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NEARBY Hacked: How $171 mn stolen from Union Bank was recovered Details emerge of how the money was retrieved from accounts in four diferent countries after government intervention

Suhasini Haidar chief, Dr. Gulshan Rai, who locations, including ac- ernment with which India Manojit Saha were involved in the opera- counts in Cambodia’s Cana- doesn’t have diplomatic ties, New Delhi/Mumbai tion, confirmed to The Hindu dia Bank and RHB IndoCh- particularly as a court order Farooq Abdullah wins Even as the government that while the attack was ser- ina Bank, Thailand’s Siam was needed to secure the Srinagar byelection marked Digital India Day, en- ious, all of the money had Commercial Bank, Bank banking reversal instruction. SRINAGAR couraging more Indians to been retrieved within days. Sinopac in Taiwan, and a However, with some pushing National Conference chief move to banking online, in- “We worked in record bank in Australia. These from U.S. officials, the entire Farooq Abdullah was vestigators and cyber secur- time with the Reserve Bank funds were routed by Cit- $171 million was traced. declared the winner of the ity agencies are battling of India, bank authorities ibank New York and JP Mor- As the money trickled Srinagar Lok Sabha more breaches of banking and government agencies gan Chase New York, which back into their accounts, byelection on Saturday. transfer security, admitting coordinating efforts. The hold UBI’s foreign exchange Union Bank officials heaved NEWS Ī PAGE 10 that “non-state” actors are bank succeeded in blocking accounts. a sigh of relief. Despite the DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD increasingly targeting India. the transfer of funds and speed and efficiency of oper- Jadhav kin may ile Details are only just emer- credited the entire amount MEA steps in ations to recover the money, mercy plea ging of the biggest such hack in a record period of six According to cybersleuths, not much is known about NEW DELHI of $171 million in July 2016, days,” Mr. Rai, who is the who were brought into the the follow-up investigations. A day after Pakistan asked which necessitated a seven- country’s first Chief Informa- investigation, the hacking An FIR was filed only a India to conduct more “active country hunt that had to be tion Security Officer, said. had occurred by sending month later on August 25 diplomacy” regarding the spearheaded at the top malware to a bank official, (FIR 243/2016) at Mumbai’s case of arrested former Navy levels of government to re- SUNDAY SPECIAL who mistakenly opened an Cybercell, but bank officials oicer Kulbhushan Jadhav, verse the theft. The hack in- email that enabled the rob- said they had no information oicials stated that the next volved a transfer double the “Investigations have been bery. By the next day, when of further follow-ups includ- step could include the size of the Bangladesh Cent- carried out by different ficials said, piecing together ments was checking state- flag to the bank’s top man- the extent of the loss was ing details of a charge sheet, process of appeal and mercy ral Bank that lost $81 million agencies. And whatever was the sequence. On that ments for the day from their agement about the transac- known, senior officials of the or investigations in any of petitions by his family. in February 2016, but most suggested [to improve secur- Thursday, a Union Bank of dollar account, when he notion. “I haven’t authorised Ministry of External Affairs the six other countries NEWS Ī PAGE 10 details have been kept under ity], has been implemen- India official in the treasury ticed a startling discrepancy. any such payment last and other offices in South involved. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD wraps so far. ted,” Mr. Tiwari said. department looking at An amount of $171 million night,” he reportedly told Block were pressed into ac- (With inputs from Chairman of the Union Events unfolded on the SWIFT (Society for World- had been debited from the the bank’s management. tion to retrieve the money. Vijaita Singh) Bank of India Arun Tiwari as evening of July 20, towards wide Interbank Financial bank without his authorisa- By then the money had One tricky negotiation well as India’s cyber security the end of the bank-week, of- Telecommunication) pay- tion. He quickly raised a red found its way to at least five was with the Taiwanese gov- CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10

Nistula Hebbar with party workers himself. BHUBANESWAR “Mr. Shah said that when The BJP may be basking in the BJP won in 2014, analysts the warm afterglow of its vic- said the party had peaked. tories in the five States that After the results of the 2017 went to the polls earlier in [Assembly] elections, again, the year, but party president it was claimed that the party Amit Shah exhorted national has peaked,” Mr. Prasad said. executive members to not be “However, he believes “complacent” and work in- that the golden age of the stead for a golden age for the party, or its peak, will be party “with the BJP occupy- Yogi Adityanath with reached only after a BJP ing all levels of government Venkaiah Naidu in chief minister will be in- from panchayats to the Par- Bhubaneswar on Saturday. * stalled in every State and the liament.” party occupy positions of Mr. Shah’s appeal came Shah told national executive power from the panchayat to during his inaugural address members to devote 15 days a Parliament level,” Mr. Prasad to the party’s national exec- month to getting in touch quoted the party president utive meeting in with booth-level workers. as saying. Mr. Shah also said Bhubhaneswar, the capital Mr. Modi was the most popu- of Odisha, a State that seems Cross-country tour lar leader in the country to be next on the party’s ac- Mr. Prasad also said Mr. Shah since Independence. quisition list. Briefing the would also embark on a SECTION 2 Ī 14 PAGES media on Mr. Shah’s speech, whirlwind tour of 95 days, CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 SUNDAY MAGAZINE Ī 8 PAGES Union Law Minister Ravi till September, to every State MODI FRENZY GRIPS Art of swachh: An installation of brooms has been sponsored by a local business group in Surat to promote Prime Minister CLASSIFIEDS Ī PAGES 4, 5 & 6 Shankar Prasad said Mr. of the country and interact BHUBANESWAR Ī PAGE 10 Narendra Modi’s Swachh Bharat Mission. Mr. Modi will arrive in the city on Sunday as part of a two-day visit to Gujarat. * PTI

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Deputy Chief Minister Guild (NAG), the trade union Most of the expatriates are Manish Sisodia on Saturday Rohan Premkumar taihmushkulni is named of Jet Airways pilots, has is- commanders. Those flying said the timing of the Shun- UDHAGAMANDALAM after the Toda deity hill, sued an ultimatum to the air- Boeing 777 aircraft draw a glu Committee report, the Three new species of plants ‘Taihmushkuln’. Like the line’s management to imme- tax-free, take home salary of advertisement bill incurred belonging to the halls of Valhalla in Norse diately release all foreign ₹8 -9 lakh per month com- by the government and the Balsaminaceae family were mythology, the Todas pilots from duty ‘keeping the pared to around ₹6 lakh paid notice to vacate the party identified in the Mukurthi believe that their god safety of passengers in to Indian commanders. office was a well planned National Park in the Nilgiris ‘Aihhn’ resides and rules the mind.’ Unless the issue is re- strategy by opposition recently. Toda afterworld from the solved immediately, the NAG parties to weaken the Aam The three, named hill. Directive to trainers Strong headwinds: The NAG has also asked pilot trainers not decision is expected to im- Aadmi Party before the Impatiens kawttyana, Impatiens nilgirica variant The NAG, which has a mem- to conduct training or checking of any expat pilot. * REUTERS pact Jet Airways flight opera- municipal elections. Impatiens taihmushkulni and nawttyana, differs slightly bership of 991 Jet Airways pi- tions from next month. Interacting with the edit- Impatiens nilgirica, found by from a previously identified lots, has also issued a direct- Besides, co-pilot mem- ful strike which grounded Several recent incidents orial staff of The Hindu, Mr Tarun Chhabra and species, with the newly ive to all pilot trainers not to bers have been directed not the airline’s entire fleet for involving expat pilots have Sisodia said because of the Ramneek Singh a few years found variety having “longer conduct training or checking to fly with expats from May 1, five days, is up in arms given ammunition to NAG to kind of politics they prac- ago, were formally classified scape (part of a stalk bearing of any expat pilot working in 2017. against the over 100 expat harden its stance. tise, they were under no il- recently. Their discovery Tarun Chhabra with one flowers) and petioles (the the airline from April 16, The NAG, set up in 2009, pilots who draw a higher lusion that running the was published in the Nordic of the new species. stalk that joins the leaf to 2017. conducted a hugely success- salary than their Indian CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 Delhi government would Journal of Botany in * M. SATHYAMOORTHY the stem), with white be a smooth affair. December 2016. flowers,” among other small Mr. Sisodia said the an- Dr. Chhabra, a practising endemic species of plants in variations. This variety was nouncement to abolish dentist and cultural the Nilgiri Biosphere named based on what the Youth killed in iring, tension in Srinagar house tax had been well anthropologist who has Reserve, of which the Todas call the members of thought out and the party worked closely with the Nilgiris in Tamil Nadu forms the Balsaminaceae family — Incident took place following stone throwing on BSF patrol team had readied a plan to con- Toda tribes, has published a the core, with over 90 ‘Nawtty.’ trol leakages in revenue book titled The Toda endemics,” he said. Peerzada Ashiq nesses, a BSF vehicle was fied the victim as Sajad Has- Scores of protesters took collection to compensate Landscape. Talking to The Impatiens kawttyana, as Dedicated guardians Srinagar passing through the area san of Baramulla district to the streets after the death for the loss of income. Hindu, he said several years described by Chhabra and The naming of the three A civilian was shot dead on when the incident took who was currently living in and there was palpable ten- He said the recent cases have passed since new plant Ramneek, is identifiable by species after Toda deities Saturday evening in a firing place. S.D. Colony, Srinagar . sion in Srinagar. of alleged tampering of species were discovered in its large, white flowers, isn’t coincidental. Dr. incident in Srinagar ’s Locals claimed BSF A police official said there The Valley has been on EVMs should spur the state the Nilgiris, and the new glandular hairs followed by Chhabra says the names Batamaloo area after a minor jawans fired at the crowd was no deployment in the edge since April 9 when Election Commission to in- species throw light on the white hairs at the throat, reflect the Todas’ crucial incident of stone throwing after stones hit their vehicle. area when the incident took eight civilians were killed in stal voter verified paper continued importance and and has been named after a role in maintaining pristine on a Border Security Force The Hindu could not get the place. “We are looking into clashes during polling for audit trail in EVMs before diversity of the Nilgiris. Toda deity hill, ‘Kawtty’. ecosystems, especially in the (BSF) patrol party. BSF version despite repeated the circumstances of the the Srinagar byelection. the municipal polls. “There are more than 135 Similarly, the Impatiens Mukurthi National Park. According to eyewit- attempts.The police identi- killing,” he said. SEE ALSO Ī PAGE 10 FULL INTERVIEW Ī PAGE 2 CM A ND-ND YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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INTERVIEW | MANISH SISODIA Sisodia sees design in food bill leak, Shunglu report, eviction notice Interacting with The Hindu’s editorial staf on Saturday, Deputy CM says bypoll defeat won’t impact AAP’s prospects in civic polls as party’s ight is against corruption Soumya Pillai SEC feels that the arrange- ■ I don’t understand the he received from the Centre. Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister and senior Aam Aadmi Party ment for these VVPATs can- criticism. Initially, they said With Mr. Baijal, my experi- (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia talks about the party’s preparation not be done in a week, then that this cannot be done ence so far has been good. He for the upcoming municipal corporation elections, its demand take 15 or 20 days. However, without Parliament’s ap- considers and discusses for EVM checking and the timing of the allegations levied arranging the VVPATs imme- proval, but when I countered things with us. Another good against the AAP right before the polls on April 23. Here are ex- diately should not be a prob- it saying that we will use the thing about him is that he has cerpts from the interaction: lem for them. same provisions using which worked in Delhi, so he under- People ask, why didn’t you they exempted the house tax stands the city. ask this question when you for BJP leader Vijay Goel’s Your party has been Do you think the Shun- ernment had worked for came to power winning 67 bungalow in Chandni Chowk, asked to pay ₹97 crore for glu Committee report, the them in the last two years, but out of 70 seats. No, we did not they had nothing to say. the advertisements that selective leaking of food our decision of withdrawing and we did not even question However, something that the Delhi government had bills (₹1,200 per plate), the MLA from there and send- the BJP’s Lok Sabha win or we had also considered be- issued, a part of which you and the eviction notice to ing him to Punjab was wrong. their win in many other fore announcing this as our have already paid to the your office right before They told us they will talk to States. But now there is evid- party agenda was the fin- advertisers. What do you the elections are coincid- us for the municipal elec- ence of tampering. Why is the ances. When we overtook the have to say about the ental? tions, but not here. SEC so oblivious to these al- government, we started with whole episode? ■ Nothing is coincidental. In a previous session, legations? And not just us, ₹32,000 crore. Today, after ■ This is quite hilarious ac- All these things, the food bill Delhi Congress chief Ajay other parties are also de- three budget sessions, we tually. This has two parts to it file which is two years old, the Maken had said that the manding inspection of EVMs. now have a budget of ₹48,000 -- first is that AAP has not is- Shunglu Committee report competition in the muni- How tough is the chal- crore. We could achieve that sued these advertisements which is eight months old, cipal polls is between lenge of the municipal because we could fix leakages nor does it have any stake in and the bill of Mr. Ram Jeth- them and the BJP. He had elections for the AAP? in the revenue collection sys- the whole transaction, then malani for the defamation suit alleged that people had ■ Every election is tough. tem. At present, advertise- why should it pay? Second, have been strategically enough of the hollow Unfortunately, the process of ments and parking are the who has decided? The com- planned. promises that the AAP has elections in this country is not biggest areas where corrup- mittee that has decided that Howdoyouviewthe made to them? issue-based. It is not just tion is rampant, and many of the AAP has to pay has the result of the Rajouri ■ Delhiites have not yet for- about political parties and these companies are set up by BJP’s slogan writer as one of Garden bypolls that came gotten the 15 years of Con- public, there are several other BJP members and their famil- its members. This committee out recently? gress governance. In those vested interests at play. ies and they are majorly bene- doesn’t even have the power ■ Even before the results years, the Congress had re- Earlier when we were fighting fiting from it. to give out such orders. The were announced in Rajouri duced the national Capital to the Assembly elections, Many of your MLAs and order is rubbish. Garden I had told my party a deplorable state. No work power companies, private ness of selling seats, then the <> The corrupt people, complete the formalities, if ministers have been There is a general alleg- colleagues that people there was being done by the govern- schools, tanker mafia were all account is maintained at zero. feel comfortable there was some problem, but slapped with criminal ation on your party that it are angry with us, because ment departments without stakeholders, and in the mu- They, the corrupt people, feel instead they just outrightly cases. Your government lacks internal democracy with BJP and their MLA left halfway to con- bribery. It is not about what nicipal elections too the touts comfortable with BJP and asked us to vacate. also has an antagonistic re- and that was the reason test the elections in Punjab. Ajay Maken says, it is about and the middlemen play a Congress, with us they feel Congress, with us Do you think after your lationship with the Lieu- why Yogendra Yadav and As a strategist I felt that both what people feel. role in things even as small as uncomfortable. they feel performance in Goa and tenant-Governor. How dif- Prashant Bhushan quit elections should have been They have also said that building a house. Our fight is How is your approach uncomfortable Punjab, your popularity ficult is it to run a AAP. Is the party doing conducted together. It is un- the traditional Congress against all these elements. towards municipal polls has increased nationwide government under such anything to improve in- fair that people will have to vote bank which shifted to Your fight not against different from what it was work saying that we did not or do you consider this a circumstances? ternal democracy? vote in a gap of a week. AAP in the Assembly elec- the BJP or the Congress? in the Assembly elections? have the permission to do setback? ■ It is very difficult, but we ■ I challenge that there is If the boundaries of the tions is back with them ■ These are just parties. ■ When we had come to this, because the road be- ■ We were fully prepared never expected it to be a cake- no political party in this coun- Election Commission of India now, and the Rajouri More than them, our fight is power in Delhi, the people longed to MCD. That is why for these elections, and we walk. Like I had said earlier, try which is more democratic (ECI) and the State Election Garden bypoll is a proof of against these middlemen who had some basic needs such a we are fighting for MCD. were also expecting to win. we don’t adjust. If someone is than we are. In our party, no Commission (SEC) are differ- it. What do you have to say give spark to corruption. Both water, power, education, and If you are voted to However, after the results I indulging in any corrupt prac- two people from the same ent, then why should the about that? the BJP and the Congress have health. These are very generic powerintheMCD,doyou feel we haven’t performed too tices, I will not spare him, family are given tickets in people of Rajouri Garden suf- ■ I just want to tell them joined hands with these cor- needs and the people want think your government’s badly. It was our first (As- even if he is from my own elections. Which party has fer for it? But as an after- that the municipal elections rupt elements, but we don’t the government to fulfil these functioning will be easier? sembly) election there (in party. I get several calls every such democracy? thought, I now feel that the will show whether their vote adjust. We are blamed for that first. Similarly, in the muni- ■ A lot of our work will be- Punjab) and we managed 20 day asking for favours, but I In many Delhi govern- anger the people had against bank is back with them. For by a section that used to gain cipal elections too, the basic come easier. The resistance seats. have never entertained any. ment schools admissions our party, they have released the first time the voters are out of these practices, but problems that people face are that we are facing now will be However, I do not feel that People should mend their are not being given to chil- it by voting against us. So, saying that work is happening there is no midway for us. sanitation, sewage, mainten- eased. the loss of even win in Punjab ways, instead of expecting the dren who do not have now when they come to vote without an exchange deal. When you adjust to such prac- ance of parks, permission for Do you feel that loss of polls would have affected our government to suit their Aadhaar card. This is for the municipal elections, Chief Minister Arvind tices, and ask private schools the construction of houses office in the middle of the performance here. Our per- needs. against the Right to Educa- they will come with a fresh Kejriwal has asked for the to ‘adjust’ four of your admis- etc. In many cases now, if we campaign has in a way dis- formance in Punjab spoiled Is there any difference tion (RTE) rules. Any mind. postponement of the mu- sions and in return they can want undertake a project in couraged volunteers? our chances in Punjab. These between the working of comments? Couldn’t disillusion- nicipal polls till the EVMs sell four seats — it never stops their (municipal corpora- ■ They do not know, but are two separate elections, former L-G Najeeb Jung ■ I agree with this, and I ment with your party and are checked. How serious at just that. They will sell 40 tions) jurisdiction they do not unintentionally by doing this and separate States. and the present L-G, Anil have fixed that problem. dissatisfaction with the are the allegations of EVM seats in turn for adjusting four even give a no-objection certi- they have created sympathy House tax abolishment Baijal? Many of the students and par- performance be a reason? tampering? of yours. So, if I put my foot ficate (NOC). for us among the voters. is your primary promise in ■ Mr. Jung initially was ents approached me in this ■ No, that is not the case. ■ We have asked the elec- down and say that there will For instance, in my con- People feel this was the lowest these elections and it has very cooperative, but some- regard. But the problem has When we had interacted with tion commission to fit VVPAT be no recommendations from stituency I had used the MLA they could have gone, and it attracted criticism from how he became very rigid been fixed now and children the people there, they told us (voter verified paper audit my office and you (the fund to construct a road. The is. We are the ruling party. your opponents. Do you later. This could be because of do not need Aadhaar card for that they agree that our gov- trail) with the EVMs. If the schools) also close your busi- councillor there stopped the They could have told us to have an action plan for it? the brief of ‘productiveness’ admission.

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC AAP dubs When rivals meet AAP took over water tanker MCD ‘most corrupt scam from Cong, says BJP department’ Gupta alleges both parties are ‘equal partners in scam’ Press Trust of India NEW DELHI Staff Reporter were “sharing the money” Dubbing the municipal cor- New Delhi from the “scam”. porations (MCD) the “most With the civic polls around corrupt department”, the the corner, the Delhi BJP on ‘No follow-up’ Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday alleged that the According to the LoP, it was Saturday released a booklet Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) gov- in mid-2015, “after a fact- listing instances of alleged ernment, in connivance with finding panel was set up by graft in the BJP-ruled civic the Congress, had continued the Kejriwal government and bodies. with the “water tanker pressure from the BJP”, that The name of the booklet scam” instead of terminating the Water Minister Kapil is "MCD, Most Corrupt De- the contract of the firms in- Mishra filed a complaint with partment". The AAP said volved in it. the Anti-Corruption Bureau, that it was being "released At a press conference held Leader of the Opposition in “but no follow-up action was in public interest". at the party office here, the Delhi Assembly Vijender taken against the contractors The purpose of the book- Leader of the Opposition in Gupta. * SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA or government officers”. let, which is essentially a the Delhi Assembly Vijender “Both Ms. Dikshit’s and compilation of newspaper Gupta raked up the issue of the AAP are two sides of the Mr. Kejriwal’s governments reports on corruption in the the alleged scam, which was same coin. They flock to JNU, are equal partner in this civic bodies, is to make highlighted by the AAP in Ramjas College and Hydera- ₹400 crore scam. The DJB people aware of the extent 2015. bad, together, in the wake of makes payment of ₹6 crore of the BJP's “mismanage- The alleged scam involves any issue. And, Chief Minis- per month to the tanker ment”, Deputy Chief Minis- irregularities in hiring some ter Arvind Kejriwal, who as- mafia out of which ₹3.5 crore ter Manish Sisodia said. 385 stainless steel water sumed charge after Ms. is looted through corruption. tankers by the Delhi Jal Dikshit, continued with the The people of Delhi want to ‘Where’s the money?’ Board (DJB) in 2012, during water tanker scam instead of know if this ₹3.5 crore is not Addressing a press confer- former Chief Minister Sheila terminating the contract of with the government then to ence, Mr. Sisodia accused Dikshit’s rule. the companies involved,” Mr. whom it is going,” Mr. Gupta the BJP functionaries of the “Both, the Congress and Gupta said, adding that both said. corporations of “diverting” funds meant for various schemes and projects and of “looting” the public Morning walk: Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken (left) bumps into BJP leader and Union Minister Vijay Goel (centre) at Lodi Gardens Congress BJP iles complaints exchequer. while canvassing for his party's candidate for the upcoming municipal polls, on Saturday. * V. SUDERSHAN “Where has the money promises gone? The BJP talks of Di- against Kejriwal gital India, but the websites tax waivers of the corporations have CM’s demand to delay polls ridiculous: Goel Staff Reporter Deputy Chief Minister Man- been under construction Staff Reporter New Delhi ish Sisodia against the BJP re- for 13 years and ₹12 crore NEW DELHI The Delhi BJP has lodged two garding hike in power and has been spent,” he said. Senior BJP leader says Arvind Kejriwal is ‘frustrated’ by repeated poll defeats Property tax on assets oc- separate complaints against water tariffs,” said Mr. Tiwari. In its poll campaign, the cupied by the owners as Chief Minister Arvind Kejri- Meanwhile, during a meet- AAP is laying a major thrust Staff Reporter all confidence post its elect- The BJP leader pointed He added that Mr. Kejriwal well as those rented by wal in objection to alleged in- ing at a chaupal in Munirka on a series of alleged acts of New Delhi oral losses in Punjab and Goa out that reports have claimed has “engaged in almost every senior citizens will be appropriate statements made village in support of BJP Can- corruption in the municipal Union Minister for Youth Af- and had witnessed “a trailer” that Mr. Kejriwal had met the major malpractice to gain waived if the Congress by him against the BJP and didate Bhagat Singh Tokas, corporations reported over fairs and Sports Vijay Goel on of their performance in the Delhi Election Commissioner publicity and power”, the wins the upcoming muni- the Election Commission New Delhi MP Meenakshi the last one decade, a Saturday slammed Chief Min- ensuing polls through the Ra- and demanded that the mu- people of Delhi were not cipal corporations elec- (EC), the party’s State unit Lekhi said that the BJP was period during which the BJP ister Arvind Kejriwal for his jouri Garden by-poll loss. nicipal polls be postponed longer willing to “believe his tions, Delhi Congress pres- chief Manoj Tiwari said on trying to make Delhi a smart has been in control of all the demand to postpone the mu- for at least two months after false promises and ident Ajay Maken said on Saturday. city and the first phase would three civic bodies. nicipal polls by two months. ‘Blaming EVMs’ already having pushed for gimmicks.” Saturday. One complaint raises ob- be completed by the end of The AAP is also planning Terming it “illegitimate “This is the reason that frus- VVPAT-equipped EVMs as Interacting with Del- jection to Mr. Kejriwal’s state- 2018 by making all the ser- to woo the safai kara- and ridiculous”, the senior trated Mr. Kejriwal is now well as CCTV cameras to Morning Walk Abhiyaan hiites at Lodi Gardens dur- ment terming the Election vices of the corporations mcharis (sanitation work- BJP leader said: “On one pushing for a postponement check any EVM tampering “I will undertake a Morning ing their morning walk, Mr. Commission as Dhritrastra available online. ers) through its manifesto. hand Mr. Kejriwal claims that of the civic elections. It’s sur- attempts. Walk Abhiyaan in order to Maken said that while the and the BJP as Duryodhan. At the meeting, a candid- Senior leaders of the party their Rajouri Garden loss was prising that Mr. Kejriwal was Terming the demands expose Mr. Kejriwal and his Congress would offer re- “In the other complaint, ate of the Aam Aadmi Party said it will include major de- due to the public’s anger and completely fine when they “laughable”, Mr. Goel said: false agendas. MoS External bates on property tax for filed in the Sansad Marg po- in the 2016 by-election, mands, including the one on the other hand they aren’t won 67 seats, but now when “Mr. Kejriwal blames EVMs, Affairs Gen. (Retd.) V. K. certain categories of tax- lice station and with the State Sunita Tokas, joined the BJP. on regularisation of those ready to accept the people’s they are losing, they have deploys his secret agents, Singh will join too,” he said. payers, it would also have a Election Commissioner, ob- Meanwhile, the BJP's dis- working on contract basis. mandate.” been blaming Electronic Vot- telephone tapping and what The Morning Walk Abhiyaan plan to increase the cor- jection has been raised on ciplinary committee expelled The municipal polls are Mr. Goel said that the Aam ing Machines (EVMs) day and not; all this proves that Mr. will take place on April 17 at poration’s revenue by the misleading charge lev- 21 workers for “indulging in scheduled for April 23. Aadmi Party (AAP) had lost night,” Mr. Goel added. Kejriwal is frustrated.” 7.30a.m. in Lodi Gardens. ₹5,200 crore every year. elled by Mr. Kejriwal and the anti-party activities”.

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HEMANI BHANDARI ture once the software is Case challenged on grounds of non-approval of charge sheet NEW DELHI programmed and centrally In a video that went viral on controlled. In the interim, Staff Reporter gross illegality and is not fence/representation dated ‘No cognisable ofence New Delhi made out against CM’ social media on Saturday, during the commissioning sustainable in law, all sub- 27.01.2009 of the charged NEW DELHI commuters at central Delhi’s process itself, the contractor The Central Administrative sequent proceedings are official [applicant], if so de- The Delhi Police on Saturday Rajiv Chowk Metro Station in will be advised to ensure Tribunal (CAT) has quashed rendered illegal,’’ the sired,’’ the Tribunal further told a city court that no Connaught Place could be password protection.” the entire disciplinary pro- Tribunal said. said. cognisable offence was made seen staring at an LED ceedings against a Deputy “The OA [Original Applic- out against Chief Minister screen, a part of which was Report next week Commissioner of the De- ation] is accordingly al- Advance copy Arvind Kejriwal, against whom playing a porn clip. The in- The police have also initiated partment of Agriculture and lowed. Charge memor- The Tribunal had in 2012 a plea was filed for allegedly cident allegedly took place an enquiry into the matter to Co-operation. andum dated 16.01.2009 quashed a penalty order by misleading people by saying on April 9. check who’s responsible for The official, Sahdeva and all subsequent proceed- the Department of Agricul- the municipal corporations playing the clip and will sub- Singh, had challenged the ings are declared illegal and ture and Co-operation were not under the State’s Split-screen Left red-faced: DMRC said the screen was under testing at the mit a report on the incident proceedings on the grounds null and void, and are against the official, stating control. The complaint, filed When the screen, which is time of the incident. * FILE PHOTO early next week. Deputy of non-approval of the hereby quashed,” the that he was not supplied in by Brijesh Shukla, said public used for advertisement pur- Commissioner of Police charge sheet by the discip- Tribunal said. advance a copy of the ad- money was wasted on poses, started playing the who are yet to be identified, as per CCTV footage, three (Metro) Jitender Mani told linary authority. “Since the charge vice of the Union Public Ser- The Hindu “spreading lies” through a clip for a few minutes, a few were responsible. DMRC men ran the porn clip on the , “I saw the video memorandum was not duly vice Commission on whose passengers captured the Spokesperson Anuj Dayal screen at Rajiv Chowk sta- today but we have not re- ‘Not as per law’ approved by the disciplin- basis Dr. Singh was retired full-page advertisement. PTI video. The clip shows a large said that the screen was un- tion,” he said, adding that ceived any formal complaint “Since the initial action of ary authority, the matter is from service. screen split into six portions der commissioning and test- CCTV footage is under exam- so far. However, I have the respondents, i.e., non- remitted back to the discip- It had directed the De- Two killed after falling with the porn video playing ing by a private contractor ination and efforts are on to marked an enquiry to exam- grant of approval to the linary authority to recom- partment to reinstate the of- into oxidation pond on the bottom right, even as and continues to be so. identify the men. ine those involved, including charge memorandum and mence the proceedings by ficial immediately. some commuters stopped to “From preliminary investiga- DMRC and the private con- non-consideration of rep- granting approval to the Also, it had allowed the NOIDA take a look. tion, it was established that Password protection tractor they have men- resentation to the charge charge memorandum in ac- Department to go ahead Two persons were killed after Delhi Metro Rail Corpora- the incident happened on Talking about the action to tioned.” The police said the memorandum before ap- cordance with law and also with the disciplinary pro- falling into an oxidation pond tion (DMRC) confirmed that April 9 around 5 p.m. The avoid such incidents in the investigation could not take pointing the inquiry officer take decision regarding ap- ceedings against the official at a sewage treatment plant the incident happened LED TV system was under future, he said, “This sort of place on Saturday because was not according to law pointment of inquiry officer from the stage where the here on Friday night, the around 5 p.m. on the said commissioning and wifi port interference with the system the DMRC offices are closed and the charge memor- on due consideration of legal infirmity had police said. The victims, date and that three men, was accessible. Prima facie, will not be possible in the fu- on weekends. andum itself suffers from written statement of de- occurred. Mukund and Betwa, were working at the STP in Sector 54 when they fell into the pond. V. P. Singh, the SHO of the Sector 24 police station, Drunk driving sentence reduced Police bust gang of 4 jewel thieves said they died before they could be pulled out. The contractor has extended ₹10 Engineering graduate asked to sit till rising of the court Known as ‘Irani gang’, the accused posed as police oicers to cheat elderly women lakh for their families. PTI Nirnimesh Kumar the alcohol content in his dependent on his father and Staff Reporter Shahjman Saiyad, Barkat Ali The accused were arres- brought by Golconda Kings New Delhi blood was found to be preparing for MBA entrance NEW DELHI and Zafar Abbas Amjad ted after Ramesh Kumari as their bodyguards. “Be- Plywood trader commits A Delhi court has reduced 240.70 mg per 100 ml of examination after having The Delhi Police have arres- Seikh. Inspired by the film Verma filed an FIR stating cause of their strong suicide in Dadri the sentence of an engineer- blood. The subordinate completed his B.Tech. ted a gang of four robbers — ‘Special 26’, the accused that she was robbed of her physique and bravery then NOIDA ing graduate from five-day court had sentenced him to Opposing the appeal, the dubbed the ‘Irani gang’ — on would spot elderly women jewellery on April 9 near Ra- they were considered to be A trader has committed simple imprisonment till five days’ imprisonment and prosecution submitted that Friday for duping and cheat- on a lonely street and tell jouri Garden in a similar the finest warriors.Today, suicide by shooting himself in rising of the court (TRC) in a suspended his driving li- drunken driving cases had ing innocent elderly women them fake stories of robbery fashion. they may have lost the war- Dadri on Friday night, the drunk driving case of cence for six months after been increasing day-by-day by posing as CBI and Delhi and theft in the area and rior touch, but are experts in police said. Mukesh Gupta, a December 2016. he pleaded guilty. and was the main cause of Police officials. Two of the would ask them to put their Roots in Persia cheating people by posing as plywood trader, was facing major accidents. In this mat- arrested persons were also jewellery safely in a cover The police swung into action policemen,” said Deputy financial problems over the Rising of court Appeal for lenient view ter, the alcohol consumed wanted by the Mumbai po- provided by the accused. and received specific inform- Commissioner of Police last few months. This had led The accused has been asked Challenging the sentence, by the appellant was eight lice for cases under Maha- Then another member ation about the members (West) Vijay Kumar explain- to anxiety and depression, to sit in the courtroom till the counsel for the accused times more than the per- rashtra Control of Organised would discreetly replace the coming to Masjid Lane ing why police across states the police said. Though no the court rises for the day. urged Additional Sessions missible limit, the prosec- Crime Act. jewellery with fake ones and Bhogal, from where they have named them ‘Irani complaint has been filed by According to the prosecu- Judge Bupesh Kumar to utor said. However, the hand the cover back to the were nabbed. gang’. The police have re- the family members of the tion, the man was found award him a lesser punish- Judge allowed his appeal Inspired by movie victim, who realises that The police said that the covered a stolen scooter, deceased, the police have driving a car in an inebriated ment keeping in view that considering his age and The accused were identified they had been robbed only gang has its roots in Persia three fake identity cards of sent the body for post- condition. On examination, that he is a young man of 25, circumstances. as Naasir Hafiz Khan, Asu once they reach home. and their ancestors were the Delhi Police. mortem. PTI

Beat the heat: Children play at a pond near Boat Club on a hot Saturday afternoon in the Capital. * SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR

Staff Reporter List. NEW DELHI A member of the rescue A rare Egyptian Vulture was team said, “The bird was rescued by the Wildlife SOS frightened and appeared to team from a residential area be in considerable pain. We in Mayur Vihar Phase-1 on had to carefully place it in a Saturday. The bird had transport carrier to prevent injured its right wing and is it from hurting itself any currently undergoing further.” treatment. The Wildlife SOS Rapid Bone damage Response Unit responded to Geeta Seshamani, co- a distress call on their 24 founder Wildlife SOS said, hour helpline (9871963535) “The X-ray reports revealed about an injured vulture that that the vulture’s right wing was found outside a bone has been damaged and residence in Mayur Vihar. we are not sure if it will be The unusual looking bird able to recover enough to fly was lying on the side of the again. Our team is doing road and on seeing that it theirbest to provide the bird was struggling to fly, a with necessary concerned resident medicaltreatment for its contacted Wildlife SOS for Struggling to take of: A Wildlife SOS team rescued the bird injuries.” help. that had injured its right wing. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The vulture is a useful scavenger and plays an Caught by manja coated string) of a flying kite, also called the white important role in the A two member rescue team the vulture’s right wing was scavenger vulture or ecosystem as by feeding on was promptly dispatched to severely injured and had to pharaoh’s chicken is the carrion, they are disposing the location and upon be rushed to the smallest among all vultures. off the carcasses of dead arrival identified the bird as organisation’s rescue facility animals that would an Egyptian Vulture. for treatment. Endangered species otherwise be a breeding Suspected to have been Egyptian vulture It is a globally endangered ground for infectious caught by a manja (glass- (Neophron percnopterus) species on the IUCN Red diseases. CM A ND-ND YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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Rohini Sector 6. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Hemani Bhandari go to the court when the in- in the videos,” she said. drive in 2016. The area be- NEW DELHI cident took place. Ms. Jain came much cleaner after A Delhi High Court lawyer told The Hindu that she was Viral video that,” said Ms. Jain. was allegedly brutally beaten “bullied by Devi’s son The matter came to light up by her neighbours in Mithun and a local goon Raju when the videos and photos Previous accusations front of her 16-year-old son Pandey” on Monday saying of the incident taken by her In the past year, Devi has al- in Rohini Sector 6 on Tues- that “she shouldn’t dare to 16-year-old son Samyak Jain legedly accused Ms. Jain of day morning. The neigh- leave her house”. went viral on social media being a “characterless wo- bours — a mother-daughter “On Monday, she abused and drew support from thou- man”. She has also accused duo — were allegedly en- me and said horrible things sands of people online. Ac- the victim’s husband of at- raged over the municipal about my character. I had cording to Ms. Jain, Devi and tempting to rape her daugh- corporation breaking down filmed it on my phone to her family, along with ter and Ms. Jain’s sons of the staircase outside their show to the police. She sus- people from other 19 houses passing lewd comments at house following a petition pected I’ll go on Tuesday so of their complex, were furi- women in her family. “No filed by the victim claiming her son and another man ous with her for not allowing one was ever arrested be- illegal encroachment. The came to my house and beat them to extend their houses. cause the police knew she police have arrested the two me up. They told me not to She had filed a writ petition was lying,” said Ms. Jain. accused, who are now under leave the house or else they in 2012 in the High Court After the incident, the vic- judicial custody. would kill me,” said Ms. Jain. stating that no house should tim was taken to Baba Saheb She added the same be allowed to extend their Ambedkar hospital by the Death threats, bullying happened on Tuesday on area over permissible limits. police and discharged later Anu Jain (36), who has been her way to the court. Devi “The officials of the cor- in the night. DCP (Rohini) practicing in the HC since and her daughter allegedly poration would come, bring Rishi Pal told The Hindu that 2009, was allegedly stopped her and started down a little of the encroach- Devi and Preeti have been ar- threatened with death, beating her. “She sat on me ment and show the court rested. “We have seen the punched, beaten with sticks, and squeezed my neck after that they have taken action. I CCTV footage. A case under and knocked down by Anju which I fell unconscious. would produces pictures of section 307 and 34 of the IPC Devi and daughter Preeti on While I was passed out, the the same in court after has been registered and fur- Tuesday. Ms. Jain had just mother and daughter contin- which the civic body was ther investigation is under- stepped out of her house to ued to hit me. I saw that later forced to go on a demolition way,” he said.

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Cutouts of Amit Shah Chhattisgarh CM in Odisha to attend BJP national meet found torn, defaced BHUBANESWAR Special Correspondent Life-size cutouts of BJP BHUBANESWAR president Amit Shah, who is The issue of sharing of Ma- here to attend the party’s hanadi water between national executive meeting, Odisha and Chhattisgarh were found torn and defaced was back in focus when at Power House Chhak area. Chief Minister of the neigh- Cutouts of Prime Minister bouring State Raman Singh Narendra Modi were, and Union Water Resources however, left untouched. Minister Uma Bharti came to “It is an unfortunate incident. the city to attend the BJP’s We condemn it as such an act two-day national executive is against the culture of meeting here on Saturday. Odisha,” Senior BJP leader After Mr. Singh told Odisha Chief Minister Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Suresh Pujari said. - PTI presspersons that he was Naveen Patnaik * FILE PHOTO of Raman Singh * FILE PHOTO ready for talks on the Maha- Two fatally knocked nadi issue with Odisha Chief that construction of projects the Odisha government has down by train in Bengal Minister Naveen Patnaik, the on the upstream of the Ma- also moved the Supreme HOWRAH latter reacted sharply saying hanadi river be stopped as it Court seeking a stay order A woman and her seven-year- that his Chhattisgarh coun- would affect water flow into on Chhattisgarh’s construc- old daughter died after being terpart was not cooperative Odisha. tion activities. run over by a train while they in resolving the dispute The Chhattisgarh govern- were crossing the railway when Ms. Bharti convened a ment, however, did not ac- Uma refuses comment tracks at Bally station here, meeting on the issue in New cept the Odisha govern- Responding to queries from police said. Delhi. ment’s claim of a reduced presspersons, Ms. Bharti They have not yet been The controversy had star- water flow. said that she would not com- identified, they said, adding ted last year when Mr. Pat- Apart from writing to the ment on the issue since the their bodies have been sent naik wrote to Prime Minister Centre for setting up a Odisha government had Long queue: Devotees wait to ofer puja on the ocassion of Bengali New Year at Dakshineswar temple in Kolkata on Saturday. * PTI for post-mortem. - PTI Narendra Modi demanding tribunal to resolve the issue, taken the matter to court. Tripura chit fund director arrested Tanoy Das was on the run after a case was registered against him in 2013

Syed Sajjad Ali ing thousands of people, scam investigations in ted by over one hundred chit Agartala mostly common people. Tripura is a big political issue fund companies. It has taken The Tripura Police has arres- Police arrested Tanoy Das, with opposition Trinamool up probe into complaints re- ted a top functionary of a local director of Rubistar, a Congress alleging a ‘CPI(M)- gistered with police under chit fund company who was chit fund company, in con- BJP’ nexus to keep the cent- IPC Sections 420, 406, 34 on the run after a case was nection with a case re- ral agency at bay. “CBI is and Section 3 of Tripura Pro- registered against him 2013. gistered with east Agartala completely silent in Tripura tection of Interest of Deposit- In another development, the police station in 2013. He where chit fund companies ors Act 2000. Special Investigation Team went into hiding after filling collected hundreds of crores (SIT) of the State CID which of the case. by cheating people with high SEBI notices is probing the Rose Valley interest rate and return”, Securities and Exchange chit fund scam is preparing Rose Valley cases TMC leader Sudip Roy Bar- Board of India (SEBI) earlier to bring its owner Gautam Kundu is wanted in the State man said. issued notices against two Kundu from Kolkata this in reference to another case “Undoubtedly there is a ponzi fund companies - month for interrogation. lodged in west Agartala po- connection between CPI(M) Charka Infrastructure Lim- The SIT had earlier failed lice station in the same year. and BJP…they have nexus”, ited and the Suncity Infracon to get Kundu’s custody after Besides Tripura, he is facing Mr Barman told The Hindu Corporation Limited which his lawyers stalled two sanc- forgery and criminal con- on Saturday. His party had raised fund in Tripura. Entit- tions of transit remand citing spiracy charges in West earlier held street protests ies in the notices are named his ailment. Rose Valley held Bengal, Assam and Odisha over the issue. as Bijoy Das and Apu Saha at least 80 per cent of depos- where the CBI is conducting SIT was constituted by the and were summoned to its its in non banking financial probe. State government to enquire office in Kolkata, but they companies in Tripura, cheat- Absence of CBI in ponzi into financial scams commit- failed to turn up. SDF wins Sikkim seat Press Trust of India 374 votes while Congress Gangtok candidate Sumitra Rai The Sikkim Democratic bagged 98 votes. Front (SDF) candidate Dilli Five Independent candid- Ram Thapa on Saturday ates contesting from the seat won the upper Burtuk As- got 449 votes. sembly seat, garnering Nota votes share stood at 8,406 votes in the bypoll. 100 of the total votes polled. Out of the total vote The BJP had fielded count, SDF candidate se- Suresh Khanal Sharma, cured 8,406 votes, Suresh while Sumitra Rai contested Khanal Sharma of BJP got on a Congress ticket.

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IN BRIEF Nitish refuses to comment on Now Cong MLA ‘threatens’ BJP, RJD spat on land deals police in viral video ‘If my friend is unhappy with the SHO, I will take action’ ‘No holidays on birth Speaking more leads to a sore throat, says the Bihar Chief Minister anniversaries’ Press Trust of India against the concerned po- Dhindsa said there was a JAIPUR Press Trust of India Chandigarh lice officer,” he is seen say- complete mismatch in Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Patna A day after a Punjab Minis- ing in the video. statements emanating Singh has said that there Bihar Chief Minister Nitish ter was seen ‘threatening’ Following the appear- from Chandigarh and the should be no holidays on Kumar on Saturday refused a school principal, another ance of the video, the SAD actions of Congress func- birth anniversaries of great to comment on the allega- purported video went viral hit out at Mr Sikki for al- tionaries in the field. personalities instead tions levelled by BJP leader on Saturday in which a legedly threatening SHOs Yesterday, Capt Singh students should be taught Sushil Kumar Modi about du- Congress MLA is seen al- with dire consequences if had banned inclusion of about them on these days. bious land deals by family legedly warning police of- they did not obey the dir- names of government He said that no society can members of RJD chief Lalu ficers to submit to de- ectives of Congress functionaries on founda- progress unless social Prasad. mands of his followers or workers. tion stones and inaugural harmony is strengthened and Mr Kumar did not re- face consequences. Former Finance Minis- plaques, hours after a discrimination ends. PTI spond to repeated queries of ter Parminder Singh video of a Minister threat- Body of ASI found on rail reporters on the issue while Akali Dal response Dhindsa said that in a dir- ening a government school track near Ambala leaving the Gandhi Sangra- Ramanjit Singh Sikki, the ect threat to SHOs, Mr principal in Nabha went AMBALA halay after attending a ruling party MLA from Sikki had announced that viral on social media. The body of an Assistant function. Khadoor Sahib, is seen in if his followers went un- Sub-Inspector, Balwan Singh “Jyada bolne par gala the video issuing a warning heeded, he would himself Earlier video of Sonipat, posted with the kharab ho jata hai (speaking to police officials after and teach a befitting lesson The order was issued after Government Railway Police more leads to a sore throat),” which the Opposition Shir- to the officer. the video showing Cabinet here was found on Ambala- was all that Mr Kumar said. omani Akali Dal (SAD) at- Minister Sadhu Singh Delhi railway track near Deputy chief minister Te- tacked him. Action demanded Dharamsot threatening Ambala Cantt on Saturday jaswi Yadav also did not Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and Deputy CM Tejaswi Yadav releasing books on the State’s journey of “I ask the DSP to tell He demanded immediate with suspension the wo- comment on the issue. Te- Mahatma Gandhi in Patna on Saturday. * PTI morning. PTI their SHOs that none of my action against Mr Sikki un- man principal of the jaswi, the younger son of friends should return under relevant sections of the school, where he had gone One held for smuggling Lalu Prasad, has been tar- agenda... he should ap- ance in the State, which, he owned by him in Patna and happy after meeting them. law for threatening a gov- to lay a foundation stone, US-made cigarettes geted by Sushil Modi with a proach the competent au- said, is standing rock solid. outside the State. “If Jha pro- If any of my followers is ernment official and pre- triggered a massive public JAIPUR/JODHPUR series of allegations of dubi- thority with his allegations, Sushil Modi has been mak- duces any paper with regard unhappy with the func- venting him from doing his outcry. The Minister was A man allegedly involved in ous land deals. instead of making political ing allegations of dubious to allegations about me own- tioning of the SHO, I will duty in an impartial apparently upset over his smuggling of the US-made statements everyday,” Mr land deals by Lalu Prasad’s ing property in Rajendra myself drive to the con- manner. name not being at the top cigarettes and protein ‘Political agenda’ Choudhary told reporters. family members and has de- Nagar in Patna, Sohna in cerned police station. And Targeting the Captain on the plaque. Mr Dharam- supplements and absconding While Mr Kumar and Tejaswi “Why should we work on manded that Mr Kumar sack Haryana, moving around in this should not happen Amarinder Singh-govern- sot however had denied for past one year has been refused to comment, State an agenda set by Sushil Lalu’s two sons from the BMW cars in Bengaluru and that I have to take action ment in the State, Mr such suggestions. arrested by the Directorate of Congress president and Min- Modi? we have our own ministry. Mumbai, and fake degree of Revenue Intelligence (DRI). ister Ashok Choudhary came agenda to work for the Today he threatened to my wife, then I will register Rajesh Saini was called for an down heavily on Sushil people of Bihar,” Mr Choud- file a defamation suit against the entire property in the interrogation yesterday by Modi. hary, the State Education RJD national spokesman name of Lalu Prasad or file a the DRI officials, an official “He is making allegations minister, said. He dismissed Manoj Jha for making false defamation suit against Jha,” Cracks in Uttarakhand said. PTI as part of some political any cracks in the grand alli- allegations of properties Sushil Modi said. Congress out in the open ‘Remove pay anomalies Haryana WCD Minister Leaders blame former CM Harish Rawat for poll defeat in lower grade staf’ Press Trust of India for ban on liquor sale PM urged to accept Ministry report Dehradun Uttarakhand Congress Press Trust of India ers here. leader Indira Hridayesh has ‘This will not work if no such ban exists in nearby States’ Jammu The Committee has said former Chief Minister The National Mazdoor Con- already submitted its report Harish Rawat should take Press Trust of India “Earlier also probably one ference (NMC) on Saturday to Finance Minister Arun the blame for the party’s dis- Chandigarh of the reasons of prohibition urged Prime Minister Naren- Jaitley a month ago, recom- mal showing in the As- Haryana Women and Child failing in Haryana was that li- dra Modi to accept the re- mended 30% increase in all sembly elections as it went Development Minister quor was available in neigh- commendations of the Fin- allowances, beside removal to polls with him at the Kavita Jain on Saturday said bouring States. There were ance Ministry to remove pay of all pay anomalies in re- helm. that “as a woman” she feels instances when people anomalies in the lower spect of lower grade staff of that prohibition should be brought liquor (into the grade staff of Central gov- Central government, he ‘Own responsibility’ imposed in the State. State) in buses and through ernment services. said. He hoped that Central Speaking at a programme in She however added that other means,” she said. “We urge the Prime Min- government will accept the Haridwar yesterday, Ms Hri- such a move would not work Ms Jain said habitual ister and the Union Finance recommendations of the dayesh, who was made the Leader of the Opposition Indira Hridayesh and Uttarakhand if there was no such ban ex- drinkers, when they don’t Minister to accept recom- committee in toto and a de- Leader of the Opposition in Congress chief Kishore Upadhyay (centre) at a press isted in the neighbouring get liquor, turn violent and mendations of the commit- cision in this regard will be the State Assembly recently, conference in Dehradun on Saturday. * PTI States. Kavita Jain * are ready to spend any tee headed by Finance Sec- taken in the next meeting of said: “Rawat should take the “As a woman I would say amount to procure it. “Then retary Ashok Lavasa, Union Cabinet. Mr Shastri responsibility for the party’s Rawat issued a statement responsibility for the party’s prohibition should be im- the Bansi Lal-led Haryana Vi- the situation turns more ex- constituted for removing pointed out that recom- drubbing as the electoral through his former media defeat publicly immediately posed,” Ms Jain told report- kas Party-Bharatiya Janata plosive,” she said while talk- pay anomalies in respect of mendations of the 7th Pay battle was fought under his advisor Surendra Kumar, after the polls. Still, if PCC ers in Sonipat on the side- Party coalition government, ing of demerits of prohibi- lower grade pay of staff in Commission have not be- leadership.” saying he had already pub- president Kishore Upadhyay lines of a function. but it was lifted by the same tion if people can procure different categories besides nefited the lower class of She said Mr Rawat himself licly owned up responsibil- and the Leader of the Op- Haryana shares its bound- regime in 1998. liquor from neighbouring non-finalisation of HRA and Central government. losing both the seats he had ity for the party’s defeat and position Indira Hridayesh aries with States where there Ms Jain said that she felt States. She said the SC order other related allowances by He also demanded re- contested was a “dark he is ready to offer himself if want to subject me to some is no prohibition, she said. that the attempt had failed banning liquor sale along the Central government in lease of 7% DA for the State chapter of politics”. party leaders feel he de- punishment, I readily offer Prohibition had been im- as liquor was available in the the highways was a very July 2016,” NMC president government employees and Apparently hurt by Ms serves some punishment. myself,” Mr Rawat said in posed in Haryana in 1996 by neighbouring States. good thing. Subash Shastri told report- pensioners. Hridayesh’s outburst, Mr “I have already owned up the statement. Complaint against Minister

Press Trust of India Jaipur A police complaint was on Saturday registered against the Primary and Secondary Education Minister of Ra- jasthan, Vasudev Devnani, for allegedly hurting the sentiments of Brahmins.

‘Brahmin sentiment’ “A written complaint was given by one Umakant Ojha, who alleged that the Minister recently raised a question at a programme as to why Brahmins use the title ‘Pandit’ with their names without a proper degree,” Jyoti Nagar police SHO Raghuveer Singh Bhati said. The complainant alleged that the Minister’s statement had hurt the religious sentiments of Brahmins.

No FIR The SHO said no FIR was lodged but the police were looking into the allegation. The Minister was not available for comments. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU 8 SOUTH SUNDAY, APRIL 16, 2017 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF Picnic turns into tragedy in CPI(M)-CPI ties reach a Sindhudurg, eight drown lashpoint in Kerala

JD(S) brainstorms to Sharp exchanges lay bare diferences within the LDF govt. increase online presence Principal of Belagavi college says he allowed only industrial tour, not excursion BENGALURU Special Correspondent The Janata Dal (Secular), Special Corrrespondent police have verified the iden- THIRUVANANTHAPURAM which has largely been Mumbai tities of the deceased with Sharp exchanges between absent from the online space, Eight members of a picnic the help of the survivors and leaders of the CPI(M) and conducted its maiden social party from a college in Bel- have, with the help of the the CPI over the past few media workers’ discussion gavi, Karnataka, drowned in college authorities, contac- days have taken the ties programme here on Saturday. the sea off the Vayri coast in ted their families. between the two Commun- Though 2,500 people were Sindhudurg on Saturday. Following the news of the ist parties, who share power expected, only 1,300 workers Three others are in hospital. tragedy, many parents from as leading constituents of were present for a three-hour According to the Sindhu- Belagavi rushed to Sindhu- the Left Democratic Front, interaction with JD(S) leader durg police, a group of 45 durg on Saturday. to a flashpoint in Kerala. H.D. Kumaraswamy. students and teachers from The college remained Kodiyeri Balakrishnan the Maratha Engineering closed. Before proceeding to and Kanam Rajendran, State Chinese held for taking College had gone to Vayri Sindhudurg, Principal of the secretaries of the two pictures of Kerala temple near Malvan for a picnic on College, Prof. Vishwanath parties, have taken on each KOCHI Saturday, and many of them When disaster struck: Survivors being rushed to a hospital in Udupi, clarified that he had other, laying bare their dif- Members of the Thirunettoor ventured into the sea late in Sindhudurg, Maharashtra, on Saturday. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT not given permission for any ferences over a few issues, Mahadeva Temple the morning. excursion. mostly on the way the LDF management committee on “The current was quite Of the 30 people who They were all rushed to the He had allowed only an in- government is being run. Friday nabbed a 32-year-old strong when they entered entered the sea, 19 managed civic hospital in Malvan, dustrial tour. He had not Chinese national, Si Ersheng, the water. The locals warned to swim to safety with the where eight of them were given permission for that The beginning for allegedly capturing them against going in too help of the fishermen, while declared dead before admis- also initially, but allowed the The CPI began voicing its pictures of the centuries-old deep. Around half-an-hour 11 others were caught in the sion, while three were ad- students to go after they gave dissent with the Pinarayi Vi- when Maoists Koppam Deva- ity of CPI Ministers, the stage Kerala temple using a drone later, some fishermen on the strong waves. The fisher- mitted for treatment. an undertaking that they jayan government deciding raj and Ajitha were shot was set for a confrontation. camera. According to the coast noticed a flurry of men, after helping 19 stu- would make their own not to disclose Cabinet de- dead in the Nilambur The opportunity came when police, Si was controlling the activity and rushed to help,” dents to safety, went back Families informed arrangements. cisions under the Right to In- forests. With some CPI(M) the police resorted to strong drone using a remote from a said an officer with the Mal- into the water and pulled out The eight deceased include (With inputs from Hubballi formation Act. The next Ministers openly raising arm tactics against Mahija, house near by. van police. the remaining 11 victims. three girls, said officials. The Correspondent) point of conflict emerged questions about the capabil- mother of Jishnu Prannoy. T.N. suspends three for bid to When victims of caste violence came face to face divert Kerala’s Chinnar river Resilient Gowsalya Shankar meets Divya, who is yet to emerge from the trauma of her husband’s death

The Hindu exposed the move to link river with Mangayaar B. Kolappan where. Her neighbours are (Prevention of Atrocities) CHENNAI watching every movement of Act, a woman gets ₹5,000 as Radhakrishnan Kuttoor of ATR, told The Hindu that Chief Wildlife Warden G. Both are victims of casteism. hers. pension. In Gowsalya’s case, Pathanamthitta the department had already Harikumar had immediately Both paid a heavy price for “If she sports a tilak (ver- we were able to get ₹ 11,600. The Tamil Nadu Forest De- taken steps to restore the taken up the matter with marrying Dalits. While milion), they ridicule her All the accused continue to partment authorities have forest area, where a trench their Tamil Nadu counter- Divya, whose husband Ilav- saying she has forgotten remain in jail. Moreover, the swung into action against had been illegally dug, to its parts, resulting in the action arasan allegedly committed everything. But she is going government constituted a the move to divert the Chin- original condition. against the forest staff. suicide in July 2013, remains through agonising mo- team of advocates to run the nar river into the Mangayaar The Minister said Munnar a taciturn victim, Gowsalya, ments,” said Ms. Gowsalya. case,” said Kathir, executive stream. They have suspen- 700-metre trench Wildlife Warden G. Prasad whose husband Shankar was director of Evidence, the or- ded a forest range officer in The move was to illegally in- was camping at Chinnar to murdered in front of her, has An example to emulate ganisation that adopted her. the Anamalai Tiger Reserve, terconnect the Chinnar and ascertain the forest restora- emerged an icon for those Bonding together: Divya and Gowsalya of Tamil Nadu, She has already fulfilled her Ms. Gowsalya said Ms. a forester, and a guard in the Mangayaar with a 700- tion process on the Tamil who resist casteism. who lost their husbands to casteist elements. husband Shankar’s dream — Divya was not aware of the connection with the illegal metre long trench. The land Nadu-Kerala border so that it On April 14, she went to constructing a house in his happenings outside. activity. grabbers have already con- would not affect the hydro- Dharmapuri and met Divya, Dharmapuri in connection campaign against casteism native Kumaralingam and “I asked her how she On Friday, The Hindu ex- structed a 4-metre deep and logy and biodiversity of the whom she called ‘comrade.’ with an event against honour and honour killings. Ms. providing education to his could remain normal. She posed the move by a land 3-metre wide trench along forest tract. “Even though she has the killing. I took the opportun- Gowsalya, who addresses two younger siblings. told me she could not forget lobby to divert the Chinnar 80 metres in the ATR. Mr. Ganesan said the T.N. courage to fight against the ity to meet her,” said Ms. her friends as comrade, said “Her case became an ex- the memories of a person waters to the Mangayaar Kerala Forest Minister K. Forest Department had re- horrid incident, she is not Gowsalya, working tempor- Ms. Divya was attending col- ample for those who fight whom she loved. Some with the backing of a section Raju told The Hindu that gistered a case against a man able to speak,” Ms. Gowsalya arily for a Central govern- lege. Her mother was with against injustice. Normally in people had deliberately hid- of the forest staff in the ATR. Principal Conservator of from Kanjirappaly for dig- posted on Facebook. ment organisation and parti- her, she said. a case registered under the den her from society,” Ms. V. Ganesan, Field Director Forests K.J. Varghese and ging the trench. “A few days ago, I went to cipating in events to “She is not going any- Scheduled Castes and Tribes Gowsalya has recorded. Telangana Cabinet clears 12% quota for Muslims Karnataka’s forest reserves vie

It will be an increase of 7 percentage points for the community, which enjoys 5% reservation as BC with one another for resources

N. Rahul that the State government’s HYDERABAD efforts to include the Kaithi 10 newly declared sanctuaries compete for ₹20 crore A meeting of the Telangana Lambadas and the Boya Cabinet, chaired by Chief Valmikis in the ST category Mohit M. Rao Minister K. Chandrasekhar would succeed. Bengaluru Rao, on Saturday afternoon The government is going A prolonged protest has was said to have cleared 12% ahead with 12 per cent reser- seen the 178 sq.km. reservation for Muslims and vation for Muslims backed by Kappatagudda retain its re- 10% for the Scheduled the recommendations of the serve forest status, but the Tribes, in relation to their State Backward Classes Com- journey to a thriving wood- population. mission and the Sudhir com- land ecosystem may still be The same would be incor- mission that the quota for a long way off. To the credit porated in the Telangana the community could be in of Karnataka, since 2010, at Long road ahead: The Kappatagudda hill range has retained its State Reservation Bill to be the range of 9 to 12 per cent. least 17 reserves of various reserve status. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT introduced in special ses- A large group of Akhil categories spread over 2,110 sions of both the Houses of Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad sq. km. were declared. In wildlife and bird sanctuar- ber 2016. The situation is the the legislature on Sunday. activists were rounded up by contrast, in the 20 years be- ies, community and conser- same for other sanctuaries, the police when they went to fore that, just five reserves vation reserves that come whether it is the Gudekote Poll promise the Chief Minister’s camp of- and sanctuaries were de- under the Mysuru Circle, Sloth Bear Sanctuary in Bal- The decision of the govern- fice, where the Cabinet clared, spreading across a which received just ₹2.97 lari or the Jayamangali ment to extend 12 per cent meeting took place, to measly 91 sq. km. crore last year. The response Blackbuck Community Re- reservation to Muslims was protest against the hike in Currently, more than ten to a Right to Information serve in Tumakuru, to which in tune with the promise of Stif opposition: Police clearing ABVP cadre who marched to the Chief Minister’ camp oice to reservation. ‘newly declared’ sanctuaries (RTI) query reveals much of only ₹3 lakh had been accor- the ruling TRS in its election protest the increase in reservation for Muslims. * K.V.S. GIRI Apart from the Reserva- and protected areas vie for it went to the popular Ran- ded and where Gram Pan- manifesto. It also conforms tion Bill, the Assembly will nearly ₹20 crore (2016 re- ganathittu Bird Sanctuary chayats are being asked for to the 12.68 per cent popula- per cent of the total popula- Backward Classes of the 4 percentage points, up from also take up the State specific vised budget estimate) allot- that sees thousands of visit- funds to manage a water tion of the community in the tion. State under group `E’ the present 6 per cent, but Goods and Services Tax Bill ted for the development of ors annually. For the lesser- crisis. The 35 sq. km. Thim- State. The manifesto also It will be a 7 percentage though the matter is pending the population is only 9.08 and the Telangana State Her- ‘new sanctuaries’. The fear known Melukote Wildlife malapura Sanctuary at Tu- promised 12 per cent reser- point hike for Muslims as the in the Supreme Court. per cent. Sources said the itage Bill, incorporating her- is that this amount is getting Sanctuary, barely ₹55 lakh makuru received about ₹ 1.5 vation for the STs but the tri- community already enjoys 5 In the case of the STs, quota was rounded off to 10 itage status for all structures stretched. was spent in 2015-16, and crore, when it had reques- bals accounted for only 9.08 per cent reservation in listed however, the increase will be per cent on the presumption in the State. Take for instance the six then ₹7 lakh till end-Decem- ted over ₹5 crore.

THE HINDU NOIDA/DELHI SUNDAY, APRIL 16, 2017 NATION 9 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF SP open to a tie-up with BSP Train derails near Anti-BJP alliance may take shape in Uttar Pradesh ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha polls Rampur, 13 injured Omar Rashid religion and caste. The RSS LUCKNOW spread false propaganda that A day after the Bahujan the SP is a party of only Ya- Police hint at sabotage after they ind a part of track missing Women activists seek Samajwadi Party (BSP) chief davs, and does appeasement Minister’s help Mayawati expressed her will- and builds graveyards,” Mr. KANPUR ingness to work with other Yadav said. Condemning the action of a anti-Bharatiya Janata Party He dismissed these allega- panchayat in Madhya (BJP) parties, Samajwadi tions, pointing out that his Pradesh’s Guna that passed a Party (SP) president wife Dimple Yadav was from diktat to get a five-year-old Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday a different caste. The SP girl married to an eight-year- stated that his party was not chief also accused the BJP for old boy, social activist Brinda averse to being part of such a raking up religious senti- Adige on Saturday called on front. ments to polarise elections. Union Cabinet Minister for The remarks by the two “Perhaps, the BJP does Women and Child leaders have provided not even consider us Hindus. Development Maneka Gandhi strength to the possibility of Now, every morning, when I to take immediate steps to their parties joining hands or go to the temple, I will tweet ensure that children’s rights becoming a part of a larger a picture [to prove I am a were safeguarded. anti-BJP alliance for the 2019 Expanding footprint: Former U.P. CM and SP chief Akhilesh Hindu]. I can also change Lok Sabha election. Yadav and MP Dimple Yadav at the launch of the party’s kurtas daily and wear differ- 2 dead in explosion at Mr. Yadav said he had wel- membership drive in Lucknow on Saturday. * RAJEEV BHATT ent colours on different days scrap dealer’s shop comed the idea of an alliance of the week,” Mr. Yadav said GURDASPUR even before the election res- hands with” other anti-BJP would be held through them in a lighter vein. Two persons were killed and ults. “In the days to come, parties in her “struggle” and not EVMs. three others grievously the Samajwadi Party will against the alleged tamper- Reflecting on his party’s SP’s membership drive Of the tracks: Coaches of the Meerut-Lucknow Rajya Rani Express that derailed near the Rura injured in an explosion at a play an important role in any ing of Electronic Voting Ma- loss in the U.P. Assembly Mr. Yadav launched a two- railway station in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, on Saturday. * PTI scrap dealer’s shop near the political alliance that is chines, and against the BJP election, Mr. Yadav said that month-long membership Barnala pully area, on the formed. The real election is in order to “save the demo- while his politics of develop- drive for his party — till June STAFF REPORTER Mundapanda railway sta- announced ₹50,000 for outskirts of the city, here on in U.P.…it has 80 seats,” Mr. cracy in the country.” ment did not bear results, 15. The campaign would also MEERUT tion, near a bridge over the each of the injured. Saturday. The police suspect Yadav told reporters here Mr. Yadav also raised the the “glue of Hindutva and be conducted through Eight coaches of the Luc- Koshi river. The accident led The Railways has ordered that the explosion occurred during a party event. issue of alleged EVM tamper- nationalism” did a good missed call and online sys- know-bound Meerut-Luc- to huge traffic disruption as a probe. According to K.K. after a hammer was used to On Friday, Ms. Mayawati, ing and said the Election binding work for the tems. Around three lakh know Rajya Rani Express de- the route connects Delhi to Chaudhary, Superintendent break some object in the in her Ambedkar Jayanti Commission should explain Rashtriya Swayamsevak primary members had railed near Rampur station Lucknow via Moradabad. of Police, Rampur, “The sab- shop. The dead were speech, stressed that she no it. He said he had a “firm be- Sangh (RSS)-BJP, which won signed in on the first day, in Uttar Pradesh at 8 a.m. on Thirteen people, includ- otage angle cannot be ruled identified as Harpreet, 35, longer had any reservations lief” in ballot papers and by “deceiving” voters. “We said SP spokesperson Ra- Saturday. It occurred ing eight women, were in- out as a three-foot-long rail- and Tarsem, 40. in “taking help of or joining hoped future elections were viewed with the lens of jendra Chaudhary said. between Rampur and the jured. The U.P. government way track was missing.” ₹2,000-cr. push for Shops, houses gutted in J&K An artist returns to his elements women engineers Press Trust of India S. Nandagopal’s universe was animated by imagination and the transmogrifying quality of ire Bhaderwah (J&K) At least 26 shops, six resid- Sadanand Menon old were so unqualifyingly flatness, which contributes The fact that he got his Concern over under-representation ential structures and sev- There was a sense of irony to venerated. something like a painterly Lalit Kala Akademi award at eral vendor huts were gut- standing and watching artist/ And I stood there and frontality to his work, en- 24 and the Grand Prize at the Jacob Koshy which stood at around 35%. ted in a major fire in sculptor Nandagopal’s body mused with rather inappro- abling it to be snucked Fourth International Trien- New Delhi But the proportion of wo- Jammu and Kashmir’s being consigned to the fur- priate (Hamletian) black hu- against a wall. nale, Delhi, for his work The Department of Science men in the science and en- Doda district early on nace at an electric cremat- mour, ‘Ah, Thambi, you are Here, an old concept of ‘Ritual Image’ at 32, set him and Technology will be lead- gineering workforce was an Saturday. orium in Chennai this at last in your elements’. ‘asymmetry in symmetry’ in- apart for greater things. He ing a ₹2,000-crore initiative abysmal 12%. There are no reports of afternoon. As the son of the artist and troduced to him by Josef used to say that only when to encourage more girls and anyone getting hurt in the The small group of fellow inspirational teacher K.C.S. James, the resident critic and an artist is “dejected or dis- women to take up careers in Special scholarships incident. artists, friends and family, Paniker and, along with him, theoretical guru at satisfied” that he can create. the domain of science and The current initiative, called The fire broke out in who came to accompany the as one of the founding mem- Cholamandal, went a long There is a feeling that in engineering, where they are Vigyan Jyoti, envisages 500 Gandoh main market, near 71-year-old artist on his final bers of the Cholamandal way in formalising what the past few months he was under-represented. contractual faculty posi- the police station, and journey, must have experi- Artists Village in Madras in were otherwise attempts at increasingly in a rage. When A pilot programme cover- tions for five years in univer- spread quickly before sun- enced different emotions. 1967, Nandagopal was, per- riding on existing mytholo- I last met him a few weeks ing 100,000 girls and wo- sities and research organisa- rise to all adjoining shops But I found myself reflecting haps, the youngest of the S. Nandagopal brought gies, tantric concepts and ago, during the 50th an- men, from school-going tions, and special and houses, which are on the symbiotic relation- group. He had just graduated together the skills of a the mystic pull of the ‘indi- niversary celebrations of the children to those interested scholarships for school girls. mostly made of dry cedar ship between a metal in physics from Loyola Col- metal worker, ceramist, genous’. The need to integ- Cholamandal Village, he was in research, will be The proposal is a key part and pine wood. sculptor and his primary me- lege, Madras, the year be- jeweller and painter. rate the formal discoveries of in a bit of a tizzy against the launched later this year. of a report, Vigyan 2030: Local residents and po- dium, fire. fore. However, the next five modern art with indigenous media and the way it had “We hope to be able to Science and Technology as lice personnel swung into years, he studied painting In an interesting way, the ‘tradition’ was at the root of marginalised this artistic ex- raise the percentage of wo- the Pivot for Jobs, Oppor- action and started dousing Recurring image and ceramics at the College tension of which is still evid- this quest, in order to make periment. The tension and men working in the Indian tunities and National Trans- the flames. I couldn’t shake off the re- of Arts and Crafts, Madras. ent in the works of the artists his art meaningful and his frayed nerves were evid- Institutes of Technology, Na- formation, jointly submitted “The fire was noticed by curring image of having seen Nandagopal’s artistic tra- from Cholamandal, they are relevant. ent. It was not a healthy sign. tional Institutes of Techno- by the secretaries of all the a patrolling team of police Thambi, several times over jectory has followed the still trapped between Ajanta Today, Thambi’s wife Kala logy, Indian Institutes of Sci- Central science depart- and the Sashastra Seema the past almost four decades same pre-occupation as that and Paul Klee. Reflecting on Distinct style said quietly, ‘He did all that ence Education and ments. Presented to Prime Bal at 1.45 am. They raised I knew him, standing with of the thirty-plus members Nandagopal’s works in The way Nandagopal evolved he wanted to do before he Research, and other na- Minister Narendra Modi in an alarm and informed the his goggles and gloves in of that collective, derived beaten metal (copper/ his technique was distinctly went; his great dream was do tional research labs. We aim January, the report — parts fire department. The fire front of his own studio fur- from their mentor Paniker – bronze), embellished with unique. Borrowing from a book on his father, which to take it from the 10% or so of which were reported by tenders could reached the nace, softening copper or an incessant quest for iden- lacquered colours, engrav- craft traditions, he would he just did a few months ago’ at present, to 33% in the The Hindu on Saturday— lays spot at 3.30 am as the bronze sheets over the tity. It was a deep question at ings, enamelling and silver draw on box-boards, enlarge [‘Paniker’, published by Art- next five years,” Ashutosh out a sweeping plan to reju- nearest fire station is loc- flame, beating and flattening that time, albeit posed in plating, give an excellent it to transfer on metal sheets, World, Chennai, 2016]. Now, Sharma, secretary, Depart- venate science in India. ated at Thathri, 45 km from and shaping it, cutting with naïve ways. It is a question entry into this artistic ten- put it through the flame, use it will be interesting to see ment of Science and Tech- “You rarely see women Gandoh,” said Gandoh an oxyacetylene torch and centrally connected with sion. metal wires and rods to how the Cholamandal Arts nology, told The Hindu. forced to give up a career in Sub-Divisional Police Of- wresting out a phant- questions of modernity in In- While aspiring to abstrac- braze one segment of his Village he nurtured along Previous studies have medicine, but it is frustrat- ficer Sunny Gupta. asmagoria of lively forms – dian art right from the times tion, he doesn’t abandon the narrative with another, apply with other artists all these found that when compared ing to have women drop out Meanwhile, police and part mythic and part from of Abanindranath Tagore in need for narrative linearity nitric acid in an almost paint- years, a tad rigidly perhaps, to the U.S., European from the IITs and other re- paramilitary personnel the anthropomorphic world the late 19th century – can In- so much a part of this soil. erly way, buff it, and then ap- will fare in the future. Union, and several Asian search organisations,” said along with local residents – a universe animated as dian modernity be a carbon He wilfully goes against ply the final ployurythene As for Nandagopal, he countries, India fared reas- Sharma. “We hope to fix tried to control the blaze, much by imagination, as by copy of Western modernity reigning practice, to re- lacquer – he brought to- must already have found an- onably well when it comes this with assured career op- he said. the transmogrifying quality or can it posit a distinctly dif- nounce dimensionality and gether the skills of a metal other other-worldly element to enrolment of women in portunities, fellowships and “The fire is under con- of fire. No wonder the ferent aesthetic and social volume in his sculptures, in worker, ceramist, jeweller to sculpt his indigenism science and engineering, guidance.” trol,” the officer said. sthapatis and musharis of concern? favour of perspective and and painter to his work. with.

Punjab govt. sets up expert group to study debts, waiver

Vikas Vasudeva CHANDIGARH In an attempt towards realising its poll promise to waive all farm debts in the State, the Punjab government has set up an expert group to assess the quantum of agricultural debt, and suggests ways and means for its waiver. Mr. T. Haque, former chairman of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices, has been appointed chairman of this expert group, which has been tasked with submitting its report within 60 days. The two other members are Pramod Kumar Joshi, Director- South Asia, International Food Policy Research Institute and B.S. Dhillon, Vice-Chancellor of the Punjab Agricul- tural University, Ludhiana. An official notification issued in this regard by additional Chief Secretary (Development), said the expert group would be assisted by the officers of the State government, including additional Chief Secretary-cum-Financial Com- missioner (Development) and Principal Secretary Finance. “Besides assessing the total amount of credit including institutional and non-institutional credit availed by different categories of farmers, the group will assess the quantum of bad loans or debt and suggest the methodology for remission of debt. It will also suggest ways and means to raise resources for the debt waiver,” said the notification.

₹80,000 crore in all Where Notably, the total farm debt in Punjab stands at more than ₹80,000 crore, including crop loans in the cooperative sector amounting to about ₹ 12,500 crore. The average debt per farm household in Punjab works out to ₹8 lakh (including crop loan). CM YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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FROM PAGE ONE Shias’ plea to Modi frenzy grips Bhubaneswar board on Golden age of BJP PM breaks security protocol to walk with crowds in road show ahead of national executive meet triple talaq “Analysts also said the BJP that EVMs could be hacked does well against the Con- by saying, “There is a chief Satyasundar Barik hours in the blazing sun, Press Trust of India gress but fails in front of re- minister who is himself a BHUBANESWAR erupted in jubilation. Lucknow gional formations. This too hacker.” He added that cur- Security agencies were Conches, drums and the tra- The Shia community on was disproved in the last set rent party spokesman G.V.L. thrown into a tizzy when ditional hulhuli (a celebrat- Saturday appealed the All of Assembly polls. The party Narasimha Rao’s own Prime Minister Narendra ory ululation, usually per- India Muslim Personal Law must now prepare to fight doubts about EVMs ex- Modi, setting aside security formed by women on Board (AIMPLB) to keep in polls in not only Himachal pressed in a book written by protocol, stepped out of his auspicious occasions) ex- mind the Quran, Shariyat Pradesh, Gujarat and him was “not the official bulletproof SUV and almost ploded as Prime Minister and humanity before arriv- Karnataka but also continue stance of the party.” walked into the crowd dur- was received by Union Minis- ing at any decision on the political work in Kerala, The governments of West ing his nine-km roadshow ters Jual Oram and Dhar- contentious issue of triple West Bengal, Odisha, Telan- Bengal, Kerala and Tripura here on Saturday. mendra Pradhan and other talaq. gana and Andhra Pradesh,” came in for criticism from Mr. Modi, who arrived to senior party leaders. The Ayodhya dispute said Mr. Prasad, quoting Mr Mr. Shah over what he attend the BJP’s national ex- Mr. Modi first halted at the and triple talaq are expec- Shah. The party, at its last termed as attacks on his ecutive committee meeting, Airport square and waved to ted to dominate the agenda executive meeting in Delhi party workers. was accorded a rousing re- crowds after stepping out of the two-day meeting of had asked for volunteers The Law Minister also ception by party workers from his vehicle. the Board, which will begin from among party members took questions on some of right from the Biju Patnaik The BJP had planned the shortly at Nadwatul Ulama for full time devotion to the the issues dominating the International Airport to impressive road show to here. programmes attached to the headlines. He said the “gov- Janata Maidan, the venue of compensate for the absence “My appeal to the AIM- Deendayal Upadhyaya cen- ernment was alive to the the meeting. of a public meeting which PLB is that it should keep tenary year. situation in Jammu and was ruled out given the in mind the Quran, Shariat Mr. Shah did not mince Kashmir” and that he did Varanasi redux scorching heat. and humanity before arriv- words when it came to the not set much score by the Repeating his roadshows in The entire 9.5 km stretch ing at any decision on opposition and the appre- comments made by former Varanasi ahead of the Uttar from Biju Patnaik Interna- triple talaq,” AIMPLB hensions expressed over the chief minister of the State Pradesh Assembly polls, Mr. tional Airport to Janata spokesperson Maulana use of EVMs in the polls. “So and National Conference Modi stood up in his SUV Maidan was completely san- Yasoob Abbas said. He said EVMs were alright when the leader Farooq Abdullah say- and waved at the thousands itised ahead of the Mr Modi’s in the days of Prophet, Bahujan Samaj Party won in ing that the latter “flip flops of people who lined up on arrival. Beyond the actual there was no tradition of 2007, and the Samajwadi from nationalist to quasi- either side of the road as he route of the convoy, almost triple talaq. Party won in 2012 in Uttar separatist too often.” drove past. Defying the se- the entire city was a sea of “If triple talaq is a part Pradesh, but not now. Or On the question of curity cordon, he got off his saffron with party flags and of Shariat law, it should when the Congress won in whether the issue of build- vehicle a couple of times, cut-outs of the Prime have been implemented Punjab this time. This kind ing a Ram Temple in Ayod- walked up to people, greeted Minister. then itself. The need of the of campaign is an insult to hya had been discussed, Mr. them and even shook hands BJP office bearers from hour is to implement the the Election Commission,” Prasad replied in the negat- with some of them. Grand entry: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives for the national executive meeting in districts with traditional system which was in place Mr. Prasad quoted Mr. Shah ive, saying, “We don’t have The break in protocol Bhubaneswar on Saturday. * BISWARANJAN ROUT dance troupes had taken po- during the days of the as saying. to discuss the Ram Mandir came at the Jayadev Vihar sition along the road show Prophet,” he said. “The in- Mr. Prasad himself in every meet, it is on our Square, where the party’s stop to acknowledge the The SPG guards, caught off ing ‘Modi, Modi’ in excite- route and were in full swing formation pertaining to launched a broadside at manifesto for the 2014 polls Scheduled Tribe and Sched- party leaders’ welcome and guard, had a tough time ment. as Mr Modi drove past. The triple talaq is harming the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind and the Sankalp Patra for uled Caste wing leaders were return to the vehicle. throwing a security cordon Earlier, as the special IAF party’s women’s wing accor- image of Islam. When the Kejriwal’s claim that as an the U.P. polls. It is our stated waiting to welcome him. However, after meeting as thousands of people, who helicopter carrying Mr. Modi ded a traditional welcome to Sunnis are of the view that engineer he could prove aim.” Special Protection Group party leaders, the Prime had broken through the bar- touched down at the airport, Mr. Modi near the Raj triple talaq is being mis- personnel following Mr. Minister continued walking ricades, began walking with thousands of BJP workers, Bhawan where he had a brief used, the practice must Modi were expecting him to along Jayadev Vihar Road. him, keeping step and chant- who had been waiting for halt. cease to exist,” he said. Stolen & recovered “We tracked, stopped, re- Learning (CAFRAL) in Feb- Farooq Abdullah wins covered,” Mr. Tiwari said, ruary. Students injured in college clash indicating that the bank Of worry are also smaller considers the temporary hacks that defraud poorer, Srinagar byelection $171 million loss a closed less educated customers un- Police deny raiding educational institution in Kashmir’s Pulwama district chapter now. able to detect the fund Meanwhile, the Reserve transfers before it is too late Peerzada Ashiq treated.” Defeats PDP candidate by 10,766 votes Bank of India (RBI) has to retrieve them. Last year, SRINAGAR Senior superintendent of asked banks to put stricter several banks were forced to At least 30 students were in- police (SSP), Pulwama, Ray- Special Correspondent systems in place, including replace or change PINs on jured in south Kashmir’s Pul- ees Muhammad Bhat, how- Srinagar appointing a Chief Informa- 3.2 million cards after secur- wama district on Saturday ever, confirmed injuries to National Conference (NC) tion Security Officer (CISO). ity was compromised by a when a police checkpoint 30 students. president Farooq Abdullah The RBI has also created a malware that cost the bank- came under heavy stone “Only three of them were was declared the winner of specialised cell (C-SITE) to ing industry ₹2 crore. State pelting, sparking clashes and injured due to pellets and the Srinagar Lok Sabha conduct detailed IT examin- Bank of India — the coun- use of force by security teargas shells,” said Mr. Bhat. byelection on Saturday. He ation of banks’ cyber secur- try’s largest lender — had to forces. defeated the ruling Peoples ity preparedness, to identify reissue around six lakh Smoke shells lobbed Democratic Party (PDP) can- the gaps and to monitor the debit cards to its customers. Barricade set up Officials at Pulwama’s dis- didate Nazir Khan by 10,766 progress of remedial meas- On March 8 this year, the A police spokesman said a trict hospital said the secur- votes. ures by 2017-18. Pune-based Bank of Maha- naka (barricade), established ity forces lobbed smoke “I want to thank people Farooq Abdullah “There is an increasing rashtra filed an FIR with the around 200 metres away shells in the hospital. who voted for me. They trend in incidents pertain- Shivaji Nagar police station, from the Degree College, He said the matter was be- have clearly rejected PDP,” between New Delhi and Is- ing to theft of personal in- after it detected at least ₹25 Pulwama, was set up in the ing investigated. said Dr. Abdullah at the lamabad and also ask New formation, ” RBI deputy crore missing from various day. party headquarters Nawa-e- Delhi to talk to all stakehold- governor S.S. Mundra accounts. Cyber investigat- “As the classwork ended ‘Pre-planned’ Subh in Srinagar. The NC ers in Kashmir, including warned bankers at a sem- ors tracked the problem to a in the college, some miscre- “Maybe it was pre-planned president had lost the 2014 the Hurriyat leadership”. inar on Financial Crimes UPI (Unified Payments Inter- ants started pelting stones at Up in arms: Students clash with police in south Kashmir’s to create a situation in view parliament polls for the first He said the youth of Kash- Management arranged by face) solution from a local the naka. Reinforcement was Pulwama district on Saturday. * THE HINDU of the parliamentary elec- time by over 40,000 votes mir were “stereotyped and the Centre for Advanced vendor, but couldn’t re- rushed to the spot. The mob tions,” said Mr. Bhat. to then PDP leader Tariq pushed to the wall by the Financial Research and trieve most of the money. swelled as more students Locals alleged clashes guns, injuring one student in Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba Hameed Karra. Mr Karra politics of arrogance and joined and pelted stones on were sparked when two po- the eye. condemned the “brutal as- subsequently quit the PDP polarisation”. the forces,” said the lice vehicles stopped at the Medical superintendent of sault” on the students and to join the Congress. The Congress, which sup- spokesman. entrance of the college. the Pulwama Hospital, Dr. described it as an “act of Pledging to safeguard Art- ported Dr. Abdullah, de- Jet union threat The police denied that it They alleged students Abdul Rashid Parra said, terrorism”. icle 370, Dr. Abdullah prom- scribed his victory as “rejec- raided the college. were chased with pellet “Over 50 students were ised to “seek a dialogue tion of communal forces”. In a letter to its members, “The safety of our pas- NAG said, “We had a case of sengers and pilots is of an expat threatening a prime importance and these senior examiner. An expat kinds of issues cannot be Kashmir Severed was inexcusably rude to a tolerated at all,” the letter Lawyers want law panel chief to quit physically challenged pas- said. videos evoke head of calf senger on board one of our Jet Airways spokesperson flights and yet another expat in a statement said, "Jet Air- BCI unhappy over ‘attempt to take away autonomy of Indian Bar’ was openly racist and had ways is an equal opportunit- concern found in U.P. no qualms in expressing his ies employer. It employs hu- Peerzada Ashiq Legal Correspondent should preside over discip- legium system for appoint- Press Trust of India racism; there has been little man capital which is diverse SRINAGAR NEW DELHI linary proceedings against ment of judges of the High Allahabad action [on these incidents] in race, gender, caste, creed Rights body Amnesty Inter- In a serious turn of events, lawyers facing misconduct Court and the Supreme An FIR was filed against from the company.” or religion." national, several Valley- Bar Council of India (BCI) charges. Court in order to ensure unknown persons follow- based political parties, and and representatives of all the The Bill has recommen- transparency in the process ing a complaint that the separatists, on Saturday ex- High Court Bar Associations ded that lawyers to pay their of appointment. severed head of a calf was pressed concern and con- across the country, in a joint clients up to ₹5 lakh in com- The lawyers’ bodies said found close to a temple Jadhav’s family likely demnation over two meeting on Saturday, de- pensation in case they skip the Bar should also be in- here. videos: one that showed se- manded the immediate work due to strikes or fail to volved with the process of The incident took place curity forces tying a local resignation of Law Commis- appear in hearings. appointment. in Teliarganj locality, fall- to ile mercy plea to an Army vehicle and an- sion of India chairman and The joint meeting has fur- ing under Shivkuti police other video showing secur- former Supreme Court judge New legislation ther demanded enacting le- station, where a devotee Kallol Bhattacherjee and a copy of the judgement ity personnel killing a Justice B.S. Chauhan for at- As a backlash to what they gislation to ensure account- spotted the severed head NEW DELHI at his meeting with Pakistan youth at point-blank range. tempting to take away the think is a serious attempt to ability of judges. near the premises of a A day after Pakistan asked Foreign Secretary Tehmina The rights body said it autonomy and independ- B.S. Chauhan encroach into their inde- The lawyers’ bodies have temple, police said. India to conduct more “act- Janjua. met Farooq Ahmad Dar, a ence of the Indian Bar. pendence by a former Su- resolved to assemble outside “An FIR has been lodged ive diplomacy” regarding Despite various reports resident of Budgam. He recommended that persons preme Court judge-led Law court premises across the against unknown persons. the case of arrested former about Pakistan’s official pos- told Amnesty that he had Controversial clauses from other professional Commission, the lawyers’ country and burn the copies We hope to arrest the cul- Navy officer Kulbhushan ition on the latest request been detained by Army The controversy stems from communities should be bodies said they would un- of the Law Commission re- prits soon with the help of Jadhav, officials stated that from India, sources con- personnel . the recent Advocates made members of Bar Coun- equivocally support if the commendations and embark CCTV footage from a the next step could include firmed that Islamabad has (Amendment) Bill 2017 of the cils and a former High Court Centre should come with a on a signature campaign private school located in the process of appeal and not responded formally to Law Commission which has or Supreme Court judge new legislation replacing col- against the Bill. the vicinity of the temple,” mercy petitions by his India’s latest request for Shalabh Mathur, senior su- family. consular access till Saturday Ensure perintendent of police, Al- High level officials deal- evening. Sources hinted that lahabad, said. ing with the case indicated India would follow up with justice in that the logical next step the options of appeal and Dalit procession attacked in Meerut Triggers protests would be for the Jadhav mercy petitions only after J&K: CPI(M) The news of the incident family to reach out to the Pakistan gives an official re- triggered protests from Pakistani authorities and sponse to Mr Bambawale’s Special Correspondent Activists allege increase in attacks on Dalits and Dalit icons over the past month Sangh Parivar and Shiv lodge a petition against the requests. NEW DELHI Sena activists who reached death sentence delivered by On Friday, Pakistan The CPI(M) has demanded Mohammed Ali to restore calm in the area, legedly abusive post towards place over the last one the spot and squatted on a military court of Pakistan. Prime Minister’s adviser on that securitymen respons- MEERUT which has a history of Jat- the Jat community, which month. the adjacent road demand- Officials said that under the Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz ible for allegedly tying a A ‘shobha yatra’, a celebrat- Dalit clashes. Superintend- heightened tension in the vil- "In Meerut district alone, ing action against the cul- circumstances, the Pakistan had said Mr Jadhav was free Kashmiri youth to a jeep be ory procession taken out by ent of Police Ajay Sahdev vis- lage further. over two dozens major and prits, leading to disruption High Commission in Delhi to appeal within 40 days to made accountable and the Dalit community to mark ited the area along with minor attacks happened on of traffic for a few hours. could play a facilitating role. an Appellate Court. He had punished. B.R. Ambedkar's birth another police personnel. Part of a trend either the Dalits or Dalit Police officials assured The mercy petition is “one also pointed out that Mr “The CPI(M) politburo niversary, was fired upon This comes a day after a Dalit activists allege that the icons, like the statue of that the culprits would not option, among several,” said Jadhav would also have the expresses outrage over re- and attacked by Jats in the statue of B.R. Ambedkar was attack is a part of a trend Ambedkar. The party that is be spared. a diplomatic source. option of appealing to the ports of a Kashmiri youth Gesupur Shumali village of vandalised and blackened by with an increased number of trying to appropriate Dalit The discussion on the ap- Chief of Army Staff of being tied to a jeep belong- Meerut on Saturday. unknown people, which attacks on Dalits since the icons like Ambedkar is su- Situation under control peal and mercy petitions Pakistan within 60 days. ing to the Central security During the procession, angered Dalits and led to ten- Yogi Adityanath-led Bhar- pervising and I can safely After pacifying the agitat- was held in the backdrop of “He may lodge a mercy forces to be used as a over a dozen rounds of bul- sion in the area. Members of atiya Janata Party (BJP) gov- say, encouraging this trend. ors, Mr. Mathur told re- Pakistan’s silence over In- petition to the president of shield against stone pellets were fired and the Dalit the Dalit community ap- ernment had come to power. The government has failed to porters that the situation in dia’s 14th request for consu- Pakistan within 90 days ters. Farooq Ahmad Dar is community was attacked proached the police and Dalit activist and academi- prevent or stop the attacks," the locality was under con- lar access to Mr. Jadhav after the decision of COAS reported to have said that with stones. The ‘shobha filed a complaint against the cian in Meerut College Satish Dr. Prakash told The Hindu. trol. A large number of po- made by High Commis- on the mercy petition,” said he has never been a stone yatra’ had to be stopped dominant Jat community. Prakash alleged that in "Dalits are being attacked lice personnel had been sioner Gautam Bambawale Mr Aziz explaining the ulti- pelter and works as em- midway due to stone pelting After this incident, which Meerut district alone, over when they try to celebrate deployed in the area as a on Friday. The Indian envoy mate option available to broiderer,” said a party re- and firing on the procession. occurred on Friday, an angry two dozen minor and major and hail their icons like precautionary measure, he also sought the charge sheet him. lease. Heavy police was deployed Dalit youth wrote an al- attacks on Dalits had taken Ambedkar.” said. 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IN BRIEF Old guns let down H.P. police Anewadi rises up as one Report by CAG underscores the lapse in the strategically important State against Jadhav’s sentence Indo-Asian News Service Shimla He has won many hearts and minds in the village Satyarthi asks Trump to Himachal Pradesh, which revise refugee policy shares a boundary with Firoz Rozindar HARIDWAR Jammu and Kashmir and a Vijayapura Nobel laureate Kailash porous International Border “He was not a frequent vis- Satyarthi on Saturday asked with China, depends on out- itor, but whenever he came, U.S. President Donald Trump dated arms to tackle crime, he met local youth and al- to reconsider his decision the Comptroller and Aud- ways encouraged them to banning entry of refugees itor-General of India said on join the defence forces. He from some countries, saying Saturday. was a man who could easily all hearts, doors and borders Most of the police stations win people’s hearts with his should be open for children continue to depend on out- ability to mingle with them everywhere in the world. dated and obsolete weapons easily.” “Children are helpless victims such as .303 rifles and .455 That is how Sadashiva of socio-political revolvers instead of the pre- Tekar of Anewadi village de- circumstances and deserve scribed 7.62 mm self-loading Questionable irepower: Most police stations continue to depend on obsolete weapons like scribes the former naval compassionate treatment,” rifles (SLRs), the CAG said in .303 riles and .455 revolvers instead of the prescribed 7.62 mm riles, the CAG said. commander Kulbhushan Mr. Satyarthi said in an its follow-up of performance Jadhav, who owns land and interview. PTI audit on modernisation of of 35% in SLRs and 41% in age of SLRs and and 88% of Central funds ranging a farmhouse there, though police forces’ report. light machine guns. light machine guns in Hi- between 21% and 87% re- he had moved to Mumbai Punjab issues notice Against the requirement machal Pradesh. mained unutilised at the end several years ago. on use of red beacons of 9,074 SLRs of 7.62/5.56 On fund utilisation At that time, 9 mm pistols of each financial year, the Mr. Jadhav, who is from Bring him back: Residents of Jawali, the native place of CHANDIGARH mm range and 323 light ma- Besides, it said the depart- were 221% in excess. CAG added. Jawali taluk of Satara dis- Kulbhushan Jadhav, stage a protest demanding his release The Amarinder Singh chine guns (LMGs), there ment had not disposed of, or It also picked holes in util- Smuggling of rare species trict in Maharashtra, on the from Pakistani authorities. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT government on Saturday were 5,889 and 191 weapons, replaced, the old weapons ising funds allocated by the of fauna and Chinese goods boundary with Karnataka, issued a formal notification, respectively, in the police de- with modern weaponry. Central government for po- is reported frequently from is at present in custody in Jadhav purchase the agri- alist with a Marathi newspa- prohibiting the use of red partment as on March 2016. The CAG said that in lice modernisation. Kinnaur and Lahaul-Spiti dis- Pakistan, facing the death culture land, said it was per, said ever since a beacon on all vehicles barring This indicated a shortfall 2009, there was 71% short- Between 2011 and 2016, tricts of Himachal Pradesh. sentence for “espionage over two years since the Pakistani military court had those belonging to a few high and sabotage”. former naval officer had last pronounced the death sen- dignitaries, a step aimed to Speaking to The Hindu, visited the village and spent tence, people of the district end the VIP culture in Punjab. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Mr. Tekar said the local time in his farmhouse. had held protests against As per the notification, red people who had known Mr. Pakistan and praying for light with flasher can now be On the draw Surendra Jadhav were convinced that Praying for release Mr. Jadhav’s release. “The used only by a few high he was not guilty of the Mr. Tekar recalled that dur- local residents recently dignitaries, including the charges framed by the ing his visits, Mr. Jadhav held a protest at Jawali taluk Punjab Governor, the Chief Pakistani military authorit- would bring books and sta- headquarters demanding Justice and judges of the ies. Mr. Tekar, a former tionery for students of the that the Indian government Punjab and Haryana High taluk panchayat vice-pres- local school. ensure the safe release of Court. The other category of ident who helped Mr. Anil Gujjar, a local journ- Mr. Jadhav,” he said. exempt vehicles is of those on emergency duty. PTI

Efforts resume to douse Mount Abu forest fire Warrant against Sanjay Dutt JAIPUR Efforts to douse flames in the forest area near Mount Abu in Press Trust of India Dutt for criminal intimida- Sirohi district were resumed Mumbai tion. Dutt had abandoned on Saturday by Indian Air A local magisterial court is- midway in 2002 a film, Jan ki Force helicopters, which took sued an arrest warrant Bazzi, which he was produ- off early in the morning from against Bollywood actor cing, said Mr. Noorani in his Jodhpur’s Phalodi and Sanjay Dutt on Saturday for complaint, adding the actor Gujarat’s Jamnagar. The sole not appearing before it to did not even return the hill station in the desert answer a complaint of crim- money already paid to him. State, frequented by a inal intimidation filed by Mr. Noorani approached number of tourists, witnessed producer Shakeel Noorani. Sanjay Dutt Indian Motion Pictures Pro- a massive fire, which broke “We had sought arrest ducers Association which out on Friday morning, warrant against Dutt for The next hearing will be directed Dutt to pay back prompting the district non-appearance. The court on August 29. Mr. Noorani the money. Mr. Noorani later administration to rope in has allowed our applica- has filed a private complaint moved the Bombay High suitably modified IAF tion,” said advocate Neeraj with the court demanding Court, seeking execution of helicopters. PTI Gupta, Mr. Noorani’s lawyer. registration of a case against the IMPPA’s order. With Delhi talks, Manipur Heat claims second life crisis may have blown over in Odisha Press Trust of India Decision on Minister’s resignation only after CM returns New Delhi The heat in Odisha claimed Iboyaima Laithangbam that the matter shall be another life on Saturday IMPHAL settled after Mr. Singh’s re- with several places swelter- The first crack in the month- turn from Delhi. Sources ing in above-40 degree old Bharatiya Janata Party said Mr. Jayentakumar had Celsius temperatures while (BJP)-led coalition govern- resented “too much of inter- Rajasthan also sizzled in ment in Manipur appeared ference” by the Chief Minis- furnace-like condition- when Health Minister Lang- ter. The CM appointed a new s.The death was reported poklakpam Jayentakumar Advocate-General from out- from Angul district, the of- handed in his resignation to side the State without con- fice of the Special Relief Chief Minister N. Biren Singh sulting Mr. Jayentakumar, Commissioner (SRC) said on Thursday night, shortly who holds the Law portfolio. in a statement. after Health Director Okram Mr. Singh also overlooked Delhi sweated through a Ibomcha was suspended the Health Minister’s recom- hot day with the maximum from the post by the Chief N. Biren Singh mendation for interim temperature settling at Minister, who heads the De- Health Director. 40.5 deg C. partment of Personnel. “passing phase”. Mean- The coalition Ministry Heat wave also swept Mr. Singh has not as yet while, Mr. Singh has left for was formed on March 15 and several parts of Rajasthan accepted the resignation. Delhi to consult with senior all four MLAs of the National where Barmer was the hot- Highly placed sources said BJP leaders. Though an un- People’s Party, including Mr. test registering a maximum on Saturday that hectic ef- derstanding has been Jayentakumar, are in the temperature of 45.5 de- forts were on to sort out the “reached”, indications are Cabinet. grees C. Bengal doctors jittery over attacks Come up with suggestions to curb violence against them in hospitals

Soumya Das ment-run hospitals in the KOLKATA State. Pointing out that there Concerned over attacks on is a tendency to refer patients doctors at State-run hospit- to super-speciality hospitals als by family members of pa- from primary rural health tients, the Alternative centres, representatives of People’s Health Initiative the APHI said that the related (APHI), a forum of doctors information should be ac- and other health workers, cessible to both doctors and came out with several sug- patients. gestions to curb such attacks “The referral system on them. Representatives of should be overhauled. Initiat- eight State-run hospitals are ive has to taken to ensure part of the APHI. that patients get proper treat- The development as- ment even if they are re- sumes significance with the ferred to district or block Trinamool Congress govern- hospitals instead of super- ment trying to streamline speciality hospitals,” the pro- practices of private hospitals posal stated. in the State. On March 3, the The APHI argued that the Assembly passed the West “absence of standard operat- Bengal Clinical Establish- Seeking cure: Representatives of eight State-run hospitals ing procedure”, especially ments (Registration, Regula- are part of the Alternative People’s Health Initiative. with regard to emergency tion and Transparency) Bill, cases, leads to confusion and 2017, bringing the function- and Hospital were assaul- proposal to curb such at- chaos among both doctors ing of private hospitals un- ted,” APHI’s convener tacks on doctors. and family members of pa- der greater government Baishali Biswas told The tients. They also said that the scrutiny. Hindu. Referral system in order to boost the govern- “In the month of March According to the APHI, One of the key suggestions in ment healthcare system, the alone, two cases have come such assaults are mostly car- the proposal is the setting up vacant posts in hospitals have in the public domain where ried out by relatives of pa- of a centralised referral sys- to be filled urgently. two doctors working in the tients who accuse the doc- tem, which will have up- APHI will discuss the im- State-run SSKM (Seth Sukhlal tors of negligence. The dated information regarding pact of legislation on State- Karnani Memorial Hospital) organisation has recently the availability of beds and run doctors at a convention and R.G. Kar Medical College come out with an eight-point other facilities at govern- to be held on April 19. CM A ND-ND YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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WHO Commander Kulbhushan Jadhav, now Officials released a spliced and edited Pakistani CD, Jadhav said he was trying from the Navy in 2001, established a nouncement by Indian agencies of the PQpq condemned to death by a Pakistani mil- CD in which Jadhav is seen “confessing” to cross over into Pakistan from the small business in the Chabahar Free capture of a high-level ISI spy last seen itary court martial, had an uneventful to having been a spy for more than a Saravan border in Iran on March 3, Trade Zone in Iran, where he reportedly in Lumbini, Nepal, earlier this month. childhood, as a police officer’s son decade. “I commenced intelligence op- 2016, when he was captured by operated a mechanised dhow named growing up in the N.M. Joshi Marg po- eration in 2003 and established a small Pakistani authorities. The Pakistani Kaminda, and the government believes What next for Jadhav? lice colony in Mumbai. He was more in- business in Chabahar in Iran as I was Army claims he used an Indian passport he was kidnapped in Iran and brought The government says it won’t spare any Kulbhushan clined towards sports than studies, say able to achieve undetected existence under an assumed name, Hussein forcibly into Pakistan to try and implic- effort to secure the life of Jadhav, who is his friends, and eventually got into the and visits to Karachi in 2003 and 2004,” Mubarak Patel, which stated ate India with allegations of espionage innocent, but admits that it has no National Defence Academy at Khadak- he says in the video. that he belonged to and terrorism. knowledge of where he is being held, Jadhav wasla in Pune, and became a naval of- Jadhav said he was recruited by Sangli. It is particularly significant that nor has it received any information ficer. Those who have known him from RAW in 2013 and he had since Jadhav’s arrest was announced even as from Iran on how he may have been his Navy days say there wasn’t anything been directing various activities What is India’s Pakistani investigating officials were be- spirited there. Indian ‘agent’ remarkable about him. in Balochistan and Karachi at reaction? ing shown evidence of the attack on the On Friday, India again sought consu- the behest of the Indian intelli- While the Indian Pathankot airbase in India. lar access to Jadhav in Pakistan, which What is he accused of? gence agency, with a view to en- authorities accep- has rejected 13 earlier requests. India in Pakistan The ordinariness of Jadhav’s life ended gaging Baloch separatists to tar- ted that Jadhav How will it affect ties? has also rejected Pakistan’s demand in March last year when the Pakistan au- get infrastructure work on the was a former This is the latest flashpoint in the long that it accept Jadhav was a spy and co- thorities arrested him, on charges of be- China-Pakistan Economic Cor- Navy officer, the and embittered saga of India-Pakistan operate in the investigation in return for ing an Indian spy carrying out terrorist ridor. “These activities have government has ties. On April 10, the Pakistan Army an- consular access to him, and has warned attacks in Balochistan, targeting been of criminal nature, leading denied allegations nounced that a Field General Court Mar- that Pakistan’s refusal to accord access Pakistan-China interests. Jadhav burst to killing of or maiming of that he is a spy. tial had sentenced Jadhav to death, after is in contravention of international law. onto the national and international Pakistani citizens,” he Jadhav, who three-and-a-half months of trial. “Under these circumstances, we have limelight a few weeks later, when said. retired The sentence was confirmed by no choice but to regard the sentence, if Pakistan announced the arrest of an al- Army chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa. carried out, as an act of pre-meditated leged Research and Analysis Wing How was he Many in Pakistan were taken by sur- murder,” External Affairs Minister (R&AW) spy in the restive Balochistan captured? prise, and according to a widely be- Sushma Swaraj warned in Parliament. province, at a press conference in According to lieved theory, the intelligence agencies Islamabad. the in Pakistan wanted to pre-empt the an- JOSY JOSEPH

WHY What's wrong with it? market share. The cash burn continued and Snapdeal were finding it difficult to Analyst firm Gartner said: “India’s PQpq * The Indian e-commerce and start-up at a high rate, even as most of the com- get the next round of funding. Last e-commerce market is still at an early sector, which until recently was talked panies were making huge losses. week, Flipkart announced $1.4 billion in stage; the market is seeing signs of about as one of the most exciting places Soon, the venture capital and private fresh funding and also the acquisition of consolidation as scale is a key success to be in, has hit a rough patch. Serious equity (PE) players realised that they the Indian arm of eBay. factor in the business.” questions have cropped up about the were unable to reap the real fruits of The fresh infusion of funds is likely to are there ecosystem after the arrest of Stayzilla their investments. Even the large e-com- give a breather to the struggling Why is failure not so bad? co-founder Yogendra Vasupal on a merce companies had not set up a company. * In countries like the U.S. and vendor’s complaint and staff layoffs in strong profit-making business model or The company, which now has mar- Europe, where the start-up activity is shake-ups in e-commerce majors Snapdeal, Yepme provided returns to investors. While big quee investors like Tencent, eBay, Mi- on a higher and stronger scale, it is and Craftsvilla. players face a funds crunch, smaller en- crosoft and Tiger Global, is competing common to see ideas or businesses In the last three-four years, a large tities are being forced to shut shop. with the global e-commerce giant fail. It is almost a given that about 70% the start-up number of e-commerce entrepreneurs Amazon in India. The Indian arm of the of the new ideas fail, and a few start- entered the fray. Most of them offered to Doesn't funding help? U.S.-based Amazon is also investing ups succeed, and investors accept it as make our lives easier by catering to * Leading domestic players in the e-biz huge sums to acquire market share. reality. sector everyday needs: shopping, clothes, sector raised incredibly large sums of At a time when Flipkart raised fresh It is accepted that in a strong start- finding a doctor, hailing a taxi, mobile money from all around. These invest- funds, its Indian rival Snapdeal is strug- up environment an idea which soun- recharge and ordering food, among ments were used by the companies to gling to find enough money to run its ded excellent and received huge funds others. try out new business models, dabble in “Over the last 2-3 years, with all the cap- operations. According to reports, Snap- can fail. In a territory such as India With customers lining up behind the non-core areas and venture into acquisi- ital coming into this market, our entire deal’s major investor Softbank is look- which is taking baby steps, investors new trend, investors from across the tions, among others. But since they industry, including ourselves, started ing at merging operations of Snapdeal and policymakers should be aware of world poured large amounts of money failed to figure out the right economic making mistakes.” and Flipkart. the pitfalls. Industry experts point out into them. In the last five years, an es- model, the plans backfired. Soon, many Another player, Paytm, is also gear- that failures should not cause scepti- timated $15 billion, or ₹97,000 crore, of the trials went awry, resulting in big Why is Flipkart funding a relief? ing up to grow its business as investor cism towards innovation and has been invested in this sector. losses. Alibaba eyes the Indian e-commerce entrepreneurship. With venture capital flowing in, com- Snapdeal co-founder Kunal Bahl ad- * As the fund story turned a full circle, market. All this will result in major con- panies burnt a lot of cash to get more mitted this in a letter to employees: e-commerce majors such as Flipkart solidation among the players. PRADEESH CHANDRAN

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will remain with them. Because I know current Chitra comics, with dark- Europeans wished to ‘justify’ the brutal from having travelled with black skinned, non-‘Aryan’-looking creatures. enslavement of Africans. Europeans and spoken to Africans in In- Similarly, the way we have often treated Despite this link between skin colour dia, and from overhearing some of my aboriginal women in India — partly be- and racism, one can argue that other fellow Indians, that we Indians can have cause their dress codes and social kinds of racism have also existed. A ma- more prejudices about Africans than mores differ from mainstream Hindus- jor Irish novelist recently referred to the most white Europeans today. tani (Hindu, as well as Muslim) ones — is Irish as “the niggers of Britain”. What THE CONTROVERSIAL INDIAN But there is another group of friends simply shocking. he meant was that in the 17th century, and acquaintances from Europe whose With some lower middle and middle tens of thousands of Irish prisoners TABISH KHAIR excursions to India, particularly north castes riding the government’s ‘back- were sold to English settlers in the new is an Indian novelist and academic who and central India, I dread almost as ward castes’ bandwagon for economic world as slaves. As late as the early 20th teaches in Denmark much. These are white, especially light- and other reasons, we tend to forget century, with skin colour taking over, There are Indian politicians who believe haired or blonde, women. Once again, I that the worst of internal prejudice in some English scholars were arguing that that there is no racism in India. Nothing have travelled with them in India, and India has been traditionally aimed at the Irish were related to “negroes” and that happens — most recently, the at- have experienced how some Indians be- ‘dark’ Dalits and dark-skinned abori- not to the English — despite both the tacks on Nigerian students in what is ba- have and what they say (snide or public gines (‘tribals’, not as much at castes English and the Irish seeming indubit- sically a suburb of Delhi — can convince comments), which luckily my female GETTY IMAGES like the largely ‘fair-skinned’ Yadavs or ably ‘white’ to us. * them otherwise. Of course, many of us companions, not knowing Hindi, stayed Ansaris). This has not changed substan- There is an argument that the English who have African, black British, or blissfully ignorant of. Similarly, the groping and verbal sex- an indication of her soul and morality! tially even today. worked out their initial theories of ra- African-American friends and acquaint- ism that many blonde women tourists However, it does not do to put all the cism on the Irish before, in tandem with ances cannot understand this blindness Remnants of the past encounter is partly the result of bad blame on our colonial inheritance or its Different shades of racism other Europeans, applying them on on the part of such politicians. Some of this has to do with colonial dis- Hollywood films and similar trash, neocolonial cultural ramifications. The However, racism, unlike what some dark-skinned people, like many Afric- Speaking personally, I know that I ab- courses which have seeped into India: through which ordinary urban Indians main reason why such prejudices pre- politicians believe, is not always a mat- ans. If so, one can argue that we Indians solutely dread it when my black for instance, the 19th century racist encounter the ‘West’. Knowing porn dominate in Indian caste circles has to ter of colour; it is any kind of discrimin- have worked out — and continue to European friends or acquaintances an- European association of Africa with and not Plato, triteness and not Twain, do with internal reasons. As a nation, ation based on the false association of work out — our racism and racism- nounce that they plan to travel in India, cannibalism. After all, the mobs that at- their reactions to Western women are we are yet to face up to the racism and superficial physical differences — skin tinged sexism on our aborigines and particularly north and central India. I tacked Nigerian students in Noida re- essentially sexist and racist. This is ex- sexism that runs through many caste colour, shape of lips, hair, etc — with Dalits. It is not surprising that politi- cringe at the thought of the experiences cently were ‘convinced’ that the Afric- acerbated by the tendency in many con- narratives. Before the British brought us moral and intellectual qualities. How- cians who are unwilling to concede that they might return with and what im- ans had ‘cannibalised’ an Indian servative circles, so surprising given our stories of ‘African’ cannibalism, we had ever, it is also true that skin colour be- Indians can be racist usually also refuse pression of my country, which also has student, who reportedly died of drug proclaimed spirituality, to consider the our own stories of cannibalism — associ- came its dominant index from the 18th to accept that there is caste prejudice in so many things and people to admire, overdose. material covering a woman’s body to be ated, from classical texts down to some century onwards, mostly because many India. For a cow reservation bill The house that Dara Shukoh built A herd will have a calming efect on parliamentary proceedings And the story of why it is called a library

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G. Sampath rana safvi is Social Afairs Editor, The Hindu, is a historian, author and blogger and the author of two books documenting India’s syncretic culture

India’s recent success in securing the The wise see not a second in essence human rights of cows is a historic We and you are mere calling cards RANA SAFVI achievement that deserves all our See One contained evident in many * kudos. We may still have a patchy re- See One hath formed in shapes many cord in protecting the human rights of Prince Dara Shukoh nial building with ionic pillars. and 1655. One can only imagine the humans. But who says progress has to (translated from Persian by Gyani Stephen P. Blake, in his book Shah- grandeur of this mansion, which must be linear? Sometimes, like the traffic Brahma Singh Brahma) jahanabad: The Sovereign City in have been second only to the Qila. in Bengaluru, a country may have to An important translation was taking Mughal India 1639-1739, reconstructs a Unfortunately only some parts of traverse several diversions on the road place in Banaras and Manzil-e-Nigam- typical mansion of an important per- the original structure are present at to greatness. In India’s case, it so hap- bodh. Many Brahmin priests and sonage based on contemporary ac- the back. The cusped arches and pens that the diversions are strewn Sanskrit scholars were involved in it. It counts: “A thick wall of stone and in columns stand a mute witness to the SATWIK GADE SATWIK with cow dung. * was the Persian translation of the Up- some cases even a moat surrounded ups and downs of fate. But why did it Narrow-minded liberals may like to anishads, published in 1656 AD as Sirr- the haveli or nasheman (mansion or fall into such bad times? keep quoting the Constitution till the fair human counterparts, get guaran- profile of our elected representatives, e-Akbar (the greatest mystery). It was a seat). A lofty gateway (also called the cows come home. But now that the teed political representation in our while reducing the per capita cost of labour of love by Emperor Shah Ja- naqqar khana) housed the soldiers of Damage and repair home has been notified as a cattle democracy. Besides upholding the keeping them well-fed. Given that han’s beloved son, Dara Shukoh. the daily guard and the drummers, Since Dara Shukoh himself was dis- shed, they must shut up. What these spirit of the Constitution, such a move cows are peace-loving, sweet- This was taken by François Bernier trumpeters, and other household mu- graced and killed by his brother Aur- annoying spawn of Macaulay, who will have many positive side effects. tempered, soft-spoken, and decent by to France. It reached Anquetil Duper- sicians. A large forecourt surrounded angzeb, his possessions too would hold forth on secularism one day and First of all, given that all corrupt nature, a herd of bovine MPs is bound ron, who translated it into French and by a row of rooms under an arcade lay have been downgraded. After Dara’s Sauvignon Blanc the next, don’t real- politicians are humans and cows are to have a calming effect on parlia- Latin. The Latin version reached the immediately aside.” death, Prince Muazzam, Aurangzeb’s ise is that India is not just a country. It incorruptible, it would, in one stroke, mentary proceedings, which have ten- German philosopher, Schopenhauer, He goes on to say there would be son, lived in this mansion. Blake says is an ancient civilisation that predates reduce corruption by 33%. Second, ded to be stormy in recent times. I’d who was greatly influenced by it and stables, apartments for the household that since it was damaged in 1739 dur- the Constitution by several millennia. since cows are typically female, it is a bet my Aadhaar card that no cow called the Persian Upanishads “the staff, storerooms, workshops, etc ing Nadir Shah’s raid on Delhi, it was This civilisation was a Vedic demo- big step towards gender equality. would ever try to make a point by solace of his life”. It awakened an in- needed to make life comfortable for probably divided into two. In 1743, Saf- cracy founded by the cows, of the Third, it would lower the human cap- rushing to the Well of the House — not terest in post-Vedic Sanskrit literature the great man. The living quarters darjung, son of Sadat Khan, got the cows, and for the cows. Humans occu- ital costs of keeping the democratic unless you fill it with water and add amongst European Orientalists. would be divided into public and palace from Mohammed Shah Ran- pied their dharmic place in this soci- machinery running. The cost to the hay. private spaces. The private spaces geela in exchange for an offering made ety — as servants of the cow. country (CTC) of one bovine Member Unlike human MPs, many of whom The loss of Manzil-e-Nigambodh would be off limits to all but the by him. Between 1803 and 1842, the Then bad things happened, and hu- of Parliament is estimated to be one- have criminal charges against them, Though Sirr-e-Akbar has survived, prince, or Amir, and the women, chil- British residents used it as a Residency. mans began eating the cows. Now, thousandth the CTC of a human MP. cows are law-abiding by nature. Most Manzil-e-Nigambodh, mentioned in dren and servants. These apartments From 1842 till 1858, it housed the after centuries of struggle, that prac- Multiply that by 180 (33% of 545) and human MPs are crorepatis, and have the book’s preface according to Pro- would be elaborately furnished with classrooms of the Delhi College and tice has been stopped, more or less. you get an idea of the astronomical little in common with the average In- fessor K.R. Qanungo, has been lost and silk and brocade curtains, cushions, the residence of the principal. In 1857, India is on the verge of reclaiming its savings that would accrue to the ex- dian, making them less empathetic to all we have is a building known as Dara fine carpets and chandeliers, and de- the building suffered great damage, rightful global status as the mother of chequer from the Lok Sabha alone. Do their problems. Cows, by contrast, are Shikoh’s library on Delhi’s Lothian signed with gardens, fountains, pools and the principal, J. Taylor, was killed. human civilisation and the gau mata of this calculation for the Rajya Sabha known for simple living and high Road inside Ambedkar University. and canals. A mosque and a hammam After 1858, a district school was estab- any advanced alien civilisation that and all the State Assemblies, and thinking. As some of you may have Even the prince’s name is not spelt were an essential Mughal feature in all lished here whose principal was Ram inter-galactic probes may discover in you’re looking at thousands of crores learnt in biology class at school, they correctly, either here or on the road in great houses. Since this was along the Chander. The confusion leading to it times to come. But it needs to do one in savings. are experts in rumination — a vital skill Delhi named recently after him. river, it would have had its own boat- being called a library rises from a more thing to keep its tryst with cos- The amount thus saved could be set for any parliamentarian but one Along with the Qila-e-Mubarak, the house and boats, giving the prince marble plaque put up in the school in mic greatness: introduce 33% reserva- used to provide free medical care, af- that is sadly missing in our current city was also being built with man- easy access to the Qila. There would be or after 1904, which said this building tion for cows in Parliament. fordable housing in a state-of-the-art crop of human MPs. sions, gardens, boulevards and magni- underground rooms (Tehkhana) for es- was Dara Shukoh’s library made in Thanks to tireless campaigning by gaushala, and a universal basic in- And lastly, if you are an airline staff, ficent gateways from 1638 to 1648. caping the heat of the summers. The 1637. Its present falling ceiling and cow-protection activists, today every- come to all Indian cows so that they your chances of being beaten with One of these mansions was Manzil- public space would have an audience peeling paint are sad reminders of the one in India agrees that cows and or- no longer suffer the indignity of for- chappals would diminish by 33%. In e-Nigambodh. As the heir and favour- hall and a library. It was here that the tragic life of the intellectual prince to dinary Indians enjoy the same consti- aging in garbage dumps alongside hu- view of all these benefits, the govern- ite of his father, Dara must have been Amir would draft state papers or com- whom India owes a big debt for en- tutional rights — the only exception man ragpickers. ment should pass the cow reservation given the land of his choice. He chose pose poetry. In the case of Dara couraging debates on religion and get- being black people from south India, Furthermore, all cows are veget- bill without further delay. As a proud the piece of land near Nigambodh Shukoh, he probably held religious dis- ting many of the Hindu sacred texts who are entitled to nothing more than arian by birth. Plus they don’t con- Indian, I can’t wait for the day when a ghat. He built his magnificent mansion courses and wrote his philosophical translated into Persian. a masala dosa and a vat of sambar. sume alcohol, not even mocktails. cow will address the nation from the at the cost of ₹4,00,000 between 1639 treatises in this area. Shah Jahan vis- The welcome news is that INTACH So it is only fair that cows, like their This would raise the aggregate sattvik ramparts of the Red Fort. and 1643. Today all that is left is a colo- ited Dara in this palace twice: in 1654 has taken up the task of restoring it. We irst need a uniform criminal code Recent incidents indicate that the rule of law has collapsed in India. We need to desperately restore it

down of the rule of law. based on attributes such as racial, reli- More importantly, in our country, a What is this rule of law? To begin gious or linguistic identity is simply un- rule of law that meets formal criteria of with, the mere existence of laws is not acceptable. People cannot get away non-arbitrariness and impartiality is the rule of law. A society governed by with murder because they belong to a not enough. Lots of carefully designed laws enacted arbitrarily, merely on the majority religion, or are linguistically laws that apply equally to all permit the caprice of a single individual or group, dominant, or worse, still have a certain state to invade our privacy, or society THE PUBLIC EYE changing frequently on the whim of racial profile. The crowd that assaulted to discriminate against women, but can political authority, is not based on the Nigerians must be dealt with exemplar- be constitutionally challenged because Rajeev Bhargava rule of law. A key feature of the rule of ily. Likewise, the killers of Pehlu Khan. substantive justice is part of the mean- is a political theorist with the Centre for the law then is that it excludes arbitrari- It was bad enough that cow vigilantes ing of the rule of law. In India, as Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi ness in the exercise of power. For ex- killed an innocent man, but if they are Justices Bhagwati and Chandrachud, ample, a policeman must not question treated lightly because of their tacit among others, have pointed out, the Four recent incidents highlight a major or detain me without identifying who claim that, as cow protectors, they act rule of law means the rule of a rights- crisis in Indian society. First, the stun- he is or specifying the grounds for sus- in Hindu interests, and therefore must sensitive constitutional law. Laws must ning defiance of a parliamentarian picion. If he fails to do so, I should res- be treated differently, then this marks respect the rights of individuals and soon after thrashing an airline em- ist him as I would any ordinary person the collapse of the rule of law. groups both against each other and ployee. Second, the hounding of young who grabs me unlawfully. The so-called against the state. This has the further men and women by ‘anti-Romeo police anti-Romeo police squads have fre- Rights and the rule of law implication that both individuals and squads’. Third, the merciless killing of quently acted in clear violation of the It can hardly be overemphasised that a groups can make demands on the GETTY IMAGES

Pehlu Khan, by an unruly mob. And fi- rule of law when arbitrarily question- * breakdown of the rule of law affects courts to enforce their rights. It follows nally, the brutal assault on a Nigerian ing ordinary citizens. The rule of law everyone. Today, a Muslim dairy that a judiciary indifferent to the viola- student by a murderous crowd. implies that the police, the most visible the capitulation of the government be- which the upper castes get off lightly farmer is targeted; tomorrow, it can be tion of rights by vigilante groups or gov- To be sure, such incidents have agents of state, are not above the law. fore the Shiv Sena MP. The rule of law or, as in some countries, the evidence Hindu peasants or pastoralists who ernment is failing the Constitution and happened before but they have now exists only if the law applies equally to of two or more women is required routinely transport cows and other an- the rule of law. come together in such quick succession Equality before the law all. Politicians and ministers must fol- where the evidence of one man is imals from one place to another. Angry We desperately need to restore the that one wonders if we are witnessing Nor indeed are legislators or govern- low the same law, along with all other deemed sufficient, then a fundamental crowds or ill-motivated killers often fail rule of law. And while a common and an attack on the entire legal system. ment executives! It is this legitimate ex- citizens. Nor can there be one law for egalitarian principle — the equal worth to distinguish persons of one religion just civil code would be a nice achieve- This is not just random lawlessness or pectation that our criminal law is the one group and a different one for oth- of all individuals — is violated. Nothing from another, as we gathered painfully ment indeed, can the Indian state occasional appropriation of law in same for everyone, for state officials ers. If heavy penalties are imposed on can be more repulsive for followers of from the ghastly murder of Sikhs mis- please implement a common criminal one’s own hands but signals a break- and citizens alike, that was belied in ‘lower castes’ for the same crime over the rule of law; legal discrimination taken in America for Muslims. code first! CM A ND-ND YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU 14 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY SUNDAY, APRIL 16, 2017 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE CAPSULE Indians use origami to get IISc makes two potent a closer look at beauty molecules to ight TB

In Japan’s Belle-II experiment Indians have built one layer of the detector The molecules inhibit stress response pathway of mycobacteria Effect of trans fat bans R. Prasad People living in areas that Shubashree Desikan restrict trans fats in foods in Scientists at the Indian Insti- restaurants had fewer The High Energy Accelerator Re- tute of Science (IISc) hospitalisations for heart search Organisation (KEK) in Japan Bengaluru have developed two attack and stroke compared to is getting ready to launch the Belle-II new, potent molecules that can residents in areas without experiment, a massive collaboration severely impact the survival of restrictions, a new study says. of 700 scientists from across the mycobacteria, including Myco- Eating even minimal amounts globe. At Belle-II, highly intense bacterium tuberculosis that is linked to a greater risk of electron-positron beams will be causes TB. The results were cardiovascular disease. made to collide and a huge number published in the journal Anti- of B-mesons (a boson containing the microbial Agents and B, or beauty, quark) produced. Chemotherapy. Building a detector to observe the Unlike most antibiotics that resultant decay products is a chal- target the bacterial metabol- lenging task and that is one area ism by aiming at the cellular where Indians have contributed sig- components, the novel mo- nificantly. lecules inhibit the stress re- Indians have been involved in the sponse pathway of mycobac- preceding experiment, Belle, for teria. The stress response decades now, however, with Belle-II, pathway is crucial for bacteria The molecules were able to prevent bioilm formation and even their engagement is deeper. “Ini- to survive during hostile condi- 3D-printed patch to fix disrupt bioilms that had formed. * AP heart tially we did not have the chance to tions such as lack of nutrients A revolutionary 3D-bioprinted build the detector, and this is the and the presence of antibiot- tein, which in turn synthesises teria tend to form biofilms, patch has been created that second step – to work with the inner ics, to name a few. So any in- (p)ppGpp. When the Rel gene which protect the bacteria can help heal scarred heart part of the detector, where the resol- hibition of this pathway will is knocked out, the long-term from stress and induce toler- tissue after a heart attack. The ution has to be high. We are happy lead to its death. survival of Mycobacterium ance to antibiotics. Recent researchers used laser-based we did it and are now among four A view of the Belle-II experiment in which the detector is being loaded into the The master regulator of smegmatis decreases,” says studies have shown that tuber- 3D-bioprinting techniques to important groups in the world that collision point. *KEK stress pathway in the case of Prof. Chatterji. culosis bacteria that cannot incorporate stem cells derived can build such detectors,” says Tariq mycobacteria is (p)ppGpp “The Alarmone molecule form a biofilm cannot survive from adult human heart cells Aziz of Tata Institute of Funda- plains Prof. Mohanty in an email to it,” says Rahul Sinha of The Institute (Guanosine pentaphospahte or “(p)ppgpp”, a modified nucle- inside the host. Evidences have on a matrix that began to grow mental Research, Mumbai, who led this correspondent. of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, Guanosine tetraphosphate). otide, is ubiquitous in bacteria shown that at the time of infec- and beat synchronously. the effort along with Gagan Belle-II is some fifty times more who is leading the theoretical stud- Though a molecule that inhib- and absent in humans. Inhibit- tion, the M. tuberculosis display Mohanty. sensitive than its predecessor Belle. ies. Both will seek evidence that can its the (p)ppGpp formation has ing (p)ppgpp synthesis would a biofilm-like phenotype and The SVD detector is meant to meas- significantly enlarge the picture of already been synthesised, the specifically target the survival this helps the bacteria to sur- Crucial folding ure the charged particles passing particle physics painted by the efficacy is not much. “Very of bacteria without having any vive inside the host. Indians built the fourth layer of the through it to an accuracy of 15-20 Standard Model. high concentration of Relacin effects on humans,” says Dr. Both M. tuberculosis and M. six-layer silicon vertex detector and microns. Compare this with the av- For nearly fifty years, the world molecule is needed to inhibit Kirtimaan Syal from the Divi- smegmatis that do have the Rel developing the analysis and theory. erage thickness of human hair, of elementary particles has been the pathway and, therefore, sion of Biological Sciences, IISc gene cannot form a biofilm. The highly miniaturised sensor en- which is 100 microns. Such a precise best described by the Standard the efficacy is low. So we syn- and the first author of the Studies carried out by the gineering and the “origami chip-on position measurement significantly Model. This also provides a unified thesised two new molecules — paper. researchers showed that both sensor” design of the readout chip, enhances the physics potential of description of all the forces in the acetylated compound (AC Earlier studies have shown the molecules were able to in- which improves the signal to noise the Belle-II experiment. universe except gravitation. It ac- compound) and acetylated that when the rel gene is de- hibit biofilm formation by M. Tricked into elimination ratio, are novel and highly complex counts for various particles and how benzoylated compound (AB leted, the long-term survival tuberculosis and M. smegmatis New research from Rockfeller aspects. Physicists’ goal they get their masses with the help compound) — by bringing ability under stress was lost; and also disrupt the already university that studied fossils The strips from one side of the sil- This experiment has the same aim of the Higgs boson. However, now about a modification in the the M. tuberculosis bacteria formed biofilm. “The biofilm of viruses showed that icon microstrip sensors are first con- as the LHCb experiment at CERN — many questions remain which could base of the Relacin molecule,” was unable to persist in mice formed by TB bacteria is very primates, a million years ago, nected to a flexible electrical circuit, to study the decay of the short-lived be helped by Belle-II. says Prof. Dipankar Chatterji and unable to form tubercle le- dangerous. The ability of the may have eliminated a virus which is turn is connected to B-mesons, and unearth clues to The group at IMSc focuses on de- from the Division of Biological sions in guinea pigs. molecules to destroy the from the HIV family, by readout chips. “We fold over the “new physics”. If these experiments cays in which the beauty quark Sciences, IISc and the corres- “The major reason for pro- biofilm and even prevent its evolving a defence mechanism flexible circuit such that the strips of are successful in their endeavour, within a meson changes to a differ- ponding author of the paper. longed treatment of TB is the formation is a very important that used the gene of the virus the other side of the sensor can be they will cause a massive rethink of ent flavour of quark known as the “We found both the mo- bacterium’s ability to persist in achievement,” says Prof. against itself, leading to the connected to the readout chip. This particle physics as we know it today. strange quark. These processes are lecules to be very good inhibit- dormant form, which is toler- Chatterji. eventual elimination of the ‘folding over’ enables us to place the The two setups are complementary. very rare according to the Standard ors of stress response. The two ant to most antibiotics used in Since there are very few an- virus. readout chips as close as possible to “But the idea in both cases is to model, but can possibly be detected compounds affected the rate of the treatment regimen. So in- tibiotics that target the stress the strips reducing the noise,” ex- search for new physics and discover at Belle-II and LHCb. synthesis of (p)ppGpp and also hibition of (p)ppGpp-mediated response pathway of the bac- reduced the cell survival,” he persistence could help in teria, the two molecules offer says. Laboratory studies shortening the treatment re- great promise. “The next step showed that the two molecules gime, dealing with the emer- is to test the molecules on an- were not toxic to human cells gence of multiple drug resist- imals. We have not thought Not just a love hormone and were able to penetrate the ance and treatment of chronic about it. It will also be interest- human lung epithelial cells. infections, Dr. Syal says. ing to see if the bacteria de- A study inds that oxytocin may inluence a range of social interactions “We found our compounds velop resistance against these were targeting the Rel gene. Inhibiting biofilm molecules,” Prof. Chatterji Asian News International gests that oxytocin’s role spectrum disorders may and lead author Glen The Rel gene makes Rel pro- Under hostile conditions, bac- says. Nanoparticle nasal spray in one-on-one bonding not experience the nor- teamed up to untangle the Researchers have found a way Oxytocin, often referred probably evolved from an mal reward the rest of us complicated neuro- CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC to deliver drugs to the brain to as “the love hormone,” existing, broader affinity all get from being with our physiological underpin- CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCQuestion Corner effectively by using a is involved in a broader for group living. friends,” said senior au- nings of oxytocin’s role in of charge in the battery. If the discharge of the previous combination of nanoparticles range of social interac- The new study pin- thor Robert Malenka. “So social interactions. They Charging cell phones actual charge is very low, when cycling. This effect leads to the and aerosol technology. This tions than previously un- points a unique way in we asked, what in the focused on the nucleus ac- you switch on the new phone progressive loss of practical method could deliver the drug derstood, according to a which oxytocin alters brain makes you enjoy cumbens. Why do newly bought cell phones and start installing apps it may cell capacity at a fixed cutoff to the brain in about half an study on mice that ap- activity in a part of the hanging out with your The group thinks their have to be charged for seven to get switched off in between. voltage and hence leads to hour. The group tested the pears in the journal brain called the nucleus buddies?” Some genetic findings in mice are likely eight hours at a stretch? The manufacturer does not large wrong estimation of the proof of concept on locusts Nature. accumbens, which is cru- evidence suggests the to generalise to humans ■ E. Duvarahesh, Tiruchendur, want the customer to have a state of charge of the cell. and said that the drug reached The Stanford University cial to experiencing the awkward social interac- because the brain’s re- Tamil Nadu bad first impression! ■ Dr K.R. Krishnadas, IIT Madras, its destination in minutes. School of Medicine discov- pleasant sensation neuros- tion that is a hallmark of ward circuitry has been so Nowadays, smartphones come This instruction has its origin Chennai. ery may have implications cientists call “reward.” autism-spectrum dis- carefully conserved over with lithium ion (Li-ion) when nickel-cadmium (Ni-Cd) for neurological disorders The findings not only orders may be at least in the course of hundreds of batteries with partial charge batteries, containing nickel This week’s question such as autism, as well as provide validity for ongo- part oxytocin-related. Cer- millions of years of evolu- that can get fully charged oxyhydroxide (NiOOH) as for scientific conceptions ing trials of oxytocin in tain variations in the gene tion. This extensive cross- within about 2 h. positive electrode and Why do we sweat more on our of our evolutionary autistic patients, but also that encodes the oxytocin species similarity prob- However, manufacturers still cadmium as negative back than the chest? heritage. suggest possible new receptor — a cell-surface ably stems from pleasure’s insist on charging them for 8 electrode, were used. These ■ Sapna prasad, Chennai Scientists estimate that treatments for neuropsy- protein that senses the absolutely essential role in hours before the first use. This batteries are known to have a the advent of social living chiatric conditions in substance’s presence — reinforcing behaviour is probably because the charge memory effect. In other preceded the emergence which social activity is are associated with in- likely to boost an individu- levels indicated when a new words, the battery seems to Readers can send their of pair living by 35 million impaired. creased autism risk. al’s chance of survival and gadget is first switched on, memorise the discharge questions/ answers to years. The new study sug- “People with autism- For this study, Malenka procreation. may not indicate the true level voltage and the depth of [email protected] Possible new dwarf planet found A probable dwarf planet in the outer Solar System has been discovered. It is the second- Talwar’s talwar against leprosy, TB and cancer most-distant known object with an orbit that is well characterized. It is big enough Vaccination is a time tested method, but what if, as in the case of leprosy, the pathogen cannot easily be cultured in the lab? to be spherical, which is said to be a key criterion for its that we isolate and grow (‘culture’) the three years. classification as a dwarf pathogen in the lab in order to inject it We noted above that MIP shares some of planet. into the body. Happily enough, with many its antigenic molecules with MTb. So, why of the common infective diseases (e. g., not try it out as an anti-TB agent? measles, smallpox, polio, cholera, diarrhoea, hepatitis), this has been done, Doppelganger has more up its sleeve ODD & END and we have successful vaccines against They first infected one set of guineapigs SPEAKING OF SCIENCE them. What if the disease pathogen is not with MTb and found that the animals had Tunable electric easily cultured in the lab? contacted the disease, as seen in their eyeglasses D. Balasubramanian One such disease, which has been with lungs and spleen. Next they first immun- Engineers funded by the us since antiquity, is leprosy. (The Ma- ised another set of animals with MIP and National Institute of There are two ways for the body to tackle habharata tells us that how Pratipa’s son then infected them with MTb. This re- Biomedical Imaging and infectious diseases - curing and preven- Devapi could not ascend the throne of duced the pathology of the animals signi- Bioengineering have tion. Curing involves the use of drugs and Hastinapur, since he had leprosy and in- Vaccination can prevent the onset of any germ-borne disease such as measles, ficantly. Encouraged by this, they next developed glasses with other associated treatment modes. Pre- stead retired to the forest for penance). smallpox and polio. * M.A. SRIRAM conducted an exploratory trial on hard-to- liquid-based lenses that vention aims at stopping the entry and ac- Fortunately, most of us humans (about treat TB patients in Ahmedabad to find “flex” to refocus on tion of the infecting germ. Vaccination is a 99%) are able to resist infection by the tivable, atypical members of the myco- this microbe, and its genetic similarities that those injected with MIP along with whatever the wearer is time-tested method of preventing germ- leprosy-causing germ mycobacterium lep- bacterium family — distant relatives of M to M leprae, and also to the TB pathogen drugs had better results than control ones. viewing. These are borne diseases. It involves allowing the rae, or M leprae. But the rest who suc- Leprae. Over the years, five of them ap- M tuberculosis, were revealed by Syed There thus appear some similarities designed to mimic the body to recognise the presence of the cumb (majority of them in Asia and peared hopeful, and after almost two Rahman, Seyed Hasnain and colleagues. between MIP injection and the classical behaviour of the human cells and molecules of the invader (also Africa), are shunned by society, have de- decades of work, one of them, termed It was further found that heat-killed M w BCG vaccination we all have gone through eye’s natural lens. The called pathogen) and generate counter- formed limbs and prone to other infec- mycobacterium w (simply called M w) ap- can still boost immune responses against TB. central technology of the molecules that capture and ‘karate chop’ tions, notably tuberculosis or TB. While peared to fit the bill. against several pathogens. In honour of And most recently, Professor Dipankar glasses created by the research team are lenses it into submission and removal. Indeed, drugs against leprosy exist, they are ex- Dr. Talwar, who spearheaded the entire Nandi of IISc Bengaluru has tried using made of glycerine this strategy is stored and maintained in pensive, need repeated doses and not Doppelganger work, M w was renamed as mycobac- MIP as an anti-cancer agent, since MIP ap- sandwiched between our body such that when the same patho- 100% effective. Vaccination would be the Note that M w is not M leprae, but what terium indicus pranii, or simply as MIP. pears to stimulate cells and molecules, flexible membranes. The gen strikes again (say in an epidemic), our ideal solution. the Germans call a Doppelganger (or a (The word indicus denotes India, while such as IFN-gamma and IL-12, which play lenses are mounted into defence is ready to strike and overcome it. It was this problem of generating a lep- double, an imitator). It was cultivable, it pranii comes from the middle name of crucial riles in anti-tumour immunity. Now frames that have an The body has learnt to be immune to the rosy vaccine that Professor Gursaran Pran induced the molecule lepromin just as M Talwar and NII for the Institute). they have tried the combination of MIP electromechanical system invader. Our immune system is quite ver- Talwar at the All India Institute of Medical leprae does, and thus was fit to be tried Encouraged by the above trials, and along with the anti-cancer drug cyclophos- that causes the membranes satile and geared to defend itself, using Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi (a city 90 km as a vaccine candidate. When tried on clearances from the Drug Controller phamide as a combination therapy with to bend, adjusting their proteins called immunoglobulins (also southwest of Hastinapur) decided to ad- leprosy patients in Kolkata and Delhi, General of India and the US Food and promising results (Podder et al, Clinical focus. The ability to flex called antibodies) against a large variety dress, way back in the early 1970s. But, Mw generated lepromin responses and Drug Administration, Dr. Soumya Swam- Cancer Drugs, 2016). and bend allows the single of pathogens. the odds were very high indeed. M Leprae was also found to be quite effective. inathan of Indian Council of Medical Re- The Talwar saga bears testimony to lens to act like multiple Vaccination involves injecting into the is not culturable; it simply does not grow Next, a detailed molecular and ge- search has announced that this vaccine what Louis Pasteur, a vaccine pioneer, lenses. If the user looks body a small amount of ‘sham’ (dead, i.e., in any medium. Hence to make a dead or netic analysis was carried out by Talwar will now be tried on people who are in once remarked: ‘where observation is con- elsewhere, the change in usually heat-killed or highly disabled) attenuated pathogen for injection to gen- and his students at the National Institute close contact with leprosy patients in Bi- cerned, chance favours the prepared lens shape needed to focus pathogen, and allowing the body to gener- erate antibodies was a challenge. In order of Immunology (or NII, which Dr Talwar har, Gujarat and Tamilnadu, and has mind’. at the new distance is made in just 14 milliseconds. ate the antibodies specific against the in- to address this issue, Dr Talwar and his had founded, moving from AIIMS, in the said that MIP has the potential to bring jected pathogen. This of course requires students combed through 16 different cul- early 1980s). Total characterisation of down new cases of leprosy by 60% in [email protected] CM A ND-ND YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

THE HINDU NOIDA/DELHI SUNDAY, APRIL 16, 2017 BEING 15 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE DR HUMERUS KESHAV The heart of the matter The absence of robust organ transplant programmes across States and prohibitive costs are afecting heart transplants in India. There is an acute demand-supply gap

Jyoti Shelar United States. Here, we need much hirty-seven-year-old Ab- more awareness because people hishek Dalvi could not walk still believe that if a heart is taken Tten steps within his house out of a body, he or she won’t at- without getting breathless. Even tain moksh,” says Dr. Z. Hamdulay, talking for a minute at length cardiac surgeon at the Global Hos- would exhaust this digital market- pitals in Mumbai that has recently ing professional whose heart’s acquired heart transplant licence function had dropped drastically, and has three patients on the wait- leaving him only with one option ing list. AROUND THE WORLD for survival — a heart transplant. Mr. Dalvi’s long-drawn battle fi- Cost and commitment nally met with success in Decem- The cost factor is also a huge prob- Biased bots ber 2015 when he was trans- lem. A heart transplant costs any- In debates over the future of artiicial planted with the heart of a where between ₹20 lakh to ₹25 intelligence, many experts think of the 45-year-old man in Chennai’s lakh. There are lifelong post-sur- new systems as being coldly logical Fortis Malar Hospital. “I have gery expenses of immunosup- and objectively rational. But in a new never felt so much better. It is as pressants and hospitalisation for study, researchers have demonstrated good as having your own heart, regular check-ups and in case the Getty Images/iStockphoto how machines can be relections of us but in a healthy condition,” says patient develops infections. Life — their creators — in potentially the resident of Panvel, Mumbai’s post-transplant is not a cakewalk problematic ways. Common machine learning programmes, satellite town. His ailment was first either. “We have to guard when trained with ordinary human language available online, diagnosed in 2009 when the ourselves from infections as we are can acquire cultural biases embedded in the patterns of heart’s function dropped to merely more prone to them. And then wording, the researchers found. These biases range from the 25%. Not enough hearts: “In India, we carry out 200-odd heart transplants in a year. But the need is of more than there has to be a lifetime commit- morally neutral, like a preference for lowers over insects, to Since then Mr. Dalvi remained 4,000....” * GETTY IMAGES ment to have the immunosup- the objectionable views of race and gender. The paper, in and out of hospital and on med- pressants on time,” says 50-year- “Semantics derived automatically from language corpora ication till the doctors finally told Fortis Malar Hospital, that recently <> We need much more Frontier Lifeline, Sri Ramachandra old Chennai resident P.S. Rangan- contain human-like biases”, has been published in Science. him that a transplant was his only performed its 150th heart trans- awareness because Medical Centre, AIIMS in Delhi and athan, who was transplanted with hope. Four months after signing plant, the highest in one centre so people still believe that if Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hos- a 26- year-old man’s heart in March A shared history up on the waiting list, there was far in India. But is that a good a heart is taken out of a pital in Mumbai that add to the 2016. Mr. Ranganathan pops as still no sign of a donor. Mr. Dalvi enough number? heart transplant kitty. Dr. Rao says many as 17 pills in a day. The ex- A Florida Museum of Natural History body, he or she won’t had to be admitted in Fortis Hos- attain moksh that if each State boasts of a robust penses of his monthly medication study provides new insights into the pital, Mumbai after the heart’s Demand-supply mismatch heart transplant programme, pa- go up to as much as ₹20,000. “But complex, shared history between pumping rate dropped drastically “In India, we carry out 200-odd Dr. Z. Hamdulay, tients like Mr. Dalvi would not have before the heart transplant, he Cardiac surgeon, Mumbai blood-sucking lice and the vitamin- to 20%. To up his chances of get- heart transplants in a year. But the to travel so far. Given that even the used to slouch like a 90-year-old. producing bacterial sidekicks that ting the organ, his family shifted need is of more than 4,000. That is U.S., which carries out 4,000 heart Now, he works with all the energy enable them to parasitise mammals, Getty Images/iStockphoto him to Chennai hoping that the the kind of huge supply gap which handful of centres in India that of- transplants annually, still falls one can imagine,” says his wife including primates and humans. well-developed organ transplant exists currently,” says Dr. Suresh fer heart transplants. Besides short of organs, one can imagine Nithya. “He has got a new life.” Lice depend on bacteria to supply essential vitamins missing programme in Tamil Nadu will Rao, cardiac anesthesiologist and Fortis in Chennai, Delhi and Mum- the enormous gap in India. from blood, their only food source. These bacterial partners live help him. Fortunately, Mr. Dalvi critical care specialist at Fortis bai, there are other hospitals in “There is a vast sociocultural in specialised cells inside their insect hosts and pass from a got a heart within two weeks at the Malar. He says that there are only a Chennai such as Apollo, Global, difference between India and the [email protected] female louse to her ofspring. When their partnership began, however, and how it has evolved over time has been unclear. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC But a study by Florida Museum researchers has found that lice that parasitise primates and humans have hosted their endosymbionts continuously for at least 20 to 25 million years, Another casualty of Syria’s war A healthy nudge aligning with the time period during which great apes and old world monkeys shared a common ancestor. ’m a physician at Ithe end of more than a decade of It’s in the bite training. I’ve dis- Research has repeatedly conirmed sected cadavers in that the irst 1,000 days after the anatomy lab. conception strongly inluence a dhruv khullar I’ve pored over person’s life expectancy and tomes on the susceptibility to chronic diseases. New physiology of dis- Getty Images research from University of ease. I’ve treated thousands of patients with ailments Washington investigators suggests as varied as haemorrhoids and cancer. that an asymmetric lower face is a novel marker that also And yet the way I care for patients often has less to captures early life stresses that occur after birth. do with the medical science I’ve spent my career ab- “Asymmetries in the skull and teeth have been used for decades sorbing than with habits, environmental cues and by anthropologists to mark environmental stress, but they have other subtle nudges that I think little about. only rarely been used in living populations,” says Philippe I’ll sometimes prescribe a particular brand of medic- Hujoel, the corresponding author. A crooked or asymmetric bite ation not because it has proved to be better, but be- is deined as the teeth biting backward or forward on one side cause it happens to be the default option in my hospit- of the face and normally on the other side. Backward-biting al’s electronic ordering system. I’m more likely to wash asymmetries were found to luctuate randomly between the my hands — an activity so essential for safe medical left and right sides of the face. Such randomness is evidence for care that it’s arguably malpractice not to do so — if a early life stress. poster outside your room prompts me to think of your health instead of mine. I’ll more readily change my Texting while driving practice if I’m shown data that my colleagues do some- is still a bad idea thing differently than if I’m shown data that a treatment does or doesn’t work. Drivers commonly perform secondary tasks while behind the steering wheel Impact of behavioural economics to navigate or communicate with These confessions can be explained by the field of be- others, which has led to a signiicant havioural economics, which holds that human de- increase in the number of injuries and Getty Images/iStockphoto cision-making departs frequently, significantly and pre- fatalities attributed to distracted dictably from what would be expected if we acted in driving. Advances in wearable technology, particularly devices purely “rational” ways. People don’t always make de- such as Google Glass raise questions about how these devices Downward spiral: Six years of conlict have brought the Syrian health service, once one of the best in West Asia, close to collapse. Local and World Health Organisation oicials also blame Western sanctions for severely restricting cisions — even hugely important ones about physical or might impact driver attention when used in vehicles. New financial well-being — based on careful calculations of human factors/ergonomics research examines how these pharmaceutical imports, even though medical supplies are largely exempt from measures imposed by the United States and the European Union. Cuts in health spending by the Syrian government that is ighting an expensive war, a drastic fall in risks and benefits. Rather, our behaviour is powerfully interface characteristics can have a deleterious efect on safety. influenced by our emotions, identity and environment, Human Factors the Syrian currency and indirect efects of the sanctions are all deepening the misery of patients who need foreign-made In their article, “Driving While Interacting With as well as by how options are presented to us. Google Glass: Investigating the Combined Efect of Head-Up drugs. Among those worst afected are cancer patients. Besides cancer medication, there are critical shortages of insulin, anaesthetics, speciic antibiotics, serums, intravenous luids and other blood products and vaccines. Picture shows nurses We in the medical community have only recently Display and Hands-Free Input on Driving Safety and Multitask started to explore how behavioural economics can im- tending to a child with cancer at the Damascus Children’s Hospital in Syria. * REUTERS Performance”, the authors observed the performance of 24 prove health. As with any hot field, there’s always the participants in a driving simulator. The authors found that possibility of hype. But these insights might be particu- driving performance degraded while texting. larly valuable in health care because medical decision- making is permeated with uncertainty, complexity and HIV/AIDS pioneer Coping with bereavement emotion — all of which make it hard to weigh our no more options. A leader of this movement is Dr. Kevin Volpp, a phys- Dr. Mark Wainberg, a microbiologist Improving a bereaved person’s inancial literacy is a crucial intervention ician at the University of Pennsylvania and founding who identiied a drug that later in his or her grief support care director of the Center for Health Incentives and Behavi- became critical to treating people oral Economics. He designs randomised trials around infected with HIV, and who later Vidya Krishnan The researchers offer a some of health care’s most important challenges: became a leading advocate for giving oping with the death of a solution after studying In- ILLUSTRATION: Keshav nudging doctors to provide evidence-based care; en- millions of people with HIV and AIDS in Cloved one is never easy. dia’s crude death rate and suring patients take their medications; and helping Africa greater access to antiretroviral drugs, died on Tuesday And Indians, according to a the insurance market. consumers choose better health plans. after a drowning incident in Florida, U.S. He was 71. The AIDS new study, are “completely pandemic was spreading quickly in the 1980s when Dr. unprepared” to cope with Issue of insurance Catching on Wainberg — who spent much of his career at McGill University in death because of cultural The white paper states that Health insurers are also betting that behavioural eco- Montreal — began to study HIV. He spent time working with Dr. resistance where most “the crude death rate, nomics can improve quality and lower costs. Blue Robert Gallo, the co-discoverer of HIV, who provided Dr. people consider it inauspi- which is the average annual Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts is using a variety of Wainberg with the cells and antibodies to grow the virus in his cious to talk about it number of deaths per 1,000 behavioural economics concepts to pay its doctors — laboratory at McGill. Then, in 1989, after studying the openly, much less prepare people in India, was 7.3 in including peer comparisons and bonus payments for properties of a new antiviral drug called 3TC, or Lamivudine, Dr. for impending loss. 2016 (United Nations, 2015). continuous improvement instead of absolute Wainberg found that it was efective against HIV. It soon The findings are a part of Estimates from the Insur- thresholds. In Hawaii, Blue Cross is experimenting with became an important part of the so-called AIDS cocktail of a paper on contextualised ance Regulatory and Devel- joint incentives for doctors and patients to meet dia- drugs that is still used to treat infected patients. NYT psychosocial care released opment Authority of India by the Tata Institute of So- (IRDAI) indicate that while betes care goals. DEMYSTIFYING SCIENCE cial Sciences (TISS) this India has over 57 crore in- Start-ups are jumping into the nudge game, too. week. surable individuals, only The Brooklyn, New York-based-startup Wellth, for The authors of the white 4.20 crore are actually in- example, has developed an app to reward patients for What is Terpene? paper found that patriarchy sured. Large sections of the taking their medications. Nearly a third of prescrip- If you’ve ever enjoyed the scent of a pine forest or snifed a and gender played a huge Indian population continue tions in the United States are never filled, and about freshly cut basil leaf, then you’re familiar with terpenes. The role in how people cope to remain uninsured. This half of all patients don’t take their medications as pre- compounds are responsible for the essential oils of plants and with death. For example, GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO leaves many families vul- scribed — even after life-threatening illnesses like heart the resins of trees. Since the discovery of terpenes more than the death of a patriarch grieving style, with sorrow, Helpline). “In India, the nerable to severe financial attacks. Every year, medication non-adherence causes 150 years ago, scientists have isolated some 50,000 diferent could lead to the wife un- guilt and depression. Men mourning rituals take place setbacks, over and above 125,000 deaths and costs the health system up to $289 terpene compounds derived from plants and fungi. Bacteria and dergoing changes in terms are taught grieve through in an elaborate fashion but the intense trauma brought billion. other microorganisms are known to make terpenes too, but lowered social status, legal managing tasks related to the impact of loss remains on by the death of a loved Wellth thinks it can help patients manage them- they’ve received much less study. problems in claiming her the funeral, finances and for years. The feeling of one.” selves. Now a team of researchers led by the Netherlands Institute of inheritance and pressure property matters. “This in- grief continues to impact The authors of the paper “We want to give them immediate, tangible rewards Ecology has demonstrated for the irst time that two diferent from family to take over dicates that men in patri- the bereaved person long recommend that offering for healthy behaviour,” says Matthew Loper, the com- types of microorganisms — bacteria and fungi — use terpenes to care giving responsibilities. archal set-ups may not after the socially observed help to improve financial pany’s CEO and co-founder. “But ultimately, we’re in hold conversations. They have shown that bacteria and fungi do Conversely, the loss of a know how to deal with the period of mourning has literacy is one of the crucial the business of habit formation. We want behaviours to respond to each other. The team leader used the example of wife might lead to the hus- emotional impact of grief as ended. There is a dire need interventions in grief sup- stick.” Serratia, a soil bacterium that can ‘smell’ the fragrant terpenes A more complete view of human behaviour seems produced by Fusarium, a plant pathogenic fungus. It responds band having to take over the coping mechanisms for psychosocial services port care. While the West roles of care giving. Death available to them are mostly that are sensitised and relies on support groups necessary for more effective medicine. Health is funda- by becoming motile and producing a terpene of its own. The mentally the product of myriad daily decisions made researchers established this by studying which genes were of a child, for parents and focussed on addressing equipped with the capabil- and community-based pro- grandparents, can cause re- practical needs following ities to provide required grammes for grief support, by doctors and patients, and by uncovering what truly switched ‘on’ by the bacterium, which proteins it began to motivates us, we may be able to nudge one another to- produce, and which fragrance it was. “Such fragrances — or actions similar to post-trau- the loss of a loved one,” support and intervention to no such support groups for ward wiser decisions and healthier lives. NYT volatile organic compounds — are not just some waste product, matic stress. says Aparna Joshi, assistant help people cope with grief. bereaved individuals are they are instruments targeted speciically at long-distance professor at the School of Women and children are a available in India as of now. communication between these minute fungi and bacteria.”So Women most vulnerable Human Ecology at TISS and more vulnerable group Dr. Dhruv Khullar, M.D., M.P.P., is a resident physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School it’s likely that the language of terpenes forms a vast chemical Research indicates that wo- one of the Project Directors when it comes to dealing communications network. — Science Daily men display an intuitive behind iCALL (Psychosocial with a loss.” [email protected] CM A ND-ND YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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A political scientist argues that the state is not always the best entity to manage common pool resources such as forests and water

Vidya Venkat process has not reversed after the ights to the forest have been FRA was implemented, with over among the most contested two lakh hectares of forest land di- Rsubjects since colonial times. verted for non-forestry purposes ■ Other Minds: The In Democracy in the Woods: Envir- between 2007 and 2011. Octopus and the onmental Conservation and Social Compare this with the 1992 re- Evolution of Intelligent Life Justice in India, Tanzania and Mex- form process in Mexico, when the Peter Godfrey Smith ico, Prakash Kashwan uses a com- state sought to privatise the HarperCollins parative political analysis ap- ejidos—communal land for agricul- ₹799 proach to show how India, ture—leading to empowerment of Tanzania and Mexico, with their the ejitdatarios (member of ejidos) A distinguished philosopher varied forestland regimes, have to acquire stronger property of science, who is also a negotiated the conflicts arising out rights; despite the government’s skilled scuba diver, tells a ■ of claims to forests for subsistence, Democracy in the Woods: intention to privatise, the reforms story about how nature Environmental Conservation and industry and cultivation. In the did not mandate privatisation. became aware of itself—a process, the political scientist Social Justice in India, Tanzania and Mexico story that largely occurs in based at University of Connecticut Curious omissions Prakash Kashwan the ocean, where animals in the U.S. shows that the state The absence of any discussion on Oxford University Press irst appeared. He tries to cannot always be the best arbiter prominent forest-based social ₹2,795 ind out, for instance, how of forest rights. movements such as the Chipko the octopus with little social Kashwan’s thesis was super- movement in the hilly regions of skills become such a smart vised by political economist Elinor Tanzania, where the state reigns erstwhile Uttar Pradesh, India, or animal. Ostrom at Indiana University, supreme. the Mexican revolutionary Za- Bloomington. Her scholarly work The author takes off from the patista movement, that sought to investigating how communities massive forest eviction drives in oppose the North American Free succeeded or failed at managing both India and Tanzania. Whereas Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to safe- common pool (finite) resources in 2002-2003 forestry agencies in guard peasant land rights, are such as grazing land, forests and India cleared 1,52,400 hectares of curious omissions from the book. irrigation waters won her the No- farmland and displaced 1,50,000 Both movements were part of the bel Prize in Economics in 2009. peasants citing state-led develop- struggles of forest and peasant Ostrom’s work marked a depar- mental imperatives, in Tanzania, Together as one: Adivasis protest against the inefective implementation of the Forest Rights Act. * VIVEK BENDRE communities in these countries to ture from the fundamental Lock- similarly, a large number of Maasai retain their rights over forests and ean economic principle that settlements were burned by cially productive purpose. These thor demonstrates how the FRA’s Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 merited discussion. private ownership of property in- armed rangers from the Serengeti institutional legacies reflected in implementation failed due to non- (PESA)—failed to transform local Also, the frequent references to centivised economic actors to ulti- National Park, for environmental post-colonial developments in the cooperation from entrenched governance and resource manage- the works of others and quota- ■ The Dog’s Last Walk (and mately act in the general interest conservation. three countries. forest administration. The author ment. This is due to the state play- tions from academic sources ob- other pieces) of society. She demonstrated Kashwan interrogates the insti- analyses village and district-level ing a central role in land-related structs the author’s own voice Howard Jacobson rather how community ownership tutional history of forestland re- Failure of Forest Rights Act data to show that the total area of transactions, despite liberalisa- from coming through in the book’s Bloomsbury India of common pool resources resul- gimes in these countries to In Chapter 5, Kashwan looks at the land claimed under individual tion. The statistics are startling. In narrative. It is perhaps a challenge ₹599 ted in better management of these demonstrate how colonial-era ap- contested politics of the Forest ownership in 15 major FRA states India, of 9,21,760 hectares of state of editing that OUP ought to have A writer, broadcaster and resources. propriation of forests to further Rights Act (FRA) that was passed stands at a mere 4%. Typical land forestland officially diverted for addressed. Booker Prize winner reveals Kashwan deploys this idea in commercial interests led to the in 2006 to demonstrate how mov- claims under the new law were non-forestry activities between Despite these limitations, Kash- his journalistic side in this the context of forestland manage- gradual stripping away of custom- ing away from centralised de- only in the range of 1.5 to 2 1980 and 2003, more than 94% wan’s work makes an important collection, which is an ment. Using the case of Mexico, he ary rights to forest dwelling com- cision-making for forest gov- hectares. were allocated to large-scale devel- contribution to the study of envir- observation of life with all its shows how the country’s communities. But in Mexico, the Span- ernance could be the way forward The UPA government led by the opment projects, including dams, onmental policy. By providing a absurdities and emotions. So, munity-oriented approach to ish conquistadors did not establish to resolve conflict, though, the res- Congress that enacted the law put mines, industrial enterprises and big picture analysis of forestry in- it’s sometimes hilarious, forest governance, fares better territorial jurisdiction over forests. ults may not be evident at once. its implementation on the back- roads, the author notes, which is stitutions in these three countries, other times heartbreaking, when it comes to addressing ques- Rather Spanish colonialism pro- The FRA was hailed as a landmark burner during its second term. often the result of large-scale col- he illustrates the value of decent- and an apt companion to his tions of environmental conserva- tected indigenous property rights effort at recognising the forest Even the earlier legislation aimed lusion between corporations, ralisation and community-based previous book of essays, tion and social justice (of forest and recognised ejidos as village rights of adivasis in India. But to empower adivasi communities— forest bureaucrats, and politi- approaches to resolving conflicts Whatever it is I don’t like it. dwellers), compared to India or grazing lands to be used for a so- through original research, the au- the Panchayat (Extension to the cians. The author shows that the over forests. Spectator art Evolution of justice

An exploration of contemporary dance An essential work on the history of public interest litigation in India goes into details of performance, and its efect on our legal culture as also its political implications Ninni Susan Thomas The book brings out a pertin- romantic notion of guaran- ent issue that exists with regard ■ Turks in the Indian A Subcontinent, Central Murali Sivaramakrishnan teeing access to justice not to PILs—hard cases make bad just to ‘men with long purses’ law. In cases where the moral and West Asia ooks on aesthetics these days but to the common man led to outcome cannot be doubted, or Edited by Ismail K. seldom carry that word in the assertion of judicial activism when it resonates with the ‘con- Poonawala Btheir title. Not certainly be- by the Supreme Court in the science’ of the court, it goes out OUP cause the aesthetic has slipped 1970s, by way of ‘Public Interest of its way to ensure that the os- ₹1,095 down from its place of prominence Litigation’. It is still a staple fea- tensibly ‘just’ outcome is Until the beginning of the but probably because critical in- ture of the Supreme Court’s jur- achieved. It is forgotten that pre- 20th century, Turkish rulers quiry into the aesthetic space has isprudence. Anuj Bhuwania’s ■ Courting The People: Public cedents are being set, that this controlled vast stretches of largely evolved into more of an on- Courting the People is an essen- Interest Ligation in Post- can avalanche into situations Islamic lands. This book Emergency India tological and epistemological in- tial work on the history of PILs, that go beyond just the specific highlights the political and Anuj Bhuwania quest seeking living connections its dramatic transformation over case, and affect vast areas of cultural history of the Turks, with social and economic spheres of the years, its effect on our legal Cambridge University Press law. While giving way to ideo- also taking into consideration life and living. culture, and the challenges ₹495 logy and individual predilec- the subcontinent connection, This book is an endeavour to exposed by it. tions, it is forgotten that such for the Turks laid the plore the area of contemporary Bhuwania indicates that PILs der Article 21 was enhanced. precedent with ‘loose law’ is a foundation of one of the dance in India. What is dance? What were born out of the utmost The court chose ‘participation double-edged sword. world’s biggest empires in is its contemporary status in India? rectitude of the Supreme Court, over procedure’ with a goal to This book leaves us with a the form of the Mughal How or why do we distinguish the which arose out of the desire to make justice available to the concern which looms over the empire. contemporary from its traditional make up for its abnegation of underprivileged. idea of PIL. A manoeuvre that form? How does dance define itself Dance and craft: In this reading, the element of the aesthetic is deliberately constitutional values during the The author, through cherry- had access to justice at its heart in space and time? What are its extended into the sphere of technique. * THE HINDU ARCHIVES Emergency. picked cases, catalogues the has now steamrolled into a dam- political and post-colonial implica- It sought to put in place a sys- complex history of PILs. He aged system with dispensable tions? These are among the major students from a very early stage, tem through which the rights of brings out the core issues which petitioners and holding of ‘dur- queries that this unique book is con- writes: “Throughout my engage- citizens could be saved by have surrounded it since its in- bars’. cerned with. ment with Bharatnatyam for ten providing more direct access to ception: its ‘selective wrath’, its Is it capable of amelioration Multiple critical and analytical years, it was always the ‘narrative’ the ears of the Court. The capa- effect of deeming judicial pro- or does its past tell us other- perspectives on the nature and aes- that I found difficult to connect city to bring a legal action was cedure nugatory, affected wise? It merits a read for open- thetics of dance as performance, its with. It was not just the content, re- relaxed to allow more than just parties not being heard, and the ing our eyes to the possibility innumerable performative aspects, ligiosity or innate patriarchy that the directly affected party to ap- Court dealing with poly-centric that PILs in its current form may drawing attention to dance as per- was communicated clearly in the proach the Court; the scope of disputes, the effects of which it not have been what was inten- formance in process, liberally difficult relationship with the ‘mas- violations and its own power un- cannot grapple with. ded by its makers. ■ Walking with Nanak sprinkled with curated-photo- ter’. It was more the idea of playing Haroon Khalid ■ Tilt Pause Shift: Dance Ecologies spreads make this book a collector’s in India the role of an entertainer on stage— Tranquebar item. The living connections with Edited by Anita E. Cherian the meaningless smiling, the ‘per- ₹699 space and time which hold mutually formativeness’ that had started to Gati Dance Forum, New Delhi Guru Nanak spent a large part generative biotic ties with the multi- Tulika Books creep into the practice of the form Museum of experience of his life in Pakistan, cultural identities of the spectator as ₹1,950 itself. I could never become a Bhar- well as the spectatorial space in atnatyam diva, and so at 17, I chose inspiring this writer to which these evolve are what its con- academics over dance—for which I undertake a journey to learn Retelling the life of a poet who survived the horrors of more about the founder of tributors seek as dance ecologies, with the body, identity and sub- am eternally grateful.” Her own con- Sikhism. Khalid visits the underscoring the idea that this art jectivity, and concludes that concern was to liberate the structured the 20th century to write about it many places in Pakistan form involving the body and its so- temporary dance is not suitably space and stillness in order to recon- Sudipta Datta associated with the saint, and cio-political identity has definitive political in the sense that it is not nect with the audience in a more lib- the Second World War and gives us a glimpse of Nanak, ties with the problematic of culture. perceived as a threat to neo-liberal erated manner. What is poetry which does not ‘lived through the hell of Nazi the poet, the wanderer, the At one point we read this neolo- politics. Alternating between narratives save/ Nations or people? occupation.’ The book follows father, the friend, and how he Czeslaw Milosz gism: spectholder, a combination of The best perhaps what the from within the spectrum of the per- Milosz through his ‘mobile’ life— became a guru. spectator and stakeholder. theatre can do is to abandon the fig- formative space and theoretically- from his birth in Lithuania to his There are nine essays and 12 cho- ure of the spectator and assimilate sophisticated and insightful critical warding the Nobel Prize for growing-up years in Poland, his reographic portraits that explore spectators into actors. Of course, it dialogues from without, the book ALiterature to Czeslaw Milosz diplomatic postings, which the iconography and geometry of is not unusual that performers are enquires what it means to witness in 1980, the Swedish academy brought him much difficulty, the performing body. In the opening called upon to embody and repres- contemporary dance in India. How- said it was honouring the Polish and his eventual exile in Paris essay, Anita E. Cherian, while writ- ent the selves and aesthetic tastes of ever, the title, Tilt, Pause and Shift, poet for voicing ‘man’s exposed and the U.S. where he taught ing on the rewiring of cultural policy the dominant spectators—actors as is perhaps a deliberate choice to dis- condition in a world of severe ■ Milosz: A Biography Slavic languages at Berkeley, in India, observes that “cultural the Indian aesthetic term delineates engage with the commonly held conflicts’ with ‘uncompromising Andrzej Franaszek, Edited and and his ultimate return to policy is neither simplistically top- them become ‘patra’ or vessel that fluidity of the art of dancing. The clear-sightedness.’ translated by Aleksandra and Poland. down or bottoms up; the sites from need to be filled by the expectations words are mechanical, perfunc- Milosz had a ringside view of Michael Parker In his writings, he often re- which it emanates are various and of the spectator. Dance in India can tory—removed from rhythm, move- some of the horrors of early Harvard University Press turned to these themes—experi- we participate in its production and be categorised as the classical, the ment and the balancing of space 20th century, and it left a deep ₹1,359 ences of war and dictatorships, its methods of subjectification.” Na- contemporary, the everyday and the that dance normally means. The impression on him and his alienation, exile. In A Poor ■ The Winter Fortress tionalised cultural institutions like popular. Thus, to become political genuine reader would perhaps work. His biographer, literary enabled him to endure and, Christian Looks at the Ghetto, a Neal Bascomb the established Akademies are con- any idea of contemporary dance has come to recognise that the element critic Andrzej Franaszek, reveals much later, process imaginat- response to the Warsaw ghetto Head of Zeus ditioning forces and avatars of bur- to confront both the bourgeois lib- of the aesthetic is deliberately exten- in his detailed account, that ively experiences and sufferings uprising, he offers an ‘outsider's ₹499 eaucracy operationalised as arts/cul- eral notion of autonomy and the ded into the sphere of technique. from early childhood onwards, which might well have des- view’ of the ghetto after it was It’s 1942 and the Nazis are tural management. valourised mode of everydayness. In the final analysis, one is left the years from 1911 to 1945, Mi- troyed a less driven individual.” ‘liquidated’ in mid-May 1943. racing to build an atomic Spectatorship is the key to under- wondering why contemporary losz ‘was repeatedly exposed to In the first 11 years of his life, his The poem’s narrator reverses bomb. How were they standing the politics and aesthetics Playing the entertainer dance critiques have resorted so less war and acts of appalling family had been caught up with the order of nature as he ob- stopped? This is a thrilling of any theatrical artistic practice. In In the process of her explication of to easily accessible Indian critical cruelty.’ As Michael Parker, one the First World War, the Russian serves: “Bees build around red story of how British a provocative essay titled The Con- Bharatnatyam in her unique man- concepts. However, this does not of the translators of this bio- Revolution, and the Russian-Pol- liver/Ants build around black commandos with the help of tingent of the Contemporary: The ner, Chandralekha blended re- take anything away from the theor- graphy, writes in the introduc- ish war. As Milosz wrote, “When bone.” In a time of great distress Norway destroyed the Nazis’ ‘Failure’ of Contemporary Dance to search, insight and performance to etical readings that delve into the tion, “What equipped [Milosz] I reached adolescence, I carried worldwide over race, religion, nuclear weapons programme become ‘Political’, Brahma Prakash highlight the grammar of classical politics and iconography of the for his truth-telling role was the inside me a museum of mobile migration, war—and fake in one of the most daring, and interrogates the spectator and con- dance as space, time and body lines. shared body and space of Tilt, incomparable quality of his in- and grimacing images.” In his news—a truth-teller’s voice successful, raids of World temporary art practices that engage Padmini Chettur, one of her leading Pause, Shift. tellect and poetic skills, which late 20s and 30s, he witnessed should be re-heard. War II. 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THE HINDU NOIDA/DELHI SUNDAY, APRIL 16, 2017 SPORT 17 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Spinners help KKR defend 172 Daredevils delight the locals Anderson does the star turn against Kings XI Punjab Sunrisers Hyderabad fails to capitalise on Bhuvneshwar’s three for 20 Uthra Ganesan AMITABHA DAS SHARMA NEW DELHI Kolkata Corey Anderson got the nod Kolkata Knight Riders for the Delhi Daredevils’ showed the right application opening home game on Sat- in attacking with spin to beat urday due to his ability to defending champion Sun- bat hard and the New Zeal- risers Hyderabad by 17 runs ander proved he could be in the Vivo-IPL here at the quite a handful, propelling Eden Gardens on Saturday. the host to 188 for six wick- In wrapping up its third ets with some lusty hitting win in four matches, the towards the end after KXIP two-time champion showed bowlers had managed to it possessed a better bowling fight their way back into the attack as the holder failed to game at the Ferozeshah overhaul the target of 173 set Kotla. by the former. And with a bowling unit With the win, KKR kept its capable enough to defend record of beating SRH in all the above-par score, DD the five outings at this venue cruised to a 51-run victory intact. for its second straight win. Sunrisers Hyderabad sur- Chasing what would have rendered to the guile of off- been the highest second in- spinner Sunil Narine, and nings IPL total on this the left-arm wrist spinner ground if it succeeded, KXIP Kuldeep Yadav, who gave could only manage 137 des- KKR the crucial breaks while pite an entertaining 44-run throttling the visitor’s run cameo from Axar Patel. chase. The 3Ms that form the Yusuf Pathan also bowled core of the KXIP batting — his off-spinners effectively in David Miller, Glenn Maxwell the only over he got and and Eoin Morgan — could do picked up the wicket of the little as Amit Mishra kept a Hitting out: Corey Anderson smashed the Kings XI bowlers to

SRH opener Shikhar Saviour: Robin Uthappa made a 39-ball 68 to help the home side overcome an early stutter. * SPORTZPICS/IPL leash on the scoring at one help Daredevils register a competitive total . * AFP Dhawan, who was looking end and the pace trio of dangerous in the company of dugout with a duck in the Chris Morris, Anderson and IPL-10 SCOREBOARD KKR VS SRH SCOREBOARD DD VS KXIP his captain David Warner. next delivery off Bhuvnesh- Pat Cummins put pressure at Dhawan and Warner ap- war in the third over but um- Kolkata Knight Riders: Sunil (30b, 4x4), Shikhar Dhawan c the other. Delhi Daredevils: Sanju Sam- 4x4), Wriddhiman Saha c Za- peared to be constructing an in the 15th over (with the vis- pire Anil Dandekar did not Narine b Bhuvneshwar 6 (9b, de Grandhomme b Yusuf 23 Earlier, Anderson (37 not son c Morgan b Cariappa 19 heer b Nadeem 7 (5b, 1x4), Eoin apt reply against a moderate itor SRH score slumping to appear interested in the con- 1x4), Gautam Gambhir b Rashid (22b, 4x4), Moises Henriques c out) and Pat Cummins ad- (18b, 2x4, 1x6), Sam Billings c Morgan c Karun b Cummins 22 target set by the host with a 112 for five). fident caught-behind appeal. 15 (16b, 2x4), Robin Uthappa c & b Woakes 13 (10b, 2x4), Yuv- ded 31 runs in DD’s last 17 Miller b Axar 55 (40b, 9x4), (20b, 3x4), David Miller lbw b 46-run partnership for the Earlier, Sunrisers’ de- Gambhir, the owner of the Rashid b Cutting 68 (39, 5x4, raj Singh c sub (Rishi Dhawan) b balls, tonking the KXIP bowl- Karun Nair c Saha b Aaron 0 Anderson 24 (28b, 1x4), Glenn opening stand but lost its cision to field on winning the orange cap being the top ag- 4x6), Manish Pandey c Warner b Woakes 26 (16b, 2x4, 2x6), ers to all corners. Axar was (3b), Shreyas Iyer c Morgan b Maxwell c Billings b Mishra 0 way thereafter as KKR cap- toss came good as Bhuvnesh- gregator of runs currently, Bhuvneshwar 46 (35b, 3x4, Deepak Hooda st Uthappa b the worst hit, conceding 16 Mohit 22 (17b, 3x4), Rishabh (2b), Axar Patel b Morris 44 tain introduced his spinners war Kumar’s in-swinging failed to find his touch this 2x6), Yusuf Pathan (not out) 21 Narine 13 (7b, 1x4, 1x6), Ben runs in the 19th over. Pant c Morgan b Aaron 15 (9b, (29b, 1x4, 3x6), Mohit Sharma in the fifth over. yorkers cuffed the Knight time surrendering to the ac- (15b, 1x4, 1x6), Suryakumar Ya- Cutting c de Grandhomme b This was DD’s second-best 3x4), Corey Anderson (not out) b Cummins 13 (14b, 1x4), K.C. Pathan struck in the sev- Riders’ efforts to score a big curate bowling of the Rashid dav c Ojha b Nehra 4 (3b, 1x4), Boult 15 (10b, 1x4, 1x6), Naman return of 68 runs in the last 39 (22b, 3x4, 3x6), Chris Morris Cariappa b Morris 1 (2b), enth over getting Dhawan total. Khan. The KKR captain was Colin de Grandhomme b Ojha (not out) 11 (11b), Bipul five overs and came after c Mohit b Sandeep 16 (8b, 1x4, Sandeep Sharma (not out ) 2 (23) back before Warner (26) Sunil Narine, retained at cleaned up by the Afghan Bhuvneshwar 0 (2b), Chris Sharma (not out) 21 (14b, 2x4, Sam Billings set up the in- 1x6), Pat Cummins (not out) 12 (2b); Extras (lb-1, w-1) 2; Total departed in the 10th over the top of the order in Chris leg-spinner as KKR slumped Woakes (not out) 1 (1b); Extras 1x6); Extras (b-2, lb-1, w-4): 7; nings early on with a skillful (6b, 2x4); Extras (lb-2, w-4, (for nine wkts. in 20 overs): 137. mistiming a lofted drive off Lynn’s absemce to do some to 40 for two. (lb-1, w-10): 11; Total (for six Total (for six wickets in 20 55 that had some delightful nb-4): 10; Total (for six wkts. in Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Vohra, 1.4), Kuldeep Yadav. pinch-hitting during the Uthappa and Manish wickets in 20 overs): 172. overs): 155. strokes and little risk. 20 overs): 188. 2-21 (Saha, 3.2), 3-31 (Amla, PowerPlay, was the first vic- Pandey salvaged the situ- Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Narine, Fall of wickets: 1-46 (Dhawan, Electing to bat, it was a Fall of wickets: 1-53 (Sanju, 6.5 4.4), 4-64 (Morgan, 9.6), 5-65 Huge arrears tim of Bhuvneshwar’s classy ation for the host with a 77- 2.2), 2-40 (Gambhir, 5.4), 3-117 6.4), 2-59 (Warner, 9.5), 3-65 surprise to see last match’s ov), 2-55 (Karun, 7.3), 3-96 (Maxwell, 10.3), 6-88 (Miller, At 59 for two in the 10th bowling. run partnership (in 52 balls) (Uthappa, 14.2), 4-153 (Pandey, (Henriques, 10.4), 4-96 centurion Sanju Samson (Shreyas, 11.5), 4-103 (Billings, 13.4), 7-133 (Mohit, 18.5), 8-134 over, SRH seemed to have The West Indian, who had for the third wicket. 17.4), 5-163 (Suryakumar, 18.5), (Hooda, 13.2), 5-112 (Yuvraj, walk out to open the innings 12.5), 5-120 (Rishabh, 15.1), 6- (Cariappa, 19.1), 9-137 (Axar, drawn huge arrears in the re- scored an 18-ball 37 in the Uthappa played a few nice 6-170 (de Grandhomme, 19.4). 14.5), 6-129 (Cutting, 17.1). with Billings. The two added 151 (Morris, 17.5) 19.6). quired run-rate from which it previous match against Kings shots on his way to a 39-ball Sunrisers Hyderabad bowling: Kolkata Knight Riders bowl- 50 runs in just six overs be- Kings XI Punjab bowling: Delhi Daredevils bowling: Za- could never recover as the XI Punjab, had no answer to 68 (5x4, 4x6) and was as- Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4-0-20-3, ing: Umesh Yadav 3-0-27-0, fore Sanju fell. Sandeep Sharma 4-0-41-1, Mo- heer Khan 4-0-38-0, Shahbaz KKR bowling improved its Bhuvneswar’s in-swinging sisted ably by Manish, who Ashish Nehra 4-0-35-1, Ben Trent Boult 4-0-33-1, Sunil Nar- Karun Nair’s poor form hit Sharma 4-0-37-1, Axar Patel Nadeem 2-0-13-2, Chris Morris grip on the visitor. yorker which shattered the scored 46 (35b, 3x4, 2x6) to Cutting 4-0-41-1, Rashid Khan ine 4-0-18-1, Kuldeep Yadav 4- continuedand Shreyas Iyer, 4-0-33-1, Varun Aaron 4-0- 4-0-23-3, Pat Cummins 4-0- Yuvraj Singh, who scored stumps to send the former ensure that the host reached 4-0-29-1, Moises Henriques 2- 0-23-1, Yusuf Pathan 1-0-2-1, playing his first game, 45-2, K.C. Cariappa 3-0-23-1, 23-2, Amit Mishra 3-0-16-1, a 16-ball 26 (2x4, 2x6) tried back with just six runs in his 172 in the allotted 20 overs. 0-26-0, Bipul Sharma Chris Woakes 4-0-49-2. looked in good touch before Glenn Maxwell 1-0-7-0. Corey Anderson 3-0-23-1. to salvage the situation but kitty. Bhuvaneshwar picked up 2-0-20-0. Toss: Sunrisers. getting caught on the edge of Kings XI Punjab: Manan Vohra Toss: Daredevils. could not do much as he was Robin Uthappa could well three for 20 to retain the Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Man-of-the-Match: Uthappa. inside circle, one of Mor- lbw b Nadeem 3 (6b), Hashim Delhi Daredevils won by 51 picked up by Chris Woakes have been back in the purple cap. Warner c Woakes b Kuldeep 26 SRH won by 17 runs. gan’s three catches. Amla c Billings b Morris 19 (12b, runs. ‘Did well to retain momentum’ All set for another Kohli-Smith match-up SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT thought we did really well to think it is important for us to Yet to hit full tilt, both RCB and RPS will look to kick-start their campaigns Kolkata keep up the momentum,” back him. If we don't back Kolkata Knight Riders reined Uthappa said. players in this tournament, Ashwin Achal batsmen. “There weren’t four matches thus far, and in Sunrisers Hyderabad, rid- “The team requires me to they tend to get insecure,” BENGALURU massive totals in these two enters this outing on the ing on the momentum bat at No 3. I have taken that Uthappa added. In seasons past, the M. Chin- home matches, so it was back of a seven-wicket loss to gained from the all-round challenge as it is a very im- SRH pacer Ashish Nehra naswamy Stadium was down to some poor batting Gujarat Lions. balance in the side, felt wick- portant position where you rued the dismissal of Yuvraj hailed as a batsman’s para- from both sides. Skipper Steven Smith has etkeeper-batsman Robin need experience,” he said. Singh. “If Yuvi had played 10 dise. Small boundaries, flat “With regard to the 200- led from the front, with Uthappa. Speaking on Sunil Nar- more balls, he would have pitches and a quick outfield run totals that we normally scores of 84 n.o., 26 and 43. “At no point were we out ine’s elevation as opener, finished the game. produced massive totals and associate with the Chin- The form of his predecessor, of the game and they (SRH) Uthappa said, “I would not “On this wicket, 173 was big knocks. naswamy track, I think we’ve M.S. Dhoni, however, is a never had the upper hand. say the experiment is not not a big target. It is very In the two matches played had solid batting pitches cause for worry. The nor- Even after not getting wick- working. He (Narine) is hit- early in the tournament so at the venue this year, how- without the exceptional ones mally reliable Dhoni has ets in the first six overs, I ting the ball really well. I there is no need to panic.” ever, the runs have not come that we’re used to. Having managed only 33 runs in four at a rapid rate. Royal Chal- Virat Kohli and AB back is innings, and Pune fans will lengers Bangalore (RCB) suc- great, and we need to hope that this is but a minor cessfully defended a 158-run quickly build on their pres- blip. target in the first encounter, ence,” he said on Saturday. The encounter will also Upbeat MI on a Lion hunt while a total of 142 for five Woodhill added that it is see Kohli and Smith share was not enough to keep vital for the batters to stick the field for the first time Rohit’s dismal run the host’s only cause for worry Mumbai Indians in check. Light moment: RCB’s Travis Head and Shane Watson share a around and get the job done. since the tense India-Aus- The away numbers — RCB laugh on the eve of the match against RPS. * K. MURALI KUMAR “If somebody gets in, that tralia Test series. At the end G. Viswanath has made 172 and 148 for guy has to go on. Kieron Pol- of that hard-fought tour, less MUMBAI four in its allotted 20 overs — Skipper Virat Kohli, who unbeaten 89 off 46 balls lard did that for Mumbai yes- than a month ago, Kohli had Rohit Sharma’s batting woes are not pleasing either. returned from injury with a against Kings XI Punjab a terday, and somebody will famously remarked that he continue to torment him and When RCB takes the field fluent 62 against Mumbai, few days ago — produces an- hopefully play the same role no longer considered Smith two-time winner Mumbai In- against Rising Pune Supergi- holds the key. The misfiring other gem. for RCB tomorrow,” he said. and his Australian team- dians. ant (RPS) here on Sunday, batting line-up will hope that Trent Woodhill, RCB’s bat- Much like RCB, Pune is yet mates as his friends. The captain of the team the home team will look to South African A.B. de Villiers ting and fielding coach, laid to hit full tilt. The unit has re- The stage is set for a week- has looked all at sea against reverse this trend. — he made an electrifying the onus on his team’s star corded just the one win in end spectacle. the spinners, especially the wrist-spinners. He has been bowled neck and crop twice and trapped twice, although he got a rough deal from the Manjrekar Tryst with history umpire against Kolkata Knight Riders at the clariies Tye ensures he won’t be forgotten Wankhede Stadium. Turnaround required: Rohit Sharma will be keen to get back Pollard Nandakumar Marar Tye’s ’trick was the RAJKOT Done in by leggies among the runs. * VIVEK BENDRE second such feat on a freaky On this particular odd occa- comment Andrew Tye has made bats- Friday, Samuel Badree re- sion, it was Sunil Narine who wickets last year. men and coaches in the IPL sponsible for the first. “I was PLAYING TODAY Press Trust of India won the appeal from umpire The Lions notched their sit up and take notice. Five actually shocked. T20 is very DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD New Delhi C.K. Nandan. Rohit ex- DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD first win at Rajkot on Friday wickets on debut, including much a batsman’s game, but pressed disgust and was rep- MI v GL, 4 p.m. with openers Dwayne Smith Sanjay Manjrekar on a hat-trick, has turned the if you can slightly bait the rimanded by the match ref- RCB v RPS, 8 p.m. and Brendon McCullum go- Saturday clarified his on-air Australian Twenty20 inter- batsman, all it takes is a mis- eree. In the other three Sony Six, Sony ESPN, Sony ing after the Rising Pune Su- comments on Kieron national into an object of hit. (Samuel) Badree and me instances he was hood- pergiant bowlers. Skipper Pollard saying he never curiosity. were able to show that IPL is MaxDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD (SD & HD) winked by leg spinners Im- Suresh Raina, with a 22-ball called the West Indian Having spent all his time not entirely a batsman’s ran Tahir, Rashid Khan and getting beaten in the air and unbeaten 35, took his team to “brainless”. on the bench, the lanky fast- game.” Samuel Badree. of the pitch. victory with 12 balls to spare. While it was clear from bowler was ready when The 30-year-old’s change Rohit’s scores have been 3, Rohit has scored heavily as The Lions batsmen ran the footage that Manjrekar bowling coach Heath Streak of pace, so effective in the 2, 4 and 0 and he has an opener and at No. 3, but it into form after seamer An- never uttered the word and head coach Brad Hodge Big Bash, seemed to surprise dropped to the ninth posi- is at No. 4 that he has batted drew Tye made his IPL debut “brainless”, Pollard’s gave him a look-in. many here too. tion in the MI batting aver- on 54 occasions and de- memorable with a five for 17 Twitter dig at the veteran “I have been around here “My knuckle ball seems to ages livered 1542 runs. With such effort including a hat-trick. cricketer saw lot of strong in the IPL for 34 matches. I work very well. I probably In spite of Rohit struggling good statistics to support The Lions would be confid- reaction on social media. was used to the atmosphere. got four out of five wickets to put bat to ball, Mumbai, him, it’s highly unlikely that ent for two reasons — they “Said ‘Does he have the To get a game is awesome,” with my slower ball. It is my after facing a seven-wicket Rohit would swap positions have not lost to MI and range (to bat higher up the he said. best ball and I bowl that defeat against Rising Pune with Jos Buttler in the third chased down the RPS target order)?’ Using terms like Coming over to be part of when I need to.” Supergiant ten days ago, has home match on Sunday, to of 172 with much ease. ‘no brains’ or ‘brainless’ the IPL and not getting a The scores: Rising Pune Super- strung three straight wins to be played against Gujarat The teams did not practise not my style. I can be look-in beyond training was giant 171 for eight in 20 overs top the league points table. Lions. at the Wankhede and pre- critical but never insulting,” part of the experience. (Rahul Tripathi 33, Steve Smith The hectic nature of the MI returned home on Sat- ferred to strategise in the Manjrekar tweeted. “It was frustrating at times 43, Manoj Tiwary 31, Andrew league — with two matches urday after the Pollard-pi- hotel rooms. Though Rohit “I would also encourage (sitting out), but we have ac- Tye five for 17, including a hat- scheduled in three days loted victory against Royal may not be overtly anxious all those reacting to the cess to some of the best trick) lost to Gujarat Lions 172 sometimes — has hardly Challengers Bangalore and in given his dismal run, he Pollard issue to hear the coaches in the world. It’s a for three in 18 overs (Dwayne given Rohit time to mull and search of its first win against would perhaps have a brain- footage & not just take my great place to develop your Smith 47, Brendon McCullum find ways to put an end to the the Lions, to which Rohit’s storming session with head word for it,” he added. game, even if you are not 49, Suresh Raina 35 n.o., Aaron Toast of his team: Andrew Tye’s change of pace earned him rich nightmarish experience of team lost by three and six coach Mahela Jayawardene. playing.” Finch 33 n.o.). rewards. * AFP CM A ND-ND YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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IN BRIEF Purav, Divij Demand for an IPL-style league for women lose to Bryan Former cricketers say it will help tap the potential in India and ofer a viable career option brothers

Vijay Lokapally Sports Bureau reservations but I am sure it came more out of curiosity Houston NEW DELHI would bring in sponsors. The until they were convinced Purav Raja and Divij For Shantha Rangaswamy, MCC membership is a big the girls could indeed play Sharan were stopped by Ennis-Hill’s belated Shubhangi Kulkarni and boost for the game in India. cricket,” said the 57-year-old the top-seeded Bryan moment in the sun Sudha Shah, part of the nine Those aspiring can look up Shubhangi. brothers, Bob and Mike, LONDON women cricketers to have to cricket as a career since Sudha, 58, said it was a 6-3, 6-4 in the doubles Retired British athlete Jessica been honoured with MCC there is recognition for it “great privilege. I now want quarterfinals of the Ennis-Hill will have another membership, it is recogni- now.” to see an IPL for women. It $600,345 ATP Tour event moment in the sun when she tion of all the hard work they will give splendid opportun- An elated Shubhangi here. receives a belated gold put in as players. Hard work ities to players in India to noted, “It is an honour you The Bryans had earlier medal at August’s World without fruits really, as most take cricket seriously. would do anything to get. beaten Leander Paes and championships in London, women cricketers of their The current players would “I have seen good players Andre Sa in the first round. British media reports era would reflect. be motivated.” give up cricket and go on to The result: $600,345 ATP, suggested on Saturday. “I played for nothing,” The idea of an IPL for wo- become bureaucrats, doc- Houston: Doubles (quarterfi- Ennis-Hill — who experienced said Shantha. For men had its merit too. “Why tors, chartered accountants. nals): Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan the greatest moment of her Shubhangi, it was “zero not? We should have “I was termed foolish but I (USA) bt Purav Raja & Divij stellar career when winning match fee” and Sudha too launched one before the Big thought I was brave to stick Sharan 6-3, 6-4. heptathlon Olympic gold at brought home little in terms Bash (in Australia). There is to cricket. I am happy I could the 2012 Olympics in London of a financial boost for pur- good potential for women’s convince my parents to allow — and compatriot Jo Pavey suing cricket as a career. cricket in India. me to play cricket.” Sharath will be awarded World With the MCC member- “In fact, an IPL for women Shantha, Shubhangi and championship medals after ship which comes with the was one of the suggestions in Sudha, not to forget Diana athletes were stripped of Legends: Women cricketers from an earlier era line up to cheer for the teams during an IPL bows out privilege of watching a game * the vision plan we gave to Edulji, have been among the them for failing dope tests. match in Bengaluru on Friday. G.P. SAMPATH KUMAR at Lord’s with that wonderful the BCCI last year. prominent icons of the game Press Trust of India Ennis-Hill would step up to aura surrounding cricket — can have an IPL for women taken the initiative when the money, making it an attract- “I will be happy if the cur- in India. New Delhi gold after 2011 champion the grand ladies are looking provided we widen the base IPL was started 10 years ago. ive tournament.” rent lot does well in terms of They now pray the cur- Tatyana Chernova tested India’s campaign ended at forward to watching an IPL- for the girls. We have enough “It has turned out to be a India, stressed Shantha, money. In my time, we had rent generation makes the positive for steroids. AFP the Asian table tennis like competition for women players to launch such a grand concept with enter- has the “administrative acu- to raise funds to meet the most of it — a T20 league championship as A. in India. India withdraws from league. tainment, glamour, name men and revenue generating costs of tours and playing the could take the initiative for Sharath Kamal bowed out Sultan of Johor Cup Shantha, 63, said, “We “I think India should have and fame, not to forget the power. There might be initial game when people initially them. in the pre-quarterfinals NEW DELHI after losing 11-6, 9-11, 11-9, Hockey India has decided not 12-14, 12-10 to Lam Siu Hang to send the Indian junior of Hong Kong at Wuxi men’s team for the Sultan of Amanpreet Rawat, Khushbir qualify for Worlds (China) on Saturday. Johor Cup in Malaysia, to be played between October 22 and 29, citing Pakistan’s The race walkers achieve the qualiication standards Bate stars presence in the competition. in the lead This will be the second Sports Bureau seconds. the Asian race walking for Odisha successive year where India Many marquee stars pull out Taicang (China) In the women’s event, championship earlier will not be taking part in the Race walkers Manish Singh Khushbir was fifth with a Special Correspondent tournament. The junior men’s at Nomi City, Japan while Kozhikode K. Keerthivasan go,” he added. Rawat and Khushbir Kaur time of 1:34:01 as she com- team had won the Ganapathi Krishnan had DIRANG VALLEY qualified for the World fortably came under the Runner-up Odisha opened tournament in 2015. The top-seeded racer in clocked 1:24:18. With the breathtakingly championship by reaching qualification mark of its campaign in the Na- Earlier in January, Hockey classified cars, K.M. Bopaiah The World athletics cham- beautiful Dirang valley for the qualification standards 1:36:00. tional sub-junior football India announced its decision from Coorg, had to settle for pionships will be held in inspiration, National auto- in the IAAF Race Walking championship with a 3-2 to not play any tournaments the second place in his London from August 4 to 13. cross champion Amanpreet Challenge here on Saturday. Head coach happy win over host Kerala here against Pakistan. 1600cc Polo. Delhi’s on Saturday. ANI Ahluwalia proved he’s a Interestingly, both the ath- The head coach of the Indian The results: Sandeep Sharma finished The star of Odisha’s win master of short turns and letes were not selected for walking team, Alexander 20km race walk: Men: 1. Caio third. was Sanjay Bate, who Dortmund boss deft handling as he finished the Asian championship Artsybashev, was happy that Oliveira de Sena Bonfi (Bra) In the autocross and struck twice, in the 18th considered CL pull-out first in the autocross or the earlier as they had not com- the athletes were able to 1:22:16; 2. Julio Cesar Salazar sprint cars for local talent, BERLIN Super Special Stages as it peted in the National achieve qualification despite (Mex) 1:22:58; 3. Lebogang Ab- and 63rd minutes. Odisha’s Babit Lyngdoh shot into the Borussia Dortmund CEO called here, to go into the championship. the hot conditions and that dullah Shange (RSA) 1:23:45; 6. second goal was scored by lead, winning both his Hans-Joachim Watzke says he lead on the first day in the Rawat was placed sixth in Rawat was the best among Manish Singh Rawat (1:23:58). Purshottam Kerketta in the rounds. 28th minute. For the host, flirted with pulling the club fourth edition of the JK Tyre the men’s 20km race walk the Asians. Women: 1. Lu Xiuzhi (Chn) out of the Champions League Arunachal Festival of Speed However, the champion- with a timing of 1 hour 23 K.T. Irfan (1:20:59), De- Abhay Shanmukhan and 1:31:01; 2. Yang Jiayu (Chn) K.P. Shifaz, in the injury after Tuesday’s team bus on Saturday. ship suffered a setback with minutes and 58 seconds. vender Singh (1:21:38) had 1:31:04; 3. Wang Na (Chn) time, were the scorers. attack before resolving not to Driving a Maruti Gypsy, big names — Desert Storm He beat the qualification come under the 1:31:09; 5. Khushbir Kaur winner Sunny Sidhu (engine Earlier, the opening give in to the bombers. “I Amanpreet tackled the slip- mark of 1:24:00 by two qualification criteria in 1:34:01. Khushbir Kaur. * FILE PHOTO briefly asked myself if we pery grass track at the issues), ten-time Raid de Hi- match between Uttar Pra- shouldn't withdraw L’Opon Stadium to delight malaya champion Suresh desh and Madhya Pradesh completely from the the locals, who had gathered Rana (front axle damage) ended in a goalless draw. The results (preliminary competition, but that would in moderate numbers to and India Baja champion league): Group A: Odisha 3 have been a victory for those watch the action-packed Gaurav Chiripal (personal Sandeep, Sandeepti triumph (Sanjay Bate 18 & 63, Pur- responsible for the attack,” event. He needed just 2 reason) — pulling out. ushottam Kerketta 28) beat he told Der Spiegel magazine. minutes and 9 seconds to Provisional results: 1. Aman- Kerala 2 (Abhay Shanmukhan AFP Special Correspondent complete the zig-zag course. preet Ahluwalia (navigator Ajay who trains with coach Ankit 42, K.P. Shifaz 90+3). Uttar NEW DELHI “It was fun racing on this Kumar) 02:09s, 2. K.M. Patel at the Team Tennis Pradesh 0 drew with Madhya tricky course,” said the vet- Bopaiah (Gagan Karumbaiah) V.M. Sandeep and Sandeepti Centre in Siri Fort, provided Pradesh 0. eran rallyist from Delhi. 02:12. Singh Rao emerged the a magical finish for her. champions in the boys and “We are happy that we 3. Sandeep Sharma (Prathap It did not matter as to who girls sections of the Road to have taken the early lead. Thakur) 02:13, 4. Ewellson Cyn- won this day as both the fi- Not ready for gdoh (Rijop M. Sangma) 02:14. Wimbledon Masters un- There is still a long way to nalists in the boys and girls der-14 tennis tournament on section had already con- the grass courts of the Delhi ‘guillotine’, firmed their berths in the UK Had problems bowling to Gymkhana Club here on under-14 championship to be Amla, Ponting: Anderson Saturday. says Evra Two more to go played on the grass courts of JOHANNESBURG Sandeep, a trainee of Wimbledon in August. Agence France-Presse England pacer James coach Uday Kumar Reddy at In the presence of Tourna- Marseille Anderson has revealed that for Mukesh the Triangle Tennis Trust in ment Director Paul Hutchins he found South African Chennai, served and stroked Patrice Evra may be 35 and Special Correspondent and the British coach Dan batsman Hashim Amla and word. No more after that.” with a rare touch of assur- struggling through a frus- Kochi Bloxham, the president of former Australian skipper The Panasonic Open In- ance to outwitted Denim Ya- Champions: Sandeepti Singh Rao and V.M. Sandeep with coach trating stop-start season, the Delhi Gymkhana Club, Ricky Ponting the most He has got 123 pro titles in dia title, which he won in dav 7-6(3), 6-2 in the boys Dan Bloxham and Tournament Director Paul Hutchins. but the Marseille full-back * Lt. Gen. I.J. Singh presented difficult batsmen he bowled his bag, no other golfer in New Delhi in December, final. KAMESH SRINIVASAN insisted on Friday that his to. “I’d put (Ricky) Ponting the country has won more. ended Mukesh’s 32-year the prizes. career was not yet ready After having finished third right up there, especially in And Mukesh Kumar is a very wait for his maiden Asian Sandeep was easily the bet- However, Sandeep cruised to The results: for the “guillotine”. Australian conditions.” The happy man. Tour title. And the 19th in the last edition, it was a ter of the two and capitalised the finish without any fur- “You know, they’ve Boys (final): V.M. Sandeep bt 34-year-old said that Ponting “I’ve told my friends that trophy he won at the Cochin welcome progress for on his opponent’s errors to ther trouble. already prepared the guil- Denim Yadav 7-6(3), 6-2; Third used to make it very difficult I would stop at 125 titles,” Masters is the highest by Sandeep to make it to gain a stranglehold over the The girls’ final was fought lotine for me, notably be- place: Nishant Dabas bt Krishan for him to settle as a bowler said the 51-year-old from anyone on the PGTI circuit. Wimbledon in style as the proceedings. better as Sarah Dev, quite fore the Euros,” said Evra Hooda 6-4, 6-7(2), [10-8]. because of his ability to hit Mhow after winning his So, what will he do after champion. Denim could not fight at subdued for the most part wryly. from any length. “Now, second PGTI Cochin Masters quitting the tour? It was a quality contest his best in the second set as with her strokes, forced the Girls (final): Sandeepti Singh “I come from a big fam- Hashim Amla is right up there golf title on Saturday. “I “I will probably play the and a commendable effort as Sandeep ran up a 4-0 lead, super tie-break. However at Rao bt Sarah Dev 6-4, 3-6, ily where it wasn’t easy to (too) — he’s very difficult to don’t know when and senior tour in Japan and I both the players held on to but made a recovery by 6-6, the enthusiasm and in- [10-6]. eat every day. So now, I’m bowl at, especially in Test where the other two will will think of coaching their serve to force the tie- breaking serve in the fifth tensity of strokeplay of the Third place: Aditi Narayan w/o not going to put pressure cricket.” ANI come from but I’ll keep my youngsters.” break in the first set. and holding serve thereafter. bespectacled Sandeepti, Akanksha Nitture. on myself.”

DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD East Bengal — time to SUDOKU Conident Mukesh regains title Anura Rohana wilts under the pressure, inishes runner-up restore some pride Stan Rayan KOCHI COCHIN MASTERS Bagan loss will spur it vs Shivajians A year after winning the title, Mukesh Kumar missed the The Sri Lankan, who got Y.B. Sarangi Bagan centre-back Anas cut here last year. But on Sat- birdies in each of the last KOLKATA Edathodika. urday, the seasoned golf pro four holes on Friday, ap- Following its loss to arch- The team will also miss felt so good at the PGTI peared to be in fine nick rival Mohun Bagan and the the services of Rehenesh, Cochin Masters that he told early on the final day at protest of fans at the club who has been reportedly the officials here before the three-under after the first tent, East Bengal will try to sent back home for his ‘im- final round that he would re- eight holes but then dropped restore some pride by going proper behaviour’ towards turn with the title. bogeys on the ninth and 14th for a win when it meets DSK fans. The 51-year-old from to hand over the lead to Shivajians at the Barasat Sta- It may also be a tactic to Mhow in Madhya Pradesh Mukesh. dium on Sunday. foil the fans’ fury against the kept his cool under pres- Chandigarh’s Harendra East Bengal is placed goalie during the match. sure, produced a bogey-free Old is gold: The seasoned Mukesh Kumar produced a bogey- Gupta, the other overnight third, with 27 points from 15 “The grievance of the five-under-67 on the final free inal round to reign at the Cochin Masters on Saturday. joint leader, finished third matches, behind Aizwal FC fans will motivate us to play day for a total of 12-un- after a final round of 72 and Mohun Bagan. better. We have to move der-276 to regain his title by New Delhi, in December. peared to go from strength while defending champion With the title race looking on,” said Haitian forward one shot at the CIAL Golf “And after getting a birdie to strength, overnight joint Feroz Ali Mollah (73) of Kolk- set to be decided between Wedson Anselme, who Club, Nedumbassery. The on the 13th, I was tied with leader Rohana appeared to ata finished tied 23rd. the top two sides, East would have to shoulder a lot victory brought him a Anura Rohana for the lead. wilt under pressure. V.J. Kurian, Managing Dir- Bengal will be keen to of responsibility against Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku cheque of ₹6 lakh. That spurred me on and I at- ector, CIAL, gave away the present a good account of it- Shivajians. tacked the pins and went on Crucial miss prizes. self in the remaining The eighth-placed Shivaji- Turning point to make another birdie on “I missed a crucial eagle matches. ans, which has just man- Final placings: 276: Mukesh Ku- the 16th. when my bunker shot just “The seventh hole, where I mar (70-68-71-67). 277: Anura aged 14 points from three stopped on the lip of the 16th landed in the water hazard “Missing the cut last year Rohana (70-70-67-70). 279: Biggest headache victories and five draws in 15 but still managed to save par was very painful, I was very hole. It was the similar story Harendra Gupta (70-65-72-72). The biggest headache for outings, has nothing to lose from 20 feet, was the turning upset, but these things hap- on the 16th yesterday too. 281: Om Prakash Chouhan (69- East Bengal coach Trevor from this tie. point. pen in golf. And now, my vic- “Had I got it, I would have 71-73-68). 284: Akshay Sharma Morgan will be to find a re- The Pune-based team “After that, I knew that tory will help me at next been tied for the lead and it (73-70-72-69), Honey Baisoya placement for marquee had lost its home engage- this could be my day,” said week’s Panasonic Open in could have been a very dif- (74-67-68-75). 285: Ajeetesh Trinidad & Tobago forward ment against East Bengal 2-1 Mukesh who won his first Japan.” ferent story,” said a disap- Sandhu (67-72-76-70), Naman Willis Plaza, who was red- and would look forward to Asian Tour title, the While Mukesh, who was pointed Rohana, who fin- Dawar (72-70-72-71), Raju Ali carded in the second half avenge the defeat against Panasonic Open India in joint third overnight, ap- ished runner-up. Mollah (72-72-69-72). for a challenge on Mohun the Kolkata side. CM A ND-ND YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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TV PICKS Badminton: Singapore AC Milan salvages Sony Norde is Bagan’s saviour Open, STAR Sports 4 & HD 4, 10.30 a.m. La Liga: TEN 1, 3 & TEN 1 HD, Former champion retains top spot ahead of Aizawl on goal diference 3.25 p.m., 7.40 p.m., 9.55 p.m. & 12.10 a.m. (Monday) derby draw Agencies inside the box. But BFC did I-League: TEN 2, 4.30 p.m. & Ludhiana not let go the chance it got 7 p.m. Premier League: SS Select Sony Norde struck in the when Chhetri, who was left HD 2, 4.50 p.m., 7.20 p.m. & Zapata scores a dramatic equaliser 84th minute against Minerva unmarked, outwitted the op- 9.50 p.m. Punjab to give Mohun Bagan position and found the net. Bundesliga: STAR Sports HD three crucial points on Sat- Roca’s men were discip- 4, 6.45 p.m. & 8.45 p.m. urday and stay on top of the lined and controlled the Formula One: Bahrain GP, SS I-League table, with 33 game well till the break. Select HD 1, 8.25 p.m. points from 16 games, on Soon after resumption, the Serie A: TEN 1 & TEN 1 HD, goal difference ahead of Aiz- home side showed purpose 12.10 a.m. (Monday) awl FC which beat Churchill and almost got the equaliser Brothers 3-1 at Vasco. when Chinglensana Singh’s IN BRIEF Bayi Kamo scored a brace header flew over the post. and Laldanmawia one for A few minutes later, Kh- Aizawl while Anthony De Disciplined: Bengaluru FC midielder Alwyn George was abra enhanced the lead by Souza found the net for instrumental in his team keeping a clean sheet. heading home a cross from Churchill. Nishu Kumar in the 49th Meanwhile at Shillong, Chhetri broke into the La- I-LEAGUE minute. Sunil Chhetri and Harmanjot jong defence and found the The results: At Ludhiana: Min- Khabra scored a goal each as net in the 26th minute while erva Punjab 0 lost to Mohun defending champion Khabra headed home the briskly with Aser Dipanda Bagan 1 (Norde 84) No change in salary policy Bengaluru FC beat host Shil- second in the 49th minute. making a fine run into the At Shillong: Shillong Lajong 0 for Sanchez: Wenger long Lajong. BFC coach Alberto Roca box, but John Johnson was lost to Bengaluru FC 2 (Chhetri LONDON The win helped BFC re- made four changes while La- alert enough to clear the 26, Khabra 49). Arsenal manager Arsene place Lajong at fourth in the jong’s Thangboi Singto re- danger. At Vasco: Aizawl FC 3 (Kamo 7 Wenger has said that the table. Both teams have 24 tained the same squad that Young Samuela also had a & 46, Ralte 84) bt Churchill football club is unlikely to points each from 16 faced Mohun Bagan. chance to put the home Brothers 1 (Anthony De Souza change its wage policy to matches. The home side started team ahead, but he fumbled 69). retain the services of Chilean star Alexis Sanchez. Wenger Timely strike: Cristian Zapata’s efort hit the crossbar and bounced over the line. * AFP said any decision would be made based on objectivity Agencies EURO LEAGUES og, Lukaku 74) bt Burnley 1 and the understanding that Milan (Vokes 52-pen); Stoke 3 (Ar- Bottas secures maiden pole position the club always comes first. Cristian Zapata hit a dra- nautovic 6, Crouch 66, Shaqiri “Even for important players, matic late equaliser as AC Janssen were also on target. 80) bt Hull 1 (Maguire 51); Sun- Hamilton joins him on front row as Mercedes takes sixth straight pole at Sakhir you can only pay as much as Milan snatched a 2-2 draw derland 2 (Khazri 26, Borini 90) Kane, 23, is the first Spurs Agencies you can afford,” Wenger was with Inter Milan at the San player to have scored at least drew with West Ham 2 (Ayew 5, Vettel was third fastest for Collins 47); Watford 1 (Capoue MANAMA quoted as saying. ANI Siro on Saturday in the Serie 20 league goals in three suc- Ferrari, unable to make an A derby. But until Zapata’s 42) bt Swansea 0. Valtteri Bottas claimed his impact on the two Mercedes cessive seasons since the La Liga: On Saturday: Deportivo Sampaoli unhappy with bundled effort hit the cross- great Jimmy Greaves in the first career pole position on men. It was the sixth consec- Sevilla’s Argentina rebuke la Coruna 2 (Joselu 47, Mos- bar and bounced over the late 1960s. quera 67) bt Malaga 0; Sporting Saturday when he beat Mer- utive year in Bahrain that MADRID line following a corner in the The results: Gijon 2 (Cop 14, Vesga 50) lost cedes teammate Lewis Mercedes won pole. Jorge Sampaoli reacted seventh minute of added-on Serie A: On Saturday: Inter Milan to Real Madrid 3 (Isco 17, 90, Hamilton with a well-con- angrily on Friday to Sevilla’s time, the Rossoneri were on 2 (Candreva 36, Icardi 44) drew Morata 59). trolled lap in Saturday’s STARTING GRID decision to threaten the their way to another morale- with AC Milan 2 (Romagnoli 83, On Friday: Athletic Bilbao 5 qualifying for the Bahrain Argentine Football sapping defeat. Zapata 90+7); Cagliari 4 (Borri- (Dominguez 7, Muniain 9, 58, Grand Prix. Association (AFA) with legal Despite a brilliant start ello 11, Sau 15, Pedro 40, 90) bt Aduriz 18, 59) bt Las Palmas 1 The 26-year-old Finn, who 1. Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes), 2. action over its interest in from Vincello Montella’s Chievo 0; Fiorentina 1 (Tello 64) (Bigas Rigo 12). joined the team as replace- Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), 3. hiring him to rescue its nominal visitors in the lost to Empoli 2 (El Kaddouri 37, Bundesliga: On Saturday: Borus- ment for retired 2016 world Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari), 4. floundering World Cup ground the two clubs share — Pasqual 90+3-pen); Genoa 2 sia Dortmund 3 (Reus 3, champion Nico Rosberg, Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull), 5. Sokratis 35, Aubameyang 86) bt qualifying campaign. Sevilla Carlos Bacca firing just over (Simone 10, Pandev 78) drew made the most of a poor fi- Flying Finn: Valtteri Bottas pipped teammate Lewis Hamilton Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari), 6. Max with Lazio 2 (Biglia 45+2, Al- Eintracht Frankfurt 1 (Fabian Verstappen (Red Bull), 7. Nico issued a statement describing and on-loan Everton man nal lap by the Briton to claim to the top of the starting grid. * MARK THOMPSON/GETTY IMAGES berto 90+1); Palermo 0 drew 29); Mainz 1 (Latza 45+1) bt Hulkenberg (Renault), 8. Felipe new AFA president Claudio Gerard Deulofeu hitting the the prime starting position with Bologna 0; Pescara 0 lost Hertha Berlin 0; Wolfsburg 3 Massa (Williams), 9. Romain Tapia’s intentions to meet upright in the opening for Sunday’s race. championship lead with Se- to Juventus 2 (Higuain 23, 43); (Suttner 45+1-og, Malli 68, BAHRAIN GP Grosjean (Haas), 10. Jolyon Sampaoli over the vacant minutes — Inter was more Hamilton, who was seek- bastian Vettel and who had Roma 1 (Dzeko 50) drew with Gomez 80) bt Ingolstadt 0; Palmer (Renault), 11. Daniil coach’s role as clinical when it mattered. Atalanta 1 (Kurtic 22); Torino 1 Augsburg 2 (Hinteregger 6, ing his seventh successive been quickest until the final Kvyat (Toro Rosso), 12. Lance “unacceptable” and “a lack of Meanwhile, Harry Kane (Belotti 66-pen) drew with Cro- Verhaegh 23) bt Cologne 1 pole position and third in a Rosberg was amongst the runs, was unable to find the Stroll (Williams), 13. Pascal respect”. “The statement has scored his 20th goal of the tone 1 (Simy 81). (Sorensen 65); Hoffenheim 5 row this season, gave his first to congratulate. “Con- extra speed he needed on Wehrlein (Sauber), 14. Esteban more to do with speculation Premier League campaign as EPL: On Saturday: Tottenham 4 (Szalai 9, 24, Demirbay 58, 89, teammate a generous hug grats Valtteri Bottas 1st pole! his second run in Q3 to re- Ocon (Force India), 15. than facts,” said Sampaoli. “If Tottenham Hotspur crushed (Dembele 16, Son 19, Kane 48, Uth 75) bt Borussia after the session. “We will Great lap. Happy for all you tain pole position. Fernando Alonso (McLaren), 16. you ask me if I have said yes Bournemouth 4-0 to cut Janssen 90+2) bt Bournemouth Monchengladbach 3 (Vester- only be celebrating for a guys at merc that Valtteri is “Big congratulations to Carlos Sainz Jr (Toro Rosso), 17. (to AFA) then I would be Chelsea’s advantage at the 0; Crystal Palace 2 (Cabaye 54, gaard 31, Stindl 35, Dahoud 78); short time tonight. The most going well,” tweeted Valtteri,” said Hamilton. Stoffel Vandoorne (McLaren), saying that I am the summit to four points. Benteke 70) drew with RB Leipzig 4 (Poulsen 36, important thing is to be Rosberg. “Today he was just quicker — 18. Sergio Perez (Force India), Argentina coach and that Mousa Dembele, Son Leicester 2 (Huth 6, Vardy 52); Werner 42, Keita 51, Burke 90) ready for tomorrow’s race,” Three-time champion hats off to him.” 19. Marcus Ericsson (Sauber), isn’t the truth.” AFP Heung-Min and Vincent Everton 3 (Jagielka 49, Mee 71- bt Freiburg 0. said Bottas. 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NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU 20 SPORT SUNDAY, APRIL 16, 2017 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE A historic Bring back glory days of Hyderabad cricket The city has produced talented stars with style and substance over the years all-Indian inal captaincy, to Laxman, whose lazy el- spinner Kanwaljit Singh was equally was outstanding. He was a good bats- egance brought India some memor- good. Arshad Ayub, preferred by In- man too. able Test wins, Hyderabad has been a dia captain Dilip Vengsarkar for his This trip down memory lane is a Srikanth takes on Sai Praneeth for Singapore Open glory big contributor to Indian cricket. A fast off-breaks, did a decent job too. reminder of not only the contribu- big part of this in Hyderabad cricket There were two other off-spinners — tions of Hyderabad cricketers but Rakesh Rao FRANKLY SPEAKING was Jaisimha. Through his experi- Noshir Mehta and V. Ramnarayan — also of the fact that without crick- NEW DELHI Makarand Waingankar ence and mentoring, he laid the who too did well for Hyderabad. eters of stature like Jaisimha, this With K. Srikanth and B. Sai foundation for the careers of many Also, a 17-year-old opening bats- would not have been possible. Praneeth reaching the The High Court, accepting the results talented Hyderabadi cricketers. man Saad Bin Jung comes to mind. When Sharad Pawar was elected singles final of the $350,000 of the Hyderabad Cricket Association He scored a century for South Zone the president of the Mumbai Cricket Singapore Open badminton (HCA) elections, has appointed two Unlucky ones against a West Indian attack compris- Association for the first time, he championship on Saturday, administrators to the association. Many top talents from Hyderabad ing the raw pace of Malcolm Marshall formed a Cricket Improvement Com- history was made with India While this news seems dry on the cricket have been unfortunate to and Vanburn Holder. Another mittee (CIC) comprising renowned becoming only the fourth surface, it comes during a critical miss out on representing India. Me- opener Kenia Jayantilal, a prolific ex-Mumbai cricketers. All the cricket- nation to send two men into phase in the State’s cricket dium-pacer Govindraj was part of the scorer in domestic cricket, played a ing decisions were left to the commit- the title-clash of a BWF Su- administration. 1971 tours to West Indies and Eng- solitary Test. tee and the managing committee was per Series event. The HCA can potentially use the land but didn’t get a chance to play a Who can forget the sensational asked to only implement the de- Battling fitness issues and court ruling as a springboard to pri- Test. Another lanky pacer Habib entry of Azharuddin against England cisions of the CIC. form, Srikanth, made his oritise efficient administration and Khanwas also unfortunate not to play in 1984? The breathtaking stroke-play first final in two years after again make Hyderabad a pool of for India. he exhibited when scoring three con- Involve ex-players getting the better of Indone- unique talent that brings its own flair In the spin department, Ghulam secutive centuries was never seen be- In Hyderabad, on the one hand there sia’s Anthony Sinisuka Gint- to Indian cricket. Will it happen? The Ahmed was one of the best. Bowling fore. His unpredictable ball place- are no tournaments named after ex- ing 21-13, 21-14 in 42 minutes reason for this apprehension is the with Vinoo Mankad and Subhash ment made it difficult for the cricketers like Jaisimha or Pataudi, after Sai had raced past recent decision of the new commit- Gupte, he excelled in international opposing captain to set a field. this while the tournament structure Korea’s Lee Dong Keun 21-6, tee. When it met in early April, the matches. Left-armers Mumtaz Hus- When an 18-year-old Laxman ar- is collapsing. On the other, not in- 21-8 in just 38 minutes. committee terminated the services of sain and Venkatapathy Raju were rived on the scene in 1994, he re- volving reputed ex-players of integ- These victories saw India all the coaching and support staff. outstanding examples. minded everyone of Azharuddin. rity in the administration has con- join China, Indonesia and Mumtaz Hussain, with subtle vari- The then India U-19 coach Sandeep tributed to this collapse and derailed Denmark as the nations to Roll-call of stars ations of chinaman and googly (in 69 Patil predicted India had a match- the lives of many talented teenagers. have both finalists in singles Having watched and covered cricket FC matches he took 213 wickets at an winner in Laxman. It remains to be seen if the new of a Super Series. But what matches for several decades, I can average of 19.59), mesmerised top Laxman wasn’t a slave to tech- HCA committee will use the election makes the feat all the more firmly say that no cricket association quality batsmen but couldn’t break nique. He played with fluency and results to return to its glory days? If it special is, both Indians are has produced as many players with into a South Zone team that had fortitude, a style of play that allowed has worked for Mumbai, surely it can unseeded. talent and flair as Hyderabad has. Chandrashekhar, Prasanna and him to hit Shane Warne through mid- work for Hyderabad. On Sunday, 29th-ranked From M.L. Jaisimha, Pataudi , Abbas Venkataraghavan. wicket against the turn during his Meanwhile, each apathetic day Srikanth will be looking for Ali Baig, Abid Ali to Mohammad The most impressive of the lot was epic 281 at Kolkata in 2001. spent is another injustice done to the his third Super Series title Azharuddin and V.V.S. Laxman, all Shivlal Yadav. As a teenager in the There were two brilliant wicket- next young Jaisimha or Laxman. against the 30th-ranked Sai, were top performers. 1976 BCCI Hemu Adhikari camp, at keepers in P. Krishnamurthy, who There is little redemption for playing playing his first final at this From Pataudi, who brought his the Brabourne Stadium, he looked played for India, and A.A. Asif whose with the lives of young cricketers in level. Interestingly, Sai holds own swagger to the role of Indian very impressive though another off- swift gathering standing upto pacers the name of politics. a 4-1 head-to-head advantage, having tamed Srikanth in their last encounter at the Syed Modi GP event in Luc- know in January. Paramour for Bangalore Turf Club Trophy The semifinals saw Sai MUMBAI: Trainer M.K. Jadhav’s DADY ADENWALLA TROPHY (3) S.G. Prasad 55, 7. Dusky Siren PURSUIT, 3. MASTER OF TRINITY (9) Trevor 59, 7. Beyond Forces (1) dominate the unseeded DIV. I ward Paramour, who is in good 4 (1,200m), Maiden, 3-y-o (2) Bhawani 55, 8. Fencing (8) S. RACING OFFICIALS TROPHY Merchant 58.5, 8. Blaze The Track only, 7.00: 1. Cloudburst (4) K. Korean, who was upbeat shape, should score over her Amit 55, 9. Royal Blood (1) Nazil DIV. I (1,200m), Cl. IV, rated 20 (4) K.Kadam 58.5, 9. Ettihaad (13) Kadam 55, 2. Doubledown (6) N. 7 after beating seventh seed rivals in the Bangalore Turf Club 55, 10. Panatela (11) Akshay Kumar to 46, 8.30: 1. Rock In Rio (10) Shahrukh 58.5, 10. Knight At Rawal 55, 3. Harrier (—) (—) 55, 4. Trophy, the main event of the 54.5 and 11. Divine Angel (7) Dashrath 60, 2. Ridgewood Star Arms (2) Agarwal 56.5, 11. Rich N from Hong Kong Ng Ka Long Magic Dust (10) Dashrath 55, 5. Sir concluding day’s races of the Shubham 53. (5) Trevor 57.5, 3. Zabisco (3) Mer- Rare (7) Kuldeep 56.5, 12. Reality Angus. Sai took a 10-0 lead Percy Blakeney (8) Neeraj 55, 6. Mumbai racing season on Sunday 1. KOOKABURRA, 2. ODESSA, 3. chant 57.5, 4. Bullion Express (9) (18) Bhawani 55, 13. Rising Con- Star Phoenix (3) Bhawani 55, 7. in the opening game and (Apr. 16) evening. TOMAHAWK K. Kadam 56.5, 5. Democrat (1) cert (15) Raghuveer 54.5, 14. Horse There will be no false rails. Tar Heel (11) C.S. Jodha 55, 8. An- Power (17) Sandeep Jadhav 54, 15. won the last five points to Moment to savour: Sai Praneeth exults after cruising past WORTHWHILE TROPHY Akshay Kumar 55.5, 6. Shogun (11) gel Coin (7) Merchant 53.5, 9. Black Jaguar (6) A. Gaikwad 52, 16. * AFP BANGALORE TURF CLUB (1,400m), Cl. IV, rated 20 to Baandal 55, 7. Be Bold (6) G. Amit close the contest in style. Lee Dong Keun to enter his maiden Super Series inal. Montana (5) G. Amit 53.5, 10. Ori- 6 Maqsad (11) Jaykumar 52, 17. Olivia TROPHY (1,200m), Cl. I, rated 46, 8.00: 1. Lord Arazan (3) Jayku- 54.5, 8. Fashionable Gait (4) Agar- Srikanth sent out the 1 on’s Belt (1) Agarwal 53.5, 11. Porvi Kaspen (5) N. Rawal 51, 18. Tareef 80 and upward, 5.30 p.m: 1. Rule mar 62, 2. Master Of Trinity (2) wal 54, 9. My Blessings (7) S. Amit (9) Sandesh 53.5 and 12. Spinning (19) Akshay Kumar 49.5 and 19. fourth-strongest Indonesian through his deceptive play, Jorgensen in the first round Downunder (5) Trevor 59, 2. Nas- Neeraj 59, 3. Aeolus Maximus (8) 54, 10. Oslo Court (2) Neeraj 53.5, Gold (2) S. Amit 53.5. Chivalrous Knight (10) Raj Pawar who advanced after beating resorted to aggressive while Srikanth faced the car (1) Raghuveer 55, 3. Deep Dashrath 58.5, 4. Relentless Pur- 11. Grappa (8) Ajinkya 53 and 12. 1. PORVI, 2. SIR PERCY BLAKENEY, 49. Diver (2) S. Amit 54, 4. Paramour suit (5) C.S. Jodha 58.5, 5. Silk Petronius (12) Ayyar 52.5. Hong Kong’s Wong Wing Ki smashes, on both flanks, in prospects of meeting Chen 3. DOUBLEDOWN 1. SILVER RIVER, 2. RICH N RARE, (3) Sandesh 53.5 and 5. Valentino Baby (9) Bhawani 58.5, 6. Ventura 1. BE BOLD, 2. MY BLESSINGS, 3. Vincent, the conqueror of the second game to emerge in the second round. 3. ASAHI (4) Dashrath 50.5. RACING OFFICIALS TROPHY (withdrawn), 7. Logano (10) Tre- DEMOCRAT third seed Viktor Axelsen in a comfortable winner. As the event progressed, Day’s Best: CAMBRIDGE 1. PARAMOUR, 2. RULE DOWNUN- 5 DIV. II (1,200m), Cl. IV, rated vor 57, 8. Royal Classic (6) Daman GOODBYE PLATE (1,000m), Cl. the opening round. At the start of the week, the two Indians faced only DER 56, 9. Simona (4) S. Amit 55.5, 10. Double: KOOKABURRA — RAPID 20 to 46, 7.30: 1. Top Wizard (10) 8 V, rated 1 to 26, 9.00: 1. GIRL Agarwal 59, 2. Odessa (6) Jayku- Rapid Girl (7) Sandesh 53, 11. Sail Forever Free (8) S. Amit 61, 2. In the other match, down the last-minute withdrawal one seeded rival each — in RACING JOURNALISTS TROPHY Jackpot: 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8. 4-9, Srikanth won 12 of the of the top seed Jan O Jor- the quarterfinals — on their 2 (1,800m), Cl. III, rated 40 to mar 58, 3. Kookaburra (9) C.S. Past (12) Akshay Kumar 52.5 and Eternal Love (12) Joseph 60, 3. Jodha 55.5, 4. Tomahawk (5) Mer- 12. Generous Lady (11) N. Rawal Blazing Steps (16) Baandal 59.5, 4. Treble: (i) 5, 6 & 7; (ii) 6, 7 & 8. next 13 points to lead 16-10 gensen (Denmark) and way to the title-clash. Srik- 66, 6.00: 1. Eternal Sunshine (6) S. Amit 59, 2. Daishonin (4) K. chant 55.5, 5. Adams Beginning 49. Asahi (3) Sandesh 59, 5. Crystal Tanala: All races. and never trailed again in second seeded Olympic anth defeated Chinese fifth Kadam 58, 3. Flying Dragon (2) (4) Parbat 55, 6. Creative Vision 1. RAPID GIRL, 2. RELENTLESS Ball (14) Daman 59, 6. Silver River Super Jackpot: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8. the match. He controlled the champion Chen Long seed Shi Yuqi while Sai took C.S. Jodha 57, 4. Glorious Opinion net better in the first game (China) helped the two Indi- out eighth seeded Thai Tan- (7) Merchant 53.5, 5. Celestial Light (3) Trevor 53, 6. Eiger’s Ti- but once the Indonesian saw ans. Sai was drawn to play ongsak Saensomboonsuk. ger (5) Dashrath 50 and 7. Furious N’ Fast (1) Neeraj 49. 1. ETERNAL SUNSHINE, 2. FLYING DRAGON DADY ADENWALLA TROPHY Texas Gold wins feature event 3 DIV. II (1,200m), Maiden, 3-y-o only, 6.30: 1. Bourbon Legend (11) MUMBAI: Mrs. Vandana Sharma’s Tanala: 378 and 240. Favourite: Rs. 23, 19 and 21 (p). SHP: Rs. 37, Bhawani 55, 2. Cambridge (8) Tre- Texas Gold, ridden by Neeraj Locarno. Owners: Capt. Jamshed FP: Rs. 139, Q: Rs. 99, Tanala: Rs. vor 55, 3. Highland Wind (7) Rawal, won the J.D. & Peggy J. Appoo, M/s. Pankaj K. Udhas & 2,829 and Rs. 1,212. Favourite: Mosin 55, 4. Minding (4) Merchant Banatwalla Trophy, the main Fateh Singh Chadha. Trainer: Arif Trevelyan. Owner: Mr. K.H. 55, 5. Polyneices (9) Sandesh 55, event of Saturday’s (April 15) Patel. Vachha. Trainer: Imtiaz Sait. 6. Sereno (2) Akshay Kumar 55, 7. evening races. The winner is A. HOYT PLATE (1,400m), Cl. Jackpot: 70 per cent: Rs. 5,52,782 Shakin Stevens (6) C.S. Jodha 55, trained by Hosidar Daji. 7 V, rated 1 to 26: FROSTED (1 tkt.) and 30 per cent: Rs. 15,794 8. Star Wars (10) Agarwal 55, 9. T.M. GOCULDAS PLATE (1,400m), (15 tkts.). Sweet Music (3) Shelar 55, 10. Ace TRAHERNE (Raghuveer) 1, Star Scholar (Tre- Cl. II, rated 60 to 86: vor) 2, Happy Birthday (Mer- Two Three (1) Neeraj 53.5 and 11. (C.S. Jodha) 1, Streetjammer ( J. Treble (i): 7,506 (carried for- chant) 3 and Wildhorn (K. Magical Script (5) K. Kadam 53.5. Chinoy) 2, Alishas Pet (S. Amit) 3 ward); (ii): Rs. 44,880 (carried Kadam) 4. Not run: Coat Of Arms. 1. CAMBRIDGE, 2. POLYNECIES, and Papakura (Dashrath) 4. 2, 1- forward). Super Jackpot: Rs. 3-1/2, 2, 4. 1m 24.65s. Rs. 47 (w), 3. SERENO 3/4, 9. 1m 24.58s. ₹36 (w), 18 and 2,07,190 (carried forward). 12 (p). SHP: 26, FP: 57, Q: 37, Tanala: 44 and 20. Favourite: Streetjammer. Owners: Mr. & Mrs. Shapoor P.Mistry rep. Manjri Horse Breeders’ Farm Pvt. Ltd. & Mr. Rajesh Monga. Trainer: S.K. Sunderji. J.D. & PEGGY BANATWALLA 1 TROPHY (1,600m), 3-y-o only: TEXAS GOLD (Neeraj) 1, Gloriosus (Trevor) 2, Collegium (C.S. Jodha) 3 and Artus (N. Rawal) 4. 5, Hd, 4. 1m 38.50s. 25 (w), 13, 10 and 12 (p). SHP: 31, FP: 24, Q: 12, Tanala: 81 and 54. Favourite: Gloriosus. Owner: Mrs. Vandana Sharma. Trainer: Hosidar Daji. RONALDO PLATE (1,600m) Cl. 2 IV, rated 20 to 46: FIRENZE (Dashrath) 1, King Of Killen (Sandesh) 2, Care Free (C.S. Jodha) 3 and Imperial Heritage (Tograllu) 4. 2, 3, 3/4. 1m38.63s. 119 (w), 19, 14 and 17 (p). SHP: 34, FP: 346, Q: 171, Tanala: 1,227 and 526. Favourite: Arabian Storm. Owners: Mr. Geoffrey B. Nagpal, Dr. S.P. Sardeshmukh & Mr. Pra- deep N. Lala. Trainer: Sanjay Kolse. JOCKEYS TROPHY (1,000m), 3 Maiden, 3-y-o only: NEXTSTAR (C.S. Jodha) 1, Optimum (Trevor) 2, Arc Shine (Merchant) 3 and Montecasino (Mosin) 4. 2-1/4, Hd, 3-1/4. 59.91s. 19 (w), 10, 14 and 15 (p). SHP: 30, FP: 33, Q: 17, Tanala: 54 and 35. Favourite: Nextstar. Owners: Mr. Jaydev M. Mody rep. J.M. Livestock Pvt Ltd. Trainer: Imtiaz Sait. JEHAN NUMA PLATE 4 (1,200m), Cl. V, rated 1 to 26: Q’E’D (Neeraj) 1, Ame (Trevor) 2, Winds Of Change (V. Jodha) 3 and Eagle Spirit (C.S. Jodha) 4. 1/2, 3/4, 3/4. 1m 13.13s. 50 (w), 18, 19 and 15 (p). SHP: 47, FP: 81, Q: 104, Tanala: 230 and 149. Favourite: Winds Of Change. Owners: M/s. S.M. Ruia, Amay S. Ruia, Ms. An- isha R. Bhimjyani & Mr. Dinesh Maharaj Singh Mehta. Trainer: Altamash A. Ahmed. DISPLAY HOUSE SPRINT 5 (1,200m), Cl. III, rated 40 to 66: JIMBO (Nazil) 1, Franz Ferdin- and (Sandesh) 2, Sparkling Eyes (C.S. Jodha) 3 and Free Speech (Nadeem) 4. Nk, Hd, 2-3/4. 1m 11.41s. 371 (w), 37, 13 and 13 (p). SHP: 33, FP: 693, Q: 198, Tanala: 1,399 and 824. Favourite: Franz Ferdinand. Owner & Trainer: Mr. Asad Siddiqui. TRAINERS TROPHY (1,000m), 6 Cl. IV, rated 20 to 46: SPEED OF SOUND (Dashrath) 1, Locarno (Neeraj) 2, Rare Silver (C.S. Jodha) 3 and Smart Choice (Agarwal) 4. Sh, 1-1/2, Hd. 59.37s. 45 (w), 20, 13 and 23 (p). SHP: 42, FP: 101, Q: 61, CM A ND-ND YK