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P-5 P-8 P-11 Briefs SC declines urgent hearing Stage set for polling in ‘sen- of plea against Sasikala sitive, crucial’ western UP Lucknow, Feb 10 (IANS) precedented security de- New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) The government’s plea was reserved The stage is set for the cru- ployment has been made Supreme Court on Friday de- on June 7, 2016. cial first phase of the Uttar in sensitive areas -- Shamli, clined an urgent hearing of a The high court by its ver- Pradesh assembly polls, vot- Aligarh, Muzaffarnagar, plea seeking direction against dict had reversed a September ing for which will begin on Mathura, Bulandshahr and AIADMK leader V.K. Sasikala 27, 2014 trial court judgement Saturday morning. Agra. being sworn-in as Chief Minis- which had sentenced Jayala- Polling will be held in 73 In all 826 companies of ter of Tamil Nadu. lithaa to four years in jail and assembly constituencies central forces have been sta- A bench of Chief Justice Jag- imposed a Rs 100 crore fine after spread across 15 districts in tioned for the first phase of dish Singh Khehar, Justice N.V. a trial that lasted for 18 years. the western part of the state, polling. Ramana and Justice D.Y. Chan- Sasikala, who was elected beginning 7 a.m. The campaigning for this drachud said “sorry declined” General Secretary of AIADMK In the first of the seven- phase had many firsts. as the petitioner urged the following the death of Jayala- phased staggered elections This was for the first time bench to accord the plea an ur- lithaa in December 2016, was in the state, a total of 839 in the electoral history of gent hearing. elected leader of the legislature candidates are in fray. the region that former Chief The petitioner contended that party on February 5. Respond- The mMaximum number Minister Mulayam Singh Deepika’s first English film ‘XXX: Return of Sasikala should not be sworn-in ing to reports that most of the of candidates are in Agra Yadav, now a mere ‘mentor’ Xander Cage’, which was made on a budget of as the verdict on Karnataka gov- Karnataka High Court order MLAs were not reachable on the South where 26 are trying for the Samajwadi Party (SP), $85 million, has joined the 1000 Crore club ernment’s plea challenging her acquitting late Chief Minister phone, he said he had switched their luck to be part of the did not campaign. acquittal in a disproportionate J. Jayalalithha, Sasikala and her off his mobile phone to avoid 17th state assembly. The So also Congress President India’s December factory output assets case was awaited. two relatives V.N. Sudhakaran “unnecessary calls,” and to least number of candidates Sonia Gandhi who did not falls post-demonetisation The top court is expected to and Elavarasi for allegedly avoid any kind of speculations - six each - are from Hastina- turn up due to ill-health. pronounce its verdict on the amassing disproportionate as- and “wrong news.” Gudiyatham pur, Iglas and Loni seats. The duo of Uttar Pradesh New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) A month after the Karnataka government’s appeal sets to the tune of Rs 66.65 crore MLA Jayanti Padmanabhan also Amid heightened fears of Chief Minister Akhilesh Ya- government went in for demonetisation, In- next week. during Jayalalithaa’s first term said she was not being detained poll violence, already proved dav-Congress Vice President dia’s factory output contracted by (-)0.4 per The Karnataka government as Chief Minister (1991-1996). as was being made out and true by a spate of incidents Rahul Gandhi campaigned cent during December, official data showed has challenged a May 11, 2015 The verdict on the Karnataka lashed out at Panneerselvam. in the past few days, an un- jointly. on Friday. The factory output, as per the Index of In- dustrial Production (IIP), had risen by 5.7 per cent in November, 2016. Earlier, it encoun- Bengal to have special fund for tered a (-)0.9 per cent slide in the correspond- ing month of the previous year. note-ban hit workers, farmers As per the IIP data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), the contraction was , Feb 10 (IANS) and came back to the state. alleviate their hardships,” growth could be affected mainly on account of a 2.00 per cent decline Criticising the central gov- They have been suffering he said. Terming the note by a range of 1-3.5 per cent, in manufacturing output, which has the maxi- ernment’s demonetisation a lot. I am proposing to a ban as an ‘unprecedented’ Mitra said. The state’s eco- mum weight in the overall index. move, Finance give one-time grant of Rs move, Mitra said scrap- nomic growth rate could Minister Amit Mitra on Fri- 50,000 each to 50,000 job- ping of higher value notes also be restricted to 9.27 Trump phones Iraqi PM day proposed Rs 250 crore to less workers so that they have not only impacted per cent, he said. on travel ban assist workers who lost their could start their own ven- the small and medium He also touched upon jobs due to the note ban. ture. For this, I allocate a enterprises but also de- the debt burden of the Washington, Feb 10 (IANS) US President Mitra, in his budget pre- fund of Rs 250 crore in this stroyed the entire supply state. “The loan which was Donald Trump phoned Iraqi Prime Minister sentation, also proposed a budget,” Mitra said. chain across sectors. “It taken 10 years back by the Haider Al-Abadi amid an increasingly strained Rs 100 crore special fund “Farmers and agricul- adversely impacted the Left Front Government in bilateral relationship following Trumps execu- for farmers and agricul- tural workers, who depend growth prospect of the 2006-2007 has now ma- tive order travel ban. tural workers who suffered on cooperative loans, have country’s as well as states’ tured for repayment. In Iraq was on the list of seven Muslim-major- due to the demonetisation. suffered a lot after imple- economy,” the Minister 2016-17, the total burden The Vice President, Shri M. Hamid Ansari being presented ity countries whose citizens were temporarily “There are many work- mentation of note ban. said. Eminent economists for principal repayment with the ‘Flag Sticker’ by a delegation of All India Federa- banned from entering the US as a result of the ers who have lost their jobs I propose a Rs 100 crore predicted that the GDP and interest would be of tion of The Deaf, on the occasion of “59th Flag Week of The controversial order. But according to an offi- due to demonetisation special fund in order to (Gross Domestic Product) the tune of Rs 40,000 crore. Deaf”, in New Delhi on February 10, 2017. PIB cial readout of Thursday’s call from the Iraqi Prime Minister’s office, the two world leaders may be finding some common ground, ABC News reported on Friday. Sasikala sacks Madhusudanan from party “The Prime Minister stressed the impor- Chennai, Feb 10 (IANS) brought disrepute to it, and duress. Earlier on Friday, Mad- tance of a review of the decision on the right AIADMK General Secretary V.K. so was being ousted from the husudanan told reporters: “As of Iraqis to travel to the US and lift Iraq from Sasikala on Friday dismissed E. party post and the AIADMK’s per the party by-law, a person the list of countries mentioned in the execu- Madhusudanan from the party primary membership. can become General Secretary tive order,” read the statement from Al-Abadi’s for backing acting Chief Min- She urged the party mem- of AIADMK only if he/she is a office. ister O. Panneerselvam, and in bers not to have any truck with member for a continuous pe- “And Trump stressed the importance of co- his stead appointed senior par- Madhusudanan. The dismissal riod of five years.” ordination to find a solution to this issue as ty leader K.A. Sengottaiyan as came a day after Madhusu- Madhusudanan said Sasikala soon as possible and that he will direct the US the party Presidium Chairman. danan joined hands with Pan- was not a member of the AIAD- State Department in this regard.” Sasikala said in a statement neerselvam, who has revolted MK for a continuous five years The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee at the Naval Symphonic that Madhusudanan had violat- against Sasikala by saying that and hence was not qualified to BSE 28,334.25 Orchestra 2017, in New Delhi on February 10, 2017. PIB ing the party’s principles and he quit as Chief Minister under be General Secretary. Sensex NSE 8,793.55 GOLD 22 CT 29,550 Erdogan approves Turkey’s SILVER 1 KG 42,200 37 countries participate in Pakistan ‘Aman-17’ naval exercise constitutional reform bill Forex Rates Karachi, Feb 10 (IANS) A Pakistan is fully committed to Dongpinghu. Around 700 troops Ankara, Feb 10 (IANS) Turkish constitutional amendments for the Indian Rupees multi-nation naval exercise, in- ensuring freedom of navigation are also participating. It’s the President Recep Tayyip Erdogan President’s approval on February 2, cluding warships from the US, and lawful maritime order. The fifth time that China has joined approved on Friday constitutional 12 days after passing it, exceeding US Dollar 66.88 Russia and China, kicked off in other navies joining in include AMAN exercise since its launch. amendments that will bring drastic the 330-vote threshold to bring it to the Arabian Sea off Karachi on Australia, Indonesia, Japan, Ma- Commander of the Pakistani changes to the country’s political a referendum. British Pound 83.54 Friday as part of ‘Aman-17’ be- laysia, Turkey and Britain. naval fleet Vice Admiral Ariful- system, including a shift to an exec- “I hope ‘sovereignty [will] rest ing hosted by Pakistan. Russia’s Severomorsk anti- lah Hussaini inaugurated the ex- utive presidential system from the unconditionally with the nation’ Euro 71.09 The four-day exercise, with war ship, Altay Tug Boat and ercise at the Karachi dockyard. current parliamentary system. on April 16 when the referendum Qatar Riyal 18.30 37 countries taking part, has Dubna tanker are part of the Hussaini, speaking at the cer- The package will now be put to will be held,” Turkish Deputy Prime the theme ‘Together for peace’. exercise, while China’s 24th es- emony, said the exercise would a referendum, likely on April 16, in Minister Numan Kurtulmus said. Saudi Riyal 18.05 It is the fifth such exercise that cort naval fleet is taking part in help work against human traf- accordance with a date to be select- Kurtulmus said the Turkish peo- Pakistan has been holding the joint drill with its missile de- ficking, narcotics smuggling, ed by the Supreme Election Board ple, including those who will vote UAE Dirham 18.14 since 2007. In a message, Prime stroyer Harbin, guided-missile and terrorism in the region, Ra- (YSK), Hurriyet Daily News report- Yes or No, would express their opin- Minister Nawaz Sharif said that frigate Handan and supply ship dio Pakistan reported. ed. The Turkish Parliament sent the ion in the referendum. Indian Horizon 2 City Saturday, February 11, 2017 90% labour welfare targets completed in two years: Gopal Rai New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Delhi committee to do away with the dis- crease from Rs 9,568 to Rs 14,052 Delhi’s construction labour. We Labour Minister Gopal Rai on Fri- crepancies. The committee sat sev- per month, for semi-skilled work- distributed over Rs 90 crore to day presented the report card of en times since it was formed and ers it will rise from Rs 10,582 to Rs farmers as compensation,” the his departments ahead of the AAP officers were working very hard to 15,471, and for skilled workers from minister said. government’s second anniversary get the proposal passed. “With the Rs 11,622 to Rs 17,033,” he said. “The Delhi government’s de- and said 90 per cent targets set up new committee, it is expected that The government started a helpline velopment department has taken under ‘Shramik Vikas Mission’, the minimum wages hike shall be 155214 for the grievance redressal major steps for modernising the which was launched two years implemented by the end of this of the labourers, and received Mandis in Delhi. The Delhi gov- ago, have been achieved. month. Post approval of minimum 25,563 complaints in two years. ernment’s Rural Development “The success rate for objectives wage hike scheme, an implemen- “The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Board is working on various proj- under Shramik Vikas Mission, tation monitoring team will be set government’s fast-track courts ects worth Rs 326 crore for Delhi which we launched two years back, up to keep a check,” Rai added. for labour grievances continue villages,” Rai said. Significantly, Shri Kalyan K. Roy, Registrar, Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), Hyderabad has been 90 per cent. We hiked The minister said that the gov- to deliver time-bound rulings as the Delhi unit of the Bharatiya and Shri Mohd. Iqbal, Registrar (I/C) of the Central University of Jammu, signing a minimum wages of labourers to Rs ernment did a lot for the labourers, they settled 1,135 cases in two Janata Party on Friday launched Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), in the presence of the Minister of State for 14,052 in Delhi but unfortunately farmers and the development of years. We made processes like its ‘Reality Check Yatra’ to verify Development of North Eastern Region (I/C), Prime Minister’s Office, Personnel, Public the file was sent back to the depart- Mandis. “We approved the revision those for getting licences simpler the AAP government’s claims of Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh, in New Delhi. ment by the Lt Governor,” Rai said. of minimum wages by about 50 per for employers or factory own- development works in the city. The minister said that after the cent in the national capital. After ers.” “We have formulated a five- Elections to then three Municipal minimum wages file was returned, approval, the minimum wages in member committee to work on a Corporations of Delhi are to be BoB Chief Manager the government formed a new Delhi for unskilled workers will in- proposal for health insurance for conducted soon. booked for converting International Tooling Summit 2017 by Rs 6.5 cr illegal money

New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) The CBI has ducted by the CBI, along with vigilance TAGMA India begins in New Delhi registered a case against a senior officer officials of the Bank of Baroda at the New Delhi Feb 10 : Tool and MA India amidst an august industry tional Tooling Summit 2017, Mr. A. conferences on ‘Indian tooling In- of public sector Bank of Baroda and Mandoli branch, where huge deposits in Gauge Manufacturers Association gathering. Dayanand Reddy, Tool and Gauge dustry - Quest for Self-Sufficiency some others for violating the RBI guide- several accounts were found, the official of India (TAGMA), the Apex Body Speaking on the inaugural of In- Manufacturers Association of In- and end user perspective’, ‘3D lines and allegedly converting Rs 6.5 said. “These accounts had seen negligi- of Indian Tooling Industry success- ternational Tooling Summit 2017, dia (TAGMA) President said, “The Printing, 3D Scanning and Inspec- crore demonetised currency notes into ble balances before the announcement fully launched the 2nd Interna- Mr. Rajiv Gandhi, Executive Direc- Indian tooling industry is expected tion for Tooling Industry’ and ‘Col- new notes, an official said on Friday. of demonetisation, whereas towards the tional Tooling Summit 2017 today tor (Production), Maruti Suzuki to grow further with government laborative effort towards enhanced The official said a Chief Manager of end of the demonetisation period, there at The Grand Hotel, New Delhi. The India Ltd. said, “India is a country initiatives. Major OEMs in India are tooling productivity’. There are the Bank of Baroda, posted at Mandoli were huge balances in such accounts. two day summit was inaugurated full of opportunities and capable to working on a plan for indigenisa- over 300 delegates including speak- branch near Nand Nagari in east Delhi, Many of such accounts were found to be by Chief Guest, Mr. Rajiv Gandhi, unleash much more to the world. tion of components getting into ers and panel members who have conspired with a private person resid- non-KYC (Know Your Customer)-com- Executive Director, Production, Manufacturing sector plays a very their main assemblies as per gov- participated in this summit. ing in nearby Ashok Nagar area and pliant, too,” he said. Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, Guest of significant role in India’s GDP and ernment guidelines. With the in- There is also a special session some other unidentified persons for ex- The CBI team also conducted search- Honor, Mr. S K Arya, Chairman, for the sector to grow; the OEMs tent of increasing the membership organized on GST to get a com- changing the money. es at the premises of the bank manager JBM Group, and other Key Dignitar- cannot do it all alone. There has of TAGMA in the NCR and also to plete insight of the policy/system. “It was also alleged that the manager and recovered Rs 1.60 lakh in cash, ies Mr. Michael Walter - Managing to be an ecosystem where OEMs expand the networking among the Officials from DHI (Govt. of India) converted the Rs 6.5 crore black money mostly in new denomination currency, Director, Buderus Edelstahl GmbH, and Suppliers support each other members of Northern region, TAG- are also speaking to shed lights on into white by using different bank ac- jewellery worth Rs 6.50 lakh and docu- Germany, Mr. A Dayanand Reddy - and co-exist so that the overall MA is hosting the second edition the schemes and policies which counts and violated the rules and regu- ments pertaining to investment in life President, TAGMA India and Mr. R growth objective is met.” Speak- of this summit in Delhi. Highlights can be effective in the manufac- lations of Reserve Bank of India (RBI),” insurance policies, fixed deposits and Sree Prakash - Vice President, TAG- ing on the inaugural of Interna- of the event include power packed turing sector. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) others in the name of the accused and spokesperson R.K. Gaur said. his family members. “A locker has also Earlier, a joint surprise check was con- been found,” the official added. Fairy Queen to run Swamy submits list about their safety. In a related poll, 48 per of witnesses in National UP citizens want cent citizens said that the incoming gov- between Delhi-Rewari ernment should enable transparent and better law and accountable police-citizen connectivity Herald case and governance. People have also point- on Feb 11 New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) BJP nardan Dwivedi, the Associated ed out police and property registration New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) ers across the globe. leader Subramanian Swamy on Journals’ Chief Financial Officer order: Survey to be the two key areas with the highest The Indian Railways on Fri- The Fairy Queen locomotive Friday submitted a list of witness- Ashok Gupta and Company Sec- New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) India’s most amount of corruption. Therefore, they day said it will again run the was constructed by Kitson, es, which includes the name of retary Suresh Kumar Sharma. populated and politically significant questioned the plan that political parties world’s oldest steam engine Thompson and Hewitson at Congress leader Janardan Dwive- In the list, Swamy also wished to state, Uttar Pradesh, will go to polls on vying for their votes have for reducing ‘Fairy Queen’ from Delhi to Leeds, in England, in 1855. It di, in the National Herald case examine concerned officials from Saturday in the first of a seven-phased and removing corruption in their areas. Rewari for a single trip on Feb- reached Kolkata, in the same against Congress President Sonia the Central Board of Direct Taxes election of elect a new 403-member as- Public healthcare infrastructure is ruary 11. year. The Fairy Queen served Gandhi and her son and party (CBDT), The Registrar of Com- sembly. While most parties are busy falling apart in the state with 72 per cent “The Fairy Queen, the old- for the East Indian Railway Vice President Rahul Gandhi. panies, the Land and Develop- promising freebies like mobile phones citizens rating it as poor. There have est surviving functional steam Company till 1909. Swamy’s counsel, Advocate ment Office of Ministry of Urban and laptops to woo voters, the state ac- been numerous scams in healthcare in engine in the world, is once The train was restored to Dilip Kumar, submitted the list of Development and other govern- cording to its citizens faces some real the past and 55 per cent citizens want again ready in this season full working order in 1997, in witnesses and other documents ment officials. The court has now governance challenges. People don’t the incoming government to improve to haul a heritage train from preparation for its first main- before the Metropolitan Magis- fixed the matter for March 25 for want freebies, they’d rather have better the healthcare infrastructure and servic- Delhi Cantt to Rewari station line journey in 88 years and its trate Lovleen. The counsel also further hearing. Congress Presi- law/order, healthcare services and re- es in the government hospitals. To re- in Haryana after a gap of five return to commercial service supplied the list to the defence dent Sonia Gandhi, Congress Vice duced corruption, according to a survey duce corruption in the state, 39 per cent years,” Ministry of Railways on July 18, 1997. Fairy Queen counsel of the accused on the President Rahul Gandhi, party conducted by citizen engagement plat- of the citizens who responded wanted said in a statement. was certified by the Guinness court’s direction. leaders Motilal Vora and Oscar form LocalCircles, which had a participa- the government to move all citizen-gov- According to Railways, the Book of Records in 1998 as the The list of witnesses includes Fernandes, Dubey, Sam tion of more than 20,000 citizens. Around ernment transactions online and make Fairy Queen, is a great attrac- world’s oldest steam locomo- the names of All India Congress Pitroda and Young Indian are ac- 82 per cent of the citizens are concerned them cashless. tion among steam engine lov- tive in regular operation. Committee General Secretary Ja- cused in the case. Heavy vehicle makers told to switch to BS-IV

New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) The En- Ashok Leyland were un- vironment Pollution (Prevention and able to give mandate on Control) Authority on Friday sought their stock,” a member commitment from heavy vehicle manu- from the EPCA said. BS- facturers to shift their manufacturing IV and III (Bharat Stage) line from outdated BS-III compliant ve- are the fuel types based hicles to moderate BS-IV fuel type. on vehicular emission EPCA, the Supreme Court-appointed standards fixed by the panel, also asked the transport depart- government, to regulate ments of Delhi and the neighbouring air pollution. states to apprise it of the status of Pol- In 2016, the EPCA ob- lution Under Control (PUC) system that served that switching to checks emission from on-road vehicles. BS-IV fuel will help re- The EPCA would audit the PUCs soon, duce air pollution by 80 per cent through be about 75,000 commercial vehicles in officials said. The Centre for Science reduction in particulate matter (PM) stock and yet to be sold by April 1, 2017. and Environment (CSE), a member of emissions, the major effluent in air. The huge stockpile of BS-III compliant EPCA, earlier noted that India’s PUC Earlier, the EPCA and Union Minis- vehicles would act as a roadblock in the system is outdated and cannot deal tries of Road Transport and Petroleum government’s pro-environment initia- with the “emission fraud” with the pres- decided that from April 1, 2017, on- tives. Bharat Stage emission standards ent system. “During the meeting, Bajaj wards BS-IV oil shall be made available are the emission standards instituted by The Union Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers and Parliamentary Affairs, Shri Ananth Automobiles said that it has shifted its throughout the nation and mulled over the government to regulate the output Kumar lighting the lamp at the orientation programme of District Conveners of entire production line for three- and stopping registration of BS-III vehicles. of air pollutants from internal combus- National Yuva Cooperative Society (NYCS) from 24 States, for launching of 1000 two-wheelers from BS-III compliant However, despite all the reminders, tion engine equipment which also in- Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendras in the country, in New Delhi. to BS-IV. However, TATA Motors and the EPCA has estimated that there will cludes motor vehicles. Indian Horizon Saturday, February 11, 2017 City 3 Give evidence to back allegation against Chidambaram in Aircel-Maxis deal: SC to Swamy New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) The 74 per cent, Swamy referred to Supreme Court on Friday asked the CAG report which has point- BJP leader Subramanian Swamy ed to two alleged illegalities in to place before it concrete evi- the grant of approval to Aircel- dence backing his plea for probe Maxis deal by the FIPB. into the role of then Finance According to Swamy, the CAG Minister P. Chidambaram into in its 2015 report pointed to two alleged breach of norms com- illegalities in the grant of ap- mitted by the Foreign Invest- proval by FIPB involving Maxis ment Promotion Board (FIPB) in acquiring 93.3 per cent stake approving the Aircel-Maxis deal in the Aircel Tele Ventures Ltd in 2006. through its ‘wos’ the GCSHL. Telling Swamy that it would This, Swamy said, was in excess issue notice only when it is pri- clusion that he (Chidambaram) query by the court whether he of the then ceiling of 74 per cent ma facie satisfied that the former knew” about it. can bring material backing his investment by a foreign entity in Finance Minister was aware of As Swamy told the bench that allegation in two weeks time, the Indian telecom company. the breach of norms at the time he would produce concrete evi- Swamy said “absolutely”. Second illegality, Swamy said when FIPB gave its nod to the dence backing his allegation of Seeking probe into the role of was that since the foreign invest- Aircel-Maxis deal, the bench of Chidambaram’s role, the court Chidambaram in alleged viola- ment in Aircel was more than Rs The Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Shri Ajay Mittal Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khe- gave the BJP leader two weeks tion of norms committed by the 600 crore it should have gone to addressing at the National Consultation on Implementation of Tobacco har, Justice N.V. Ramana and time to place evidence before it. FIPB in approving Aircel-Maxis the Cabinet Committee for Eco- Justice D.Y. Chandrachud said The court adjourned the hearing deal in 2006 permitting invest- nomic Affairs for approval but it Free Film and Television Policy, in Mumbai . that “We must arrive at the con- for two weeks in response to the ment in excess of the ceiling of was instead cleared by the FIPB. AAP claims to Dissent is crucial for champion RTI, but declines information about itself: Goel democracy: Poet Ashok Vajpeyi New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Union it’s their turn to reply to the ques- Minister Vijay Goel on Friday tions of Delhi,” Goel said. Com- New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Known 19 last year, he again returned his ture binds people together. slammed Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi menting on the Reality Check of for his severe criticism of the Nar- D.Litt (Doctor of Letters, honoris “Too many ‘others’ are be- Party (AAP), saying while the party the AAP government by the Delhi endra Modi government, noted causa) given to him by Hyderabad ing created in our society, cul- claimed to champion the Right to BJP, the BJP leader said, “The Delhi poet and literary critic Ashok Va- University in protest against the turally other, socially other, Information act it would not reveal BJP under the leadership of Manoj jpeyi once again voiced his con- “anti-Dalit” attitude of authorities religiously other and so on. information sought about them. Tiwari is doing a nice job.” cerns at the Delhi Literature Festi- which had allegedly led Rohit Ve- All the wars are being fought “Till date they championed the “In the last two years Delhi has val that began here on Friday. mula to commit suicide. to destroy the ‘other’. Litera- RTI,” Minister of State for Youth Af- witnessed no proper law and order Speaking at the inaugural ses- “If there is no respect for dis- ture, on the other hand, tells fairs and Sports Vijay Goel said after situation, no governance and they sion of the literature festival at sent in a democracy, then where you that there are no ‘others’. flagging off the ‘Reality Check Van’ havn’t fulfilled most of their poll Delhi Haat, Vajpeyi warned the will it be?” he asked. Vajpayee said It tells you that you are them and maintain a balance between the of the Delhi unit of the Bharatiya promises,” Goel said highlighting audience that there is a prevail- that literature stands at the cross- they are you,” he said. digital world and the old-world Janata Party (BJP) against the AAP the poll promises of providing free ing threat to the right to dissent. roads of changing times and that Other panelists included popu- charm of pen and paper. “Try to government in the city. “And when water supply in every colony of the “In contemporary times, those it never loses its place. “Literature lar singer and BJP MP Babul Su- bring a little bit of pen and paper people file RTI and demand infor- city and installing 15 lakh CCTV who disagree with some are seen is a standing witness to the chang- priyo, Aam Aadmi Party politician in your daily life. Books have their mation from them, they never an- cameras for women’s safety. He as traitors and termed as anti-na- ing times, everything changes but Somnath Bharti, Shrikant Sinha, own aroma,” he said. swer,” he claimed. also said no unauthorised colonies tionals,” said the poet. literature never loses its place. It is CEO NASSCOM Foundation, and The festival will conclude on Goel’s remarks came after Delhi had been regularised in the last two Vajpeyi was among the first to the duty of literature to look at so- celebrated film personality Rama February 12 and an impressive Deputy Chief Minister Manish Si- years, and over 150 students sit in return his Sahitya Akademi award ciety in a broader perspective. Lit- Pandey. Bharti commended the line up of heavyweight authors, in- sodia visited Rail Bhawan in cen- a classroom in Delhi government to the government criticising erature does not necessarily shows efforts of the festival and said that cluding the likes of historian Wil- tral Delhi to file an RTI to get details schools. He also said the city has Prime Minister Narendra Modi you the way, it rather tells you that such events need to be promoted liam Dalrymple and controversial about the expenditure incurred by been turned into a slum by the rul- for not speaking up against vari- there can be numerous ways,” he more and that they must be taken Bangladeshi author Taslima Nas- Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ing AAP. “Their misgovernance ous incidents of violence against said. The former Lalit Kala Akade- to common people. Babul Supri- rin, are set to appear at the festival Digital India and other social me- has been revealed in several RTI writers and activists. On January mi chairman also said that litera- yo urged the young audience to over the weekend. dia campaigns. Hitting out at Siso- replies, whether it is about Mo- dia, the Minister said, “When the halla Clinic or any other scheme RTI replies will come, the people launched by them in last two Jaya Bachchan of the city will know how much the years.” “They haven’t worked even Delhi taxi drivers protest central government has spent on 10 per cent of what the central gov- raises Bhansali the Digital India campaign.” ernment has done in last two and attack in RS Ola, Uber practices “They are misleading people and half years,” Goel added. Task force to monitor invoking Benami Transactions (Pro- New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Sama- New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Hundreds of app-based the companies stop showing the presence of these hibition) Amendment Act, 2016. Shell jwadi Party leader and actor Jaya taxi drivers went on strike in tghne capital city on Fri- (attached) cabs on the app through their system. It’s actions against shell Companies are those which do not Bachchan on Tuesday raised in day over several financial issues with their partners very discriminatory,” Sharma added. Another driver companies conduct any operations and indulge Rajya Sabha the issue of recent Ola and Uber. A call was made for a general strike by pointed out the companies’ overbearing attitude in in money laundering. The statement attack on filmmaker Sanjay Leela Delhi Autorickshaw Sangh and Delhi Pradesh Taxi asking for the verification of all drivers but not of the New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) A meet- said that the meeting with senior of- Bhansali. Union against the ever-changing policies of the app- customers. ing held on Friday in the Prime Min- ficers from various departments was She said: “Creativity should not based cab companies. “I didn’t go to the meeting “What about the passengers? They too may be ister’s Office to review functioning of held to review the functioning of shell be subjected to such treatment.” but observed the strike. These companies do not give threatning us. You must have heard about the inci- “shell companies” decided to set up companies in India to prevent money The National Award-winning Bol- the same incentives as they used to when they were dents where drivers were attacked,” Gopal, another a task force to monitor actions taken laundering and tax-evasion, especially lywood director was allegedly first launched. They lured drivers with enticing offers Ola driver, said. The strike affected the daily com- against deviant companies by agen- in the context of unearthing black slapped and assaulted on Janu- then, but have now committed an about-turn,” Deep- muters, with many of them facing challenges to get cies. A press statement issued by the money after demonetisation. It said ary 27 by a mob of activists of the ak Sharma, an OLA driver, told IANS. a transport in time to reach their offices or other Finance Ministry said that harsh puni- there were about 15 lakh registered Shree Rajput Karni Sena in Jaipur He also said that companies now prefer their own destinations. “I used to get a shared cab within five tive actions will be taken against the companies in India and only six lakh on the sets of “Padmavati”. There cars over the ones attached to them by other driv- minutes of reaching the bus stand, but today it took deviant shell companies, including of these file their annual return. “A was growing intolerance in the ers. “I used to do 18-20 trips earlier from an area like me half an hour before I got one,” Swati Mantri, a re- freezing of bank accounts, striking off task force with members from various country with the selected few as- Green Park, but now I hardly manage six. Sometimes search scholar, told IANS. names of dormant companies and regulatory ministries. suming that they represent the masses under certain political pa- tronage, she said. They have start- EC asks Parrikar to ed taking law and order into their own hands, she added. “They have reply by Thursday on no respect for the constitutional values or law and order. The film fraternity has long been fighting bribery remark this menace with little or no sup- New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) The ing the authenticity of the CD and port from the government,” she Election Commission on Tuesday the veracity of the transcripts. said. “Film industry creates large again issued a notice to Defence “The issues of authenticity number of employment oppor- Minister Manohar Parrikar over and veracity have been assessed tunity and any such disruption his alleged bribery remark dur- and it has been confirmed that affects earnings, growth and em- ing campaigning in , directing they have not been tampered ployment generation within the him to reply by Thursday after- with in any manner whatso- industry, Jaya added. noon. Replying to the panel’s ear- ever,” the Election Commission The Samajwadi Party member lier notice, Parrikar said his words said in its latest notice, which also expressed her displeasure were “wrongly translated” and also contains the relevant por- over the government not con- also questioned the authenticity tion of his January 29 speech in demning the incident in which of the compact disc containing his north Goa. Bhansali was physically assaulted alleged speech and the veracity of “... now somebody will give you and film equipment was dam- the transcripts. 2,000 rupees, 1,000 rupees, 3,000 aged. Issuing the fresh notice, the rupees. Calculate it. We give Rs The National Award-winning Election Commission said the CD 1,500 per month. In five years, director was allegedly and the transcripts were “authen- Rs 1,500 becomes Rs 90,000 and slapped and assaulted on Janu- tic”. “Your reply (February 3) has this will further increase. There- The Union Minister for Electronics & Information Technology and ary 27 by a mob of activists of the been forwarded to the Chief Elec- fore, you will get nearly a lakh or Law & Justice, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad briefing the media on the recent Shree Rajput Karni Sena in Jaipur toral Officer of Goa for comments 1,25,000 rupees for the next five developments in the sector of Electronics & IT, in New Delhi. on the sets of “Padmavati”. on the contentions made regard- years,” Parrikar said. Indian Horizon Satuarday, February 11, 2017 South 4

Ensure fair floor test: No Infy executive given ‘TN governor shouldn’t blindly invite Sasikala to DMK to Governor such severance pay: form government’ Chennai, Feb 10 (IANS) The DMK on Friday urged Tamil Nadu Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao to ensure a gov- Chennai, Feb 10 (IANS) Tam- Minister but where is his coun- ernment after a fair floor test in the state assembly. Narayana Murthy il Nadu Governor C.Vidyasagar cil of ministers”, Bhoopathy  DMK Working President M.K. Stalin met Rao and made the sub- information”. Bansal, who Ashok Vemuri or B.G. Srinivas, Rao should not blindly invite asked. Meanwhile, K. Chan- mission. Stalin requested Rao to ensure a “democratically and resigned from the company had been given a severance AIADMK General Secretary dru, retired judge of Madras constitutionally valid government in place without further loss of effective December 31, 2015, package when they quit,” he V.K. Sasikala to form the gov- High Court, told IANS that the time through a free and fair floor test in total conformity with con- was given a severance pay of Rs added. Narayana Murthy cited ernment, a PMK spokesperson Governor is bound to call a stitutional provisions”. The DMK complained of a constitutional 23 crore. “Certain acts of the former Infosys CFO T.A. Mo- said on Friday. “The framers of person who shows the he/she vacuum now in Tamil Nadu, with acting Chief Minister O. Pan- board’s corporate governance handas Pai to say that there are the Indian Constitution would enjoys support of the majority neerselvam relegated to the side due to the infighting in the rul- could have been better. Sev- no such precedents in Indian have drafted Article 164 mainly of legislators support to form ing AIADMK. The DMK cited news reports to allege that AIADMK eral people on the Board had corporate history of a departing to allow a person of calibre and the government. “The provi- legislators were kept in undisclosed destinations and under close highly competitive informa- CFO being paid the equivalent repute to become a minister sion of the Constitution is like watch against their will by party General Secretary V.K. Sasikala. tion. A former chairman said of “30 months’ salary” as sever- first and then get elected by the a skeleton. The courts, by their “You will agree that the state administration cannot be allowed to at the AGM that he had highly ance pay. “In Kannada, there is people within six months of as- interpretation, give it flesh drift towards a dangerous destination. In my view, if it is allowed Bengaluru, Feb 10 (IANS) competitive information,” Na- a saying that if you drink milk suming the post,” the spokes- and blood. The spirit of the to proceed, it will lead to a complete breakdown of the administra- Commenting on the contro- rayana Murthy told the CNN- sitting under a toddy tree, then person, N. Vinoba Bhoopathy, Constitution is for the courts tion in the state,” the representation signed by Stalin said. versy provoked by Infosys News 18 channel in an inter- people will think you’re drink- also advocate, said. “The Gov- to decide,” Chandru said. Ac- founders’ concerns over the view. “But we have never paid ing toddy. To be seen to be ernor should also look into the cording to Chandru, a Gover- severance pay given to former such sums earlier to CFOs. We doing the right thing...that is charge of acting Chief Minister nor cannot look at other issues SBI’s net profit and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) didn’t give any severance pay the issue here,” he added. Re- O. Panneerselvam who was like pending cases or where a Rajiv Bansal, Infy’s founder- earlier. Therefore, there is a cent reports said that Infosys forced to resign,” Bhoopathy judgement is imminent while chairman N.R. Narayana Mur- little bit of consternation as co-founders Nandan Nilekani, said. He also said a caretaker deciding whether a person gross NPAzoom thy said on Friday that the com- to why such a huge salary was Narayana Murthy and Kris Go- government is like any other can be called to form the gov- pany had previously never paid paid and on the payment made palakrishnan had written to the government that has to func- ernment. Chandru also does Chennai, Feb 10 (IANS) The government-owned State such high compensation to any to the former legal counsel,” he board raising various concerns, tion through a Chief Minister not accept Panneerselvam’s Bank of India (SBI) on Friday said it closed the last quarter other executive in possession of said. “No other CFO, including including the increase in salary and his council of ministers. claims that his resignation was with a net profit of Rs 2,610 crore. The bank’s gross non- “highly competitive (corporate) Mohandas Pai, V. Balakrishnan, for CEO Vishal Sikka. “Here we have the acting Chief a forced one. performing assets went up to Rs 108,172 crore as on De- cember 2016 from Rs 72,792 crore as on December 2015. In a regulatory filing with BSE, the bank said it has posted a net profit of Rs. 2,610 crore for the quarter ended De- Ajith’s transformation for ‘’ cember 31, 2016, as compared to Rs 1,115.34 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2015. SBI’s total income has increased from Rs 46,731.01 crore for the quarter ended inspiring, age-defying, say colleagues December 31, 2015 to Rs 53,587.51 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2016. Chennai, Feb 10 (IANS) Actor ’s phys- told IANS. “I was not surprised, but very happy every single day is a fight,” explained Pia. Actor ical makeover for his next Tamil outing “Vivegam” when I saw the poster. My admiration for him grew Ashwin Kakumanu says Ajith’s chiseled look didn’t has stunned everybody, including those who have by leaps and bounds,” he said. With a long medi- surprise him. “He’s someone who, when he puts his We are not often criticised him for not being fit. His colleagues cal history of injuries and surgeries, what Ajith has mind to something, goes all out to achieve it. When describe his transformation as “inspiring” and achieved is commendable and inspiring, says Pia we were shooting for ‘Mankatha’, he had started to “age-defying”. When the film’s first poster featuring Bajpai, who worked with him in 2008 Tamil actioner lose weight and look younger for ‘Billa 2’ since it 45-year-old Ajith with his six-pack abs was released “Aegan”. Over the years, Ajith has undergone sev- was a prequel to ‘Billa’. “He was very committed prisoners, say last week, it sent his fans into a tizzy. While a lot of eral surgeries including the latest one in his knee and started eating only boiled vegetables,” he said, people expressed awe over Ajith’s transformation, and shoulder in 2015. “It’s very tough to be healthy and added that equal credit should also go to direc- actor Kabir Singh Duhan said he has only admira- -- forget staying fit -- when you have a long medi- tor Siva, with whom Ajith had worked in “Vedalam”. AIADMK MLAs tion and respect. Kabir had worked with the 45-year- cal history. It takes so much hard work just to lose “Vivegam” is being directed by Siva, and it’s the old star in 2015 Tamil blockbuster “Vedalam”. 2-3 kg. Imagine his sheer dedication to transform third time in a row he has teamed up with Ajith after Chennai, Feb 10 (IANS) AIAMDK MLAs backing its Gen- “At his age, it’s very difficult to get into shape. his whole body. It’s definitely not everybody’s cup “Veeram” and “Vedalam”. eral Secretary V.K. Sasikala in the power struggle in Tamil When we were shooting for ‘Vedalam’, I remember of tea,” Pia said. As a fitness fanatic, she believes “Siva sir wanted Ajith sir to have this look for a Nadu on Friday said they were not being held hostage. Ajith sir telling me that he was very keen on becom- what’s more important than building body, is the while. At one point, I remember Ajith sir even tell- With several habeas corpus petitions filed in the Madras ing fit. He even asked me if he should quit smoking process of maintaining it. “The effort to maintain ing me that he was waiting for the right project and High Court and questions raised about the legislators, the and what kind of lifestyle he should adopt. I even what one has achieved through the course of the right time to get into shape. Everything must have MLAs met the media outside the resort where they are stay- gave him my diet plan,” model-turned-actor Kabir shoot is the real challenge. It’s a long journey and fallen in place with ‘Vivegam’,” he added. ing. “MLAs cannot be kept hostage. Sasikala is treating us like how (late Chief Minister J.) Jayalalithaa treated us,” said one of them, Murugumaran. “We are not birds being kept in a cage,” added another legislator. They accused the Reliance Faltering Bengaluru FC DMK of spreading rumours that legislators backing Sasikala against acting Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam were being look to regain momentum vs held hostage. AIADMK spokesperson C.R. Saraswathi, who Capital posts is not a legislator, also told the media that she had to switch Minerva Punjab off her mobile phone as there were lots of threatening calls. After attending a meeting at the AIADMK headquarters on Rs209 crore Bengaluru, Feb 10 (IANS) Bengaluru their best,” Roca said. In a set-back 2-1 in Punjab last weekend. And while Wednesday, the pro-Sasikala MLAs were bussed to a beach FC will look to falling back on their flaw- on the defence side of things, Benga- the Blues didn’t have three points to resort near Chennai. On Thursday, responding to a habeas less record at home when Albert Rocas luru will be without Juanan Gonzalez, take back in their game against DSK corpus petition filed in the Madras High Court, the Tamil side hosts I-League debutants Minerva who joins John Johnson in serving a Shivajians on Sunday, they showed Nadu government advocate said the legislators were free. net for Q3 Punjab FC at the Kanteerava Stadium two-game suspension as a disciplinary tremendous resilience to claw back Chennai, Feb 10 (IANS) Financial services here on Saturday. The defending fallout of the game against Churchill from a two-goal deficit to finish things player Reliance Capital Ltd on Friday said it champions started their title-defence Brothers. However , at 2-2 when Ranjan nodded home My best is yet to closed the third quarter of current fiscal with in an emphatic manner, winning three who missed the last four games with a corner in the 90th minute. They a consolidated net profit of Rs 209 crore. In straight games at home without con- an injury, is fit for the fixture and Roca could have gone on to win the game if statement issued the company said its consol- ceding a goal before woeful form on was confident of the India interna- it wasn’t for Subrata Pal’s save with his come: Sudheer diated net profit for the third quarter was Rs the road saw them pick just a point tional forming a solid partnership at fingertips that saw a Lenny Rodrigues 209 crore on a total income of Rs 3,964 crore. from three games. But while things the back with youngster Salam Ranjan shot smash the post in the final minute According to the company, the net profit was aren’t going to script for Bengaluru at Singh. “They haven’t played together of added time. Skipper Sunil Chhe- Babu after strengthening of the reserves in Reliance the moment, Roca felt it was a matter in a game but have been doing well in tri, who hadn’t scored in the first three General Insurance Company to the tune of of refusing to let heads drop. “We have training and I’m confident they will games has now found the back of the Chennai, Feb 10 (IANS) It’s been five years since Sudheer Ba- Rs 43 crore. The company’s consolidated in- to ensure we change that tomorrow as deliver what is needed from them,” he net in Bengaluru’s last three games. bu’s acting debut and the actor says that his best is yet to come. come for the period under review stood at Rs it’s just a question of mentality. Even added. Minerva are stepping into the With a defence that is yet to look com- On completion of five years of acting on Friday, he also thanked 3,964 crore as compared to Rs 2,353 crore in though the results have been unfa- game with the confidence that comes pletely comfortable, Roca would need everyone for being appreciative of his work. “Today, I complete the corresponding period the previous year. vourable, the players will go on to the from registering their first win in their his captain to step up and deliver a lot five years in films. Thank you everyone for appreciating my work As on December 3, 2016, the net worth of the pitch with a positive mentality and do campaign when they beat Mumbai FC more regularly than he always does. but at the same time I still believe my best is yet to come,” Sudheer company stood at Rs 16,149 crore logging an tweeted on Friday. In 2012, Sudheer made his acting debut with increase of 10 per cent over previous year’s Telugu comedy “Siva Manasulo Shruti”. He went on to star in figure. As on December 31, 2016, the total as- other films such as “Prema Katha Chitrama”, “Krishnamma Kal- sets of the Company stood at Rs 78,304 crore Panneerselvam can call for all lipindi Iddarini” and “Bhale Manchi Roju”. In 2016, he made his - an increase of 56 per cent. As to other high- Bollywood debut with Tiger Shroff-starrer “Baaghi”. Sudheer is lights of other businesses Reliance Nippon currently gearing up for a yet-untitled Telugu multi-starrer project Life Asset Management (RNLAM) managed files, says former bureaucrat with Sundeep Kishan and Aadi. Rs 3,35,987 crore as on December 31, 2016, across mutual funds, pension funds, man- Chennai, Feb 10 (IANS) Tamil Queried about Panneerselvam’s ways. In order to comply with the aged accounts, offshore funds and alternative Nadu’s acting Chief Minister O. cabinet ministers being opposed court order he can order closure Security withdrawn at investment funds. The average assets under Panneerselvam continues to en- to him politically, Devasahayam of liquor shops.” Panneerselvam management of Reliance Mutual Fund for the joy the same powers as a full time said as the head of the govern- resigned as Chief Minister last Madras Centenary Hall quarter ended December 31, 2016, were Rs Chief Minister and can call files ment Paneerselvam can call for week to pave the way for AIADMK 1,95,845 crore, logging a year-on-year growth of other ministers and also close the files related to other depart- General Secretary V.K. Sasikala to Chennai, Feb 10 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu Police on Fri- of 25 per cent. Housing finance company Re- down liquor shops in compliance ments and sign them. “The only occupy that post. However, two day withdrew security at the Madras Centenary Hall as liance Home Finance Ltd disbursed for the of court orders, said a retired IAS restriction on Panneerselvam is days later he raised the banner there is no information about the swearing in of a new quarter ended December 31, 2016, were Rs officer. “Panneerselvam can at- that he cannot take a policy deci- of revolt and alleged that he was government.Soon after AIADMK legislators elected Gen- 1,203 crore. Non-life insurance company Re- tend office till a new government sion,” Devasahayam said. Asked compelled to resign as Chief Min- eral Secretary V.K. Sasikala as the leader of the legislature liance General Insurance underwrote a total is sworn in. He continues to have whether Panneerselvam can ister by Sasikala. The two are now party, preparatory work for her swearing in started at the premium of Rs 855 crore, logging 28 per cent the same powers as before but he pass orders to close down liquor locked in a bitter political battle, hall and police were deployed. But due to the absence of growth. Life insurer Reliance Nippon Life cannot take policy decisions,” for- shops, Devasahayam said: “The with Sasikala holding the upper Governor C.V. Rao and the political turmoil, there is un- Insurance earned a total premium of Rs 981 mer IAS officer and social activist Supreme Court has ordered clo- hand as she has the backing of certainty regarding the swearing in. crore during the period under review. M.G. Devasahayam told IANS. sure of liquor shops on the high- most party MLAs at present. Indian Horizon Saturday, February 11, 2017 Nation 5

Short Takes Odisha fails in IIT Kharagpur to set up India’s first implementing central school on Quality and Reliability Crushed by BMW, Himachal Kolkata, Feb 10 (IANS) The Indian would be a trend-setter. Quality guru schemes: Minister Institute of Technology is starting an Subir Chowdhury, an IIT Kharagpur CM’s relative dies in Chandigarh inter-disciplinary school on Quality and alumnus, is the school’s patron. Bhubaneswar, Feb 10 (IANS) “Either, the contractors are Reliability (Q&R), a first of its kind in In- The Subir and Malini Chowdhury Chandigarh, Feb 10 (IANS) A young man, related to Minister of State for Rural De- workers of the BJD who are work- dia, it said in a statement on Friday. Foundation has offered $1 million as Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, died velopment Ram Kripal Yadav on ing as agents of the state govern- “The school in collaboration with oth- endowment funding for the school in Chandigarh on Friday after he was crushed under the Friday accused the Odisha gov- ment or there is nexus between er academic units in the Institute will which will be equally matched by IIT, wheels a luxury car. ernment of failing to implement them. The matter should be offer academic courses, research and Kharagpur. The school is being named Akansh Sen, the son of Virbhadra Singh’s brother-in- various centrally-sponsored brought under the purview of in- mission-mode programmes in the area the Subir Chowdhury School of Quality law, died in the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Edu- schemes. vestigation,” said the minister. of Quality and Reliability which would and Reliability. cation and Research (PGIMER) here after battling for life Yadav sought clarification from According to Yadav, while the bring about social transformations. It Subir Chowdhury along with his or- for nearly 36 hours. Akansh was the nephew of former MP the Biju Janata Dal government state government was supposed shall also serve as a hub of Intellectual ganisation ASI Consulting Group will Pratibha Singh, wife of Virbhadra Singh. on the central assistance given for to construct 2.96 lakh houses un- Property in Quality,” IIT Kharagpur di- actively support the development of Akansh was critically injured after two youths from Pun- different welfare schemes. der IAY, only 21 per cent of the rector P.P. Chakrabarti said. academic materials, laboratories and jab in a BMW car hit him early on Thursday in Chandi- “The Chief Minister should target had been achieved. The faculty members as well as stu- faculty for the School. Subir Chowdhury garh’s upscale Sector 9. The car driver did not stop the ve- clarify where the money allo- “The state government has dents will be from various disciplines, along with his organisation ASI Con- hicle and crushed the victim’s head under its wheels. The cated by the central government been misleading the people on and apart from traditional Q&R areas, sulting Group will actively support the accused then drove away in the car from the spot. was spent,” Yadav told the media the number of houses built under the school will have a holistic view on development of academic materials, The victim was rushed by his friends to PGIMER where here. Biju Awas Yojana. It should clarify QR by including various application do- laboratories and faculty for the School. he was admitted to the intensive care unit and put on He asked how many houses how much money has been al- mains of the trinity of Process, Planet The Foundation will also help engage ventilator. The incident took place following a reported were constructed under Indira located and how many houses and People (3Ps) targeting Engineering international experts in the subject ar- fight between one of the occupants of the car and another Awas Yojana and Biju Awas Yojna have been built so far under the systems, Human systems and natural eas. M.Tech. and MS in Quality and youth who was a friend of Akansh. The brawl took place at scheme in Odisha. scheme,” the minister said. systems. The faculty members as well Reliability Engineering (QRE) and Mi- the end of a whole-night party at the residence of one of as students will be from various disci- crospecialisations for undergraduate their common friends. plines, and apart from traditional Q&R students will start from the academic The Chandigarh Police registered a case of attempt to Rapists should be beaten, wounds areas, the school will have a holistic year 2017-18. murder against the car occupants, identified as Harmehtab view on QR by including various appli- Dual Degree programme with B.Tech. Singh, great grandson of a former leading politician in cation domains of the trinity of Process, in any discipline and M.Tech. in QRE Punjab, and Balraj Randhawa. Police teams conducted sprinkled with salt: Uma Bharti Planet and People (3Ps) targeting Engi- will be launched in academic year 2018- searches at various locations in Punjab and adjoining ar- Lucknow, Feb 10 (IANS) Water worried about how the human neering systems, Human systems and 19. Integration with MBA and Entrepre- eas in the past 24 hours to nab the accused. Resources Minister Uma Bharti rights group would react to her natural systems. neurship programmes was on the cards. on Friday said rapists should statement as she was of the firm “Quality hazards have often led to life Additionally at least one course will be beaten up with their head belief that rapists deserved no risks. It is crucial for us to adopt for- be taught by an international expert in upside down and the wounds sympathy. mal education in the domain of Quality a year. The school will also offer PhD Liquor stocks seized from sprinkled with salt and chilli. The Union Minister also had and apply it in the end products,” said courses in all areas of Quality and Reli- Addressing an election rally some harsh words for Kannauj Chakrabarti, who hoped the venture ability. UP poll candidate office, in Agra, the firebrand Bharatiya MP Dimple Yadav, wife of Uttar Janata Party (BJP) leader said Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh FIR lodged “rapists have no space for par- Yadav. don and should be dealt in this Slamming Dimple for her si- Bengal government was digital long Ghaziabad, Feb 10 (IANS) The police in Ghaziabad on manner only”. lence over the gangrape of a Friday seized 16 cartons of liquor from the election of- As people applauded her, the mother and daughter on a high- before Centre: Mamata Banerjee fice of a candidate who is contesting the Uttar Pradesh minister said when this would way in Uttar Pradesh, Bharti assembly elections, and lodged an FIR against him. be done to the rapists, they will said the Kannauj MP was quiet is done in the digital way. What is left to be The police said it received the information about a plead for forgiveness and learn a then, but now she is campaign- done,” Banerjee told media after the pre- huge stock of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) being lifetime’s lesson. ing for her husband and seeking sentation of the state budget here. She sug- stored in the office of Amar Pal Sharma, who is contest- Bharti added she was not votes for the Samajwadi Party. gested the Bharatiya Janata Party-led cen- ing from the Sahibabad constituency. tral government make use of the software of Sharma is being fielded by the Congress, which is an the states for providing online services. election alliance partner of the ruling Samajwadi Party. Naga tribal groups threaten “The state government has its own soft- At 2.00 p.m., the police raided the election office of ware. The central government must trust Sharma where it recovered 12 cartons containing bottles agitation as CM refuses to quit the state government. I am not only taking of whisky and 4 cartons containing half-filled whisky about our state. If other state governments bottles. “An FIR has been filed against Amar Pal Shar- Kohima, Feb 10 (IANS) Naga trib- he is waiting for the chief minister also have their own software, it should be ma,” a police official said. al groups have threatened to inten- (who is scheduled to meet him this connected to the centre’s software,” she said. “We are keeping a strict vigil on any kind of illegali- sify their agitation after Chief Min- evening) to discuss on the issue,” Kolkata, Feb 10 (IANS) Urging the cen- Banerjee urged the Centre to ensure politi- ties in the elections. So, the police are acting 24 hours ister T.R. Zeliang refused to accede NTAC Convener K.T. Velie told tral government to trust the infrastructure cal colour did not come in the way of devel- to conduct the elections in a free and fair manner,” said to their demand for his resignation IANS. of the state governments, West Bengal opment. “Doing the work is more important Superintendent of Police Salman Taj Patil. and their three-day ultimatum in The NTAC leader, however, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday than who has done it. What is the need to this regard ended on Friday. warned: “If Zeliang does not step claimed that her government started the see the political colour when it comes to The tribal groups, under the banner down, we have no other option but drive for digitalisation much earlier. development?” she asked. Banerjee termed Priyanka Gandhi to cam- of Nagaland Tribes Action Commit- to further intensify our agitation “Some people have suddenly started talk- the central government’s demonetisation tee (NTAC) and Joint Coordination in the form of an indefinite total ing about digital (economy). We have gone move as a ‘haphazard decision’ and said the paign in Amethi, Rae Bareli Committee (JCC), have threatened to shutdown which will affect all edu- digital in the state long ago. All work of the nation’s economy was down by ‘25 per cent’ intensify their agitation. cational institutions, markets and West Bengal government is done online - since the banning of old Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 The two Naga tribal bodies had functioning of banks.” ‘e-tender’,’ e-servicing’ to ‘e-governance’ currency notes on November 8. Lucknow, Feb 10 (IANS) Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the served a three-day ultimatum to Zeliang, who flew back to Naga- daughter of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, will Zeliang to step down following the land on Friday morning after meet- kick off her campaign for the Congress party in Uttar government’s decision to hold local ing Home Minister Rajnath Singh Pradesh’s Amethi and Rae Bareli towns from February bodies elections with 33 per cent on Thursday evening, had reiter- Court directs BSF to allow 13, a party leader said on Friday. reservation for women in 12 towns ated he would not not step down. She will be campaigning in the two family boroughs, across the state and the death of However, Naga People’s Front trooper’s wife to meet him represented by her brother, Congress Vice President two persons in clashes between the legislator Neiphrezo Keditsu had Rahul Gandhi, and her mother, for five days. police and protestors at Dimapur, last week submitted his resigna- New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) After the Delhi family members failed to contact the Border As of now, Priyanka would only be campaigning for the commercial hub of Nagaland, tion as Chairman of Nagaland State High Court’s intervention, the BSF on Friday Security Force trooper for three days. Addi- the 10 party candidates in the two parliamentary con- on January 31 night. Mineral Development Corpora- agreed to allow the wife of “missing” BSF tional Solicitor General (ASG) Sanjay Jain ap- stituencies, the party leader told IANS, declining to be Government offices across Na- tion (NSMDC) Limited on moral trooper Tej Bahadur Yadav, whose social pearing for BSF told the court that Yadav was named. galand remained paralysed for the grounds since one of the persons media video clip on “substandard food” trig- “not missing” but just transferred to another At a later stage, Priyanka might canvass for joint can- ninth consecutive days on Friday in killed in the Dimapur police firing gered an uproar, to meet him for two days. battalion in Samba, Jammu and Kashmir. didates of the alliance, as well, he added. view of the an indefinite shutdown was from his village. A division bench of Justice G.S. Sistani “The wife’s apprehension was base- “She has always been campaigning in Amethi and of government offices and a ban on The Chief Minister had explained and Justice Vinod Goel directed the BSF to less and unfounded as she was in regu- Rae Bareli. For the first time her name is in the star plying of government vehicles. “We Singh the ground reality of the on- let Yadav’s wife meet him at the battalion in lar contact with him over the phone till campaigners’ list. If a person’s name is not in the star met the Governor (P.B. Acharya) on going face off between the NTAC Jammu and Kashmir and also to stay over- February 7. We completely deny the al- campaigners’ list, then the cost of availing the helicop- Friday and told him of our demand and the government, and the ensu- night for two days. The court posted the mat- legation that Yadav is missing. He has ter would be borne by the candidate of that particular seeking the resignation of the Chief ing shutdown which have affected ter for February 15.Yadav’s wife Sharmila has been transferred to another battalion. constituency,” said a party leader. Minister. The governor told us that the normal day to day life. filed a habeas corpus plea after she and other Family is aware of this.

Jat leaders, Haryana panel to meet on Saturday works as a spy for Pakistan has Two of 11 arrested ‘ISI agents’ surfaced,” Mishra said. Chandigarh, Feb 10 (IANS) implement the demands of the ful till now. A section of the Jat One of the arrested persons, The deadlock over holding talks Jat community agreed upon last community has been protesting Jitendra Thakur, is also said to between agitating Jat leaders and year,” Malik said. since January 29 in 19 districts linked to BJP: Congress come from the family of a BJP the Haryana government was He said the Jat leadership of Haryana. Councillor of Gwalior. Besides, finally broken on Friday. Both would attend the meeting with an Their demands include reser- Bhopal, Feb 10 (IANS) The an espionage ring in Bhopal and according to police. Releas- the Congress has also released sides have agreed to meet in Pa- open mind but would not budge vation for Jats, jobs to the next of Congress party on Friday arrested 11 persons allegedly ing a Facebook photograph several posters showing some nipat on Saturday to discuss the on its demands. kin of those killed in violence in claimed that two of the 11 al- working for Pakistan’s Inter-Ser- of Saxena with Vijayvargiya, other BJP leaders with Saxena, Jats’ demands. Jat leader Yashpal Additional Chief Secretary the Jat agitation last year, with- leged ISI agents arrested from vices Intelligence (ISI) and pass- Madhya Pradesh Congress’ apart from Vijayvargiya. Malik, who heads the All India (Home Department) Ram Niwas drawal of cases against Jats and the city have links with the ing sensitive information of stra- chief spokesperson K.K. Defending BJP leaders’ pho- Jat Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti is said to be in touch with the Jat action against officers who or- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). tegic importance to their masters Mishra said: “Those swearing tographs with Saxena, media (AIJASS), told the media in Kuruk- leaders. The Haryana government dered action against the Jats. The party also issued a pho- across the border. in the name of Hindutva and cell chief of the state BJP Lo- shetra that the panel set up by the on Tuesday set up a five-member Violence during the Jat agi- tograph of one of the accused The ATS also unearthed patriotism are now providing kendra Parashar said: “Once BJP government in Haryana had committee under the Chief Sec- tation last year left 30 people Dhruv Saxena with BJP’s nation- several clandestine telephone shelter to Pakistani spies.” in public life, it becomes dif- invited the Jat leadership for talks. retary for a dialogue over grant of dead and over 200 injured. Gov- al General Secretary Kailash Vi- exchanges, thousands of SIM “While, on one hand, Vijay- ficult to keep track of the “We will meet them at (a) guest reservation to the Jat community. ernment and private property jayvargiya in support of its claim. cards and a large number of vargiya is not tired of visiting people meeting you. As for house in Panipat and discuss our The agitation by the Jats com- worth hundreds of crores was The BJP, however, trashed the mobile phones used for es- and assuring the blast victims Dhruv Saxena, we are trying to demands. We will discuss why the pleted 13 days on Friday. The damaged during the violence in allegation. The Anti-Terrorism tablishing contact with the of all posible help, on the other, find out whether he is a party Haryana government could not agitation has remained peace- February 2016. Squad (ATS) on Thursday busted Pakistan-based ISI officials, now his link with someone who member at all.” Indian Horizon 6 Edit Saturday, Febrauary 11, 2017 Indian Horizon Burnishing ‘brand Modi’ with the Gandhi sheen by Ravi Menon his sartorial preferences and fre- possibilities of playing national ing of history itself, a more elabo- ecently, a ruling Bharatiya quent references to the rage and heroes like Jawaharlal Nehru and rate, subterranean and calibrated Janata Party (BJP) minister shame felt by Hindus, whether un- others, tries Gandhi.” Historian effort by the Hindu Right to rein- Rmade disparaging remarks der British or Muslim rule. In Mad- Ramachandra Guha has held that vent itself. In the post-truth world about Mahatma Gandhi and then ison Square Garden, New York, in in contemporary India, one his- and alternative facts, the new script went on to say that Indian Prime front of adoring Indian–Ameri- torical figure that can be co-opted, has to invent facts to fit the revised Minister Narendra Modi is a bet- cans, Modi said to a thunderous used and misused without fear and narrative. The Achilles heel for ter brand name that Mahatma applause: “Our ancestors used to retribution is Mahatma Gandhi. the Hindu Right has always been Saturday, Febrauary 11, 2017 Gandhi for khadi, a hand-woven play with snakes. Now we play with The Father of the Nation belongs its role during the freedom move- cloth, which was close to the heart the mouse.” The tech-savvy crowd to everyone and no one. Jawaharlal ment. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak of the Mahatma. lapped it up, cheering him on. He Nehru is too closely identified with Sangh (RSS), the spearhead of the The fear of a Third World War is the product of This raised a firestorm, for khadi moves deftly between nativism the Congress, Netaji Subhas Chan- Hindu Right, never took an active is not just a cloth, it represents a and internationalism, but ancient dra Bose is too much of a Bengali part in this struggle and many of Roger Bacon`s theory “knowledge is power” whole movement, a socio-cultural India and its Hindu culture is un- hero for anyone else to lay claim to. its newer and younger admirers, aesthetic that goes to the very core derlined in his speeches. Only Gandhi stands apart, no sect born much after independence, which must be replaced with the Islamic concept of India’s independence struggle. Two essays, one by Siddhartha can singularly own him. are blissfully unaware of this fact. He also delivered a near-seditious Deb in the New Republic and an- There is no well-defined con- So is it possible that, Modi, an of “knowledge is a trust” given by Allah. prophesy, saying Modi’s image other by Shiv Visvanathan in the stituency for the Mahatma, no ardent RSS worker during his early will shortly replace that of the Ma- Deccan Chronicle, explore these vote bank for him, anyone can political career, is doing his bit to hatma on currency notes and this themes, painting a very dark and write anything on him, in favour re-arrange and even reimagine his- NATO has been in existence since the end of the would enhance the value of the ugly portrait of Modi. In Deb’s ‘Un- or against without the fear of being tory. A picture speaks a thousand Second World War and NATO has further expanded Indian rupee just as khadi sales masking of Modi’ he says, violence, injured and hounded. Yes, there words. The front page of this con- had gone up after Modi became its insecurity and rage in the man has will be the customary outcry, but troversial khadi monthly calendar, after the Baghdad war. Infact, many eastern coun- brand ambassador. replaced Gandhi as the face of the nothing after that. has Modi sitting with his hands on tries, except the Far East have been involved in the The minister has since retracted nation. The new face of India is One BJP leader went so far to a charkha, a spinning wheel, rep- his statements, but the country’s anti-Gandhi. say that Gandhi and his assassin licating the pose of Gandhi. The wars and now it is urgently felt that there is a need liberals will not let go. They accuse Visvanathan’s ‘Dividing lines’, is are both patriots. After the routine visual cues are unmistakable. In Modi of being responsible for this equally scathing and tells us of how hue and cry, the matter has been the era of fake news, Modi in this to expand NATO, both into the Middle East as well insidious personality cult. For the Modi is aiming to be ubiquitous, forgotten and this very same leader graphic appears to be the real Bapu as into the areas in which, Russia has expanded record, fawning on leaders is in- ever-present in our daily lives and is BJP’s star campaigner in the up- — the Father of the Nation — and tegral to Indian political culture. this ties in well with die-hard Modi coming assembly elections in the not the Mahatma. its operations, especially with the cooperation of Years ago, another flatterer, had fans wanting to put him on cur- key state of Uttar Pradesh. Modi has emphatically dis- said this of former Indian prime rency notes. It is a different matter Given this, it would seem that tanced himself from all of this and Iran in Syria. If one analyzes the present situation minister Indira Gandhi: “India is that currency notes were far from this substitution of image on cur- has even reprimanded his sup- in Afghanistan, the Afghan government as well as Indira, Indira is India.” Yet, Modi ubiquitous during the recent de- rency notes and the khadi calendar porters, but sublimely, the mes- gets withering criticism, in part, monetisation drive. But the more were not a random suggestion. The sage has been transmitted and the NATO alliance seem to be keen on bringing the because of his muscular persona, telling remark by Visvanathan is: minister was testing the waters for digital images live on forever. NATO forces back. In brief, one can state that the his public posturing — including “Modi, after having sampled the a bigger image makeover. A rewrit- ians Second World War has not come to an end. On the Manipur High Courts currently other hand, it was fought in the East under the lead- Supreme Court to assist Tripura HC have three judges against their ership of the U.S.A and the Baghdad war was pro- sanctioned strength of four each while in the Sikkim High Court, the voked under the excuse and justification that Sad- in settling long-pending cases working strength is two against the By Sujit Chakraborty sanctioned strength of three. dam Hussein was a threat to the peace of the Middle visions, the apex court has served including the Chief Justice. There “Separate High Courts for the East, especially for Israel. Saddam Hussein was also he Supreme Court has come notice to the litigants involved in are currently three serving judges, states of Arunachal Pradesh, Naga- to the aid of the Tripura High the 35 cases. After the Supreme including the Chief Justice, after a land and Mizoram have not been blamed for having weapons of mass destruction, TCourt to resolve problems Court receives the replies, it judge retired a few months ago,” established because the state gov- arising out of its lack of judges, es- might come to a decision,” the of- the official said. ernments have not yet completed which after the war, it was found that there were no pecially its backlog of long-pend- ficial added. Along with Tripura, separate creation of necessary infrastruc- weapons of mass destruction at all. Israel was more ing cases, a top court official said. The Tripura High Court has High Courts were also set up in ture in these states,” the ministry “There are at least 35 cases 2,885 pending cases excluding Manipur and Meghalaya in 2013. document added. provoked because it was in direct danger in their pending for long in which recus- these 35 cases. These states -- as also all the A record 21,984 cases were set- view, which strategically was a stepping stone for als have been sought by the Tri- “The Supreme Court has also other northeastern states -- were tled in a day in Tripura through a pura High Court judges. It is not studied the possibility of invoking earlier under the jurisdiction of the ‘Maha Lok Adalat’ last month to the western powers to enter the Middle East. Now, possible to constitute a Division Article 224AA by which (an addi- Gauhati High Court. Sikkim was bring down the pendency in the Bench or a separate bench if a tional) judge could be appointed. the only exception as it already had lower courts. It was organised in Donald Trump admits that Saddam Hussein was not judge recuses himself from hear- It also studied transfer of these 35 a separate High Court. Agartala at the instance of Chief a threat. Similarly, Al-Qaeda was blamed for the 9/11 ing a specific case on grounds of cases to Gauhati High Court for The working strength of judges Justice Vaiphei. conflict of interest,” the official disposal,” the official said. in the five High Courts -- Gauhati, “In the day-long process, 21,984 attack which still remains a statement unproved. told IANS on condition of ano- But then, this would seriously Sikkim, Manipur, Meghalaya and court cases were settled through nymity, as he was not authorised dent the logic by which the Tripura Tripura -- is 28 against the sanc- 40 temporary courts, where 53,843 Certainly, there is a new danger in the form and to speak to the media. High Court was created in 2013, ex- tioned strength of 39, a document cases were presented,” Tripura name of ISIS. The first mistake which was made by The official said Tripura High perts said. of the Union Ministry of Law and State Legal Services Authority Court Chief Justice T. Vaiphei Article 224AA allows the Chief Justice said. member-secretary Bipradas Palit U.S.A was to extend its war activities to the Far East wrote an urgent letter to Supreme Justice of a High Court, with the It said the working strength of told IANS, adding: “Around Rs and they ultimately had to withdraw with a few trea- Court Chief Justice J.S. Khehar consent of the President, to ask the Gauhati High Court, which has 33.94 lakh was collected in pen- last month seeking his interven- any judge of any other High Court jurisdiction over Assam, Nagaland, alties and fines.” Palit said that ties of alliance. The Baghdad war was considered to tion to overcome the unique to act as a judge of the High Court. Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh, 148,275 cases were pending for problem.“After examining vari- “Tripura High Court has a sanc- is 17 against the sanctioned years in Tripura’s lower courts. be provoked by a Christian group in the U.S, who ous possible steps and legal pro- tioned strength of four judges, strength of 24. The Meghalaya and ians wanted to prove that the Crusades were to be con- tinued to have a final victory on the Christian side, In communally divided Dadri, Led by wealthy urban which infact was a fiction. We have given all the details to prove that West no one talks of development women, caesarean has been living under a Phantom of fear which was By Anand Singh sections rise in India of their own creation. from his fridge, alleged it was beef which n the area where a Hindu mob mur- his family was consuming and carried out By Nidhi Jamwal Islamic knowledge of science was the base of Is- dered Mohammad Akhlaq after ac- a murderous attack. indicator: When caesarean Icusing him of eating beef, the election The local Hindus accused the police of ver 21 years to 2014, section rates rise towards lamic Spain`s progress and development when the fever of Uttar Pradesh is laced with old wrongly arresting 18 men from their vil- the richest quintile 10 per cent across a popu- west was still under the dark ages. However, they tensions. The few Muslim families here lage under pressure from the Akhilesh O-- top 20 per cent of lation, maternal and new- are unwilling to speak -- unlike almost ev- Yadav government to “appease” Muslims. the population by income? born deaths decrease; if were influenced by it and borrowed that knowledge eryone else in the state -- on their prefer- Others say that it was only Akhlaq’s -- undergoing caesarean the rate goes above 10 per ences in the staggered state polls starting family which was compensated by the section deliveries in India cent -- as appears to be the and Roger Bacon who was the leading personality in on Saturday. state government. has gone up from 10 per case in India -- there is no this borrowing declared that “knowledge is power,” Posters and flags of political parties do Ravi Kumar, 21, one of those arrested cent to 30 per cent, rais- evidence of improvement flutter atop houses and shops at Dadri. after Akhlaq’s murder, died on November ing the country's average in maternal or neonatal but Islamic theory is “knowledge is a trust” given But old issues are at play. 4 in mysterious circumstances while in ju- caesarean-section rates mortality, according to a by Allah to man. It is unfortunate that they have not Predictably, the Bharatiya Janata Party dicial custody. from five per cent to 18 2015 World Health Organ- (BJP) has raked up cow slaughter, fully A family member told IANS: “You see per cent over the same pe- isation (WHO) statement. been able to discover the evil force of Roger Bacon`s knowing that the issue could polarise the pain of Akhlaq’s mother, but you can’t riod, according to a recent A caesarean section may Hindus and Muslims. see the pain of Ravi’s mother? We didn’t analysis of national health be necessary when vaginal phrase that “knowledge is power” instead of ‘trust.’ Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh even get Ravi’s autopsy report.” data. The rate of caesarean delivery poses a risk to the Now, it is high time that not only the west, but held a rally here to canvass for BJP’s Tej- Bisadah village is home to some 10,000 section among the poor mother or baby. However, pal Singh Nagar in the Dadri constitu- people, of whom 70 per cent are from the has stayed the same over caesarean sections can also their enemy Russia that has been influenced ency. Dadri, about 50 km from Delhi, will Rajput community. Muslims account for this period: five per cent. cause significant compli- vote in the first phase of assembly polls on 15 per cent. The rest are lower castes. International researchers cations, disability or death, by western theory of “knowledge is power” and is Saturday. “Rahul Gandhi and (Delhi Chief Minis- presented these facts dur- particularly in settings that using weapons to meet the threat that it assumes is In the Rajput-dominated village, slo- ter) Arvind Kejriwal visited the village af- ing the launch of Maternal lack the facilities to conduct gans are raised to hail Prime Minister Na- ter Akhlaq’s death but they never visited Health Series 2016, a re- safe surgeries or treat po- coming from the west. Now, Russia has entered on rendra Modi. One can hardly spot a flag Ravi’s family,” Tikam Singh, another vil- port released in Mumbai tential complications, the of any other party in the village. Even the lager, told IANS. on February 3 by The Lan- WHO warned. State-wise extending an alliance with Iran, who also followed walls are painted with BJP slogans. Another woman, Leelavati Devi, has cet, a peer-reviewed global data showed higher caesar- a modified Islam in order to protect their imperial- A huge poster of BJP President Amit two sons -- Hariom Singh and Shriom medical journal. The event ean section rates in private Shah and Modi promises to shut down Singh -- still lodged in jail for the 2015 was part of the Human facilities than public-health ism, which continued till Islam defeated Iran and slaughter homes across Uttar Pradesh if murder. People from the village provide Rights in Childbirth India institutions. For instance, they modified it to build up a new sectarian power, the BJP is elected to power in the coun- food to the family. Conference. An indepen- the caesarean section rate try’s most populous state. Villager Rajesh Singh added: “Rajnath dent analysis of data from in private facilities of Tri- which now has attracted Russia to form an alliance Pratap Singh Sisodia, in his late 60s, told Singh’s rally is a sign we are not going to the National Family Health pura is close to 74 per cent IANS: “Cow slaughter is going to be a ma- vote for the Congress or Samajwadi Party.” Survey (1992-93 to 2015-16) while in public institutions with it, so that they could enter the Middle East. jor issue in this election.” In most Muslim homes, people are and Rapid Survey on Chil- it is about 18 per cent. It is This is the reality of the analysis of western fear, Not surprisingly, the more pressing is- tight-lipped. To avoid talking, many even dren 2013-14 pegs India's the same in West Bengal, sues of poor electricity supply, law and claimed they were merely visiting the vil- caesarean-section rate at where caesarean-section which has affected both Russia and Iran also and order situation and lack of schools have lage. Mohammad Iliyas Khan said: “Ev- 18 per cent, higher than the rates in private and public taken a backstage. Even after 16 months erything has changed here after Akhlaq’s Lancet report's estimate of health-care institutions are perhaps a few more may join it. Therefore, our sug- of Akhlaq’s lynching, communal hostil- death. Earlier there used to be harmony in 10 per cent. The caesarean 70.9 per cent and 18.8 per gestion is that the west should appoint a learned ity is visible. Akhlaq, 50, was at his home the village. Now that peace has gone.” section is a globally recog- cent, respectively. when a mob barged in, took out meat ians nised maternal health-care ians group to find out how the west has been influenced by Roger Bacon`s theory of power. Readers Response and contribution Welcome Indian Horizon Saturday, Febrauary 11, 2017 op-ed 7 America needs to return to national greatness The true American myth is dynamic and universal, but the one that Trump has injected into the national bloodstream is static and insular By David Brooks America culminates history. It advances an intellectual culture that can’t imagine popular. The refugee ban has a lot of sup- he Library of Congress’ main build- a way of life and a democratic model that providence. It’s been bruised by people on port. Closing off trade is popular. Building ing is one of the most magnificent will provide people everywhere with dig- the Left who are uncomfortable with pa- the wall is a winning issue. The Trump and Tbuildings in Washington, or in the nity. The things Americans do are not for triotism and people on the Right who are Bannon anschluss has exposed the hollow- United States. It was built in a pivotal, themselves only, but for all mankind. uncomfortable with the federal govern- ness of American patriotism. It has exposed tumultuous time. During the 23 years in This historical story was America’s true ment that is necessary to lead the Ameri- how attenuated America’s vision of na- the late 19th century that it took to de- myth. When we are children, and also can project. The myth has been bruised, tional greatness has become and how easy sign and build the structure, industriali- when we are adults, we learn our deepest too, by the humiliations of Iraq and the it was for Trump and Bannon to replace a sation had transformed America. More truths through myth. financial crisis. By a cultural elite that ig- youthful vision of American greatness with people immigrated to America than in Myths don’t make a point or propose an nored the plight of the working class and a reactionary, alien one. the previous 250 years combined. argument. They inhabit us deeply and ex- thus broke faith with the basic solidarity America is in the midst of a great war of The building articulates the central plain to us who we are. They capture how that binds a nation. national identity. Americans thought they animating idea that held a bursting, our own lives are connected to the univer- And so along come men like US Presi- were in an ideological battle against radi- turbulent America together. That idea sal sacred realities. In myth, the physical dent Donald Trump and Stephen Bannon, cal Islam, but they are really fighting the is best encapsulated in the mural under stuff in front of us is also a manifestation of Trump’s chief strategist, with a counter- national myths spread by Trump, Bannon, the dome of the main reading room. A se- something eternal, and our lives are seen myth. Their myth is an alien myth, frankly Russian President Vladimir Putin, France’s ries of monumental figures are depicted, in the context of some illimitable horizon. a Russian myth. It holds, as Russian reac- National Front leader Marine Le Pen and each representing a great civilisation in That American myth was embraced tionaries hold, that deep in the heartland former leader of the United Kingdom Inde- human history and what that civilisation and lived out by everybody from George are the pure folk who embody the pure soul pendence Party Nigel Farage. contributed to the human story. Washington to Abraham Lincoln to Theo- of the country — who endure the suffering Americans can argue about immigration It starts with a figure representing dore Roosevelt to Ronald Reagan. It was and make the bread. But the pure peasant and trade and foreign policy, but nothing Egypt (written records) and then con- wrestled with by John Winthrop and Walt soul is threatened. It is threatened by the will be right until they restore and revive tinues through Judea (religion), Greece Whitman. It gave America a mission in the cosmopolitan elites and by the corruption the meaning of America. Are Americans still (philosophy), Islam (physics), Italy (the world — to spread democracy and free- of foreign influence. the purpose-driven experiment that Lin- fine arts), Germany (printing), Spain dom. It gave Americans an attitude of wel- The true American myth is dynamic and coln had described and Emma Lazarus had (discovery), England (literature), France come and graciousness, to embrace the universal — embracing strangers and seiz- written about: Assigned by providence to (emancipation) and it culminates with huddled masses yearning to breathe free ing possibilities. The Russian myth that spread democracy and prosperity; to wel- America (science). and to give them the scope by which to re- Trump and Bannon have injected into the come the stranger; to be brother and sister In that story, America is placed at the alise their powers. national bloodstream is static and insular. to the whole human race; and to look after vanguard of the great human march But now the myth has been battered. It is about building walls, staying put. Their one another because they are all important of progress. America is the grateful in- It’s been bruised by an educational system country is bound by its nostalgia, not its in this common project? heritor of other people’s gifts. It has a that doesn’t teach civilisational history or common future. The odd thing is that the Or is America just another nation, hun- spiritual connection to all people in all real American history, but instead a shape- Trump-Bannon myth is winning. The poli- kered down in a fearful world? places, but also has an exceptional role. less multiculturalism. It’s been bruised by cies that emanate from it are surprisingly courtesy : gulf news

sein-Ali Montazeri, who in one way or an- which seem symbolically to be heating up Iran after Khamenei other disagreed with the Islamic Republic just as both countries remember how they Who would lead the Islamic Republic if the Supreme Leader Ayatol- becoming too authoritarian. came to confront one another during the Some of those Ayatollahs were killed or Iranian revolution 38 years ago and the en- lah Ali Khamenei passes away unexpectedly? sidelined, as were many of the regime’s suing hostage crisis. manders. One scenario is that the supreme By Massoumeh Torfeh modernist ideologues such as Saeed Haj- Tweets by the US President Donald leader may, at some stage, promote him to Trump against Iran gave Khamenei the replace the IRGC’s present chief Moham- pretext he needed: “The Iranian nation will mad Ali Jafari. respond to your comments with a demon- This would be in line with his five recent stration on 10 February,” he said, referring military reshuffles; four in the army and one to the anniversary procession. in IRGC. The former powerful Basij Forces Recent threatening exchanges over Iran’s commander, General Mohammad Reza missile test, increased sanctions or any Naghdi, was replaced in December with tightening of the noose over the Iran deal General Gholam Hossein Gheibparvar. would encourage a more hawkish succes- Soleimani, as the chief of IRGC, would be sion. President Hassan Rouhani would be well placed to take command of any unex- sidelined in the forthcoming June presi- pected leadership crisis. He is popular and dential elections with IRGC and hardliners supported by a major segment of IRGC. Of- pushing for a president that would stand up ten described as charismatic and authori- to the US. tative, he is respected enough to unite the In theory, Article 111 of the Constitu- opposing sides. tion stipulates that when the Leader dies “a In Syria he is widely credited with deliver- leadership council consisting of the Presi- ing the strategy that has helped Syrian Pres- dent, head of the Judiciary, and a faqih from ident Bashar al-Assad turn the tide against the Guardian Council chosen by the Expe- rebel forces. Iraqi officials say he has been diency Council” will temporarily take over instrumental in the ongoing operations to all his duties. retake Mosul. As things stand, that would mean Presi- Soleimani is, however, not liked by the dent Rouhani plus the Judiciary chief Sadeq Americans and is on the US and UK sanc- Larijani and a cleric, possibly the hardline tions list (PDF) . He’s also not qualified to ayatollah Ahmad Jannati (89), who heads become the supreme leader. s the celebrations for the 38th an- tionary compatriots are alive. Many of that jarian. Reformist Islamist thinkers such as the Assembly of Experts. All indicators tell us that while Khame- niversary of the Iranian revolution first generation of revolutionary ayatollahs Abdolkarim Soroush and Mohammad Mo- In practice, neither the 39-seat Expedi- nei is alive and well, he would continue to Aget under way, the ruling elite in the such as Mahmoud Taleghani, Morteza Mo- jtahed Shabestari were silenced and exiled. ency Council, nor the 88-member elected hold on to the status quo while nurturing Islamic Republic faces one of its most exis- tahari and Mohammad Beheshti, and now As such there has been no regeneration Assembly of Experts, which has the duty those he trusts most. Even if Rouhani is not tential questions: with the death of former Rafsanjani, are no longer there to carry the of ideas or the narrative. Khamenei still to anoint a new leader, or the 12-member re-elected, he would probably be kept in a President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who authority of Velayat Faghih (Jurists’ Pru- models himself on Khomeini and almost Guardian Council, which vets the Assem- key position because of his vast experience, would lead the country if the Supreme dence) as set by the architect of the revolu- four decades later he has not as yet taken bly’s candidates, has any real power. especially in security affairs. Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also passes tion, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Iran out of that revolutionary mode. Their power emanates from the leader. After Khamenei, however, his seat of away unexpectedly? A potential limbo “The bases of the revolution and revolu- Once he has passed away the IRGC will power would remain vacant for a long while While Rafsanjani was alive there was a So who would be the leader whose word tionary thinking should be so strong that weigh in to influence the succession, hence and the ayatollahs and their councils and chance that he could control any eventual would veto all decisions and carry that au- the death and life of such and such a person Khamenei’s advice. assemblies would play only a symbolic role. leadership crisis. With his death last month thoritarian Islamic leadership based on will not influence the revolutionary move- The IRGC likely to weigh in The IRGC, with might and economic the scene is set for a possible leadership mass support? ment of our country,” Khamenei said in the The IRGC would prepare its own leader- influence, would move centre stage, vacuum and a probable takeover by the Among the ayatollahs in Iran there are only speech with a vague reference to the ship figure: possibly Qassem Soleimani, the gradually turning Iran into a military the- powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guards none with the required combined cha- issue of succession. In the same speech he popular commander of IRGC’s elite foreign ocracy. That would transform the desig- Corps (IRGC), which would groom its own risma, popularity, Islamic or revolutionary designated “outstanding personalities in operations unit Quds Force - with creden- nation of Velayat Faghih and put an end leadership figure. Khamenei has been rul- credentials once Khamenei passes away. IRGC” to guard against such eventuality. tials in Syria and Iraq. Soleimani is due for to the political structure of the Islamic ing for almost three decades and before that There are no powerful opposition voices Succession amid US tensions a promotion. He has been in his post since Republic as envisioned four decades ago he was the president for two terms. As he either to mimic the Grand Ayatollahs Mo- A defining factor in the succession pro- 1998 and is one of the most experienced and as we know it today. looks around him, none of his old revolu- hammad Kazem Shariatmadari and Hus- cess would be Iran-United States relations, among the IRGC’s main division com- courtesy : al-jazeera Trump's 'Muslim ban' is not an exception in US history By Stanley L Cohen continues on today as very much an open, “heretics” ranging from expulsion to capital Indeed, historically, theocratic rule has been today’s Roman elite decide the fate of the t's always been far too easy for Ameri- oozing infection ... one described not all punishment. In the 18th century, physical quick to punish dissent within our midst and relatively powerless ... not with a thumbs- cans to strut around the world's living that long ago by our Supreme Court as assaults and near-drowning of Baptists of- viewed immigrants with “competing” reli- up or down but through immigration poli- Iroom praising our own inclusiveness “badges and incidents of slavery” in a case ten became the cost of their beliefs. gious beliefs and values with suspicion as cies that play to the roar of the crowd ... a ... acting very much as revisionist histori- which held that Congress had the author- The 19th century brought us torched very much outsiders and undemocratic. crowd long manipulated by ignorance and ans who, once past the obvious ugly, move ity to prohibit even private acts of ongoing convents, pitched gun battles between “na- So, one might ask, what is there, then, political greed which reduces 25 percent of along quickly to "welcome" the world's discrimination. tivist” Americans and mostly Irish Catholic about the most recent Trump attack upon the world’s population to presumptive en- hungry, tired and poor. Likewise, the smug sermon of religious immigrants, and a Mormon town burned to Muslims, all Muslims, that stands in dra- emy status by little more than the number We are, in fact, quite accomplished in freedom and diversity that seems to find its the ground with its leaders executed. In the matic contrast from a long and sordid of times that they pray each day. repackaging a dark, ugly history with fan- way into every politician’s pulpit is belied 20th century, Jews became increasing tar- American history of targeted persecutions Is Donald Trump’s rhetoric, now execu- cy wrapping paper tied together with red, by periods of religious persecution that not gets of anti-religious fervour which ranged of minorities based upon nothing more tive policy, aberrant, or unique? Of course white and blue ribbons that seem to surface only predate the American Revolution but from imposition of immigration quotas than religious and immigrant status? not. Tragically, nothing could be further with predictable dramatic flair as Ameri- periodically stop to revisit us as so much a based upon national origin to exclusion The easy part of the equation is it’s 2017 ... from the truth. As noted, it is but another in cans walk into voting booths. dark reminder of the wide chasm between from colleges, to being banned from hold- a long way removed from the time and place a long history of legislative and political ef- There’s not a whole lot of rewrite that can blind faith and political reality. ing political office, and to violent attacks where we feared witches and hanged wom- forts to control the borders and street ways be done to sanitise the genocide of Native The “non-violent” part of the story is easy. typically carried out by special societies en. Indeed, one would like to think that in that, on the one hand, hold out the promise people or to recast slavery or reduce mi- It has its genesis, not long after the Revolu- such as the Silver Shirts or the Ku Klux Klan. an “enlightened”, educated, and culturally of freedom as an opportunity but, on the sogyny to anything but. These are, after all, tionary war, when varied states abolished In the early days of the 21st century, re- diverse “advanced” society, no president other, reduce it to little more than a tease the cornerstones upon which the United some churches while supporting others, ported anti-Muslim hate crimes soared na- would dare to target men, women and chil- based upon colour, class and religious be- States was built. And the march from Asia issued preaching licences and collected tax tionwide from 28 to 481 and ran the gamut dren for exclusion or deportation from our lief. If the past is indeed a prelude, a passing to railroad peonage is littered with the bod- money to fund and establish official state from racial and religious slurs to attacks on shores on the basis of their place of birth, look at just several of these failed attempts to ies of indentured servants who typically churches. Were it just about “peaceful” in- mosques and to physical assaults and mur- or belief, and nothing more. But Trump is homogenise the American experience offers found relief only in the opium that came stitutional discrimination, it would be far der. Ours is a political experience long rooted not your run-of-the-mill president. He has much a glimpse of, ultimately, where and with their forced labour as they built the easier to sell the tale of evolving cultural in theological and social animosity and dom- made a career out of exploiting the fears how Trump will fail in his effort to convert passageway of the US from one coast to and religious diversity and freedom. But it’s ination; one where majority religious groups of others to his personal benefit and, like the US into a mirror image of his own insular another. It’s a trail of tears that began long not. Indeed, beginning in the 17th century, have long controlled domestic political power the brash bully that he is, has perfected the and supremacist views and “values”. before the American Revolution and which anti-Quaker laws imposed penalties upon and opportunities that derive from its reach. art of the contemporary coliseum where courtesy : al-jazeera

The views expressed in these columns are the writers’ own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Indian Horizon or its management.-Editor Indian Horizon 8 International Saturday, February 11, 2017

WORLD SNIPPETS Trump backs One China policy in ‘cordial’ call with Xi

Washington, Feb 10 (IANS) Mr Trump had indicated leader. In it, Mr Trump said US President Donald Trump that policy could change, he looked forward to “con- Twelve killed in Bali village has agreed to honour the so- suggesting the US should not structive relations”. landslide in Indonesia called “One China” policy abide by One China unless The New York Times re- in a phone call with Chinese it secured concessions from ports that it was hand-deliv- President Xi Jinping, the White Beijing on trade. Comments ered to China’s ambassador Jakarta, Feb 10 (IANS) Twelve people, including two House said. The One China by Secretary of State Rex Til- by National Security Adviser children, have been killed in a landslide on the popular policy is the diplomatic ac- lerson on China’s military Michael Flynn, who had also Indonesian tourist island of Bali. knowledgement that there is build-up in the South China spoken to China’s top foreign The landslide hit several villages in the Kintamani area only one Chinese government. Sea further chilled ties. He policy official last week. at about 23:00 on Thursday (1500 GMT). Mr Trump had placed the long- suggested that the US should There were other signs that A national disaster agency spokesman said it was caused standing policy in doubt when block access to artificial is- the White House was seeking by sustained torrential rain. he spoke with Taiwan’s presi- lands China is building in to stabilise ties, such as Ivan- The victims include a seven-year-old girl and a one- dent in December. it characterised as “extremely was key to regional stability. disputed waters. ka Trump attending a Lunar year-old boy, as well their mother. China sees Taiwan as a cordial”. The two leaders had Mr Trump has caused con- Chinese officials have re- New Year celebration at the Red Cross aid workers, the military and police are breakaway province to be re- invited each other to visit, it cern in Beijing with his stance acted relatively calmly to re- Chinese Embassy in Wash- searching for survivors. unified with the mainland. said. on trade and the South China marks from the new admin- ington. National Disaster Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo The move was a major A statement from Beijing Sea, but it was his decision to istration, though they lodged At a press briefing, Chinese Nugroho warned of more heavy rains in Bali as well as break from traditional proto- said China appreciated Mr accept a call from Taiwanese an official protest over the Foreign Ministry spokesman landslides and floods in a statement (in Indonesian), after col and provoked an official Trump’s acknowledgement President Tsai Ing-wen that Taiwan phone call. Lu Kang declined to answer more than 145mm fell on Thursday. complaint from China. of the One China policy, call- triggered most alarm. But the Taiwan issue is very whether Mr Trump’s ac- Members of two families were among those killed in The telephone conversa- ing the two nations “co-op- Though the US is Taiwan’s sensitive, something state knowledgement of the One Songan village, and two people were severely injured. Five tion was the first between the erative partners” who could main military ally, no US media made clear when it ac- China policy had been a con- homes were also destroyed. two since Mr Trump took of- “push bilateral relations to a president or president-elect cused Mr Trump of “playing dition of the call. The content BBC Indonesian editor Rebecca Henschke says land- fice on 20 January, though the historic new high”. had spoken directly to a Tai- with fire”. of the phone call between Mr slides are common in Indonesia during the monsoon sea- new US president has called Taiwan, meanwhile, said it wanese leader for decades. The telephone call fol- Trump and Mr Xi will be cele- son, but are relatively rare on the tourist island of Bali. several other national lead- would continue “close con- Under the One China poli- lowed a letter sent by Mr brated in Beijing as signalling Environmentalists have blamed the landslides on de- ers. The White House said a tact” with the US, pointing cy, the US recognises and has Trump to Mr Xi on Thurs- a return to the traditional forestation and poor urban planning, adds our correspon- wide range of issues were dis- out that maintaining good ties formal ties with China rather day - the president’s first di- framework of the US-China dent. Indonesia has one of the fastest rates of deforesta- cussed during the call, which with Washington and Beijing than Taiwan. rect approach to the Chinese relationship. tion in the world. Uber drivers in Taiwan call for Mexican woman Germany warns the City legalisation deported from the US over Brexit risk Berlin, Feb 10 (IANS) banks organised by Bos- But he argued there Taipei, Feb 10 (IANS) Hundreds of Uber drivers joined One of Germany’s most ton Consulting Group was “intense uncertain- in a motorcade in the Taiwan capital on Friday to pro- despite protests senior banking regula- in Frankfurt earlier this ty” about how the Brexit test against the transport authority’s decision last week Mexico City, Feb 10 (IANS) A allowed to remain under President tors has warned London week. They give a clear negotiations would prog- to slap huge fines on the company, which led the global Mexican woman who lived illegally Barack Obama’s policy of leniency that it is likely to lose - and rare - insight into ress and significant hur- ride-hailing aggregator to suspend its services. in the US from the age of 14 has been towards undocumented migrants its role as “the gateway Germany’s approach as dles to overcome. The motorcade, with cars sporting the company’s lo- deported back to her home country. who had entered the US as chil- to Europe” for vital fi- Britain starts the process The Bundesbank exec- gos or slogans such as “Legalise Uber”, drove around the Seven protesters were arrested as dren. She was taken into custody nancial services. Dr of leaving the European utive, who is responsible transportation authority’s building, Xinhua news agency they tried to block the vehicle taking on Wednesday when she went for Andreas Dombret, ex- Union. for banking and financial reported. her away from the immigration office her annual check-in with immigra- ecutive board member And that approach is supervision, said he was Several protestors also sat in front of the building, hold- in Phoenix, Arizona, where she was tion officials. At 10:00 local time on for the German central hawkish. concerned that the trend ing placards calling for a meeting with the chief transpor- held. Guadalupe Garcia de Rayos, 36, Thursday, she crossed the southern bank, the Bundesbank, “The current model of towards internationally tation official. has two children born in the US. border from Nogales, Arizona. said that even if banking using London as a gate- agreed standards was The official did not show up, but a representative of the President Donald Trump has “Seeing my mom in that van... it rules were “equivalent” way to Europe is likely to under pressure. ”Brexit authority appeared and promised to schedule a discus- promised to crack down on illegal was unexplainable,” her daughter between the UK and end,” Mr Dombret said at fits into a certain trend sion with Uber drivers within seven days. immigrants with criminal records. Jaqueline, 14, said during a press the rest of the European the closed-door event. we are seeing towards re- The US-based ride-hailing app announced last week Garcia de Rayos used forged docu- conference after the deportation Union, that was “miles Mr Dombret made it nationalisation,” he said. that it would suspend services in Taiwan starting Febru- ments to get a job. was announced. away from access to the clear that he did not sup- “I strongly believe that ary 10 following the transportation authority’s issuance of Her husband and two teenage “It was really heart-dropping. No- single market”. port a “confrontational this negatively affects the 11 fines for Uber, totalling over 230 million new Taiwan children remain in the US. one should ever go through the pain Mr Dombret’s com- approach” to future rela- well-being of us all. dollars ($7.4 million) She pleaded guilty in 2009. In of having their mom taken away ments were made at a tions between the UK’s “We should therefore Taiwan regards Uber’s services as illegal, saying the 2013 she was arrested and issued from them, or the pain of packing private meeting of Ger- substantial financial ser- invest all our efforts in company is not registered as a taxi service and, as such, with a deportation order but was her suitcase.” man businesses and vices sector and the EU. containing these trends. allegations of tax avoidance have also emerged. “We’re not a taxi company, so it’s absurd to ask us to register as one. We are a smartphone application that connects people willing to share their ride with people Trump loses needing one,” Uber responded earlier in a statement. Donald Trump breaks ice with Uber entered Taiwan in 2013 and, up until the suspen- appeal court bid to sion, operated in four cities, including Taipei and Kaoh- siung. It said it had provided 15 million trips, with more China in letter to Xi than one million people having downloaded the app and reinstate travel ban 16,000 citizens signing up as drivers. Wellington, Feb 10 (IANS) Volun- Local taxi drivers accuse the firm of operating illegally, teers in New Zealand are racing to Washington, Feb 10 (IANS) A US federal which has affected their business. rescue survivors after more than 400 appeals court has rejected President Donald pilot whales beached themselves. Trump’s attempt to reinstate his ban on citi- About 300 stranded whales died zens from seven mainly Muslim countries. Iran celebrates revolution, people overnight at Farewell Spit, on the The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals said it chant ‘death to America’ South Island, in one of the worst would not block a ruling by a Seattle court that such cases the country has seen. halted the order. Mr Trump responded with Hundreds of locals and conserva- an angry tweet saying national security was at Tehran, Feb 10 (IANS) Chanting “Death to America”, tion officers have been trying to res- risk and there would be a legal challenge. thousands of Iranians on Friday rallied across the country cue the survivors since early Friday It was unclear whether he intended to file as President Hassan Rouhani said Tehran won’t tolerate and formed a human chain to refloat an appeal to the Supreme Court or keep fight- US “war-mongering”. the whales. Scientists do not know The stranding is one of the worst the country has seen. AFP ing the case in Seattle. “This turnout is a response to false remarks of the new what exactly causes whales to beach In its 3-0 unanimous ruling on Thursday, White House rulers and the people are telling the world themselves. But it sometimes hap- partment said it had received a report rescue in the dark, reported the New the appeals court said the government had through their presence that the Iranian people must be pens because the whales are old and about a possible stranding on Thurs- Zealand Herald. Andrew Lamason, not proved the terror threat justified reviving spoken to with respect and dignity,” Rouhani said in a sick, injured, or make navigational day night, but did not launch the res- the departments regional manager, the ban. The ruling means that people from public speech as thousands took part in rallies marking errors particularly along gentle slop- cue operation until Friday morning said it was one of the largest mass Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. ing beaches. The conservation de- as it was too dangerous to attempt a beachings recorded in New Zealand. Yemen with visas can continue to enter the State TV showed people carrying pictures and effigies US, and refugees from around the world, who of US President Donald Trump, burning US and Israeli suspects were arrested were also subject to a temporary ban, are no flags and shouting “Death to America!” as Supreme Lead- Montpellier arrests: France after buying acetone, a longer blocked either. er Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on citizens to show that police source told AFP. However, the ruling does not affect one part Iran was not afraid of American “threats”. police avert ‘imminent’ attack Acetone is an ingredi- of Mr Trump’s controversial executive order: a Rouhani said Iran will not yield to the “language of ent used in the making cap of 50,000 refugees to be admitted in the cur- threats” and will “strongly confront any war-mongering Paris, Feb 10 (IANS) covered. Reports suggest Montpellier show debris of triacetone triperoxide rent fiscal year, down from the ceiling of 110,000 policies” of the new US administration. An “imminent” terror at- the girl had made jihad- outside the door of the (TATP), a high explosive. established under his predecessor, Barack Some carried pictures of Trump as well as British Prime tack on French soil has ist declarations online. flat that police stormed TATP, the same explo- Obama. They accepted that the US president Minister Theresa May and Israeli Prime Minister Benja- been averted with the Since the beginning of on Friday morning. sive used in bomb vests had sole discretion to set immigration policy but min Netanyahu captioned “Death to the Devil Triangle”. arrest of four suspects 2015, at least 230 people Early reports suggested worn by militants in the added that courts could still assess the order’s Rouhani’s remarks came after US President Donald in Montpellier, Interior have been killed in jihad- that one of the Montpelli- Paris attacks, was found compliance with the constitution. Trump said he had put Iran “on notice” in reaction to a Minister Bruno Le Roux ist attacks in France. er detainees was a would- in the city along with the They discussed whether the ban violated January 29 missile test and imposed fresh sanctions on said. Three men and a Last week, a soldier be suicide attacker. acetone, a judicial source the constitution by targeting a religious group individuals and entities. girl of 16 were found with received minor injuries A local news site, M6 said. (Muslims) but did not reach a conclusion. The Both in the region and the US, some inexperienced fig- bomb-making materials when a machete-wield- Info, said the four were According to AFP, judges also found “no evidence that any alien ures have taken over the helm, Rouhani said warning that by anti-terrorist police ing man tried to enter the planning to attack a the female suspect had from any of the countries named in the order” “all should speak with the language of respect and praise in a raid on a flat in the Louvre museum in Paris. tourist site in Paris but been spotted on social had committed a terrorist attack in the US. in front of the Iranian nation”. southern city. The man, a 29-year-old a police source told networks saying she However, the judges said both sides had The Iran President said the 1979 Revolution freed the Home-made explosives Egyptian named Abdul- AFP news agency that wanted to leave for the made compelling cases: “On the one hand, country from dependence on foreigners, including the similar to those used in lah Hamamy, was shot investigators had not Syria-Iraq conflict zone the public has a powerful interest in national US, and awarded the people with self-determination. the Paris attacks of No- and critically injured. been able to establish or mount an attack in security and in the ability of an elected presi- vember 2015 were dis- Photos from the scene in the exact target. The France instead. dent to enact policies. Indian Horizon Satuarday, February 11, 2017 Business 9 CESC to focus more on power Panama papers: Law firm partners distribution business Mossack, Fonseca arrested

Panama City, Feb 10 (IANS) The two main partners added. He said the charges against the two were the re- of Mossack Fonseca, the Panamanian law firm at the sult of a year-long investigation conducted in collabo- centre of the so-called ‘Panama papers’ scandal, have ration with prosecutors in other countries, including been arrested, a media report on Friday said. The arrests Brazil, Switzerland and the US. The offices of Mossack of Ramon Fonseca Mora and Jurgen Mossack came on Fonseca that also faces probe related to the so-called Thursday hours after the Panamanian authorities ac- Panama Papers, were raided on Thursday shortly before Kolkata, Feb 10 (IANS) The RP-Sanjiv Goenka quarter ended December 31, 2016 as compared to cused them of being involved in the ‘Lava Jato’ corrup- the two main partners appeared at the Prosecutor’s Of- Group’s flagship company CESC Ltd will be fo- Rs 145 crore in the same period last year. Accord- tion case in Brazil, Efe news reported. Fonseca, a former fice. Meanwhile, Fonseca has accused former President cusing on winning more distribution franchise, a ing to Goenka, a 94 MW capacity of wind power aide of Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela, and Varela of receiving “donations” during the 2014 elec- top company official said on Friday. Recently, the would come to company’s generation in the next Mossack, were transferred from the Public Prosecutor’s tion campaign from Brazilian multinational company power firm won a power distribution franchisee four-to-five weeks. “Total investment is about Rs Office headquarters to police custody here, defence Odebrecht, involved in a transnational mega-scandal of for supply of electricity to Bikaner in Rajasthan 600 crore. It will take our total renewable capac- lawyer Elias Solano said. Solano told reporters outside bribes. Fonseca Mora also accused the Prosecutor’s Of- in a very fiercely fought bid. Bikaner became the ity to 207 MW,” he said. The company invested Rs the Department of Judicial Investigation that his clients fice of being arbitrary and of using him as a “scapegoat” fifth city for power distribution for the company. 1,400 crore in renewable energy sources in the last would spend the night there. However, he pointed out to delay the probe. The Lava Jato investigation has been “Distribution is going to be an area of focus for two years, he said. Commenting on the possible that there were no precautionary measures applied as looking into a massive scandal involving Brazil’s state us. And we will look more aggressive in distribu- restructuring of the company, he said, “Various the legal procedure was still ongoing. The firm, which oil company Petrobras and dozens of businessmen and tion as we go along. And we think this is the right things have been examined, nothing has come to specialises in setting up offshore companies, acted as politicians. The Panama Papers are an unprecedented model for us to grow. We will go for more and more the board yet. There are consultants who are re- a criminal organisation dedicated to hiding assets and leak of 11.5 million files from the database of the world’s distribution franchisee as we go along,” said com- viewing this whole unbundling (restructuring) ex- money of dubious origins within the ‘Lava Jato’ (Car fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The pany’s Chairman Sanjiv Goenka. The power util- ercise and hopefully they will be presented to the Wash) case, according to an investigation, Attorney records were obtained from an anonymous source by ity firm on Friday reported a 4.8 per cent increase board shortly. But the board did not consider it General Kenia Porcell said. The law firm instructed its the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, which in its standalone net profit to Rs 152 crore in the today (Friday).” “person in charge” in Brazil to “hide documents and shared them with the International Consortium of In- eliminate evidence” and to facilitate the transfer of the vestigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them bribe money to Panama “washed or laundered”, Porcell with a large network of international partners. BHIM app registration crossed 140 lakh: Prasad UBI scheme should have cut-off income limit: Kaushik Basu

Basu has said. “The Universal Basic 0.5 per cent would cost between 4-5 Income scheme should give a cut off per cent of GDP, assuming that those income & ask ones above it to volun- in the top 25 per cent income bracket tarily forego it. That’ll also be a civics do not participate,” the Survey said. lesson,” Basu, currently Professor Elaborating on the scheme, which has of Economics at Cornell University no precedents globally, Subramanian in the US, said in a tweet. The Eco- has earlier said that it would entail New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) The recently launched Bharat for merchants. Aadhaar Pay, a merchant version of Aad- nomic Survey 2016-17, presented last making an unconditional cash trans- Interface for Money (BHIM) app has seen more than 140 haar Enabled Payment System, will also be launched month, advocated a UBI scheme as an fer of about Rs 10,000-Rs 15,000 a year lakh registration, IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said shortly. This will be specifically beneficial for those who do New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) The Uni- alternative poverty reduction mecha- to every citizen, and could replace here on Friday. “The recently launched BHIM app by the not have debit cards, mobile wallets and mobile phones. versal Basic Income (UBI) scheme, nism in place of various ongoing so- more than 1,000 schemes the govern- government of India will unleash the power of mobile “Digital economy aims for speed, accountability and mooted in the government’s Eco- cial welfare programmes. The Survey, ment runs for poverty elimination. phones for digital payments and financial inclusion. So transparency. We are also creating an eco-system to make nomic Survey this year, should have a authored by Chief Economic Advisor Meanwhile, Niti Aayog Vice Chair- far, over 140 lakh people have adopted the BHIM app,” India a global hub for electronics manufacturing,” the cut off income limit and those above Arvind Subramanian, pitched for a man Arvind Panagariya has stated Prasad said. He added that the government will launch minister said, adding: “Over 250 investment proposals for it should be encouraged to give up scheme to transfer a reasonable basic in a recent interview that India lacks two new schemes to promote the usage of BHIM -- Refer- electronics manufacturing have been received in the last the scheme up voluntarily, former income to Indians below the poverty the fiscal resources for a UBI bench- ral Bonus Scheme for individuals and a Cashback Scheme two years, totalling an investment of Rs 1.26 lakh crore.” Chief Economic Advisor Kaushik line. “A UBI that reduces poverty to marked to the poverty line. ASUS wins 15 awards at ‘iF M&M’s Q3 standalone Microsoft’s lawsuit against US Design Awards 2017’ net profit accelerates by 33% government will continue

Mumbai, Feb 10 (IANS) Automobile manu- New York, Feb 10 (IANS) A US court also declined to uphold Mi- mation, and particularly describ- facturer Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M) on court has ruled that the lawsuit crosoft’s Fourth Amendment case ing the place to be searched, and Friday reported an exponential rise of 33.29 per filed by Microsoft against the De- against the gag-ordered searches, the persons or things to be seized.” New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) tra and ZenFone 3 Ultra Fo- cent in its standalone net profit for the third partment of Justice will continue, finding that the precedent in- Since Microsoft’s customers store Taiwanese smartphone man- lio Cover. ‘iF Design Awards’ quarter of the 2016-17 fiscal. According to the media reports said. Microsoft ar- volved was too significant to be their most private and sensitive ufacturer ASUS has won 15 are recognised worldwide as company, its Q3 standalone net profit grew to gues that the US government’s overturned at the district level,” information in the Cloud, the gov- ‘iF Product Design Awards’ in a seal of quality for products Rs 1,112.27 crore from Rs 834.47 crore for the gag-ordered searches of Microsoft the report noted. The Western ernment allegedly began to seek the product categories of tele- that excel in specific crite- quarter ended December 31, 2015. The com- accounts violates the constitution- Washington District Court heard the secrecy orders. Back in 2013, communication, computer ria including design quality, pany informed the BSE in a regulatory filing al right to free speech. According the case. The Fourth Amendment the software giant lashed out at the and audio, the company said degree of innovation, func- that its total income from operations during the to a report in Verge on Thursday, of the US Constitution provides US government following Edward on Friday. The award-winning tionality, ergonomics and quarter under review increased by 1.47 per cent Microsoft filed a lawsuit against “the right of the people to be se- Snowden’s disclosures of mass sur- products were selected from a more. An independent jury to Rs 11,777.98 crore from Rs 11,607.35 crore the Justice Department in 2016, cure in their persons, houses, pa- veillance. In its initial complaint, competitive field of 5,575 en- of 58 experts from all over earned during the corresponding period of last saying it was “unconstitutional” to pers and effects, against unreason- Microsoft said it had brought the tries from 59 countries. In the the world assesses products fiscal. The company’s scrip at the BSE edged force the firm to remain silent and able searches and seizures, shall case because it believed that its telecommunication category, and selects the winners. The lower by 1.08 per cent or Rs 14 per share to Rs not inform customers when their not be violated, and no warrants customers should know when the ASUS bagged awards for Ze- official presentation cere- 1,278.05 from the previous close of Rs 1,292.05 cloud data had been searched or shall issue, but upon probable government obtained a warrant to nFone 3 Deluxe and ZenFone mony for the 2017 iF Design per share. inspected by authorities. “The cause, supported by oath or affir- read their emails. 3 Deluxe View Flip Cover; Ze- Awards will take place on 10 nFone 3 and ZenFone 3 View March, 2017 at BMW Welt in Flip Cover; and ZenFone 3 Ul- Munich. Australia central bank forecasts lower Hemant Bhargava appointed LIC Managing Director growth, higher inflation poration of India, an official Canberra, Feb 10 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of Aus- tinue to constrain consumption growth over the period harm global growth prospects,” the RBA said. Not all statement said here on Friday. tralia (RBA) released its statement on monetary policy ahead,” the RBA said. “The forecast for consumption economists share the rosy outlook of the Reserve Bank. Bhargava, who was the Zonal on Friday, warning of lower GDP growth, and higher growth has been scaled back a little to reflect recent Paul Dales of Capital Economics said in a note, the RBA Manager (I/C) Delhi, has been inflation than previously forecast. The central bank’s data and a view that consumption is unlikely to grow is expecting Australia’s “slow growth” and “low under- appointed by the Appoint- range on growth for Australia in 2017 is now between materially faster than income over the next couple of lying inflation problems” to be resolved in the next few ments Committee of the Cabi- 1.5 to 2.5 per cent, down a full 1 per cent on the growth years.” Looking ahead, the Reserve Bank was confi- years. However, Dales contends this would require net as Managing Director from levels they predicted in November, Xinhua news dent that the growth will continue for Australia into a period of an almost perfect economic climate, one the date of notification of his agency reported. The fall was attributed to lower than 2018, with their assessment predicting a range of 2.75 which rarely happens, and leads him to believe the New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) appointment up to the date of expected gross domestic product results during the to 3.75 per cent, but warns there is uncertainty due to RBA will be “disappointed”. “We believe that GDP Hemant Bhargava has been his superannuation (July 31, third quarter of 2016, with weaker household spend- possible change of US policies. “There is a rising risk growth will be closer to 2.0 per cent this year than 3.0 appointed as the Managing 2019) or until further orders, the ing numbers playing a huge part in that contraction. that more restrictive and protectionist trade and im- per cent and that underlying inflation won’t rise back Director of Life Insurance Cor- statement said. “Subdued growth in household income is likely to con- migration policies under a new administration could to 2.0 per cent until 2019,” Dales said. Indian Horizon Satuarday, February 11, 2017 Business 10 OnePlus rolls out Disappointing Q3, profit booking OxygenOS 4.0.3 for drag equities indices lower

OnePlus 3T Mumbai, Feb 10 (IANS) Indian ter witnessing a rangebound ses- equities markets ended on a flat- sion,” Deepak Jasani, Head - Retail 28,500 BSE Sensex 28,334.25 to-positive note on Friday as disap- Research, HDFC Securities, told pointing quarterly results, caution IANS. “Major Asian markets ended 28,000 ahead of the release of a key macro- on a positive note, barring the Ja- 4.55 economic data point -- the Index of karta index, while European indi- 27,500 Industrial Production (IIP) -- and ces like FTSE 100, CAC 40 and DAX 27,000 profit booking capped gains. How- traded higher.” According to Vijay 26,595.45 ever, broadly positive global cues Singhania, founder and Director of 26,500 and inflow of foreign funds kept brokerage firm Trade Smart On- investors’ sentiments buoyed and line, the markets traded on a lack- 26,000 arrested the downward spiral. The luster note for most part of the day. wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National “IT stocks were in focus in the 24 6 10 12 16 18 20 24 27 31 1 2 3 6 7 8 9 10 Stock Exchange (NSE) inched up day’s trade as most IT stocks January 2017 February by 15.15 points or 0.17 per cent to moved higher,” Singhania said. On Intra-day on February 10 Change 4.55 (0.02%) 8,793.55 points. The barometer the currency front, Dhruv Desai, 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of Director and Chief Operating Of- 28,450 Top Top Open: Close: % % the BSE, which opened at 28,367.17 ficer of Tradebulls, said: “Volatile 28,367.17 28,334.25 Gainers Losers 28,400 points, closed at 28,334.25 points -- USD/INR futures prices brought TCS 3.12 Lupin -2.06 up a miniscule 4.55 points, or 0.02 volatility in Indian equity market Adani per cent, from the previous close as well.” The Indian rupee weak- 28,350 2.23 ITC -1.57 at 28,329.70 points. The Sensex ened by four paise to 66.88 against Ports Previous close: New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Chinese out in a few days,” the statement said. touched a high of 28,456.18 points a US dollar from its previous close 28,300 -1.53 28,329.70 Infosys 2.10 GAIL smartphone maker OnePlus has start- The new updates included Wi-Fi IPv6 and a low of 28,286.80 points dur- of 66.84 to a greenback. In terms of 28,250 Tata 1.71 Dr Reddy's ed rolling out OxygenOS 4.0.3 up- support toggle, optimised smart Wi- ing the intra-day trade. The BSE investments, the provisional data Steel Lab -1.50 date for OnePlus 3T smartphone, the Fi switcher, increased stability of the market breadth was tilted in favour with exchanges showed that for- 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Cipla -1.30 company said in a statement on Fri- camera app, optimised exposure when of the bears -- with 1,551 declines eign institutional investors (FIIs) KBK Infographics NTPC 1.22 day. Riding on the success of its flag- taking night time photos, upgraded au- and 1,307 advances. purchased stocks worth Rs 504.51 ship device OnePlus 3, OnePlus last dio parameters and Amazon Prime app In terms of broader markets, the crore, whereas the domestic insti- the S&P BSE healthcare index de- Tata Steel, up 1.71 per cent at Rs year launched OnePlus 3T which uses which will be pre-installed. OnePlus BSE mid-cap index fell by 0.28 per tutional investors (DIIs) divested clined by 134.32 points, the au- 467.75; and NTPC, up 1.22 per Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 processor 3T has a 5.5-inch optic AMOLED dis- cent, whereas the small-cap index scrip worth Rs 224.76 crore. Sec- tomobile index slipped by 104.15 cent at Rs 170.40. Major Sensex paired up with 6GB RAM. “As always, play, packs 16MP rear and front cam- rose by 0.14 per cent. On Friday, tor-wise, the S&P BSE IT index aug- points, and the oil and gas index losers were: Lupin, down 2.06 per this OTA will be incremental. The OTA eras and comes with “Dash Charge” the NSE Nifty rose by 9.35 points mented by 203.47 points, followed fell by 90.87 points. Major Sensex cent at Rs1464.60; ITC, down 1.57 will reach a small per centage of users technology that provides a day’s power or 0.11 per cent to close at 8,778.40 by the Teck (technology, media gainers on Friday were: Tata Con- per cent at Rs 273.05; Gail, down today, and we will begin a broader roll in half an hour of charging. points,and the BSE Sensex was and entertainment) index, which sultancy Service (TCS), up 3.12 per 1.53 per cent at Rs 482.95; Dr Red- up 39.78 points or 0.14 per cent at surged by 88.92 points, and the cent at Rs 2396.70; Adani Ports, up dy’s Lab, down 1.50 per cent at Rs 28,329.70 points. “Markets ended capital goods index, which rose by 2.23 per cent at Rs 311.25; Info- 2975.20; and Cipla, down 1.30 per L’Oréal may sell beauty with marginal gains on Friday af- 64.54 points. On the other hand, sys, up 2.10 per cent at Rs 968.05; cent at Rs 579.35. retailer The Body Shop Centre appoints 3 Twitter grows by directors to RBI 2 mn users in Q4

celerating despite its larger local boards size. According to Twitter’s COO Anthony Noto, Trump sparks “conversation and discussion” on Twitter, but chalked up Twitter’s small user growth during the quar- ter to “product changes and New York, Feb 10 (IANS) marketing”, not the election. Twitter has grown by two Trump’s rise and other newsy million monthly active users events are making Twitter in the fourth quarter, finish- more addictive and engag- London, Feb 10 (IANS) French cosmet- stepped up in the final and most impor- ing the year with 319 million ing for its users. “The whole ics company on Thursday confirmed that tant quarter of the year -- sliding by 6.3 worldwide, media reports world is watching Twitter. it was LOréal has confirmed it was ex- per cent in total. Last year, The Body said. While we may not be current- ploring sale of London-based The Body Shop tried to reaffirm its ethical prin- Mumbai, Feb 10 (IANS) The cen- lease said. The government had on According to a report in Re- ly meeting everyone’s growth Shop as the beauty retailer registered fall ciples with 14 targets for 2020, including tral government has appointed Thursday appointed Rajiv Kumar, code on Thursday, the spec- expectations, there is one in sales and profits. The company said ensuring all its natural ingredients were three members on the local boards Ashok Gulati and Manish Sabhar- tacle of the US presidential thing that continues to grow that it had not made any decision on the traceable and sustainably sourced, com- of the Reserve Bank of India, the wal as three part-time non-official election was Twitter’s best and outpace our peers: Twit- future of the retailer, which has more pared with just under half today, and that apex bank announced on Friday. directors on the Central Board of material in years, and made ter’s influence and impact,” than 3,000 stores in 66 countries, but had 70 per cent of its packaging did not come “The central government has ap- the RBI for a four-year term. While the service a crucial source Jack Dorsey, CEO, Twitter, “decided to explore all strategic options” from fossil fuels, compared with 30 per pointed Prasnna Kumar Mohanty, Kumar is a senior fellow at the for direct news. For Twitter, was quoted as saying. Ac- in order “to give it the best opportunities cent today, the report pointed out. But Vallabh Roopchand Bhansali and Centre for Policy Research in New it was the slowest quarter all cording to a report in Verge, and full ability to continue its develop- the group now has more competition Sunil Mitra as members on the Delhi, Gulati is the Infosys Chair year for user growth. Its US Twitter’s revenue growth ment”, The Guardian reported. The Body from more upmarket ethical brands such Southern, Western and Eastern Lo- Professor for Agriculture at the In- user growth, where it has 67 came in at just one per cent, Shop’s operating profit had dived 38 per as Dr Hauschka and Chantecaille, as well cal Area Boards of Reserve Bank of dian Council for Research on Inter- million monthly active us- a far cry from the 48 per cent cent to 33.8 million euros ($36 million) as the British rivals Lush and Neal’s Yard. India, respectively, for a period of national Economic Relations, and ers, was actually zero. This year-over-year growth Twit- in the year to December 31, 2016. Sales L’Oréal, which owns a plethora of inter- four years with effect from Febru- Sabharwal is currently Chairman of is in contrast to the Facebook ter reported during the same sank nearly five per cent to 920.8 million national brands including Garnier and ary 9, 2017, or until further orders, Teamlease, a recruitment consul- where the user growth is ac- period in 2016. euros ($981 million). The pace of decline Maybelline whichever is earlier,” an RBI re- tant and staffing company.

promoters and other key stakeholders various INDIA'S INDUSTRIAL GROWTH Base: 2004-05=100 Infosys Chairman must quit for inputs, evaluate them and make recommen- dations. The Board cannot appoint a legal firm Per cent growth in Index of Industrial Production lapses: Former CFO to come in between. That would be a joke, the over corresponding period of the previous year former CFO said. “Communication channels Overall Manufacturing Bengaluru, Feb 10 (IANS) The Infosys Chair- down because there have been corporate gov- were broken because the law firm was brought Weight: 1000 Weight: 755.27 man must quit taking responsibility for the ernance issues raised by the founders from in to talk to the shareholders. That is a wrong lapses in corporate governance and an inter- time to time which they have not taken any approach.” Talking about the rift between the

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shareholders, the software company’s former However, he did not give a clean chit to Sikka the issues was large severance payment made 0.3 chief financial officer (CFO) said on Friday. and added that since he was also a Board mem- to ex-employees holding key positions. “For “I think Chairman (R. Seshasayee) should ber, it was a collective responsibility. “They eg, severance payment was made to an ex-

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-1.9 lapses in the past. The Board should have an the company to the state what it is today and this payment was being made. Then vague ex- Dec Apr-Dec Nov -2.0 Apr-Dec interim chairman and directly address the is- they hold a large number of shares even today. planations came. Then they stopped the pay- 1.9 2.2 sues of the founders. That is the right thing to They raised some governance issues. “The ment. “When such a large payment is made 0.7 1.3 0.7 Electricity Mining do,” V. Balakrishnan told BTVi. “The Board Board should directly engage with the largest to an ex-employee, naturally the perception 0 Weight: 103.16 Weight: 141.57 collectively needs to take responsibility. The shareholders and address all their concerns,” is negative. Even today the Board has not ad- -0.7 -1.6 -1.3 -1.8 Chairman needs to take responsibility,” he he added. “It required maturity at the Board dressed it,” he said. Infosys’ third largest insti- -0.9 -2.5 6.3

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2.8 Vishal Sikka and the founders, Balakrishnan say everything is hunky dory and not address members. “Oppenheimer have taken a very 2.3 said the latter have never interfered in the the concerns of large shareholders.” Observ- narrow view. They think it’s an issue between D J F M A M J J A S O N Dec 0.9 company’s business and operations. “These ing that the Board appreciated and respected Sikka and founders. That is not true. Founders 2015 2016 are issues not related to Sikka, but the Board. inputs from the founders, Infosys said it ap- are not questioning the strategy,” Balakrish- Dec Apr-Nov Dec Apr-Dec The founders brought in Sikka, gave him full pointed Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, cor- nan said. “Oppenheimer should support the 2015 2016 freedom. Infosys Board has been a big let- porate governance experts, to receive from founders because it’s in their own interest. Indian Horizon Sports Saturday, February 11, 2017 11 IND V BAN : Kohli 204, Saha 106*, India declare at 687 Murray to

Bangladesh 41 for 1 (Tamim 24*, Umesh 1-2) trail India 687 for 6 in Antigua in July 2016, then in Indore and second, swishing left-arm spinner Taijul return to Davis dec (Kohli 204, Vijay 108, Saha 106*, Taijul 3-156) by 646 runs Mumbai. On Friday in Hyderabad against a Islam over cover, the first time he played a listless Bangladesh attack, Kohli became the lofted shot off a spinner. Cup action first batsman to hit double-hundreds in four Probably Kohli’s only nervous moment consecutive Test series. By the time they came on 180 when he was beaten by a sharp against France declared at 687 for 6, India had become the offbreak from Mehedi Hasan Miraz and was first side to rack up 600-plus scores in three- declared lbw by umpire Joel Wilson. Kohli consecutive innings. reviewed the decision, with ball-tracking India’s day became sweeter when Umesh showing it was turning too much and Yadav dismissed Soumya Sarkar for 15 with heading past the leg stump. a 142kph ripper. Sarkar was unperturbed by Soon after making a double-century, the outswinger, but was done in by a full ball, Kohli was pinged on the pad by a low-arm which snaked in off the seam. He attempted slider from Taijul and was given out by a limp drive and Wriddhiman Saha threw umpire Marais Erasmus, at the start of the himself to his right to collect the ball. India 126th over. Kohli opted not to review this challenged the on-field not-out decision time; ball-tracking detected the impact was with UltraEdge picking up a thin deflection marginally outside off. off the toe end. Tamim Iqbal and Mominul On either side of Kohli’s exit, Ajinkya LONDON FEB 10 (IANS) : Britain’s Haque hung on to take Bangladesh to 41 for Rahane, who was picked over Karun Nair world number one Andy Murray will play 1 in 14 overs at stumps. and returning from a finger injury, and Saha, against France in the Davis Cup quarter- A double-hundred in Tests might be returning from a thigh injury, waltzed to fifty finals in April after missing the first-round the fantasy of several batsmen, but this and hundred respectively. Kohli and Rahane victory against Canada last weekend. “The innings from Kohli seemed inevitable. He had set the tone for the day by extending tie against Canada was tricky,” Murray, arrived 30 minutes before tea on the first their overnight 122-run partnership to 222. who was surprisingly beaten by Germany’s HYDERABAD FEB 10 (IANS) : Another Kohli. The opposition buried under a day and completed the landmark at the They scored 70 runs in the first hour as India Mischa Zverev in the fourth round of the series. Another double-hundred for Virat mountain of runs. The theme first unfolded start of the third over after lunch on the scored 121 in the morning session. Australian Open, told Sky Sports. “I needed to have a break, I was definitely tired when I got back from Australia and Official mascot of FIFA U-17 World Cup unveiled my body was pretty pleased I took some time off. But away to France, after Miami, NEW DELHI FEB 10 (IANS) : With just India has ever seen. Kheleo is young, vibrant, I’m into the swing of things and I’ve had 238 days remaining for the start of the enthusiastic and a perfect representation of enough rest.” tournament, the official mascot of the FIFA our country. He will help us to involve kids Murray was instrumental in Britain U-17 World Cup India 2017, ‘Kheleao’ was with football in a fun way.” winning the Davis Cup in 2015 when he on Friday unveiled at the Jawaharlal Nehru Patel termed the official mascot as a won all 11 rubbers in four rounds. Stadium here. major component of the overall event In Murray’s absence Britain beat Canada In a glittering ceremony attended by brand that will represent the tournament 3-2 last weekend while France defeated Sports Minister Vijay Goel, the chairman and the host country. Japan 4-1. The two nations met at the of the Local Organising Committee and “Presenting Kheleo as the official mascot same stage in 2015 with Britain winning at AIFF president Praful Patel, the young and to the world is another big step for our home on grass at Queen’s Club. France are charismatic face of the FIFA U-17 World event. As the face of the FIFA U-17 World likely to choose clay for the tie. Cup, a clouded leopard called Kheleo, was Cup India 2017, he will be going across the introduced to hundreds of football fans. country to promote the tournament and to The clouded leopard is an endangered inspire kids and adults alike,” the All India Rafael wild cat whose habitat extends from the Football Federation president said. Himalayan foothills to mainland Southeast Kheleo will participate in numerous Nadal pulls Asia. To commemorate Kheleo’s first public activities in the run-up to the first-ever appearance, Sports Minister Goel said: “We FIFA tournament to be hosted by India, are sure that he will be one of the most which will be played from October 6 to 28 out of ABN memorable mascots a sporting event in this year. Amro tennis Usain Bolt steers his All-Star team to victory in tournament ‘controversy-mired’ Nitro Athletics event

to third leg and Australia were disqualified. three-night event. The All-Stars won last After some initial confusion, Australia was Saturday and after a slow start on Thursday given a score of -10, rather than the 40 points came through again. teams receive for finishing sixth. “I don’t like the fact that we’re leaving it As a result, the Bolt All-Stars -- who won that late,” the Jamaican sprinter said. the race with Bolt running the third leg -- The 30-year-old eight-time Olympic gold finished with 930 points to Australia’s 895. medallist suggested he might compete in Bolt, the world’s fastest man, told more than one event in the final of the series THE HAGUE (Netherlands) FEB reporters he was initially under the this Saturday. 10 (IANS) :Australian Open finalist Rafael impression Australia had received 40 “I think a few of the guys will have to Nadal has pulled out of next week’s ABN points for finishing last, regardless of their double up on Saturday. I’ll probably have to Amro tennis tournament, saying he needs indiscretion, and vowed to protest. But meet double up.” to rest. Organizers say the top-seeded officials reviewed the decision and ruled But Bolt said he was feeling good about Spaniard’s doctors told him to take it easy that a disqualification was appropriate. his own form, despite never having run after his surprise run in Melbourne that “I don’t know what happened,” the world competitively before at this time of year. ended in a five-set loss to Roger Federer. record holder at 100m and 200m said. “I’ve “I felt good. I came down here to get a In a statement, Nadal says his doctors got to talk to the organisers and figure it out, few runs in. I’m not in the best of shape advised rest “to give my body time to but I’m sure we won the night.” -- I’m just trying to run myself into shape recover before I play matches again.” Melbourne FEB 10 (IANS) : Usain around the track in the mixed 4x100m relay, In a bid to sell the concept globally, Bolt -- and the more I run the better I feel,” Tournament director Richard Krajicek Bolt led his All-Stars to victory in the second Australia blew their chance to top the night in is fronting the All-Stars -- including athletes he said. “I’m just trying to enjoy my says he tried unsuccessfully to get Federer Nitro team athletics event today but it was the finale of the new concept at Melbourne’s from Jamaica, the US and Kenya -- against last season. I’m not trying to overthink or a top-five ranked player to replace mired in controversy with Australia docked Lakeside Stadium. Jack Hale and Fabrice teams representing Australia, England, New anything or try to stress myself. I’m Nadal. On Tuesday, Stan Wawrinka pulled points. Needing only to take the baton Lapierre botched the handover from second Zealand, Japan and China in the inaugural always going to try to do my best.” out of the tournament with a knee injury. Russia banned from London World Strycova, Muguruza to open Fed Cup tie Athletics Championships: IAAF as the Czechs start their quest for a fourth straight title in the eastern Czech steel hub Alpes-Maritimes FEB 10 (IANS) : into international athletics, produced of Ostrava. Third-ranked Karolina Pliskova Russia will miss August`s World Athletics recommendations detailing a roadmap to of the Czech Republic will then play against Championships in London after their reinstatement. 70th-ranked Lara Arruabarrena. doping ban was extended on Monday, world But while “acknowledging several positive Pliskova and Strycova led the Czechs to governing body president Sebastien Coe said. developments” at recent meetings in their third Fed Cup title in a row -- and Coe said Russia, whose 15-month ban from Moscow with RusAF, the Russian Athletics fifth in six years -- last November when the athletics was prolonged at the IAAF`s Council Federation, and new Russian Sports Minister team beat France in Strasbourg 3-2. meeting in Cap d`Ail near Monaco, could Pavel Kolobkov, the Taskforce also “pointed Spain have won five titles so far, the last not be reintegrated into the sport before to some negative developments” including one in 1998. "I think we should succeed if November. “unhelpful public comments recently made the girls play their standard game," Czech Double Olympic 1500-metre champion by some Russian sporting officials”. captain Petr Pala said after the draw. Coe was speaking after the IAAF Council It said that RusAF “continues to face "Barbora will have to break her approved the Taskforce`s recommendation practical and legal difficulties in enforcing opponent's rhythm in some way, and to that Russia was “not ready for reinstatement”. provisional doping bans and there continues change hers so (Muguruza) wouldn't know Russia has been barred from international to be very limited testing of Russian track what will come next." competition since November 2015 following and field athletes at the national level as In Sunday’s reverse singles, Pliskova a damaging report alleging that state- well as troubling incidents at what testing is will face Muguruza in a clash of the sponsored doping was rife in the country. taking place”. The roadmap to reinstatement number-one players and Strycova is then The ban had already been extended in specifies that “testing of Russian athletes due to take on Arruabarrena. Czechs March and then June 2016, preventing must take place without further incidents Lucie Safarova and Katerina Siniakova Russia`s athletes from competing at the or difficulties” and that RusAF takes PRAGUE FEB 10 (IANS) : Barbora round Fed Cup tie as the defending were drawn for the doubles rubber Rio Olympics. The Taskforce, which was “demonstrable objective and practical steps Strycova takes on Garbine Muguruza in champions host Spain. World number 17 against Sara Sorribes Tormo and Maria set up to oversees Russia`s reintegration to cultivate the clean sport movement”. Saturday's opening rubber of the first- Strycova will face 7th-ranked Muguruza Jose Martinez Sanchez. Entertainment 12

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Shah Rukh Khan was the best actor The stork has come to Hollywood! Rosie of 2016 and here's why we say so... Hutington-Whiteley and Jason Statham expecting their first baby Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Akshay Kumar, Shahid Kapoor, Amitabh Rosie Hutington-Whiteley and boyfriend Jason Sta- Bachchan and Sushant Singh Ra- tham are expecting their first baby! Surely, Hollywood jput. But who was the Best Actor celebs are ditching the classic way of announcing of 2016 according to you? Well, their good news with a press statement and are in- we got to tell you that we got a stead opting for social media. Just like Beyonce, even huge response for all of you and Rosie announced her good news on Instagram as she throughout the last month, the posted a very similar pic like Bey. Although unlike the stars have been interchanging Single Ladies hitmaker’s photoshoot post from in- their positions in the poll. How- side a studio, Rosie’s pic is shot outside in the beach ever, we finally have a result. Out as she dons a sexy bikini! “Very happy to share that of the six nominees we had given, Jason and I are expecting!! Lots of love Rosie x Photo fans chose Shah Rukh Khan as by @jasonstatham,” captioned the diva on her post. the Best Actor of 2016! Yes, Shah Well, it definitely is good news for the couple who Rukh Khan beat Salman Khan have been together for quite a while now. The stork and Akshay Kumar to claim the has definitely arrived at Hollywood. We’ve been hear- top spot. In our poll, Shah Rukh ing so many good news from celebs as they are using received 45 per cent votes com- social media to spread the word. The model was also pared to the 26 per cent votes flaunting her baby bump as she made the announce- that Salman Khan received for ment. We think it’s very sweet! The couple have been the second position. Akshay Ku- together for six years now and this definitely is huge! mar, on the other hand, got 21 social media has surely been the best place to make per cent votes and is in third. announcements for celebs. In the past too, several Shahid Kapoor, Sushant Singh actors have followed a similar pattern to make the Rajput and Amitabh Bachchan announcement. Remember when Madonna took to While 2016 has already end- of 2016 conducted several polls got 5 per cent, 2 per cent and 1 Instagram to announce that she was adopting twin ed, the awards season for the and asked you to vote for your per cent votes respectively. This sisters from Malwali. Or even Blake Lively, Ashton year has just begun. While a favourites. One such category means, Shah Rukh Khan won by a Kutcher, Olivia Wilde, who shared the good news on few awards shows have already was the Best Actor one. Let me large margin! (Disclaimer: Aamir their respective social media handles. Anyway, check taken place, a couple of them tell you that we have saw quite a Khan wasn’t a part of this catego- out Rosie’s Insta post. Just yesterday the news of Amal will take place over the next few few power packed performances ry coz we had not seen Dangal till Clooney and George Clooney expecting twins started weeks. BollywoodLife at the end last year, especially from Salman we started the poll). taking the internet by storm. And now we hear that even Jason and Rosie are expecting a baby. Suriya impresses yet again as the Sridevi is extremely protective of invincible cop Durai Singam her daughters Jhanvi

tering all around. Some end up and Khushi. with cracked bones and some end up unsurprisingly dead. His Sridevi is extremely pro- big Bollywood launch? Well, dialogues will send shivers down tective of her daughters buzz was that Karan Johar your spine because he’s bellow- Jhanvi and Khushi. The ac- was supposed to launch ing when he delivers them. Ads tress has been taking keen in- Jhanvi alongside Tiger Shroff by ZINC Talking about the story, terest in grooming her young in Student Of The Year se- Suriya is looking into the mur- girls, who are Bollywood quel. It was also said that Saif der of a commissioner when he ready. Sridevi has now is- Ali Khan and Amrita Singh’s stumbles upon a racket run by sued a new diktat to her betis daughter Sara Ali Khan was someone from Australia. Amidst and apparently they cannot in the running for this movie. all this, Shruti Haasan aka Vidya click/post any selfies. Yes, a However, news soon died is nuts about Singam but later source close to the Kapoors down and we now hear that we realise, she is actually appear- informed that Sridevi has KJo plans to introduce Jhanvi ing for the IPS exams and that’s asked Jhanvi and Khushi to and Shahid Kapoor’s brother why she wanted to meet him. She stop posting selfies on social Ishaan Khattar in Sairat‘s plays a goofy, carefree character media. Well, which means Hindi version. Jhanvi’s dad that comes across so forced. Ap- that we might now stop see- filmmaker Boney Kapoor parently she is an undercover ing some candid clicks of the too confirmed this news journalist who frames Suriya young Kapoor gals on Insta- some time back and said, as a corrupted cop. Anushka gram. In fact, after we spoke “Yes, Karan has been talking Shetty, on the other hand, plays to our source we went on to to us about a film for Jhanvi his wife who he has divorced check out Jhanvi Kapoor’s and we’ve given consent. for a specific reason. But they pictures on social media But we don’t know which daughter’s’ desire to work in then why not?” (Are Sridevi’s both are still in love with each and realised that indeed the project it would be. Since films. She said, “Every child daughters Jhanvi Kapoor other. She plays a simpering lady has stopped posting Karan has recently acquired wants to be an actor. And and Khushi Kapoor India’s woman whose role is question- selfies, now her Instagram the remake rights of Sairat it there is nothing wrong with Kendall and Kylie?) Looks able. While the story is fine, the account is filled with proper is being presumed that our that. But it is not an easy job. like soon we will hear an offi- songs are unbearable. Period. clicks that almost look like daughter would be launched It requires a lot of hard work cial announcement from the The light hearted moments in photoshoot pictures. Is this in this project.” Sridevi too and dedication. If they are Kapoors about Jhanvi‘s big this cop drama are not so light coz Jhanvi is ready for her had once commented on her ready to put in that effort, Bollywood debut. on the heart and the head. The only good thing so far has been After changing three release watching the film and post the have Suriya’s punches and his dates, Singam 3 has finally hit first half, here’s what she has dance moves. To watch him beat theatres. This is the third install- to say, “If you were expecting goons to pulp is strangely enter- Kareena Kapoor Khan or Mira ment of the popular cop fran- something different from this taining. As of now, the lead an- chise and this time around, the third part, let me burst your bub- tagonist (Thakur Anoop Singh) teaser promised a high octane ac- ble right there. Everything about hasn’t cut an impressive figure, Rajput: Which new mommy is tioner with some intense battles. this cop actioner IS THE SAME. but I have to say his dubbing is Suriya, at one of his press meets, Suriya (Durai Singam) is stylish, brilliant. Upon further investi- revealed that his family liked this invincible, stern and powerful. gation, Durai Singam discovers more stylish part the most. So what is Singam The lion is roaring loudly and the ugly racket of medical and Now Kareena Kapoor Khan is one keep working during her pregnancy, 3 aka Si3 all about? Well our re- how. His punches send people e-waste and realises Reddy from person who has slayed being fash- but also she never shied away from viewer Karthika Raveendran is flying across with blood splat- Australia is behind it all. ionable while in pregnancy like no the paparazzi trying to hide her baby one else. Though Mira Rajput did not bump. She also chose commercials make a lot of appearances during or around her pregnancy and mother- was not rejected career. So respectfully she de- after pregnancy, even she impressed hood. The actress also committed to cided not to be part of the proj- us quite a lot with her style statement. return to work soon after the delivery for the sister's role in Majid Majidi's ect. So now you know why you Both of these gorgeous women are when most women would choose to won’t see Deepika in the film. It now proud mothers of a baby boy and take their time. (ALSO READ: We are Beyond The Clouds. She said no to it. was really important to get her a baby girl respectively, and even post- totally digging Kareena Kapoor Khan’s side of the story after rumours pregnancy, their style game is still on new hairdo. Unlike other celebrities, According to reports, Deepika of her getting rejected started point. The two have even managed to she did not create a lot of fuss around Padukone as a respect to the di- to do the rounds. Finally, the pull off the post-baby bump without the baby and didn’t cover Taimur com- rector did the look test of the truth is out. (Also read: Deepika making it a huge deal. Not that they’re pletely so no one could get a glimpse film. However even when she Padukone’;s Gucci ensemble at the only hot mommies in town – B- of him. Kareena and Saif Ali Khan were was doing the look test she had the airport is DISASTROUS But Town definitely has a lot of smoking pretty chilled out about posing for the made it clear that she would did you know Kangana Ranaut hot mothers – but they are the newest. cameras and the paparazzi didn’t have say yes to the film only once was offered the sister’s part in Twinkle Khanna, Malaika Arora Khan, to chase them at all. In fact, Kareena she had heard or read the final Majidi’s film? As per reports on Sussanne Khan and so on have al- is also seen partying till the wee hours draft of the script. Unfortunate- Mid-day, the two had in fact ready made it to the stylish mommies with her friends and family. Kareena’s ly, Deepika Padukone didn’t met up to discuss the project group. However, Kareena’s pregnancy pregnancy has definitely been a mo- like what she heard as the final but Kangana eventually opted was the most spoken about since she tivation for other women who are too draft. It’s not something she out as she felt the sister’s role broke so many myths and stereotypes conscious or superstitious about their was looking at this stage of her wasn’t powerful enough around pregnancy. Not only did she baby, weight or body.

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