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Modi-Akhilesh hand in Kim Jong-nam death: Two women India are going to come glove against charged with murder back harder, cautions Muslims: Owaisi David Warner P-5 P-8 P-11 Briefs Gurmehar gets Demonetisation: ‘Hard work’ won security in Punjab, over ‘Harvard’, says PM Haryana minister Modi’s remark comes Pradesh, Mr. Modi said the against the backdrop of No- electorate had ensured the bel Laureate Amartya Sen’s BJP’s victory in the first five flays her comment that demonetisa- phases and now they would tion is a “despotic action that give surplus votes as “gift and Chandigarh, March 1 said she was withdraw- has struck at the root of econ- bonus” in the remaining two (IANS) Haryana Health ing from the social media omy based on trust.” Prime rounds. “I request the voters and Sports Minister Anil campaign she launched Minister Narendra Modi on of the State to give the rest of Vij, known for courting against the RSS-affiliated Wednesday said, “hard work the two phases as bonus to controversies, continued Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi is more powerful than Har- the party. This is similar to the his tirade against Delhi Parishad (ABVP), blamed vard” as the latest GDP data chillies and coriander leaves, University student Gur- for violence in Delhi Uni- shows demonetisation did which the vegetable seller mehar Kaur, who has got versity. not affect growth rate, rather gives to the buyer as bonus,” police security in Punjab. “She is doing politics on the figures improved. he said drawing applause Vij said the 20-year-old the martyrdom of her fa- “On the one hand are those from the crowd. Lady Shri Ram College ther. She has given a clean [critics of note ban] who talk A few days back, the Prime Shah Rukh Khan takes a day out to work at “The country has seen difference student was doing poli- chit to Pakistan, which has of what people at Harvard Minister spoke of the pos- celebrity trainer Prashant Sawant’s gym for tics over the “martyrdom been fighting with India, say, and on the other is a poor between Harvard and hard-work after sibility of a hung Assembly the first time of her father”. directly and indirectly, man’s son, who through his November 8,” the PM said. in the State, saying that the Officials in Jalandhar from a long time,” Vij told hard work, is trying to im- Samajwadi Party and the Ba- Modi betrayed country’s said two women consta- the media at Ambala, 45 prove the economy,” he said Harvard University and Nobel expected 7.1% for 2016-17, hujan Samaj Party were wait- farmers and youth: Rahul bles of the Punjab Police km from here. at an election meeting in laureate Amartya Sen term- despite the cash blues, which ing for such an opportunity had been stationed at “People who are sup- Maharajganj. “In fact, hard ing demonetisation a “des- was higher than China’s 6.8% for bargaining. This prompt- Kushinagar (Uttar Pradesh), March 1 (IANS) Gurmehar’s residence for porting her are pro-Pak- work is much more powerful potic action that has struck for October-December pe- ed Chief Minister Akhilesh Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Wednes- her protection. She left istani. They should be than Harvard” he said. Mr. at the root of economy based riod of 2016, making India Yadav to comment that after day accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of New Delhi on Tuesday for thrown out of this coun- Modi’s remark came against on trust.” On February 28, retain the tag of the world’s dreaming of 300-plus seats, waiving off loans of 50 rich families of the country, her hometown Jalandhar. try,” the Bharatiya Janata the backdrop of Professor of the government pegged the fastest growing economy. On Mr. Modi is now talking while betraying the farmers and the youth. Gurmehar on Tuesday Party leader said. Economics and Philosophy at GDP growth at a higher than the electoral politics in Uttar about a fractured verdict. “Modiji has waived off loans worth Rs 1,40,000 crore of the 50 rich families of the country, but has betrayed the farmers and the youth,” said Gandhi during a public rally here. “The farmers feed the Child trafficking accused BJP India test fires endo-atmospheric entire country, they produce crops, but the ben- efits of it are enjoyed by others. leader sent to 12 days CID custody interceptor missile “The farmers don’t get benefits. The only de- mand of the farmers are waiving off their loans, Siliguri, March 1 (IANS) BJP leader after her name was linked to the case New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) In- halve the electricity bills and to fix right price Juhi Chowdhury, arrested for her al- involving trafficking of at least 17 chil- dia on Wednesday successfully for crops.” “But, Modi ji has failed to fulfill leged connection to a child traffick- dren, was brought to Matigara police test fired the Advanced Air Defence these promises. Farmers are committing sui- ing racket in West Bengal, was on station here for interrogation. (AAD) Missile, the second level of cide, and youth are not getting employment. Wednesday sent to 12 days CID cus- CID sources said the agency has re- two-tier interceptor missile system He has also failed to generate employment for tody, a senior CID official said. covered a diary with detailed entries that can destroy hostile ballistic the youth,” he said. Amid tight security and presence about her connection with the traf- missiles. The missile was launched of a large number of media persons, fickers from fellow accused Manas around 10.15 a.m. at the Abdul Ka- Gujarati playwright Taarak Chowdhury was produced in the Bhowmik who was arrested earlier lam Island off Odisha coast, offi- Mehta passes away Chief Judicial Magistrate’s court in this month. According to the diary, cials said. “The endo-atmospheric Siliguri, after her Tuesday night arrest Chowdhury accompanied prime ac- missile, capable of intercepting Ahmedabad, March 1 (IANS) Popular Gujarati from Batasia area close to the India- cused Chandana Chakraborty to incoming targets at an altitude of humourist Taarak Mehta died here aged 88 on Nepal border in Darjeeling. Delhi on February 2 and held a meet- 15 to 25 km, successfully destroyed Wednesday morning after a prolonged illness, his While the prosecution sought her ing with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) the incoming missile. All the mis- family said. CID remand, the defence counsel leader Kailash Vijayvargiya. They sion objectives were successfully A string of politicians, including Prime Minis- moved for bail. were supposed to meet a Union Min- met,” an official statement said. ter Narendra Modi, condoled his demise and ex- After hearing both sides, the judge ister to discuss about the adoption The weapon system radars pressed gratitude towards him for bringing a smile rejected the bail application and sent centres in Jalpaiguri, sources said. tracked the target and provided the to their face with his works. “He died of old age,” her to CID custody. Following the court order, the BJP initial guidance to the interceptor, Atul Bhatt, a relative of the writer, said. “Chowdhury has been remanded state committee removed the Jalpaig- which could precisely home in on Mehta was born in December 26, 1929. The Pad- to 12 days of CID custody,” said Ad- uri district women wing (Mohila mor- the target and destroyed it in endo- ma Shri awardee’s popular works include “Duniya ditional Director General, CID Rajesh cha) leader from the party, stating her atmospheric layer. Ne Undha Chasma”, which inspired the hit Hindi Kumar, claiming she was directly in- activity has harmed the image of BJP. The complete event, including sitcom “Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah”. volved in new born child trafficking. “Chakraborty went to Delhi with the engagement and destruction, For the people of Gujarat, his literary work al- She is the fourth person arrested in a child trafficking accused woman was tracked by a number of elec- ways generated a good dose of laughter. the Jalpaiguri district case which has without the party’s consent. She is tro-optical tracking systems using Modi recounted how Mehta “never left the side created a storm in Bengal with its po- removed from BJP as her activity is infrared imagery. Radars and te- A view of the Target Missile used by DRDO in the success- ful test firing of the Advanced Area Defence Endo-Atmo- of satire and pen”. Reminiscing about one of his litical connotations. Chowdhury, who harmful for the party’s image,” said lemetry stations tracked the target spheric Interceptor Missile, at Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha, meetings with Mehta, Modi said: “I have had the was on the run for the last few days BJP state president Dilip Ghosh. and the interceptor till the destruc- on March 01, 2017. PIB privilege of meeting Mehta several times. Sensex BSE 28,984.49 NSE 8,945.80 Congress to PM: Apologise for CBI announces bounty for arrest of Dabholkar murder accused GOLD 22 CT 30,000 ‘lying’ over Kanpur train tragedy SILVER 1 KG 43,850 New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) The wasted” in its investigation of the New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Minister Suresh Prabhu. “Dur- Prime Minister of the country CBI on Wednesday announced a case. The court had also expressed With Prime Minister Narendra ing an election rally in Gonda, mischievously deceive the na- Rs 5 lakh reward for information dissatisfaction over the initial in- Forex Rates Modi describing the Kanpur train Modiji alluded to the tragic tion on such a sensitive issue and about two accused in the murder of vestigations of the Maharashtra Indian Rupees accident “a conspiracy against In- Kanpur train accident in which weave stories in a public speech?” Pune-based rationalist and activist Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and the dia” and the DG-Railways (Gopal 154 innocent lives were lost and said Badal. Narendra Dabholkar. Anti-Extortion Cell. US Dollar 66.82 Gupta) ruling out any sabotage, described it as an ‘act of terror’. Badal further said: “It is an Sarang Akolkar and Vinay Pawar The two agencies are accused the Congress on Wednesday de- He said the accident was a con- election offence. If Modi evokes are accused of of the August 20, 2013 of registering a fake case against British Pound 82.34 manded an apology from the PM spiracy against India. ‘false’ stories on terrorism based killing of Dabholkar, 68, who was the Vikas Khandelwal, a Kolhapur over contradictory statements. “However, DG-Railways told on fear psychosis and misrepre- influence behind the anti-supersti- resident arrested by Maharashtra Euro 70.57 The party also said that it the Railway Minister and other sentation of facts aimed at gar- tion bill which was pending in the Police in 2013 in connection with Qatar Riyal 18.35 erodes the Prime Minister’s authorities that ‘there was no nering votes, it clearly erodes the Maharashtra Assembly for 18 years. the murder. Khandelwal, who was credibility. sabotage’,” said Congress leader credibility and trust of Modiji’s The Central Bureau of Investiga- arrested within hours of Dabhol- Saudi Riyal 18.12 Gopal Gupta, DG-Railways, Manpreet Singh Badal. words.” tion’s (CBI) move came two months kar’s murder, has reportedly told Uttar Pradesh Police, ruled out “It has exposed a dangerous If this was true, who should be after the Mumbai High Court pulled CBI that the ATS registered a fake UAE Dirham 18.20 any sabotage during a video- game being played by PM Modi held accountable for this tragedy, up the agency, saying “consider- case against him and his associate conference organised by Railway and BJP in UP elections. Can the he asked. able time and energy had been Manish Nagori. Indian Horizon 2 City Thursday, March 2, 2017 “Barbarism” of Reds Vasavi College Students Youth held for in Kerala: Dhara at withdrawing Army man’s Indira Park tomorrow Barred from Exams! money from bank Hyderabad, March.1 (NSS): Jagrutha Bharat, in HOW B.I.E. ALLOWED COLLEGE TO FUNCTION SANS RECOGNITION? association with Martyrs Memorial Research Insti- Hyderabad, March.1: ting the account trans- tute (MMRI) is organizing dharna at Indira Park on Hyderabad, March.1: year students of the col- ognised by the Board of However, the management Rachakonda Cyber Cell ferred to Hyderabad. Fol- March 3 from 10 am, P Murali Manohar, Chairman Is there something more lege lost one academic year Intermediate Education of the college, in a shocking sleuths arrested one Gu- lowing a complaint, the of MMRI has said. to it than meets the eye in for not writing the exams and denied the First Year revelation, alleged that the dipalli Vishnu Prasad, 24, police registered a case Speaking to mediapersons here today, P Mu- the Telangana Intermedi- today though the Board Students to appear for the concerned officials of the of Beerappagadda, Up- under Sections 406, 417, rali Manohar, Ravinuhala Shashidhar of Jagruthi ate Board not recognis- authorities assured the agi- exams today, will the Sec- BIE had demanded Rs Five pal, for fraudulently using 419, 420, 468, 471 IPC Bharat, M Vijay Kumar, Advocate, Haritha, a student ing a junior college in the tated parents and students ond Year students be al- lakh for according recogni- bank account details of and 66C & 66D Informa- leader recalled that the CPI(M) captured power in city as a result of which that they could appear for lowed to write the exams tion and when the college one Bylla Kishore Kumar, tion Technology Act and Kerala in 1957 and since then targeting its ideologi- 258 first year students of the advanced supplemen- starting from tomorrow. failed to pay the amount, a soldier in the Indian investigation revealed cal opponents and killed some 270 nationalists in the institution were de- tary exams before the com- When the First Year stu- recognition was denied. Army for online transac- that the accused took Kerala. They also said over 80 of them were brutally nied hall tickets and thus mencement of admissions dents and their parents agi- Whether the allegations tions and swallowed Rs advantage of the mini- murdered in Kunnur district alone. They also con- barred them from writing for the academic year. tated before the college for of the management of the 3.6 lakh from December mal banking knowledge demned murders in Kerala for opposing Chief Min- the examinations, which Meanwhile, the fate of denying them from writing college holds water or not, 2015 to February 2017. in small sums of sev- ister Pinarayi Vijayan’s rule. They demanded that commenced throughout the Second Year students the exams today, Deputy one fails to understand as When the victim’s eral thousands to avoid the Centre dismiss the Kerala government immedi- the State in 1,291 centers of the college is steeped Chief Minister Kadiam Sri- to how the authorities con- wife withdrew money detection. of Kishore, ately and impose President’s rule. They said many on Wednesday. As many in suspense as their ex- hari, who is also the Min- cerned remained silent and through an ATM in obtained ‘Net banking eminent persons will participate in the dharna be- as 258 first year students of ams would commence ister for Education, was allowed the college to func- Hyderabad, she was kit’ on his behalf, got ing conducted in the name of ‘Save Democracy’. Vasavi Junior College, situ- from Thursday. The wor- shocked and concerned tion till the commencement shocked to find a little the mobile number pro- Some 10,000 activists from various social organiza- ated in Vanasthalipuram, ried students and their over the issue and directed of the exams and put the balance amountin her vided for receiving SMS tions throughout Telangana State will be participat- were denied hall-tickets parents are keeping their the officials to take stern academic careers of hun- husband’s Punjab Na- alerts changed and mis- ing, they added. for writing the First Year fingers crossed that there action against the manage- dreds of students in jeop- tional Bank account. She used Kishore’s account Intermediate Exams that won’t be a hitch for them ment of Vasavi Junior Col- ardy. Thus it only goes to spoke to her husband for transferring funds to 11-year-old boy commenced today as the to write the exams tomor- lege. Accordingly, a case prove that all is not well in and came to know that his friends’ accounts for college was not recognised row. However, the million was filed against the col- the functioning of the Inter- he had shared his bank more than year, in small from Hyderabad by the Telangana Interme- dollar question is when lege management for alleg- mediate Education Board account details with the sums of several thou- writes Inter exams diate Board. Thus the first the college was not rec- edly cheating the students. and needs. accused for help in get- sands to avoid detection. Hyderabad: Agastya Jaiswal, a 11-year-old child Shocked by husband's from Hyderabad is all set to write his Intermediate second year exams. Student of St.Mary’s College Flydubai announces second Air Travel death, woman dies Yousufguda, Agastya Jaiswal is the first child from Telangana to attempt this exam at the age of 11. The after childbirth child prodigy will be attempting Hindi Language as Hackathon with tech startup HackMania Hyderabad, March 1 (IANS) In a trag- his first exam at Sri Chaitanya Junior Kalasala, Ju- Hyderabad, March.1: flydubai currently operates ic incident, a woman died of shock on bilee Hills on March 2nd. Agastya Jaiswal created a Dubai-based flydubai today five flights a week to Hyder- learning about her husband's death in record by being the first boy from Telangana to get announced its second Air abad from Dubai in addition a road accident, soon after delivering a distinction in SSC at the age of 9 years, and to com- Travel Hackathon in associa- to flights to seven more des- baby. S. Somesh (30), a police constable plete his Inter first year examination at the age of 10. tion with Hyderabad-based tinations in India including died in a road accident in Nalgonda tech startup HackMania. The Ahmedabad, Chennai, Delhi, town of Telangana on February 26. Po- Two killed in Hackathon, which is sup- Kochi, Lucknow, Mumbai and lice said he lost control of the motor- ported by the E-Cell of IIIT- Thiruvananthapuram. The bike he was riding and hit the divider, Road Accident Hyderabad, will be held at the ing air travel and customer 13. The Hackathon will start at airline operates a single type resulting in his death. As Hemalatha Hyderabad Mar 1 : A woman and her child died in IIIT campus in Hyderabad. experience. The applicants 09:00 (IST) on Saturday March fleet of 58 Next-Generation was pregnant and had gone for delivery a road accident at Hayathnagar on Tuesday night. In addition, flydubai will for will be selected based on 25 and will end at 16:00 (IST) Boeing 737-800 aircraft. It to her parents' house in Vijayawada in According to the police, the woman, Chandramma the first time organise a boot their knowledge of the cod- on March 26 and will be held has built a network of more Andhra Pradesh, she was not informed (32), a native of Koyalagudem in West Godavari, camp webinar prior to the ing language and their past at the same venue. Develop- than 90 destinations served by about the accident. After she delivered along with her five-year-old son Vijay Vardhan, Hackathon to provide young experience of participating in ers can register by March 22 more than 1,700 flights a week a male baby in a private hospital, the had come to the city. She got down from a bus at developers with information a Hackathon, Ramesh Venkat, on Hackerbay.co and those operating out of Dubai Inter- relatives informed her that Somesh was Bantwaram in Hayathnagar around 7.30 p.m and about airline technology. The Chief Information Officer at who are shortlisted to partici- national Airport (DXB) and Al dead. This caused her huge shock and along with her son, was crossing the road to go to Hackathon will focus on de- flydubai, said. The boot camp pate in the Hackathon will be Maktoum International Air- led to her death. The couple already Janaram, when a TSRTC bus belonging to the Dil- veloping products for enhanc- webinar will be held March notified by SMS and email. port (DWC). had a two-year-old daughter. sukhnagar bus depot hit them. The woman died on the spot while her son, who was rushed to a hos- Suravaram critical of KCR presenting pital, died while undergoing treatment at around 1.30 a.m on Wednesday, Hayathnagar police said. ornaments to Lord Balaji The police registered a case against the bus driver and have seized the bus. Hyderabad, March.1 government, which sup- Telangana protagonists, (NSS): CPI National gen- posed to run sparing per- who fought for the sake Deer killed, eral secretary Suravaram sonal beliefs, to do such of separate Telangana Sudhakar Reddy has stat- things in secular system. state, along with him chopped off head ed that offering ornaments He made it clear that CPI to Tirupati in a special to Lord Venkateshwara by definitely takes up the is- flight except his family found on HCU campus the Telangana Chief Min- sue for debate in case the members. He said that he Hyderabad: Barely a week after a spotted deer fell ister K Chandrasekhar Chief Minister spends was condemning KCR’s prey to poachers on the Hyderabad Central University Rao amounts to unethical public exchequer in such remarks that the Com- (HCU) campus, another deer was brutally killed with practice. a manner. munists were remained the chopped off head left near the Old Horticulture Speaking to the me- Suravaram also ques- with outdated ideal- Garden on Tuesday evening. It was Sathya Prakash, dia here on Wednesday, tioned Chief Minister ism and advised KCR to a faculty of the University, who saw the head of the Suravaram said it was KCR to tell as to why speak proper language as Deputy Inspector General of Prisons (Hyderabad Range) A. Narasimha along with spotted deer while he was on a walk. He took a picture not proper to the State the latter failed to take a Chief Minister. other police officials releasing posters ahead of the 1st Indian prisons run to mark inter- of the same and alerted others apart from posting the national women’s day celebrations in Hyderabad. same on Facebook. Incidentally, the head went miss- ing when wildlife activists and students came looking Jaipal played key role in for it on Wednesday morning. The search party could Healthcare startup to partner not locate the rest of the carcass either. “The univer- sity authorities should set up a committee to control T State formation: Mallu the killing of deer and should find out how the head, Hyderabad, March.1 Wednesday, Ravi stated The people knows KCR’s with PHCs in Telangana which was seen on Tuesday, went missing. We doubt (NSS): Finding fault with Jaipal Reddy’s efforts in Deeksha and how KCR Hyderabad Mar 1 : In to be the healthcare capital the security could have buried the head,” said Jilla- the TRS leaders for criti- creating Telangana state faced the ire of his Deek- order to provide impetus of India and yet access is an palli Ravi, founder of Wild Lens, a wildlife protection cizing former Union Min- were unforgettable. Jaipal sha, he said and asked to primary healthcare cen- issue. The convergence of group based on the university campus, adding that ister S Jaipal Reddy, TPCC Reddy played a key role by TRS leaders whether they tres (PHCs) in Telangana, technology with health ex- poachers might have killed the animal and consumed vice-president Mallu Ravi coordinating with the Op- prove that KCR’s Deeksha Hyderabad-based digital perts is the need of the hour it. With several water bodies in their regular habitats said that it was not proper position parties’ members was not a fake one. He also healthcare startup Celes and that is where Celes Care going dry due to summer, many animals . to TRS leaders to criticize in Parliament during the asked TRS leaders wheth- Care is looking at partner- is heading towards. With Jaipal Reddy forgetting passage of Telangana Bill. er they forgot the fact that ing with about 10 PHCs in the pilot in Sircilla, they will the fact that he was a ‘best The separate Telangana KCR met S Jaipal Reddy Sircilla district of the State. be able to treat the poor- startup also aims to get into parliamentarian’. was a reality not because immediately after the pas- The startup is looking at est of the poor through use wearable devices wherein ADVERTISEMENTS INVITED Speaking to the media of TRS chief K Chan- sage of Telangana bill in starting the pilot project in of technology. Once they the patient can check do ba- at Gandhi Bhavan here on drasekhar Rao’s Deeksha. the Parliament. the next three months and complete the pilot we hope sic heart, BP, diabetic tests hopes to get the technology to take it up in all districts at home. The same wear- To Advertise in in operations in the next six of Telangana as well.” The able device technology, ac- months. As part of the part- startup is looking at starting cording to Bathina, will be nership, Celes will employ a the pilot project in the next replicated in the PHCs going INDIAN HORIZON nurse or a medical profes- three months and hopes to forward. The startup that sional in the PHC who will get the technology in opera- currently has 7,000 patients English Daily in turn help the patients in tions in the next six months. on-board and 15 doctors accessing their digital ser- Celes Care connects wom- on roll is looking to set up at concessional rates. vices in these 10 PHCs. “The en patients with women its own research and devel- Pleasing display, project will be on a pilot ba- doctors through use of tele- opment unit in Hyderabad Wider reach sis and going ahead we plan health has recently raised and is in talks with the State to replicate it other districts about Rs 10 crore in pre government to acquire one Please contact: of Telangana as well,” said Series-A funding from Ven- acre land in Budvel, Rajen- Raghu Bathina, CEO, Celes tureast, Endiya Partners and dranagar. Going ahead, the 040-66616611, 66839818, Care. Speaking about the Shantha Biotech Founder Dr healthcare startup looks to or Email: [email protected], partnership, Telangana IT Varaprasad Reddy among get to about 50 doctors by Minister K T Rama Rao said, others. In addition to provid- end of this year and plans to [email protected], A thief who was involved in several theft cases in Karimnagar and Jagitial districts “Hyderabad is considered ing consultation services, the have 400 doctors. was arrested on Tuesday. The police recovered 28.5 tolas of gold from him. Indian Horizon Thursday, March 2, 2017 State 3 Holi Special Trains KCR appoints chairmen for KCR hikes VOAs’ between Ten corporations in Telangana Secunderabad and Patna Hyderabad, March.1: Corporation ; Syed Akbar considered Minorities as salary by ten times Hyderabad, March.1: In order to clear extra Chief Minister K. Chan- Hussain (Karimangar)- vote bank only, he alleged rush of passengers in view of Holi festival, SCR drashekhar Rao has nomi- Telangana State Minor- and said that the state TFP/Khaled Bin Hussain their problems will run two special trains between Secunderabad nated chairmen for ten ity Finance Corporation government was setting Hyderabad, March.1: Chief and assured that and Patna Accordingly, Train No. 02791 Secun- organisations, according Limited ; Bollam Sampath up Gurukula Schools in Minister K Chandrashekhar every VOA would derabad-Patna Special train will depart Secun- to a press release from the Kumar Gupta (Warangal) a big way across the state Rao has decided to hike the get a salary of Rs derabad at 08:35hrs on March 100 (Friday) and Chief Minister’s office here – Telangana State Handi- for Minority students. The salaries of Village Organiza- 5,000 per month. arrive Patna at 17:10 hrs on the next day. In the on Wednesday. Of the ten crafts Corporation Limited scheme like Shadi Mubarak tion Assistants (VOA). There The Village Com- return direction, Train No. 02792 Patna-Secun- nominations announced and Goundla Nagendar filled happiness in Minor- are 18,405 VOAs working mittees will pay derabad Special train will depart Patna at13:30 today, five were from the Goud (Vikarabad)- Telan- ity families. The Chief Min- in the State with salaries Rs 2,000 and the hrs on March 12 (Sunday) and arrive Secunder- minorities. gana State Education and ister was stepping forward ranging from Rs 500 to Rs government will abad at 20:30 hrs on the next day. Enroute, these Following are the Welfare Infrastructure De- aiming the development of 1,500 per month. They are pay Rs 3,000. He special trains will stop at Kazipet, Ramagundam, new chairmen: velopment Corporation. the Minorities, he said. paid salaries based on the said the govern- Mancherial, Balharshah, Nagpur, Itarsi, Jabalpur, Mir Inayath Ali Baqri (Hy- Suman hails CM for Making it clear that the respective Village organiza- ment would give Satna, Manikpur, Cheoki, Mughalsarai, Buxar, derabad)- Setwin ; Shaik giving priority to Minorities Chief Minister striving to tions, strength of members its share through SERP. Prepare consumer prod- Ara and Danapur stations in both the directions. Budan Baig (Khammam)- in chairmen posts strengthen the rural eco- and the financial condition. Supervisors should ensure ucts which are in demand Telangana State Industrial nomic system, Suman said The VOAs are upset that that the Village Organiza- such as Chilli and Turmeric AP Nandi Awards for Development Corporation that the state government there was no match be- tions pay Rs 2,000 as their powder, Papads, Khara ; Kondabala Koteswara Rao was going to allocate funds tween the kind of work they share to the VOA. Mixture and so on. We will 2012 & 2013: Eega gets (Khammam)-Telangana in a big way to assist the were doing and the salaries “The State government give the necessary training State Seeds Development handicrafts and caste based that are paid to them. They was taking all measures to to the DWCRA women and Best film award Corporation Limited ; Syed professions. The govern- wanted the government to strengthen the rural econo- extend all help. Study how Hyderabad, March.1 (NSS): Nandi Awards Abdul Aleem (Nizamabad ment was moving forward pay some salary along with my. As part of this, women women groups are working for 2012-13 were announced by the AP Gov- Urban)- NEDCAP ; Mo- for the SC, ST, BC and Mi- the amount paid by the vil- in the Self Help DWCRA in other States and coun- ernment. Senior actress Jayasudha Kapoor, hammed Yousuf Zahid Peddapally MP Balka norities development, he lage organizations. In the groups should also be tries like Bangladesh. We who heads the jury, announced the awards (Hyderabad)- Telangana Suman today said Chief said and praised KCR saying united AP State, VOAs had strengthened financially.will prepare a comprehen- today at Vijayawada. State Khadi & Village In- Minister K Chandrasekhar that the credit of providing represented their case to Women groups in the State sive plan and implement Rajamouli-directed ‘Eega’ won major dustries Board ; K. Viplav Rao has given top prior- reservations in nominated the government several are doing an excellent it”, the Chief Minister said. awards, including Best Film, Best Director, Kumar (Hyderabad)- ity to Minorities in the ap- posts goes to KCR only. The times but nobody respond- work. They have earned a Ministers T Harish Rao, Best Music Director (Sharing), Best Cinema- Telangana State Urban pointment of corporations government was taking up ed. good name. Besides sav- Jupally Krishna Rao, Gov- tography, Best VFX, etc. Second Best film Finance Infrastructure chairmen. Speaking to the the sheep and fisheries rear- Against this backdrop, ing money they should ernment’s Chief Advisor award went to ‘Minugurulu’ and third Best Development Corporation media at TRSLP here on ing in the state, he said re- the Chief Minister held a also start cottage indus- Rajiv Sharma, SERF CEO film awards to ‘Mithunam’. Trivikram, direc- Limited ; Thati Venkatesh- Wednesday, Suman re- minding that the Chief Min- special meeting with the tries. The DWCRA women Neetu Prasad, CMO Princi- tor of ‘Julayi’ won the Best popular film award. warlu, MLA (Bhadradri)- minded that KCR has given ister increased the salaries VOAs in Pragathi Bhavan should process the pro- pal Secretary S Narsing Rao Nandi Awards for 2012-13 were announced by Telangana State Tribal several posts to Minorities. of VRAs, Anganwadi Work- hereon Wednesday. He duce from the village to suit and others were present. the AP Government. Senior actress Jayasudha Co-Operative Finance The previous governments ers and VAOs salaries. gave a patient hearing to to the market demands. Kapoor, who heads the jury, announced the awards today at Vijayawada. Winners of 2012: Haj pilgrims to be Best Film – Eega ; Best Director - Rajamouli SS BJP raps KCR for (Eega) ; Best Actor - Nani (Yeto Vellipoyindi Manasu) ; Best Actress - Samantha (Yeto Vel- selected on March 18 lipoyindi Manasu) ; Second Best Film – Minu- Hyderabad, March 1: informed that the Telan- ry, altogether 17,564 Haj squandering public money gurulu ; Third Best Film – Mithunam ; Best The Qurrah (Draw of lots) gana State Haj Committee applications have been Hyderabad, March.1: ing mockery of electoral Home Viewing Film – Ishq ; Best Popular Film for selection of Haj pil- received a total of 20,601 received this year. He fur- BJP spokesperson Krishna promises they have made providing wholesome entertainment – Julayi grims of Haj 2017 from Haj Applications which in- ther said that all the appli- Saagar Rao has criticized to the people of Telangana, ; Best Supporting Actor - Ajay (Ishq) ; Best Telangana State would clude 743 applications un- cants under reserved cat- Chief Minister K Chan- the BJP leader said. Krishna Villain - Sudeep (Eega) ; Best Debut Director be held on March 18, an- der Reserve Category ‘A’ egories would be selected drasekhar Rao for spend- Saagar Rao said the KCR - Ayodhya Kumar (Minugurulu) ; Best Story nounced Telangana State (70 + years) and 2294 Haj without Qurrah. The Haj ing over Rs 100 crores on government was setting a writer - Ayodhya Kumar (Minugurulu) Best Haj Committee Special applications under Re- Committee has already the construction of MLA bad precedent in the entire Screenplay writer - Rajamouli (Eega) ; Best Officer Prof. S. A. Shukoor served category ‘B’ fourth collected their passports camp offices across the country by splurging pub- Dialogue writer - Tanikella Bharani (Mithu- on Wednesday. Shukoor timers. In General catego- for processing. State. “The BJP considers it lic money indiscriminately nam) ; Best Cinematographer - Senthil Kumar as criminal waste of public fulfill the poll promises outside the framework of (Eega) ; Best Music Director - Keeravani (Eega) money”, he added. made in its election mani- public good and violating & Ilayaraja (Yeto Vellipoyindi Manasu) ; Best Construction of In a media statement festo on giving poor people the regulations of the Con- Editor - Kotagivi Venkateswara Rao (Eega) and here on Wednesday, Krish- a double bed room house stitution time and again. Best VFX – Eega na Saagar Rao said the TRS so far, but the Chief Min- While the 50% of the third 2013 Winners: Best Film – Mirchi ; Best Di- double bedroom houses government has been total- ister built a second official installment for farmers rector - Daya Kodavaganti (Alias Janaki) ; Best ly disregarding accountabil- home for himself at a cost of loan waiver was still due Actor - Prabhas (Mirchi) ; Best Actress - Anjali speeded up: KTR ity in spending tax payers Rs 100 crore and also build- for over one year, the TRS Patil (Naa Bangaru Thalli) ; money for personal com- ing second homes for the government was showcas- Second Best Film - Naa Bangaru Thalli ; Hyderabad, March.1: pucca houses. The Chief bed room houses scheme forts of MLAs and satiating MLAs across the State with ing its cruel apathy towards Third Best Film - Uyyala Jampala ; Stating that the State Minister supervised the would help make the city their luxuries in the name another Rs 100 crores. The the poor and needy by its Best Home Viewing Film – SVSC ; Best government would scheme directly, he said slum-free. He said the administrative infrastruc- TRS would certainly pay a wasteful expenditure of Popular Film providing wholesome entertain- speed up construction of and reiterated that one cement companies have ture. “The TRS Government heavy price for squander- public money on luxuries ment - Attharintiki Daredi ; Best Supporting double bedroom hous- lakh houses will be con- come forward to provide has not moved an inch to ing public money and mak- for MLAs, he added. He Actor - Prakash Raj (SVSC) ; Best Supporting es, IT Minister KT Rama structed in Hyderabad as cement at a lesser price Actress - Nadiya (AD) ; Best Villain - Sampat Rao has said the State announced earlier. and the government has Raj (Mirchi) ; Best Debut Director - Koratala government will see KTR said the State gov- already discussed the Siva (Mirchi) ; Best Story writer - Indraganti that the program would ernment has prepared issue with the cement FIR against Jagan for Mohanakrishna (Anthakumundu Aatarvatha) stand as a role model to plans to take up projects companies and the gov- ; Best Screenplay writer - Merlapaka Gandhi the entire nation. in regard to infrastructure ernment has decided to misbehaving with Andhra official (Venkatadri Express) ; Best Dialogue writer KTR held a review inHyderabad. He said the provide sand free of cost, Vijayawada, March 1 and threatened to send - Trivikram Sreenivas (AD) ; Best Cinematog- meeting on the imple- government will strive he said. (IANS) An FIR was regis- him to jail. rapher - Muralimohan Reddy (Kamalato Naa mentation of the DBR to complete skyways in The State government tered against YSR Con- He alleged that a ficti- Prayanam) ; Best Music Director - Devisri housing scheme in the the next two years. The would construct double gress Party President Y. tious report was prepared Prasad (AD) ; Best Editor - Praveen Pudi (Kaa- municipal areas, espe- State government was bed room houses in a S. Jaganmohan Reddy on without conducting au- licharan) ; Best Art director - AS Prakash. cially in Hyderabad City, taking the double bed- big way at one place to Wednesday for misbehav- topsy on the body of the at the Secretariat here on room houses scheme provide education, medi- ing with a government of- driver of the bus, which Experts pitch for Wednesday. Municipal as its social responsibil- cal and other needed so- ficial and preventing him fell off the bridge into a Administration secretary ity, he said. He urged the cial infrastructure to the from discharging his du- canal near Mulapadu, kill- policy on rare diseases Navin Mittal, other offi- construction companies people live in double bed ties, Andhra Pradesh Po- ing 11 people and injuring Hyderabad: Senior physicians and members cials and representatives to participate in the con- room houses. Making it lice said. tried to snatch autopsy over 30. The bus belonged of Indian Organisation for Rare Diseases (IORD) of construction compa- struction of double bed- clear that there was no The police in Nandiga- report from a doctor. He to Diwakar Travels owned on Tuesday urged the State government and the nies attended the meet- room houses as a social trouble in paying bills, ma near here booked the came to hospital to meet by TDP MP J. C. Diwakar Centre to come out with a policy and framework ing. Speaking on occa- responsibility. KTR said the government case on a complaint by those injured in a bus ac- Reddy and the driver was to address rare diseases in the country. Doctors sion, the Minister said The Minister for Mu- has identified 600 acres of the development commit- cident. The YSRCP leader allegedly drowsy. Jagan said that the combined economic and social bur- Telangana State stood as nicipal Administration land for construction of tee of a government-run got into an argument with alleged the government den of rare diseases was unimaginable as it was a role model in the na- & Urban Development double bed room houses area hospital. The Leader collector Ahmed Babu and was trying to save Diwakar estimated that six percent to eight percent were tion for construction of opined that the double on the city outskirts. of opposition on Tuesday accused him of corruption Travels. with rare diseases in the 1.2 billion. Students face problem as college doesn’t pay exam fee Tirumala, Feb.28 (NSS): With the Rs.300 Spe- and ATC circle, Divya Darshanam Complex, cial Entry Darshan and Divya Darshan com- Kalyanakatta(Main), shoe counters, VQC area plexes yielding positive results from respective and verified the amenities being provided pilgrims, TTD EO Dr D Sambasiva Rao along to pilgrims. Later speaking to media he said, with Chief Engineer Sri Chandra Sekhar Reddy the pilgrims are expressing their satisfaction inspected the site suitable for the construction with deposit and collection luggage counters of similar complex for Sarva Dashan pilgrims. As in single points. We urge them to bring their the summer season is fast approaching, the TTD own lock and key to keep their baggage se- EO Dr D Sambasiva Rao has instructed all the cure. departments especially the engineering depart- The PAC IV is effectively providing all sort of ment to complete all the pending works of the amenities to the pilgrims and it will be publi- convenience of the pilgrims. cised in a better way”, he maintained. Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao at a review meeting with Village Organisation Assistants After review meeting, the EO inspected SE II Ramachandra Reddy, VGO Smt Sada (VOA) at Pragati Bhavan on Wednesday. PAC IV, Information counters at Ragimanu Lakshmi and others were also present. Indian Horizon Thursday, March 2, 2017 South 4

Eicher Motors logs 19% Opposition demands Kerala Food Probe past of Kerala actress kidnapper, volume growth Minister’s resignation over rice price Chennai, March 1 (IANS) Two-wheeler maker Eicher Motors Thiruvananthapuram, state got from the Centre till 14 lakh tonnes of rice from demands Congress MLA Ltd. on Wednesday said it closed last month with 19 per cent March 1 (IANS) The opposi- September 2016. the Centre and while Oomen Thiruvananthapuram, incident too and also about sales growth. In a statement, the company said it sold a total tion in the Kerala assembly Ummer said that last year Chandy held the Chief Min- March 1 (IANS) Giving a twist the close associates of Sunil,” of 58,439 units last month, up from 49,156 units sold in corre- on Wednesday demanded the price was 30 per cent low- ister’s office, he also got an to the kidnap case of a popu- Thomas said while address- sponding month of 2016. The company sold a total of 606,377 Food Minister P. Thilotha- er as compared to now. additional allocation of 2.25 lar Kerala actress, Congress ing media persons in the units during April 2016-February 2017 as against 456,834 units man’s resignation over an Reminding the Left Front lakh tonnes. The price of legislator P.T. Thomas on Kerala Legislative assembly sold during the corresponding period of the previous year. unprecedented spike in pric- government of its poll prom- branded rice usually stood Wednesday said he had asked premises here. es of branded rice in the state. ise that it will maintain the in the range of Rs 28 to Rs 35 Chief Minister Pinarayi Vi- “I will wait for a while and Nissan, Ford log higher The Congress-led opposition prices of essential goods, during the Chandy rule. jayan to probe the past of the if there is no progress to my went hammer and tongs af- Ummer said: “Your habit of Chief Minister Vijayan ac- prime accused Pulsar Sunil. demands, I will be forced to sales in February ter the Minister as the price blaming us for every ill, is not cepted that he failed to get Thomas on Wednesday said reveal more,” he added. of rice, the state’s staple food, going to work.” He said the the additional allocation af- he has received strong lead of All the six accused in the Chennai, March 1 (IANS) Car companies Nissan Motor India touched Rs 50 per kg. The state’s failure to get the added ter September following the Sunil possessing a duplicate case who had a direct in- and Ford India on Wednesday said they closed last month’s parties demanded Thilotha- allocation from the Centre Centre’s firm decision to go passport and that he is alleged volvement have been ar- sales book with higher sales. In a statement, Nissan Motor In- man’s resignation from the resulted in a huge shortage, ahead with the National Food to have played a role in illegal rested, but police probe team dia said it sold 4,807 units in the domestic market last month Council of Ministers for his which, in its turn, helped the Security Act implementation. trafficking of people from Ko- have not been able to recover against 3,850 units sold the same month a year ago. “Our abject failure to control the open market traders to hike Added to that came a strike by chi airport to the Middle East. the mobile phone with which strong sales performance in February maintains the Nissan inflation. the price. “Now you say you a section of Food Corporation “I have asked in my let- Sunil has taken pictures of Group’s position as the second-fastest growing car brand in Seeking to move an ad- will bring additional rice from of India (FCI) who demanded ter to Vijayan that he should the actress during the two- India so far this fiscal year,” Managing Director Arun Malhotra journment motion, senior Bengal, but with (Chief Min- a salary hike, Vijayan said. He order a detailed probe into hour drive on February 17 in was quoted as saying. On its part, Ford India said it sold a to- Indian Union Muslim League ister) Mamata Banerjee there, said his government had on past deeds of Sunil. In reply Kochi.The police, who have tal of 24,026 units last month up from 17,306 units sold in the (IUML) legislator M. Ummer she is not going to allow it,” several occasions appraised to my speech in the assem- the custody of all the six un- corresponding month last year. “The industry is seeing some said that the main reason for Ummer said. the Centre of the rice short- bly on this issue on Monday, til Friday, have been able to green shoots, recovering from the impact of demonetisation. the price rise was the failure He asked the Vijayan gov- age in the state. “I met Prime he (Vijayan) said that when get evidence of a few places Ford continues to grow faster than the industry, which bears of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vi- ernment to not waste any Minister Narendra Modi the Congress ruled the state, where Sunil had visited af- testimony to our three-pronged strategy of product led trans- jayan’s government to get an time and start looking for rice and others, insisting that we a kidnap of an actress took ter the crime, but the phone formation, busting the myth of cost of service and enhancing additional allocation of 2.25 from elsewhere. should be allowed the addi- place, but no action was tak- could prove to be the crucial dealership experience,” Anurag Mehrotra, Executive Director, lakh tonnes of rice, which the Over the years Kerala got tional allocation.” en. I want him to probe that evidence. Marketing, Sales & Service, Ford India was quoted as saying in the statement. have also called a meeting of Tamil Nadu traders’ boycott restaurant and hotel owners TN government will not .Hyundai Motor logs 6 per to discuss the cola boycott is- permit hydrocarbon project of cola kicks in sue,” Raja added. The traders cent sales growth said they were partly spurred in Pudukottai Chennai, March 1 (IANS) nearly 70 per cent of our mem- by the mass mobilisation that issued any licence to com- Chennai, March 1 (IANS) India’s second largest car maker Despite the attractive incen- bers have not ordered for fresh helped youths in Tamil Nadu mercially extract the natu- Hyundai Motor India Ltd on Wednesday said it sold 52,734 units tives offered by multi-national stocks and whatever is being to force the authorities to bow ral gas at Neduvasal. last month, logging a 6 per cent volume growth. In a statement, cola companies, nearly 70 sold are old stocks,” A. M. Vi- to them over Jallikattu, the Farmers in the Neduva- the company said it sold 52,734 units (domestic 42,327 units, per cent of members of Tamil krama Raja, President, Tamil traditional bull-taming sport sal village in Pudukot- exports 10,407) last month as against 49,729 units (domestic Nadu Vanigar Sangangalin Nadu Vanigar Sangangalin that was banned under direc- tai district are protesting 40,716 units, exports 9,013) sold in February 2016. Peramaippu have stopped Peramaippu (TNVSP), told tions from the Supreme Court. Chennai, March 1 against the natural gas selling Coca Cola and Pepsi IANS. The TNVSP is an um- Meanwhile, Indian Beverage (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief extraction project as it brands, a top leader of the brella organisation of around Association (IBA), an indus- Minister K. Palaniswami would affect their liveli- Coimbatore: Youth kills trader’s organisation said. 6,000 traders’ associations try lobby, has expressed dis- on Wednesday said the hood as they feared it will The traders association in with membership of around appointment over the call to state government will not dry up the ground water friend in drunken brawl January called upon its mem- 15 lakh across the state. boycott products manufac- give permission for hy- source besides pollut- bers to boycott the two foreign “We are selling old stocks as tured by Coca Cola and Pep- drocarbon or natural gas ing the soil. Pudukottai is Coimbatore: March 1 (IANS) A 25-year old man allegedly mur- cola brands and urged them to the companies are not taking siCo India. “The boycott call exploration in Neduva- around 390 km from here. dered his friend following a drunken brawl in his house in Coim- promote fresh juice and drinks back the bottles,” a shopkeep- also violates the rights of con- sal village. Palaniswami The Chief Minister had in batore, police said on Wednesday. Manoj allegedly hit his friend, a made by Indian companies. er told IANS. sumer to exercise choice,” the gave the assurance to a a memorandum, submit- 33-year old construction worker, with a grinder stone in his house “The shopkeepers are being According to Raja, a meet- IBA said. “We also have free- group of people protest- ted to Prime Minister Na- on Tuesday night, killing him, police said adding he was arrested offered three or five crates free ing of domestic cold drink dom to stock the kind of prod- ing against the hydrocar- rendra Modi, requested this morning. The murder came to light when police on routine for every 10 crates of foreign makers has been called to ucts we want to sell,” a trader bon project. He said the the central government to patrol questioned Manoj after spotting him pushing his motorcy- colas bought. Nevertheless, increase their supplies. “We told IANS. state government has not stop the project. cle in a suspicious manner around 2 am. Police recovered the body of the friend, registered a case and arrested Manoj.” 2004 school fire TN woman gets double life Petition filed in Madras HC against govt tragedy: Madras HC imprisonment for killing memorial for Jayalalithaa issues notice to TN govt building a Jayalalithaa memorial rected that it be tagged with similar minor sons at her burial site near the Marina petitions demanding removal of Erode: March 1 (IANS) A 27-year-old woman has been on contempt plea Beach in Chennai or elsewhere. Jayalalithaa’s portraits from gov- sentenced to double life imprisonment by a court here Petitioner Thanthai Periyar ernment offices in view of the apex for murdering her two sons in 2015 to marry a man with Chennai: March 1 (IANS) The Madras High Dravidar Kazhgaam (TPDK) op- court verdict. whom she was involved in an illicit relationship. First Court on Wednesday issued notice to the posed construction of a memorial The bench posted the matter for Additional Sessions Judge Benjamin Joseph awarded the Tamil Nadu government for its “failure” to for Jayalalithaa by the government further hearing on March 20, when sentence to Ranjitha and also her mother Sivagami for pay compensation to the victims of the 2004 on the ground that she was the the related PILs would also come helping the convict kill the children, aged two and five, Kumbakonam school fire tragedy as ordered prime accused in the dispropor- up. The court had on February 27 by giving poison. The double life term, for two counts by the court. The notice was issued on a con- tionate wealth case in which Su- directed the state government to of murders, would run concurrently, the judge said in his tempt petition filed against the government preme Court recently convicted spell out its stand on the batch of order on Tuesday. According to the prosecution case, by the families of the victims of the mishap. three co-accused. PILs seeking removal of the por- the woman from Bhavani was involved in an illicit rela- A bench of Acting Chief Justice Huluvadi G Chennai:March 1 (IANS) A peti- When the petition came up for traits of Jayalalithaa from govern- tionship with a lorry driver. When her husband, who was Ramesh and Justice R Mahadevan issued tion has been filed in the Madras hearing, a bench comprising Act- ment offices and schemes on the employed in Chennai, found out about the affair, she left notices to the Chief Secretary and the Sec- High Court seeking to prevent ing Chief Justice Huluvadi G Ra- ground that she had been ‘convict- him and started living with her mother and her sons. retary, School Education Department, and the Tamil Nadu government from mesh and Justice R Mahadevan di- ed’ in the wealth case. She decided to marry the lorry driver and do away with adjourned the hearing in the matter till next her two sons. On August 5, 2015, Ranjitha with the help week. As many as 94 children and a teacher of her mother gave poison-laced food to her two sons. were charred to death and 16 others seriously Karnataka: No fodder, farmers sell injured when a devastating fire swept through Three-year-old injured as the Sri Krishna School and Saraswathi Nursery School complex in Kumbakonam on July 16, cattle dirt cheap part of ceiling falls apart 2004. The state government had announced a Hubballi: March 1 (IANS) Sixty- ing states. “Every farmer who has compensation of Rs 50,000 each for the fami- five year old farmer Maruteppa two cattle, needs at least two quin- CHENNAI: March 1 (IANS) A three-year-old girl was lies of the victims, who had filed petitions in Laddiyavar of Amaragol village tals of fodder to feed them every injured after a portion of a concrete slab from the ceil- the High Court challenging the amount. The waited all day at the Dharwad cattle week. The fodder banks set up by ing broke, fell and hit her in Valleeshwaran Thottam near High Court, in 2014, had set up an inquiry market on Tuesday for a good price the government cannot meet this Mylapore on Tuesday morning. Police identified the girl commission to look into the matter. The com- for his two prize winning bulls. He requirement. With lakes too drying as G Hepziba, a resident of Velachery. She had gone to mission, last year, awarded a relief of Rs 5 lakh was selling them with a heavy heart up, there’s no water for the cattle visit her grandmother, whose house is in the slum clear- each to the families of the victims. The gov- as they had won him prizes at sev- either, forcing us to sell them at a ance board quarters in Mylapo re, with her father Ganesh ernment had informed the court on October eral bull racing competitions. But owing to the poor monsoon, sev- throwaway price. We hardly get and mother Uma Maheshwari on Monday . She was walk- 18, 2016 that the compensation amount, as lack of fodder and acute shortage eral taluks of North Karnataka are four to five pots of drinking water ing near the building at Mylapore when a portion of the determined by the Commission of Inquiry, of drinking water in his village had facing a severe shortage of fodder. every day from the tankers sent by concrete on the roof fell on her. “She screamed for help will be paid once the beneficiaries provided left him with no choice. Although the district administra- the district administration,” said and neighbours took her to a private hospital in Myl- their respective bank account details through As the day progressed his hopes tion has set up fodder banks, they farmer Jagadish Pujar of Yaraguppi apore,” a police officer said. “Doctors who treated her their counsel. Following this, the court had began to sink as both agents and have failed to meet the require- village in Kundagol taluk. said her health condition is stable.” The child was dis- ordered that the matter be settled within four butchers offered him a much lower ments of farmers, who are worried Dharwad deputy director of charged in the afternoon. The Mylapore police have reg- weeks of receiving the account details. In the price for the two bulls than he had their troubles will only worsen in animal husbandry, Manjunath istered a case. She was walking near the building at Myl- contempt plea, the Kumbakonam School Fire anticipated. Giving in, he finally summer. Palegar, when contacted, said that apore when a portion of the concrete on the roof fell on Tragedy Victims’ Association submitted that sold them for a throwaway price, Stalked by middlemen ready to the administration had already her. “She screamed for help and neighbours took her to a all the beneficiaries had furnished their bank becoming yet another sorry vic- take advantage of their distress, opened 14 fodder banks in the private hospital in Mylapore,” a police officer said. “Doc- account details by October 27, 2016 and as per tim of the drought . With farmersi they sell their cattle cheap. The district and 25 more fodder banks tors who treated her said her health condition is stable.” the court order, the government ought to have steering clear of jowar and wheat middlemen later end up making a would be opened within the next The child was discharged in the afternoon. The Mylapore paid the compensation on or before Novem- during both the kharif and rabi hefty profit by selling the cattle for few days depending on the de- police have registered a case. ber 27, 2016, but it had not been paid. seasons for two consecutive years a much higher price in neighbour- mand from farmers. Indian Horizon Thursday, March 2, 2017 Nation 5

Short Takes Modi-Akhilesh hand in Himachal assembly session glove against begins; Budget presentation Madhya Pradesh govern- Muslims: Owaisi on March 10 ment will pay fees of merito- Shimla, March 1 (IANS) The Budget Class X and 10+2 under the Rajiv Gandhi jwadi Party President Mulayam session of the Himachal Pradesh as- Digital Student Yojana in the last fiscal.” rious students Singh Yadav in which he had sembly began here on Wednesday with He said drinking water was provided publicly said that his son and Governor Acharya Devvrat delivering his in 99.88 per cent of the government Bhopal, March 1 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh govern- Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav customary speech to praise the Congress schools while 99.79 per cent schools had ment will launch a scheme for providing financial assis- was anti-Muslim, Owaisi said government for its work in the educa- separate toilets for girls. tance to meritorious students going for higher studies that “people have to decide tion, health and social sectors. He said the state, which was declared from the next financial year, according to the annual bud- whom to believe when a father Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh will open defecation-free on October 28 last get presented in the state legislature on Wednesday. has said so about his own son”. present the 2017-18 Budget on March 10 year, had shown better health indicators Presenting the budget for the financial year 2017- Gorakhpur, March 1 (IANS) He further pointed out how during the session, which will have a to- -- birth rate had dipped to 16.4 compared 18, Finance Minister Jayant Malaiya gave details of the AIMIM President Asaduddin though his party has just seven tal of 21 sittings and conclude on April 7. with 21 at the national level while infant “Mukhyamantri Medhavi Vidyarthi Yojana”, which is pro- Owaisi on Wednesday claimed legislators in Telangana, he has It will be Virbhadra Singh’s 20th mortality rate was 28 as against 42 at the posed to come into effect from April this year. Prime Minister Narendra Modi ensured that the state govern- Budget presentation since 1983 when national level. The fertility rate was 1.7 He said that under the scheme, the government will pay and Uttar Pradesh Chief Min- ment opened 70 residential he became the Chief Minister for the compared with 2.3 at the national level. fees of the students getting admission in prestigious in- ister Akhilesh Yadav were hand schools for Muslims to study. first time. For promoting horticulture, the World stitutions after scoring a minimum of 85 per cent marks in glove with each other against “Over 12,000 students are en- In his over one-hour address in Hindi Bank had approved Project Implemen- in Class XII. “A separate corpus of Rs 1,000 crore will be the Muslims. rolled here and food, uniforms language to the house, the Governor said tation Plan of Rs 1,134 crore under the created for the purpose, and for now, Rs 500 crore has al- Addressing an election rally and other facilities were avail- the government had accorded top prior- Himachal Pradesh Horticulture Devel- located under the head,” Malaiya said. in Masasi in Pathardeva in fa- able free of cost,” he said while ity to the education sector, with the result opment Project. About 36,000 farmers vour of his party candidate, exhorting the people to vote that the number of educational institu- have already adopted organic farming, he termed Akhilesh Yadav “an for AIMIM candidates who are tions in Himachal for providing quality the Governor said. anti-Muslim leader”. Referring in the fray in 40 assembly con- education had seen a quantum jump. Tourists visiting the hill state had gone Bhopal school director held to a statement of former Sama- stituencies. During 2016-17, he said, the govern- up to 184.50 lakh last year, an increase ment upgraded 154 middle and 109 high of 5.24 per cent over the preceding year. for sexual abuse of minor schools. Besides, 17 new degree colleges The government is providing incentive were opened in the hill state. of 15 per cent on capital investment sub- Bhopal, March 1 (IANS) Ashutosh Pratap Singh, direc- Trinamool to field former Bengal “As many as 10,000 laptops were dis- sidy on tourism units subject to a maxi- tor of a local private school, was arrested on Tuesday tributed among meritorious students of mum ceiling of Rs 50 lakh. night on the charge of sexual abuse of a three-year-old Power Minister for Rajya Sabha girl, police said on Wednesday. In this connection, a Police Station Incharge, Gaurav Kolkata, March 1 (IANS) West to power. Gupta joined new Singh Bundela, was also sent to police lines for derelic- Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Con- Chief Minister Mamata Baner- BJP disrupts Bihar assembly tion of duty. gress on Wednesday nominated jee’s cabinet as Power Minis- Confirming the arrest, SP (Bhopal South) Siddharth former state Power Minister ter, but lost the election from Bahuguna told IANS that the accused director was ar- Manish Gupta as its candidate the same seat in last year’s as- over insult to Modi rested late on Tuesday night. for only vacant Rajya Sabha seat sembly polls. Patna, March 1 (IANS) Angry over Bihar test in and outside the assembly over the According to police, the family members of the mi- in the state up for the March 17 However, Banerjee has ap- Excise and Prohibition Minister Abdul public abuse of Modi. nor had accused the director of the school -- located in election. pointed him as an Advisor to Jalil Mastan’s reported video clip asking “We will not allow the government to Giridhar compund of Kolar area -- of sexually abusing “We have unanimously de- the Chief Minister on power people to beat Prime Minister Narendra run the assembly unless the Chief Minis- the three-year-old. cided to nominate our ex Power and non-conventional energy Modi’s photograph with shoes, the BJP ter sacked Mastan,” Prem Kumar said. He Police had registered a case in this regard on Sunday, Minister Manish Gupta for the sources in the rank of a cabinet members on Wednesday disrupted the also demanded an apology. but Singh was not immediately arrested. The family of only seat available from this minister. However, Banerjee proceeding in the state assembly. As the BJP leaders staged protest out- the victim alleged that the arrest was delayed as Bundela state in the upcoming Rajya has appointed him as an Ad- The Bharatiya Janata Party legislators side the house, party legislator Nitin and Singh were friends. Sabha election,” Trinamool visor to the Chief Minister on also threatened not to allow the Nitish Navin said that Mastan, from the minor- Secretary General Partha Chat- power and non-conventional Kumar-led Grand Alliance government to ity community, had abused Modi to hu- terjee told reporters here af- energy sources in the rank of a proceed with the ongoing budget session miliate the majority Hindu community in Sri Lanka suspends ter the party’s core committee cabinet minister. unless the Chief Minister sacked Mastan. the country. meeting here. Chatterjee also announced The Excise Minister’s video on Febru- “Mastan must go, BJP will not accept court proceedings after The seat became empty af- that former Minister of State ary 22, that was telecast on a Hindi news anything less than his removal from the ter actor-turned Trinamool MP for Health Chandrima Bhat- channel, also condemned the Centre’s state cabinet,” Navin said. weapons found Mithun Chakraborty resigned tacharya will be the party can- November 8, 2016, demonetisation move. Some BJP legislators went to the extent from the Rajya Sabha last De- didate for the coming by-polls The video went viral on the social media. of calling Mastan a “Bangladeshi” and Colombo, March 1 (IANS) Sri Lankan police on cember citing health reasons. to the Kanthi Dakshin seat. The The opposition BJP legislators started an “anti-national”, who was involved in Wednesday temporarily suspended the sittings in a Gupta, a former state Chief seat has fallen vacant after the protesting and shouting slogans, disrupt- “petty politics for vote”. court here after a fully loaded pistol and revolver were Secretary, emerged as a giant- sitting legislator Dibyendu Ad- ing the house, the moment the proceed- In the video, Mastan was seen address- found inside the court premises. killer by humbling then Chief hikari was elected to Lok Sabha ings began. ing a crowd in Purnea district’s Amour The weapons were found during a routine search op- Minister Buddhadeb Bhat- from the Tamluk seat in a by- This forced Speaker Vijay Kumar assembly conastituency, saying that it eration conducted after a fatal shooting incident near tacharjee from Jadavpur con- poll last year. Choudhary to adjourn the house till 12 was Modi who had promised to face pun- the Kalutara Court Complex recently, Xinhua news stituency in the 2011 assembly Bhattacharya had lost from p.m. Leader of Opposition Prem Kumar ishment if he failed to end people’s woes agency reported. According to police, the weapons may polls that ended the Left Front Dum Dum (North) seat in last told the media here that the BJP will pro- within 50 days. have been bought into the court to carry out an attack. rule and brought Trinamool year’s assembly polls. Security has been tightened in the area and all those inside the courts were being searched. Seven people, including a criminal underworld lead- Akhilesh Yadav’s development After DSGMC poll victory, SAD er, were killed when an unidentified group opened fire on a prison bus near the court on Monday. talk a sham: Manoj Sinha says Congress, AAP rejected

Varanasi, March 1 (IANS) Min- li and Amethi,” he said, adding Chandigarh, March 1 (IANS) Hailing and appreciated its work. DSGMC MP announces Deendayal ister of State for Railways Manoj Prime Minister Narendra Modi the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) victory President Manjit Singh GK and senior Sinha on Wednesday accused the had “special affection” for eastern in DSGMC elections, party President leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa were Rasoi Yojna for poor Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Uttar Pradesh, also called ‘Poor- Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday said among the winners. Party (SP) government of doing no vanchal’. it was proof of “complete rejection” of Shiromani Akali Dal (Delhi) President development on the ground. “In last three years of budget, AAP and Congress by the Sikh commu- Paramjit Singh Sarna, supported by the Bhopal, March 1 (IANS) In order to provide food at In Varanasi, the Union Minis- railway projects worth Rs 36,000 nity. Voting for the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Congress, was among the prominent subsided rate to the poor in urban areas, Finance Min- ter told reporters that the BJP has crore were undertaken, which in- Management Committee (DSGMC) was losers. He lost to Sirsa for the Punjabi ister Jayant Malaiya announced ‘Deendayal Rasoi Yo- achieved majority after phase 5 of cluded doubling and electrifica- held on February 26. Bagh seat. jna’ while presenting Madhya Pradesh’s Budget for the state assembly elections in an tion of rail lines, railway projects SAD candidates won 27 of the 33 “The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) tried 2017-2018 here on Wednesday. “unprecedented wave” in favour worth Rs 318.7 in Varanasi and seats, the results of which were declared its best to prop up its own organisation He said a sum of Rs 10 crore will be allocated for creat- of the party and went on to claim many more,” Sinha said. till evening. There are 46 seats in the and formed the Panthic Sewa Dal to put ing necessary infrastructure to implement the scheme. that the wave had now turned into He added that gauge conversion DSGMC. up candidates. They even levelled alle- The minister said: “Year 2017, the birth centenary year a “Tsunami”. projects were in progress through- In a statement here, Badal, also the gations against the SAD. However, the of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya, is being celebrated as “During successive Congress out the country and that all nar- Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab, said results show that the Delhi Sikh elector- ‘Garib Kalyan Varsh’. To mark the year, ‘Deendayal Ra- regimes, development of Uttar row and meter gauge lines will be these elections proved that the Sikh ate is completely disillusioned with the soi Yojna’ is being launched in selected urban areas.” Pradesh was limited to Rae Bare- converted into broad gauge. community in Delhi was with the SAD AAP and its performance,” Badal said. AYUSH hospital to come up in each Uproarious scenes in Odisha district of country: Minister Agartala, March 1 (IANS) per cent would be borne by has been received yet by the assembly on farmers’ suicides The Central government has the state government con- AYUSH department under Bhubaneswar, March 1 government’s “apathetic and of small denomination currency. adjourned on Tuesday too as the decided to set up one AY- cerned,” he told reporters the Union Ministry of Health (IANS) The Odisha assembly lackadaisical attitude” for the “Both the Prime Minister and opposition demanded compen- USH (ayurveda, homeopathy, here. and Family Welfare,” said the witnessed uproarious scenes for deaths of farmers and distress the Chief Minister visited Bar- sation to farmers for crop loss unani, siddha and yoga and Naik, who came to Tripura minister who visited some the second consecutive day on sale of vegetables. “Farmers garh district in 2016 when farm- and distress sale. naturopathy) hospital in each on Tuesday on a three-day ayurveda hospitals in the state Wednesday as Congress mem- are growing vegetables in large ers’ deaths were reported, but Bharatiya Janata Party MLA district of the country, Union visit, said that Prime Minister and addressed several rallies bers raised the issues of suicides quantities but there is no mar- nothing special was announced Pradeep Purohit told media per- AYUSH Minister Sripad Naik Narendra Modi attaches spe- of Bharatiya Janata Party in by farmers and the distress sale ket to sell the produce. So they for farmers. Similar cases have sons that the ruling BJD and the said here on Wednesday. cial priority to the northeast- different parts of Tripura. of vegetables in the state. had to throw it on the streets. started occurring in 2017 too opposition Congress have en- “In the eight northeastern ern region and as part of this, He said that if the state gov- Speaker Niranjan Pujari ad- Besides, the government has but the state government re- tered into a clandestine alliance states the AYUSH hospitals the Union Health Ministry is ernment sends proposals to journed the house twice as it not provided cold storage facili- mains a silent spectator.” Soon and conspired to disrupt the would be set up in 90:10 per keen to set up AYUSH hospi- them for setting up of eight could not function properly due ties to them,” said Mishra. after, Congress legislators, led by house proceedings. Reacting cent funding ratio basis with tals in each district of all eight hospitals in the state’s eight to opposition protests. He also blamed the Novem- party Chief Whip Tara Prasad Ba- to a farmer’s suicide in Bargarh central government bear 90 states. districts, the central govern- During Zero Hour, Leader of ber 8 demonetisation for distress hinipati, rushed to the Speaker’s district, BJD MLA Sushant Singh per cent of the total project “No proposals to set up ment would clear the projects Opposition Narasingh Mishra sale of vegetables, saying there podium and raised anti-govern- said: “The incident took place in costs and the remaining 10 AYUSH hospitals in Tripura on a priority basis. blamed the Naveen Patnaik were no buyers due to shortage ment slogans. The House was my constituency. Indian Horizon 6 EDIT Thursday, March 2, 2017 Indian Horizon UP results likely to impact Congress thinking on alliances Sidhartha Dutta ing the remaining 298. Some Con- ing 300-odd seats? The workers will the Congress could offer outside gress leaders told IANS that con- go here and there. In Bihar too they support to the Shiv Sena to en- he Congress has much at testing all the 403 seats would have are fourth,” he said. The issue of able it to claim the mayor’s post stake in the outcome of better served the party’s interests. alliances has been a key debating in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Thursday, March 2, 2017 assembly elections in five “During the Kisan Yatra we could point in the Congress since it went Corporation after the elections to states, particularly Ut- see a revival of Congress. There through a rough patch in the mid- the 227-member house threw up Ttar Pradesh, where its decision to were ticket aspirants for almost ev- 1990s. a 84-82 verdict with the BJP claim- Muslims are required to regain abandon the original plan of con- ery seat in the state. But the alliance At a brainstorming session at ing the latter figure, but these were testing all seats is being viewed struck a blow to such hopes,” a se- Panchmari in Madhya Pradesh in quickly shot down. the correct concept of integrated with some scepticism even within nior leader, who did not want to be 1998, the party said it considered Political analysts said that going its own ranks. The results on March named, told IANS. “the present difficulties in forming into alliance in Uttar Pradesh was knowledge and also to respect 11 will decide if the Congress deci- He said the 26-day Kisan Yatra one-party governments a transient a logical option for the Congress. sion to ally with the Samajwadi (Farmers’ Rally), which culmi- phase” and pledged to restore itself Senior journalist and political com- Party and contest about a fourth of nated in Delhi last October with a to its primacy in national affairs. mentator Neerja Chowdhury said the integrity of nature 403 seats in Uttar Pradesh will set roadshow and rally of party Vice Coalitions, it said, will be consid- getting into winnable “alliances” It is a well known fact that Islamic Spain became the center of the stage for the party’s revival in President Rahul Gandhi, was the ered only when absolutely neces- was a workable strategy for the Con- the country’s most populous state right step in the party’s larger aim sary and on agreed programmes. gress. “When a party is weak, it has modern science and technological pursuits and gradually scien- or make its path more difficult. of returning to power on its own. However, there was an apparent to revive itself. Every party has used The Uttar Pradesh results are He said the party had already been change of stance at the brainstorm- alliances as a means towards revival. tific knowledge developed and was tested on the criteria of Islam- also likely to have a bearing on the relegated to the fourth position ing session in Jaipur in 2013. Jogi The BJP won only two seats in the ic ideology and was taught in the institutions of Islamic Spain. It party’s thinking on forging future in Bihar, which, along with Ut- said that the Congress at Jaipur ex- 1984 Lok Sabha elections. In 1989, it alliances. tar Pradesh, accounts for 120 Lok pressed its willingness to enter into supported V. P. Singh at the Centre. must also be added that Islamic Spain had drawn its scientific The Congress is hoping that the Sabha seats. “A party which used a coalition “wherever it is needed This decision had a major advan- results in Uttar Pradesh, Uttara- to be number one or number two to defeat the communal forces”. tage for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh and knowledge and technology, not only from their own resources, khand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa in almost all states, is now strug- “They are contesting 105 seats in helped it come to power in the state,” will end its electoral drought since gling to be number three or four Uttar Pradesh. What will happen Chowdhury said. Chowdhury said if but also from other countries like Greece, Egypt, China and India the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, when it party in those states,” he added. to the workers in the remaining Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance could manage only 44 seats in the Before its alliance in Uttar Pradesh, 300-odd seats? The workers will go can pull it off in Uttar Pradesh, the and this knowledge was evaluated on the criteria of Islamic ide- 545-member house, which has 543 the Congress had been critical of here and there. In Bihar too they Congress will be in power in the state ology, so that any inconsistency or any conflict was not allowed elected members. The party has the performance of the Samajwadi are fourth,” he said. The issue of after nearly three decades. She said not won a major state on its own Party. The Congress had coined the alliances has been a key debating election victories will change the to skip the learned scholars, who had developed the scientific since that debacle. Quite apart from slogan “Sataees saal, UP behaal. point in the Congress since it went mood in the Congress and answer losing Assam, Kerala, Maharash- (UP has been in abysmal state for through a rough patch in the mid- those seeking to write off the party. knowledge. This knowledge was accumulated, developed and tra and Rajasthan in the assembly the past 27 years) to remind the 1990s. The party has shown more Columnist and political commenta- elections, the reverses in local body people of its own rule in the 1980s flexibility on alliances since then. tor Ashok Malik said there was “no integrated by the Muslim scholars of Spain. This knowledge was elections in Maharashtra and Odi- and convey that the BJP, Bahu- Its informal pact with the Com- evidence of the Congress reviving available to the Muslims as well as to non-Muslims, who came sha have added to the challenges jan Samaj Party and Samajwadi munist Party of India-Marxist in itself in Uttar Pradesh” and, there- faced by the party. The Congress Party had failed to deliver. Former the 2016 West Bengal poll came as fore, an “alliance was the only al- to study in the Islamic Spanish institutions. It must be noted that entered into an alliance with the Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit a surprise to many. It had decided ternative” in its goal to stop the BJP Samajwadi Party led by Chief Min- Jogi, who has floated his own party to be a junior ally of the Janata Dal- from coming to power in the state. “I this knowledge was freely given to all the students, who were ister Akhilesh Yadav in an apparent -- Chhattisgarh Janata Congress United and the Rashtriya Janata don’t think there is any evidence of bid to stop its main electoral rival, (Jogi) -- after quitting the Congress, Dal in the 2014 elections to the Bi- Congress becoming strong in Uttar also provided with living expenses, while they were students. the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), said the “Congress party is getting har assembly. There is also some Pradesh by contesting on its own. If Most of the students that came from the surrounding European from coming to power in Uttar finished on its own”. speculation that the Congress may there was any evidence, then the al- Pradesh. It settled for 105 seats af- “They are contesting 105 seats go for an alliance in the Gujarat liance would not have happened,” countries, then went on to establish these institutions in their ter some hard bargaining with the in Uttar Pradesh. What will hap- assembly polls at the end of the Malik said. Samajwadi Party, which is contest- pen to the workers in the remain- year. There were also noises that IANS own countries. The nearest countries to Spain had also estab- lished similar institutions and setup translation bureaus from Arabic to their own languages. As is well known the essence and Taiwan seeks to attract more blue, white benefits of free education was not fully grasped by foreign stu- dents though they made gains out of it and exploited the knowl- edge for power, which infact was the initiative taken by Roger collar foreign workers Bacon and it is contained in his famous phrase that “knowledge Under its new foreign policy ad- India and five South Asian nations, they can live here. “At present a ese and they are working in the opted last year, Taiwan is seeking the 10 member-states of the As- foreign recruit can get a visa for factories,” Hsu said. She also said is power,” instead of Islamic ideology that said “knowledge is to attract more expatriate workers, sociation of Southeast Asian Na- two years, but he or she can renew that Taiwan wanted to bring in including from India, in both blue tions (Asean), and Australia and it two times, extending the stay to more white collar workers as well, a trust” and not to be exploited for personal gain. This is why and white collar categories to meet New Zealand in areas such as com- six years,” Chang said. “We want including from India. “The gov- a shortage of labour and talent. merce, culture and technology. blue collar workers not only for our ernment is relaxing norms to have western knowledge has a blemish attached as exploitation “Labour is a problem due to the This will mean lesser dependence infrastructure sector but also to more white collar workers,” she low birth rate,” Connie Hui-Chuan on mainland China for Taiwan’s work in our factories for what the stated. through knowledge by making profits is part of western culture Chang, Director General of the De- economic development. Taiwan is Japanese call 3K jobs,” she stated. “We want more Indians in the and exploiting the countries as their colonies and also making partment of Overall Planning in the world’s 22nd-largest economy 3K stands for the Japanese words ICT sector. We are planning a low- Taiwan’s National Development and was dubbed one of the four “kitanai”, “kiken” and “kitsui” er salary ceiling and bring in more misuse of nature, which had created many serious problems for Council, said during an interaction Asian tigers in the late 20th cen- meaning dirty, dangerous and de- interns from India.” As of 2016, here with a group of visiting jour- tury, the others being Hong Kong, manding. As of 2016, there were there were 30,100 foreign white the human race all over the world and one of the consequences nalists from the region. Singapore and South Korea. Chang 630,000 blue collar foreign workers collar workers in Taiwan. Hsu said “So what we can do is increase said that the Taiwanese govern- in Taiwan, mainly from Southeast that Taiwan got interested in India of this exploitation resulted in the Two World Wars. The Islamic the retirement age and import ment would try to bring down the Asian nations like Indonesia, Viet- very late, “that is after 2000”. “We world is being misled into accepting wrong challenges that they foreign workers,” Chang said. Ac- salary ceiling for foreign recruits. nam, the Philippines and Thailand. were looking at Asean countries for cording to the new foreign policy, “We will ask our business com- According to Kristy Hsu, Director labour import as these have large are taking against the misdeeds of the west. Therefore, we have dubbed the New Southbound munity to decide on this,” she of the Taiwan Asean Studies Cen- Chinese populations,” she said. Policy, of Taiwanese President stated. She also said that her gov- tre, the highest number of foreign “But in India, the number of Chi- to take an initiative to regain the Islamic golden age, no mat- Tsai Ing-wen, the east Asian is- ernment would encourage foreign workers are from Indonesia and nese is very little. Maybe that is one land nation is striving to broaden labour who come here to bring they are mostly involved in house- of the reasons.” ter whatever be the meager resources to quantify the original exchanges and cooperation with along their families as well so that hold care. “Next are the Vietnam- IANS Islamic knowledge and restart a new golden age by avoiding the fundamental mistakes, which the west has committed and is World Health Organisation (WHO) After 2010, India’s air interim target (35 µg/m3), but not aware upto this day, what great damage they have done to “nearly all (86 per cent) of the most extreme concentrations (above 75 the world as well as human beings must be properly assessed, deteriorated faster than ever µg/m3) were experienced by pop- therefore the Islamic concept of knowledge is once again urgent- ulations in China, India, Pakistan, Indias air quality deteriorated than South Africa and five times in 2010, only to remain near con- and Bangladesh”, the report said. ly needed and it must start on the remaining element of misuse faster than ever over the five years worse than the United Kingdom. stant till 2015 (2,922). Even in terms The numbers indicating PM 2.5 to 2015, compared to the period In the six countries considered for of healthy years lost, India fared are population-weighted average of knowledge and wrong calcification made in knowledge. The before 2010, according to the State analysis, India reported the worst worst amongst the six countries. concentrations for 2015 -- that is, of Global Air 2017 report, recently deaths-per-population ratio: 135 The report’s findings -- spe- the PM 2.5 concentration for In- writer of this editorial has written a Persian poem to show how released by the US-based Institute dead per 100,000 people. The fig- cifically the estimate of a million dia is the average of PM 2.5 con- to play this role and integrate wrongly divided knowledge into of Health Metrics and Evaluation ures show that air quality in Saudi deaths in India every year -- were centrations at different locations, (IHME), an independent global Arabia has been improving since rejected by Environment Minister weighted according to the popula- one which is well integrated, which makes people aware of what health research organisation. The 2010, at a rate faster than the rate Anil Dave on February 22. “There tion. For example, the population- report also said a million Indians of deterioration in India. Air pol- are many serious institutions in weighted average of a concentra- is right and what is wrong and how it is causing great damage die from the effects of air pollution lution due to particulate matter -- India -- NGOs, government or- tion of 100 µg/m3 in Delhi with 20 every year, a link that the govern- fine particles made up of oxides of ganizations -- which do research million people and 50 µg/m3, say, to the human race. ment has rejected. sulphur, nitrogen and carbon -- es- on this issue,” said Dave. “And in Mumbai with 10 million people Although the rate of death and pecially PM 2.5, is the fifth-biggest a proud country always trusts in is not 75 [(100+50)/2], but 83.3 Knowledge is wrongly divided into parts which have proved a disability adjusted life years (DALY) killer in the world, after the diseas- its own data and takes action on [((100*20)+(50*10))/(20+10)]. fundamental mistake---- Ilmar-darband-iftadan-qataasth- daryaf- has been reducing at more than es related to the heart and diabe- that. (Controlling) air quality is not Geographically, air was the most one per cent a year in India, the in- tes, according to the IHME report. rocket science. What state govern- polluted in Qatar (107 µg/m3), Saudi tan-cheeza-judasth----but to classify knowledge to fix scope for dicators slowed between 2010 and PM 2.5 refers to particulate matter ments and local bodies have to Arabia (106 µg/m3), and Egypt (105 15, indicating a rise in air pollution known to pose the greatest threat do, they have been told a num- µg/m3). But dust, rather than human- study is permissible but, should not loose its spirit of unity. over the period stalled improve- to human health, smaller than 2.5 ber of times. In the future as well induced factors, plays a major role in ment, according to our analysis micrometers, or roughly 1/30th the they will be told.” However, Dave’s polluting the air in this part of the This philosophy can be easily regained by Muslims all over the of IHME data. Deaths per 100,000 thickness of a human hair. These ministry has no studies that link world, as it is a desert. In India, and world and they can restart with a new concept of knowledge by population in India due to air pol- particles can be inhaled deep into air pollution to death and disabil- across the rest of the subcontinent, lution reduced from 165 in 1990 to the lungs, causing heart attacks and ity, his officials acknowledged to air pollution is largely caused by hu- regaining the value of research in the scientific field and keep 135 in 2010, according to the IHME strokes, which account for three- Mint. What is not in question is man-induced factors like smoke from data. But, the rate remained almost quarters of 3.3 million deaths -- that India’s air quality is deterio- burning of farm residues, vehicles knowledge integrated and one. Nature and the human race both the same in the five-year period including 645,000 in India -- every rating, with even the Environment and power plants. Unlike developed under consideration: 2010-15. In- year globally, according to a 2015 Ministry releasing on February 21 countries, where healthy years are should be one and misconceived action that is destroying nature dia has better air quality than Saudi study from Harvard University. a list of 94 Indian cities with poor lost in the 60+ age group, polluted air has caused great upheavals in the world as well as to the hu- Arabia and Bangladesh, but its air Healthy years lost due to polluted air quality. About half of the glob- affects the 15-44 age-group the most quality is about 50 per cent worse air in India reduced from 4,138 per al population lives in areas with in developing nations , a 1997 World man race and nature is being destroyed ruthlessly in the name air than China, two times worse 100,000 population in 1990 to 3,022 PM 2.5 concentrations above the Bank study found. IANS of progress and profit and this should be stopped. Readers Response and contribution Welcome Indian Horizon Thursday, March 2, 2017 OP-ED 7

Prospects of Russia’s Syrian policy are not dim ment, in acknowledgement of its huge influence on the Syrian regime. These measures did not appease Iran however, The ultimate success of these efforts will depend on Moscow’s ability to rein in Iran and force it to respect the ceasefire which remains weary of the closer ties BY MARWAN KABALAN between Russia and Turkey. comprehensive, Syria-wide peace. Mos- different from all the previous attempts at a Iran’s Revolutionary Guard in particu- ollowing the ceasefire agreement cow convened a six-party summit which ceasefire in Syria is the lack of bickering be- lar is suspicious of as-yet undeclared between Syrian opposition factions brought together the foreign and defence tween Moscow and Washington, which had understandings between Turkey and Fand Moscow, parties to the Syrian ministers of Turkey, Russia and Iran on De- bedevilled previous attempts to end the Russia over Syria. Just as the Iranian Rev- conflict are getting ready to participate in cember 20, 2016, and which culminated in Syrian crisis. Turkey is speaking on behalf olutionary Guards were able to use their peace talks at the Kazakh capital of Astana. the Moscow Declaration. of the Syrian armed groups, which it sup- Lebanese and Iraqi proxies to attempt to Following the failure of two previous at- The Declaration envisaged a wider cease- ports, and which between them command thwart the earlier deal struck over Aleppo, tempts to cease hostilities last year, there fire that covered the entire territory of Syria roughly 60,000 fighters. by preventing the peaceful evacuation seems to be more optimism about the cur- and all combatants to the conflict (with Russia, meanwhile, acts as a sponsor of of the armed Syrian opposition from the rent ceasefire, which was announced on the exceptions of the Jabhat Al Nusra and the regime of Syrian President Bashar Al city, the same group today seems intent December 29. Daesh, or the self-proclaimed Islamic State Assad as well as Iran and its armed proxies on using Hezbollah to continue to shell The previous two Syria ceasefires were of Iraq and the Levant). active on the ground. In addition, Moscow opposition-held areas in the outskirts of sponsored by the United States and Russia. The Declaration also called for the revit- seems keen to demonstrate that the mili- Damascus, in contravention of the An- The first took effect on February 27, 2016, alisation of an internationally sponsored tary force it put on display can be translated kara Agreement. and was aimed at bolstering the chances of Syrian peace process, which had been de- into diplomatic victories and also seeks to The latest attempts by Moscow and An- what would eventually become the Geneva to the rapid deterioration of bilateral rela- funct since January, 2014. Simultaneously, avoid being further drawn into the Syrian kara to bring peace to Syria seem to be the 3 peace process. tions between Moscow and Washington, Turkey was hosting negotiations between quagmire in the midst of dire economic cir- most genuine so far at ending the blood- It failed to produce the desired ends relations between Ankara and Moscow representatives of Russia and of various cumstances. shed in that country. Yet, the ultimate suc- because of the continued shelling of op- witnessed a rapid rapprochement. Wash- armed Syrian opposition factions, the re- Turkey’s motives in trying to end the cess of these efforts will depend on Mos- position-held areas by regime forces and ington’s open support for Kurdish sepa- sults of which were announced in the “An- conflict to its south are rooted mainly cow’s ability to rein in Iran and force it to the refusal to allow humanitarian aid into ratist groups in Syria encouraged Ankara kara Agreement”. in its own security fears: The continuing respect the ceasefire. stricken zones. The second ceasefire was to move closer to Moscow. The agreement was composed of three conflict in Syria is threatening Turkey’s It will also depend on the willingness of announced on September 9, 2016. It failed The first fruits of the reconciliation be- distinct texts, covering a ceasefire between internal security and stability, while the other regional and global powers to to achieve its aims too because the patrons tween the two countries were seen in the the Syrian regime and the opposition; mech- the country’s resources are already be- do their part in ending this conflict. This (Russia and the US) could not agree on the agreement to evacuate the besieged oppo- anisms for the monitoring of that ceasefire ing drained by the demands of fighting includes, foremost, the incoming US ad- terms of security coordination between sition fighters from the eastern quarters of and for the provision of humanitarian aid a war on multiple fronts. Although Iran ministration and the extent of its resolve to them, a fact exacerbated by Russia’s in- Aleppo. The success of the Aleppo cease- to areas under siege by the regime; and the was not party to the latest ceasefire, yet, support Russian-Turkish efforts to achieve sistence that the peace process on Syria fire gave Russia and Turkey the confidence bases for peace negotiations to be held in both Russia and Turkey were keen to in- a political resolution to the Syrian crisis. be tied to the Ukrainian conflict. Parallel they needed to progress towards a more Astana. What makes this latest agreement volve Tehran in later stages of the agree- COURTESY : GULF NEWS Rafsanjani unable to leave pragmatist legacy The Punjab

BY FRANCIS MATTHEW Rouhani will have to fight the 2017 election on his own record as the late self-destructive rivalries, corruption and poll vault he death of former Iranian president former president did not have a coherent faction to pass on discord”. Sick added that “Rafsanjani was Hashemi Rafsanjani last Sunday left a truly a pragmatist. He seemed to believe BY PRAMOD KUMAR Tgap in Iran’s power structure, but his genuinely that Iran’s revolutionary system direct legacy of more pragmatic and open would survive only if it engaged with the HE electoral din in Punjab is like the politics had already been marginalised by outside world. There was never any doubt lunatic swing of a pendulum creating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Rafsan- about his devotion to the system that he Ta wave of different parties within a jani’s most recent moment in the political had done so much to shape. But he was short span. It has moved from the Congress limelight was during the turbulent pre- willing to go beyond stale dogma in pursuit sweep at the time of the coronation of Ama- election period in 2013 when Rafsanjani of rescuing a system that he recognised rinder Singh as PPCC president in Decem- was suddenly banned from standing and was performing very badly. ber 2015 to the AAP rampage in post-Maghi he gave all his support to current President “He was a businessman and his solutions in January 2015, and now the whisper of the Hassan Rouhani, making a crucial differ- always seemed to involve deal-making. His Akali-BJP for a hat. These are often accom- ence at the time. attempt to bring in the US and others in- panied by claims and counterclaims — the But Rafsanjani does not leave a coherent volved making them an offer they could not showcasing of performance and the promise political party or faction ready to support refuse. Hence the Conoco offer, or the trade of golden performance. It has liberated po- his ideas, partly because his politics came of hostages for Bush’s “good will”. However, litical parties from consistent political posi- from many strands, as a hard-core revo- the US always found it could refuse the offer tions and ideological filters. lutionary who was also a pragmatist. This whenever the time came to pay up. It was Elections are being treated as events to be means that Rouhani will have to fight the one of his great disappointments. managed by professional managers without forthcoming 2017 presidential election on Rafsanjani’s final political position was any ideology, commitment to pro-people his own record and hope to win by con- president of the Expediency Council, and politics with the sole aim to win. Besides an- vincing people that the nuclear deal was when he died, he was coming to the end of ti-incumbency that provides a safe passage worth it. This will be a very tough battle as public, commandeered the eight-year war siders that not only does Iran not need the his five-year term. The Expediency Council to parties without vision, the winnability the deal has not delivered the economic with Iraq, attempted to curb revolution- outside world, it can only be tainted by it. is responsible for settling disputes among criteria allow faceless politicians’ entry into bonanza that Rouhani had promised and ary zeal, adopted a liberal economic policy ‘Political gravitas’ the three branches of the government and politics and incentivises the hopping from the conservatives and isolationists are lin- and eliminated many of the regime’s oppo- Even if he lost that election, Rafsanjani has acquired extra power through its role one party to another. ing up to say ‘I told you so’. Rafsanjani’s nents in its formative years. was able to stand against such thinking as the adviser to Khamenei. As if parties are nothing, but dharamsha- absence will not make much difference to “An astute politician, Rafsanjani navi- for some time. Scott Peterson of CS Moni- But even in the Expediency Council, Raf- las without doors. Political leadership has that bruising battle, even if he would have gated the post-revolutionary Iran by weav- tor quoted Adnan Tabatabai, an Iranian sanjani had been successively marginalised been discredited, the political parties are been completely on Rouhani’s side. ing together an ideological commitment analyst and head of the Center for Applied as Khamanei appointed more and more poaching celebrities and oiling the slide of Looking back at Rafsanjani’s legacy, the to the Islamic revolution, an authoritarian Research in Partnership with the Orient hardliners (known as principalists) — in- leaders from one party to another. Has the American Iranian Council summed it up: approach to politics and a pragmatic policy (CARPO), a Bonn-based think tank, as say- cluding former president Mahmoud Ah- political culture and terrain of Punjab be- “Rafsanjani was a towering figure in Ira- towards international relations. While he ing “Rafsanjani’s political gravitas went be- madinejad and Saeed Jalili, chief nuclear come an ideological freak or rudderless? nian post-revolutionary politics. In addi- never travelled to the United States, he was yond political factions. Even his opponents negotiator under Ahmadinejad and one of The history and culture of Punjab does tion to serving as the Islamic Republic’s inclined towards better relations”. knew he wanted to preserve the [Islamic the country’s most high-profile hardliners. not support such generalisations. Punjab president, he was a former speaker of the A vital turning point in his political ca- revolutionary] system. That gave him a Much of the world is waiting to see if politics can be located in three evolved axes. Parliament, chairman of the Assembly reer was the 2005 presidential elections more solid position than any reformist will Iran’s pragmatists like Rafsanjani can win One is a stunted identity assertion ranging of Experts, chairman of the Expediency when he suffered a humiliating defeat to ever have.” themselves a substantial and more perma- from religious, communal and secular Pun- Council and head of Iran’s military forc- archconservative populist Mahmoud Ah- Gary Sick of Columbia University com- nent position in Iran’s power structures. jabi identities. The second is a unique fea- es during the Iran-Iraq war. “Only a few madinejad. This showed how those revo- mented that Rafsanjani’s “place in his- On present showing, that seems unlikely ture of majoritarian arrogance and minor- personalities in the Islamic Republic can lutionaries, who also wanted to reach out tory will depend very much on the fate and Rouhani’s unhappy experience with a ity persecution complex in both the main match the depth and extent of influence to the outside world, could be slapped back of the very system that he helped to put nuclear deal that did not work will not have communities — the Hindus and Sikhs. The he wielded on the events that followed the down by the deeply inward-looking strand in place, but then came to criticise for its strengthened their hand. Sikhs are in a majority in Punjab and minor- 1979 Revolution. He helped found the Re- of Iranian revolutionary thinking that con- anaemic performance and especially its COURTESY : AL-JAZEERA ity in India and the Hindus are in a minority in Punjab and a majority in India. The third axis is the intermeshed religio-caste cat- egories as caste is not a category in itself for Era of US doublespeak on Palestine is over electoral mobilisations in Punjab. These axes lay down broad boundaries for BY RAMZY BAROUD the politics to function. Electoral alliances years in its dealings with the Middle East, and balance as he approaches the Middle a Palestine Liberation Organization del- and coalitions have been formed with even n his remaining few weeks in the Oval specifically Palestine and Israel. Odd as East’s most protracted and delicate con- egation in Tunisia in the late 1980s, the diametrically opposed political parties. The Office, US President Barack Obama ap- it may seem, Trump, although unwit- flict. According to his seemingly endless US has chosen a most bewildering path of Congress and the Akali Dal even merged in Ipeared decisive and stately: he lashed tingly, can change that. The man, driven stream of tweets, Trump is counting the peace-making. 1937, 1948 and 1956. Most Akalis who joined out on Russia for alleged hacking, issued by an obnoxious, self-obsessed view of days to when he can show Israeli leaders Soon after the US hesitantly ‘engaged’ the Congress did not return to the Akali fold. various executive orders pertaining to the the world, is likely to expose US foreign how pro-Israel his administration will be. the PLO - once the latter had to jump Prominent among them were Pratap Singh environment and broke an old American policy as it is, without the newspeak, the Shortly after the United States abstained through a thousand political hoops to re- Kairon, Swaran Singh, Baldev Singh, Bhai habit at the United Nations Security Coun- doublespeak and the propaganda. He from voting on UN Security Council Reso- ceive the US nod of approval - the US was Mohan Singh, Darshan Singh Pheruman, cil, causing a furor for refusing to veto the is, for now, unabashedly pro-Israel. The lution 2334 that condemned Israel’s ille- left alone to define what ‘peace’ between and now Capt Amarinder Singh. move by the Council condemning Israel. only likely difference between him and gal settlements on December 23, Trump Israel and its Palestinian and Arab neigh- The political culture of Punjab is, no Obama further refused to allow Pres- his predecessors, is that his actions are tweeted, “As to the U.N., things will be dif- bors entailed. doubt, competitive, but not conflictual. Ap- ident-in-waiting, Donald Trump, ac- likely to correspond with his words. ferent after January 20th.” The White House set the parameters of parently, in the post-Operation Bluestar and cess to the State Department, being fully Meanwhile, Israel is dizzy with antici- Trump took to Twitter once more shortly the ‘peace process’, corralled Arabs on ’84 riots period, the Congress faced opposi- aware that the Trump team aims to lay the pation. Trump’s inauguration on January after Secretary of State, John Kerry deliv- many occasions to have them rubber- tion, but regained power in 2002. groundwork for their new Israel policy, 20th will likely usher in Trump as Santa ered a major policy speech on the Palestin- stamp whatever peace ‘vision’ the US The lesson is that voters do not see parties which includes moving the US Embassy Claus bearing gifts. One present which he ian-Israeli conflict, in which he chastised found suitable, and divided the Arabs into as antagonistic, but competitive. Most peo- from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. bears is the appointment of an extremist, Israel for jeopardizing the two-state solu- ‘moderates’ and ‘radicals’, solely based on ple keep both a blue turban (Akali symbol) “The short answer is no,” State Depart- David Friedman, as the next US Ambassa- tion, calling Netanyahu’s current govern- how a certain country would perceive the and a white turban (Congress symbol) ready ment Spokesman, John Kibry told report- dor. Friedman’s top priority is to relocate ment the most rightwing in Israel’s history. US dictates of ‘peace’ in the region. to wear as per the need. To hinge the whole ers regarding Trump’s request to gain ac- the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusa- In his retort, Trump called on Israel to Without any mandate, the US character- campaign that the Congress and the Akalis cess to the department. “You have one lem. It is clear that he and his boss strongly ‘stay strong’ until January 20th. Israeli lead- ized itself as an ‘honest peace broker’, yet are mixed up and then expect that people president at a time,” he said. support the expansion of illegal colonies ers are gleeful with anticipation too, with has done everything to jeopardize the ac- will vote for a third party may not bring cor- It may seem strange that this is the same that have already sliced up the envisaged the likes of Naftali Bennett, head of the complishment of the very parameters that responding results. president, who, not long ago, granted Is- Palestinian state into former Apartheid extremist Jewish Home Party, stating, “we it set to achieve a supposed peace. While The parties have not only merged with each rael the most generous aid package in US South African style Bantustans. have a chance to reset the structure across it went as far as describing Israel’s illegal other, but also formed coalitions. In reorgan- history. He is also the same president who Yet, Trump may be the coup de grace the Middle East,” Bennett, who is also Is- settlement construction as an ‘obstacle ised Punjab, between 1967-1980, four post- supported every Israeli war, and backed that Palestinians and, in fact, the entire rael’s Minister of Education told journalists to peace’, Washington funded the settle- election coalitions were formed between the Israel militarily and politically - totally and Middle East need to liberate themselves last November, “we have to seize that op- ments and the occupation army entrusted Akali Dal and the Bharatiya Jana Sangh and unconditionally. from the weight of an overbearing, arro- portunity and act on it.” with ‘protecting’ those illegal entities; it in the post-terrorism phase the Akali Dal and It appears that American politics is gant and futile American foreign policy One of the impending opportunities called for ‘confidence building measures’ the BJP formed three pre-election coalitions. governed by the theatrics of Dr. Jekyll that has extended for decades. presented by the Trump presidency is that while, at the same time, bankrolling the Is- In view of the lessons learnt from the decade and Mr. Hyde. In fact, this is not a syn- On one hand, and unmistakably, a Don- “the era of the Palestinian state is over.” So raeli military and justifying Israel’s wars in of terrorism, the parties entered into pre-poll drome that was spawned under the ald Trump presidency spells disaster for how could this benefit Palestinians in any Gaza, and its excessive violence in the Oc- alliances. The Congress apologised for Op- Obama presidency. It is the very strategy Palestinians in the short term. Trump way? The answer is simple: clarity. Since cupied West Bank and Jerusalem. eration Bluestar and the riots. applied by Washington throughout the makes no secret of his lack of impartiality mid-level US officials agreed to meet with COURTESY : GULF NEWS IANS

The views expressed in these columns are the writers’ own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Indian Horizon or its management.-Editor Indian Horizon 8 International Thursday, March 2, 2017

WORLD SNIPPETS Anders Bering Kim Jong-nam death: Two Breivik loses ECO leaders in Pakistan push for women charged with murder economic ties Kuala Lumpur, March 1 (IANS) human rights Two women accused of killing Islamabad, March 1 (IANS) Leaders of the 10-nation Kim Jong-nam, the estranged Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) on Wednes- case against half-brother of North Korea’s day pledged to work for enhanced cooperation in various leader, have been charged with fields including energy, highways and tourism. his murder. The women, Doan The leaders adopted the Islamabad Declaration and the Norway Thi Huong from Vietnam and ECO Vision 2025 at the 13th summit of the ECO, highlight- Siti Aisyah from Indonesia, ing the group’s “pragmatic and tangible organizational Oslo, March 1 (IANS) Norwegian authori- allegedly smeared deadly VX targets”, reports Xinhua news agency. ties have not violated the rights of mass nerve agent on Mr Kim’s face The ECO groups Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, murderer Anders Bering Breivik, an appeals in Kuala Lumpur airport on 13 Kyrgyzstan, Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmeni- court ruled on Wednesday. February. stan and Uzbekistan. The court overturned the ruling of a low- They appeared in court near Addressing the summit, Iranian President Hassan er court which had said Breivik was being Malaysia’s capital, protected Rouhani said the grouping would be able to take longer kept in inhumane conditions. by special forces. Doan Thi Huong (left) and Siti Aisyah (right) arrived at court strides in advancing the programmes and activities of the He had argued that being kept away from They could face the death wearing bullet-proof vests. AP organization with more understanding among the heads other prisoners for 22 to 23 hours a day penalty if convicted of murder. of states and governments. breached his human rights. No plea was recorded in might endanger his client’s Macau, where he lives, when Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for The right-wing extremist killed 77 people the magistrates’ court as only right to a fair trial. Both wom- he was accosted. early completion of reforms in ECO, strengthening of hu- in July 2011. Breivik’s lawyer said he would higher courts have jurisdiction en have previously said they His face was smeared with man resource of the ECO Secretariat and a evolution of a appeal the verdict. over murder cases. But after were paid to take part in what the toxic nerve agent VX - an mechanism for ownership of projects. “Breivik is not, and has not, been sub- the charge was read out, Doan they thought was a TV prank. internationally banned chemi- He stressed on cooperation in energy and said his coun- jected to torture or inhuman or degrad- Thi Huong said “I understand Malaysia’s chief prosecutor cal weapon - and he died with- try would support all initiatives aimed at realization of ing treatment,” the appeals court wrote but I am not guilty,” in English. earlier said no decision had in 15-20 minutes, Malaysia’s this objective. in its verdict. It is widely believed that yet been taken on whether to health minister said on Sun- He also urged the need for resolution of political dis- Breivik set off a car bomb in the capital North Korea was responsible charge a North Korean man, day. putes and joint efforts to tackle the menace of terrorism. Oslo, killing eight people, before murder- for the attack, which it fiercely Ri Jong Chol, who is also being North Korea has not con- Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif laid emphasis on ing 69 people at a summer camp for young denies. Kim Jong-nam, was held over the killing. firmed that the person killed greater connectivity and trade links between the member centre-left political activists on the island openly critical of the North That “depends on the out- was Kim Jong-nam, as he was countries. “The ECO region is rich in resources and capabili- of Utoeya. The 38-year-old has been kept Korean regime. They will ap- come of the police investiga- travelling under a different ties. It is time to make momentous advancements,” he said. in solitary confinement since he was sen- pear again on 13 April, when tion, which is still ongoing”, Mo- name. Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov told tenced in 2012 to 21 years in Skien prison. prosecutors will apply for hamed Apandi Ali was quoted as Pyongyang has only said that the summit that construction work on the Turkmenistan-Af- The state argued that his detention was them to be tried jointly in a saying by AFP news agency. he was a North Korean travel- ghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline had been started. fair as he posed a danger, adding that it was higher court. The charges were Other suspects in the killing ling on a diplomatic passport. compensating for his strict detention by pro- read first against Ms Aisyah, include a senior official at the The country also opposed Ma- viding him with three well-equipped cells. then against Ms Huong, both North Korean embassy in Kua- laysia conducting an autopsy. French presidential hopeful faces In April 2016, a Norwegian court upheld of whom were in handcuffs. la Lumpur and a staff member A high-level delegation from court over wife’s fake jobs part of his claim, although it dismissed Siti Aisyah’s lawyer Gooi of the state airline. South Ko- North Korea, including the his argument that his right to respect for Soon Seng asked the court to rea believes at least four sus- country’s former deputy am- private and family life was violated by issue an order banning the pects are North Korean spies. bassador to the UN, Ri Tong-il, Paris, March 1 (IANS) French presidential candidate Fran- restrictions on contact with other right- police and potential witnesses Kim Jong-nam, 42, was at a arrived in the Malaysian capi- cois Fillon confirmed on Wednesday that he would be sum- wing extremists. from making statements that check-in desk for a flight to tal on Tuesday. moned on March 15 by the investigating magistrates over al- leged fake jobs. But the 62-year-old conservative candidate said he would not withdraw from the race. “I will not give up. I will not with- Cambodia activist Kem Ley’s Mosul battle: Iraqi draw,” he told a press conference. Previously, Fillon had said he would quit the presidential forces cut IS escape race if he were placed under formal investigation, Xinhua news murder trial begins agency reported. On January 25, the satirical weekly Le Canard Enchaine Phnom Penh, March 1 (IANS) roots political movement. sum of money. Cambodia route to Tal Afar broke “Penelopegate” after revealing that his wife Penelope A trial has begun in Cambodia Days before his death he became a multi-party de- Fillon had been paid 900,000 euros ($953,640) for her jobs as of a man charged with killing had commented on a report mocracy in 1993 but oppo- Baghdad, March 1 (IANS) areas, according to the her husband’s parliamentary assistant and at a culture maga- prominent activist and govern- exposing the business deal- nents say the prime minister Iraqi forces are reported to military. The source in zine. However, there was no evidence she had really worked, ment critic Kem Ley. ings of Hun Sen and his fam- runs a violent and authori- have taken control of the the Popular Mobilisation, the report added. Kem Ley was shot dead at ily members. His death was tarian system. last major road out of west- which is dominated by Ira- The allegations sent Fillon, who projected himself as an hon- a petrol station in the capi- widely mourned and tens of In February, the parlia- ern Mosul, preventing Is- nian-backed Shia militias, est and morally irreproachable contender, backpedalling, said tal Phnom Penh in July 2016. thousands of people attend- ment approved changes to lamic State militants from said its fighters and sol- the report. Fillon has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, say- Police said at the time it was ed his funeral. the laws which effectively fleeing the city. diers from the Iraqi army’s ing his wife’s job as his parliamentary assistant is “perfectly a dispute over money. Some in Cambodia believe prevent the prime minister’s A source in the paramili- 9th Armoured Division had justified”. Under French law, it is legal for lawmakers to hire But there are suspicions it was a politically motivated main rival, Mr Rainsy, from tary Popular Mobilisation taken control of the high- family members as their assistants, but it is illegal to pay them that the murder was politi- killing. The opposition leader taking any role in politics. force told the BBC that the way to Tal Afar near Badu- for a fictitious job. cally motivated. at the time Sam Rainsy pub- The laws bar anyone with highway was cut near the sh on Tuesday night. A gen- Political tensions have licly accused the government a political conviction from village of Badush, about eral in the 9th Armoured been rising between long- of orchestrating Kem Ley’s running for office, and allow 10km (six miles) away. Division separately told US accuses UNHRC of anti-Israel bias time prime minister Hun Sen murder. Some in Cambodia the Supreme Court to dis- The route leads to Tal Reuters news agency that and the opposition ahead of believe it was a politically band any party with a con- Afar, another IS stronghold other units were within Geneva, March 1 (IANS) The US government on Wednesday elections due in June. Kem motivated killing. The oppo- victed leader. that is 40km further west. 1km of the north-western said it wanted to reform the United Nations Human Rights Ley, a popular political com- sition leader at the time Sam Mr Rainsy, who lives in ex- Government forces al- entrance to Mosul. Council and accused it of biased opinions against Israel. mentator, was known for his Rainsy publicly accused the ile, has a conviction for def- ready control the east of “We effectively control Speaking at the council’s European headquarters in Geneva, criticism of political par- government of orchestrating amation, a case he said was Mosul and they began an the road, it is in our sight,” US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Erin Barclay said her ties particularly Hun Sen’s Kem Ley’s murder. politically motivated. assault aimed at capturing he said. In November, Pop- government would be looking at the HRC with the idea to ini- ruling Cambodian People’s The accused killer, for- He stepped down from the the west last month. ular Mobilisation fighters tiate reforms in order to give it more credibility in the face of Party (CPP), which has led mer soldier Oeuth Ang, has helm of his opposition Cam- They have since driven advancing from the south biased opinions against Israel. the country for decades. claimed that he was not act- bodia National Rescue Party militants from the inter- cut the road west of Tal “... It (the council) must move away from its unbalanced He had called for a new era ing under anyone’s orders, (CNRP) last month ahead of national airport, a military Afar, effectively encircling and unproductive decisions,” she said, adding that “the US re- of clean politics, and made and that he killed Kem Ley the changes, saying he want- base, a power station and IS-held territory around mains deeply troubled by the council’s consistent unfair and moves to set up a new grass- for cheating him out of a ed to protect the party. a number of residential Mosul. unbalanced focus on democratic country Israel”. She said US President Donald Trump’s administration be- lieved that improving the council’s credibility would improve Fresh Uber row as boss swears its capacity to create a better world. Fillon refuses to quit French Barclay said the HRC should turn its attention to the most at driver upset with fares serious human rights situations. election despite charges “Right now, the Assad regime is bombing hospitals in Syria Washington, March 1 (IANS) lower prices on Uber’s service, and forcing its own people to flee as refugees to neighbouring Paris, March 1 (IANS) second-round run-off on 7 in national primaries held Uber boss Travis Kalanick has Mr Kalanick eventually told the countries to escape its murderous rule,” she said, criticising French centre-right presi- May. In a combative speech by the centre-right Repub- apologised after a video emerged 37-year-old: “Some people don’t that the council sought to instead focus on Israel. dential candidate Francois on Wednesday announcing licans that attracted some of him swearing at one of the like to take responsibility... They Fillon has said he will fight the formal investigation, Mr four million voters. company’s drivers. The outburst blame everything in their life on on, as he announced that a Fillon called on his support- For a time he was the fa- came after Fawzi Kamel, who was somebody else. Good luck!” Moroccan Islamic State supporter judge was placing him un- ers to “resist”, saying it was vourite in the race to suc- driving the chief executive, com- During the argument, he swore deported der formal investigation. up to voters to decide his ceed Francois Hollande as plained his income was falling and once at the driver. In his staff For weeks, he has fought fate. “It’s not just me that is president, but then came blamed Uber’s fare structure. memo, Mr Kalanick said: “By now allegations that his wife was being assassinated, it’s the the “fake jobs” allegations In an email to staff, Mr Kalanick I’m sure you’ve seen the video Rome, March 1 (IANS) Italian authorities have expelled a paid for years for work she presidential election. The in satirical weekly Le Ca- said he was “ashamed” of his be- where I treated an Uber driver 33-year-old Moroccan supporter of the Islamic State jihadist did not do. “It’s a political voices of millions of votes nard Enchaine. He has haviour and admitted he needed disrespectfully, To say that I am group. The Moroccan was deported on Tuesday aboard a flight assassination,” Mr Fillon have been muzzled,” the slipped to third in the polls, to “grow up”. ashamed is an extreme under- from Rome to Casablanca following an investigation, the Inter- told reporters on Wednes- Republican candidate com- behind far-right National Just two weeks ago he apologised statement. “My job as your leader nior Ministry said. day. He has now been sum- plained. He said he would Front (FN) leader Marine le for “abhorrent” sexism at Uber. is to lead… and that starts with be- The Moroccan was arrested in the eastern Sicilian port city of moned to appear before the respect the summons and Pen and centrist Emmanuel And on Monday, Mr Kalanick asked having in a way that makes us all Catania in January for throwing rocks at a car. judge, Serge Tournaire, on tell the judge the truth. Macron. His appearances his engineering chief Amit Singhal proud. That is not what I did, and He was earlier held in September for damaging a police car 15 March. The date is just “I won’t give in, I won’t have recently been accom- to resign following a related devel- it cannot be explained away. and allegedly shouting support for IS and threats to Italians two days before the dead- surrender and I won’t panied by loud protests opment. Bloomberg published the “It’s clear this video is a reflec- during his arrest. He was the 16th Islamist terrorism suspect line for candidates to sub- withdraw.” A former prime and he has accused the video showing a row between Mr tion of me - and the criticism we’ve to be expelled from Italy this year and the 148th since January mit their final applications. minister during Nicolas government of allowing the Kalanick and Mr Kamel, a driver received is a stark reminder that I 2015, the ministry said. The first round takes place Sarkozy’s presidency, he campaign to turn into “a who picked him up in early Feb- must fundamentally change as a on 23 April, followed by a was selected late last year climate of quasi civil war”. ruary.After a back and forth about leader and grow up. Indian Horizon Thursday, March 2, 2017 Business 9 Jaitley to visit Nepal on Thursday Nokia, Airtel join hands on 5G,

Kathmandu, March 1 (IANS) Indian IoT applications Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will be visiting Kathmandu on Thursday to de- New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) In tency and agility, as well as the age Nokia’s 5G FIRST end-to-end liver the keynote address at the Nepal a strategic move, Finnish tele- ability to enable new capabilities 5G solution including AirScale Investment Summit 2017, it was an- com equipment manufacturer such as network slicing. radio access portfolio and Air- nounced on Wednesday. Nokia and India’s largest telecom This will allow operators to Frame data centre platform to Apart from the summit, Jaitley will service provider Bharti Airtel on support a growing number of demonstrate 5G capabilities and hold high-level political interactions in Wednesday announced creation customers and potentially bil- simulate use cases of 5G extreme Nepal, including with Prime Minister of a strategic roadmap for net- lions of connected IoT devices broadband and ultra-reliability Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda and work evolution to the 5G-tech- with consistent quality of service. and low latency communication. others. nology standard and Internet of The technology will also lay the According to Telecom Secre- He will pledge the Indian commit- Things (IoT)-enabled devices. foundation for smarter cities and tary J.S. Deepak, who spoke at the ment for Nepal’s development endeav- Nokia and Airtel will build on rural communities, connected Mobile World Congress (MWC) ours and is expected to announce some 4G in terms of power, operations vehicles, industrial automation, in Barcelona, Spain, the govern- measures that will benefit Nepal, said and cost effectiveness with the remote healthcare and a myriad ment is also working to ensure Nepal’s Industry Minister Nabindra Raj highest level of quality and reli- of business possibilities. that India embraces 5G telecom Joshi. The highest number of participants and experts will also participate. The ability. “After our successful asso- networks fast.After our success- Asian Infrastructure Investment in the summit are from China, and Ministry has expected commitment “The 5G and IoT applica- ciation with Bharti Airtel for 2G, ful association with Bharti Air- Bank’s President Jin Liqun is also par- comprise representatives of 89 top for investment of approximately Rs 100 tions have tremendous potential 3G and 4G technologies, we are tel for 2G, 3G and 4G technolo- ticipating in the summit, Joshi added. companies. Similarly, representatives billion from different investors during to transform lives and we are proud to partner to prepare for gies, we are proud to partner to Joshi said that around 250 institu- of 21 companies from India, 20 from the summit. To execute the outcome pleased to partner with Nokia the future of mobile networks. prepare for the future of mobile tional and individual investors from 24 Sri Lanka, 14 from Malaysia, 13 from of the summit, Nepal plans to form the to enable these future technolo- We will leverage our global ex- networks. We will leverage our countries, including India, China, Ban- Japan, 12 from Canada, 10 companies Policy Reform Committee, the Project gies for our customers,” Abhay perience in 5G-related industry global experience in 5G-related gladesh, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Hong from Hong Kong, eight companies Bank Revision Committee, the Indus- Savargaonkar, Director-Network projects and collaborations to en- industry projects and collabora- Kong, Malaysia, Australia, France, Italy, each from Britain, South Korea and trial Promotion Committee and the Services (India and South Asia), able Bharti Airtel to prepare their tions to enable Bharti Airtel to Japan, the US, Russia, Canada, Britain, Vietnam, seven companies from Russia Comprehensive Coordination Com- Bharti Airtel, said in a statement. networks for greater capacity, prepare their networks for great- South Korea, Finland, Iran, Turkey and and six companies from the US will par- mittee for the effective implementation The 5G technology promises to coverage and speed,” added San- er capacity, coverage and speed,” Vietnam have confirmed their partici- ticipate in the summit. Likewise, some of the commitments and the decisions enable dramatic improvements jay Malik, Head of India Market, added Sanjay Malik, Head of In- pation in the summit. 300 domestic investors, policy-makers made at the summit. in peak data speeds, network la- Nokia. Nokia and Airtel will lever- dia Market, Nokia.

Jindal Steel to make high nitrogen steel for DRDO Samsung, Jio win ‘Best Mobile Innovation New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) The De- for Emerging Markets’ award fence Research and Development Or- Business at Samsung Elec- ganisation (DRDO) and Jindal Stainless tronics. (Hisar) Limited (JSHL) on Wednesday As the sole vendor for Jio’s inked a licence deal for manufacturing LTE radio access network, High Nitrogen Steel for armour applica- Samsung worked with Jio tions. The agreement was signed in the for network planning and presence of Minister of State for Defence expansion, interference Subhash Bhamre and DRDO Chairman analytics and optimisation. S. Christopher. The LTE solutions pro- Calling the development of the specif- vided by Samsung were ic kind of metal, an outstanding achieve- fully compliant with the ment, Bhamre said: “I am glad that Barcelona, March 1 Thacker, President, Jio, said 3GPP LTE standards.In DMRL (Defence Metallurgical Research (IANS) Samsung Electronics in a statement. addition, Jio has offered Laboratory) has given a very important and Reliance Jio Infocomm In addition, Jio has of- customer-oriented applica- and strategic material -- high nitrogen Ltd on Wednesday won fered customer-oriented tions and tariffs. Through steel.” the “Best Mobile Innova- applications and tariffs. its invitational offers, mil- “I also congratulate the Jindal Stain- tion for Emerging Markets” Through its invitational of- lions helped Jio expand its less Steel for initiating to partner with at ‘Global Mobile Awards fers, millions helped Jio ex- subscriber base to a record the DRDO in their concerted efforts to 2017’ during the Mobile pand its subscriber base to 100 million within 170 days optimise lab technique versus industry World Congress (MWC) a record 100 million within of the launch. “Samsung, scale production,” he added. perseverance of 10 years of JSHL with HNS steel, Jindal said: “Jindal Steel has here for the digital move- 170 days of the launch. as Jio’s strategic partner The DMRL is the lead DRDO labora- Ministry of Defence has culminated in already optimised manufacturing pro- ment they had brought to “Samsung, as Jio’s strategic for the realisation of Digital tory for researching complex metals and a fantastic result for the country in line cess at industry level. We are at ‘take-off’ India. partner for the realisation India, is pleased to be able materials required for modern sophisti- with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s stage for further development and com- “By continuing to intro- of Digital India, is pleased to support the process of cated warfare weapons systems. vision of Make in India.” “It paves way mercialisation of technology to product- duce consumer-centric to be able to support the India taking steps towards Speaking on the occasion, JSHL Vice for development of specific application specific applications.” HNS has potential options in our services process of India taking becoming a pioneer in the Chairman Abhyuday Jindal said: “We of HNS in the context of the Army’s on- application in all armoured vehicles, in- and much easier access, steps towards becoming a global telecommunications are extremely pleased with this devel- going and futuristic modernisation pro- cluding Infantry Combat Vehicles (ICV), we hope to bring down In- pioneer in the global tele- industry,” added Youngky opment and we believe HNS will im- grammes,” he said. Main Battle Tank (MBT), Future Ready dia’s digital divide and en- communications industry,” Kim, President and Head of mensely benefit the Indian Defence sec- Informing on the status of the indus- Combat Vehicles (FRCV), and Aviation able every Indian to benefit added Youngky Kim, Presi- Network Business at Sam- tor, going forward.” “The hard-work and tralisation of the manufacturing of the and Naval systems. from digital life,” Jyotindra dent and Head of Network sung Electronics.

SAP launches ‘GST in a Box’ to The ‘GST in a Box’ solution enables Empowering Indian women will create organisations to effectively manage help Indian SMEs suppliers, customer engagement and millions of businesses, jobs: Facebook supply chain in the new tax regime. “Out of an estimated 4-5 billion in- New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) As tronics and Information Technol- sonal financial security (30 percent), voice uploads that will happen every four out of five women in India ogy (MeitY), in her keynote address. and having an idea but not knowing month, since more than 40 per cent wish to become entrepreneurs, the Ahead of the International where to get started (30 percent). of transactions will pass through an country is missing out on a poten- Women's Day that falls on March Interestingly, small businesses on SAP system, we will help Indian cor- tial 15.5 million new businesses 8, Facebook also launched "She- Facebook tell a different story. porates swiftly get compliant with and 64 million additional jobs by LeadsTech", a programme that will There are more than two million this new law and ensure that busi- not addressing the challenges fac- give women-founded/co-founded active small businesses Pages on nesses benefit from the GST vision,” ing such women, a new Facebook start-ups access to a year-long Facebook in India -- and an increas- Neeraj Athalye, Head of S/4HANA study said on Wednesday. The programme that provides tools, ing number of women are using this and GST Adoption Drive, SAP India, study revealed that if just 52 per- mentorship and resources to help community to start and grow suc- said in a statement. cent of women were empowered overcome some of the barriers they cessful businesses. As part of its commitment to es- to start a business today, it would face. In the last five years (between tablish a GST-ready economy, the not only boost economic growth, "Through Facebook #SheMeans- 2012 and 2016), the number of new company will soon embark on a 21- but also help to build 15.5 million Business and our new #SheLead- women-owned SMB Pages on Face- city “GST Health Check Drive” to new businesses, and create 64 mil- sTech programme we hope that by book in India has increased seven- Mumbai, March 1 (IANS) Ger- -- an all-inclusive solution portfolio evaluate and educate organisations lion additional jobs -- all by the end the end of 2017, we'll have inspired fold, growing 85 percent year on man software company SAP SE on to help the Indian firms become GST that are preparing for transition to of 2021. "If we were to harness the more women across the country to year from 2015 to 2016. Nearly 87 Wednesday launched “GST in a Box” compliant. the GST regime. largely untapped potential of wom- take the leap -- and help close the percent of women surveyed also en's entrepreneurship and provide gap on that untapped opportunity agree that having access to the right them greater support, it could lead for millions more women and in digital tools and support would Tata Motors’ February sales up 2% to more jobs being created, eco- turn ensure our economy remains help them get their business off the nomic growth and more diverse strong and thrives," Das added. ground. "We see amazing examples for last month. According to the has received an encouraging re- and representative small business The year-long programme will of how digital can be the equal- company, its total passenger and sponse and going forward our ro- communities," Ankhi Das, Director include access to "FBStart" which izer on Facebook every day. How it commercial vehicle sales, includ- bust product portfolio will drive of Public Policy, Facebook India, grants access to FBStart tools and gives women access to new oppor- ing exports, in February 2017 rose growth in the coming months.” South and Central Asia, told report- resources and mentorship through tunities, new markets, new ideas, all to 47,573 units from 46,674 units The automobile major’s domes- ers here. a regular cadence of interactions from their own home," Das added. sold in the like month of last year. tic sales were higher by three per "We are very optimistic about with a pool of mentors. Facebook's SheMeansBusiness was “Tata Motors’ passenger vehicle cent to 42,679 units over 41,532 partnering with platforms like According to the findings, the launched on International Women's business grew by 12 per cent in units sold during the correspond- Facebook to empower women. We most commonly cited reason that Day in 2016. Through this initia- February owing to a continued ing period of last year. However, are trying to forge deep partner- prevents women from setting up tive, Facebook has visited 18 cities strong demand for the Tata Tia- the company’s exports declined ships with platforms like Google, their business in India is the con- across 6 states in India, providing Mumbai, March 1 (IANS) Indian go,” said Mayank Pareek, Presi- by five per cent to 4,894 units dur- Cisco and Intel for the betterment straint of family responsibilities or skills training to more than 14,000 automobile major Tata Motors on dent, Passenger Vehicle Business ing the month under review from of woman's livelihood through commitments (38 percent). Other small business and self-help groups Wednesday reported a rise of two Unit, Tata Motors. “Our recent- 5,142 units shipped out in Febru- technology," added Aruna Sunda- key barriers are lack of access to fi- including 4,500 women entrepre- per cent in its total vehicle sales ly launched lifestyle UV HEXA, ary 2016. rajan, Secretary, Ministry of Elec- nance (29 percent), worry over per- neurs across the country. Indian Horizon Thursday, March 2, 2017 Business 10 Banks need incentives to clean Indian equities surge on up bad loans: SBI

and ways to fund banks. I don’t expect macro-data, firm global cues problem on this count provided banks have justified reason for additional Mumbai, March 1 (IANS) Posi- er as caution ahead of the release of 30,000 BSE Sensex capital,” he said. tive domestic macro-economic major domestic macro-economic 241.17 Meanwhile Finance Minister Arun data, coupled with firm global cues data points, along with heavy sell- 29,500 Jaitley had sidelined the idea of bad and upbeat quarterly automobile ing pressure, capped gains. The 28,984.49 29,000 bank on the account that the taxpay- sales results lifted the Indian equi- NSE Nifty edged down by 17.10 ers’ money should not be used to pay ties markets on Wednesday. points or 0.19 per cent to close 28,500 28,141.64 New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) The State for corporate defaulters to banks. The key indices closed with gains at 8,879.60 points, and the BSE 28,000 Bank of India (SBI) on Wednesday said “Creation of a bad bank or a public of more than half a per cent each, Sensex fell by 69.56 points or 0.24 132 6 7 8 9 10 1314 15 16 1720 21 22 2327 28 1 that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) sector agency is one of the suggestions. despite a weak rupee and outflow per cent to 28,743.32 points. February 2017 March needs to give some incentives to banks Any mechanism eventually supported of foreign funds capping gains. “Markets surged higher on Intra-day on March 1 Change 241.17 (0.84%) Close: for resolution of bad loans in terms of by the Budget should be avoided. If a India’s gross domestic product Wednesday after two sessions of 28,984.49 Top Top % Gainers % Losers provisions or extending the deadline of private company doesn’t pay the bank, (GDP) for the third quarter of 2016- losses,” Deepak Jasani, Head - Re- 29,000 Tata 3.66 Gail -1.93 Steel India March 31 to clean up their books. then taxpayer should not pay the bank 17 fiscal ended December, which tail Research, HDFC Securities, 28,900 “Wherever resolution is being at- for it,” Jaitley had said on Tuesday. recorded a growth of seven per told IANS. M&M 3.13 NTPC -1.87 tempted, some kind of incentivisa- Khara however said: “Bad banks are cent, and expansion in the manu- “The gains came on the back of 28,800 Open: Previous close: Dr Reddy's Tata -1.55 28,849.04 28,743.32 Lab 2.56 Motors tion from RBI in terms of NPA (non- not essentially expected to pick up bad facturing Purchasing Managers’ In- President Trump taking a mea- 28,700 ITC 2.46 Bharti -0.70 Airtel 11 performing assets) recognition date of assets, but also turnaround these and dex (PMI) to 50.7 in February, kept sured tone in his keenly awaited 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 Reliance KBK Info HDFC 2.32 -0.33 March 31, 2017, or in terms of provi- make them profitable. Bad banks will investors’ sentiments buoyed. The speech before the US Congress on graphics sions should be given. If this relaxation have investors who see the turnaround wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Tuesday and positive global cues per cent since the lows made on whereas the domestic institutional can be given, banks will be encouraged of these assets.” He said that banks had Stock Exchange (NSE) rose by 66.20 as major Asian markets ended on December 26, 2016, markets have investors (DIIs) bought scrip worth for faster resolution,” SBI MD Dinesh made assessments based on judge- points or 0.75 per cent to 8,945.80 a positive note, barring the Taiwan had a healthy run for the start of Rs 254.21 crore. Commenting on Kumar Khara told BTVi in an interview. ment and assumptions, many of which points. and Jakarta indices. European indi- the year. While all eyes are fixed the sector-specific movement, “Various professional agencies have didn’t turn out the same way but all de- The barometer 30-scrip sensitive ces like FTSE 100, DAX and CAC 40 on the benchmark indices, smaller Dhruv Desai, Director and Chief got into the process of resolution. I cisions were not bad. “All banks make index (Sensex) of the BSE, which too traded higher.” companies have had a much stron- Operating Officer of Tradebulls, think consultants are also coming assessment. Not all decisions could opened at 28,849.04 points, closed Besides, market observers point- ger run.” Singhania noted that said: “IT stocks traded with firm up for managing the stressed assets. be bad. Banks can segregate such as- at 28,984.49 points -- up 241.17 ed out that key domestic indices BSE small cap index has increased sentiments, while banking, phar- Things are happening but one month sets and focus on justified lending,” he points or 0.84 per cent from the pre- have either reached their important by 19.16 per cent since December ma, auto, media-entertainment is too short for definite results,” he added. vious close at 28,743.32 points. The psychological levels or are close to 26, 2016, while BSE mid-cap index and oil-gas stocks traded with side- said. “Various professional agencies have Sensex touched a high of 29,029.17 do so. moved by 17.5 per cent. How- ways to firm sentiments.” “Textile Khara said that though the banking got into the process of resolution. I points and a low of 28,824.17 points “The BSE Sensex crossed the ever, gains were capped due to a and aviation sector stocks traded sector is prepared for the worst, what- think consultants are also coming during the intra-day trade. The 29,000 mark, while the NSE Nifty weak rupee and outflow of foreign with firm sentiments, while cement ever be the regulatory guidelines, it is up for managing the stressed assets. BSE market breadth was tilted in is within touching distance of the funds. The Indian rupee depreci- and power sector stocks traded also putting forth its viewpoint. Things are happening but one month favour of the bulls -- with 1,662 ad- 9,000 mark. It has been a one-way ated by 13 paise to 66.83 against a with bearish sentiments due to sell- He also notes that in every case, the is too short for definite results,” he vances and 1,189 declines. ride for the indices after testing the US dollar from its previous close of ing pressure.” Sector-wise, the S&P public sector banks are assured of gov- said. In terms of the broader markets, November demonetisation lows 66.69-70 to a greenback. In terms BSE metal index surged by 226.71 ernment support. “The budget state- Khara said that though the banking the BSE mid-cap rose by 0.13 per again in December,” Vijay Singha- of investments, the provisional points, followed by the banking ment was clear that if required the gov- sector is prepared for the worst, what- cent and the small-cap index was nia, founder and Director of bro- data with exchanges showed that index, which rose by 224.31 points, ernment would not hesitate to support ever be the regulatory guidelines, it is up by 0.45 per cent. On Tuesday, kerage firm Trade Smart Online, foreign institutional investors (FIIs) and the healthcare index, which the banks. They will find the means also putting forth its viewpoint. the benchmark indices ended low- told IANS. “Having jumped by 12.6 sold stocks worth Rs 198.27 crore, edged up by 133.82 points.

Reliance General signs LG G6: Set to win Udacity, Google launch Android hearts with bold development training programme bancassurance deal with New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) US-based to successfully pass the exam and earn cer- display format educational institution Udacity has part- tification from Google, Udacity announced nered with Google to introduce a training on Wednesday. "With this course, we aim Catholic Syrian Bank Barcelona, March 1 (IANS) Always at programme for intermediate-level students to invest in training and enabling individu- Chennai, March 1 (IANS) Non-life CEO, Catholic Syrian Bank, said in the the forefront when it comes to innovation, to help them enhance their skills to clear als to accelerate students' journey of growth. insurer Reliance General Insurance statement. Bancassurance tie-up forms South Korean electronics major LG has de- Google's 'Associate Android Developer Cer- We already have seen large number of en- -- part of Reliance Capital Ltd -- on an important part of RGI’s growth strat- livered several unique flagship designs but tification Exam'. Called "Associate Android rollments in India across android courses on Wednesday said it has signed a bancas- egy and the company has been forging none of the devices has really won hearts Developer Fast Track", the programme is our platform," said Ishan Gupta, Managing surance deal with private-owned Kera- strong alliances with various banks to till date. Launched last year, LG G5 featured designed to teach the students the essentials Director (India), Udacity. la-headquartered Catholic Syrian Bank. enhance its distribution footprint in the a "slide-out" battery design and dual rear In a statement, Reliance General country. “This is the latest big partner- cameras -- the only device to feature dual Microsoft to bid goodbye to different Wi-Fi providers for Insurance said it would target the 1.5 ship in our list of recent partnerships primary cameras which work independent Skype users on the move. million-strong customer base of Catho- we have forged in the bancassurance of each other -- taking us one step closer to The users pay for their usage lic Syrian Bank spread across its 430 space. We already have tie-ups with In- the age of "one device fits all". Skype Wi-Fi service with Skype Credit. The move branches in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and dusInd Bank, Bank of India, Shamrao The device, however, did not perform New York, March 1 (IANS) 31. This app gave users an op- would also help Microsoft to Maharashtra. Vithal Co-operative Bank and Andhra as expected. This time, kicking off an era Days after it announced an ex- tion to connect to one of over focus its efforts on core Skype “We are delighted to partner with Bank and expect forge many more such of premium smartphones with the unique clusive “Made for India” Skype two million hot spots around features. Skype Wi-Fi users Catholic Syrian Bank. This tie-up alliance with strong banks in the fu- 18:9 screen aspect ratio, LG introduced the Lite app, Microsoft said it will the world, Digital Trends re- with leftover Skype Credit will enable RGI (Reliance General In- ture,” added Jain. G6 at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) soon discontinue its Skype Wi- ported on Tuesday. The app, would be able to use any re- surancee) to leverage Catholic Syr- The company plans to boost its top here that features a bold new display for- Fi, a media report said. available across Windows, maining funds to make calls ian Bank’s unparalleled retail and SME line by up to 15 per cent through these mat complemented by a cinematic view- The Skype Wi-Fi app would MacOS, Linux, Android and and send text messages using (small, medium enterprises) customer tie-ups and alliances with sharp focus ing experience. Compared to conventional be delisted and it would no iOS, served as a convenient the standard Skype app, the base, robust distribution network, on selling retail products - including 16:9 aspect ratio displays, the 18:9 format longer function after March alternative to signing up with report said. strong technology platform, strong motor, home, health, travel and com- offers more viewing space and a better im- brand name and offer them innovative mercial policies including fire, marine mersive experience while streaming videos and comprehensive range of insurance and engineering insurance. ed as say- and playing games. Sculpted from alumin- products from RGI,” Rakesh Jain, CEO, ing in the statement. “The strategic ium and glass, LG G6 features a minimalist Reliance General Insurance, was quot- partnership with Reliance General design that's sleek all round. It comes with ed as saying in the statement. Insurance, well known for its state-of- a 5.7-inch QHD+ (2,880 x 1,440 resolution) India Manufacturing PMI “The strategic partnership with Reli- the-art non-life insurance products, "FullVision" display. The device has Google ance General Insurance, well known for will make it extremely easy for our Assistant built-in, empowering users to get 50 = No Change on Previous Month (Seasonally Adjusted ) its state-of-the-art non-life insurance customers to access a comprehensive quick answers, manage everyday tasks, en- 54 products, will make it extremely easy selection of customized general in- joy the best music and videos and search G6 for our customers to access a compre- surance solutions at affordable rates. more efficiently than ever. G6 features dual hensive selection of customized gen- The corporate alliance will enable 13MP rear cameras, including a 125-degree eral insurance solutions at affordable Catholic Syrian Bank serve our cus- lens on the wide angle and also comes with

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51.1 suite for Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited. ready network for every Indian,” added 50 51.1 Increasing rate of growth The OSS deployment includes order Paolo Colella, Head of Region India, Er- management, inventory management icsson. The deployment, which by far is Increasing rate of contraction and activation solutions. “The deploy- the largest deployment by any single op- ment of the OSS stack by Ericsson is erator anywhere in the world, has helped

helping us in critical areas like order Jio achieve faster onboarding and pro- 49.6 management and activation solutions vide quality service to its over 100 million PMI: Purchasing Managers' Index thereby giving customers an enhanced users. 48 user experience,” said Jyotindra Thacker, “This business-critical platform is ro- President, Reliance Jio Infocomm Limit- bust, scalable and fully supports Jio’s Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul AugSep OctNov Dec Jan Feb New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Swedish ed, in a statement. “This business-critical ambitious expansion plans. Ericsson will communication technology firm Erics- platform is robust, scalable and fully sup- continue to partner Jio in enabling its vi- 2016 2017 son on Wednesday said that it has suc- ports Jio’s ambitious expansion plans. sion of providing a future-ready network cessfully deployed an end-to-end Op- Ericsson will continue to partner Jio in for every Indian,” added Paolo Colella, Sources: Nikkei, IHS Markit KBK Infographics erations Support System (OSS) fulfilment enabling its vision of providing a future- Head of Region India, Ericsson. Indian Horizon Sports Thursday, March 2, 2017 11 Vijay Hazare India are going to come back harder, cautions Warner Trophy: Bengaluru, March 1 (IANS) Ahead of the International Cricket Council (ICC), the second Test against India starting here on 30-year-old left-hander said it wasn’t a Gurkeerat, Yuvraj Saturday, flamboyant Australia opener wicket where one can play his natural star in Punjab win David Warner on Wednesday warned his game. side against any sort of complacency, “Having looked at the (Pune) wicket, it New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Punjab saying the No.1-ranked Test side will was probably going to be a wicket where rode on half-centuries from Gurkeerat come back harder. you couldn’t really play your shots. You Singh and Yuvraj Singh to beat Railways “They (India) are the No. 1 Test team were going to have to sweep off length, by three wickets in a Group A clash of the in the world. They are a great bunch of not just off line,” Warner said. Vijay Hazare Trophy here on Wednesday. players and we know what to expect,” “So for me it was about playing with Asked to bat first, Railways produced Warner told reporters here. soft hands and figuring out where am I 246/9 in their allotted 50 overs. “We saw all the tricks in Pune -- going to get the ones to rotate strike and Arindam Ghosh top scored for Railways their bowling changes, their fielding the boundaries will hopefully come by me with a 100-ball 83 which included two placements, the way they play as a putting pressure on their bowlers with my boundaries and four sixes. number one team -- so for us to beat them defence.” Yuvraj bagged a couple of wickets on home soil was awesome and fantastic.” “There’s a couple of instances where I for Punjab while Abhishek Sharma, “But we know they’re going to come was a little bit in my mind thinking ‘I can Harbhajan Singh, Baltej Singh, Manpreet back harder and we’ve just got to adapt play a big shot’,” he added. Gony and Sandeep Sharma bagged a to the conditions again with what we face Warner admitted that he was forced to wicket each.The Punjab chase was off to here,” he added. curb his natural instincts while opening in a slow start as they lost a couple of early Commenting on the Pune strip, both the innings of the first Test. myself that it’s good with Matt (Renshaw) thought they were going to get us out and wickets before Yuvraj and Manan Vohra which drew a “poor” rating from the “But I sort of reigned it in and talked to out there, to talk to him about how I we sort of reigned it in together,” he said. produced a 52-run partnership. Yuvraj scored a run-a-ball 66 with six boundaries and a six before being Jitu Rai wins gold, Amanpreet settles for silver in ISSF World Cup dismissed by Ashish Yadav. Gurkeerat then scored an unbeaten 69 final closed in on the elimination rounds. Rai kept up the tempo with a 10.4 and off 84 balls and Gony hit a quickfire 46 The unassuming Army man shot a total 10.0, while Amanpreet, after a fine start off 24 balls lower down the order to help of 230.1, a world record, to finish on top in his career’s first World Cup final, had Punjab go past the post. of the podium, while Amanpreet, who was a meltdown.After upstaging Golkhandan, Meanwhile in Group C, defending leading for a major part of the final, had Rai comfortably got the better of champions Gujarat defeated Madhya to be satisfied with the silver medal after Amanpreet in the gold medal round, Pradesh by four wickets in Chennai. aggregating 226.9. finishing the event with an excellent Gujarat produced a disciplined bowling Iran’s Vahid Golkhandan took away the 10.5 to lay his claim on the top prize.“It’s effort to restrict Madhya Pradesh to bronze with a score of 208.0 at the Dr Karni amazing to win this gold medal here 213/9.Subham Sharma was the top scorer Singh Shooting Range. during the first combined World Cup held for Madhya Pradesh with 40 runs. The 29-year-old Rai was placed sixth at here in India, in front of my supporters. Ishwar Chaudhary, Ashav Panchal, the end of the first two competition series It’s a great honour and a true emotion Rohit Dahiya and Rujul Bhatt clinched of five shots each with 93.8. At that point to see the Indian flag flying high,” said two wickets each for Gujarat while Amanpreet was leading the eight-man Rai.“I didn’t have a perfect start today, Chintan Gaja got one wicket. field with 98.9. The Punjabi shooter then but I guess that’s the fun of the sport. I Kirit Panchal then scored a 78-ball 53 extended his domination with a series of like it that way, uncertainty is part of the to spearhead Gujarat’s chase. Bhargav high scores, even as Rai tried to make his game, otherwise there is no excitement. I Merai (45) also batted well as Gujarat way back into contention.A stunning 10.8 climbed into the lead shot after shot and overhauled the target in 43.1 overs. in one of the elimination rounds proved I think it was a nice match,” he said.“I Among other matches of the day, NEW DELHI: Jitu Rai clinched the gold secured its first yellow metal in the ongoing to be crucial for Rai, who jumped from closed the 2016 season with a World Cup Bengal beat Rajasthan by two wickets medal with yet another stirring comeback ISSF World Cup on Wednesday. sixth to the third position, and knocked Final silver, and I always dreamt about while Haryana got the better of Assam by while compatriot Amanpreet Singh bagged Entering the event a day after claiming the out Kazakhstan’s renowned marksman starting 2017 in the best way here in India. 53 runs. the silver in men’s 50m pistol event as India 10m pistol bronze, Rai upped the ante as the Vladimir Issachenk with a 10.5. I wanted our flag to fly high.

The Emirati summer of ABU DHABI, Mar 2 (AFP) It is 12 in the afternoon, a humble champion.’At the same time, he has doubters; and the eve of Stage 1 of the 2017 Abu Dhabi Tour. It’s those who believe that the second stage of his career will drizzling and the riders have just got done with their first not bring him as much success as the first. Recently, he Mark Cavendish practice at the Yas Marina Circuit. Alberto Contador, won Stage 1 of the Abu Dhabi Tour and led the GC before Nairo Quintana, Vincenzo Nabili and Marcel Kittel have Rui Costa pipped him at the third stage - the stiff climb all completed their laps and are heading back to the hotel. of the Jebel Hafeet. Although throughout the event, he Mark Cavendish is an exception. He is walking back looked at ease with his sprints. While fingers continue to the circuit accompanied by a fan, who on winning a to be pointed at him, Cavendish’s current form and his certain competition has been granted his wish of riding performance in the only World Tour in the Middle East with the decorated Briton. The drizzle stops, and the dismisses the otherwise common notion that his best two complete a 5.5km lap. Much to the fan’s credit, he years are behind him. finishes in admirable shape. “I’m happy to have gotten a win in the first stage - at “Mark was a gentleman; he’s just a really nice, normal, the Al-Marina Island. I got to lead general classification down to earth guy, and he didn’t go too fast for me, so we for two days, wear the ready jersey for two days,” could chat the whole way around,” the fan told Emirates Cavendish told TOI Sports in an exclusive interview at Motor Company. “I got to ask him about his plans for the the end of the Abu Dhabi Tour. “[I] would have loved season, and as usual, he is looking forward to the Tour to get another win, but I was happy to have finished de France, which is his big goal again this season. But, he first, second and third in the three flat stages. [It] serves also talks very highly of the Abu Dhabi event and the UAE as a wonderful warm-up for a competitive season in general as he loves it here.” that lies ahead.” Cavendish happens to be the Brand That’s Cavendish for you; by all assumptions the Ambassador of the Abu Dhabi Tour, whose third edition finest sprinter the world of professional cycling has seen. garnered terrific numbers across the globe. Having He has 30 individual stage wins at the Tour de France, been granted the status of a World Tour race for the is the holder of 48 Grand Tour stage victories - third in next three years, its website received 2.9 lakh views per the all-time list - and a two-time gold medallist at the day between February 23-26 and the number of people World Championships. But more importantly, despite to follow its Facebook page increased by 27 percent as his growing list of accomplishments, Cavendish remains compared to last year. BFI joins hands with SAI to launch Kohli, Ashwin chosen for BCCI international academy 2016-17 awards New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) With day, BFI President Singh announced also be taking part in the 2017 World Bengaluru, March 1 (IANS) to receive the honour twice. The BCCI Annual Awards the aim to further advance the that the first ever franchise-based Series Boxing competition.”This India skipper Virat Kohli, who has The Chennai tweaker, who committee consisting of N. Ram, training programme for boxers, the Indian Boxing League (IBL) will most was the first time that the AIBA been on a roll with the willow, was adjudged the International Ramachandra Guha and Diana Boxing Federation of India (BFI) on likely be held by the end of the year. commission’s meeting was held in was on Wednesday named for the Cricket Council’s (ICC) Test Edulji had nominated former Wednesday signed a Memorandum Singh also announced that India India and the chairpersons from 11 prestigious Polly Umrigar award cricketer of the year, was domestic cricketers Rajinder of Understanding (MoU) with Sports is planning to host one major commissions of AIBA attended the while all-rounder Ravichandran instrumental in India’s Test Goel and Padmakar Shivalkar for Authority of India (SAI)under which tournament every year in the run-up event to discuss the future of world Ashwin will be presented the series wins against New Zealand, the Col. C.K. Nayudu Lifetime an International Boxing Academy to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, starting boxing.Singh also announced that Dilip Sardesai award at the Board England and Bangladesh with Achievement Award. will be set up with eight regional with the women’s Youth World India is planning to host one major of Control for Cricket in India’s both the bat and the ball. The Mumbai Cricket centres.The agreement was signed Championships in November 2017. tournament every year in the run-up (BCCI) annual awards on March “R. Ashwin will also become the Association has been chosen in the presence of Secretary of Sports “We will be starting our own to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, starting 8 here. first Indian cricketer to receive as the State Association of the and SAI Director General Injeti boxing league later this year and with the women’s Youth World Kohli, who first received the the Dilip Sardesai award twice. Season (2015-16) for winning the Srinivas. it will be a great opportunity for Championships in November 2017. award in 2011-12 and in 2014- The all-rounder first won the Ranji Trophy, the C.K. Nayudu The signing authorities included our boxers with respect to finances “We will be starting our own 15, will become the first Indian award instituted to honour the Trophy and also the women’s International Boxing Association and exposure,” Singh said after the boxing league later this year and cricketer to be bestowed with the best performance in the bilateral Plate League Group. They were (AIBA) President Dr. Ching-Kuo Wu, successful conclusion of the AIBA’s it will be a great opportunity for honour on three occasions. Test series between India and runner-up in the Cooch Behar BFI President Ajay Singh and Roque 71st commission meeting here. our boxers with respect to finances “Team India captain Virat West Indies after being named Trophy, the Vijay Merchant Dias, Executive Director (Special “The women’s Youth World and exposure,” Singh said after the Kohli will be presented with the Man of the Series in the three- Trophy and the women’s One- Projects), SAI. Championships will be a great successful conclusion of the AIBA’s the prestigious Polly Umrigar match Test series in 2011.” Day Elite Group. According to the MoU, the BFI will opportunity for the Indian boxers as 71st commission meeting here. Award, given to the International “In the four-match Test series “In the four-match Test series look after the day-to-day functioning they will be able to compete in such “The women’s Youth World Cricketer of the Year, at the BCCI last year, Ashwin again picked last year, Ashwin again picked of the academy while SAI will build a huge event and it will also help in Championships will be a great Annual Awards to be held in up the Man-of-the-Series award up the Man-of-the-Series award the state-of-the-art facility. AIBA our preparations for Tokyo 2020,” he opportunity for the Indian boxers as Bengaluru on March 8,” the BCCI for his outstanding show. In four for his outstanding show. In four will extend its support in terms of added. they will be able to compete in such said in a statement. Tests, he scored two centuries and Tests, he scored two centuries and providing its vast knowledge and “This is just the beginning of our a huge event and it will also help in Ashwin, who won the Dilip picked 17 wickets including two picked 17 wickets including two expertise in training methodology plans as we wish to host one major our preparations for Tokyo 2020,” he Sardesai award in 2011, will five-wicket hauls,” the statement five-wicket hauls,” the statement and technical know how.Earlier in the event every year and our boxers will added. become the first Indian cricketer read. read. Entertainment 12

Indian Horizon Thursday, March 2, 2017 Indian Horizon Kamal Haasan meets Queen Elizabeth Logan star Hugh Jackman wants Shah Rukh Khan II at UK-India year of culture reception to play Wolverine attended in her whole life. could play it.” Yes! he said that. Excit- For those who don’t know, in ing right? He further added, “The comic 1997, when Queen of England book series is so good because you have made a trip to India, she paid so many people interpreting this role. I a visit to the Marudhanayagam think there are six origin stories. I’ll be re- film set. It was ambitious big ally interested to see how I feel about it. I budget project based on the life want it to be really great. But I don’t want of Marudhanayagam who con- it to be that much better than me. Just a tributed to the freedom strug- little bit is fine. But if everyone is like ‘oh gle. However, we all know the thank god..now,’ I might find that little film didn’t exactly take off due difficult.” For those who don’t remem- to reported lack of funds. But ber, in 2011, when Hugh Jackman was all the same, the Queen came in India for FICCI Frames, Shah Rukh to MGR film city on October 16, Khan was the one who hosted him and 1997. She was there for all of 20 they had even set the dance floor on fire, minutes during which she was along with Vidya Balan. This is how Shah shown a short video of a battle Rukh Khan will look as Wolverine: Logan scene from the film. Check out is receiving rave reviews from the crit- pics as they spell out royalty in ics, so it is understandable that the actor every way. It was ambitious big perhaps wants to leave the franchise on At the UK-India, year of Cul- Later, Kamal Haasan shared budget project based on the life a high. Also read: Hugh Jackman on his ture reception, 2017, Kamal a Facebook post – The Queen of Marudhanayagam who con- last ride as Wolverine: “It feels like this is Haasan had the honour of the seemed in good health and tributed to the freedom strug- the perfect way to go out.“ meeting the Queen of England. remembered her visit to India gle. However, we all know the The much awaited film will hit the – Elizabeth II. The event was fondly. The Duke of Edinburgh film didn’t exactly take off due silver screens on March 3, 2017 and the organised to celebrate British’s was in great shape and health to reported lack of funds. But Hugh Jackman‘s last ride as the Wol- ‘claws’ next. Talking to Rajeev Masand, film being R-rated should be credited to close ties with India, along with as well. The exchange was brief all the same, the Queen came verine is up for a March 3 release. He’s when he was asked if he would be com- the success of Deadpool, which was mo- launching the UK-India year of as there were too many people. to MGR film city on October 16, leaving no stone unturned to make sure fortable seeing other actor playing the tivating enough for the makers, to go all Culture, 2017. other guests in- You might remember during 1997. She was there for all of 20 this turns out to be the best Wolverine/X- role that he had made legendary with his out for the final Wolverine film. Going cluded actress Ayesha Dharker, Her Majesty’s visit to India, she minutes during which she was Men movie of all time. While everyone is portrayal for 17 long years, Hugh replied, by the trailer, the film seems true to its Cricket icon Kapil Dev, Sitar visited my film set. Probably shown a short video of a battle eagerly awaiting the final Wolverine film, “I think I’ll be fine with it. I hope other source material, which is the comic book player Anoushka Shankar. the only film shooting she had scene from the film. many are wondering as to who’d don the people play it. May be Shah Rukh Khan Old Man Logan. Sarkar 3 trailer: This marks the return of Varun Dhawan: True fans the ‘Angry Old Man’ persona never care about flings, of Amitabh Bachchan affairs or relationships Omg! Look how close Varun Dhawan’s got to resembling film saw the killing of Sarkar’s el- Virat Kohli now. I mean, one look at the above picture and der son, played by Kay Kay Menon, you will know what we are trying to say. Yes, Varun like most while Sarkar 2, which was titled of you guys, is equally a Virat fan but that ain’t the only rea- Sarkar Raj, saw the killing of his son why Varun’s imitated Virat’s look this time. Instead, it’s second son, played by Abhishek all thanks to his character ‘Badri’ from Badrinath Ki Dul- Bachchan. It was then, at the end hania that’s got him to do this for just in case you didn’t of second film, when he asks for his know, Varun plays a diehard Virat fan in the film. Taking grand son, who is played by Amit up to Instagram, Varun even captioned this legit pic saying, Sadh in the third part. The trailer is “Badri is only @virat.kohli fan. When I asked my director grander than ever and also features who does Badri love @shashankkhaitan said #viratkohli. a plethora of brilliant actors like Luckily virat was cool enough to let me come and cut my Jackie Shroff, Manoj Bajpai, Ronit hair along side him. Let me tell you he is very down to earth Roy, Rohini Hattangadi, Amit Sadh and humble. He is a national treasure today but I am fan and Yami Gautam. One look at the of his because he hasn’t changed even a little from when I trailer and you’ll realise that it’s a meet him 4 years back #realhero” How sweet! Now doesn’t Ram Gopal Varma film, and even that entirely sum up Varun’s fan moment on meeting Virat? though he has gone off track in re- Probably this photo was taken way back when Varun was cent years, this may well turn out shooting for Badrinath Ki Dulhania. to be his comeback. Also, the back- ground score in the trailer reminds me of Ram Gopal Varma’s own un- derrated gem, Rakhta Charitra. If Dear Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Amy Jackson Has A you are a fan of this franchise, the Amitabh Bachchan and Ram Go- chan revisits the world of Sarkar final scene of the trailer is sure to Special Message For You & It Will Make You Blush! pal Varma came together for the with Sarkar 3 and this time he has give you goosebumps. You know first time in 2005 for a film called become badass than ever. The sh*t just got real when Amitabh Sarkar, which was well received trailer starts of with ‘A wounded Bachchan in his baritone says, then and later spawned a sequel in lion is the most dangerous’ – and “Paintees saal ho gaye khud apne Sarkar Raj (2008). Now 9 years after this forms the crux of Sarkar 3. For haath se kisi ko maare hue, par ab the second film, Amitabh Bach- the uninitiated, first part of the inhi haatho se maarunga.

We all loved the bubbly look of Samantha honoured with Nandi Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in Rajini- kanth's Robot and now, in the second Award by AP govt for her performance installment of Robot i.e., Robot 2.0, Amy Jackson will be seen replacing in Yeto Vellipoyindi Manasu Aishwarya Rai. When Bombay Times, Now this is a big day for Samantha approached the actress to know her Ruth Prabhu! The Andhra Pradesh reaction and whether she is nervous government has just announced the as comparisons are bound to happen, Nandi awards for 2012-2013. The here's what the actress told and we're talented actress has bagged her first simply loving her sweetness! ARB Is An Nandi Award in the Best Actress cat- Inspiration egory for her performance in Yeto "Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is an in- Vellipoindi Manasu. Interestingly, spiration. I've watched 'Robot' sev- her co-star Nani won in the Best Ac- eral times. (Laughs) I have literally tor category for the same film. Apart followed in Aishwarya's footsteps. But from this movie, SS Rajamouli’s Eega our characters aren't related," said starring the same pair hogged all the Amy. Amy On Her Role.. awards in other categories- Best Di- "It's opposite of who I am. I've had rector, Best film, Best VFX, cinema- to change my demeanour and at- tography. What a start to the month! titude for this part. I also have action The announcement of the awards scenes, which I love. Stunt directors were reportedly made in Vijaywada. It were flown in from Germany and was only on Sunday she was celebrat- England for this film," inserted Miss ing seven years of Ye Maaye Chesave, Jackson. Amy On Working With Ra- and now she has another movie to jinikanth "Rajinikanth is a dream to celebrate. The movie that won her the work with. He's unaffected by fame award was a light hearted romantic and adulation. He was nervous when comedy directed by Gautam Menon that showed her attempting to mur- hundreds of locals turned up to see who by the way, also directed her in der a man with a butcher knife while him on our set in a village. He doesn't like Imtiaz Ali. He writes quirky roles 2.0. Amy's Tryst With B'wood Songs & Film "During my first film I was told Ye Maaye Chesave. Looks like all her he was sleeping, made everyone sit like the spotlight, which makes him a for actors." Amy On Director Shankar Dance While talking to the same daily, that I had to shoot for a song. And my recent celebrations have a Guatham up. The film is supposed ot be a ro- legend." With Whom Amy Wants To "Shankar has moulded me as an actor. Amy had also revealed that during her first reaction was 'Do I have to sing?' I Menon connection. In other news, mantic comedy. The movie also stars Work In Her Next? When asked about I shot I with him for three years. His vi- initial days in Bollywood, she was an was told, 'No, you just have to lip-sync Samantha is busy shooting for a film Vijay Sethupathi, the two talented ac- the same, Amy said, "Sanjay Leela sion has helped me grow," said Amy, alien to Bollywood songs and dancing. and dance freestyle', revealed Amy. helmed by Thiagarajan. The first still tors are teaming up for the first time. Bhansali's work inspires me. I also while praising the director of Robot Amy's Experience During Her First But Now, She Is A Pro!

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