I have actually the same when I came here,” says he. inspiration since he is not on a “partic- 325(24( %2 3 2#" -(3 *"(460 indeed be worthy to be appreciated by the tographers for a picture. Hence, they need played myself. I haven’t done any char- He goes on to tell us how “Ritesh ular mission that I have to inspire peo- %2 2# $&4 "#3 &46 %2 ,2(3 audience for its own sake. It is about two to have some convincing power to make acterisation. I relate and connect to my never asked us to act. He just wanted us ple. I am just an artist who is experiment- 2# *2" 2#: %(4 2# 742 2# people craving for companionship.” their profession work. I observed how character a lot since it somehow takes me to be ourselves and look at the lens with ing with himself and his craft. I just do The film would indeed bring back the they clicked a picture and then got them back to my initial struggling days in our own eyes.” what I feel is right and something that 742: # 624O 742 ( :M era when reel photos were safely kept and printed through developing negatives,” he Mumbai. Rafi is just an ordinary, com- The film, that was premiered at the brings out the new in me.” preserved in albums as they were creat- says. mon man. He is not some larger-than-life 69th Berlin Film Festival and the (The film releases on March 15.) ! >? #( 1$"*!2 +%#34567
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he Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards (META) and Festival 2019 Tannounced the META 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award which will be conferred on playwright Mahesh Elkunchwar. The play- wright is widely-known and acclaimed for having experimented with a wide range of #$ % & $ ' ( %) drama and has been a powerful force in both Indian and Marathi theatre for over three decades. The jury for the 14th edition of the +)+ , &! 7 ) + + )+ + + ) +) )) ) Awards was also announced and comprises theatre artist, actor and screenwriter Akash * + + : + ) 7' !& Khurana; founder and former executive director of India Foundation for the Arts o engage with the dynamics of Like a bolt from the blue, his mate- three months to acquire waste materi- training to design animal/insect sculp- Anmol Vellani; actress and singer Ila Arun; design, woven into Indian culture, rials of creativity are mind boggling. He N / . als. tures that can be used for stop motion actor Kulbhushan Kharbanda; managing Tis an odyssey that embraces both creates an amalgamation of nuts, hooks, “Broken things seem to just call out animation work and could even move trustee of Nrityagram and lighting design- tradition and knowledge. At Art Positive phone dials, broken zips, buckles, tooth- O / ))*+ to me to take care of them. I’ve been with the help of robotronics. His lady- er Lynne Fernandez, curator of the annual in Lado Sarai, a Mumbai-based artist, picks, mangled CPUs, monitors, hard . doing this part-time for over three bird and insect sculptures are surreal thought conclave ‘The Huddle’ Mukund Haribabu Natesan interprets popular disks and odds and ends. His mantra is years and full-time for the last eight cutting-edge pieces that delight the Padmanabhan; historian, scholar, author idioms through his works. Natesan to reinvent and reuse through the recy- months,” says the NID postgraduate in senses. and critic Sunil Kothari; former director of works with electronic junk to create ani- cling chain to create a collection of animation film design, who quit stable Yatrik theatre group and director of the India mal fossil like an insect and a lady bird, mixed materiality sculptures. animation work to continue pottering END OF RECYCLING Habitat Centre (IHC), Sunit Tandon. other than a breath-taking Nandi, the .: O : around with the useless items at his “I feel very strongly about issues like The festival will be held from March 6 bull and other hybrid compositions that NOTHING IS WASTE / 0 . home. global warming and recycling,” states to 12 at Kamani Auditorium and Shri Ram can fascinate you to an extent which At first you realise that Haribabu’s art is Haribabu. He adds, “We spend a lot of Centre, where META 2019’s shortlisted can’t be put to words. Colours, contours born out of a passion for collecting use- BEYOND VAASTU energy in recycling stuff like plastic and plays will also be performed. and the charisma of creating composi- less things and experimenting with the / O Haribabu has deep convictions and iron. I feel that when you recycle Breaking previous records, over 400 tional kinetics make this show worthy forms they could take. “I’m a die-hard you can envision that when you look at things into art, you also put an end to entries were received at META this year, of deeper scrutiny. junk collector,” says Haribabu. “After his magnificent Nandi bulls that have the recycling and all the effort and ener- which were viewed by a selection commit- Haribabu’s works talk to us about seeing all that I can create surreal colourative tones. gy spent in it. Although, I don’t do a 100 tee, comprising well-known theatre practi- the paradigms of waste. Not only does out of junk, my friends Haribabu explains his thought per cent sustainable recycled art (I need tioners. The final nominations feature plays it cock an eye at conspicuous consump- offer all their junk to process, “A lot of people tell me that it’s to use glue and boards.) This is a great in Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, tion but it also in some way tells us that me. So if you come to bad for Vaastu to keep so many dam- platform to showcase my work. I hope along with Hindi and English language we need to look at waste with new eyes. my house, you will aged objects at home and that it attracts I get positive feedback, and people scripts. If you think that junk should be ban- see it overflowing negative energy. But I don’t agree with realise that it is an important end prod- Among a few are Agarbatti (Hindi and ished, you’ll never look at a plastic fork with all such what they say. After all, everything we uct,” he says proudly. Bundeli) showcasing the aftermath of or a damaged CD or a bent safety pin. objects,” says make is reborn out of death. If we look In a way, he reminds me of Phoolan Devi’s Behmai massacre; Andha Yug But this show changes one’s perspective Natesan who also at it, even furniture is made from a dead Salvador Dali and has me wondering (Gujarati from Vadodara and Hindi from of those objects as it reveals infinite pos- visits the tree, else where do we get it from? For about his ideations that meld the best Imphal), set against the backdrop of the sibilities of how waste can be turned into Sunday mar- me, art is a new journey and a way of of products in the waste material mar- Mahabharata war; Chandâla, Impure (Tamil), something spectacular. He makes the ket in breathing life into lifeless things.” kets to come up with signature cre- an Indian adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo best use of the products that belong to Ahmedabad His words have a technical truth to ations, which combine molten iron, and Juliet, Chillara Samaram (Malayalam), the world of the junk. once in every it. Haribabu uses his film animation eagle feathers and used hard disks. chronicles a protest by common people against their town corporation.
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The details are what enchant us and one glance colourful marketeers to families in prayer at the life and the soul of its inner spirit, these images fea- is enough to make one realise that Idris’s hand is Western Wall — these incredible images move ture Israel’s glorious landscapes, its city life, its cul- experienced as well as restained in its nuances of beyond the typical postcard images of the coun- ture and its people. freezing the frame. try to showcase the character of its people and the At the Kolkata Photo Festival, Ahmed’s suite , sanctity of the land they are so resolute in preserv- of images entitled Shalom at the Emami Art Centre EVERYDAY IDIOMS ing. “While tourists flock to the salty waters of the are about life in quiet places and exploring the Situated at the mouth of the meandering Yarkon Dead Sea and the historic sites around its shores, beauty of Israel through black and white pho- river, Tel Aviv has a six-mile beach. Young, laid- most are unfamiliar with the Western Galilee region tographs as well as coloured. From an enchanting back locals, cyclists, joggers and dog walkers stroll ! (the country’s most mountainous region),” says image of ‘Israeli kids playing on abandoned tank the promenade, while sunbathers and surfers rule Idris. at Golan Heights’ to the lively city life of Jerusalem the beach, giving Israel’s second city a “Californian # , He adds, “It calls itself the Tuscany of the Middle — each of these images unveils as evocative echoes feel.” East, thanks to the lush greenery and Crusader sites, that define the passage of time. “Israel has a tremendous history and legacy, 4 P !! including the Montfort fortress, a ruined castle you architecturally speaking, much of which dates back can climb to enjoy spectacular views. 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&) *) + antiago Solari's future is likely to hinge on Real Madrid again winning Sthe Champions League but two defeats + + )+ by Barcelona in four days have brought old problems back to the surface. After being knocked out of the Copa del injury. Rey and effectively deemed irrelevant in the "But we need a top performance title race, a third loss in as many games arco Reus has called on Borussia and have to score at the right moment." could see Madrid's season wiped out in a MDortmund to write history on Dortmund will be at near full week. Tuesday as the Bundesliga leaders strength, with only wing-back Lukasz "We have to react," said defender Dani attempt to turn around their Champions Piszczek sidelined by injury Carvajal. League tie at Spurs were the last team to win a "It's probably been one of the toughest 8!& .. && 7. home to Champions League game at Dortmund, weeks in my time here." -2@ -5/= D4& -=/!-=@/2 Tottenham in November 2017, when Son Heung- Ajax deserved more from the 2-1 loss 24 (#4'4 D?PE Hotspur. min and Harry Kane scored in a 2-1 in Amsterdam that, in theory, puts their After losing group stage victory. opponents firmly in charge ahead &4 (" 24'%(4 DA@E 3-0 to Spurs at After Reus' defiant words, of the second leg on Tuesday. & ' ) : /("4&462 ,2"(4 ( DA E Wembley in the Dortmund head coach Lucien Favre But three consecutive defeats at . "=?$ ! 1@=@ 4% = first leg of the last offered a more modest perspective. the Santiago Bernabeu for the first 1%.4%:%4.'(2 16, Dortmund "We know that it's going to be dif- time in 15 years means Madrid will &75 ($% DPGE &"5 (4(5& D BE face a monumen- ficult, but you never know," said Favre. be feeling the heat. &"$2 3(432 DAPE tal task against Signal Iduna Park has seen some big Solari too, the coach that was handed Mauricio nights in Europe, most recently when a contract until 2021 when appointed only Pochettino's team at Signal Iduna Park Atletico Madrid were routed 4-0 in the five months ago but who might not last the in the return fixture. group stage last October. season should Ajax do the unthinkable and Only three clubs, Barcelona, Roma And no Borussia fan could forget reach the quarter-finals. and Deportivo La Coruna, have ever Poland striker Robert Lewandowski, Jose Mourinho's criticism as a pundit managed to progress in the Champions now at Bayern Munich, scoring all of for bEIN Sports on the latest Clasico will be League knock-out phases after losing the Dortmund's goals when Real Madrid seen as opportunistic but the reality is he first leg by three goals or more. were routed 4-1 in the semi-finals in is still well-regarded at Real. Unlike other "I think there have already been 2013. potential successors, he is also available to some games in the stadium where his- However, the home side must start immediately. tory has been written — we can do it," bounce back from a dreadful run of Still, Solari will know Madrid have been said Reus, Dortmund's top-scorer and results to have any chance of overhaul- here before. captain who missed the first leg with ing Spurs. Last season, Zinedine Zidane's team crashed out earlier in the Copa del Rey and + ) ++ to Leganes, not Barcelona. They were 3 P $ >$ * + P $ 4*<. > * * 4 . "=?$ ! adrift in La Liga too. 1%/.4%*%4.'(2 But victories in Europe over Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus blurred those ). ) #! ed familiar. failures while beating Liverpool in the final Real had finished 17 points behind "We failed to finish, just like the other day," seemed to extinguish them almost com- Barcelona and then sold their best player. In said Solari. "When that happens, you cannot pletely. the years with Cristiano , Madrid's goals scored win the game. When you lack goals, you strug- Solari will surely pay the price if tally at this stage in the league was 71, 62, 85, gle," said Ramos. domestic disappointment is extended into 64, 73, 75, 71, 67, and 62. This season it is 43. The question is whether Solari can now the Champions League, where context And against Barcelona, the difference was revive his marquee players and cojole the could be significant — the stage, opponent precision in the final third, where Barca boast- youngsters, many of whom have been the dri- and manner of defeat — but after four tri- ed Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Ousmane ving force of his team in recent months. In the umphs in five years, it is hard to imagine Dembele while Madrid had an out-of-form UCL, the pressure is on to deliver. anything less than lifting the trophy would Gareth Bale, an inexperienced Vinicius Junior "We need the league for fitness and be deemed a success. and Karim Benzema, who only scored five rhythm," said Ramos. For Solari, that is a high bar set, and a league goals last term. "So we must continue working and keep reminder perhaps of why Madrid found so Under Julen Lopetegui in October, winning games. We have another final in the few elite coaches eager to follow Zidane last Madrid went almost eight hours without scor- Champions League on Tuesday and we will summer. ing and the reaction to the latest defeat sound- fight for it." he added. .%..! 1 7& R
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lvaro Morata's first-half dou- Able fired 10-man Atletico ario Balotelli showed off a new goal cel- Madrid to a 2-0 victory at Real Mebration on Sunday as he took a selfie Sociedad as Diego Simeone's men video with his Marseille teammates and post- kept their slim La Liga title hopes ed it on social media during their 2-0 win over alive. Saint-Etienne. The Spain international strik- The Italian scored his fourth goal in six er scored twice in three first-half Ligue 1 games since joining minutes on Sunday as Atletico cut Marseille from Nice in January by the gap to leaders Barcelona back hooking home Florian Thauvin's to seven points after the reigning 12th-minute corner with an excel- champions' 1-0 Clasico win over lent acrobatic volley. third-placed Real Madrid on "Balotelli takes the pressure, he Saturday. takes the limelight. He reminds me Midfielder Koke was dis- of (Zlatan) Ibrahimovic and he scored an missed just after the hour mark, nodding home after Thomas as Sociedad started the second Ibrahimovic goal," said Saint-Etienne coach. but Atletico have now won three Lemar's corner was flicked on by half strongly, and the hosts were "He has brought back the public, the con- straight league games after back- Diego Godin. given renewed hope when Koke fidence, and many of his teammates will raise to-back defeats by Real Betis and The 26-year-old, who went was sent off for a second yellow uventus closed all talk of a challenge to their their level of play." Real Madrid last month had four games without a goal after card in the 62nd minute. JSerie A dominance after coming through As he celebrated his volley, Balotelli took ended an 18-match unbeaten run. joining on loan from Chelsea in Mikel Merino came close to a second-half onslaught at Napoli to win 2- a phone from the cameraman behind the goal "The sending off of Koke January, made it three in two halving the deficit with 14 min- 1 in an engrossing match that saw each side before filming the video with his laughing minutes later through a Thauvin penalty and ended the game as we had matches shortly afterwards, hav- utes remaining as away goalkeep- have a man sent off and stretch their lead at teammates and posting it on his Instagram closed out the win with ease. planned it," said Atletico coach ing opened his Atletico account er Jan Oblak had to produce a fine the top to a huge 16 points. story. Rudi Garcia's men have now taken 13 Simeone. last weekend against Villarreal. save to prevent his header from Massimiliano Allegri's unbeaten leaders have now as The 28-year-old then carried on playing. points from their last five league matches to "We had to defend, make Once again it was a set-piece finding the top corner. good as sealed their eighth straight Serie A title after a match He was not the first player to produce a leapfrog Saint-Etienne into fourth, just five ourselves strong in our penalty that did the damage, as Morata But Atletico closed out the that looked dead at half-time with Juve two goals and a man selfie-based celebration, after Roma great points adrift of Lyon in the race for the third area and take a game that was very climbed highest to meet Koke's win to move five points clear of up, but sparked back into life when goalscorer Miralem Francesco Totti took a picture of himself after and final Champions League spot. important to win." right-wing free-kick with a down- city rivals Real, and more impor- Pjanic was sent off for handling a Napoli pass and pick- scoring against Lazio in the capital-city derby Earlier on Sunday, Moussa Dembele After a slow start to the con- ward header into the bottom cor- tantly, remain in with a chance of ing up a second yellow card just after the break. in 2015. scored twice as Lyon thrashed Toulouse 5-1 test, Morata gave Atletico the ner. lifting a first major trophy since "I fell asleep, I should have replaced Pjanic when he Marseille doubled their advantage nine to strengthen their grip on a top-three spot. lead on the half-hour mark by Sandro Ramirez nodded over winning the league title in 2014. had the first card. He was at risk, but I didn't expect him to handle," said Allegri, whose future at Juve is uncertain after what will be five seasons in Turin. "I already said we'll sit down to talk about this season D @ 0 **) ) % and the next. I am very happy to be at Juventus." Midfielder Pjanic swept home his free-kick opener in the 28th minute, which came immediately after Napoli were reduced to 10 men thanks to goalkeeper Alex Meret slic- + )+ + 7+ ing down Cristiano Ronaldo after the Portuguese nipped N "&, 42 2-,'(6 2 4 2+& 5("$&O in to intercept a terrible Kevin Malcuit backpass. aris Saint-Germain star Liverpool game, OK it wasn't Emre Can added the second from a PNeymar on Sunday left the .! .3Brazil captain Obviously the pressure increas- one of the best performances corner 11 minutes later after substitute door open for a potential move Neymar has rejected claims es because we are playing at but they dug out a result." David Ospina tipped away Pjanic's to Spanish giants Real Madrid. that the five-time World Cup home ... we have a great chance," United will face an uphill stinging shot, but the Bosnian's red The world's most expensive champions are obliged to Neymar told TV Globo. struggle on Wednesday when card gave Napoli a glimmer of hope. footballer is currently recovering win this year's Copa "We are one of the they confront an invigorated They were back in the game in from a foot injury which he suf- America as competition teams with a chance to win Paris side who lead them 2-0. the 61st minute when Jose Callejon fered on January 23 and has been hosts. but nothing is obligatory. "With the injuries we've tapped home a pinpoint Lorenzo linked with a return to La Liga The world's oldest con- We will be playing to win got, the position we're in, Insigne cross, and then piled ever since joining PSG from tinental international foot- and, if we do that, it would going to Paris is a tough place the pressure on a suddenly Barcelona in 2017. ball tournament will begin in be incredible for the country. It's to go," Giggs said. creaking Juve, with Piotr "In the future, everything is Sao Paulo on June 14, less than our objective to win. It's what I Giggs described the Zielinski twice forcing possible," he told Brazilian tele- a year after Brazil's World Cup want and what the fans want. Champions League title race fine saves from country- vision channel Globo. quarterfinal loss to Belgium in But we have to play well and if "as the openest season I've man Wojciech Szczesny. "I'm not saying I'm going to Russia. we aren't at our best it's going to ormer Manchester United seen for a long time". It looked as Real Madrid, calm down. "We're not obliged to win. be difficult." IANS Fstar Ryan Giggs backed "There's still four English though the hosts were Everybody knows I have already acting boss Ole Gunnar clubs left. You've got the usual set to launch a final accomplished my dream which the most, from people and the him as best as possible. We have Solskjaer on Monday to per- Barcelona, Real Madrid hang- assault when they was (playing for) Barcelona. team, the best in the world came the same friendship as I had with manently take the Old Trafford ing about (and) Juventus, who were given a penal- "Real Madrid is one of the to me to say 'I'm here to help Lionel, even competing for the top job but called their upcom- I think a lot of people strong- ty six minutes biggest teams in the world, every you'," Neymar said. Ballon d'Or," he said. ing Champions League fixture ly fancied at the beginning," he before the end for a player perceived to have an inter- The 27-year-old said PSG Neymar will miss against PSG a "big ask". said. controversial hand- est in the club wants to play for team-mate Kylian Mbappe will be Wednesday's Champions League "I can't see anyone past "If PSG go on to beat ball decision against them. Right now I'm very happy one of the world's greatest ever last-16 return leg against Ole at the moment. The United I fancy PSG to do well. Alex Sandro given by in Paris." players despite the pair both eye- Manchester United with the record they've had in the Atletico (Madrid) look strong VAR, only for Insigne Neymar said Barcelona's ing the biggest individual prizes metatarsal problem he suffered league has been phenome- and were in a good position to crash his spot-kick Lionel Messi had sent him his in the sport. six weeks ago. nal," Giggs said. against Juventus. against the post and regards after hearing about the "He's going to become one of PSG anticipate he will be "It's a tough league and to "I think it's really open — let the champions off Brazilian's most recent injury. the best players in the history of back in time for a potential put together the run that he's it's tough to pick out one the hook. "At the time I needed support football and I'm trying to help European quarter-final in April. done, it's impressive. The team."