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Two gold to establish the identity of the ported liquor, drug trafficking charge of police stations would fidence of the voters should be residents. having few workers and secu- initial investigation. chains, seven gold finger rings miscreants. SR and curb crime activities by be added. gained in the direction. ? /    ( !      $   +,  #   EG    !   $$    0<) # ## % ith the different weather systems that Whave been developing across the  $$    0<) states of Madhya Pradesh and  $$    0<)      information about the two Chhattisgarh, have induced intermittent     miscreants carrying weapons airasia police have nabbed rains since the beginning of March. n 18-year-old youth died illegally. One of the miscreant Bthird absconding accused Weathermen predict that March will Awhile a girl was injured  "    who was nabbed from from Rajgarh on Thursday end on a rainy note for both the states. This after when bike was hit by a    0 Doordarshan trisection was three persons were involved in is because a new Trough is expected to speeding bike near MPSEB identified as Mohd. Salman and killing of 27-year-old Rajgarh form from Jharkhand up to Telangana office Barkheda under   0(  recovered sharp edged weapon resident. across Chhattisgarh and Vidarbha region Govindpura police station area from his possession. The third absconding around March 30. In addition to this, an in the afternoon on Thursday. police have nabbed two mis- The other miscreant was accused was identified as induced Cyclonic Circulation will devel- Police said that a youth and creants from different ares and nabbed near MLB College and Jagdish Yadav who was op over West Rajasthan. From this circu- girl was rushed to a nearby hos- recovered sharp-edged was identified as Ratnesh alias involved in killing of Vikram lation, another Trough will extend up to pital after their motorbike was weapons from their possession Ranu who was carrying sharp Yadav with the help of Hemraj North Madhya Pradesh. The temperatures hit by speeding bike in the near MLB College and edged weapon.Their roles in and Kanhaiya. have soared as Khargone recorded 43 afternoon where youth died at Doordarshan trisection on other crimes too will be inves- Earlier Hemraj and degree Celsius temperature during the day the hospital. Thursday. tigated. The police have regis- Kanhaiya were nabbed after it on Thursday. The deceased was identi- Police said that team tered a case under section 25 was revealed that three were West Madhya Pradesh witnessed fied as Shubham and was hit reached the spot after receiving and 27 of the Arms Act. involved in the murder. soared temperatures and several places near MPSEB office at Notably, three persons were recorded day temperatures around 39 Barkheda. The accused driver booked for killing a 27-year-old degree Celsius while Dhar recorded 41           37 4  % escaped the spot leaving the Rajgarh resident. degree Celsius.       %      vehicle which was seized by the The accused were elder State capital recorded day temperature police later in the investigation. brother, uncle and son of sister- at 37.6 degree Celsius on Thursday while     89 :  %   %   " The deceased was riding in-law. night temperature was recorded at 19.4  % ; %"         bike bearing registration num- Police the initial investiga- degree Celsius. 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After the preliminary period in which deceased was With the combined effect of all these investigation the body was sent shot and when he was detained systems, rains will occur over eastern and their distance from weather systems, Trough, chances of heavy thunderstorm, for the post mortem and a case and quizzed he confessed mur- central parts of Madhya Pradesh as well as would be lucky enough to get light rains lightning strikes and hailstorm activities under section 304 A of the IPC der along with his uncle Jagdish adjoining Chhattisgarh on March 30 and at few places. are bleak. and started further investiga- Yadav and sister-in-law’s son 31. Places like Gwalior, Guna, Sagar, By April 1, this rainy belt will shift tion.The details of the deceased Kanhaiya Yadav. This time, the northern and western Damoh, Jabalpur, Bilaspur, Ambikapur, towards East and Northeast India and the and accused would be searched Hemraj tried to mislead parts of Madhya Pradesh, which always Raigad and Jagdalpur will witness light weather will start clearing up in MP and in the further investigation. police and told that he went to remain deprived of any rains, because of rains. Due to the weak nature of the Chhattisgarh. Meanwhile, Shymala Hills his inlaws in Narsinghgarh on March 24. Based on the infor- mation the two were arrested. The accused confessed that the deceased was heavily addicted to liquor and had sold land worth 7 lakh which was spent over liquor and used to misbehave with the family members in inebriated state was the reason behind the murder. The elder brother Hemraj was frustrated from his acts as he used to demand money for liquor and sold land worth 7 lakh and took loan of 1 lakh on land which was again spent on liquor. 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"<..;99<7 Ution of sending its youth to personnel belonging to the state Singh Nagar on Thursday in reflected when the results of the Sahu, a native of Parjang, had experience and the long peri- Addressing thousands of serve in the armed forces of the are serving in different wings of which he termed it as a party elections of are declared. to face anti-campaigning as an od he has been representing people gathered at Rudrapur in %9297"9 country. armed forces of the country. of scams, the state unit of Continuing her assault on BJP, outsider in Pallahara, after the the area. Needless to say, he has Udham Singh Nagar here on A rough estimate put the The inclination to serve in Congress party has said that Dasauni said that thankfully delimitation, Pradhan who his pocket votes. Thursday, the prime minister number of armed forces veter- armed forces of the PM should also have men- Prime Minister Narendra Modi belongs to Talcher, faced a The BJD is facing charges connected with the masses and   %90%37 ans and Veer Naris (widows of country is so high in this pre- tioned the string of scams didn’t forgot the name of the similar situation in Parjang. of corruption and nepotism. addressed specific issues to armed forces personnel) at 1.70 dominately mountainous state which occurred during the BJP candidate while addressing However, since 2009, the BJP Besides, Parjang as a backward state how the nation and n an apparent eye on the vot- lakhs similarly the state is home that almost every family has BJP regime in state. people in Rudrapur like BJP has been nominating an old area with tribal, SCs, STs and Uttarakhand had progressed Iers of armed forces person- to about thirty thousand retired someone who is in armed The spokesperson of the leader Thaawar Chand Gehlot guard, Bibhuti Pradhan, who OBCs comprising a major during the five years of the nel, ex-servicemen and their paramilitary forces personnel. forces. state Congress Garima did while addressing a public has so far been contesting chunk of voters, has not wit- Bharatiya Janata Party-led family members, Prime Dassauni said that PM should meeting at Karanpur in polls unsuccessfully. nessed much of development National Democratic Alliance Minister Narendra Modi have thrown light on Dehradun recently. Both the BJP and the BJD all these years. Pradhan will get government at the centre. referred to Uttarakhand as ‘ &01 2 @, 1>$& &. Kedarnath reconstruction She claimed that in this have re-nominated Bibhuti advantage of anti-incumbency Greeting the public in the Sainik Dham’. Amid thunder- >1 &1$ scam, liquor scam, mining meeting Gehlot said that and Sahu, Respectively, from against Sahu; and it all depends Kumaoni language while start- ing applause of the big crowd scam, Siturgia, mango orchard though he doesn’t remember the seat this time, while how he capitalises it. ing his address, he said that the which had gathered, the PM scam, Selaqui IT Park land the name of BJP candidate results of the 2019 elections are said that apart from four SN DISTRICT NUMBER allotment scam, hydropower you should vote for Narendra clearly visible in this “mini- Dhams, I add fifth Dham in project scam, zinger seed scam, Modi. India”. He said, “Uttarakhand is Uttarakhand which is ‘ Sainik 1 PAURI 30104 P7 56 1 *   *)) like a beautiful definition of Dham’. Experts believe that 2 DEHRADUN 28689 India. It has the Ganga- Modi has played a master 3 PITHORAGARH 24690 Q%#  Yamuna rivers and including stroke by this statement and it 4 NAINITAL 14075   * Q Badrinath and Kedarnath, the would surely sway the ex ser- 5 CHAMOLI 14745 Char Dham shrines. I add a vicemen voters in the favour of 6 BAGESHWAR 11440 #%# "   %90%37 Ramesh Pokhariyal ‘ Nishank’ fifth Dham- Sainik Dham in BJP. It is pertinent to mention 7 TEHRI 6592 asked 389 questions in parlia- description of this state which here that Congress President 8 HARIDWAR 5366 "# # #R aunching an attack on all ment during their entire term also has Indian Military Rahul Gandhi during his recent 9 CHAMPAWAT 4669 Lfive sitting BJP Members of of five years. He said that top Academy, Rashtriya Indian Dehradun visit had visited the 10 RUDRAPRAYAG 4899 Parliament ( MP) from BJP leaders of the state are now Military College, Garhwal, families of three martyrs who 11 UDHAM SINGH NAGAR 9238 he Youth Congress has sought from the state admin- Uttarakhand, the Chief trying to mislead the people of Kumaon and Gorkha regi- sacrificed their lives in and after 12 UTTARKASHI 1033 Tcharged the state govern- istration to organise the protest Spokesperson of the Pradesh Uttarakhand again by using the ments.” Pulwama attack. 13 CHAMPAWAT 4669 ment for trying to suppress its programme but it was not Congress Committee (PCC), name of Modi. Engaging the public in his Similarly, defence Minister TOTAL 169519 ‘ Mai Bhi Berozgar’ ( I am also granted. Mathura Dut Joshi has said that Terming the five year trademark style, he asked Nirmala Sitharaman while unemployed) programme He alleged that the admin- they have failed miserably in tenure of Narendra Modi at whether it was right to question attending a programme to felic- and recent air strikes on the tar- the state congress Garima which was to launch from istration acted under the pres- raising the issues related to centre as lacklustre, the the courage of the brave army itate war widows made it a gets inside Pakistan as major Dasauni asked that if PM has Thursday under the direction sure of BJP to suppress democ- Uttarakhand in the parliament. Congress leader said that price men after the surgical strike. He point to touch feet of the war achievements of Modi govern- so much respect for the army of BJP. racy. Negi said that the Youth Addressing media persons rise and unemployment has further said, “The opposition widows. ment. Its leaders are also personnel then why Major The chief spokesperson of Congress would not get bogged at the state party office on reached to its peak. He said that says I should not talk of air- Political observers link the reminding that it was BJP which General B C Khanduri ( rtd) Youth Congress Vikas Negi down by such tactics and Thursday, he said that people the decisions like implementa- strikes but shouldn’t national Modi’s ‘Fifth Dham’ statement fulfilled long standing demand was unceremoniously removed said that a permission was would continue its programme. of the state had sent BJP can- tion of GST and enforcement security be an issue? I am not as an extension of the race of One Rank One Pension ( from the post of Chairperson didates to parliament from all of demonetization has given afraid of the terrorists because among the political parties to OROP) of ex servicemen. of parliamentary committee dition in the state. But now, the ing for about 35 minutes. the five Lok Sabha seats but all hardship to the people. Joshi such fear is the culture of the woo the ex servicemen voters. Meanwhile the Opposition on defence. She said that ban- state is moving ahead on the Earlier, CM Trivendra of them have failed complete- said that recent incident in Congress. Was it right to ques- In its election campaign in Congress party has reacted ners and posters of Khanduri developmental path in various Singh Rawat said that the pre- ly. Joshi said that the MP from which mining mafia assaulted tion the air-force after we went Uttarakhand, the BJP leaders are sharply to Modi’s ‘ Fifth Dham’ were nowhere to seen during spheres including industry, vious CM and Congress can- Nainital- Udham Singh Nagar police personnel in a police the killed terrorists in their own highlighting the surgical strike statement. The spokesperson of rally of Modi in Rudrapur. tourism, spiritualism and infra- didate from the constituency- constituency, Bhagat Singh post under the patronage pro- home? Will you forgive those structure.” Stressing that the Harish Rawat was one of the Koshyari raised only 10 ques- vided by the education minis- who disrespect our armed various developments facili- most corrupt CMs of the state. tions during five years in par- ter of state underlies the con- forces? The servicemen had for Garibi Hatao and now again Uttarakhand there was a spate opmental efforts in this state. tated by the Central On the other hand, the BJP had liament while the Tehri MP, dition of law and order in long been demanding One they are using it. This shows the of scams. “Who forced the The then chief minister Government were not because fielded Bhatt who had risen Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah asked Uttarakhand. He said that the Rank One Pension and the mentality, lies and failure of the youth to migrate from the was busy attending the Delhi of him but due to the votes cast from poverty through hard- 33 questions. both the union and state gov- Congress claimed it had made Congress.” mountains? In seven decades, Durbar where the focus was on by the public, he said that work and was taintless. He Similarly Almora- ernments have done nothing a provision of Rs 500 crore for Earlier, he said that the BJP who kept most of the villages ensuring employment for the every vote to the BJP candidate also appreciated the Central Pithoragarh MP Ajay Tamta but to mislead the people but this. We have already provided is moving ahead on the issue of here without roads? During the berozgar of one particular fam- from Nainital-Udham Singh Government for providing asked 69 questions, Garhwal the people of the state have Rs 35,000 crore for this. For development. first three years of our govern- ily. They were not bothered Nagar constituency- Ajay Bhatt developmental package of more MP Major General B C understood the game plan of four generations the Congress He said that when the ment at the Centre, the about the state. The culture of is a vote for Modi. The prime than 1,00,000 crore to the Khanduri ( Rtd) raised 104 the BJP and are determined to had been using the slogan of Congress was in power in Congress hampered our devel- the Congress deteriorated con- minister addressed the gather- State. questions and Haridwar MP teach it a lesson this time. >  %
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The Election the nominations begin on (EC) after complaints were the meeting with the Election BJP rebel will induct himself in Commission (EC) on Thursday Thursday, the last date for fil- filed over the release of the Commission officers in New Congress next week. Sources issued a notification for phase ing of filing papers is April 4 upcoming movie “Prime Delhi, senior Congress leader said that the joining which was three Lok Sabha polls. and scrutiny of nominations Minister Narendra Modi” the Kapil Sibal not only targeted to happen on Thursday itself All seats in Goa, Gujarat, will be held on April 5. The last biopic on the life of Prime the BJP party, but also the mak- had to be delayed due to revival Kerala, Dadra and Nagar date for withdrawal of candi- Minister Narendra Modi and ers (Producer Sandip Ssingh) of the tension within the RJD Haveli, Daman and Diu, and dature is April 8, the notifica- ban of its trailer in light of the and actors (Vivek Oberoi) of and Congress in the Bihar Puducherry will go for polling tion said. Model Code of Code (MCC) the PM Modi biopic saying that mahagathbandhan. in this phase. Uttar Pradesh, The election will pit the being in force ahead of the Lok the film is a “corrupt practice” After meeting Rahul 2  ,"     +      ! Bihar and West Bengal will BJP-led National Democratic Sabha election. The duo had and “launch of the film is Gandhi, Sinha announced he head for voting in all the seven Alliance against mostly differ- discussions with the poll offi- motivated” ahead of the will join the Congress. “Joining seat and has been critical of the Shatrughan Sinha would join phases of the general elections. ent Opposition groupings in cials on the release date of the General Elections. will happen soon, we will give Narendra Modi Government the party “in New Delhi on According to the Election various States, including of Modi’s biopic which is set to  ), ), ); )",&'! A delegation of the CPI you a positive news during for past couple of years. He has March 28 at 11.30 am”. Singh Commission, the parliamen- Congress, the Left and region- release on April 5, merely a ' < "!) ;;'! ;=)< =' and the CPI(M) on Tuesday Navaratri. I will join Congress been sidelined in the BJP, had also announced that Sinha tary constituencies going to al forces who are continuing to week before the first phase of -3 '=)** ! ! ! )" ! met Election Commission offi- now,” Sinha said talking to which replaced him with will be the Congress candidate polls in the third phase in work out a grand alliance to Lok Sabha elections on ,  " ! '!)" cials and demanded that release media later. AICC incharge of Union Minister Ravi Shankar from Patna Sahib. Uttar Pradesh include minimise a division of votes April 11. of the film based on the life of Bihar Shaktisinh Gohil tweet- Prasad as the Lok Sabha can- On his part, Sinha praised Moradabad, Rampur, Sambhal, against the saffron party. Accompanied with his )<<**)" "")&"', ! Prime Minister Narendra Modi ed that Sinha will join the didate from Patna Sahib con- Rahul Gandhi after he Firozabad, Mainpuri, Etah, The BJP has worked out a lawyer Hitesh Jain, actor Vivek , !* ;)= '!)"* ' = be deferred, claiming it to be a party on April 6. stituency. promised to implement a min- Badaun, Aonla, Bareilly and seat-sharing formula with some Oberoi met officials of the EC *',&, !) +?" ;=)< := “propaganda material”. Sources said that Sinha’s On Wednesday, Bihar imum income guarantee Pilibhit. new allies and several old part- and responded to all queries --  ! =*&!* = !) + CPI’s D Raja and CPI(M) joining was marred by the Congress election campaign scheme if the Congress is voted Jhanjharpur, Supaul Araria ners. However, the Opposition raised by the Commission. 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>. its scheduled date, Oberai’s two leading newspapers for scheduled to begin from April Prasad share a cordial relation. wo years after giving nod lawyer said: “ We have already publishing advertisements of 11, while the results are to be But the Congress has always New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tto the conversion of the announced the release date. the biopic. announced on May 23. contested the Patna Sahib seat on Thursday said it would hear Akola-Khandawa railway line, However we will wait and Congress and the CPM Directed by Omung whenever it allied with the on April 8 a batch of petitions passing through the heart of watch”. The EC has earlier sent had complained to the com- Kumar, the biopic on India’s RJD in Bihar. challenging the Centre’s decision Maharashtra’s Melghat Tiger a notice to four producers of mission about the film’s release, incumbent Prime Minister - So, the party wanted to to grant 10 per cent reservation Reserve, from metre gauge to the upcoming film ‘PM saying it’s being done with Narendra Modi - features Vivek field Sinha on its own symbol. in jobs as well as admissions to broad gauge, the Standing Narendra Modi”. EC had ear- political intent. Senior Oberoi and Boman Irani in This tug-of-war had apparent- educational institutions to eco- Committee of the National lier sent notices to two news- Congress leaders including pivotal roles. Prior, it was ly caused the delay in decision nomically weaker sections Board of Wildlife (NBWL) papers on 20 March over pub- Kapil Sibal had held a meeting expected to release on April 12, of Sinha joining the grand old across all classes. has recently asked the railways lishing ‘PM Narendra Modi’ with the Election Commission but given the elections were party,” said a senior Congress A Bench comprising to look for alternate route. film’s poster for promotions. on Monday demanding to due to begin a day earlier, the leader. Justices SA Bobde and SA The move follows after Meanwhile, the Delhi postpone the release of the film release was preponed to Sinha is a two-time sitting Nazeer said it would also deal the National Tiger Chief Electoral Office sent a “PM Narendra Modi” — the April 5. BJP MP from Patna Lok Sabha with the contentions raised by Conservation Authority area of tiger reserve and The members also noted that some of the petitioners who (NTCA) as well as the options for the alternate two applications were filed have said that the matter was Dehradun based Wildlife routes/alignments bypassing before the Central Empowered required to be adjudicated Institute of India (WII) in a the tiger reserve should be Committee against the :4; 
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upon by a Constitution Bench. meeting in February 2019 of taken up by the railway author- approval of the upgradation of At the outset, Solicitor the high-lavel wildlife panel ities. the track. General Tushar Mehta, appear- headed by Union Environment As per the minutes of the Spread over an area of 33 # crorepatis. While 227 of them ping and crimes against India Majlis-E-Ittehadul ing for the Centre, sought an Minister dr Harsh Vardhan Standing Committee of the 1,673 sq km, the Melghat Tiger  *#% are from BJP, 37 are from women, 10 sitting MPs have Muslimeen and AIUDF each,” adjournment saying he and which is responsible for fram- NBWL, NTCA Member Reserve, which is home to Congress, 29 from AIADMK, declared cases related to mur- it added. Attorney General KK ing India’s policy and strategy Secretary Anup Nayak point- about 50 tigers is connected    % among others,” the report said. der. Out of these, 4 sitting MPs In another report on per- Venugopal were appearing in a for wildlife conservation, ed out that “alternate align- northwards to Satpuda forests. The average assets per sitting are from BJP, 1 MP from INC, formances of the MPs, the matter on Thursday before a opposed the proposal. ment surveyed by the railways In 2017, the Standing com-   794%9)0; MP for Lok Sabha 2014 elec- NCP, LJP, RJD, Swabhimani ADR said that seven MPs from Constitution Bench headed by They asserted that the which bypasses the tiger mittee of the NBWL had tions are 14.72 crore. Paksha each and one MP is an Delhi had the highest average Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi. upgradation of the track will reserve can facilitate greater approved the proposal subject t least 83 per cent of 521 While 32 sitting MPs have Independent,” the report said. attendance and on an average, “I am on my legs before the fragment the tiger habitat given economic development of the to the mitigation measures Asitting MPs are “crorepatis” declared more than 50 crore “14 sitting MPs have they attended 289 out of the Constitution Bench. Please that of the 35 km long railway region by connecting the near- recommended by the NTCA and 33 per cent of them have worth of assets, only two sitting declared cases of attempt to 312 sittings. On an average, accommodate me,” he told the lines which falls inside the by 29 villages and large popu- and WII. criminal cases against them. MPs have declared assets less murder. Out of these, eight sit- MPs asked 251 questions and Bench. Tiger Reserve and proposed to lation living in the area. However, wildlife activists The Association for than worth 5 lakh. At least 33 ting MPs are from BJP and one attended 221 out of the 312 sit- Senior advocate Rajeev be upgraded, 18 km pass “After discussions, the had slammed the move with Democratic Reforms (ADR), per cent sitting MPs have MP each from INC, AITC, tings. Two MPs from Nagaland Dhavan, appearing for one of through the core area, thus Standing Committee recom- some of them even approach- has compiled the report after declared criminal cases against NCP, RJD, Shiv Sena and attended 88 sittings on an aver- the petitioners, referred to the having serious impact on the mended to return the propos- ing the Supreme Court led analysing self-sworn affidavits them in the affidavits. Swabhimani Paksha. 14 sit- age, the lowest in the last five apex court’s last order passed in rich flora and fauna of the al to the Maharashtra Centrally Empowered com- of the 521 MPs out of 543 “While 106 of them have ting MPs declared cases relat- years. Among political par- the matter on March 11 and region. Government with request to mittee (CEC) against the rail- members elected to the Lok declared serious criminal cases ed to causing communal ties, the maximum number of said the issue of whether these The NTCA recommended review the proposal in the way plan arguing that it should Sabha in the 2014 elections. including cases related to mur- disharmony. Out of them, 10 questions were asked by 18 Shiv pleas should be referred to a that the only feasible mitiga- light of the recommendations be shot down as it will endan- “Out of the 521 Sitting MPs der, attempt to murder, com- sitting MPs are from BJP and Sena MPs, each of them on an Constitution Bench should be tion is ‘avoidance’ of the broad- of the NTCA and WII,” said ger the tigers besides other analysed, 430 (83 pc) are munal disharmony, kidnap- 1 MP from TRS, PMK, All average asking 639 questions. considered. PTI ening of gauge through the the minutes of the meeting. wildlife in the region. #  #* ## # .  #14  R. #51# #     794%9)0; causing loss to the patients and sible for irregularities”. The request for voluntary retire- tificate that the said equipments lized much below the project- imposed because of violation of been twisted …while a close public exchequer,” has recent- matter is now under the scan- ment from Dr RML Hospital are being procured not as ed usability of the equipment ie the terms of the contract and scrutiny of the operation the- Central Health Ministry ly submitted yet another exten- ner of Union Health Minister which he had joined after serv- replacement or additional but even less than 10 per cent, thus the decision in this regard has atre records reveal that dispro- Aprobe panel set up to audit sive 62 pages report in the mat- JP Nadda. When contacted, ing several years in the SIC. The as a first-time procurement. suggesting infructuous expen- been taken at the level of portionately large number of the country’s top Sports Injury ter. Union Health Secretary Preeti probe panel in its interim Frequent purchases have been diture for extraneous consid- Director (SIC) and MS surgeries were performed by Centre at Safdarjung Hospital The Ministry in September Sudan said appropriate action report said “On scrutiny of the resorted to for certain equip- erations,” further said the Safdarjung Hospital. Besides using implants of certain makes in Delhi has found huge irreg- last year had set up a seven- will be taken in the matter. files pertaining to procure- ments such as arthroscope 30 report. there is no system in place to (Depuy and Arthrex). ularities in its functioning — member panel, headed by Joint The huge gross irregulari- ment of equipments and facil- and 70 degrees, and camera etc. The panel has also sus- monitor the free cases as The final 62 pages report ranging from violation in pro- Secretary Rajeev Manjhi, to ties have also pointed needle of ities for operation theatre and “It is surprising that these pected nexus between SIC, agreed…” notes the report. too has recommended further curement of equipments and take up the special audit of suspicion towards the then physiotherapy units of the SIC, equipments have been con- SFH and M/S Mahajan Also, “….. there is no ratio- detailed investigation in view of facilities, financial mis-man- SIC’s functioning in various director of the SIC, Dr Deepak it has been observed that there demned even during the man- Imaging, a private diagnostic nalized purchase procedure “blatant violations of agement to serious discrepan- areas ranging from equipments Chaudhary. are blatant violations of gener- ufacturers’ warranty period. player. “The centre (SIC) made followed by procurement of GFRs/CVCs instructions” and cies in appointments of health- and facilities for operation the- Intriguingly, the Ministry al financial rules (GFRs) and …many equipments are not in recommendations by conceal- implants in SIC. Documents large scale irregularities. care professionals. atres to their procurement and in December 2018 had issued the procedures adopted are working conditions. There is ing some vital information made available to the panel evi- “The Indenting officer The panel after submitting maintenance. a notice to Dr Chaudhary too repugnant to CVC instruc- no clarity with regard to which resulted in extending dently indicate of a nexus (HOD) may be made person- an interim report to the Union Both the reports have rec- for “taking up a commercial tions. CAMC/AMC….. It has also favour to M/Mahajan Imaging between SIC and a particular ally accountable for submitting Health Ministry on October ommended a detailed probe assignment with a private hos- “With regard to usefulness been observed that Director, by relaxing the terms of agree- supplier who has been supply- false indents,” said the report 2018 which said that “available into the matter in view of “bla- pital without prior permission and usability of the equipment SIC indented some expensive ment and to neutralize sub- ing almost 90 per cent of even as it has sought annual records and evidence, prima- tant violation of CVCs instruc- from the Government”. Sources with almost similar functions equipments for procurement stantial amount of penalty implants at exorbitant rates. audit of the high-value equip- facie, indicate collusion of SIC tions and has sought immedi- said that pending reply, the have been proposed to be pro- projecting quite high usability, accruing to the Government, “The records suggests that ments and devices among with some suppliers thereby ate action against those respon- Ministry has put on hold his cured twice by furnishing a cer- whereas the same are being uti- which could have been the provisions of the GFRs have others.    ! 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Indians understand these issues very well $              in the context of the perpetual state of aggres-         (       sion created by Pakistan against it.       8!        / Our country has done astonishingly well in                creating global goodwill during the last five years   @    "         as was evident from the support we got for the          # ((     genuine and effective response to the Pulwama 4S              ( massacre, which was a massive and unprecedent-         (        ed act in the history of post-independent India.                  The strategy of renewing and refreshing past rela- tionships has proved its worth beyond doubt. 89$         #       However, this cannot be an occasion to become                    ( sluggish. Instead, we must realise that much more           )      needs to be done to sustain the international good-     89$              will we earned and seriously delineate the elements     #          required to further strengthen this bond. There        D        # are several areas of cooperation like trade and           89$S       commerce, investment and production, collabo- #  (            rations in technology, transfer and the like but past; oblivious to the need to move ahead in times flowing from “us” and being received by “them.” on basing its democracy on values defined by                ( there are also long-term strategic imperatives that and with times. Probably realising this, Mahatma Take for example, Indonesia or Thailand. Gandhi and the spirit of freedom struggle, these            (  remain unmatched in giving soft-power dividends. Gandhi had indicated that he would keep the win- One can say that these nations have far better nations would have flocked to India to learn more.    (   > (         For ages, India has gone through this expe- dows and doors of his house open for fresh air comprehension of the need to sustain cultural Deeply satisfied, they declare India as their rience from its Asian neighbours, particular- — of ideas and knowledge — but refused to be continuity than we Indians. In Thailand, Ram, guru without the latter itself making a claim. If                   ly the Southeast Asian segment. Indeed, we are blown off his feet by any. It is one thing to be proud Ram Lila and Ayodhya enjoy respect at a level we were a learning hub and had ancient higher                  ( proud of our past glory and its acceptance of one’s history, culture, tradition of knowledge, as is not — repeat not — being extended by a learning institutions like Nalanda, Taxila and                  beyond sea shores. To cultivate new interna- growth, scriptures and literature but it is also nec- large number of Indians. The manner in which Vikramshila among others, the continuity of our          89$        tional relationships even with old friendly essary to examine whether all of this alone is suf- Indonesians have sustained and refined their cul- gurudom would have been unchallenged. India   D      (     nations, one must realise the importance of ficient for the times ahead? ture presents much to be learnt by Indians. The needs to become a great global learning hub.                   acquaintance with history, culture and heritage Present international relationships require Gita and Yoga could earn respect all around the Swami Vivekananda presented India’s past glory              # on both sides. These play a significant role in a very sensitive recall of the past and a realisa- globe but in India, one cannot include even a to the world, the values it had adhered to in the                   furthering mutual understanding and refresh- tion that these are the times of “equality of part- couple of shlokas — fully and totally secular — past and the concern it had shown towards the      ing cultural and emotional bonds. This famil- nerships”, which must be dexterously har- in the school text books. welfare of all without any discrimination. # 89$               iarity is an essential support to comprehend monised and sustained. There are unique fea- Who are culturally more advanced? Are we Vivekananda received global acclaim and admi- the current situation and visualise its import tures in every culture, region, religion and civil- ready to learn from others? Or are we too happy ration. He knew that this alone was not sufficient.  %       ? $      ( in the emerging context. Strategic readiness in isation. When dealing with Asian countries, one with our dream of becoming a Vishwa Guru again? He established the Ramakrishna Mission world-   (              ( current times requires comprehension of ‘the is often tempted to recall how Indian influence In recollecting, refreshing and re-envisioning wide. Yes, you have to create institutions that pre-        $      pace of change’ in pragmatic terms. Common has reached far and beyond the sea shores, with- India’s relationship with Asian countries, the first pare the people and give them true education. Let                wisdom will be to learn from history, draw out any bloodshed and coercion. It was not part caution is to forget the psyche of being the giver, them comprehend that “education is the perfec-                 inspiration from it, know the present, and of any conquest or converting people to one pre- being the Vishwa Guru. This concept — when tion already in man.”    #            reshape it for a better future for the genera- ferred religion or “salvaging the souls of the sav- devoid of the connected responsibility to set our Tagore had predicted that “India is destined           "    #  tions to come. ages” but an organised, respectful and mutual- own house in order — can create negative vibes to be the teacher of the world.” He did not trav-   89$           ( India is fortunate to have an unimpeachable ly beneficial interaction and exchange of ideas among other people. We must now accept that el the globe to declare that India would be the            and exemplary legacy of mutual relationships with and knowledge among equals. Trade and com- knowledge, both secular and temporal, has been Vishwa Guru. Instead, he established institutions       #       the East Asian region. What has sustained this merce featured prominently and strengthened created and discovered in all parts of the globe — that had all the ingredients of a gurukula and mutuality for ages? It cannot just be trade and bonds with the international community. time, measure and magnitude can differ. Ancient every feature of a modern-day international %  G    (          commerce alone; though they remain a very strong Knowledge exchange brought people together Indians had really toiled hard on the terrain of knowledge hub. Similarly, this aspect was elab-             S cementing factor. We have to only delineate the in rather close bonds that went beyond the mun- knowledge quest and earned respect from all over. orated by Sri Aurobindo. He predicted that    4               ( essence of mutually constructive partnerships both dane requirements of human existence. Are we doing the same now? This aspect should “India will be the moral leader of the world.”               in the past and the present. Initiatives like the ‘Act This makes one understand how scholarship, be paramount in present-day considerations. He established the Auroville Ashram in @             East’ policy deserve appreciation and strengthen- knowledge and wisdom can be exchanged to ben- A strife-torn world today must be looking Pondicherry. All of these examples must give #            ( ing, besides a constant vigil on elements who may efit both the interacting parties, lead to better and towards India, conscious of its unique historical us an idea of how international relationships can               " be apprehensive about these developments. higher comprehension of humanity, happiness and standing as a nation that had learnt to live togeth- indeed be given a sound cultural knowledge and  89$          D        Rabindranath Tagore had mentioned in one harnessing respectfully the bounties of nature. In er with every conceivable diversity, like that of eth- spiritual base, to strengthen the moral basis of          ,   (( of his lectures that “it was often alleged that Asia knowledge exchange, one can benefit only when nicity, language, religion and culture. The West relationships. It was the continuity of this moral         (   ( will never progress as it has turned its face back- both sides are respectful to each other, none is is now facing problems arising out of a necessity tradition that Gandhi included “commerce with- ward.” This acquisition has been proved wrong by obsessed with being the giver, but are ready to to learn to live together with diversities. These have out morality” and “wealth without work”                 Japan, China and India. Equally, if not more effec- accept knowledge and wisdom from the other side reached their doorsteps because of globalisation, among the seven social sins that he published )            ( tively, the South-East Asia region has proved it as well. The wisdom of the East does not belong ease of mobility in seeking greener pastures and in 1925. Incidentally, it also included “knowl-         #    R  S   ( wrong. All nations have moved ahead without just to one country of the region ie, India. One have also forced migrations in search of security edge without character.” India needs to relearn,             either disregard for their past or ignoring new would be uncomfortable if in any reference to the and livelihood. If India was still high on its record and create knowledge hubs of its own.     @         knowledge. People of this region are not perpet- glorious past of ours and its vast spread beyond of social cohesion and religious amity, on adher- (The writer is the Indian Representative on the    ually lost in the sweet slumber of the glory of the the Indian borders, it is presented as everything ence to joint family systems and social security, Executive Board of UNESCO)  #   #                                 

attacks, death tolls and socio-polit- Al-Tarabi all peaked in the late tragic 9/11 attacks in New York. But nihilistic violence) as a global war memory of a past with a sense of India) is what ‘jihadist’ extremism ical fissures triggered by extremist 1970s and across the 1980s. if we trace the rise and relative against ‘infidels.’ Indeed, once they modern-day victimhood. was in Pakistan some 15 years ago. assaults on civilians and security They contributed in the engi- decline of extremist terror in coun- began to become engulfed by their Recently, many media and It’s a confusing stage in which personnel, most Muslim countries neering of what came to be known tries such as Pakistan, Algeria, own fires and nihilistic impulses, the political commentators in the US many sections of society and even eventually came round to chal- as “political Islam”, which advocat- Turkey and Egypt, we can see state moved in to push them out. have been urging their the intelligentsia are willing to buy lenge the grave existentialist threat ed the formation of “Islamic states” much of Roy’s thesis coming true. It is remarkable how similar the Government (and those in various into the victimhood claims of the and attacks posed by extremists. through both conventional as well The outfits behind extremist trajectories of White power pop- European countries) to start treat- extremist groups and even act as These states did this through some as revolutionary political means. terror in these countries were ulism and the terrorism that it is ing violence by individual or col- their apologists. As a result, the State "1 1; unprecedented military operations But according to Roy, as this strand entirely nihilistic. They enforced inspiring, and of ‘Islamic’ extrem- lective White supremacists just as and society spiral down in a flux of and related political and judicial of political Islam reached a crescen- their presence through three main ism are. The narratives of ‘Islamic’ they have been doing the violence confusion and inaction, especially uring my last trip to the US manoeuvres. But whereas the situ- do — especially during the ‘Afghan stratagems: (1) seeding fear through extremists are a combination of a coming from ‘jihadists.’ Elena when politicians and influencers — in 2018, I noticed that the ation in the most affected countries jihad’ against Soviet forces in extreme terror; (2) using various superiority complex derived from Pokalova, a professor of interna- who were once on the fringes of Dcurrent affairs sections of — such as Pakistan, Egypt, Turkey, Afghanistan — there was also its criminal activities to financially an imagined (and largely a histor- tional security studies, wrote in society — begin to cultivate and almost all major book stores in the Saudi Arabia and Algeria — was fragmentation and eventual decline. supplement themselves; and (3) ical) Utopian past, and a besieged Foreign Policy in Focus (November organise the growing extremist American cities that I visited car- gradually brought under control and Roy wrote that after the Soviet manipulating non-militant person- mindset — which explains the 2, 2018) that White far-right rad- sentiments as a constituency. ried quite a few titles on ‘White major extremist outfits were taken forces were forced to pull out of nel in the media, religious circles Muslims as victims of Western icalisation needed to be addressed Indeed, as Olivier Roy pre- power populism.’ Most of these out, the situation in other affected Afghanistan, emboldened ‘Islamists’, and even within the State and modernity and immorality. The at the same level as Islamist radi- dicted, extreme ideas and groups books were alarming in their con- countries such as Afghanistan, who had fought in Afghanistan, Government so that they could narratives used by White suprema- calisation. In a 2018 article for the eventually get engulfed by their own tent and tone. This was a stark con- Yemen, Iraq, Somalia, Nigeria and, then attempted to create ‘Islamic’ rationalise this terror in the main- cists, too, hark back to a past in New York Times, author and socio- fires. But Western countries, now trast to what one often found on the to a certain extent, Mauritania, is revolutions in their own countries. stream as an outcome of econom- which violent and destructive political commentator Janet facing the spectre of White far-right same shelves some five years ago. still somewhat precarious. As the State in their respective ic issues and ‘lack of Islam’ in the events, such as slavery in the US, Reitman wrote that despite the ris- violence, should not wait to address Most of them used to be stacked In his 1992 book, The Failure of countries pushed back, however, the workings of the State. apartheid in South Africa and rise ing number of hate crimes and the problem. Before extremist ideas with books on ‘Islamic’ fundamen- Political Islam, the French political Islamists retaliated with violence But as German academic of Nazism in Germany, are seen as groups in the US, the country’s burn out, they leave behind a trail talism and terrorism. The content scientist and author Olivier Roy through terrorism. Roy wrote that Markus Daechsel wrote in his book, Utopian epochs which were over- law-enforcement agencies failed to of death and destruction. Because, of these books, too, had been large- wrote that the more coherent ide- from being a coherently defined The Politics of Self-Expression, the thrown by the Jews, liberals and detect their rise and influence. She remember, before the State and ly alarming in nature, written as ologies formed from the 1940s ideology, political Islam took a post-9/11 terror groups had lost communists. The supremacists wrote that this allowed the prolif- Government of Pakistan finally warnings about a phenomenon onwards and derived from the more anarchic and even nihilistic interest in the theory of 20th cen- believe this status quo was now eration of extreme White suprema- decided to act against major terror which was already tearing many writings of radical Islamic scholars turn. Roy predicted that this force tury political Islam and were more being maintained by allowing non- cist ideas and related violence. groups, over 70,000 Pakistanis had Muslim countries apart and threat- such as Rashid Rida, Hassan Al- would burn out in its own fire and interested in filling a personal emo- White immigrants to settle on It can be said that the stage this already been killed in the nihilistic ening Western societies. Banna, Abul Ala Maududi, Sayyid fury. Interestingly, he was writing tional void; even though they “White lands.” So this narrative, too, strand of extremism is in the West flames of the extremists. After facing numerous terrorist Qutb, Ruholla Khomeini and Hasan this in 1992, nine years before the explained their acts (and their combines a mythical and Utopian (or the stage Hindu extremism is in (Courtesy: The Dawn)    ! "#  )<

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The providing jobs to all those Shah on Thursday accused the He said only Prime that Jitin Prasada was joining from Dhaurahra. a Government hospital in BJP and Congress will also youths who are registered in previous Congress Government Minister Narendra Modi and 00   $  the BJP after reports emerged Prasada, a Brahmin, hails Ranchi after being convicted in release their manifestos soon. employment exchanges with- in Assam of settling illegal the BJP can ensure security of of his being unhappy with from a prominent political fodder scam cases. The SP manifesto is like- in six months time,” he said. immigrants in the State, as he the country and not the 0     alleged pressure from the party family of Shahjahanpur. His Tej Pratap Yadav has ly to be pro-youth, with the Besides, the youth com- applauded the Narendra Modi Congress or its president Rahul leadership to change his seat father, late Jitendra Prasada, reportedly told his aides that he promise to bring a national mission will be constituted on Government for securing the Gandhi. “In his five years in     .3.; from Dhaurahra to Lucknow. was a Congress stalwart and was pained because his request youth employment job guar- lines of the existing minority country’s frontiers and aveng- office, Modi brought in a lot of However, he rubbished the had even contested the party to accommodate two of his antee bill, compulsory job for or women’s commissions. But ing Indian soldiers killed by development. But most of all he aving decided to fight all speculation. presidential election against supporters as candidates in every youth and setting up of this commission will com- Pakistan-backed terror groups. ensured the security of the Hthe 48 Lok Sabha polls in Prasada was a Union Sonia Gandhi. the Sheohar and Jehanabad a youth commission. prise youths from universities Addressing election rallies country and its borders. Under Maharashtra as a third front, Minister in the UPA Jitin Prasada son won his Lok Sabha seats was rejected. The manifesto will also and civil societies. It will advise in the state, Shah asserted, let his leadership, India avenged the Bahujan Samaj Party and Government and is presently first Lok Sabha election from RJD leaders close to him focus on larger role to be the government on formulat- alone infiltrators “not even a the blood of our soldiers killed the Samajwadi Party will con- an invitee member of the Shahjahanpur in 2004. In 2009, say he is not happy the way played by regional parties in ing policies for the youths,” the bird” will be allowed to enter in Uri and Pulwama attacks by test 44 seats and four seats Congress Working Committee. he shifted to the newly-formed Tejashwi Yadav has been given the country, particularly in the leader said. Assam illegally if the BJP secures Pakistan-based terror ele- respectively in the State. As per sources, the Dhaurahra constituency and command of the party and with ments,” Shah told election ral- Thirteen days ahead of the Congress is likely to field him won but in 2014, he lost to the the latter’s style of functioning. lies in Kaliabor and Teok. first phase of the four-phased from Lucknow for a direct BJP. Dhaurahra is one of the 80 Tejashwi Yadav is the Leader of The BJP president claimed polls in the state, the BSP and fight with Union Home Lok Sabha constituencies in UP Opposition in the Bihar the way the world viewed India SP on Thursday announced the Minister Rajnath Singh. The that will go to polls in the fourth Assembly. underwent a drastic change seat-sharing pact between sources said Congress general phase. While the Congress has “In last six months, Tej under Modi. Shah insisted that them. Under the pact, the secretary incharge of eastern declared Prasada as its official Pratap had time and again India under Modi was only the Samajwadi Party will contest UP, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, candidate from Dhaurahra, reli- pointed out how he was side- third nation after the US and Mumbai north-west, Dhule, came up with the idea of shift- able sources close to the leader lined in the party” by Tejashwi Israel to take swift revenge for Nanded and Beed seats. ing Prasada from his present said the party now wanted to Yadav, a former Deputy Chief the spilling of their soldiers’ Of the 44 seats that it is constituency after the former shift him to Lucknow. Minister. IANS blood by enemies. He criti- contesting in the State, the cised the Congress party for BSP will release its first list of demanding proof of the damage 19 seats. ,"   ,   caused by the Indian Air Force’s The seats for which the Balakot air strike inside Pakistan BSP it has named candidates $   
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"Our calculation shows letter for new home loans as This capital infusion is for Congress president Rahul that it will not cross 2 per cent well as for a top up loan in a the current fiscal ending March Gandhi on Tuesday said that its of the GDP, it will be 1.8 per fully-digital way, the bank 31, 2019. minimum income guarantee cent of the GDP at any given said in a release. Punjab National Bank scheme, Nyuntam Aay Yojana point of time," he said. 'Instant Home Loan' (PNB) in a regulatory filing (Nyay) assures up to 72,000 a Commenting on the enables pre-approved salaried said that an extraordinary gen- year or 6,000 a month income scheme, Panagariya said the customers of the bank to avail eral meeting of shareholders to 20 per cent of India's poor- transfer is meant to be 6,000 loans up to 1 crore for a tenure was held on March 28 for est families if the party is voted per month per family to 50 mil- of up to 30 years (based on the obtaining shareholders' back to power in the Lok Sabha lion families and at the same age of the customer) using approval to issue and allot general meeting decided to to mance as seen in the third elections next month. time, it also guarantees an internet banking facility, ICICI 80,20,63,535 equity shares at a allot preferential shares to quarter results. Panagariya, who served as income of 12,000 per month Bank said. premium of 71.66 per share Government to get capital infu- Subramaniakumar hoped the first vice chairman of NITI to these families. 'Insta Top Up Loan' helps amounting up to 5,908 crore sion of 3,806 crore. that the bank will be able to Aayog for two years from 2015 "What happens if one fam- existing home loan customers on preferential basis to the "The Board for Issue of return to the black in the next to 2017, told PTI that 'Nyay' is ily has an income of only of the bank to avail the facili-   .3.; the US dollar. Government. Equity Share Capital at its fiscal year beginning April 1, difficult to implement and 4,000 and another 8,000 per ty of topping up loan instanta- Foreign institutional Bank of Baroda said the meeting held today has issued 2019. unlikely to achieve its intend- month? Will the former then neously upto 20 lakh for a he rupee slumped 42 paise investors (FIIs) remained net Finance Ministry informed and allotted 269,54,67,422 Earlier, the bank raised ed objective. receive 8,000 and the latter tenure of up to 10 years in a Tto end at 69.30 against the buyers in the capital markets, about its decision to infuse cap- equity shares at an issue price 261 crore to its share capital "It raises three major ques- 4,000 per month? If so, why paperless manner. US dollar on Thursday, its putting in 1,481.11 crore ital of 5,042 crore in the bank. of Rs 14.12 per equity share in January under Employee tions - the incentive compati- should anyone with income The facility helps the cus- second straight session of Wednesday, as per provision- "The capital infusion will (including premium of 4.12 Stock Purchase Scheme (ESPS) bility issue, the fairness issue below 12,000 do any work at all tomers get the top up amount decline, in line with other al data. be by way of preferential allot- per equity share) to in which as much as 92 per cent and fiscal challenge," since their incomes will be disbursed immediately in their Asian currencies amid Meanwhile, brent crude ment of equity shares (special Government by way of prefer- of the employees participated Panagariya, an eminent Indian- 12,000 regardless of what they account as compared to the strengthening of the green- futures, the global oil bench- securities/bonds) of the bank ential allotment," IOB said. which resulted into over-sub- American economist, said. earn?" he asked. industry practice of approving back. mark, fell 1.08 per cent to trade during 2018-19, as With this allotment, the scription of bank stock. But Gandhi said the ‘Nyay’ Interpreted this way, "there and disbursing a top up home Most Asian currencies at $67.10 per barrel. Government's investment," Government holding has "With this capital infusion scheme has the twin objectives is a serious incentive problem loan in a few working days, the struggled amid expectations of BSE benchmark Sensex Bank of Baroda said. increased from 89.39 per cent and taking into account the of giving money to the 20 per with the scheme", Panagariya bank said. dovish monetary policy stance zoomed over 400 points while Union Bank said: "The to 92.52 per cent in the bank, capital raised through ESPS as cent poorest families and asserted. "As a result of our con- by central banks following a the NSE Nifty reclaimed the Committee of Directors for it added. well as sale of non core assets, remonetising the economy "If the scheme is meant to tinued endeavour, we have deteriorating global economic 11,500 mark Thursday on Raising of Capital Funds "This capital infusion will CRAR (capital to risky asset damaged by the demonetisa- transfer flat 6,000 per month the largest mortgage portfo- outlook. robust buying in banking, (CDRCF) of the bank at its help the bank to shore up its ratio) will improve consider- tion in 2016. to identified families regardless lio among private sector At the Interbank Foreign finance, telecom and IT meeting held on Thursday capital adequacy requirements ably," he said. Its aim is two-fold. First is of the family's earned income, banks in the country with the Exchange (forex) market, the stocks. considered and approved the and enable the bank to build a Central Bank of India allot- to guarantee a minimum you cannot deliver 12,000 lowest delinquency levels. rupee opened weak at 69.04 The Financial Benchmark allotment of 52,15,62,658 equi- robust loan book," R ted 68,72,48,322 equity shares income to the bottom 20 per per month to families earning Instant home loan facilities and fell further to touch the India Private Ltd (FBIL) set the ty shares at an issue price of Subramaniakumar, MD & CEO, at 37.25 aggregating upto cent families. The second is to less than 6,000," he asserted. are extensions of this same day's low of 69.35. reference rate for the 78.84 aggregating to 4,111.99 Indian Overseas Bank told PTI. 2,560 crore. remonetise the economy that The programme, as endeavour. These facilities It finally finished at 69.30 rupee/dollar at 69.0038 and for to Government in accordance He also said that various With this allotment, share- has been demonetised by announced by the Congress, will help new home buyers as per dollar, down by 42 paise rupee/euro at 77.6868. The with the applicable provisions." initiatives have been taken by holding of Government has Prime Minister Narendra guarantees 12,000 per month well as the existing cus- against its previous close. reference rate for rupee/British The board of the Chennai- the bank for turnaround and increased from 89.40 per cent Modi, Gandhi told PTI. in income to the poor, which is tomers," ICICI Bank On Wednesday, the rupee pound was fixed at 91.0280 headquartered Indian Overseas there was a visible improve- to 91.20, Central Bank of India Senior Congress leader and 144,000 per year, he said, Executive Director Anup had weakened marginally by 2 and for rupee/100 Japanese yen Bank (IOB) in an extraordinary ment in the bank's perfor- said. former finance minister P explaining the fairness issue. Bagchi said. paise to end at 68.88 against at 62.69. %    Q / )       )    $  0   

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Ahmed, another witness who Bangladeshi capital since last declared dead at Kurmitola point,” spokesman Cecilio said the Kailu county govern- tistics on gun-related deaths. after the bomb detonated on “The car bomb struck a was at the scene moments after month. General Hospital. He fell off the Chacaj told reporters. ment from Tongliao city in the In November 2017, three Mogadishu’s Maka Al- restaurant along the road,” said the blast. The incident, which hap- building while trying to escape The group had congregat- Inner Mongolia region. people were shot dead and six Mukarama road, one of the Abdulahi Osman, who was Teams of ambulance work- pened on Thursday afternoon the fire,” Kazi Shahan Haque, ed at the site of a hit-and-run Citing local police, officials others wounded in southern seaside capital’s main thor- nearby to the explosion. “This ers carried away those killed in a building that houses several officer-in-charge (OC) of accident that had killed a res- said the shooter, surnamed Guangdong province. oughfares, an area busy with really was a disaster.” and wounded on stretchers, garment shops and internet Cantonment police station, was ident of their neighborhood Liang, was driven by “con- In January that same year, businesses and travellers. Vehicles were tossed into while volunteers also helped by service providers, left several quoted as saying by the Dhaka when they in turn were hit by flicts created by trivial matters a high-ranking city official in It struck as people were the air by the blast, which also using plastic sheeting to lift the people trapped inside as the Tribune. the truck, Chacaj added. in work and life”, without offer- the southwestern province of eating lunch. damaged surrounding build- bodies away. blaze spread to two adjacent Another person, who was Guatemala, a Central ing more details. Sichuan burst into a govern- Abdulkadir Abdirahman ings. 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n my past life, I must have been born for his Biryani, bowed out of my kitchen with in a country that had no food, because a smile. I finally took over my kitchen. frankly, I am eternally hungry and my My friend, Mini, started gifting me near and dear ones will vouch for that. recipe books and my friends were always I have loved food all my life. My pater- willing to eat what I cooked. This encour- nalI grandmother, Agnes, was a brilliant cook aged me, inspite of disasters. So post two and I can still remember the aromas waft- years of food blogging, I finally got enticed ing in from her kitchen; her picking mush- to do a book. I remember when the first offer rooms from the garden during the rains to came, I refused because I was too scared. make soup and pâté. My maternal grand- When the second offer came, I had, by then, mother, Rosemary, was a darling in the digested the fact that probably something kitchen, and her fish curry with rice is some- is right. The third offer came when I went thing that I would love to have just once to Bhutan, the land of happiness. This trip more. Unfortunately, I never learnt any finally made me warm up to the idea of pen- cooking from either of them. I wasn’t inter- ning a food book. Though it did feel like a ested in the process, only focussed on its eat- good idea, it made me nervous. Neither was ing part. I a chef nor a writer. I didn’t know where to My love affair with food started about begin from. I procrastinated for six months eight years ago, when I was pregnant with and decided that because I cook only for Zene, and didn’t have much to do. Ergo, I people whom I love, the book should be an spent time watching travel and food shows apt reflection of that. I then started putting on TV, and started writing down recipes to menus in place and designing my food try them out. While I expanded during my according to the people I was cooking for. pregnancy, I started experimenting in the It was a tedious process writing down recipes kitchen. Fortunately, I was travelling with and taking care of a teaspoon of this and a Arshad for the shooting of a film and was tablespoon of that. I never go by accurate living at the beautiful St. James Apartments. measures when I cook for myself. But to give I had plenty of time to saunter through the a recipe that worked, I had to. farmer’s market and pick and choose fresh I had jumped into the deep end of the produce. I would cook for the cast and crew pool and had to swim to the shallow. I who came over often. Initially, I wasn’t quite could not think of a better photographer sure if they really loved the food or were just for this book other than my friend, Amit being nice, but soon, they began coming Ashar. He is someone who will always cap- over often for a tasty meal. I realised then ture what no one else sees. I remember the that both my grannies were sprinkling their first day of shoot when we were doing the magic dust on me. Today, my mother’s food Christmas menu. I brought the baked is what I actually want to learn. I love the chicken out of the oven. It was hot, food my mum, Joanna, makes. She is my looked yummy, and Amit set up the shot, recipe book and always a call away to tell me looked at me and said, “‘Do you have glyc- about my next step if I ever get stuck. possible was because Arshad, who is quite erine?” I asked, ‘Why?’ He explained that A few years down the line, if anyone had .;<9;( 
     ( a rockstar, stayed home and looked after food stylists used glycerine to make the told me that I would one day put together Zeke and Zene. My parents too set up tent food look shiny and moist. I was aghast! a food book, I think I would have rolled on    (    /  (/   at my place. And Zoya, Arshad’s niece, Why would anyone do that to good food? the floor laughing. Slogging it out in the would ensure that they went for movies and I told him to give me a minute. I took the kitchen was not my style. I could eat a lot. 
 $2 !/    / / were occupied and happy. My friends Mini, chicken, warmed up the gravy, poured it After I discovered the joy of cooking, I did- Jaya, Sandy and Sambo came in often, took over the chicken and we shot the dish. This n’t look back. I started my blog about five       the kids out, and hung with them. I would is how we did the entire book, it is exact- years ago, after my domestic help decided not have been able to go without this entire ly from my kitchen to yours, what you see to leave. My friend Mini Mathur insisted that Jaya Misra, my friend, introduced me kept staring at the dough, it would still not web of support that I was lucky enough to is what you will get. We never used any- I watch the film Julie & Julia but just would- to blogging and insisted that I write about rise up in a second. It would take its time have. My friends in London — Lorraine, thing artificial to enhance the look, noth- n’t tell me why. When I did, I suddenly knew my experiences. She always read my pieces to prove so I should concentrate on doing Sanjay and Rachna Narang, Junky, Pooja and ing was over or undercooked to look good. my path. Frankly, my help leaving was the before I uploaded them. This whole process something else during that time. I always Eve — were my home away from home. It was as per the recipe. I just cooked each best thing that happened to me. Suddenly, of cooking and writing took off like being think of her when I bake bread now. My life is a series of coincidences. I never dish like I was going to serve it to some- I was thrown into the thick of things — the on a surfing board, and I was busy riding In the middle of all this, I was anchor- planned a moment and whatever I planned one I really loved. kitchen, vegetable market, groceries, cook- wave after wave, enjoying the thrill of cook- ing a cooking show and met the lovely never happened. After years of being part There is really nothing I would change ing — and to top it all, two very hungry chil- ing, feeding and reaching out to so many Shazmeen, who told me about her stint at of ad-films, theatre, anchoring TV shows, about the book. I have kept all the recipes dren looking expectantly at me. (I love to like-minded foodies. It was catharsis that I Tante Marie. In 2011, I went off to the sleepy travelling for work and being an MTV VJ, simple to follow. Go for it, make it your picture this scene in my head.) Well! never thought I needed. town, Woking, and spent 11 weeks at I was ready for a new chapter in my life. And own, tweak it, and think of me when a Something had to be cooked, and so I start- At one point, I needed to learn how to Tante Marie. With amazing teachers, I learnt having kids changed it around. Food was just smile breaks on the face of the person you ed taking baby steps into the kitchen. make bread, because my dad used to make about sweating onions, kneading puff a side-effect of being a mother. This was just have cooked for. This is me, with all my Gradually, I started to get seduced by the it when we were kids and by the time pastry, cooking meat at just the the perfect time to put my apron on and go flavours and enthusiasm, cooked at tem- aromas, textures and the possibilities that I wanted to learn, he said he had right temperature to keep it pink for it, all burners flaming. Arshad, who was peratures that were sometimes too hot to could conspire in this beautiful place I dis- forgotten how. So, I joined a one in the middle, understanding the chef in my kitchen, just took a back seat handle and sometimes like a tropical day, covered in my own home — my kitchen. It year part-time baking course at how important it was to whip and sat and watched me, as I struggled my with the freshest of ingredients and was like meeting a stranger and becoming Sophia Polytechnic and under the egg whites till they had the way into food heaven. He always encouraged cooked with a whole lot of love. A very friends. Reading, googling and watching the tender hands of Shashi ma’am, right amount of stiff peaks for a me even when the food was really not up wise person once said, ‘You are what you food became an obsession. I discovered the I learnt more than I had bargained meringue, how to debone a fish, to the mark. He always said that it was fan- eat.’ Well then, I want to eat a ‘fit person’ secrets of fire to vegetables, yeast to flour, for. Baking taught me the art of how to cut chicken, clean the tastic and gave me advices for something to be fit myself! But I am not a cannibal. wine to meat, and the right amount of patience, something that I still floors, wash the fridge, do the ves- new. And every time I made kheema or So, I try and eat healthy and do my regu- kneading, whipping and marination. It struggle with. It taught me that sels and much more. I also trav- paaya, he would say, “It’s lovely, but does not lar workout and yoga. And yes, I run. It’s was then that I realised I love cooking, not everything happens when it is sup- elled to Paris, Budapest, Austria, taste Muslim!” Well, I really want to learn one of those things that makes me happy. just because I could really put myself into posed to. She once caught me star- Ireland and sat for exams, and cooking Mughlai and Kashmiri food one day. (Excerpts from From My Kitchen to the heat of it, but because I loved to see the ing down at my bread that I had left watched every play that was worth It’s on my bucket list. 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  points on the board," he said ahead of India's the tournament so far, with three wins and from Punjab. won't be as straightforward with  ( ( ( final league match against Poland on a draw, and they had played out a 1-1 draw "We have learned a lot about Korea from the 6 ft 8 in Anderson at the    (  
 $R Friday. in their league match on March 24. the 1-1 draw in pool stages, and I feel Friday's other end of the Hard Rock $ India and Korea, the top two teams in "We know Korea are a strong side, but match against Poland will also give us a Stadium's center court. the league tables with 10 points each, have we are doing everything to minimise any chance to prepare well for the final." "I think if you beat me at reclaiming her world number displayed by only the very best Wimbledon, you've got my one crown after a well-execut- and the Romanian is looking in attention," smiled Federer. ed 6-4 7-5 triumph over China's good shape to land her first "He's got a great serve and Djokovic crashing out in the Wang Qiang. Miami title, even if she's not 
        $ $ I'm happy he's playing again previous round, was seen off 7- Following Petra Kvitova's overly consumed about the after his injury. 6 (7-1), 7-6 ,(7-5). exit on Tuesday, Halep needs prospect of reclaiming the num-    Former India centre headed by Australian Graham assistant coach in new set-up. besides being a member of the "So from that standpoint, I "I was pretty fortunate out only to reach Saturday's final to ber one tag. forward Shivendra Singh is set Reid. "Shivendra Singh will join Bronze medal-winning side know what I'm about to expect there," confessed the American, knock Naomi Osaka off the top "It doesn't mean everything to be appointed assistant coach Reid's appointment is just a the Indian team soon as an assis- of 2010 Guangzhou Asian tomorrow. The matches I have who smashed down 24 aces of women's tennis after being to get back to number one. It's of the national men's hockey formality now after Hockey tant coach soon. He will work Games. played against him I know can compared to the Spaniard's tally deposed following the Japanese's more important to finish the team and will start working with India and Sports Authority of with the forwards under the new The coaching set-up will be extremely close always." of just three and will play the second major win at the year in that position," said the the side next month. India recommended his name to chief coach," a source close to the also have SAI coach Piyush Defending champion John winner of Croatia's Borna Coric Australian Open earlier this number two seed, who will face A livewire during his play- the Sports Ministry. development said. Kumar Dubey, who is already Isner, meanwhile, powered his and Felix Auger-Aliassime, the year. either Karolina Pliskova or ing days, Shivendra will exclu- Besides Shivendra, former Shivendra was part of the with the team at the ongoing way to the semi-finals as 18-year-old from Canada. Halep's recovery from 1-5 Vondrousova in the last four. sively work with the strikers and Australian drag-flicker Chris Indian team that won a Silver Azlan Shah Cup in Ipoh, Roberto Bautista Agut, who In the women's draw, down in the second set showed "But if I do it, I will be very form an integral part of the Ciriello, who is the current ana- medal in the 2010 Delhi Malaysia. He will exclusively sent world number one Novak Simona Halep moved closer to the kind of mental toughness proud." Indian coaching staff set to be lytical coach, will be the other Commonwealth Games, work with the goalkeepers.

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