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Just before he emplaned for across a clear message of grow- India on Sunday, Trump called ing congruence of interests on everal people sustained Prime Minister Narendra Modi major geopolitical develop- Sminor injuries following a his “friend” and said he had ments in the region and beyond, clash between pro and anti- committed to this visit long particularly when China has Citizenship (Amendment) Act time back and he was looking been expanding its military protesters near northeast forward to be with the people might and economic clout. Delhi’s Jaffarabad area on of India. Trump, who is seeking re- Sunday. The police lobbed tear Trump is accompanied by election in the US presidential gas shells and resorted to mild First Lady Melania, daughter elections in November, will lathi-charge to bring the situ- Ivanka, son-in-law Jared get a rousing welcome. ation under control. Later in Kushner and the top brass of “Namaste Trump” will be the evening, the police took out his Administration. similar to the landmark a flag march to maintain law Trump will arrive at “Howdy, Modi!” event hosted and order in the area. Ahemdabad around 11.30 am, by the Indian-American com- The clash took place at attend a roadshow, briefly visit munity in honour of Modi about 4 pm when the two # # *+ Sabarmati Ashram, and also %#" & % # # " ( during his visit to Houston in groups started throwing stones , - # . , watch cultural performances. # " ) # September 2019. at each other. All this happened Prime Minister Modi is expect- From Ahmedabad, the US in presence of heavy police Metro Station at about 3 pm, close the entry and exit gates of ed to receive him at the airport. Airport at around 11:30 am Ashram, Trump will resume lions of people. It’s a long trip. President will travel to Agra to deployment in the area. demanded that the anti-CAA the Jaffarabad station. Later in Modi will accompany tomorrow (February 24). It the roadshow, and reach the I get along very well with have a glimpse of the iconic Taj Witnesses said 500-odd people, protesters be removed from the day, the Delhi Metro Rail Trump to the Ashram, which is was already announced that Motera stadium via Indira Prime Minister Modi. He is a Mahal. The Trump family will mostly women, had gathered to the road. An hour later, some Corporation (DMRC) also closely associated with Trump will land here directly bridge,” the Police friend of mine,” Trump told spend about an hour at the Taj protest against the new citi- people came from a nearby closed the entry and exit gates Mahatma Gandhi and India’s here from Washington. At the Commissioner said. reporters outside the White Mahal before sunset. Then zenship law. The protesters street and started pelting to the Maujpur-Babarpur sta- freedom struggle, in the midst airport, he will be given the Modi and Trump are House. they will leave for Delhi for the had also gathered in the area on stones. tion. of their joint roadshow from guard of honour,” Ahmedabad scheduled to address the “I had committed to this main leg of the Saturday night demanding that Tension prevailed in the A woman, who identified the international airport. city Police Commissioner “Namaste Trump” event at the trip long time ago. I look for- visit. the new law be repealed. area as the protesters had herself as Bushra, had said Earlier, confusion prevailed Ashish Bhatia said while Motera cricket stadium. ward to it. I hear it’s going to be On the morning of As the anti-CAA group blocked the road near the that till the time the CAA is not over Trump’s visit to the addressing reporters. He said Just before his departure, a big event... The biggest event February 25, Trump and the was shouting slogans against Jaffrabad metro station con- revoked, the protesters would Ashram. Gujarat Chief Trump would embark on a Trump said he had committed they ever had in India. That’s First Lady would be accorded the new citizenship law, some necting Seelampur with not leave the site. Social activist Minister Vijay Rupani on roadshow after attending a to visit India long time back what the Prime Minister told a ceremonial welcome at the people turned up shouting “Jai Maujpur and Yamuna Vihar. Faheem Baig said there is Friday said the White cultural programme. and he is looking forward to be me. It’s the biggest event they forecourt of the Rashtrapati Sri Ram” slogans. “Suddenly, This was the second day resentment among people over House will take a call on such “Trump will then proceed with the people of India. “I look ever had. It’s going to be very Bhavan. From there, they some people came and started when the anti-CAA protesters the way the Government is visit. for the Sabarmati Ashram forward to being with the peo- exciting. I am going to be would go to Raj Ghat to pay throwing stones on the people had hit the streets, prompting handling the “Trump will arrive at the which he would be visiting for ple of India. We are going to there for one night,” said the US homage at the “samadhi” of gathered in the area,” an eye- Delhi Metro authorities to issue. Ahmedabad International a very short time. From the have many millions and mil- President in response to a Mahatma Gandhi. witness told this newspaper. Soon, both the groups indulged in stone throwing, R ! forcing the police to resort to lathi-charge. The police also Q# $ lobbed teargas shells to disperse the crowd. " " #$ Washington: US President The trouble escalated fur- Donald Trump on Saturday P ther after BJP leader Kapil said he was looking forward to Mishra also decided to hold a being with his “great friends” in rally in favour of the new citi- India next week as he retweet- zenship law. Mishra, who ed a short video in which his arrived near the Jaffrabad *+, %+-. The top court is hearing face was superimposed on the pleas seeking removal of pro- hit movie-character Bahubali, ormer Chief Information testors from Shaheen Bagh showing the President as a % FCommissioner Wajahat and ensuring smooth traffic great saviour bringing peace to Habibullah has told the flow in the area. his kingdom. " Supreme Court that the protest The apex court had earli- Trump appears as a great at Shaheen Bagh here against er said though people have a saviour, in the short animated the Citizenship Amendment fundamental right to protest clip, riding on a chariot with Act (CAA) is peaceful and “peacefully and lawfully”, it was First Lady Melania. inconvenience being caused to troubled by the blocking of a A few stills later, Trump is commuters was due to barri- public road at Shaheen Bagh as seen riding a horse carrying on cades “unnecessarily” put by it might lead to a “chaotic sit- his soldiers his son Donald ) -'3 *2, police on roads far away from uation”. Junior and daughter Ivanka. the site. In his affidavit filed in the Later, he is welcomed by lashes broke out between The same stand has been top court, Habibullah has con- Prime Minister Narendra Modi " # # Canti-CAA protesters and taken by social activist Syed tended that “Shaheen Bagh in a village % " & police in Uparkot Kotwali area Bahadur Abbas Naqvi and stands tall as a firm example of *+, %+-. there. setting. # of Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh here Bhim Army chief Chandra peaceful dignified dissent, “India looks forward to following incidents of arson Shekhar Azad in their joint more so in the face of various n the eve of US President welcoming @POTUS 0 on Monday evening. Trump’s and stone pelting on late affidavit filed in the apex court instances of state-sponsored ODonald Trump’s India @realDonaldTrump. It is an convoy route to the Taj Mahal Sunday afternoon. in the matter. Habibullah, violence on similar dissents visit, Prime Minister Narendra honour that he will be with us uge billboards on streets is about 13 km and along the Protesters set afire a por- Azad and Naqvi have jointly across India. Modi said on Sunday that tomorrow, starting with the Hnear the city airport and way thousands of artistes will tion of a shop in the area, van- filed an intervention applica- “We have been sad and India looks forward to wel- historic programme in public squares in the vicinity of welcome him with special per- dalised a police vehicle injur- tion in the apex court which is mute witnesses to police bru- coming the US President, who Ahmedabad,” Modi wrote on the Taj Mahal greeting the US formances. ing some police seized of the matter. tality and negative typecasting is to commence his “historic Twitter. President have come up ahead On the famous Mall Road, officers. Habibullah had visited the of a particular community programme” from Gujarat. He was responding to a of his visit to Agra. which falls on the route, one Following the clashes, protest site at Shaheen Bagh across the country. Crushing The US President will be tweet by Gujarat Chief The billboards have added hoarding reads ‘His Excellency mobile internet has been sus- pursuant to the direction by a dissent instead of entering on a two-day visit to India and Minister Vijay Rupani that to the air of excitement in Agra Donald J Trump, President of pended for a six-hour period Bench of Justices S K Kaul and into a dialogue is the new together with Modi is to par- said “entire Gujarat speaks in that is eagerly expecting the the United States of America, starting 6 pm. A Rapid Action K M Joseph. The Bench is norm, but it is alien to our ticipate in a roadshow in one voice- #NamasteTrump”. arrival of Trump, who will be Heartiest Welcome to the Land Force (RAF) of UP Police has scheduled to hear the matter Constitution,” he has Ahmedabad after landing Detailed report on P5 in the city for a couple of hours of Krishna’. been deployed. on Monday. claimed. &$ 0%1#, " when it strayed into human ! the paddy yard. habitations under the ! ! Locals rushed to the spot Balanga PS crossing the "#" and doused the flames. The highway. " kids were taken to the Even as the police and Earlier, the BMC had asked # " $.4' Community Health Centre forest officials have swung him to remove the materials. " (CHC) at Polasara in critical into action to drive away the But when he didn’t, BMC pal of gloom descended on conditions and later shifted to ' elephant to the forest, locals employees used JCB machines AKhairachata village under the MKCG Hospital. alleged that the Forest and dumped back the garbage Polasara block in Ganjam dis- While undergoing treat- our persons were killed and Department never alerted into the house in the presence trict on Sunday when three out ment, three of them, including Fthree others were injured them about the stray ele- $.'$*+, of BMC Commissioner Prem of the four children, who had the girl, succumbed to the when an elephant attacked phant roaming in the area. Chand Chaudhury. % suffered critical burn injuries in injuries. them in the Nimapara and Had they been informed n a tit for tat, the Chaudhury said the house ! ! a fire mishap, died while under- Chief Minister Naveen Pipili areas in Puri district on earlier, four lives would have IBhubaneswar Municipal owner had repeatedly been &#" $ going treatment at the MKCG Patnaik announced ex-gratia of Sunday morning. been saved. Corporation (BMC) dumped asked to remove the waste % Medical College Hospital here. Rs 4 lakh each for the families Three of the deceased were However, Balipatna construction wastes back into materials, which were causing & Earlier in the day, the four of the three deceased and free identified as Jugal Kishore Bhat Range Officer Jayakrushna an under-construction house in inconvenience for the com- children, including a five-year- medical treatment for the of Gopinathpur village, Makara Jadumani Das refuted the the city on Sunday. muters and also creating an ' old girl, suffered critical burn injured child, whose condition Pilai of Chandradeipur, both allegation of any negligence Reports said a resident of unhygienic atmosphere on the " () injuries after the fire broke out was stated to be critical. under the Balanga police sta- on the part of the Forest Rath Road near the Boitali busy road. So, the civic body " in a paddy yard at the village. Union Minister tion, and Chain Sahoo of Pipili. Department and said they Temple in Old Town area had decided to teach him a lesson. The incident took place when Dharmendra Pradhan also Another deceased’s identity are making all efforts to dumped three to four truck- He further said the house " " the kids, aged between five and mourned the children’s sad was yet to be ascertained. drive away the elephant into loads of construction wastes on owner would be slapped a fine seven years, were playing near death. The tusker wreaked havoc the wild. the highway. according to the rules. !" !" #%& ' ( # #( )* )+)+
%P $ ' R inations for various organisa- concluded and the party has $ R tional posts. declared names of 33 organi- # party’s misery, Patnaik himself from time to time and pressing “The BJD’s prime agenda is sational district presidents. got defeated in both the seats for Patnaik’s ouster from the development. With pro- Results of the final phase elec- $ he contested from. leadership. The factionalism As a result, Patnaik ten- has had its reflections recently dered his resignation as the at places like Puri and Bhadrak $.'$*+, $.'$*+, Pradesh Congress Committee with rival groups coming to president; but even after nine blows and party workers being $.'$*+, silent,” alleged party leader iju Janata Dal he Congress high com- long years, the AICC is yet to hospitalised. The shows of Nishikant Mishra. B(BJD) supre- Tmand’s handling of the take a decision on his replace- group clashes are even taking he Congress on Sunday Mishra alleged that mo Naveen affairs of the Odisha party unit ment. If he has to be continued place in the presence of Jitendra Talleged that the State Minister of State for Home Patnaik on Sunday appears to be strange and self- in the post, the high command Singh and Patnaik Government has furnished Dibya Shankar Mishra had filed his nomina- destructing for the organisation has to make an announce- together. untrue information regard- furnished untrue informa- tion papers for in the State. In fact, it seems the ment to that effect and tell the The fact is the State ing “forcible ouster of 15 tion in the State Assembly. election to the party national leadership hard- party rank and file that no dis- Congress cannot come out of families by a kangaroo curt While over 16 cases have post of the presi- ly bothers about revival of sidence will be tolerated at all. its present moribund condition from Khalipatna village been filed, the Minister had dent of the ruling Congress in the State. But there is no such commu- without a firm intervention by under Nayagarh district’s informed the House that party. With 10 The party had the worst- nication from New Delhi. the high command keeping in Sarankula police limits 14 only 10 cases filed. The proposers and 10 ever show in the last elections Of course, AICC in-charge view that panchayat and coop- years back”. Minister has also not supporters, he with its number of members in of Odisha Jitendra Singh has, erative bodies’ elections are “Fifteen families have revealed about the PMO and filed the nomina- the 147-seat Legislature meanwhile, stated that Patnaik approaching. There is now a not returned home for the President Office letters and tion before the Assembly dwindling to below would continue as the PCC demand in some quarters for a last 14 years. Victims had a direction from the Human returning officer two digits, that is, nine and it chief, but that is having no seri- younger leader like Cuttack written to the President and Rights Commission’s at party headquarters here in grammes like Mo Sarkar and tion would be declared on losing its main Opposition sta- ous bearing among the cadres, MLA Mohammed Moquim to the Prime Minister seeking Investigation Director for the presence of various senior 5T, we will work for the February 26. tus to the BJP. It had been who look forward to party take over the PCC reins. A new justice. In September 2015, formation of a peace com- leaders. progress and development of The ruling party holds expected that the party under president Sonia Gandhi’s fiat in leader or Patnaik’s continu- The PMO and the President’s mittee to resolve the case. The fifth phase of the the people of Odisha,” said BJD organisational elections every the stewardship of a senor-most this regard. ance, whatever, Sonia Gandhi office asked the Chief He demanded the party’s election process for 81 Rajya Sabha member Sasmit three years. leader, Niranjan Patnaik, would No wonder, a large section has to act fast to save and acti- Secretary of the State to take Minister’s resignation for not organisational posts began on Patra. Patnaik, the founder pres- do much better. But that never of the party’s leaders in the State vate the demoralised State party necessary action. However, taking any action and con- the day. Besides Patnaik, 80 The first four phases of the ident of BJD, is again set to be happened. And to add to the has been camping in Delhi organisation. the Government has sat cealing facts. other members filed their nom- triennial elections have already elected to the post unopposed. & # #2 # < -! $ (Bhubaneswar) " Dalit Adhikar Manch president Officer Ajay % ( ) Kamal Charan Tandi, who led # Kumar Rout has the strike at Khariar. informed. #" Hundreds of people gath- The show dis- *'%/ $-*0 ered at Boden Chhak of $.'$*+, plays epic scenes #01*0.' Khariar town to express their from Dhauli’s ormal life in Khariar town support to the bandh. Former t’s good news for tourists that eventful past. In a road mishap at Kantuara Nof Nuapada district was Chairman of Khariar NAC Ithe light and sound show collaboration of Aon the Cuttack-Paradip completely affected on Sunday Nimai Tandi and others like stopped at the Shanti Stupa the State and road in Jagatsinghpur district as a result of a shutdown in advocate Jyotilal Banjare, atop the Dhauli Hill in Central claimed a youth’s life on opposition to the ruling of the Kishor Bag and Tejraj Bag Bhubaneswar for about 10 Governments at an Saturday. Supreme Court that the States were present. months following the Cyclone investment of Rs Prakash Sahoo, an orna- are not bound to make reser- Life was also badly affect- Fani devastation is likely to 6.6 crore, the show ment trader of Erasama was vations, nor is reservation in ed in Balangir town and else- resume from next week, official was launched at returning from Cuttack by his promotions a fundamental where in Balangir district due source said. the Shanti Stupa (Peace Pagoda) (cruel Ashoka) to bike when a milk-laden mini right. to the 12-hour Bharat Bandh. The India Tourism on August 15 in 2015. A ticket Dharmashoka (Ashoka on path truck hit him from behind The bandh call in Nuapada Shops and other business purview. As it was Sunday, the ry) are given protection by Development Corporation for the show costs only Rs 25. of religion). It also shows the leaving him with serious head district was given by the Dalit establishments remained closed Government offices did not Constitution due to the effort (ITDC) had won the tender In a 35-minute show pre- gruesome Kalinga War and its injuries. Locals took him to Adhikar Manch in support of and both Government and pri- come under the bandh by Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar. and assigned the Tricolor India, sented in three languages, morbid aftermath as well as Cuttack for treatment, but he a Bharat Bandh call at the vate buses were off the roads. purview. We oppose this judgement. a Delhi-based firm, for repair English, Hindi and Odia, the King Ashoka’s remorse at the succumbed to his injuries. national level. The agitators detained the Notably, the Supreme Today, people have supported work of the light and sound audience witnesses a great story massive bloodbath. It ends Local staged a road block- "We demand withdrawal of Surat-Puri Express train for a Court on February 7 gave a the bandh whole heartedly. show. The project has almost glorifying the Kalinga empire, with Ashoka renouncing vio- ade at accident site demanding the anti-reservation ruling by while. judgement that reservation of We demand withdrawal of this been completed. The show feuds within the Mauryan lence, embracing Buddhism construction of a speed-break- the Supreme Court. The As it was Sunday, the SC/ST/OBC is not a funda- order,” said Kuna Bag, an would restart shortly after empire, King Ashoka’s rise to and propagating the religion er at spot. Traffic came to a Government should also with- Government offices did not mental right. activist of the Balangir Dalit examining the technical part of power and his epic transfor- from Kalinga to the rest of the standstill on the Cuttack- draw CAA and NRC," said come under the bandh “We (the aforesaid catego- Samaj, which called the bandh. the system, Odisha Tourism mation from Chandashoka world. Paradip road. O P $ '%(
*P $ guest. “Many languages have been celebration of Mother , cellation of the National Among others, Suresh Prasad Barik, Subal Sahoo, Dean, School of dying all over the world. So in Language Day. Prof Das Register of Citizenship (NRC) Panigrahi, Sudarshan Padhan, Prafulla Dora, Rakesh ' $ Biodiversity and Conservation the context of globalisation, advised in a poetic way to learn and withdrawal of the Purna Chandra Padhi, Amiya Kanungo and Jyotsnarani + of Natural Resources Prof survival of mother tongues faces various languages. Prof P Sharat Kumar Palita, Prof Asit many challenges,” said Prof Durga Prasad highlighted the $.'$*+, Kumar Das, Prof Dugra Prasad, Dash. He gave importance to importance of mother tongue, 2'1 Prof E Raja Rao, Prof Krushna love for own mother tongue, use while Prof Pradhan under- ntellectuals under the aegis of Ithe Ame Bharatbasi-Odisha he International have urged Chief Minister TMother Naveen Patnaik not to allow Language Day implementation of the National (Matrubhasha Population Register (NPR) in Divas) was celebrat- the State and to pass a resolu- ed at the Central tion in this regard during the University of ongoing Assembly session. Odisha, Koraput on “While some States are February 21 at its opposing CAA, NRC and NPR, Sunabeda campus. some others are against NRC Vice-Chancellor of and NPR. Some States are also the university Prof I opposing NPR alone. Your Ramabrahmam con- Government and party (BJD) veyed his best wish- have supported the CA and es on the occasion. opposed the NRC,” mentioned A special lecture the memorandum. on “Challenges to It also noted that NPR is mother tongue in the age of Chandra Pradhan and HoD, and creation of market value of scored the need to work for the actually a prior step for implan- globalisation” was organised. Dept of Odia Language and our mother tongue Odia, so that development of the mother tation of NRC. Thus, most of Eminent critic and researcher Literature Dr Alok Kumar it can survive. tongue. Prof E Raja Rao the non-BJP ruled States are Prof Debendra Kumar Dash Baral spoke. Dr Alok Baral Prof Palita highlighted the advised the students to respect opposing the NPR. Citizenship Amendment Act Pandab, Manas Ranjan Sahoo, Mishra undersigned the mem- delivered a lecture as the chief delivered the welcome address. history and importance of the the mother tongue. They also demanded can- (CAA). Prabhat Panigrahi, Rajendra orandum. #% Q R R # trary to the popular per- and FY 2018-19 is any shortfall to affect resource ) ception, is borrowing less widening, experts availability,” said Joint Secretary, 3'113 rushed out of my room. As I than what it could without have raised ques- Finance, Satyapriya Rath. tried to intervene, they placed any threat to sustainability. tions on ‘budget Former Chairperson of the our armed miscreants a gun on my head threatening The State’s working age credibility’ as well. Odisha Public Service Fbroke into a house of a to kill me. Then, they locked population is expected to The gap is more Commission, Vivek Pattnaik family at Tarol under the us in a room and fled with the $.'$*+, cross 3 crore in 2021 as per persistent in the said, “We should also prioritise Jagatpur police station in the money and valuables,” said the Odisha Economic major departments marginal and small farmers city in the wee hours of Sabyasachi. he Odisha Budget and Survey 2019-20. Along related to agricul- and agriculrtural labourers Sunday and robbed cash and “Besides gold and cash, TAccountability Centre with the growing demand ture and social sec- since the agriculture is the gold at gunpoint. they also looted ATM and (OBAC) and the Orissa for creation of employ- tors. backbone of our economy.” According to reports, the credit cards. To ensure that we Economics Association (OEC) ment opportunities, safe On budget Prof Bhagabat Patra said unidentified miscreants broke couldn’t contact anyone for presented an in-depth analysis housing for all and making management and efficiency- oriented into the house at around 2 am help and avoid their detention, of the Odisha Budget 2020-21 agriculture and allied activ- scheme implemen- Government schemes were when the family members the dacoits snatched our here on Saturday. ities a viable source of tation front, one of need of the hour. were sleeping. They first mobile phones, tabs and dam- The State Budget 2020-21 livelihood are the stated the major chal- Delhi- based Center for attacked the house owner’s aged the SIM slots. They also is pegged at Rs1, 50,000 crores, policy directions and pri- lenges could be the Budget and Governance elder son Sabyasachi Naik took my car keys,” he added. which is 11 per cent higher orities of the Government huge vacancies in Accountability ED Subrat Das with an iron rod and also Sabyasachi’s mother than the 2019-20 Budget. The for financial year 2020-21, all levels across said the State Budget needed to threatened him brandishing a Susama said that before flee- total outlay for this year’s bud- they said. departments, espe- give much greater priority to gun. Then, they decamped ing, the goons threatened get is proposed to be financed The share of State’s cially in the social higher education, health and with over 30 grams of gold, them of dire consequences if mainly through revenue own revenue in total revenue from own sources, they said, climate related risks in the sectors, they said. urban sanitation, while mentor cash of Rs 40,000 and other they informed police about the receipts of Rs1, 24,300 crore receipts in the Budget has adding that the allocation of State and doubling farmer’s “State share in Cetral taxes and co-founder of CYSD valuables. incident. On receiving infor- and borrowing and other increased by 2 percentage only 11 per cent of its total agri- income. and grants in aid from the Jagadananda sought strength- “They barged into the mation, police reached the receipts of Rs 25,700 crore. points in this year’s budget. culture budget towards all rain- As the gap between the Center contribute as much as ening of primary education house and hit my father with spot and began an investiga- Experts pointed out that However, stronger effort is fed sensitive schemes is a mat- budget estimates and actual 60 per cent of the overall system and disaster-resilient a rod. Hearing him scream, I tion into the crime. the Odisha Government, con- required to mobilize revenue ter of concern considering the expenditure in FY 2017-18 receipts by Odisha and hence, rural infrastructure.
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$ me a notice asking for 6$ appearance before them %5*( for probe into the double murder case for which my father has been booked, a *'% day after I and my cousin #.'0'% visited the police station to he Nehru Yuva Kendra in meet my father. They asked Tcollaboration with Nuapada Ashish Thakur, lems of their villages, such as amily members of former me to appear before them Abhyudaya Youth Club, Bhela, Principal, PS Degree College child marriage, distress migra- FMLA Anup Sai, who has today when the vehicular organised a block level neigh- Pravash Kumar Panda, tion, health issues, gender chal- been arrested in connection traffic is completely dis- bourhood Youth Parliament Lecturer Nalinikanti Sha were lenges and hygiene, etc, and $.4' priority will be to strengthen with the murder of a woman rupted due to the Bharat at PS Degree College, Komna, other guests. Mayadhar Saraff also found out ways to cope the party organisation and and her daughter, are sitting in Bandh. They are conspir- on Saturday. and Saroj Dash, journalists with the problems. ormer MLA Ramesh ensure all wings of the party a dharna in front of the district ing to drag me into the The members of Royal club, were resource persons. As part of the celebration FChandra Chyaupatnaik was work actively in the district,” Collectorate alleging harass- case to harass my family,” Rainbow Club, Samaj Darpan "We have been organising of 150th Birth Anniversary of given a rousing reception for said Chyaupatnaik. When ment by the Chhattisgarh alleged Sai’s son. Youth Club, Maa Banjari Youth such events in different places Mahatma Gandhi, the NYK being appointed as BJD asked, Chyaupatnaik also said police. “The year when the Club, Chetna Mahila Mandal, of the district in cooperation organised a signature cam- Ganjam district president by that he would be more fortu- The family members are on murder took place, I was a third have committed the crime. Radha Krishna Club, Azad with the youth clubs," said the paign at Patora on the occasion party workers here on Saturday. nate to serve people if he is sent dharna since Saturday night year student at ITR. I was They are harassing him men- Hind Club and Jai Jawan Club NYK coordinator. He also of Maha Shiva Ratri to sensitize Chyaupatnaik, who had to the Rajay Sabbha. demanding security for the served notice suspecting my tally. participated in the programme informed that the Youth the people on Swachh Bharat won the Brahmapur Assembly MP Chandra Sekhar Sahu, family. involvement in the murder “Following arrest of my and had a fruitful discussion on Resource Centre, Nuapada, Mission where more than 400 constituency for five times since MLA Bikram Keshari Panda, Protesting a notice from case,” he said terming the alle- brother, the Raigarh police current situation of education had organised Youth Panchayat participants took swachhta 1995, was not given ticket to BJD district general secretary the Raigarh police to Sai’s son gation by the Chhattisgarh have been continuously threat- and agriculture in Komna block. at Khairani village of Sahipalla pledge. Likewise, the Youth fight the seat in 2019 elections. Rajnish Mishra, Sanjit for appearance, the family police against his father as ening us if we leave the place. The chief guest of the event panchayat a few days ago, Parliament held at Nuapada on “I have discharged all Panigrahi, former BDA chair- sought protection from the ‘conspiracy’. We will consume poison if was Zilla Parishad president where 24 youths of different vil- Wednesday last created oppor- responsibilities given to me by man Subash Moharana, Durga district administration in the “The police have threat- they continue to harass us in Namita Pradhan. District lages participated. The youths tunities for the youths to think the BJD supremo in the past. Panda, Bijay Samal and case. ened my father that they will the case,” said Sai’s elder broth- Youth Coordinator, NYK, discussed about various prob- about the nation. As the district president, my Sanghmitra Dalai greeted him. “The Raigarh police served not leave him till he admits to er Pramod. ! + , # $ &R - & ! R $.4' $.4' n Odisha Sanskrutika AMahotsav was inaugurated n a noble act, family at the Khallikote College Imembers of a deceased ground here on Saturday. person donated eyes of Organiser Abhishek their dead kin to the 1.0. who had stood on roadside, Creatoin, a cultural organisa- MKCG Medical College and overturned. tion of the city, claimed that the Hospital for transplanta- even HSC (Matriculation) Locals rushed the students, festival is first of its kind in the tion in needy patients in Sexaminees of the the driver and Bhaskar Sahoo State. future. Balunkeswar Bidyapith in to the Jilinda PHC. As the $-*0 However, the accused dri- MP Chandra Sekhar Sahu Tangudu Iswar Narsinghpur block met with an Bhaskar’s condition deterio- ver and his associate managed inaugurated the festival in the Prasad (62), a resident of accident near the Tarini temple rated, he was referred to the n a major success for the to give a slip to police aban- presence of MLAs Bikram Chandrashekhar Mandir Sahi, out his two eyeballs at around of Jilinda while going to the SCBMCH in Cuttack. Idrive against illegal ganja doning the vehicle. A case has Kumar Panda, Subash Chandra died at the MKCG Hospital 8 am. Chintamani Nodal High School The students and the dri- trade, the Balangir police on been registered and investiga- Behera, BJD Ganjam district early on Saturday morning. Prasad’s wife P Sandhya of Kamaladiha examination ver suffered minor injuries; Sunday seized one quintal of tion is underway to ascertain president Dr Ramesh Chandra artists of the Prince Dance Getting consent of Prasad’s Bhali, son P Hari Nath and centre by an auto-rickshaw. and after first aid, the students the contraband from a Bolero from where the banned con- Chyaupatnaik, for BDA Group enthralled the audience family members through the daughter Kushuna Kumari said Swagatika Bagha, Barsarani appeared in the examination at in the district. Acting on a traband was being smuggled. Chairman Subash Moharana. by performing a marvelous Brahmapur Friends’ Helping that they fulfilled his wish of Garnayak, Mama Pradhan, least 15 minutes later of the tipoff, a team of police chased On Saturday, the Excise While Abhishek Creation dance. Ollywood singer Club, a team of ophthalmolo- donating eyes for others. Club Kuni Samal, Sarbeswar scheduled time. the vehicle in which the ganja Department personnel had MD Usha Patnaik presided Ashima Panda was another gists from the MKCG Medical members Jamula Suresh, J Pradhan, Manas Pradhan and Though use of auto-rick- was being transported, for seized a huge cache of ganja over the meeting, senior jour- attraction of the event. The College comprising Prof Mohan Rao, K Ram Gopal, E Sumanta Daneika were going shaw is prohibited to carry around three km. They suc- and arrested four persons at nalist Prakash Patnaik event ended with a vote of Suchitra Mishra, Dr Samir Badrinarayan, P Lingaraj, K by the auto, which dashed examinees, it is frequently done ceeded in intercepting the Nirgundi toll gate in Cuttack anchored the cultural pro- thanks proposed by Arati Dash and Dr G Naina went to Arabinda Subudhi and Babul against one Bhaskar Sahoo, in the area. Bolero near a bus stand. district. gramme. On the first day, Patnaik. the deceased’s house and took Jagdish coordinated. % ! (R & . 7 Rourkela. Nayak’s sour equation with icising Nayak. Besides he was After May 29, 2012 mid- many frontline leaders of the also a strong aspirant for the night coup, allegedly staged by party here is an issue. This was party’s district chief. former BJD strategist and for- manifest during 2019 election Another factor is mer Rajya Sabha MP late ticket allotment and campaign Raghunathpalli MLA Subrat ##' recently visited the Pyarimohan Mohapatra against time. Many of Nayak’s loyals Tarai. It is an open secret that village and gone Patnaik, in which Nayak applied for ticket. Even a poten- since last many years both ragedy struck a village in back to among a few leaders allegedly tial female leader Minati Debta Nayak and Tarai are not in TJajpur district when its Ahmedabad over ! 2' +- were Mohapatra’s close confi- filed nomination as an inde- good terms. Nayak is also not three labourers engaged at a a week back. dants, CM Patnaik had pendent and after the interfer- carrying good rapport with cotton mill in Ahmedabad in “We received ourkela MLA Sarada removed Nayak from his ence of the top leaders in many party leaders and mass Gujarat died in a massive fire the sad news yes- RPrasad Nayak has won the Cabinet giving a very negative Bhubaneswar, she withdrew organisation leaders of all the on Saturday. terday. The labour- confidence of BJD supremo remarks on him. Despite this, but so far, she has not been four Assembly segments like The deceased were identi- ers from this vil- and CM Naveen Patnaik for due to his patience and hard despite stiff challenges, Nayak rehabilitated by the party in any Rourkela, Raghunathpalli, fied as Dayanidhi Khuntia, lage died. Two persons from Gujarat and financial assis- which he was been nominated work over the years, Nayak got party ticket and was elect- glorified post. Biramitrapur and Bonai. Chinmay Khuntia and Kamesh the village who were staying tance under the State’s labour as president of BJD Rourkela managed to win back the faith ed from Rourkela seat. Patnaik Similarly, another promi- The immediate tough chal- Singh, residents of Jamadhara with them informed us about law. district unit. of Patnaik when he got the BJD also appointed him as the nent female leader Rashmibala lenges for Nayak are the elec- village under the Jajpur Sadar the mishap. But we have no “As the families of the The Sundargarh BJD ticket for Rourkela Assembly President, Sundargarh District Mishra who had come to poli- tions to the Rourkela Municipal police station. information about the steps deceased persons are living in District Orgnisational seat in 2014. Planning Board and now tics and became Rourkela Corporation, Biramitrapur They were working at the being taken by the local admin- extreme poverty, we want the Committee has been again Again, despite losing the assigned as president of BJD Municipality Chairperson with Municipality, Rourkela Urban Lotus Level India, a cotton istration in Gujarat to send the State Government to provide bifurcated with a separate election, Patnaik rehabilitated Rourkela unit. the blessing of Nayak is now a Cooperative Bank Director mill in Ahmedabad since past bodies to their native place,” them financial assistance under Rourkela district unit. This him as Chairman, Rourkela It was nonetheless tough key critic of Nayak. Senior leader post and selection of Rourkela three years. The fire broke out said Jamadhara Naib Sarpanch the State’s labour law. We also arrangement was there from Development Authority and for Nayak to regain confidence Anand Mohanty who was once Development Authority chief. engulfing the factory in which Mirza Anzaru Islam. demand that the district admin- 2004 to 2017. In 2017, the two in 2017 assigned the responsi- of his boss, but after he was upon a time an ardent support- But observers are of the opin- they were engaged for work. The villagers urged The istration take initiative to bring units were merged. But politi- bility of working president of made the party chief of er of Nayak and was party dis- ion that Nayak with his good They were charred to death. Odisha Government for steps the bodies from Ahmedabad,” cal pundits feel Nayak has to party’s Sundargarh District Rourkela unit, his challenges trict chief for a long period of 13 organisational skill can manage Chinmay Khuntia had to bring the bodies from Anzaru Islam said. face many challenges ahead in Committee. 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% ) Gifted with a unique voice $.'$*+, that traversed between the highest and the lowest octaves he second evening of the with effortless ease, words got Tannual Samarpan music wings with emotions as he festival hosted here at the sanga number of songs of the Rabindra Mandap here on devotee-poet. Saturday by the Bhubaneswar With his longtime collab- 4$-' the Central Action Committee Music Circle showcased songs orator Guru Dhaneswar Swain have changed the mode of of two Muslim poets who are on mardal and fantastic flutist s per the direction of the agitation and decided to stick loved, revered and celebrated Abhiram Nanda as members of ASupreme Court, the to the order of the apex court by Hindus the most over sev- his orchestra, the concert was Central Action Committee without putting public to trou- eral centuries. They were a feast to the ears of the con- (CAC) fighting for establish- ble,” said Sambalpur District Odisha’s very own Salabega, an noisseurs. ment of a High Court Bench in Bar Association president ardent devotee of Lord “Kabir Vani”, the other western Odisha has decided to Bijitendriya Pradhan. Jagannath who lived in 17th segment, was presented by resume normalcy in all courts “Giving respect to the century and has been a house- Mooralala Marvada from of the region. order of the apex court, we hold name for the people of Kutch in Gujarat. Traditionally Due to the decision of the decide to bring back normal- Odisha, and Kabir, the 15th- sung in the villages of Malwa lawyers for ‘no court, no hear- cy in the courts. We are also #/;0. 1 " century saint-poet whom the region that stretches from west- ing’, judicial activities had been hopeful of getting justice from " 6 C3 D $ Hindus and Muslims love to ern Madhya Pradesh covering paralysed for years and people the apex court,” said CAC claim as their own. parts of Rajasthan and Gujarat were in the suffering end, due convenor Ashok Dash. " " " “Bhajans of Bhakta in India and beyond into Sindh of the village in Gujarat's Kutch explaining the songs of Kabir to which the apex court didn’t “We further express hope 4 " Salabega”, the first segment of in Pakistan, Kabir Vani has district. I sing the poetry of are as important as singing the take it easy. that the Odisha Government "" " " " the evening was, obviously, been the forte of Mooralala Kabir, Mirabai, Ravidas and songs in the tradition of the In an order, the court men- will place a full-fledged report the greater attraction for the who is a Sufi folk singer from many more but Kabir contin- folk music that he hailed from. tioned that if normal activities before Centre for establish- ! % ! 7 < audience. And eminent singer- Janana village of Kutch and ues to be my most favourite,” Mooralala was accompanied by in the court are not done ment of a High Court Bench in /;: 1 3 " composer Guru Ramahari Das who has been featured as a stated the singer showing his Bhikabhai Budhabhai Harijan properly due to advocates’ Western Odisha,” Dash added. was the right choice to render singer in the Gujarati film 103-years-old Sitar with much on, Manjira, Marvada Mohan noncooperation, how a High Meanwhile, common peo- 1 " justice to the Salabega songs ‘Hellaro’. pride and joy that he was play- Govind on Gada Gamela (per- Court Bench could be given to ple heaved a sigh of relief as 1 and the sentiment of the peo- “I belong to the 11th gen- ing while singing. cussion) and Sukhdev them. they can do their court works $ * " # " ple attached to the songs. eration of the Meghwal singers His concert showed how Lakhabhai Harijan on Jhanj. Thereafter, the lawyers and like before. 4 " % " " $ * " 1 " 3 4 " 2 R 4 " )8 ! ! !! 2'1 olice busted a Maoist camp Pin a forest near Ampabali $.'$*+, village under the Pottangi police station in the district on ormer IT Sunday. But the rebels in the FCommissioner and camp managed to give cops a president, Karmabira slip. Gourisankar Smruti Based on a tipoff about the Sansad, Gurujan movement of the Red rebels in Parishad, Lokbhasa the region, a joint team of the Prachar Samiti and /: = /> 1 District Voluntary Force Adishankar Vedanta $.'$*+, Leaders alleged that the State said each person can strength- " " $ " * (DVF), Special Operations Pratisthan, Kartik Government has hatched a con- en his financial condition by " " Group (SOG) and the BSF Chandra Chand’s first death Vedanta Pratistahan secretary he BJP on Sunday demand- spiracy not to hold Cooperative support of the Cooperative " " C4%4D launched a combing opera- anniversary and remembrance Niranjan Rath, Prof Ted that the State Society elections even as the Society. BJP general secrtary 1 tion in Panabadi, meeting was held here on Satyanarayan Acharya from Government take all steps for time has already lapsed. Ranjan Patel, organising min- " " Kamalabandh, Bailguda and Sunday. Many dignitaries, Lokabhasa Prachar Samiti, for- holding elections to coopera- BJP State president Samir ister Manas Kumar Mohanty, Urlapadu area in the district, members of various organisa- mer Nalco CMD Dr Tapan tive societies at the earliest. Mohanty highlighted about the Samabaya cell convenor Golak bordering Andhra Pradesh in tions and social activists joined Kumar Chand, former IT The party discussed the Union governemnt’s support to Mohapatra and Samabay the morning. and recalled Chand’s person- Commissioner Sarat Chandra issue at executive meeting of its Odisha in the cooperative sec- office-bearers of the districts 1 The security personnel, ality, erudition and achieve- Dash, Odia Language and Cooperative wing held here. tor. Former Minister Jual Oram were present. during the search operation in ments, besides his contribution Culture Secretary Monoranjan the forest, recovered a gun, a to the State. Panigrahy, Babaji Chand, $0 rifle, hand grenades, electron- Odisha Electricity Indrajit Ghos from Kayastha ( . 0 R < ic detonators, bulletproof metal Regulatory Board former chair- Mahasabha, educationist plate, and explosives along with man Dr Dhirendra Kumar Ray, Radheshyam Bhuinya, Akhand " several items used by the ultras. Central Direct Tax Board for- from India Media and social The items were recovered mer Chairman Prassana worker Sudarshan Das spoke from three drums which were Kumar Mishra, former on late Chand. $.'$*+, presided. buried under the earth. Panchayati Raj Director Dr Sadananda Dikshit General secretary Er Police suspected that the Karuunakar Pattanayak, introduced the guests and for- he Odisha Retired Diploma Kamadev Tripathy, vice presi- 2' +- camp was being used by the Gurujan Parishad vice presi- mer Managing Director of SBI TEngineers’ Association held dent Er Balaram Prasad Basu Nandpur Area Committee of dent Braj Mohan Mohanty, Er Udaya Sankar Ray gave a vote its 21st annual function where Mallick, Ganjam president youth was arrested on Koraput Division. Bipin Bihari Panda, Adishankar of thanks. hundreds of retired diploma Banchhanidhi Das, Jajpur pres- ASaturday on the charge of engineers from across the State ident Er Batakrushna Das, raping a woman with a false participated. Association pres- Bhadrak president Er Nirmal promise of marriage in Sector- ident Er Bipin Bihari Nayak Mohanty, Sarojkanta Er 7 of the city. The arrested Ramesh Mohanty among oth- youth was identified as Rajeev ers spoke. Dramatist Dr Bijaya Mohapatra, a native of Jaraikela Mishra was felicitated on the under the Bisra police station occasion. in Sundargarh district. The members expressed Mohapatra also allegedly displeasure over the decision of threatened the woman to make the State Government to pro- the victim’s rape visuals viral on vide 5 per cent DA hike from social media if his demands January; rather they demand- were not met. ed that the hike be imple- The youth was demanding $.'$*+, competition. mented from July, 2019. They more dowries to marry the Veteran bodybuilder also demanded health woman. disha bodybuilder Anil Padma Shri and Arjuna allowance which has been There was a marriage pro- OGochhikar bagged the Mr awardees Premchand Degra, implemented in 23 States. posal from the woman’s fami- Eastern India-2020 title in a Mr Universe and World For 2020, Er Sarada ly to Rajeev’s family. competition at the Bhanja Kala Bodybuilding and Physique Mohanty was elected as patron Subsequently, a relationship Mandap here on Friday. Sports Federation (WBPF) Gen of the association, while other developed between the woman The fourth-time Mr Secretary Chetan Pathare and office bearers elected were Er and Rajeev. As per the com- Odisha winner clinched the Umesh Chandra Mishra, Darpanarayan Das (advisor), plaint, Rajeev raped the woman title in the 75 kg category. Labour Commissioner, Govt. Er Bipin Bihari Nayak (presi- on April 24, 2019. 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RVenkaiah Naidu has direct- cent of the strength got 345 of it's members getting any rging for conservation and 1 "You will also contribute in the ed the Secretariat to prepare opportunities which comes to Unstarred Questions listed dur- Upreservation of biodiver- progress and prosperity of reports on the participation of 24 percent share of the total. ing the session. sity, Prime Minister Narendra hardworking craft persons, all the members under various "The 10 recognised parties Among the opposition and Modi on Sunday said biodi- " especially women," he said. windows to inform them at the in the House with five mem- non-NDA parties, Congress, versity of India is unique trea- PM also hailed the use of end of each session of the bers and above each with a TMC, AIADMK got propor- sure for the entire mankind. a mixture of 10 per cent House. total of 190 members account- tionally higher opportunities Addressing his monthly 'Mann $ " indigenously produced bio-jet In its study, the Rajya ing for 80 percent of the while BJD, DMK, TRS and ki Baat' radio address, Modi fuel to fly an Indian Air Force Sabha secretariat has revealed strength of the Council got CPM got their due share. Only referred to Tamil poetess transport aircraft, saying such that different parties got their about 81 percent of the total SP got a lesser share. Avvaiyar to drive home his 4 efforts will not only help bring due share of opportunities of opportunities. During the session, 107 point. “What we know is just a down carbon emissions, but participation under various Others including region- members participated in the handful of sand. What we do also reduce the country's windows during the first part al parties and independents Question Hour, 100 took part not know is like a universe in es us compassion toward all liv- India, and especially made a surprise visit to the dependence on imported of the Budget session that con- amounting to 20 percent of the in the two debates on the itself,” he said quoting her. ing beings and boundless love Meghalaya, is home to a rare Haat where he interacted crude oil. "This was the first cluded on the 11th of this membership of the House got Motion of Thanks to the Similar is the case with the bio- for nature. species. It lends a new facet to with people, had litti- time that this mix was used in month. The study was done to 19 percent share of participa- President and the General diversity of this country, said Modi pointed out that India's biodiversity. We are chokha for lunch and enjoyed both engines. Not just that, know if the parties were getting tion indicating broad corre- Budget, 76 Zero Hour and 33 Modi. more than 500 bird species surrounded by many such mys- a hot kulhad of tea. He said the the airport from which this equitable opportunities in the spondence between the Special Mentions were made, “The more you know, the across the world land in India teries, which are still undis- Haat is a fine example of India's plane took off from Leh is not Council confirmed fair and strength and share of oppor- 24 participated in the lone dis- more you realise the magnitude every year. covered. To discover such a diverse expanse, cultures, tra- only one of the highest alti- proportional share for different tunities," it said. cussion on a Private Member's of what you do not know. Our He informed that recently, phenomenal enigma calls for ditions, cuisines and the tude airports in India but parties with the opposition The eight non-NDA par- Bill besides 1,120 Unstarred biodiversity too is a unique biologists discovered a new fierce detective passion," he warmth of emotions. also in the world," he said, getting slightly more in the total ties, featuring among the 10 Questions of 118 members treasure for the entire human species of fish whose habitat is said. "It is a venue where it is referring the Indian Air 1,460 opportunities. recognised parties together got replied in writing. This makes kind. We have to preserve it, within the caves of Meghalaya. In his address, the Prime impossible to overlook the Force's AN-32 aircraft took off According to sources, the a higher share of opportunities the zone of opportunities of conserve it and explore further,” It is believed that this fish is the Minister also referred to the country's diversity. Besides from Leh's Kushok Bakula study reveals that BJP with 82 in proportion to their strength. participation as 1,460. Equity of he said. The Prime Minister largest among aquatic species 'Hunar Haat' organised by the handicrafts, it displays the Rimpoche airport using a members accounting for 34 Besides BJP that got 1 percent participation was analysed said the traditions and the found under the surface of Ministry of Minority Affairs at diversity of India's varied cui- mixture of 10 per cent Indian percent of the strength of 239 lesser share, JDU could avail against this window of total legacy we have inherited teach- caves. "It a matter of joy that the Rajpath. Last week Modi sine too. In a single row, one bio-jet fuel. of the House got 480 opportu- 0.55 percent of total chances of opportunities of participation. 3 ) ) $ " "" " funded by India. *+, %+-. - An estimated 500-1000 LeT men are being trained by akistan is mobilising its the Pakistan Army-ISI combine *+, %+-. dations of WHO should be fol- Ambassador Sun Weidong Passets including terror affil- 1 & in view of the latter's changed lowed by all parties. "It's hoped urged India to review restric- iate Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) - $ priorities and preferences from " he Embassy of China in that Indian side could review tions on trade and movement jehadis to Afghan-Pak border $ the tactical perspective in view TIndia on Sunday urged that the epidemic situation in an of people. Almost all Indian in order to destabilise of the proposed withdrawal of New Delhi to review the epi- objective, rational & calm man- airlines have stopped flights to Afghanistan following pro- the US forces from 59 demic situation in China in the ner, handle with China's much- China while the government posed withdrawal of US troops. 3 Afghanistan. wake of coronavirus outbreak needed items in a cooperative has cancelled all e-visas as well Pakistan army is training the 0 LeT men being trained by and resume normal personnel and constructive way and as normal visas issued to Lashkar ultras to damage infra- Pak army to aid Taliban in gain- exchanges and trade between resume normal personnel Chinese citizens. structure built by India in " ' ing more control on the ground both the nations. exchanges and trade between On Saturday, government Afghanistan besides hitting post-withdrawal of US troops. akistan Government is The remarks by Chinese us as soon as possible", the sources said that China was security forces there and aid the In a duplicitous move to hood- Pset observe February 27 as Embassy Spokesperson Ji Rong Chinese embassy added. "deliberately delaying" permis- Taliban regain more areas wink the international com- National Surprise Day to came following claims by Moreover, according to lat- sion for an Indian Air Force under its control in a post- Wednesday, the Baloch groups Baloch freedom fighters in munity ahead of the FATF ple- commemorate the capture Chinese charity organisations est updates by Chinese health plane to coronavirus-hit withdrawal scenario. killed 16 Pakistan armymen concert with the Lashkar nary in Paris, the Pakistani of Indian Air Force Wing and certain medical institutes officials, the death toll in China Wuhan to supply relief mate- Amid talks of withdrawal and abducted about 50 soldiers. jehadis, Both Pakistan army agencies have lodged LeT chief Commander Abhinandan that New Delhi has restricted due to coronavirus outbreak rials and bring back more of US forces, the Pakistan This was the third such attack and the Lashkar are known to Hafiz Sayeed in Lahore's Kot Varthaman who downed a export of medical products to has reached 2,442 and 76,936 Indians from the city. They Army-ISI complex has started by Balochs against Pak Army loot ration from the Baloch Lakhpat jail where a number of US-made F 16 fighter jet China following the coron- confirmed cases of novel coro- said though flights from Japan, harbouring sinister designs to this month. people due to lack of authen- Haqqani Network for elaborate with a Russian make MiG 21 avirus epidemic in that coun- navirus infection have been Ukraine and France were topple the Afghan Government The spurt in ambushes by ticated logistics management planning to carry out hits in aircraft last year following the try. reported in 31 provincial-level allowed to operate from and replace it with Taliban for the Baloch groups against Pak for the armed forces. Afghanistan. Indian air strike at a Jaish-e- Ji added that the World regions. Wuhan, India's request was its long-term agenda in the army has come in the backdrop The Pakistan Army-ISI Former Chief of Inter Mohammad suicide bomber Health Organisation has Among the 40,127 hospi- not heeded to so far. region, sources here said. of apprehensions that more combine has begun training Services Public Relations training facility in Balakot. repeatedly opposed any travel talised patients, 8,583 were India has already evacuat- Apprehending enhanced and camps of LeT will be set up sessions for the Lashkar men in (ISPR) Asif Ghafoor has been and trade restrictions on China still in severe condition and ed around 640 Indians from atrocities on the people in the and lead to enhancement of Sibbi and Bolan in Balochistan. made the chief of a Pak army known to enact abduction of following the coronavirus out- another 1,845 in critical con- Wuhan, the epicentre of the Balochistan region, Baloch atrocities against the commu- The LeT operatives are being division to provide security to its personnel by its terror break and that all parties dition. coronavirus outbreak, in two groups have stepped up vio- nity. trained in sabotage and the US forces when the affiliates and seek ransom should follow the recommen- There was no immediate separate flights. According to lence against the Pakistan army Pakistan Army had been ambush. The trained Lashkar withdrawal from Afghanistan from the US for their so called dations by the global body. reaction from the government. estimates, over 100 Indians are and Lashkar men in the area. conducting search and cor- men will seek to hit infra- is worked out, sources release from captivity, they It added that recommen- Last week, Chinese still stuck in Wuhan. In the wee hours on don operations against the structure projects backed and said. Pakistan army has been added. F 3 ' , 1
$ tweet by Gujarat Chief Minister hour-long trip to India. Vijay Rupani that said "entire Other members of the US Gujarat speaks in one voice- president's delegation include * #NamasteTrump". Treasury Secretary Steven " " On Monday, President Mnuchin, Commerce Secretary Trump and Prime Minister Wilbur Ross, National Security 1 "G F *+, %+-. ciary across the world, he said. " Modi will take part in a 22-km Adviser Robert O'Brien and The President praised the roadshow from the Energy Secretary Dan *+, %+-. external affairs minister during resident Ram Nath Kovind Supreme Court for carrying out Ahmedabad international air- Broulliette. the UPA and is now in the BJP, Psaid that the role of the judi- "radical reforms" which, he *+, %+-. port. Then they will proceed From Ahmedabad, the US head of the US President's felt though Trump's visit ciary is bound to be pivotal said, made justice more acces- for the 'Namaste Trump' event President is to fly to Agra Atwo-day visit to India, for- comes in the US presidential amid dramatic transformations sible to common people. He n the eve of US President at the newly built Sardar Patel and first lady Melania Trump where huge billboards on mer Union Minister and election year and a sizeable in the coming days. cited landmark judgements ODonald Trump's India Stadium in the city's Motera will be accorded a ceremonial streets near the city airport and Congress leader Anand Indian expatriate population In his address at the passed by the apex court which visit, Prime Minister Narendra area, where over one lakh peo- welcome at the forecourt of the public squares in the vicinity of Sharma on Sunday maintained will vote, but "it should not be International Judicial have strengthened the legal Modi said on Sunday that ple are expected to be present. 'Rashtrapati Bhavan'. From the Taj Mahal greeting him that the high-profile interac- looked at from the narrow Conference being organised and constitutional framework India looks forward to wel- The US President will visit there, they will go to Raj Ghat have come up ahead of his visit. tion is unlikely to achieve any prism of US President's elec- by the Supreme Court on of India. coming the US President, who Sabarmati Ashram in to pay homage at the 'samad- Trump's convoy route from major breakthrough in the tion". Sunday, Kovind said that issues "Its bench and bar are is to commence his "historic Ahmedabad on Monday before hi' of Mahatma Gandhi. It will the airport to the Taj Mahal is bilateral agreements. "It needs to be looked at a like gender justice, contempo- known for their legal scholar- programme" from Gujarat. heading towards a cricket sta- be followed by restricted and about 13 km and along the way Sharma, however, went on larger perspective as to what is rary perspectives on protection ship and intellectual wisdom. The US president will be dium where he will address delegation-level talks between thousands of artistes will wel- to say that the visit was impor- happening in the region," he of constitutional values, What it has achieved is noth- on a two-day visit to India and over 1,00,000 people. Trump and Modi at Hyderabad come him with special perfor- tant in relation to the fact that told the news agency. dynamic interpretations of the ing less than a silent revolution together with Modi is to par- Sabarmati Ashram was a House. 'Namaste Trump' will mances. the US was a major power, but Krishna said China will be Constitution in a changing in diagnosing and correcting ticipate in a roadshow in key base of Mahatma Gandhi be similar to the landmark On the famous Mall Road, that is all, Sharma said. closely monitoring the visit and world, harmonisation of envi- the afflictions that adversely Ahmedabad after landing during the freedom struggle. 'Howdy, Modi!' event hosted by which falls on the route, one "So far I do not have any the nature of talks that take ronment protection vis-a-vis affected the justice delivery there. He lived there between 1917 the Indian-American commu- hoarding reads 'His Excellency positive indication of any place."It is a very important sustainable development and system," he said, as per a press "India looks forward to and 1930. The US president nity in honour of Prime Donald J Trump, President of major outcome. It will be a visit. The US and India have a protection of the right to pri- note.The President particular- welcoming @POTUS will later fly down to Agra to Minister Modi during his visit the United States of America, continuation of defence and very close and fruitful rela- vacy in the Internet age are ly mentioned the role of @realDonaldTrump. It is an visit Taj Mahal and thereafter to Houston in September 2019, Heartiest Welcome to the Land security cooperation, and a tionship especially after the issues that influence every Supreme Court in making the honour that he will be with us fly to Delhi for the official said an official. Trump, accom- of Krishna'. It is accompanied reaffirmation of our coopera- Nuclear Accord. We have member of the global commu- higher courts' judgments avail- tomorrow, starting with the his- engagements where "major panied by wife Melania, daugh- with an image of Trump stand- tion in space and nuclear sci- moved strategically close to nity. able in regional languages, toric programme in trade deals" are expected to be ter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared ing next to Prime Minister ences. It is ongoing and it will each other and it is important These five distinctly terming it "an extraordinary Ahmedabad," Modi wrote on signed by the two sides. Kushner, will arrive in Narendra Modi. Trump is to not be a new thing," Sharma for us to nourish and maintain defined topics cover the matrix achievement given the linguis- Twitter. On the morning of Ahmedabad around noon on reach Agra in the Monday told news agency PTI. the relationship further," he of challenges faced by the judi- tic diversity of India". 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US President Donald Trump. um here on Monday. entry gate erected outside the the incident,” said special com- VS Vishwanathan hit upon the idea Trump is slated to arrive in Agra on Monday Replicas of historic places in newly-built cricket stadium in missioner of police, Crime after seeing Trump on television many evening after attending the mega 'Namaste Trump' Gujarat are also being placed at Motera area here collapsed due Branch, Ajay Tomar times and in photographs and has event at the newly built Motera cricket stadium in strategic locations along the to gusty winds on Sunday morn- said. expressed confidence that the US Ahmedabad. roadshow route. ing, an official said. President Trump and Prime President would accept it and appre- The city administration is all geared up for the Dance groups and singers The entire incident was Minister Narendra Modi will ciate his gesture, family members big day and preparations are in full swing to pre- from different parts of the coun- stages, they said. Purushottam Upadhyay and recorded by a bystander and participate in a roadshow here said. sent the “best face of Agra”. try, including Gujarat, will stage The performances will pro- Sairam Dave will perform at the aired on local television chan- on Monday and later address the The shirt has been sent to the “We are fully prepared, and we wish to present performances on the roadshow vide a glimpse of the country's stadium, officials of the Gujarat nels. 'Namaste Trump' event at the Prime Minister’s Office in Delhi, the best of Agra to the US President and his dele- route as well as the newly-built cultural diversity, the officials Cricket Association The makeshift entry gate Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera marked to the US Embassy, they said. gation. At the Kheria airport, upon his arrival, cricket stadium in Motera area said. said. was made of welded steel rods area where over one lakh people Vishwanathan had gifted such expected at about 4:30 pm, hundreds of artists will of the city, officials said on Besides, folk and Bollywood Students of various and covered in flex banners. are expected to be shirts to various political leaders, welcome him with 'mayur nritya',” Agra's Divisional Sunday. singers will also perform on a Government and private schools After sometime, a portion of present. including former Tamil Nadu Chief Commissioner Anil Kumar told PTI. Performers from 28 States stage set up at the Motera stadi- have also been roped-in to per- another makeshift gate structure The stadium has already Ministers, the late K Kamaraj and CN Security has been stepped up in the city ahead have been allotted stages erect- um for the 'Namaste Trump' form at the cultural events. They at the stadium's main entrance received 'Building Use' permis- Annadurai and also former President of Trump's visit, his first to India. His daughter ed along the roadshow route, event, where Trump and Modi were asked to practice for the also collapsed due to the windy sion from the Ahmedabad R Venkataraman, his family Ivanka, son-in-law Jared Kushner and a galaxy of where the two leaders will be will address a gathering of over event over a week in advance, an weather, another official Municipal Corporation, an offi- said. top US officials will be part of the high-level dele- greeted by people on both sides one lakh people. official said. said. cial earlier said. He once ran a tailoring shop but gation accompanying him during his visit to India of the road. Bollywood singers Kailash Replicas of historic places No one was injured in both It is the world's largest sta- does not do so now due to old age.] on February 24 and 25. There will also be a 'Garba' Kher and Parthiv Gohil, and from Gujarat are being placed at the incidents and work was dium with a capacity to accom- At present, he trains budding tai- In Agra, the Trump family will spend about an performance, the traditional Gujarati folk singers like strategic locations along the underway to put the structures modate 1.10 lakh spectators. lors free of cost, they said. PTI hour at the Taj Mahal before sunset. They will then Gujarati dance, on one of the Kirtidan Gadhvi, Gita Rabari, route of the roadshow. PTI leave for Delhi. PTI $ %+ = 6 .4+%$% in a 22-km roadshow from the vehicles, they said. Ahmedabad international air- Along with police person- 0 ver 10,000 policemen from port and then proceed for the nel, who will be led by 25 IPS Odifferent parts of Gujarat 'Namaste Trump' event at the officers, teams of the Rapid S President Donald Trump will be wel- have been deployed at strategic newly— built Sardar Patel Action Force, State Reserve Ucomed by Uttar Pradesh Governor locations in Ahmedabad as Stadium in the city's Motera Police, Chetak Commando and Anandiben Patel and Chief Minister Yogi part of the elaborate security area, where over one lakh peo- Anti-Terrorist Squad are also Adityanath on his arrival at the airport in Agra arrangements for US President ple are expected to be deployed at strategic where hundreds of artistes will perform, a top Donald Trump's visit here on present. locations. official said on Sunday. Monday, officials said. Police will be using the Before the US president's The city has been decked up to welcome The massive police deploy- anti-drone technology to neu- arrival, at least four C17 the American president who will visit India on ment is in addition to officials tralise any suspicious drone on Globemaster cargo planes of February 24-25. He will visit the Taj Mahal in of the United States Secret the route, officials said, adding the US Air Force have landed the evening after arriving here on Monday from Service, and India's elite that an anti-sniper team of the at the Ahmedabad interna- Ahmedabad, before leaving for Delhi. National Security Guards NSG will also be stationed tional airport with security “The UP governor and chief minister will (NSG) and Special Protection along the roadshow route, and communication equip- welcome US President Trump at the Kheria air- Group who would also be starting from the airport till the ment, Trumps' official heli- port. However, they will not accompany him guarding the US president's Motera stadium via Indira copter 'Marine One' and a to the Taj Mahal. The governor and the chief visit. bridge. mammoth SUV-like minister would also be at the airport to send The Secret Service agents With the help of sophisti- vehicle. him off,” Agra District Magistrate (DM) along with other US security cated hand-held devices, the The giant SUV, which Prabhu N Singh told PTI. personnel have already arrived entire route has been scanned would be part of Trump's cav- Trump's convoy route from the airport to with their equipment and vehi- several times by the Bomb alcade during his 22-km long the Taj Mahal is about 13 km, and along the cles in at least four cargo planes Detection and Disposal Squad. roadshow on February 24, is way thousands of artistes will welcome him during the last one Police and other security known as WHCA Roadrunner. with special performances. “At the airport, week. agencies have also conducted a WHCA stands for White about 250 artistes will do special perfor- Trump and Prime Minister rehearsal on the entire road- House Communications mances reflecting the beauty and culture of Narendra Modi will take part show route using over 100 Agency. ) " B)"C % # P 4 %# 4 Uttar Pradesh. %?@, + 7 6P'$ ( (,5 )# 5& Jaisalmer: Three dalit youths were / ",/+ ,/ +/0 .,/ )$ assaulted after being accused of steal- +,.&#+ 0 #.� - ing donkeys in Jaisalmer district, the Darbhanga/Sasaram: Seven people, third such incident to come to light in 0" :": @" +,. including three of a family, were killed 3.+** Jamui (Bihar): A top Maoist conducted in various parts of Rajsthan in recent days. 0"#+* / , and 15 others were injured in two road carrying a total reward of 11 naxal-affected Munger district Five persons have been arrested and /00 " ," / :".& accidents in Bihar's Darbhanga and amil Nadu Chief Minister lakh on his head died in the leading to the seizure of a three detained after a video of the inci- Rohtas districts on Sunday. TK Palaniswami on Sunday custody of Bihar police hours large number of arms and dent surfaced, police said on Sunday. of theft in Nagaur. In the first incident, three persons ordered 2 lakh as after he was brought from ammunition, Maharaj said. The incident occurred on February The Barmer incident occurred on were killed and three others were assistance to a class IX girl stu- Jharkhand, a senior officer said The Maoist, who carried a 15 in Rama village of Fatehgarh tehsil January 29. injured when their car collided with a dent, a space enthusiast, for on Sunday. reward of 1 lakh in Bihar and of the district. Police have arrested at least seven road divider on NH 57 and overturned successfully qualifying in an Siddhu Koda, a 40-year-old 10 lakh in Jharkhand, com- The youths were thrashed with persons in connection with the Nagaur near Kakarghati village in Darbhanga online test to visit America's CPI (Maoist) zonal comman- plained of severe pain in chest sticks and kicked by nearly a dozen peo- case which occurred on February 16. district, Deputy Superintendent of including a woman, were killed, while space agency NASA and par- der, died at a hospital where he and abdomen around 11 pm on ple for stealing donkeys. They were later The Dalit men were beaten up, Police (DSP), Darbhanga, Anoj Kumar a dozen other passengers were injured ticipate in an international was admitted late Saturday Saturday. handed over to Sangarh police. stripped and tortured by staffers of a said. when the bus carrying them collided conference. night after he complained of He was taken to Jamui “Five persons have been arrested motorcycle service agency in Karanu Of the six persons, five were of the head-on with an orange-laden truck The student V Abinaya pain in chest and abdomen, Sadar Hospital where he died. and three minors have been detained village after accusing them of com- same family, while one was a family near Auwa village on NH 2. studying in Namakkal district Deputy Inspector General of Since he died in police custody, so far. A case has been registered in the mitting theft. friend. The incident happened under the got through the exam held by Police Manu Maharaj said. the post-mortem examination matter under sections of SC/ST Act and In the video, a group of men is seen Three of them died on the spot, the jurisdiction of Shivsagar police station firms here and in America, the Koda, who hailed from was conducted in presence of further investigation in the matter is thrashing two persons with rubber official said, adding the three injured in Rohtas district, police said. Chief Minister, in a statement, Chakai block of Jamui dis- a magistrate as per rules, the on,” Station House Officer (SHO) of belts. They later dipped a piece of cloth have been admitted to the Darbhanga “The deceased have been identified said adding the opportunity to trict, was arrested Saturday DIG said. Sangarh police station Ugam Raj Soni wrapped on a screwdriver in petrol and Medical College and Hospital. as Vikram Pal (65), Reshma Khatoon visit NASA and take part in a morning from a railway station Maharaj did not divulge said. inserted it in the private parts of one of The deceased have been identified (55), Mukhtar Khan (42), Ajit Kumar global space science sympo- in Jharkhand's Dumka by an the details of the post-mortem Similar incidents had come to the victims. as Raju Jha (45), his mother Rekha Devi (38),” Satyendra Satyarthi, SHO, sium is a “victory for her tal- STF team comprising police- report. light in Nagaur and Barmer The incidents have triggered a (75) and sister Madhu Kumari (22), the Shivsagar police station said. ent.” men from Patna and He said Koda's family has A chilling video of a man being political storm in Rajasthan with the DSP said. Both the vehicles overturned after Wishing her many more Jamui. been informed of his death and beaten up brutally in Barmer alleged- BJP attacking the ruling Congress. Jha's wife, his three-year-old son the collision, he said, adding the private successes in space He was wanted in about 70 his body “may be disposed of ly for committed a theft had gone viral Union minister Arjun Ram and a family friend were injured in the bus was on its way to Sasaram from science, Palaniswami lauded serious cases including murder, in accordance with law” by the here, prompting the police to arrest a Meghwal has alleged that the Ashok incident. Bhabhua, while the truck was moving her for the “achievement and to robbery, kidnapping and extor- police if nobody comes forward man and detain another on Friday for Gehlot-led Congress government is The family was going to their in the opposite direction. encourage younger tion, Maharaj said. to claim his mortal remains. their alleged roles in the crime. unable to rein in crime in Rajasthan. native village in Saharsa from Sasaram civil surgeon Janardan generation, I have ordered 2 After being brought here, Two automatic rifles — an The video surfaced on Thursday Meghwal, who is an MP from Bikaner, Muzaffarpur to celebrate the boy's Sharma said four bodies have been lakh assistance from the Chief Koda was interrogated, the AK 47 and an INSAS — have close on the heels of brutal assault on had accused the police of manipulat- birthday, police said. brought to Sadar hospital for post- Minister's Public Relief DIG said. Based on the infor- been seized from Koda at the two Dalit youths on similar allegation ing the Nagaur case. PTI In another incident, four persons, mortem. PTI Fund.” mation he provided, raids were time of his arrest. PTI % " 34 32#'%%
Jammu: Accusing the Jammu erstwhile State,” he said The NPP leader said the & Kashmir administration of addressing a public meeting in public interaction campaigns of failure to address the basic Domana and Gho Manhasan advisors and secretaries had issues of the people, National here. also proved to be “exercises in Panthers Party (NPP) on He said the advisors to futility”, like the two successive Sunday said the public were Lieutenant Governor G C 'Back to Village' programmes fatigued with the ‘bureaucrat- Murmu and secretaries were earlier. ic and proxy’ rule and called for organising 'public hearing' Decrying the withdrawal early restoration of democracy campaigns but these had “failed of election notification for in the Union Territory. to inspire the people in view of vacant panchayat seats after NPP chairman and former their lack of productivity”. having announced the poll minister Harsh Dev Singh said “The cosmetic public hear- dates, Singh said there were elected representatives alone ing exercise by the advisors and action programmes, tion which had failed to address several other instances to show could appreciate the concerns secretaries and the sojourns of issues discussed therein and even their basic concerns. that the present regime was of the public as against the “out- central ministers had failed to action taken in pursuance “With people across the moving in fits and starts side bureaucrats” who hardly inspire the masses who missed thereof so as to make the 'pub- new UT protesting on a day-to- accompanied by reverses. have any accountability to the the much needed delivery on lic hearings' relevant and mean- day basis for uninterrupted “People were repeatedly people. the ground,” Singh said. ingful. power and adequate water sup- assured of domicile law for J&K “The general masses were He appealed the Lt Claiming that bureaucrat- ply, restoration of roads and in public meetings by helms- fatigued with the bureaucratic Governor to put on the official ic rule in the erstwhile state had other essential services, there men and BJP leaders only to be rule. There is a need to end the website of various departments, proved a “flop show”, Singh did not appear to be any tak- told in the Parliament that the proxy rule (of BJP) and early the details of representations claimed people were fast losing ers for their shrill cries,” he Centre had no proposal in this restoration of democracy in the received in various public inter- faith in the present dispensa- said. regard,” he said. PTI )8 O:, A 7# % # 4 !" #%& ' ( # #( )* )+)+ !=
( " # P # E 6# )8 Mumbai: Senior BJP leader Devendra *+ Fadnavis on Sunday attacked NCP chief Sharad Pawar over his demand Mumbai: Hours after the BJP criticised Mumbai: BJP leader Devendra )!! ! for creation of a trust for construction The Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) Fadnavis on Sunday alleged of a mosque in Ayodhya on the lines dispensation over the law and order sit- that NCP chief Sharad Pawar “The entire investigation Surendra Gadling, Mahesh of a similar body for Ram temple. uation, Chief Minister Uddhav was trying to implicate and its progress has not been Raut, Shoma Sen, Arun Speaking to reporters here on the Thackeray hit back at the party saying ‘Hindutvawadis’ (Hindutva objected either by the Bombay Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves, eve of the Budget session of the that those targeting his Government supporters) in the Koregaon High Court or by the Supreme Sudha Bharadwaj and Varavara Maharashtra legislature, Fadnavis should first see what is happening Bhima violence case despite the Court. Still by setting up a sep- Rao in the Elgar Parishad case asked why Pawar wanted to build a under their watch. absence of any concrete evi- arate SIT, Pawar wants to impli- for their alleged Maoist links. mosque in the name of a invader like He asked why no “terrorist” dence. cate Hindutvawadis in the Pawar had earlier termed Babar. (assailant) involved in the attack on Fadnavis made the allega- Koregaon Bhima violence inci- the arrest of activists in the “Babar (the first emperor of he knows that a Waqf has to be students at the Jawaharlal Nehru tion while talking to reporters dent,” Fadnavis alleged. Elgar Parishad case as “wrong” Mughal dynasty in Indian sub-conti- formed for the same,” Fadnavis said. University (JNU) last month has been a day before the Budget session According to Pune police, and “vengeful”, and demanded nent) was an invader. Why on the A five-judge bench of the arrested so far by the BJP-ruled Centre. of the Maharashtra legislature the Elgar Parishad conclave that a Special Investigation earth did NCP chief Sharad Pawar Supreme Court in November 2019 Thackeray was talking to reporters commences. held in Pune on December 31, Team (SIT) be set up to probe want to erect a new mosque in the ruled unanimously in favor of Ram on the eve of the Budget session of the the JNU and beat the students,” he said. “During my tenure, the 2017, was supported by Maoists the action taken by the Pune name of Babar? If Muslims want a temple in Ayodhya. The court had Maharashtra legislature. “I am going to call those assailants as state home department had and inflammatory speeches police. Replying to a query place for prayer, they should have one said the whole disputed land spread Earlier in the day, the State BJP crit- terrorists. Despite so many days, not a sin- carried out a thorough probe made at the event led to caste over it, Fadnavis said, “The but why in the name of Babar?” asked over 2.7-acre will be handed over to icised his government over the recent inci- gle assailant has been arrested so far,” he into the Koregaon Bhima vio- violence at Koregaon Bhima Maharashtra police have found Fadnavis, the Leader of Opposition in a trust formed by the government, dents of crime against women. said. lence case,” the former chief war memorial in the district the a strong evidence that urban the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. which will examine the construction When asked about the BJP’s allega- “Those targeting us on unjustified minister, who also held the next day. Naxal issue is not restricted to Speaking in Lucknow on of Ram temple at the place. tions, Thackeray said, “Every crime grounds should first see what is happen- home portfolio then, said. Right wing leaders Milind Maharashtra alone. It has February 20, Pawar demanded the Prime Minister Narendra Modi against women is condemnable and not ing under their watch and then comment “NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s Ekbote and Sambhaji Bhide are spread in other parts of the Central Government to form a trust announced on February 5 the for- a single such incident should occur about us,” Thackeray added.Thirty-four first reaction on the violence accused in Koregaon Bhima country as well. Hence hand- for building a mosque in Ayodhya mation of ‘Shri Ram Janambhoomi again.” people, including students and faculty, was that Hindutvawadis were case. ing over its probe to the NIA is similar to the trust to oversee the con- Tirath Kshetra’ trust which would “While targeting us, the BJP should were injured on January 5 when a masked behind it. But police did not The Pune Police have a welcome move of struction of Ram temple. oversee the construction of Ram also see what is happening in the States mob entered the JNU campus and find any evidence to back up arrested Left-leaning activists Maharashtra Chief Minister “I also wonder why Pawar Temple. PTI ruled by it. Especially in the centrally- attacked them with rods and sledgeham- his claims,” he said. Sudhir Dhawale, Rona Wilson, Uddhav Thackeray.” PTI demanded a trust for a mosque when ruled New Delhi, where terrorists stormed mers. PTI " )*+ *% $ 4'4$ with dues up to 2 lakh each. apparent effort to exploit the police force in the State...This Unlike the previous BJP-led ! differences among the ruling Government has stayed the s the Budget session of the Government (of which my MVA partners on contentious implementation of various AMaharashtra Legislature party was a part) which had Uddhav said: “Our is not a gov- Andhra Pradesh Criminal Law issues – dared Uddhav to move decisions taken by our gov- gets underway on Monday, the made farm loan waiver without ernment that is counting Amendment Act 2019 – better a resolution on the floor of the ernment like the water grid and Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) home work and did not execute days. known as the Andhra Pradesh State Legislature to hail the con- our flagship schemes like Gram 4'4$ People coming from noti- Government will put its best its announcement, we have The BJP is unable to stom- Disha law, which stipulates tributions of Veer Savarkar on Sadak yojana and Jal Yukt fied nations including China, foot forward on the first day by planned the loan waiver ach the fact that ours is a sta- death sentences to convicts in the occasion of the latter’s Shivara. The Shiv Sena is not he Maharashtra Hong Kong, Thailand, releasing the first list of farm scheme well. We will complete ble government. We have not rape cases within 21 days. “We death anniversary on February ready to speak on the insults TGovernment on Sunday Singapore, Japan, Malaysia, loan waiver beneficiaries, even the execution of the entire just made promises, but we are have set a five-member official 26”. being heaped by the NCP and said that 81 out of 83 people South Korea, Nepal, Indonesia as the Opposition BJP will go loan waiver process within implementing out promises. committee to study the Andhra Slamming the Uddhav Congress on the descendents of admitted in isolation wards for and Vietnam are being moni- all out to drive a wedge three months,” Uddhav said. The people in the state think Pradesh law and come out Thackeray dispensation for not Maratha warrior Chhatrapati suspected exposure to the novel tored as part of the protocol in between the ruling Shiv Sena Dismissing the criticism that it is their Government”. with a report on the proposed being able to come grips with Shivaji,” Fadnavis said. coronavirus have tested nega- place to tackle the outbreak, he and its alliance partners — of his Government by the “We are implementing a legislation that we intend out to the challenges facing his gov- On its part, the ruling tive. added. Since the outbreak of the NCP and Congress — over the Opposition BJP on various people-friendly initiate like introduce in the State ernment, Fadnavis said: “Three MVA is preparing to dig up While 80 of them have virus in China and its spread contentious issues like the counts, Uddhav said: “I do not Shiv Bhojan Yojana ( 10 a Legislature,” he said. months have passed but the alleged irregularities in sever- been discharged, three others across the globe through trav- CAA, NPR and Veer think it is necessary for me to meal scheme). Still the Informed sources in the MVA Government is still in a al schemes, including Fadnavis’ continue to be hospitalised. ellers, the Maharashtra gov- Savarkar. respond to the issues raised by Opposition is criticising us. Opposition BJP said that its state of confusion. It has not pet project “Jal Yukt Shivara”, The outbreak of the virus, ernment, acting on the guide- Addressing a news confer- the Opposition. Just because it Here is a party (BJP) that did leaders would go out all the way implemented the promises it implemented by the previous officially called Covid-19, was lines issued by the Centre, has ence after the Opposition BJP criticises the Government does not did anything good for the to corner the Shiv Sena-NCP- made in the run-up to the BJP-led saffron alliance gov- first detected in Wuhan in been placing people in isolation boycotted the customary tea not make it a good opposition. people when it was in power. Congress front Government Assembly elections. Though it ernment. During the course of China in December and has wards and screening those hosted by him on the eve of the At a time when the government We are getting good response over contentious like announced it would waive the the budget session, the state since affected thousands of arriving at the Mumbai Legislature session, Chief is doing good work, it is for the Shiv Bhojan Yojana. We Citizenship Amendment Act loans of farmers. But, it has not government is expected to people across the globe. international airport from Minister Uddhav Thackeray improper on the Opposition’s are planning to enlarge the (CAA), National Population begun implementation of farm either order inquiries or come “Out of the 83 persons, 81 places affected by the outbreak. said that as part of the first list part to say that the scope ofthis scheme in the Register (NPR) and Veer loan waiver scheme”. out with details of corruption have tested negative for the Since January 18, a total of of farm loan waiver, the State Government is not doing any- coming days,” the Chief Savarkar. “The Government has lost in the earlier Government. coronavirus infection. Of these 48,295 passengers have been Government will write off thing.” Minister said. Talking to media persons its control over the increasing Available indications are 80 have been discharged. screen at Mumbai airport. loans up to 2 lakh each taken Charging that the Among other things, after boycotting the session-eve atrocities against women. The anything to go by, both the Three persons are under Officials said a 14-day fol- by farmers across the State. Opposition BJP could not Uddhav said that the state hosted by the Chief Minister, Government is not sensitive at Houses of the State Legislature observation in Mumbai’s low-up of 207 of 291 people “Tomorrow, we will stomach the fact the ruling government was planning to leader of the Opposition in the all when it comes to women are expected to witness a lot of Kasturba Hospital,” a state who arrived in the state from announce the first list of list of MVA was providing a stable come out with a legislation Assembly and senior BJP leader issues. The government is try- fireworks during the budget health department official said covid-19 affected areas had farm loan waiver beneficiaries government in the state, along the lines of the the Devendra Fadnavis — in an ing to erode the morale of the session. on Sunday. been completed. 3 & & 1 R 7 O# P6
- $ 2- 1 " F ,$33 " 16-year study conduct- 2- 1 “Bengal Government is facing obligations for the welfare of the state, Aed by the researchers of Malda (WB): WBPCC presi- not ballot papers for the civic great financial hardship … but still she said. Indian Institute of dent Somen Mitra on Sunday polls. ith the municipal elections Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Reminding that the delay in Technology, Kharagpur, said the Congress will have a The grand old party has no Wknocking at the door, the has been pleased to allow a hike in release of central funds which were have made a frightening seat-sharing arrangement with problems about the timing of Bengal Government has decided to pension of retired school teachers,” due to the State was creating hardship revelation that rampant the Left Front for the West the polls, the WBPCC presi- effect a fat hike to the pension of State Education Minister Partha in implementing the schemes that deforestation and construc- Bengal civic polls but will not dent said. retired school teachers. Chatterjee said adding “no other State were essential for a welfare the letter tion have made Kolkata an form an alliance with it. However, the dates should The new pension rate will apply have shown such genuine concern for said, “you will, no doubt, appreciate extremely heated zone —the Going by the formula, the be fixed with due consideration to the teachers who have retired the retired teachers the way we have that both the central and the State “hottest island” of the coun- Congress and the Left Front about the schedule of different before January 2016 and the order done, despite the limited financial Governments are expected to fulfill try. constituents will field their board exams, he said. will apply to the family pensioners capacity.” the constitutional obligations and the The study says that rapid candidates from their respec- “We have conveyed our and teachers of Government-aided Incidentally, Chief Minister has commitments to the people, so that urbanisation and deforestation have ably the difference between day and tive strongholds, Mitra told stand to the SEC,” Mitra said. schools who have already been get- written to the Narendra Modi respective Governments run smooth- made the City of Joy the “hottest of all night temperatures has decreased reporters here. The state secondary board ting pension post December Government to clear dues worth ly … However West Bengal is being the urban heated islands.” While an implying a rise in mean temperature, Reacting to Mitra’s exam which started on 2015. 50,000 crore. deprived of the huge outstanding extended spell of winter has still kept experts said. remarks, CPI(M) legislature February 18 will end on According to sources in the State She wrote to the Centre about dues.” the Kolkatans away from the “burning This is a trend in 44 big cities of the party leader Sujan Chakraborty February 27. The higher sec- Education Department, the new how there has been a “steady reduc- Bengal BJP president Dilip reality” a sweltering and harsh summer country including Delhi, Mumbai, told PTI in Kolkata, “We have ondary examination will be order will imply about 20 percent rise tion” in the central funds apart from Ghosh on Sunday reacted to the State is awaiting the people of the city Chennai, Bengaluru, Pune, Guwahati always called for putting up a held between March 12 to in the pension of those who are in the inordinate delays in the release of Government’s repeated grudge which till a couple of decades ago etc the study has said. While average joint fight to defeat both the March 27. age group of 80-85 years. Those who such funds. “I write to you with deep against non-payment of its dues by would not see the summer temperature temperature of the other cities have BJP and the Trinamool Restrictions are in place on are above 85 years and less than 90 concern regarding steady reduction the Centre saying that “the Chief climb beyond 36-37 degrees. risen by about 2 degrees in the past 30 Congress in West Bengal.” the use of loudspeakers due to years will get a hike of 30 percent of central funds to the state and also Minister will only write letters and Unregulated urbanisation has let years that of Kolkata has gone up even Mentioning that the State the examinations. The state sources said. inordinate delay in release of funds not visit Delhi personally as she will Kolkata’s temperature climb more than more than that the study conducted by Election Commission (SEC) BJP had urged the state election In any case the Government has to us from the Government of India,” have to provide the accounts of the 2 degrees in the past three decades, IIT’s Centre for Oceans Reverse, should ensure that civic elec- commissioner to be given effected a minimum revised basic Banerjee wrote reminding how the amount received and spent over the experts say. A study conducted by IIT- Atmosphere and Land Science said. tions are held in a free and fair “ample time” to campaign for pension at 8,500, sources quoting Centre was yet to release a grant of years He termed Banerjee’s letter to k researchers between 2001 and 2017 The problem is going to rise and manner, Mitra said, the the municipal polls as the state notification said adding the new Rs 50,000 crore to the State. the Centre a “political ploy to befool have revealed that while day and night multiply the experts have cautioned, if Congress is in favour of using board exams will continue till order will be effective from April 1, This “extraordinary situation” is people” ahead of civic polls in the temperature of the urban centres necessary measures are not taken with electronic voting machines and the end of March. PTI this year. creating major difficulties in meeting Sstate. including Kolkata has gone up remark- immediate effect. %6 6 & 7 7# P 4 #
Patna: Schools in Bihar would ing to the provisions of “A student can either Gorakhpur (UP): The mater- month arrested under charges soon have ‘POCSO cells’ to POCSO Act,” Kiran Kumari, directly submit a written com- nal uncle of Dr Kafeel Khan, of giving a provocative speech hear complaints of sexual mis- special project officer, Bihar plaint of sexual exploitation or who was recently arrested for during a protest against the conduct and exploitation, a Education Project Council misconduct to the committee allegedly making inflammato- CAA and NRC at Aligarh Government official said here (BEPC), told PTI. or leave it in the complaint ry statements during anti-CAA Muslim University and was on Sunday. Bihar Education The Protection of box, with or without men- protests, was shot dead in front later charged with the National Project Council, an organiza- Children from Sexual Offences tioning his or identity. The of his house at Bankatichak in Security Act. tion dedicated to achieving (POCSO) Act, 2012 aims to complaint box will be opened Rajghat area here, police said Warsi on Saturday evening Universal Elementary punish those engaging in sex- once every week. on Sunday. had gone to his lawyer Siraj Education (UEE) in the State, ual crimes against children, “If the committee deems Dr Nusratullah Warsi aka Tariq’s house, a few metres had last week issued direction while safeguarding their inter- fit, the complaint will be for- Dada (55), a property dealer, away from his own house, and to all district education officers ests at every stage of the judi- warded to the nearest police was shot dead on Saturday was returning home on foot to set up POCSO cells in cial process. station. It will be the panel’s job night at about 10:45 pm and an when a man shot him in his schools, with students among In the first phase, the units to find out the identity of the FIR against two people was head, killing him others as its members, she would be established in sec- complainant at the time of filed in this connection on a on the spot. said. ondary schools, she said, lodging of an FIR. As per written complaint of his fami- “On the written complaint “We have given directions adding that the model would POCSO rules, confidentiality ly members. of family members, case of to the district education offi- be later replicated in primary of the complainant will be According to police, it murder against one cers (DEOs) to set up POCSO and middle schools. maintained,” she said appears to be a case of murder Imammuddin and Anil Sonkar cells in all schools of the state, Each committee will have Noting that the “cells due to monetary and property has been registered and police starting March 1... the school principal or head- would work at two levels”, the dispute and they has initiated probe and is “There will be a commit- master, a senior school teacher, BEPC state programme officer are searching for both the searching for both the accused. tee headed by the headmaster a panchayati raj representative, said awareness would be gen- accused. Police met the women in their in each school, which will a girl student, a boy student erated about sexual harass- Dr Kafeel Khan, suspend- house and is interrogating look into the complaints and and a clerk as its members, ment in schools, as part of the ed doctor of Gorakhpur BRD them,” Circle Officer VP Singh take necessary action, accord- Kumar explained. initiative. PTI Medical College, was last said. PTI 7 )# ." # . 7 4 !" #%& ' ( # #( )* )+)+ !; , , / " 51% / " / &R ( (, -&.( & ! " $ $ 7&" 8 # S 9:;< 3, ( , " " O 5 S " 1 "O N O E " % ( # 0 ( $ * * # # P6 *Q # 5 ? 5 2 -(./01 3%47 5 3, ( alls” and the US President ? 5( Donald Trump seem to 3, $ * have some sticky fixation 7 S 3$ % * that goes beyond the con- tentious Mexico-US border , # * % 5 W“wall”, the cost of building which would be ( about $25 billion. The recent case is the much # humbler 400-metre-long and seven-feet high wall in Ahmedabad. Trump’s visit to this 5 ( city has led to an estimated drain of 100 0 crore. The said amount will be spent on S 5 resurfacing and constructing new roads, on security imperatives, for transport and ? 5 ( refreshments of over 1,00,000 guests in the 3, P Q “world’s largest stadium”, transplanting trees, %(9: 5 P Q flower arrangements, cultural extravaganza as also the “contentious” wall-column that 5 O seems to have caught public attention for its O# S ostensible purpose. % 6 ( Clearly, this wall-column hides a slum cluster of some 800 families that dot the * % unavoidable road stretch — from the airport P Q # -4 .-/ to the main venue. It does have some secu- ( ! -4 rity angle, given the heavy population den- sity along the road, which typically neces- . !-/ $ ! . $!/ sitates a smooth passage for the presidential # entourage. But it is essentially a “beautifica- % S - P "( tion” move that is neither unique to India Q P5Q nor necessarily unwarranted in the context ly from such visits along with the and ambitions involved in host- the contrary, the public eye on of sprucing any location in preparation of Prime Minister’s political con- ing such events. the ball should remain focussed 3 such events. It is certainly a sad reflection of stituency of Varanasi. But again, The Commonwealth of the inked papers, determi- # @ the reality that besets any urban dwelling. as the son-of-soil of Gujarat and Games (CWG) in Delhi in 2010 nants and agreements (with 3, , However, the efforts towards putting forth the “people’s representative” of had led to thick bamboo “cur- Trump, even disagreements) a “picture-perfect” view is par for course in Varanasi, he thought he is enti- tains” being planted around that fructify or don’t, pursuant P6 5Q # any civic engagement. tled to that bias. squalid clusters. Beyond the to this visit. Puerile debate and The Government cannot be faulted for Similar “walls” had come up political blame-game, the event passion on “walls” have a ten- 6 $ # projecting a certain ambience and opera- at various places in Beijing dur- 3.4 selectively and successfully high- dency to hijack the larger nar- tional flawlessness, especially as the event is ing the 2008 Olympics. China lighted New Delhi’s gleaming rative at stake. @ 5 ( ( aimed to enhance “magnificence” of an had strategically used this occa- 2+*6+ .6+ new airport, swanky metro, It is, perhaps, more perti- *S emerging India (with the inauguration of the sion to announce its “arrival” on -41+% N'1-1
;FF: 9:;C 5 A Although the agenda of the bilateral meet # ( seems holistic, with a 12-member delegation accompanying Trump during his two-day visit 5 0 to India, apprehensions remain regarding the * deliverables coming out of the trip. 1 , ;;G< <GG; ( Besides, there have been quite a few changes P Q ( 5 in Trump’s itinerary and agenda, signalling last- 5 - minute negotiations, disagreements and possi- 3, ( bly discontent on either side, on the key issues 9; of trade. The US has adopted a hard negotiat- ing position vis-a-vis India and has signalled its ? , 3 # - unwillingness to retract from that stance. Among ( 6 ! other things, the US has been reluctant to rein- 3 $ state India’s Generalised System of Preferences # 3 % (GSP) status and has continued to seek market 1 1 * .11*/ ( access for its dairy products. * 1.+ $+*3+ 9:9C 5 3 0 9:9: New Delhi has held out till now, but it is 2 *< 4+0 2 2 , . D<: going to be difficult to predict the course of nego- 1%+ %+- 11*/ ;;B:: tiations in the coming future. If nothing concrete $21. %+ 9:9:(9:9; # comes out of bilateral trade talks in the few ,-- 1+1.+ 7 ( months following Trump’s visit to the country, 1.+ 2#+312* he could further harden negotiating grounds for 2 '33+'- the US, as was the case with China. ( Even though many have held that the cen- '&*% ( trepiece of this visit, a substantive/mini-trade deal $-1+- few years owing to energy imports from cated through actions by India. Among beckoning the polarisation that char- # between the US and India, may have collapsed, +-12* 12 it, which is the sixth-largest source of them, the renaming of the Indo-Pacific acterised half a century before the cur- the political signalling of Trump’s visit is strong %++*3+ %+- crude oil imports for the country cur- Command to pragmatically engage rent one. # ( for both the countries. For India, it means a con- +3'1< rently. Besides, the US continues to be India directly in all matters relating to In the continental dimensions of # % S tinuation of the growth in strength of Indo-US 322+12* India’s largest trading partner, with the Indo-Pacific. Washington views the Indo-Pacific, Afghanistan is going (( ties with each successive President. *% bilateral trade expected to cross $150 New Delhi as a key player in the US’ to be a critically-important factor given The short, 36-hour stay of Trump is being 32442*-<& billion for the first time this year. strategy in the Indo-Pacific. the timing of domestic politics in that 6 0 9:9:(9; ;B utilised in the most effective way, in so far as sig- 6'-+% In the absence of any mega trade The Raisina Dialogue held in country, China’s increasing role in nalling is concerned. The Ahmedabad “Namaste deals, both sides will tether the projec- January in New Delhi witnessed an Kabul and the US withdrawal lined up. S 0 ;:::: +02*- 2%+ Trump” event, Agra’s Taj Mahal stopover and the tion of successful US-India bilateral important development regarding the Trump is a known pusher for India’s . 9:;F(9: 9:;G( critically-decisive talks between Prime Minister * 1.+ relations to defence deals, security Indo-US joint vision in the Indo- greater role in Afghanistan and this visit ;F/ 5 Narendra Modi and Trump along with the visit *%2&33 cooperation and a commonly-visu- Pacific. The US moved to correct a could see a diplomatic nudge to New ! 2 $ to the Raj Ghat, tie concrete deliverables with cul- '3. %++*3+ alised regional order in the Indo- potential disconnection in the Indo-US Delhi to change its role in Afghanistan, . 11*/ tural symbolism. %+- + Pacific. As such, defence deals are like- common view by declaring that its own if not increase it. President Ghani’s 9:D: < For the US, as the domestic primaries are - +-< 12 $+ 1.+ ly to be the highlight of the visit. In par- vision in the Indo-Pacific now includes return to power in Afghanistan, the US’ 0 11* 0 ( heating up, running up to the presidential elec- .0.-0.1 2 ticular, the $2.6 billion deal to buy 24 the Gulf region, which the US’ Indo- deal with Taliban to be signed on tions at the end of the year, the timing and the 1.+ 61 * Seahawk helicopters from American Pacific Strategy Report excluded initial- February 29 and its subsequent with- 0 targetted constituency of the Indian-Americans 13'- 1.+ defence manufacturer Lockheed Martin ly. This small but significant change drawal could be used as diplomatic as vote bank, could draw significant advantages N( 9 $--2* Corporation is going to capture head- builds a common platform to advance tropes for India to increase its securi- for the Republican Party and the Trump admin- %+- 12 $'< (@ lines. cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region ty role in Afghanistan. istration. The Cabinet Committee on for both the countries. However, even India should be wary that it does ! 2 $ . ! 2$/ Trump’s tweet that, “We’re not treated very +., Security headed by Modi recently as both countries try to find common not cede ground in dealings with the 11* well by India”, but that he happens to “like Prime .+-321+ cleared the purchase of the 24 heli- ground in the Indo-Pacific to work hard negotiators accompanying Trump # ! 2$ Minister Modi a lot” underscores the comfort- 24 4+3* copters and the deal is going to bene- with, New Delhi should try to empha- and end up doing what doesn’t suit its DB 9:;E able-uncomfortability of this visit. Both leaders %++*3+ fit India as these platforms are expect- sise certain uncompromising positions national interests — an Iran yet again. 9:;F realise the value of each other’s partnership in 4*'31'+ ed to boost the Navy’s anti-submarine of geopolitics in this vast region. India’s Even if nothing much comes out of the ;G # ! 2$ times when China is not the same option for part- -23 .++% warfare operations — an emerging area own relation with Iran has to be upcoming Trump visit, India should nership for either country as they are for each 41* of maritime cooperation with the US worked up, despite pressures from prepare for uncompromising negotia- , , other. 32212* and a critical component of the Indo- Washington and significant cuts in oil tions. sYet, the visit has the potential to # Trump’s declaration that he is “saving the big 02*0 12 Pacific security resolve. At the level of imports from Tehran. catapult bilateral ties to a new level and deal” with India for later and he “does not know” 31'+ the regional order in Asia, two issues India should deftly employ strate- set new grounds for engagements in the if it will be done before the presidential election will be very critical during this visit. The gic hedging to work with both Iran and future. If Modi has initiated the culture .* in November, signals two things: First, that the .+%-*+ Trump administration could nudge the US. While New Delhi knows that of “informal talks” with China, with the 0 / ( ongoing negotiations on trade are a hard bargain New Delhi to play a larger and stronger for a middle power like it, balancing US it is the “grand events” that mark a for either side and that neither party is willing regional role in the Indo-Pacific region. between two major players — the US distinct note in bilateral relations. As to give concessions or cede positions. Second, First, the role that New Delhi and China — is going to be much eas- such, the Ahmedabad event in the # % both sides have desisted from earmarking a dead- would play in the Indo-Pacific region ier than balancing between a major cricket stadium further pushes the , line for the finalisation of these negotiations, is of utmost importance to Washington. force and a regionally-strong yet sub- idea of a large gathering to welcome vis- $ 9:9: which speaks of the complex nature of the con- For a long time, the US and other part- middle power like Iran. The real chal- iting Heads of State towards a concrete - , % ( sultations involved. ners of the Quadrilateral security lenge of diplomacy for India lies in its diplomatic norm. In the end, the lack of availability of an grouping view India as a “dithering” ability to navigate successfully without (The writer is Deputy Director, . immediate trade deal to sign for Trump may not member. The US views itself as having creating hostilities, especially in times Kalinga Institute of Indo-Pacific Studies, be a pressing irritant. India’s trade surplus with taken quite a few steps in the Indo- when partisan geopolitics has threat- Bhubaneswar and Research Fellow, / the US has significantly come down in the last Pacific that haven’t been well recipro- ened to become a diplomatic norm, ICWA, New Delhi) ! # 934% 5
of textbooks that were first authored forces left the region, in the late 1980s, to become an ally of Germany during Tunisi. According to Samuel Krug, in militant propaganda devised by the US and printed in the US in the early and these books became part of the Afghan World War-I. The Sultan accepted a his essay for the research project to linger in the region. No wonder then, mid-1980s. They were then shipped to school system’s core curriculum. hefty payment from Germany to bol- Making War, Mapping Europe, the when the US forces invaded Kabul to Pakistan, where they were distributed Stephen and Ottaway write that the ster the ailing Ottoman economy. He booklet contextualised jihad according topple the Taliban regime in 2001, they to various schools and madrasas coun- same books were also used by the vio- also saw the alliance as an opportuni- to contemporary politics, whereas found madrasas still using textbooks trywide and to madrasas and schools lent Taliban regime that came to power ty for the empire to regain the regions Tunisi’s brochure explained it as a bind- that the US had circulated in the in the villages of Afghanistan near the in Kabul in 1996. that it had lost in the 19th century and ing theological concept. Both texts were 1980s. What’s more, according to a Pak-Afghan border. This was done dur- In 2002, just months after the US onwards. published in Berlin by the German December 2014 report in The ing the anti-Soviet insurgency in forces ousted the Taliban from power, In the April 2011 issue of the jour- Society of Islamic Studies. Washington Post, despite the fact that, 6312< 2 1.+ 00$ 97 Afghanistan between 1980 and 1988. an American foreign aid official stated nal War in History, historian Mustafa The fallouts of the two schemes, ever since 2002 ,Unicef in Afghanistan 0++* $0%+ Afghan and Arab insurgents were sta- that a major “scrubbing operation” in Aksakal writes that, to anti-German one by Germany and the other by the destroyed almost half a million of these n 1992, while working as a reporter tioned in Pakistan and sustained by Pakistan and Afghanistan had been forces, the Ottoman jihad proclamation US, were completely different. Due to books, many were still being taught to 1 for an English-language weekly in financial aid and support from the US launched “to purge from the books all was understood as “a linchpin of the the fact that Germany and the children in areas under the control of O Karachi, I was assigned a feature on and Saudi Arabia. references to killing.” This was briefly German scheme to revolutionise Ottomans badly lost the war, secular Taliban insurgents. I certain books that were part of the cur- In the March 23, 2002 issue of The covered by a 2002 issue of Daily News, Muslim populations in territories of Muslim nationalism and hybrid Leftist In 2015, Pakistani soldiers found riculum in schools operating in two Washington Post, Joe Stephens and the now defunct Pakistani English Germany’s enemies.” ideas completely sidelined the jihadist similar textbooks in seminaries and low-income areas of the city. David Ottaway write that, during the newspaper. The reporter had added According to Aksakal, the German fervour roused by German propagan- schools in areas that were once domi- " These were not Government insurgency, Ronald Reagan’s that, before “scrubbing” the books that lawyer, historian and archeologist Max da. German and Ottoman defeats nated by extremist groups. These " schools. They were largely run and Government spent millions on the it had circulated, the US was the first von Oppenheim was one of the main strengthened secular nationalist narra- groups were ousted through a military + funded by “charity organisations”, two printing of textbooks (in Pashto, Dari non-Muslim power to have propagat- architects of the “scheme.” A propagan- tives in Muslim countries and discard- operation. In other words, until 2015, of which were eventually banned by the and Urdu) “filled with violent images ed “holy war” among Muslims to da organisation, the Nachrichtenstelle ed theocratic ideas. textbooks authored and published in Government in 2003. I managed to and militant teachings, as part of undermine a “common enemy”. This is für den Orient (The Intelligence Bureau On the other hand, as British the US in the 1980s to glorify “holy war” acquire two Urdu textbooks that were covert attempts to spur resistance to the not correct. for the East), headquartered in Berlin, author Jonathan Steele demonstrates in in the minds of young Muslims were 1 being taught to students between the Soviet occupation.” These books were The first to do so was Germany. On produced and then circulated jihadist his 2011 book, Ghosts of Afghanistan, still being used in various seminaries ages of eight and 12. In simple Urdu, sent to Pakistan with the billions of dol- October 14, 1914, a senior cleric in literature among the Muslims of Asian even though it was the collapsing and schools of the region. the books had chapters on jihad, infi- lars’ worth of “aid” that Pakistan Istanbul — which at the time was the and African territories held by the Soviet economy that forced Soviet Some commentators suspect many dels, obscenity and so on. When I asked received from the US to facilitate the capital of the Ottoman Empire — British. The two most prominent texts forces to leave Afghanistan and then the of these tomes are still out there. And " an active member of one of the chari- insurgency. declared a “holy war” against Britain, in this context were a booklet by stopping of aid to the Government that they are expected to make a full come- ty organisations about the books, he Stephens and Ottaway add that the France, Russia and Serbia. He did this Jewish scholar and founder of Modern it left behind in Kabul, the US and back if (and/or when) the Taliban man- " told me the tomes were not originally books “were filled with talk of holy war with the approval of the Ottoman Islamic Studies in Germany, Eugen Pakistan spun the Soviet departure to age to return to power after the immi- published in Pakistan. To my astonish- and featured drawings of guns, bullets, Sultan and on the behest of Germany. Mittwoch and a 1915 brochure by the mean a “victory of faith against com- nent departure of US forces. ment, the books were actually reprints soldiers and mines.” After the Soviet The bankrupt empire had decided Muslim scholar Salih Ash-Sharif Al- munism.” It was this perception that saw (Courtesy Dawn) C D -! !" #%& ' ( # #( )* )+)+
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The crucial funds to tide over the AGR cri- mobile carriers such as Bharti Telecom czar and meeting comes at a time when sis, Vodafone Idea — that has Airtel and Vodafone Idea Ltd enior officials of the telecom Chairman of Bharti Airtel Sunil the telecom companies are only paid just seven per cent of for extension in the payment Sdepartment and other key Mittal had last week made an staring at 1.47 lakh crore in its total 53,000 crore statuto- schedule and asked all of them ministries met on Sunday to appeal to the government for unpaid dues — 92,642 crore ry dues — remains deeply vul- to deposit an estimated 1.47 discuss urgent relief measures cut in levies and taxes to pull in unpaid licence fee and nerable. lakh crore in past dues for spec- that can be extended to the tele- the sector out of what he had another 55,054 crore in out- The Government, mean- trum and licences. com industry, which is battling described as an “unprecedent- standing spectrum usage while, is looking to strike a bal- It threatened to initiate an unprecedented crisis on ed crisis”. charges. ance between complying with contempt proceedings against account of massive statutory Telecom department offi- Of the estimated dues that the Supreme Court order on top executives of these firms for dues it owes the government. cials remained tightlipped after include interest and penalty for AGR dues, ensuring health of non-payment. The meeting, held at the high-level government meeting late payments, Airtel and the sector and safeguarding Some telecom firms are Department of Telecom, lasted on Sunday, where officials from Vodafone Idea owe about 60 consumer interest. already struggling with mount- for over an hour and is said to NITI Aayog and Finance per cent. Both Mittal and VIL ing losses and debt and the have deliberated on options Ministry are said to have been While Airtel has raised $3 Chairman Kumar Mangalam additional liability has raised before the Government to pro- present. DoT Secretary Anshu billion in last few months and Birla continued to meet top concerns of them defaulting on vide much-needed lifeline to Prakash remained unavailable is expected to have sufficient government functionaries existing loans. throughout last week to seek Vodafone Idea has so far prompt measures that would paid only 3,500 crore in two offer a breather to the sector. tranches. Airtel has paid P # A top Government official 10,000 crore out of its esti- had said recently that attempts not elaborated, sector watchers and one public sector compa- the annual Adjusted Gross mated liability of over 35,000 are being made to balance the had said the statement alludes ny). The statutory dues arose Revenue (AGR) of telecom crore. Tata Teleservices has . 6+(4 need for health of the sector, to the government keen on after the Supreme Court, in companies, a share of which is paid 2,197 crore, the entire consumer interest while com- ensuring adequate competi- October last year, upheld the paid as licence and spectrum outstanding it believes to have *+, %+-. Mathews added. The for extension in the payment plying with the Supreme Court tion by retaining the present government’s position on fee to the exchequer. arisen after the October ruling Government has made it clear schedule and asked them to order on statutory dues. three-plus-one model of com- including revenue from non- The Supreme Court earli- of the apex court for calculat- erming “test checks” pro- that it will verify the compa- deposit an estimated 1.47 Although the official had petition (three private players core businesses in calculating er this month rejected a plea by ing dues. Tposed by the Government nies’ claims on AGR math and lakh crore in past dues for on telcos’ AGR arithmetic as examine any deviations from spectrum and licences. standard audit procedure, its own calculation, through The apex court had Industry body COAI has said random ‘test checks’ before warned that it will initiate 1 %1 24+8 the DoT needs to ensure con- March 17. contempt proceedings against sistency among its different cir- The Government will con- top executives of these firms cles on calculation of dues to duct ‘test check’ for any one for non-payment. "R 4#' minimise any differences. year (of telcos’ dues) to exam- Some telecom firms are Cellular Operators’ ine variances between tele- already struggling with mount- *+, %+-. / &0 :" ,/ 56 it default swap market, chang- Association of India (COAI) com companies’ assessment ing losses and debt, and the ing the method of buying and , also cautioned that any deci- and the government’s own cal- additional liability has raised inance Minister Nirmala &", .+ ," + ,/, selling bonds electronically sion to encash bank guarantees culation of AGR liabilities. concerns of them defaulting on FSitharaman on Sunday said ,/ &"+++ +",." through exchanges, and facil- *+, %+-. The Finance Minister’s will be “disastrous” for the The test check will happen existing loans. Of the estimat- the international community -. 0":0 - 56 itating on-tap issuances for all, announcement should help telecom industry, which only for all telecom firms, but could ed dues that include interest has a unique opportunity to .&+. @ ;" # @" among others, for further inance Minister Nirmala boost investments in the Indian has three private players. start with those, which have and penalty for late payments, design a new international tax enabling greater investments in FSitharaman on Sunday debt market, the Ministry said, “Any move to encash bank already claimed they have Airtel and Vodafone Idea owe system to handle the chal- 00 ++. , India’s bond market. apprised the G-20 countries on adding Sitharaman looked for- guarantees will precipitate an made full and final settlement about 60 per cent. Vodafone lenges of digitalisation with a &/+ .+. @ "; Speaking during the ses- the steps taken in the Union ward to continued engagement already precarious situation,” towards their statutory liabil- Idea is confronted with total cost-efficient dispute preven- sion on infrastructure invest- Budget to open up India’s bond with the G20 on this agenda. COAI Director General, Rajan ities, like Tata Teleservices. AGR dues of over 53,000 tion mechanism. 0..,.+,." .+ , ment, Sitharaman welcomed market. Hiking the FPI limit in cor- Mathews told PTI. In all, as many as 15 enti- crore. Of this, it has so far paid She called upon the G20 .&+. &&" 0. ," the efforts underway in G20 to During the Finance porate bonds and concession- Mathews termed the ‘test ties owe the government 1.47 only 3,500 crore in two countries to ensure that the ,,+ - ,/ .& develop infrastructure tech- Ministers & Central Bank al tax rate on interest income checks’ being proposed by the lakh crore — 92,642 crore in tranches earlier this week. consensus solution being devel- ..+, nology — the InfraTech Governors meeting in Riyadh, earned by FPIs are among the telecom department to exam- unpaid licence fee and anoth- Airtel has so far paid oped by G20 inclusive frame- Agenda. she outlined the efforts taken to steps that can ine deviation in calculation of er 55,054 crore in outstand- 10,000 crore out of its esti- work for addressing tax chal- However, she also cau- deepen India’s bond market increase capital flows into the dues by companies as a “stan- ing spectrum usage charges. mated liability of over 35,000 lenges arising from digitalisa- taken by the Government of tioned that G20 should refrain such as removal of capital con- market. dard audit procedure”. These dues arose after the crore.Tata Teleservices has paid tion is truly inclusive, accord- India to deepen the corporate from developing any common trols for identified categories of To promote a deep and liq- He pointed out that while Supreme Court, in October last 2,197 crore, the entire out- ing to tweets by the Finance bond market, such as removal prescriptive approach since G-Secs and increased FPI limit uid market, the government amounts need to be finalised as year, upheld the government’s standing it believes to have Ministry. of capital controls for identified various countries are at varied on corporate bond market in has announced that a netting soon as possible, operators position on including revenue arisen after the October ruling The Finance Minister categories of government secu- stages of adoption of technol- the session on “Financial legislation would be formulat- too should be given a fair from non-core businesses in of the apex court for calculat- emphasised on the need for a rities (G-Secs) and increased ogy in infrastructure, accord- Resilience & Development” on ed to expand the scope of the opportunity to explain the calculating the annual adjust- ing dues. closer collaboration between Foreign Portfolio Investment ing to the tweets. the second day of the confer- corporate default swaps market. deviations in calculation. ed gross revenue (AGR) of tele- Tata Teleservices and Tata revenue agencies to investigate (FPI) limit on the corporate The Minister highlighted ence, the Finance Ministry This would also significantly “There should be consis- com companies, a share of Teleservices Maharashtra have tax affairs of offenders who bond market. successful Indian experience in said. help banks manage their capi- tency amongst all LSAs which is paid as licence and submitted to the government cross-borders for escaping tax The Finance Minister said the area of adoption of tech- FPI limits with respect to tal requirements and exposure (Licensed Service Areas) of the spectrum fee to the exchequer. the details of calculation in investigation, a tweet said. she looked forward to contin- nology in infrastructure such as investment in corporate bonds monitoring. DoT (Department of The Supreme Court earli- support of its payment, but During the second day of ued engagement with G20 on FASTags. She also pointed out are proposed to be increased to Sitharaman also congratu- Telecommunications) on how er this month rejected a plea by sources in the DoT said that the G20 Finance Ministers and this agenda. the efforts being taken for 15 per cent. This may be a step lated the G20’s Saudi the amounts are calculated, so mobile carriers such as Bharti wide gap between the compa- Central Bank Governors According to the tweets, installation of smart energy towards local bond inclusion in Presidency for identifying the differences are minimised,” Airtel and Vodafone Idea Ltd ny’s calculations. Meeting in Riyadh, Sitharaman Sitharaman explained the steps meters across India to reduce global indices and interna- development of capital markets highlighted the efforts under- being taken to reform the cred- revenue leakages. tionalisation of the rupee. as a priority area. ! & ! !" # %& & 4 -: 4'4$ stake in the mortgage financier. Housing & Urban Development *+, %+-. gation by the Enforcement CAIT, which has been protest- '()*%+ “We plan to exit from Cent Corporation (HUDCO), Unit Directorate (ED) should be ing against what it calls “deep tate-run Central Bank of Bank Home Finance. The bank Trust of India (UTI) and ollowing the Karnataka completed first. Last year, the discounts” by the e-commerce *+, %+-. The rates, besides dictating SIndia is looking to sell its already provides housing loans, National Housing Bank (NHB). FHigh Court ordering a stay ED initiated insvestigation majors and reached out to the the price of urea, electricity and entire 64.40 per cent stake in its and so, we feel that there is no The bank is facing operational on the anti-trust probe against against both Amazon and CCI and the government atural gas prices in India CNG, also decide the revenue housing finance subsidiary – need to have a housing finance curbs under the Reserve Bank’s e-commerce giants Amazon Flipkart for alleged violation of against them. Nare likely to be cut by a of gas producers such as Oil Cent Bank Home Finance subsidiary,” Central Bank of (RBI) prompt corrective action and Flipkart, the Confederation the foreign exchange law. “The CCI is duty bound to steep 25 per cent beginning and Natural Gas Corp (CBHFL), a top bank official India managing director and (PCA) framework. of All India Traders (CAIT) is The anti-trust body had in act with caution, especially, in April, in line with the slump in (ONGC). said. The lender has floated a chief executive officer, Pallav Mohapatra said the process likely to file a petition chal- January ordered an enquiry assessing the bona fides of the global rates, sources said. Natural gas price was last request for proposal (RFP) for Mohapatra, told PTI. of determining the valuation of lenging the stay in the Supreme into the operations of both informant. In this, the peti- The price of most of the cut by 12.5 per cent on October appointing merchant bankers. The bank holds 64.40 per the Bhopal-headquartered Court in the coming week. Amazon and Flipkart on mul- tioner submits that natural gas produced by state- 1. Rates were cut to $3.23 per The shortlisted bankers will cent in the unlisted housing home finance company will Speaking to IANS, Praveen tiple counts, including deep Confederation of All India owned ONGC and Oil India mmBtu from earlier $3.69. For help the lender scout for a finance company, while the begin as soon as the merchant Khandelwal, National General discounts and exclusive tie-ups Traders has repeatedly Ltd, which account for the difficult fields, the rates were potential investor to buy its remaining stake is held by bankers are appointed. Secretary of CAIT said that the with preferred sellers. indulged in forum shopping bulk of India’s existing gas out- cut from an all-time high of trade body’s lawyers are cur- Further, days after the against the petitioner by put, is likely to be cut to around $9.32 per mmBtu to $8.43. rently working on filing a peti- Karnataka High Court ordered approaching various judicial $2.5 per million British thermal Sources said the reduction tion. a stay, Walmart-backed Flipkart forums, directly and through its unit for the six-month period would impact revenues of ) +.92 1 * “I hope by Thursday or also moved the court urging it sister entities raising exactly the beginning April 1, from $3.23 India’s biggest producer ONGC Friday we will be able to file the to set aside the probe. In its writ same baseless allegations as of now. as well as Reliance Industries New Delhi: A 28 per cent will take the total GST incidence supply of lotteries. petition. The lawyers are petition, Flipkart Internet against the petitioner,” it said. This will be the second and its partner BP plc which Goods and Services Tax (GST) on lotteries to 28 per cent. AMRG & Associates already working on it,” he said. Private Ltd said that although The organisation has time reduction in six months and plan to start gas production will be levied on lotteries from “This notification shall Senior Partner Rajat Mohan “We can go to Supreme the High Court has ordered a and again written to and met will reduce rates to the lowest from their ‘second-wave’ of March 1, according to a noti- come into force on the 1st day said: “Gambling in the form of Court, because that is the right stay on the investigation, the Commerce Minister Piyush in two-and-half-years. discoveries in eastern fication. The GST Council had of March, 2020,” the revenue Lottery has been allowed in a forum as the High Court has probe order of the Competition Goyal, among others, to regis- Sources said the price of offshore KG-D6 block from in December last year decided department notification said. few states, where it has pene- given its order. Most likely, it Commission of India (CCI) ter their protest against what it gas produced from difficult mid-2020. to impose a single rate of 28 per Currently, a state-run lot- trated at grass root levels, now will be Supreme Court,” “deserves to be set aside”. describes as deep discounting fields too is likely to be cut to The cut in price will lower cent on state-run and autho- tery attracts 12 per cent GST, changing the tax rate from a Khandelwal told IANS. It said that the CCI direct- and unfair means by both the $5.50 from $8.43 per the earnings of producers like rised lotteries. while a state-authorised lottery prospective date would help the On February 14, the ed an investigation without online platforms, which has mmBtu now. ONGC but will also lead to a The revenue department attracts 28 per cent tax. dealers in effectively imple- Karnataka High Court ordered the existence of a “prima facie” impacted the offline traders. Prices of natural gas, which reduction in the price of CNG, notified the GST rate on supply There were demands that menting the new tax rate”. a stay on the CCI probe into case. It further said that the CAIT has blamed both the is used to produce fertiliser and which uses natural gas as input. of lotteries and amended its ear- a uniform tax rate should be EY Tax Partner Abhishek violation of competition laws order was passed in a pre- platforms of violating the generate electricity and is also It would also lead to lower lier Central Tax (Rate) notifi- imposed on lotteries following Jain said a uniform rate on lot- by e-commerce majors. The determined manner, by treat- norms for foreign direct invest- converted into CNG for use in cost of natural gas piped to cation. Accordingly, the Central which a group of ministers tery brings a parity between order came on the writ petition ing allegations of abuse of ment (FDI).The traders body automobiles as fuel and cook- households (PNG) for cooking Tax rate for supply of lotteries were set up to suggest the GST state-run and authorized lot- filed by Amazon seeking a dominance as an anti-com- had staged protests across India ing gas for households, are set purposes as well as of feedstock has been amended to 14 per rate. Following this, the GST teries; thereby aligning an equal stay on the investigation. petitive agreement. during the visit of Amazon every six months — on April 1 cost for the manufacturing of cent and a similar percentage Council in December voted for footing for businesses in the The High Court was of the In its petition, Flipkart also CEO Jeff Bezos to India last and October 1 each year. fertilisers and petrochemicals. will be levied by the states. This a single rate of 28 per cent on same line. PTI view that the ongoing investi- questioned the “bona fides” of month. R *+, %+-. the trend will continue in the has a trade surplus. On the of Foreign Trade (IIFT) Rakesh have continued to decline and #$:1;< coming years also as New Delhi other hand, India has a huge Mohan Joshi said that India it went down from $372 mil- he US has surpassed China and Washington are engaged in trade deficit with China. should be a bit cautious while lion in 2017-18 to $247 million Tto become India’s top trad- further deepening the eco- In 2018-19, India has a negotiating a trade pact with last year. This is only 2.5 per Riyadh: The deadly coron- disrupted economic activity in nesses are forced to close their ing partner, showing greater nomic ties. An expert said that trade surplus of $16.85 billion the US in areas, including agri- cent of our overall $9.74 billion avirus epidemic could put an China and could put the recov- doors. Georgieva told the two- economic ties between the two if the countries will finalise a with America, while it has a culture and food products, as steel export to the world,” already fragile global economy ery at risk,” she said in a statement. day Riyadh gathering that the countries. free trade agreement (FTA), deficit of $53.56 billion with the America is the world’s largest Pawan Gupta, the Founder recovery at risk, the “I reported to the G20 that outbreak would shave about 0.1 According to the data of then the bilateral trade would neighbouring country. producer and exporter of cer- and CEO of online trade plat- International Monetary Fund even in the case of rapid con- percentage points from global the commerce ministry, in reach at different levels. The data showed that tain commodities like maize form Connect2India observed. head told G20 finance minis- tainment of the virus, growth growth and constrain China’s 2018-19, the bilateral trade “FTA with US will be very China was India’s top trading and soybean. Commenting on trade with ters and central bank governors in China and the rest of the growth to 5.6 per cent this year. between the US and India beneficial for India as the US is partner since 2013-14 till 2017- “A trade deal between the China, Gupta said despite the on Sunday. world would be impacted.” The IMF chief urged G20 stood at $87.95 billion. the biggest market for domes- 18. Before China, UAE was the US and India would further fall in volume exports to the Global growth was poised Alarm has been growing over nations to cooperate to contain During the period, India’s tic goods and services,” country’s largest trading nation. increase the trade between the Asian neighbour increased 25 for a modest rebound to 3.3 per the new virus as Chinese the spread of the virus. two-way commerce with China Federation of Indian Export A top American business two countries easing tariff per cent last year to $16.7 bil- cent this year, up from 2.9 per authorities lock down millions “COVID-19 is a stark aggregated at $87.07 billion. organisations Director General advocacy group has said that a restriction and opening up of lion while imports decreased by cent last year, IMF chief of people to prevent its spread, reminder of our interconnec- Similarly, during April- Ajay Sahai said. free trade agreement between bigger market for products. around 8 per cent to $70.3 bil- Kristalina Georgieva said at the with major knock-on effects tions and the need to work December 2019-20, the bilat- He said that India’s exports India and the US is a key to India is a major exporter of lion last year. meeting in the Saudi capital. economically. The virus has together,” Georgieva said. “In eral trade between the US and as well as imports are increas- resolving their trade disputes as steel, steel products and alu- The major reduction in “The projected recovery... now claimed 2,345 lives in this regard, the G20 is an India stood at $68 billion. It ing with the US, while with it will cover biggest irritants in minium products with com- imports from India has been on Is fragile,” Georgieva said. China, cutting off transporta- important forum to help put stood at $64.96 billion with China both are declining. ties, including tariffs and bined exports of $22.7 billion electrical machinery, equip- “The COVID-19 virus -- a tion, disrupting trade and fan- the global economy on a more China in the same period. 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Scheme NAV 1Yr % Fund-Reg(G) Aditya Birla SL Resurgent India 12.77 16.94 Tata Index Fund-Nifty Plan(G) 73.15 13.10 Franklin India Equity 80.90 9.39 SBI Tax Advantage Fund-III-Reg(G)30.41 40.99 ICICI Pru US Bluechip Equity 33.33 21.42 Fund-2-Reg(G) Franklin India Prima Fund(G) 997.24 13.09 Advantage Fund(G) SBI Tax advantage Fund-II(G) 43.91 37.90 Fund(G) IDBI Equity Advantage 28.52 16.89 UTI MEPUS 113.81 13.08 ICICI Pru Value Fund-13(D) 10.60 9.39 SBI LT Advantage Fund-IV-Reg(G) 15.39 34.38 Principal Emerging Bluechip 115.06 21.29 Fund-Reg(G) UTI Healthcare Fund-Reg(G) 91.68 13.08 ICICI Pru Bharat Consumption 10.79 9.32 Sundaram Services Fund-Reg(G) 13.67 33.81 Fund(G) Edelweiss Large Cap Fund(G) 38.62 16.82 Sundaram LT Tax Adv Fund-Sr 14.31 13.05 Fund-3-(G) BNP Paribas India Consumption 13.95 33.67 DSP Tax Saver Fund-Reg(G) 52.63 21.26 SBI Equity Opp Fund-Sr IV-Reg(G) 16.52 16.75 I-Reg(G) Franklin India Opportunities 73.92 9.15 Fund-Reg(G) PGIM India Diversified Equity 14.56 21.03 SBI BlueChip Fund-Reg(G) 41.59 16.69 SBI Nifty Index Fund-Reg(G) 103.80 12.89 Fund(G) Invesco India PSU Equity Fund(G) 20.39 33.18 Fund-Reg(G) L&T Midcap Fund-Reg(G) 142.57 16.66 Principal Dividend Yield Fund(G) 55.84 12.88 Aditya Birla SL Mfg. Equity 13.28 9.12 Sundaram Multi Cap Fund-Sr 11.99 31.50 Axis Capital Builder Fund-4-Reg(G)12.04 21.01 Nippon India Small Cap Fund(G) 41.97 16.62 Aditya Birla SL Nifty Next 50 ETF 289.23 12.84 Fund-Reg(G) II-Reg(G) Tata Large & Mid Cap Fund(G) 222.75 20.98 Sundaram Emerging Small 8.96 16.61 IDBI Focused 30 Equity Fund-Reg(G)10.39 12.81 HDFC Equity Fund(G) 661.37 9.02 Sundaram Multi Cap Fund-Sr 12.02 31.27 IDFC Focused Equity Fund-Reg(G) 40.79 20.93 Cap-Sr-II-Reg(G) Franklin India Technology Fund(G)180.20 12.77 Canara Rob Small Cap Fund-Reg(G)10.91 8.99 I-Reg(G) Aditya Birla SL Banking & 31.05 20.82 SBI LT Advantage Fund-I-Reg(G) 14.18 16.60 HDFC Growth Opp Fund-Reg(G) 116.57 12.73 Sundaram LT Tax Adv 9.78 8.99 DSP Equity Fund-Reg(G) 46.00 30.85 Financial Services Fund-Reg(G) Aditya Birla SL Intl. Equity 24.50 16.58 Aditya Birla SL Index Fund-Reg(G) 118.46 12.70 Fund-Sr IV-Reg(G) Invesco India Smallcap Fund-Reg(G)12.29 30.47 Kotak India Growth Fund-Sr 5(G) 10.64 20.64 Fund-A(G) IDBI Nifty Index Fund(G) 22.27 12.70 HDFC Focused 30 Fund(G) 75.97 8.72 Sundaram Fin Serv Opp Fund(G) 48.12 30.30 Sundaram Large and Mid Cap 38.15 20.63 ICICI Pru Value Fund-18(G) 12.33 16.54 Nippon India Index Fund - 20.20 12.69 Franklin India Bluechip Fund(G) 473.12 8.70 Sundaram Select Small Cap 11.17 29.93 Fund(G) DSP US Flexible Equity Fund-Reg(G)28.81 16.43 Nifty Plan(G) Nippon India Tax Saver (ELSS) 54.29 8.64 Series-VI-Reg(G) Sundaram Select Focus(G) 198.23 20.51 Canara Rob Infrastructure 46.89 16.35 IDFC Tax Advt(ELSS) Fund-Reg(G)56.89 12.63 Fund(G) Sundaram Select Small Cap 11.45 29.78 Tata India Pharma & Healthcare 10.14 20.43 Fund-Reg(G) Nippon India Power & Infra Fund(G)97.25 12.59 Sundaram Select Micro 13.09 8.51 Series-V-Reg(G) Fund-Reg(G) HDFC Sensex ETF 4334.06 16.34 Tata India Consumer Fund-Reg(G) 18.58 12.58 Cap-Series IX-Reg(G) Tata Banking & Financial Services 21.49 28.94 Mirae Asset Healthcare Fund-Reg(G)12.11 20.35 Aditya Birla SL Sensex ETF 384.91 16.31 Nippon India Pharma Fund(G) 165.19 12.50 Kotak India Growth Fund-Sr 4(G) 9.58 8.44 Fund-Reg(G) Invesco India Tax Plan(G) 56.78 20.30 Tata Value Fund-Sr-2-Reg(G) 10.26 16.25 Aditya Birla SL MNC Fund-Reg(G) 812.57 12.49 Sundaram Select Micro Cap-Series 13.16 8.40 Invesco India Infrastructure 19.33 28.52 SBI Infrastructure Fund-Reg(G) 16.15 20.28 Franklin Asian Equity Fund(G) 24.96 16.22 Franklin India Index Fund-NSE 95.48 12.47 VIII-Reg(G) Fund(G) L&T Focused Equity Fund-Reg(G) 11.89 20.28 Tata Value Fund-Sr-1-Reg(G) 10.59 16.19 Nifty(G) IDBI Long Term Value Fund-Reg(G)10.73 8.38 Motilal Oswal Midcap 29.03 28.52 Invesco India Multicap Fund(G) 52.54 20.26 Baroda Multi Cap Fund(G) 104.72 16.12 DSP Global Allocation Fund-Reg(G)13.80 12.42 Principal Nifty 100 Equal Weight 71.81 8.36 30 Fund-Reg(G) DSP Equity Opportunities 241.00 20.02 IDBI Diversified Equity Fund(G) 22.68 16.07 Aditya Birla SL Resurgent India 12.23 12.41 Fund(G) ICICI Pru Smallcap Fund(G) 27.73 28.44 Fund-Reg(G) Kotak US Equity Fund(G) 19.17 16.05 Fund-3-Reg(G) Edelweiss ETF - Nifty 100 289.77 8.33 SBI Banking & Financial Services 20.71 28.32 IDFC Equity Opportunity-6-Reg(G)11.28 19.62 IDFC Sensex ETF 424.86 16.03 Baroda ELSS 96(G) 46.22 12.32 Quality 30 Fund-Reg(G) Invesco India Largecap Fund(G) 31.07 16.02 UTI Nifty Next 50 Index Fund-Reg(G)10.2312.30 Tata Digital India Fund-Reg(G) 16.13 8.20 Kotak World Gold Fund(G) 11.16 28.20 Nippon India Banking Fund(G) 286.75 15.97 SBI Technology Opp Fund-Reg(G) 71.74 12.27 DSP World Agriculture Fund-Reg(G)17.62 8.14 Franklin India Feeder - Franklin 38.34 28.14 Baroda Mid-cap Fund(G) 9.61 15.92 ICICI Pru Nifty Next 50 ETF 28.97 12.24 UTI Dividend Yield Fund-Reg(G) 66.83 7.98 U.S. Opportunities Fund(G) PGIM India Large Cap Fund(G) 179.32 15.91 L&T Equity Fund-Reg(G) 84.95 12.23 UTI LT Adv Fund-IV(G) 10.39 7.91 Axis Focused 25 Fund-Reg(G) 32.29 27.93 Kotak Infra & Eco Reform Fund(G) 20.52 15.91 Aditya Birla SL Tax Relief '96(ELSS 33.09 12.21 Franklin India Equity Fund(G) 597.79 7.79 Sundaram Select Small Cap 16.30 27.93 IDFC Large Cap Fund-Reg(G) 35.13 15.90 U/S 80C of IT ACT)(G) UTI LT Adv Fund-V(G) 9.54 7.67 Series-III-Reg(G) HDFC Index Fund-Sensex(G) 365.86 15.81 Aditya Birla SL Tax Relief '96(G) 33.09 12.21 IDFC Sterling Value Fund-Reg(G) 49.64 7.66 Sundaram Select Small Cap 16.31 27.74 DSP India T.I.G.E.R Fund-Reg(G) 91.58 15.81 Aditya Birla SL Frontline Equity 232.96 12.19 UTI Core Equity Fund-Reg(G) 61.79 7.66 Series-IV-Reg(G) Sundaram Emerging Small 8.67 15.76 Fund(G) HDFC Top 100 Fund(G) 486.04 7.63 Axis Long Term Equity 51.84 27.28 Cap-Sr-I-Reg(G) Aditya Birla SL Intl. Equity 19.45 12.15 Sundaram Smart NIFTY 100 Eq 11.81 7.54 Fund-Reg(G) Baroda Large Cap Fund(G) 15.59 15.74 Fund-B(G) Weight Fund-Reg(G) SBI Focused Equity Fund-Reg(G) 162.49 27.27 IDFC Core Equity Fund-Reg(G) 47.82 15.73 PGIM India Large Cap 13.08 12.02 Nippon India Capital Builder 7.80 7.51 Baroda Banking & Fin Serv 26.16 26.56 HDFC Mid-Cap Opportunities 57.43 15.72 Fund-2-Reg(G) Fund-IV-B(G) Fund(G) Fund(G) IDBI Small Cap Fund(G) 9.55 11.96 ICICI Pru Nifty Low Vol 30 ETF 91.72 7.49 Invesco India Financial Services 64.22 26.44 UTI Mastershare-Reg(G) 131.81 15.65 Aditya Birla SL Resurgent India 9.79 11.89 ICICI Pru NV20 ETF 57.83 7.39 Fund(G) ICICI Pru Growth Fund-1(DP) 11.83 15.64 Fund-5-Reg(G) SBI-ETF Sensex Next 50 325.80 7.12 DSP Healthcare Fund-Reg(G) 12.41 26.08 Mirae Asset Large Cap 54.35 15.63 Principal Global Opportunities 32.33 11.70 UTI LT Adv Fund-VII(G) 8.90 6.81 Axis Emerging Opp Fund-1-Reg(G) 14.17 25.96 Fund-Reg(G) Fund(G) Sundaram Select Micro Cap-Series 8.58 6.59 Axis Midcap Fund-Reg(G) 42.76 25.62 Edelweiss Large & Mid Cap 34.59 19.59 Tata Large Cap Fund(G) 232.83 15.63 ICICI Pru Nifty Next 50 Index 25.40 11.69 XIV-Reg(G) PGIM India Global Equity 22.66 25.54 Fund-Reg(G) Tata Index Fund-Sensex Plan(G) 101.49 15.58 Fund(G) IDFC Infrastructure Fund-Reg(G) 14.04 6.44 Opp Fund(G) Axis Capital Builder Fund-1-Reg(G)11.32 19.54 Motilal Oswal Multicap 27.71 15.57 Nippon India Capital Builder 7.93 11.61 Templeton India Equity Income 46.68 6.42 Canara Rob Consumer Trends 45.71 25.51 SBI Large & Midcap Fund-Reg(G) 242.92 19.50 35 Fund-Reg(G) Fund-IV-D(G) Fund(G) Fund-Reg(G) DSP A.C.E. Fund-Sr 2-Reg(G) 10.90 19.48 ICICI Pru Sensex Index Fund(G) 12.79 15.55 Edelweiss Emerging Markets 14.02 11.60 Sundaram Select Micro 12.72 6.36 L&T Emerging Opp Fund-II-Reg(D)11.00 25.19 IDBI India Top 100 Equity Fund(G) 26.30 19.33 Nippon India ETF Nifty Midcap 15067.39 15.50 Opp Eq. Offshore Fund-Reg(G) Cap-Series X-Reg(G) UTI Focussed Equity Fund-I(G) 15.27 25.13 DSP A.C.E. Fund-Sr 1-Reg(G) 10.96 19.31 Kotak India EQ Contra Fund(G) 56.56 15.47 Nippon India Multi Cap Fund(G) 100.08 11.59 IDFC Equity Opportunity-4-Reg(G) 7.47 6.26 Kotak Emerging Equity Fund(G) 43.60 25.09 DSP 3Y Close Ended Equity 16.45 19.27 SBI Magnum Midcap Fund-Reg(G) 77.28 15.47 IDBI Nifty Junior Index Fund(G) 21.61 11.54 Aditya Birla SL Resurgent India 9.92 6.21 UTI Focussed Equity Fund-IV(G) 11.01 24.99 Fund-Reg(G) Nippon India Value Fund(G) 76.81 15.32 PGIM India Euro Equity Fund(G) 14.89 11.45 Fund-4-Reg(G) Motilal Oswal Focused 25 24.78 24.98 Mirae Asset Tax Saver Fund-Reg(G) 19.28 19.20 Edelweiss ETF - Nifty Bank 3152.30 15.30 Sundaram TOP 100-Sr VII-Reg(G) 12.71 11.43 ICICI Pru India Opp Fund(G) 10.27 6.20 Fund-Reg(G) JM Value Fund(G) 34.92 19.18 Sundaram LT Tax Adv 15.67 15.24 ICICI Pru Global Stable Equity 17.08 11.42 HDFC TaxSaver(G) 508.13 6.16 Kotak Small Cap Fund(G) 80.24 24.97 Invesco India Growth Opp Fund(G)37.61 19.17 Fund-Sr II-Reg(G) Fund(FOF)(G) ICICI Pru Manufacture in India 10.23 6.12 Axis Bluechip Fund-Reg(G) 33.43 24.97 SBI Magnum Comma Fund-Reg(G) 38.24 18.97 SBI PSU Fund-Reg(G) 10.34 15.11 Aditya Birla SL Midcap Fund(G) 288.93 11.39 Fund(G) DSP Midcap Fund-Reg(G) 61.74 24.58 UTI Infrastructure Fund-Reg(G) 55.47 18.91 Nippon India Index Fund - 20.22 15.02 SBI Consumption Opp Fund-Reg(G)122.68 11.36 JM Large Cap Fund(G) 68.13 5.80 SBI LT Advantage Fund-VI-Reg(G) 11.76 24.56 ICICI Pru Bharat Consumption 11.07 18.90 Sensex Plan(G) Invesco India Feeder - Invesco 14.14 11.35 Sundaram Value Fund-VIII-Reg(G) 10.92 5.61 Aditya Birla SL India GenNext 94.77 24.52 Fund-4-(G) Edelweiss Multi-Cap Fund-Reg(G) 15.57 14.99 Sundaram Select Micro Cap-Series 9.32 5.37 Fund(G) Sundaram Emerging Small 11.79 18.88 JM Core 11 Fund(G) 9.74 14.95 XII-Reg(G) Axis Emerging Opp Fund-2-Reg(G) 13.56 24.40 Cap-Sr-VII-Reg(G) L&T Tax Advt Fund-Reg(G) 56.57 14.94 Sundaram Select Micro Cap-Series 9.68 5.34 Edelweiss Small Cap Fund-Reg(G) 12.37 24.36 Kotak Standard Multicap Fund(G) 38.26 18.87 Tata Infrastructure Fund-Reg(G) 55.91 14.83 XI-Reg(G) Canara Rob Bluechip Equity 28.46 24.28 UTI India Consumer Fund-Reg(G) 28.32 18.76 Nippon India Capital Builder 10.40 14.72 SBI Contra Fund-Reg(G) 105.05 5.22 Fund-Reg(G) Aditya Birla SL Equity Fund(G) 791.92 18.75 Fund-IV-A(G) HDFC Equity Opp Fund-Sr 10.26 5.00 Motilal Oswal Long Term Equity 19.52 24.27 L&T India Large Cap Fund-Reg(G) 29.51 18.72 SBI Magnum Global Fund-Reg(G) 183.61 14.69 2-1126D-May 2017(1)-Reg(G) Fund-Reg(G) SBI Magnum Equity ESG 114.94 18.62 Tata Small Cap Fund-Reg(G) 11.04 14.66 Aditya Birla SL Small Cap Fund(G) 32.06 4.95 BNP Paribas Mid Cap Fund(G) 35.74 24.25 Fund-Reg(G) Franklin India Focused Equity 42.16 14.66 UTI LT Adv Fund-VI(G) 8.50 4.93 PGIM India Midcap Opp 20.40 24.24 Aditya Birla SL Global Emerging 14.72 18.52 Fund(G) Sundaram Select Micro Cap-Series 8.29 4.89 Fund-Reg(G) Opp Fund(G) Sundaram Small Cap Fund(G) 83.15 14.62 XV-Reg(G) JM Multicap Fund(G) 35.91 24.06 SBI Equity Opp Fund-Sr I-Reg(G) 17.35 18.48 Nippon India India Opp 11.01 14.55 Sundaram Value Fund-VII-Reg(G) 8.51 4.88 Axis Multicap Fund-Reg(G) 13.29 23.86 DSP Small Cap Fund-Reg(G) 58.16 18.47 Fund-Sr-A(G) ICICI Pru Value Discovery Fund(G)140.86 4.81 DSP World Gold Fund-Reg(G) 15.25 23.83 IDFC Multi Cap Fund-Reg(G) 101.11 18.47 Sundaram Value Fund-III-Reg(G) 17.72 14.54 HDFC Capital Builder Value Fund(G)286.124.80 BNP Paribas Large Cap Fund(G) 100.35 23.77 SBI LT Advantage Fund-III-Reg(G) 14.42 18.45 Sundaram Infra Advantage Fund(G)32.97 14.53 Sundaram Select Micro Cap-Series 7.79 4.52 DSP Focus Fund-Reg(G) 25.83 23.71 Kotak Bluechip Fund(G) 254.96 18.40 Sundaram Emerging Small 10.28 14.40 Global Equity Income Fund(G) XVI-Reg(G) Invesco India Midcap Fund(G) 55.27 23.51 IDBI Banking & Financial Services 11.33 18.39 Cap-Sr-V-Reg(G) Aditya Birla SL Dividend Yield 164.90 11.27 ICICI Pru Focused Equity Fund(G) 28.94 4.51 Nippon India US Equity Opp 18.66 23.44 Fund-Reg(G) Tata Ethical Fund-Reg(G) 169.50 14.35 Fund(G) DSP Equal Nifty 50 Fund-Reg(G) 9.75 4.35 Fund(G) SBI Healthcare Opp Fund-Reg(G) 133.13 18.30 Principal Multi Cap Growth Fund(G)149.6814.34 Sundaram TOP 100-Sr VI-Reg(G) 12.92 11.26 Franklin India Smaller Cos Fund(G)51.11 4.30 BNP Paribas Long Term Equity 43.18 23.37 L&T Large and Midcap Fund-Reg(G)50.75 18.16 Nippon India Focused Equity 48.45 14.32 ICICI Pru Midcap Fund(G) 96.98 11.23 Sundaram LT Micro Cap Tax Adv 8.17 4.29 Fund(G) Sundaram Mid Cap Fund(G) 499.45 18.14 Fund(G) Nippon India Large Cap Fund(G) 35.53 11.18 Fund-Sr V-Reg(G) Mirae Asset Emerging 59.58 23.37 UTI Value Opp Fund-Reg(G) 66.83 18.11 ICICI Pru LT Equity Fund 391.90 14.14 ICICI Pru Multicap Fund(G) 297.92 11.03 Aditya Birla SL Resurgent India 7.96 4.05 Bluechip-Reg(G) Nippon India Vision Fund(G) 555.70 18.02 (Tax Saving)(G) Tata Equity P/E Fund(G) 137.88 11.01 Fund-7-Reg(G) Axis Growth Opp Fund-Reg(G) 12.58 23.33 UTI LT Equity Fund (Tax 95.53 18.01 Edelweiss Tax Advantage 42.24 14.10 ICICI Pru FMCG Fund(G) 252.97 10.93 Sundaram LT Micro Cap Tax Adv 8.31 3.98 Canara Rob Equity Tax Saver 73.89 23.29 Saving)-Reg(G) Fund-Reg(G) PGIM India LT Equity Fund-Reg(G)14.67 10.88 Fund-Sr IV-Reg(G) Fund-Reg(G) Aditya Birla SL Focused Equity 64.24 18.00 ICICI Pru Growth Fund-2(DP) 12.74 14.06 ICICI Pru Value Fund-16(G) 11.23 10.86 Invesco India Feeder - Invesco 11.13 3.95 UTI Focussed Equity Fund-V(G) 10.66 23.21 Fund(G) Mirae Asset Nifty 50 ETF 122.53 14.00 Nippon India Quant Fund(G) 26.89 10.64 Pan European Equity Fund-Reg(G) JM Tax Gain Fund(G) 19.18 23.20 Invesco India Contra Fund(G) 51.82 17.99 Tata Nifty ETF 122.41 13.96 Principal Tax Savings Fund 210.89 10.47 DSP World Mining Fund-Reg(G) 8.87 3.92 UTI Focussed Equity Fund-VI(G) 11.17 23.11 Mirae Asset Great Consumer 38.10 17.97 Kotak Global Emerging Mkt Fund(G)17.34 13.86 Sundaram Global Brand Fund(G) 18.58 10.46 ICICI Pru Bharat Consumption 9.78 3.60 Nippon India Growth Fund(G) 1242.92 23.03 Fund-Reg(G) HDFC Nifty 50 ETF 1268.49 13.84 L&T Infrastructure Fund-Reg(G) 15.76 10.44 Fund-2-(G) Principal Focused Multicap 72.04 22.70 Sundaram Rural and Consumption 45.17 17.96 Axis Nifty ETF 1246.22 13.83 Aditya Birla SL Global Real Estate 21.77 10.39 DSP Natural Res & New Energy 30.21 3.60 Fund(G) Fund(G) IDBI Dividend Yield Fund-Reg(G) 11.45 13.82 Fund(G) Fund-Reg(G) Kotak Equity Opp Fund(G) 134.02 22.70 Tata Resources & Energy 15.18 17.94 Sundaram Diversified Equity(G) 105.14 13.76 ICICI Pru Bharat Consumption 10.74 10.38 Sundaram LT Micro Cap Tax 7.59 3.44 BNP Paribas Multi Cap Fund(G) 51.71 22.50 Fund-Reg(G) L&T India Value Fund-Reg(G) 37.25 13.72 Fund-1-(G) Adv Fund-Sr VI-Reg(G) Tata Mid Cap Growth Fund(G) 153.54 22.11 SBI Magnum Multicap 52.38 17.93 UTI Nifty Index Fund-Reg(G) 79.32 13.67 ICICI Pru Exports & Services 58.34 10.22 Sundaram Select Micro Cap-Series 7.31 3.32 ICICI Pru LT Wealth 11.94 22.09 Fund-Reg(G) ICICI Pru Value Fund-14(G) 11.15 13.66 Fund(G) XVII-Reg(G) Enhancement Fund(G) SBI LT Advantage Fund-II-Reg(G) 14.85 17.89 Kotak India Growth Fund-Sr 7(G) 11.15 13.65 SBI Long Term Equity 146.35 10.14 L&T Emerging Businesses 23.31 3.21 L&T Emerging Opp Fund-I-Reg(D) 10.39 22.00 Sundaram Emerging Small 11.63 17.87 Edelweiss Eur Dynamic Equity 12.17 13.64 Fund-Reg(G) Fund-Reg(G) Canara Rob Emerg Equities 105.34 21.96 Cap-Sr-VI-Reg(G) Off-shr Fund-Reg(G) Franklin India Taxshield(G) 579.44 10.11 Sundaram LT Micro Cap Tax 9.72 2.93 Fund-Reg(G) Sundaram Emerging Small 10.21 17.82 IDFC Nifty ETF 124.93 13.55 Franklin Build India Fund(G) 41.06 10.07 Adv Fund-Sr III-Reg(G) SBI Small Cap Fund-Reg(G) 57.60 21.96 Cap-Sr-IV-Reg(G) ICICI Pru S&P BSE 500 ETF 161.05 13.55 Principal Personal Tax saver Fund 197.20 10.04 ICICI Pru Technology Fund(G) 62.00 2.80 Aditya Birla SL Equity Advantage 449.29 21.90 ICICI Pru Bharat Consumption 11.66 17.78 UTI Banking and Financial 100.49 13.51 ICICI Pru Infrastructure Fund(G) 49.24 9.96 Templeton India Value Fund(G) 238.83 1.55 Fund(G) Fund-5-(G) Services Fund-Reg(G) Sundaram LT Tax Adv 8.43 9.96 ICICI Pru Dividend Yield Equity Fund(G) 15.40 SBI LT Advantage Fund-V-Reg(G) 11.22 21.86 Nippon India Consumption 71.87 17.65 HDFC Index Fund-NIFTY 110.32 13.38 Fund-Sr III-Reg(G) 1.45 DSP Top 100 Equity Fund-Reg(G) 229.05 21.84 Fund(G) 50 Plan(G) Aditya Birla SL Infrastructure 30.65 9.82 Sundaram Value Fund-X-Reg(G) 8.80 1.40 UTI Equity Fund-Reg(G) 161.45 21.84 Tata India Tax Savings Fund-Reg(G)19.55 17.62 ICICI Pru Large & Mid Cap 334.74 13.32 Fund(G) Sundaram Value Fund-IX-Reg(G) 8.85 1.31 ICICI Pru Banking & Fin Serv 69.49 21.83 Sundaram Emerging Small 9.79 17.59 Fund(G) ICICI Pru Value Fund-17(G) 10.82 9.74 Aditya Birla SL CEF-Global 23.39 1.09 Fund(G) Cap-Sr-III-Reg(G) UTI-Nifty Next 50 ETF 295.32 13.28 Nippon India Capital 7.65 9.67 Agri-Reg(G) L&T Business Cycle Fund-Reg(G) 16.50 21.78 IDFC Equity Opportunity-5-Reg(G)10.63 17.46 IDFC Nifty Fund-Reg(G) 25.06 13.27 Builder Fund-IV-C(G) DSP World Energy Fund-Reg(G) 13.37 0.11 Kotak Tax Saver Fund(G) 48.94 21.78 Parag Parikh Long Term Equity 28.13 17.45 ICICI Pru Nifty Index Fund(G) 117.09 13.25 Nippon India Japan Equity Fund(G)13.90 9.66 Aditya Birla SL Pure Value Fund(G) 46.30 -0.07 BNP Paribas Focused 25 Equity 10.61 21.61 Fund-Reg(G) ICICI Pru Bluechip Fund(G) 44.23 13.24 ICICI Pru Growth Fund-3(DP) 10.90 9.66 HDFC Small Cap Fund-Reg(G) 39.76 -0.15 Fund-Reg(G) UTI Mid Cap Fund-Reg(G) 107.77 17.21 IDBI Midcap Fund(G) 11.38 13.23 ICICI Pru Value Fund-15(G) 10.74 9.48 UTI Transportation & Logistics 89.91 -1.52 Edelweiss Mid Cap Fund-Reg(G) 29.39 21.45 Edelweiss Long Term Equity 50.36 17.20 ICICI Pru Value Fund-8(D) 11.09 13.16 UTI MNC Fund-Reg(G) 205.47 9.43 Fund-Reg(G) Canara Rob Equity Diver 151.22 21.44 Fund (Tax Savings)-Reg(G) Aditya Birla SL Digital India Fund(G)59.49 13.12 UTI LT Adv Fund-III(G) 13.83 9.43 HDFC Infrastructure Fund(G) 14.48 -1.60 !" #%& ' ( # #( )* )+)+ -" / + +# A # # 6D
Beijing/Wuhan: President Xi firmed cases of coronavirus Jinping on Sunday said the infections, it said. 0 coronavirus epidemic is Hubei province, where the China's "largest public health virus first emerged in emergency" as the death toll December last, reported 630 Washington: US Senator from the deadly virus climbed new confirmed cases, taking Bernie Sanders on Sunday to 2,442 and the number of the total confirmed cases in the secured a convincing victory in infections hit almost 77,000 in hard-hit province to 64,084, the crucial Nevada caucus, giv- the country. state-run Xinhua news agency ing a big boost to his campaign President Xi, who attend- reported. for the 2020 White House bid ed a meeting here to double Officials in Wuhan ordered as the race to Democratic efforts in coordinating the pre- that all patients who have party's nomination gathers vention and control of the recovered and discharged from momentum over the next few COVID-19 outbreak, said the hospitals be sent to designated months. epidemic "has the fastest trans- places for two weeks of quar- Multiple American media mission, widest range of infec- antine and medical observa- outlets declared Sanders as the tion and has been the most dif- tion. winner of the Nevada Caucus ficult to prevent and control". So far 15,299 people who for the Democratic Party's pres- In comments reported by were cured of the virus have idential primary. state broadcaster CCTV, Xi been discharged from the hos- The 78-year-old senator said, "This is a crisis for us and pitals in Wuhan. But they were from Vermont had 54 per cent it is a big test." He called the all asked to go for two-week of the county delegates available "Looks like Crazy Bernie is hundreds and hundreds of epidemic China's "largest pub- quarantine after some of them when several national news doing well in the Great State of thousands of doors," Sanders lic health emergency". tested positive after being dis- networks, including Fox news Nevada. Biden and the rest look was quoted as saying by CNN The meeting, in the form of charged from hospitals, Hong and MSNBC, called the race weak, and no way Mini Mike in San Antonio. tele-conference, was presided * #* # #A #+# A < E#, # Kong-based South China with only four per cent of can restart his campaign after "That no campaign has a over by Chinese Premier Li < #% +# A E#, Morning Post reported. PTI precincts reporting. the worst debate performance grassroots movement like we Keqiang. When last reports came in, in the history of Presidential do, which is another reason why Xi acknowledged that the as a team of WHO experts vis- Sanders had garnered more debates," the president tweeted. we're going to win this election." epidemic will "inevitably have ited the worst-affected Wuhan = #> $ than half of the votes, with for- "Congratulations Bernie, "Trump and his friends a large impact on the economy city in Hubei province. mer vice president Joe Biden and don't let them take it away think they are going to win this and society", but he said the By the end of Saturday, Tokyo: A third person who The ministry did not con- Despite a quarantine trailing at 19 per cent. from you!" Trump tweeted. election," Sanders continued. effects will be "short-term" and 76,936 confirmed cases of became ill on board a coron- firm whether the man had imposed on the Diamond "Breaking: We won "We did it! We won the "They think they're going to win controllable. novel coronavirus infection avirus-stricken cruise ship tested positive for COVID-19, Princess, more than 600 peo- Nevada! We are building an Nevada caucus, and we won this election by dividing our Chinese health officials in had been reported in 31 quarantined off the coast of saying it could only disclose the ple on board tested positive for unprecedented grassroots BIG!" said Faiz Shakir, the cam- people up, based on the colour worst-hit coronavirus hit provincial-level regions, Japan has died, the country's information that the family of the virus, with several dozen in movement, and together, there paign manager for Sanders. of their skin, or where they were Wuhan city ordered 14 days' China's National Health health ministry said on Sunday. the man had consented to serious condition. is nothing we cannot accom- "This win is our win, in born, or their religion or their quarantine for all recovered Commission (NHC) said in its In a statement, the ministry make public. It gave the man's In total, Japan has so far plish," Sanders tweeted. large part because of the record sexual orientation. We are going patients following reports that daily update on Sunday. identified the victim as a cause of death as pneumonia. recorded four deaths linked to Sanders, who lost to former number of donations and vol- to win because we are doing some of them tested positive for Ninety-six deaths were Japanese man in his 80s who The death comes after two the new coronavirus outbreak, secretary of state Hillary unteer enthusiasm for Bernie in exactly the opposite. We're the virus after recovery. reported from Hubei province was removed from the other elderly passengers, also which has infected more than Clinton in the 2016 presidential the state," he said. bringing our people together." Ninety-seven more peo- for which Wuhan is the provin- Diamond Princess and taken to both Japanese and in their 80s, 130 people excluding those primaries in New Hampshire, Nevada is the first state Ahead of the US ple died in China due to coro- cial capital and one from a local hospital after suffering died on Thursday after con- linked to the Diamond had won the New Hampshire with a diverse population to Presidential election later this navirus, taking the death toll to Guangdong province on "symptoms." tracting the virus. Princess. AFP primary recently and was in a hold a nominating contest. year, White House hopefuls 2,442, officials said on Sunday, Saturday besides 648 new con- virtual tie with underdog Pete "In Nevada, and in New are contesting for their party's Buttigieg in Iowa. Hampshire and in Iowa - what nomination in primary elec- 1 Trump congratulated we showed is that our volun- tions, known as primaries, +<< Sanders in a tweet. teers are prepared to knock on across the country. PTI +< Q' " " Beijing: A 29-year-old female expressed condolences for her ? doctor died on Sunday after con- family. Rome: The number of coro- be placed under quarantine, tracting the coronavirus while The Chinese medical staff, navirus cases in Italy has affecting about 50,000 people. treating patients at a hospital in who are on the frontline fighting jumped to over 100, the pres- Two people have already China's worst-hit Wuhan city, the COVID-19, are paying a Seoul: South Korea is raising ident of the Lombardy region died from the so-called ! taking the death toll of the med- heavy price in treating the surg- its alert on the new coron- said on Sunday, as northern COVID-19 epidemic in Italy, ical staff to 10, according to a ing number of cases. avirus to the "highest level", towns struggle to contain which was the first country to media report. China's National Health President Moon Jae-in said on rising infections. ban direct flights to and from Ankara: Nine people were killed Turkey's Baskule district. people had been injured, six of Xia Sisi, a gastroenterology Commission earlier said that a Sunday, as the country report- "More than 100 cases" China in January. in Turkey in a magnitude 5.7 Koca later updated the whom were hospitalised. physician got infected while total of 1,716 medical workers ed 123 new infections. have now been reported First to contract the virus earthquake that struck western number of fatalities to nine and According to the European working at the Union Jiangbei had contracted the infection as South Korea has seen a throughout the country, were two Chinese tourists Iran early on Sunday morning, wrote on Twitter that 37 people Mediterranean Seismological Hospital of Wuhan in Hubei of February 11. Xia's death takes rapid surge in the number of Attilio Fontana told SkyTG24 who were placed under quar- Turkish Health Minister were injured, including nine in Center (EMSC), the quake, province, the epicentre of the the death toll among the medical coronavirus cases in recent television, with 89 of those in antine in Rome and remain Fahrettin Koca said. a critical but not life-threatening which happened at 9:22am local virus. She was hospitalised on staff to 10. On February 20, Peng days after a cluster of infec- Lombardy, centred around there. Another man, who The quake centered west of condition. time (0552GMT), had a depth January 19 and later transferred Yinhua (29), who postponed tions emerged from a religious the small town of Codogno, was also held at the same the Iranian city of Khoy and Emergency teams have been of 5 kilometers (3 miles). to Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan his wedding to treat patients sect in the southern city of about 70 kilometres (43 hospital in Rome, has since affected villages in the Turkish sent to the remote mountainous The region has a history of University on February 7 after infected with the coronavirus, Daegu last week. miles) southeast of Milan. recovered and been released, province of Van. region. Iran's official IRNA news powerful earthquakes. her condition worsened. She died. Earlier, Li Wenliang, a 34- The national toll of 556 Responding to a rising authorities said. Turkish Interior Minister agency said the earthquake Last month a quake cen- died on Sunday, state-run year-old doctor, who was one of cases is now the highest out- number of new cases, Prime The number of those Suleyman Soylu told a news affected 43 villages in the moun- tered on the eastern Turkish city Xinhua news agency reported. the first people to sound the side China, apart from the Minister Giuseppe Conte on infected also includes people conference that three children tainous Qotour area. of Elazig killed more than 40 The Union Jiangbei Hospital alarm about the new outbreak Diamond Princess cruise ship Saturday announced that 11 living in four other regions of and four adults were killed in It later added that at least 75 people. AP mourned the death of Xia and died on February 7. PTI in Japan. AFP towns in Italy's north would Italy. AFP 0 & F* -
Colombo: The Sri Lankan 52.25 per cent of votes polled ing in the statement. Government on Sunday against 41.99 per cent. The team has been tasked Samy Magdy (Egypt): Egypt's statement from his office. No appointed a six-member team The 6-member task force to "collect authentic informa- chief prosecutor Saturday date has been set for their tri- to help police collect authentic has been appointed to help tion and evidence to take legal referred a physician to crimi- als. information and expedite an police's CID to "speed up the action against all those involved nal trial for allegedly mutilat- The doctor, Ali Abdel- ongoing presidential probe into ongoing investigations" and in supporting the extremists". ing the genitals of a 12-year-old Fadeel, told investigators he the devastating Easter Sunday will submit weekly reports to Nine suicide bombers girl, leading to her death, his was performing cosmetic terror attack that killed over the defense ministry on the belonging to local Islamist office said. surgery on the girl, according 250 people. progress of investigation, extremist group National The girl bled to death last to the prosecutor's statement. President Gotabaya according to a statement. Thawheed Jamaat (NTJ) linked month in the southern But that claim was refuted Rajapaksa decided to hasten "The CID investigation to ISIS carried out a series of province of Assiut following a following an examination of the the probe into the April 21 into these attacks was not con- devastating blasts that tore 30-minute surgery. Her death girl's body by forensic experts. attack which had proved cru- ducted in an effective way by through three churches and sparked a nationwide outcry. The state-run National cial in his decisive electoral vic- the last regime," defense min- three luxury hotels on the Despite battling the prac- Population Council said in tory last November. Rajapaksa istry secretary Kamal Easter Sunday, killing 258 peo- tice for decades, Egypt has 2019 that 82 per cent of girls used the Easter Sunday terror- Gunaratne was quoted as say- ple, including 11 Indians. 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AP margin of over 13 lakh votes - Colombo: Sri Lankan Foreign Sri Lanka by the UN Human Minister Dinesh Gunawardena Rights High Commissioner will officially announce and is scheduled to meet the Colombo's withdrawal from High Commissioner for ! $ #6 co-sponsoring a 2015 UN Human Rights Michelle Human Rights Council reso- Bachelet in Geneva. lution on accountability for Sri Lanka decided to with- Washington: The Taliban in September that he was calling war crimes during his address draw from co-sponsoring the Afghanistan are tired of fight- the peace talks off after a US at the council's session on resolution after the US imposed ing and want to make a peace service member was killed in a Wednesday, according to his travel restrictions on Army deal with the US, President suicide attack in Afghanistan's office. chief Lt Gen Shavendra Silva Donald Trump said on Sunday capital, Kabul. Sri Lanka co-sponsored and his immediate family , as he left for his maiden visit to The US currently has less the resolution along with 11 members over alleged gross India during which the two than 14,000 troops in other countries, including the violations of human rights dur- countries will significantly Afghanistan, but military offi- US and Britain, calling for an ing the final phase of the island Bamako: At least three Mali sol- the armed forces." ramp up the defence and strate- cials would not confirm the investigation into alleged nation's Civil War in 2009. diers were killed and five wound- "Three of our men fell gic ties. exact number. human rights violations during The resolution 30/1 on ed Sunday in a suspected jihadist Sunday during a jihadist attack Just before his departure Trump is accompanied by the island nation's civil war, promotion on reconciliation in attack on an army camp in the in Bambara Maoude," a mili- for India, Trump told reporters First Lady Melania, daughter which ended in 2009. Sri Lanka was co-sponsored in far north of the country, the tary official told AFP from at the White House that the Ivanka, son-in-law Jared Gunawardena will make 2015 by the Lankan govern- Malian military said. Timbuktu earlier. time had to come for the US Kushner and the top brass of the announcement on ment headed by then President The outpost in Bambara A local official confirmed troops to "come home". his administration on his maid- Wednesday during his address Maithripala Sirisena. Maoude, about 100 kilometres the toll of three soldiers dead The President said he en visit to India. at the 43rd Session of the Sri Lanka's ruling and (60 miles) south of the city of and said two more were miss- would sign a peace deal with day after the US and the from Afghanistan. During his visit, the two Human Rights Council (HRC) opposition parties have strong- Timbuktu "was the object at ing. According to another local the Taliban if it worked out Afghan Taliban started a seven- In November, Trump countries are expect to signif- in Geneva. ly opposed the US move to about 0500 GMT of a terrorist official, "the terrorists left, tak- over the next week. day partial truce ahead of a announced the resumption of icantly ramp up bilateral Ahead of the Session, impose the travel ban on Lt Gen attack," the military said on ing vehicles and military equip- "I want to see how this possible peace deal to end peace talks with the Taliban, defence and strategic ties. Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Silva, saying America's decision Twitter. ment with them... Together period of a week works out. If more than 18-year-long war, but refused to give a timeline The nearly 36-hour-long Aryasinha briefed the President was based on independently "During this attack, we with the bodies of two of their it works out over the next less- raising hopes for a resolution to for the drawdown of the US visit by Trump is also set to send of the UNHRC Elisabeth unverified information. regret to report a provisional comrades." than-a-week, I would put my America's longest war. troops from Afghanistan, as he across a clear message of grow- Tichy-Fisslberger in Geneva Foreign Minister toll of three dead, five wound- The attack is the latest in a name on it," he said. The agreement struck dur- made an unannounced visit to ing congruence of interests on on Lanka's decision to with- Gunawardena earlier said that ed, together with material dam- long series of deadly incidents "Time to come home. The ing negotiations between the American soldiers stationed major geopolitical developments draw from the resolution, the Lt Gen Silva was only con- age," it said. in Mali's north, where French Taliban want to make a deal US and the Taliban, if main- in the war-torn country. in the region and beyond, par- foreign ministry said Saturday. ducting a war against a desig- "The wounded were air- forces said Friday they had too. They're tired of fighting," tained, may secure a peace After nine rounds of nego- ticularly when China has been Gunawardena will also nated terrorist group which was lifted to Sevare... The outpost killed about 50 jihadists so far he said. deal that would lead to a with- tiations with the Taliban, expanding its military might and respond to the oral update on the LTTE. PTI remains under the control of this month. AFP Trump's remarks came a drawal of American troops Trump announced in economic clout. PTI -/ !" #%& ' ( # #( )* )+)+ 6(30'/667/ ' 5
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We’re just worried " about plot-lines and how to sell it. If you look at Bollywood films, woman at a time when it wasn’t This is way different from that. depicting the problems of the even normal for women to be This one is all about love and why LGBTQ have just become a topic rebels. “She never got married and it’s the only thing we need to win M to cash in on a popular trend. They was the manager of one of India’s hearts. Hate cannot heal the don’t genuinely exercise the prac- leading banks. She brought up her world.” tice of inclusion. The issue has only siblings when they lost their par- The filmmaker says that his become commercial. But I just ents. She would tell me not to lis- fight is also with the terms “nor- focus on how many lives my work ten to anyone and do my own mal” and “different.” He says, “In is going to change,” says he. thing. 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So when my sexuality ( $ crew and cast in Sheer Qorma were one day, I will get better and realise and being a Muslim came into play women, which is intentional that it was just a phase.” together as part of my identity, I because representation matters, Growing up around inspiring just carried on with my life and did no matter how big or small.” women, who’ve done some path- what I believed in.” $ 3 @ ( It was after Sisak, the award- breaking things in their lives, you Fighting yet another mental- winning short film and the first about it,” he says, explaining why rupted family dynamics through a rather than discarding. I felt that certainly gain a very different ity, the Taare Zameen Par writer ' Indian silent LGBTQ love story, he decided to give this film an sensitive and universal tale. while I am talking about LGBTQ understanding of the world. He and creative director points out $ @ that Faraz felt that something angle where women explore their Faraz says that he has woven women, I should also address the says, “I’ve always wanted to make that if two women are in love, the more needs to be done around the love for each other in the backdrop a lot of themes into the narrative persisting Islamophobia, which films. It started with me as a child, perception is that the love must be ( $ issue, while focussing on women. of a Muslim household. to make the audience think over it too exists within the queer com- who used to stage elaborate skits different from the rest. He says, $ “I realised that nobody is talking Produced by Marijke De sensitively. He points out that munity in the Indian and Middle with characters like Barbie and He- “I’m trying to fight this mindset. $ about women in the queer diaspo- Souza, the film, Sheer Qorma, there is a common perception East belt. This is why the film has Man for family gatherings during I had interacted with many women ra. The conversations are still very Faraz says, is a gentle, heart-rend- that queer people don’t have a reli- so many layers. It is layered with festivals. It’s not a very toxic-mas- and shared my draft with them. $@ related to men. There is so much ing narrative of the longing for love gion or a family. He adds, “But women, non-binary people, Islam, culinity kind of understanding. They’d ask, ‘How did you know ,$ $ of patriarchy and inherent misog- and acceptance felt by queer chil- that’s not true. Why isn’t anybody nationality, identity, and sexual Even my father is a very gentle about our lives?’ I’d answer, ‘By yny even within the queer commu- dren in their households. The making a film about us? We’re real preferences. Moreover, the portray- creature. And the film, too, has no knowing about my life’.” ( nity. You’ll always come across sto- story is told through delicate char- people like everybody else. I iden- al of Muslim women has been very man surrounding the women He adds that the biggest com- $$ ries of a man loving another man. acters of courageous Muslim queer tify as a gay, non-binary, Muslim stereotypical in Hindi cinema.” because in Bollywood, even pliment, perhaps, came from actor But when it comes to a woman lov- women. With multiple themes of person. For me, my religion has He tells us that his inspiration though the films that have been Shabana Azmi when she called the @ 3 $ ing another woman, people get ethnicity and culture at play with- always been a part of me as much for this film has been his khala about women, there is always film “gender-free.” ' $ uncomfortable for some strange in the narrative, the story sensitive- as my sexuality. And our genera- jaan (mother’s eldest sister), who some man bringing in the mas- (The film’s trailer will be $ reason. 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The Long Leaf Pine is one eties and nations design projects across the country. example. “No one thought that it that think man is “The focus on sustainability has would grow here, and it’s now thriv- merely an animal, been building slowly for a long time @ 7 ing here,” he says. “The challenge is hankering after among landscape architects but in that models suggest more extreme material progress recent years that commitment has ! " weather events, not a steady change. and comforts. really taken hold,” says Jacquelyn It’s hard to plant a garden that’s They refuse to Bianchini, a spokeswoman at the impervious to a hurricane or nor’east- accept the evident, Washington, DC based American er. Even as the climate warms, we’re that man has Society of Landscape Architects. She still going to have New York winters, higher aspirations, said those in the profession “have to that reality,” says Orff, who recently gardens and deciding what to plant in talk with about climate change, and we so you’re looking to plants that can such as for peace, deal with climate change more than became the first landscape architect their backyards. deal with issues of plant adaptability handle extremes.” calmness and almost any other design fields.” awarded a MacArthur “genius” “Even though gardening is listed in in everything we do,” he says. In 2017, the American Society of bliss. Even the Landscape architect Kate Orff Fellowship. the top five hobbies of Americans, Forrest, who used to teach a class Landscape Architects convened a most corrupt per- heads the firm Scape, known for eco- She is the lead designer of a $60 somehow we’ve not translated that into called Gardening and a Changing blue-ribbon panel on “Climate son has an inner logically driven projects around the million barrier reef and shoreline care for our environment. We need to Climate, says, “every citizen of the Change and Resilience” which result- aspiration for country. She feels a responsibility to restoration project off Staten Island, try to somehow do a better job of world should look across all their ed in a broad set of suggested strate- solace, satisfaction take on projects that emphasise sustain- New York, called Living Breakwaters. bridging the divide between personal activities and ask themselves, ‘How gies and policy guidelines. And last and peace. ability. “Our profession has been work- It incorporates oyster reefs, wetlands gardens and the larger global situation. can I live more simply or thoughtful- year, the group highlighted 20 case However, they fail ing hand in hand with the carbon-dri- and strands to reduce the effects of It’s all connected,” says Orff. ly so that I’m not contributing to the studies of projects that put the report’s to realise that ven world since the field’s inception. storm surges. In Atlanta, it is develop- Todd Forrest, vice president for eventual loss of native biodiversity recommendations into practice. That peace, content- We’ve been living in this world where ing a 100-mile trail linking communi- horticulture and living collections at around the world?’ We can design our “Smart Policies for a Changing ment and bliss are we’re creating beautiful gardens in the ties along a vast distance to encourage the New York Botanical Garden, con- gardens to provide habitat for insects. Climate’’ exhibition is on view at the not the qualities of foreground while the planet is collaps- mobility, equity and sustainability. curs. “People who are creating home But we can also over-fertilise and Center for Landscape Architecture in bodily cells; they ing in the background,” she says. While landscape architects often gardens or people like me who man- damage the environment.” Washington. “It’s everyone’s prob- are the qualities “My goal is to flip that relationship focus on large, community projects, age gardens for the public, deal with To be a good environmental citi- lem, and landscape architects are in of conscient self in its state of moral greatness. around so the focus is on ecological they say consideration of the environ- the reality of climate every day and zen, he says, you need “to learn and the best position to help deal with The scholars, with materialistic thinking and attitude, systems and we then link what we do ment also needs to take place at home, always have. A gardener is the first pay close attention, to adapt and at the this,” says Bianchini. have presented their interpretation of history to the soci- with policy ideas and infrastructure to when people are designing their own person and the last person you should same time be a part of the effort to L ety. This view of man and history has been popularised and publicised by historians, economists and social sci- entists. The result is that the modern man does not believe from commercial agriculture in the supremacy of the moral law. Man has, therefore, as possible (4 to 5 miles) is the ceased to apply human values to the problems he faces in safest,” Dill said. “Drive around day to day life. For example, take the problem of nuclear @ your area where you intend to weapons. There have been many agitations and confer- keep hives and get the lay of the ences to bring about disarmament. The conversations are land so you know what you are vitiated and they do not lead to actual disarmament dealing with. If you have a because no moral values are brought to bear the problem. large, pesticide-free foraging Thus, it can be easily said that the lack of sense of moral ! area with diverse flowering responsibility is, in fact, the most sinister aspect of the mod- plants nearby, that would be ern civilisation. In fact, the whole modern thinking of man hemicals are routinely ideal.” is characterised by lack of moral responsibility. Capplied around residential Supplying honeybees with A psychiatrist, today, would explain that a person com- landscapes to kill insect pests uncontaminated water is also an mitted a murder because he had developed a complex after and troublesome weeds but effective deterrent, said Kevin his father had beaten him with a stick when he was a child. many are indiscriminate and Jensen, a pesticide manage- So the responsibility is of the father, who had been cruel devastate pollinators in the ment compliance investigator to his son. In many other forms, the attitude that ‘I am process. with the Washington State not responsible’, runs through every aspect of modern life. Over the past 30-plus years, Department of Agriculture. “If This has undermined the moral quality of life. So if we pollinator populations have the bees do not have a water want world peace, the real effort lies in giving man a sense crashed worldwide due to a source in the apiary, they will be of moral responsibility. Let him realise that with all his lim- variety of reasons, including forced to look for water else- itations, he can, in this life, conquer attachment, lust, greed, pesticide and herbicide expo- where during the hot months,” anger and pride. And, he should think that it is his moral sure, invasive pests and diseases, Jensen said. “This can result in responsibility to eliminate these issues because these dis- loss of habitat, loss of species bees being attracted to an area turbs not only him but the peace of others as well. and genetic diversity and a that is being sprayed, even Today, we see humans killing each other in the name changing climate, scientists say. though that area may not have of religion but does any religion has ever taught its fol- Pesticide contamination of flowers blooming in it.” lowers to kill innocent people? The chronicles of mankind lawns, gardens and waterways is Even pesticides allowed for bear witness to the truth that millions of people have lost widespread, and even at sub- use in organic agriculture can their peace because of intolerance that ensued from a hurt lethal levels can impact pollina- bee, island marble butterfly, the amounts,” Dill said. defense is to avoid spraying am are highly toxic to honey- harm bees and other beneficial ego or an unfulfilled selfish motive or narrow-minded. Can tors’ foraging ability and hive Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly “Sometimes, if maybe an ounce plants that are in bloom, use bees by contact and ingestion, insects like flies, beetles, moths anyone calculate or even imagine how many people have productivity. “Honeybees are and the familiar monarch but- is called for, they’ll use two pesticides that have a short according to the Environmental and wasps, entomologists say. lost their peace and harmony and how many cities and not the most impacted of pol- terfly were among those singled ounces. They often will use a half-life when possible and use Protection Agency’s toxicity “Homeowners should avoid civilisations were ruined because of intolerance? If only linators,” said Katie Buckley, out by Buckley as greatly deplet- calendar spray schedule or just pesticides with low toxicity to classification scale for bees. using pesticides in backyards this virtue, called tolerance, had been sustained, all or many pollinator coordinator with the ed. spray because they had a prob- bees and other beneficial Thiacloprid and acetamiprid and instead use nontoxic meth- other virtues would have survived. When tolerance is lost, Washington State Department Pesticides are over-applied lem in the past.” insects,” Buckley said. “Whether are moderately toxic, the feder- ods such as soapy water to get man loses his patience, self-control and spirit of non-vio- of Agriculture. “Once-common by many backyard gardeners, But well-informed garden- as a farmer or a homeowner, it al agency says. If you keep rid of pests such as aphids,” said lence. Therefore, as they say it is never too late. If even butterfly and native bee species said James Dill, a pest manage- ers can be a big help in revers- is critical to always read and fol- bees, finding the right apiary Ramesh Sagili, an associate pro- now those, who are mercilessly killing innocent people, have become rare, with some on ment specialist with University ing the pollinator declines, espe- low the label.” location is an important way to fessor-apiculture with Oregon begin to observe this virtue, mankind can be saved from the verge of extinction.” of Maine Extension. “They don’t cially those caused by chemical Clothianidin, dinotefuran, reduce pesticide exposure.’ State University. the scourge of wars, communal riots and conflict on the The rusty patched bumble- read the labels, or they eyeball poisoning. “In general, the best imidacloprid and thiamethox- Keeping colonies as far away L basis of difference in religious beliefs. 9 ( @ 3 $ ( $ @ L9
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CD ly because of the Karnataka Zealand by 39 runs going opener, who played his into fourth day, which shots and showed positive could well be the final day ! intent. He, in fact, hit Ajaz of this game unless ,O Patel for a six and a four Ajinkya Rahane (25 bat- L 1 but Pujara, at the other ting, 67 balls) and Hanuma end, only looked keen on Vihari (15 batting, 70 Mayank Agarwal (58 defending. balls) show the art of sur- off 99 balls) was impressive Just like first innings, vival that was distinctly in one session and lost Pujara was leaving balls on lacking in some of the concentration in the sec- length but at one stage, he other top-order batsmen. ond, ditto to what hap- was stuck on personal Asked what kind of pened on the first day and score of 6 for 28 consecu- total can be defended in : 7# # # was caught down the leg- tive balls. While leaving the fourth innings, senior side. Jamieson from length was spinner Ravichandran a good score to defend,” he 8 / 9+ 2 :%; sure. The bowler on both not an issue, Pujara did not Ashwin remained non- said. 6 <)== /#2 If Cheteshwar Pujara the occasion was Boult, account for Boult, shoul- committal. There is still some- . ( .7 ,.- 1 (11 off 81 balls) paid for who successfully took over dering arms a delivery that “I know to keep it sim- thing there in the Basin his ultra-defensive mind- the job of tormenting the came in sharply. ple and say this is defend- Reserve pitch, reckoned where we can look at it set shouldering arms to an Indian batsmen from Tim In the first session, able and this is not, (it) is Ashwin. very far.” in-dipper, skipper Virat Southee (1/41 in 15 overs) Jamieson (44) continued pretty much how you “We have to take every After New Zealand’s Kohli’s (19 off 43 balls) and Kyle Jamieson (0/33 in with his dream debut as he would want me to present ball at a time to be honest tail wagged big time to split-second indiscretion 17 overs). It was a top-class and No 11 Boult belted the it, but it’s too much — like because there is still post a good first innings became his undoing as he seam and swing bowling Indian bowlers for fun. six sessions to go and we enough in the surface. We total of 348, the deficit of went for a needless pull- show on a third day pitch, Ishant Sharma (5/68 are not even at a stage are not yet in a stage of the 183 understandably put shot to a well-disguised which still had something in 22.2 overs) remained the +# # , % E A ) ??# # where we can say what is game from our perspective India under severe pres- short ball. for fast bowlers. stand-out bowler for India. &R - ( " #E B R!;<B 21 +-?$+1. match in Johannesburg on # , % 4%% Friday. outh Africa's bowlers held He hit two sixes in the sec- +1. den Hazard’s season Stheir nerve as the hosts ond over, bowled by Pat Ecould be at risk after bounced back from a record Cummins, and raced to 50 off 31 heir confidence on a high after Real Madrid defeat to win the second T20I balls. %. Tthe impressive win over title announced on against Australia at St George's Warner, Aaron Finch and holders Australia, India will look Sunday that he Park on Sunday. Steve Smith got Australia off to ajmul Hossain and skipper to carry forward the momentum had fractured Opening batsman David a similarly fast start but both NMominul Haque hit half-centuries against a plucky Bangladesh in his right ankle Warner hit an unbeaten 67 for teams found scoring increasing- as Bangladesh replied strongly to their second Group A match of during his Australia but it wasn't enough as ly difficult on a slow pitch with Zimbabwe in their one-off Test in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup team’s 1-0 La South Africa defended a modest low bounce as the ball lost its Dhaka on Sunday. here today. Liga defeat at total of 158 for four to win by 12 shine and hardness. Najmul made 71 off 139 balls Leg-spinner Levante. runs and level the three-match “We realised the new ball is while Mominul was unbeaten on 79 as Poonam Yadav’s Belgium forward series. really key with the bat,” said De Bangladesh magical spell helped Hazard, whose first season Australia lost three wickets Kock. “It gets more difficult reached 240- Q 8 9%; India beat Australia at Real has been plagued by injury, will now miss for eight runs in the last 2.1 overs towards the end so we were try- 3 at stumps 6 >)== /#2 by 17 runs in the Wednesday's Champions League last 16 clash with to finish on 146 for six. It was ing to capitalise on the powerplay. on the sec- . ( .,5,.7 tournament opener Manchester City and the Clasico with league lead- their first T20 defeat in nine “We thought 160 was par ond day, on Friday but the ers Barcelona next weekend. matches going back to November because we know this wicket. It trailing Zimbabwe by 25 runs in the first Harmanpreet Kaur-led side can’t Madrid did not announce a recovery time for 2018. was always going to be more dif- innings. afford to take Bangladesh lightly Hazard but his latest setback will be a worry for South Africa captain ficult towards the end.” Pace bowler Abu Jayed earlier fin- as their eastern neighbours had Belgium boss Roberto Martinez ahead of Euro 2020 Quinton de Kock was named The series decider takes ished with a career-best 4-71, as beaten them twice in the 2018 T20 this summer. man of the match after he place on Wednesday at Zimbabwe were bowled out for 265 in Asia Cup. On Saturday, Madrid coach Zinedine admit- slammed 70 off 47 balls to get the Newlands in Cape Town, the the opening session, after the visitors Jemimah Rodrigues and 16- ted that the 29-year-old’s injury “doesn’t look good” home team off to a blazing start scene of the ball-tampering resumed on 228-6. year-old promising opener Shafali ahead of those two huge matches, which could as they set out to recover from a scandal which led to bans for Najmul, who struck seven fours in Verma, who hit a typically aggres- define his side’s season. record 107-run defeat in the first Smith and Warner. his fluent innings, led Bangladesh’s ini- sive 29 off 15 balls against / tial batting charge after Victor Nyauchi Australia, were not a part of that 6 <)%= /#2 removed opener Saif Hasan for eight to Asia Cup team and the duo will . ( .8 ,.- 1 24+ give Zimbabwe an early breakthrough. need to play crucial roles if India 6 Q He was involved in partnerships of want to beat Bangladesh. batswoman Deepti Sharma came azio kept their bid for a first Serie 78 and 76 runs with Tamim Iqbal and In the last five meetings good against Australia with an LA title in 20 years on track as a Mominul on his way to a maiden Test between the two sides, India lead unbeaten 49 off 46 balls and she 3-2 victory at Genoa on Sunday kept that all sporting events in two north- utes into the second half. fifty in only his fourth match. 3-2 on head-to-head record and would look to continue her good them one points behind leaders ern regions would be suspended on The Italian striker pulled six Tamim made 41 runs before he a win today will take them clos- form. Juventus, but four Serie A football Sunday. goals clear of Juventus star Cristiano edged Donald Tiripano to wicketkeep- er to the knock-out rounds from Medium pacer Shikha matches were postponed amid grow- Strong measures are being taken Ronaldo who scored for a record- er Regis Chakabva. the five-team group. Pandey also bowled well against ing coronavirus fears in northern in Italy with over 132 con- equalling 11th consecutive Serie Charlton Tshuma dismissed India will, however, need to Australia and Harmanpreet is Italy. firmed cases in an outbreak A game in his 1,000th profes- Najmul for his maiden Test wicket as improve their batting perfor- happy that her team is not depen- Reigning champions Juve had that has claimed two lives in sional match against SPAL. Chakabva claimed a third catch behind mance as they scored a below par dent on a few players only. edged out bottom club SPAL 2-1 on the country. Francesco Cassata pulled the stumps. 132 against Australia. For Bangladesh, the key play- Saturday, but Lazio responded to “I think it’s right to take one back for the relegation- Mominul, who hit nine fours, and Since the tri-series preceding ers will be all-rounder Jahanara keep the pressure on at the top, the necessary precautions,” threatened hosts, but Danilo Mushfiqur saw off the day without fur- this World Cup, the Indian batting Alam and top-order batswoman extending their unbeaten run in the said Lazio coach Simone Cataldi secured Lazio all three ther damage as they shared 68 runs in has been inconsistent and has not Fargana Hoque. league to 20 games in the north-west- Inzaghi. points despite Domenico Criscito's an unbroken fourth-wicket stand. posted big totals barring a few The 26-year-old seasoned ern port city. “Do a lot of prevention, try to late consolation. Mushfiqur, who returned to the side matches. Hoque has a T20I hundred to her Third-placed Inter Milan, who defeat and understand the problem “We’re doing something great. after skipping the previous Test against Captain Harmanpreet and name. She had played a major role are six points behind Juve, saw their by stopping the championship, The lads know it and I’m not hiding Pakistan, remained unbeaten on 32. opener Smriti Mandhana, who in Bangladesh’s group stage win game scheduled for later on Sunday because we shouldn’t underestimate from saying it,” said Inzaghi. Zimbabwe earlier added 37 runs to both have done well in the tri- over India in 2018 T20 Asia Cup. at the San Siro postponed, with what is happening.” “In 21 games between the cham- their overnight score before Jayed and series before this World Cup, Alam is another key player for Thursday’s Europa League match In Genoa, Adam Marusic scored pionship and the Super Cup we have left-arm spinner Taijul Islam wrapped contributed little with the bat in Bangladesh and she was a part of against Bulgarian club Ludogorets at Torino and Parma, Atalanta versus the opener for Lazio with less than won 17 times. In other champi- up their innings. the previous match and both will the IPL Velocity team under risk, along with next weekend’s Sassuolo and Hellas Verona against two minutes on the clock before Ciro onships we would be first, but here Jayed dismissed overnight batsman need to fire for India to put up a Mithali Raj in India’s domestic league clash with Juventus in Turin. Cagliari. Immobile, the top flight’s leading you have to fight with Juve and Inter. Tiripano for eight when he nicked an big total or chase down a target. Women’s T20 Challenge tourna- Three other top-flight matches Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte scorer this season, netted his 27th “We are there in the chase and edge to wicketkeeper Liton Das in the Another key middle-order ment in Jaipur last year. were also pushed back — between announced late on Saturday evening Serie A goal of the campaign six min- we will try to fight.” seventh over. The same bowler trapped Ainsley Ndlovu leg before for a duck in his next Gujarat thrash Goa by 464 runs, enter Ranji semis R over. -+3+1+ convert a penalty put them 17 Naim, Afif back for ODIs 6-% and Kashmir let the virtually seal a semifinal points clear of Tottenham and 1 2 ) advantage slip by losing 6 >)%= /#2 berth with a massive 443- abriel Jesus struck late sends them into their midweek Bangladesh have called up eft-arm spinner Siddharth Desai wickets at regular inter- . ( .9 ,.- 1 run lead over Odisha. Gto give Manchester match against Real Madrid in uncapped batsmen Mohammad Lgrabbed a fifer as Gujarat vals to be bundled out At close on the City a 1-0 win at good spirits. Naim and Afif Hossain for their 15- thrashed minnows Goa by a whop- in 62.4 overs. penultimate day, Bengal were Leicester on City looked like man squad for the first two ODIs ping 464 runs to storm into the Ranji Pacer M Prasidh Krishna 361 for seven following half Saturday, strength- they might have to of a three-match series against Trophy semifinals, here on Sunday. (4/42) impressed once again centuries from Shreevats ening their hold settle for a draw Zimbabwe next month. Set a daunting target of 629 for as he returned with a four- Goswami (78), Abhishek on second place after squandering Naim and Afif have played an improbable win, Goa were bun- wicket haul, while Jagadeesha Raman (67) and Shahbaz behind champi- their fourth penal- T20 for Bangladesh, but were not dled out for 164 in their second essay Suchith (2/46) and Ronit More Ahmed’s unbeaten 52. ons-in-waiting ty in a row in the part of the ODI side to be led by on day 4 of the quarterfinals at the (2/40) grabbed two wickets each and It was almost all over for Odisha Liverpool Premier League, pacer Mashrafe Mortaza. Sardar Patel Stadium. Krishnappa Gowtham (1/30) as there was no sign of a declaration despite more with each being Mashrafe was retained as cap- Desai (5-81) ran through the claimed one. from Bengal, who already had woe from the missed by a different tain despite concerns over his Goa batsmen and got able support For the hosts, Abdul Samad secured three points by virtue of a penalty spot. player. future, and will lead the side for the from pacer Arzan Nagwaswalla (4- scored a 50-ball 43. first-innings lead to put one step Pep “We have missed first time since the World Cup last 18). In their second essay, Karnataka into the semifinals. Guardiola’s men four penalties in a row year. Barring Suyash Prabhudessai reached 245 for four in 67 overs with have endured a but maybe we will Batsman Liton Das and all- (66), no other Goa batsman could opener Ravikumar Samarth (74) SAURASHTRA ON TOP turbulent week after they shoot a penalty when rounder Mohammad Saifuddin even put up a fight. J&K OUT FOR 192 and Krishnamurthy Siddharth (75 !! Saurashtra batted Andhra were banned from European we need it to win also return to the ODI side after Earlier, Goa’s medium-pacer Karnataka took the crucial not out) doing the bulk of the scor- out of their quarterfinal by extend- club competitions for two something,” missing the previous series against Lakshay Garg (4/30) grabbed four first-innings lead after bowling out ing. ing their overall lead to a mammoth years for breaches of financial Guardiola told the Sri Lanka in July. quick wickets as Gujarat declared Jammu and Kashmir for 192 on the 658 runs. fair play rules. BBC. “The keepers The first two ODIs against their second innings for 199/6, with fourth day. BENGAL VIRTUALLY IN S/F By stumps on the fourth day, But a second-half winner are good too, but the Zimbabwe will be held in Sylhet on an overall lead of 628 runs. Resuming the day on 88 for two Bengal put up a strong bat- Saurashtra had made 375 for nine from substitute Jesus after next one we are going March 1 and 3. AFP in reply to Karnataka’s 206, Jammu ting display in their second essay to in their second innings. Sergio Aguero had failed to to score.” !" #%& ' ( # #( )* )+)+ -<
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Games door on veteran Sushil last chance would be through a Bronze against Issa In a fast-paced, high-scoring , Kumar. World qualifying event in April. Abdulsalam quarterfinal bout against Two-time Olympic medallist “I tried one move towards the Abdulwahhab Al Uzbekistan’s Jahongirmirza NISHIOKA REACHES DELRAY BEACH FINAL Sushil had skipped the continen- end but could not execute it Obaidi, the Turobov, Rahul won 11-9, large- Miami: ' < * # " tal event citing an injury. properly, it could have got me the Indian looked a ly because of his superior 8&9 9&@ 9&> & ' A Gold eluded India on the Gold. There are improvements in different man, defence. . 1 % $ * second day of the men’s freestyle the my game and it could be seen. winning it The Pune grappler lost "" competition with Deepak Punia This Silver is special. Now I will easily. He his semifinal to Kyrgyzstan’s (86kg) and Rahul Aware (61kg) try harder to get Olympic quota,” defated his Ulukbek Zholdoshbekov 3-5. . " finishing with Bronze medals. said Jitender. Iraqi rival He won Bronze after (>8A Up against Kazakhstan’s His attacking moves from a by technical downing Iran’s Majid Daniyar Kaisanov, Jitender distance were not good enough to superiority. Almas Dastan 4-2 in THIEM THWARTED IN BID TO PASS FEDERER showed tremendous defensive get a good grip on his rivals. “I had not an exciting bout. Rio De Janerio: , % 1 skill, but was lacking in attack. Largely, he was defending from trained enough In the 125kg, & The Indian lost 1-3 to the defend- standing position. because of an injury I Satender won 1 2" E & ing champion. In fact, in the semifinal suffered during train- his qualification G 0 4 4 8(A& E However, his performance against his Mongolian opponent, ing after I arrived in bout but later " & was enough to convince the all three points were scored on India from Russia. I had lost his quarter- (>8P " 1 P&9 CP/@D P&) . 1 national federation that he should passivity and the bouts lacked 87 7 # 7 90 # 4 six stitched just above my final and repechage travel to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan for flare. right eye,” Deepak, who rounds. & (>(> & the Olympic Qualifiers, without Before that, Jitender had won “We will not have trials in any Much to the disappointment won a Silver at 2019 In the 92kg, a re-trial. his qualification bout rather eas- category in men’s free style. We of the home fans, world champi- Worlds, said. Somveer’s challenge 4 G 1 It means that Sushil, who also ily but just about managed to win will see how our wrestlers per- onship Silver medallist Deepak In the non-Olympic lasted just 24 seconds competes in 74kg, will have to his following bouts against Iran’s form in Bishkek,” Wrestling lost his 86kg semifinal to Japan’s 61kg category, Rahul, against his Uzbek GOA TO HOST ISL FINAL: NITA AMBANI wait and see how Jitender fares in Mostafa Mohabbali Hosseinkhani Federation of India (WFI) pres- Shutaro Yamada. who won a Bronze at rival Ajiniyaz Mumbai: 4 0 Bishkek, where the finalists will (2-2) and Mongolia’s Sumiyabazar ident Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh His style was identical to the Worlds in Nur Saparniyazov. G " - 4 8@ directly qualify for the Tokyo Zandanbud (2-1). said. Jitender’s and his moves from dis- Sultan, paid the price " % " -G " * 1 PF:> " 4 8@ # * 4 L0 - # #% # # 1 0 ! $ Indian men’s doubles "" 0 M pair of Achanta Sharath Kamal Stefanos Tsitsipas suc- Tour-level finals. and Gnanasekaran Sathiyan set- cessfully defended his Marseille title “Playing a final is wonderful, WINDIES RECALL RUSSELL FOR SL T20S tled for a Silver medal at the ITTF on Sunday with a straightforward you have to have that perspective, Colombo: , & & World Tour Hungarian Open victory over Felix Auger-Aliassime. remember that everything is going " 1(> after losing the summit clash to Greek star Tsitsipas eased to a in the right direction despite every- - 1 :8& & " " German combination of Benedikt 6-3, 6-4 win to leave Felix still wait- thing,” said Auger-Aliassime. , G (>89 , 1(> " " Duda and Patrick Franziska. ing for his maiden ATP title after “It’s heavy, losing every time in G )>& , 3" The Indian pair, which his fifth final defeat. the final. There is a little doubt... 1(> (>8A defeated top seeds Ho Kwan Kit Tsitsipas, who had arrived in when will it be my turn?” . + - and Wong Chun Ting of Hong southern France with a 3-4 losing World number six Tsitsipas, 2% E - Kong 3-2 in the semi-finals, put record this season, enjoyed an the ATP Finals champion, broke in E up a strong effort in the summit emphatic return to form as he the third game and saved three E 1 , - clash but eventually went down clinched his fifth ATP trophy. break points to serve out the open- 4 @ 9 fighting 5-11, 9-11, 11-8, 9-11 to “I did well mentally,” said ing set. The second seed got the HANSINI WINS BRONZE IN ITTF EVENT the 16th seeds German pair in a Tsitsipas. “I didn’t crack when I was better of a run of three successive New Delhi: "" 30-minute showdown on under pressure.” breaks in the second set to move 1 1 C11D Saturday. Auger-Aliassime would have 4-3 in front and only dropped one 3 G " 4 It is Sharath Kamal’s second been confident of finally ending his more point on serve. . " " " " medal from the prestigious tour- wait for tournament success after He will now travel to the UAE $ 4 &3 0 G nament. He also won a Bronze two wins from his three previous for the Dubai C’ships, where he is # 27 # 3 2" with Manika Batra in mixed meetings with Tsitsipas, but has still second seed behind number one 2 - +4- doubles. PTI ## # #J failed to even win a set in his five ### # A Novak Djokovic. AFP