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Printed at . Chennai . Coimbatore . Bengaluru . Hyderabad . Madurai . Noida . Visakhapatnam . Thiruvananthapuram . Kochi . Vijayawada . Mangaluru . Tiruchirapalli . Kolkata . Hubballi . Mohali . Allahabad . Malappuram . Mumbai NEARBY ‘If not for family feud, I may Former ED oicer, aide not have allied with Cong.’ arrested on graft charges Rudy, Supriyo irked at Tripura Ministers Took money from suspects in cricket betting case: CBI AGARTALA After a certain age, friendships happen according to needs, says Akhilesh Central Ministers Rajiv Pratap Devesh K. Pandey conducted extensive Rudy and Babul Supriyo were Amit Baruah the State. He dismissed these NEW DELHI searches in different parts of irked at the absence of Left Omar Rashid claims, saying the PM did not J.P. Singh, a former Joint Dir- the country, making head- Front Ministers at the Digi- LUCKNOW ector with the Enforcement lines. Dhan Mela on Tuesday. have the “correct data.” Directorate, was on Tuesday However, the ED received Sources said that the CPI(M)’s The alliance with the Con- “We provided 2,000 MW arrested by the Central Bur- multiple complaints alleging stringent opposition to gress was the product of “a more power during Diwali demonetisation and an particular time and circum- than we did for Ramzan. For eau of Investigation, along that the officers were de- absolute cashless economy stances”, and may not have Diwali, it being the festival of with his former subordinate manding and receiving prevented the Tripura happened had the family lights, I decided that I will and two others, for allegedly money from the suspects. Ministers from attending the feud within the Samajwadi ensure every district receiving money from sev- event. Party not broken out, Uttar headquarters 24-hour elec- eral suspects in two cases of Bookies were informers NATION Ī PAGE 6 Pradesh Chief Minister tricity supply. Since that day, hawala and cricket betting Last year, the agency had ar- DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Akhilesh Yadav has told The there has been 24-hour rackets busted by his team The CBI iled the case in rested three “bookies” J.K. Man found living with Hindu in an interview. power supply across the about two years ago. 2015 on a complaint from Arora (Delhi), Sonu Jalan sister's corpse dies “If these things [family State,” he said. Among those arrested are the ED itself. (Mumbai) and Jayesh KOLKATA matters] had not cropped up Mr. Yadav, while refusing Mr. Singh’s former subordin- Thakkar (Ahmedabad), for Less than two years after his and some political decisions to be drawn into making a ate Sanjay Kumar, “bookie” headed the ED’s allegedly operating as in- life and actions came under didn’t have to be taken, then we think alike. He too wants natural to oppose it. “All direct comparison of his Bimal Agrawal and Ahmedabad zone. formers and middlemen for public scrutiny for living with this alliance may not have the country and the State to Samajwadi leaders,” he said, model of development with Chandresh Patel. the IRS officer. the corpse of his sister and happened. The time and cir- develop.” “are products of the Con- the Gujarat model initiated A case was registered by Extortion conspiracy The alleged bookies two dead dogs, Partha De cumstances were such that The alliance between the gress party.” by Mr. Modi, said his govern- the Central Bureau of Invest- According to the CBI, he would pass on information died under mysterious we had to have this alli- two parties is seen as an un- Mr. Yadav took questions ment had delivered on its igation in 2015 following a along with the then Enforce- to the accused officer for circumstances here. ance…” Mr. Yadav said on conventional one — the SP on a range of topics — from promises. complaint from the Enforce- ment Officer Sanjay Kumar conducting searches against EAST Ī PAGE 2 Monday. has a tradition of opposing demonetisation and the fu- “I don’t know what the ment Directorate itself, ac- conspired with their con- the suspects and sub- DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD He said he enjoyed a the Congress. Mr. Yadav, ture of the alliance with the Gujarat model is, but I can cusing the IRS officer of in- tacts to extort money from sequently, demands would “good chemistry” with Con- who is today the party’s Congress to his infrastruc- say this: they have not been dulging in corruption. the suspects in the Surat- be raised for not taking fur- gress vice-president Rahul boss, is however dismissive tural projects and sync with able to construct a Metro based hawala racket and the ther legal action against Gandhi and was happy that of the past acrimony. The the bureaucracy. [line] in 15 years, but we are Shifted out ₹2,000-crore cricket betting them. the SP and Congress were times demanded “political making Metro [lines] in four An Intelligence Bureau re- racket for not arresting All the four were pro- fighting the elections formations that can protect Crematorium issue places. The Prime Minister is port backed the allegations. them. duced before a designated together. the secular fabric of the Mr. Yadav was recently at- talking about sitting in our Following searches in The money laundering court which granted them a “Sometimes you just build country and take on com- tacked by Prime Minister Metro, but I ask him when September 2015, the officer case allegedly involved transit remand till February a friendship. Some say that munal parties like the BJP.” Narendra Modi for alleged will you let us sit in your was shifted out of the agency hawala operator Afroz Fatta. 23 so that they can be pro- DELHI METRO Ī 6 PAGES after a certain age, friend- There was a time when communal discrimination in Metro?” he said. along with two others. In the cases said to in- duced before the CBI court OPPORTUNITIES Ī DELHI METRO ships happen according to the Congress was the only power supply for and main- Mr. Singh allegedly com- volve thousands of crores, in Ahmedabad. PAGE 4 needs. We are the same age, ruling party and so it was tenance of cremation sites in EXCERPTS Ī PAGE 9 mitted the offence when he the accused officers had (With PTI inputs)

Activists, journalists intimidated: Report JuD leader listed under Anti-Terror Act

Special Correspondent ons”, which constitute a vi- Press Trust of India reported. Saeed was “arres- New Delhi olation of the right to free- Islamabad ted in the larger interest of Amnesty International’s an- dom of association. Hafiz Saeed’s house arrest the country”, he added. nual report, the State of the Speaking of India’s re- was in Pakistan’s “larger in- Saeed was placed under World’s Human Rights Re- cord, Amnesty International terest” as he could pose a house arrest under the port 2016-17, has expressed said, “Human rights activ- “serious threat” to the coun- Schedule IV of the Anti-Ter- concerns over a range of hu- ists and journalists faced in- try, Defence Minister rorism Act on January 30 in man rights violations in In- timidation and attacks from Khawaza Asif has said in the Lahore, provoking an up- dia. both state and non-state act- first public admission of the roar from his party and al- The report, being re- ors.” JuD chief’s terror links. lies. leased worldwide on Wed- The report pointed to the Mr. Asif’s remarks about Saeed’s inclusion in the nesday, slammed the use of deaths of journalists Karun the danger posed by the list shows he is linked with legislation such as the For- Mishra and Rajdeo Ranjan, mastermind of the 2008 militancy in some way. eign Currency (Regulation) who were allegedly killed Mumbai attacks — in which Saeed was earlier this Act (FCRA) and the sedition for their reporting, in Sul- 166 people died — came at month put on the Exit Con- law to silence government tanpur, Uttar Pradesh, and an international security trol List, barring him from critics and crack down on Siwan, Bihar, respectively. conference in Munich, leaving the country. civil society organisations. In a sub-section on India Germany. As far back as 2008, It noted, in particular, the titled ‘Caste-based discrim- Saeed was placed under suspension of the FCRA re- ination and violence’, the Larger interest of nation house arrest after the Mum- gistration of Lawyers Col- report noted that “Dalits “Saeed can pose a serious bai attacks, but was freed by lective, and the govern- and Adivasis continued to threat to the society,” the a court in 2009. Snowfall blanketed paddy ields at Lower Munda near the Jawahar Tunnel, some 80 km from Srinagar, on Tuesday. The Srinagar- ment’s refusal to renew the face widespread abuses”. Minister told the audience at Jammu National Highway, the only all-weather road link connecting Kashmir with the rest of the country, was closed for traic FCRA licences of 25 NGOs the Munich Security Confer- CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 for the second consecutive day because of landslips at some places. NISSAR AHMAD (SEE ALSO PAGE 3) “without offering valid reas- CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 ence on Sunday, The Nation THE SAEED TEST Ī EDITORIAL

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ‘Dirty picture’ prompts NGT clean-up order Indian No big fat weddings here doctor from NGT issues notice over photo of choked east Delhi canal published in The Hindu A.P. freed in Jammu and Kashmir issues orders on invitees, size of feasts Akanksha Jain great hazard to public health NEW DELHI causing innumerable dis- Libya Peerzada Ashiq eases among other Srinagar Two days after The Hindu hazards”. Special Correspondent From the number of dishes published a photograph “Water bodies in the form NEW DELHI to the size of the guest list, titled ‘Dirty Picture’, show- of canals/nullahs/storm-wa- India has secured the re- weddings in Jammu and ing the pathetic state of the ter drains play a vital role as lease of a national who was Kashmir will now have to be choked Dallupura canal in an integral component of kidnapped in Libya, Ex- conducted as per east Delhi, the National the hydrological system and ternal Affairs Minister government rules. Green Tribunal on Tuesday perform diverse roles in the Sushma Swaraj announced Lavish weddings have directed its immediate clean biosphere which contributes on Tuesday evening. been under the scanner, up while seeking a response to maintaining a delicate leading to new regulations from the Centre, the AAP ecological balance with life To return home soon being announced on government and the East forms ranging from micro- Ramamurthy Kosanam, Tuesday. The move, Delhi Municipal scopic bacteria to insects, hailing from Andhra Pra- however, drew flak from Corporation. fish, small animals and desh, is currently with the civil society. birds. Indian diplomatic officials The government has Compliance report “Pollution of drains and in Libya and is likely to re- asked people to “cook only A Bench headed by NGT indiscriminate dumping of turn home soon. seven non-vegetarian and Minimalist order: A Gujjar party in Pulwama with the groom on chairman Swatanter Kumar waste would have an ad- “We have rescued Dr. seven vegetarian dishes in horseback and the bride in a palanquin. PHOTO: NISSAR AHMAD directed the civic body to verse impact on the ecology Ramamurthy Kosanam in marriages with two stalls of immediately remove the and environment of the Libya. Dr. Kosanam has sweets or fruits.” Kashmir block roads due to wrong uncooked or surplus food waste from the canal and file area,” he said. suffered a bullet injury. We has more than 12 dishes in parking and create [traffic] should be provided to the a compliance report stating The green panel has asked for a report from the civic agency on are bringing him to India Wazwan (traditional jams,” the order says. needy. the methodology used for how it would manage the waste removed from the canal. 2015 order shortly,” said Ms. Swaraj on cuisine), and Jammu is “There shall be a cleaning it. FILE PHOTO V. SUDERSHAN It fact, the NGT had in 2015 a social media platform. known for an array of Using less complete ban on use of big The Bench also asked for specifically prohibited vegetarian dishes. Minister for Food, Civil generator set, high pitch a report from the civic Hindon and Agra canal visual pollution too,” Mr dumping of any material or Sushma lauds mission The bride’s family may Supplies, and Consumer sound amplifiers, agency on how it would which goes towards Kalindi Tongad said. municipal waste in or She added, “With this, we invite a maximum of 500 Affairs, Choudhary Zulfkar loudspeakers, decks, manage the waste removed Kunj near the Okhla Bird Mr. Tongad’s counsel San- around natural and man- have rescued all the six In- guests, while the guest list Ali said, “The order was profuse lighting, and from the canal. Sanctuary. jay Upadhyay told the made drains in Delhi and dians abducted there. I ap- for the groom’s family issued after the department bursting of crackers in social On Sunday, The Hindu Mr. Tongad also shared tribunal that “canals and further directed that such preciate the good work should stop at 400. received complaints and as well as government had carried a photograph of how the locals once used to drains have been turned drains be kept clean and done by our mission For functions like the ring representations, both from functions,” Mr. Ali the Dallupura canal choked bathe in the Dallupra canal. into mass dumping yards. free of obstruction. there.” ceremony of son, daughter civil as well as social explained. with polythene bags and This is not only violative of The photograph was also India had secured the and other small events, the organisations regarding other waste. Water body the environmental laws, in- tweeted by politician and release of two nationals number of guests can top injudicious use of essential No dry fruit boxes The eyesore was brought “Even if it serves no irriga- cluding the Environment psephologist Yogendra Ya- from the captivity of sus- 100, according to the commodities and exuberant The government has also to the attention of the NGT tion purpose now, the canal Protection Act, 1986, and dav saying: “A canal in Dal- pected Islamic State fight- government order, to be expenditures made in public banned the popular practice by environment activist should be maintained as a rules made there under, es- lupura, E Delhi, is symbolic ers in September 2016 after implemented by Deputy and private functions.” of sending dry fruit boxes to Vikrant Tongad who in- water body for groundwater pecially the Municipal Solid of all tat is wrong in Delhi- protracted negotiations. Commissioners. The government has also guests along with the formed it that the Dallupura recharge. In any case, such a Waste Rules, Plastic Waste choked canals, garbage Ms. Swaraj has person- “Big gatherings often directed that leftover, wedding invitations. canal was a link between the filthy canal in the city is a Management Rules, but is a heaps, Govt apathy.” ally monitored the cases.

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IN BRIEF Two more held in baby smuggling racket Kolkata man found living with sister's corpse dies Duo sold more than a dozen of babies, Bharatiya Janata Party leader under scanner His actions came under public scrutiny Special Correspondent cropped up in the investiga- Kolkata tion. According to the invest- Special Correspondent covery of the corpse of his ‘Mother tongue must for igators, she along with Ms Kolkata sister, Debjani, and two expressing one’s views’ Just two months after an Chakraborty, visited Delhi a Less than two years after his dogs. Partha had been living KOLKATA inter-state racket of child number of times and met life and actions came under with the corpse for six West Bengal Chief Minister smuggling had rocked West senior government officials. intense public scrutiny for months. The father had also Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday Bengal, new cases of infant CID sources said that Ms living with the corpse of his allegedly set himself on fire said all languages were equal smuggling has come to the Chowdhury remains elusive sister and two dead dogs, in the bathroom. and mother tongue should be fore in West Bengal’s Jalpai- and the officials are keen on Partha De, a 46-year-old used to express one’s views. guri district. questioning her on the devel- software engineer, died un- Several theories “All languages are equal. The Criminal Investigation opments. Meanwhile, BJP der mysterious circum- The incident led to lot of Mother tongue must be for Department (CID) of the West State president Dilip Ghosh stances here on Tuesday. curiosity and several theor- expressing views,” Banerjee Bengal Police arrested said he would look into the According to the police, ies were floated in the me- tweeted on the occasion of Chandana Chakraborty (55) matter and take steps if Ms his body was found in a dia. DNA tests confirmed International Mother and Sonali Mondal (30) in a Chowdhury is guilty. “burning condition” inside that the skeletal remains Language Day. different case of child smug- a bathroom. Half a bottle of were that of Debjani, who “How can I forget February 21 gling, Nishat Pervez, DIG Op- Police oicials escort Chandana Chakraborty and Sonali Mondal from a police station in Political agenda spattered with my brothers’ petrol and some match- earlier worked as a music erations said. Jalpaiguri to a hospital for a medical check up on Tuesday. AFP “I believe this might also be a sticks were found near it. teacher in a city school. blood? I pay my tribute to the According to the investig- part of the political agenda. martyrs of 1952 Language Preliminary investigation Partha was taken into po- ators, the duo in the past few the scanner by the investigat- dren from the homes had charge sheet filed by the CID However, our party has a set Movement,” Banerjee suggests that he committed lice custody and later admit- tweeted. Heartfelt greetings years have sold more than a ors on allegations of irregu- gone missing. named 19 persons. policy. Since fingers have suicide. The body was re- ted to a State-run mental to all on the occasion of dozen of babies not only in larities by Central Adoption In November 2016, the Among those arrested are been pointed, our party will covered from a residential hospital. He was sub- International Mother the country but abroad as Resource Authority (CARA), a West Bengal police rescued 12 a retired doctor, Dilip Ghosh, definitely look into it. The BJP apartment at 15 Wattgunge sequently released from Language Day,” Banerjee well. statutory body under the infants from a nursing home whose association with the won’t support anyone found Street. hospital. added. Union Ministry of Women in Baduria, North 24-Par- West Bengal unit of the Bhar- guilty. If the allegations are In the second week of Despite the attention the Three homes and Child Development. ganas, and a home for the atiya Janata Party (BJP) had found to be true, she will be Odisha Budget session June, 2015, Partha was res- media and the investigators Three homes -- Bimala Sishu On Tuesday the Jalpaiguri mentally ill in Thakurpukur embarrassed the party. Mr thrown out of the party,” Mr cued from his house in the gave to the case, Partha was from today Griho, Ashroy Short Stay District Magistrate issued a near Kolkata. Ghosh had contested civic Ghosh said. BHUBANESWAR city’s upmarket Robinson not charged with any major Home and North Bengal show cause notice to Sasmita The case was handed over polls on a BJP ticket BJP MP Roopa Ganguly has Street area. It was the death offence. His fault was that The budget session of the People’s Development Com- Ghosh, the District Child Pro- to the CID, which arrested The name of Juhi Chow- put her weight behind Ms Odisha Assembly is of his father Aranbindo De he did not conduct the final mittee run by Chandana tection Officer (DCPO), asking more than a dozen of per- dhury, a general secretary of Chowdhury saying she was in almost similar circum- rites of his sister and pets. scheduled to begin on Chakraborty – were under her to explain how 17 chil- sons, including doctors. The the BJP women’s wing, also being framed. Wednesday with Governor stances that led to the dis- S.C. Jamir addressing the House on the opening day. The session will be held in two phases – from February Panchayat polls: A setback likely for BJD 22 to March 4 and from 2 killed in poll-related violence in Odisha March 14 to April 7. The annual budget for the year 2017-18 is likely to be One of them was a candidate in CM’s home district Initial outcome has left BJD shocked, BJP euphoric and Congress depressed presented by Finance Staff Reporter Minister Pradip Kumar Amat mission cancelled voting According to Sub-Divi- Prafulla Das ital city, it appears that the BERHAMPUR on February 27. scheduled to be held in Brah- sional Police Officer (SDPO) BHUBANESWAR BJD had lost ground in over Special Correspondent Two persons, including a manchhai on Tuesday be- Subash Chandra Panda, At the end of the fifth and 100 Zilla Parishad constitu- candidate contesting the cause of the deterioration of though the situation was un- last phase of panchayat polls encies. Top BJD leaders too Security personnel posts of sarpanch and pan- law and order situation. No der control in Brahmanch- on Tuesday, it became clear have failed to prevent the injured in militant attack chayat samity member in voting was held in 12 booths hai, three platoons of armed that Chief Minister Naveen BJP from winning in their IMPHAL Ganjam, the home district of of Brahmanchhai panchayat. forces have been deployed in Patnaik’s Biju Janata Dal has strongholds. A security personnel was Odisha Chief Minister the area as a precautionary lost its supremacy in rural It seems that Mr. Patnaik’s today injured when Naveen Patnaik, were killed Distribution of money measure. No one had been Odisha, suffering a severe pre-poll announcements suspected militants fired at in group clashes related to Tussle over allegation of dis- arrested till Tuesday the securitymen deployed for jolt in the western region. and public mobilisation on the polls. tribution of money among evening. the visit of Deputy Chief the Mahanadi issue had had Bulukumar Pradhan (34) voters had led to a violent Minister Gaikhangam in New schemes Women voters wait in a queue at a booth in Khurda district on little impact on voters. The Tamenglong district of was the candidate for clash at Brahmanchhai Other clash In its fourth consecutive Tuesday during the last phase of the panchayat polls. - PTI BJP, on the other hand, Manipur, police said. sarpanch and panchayat around 11 p.m. on Monday. The other clash and murder term in power, the BJD has achieved spectacular suc- Suspected militants fired at a samity member posts from Ten people were injured in took place around midnight for the first time faced seri- the model code of conduct, The ruling BJD had also cess by intensifying its cam- police advance party, injuring Brahmanchhai panchayat the clash in which sharp on Monday at Mardakot vil- ous challenge not from the Mr. Patnaik had visited al- tried to whip up popular paign when the BJD was a jawan of the Indian Reserve under Shergarh Block, which weapons were used. It is al- lage under the Kodala police Congress but from its one- most all the districts, an- sentiments by raising the bugged by anti-incumbency, Battalion. The security is part of the Hinjli Assembly leged that taking advantage station limits. Three persons time ally, the Bharatiya nouncing new schemes and Mahanadi water dispute and the Congress, the main personnel returned the fire, segment represented by the of the darkness, some were injured in the violent Janata Party. The shock to laying foundation stones for with Chhattisgarh by organ- opposition in State As- triggering a gunbattle, police Chief Minister. miscreants had kidnapped clash. The deceased, Pitabas the ruling party has come new projects in an attempt ising protests and Jal sembly, remained a divided said. - PTI The State Election Com- Bulukumar, whose body was Swain (42), was a supporter while it was trying to to beat anti-incumbency. A Satyagraha. house. later found on the banks of of the sarpanch candidate strengthen its position by number people from rival The saffron party is likely the Rushikulya river flowing contesting from the area. Ac- celebrating the birth centen- parties as well as popular Lost ground to cross the 300 mark by in- near the village. cording to sources, allegation ary of late Biju Patnaik after actors were inducted into Although the results of the creasing its strength from a Six persons injured in the of distribution of money whom the party has been the BJD to exhibit the party’s rural polls have not been measly 36 of the total 851 clash have been admitted to among voters in the dead of named. growing popularity in the formally announced, going Zilla Parishad seats in the MKCG Medical College and night ahead of polling day Before enforcement of run-up to the polls. by reports reaching the Cap- last panchayat polls in 2012. Hospital in Berhampur. had led to the group clash. Bengal Board exam sees dip of 70,000 candidates Special Correspondent Kolkata Over 10 lakh students will appear in the West Bengal Board of Secondary Exam- ination or the Madhyamik Pariksha for Class X, which is starting on Wednesday. The number of students this year has gone down by 73,000. In 2016, 11.44 lakh students appeared in the examination, while in 2017, 10.71 lakh candidates will write the test. According to the president of West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE), Kalyanmoy Gan- guly, the decrease is not very surprising as 2016 had seen about 1.16 lakh more examinees than the usual. Mr. Ganguly also pointed out that this year the exams are being held as per the new syllabus.

Girl students The number of girl students writing the exam is significantly higher than the boys this year. While 5.95 lakh girls will write the exams, the number the boys is about 4.8 lakh. State Education Minister Partha Chatterjee said that the higher number of girl candidates reflects the success of the Chief Minister’s “Kanyashree Scheme”, which is aimed at giving scholarship to school-going girls. In almost 20 districts of West Bengal, the girl students outnumber the boys in the examination. Though the State government and the board claim credit for enabling more female students to appear in Class X exams, some social commentators say a large number of boys from the minority community mi- grate to other States looking for jobs by the time they are in the age group of 15-16 years, when most students reach Class X. CM ND-ND YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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DELHI Timings Wednesday, February 22 More support pours RISE 06:53 SET 18:16 Shoot at sight against poachers RISE 03:29 SET 14:23 Thursday, February 23 in for Jat agitation RISE 06:52 SET 18:17 Orders were issued after information on movement of suspected poachers in Corbett reserve RISE 04:17 SET 15:16 Friday, February 24 Agitation entered 4th day on Tuesday Kavita Upadhyay operation was started in the North and South border. Our Two drones, night vision RISE 06:51 SET 18:18 Dehradun Corbett Tiger Reserve on forest department officials equipment and 150 forest de- Press Trust of India president of the All India Jat RISE 05:04 SET 16:11 In an attempt to curb poach- Tuesday morning after in- have been ordered to in- partment workers will be Chandigarh Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti ing of tigers from the Corbett formation from intelligence stantly shoot any poacher, or used in the anti-poaching The Jat agitation in Haryana (AIJASS), which is spear- Tiger Reserve (CTR), “shoot agencies on movement of hunter seen with arms in the operation. seeking reservation in edu- heading the agitation, said. at sight” orders were issued suspected poachers into the core critical tiger habitat According to the data cational institutes and gov- He said the agitation got a to forest department work- tiger reserve from its south- zone,” Mr Dhakate said. provided by the Uttarakhand ernment jobs among other boost as Kandela khap at ers on Tuesday to gun down ern boundary. According to Mr Dhakate, forest department, 112 tigers demands entered its 24th Ikkas village in Jind district poachers spotted inside the According to the tiger such orders have been given have died between Novem- day on Tuesday, even as extended its support to the tiger reserve. census data released in 2015, by the State Chief Secretary ber 2000 and November caste councils of Kandela protesters, while Satrol Uttarakhand with 340 tigers in the past too for the protec- 2016. This includes 56 nat- and Satrol khaps announced khap supported the com- For self-protection has the second highest tiger tion of forest department ural deaths, 19 deaths due to their support to the protest. munity at Uggrakheri village However, the “shoot at sight” population in the country workers. mutual fights between tigers, in Panipat. orders are to be exercised for after Karnataka. According 17 deaths in accidents and six Stir peaceful The second round of talks “self protection against to wildlife experts the tiger Anti-poaching operation tiger deaths in poaching in- “Large number of members in Panipat on Monday had poachers carrying arms,” population has gone even Also, in the five-day anti- cidents. “Our responsibility of the Jat community contin- remained inconclusive as said the Director of the tiger higher in the past two years. anti-poaching operation. Un- poaching operation sharp is to protect tigers for which ued with their protests at the community members reserve Parag Madhukar “We received some inputs der this operation we have shooters have been placed at the five-day anti-poaching different places in Haryana. were adamant on their de- Dhakate. from the intelligence follow- sealed the entry points of the vantage points in the reserve operations have been initi- Our protests remained mands and said their stir A five-day anti-poaching ing which we have started an Corbett Tiger Reserve at the along with 388 camera traps. ated,” Mr Dhakate said. peaceful,” Yashpal Malik, would continue.

IN BRIEF CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Lanslip hits traic Save Himachal from maia rule: BJP Explosives seized, man Party, led by Dhumal, takes out its irst rally from Bilaspur arrested Staff Reporter sequences and an immedi- Shimla ate transfer to some tribal Press Trust of India The BJP on Tuesday took out area if his request was not Jaipur Das to lead delegation its first rally from Bilaspur fulfilled. The Congress MLA The police on Monday un- to China here as part of its pro- had also purportedly earthed a huge cache of ex- RANCHI gramme to save the State slapped an IFS officer on plosives from the posses- Jharkhand Chief Minister from ‘mafia rule’. duty a few days ago for not sion of a villager on the Raghubar Das will lead a Former Chief Minister working according to his outskirt of the city and ar- high-level delegation, and the Leader of the Op- wishes. rested him. comprising political leaders, position Prem Kumar Dhu- Prem Kumar Dhumal The cache of explosives to China as part of bilateral mal led the procession and ‘CM patronising mafia’ seized from the man in- exchange programme to be addressed a huge gathering State, were being terrorised The BJP leaders claimed that cluded 300kg of am- held this year. PTI of party workers. He was ac- by the Congress Chief Minister Virbhadra monium nitrate, 400 Communal clash averted companied by State party government. Singh and his colleagues gelatin rods and 3,200 in Ludhiana president Satpal Satti, vice- A recent audio clipping were patronising such ele- meters of fuse wire said the LUDHIANA president Randhir Sharma had exposed Bilaspur MLA ments who were openly police. The police arrested A communal clash was and former MP Suresh Bumber Thakur as demand- threatening the public. Nandram Raigar of Deep- averted near an economic Chandel. ing an illegal disability certi- “There is an organised drug, pur village on a tip off that weaker section colony in ficate from a doctor, they mining, liquor, land and he has been keeping the Giaspura locality here on ‘Terrorising public’ claimed. forest mafia in the State. explosive material illegally. Tuesday when two groups of The leaders claimed that the In the video, he was al- This type of atmosphere was The accused had kept people clashed with each public, especially the gov- legedly seen threatening the unthinkable a few years the explosives in six gunny other on a minor pretext, ernment employees in the doctor with dire con- ago,” the leaders claimed. sacks weighing 50 kg each. police said. PTI Heavy snowfall in Himachal SHIMLA Heavy snowfall occurred in high altitude tribal areas of Himachal Pradesh while mid and lower hills had rain on Tuesday. PTI Stranded:: Trucks stand in a line after the Jammu-Srinagar highway was closed for the second day on Tuesday following heavy rain and landslides at Nagrota on the outskirts of Jammu. PTI Online course in child protection launched Course launched with UNICEF help

Mohammed Iqbal world, would be able to in- JAIPUR teract with the teachers as An online course in child well as other students on protection aimed at capa- different aspects of child city enhancement of stake- protection on a discussion holders and widening of ho- board uploaded at the web rizons of those working in portal of the course. the field, with the help of in- “The course will be espe- formation technology, was cially helpful for the police launched in Jodhpur. The officers who are unable to course module was evolved attend regular classes due to with the help of the United paucity of time and work Nations Children’s Fund pressure,” said Dr. Singh. It (UNICEF). would be available on all The Centre for Child Pro- electronic gadgets such as tection in Sardar Patel Uni- mobile phones, laptop com- versity of Police, Security puters and tabs. and Criminal Justice has The Vice-Chancellor said launched the course in col- children up to the age of 18 laboration with the UNICEF. years comprised 43.6 per Inaugurating the course, cent of the population in Ra- University Vice-Chancellor jasthan. Bhupendra Singh said it Since India was a signat- would be offered free of cost ory to the UN Convention to everyone interested in on the Rights of the Child, promotion of child rights. the course would strengthen the country’s Also helpful for cops commitment to children’s Dr. Singh said the trainees, welfare and protection of living anywhere in the their rights, he added. Hardcore criminal arrested in Jammu Press Trust of India Jammu point was set up at Seohra in Gangyal belt of Jammu The police on Tuesday city and the person was ar- claimed to have arrested a rested, a police officer said. hardcore criminal and He added that he was identi- seized a double barrel gun fied as Parmjeet Singh of and ammunition from him Gangyal. in Jammu city. A case in this regard was Acting on a specific in- registered at Gangyal Police formation, a special check Station. 3 killed in road mishap

Press Trust of India Shimla Three persons were killed and two others were injured when a huge rock fell on the vehicle they were travelling in near Shalkhar village in Kinnaur district, 300 km from here late on Tuesday evening, the police said.

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Patient wait: People turned out in good numbers on polling day in Pune on Tuesday. MANDAR TANNU Job done: Chief Minister Devendra Fadanvis poses for the shutterbugs after he and his family members cast their vote at Dharmpeth Municipal School, Dharmpeth, in Nagpur on Tuesday. S SUDARSHAN Robust turnout in Pune Peaceful voting in Nagpur, Amravati EC notice to 76 candidates for continuing to campaign on social media

Shoumojit Banerjee “While no holiday has been Gadchiroli also records incident-free polling Pune given to IT sector profession- An media blitz exhorting als, employees have been Special Correspondent voters to exercise their man- given a two-hour break during Nagpur date ensured a fairly robust the voting period to enable Barring a few small incidents, turnout across a total 73 pan- them to cast their vote and re- the voting for three muni- els in the high-stakes Pune turn to work,” informed Anil cipal corporations in Vid- and Pimpri-Chinchwad Muni- Patwardhan, president, Hinje- arbha — Nagpur, Amravati cipal Corporations election on wadi Industries Association. and Akola — remained peace- Tuesday. In Pimpri-Chinchwad, a ful on Tuesday. While 26.43 lakh voters malfunction in an EVM in The new system of four were registered to cast votes ward no. 21 caused activists member electoral wards, for Pune Municipal Corpora- from the Raj Thackeray-led which made each voter press tion, the final polling figure of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena four buttons for the election, ___%, showed a marked im- to create a ruckus and tem- however, resulted in hectic provement from the 2012 civic porarily stop the voting work for election officers in poll figure of 51%, which was process. almost each booth as they said to be the lowest in dec- had to explain to the voters ades. The PMC has 41 panels Ugly scenes about the new system. which will elect 162 corporat- Historian Babasaheb Purandare after casting his vote in Pune In fact, voting throughout the “It took a little more time ors from the 1,090 candidates on Tuesday. MANDAR TANNU area was marred by unruly in- to vote this time as we had to in the fray. cast their votes in the city, “Every election is different stances, with BJP aspirant select four candidates, but it If the PMC turnout was a with Union Minister and in the prevailing political con- Dhanna Aswani alleging that was not that difficult as there bit disappointing despite the senior Bharatiya Janata Party text at the State and Central he was assaulted by NCP can- were large posters outside Size does not matter: Jyoti Amge, the worlds smallest woman, casts her vote at KDK College, high pitched campaign, the (BJP) leader Prakash levels. The social mood is one didate Dabbu Aswani. every polling booth explain- Nanadwan, Nagpur on Tuesday. S. SUDARSHAN voters were more enthusiastic Javadekar casting his vote at of yearning for tolerance,” Ms. According to the police, ing about the news election in Pimpri-Chinchwad Muni- the P. Jog School in the Ko- Gorhe said, in a veiled rebuke Dabbu Aswani, a former system,” informed Goverd- of Nagpur at around 9 a.m. to ruling party in the Nagpur Corporation had made all cipal Corporation (PCMC) thrud area while incumbent to the BJP, when pressed deputy mayor of Pimpri- han Bagade, who came to exercise his voting right. municipal corporation for preparation for the polls. with the final polling figure Mayor Prashant Jagtap of the about the poll outcome in Chinchwad, got angry on see- cast his vote at a booth situ- Senior BJP leader and last two terms, Mr. Gadkari Voter slips, which are usu- clocking at 54%. Nationalist Congress Party Pune. ing Dhanna Aswani at the vot- ated near University Campus Union Minister Nitin Gadkari was seen canvassing for his ally distributed to voters by Nearly 12 lakh voters were (NCP) voted at the city’s While polling was generally ing booth in Pimprigaon, in Nagpur along with his wife came along with his family to party until the last moment. the political parties, were registered for the PCMC, Wanowrie panel during the peaceful amid tight security, alongwith a clutch of his BJP Rekha. cast his vote and appealed to There were allegations of vi- sent to the voters directly by where voting took place first half of the day. the day was not without its supporters. Some complaints of the people of Maharashtra to olation of model code of con- the NMC this time. across 32 panels which will Pune Guardian Minister share of chaos. Incidents ran- This led Dabbu Aswani to “faulty EVM machines” were come out for voting in large duct by some Congress lead- The NMC had also elect 128 corporators. In all, and senior BJP leader Girish ging from malfunction of attack his opponent thinking reported from some parts of numbers. ers against him after his car launched an extensive cam- 774 candidates are in the fray Bapat was seen casting his EVMs to complaints of names he was attempting to influ- Nagpur but the election offi- Maharashtra Chief Minis- was surrounded by some paign to educate the voters here. vote in Shaniwar Peth area missing from voter lists were ence the voting process. cials managed to pacify the ter Devendra Fadnavis also people in Bangladesh colony about the new system of four while Shiv Sena MLC Neelam reported from across the city “The police were quick to voters. turned up for voting in area of Nagpur on Monday members electoral ward. Leaders vote Gorhe cast her vote in the even as the voting com- nip any tension in the bud. Dharampeth area of Nagpur night. According to Nagpur Dis- Several notables turned out to Model Colony panel. menced in full swing in the The matter was swiftly re- Early voters along with his mother and trict Information Officer Anil morning. solved and decorum re- The Rashtriya Swayamsevak wife. Trading allegations Gadekar, Nagpur recorded stored,” said Inspector Vivek Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat Both the leaders from Nag- BJP MLA Krishna Khopde 53% voting on Tuesday, less Weather Watch Vote-break for techies Mungalikar. was among the first voters pur were actively involved in was accused by some opposi- than the 2012 election. Rainfall, temperature & air quality in select metros yesterday The city’s IT sector, which Earlier in the day, the who cast their votes early BJP’s candidate selection and tion parties of allegedly pres- Amravati Municipal Cor- constitutes a formidable sec- PCMC election department is- morning in Nagpur. campaigning in Nagpur. Mr. surising voters to vote for his poration recorded 55% voting tion of the populace, was not sued notices to 76 candidates The RSS chief, surrounded Gadkari was more focused on party and a Congress worker and Amravati Zila Parishad given a ‘full holiday’, but a from various political parties by his bodyguards, visited Nagpur whereas the CM was alleged manhandling by BJP recorded 67% voting whereas substantive voting break to for allegedly campaigning on the Bhartiya Mahila Ma- the star campaigner for the MLC Parinay Fuke in East Akola recorded 56% polling permit employees to exercise social media even after the ex- havidyalaya near RSS BJP across Maharashtra. Nagpur area. in the municipal corporation their franchise. piry of campaign deadline. headquarters in Mahal area Despite his party being the The Nagpur Municipal elections, said Mr. Gadekar. Gujarat doles out freebies Seven Maoists killed in ahead of Assembly polls Chhattisgarh encounter Students to get tablets at a token price of ₹1,000. Of them, three carried a reward of ₹5 lakh each Mahesh Langa GANDHINAGAR Pavan Dahat of Police of the ANO, D.M. injured in an IED (Impro- With an eye on assembly NAGPUR Awasthi, expressed the pos- vised Explosive Device) polls scheduled for later this At least seven members of sibility of “around a dozen blast in Sukma district.The year, the Gujarat govern- the outlawed Communist Maoists” being killed in the blast took place near Pai- Temperature Data: IMD, Pollution Data: CPCB, Map: Skymet ment on Tuesday presented Party of India (Maoist) were encounter. However, only digudem village under the a populist budget, announ- killed during an exchange of seven bodies were re- Kistaram police station lim- Forecast for Wednesday: No weather warning cing generous subsidies for fire with security forces in covered by the DRG team. its when the CRPF team was rain max min city rain max min city — .....31.2 .....23.0 .....Agartala — .....35.7 .....25.9 .....Kozhikode farmers, tablets for 3.5 lakh Narayanpur district of Ch- According to Additional out on a patrol. — .....30.9 .....17.4 .....Ahmedabad — .....39.0 .....20.2 .....Kurnool students, subsidised food to hattisgarh on Tuesday. Inspector General of Police The injured CRPF jawan — .....27.3 .....8.1 .....Aizawl — .....31.7 .....15.5 .....Lucknow 50,000 construction work- “An exchange of fire took of the ANO, Devnath, three Ghanshyam of 212 Battalion — .....31.6 .....16.5 .....Allahabad — .....34.0 .....21.4 .....Madurai — .....34.5 .....19.2 .....Bengaluru — .....33.7 .....24.0 .....Mangaluru ers among other schemes. place between a DRG [Dis- deceased were identified as was airlifted to Raipur for — .....31.8 .....16.6 .....Bhopal — .....30.5 .....20.4 .....Mumbai Deputy Chief Minister trict Reserve Guard] team CPI (Maoist) Bodhghat area treatment. — .....36.0 .....22.8 .....Bhubaneswar — .....33.8 .....19.6 .....Mysuru Nitin Patel, who also holds and the Maoists in Puspal on committee member and — .....25.3 .....15.5 .....Chandigarh — .....25.6 .....16.4 .....New Delhi — .....33.1 .....24.0 .....Chennai — .....34.2 .....16.3 .....Patna the finance portfolio, the border of Narayanpur LOS commander Nirmala, Two held — .....35.4 .....22.1 .....Coimbatore — .....31.0 .....23.1 .....Port Blair presented the budget of ₹17, and Dantewada district on deputy LOS commander In another incident, the Ma- — .....26.0 .....13.6 .....Dehradun — .....32.7 .....21.4 .....Puducherry 2179.24 crore without im- Gujarat Finance Minister Nitin Patel at his oice before Tuesday. Seven bodies of Somji and area committee harashtra police arrested — .....16.6 .....10.0 .....Gangtok — .....34.1 .....12.3 .....Pune — .....32.5 .....23.1 .....Goa — .....35.7 .....19.4 .....Raipur posing any new taxes while presenting the budget in Gandhinagar on Tuesday. Maoists, two INSAS rifles, member Nasik. “All three two Maoists in Gadchiroli — .....26.8 .....16.5 .....Guwahati — .....33.0 .....18.0 .....Ranchi enhancing the allocation for and four other weapons carried a reward of ₹5 lakh district bordering Chhattis- — .....34.0 .....18.0 .....Hubballi — .....20.5 .....10.6 .....Shillong health, agriculture and edu- classes of standard 7 & 8 will for health and medical ser- have been recovered,” said each,” he said. garh on Tuesday.Maoists’ — .....37.5 .....18.2 .....Hyderabad — .....15.0 .....7.0 .....Shimla — .....20.3 .....15.4 .....Imphal — .....10.0 .....2.7 .....Srinagar cation. be converted into digital vices and ₹6400 crore for the Chhattisgarh Anti-Naxal platoon no.3 member — .....27.3 .....14.2 .....Jaipur — .....33.8 .....24.2 .....Thiruvan’puram “The theme of the budget classes with use of com- agriculture,” the Minister Operation (ANO) unit in a IED blast Nilesh Potawi and Kasansur — .....32.4 .....24.0 .....Kochi — .....37.5 .....22.0 .....Tiruchi is: Optimise inclusive devel- puters, smart interactive said. statement. In a separate incident, a LOS member Ajit Pudo were — .....24.4 .....7.4 .....Kohima — .....35.2 .....23.2 .....Vijayawada — .....32.1 .....23.5 .....Kolkata — .....31.6 .....23.2 .....Visakhapatnam opment of human resources boards, IR cameras, project- “1.25 lakh new electricity Special Director General CRPF jawan was grievously arrested from Reknar forest. and trunk infrastructure ors and other digital tools. connections will be Particulate matter in the air you are breathing Yesterday through effective and trans- provided to farmers, which CITIES SO2 NO2 CO PM2.5 PM10 CODE In observations made at 8.00 * parent implementation,” Mr Anna Triveni scheme will clear entire backlog till Ahmedabad ...... 95 ...74 ...42 .. 403...... —..... p.m. air quality index in Bengaluru...... 8 ...68 ...38 .. 216...... —.....* ITO, Delhi was Patel said. “Parents and guardians of 2013. State assistance for * PETA alleges animal cruelty Chennai ...... 76 ...39 .120 .... 73...... —..... hazardous with a score of Delhi ...... 51 .168 .153 .. 377 ..500.....* He added, “The State 5.75 lakh girl students of micro irrigation scheme has 736. Ardhali Bazar in Hyderabad...... 142 .103 .138 .. 342 ..327.....* budget is complimentary to primary schools in 14 tribal been expanded from 50% to Varanasi followed at 623. Kolkata...... 157 .125 ...52 ...... — ..239.....* In contrast, Haldia, West the central budget.” districts will be provided 70% subsidy for general in egg and meat industry Lucknow...... 9 ...94 .165 .. 371...... —.....* Mumbai ...... 19 ...38 ...50 .. 118 ..159.....* Bengal and with grains under ‘Anna farmers and from 75% to Pune...... 42 ...78 ...22 .. 104 ..107.....* Collectorate Jodhpur stood Thrust on education Triveni’ scheme and med- 85% for SC or ST farmers,” Prakash Kamat ation of several hatcheries Animal Rights. Vishakhapatnam . .242 ...77 ...82 .. 304 ..222.....* at 70 and 15 respectively In a boost to education, Mr ical education for female Mr Patel said.According to Panaji and farms in Andhra Pradesh PETA has called on the Air Quality Code: * Poor * Moderate * Good Patel said ₹200 crore has students has been made Mr Patel, the State will bear The People for the Ethical and Telangana had revealed government to consider im- SO2: Sulphur Dioxide. Short-term exposure can harm the respiratory system, making been allocated to provide completely free even in self a subsidy of ₹4011 crore in Treatment of Animals (PETA) that millions of male chicks plementing new in-ovo sex- breathing difficult. It can affect visibility by reacting with other air particles to form tablets to around 3.5 lakh financed colleges,” Mr Patel providing subsidised India has called for sweeping as well as other unwanted ing technology (in which the haze and stain culturally important objects such as statues and monuments. NO2: Nitrogen Dioxide. Aggravates respiratory illness, causes haze to form by students, who will complete said in his two-hour budget powers to farmers for agri- changes to curb cruel prac- chicks are commonly chick’s gender is determined reacting with other air particles, causes acid rain, pollutes coastal waters. high school and join col- speech. culture connections. tices in the egg and meat in- drowned, burned, crushed, before it hatches), to estab- CO: Carbon monoxide. High concentration in air reduces oxygen supply to critical leges or polytechnics. The “Budgetary allocation for “In the next financial dustry and has urged people thrown into rubbish bins, lish and implement a written organs like the heart and brain. At very high levels, it can cause dizziness, confusion, unconsciousness and even death. devices will be provided at the education sector is year, ₹5100 crore will be to go vegan. and even fed to other anim- standard for painless eu- PM2.5 & PM10: Particulate matter pollution can cause irritation of the eyes, nose token price of ₹1,000. ₹25,000 crore, which is provided for canal networks A press release issued als while still alive by top thanasia for unhealthy and throat, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath, reduced lung function, Similarly ₹261 crore has ₹1185 crore higher than the to ensure that Narmada wa- here by Mr. Sachin Bangera players in the industry. chicks, and to take stern ac- irregular heartbeat, asthma attacks, heart attacks and premature death in people been provided for the Digis- previous year while ₹8800 ter reaches parched Kutch of PETA India here on Tues- The investigation was con- tion against companies that with heart or lung disease chool initiative under which crore has been earmarked region,” he said. day claimed that an investig- ducted by Anonymous for kill chicks in cruel ways. 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IN BRIEF MBBS student Students protest hijab on Karnataka plans to tap gang-raped KRS dam’s dead storage in Belagavi campus, sport safron shawl Special Correspondent BELAGAVI Four guest lecturers of Bhatkal college wear headscarf ‘May become inevitable to meet Bengaluru’s water needs’ The Kakti police are on the Raghava M. KCR reaches Tirumala lookout for five youths, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT who allegedly raped a first- MANGALURU to fulfil vow BENGALURU year MBBS student in Be- A section of students have TIRUMALA Anticipating drinking water lagavi city. been attending classes with Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on crisis in Bengaluru this sum- The 17-year-old from saffron shawls since Monday Tuesday reached Tirumala on mer, the Karnataka govern- Dharwad district was al- at the Government First a two-day pilgrimage. Mr. ment is putting in place a legedly raped on an open Grade College in Bhatkal, Ut- Rao will offer his prayers to contingency plan to draw hill site on the outskirts of tara Kannada district. the presiding deity on water from the dead storage Kakti village, about 10 km The move is aimed at Wednesday morning with his of the Krishnaraja Sagar from the city on February protesting against four guest family. He will donate the (KRS) reservoir at an estim- 15 evening. The incident lecturers wearing the hijab much-awaited precious gifts ated cost of ₹40 crore. came to light when the vic- (headscarf). This is the latest to the hill temple as part of A high-level meeting of ir- tim registered a complaint among a string of cases in the fulfilment of his prayers. rigation officials discussed with the police in the pres- which some students have the possibility of pumping ence of her parents on opposed women wearing Escalating crisis: Students of the Government First Grade College, Bhatkal, sporting safron shawls. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT German tourist molested, the dead storage of KRS, if Tuesday morning. the burkha or the hijab on the need arose, to meet Source of worry: The Krishnaraja Sagar reservoir is the lifeline The girl was taken to the the premises of educational robbed on Chamundi Hills Bengaluru’s drinking water of Mysuru, Bengaluru and Mandya. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT hospital for medical exam- institutions. The issue had not been would be taken at a meeting MYSURU needs. The reservoir is the ination, even as police offi- Some students pursuing raised earlier. to be called shortly by A German tourist was allegedly molested and lifeline of Mysuru, Bengaluru present storage in KRS, the dead storage in case of emer- cials visited her at the hos- B.A and B. Com have been Mankala Subba Vaidya, robbed in Mysuru on Monday. and the Mandya region. The water needs of Bengaluru gency,” he said. The dead pital. The police said the wearing the saffron shawl, ‘Outside influence’ Bhatkal MLA. The woman, who had taken a Bangalore Water Supply and could be met up to May. storage is 4.4 tmcft in KRS. girl was with her boyfriend confirmed Bhageerati Naika, “These students seem to be In one of the first such bus to reach the Chamundi Sewerage Board (BWSSB) However, the authorities an- On whether this was ad- near one of the windmills principal in-charge. influenced by the protests in protests in 2009, students of Hills, was reportedly attacked draws water from the KRS ticipated a shortage in peak visable, Mr. Patil said: “We on the hill. She was Of the four lecturers wear- other parts of Karnataka,” the college had protested by an unidentified man when for the city. summer. “Officials are con- are opposed to tapping dead dragged away by five men ing the headscarf, one had Ms. Naika said. The conduct against a girl wearing the she was descending the steps Speaking to mediaper- stantly monitoring the avail- storage. However, consider- and raped. Her boyfriend, been teaching in the college of the students would be re- burkha. “The issue died after sunset. “After molesting sons, Water Resources Minis- ability of water in KRS. They ing the situation, it might be- who resisted the attack, for eight years, while the viewed by principal Manjula down and there were no in- her, the accused snatched ter M.B. Patil said with the are favouring utilisation of come inevitable.” was beaten up. others three for five years. K.P. A decision on the issue cidents later,”Ms. Naika said. ₹2,000 from her and fled,” police said. Kerala youths turn the Accused in 3 arrested in connection Temple car overturns at annual fest with child sexual assault actor assault BENGALURU The Bengaluru police arrested tables on ‘moral’ police two members of a play school 10 devotees injured in the pilgrim town of Kottur in north Karnataka to surrender? management and a staffer for Special Correspondent Staff reporter not complying with the Victims live-stream video of incident ascertained. Senior police BALLARI KOCHI Karnataka Child Protection officers have rushed to the Policy, after a three-year-old Staff Reporter ment against moral poli- Ten devotees were injured spot and ambulances have With the Kerala High Court was allegedly sexually assaul- Thiruvananthapuram cing. when a 65-ft wooden temple been pressed into service. postponing to March 2 an ted by a supervisor. Those A young man and woman at In Tuesday’s incident, the car, taken out as part of an Sri Guru Kottureshwara anticipatory bail petition held are Kingston D’Souza, the receiving end of some police approached Vishnu annual festival, overturned annual fair is one of the filed by Sunil Kumar and Veena Ashok and Praveen. ‘moral policing’ by a group and his friend Arathi sitting in Kottur, a pilgrim town in biggest fairs in north Vijesh, the key accused in of police personnel from the together at the Napier Mu- the Kudligi taluk of Ballari Karnataka. Hundreds of de- the actor’s abduction case, speculation is rife about Hartal to protest Museum station here on seum lawns here. They were district on Tuesday evening. votees from the district and Tuesday, publicly ques- reportedly told that “such The incident occurred other parts of Karnataka their surrendering at any festival curbs in Kerala tioned them over the legal- vulgar behaviour” was not when the temple car was be- congregate for the event. of the judicial courts in Ko- THRISSUR ity of their act. allowed in public. Vishnu ing taken back to its original chi. The duo is believed to The Festival Coordination The police were in for soon started live-streaming spot after being pulled for a People run helter-skelter be in Tamil Nadu. Committee called for a hartal The probe appears to in Thrissur on Thursday to major embarrassment as the the incident and questioned distance, as part of the Sri Information received here protest against restrictions on the two live-streamed the the police personnel. Guru Kottureshwar annual stated that after the temple have taken a new turn with the use of elephants and video of their defiance on The two were then taken fair. Of the 10 devotees in- car fell, the devotees ran hel- the investigators focussing fireworks during festivals. facebook. to the Museum Police sta- jured, one is serious, accord- ter skelter and many might on the criminal nexus of Political parties, including the The video went viral, in- tion and their parents in- ing to reports. The injured have been injured. Deputy the Malayalam film in- Congress and the BJP, have viting criticism on the police formed. The girl’s father have been admitted to gov- Commissioner Ramprasath dustry. It is based on the in- expressed solidarity. Elephant action. The incident comes said he did not have any ernment hospitals in Dav- Manohar said no deaths had formation that Sunil main- parades and fireworks were hardly a week after Kerala complaint as his daughter angere and Kottur. occurred in the incident. A tained close links with a integral to the festivals in the Chief Minister Pinarayi Vi- was an adult. They were Topsy-turvy: The temple car that overturned at the Sri Guru The reason for the temple crane had been rushed to few film personalities, in- State, the committee said. jayan made a public state- later let off. Kottureshwara fair in Kottur, Ballari. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT car overturning is yet to be Kottur to lift the temple car. cluding some actors. Three elephants die of starvation Malaria claims Ashram school girl Oicials said lack of ground fodder could have contributed to their deaths HM suspended; no teacher was available to take her to hospital

B.V.S. BHASKAR Rohan Premkumar that there were remnants of Doctors gave first aid to Reddy said that malaria was malaria cases were increas- CHINTURU (East Godavari) Udhagamandalam Seemai karuvelam found in Sankuramma and on the only reason for the ing from last year in Chin- Two more elephants died in the elephant’s stomach cav- A girl studying in the Kansu- Sunday night advised those death of Sankuramma. turu mandal. In Tulasipaka, the Segur plateau, this time ity. luru Ashram School in this who came with her to take the number went up to to within the Mudumalai Tiger mandal died of malaria on her to the Bhadrachalam Spike in cases 1,224, Yedugurrallapalli Reserve, and one elephant Autopsy performed Monday, indicating the pre- Area hospital. Mr. Chinna Babu told The (1,320), Kuturu (669) and in the Thengumarada sec- Senior forest veterinarian, valence of malaria in the While being shifted to Hindu that he had suspen- Jeedikuppa (514). tion of the eastern slope of N.S. Manoharan was called Agency area. Bhadrachalam, the girl be- ded Ashram School head- Apart from malaria, tribal the Nilgiris North division. in to perform an autopsy on Podium Sankuramma, 13, came unconscious and she master K. Venkateswara Rao people were also suffering The carcasses of the pachy- the two carcasses. Speaking a class seven student, was died on Monday. On inform- and Deputy Warden K. Bal- from diseases like pedal ed- derm were found on Tues- to The Hindu, Mr. Mano- suffering from fever since ation, ITDA Project Officer akrishna and said action ema and anemia. Nine per- day and forest department haran said that the “prevail- last Sunday. No teacher was G. Chinna Babu went to the would be taken to book sons died and 73 were hos- officials said that the lack of ing stressful ecological available to shift her to hos- Ashram school and on en- criminal cases against them. pitalized due to pedal ground fodder could have factors,” could have played a pital when her fever in- quiry got to know that Allowances given to those edema last year in Chinturu, contributed to their deaths. role in the death of both creased on Thursday. Sankuramma was suffering teachers who were not stay- Koonavaram and V.R. S. Kalanidhi, District Continuing tragedy A female elephant which died at the animals. A youth named Viplava from fever since last ing in Kansuluru for the last Puram mandals. Forest Officer (Nilgiris North Theppakadu range of the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve. Another male elephant, Kumar, with help from the Thursday and no teacher six months would be re- Health and ITDA officers Division), said the female around 5 years old, died hostel warden, took her on was available on Sunday. covered, he said. are worried over the out- elephant, believed to be found dead in V. Selvam, Forest Range from starvation and worms his bike to Chinturu Areas Deputy District Medical Medical and Health De- break of malaria and the around 15 years old, was Thengumarada section. Officer (Kil Kotagiri), said in Singara Range on Sunday. hospital on Thursday night. and Health Officer T.V. Seshi partment sources said that looming water crisis.

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VISAKHAPATNAM Protest against denial of certiication to ilm Sporting jackets and safety Following the trail of the With cashew prices in- gears with helmets clasped three women bikers will be a creasing steeply this year, Staff Reporter tion system in India. The added. The students were over their hair and throttling team of riders and biking vendors of Tagarapuvalasa, HYDERABAD film reportedly mentions arrested soon after they at- their machines, three groups across the country in about 40 km from here, The Censor Board’s regional the suicide of a University of tacked the office. women bikers are all set to a WhatsApp group called known for selling crunchy office at Kavadiguda in the Hyderabad (UoH) research Two student leaders in blaze their way on the roads ‘Three Women Riders on and freshly roasted cashew city was attacked by six stu- scholar and also the flogging the group which attacked covering 2,500 km. GQ’. The strong network of on the highway between dents of the Osmania Uni- of Dalits in Una of Gujarat re- the office were identified as They will take the biking fraternity is ready to Visakhapatnam and Viz- versity Joint Action Commit- cently. According to central A. Srinu and S. Modi, said an Puducherry-Vizag-Kolkata offer any help the women ianagaram, are finding less tee (OUJAC) on Tuesday zone Deputy Commissioner official of the Gandhinagar route with an aim to bikers require during their number of takers. afternoon. The OUJAC mem- of Police (DCP) Joel Davis, police station, where the overturn widely held gender journey. “The group has Known for its yummy bers broke window panes, the incident took place OUJAC members were taken stereotypes and celebrate a senior riders who have done taste due to roasting tradi- one computer and other between 12.30 p.m. and 1 after their arrest. shared passion of learning international rides and also tionally in pots, a handful paraphernalia in the office. p.m. “The six OUJAC mem- A case under Section 447 more about the culture and from armed forces who will of vendors selling cashew The incident took place bers who attacked the office (criminal trespass) of the In- heritage of the country. be following our journey nuts produced locally and after the board had denied are members of a Scheduled dian Penal Code and the Pre- and ready to help in case of from the famed Palasa- certification to the movie, Tribe community. They vention of Damage to Public “Heritage Trail” An exercise in learning:: Biker Vaishali More any SoS call,” the bikers said. Kasibugga region on the “Sharanam Gachchami”, wanted the Censor Board to Property Act was registered Bikers Vaishali Kulkarni The trio will be riding a Andhra-Odisha border which is about the reserva- allow the film’s release,” he against the OUJAC members. More from Visakhapatnam Visakhapatnam to Shirdi in The whole idea is to discover maximum distance of 320 since generations, are find- and Pune bikers Anagha July last year. It was in Shirdi a new side of India and also km a day in Bajaj Avenger ing it difficult to make both Sant and Sonal Bhat will that the trio met and inspire other women to take Cruise, KTM Duke and Royal ends meet. We oppose hydrocarbon embark on a journey they instantly bonded over their off by themselves.” Enfield Thunderbird call as the “Heritage Trail”. passion for riding. They will be riding motorbikes. “We plan to ride Fall in yield They will start from To inspire women through Mahabalipuram, only during the day time. All the members of vendor Puducherry on February 23 Speaking to The Hindu Ongole, Rajahmundry, Riding in a group requires us families are engaged in exploration project: CM and end up in Kolkata on ahead of the journey, Ms. Vizag, Gopalpur, Chilika, to follow certain hand procuring as well as roast- March 8, International More said: “I had planned to Raghurajpur and Puri before signals and rules for speed ing and selling cashew nuts Staff Reporter Women’s Day. The ride will do this route after returning arriving in Kolkata. The that we have discussed,” said along with other dry fruits PUDUCHERRY obtaining permission from has taken all precautions to cover six States and one from my first solo ride. riders have carefully Ms. More, a retired teacher. at shops located on one the territorial administra- control swine flu and the Union Territory. When Anagha and Sonal selected the route covering “Biking for me is side of the highway. Tour- The territorial administration, he told reporters. The numbers of cases have come Ms. More, 49, will be the heard about my plan, they certain places like Chilika therapeutic and has helped ists generally stop their tion will oppose the Union announcement by the down in the recent days. first woman biker from A.P. instantly agreed to join me. which is the largest me to sail through the ups vehicles near the shops government’s move to have Centre to explore hydrocar- Several of the patients ad- to do this part of the Golden We have done a proper wintering ground for and downs of life. Through and buy nuts for their im- a hydrocarbon exploration bon in Karaikal has shocked mitted at Jawaharlal Institute Quadrilateral, and perhaps route map and are in touch migratory birds on the this ride, we want to inspire mediate consumption as project at Karaikal, Chief farmers of the region. The of Postgraduate Medical the oldest one too. She had with other biking Indian sub-continent and more women to get on the well as for gifting neatly Minister V. Narayanasamy Puducherry government will Education and Research earlier done a solo ride communities across the Raghurajpur, a heritage bikes, bond together and packed products to their said here on Tuesday. not accept the project, he were from neighbouring dis- covering 1,700 km from cities we will be crossing. crafts village in Puri district, ride safe and smart.” near and dear. The Centre had sanc- said. tricts of Tamil Nadu, the tioned the project without The Health Department Chief Minister added. 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NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU 6 NATION WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2017 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF Cong leader accused of molestation MLA, husband booked for assaulting cops Bihar leader booked under POCSO Act, also accused of running a high-proile sex racket 3 cases registered against policemen Amanath Tewary Patna,” the girl told journal- Patna ists on Tuesday. Mohammed Iqbal ful assembly) and 332 (vol- JAIPUR Samajwadi Party expels A Bihar Congress leader has untarily causing hurt to de- been booked under the Pro- Absconding The police in Kota on Tues- ter public servant from his women’s wing chief tection of Children from “Pandey had been visiting day booked BJP MLA from duty) of IPC. LUCKNOW Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act Nikhil’s flat quite often…one Ramganj Mandi On Ms. Meghwal’s com- The Samajwadi Party on Tuesday expelled its Mahila for allegedly molesting a day Nikhil served me soft- Chandrakanta Meghwal, her plaint, three cases were re- Sabha national president minor Dalit girl and running drink laced with sedatives. husband Narendra Meghwal gistered against Deputy Su- Ranjana Bajpai from the party a high-profile sex racket. The Suddenly Pandey came in and some party workers on perintendent of Police for her involvement in “anti- girl is daughter of a senior the room and molested me, charges of assaulting the po- Chuna Ram, Circle In- party activities”, Uttar State Congress leader. The but left when I started vomit- licemen during a high spector Sriram Badsara and Pradesh SP chief Naresh Opposition, NDA, demanded ting,” she added. drama and altercation when three constables under the Uttam said. arrest of the accused who is Both Nikhil Priyadarshi the latter were imposing relevant sections of I.P.C. Ranjana’s son Harshvardhan absconding. and Brajesh Pandey are ab- fines on two-wheeler riders and the Scheduled Castes Bajpai is contesting the sconding as a lower court in in the city on Monday. and Scheduled Tribes (Pre- ongoing UP Assembly polls Minor then Patna had rejected their anti- vention of Atrocities) Act. on a BJP ticket from The girl was a minor when cipatory bail pleas. ‘Cops misbehaved’ Kota SP S.S. Godara told Allahabad North. The Hindu PTI she lodged the case on Demanding justice: Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) activists protest in Patna on Tuesday The court has fixed the Ms. Meghwal has alleged that no arrests December 22 last year against Congress leader Brajesh Pandey. PHOTO: RANJEET KUMAR next date of hearing on Feb- that the policemen misbe- had been made so far and against automobile business- ruary 27. haved with her and her hus- the situation in the city was No data on accounts with man Nikhil Priyadarshi, his East Champaran on a Con- tion), CID. that Nikhil and his friends, Senior BJP leader Sushil band and even “tore her peaceful. “The policemen large deposits: RBI brother Manish Priyadarshi gress ticket. He is said to be The girl had accused including the Congress Kumar Modi demanded im- clothes” inside Mahavir named in FIRs, except the INDORE and friend Sanjeet Kumar. close to the State party pres- Nikhil Priyadarshi, son of a leader, were running a high- mediate arrest of the Con- Nagar police station. The Deputy SP, are being sent to The RBI is not aware of the Later, she also named the ident Ashok Chaudhury and retired IAS officer of profile sex racket in the gress leader and the other police claimed that Naren- the Police Lines,” he said. number of bank accounts in State Congress vice-presid- other party leaders in Delhi. Jharkhand cadre and State. accused in the case. The dra Meghwal had slapped a State Home Minister which more than ₹2.5 lakh in ent Brajesh Pandey for outra- “Brajesh Pandey’s name brother-in-law of a senior IPS NDA alliance party Hindus- Circle Inspector during the Gulab Chand Kataria said no the scrapped currency notes ging her modesty at Nikhil’s came up in the report sub- officer, for sexually exploit- Political connections tani Awam Morcha (Secular) protest. one had the right to disturb of ₹500 and ₹1,000 were flat in Patna. mitted by the CID women’s ing her. Nikhil runs the “Due to their connections, activists staged a demonstra- A total of five cases were law and order. CM Vasund- deposited between Pandey had unsuccess- cell Dy SP who has found the biggest automobile show- the police were not filing FIR tion in Patna while burning registered at Mahavir Nagar hara Raje met party leaders November 8 and December fully contested the last As- charges against him true,” room of an SUV in Bihar at against the accused, but fi- effigies of the Chief Minister police station, including two of the region at a hurriedly 30 last year, it has said in sembly polls from said Anil Kishore Yadav, In- Saguna Mor on the outskirts nally I managed to file one at over deteriorating law and against the MLA and others called meeting here on response to a query under the Govindganj constituency in spector-General (weaker sec- of Patna. She also alleged the SC/ST police station in order situation in the State. under Sections 143 (unlaw- Tuesday evening. Right to Information Act. “The Department of Currency Management of the RBI on February 17 said it did not Man arrested have the figure of bank ‘Raise retirement age Rudy, Supriyo irked at Tripura Ministers’ absence accounts in which more than for making ₹ 2.5 lakh were deposited,” said Chandrashekhar Gaud, an of varsity teachers’ “Annoyed at the absence of photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the event” activist. PTI bomb threat Syed Sajjad Ali eered the cashless measure Review panel suggests 65 years Agartala in the country. The IT De- Press Trust of India 350 cartons of liquor Central Ministers Rajiv Pra- partment of Tripura organ- Shimla seized Press Trust of India The University Review tap Rudy and Babul Supriyo ised the mela on the advice A 26-year-old man has MUZAFFARPUR Chandigarh Committee, under the chair- were irked at the absence of of the Centre, which had al- been arrested for allegedly The police have seized 350 A five-member committee manship of Prof B. K. Kuthi- Left Front Ministers at the located funds for various making calls to an official cartons of liquor worth ₹1.5 set up the Haryana govern- ala, on Tuesday presented Digi-Dhan Mela on Tuesday. events at the mela, including of a telecom company pos- crore and arrested three ted here and threatening to persons in this connection in ment to review the standard its report along with an au- a cultural evening. bomb the office, police Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district. of higher and technical edu- dio version to Chief Minister CPI(M)’s opposition Acting on a tip off, a Special cation in the State has pro- Manohar Lal Khattar and Sources said that the CPI State’s representation said on Tuesday. Task Force team checked a posed to increase the retire- Education Minister Ram (M)’s stringent opposition to IT Commissioner K. Naga- On Friday, Anirudh Dey truck and seized 350 cartons ment age of university Bilas Sharma. demonetisation and an abso- raju represented the State at had made repeated calls to of IMFL being brought as teachers to 65 years. It has asked the govern- lute cashless economy pre- the inauguration of the mela. the official threatening to poultry feed last night, ment to “properly” follow vented the Tripura Ministers Union Ministers Rajiv Pratap Rudy and Babul Supriyo in Minister of State, Heavy bomb the company’s office Ahiyapur police station, V-C’s tenure the recommendations of the from attending the event. Agartala on Tuesday. PHOTO: ABHISEK SAHA Industries & Public Enter- here, DIG cyber crime Station House Officer (SHO) It has also suggested that the Centre’s Rashtriya “We could not see any prise, Mr. Supriyo, said that Vimal Dhawan said. Vijay Kumar said. tenure of vice-chancellors Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan Minister from Tripura at the State for Skill Development Narendra Modi at the event, Tripura Ministers could have The phone numbers The police arrested three be increased from three and constitute Uchchatar programme. They should and Entrepreneurship (Inde- which was held to popular- “served the State” if they at- were tracked and the ac- persons, including truck years to five years or till they Shiksha Parishad, Haryana, know we are in a federal pendent Charge) was also ise cashless transactions. tended the event and dis- cused arrested from his driver Farookh, cleaner Talim attain the age of 70, an offi- under the chairmanship of structure,” Mr. Rudy said. annoyed at the absence of Mr. Rudy asserted that it cussed “certain issues with rented place in Baddi yes- and Sanjan Kumar. - PTI cial said. the CM through an Act. The Union Minister of any photo of Prime Minister was the PM who had pion- them”. terday, the officer said.

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UNCERTAIN TWILIGHT | DIASPORA DILEMMAS Coping with age when families are distant With rising numbers of Indians migrating abroad for work, many elderly parents are left behind to cope with the challenges of ageing. Tailored senior housing options and care packages can help, yet what these left-behind senior citizens ultimately desire is the warmth of human relationships.

Narayan Lakshman buying my parents an apart- specific services such as an comes from the distance Jayant Sriram ment in a colony for senior emergency hospital or doc- between these elderly par- Chennai / Mumbai citizens in Bengaluru.” tor’s visit at $15. ents and their children With vast and growing num- Yet the problem with all settled abroad. bers of Indians in the work- Boom in senior housing of these arrangements, Ramesh Kapadia, a resid- force emigrating to foreign While senior communities helpful though they are to ent of Aurangabad, started lands, typically to North in India were originally as- the elderly, is that depres- the Non-resident Indian Par- America, Western Europe, sociated with charitable in- sion brought on by loneli- ents Association 12 years ago Australia or parts of South stitutions and even with the ness can be a serious con- as a way for parents with chil- East Asia, many Indian fam- rescue and rehabilitation of cern among residents at dren living abroad to keep in ilies are now experimenting destitute among the elderly, such communities. touch. by either taking their eld- those connotations appear According to Mr. “When I used to go visit erly parents along with to be transforming into the Cherian, “There is not my daughter in Canada, I met them, or, when that model more luxury-focused retire- enough love and care in a lot of other parents who fails owing to the loneliness ment communities, at least these places. Phone calls, had come over from India of the elderly in a new coun- for middle class Indians. Skype conversations, and and we used to spend time try and their dependence Many opt for such homes rushing to India when a par- together since our children on their children, they are offering specialist services ent falls sick are just not were busy quite often, with sent back to India to face for the care of the elderly enough.” their own lives… When we their uncertain twilight because the costs of hiring were back here I decided it's years more or less alone. private, full time can be pro- Networking for elderly very important to maintain a This trend has also ac- hibitive and also it can be an Thus, despite this growing social network, so we have companied the breakdown insurmountable task to ef- sophistication of elderly telephone meetings and of the traditional Indian fectively coordinate doctor care packages available on other events and we have joint family system, with the visits and such. In the new the market, old-fashioned members now from all over result that a growing cohort class of senior citizen colon- social relationships with India,” Mr. Kapadia says. of elderly Indians have to ies, many of these facilities friends and neighbours may “The majority of parents fend for themselves in old are taken care of under a ultimately offer as much or of NRIs that I meet spend a age homes far from any single package. more succour for the eld- part of the year with their family connections. According to a 2015 re- erly whose children no kids and some time back in Yet in some cases the eld- port by the consultancy longer reside in India. India,” says Satish Rao, a erly refuse to cut their ties firm Jones Lang LaSalle In- Dhiraj Mirchandaney Mumbai resident. to India to accompany their dia, India has a senior popu- Closer than family: A ile photo of the Mumbai police celebrating the birthday of Lalita Subramanyam (83), whose children are lives in Abu Dhabi and his “Since the kids have been children abroad in the first lation of over 100 million based in the U.S. Senior citizens often depend on networks of friends, in this case the police, for daily chores. PTI mother lives in an apart- gone from a young age that place. Raghu Srinivasan and has an estimated de- ment in Mumbai central. He means the parents like us (name changed) works for a mand of 300,000 senior NRIs. The cost of an apart- a U.S.-based home health ted upon accordingly, and also offers one-time doctor says that for most health have spent many years alone tech company in the U.S. housing units, valued at ment can vary from ₹25 care company, acquired a NRI Close Monitoring, for visits which are cheaper. care needs he relies on and so it is always advisable and has lived there for the over $1 billion. lakhs to ₹1 crore and while stake in India Home Health which a closer and more UberHealth’s preventive neighbours and relatives to build a social network past 22 years. His parents some developers consider Care, an Indian company. frequent check is required. health care package takes whom he describes as a where like-minded people however, live in Ghatkopar Different models affordability of this housing Bayada now offers a pack- The Close Monitoring care of minute details, in- second family, yet he too can communicate with each in Mumbai. According to Mathew to the general middle class age specifically designed for package is a tailored service cluding booking doctors’ has taken the innovative other.” “Despite my telling them Cherian, CEO of HelpAge In- segment of urban India, the Non-Resident Indians who for concerned NRIs who appointments, picking up step of fixing a CCTV cam- In recognition of the fact for many years to move dia, a large non-profit or- higher end units are an at- have parents living in India. want to keep a check on the elderly parents and era in the house that he can that the number of such par- here full time they prefer to ganisation working for tractive option for senior The packages range from their parents, some of dropping them back, and monitor remotely, an op- ents is growing every year, live in India,” he said, senior citizens in the coun- citizens whose children are $20 to $40 per month and whom prefer to have the having a representative action that additionally makes NRI Parents Organisations adding, “Initially healthcare try, there are over 4,000 old living abroad. There are also are of two types – NRI Con- option to even monitor via company them to take his mother feel safer. have been established in sev- was not a problem but as age homes, of which at least different models of owner- tinuous Check-up, which closed-circuit television. notes on doctors’ feedback Similarly, some among eral cities and are on Face- they are getting older there 130 were designed as retire- ship besides outright sale aims at ensuring that the Another company, Uber- which will be sent online to the elderly proactively take book in Mumbai, Aur- are more and more issues to ment communities geared including a lifetime lease senior citizen’s health con- Health, offers preventive the children abroad. steps to build up a network angabad, Pune, Vadodara, deal with. Recently, after towards the expectations and a deposit model. dition is monitored and health care packages at an Another company called of social contacts that can to Bengaluru and other metros. my father had a fall we de- and demands of the rising Around three years ago, health issues are detected annual subscription rate Parental Care India based in some extent mitigate the cided to take the step of middle class and affluent Bayada Home Health Care, as early as possible and ac- priced at about $200, but Kolkata allows NRIs to book loneliness that inevitably SERIES CONCLUDED

Mumbai records 55% in civic Six jail inmates injured in clash between two groups

Press trust of India said on Tuesday. The clash by DSP Dinesh Yadav, paci- Kishore and Sourav, were ad- A case has been registered polls, highest in 20 years Faridabad took place on Monday when fied the inmates and brought mitted to a hospital here. Of on the complaint of the jail Six inmates have been in- the inmates were being taken the situation under control, them, two were referred to officials and investigation is jured in a clash between two to their barracks, a police the official said. Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi on, in-charge of Ballabhgarh Confusion as many names go missing from voters’ list groups of prisoners at Nimka spokesperson said. The injured, identified as in a serious condition, the Police Station Rajdeep More jail in the district, officials A team of jail officials, led Lalit, Vikas, Shakti, Sanjeev, spokesperson said. said. Alok Deshpande Mumbai If the 2017 Mumbai municipal election day had to be described in one word, it would be chaos. Even though Mumbai recorded its highest polling percentage in 20 years, with 55% of registered voters coming out to exercise their franchise, confusion prevailed at several booths across the city. The reason? This year, the municipal voters’ list had 11 lakh fewer registered names Democratic fervour: People waiting to cast their vote in compared to 2012. In 2012, Ghatkopar for the Mumbai civic election. PRASHANT NAKWE Mumbai had 1.02 crore voters, while Tuesday saw In fact, with 55% votes government, remains to be only 91.80 lakh eligible cast, the actual number of seen. Shiv Sena and BJP are voters. The candidates in people who voted on Tues- engaged in a bitter fight to the running for the 227 mu- day comes down to 50.49 claim political dominance nicipal seats had much to lakh. over Mumbai – India’s complain about. Apart from Mumbai, nine richest civic body, with a other municipal corpora- budget bigger than some Parties claim success tions and 11 zilla parishads State governments. For the But this did not dampen the went to polls on Tuesday financial year 2016-17, Mum- enthusiasm of the political with average polling reach- bai’s municipal commis- parties, each of whom ing up to 56.30% and sioner had presented a claimed that the 10.25% 69.43% respectively. The budget of ₹37,052 crore. jump in total voters would election results will be an- This is also for the first be the key to their success. nounced on February 23. time in several elections that In 2012, only 44.75% of eli- Whether the increased no party, including the Con- gible voters cast their ballot, percentage will impact the gress and the Nationalist an election in which the BJP- current power structure in Congress Party (NCP), has Shiv Sena alliance claimed the BMC and indeed, as a formed an alliance with any absolute majority. consequence, in the State other. CBI books Dental Council head, others on graft charges It is alleged that Mazumdar used corrupt means to retain post

Special Correspondent retary S.K. Ojha and other BDS seats from 50 to 100, NEW DELHI unknown persons. knowing well that the col- The Central Bureau of In- “It was alleged that Dr. lege did not meet the re- vestigation has booked Mazumdar, whose term as quired norms as stipulated Dental Council of India the DCI president was to by the DCI. (DCI) president Dibyendu end once his membership He had also recommen- Mazumdar, along with the with the Council expired on ded 16 MDS seats for the col- chairman of a dental col- May 31, 2015, regained the lege despite some discrep- lege, a former Vice-Chancel- membership from the ancies found during lor of a university and oth- Nilamber Pitamber Univer- inspections in 2012-13. ers, for allegedly using sity by claiming to be the “On the basis of his mem- corrupt means to retain the honorary visiting professor bership of the said univer- post for the second term. of Vananchal Dental College sity, Dr. Majumdar became Those named in the FIR and Hospital,” said a CBI of- the president of DCI for the are Dr. Mazumdar, Vanan- ficial. second time. During prelim- chal Dental College and inary enquiry, it was re- Hospital (Garhwa, Illicit favours vealed that his nomination Jharkhand) chairman The CBI alleges that for ac- or appointment as honor- Dinesh Prasad Singh, quiring the membership, ary visiting professor was il- former Vice-Chancellor of Dr. Mazumdar extended fa- legal and therefore, invalid. Nilamber Pitamber Univer- vours to the dental college He was never appointed a sity (Palamu) Firoz Ahmad, by granting permission for dental faculty with the uni- former DCI officiating sec- doubling the number of versity,” the official said.

NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU 8 EDITORIAL WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2017 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE When the unelected set the agenda We are slowly losing our autonomy to deine ourselves — who we are and who we want to be seen as

But since identity is intensely who jump the signals. personal, we also repeatedly jump We have come to this point only the social red light. We break social because those who are supposed to The Saeed test rules constantly and in doing so as- do the job of creating meaningful sert our own individual decision- social rules have abdicated their re- Why we shouldn’t read too much into making capacity. Choosing our sponsibility. Just like the lack of own identity — how we see traic police leads to individuals Sundar Sarukkai Pakistan’s action against the LeT chief, yet ourselves — is one of the most cher- who suddenly decide to regulate ished autonomies that we have. traic, so too the lack of political he lurry of actions by the Pakistan government ometimes, it seems that to un- However, this autonomy is what is leaders leads to small groups taking on Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Haiz Saeed gives the im- derstand our complex society, being challenged today by small over the task of regulating society. Tpression of movement on an issue that has been a Sall that we need to do is to un- groups who take on the authority of This is a consequence of the point of contention between India and Pakistan. For derstand our behaviour at traic deining what our identities should nature of democratic politics. Rep- the past two weeks, Saeed, who is on the UN Security lights. Every day, I see countless be. resentative politics is a system Council’s terror list, has been under “preventive deten- people on bikes and cars driving where we voluntarily give away our tion” and “house arrest”, along with four other mem- through red lights. Earlier, I used to The erosion of autonomy autonomy to politicians. Voting for get upset that these people were Today, it is not easy to belong to somebody is to voluntarily give a bers of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa, an avatar of the LeT. All ive blatantly louting a rule that many anything since our belongingness “power of attorney” to that indi- are on the “export control list” for travel. A few days ago others were following, more so is constantly challenged by others. vidual to speak and govern on our the authorities put Saeed on its Anti-Terrorism Act list when they did it right in front of in- If you thought that being an Indian behalf. We gift the politicians the as well, and on Tuesday followed that up by revoking diferent traic police. Now I real- was a simple matter, then think right to govern us in the hope that

weapon licences issued to Saeed and others. Although ise that while this might be just an- PHOTO GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCK again, for protesting against the they will do the right thing by us. details have not been shared, Pakistani oicials said other instance of rule-breaking that policies of a ruling government, Alas, this is a hope that is no longer they have placed restrictions on the functioning and seems to be an essential deinition makers who feel that their judg- It is also this same attitude of in- questioning the cynical use of the possible in democracies around of being Indian, at a deeper level it ment of the situation overrides dividual interpretations of social national anthem in movie halls or the world and in India. funding of Saeed’s JuD and its ‘charity arm’, the Falah-e- is also relective of a far greater rules set by a society or govern- norms that drives much of the con- even thinking that there are actu- Democracy is the contract by Insaniyat Foundation. In addition, Pakistan’s military problem confronting our society. ment. But there are also some who licts in India today, including the ally decent ordinary people in which we voluntarily agree to fol- gave Saeed’s detention its full backing by calling it a jump signals because they feel they problem of corruption. I am refer- Pakistan are all reasons for your low the rules created by a group of “policy decision in the national interest”, while Rules and individual agency are not bound by any social norms. ring in particular to the conlicts identity as an Indian to be ques- people whom we elect. The other Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif told an inter- Following rules is very easy, and at This ambiguity of what it is to fol- largely understood to be based on tioned. We are slowly losing our direction of the contract is that the national audience at the Munich Security Conference the same time also diicult. Follow- low a rule is really the source of identity politics: for example, the autonomy to deine ourselves, to politicians not only make rules that that Saeed was a “security threat” to Pakistan. It would ing a rule has at least two compon- many conlicts in our society today. attack on Sanjay Leela Bhansali in deine who we are and who we beneit the citizens but also com- ents: one, the action correspond- Should we blindly follow social connection with his ilm Pad- want to be seen as. municate the intention behind seem that even the Indian government has given the ac- ing to the rule, and the other our norms, or should we be independ- mavati, the debate on jallikattu, In the recent jallikattu case, the those rules in clear terms. When tion against Saeed a half thumbs-up, with the Ministry interpretation of the intention of ent interpreters of the rules of soci- and the actions of the self-appoin- claims and counterclaims were not these intentions are left ambigu- of External Afairs calling it a “logical irst step”. that rule. ety? Sometimes it may seem that ted protectors of religions, tradi- as much about bulls as it was about ous, social conlicts arise since indi- As observers of Pakistan know, the action against So to follow the simple rule, our individual decision is better tions and the nation. Identity polit- the identity of being Tamil. People viduals and groups interpret the in- Saeed is not a new step or even the most serious meas- “Stop at a red light”, is to follow the than the social norm. Some might ics is really not that diferent from who wrote in support of the ban on tentions behind rules to suit their ure taken against him over the past two decades. Since physical action of stopping the suggest that it is useless to wait for the problem of dealing with traic jallikattu were labelled as anti- interests, leading to the failure of 2001 he has been in and out of detention at least ive vehicle but it is also to accept the in- two minutes at a signal when there signals. Tamil. Movie stars, among others, the democratic contract. tention or reason behind this rule. is no traic at all on the roads. How Identity is primarily about rules who supported jallikattu re- One of the irst signs that the sys- times, and released by the courts on a number of occa- Typically, we are expected to fol- should we act in such cases? Does and how we follow these rules. peatedly invoked jallikattu as em- tem has failed is when the unelec- sions. Besides, unlike in 2008 and 2009 when he was low the action corresponding to a the social norm, even when not ap- Identities such as gender, caste and bodying the essence of being ted start dictating the society with detained for the 26/11 Mumbai attacks case, this time rule and not worry about the propriate in a particular context, al- religion are largely decided by the Tamil. This was indeed a new pub- their deinition of what social rules there has been no First Information Report registered, intention. ways supersede rational individual norms of a larger society, and most lic deinition of being a Tamil. mean instead of democratically ne- or any speciic reason given. If Pakistan were indeed Most times, when motorists decision? Or is it better to have a times, socialisation is nothing but In all these cases, small groups gotiating these rules. They then run serious about the UN list, these actions should have jump a signal, they are not breaking thinking citizenship, one that re- learning how to follow these are deining the rules of what an through society like they run been carried out in 2008, when Saeed and the JuD were a rule per se as much as interpret- fuses to blindly follow rules norms. So how we behave accord- identity is. Instead of the state or through signal lights while the rest ing it in terms of its original inten- without interpreting them to see ing to our gender, or our religious the larger society which earlier did of us sit and watch helplessly wait- put on the list. It is more than likely that Pakistan’s action. They recognise that there is what really suits the context? But and caste identities, is inluenced this task, it is increasingly smaller ing for the lights to change. tion is actually timed for the Financial Action Task no traic in front of them and then the chaos that results when each of by a set of social rules, some expli- vocal groups that have anointed Force’s oicials meeting in Paris this week where a re- act based on their decision that red us interprets social rules is what cit and many implicit. Living in so- themselves as judge and enforcers port on Pakistan’s terror funding record is being lights are not meant to be followed leads to traic jams every single day ciety is then largely a matter of fol- of identity. This is exactly like hav- Sundar Sarukkai is Professor of presented. Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif may when there is no traic. They are in every corner of our cities and lowing these rules, stopping at the ing a group of people standing at Philosophy at the National Institute of even be attempting to show ‘good faith’ to both U.S. acting as independent decision- towns! ‘social red lights’ as required. signal lights waiting to catch those Advanced Studies, Bengaluru President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi by the action, even as he faces domestic pressure to act against terrorists in the wake of a slew of bombings recently in Pakistan, including at the Sehwan Marching to be counted shrine in Sindh. It is too early to fully assess what the action against Saeed means, and what signal Pakistan may be sending to India. For New Delhi, steps towards a re- With anti-immigrant tensions rising in Britain, responses such as 1daywithoutus too will sharpen sumption of bilateral dialogue may be more purposeful than simply gauging which way the wind is blowing. izens. There’s been an upsurge of der to be able to control its borders. day of action. The event attempted verbal attacks on the Indian com- Britain has also tightened controls to go beyond focussing on the eco- munity, particularly outside Lon- for non-EU migrants, raising salary nomic contribution of migration to don, says Harsev Bains of the Indian thresholds for work visas, while the huge impact it has on the coun- Workers’ Association. According to there has been talk of further con- try’s way of life, and events that took data compiled by the news agency trols of the student visa system. The place up and down the country at- Necessary limit Press Association, published earlier Health Secretary has even called for tempted to relect that. Vidya Ram this month, three-quarters of Bri- the NHS to be self-suicient in doc- Price control for cardiac stents is inevitable tain’s 44 police forces reported a re- tors from within the U.K. by 2025. A holistic appraisal to promote access to treatments iz Needham, originally from cord number of hate crimes in the The government has steadfastly re- While some such as Ms. Needham Dublin, has lived in the U.K. for three months after the Brexit vote, fused to guarantee the rights of EU chose to close their oices, in other apping the prices of medical stents, which are Lthe past 27 years. On Monday with even cosmopolitan London re- nationals already in the U.K., insist- places rallies took place, or human used to treat coronary artery disease, by the Na- she decided to shut her account- cording 3,356 cases. The Independ- ing that it would not be able to do chains were formed in town or city tional Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) ancy irm in the English town of St. ent reported that police forces without guarantees from Europe on centres. Some chose to highlight the

C across the country are preparing GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO the rights of Britons there. cultural impact of migrants: the Albans. While the irm is small, a is an extreme regulatory measure necessitated by the three-person business, she was themselves for a rise in racially or The tough rhetoric on immigra- Tate Britain in London conducted a market failure that alicts the overall delivery of health eager to join in 1daywithoutus, a day religiously motivated crime after those working in the health-care tion has not been conined to the tour of works done or inluenced by care in India. Rising costs have led to impoverishment of action taking across the U.K. to the government triggers talks to exit sector were born abroad, in other Conservatives. In a speech earlier migrants, while several universities of families and litigation demanding regulation. Given celebrate the contribution made by the EU next month. Even Ms. Need- sectors such as food and hospitality, this year, Labour leader Jeremy held events focussing on migrant lit- the overall dominance of private, commercial, for- immigrants, from outside and ham says she’s faced abuse since the the igure is even higher, according Corbyn said the party was “not erature. Some took to social media: proit health institutions, and the asymmetry confront- within the European Union (EU). “I vote, being told to go back to Ireland to the NEF. International students wedded” to the principle of free- several university departments and (more disturbingly to her) that dom of movement within the EU, took pictures with and without their ing citizens, correctives to bring about a balance are in- felt it was very important to make make up 20% of the student popula- the gesture,” she says. “I run my she wasn’t the kind of immigrant tion in the U.K., according to the Na- while Deputy Leader Tom Watson immigrant staf to highlight the evitable. Two important pointers to the need for cost own company, so was able to do that they were eager to get rid of tional Union of Students. recently told the BBC that the party huge role they play. Many shared a regulation are available from research published in The this. But there are many others (she is white). “I think it’s incredibly However, the contribution of mi- was considering a number of op- graphic showing the top 102 nation- Lancet in December 2015: nearly two-thirds of the high working across the country in es- important, with the rise of Donald grants, from outside and within the tions on post-Brexit immigration, alities of NHS staf (Indians repres- out-of-pocket expenditure on health incurred by Indi- sential services such as the NHS Trump in the U.S. and everything E.U., became the focus of discus- including some form of regional im- ent the largest group after the Brit- ans went towards drugs; even the meagre research data who simply wouldn’t be able to stop happening in Europe, for us to sions in the run-up to the Brexit ref- migration controls. ish, accounting for just over 17,000, stand up and say this has got to “We need to start a new positive available showed that there was irrational use of med- working for a day, because the erendum, with many suggesting followed by Filipinos and Irish). country cannot run without them.” stop.” narrative about the impact of im- The 1daywithoutus event follows ical technologies, including cardiac stents and knee im- that better control of Britain’s bor- The contribution of immigrants ders would improve public ser- migration on this country, to celeb- close on the heels of the Day plants. Regulated prices can, therefore, be expected to The Brexit efect to the U.K. is hard to dispute: ac- vices, health care and education. rate the story of migration, instead Without Immigrants protest in the make stents more accessible to patients who really need While anti-immigrant sentiment cording to a report published That debate has continue to persist, of having a situation where immig- U.S. With anti-immigrant tensions them, helping them avoid using up the weak insurance has been a long-standing aspect of earlier this week by the think-tank, with the government insisting that rants are blamed for everything and showing little sign of waning in the cover available, while also reducing the incentive for British politics, it’s been on the in- the New Economics Foundation, the public’s hope of controlling im- scapegoated,” said Rachel Taylor- West, the call for such movements unethical hospitals to use them needlessly. It is worth crease since June 23 last year, when British daily GDP would take a 4% migration was a key takeaway from Beales, one of the organisers of highlighting the role of immigrants Britain voted to leave the EU, with hit if migrant workers stopped 1daywithoutus, as she gathered is likely to grow. recalling that there are over 60 million diagnosed dia- the referendum, and it has con- hate being directed across com- working for a day, costing the eco- irmed its willingness to sacriice with others outside Parliament on betics in the country, and the average age at which the munities, and not just at EU cit- nomy £328 million. While 26% of single market access to the EU in or- Monday afternoon, as part of the [email protected] irst heart attack strikes Indians is 50, a decade earlier than people in developed nations. At appropriate prices, and with a health system that pools the cost LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters emailed to [email protected] must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials. among all citizens, it would be possible to provide access to stents and other treatments for all. To the highest bidder page for the IPL auction. their masters. Claims of (“Centre not for terming Pursuing welfare measures considering its negative Health-care providers often demand market-determ- Market-driven compulsions This is an event that has reforming sports bodies Pakistan a ‘terror state’,” will only be a drain on the impact on our preparedness ined pricing of medical technologies on the ground that may send newspapers been dogged by such as the BCCI and the IOA Feb.21). We respect and exchequer. The fervour and to tackle the threat of terror. newer ones will not be available under a regulated re- scrambling to break the day controversies and which exist only in the accept diplomatic relations competitive spirit being An overhaul of the existing gime. In the case of cardiac stents, this argument does with exciting front-page resulted in legal imagination. according to the Geneva witnessed in the investigation processes is not hold water since stakeholder consultations held by news, yet, even cricket- intervention. This non-stop, Annadurai Jeeva, Conventions. At the same neighbouring States to the need of the hour. Srirangam, Tamil Nadu the NPPA in January revealed that there are ‘huge un- crazy Indian readers do not two- month cricket event time, Pakistan is not a create employment M. Jeyaram, expect a daily of the consumes so much of banana republic. There opportunities and start Sholavandan, Tamil Nadu ethical markups’ in the supply chain. It would serve the standing of The Hindu to electricity and water, an ■ The payments being could be other civilised industries should act as a cause of medical innovation if costing is transparent, highlight the IPL auction issue which the media ofered to cricket players methods we can explore to catalyst in Tamil Nadu. The new look and a system of risk pooling is introduced to help pa- bids on its main page when hardly ever highlights even around the world in order to tackle Pakistani terror. There also have to be urgent I have been reading tients get expensive treatment without high out-of- there is no dearth of key as large parts of rural India play in the IPL matches are There is still some steps to tackle agrarian The Hindu for the past 45 pocket spending. It was estimated ive years ago by the issues before the nation continue to sufer in silence. mind-boggling. It is semblance of sentiment and distress and drought. years and have felt that it Planning Commission’s expert group on universal (Feb.21). Ben Stokes going V. Subramanian, apparent that the IPL is reasonableness among K. Jayanthi, began to lose its glory in the Thane, Maharashtra Chennai health coverage that raising spending on public pro- for a song or a fortune is not highly proitable. I hope that military veterans of last few years. The redesign the news a serious and the income tax oicials are Pakistan. We need to look at appears to be a good step to curement of medicines to 0.5% of GDP (from 0.1%) informed citizen of this ■ Any sane connoisseur of doing all they can to probe this option too. Wrongful arrest halt this decline and I was would provide all essential medicines to everyone. country is waiting for nor is cricket can read about the the sources of payment by C.V. Venugopalan, The acquittal of two persons happy to receive the What is necessary, then, is for a two-pronged approach it the bread-and-butter issue ignominious action of the sponsors. In fact the Palakkad accused of being involved in enhanced Sunday edition. to improve access to medicines and technology. The of the common man. auctioning cricket players details should be made the 2005 Delhi serial blasts There was absolutely no Centre should monitor expenditures jointly in partner- Heavens would not have only in utter disbelief. If it is available online. Alas, Starting well is one more instance of how time to think about any form ship with the community, use regulation where fallen had the IPL true, the IPL is no more than cricket is no longer a sport. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister our investigative agencies of social media. I recollect needed, and raise public spending on health. Several extravaganza been relegated an unethical commercial T.S.N. Rao, Edappadi K. Palaniswami fail (Editorial — “Guilty my father telling us when we to the inner pages. Being venture. A sportsperson Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh has begun well by until...”, Feb.21). Nothing were young that The Hindu developing countries have moved ahead on this path. relevant to youth alone may represent his/her announcing the closure of can compensate the men for was the only newspaper that Well-considered price control is a positive step, but should not be the objective country, State, institution or Right step liquor shops (Feb.21). This is their lost years. would help us in learning more needs to be done. The latest measure provides an of the new design. department with which India’s desire not to term a positive development after Most often, one inds the English language. I hope opportunity to expand the availability of stents, and by Sivamani Vasudevan, he/she is associated. When Pakistan as a terrorist state weeks of disruption innocent people being the new- look Hindu fetches extension angioplasty procedures, in the public health Chennai they ofer themselves to be is a reiteration of its following the jallikattu issue framed. The lack of it more readers. system. District hospitals should ofer cardiac treat- sold as animals in a shandy international status as a and the run-up to the trust professionalism on the part Lalitha Prasad, ■ Rajamahendravaram, Andhra Pradesh ments uniformly. This should be a priority programme It is surprising that to the highest bidder, they mature, civilised, vote. Unemployment is the of investigative agencies The Hindu opted to allot are but unscrupulous agents democratic world power biggest problem the needs to be addressed with to be completed in not more than ive years. more letters online: prime space on the irst who are prepared to play for among the comity of nations administration faces. the seriousness it deserves www.hindu.com/opinion/letters/

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THE WEDNESDAY INTERVIEW | AKHILESH YADAV ‘If two young leaders come together, people’s hopes will rise’ The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister says the SP-Congress alliance gives a message that a progressive government could return in the State

Amit Baruah and Omar Rashid taken at the last moment and there’s Where is the black money? row to the people, when the common little doubt that we have got less time to <> people get a chance, they vote out such After seven public meetings on Monday, make the alliance function. At the begin- Look at Kashmir, the PM said people… How can corruption be Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Ya- ning, there were some issues in our fam- terrorists will be stopped and stopped by demonetisation? What is dav, 43, has a bit of a hoarse voice. That, ily (refers to the feud with his uncle iniltration will stop. But look, black money? Where is the black however, doesn’t hold him back from tak- Shivpal Yadav) and a lot of time was our oicers are dying there; money? Look at Kashmir, he said terror- ing on Prime Minister Narendra Modi wasted on this. jawans are dying. ists will be stopped and infiltration will and Bahujan Samaj Party leader May- stop. But look, our officers are dying awati. In the course of an interview at his Could the alliance have happened there; jawans are dying. Still there is official residence in Lucknow, Mr. Yadav earlier if these family issues were not Metro? The first Metro stretch in Luc- curfew in Jammu and Kashmir. discusses the Assembly election cam- there? know is almost complete. Kanpur we paign, developments in his Samajwadi ■It may not have happened then… the have started. Ghaziabad second stretch Did you face any trouble as a party, in Party, and the family spat. Excerpts: time and circumstances were such that we have done. Finished. Noida, Great campaigning? we had to have this alliance to give a Noida section we are doing. So, in four ■We did not have money. We were busy Tell us how the alliance with the message to the people of Uttar Pradesh places we are constructing the Metro having a fight in our house. I was so Congress was reached. that a progressive government could re- here. In three other cities, I am making happy I had nothing (chuckles). Kehte ■Sometimes you just build a friendship. turn in the State. If two young leaders DPRs (detailed project reports). hai na andhera aata hai toh parchai bhi Some people say that after a certain age, come together, the people’s hopes will If I am back again as the Chief Minis- chali jati hai (they say that when dark- friendships happen according to needs. rise. In sum, it (the alliance with the ter, I will construct a Metro in Varanasi ness falls even your shadow abandons It’s good that we have reached an alli- Congress) was a good decision and the also. And that is the Prime Minister’s you.) ance [with the Congress]. So far, the results flowing from this decision will be constituency. There also I am giving chemistry with Rahul Gandhi has been good. That’s the bigger gain. electricity 24 hours. So that’s what I Who is your principal opponent in the very good. We are the same age, we said, the Prime Minister comes to election? Is it the BSP or the BJP? think alike. He wants the country and Can there be an alliance with the Varanasi and says Ganga Maiyya has ■We are number one; it’s difficult to say the State to develop. We also want the Congress for Lok Sabha 2019? called him. I tell him, aap Ganga Maiyaa who is number two and three. Both same. ■It will be too early to say because cur- ki kasam khao (take an oath in the name parties are not in the fight. Both have rently we are only working on the 2017 of goddess Ganga) and say whether I am been derailed. Mayawatiji is saying she When did you feel the need for the Assembly polls. giving electricity 24 hours in Varanasi or will do development. She has built alliance? not. stones across Lucknow... elephants. ■I can tell you what the Samajwadis feel You have completed five years in Who will believe her, trust her? She is about the Congress. They feel that when government. Tell us about your top There was an incident of lynching in saying, I will only do development. the Congress is at its weakest, it will find three achievements and three difficult Dadri. How do you think your What development will she do? Suppose the Samajwadis closest to it. I feel that moments. government handled that incident? Do she decides to construct a bigger ele- the Congress was weak and friendship ■Given that our State is massive, I can you feel that it cast a shadow on your phant than Sardar Patel (statue in Gu- with the Samajwadis is also fine. On oc- say that we worked on infrastructure at administration? jarat), then what will happen to the rev- casion, time and circumstances decide one level and the other on what can be Akhilesh Yadav at his oicial residence in Lucknow RAJEEV BHATT ■The Dadri issue was handled with re- enue and money of the State? whom you are going with. delivered to the poor through social sponsibility by the government and po- Both Rahulji and I are young leaders. schemes. On the infrastructure front, <> There should be someone to am providing electricity on Holi, Diwali lice, otherwise it was the BJP’s attempt In the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP Feuds between the Congress and the priority was given to road construction. take on political leaders like as well as Christmas. Then, he said that to turn it into a Muzaffarnagar-type is- raised a campaign against your alleged Samajwadis may have happened in the If we can double the speed [of road con- PM Narendra Modi and BJP boundary walls of graveyards are being sue… We took absolutely correct de- Muslim appeasement… past. But they should also remember struction], we can triple the [growth of chief Amit Shah and the kind built, while those at crematoriums are cisions then. Due to that, we were saved. ■No, it is not that. I am providing that all Samajwadi leaders are products the] economy. That’s my belief. of language that they use. not. There would be disputes in villages Otherwise, just imagine, somebody says Muslims their right. I am giving them of the Congress party. At that time, Con- Like they say in the United States, the about boundaries of graveyards. With that some food is kept in your fridge and 20% share in my schemes; laptop distri- gress was the only Opposition party. Ob- U.S. made roads and the roads made the during Diwali than we did for Ramzan. the help of the administration, we en- people come and kill you... Tomorrow bution, Kanya Vidya Dhan, Samajwadi viously, if there was one ruling party, U.S. At the minimum, we should give And for Diwali, I decided that, as a fest- sured their marking and provided them some other people will ask, why are you pension, taking steps for education, they will fight against that [party] only. good roads that provide door-to-door ival of lights, I will provide every district a secure location. eating chicken? Suppose I do not eat they are getting e-rickshaws, Urdu teach- Today, the times have changed. We connectivity. Our farmers will benefit headquarters with 24-hour electricity We have a mixed society and fabric. [meat], will we fight over it? ers are being recruited, I have made po- need political formations that can pro- most from these roads — if cities are be- supply. Since that Diwali, there has been We tried to prevent any conflict. If we You are the Prime Minister, you have lice recruitment easier, built boundaries tect the secular fabric of the country and ing linked, so are villages. The second 24-hour power supply across the State. are working for Muslims, we are also travelled to so many countries, you cre- for graveyards. If I am setting up a take on communal political parties like challenge was to at least create the sys- working for others. In some of the Chris- ate an aura… You talk about grave- Mughal Museum, I am also taking care the BJP. There should be someone to tem and infrastructure for electricity. Is there politics behind Mr. Modi’s tian schools, I am building good auditor- yards... by raising this, you are trying to of Ayodhya and Ramayan. take on political leaders like Prime Min- We purchased almost 3,000 megawatt comment? iums. The Prime Minister is unaware he defame that State which gave you more ister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit electricity after bidding. We built substa- ■I have followed the Prime Minister’s does not have the correct data. I am do- than 70 MPs. You are the face of the SP, while Shah and the kind of language that they tions and feeder systems. After doing all speeches for long. He spoke about po- ing what is necessary for society. Mayawati is of the BSP. The BJP does not use. this we have been able to provide 24- lice stations, that they have Samajwadis Do you see attempts to polarise the have a CM face. Is that a disadvantage for I can say that the alliance happened hour power supply to cities and 16-18 posted there. But let me tell you, I have Are you trying to suggest that your ‘U.P. election this time? the BJP? because we are both younger leaders hours to villages. It is a big achievement given to the State one of the best police model’ is superior to the ‘Gujarat ■It won’t happen but they are trying. ■They have a big name in the form of and want to take Uttar Pradesh forward. for a State like U.P., which was con- infrastructures — the UP 100 for police model’? They have lost ground. They have done the Prime Minister. They are happy with sidered to be power-deficient. response… if anybody is in distress or ■I don’t know what the Gujarat model is nothing. They have only spoken about that. That is why the Prime Minister is It is possible that the alliance with the any problem, [the] police reach them but I can say this they have not been mann ki baat. They have done no kaam talking of police stations, graveyards and Congress has come a little late in the Staying with electricity, the Prime quickly, within five or 10 minutes, and 15 able to construct a Metro [line] in 15 ki baat. crematoriums, electricity, Diwali and day… Minister made a comment about Diwali minutes in the villages. Which State of- years, but we are making Metro [lines] Ramzan. He has entangled himself. ■If you have an early alliance then it be- and power supply. fers this? in four places. The Prime Minister is What is your sense of demonetisation? comes easier to take party workers ■He was wrong about the data. We Second, he talked about electricity talking about sitting in our Metro but I ■In democracy, one thing everybody A longer version of the interview is available on along. Many of our decisions have been provided 2,000 MW more power supply during Ramzan. His data are wrong. I tell him, when will you let us sit in your should remember, whoever causes sor- www.thehindu.com

ISTOCK/ GETTY IMAGES ISTOCK/ Neutrals are particularly in lack of coal. Great Britain despite around 2000. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC submarining is best served in all respects for newspapers in Today we live in the Holocene, a period that began roughly France consist of single sheets while Holland is without pa- 12,000 years ago. This corresponds to the beginning of agricul- CONCEPT-UAL NOTEBOOK pers one day a week. France in addition to meatless days and ture, the earliest settlements in West Asia, and the multiplica- prohibition of pastry proposes to issue bread cards. In short tion of humanity to every part of the globe. Geologists mark Bad Faith/ the general conditions are becoming worse daily. In Scand- out an age based on imprints in fossil records. They have never Being the other inavia the shortage of coal has compelled the authorities to marked out an age as belonging to an organism or species. ‘Jur- Philosophy restrict hours during which schools, churches and factories assic’, for instance, has nothing to do with dinosaurs and On crossing the language barrier in Jafna remain open and Sweden has issued sugar and soap cards. refers to the Jura mountains in Europe. In Being and Nothingness, Is Anthropocene man’s self-attestation that he is the master French philosopher Jean- Meera Srinivasan with a general air of clue- plight, and the irony of of the universe? Paul Sartre referred to our lessness. I kept hearing a having to battle their CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC natural capacity to deceive The first thing that struck lot of Sinhala, which soun- “brothers” from Tamil If the planet were to end ourselves as ‘bad faith’. me about Rajachandran ded nothing like my Nadu who compete for fish DATA POINT Far from hubris, Anthropocene is a formal acknowledgement Bad faith exists in our was the way he spoke: mother tongue Tamil or in the Palk Bay. of guilt. The triumphant march of Homo sapiens, chronicled tendency to believe we are pausing between words the little Hindi that I know. I have met Ra- through the ages as ‘civilization’, has over the past half a cen- not who we really are; that and raising his voice when In that sense, Jaffna gave jachandran at least a dozen tury begun to be replaced by a creeping shame: there is con- we have no options and he emphasised a point.He me a sense of odd familiar- times. Long discussions at crete enough to cover every square kilometre of the earth, therefore act in an inau- watched my face to make ity. The sound of Jaffna his office about the “latest” ginormous amounts of plastic that outweigh this planet’s thentic manner. Sartre re- sure I followed what he Tamil was novel, but not on fishermen’s talks be- seven-billion inhabitants, and warheads primed to destroy all garded bad faith as a was saying. There was no distant. I was excited that came part of every visit. traces of the years it took to conceive them. denial of freedom which difficulty understanding we could communicate He would weave in post- Armageddon is no longer the scary chapter that concludes we all have. him; even some of the un- without an interpreter or war socio-economic realit- religious texts but is now staid science. Of course, the details He gives an example of a familiar Jaffna Tamil words my desperate repetitions ies and political challenges are hazy and many years away, but in broad terms there is fair waiter, who tells himself were intelligible. of questions in English. into his analysis. He would agreement that life — organic life at least — is three-fourths that to wait on tables is his Our first meeting was in But the comfort was serve soft drinks and bis- done and earth is almost halfway through its journey of being destiny. The takeaway May 2013, outside a fish short-lived. “You” — mean- cuits; sometimes a sump- destroyed by the sun. This is even if mankind stops, as of this here is that to blame social auction centre in Karain- ing Indian Tamils — “are tuous meal. During my second, every wisp of its greenhouse gases. pressures or others for agar, a small Sri Lankan is- the main problem!” is how subsequent visits he would When the leaders of the world congregated and congratu- what we are or what we do land off Jaffna peninsula. Rajachandran began observe how I had picked lated themselves in Paris about their success in getting every- may be comforting, but it Fishermen would bring speaking. “If you come up some Jaffna Tamil. one to agree (without any binding commitments) that the is a denial of the freedom their catch to the fisheries early in the morning, you “Your fishermen haven’t earth couldn’t be allowed to heat up two degrees, it only we have. cooperative that Ra- can actually see the Indian stopped coming to our sea, showed how naively humanity hopes that somehow techno- jachandran led. trawlers very close to our okay,” he’d tease me. “You logy and evolution will ‘save’ us. The lesson for doomsday CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC A month after moving to shore,” he said. keep coming and we keep scenarios is that survival must involve a massive upheaval in Colombo to report for The The fishermen who discussing the same thing the way we conceive of our place on earth and how squabbles MORE ON Hindu, that was my first spoke to me sounded but nothing has changed. I over apportioning carbon emissions are pointlessly incre- THE WEB trip to the Tamil-majority angry and helpless. Their am going to put you on one mental and futile when what we need is radical — almost out- thehindu.com/opinion north. catch had fallen drastic- of your trawlers and send rageous — ideas for even a moon shot at surviving, let alone as a Cosmopolitan Colombo ally. They spoke about the you back to Tamil Nadu.” species. BharatQR: One step closer let me survive with English Sri Lankan government to e-payments In this light, the quest for Anthropocene is man scratching mostly. To the average tuk abandoning them, the in- Notebook, a weekly column to out a timestamp in the sand, not to show that we lived but just driver or cop, however, I difference of Sri Lankan appear on Wednesdays, has that we existed. http://bit.ly/BharatQRtrans was an obvious “other” Tamil politicians to their stories from reporters’ iles CM ND-ND YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU 10 NEWS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2017 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE FROM PAGE ONE NIA puts of Nepal visit for ‘sabotage’ probe Report faults sedition law, curbs on NGOs Senior oicial of the agency says there are still many unconnected dots to be joined about the train accidents Vijaita Singh a bungalow in Karachi for is investigating a “sabotage” The journalists were al- Karnataka.” Among other New Delhi two days where he was or “terror” angle in the Kan- legedly killed for their re- crimes, it referred to the The National Investigation treated well and asked to pur train accident , in which porting, in Sultanpur, Uttar killing of two Muslim cattle Agency (NIA) has decided to rope in his local contacts to more than 100 people were Pradesh, and Siwan, Bihar, traders in Jharkhand, and put on hold its visit to Nepal create trouble in India,” a killed, and the Andhra Pra- respectively. the gang-rape of two women to investigate the role of Nepal police official told The desh incident on January 21, In a sub-section titled in Haryana by men who ac- Shamsul Hoda, a business- Hindu on Tuesday. in which 41 lost their lives. ‘Caste-based discrimination cused them of eating beef. man, in allegedly mobilising Hoda moved to Dubai and violence’, the report people in India and Nepal to Three arrested about three years ago when noted that “Dalits and Adi- ‘Extra-judicial killings’ plant an improvised explos- In January, the Bihar police his real estate business vasis continued to face The report also expressed ive device (IED) on a railway arrested Moti Paswan, Uma failed. He suffered financial widespread abuses.” concerns over extra-judicial track at Ghorasahan in Bihar Shanker Patel and Mukesh losses when he contested the killings in different States, earlier this year. Yadav who allegedly planted elections on the Madhesi Vemula suicide including Manipur, Chhattis- The bomb did not ex- the bomb, packed in a pres- Party ticket, which he lost. It also highlighted the na- garh, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa, plode, but the Bihar police, sure cooker, on the railway It is alleged that he made tionwide protests following and Madhya Pradesh. who arrested three persons track at Ghorasahan on Oc- ₹50 lakh by pumping in fake the suicide of Dalit student The report criticised the for allegedly planting it, said tober 1. currency into India. He then Rohith Vemula, the attack Indian state’s handling of the ISI had planned the During his interrogation, allegedly asked two persons, on Dalit men by a cow vigil- the protests in Jammu and operation. Paswan is alleged to have Deepak and Arun Ram, to ante group in Una, and the Kashmir ( J&K) following the The Nepal police arrested told the police that the ISI plant explosives at Na- discrimination faced by Dal- killing of a Hizbul Mu- Hoda in a double murder was involved in the Kanpur kardehi in Bihar. its in accessing social spaces jahideen leader in July. The case on his return from train accident on November When they failed, he and public services. state security forces used Dubai on February 2. 20, and he and two others hired one Braj Kishore Giri “arbitrary or excessive force As reported earlier, the had travelled to the accident to kill them. He had asked Crimes against children against demonstrators on Nepal police were not sure of Of the track: Over 100 people were killed and more than 200 injured when coaches of the site to place the IED. the deceased to send news- Noting that crimes against several occasions”, said the many of the suspicions of In- Indore-Patna Express derailed near Kanpur last year. FILE PHOTO: THE HINDU However, Director-Gen- paper clippings of the explo- children in India grew by 5% report, which also slammed dian agencies about Hoda’s eral of Police, Uttar Pradesh, sion to him on WhatsApp, in 2015, the report drew at- the use of pellet guns, which links to the recent train acci- Home Minister Rajnath be joined here,” a senior NIA chi seven months ago and Javeed Ahmed had earlier the Nepal police said. tention to India’s amend- it said were “inherently in- dents at Kanpur and Andhra Singh alleging sabotage in at official said. met three other people. told The Hindu that the state- The official said Braj Kis- ment to the child labour accurate and Pradesh. least six train accidents. The Nepal police were dis- ment of the accused could hore Giri, Mojahir Ansari law, which allows children indiscriminate. “We are yet to complete missive of India’s allegation Karachi link not be corroborated, and the and Shambhu, alias Laddu, under 14 to work in “family On human rights viola- Terror conspiracy the investigations in India that Hoda was working on “Hoda is not sure about the preliminary investigations were arrested after an en- enterprises”, and children tions in Kashmir, the report The NIA is investigating the and only when we wrap this the ISI’s behalf, but they con- association of Shafi and conducted by the State po- counter with the Nepal po- between 14 and 18 years to also highlighted the incident three incidents to unearth up will we go to Nepal to grill firmed that the accused reg- three others with Pakistan’s lice did not find any trace of lice, where they disclosed work in occupations not of August 2016, when any terror conspiracy. Hoda. He is an important ularly met a Paksitani, Shafi ISI, but he says he was asked explosives on the tracks. the names of their Indian as- classified as “hazardous.” It “Shabbir Ahmad Monga, a Earlier, Railway Minister lead for us, but there are Sheikh, in Dubai. He told the to do something spectacular Hoda has emerged as a sociates who were then ar- also pointed out that India’s lecturer, was beaten to Suresh Prabhu wrote to many unconnected dots to police that he went to Kara- in India. He says he stayed in key catch for the NIA, which rested by the Bihar police. draft national education death by army soldiers.” policy released last August The ban on local newspa- “made no mention of hu- pers for three days, and the man rights education.”Un- detention of Kashmiri hu- Can you stop obscene der the section, ‘Communal man rights activist Khurram Jaishankar begins China visit and Ethnic Violence’, the re- Parvez “on spurious uploads, SC asks ISPs port noted that “cow protec- grounds” to prevent him Ban on Jaish chief and India’s NSG membership likely to be discussed tion groups harassed and at- from travelling to a U.N. Hu- tacked people in States man Rights Council session Atul Aneja separate official-level forum Pakistan-occupied Kashmir including Gujarat, Haryana, in Geneva, also came in for Bench cites loss of reputation, dignity BEIJING would be established by the (PoK), is another area that is Madhya Pradesh and censure. Foreign Secretary S. two Foreign Ministries to es- holding up full development Legal Correspondent was near impossible to filter Jaishankar began a high-pro- pecially discuss India’s mem- of ties. NEW DELHI and block content before file visit to China with talks bership of the Nuclear Sup- The geopolitical land- Noting that it wants “pre- they were uploaded. He with State Councillor Yang pliers Group. scape is changing rapidly vention and not cure”, the submitted that the govern- Saeed a threat to Jiechi, ahead of an omnibus During his stay, Mr. with a change of guard in the Supreme Court on Tuesday ment’s nodal agency could strategic dialogue which was Jaishankar is expected to call United States, the emer- asked Internet service pro- help Internet service upgraded last year amid on Foreign Minister Wang. gence of a multipolar world viders if there was any providers. Pakistan: Minister Beijing’s resistance to a ban While the Azhar and the NSG — a situation that was well re- mechanism to identify those The court referred to the Saeed carries a reward of a famed Sufi shrine in Sindh on Jaish-e-Mohammad chief issues are likely to be taken cognised in New Delhi dur- who upload obscene con- Information Technology $10 million announced by province that claimed 88 Masood Azhar and to India’s up, diplomatic sources said ing this year’s Raisina tent online and prevent it. Act, and asked how the ser- the U.S. for his role in terror lives. In a statement critical membership of the elite Nuc- that all other items on India- Dialogue. A Bench of Justices vice providers abided by the activities. During a panel of the American policies, lear Supplier’s Group. S. Jaishankar China relations can fall un- Madan B. Lokur and U.U. guidelines to regulate Web discussion on countering ex- Mr. Asif said Pakistan was Mr. Yang, a former For- der the strategic dialogue More meetings ahead Lalit referred to the loss of content. tremism and terrorism, Mr. determined to fight terror- eign Minister, enjoys top dip- Zhang Yesui on Wednesday. framework. Later this year, China will reputation and dignity of The court observed that Asif said: “Terrorism is not ism: “Let me assure the lomatic status in the Chinese The format was modified hold the BRICS summit. women and children who the time lapsed to remove synonymous to any religion. world community that official hierarchy. He is also last year during Foreign Min- Economic corridor Leaders of the two countries became victims of sexually objectionable videos or ma- Terrorists aren’t Christians Pakistan is a frontline state China’s Special Representat- ister Wang Yi’s visit to India, India has concerns about are also expected to meet in abusive videos uploaded on terial led to loss of reputa- or Muslims or Buddhists or in this war and it will con- ive for the boundary talks, following China’s repeated market access to China to re- Astana during the summit of websites. tion and dignity of the vic- Hindus. They are terrorists, tinue to fulfil its obligations which are headed from the “technical holds” on India’s duce the balance-of-pay- the Shanghai Cooperation Sajan Poovayya, counsel tims. “Will it or will it not be they are criminals.” to its own people and the in- Indian side by National Se- proposal to designate ments gap between the two Organisation (SCO). for Google, said content was conducive to prevent the Pakistan was hit by at ternational community but curity Adviser Ajit Doval. Pakistan-based Masood countries. China’s invest- Besides, China is hosting a catalogued and objection- uploading of such contents,” least eight terror attacks this if the West’s policies are go- Mr. Jaishankar will begin a Azhar an international ter- ments for the development high-profile Belt and Road able ones were deleted the court asked. month in which more than ing to be isolationist, it new round of the strategic rorist under the UN Security of the China Pakistan Eco- Summit in May, for which when spotted. The lawyer The court will hold fur- 100 people died, the latest won’t help the fight against dialogue with China’s Exec- Council Resolution 1267. It nomic Corridor (CPEC), the guest list remains to be said the inflow of informa- ther hearing in the case on being a suicide bombing on terrorism, only fuel it.” utive Vice-Foreign Minister was also decided then that a which will pass through finalised. tion online was huge, and it Wednesday. India, Rwanda sign aviation, visa deals Teesta seeks SC direction Rwandan Airways to begin direct lights between Kigali and Mumbai in April to de-freeze her accounts Nistula Hebbar stituted India-Rwanda Busi- wood films to be shot here, KIGALI (RWANDA) ness Forum organised by the because they have noticed India and Rwanda have con- FICCI and the Rwandan gov- how tourism to New Zealand Says source of money in these accounts submitted cluded a bilateral air services ernment. picked up after Bollywood agreement enabling direct Briefing the media at the started shooting films there,” Legal Correspondent by Justice Dipak Misra ques- flights between the two conclusion of the visit, Mr. Mr. Sinha said. NEW DELHI tioned the source of the countries. This is among the Sinha said while there was He said Mr. Ansari had Social activist Teesta Setal- money. Additional Solicitor- three memorandums of un- much to discuss what the many questions about Pres- vad on Tuesday urged the General Tushar Mehta, ap- derstanding (MoUs) con- Rwandan government ident Paul Kagame’s gov- Supreme Court to direct the pearing for Gujarat, sought cluded during Vice-President wanted from India, including ernance model that had Ahmedabad police to at more time to file a detailed Hamid Ansari’s visit to the the desire of many pharma- helped Rwanda become one least de-freeze her personal response on the issue. The African nation. In the words ceutical companies to open of the cleanest, most well- bank accounts, saying the Bench posted the matter to of Amar Sinha, Secretary, Ex- Vice-President Hamid Ansari and Rwandan PM Anastase shop in the country and to run states in the region. source of money in these ac- April 18. ternal Affairs Ministry, it was Murekezi during a meeting in Kigali on Monday. PTI have Bollywood films shot in “It’s a visit where we too counts has already been a visit from which India Kigali, Mr. Ansari too had had a lot to learn ... the re- submitted to authorities. Activist’s objection learnt a lot. between the two countries, entrepreneurial develop- several questions on the conciliation of various The accounts were frozen Ms. Setalvad has been ob- Rwandan Prime Minister we expect our exchanges to ment centre in Rwanda and many Rwandan initiatives. groups, to be conscious of a in 2015 soon after the police jecting to repeated adjourn- Anastase Murekezi and Mr. be more fruitful,” Mr. exemption of visa for entry colonial policy of divide and started an investigation into ments being taken by the Ansari witnessed the signing Murekezi said. of diplomatic and official Encourage tourism rule and to try and overcome embezzlement allegations Gujarat government ever of the MoU by Mr. Sinha and Rwandan Airways will be- passports. “The Rwandan government it, and how they are over- against Ms. Setalvad and since the Supreme Court is- Alexis Nzahabwanimana, gin direct flights between The agreements were wants to encourage tourism. coming ethnic majoritiarian- some others in connection Teesta Setalvad sued notice on her petition Rwandan Minister of State Kigali and Mumbai in April. signed in the presence of a With the air services agree- ism by concentrating on a with the money apparently to de-freeze her account. for Transport. The other two MoUs per- large business delegation ment, that should happen. shared linguistic and cultural collected from the residents also include fixed deposits. Ms. Setalvad, her hus- “With direct flights tained to the setting up of an from India at the newly con- But they also want Bolly- heritage.” of the 2002 riots-hit Gulberg At least the court should dir- band and two NGOs — society. ect them that the freeze on Sabrang Trust and Citizens “There are multiple personal bank accounts for Justice and Peace — had donors who have donated should be lifted as a lot of approached the Supreme Cauvery the money for various pur- time has passed,” Ms. Setal- Court in October 2015 U.K. to act fast on extradition pleas poses. Our personal bank vad’s counsel, Aparna Bhat, against the Gujarat High Tribunal gets accounts and the bank ac- submitted. Court’s order rejecting their counts of the NGOs have The submission was plea to de-freeze their per- new head Indian team highlights unexplored provisions that could be invoked been frozen by them, which made soon after a Bench led sonal bank accounts.

Special Correspondent Special Correspondent share best practices, identify which they had sought help NEW DELHI NEW DELHI the causes of delays and ex- under the 1993 Extradition The government has ap- The United Kingdom has as- pedite pending requests. Treaty and the 1995 Mutual CBI arrests IAS oicer for graft pointed Justice Abhay Man- sured India of expeditious Legal Assistance Treaty ohar Sapre of the Supreme action on its request for the Key legal aspects (MLAT) with the United King- His brother-in-law, middleman also held Court as chairman of the custody of wanted persons, The Indian delegation, led dom. Cauvery Water Disputes including businessman Vijay by the Joint Secretary (Con- They also highlighted un- Special Correspondent cash and the rest in the form Mr. Agrawal when he was Tribunal. He was nomin- Mallya, during a two-day dia- sular, Passport and Visa), explored provisions which NEW DELHI of two kg of gold. The CBI Health Secretary of the Ch- ated for the post by Chief logue on issues related to ex- Ministry of External Affairs, could be invoked for expedi- The Central Bureau of In- has seized the gold and ₹20 hattisgarh government. In Justice J.S. Khehar. The tradition and mutual legal had representatives from the tious action. vestigation on Tuesday ar- lakh in cash, which was de- one of the cases, the agency post fell vacant following assistance that concluded Union Home and Law Minis- One of the prominent rested Chhattisgarh Prin- livered to Bhagwan Singh, has filed a charge sheet. The the resignation of Justice here on Tuesday. tries and investigating agen- cases on the agenda was of cipal Secretary B.L. Agrawal, the alleged middleman. “Mr. probe continues in the other Balbir Singh Chauhan. In an official statement, cies. Vijay Mallya, who faces his brother-in-law and a Agrawal, his brother-in-law case. Last December, the the External Affairs Ministry The foreign delegation probe by the Central Bureau middleman for allegedly Anand Agrawal, who ar- According to the fresh Union Cabinet cleared a said the meeting was held was headed by chief of the of Investigation (CBI) and the conspiring to bribe public ranged the gold, and Bhag- FIR, the agency received in- proposal to set up a single, pursuant to the decision U.K. Central Authority for Enforcement Directorate for servants for getting relief in wan Singh have been arres- formation that Mr. Agrawal permanent Tribunal to ad- taken during the visit of U.K. Extradition and Mutual alleged wilful default of over two other cases registered ted under the Prevention of had contacted Bhagwan judicate all inter-state river Prime Minister Theresa May Legal Assistance, the U.K. ₹9,000 crore bank loan. earlier by the agency against Corruption Act. Singh, a resident of Greater water disputes subsuming to India last November. Vijay Mallya Home Office, representatives He is currently in London the official. The agency has They were produced be- Noida in Uttar Pradesh, to existing tribunals. This is to of the Crown Prosecution and has refused to join legal secured their custody for fore a Delhi court, which get relief in the CBI cases. On speed up water sharing dis- May’s visit matters from each side to Service and the U.K. High proceedings back home des- five days. granted [the agency] their February 11, Bhagwan Singh putes among States. The During her visit, Ms. May meet at the earliest to de- Commission in Delhi. pite the court’s intervention. The IAS officer of the 1988 custody for five days,” a CBI arranged a meeting for him Centre has also proposed and Prime Minister Naren- velop a better understanding Indian agencies gave elab- Several non-bailable war- batch had promised to pay official said. with Syed Burhanuddin, a to float some Benches to dra Modi had directed offi- of the legal processes and re- orate presentations on key rants are pending against up ₹1.5 crore for the job and In 2010, the CBI had re- resident of Telangana who look into disputes. cials dealing with extradition quirements of the other, legal aspects of the cases for him. had already paid ₹45 lakh in gistered two cases against claimed that he was in PMO. CM ND-ND YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

THE HINDU NOIDA/DELHI WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2017 NEWS 11 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF U.P. campaign hits high note More radars to beef up

Roadshows and verbal duels by top leaders of the BJP, SP and Congress coastal surveillance Defence Acquisition Council gives nod for 38 more units Manipur Deputy CM Dinakar Peri In the aftermath of the escapes ambush NEW DELHI 2008 Mumbai attacks in IMPHAL To strengthen surveillance which terrorists used a fish- Deputy Chief Minister of Manipur Gaikhangam of over 7,500-km coastline of ing boat to enter the city, the Gangmei on Tuesday had a the country, the Defence government decided to set narrow escape when a Ministry on Tuesday gave up a chain of static sensors militant outfit carried out an the go-ahead to expand the to fill gaps in coastal surveil- ambush in Tamenglong coastal radar surveillance lance and keep track of district. Mr. Gaikhangam, also network. boats entering Indian territ- in charge of Home, had gone The decision was taken by orial waters. to his constituency for a poll the Defence Acquisition Under Phase I, a chain of meeting. A policeman was Council (DAC), chaired by 46 coastal surveillance radar also hurt. Defence Minister Manohar and electro-optic sensors Parrikar. were set up, including 36 in The council reviewed the Manohar Parrikar the mainland, six in the Lak- 3 BSNL officials arrested status of other shadweep islands and four for accepting bribe procurements. bile surveillance stations as in the Andaman & Nicobar BUNDI “The DAC gave approval well as two vessel traffic islands. Three BSNL officials were for issuing the Acceptance of management systems India is also setting up arrested by the CBI tonight Necessity (AoN) for Phase II (VTMS) in Kutch and Kham- similar radar stations in for allegedly accepting a of the static sensor chain bat in Gujarat at a cost of ap- friendly Indian Ocean lit- bribe of around ₹60,000 for and also an intermediate air- proximately ₹800 crore. toral nations. a contractor here. A special Campaign gusto: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, along with Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, atop an craft engine repair facility The project will be ex- The DAC also gave ap- CBI team from Jaipur raided election campaign vehicle in Allahabad on Tuesday. AP for the Navy,” a Ministry ecuted by Indian companies proval for the setting up of a the BSNL office at Chittor Road here and arrested them source said. and the lead integrator of shore-based intermediate Staff Reporter son of the rebel BSP leader Addressing a rally in ristaan and shamshaan” One official said Phase II the various works is Bharat engine repair facility for the while accepting the bribe, a MEERUT CBI official said. PTI S.P. Maurya, who has joined Fatehpur, Mr. Modi said, “If statement and, while ad- involves setting up 38 addi- Electronics Ltd., based in Navy’s MiG-29K fighters at Campaigning for the fourth the BJP; Ujjawal Raman, son you create a kabristaan in a dressing an election meeting tional radars and four mo- Bengaluru. the Naval yard in Goa. phase of the Uttar Pradesh of senior SP leader Rewati village, then a shamshaan in Rae Bareli, said, “You Assembly polls ended on Raman; and the last As- too should be created. If must have heard his speech, Seven Maoists killed in Tuesday with top leaders of sembly’s Leader of Opposi- electricity is given uninter- he [Mr. Modi] has started exchange of fire the Bharatiya Janata Party, tion Gaya Charan Dinkar. rupted during Ramzan, then this (spreading hatred) yes- No discrimination of Indian NAGPUR the Samajwadi Party and the BJP president Amit Shah it should be given in terday. Elections keep on At least seven members of Congress holding and SP-Congress alliance Deepavali also.” happening but you must un- the outlawed CPI (Maoist) roadshows. leaders Rahul Gandhi and derstand it quite clearly that were killed during an In the 2012 elections, the Akhilesh Yadav held simul- Rhetoric and reactions if U.P. is set on fire or a house children in Norway: Envoy exchange of fire with security SP won 24 of the 53 seats taneous roadshows, but on He continued to target the starts burning, everybody’s forces in Narayanpur district that are going to the polls different routes in Allahabad SP-Congress alliance and the house will get burnt. of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday. across 12 districts on on Tuesday. BSP for alleged corruption Whenever Modi feels jittery, Ambassador says every child has the ‘same’ rights “An exchange of fire took Thursday. and lack of development. he starts spreading hatred. place between a DRG The Bahujan Samaj Party Lot of fireworks Mr. Modi said the people of You can vote for anyone of Special Correspondent garding such issues relates Mr. Kamsvåg was speak- [District Reserve Guard] team won 15 of them, the Con- The campaigning saw lots of U.P. must end the “exile of your choice. But they are try- CHENNAI to all children in Norway ing during an interaction and the Maoists in Puspal on gress six, the BJP five and the fireworks as Prime Minister development”. ing to put one against the Norway treats all its children and is not specific to India. with journalists at The the border of Narayanpur and Dantewada district on Peace Party three. Narendra Modi raked up a He repeatedly accused other.” equally and does not differ- “That means that the gov- Hindu’s office in Chennai. Tuesday,. Seven bodies of The districts are Alla- controversy over his state- Akhilesh Yadav of being Mr. Akhilesh Yadav hit the entiate between them based ernment has the responsibil- Ambassadors of five Nordic Maoists, two INSAS rifles, habad, Pratapgarh, Jalaun, ment on kabristaan (grave- “least concerned about im- headlines when he advised on their nationalities, with ity of [looking into] reports countries — Finland, Den- and four other weapons have Kaushambi, Mahoba, yard) and shamshaan proving the law and order megastar Amitabh “every child having the same by schools and kinder- mark, Iceland, Norway and been recovered,” said the Chitrakoot, Jhansi, Hamir- (cremation ground)”, with situation in the State”. While Bachchan, “Please do not right to a safe upbringing,” gartens that there are indica- Sweden — visited the office Chhattisgarh Anti-Naxal pur, Rae Bareli, Lalitpur, his political rivals accusing speaking in Fatehpur, Mr. advertise for the donkeys of said Nils Ragnar Kamsvåg, tions the families are not and spoke on various issues, Operation unit in a Banda and Fatehpur. As him of communalising the Modi took a dig at the SP- Gujarat” while referring to a Norwegian Ambassador to treating their child in a including immigration, the statement. many as 680 candidates are elections. Congress alliance and said, Gujarat Tourism advertise- India. proper way. In 90% of these impact of Brexit in Europe, Special Director General of trying their luck. When Mr. Modi slammed “The two leaders [Akhilesh ment on the wild ass sanctu- Replying to a question on cases, the families get coun- and partnerships of Nordic Police of the ANO, D.M. They include Aradhna the BSP as the Behenji Sam- Yadav and Rahul Gandhi] ary of Kutch. BJP leaders ex- why some Indians face prob- selling. In some cases, if it is countries with India, among Awasthi, expressed the Mishra, daughter of the patti Party (in a reference to thought, ‘we are both pressed fury over the “cheap lems in Norway, with at least outside of what is accept- other subjects. possibility of “around a dozen senior Congress leader its chief Mayawati), the BSP drowning, why should we statement” by Akhilesh Ya- three cases of Indian chil- able, then the childcare au- The ambassadors of the Maoists” being killed in the Pramod Tiwari; Raghuraj leader hit out at him by call- not go down together?’” dav and termed it his dren being taken away by thorities can bring it up to a five Nordic countries are in encounter. However, only Pratap Singh, alias Raja ing him the “Mr. Negative Mr. Gandhi reacted “nervousness over his pre- childcare officers, Mr. committee, which can de- Tamil Nadu as part of an an- seven bodies were recovered. Bhaiyya; Utkarsh Maurya, Dalit Man”. strongly to PM Modi’s “kab- dictable defeat”. Kamsvåg said the law re- cide on it,” he said. nual visit to a State. Aimed to start debate on Haiz Saeed challenges Pak. as terror state: MP arrest MUBASHIR ZAIDI Finds nothing wrong in Centre’s view against his Bill Karachi Jamaat-ud Dawa Chief Special Correspondent on February 3, at the end of Hafiz Saeed on Tuesday New Delhi the first half of the Budget challenged his preventive Independent MP Rajeev session. detention by Pakistani au- Chandrasekhar said on “The Bill will come up for thorities. The Lahore High Tuesday that there was noth- discussion again when the Court has fixed the case for ing wrong in the Home Min- Rajya Sabha resumes. The hearing on Wednesday, his istry’s view that Pakistan government will respond to lawyer A.K. Dogar said. cannot be termed a “terror the debate. My main object- Saeed also accused the gov- state”. ive was to start a discourse ernment of acting under Mr. Chandrasekhar, who on the subject and [it is] high under pressure from the is the vice-chairman of the time Parliament took up the U.S. Mr Dogar said there National Democratic Alli- issue,” Mr. Chandrasekhar was no case against Saeed ance Kerala unit, had moved said. and hence he should be re- a Private Member’s Bill in Rajeev Chandrasekhar The Home Ministry has leased immediately. the Rajya Sabha — The De- written to the Parliament Pakistani military claration of Countries as nomic and travel sanctions Secretariat opposing the Bill spokesman Major General Sponsor of Countries as for citizens of countries as it jeopardises interna- Asif Ghafoor said Saeed’s Sponsor of Terrorism Bill, which promote terror. The tional relations under the detention had the backing 2016 — to create legal, eco- Bill came up for discussion Geneva Convention. of the military.

Uttarakhand turnout is 65.64% Tribute to Figure revised from 68%; in 2012 elections, it was 67.22 Easwar Staff Reporter DEHRADUN Sagar

Six days after the Assembly Special Correspondent elections, data released by Chennai the Chief Electoral Officer of Senior editorial staff mem- Uttarakhand put the voter bers of The Hindu on Tues- turnout at 65.64%, which is day had a meeting to con- lower than the official figure dole the death of Easwar declared soon after the Sagar, who was the news- polling was over. paper’s longest-serving In the evening of Febru- Washington Correspond- ary 15, Chief Electoral Officer ent, for 17 years. He died in Radha Raturi announced the Decision made: Two youngsters after voting in the Mussoorie Centreville, Virginia last turnout to be 68% based on constituency of Uttarakhand. R.V. MOORTHY month, at the age of 95. a preliminary estimate. She Sagar joined the news- had, however, said the final turnout. In fact, the total corded in the hill district of paper in September 1950 figure was awaited. voter turnout was high des- Almora. No one voted in after a stint in the Navy. He In the 2012 elections, the pite the cold weather, with seven of the 10,685 booths was posted as a Reporter in polling percentage was over 400 polling booths in across Uttarkashi, Almora Calcutta in 1960, and sent 67.22, which is 1.6 percent- snowbound areas. Also, the and Pithoragarh districts. to Washington in April age points higher than the polls were peaceful,” Ms. Polling was held for 69 As- 1961, to succeed K. Balara- turnout now.“Though the Raturi told The Hindu. sembly seats. Voting for the man. In 1978, Sagar came polling percentage is lower The plains district of Ud- Karnaprayag seat has been back to Madras to be than that in 2012, we had 6.5 ham Singh Nagar record the postponed to March 9 fol- Deputy Editor and Leader lakh more voters this time. highest turnout of 75.79%. lowing the death of the BSP Writer, and retired from So I don’t see it as a low The lowest of 52.81% was re- candidate. service in 1983. He lived for a time in Coimbatore, but later ‘BJP’s game plan will fail in Manipur’ moved to the U.S. He is sur- vived by his wife, Janaki, Press Trust of India State since November 1. cision to create seven new and two sons. Imphal He accused the Bharatiya districts out of existing ones “Sagar was one of the Janata Party of having a “ta- and upgrade the Sadar Hills finest journalists in the old Manipur Chief Minister cit understanding with the region into a district. mould, uncompromising Okram Ibobi Singh said here UNC”, and said the saffron in what he felt was the on Tuesday that he was party’s “game plan” will fail ‘We are ready’ truth, fearless but always ready for talks with the in the Assembly elections in Asked if the State govern- fair,” said N. Ravi, former United Naga Council (UNC) March. ment was ready for talks Editor-in-Chief of The to end the economic block- The UNC imposed the with the UNC to resolve the Hindu, who had succeeded ade which has been crip- blockade in protest against crisis, Mr. Singh said, “Yes, Sagar as Washington pling life in the land-locked the State government’s de- we are ready.” Correspondent. CM ND-ND YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU 12 WORLD WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2017 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ELSEWHERE U.S. hardens rules for deportation Under new directives, undocumented migrants suspected of a crime will be an enforcement priority

associated Press Washington The Trump administration is Army oicer greatly expanding the number of people living in the picked Israeli soldier sentenced U.S. illegally who are con- to 18 months in prison sidered a priority for de- for NSA job JERUSALEM portation, including people Israeli military medic Elor arrested for traffic viola- Peter Baker Azaria, who was captured on tions, according to agency Michael R. Gordon Unending horror: Blast victims being taken to a hospital in camera killing an Florida documents released on Peshawar on Tuesday after the attack. AFP incapacitated Palestinian Tuesday. U.S. President Donald attacker last year, has been The documents represent Trump appointed Lt. Gen. sentenced to 18 months in H.R. McMaster as his new prison. Azaria was sentenced a sweeping rewrite of the Suicide bombers target by a military court in Tel Aviv. nation’s immigration en- national security adviser Prosecutors had demanded a forcement priorities. on Monday, picking a sentence of between three The Homeland Security widely respected military Pakistan court, 5 killed and ive years. GUARDIAN Department memos, signed strategist known for by Secretary John Kelly, lay challenging conventional Reuters Besides lawyers and out that any immigrant liv- thinking and helping to Peshawar judges, hundreds of litigants Khamenei calls for ing in the United States illeg- turn around the Iraq War Suicide bombers attacked a visit the building every day. liberation from Israel ally who has been charged in its darkest days. court complex in Pakistan A spokesman for Jamaat-ur- TEHRAN or convicted of any crime Mr. Trump made the on Tuesday, killing five Ahrar, a faction of the Iran’s supreme leader and even those suspected of announcement at his Mar- people and wounding 20, Pakistani Taliban, claimed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei a crime will now be an en- a-Lago resort, where he police officials said, the responsibility for the attack called on Tuesday for the forcement priority. That interviewed candidates latest incident in a new in a statement emailed to “complete liberation” of could include people arres- over the holiday weekend surge of Islamist violence. media. Last week, the milit- Palestine from the “tumour” of Israel, renewing his ted for shop lifting or minor Sweeping changes: The recent Department of Homeland Security memos eliminate Obama- to replace Michael T. Flynn, All three of the attackers ant faction released a video regime’s refusal to recognise traffic offences. era rules that were built to keep out only those who had been convicted of serious crimes. AP who was forced out after were carrying hand gren- announcing a new cam- Israel’s right to exist. The memos eliminate far withholding information ades and AK-47 assault paign of attacks against the Khamenei was speaking at more narrow guidance is- to send some people caught said. President Barack Obama’s from Vice President Mike rifles, Ijaz Khan, police chief government, including the the sixth international sued under the Obama ad- illegally crossing the Mex- It’s unclear whether the program that has protected Pence about a call with in the northwestern district judiciary, police and the conference in support of ministration that focussed ican border back to Mexico, United States has the author- more than 750,000 young Russia’s ambassador. of Charsadda, told Reuters. army. A series of bombings Palestinian intifada resources strictly on immig- regardless of where they are ity to force Mexico to accept immigrants from deporta- Unlike Mr. Flynn, who One attacker blew him- last week, in which more (uprising), one of a number of rants who had been con- from. foreigners. That provision is tion. The Deferred Action served as a campaign self up outside the court, than 100 people were killed, showcase events the Tehran victed of serious crimes, One of the memos says almost certain to face op- for Childhood Arrivals re- adviser last year, Lt. Gen. while two were killed by po- has shattered a nascent authorities organise in threats to national security that foreigners sent back to position from civil libertari- mains in place though im- McMaster has no links to licemen before they could sense that the worst of the solidarity with the and recent border crossers. Mexico would wait for their ans and officials in Mexico. migrants in the program will Mr. Trump. He is enter the building. “The ter- country’s militant violence Palestinians. “This cancerous Mr. Kelly’s memo also de- U.S. deportation proceed- The memos do not be still be eligible for deport- considered one of the rorists had come and might be in the past. tumour, since its start, has scribes plans to enforce a ings to be complete. This change U.S. immigration ation if they commit a crime military’s most wanted to kill as many The deadliest of last grown incrementally and its long-standing but obscure would be used for people laws, but take a far harder or otherwise are deemed to independent-minded people as they could inside week’s attacks was on a fam- treatment must be provision of the U.S. Immig- who aren’t considered a line toward enforcement. be a threat to public safety officers, sometimes at a the judicial complex,” Mr. ous Sufi Muslim shrine in incremental too," Khamenei ration and Nationality Act threat to cross the border il- The pair of directives do or national security, accord- cost to his own career. NYT Khan said. “Five people Sindh and was claimed by said. AFP that allows the government legally again, the memo not have any impact on ing to the department. were killed in the attack.” the Islamic State.

Bodies of 74 migrants wash up in Libya Breitbart CAIRO U.K. mulls easing entry norms ‘Labour mobility issue At least 74 bodies of African editor comes migrants have washed ashore in western Libya, the Libyan for Commonwealth citizens Red Crescent said Tuesday, under ire is key to U.K.-India FTA’ the latest tragedy at sea The New York Times along a perilous traicking Lawmakers to debate new proposal on border control Washington route to Europe. The bodies Real potential of bilateral trade has not been tapped: Envoy were found near the western Milo Yiannopoulos, a po- Vidya Ram would help make travel less lemical Breitbart editor Vidya Ram East Anglia, is the latest in a Libyan city of Zawiya on London LONDON Monday, Red Crescent onerous between Common- and unapologetic defender number of discussions tak- spokesman Mohammed British Members of Parlia- wealth countries. of the alt-right, tested the Resolving the issue of working place around the poten- al-Misrati told The ment are set to debate on “It does seem slightly in- limits of how far his pro- ers’ mobility would be “key” tial of the relationship. Bri- Associated Press, adding that Tuesday proposals to make congruous that at the bor- vocations could go after to a post-Brexit free trade tain is eager to negotiate an he feared more might it easier for Commonwealth der there is no recognition the publication of a video agreement, said Y.K. Sinha, FTA with India. During a surface. He said a torn rubber citizens to arrive at the U.K of the special relationship in which he condones India’s High Commissioner visit to India last November, boat, the kind that usually border. [with the Commonwealth] sexual relations with boys to the United Kingdom. Prime Minister Theresa May carry up to 120 people, was The proposals, which in- but there is about the spe- as young as 13 and laughs Speaking at an event on stressed her eagerness to se- found nearby. The Red clude dedicated Common- cial relationship with Bri- off the seriousness of pae- opportunities for post-Brexit cure such a deal. Crescent’s branch in Zawiya wealth border control gates tain and the E.U.,” he said, dophilia by Roman Cath- collaboration between the said there are bodies still and the expansion of a pointing to the speedier im- olic priests. two countries, he said that ‘Uncertain situation’ loating out at sea. AP scheme that enables fre- migration lanes used by On Monday, the organ- while negotiating a bilateral “We are confronted with an quent business travellers to U.K. and E.U. nationals. isers of the Conservative trade agreement would po- uncertain situation,” Mr. register and use speedy Tory MP Jake Berry says Political Action Conference tentially be easier than one Sinha said. “Whatever scen- the proposal has cross-party ario emerges, we need to be Security forces surround entry lanes to include the Widespread support rescinded their invitation with the entire block, for In- High Commissioner Y.K. Sinha support. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT prepared and it’s important Afghan V-P's house nationals of some Common- He believes there is cross- for him to speak this week. dia, it was essential to en- says it is easier to negotiate KABUL for us to see how we can wealth countries, were ori- party support for the pro- Simon & Schuster said it sure that its professionals, bilateral trade pacts. Afghan security forces ginally set out by a group of bate to encourage the gov- posals. “The Prime Minister was cancelling publication particularly in the financial leverage the situation to our blocked roads and took up Conservative MPs earlier ernment to set out its plans is clear that there can be no of his book Dangerous after services sector and IT ser- ever, when you are negotiat- advantage. Of course, trade positions around the house of this month, as part of ef- for free trade agreements relaxation of visas at the standing by him through vices sectors, were able to ing a bilateral deal, it makes is good but we haven’t Vice-President Rashid forts to improve relations with Commonwealth coun- moment. I just believe that weeks of criticism of the visit and return freely. “For it easier,” Mr. Sinha said, tapped its potential.” He Dostum on Tuesday as a with the Commonwealth in tries, and to, in a quite pub- in the longer term we can deal. India, mobility is key.” pointing to a joint working pointed to a Commonwealth stand-of lared up over preparation for Brexit. lic way, reaffirm the com- make travel between Com- And Breitbart itself was “The EU and India have group that had been set up study published last year accusations his men tortured mitment of MPs to this monwealth countries reportedly reconsidering been negotiating a free trade last year. that estimated a 25% boost one of his political Trading relations hugely important relation- easier,” he said, adding that his role amid calls online agreement since 1997, but Enabling free movement to U.K.-India trade should a opponents. In an address to “The debate is an oppor- ship.” going forward Britain for it to sever ties with him. we didn’t make headway for of workers would benefit post-Brexit FTA be imple- supporters at his Kabul tunity to highlight — in ad- should look at visa-free Mr. Yiannopoulos’ com- various reasons,” he said, both Britain and India, he mented. residence,broadcast live on vance of the meeting of New strategy travel between Common- ments, which quickly cre- adding that among them said. “They contribute im- While bilateral trade television, Mr. Dostum Commonwealth trade min- The proposals mark a new wealth countries with eco- ated an uproar online over were issues that Britain had mensely to the economy could see a boost, in the warned President Ashraf isters in London — the im- strategy for tackling con- nomic parity with the U.K. the weekend, put many with the draft agreement. they live in and when they short term, the Brexit uncer- Ghani that any action against portance of trading rela- cerns about Britain’s visa Commonwealth trade conservatives in a deeply “When you are negotiat- go back they contribute im- tainty is likely to hit Indian him would weaken the government but said he tions with Commonwealth regime. The government ministers are due to meet uncomfortable position. ing with a large grouping mensely to India.” investment into the U.K., would not order his own partners in the months and has repeatedly made it in London next month, They have long defen- there are other interests you The event, organised by said Dr. Didar Singh, Secret- militia ighters to take action years to come as we pre- clear that it intends to keep with discussions set to fo- ded Mr. Yiannopoulos’ at- have to keep in mind. How- FICCI and the University of ary General of FICCI. against government forces. pare to leave the EU,” Jake immigration control as a cus on a “transparent, free tention-seeking stunts and Mr. Dostum is an ethnic Berry, the Conservative MP top priority, and will not re- and fair multilateral trading racially charged antics on Uzbek warlord who has behind the proposals told lax its visa requirements system” and the ambition the grounds that the Left manoeuvred his way through The Hindu ahead of the de- from outside the E.U. of increasing intra-Com- had tried to hypocritically decades of conlict in bate in Westminster Hall. Mr. Berry believes the re- monwealth trade to $1 tril- censor his right to free Afghanistan. REUTERS “I wanted to have a de- forms being proposed lion by 2020. speech. Marine Le Pen sparks controversy in Lebanon Refuses to don veil for meeting cleric

Agence France-Presse Beirut France’s far-right presiden- tial candidate Marine Le Pen sparked a controversy on Tuesday during her brief visit to Lebanon when she refused to wear a veil to meet the country’s top Sunni Muslim cleric. On her last day in the small Mediterranean country, Ms. Le Pen arrived at Sheikh Abdellatif Deryan’s Le Pen said she was not made office in Beirut and was to wear a veil when she offered a white shawl to visited Al-Azhar in 2015. AP cover her blonde hair. The National Front can- cancel the meeting, so I didate promptly refused thought they would accept and made a brief statement that I will not wear the scarf. to journalists before leaving. They wanted to impose this “The highest Sunni author- on me, to present me with a ity in the world had not had fait accompli. Well, no one this requirement, so I have presents me with a fait ac- no reason to,” Ms. Le Pen compli,” Ms. Le Pen said. said, referring to her 2015 Sheikh Deryan heads Dar visit to Al-Azhar, the presti- al-Fatwa, the highest Sunni gious Egyptian institution of authority in Lebanon. Sunni Islamic learning. Fewer than a dozen protest- She said she had told ers gathered near Lebanon’s Sheikh Deryan’s office on Zaytuna Bay on Tuesday af- Monday that she would not ternoon to protest against don a veil. “They did not Ms. Le Pen’s visit. CM ND-ND YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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market watch AI puts 2 21-2-2017 % CHANGE Sensex dddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd 28,762 dddddd 0.35 Private sector gratuity to soar Gold dddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd 29,950 dddddd 0.84 Dreamliners Brent oil ddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd56.93 dddddd 1.37 Workers in private irms could see maximum payout double to ₹20 lakh on sale

NIFTY 50 Somesh Jha PRESS TRUST OF INDIA PRICE CHANGE New Delhi NEW DELHI ACC...... 1467.45...... 6.80 Adani Ports...... 304.15...... 3.85 Soon private sector workers State-owned carrier Air In- Ambuja Cements ... . 238.95...... -0.45 could receive gratuity up to dia has put on sale two Asian Paints...... 991.50...... 15.75 AurobindoPharma . 686.05...... 16.65 ₹20 lakh, doubling the more Dreamliners (Boeing Axis Bank...... 504.35...... 23.30 present maximum payout of 787-800) to raise $250 mil- Bajaj Auto...... 2799.25...... 7.75 Bank of Baroda ...... 169.30...... 0.45 ₹10 lakh that they are eligible lion (nearly ₹1,700 crore) Bharti Airtel ...... 362.85...... -12.50 to get after leaving an organ- for the repayment of short- BHEL ...... 154.60...... 1.15 Bosch ...... 21732.00...... 13.70 isation after five years of con- term loan availed earlier BPCL...... 703.95...... 3.70 tinuous service. for buying these planes. Cipla ...... 593.10...... 0.35 Coal India ...... 319.60...... -0.30 The move is aimed at The airline would also Dr Reddys Lab ...... 2894.05...... -4.70 bringing parity between pub- lease back these two Boe- Eicher Motors Ltd...25253.50...... 114.45 lic and private sector work- GAIL (India)...... 524.00...... -0.10 ing 787-800s under an op- Grasim Ind...... 1068.30...... 12.95 ers after the gratuity limit erating lease for a period of HCL Tech ...... 851.30...... 7.30 was raised for central gov- up to 12 years with a three- HDFC ...... 1412.45...... 19.15 HDFC Bank ...... 1415.55...... 6.45 ernment employees from ₹10 year extension option, the Hero MotoCorp...... 3125.80...... 23.70 lakh to ₹20 lakh as part of the airline said in its Invitation Hindalco ...... 182.45...... -0.85 Hind Unilever ...... 862.75...... 8.30 Seventh Pay Commission re- of Offers document. These ICICI Bank...... 284.80...... 2.45 Acharya sets commendations accepted by two aircraft were delivered Idea Cellular ...... 108.35...... -0.10 IndusInd Bank ...... 1331.20...... -5.25 the Centre in July 2016. to Air India between Bharti Infratel Ltd. . 295.60...... -13.15 November last year and Infosys...... 1013.60...... 3.35 ITC...... 263.15...... -2.90 Consultative meeting January this year. timeline on NPAs Kotak Bank ...... 797.90...... 0.85 The labour ministry has Under a Sale and Lease L&T...... 1483.30...... 0.65 Reset sought: Presently, employees who complete ive years of continuous service are eligible to Lupin ...... 1471.00...... 6.45 called a meeting with trade Back (SLB) arrangement, receive gratuity when they leave the organisation. Workers want it to be cut to three years. M&M...... 1311.65...... -4.30 unions, industry and State the seller of an asset leases Says ‘surgical restructuring’ required Maurti Suzuki ...... 6063.15...... -30.00 NTPC ...... 172.50...... 0.70 governments on Thursday to it back from the purchaser ONGC...... 196.25...... 0.95 discuss the proposal to increase, even in case of em- will go to the Union Cabinet from 15 days to 30 days. This for a long-term period and SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT PowerGrid Corp ...... 206.15...... -0.30 MUMBAI Reliance Ind ...... 1088.20...... 12.80 crease the gratuity ceiling by ployees engaged in private and be subsequently tabled will help the low wage work- continues to use it without State Bank ...... 270.70...... 1.05 amending the Payment of sector, the entitlement of in the Parliament. In a bid to ers, too. Second, the gratuity actually owning it. The air- Newly appointed Reserve Sun Pharma ...... 673.20...... -6.45 Tata Motors ...... 458.65...... 3.20 Gratuity Act, 1972. gratuity needs to be revised.” avoid Parliamentary hurdles, should be given to workers line has fixed a reserve pur- Bank of India deputy gov- Tata Motors Dvr...... 279.10...... 0.60 “With implementation of At present, employees the Centre has further pro- who have completed three chase price at $125 million ernor Viral Acharya, in his Tata Power ...... 84.25...... -1.10 Tata Steel ...... 490.95...... 3.90 the Seventh Central Pay who complete five years of posed empowering itself years of continuous service (₹836 crore) for each air- maiden speech after taking TCS ...... 2465.35...... -36.85 Commission, (gratuity) ceil- continuous service are eli- with changing the gratuity instead of five years at craft. Currently, the airline charge, came down heavily Tech Mahindra ...... 507.90...... 7.95 ing now is ₹20 lakh. In the gible to receive gratuity ceiling through a notification present,” he said. At present, UltraTech Cement.. . 3769.35...... 12.70 has 23 Dreamliners in its on the way lenders ap- Wipro ...... 475.80...... 0.15 past, the ceiling amount of when they leave the organ- in future. gratuity is computed at 15 fleet. proached the problem of YES Bank ...... 1449.75...... 20.50 gratuity under the Payment isation. The gratuity ceiling days salary for each com- The airline has already bad loans and set a timeline Zee Entertainment . 523.25...... -5.35 of Gratuity Act, 1972, has fol- was last revised from ₹3.5 Union demand pleted year of service. sold and leased back the to resolve the issue. Viral Acharya lowed the Pay Commission lakh to ₹10 lakh in 2010 after “We will raise two issues in All India Trade Union Con- remaining 21 Dreamliners For resolution of stressed BULLION RATES CHENNAI recommendations,” the the Sixth Pay Commission re- the meeting,” said Pawan Ku- gress Secretary D.L.Sachdev under the SLB arrange- assets, he suggested a are in fact non-performing February 21 rates in rupees with previous rates in parentheses Union labour ministry said in commendation had raised mar, zonal organising secret- said the gratuity payment ment. As part of its fleet ex- private Asset Management assets (NPAs), he said.

Bar Silver (1 kg) ...... 43,085....(43,300) its proposal dated February the limit for central govern- ary at RSS-affiliated Bharatiya ceiling should be increased pansion, the national car- Company (PAMC), which “The doubling of stressed Retail (1 g) ...... 46.10...... (46.30) 15. ment employees. Mazdoor Sangh (BMS). “One, retrospectively from January rier had in 2006 placed would be suitable for sec- assets is the case also for 24 ct gold (10 g) ...... 29,670....(29,760) 22 ct gold (1 g) ...... 2,819...... (2,827) “Therefore, considering Following the stakehold- the calculation for gratuity 1, 2016, as was done for cent- orders with Boeing for 68 tors where the stress is such private sector banks, but the inflation and wage in- ers’ discussion, the proposal payment should increase ral government employees. aircraft. that assets are likely to have their ratio of stressed assets economic value in the short- to gross advances is far run, with moderate levels of lower and their capitaliza- debt forgiveness. Some of tion levels far greater.” India, Japan Britannia eyes snack the sectors seeing heavy ‘Reliance Jio added seven stress are metals, telecom, NAMC model ink pact on and textiles. The other model he sugges- venture with Chipita “In terms of timeline, the ted is that of a National As- rail safety banking sector will be asked set Management Company customers every second’ Special Correspondent definitive agreements which to resolve and restructure, (NAMC), which would be Special Correspondent KOLKATA inter alia includes joint ven- say its 50 largest stressed ex- necessary for sectors where NEW DELHI Britannia Industries signed ture agreement,” Britannia posures in these sectors, by the problem is not just one India signed an agreement Ofers ₹99 prime membership with monthly fee of ₹303 a non-binding memor- said in a statement. The December 31, 2017. of excess capacity but pos- with Japan last week on en- andum of understanding company said that it is work- “The rest can follow a sibly also of economically hancing railway safety in Special Correspondent with Greek company Chip- ing not only in the new- similar plan in six months unviable assets in the short- the Indian Railways with Mumbai ita for exploring business product space in biscuits thereafter,” he said at a func- to medium-term. focus on railway track and Reliance Jio (R-Jio) has opportunities, including a but also in the adjacent tion organised by the Indian Many banks suffered rolling stock safety, a press garnered more than 100 mil- possible venture to make macro-snacking segment. Banks’ Association here. heavy losses in recent quar- statement said on Tuesday. lion consumers in 170 days, snack products. Chipita produces a range Possibly a sixth of public ters as bad loans zoomed. The Memorandum of making it poised to become “The company is in an of savoury snacks including sector banks’ gross ad- He suggested ‘surgical re- Cooperation was signed the third largest telecommu- advanced stage of discus- croissants and dough vances are stressed, and a structuring’ to strengthen here on February 17 nications firm behind a po- sion with Chipita to finalise products like bakery rolls. significant majority of these bank balance sheets. between Railway Board tentially merged Vodafone Chairman A.K.Mittal and and Idea Cellular combine Ministry of Land, Infra- and Bharti Airtel, and ahead structure, Transport and of Reliance Communica- Tourism of Japan Vice-Min- tions, Tata Communications ister Hiroshi Tabata. and state-owned BSNL. The areas of coopera- The telecom venture ad- tion include rail inspec- ded customers at a faster tion, rail wielding and pace in the country than Raining ofers: Sharp discounts will be ofered to existing providing automatic rail- Facebook, WhatsApp and subscribers and those signing up by March 31. PTI way track safety inspec- Skype, according to a Reli- tion, maintenance of ance Jio statement. ceptance for any tech com- till March 31, 2018. rolling stock and “any Announcing the 100 mil- pany anywhere in the Mr. Ambani said R-Jio will other relevant railway lion-mark, Reliance Indus- world,” said Mr. Ambani match all data plans of its In- safety matters jointly de- tries (RIL)_chairman Mukesh adding that R-Jio will con- dian competitors and the termined by both sides” Ambani in a speech broad- tinue offering free domestic company is committed to of- with the aim to prevent cast live on RIL’s social me- voice calls, free roaming, no fer 20% more data on sim- major rail accidents. dia platforms, said that the blackout days and no hidden ilar plans introduced by The agreement with Ja- company would start char- charges. other companies. pan comes at a time when ging tariff for its services R-Jio’s existing sub- “Jio price points are very the train derailments are from April 1, but would also scribers and those who sub- competitive,” Paras Bothra, on the rise. In 2016-17, the offer sharp discounts to the scribe to the service until president equities at Aashika number of consequential existing 100 million sub- March 31 may join ‘Jio Prime Stock Broking, said. “There train accidents remained scribers and those who sign Membership’ with one-time is going to be a bloodbath in the same level as last year up by March 31. enrolment fee of ₹99 and the telecom industry. Air- at 95 while derailments “Jio added seven custom- ₹303 per month to get the tel’s shares falling is a clear rose from 56 to 74. Un- ers every second, a record unlimited benefits of the ex- indication.” manned level crossing acci- for India and Indians. This is isting Jio Happy New Year of- Bharti Airtel shares de- dents fell. unprecedented level of ac- fer for another full year or clined 3.38% to ₹362.95. Chandra to focus on shareholder returns Several Tata Group companies have seen proits come under pressure

REUTERS nesses, and in our ongoing NEW DELHI contribution to the com- India’s Tata Sons, the hold- munities that we work in,” ing company of the $100-bil- he wrote in a letter to the lion Tata group, will focus on group’s employees. boosting shareholder re- Credited with creating In- turns and tightening capital dia’s largest IT company allocation rules, newly-ap- TCS, Mr. Chandrasekaran pointed chairman Natarajan said a key part of entrepren- Chandrasekaran said in a eurial DNA in Tata Group has statement on Tuesday. always been its pioneering Chandrasekaran, widely spirit and “ability to lead and known as Chandra, took not follow.” He said: “As a over as chairman on Tues- group, we have enormous day, months after the firm collective strengths. Working ousted predecessor Cyrus together, our companies, Mistry in a bitter boardroom Tata Sons and the Tata coup with family patriach Trusts have been very suc- Ratan Tata returning to the cessful in the past, and have helm temporarily. created great value for all A public spat between Driver’s seat: Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Chairman, Tata Sons, our stakeholders. Tata Sons and Mr. Mistry fol- arrives to take charge on Tuesday. VIVEK BENDRE “Now, as we face the fu- lowed his removal in Octo- ture, we have a huge oppor- ber and the two are now in- sultancy Services, takes the Tata Motors, TCS, Tata Steel tunity to do so once again — volved in a legal tussle. helm at a time when several and Tata Power. in terms of our business per- companies in the conglomer- PTI reports: formance, by enabling ‘Greater rigour’ ate have seen profits come Saying that it was hum- higher shareholder value, as In a statement, Mr. under pressure. bling to lead the 150-year old well as by making a signific- Chandrasekaran said he Former chairman Mr. Group, Mr. Chandrasekaran ant and lasting social impact plans to bring the group Mistry has warned of big said the Tata brand occupies with a view to make a sus- closer together to leverage write downs and stressed a special place in people’s tainable difference in com- its collective strength and the need for governance re- hearts and minds as the flag munities.” “bring greater rigour to our forms at Tata Sons. Tata bearers for trust and social “The Tata Code of Con- capital allocation policies Sons has denied Mr. Mistry’s responsibility. duct has always been the and deliver superior returns accusations. “I have taken pride in our bedrock of my personal to our shareholders.” Chandrasekaran, 53, has achievements as a group, in commitment to our value Mr. Chandrasekaran, the also been appointed chair- our ability to innovate and system. It will always remain former chief executive of IT man of several group operat- take risks in order to create at the core of my leadership outsourcing giant Tata Con- ing companies including pioneering and global busi- of our group,” he said.

NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU 14 BUSINESS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2017 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF Withdrawal of funds PM weighs in on visa curbs IDBI Bank to from EPF to get easier sell stake in ‘Time for the U.S. to develop a balanced approach to movement of professionals’ non-core Single page claim form enough Special Correspondent While India took up its IT businesses New Delhi sector's concerns on the pro- special Correspondent composite claim form,” Prime Minister Narendra posed restrictions on the PRESS TRUST OF INDIA NEW DELHI EPFO said. Modi on Tuesday urged the U.S. non-immigrant visas for NEW DELHI Banking on your provident The EPFO has introduced U.S. to develop a “reflective, foreign skilled workers, the State-owned IDBI Bank said it proposes to dilute Centre to start ₹1,600 cr. fund savings for critical con- forms in two categories – balanced and farsighted per- American lawmakers led by tingencies will now become one, for those whose spective on movement of Bob Goodlatte, chairman, Ju- stake in some non–core BEL stake sale today businesses to shore up cap- NEW DELHI far simpler with the Employ- Aadhaar number is seeded skilled professionals.” diciary Committee, House of ees’ Provident Fund Organ- with Universal Account Mr.Modi’s comments Representatives, raised con- ital base. The board of the Th government will begin bank has approved in–prin- today 5% stake sale in Bharat isation (EPFO) introducing a Number (UAN) – a common come in the backdrop of pro- cerns on IPR issues including single page composite form number for all PF accounts, posals in the U.S. for restric- the need to strengthen copy- ciple the proposal to divest Electronics Ltd. to raise about some of its non–core in- ₹1,600 crore. The sale of 1.11 for such withdrawals before and the other for those tions on short-term work right norms and provisions vestments subject to com- crore shares will be at a retirement age. without an Aadhaar num- visas for foreign skilled pro- to encourage and protect in- pliance with all applicable minimum price of ₹1,498 Over eight crore Employ- ber. Employees whose fessionals. novation, sources said. laws and regulations and fi- apiece. PTI ees’ Provident Fund ac- Aadhaar number is seeded New vision: Mr. Modi recalled his positive conversation with On proposed visa curbs, count holders will no longer will not be required to get ‘Good start’ President Trump and committed to further strengthen ties. Commerce Minister Nirmala nal approval obtained for be required to submit evid- employer’s attestation for “It augurs a good start to bi- Sitharaman told reporters, each transaction, IDBI BHIM app crosses 17 mn. ential documents for with- withdrawing PF but employ- lateral exchanges following gard, Mr. Modi recognised ment added. “we have discussed in detail Bank said in a regulatory downloads: NITI drawing PF for availing ees without the seeded the new U.S. Administration Congress’ strong bipartisan as to what the uncertainties filing to the stock exchanges. The decision was NEW DELHI housing loans, grant of ad- Aadhaar number will need and Congress,” Mr. Modi was support for the India-U.S. Visa curbs are all about...business al- Indigenous digital payments vances in case of factory the employer’s approval on quoted as saying in a state- partnership. Mr. Modi also Eight of the visiting Amer- ways flourishes in an envir- taken at the board meeting app BHIM has recorded 17 closure, marriage, higher their forms before submit- ment issued by the PM’s of- shared his perspective on ican lawmakers had on onment of certainty and held on Tuesday. million downloads so far, Niti education of children, ting it to the EPFO. fice after a bipartisan delega- areas where both countries Monday held discussions transparency. So even this Finance Minister Arun Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said among other things. Further, a single form tion of 26 members of the can work even more closely, with India’s Commerce and visa-related issue is an issue Jaitley in 2015 had hinted at on Tuesday. “There has been Till now, employees were signed by the employee will U.S. Congress met Mr. Modi. including in facilitating Industry Ministry on issues on which we would want to a change in IDBI Bank over 17 million downloads of required to fill and submit be treated as ‘self-certifica- Mr. Modi recalled his pos- greater people-to-people including the proposed U.S. have an air of certainty and wherein the government the app so far,” he said. PTI three different forms to tion’ instead of the present itive conversation with Pres- linkages that have over the work visa curbs that could also transparency.” The con- would continue to hold a EPFO for withdrawing requirement of submitting ident Donald Trump and the years helped contribute to impact the $110 billion In- gressional delegation had majority stake, yet keep it provident fund for various various documents. How- shared commitment to fur- each other’s prosperity. The dian IT sector as well as is- said they were waiting for at arm’s length. Citing the U.S. FDA informs DRL of purposes. “To add conveni- ever, in case PF is being ther strengthen ties that PM referred to the role of sues concerning intellectual the new administration to example of Axis Bank, he possible violations ence, these forms have now withdrawn for medical pur- have grown deeper in the skilled Indian talent in en- property rights (IPRs) and fully settle down. “I hope as had wondered if IDBI Bank could follow that model. HYDERABAD been further simplified and poses, a doctor’s certificate last two-and-a-half years, it riching the American eco- market access for certain important Congressmen, The U.S. FDA has made three replaced with a single page will still be required. said, adding that in this re- nomy and society, the state- farm products. they will play their role.” But since then, there has observations on possible not been much progress on violations after an audit of the plans due to one CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Dr.Reddy’s Laboratories API reason or another. IDBI plant in Miryalaguda, DRL Bank has a large portfolio said. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Meeting of minds Bond market developing of real estate which was not taken into considera- tion during the valuation Panasonic unveils 3 new exercise. The bank is look- Toughpad models steadily: SEBI oicial ing at this aspect and try- HYDERABAD ing to find a way out so that Panasonic introduced three its valuation gets better. As new models of rugged Cut in Centre’s borrowing plan may help far as the stake sale of IDBI devices and said it aims to Bank is concerned, both have over 70% market share Special Correspondent ing by the earlier govern- the government and the in rugged notebooks and KOLKATA ment and the ₹3.8 lakh crore bank’s board have already tablets from the current 65%. Stressing on the importance budgeted by this govern- given nod for Qualified In- The three devices are of creating an ecosystem ment .. this space will be stitutional Placement Toughpad FZ—F1, FZ—N1 and that promotes and nurtures taken over by corporate (QIP). The government’s FZ—A2 tablet. PTI the bond market, a SEBI offi- bonds.” holding in IDBI Bank stood cial said here on Tuesday The SEBI member said at 73.98%as on December that the reduction in the traditionally in India, gov- 2016. “The Public Sector Tata Chemicals Haldia government’s borrowings ernment securities had been Banks, including IDBI plant to shut till April 15 programme as announced treated as the only high Bank, have been allowed to NEW DELHI in the Budget augurs well for quality liquid asset (HQLA). raise capital from public Tata Chemicals on Tuesday the bond market. “Over a period of time cor- through follow on public said its fertiliser plant at “This decision has yiel- G. Mahalingam porate bonds will be treated offer (FPO) or QIP by dilut- Haldia in Purba Medinipur of ded a lot of space to bonds,” as HQLA and the amount of ing Government of India West Bengal will remain shut holding up to 52% in a till April 15 due to relocation G. Mahalingam, whole-time duced government bonds being raised is now phased manner based on of ammonia pipeline as well member SEBI said, at a con- borrowings and a ₹2 lakh surpassing bank credit, he as annual repair and Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella, with IT and Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad at the ference here. “A broad con- crore gap is there between said. “The bond market is their capital requirement, maintenance work. PTI Electronics Niketan in New Delhi on Tuesday. R.V. MOORTHY sensus is emerging on re- the ₹5.8 lakh crore borrow- growing slowly and steadily.” the government said.

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Three of the four Tests against Australia are set to be played at new venues Ashwin closely Amol Karhadkar We are well prepared, says Hazlewood Pune Virat Kohli’s men have been G. Viswanath four-Test series against India Dickwella suspended challenged by three opposi- Pune beginning here on for dissent tions thus far in a gruelling Thursday. Sydney Nathan Lyon is among the 17 season of cricket in white “We have all been work- Sri Lanka’s Niroshan Australian off-spinners who flannels and the Indian Dickwella was suspended for have bowled in India, and ing on different things and two limited-overs games on squad has had to confront his tally of 15 wickets from they are coming on nicely,” Tuesday for dissent during conditions alien to them. three Tests at 37.33 is the Hazlewood told the media last Sunday’s T20 win over After all, three of the nine second highest from among on Tuesday. Australia. He was docked two Tests this season have seen them. “I have not bowled with demerit points and fined venues staging its maiden “There is going to be a the SG ball before this tour. 30% of his match fee for his Test match. different challenge lying It’s a little bit different. reaction at being given out As the Indian team enters ahead for us. We have a “I have been practising caught behind, reaching five the home stretch, the test really good squad,” said with it for the last few points and triggering an will get tougher, both in Lyon. weeks. The brand new balls AFP automatic ban. terms of opposition and ven- “We trained really well; swing a little bit and once it ues. scuffed up the wicket (at gets old it reverses a bit as Three of the four Tests Dubai) to try and replicate well. There are good signs against Australia, including what we will get here. there.” the opener starting at the “It’s going to reverse, and Maharashtra Cricket Associ- the big quicks are going to Executing plans ation stadium here in two play a role; it will be a good “We are prepared well this days, are set to be played at challenge for the whole time; we trained and prac- new venues. team. tised in Dubai and Mumbai. “If you look back at the “As a bowling unit with We have done everything nine Tests that we’ve played big quickies, we have to take we have to do leading to the at home, each one has its 20 wickets. If you take 20 first Test. own challenges. We’ve wickets, you are doing the “It’s just a question of right thing.” Injured McIlroy plays played on some new venues, Showing the way: Coach Anil Kumble says he focuses on what he can control, and not on the pitch and the toss. K. MURALI KUMAR putting our plans into ac- with Trump first Test match. Lyon said he has watched tion,” Hazlewood said. MIAMI “Even here as well. So On the last day of the Test “Even in Kolkata where pitch or conditions.” Kumble hinted that this a lot of R. Ashwin in action It will be interesting to Rory McIlroy played 18 holes we’ve played at venues match in Chennai, I don’t we played New Zealand, very The nature of pitches for team doesn’t necessarily be- this season. “I have been see how Steve Smith de- with Donald Trump on where Test cricket hasn’t think many gave India a different conditions where home games has been one of lieve in the philosophy of watching a lot of footage of ploys Starc and Hazelwood Sunday, despite a fractured been played before,” head chance to win the Test, let the seamers came into the the biggest talking points of Kohli’s predecessor. Ashwin: the way he goes — either in short spells as rib, it was reported on coach Anil Kumble said alone after England scored picture. late, especially during M.S. “I can only talk about the about it, his different release South Africa’s Hansie Cronje Monday. A golf website said ahead of India’s optional almost 500 runs in the first Dhoni’s stint as captain. time I’ve been involved points. He is a world-class used his quicks or give them McIlroy played at the Trump training session on Tuesday. spinner and the best at the extended spells.Pointing out International Golf Club after innings. Had the answers With Dhoni preferring to since. One thing we’ve con- moment. I have been study- the likely challenges on slow receiving the invitation to “In that sense this team is “Even in Mumbai (against “We had answers to all those derive as much home ad- stantly spoken about and ing him a lot,” Lyon said. Indian pitches, Hazlewood play alongside Trump. “He capable of adjusting and ad- England) it was a similar questions. That’s what you vantage as possible, often tried to be aware of is what is probably shot around 80,” apting to whatever chal- case, where we lost the toss want from a champion team did India play on rank turn- in our control,” he said. “There are a few changes, explained: “Obviously, first McIlroy told the website. lenges come up. Really satis- and they put 400 runs and and that’s exactly what we’re ers, thus taking the bite out “The least that we discuss but I am not going to change of all, it’s the bounce. In “He’s a decent player for his fied with the way things have we won by an innings. That’s trying to build towards and of series against the toughest is about the pitch, and about my whole action for this Australia, you get good age.” AFP gone. These are good things. the beauty about this team. not really worry about the oppositions. the toss.” tour. I am aware you need to bounce most of the games change a few things here which you are not going to and there.” get here. Australia’s new ball oper- “You have to look at get- ator Josh Hazlewood is ting five wickets in other ‘Finally I am going to be part of a Test match’ hopeful of getting the SG ways, whether through re- ball to swing, conventional verse swing or cutters on Amol Karhadkar Test match. As a curator, it taking over as the pitch cur- zone curator Dhiraj Parsana and reverse, to pose the wickets that can spin and PUNE gives me even more reasons ator ever since the stadium to oversee the preparation of batsmen questions in the grip as well.’’ In the 1970s, at his peak, he to be proud. After all, tell me in Gahunje hosted its maiden the pitch. The pitch ap- was considered the fastest how many former cricketers First Class game more than peared to be hard in the bowler India has ever pro- are actually involved in five years ago. middle but could well be dry Gayle, Lankan duo say duced. If there ever was a list cricket on a daily basis?” Asked if he has received at fuller lengths for spinners no to PSL final of cricketers who should At 67, Salgaonkar — who any message from the team at either ends. Even the MCA KARACHI have, but never played a Test was described as the quick- management on the nature insiders reveal that the West Indies’ Chris Gayle and for India, it was him. More est bowler he ever faced by of the strip for the opening nature of the wicket has Sri Lankan duo of Kumar than four decades later, as the legendary Sunil Gavaskar Test against Australia, he changed drastically ever Sangakkara and Mahela Pune is on the cusp of host- — continues to be as in-your- beams: “Nobody can pass since India started training at Jayawardene have refused to ing its maiden Test match, face as he has been any message to me about my the stadium on Sunday. travel to Lahore to play the Pandurang Salgaonkar is as renowned to be. The closest job.” The reality, however, Despite doubts over the final match of the Pakistan Pandurang Salgaonkar. PTI excited as a he came to the India cap, he appears to be slightly differ- nature of the pitch, Sal- Super League in the wake of the recent terror attacks in soon-to-be-debutant. says, was during the “unoffi- (M.A.K. Pataudi) preferred ent. The Gahunje track has gaonkar oozes confidence of the nation. All three, who “Indeed, I am excited,” cial” Test in Ceylon in 1974 Abid Ali instead because he conventionally aided pacers the match going the dis- play for Karachi Kings, have says Salgaonkar, the pitch and the trial matches ahead liked him.” more than the spinners. tance. “I am confident it will declined to visit Pakistan curator at the Maharashtra of the inaugural World Cup Over the last decade, Sal- But Daljit Singh, the be a five-day game,” he says. despite being made lucrative Cricket Association stadium, the following year. gaonkar has worked as Ma- BCCI’s pitch and ground Irrespective of the result, Sal- Support role: Nathan Lyon will be expected to keep the runs financial offers by the league with a wide smile. “Finally I “I should have played Test harashtra’s chief selector committee chief, joined Sal- gaonkar will surely have a in check and chip in with wickets, easing the burden on pacers organisers. ANI am going to be a part of a cricket but the Nawab and team manager before gaonkar and BCCI’s west memorable debut! Josh Hazlewood, right, and Mitchell Starc. K. MURALI KUMAR It’ll be great to share the dressing room with Smith and Dhoni, says Stokes Press Trust of India about sharing the dressing biggest of them all after be- dressing room with both LONDON room with Steve Smith and ing bought for ₹14.5 crore by these players. Dhoni is one England allrounder Ben M.S. Dhoni in his maiden Rising Pune Supergiants. of the biggest players in the Stokes, who became the stint at the cash rich event. “I am really looking for- world and Smith too is one highest paid overseas player England players landed ward to playing with M.S. of the best. While I have had in the Indian Premier lucrative deals at the auction Dhoni and Steve Smith. It some heated moments League auction, is excited with Stokes bagging the will be great to share the against Smith, looking forward to playing alongside him. He is an amazing player,” Stokes said in a Face- book chat on his official page. Pune is the home ground for Supergiants and Stokes is looking forward to playing there. “Pune is one of my favour- ite grounds. I had a great time during the ODI series against India and I am looking forward to coming back to this venue.” Stokes also made it clear that he would be available for most of the IPL. “I might miss only the last group game. I will play most of it. I will probably play the full season,” he said. Another English cricketer who was bought for a whop- ping amount was T20 specialist Tymal Mills with Royal Challengers Bangalore pay- ing as much as ₹12 crore. Also seen in action will be England limited-over captain Eoin Morgan, who was snapped up by Kings XI Pun- jab for ₹2 crore. Stokes hoped more Eng- lish players would play IPL in the future. “Both Eoin Mor- gan and Jos Buttler have had nothing but high praise for the tournament. Hopefully, you will see more England players in the future.” Was he glued to the television when the auction was taking place in Bengaluru? “I tried to watch it live on a stream but it wasn’t working so I had to follow it on Twitter! There were so many tweets on it that it was hard to keep up and I was awake from about 03:30. Then I had another hour’s sleep before I was up with the kids!” CM ND-ND YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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IN BRIEF ISSF aims over IOC shoulder Asish upsets India wins a thriller Pratyush Move aimed at 50 % female participation at 2020 Games Harmanpreet and Deepti star in a last-ball victory KOLKATA: Local lad Asish Kamesh Srinivasan Sinha upset sixth seed NEW DELHI Mixed events can still apply their skills in Pratyush Mohanty 6-1, 6-0 Sticking to the healthy pro- 10-metre air pistol. in an under-16 boys’ singles The International Shooting portion of five rifle, five pistol first round match of the Sport Federation (ISSF) is all and five shotgun events, the Selection criteria Sunfeast AITA Super Series set to put the gun on IOC’s ISSF has sought to have six After considering dozens of junior tennis tournament shoulder, figuratively speak- events for men, six for wo- possibilities for mixed- at the Calcutta South Club Diwakar Prasad ing, to decide upon the sug- men and three mixed events. gender events, the final selec- courts here on Tuesday. turns pro gestions aimed towards The mixed events will be in tion was based on events Other results: Girish Chougele KOLKATA achieving 50 % female parti- air pistol, air rifle and trap. which offered “most favour- bt Arnav Pathange 6-2, 6-4; Olympian boxer Diwakar cipation in the Tokyo There may be repetition of able universality, cost, and Udit Gogoi bt Shrut Nargeta Prasad has decided to turn Olympics in 2020. events, as there will be indi- accessibility, youth appeal 4-6, 6-0, 6-4; Rhythm Malho- professional. Diwakar was The ISSF which is having vidual events in all the three and attractiveness for media tra bt Yuv Kataria 6-2, 6-2; among the 13 boxers, also its administrative and execut- for men and women. Kartik Saxena bt Hasith Srujan including Commonwealth and television.” Some interesting events 6-2, 6-2; Aaryan Pandit bt Games medallist Amandeep ive committee meetings here The 50-metre prone like men’s 50-metre free pis- Vishal Yadav 6-0, 6-0; Anurag Singh and WBC Asia on the eve of the first World mixed event was considered, tol, 50-metre rifle prone and Agarwal bt Kritanta Sharma welterweight champion Cup of the season, has but was dropped as it was the double trap events will be 6-1, 5-7, 7-5 Neeraj Goyat, who were already dealt with the matter viewed to “have far less po- scraped, much to the anguish . Special Correspondent signed up by IOS boxing in detail, taking into consid- tential for future growth.” Promotions. eration the views of all the of those practising them. stake holders. “The new events fully sup- “The Olympic programme has always been a dynamic Big win for Rajnigandha It has categorically stated port gender equality and Dhoni to programme where changes Achievers that it does not have the au- have far greater possibilities are necessary for sports to NEW DELHI: Four goals each by thority to change any event in for being practised by all lead Matthew Perry and Kartikeya the Olympic programme and (160) ISSF member federa- keep their place in the Singh powered Rajnigandha it was the International tions and attracting far more Olympic Movement. Jharkhand Achievers to a 11-4 victory Olympic Committee (IOC) ex- athletes,” the ISSF said in a “Shooting had to delete over Cavalier/Drakon in a Cock-a-hoop: Harmanpreet Kaur and Rajeshwari Gayakwad celebrate after defeating ecutive board that had the statement. two events in 2005, but it Special Correspondent league match of the Maharaja South Africa. AP power to decide on the The 25-metre rapid fire continued to grow in world- KOLKATA Jiwaji Rao Scindia Gold Cup subject. pistol was also considered for wide popularity. The three 10-goal polo tournament at ANI Thus, the ISSF Executive elimination, but escaped as it mixed-gender team events the Army Equestrian Centre, Colombo WOMEN’S WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS Committee would only be was deemed “dynamic and add value to shooting’s most Delhi Cantonment, on submitting its recommenda- has one of shootings best fi- popular and fastest growing Tuesday. The Indian women on Tues- put on a 124-run stand for the Africa were already assured tions to IOC before the Febru- nals,” while it was argued that events, air rifle, air pistol and In the other pool, 61st day came up with yet an- second wicket that put India of places in the ICC Women’s ary 28 deadline. the 50-metre pistol athletes trap,” the ISSF said. Cavalry beat Sahgal Stud 7 other stupendous perform- close to the target, finally for World Cup 2017 with a round goals to 2-1/2. ance as they defeated South Harmanpreet to take India to go in the Super Six stage of The results (league): Africa by a solitary wicket to past the line. the tournament. Rajnigandha Achievers 11 clinch victory in the thrilling Earlier in the day, South Sri Lanka and Pakistan are (Matthew Perry 4, Kartikeya final of the ICC 2017 women’s Some of the best to shoot in MQS Singh 4, Dhruvpal Godara 2, Africa, batting first, scored the other teams to have qual- World Cup qualifiers here at SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Padmanabh Singh) bt 244 thanks to some signific- ified from this tournament to trap, World Cup Final Singh in women’s trap and the P. Sara Oval. Cavalier/Drakon 4 (Basheer ant contributions from join Australia, England, New NEW DELHI medallist Apurvi Chandela Prithviraj Tondaiman in Ali 3, Arju Patil); 61st Cavalry Thanks to Harmanpreet Mignon du Preez (40), Lizelle Zealand and the West Indies, Hosting the World Cup is in women’s air rifle, World men’s trap will be seen in ac- Kaur’s six and a double in the Lee (37) , skipper Dane van 7 (Ravi Rathore 4, Akhil Sirohi who booked places in the not only a prestigious exer- Cup silver medallist Lajja tion in the MQS section. M.S. Dhoni. AFP 2, Navjt Sandhu) bt Sahgal last over, the Indian women Niekerk (37) and Sune Luus pinnacle event by finishing in cise but also a good oppor- Gauswami in women’s rifle Stud 2-1/2 (Gaurav Sahgal 2, triumphed after needing (35). the top four in the ICC Wo- tunity for the host to show- 3-position, Olympic silver With 26 entries in the Former India captain M.S. handicap 1/2). nine runs from the final over. men’s Championship. case its talent. medallist Vijay Kumar in MQS section, the strength of Dhoni will lead the Such was the excitement Rajeshwari the pick The scores: After the Olympics in Rio, rapid fire pistol, World Cup the Indian team will be 63, Jharkhand team in the up- and nervousness that the last Rajeshwari Gayakwad was coming Vijay Hazare one- South Africa 244 in 49.4 some of the best shooters medallist Prakash Nanjappa as was released by the ISSF. over of the game saw almost the pick of the Indian bowl- overs (Lizelle Lee 37, Migno du could not make the team but in men’s air pistol and free There will be 452 shooters day tournament Group-D everything — a run-out (go- ers as she claimed three for Perez 40, Dane van Niekerk 37, most of them will compete pistol, World University in all, with 584 starts, from matches to be played in ing for a second run), three 51 runs in her nine overs. Sune Luus 35, Rajeshwari in the MQS section. It would Championship gold medal- 50 countries competing in and around Kolkata. dot balls, a six and a double. Deepti Sharma was Gayakwad three for 51) lost to only mean that they would list Akhil Sheoran in men’s the World Cup from Febru- Dhoni had donned Chasing a target of 245, In- named the player of the India 245 for nine in 50 overs not be eligible to shoot the fi- air rifle and 3-position, ary 24 to March 3, which will Jharkhand colours in the dia lost opener Thirush match while Sune Luus was (Mona Meshram 59, Deepti nal or in other words, fight Olympian Annu Raj Singh in also feature the mixed Vijay Hazare tournaments Kamini (10) very early. named the player of the tour- Sharma 70, Veda Krishnamurthy for a medal. sports pistol, Gaayathri doubles events, being sug- in the last two years However, Mona Meshram nament. 31, Harmanpreet Kaur 41 not Former World champion Nithyanandam in women’s gested to be introduced in without performing the (59) and Deepti Sharma (71) Both India and South out). Manavjit Singh Sandhu in rifle 3-position, Shreyasi the Tokyo Olympics in 2020. captain’s role. The ‘Fizz’ is back for According to Jharkhand Sri Lanka tour coach Rajiv Kumar, the DHAKA strong squad of 18 would Bangladesh on Tuesday have a couple of days’ prac- recalled left-arm fast bowler tice here before the com- Mustafizur Rahman for the Technology is an integral part of cricket now petition. upcoming two-Test series in Jharkhand will meet Sri Lanka aftewr his Karnataka in its opening prolonged injury lay-off. The Deep analysis, numbers and software have given a whole new meaning to ‘game plan’ 21-year-old has not played a match at the Eden Gardens Test since his debut series Virat Kohli have created his- The variables also change in the 1969 series. Ian Chap- has practised at Dubai on When it comes to swing on Feb. 25. against South Africa in 2015. tory in Test cricket. The with formats. In Tests, solid pell, Ian Redpath and Doug slow turners. The players are bowling, both the teams have The squad: The squad: Mushfiqur Rahim former became the fastest to technique and patience are of Walters continuously chal- an attacking lot. The added skilful bowlers to perplex the M.S. Dhoni (capt.), Virat (capt.), Tamim Iqbal, Soumya reach 250 Test wickets and utmost importance. Whereas lenged Prasanna and Bedi advantage for them is that batsmen with their talent. Singh, Ishan Kishan, Ishank Jaggi, Saurabh Tiwary, Sarkar, Mominul Haque, FRANKLY SPEAKING the latter scored double cen- in a shorter format, patience even on rank bad turners by most players have played in While the visitors are aware Mahmudullah Riyad, Shakib tury in four consecutive goes for a toss. It’s the strike stepping out to them. This ap- the IPL and are accustomed of the reverse swing that In- Kaushal Singh, Kumar Deo- Al Hasan, Sabbir Rahman, MAKARAND WAINGANKAR series. These feats are ex- and economy rates that mat- proach benefited them. to the pitches here. dian seamers use effectively brat, Anand Singh, Pratyush Liton Das, Taijul Islam, Taskin traordinary to say the least. ter the most. Before the advent of tech- Though there are four to with SG Test ball, they too Singh, Varun Aaron, Rahul evelopment in any Shukla, Jaskaran Singh, Monu Ahmed, Kamrul Islam, Gone are the days when Against this background, nology, the spin bowlers had five left-handers, their attack- have bowlers of higher speed field is closely associ- Singh, Vikas Singh, Shahbaz Mustafizur Rahman, Mehedi the game was played for fun. when a player performs ex- more difficulties picking up ing style could still be nerve- to bamboozle Indian bats- ated with the growth of Nadeem, Anukul Roy, Sonu Hasan, Mosaddek Hossain, D The young players enter- ceedingly well, it is a reflec- wickets. That was an era racking for Indian bowlers. men with reverse swing. It technology. Cricket is no ex- Singh, Shasheem Rathour. Subashis Roy and Rubel tained the crowd with their tion of his intelligence and when the batsmen played will be riveting to see what ception. Technological ad- Hossain. AFP talent. hard work. sweep shots after misjudging Employing the sweep combination both the teams vancement is an indispens- I wonder if those players There is no room for im- the line. Even the umpires The Australians have also re- choose. able part of the game now. Gorav, Ajay advance would have succeeded the perfection here. Both Kohli were reluctant to uphold a leg vealed that sweep is their The series against Aus- Stage set for Analytics and numbers de- GURUGRAM same way in today’s world and Ashwin seem to have before wicket appeal. only way to tackle spinners. tralia is a big one. Consider- termine the value of a player Gorav Jaitly and Ajay Singh when subjected to scrutiny really worked hard at the nets Things are different now. When Matthew Hayden ing India’s triumph in all and every move is closely FIH awards advanced to the national every single time. to ensure the perfection they There is a significant increase swept against the left-arm formats and the visitor’s ag- monitored to determine his finals of the Mercedes Trophy want to achieve. in the number of LBW dis- spinners, it is important to gressive nature, this will cer- CHANDIGARH golf tournament 2017, strengths and weaknesses. A Juggling formats If Kohli’s geometrical pre- missals due to the DRS. In the note that barring Harbhajan tainly be an exciting one. The stage is set for the winning the 10th leg of the small fault can be easily ex- The modern generation of cision in his batting and fit- nine Tests that have been Singh, others were of poor Deep analysis, numbers and International Hockey Fed- competition here. ploited with the assistance of players are juggling with ness are commendable, Ash- played this season, Ashwin quality. This approach can- software have given a whole eration (FIH) annual While Jaitly ended with a sophisticated software. three formats of the game. win has relentlessly worked has bagged a total of 61 wick- not be followed blindly now. new meaning to ‘game plan’. awards ceremony to be score of 71 in the A Category In this scenario, when a They have to constantly on his variations. ets out of which 15 are LBW. Ravindra Jadeja is a wicket It is obvious that the visit- held here on February 23. (0-16), Ajay finished with batsman or a bowler shows change their approach He is mesmerising them by Out of the 48 wickets that to wicket line bowler who ors will dissect each move This will be the first time 71.8 in B Category (17-24). rapid progress at the interna- without disturbing the base using different tactics. He Jadeja pocketed so far, 12 are can’t be swept away that eas- and plan a counter-attack of the awards are given away The national finals would be tional level, it indicates the played at the Oxford Golf of the technique. The aspects keeps the batsmen guessing LBW. The percentage of LBW ily. He is a smart customer. their own. The first Test will in a formal ceremony. Cap- humongous amount of work Resort in Pune from March that matter — shot selections, which gives him an upper dismissals can be gauged With his accuracy, the ad- set the tone for the entire tain P.R. Sreejesh and fast- 15-17. Three winners from he’s put in to strengthen his variations of bowling have to hand. from these figures: which are vantage of DRS will be in his series and it will be exhilarat- rising drag-flicker Harman- there will participate in the technicalities. He works hard be right. Alas, they hardly His manoeuvre reminds 28 and 32 respectively. favour. The Australians will ing to watch if India can con- preet Singh are the two In- world finals at Stuttgart, at developing his repertoire. have the time to practice the one of the duel between Ian Unlike some of earlier have to tread carefully and tinue its winning streak with dians in contention for Germany in September. Ravichandran Ashwin and technique. Chappell and E.A.S. Prasanna teams this Australian team have a better game plan. its formidable team. different honours. PTI

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FAITH THE HINDU CROSSWORD 11937 set by Neyartha SUDOKU

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 daughter brought in for the way for Victor (6) The Primordial Teacher queen (5) 14 Borat's upset by the bill sent 7 Make vibrant sounds for the The time-tested, ancient, respected, traditional knowledge 8 9 back with the meat dish (5,4) audience in Latin through... that Krishna imparts to Arjuna is always relevant and not 16 Does it bring one closer to the (3) 10 subject to change. This knowledge contains the basic laws action? (4) pertaining to the spiritual personality of the individual, 11 12 13 18 Pitch for an attack (4) 8 ...counting by the Greek pointed out Srimati Sunanda in a discourse. It initiates the 19 Informal survey to win a character with the crumpled disciple into an inward looking exercise, to see oneself as drinking aid in the beginning Roman tie (10) much more than the mere body, mind complex. 14 15 16 (5,4) 10 Wine service managers, in The real teacher is the self in every individual; but the 21 Military serviceman edges 17 2000, met a priest with irony is that this fact eludes one’s grasp initially. away to ind a familiar track hesitation to enter an appeal As long as Arjuna thinks in terms of an individual Pan- 18 19 (5) (10) dava commander-in-chief facing his own kith and kin in 22 Infected rat bit pie divided into 20 battle, he cannot relate to his spiritual self. two sections (9) 13 An arrangement of red roses — The crisis in the form of the war is an occasion for him to 21 22 23 Push Oscar forward after the I do get agents that destroy seek Krishna’s guidance and he seeks this with humility and partner's irst son misplaced offensive odours! (11) in the spirit of surrender. He thus becomes a direct disciple, the musical compositions (6) 23 24 25 with the proper frame of mind to grasp the essence of the 25 Bleaches lace from the east 15 French leader with authority teaching. secured by a careless wish (7) conceals displeasure at the As a teacher, Krishna declares that what He propounds is 26 Point, descriptive of the Pole effectiveness of a weapon (9) 26 not any new doctrine, but only a restatement of the Eternal on top? (12) Truth that has been handed down from master to disciple 17 Bridge player employed by an ■ DOWN Solution to puzzle 11936 Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku since time immemorial. This imperishable Yoga had been ad irm's affected by a 2 What one might have done to proclaimed by Him to Vivasvan and from him it was handed ■ genetic abnormality (8) C T L O W F ACROSS save time while placing a call J A L O U S I E G R A T I S down to Manu who in turn imparted it to Ikshvaku. 1 Runway arrival line has been R W W A L T C (11) 20 Part of a digital imaging The royal sages of the past were all aware of it, but it was shortened (7,5) 3 Declines to suppress P R E S C I E N C E C O T E device with the inspector on I T T H I lost in due course. This yoga was not made, but has always 8 Notice in retreat about time to impediment to getting rid of the radio (6) H E L D C L O S E D S H O P existed, and now Krishna revives it for the benefit of Arjuna ight over the grill (7) the ball with bits of moisture R O H S A T N and posterity. 9 Became racist while smuggling M U M M Y U S U R P (8) 22 Dutch painter to inish off the W B A O Y A K Arjuna is unable to understand how Krishna who is con- an imaging device (6) 4 Send up dangerous snake's skin Polish soup without the king W E L L I N E V E R P A N E temporaneous with him could have taught Vivasvan at a 11 Saturated hillside hazards put in an exposed state (9) (5) A E E O O time far back in the hoary past. The Lord explains the truth S L U R C O R P U L E N C E slim dudes in trouble (9) 5 Belts for the cassock starched T O O S N X K of His supremacy, by which He remains the Primordial 12 Moving pictures of an partially (5) 24 Find fault with a shallow S H R O U D E N D G A M E S Teacher for all times. He knows all, while Arjuna’s aware- American songbird with the 6 Dismiss aloof model to make metal container (3) Y M E E M R ness is limited and conditioned.

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IN BRIEF Vishwakarma rallies TV PICKS Delhi seals a last-four spot La Liga: Sony Six & Six HD, 11.10 p.m. past Chaukulkar HIL: STAR Sports 2, 3 & Ranchi Rays’ 6-2 win not enough for it to advance Sports Bureau HD 2, 3, 7.10 p.m. tough opponents in top seed Europa League: TEN 1, 2, JORHAT Sriram Balaji and fourth Uthra Ganesan 3 & TEN 1 HD, 10.30 p.m. the other hand, appeared Siddharth Vishwakarma, the seed Vijay Sundar Prashanth Champions League: TEN New Delhi more relaxed for a large part, national championship final- to bow out in straight sets. 1, 2 & TEN 1 HD, 1.15 a.m. (Thursday) Two-time champion Ranchi perhaps confident in its huge ist, recovered from a break The results: First round: Sriram Ton-up Walcott ends Rays bowed out of the com- goal difference advantage. It down in the decider to get Sutton’s FA Cup dream Balaji bt Aryan Goveas 6-3, 7-5; petition with a 6-2 win in its wasn’t until the scoreline be- past Tejas Chaukulkar 5-7, Vijay Sundar Prashanth bt Adil LONDON final league game against came 6-0 that the host 7-5, 7-6(3) in the first round Theo Walcott, centre, scored Kalyanpur 6-2, 6-3; Siddharth Delhi Waveriders here on seemed rattled and stepped of the $15,000 ITF Futures Delhi beats his 100th Arsenal goal as Vishwakarma bt Tejas Chaukulkar Arsene Wenger’s side ended Tuesday. The result put Ran- up the attack towards the fi- tennis tournament on Tues- 5-7, 7-5, 7-6(3); V.M. Ranjeet bt Sutton United’s FA Cup chi at par with Delhi and UP nal minutes of the third day. Adriaan de Jager (Ned) 6-3, 6-4; Haryana fairytale with a 2-0 victory on Wizards on points and in quarter and a 10-minute Youngsters Aryan Goveas Vishnu Vardhan bt Mohammed Sports Reporter Monday. Lucas Perez netted number of wins but it was period in the fourth. and Adil Kalyanpur ran into Iftikhar Sheikh 6-4, 6-3. Chennai the other goal as the Gunners done in by an inferior goal Mandeep Singh and Tal- Delhi Capitals defeated set up a home quarterfinal difference. winder Singh tried to break Haryana Gold 107-99, des- with another non-league Ranchi had its plans clear All over the ield: Manpreet Singh scored two of the three ield past the Ranchi defence but pite the latter’s late charge, team, Lincoln City. AFP even before the game began. goals. SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR had no support. A Talwinder Purav & Divij in a UBA pro-league match The team had to win by a shot came off the far post here on Tuesday. This was margin of eight goals or more sight, the team would be disappointing outing by the and five shots at goal went Mohun Bagan held by Haryana’s third straight to displace Delhi from the wondering ‘what if’ had it two big names throughout wide in as many minutes in Club Valencia enter quarterinals defeat. top-four position on the lead- taken at least a couple of the season that let Ranchi Q4. Justin Reid-Ross finally MALE The results: Delhi Capitals erboard, and even though it them directly. However, even down. Manpreet Singh, how- managed a lucky touch to a Sports Bureau Bopanna & Jeevan Ned- Mohun Bagan squandered a 107 (Ronald March 41, Vinay looked an impossible task, the field goal attempts be- ever, more than made up for free hit in from Rupinder Pal DELRAY BEACH (USA): unchezhiyan 6-4, 6-4. one-goal advantage midway Kaushik 30) bt Haryana Gold into the second half, playing the team played with de- came predictable with the it. Singh in the 45th minute. In Purav Raja and Divij Sharan $15,000 Futures, Sharm El 99 (De’Sean Mattox 36, Eban out a 1-1 draw with Club termination and looked in- ball going to Ashley Jackson The hard-working young- the end, it was just enough. made the quarterfinals of Sheikh: First round: Chandril Hyams 16, Yadwinder Singh Valencia of Maldives in their tent on upending the table, — who has had a terrible sea- ster ran the yards and was all The only way for Ranchi to the ATP Tour 250 tourna- Sood & Lakshit Sood bt 16). AFC Cup South Zone play-off coming close in the end but son — on the left repeatedly over the field. He scored two advance now is if UP Wizards ment here, with a 6-4, 3-6, Oleksandr Belinskyi (Ukr) & Punjab Steelers 125 (Der- match here on Tuesday. not close enough. and being cleared. Jackson of the three field goals — each loses by 10 goals or more in [10-4] victory over Philip Be- Denis Yevseyev (Kaz) 6-3 3-6, maine Crockrell 51, Rajveer 15, Bagan took an early lead It kept attacking relent- was ineffective on the day as of which count as two — and the final league match of the ster and Peter Polansky on [10-6]. Gary Gill 12) bt Mumbai Chal- through Darryl Duffy’s fifth- lessly and kept the pace of well, struggling to marshal set up Imran Khan and Amir competition against Dabang Monday. $25,000 ITF women, Perth: lengers 123 (Alex Scales 33, minute strike, which was the game high. It attacked the midfield or get his passes Khan umpteen times. Mumbai on Wednesday. That The results: ATP 250 Delray First round: Beatrice Gumulya Jimmy Scroggins 33, Inderbir cancelled out by Godfrey from both flanks and right. Along with Gurbaj Singh would be a nothing short of a Beach Open: First round: Purav & Jessy Rompies (Ina) bt Irina Gill 27). West Omodu (72). through the middle. Ranchi Ranchi’s other big-ticket on the right, Barry Middleton miracle, though. Raja & Divij Sharan bt Philip Be- Maria Bara (Rou) & Prarthana earned six penalty corners foreign recruit, Chirstopher upfront and Birendra Lakra The result: Ranchi Rays 6 (Man- ster & Peter Polansky (Can) Thombare 7-6(5), 7-6(1). Rawlins to England’s but went for a double every Ruhr, was slightly better but and Kothajit Singh in the de- preet Singh 4 FG, Imran Khan 2 6-4, 3-6, [10-4]. $15,000 ITF women, Sharm El Harika loses, rescue time, not attempting a single not good enough to make a fence, Manpreet was the key FG) bt Delhi Waveriders 2 ATP 250 Open 13 Marseille: Sheikh: First round: Kyra Shroff direct hit at goal. In hind- difference. In fact, it was the to Ranchi’s offence. Delhi, on (Justin Reid-Ross 2 FG). NAGPUR First round: Nick Kyrgios & bt Anette Munozova (Swe) 2-6, Matt Reid (Aus) bt Rohan 7-5, 6-4. faces Delvay Rawlins hit a patient century, while Will Jacks scored a well-made half-ton tie-breaker as England U-19 reached 243 Sevilla to ofer Leicester little respite Sports Bureau for five on the first day of the Suchith stars in TEHRAN second Junior Test match against India here on Tuesday. Associated Press D. Harika battled hard for a The scores: England 243 for Madrid Karnataka’s win much-needed draw but five in 90 overs (Rawlins 124 Sevilla’s much-improved de- Nana Dzagnidze proved batting, Jacks 66 batting) vs fence will be vital in its at- Sports Correspondent jarat in their semifinal on stronger in 67 moves in the India. tempt to finally succeed in Mysuru Tuesday. second game of their the Champions League. J. Suchith spun Karnataka to Andhra, resuming at 164 quarterfinal clash in the Women’s World chess Saaniya Sharma The team, coached by a 117-run win over Uttar Pra- for four, finished with 359 in Jorge Sampaoli, has dis- desh on day three of the Col. championship here. in the van 145.4 overs. At draw of played the offensive C.K. Nayudu third-place The result left the play- KOLKATA stumps, Gujarat, in its prowess already expected match here on Tuesday. ers locked 1-1. The two will Saaniya Sharma’s one-under second essay, was 65 for five from his squads, but it’s also The left-arm spinner fin- 69 was good enough to earn in 15 overs. clash in the rapid tie-break her a one-stroke lead after starting to show a more bal- ished with figures of six for The scores: At Mysuru: games on Wednesday for a the first round of the fourth anced set-up that will help 74 in the visitors’ second es- Karnataka 228 & 192 bt Uttar place in the semifinals. leg of the Hero Women’s the Spanish club to take League on Wednesday. CHAMPIONS LEAGUE say to finish with a match Pradesh 127 & 176 in 41 overs The results: Quarterfinals: Professional Golf Tour. steps toward becoming a The Serie A table suggests haul of 10 wickets. Uttar Pra- (Deepak Kumar 30, J. Suchith Game 2: Nana Dzagnidze The scores: 69: Saaniya top contender in European all is smooth for Juventus, desh, which was chasing six for 74) At Valsad: Gujarat (Geo, 1) bt D. Harika (1); Ju Sharma; 70: Vani Kapoor; 71: football. with its seven-point lead. stitutions with coach Espirito Santo’s team has 294, was dismissed for 176. 256 & 65 for five in 15 overs vs. Wenjun (Chn, 0.5) lost to Tan Amandeep Drall and Gaurika On a run of three straight But below the surface, there Massimiliano Allegri after a won six Portuguese league Andhra 359 in 145.4 overs (Siva Zhongyi (Chn, 1.5); Antoaneta Bishnoi; 72: Smriti Mehra; 73: games without conceding a are cracks in the camp. 4-1 win over Palermo on Fri- matches in a row to cut Ben- Andhra takes lead Charan Singh 94, M. Pranith Stefanova (Bul, 0.5) drew with Mehar Atwal; 74: Afshan goal, Sevilla hosts Leicester Defender Leonardo Bo- day. fica’s lead to one point, Meanwhile in Valsad, 79, Jayavardhan 59, Harsha Anna Muzychuk (Ukr, 1.5); Al- Fatima; 75: Sharmila Nicollet; in the first leg of the round nucci became embroiled in Porto certainly hasn’t fuelled by January signing Andhra took a first innings Naidu 47, C.T. Gaja four for 79, exandra Kosteniuk (Rus, 1.5) 76: Gursimar Badwal. of 16 of the Champions a heated argument over sub- been making many. Nuno Tiquinho’s four goals. lead of 103 runs against Gu- A.J. Tandel four for 84). bt Ni Shiqun (Chn, 0.5).

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IN BRIEF Real life Four new tiny frog species Jurassic Park in China? found in Western Ghats Press Trust of India Beijing China’s Zhejiang province ‘Can’t make movies like a They are no bigger than a human thumbnail, make a distinctive chirping sound may have been a real life Hollywood filmmaker’ Jurassic Park about 65 to LONDON T. Nandakumar collection localities. new species, five face con- 145 million years ago, ac- Oscar-winning director Martin Thiruvananthapuram “The minuscule frogs siderable anthropogenic cording to scientists who Scorsese says he does not Scientists exploring the have probably been over- threats and require immedi- found an assortment of di- think he could make it as a forests of the Western Ghats looked because of their ex- ate conservation,” says Prof. nosaur fossils, including “Hollywood filmmaker” have come across four new tremely small size, secretive S.D Biju, who led the study eight new species of the because his success comes species of tiny frogs no big- habitats and cricket-like and has formally described prehistoric animals. from making movies “in the ger than a human thumb- calls,” says Sonali Garg who over 80 new species of am- A total of 82 dinosaur margins.” Scorsese says he nail, which make a distinct- undertook the study as part phibians from India. fossil sites, with at least six feels like a “thief” with his ive chirping sound of her Ph.D research at the dinosaur species and 25 success because he has “got comparable to that of a University of Delhi. Restricted range types of fossil dinosaur away with” making movies cricket. The scientists used an in- “Because several of the new eggs, were confirmed dur- that are influenced by his These species are among tegrated taxonomic ap- species have been identified ing the survey by a team of upbringing in New York’s the seven new ‘Night Frogs’ proach that included DNA as being range-restricted and experts from the Zhejiang Lower East Side. PTI discovered by a team of re- studies, detailed morpholo- impacted by threats, it is im- Institute of Hydrogeology searchers from the Univer- gical comparisons and A taxonomic approach with portant to assess their ex- and Engineering Geology Zoo culls 57 monkeys sity of Delhi and the Kerala bioacoustics to confirm the DNA studies and tinction risks and tailor con- and Zhejiang Museum of A ‘slippery’ solution carrying ‘invasive’ genes Forest Department, who new species. The findings morphological comparisons servation strategies for both Natural History in China, TOKYO spent five years surveying have been published in the was used to conirm them. species and habitats,” said between 2006 and 2013. A Japanese zoo has culled 57 the global biodiversity latest issue of PeerJ, an open Ariadne Angulo, co-Chair, The survey covered an to ketchup problem native snow monkeys by hotspot. access journal. tric project, while the Sabar- Amphibian Specialist Group, area of 11,000 square kilo- lethal injection after inding Night Frogs belong to the imala Night Frog was dis- IUCN, in an emailed metres in Zhejiang. Scient- that they carried genes of an Nyctibatrachus genus en- Hydroelectric project covered near the hill shrine response. ists identified eight new A coating called LiquiGlide is used “invasive alien species”, demic to the Western Ghats While turning the spotlight which receives lakhs of pil- The discovery has taken species among the fossils. oicials said on Tuesday. The and represent an ancient on the amphibian diversity grims every year. The Rad- the total number of known “It has been proved that Press Trust of India zoo in the Chiba prefecture group of frogs that diversi- of the Western Ghats, the cliffe’s Night frog and the Nyctibatrachus species to 35, a large number of dino- Boston east of Tokyo, housed 164 fied on the Indian landmass discovery also highlights the Kadalar Night Frog were re- of which 20% are diminutive saurs lived in Zhejiang dur- An Indian-origin scientist at simians, which it believed approximately 70 to 80 mil- threat posed by human activ- ported from plantation in size (less than 18 mm). ing the Cretaceous period, MIT has found a novel way were all pure Japanese lion years ago. ities to the species. areas. As many as 103 new am- about 65 million to 145 mil- to get every last drop of macaques. But the operator The scientists were sur- The Athirappilly Night “Over 32% of the frog spe- phibian species have been lion years ago,” said Jin ketchup, shampoo and glue discovered about one-third prised by the relative abund- Frog was found close to the cies in the Western Ghats are described from biodiversity- Xingsheng, deputy curator out of the bottle by develop- were crossbred with the ance of the previously un- Athirappilly waterfalls, the already threatened with ex- rich Western Ghats region of Zhejiang Museum of Nat- ing a coating that makes rhesus macaque, which in known species at their proposed site of a hydroelec- tinction. Out of the seven between 2006 and 2015. ural History. container interiors super Japan is designated an “Compared with other slippery. “invasive alien species.” AFP southeastern provinces, The brainchild of Kripa LiquiGlide allows every last Zhejiang has the largest Varanasi, mechanical engin- drop of any viscous product 60,000-year-old amount of dinosaur eer at Massachusetts Insti- to low from its container. microbes found in mine fossils,” he added. tute of Technology (MIT) in BOSTON The curious case of ‘Tully monster’ Scientists found that the U.S. and his students, Mr. Varanasi said. NASA scientists have sedimentary rocks, where the coating called LiquiGlide “For example, in paint discovered living The prehistoric marine creature cannot be classiied as a vertebrate, says study most dinosaur fossils were is set to make the transition manufacturing alone, paint microorganisms trapped unearthed, were sand- from the laboratory to con- sticking to the inside of mix- inside crystals for as long as Press Trust of India type of fish called a lamprey. wiched between two layers sumer and industrial ing and holding tanks costs 60,000 years in a mine in Washington However, according pa- of volcanic rocks, indicat- markets. the industry more than 100 Mexico. These ancient A bizarre prehistoric marine leobiologists who undertook ing vegetation was lush and LiquiGlide renders a sur- million gallons of lost microbes have evolved so creature — popularly re- more analysis, this classifica- suitable for dinosaurs in face highly slippery and al- product and billions of dol- they can survive on a diet of ferred to as the ‘Tully mon- tion is wrong. the early and middle Creta- lows every last drop of lars per year in associated sulite, manganese and ster’ — cannot be classified “This animal doesn’t fit ceous period, the state-run ketchup — or almost any waste costs. copper oxide, said Penelope as a vertebrate, contrary to easy classification because news agency Xinhua other viscous product, from “Using LiquiGlide, we are Boston of NASA's the claims of some experts, a it’s so weird,” said Lauren reported. paint, to glue, to cosmetics on a mission to eliminate Astrobiology Institute in a new study has found. Sallan, an assistant professor The findings also indic- — to flow from its container waste generated across presentation over the at a conference of the American Last year, two groups of at University of Pennsylvania An artist's reconstruction of the Tully monster. REUTERS ate that the age of prehis- without sticking, saving bil- manufacturing applications, Association for the scientists claimed that the in the U.S. toric creatures may have lions of gallons of product in areas ranging from food Advancement of Science. ancient animal — that had “It has these eyes that are agreement about which way The mystery of the Tully ended due to a cata- from going waste. and agrochemical produc- They were discovered in the long defied classification — on stalks and it has this pin- is up. But the last thing that monster, known to scientists strophe, an asteroid hit be- “Viscous products stick- tion to health care and en- Naica mine, a working lead, was in fact a vertebrate. Spe- cer at the end of a long pro- the Tully monster could be is as Tullimonstrum ing the most likely reason ing to the inside of contain- ergy, to usher in a new era zinc and silver mine in the cifically, it seemed to be a boscis and there’s even dis- a fish,” said Ms. Sallan. gregarium, remains. as it can result in a series of ers eventually lead to huge of sustainable manufactur- state of Chihuahua. AFP sudden climate changes. losses across industries,” ing,” he said. Green tea-laced capacitor CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Global Screen presence wealth to power wearable devices migration up Press Trust of India Its energy densities are enough to operate heart rate monitor New Delhi Global wealth migration is Press Trust of India tends to bunch up and com- accelerating as around New Delhi promise performance. 82,000 ultra-rich people Scientists have used green Researchers, including shifted overseas in 2016, tea compounds to develop a those from CSIR-National compared to 64,000 in new flexible and compact re- Chemical Laboratory in 2015 and Australia is the chargeable energy storage Pune and Academy of Sci- top country for millionaire device which may power entific and Innovative Re- inflows, says a report. more comfortable wearable search in New Delhi, wanted Millionaires or High Net electronics such as heart to take a different approach. Worth Individuals (HNWIs) rate monitors. The researchers prepared refer to individuals with The most prominent ver- The researchers prepared polymer gels in green tea ex- net assets of $1 million or sions of wearable electronics polymer gels in green tea tract, which infuses the gel more. are sold in the form of extract for the experiment. with polyphenols. According to New World watches or sports bands. The polyphenols conver- Wealth’s latest report on More comfortable run into roadblocks. “Our ted a silver nitrate solution global wealth and wealth products could become objective is to fabricate into a uniform coating of sil- migration trends in 2016, available in softer materials wearable electronic devices. ver nanoparticles. Thin lay- for the second straight made in part with an unex- Compressible energy stor- ers of conducting gold and year, Australia remained pected ingredient — green age devices are the first step poly (3,4-ethylenedioxy- the top country worldwide tea, researchers said. towards achieving that ob- thiophene) were then for millionaire inflows, Powering soft wearable jective,” Kothandam Krish- applied. beating out traditional des- electronics with a long-last- namoorthy, from the CSIR- The resulting supercapa- tinations such as the U.S. ing source of energy remains Network of Institutes for citor demonstrated power and the U.K. a big challenge. Solar Energy said. and energy densities of 2,715 An estimated 11,000 mil- However, most superca- Supercapacitors have watts per kg and 22 watt- lionaires moved to Aus- pacitors are rigid, and the been made with carbon- hours per kg — enough to tralia in 2016 compared to compressible supercapacit- coated polymer sponges, operate a heart rate monitor, Finishing touches: Artists paint Oscar statues for the 89th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, California. The 2017 Oscars, to 10,000 that moved to the ors developed so far have but the coating material LEDs or a bluetooth module. be hosted by American television host Jimmy Kimmel, will take place at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday. AFP U.S. and 3,000 that moved to the U.K.

Main reasons NASA to reveal stirring The reasons behind HNWIs How ponds can speed up global warming preferring Australia to the U.S. and the U.K. is that it exoplanet indings has one of the best health- They gradually lose capacity to soak up a type of greenhouse gas and give of even more of another care systems in the world and its location makes it a Agence France-Presse alter the carbon balance of To hold brieing at headquarters today good base for doing busi- Paris small ponds over a number ness in emerging Asian Tiny natural ponds pose an years,” Mr. Yvon-Durocher Indo-Asian News Service countries such as China, overlooked danger for said. “This could ultimately Washington Hong Kong, Korea, Singa- speeding up global warming, accelerate climate change.” NASA has hinted at discov- pore, Vietnam and India. according to a study pub- ery of something exciting re- Moreover, Australia is lished on Monday in the Main source lated to planets that orbit relatively immune to the journal Nature Climate Scientists working on the stars other than our sun, turmoil in the West Asia Change. next major UN scientific re- known as exoplanets. and the related refugee In experiments designed port on climate change, The U.S. space agency crisis in Europe and it has to simulate moderate future scheduled for 2020, should said it will hold a news con- lower inheritance taxes warming, scientists in Britain take note, he added. ference to present the find- than the U.S. and much found that such ponds — a The main source of man- ings at the agency’s lower inheritance taxes metre across — gradually lose made carbon pollution is the headquarters in Washington than the U.K. Other coun- the capacity to soak up one burning of fossil fuels, ac- on Wednesday. tries that experienced large kind of greenhouse gas and counting for more than 70% Prominent NASA scient- inflows of HNWIs in 2016 give off even more of of global greenhouse gas ists, astronomers and a pro- include Canada, UAE, New another. emissions. The rest comes fessor of planetary science An ask-me-anything session Zealand and Israel. After seven years at from deforestation, the live- and physics at Massachu- with scientists about On the other hand, higher-than-ambient temper- Keeping the balance: The indings matter as small ponds play an outsized role in the planet’s stock industry, and agricul- setts Institute of Technology exoplanets will be held. countries that lost large atures, “the ability of the carbon cycle — the balance between input and output of greenhouse gases. AFP ture. In the experiments, sci- are scheduled to participate numbers of HNWIs in 2016 ponds to absorb carbon di- entists warmed artificial at the briefing. Reddit AMA (Ask Me Any- included France, Turkey oxide was reduced by almost he said. With soil, by con- between input and output of Methane is about 28 times ponds four degrees Celsius thing) about exoplanets will and Brazil. Large outflow half, while methane release trast, warming initially stim- greenhouse gases. more effective in trapping (7.2 degrees Fahrenheit), cor- Open to questions be held with scientists avail- of millionaires from France nearly doubled,” said lead- ulates CO2 output but then While covering only a tiny the sun’s radiation in our at- responding to the projected NASA has also invited media able to answer questions in (over 12,000 millionaires is author Gabriel Yvon- causes it to taper off. fraction of Earth’s surface mosphere than carbon diox- increase in global average and is open to the public to English and Spanish, NASA 2016) is notable. France is Durocher, a professor at the The new findings matter area, they are responsible for ide, the dominant green- temperatures by 2100 in ask questions during the said. Details of these find- being heavily impacted by University of Exeter. because small ponds play an about 40% of methane emis- house gas. temperate zones under a briefing on Twitter using the ings will also be published rising religious tensions “Both those trends be- outsized role in the planet’s sions from inland waters, “Our findings show that “moderate” climate change hashtag #askNASA. in the journal Nature on the between Christians and came amplified over time,” carbon cycle — the balance earlier research has shown. warming can fundamentally scenario. Following the briefing, a same day. Muslims, the report said. CM ND-ND YK