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  Wednesday following an aeri- Commander Abhinandan is ahead with the “aggression”,    9          al engagement by air forces of returning home but dismissed Pakistan will be forced to retal- 42   &  .    the two countries, Pakistan suggestions it was a goodwill iate and urged the Indian lead- .    )  
     6  Prime Minster Imran Khan on gesture, insisting it was in line ership not to push for escala-               Thursday announced that with the Geneva Conventions. tion as war is not solution to      #        Wing Commander “We are very happy any problem.  

   Abhinandan Varthaman will be Abhinandan will be freed Warning that “any miscal- released on Friday as a gesture tomorrow and look forward to culation” from India would       #.    &  & of peace and the “first step” to his return,” Air Vice Marshal R result in “disaster”, he said, 
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                                  The decision comes amid Air Staff, told a news confer- of miscalculation. War is not a         !   
  #$     report that the Indian ence. solution. If India takes any Government reportedly decid- Asked if the IAF sees it as action, we will have to retaliate.” Foreign Secretary Vijay escalation” of tensions with ed that Varthaman cannot be a a goodwill move, Kapoor said, Khan, however, said Gokhale briefed envoys of sev- India has not gone down well      IAF fighters had hit the intend- Pakistan lied that no F-16 bargaining chip and New Delhi “We see it as a gesture in con- Pakistan’s “desire for de-esca- eral countries, including from in New Delhi, they indicated. ed targets. Kapoor said there is was used but there was enough will not strike any deal with sonance with the Geneva lation” should not be miscon- China, France, Russia, the In Islamabad, Foreign     credible information and evi- evidence, Kapoor said. Islamabad for his release. Conventions.” strued as its weakness. “Our United Kingdom and the Minister Shah Mehmood dence that “We hit the intend- Stating that Pakistan air- Khan made the announce- The joint session of armed forces are battle-hard- United States, on the Pakistan Qureshi said his Government     ed targets” and it was prema- craft targeted military installa- ment during a joint session of Pakistan Parliament was held ened and they are fully pre- Air Force targeting Indian mil- was willing to consider return- ture to assess the casualties and tions, he added PAF bombs Parliament soon after Foreign on Thursday to discuss rising pared to respond to any aggres- itary installations in an aggres- ing the captured IAF pilot if it    damage. were unable to damage any of Minister Shah Mehmood tension with India. The sion,” he said. sive manner, resulting in the leads to “de-escalation” of ten- Sources in the Government India’s defence installations. Qureshi said Khan is ready to Pakistani Air Force on Khan said he “tried to call” escalation of tensions. sions with India. said more than 20 Pakistani air- Addressing the media, talk to his Indian counterpart Wednesday carried out a retal- the Indian Prime Minister on On US President Donald According to the sources, %  45625/7. craft had approached the Indian Army’s Major General Narendra Modi to de-escalate iatory strike, a day after Indian the phone Wednesday because Trump’s suggesting that the Khan has to walk the talk on Indian airspace. SS Mahal said escalation of ten- Indo-Pak tensions. struck inside Pakistan, destroy- “escalation is not in our inter- situation between India and investigating the February 14 ebunking Pakistan claims The IAF also nailed the sions had been done by “In our desire for peace, I ing the biggest terrorist train- ests nor in India’s”. The Prime Pakistan was de-escalating, the Pulwama attack. India, they Dthat F-16s were not used in misinformation by the Pakistan Pakistan but India was pre- announce that tomorrow ing camp of the Jaish-e- Minister urged the interna- sources said New Delhi has no stressed, wants immediate, the offensive against Indian military that it shot down two pared for any contingency if the (Friday), and as a first step to Mohammed (JeM). tional community to play its idea what he was referring to. credible and verifiable action military targets in Jammu & Indian aircraft and captured enemy provoked it. open negotiations, Pakistan Addressing the House, role in de-escalation for peace Pakistan’s efforts to link the against terrorists and their Kashmir on Wednesday morn- three Indian pilots which was Mechanised forces were will be releasing the Indian Air Khan said, “The only purpose and stability in the region. release of the pilot with “de- proxies. ing, the Indian Air Force on later claimed to be two and by put on standby and troops Thursday said the American the evening on Wednesday were ready to deal with any aircraft was used in the mis- they said just one pilot was in security challenge, Mahal said.  adventure and also displayed their custody. Rear Admiral of the Indian %  $  P  the wreckage of the ‘beyond The Army and Navy rep- Navy Dalbir Singh Gujral said visual range missiles’ of the US- resentatives asserted that the the force was in a high state of     supplied fighter plane. Armed forces are on high alert readiness to deal with any     % 45625/7. ed with stones and also shot in The move led to more hos- Air Vice Chief RGK and ready to meet any securi- Pakistan misadventure in the  
   the leg while fleeing. tility and the villagers began Kapoor, who addressed the ty challenge on land and sea. maritime domain.  
     ing Commander “My objective was to cap- pelting stones at Varthaman media, along with the repre- But the sources added there has The briefing by the tri-ser-          WAbhinandan Varthaman ture the pilot alive. I had seen who by then was on the run. sentatives of the Army and the been no mobilisation of ground vices came after Prime Minister  
  
      raised patriotic slogans, fired in the Indian flag on his parachute “The boys chased him until Navy, said a variety of aircraft forces yet. Narendra Modi chaired a high     the air and stuffed his mouth and knew he was Indian,” he fell into a stream and one of was used by Pakistan Air Force Tensions between the two level meeting amid the height-        with documents when he land- Chaudhry was quoted as saying. my nephews who was also — F-16s, JF 17 Thunder and countries escalated after Indian ened tensions with Pakistan       !"# ed on Pakistani soil after eject- According to the 58-year- armed shot him in the leg,” Mirages. This rejects Pakistan’s fighters bombed banned terror and after Imran Khan 
     ing from his fighter jet, says the old eyewitness, Varthaman Chaudhry said. claims that its air force did not group Jaish-e-Mohammed’s announced the release of an   %  &  headman of a village on the asked some of the villagers if he The pilot was then asked to target the Indian military biggest training camp near Indian Air Force pilot captured     '    % other side of the border. was in India, and the villagers drop his pistol, and was pinned installations during Balakot deep inside Pakistan by his country. The Indian Air Force pilot, tricked him with an affirmative down by a villager to prevent Wednesday’s air intrusion. early Tuesday. It came 12 days The meeting was attended      who has been the centre of response, leading the pilot to him from using any other Asserting that the IAF after the JeM claimed respon- by chiefs of the three Services, !!"#$ $$  global attention since his cap- raise patriotic slogans about weapon that he might have strikes hit the intended target sibility for a suicide attack on National Security Advisor Ajit (    ture on Wednesday, will be Pakistan, told the BBC that he India. However, he was in for had. The pilot attempted to and achieved the mission, a CRPF convoy in Pulwama in Doval, Finance Minister Arun     )   released on Friday, Pakistan ran to the spot along with other a shock. “The boys around him destroy the documents in his Kapoor said it’s up to the polit- Jammu & Kashmir, killing 40 Jaitley, External Affairs *      +*    Prime Minister Imran Khan villagers when he saw the MiG responded by saying, ‘Long possession by stuffing them in ical leadership to decide when paramilitary men. Minister Sushma Swaraj, Home 
 **%,&  has announced in Parliament. 21 crashing to the ground. live Pakistan’!” Chaudhury told his mouth. However, the vil- and how to release evidence of The IAF showed parts of Minister Rajnath Singh and   
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  -  events leading to his capture, on landing was whether he was Varthaman then pulled out some papers which were later He was responding to a Pakistan used F-16 aircraft to Sitharaman. A host of other    % Mohammad Razzaq Chaudhry, in India, Chaudhry said, dis- his gun and fired in the air to handed over to the army, the question on the scepticism in attack Indian military estab- senior officials attended the the chief of Horran village in closing that the pilot was pelt- intimidate them. BBC reported. some quarters about whether lishments on Wednesday. meeting at the PM’s residence. 
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$ $ !,   beer and 80 bottles of county- selling of liquor. Ifacility along with residential made liquor worth 12240 on The two are involved for facility to the children of " !)  !! %*+$&: &  $+ Wednesday; accused were car- how long in these activities labourers in the State, decision %! ! :  $+ "" rying liquor in a car for selling would be investigated in the has been taken to start -*     ! %$& !$  *+ $ without proper license. further investigation. Shramodaya Vidyalayas in   )!+ @+  )  According to the police Based on the information Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur and acting of a tip off regarding two of illegal transport of liquor Gwalior. persons carrying liquor illegally when the police started to The construction work of Sajjan Singh Verma has issued Separate hostels are being con- in a car were detained near Old search for the miscreants of the school buildings is being instructions to the officials to structed for 600 boys and 600 Shiv Nagar at around 11 in the provided description the undertaken in Indore, Jabalpur pay special attention to the girls in the premises. night and when the car was accused tried to escape the spot and Gwalior by the Public quality of construction of the About 90 per cent con- searched two cartons of beer after the police personnel spot- Works Department at a cost of buildings. In addition, he has struction work of the and 80 bottles of county-made ted the two accused. total Rs 150 crore. also instructed to complete Shramoday Vidyalaya Bhavan liquor cartons were recovered A case under section 34(2) Capital Project is under- the construction works within has been completed in Indore. from their possession. of the Excise Act was registered taking the construction work of the stipulated time limit. In Jabalpur and Gwalior 80 The two accused were and further investigation has Sharmoday Vidyalaya Bhavan Two-storeyed Shramodaya percent of construction of the identified as Kabeer Shakya been started. The crime record in Bhopal. Apart from the Vidyalaya Bhavans are under Shramoday Vidyalaya Bhavans (38) of Old Shiv Nagar and of the two would be investigat- school building, girls and boys construction in Betma in has been completed. Proper Ramesh Kumar (32) of Bijli ed in the further investigation. hostel, teachers and staff quar- Indore district. These buildings drainage system along with all Colony Anand Nagar. The details of the car would ters are also being constructed will provide facility for study to essential modern facilities has Police said that the two be searched as it is possible that in the Shramoday Vidyalaya 1200 students. The buildings been provided in the were carrying liquor in car for transporting liquor illegal- premises. will have laboratory, comput- Shramodaya Vidyalaya bearing registration number ly the two might be using    / ,
   
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India also he dilapidated houses of that because of the house the Masood Azhar as a global ter- supply, sale and transfer from China will vote on the propos- by Pakistan during an air com- larly updated in our trans- expects his immediate and safe TAssamese writer PWD had to change the plan rorist, a listing that will subject their territories or by their al this time. China, a close ally bat on Wednesday. The parency report,” the spokesper- return,” the MEA said in a Lakhminath Bezbaroa situated by constructing a bad curve him to global travel ban, asset nationals outside their territo- of Pakistan, has consistently YouTube took the decision son added. statement. at Nelson Mandela Chowk “like a death trap” for the peo- freeze and arms embargo. ries, or using their flag vessels blocked moves after the Ministry of Electronics Videos of the captured A host of American IT here has created serious traffic ple. Considering the interest of The proposal was moved or aircraft, of arms and related first by India and later by and Information Technology Indian Air Force pilot were giants like YouTube, Facebook, problem for which local resi- the people, Bezbaroa’s house on Wednesday by the three materiel of all types, spare the US, the UK and France to asked the video streaming plat- being released on the internet Twitter and Google continue to dents had been insisting the should be demolished, the permanent veto-wielding parts, and technical advice, designate Azhar as a global ter- form to do so. and netizens shared these host anti-India and jehadi con- administration to demolish it memorandum said. members of the UNSC. The assistance, or training related to rorist by the 1267 Committee The Ministry had asked videos across social media plat- tent floated by UN-banned for greater interest of the peo- Earlier the locals had UNSC Sanctions Committee military activities, to desig- by putting technical holds. YouTube to remove the clips forms like Twitter, WhatsApp terrorists like Hafiz Sayeed, ple. staged demonstration will have 10 working days to nated individuals and entities. France assumes the crucial following directive from the and Facebook. and the chief of banned terror The design of the Rotary demanding demolition of the consider the fresh proposal In 2009, India had moved rotating presidency of the UN Home Ministry, a Government Hashtags like group Jaish-e-Mohammad and junction, adjacent to the sec- buildings which was later pre- submitted by the three mem- similar proposal to ban Azhar, Security Council in March. source said, adding that the said #BringbackAbhinandan, its leader Masood Azhar. ond bridge over the Mahanadi vented by the police. bers. It is the fourth such bid at whose UN-proscribed JeM The proposal was moved links have now been removed. #SayNoToWar, #MiG21, #F16 Interestingly, these US compa- was changed just to save “We would intensify the the UN in the last 10 years to claimed responsibility for the just two days before France When contacted, a Google and #PakFakeClaim were nies also have a significant Bezbaroa’s house by the Public agitation if it is not demolished list Azhar as a global terrorist. Pulwama attack. In 2016 again, assumes the crucial rotating spokesperson said the compa- trending as netizens from both presence in the Indian market Works Department (PWD). for the public interest. People An assets freeze under the India moved the proposal with presidency of the UN Security ny complies with “valid legal the sides of border turned to but are not taking any action to “The straight approach are witnessing regular acci- Sanctions Committee requires the US, the UK and France to Council. Informed sources ear- requests from authorities wher- social media to express their delete such contents, many of road to the bridge had been dents mostly on the approach that all states freeze without ban Azhar, also the master- lier told PTI that “France is ever possible, consistent with views. which are used for radicalisa- curved to save the house which side of the bridge. Accidents delay the funds and other mind of the attack on the air focussed on bringing individ- our longstanding policy and act “India also strongly object- tion and ultimately lead to ter- is causing accidents of serious started before inauguration of financial assets or economic base in Pathankot in January, ual listing requests of JeM ter- quickly to remove such mate- ed to Pakistan’s vulgar display rorist attacks by the terror nature,” said Manas Boxi, a the new bridge due to bad resources of designated indi- 2016.In 2017, the P3 nations rorists to the 1267 Committee rial”. of an injured personnel of the proxies of the Pakistan Army leading youth leader, who led curve in the approach portion,” viduals and entities. moved a similar proposal again. soon”. “Data on Government IAF in violation of all norms of and the ISI combine. a delegation to submit memo- said Boxi. >  1"?%, O P   7/1    

DHENKANAL: There was cel- ebration in a family of Paramahansapur village under Parjang block of Dhenkanal district on Wednesday when a 70-year-old member, who had been presumed dead around four months ago, returned tak- ing the entire locality by surprise. body were similar. Police had According to reports, Sarat cremated the body by then. Sahu of the village had gone Presuming that Sahu was dead, missing since November last. His his family members had also %  7?27 entire country for welfare of the family members searched for conducted his death rituals. farmers. The second instal- him at various places but in vain. But Sahu was spotted by hief Minister Naveen ment of the KALIA scheme On December 15 and 17, the former sarpanch in the CPatnaik on Thursday financial assistance would be an advertisement with a photo Talcher area on Wednesday attended a Biju Yuva Vahini disbursed on April 1 (Utkal regarding recovery of a body of morning and the latter (BYV) Conclave in Khordha Divas), he said. an unidentified person was informed his family about it. district and inaugurated and Among others, MP published by the Nayapalli Hundreds of locals gathered laid foundation-stones for a Prasanna Kumar Patasani, police of Bhubaneswar. near the house of Sahu as he slew of development projects Finance Minister Sashi Bhusan Sarat Sahu’s two sons, son- reached the village by an auto- worth Rs 672 crore. Behera, Khordha Collector in-law and a former sarpanch rickshaw. Happiness in the fam- The CM urged the BYV Nirmal Chandra Mishra, of the area went to the Nayapalli ily soared after seeing Sahu volunteers to treat ‘Seva’ (ser- Khordha MLA Rajendra police station and informed alive. He later revealed that he vice to others) as their religion. Kumar Sahu and Begunia MLA the cops that the body was of was staying in Bhubaneswar and ' 7  #  '  -  #    #'     7P   #   $   P He also said that the KALIA Prasanta Kumar Jagdev were Sahu as his physical appear- working as a domestic help at a #   $  %#  *     scheme has shown way to the present. ances and that of the recovered person’s house. 4*..    5 
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Similarly, the District Planning Board State, said Patniak while “The current expansion Chairman’s representative Sushanta Kumar addressing a gathering on the entails a total investment of Rs Kar objected to the project saying that the occasion. 2,000 crore and will contribute JSW should set up a steel plant in Keonjhar Patnaik said, “The significantly towards the eco- instead of at Paradip so that there can be Gopalpur Port will be a strate- nomic development of Odisha more development in the district. Deojhar gic shift in cargo movement on and Ganjam \district in par- Sarpanch Mangal Munda also objected to the east coast of India. ticular,” said Gopalpur Port the project. Development of this port will CEO Captain Sandeep However, local BDO Khirod Kumar provide significant economic Agarwal. Behera intervened and kept the matter %  1 ?.8 2 trict official was present at the benefits to Ganjam district and During his visit to Ganjam pending for discussion in the next meet- Collectorate till last reports create direct and indirect district, Patnaik also laid foun- ing. nraged by alleged physical came in. employment for over 6,500 dation-stone for expansion of Other important problems like elec- Eand mental torture by their The students alleged that people.” the Harbhangi irrigation pro- trical, Anganwadi and education were also Headmistress, students of the the Headmistress has been “The port will play a cru- ject to be constructed at a cost     . 7 08' The product of the plant to would be sent discussed in the meeting. The BDO Kendua Nodal High School in torturing them both mental- cial role in economic develop- of Rs 172 crore. to its steel plant at Paradip through a advised the concerned officials to come Shyamakhunta block of ly and physically. They are not ment of Odisha, especially the The project would enable he pipeline project of JSW along NH- pipeline. But first of all, the company prepared with details so that it would be Mayurbhanj district walked even being provided with ade- southern districts of the state,” irrigation in 3,763 hectares of T520 to its slurry plant was opposed in wants to set up a pipeline to draw water easy to redress the grievances of the com- miles to the Collector’s office quate food at the school. They added he. arable land in 32 villages. The the 5th Panchayat Samiti (PS) meeting of from the Baitarani river to its slurry plant mon man; otherwise, he would take to raise their grievances before warned that they would not ShapoorjiPallonji Port CM also laid foundation-stone Joda held on Wednesday. and requested all the PRI members like action against the careless officer as him on Thursday. return to the school unless the Managing Director AmitSaboo for 24 piped water supply pro- While explaining about the project, the Sarpanches and PS and Zila Parishad deemed fit. Sources said 17 students, matter is taken into consider- said, “The Gopalpur Port is jects in four blocks of the dis- company's representative Prasanta Kumar Members to approve the same and extend Block Chairperson Sukumaree Dehury including girls, of the school ation by the authorities forth- expanding its capacity to 20- trict. Prusty told that JSW wants to set up a slur- their cooperation in future so that the com- presided over the meeting. Anseikala walked for 15 km to meet with. MT all-weather operations in Patnaik later visited ry plant by investing around Rs 10,000 pany can start the project work very soon. Sarpanch Dilip Kumar Naik and ZP M Collector Vineet Bhardwaj. However, no district offi- this phase with an overall Gajapati district to inaugurate crore at Gobardhapur village of Deojhar However, ZP Member Basudev Naik ember Jayanti Banra also participated in However, neither the cial was available to com- vision of 55MT by 2025. The and lay foundation-stones of GP under Joda block of Keonjhar district. said that local people have no objection for the discussions. Collector nor any other dis- ment on the matter. Shapoorji Pallonji Group’s ports projects worth  631.24 crore. (!&) +" )0 1)+$!234526 $!$ B  
  
 



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But ed output is more than last million tonnes, 1.62 million million bales (of 180 kg each) tonnes (MT) in 2018-19 crop we expect the output to reach year’s second advance estimate tonnes higher than the 29.88 against 10.13 million bales. year (July-June) despite record 115.6 million tonnes. There will of 23.95 million tonnes. million tonnes output in sec- India has been witnessing rice output. As per the Ministry be no shortage of foodgrains in The cumulative rainfall in ond advance estimates of 2017- bumper foodgrains, oilseeds, of Agriculture, overall food the country. We will be able to the country during the mon- 18. The production of oilseeds cotton, sugarcane, fruits, veg- grain production is pegged of export more if international soon season (June to during 2018-19 is 1.85 million etables over the last few years, 281.37 million tonnes this year markets are competitive,” said September 2018) was 9 per cent tonnes higher than the average which has resulted in lower as compared to 284.83 million a senior agriculture depart- lower than long period average oilseeds production. prices for farmers. tonnes in 2017-18. As per the ment official, who did not (LPA). The cumulative rainfall With an increase of 27.61 As per data, as many as 100 data, rice production is esti- wish to be identified. Wheat in north west India, central million tonnes over 2017-18, districts of the country have mated to touch record 115.60 output is pegged slightly lower India and south peninsula dur- total production of sugarcane witnessed a drought like-situ- MT in 2018-19 from 112.91 at 99.12 MT from 99.70 MT in ing that period has been nor- in the country during 2018-19 ation, triggered by failure of MT in the previous year. In the previous year. mal on the whole. As per IMD, is estimated at 380.83 million south-west monsoon. This fre- other words, food grain pro- According to the estimate, 250 of the 681 districts across tonnes. Further, sugarcane pro- quency is now increasing in duction may fall by one per pulses production is likely to be the country have faced defi- duction during 2018-19 is Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, cent in the current crop year. 24.02 million tonnes, lower cient rainfall this year. 31.05 million tonnes higher Karnataka, Kerala, The second advance estimates than the target of 25.95 million “The production figures than the average sugarcane Maharashtra, among a few of Ministry of Agriculture tonnes. However, the estimat- are subject to revision on production of 349.78 million other States. 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Last year, a publication, tonnes, in 1961, 96 tonnes and and Moscow had reached a conflict with India, having no                 ‘The 1959 Tibetan Uprising Documents: in 1962, 30 tonnes. This means breaking point by 1959. spares and no fuel. This was The Chinese Army Documents’ was that in 1960, there was a huge The only possibility was recently confirmed to this                    released on Kindle. It was a collection of top surge in fuel import. But some under-the-table purchas- writer by Wing Commander        1    $         /  secret documents of the military intelligence import from where? es through corrupt officials in ‘Jaggi’ Nath, who extensively 0    ! %        $   %  of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), dat- There was no possibility of 67>2.275 Tajikistan or Kyrgyzstan. I got flew over Tibet in secret mis- ing from the end of the 1950s till the 1962 any gallon passing unnoticed convinced that the gasoline sions between 1960 and 1962.     $   S          war with China. through Nathu-la or Jelep-la — .42. 4 had come from the same area He was awarded his first Maha   4     48$          9  ( At that crucial time, China had a seri- the two main passes between 95?4054# in Tajikistan where China is Vir Chakra medal for this (he                P  Q ous problem — it did not have an Air Force Sikkim and Chumbi Valley today building a new base, at got his second in 1965 for map- in a position to take on the Indian Air (Tibet) — ditto for the passes 67.77 2 // the edge of the Wakhan corri- ping the Pakistani defences).   P     Q 6         Force. The compiler of the above men- in Uttarakhand or North-East 75.4)?0 .4 dor and Xinjiang. The second upshot is that     . $      5       tioned paper noted: “Disadvantage of the Frontier Agency (NEFA) 1'75 An interesting lead: the area, where the Chinese are   P  O      O          Chinese Air Force is still a major problem (Arunachal Pradesh today) or Tursun Uljabayev, the party today building their new base, in case of a conflict with India. Indian jets even Demchok in Ladakh, .' .4.4.15# secretary of Tajikistan in 1960, is highly strategic, being a rela-     Q .            can start at a low altitude with a full load which had been closed for was sacked and imprisoned for tively easy link between the oil-              "     of bombs and plenty of fuel. Also, India has trade by the Chinese. 75258/>054 serious corruption a year later. rich Central Asia, Afghanistan           (          many airports only about a 100 kilometres The author of the publica- )758/ 475 In all probability, gasoline (through the Wakhan corri- from the highest peaks of the Himalayas. tion presumed that “corrupt” from Tajikistan was trans- dor), the restive Xinjiang (the 1 6        1        Short distance and higher bomb load mean Indian officials had let the fuel 8/ 5 ' 4275 ported to Kashgar (or hub of Xi Jinping’s Road and Belt                     each Indian jet is at least twice if not three be smuggled in. That, too, was / )7.455 Tashgurgan) in Xinjiang and Initiative) and Tibet.                  times more effective than a Chinese air- not possible. First, the officers then taken over the Aksai This raises another issue: craft.” Apart from the fact that many air- of the Indian Frontier .?)?54'5 Chin to be used in western Why did the Indian         6          planes had been sent to the Korean front Administrative Service, posted Tibet. It could have been done Government, which had all the     $                and that the Soviet Union had stopped sup- in these areas, were the most .58'42 at night via the road cutting information about the situation 2                    plying spare parts for the MiG fighter upright people, and in any 758/ across Indian territory, which in Tibet, the deployments of planes, the PLA Air Force (PLAAF) had a case, considering that a mule was the best protected artery the PLA on the plateau and the                   major hurdle: No fuel for its few planes. could only carry 40 kg per trip, 454? .4 in China in the 1950s and lack of Chinese Air Force    2  ?@@@  2%?A 6         The amount of gasoline reaching the it would have meant thou- 45 ?757 / early 1960s as only the PLA (‘Jaggi’ Nath was never attacked         $ wvuhqv     6 plateau from China via the Qinghai-Tibet sands and thousands of mules, ?.25.475 was allowed to use it; the traf- or even followed during his 0              or the Sichuan-Tibet highways was not which did not exist on the fic could have gone unnoticed regular sorties over Tibet), not enough to maintain a large occupation plateau …and they would have  6 45?L for several months. It was use its jets to pound the PLA                      7 force on the Tibetan plateau (read the to have been transparent. probably why Uljabayev was concentration near the Thagla Indian borders) and at the same time, pro- After pondering over the 754/> 465? caught and the import of gaso- ridge in the Tawang sector in vide the necessary fuel for the PLAAF. One issue, my conclusion was that . 65)'//  line into Tibet drastically fell Walong area of eastern NEFA of the published documents mentioned this amount of gasoline could in 1961 …and by 1962 China or in Rezang-la in Ladakh? The    
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First, the Khalistan astating attack left the Modi Government with lenges we face in lifting vast swathes of our       .         ( Movement and subsequently, with greater suc- little choice but to respond overtly and with population out of the twin evils of poverty and                ( cess, in Jammu & Kashmir. It clearly had speed, if it was to still retain any hope of doing illiteracy.         advantages as there was credible deniability well at the hustings. There was also a possi- However, it must be emphasised that true #       6)9       and the economy of effort with the dirty work bility that if India responded in an effective progress will only occur as and when Pakistan being done by proxies, keeping the Indian manner to the outrage, the Government’s stock starts to wind up the jihad factory it has built                ( security forces tied down and finally, the most would go up rapidly and that would enhance 67./5 //'? over these years. In any case, the Indian cross-         (  /   %$6S important of all, creating fear and anxiety with- Modi’s reputation and chances of return to border raid cannot be a one-off affair and we            6)9 .(/ in the general population that impacted every power, just as the earlier cross-border strike 54.40 >15 must be willing to do all that it takes to neu-                 aspect of our democratic way of life. helped the BJP in the Uttar Pradesh elections.  54.425 /.4 tralise the jihadi network and its vast army of .        .    % There is, of course, one major disadvan- This could hardly have been to Pakistan’s financiers, managers and facilitators. B #             tage of using proxies. They tend to have a mind advantage and in the event the attack was facil- 6.775.'5 Finally, while all our attention may be              6)9  of their own and often times, respond inap- itated by the Army, then General Bajwa has 7 42#75)  taken in dealing with the issue at hand, the fact              propriately or work at cross purposes to what certainly made a serious miscalculation. as to what led to the Pulwama attack must not            ( its mentors may be wishing to achieve. The Regardless of the number of casualties that 67 /52 be lost sight of. For this serious lapse on the        (     Pulwama suicide attack falls in this category. the Indian Air Force’s attack on terror camps part of our intelligence services, it is impera- There have been numerous statements over the deep inside Pakistan may have caused, the very 758'/6 0 tive that heads must roll. There have also been            6)9  ( past four years that have made it clear that fact that the Indian Government displayed the clear indications that despite increasing num-           (     Pakistan prefers to deal with Indian intent to take on terrorists inside Pakistan has  0'4 bers of militants being neutralised in the Valley,              Governments run by the more “liberal and sec- clearly changed the narrative prevalent for the 15/.7)% the Army and other security forces were being           4    ular” parties, compared to having to deal with past four decades. It has also shown up increasingly marginalised, especially in south     #         the more conservative, Hindutva-driven Pakistan’s repeated threats of a nuclear riposte )?7.5?.' Kashmir, because of popular discontent.    ?@B@         Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). With elections as sheer hyperbole and bluster. / 85475 They had consequently lost their ability to          ( around the corner and with the BJP facing the More importantly, the initiative has final- dominate the countryside, thereby losing out        *      very real likelihood of a serious decline, if the ly shifted in India’s favour along with world 8 ?)'? on intelligence. These aspects continued to be                ( recent State elections were any indication, it opinion, which has had enough of Pakistan’s .45//.545 ignored by the Central Government and the             ( would have been in Pakistan’s best interest to duplicitous behaviour. Moreover, any escala- military hierarchy. Little thought was given to maintain a low profile. tion above a perfunctory retaliation, which was 5?9.5#.. the necessity for reviewing either counter              Masood Azhar, the Jaish-e-Mohammed to be expected to assuage domestic opinion, insurgency strategies or tactical procedures and ! (         S (JeM) supremo, obviously had a different view. by Pakistan would destroy the fig leaf of deni- .085? .957  the leadership continued to be swayed by tac-               Not only did his organisation carry out the sui- ability it has used over the years. Crucially, it tical successes with little attempt to resolve the          #  .( cide attack that led to the death of 44 CRPF would force their military into a direct con- 75 20'?// growing disillusionment and radicalisation /  !             ( jawans but also went on to take credit for the frontation, something that the proxy war within the population, especially the youth.               ( action. Thus, in one thoughtless act, he not waged by them over the years allowed them This must certainly change.             only destroyed the Pakistan Government’s to avoid. (The writer is a military veteran, a consul-       attempts at deniability but also made Imran In this context, one can only hope better tant with the Observer Research Foundation and Uur v‡r v†Srtv‚hy9v rp‡‚ XCPT‚ˆ‡u@h†‡6†vh Khan’s call for India to provide credible evi- sense will prevail and we will be able to avoid Visiting Senior Fellow with The Peninsula dence infructuous. serious escalation of the conflict, which can Foundation, Chennai) '                                   

the British. Eminent historian beliefs which sprang up in the people of the Indus. reformers of India to work with an had no roots in antiquity. Then, theological. Ayesha Jalal in her book, Self and region. But this synthesis was JT O’Connell, in his 1973 essay, established monotheist faith with there was the case of American his- After word got out about the Sovereignty, wrote that at least more cultural and geographical in ‘The Word Hindu’, published in an organised “history” to express torian James Laine’s 2004 book, contents of his book, its appoint- one of the reasons behind the nature. It wasn’t tied together by a Gaudiya Vaisnava Texts, wrote their cultural and political sepa- Shivaji: Hindu King in Islamic ed publishing house was threat- emergence of Hindu and Muslim single, over-arching theological that it was only in the 16th centu- rateness, Hindu reformers had to India, on the 17th century “warrior ened. The publisher withdrew and nationalism was the introduction thread. ry CE that the word “Hindu” ini- start almost from scratch. king” hailed as an unmatched Jha had to look for another pub- of the holding of a nation-wide The British scholar of compar- tially emerged in the context of Therefore, early Hindu hero by Hindu nationalists. But lisher. The book was finally pub- census by the British, who insist- ative religion, GD Flood, wrote in being a faith. According to him, it reformist organisations such as the Laine did not treat any of the lished, but Hindu nationalist $ 4 ed that the natives declare their his tome, An Introduction to is described as a religion in the Arya Samaj (formed in 1875) myths related to the king as facts. groups demanded that Jha be faith. Hinduism, that the word “Hindu” 16th century Bengali tome based their Hindu reformism on A group of men belonging to the arrested for heresy. As threats n his 1934 book, The Story of Bhai Parmanand should not was first used as a geographical Chaitanya Charitamrita, which the idea that Hinduism, too, was a far-right Shiv Sena stormed the grew, Jha secretly left India. My Life, the early Hindu nation- have been surprised by what the term in the Persian texts of 6th uses the term “Hindu dharma.” monotheistic faith, which had just library where Laine had done his The Muslim religious-nation- Ialist and author, Bhai Americans asked him. The idea of century BCE to describe people Pandey wrote that to overcome one God and that all other deities research. They broke its windows alist narrative in Pakistan, too, has Parmanand, lamented that when defining the Hindus and Muslims who lived beyond River Indus (in this realisation, early Hindu worshipped in India were just and doors and set fire to a number caused fissures. But ever since the he visited the United States in 1914, as separate communities of India present-day Pakistan). nationalists claimed that a major- manifestations of this one God. of books. 1990s, it has developed a less reac- many Americans asked him, “Are was still new to those living thou- Flood also wrote that the ity of non-Hindu people living in The aim was to shape a dispersed One of Laine’s Indian collabo- tive tendency to absorb the all Hindus Muslim?” The Indian sands of miles away. To them, India Persians formulated this word the region had originally been cultural synthesis into an organised rators was thrashed and his face counter-narratives which chal- historian, Gyanendra Pandey, in was Hindustan and its citizens from the original local name of the Hindu and were converted. On the monotheist faith so that it could be blackened. The BJP Government lenge the “mythical” aspects of the his essay for the anthology, Hindus were Hindu just as America’s citi- Indus, which was Sindhu. other hand, also in the 19th cen- used to form a cohesive Hindu decided to ban the book in India. religious-nationalist narrative. In and Others, wrote that even till the zens were American — be they According to Indian historian tury, early Muslim nationalists nationalist narrative and polity. In 2002, prolific historian Prof DN India, the Hindu religious-nation- late 19th century, being a Hindu Christian or otherwise. But Romila Thapar, the term “Sindhu” claimed that their ancestors were In Modi’s India today, histori- Jha completed his book, Myth of alist narrative constituted a lesser largely meant being an inhabitant Parmanand was aware of the fact was derived from “Sapta Sindhu” non-Indian and had roots in ans who hold the above-men- the Holy Cow. Drawing from var- part of the overall Indian nation- of India, no matter what religion that unlike Islam, Judaism or mentioned in the Rig Veda — a Muslim Arabia and Central Asia. tioned view, are under attack. For ious historical sources, Jha estab- alist narrative. he or she belonged to. Christianity, Hinduism was a dis- book of Sanskrit hymns composed But the early Muslim nationalists example, a textbook authored by lished that the cow was not always It only began to assert itself in Both Hindu and Muslim persed faith, which did not have a between 1500 and 1200 BCE. The had an established monotheist Thapar was removed from the sacred in what became Hinduism the late 1980s. Challenging it caus- nationalisms in India have their centre. Sapta Sindhu is described as a river faith to help them concoct a social curriculum. The book was replaced and that ancient Hindus regularly es more bitterness and violence roots in the aftermath of the fail- According to author and his- in the Rig Veda. The post-seventh and political link with Muslim- by one authored by Meenakshi ate beef. He used the word “ancient there — especially by that section ure of the 1857 War of torian Craig A Lockhard, in his century Arabs picked up on the majority regions; early Hindu Jain, a political scientist and a vocal Hindus” because they were prob- of the polity which accuses the Independence. Nationalism as an book, Societies, Networks and word “Hindu”, first coined by the nationalists struggled to formulate supporter of Hindu nationalism. ably not called that at the time. To original Indian nationalist narra- idea was largely foreign to both Transitions, Hinduism emerged Persians to form the word “al- a coherent history of Hinduism. Jain accused Thapar of trying Jha, the issues of cow worship and tive of suppressing Hindu majori- communities. It was uncannily over centuries as a synthesis and Hind” or “Hindustan.” By this, they Whereas it was somewhat sim- to portray Hindu nationalism as a beef in India today are more polit- tarianism. introduced in the subcontinent by fusion of various cultures and meant a region inhabited by the pler for 19th century Muslim modern political construct which ical and ideological in nature than (Courtesy: The Dawn) (!&) +" )0 1)+$!234526 $!$ D

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      ers and I decided to express my them as "real karma-yogis" take its own decisions" regarding (people belonging to back- gratitude towards them by whose contributions are being the upcoming general elections. ward communities on 50 per Gorakhpur: Two weeks after he large number of locals as well as he said. group Jaish-e-Mohammed cleaning their feet," Modi said. lauded all over. "Some differences cropped cent police stations of the state was injured in the Pulwama ter- political leaders including those Asked about his injuries, the (JeM). Following the incident, He said people dubbing his Modi also performed the up between the Apna Dal and besides giving either DM or SP ror attack that left 40 of his col- from the ruling Bharatiya Janata CRPF constable who had joined India bombed and destroyed act as a political gimmick do Ganga aarti and conducted the BJP. We had given them post in districts to these cate- leagues dead, CRPF constable Party (BJP). the force in 2011 said, "My head JeM's biggest training camp in not know him well. 'Charan Vandana' (washing the time till February 20 to resolve gory officers. Our party work- Awadhesh Kumar on Thursday Not willing to speak about and hands were injured. Now I Balakot in Pakistan's restive Modi recalled his house feet) of select sanitation work- the issues, but there is no ers should be considered in returned to his native village terror attack, Kumar said he was am better and ready to leave Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, warming ceremony when he ers, as a mark of respect to their answer from the BJP. It appears appointment in various State here and celebrated his daugh- happy to celebrate the birthday home on call (of duty)." about 80-km from the Line of became the chief minister of efforts in ensuring a clean they are not interested in tak- corporations," he said. PTI ter's birthday. of his daughter, who turned two Forty CRPF personnel were Control (LoC). Gujarat for the first time. Kumbh. He presented them The trooper received a on Thursday. killed in a suicide attack in The Central Reserve Police "When people from the 'angvastram' and said he would grand welcome at his village "I am very happy that I am Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama Force (CRPF) jawan's father too administration asked me how forever carry the memory of Aabadi Sakhni on Wednesday celebrating the second birthday district on February 14 orches- was overjoyed to see his son I want to perform the house washing the feet of the 'safai evening as he was greeted by a of my beloved daughter Jyoti," trated by Pakistan-based terror back home. PTI warming of my official resi- karamcharis'. PTI .3    

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A lurcher is a sighthound such as a on Thursday, with President “We just like each other... ry, with “not enough time or Director of Korean Studies at the ment in which Kim pledged to poolside stroll Thursday Greyhound crossed with a terrier, herding breed, or large scen- Donald Trump saying he had There’s a warmth that we have staff” to work out a deal. Centre for the National Interest, “work toward complete denu- around the gardens of the lux- thound. Lurchers are primarily hunting dogs. decided to “walk” in the face of and I hope that stays, I think it Trump flew around the said that no agreement was bet- clearisation of the Korean penin- ury Metropole Hotel. Hundreds of people from all over the world offered to re- Kim Jong Un’s demands to will,” he said. The outcome in world for the meeting and Kim ter than a bad one. “The chal- sula”. Progress subsequently It was a far cry from the home him after a campaign by Little Valley Animal Shelter in drop sanctions. Hanoi fell far short of the pre- undertook a mammoth two- lenge is North Korea’s nuclear stalled, with the two sides dis- height of missile-testing ten- Exeter, Devon, went viral, the BBC reported. The lonely lurcher, The much-anticipated sec- meeting expectations and hopes, and-a-half-day trek through weapons are already a reality,” he agreeing on what that means, as sions in 2017 when Trump who spent more than 500 days at the shelter, had been its longest- ond meeting between the two after critics said their initial his- China in his olive green train, said. “Getting a deal that does lit- the North sought relief from slammed Kim as “rocket man” staying resident. leaders was supposed to build toric meeting in Singapore was travelling 4,000 kms. tle to nothing to remove that sanctions and Washington and the younger man branded “We couldn’t be happier for him,” the shelter said. PTI on their historic first summit in more style over substance. Kim will stay on in threat would be far worse than pressed for concrete steps the American president a Singapore, but they failed to The leaders walked away Vietnam for a state visit, which a flawed deal.” In a phone call to towards it giving up its weapons. “mentally deranged US dotard”. sign a joint statement as ini- with no set plans for a third will include a wreath-laying South Korean President Moon As in Singapore, the two Meanwhile, Japan’s Prime tially scheduled and the talks meeting, though Trump said he ceremony at the Ho Chi Minh Jae-in soon after the meeting men put on a Minister Shinzo Abe backed ended in deadlock. hopes to see Kim again soon. mausoleum, before his expect- ended, Trump “expressed regret” show of bon- Donald Trump on Thursday “Sometimes you have to Ankit Panda, from the ed departure on Saturday. at not striking a homie in after the US president’s talks walk and this was just one of Federation of American The US President, who deal with Kim, Vietnam, with North Korea’s leader those times,” an unusually Scientists, warned on Twitter touted his “special relation- the South’s appearing to ended without a deal. Tokyo downbeat Trump told reporters. that the White House’s expec- ship” with Kim, frequently has regarded the US-led diplo- “Basically they wanted the sanc- tation of further talks “does not dangled the prospect of a matic push with Pyongyang tions lifted in their entirety and have to be a perception shared brighter economic future for a with suspicion, and has we couldn’t do that,” Trump said in North Korea”. “Kim may nuclear-free North Korea, at sought to keep its interests before leaving Vietnam aboard have left irate, for all we know. one point saying there was on the table in the dis- Air Force One to head back to He may have no intention of “AWESOME” potential. cussions by coordinating Washington. continuing this,” added Panda. From the outset, he had closely with its ally But Trump insisted he was In the original White appeared to downplay expec- Washington. “optimistic that the progress we House programme, a “Joint tations of an immediate break- “Japan fully supports made” before and during the Agreement Signing Ceremony” through in nuclear talks, say- President Trump’s deci- summit left them “in position had been scheduled in Hanoi ing he was in “no rush” to sion to make no easy to have a really good outcome” and a working lunch for the clinch a rapid deal and was compromise and at the in the future. leaders. Instead both men left same time continue pro- “I’d much rather do it right the summit venue without ductive discussions, and than do it fast,” he added. 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But differentiat- used books, stuffed animals, or a friend A study suggests parents remind their chil- Clothing is one of those situations, ing between wants and needs is a finan- to play games with. dren of the difference between purchas- because many kids want to have name cial lesson that can stick with kids into Talk to your child about the difference ing something that would be nice to have brand clothing to compete with their adolescence and eventually adulthood. By between needs -- things that are neces- versus purchasing something that is nec- friends or feel that they fit in. While we having frank financial conversations with sary to survive -- and wants -- things that essary. If your child wishes he had the lat- all need clothing, we don’t need specific your child, you can help her understand are fun or make life easier. After your dis- est version of a video game console, for brands. As your kids get older, if you can’t more about wants and needs. cussion, label a piece of construction instance, remind him his older console afford to buy all really nice clothing, you Your kids will probably grow up hear- paper with "Needs" written on one side works well and plays games, so he does- can encourage them to use their ing you say no often, but for some par- and "Wants" on the other. Grab a couple n't need a new one. In addition to being allowance, ask for a particularly nice item ents, saying no to things that kids want of old magazines and look through them comfortable with telling your kids no, you for a birthday or holiday gift, or get a part- can be difficult, especially if the item or with your child. When you find an item, also need to teach them the difference time job. activity is affordable. We all want to please cut it out and ask your child to glue it on between wants and needs. From a young Another difficult lesson for kids can our kids, and many people want to give the correct side of the construction age, most children will understand that be related to school activities. It is impor- their kids the things that they didn’t have paper. For instance, food items would go they need water and food. You can also tant to encourage kids to participate in while growing up. However, it’s really under "Needs," while toys should be past- explain the way that a job works. Explain activities they enjoy, but if you want to save important to be able to say no to your kids ed under "Wants." why you need these things; this might be money, you need to be selective. Most kids when it comes to financial matters. Ask your child a series of questions especially necessary when a child is participate in sports and other school Teaching your kids that they can’t have when she whines about a product she younger, and often demands things activities, so your child might have a hard everything they want will help them pri- wants. This helps her understand the cri- because they want them. When a child is time seeing these extras as wants instead oritize their needs later in life, and hope- teria that make an item a need, rather than very young, you can keep your explana- of needs. This is a great time to explain fully, will help them to value their things a want. If she wants a piece of candy, ask tions short. For example: “The teddy bear the idea of choosing what is really impor- and be responsible with money. Children "Does this make your life easier? Do you costs money, but we also have to pay for tant so that your kids understand that they compare wants and needs and create a need this to survive?" to help her think the pasta dinner we are having tonight.” can’t always pay for everything. You can collage of wants and needs. Students clar- objectively about the differences.  5 4   4 C 1  As a child gets older, you can explain more also teach them to cut costs in order to ify their understanding and interpretation Allow your child to make spending about how you prioritize your budget to make things work. This is another impor- of wants and needs as they compare their choices. Whether she receives an       4  make sure you can afford the things that tant lesson for them to learn. wants and needs with others in the room allowance or she has some spending your family needs. One of the best ways to teach them and in the world. Children start to reflect money from a relative, remind her that  ,   4 You talk about it as soon as they can about money is to just talk to them about on ways they can empathize with and help in order to purchase her "wants," she 4  44   start understanding those concepts. When these issues as they come up. Don’t shy people who have different needs than sometimes has to give up a "need." If children are in elementary school, you can away from money issues especially when their own. you're shopping for school clothes, for    : 44    introduce the concepts of planning and they are foundational issues like needs and Encourage children to think beyond instance -- she might really want a flashy saving, long-term gratification and short- wants.

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Brought in tiny ceramic layer of butter over it, wouldn’t cups, these sweet spheres of what make you stop indulging for more. is essentially yogurt, have a stretchy There is nothing pretentious or yet silky outside and a liquid inside. twisted, it is just pure goodness. These small tangy spheres are cold The very last main is brought and refreshing. This dish is defi- in. This is the Fish Pullimunchi with nitely a smart and rejuvenating way onion ghee pulao. On a bed of rice, of starting a meal, as well as helps rests the deep-fried, crunch and in building an appetite. crispy fish and for the dramatics, In an era of ‘Avocado and the broth/curry of the fish is Toast’, how could we as Indians, be poured around the rice, on the left behind in picking up that table. The light and tangy broth, trend. Giving avocado a desi twist, mixed with ghee rice, is full-bod- cafe aims to cater to the Indian, ied in terms of its flavour. The fish more so, the North Indian palate. adds the texture to the dish and the The Avocado Chaat and Beetroot salt content of the fish, rightfully Gel, was the next dish in. Partly cut eggs were runny in the centre. The balances the plate. avocado topped with onions, toma- '  ( rice balls add a crunchy plus warm Lastly, for the desert, the Lemon toes, sev and the quintessential texture, the parmesan papad and Custard Tart is served with a rasp- chaat masalas, garnished with the mint chutney binds the dish berry splash and house-made vanil- pomegranate and beetroot gel,    together spectacularly. la ice-cream. The dish is present- could not have gone wrong. While 4 4  Back to the North, the dish ed in the way that the tart shell eating it, you feel trendier but still brought in is Amritsari Fish Tacos hides the lemon custard and the strongly connected to our roots. 4@   with sour cream salsa. The hot and vanilla ice-cream. This presentation Coming next to the table was  4 445  spicy Amritsari fish tucked in a is smart in a way that, once you Aloo Samosa Pinwheel Chaat. It is   A  crunchy taco shell with dollops of break the shell, it crumbles over the essentially a deconstructed samosa, the sour cream salsa. Every element custard and the ice cream, which with the deep-fried flour, covering @ on that platter comes together nat- allows you to enjoy the dish. It is of the samosa, made into a pin-     )   A4 ,  urally and is lip smackingly good. the best example of exemplary wheel. What surprised me is the It is an art to pick elements from cooking, execution and the right fact that, while eating a decon-           4 across the globe and blend them balance. The tart shell adds bite to structed samosa, one actually    5 together effortlessly. the dish, the vanilla ice cream is the realises and savours entire ele-  4 #7 017 9.'?. Next up is a palate changer. kind you’ve never eaten before ment of it as opposed to having a   4 This is the Elder Flower Sorbet. Hats and the tartiness of lemon custard samosa as a whole. The beauty of    off to the effort put into the presen- and sweetness of the raspberry the dish is — one can eat every bit a crowd pleaser. might definitely be the choice of all chicken. The shavings of coconut,  ,  5  tation of this one. It comes on a splash will rock your world. For of the element separately and Moving on, a new take on one the sweet-tooths out there. really bring out the flavour of the ceramic tree structure and on one those who don’t have a sweet- rejoice its own, independent of the most popular vegetarian After a long wait, finally came food. This dish will make you 4  : of the branches is the sorbet stick. tooth, too, will enjoy this. It is the flavour. kebabs is brought to the table. This in the first South Indian dish with sweat, but it’s worth, plus you get  C@ 4 The sorbet has a smooth, milky and best way to end the meal. Then, there is Papdi Chaat is the Peshawari Paneer Tikka, an eastern twist. The Guntur Chilli to literally “burn” some calories. creamy yet icy texture. Drizzled An evening spent relaxing but Nachos. Standing on the bed of served along with a Blue Cheese Chicken, an innovative take on the “Food for thought” (quite literally)  : with blueberry compote, this adds also tracing the trajectory of how salsa beans, are house-prepared Raita. While the paneer tikka — chicken 65, wok tossed like chilli — wouldn’t chicken 65 be India’s   a tanginess. The combination real- far Indian culinary has come but nachos, topped with onions, toma- coated with layer of malai, it is chicken. 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He failed to get not as easy to go at the Responding to the tourists' mammoth games between the Spanish power- a shot off in a one-on-one situation, end. So it would be total of 418 for six, the highest ever in an houses at Santiago Bernabeu then missed over the crossbar from nice to bat higher up ODI in the Caribbean, the home side were Stadium, Barcelona weathered a close range. but it depends on set on course by a rampaging 162 off 97 dominant first half by Madrid and Barcelona took advantage of what happens in the balls by veteran opener Chris Gayle. then scored three times after the Madrid's misses and quickly struck top four or top five. They remained in the hunt until the 48th break for a 3-0 win Wednesday and after halftime, with Suarez firing a If the opportunity over when leg-spinner Rashid, who had taken a spot in the Copa del Rey final for low shot past goalkeeper Keylor does come up, I'd a fearful hammering in his first four overs, broke in the scheduled third match, also in Grenada, a sixth straight season. Navas after a cross by Ousmane like to take," he an 88-run seventh-wicket partnership between on Monday. Luis Suarez scored twice as hosts Real Betis after a 2-2 draw in Dembele, who made a run behind said. Carlos Brathwaite and Ashley Nurse. Setting a target for the first time in the series Barcelona advanced 4-1 on aggregate the first leg in Seville. the Madrid defenders following a Maxwell was He then scythed through the tail — taking after West Indies captain Jason Holder won the after being held to a 1-1 draw in the It was the second of three match- through ball by Jordi Alba on the left on a rampage, the last three wickets in the next four balls — to toss, England underscored the reputation first leg of the semifinals at Camp es between Real Madrid and flank. hitting bowlers finish with figures of five for 85 off his allotted acquired by their batting line-up since the dis- Nou three weeks ago. Barcelona in less than a month. The The second goal came less than to all corners of ten overs. appointments of the 2015 World Cup in racing The Catalan club also benefited rivals will also play each other on 10 minutes later, when Varane tried the park for nine Despite Rashid finishing as the match-win- to what looked an unassailable total. from an own goal by Madrid defend- Saturday in the Spanish league, with to intercept Dembele's cross for sixes and seven fours. However, he felt that he did ner with the last five wickets of the innings, it was Jos Buttler led the way with a rampaging er Raphael Varane. Barcelona nine points in front of Suarez and ended up finding his own not take any needless risk. fast bowler Mark Wood who prevented the home innings of 150 off just 77 balls with 12 sixes and Barcelona will be trying to win Madrid in the standings. net. "I think it's just got to be about picking your side from running away with the game as he com- 13 fours. Their fourth-wicket partnership of 204 an unprecedented fifth straight Copa Another setback against It didn't take long for Suarez to moments. I think a little bit of it is that I have to pleted his ten-over spell with excellent figures of came in less than 21 overs and followed an excel- title in the May 25 final in Seville. Barcelona will practically end add another with a Panenka-style go hard but I think I had been just picking off balls four for 60 on a pitch tailormade for batting. lent comeback innings of 82 by Alex Hales at the Madrid hasn't made it to the Madrid's title hopes in the league, penalty in the 73rd after he was I can hit the boundaries in. Windies’ total of 389 was their highest-ever top of the order. Copa final since it won its last title in leaving the Champions League as the fouled by midfielder Casemiro inside "Like today, I don't think I took too many in ODIs but it will be of little consolation given Having been selected to bat in the middle- 2014 against Barcelona. It hasn't only competition in which it can suc- the area. ridiculous risks and I feel I read the game really well the final capitulation which saw the last four wick- order for the abandoned third match, he defeated its rival in five matches in ceed in its first season without Gareth Bale came off the bench and was able to hit the ball in areas where the field- ets falling at the same score to leave Eng with an replaced the injured Jason Roy as opener and all competitions, since the Spanish Cristiano Ronaldo in nearly a decade. to replace Lucas Vazquez with ers weren't at all. There's not many times I hit the unbeatable 2-1 lead going into the final fixture made full use of the opportunity in ideal batting Super Cup in 2017. After conceding at home, Madrid down by a goal, but the ball straight over a fielder's head but just place it on Saturday in St Lucia. conditions, putting on exactly 100 with Jonny This year's other finalist will be Barcelona needed to score at the Wales forward wasn't able to help in the gap and I feel that's okay for me. Persistent rain prevented a ball being bowled Bairstow for the first wicket. decided on Thursday, when Valencia Bernabeu to have any chance of much.