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EXPRESS MAPS JALANDHAR Nationwide shelling EDsleuthsonSaturdayconducted raids across 16 States, hunting down shell companies, which the agency CHANDIGARH believesarethebackboneofblackmoneyinIndia.Here are some of the places that witnessed the crackdown JAIPUR Cities raided

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NEW DELHI Companies investigated for money launderers 800 PATNA for laundering Officers work under the proceeds of NRHM scam Nationwide raids involving almost all the agency’s personnel held the ED. Almost all were on the Uranium survey at 100 locations across 16 States; firms with links to politicians NOIDA field AHMEDABAD including Chhagan Bhujbal and Jagan Reddy at the receiving end Show cause Shell served on Gini companies Money searched to proposal in detect NOIDA Big EXPRESS NEWS SERVI C E @ New Delhi in which he and his relatives were alleged Changers for chief engineer targets to have received kickbacks. “Several shell C1.27 cr illegal sale of foreign Yadav Singh’s IN a hell-for-leather assault on money- companies were used by him (Bhujbal) or wealth. Amrabad tiger launderers, the Enforcement Directorate his agents for money laundering. Hence it currency (ED) on Saturday sent out its entire work was necessary to find out whom else these HYDERABAD INDORE ED said it An ED team force of 800 personnel across the country agents helped,” BJP MP Dr Kirit Somai- KOLKATA searched shell from Indore to suss out fishy transactions by shell ya, who played an important role in tak- Some seven reserve gets nod companies searched the companies. The agency was tight-lipped ing the case to the ED, told Express. locations in Howrah CHHAGAN linked to AP residential and and Kolkata were BHUJBAL about the particulars but sources said this Another politically significant search oppn leader business raided by ED V N I L E S H @Hyderabad is one of the biggest such operation ever was of a shell company, Rajeshwar Ex- YS Jagan premises of A Mumbai officials on operator had undertaken, comparable to similar sweeps ports, associated with Y S Jaganmohan 100 MUMBAI Reddy — two coal trader Saturday. WHILE neighbouring Maharastra proudly ad- conducted during the Emergency. Reddy, who is the leader of opposition in Rajeshwar brothers in 700 shell More than vertises increase in its tiger population, Tel- Details dribbling out from ED’s Twitter the Andhra Pradesh Assembly and the Locations Exports. Katni. companies with 30 locations angana’s Amrabad tiger reserve will soon be account said searches were being carried president of the YSR Congress, which has raided across However, BHUBANESWAR 20 dummy dire- raided, part of uranium survey and exploration. out at 100 locations in 16 states. a blow-hot-blow-cold relationship the country Reddy’s party ED attached assets worth C34.54 lakh ct ors & had including The standing committee of the National Some 300 shell companies were with the BJP. He faces several cor- said he had of Shri Tarakanta Panda, retired the office of cooperative officer; 53.48 lakh of Board for Wildlife(NBWL) in its 41st meeting converted subjected to inspections. The op- ruption cases being prosecuted nothing to do C C46.7cr for NCP one Jagdish with the Prasanta K Barik, ex chief engineer; held recently, gave clearance to conduct ura- erations began early in the by the Enforcement Directorate Prasad leader Bhujbal company and C14.95 cr of Surendra Nath Mishra nium survey and exploration in over 83 sqkm morning and were continuing and CBI, the hearings of which Purohit, in Amrabad tiger reserve, home to around 18 at day’s end. The premises are coming up later this month. 700 who is said tigers. The other tiger reserve in the state Ka- YADAV SINGH searched included market plac- Another person in the ED’s to have BENGALURU CHENNAI Shell helped wal tiger reserve has hardly any tiger popula- Shell firms es, business centres, residential crosshairs is the former NOIDA Premises of seven firms As much as C90 crore was companies Chhagan tion to boast about. searched to premises even houses rented out by chief engineer Yadav Singh, who is raided, including one illegally siphoned off abroad run by a Bhujbal Amrabad tiger reserve is spread over Amra- detect former cut-out companies. facing cases of corruption, possession of owned by businessman from the city, say ED sources. bad and Udimilla in former Mahbubnagar dis- ED personnel were armed with data on disproportionate assets and money laun- Mumbai- launder ill- Ramanareddy Premises of Galaxy Impex, NOIDA chief gotten 700 FIRMS, ONE ADDRESS: P9 based Snowcity & Co, BK Electro Tools trict (currently Nagarkurnool district) and engineer’s high-value transactions gathered during dering. wealth of KOCHI Products, Green International, Narayanpur in Nalgonda district. the demonetisation period by entities and operator over 46.7 wealth C About 10 shell Metal Tradus and Horizon The NBWL has maintained that the move is personalities, including politicians, asso- What are shell companies? from one crore important “considering the strategic impor- ciated with some of the most prominent address companies raided Trading were raided tance of uranium for a developing country.’’ corruption and black money cases being Firms set up with nominal paid-up capital GOA When contacted, principal chief conserva- probed in the country at present. to stand as a front for money laundering Assets worth C1.95 cr of former Goa CMs Digamber Kamat and Churchill tor of forests(PCCF), Telangana forest depart- Searches at the Andheri (W), Mumbai by over-invoicing. Typically, they have Alemao attached in Louis Berger bribery case ment, PK Jha said, “Only survey would be car- premises of one Jagdish Purohit revealed reserves and surpluses, report a high share ried out in the designated area of Amrabad JAGANMOHAN that he was running as many as 700 shell premium and tend to invest in unlisted 50 What is ED? tiger reserve. These tests will not harm the en- REDDY companies out of that one address with 20 companies. They have no dividend income vironment.” However, minutes of NBWL dummy directors. He allegedly converted or high cash in hand. Such firms are Kolkata firms Firms allegedly The Enforcement meeting mentions that clearance has been `46.7 crore at the behest of jailed former characterised by having private companies had the same Directorate is a specialized related to him address - a The operations are based on investigations given for ‘survey and exploration’ by Atomic Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister as majority shareholders, low turnover and financial investigating done by us (the ED) and some others as part were searched. vacant Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Re- Chhagan Bhujbal. Bhujbal was arrested operating income, nominal expenses, agency that reports to the of our anti-black money crackdown charter search, South Central Region, Telangana. His office denied last year in connection with the Mahar- nominal statutory payments and stock in premises Department of Revenue, Wildlife activist Diya involvement ashtra Sadan scam and Kalina land case trade and minimum fixed assets Ministry of Finance Karnal Singh, director, Enforcement Directorate Banerjee, who had earlier challenged Telangana forest department’s con- Only survey would troversial decision to cull be carried out in the wild boars in the state Companies in Chennai and Hyderabad feel the heat designated area of said, “The biggest con- Amrabad tiger cern is that if the urani- reserve. These tests um survey turns out to EXPRESSNEWSSERVI C E the premises of Galaxy Impex, alone,” a reliable source in the direc- Jaganmohan Reddy. The agency’s of- tion against media publications that will not harm the be successful what will @ Chennai/Hyderabad/Bengaluru Snowcity & Co, BK Electro Tools torate said. “The searches are being ficial Twitter handle tweeted that it had taken off from the tweet to allege environment happen after that ? Will Products, Green International, Metal conducted at places where we man- was conducting searches at shell his connection to the case. the area be denotified to A total `90 crore has been siphoned Tradus and Horizon Trading in aged to locate the companies,” the companies linked to him, namely More than `3,500 crore was laun- — PK Jha, Principal allow uranium mining ? out illegally to South East Asia and Chennai had been searched. source added. Rajeshwar Exports. dered through shell companies chief conservator of forests This question needs to be Hong Kong through eight shell com- The searches began around 9 am. Meanwhile in Hyderabad, the ED However, Reddy’s party’s media across the country during the No- answered by the govern- panies in Chennai, sources in the En- “We have identified these shell com- reportedly conducted raids on shell cell later issued statements saying vember-December period after `500 ment,” she said. forcement Directorate (ED) told Ex- panies from where money worth `90 companies linked to Andhra that he had nothing to do with the and `1,000 currency notes were Uranium exploration in the tiger reserve press on Saturday. They added that crore has gone out from Chennai Pradesh’s Leader of Opposition YS said company and initiated legal ac- demonetised. has been a contentious issue for quite some time with tribals and environmentalists protesting against it. Clearance for road widening in SUSPECTED HONOUR KILLING wildlife sanctuaries in the state You need size to evolve in the changing The meeting gave clearance to two other Death of a Dalit youth creates projects including road widening inside wildlife sanctuaries in the state. It may be recalled world, says SBI chairman on merger that a sub-committee of ministry of environment and forests in 2013 headed by the then public outrage in Manthani member of NBWL, Dr MK Ranjitsinh had rec- SUNITHA NATTI @ Mumbai tered by four banks. Ditto with Chi- banks with a solid customer base of ommended that roads should not be widened na and even Canada, where just a 450 million, and deposits and ad- EXPRESS NEWS SERVI C E @Peddapalli exhuming the body,” she said. in wildlife sanctuaries and should be at best HOURS after triggering the merger handful of banks cater to the vances worth `25 lakh crore and ` Earlier in the day, MRPS activists just repaired. process on Saturday, Arundhati masses. 19 lakh crore respectively. Prior to THE suspicious death of Dalit youth, led by R Sagar Madiga continued The projects cleared by the NBWL include Bhattacharya, chairman, SBI, bat- “It’s like an infant and a grown- the merger, SBI is ranked 64 global- Manthani Madhukar (25), belonging their protest demanding a probe be widening of a 13.8 km road between Naker- ted for further consolidation in the up. If you have an infection, the in- ly. The combined entity’s market to Kathalapur village in the district ordered into the death of Madhukar. rekal and Mallampally on NH-365 that passes Indian banking industry.According fant is more at risk than a grown-up. share in India will be 23 per cent up has created public outrage with lead- “Local CI and SI are trying to mis- through Pakhal Wildlife Sanctuary.It requires to her, there was a need for three- Size does make a difference, and from 17 per cent. ers of Dalit associations terming it lead the people by terming it as a sui- diversion of around 51 acres of forest, involv- four large banks in the country, as you need that size to evolve in the Currently, there are 22 public sec- as a “honour killing” since the boy cide. Cases should be booked against ing chopping down of 5,000 trees. The NBWL size offers the ability to withstand changing world, as the pace of tor banks, including the combined had a love affair with a girl belonging the duo under SC and ST Atrocities said that widening should be done with ade- risks. In an exclusive interaction change has become rapid,” she said, SBI entity, and clamour for consoli- to upper caste. Act,” Sagar demanded. quate standard safe passages in the form of with Express, Bhattacharya said it adding, “you need to withstand dation is growing louder. However, With a video clip showing injuries Madhukar of Kathalapur fell in over-bridges and under-bridges for movement was important to have a few large those changes, to be able to partici- for this to happen, the NPA issue on eyes and chest of Madhukar going love with a girl of Venkatapur and of wild animals. banks of almost equivalent size and pate in those changes, and if you needs to be resolved. “We are trying viral on social media, local police, they decided to get married. But as Other clearance is for widening of road a lot of smaller players. “The bigger don’t have that, you are at more at to resolve bad loans. We have got who had earlier termed the death as they belonged to different castes passing through Mahavir Harina Vanasthali the bank, the easier it is to ensure risk.” some good laws for the resolution a case of a suicide, on Saturday said their parents have rejected their pro- National Park in Hyderabad requiring diver- that they follow the right kind Following the SBI-Associ- process, but implementation takes that a thorough investigation would posal. Following which they tried to sion of 7 acres of forest. Telangna PCCF Jha of processes,” she added. ate banks merger, SBI will time,” Bhattacharya added. be done to bring out facts. commit suicide. However, both sur- said, “There is already a road passing through Drawing parallels with break into the global top 50 FULL INTERVIEW: P11 Ramagundam ACP Apoorva Rao vived and the girl was recuperating the national park which has fencing on both other countries, where a on Saturday visited the spot where at a hospital. However, two days later sides. The widening will not affect the national few large banks play a his body was found with multiple in- Madhukar was found dead on the vil- It’s like an infant and a grown-up. If you have an infection, the park.” Apart from these proposals, NBWL has dominant role, the sexage- jures near a canal on March 14. “We lage outskirts on March 14. infant is more at risk... the pace of change (in the world) has also cleared proposals for widening of roads narian said nations like become rapid are waiting for postmortem report. Madhukar’s parents approached through three other protected areas in other Australia have 80 per cent If the report is not satisfactory a re- police, alleging that their son was states of the country. MORE: P2 of banking services ca- Arundhati Bhattacharya postmortem would be conducted by killed by the girl’s family.

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HC tells IT dept to relax rules for doctor to deposit old notes Hyderabad: A division bench of the Hyderabad High Court has directed the Income Tax Shocked by HC verdict, AP cops to file an appeal soon authorities to allow a Hyderabad-based woman doctor to utilise the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana, 2016 (PMGKY), a scheme introduced by the Centre in December last EXPRESS NEWS SERVI C E @ Vijayawada have no further comment,” said Po- Court took into consideration the loop- after demonetisation in November, by relaxing few conditions of the scheme for the FACT SHEET lice Commissioner Gautam Sawang holes in the prosecution, but not the woman doctor. P6 SHOCKED over the High Court order when approached by the media. evidence collected by the police, before acquitting P Satyam Babu in the Aye- 14 police officials involved in However, police officers said they delivering the verdict. “At present, the THENEWSUNDAYEXPRESS sha Meera murder case, the Vijaya- probe directly had collected 18 proofs including a DNA test is considered the ultimate AP engineer in ACB trap, wada Police are gearing up to chal- 49 suspects examined DNA test against Satyam Babu, evidence to prove Satyam Babu’s guilt.

MAGAZINE�� L100 crore DA unearthed lenge the court’s orders at a higher which were examined by the Vijaya- The vaginal swabs have been pre- �� judicial authority.Top officials were 36 suspects underwent wada Sessions Mahila Court before served. Anyone can conduct the DNA The ACB on Saturday netted also surprised over the court’s orders DNA tests sentencing him to life imprisonment. test again on Satyam Babu, to confirm �� Engineer-in-Chief of Roads and seeking action against the investiga- “The investigation was carried out in his involvement in the crime,” another �� Buildings Department Maley tion officers for allegedly erring in 39 suspects underwent a scientific manner and we have both officer said. The Iraqi Army and its allies have the Islamic State (IS) on the run as people wake up to a fractured future. polygraph A post-IS world throws up its own challenges to the region and beyond. By Gilgamesh Nabeel Gangadharam and unearthed assets the probe into the rape and murder technical and circumstantial evi- When pointed out that the court ex- disproportionate to his known sources case that resulted in the arrest of dence against Satyam Babu, which presseddoubtsonwhynoneof thetests of income. The total value of the Satyam Babu. were presented to the court. We will were conducted on another accused unearthed disproportionate assets is Within hours of the High Court de- go in for a reappeal. “We are sur- approach higher authorities to chal- Koneru Satish, an IPS officer said that estimated to be around J100 crore livering its judgement, the Vijayawa- prised at the High Court orders. We lenge the High Court’s verdict,” said they had conducted DNA, blood and PLUS 12-PAGES while the registration value is being da police got down to business and will initiate necessary legal action a senior officer in the city police. polygraph tests on all 36 suspects be- MAGAZINE shown as J8.5 crore. P6 are awaiting for the judgment copy to after receiving the judgement copy.I The officials suspect that the High fore zeroing in on Satyam Babu. ALMANAC TODAY FORECAST Sunset 1829 hrs Mostly Sunny Sunday: 02/04/17 Year: Sri Hevalambi Aayanam: Uttaraayanam Rutuvu: Vasantha Rutuvu Sunrise 0610 hrs Masam: Chaitramu Paksham: Sukla Tithi: Shasti 03:17 pm MIN MAX Moonrise 10.36 hrs Nakshatram: Mrugasira 01:15 am Durmuhurtham: 04:49-05:38 am WEATHER 0 0 Varjyam: 08:08-09:37 pm Rahukaalam: 4:30-06:00 am WATCH 26 C 39 C Moonset 23.54 hrs

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EXPRESSNEWSSERVI C E lines passing through various tional Board for Wild Life in its While the committee was sup- Wildlife Division of Ministry of three sites for inspections and @ Hyderabad protected areas in the state in- 41st meeting held this month in posed to submit its report by end Environment and Forests. will submit a report to MoEF. cluding Kawal and Amrabad Ti- New Delhi halted these clearanc- of March, as per officials of Tel- Two proposals cleared earlier These three forest divisions There are several roadblocks in ger Reserves, Pranahita Wild Life es and ordered that a committee angana forest department the by the Telangana state Board for form important part of the tiger the state government’s plans to Sanctuary (WLS), Pocharam of four central government offi- committee is yet to visit the state. Wild Life for laying of drinking corridor in TS through which ti- lay drinking water pipelines WLS, Kinnersani WLS and Etur- cials should visit the sites in wild The central committee visiting water pipelines through Kaga- gers often move in and out of the through wildlife sanctuaries and nagaram WLS. It had recom- life sanctuaries through which Telangana will comprise NBWL znagar, Bellampally and Manche- state. Also, laying of water pipe- tiger reserves in the state. Telan- mended these clearances to the water pipelines are supposed to members Dr HS Singh and Dr R rial forest divisions have also lines here will require diversion gana State Board for Wild Life National Board for Wild Life pass and submit a report on it to Sukumar, one representative of been halted by NBWL. The com- of 14 acres of forest in Eturuna- had earlier cleared a massive 23 (NBWL) in February. the Ministry of Environment and National Tiger Conservation Au- mittee formed by NBWL for visit- garam wild life sanctuary top proposals of drinking water pipe- The standing committee of Na- Forests (MoEF). thority and one person from the ing the sites will also visit these construct related structures.

COMING SOON Why work if you Solar-powered can buy your coolers for student project? RTC buses EXPRESSNEWSSERVI C E @ Hyderabad

Readymade engg projects cost between The TSRTC’s Jagtial depot man- I2,500 to I50,000 depending on complexity ager, who tried to help passengers beat the summer heat by install- ing air coolers inside two RTC V N I L E S H @ Hyderabad buck. A senior professor of a buses last year, has further im- well-known engineering college provised on the concept by now FINISHING an engineering said, “In many private engineer- using solar power enabled cool- project does not require knowl- ing colleges, the teachers and ers in the bus. edge but money. At least that’s Heads of Department provide Last year, the depot manager P the case in a few colleges in the business to firms selling engi- Hanumanth Rao shot to news by city. Most of the students have neering projects. They take com- fitting coolers in two TSRTC bus- been found resorting to buying mission on the cost that the stu- es and increasing occupancy ra- readymade projects from small dents pay to such firms for buying tio. Back then, electricity for the firms who are into this business projects. Not just this but some coolers was drawn from the dy- full-time. These firms also help in college managements too are in- namo in bus. “However, I was getting research papers pub- volved in this business by setting said that it puts load on battery. lished for students. tie-ups with firms selling engi- So, we are fitting solar panels on Some of these firms have even neering projects. When the time buses. We will have a demo test taken the route of e-commerce comes for external evaluation, on Saturday,” said the Jagtial de- and have displayed the projects even invigilators are handled by BLUEISTHECOOLEST COLOUR pot manager. on their website in detail accord- the college management. It does Youngsters having a blast in a swimming pool as the temperature in the city continues to increase with each passing day | SATHYA KEERTHI Meanwhile, the TSRTC has ing to the technology it is based not usually happen that some stu- bagged 30 medals at the state lev- on, its price along with pictures, dent is failed in the final year for el Master Athletic Sports Meet abstracts and research papers. sub-standard project.” held at Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. Engineering students are expect- “In most of the engineering Hyd airport The tournament with 19 states ed to put the concepts that they colleges the teachers are not ca- SC breather for HMRL in participating saw TSRTC offi- learn into practice twice in their pable enough to provide project cials bagging 4 gold, 7 silver and four-year long course –once in ideas to their students and make on revamp 19 bronze medals. GV Ramama the third year as a mini project them do projects in colleges. Stu- Rao, the managing director of for 50 marks and again in their dents are to be blamed as well property acquisition issue TSRTC commended them for final year for 200 marks. who do not show any interest in mode their “work and sports” balance. However, majority of the stu- doing project and buy them,” he dents buy readymade projects added. EXPRESSNEWSSERVI C E EXPRESSNEWSSERVI C E to pay compensation as per the the case on behalf of state gov- which can cost anywhere be- @Hyderabad @ Hyderabad new 2013 LA Act. ernment and HMRL. tween `2,500 to `50,000 depending Colleges need to take Challenging the HC order in After hearing their argu- Couple dies in on the technology, components interest THE Rajiv Gandhi Interna- Hyderabad Metro Rail project the Supreme Court, HMRL and ments and the assurance given used and complexity of the tional airport managing au- has got a major relief in Su- the Telangana Government re- by the AG, Supreme Court al- project. Principal of JNTU-H College of thority will deploy 50 Passen- preme Court in connection quested the SC to allow them to lowed the state government to road accident When contacted, JNTU-Hy- Engineering, Dr A Govardhan, ger Service Associates to with acquisition of certain take possession of the affected take possession of the affected derabad registrar, Dr N Yadaiah, said, “Colleges need to play an ac- provide assistance to passen- properties in Nampally and properties as per compensation properties and proceeded with EXPRESSNEWSSERVI C E said, “The university cannot en- tive role in getting internships gers with special needs such other areas on Friday. pattern under the old Act and the Metro Rail project works, @ Hyderabad sure that at each and every affili- for their students in industry for as expecting mothers, women While land acquisition assured the Supreme Court subject to payment of compen- ated college, students are genu- conducting the final year project. travelling with infants, senior awards passed by the Revenue that they will pay compensa- sation as per the final judg- A couple from Surayiguda died in inely doing the projects. The We write to various PSUs like citizens among others. authorities under the old Land tion as per the final judgment ment of Supreme Court. an accident while they were on colleges also share this responsi- ECIL and BHEL along with pri- The airport has increased Acquisition Act in the third of the Supreme Court re- With this, the balance 11 their way to attend the cremation bility and should take required vate IT companies for allowing X-ray machines and security week of Dec 2013, the owners of garding applicability affected properties in of their relative in Suryapet on measures for it.” our children to do internships. check lanes for domestic pas- these properties approached of the old or the new N a m p a l l y a n d Saturday. The incident occurred As industries cannot provide in- sengers by 40 pc. To improve the High Court that the awards LA Act. Ameerpet will be when the auto trolley they were Private colleges in cahoots ternships to every single engi- passenger management dur- were predated and that they Attorney general taken possession travelling in rammed into a tree with project vendors neering student, colleges should ing peak hours it has opened a should be paid compensation of India, Mukul and the Metro after its rear tyre got flat. Accord- take the initiative to get their stu- central gate at departure ter- as per the new LA Act, which Rohatgi, solicitor Rail works in ing to Choutuppal inspector S While the university says that dents do in-house projects under minal. RGIA has also installed came into force from Jan 2014. general Ranjit Ku- these areas will Naveen Kumar, the couple has the onus is on private colleges, guidance of the faculty. Around two Common Use Self Service Though the High Court ob- mar and advo- be speeded up, been identified as N Lingaiah unfortunately these colleges are 60 per cent of our students do machines at Airport Novotel served that the awards were cate general of HMRL manag- and his wife N Akkamma. The also involved with students in their projects in industries while Hotel allowing passengers not predated and that they were Telangana, K ing director driver’s condition is stated to be making a mockery of engineer- the remaining do their projects there to check in before they correctly passed, it neverthe- Ramakrishna NVS Reddy critical. The bodies of the de- ing education for earning a quick in college on real time issues.” check out from the hotel. less asked the state government Reddy argued said. ceased have been handed over to their family members. Rejected man harasses woman online, arrested UNDER PMLA EXPRESSNEWSSERVI C E The stranger also created a fake ship. The duo had become close ED attaches @ Hyderabad Facebook profile on her name, and he had clicked some of her through which he sent morphed pictures in his mobile phone. THE Cyberabad cyber crime po- pictures to the girl and her When Shyam proposed for mar- `3.04 crore lice on Saturday arrested a pri- friends. riage, the girl refused and avoid- vate employee from Miyapur Based on the complaint, a ed him. “Shyam bore grudge for harassing a girl student by case has been registered under the girl and he morphed the

SAAI of MLM morphing her pictures and up- sections 354 D of IPC, sections girl’s pictures and sent them to loading them on internet to de- 66 C and 67 IT Act by the cyber her, threatening to defame for fame her as she rejected his crime police. During probe, po- rejection. He created fake Face- company marriage proposal. lice collected the mobile num- book profile and uploaded the

ILLUSTRATION: According to Cybera- bers and IP address of the origi- morphed pictures of the girl EXPRESSNEWSSERVI C E bad cyber crime ACP S nation of the pictures and and sent them to her friends on @ Hyderabad Jayaram, the victim, a messages and zeroed in on one Facebook,” said Jayaram in a student, lodged a com- Kondaboyina Shyam(28) of Mi- release on Saturday. The ACP The Enforcement Directorate on EXPRESS READ plaint with the police yapur, who lives in the neigh- said that the investigating team Saturday attached assets worth on March 18, stating buorhood of the complainant. has recovered the incriminat- `3.04 crore of Vishwajyothi Real- that an unknown per- Questioning revealed that the ing evidence from mobile phone tors Pvt Ltd, a Multi-level market- Tactical training given to security heads of tech cos son has been sending CRIME through WhatsApp girl and the accused met in a of accused and are investigating company that allegedly cheat- abusive messages to her TIME and is harassing her. marriage and developed friend- ing further in the case. ed public to the tune of tens of Hyderabad: Security heads of 60 software companies in Cyberabad IT crores of rupees. Corridor have been given five-day tactical training in weapon disarming, Vishwajyothi Realtors was es- identification of explosive devices and suspects. The second batch of Three punters arrested Tourism min Azmeera Chandulal’s son Dharam Singh held for drunken brawl tablished in Ameerpet in 2011. It tactical training to the security heads concluded on Saturday. During ahead of IPL season Warangal: Tourism minister Azmeera Chandulal’s son was arrested for assaulting a person near Gudipada had invited investments of the five-day programme, security heads of the companies were trained With the Indian Premier in Warangal rural district late in the evening on Saturday. Sources said that the minister’s son Dharam `10,000 per person from members to use reflexes and hand baton effectively. They were also given League around the corner, Singh was drunk when the incident took place. The sources said that Dharam Singh had an argument with of the public, promising returns training on weapon disarming, identification of explosive devices, Hyderabad police nabbed a person who had parked his vehicle on the side of the road. The person immediately called Atmakur of `100 a day till the amount identification of suspects, conducting searches in rooms and buildings. three persons who were found police who took Singh into custody. Later the police realized that they have arrested minister’s son. The reached `40,000. Hundreds in- “Most of the IT, ITeS companies, business organisations deploy private indulging in cricket betting and police had reportedly informed the minister. No case was filed till this report was filed. vested but as it failed to repay security staff and as a proactive measure, it was decided to train the accepting cash. The Task Force amounts, complaints were lodged security heads. The trained persons now can train their staff, so that police seized I10 lakh cash, with Punjagutta police. the first line of defence becomes strong and will be a position to handle Dance master molests F61 lakh demonetised currency seized, two held Subsequently, during raids in laptop, TV sets and mobile minor, arrested emergencies before the police reach the spot,” Madhapur DCP Vishwa phones from the accused. The Hyderabad police on Saturday arrested two persons 2011, the police seized `2.7 crore Prasad said explained the rationale of the program, said a release. arrested persons include A 35-year-old dance master from and seized scrapped currency of `500 and `1000 from the company and arrested cricket betting organiser Raidurgam has been booked and worth `61 lakh from their possession. The arrested three persons Tata Pramod, Nama Ajay Raj and Pinreddy Mukesh Sharma(49) , Ritesh arrested for molesting a minor girl persons are Om Prakash Modani and Raghavender. Niloufer hospital gets new blood bank Ravinder Reddy and later, the Singh(39) from Mangalhat and injuring her father when he The duo wanted to swap them for the new currency. Central Crime Station police held and Mahesh Beeradhar from resisted. The accused K Venkata Narayanaguda Inspector, S Bheem Reddy said that on The struggles of attenders of patients at Niloufer Hospital in getting V Surender, K Chokka Rao, M Krishna Kishore is from specific tip off, they learned that the accused had come to street plasma, blood cells and others would come down as an advanced blood Aliabad. Sharma is allegedly a Yella Swamy, V Devender Rao, S Mandikonda. The victim’s family number 16 of Himayatnagar to exchange demonetised notes. bank at the hospital was inaugurated by Telangana director of Medical habitual offender in betting. Pinakapani, S Venkat Raju and lives opposite to Kishore’s in the Education Dr M Ramani on Saturday. The facility was established as it He was arrested thrice. “The Shaik Nagul Meera. is a prerequisite to offer MD in Transfusion Medicine course which the accused has taken a small same apartment. The victim, a Residents attack panchayat officer The company had reportedly hospital is trying to start offering. “No college in the state offers the room at his father-in-law’s 13-year-old girl, used to play with paid `24 crore as commission to course which deals with components of blood. We have initiated steps house located in Saidabad,’’ Kishore’s children in his flat. Nizampet gram panchayat secretary Y Durga Prasad was allegedly agents and around `10 crore was towards the direction,” said Dr K Ramesh Reddy, superintendent of the police said. The accused along Kishore showed up to the girl’s beaten and held captive by residents of Reddy Avenue colony when used to purchase assets. The ED hospital. He said that if need be for any government hospital, they can with seized property were house on Ugadi and asked the the secretary, along with other employees, went to demolish an on Saturday stated it had attached collect blood from the blood bank but supply depends on quantity handed over to the Saidabad minor to marry her and even got illegal parapet wall on Saturday. Prasad complained to police that the assets under Prevention of there. “Patients will get blood free of cost at the blood bank,” he said. police for further action. physical with her. about 50 people had surrounded him. A case has been registered. Money Laundering Act. DISCUSSION ON AUTISM AWARENESS TODAY Justice Subhashan Reddy of Lokayukt will inaugurate ‘Madhav - Helping Hands’, at Rajasthani Graduates Association Hall, Abids, at 11 am on Sunday to raise awareness about autism

03 HYDERABAD SUNDAY 02�04�2017 EXPRESS READ GHMC asks traders No rescheduling of exam, says OU Hyderabad: Students need not take seriously a circular on WhatsApp saying that B.Com second year exam to to renew licences be held on April 6 has been rescheduled on April 5. The circular was widely shared on Saturday, also EXPRESS NEWS SERVI C E @ Hyderabad known as April Fool’s day. Osmania University, Controller of Examination, Prof M Kumar, said that the GREATER Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is- circular is ‘fake’ and that there is no rescheduling of sued instructions to traders in GHMC limits to renew their examination. He said that the fake circular must have trade licence for the year 2017-2018 on or before April 30 in been spread as a prank by someone and that no such any e-seva centres, Citizen Service Centres (CSCs) in circular was issued by the university. The fake circular GHMC. got many students panicked on Saturday. If one sees It said that those who have not obtained the trade licence carefully, there is one mistake in the circular, of usage so far are required to apply online, or approach any e-seva of ‘d’ instead of the, which is often used casually by centres, CSCs or head office and circle offices. Traders youngsters in texting. should obtain trade licences as required under section 521 and 622 of GHMC Act, 1955. The trader who renew their licence between May 1 and TS orders recruitment of 27 adolescent June 30 have to pay 25 per cent licence fee as penalty and health counsellors those who renew from July 1 onwards they have to pay 50 per cent licence fee as penalty in addition to the original trade Telangana government on Saturday issued orders licence fee. permitting recruitment of 27 adolescent health In this connection, all the traders should avail opportunity counsellors to Adilabad (13) and Mahbubnagar (14) to obtain trade licence by placing online applications for ob- districts, and 10 district community mobilizers (one for taining provisional trade licence certificate immediately each erstwhile districts). The health counsellors will from e-seva or CSCs. Further information can be obtained be working under the Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya from GHMC website www.ghmc.gov.in. Karyakram (RKSK).

Police raid pan shops, hookah centres With pan shop setting up shop near schools and selling cigarettes of foreign brands in old city, South Zone police carried out raids on pan shops and Hookah centres at various places and found violations. During raids, police seized foreign brand cigarettes, hookah flavour products and electronic cigarettes with liquid- type flavour without any warning label. “These illegal business is being done in Dabeerpura, Santoshnagar, Kanchanbagh, Madannapet, Falaknuma and Workers unloading sacks at Rythu Bazar in Hyderabad on Saturday | VINAY MADAPU Chandrayangutta police limits,’’ said the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), V Satyanarayana. Police registered cases under IPC section 420 and Sec 5, 6 (a), (7) read with 20 (2) 22 and 24 (1) of Cigarettes ( P A & RTCPSD ) Act -2003 by sending Return empty handed or wait contraband for Forensic analysis. out strike: Truckers’ dilemma Most drivers usually unload goods in city and return with stocks of cement, stones

M I T H U N M K @ Hyderabad Kothapur market at Malakpet with on- State formulates ions. It is routine for him to unload the contingency plan to deal CITY markets are buzzing with activity goods at the market, restock with goods with truckers strike and it is business as usual for all traders meant for Maharashtra. KARNATAKA even as the lorry drivers strike enters But with the ongoing strike, he has Hyderabad: The official machinery is the third day on Saturday.Lorry drivers decided to stay put in Hyderabad as an gearing up for facing the ongoing plying essential commodities are now empty return journey does not make truckers strike to see that the WELCOMES TRADERS TO ITS mulling joining the strike from economic sense. commoners will not get affected by it. Monday. “Most drivers take a return trip to Chief secretary SP Singh held a UNIFIED AGRICULTURAL e - MARKETS But truck drivers who were at the Karnataka where they load cement or meeting with officials concerned on markets have no option but wait out the stones before heading back to Solapur, Saturday here on how to deal with the strike or turn back home empty handed but am unable to do that as my truck situation as the lorry drivers strike Single unified license has enabled traders to entered the third day. The Civil which is not a profitable option. “The can’t handle that type of load,” says transact in all APMCs in Karnataka and the lorry strike has not affected my busi- Illiyas. Supplies department was alerted to ness,” said Abid Hussain, a 32-year-old But Illyas is in solidarity with the ensure that the people do not face e-permit facility has simplified transportation trader at Rythu Bazaar, Erragadda. “I strike and doesn’t mind the interim shortage for essential commodities. of agricultural commodities, traders can now have one truck load waiting to be un- losses he is facing, “The `20,000 for in- The Vijaya Dairy officials too were generate e-permit ‘‘any time any where’’. loaded and the stocks will last me till the surance premium by itself is very hard asked to make contingency plan to - S. S. Mallikarjun strike is over,” he added. Abid gets his for most of us truck owners to pay but supply milk in the state. The chief Minister for Agricultural Marketing and stock of onions from Solapur. . they have no hiked it to `40,000. They secretary also directed the officials to Horticulture “There are about 2.5 lakh vehicles say either pay up or sell your vehicle to regularly monitor the flow of taking part in the strike, only 10 per scrap. I don’t have that kind of money.” vegetables to various markets and The Hon’ble Chief Minister inaugurating cent of the vehicles are not taking part For every trip the drivers make, they Rytu Bazars. The chief secretary UMP on 22nd February 2014 Experts Excerpts as they are catering to essential com- have to shell out a minimum of `2,000 directed the officials of TSRTC to allow modities,” said G Durga Prasad, general on maintenance alone. transportation of goods and other secretary, Telangana Lorry Owners As- “I bought my truck for `3 lakh two ‘What makes Uniﬁed Market Platform unique, is the quality test report essential commodities in buses. from reputed assayers that can be seen on the platform.’ sociation. The strike will go on till our years ago. Be it a new vehicle or old, Collectors of all districts were asked to demands are met, he added. something breaks now and then. The send daily reports on truck strike to -T. P. Shenoy, Head, Agri Operation, ADM Mohammad Illiyas has been a lorry spare parts don’t come cheap,” says the control room set up at Transport driver for over 25 years. He had come to Illiyas. ‘Remote bidding has helped me to trade in multiple markets sitting at Department office in Hyderabad. On my own place.’ -Veerendra, SV Traders, Chitradurga There are about 2.5 lakh vehicles taking part in the strike, only 10 per cent of the the other hand, the state government vehicles are not taking part as they are catering to essential commodities officials conveyed demands of truck ‘Uniﬁed license has removed barriers and has improved our market operators to the Union government. Hon’ble Minister S. S. Mallikarjun G Durga Prasad, general secretary, Telangana Lorry Owners Association visit to APMC accessibility. e-permit has eased movement of goods post trade.’ -Manjunatha, Trader, APMC, Tumkur PULSE POLIO Unique Features

� Single uni�ed trader license to buy in any of the 156 agriculture markets As many as in the state. � Simpli�ed process of availing the trader license online at Rs. 200 per 41 lakh kids year only. �� Licensed traders can login through web portal using their unique user to be given id and password and buy from anywhere. � Quality of commodities assured by a third party assayer & results are vaccine today displayed on the electronic platform. � Cleaning, grading & packing facilities are made available in our EXPRESSNEWSSERVI C E markets. @ Hyderabad � Successful bidders can also conclude trade by making payment online. AS many as 41.57 lakh chil- � Electronic weighment, computerized billing, online payment & dren below five years of age across the state including Assaying laboratory e–permits are available for your convenience. Greater Hyderabad limits will � Major markets, arrivals and price information are made available be administered oral polio through our mobile app & website. vaccine during second round of Pulse Polio Immunisation programme to be held on Sun- Progress of e-Market: day from 6 am onwards. All health staff, volunteers, � 39 lakh farmers have registered on the Uni�ed Market platform. ASHAs, AWWs, Mahila Man- � 18,000 commission agents to facilitate in e-tendering. dali members, MEPMA, SERP, � Transactions till date is Rs. 45,000 crore from 68 lakh lots. nursing students and teachers will be involved in programme. Bidding by traders in e-tendering � Assaying facilities made available at 40 major markets free of cost. Telangana Commissioner- ate of Health and Family Wel- Major Commodities in Karnataka’s Agricultural fare has arranged 25,700 polio booths across state, 787 mobile Produce Markets: teams, 2,557 route supervisors, 8,711 ANMs, 27,045 ASHA � Copra, Chilly, Tur Dal, Greengram, Arecanut, Tamarind, Jowar, workers and 32,082 AWW have Groundnut, Cotton, Sun�ower, Paddy, Turmeric, Ragi, Horsegram. been pressed into service for administering polio drops. For more information contact: Those children who miss Director, Department of Agricultural Marketing, Bengaluru polio drops, a house to house Electronic lot weighment Telephone: 080-22867192, 22867369 activity will be carried out on e-mail: [email protected] / [email protected] April 3 and 4 and in Hydera- bad it will be extended for an- Department of Agricultural Marketing & other day, on April 5. Karnataka State Agricultural Marketing Board In Hyderabad, as many as 3,062 polio booths, 47 transit No. 16, 2nd Cross, Rajbhavan Road, Bengaluru. www.krishimaratavahini.kar.nic.in Rashtriya e-Market Services booths, 115 mobile teams have ‘‘ To strive towards excellence in all spheres of individual & collective activity so that the nation constantly beenarranged,specialstepsare rises to higher levels of endeavour & achievement’’ is the fundamental duty of every citizen of our country. being taken in about 82 areas. Karnataka Information STATE TREASURY NOW UNDER SBI The State government’s money transactions have been transferred to SBI from the present SBH and State Bank of Mysore branches. Government treasuries will now function under SBI.

04 HYDERABAD SUNDAY 02�04�2017 Kodandaram attacks TS govt over exorbitant fees in pvt institutions TJAC to undertake massive agitation to make govt regulate fees in institutions across TS

Cong protests sale of EXPRESSNEWSSERVI CE ents will undertake massive agi- Chandrasekhar Rao, highlight- uniforms, books by @ Hyderabad tation to make the government ing issues pertaining to parents private schools regulate fee in p r ivat e rights, teachers’ entitlements, THE Telangana Joint Action institutions. schools’ obligations and tax eva- Warangal: Accusing private school Committee (TJAC) headed by M TJAC chief said that in the ab- sion by schools being run under managements of causing huge Kodandaram has decided to sence of any regulatory body, the banner of trusts and socie- losses to small-time book sellers fight against the alleged failure private schools are charging ex- ties. Another 5,000 signed post and traders by forcing the parents of the state government in regu- orbitant fee from students. cards will be sent to the CM in to purchase books and dresses lating fees in privates schools The former professor an- the next two weeks. from the school, hundreds of and colleges by involving par- nounced that the TJAC will in- During the meeting some par- traders and parents staged ents and students. tensify its ongoing agitation ents recounted how private protest in front of District Kodandaram, who organised against corporate schools till a schools rusticated their children Education Officers’ (DEO) office a round-table meet on Saturday, legislation is made by the gov- in the middle of the academic at Hanamkonda on Saturday. The along with Hyderabad Schools ernment to keep a tight rein on year for speaking against the police arrested political leaders Parents Association (HSPA), an- corporate schools and private steep fee hike by the schools. among other protesters for nounced that the TJAC with the educational institutions, which “Weappraised the TJAC about disrupting traffic. help of students and their par- are charging hefty fees from our demands namely stalling of students. fee for the ensuing academic According to the participants year (27-18) and implementation Instead of strengthening government-run institutions, government LET’SSHARETHE LOAD is extending its support to corporates that run private schools in the meeting, over 500 post- of DFRCs for fee regulation,” said Ashish Naredi, coordinator cards from parents had already Two persons carrying a bamboo mat on their heads on a two-wheeler in Warangal on Saturday| EXPRESS PHOTO M Kodandaram, TJAC chief been posted to chief minister K of HSPA.

TS EAMCET-II �� Court denies �� anticipatory �� bail to leak �� suspect �� EXPRESSNEWSSERVI CE �� @ Hyderabad �� A LOCAL court on Saturday �� dismissed the petition filed by �� TS Eamcet- II question paper � �� leak case suspect seeking anticipatory bail. �� Based on the grounds made �� by Crime Investigation De- �� partment (CID) against the pe- �� tition and the suspect in the �� case, Bahadur Singh, the court �� dismissed bail petition. �� A few days ago, Bahadur � � � � � � � � � �� Singh filed a petition before � �� the court seeking anticipatory �� bail petition stating that he �� was not involved in the scam. �� In a counter petition, the CID officials alleged that Ba- � �� hadur Singh is a key suspect �� and he escaped whenever CID �� teams carried out raids on his �� residence to nab him. The in- � �� vestigators also stated that �� they will get more informa- �� tion in connection with the �� case if they arrest Bahadur �� Singh and question him. � �� EXPRESS READ �� Sunstroke claims two �� lives in Warangal �� Warangal: Two persons died of �� sun stroke in Warangal rural �� and Bhupalpally districts on �� Saturday. According to sources, � �� O Vasantha of Narayanapalli �� village in Venkatapuram �� mandal of Bhupalpally district �� and Shamshuddin (60) of �� Somvaram village in � �� Paravathgiri mandal of �� Warangal rural district died of �� sun stroke. Though the death �� TAMIL NADU GENERATION AND occurred due to sun stroke it � �� DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION LTD. has to be confirmed by the �� NOTICE INVITING TENDERS mandal level committee of �� officials. Sl. NIT No. Name of the Works / Materials �� No � �� CE/TP-II/TRY/E-09 1 Procurement of 110 KV Outdoor SF6 Breakers. �� 2016-17 (e-Tender) Warangal’s walls �� CE/MTPS-II (600MW) Grinding Roller Tyres Complete Assembly for soon to get a facelift 2 S&I/OT.No.120/2016-17 �� ZGM-133G-II model Coal Mills - 1 Set. �� (e-Tender) Warangal: The worn-out walls �� Last date for e-submission of e-Tender @ 14:00 Hrs. : of Warangal city are all set to �� 19.04.2017 (Sl.No.1), 11.05.2017 (Sl.No.2) get a facelift with Greater �� Date of sale/viewing and downloading of the documents : Warangal Municipal 03.04.2017 (Sl.No.1), 10.04.2017 (Sl.No.2) �� Corporation (GWMC) and Online submission of Tenders: �� district administration, M/s. MSTC Ltd's website at �� planning to paint them with �� (Sl.No.1,2) �� scenic landscapes. Warangal �� urban district collector �� www.tangedco.gov.in, www.tantransco.in, www.tenders.tn.gov.in and �� www.mstcecommerce.com/www.tneb.in/eoricgine/mstc Amrapali Kata and GWMC �� DIPR/1405/TENDER/2017 commissioner Shruthi Ojha �� want people to turn the city’s public spaces into their canvas �� and suggest images and �� TAMIL NADU GENERATION AND concepts which will help �� DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION LTD. beautify Telangana’s second �� NOTICE INVITING TENDERS city. The district �� Sl. Name of the administration invited NIT No. �� No Works / Materials youngsters from across the �� district to suggest ideas to �� them to make the city look not �� 1 SE/P&A/EE/MM/ �� only good but also unique. �� O.T.NO.1133/ �� e-Tender) �� Last date for e-submission of tender @ 14.00 Hrs: �� Date of Sale / Viewing & Downloading of Documents: �� Online Submission of tenders: �� M/s. MSTC Ltd’s website at �� Note : F�� , www.tantransco.in, �� and �� KCR CONDOLES DEATH OF KIRAN’S MOTHER Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao in a message on Saturday, condoled the death of Sarojamma, mother of N Kiran Kumar Reddy, former Chief Minister of erstwhile united Andhra Pradesh.

05 HYDERABAD SUNDAY 02�04�2017

OPINION SOUGHT Dog days increase power State seeks demand in Telugu States legal view Telangana saw record power demand of 188 million units while on housing Andhra consumed highest ever 166.886 million units on Friday projects

V V BALAKRISHNA @ Hyderabad Despite, nine hours of free Hike not likely EXPRESSNEWSSERVI CE power being supplied to @Hyderabad POWER consumption has been farmers, there will be no Though there is no official word soaring along with mercury.The power cuts to industries or from the Telangana State THE cabinet sub-committee demand for electricity is gradu- domestic needs. AP is power government about the power on pending joint venture ally increasing in both the Telu- surplus state, now. The tariff hike for the current fiscal projects in the state sought le- gu-speaking States with the onset reason for this is the year, sources in the TS energy gal view of Advocate General of summer and continuation of industries supposed to be department said that they were Ramakrishna Reddy on how started in Visakhapatnam, Rabi agriculture season. of the view that there might not to go about the projects. have not commenced. be power charges hike for this Proving this, the power supply Telangana power official The cabinet sub-committee and demand position created an- year. “The issue is still pending held a meeting at the Secre- GONE FISHING other record on Friday in Telan- with the Chief Minister K tariat here with Ramakrishna As summer vacations commence, children fish in a pool of stagnant water at Kukatpally in Hyderabad | SAYANTAN GHOSH gana. The power demand was re- be 340 to 350 million units per Chandrasekhar Rao. As already Reddy on Saturday and sought corded as 188 million units, which day. new financial year has begun, we his views on how to go about is the highest demand in the his- “AP is power surplus state, believe that the CM may not registering the villas and flats, tory of the new state. now. The reason for this is the in- allow the power utilities to which were constructed on EXPRESS READ Interestingly, on the same day, dustries supposed to be started in increase the charges, now,” a Public Private Partnership Andhra Pradesh too witnessed Visakhapatnam and other areas senior official in the energy (PPP) mode. Defections: VHR stages Tap Central funds for skill development: CS highest ever power demand of this year and last year, have not department said. “Normally, the Though, around 18 such dharna at Raj Bhavan Hyderabad: Chief secretary SP Singh directed the officials 166.886 million units. commenced. So, the state has 200 Discoms submit their tariff hike joint housing projects were Hyderabad: A day ahead of the concerned to tap more Central government funds for skill The peak demand in TS on Fri- MW of surplus power at present,” proposals in March and the taken up by the erstwhile Con- Andhra Pradesh State Cabinet development training programmes in Telangana. At a review day night was 9,191 Mega Watts an official explained. Electricity Regulatory gress government in the then rejig, Telangana Congress veteran meeting held at the secretariat here on Saturday, Singh said that (MW). The State expects the pow- Once, all the investment pro- Commission (ERC) conducts a united state, they were not V Hanumantha Rao on Saturday apart from launching State’s own Skill Development Policy, the er demand to touch 10,000 MW. posals are realised in AP and the public hearing and finalise the completed even today. staged a flash dharna in front of officials should also focus on tapping Central resources for However, TS power officials industries start commercial pro- new tariff to implement it from After the formation of Tel- the Raj Bhavan here. Later, he successful implementation of skill development programmes in maintained that there would be duction then there would be a April 1. As already new fiscal year angana state, the government even made an attempt to forcibly the state. The chief secretary said that officials to tap resources no power cuts in the State. “De- problem for power in AP too, the has begun, we believe that for understood that once the enter the Governor’s official under Pradhan Mantri Koushal Vikas Yojana, Deen Dayal spite, nine hours of free power officer said. this year, there won’t be any hike projects were completed and being supplied to farmers, there Power officials in both AP and registrations were done, it residence. Police arrested VHR Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDUGKY) and other in power charges,” the official will be no power cuts to indus- TS said that some time the power would get a revenue of Rs 400 and later released him. The schemes for skill development activities in the state. The State added. However, the Discoms, tries or domestic needs,” official was available for a dirt cheap rate crore through stamps and reason being that he wanted government would also use resources from various industries which are facing a deficit of sources said. of `2 per unit in open access. So, registration. Governor ESL Narasimhan not to under their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds. around `8,000 crore, needed Power demand in Andhra that they can manage the power The cabinet sub-committee administer oath of office to any of more money to procure the Pradesh crossed 160 million units demand and supply position has convened as many as eight the defectors, if AP CM N required power to meet the on an average everyday. The pow- without imposing any power cuts meetings with the developers Chandrababu Naidu decides to Communist parties flay Modi over new IT rules er demand for the AP and TS will during summer. growing demand in the State. so far. However, with not much allot ministerial berth to any of Hyderabad: CPI and CPM, said Prime Minister progress, the sub-committee the MLAs, who crossed over to the Narendra Modi to cover up his failures in on Saturday elicited legal TELANGANA ANDHRA PRADESH TDP from the YSRC. bringing out black money stashed away in opinion to go ahead on these overseas accounts, was creating problems On March 31 On March 31 projects. There were cases pending in courts on these for commoners by imposing new rules Power demand was The peak power demand projects. The sub-committee everyday with regard to disclosure of source 188.416 million units recorded was 166.886 million has also gathered views of Ad- of income. “Centre’s proposal to delegate units vocate General on how to pro- more powers to lower-rung officials of the CPM leaders S Yechury Power supply was ceed on these cases. Income Tax department to conduct surprise and T Veerabahdaram 188.416 million units Power supplied 166.886 Housing minister A Indra raids on people will lead to politics of | SATHYA KEERTHI million units No deficit of power Karan Reddy,finance minister blackmailing. This is not a good move,” CPM No shortage for power E Rajender and special chief general secretary Sitaram Yechury said, here Power demand to secretary (Housing) Chitra on Saturday. CPI general secretary Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy touch 10,000 MW AP has power surplus of 200 Ramachandran attended the Congress veteran V Hanumantha being also condemned Centre’s proposals to give more powers to IT soon MW meeting. arrested near Raj Bhavan | EXPRESS officials. Reddy said Modi was creating new rules with every day.

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06 HYDERABAD SUNDAY 02�04�2017

MATRIMONIALS ACB nets Andhra brides grooms official with assets

GENERAL GENERAL CHANGANACHERRY DIOCESE RC Boy, (30, 170 HINDU EZHAVA GIRL - 26, Aswathy, Remarriage worth 100 crore cm) working in MNC Bangalore. Parents (legally divorced), one child, seeks alliance F work out side Kerala, Central Government. from any Hindu Caste, preferably Govt. Contact: 9531855249, 9732477380. Employees. 8593017412. Conducts simultaneous raids in 19 places on W/173/B W/172/G R&B department’s engineer-in-chief

EXPRESSNEWSSERVI CE conducted raids simultaneous at CLASSIFIEDS @ Vijayawada 19 places in Vijayawada, Kadapa, Chittoor, Visakhapatnam and THE Anti-Corruption Bureau Nellore in Andhra Pradesh, Hy- business to TAX CONSULTANTS (ACB) on Saturday netted a big derabad in Telangana and at Ban- business fish -- Engineer-in-Chief of Roads galore in Karnataka. SENIOR LEGAL ASST HANDLING INDIRECT TAX, and Buildings Department Maley The accused has purchased CIVIL, FESSA, LAISONING WITH CENTRAL/ Gangadharam and unearthed as- flats, lands and shares and invest- BUSINESS OFFER STATE DEPT. WORK LOCATION RAJMUNDRY, sets disproportionate to his ments in the name of his wife, AHOY-HOY AP./ FFF LTD: [email protected] known sources of income. The son, daughter, father-in-law and Indian Coast Guard ship Shaunak, an offshore patrol vessel, arrives in Visakhapatnam on Saturday | EXPRESS PHOTO START EXPORT Business without investment, total value of the unearthed dis- mother-in-law and also in the earn montlhy lakh. SMS / whatsapp address proportionate assets is estimated name of some benami. The ac- 98421 16924. real estate to be around `100 crore while the cused joined the department as a W/130/BUS registration value is being shown deputy executive engineer and BANNED NOTES PLOT FOR SALE as `8.5 crore. worked at various places in vari- STARTUP Business Projects Finance @ 5.5% Receiving credible information ous capacities. He worked at East 4th generation techno No Collateral, No Processing, Call Now: PLOT FOR SALE about the huge disproportionate Godavari, Krishna, Kurnool, Ka- IT dept told 07681955552, Agent: 07681955551. assets of Gangadharam across dapa, Karimnagar, Ranga Reddy E-Auction of commercial Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and and Hyderabad districts in the park soon in Amaravati even in Karnataka, ACB sleuths undivided AP. to relax rules plot at Madhapur, Hyd- EXPRESSNEWSSERVI CE Bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak in erabad (Most suitable for @ Hyderabad New Delhi on Saturday.The 4G EXPRESS READ technology park will cover an for a doc construction of Corporate THE Andhra Pradesh Econom- initial area of 250 acres and will / IT / Software Ofﬁces / ic Development Board (APEDB) focus on new technologies EXPRESSNEWSSERVI CE IIT student’s death: Parents allege torture Hospitals). and Malaysian Industry-Gov- through the application of in- @ Hyderabad Srikakulam: A pall of gloom descended on Tekkali when the body of ernment Group for High Tech- dustry best practices involving HUDA approved open Sana Shreeraj, a third year electrical engineering of IIT Kharagpur, nology (MIGHT) entered into a clean technology,biotechnology, A division bench of the Hydera- reached his house on Saturday. Shreeraj’s body was found on a railway Memorandum of Understand- connected digital platforms, big bad High Court has directed the plot admeasuring ing (MoU) to set up fourth gen- data, robotics and additive Income Tax (IT) authorities to al- track running near the IIT campus in West Midnapore district of West eration technology park in Am- manufacturing. low a Hyderabad-based lady doc- 478.4 Sq. Yards in Plot Bengal on Thursday. Rubbishing the speculation that Shreeraj had aravati, the capital city of This park will also be apply- tor to utilize the Pradhan Mantri committed suicide owing to depression, his family alleged that it was No. 8/2, Sector - II, Andhra Pradesh. ing new standards in park man- Garib Kalyan Yojana, 2016 (PM- the constant torture by his friends that led his son to resort to the HUDA Techno Enclave, This MoU was exchanged in agement primarily in areas of GKY), a scheme introduced by extreme step and demanded a CBI probe. Sources in IIT Kharagpur said the presence of Prime Minister environment and sustainability. the Centre in December last year Madhapur will be sold Sheeraj used to confined himself with his study and he did not have Narendra Modi and Prime Min- It is expected to attract invest- after demonetisation, by relaxing through E-Auction. For many friends. Of late, he appeared to be depressed. ister of Malaysia Mohd Najib ments of upto `650 crore. few conditions of the scheme in public notice the case of the doctor. details visit https:// After demonetisation of high CHANGE OF NAME eauction.auctiontiger. LOW AWARENESS value currency notes in Novem- net, also can contact ber last year, doctor Indira Ajay I, Shamantha Kumari, W/o. R Ram Tilak, deposited `11.18 crore of old cash Present address Qtr No. 514, Type-IV, Sector Ph: 9848125299 or in three of her bank accounts in IV, R K Puram, New Delhi - 110022 have write to rohini_auto@ Telugu states lack systems to diagnose autism Dec 2016. changed my name to R SHASHI TILAK The doctor showed it as income yahoo.co.in R A J I T H A S @ Hyderabad today. Doctors and psychiatrists dren communicate in various Special psychometric tests help for the year 2017-18 and had paid �� are not fully sure about the diag- other ways. We do not have identify autism. For instance, all an advance tax of `3.15 crore. Af- �� WHILE J Sharada Ram founder nosis. If an autistic child is una- enough trained professionals to children are hyper active, but the ter launch of PMGKY scheme �� of Aarambh, an NGO that pro- ble to speak, they are directing identify this in Telangana. We level is much higher and that can that allows individuals to legalise �� vides care for autistic children, speech therapy. That is not the so- have depute them from other be detected by psychometric tests. their unaccounted old cash, she �� started understanding autism in lution,” pointed Sharada Ram. states,” said Sharada. But no one is aware of them,” wanted to utilise the scheme. �� 2000 when her own daughter was “Most times, autistic children Suresh Gutta, who has worked said Gutta. However, she realised that there �� diagnosed with it, the number of are diagnosed as mentally retard- with children with disabilities Officials from the State depart- are several hurdles to avail the �� cases detected were one in every ed. However, mentally retarded (CWDs) for over 10 years said ment for Welfare of the Disabled scheme. To become eligible for �� 1000 children. children have decent social skills there is also lack of a system that and Senior Citizens too are una- the scheme she has to now bor- �� Today,one in every 68 children and are willing to socialise. They can help diagnose the condition. ware of autism says D Suder- row `83 lakh and deposit it in the �� are being identified as autistic. cannot speak because their “Sometimes, pediatricians pro- shan, assistant director, Hydera- bank. She moved the High Court �� However, the problem that exist- speech is impaired. Autistic chil- vide diagnosis, which is not right. bad, Welfare of Disabled and for relief. ed then exists even today, accord- Senior Citizens, Telangana State, The bench directed the IT au- ing to Sharada Ram. there are only non governmental thorities to treat the seized cur- We do not have any provisions to specifically look into autism, its “There are no mechanisms to detection, diagnosis or care organisations working for the rency as tax, cess, penalty and so detect the mental illness among care of those with mental on instead of asking the doctor to children in the Telugu states even D Sudershan, asst dir, Hyderabad, Welfare of Disabled and Senior Citizens illnesses. get all this from outside. INDIA Co Max Min Max Min Ahmedabad 39 24 Mumbai 34 21 Bhopal 39 21 Panaji 33 25 300 Jaipur 36 21 Patna 23 38 Amritsar 32 16 Lucknow 38 18 million people are living with New Delhi 35 18 Port Blair 22 32 depression in the world: WHO Kolkata 36 26 Imphal 26 13 Srinagar 21 06 Chandigarh 33 19

SUNDAY 07 HYDERABAD 02�04�2017 Bars and govts weigh options on getting round the booze ban State governments calculate revenue losses as the Supreme Court order to close down shops selling liquor along highways comes into effect from April 1

HARPREET BAJWA@ Chandigarh ters on Saturday. Hotels in the Saturday. However, Hotel debated the highway liquor ban Dhabas innovate in Bengal cence renewed,” said Manpreet city have been badly hit because Mountview in Sector 10, Shivalik on Saturday. The Supreme Court Singh, a dhaba owner on NH 6. CITIES across the country a majority of them are in Sectors View in Sector 17 and Hotel orders have forced 15,699 liquor Such improvisations have al- Assam: Bars begin to shift around began to shut down liq- 26, 7, 9, 35, 43 and 17 which fall Parkview -- all three run by the shops out of the 25,513 in the state ready gained momentum in Ben- uor outlets within 500 m of na- within the 500 zone. Hotel Taj in Chandigarh Industrial and Tour- to close down. This would cost gal with dhabas taking the lead. In Assam, most of the 800 bars tional and state highways as or- Sector 17, Hotel J W Marriott in ism Corporation Limited (CIT- the state exchequer over Rs 7000 Many dhabas on the major high- and wine shops that fall within dered by the Supreme Court. Sector 35, Hotel The President in CO) -- and the privately owned crore in revenue. ways in south Bengal, including the 500 m limit remained closed Governments and municipalities Sector 26 besides pubs, bars and The Lalit and Hyatt Regency are Excise minister Chandrashek- National Highway 2 (Delhi road) on Saturday. The state’s excise counted their losses even as liq- restaurants like Brew Estate, safe. har Bawankule told the Assem- and National Highway 6 (Bombay minister Parimal Suklabaidya, uor retailers explored ways to Great Bear, F Bar, Mainland Chi- Sources said Chandigarh’s res- bly that the government was ex- road), are planning to shift their said that affected traders have ap- protect their profit margins. The na, Swagat, Score, S Café, Purple taurant industry will take a Rs ploring options to keep the excise drinking tables to their backyard plied for shifting their outlets. cities most affected were those Frog and Boom Box are some of 150 crore hit from the ban as 50 to pay the administration Rs 12 cash registers ringing. so they fall beyond the 500 m Lak- “They are not doing any busi- through which national high- the affected joints as they are sit- per cent of their revenue comes lakh as liquor license fees and One idea aired is that if high- shman Rekha drawn by the Su- ness today. There could be a few ways pass. uated on Madhya Marg and along from the sale of liquor. Also, the pubs Rs 3.50 lakh. ways passing through cities could preme Court. of them running their business Chandigarh for instance has the national highway that cuts coffers of the Chandigarh admin- Maharashtra: How do we get be handed over to the respective “My dhaba is 300 m from the clandestinely,but we will go hard gone almost dry with 63 bars, res- through Sector 34 and 35. istration is sure to suffer a reve- round it? local bodies from the public highway. If I set up thatched roof- at them,” he warned. taurants and discotheques and 25 Sources said 22 liquor vends on nue loss of Rs 8.43 crore by way works department, it could create ing behind the dhaba and serve (With inputs from Aishik, pubs having to down their shut- these two roads were closed on excise duties. Bars are required In Maharashtra, the Assembly a loophole for business as usual. alcohol there, I could get my li- Abhijit & Prasanta) Do not meddle in Dalai Lama’s visit: Rijiju to China The attack on the army envoy PRASANTA MAZUMDA R @ Guwahati the bilateral ties between China his “teaching” trip to Arunachal certainty looms large over his was carried out and India. But New Delhi allayed on April 4. Three of these days Arunachal visit. against Prime STATING that the visit of the Beijing’s fears, saying the visit will be spent in Tawang, which is The Northeast, including Aru- Minister Dalai Lama to Arunachal was as was religious and not political. the place that he first entered nachal, has been witnessing in- Narendra Modi’s per the wish of the people, Union Meanwhile, kicking off his 12- and rested in India after fleeing cessant rains for the past few visit to the State minister of state for home Kiren day tour, the Dalai Lama on Sat- Tibet in 1959. days. Arunachal chief minister Burhanuddin, Rijiju on Saturday asked China urday reached Guwahati where On Sunday,the spiritual leader Pema Khandu said the people in spokesperson, to desist from interfering in the he delivered a speech on “A Hu- will attend the ongoing “Nama- the State were eagerly waiting Hizbul Mujahideen internal affairs of India. man Approach to World Peace”. mi Brahmaputra” festival in Gu- for the spiritual leader to visit “We don’t intervene in China’s Tight security arrangements wahati after addressing students the region. internal affairs. Similarly,China were in place in view of the ap- at the Gauhati University. The “We are feeling proud that he should not intervene in our in- peal made by Paresh Baruah fac- next day, he will visit eastern As- has reached the Northeast,” Security ternal matters,” he told report- tion of banned insurgent group sam’s Dibrugarh, where he will Khandu told reporters in Itana- personnel carry ers in Guwahati. United Liberation Front of address a gathering at the Dibru- gar on Saturday. out search China, which claims Tawang Assam to him to not speak any- garh University. This is not the Dalai Lama’s operation after and chunks of Arunachal as thing against China during the He will leave the next day for first visit to Arunachal Pradesh the attack in parts of south Tibet, reacted visit. Lumla in Arunachal. Apart from and India has maintained that Srinagar on sharply on Friday on the spiritu- Asked about the Chinese pro- Lumla and Tawang, he is sched- the Tibetan spiritual leader has Saturday| PTI al leader’s scheduled visit to the tests against his visit, the Dalai uled to visit Dirang, Bomdila and the right to move around any- State. It warned that the visit Lama told reporters in Guwaha- Itanagar in Arunachal. Mean- where in the country where he is would cause “serious damage” to ti, “It’s normal”. He will begin while, given the bad weather, un- currently staying in exile. 3 soldiers hurt as militants attack army convoy in J&K

FAYA Z WA N I @ Srinagar the vehicle from one direction. lice official said police had Many bullets hit the bulletproof launched an investigation to as- A day before Prime Minister glass windscreen of the vehicle certain the identity of the mili- Narendra Modi’s visit to Jammu but could not pierce it. The sol- tants involved in the attack. “We and Kashmir to inaugurate the diers retaliated with caution,” have launched a manhunt to country’s longest road tunnel on he said. According to the offi- track the militants involved in Srinagar-Jammu national high- cial, army men exercised maxi- the attack,” he said. The attack way, militants on Saturday at- mum restraint to avoid any ci- on army convoy has taken at a tacked an army convoy near a vilian casualties because of the time when the security appara- hospital in Srinagar injuring presence of a large number of tus in the valley has been height- three soldiers. civilians in the area. He said ened for parliamentary bypolls Militant outfit Hizbul Muja- three army men sustained inju- and for Prime Minister’s Naren- hideen has claimed responsibil- ries in the militant attack. dra Modi’s visit to the State. ity for the attack. Militants fired The injured army men were The bypolls for Srinagar- from AK-47 rifles on an army ve- shifted to military hospital in Budgam parliamentary seat in hicle, which was part of an Srinagar for specialized treat- Central Kashmir and Anantnag- army convoy, near SKIMS hospi- ment and their condition is sta- Pulwama seat in South Kashmir tal Bemina, about 5 km from ble, the official said. Immedi- will be held on April 9 and 12 city centre Lal Chowk at around ately after the attack, police, respectively. 1.20 pm. paramilitary CRPF and army In view of the polls, security An army official said the mili- men launched a combing and personnel are on alert to foil any tants fired on the last vehicle of search operation to track down militant attack on security in- the convoy,which was on its way the militants responsible for the stallations or on contesting can- from North Kashmir to Srina- attack. However,no arrests were didates. A police official said gar. “They targeted the last reported. Top police and secu- after Saturday’s attack, security FLORAL DELIGHT army vehicle of the convoy. rity officials visited the spot to arrangements would be further Asia’s largest tulip garden, which has 46 varieties of tulips, was thrown open for public on the foothills of Zabarwan Mountains in Srinagar on Saturday | PTI They fired indiscriminately on take stock of the situation. A po- tightened for PM’s visit.

U-TURN Will hang those who kill ‘Plastic’ eggs from AP baffle consumers in WB Suspension AISHIK CHANDA @ Kolkata plastic on pan. She tried burning Pradesh, which traditionally of nine Maha cows: Chhattisgarh CM the egg shells and found they have been the source of eggs for FAKE eggs from Andhra Pradesh were inflammable. West Bengal,” an official of En- EJAZ KAISER @ Raipur feared to be made of plastic Since then, Kolkata Police has forcement Branch of Kolkata Po- MLAs revoked caused panic after they were re- arrested a wholesale trader lice told New Indian Express. The A day after the Gujarat government enacted a tougher law de- covered in large numbers from Shamim Ansari on Friday night Burdwan complainant has al- EXPRESS NEWS SERVI CE claring life term for cow slaughter,Chhattisgarh chief minister markets in various parts of West in connection with the sale of the leged that the plastic eggs have @ Mumbai Raman Singh, who apparently looked assured that there is no Bengal. fake eggs. Interrogation of An- also been delivered to Anganwadi cow slaughter going on in the State, nevertheless asserted, “Will More than 80 per cent of West sari has led to names of at least centers in the district. THE Maharashtra Legislative hang those who kill cows”. Bengal’s demand for eggs is met three big wholesale companies Experts opined that making Assembly on Saturday re- Responding to a query on whether Chhattisgarh is also con- by Andhra Pradesh alone. Hence, engaged in large scale business fake eggs using chemicals is not voked the suspension of nine templating framing a new law to curb cow slaughter,Singh said the recovery of fake eggs with of eggs in the city. a big deal. “Calcium carbonate, of the 19 opposition members that there has been no such act committed anywhere in the shells made of ‘plastic-like mate- A woman demonstrates how the fake One of the agencies from gypsum and sodium alginate can suspended for unruly behav- State during the last 15-odd years and might not happen in the rial’ and chemical induced albu- egg shells were inflammable whom Ansari bought eggs is be used to manufacture fake eggs. ior in the lower House of the future too. Chhattisgarh was carved out of undivided Madhya min (white) and embryo (yolk) owned by Sumit Deb, brother of Dangerous chemicals such as legislature during presenta- Pradesh in November 2000 and the BJP is in power in the state has sent terror waves among CPM leader Rabin Deb. Sumit benzoic acid and mercury may be tion of the State budget. since 2003. Bengalis. While police raided sev- for laboratory test. The issue Deb was summoned for interro- used to make the yolk. These The Assembly had sus- “Jo marega usko latka denge (Will hang those who kill (cow),” eral markets in Howrah district came to light when a housewife, gation on Saturday afternoon. chemicals can affect your liver, pended 10 members of NCP Singh stated. However, government spokesperson said that the for the ‘plastic eggs’ on Saturday, Anita Kumar, filed a police com- “We fear that majority of the and even cause cancer,” said Prof and nine of the Congress on State has already banned cow slaughter and this applies to all Kolkata Municipal Corporation plaint after she found that the fake eggs may have come from Debajyoti Mukherjee of Calcutta March 22. Out of these, the breeds of animals belonging to the same family. has sent 96,000 samples of eggs eggs she bought spread out like the coastal districts of Andhra University. suspension of five NCP members and four Congress members was revoked. EXPRESS READ Terming the suspension as the ruling party’s attempt to threaten them, the opposition NEW DELHI ETHNIC CHARM SHAJAHANPUR ALIGARH MUMBAI had boycotted proceedings of the House for over a week. Chief minister Devendra Fad- Exemption on railway 3 cops suspended after AMU sets up panel to Maha MLAs refuse to navis, on Friday,had assured e-tickets extended romeo video goes viral manage meat supply pull up public servants the upper House of the legislature that the govern- Passengers will continue to get Three policemen were Aligarh Muslim University Vice Members of the ruling BJP and ment was positive about re- benefits of service charge suspended after a video of some Chancellor Lt Gen Zamer Uddin Sena on Saturday took objection voking suspension if the op- exemption on train tickets persons shaving the head of a Shah on Saturday said to a bill that proposes position comes forward booked online till June 30. In youth, who was roaming with a prolonged non-availability of amendments to the provisions for it. order to help passengers and female friend, in their presence meat could manifest in under IPC and CrPC and seeks Accordingly, minister for incentivise payments made went viral on social media. The “resentment” as buffalo meat is increased punishment for Parliamentary Affairs Girish through digital modes for incident took place on March 22 the “staple diet” of students attacking public servants on Bapat moved the motion for booking of reserved tickets, after the residents of South City and set up a committee to duty. Maharashtra Chief Minister revoking suspension which service charge on online booking Colony called police on finding a manage supply of essential Devendra Fadnavis had on was passed by a voice vote. of train tickets was withdrawn youth and a girl roaming around items to all messes. Supply of Friday introduced the bill in the However, the opposition did for the tickets booked from together, SP KV Singh said on meat to the city, especially state Assembly that seeks to not resume the House imme- November 23, 2016 to March 31, Saturday. They caught hold of buffalo meat, has been severely enhance the punishment for diately as most of them are 2017. The exemption facility the youth and shaved off his affected after the crackdown on assaulting public servants to currently on a week-long effective till March 31 this year Women dressed up in traditional attire taking out a cultural procession during hair despite three constables illegal slaughterhouses in Uttar five years’ jail term from the ‘Sangharsh Yatra’ to high- has been extended to June 30. Namami Brahmaputra festival, at Dibrugarh in Assam on Saturday | PTI being present there. Pradesh. existing three years. light the plight of farmers. Without education, we are in a

horrible and deadly danger of G K taking educated people seriously Chesterton

08 HYDERABAD, SUNDAY 02�04�2017 THE NEW SUNDAY EXPRESS

Abolish triple talaq to If gangsters have taken over the education ‘industry’, liberate Muslim women all talk of development in India is bunkum BY INVITATION POINT OF VIEW siders, were made available tors and government servants. coming the principal. Women of Engineering, G G Ravi, was YOGESH VAJPEYI to aspirants at `2-5 lakh/head. So powerful were the manipula- students, unable to tolerate the hacked to death by a gang armed Email: [email protected] T J S GEORGE Forged domicile certificates tors that, after the story broke principal’s high-handedness with sickles. Apparently Ravi’s were also on sale if a candidate in 2013, at least 48 people were and caste insults, launched an family had a long-running war wanted to appear in another killed, mostly witnesses, and a agitation that attracted massive with a known rowdy Mahal- he Supreme Court’s decision to set up a consti- exam centre. Investigators said journalist who had started in- public support. The principal ingam. In September 2015 Ma- tution bench that will decide the legality of ducation in India is in tatters the racket had been going on for vestigating the story. Were the was forced to resign. But the halingam had tried to kill Ravi, Ttriple talaq practice during the upcoming sum- because of horrendous corrup- two years—which means battal- guilty punished? Are the Vya- support extended by the ruling but Ravi escaped while his sons mer vacation signals its resolve to decide an issue tion. This is making the coun- ion-size numbers of unworthy pam examinations clean today? communist leaders to the col- chased Mahalingam and stoned with potentially severe socio-political implications try wobble like a skyscraper recruits might already be wear- Keep guessing. Education of lege owning family casts doubts him to death. The gang finally without further procrastination. detached from its foundations. ing army uniforms. We all know the Indian Cer- some quality is on whether the widely-detested took its revenge—which is all It has also heightened the sense of anticipation E The authorities ignore the crisis How many unworthy recruits tificate of Secondary Educa- the foundation principal is really gone or is fine, but what have people of among Muslim women in India who are coming out because they are themselves ei- who got fake medical degrees tion, ICSE, is the prized Class without which no only having a holiday. this kind got to do with colleges against the pernicious practice with far greater ve- ther the destroyers or protectors from fake medical colleges must X examination conducted by country can A student “committed sui- of engineering and stuff? hemence than any time in post-independence India’s of the destroyers. Frauds and be there in our hospitals? The more than 2,000 schools in the progress. If cide” in another private college. Plenty. Gangsters have history, now that the apex court has announced daily scoundrels have been having Medical Council of India, the country. But the Intermediate education at the Students went on strike saying turned to education because sittings between May 11 and May 19 to settle the such a field day that it is difficult supreme controlling authority, Council of Schooling Educa- government and it was murder. They said the col- tens of thousands of youngsters issue. to imagine the country rising to was dissolved in 2010 because of tion is also ICSE. Their website private levels is lege had a special torture room are out there seeking jobs. They The proactive role adopted by the court is a clear its potential in the foreseeable corruption. President Ketan De- offers not only Class X pass but taken over by where any student who raised are easy prey. Education of indication that it has decided that the challenge to its future. So much for our glorified sai was arrested. But the influen- also degrees from MBBS to BL, racketeers and questions about the college’s some quality is the foundation jurisdiction from the All India Muslim Personal Law development. tial Desai remains active while from BSc to BCom. The police torturers and affairs was given appropriate without which no country can Board (AIMPLB) will not be allowed to stall or delay How can there be any kind the government announcement busted the racket in 2014. The killers, all treatment. The chairman of the progress. If education at the early resolution of the issue. of development when exami- of creating a new controlling racket reconstituted itself in dif- patronised by college was arrested and bailed government and private levels The timing is perfect. Modi government has al- nation papers are routinely body remains on paper. ferent formats. corrupt out. Two others charged with is taken over by racketeers and ready taken a firm stand that the issue concerns gen- leaked, copying becomes a cot- Remember the biggest scan- Kerala is currently scan- politicians and torture are at large. Again, the torturers and killers, all pa- der justice rather than religious rights of the minor- tage industry as in Bihar, ad- dal of them all was the Madhya dalised by the private colleges civil servants, government is on the side of the tronised by corrupt politicians ity community. The stream of letters coming to the missions are based on bribes, Pradesh government’s Vyavsay- not only fleecing the students college, which ensures that in- and civil servants, what hope is what hope is Prime Minister’s Office reveal the monstrous nature and colleges and examiners are, ik Pariksha Mandal, tasked but also beating them up as a quiries are getting nowhere. All there for the country? Human there for the of a practice that has no logic, let alone any religious to a large extent, fake? Cheats with conducting eligibility tests routine practice. A “law uni- this in a state once reputed for history, said H G Wells, becomes country? sanctity. have invaded even the army. for medical colleges and govern- versity” had shed its original its high level of education and more and more a race between The practice sanctioned by Indian Muslim clergy In Mumbai recently question ment jobs. It was manipulated backers and become a family- its model colleges. education and catastrophe. presently allows a Muslim man to pronounce talaq papers of the army recruitment for so long that thousands of controlled business with the In Vellore last month, the Not much of a race for us, (divorce) three times in one sitting to literally throw examinations, supplied by in- unqualified people became doc- chief organiser’s daughter be- chairman of the GGR College is it? his wife out on the streets. The fact that it has been banned by nearly two dozen Muslims countries, including Pakistan, controverts the MAILBAG AIMPLB’s claim that the prac- Bigotry, unlike beauty, is not skin deep Write to: [email protected] tice is sanctioned by Quran. In fact reforms in Muslim black was enough to rile the locals. criminality of the act but equally Young saffron brigade divorce system started way Interviewed after the attack, the quick to maintain that there’s no Narendra Modi is surely back in 1929 on the basis of in- Nigerians said they’re routinely racism involved. After the fatal building a young saffron terpretation of Quran by 13th abused, overcharged and assaulted. attack on the Congolese student, battalion to counter the old century Islamic scholar Ibn Taymiyyah, and were Not because of anything they’ve which was followed by four other guards of Congress (Prabhu followed by other Muslim majority countries. done, but because of how they look. isolated attacks on Africans in the Chawla’s ‘Power & Politics’, According to Taymiyyah, saying ‘talaq talaq talaq’ Bigotry, unlike beauty, is more than city, External Affairs Minister Su- March 26). He surely knows in one go accounts for one of the three steps in the UNFAITHFULLY skin deep. shma Swaraj said, “India, being the how to tame and make his Ravindra Gaikwad process and there must be a 90-day waiting period It’s not just the Africans who face land of Gandhi and Buddha… can young brigade work for patrons of VIP culture is to after the first step during which serious efforts for a discrimination. Even Indians from never have a racist mindset.” maximum governance. I YOURS make them pay in their own reconciliation must be made. the Northeast, working or studying So what are you to make of the hope this brigade disrupts coin. In Gaikwad’s case, According to the Tunisian Code of Personal Status, SHAMPA DHAR-KAMATH in other parts of the country, are 2013 Washington Post report, based the corrupt order and adds [email protected] the victim AI staffer should 1956, a husband cannot unilaterally divorce his wife routinely taunted and harassed for on a study by two Swedish econo- to India’s development. Koyal Mitra, email be allowed to beat him up verbally without consulting a judge and without ex- looking ‘different’. The Manipuri mists on racist attitudes across the similarly with slippers. plaining the reason for it. The Code also makes both lack is certainly not beautiful in sales girls at my favourite accessory world? The economists asked people End VIP culture Chandresh, email husband and wife to compensate, if the judge feels a India. Chatting in a Mumbai café, a store tell me it’s taken their neigh- globally whether they’d object to a Shiv Sena MP Ravindra party has been harmed by the other. Sudanese student sitting at the next bours in Delhi’s Kotla area (where neighbour of another race. In only Gaikwad’s action is de- In face of queries In Pakistan, the Muslim Family Law Ordinance table told my friend that the first ‘In- two of the 81 countries surveyed did plorable (Ravi Shankar’s Every time news of ob- of 1961 stipulates that the husband must give a no- dian’ word he learnt was a pejora- In our heart, we know the truth. over 40 per cent respondents say Provocateur, March 26). noxious behaviour, take tice to the Chairman of Union Council (a govern- B tive ‘Kallu’. Last year, in Bengaluru, they would: Jordan and India. You We are a deeply biased society that The VIP culture can be up- for example MP Ravindra ment body on these matters) about his wish for a four Tanzanian students were as- judges everyone else, by their religion, could argue that the question was rooted only if the world of Gaikwad and Judge C S Kar- divorce. After 30 days, the council would try recon- saulted and the sole woman among caste, language—and looks. too vague and misleading; that peo- privileges is ended. Unfor- nan, of some top authority ciliation through the Arbitration Council and its them was hit and stripped after a We are obsessed with skin colour and ple in the developed world are too tunately, nothing is going is flashed, people’s faith in efforts would continue for the entire waiting period drunk Sudanese student ran over smart to reveal their racial biases, look down on anyone who’s darker than to happen in our country as the system shakes (Shank- of 90 days before allowing a divorce. a local woman. Three months later, unlike us Indians. us. Even in our mythology, we keep the this is neither the first, nor kar Aiyar’s The Third Eye, The institution of the marriage in Muslim coun- in Delhi, a Congolese student was But in our heart, we know the going to be the last of such good guys fair-skinned March 26). People’s repre- tries, thus, falls squarely within the ambit of state bashed to death by three men. Last truth. We are a deeply biased society assaults by our VIPs. Even sentatives have forgotten and our demons dark and judiciary. It is only in India that a Muslim hus- week, a mob set upon four Nigerian that judges everyone else, by their though most airlines have the definition of Republic as band can get away by getting rid of his wife with the students in Greater Noida after a lo- religion, caste, language—and looks. banned Gaikwad, I wonder defined in the Constitution. three fatal words in the same breadth. And he doesn’t cal boy died of an overdose of drugs Moreover, we’re obsessed with skin how long can they hold it— R Anita, email have to do it face to face with his wife. He can do so allegedly given to him by some Afri- they live) seven years to stop calling colour and look down on anyone for who knows, he could be over the telephone or use social media tools such as cans. I could go on and on. them ‘chinki’ (at least to their face). who’s darker than us. Even in our our next aviation minister! Health is wealth WhatsApp and Facebook. In the Bengaluru case, the Tan- “And these are people we are friend- mythology, we keep the good guys N Mahadevan, Chennai The call for Public health Studies have revealed that 95 per cent of Muslim zanians didn’t even know the Su- ly with,” adds one girl. fair-skinned, the demons dark. cadres to deliver services Centre of controversy women who fell victim to the increasing use of such danese student; they just happened If you define racism as ‘preju- Which might explain why we to the needy ones is a Shiv Sena MP Ravindra instant divorces receive no maintenance from their to be in the locality. In Noida, three dice, discrimination, or antagonism shout racism anytime there’s an at- welcome move (K Srinath Gaikwad certainly deserves estranged husband. The recent case of a pregnant of the Nigerian students attacked directed against someone of a differ- tack on an Indian overseas but keep Reddy’s ‘Finger on the Pulse’, a bar by the airlines for his woman being thrown out of the house for refusing an were out shopping, the fourth was ent race,’ all the cases cited above quiet when it happens at home. Play- March 26). Public health goondagiri (Soli J Sorabjee’s abortion underlines the sheer brutality of the mal- on the road by chance when the qualify for the title. And yet, any ing victim is ok; playing perpetrator programmes and institutes ‘Musings’, March 26). The should also get a boost. practice. The earlier it is abolished the better it will group protesting the boy’s death time a hate incident occurs, our au- is not. Guess it’s too black a crime best way to deal with such be for the nation. was passing. The fact that they were thorities are quick to condemn the for even Fair & Lovely to cover up. Lavina Iyer, via email Sinking Congress awaits coronation of inaccessible RaGa to survive and challenge Modi

ill he? Won’t he? Once, that mil- president for the fourth time in cade, the Congress has shrunk famous in the past. For the past lion-dollar question used to be 2010, and has remained boss since. from controlling two-thirds of the few years, the party has been torn aimed at Prince Charles, heir-in- Fresh elections were due in 2015, country to less than one-fourth. between two centres of power. In waiting to the British throne for but didn’t happen. Last week, the Even if Rahul does take charge of the absence of a defined role, most the last 65 years. But with many Election Commission served the the organisation, it is going to be of the established leaders in many W more heirs now in line for what Congress a final warning to hold a daunting task to put life into an states have left the Congress and is largely a titular position, the organisational elections by July outfit that’s gasping for breath. joined the BJP. In fact, some for- old question has become largely 15, 2017, or face the possibility of Consider, for one, the average mer Congressmen have even con- academic. The more crucial ques- losing recognition. age of the party office-bearers tributed to the impressive victory tion that begs an answer concerns Since the Congress has sur- and other functionaries. They of the saffron party. India’s erstwhile ‘first family’, vived under a Gandhi banner for could be competing with the Con- At the moment the Congress the Gandhis. What the nation re- over four decades, this is perhaps gress itself. Rahul is the only of- without a Gandhi is a film with- ally wants to know is when the the last opportunity for the family fice-bearer who is under 50. And out a macho hero. To win at the 46-year-old Rahul Gandhi will to prove its political utility and he’s expected to work with a team box office, it has to reinvent and formally take over the reins of the acceptability. Many fair-weather that’s almost double his age. The repackage Rahul as a hero who 132-year-old Congress party from leaders are already hopping off average age of the 35-member can attract and retain audiences. his ailing mother Sonia. the sinking ship, and the family Congress Working Committee, For that, the young man needs to Rahul’s uninformed spin doc- is under tremendous pressure to including special invitees, is 73. create his own Congress, much as tors try and routinely spoon-feed stop the party spinning out of its While 23 (over 50 per cent) are his grandmother and uncle San- the media with some titbits about control. Survival lies in forcing above 70, eight are between the jay Gandhi did in the early ’70s, his imminent coronation. But Rahul to pull it out of the danger- age of 60 and 70. The average age and his father did in the ’80s. Most seeing is believing, and with the ously choppy sea. But the ques- Rahul Gandhi with mother Sonia Gandhi of the six Congress chief Minis- of the infirmities affecting the young Gandhi more conspicuous tion being asked by both old and ters is 72-plus. It is the vice-like Congress today stem from the fact by his absence than his accom- new Congress leaders and elitist At the moment the Congress without a Gandhi is a film without a macho hero. group of this generation that pre- that Sonia didn’t create her own plishments, it’s difficult to take opinion makers is this: Forget To win at the box office, it has to reinvent and repackage Rahul as a hero who vents GenNext from taking an Congress, one that would work those pronouncements seriously. capturing power from the Mighty can attract and retain audiences. For that, the young man needs to create his active part in running the party with her for the success of the dy- Because, truth be told, neither the Modi within the next decade, can own Congress, much as his grandmother and uncle Sanjay Gandhi did in affairs. The old brigade’s loyalty nastic succession. active nor inactive members of a Gandhi (Rahul) even drum up a the early ’70s, and his father did in the ’80s to Sonia wins them her protec- In India, elections are won if a the country’s second-largest po- credible opposition to him? tion but the truth is they aren’t party has the lethal combination litical party know when they will Sonia pushed Rahul into poli- capable of winning any election of an appealing Neta (leader) and get a fully functional chief. Only tics and asked him to contest Lok India, Rahul also needs to prove and rallies delivered fewer seats or ensuring the party’s victory Nara (slogan). At the moment, the the occupants of 10, Janpath are Sabha elections in 2004. He has that the Congress is not an ideol- than the public meetings that he even in their own states. Congress has neither. Instead, privy to that secret. won from Amethi thrice since ogy whose time has gone but, in- addressed with his mother. The debacle in Manipur and it’s like an Ambassador car that POWER It’s been seven years since the then. But the inheritor-in-waiting stead, an idea that can never die. And that could be one of the rea- Goa, where they couldn’t form the had to be put to sleep because it & POLITICS Congress last held formal elec- still needs to erase the public im- Rahul was appointed party vice- sons for delaying the transition government despite getting the couldn’t reconstruct its contours tions to choose office-bearers at pression of him as a part-time, re- president in 2013 so that he could from one Gandhi to another. If So- largest number of seats, reveals or engine to keep up with the PRABHU CHAWLA the central and state levels. Sonia luctant leader who performs more lead the party during the 2014 Lok nia could be credited for bringing the weakness of the party machin- competition. Rahul needs to re- prabhuchawla@ took over as AICC president in vanishing acts than Houdini. As Sabha elections and eventually Congress back into power twice, ery. A section of the Congress laid design his vehicle of growth and newindianexpress.com 1998 after unceremoniously boot- the target of a powerful section replace his ailing mother. He was Rahul has been held responsible the blame on Rahul’s doorstep for to rebuild it with his team, from Follow him on Twitter ing out Sita Ram Kesari in a mid- of the ‘liberal and secular’ media billed as the youngest challenger for the party’s plummeting ac- his inaccessibility. But it also re- the chassis up. But, first, he needs @PrabhuChawla day coup. She was re-elected in who hold him responsible for the to Narendra Modi’s bid for power, ceptability in various parts of flects the weakening of the state- to replace his ‘Just Visiting’ hat 2001 and 2005. She became party rise of Hindutva and its icons in but the truth is his road shows the country. During the past de- craft for which the Congress was with an ‘On Duty’ one.

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CALISTHENICS IN PARLIAMENT Zero loss, zero tax Dummy voting on VVPATs triggers row and the contest Even though media reported only the BJP symbol was dispensed, TNIE’s probe paints a different picture ANURAAG SINGH @ Bhopal along with Congress electoral In denial symbol and another slip contain- THE Election Commission of In- ing RLD candidate Raju Pal’s of flawed narratives MP CEO Saleena dia (ECI) sought a detailed report name along with party’s elector- Singh denied from Madhya Pradesh chief elec- al symbol hand pump. reports of the Jaitley is not the first finance min- toral officer (CEO) on Saturday Importantly, further probe by ister to lament about the gap between VVPAT dummy about the dummy demonstration the TNIE, based on conversation implicit income levels and explicit voting in Bhind of VVPAT machines reportedly with some personnel engaged in collections. In 1997-98, P Chidambar- on Friday leading dispensing only ruling BJP slips in training of election staff re- am bemoaned how in a country of only to slips bypoll-bound Bhind district on vealed that most of the EVMs over 900 million “only 12 million bearing BJP’s Friday. and VVPAT machines which were assessed for income tax”. A year lotus symbol. The commission also sought a were to be used for April 9 assem- later, Yashwant Sinha said it was a She also denied report from the CEO and Bhind bly bypoll in Ater (Bhind) were SHANKKAR AIYAR matter of “great anxiety that the to- having district election officer about- used recently in UP assembly Author of Accidental India: A History of the tal number of assesses constitutes threatened local CEO Saleena Singh threatening polls in Kanpur district. Nation’s Passage through Crisis and Change journalists in Email: [email protected] less than 1.25 per cent of our popula- to get journalists detained, if Scanning of UP Assembly re- tion.” The grief is about width and Bhind of police they reported about the VVPAT sults revealed that all four slips depth. In 2013-14, Chidambaram re- action if they machines dispensing only slips File picture of VVPATs being readied for the recent Assembly polls dispensed by the VVPAT during he expertise of politicians over vealed that in a two trillion economy highlighted the bearing the BJP symbol on press- the dummy demonstration in verbal calisthenics is no secret. “only 42,800 persons admitted to a issue. “The ing of any button of an EVM on At the same time, Aam Admi and VVPAT machines for the Bhind on Friday contained This week, in Parliament, there taxable income exceeding `1 crore dummy Friday. Party (AAP) activists, led by state demonstration,” the senior jour- names of candidates who recent- T was a display of calisthenics of per year”. demonstration Importantly, local media re- convener Alok Agrawal, protest- nalist recounted. ly contested the UP Assembly the statistical kind. There have been attempts to con- of VVPAT ports from Bhind, particularly in ed outside the MP CEO’s office The MP CEO first pressed the polls from Kanpur’s Govindna- Kapil Sibal, former Union minis- tain evasion. Manmohan Singh in machines was the electronic media, had shown demanding her removal from the fourth button of the EVM, which gar seat. ter, dived deep into the data set of 1995 introduced TDS on payments done in presence how during a dummy demonstra- post and her arrest for threaten- dispensed a slip mentioning Among them BJP candidate Census to establish that the low count over `20,000. Chidambaram used of the election tion of the voter verifiable paper ing journalists in Bhind. Satyadeo Pachauri along with Satyadeo Pachauri has been in- of tax payers is because many had no ownership—of homes phones, four- commission audit trail (VVPAT) machines, However, investigation done BJP’s lotus symbol. “Some jour- ducted in the council of minis- income. The effect was not very dif- wheelers or foreign travel—to bring observer on repeated pressing of different by The New Indian Express based nalists took it in a lighter vein ters of Yogi Aditynath. ferent from the impact of his famous spenders into the returns net. Sinha request,” she said. buttons of a single EVM by Singh on conversations with senior and questioned how on pressing “It seems that the EVMs and defence of the 2G policy during the added credit card ownership and had dispensed only slips bearing journalists and government em- of the EVM button at the first go, VVPATs brought largely from UPA regime. club memberships and cast the net the ruling BJP’s lotus symbol. ployees present during the a slip containing BJP symbol Kanpur are yet to be updated for The provocation was a statement wider across 35 cities. Thereafter, VVPAT is a machine which VVPAT demonstration revealed was dispensed by the VVPAT ma- the Ater bypoll,” said a govern- in the 2017 Budget. Finance Minister PAN was made mandatory for buying dispenses the symbol of a party a slightly different picture than chine. The CEO responded jocu- ment employee. Two assembly Arun Jaitley said that Indians “are property, shares, vehicles, fixed de- or candidate for which the voter what was being reported in the larly saying, don’t report it in the seats in MP, including Ater largely a tax non-compliant society”. posits and even bank accounts. Data has voted. The opposition Con- media. A senior Hindi daily media or else you will be de- (Bhind) and Bandhavgarh go to Jaitley pointed out that “the number was dredged from the Tax Informa- We demand the gress in Bhopal demanded the scribe, who was present at the tained,” the scribe claimed. bypolls om April 9. of people showing an income of more tion Network. immediate sacking removal of the CEO MP Saleena Bhind district panchayat meet- Another Hindi journalist said, Earlier on Saturday in Bhopal, than `50 lakh was only 1.72 lakh”, The lament persists; thanks to the of the MP CEO and Singh over the episode alleging ing hall on Friday afternoon told “The CEO then pressed the sec- the MP CEO Saleena Singh vehe- and contrasted this with the sale of structural and systemic issues. At a lodging of criminal that it proved beyond doubt how TNIE on Saturday that during a ond button, on which the VVPAT mently denied that the EVMs or 1.25 crore cars in five years and for- structural level, tax policies have case against her for the ruling BJP is tampering with press conference with MP CEO machine dispensed a slip con- the VVPAT machines were tam- eign travel by 2 crore Indians in been deployed to achieve multiple threatening the the EVMs to win polls. Saleena Singh, several scribes taining the BSP’s symbol ele- pered with and having threat- media. Also, the 2015. objectives—from savings to invest- State party spokesperson KK requested the CEO for a dummy phant and Nirmal Tiwari as the ened journalists in Bhind on Congress party The answer to why India has a low ments to behavioural change. This demands the ECI Mishra also demanded lodging demonstration of the VVPAT candidate’s name.” Friday. count of tax payers can scarcely be has led to a plethora of exemptions, post officials from of a criminal case against Singh machines. The MP CEO Saleena Singh Singh added that she has sent binary. The issue is located at the in- distortions and multiple failures. non-BJP ruled states for threatening local journalists “She (CEO) first showed reluc- pressed two other buttons of the a detailed report in the matter to tersection of a complex matrix of le- This had been identified by the task present at the VVPAT dummy tance for the dummy demonstra- EVM later, on which the VVPAT the ECI and assured that free and gal and socio-political realities. The force on Tax Reforms headed by Vi- KK Mishra, Cong leader demonstration from reporting tion, but later agreed. She ran- machine dispensed slips contain- fair polls will take place with the truism about India jay Kelkar as early the episode in media. domly selected one of the EVMs ing the name Ambuj Shukla EVMs aided by VVPAT. is that for every as in December statement, the op- 2002. posite is equally The task force true. had observed that India boasts of the “myriad and of- FAMILY FEUD over 50 billionaires ten contradictory ED raids unearth on the Forbes Bil- exemptions” have lionaires list. It is led to complexity Akhilesh insulted me, leading to debacle: MSY 700 shell firms also home to nearly and “such com- 300 million living plexity is inher- operating from below the poverty Structurally the issue is that tax ently regressive LUCKNOW: In a public outburst Mulayam who was unseated as line. and therefore fa- against Akhilesh Yadav, Sama- party president by Akhilesh just The low count policies have been deployed vours the rich and jwadi Party patron Mulayam before the elections had stayed one address of tax payers in In- to achieve multiple objectives. the powerful”. Singh Yadav on Saturday said his away from the election campaign, dia owes its gene- This has led to a plethora of The recommen- son had insulted him and the vot- addressing a couple of meetings EXPRESSNEWSSERV I C E sis to two principal exemptions, distortions and dations included ers understood that “one who is for Shivpal. He had also spoken @ Mumbai/Indore factors. One is multiple failures. India urgently doing away with not loyal to his father, cannot be out against Akhilesh’s decision poor income lev- the fog of confu- loyal to anyone” which led to the to join hands with the Congress ENFORCEMENT Directorate els—nearly 60 per needs a modern direct tax code. sion in exemp- party’s poll debacle. He also said for the Assembly polls. officials who carried out inspec- cent of the popu- tions, reducing that a final view on floating a new He also went to the extent of tions of 30-35 places in Mumbai lace is dependent compliance costs party is yet to be taken. saying, “Jo apne baap kaa nahi on Saturday reportedly recov- on 14 per cent of the national income. and harassment. The task force also Mulayam laid bare his anger ho saka, woh aapka kya hogaa ered sensitive documents from Secondly, India is perhaps the only pushed for a tax on agricultural in- for the first time after the SP’s de- (how can a person who is not loy- the office of one Jagdish Prasad economy where 80 per cent of the comes. Governments since have feat in the UP Assembly elections al to his father, be loyal to you).” Purohit in Andheri. He is said workforce and over 45 per cent of the cherry-picked recommendations. fought under the leadership of Interestingly, the SP patron to have aided former Maharash- economy is in the informal sector— The Direct Tax code, which promised Akhilesh who had replaced his also mentioned that Prime Minis- tra deputy CM Chhagan Bhu- across 16 large states, only 5 per cent the overhaul of the Income Tax Act, father as the party supremo fol- ter Narendra Modi during one of jbal in laundering over Rs 46.7 of the establishments host 10 or more has been in the making for well over lowing a battle of turf with his his election rallies in Kannauj crore through a network of 700 workers. a decade. uncle Shivpal Yadav. had also echoed the same senti- shell companies run from the The struggle to track tax dodgers The systemic approach has been Mulayam Singh Yadav addresses Samajwadi Party workers “I was badly insulted, which I ment. “The public understood one address. dates back to 1947—the first Income typically more of the same—perpet- on Saturday had never faced in my life. Never- this statement and took it seri- Bhujbal was arrested on Tax Investigation Commission head- ual pursuit of the middle class, pro- theless, I tolerated. No leader of ously. This resulted in election March 14, 2016 by ED in connec- ed by Justice S Varadachari. Since fessionals and the salaried class. any party in India had made his debacle of SP and BJP won the tion with the Maharashtra liberalisation, the challenge had been Logic dictates that the focus should ‘New party may be formed’ son a chief minister during his elections,” Mulayam said. He also Sadan scam and the Kalina to align rising incomes visibly ex- be on those outside the tax net, out- lifetime, but I made Akhilesh the said the family feud in SP also land case in which he and his pressed in consumption with collec- side the formal system, on the On the issue of floating another party, Mulayam Singh Chief Minister of UP,” he said in took a toll on its electoral pros- relatives were alleged to have tion of income tax. scourge of the benami economy. It said: “The final decision on forming another party is yet his first address in his pocket bu- pects. On the issue of floating an- received kickbacks. The data on returns and collec- would be interesting, for instance, to to be taken up. The new party is yet to be formed. The rough after the UP Assembly re- other party, he said “The final de- On June 17, 2015, ED had tions illustrates the expectations par- cross reference number of business final decision would be taken after consulting you and sults in which the SP got only 47 cision on forming another party filed a case under the Preven- adigm. In 1992, the number of re- establishments, number of new busi- taking your views.” seats out 403. is yet to be taken,”he said. PTI tion of Money Laundering Act turns filed was 37.36 lakh. The nesses, number of new cabs, and also (PMLA) against Bhujbal and number of returns for income above consumption data from GST with tax his relatives. This came after `10 lakh: 2,321. In 2000, the number of returns a year from now. ARRESTS MADE the Maharashtra Anti-Corrup- returns filed rose to 1.42 crore. The Compliance is a loaded phrase and tion Bureau (ACB) searched 26 number of returns filed for income the political class must accept that properties belonging to Bhu- above `10 lakh: 78,109. In 2014-15, over the business model of politics fails jbal as part of its investigations 3.65 crore returns were filed. The the moral hazards test. It is impera- Drunk DU students follow Smriti Irani’s car into alleged irregularities in number of returns with income of tive that candidates and parties re- the award of a contract of over over `10 lakh was 24. 4 lakh and that veal where the money that they spend Rs 100 crore for three projects over `1 crore was 48,417. is coming from. The fear of political NEW DELHI: Four drunk students four youths were travelling. help from PCR staff stationed in 2006 when Bhujbal was the In these 25 years, India’s GDP grew retribution does not preclude trans- of Delhi University on Saturday The four students, in the age nearby and after a small chase, deputy CM and PWD minister. from `5.86 lakh crore (or $290 billion) parency in the US! allegedly followed the car of Un- group of 18-19 years, have been de- cops intercepted them near France “Bhujbal is in jail over charg- in 1991 to over `130 lakh crore (or $2 Above all tax compliance demands ion minister Smriti Irani in Luty- tained at Chanakyapuri police Embassy,” Delhi police said. es of money laundering. But trillion) in 2015, and the per capita demonstration effect. It is not enough The Union Textiles ens’ Delhi, after which they were station. “Their medical examination that is not sufficient. Several income from around `6,000 to over to say that the tax collected is allo- minister around 5.15 detained, police said. They have been identified as has confirmed the presence of al- shell companies were used by `92,000 (or from $300 to $1,500). Suc- cated for progress. pm called police The Union Textiles minister Anand Sharma, Avinas, Shitan- cohol in their blood. They were him or his agents for money cessive regimes have correlated the Governments—at the Centre and saying that some around 5.15 pm called police, say- shu and Kunal. Cops are claiming returning from a friend’s birthday laundering. Hence it was nec- GDP data, and that of consumption, in the states—must produce outcome youths in a car were ing that some youths in a car were that all reside in South Delhi area. party in south Delhi and were essary to find out who else with returns and collections and held reports that present evidence that following her vehicle following her vehicle, a senior po- “Students in a Santro Car report- roaming in the area for fun,” he these agents helped. With the it as an argument justifying the po- the hard earned monies of tax payers —Senior police officer lice officer said. edly misbehaved with Smriti Irani said. Legal action is being taken scale of ED raids today it ap- tential for higher realisation of taxes have been invested and have yielded Acting on the complaint, police when her car reached Myanmar against the accused youths. Fur- pears that work on that part of and a bigger number of tax payers. results. intercepted the car, in which the Embassy at around 5.20 pm. With ther details are awaited. PTI the case has begun,” BJP MP from Mumbai Kirit Somaiya told The New Indian Express. INSIDER-OUT In Madhya Pradesh, two coal trader brothers are under the ED scanner. Reports from Bho- Saved from anti-defection law Political colours & rivals Diggy Raja’s sorrow pal said an ED team from In- Ever since the Election Commission froze the two-leaf With high-profile inductions from the Congress A penchant critic of the BJP, Congress leader dore searched the residential symbol of AIADMK, the MPs of the OPS faction are to the BJP becoming quite the norm, senior Digvijaya Singh was suddenly all praise for both and business premises of two coal trader brothers in Katni, relieved. From 37 members of the undivided AIADMK Congress leader Srikant Jena’s loud call to the saffron party and Prime Minister Narendra 375 km from Bhopal. The sib- in Lok Sabha, only 10 are with OPS, that is the Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, a fellow Modi. Creation of the Marg Darshak Mandal-a lings, Satish and Manish Sarao- AIADMK (Amma), the rest with the ruling Sasikala politician from Odisha, got noticed. Jena was retirement perch for the BJP veterans, he claimed gi, considered close to mining faction, the AIADMK (Puratchi Thalaivi Amma). From heard telling Pradhan, If he needs to wear a was the best political move. For Digvijaya, aging baron and minister Sanjay the Rajya Sabha contingent, two are saffron jacket to get his attention. To which S M Krishna’s exit from the Congress to the BJP Pathak, are suspected of being with the OPS faction, V. Maitreyan Pradhan retorted: “Whatever colour you wear, has been the second embarrassment after the Goa fiasco. He’s the SANTWANA the masterminds of a Rs 2000 being the most prominent the Congress will never treat you as one of AICC in-charge of Karnataka, as well as Goa. BHATTACHARYA crore hawala racket. among them. Armed with the their own.” Originally from the Janata Dal, Jena According to ED sources, the new symbol, the 12 MPs are was inducted to the Congress by Ahmed Patel, The author is raid at the Saraogis’ three-sto- now a recognised political but never given a full Cabinet berth in the UPA Caste census Political Editor, reyed building in Katni’s Ghan- group. Whatever may be the dispensation. Because of which, Jena’s known Explaining why the Modi Government is sitting on the census data TNIE. Email: taghar locality started at result of the RK Nagar by-polls, to have nursed a grouse against former PM santwana@ collected on OBCs, while declaring its intent to set up a statutory around 2.30 pm Saturday and the Anti-Defection law cannot newindianexpress. Manmohan Singh. It was alleged, Odisha CM committee for the backwards, a top official claimed, it’s due to a was continuing till late in the be invoked against them com Naveen Patnaik was instrumental in working mix-up on the Singhs. Apparently, Singh is a surname used by all evening. In Kolkata, seven loca- anymore. “We’ve a the back-channels through MMS’s son-in-law communities, especially in Bihar. So who’s a forward Singh and who’s tions in Howrah and Kolkata shield now,’’ one of to deny Jena a cabinet portfolio, so as not to a backward Singh, cannot be understood. Hence the delay and well were raided by ED officials on them quipped. allow his political profile in Odisha to grow. the next head-counting is due in 2019. Saturday. Beijing 10 -4 LC Los Angeles 15 7 LR Colombo 32 25 SNY Melbourne 24 16 LC Dhaka 29 21 LR Moscow 6 4 LC 22girls GLOBAL Dubai 27 18 HR New York 2 -5 SNY abducted by the Islamist group Boko Haram in WEATHER Hong Kong 23 18 SNY Singapore 29 24 TDS LR: Light Rain HR: Heavy Rain Islamabad 20 9 SNY Tokyo 16 6 LC two separate raids in northeast Nigeria TDS: Thundershower LC: Light Cloud SNY: Sunny London 10 5 HR Washington 4 -1 SNY

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COPENHAGEN BRISBANE CARACAS LONDON BRASILIA CHARLESTON LOS ANGELES Denmark expels man for Two killed in Australia Venezuela backs down on All arrested in London Will Brazil court annul US teen accused of IS ties Rainbow flag creator joining Islamic State floods as water levels rise court coup after outcry terror case released Temer’s election? is a released convict Gilbert Baker dead at 65 An appeals court in Copenhagen Flooded rivers were still rising Venezuela’s Supreme Court on All those arrested in connection Brazil President Michel Temer’s Federal prosecutors say a South American artist Gilbert Baker, who has unanimously stripped off the Saturday in two Australian states Saturday abandoned measures to with the terror attack outside the election could be annulled by the Carolina man accused of trying to created the rainbow flag Danish citizenship of a pizzeria with two women dead and four seize power from the opposition- British Parliament on March 22 country’s Supreme Electoral Court join the Islamic State was recognised around the world as a owner for joining the IS, in the people missing after torrential rains controlled legislature after the have been released with no this week. Temer is accused of previously convicted in 2015 of symbol of gay pride, has died, first such ruling in Denmark. in the wake of a powerful tropical moves drew international further action, the Scotland Yard taking undeclared campaign funds plotting to kill American soldiers. rights activist Cleve Jones said Hamza Cakan, who has dual cyclone. Tens of thousands of condemnation and raised pressure said soon after a 30-year-old from corrupt donors when he was Zakaryia Abdin, then 16, had Friday. Baker, who was 65, came Danish and Turkish citizenship, people have been evacuated from a on President Nicolas Maduro. In a suspect was freed on Saturday. elected vice president on leftist schemed to rob a gun store and kill up with the iconic eight-coloured will be expelled to Turkey after string of towns in Queensland and rare climb-down by the president’s “Eleven other people were Dilma Rousseff’s winning ticket. soldiers in revenge for American banner for San Francisco’s 1978 serving his six-year jail term. New South Wales as the floods allies, the pro-Maduro court previously arrested and released Though Temer is widely expected military action in the Middle East. gay freedom day, a precursor to Cakan was arrested in 2015 after move south towards Ballina, cutting retreated from the rulings that with no further action,” the to find a way to escape, his A parole board in May had agreed the modern pride festival, having attempting to head for Syria. roads. had sparked calls for mass protest. Metropolitan Police said. popularity is at an all-time low. to his early release. taught himself to sew in his 20s. ‘Forgetful’ Trump walks out before signing trade orders US president ignores questions about former NSA Flynn and walks away, forcing deputy Pence to chase him. He later signs the executive orders behind closed doors

WASHINGTON market. The order, Trump said, would ‘Fantastic “ensure that we fully collect all duties guy’ Sisi to US President Donald Trump walked imposed on important importers that out of an executive order signing cer- cheat. They are cheaters”. meet Trump emony at the White House, without ac- The proposals being considered by After four years of tually signing the orders, forcing his US customs officials could impose tension with the deputy Mike Pence to chase him. more substantial requirements at the US, Egypt’s During the signing ceremony on Fri- border or examine products’ risk more President Abdel day,White House pool reporters asked stringently. Fattah al-Sisi now Trump questions about his former na- Listing various problem areas, has a fan in the tional security adviser Michael Flynn, US President Trump, with VP Pence alongside, Trump advisor Peter Navarro said, White House and who has offered to testify on alleged “This is a big deal. It’s steel, chemicals, speaks about the orders on Friday | AFP on Monday, he will Russian involvement in the US election agricultural products, machinery—it’s meet Trump. “He’s in return for immunity from es, but behind closed doors, CNN the whole gambit.” a fantastic guy. prosecution. reported. Italy voiced alarm, amid fears that Took control of Trump, who has a love-hate relation- The first order commissions a 90-day products like Vespa scooters could be ship with the media, ignored the ques- study of US trade deficits with some of hit by punitive duties. Egypt, really took tions and moved to another room, only its largest trading partners to identify “Trump declares war on the Vespa” control of it,” to be chased by Vice President Pence, potential trade abuses and cheating. In said a headline in national daily Il Mes- Trump had said who picked up the folders containing the second order, Trump asked the US saggero, reflecting the tone of most of after Sisi overthrow the two executive orders.Trump later government to recover trade duties on Italian media coverage on an issue that his Islamist signed the two orders aimed at identi- products that are subsidised by foreign dominated front pages and topped news predecessor fying and targeting foreign trade abus- governments or dumped on the US bulletins there. Agencies Mohamed Morsi.

US to raise Ivanka, hubby rights issues India & Don’s trade ‘cheats’ order privately HOUSE ON FIRE AFTER SECRET VOTE US President Trump on Friday signed an executive order targeting countries that worth up to contribute to America’s substantial trade deficit, a list that US Commerce Secretary Wilbur In a departure from One of the hundreds of demonstrators in Paraguay protesting a secret Senate approval of a constitutional amendment Ross said might “potentially involve” India established allowing President Horacio Cartes to run for re-election. The vote took place in a closed office instead of the Senate $740 million: practice, the US floor. Protestors broke into the Congress building, shattered windows and set fires inside, in Asuncion on Friday | AFP has said it will raise SHOULD WE BE WORRIED? human rights White House oss, who named 16 countries, owever, Ross added the presence issues with the ANTI-TERROR OP said the order would result in of a deficit does not necessarily countries WASHINGTON Ranalysts going “country by Hmean that retaliatory or concerned privately Fall from grace: country, and product by product”, remedial action would be taken. as it was “the most B’desh hits DONALD Trump’s daughter Ivanka reporting back to Trump within 90 Calling the first of the orders effective way” to and her husband Jared Kushner have days. US officials will look for “symbolic”, AFP noted that much of deal with it. “Our From president to held onto investments potentially evidence of “cheating”, inappropriate the deficit data was already publicly approach is to terror den, worth $740 million while working gov- behaviour, trade deals that have not available and well known and said handle these ernment jobs, one of the revelations lived up to their promise, lax the move was seen as “protectionist sensitive issues in a from newly released ethics filings enforcement, currency misalignment warning shot” a week before Trump private, more 3 militants prisoner 503 raising questions about possible con- and troublesome WTO constraints meets Chinese President Xi Jinping discrete way,” a flicts of interest. senior White House COUNTRIES POTENTIALLY PART OF TRUMP’S ORDER The disclosures about their real es- official said. found dead tate and business holdings came in a 2016 SURPLUS W.R.T. US (TRADE IN GOODS) mass document release by the White Ireland Germany Thailand DHAKA House late Friday showing the possi- China Hillary slams $35.9 bn $64.9 bn $18.9 bn $347 bn bly unprecedented wealth and finan- Don for cuts THREE militants, including a cial assets of scores of senior staff Canada woman, were found dead by members at the time they began gov- South to diplomacy $11.2 bn Bangladesh security forces on ernment work. Korea Former secretary of Saturday when they stormed Ivanka Trump’s stake in the Trump $27.7 bn state Hillary their terror hideout, ending a International Hotel, located blocks France Clinton, emerging two-day standoff with Islamist from the White House, is one source $15.8 bn Japan from post-election militants in a northeastern town Former South Korean PresidentParkGeun-hye(C)inacaras she of income that could represent a con- $68.9 bn seclusion, slammed amid a massive nationwide was taken to the Seoul Detention Centre on Friday | AFP flict of interest. Critics have noted Mexico Taiwan clampdown on militants. that interest groups and foreign gov- $63.2 bn Trump Friday for $13.3 bn Announcing the end of the Op- SEOUL ernments could stay at the luxury ho- proposing budget eration Maximums in Moulviba- tel as a way of courting favour with Switzerland Vietnam cuts to US zar, counter-terror chief Monirul OUSTED South Korean president Park Geun-Hye is now the administration. $13.7 bn $31.9 bn diplomacy and Islam said bodies of two men and just prisoner 503, incarcerated in a spartan cell while The Trump Organization, whose foreign aid calling (Source: it a grave mistake. a woman were found inside. An prosecutors decide whether to indict her over a corrup- network of hotels, golf clubs and lux- US Census Italy India Malaysia Indonesia elite police team launched a section scandal that precipitated her fall from grace. ury residential towers stretches Bureau) $28.5 bn $24 bn $24.8 bn $13.2 bn Trump wants to ond raid at the hideout on Friday, The former head of state spent her first night in soli- across 20 countries, is not listed on slash the US a day after wrapping up Opera- tary confinement at the Seoul Detention Centre after a the stock market, and releases no pub- diplomatic budget tion Hit Back at another terror court Friday ordered her to be held pending charges. lic statistics. Trump has refused to Needless to say the number one source of the deficit is China. It’s a little bit by 28 per cent, hard to say that someone is an evildoer if they are providing a product we can’t den nearby where a family of Park (65) had her mugshot taken and was given a pris- release his tax returns so far, so little although Congress eight blew themselves up. on kit including toiletries, a meal tray is known about the extent of the com- Wilbur Ross, US Commerce Secretary will have the final Security forces in the past 10 and a quilt, reports said. “After taking pany’s interests. AFP say. days have launched four major a bath, she changed into green-col- anti-militancy assaults against oured winter-season prison garb,” an the IS-inclined Jamaatul Muja- After being official of the Justice Ministry was WEIRD, WHACKY AND WOW hideen Bangladesh (JMB) in processed like any quoted as saying by Joongang Ilbo. which seven including an army other prisoner, The chest of Park’s uniform was em- lieutenant colonel and two in- Park was assigned blazoned with her prison number No Lankan jumbo for spectors lost their lives. The first a 114 square feet —503—by which she will be known New Zealand assault was in Sylhet last week in solitary cell, larger during her incarceration. which four including JMB chief than the average Park burst into tears as guards COLOMBO: A Sri Lankan baby elephant gifted 70 square feet cell Musa were killed during the five- showed her to her cell, TV Chosun to New Zealand has been prevented from day Operation Twilight. Yonhap news agency said, quoting unidentified sources. leaving the island after animal activists said it The JMB was behind the July Prosecutors are yet to specify the was cruel to separate her from her family. “Sri 1 terror attack on a Dhaka cafe in formal charges against her, but have Lankan elephants have very strong family ties which 22 people, including 17 for- previously said she is suspected of bribery,coercion, and and to take away a child is a sin,” Omalpe eigners, were killed. PTI leaking government secrets. They have until April 19 to Sobitha, a Buddhist monk, said. question Park before indicting her. Park secured the largest vote share of any candidate in the democratic era Mother shaves girl’s head when she was elected in 2012. But she was impeached in Rattled by ‘fake news’, Nordic press Twitter egg hatches into neutral for not wearing headscarf December, as the scandal combined with mounting eco- dumps Fools Day tradition human silhouette nomic frustrations to trigger huge candlelit protests. The ROME: A Bangladeshi schoolgirl’s Constitutional Court later upheld the decision. STOCKHOLM: Swedish and Norwegian NEW YORK: Popular micro-blogging website teacher reported her family to Park, daughter of late dictator Park Chung-Hee, is the newspapers refrained from the tradition of Twitter has changed its iconic default egg police in Italy after the teen’s third former leader to be arrested over corruption in publishing April Fools’ Day jokes this year over profile photo to a new neutral human mother allegedly shaved off her Asia’s fourth-largest economy, where politics and big fears it might spread “fake news”. The editor- silhouette after seven years as part of an hair since she refused to wear the business have long been closely tied. in-chief of Smalandsposten said he doesn’t initiative to combat harassment. The change Islamic headscarf, a local If found guilty, she would face at least 10 years in pris- want the newspaper’s brand to be associated came after the famous Twitter egg photo newspaper reported Friday. on, legal experts said. AFP with a “potentially viral and erroneous story”. became associated with trolls. billion is the total foreign Foreign currency FOREX exchange reserves for the assets rose by RESERVES $367.93week ended March 24 $1.13 billion to $344.23 bn

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CEOSPEAK Merger done, SBI a global giant On April 1, SBI rewrote history again — six associate banks folded up into the parent bank, creating one of the world’s top 50 banking behemoths; SBI is the first Indian bank to achieve this feat

SUNITHA NATTI @ Mumbai cies and brokerages to ring monolith among Indian com- consolidation. The latest to bat be used efficiently and the alarm bells. But this isn’t the mercial banks. During the First for consolidation includes RBI merged entity will have room to AS you enter the 19-storied SBI case with SBI, probably for three Five Year Plan, focus shifted to Deputy Governor Viral Achar- raise capital. Bhavan, at Nariman Point in reasons. rural areas, and it was renamed ya, who believes the system will But some believe the timing Mumbai, a giant wall poster of One, its consolidated balance and thus, SBI was born with a be better off if there are fewer isn’t ripe as banks need to the bank’s former headquarters sheet including associate banks’ sense of social purpose and to but healthier banks. strengthen themselves first, be greets you. The image of the im- assets and liabilities is in the aid economic development. This thought process is not it achieving operational flexibil- posing buildings, while giving a public domain, their business Currently, the industry is new and often, weaker public ity, streamlining recruitment, sense of the bank’s size and mix and customers are similar. dominated by public sector sector banks were merged with or building core capabilities. scope, also epitomises its his- Two, SBI had earlier merged banks aggregating 22, including the strongest to build size. For The NPA issue continues to be toric march, from donning the two other associate banks and the merged SBI. A number of instance, since 1991, there were bothersome. hat of a commercial bank to be- three, the merger is among committees have recommended 19 takeovers but a majority were Many Indian banks have FARMING, ing a banker’s bank and a bank- group companies and not out- bailouts (like GTB-Oriental failed in the past, forcing the er to the government. It has long siders with different work cul- Bank of Commerce) and not to government to constitute a Cen- ceased to be the latter two, but tures. But what’s little known is gain efficiencies of scale. tral Banking Enquiry Commit- TRAVELLING AND has consolidated itself as every- that SBI itself was formed merg- Consolidation gain The SBI-Associates merger is tee, which cited the following man’s banker. ing three presidency banks and Consolidation comes with a departure from this trend and reasons for bank failures: insuf- On April 1, it has rewritten so, integration issues are a no- will likely spur more acquisi- ficient capital, poor liquidity of benefits like capital SOME BUSINESS history again — six associate brainer. tions. There’s buzz already assets, combining non-banking efficiency, improves loan banks have folded up into the It was first set up in 1806 as about merger talks between Ko- with banking activities, irra- recovery, capital can be parent bank, creating one of the the Bank of Calcutta and if you tak Mahindra Bank and Axis tional credit policies, and in- PRAMOD THOMAS @ Kochi break, we went to France. used efficiently and the world’s top 50 banking behe- consider this as the genesis of Bank. Speculation is also rife competent and inexperienced South Africa was a great expe- moths and becoming the first SBI, then the bank is 212 years merged entity will have about Federal Bank, IDFC and directors. BEFORE walking briskly into rience, especially the wild-life Indian bank to achieve this old. In 1921, it was amalgamated room to raise capital. other smaller players consider- Ironically, some of these prob- his office every morning, V P parks, very different from the feat. with the Bank of Bombay and However, some believe ing inorganic growth. Consoli- lems persist and until bankers Nandakumar, managing direc- usual tourist experience,” When mergers happen, com- the Bank of Madras as the Impe- banks need to strengthen dation comes with benefits. It consciously attend to these, the tor and CEO of Manappuram Nandakumar adds. panies court uncertainty and rial Bank of India and the com- themselves first. increases capital efficiency, im- industry may run the risk of re- Finance, would have walked at His wife Sushama, a retired failure, prompting ratings agen- bined entity was considered a proves loan recovery, capital can maining fragmented. least six km — most of it headmistress, is now the Man- through his farm at Valapad in aging Director of Manap- Thrissur. Nandakumar says puram Jewellers, which owns he is very particular about his the Riti Jewelry chain of jew- morning walk. ellery stores. He has three chil- Probe him further and he dren. His eldest daughter Sum- reveals that it’s not the walk itha is a gynaecologist. His two per se that matters but the quality time that he gets to spend at his farm. In fact, he I am passionate about says, he chalks out his plan for eco-farming, and I keep the day from the farm itself. trying out new ideas in my own farm... I find it “I am passionate about eco- very relaxing... INTERVIEW farming, and I keep trying out new ideas in my own farm V P Nandakumar, MD & CEO, here at Valapad. I find it very Manappuram Finance relaxing to move around the farm and it also allows me Both challenges and time to gather my thoughts for Journey over the ages... the day and to do some deeper sons-Sooraj and Suhas- have reflection,” he says. Even done their MBA from the UK. opportunties ahead... though his hectic schedule Now they are at senior posi- doesn’t allow him much time tions in the company. � � � � for reading, he manages to His advice to wannabe en- The SBI-Associate banks merger, though a long and tough journey, The State In 1921, it was During the On April 1, it catch with most financial dai- trepreneurs: “To build a suc- is both an opportunity and a challenge. When things like this hap- Bank of India amalgamated First Five Year has rewritten The combined lies. When work gets too hec- cessful business, think big and pen, some amount of stress exists, but we have to ensure to under- was first set with the Bank Plan, post- history again tic, he takes a break. stay focused on the long term take it properly to get the upside, Arundhati Bhattacharya, up in 1806 as of Bombay independence, with the entity will “I take occasional break and goal of building a world class Chairman, SBI tells Sunitha Natti of Sunday Express. Excerpts: the Bank of and Bank of focus shifted merger, go out with my extended fam- institution. Remember, short Calcutta, Madras as the to rural areas, creating one enhance the ily, children and grandchil- cuts don’t work here. Be trans- when the city Imperial Bank and it was of the world’s productivity, dren included. Last December, parent and don’t forget to rec- was under of India and renamed and top 50 we were in South Africa and ognise and reward your before that, during the Onam stakeholders.” British Rule. If the combined thus, SBI was banking mitigate you consider entity was born with a behemoths this as the considered a sense of social and becoming geographical genesis of SBI, monolith purpose and the first Indian risks, increase then the bank among Indian to aid bank to is 212 years commercial economic achieve this operational ‘Protectionism, global old. banks. development. feat. efficiency and drive synergies tensions pose hurdles’ SBI merger: In numbers across multiple dimensions ENS ECONOMIC BUREA U needs. $646 billion (`43 lakh POST-MERGER HIGHLIGHTS INCREASE IN MARKET SHARE @ New Delhi crore ) is required in the next while ensuring five years (for financing infra- Deposit base FINANCE Minister Arun Jait- structure),” Jaitley said. About more than increased levels ley has asked leaders of emerg- 70 per cent of this will be re- Before merger ing countries to be prepared quired in the power, roads and A26 lakh cr 17% of customer for a new set of challenges — urban infrastructure sectors. After merger delight. the inward looking policies of Jaitley also added that India Advances level 22% protectionism and increased will work with the NDB to de- geopolitical tension. velop a strong shelf of projects A18.50 lakh cr Arundhati Jaitley also warned that a in specific areas such as Smart Total customers Bhattacharya, sharper than expected tighten- Cities, renewable energy, ur- Total employee count ing in global financial condi- ban transport, including Met- Chairman, SBI tions that could interact with ro Railways, clean coal tech- 2.77 lakh balance sheet weaknesses in nology, solid w a s t e employees parts of the euro area, includ- management and urban water 50 cr ing the unpredictable econom- supply.“… hope that the NDB Total Branches ic policy of the US, needs to will emerge as a development What’s the biggest challenge digital platform where we will Total ATMs understood. Delivering the bank representing the voice in the merger process? be able to deliver all products 25,000 keynote address at the second and aspirations of developing Integration of HR processes is in a much more user-friendly branches 58,000 annual meeting of the New De- nations, and will set a new a major challenge. We want to manner.Physical branches are velopment Bank (NDB) on Sat- trend in multilateral funding,” ensure that people feel wel- our strength and I won’t give urday,Jaitley urged emerging said Jaitley, adding that over- comed, at the same time, we up on my strength. But along Total number of foreign branches countries to develop their own all growth is picking up in understand they come from with that we will have digital, 190 across 36 countries mechanism to meet new chal- emerging markets and devel- different environments, and to get people below 40 on lenges. India has sought $ 2 bil- oping economies (EMDEs), ex- organisational DNAs. We will board. lion loans for various projects pected to contribute more than have to do some amount of re- from the NDB. “India has huge three-quarters of total global skilling, there will be some dis- Will there be more value unmet infrastructure funding growth this year. placement, movements will oc- added services? cur, which we are trying to We have been cross-selling The nation’s most powerful banker India to grow at 7.2% minimize. End of the day,there products. Currently, we have a The Finance Minister also said that the Indian will be changes and we need to customer relationship man- economy is expected to grow at 7.2 per cent in ensure that they (employees) agement project that enables now has another challenge at hand 2017 and at the rate of 7.7 per cent in 2018. get accustomed to changes. “Throughout this challenging time, India has remained a bright spot among the major Is there a growth roadmap? There will be a digital SUNITHA NATTI @ Mumbai of pearls on a momentous day, ies for women employees like The idea is to improve produc- platform... to deliver all she was, however, her usual self. extended maternity leave, work economies,” he said, adding that this offers products. Physical tivity, efficiencies, and to en- IF there were any rules about Everyone who knows her agrees from home options and mutu- an enormous opportunity to an Institution branches are our strength sure that we have better ratios what makes a genuine banker, that she is well prepared for the ally agreeable transfers. like NDB, whose core mandate is and I won’t give up on sustainable infrastructure development. and growth will not be restrict- that. But along with that then Arundhati Bhattacharya job. Amongst her peers, she is During her extensive service, ed to top line alone. we will have digital, to has ticked almost all of them. known for her no-nonsense ap- she handled forex, treasury, re- get people below 40 on The unswervingly avant- proach towards bad loans (like tail operations, HR and invest- How will the face of bank- board. garde chairperson of State selling Hotel Leela and Bharati ment banking portfolios besides EXPRESS READ ing change? Bank of India (SBI) is India’s Shipyard to ARCs), her run-ins a stint in the New York office. We have a large digitalization most powerful banker, ranked against wilful defaulters and She was also involved in setting programme underway and 26th in Fortune’s top 50 leaders, airing differing opinions. up new game-changing initia- March sales growth significant for auto-makers that’ll start delivering in the us to determine products that the first woman managing di- A banker by accident, this lit- tives like general insurance and next few months. This was an customers want, not some- rector at SBI, and also its first erature student joined SBI as mobile banking. Colleagues de- Leading automakers Maruti Suzuki India (MSI), Hyundai Motor activity being undertaken thing we want to push. We are woman chairman. Now, she is probationary officer in 1977 and scribe her variously as intelli- India reported record annual sales for the fiscal ended March 31, sometime ago, and this was all the only PSU to start wealth looking at a new challenge and went on to occupy the corner of- gent and independent. When driven by new models and robust demand for existing products. the more reason why we management and the people a historic one at that, throwing fice, proving that talent and not chairing meetings, she loves Tata Motors, Renault and Nissan India also posted sales growth in thought the merger was impor- we are handling are not the her hat in the ring as the head hard work matter more than to read, both fiction and non- FY2016-17. MSI posted a 9.8 per cent jump in total sales, while tant. When it’s done it can be ultra-high networth individu- of a global top-50 bank. “When fancy MBA degrees. A nuanced fiction, and likes to encourage rival Hyundai Motor India saw sales up 5.2 per cent. Tata Motors delivered across the entire als, but those who are upward- things like this happen (merg- command of English, sharp in- art. Her term at the bank will saw its sales grow 6 per cent, French car major Renault reported a group, instead of having to be ly mobile, and who do need er), there will be some amount tellect and unnerving stamina expire in October, and most ex- growth of 88.4 per cent, and Honda Cars India Ltd (HCIL) reported delivered six times over. That these kind of advisory servic- of stress and worry, if things charm not just powerful finan- pect the government to extend an 8.7 per cent increase in domestic sales. Ford India saw its way, the merger is timely. We es. We are pushing these kind will be alright,” admits Bhatta- ciers and corporates, but her it. Irrespective of the outcome, domestic sales increase by 15 per cent to 8,700 units last month. willcontinueto deliverthrough of products and will continue charya. Clad in a saree and employees too. Soon after tak- she will go down in history for In the two wheeler segment, India Yamaha Motor reported a 27 branches, but there will be a to evolve more such products. sporting her trademark string ing charge, she rolled out good- helming the historic merger. per cent increase and Royal Enfield, a 17 per cent jump. 2:00 pm 10:00 pm 12:00 am Onthe BADMINTON CRICKET SERIE A India Open SuperSeries West Indies vs Pakistan: 4th T20 Napoli vs Juventus TUBE Live on Star Sports 2, HD 2 Live on Ten 3, 1 HD Live on Sony ESPN, HD

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Kulasekara helps FIGURE CONSCIOUS Sri Lanka level series COLOMBO: Nuwan Kulasekara claimed four wickets as Sri Lanka Sabermetrics, a numbers-driven approach popularised by Billy Beane during his stint with baseball team Oakland, is now part and parcel beat Bangladesh by 71 runs in the of all sports. IPL too is getting used to dissecting data for analysing opponents and procuring resources, writes Swaroop Swaminathan third One-Day International, securing a 1-1 draw in the three- match series in Colombo on S England players were sitting in the Saturday. Suranga Lakmal, change room during last year’s World T20 Dilruwan Perera, Seekkuge final, Joe Root was playing around with a SUNDAY Prasanna all chipped in with two fresh white ball. West Indies needed 156 to SPECIAL wickets each helping the home win and were favourites for one simple side to successfully defend 280-9 reason: Chris Gayle. at Sinhalese Sports Club ground. England believed he wouldn’t fire for one simple reason: Root. Sri Lanka 280/9 (Kusal 54, Thisara 52, A The ECB boffins had a meeting before Mortaza 3/65) bt Bangladesh 210 in 44.3 WT20 and one of the questions which came up was ovs (Shakib 54, Mehedi 51, Kulasekara 4/37). this. “How do we stop Gayle?” There was no one answer but Nathan Leamon, a performance analyst, gave a funky suggestion. “Joe Root opening the bowling.” And so it was Root bowling England’s second over. His second ball was hit over point for four. Skipper Eoin Morgan might have flinched a little but backed Leamon and his numbers. The off-spinner’s third ball vindicated that belief. The left-hander failed to connect properly and found Ben Stokes at long-on. Even though England lost, Leamon’s finding was right. However, it wasn’t exactly original. An- other team had already implemented it to devastating effect in a high-pressure game six years ago. Chennai Super Kings’ number crunchers found that Gayle had a propensity to get out to off-spinners in the first six overs. MS Dhoni backed the findings and R Ashwin Misbah laments absence removed the West Indies batsman three balls into his innings. of Indo-Pak cricket ties It was the second time he had removed him in five KARACHI: Pakistan’s most days. At the first qualifying final, he had dismissed successful Test captain, Misbah-ul- him for eight, three balls into his first over.

Haq, has lamented the absence of *** bilateral cricket ties with India. In an interview, Misbah said he was While big data has infiltrated almost all walks of against restrictions of any sort in life, its attraction to sports scientists has been well sports. “These restrictions are documented since Billy Beane’s sabermetrics revolu- because of politics and political tion with the Oakland Athletics transformed the issues between Pakistan and India. baseball side from also-rans to title contenders. Most teams and leagues around the world started But I don’t think this should be the pouring through stats and started interpreting num- case as cricketers and fans are bers in different ways. The Indian Premier League deprived of good contests,” he (IPL) was a late entrant in this revolution. The afore- AMIT BANDRE said. He lamented that young mentioned example in 2011 was one of the first high players from both countries were profile instances of a team using strategy based on not getting the opportunity to get findings by data scientists on Excel. “We did this in a feel of Indo-Pak cricket matches. His (Jason Roy’s) strike rate and average in this form Since 2014, when we had that really big auction, numbers have played a huge role. It 2011,” Lakshmi Narayanan M, a former CSK perform- over the last two years were excellent and that wasn’t like that in 2011. We also looked towards how a few other clubs and leagues in ance analyst, tells Express. “That time, we weren’t convinced us (to buy him). Europe and America started using empirical analysis to study their opposition. obviously telling this out to people. We found that Gayle looked a bit susceptible to off-spinners early on. Arvinder Singh, Gujarat CEO Lakshmi Narayanan M, former CSK performance analyst Ashwin and Dhoni did the rest.” Narayanan, now with Gujarat Lions in a similar capacity, says IPL is having its own data revolution. The unknown module “Since 2014, when we had that really big auction, 2014 numbers have played a huge role. It wasn’t like that Opening solution Analysing videos of the likes of Swapnil Asnodkar was difficult. in 2011. We also looked towards how a few other clubs The year IPL Rajasthan Royals had a scout who recommended him because of that and leagues in Europe and America started using em- � Sluggers whose boundaries scored per over faced went from very reason. Pravin Tambe, Jasprit Bumrah to upcoming chinaman pirical analysis to study their opposition.” ratio is at least 2.5 or above are preferred. testing the Shivil Kaushik, more from the unorthodox stable, have had success in The use of stats to interpret something as emotion- sabermetrics past editions of the competition. al, as raw as sport, has been ridiculed. But Narayanan � It guarantees the team two fours every over, even if it means four dot balls. water to knows what he is talking about. He was part of the using it at Starc sends messages to support staff that made CSK the undisputed kings of � Jason Roy was bought using this metric. Brendon the auction T20 cricket in India. In the eight years between 2008 McCullum is another who satisfies this. Kohli’s parody account and 2015, the Chennai-based outfit won the title twice MELBOURNE: Australian fast and finished runners-up four times. In something as bowler Mitchell Starc has, random as franchise-based T20 with only a level of “We didn’t need him,” he says to Express. “I had 4 inadvertently, left a message continuity on a year-on-year basis, that sort of con- James Faulkner, Dwayne Bravo, Dwayne Smith, meant for Virat Kohli on a parody sistency is pretty impressive. Ravindra Jadeja for the role of an all-rounder. So The No of account of the India skipper. Starc, You realise how they achieved it after Narayanan there was no discussion regarding him,” he says. times R who was congratulating Kohli for takes you through the process that culminated in the Something else that did come up for discussion was Ashwin has purchase of Ashish Nehra in 2014. “We were in the Jason Roy,who they purchased. “His strike rate and the series win, mixed up and removed Why Root for Gayle? Nehra gamble market for a bowler with a good comeback ball,” he average in this form over the last two years were ex- could not identify the real Chris Gayle in says. “Every bowler gets hit, that’s just basic cricket- cellent and that convinced us,” Arvinder says. Not � Chris Gayle was dismissed by � Ashish Nehra was bought for account. He wrote on twitter, IPL. ing law. But what we could control was to buy a bowl- only that. “As an opener, it’s important that your Joe Root in WT20 final. D2 cr by CSK in 2014. “Hey friend :) Hopefully I don’t er who had excellent comeback numbers, someone boundaries scored per balls faced ratio is very low. have to look for a new ipl team?? capable of taking wickets or creating pressure The industry standard is between two and three so � England’s decision to open � The thinking behind it being Haha media hey! Didn’t get a through dots immediately after being hit for a bound- that the opener guarantees the team at least two 120 with Root was a leaf from Nehra had a good ‘comeback chance to have a proper catch up ary.Nehra’s numbers with respect to this metric were boundaries every over,” Narayanan chips in. That the CSK book of 2011. ball’ – tendency to tighten mate but Congrats on the series The No of up immediately after being amazing,” Narayanan remembers. particular number is one of at least 120 data points � CSK researchers found Gayle win and on your summer data points hit for a boundary. That every IPL team has started using similar met- that can be generated during the course of a ball. was susceptible to off-spin personally… I hope that shoulder rics to gain a fair advantage is known. But it’s also The increasing reliance of using spreadsheets on each and early on. � Nehra showed he still has is on the mend and not too bad. important when to not listen to data. Ben Stokes, by a computer to build the perfect team may offend tra- every ball that as he helped India to Good luck for the ipl, here’s any orthodox metric, is a fantastic T20 asset. As a star, ditionalists. But Narayanan says this will be the new can generate � R Ashwin twice removed victory over England in hoping to an RCB win. Cheers he comes with the bonus of putting bums on seats. normal going forward. on an Gayle in that edition, Nagpur this January. mate.” PTI However,Gujarat CEO Arvinder Singh wasn’t swayed. [email protected] average. including in the final.

T E A M W I S E BACK ON TRACK Despite bowling worries, RCB have reasons to be positive HCA officials meet court monitors RAHUL RAVIKUMAR @ Chennai New arrival THEY have a man who has scored Tymal VISHAL VIVEK @ Hyderabad pointed administrators Anil R four centuries in a T20 event. Mills Dave and GV Seethapathy (re- They have another whose hobby- BETTER late than never. After tired judges both) till the Lodha list includes smacking the roof waiting almost three months for committee guidelines are of the M Chinnaswamy Stadium A T20 specialist, Mills’ stocks results since elections were held implemented. every now and then. They have skyrocketed after his on January 17, the Hyderabad “We (office-bearers) met the yet another who makes batting performance in the three-match Cricket Association (HCA) saw court-appointed administrators look like a derivative of kung fu. T20 series against India that elected persons assume office for and they have given me the au- Meet the Royal Challengers Chris Gayle during a training session in Bengaluru on Saturday | JITHENDRA M preceded the IPL auction. He hit the first time at the Rajiv Gandhi thority to take care of day-to-day Bangalore, who, despite all the the 150kmph quite a few times, International Cricket Stadium expenses of the association,” above, couldn’t during the last ster Sreenath Aravind’s economy aren’t strangers to adversity; it bowled yorkers accurately and on Saturday. Narayan said. “We edition of the IPL shrug off a of 7.40 was the best among rather brings out the best in hurt India with slower balls at New president G discussed a few is- moniker that’s stuck to them for mainstays. them. They needed four wins out the death. With Mitchell Starc Vivekanand, vice- sues regarding the eight years: the perennial brides- A closer look at RCB’s losses — of four to reach the qualifiers last pulling out, Mills has his task cut president Anil Ku- IPL and the meeting maids. Three finals — 2009, 2011, six — last year further under- year. They did. This edition, out, especially on the flat tracks mar, secretary T was fruitful,” the sec- “We (office-bearers) 2016 — and yet no silverware to scores this bat-and-ball disparity. though, is an even more feral ani- of Chinnaswamy Stadium. S h e s h N a r aya n , retary added. show. Four came while setting targets. mal, and it hasn’t even begun. joint-secretary Ajmal met the court- The results, de- As ironic as it may sound, the All those totals were northward Kohli’s out for two weeks, there Asad, treasurer P appointed clared late on Friday administrators and first paragraph — especially in of 170, with the highest being are question marks over de Vil- Mahender and exec- night, heralded a re- they have given me the the context of last season — can 191/6 against the Delhi Daredev- liers’ fitness, and KL Rahul’s utive committee authority to take care sounding victory for also be construed as the reason ils. As a statistical extension, the name has disappeared from their Dangerman member Hanumanth the Vivekanand fac- Yuzvendra of day-to-day expenses behind this albatross that stub- lowest score that RCB success- roster for good. Reddy also met the of the association,” tion as they swept bornly refuses to let go of their fully defended was 175/6 (against Not only does that put the Chal- Chahal c o u r t - a p p o i n t e d the polls. The former neck. Skipper Virat Kohli was in Kings XI Punjab), a match won by lengers under pressure for find- Shane Watson is confident about administrators. T Shesh Narayan MP and industrialist god mode; 27 shy of the 1,000-run only one run. ing a stop-gap replacement for RCB’s depth JITHENDRA M The HCA had wit- beat former cricketer mark at an average and strike- Last year’s final against the Rahul, but the likes of Sarfaraz RCB’s highest wicket-taker for nessed a lot of uncer- Vidyuth Jaisimha rate of 81.08 and 152.03. His lieu- Sunrisers Hyderabad serves as a Khan and Mandeep Singh now two successsive seasons (2015 tainty in the last few months — a 136-69. Narayan was the only can- tenant AB de Villiers too was in perfect example of RCB’s bowl- have a bigger burden to shoulder. and 2016), the leg-spinner has a I think we can continue controversy-ridden election, a 14- didate for secretary. In early top form (687 runs, average 52.85, ing inadequacies. Though the Or- Though Tymal Mills — their new knack of getting wickets at the momentum we had day strike called by the ground March, the Supreme Court had strike-rate 168.80). Their lowest ange Army had been pinned to bowling enforcer — has shown crucial junctures. He uses his at the back end of last staff and allegations of over- asked the high court to expedite score in the tournament was 170. the mat, a Ben Cutting cameo glimpses of potential, he isn’t an variations, such as googly, year. It was an incredible spending during the Bangladesh the case, which had questioned So what went wrong? propelled them from 148/5 in 16.1 established threat. judiciously, and can also trouble run. There’s no reason Test. The new set of officials face the election process, and deliver Bowling is the one-word an- overs to 208/7 in 20 overs. Three A long, arduous season awaits, batsmen with clever changes in why we can’t follow on the challenge of rebuilding the a verdict by April 5. The latest de- that because we’ve a swer for that. For starters, Yuzv- bowlers — Chris Jordan, Shane and only time knows if the Chin- pace. He will be high on reputation of the association, velopments come at the right similar make-up. endra Chahal — RCB’s top wick- Watson, and Iqbal Abdulla — naswamy Men can rise up above confidence as well, after figures which has run into financial time as only days remain before et-taker last season — had an ended with 10-plus economies. all this time around. of 6/26 the Bengaluru T20 Shane Watson, woes. They will work under the the 10th edition of IPL kicks off economy of 8.16. 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13 HYDERABAD SUNDAY 02�04�2017 Drift in air demands shift in technique Unusual shuttle movement caused by air-conditioning machine, court speed dominate talks as Sindhu sets up Marin final at India Open

MADHAV AGARWAL @ New Delhi ues to get acquainted to different Road to final conditions. It takes some time to LISTENING to badminton play- get used to. This is where aware- Sindhu Umpire puts Peru ers leads one to interesting sub- ness counts. I think Indians have jects. Shuttle speed, the speed of played enough in Delhi to be able R1: bt Arundhati courts, drift. These are important to control such factors.” Pantawane terms for players. Subtle changes In a way,such conditions test a 21-15, 21-19 on badminton map in these can alter equations and certain set of skills. According to for players aiming big at the high- India’s singles coach Mulyo Hon- R2: bt Saena est level, it’s crucial to get used to doyo, those with better control Kawakami MADHAV AGARWAL @ New Delhi Till now, the 46-year-old has of- such variables. come out on top on such courts. 21-16, 23-21 ficiated in prestigious tourna- At the Yonex Sunrise India He thinks every player should be Q/F: bt Saina IT is totally unpredictable what ments like the Sudirman Cup, Open, almost every player has ready for such eventualities. Nehwal 21-16, 22-20 direction life takes. Ask Bertha India Open, Scottish Open and been heard discussing these “This is certainly one of the Garcia of Peru, who is a BWF- Swiss Open. Every time she points, sometimes in great detail. faster courts with a lot of drift. S/F: bt Sung Ji Hyun accredited umpire currently of- steps out of Peru, it is an oppor- “The drift caused by the air-con- Players with stronger control 21-18, 14-21, 21-14 ficiating here at the Yonex Sun- tunity for Bertha to learn the ditioner was an issue on centre over shots will have advantage. rise India Open. Ten years ago, tricks of the trade, and grow in court. As always, these courts are The key is to hit the shuttle hard, Marin Bertha had no clue what bad- experience. Interestingly, she really fast. This time, they seem but in control. Having said that, minton was, and was introduced also video tapes all matches she faster. You need to be really quick these things don’t count in a fi- R1: bt Kim Hyo Min to the sport when the world body officiates, so that those can be to judge the speed of the shuttle,” nal. It’s just about handling the 21-11, 21-13 started a programme for coach- used to train budding umpires said Saina Nehwal, after her loss pressure.” es in her country. back home. to PV Sindhu in the quarterfinals R2: bt Rituparna Das Being a physical education “I take this work seriously. on Friday. Sindhu confident 21-13, 21-11 teacher, the then Within two years of Carolina Marin, Victor Ax- Q/F: bt Minatsu 36-year-old gave bad- becoming an umpire, elsen and other top players have In a repeat of last year’s Rio Ol- Mitani 21-10, 20-22, minton, a sport that I’ve managed to be at aired similar opinion about the ympics final, Sindhu will meet 21-14 has no real presence some really good centre court at Siri Fort sports Spain’s Carolina Marin in the fi- in Peru, a shot and events. Every time I complex. On Saturday, when nal on Sunday. The Hyderabadi S/F: bt Akane fell in love with the officiate in a tourna- Sindhu played her semifinal beat South Korea’s Hyun 21-18, 14- Yamaguchi 21-16, sport instantly. For ment, my experience game against Sung Ji Hyun, the 21, 21-14 in 78 minutes. After the 21-14 many years, she was grows. I like to record factors of drift and shuttle speed Olympic loss, Sindhu had beaten a coach in her school all matches that I of- came into play. Marin in the World Superseries Head to head and helped spread ficiate so that those It was tough for the players to Finals. This will be their 10th in- the game among stu- Bertha Garcia can be used to train control shots from the side where ternational meeting. In 9 meetings against dents and youngsters. other umpires. This the drift was more. There were “I know what it takes to beat the Spaniard, the Not content with just helps improve knowl- times when expecting the shuttle her. We know each other’s game Indian has 4 wins. that role, Bertha edge about things to land in, they saw it go out due well, but I’ll have the crowd be- wanted to become an umpire like an electronic scoring sys- to the drift. It was happening hind me,” Sindhu said of Sun- too, and she did in 2015. tem, which is alien to umpires from one side only. day’s clash. World No 1 last year, PV Sindhu set up yet “I was a physical education back home as we use scoring Asked if fast courts and drift Marin is ranked third now. Sind- another showdown with teacher at a school in Peru. In sheets,” Bertha noted. will be an issue in the final, Sind- hu is No 5. Carolina Marin 2007, BWF came up with a coach- Aware of the situation of bad- hu said, “We come early to ven- [email protected] ing programme for coaches in minton in Peru, Bertha feels its Lima. As soon as I learned about going to take another 7-8 years the sport, I knew I’d be associ- for players to rise “We’ve had Ol- RESULTS ated with it for a long time. After ympians, but haven’t churned Men: Singles: Chou Tien Chen (TPEx7) bt Anders Antonsen 21-17, 21-14; Viktor Axelsen (DENx3) bt NG Ka Long Angus (HKG) some years of coaching school- out players consistently. That 21-12, 21-13. Doubles: Marcus Gideon/Kevin Sukamuljo bt Mads Conrad-Petersen/Mads Kolding 21-14, 18-21, 21-9, Ricky Suwardi/ children, I fancied becoming an will take some years, but I know Angga Pratama bt Junhui Li/ Yuchen Liu 21-16, 13-21, 21-16. Women: Doubles: Shiho Tanaka/Koharu Yonemoto bt Kyung Jung / umpire. Basically, things have that Peru has a bright future in Seung Shin 21-16, 19-21, 24-22, Naoko Fukuman/Kurumi Yonao bt Yuki Fukushima/Sayaka Hirota 21-16, 21-13. Mixed: Zheng Siwei/ been falling in place for me badminton.” Chen Qingchen bt Peng Chan/Liu Goh via a walkover, Kai Lu/Yaqiong Huang bt Chris Adcock/Gabrielle Adcock 21-13, 21-13. somehow,” Bertha told Express. [email protected]

Blast from the past 37 12 5 2 1 Rafael Nadal beat Fabio Fognini 6-1, 7-5 and It will be the 37th overall The two last contested This is Nadal’s 5th final Federer is trying to The famed rivalry was Roger Federer survived Nick Kyrgios 7-6 (11/9), meeting between the duo the Miami final 12 years in Miami, and he has complete the Australian born in Miami, with Nadal 6-7(9/11),7-6(7/5)tosetup the Miami and Nadal holds a ago, their first final at the never won it — the only Open/Indian Wells/Miami winning their 1st-ever Masters final, their third clash in 63 days. 23-13 advantage in the event, and Federer won other Masters event he treble for the 2nd time encounter in the third Express looks at some key numbers... head-to-head. that one in five sets. hasn’t won is Paris. (he did so in 2006). round in 2004.

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Paes one victory away ‘Judas’ Higuain set for from title in Mexico LEON (MEXICO): Leander Paes, named a reserve in India’s Davis Cup team for the Uzbekistan tie, frosty reception in Naples is in line to win his first title of the season, albeit on the Challenger Tour, with Canadian A F P @ Naples but he went to the enemy — it’s partner Adil Shamasdin. Paes like leaving Madrid for Barcelo- and Shamasdin, seeded third, “TRAITOR”, “mercenary”, “Ju- 19 na — a complete betrayal,” Al- beat Australian pair of Luke das”, are some of the kinder cidi said. Gonzalo Higuain has scored 19 Saville and John-Patrick Smith words bitter Napoli fans bandied Even Maradona is twisting goals in 29 league appearances Derby delight 6-7 (1-7), 6-4, 10-5 in the about this week when talking the knife. “He went behind the semifinals of the $75,000 hard this season for Juventus. Philippe Coutinho scored a superb solo goal as Liverpool responded to about the reception being pre- supporters’ backs. If he’d been court event. They will meet Luca pared for the return of Argen- open about it he’d have been hat- Everton’sthreattotheirChampions League aspirations with a 3-1 victory Margaroli of Switzerland and tine striker Gonzalo Higuain (in The bar features an alter to ed less. Leaving an ordinary in the 228th Merseyside derby. Sadio Mane and Divock Origi were the Caro Zampieri of Brazil next. pic) with arch-rivals Juventus. the glory of Diego Maradona, team is no big deal, but leaving other scorers. Matthew Pennington grabbed the consolation. Higuain was worshipped in another Argentine whose mem- Napoli isn’t like that,” he told the balmy southern port city as ory is cherished in the city after Gazzetta dello Sport. Arsenal vs Man City Fixtures the striker banged home a his- the incomparable superstar led Higuain himself was blasé on Aditi up to tied 13th at toric 36 goals last season as Na- the team to two titles. the matter. “A team shirt does Live on Star Sports Select HD2 @8:30 PM EPL: Swansea City first Major of year poli made the cut for the Cham- “Higuain is a big footballer have a value but at the end of the vs Middlesbrough Arsenal are currently in their worst run of (Live on Star Sports RANCHO MIRAGE (CALIFORNIA): pions League. but for us he’s worthless. Look at day football is a profession like form in the PL. A win will take them to Select HD2 @6:00 But after a secret medical in Maradona. He gave his heart, any other and people are free to Aditi Ashok played brilliantly in within four points of Manchester City in PM). the 10 holes that she got to play Madrid, Juventus paid Napoli 90 he’s a saint. In Napoli’s history work wherever it makes them fourth, with a game in hand on them. million euros ($96 million) for Higuain is a zero,” says Napoli happy to be,” the 29-year-old La Liga: Sevilla vs in the second round before Sporting (Live on darkness descended at the ANA his services and the Argentine fan Salvatore Romano on the striker told Sky tv. Jurgen Klopp is the first Liverpool reportedly left the city without city’s Via San Gregorio Armeno Daniele “Decibel” Bellini the Sony Six, HD @3:30 Inspiration, the year’s first Major 3 manager to win his first three PM); Real Madrid vs even saying goodbye. at a stall selling Napoli para- Napoli San Paulo stadium an- for women. Aditi was four-under Merseyside derbies in league competition. Alavés (Live on Sony “We’ve been waiting a year for phernalia. Higuain features nouncer used to shout Higuain’s through 10 holes and zoomed Six, HD @7:45 PM); from tied 51st at the end of the him to come back. We really prominently with his face on toi- first name ‘Gonzalo’ nine times Everton last won away at Anfield Valencia vs Deportivo first round to provisional tied didn’t like the way he left and let rolls, dressed in his Juventus every time he scored a goal. 1999 in 1999. (Live on Sony Six, HD the way he behaved. He said he shirt with salacious insults writ- “There’ll be booing and whis- @10:00 PM); 13th when play ended on Friday loved Napoli. But he left for the ten beneath tling from start to finish. He will Results: Burnley 0-2 Spurs; Chelsea 1-2 Crystal Palace; Hull Granada vs evening. The second round of money. He’s a mercenary, a trai- “Him going there to Juventus be made to understand his mis- 2-1 West Ham; Leicester 2-0 Stoke; Liverpool 3-1 Everton; Barcelona (Live on the ANA Inspiration was tor,” says Bruno Alcidi, owner of is the worst possible scenario. take. It will be difficult for him,” Man United 0-0 West Brom; Watford 1-0 Sunderland; Sony Six, HD @12:15 suspended at 7:03 pm local Bar Nilo in Napoli’s old town. He could have gone anywhere Bellini said. Bournemouth 0-0 Southampton. AM). time due to darkness.

I-LEAGUE Yusa stars as Bagan revive title hopes with crushing Bengaluru victory

P T I @ Kolkata Norde assisted all three goals as champions started without talis- As it stands being set up by Norde and the the visitors, without India cap- man Chhetri and midfielder Eu- captain’s grounded shot from the Team P PTS KATSUMI Yusa struck a double tain Sunil Chhetri, proved to be geneson Lyngdoh and they had right put Bagan ahead in the 14th while Darry Duffy scored once as no match in their third game on four U-22 players. Aizawl FC 14 30 minute. Mohun Bagan hammered reign- the trot. Bagan had played out a Early on, Bengaluru had a few A diving Amrinder Singh got East Bengal 14 27 ing champions Bengaluru FC 3-0 goalless draw in their away round passes played on the left flank hands on the ball but Yusa’s shot to revive their I-League title against Bengaluru, and the two with CK Vineeth cutting through Mohun Bagan 13 26 had the power to beat the Ben- hopes here on Saturday. sides then met on March 14 in an but the Bagan defence put up a galuru custodian. Duffy headed Captain Yusa was in his ele- AFC Cup group match, which the solid effort with Pritam Kotal Shillong Lajong FC 13 20 home a free-kick from Norde to ment as he scored on both sides Mariners lost 1-2. thwarting his India teammate. Bengaluru FC 14 18 double the Mariners’ lead inside of the break, while Duffy struck But the Green and Maroon Bagan had their first opportu- half an hour, notching up his sev- in the 25th minute to hand the looked a transformed side with nity in the sixth minute with Ko- Churchill Brothers 14 16 enth goal of the season. team its first win in four match- Man of the Match Yusa stealing tal setting up Duffy but the Scot’s DSK Shivajians 14 14 After the changeover, Yusa es. The 2014-15 champions are the show to secure their first win mistimed header did not help brilliantly placed the ball deceiv- now four points shy of leaders since February 18 when they de- their cause. Chennai City 14 13 ing Nishu Kumar to complete Aizawl FC with a match in hand. feated Shivajians 3-1. However, they did not have to Minerva 14 12 their tally.The goal was again set A day after he returned from Their title aspiration in the I- wait long as Yusa utilised the up by Norde, who won the ball Haiti following a long flight, Sony League now over, the defending Action from the match between Bengaluru FC and Mohun Bagan room on the edge of the box after Mumbai FC 14 10 and ran about 50 yards. Having trouble falling asleep? Try In a discovery that may spell good news Ashwagandha, say scientists, who have found for the environment, a fungus capable that an active component in the leaves of the of degrading polyurethane plastics has ayurvedic herb significantly induces sleep. been identified by Chinese researchers.

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Though venom from reptiles, insects and arthropods can be extremely potent, it has FILE Venom of tiny fish Choose your poison various applications in the field of medicine. Express looks at a few of them... could lead to new pain treatments

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WASHINGTON: Tiny fanged fish called blennies, which swim in the coral reefs of the Pacific Ocean, are armed with an unusual venom that could inspire new pain medications, British and Australian scientists said this week. The venom of these 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 fearless 1.5-three inch (four-seven centime- ter) swimmers — which are popular tropi- Rattlesnake Spider Centipede Scorpion Anemone Marine snail Tuti toad cal aquarium fish — numbs would-be pred- ators, rather than causing them pain. Venom from rattlesnakes Venom from spiders like Tough it creeps most Researchers from Seattle Many sea creatures Venom from cone snail Venom from the fire- “The fish injects other fish with opioid contain a chemical called tarantulas can numb your people, researchers have developed something harbour potential cures was used to make bellied toad, also known peptides that act like heroin or morphine, crotoxin. Though the senses. The human body discovered Chinese called “tumor paint” from and treatments for curing ziconotide — an atypical as the ‘tuti toad’, inhibiting pain rather than causing it,” said substance is toxic in has specialised pathways redheaded centipede, scorpion venom. After diseases in their venom. analgesic agent for the belonging to the genus Bryan Fry, an associate professor at the Uni- nature, researchers have inside cell membranes whose venom blocks re-engineering a specific One particular study by amelioration of chronic Bombina, has poison versity of Queensland. “The venom causes come up with a medicine that are called sodium sodium channels. protein that was Monash University pain. In December 2004, located in its skin. Though the bitten fish to become slower in move- called CB24, which can channels. Blocking the However, a peptide taken extracted from the Israeli revealed that sea the Food and Drug its poison cannot kill a ment and dizzy by acting on their opioid terminate tumour cells right number of sodium from the venom was death stalker scorpion, anemones and core snails Administration of the man, it may induce skin receptors.” Experiments using lab mice that grow rapidly. Some channels can result in the tested on mice and it was the scientists were produce toxins that could United States approved it sensitivity. However, it is found the rodents showed no sign of pain trials of the compound dampening of pain found that it was successful in identifying help in treating when delivered as an being used for developing once injected with the fish venom. Fry said have yielded promising signals, and spider comparable to the effects brain cancer and lighting autoimmune diseases infusion into the drugs that help with the venom is “chemically unique,” and results, but it is not venom’s quality to do of morphine — which can it up for doctors during such as arthritis, multiple cerebrospinal fluid using imaging and identifying called the fang blennies “the most interest- commercially available. that is high. help tolerate pain. operations. sclerosis, and lupus. an intrathecal pump. prostate cancer. ing fish I’ve ever studied.”

BEYOND THE HORIZON Vehicular T-Rex’s face was FACT OF emission THE covered in scaly NASA finds ‘strange’ cosmic flash MATTER plays major protective layer Chandra Observatory stumbles upon X-rays from galaxy 10.7 billion light years away WASHINGTON: A mysterious low the sensitivity of Chandra. role in smog JURASSIC WORLD flash of X-rays probably result- Thousands of hours of legacy ing from a “completely new type data from the Hubble and AIR POLLUTION he face of tyrannosaurs was covered in a scaly protective of cataclysmic event” in space Spitzer Space Telescopes helped Tlayer with a high degree of tactile sensitivity, similar to has been discovered by NASA’s determine that the event likely NEW YORK: Vehicle tailpipes crocodiles, suggests research. The findings are based on an Chandra X-ray Observatory, a came from a faint, small galaxy may be a more important analysis of fossils of a new species of the tyrannosaur dino- study says. about 10.7 billion light years source of smog-causing am- saur. After the fossils were pulled out of the muddy banks of While the scientists believe the from Earth. monia that hovers over big a river in Montana, US, the team was able to analyse the tex- flash of X-rays, which stemmed For a few minutes, the X-ray cities than agriculture emis- ture of the facial bones of the new species. “Being a tyranno- from a faint, small galaxy about source produced a thousand sions, a new study suggests. saur, they had really small arms. They wouldn’t be able to in- 10.7 billion light years from times more energy than all the Researchers from Prince- teract with their environment with their hands like mammals Earth, likely comes from some stars in this galaxy put together, ton University outfitted vehi- do,” said Jason Moore of the University of New Mexico. sort of destructive event, they said the study that was pub- cles with sophisticated sen- are not sure what caused it. lished online in the journal sors to detect ammonia levels “We may have observed a cated in a region of the sky Monthly Notices of the Royal As- and focused on six cities — completely new type of cata- known as the Chandra Deep tronomical Society. Philadelphia, Denver and clysmic event,” said study co- Source code Field-South (CDF-S), has re- “Ever since discovering this Houston, Beijing, Shi- author Kevin Schawinski, of markable properties. source, we have been struggling jiazhuang and Baoding. Holes ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal In- There are three possibilities to Prior to October 2014, this to understand its origin,” re- were drilled into the bodies of stitute of Technology in Zurich) explain the source. Two invoke source was not detected in X- marked Franz Bauer of the Pon- vehicles to attach sensors. in Switzerland. gamma-ray burst events, which rays, but then it erupted and be- tifical Catholic University of By measuring ammonia “Whatever it is, a lot more ob- are jetted explosions triggered came at least a factor of 1,000 Chile in Santiago. during various times of the servations are needed to work either by collapse of massive stars brighter in the span of a few “It’s like we have a jigsaw puz- day at different points of entry out what we’re seeing,” Schawin- or by merger involving neutron hours. After about a day, the zle but we don’t have all of the into the cities, the team was ski added. The X-ray source, lo- stars and/or black holes. source had faded completely be- pieces,” Bauer added. able to paint a picture of a “breathing” city, where levels rise and fall, depending on traffic and conditions. Researchers found that ammonia emissions from cities were much larger than recog- Greenland coast to lose ice nised and occurred at the very MELTDOWN times when unhealthy partic- ulate matter is at its worst, he glaciers and ice caps that dot the edges of the Greenland and when agricultural emis- Tcoast are not likely to recover from the melting they are sions are at daily or seasonal experiencing now, new research has found. The study suggests lows. “It is actually coming that the melting of Greenland’s coastal ice will raise global sea from the vehicles in the cities level by about 1.5 inches by 2100. It is bad news, but not imme- themselves,” said Mark Zond- diate cause for panic, said one of the researchers Ian Howat, lo, associate professor at Prin- Associate Professor at Ohio State University in the US. The ceton University. findings apply to the comparatively small amount of ice along Researchers noted that ve- the coast only, he explained — not the Greenland Ice Sheet, hicle emissions of ammonia which is the second largest ice cache in the world. Melting on were co-emitted with nitrogen the island passed a tipping point 20 years ago and smallest oxides. These combine to form glaciers and ice caps on the coast are no longer able to regrow ammonium nitrate, which lost ice, the study said. can be seen from the brown colour in urban haze. Ammo- nia emissions from vehicles are especially important dur- April Fools’ Day ing cold weather when agricultural emissions are at their lowest. comet near Earth HOW YOU DOIN? 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his is no joke. A comet, being play- Tfully called the April Fools’ Day comet, is set to make its closest approach to Earth in more than a century on Saturday, NASA has said. Officially named 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák to 300 million suffer from depression honor its three discoverers, the comet is being playfully called the April Fools’ Day comet on this pass, NASA said in a state- FIX YOU “These new figures are a more than 18 per cent from 2005 many from accessing the treatment. On this approach, the comet will pass our planet at a wake-up call for all countries to to 2015, WHO is carrying out a ment they need to live healthy, distance of about 13 million miles (0.14 astronomical units), UNITED NATIONS: More than re-think their approaches to year-long campaign, Depres- productive lives. or about 55 times the distance from Earth to moon. “This is its 300 million people are living mental health and to treat it sion: Let’s Talk, the focus of Depression is an important closest approach in more than 50 years and perhaps more than with depression, according to with the urgency that it de- April 7’s World Health Day,with risk factor for suicide, which a century,” NASA said. A member of the Jupiter family of the latest estimates from the serves,” Xinhua news agency the aim of encouraging more claims hundreds of thousands comets, 41P makes a trip around the Sun every 5.4 years, com- World Health Organisation quoted a WHO news release as people with depression to get of lives each year, says the re- ing relatively close to Earth on some of those trips. (WHO). The UN agency released saying. help. Lack of support for people port. One of the first steps is to the estimates on Thursday With the number of people with mental disorders, coupled address issues around prejudice ahead of World Health Day. with depression increasing with a fear of stigma, prevent and discrimination.

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‘Twitter egg’ hatches SpaceX wants to recycle Snapchatintroduces Insomnia may increase Bad cold becomes worse into human silhouette more of Falcon 9 rockets ‘Search’ feature risk of heart attack when you are lonely

After being trolled on several Elon Musk said he wants to go Few days after Facebook got a Individuals who find it hard to fall Suffering from a cold is annoying social media platforms, Twitter further in the reuse of his rockets Snapchat-like “Stories” update, asleep must wake up to the enough, but if you are lonely, the has now changed its default after successfully launching a Snap Inc has introduced a health problems that poor sleep chances are you would feel even profile photo from “Twitter Egg” Falcon 9 rocket that was recycled “Search” option that would give poses. Researchers have found worse. People who feel lonely are it has used since 2010 for users from a previous flight. Musk is users power to search through the that suffering from insomnia may more prone to report that their who do not upload their own looking into a test to bring home content they posted on its app. put people at increased risk of cold symptoms are more severe photo, to a new human the second stage of the Snapchat will enable users to heart attack and stroke. Women than those who have stronger silhouette. The reason for the company’s new Falcon 9 Heavy search for photos and videos with insomnia symptoms may social bonds, said a study. change is that the “Twitter egg” is rocket for reuse. SpaceX blasted known as “Snaps” posted to the have a slightly higher risk of “Loneliness puts people at risk for now associated with Twitter off the recycled first stage for the “Our Story” option on the app, by cardiovascular and stroke events premature mortality and all kinds trolls, the kinds of users who first time on Thursday, a feat that creating new “Stories” using than men, according to the study of other physical illnesses,” said create accounts simply to harass could dramatically lower the cost Amritsar car enthusiast Kiranjot Singh Bhullar, 29, cleans a vehicle assembled using machine learning technology, the published in the European Journal one of the researchers Angie and bully others. of space travel. a range of T-Ford-1925 model parts and run on a battery-operated engine | AFP company said in a blog post. of Preventive Cardiology. LeRoy from Rice University.