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Madhepura MP Pappu Babul Supriyo backs Jayant Panda writes Ahmed Kathrada, Yadav arrested after protest against bad article in Odia paper; anti-apartheid icon and clashes with police food on Rajdhani calls for introspection Mandela’s ally, is no more page 2 page 7 page 10 page 12

Printed at . . Coimbatore . Bengaluru . . Madurai . Noida . Visakhapatnam . Thiruvananthapuram . Kochi . Vijayawada . Mangaluru . Tiruchirapalli . . Hubballi . Mohali . Allahabad . Malappuram . Mumbai NEARBY States get warning to brace for heat waves

Talks with meat sellers Keep action plans ready, say Met department and NDMA fail, stir continues Jacob Koshy Agitating meat sellers and exporters held talks with Even as the country braces Health for a scorching summer and Minister Siddhartha Nath temperatures in several Singh on the second day of States have been going up their strike on Tuesday but no over the past week, the rapprochement appeared in Meteorological Department, sight. “We have noted all the along with the National Dis- issues raised by them with an aster Management Authority open mind. The Uttar (NDMA), is exhorting the Pradesh government will not States to implement Heat allow anything illegal to Wave Action Plans. happen,” Mr. Singh said. These describe step-by- NATION Ī PAGE 10 step procedures the States DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD REPORTS ON PAGE 15; EDITORIAL PAGE 8 ought to implement — from communication and ensur- ing first-aid to imposing early summer vacations in 3 civilians, militant killed in J&K encounter schools and ensuring that la- bourers employed in MGNREGA schemes aren’t The deceased youth were among those trying to help the lone militant escape assigned work during certain times of the day — in case of Press Trust of India launched a cordon-and- heatwave-like conditions. Srinagar search operation in the Dur- So far Andhra Pradesh, here a two-day workshop, deaths. This came down to Three civilians were killed in bugh area of Chadoora in the Gujarat, Telangana, Odisha meant to encourage more 723 the next year. an operation by security early hours of Tuesday fol- and Maharashtra have com- State-specific plans. While there are nuances forces against protesters lowing information about mitted themselves to action and region-specific differ- near an encounter site in the presence of militants in plans, which are implemen- Casualties reduced ences, the IMD broadly Budgam district of Kashmir the area, the police official ted in varying degrees by At a presentation, NDMA’s defines a heat wave as when during an anti-militancy op- said. their districts. Anup Srivastava said heat a place’s temperature is 5-6 eration, which ended with He said the search opera- waves killed 22,562 between degrees above normal. the killing of the lone milit- tion turned into a gunbattle Advice to U.P., Rajasthan 1992 and 2015. It already forecasts heat ant. “One militant has been after the militant opened fire “This year we’re talking to “In 2016, the number of waves on its website but a killed and a weapon re- on the security forces. Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan casualties came down proper action plan would covered from the scene of The slain civilians have to have such a plan,” drastically to 1,111 from 2,040 mean that the States and dis- the encounter,” an Army offi- Continuing violence: Smoke rises from a house where been identified as Zahid Dar, Madhavan Rajeevan, Secret- in 2015,” he said in a paper. It trict administrations would cial said. militants took refuge in Budgam district. * NISSAR AHMAD Saqib Ahmad and Ishfaq ary, Ministry of Earth Sci- was from 2016 that the IMD get warnings on the likeli- The encounter has ended, Ahmad Wani. All of them ences, told The Hindu. began giving heat wave fore- hood of temperatures rising a police official said, adding men in their twenties — were ber of protesters threw had firearm injuries, the offi- Several IMD officials from casts and the States began to heat wave limits. that one paramilitary man killed while 18 others were stones in an attempt to help cial said. various States as well as rep- considering action plans. CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 sustained injuries. injured in the security the militant escape. resentatives from municipal In 2015 Andhra Pradesh Three civilians — all young forces’ action as a large num- The security forces had CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 corporations are attending had 1,422 heat-related SEE ALSO Ī PAGE 6 Five arrested for attack on Nigerians 200 cops deployed outside places where African students live in Greater Noida

Kallol Bhattacherjee teenager died allegedly on and moved them to a safe dents Association in India, NEW DELHI consuming drugs procured place,” she told the media. said at a press interaction on The police on Tuesday arres- from Nigerian sources. Since The Greater Noida police Tuesday afternoon. ted five members of a mob the death of the teenager on said over 200 cops have The Association issued a that targeted a group of Saturday, a series of attacks been deployed outside press statement stating that Africans in Greater Noida had targeted Africans in the places where African stu- it would write to all the even as officials assured the neighbourhood. dents live in large numbers. African heads of state on the African community of safety. The police on Tuesday even- “barbaric racism” that Afric- The External Affairs Min- Meeting with Africans ing also conducted a flag ans face in India and calling istry deplored the attack The Gautam Budh Nagar ad- march in Alpha commercial for a reduction in bilateral which drew a strong re- ministration and police offi- belt, Jagat Farms and Pari trade between the African sponse from the Association cials held meetings with the Chowk. Union and India. of African Students in India. African students’ association However, African students “We are tired of the ap- A group of Nigerian na- and Nigeria Embassy offi- said they feel vulnerable. peasement and promises tionals was attacked on cials on Tuesday. “Africans are not safe in this made by the Indian govern- Monday by a mob in Ansal Greater Noida’s Superin- country. They are con- ment and therefore, we will Plaza of Greater Noida. tendent of Police Sujata sidered cannibals. This is a be taking stringent actions,” The attack followed a Singh said the police had matter of public perception the Association said. protest march against Nigeri- helped the injured Africans. here,” Samuel Abiye Jack, CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 ans in the area after a local “The police rescued them president of the African Stu- SEE ALSO Ī DELHI METRO PAGE 1, 2 AI cancels Sena MP’s ticket again

Special Correspondent New Delhi Air India continued its ban on Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad on Tuesday, can- celling two tickets the par- liamentarian booked on Delhi-bound flights. The MP first booked a seat on Air India flight AI 806 from Mumbai to Delhi for Wednesday. When the airline can- celled the ticket, Mr. Gaikwad tried to book an- other seat, this time on flight AI 551 from Hydera- bad to Delhi. But this ticket, too, was cancelled by the national carrier. Both these bookings were made on open tickets (without any specific date) issued to Mr. Gaikwad. The airline is now ascer- taining how many open tickets and frequent flyer tickets have been issued to the MP from Osmanabad in Maharashtra so that they can be cancelled. “Our stand remains the same. We will continue to impose a ban on him,” an Air India official said. Shiv Sena MP Arvind Sawant said the party has not take any decision yet to move a privilege motion in the Lok Sabha. (With PTI) EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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DELHI Timings Wednesday, March 29 RISE 06:15 SET 18:37 Pappu Yadav held RISE 07:10 SET 20:02 Thursday, March 30 RISE 06:14 SET 18:38 RISE 07:54 SET 21:08 for clash with cops Friday, March 31 RISE 06:12 SET 18:38 RISE 08:40 SET 22:13 govt defends police action; wife raises issue in LS

Special Correspondent Patna Madhepura Member of Par- liament and leader of Jan Ad- hikar Party (Loktantrik) Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav was arrested late on Monday night in Patna in connection with an old case related to creating chaos and brick-batting with policemen near the State capital’s Kargil Chowk on January 24. On Monday too, the MP and his supporters clashed with the police during a protest march towards the Madhepura Member of Parliament Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu State Assembly. They were Yadav in police custody. * PTI protesting against the recent hike of 55% in power tariff Sstate Parliamentary Affairs in his favour. and also to demand a CBI Minister Shrawan Kumar The police produced him IN BRIEF probe into the Bihar Staff Se- said in a statement in the le- before a judicial magistrate lection Commission (BSSC) gislative Assembly. who sent him to jail. He was question paper leak case. later lodged in the Beur cent- (PTI adds:The Bihar gov- ‘Rights violation’ ral jail, Patna. Houses demolished for Kishangarh airport ernment on Tuesday defen- (The issue of arrest of the MP Mr Yadav’s wife, Ranjit ded the police action to dis- was on Tuesday raised by his Ranjan, is the Congress MP perse the protesters of JAP wife Ranjit Ranjan in the Lok from Supaul. Villagers hold protest, demand ‘complete rehabilitation’ package led by Mr.Yadav on Monday Sabha who accused the Bi- Of late, Mr Yadav has been who was subsequently arres- har police of violating the making provocative state- Special Correspondent families, the villagers have continuing for the last three even allowed to take out JAIPUR ted in connection with an- lawmaker’s rights.) ments against Chief Minister been demanding a higher years. their household goods. Ms. other case.“ The protesters The police said Mr. Yadav Nitish Kumar and his ruling Amid protest by villagers, amount along with their The airport at Kishangarh, Phuli was away to Ajmer Nitish given ‘Anuvrata led by Rajesh Ranjan alias allegedly provoked his work- alliance partner RJD chief the Ajmer district adminis- “complete rehabilitation”. A situated 26 km away from when the action was taken. Puraskar 2016’ Pappu Yadav were proceed- ers to attack the policemen Lalu Prasad Yadav, alleging tration demolished three specific demand has been Ajmer, will provide air con- houses at Dhani Rathoran to raised for housing under the nectivity to the pilgrim city Leader held, released PATNA ing towards the State legis- who were trying to stop that State government had make way for runway of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana famous for its dargah and Police detained the protest- Bihar Chief Minister Nitish lature in violation of prohib- them from proceeding to- planned to kill him. Kishangarh airport. Resid- and dovetailing with other Pushkar temple. ers' leader, Pratap Singh, and Kumar was on Tuesday itory orders and those in wards the Assembly which is Sources told The Hindu ents termed the action a be- schemes to facilitate con- However, the airport and released him late in the bestowed with the ‘Anuvrata breach of terms of permis- a prohibited zone. that before Mr. Yadav was trayal as they were earlier struction of houses and toi- district authorities accom- night. Puraskar 2016’ for sion granted for protest At around 11:30 p.m., the taken into police custody, he told that only the land would lets at the new settlement. panied by a large contingent A delegation of People's implementing total event ... they pelted stones Gandhi Maidan police also spoke to the Lok Sabha be cleared and no house of policemen razed the Union for Civil Liberties prohibition in the State. Soon on the cops who tried to pre- reached Mr. Yadav’s resid- Speaker and apprised her would be touched. Compensation issue houses on Monday evening. (PUCL) immediately met after receiving the award, Mr. vent them from proceeding ence in Mandiri locality and about the development. Though the administra- The issue of compensation The owners – Usman Khan, Ajmer Collector Gaurav Kumar made a fervent appeal towards the legislature took him under custody The MP is likely to move tion had earlier paid com- has been taken to the court, Bhanwaru Khan and Phuli – Goyal, but the action contin- for anti-liquor movement premises prompting the Po- while hundreds of his sup- court on Tuesday against his pensation to the affected where litigation has been alleged that they were not ued despite his assurance. across the country. PTI lice to take coercive action,” porters kept raising slogans arrest. 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IN BRIEF Father arrested for Accused in Tension in Bengal village Facebook burying newborn girl case arrested This is his ifth child: police over railway track project Press Trust of India Bhubaneswar The Crime Branch of Manipur to give ex-gratia TMC cadre, locals clash; people allege they are being terrorised Odisha Police on Tuesday to accident victims arrested the prime accused IMPHAL Staff Reporter that the TMC had created an in the cyber crime against Manipur Chief Minister N Kolkata “ambiance of terror” to such students of Rama Devi Wo- Biren Singh has announced A land agitation involving an extent that students fear men’s University. an ex-gratia of ₹2 lakh to the ‘willing and unwilling own- for their safety while going next of kin of the 22 victims ers’, like the one in Singur to school. CM’s tweet who died in three road which played a key role in “Fish farming in the pond “Prime accused Sujit Sahu accidents on Monday. Mr bringing the Trinamool Con- is one of the key sources of in the cyber crime case Singh also announced gress (TMC) to power in 2011, earning for the villagers. It is was arrested last night. ₹50,000 and ₹30,000 for has put the party in a spot. also the main source of irrig- Hope this serves as a those with injuries. PTI About 60 km away from ation for us,” said a village strong deterrent and such Singur in Hooghly district, resident. He said they were acts are not repeated,” One killed, two injured residents of Bhabadighi vil- expecting a “large-scale at- An ASHA worker holds the baby girl in Jajpur. The district Chief Minister Naveen Pat- in road accident lage are agitating against tack by TMC but will not administration has named her Dharitri (or Sita). * PTI naik tweeted. Special DG HOWRAH (WB) construction of a proposed back down”. (Crime) B. K. Sharma said One person was killed and railway track which will fill However, Superintendent Correspondent donment of child below 17 Sahu was arrested from two others were injured when up a large section of the vil- Bhabadighi village residents near the pond which they want of Police, Hooghly, Sukesh CUTTACK years) of IPC. Mahanga area in Cuttack the motorbike on which they lage pond. to protect from the Railways. * Jain said the situation was The Jajpur district police on The incident happened in district last night. were travelling crashed into a now under control. Tuesday arrested a tractor Shyamsundarpur village The Crime Branch had divider near Uluberia on Allegations denied ment on behalf of the Rail- ers led by Chief Minister Local TMC MLA Manash driver for allegedly trying to near here when villagers formed an eight-member Tuesday, a police officer said. Tension has been brewing in ways and handed over to it Mamata Banerjee demanded Majumdar (Goghat Assembly kill his newborn baby girl by rescued the new-born dug team to net Sahu, the The three youths, aged the area for the past two in 2012.” that their 400 acres (out of constituency), whom the vil- burying her alive in a pit. in a pit at an abandoned owner of a marketing between 20 and 22 years, weeks with the villagers and He said a section of villa- the 1,000 acres acquired for lagers have accused of “ter- Father of four children, place. The baby girl, only a agency who allegedly pos- were returning from TMC cadres clashing twice gers who refused to accept the Tata Motors factory) be rorising the area”, dubbed Ramesh Basantia (34) of a few hours old with the um- ted pictures of the uni- Tulsiberia to Uluberia town over the issue. Locals alleged the compensation cheques returned to them. the allegation “baseless.” “It remote village under bilical cord intact, was versity’s students on Face- on a motorbike without that as per the initial plan, were “fuelling the agitation”. is a project of the Railways. I Jenapur police station, had wrapped in a piece of cloth. book with objectionable helmets, the officer said. The the proposed railway track “Of the 283 villagers who Economic boycott cannot understand why the abandoned his fifth child on slugs, he said. three had gone to Tulsiberai was to be constructed about were eligible for compensa- Villagers alleged that for villagers are dragging our Saturday morning, just Rescued by villagers Mr Patnaik had yester- to attend a puja ceremony. 200metresawayfromthe tion, about 83 refused to ac- the past two weeks they have party into it,” he said. hours after her birth. Unable to decide what to do day ordered a Crime One of them died on the spot. PTI pond. But the plan was cept cheques and are now been subjected to economic as many suggested inform- Branch probe into the in- changed at the behest of opposing the project,” he boycott by local TMC lead- Houses attacked by TMC ‘Reason not clear’ ing the police first, a youth cident after a students’ del- Illegal gun factory TMC leaders and now the said. ers. “They [TMC leaders] Meanwhile, residences of “We are yet to ascertain the removed the soil from the egation met him at his unearthed, one held rail track will pass through The related rail route have threatened nearby three CPI-M leaders of exact cause... though, a pit and pulled out the baby. chamber in the State As- PHULBANI (ODISHA) the pond, they alleged. between Tarakeswar in shopkeepers not to sell any- Goghat area were allegedly quarrel had ensued The baby started crying sembly. The students had With the arrest of a man and Railway officials and TMC Hooghly district and Bish- thing to us. It is at the behest attacked by TMC cadres on between him and his wife once she came out of the on Saturday filed a com- seizure of eight crude pistols leaders denied the nupur in Bakura district cov- of TMC goons that local Monday evening for accord- immediately after the birth pit. plaint with the police and 19 live cartridges from allegation. ers a distance of 82.50 km potato merchants have ing “moral support” to the of their fifth child,” said The baby was immedi- against Sahu and his mar- him, the police on Tuesday A senior Railway official and was conceived between stopped buying potatoes agitation. “Not only did they Jenapur police inspector ately rushed to a nearby keting agency. The police unearthed an illegal gun involved with the project 1999 and 2000 during Chief from us. One of the leaders attack our houses, but one of Jyotiranjan Panda. hospital and the district said the accused had held a factory in Odisha’s Kandhamal told The Hindu that the Minister Mamata Banerjee’s of the agitation, Sukumar our party leaders, Tarak Ramesh has been booked child welfare committee was photo competition a few district. The accused is the “pond covers an area of tenure as the Railway Minis- Roy, has been slapped with a Biswas, has been arrested in under section 307 (attempt entrusted to take care of days ago and misused owner of the factory and the about 17.40 acres out of ter. false case and is in jail for a a false case of possessing il- to murder) and 317 (aban- her. them. maker too, said Inspector which three acres have been During the Singur land month,” a local said. legal arms,” a local CPI-M in-charge of Balliguda police acquired by the State govern- agitation, “unwilling” farm- The locals further alleged leader Bhaskar Roy said. station, Josobanta Hial. PTI 770 foreign tourists visited Mizoram AIZAWL Tribal girl gangraped over poll rivalry Mizoram Tourism Minister John Rotluangliana informed the State Assembly on Abducted, assaulted allegedly by her cousins; lodges complaint with Ganjam SP Tuesday that 770 tourists would be taken against the gangraped from March 9 till candidate. from abroad visited Mizoram Staff Reporter BERHAMPUR accused as per law. March 18. As per her state- After the abduction on in nine months from April Chikiti SDPO Prakash ment to the SP, she was ab- March 9, the accused took 2016 to January 2017. He In a shameful fallout of pan- Chandra Jena said as an ini- ducted from her home on the victim to a nearby jungle added that efforts were being chayat poll rivalry, a 13-year- tial measure the victim March 9 midnight. and gangraped her every day made to concentrate on eco old tribal girl was allegedly would be made to undergo a The four accused named till March 18. On March 18, tourism, adventure tourism abducted and gangraped for medical check-up and her by the victim were her cous- they escaped leaving her and rural tourism to attract nine days by her four cous- statement would be recor- ins from distant family rela- alone inside the jungle and more tourists, both domestic ins in Ganjam district of ded in the presence of a ma- tions, the SP said. All the ac- she had managed to return and foreign. PTI Odisha. gistrate. cused were from the victim’s home. Case on legality of PS The victim along with her According to Mr. Jena, a village. pending in SC father and brother reached police team would visit the She claimed the accused Threatened by accused AIZAWL Berhampur on Tuesday and victim’s village and the place were supporters of a polit- According to her, the ac- The case on legality of lodged a complaint with where she was allegedly ical party which was op- cused had threatened of dire appointment of parliamentary Ganjam Superintendent of sexually exploited for posed to the political affinity consequences if she in- secretaries is pending in the Police (SP) Ashis Singh. enquiry. of her father. In her com- formed anyone about the in- Supreme Court, Mizoram The SP said he had direc- plaint, she mentioned that cident. After she returned Parliamentary Affairs Minister ted the Chikiti Sub-Divisional Abducted on March 9 the accused persons told her home, the family could not R Romawia told the Assembly Police Officer (SDPO) to in- The victim’s family lives in a that she was being punished gather courage immediately on Tuesday. PTI vestigate the matter. He remote village of Ankuli because her father had op- to complain to the police be- promised that strict action pachayat. She said she was posed their sarpanch cause of the threat. ‘Request Myanmar to drop border fencing project’ Nagaland Assembly plea to Centre

Press Trust of India mar government to permanently Kohima drop the project on the Indo-Myan- Nagaland Assembly on Tuesday mar border in Nagaland for continu- passed a resolution appealing to the ing with the cordial and fraternal re- Centre to urge the Myanmar govern- lations among the Nagas living on ment to permanently drop the Indo- both sides of the border. Myanmar border fencing project. During the ongoing session, MLAs The resolution was introduced in had expressed concern over the in- the House by Health and Family tention of the Myanmar government Welfare Minister P Longon on March to fence the international border at 24 last. Pangsha in Noklak sub-division of Tuensang district. Voice vote The resolution, which was taken up Bills passed for discussion and consideration on Two other Bills, The Nagaland Co- Tuesday, was passed by voice vote operative Societies Bill 2017 and The without any amendment. Nagaland Appropriation Acts (Re- While introducing the resolution, peal) Bill, 2017, introduced by the the Minister had requested the Cent- Chief Minister on March 23 last were ral government to urge the Myan- also passed by voice vote today. Mamata expresses concern over child traicking racket ‘Each child shelter to be brought under scanner’

Press Trust of India Jalpaiguri (WB) Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday expressed con- cern over alleged child trafficking rackets running in Jalpaiguri district and elsewhere. Ms Banerjee said that each and every shelter for children in the State must be brought under the scanner. Mamata Banerjee *

Strict vigil ministrative officials to keep a strict A district child protection officer vigil on homes from where babies and a child welfare committee mem- are sold to customers through ques- ber were arrested earlier this month tionable adoption deals. for alleged involvement in the Jalpai- In the meeting, she announced guri racket in which a BJP leader was construction of four new over- also arrested along with three oth- bridges to improve connectivity to a ers. The case is being investigated by under-construction tourist facility at the State’s CID. Gajoldoba. The CM said that the four During today’s administrative overbridges would be located at Ud- meeting in Jalpaiguri district, the labari, Lataguri, Mainaguri and Chief Minister directed senior ad- Jalpaiguri. CM YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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IN BRIEF Paper leak issue Govt. should Cab aggregators to go local rein in land JD(S) to help drivers start a regional variant of Ola and Uber in Karnataka rocks A.P. Assembly maia: VS

Muralidhara Khajane erative on a no-profit no-loss Oppn. demands resignation of Ministers Special Correspondent Bengaluru basis to ensure maximum THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Sabarimala temple to With the Assembly elections earnings for the drivers. Staff Reporter Appropriation Bill, were CPI(M) leader V.S. open tomorrow a year away, Karnataka’s re- Thousands of drivers ap- Vijayawada passed with hardly any dis- Achuthanandan has de- PATHANAMTHITTA gional party of farmers proached Mr. Kumaraswamy The alleged leak of the SSC cussion. Nothing was heard manded that the Left The Ayyappa Temple at seems keen on wooing cab late last year seeking his sup- Science examination paper as the Opposition members Democratic Front govern- Sabarimala will open on drivers. port for their demand for rocked the Andhra Pradesh kept shouting. ment in Kerala clamp Thursday afternoon for Backed with seed money government intervention, Assembly on Tuesday as down on encroachers in 10-day rituals during the of ₹2.5 crore from Janata Dal and protection for their members of Opposition YSR A malpractice: CM Munnar and other parts of annual festival period. The (Secular) State president earnings. Many of them are Congress Party repeatedly Leader of the Opposition the State. head priest will open the H.D. Kumaraswamy, cab from Ramanagaram and stormed the well of the Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and Replying to questions sanctum sanctorum at 5 p.m. drivers, who had gone on a Mandya districts, which are House. They demanded the fellow members walked out from the media here on The rituals will begin with the protest recently against Ola JD(S) strongholds. resignation of Human Re- when Chief Minister N. Tuesday, he came down chief priest performing the and Uber, hope to launch source Minister Ganta Chandrababu Naidu was heavily on Devikulam MLA Ashtadravya Ganapathi their own aggregator plat- Result of price war Srinivasa Rao and Municipal about to make a statement S. Rajendran who, he said, homam on Friday morning. form soon. Ola and Uber have been en- Administration Minister P. on the issue. was part of the ‘land mafia’ With an unlikely ally in gaged in a price war. They Narayana. Asserting that the ques- in Munnar. Lorry strike hits service the former Chief Minister, Way forward: Drivers at a meeting with JD(S) State President offered basic fares as low as The YSRC sought a dis- tion paper was not leaked Encroachments were between A.P. & Odisha the drivers hope to take on H.D. Kumaraswamy last week * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT ₹6 per kilometre in the city. cussion through an adjourn- but there was a malpractice, not confined to Munnar. SRIKAKULAM the big taxi aggregator com- Coupled with this, they ment motion. Speaker Mr. Naidu said: “Narayana Private individuals were Lorries will not ply between panies with their regional Mr. Kumaraswamy told The the drivers will have to com- hiked commissions that the Kodela Sivaprasada Rao dis- institutions’ students were encroaching on riverb- Andhra Pradesh and Odisha variant that will work on the Hindu that he is not in favour pete against multi-national drivers had to pay to the allowed it as it was Question not writing examination at anks, constructing build- from the early hours of March co-operative model. of the service being named companies,” said Mr. Ku- companies. Hour. With the YSRCP insist- the centre where this ings and exploiting natural 30 following the strike called The new service is expec- after him. maraswamy. These led to widespread ing that it should be taken happened.” resources. The government by the South Zone Motor ted to be launched within a “We will give seed money resentment among cab up immediately, the House At the media point out- should expeditiously con- Transport Welfare Association few weeks with a firm ‘re- of ₹2.5 crore and may even- Drivers’ cooperative drivers who complained of a could not transact any busi- side the Assembly, Mr. duct cases against them and the A.P. Lorry Owners’ gional’ stamp in its name — tually look at investing addi- The app is most likely to be drop in their earnings, and ness till 2 p.m. Many Bills, Narayana denied that the and rein in the land mafia, Association. Many vehicles like Kadamba or Hoysala. tional funds in the future as managed by a drivers’ co-op- went on a protest. including the all-important paper had been leaked. he said. have already stopped plying. The lorry owners are opposing an increase in the third-party premium from ‘Menstruation makes women impure’ April 1, 2017. Oicials cry foul over chickens in SUV Students thank govt. for Congress leader in Kerala says he stated only the social situation smooth conduct of exam In poll-bound Nanjangud, 50 birds seized over fears of malpractice BENGALURU Press Trust of India situation that exists. I had After an exam season of Thiruvananthapuram only explained this when a Laiqh A. Khan said, explaining the de- brickbats last year, the Interim Congress president participant asked a question Mysuru cision. Department of Pre-University in Kerala M.M. Hassan has in this regard at the sem- It’s not just silver gift articles A case has been booked, Education (DPUE) of courted controversy with inar,” he added. Mr. Hassan and cash that have failed to said Superintendent of Po- Karnataka seems to be the remarks that menstru- also claimed that his state- get past check posts put up lice, Mysuru district, Ravi getting bouquets this year for ation makes women impure ment had been distorted by by the election officials on Channanavar who was part doing what it is meant to do. and they should not enter a section of the media. the outskirts of poll-bound of the inspection team. Officials received postcards temples at that time. “Wo- “Whether I am supporting it Nanjangud. Even live coun- thanking them for the smooth men become impure during or not is not the point. It is try fowl have failed to make Pamphlets seized conduct of II PU exams. menstruation. They cannot the social situation,” he said, the crossing. The team also flagged down enter temples during this adding “political parties can- A sports utility vehicle a youth on a two-wheeler at NCP moots Thomas period,” he told a seminar M.M. Hassan not change the customs and (SUV) transporting 50 coun- Katwadi and found 68 silver Chandy as Minister on ‘Media and Politics’ on traditions of religions.” try chickens (known locally gift items. The officials THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Monday. ity is not my opinion... I only Asked about his opinion as ‘nati koli’) was detained was unable to give a convin- seized birds would remain seized ₹1 lakh cash from an- Nationalist Congress Party’s Mr. Hassan on Tuesday said (about) the prevailing on the ban on entry of girls by senior officials at a check cing explanation, the offi- with the transporter during other SUV at Kavalande. Kerala unit has decided to sought to clarify that it was social condition,” Mr. Hassan and women in the age group post at Kavalande in Nanjan- cials seized the poultry. the inquiry and pending a During the vehicle check, recommend the name of not his personal opinion and told reporters. of 10-50 into the famous gud on Monday night. But, unlike seizing cash decision, he said. officials found pamphlets in businessman-turned- that he had only stated the Lord Ayyappa temple at The birds were being and other poll bonanza, tak- With Thursday (the day which the Prime Minister politician Thomas Chandy, as prevailing “social situation.” ‘Remark distorted’ Sabarimala, he said political transported in an uncon- ing custody of the “squawk- after Ugadi) being ‘Var- had thanked people for giv- Minister in the LDF Cabinet in A group of women parti- “Muslim and Hindu women parties were not religious re- ventional manner, without ing and pooping birds shadodaku’, when meat is ing up LPG subsidy. “This is place of former Transport cipants at the seminar had during their menstruation formers. cages, raising the suspicion which need to be fed and consumed as part of festivit- also a violation of the model Minister A.K. Saseendran who protested the remark, term- period, on their own, used “We (political parties) re- of electoral malpractice. sheltered” was no easy task, ies, this could possibly be code and a case has been resigned over allegations of ing it “anti-women”. to keep away from places of spect the customs and tradi- When the transporter said an official. So the an “election gift,” the official booked,” an official said. sexual misconduct. PTI “My remark about impur- worship. This is the social tions of religions,” he said. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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Rajasthan emerging Arid winds and heat wave lead to temperatures in excess of 40 degrees Celsius Pavan Dahat when asked about the Cana- as a medical hub: Raje Nagpur dian national. JAIPUR Shoumojit Banerjee A 25-year-old Canadian tour- Mr. P. Sundar Raj, the Rajasthan Chief Minister Pune ist has been missing since Deputy Inspector General of Vasundhara Raje on Tuesday Maharashtra is facing an Sunday from the Maoist in- Police of the Bastar range, said the desert State was early heat wave as arid surgency-hit Bastar region of said he had received inform- emerging as a “medical hub“. winds from Gujarat and ad- Chhattisgarh. ation about a foreign na- Speaking at a programme joining parts are leading to The Chhattisgarh police, tional being spotted at a vil- held at SRG Hospital and many parts recording tem- however, have ruled out the lage in Sukma. Medical College in Jhalawar, peratures in excess of 40 de- possibility of his abduction John Schlazak she said: “The government is grees Celsius. by the Maoists. Unknown area focusing on improving the John Schlazak reportedly the government of Odisha,” “We are trying to verify it medical facilities in the state. Rise likely left Mumbai on March 14 and Ms Swaraj said in her tweets. with the help of our Advance machines are being Since Sunday, 18 meteoro- reached Bastar two days However, within hours of sources,” he said. Sukma dis- installed and new medical logy department stations, in- ago. He is said to be travel- her tweets it was learnt that trict Superintendent of Po- colleges have also been set cluding Pune, have recorded ling on a bike. Mr. Schlazak was last seen in lice Abhishekh Meena con- up on priority,” Raje said. BJP high temperatures, causing a village in Sukma district of firmed that the Canadian MP Dushyant Singh was also the Pune-based India Met- Sushma’s tweet Chhattisgarh, prompting the national was present in the present on the occasion. PTI eorological Department Two tweets by Union Ex- Chhattisgarh police to send interiors of Sukma. (IMD) to issue a forecast for ternal Affairs Minister teams of local villagers in his “Yes, he is here (in heat wave conditions in the Sushma Swaraj earlier in the search. Sukma). It has been con- Video shows CCD worker next two days developing day made the authorities in But despite having no spe- firmed that he is in the in- slapping customer over northern and central Odisha and Chhattisgarh cific details about the where- terior area of our district. JAIPUR parts of Maharashtra includ- swing into action. abouts of Mr. Schlazak, the Since this is an unknown A video of a customer being ing districts like Ahmed- Running dry: A girl on her way to collect drinking water in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. “I have spoken to Mr. Chhattisgarh police rushed area for him and he also has slapped by a lady worker at nagar, Nandurbar, Dhule, Temperatures in the city soared to as high as 42 degrees Celsius. * VIJAY SONEJI Naveen Patnaik, chief minis- to deny the reports of his language problems, some an outlet of a leading coffee Jalgaon, Nashik and Pune, ter (Odisha) regarding the re- abduction. villagers reportedly stopped chain went viral prompting and the Vidarbha region. two days. coming days. degrees mark. ported abduction of a Cana- “Not abducted,” the Spe- him and inquired about his the company to say that it IMD officials said that go- In Pune, the temperature According to IMD data, on dian national in Koraput cial Director General of Po- identity. He is safe and would probe the matter ing by the current wind pat- touched 40 degrees on Tues- Stay indoors Tuesday Malegaon in Nashik district of Odisha. We are lice in charge of Chhattis- sound and the villagers will thoroughlr and take action. tern, a further rise in tem- day. The Pune and Mumbai Citizens have been advised district recorded 42.2 de- seized of the matter and I garh’s Anti-Naxal Operations let him go after asking some According to social media perature was likely in parts municipal corporations have to stay indoors between 11 grees, while Akola, in the have asked for a report from unit, D.M.Awasthi, said questions,” Mr Meena said. posts, the customer who is a of north and central Maha- issued heat-wave advisories a.m. and 4 p.m. for the next Vidarbha region, recorderd law student, tried to film a rashtra and Vidarbha by a warning citizens of extreme 72 hours as the mercury is 43 degrees Celsius, four de- video showing a cockroach degree or two in the next climactic conditions in the likely to hover round the 45 grees above normal. inside a refrigerator when he Oppn walkout in Himachal was slapped. The lady has told the company that she was objecting to her video being taken. PTI Gujarat govt reworks school timings BJP says dissatisied by Minister’s reply on health budget

Special Correspondent the afternoon. Staff Correspondent ter resorted to casting per- the incumbent government, Old notes of ₹42 lakh Ahmedabad “We have asked schools to SHIMLA sonal aspersions on the which he said has failed on face value seized Gujarat continues to reel un- change timings during the Dissatisfied by the reply of senior Opposition members every front, for “running SURAT der “non-seasonal” heat- heat wave,” said Education the State Health Minister on and the Speaker refused to away from discussions on The Police on Tuesday seized wave with the mercury level Minister Bhupendra Singh the budgetary provisions for take notice, the Opposition the important issues and ad- demonetised currency notes breaching 40 degrees in Chudasama. the Health and Family Wel- was forced to stage the walk opting an undemocratic ap- having face value of ₹42 lakh most towns. fare Department during the out, said Mr. Dhumal. proach”. and detained two persons The weather department Unseasonal heatwave cut motion debate, the Op- Having nothing to show travelling in a Maharashtra has predicted continued “It’s a totally unseasonal position BJP members Speaker criticised the State Health Minister state transport bus which was heatwave conditions on heatwave this year. Nor- staged a walkout and also The Leader of the Opposi- tried to take the credit for all on its way from Nasik to Wednesday also. The intense mally, Gujarat witnesses did not join the discussions tion also criticised the centrally sponsored Ahmedabad. “The police had heat affected normal life in above 40°C only by mid- for the remainder of the day. Speaker’s move in facilitat- schemes, he said. received a tip-off that liquor the state, forcing school au- April,” said a senior official Talking to the reporters ing the ruling Benches to The three new medical was being illegally thorities to change their tim- at the State disaster manage- outside the House, leader of pass the budgetary demands colleges and various other transported in a bus and as ings in Mehsana, ment authority. the Opposition Prem Kumar in haste and to take up the super-specialty facilities such were checking buses on Banaskantha, Surendranagar In 13 of the 23 cities and Dhumal said that the Health rest of the cut motions have been provided using the Udhna main road,” the and Ahmedabad. towns that were monitored Minister Kaul Singh Thakur without any discussions and the central assistance and police said, adding that the Classes were held only in by the India Meteorological failed to answer any of the in the absence of the entire without the State spending bags with the money were the morning so that children Department, temperatures queries raised by the BJP Opposition in the House dur- even a single penny, he found during checking. PTI don’t have to venture out in crossed 40 on Monday. members. When the Minis- ing lunch hours. He blamed alleged. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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IN BRIEF CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Warrants Arriving in style Mining banned for four against govt months in Uttarakhand oicials Staff Correspondent SHIMLA HC restrains government from granting fresh licence, lease The Himachal Pradesh Appointment of Coal High Court on Tuesday is- India CMD not illegal: HC Kavita Upadhyay sued bailable warrants DEHRADUN NEW DELHI against Secretary, Road The Delhi High Court on The Uttarakhand High Transport and Highways, Tuesday declined to declare Court, on Tuesday, ordered Union of India, and an offi- the appointment of S. ‘complete’ ban on mining cial of the National High- Bhattacharya as CMD of Coal activities in the State for ways Authority of India, India Ltd as illegal. A Bench four months. The move Bilaspur, for non-compli- headed by Chief Justice G. comes four days after a ance of the orders of the Rohini dismissed the petition forest worker was allegedly court in a matter pertain- filed by Ramendra Kishore killed in Ramnagar while he ing to the release of stat- Prasad, which said Mr. was chasing the mining utory benefits under the Bhattacharya did not satisfy mafia. Saving rivers: Panel tasked with assessing the extent of river Land Acquisition Act. the eligibility criteria. bed mining to submit a report in four months. * PRASHANT NAKWE High-power committee Land acquired RSS man who put bounty The Division Bench com- submit a report. The com- from granting any “fresh li- A Division Bench compris- on Kerala CM’s head held prising Justice Rajiv Sharma mittee has been directed to cence, mining lease, recon- ing Chief Justice Mansoor UJJAIN (M.P.) and Justice Sudhanshu submit a report within four naissance or prospecting li- Ahmad Mir and Justice Tar- RSS activist Kundan Dhulia, while hearing the months. “Till then, there cence” till the committee lok Singh Chauhan passed Chandrawat, who had proceedings on a public in- shall be a complete ban on submitted its report. The these orders on a writ peti- announced a bounty of ₹1 terest litigation plea filed by mining activities including State government has also tion filed by Ram Dei, a res- crore for beheading Kerala Navin Chandra Pant in 2016, in forest areas, rivers, rivu- been directed to “take every ident of district Mandi. The Chief Minister Pinarayi ordered that a high-power lets and streams in Ut- possible measure… includ- land of the petitioner was Vijayan, has been arrested, Fun ride: Women taking part in a bike rally on the occasion of Gudi Padwa, the Marathi New Year, committee be constituted to tarakhand,” the order said. ing the registration of FIR acquired for widening and the Madhya Pradesh police assess the expanse of river The court directed the against persons involved in four-laning of National at Girgaon in Mumbai on Tuesday * ARUNANGSU ROY CHOWDHURY said on Tuesday. bed mining in the State and State government to refrain illegal mining”. Highway-2.

Scribe who shot sting video on jawan booked NASHIK Stayzilla Vasupal’s bail SC Bench to hear pleas The Nashik police have New Bill on mental illness booked journalist Poonam Agrawal for allegedly plea rejected again on highway liquor ban conducting a sting on the termed progressive abuse of the “buddy” system Petitions seek modiications in judgement in the Army, by videographing Entrepreneur held in cheating case a jawan from Kerala, who was It talks about patients’ right to live in the community found dead here earlier this Sureshkumar second accused in the case Krishnadas Rajagopal tions on March 27 as per Chennai NEW DELHI month. PTI Sarjit Singhi was also dis- Jyoti Shelar time, there is an emphasis use of anaesthesia or muscle schedule. The Bench of The Principal Sessions missed by the court. On Mumbai on rehabilitation within the relaxant. The Bill also re- A three-judge Bench of the Justices Chandrachud and Deadline extended for Court, Chennai has dis- March 14, the Central Crime The Mental Health Bill community. The Bill talks stricts medical institutions Supreme Court led by the Rao could not convene on Redink Awards missed the bail application Branch (CCB) police arres- passed on Monday in the about the patients’ right to from chaining patients or Chief Justice of India J.S. March 27 because Justice MUMBAI moved by Yogendra ted Mr. Vasupal based on a Lok Sabha is expected to re- live within the community keeping them in seclusion. Khehar is scheduled on Chandrachud was sitting in Responding to requests of Vasupal, co-founder of on- complaint from C.S. Aditya vive the way mental illnesses and not in seclusion. This The Bill states that a men- March 29 to hear a batch of a Bench led by Chief Justice editors and individual line home stay aggregator of Jigsaw Advertising and are dealt with in the coun- changes the perspective tally-ill person shall have the petitions seeking modifica- Khehar. Lawyers and litig- journalists, the last date to Stayzilla. This was the Solutions Private Limited for try. While the Bill has been with which we look at men- right to make an advance tions in the court’s Decem- ants had waited in vain in submit entries for the second application moved offences under sections 406 termed progressive by the tally ill patients,” said Dr. directive that states how he ber 15, 2016 judgement ban- the courtroom, but were in- Mumbai Press Club-Redink by the entrepreneur after a (Punishment for criminal fraternity, a particular clause Pathare, adding that the Bill wants to be treated and who ning the sale of liquor at formed after court hours Awards 2017 has been Special Court refused him breach of trust), 420 (Cheat- that emphasises advanced had a clause that mandated his nominated representat- outlets located within 500 that the Bench of Justices extended to March 31, a press bail on March 23. ing), 506 (i) (Criminal Intim- directive from the patient the government to increase ive shall be. metres of national and State Chandrachud and Rao release said. Those who could Judge M. Nazir Ahamed idation) of the IPC. has been debated widely. the number of mental health “However, this is an dicey highways. would not convene. not make it on time, or dismissed the application According to the com- Pune-based psychiatrist workers. clause. How will a person The Bench led by Chief Mr. Rohatgi and other editors who could not put after City Public Prosecutor plainant, Stayzilla failed to Dr. Saumitra Pathare, who who has illusions, or feels Justice Khehar will comprise lawyers had sought an ur- together their nominations so (CPP) M.L. Jegan strongly make payments for advert- had drafted the Bill along Ire over ECT that everyone is conspiring Justices D.Y. Chandrachud gent hearing as the deadline far, are requested to use this opposed it. ising services rendered by with Professor Jaya Sagade, The Bill prohibits Electro against him or her, be in the and L. Nageswara Rao. Chief for ban is on April 1, 2017. window to send in entries. For A separate anticipatory him since February 2016 said the Bill would turn good Convulsive Therapy (ECT) state to give such a consent,” Justice Khehar apologised to Among those who have details please visit: bail application moved by and had defrauded him of lot of aspects in the mental for minors. In adults, ECT asks psychiatrist Dr. Ra- lawyers for the court's inab- sought a modification is the www.mumbaipressclub.com. Mr. Vasupal’s partner and ₹1.69 crore. health care. “For the first can be given only after the jendra Barve. ility to hear the liquor peti- Tamil Nadu government.

Top seven Minister backs IITs to get angry passengers ₹100 cr. each Vikas Pathak Six fell ill after dinner aboard Rajdhani New Delhi The Centre will offer ₹100 Special Correspondent crore each to the top seven Kolkata Indian Institutes of Tech- Union Minister Babul nology (IITs) in the coming Supriyo on Tuesday wel- financial year to improve comed the protests by pas- their quality further with a sengers of the Rajdhani Ex- view to enhancing their press against the “poor global rankings. quality” of food and ser- The IITs chosen are IIT vices on the train. Madras, IIT Mumbai, IIT Six passengers said they Kanpur, IIT Delhi, IIT Khar- fell ill after eating the food agpur, IIT Roorkee and IIT served on the New Delhi- Guwahati Sealdah on Monday, an incident that Babul Supriyo Improving rankings sparked protests at different “The IITs will be given stations. stronger,” the BJP MP ₹100 crore so that they can Mr. Supriyo, who repres- added. take measures to improve ents Asansol in the Lok The Union Minister said their global rankings. Sabha, said he would raise that he will come to Asansol These could be global col- the issue with Railway Min- Railway Station any day to laborations or roping in ister Suresh Prabhu. “Today inspect the situation myself. global faculty. Or anything [on Tuesday], I will attend a Mr. Supriyo said that a else, as per the require- meeting of the Council of few days ago he travelled by ments of the institutes,” Ministers at the Prime Minis- the same train and went said a senior official who ter’s house and I would dis- through an ordeal similar to did not wish to be named. cuss the matter with Mr. what the passengers com- This offer would be seen Prabhu,” Mr. Supriyo said. plained about. The passen- as an initiative under a pro- “It is true that the quality gers said that when they ject called Vishwajeet (liter- of food on the Rajdhani Ex- wanted to file a complaint, ally, conqueror of the press is very bad some- they were not given the re- world), which aims at en- times. I thank the passen- gister. Eastern Railway offi- hancing the global stature gers for their protest. Their cials said action would be of the IITs and catapulting agitation has made my case taken after a probe. them to the big league. Verdict reserved on sale of BS-III vehicles

Legal Correspondent New Delhi

The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved for judgment the fate of stockpiled BS-III fuel emission compliant vehicles even as the next level BS-IV norms are scheduled to kick in from April 1. The vehicle manufacturers had ap- proached the court seeking clarity on whether the sale and registration of BS-III vehicles would be banned once the new emission norms come into force. Senior ad- vocate A.M. Singhvi, appearing for the Soci- ety of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), told the Bench that his clients need around a year’s time to dispose of the in- ventory of BS-III vehicles and the bulk of the stock can be sold in seven-eight months. He said that phasing out of the vehicles should be done gradually as 41 automobile firms have manufactured 13 crore BS-III vehicles and their stock at present is 8.24 lakh. “We are companies of reputation. Don’t portray us as villains,” Mr. Singhvi submitted. He said that the move to stop the registration of vehicles after April 1, 2017 will be ambush on the auto sector.

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NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU 8 EDITORIAL WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 2017 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Whither human rights in Sri Lanka? The singular focus on international rights intervention is killing a once-vibrant local rights movement

cataclysmic end to the war and the of powerful international actors, intransigent authoritarianism of and dispatching statements signed the Mahinda Rajapaksa-led regime, by NGOs and individuals to the UN. Unique distinction human rights engagement backed by powerful western interests devi- Engaging the state The SC’s clariication on the use of Aadhaar ated the broad set of rights and The earlier human rights move- gives the government space for key reforms ahilan kadirgamar justice concerns onto war crimes ment with a left perspective valued investigation in Geneva. In efect, international solidarity, for ex- he Supreme Court’s oral observations on Monday the international human rights ample with Palestine, which neces- regarding the use of Aadhaar numbers by the gov- rom the time Sri Lanka’s civil community, national NGOs and the sarily entailed a critique of imperi- Ternment are signiicant, for they alter the narrat- war ended in 2009, interna- Tamil nationalist lobby, all placed alism. Today’s campaigns have ive and potential scope of the ambitious unique identi- Ftional actors have infused nar- their bets on internationalisation, become dependent on western ratives of the war with stories of hu- without considering the political donors. This apolitical variant of ication programme. While reiterating its position that man rights abuses. Eight years space that was opening after the human rights activism has no no beneiciary of a welfare scheme shall be denied be- since, it has only become clear how war. qualms accommodating, or even neits due to her for want of an Aadhaar number, a irrelevant current human rights endorsing, rabid Tamil nationalists Bench led by Chief Justice J.S. Khehar said the govern- campaigns are to the war-torn War-time accountability who are at the forefront of the cam- ment is free to “press” for Aadhaar for ‘non-welfare’ people and their struggles. In this context, the deteriorating paign for accountability, while re- transactions or activities. These include iling income This is not for the lack of inhu- rural economy and the political maining silent on the LTTE’s grave tax returns, opening bank accounts or getting a mobile man wrongs done by the state and marginalisation of the war-torn crimes. The convergence of the hu- others — there are plenty of them in people continues even as year after man rights and Tamil nationalist phone connection. This assumes signiicance as the Sri Lanka as in the rest of the world. year they are asked to await the ver- campaigns, both beholden to the government announced two such changes over the past Rather, it is the singular focus on in- GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO dict of human rights gods. Indeed, West and determined by the geo- week itself. First, it included amendments to the Fin- ternational human rights interven- This reality check begs the ques- for Inter-Racial Justice and Equal- Geneva has become a convenient politics of forums such as the ance Bill of 2017, now approved by the Lok Sabha, mak- tion that is killing a once-vibrant tion: What has eight years of inter- ity, a membership organisation cover for the state’s failings, the UNHRC, provides further fuel to ing Aadhaar mandatory for all applications for PAN local human rights movement in national human rights engagement with a signiicant presence in Tamil nationalists’ hollow politics the chauvinist ire of the Sinhala (Permanent Account Number) cards and iling of in- the country. really achieved? Jafna, mobilised people against and the international donors’ ques- Buddhist nationalists. The record is one of reports and state repression of Tamil youth dur- tionable agendas. Together, these The state is at the core of the his- come tax returns. Earlier, following the surge in bank Notes from Geneva counter-reports by the human ing the early years of the armed actors have made a real mess of torical problems, whether it is re- deposits after the demonetisation of high-value cur- Sri Lanka was again in the limelight rights community, the Sri Lankan conlict. Some of the trade union- post-war reconstruction. pressive militarisation, the rein- rency notes, the Income Tax Department had already at the United Nations Human state and the Tamil nationalist ists who organised the general The media in Sri Lanka dramat- forcement of majoritarian interests asked banks to ensure that all savings bank accounts are Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva lobby, as well as multiple resolu- strike of 1980, which was crushed ises the proceedings in Geneva, as or the centralisation of state power seeded with PAN details by the end of February. The this month. The September 2015 tions in the UNHRC. If only the by the J.R. Jayewardene-led regime, if Sri Lanka is at the centre of the in Colombo. But reforming the only exemptions to this norm are the no-frills savings resolution, adopted months after spotlight on Geneva could be went on to form the Movement for world. The geopolitical changes state requires direct challenges by accounts such as those opened under the Pradhan Man- regime change in Sri Lanka, sig- turned towards the ground situ- the Defence of Democratic Rights with the crisis in Syria, the populist its citizenry, rather than light to in- nalled a departure from the Coun- ation, it will make evident the to resist the authoritarian attacks racism of the Trump Presidency ternational forums. However, that tri Jan Dhan Yojana. Efectively, this means that all other cil’s earlier antagonistic stand, with emptiness of these campaigns. on democracy. and anti-immigrant xenophobia in depends on a broad political move- new savings bank accounts will require an Aadhaar Sri Lanka itself co-sponsoring the While the state has been rather With the war in the late 1980s, Europe are rarely considered. The ment and a domestic process con- number. And last week the Department of Telecommu- resolution to address war-time ac- slow to address the issue of disap- the University Teachers for Human Tamil nationalist fringe continues sisting of all the communities, such nications directed all telecom service providers to re- countability. pearances and military land grabs, Rights (Jafna) tried creating space to forge fantastic demands, such as as the one that threw out the Ra- verify the credentials of their nearly 100 crore sub- The new resolution, on March these campaigns hardly address for the university community to Sri Lanka’s referral to the Interna- japaksa regime. scribers through an Aadhaar-based, electronically au- 23, co-sponsored by the United the economic deprivation of the monitor the various armed actors, tional Criminal Court, which even If the unravelling international thenticated Know Your Customer process within a year. States, Sri Lanka and other coun- missing people’s families and the including the Sri Lankan military, the Northern Provincial Council order may inally end the interna- tries, accedes to Sri Lanka’s request predicament of the landless. Fur- the Tamil armed movements and plays up. For the current Sri tionalisation of Sri Lanka, the tre- While the Supreme Court’s observations do not for an extension of two more years thermore, the rights of women, the Indian Peace Keeping Force. Lankan government, defending the mendous loss of credibility within amount to a judicial order, they dispel some of the am- to fulil its commitments on ac- isherfolk, workers, oppressed Their work also addressed the dis- country and its military in Geneva the country with such internation- biguity relating to the scope, even future, of Aadhaar. In countability. castes and the northern Muslims astrous political developments en- has become a selling point to its Sin- alisation may make it impossible to its interim order in October 2015 the court made it clear The Tamil nationalist campaign, seldom igure in popular human guling the Tamil community. hala constituencies. While the gov- revitalise the human rights move- that the Aadhaar scheme cannot be made mandatory including that by many Tamil politi- rights narratives. These organisations placed ernment rightly claims that the ment. However, recognising the till the matter is inally decided “one way or the other”. cians, was predictably about op- political critique and the mobilisa- constitutional political solution is hollowness of narrow, donor- But it has set the stage for the 12-digit Unique Identiica- posing such an extension. In the is- Shift in the movement tion of people at the heart of their the priority over war-time account- driven human rights engagement land’s Sinhala-majority south on This was not always the case. The work. However, the targeting of act- ability, it has done little to take for- that happily coexists with danger- tion (UID) numbers being used as the basic identity the other hand, the debate centred human rights movement had a dif- ivists and increased political re- ward that constitutional process ous nationalist politics, is a neces- proof for all residents. As Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on whether any future justice ferent character during its early pression by the state and the LTTE, over the past year. The government sary starting point for envisioning a has pointed out, biometrics captured under the mechanism for accountability decades. curtailed the democratic space for has not even communicated to the broader social justice movement. Aadhaar enrolment process will ensure no individual should include foreign judges or The Civil Rights Movement such work, particularly in the north public its vision nor steps towards a Such political rethinking and the can hold more than one PAN card to evade tax dues. not. emerged after the brutal state re- and the east. The growing interna- constitutional solution. forging of progressive movements Those concerned about privacy may be right about the That Sri Lanka will get its exten- pression of the 1971 JVP insurrec- tional attention on the protracted The months before and during is a priority to address the tre- need for an efective law to ensure that private data sion, that foreign judges will never tion, an uprising by rural Sinhala conlict and increasing donor fund- the Geneva sessions, result in a mendous challenges facing post- be allowed to enter the country and youth, and took up the legal cases ing for non-governmental organisa- bluster of statements, reports and war Sri Lanka. aren’t misused. But tagging this concern solely to the that the U.S. will shield Sri Lanka at of those in custody. Some years tions (NGO) in Colombo, brought documentaries. Indeed, human UID programme is short-sighted. In an age where data the UN, are political realities that later in the context of the Preven- about the shift of appealing to inter- rights work has increasingly be- are stored in electronic form, it is possible to collate vast escape those irmly pursuing this tion of Terrorism Act of 1979 and a national forums. come about the perverse parading Ahilan Kadirgamar is a political amounts of information from various databases ran- prolonged engagement in Geneva. state of Emergency, the Movement Over the last decade, with the of victims and their families in front economist based in Jafna, Sri Lanka ging from applications for passports, driving licences, ration cards, and more. The apex court is yet to decide on whether Aadhaar violates the right to privacy. Mean- while, savings from weeding out ghost beneiciaries Mapping out the police overhaul in U.P. have begun to pay of the investment on building the now 111-crore strong Aadhaar database. But the Centre The government’s steps in transforming a force faced with issues over integrity and rights, will be watched must not stretch the leeway granted by the court. serious about toning up police ad- This is not a new development, and useful. ministration, it will irst have to is one that has been with us even be- Uttar Pradesh has had a history launch a recruitment drive with a fore Independence. While the de- of communal riots and inquiry com- Passing the Tests deadline. This has to be a clinical gree of police “misconduct” varies missions have always reserved Another home win, but a series victory against process, free from corruption, from State to State, U.P. is some- harsh words for the police. A com- political and bureaucratic. where near the top. Without trans- mon theme in their indings is one Australia never comes cheap Unfortunately, many States have forming the atmosphere at the of delayed response and a distinct r.k. raghavan earned notoriety for politicising the grassroots, the public will continue bias in favour of the majority com- haramshala’s Himachal Pradesh Cricket Associ- system of selection, often an exer- to think twice about approaching a munity. ation Stadium, a picturesque sporting venue, he Chief Minister of Uttar Pra- cise of “iniltrating” the police with police station to lodge a complaint The fundamental point is the Dwitnessed a remarkable slice of history as India desh, Yogi Adityanath, has his ruling party cadres. or seek redress of one’s grievance. need for clear directions from the defeated Australia by eight wickets to win the fourth Ttasks cut out. His taking It is known that in many States, government — read Chief Minister — and inal Test and secure the series 2-1. “It is our best charge of the Home portfolio, a sub- lists of those selected have to go to In right earnest that there cannot be any politics series win,” said skipper Virat Kohli, who had missed ject that is crucial to any State, espe- the Chief Minister’s oice for ap- The fact that Mr. Adityanath paid a here, that the higher echelons will proval. Further, there is a practice visit to the Hazratganj police station be held accountable for any tardi- the game owing to a shoulder injury. But as has been the cially in one such as U.P., which is riven by caste and religious in- of releasing the list after collecting in Lucknow recently, taking police- ness, and that there should be an tale through the last seven months when his team- trigue, is noteworthy. How he is go- an illegal levy at a central point. One men and oicials by surprise, is a urge to act swiftly and fairly, mates coped well with constant changes in the playing ing to reshape the U.P. police force, hopes that Mr. Adityanath puts an PTI welcome development. His state- without looking up to the political eleven, the captain’s absence was never felt. Ajinkya Ra- which has serious issues with integ- end to this practice. One way would force, with its resultant and adverse ment, that he has “come here to in- machinery. hane stepped up with quiet aggression, led astutely, his rity and human rights, will be be to revive the system of having a impact on the quality of policing. spect as to how the rule of law is en- The Indian Police Service cadre rapid unbeaten 38 ensuring that there were no needless watched keenly. written examination — which was In general, policing in the 10,000 forced in the State and gauge the has bright, honest and talented of- alarms as India chased a meagre 106 in its second in- dispensed with by the previous and odd police stations across the morale of the police, and see what icers and it is not as if the U.P.police Steps to eiciency government. efective action can be taken in this is found wanting in this area. Unfor- nings. It was a ine inish to a long home season of 13 country is lamentable because of in- The State has the largest police In Uttar Pradesh, for instance, sensitivity towards the victim. In- regard,” is one that holds promise. tunately, they have their hands tied Tests in which New Zealand, England, Bangladesh and force in the country, with an author- the damage caused to policing in stead of being centres where one One also needs to note that he laid as they seldom enjoy operational Australia were all defeated. India won 10 Tests, drew ised strength of 3,63,000 person- the State through blatant political can be assured of being given a pa- emphasis on “the rule of law being autonomy, a sine qua non for ei- two and lost just the one, the 333-run loss to Australia in nel. Nearly 50% of posts are vacant. interference makes one pause. It is tient hearing and given some assur- established in the State”, and that it cient and fair policing. This is a the irst Test at Pune. Last September, the campaign There are only 91 serving police per- alleged that the choice of oicers to ance of there being justice, they would not be his last inspection but golden opportunity to reverse this commenced on a rousing note as India, incidentally in sonnel per 100,000 population, the head the district police for instance have become venues for organised only a beginning. Though symbolic, sad situation especially as the new was often shamelessly biased in fa- such unexpected acts should make Chief Minister has the goodwill of its 500th Test, defeated New Zealand by 197 runs at national average being 143. I sup- extortion and even ill-treatment. pose nearly 90% of the vacancies vour of a particular caste, which The lower down you are in the so- police at the bottom of the hier- the State, and also when the Centre Kanpur. Kohli and team then travelled across the coun- are of the rank of constable, the one can imagine to be acutely de- cial ladder in terms of economic archy think about the road ahead. A too is keen to transform the State. try before inding their acme in the rareied heights of level that makes or mars a force’s moralising for the rest. This was stature, the harsher is the reception candid account by Mr. Adityanath the Himalayas as an ever-competitive Australia, second- image. If the State government is said to have created issures in the accorded to you at a police station. on what he has in mind would be R.K. Raghavan is a former CBI Director best in Tests according to International Cricket Council rankings, fought hard before ebbing away. The series against Australia, always a tough scrutiny LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters emailed to [email protected] must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials. of skill and temperament, never left the Indians bogged down. The Pune loss was seen, in hindsight at least, as a Mental Healthcare Bill colonial law deserve who have been pushed to a could leave children hungry skirmishes and sledging, it culmination of a series of reality-check before parity was restored at Bengaluru. Headlines often hide more condemnation. corner. and families with no food still shows that this format spectacular performances Australia drew at Ranchi, and for the climax Dharam- than they reveal (“Suicide V.N. Mukundarajan, C.V. Aravind, grains if authentication fails of the game is still relevant witnessed in recent times. Thiruvananthapuram Bengaluru shala ofered the best pitch of the series. True to the no more a crime, patients to due to any technical and interesting in today’s The emphatic win can be get cover”, March 28). The glitches. In PDS, identity era of T20 cricket. The attributed to team spirit nature of jousts between India and Australia, sledging mental health care law ■ The passing of the Bill is a The Aadhaar push fraud is of less concern now victory also showed that along with an indomitable and the mud-slinging through sections of the media ad- approved by Parliament has welcome step as penalising The ambitious scheme of since ‘quantity fraud’ is a unlike in the past, wherein will to succeed under the ded a bitter side-show. But the cricket was riveting. By created a brouhaha over the those who have been Aadhaar which includes bigger malaise which the XI was always captaincy of Virat Kohli. his own exalted standards, Kohli failed — 46 runs from decriminalisation of suicide unsuccessful in their capturing biometric data of remains unaddressed by dependent on a few classy The young man is proving ive innings — against Australia, while his counterpart attempts by people who are attempt to end their lives an individual is imperative Aadhaar. The government players, it was the himself to be the apt Steve Smith lourished with 499 and three tons. Yet, In- declared mentally ill. While only ends up making them to plug leakages in various says there will be privacy teamwork of every player successor to M.S. Dhoni. dia prevailed, and that is a tribute to the squad’s resili- this step is long overdue, more miserable by creating welfare schemes and to and protection of Aadhaar which made India emerge Notwithstanding the the government has even more stress and strain, target their intended details, but no transparent the superior team. controversies that dogged ence and the ability to ind diverse heroes at diferent retained Section 309 of the both factors that could have beneiciaries, but to make it mechanism has been Jayaprasad N., the series, India stamped its times. Be it Jayant Yadav, Karun Nair or Kuldeep Yadav, Indian Penal Code which contributed largely to their mandatory for access to provided. Aadhaar may be Kollengode, Palakkad supremacy in all the hosts have found key players on crucial occasions criminalises suicide. What attempting such a step. schemes is unwarranted the way forward to ensure departments of the game. since September. The fulcrum may have initially rested has changed is the ill- Rather than coming down (”SC counters push for that targets are met but it ■ The authoritative victory, B. Suresh Kumar, upon Kohli (1252 runs this season) and R. Ashwin (82 advised proposal to make a heavily on them, a honest Aadhaar”, March 28). The cannot be forced on people. which has taken Team India Coimbatore wickets), but there were others who came good too. distinction between those efort at counselling would government’s provisions to Gagan Pratap Singh, to the pinnacle of glory, more letters online: Noida, Uttar Pradesh The Saurashtra duo of Cheteshwar Pujara and Ravindra are sufering from mental go miles in helping them include it for the mid-day marks the memorable www.hindu.com/opinion/letters/ health issues and those who come out of their meal scheme and PDS Jadeja was consistent. 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THE WEDNESDAY INTERVIEW | MANOHAR PARRIKAR ‘Compromises happen when a mandate is fractured’ The former Defence Minister on his stint in South Block, and his return to Goa to helm the new BJP-led coalition government

■ Prakash Kamat do not come with any ideo- What are your It hasn’t been discussed in model for private player logy except a plea for devel- government’s priorities? the party. I have multiple op- participation in defence Reluctant politician in the Delhi durbar, Manohar Parrikar is opment. That leaves Goa For- tions. It is no issue at all. projects, among others. back where he always wanted to be. In the saddle again as Goa ward Party [GFP]. As far as ■ One is education, the other Chief Minister and having won the trust vote in the House, the the GFP is concerned, we are is development. We are not How would you describe ■ All these have been 61-year-old has got down to business. The Bharatiya Janata together on the plank of compromising. My develop- your overall experience in brought closer. It will go Party-led coalition government has sought a vote-on-account for ‘Goenkarponn’ or Goanness ment idea also has emphasis South Block? through. I almost got it to the three months and tabled the annual State budget for 2017-18 and development. Like Vijay on cleanliness. Garbage-free last stage. Maybe some which will be discussed in the monsoon session. The hectic three- [Sardesai, GFP leader] says, I Goa. I will be very strict with ■ It was a very important minor changes could be day Assembly session over, the Chief Minister dwells at length, also firmly believe in and sellers and users of plastic portfolio, neglected for 10 there, but I hope it will go among other things, on the post-poll drama around government pursue this Goanness. bags below 40 microns, for years, eight years at least to through. For instance, the formation, his days as Defence Minister, and why he may actu- That Goenkarponn has to instance. Let me put solid be precise. I feel that I con- Rafale deal, it was moving in ally retire from politics after this stint. Excerpts from an inter- be maintained and protec- waste management in place tributed a lot, but instead of circles, it would have never view in his office at the State Secretariat in Panaji: ted, no doubt about that. The by June. A notification will bragging that I did this, I did come out of it. I convinced development agenda, that come effective from July 1, that, you can take inputs everyone that it is in the in- I know you for years as a may be partly happening be- nobody disputes. Now there which will prescribe fines of from outside. What is im- terest of the Forces, reduced politician who could cause of Goa being a small will be small issues like pro- ₹5,000-₹10,000 for littering portant is to understand that the price by ₹14,000 crore at predict elections seat-by- and compact State where tecting coconut palm [the of the highways also. After the Army is a different organ- least, and everyone got con- seat. This time, you told everyone knows everyone, State government last year June you will see things hap- isation from civilian institu- vinced. The problem is they me on counting day that and partly because people had formally derecognised it pening. After September you tions. When one chooses a are worried about the prob- the BJP will get 25 seats; it are raising their bar of as a tree], etc. These are will be surprised to see the career [in the Army], you lems like CBI, other agencies ended up getting 13. How expectations. small issues, it is not very dif- routes and public places have to realise that life is rig- who come. do you explain that? ficult to address these. [without litter]. I bet on it. orous and tough. Take the is- Do you think people were So basically, cleanliness, sue of grievances raised by Do you think it was right ■ The reason was there was a expecting a high Are BJP MLAs, workers mobility plan [comprehens- the BSF on social media. in the national interest to people’s response to the gov- performance from your and sympathisers ive public road transport net- People and the media have have left all this abruptly? PTI ernment ahead of elections. successor government disappointed that there * work], and employment. to understand that they do Our vote share went up to based on what you isn’t sufficient power- These are the three areas. I not come directly under the ■ I do not find it appropriate 32.5%, which means we have achieved? sharing for them in their <> I have no issues with Army or BSF personnel want to increase the quality Army, but the Ministry of to discuss this. Whatever cir- not gone down in terms of government? expressing their grievances, but considering their of education. I will do that by Home Affairs. Still we took cumstances evolved, I took voting. At the individual ■ Definitely. But expecta- discipline, I feel their using social media to vent drawing on my pan-India ex- cognisance and acted. I have the best decision. level, it’s sad that so many tions cannot be one way. On ■ It is for the people of Goa their grievances may spell costly for the country posure and experience of no issues with Army or BSF persons lost. one side you expect your to think and ponder over the vis-à-vis discipline. two and a half years as De- personnel expressing their Do you expect the policy elected representative to give future. They will have to en- fence Minister. grievances, but considering changes and reforms you You had told me that this goodies, personal favours, sure that a single political ity, so adjustments and some the election, by next even- their discipline, I feel their had initiated and spent would be a watershed and on the other you expect party gets the mandate in fu- compromises are inevitable. ing, we took an appointment There is a perception that using social media to vent considerable time and election; that a couple of her/him to be totally clean ture. If not me, let them give It is the name of the game. with the Governor at about you will drag this their grievances may spell effort on to be continued? your own party bigwigs and deliver as a people’s rep- the mandate to Congress, I 4.30 or 5.00 p.m., we were coalition till 2019 and costly for the country vis-à- will also bite the dust… resentative most effectively. have no issue. A single polit- The way the BJP formed ready with everything. then go for a mid-term vis discipline. I am in favour ■ Absolutely no doubt about but so many Ministers ical party [being elected to governments here and in See, this is isolation of the election along with the of addressing their griev- it. Most of them are in the losing, including the Chief power] is a solution, not a Manipur, what happens to Congress for their corrupt Lok Sabha polls. ances, but there should be a pipeline. What goes in the Minister! <> By giving a clear fractured mandate. the convention that the practices, nepotism and self- different mechanism worked pipeline normally comes out. mandate, you I have come, for instance, single-largest party gets centredness. This was isola- ■ I will tell you honestly, I do out. Social media cannot be ■ People went after individu- develop political I may handle this fractured the first call from the tion of the Congress which not see myself as Chief Minis- part of grievance redressal. What do you consider as als, and they perhaps did not parties and a culture mandate for five years, I am Governor in case of a resulted in their remaining ter after five years. So I see your biggest achievement Infusing conidence realise that the overall im- of stability, and going to do something, fine. fractured mandate? with 17 seats. Where is a legal no reason for me to termin- <> in the Defence Ministry? pact of the manifestation of Can I be there for 50 years? or constitutional aspect in- ate this arrangement before in the soldiers is my continued fractured that anger could result in By giving a clear mandate, ■ There is no convention. I volved? The Supreme Court five years. You asked me biggest achievement. ■ Infusing confidence in the overall instability. mandate leads you develop political parties can give you hundreds of ex- clearly told us to prove it earlier if I would have re- soldiers is my biggest manipulative politics and a culture of stability, and amples… Try and under- [majority] next day in the mained in Delhi if [we had] achievement, I feel. Were you shocked or hurt to develop. continued fractured man- stand, where there is no pre- House, we said we will prove not formed this government. What were the major by the result? Going down date leads manipulative poll alliance, the convention it and we did prove it. Yes, I would have remained challenges you faced as What does one say about a from 21 to 13 seats… The government that you politics to develop. What we is that the Governor or the only for this term [even in Minister of Defence? leader who leaves behind have formed is of [Goans] today are suffering is President normally calls — If the allies had not Delhi]. I declared long back, I a budget of over ₹1.8 lakh ■ Our seats have fallen, but disparate parties and the consequence of repeated correct words — the ‘biggest approached you will continue in active polit- ■ The biggest challenge was crore and comes here and we got our votes even in individuals. Ideologically, fractured mandates. There single unit’ for formation of demanding that you ics [till the age of] 60-65. I that there was no decision- tables a budget of ₹16,000 those constituencies. Yes, and also on the party are too many manipulations, government. But this is sub- should form the also believe that people making. No decisions were crore (Goa State budget)? but definitely I am disturbed manifesto front, how can too many compromises have ject to the condition that you government, as you said, should think of retirement at taken. I made them positive by the trend that our people it deliver? taken place, a lot of adjust- bring a majority of people would you have 65-70 years, based on their and they were encouraged ■ More than ₹3.42 lakh crore do not think on the lines of a ments are made when a with you. Not subject to the continued in Delhi? health. You should not and started taking decisions. budget! If you want me to State, [think] much on the ■ Ideologically, MGP [Maha- mandate is fractured. condition that I will call you simply go on and on. compare them (smiles), lines of a village panchayat or rashtrawadi Gomantak Party, Even from our party, and then you form your ma- ■ Why? Then there would You left the Ministry when please turn off the recorder… a municipality. The overall one of the oldest regional people should understand — jority! You have to go with 21 have been no reason for me Where will you contest major changes were being thinking should be in terms outfits] is not very far from and they have understood — [MLAs] to the Governor. You to come back. Why would I the by-election from? brought in such as the For full interview, please see of a mandate for a party. This BJP ideology. Independents that we have not got a major- get priority. However, after come back? Panaji again? strategic partnership www.thehindu.com

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC SINGLE FILE FROM ARCHIVES How to be a happy Indian FIFTY YEARS AGO MARCH 29, 1967 DMK government to resist Hindi Happiness could be booking a Tatkal The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam would continue its resist- ticket, a bribe you didn’t have to pay, or ance to Hindi, declared Mr. C.N. Annadurai, Chief Minister, in even an Aadhaar number the Madras Legislative Council to-day [March 28]. Speaking in English, the Chief Minister said: “We propose to continue our P.J. GEORGE resistance to the domination of Hindi, and we expect all to join us, help us, enthuse us, and lead us on to victory.” Earlier, Trying to stay happy for a day is while speaking on the Madras Appropriation Bill, Mr. M.A. like being a liberal after the Uttar Muthiah Chettiar had referred to his opposition to the intro- Pradesh Assembly election res- duction of Hindi even as early as 1937, and said that the previ- ults — the universe keeps telling ous Congress Ministry had not fought against Hindi ad- you it is pointless. This I learned equately. the hard way on March 20, the In- ternational Day of Happiness. If it is not the news, it is the views that A HUNDRED YEARS AGO MARCH 29, 1917 drain the joy. A whiny left, a bor- ing centre, and a scary right is Calcutta Corporation address enough to leave anyone politically RAJEEV BHATT

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The difference which they felt at their great and historic city ceasing to be the There is a heart-warming story behind the International Day Not all those who disagree are trolls seat of the Government of India might not have caused some of Happiness, of an orphan adopted from the streets of Kolkata principle/ of them at the first shock of change to write “Ichabod” in un- who grew up to launch a campaign lobbying all the member Political At a time of abuse, a civil debate with a reader duly large letters over their portals. states of the United Nations for recognition of happiness as a Science fundamental human right and goal. A UN resolution authored Vidya Ram too far across the world — ive words. by that orphan, Jayme Illien, established the International Day This refers to the second from the treatment of Dal- And people across the CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC of Happiness. It promotes “a more inclusive, equitable and part of the second prin- Earlier this month, the its in India to minorities in political spectrum are balanced approach to economic growth that promotes sus- ciple of John Rawls’s the- day after I had written a the U.S. — and spoke of the equally guilty. In the U.K., DATA POINT tainable development, poverty eradication, happiness and ory of justice. It says that report on the European need for whites to be while those who have the well-being of all peoples.” In short, it is the kind of resolu- inequalities are legitimate Court of Justice’s ruling to “given some leeway”. questioned the ability to tion that a ‘JNU type’ might quote in love letters. Throw in cli- so long as they are de- allow companies to ban Unity in diversity would succeed outside the EU mate change and secularism and we have “anti-national” signed to yield the max- employees from wearing not work everywhere, he are dubbed remoaners erotica. imum benefit to the least visible religious signs — a concluded. (people who voted Re- advantaged members of a move that has been widely What struck me was the main) and branded unpat- Tradition of being happy in India society. People at the bot- condemned by religious tone of our debate. I’m riotic (in much the same The patriots, of course, do not need any UN resolution to be tom end of the ladder organisations and rights fortunate among journal- way as people have been happy when there is a great cultural tradition of happiness on should feel persuaded that groups — I received an ists to have received very dubbed “anti-national”), tap. The UN is anyway a great liberal conspiracy that values the institutions within email from a reader who few troll-esque responses, I’ve seen pro-European things like the Human Development Index and Gross National which they function do took issue with these criti- but I am very aware that groups treating all those Happiness while it should be appreciating our GDP growth withstand this moral scru- cisms. Why couldn’t firms many of my colleagues, as who voted to leave the EU rate. We don’t mind the occasional UNESCO Awards for Best tiny. But this stipulation is do as they wanted and well as others on social as ignorant racists. National Anthem and Best Prime Minister, though. subordinate to Rawls’s first choose to hire and fire as media, have been less so, The debate with the The United States Declaration of Independence famously principle of justice, they liked? Or, as he put it: receiving abuse on a daily reader ended fairly ab- enshrines the founding principles of that nation as “life, wherein each person is “If I start an organisation, basis for standing up for ruptly. He thanked me for liberty and the pursuit of happiness”. The framers of our Con- equally entitled to basic should I not have the their views. Reporting on my lengthy response and stitution had such a tough time ensuring life and liberty for all liberties and rights. This rights to run the show?” the aftermath of Brexit left it at that. I can’t say in 448 Articles that there was not much space or time left to leg- first principle enjoys prior- While his position was dif- over the past year, I’ve be- that he’s changed my view alise happiness or its pursuit. So in India we are left to pursue ity over the second. ferent from mine, the come acutely aware of in any way, and I assume happiness as a private enterprise, with no government email was very courteous. how many of us live to a that my views have had subsidy. I replied in a similar vein, large extent within little impact on his, but I But India is a land of opportunities. Happiness is yours for CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC stating my views (namely bubbles of reinforcement: hope like me he enjoyed the taking. Happiness could be the Tatkal ticket that you man- that companies shouldn’t we live and discuss issues having his world view aged to book. It could be the bribe you didn’t have to pay. It MORE ON be seen in isolation from with like-minded people, challenged in such a civil could be standing for the national anthem before a Shahrukh THE WEB 3 society, and as they took and judge others who way. And to other readers: Khan movie. It could be the digital wallet on your 2G phone. It as much as they contrib- have different points of if you think we’re wrong could be that feeling of being able to withdraw your own cash The racist spin of the uted to society, they had view. Largely gone are the in our views, do write to from the bank. It could be the right to religion. It could be the ‘Chinaman’ by Kartikeya responsibilities). A debate days for civilised debate us! We relish debate and right surname. Happiness could even be your Aadhaar Date ensued. He elaborated on where ideas are thrown need your voices to keep number. http://bit.ly/Chinamanracist how liberalism had gone around rather than abus- us on our toes. 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NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU 10 NEWS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 2017 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE FROM PAGE ONE Rajya Sabha faces deadlock Talks with meat sellers fail, strike continues Opposition parties disrupt House over vacancies in key commissions They want to meet Adityanath Special Correspondent NEW DELHI Press Trust of India Rajya Sabha proceedings Lucknow were washed out on Tues- Agitating meat sellers and day as the Opposition exporters held talks with Ut- parties protested over the tar Pradesh Health Minister vacancies in the commis- Siddhartha Nath Singh on sions for the welfare of the second day of their minorities, the Scheduled strike on Tuesday but no Castes and Scheduled Tribes rapprochement appeared in and the Backward Classes. sight. In the first half, the pro- “We have noted all the is- ceedings were disrupted sues raised by them with an Siddhartha Nath Singh constantly as Opposition open mind. The Uttar Pra- members repeatedly rushed desh government will not al- to take action against any into the Well, shouting slo- low anything illegal to hap- shop selling chicken, fish or To safety: Soldiers carry an injured colleague at the Budgam gans. pen,” Mr. Singh said, after eggs,” he said. In the second half, despite the meeting, as he directed Mr. Singh said that if offi- encounter site in Kashmir on Tuesday. * NISSAR AHMAD appeals by Deputy Chair- officials not to overstep cials were insisting on man P.J. Kurien that the re- their jurisdiction. checking the licence of meat maining debate on the Fin- The office-bearers of the shops, there was “nothing 3 civilians, militant ance Bill be completed, the associations have submitted wrong”. “We are acting as Opposition continued the a memorandum to the State per law and not on the basis protest. The House was ad- government and now want of any pre-conceived no- killed in J&K gunbattle journed for the day at 3.10 Caught in din: Opposition members stage a protest in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. * PTI to meet Chief Minister Yogi tions,” he said. Even after the death of the unfortunate and said the p.m. Adityanath. “The strike will continue militant, clashes between people in Kashmir continue in a week. Speaking amid UPA had been in power. In count for 80-85% of the pop- “We look forward to at least till the end of Nav- protesters and security to suffer massive collateral Process under way the din, Social Justice and 2007, the delay was of three ulation and various commis- working with them within aratra [April 5]. It may be ex- forces were still continuing damage due to violence of The government sought to Empowerment Minister months and in 2010, of five sions implement schemes the system. If needed, we tended further depending when reports last came in, past three decades or so. assure the House that the Thaawar Chand Gehlot at- months. meant for their welfare and will meet again,” Mr. Singh upon the outcome of talks,” the police official added. National Conference process to fill the vacancies tributed the delay to the uplift,” he said. said. “We are acting only Mubeen Qureshi, an office- The trend of civilians as- president Farooq Abdullah was under way. model code of conduct that Demands debate The leadership of the rul- against illegal abattoirs. Li- bearer of the Lucknow sembling near encounter blamed the Centre and State But the members of the had been in force for the As- Leader of the Opposition ing party ... is not interested censed slaughter houses are Bakra Gosht Vyapar Mandal sites and engaging security governments for the “alarm- Congress, the Samajwadi sembly elections in the five Ghulam Nabi Azad sought a in the uplift of the SC/STs requested to stick to norms. said. The sale of fish, eggs forces in clashes emerged ing situation” and advoc- Party, the Janata Dal (United) States. discussion because mem- and the OBCs and minorit- They should comply with and chicken was normal in last year. ated talks with all and the Bahujan Samaj Party He pointed out that there bers had given notice. ies. This shows how much the norms mentioned in the Lucknow but for mutton lov- It has continued even stakeholders. wanted a commitment that had been delays in the ap- “The SC/STs and the the BJP government cares licence and need not fear. ers the disappointment con- after Army Chief Bipin The State units of the the vacancies would be filled pointments even when the OBCs and the minorities ac- for these classes.” No orders have been issued tinued. Rawat warned the youth Congress and CPI(M) also against interfering in anti- condemned the killings of militancy operations and civilians by security forces’ the State administration im- and asked the latter to exer- BJD MP asks party to introspect posing Section 144 within cise restraint while dealing three kilometre radius of en- with demonstrators. counter sites. Chief Minister Mehbooba Unfortunate incident ‘Jay’ Panda’s article fans speculation over BJP ‘designs’ on regional party Mufti on Tuesday expressed “We condemn this unfortu- anguish over the death of nate incident and urge the Nistula Hebbar formative leadership of feedback, but rather by op- NEW DELHI three youth in Budgam and forces to exercise restrain Naveen Patnaik”. portunists from various urged restraint from all while dealing with protest- Biju Janata Dal MP Baijayant He also recalled fondly fields, including some who sides, saying issues con- ors,” Jammu and Kashmir ‘Jay’ Panda fanned the the contributions of the late had worked against the fronting the State cannot be Pradesh Congress Commit- flames of political specula- BJD leader Pyari Mohan Mo- party,” he said. resolved if violence be- tee (JKPCC) spokesperson tion higher on Tuesday with hapatra, who had a very “The allegations in this comes the norm. Farooq Andrabi said in a a strong article in an Odia pa- public falling out with Mr. period that not just the gov- “It is highly painful to see statement here. per, asking that his party “in- Patnaik in later years. ernment but the party too the young boys losing their The killing of civilians trospect” about its below-par “Through these two dec- has been run by bureaucrats lives,” the Chief Minister “will certainly vitiate atmo- performance in the recent ades, until now, the BJD’s have been growing louder,” said in a statement. She sphere of peace in the local body elections in vote share and electoral per- he added, saying that it had termed the killings as highly Valley. Odisha. formance only kept on im- not been so during Mr. Mo- Lethal weapon: Policemen use pellet guns during a protest This comes a day after proving. That is why, to the hanty’s period of ascend- in Srinagar. * FILE PHOTO Tathagata Satpathy, BJD casual observer, the pan- ancy. chief whip in the Lok Sabha, Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda chayat election results came “If we honestly intro- revealed, through a series of as a shock. To those who spect, we must acknowledge States get warning to tweets, his apprehensions daily Samaja.Init,here- have been analysing the that all the allegations about Pellet guns still that the BJP, through an MP called the early struggles to party’s evolution in the past the political environment in brace for heat waves in his own party, might en- establish the BJD as a strong three to four years it should 1997, including widespread gineer a split in the BJD. regional party, the issues on have been no surprise. Many corruption and sheltering of “For instance, a State like 0.91 C warmer than the 1961- Mr. Panda put out an Eng- which it fought the J.B. Pat- key positions are no longer powerful people who com- an option: govt. lish translation of the article naik-led Congress govern- held by people who mit criminal acts are again Gujarat would like to know 1990 average. The summer when temperatures would months of March-May last that appeared in Tuesday’s ment in the late 1990s and struggled for the party, who being alleged in Odisha in hit 41-42 and we give them a year were 1.36 C higher than To be used if other options fail edition of the Odia language what he termed the “trans- might have given honest the last three years,” he said. forecast,” said S.C. Bhan, an the historical average, mak- IMD meteorologist associ- ing it the second warmest ated with the programme. since 1901. The higher tem- Special Correspondent measures such as PAVA- New Delhi Congress peratures coincide with chilli [shells and grenades], The government informed Stun Lac [shells and gren- Jaitley seeks consensus on ‘Above normal’ three, consecutive years of to walk a On Feb. 28, the IMD forecast weak monsoons. the Lok Sabha on Tuesday ades] and tear-smoke shells “above normal” temperat- that pellet guns “may be” to disperse rioters. How- tightrope ures this summer in Punjab, Delhi hotter by 7 C used by security forces in ever, if these measures clearing pending GST laws Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, On Tuesday, the IMD said the Kashmir Valley to dis- prove to be ineffective ... the perse “rioters” if other al- use of pellet guns may be re- Special Correspondent Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, that “prevailing winds & New Delhi Madhya Pradesh, Chhattis- clear sky conditions over ternatives failed. sorted to,” he said. Finance Minister briefs BJP MPs about the four Bills The Congress finds the GST garh, Bihar, , northwest & adjoining cent- In a written reply, Minis- Mr. Ahir was answering a Bills “unacceptable”, but West Bengal, Odisha and ral India” has led to heat ter of State for Home Hans- question whether the gov- Special Correspondent the former External Affairs Council, which comprises all New Delhi does not want to be seen as Telangana. wave conditions in West Ra- raj Gangaram Ahir said the ernment was planning to Minister S.M. Krishna, was States,” he said. opposed to the tax reform. The summer forecast is in jasthan & Gujarat and at isol- government constituted a take a re-look at the non- Finance Minister Arun Jaitley present for a while at the The meeting was also told At a strategy meeting line with a generally warm ated places over West Mad- committee of experts on lethal weapons used by the told BJP MPs on Tuesday that meeting, sources said. that the new laws would here on Tuesday, party trend over previous months; hya Pradesh. July 26, 2016 to consider security forces as scores of he wanted to get the four en- “The Finance Minister usher in a “one nation, one vice-president Rahul 2016 was the warmest year Delhi was already 7 C hot- non-lethal alternatives to people lost their vision to abling pieces of legislation gave a detailed briefing to tax” regime. The govern- Gandhi told MPs to play in a century, according to ter than what’s normal for pellet guns. pellet gun shots in the Val- dealing with the Goods and party MPs about all the four ment proposes to launch the role of a constructive the IMD, with the country the last week of March. “The committee has sub- ley. Services Tax regime, intro- Goods and Service (GST) GST on July 1. mitted its report, and the re- The Supreme Court on duced in the Lok Sabha on Bills, and said these laws During the meet, Con- opposition and not be seen commendations have been Monday asked the Centre to Monday, cleared through a were based on the principle gress leader and former as being against the GST taken into account ... for ap- come up with alternatives to consensus. of shared sovereignty,” Min- Union Minister M.V. Ra- laws. propriate implementation,” pellet guns used by security He was briefing the BJP’s ister for Parliamentary Af- jasekharan’s letter shower- Senior MPs at the meet- Five arrested for he said. forces against agitators and parliamentary party in the fairs Ananth Kumar said ing praise on Prime Minister ing too stressed that the “...the government has stone-throwing mobs on the presence of Prime Minister after the meeting. “The Bills Narendra Modi was also Congress should not be decided that the security streets of Jammu and Narendra Modi. A newly in- have been drafted after de- mentioned by Mr. Kumar seen as the one opposing attack on Nigerians forces will resort to various Kashmir. ducted member of the BJP, tailed discussions in the GST during his address. the tax reform legislation. Following the attack in An- terday’s incident in Greater sal Plaza, External Affairs Noida, in which several CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Minister Sushma Swaraj people of African origin CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC took to social media to as- were injured, is deplorable. Akhilesh chosen leader sure the African com- The government is commit- munity. ted to ensuring safety and No bribes needed here, says this clerk “I have spoken to Yogi security of all foreigners in of SP Legislature Party Adityanathji, Chief Minister India. People from Africa, Panchayat employee in Kerala wears his campaign against corruption on his sleeve Press Trust of India Besides, Mr. Akhilesh was of Uttar Pradesh about the including students and Lucknow also authorised to pick the attack on African students youth, remain our valued Abdul Latheef Naha Samajwadi Party chief leader of the party in the Le- in Greater Noida. He has as- partners,” MEA spokesper- certificates and documents MALAPPURAM Akhilesh Yadav was on gislative Council, he added. sured that there will be a fair son Gopal Baglay said in a on buildings. Tuesday unanimously elec- Mr. Akhilesh is a member and impartial investigation statement. A smiling panchayat clerk “His approach makes ted as the leader of SP Le- of the Upper House, where into this unfortunate incid- who welcomes visitors and people aware of their gislature Party. senior SP leader Ahmed ent,” Ms Swaraj said on her Earlier attacks even wants their rating at rights,” says his At the meeting of SP Hasan presently leads the official Twitter handle. The attack in Greater Noida the end of a visit to the local superintendent, I.P. MLAs and MLCs, the party. is a reminder of the summer body would seem cinematic, Peethambaran. former chief minister was Akbar meets official 2016 attacks on the Africans but not in Kerala’s largest unanimously elected as the Veterans absent Later, Minister of State for which included the murder village panchayat in Polio does not deter combined leader of the Party veterans Azam Khan External Affairs M.J. Akbar of a Congolese national in Malappuram district. Mr. Saleem says panchayat party in both the State As- and Shivpal Singh Yadav who met the Acting High Com- Delhi. The incident promp- Abdul Saleem secretary K. Sidheek, who is sembly and Council, SP failed to find favour with Mr. missioner of Nigeria and ted African diplomats pos- Palliyalthody is the face himself a State best spokesman Rajendra Akhilesh, skipped today’s briefed him about the secur- ted in India to skip official visitors look for at the secretary awardee for 2011- Chaudhary said. meeting. ity measures for the protec- celebrations which cast a Angadipuram panchayat 12, let him be outspoken. tion of African nationals. shadow on India’s ties with office when they go for Panchayat president O. The MEA also con- Africa. service. Kesavan welcomes the demned the incident. “Yes- (With inputs from PTI) At 42, he has been ‘motivating’ effect. Unlike employed at the local body Above board: Abdul Saleem at his desk, with the prominent other local body staff, Mr.

for three years now. notice against bribery. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Saleem is from the same village and worked Fire in hills Happy to serve public happy with my service, coming to us for different elsewhere, including in West Correction Mr. Saleem makes no secret please tell me about it.” He things should not return Asia, before returning to Jaipur of his public service has updated his pay empty-handed. They should home base. In the report headlined Afirebrokeoutinthe enthusiasm. On his table is a whenever it changed since return satisfied,” says Mr. He does not let his 40% 'Samjhauta blast case: NIA hills near Sisarma village in prominent notice that he put up the notice in 2014. Saleem, whose panchayat polio disability affect field not to go after Lashkar' of Udaipur on Tuesday, fire declares his opposition to The ‘anti-corruption’ has a staff strength of 17. visits done on his scooter. the edition dated March officials said. Four fire bribery. The notice in notice went viral when a No one entering the office The Vigilance Department 28, 2017, the sentence in tenders have been sent to Malayalam reads: “The curious visitor posted it on can miss the central figure. had recently said local the second paragraph inad- control the blaze which has government pays me ₹811 a social media recently. He offers to help even if it is bodies and revenue offices vertently got jumbled. The spread on a large span of day (₹24,340 a month) to “Service is the essence of not part of his job, which were among the most error is regretted. the hilly area. PTI serve you. If you are not any government job. People involves issue of various corrupt government offices. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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IN BRIEF No change in ED may move Interpol again on Lalit Modi beacon light Indian agencies failed to provide suicient data to procure Red Notice against former IPL chairman policy: CM

Devesh K. Pandey pol in October 2013 clarified ED sources said a charge Chennai police report pur- police proved its case. Press Trust of India New Delhi to him that no such action sheet was never a mandat- portedly stating that the po- The same set of facts in the Chandigarh Interpol earlier turned down had been taken. He now ory criterion and that in sev- lice had concluded the com- case had earlier been probed Punjab Chief Minister Am- Two Aadhaar forms with India’s request for a red no- holds an Interpol certificate, eral cases in the past, red no- plaint to be of civil nature by the Directorate under the arinder Singh on Tuesday same biometric data tice against former IPL chief a copy of which he tweeted tices had been issued and that it suffered from Foreign Exchange Manage- denied any change in his NEW DELHI Lalit Modi as the Chennai on Monday, saying he is not without it. various legal defects, includ- ment Act beginning 2010. government’s policy on the An FIR has been lodged on a police could neither estab- a subject of red notice. Observing that publica- ing that of jurisdiction, and The allegation was that as use of red-beacons on complaint by the Unique lish criminal offences nor file tion of red notice requires that a closure report would the IPL chairman, Mr. Modi vehicles of the CM and Identification Authority of a charge sheet against him. Series of shortcomings sufficient judicial data and be filed in the court. It is un- terminated the media rights Ministers. India (UIDAI) about two Another reason was that A series of shortcomings on an assurance of extradition clear how he got the contract with MSM Satellite The clarification came Aadhaar applications with proceedings to extradite him the part of Indian agencies from the country where the document. (Singapore) Pvt. Ltd on after the Transport Depart- different names but same from the U.K. were not ensured that Mr. Modi got re- subject resides, the Interpol The ED had registered the March 14, 2009, and assigned ment “erroneously” put biometric information. Raj initiated. lief from the Interpol, des- Commission has held that money laundering case it to World Sports Group, out an extract from the Kishore Roy and Debayan Roy To get the decision re- pite an arrest warrant issued the probe into the predicate based on an FIR lodged with Mauritius, (WSGM) without Congress’s poll manifesto, have been named in the versed, the Enforcement Dir- by a Mumbai court in August offences registered against the Chennai police, follow- following tender processes or exempting the CM and complaint. The police have ectorate plans to study the 2015 in a money laundering Mr. Modi had not yet pro- ing a complaint from former informing the Governing Council of Ministers from begun an investigation and findings and then approach case registered by the En- gressed and no charge sheet BCCI chief N. Srinivasan, on Council. He allegedly did not using beacons, as a notific- will serve notices on the two the Interpol through the forcement Directorate in Lalit Modi was filed. Also, extradition October 13, 2010. The direct- ensure payment of ₹112.5 ation. “The Transport De- persons. The case has been nodal agency, Central Bur- December 2012. Given the proceedings with the U.K. orate pursued the matter crore to the BCCI and a bank partment had erroneously registered under various eau of Investigation, and the nature of judicial data fur- the purported findings of the had not yet been with the police, which was guarantee of ₹355 crore by put out a part of the poll sections of the Aadhaar Act External Affairs Ministry. nished by India, the Interpol Commission for the Control undertaken. unable to even get an arrest WSGM. It later made an manifesto as notification and for cheating by Contrary to the govern- concluded that it was prema- of Interpol Files through his warrant against Mr. Modi. agreement with MSM Satel- and the social media impersonation. PTI ment’s previous claims that a ture to issue a red notice Twitter account. However, Chennai Police report The money laundering case lite, under which it had to picked it up,” an official blue notice had been issued against him. expressing surprise over the In his defence, Mr. Modi had could be taken to a logical pay ₹425 crore as facilitation spokesperson said quoting Police break up party at against Mr. Modi, the Inter- Mr. Modi has made public grounds cited by Interpol, submitted a copy of the conclusion only when the fee for the media rights. Capt Amarinder. Igatpuri bungalow MUMBAI Police on Tuesday arrested 13 CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC persons after raiding a New team bungalow at the tourist town Army Chief to be of Igatpuri in Nashik district where a party was under way early this morning. Some of those present were related to honoured in Nepal police officials and bureaucrats, said an officer of Igatpuri police station. Some Gen Rawat to visit military installations, meet oicials of the girls at the party were bar dancers and the party had Josy Joseph continuing uninterrupted been organised through New Delhi since it began in 1969. ‘online booking’. A vehicle The Chief of the Army Staff, During his visit to Nepal with a yellow beacon, General Bipin Rawat, will be and Bangladesh, Gen. Rawat apparently an official car, was conferred the honorary title will be visiting several im- seized. PTI of General of the Nepalese portant military installations Army during his ongoing and meeting high-ranking visit to the Himalayan dignitaries, including the Security audit of remote country. Prime Minister, Defence airports under way Gen. Rawat is on an offi- Minister and the Chief of the NEW DELHI cial visit to Nepal and Army Staff. The Union government on Bangladesh from March 28 A delegation led by Gen. Tuesday said it was aware of to April 2, his first foreign Rawat will visit the Nepalese the possibility of terrorists visit after assuming office. Army Mountain Warfare using remote airports in the He arrived in Kathmandu on School at Jomsom and the country to carry out anti- Tuesday morning. Pension Paying office at national activities. In the Lok On Wednesday, the Pres- Bipin Rawat Pokhra. Sabha, Minister of State for ident of Nepal, Bidhya Devi Gen. Rawat will address a Home Kiren Rijiju said the Bhandari, will confer the on February 3 during his gathering of Indian Army ex- Ministry was carrying out a title of “Honorary General of first visit to India after as- servicemen of Nepalese ori- security audit of those the Nepalese Army” to Gen. suming office. gin in Pokhra. airports. The Home and Civil Rawat at an investiture cere- From Nepal, Gen. Rawat Aviation Ministries were in mony. General Rajendra Reciprocal tradition will proceed to Bangladesh, talks to see if the CISF can get Chettri, the Chief of the This tradition, a reciprocal where he will meet the Pres- a common command Nepalese Army, was con- arrangement to honour each ident, the Prime Minister structure over security of all Seat of power: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath acknowledges the greetings of legislators during their oath-taking ferred the title of “Honorary other’s Army chiefs with the and the Chief of the airports. PTI ceremony at the Legislative Assembly in Lucknow on Tuesday. * RAJEEV BHATT General of the Indian Army” honorary titles, has been Bangladesh Army. HC refuses to intervene Deccan Stateless then, landless now Chronicle assets seized in Aircel-Maxis case The erstwhile enclave dwellers living in camps want plots rather than lats Devesh K. Pandey Shiv Sahay Singh New Delhi KOLKATA a memorandum on the Accused trying to sell assets and escape law, says petitioner issue. The Enforcement Director- After living in camps for Cooch Behar MP Partha ate has provisionally at- Akanksha Jain (PIL) petition moved by the Special Court for dealing tached assets worth ₹263 New Delhi nearly 16 months, 201 famil- Pratim Ray said that he had Society for Consumers & In- with 2G spectrum scam ies of erstwhile enclave raised the issue with West crore of the Hyderabad- The Delhi High Court on vestors Protection which cases,” said the court. dwellers who chose to come Bengal Chief Secretary Bas- based Deccan Chronicle Tuesday refused to direct prayed for these directions “Hence, we are not in- to India after the historic en- udeb Banerjee on Tuesday. Holdings Limited (DCHL), the CBI to move the trial to the CBI. The petitioner clined to entertain this peti- clave swap in 2015 are de- “I also feel that these fam- in the form of land, resid- court for “attachment and claimed that the persons ac- tion and the same is dis- manding that they be given ilies should be given small ential properties, shares, forfeiture of shares and all cused in the case were trying missed accordingly,” it small pieces of land to con- patches of land. I raised the bank balance, luxurious the assets of Aircel Ltd”, as to liquidate all its assets and ordered. struct houses rather than matter with Chief Secretary cars and foreign currency, held by Maxis and its subsi- escape the clutches of law. Besides, the petition had apartments. during the day,” Mr. Ray told in connection with the al- diaries during the pendency “...even assuming that the sought directions to the De- Apart from approaching The Hindu. leged ₹1,162-crore bank of the proceedings in the Air- allegations made in the partment of Telecommunic- local district officials, the The Trinamool Congress credit fraud case. cel-Maxis case involving present petition have any ations, SEBI, Telecom Regu- people who received citizen- MP said that if those resid- The company is alleged former Union Minister Day- substance, appropriate steps latory Authority of India ship rights after decades of ing in these camps were to have caused the loss to anidhi Maran, as it held that need to be taken before the and Foreign Investment Pro- living in a “stateless condi- willing to relocate to the in- six public sector banks: Ca- the same would amount to Special Court itself. The dir- motion Board to set aside tion” have approached the terior parts of the district, nara Bank, Andhra Bank, interfering in the proceed- ections sought in this writ the approvals granted to Re- Prime Minister. “I have writ- Livelihood concerns: Most enclave dwellers are agriculturists where land was available, Indian Overseas Bank, ings before the special court petition, if granted, would liance Communications Ltd ten to the Prime Minister on and cattle rearers. * ASHOKE CHAKRABARTY they could be provided Central Bank of India, Cor- seized of the matter. not only interfere with the for a merger of its wireless March 23, urging him that small patches of land. poration Bank and IDBI proceedings pending before business with that of Aircel. these families be given small ficial said tenders had been instead of apartments. As per the Land Bound- Bank. PIL plea rejected the Special Court but also It had also sought setting pieces of land. We are rais- published for constructing “We have come to know ary Agreement between the The DCHL had allegedly A Bench of Chief Justice G. would defeat the very pur- aside of the approvals gran- ing the demand because es- two-storey buildings in the from certain reports that two countries and the sub- taken 111 loans amounting Rohini and Justice Sangita pose and object of orders ted to Bharti Airtel for ac- sentially we are people from three police station areas ₹22 crore will be spent on sequently established pro- to ₹10,000 crore from 16 Dhingra Sehgal dismissed passed by the Supreme quisition of 4G spectrum of a rural background, and where the camps were loc- the rehabilitation of the 201 tocol, 51 Bangladeshi en- different banks during the public interest litigation Court for constitution of a Aircel. rearing cattle and poultry is ated. families. This would come claves in India and 151 2004-2012 and ₹2,800 an essential part of our ex- “We have the requisite to about ₹10 lakh per family Indian ones in Bangladesh crore was outstanding to- istence,” said Osman Goni, land and construction work and with the same money, were transferred on July 31, wards various banks as on who resides in the Dinhata will start soon,” the official we can be given a few cot- 2015. September 30, 2012. camp where 58 families live. said. tahs of land with a small While no enclave dweller A significant part of the Can’t appoint Lokpal loans was used for pur- People from the Haldibari rural house on it,” Joy from the Bangladeshi en- Work to start soon camp in the district, which Prakash Roy of the Haldibari claves in India left for poses other than the spe- The district administration, houses 96 such families, camp said. Bangladesh, 920 people of cified ones, such as invest- for now, Centre tells SC however, has plans to rehab- met the sub-divisional of- Forty-seven families in 201 families from the ing in 20 group companies ilitate the families in ficer (SDO) of Mekhliganj on the Mekhliganj camp raise erstwhile Indian enclaves in and payments to the Board apartments. Monday to request that they similar demands, and met Bangladesh came to India in of Control for Cricket in In- Points to amendments in law pending in Parliament A Cooch Behar district of- be given small pieces of land district officials, giving them November 2015. dia for the Indian Premier League franchisee of “Dec- Krishnadas Rajagopal the 16th Lok Sabha has no Bhushan, for petitioner NGO can Chargers”. NEW DELHI recognised LoP. Common Cause, alleged that The Centre on Tuesday in- Mr. Rohatgi said the im- the Lokpal Act which came formed the Supreme Court plementation of the Lokpal into force in 2014 was delib- that appointment of the law would remain in limbo erately not implemented for anti-corruption ombuds- till Parliament allowed the ulterior motives. man, Lokpal, is not possible single largest opposition Mr. Bhushan submitted now. party leader to take the that the court should not Appearing before a Bench place of the LoP in the lat- leave it to the political led by Justice Ranjan Gogoi, ter’s absence. “Unless the parties to pass the Lokpal Attorney-General Mukul Ro- proposed amendment mak- law, and give directions to hatgi said the amendments ing leader of the largest op- Parliament to amend it. He to the Lokpal law, concern- position party as LoP is pointed out how the LoP has ing the substitution of the passed by Parliament, the been substituted with the Leader of Opposition (LoP) Lokpal cannot be appoin- single largest opposition with the leader of the single ted,” he submitted. party leader in other laws largest opposition party in concerned with the appoint- the Lok Sabha on the high- Judgment reserved ments of the Chief Vigilance power Lokpal selection The court reserved the case Commissioner, the CBI chief committee, is still pending for pronouncement of judg- and the Chief Information with Parliament. ment. During the hearing, Commissioner. The committee comprises Mr. Rohatgi said Parliament The SC had earlier criti- the Prime Minister, Lok may discuss the amendment cised the government for Sabha Speaker, LoP and the in the monsoon session “dragging its feet” on the ap- Chief Justice of India or a SC along with other ones in the pointment of Lokpal to judge as per the Lokpal and Lokpal Bill. usher in probity in public Lokayukta Act of 2013. But Senior advocate Shanti life. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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Varghese K. George to sign the new executive or- Agreement and putting coal Daily Mail published photo on front Washington der at the Environmental miners back to work were U.S. President Donald Protection Agency with Ad- promises made by the Pres- page focussing on leaders’ legs Trump is set to issue a ministrator Scott Pruitt, In- ident during the 2016 cam- Reuters sweeping executive order to terior Secretary Ryan Zinke paign. These are issues that Agence France-Presse Open to death penalty reverse a multitude of fed- and Energy Secretary Rick resonate well with the con- London/Edinburgh review, says Widodo eral measures taken by his Perry on Tuesday afternoon. servative constituency. Only British politicians lambasted JAKARTA predecessor Barack Obama Mr. Pruitt, as Oklahoma At- 15% of them believe human a popular tabloid for “mor- Indonesia’s President Joko in order to meet American torney-General, had op- actions can impact climate, onic” sexism on Tuesday Widodo said he would restore commitments under the posed several of the meas- according to a Pew study. In after it splashed a photo of a moratorium on the death Paris Climate Agreement. ures that he is now contrast, 79% of liberal Prime Minister Theresa May penalty if he won the backing Collectively, these meas- overturning. Democrats believe human and Scottish First Minister of the people, after a spate of ures could have moved the actions impact climate. Nicola Sturgeon’s legs across executions in the country U.S. closer to its commit- Energy independence Environmental groups the front page with the that drew international ment of reducing its carbon The Clean Power Plan was have announced a protest headline “Never mind condemnation. AFP emissions by 26-28% below the cornerstone of Mr. Oba- rally outside the White Brexit, who won Legs-it!” Veteran charged with 2005 levels by 2025, though ma’s climate policy in the House on Tuesday evening. The public also took to A copy of Tuesday’s terror over hate crime they were not sufficient. run-up to meeting Paris “On the heels of the three social media to denounce Daily Mail in London. * AFP NEW YORK With Mr. Trump undoing the commitment. Mr. Pruitt de- hottest years on record, The Daily Mail for focussing A U.S. Army veteran faced regulations on fossil fuel, Deal under threat: Eifel tower illuminated, with the words fended its dismantling as es- President Trump is reversing on the two leaders’ legs erile” and “sexist, derogat- terror and racism charges on America is making a turn- ‘Paris Agreement is Done’, to celebrate the deal in 2015. * REUTERS sential for energy independ- the biggest steps our country when they met to discuss ory trash journalism”. Monday as he was indicted about in its climate policy. ence and job generation in has taken to fighting climate Britain’s departure from the “Has anyone told the for fatally stabbing a 66- “We’re going to go in a dif- Obama era. More federal cannot instantly withdraw the country. More than gov- change,” said League of Con- European Union (EU) and a #DailyMail that we put the year-old black man. James ferent direction,” a senior land will be open to mining the regulations, as it involves ernment regulations, market servation Voters President potential referendum on clocks forward by an hour, Jackson (28) was charged White House official told re- and power plants will be al- a rule-making process of no- forces — particularly cheap Gene Karpinski. Scottish independence. not back 3 decades?” one with one count each of porters on Monday. “The lowed to continue on coal tification and hearings. natural gas — are making Regardless of what Amer- “The 1950s called and woman tweeted, referring murder in the irst and second previous administration de- without facing curbs once While the impasse contin- coal mining increasingly un- ica does to combat climate asked for their headline to the country’s switch to degrees as an act of valued workers with their regulations are lifted. ues, the power industry can viable in the U.S. Renewable change, India would remain back.#everydaysexism,” British Summer Time at the terrorism, murder in the policies. We can protect the go on as business as usual. energy sources are also get- firm on its Paris Agreement tweeted Labour parliament- weekend. second degree as a hate environment while provid- Legal wrangle The new administration ting cheaper. Coal mining it- commitments, Petroleum arian Ed Miliband using a The Daily Mail, which has crime, as well as three counts ing people with work.” Mr. Obama’s Clean Power would also undo the require- self has become more mech- Minister Dharmendra Pra- hashtag for highlighting wo- a circulation of 1.45 million of criminal possession of a Mr. Trump would dis- Plan has been caught in a ju- ment of social impact of as- anised in recent years, dhan said in Washington re- men’s experiences of and reaches millions more weapon. AFP mantle the Clean Power Plan dicial wrangle, with 24 sessment of projects, while employing lesser miners for cently. “Prime Minister is sexism. online, backed Brexit in last that sought to nudge the U.S. American States and the also rejecting a presidential the same quantity of mining. clear that India’s emphasis Jeremy Corbyn, leader of year’s referendum on Bri- Clashes in Paris after power industry from coal to fossil fuel industry opposing memorandum that linked All this makes Mr. Trump’s on renewable energy the Opposition Labour tain’s EU membership. Chinese man’s killing renewable energy and can- it and 18 States and environ- climate change to national emphasis on reviving mining sources will continue,” he Party, tweeted: “It’s 2017. PARIS cel six executive orders and mental groups defending it. security. in the U.S. an uphill task. said after a meeting with the This sexism must be con- ‘Yes’ to referendum Violent clashes in Paris memorandums, all from the Mr. Trump’s executive order Mr. Trump was scheduled “Cancelling” the Paris U.S. Energy Secretary. signed to history. Shame on Also, Scotland’s Parliament between baton-wielding The Daily Mail”, while vet- voted on Tuesday to back police and protesters eran Labour lawmaker Har- Ms. Sturgeon’s call for a outraged at the police killing riet Harman branded the second independence refer- of a Chinese man in his home coverage “moronic”. endum, just a day before have seen three police Maldives ruling party sacks leader after revolt The paper featured more U.K. triggers Brexit. oicers injured and 35 photos of the two leaders in- The vote by lawmakers in protesters arrested, side above another head- Edinburgh was 69 in favour authorities said. AP Move comes after Maumoon Abdul Gayoom aligned with former President Mohamed Nasheed line: “Finest weapons at and 59 against despite Ms. . their command? Those May’s last-minute appeals. Court seeks explanation Agence France-Presse Nasheed and then tried to with that of the PPM,” the of- ary support to oust the the country’s Parliament. pins!” “I hope the U.K. govern- on Saeed’s detention Male persuade his supporters to ficial said. Mr. Gayoom had Speaker. Instead there were “The extent of govt’s fear of In a statement to the BBC, ment will respect the will of LAHORE The Maldives’ ruling party vote against the government urged PPM legislators to vote chaotic scenes in Parliament a free vote. All the reason The Daily Mail said the piece this Parliament, and if it Lahore High Court on Monday has sacked the country’s in Parliament. National Pres- with the opposition on as opposition legislators why we must overhaul the was “a sidebar alongside a does so I will enter discus- asked the Punjab government former strongman President ident Abdulla Yameen had Monday to impeach the staged a rowdy protest be- system!” serious political story” and sion in good faith and with a to explain under what Maumoon Abdul Gayoom as recently taken executive con- Speaker of the house, a fore losing the vote. Media There was no immediate had been flagged as “light- willingness to compromise,” authority it has detained its leader after he led an un- trol of the party, but his half- move aimed at undermining were not allowed access, but comment from Mr. Gayoom, hearted”. Ms. Sturgeon said. Hafiz Saeed “without a trial”. successful rebellion against brother was its nominal Mr. Yameen’s hold on power images posted on social me- currently on holiday in It said the paper often Ms. Sturgeon will now A two-judge bench headed by his half-brother, who is now president. “Gayoom has before 2018 elections. dia showed several opposi- neighbouring India, on his commented on the appear- make a formal request for a Justice Syed Kazim Raza in power. been accused of sympath- tion-aligned MPs being phys- sacking from the party. He ance of male politicians too. referendum but she needs Shamsi was hearing a petition The decision came late on ising with the opposition,” Chaotic scenes ically removed from the ruled the Maldives for three But the coverage of the approval from the British of Saeed and his aides who Monday after Mr. Gayoom said a Progressive Party of Mr. Nasheed had hoped house. “What we saw in Ma- decades before founding the meeting generated a torrent government and Parliament had challenged their entered a pact over the Maldives (PPM) official who that the surprise alliance jlis today was a total dis- party when the country em- of criticism on Twitter with in London to do so and Ms. detention under the anti- weekend with exiled opposi- asked not to be named. “His with Mr. Gayoom would grace,” Mr. Gayoom tweeted braced multi-party demo- members of the public May has already said that terrorism law. PTI tion leader Mohamed ideology no longer aligns provide enough parliament- after the vote, referring to cracy in 2008. branding it as “utterly pu- “now is not the time”. Anti-apartheid icon Package causes scare at Ahmed Kathrada dead White House

Press Trust of India He was among Nelson Mandela’s closest colleagues Washington The White House was Agence France-Presse briefly locked down on Johannesburg Tuesday morning after a Celebrated South African male suspect approached anti-apartheid activist U.S. Secret Service agents, Ahmed Kathrada, a Robben at around 10.15 a.m., with a Island prisoner and one of “suspicious package” and Nelson Mandela’s closest made suspicious com- colleagues in the struggle ments, officials said. against white rule, died on “A male suspect ap- Tuesday aged 87. proached uniform division Mr. Kathrada was among officers in the area of 15th those tried and jailed along- and Pennsylvania [Av- side Mandela in the Rivonia enue]. He made some sus- trial in 1964, which drew picious comments. He also worldwide attention to the had package. We separated brutalities of the apartheid the individual and the regime. He died in hospital package. He is now in in Johannesburg after a Secret Service custody,” a short illness following brain LIfe-long comrades: Nelson Mandela, then the South African spokesperson told report- surgery, his charity founda- President, with Ahmed Kathrada in 1999. * REUTERS ers. The lockdown was lif- tion said. ted at around 11.45 a.m. Mr. Kathrada spent 26 against white-minority At the famous Rivonia “You keep us safe,” U.S. years and three months in apartheid rule started at the trial, eight of the accused President Donald Trump prison, 18 of which were on age of 17, when he was one were sentenced to life im- said in a listening session Robben Island, the notori- of 2,000 “passive resisters” prisonment with hard la- with the Fraternal Order of ous jail off the coast of Cape arrested in 1946 for defying bour on Robben Island. His Police. Town. laws that discriminated fellow prisoners included “I made a crucial After the end of against Indian South Mandela, Walter Sisulu and pledge: we will always sup- apartheid, he served from Africans. Denis Goldberg. port the incredible and wo- 1994 to 1999 as parliament- In July 1963, the police In jail, he was a teacher men of law enforcement. I ary counsellor to President swooped on Liliesleaf Farm for fellow prisoners and a will always have your back Mandela in the first African in Rivonia, outside Johan- strategic thinker who 100%,” Mr. Trump said, National Congress (ANC) nesburg, where Mr. Kath- formed part of the ANC del- adding that sadly the police government. rada and other senior activ- egation in the negotiations are often prevented from Mr. Kathrada’s activism ists were meeting in secret. that finally ended apartheid. doing their jobs. Consultation on caste discrimination begins Asks whether caste should be included under ‘race’ while framing law

Vidya Ram proportionate legal protec- matter of public debate for a tions under U.K. equality London tion against unlawful dis- number of years now. Sec- law,” says Trupti Patel, pres- The British government on crimination because of a per- tion 9 of the Equality Act ident of the Hindu Forum of Tuesday published details of son’s origins with due 2010, amended by Parlia- Britain. a long-awaited 16-week pub- consideration given to how ment in 2013, requires the Others argue that the con- lic consultation on whether such protections would be government to introduce sultation is unnecessary caste should be introduced implemented in practice,” secondary legislation to given the existence of a pre- as an aspect of race in anti- the consultation says. make caste an aspect of race, vious survey suggesting the discrimination legislation. and caste discrimination a existence of discrimination. The government said that Extent of discrimination form of race discrimination, In 2010, an extensive report while there was “no place” It has also published a feasib- but allowing for further by the National Institute of for any form of prejudice ility study on the ability to consultations. Economic and Social Re- and discrimination based on measure caste discrimina- The issue has divided search identified evidence of a person’s origins, it wanted tion, which concluded that opinion, both within the dia- caste discrimination and to be careful “not to create there was no “significant spora and wider British soci- harassment. or entrench any notion of ethical or methodological ety, with a number of public “It was expected but con- caste consciousness or caste- barriers that could not be debates occurring over the cerning that the consultation based practices into British overcome to allow a survey past few months ahead of asks whether there should society, which may prove measuring the extent of the consultation. be legislation, given Parlia- counterproductive or caste discrimination to be ment has demanded it and divisive”. carried out”. Differing opinions the UN strongly recommen- “This consultation is The issue of incorporating “There is no need for this ded it,” says Keith Porteous about how to ensure that caste discrimination into kind of legislation. There are Wood, executive director of there are appropriate and British legislation has been a already adequate protec- the National Secular Society. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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market watch Bharti sells 28-03-2017 % CHANGE Quality checks now for Coal Sensex dddddddddddddddddddddd 29,410 ddddddddddddddd0.59 Centre may expand 10.3% stake Gold ddddddddddddddddddddddddddd 29,350 ddddddddddddd-0.27 Brent oil ddddddddddddddddddddd 51.72 ddddddddddddddd2.17 in Infratel India’s non-regulated buyers NIFTY 50 social security net Special Correspondent PRICE CHANGE NEW DELHI ACC...... 1417.20...... 20.40 Bharti Airtel on Tuesday Third-party checks for cement, steel clients to start in April Adani Ports...... 320.85...... 1.55 said it sold a 10.3% stake in Ambuja Cements...... 228.35...... 0.75 R.P. Ritolia, Director, India A lower contributory rate of 10% toward EPF mooted Bharti Infratel to a consor- Special Correspondent Asian Paints...... 1057.85...... 14.95 KOLKATA Power Corporation. He also Aurobindo Pharma ...... 679.00...... 8.90 tium of funds advised by As part of the ongoing thrust felt that supply should now Axis Bank ...... 502.80...... 15.65 Somesh Jha U.S. private equity firm Bajaj Auto ...... 2824.85...... 16.45 NEW DELHI on quality, Coal India Ltd. be “freed up” as there was KKR and Canada Pension Bank of Baroda ...... 173.90...... 1.60 The Employees’ Provident will start validation of coal an abundance of coal. Bharti Airtel ...... 340.75...... 2.05 Plan Investment Board (CP- Fund Organisation’s central supplies by a third party for Rana Som, Chairman of BHEL ...... 168.55...... 0.55 PIB) for more than ₹6,193.9 ...... non-regulated sectors (ce- Bengal Birbhum Coalfields Bosch 22986.30 171.65 board of trustees will meet crore (about $951.6 BPCL...... 645.95...... 2.80 ment, steel and others) by Ltd & former CMD National on Thursday to consider ex- million). Cipla ...... 594.15...... 2.05 tending social security bene- April, Coal India Ltd. Dir- Mineral Development Cor- Coal India ...... 290.35...... -1.15 The parent company ector (Marketing) S.N. poration said that contrary Dr Reddys Lab ...... 2637.75...... 5.80 fits to volunteers under an- sold 190 million shares at a Eicher Motors...... 24897.75..... 734.10 Prasad said. to perceptions, coal would ganwadi, mid-day meal and price of ₹325 per share. GAIL (India)...... 374.80...... -0.90 Accredited Social Health Act- Participating in a seminar Contrary to perceptions, coal remain an important energy Grasim Ind ...... 1065.70...... 3.30 Bharti Infratel rose 6.2% to ivists (Asha) schemes. on ‘Coal: Emerging Per- will remain an important source. HCL Tech...... 859.90...... 7.75 ₹318.75 on the BSE. spectives and Challenges’, energy source. * AP Mr. Som, whose company HDFC ...... 1504.10...... 29.40 The EPFO has proposed to Bharti Airtel will primar- HDFC Bank...... 1420.20...... 10.35 he said that there was ‘slack- is now trying to implement a the Labour Ministry that a ily use the proceeds from Hero MotoCorp ...... 3326.90...... -16.30 lower contributory rate of ness’ on the issue of coal regulated sector (power, fer- project involving 2.1 billion Hindalco ...... 189.60...... 0.90 this sale to reduce its debt. 10% of income towards the quality. tiliser and defence) and the tonnes of coal reserve here, Hind Unilever ...... 903.10...... 4.30 Following the transaction, ICICI Bank ...... 277.00...... 3.85 “While [the] Coal Control- Central Institute for Mining said that new technologies Employees’ Provident Fund Bharti Airtel’s equity hold- Idea Cellular ...... 88.50...... 0.90 be allowed for scheme work- ler’s Office is assessing the and Fuel Research for third- like underground coal gasi- IndusInd Bank ...... 1404.25...... 2.15 ing will be 61.7%, and that ers as against 12% contribu- grades of coal of all mines, party sampling. fication (against physical Bharti Infratel ...... 318.65...... 6.10 of KKR and CPPIB at 10.3%. seams and sidings, the prac- The IIT (Indian School of coal mining in deep seams) Infosys ...... 1035.15...... 6.30 tion stipulated for the organ- This deal marks the ITC ...... 280.50...... -1.10 tice of third-party validation Mines, Dhanbad) and the needed to be exploited to ac- ised workers. second time KKR is invest- Kotak Bank ...... 859.45...... -11.70 According to estimates, of coal grades will be exten- Quality Council of India will cess deep-seated coal. L&T...... 1544.25...... 0.35 ing in Bharti Infratel. Post there are 14 lakh anganwadi Ray of hope: EPFO will consider a proposal to increase wage ded to the non-regulated validate the quality for the “It involves certain risks , Lupin ...... 1455.70...... -2.05 the transaction, the com- ...... * sector by April,” he said at non-regulated sectors which but there is merit in address- M&M 1277.00 11.25 workers, 12 lakh anganwadi ceiling for social security coverage to ₹25,000 a month. AFP bined stake held by KKR Maurti Suzuki...... 5974.25...... -11.55 helpers, 25.50 lakh mid-day the meeting organised by account for about 20% of ing the risk issues to utilise NTPC ...... 164.90...... 1.55 and CPPIB would be the meal workers in the country, Providing social security der the EPF & MP Act, 1952 Bharat Chamber of coal consumption. the coal while replacing ONGC ...... 186.90...... -2.00 single largest public share- Commerce. The National Coal Distri- physical mining. India has PowerGrid Corp ...... 196.70...... 1.85 as per the agenda of the EP- coverage to the unorganised are assured of PF benefits,” holder block, according to Reliance Ind ...... 1245.75...... -5.35 In August 2016, a tripart- bution Policy, formulated in some 160 billion tonnes FO’s central board of trust- workers has been one of the according to the agenda. the statement. State Bank ...... 282.10...... 2.65 ees meeting reviewed by The key demands of the central The EPFO said that “there ite agreement was executed 2006, needed revision as it locked up in deep seams,” Sun Pharma ...... 698.60...... 7.40 “As long-term partners Hindu. The meeting will be trade unions. is an immediate requirement among coal companies, the had become outdated, said he said. Tata Motors ...... 472.40...... 7.65 of Bharti Infratel, we have Tata Motors DVR...... 285.65...... 6.90 chaired by Labour Minister to enhance wage ceiling un- intimately seen the com- Tata Power ...... 88.80...... 1.50 Bandaru Dattatreya. Wage increase der EPP & MP Act, 1952” to pany strengthen its posi- Tata Steel ...... 480.20...... 3.70 The EPFO will also consider ensure workers remain eli- TCS ...... 2429.95...... 17.90 tion as a world-class tele- Tech Mahindra ...... 455.70...... -13.10 No cover a proposal to increase wage gible for provident fund com infrastructure UltraTech Cement...... 3987.30...... 36.05 Kotak’s brieing plan spurs There is no mandatory social ceiling for its social security benefits. provider,” Sanjay Nayar, Wipro ...... 507.55...... 3.55 security cover for such coverage to ₹25,000 a month YES Bank...... 1534.85...... 6.90 member & CEO of KKR In- scheme workers at present. from ₹15,000 a month at Financial burden Zee Entertainment ...... 530.35...... 13.85 dia, said in a statement. However, the Centre can is- present in a bid to bring However, the move may lead gains in Axis, NBFC stocks BULLION RATES CHENNAI sue a notification to cover more workers under the to additional financial bur- March 28 rates in rupees with previous any class of establishments provident fund net. den on the Union govern- rates in parentheses with a lower contributory At present, EPF is optional ment as it contributes 1.16% Speculation of a possible deal comes ahead of board meet Retail Silver (1g) ...... 45.20.....(44.90) rate under the Employees’ for employees earning more of the employee’s salary as 22 ct gold (1 g) ...... 2,781.....(2,786) Provident Fund and Miscel- than ₹15,000 a month. The subsidy towards the Employ- SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT advanced on the BSE with private placement, QIP, laneous Provisions Act, 1952. EPFO had sent a formal pro- ees’ Pension Scheme. The Mumbai M&M Financial Services GDR/ADR and rights issues. This will only be applicable posal to the Union Labour wage ceiling hike will lead to Shares of Axis Bank and fin- gaining 2.8%, Shriram As mandated by the RBI, Mr. IN BRIEF to scheme workers in organ- Ministry last year to increase additional burden of ₹2,708 ancial sector companies Transport Finance climbing Kotak needs to gradually isations employing at least the wage ceiling for EPF cov- crore per annum on the rose on Tuesday amid spec- 5.3% and Edelweiss Finan- pare his promoter’s stake in Land leasing, renting to 20 workers. erage to ₹25,000 a month. central government, the ulation Kotak Mahindra cial Services surging 6.3%. the bank to 15% by March 31, attract GST from July 1 “The Central Board (EPF) “The purpose of revision EPFO said. Bank might announce a pos- Axis Bank — which has been 2020, from about 32% now. NEW DELHI may kindly consider for re- of wage ceiling is to ensure The previous wage ceiling sible merger or acquisition. the subject of speculation “We believe the deadline Come July 1, leasing of land, commendation to the Cent- that on increase in wages was revised in September Kotak Mahindra Bank, about a possible merger can be met by further sales,” renting of buildings as well as ral Government to issue noti- due to inflation etc., min- 2014 when the limit was in- which has a scheduled with Kotak Mahindra Bank — JPMorgan wrote in a re- EMIs paid for purchase of fication for the Social imum social security bene- creased from ₹6,500 to board meeting on March 30, added 3.2%, while Kotak search note, adding that the under-construction houses Security Benefits to the vo- fits are continuously made ₹15,000 per month. At said after market hours on Mahindra Bank slid 1.3%. bank would consider raising will start attracting Goods lunteers of various schemes available to intended benefi- present, out of around 3.7 Monday that vice chairman On Monday, the fourth- further capital “only if it and Services Tax (GST). Sale workers i.e, anganwadi, ciaries. Timely revision of crore active members are and managing director Uday largest private sector lender were accretive.” of land and buildings will, ASHA, Mid-day Meal Work- wage ceiling is of utmost im- subscribed to EPFO, close to Kotak would hold a media informed stock exchanges “We do not comment on however, be out of the ers under the ambit of portance to ensure that new three crore workers are Bharti Airtel will use the briefing on March 29. that its board would con- rumours and speculation,” a purview of GST, the new EPFO,” according to the employees who are joining those in the earning category sale proceeds to reduce Stocks of non-banking fin- sider all options for raising Kotak Mahindra Bank indirect tax regime. PTI agenda of the meeting. establishments covered un- of ₹15,000 and below. its debt. ancial companies (NBFCs) equity capital including spokesperson said. 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NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU 14 BUSINESS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 2017 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF ‘Global investors keener now Tekplay to Northeast may get add 2 digital subsidised capital to invest in Indian real estate’ tech centres Special Correspondent DIPP aiming to reduce cost of funds CHENNAI JLL CEO Christian Ulbrich cites enhanced liquidity, transparency as reasons Tekplay Systems Ltd., an IT services company which Lalatendu Mishra helped The India Cements ‘Bitcoin not authorised MUMBAI and other firms to go di- by Reserve Bank of India’ International investors are gital, is planning to raise $5 NEW DELHI keen to invest in Indian real million and set up two de- The Centre on Tuesday said estate now more than ever velopment centres. use of Bitcoins has not been before due to the enhanced “Currently, we are in authorised by RBI and could liquidity and transparency it talks with private equity in- breach anti-money offers, a top global real es- vestors in the U.S. to raise laundering provisions. The tate expert said. $5 million,” said Prab- RBI has warned users of “The outside view is more huram Ramanathan, exec- Bitcoin, about the inancial, positive than the inside view utive director, Tekplay Sys- legal and security risks. on what I hear from Indian tems. “No regulatory approval, entrepreneurs, who are “We are in the process registration or authorisation much more critical about the of setting up development Nudge for industry: The Centre is eyeing an industrial policy is stated to have been situation here,” Christian Ul- centres in San Jose and for backward areas of the northeast and Himalayan States. obtained by the entities brich, Global CEO & Presid- Bengaluru,” he said. concerned for carrying on ent, Jones Lang LaSalle Inc., Tekplay is also in the Special Correspondent hoping that regulators will such activities,” Minister of the global real estate consult- process of acquiring a com- New Delhi come out soon with good State for Finance, A.R. ing firm, said in an interview. pany in Singapore and the The Centre is working on an and positive regulations so Meghwal said. PTI “But the outside view is in- details would be an- industrial policy for back- online platforms are able to credibly positive for India,” nounced soon, he said. ward areas of the northeast do their business,” the DIPP ‘Natural gas exports to he said. The Chennai-based di- as well as the Himalayan Secretary said. India may get U.S. nod’ Global investors want In- gital business transforma- States to subsidise the cost On state-wise start-up WASHINGTON dia to be successful so that it tion company works with of capital, a senior official policy, he said as of now The Trump administration is can develop into a matured Fortune 500 companies to said. there are 16 states that have expected to give its country providing greater in- unlock the full potential of “It is a challenge to access their respective start-up consent for major export of vestment opportunities and digital technology. The ser- funds in India,” said Depart- policies and the Centre has natural gas to energy- options for investment, he vices offered by the firm in- ment of Industrial Policy asked the remaining states hungry India, a senior U.S. said. clude digital technology and Promotion (DIPP) Sec- to soon join the initiative. oicial said, underlining “There is strong hope that consulting, enterprise solu- retary Ramesh Abhishek. Noting that start-up that energy sector may be a India will be successful be- Visitor’s perspective: The outside view is more positive than the inside view on what I hear tions, business analytics “Cost of funds is high, policy is important, he said major area of bilateral cause people are now posit- from Indian entrepreneurs, says the JLL chief. * ARUNANGSU ROY CHOWDHURY and digital workforce and the government is work- start-ups are the biggest job co-operation. “Watch for ive with the current govern- solutions. ing to bring this down and creators. “We have to turn it,” he said. His comments ment. People believe that he opment for India. “I can’t the end of the day, they are prices dropped 30% after de- Over the next two years, make funds easily access- our youth into job givers not came as U.S. President is starting to have real suc- judge how it was executed. talking about relatively small monetisation, prices across Tekplay expects its rev- ible. We have interest sub- job seekers. Creating a start- Donald Trump is set to sign cess in what he is doing and But the concept behind it is number of countries which the board in fact went up enue to grow five-fold from sidy schemes specifically for up ecosystem [is] also im- an executive order to wipe India is now catching up well received internationally. are taking the bulk of the in- 1.2%.” $20 million to $100 million more difficult areas like the portant,” he said. out his predecessor Barack [with] China because there Because corruption is clearly vestment in real estate. This However, he said the sec- and employee strength northeast. We are trying to The development of agri- Obama’s climate change was a long period when In- the biggest evil for any coun- is very important for India,” tor was heading for consolid- from 400 to 1,000-2,000. come out with an industrial culture sector is a key prior- legacy. PTI dia was disappointing for in- try... and institutional in- he said. ation as profit margins were “Digital transformation is policy for backward areas of ity area for the Centre, he ternational investors.” vestors have received it He said when there is declining rapidly and most the next big thing in the IT northeast and the Him- said. The government is en- Amazon to buy West He said India is now catch- well.” comparison between China developers lacked depth. industry, with the market alayanStatesandwearego- couraging organic farming Asian e-tailer Souq.com ing up in transparency Mr. Ulbrich said globally and India, people still look at “Consolidation is going to expected to double in the ing to see how we can sub- across the country and he DUBAI which is a good indicator. In there was strong and in- India in a positive way be- happen. Out of the 11,000 near future,” Mr. sidise the cost of capital in has sought suggestions in Souq.com will expand its the JLL transparency index, creased allocation into real cause it is a democracy developers, very few have Ramanathan said. “We these areas,” he said at an this regard from the public. workforce and operations India had moved up from 48 estate so there was much where there is rule of law. depth. We conducted a sur- plan to grab a higher mar- interactive session on Make Mr. Abhishek said Invest after Amazon clinched a four years earlier to 36 in the more capital chasing limited Ramesh Nair, CEO & coun- vey and out of all de- ket share both through or- In India initiative online. India — the national invest- deal to buy 100% of the latest survey among 110 products. try head, India, JLL Property velopers, 240 were found to ganic and inorganic expan- ment promotion agency — Middle East online retailer, countries. Liquidity is be- “Clearly, institutional in- Consultants (India) said have depth in the residential sion. “We have nearly 40 Online regulations in the last one and a half executives from both irms coming much bigger due to vestors like to buy top qual- though the December segment followed by 40 in clients including India Ce- Mr. Abhishek said norms years had promoted foreign said. Amazon and Souq.com the presence of institutional ity buildings. So, there is quarter was the worst ever the office segment and only ments, CSK, Google, Union were yet to be announced investments to the tune of said earlier on Tuesday they money mainly of sovereign more money coming into the in 30 quarters, still, real es- 5 in the retail segment. Bank of India, Cisco, In- by the regulators con- $70 billion, of which already had agreed on the takeover, wealth funds and Pension sector. Institutional investors tate price on an average rose When consolidation hap- dian Railways and Ministry cerned, including the RBI $3.1 billion worth of invest- despite an eleventh-hour Funds, he said. would like to buy those by 1.2% in 2016 as compared pens, a lot of these will be of Finance,” according to and the SEBI, regarding reg- ments had come into the bid by Dubai billionaire buildings in markets which with 3.2% in 2015. out of business. So, there Mr. Ramanathan. ulations for online lending country. “This kind of hand Mohamed Alabbar’s Emaar Demonetisation positive are very transparent, which “Contrary to the general will be less developers, less N. Srinivasan, VC and platforms. holding was never done by Malls to cut in with an ofer He added that demonetisa- are very liquid and which perception that the real es- buyers and lot more institu- MD, India Cements un- “Those platforms are do- the Centre earlier,” Mr. Ab- of $800 million. Reuters tion was a big, positive devel- have a strong rule of law. At tate market is crashing and tional participation,” he said. veiled the Tekplay brand. ing a good job. So we are hishek added.

BeWo to Truecaller announces expand partnerships in India presence N. Anand Allies with Bharti, Google, ICICI Bank to extend app usage Chennai BeWo Technologies, a pro- Special Correspondent vider of grocery store auto- New Delhi mation technologies, has Stockholm-based Truecaller drawn up plans to increase on Tuesday announced part- its reach by almost sixfold nerships in India with Bharti by entering more cities. Airtel, ICICI Bank and “Currently, we are Google, besides rolling out present in four cities — the latest verison of its ap- Chennai, Bengaluru, Mum- plication with new features. bai and New Delhi through The partnership with 1,000 grocers, who are Bharti will allow the operat- linked with 30 clients or’s subscribers to access the [FMCG majors] and sell Truecaller app even on fea- more than 50 brands,” said ture phones without data, Leveraging identity: Nami Zarringhalam, Co-Founder, R. Sampath, CEO and MD, while the collaboration with Truecaller, in New Delhi. * KAMAL NARANG BeWo. “In 2017-18, we ICICI Bank will enable would like to... be present Truecaller users to transfer mobile. Truecaller users will that prefer using such plat- in 10 cities. We will add an- money from within the app. be able to create their forms rather than leaving other 16 cities the following Google’s video calling ser- unique Virtual Payment Ad- what they are doing and go- year, covering 25,000 gro- vice Duo has also been integ- dress in the app, and in- ing to a separate application cers,” he said. rated into the Truecaller stantly send or receive for small payments.” The start-up is incub- app, allowing users to make money using any Unified According to the pact ated by California-based video calls directly through Payments Interface-suppor- with Bharti, the caller ID fea- chipmaker Qualcomm and it. India is the biggest market ted bank.” ture of Truecaller will be ex- backed by TTK Group for the app with 150 million The feature will be avail- tended to Bharti’s non-data chairman T.T. Jagannathan, users. able to ICICI as well as non- users using feature phones. in his personal capacity. “Indian economy is mov- ICICI users. Truecaller also rolled out the “We bring grocers and ing to cashless,” Truecaller Abonty Banerjee, Senior latest version of the app – FMCG majors on a single co-founder Nami Zarring- General Manager & Head – Truecaller 8, which extends platform, help them to effi- halam said. “The country is Digital Channels, ICICI Bank the caller ID to SMSes while ciently manage their busi- leapfrogging a lot of other said, “There is a segment of also enabling users to filter ness and achieve higher markets to move directly to users, mostly young users, out all spam messages. sales,” Mr. Sampath said. Nobel Hygiene to boost diaper capacity

Adult diaper maker plans facilities in North India as well as outside the country

Lalatendu Mishra The unit manufactures adult has two brands: Friends for MUMBAI and baby diapers, under- adult diapers and Teddyy for Nobel Hygiene Pvt Ltd., pads and baby diaper pants. baby diapers. among the first players in Mr. Johari said that the Mr. Johari said his com- adult diapers in India and company was also planning pany had been growing at the market leader in this seg- to set up a manufacturing 30-40% for the last seven ment (with 65% market base outside India. However, years as compared with the share according to Euromon- he did not disclose the loca- average industry growth of itor Singapore) is planning to tion. “We may start very 20-25%. “We are the only expand its capacity by set- soon,” Mr. Johari said. company in India which ting up a new manufacturing Globally, the disposable manufactures all types of di- facility in North India to hygiene market is estimated apers and underpads. Be- cater to the growing demand at $50 billion and this in- sides, we have designed di- for adult and baby diapers in Kamal Kumar Johari cludes diapers and sanitary apers as per the Indian body the country, a top company napkins according to in- structure and thus our di- official said. factory in North India, either dustry officials. In India, this apers do not leak,” he said. “We have seen the de- in NCR Delhi or in Uttar Pra- market is estimated at The adult diapers market mand for adult diapers grow- desh this year,” he said. ₹6,000 crore. is estimated at ₹350 crore at ing from zero in 2000 to ap- He said the company The Indian market is dom- MRP level while the baby proximately 10 crore pieces would invest ₹25 crore in the inated by three MNCs: segment is worth more than in 2016,” said Kamal Kumar new manufacturing unit. No- Procter & Gamble, Kimberly- ₹5,500 crore. Johari, managing director, bel Hygiene already operates Clark and Unicharm of Ja- “The penetration level of Nobel Hygiene. “Besides, the a factory in Nashik in Maha- pan, that manufacture and diapers in India is 6% as baby diapers market is grow- rashtra where it has put up sell their brands Pampers, against 35% in China. This ing at 25-30% a year. So, we six manufacturing lines with Huggies and MamyPoko re- leaves vast scope for are planning to set up a new fully-automated machines. spectively. Nobel Hygiene growth,” Mr. Johari said. CM YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

THE HINDU NOIDA/DELHI WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 2017 SPORT 15 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF Team India wraps it up in style Smith apologises Rahul and Rahane guide the host to a comprehensive eight-wicket win But disappointed that BCCI made the Wade-Jadeja exchange public Vijay Lokapally DHARAMSHALA Special Correspondent India signed off the long sea- Cash bonanza DHARAMSHALA son with a finely-scripted vic- As the top-scorer and per- tory over Australia that gave haps the best batsman of the Special Correspondent tion in the ICC Test team the team a 2-1 series win and MUMBAI series by quite a distance, cemented the No. 1 Test rankings. Steve Smith was justified in Jadeja’s cup of joy ranking. The BCCI on Tuesday re- The cash awards: being disappointed at losing overflows The eight–wicket victory at warded Team India with 1. Test team members: the four-Test series. DHARAMSHALA the HPCA Stadium on Tues- cash emoluments for its ₹50 lakh each. What would have hurt Ravindra Jadeja has thrice day came through K.L. excellent display in the 2. Head Coach: ₹25 lakh. more was that the loss came, bagged the Man-of-the- Rahul’s winning stroke with long home season and also 3. Support staff: ₹15 lakh within four days, at a venue Match awards for this season, Ajinkya Rahane fittingly mon- for retaining its top posi- each and in conditions that were the joint-most for India, with itoring the decisive moments the best and closest to home. Virat Kohli being the other. in the middle, not to forget ing for a miracle. winning with a whopping But even as the Australian No one else got more than the two key members off the captain rued his team’s Skipper Steve Smith lacked 333-run margin at Pune. one. In fact, Jadeja is the only field — Virat Kohli and coach missed chances, what made the firepower in his attack The 32-run first innings one to achieve the feat in Anil Kumble — marshalling news was the skipper apolo- and only watched the disin- lead was the impetus on each of the three major series the team to give its best and gising for the bad blood tegration from first slip, his which the victory march was — against New Zealand, regain the Border-Gavaskar between the sides and his dreams of beating India in In- built and some incisive bowl- England and Australia. This Trophy. own behaviour. dia going up in smoke with ing on the third day saw India was Jadeja’s fifth Man-of- The win also brought India “I am sort of proud of my every boundary that Rahul flatten any hopes that Aus- the-Match and maiden a $1 million bonus and the performances in this series. I Steve Smith congratulates and Rahane cracked. tralia may have nurtured. Man-of-the-Series award. ‘Test Mace’ for finishing as set myself high standards Virat Kohli after the inal the premier team on the cut The scorching spell from andIwantedtoleadfromthe Test. * V.V. KRISHNAN Aggressive Rahane off date of April 1. Umesh Yadav and crafty stuff front. Smith offers Rahane and “They are hurting right What stood out was a refresh- from R. Ashwin and Ravindra “ I have sort of been very Indian team a drink now, it’s always tough when DHARAMSHALA Early jitters ing charge by Rahane as he Jadeja paved the way for India intense in my own little you lose a series at the final Resuming at 19 for no loss, In- played some astounding to win its 10th Test of the bubble and at times I have let Australian captain Steve hurdle but the guys are going dia went through some con- strokes off Cummins. home season — beating New my emotions and actions Smith on Tuesday reached to take so much out of this trived excitement when M. Zealand 3-0, England 4-0, just falter a little bit through- out to IPL teammate Ajinkya He pulled him over square series,”he added. Rahane and the Indian team, Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara leg and then made room to Australia 2-1 apart from the out this series and I apolo- offering a round of beer after lost their wickets. Vijay smack him over cover, the one-off Test victory over gise for that. There was a note of bitter- the end of the bitterly- nicked Pat Cummins and Pu- two sixes driving home In- Bangladesh. “That’s a big stride for me ness in the end, though, but fought Test series. Smith, jara ran himself out. dia’s dominance over an op- The two draws came moving forward and some- the blame this time was tar- who apologised for letting Did Australia sniff a position that had begun the against England and Aus- thing I can really learn from geted not towards the Indian emotions get the better of chance? If it did, the idea was series on a sterling note by tralia. and continue to grow as an team but the BCCI. him throughout the series, smashed by Rahul and Ra- individual and as a leader,” “I was a little disappoin- also had a brief chat with hane applying themselves to fourth TEST, DAY 4, HPCA STADIUM, DHARAMSHALA Smith said at the end of the ted that the BCCI sieved Rahane after the game. “I ensure there was no end-of- AUSTRALIA — 1ST INNINGS 300 final Test here on Tuesday. through the archive to find a said (to Rahane) see you next the-season embarrassment. INDIA — 1st INNINGS 332 conversation on the field week, he’s in my team for the The 60-run third-wicket Learning curve that was happening between AUSTRALIA — 2nd INNINGS 137 IPL,” Smith told ABC association between Rahul There were more lessons for Matty (Wade) and Jadeja. Grandstand INDIA — 2ND INNINGS RUNS BALLS 4s 6s . “I asked if he and Rahane was a culmina- the 27-year old and his team “Usually what’s said on K.L. 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Ajinkya Rahane dispatches a Pat Cummins delivery Extras (b-4, lb-5) ddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd9 dddddddddd ddddddddd ddddddddd “This team has grown so say things here and there, so I’ll be with him for the century of the series. into the stands during his speedy knock that took India home on Total (for two wkts. in 23.5 overs) ddddddd dd 106 quickly. We are still a very their emotions are going to next few weeks,” he said of Rahane, keen to make a Tuesday. * V.V. KRISHNAN Fall of wickets: 1-46 (Vijay, 13.1 overs), 2-46 (Pujara, 13.6). young side, it wasn’t too long be high. the Rising Pune Supergiants mark, came up with a few ro- AUSTRALIA BOWLING: Cummins 8-2-42-1, Hazlewood 6-2-14-0, O’Keefe 4.5-1-22-0, ago we were at Hobart and it teammate. It’s part of bust strokes as India cantered the fourth day. Australia’s to make the home team falter. Lyon 5-0-19-0. was the end of the world. “So I was a little bit disap- chances best lay in making Australian culture to have to the target, needing a mere The poor second innings Result: India won by 8 wickets to take the series 2-1 “It’s been a great learning pointed by the fact the BCCI beer with rival players once 17.5 overs to knock off the 87 quick dents. show on the third day had left curve for each and every one did bring that out,” he Man-of-the-match & series: Ravindra Jadeja the contest is over. PTI runs needed for the win on It did but not to the extent Australia stunned and pray- of the boys in the room. commented. Ashwin receives Sobers Trophy Aussies no longer friends, says Kohli Voted ICC Cricketer and Test Cricketer of the Year 2016 Indian skipper magnanimous in his praise for the opposition’s display on ield Special Correspondent We have a great unit DHARAMSHALA <> Uthra Ganesan tion, at least on field, in the that has done well DHARAMSHALA way it fought back till the Off-spinner R. Ashwin collec- across formats. If anyone thought that the very end of the four-match ted the Garfield Sobers Ashwin acrimonious war of words series. Trophy for the ICC Cricketer over the past two months “They challenged us of the Year 2016 and the Test rounder. I’m sure he will between India and Australia really hard… the resistance Cricketer of the Year trophy have a lot more success in would finally see closure at from the opposition was a lot from Kapil Dev and Sunil the coming years and help the end of the series, he/she more compared to the last Gavaskar here on Tuesday. India win more matches, was wrong. few series that we have A ICC press release both at home and abroad, ” And Virat Kohli made sure played. I think they had the quoted Ashwin, “It has been said Kapil. the message went out loud belief of making things hap- a great honour to be named Gavaskar observed, “India and clear — they were no pen in these conditions. by the ICC for two top has always produced some longer friends, anywhere. “They believed they could awards and it is dreamlike to Proud moment: R. Ashwin receives ICC awards for his of the finest spin bowlers “No, it has changed. I win sessions and situations actually receive them here. outstanding performance in 2016 from Kapil Dev and seen in the game. Ashwin thought that was the case, and that was the most chal- What has been greatly satis- and (Ravindra) Jadeja are the Sunil Gavaskar. * V. V. KRISHNAN but it has changed, for sure. lenging thing. Whereas fying for me is that I have latest who are upholding As I said, in the heat of the Candid captain: Virat Kohli, seen with the ICC Test mace and teams lose their morale once helped the team do well dur- thank all my team members, “My uncle’s family has that wonderful tradition. battle you want to be com- bonus cheque presented by Sunil Gavaskar, was vocal in his they lose a Test in India, they ing this period. team management and sup- also been a pillar of support “Besides he is a batsman petitive but I’ve been proven criticism of the Australian media. * V.V. KRISHNAN kept bouncing back and they port staff for helping me per- all these years. I thank the who prizes his wicket dearly wrong. had the desire to compete Feeling proud form. I hope to continue do- ICC for recognising and en- and makes useful contribu- “The thing I said before vidually, and I haven’t done coming out and competing throughout. “We have a great unit that ing well and help my team couraging players with these tions with the bat. The num- the first Test, that has cer- well in this series so oppor- in the field,” he remarked, “You expect that from has done well across win many matches in the awards because such mo- ber of man of the match tainly changed and you tunities galore for everyone making it clear that there Australia, once they get a formats. Being on top of the coming years. ments always remain in awards and man of the series won’t hear me say that (we to come out and speak about was a difference between cri- sniff they put you under Test table, in particular, is an “I thank my family and one’s memory.” awards he has won show are friends) ever again,” me, which is fine...very easy ticism and accusations. pressure,” said Kohli. accomplishment we are all also would like to remember “Ashwin is a big asset for why he is the biggest match- Kohli brushed it off. to sit at home and write a The Indian captain, “These kinds of series and proud of.” my uncle who passed away the team as he is useful with winner for India in recent “Criticism is not in my blog or speak behind a mike. though, was magnanimous matches, they build charac- Ashwin added, “I’d like to suddenly during this game. the bat and a thinking all- times.” control. I was targeted indi- “ I think that’s easier than in his praise for the opposi- ter,” he said. CoA, BCCI in a battle of wills The rare and diicult art of wrist spin G. Viswanath separate nine-year upper- The CoA told BCCI offi- Mumbai limit term at the BCCI and cials that the meetings have It will be fascinating watching Kuldeep Yadav evolve in front of TV cameras as he develops his craft The tussle for authority State level — served notices to be deferred; also, it would between the CoA and the to its 31 members (not as per control the SGM agenda. long without one turning up, and by experimenting with wrist spin — has a lovely story about playing for BCCI office-bearers has the Lodha authored Consti- The BCCI officials’ re- then suddenly left-arm wrist spin- at a very young age, Bishan Bedi did South Australia in the Sheffield begun. tution because it has not sponse was: “With regard to ners come in threes (Why Do Buses so too — soon settle down to ortho- Shield. He would open the bowling been adopted it) for a Spe- C.K. Khanna (acting pres- the request for change in Come in Threes? is a book on the hid- dox spin. Coaches advise youngsters and then his captain Les Favell cial General Meeting at New ident), Amitabh Chaudhary date ... the same can hardly den mathematics of everyday life). to give up the more difficult version, would say, “New bowler, Sobey, from Delhi on April 9. (jt. secretary, discharging be effected by us in view of South Africa blooded Tabraiz Shamsi the one that is tough to control and the other end, bowling left arm spin.” the duties of the secretary) It also convened a meet- the nature of the requisition for the day-night Test in Adelaide re- might even lead to some shoulder After a while he would say, “New and Anirudh Chaudhry ing of the National Cricket by a majority of the General BETWEEN WICKETS cently while Sri Lanka’s Lakshan injury. bowler, Sobey, from the other end, (treasurer) told CEO Rahul Academy (NCA) Board at Body and its notice having suresh menon Sandakan, a year younger at 25, The left-arm wrist spinner, who bowling chinaman and googlies.” Johri on Tuesday that “their Bengaluru on Tuesday already been issued to over made his mark against Australia. brings the ball into the right hander “My chinaman wasn’t always ac- duties are stipulated in the without informing the CoA. three dozen members.” Of all the arts of bowling, the most Wrist spinners are like the girl in also tends to run on to the wicket in curate, but I took most wickets in Rules and Regulations of the difficult — and therefore the rarest the nursery rhyme, who, “when she his follow through. The stakes — that style,” wrote Sobers, “I enjoyed BCCI” and they will carry and by extension, the most exciting — is good, is very, very good, but when physical, psychological, emotional — bowling that more than the orthodox out such duties as elected of- has to be left-arm wrist spin, also she is bad she is horrid.” They are un- are high. It needs a captain with rare stuff.” According to Bedi, Sobers fice-bearers and as per the The 70-plus issue known as the ‘chinaman’. That India, playable one day and profligate the understanding of the craft to nurture began with a deep midwicket and a order of the Supreme Court a country renowned for spin bowlers next. It is the nature of the craft. such a bowler. deep square leg when he was bowl- order dated January 2, 2017. had to wait over eight decades and Two exceptions to general prac- ing wrist spin. Special Correspondent chairman of the NCA Board. more than 500 Tests before their first Character called ‘Chuck’ tice were Vijayakrishna and Mumtaz Sobers tended to overdo the The BCCI officials’ riposte Mumbai The CoA also believes that ‘chinaman’ bowler made his debut They are capable of turning a match Hussain, who both began as wrist googly and as a result threw his came less than 48 hours On January 24, a Supreme Punjab Cricket Association’s tells its own story. Watching Kuldeep in a single session either by running spinners. “When I first saw Vi- shoulder. “When I reached a certain after they were informed (on Court bench had said it Mohinder Pandove, 71, can- Yadav bamboozle the batsmen in through a side or conceding a bagful jayakrishna bowl in a local league position in my bowling action, my Sunday evening) that the would not consider those not be part of the IPL Gov- Dharamshala has been one of the of runs. ‘Chuck’ Fleetwood-Smith, match, I thought he was already as shoulder would come out and throw Committee of Administrat- above the age of 70 for erning Council. highlights of the season. who won a Test for Australia with a good as anybody I had ever seen me to one side. It was very discon- ors (CoA) has been given the nomination in the Commit- But BCCI officials (C.K. In domestic cricket, India have ten-wicket haul, holds the record for bowling left arm wrist spin,” said certing,” he wrote. mandate to manage the day- tee of Administrators (CoA). Khanna, Amitabh Chaudhary had chinaman bowlers. Karnataka the most runs conceded in an in- Erapally Prasanna. And Prasanna It will be fascinating watching to-day affairs of the BCCI A week later, the Court and Anirudh Chaudhry) have had C.M. Varadaraj and B. Vi- nings, 298. had seen Sobers! Kuldeep Yadav grow. He is only 22 through its CEO. Further, nominated Vinod Rai, told the CoA that “there is jayakrishna, there was Mumtaz Hus- “Given the ability to land the ball and will evolve in front of television they were told they cannot Vikram Limaye, Ramchandra no order of the Supreme sain from Hyderabad and Vithal Joshi always on a length,” wrote David Versatile Sobers cameras as he develops his craft. Ex- represent the BCCI in any Guha and Diana Edulji to the Court that disqualifies any from Maharashtra. Frith of Fleetwood-Smith, “he would But Vijayakrishna turned to ortho- pectations will grow too. It will be- manner, without prior per- CoA. All are under 70. person from being a mem- have been the greatest bowler who dox spin, only rarely using wrist come harder to take wickets for a mission from the CoA. According to the CoA’s ber of any BCCI committee Safety above adventure ever lived. Instead he looked to be so spin. Sobers had moved in the op- while as international teams study The CoA reiterated its understanding, individuals or representing the BCCI or But either coaches or captains con- only once in a while.” Fleetwood- posite direction. He made his first his approach, delivery stride and the point of view at a meeting above 70 cannot be part of its members on account of vinced them to place safety above ad- Smith was a maverick who refused to class and Test debut as an orthodox small hints that tell them which way with BCCI officials on any BCCI committee. The being over 70. The disquali- venture and except for Joshi on occa- bow to authority. Bill O’Reilly and spinner and it wasn’t until he began the ball is going to spin. It will be dif- Monday. CoA told BCCI officials here fications as per the orders sion, the others rarely bowled in the Clarrie Grimmett were his country’s playing league cricket in England fol- ficult to keep him from playing all Clearly, the CoA was on Monday that former are only for becoming BCCI unorthodox style. leading spinners — a combination of lowing the 1957 tour that he experi- three formats. miffed that the BCCI — Board secretary Niranjan or State association Recent experience in international facts that meant he played just ten mented with the chinaman. But he has chosen adventure. within a day of the Supreme Shah is 72 and cannot be the office-bearers.” cricket, has shown, however, that Tests. 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IN BRIEF Second ODI Bopanna and Leander Federer beats abandoned Agence France-Presse Dambulla kept in the reserves del Potro The second One-Day Inter- national between Sri Lanka Kerber to meet Venus in quarterinals and Bangladesh was called Harsha Bhogle set to off here on Tuesday after Team chosen after consulting captain Mahesh Bhupathi the end of the first innings return to the box Agencies 6-4; Alexander Zverev bt John due to heavy rain during KOLKATA Kamesh Srinivasan MIAMI Isner 6-7(5), 7-6(7), 7-6(5); lection and must have done the break. Earlier, Kusal Harsha Bhogle is set to end NEW DELHI Nick Kyrgios bt Ivo Karlovic their fitness tests as Roger Federer produced an- Mendis struck his maiden his exile from cricket 6-4, 6-7(4), 7-6(2); David The All India Tennis Associ- prescribed. other dazzling performance century as Sri Lanka commentary after the official ation (AITA) has kept Rohan In fact, a special exemp- on Monday, easing past Juan Goffin bt Diego Schwartzman broadcasters of the IPL on 4-6, 6-3, 7-5. scored 311 in 49.5 overs. Bopanna and Leander Paes tion has been given to Paes Martin del Potro in the third Bangladesh leads the Tuesday hinted that the in the reserves for the Asia to have his tests done in the round at the Miami Open. Roger Federer bt Juan Mar- renowned commentator series 1-0. Oceania Davis Cup tie US, while the rest are sched- Federer won wowed a bois- tin del Potro 6-3, 6-4; Roberto could be seen in action in the against Uzbekistan to be uled to have it done in terous, capacity crowd at Bautista Agut bt Sam Querrey SCOREBOARD 10th edition of the T20 3-6, 6-2, 6-3; Tomas Berdych played in Bengaluru from Mumbai. Crandon Park, winning 6-3 PTI bt Gilles Muller 6-3, 6-4; Ad- tournament. April 7 to 9. 6-4 in just over 80 minutes Sri Lanka: D. Gunathilaka c Yuki Bhambri has been in rian Mannarino bt Borna Coric The team will be Ramku- of nearly flawless tennis. Mushfiqur b Mortaza 9, U. Uzbekistan Davis Cup fine form in the Challenger 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(3). mar Ramanathan, Yuki In women’s section, Tharanga run out 65, K. team to face India circuit in China, after having Women: Fourth round: An- Bhambri, Prajnesh Gun- World No.1 Angelique Ker- Mendis c & b Taskin 102, D. NEW DELHI won the first of the six Fu- gelique Kerber bt Risa Ozaki neswaran and Sriram Balaji. Prajnesh Gunneswaran. Sriram Balaji. ber despatched Japanese Chandimal lbw b Mustafizur Denis Istomin will spearhead tures events in Chandigarh. 6-2, 6-2; Venus Williams bt * * 24, A. Gunaratne c Soumya b Prajnesh and Balaji have S. GOPAKUMAR SUDHAKARA JAIN Bopanna has already qualifier Risa Ozaki 6-2, 6-2 Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3, 7-6 the Uzbekistan team in the Taskin 39, M. Siriwardana b had a good run in a series of done the fitness test, while to set up a quarterfinal clash (4); Simona Halep bt Samantha Asia Oceania Davis Cup tie Mehedi 30, T. Perera run out ITF Futures events across his foot, and played doubles the newly appointed captain the other players are sched- with Venus Williams, who Stosur 4-6, 7-5, 6-2; Johanna against India in Bengaluru. 9, D. Perera run out 9, N. Ku- the country, with both win- with Paes against New Zeal- Mahesh Bhupathi. uled to have it done soon, beat Russian Svetlana Konta bt Lara Arruabarrena India and Uzbekistan share a lasekara (not out) 2, S. Lakmal ning two singles titles each, and, has also been called for Even though the selection Kuznetsova 6-3, 7-6(4). 7-5, 6-1; Caroline Wozniacki bt 2-2 record, having won their before they catch the flight c Mustafizur b Taskin 0, N. and Balaji winning four the training stint in prepara- may be logical, it should not Fourth seed Dominika Garbine Muguruza 7-6(1), home matches since the first to Benglauru. Pradeep b Taskin 0, Extras doubles titles with Vishnu tion for the tie. Bopanna and be a surprise if the four an- Cibulkova of Slovakia retd.; Lucie Safarova bt Domin- meeting in Delhi in 2005. The team: Ramkumar (b-4, lb-10, w-7, nb-1): 22; ika Cibulkova 7-6(5), 6-1; Mir- The team: Denis Istomin, Vardhan. Paes have not had good res- nounced prior to the draw is Ramanathan, Yuki Bhambri, crashed out to Czech Repub- Total (in 49.5 overs): 311. jana Lucic-Baroni bt Bethanie Sanjar Fayziev, Temur In the process, Vishnu ults in recent weeks. different. Prajnesh Gunneswaran, Sriram lic’s Lucie Safarova. Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-129, 3- Mattek-Sands 7-5, 6-4; Karo- Ismailov, Farrukh Dustov. who had flown into Pune on The chairman of the selec- It has been stressed that Balaji. The results: 212, 4-216, 5-271, 6-280, 7- lina Pliskova bt Barbora Zahla- Captain: Petr Lebed. the day of the draw, after tion committee chose the all the six players need to be Reserves: Rohan Bopanna, Men: Third round: Stan 300, 8-311, 9-311. vova Strycova 6-1, 6-4 Saketh Myneni had injured team in consultation with present in Bengaluru for se- Leander Paes. Wawrinka bt Malek Jaziri 6-3, . Bangladesh bowling: Mortaza 10-1-55-1, Mehedi 10-0-50-1, Mustafizur 8-0- 60-1, Taskin 8.5-0-47-4, Shakib 10-0-59-0, Mosaddek One of most memorable contests ever: Katich 3-0-26-0. Toss: Sri Lanka. Dismisses talk of it being remembered more for acrimony than for the cricket Amitabha Das Sharma beaten (in the first Test) in India dug deep and hurdle but they deserve a lot side this season with the Eng- strength, Katich said Indian Karman KOLKATA <> Pune. They dug deep and showed why they of credit for putting up the lish all-rounder Chris pacer Umesh Yadav and advances The remarkable fightback by showed why they are the are the number one fight in this series,” Katich Woakes filling in for Andre young left-arm spinner India after a spectacular start number one team in the said. Russell. “Woakes has shown Kuldeep Yadav will “both No Nadal for team in the world put by Australia made the world,” Katich said after at- Talking about his upcom- some good form for England. have big roles to play.” Sports Bureau quarterinals Heraklion, Greece just concluded Test series tending KKR’s practice ses- and will be remembered for ing assignment in IPL 10, He is a different kind of Katich hoped that the KKR MADRID one of the most memorable sion at the Eden Gardens that,” Katich said. Katich said the team is shap- player compared to Russell captain Gautam Gambhir In the $15,000 ITF wo- Rafael Nadal will not feature contests ever, according to here on Tuesday. He also complimented the ing up well and he would be but he is a wicket taker up- will be able to “adapt” to the men’s event in Greece, Kar- in the Spain team for the former Australian batsman “Regardless of what fine spirit showed by his able to form a better idea front,” he said. conditions. “One has to ad- man Kaur Thandi recorded Davis Cup quarterfinal and current Kolkata Knight happened at different times, compatriots. “Australia about the players after the Katich said the home side apt formats these days when a6-1,3-6,6-0winoverJuly- against Serbia from April 7 to Riders assistant coach Simon I thought it was a fantastic played some fantastic “team plays some practice will have to get into shape T20 rolls around. It is about ette Maria Josephine Steur 9, captain Conchita Martinez Katich. series. Sometimes that hap- cricket. It was nice for a matches in the next few soon as it will be playing on a slight adjustments, not much of Germany. confirmed on Tuesday. Spain “India deserves a lot of pens in Test cricket as emo- young team to put up a days.” home wicket which has been to do with techniques but is The results: will be represented by Pablo credit for fighting back after tions get the better of play- tough fight. It was unfortu- Katich was upbeat about re-laid. With his franchise fo- more about mindsets,” $15,000 ITF men, Jakarta, In- Carreno Busta, Albert Ramos, they were handsomely ers. It was a fantastic series nate that they fell in the final the new inclusions in the cusing more on the bowling Katich said. donesia: First round: Karu- Marcel Granollers, and Marc nuday Singh bt Hugo Vo- Lopez. AFP jacques (Fra) 7-6(2), 6-1. $15,000 ITF women, Sharm Indian girls lose Viewership El Sheikh, Egypt: Doubles to Philippines Kiwis in command (pre-quarterfinals): Lavinia BANGKOK boom IPL: Kohli doubtful for early part Tananta (Ina) & Natasha Palha Philippines recorded a 2-1 win bt Saima Djoubri (Fra) & Adi REUTERS Special Correspondent Hodge, that he was is still not fine as of now. I over India in a league match behind New Zealand’s first Spiegelman (Isr) 6-2, 6-3. HAMILTON DHARAMSHALA preserving himself for the don’t know but the physio in group-A of the Asia innings of 489 at Seddon healthy: Sony $15,000 ITF women, Herak- monetarily more profitable only will be able to give an Oceania World junior New Zealand moved within Park. In spite of an injured lion, Greece: First round: Kar- Indian Premier League official assessment of the under-14 girls’ tennis reach of a series-levelling The South African middle Special Correspondent shoulder keeping Virat Kohli man Kaur Thandi bt Julyette Kolkata out of action from the fourth beginning April 5. time span (for recovery),” tournament here on Tuesday. win in the third and final and lower order have proved Maria Josephine Steur (Ger) Test, there have been snide That may not happen, Kohli said. The results (league): Test here on Tuesday after difficult to dislodge through- Cricket may be experien- 6-1, 3-6, 6-0. comments from certain however. “It (the shoulder) A few weeks would most Philippines bt India 2-1 (Ma. South Africa’s batsmen out the series but their top cing a slump in attendance $15,000 ITF women, quarters, including former will take a few more weeks likely rule him out of the Carmencita Carlos bt Gargi crashed to 80 for five in the order again failed to provide in the international bilat- Hammamet, Tunisia: First Australian spinner Brad to be completely match fit. It initial stages of the IPL. Pawar 6-2, 6-2; Alexandra second innings at the close a foundation. eral series but the trend is round: Pia Konig (Aut) bt Sne- Eala bt Sarah Dev 6-2, 6-3; of day four. The host was dismissed reversed when it comes to hadevi Reddy 7-6(5), 6-1. Ma. Carmencita Carlos & Captain Faf du Plessis and for 489 before tea, giving it a television viewership, es- Amanda Gabrielle Zoleta lost wicketkeeper Quinton de 175-run lead. de Grand- pecially during the Indian to Gargi Pawar & Kock were each 15 not out homme was the last man out Premier League (IPL). Sandeepti Singh Rao 1-6, and tasked with the rescue for 57 — his maiden Test “The viewership has Objections raised on I-League-ISL merger 3-6). job, their side still 95 runs half-century. grown manifold from 100 million to 360 million in the past nine editions of SCOREBOARD NEW ZEALAND VS SOUTH AFRICA, 3RD TEST Kolkata heavyweights Mohun Bagan and East Bengal voice their reservations the IPL and this is a healthy CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC trend for cricket in India,” Amitabha Das Sharma the draft contract seeks to ob- is calling the shots in this South Africa — 1st innings: 314. 7-100-4, Rabada 34-3-122-4, ț said Prasana Krishnan, KOLKATA literate a lot of things associ- They will have to give out merger. Maharaj 50-8-118-2, Duminy 6- New Zealand — 1st innings:T. EVP and business head, Two of the oldest and most ated with the tradition of the the rights of their It was decided that Dutta, 0-38-0, Elgar 1-0-13-0, Latham c de Kock b Morkel 50, sports cluster, Sony Pic- decorated football clubs of two clubs. intellectual property to a senior vice-president of J. Raval c de Kock b Morkel 88, Bavuma 2-0-7-0. tures Network (SPN), the the country, Mohun Bagan the promoter of the new AIFF, will meet IMG-R offi- K. Williamson c Philander b tournament South Africa — 2nd innings:D. broadcaster of IPL. and East Bengal, have soun- Tradition threatened cials to sort out the reserva- Morkel 176, N. Broom lbw b Ra- CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Tomic left out bada 12, H. Nicholls c de Kock b Elgar c Watling b de Grand- “When it comes to ded out their reservations on Should the two decide to par- tions of the two clubs and of Aussie team Rabada 0, M. Santner c Duminy homme 5, T. de Bruyn run out cricket viewership, there is numerous points about the ticipate in the merged tour- The meeting was attended find a solution to the merger SYDNEY b Rabada 41, B-J. Watling b Ma- 12, H. Amla c de Grandhomme b a definite resurgence in all draft contract issued to them nament, they will have to give by the president and secret- plans. Australia captain Lleyton haraj 24, C. de Grandhomme c Patel 19, J-P. Duminy b Patel formats of the games, be it for the proposed merger of I- out the rights of their intellec- ary of IFA, Subrata Dutta and “I have heard the two Hewitt left out Bernard de Kock b Morkel 57, M. Henry c 13, F. du Plessis (batting) 15, T. the bilateral series or the League and Indian Super tual property to the pro- Utpal Ganguli, while Mohun clubs and will represent their Tomic on Tuesday as he Elgar b Maharaj 12, J. Patel c de Bavuma c Watling b Henry 1, Q. international tourna- League. moter of the new tourna- Bagan and East Bengal had views to the IMG-R hierarchy named an unchanged team Kock b Rabada 5, N. Wagner de Kock (batting) 15; Total: (for ments,” he added. Top functionaries of the ment, including the name of their top officials coming to soon. This not merely an is- for the Davis Cup World (not out) 0; Extras: (lb-12, w-5, five wkts. in 39 overs): 80. With the tournament in clubs met the president and the clubs, emblems, colours voice their concerns. sue of objection to some pro- Group quarterfinal clash with nb-7) 24; Total (in 162.1overs): its 10th year, SPN is looking secretary of the Indian Foot- of their jersey among other While discussing the provi- visions in the draft but it is Fall of wickets:1-13,2-25,3- the USA. Nick Kyrgios 489. to break the previous ball Association, the govern- things for the next 30 years. sions in the draft, the clubs about the concerns of two 49, 4-50, 5-59. spearheads the squad with Fall of wickets: 1-83, 2-273, 3- benchmarks in reach by ex- ing body of the sport in the There are other points informally asked the State clubs which have millions of Sam Groth, Jordan Thompson 293, 4-293, 5-381, 6-397, 7- New Zealand bowling: Henry panding beyond the con- State, on Tuesday to vent about sharing of profit and in- body to take up their cause supporters and have century- and John Peers on board for 443, 8-477, 9-489. 11-4-20-1, de Grandhomme 8- ventional Metro cities and their grievances. vestments which the clubs with the All India Football old traditions which is appre- the for the April 7 to 9 clash South Africa bowling: Phil- 5-15-1, Wagner 5-0-16-0, Patel foraying into the rural mar- According to the club offi- find objectionable, said a Federation and its marketing ciated the world over,”Dutta in Brisbane. AFP ander 33-7-79-0, Morkel 36.1- 12-2-22-2, Santner 3-0-7-0. kets. cials, proposals contained in Bagan official. partner, IMG-Reliance which said after the meeting.

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 13 Dish for the little pet outside 4 Caught in temptation — could home (3-2) be ilthy (5) The ive ires 8 9 Chandogya Upanishad tells how King Pravahana taught sage 10 11 14 Rush all over the place, shop 5 Greeting the crew with the till you drop (7) Gautama the Panchagni Vidya, knowledge of the five fires, catch... (9) said M.K. Srinivasan in a discourse. The first fire is svar- 16 Most extensive master plan — galoka. 12 13 6 ...boat collects, capsizes (5) ran out in disguise (7) The sun is the samit (sacrificial stick) of this fire. The rays of the sun are the smoke, while the day is the flame. The 7 Understanding why often ten 14 15 16 17 18 People in the Mediterranean moon is the ember. The stars are the sparks of this fire. see red after some whiskey teams get in... (7) When Agnihotra is performed, the jivas become Soma raja (7) and enter svargaloka. 18 19 20 21 8 ...the teammates and I play The second fire is Parjanya. For this fire, vayu or the air is 20 Unusual things about ear simultaneously (2,3,4,4) the samit. The cloud is the smoke. Lightning is the flame. piercing setter... (7) The thunderbolt is the charcoal. The roars of the fire are the 22 23 24 25 9 Beat eggs, add last of the sparks. Somaraja (jiva) is the oblation in this fire. 22 ...drink I rejected, it's symbolic lour, spread over ish — It's The third fire is the earth. For this fire, the year is the (5) novel (13) samit. Akasa, that is the sky, is the smoke. The night is the 26 27 flame. The directions are the live charcoals. The directions 24 Dravid's outstanding, is on a are the sparks. The oblation in this case is rain. When the roll (9) 15 Maybe less I weed, more it blooms (9) rains reach the earth, food is grown. 28 26 Temporary mask thief used (9) The fourth fire is man himself. His speech (vaak) is the samit. His prana is smoke. His tongue is the flame. The eyes 17 Rise to support the proposal Solution to puzzle 11966 Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku are the live charcoals, and his ears are the sparks. Here the 27 Stops half way to place it (9) underground (5) A L P A C A A C A N T H U S oblation is food. From that food the seed of man is born. ■ ACROSS L R A C H O I E The fifth fire is woman. The interaction between man and 19 Arranging a talk — one on one 28 Bid to treat itchiness with L O U I S I A N A N U R S E woman is the live charcoal here. The small pleasures are the 1 Rachel gets bed rest, becomes in Syria (7) S S T P R E S R well built (6-7) exercise (13) P A S T I M E L E T T U C E sparks here. The oblation here is the seed of man, and from I I G O O T D this does a newborn emanate. 21 Second time diction corrected, C L A R A F E T I S H E S 10 Something to pick as subject ■ Thus the Chandogya Upanishad says that jivas go to DOWN no point acting foolish (7) E T G T O S (5) G R U E S O M E L I L A C svarga, but their stay there is temporary. From there they T A O R D E I come down to the earth as rain and then become food, 11 Agents take over brand 2 Reported address — a quiet 23 Only slum bombed in Iraq (5) R E F I N E D U N I F O R M which then gets transformed into the seed of man, resulting associates (9) locality in Mumbai (7) U T O H S E P I I C I E R O B S E R V A N T in procreation. The important point to note is that while the 12 Exploit and keep quiet — it's 3 People on shore placed a bet on 25 50% reduction at the top, still S N M P E O R A jiva passes through all these various stages, its essential cruelty (9) it (9) secure (5) M I G R A T E D S N I D E R nature remains unchanged. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

THE HINDU NOIDA/DELHI WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 2017 SPORT 17 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF Conident TN faces India Red Time for a reality check The focus will be on the left-arm spin duo — Sai Kishore and Rahil Shah Six Indian men and 12 women in main draw of India Open Rakesh Rao riot Arundhati Pantawane. their weight to survive the V.V. Subrahmanyam spin to left-handers, should NEW DELHI Saina, gritty as ever, faces opening day. VISAKHAPATNAM be a perfect complement if The main draw action of the Chinese Taipei’s Chia Hsin Since H.S. Prannoy faces The beautiful batting tracks the pacers provide the early annual India Open Super Lee, ranked 31 places below National champion Sourabh in the Patym Prof. D.B. De- breakthroughs. Series begins at the Siri Fort at 39th. Verma, one is sure to reach Messi banned for four odhar Trophy have posed a For his part, Tamil Nadu Complex on Wednesday, The 52nd-ranked Ritu- the second round. Argentina games serious challenge to the best captain Vijay Shankar says with six Indian men and 12 parna Das also faces a rival Ajay Jayaram runs into ZURICH of bowlers including former his team will hope to repeat women in the singles field from Chinese Taipei, Chiang third seeded Viktor Alexsen, Lionel Messi was suspended India off-spinner Harbhajan all the good things it has and provides an opportunity Mei Hui, placed 22 spots the Dane who is the highest for four Argentina matches Singh. done to win the Vijay Hazare for a reality check. above in world rankings. seed left in the fray after the by FIFA on Tuesday for But, when a confident Trophy. “This has been a It is often seen that bar- withdrawal of Lee Chong swearing at an assistant Tamil Nadu takes on Parthiv young team with the excep- ring P.V. Sindhu and Saina Fight for survival Wei and Jan O Jorgensen, referee. Messi was found Patel-led India Red in the fi- tion of Dinesh (Karthik). I am Nehwal, not many survive Among the rest, Tanvi Lad, ranked first and second in guilty of “having directed nal on Wednesday, the focus really pleased with the way the third day of the competi- Sri Krishna Priya, Reshma the world. insulting words at an will be once again on the left- the boys have stepped up so tion. Karthik, comeback-girl P.C. K. Srikanth, once ranked assistant referee” in the arm spin duo — Sai Kishore Ready to ire: The Tamil Nadu team is keen to inish the season well to the demands so far,” Sindhu and Saina, the Thulasi, Sai Uttejitha Rao, third in the world, faces a World Cup qualifier against and Rahil Shah. Their suc- on a high with a win in the Deodhar Trophy inal. * K.R. DEEPAK he said. only two Indians to be Shreyanshi Pardarshi and tricky qualifier in China’s Chile last Thursday which cess on these tracks is a clear seeded, should find it easy Anura Prabhudesai — all Zhao Junpeng. In their only The teams (from): Tamil Nadu: Argentina won 1-0 thanks to indication that to get wickets DEODHAR TROPHY Vijay Shankar (capt.), Antony on the opening day. Sindhu ranked in that order — will previous encounter, Zhao a penalty from the Barcelona on these pitches one needs Dhas, M. Ashwin, Ganga Sridhar will be up against compat- have to punch way above got the better of Srikanth. star. Messi will miss to beat the batsmen in the Kaushik Gandhi, N. ting up a big target or chas- Raju, Kaushik Gandhi, B. In- Argentina’s next South air and with subtle variations Jagadeesan, seasoned cam- ing one on batsman-friendly drajith, N. Jagadeesan, Dinesh American qualifying game of line and length. paigner Dinesh Karthik, who wickets here. The presence Karthik (wk), M. Mohammad, R. against Boliviawith the It is a tribute to their effic- by his own admission now is of the big-hitting Manish Rohit, R. Sai Kishore, Rahil remainder of the suspension acy that they could grab the gunning for a batsman’s slot Pandey, Ishank Jaggi, Gur- Shah, Washington Sundar, L. served over his country’s attention despite all three in the Indian team, and cap- keerat Mann and Axar Patel Suryapprakash and J. Koushik. subsequent World Cup games producing century- tain Vijay Shankar. should be a big plus point. India Red: Parthiv Patel (capt.), qualifiers. AFP makers. And, they hold the India Red bowling is in the Shikhar Dhawan, Manish key to Tamil Nadu’s success. Flamboyant duo experienced hands of pacers Pandey, Shreevats Goswami, Spurs humble The team is keen to finish On the other hand, for India Dhawal Kulkarni and Ashoke Ishank Jaggi, Harpreet Singh Cavaliers the season on a high, having Red, the flamboyant duo of Dinda. Spinners Axar Patel Bhatia, Gurkeerat Mann, Axar LOS ANGELES won the Vijay Hazare Trophy left-handers — captain and Akshay Karnewar, with Patel, Akshay Karnewar, Kawhi Leonard scored 25 recently. Parthiv Patel and Shikhar his unique ability to switch Dhawal Kulkarni, Ashoke Dinda, points and left to a standing In batting, Tamil Nadu Dhawan — at the top should over to left-arm to right- Kulwant Khejroliya, Govind ovation on Monday as San can rely on the in-form set the tempo either in set- handers and right-arm off- Poddar and Chama Milind. Antonio Spurs humbled champion Cleveland Cavaliers 103-74. Other results:Kings91bt Grizzlies 90; Jazz 108 bt Pelicans 100; Thunder 92 bt Mavericks 91; Raptors 131 bt Magic 112; Knicks 109 bt Pistons 95. AGENCIES

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Reuters then add visual details like a Facebook as the companies book users. “Our goal here is ion”. The latest Minion San Francisco rainbow or a beard of glitter. battle for eyeballs and leisure to give people more to do on movie, Despicable Me 3,is Facebook Inc is giving the Users will be able to share time. Facebook and that’s really due out in a few months Italian artisan crafts camera a central place on its a picture privately with a Snap, which went public been the main inspiration,” from Comcast Corp’s NBC 24-carat gold shoes smartphone app for the first friend, rather than to the this month, has recently em- Connor Hayes, a Facebook Universal. TURIN time, encouraging users to user’s entire list of friends, phasised its ambitions to product manager, said in a Facebook has deals to li- Italian shoemaker Antonio take more pictures and edit and add a picture to a gallery build gadgets and has called briefing with reporters. cense content from six film Vietri hopes to attract them with digital stickers known as a “story,” similar to itself a camera company studios, as well as from two shoppers from wealthy Gulf that show the influence of a feature on the Snapchat rather than a social media Morph into a Minion artists, said Kristen Spilman, countries with his blue or camera-friendly rival app. firm. In a glimpse of how the design director at Facebook. black suede moccasins with Snapchat. Snapchat, owned by Snap Facebook, the world’s features could tie in with Another visual effect that stitched gold-plated uppers. With an update scheduled Inc, popularised the sharing largest social network with other businesses, one of the can be added to pictures al- “These are the first shoes in to take effect on Tuesday, of digitally decorated photo- some 1.86 billion users, first camera effects will be lows someone in a picture to the world in 24-carat gold,” Facebook will allow users to graphs on social media, es- denies it took its camera the ability to morph “become a laser cat with su- he said. Small strips of gold get to the app’s camera with pecially among teenagers, ideas from Snapchat and someone in a photograph per powers,” Ms. Spilman are woven by hand and sewn one swipe of their finger and and exposed a weakness of says it got them from Face- into a yellow, cartoon “Min- said. with leather. AFP How primates got big brains Refugee chef cooks up Fruit eating may be key to evolution of more grey matter, says study a taste of Syria in London Ivanka Trump pens Press Trust of India food consumption across the Imad Alarnab’s eatery has the intimacy of a family kitchen motivational book New York studied species — folivores WASHINGTON Large brain sizes in primates (leaves), frugivores (fruit), Reuters everyone sharing,” he said. Ivanka Trump, the daughter may have been a result of frugivores/folivores, and om- London “We have huge dining tables of U.S. President Donald their diverse diet, which in- nivores (addition of animal Chef Imad Alarnab furiously where everyone sits around. Trump, is all set to share her cluded fruits and vegetables, protein) — as well as several chops onions and stirs giant Sometimes we would cook rules for success in an rather than living complex measures of sociality, such pots of bubbling stew as he for hours and the food upcoming business book. social lives, scientists have as group size, social system, prepares dinner. would be finished within Titled Women Who Work: found. and mating system. It is a far cry from Damas- minutes.” Rewriting the Rules for These results call into cus, Syria, where Mr. Mr. Alarnab fled to Success, the book will release question “the social brain Tougher to find Alarnab owned three res- Europe by boat from Turkey in the U.S. on May 2. The hypothesis,” which has pos- Results showed that brain taurants and several juice A bowl of Fattoush salad. and his family joined him book is being published by ited that humans and prim- size is predicted by diet bars before they were des- * K. ANANTHAN later. The last time he Portfolio, an imprint of ates are big-brained due to rather than by the various troyed in the civil war, now cooked for a large group of Penguin Random House. IANS factors pertaining to social measures of sociality — after in its seventh year. his favourite Syrian recipes people was in the sprawling living. controlling for body size and But for two weeks only, that he learnt from his “Jungle” camp in Calais. The findings reinforce the phylogeny. Frugivores and Mr. Alarnab is back in the mother. Like many refugees who notion that human and frugivore/folivores exhibit business, serving Syrian “It’s the same cooking we have spent time there, he re- primate brain evolution may larger brains than folivores food at a pop-up restaurant used to have in our parents’ members exactly how many be driven by differences in and, to a lesser extent, omni- in an upstairs room in east house,” he said. “We want days he lived in the harsh feeding rather than in Urban adventurer: A monkey feasts on igs in a leafy vores show significantly lar- London. visitors to the restaurant to conditions, hoping to make socialisation. neighbourhood of New Delhi. * V.V. KRISHNAN ger brains than folivores. “The pop-up idea is feel like they are sitting at it to Britain. “I cooked in the “Are humans and other “Fruit is patchier in space serving Syrian dishes for their own dining table.” street for 64 days,” he said. primates big-brained be- “Complex foraging cies?’ then our new examina- and time in the environ- non-Syrian people,” he said Proceeds from the res- YouTube sensation cause of social pressures and strategies, social structures, tion suggests that factor is ment, and the consumption with a grin on his face. Traditional dishes taurant will go to Syrian Lilly Singh to visit India the need to think about and and cognitive abilities, are diet,” he said. of it often involves extraction Mr. Alarnab, a father of Guests sit at long tables for a children who have been NEW DELHI track our social relation- likely to have co-evolved Researchers, including from difficult-to-reach-places three, said he was thrilled to family-style supper served forced to flee their homes. YouTube star Lilly Singh will ships, as some have ar- throughout primate evolu- Scott Williams, assistant pro- or protective skins,” said Mr. be cooking again after on large platters. The menu The chef worked with Ap- be visiting India in April as gued?” asked James Higham, tion,” said Alex DeCasien, an fessor of anthropology at DeCasien. selling cars to make ends includes traditional Syrian pear Here, an online space- part of her tour to promote an assistant professor at New NYU doctoral candidate. NYU, examined more than “Together, these factors meet when he first arrived dishes from Kabsa, a spicy rental service, Unicef’s Next her debut book, in which she York University (NYU). 140 primate species — or may lead to the need for rel- in Britain as a refugee in chicken with rice, to Fat- Generation initiative and covers topics ranging from “This has come to be the Diet may be key factor more than three times as atively greater cognitive 2015. toush, a salad with caterers The Hampstead Kit- relationships to career prevailing view, but our find- “However, if the question is: many as previous studies — complexity and flexibility in The restaurant has a flatbread. chen to launch the pop-up. choices. She will be in ings do not support it — in ‘Which factor, diet or social- and incorporated more re- frugivorous species,” he said. sense of stepping into the “In Syria, the food, with The project is a chance Mumbai, Hyderabad and Delhi fact, our research points to ity, is more important when cent evolutionary trees, or The research was pub- intimacy of a family kitchen. the family of course, means for Alarnab to work towards on April 19, 20 and 21 other factors, namely diet,” it comes to determining the phylogenies. lished in the journal Nature It is a fitting backdrop for a lot for us — like it’s tradi- running his own restaurant respectively. IANS he said. brain size of primate spe- They took into account Ecology and Evolution. Mr. Alarnab as he recreates tional to meet every week, again.

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Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Taipei Stockholm Filmmaker Huang Hui-chen The Swedish Academy has felt bound by labels while warned that Nobel literature growing up in Taiwan: im- laureate Bob Dylan has until poverished, a school dro- June 10 to deliver the tradi- pout and daughter of a les- tional Nobel lecture, in or- bian Taoist priestess whom der to receive the eight mil- she yearned to understand. lion kronor (₹5.9 crore) that Her award-winning dir- comes with the prize. ectorial debut Small Talk is The lecture, which can the culmination of two dec- Huang Hui-chen. * AFP take nearly any form includ- ades of filming their fraught ing a short speech, a per- Bob Dylan. * AP relationship and was named lours and gravesides. Ms. formance, a video broadcast best documentary last Huang says the occupation or even a song, must be held manent secretary of the month at the Berlin Interna- is considered a lowly blue- within six months of Decem- Swedish Academy, which tional Film Festival, winning collar job and she felt her ber 10, the date of the Nobel awards the Nobel Literature the LGBT-focused Teddy peers looked down upon prize ceremony and the an- Prize, said in a blog post on Award. her. By the time she was 10, niversary of the death of the Monday. Set to hit the big screen in she had stopped attending prize’s founder Alfred “What he decides to do is Taiwan in April, it comes as school. Her mother left Ms. Nobel. his own business.” the island’s parliament pre- Huang’s abusive father — to “No phone conversation Mr. Dylan is scheduled to pares to vote on a final bill whom she had been mar- has taken place with Bob perform concerts in Stock- to legalise same-sex mar- ried off to at a young age. Dylan in recent months. holm on April 1 and 2 and in riage. A landmark case cur- Dylan is nevertheless aware the southern city of Lund on rently in the constitutional Never say die that a Nobel lecture must be April 9. Speculation has court could also lead to a Ms. Huang’s film is an at- Symbol of the times: New York Mayor Bill de Blasio poses with the ‘Fearless Girl’ statue, before holding a news brieing on held on June 10 at the latest mounted that he may give change in the law, making tempt to encourage younger Monday. The Mayor announced that the popular statue will be allowed to remain staring down the sculpture of the ‘Charging Bull’ in order for a payment to be his lecture during his visit to

Taiwan the first place in Asia generations who feel isol- on Wall Street till March 8 (International Women’s Day) next year. * AP made,” Sara Danius, the per- Sweden. to allow gay couples to leg- ated or undervalued, she ally tie the knot. says. Ms. Huang’s mother — But three decades ago, Hung Yue-nu, known as Anu when Ms. Huang was a — never tried to hide her child, homosexuality was sexuality after splitting from Footage of wild Thai tiger cubs sparks hope much less accepted. her husband and only had She recalls vividly how, as relationships with women an 11-year-old, she over- after that. Conservationists hail discovery of a breeding population of Indochinese tigers, which were almost wiped out by poachers heard two elderly acquaint- But equally she never dis- ances calling her mother ab- cussed it with her daughter, Agence France-Presse Goodrich, the tiger program busting poachers and taking normal, a “tongzhi” — the who says her mother was al- Bangkok director at Panthera, a wild down the lucrative traffick- Chinese term for someone ways distant. Conservationists on Tuesday cat preservation group that ing trade. The Dong whoisgay. While the pair did not hailed the discovery of a new backed the survey. The cam- Phayayen-Khao Yai forest “My impression when I fight, Ms. Huang felt ignored breeding population of tigers era trap footage, which complex, where the latest was little was that she was as her mother lavished at- in Thailand as a “miracu- shows female tigers and their young cubs were caught on always surrounded by girl- tention on her girlfriends. lous” victory for a sub-spe- cubs traipsing through the some of the 156 cameras, still friends. That she liked girls She was also resentful about cies nearly wiped out by leafy jungle, was captured hosts a only modest tiger and was friendly with not attending school like poaching. with help from the anti-traf- density of 0.63 tigers per 100 them,” she said. “That one other children. Images of some tigers in- ficking group Freeland and square kilometres. sentence sowed a seed of “Our relationship seemed cluding six cubs, captured by Thai park authorities. It is a ratio on par with doubt in me. Why is that peaceful on the surface, but camera traps in an eastern some of the world’s most called abnormal?” violent undercurrents raged Thai jungle throughout 2016, Only a few remain threatened tiger habitats, ac- Ms. Huang, 39, says she beneath,” Ms. Huang said. confirm the presence of Indochinese tigers, which cording to Freeland, but still also felt like an outsider due In her film, she tries to what is only the world’s are generally smaller than means there is a population to her family’s unconven- bridge the divide. second known breeding pop- their Bengal and Siberian of at least 23 of the big beasts tional lifestyle. From the age The film was described as ulation of the endangered In- counterparts, once roamed roaming wild. of six, she and her younger a “courageous portrayal” of dochinese tiger. across much of Asia. sister worked in the capital her family’s story by Berlin’s The only other growing But today only an estim- ‘Great progress made’ Taipei with her mother as Teddy Award jury. population — the largest in ated 221 remain, with the “It’s crucial to continue the part of her duties as a priest- Ms. Huang narrates the the world with about three vast majority in Thailand Burning bright: In this photo taken in 2016, two Indo-Chinese tigers roam the forest in Eastern great progress made by the ess for Taoism —Taiwan’s movie and her mother, ex- dozen tigers — is based in a and a handful in neighbour- Thailand. * AFP/PANTHERA/DNP-FREELAND Thai government to bolster dominant religion. girlfriends and family mem- western forest corridor in ing Myanmar. protection for tigers at the The family specialised in bers are all interviewed. Thailand near the border Aggressive poaching, to scientists. Tiger farms in traditional medicines pop- over the past few decades. frontlines,” said Kraisak a ritual called “leading the Renowned Taiwanese dir- with Myanmar. weak law enforcement and around the region have also ular in China. But they warned that the Choonhavan, the group’s dead,” a song and dance ector Hou Hsiao-hsien, who “The extraordinary re- habitat loss has rendered the boosted the trafficking trade Conservationists and park breeding populations re- board chairman. performance believed to made award-winning film bound of eastern Thailand’s animals all but extinct in by propping up demand for officials attributed Thailand’s mained vulnerable and “As long as the illegal guide the soul to salvation The Assassin, is executive tigers is nothing short of mi- southern China, Cambodia, tiger parts, which are treas- success story to a rise in would not thrive without a trade in tigers continues, and staged at funeral par- producer. raculous,” said John Laos and Vietnam, according ured as talismans and used counter-poaching efforts sustained commitment to they will need protection.” CM YK