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Just before he emplaned for across a clear message of grow- India on Sunday, Trump called ing congruence of interests on everal people sustained Prime Minister Narendra Modi major geopolitical develop- Sminor injuries following a his “friend” and said he had ments in the region and beyond, clash between pro and anti- committed to this visit long particularly when China has Citizenship (Amendment) Act time back and he was looking been expanding its military protesters near northeast forward to be with the people might and economic clout. Delhi’s Jaffarabad area on of India. Trump, who is seeking re- Sunday. The police lobbed tear Trump is accompanied by election in the US presidential gas shells and resorted to mild First Lady Melania, daughter elections in November, will lathi-charge to bring the situ- Ivanka, son-in-law Jared get a rousing welcome. ation under control. Later in Kushner and the top brass of “Namaste Trump” will be the evening, the police took out his Administration. similar to the landmark a flag march to maintain law Trump will arrive at “Howdy, Modi!” event hosted and order in the area. Ahemdabad around 11.30 am, by the Indian-American com- The clash took place at attend a roadshow, briefly visit munity in honour of Modi about 4 pm when the two   #     #   *+   Sabarmati Ashram, and also   %#" &   %  #   #   " ( during his visit to Houston in groups started throwing stones  ,  -  #  . ,  watch cultural performances. #    " ) #  September 2019. at each other. All this happened Prime Minister Modi is expect- From Ahmedabad, the US in presence of heavy police Metro Station at about 3 pm, close the entry and exit gates of ed to receive him at the airport. Airport at around 11:30 am Ashram, Trump will resume lions of people. It’s a long trip. President will travel to Agra to deployment in the area. demanded that the anti-CAA the Jaffarabad station. Later in Modi will accompany tomorrow (February 24). It the roadshow, and reach the I get along very well with have a glimpse of the iconic Taj Witnesses said 500-odd people, protesters be removed from the day, the Delhi Metro Rail Trump to the Ashram, which is was already announced that Motera stadium via Indira Prime Minister Modi. He is a Mahal. The Trump family will mostly women, had gathered to the road. An hour later, some Corporation (DMRC) also closely associated with Trump will land here directly bridge,” the Police friend of mine,” Trump told spend about an hour at the Taj protest against the new citi- people came from a nearby closed the entry and exit gates Mahatma Gandhi and India’s here from Washington. At the Commissioner said. reporters outside the White Mahal before sunset. Then zenship law. The protesters street and started pelting to the Maujpur-Babarpur sta- freedom struggle, in the midst airport, he will be given the Modi and Trump are House. they will leave for Delhi for the had also gathered in the area on stones. tion. of their joint roadshow from guard of honour,” Ahmedabad scheduled to address the “I had committed to this main leg of the visit. Saturday night demanding that Tension prevailed in the A woman, who identified the international airport. city Police Commissioner “Namaste Trump” event at the trip long time ago. I look for- On the morning of the new law be repealed. area as the protesters had herself as Bushra, had said Earlier, confusion prevailed Ashish Bhatia said while Motera cricket stadium. ward to it. I hear it’s going to be February 25, Trump and the As the anti-CAA group blocked the road near the that till the time the CAA is not over Trump’s visit to the addressing reporters. He said Just before his departure, a big event... The biggest event First Lady would be accorded was shouting slogans against Jaffrabad metro station con- revoked, the protesters would Ashram. Gujarat Chief Trump would embark on a Trump said he had committed they ever had in India. That’s a ceremonial welcome at the the new citizenship law, some necting Seelampur with not leave the site. Social activist Minister Vijay Rupani on roadshow after attending a to visit India long time back what the Prime Minister told forecourt of the Rashtrapati people turned up shouting “Jai Maujpur and Yamuna Vihar. Faheem Baig said there is Friday said the White cultural programme. and he is looking forward to be me. It’s the biggest event they Bhavan. From there, they Sri Ram” slogans. “Suddenly, This was the second day resentment among people over House will take a call on such “Trump will then proceed with the people of India. “I look ever had. It’s going to be very would go to Raj Ghat to pay some people came and started when the anti-CAA protesters the way the Government is visit. for the Sabarmati Ashram forward to being with the peo- exciting. I am going to be homage at the “samadhi” of throwing stones on the people had hit the streets, prompting handling the issue. “Trump will arrive at the which he would be visiting for ple of India. We are going to there for one night,” said the US Mahatma Gandhi. gathered in the area,” an eye- Delhi Metro authorities to Continued on Page 4 Ahmedabad International a very short time. From the have many millions and mil- President in response to a Continued on Page 4 witness told this newspaper. Soon, both the groups indulged in stone throwing,     forcing the police to resort to       lathi-charge. The police also Q# $  lobbed teargas shells to disperse the crowd.      Washington: US President The trouble escalated fur- Donald Trump on Saturday   P    ther after BJP leader Kapil said he was looking forward to Mishra also decided to hold a being with his “great friends” in rally in favour of the new citi-    India next week as he retweet- zenship law. Mishra, who ed a short video in which his arrived near the Jaffrabad  *+, %+-. The top court is hearing face was superimposed on the pleas seeking removal of pro- hit movie-character Bahubali, ormer Chief Information testors from Shaheen Bagh showing the President as a FCommissioner Wajahat and ensuring smooth traffic great saviour bringing peace to Habibullah has told the flow in the area. his kingdom. Supreme Court that the protest The apex court had earli- Trump appears as a great at Shaheen Bagh here against er said though people have a saviour, in the short animated the Citizenship Amendment fundamental right to protest clip, riding on a chariot with Act (CAA) is peaceful and “peacefully and lawfully”, it was First Lady Melania. inconvenience being caused to troubled by the blocking of a A few stills later, Trump is commuters was due to barri- public road at Shaheen Bagh as seen riding a horse carrying on cades “unnecessarily” put by it might lead to a “chaotic sit- his soldiers his son Donald  ) -'3*2, police on roads far away from uation”. Junior and daughter Ivanka. the site. In his affidavit filed in the               Later, he is welcomed by lashes broke out between The same stand has been top court, Habibullah has con-          Prime Minister Narendra Modi "    #  #       Canti-CAA protesters and taken by social activist Syed tended that “Shaheen Bagh in a village setting.    %   " &   police in Uparkot Kotwali area Bahadur Abbas Naqvi and stands tall as a firm example of  *+, %+-. there. Continued on Page 4  #     of Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh here Bhim Army chief Chandra peaceful dignified dissent, “India looks forward to following incidents of arson Shekhar Azad in their joint more so in the face of various n the eve of US President welcoming @POTUS  0 on Monday evening. Trump’s and stone pelting on late affidavit filed in the apex court instances of state-sponsored ODonald Trump’s India @realDonaldTrump. It is an convoy route to the Taj Mahal Sunday afternoon. in the matter. Habibullah, violence on similar dissents visit, Prime Minister Narendra honour that he will be with us uge billboards on streets is about 13 km and along the Protesters set afire a por- Azad and Naqvi have jointly across India. Modi said on Sunday that tomorrow, starting with the Hnear the city airport and way thousands of artistes will tion of a shop in the area, van- filed an intervention applica- “We have been sad and India looks forward to wel- historic programme in public squares in the vicinity of welcome him with special per- dalised a police vehicle injur- tion in the apex court which is mute witnesses to police bru- coming the US President, who Ahmedabad,” Modi wrote on the Taj Mahal greeting the US formances. On the famous ing some police officers. seized of the matter. tality and negative typecasting is to commence his “historic Twitter. President have come up ahead Mall Road, which falls on the Following the clashes, Habibullah had visited the of a particular community programme” from Gujarat. He was responding to a of his visit to Agra. route, one hoarding reads ‘His mobile internet has been sus- protest site at Shaheen Bagh across the country. Crushing The US President will be tweet by Gujarat Chief The billboards have added Excellency Donald J Trump, pended for a six-hour period pursuant to the direction by a dissent instead of entering on a two-day visit to India and Minister Vijay Rupani that to the air of excitement in Agra President of the United States starting 6 pm. A Rapid Action Bench of Justices S K Kaul and into a dialogue is the new together with Modi is to par- said “entire Gujarat speaks in that is eagerly expecting the of America, Heartiest Welcome Force (RAF) of UP Police has K M Joseph. The Bench is norm, but it is alien to our ticipate in a roadshow in one voice- #NamasteTrump”. arrival of Trump, who will be to the Land of Krishna’. been deployed. scheduled to hear the matter Constitution,” he has claimed. Ahmedabad after landing Detailed report on P5 in the city for a couple of hours Continued on Page 4 Continued on Page 4 on Monday. Continued on Page 4  +##   #)            )  *+, %+-. 1998 occupant. havildar, retired in 2018, but not      According to the Ministry vacated his quarter in Vasant          oliticians may be infamous of Housing and Urban Affairs, Vihar.            Pfor squatting on a sum of 30-40 crore is due on Darneshwar Rai, a retired           Government accommodations these illegal occupants as they pump operator, has also not        in Delhi, but it’s the have not paid rent so far. As far vacated his flat since September   !     Government employees — as 11 former MPs are con- last year despite several ' mostly retired — who beat the cerned, many of them have reminders. In another case, the    !   netas hands down when it vacated their bungalows except kins of Assistant Field Officer he Budget session of !   !   comes to illegal occupation of former MP Udit Raj. There are late RK Sharma have not vacat- Tthe Chhattisgarh "#"        official quarters. As many as a number of babus who retired ed accommodations at RK Assembly which begins        " 575 Government employees, in 2000 have not vacated their Puram since 2005. from Monday, is all set to     # "     from bureaucrats to beldars, quarters. Of the 565 quarters, A total of 454 houses of type be stormy as the   "    continue to illegally occupy 244 are ‘type-II accommoda- I, II and type III category, are Opposition BJP has          Government quarters. tions, while the rest are types Swamy was allotted Type IV but he has not vacated his type occupied by class III and IV planned to grill the ruling         The highest outstanding VII, VI, V, IV and III categories. quarter in Vikaspuri. He retired 4 house in Munirka. The total grade employees illegally with- Congress on several issues mated to be more than 1 lakh           dues of 95 lakh for such ille- As per the list, the family in May, 2001 but not vacated amount of rent is due of 67.44 out paying rent. As per the min- mainly on paddy procurement crore.          gal occupation of Government members of one Bale Ram, a his house so far. His outstand- lakh. PS Athmia retired in 2012 istry data, over two dozen cases issue. The Chief Minister will quarters is in the name of a beldar who died in 1998, have ing rent is over 74.38 lakh. butare related to Kashmiri The session will commence chair the cabinet meeting on   % bureaucrat VP Rao. not vacated the Government Safai Karamchari Vijay Kumar still occupying his accommo- migrants. with the address of Governor February 29 at scenic Satrenga   !  ! Interestingly, even relatives quarter. They have also not retired in June 2003 but he has dation illegally without The Delhi High Court has Anusuiya Uikey at 11.00 am. in Korba district. Satregna has &#" $     of the babus have been found paid any rent since 1998. The not vacated his quarter till paying rent. pulled up the Ministry for fail- The House will pay tributes to been developed as a pic-    %     to be squatting on such premis- allotment of Bale Ram’s quar- date. SP Singh still occupied Type ing to vacate about the illegally the departed leaders. The ses- turesque site which is close to   &       es. There are over 100 houses, ter was cancelled after his RK Sharma died in 2003. V house in Vinay Marg and his occupied Government accom- sion is scheduled to conclude a catchment area of famous        where families or relatives of death in 1998. But his family is still staying at rent amount rose to 34 lakh. modations in the city. “It on April 1. Bango dam. '        babus continued to occupy SS Ramarao retired in the Government quarter in RK Navneet Kumar Saxena’s appears that there is connivance Chhattisgarh Chief As per details, around a     "    () Government quarters even 2000, but he has not vacated his Puram. They neither vacated case is unique. He took volun- from the officers of the Ministry Minister Bhupesh Baghel who total of 2347, starred and      "  after the death of the original type IV quarter so far. He has the quarter nor paid any rent tary retirement in 2009 but not of Housing and Urban Affairs. also holds finance portfolio, unstarred questions have been           allottees. Some of these people not paid rent since 2000 and his since 2003. The total due rent is vacated his quarter. The rent Connivance over such a long will present budget for the fis- registered to be raised by the "    "     have been over-staying for over outstanding due is 67 lakh. over 31 lakh. Pawan Kumar, a amount of 57 lakh is pending time amounts to conspiracy cal year 2020-21 during the ses- members in the assembly dur- two decade. The oldest being a Commandant (retired) RK senior engineer, retired in 2003, on him. Indra Mohan Rawat, a under the Indian Penal Code. sion. The budget size is esti- ing the entire Budget session.   ! " "   )  2      ; could savour the sight of idli- dosa, chhole-bhature, daal-             baati, khaman-khandvi ...," he  *+, %+-. nities amounting to 33 percent participation as against it's ! 9   ,    "         said, urging people to visit of the total. Congress with 46 strength of 2.51 percent in the *+, %+-.  "    such haats to be a part of the ajya Sabha Chairman M members constituting 19 per- House, primarily due to none country's art-culture canvas. RVenkaiah Naidu has direct- cent of the strength got 345 of it's members getting any rging for conservation and 1        "You will also contribute in the ed the Secretariat to prepare opportunities which comes to Unstarred Questions listed dur- Upreservation of biodiver- progress and prosperity of reports on the participation of 24 percent share of the total. ing the session. sity, Prime Minister Narendra         hardworking craft persons, all the members under various "The 10 recognised parties Among the opposition and Modi on Sunday said biodi- "         especially women," he said. windows to inform them at the in the House with five mem- non-NDA parties, Congress, versity of India is unique trea-        PM also hailed the use of end of each session of the bers and above each with a TMC, AIADMK got propor- sure for the entire mankind. a mixture of 10 per cent House. total of 190 members account- tionally higher opportunities Addressing his monthly 'Mann $      " indigenously produced bio-jet In its study, the Rajya ing for 80 percent of the while BJD, DMK, TRS and ki Baat' radio address, Modi fuel to fly an Indian Air Force Sabha secretariat has revealed strength of the Council got CPM got their due share. Only referred to Tamil poetess              transport aircraft, saying such that different parties got their about 81 percent of the total SP got a lesser share. Avvaiyar to drive home his  4   efforts will not only help bring due share of opportunities of opportunities. During the session, 107 point. “What we know is just a down carbon emissions, but participation under various Others including region- members participated in the handful of sand. What we do also reduce the country's windows during the first part al parties and independents Question Hour, 100 took part not know is like a universe in es us compassion toward all liv- India, and especially made a surprise visit to the dependence on imported of the Budget session that con- amounting to 20 percent of the in the two debates on the itself,” he said quoting her. ing beings and boundless love Meghalaya, is home to a rare Haat where he interacted crude oil. "This was the first cluded on the 11th of this membership of the House got Motion of Thanks to the Similar is the case with the bio- for nature. species. It lends a new facet to with people, had litti- time that this mix was used in month. The study was done to 19 percent share of participa- President and the General diversity of this country, said Modi pointed out that India's biodiversity. We are chokha for lunch and enjoyed both engines. Not just that, know if the parties were getting tion indicating broad corre- Budget, 76 Zero Hour and 33 Modi. more than 500 bird species surrounded by many such mys- a hot kulhad of tea. He said the the airport from which this equitable opportunities in the spondence between the Special Mentions were made, “The more you know, the across the world land in India teries, which are still undis- Haat is a fine example of India's plane took off from Leh is not Council confirmed fair and strength and share of oppor- 24 participated in the lone dis- more you realise the magnitude every year. covered. To discover such a diverse expanse, cultures, tra- only one of the highest alti- proportional share for different tunities," it said. cussion on a Private Member's of what you do not know. Our He informed that recently, phenomenal enigma calls for ditions, cuisines and the tude airports in India but parties with the opposition The eight non-NDA par- Bill besides 1,120 Unstarred biodiversity too is a unique biologists discovered a new fierce detective passion," he warmth of emotions. also in the world," he said, getting slightly more in the total ties, featuring among the 10 Questions of 118 members treasure for the entire human species of fish whose habitat is said. "It is a venue where it is referring the Indian Air 1,460 opportunities. recognised parties together got replied in writing. This makes kind. We have to preserve it, within the caves of Meghalaya. In his address, the Prime impossible to overlook the Force's AN-32 aircraft took off According to sources, the a higher share of opportunities the zone of opportunities of conserve it and explore further,” It is believed that this fish is the Minister also referred to the country's diversity. Besides from Leh's Kushok Bakula study reveals that BJP with 82 in proportion to their strength. participation as 1,460. Equity of he said. The Prime Minister largest among aquatic species 'Hunar Haat' organised by the handicrafts, it displays the Rimpoche airport using a members accounting for 34 Besides BJP that got 1 percent participation was analysed said the traditions and the found under the surface of Ministry of Minority Affairs at diversity of India's varied cui- mixture of 10 per cent Indian percent of the strength of 239 lesser share, JDU could avail against this window of total legacy we have inherited teach- caves. "It a matter of joy that the Rajpath. Last week Modi sine too. In a single row, one bio-jet fuel. of the House got 480 opportu- 0.55 percent of total chances of opportunities of participation. 3                    ) )   $   "   "" "       funded by India. *+, %+-.      -      An estimated 500-1000     LeT men are being trained by     akistan is mobilising its the Pakistan Army-ISI combine  *+, %+-. dations of WHO should be fol- Ambassador Sun Weidong Passets including terror affil- 1     &         in view of the latter's changed lowed by all parties. "It's hoped urged India to review restric- iate Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT)     -      $  priorities and preferences from  " he Embassy of China in that Indian side could review tions on trade and movement jehadis to Afghan-Pak border $   the tactical perspective in view TIndia on Sunday urged that the epidemic situation in an of people. Almost all Indian in order to destabilise of the proposed withdrawal of New Delhi to review the epi- objective, rational & calm man- airlines have stopped flights to Afghanistan following pro- the US forces from 01   demic situation in China in the ner, handle with China's much- China while the government posed withdrawal of US troops.   3           Afghanistan. wake of coronavirus outbreak needed items in a cooperative has cancelled all e-visas as well Pakistan army is training the 0           LeT men being trained by and resume normal personnel and constructive way and as normal visas issued to Lashkar ultras to damage infra- Pak army to aid Taliban in gain-    exchanges and trade between resume normal personnel Chinese citizens. structure built by India in    "     '     ing more control on the ground both the nations. exchanges and trade between On Saturday, government Afghanistan besides hitting              post-withdrawal of US troops. akistan Government is The remarks by Chinese us as soon as possible", the sources said that China was security forces there and aid the In a duplicitous move to hood- Pset observe February 27 as Embassy Spokesperson Ji Rong Chinese embassy added. "deliberately delaying" permis- Taliban regain more areas wink the international com- National Surprise Day to came following claims by Moreover, according to lat- sion for an Indian Air Force under its control in a post- Wednesday, the Baloch groups Baloch freedom fighters in munity ahead of the FATF ple- commemorate the capture Chinese charity organisations est updates by Chinese health plane to coronavirus-hit withdrawal scenario. killed 16 Pakistan armymen concert with the Lashkar nary in Paris, the Pakistani of Indian Air Force Wing and certain medical institutes officials, the death toll in China Wuhan to supply relief mate- Amid talks of withdrawal and abducted about 50 soldiers. jehadis, Both Pakistan army agencies have lodged LeT chief Commander Abhinandan that New Delhi has restricted due to coronavirus outbreak rials and bring back more of US forces, the Pakistan This was the third such attack and the Lashkar are known to Hafiz Sayeed in Lahore's Kot Varthaman who downed a export of medical products to has reached 2,442 and 76,936 Indians from the city. They Army-ISI complex has started by Balochs against Pak Army loot ration from the Baloch Lakhpat jail where a number of US-made F 16 fighter jet China following the coron- confirmed cases of novel coro- said though flights from Japan, harbouring sinister designs to this month. people due to lack of authen- Haqqani Network for elaborate with a Russian make MiG 21 avirus epidemic in that coun- navirus infection have been Ukraine and France were topple the Afghan Government The spurt in ambushes by ticated logistics management planning to carry out hits in aircraft last year following the try. reported in 31 provincial-level allowed to operate from and replace it with Taliban for the Baloch groups against Pak for the armed forces. Afghanistan. Indian air strike at a Jaish-e- Ji added that the World regions. Wuhan, India's request was its long-term agenda in the army has come in the backdrop The Pakistan Army-ISI Former Chief of Inter Mohammad suicide bomber Health Organisation has Among the 40,127 hospi- not heeded to so far. region, sources here said. of apprehensions that more combine has begun training Services Public Relations training facility in Balakot. repeatedly opposed any travel talised patients, 8,583 were India has already evacuat- Apprehending enhanced and camps of LeT will be set up sessions for the Lashkar men in (ISPR) Asif Ghafoor has been and trade restrictions on China still in severe condition and ed around 640 Indians from atrocities on the people in the and lead to enhancement of Sibbi and Bolan in Balochistan. made the chief of a Pak army known to enact abduction of following the coronavirus out- another 1,845 in critical con- Wuhan, the epicentre of the Balochistan region, Baloch atrocities against the commu- The LeT operatives are being division to provide security to its personnel by its terror break and that all parties dition. coronavirus outbreak, in two groups have stepped up vio- nity. trained in sabotage and the US forces when the affiliates and seek ransom should follow the recommen- There was no immediate separate flights. According to lence against the Pakistan army Pakistan Army had been ambush. The trained Lashkar withdrawal from Afghanistan from the US for their so called dations by the global body. reaction from the government. estimates, over 100 Indians are and Lashkar men in the area. conducting search and cor- men will seek to hit infra- is worked out, sources release from captivity, they It added that recommen- Last week, Chinese still stuck in Wuhan. In the wee hours on don operations against the structure projects backed and said. Pakistan army has been added.    :           $# %&' tweet by Gujarat Chief Minister hour-long trip to India.        Vijay Rupani that said "entire Other members of the US Gujarat speaks in one voice- president's delegation include *      #NamasteTrump". Treasury Secretary Steven      On Monday, President Mnuchin, Commerce Secretary 1 "=  :     Trump and Prime Minister Wilbur Ross, National Security  *+, %+-. ciary across the world, he said. Modi will take part in a 22-km Adviser Robert O'Brien and The President praised the roadshow from the Energy Secretary Dan  *+, %+-. external affairs minister during resident Ram Nath Kovind Supreme Court for carrying out Ahmedabad international air- Broulliette. the UPA and is now in the BJP, Psaid that the role of the judi- "radical reforms" which, he  *+, %+-. port. Then they will proceed From Ahmedabad, the US head of the US President's felt though Trump's visit ciary is bound to be pivotal said, made justice more acces- for the 'Namaste Trump' event President is to fly to Agra Atwo-day visit to India, for- comes in the US presidential amid dramatic transformations sible to common people. He n the eve of US President at the newly built Sardar Patel and first lady Melania Trump where huge billboards on mer Union Minister and election year and a sizeable in the coming days. cited landmark judgements ODonald Trump's India Stadium in the city's Motera will be accorded a ceremonial streets near the city airport and Congress leader Anand Indian expatriate population In his address at the passed by the apex court which visit, Prime Minister Narendra area, where over one lakh peo- welcome at the forecourt of the public squares in the vicinity of Sharma on Sunday maintained will vote, but "it should not be International Judicial have strengthened the legal Modi said on Sunday that ple are expected to be present. 'Rashtrapati Bhavan'. From the Taj Mahal greeting him that the high-profile interac- looked at from the narrow Conference being organised and constitutional framework India looks forward to wel- The US President will visit there, they will go to Raj Ghat have come up ahead of his visit. tion is unlikely to achieve any prism of US President's elec- by the Supreme Court on of India. coming the US President, who Sabarmati Ashram in to pay homage at the 'samad- Trump's convoy route from major breakthrough in the tion". Sunday, Kovind said that issues "Its bench and bar are is to commence his "historic Ahmedabad on Monday before hi' of Mahatma Gandhi. It will the airport to the Taj Mahal is bilateral agreements. "It needs to be looked at a like gender justice, contempo- known for their legal scholar- programme" from Gujarat. heading towards a cricket sta- be followed by restricted and about 13 km and along the way Sharma, however, went on larger perspective as to what is rary perspectives on protection ship and intellectual wisdom. The US president will be dium where he will address delegation-level talks between thousands of artistes will wel- to say that the visit was impor- happening in the region," he of constitutional values, What it has achieved is noth- on a two-day visit to India and over 1,00,000 people. Trump and Modi at Hyderabad come him with special perfor- tant in relation to the fact that told the news agency. dynamic interpretations of the ing less than a silent revolution together with Modi is to par- Sabarmati Ashram was a House. 'Namaste Trump' will mances. the US was a major power, but Krishna said China will be Constitution in a changing in diagnosing and correcting ticipate in a roadshow in key base of Mahatma Gandhi be similar to the landmark On the famous Mall Road, that is all, Sharma said. closely monitoring the visit and world, harmonisation of envi- the afflictions that adversely Ahmedabad after landing during the freedom struggle. 'Howdy, Modi!' event hosted by which falls on the route, one "So far I do not have any the nature of talks that take ronment protection vis-a-vis affected the justice delivery there. He lived there between 1917 the Indian-American commu- hoarding reads 'His Excellency positive indication of any place."It is a very important sustainable development and system," he said, as per a press "India looks forward to and 1930. The US president nity in honour of Prime Donald J Trump, President of major outcome. It will be a visit. The US and India have a protection of the right to pri- note.The President particular- welcoming @POTUS will later fly down to Agra to Minister Modi during his visit the United States of America, continuation of defence and very close and fruitful rela- vacy in the Internet age are ly mentioned the role of @realDonaldTrump. It is an visit Taj Mahal and thereafter to Houston in September 2019, Heartiest Welcome to the Land security cooperation, and a tionship especially after the issues that influence every Supreme Court in making the honour that he will be with us fly to Delhi for the official said an official. Trump, accom- of Krishna'. It is accompanied reaffirmation of our coopera- Nuclear Accord. We have member of the global commu- higher courts' judgments avail- tomorrow, starting with the his- engagements where "major panied by wife Melania, daugh- with an image of Trump stand- tion in space and nuclear sci- moved strategically close to nity. able in regional languages, toric programme in trade deals" are expected to be ter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared ing next to Prime Minister ences. It is ongoing and it will each other and it is important These five distinctly terming it "an extraordinary Ahmedabad," Modi wrote on signed by the two sides. Kushner, will arrive in Narendra Modi. Trump is to not be a new thing," Sharma for us to nourish and maintain defined topics cover the matrix achievement given the linguis- Twitter. On the morning of Ahmedabad around noon on reach Agra in the Monday told news agency PTI. the relationship further," he of challenges faced by the judi- tic diversity of India". He was responding to a February 25, the US president Monday for a little less than 36- evening. SM Krishna, who was said.    # #  "   #            "# $   $

 *+, %+-. it said. RFID based FASTag, an on highways. The implemen- electronic toll collection system tation of FASTags across the ational Highways implemented by the NHAI, country has met with the NAuthority of India (NHAI) has proved to be instrumental desired response so far, it said on Sunday said it has collect- in easing the lives of com- adding the adoption of ed 20 crore from 18 lakh muters on national highways FASTags also means that it has defaulters who entered the within two months of its brought in the much-needed FASTag lanes at electronic toll nationwide implementation, it transparency in collection at plazas on National Highways said. Over 1.55 crore FASTags toll booths. without the tag. have been issued through mul- In order to further Rolling out the electronic tiple Point of Sale (PoS) loca- increase digital collection of toll collection programme tions. user fee via FASTag at nation- across India in December, the NHAI has been observing al highways fee plazas, NHAI Ministry of Road Transport increased sale rate of FASTags has recently waived off the and Highways had said that which is a clear indication of FASTag cost of Rs 100 for double toll charge would be this digital system being accept- NHAI FASTag from February collected from the vehicles ed well, the statement said. As 15, 2020 to February 29, 2020. entering FASTag lanes without FASTags by national highways "Till now, a total number of a result, FASTag transaction has Any road users can visit the tag. commuters, vehicles without 18 lakh vehicles defaulted by crossed a landmark count of 4 any authorised physical point- In order to give prime FASTags entering the FASTag encroaching FASTag lanes million per day, it added. of-sale locations with a valid importance to existing FASTag lane are being charged double across India has resulted in a The statement said FASTag Registration Certificate (RC) of users, dissuade defaulters and the toll fee, NHAI said in a double charge cash toll accu- resulted in smooth and hassle- the vehicle and get a NHAI 2  2  #      # #03# 4   ) + #   further encourage adoption of statement. mulation of about 20 crore," free movement of FASTag users FASTag free of cost.     5    4 chhattisgarh 03 RAIPUR | MONDAY | FEBRUARY 24, 2020 No registration Bio-ethanol production of BS-IV vehicle after April 1 need of the hour: Baghel STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR It has been noted that many a time customer wait STAFF REPORTER n huge gathering of farmers. harat State-IV vehicles till last moment hoping for RAIPUR He further said, ``initi- Bwill not be registered after discounts, so if the dealer ating production of bio- April 1, 2020, officials hief Minister Bhupesh ethanol from rice could be a informed here on Saturday. wishes to provide discount CBaghel on Sunday said profitable alternative as the As per official informa- over the vehicles then they that keeping in view surplus government of India is tion, Transport must declared it at the rice production which has importing the fossil fuel at Commissioner Dr earliest and should not created an imbalance higher price from foreign Kamalpreet Singh has direct- wait for expiring of the between demand and supply country’’. ed regional, additional and equation, setting up a bio- ``The bio-ethanol pro- district transport officers to deadline. ethanol plant is the need of duction will not only save give written instructions to they must declared it at the the hour in Chhattisgarh. foreign money but will also vehicle dealers in their region earliest and should not wait Baghel was addressing revive the agrarian sector in for submitting all registration for expiring of the deadline. an inaugural function of a the country’’, he opined. approval cases of BS-IV vehi- The commissioner asked three-day long National BJP legislator and for- cles by February 29. So that its all registration officers to Agriculture Fair at Tulsi- mer minister Brijmohan registration could be complet- inform dealers about it and Baradera village in Raipur Agrawal who was also pres- ed within time and the buyer avail information about the district. ent in the function as a spe- may get all legal documents in available stock of BS-IV vehi- Citing that there was cial guest demanded from prescribed time frame. cles by February 25. surplus production of food- the chief minister Baghel to The commissioner fur- Meanwhile, officials grains in the country, he said extend the paddy procure- ther stated that it has been informed that after April 1, “there is enough food-grain ment for next 15 days in noted that many a time cus- 2020, BS-IV vehicles will not stored in the country which the demand and the farmers market’’. ness in Chhattisgarh as the for their paddy, something order to allow the farmers tomer wait till last moment be registered. So, this may could feed countrymen for are compelled to sell their ``Although, the agricul- state government is provid- had to be done for utiliza- who were left out from sell- hoping for discounts, so if the cause rush for the registration three years. This has resulted paddy produce at throw- ture now has been turning ing farmers very handsome tion of the surplus stock,’’ ing their crop in the allotted dealer wishes to provide dis- of BS-IV vehicles which could in increased supply against away price in the open out to be a profitable busi- price of Rs 2500 per quintal Baghel remarked before a time period. count over the vehicles then delay the registration process. Raipur to host mass Cong stages sit-in against LPG price hike

STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR marriage ceremony omen cell of the Pradesh WCongress Committee (PCC) A total of 550 couples mony to be held on February 25 tinue till 4.00 pm. Hindu com- on Sunday staged a daylong sit-in from 12.30 pm at Science munity couples ceremony will against steep hike in price of LPG have been registered College ground, in Raipur be conducted by Gayatri Parivar cylinder by the BJP-led central under Mukhyamantri Kanya while Christian and Muslim government. for the event, four Vivah Yojna (MKVY). couple ceremony will be based The demonstration staged at Chhattisgarh Assembly on their respective religious Gandhi Maidan was led by state couple are each from Speaker Dr Charandas Mahant, marriage rituals. president of the cell, Phulodevi Women and Child Under the scheme, state Netam. Food Minister Amarjeet Christian and Muslim Development minister Anila government has hiked the per Bhagat, PHE Minister Guru Rudra Community Bhedia and others will also be couple amount to Rs 25,000. Kumar and School Education present on the occasion. They would be given materials Minister Premsai Singh were pres- STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR A total of 550 couples have worth Rs 20,000 and Rs 5,000 ent on this occasion. been registered for the event, for marriage function. Citing that the hike of Rs 150 hhattisgarh Chief Minister four couple are each from The Health department will in the price of LPG cylinder was a people, the Congress cadres also to roll back the hike. she would step up protest in com- CBhupesh will be the chief Christian and Muslim conduct free anemia check of all burden to the housewives and had raised slogans against Narendra Phulodevi Netam while ing up weeks if hike was not rolled guest at a mass marriage cere- Community. The event will con- brides during the function. disrupted the budget of common Modi government and demanded addressing the protesters said that back. Singhdeo launches statewide deworming drive in Ambikapur STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR

ealth and Family HWelfare, Medical Education Minister T. S. Singhdeo launched the state- level Deworming drive on Sunday. He administered anthelmintic (Deworming) medicine to school-going children at the Government Girls School premises, Ambikapur. Health and family wel- fare, women and child devel- opment, social welfare, higher education, and school educa- tion departments are jointly organizing the drive from adolescent boys and girls February 28. duty to ensure children are February 24 as 10th phase of aged from 1-19 years. The Addressing the gathering, protected from diseases for National Deworming Day. government has planned to Singhdeo said, ``healthy chil- which deworming is a part The drive will cover state’s reach out in 56384 schools dren have stronger minds and of it’’. all the 28 districts and the and 52474 anganbadi centres higher capabilities. He added that private Hailstorm hit Surguja region on Sunday causing considerable damage to standing crops. Metrological department has basic purpose of the drive is under the drive. So for healthier future, schools and drop out children predicted rains for the entire state over the next 24-48 hours. Pioneer Photo to administer albendazole The infant would be one has to remain healthy. would also be covered under tablet to 1.13 crore children, administered the medicine on It is state government’s the drive. Set blood collection target NTPC-Sipat enriching society, protecting environment: CGM to 25,000 units: Borah STAFF REPORTER n expected soon and expendi- RAIPUR ture proposal is about to be q 427 landoustee got direct recruitment STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR medical shops should be approved, he added. q Generated 19717.51 MW with 84.83% PLF started. At present there are hief General Manager “After completion of all residing over the Red 33 shops which should be CNTPC-Sipat the formalities we can expect q GEM programme is for development of Girl child Cross district secretaries for commencement of con- P increased to 100, he said. Padmakumar Rajasekharan q 800 MW AUSC plant to come soon meeting, Indian Red Cross He also laid emphasis on highlighted how the 2980 struction work. The new Society chairman Sonmoni first-aid training to each per- mega watt plant of the power plant will come inside the q Till date 1094333 saplings planted Borah directed them to hike son. He said district collector, giant is fulfilling the energy existing plant, no extra land the present blood collection different district level officers, need of country as well as will be required for this new capacity of 12,000 units to NCC and NSS like other enriching the society with its plant. Theefficiency of this Responsibility and structed by NTPC at village 25,000 units in the state. social organisations and CSR activities and environ- plant will be 5 percent more Community Development Baloda in Mahuda Block of The NCC, NSS and stu- in comparison to the super youth can be trained in pro- ment protection steps. activities, he said Girl Janjgir-Champa district,” he dents should be motivated to Addressing a press confer- critical technology,” added Empowerment Mission was told the press conference. viding first aid so that in case donate blood and also spread ence on Saturday Rajasekharan Rajasekharan. organised for 120 girls of Environment conserva- the message among masses of any emergency, trained vol- said country’s first advanced In this financial year till Govt School in the age group tion has been the prime for blood donation, Borah unteers are available for Red ultra super critical technology 21st February 2020 Sipat of 10-12 years. focus of Sipat plant, the said. Cross. He directed officials to 800 mega watt power plant is Super Thermal Power “Nineteen health camps CGM stated. In this context Borah also directed the prepare a training model and going to be installed at Sipat Station has generated organised for the villagers. he pointed out that in officials to ensure medicines implement it. Super Thermal Power Station of 19717.51 million units of Greentech Safety and Schedule caste (ST) candi- RO water plants have been Hariyar-Chhattisgarh pro- are sold at minimum price on He said on May 8, the Red public power utility NTPC power with 84.83 percent Environment award etc. date there is a backlog of 154 installed in four villages, gramme NTPC has con- no-profit-loss basis keeping in Cross will complete 100 years, Limited. plant load factor. Recently Replying to queries, the ST posts, he said, adding, Integrated Live Stock tributed more than 12 crore mind the need of the poor on which at district and state All the approvals NTPC Sipat has been con- CGM informed that till date “We are expecting that very Development Centre and for plantation of 7,15,847 patients. The chairman said in level programmes would be required for setting up this ferred with NTPC’s champi- NTPC has recruited 427 soon we can complete the Fodder Multiplication cen- saplings. Till date NTPC each district two and in each organised by holding compe- plant is underway, public on of Business Excellence land oustees. Due to lack of recruitment process.” tre is working for the farm- Sipat has planted 10,94, 333 block one Red Cross Society titions in 10 categories. hearing of this work is award, Swarn Shakti Award, sufficient number of On Corporate Social ers. ITI centre has been con- saplings, he said.   ! " " (

Ayodhya: Uttar Pradesh Chief Hindu seers after inaugurating construction of grand temple of Minister Yogi Aadityanath on the Health Fair, Aditynath said, Bhagvan Shri Ram in      Sunday described the country's “Many generations perished Ayodhya,” the chief minister present generation as a ‘lucky’ in the struggle for the Ram added. one for being part of the strug- Janambhoomi in last 500 years, In Ayodhya, Adityanath      gle for having a Lord Ram tem- but our generation is lucky as also visited the residence of a ple in Ayodhya and being wit- we have been the part of the Dalit community man, Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Minister Dinesh Sharma's offer November on the ness to its construction. Ram Janambhoomi struggle Mahaveer, with whom he had Sunni Central Waqf Board is regarding formation of a trust Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri The Chief Minister made and we will see the Ram lunch when he had come to the likely to take a decision in its for construction of a mosque, Masjid dispute, the Supreme the remark during his first Mandir coming up.” temple town during 2019 Lok meeting on Monday regarding Farooqui said: “The govern- Court ruled in favour of con- visit to the temple town after Commenting on the apex Sabha elections after being the land given by the State ment formed the trust for the struction of a temple. It also the September 9 verdict of the court's verdict over the banned by the Election Government for construction construction of Ram Temple in ruled that an alternative five- Supreme Court last year on the Ayodhya dispute, the chief Commission from election- of a mosque. Ayodhya on the directives of acre plot must be found for a Ayodhya dispute that resolved minister said, “The Supreme eering. “We have already said the Supreme Court. No such mosque within Ayodhya. the centuries-old tangle and Court has shown its judicial “When I was banned by about honouring the Supreme instructions were issued for the Soon after the verdict, subsequent setting up of a power to the world by its ver- the Election commission, I Court verdict on the Ayodhya mosque. This offer will be dis- there were suggestions that trust by the central dict over the issue of Ram “I always told saints of abrogated Article 370 and pro- came to visit Hanumangarhi issue,” board chairman Zufar cussed in the board's meeting.” the board should not accept the Government to oversee the Mandir.” Ayodhya to have trust in Prime hibited the practice of triple Temple in Ayodhya, where Farooqui told PTI on Sunday. On Friday, the board had said land. construction of the The Chief Minister also Minister Modi as under his talaq,” he said. Mahaveer invited me to his “The meeting of the board that it did not have the option “Following the Supreme temple. hailed Prime Minister leadership, we will achieve our “He also amended the house.” will deliberate upon the docu- to reject the alternative piece of Court verdict, the Sunni Waqf The Chief Minister was Narendra Modi and his gov- goal of having a Ram Mandir Citizenship law to create a “Mahaveer showed me ments pertaining to allotment land given to it under the Board does not have the choice here to inaugurate a health fair, ernment “for delivering what in Ayodhya.” completely transparent system his four-room pucca house of land by the government. A Supreme Court's Ayodhya ver- of rejecting the five-acre alter- Mukhya Mantri Aarogya Mela, he promised” including nulli- “Under Prime Minister of giving shelter to the suffer- built under Pradhan Mantri decision will also be taken as to dict, but would decide how to native land for the construction at Suraj Kund in Darshan fication of Article 370 and Modi's leadership, India is ing humanity of the world, and Aawaas Yojna, before this he what should be built on that use it when it meets on of a mosque in Ayodhya as it Nagar area of Faizabad. revocation of Jammu & emerging as a power in the under his strong leadership, a had a Kuccha house,” he s piece of land,” Farooqui said. Monday. would amount to contempt of Addressing a gathering of Kashmir's special status. world. The prime minister way has been paved for the aid. PTI Asked about Deputy Chief In a historic verdict in court,” Farooqui had said. PTI + / !    ./   Jammu: Ceasefire violations attempts,” Singh told reporters said. by Pakistan has increased man- after inaugurating the 9th The DGP expressed satis- Srinagar: Schools in Kashmir uniforms. ifold to push armed terrorists Police Martyr's Memorial Inter faction over the drop in num- are scheduled to reopen on Kashmir School Education Lucknow: Buoyed by its deci- of the party would be put up in moves to expand, but did not into Jammu & Kashmir and Club T-20 Cricket ber of local youths joining ter- Monday after remaining shut Director Mohammad Younis sive victory in Delhi, the Aam every assembly constituency. find much base. sabotage peace, DGP Dilbag Championship in Kathua dis- rorist ranks. for nearly seven months fol- Malik said all arrangements Aadmi Party has decided to The membership drive For Uttar Pradesh, the Singh said on Sunday, asserting trict. “The inclination of local lowing the abrogation of Article had been put in place and the turn its focus on Uttar Pradesh will be held from Monday till AAP spokesperson said, five that the security grid is strong The security grid along youth to join terrorism in the 370. timing for the schools falling as it outlined its plans on March 22 in over 12,000 wards ministers with origins in the to foil the neighbouring the Line of Control (LoC) and Valley is on the decline,” he Officials of the Jammu & within Srinagar's municipal Sunday to recruit 25-lakh in various cities across the state have been made Ministers nation's designs. the International Border (IB) is said. Kashmir education department limits will be 10am-3pm, while members in the politically- state. “AAP will contest the in Delhi Government. The Union Territory's strong to scuttle Pakistan's Asked whether a rehabili- said all arrangements had been in the rest of Kashmir division, crucial State and contest the panchayat elections (likely in “They will play a key role director general of police designs and ensure further tation policy for them is under put in place for the students to the timing will be 10.30am- panchayat polls later this year. October-November) in UP,” in various campaigns by the (DGP) also said a few success- improvement in the overall consideration, Singh said the attend schools after the insti- 3.30pm. AAP spokesperson Sanjay he announced. party,” he added. ful infiltration bids were made security situation in the com- government is already working tutions remained shut for The director urged the Singh said party workers would However, Deputy Chief Hitting out at the by terrorists but they were ing months, he said. on different plans for youth months since August after teachers to work with dedica- visit 1.07-lakh villages in the Minister Dinesh Sharma dis- Adtiyanath Government, Singh neutralised in the Kashmir Referring to the Nagrota engagement and their devel- scrapping of its special status tion for building capacities of state during the next three missed the claims made by the claimed that law and order had Valley during counter-insur- encounter along the Jammu- opment. and due to winter break. the students for their better months, and gather public AAP, saying the party had ceased to exist in Uttar Pradesh gency operations. Srinagar national highway near “There are skill develop- The Government had future. “It's our responsibility opinion and information on talked about expanding itself in and the youth was disappoint- “The ceasefire violations by here on January 31, the DGP ment programmes. Sport activ- made several efforts last year to to extend our support to them issues that affect people. the past as well.The renewed ed with the BJP Government. Pakistan has increased mani- said the three Jaish-e- ities are getting a big boost with reopen the schools in a phased and redouble efforts to get “The entire feedback will focus to diversify the AAP Chief Minister Yogi fold with an aim to push as Mohammad terrorists were proper infrastructure and train- manner, but it failed to bear any their syllabus completed well in be submitted to Kejriwal after across the country comes near- Adityanath had campaigned many terrorists into this side to neutralized hours after they ing,” he said. Singh lauded the fruit as the parents kept their time,” the director said. three months,” Singh told ly two weeks after the party, for the Bharatiya Janata Party sabotage the peaceful atmos- managed to sneak into the people for their timely inputs wards at home due to appre- He instructed the field reporters. founded in 2012, registered a ahead of the Delhi Assembly phere. Indian side. regarding terrorist activities hensions about their safety. officers to visit schools regu- The Rajya Sabha member decisive win in the Delhi election. “The statements made “Despite increased cease- “Our security grid is very and said they will continue Towards the end of the larly to monitor the follow up said the Arvind Kejriwal-led assembly elections for a third by Adityanath and the action fire violations, we are alert to strong and we are prepared to their support to the forces to year, few schools opened, but of academic planner for time- party planned to make 25- consecutive term. on CAA protesters are a sign the challenge and have already foil Pakistani attempts to push wipe out terrorism from students were asked to attend ly accomplishment of the set lakh members in the state and, After its win in Delhi five of an unsuccessful chief min- foiled a number of infiltration terrorists into this side,” Singh Jammu & Kashmir. PTI classes without wearing school targets. PTI within a month, 5,000 posters years ago, the AAP had made ister,” Singh said. PTI

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PTI the two leaders shaking hands Digvijaya Singh, said there has here. with the message ‘Welcome to been enough “discussions and “Organising the IIFA Along with the tweet, the Land of Holy Rivers agitations” on the CAA. awards ceremony in Madhya and Chandbagh road cleared”. Trump retweeted an 81-second Yamuna and Ganga’. Laxman Singh is the Pradesh is a good because it In a video tweeted by him where he can be !""" video by a Twitter account iden- Yet another one on the Congress MLA from Chachoda will give recognition to the state 333 seen addressing the gathering, Mishra said, From Page 1 tified as “Sol” with the handle route says ‘Welcome to the seat in Guna district of Madhya and increase employment From Page 1 “They (protestors) want to create trouble in Hundreds and thousands of Solmemes1. “To celebrate Land of Rich Heritage of Art Pradesh. opportunities. But, it is not “This protest is against CAA, NRC and also Delhi. That’s why they have closed the roads. people are seen welcoming Trump’s visit to India I wanted and Craft’. “There has been enough appropriate to hold this func- seeking reservation for Dalits. The movement That’s why they have created a riot-like situa- Trump in the video. “Look so to make a video to show how in Trump is slated to arrive in discussions, agitations and tion in Daly College during is primarily led by the women, while the men tion here. We have not pelted any stone. forward to being with my great my warped mind it will go... Agra on Monday evening after protests in the country regard- examinations as it will affect are only supporting them,” a protester named “Till US President is in India, we are leav- friends inIA!” Trump said in a USA and India united!” the jointly attending with Modi the ing the CAA, which has now students.” Shadab said. “We have blocked the road and we ing the area peacefully. After that we won’t lis- tweet. The president, who handle Solmemes1 tweeted in mega ‘Namaste Trump’ event at become a law. It needs a major- Singh is also the chairman will not move from the site till the Centre revokes ten to you (police) if the roads are not vacated arrived at the White House fol- the original post with the the newly built Motera cricket ity in Parliament to make any of the select committee set up the draconian law,” he said. In the evening Alok by then,” he told the gathering. lowing four days of hectic polit- video.Trump appears as a great stadium in Ahmedabad earli- change in the law. But (the to discuss the “Madhya Pradesh Kumar, Joint Commissioner of Police (Eastern The fresh sit-in protest comes at a time when ical campaigning in the western saviour, in the short animated er in the day. opposition) doesn't have a Gowansh Vadh Pratishedh Range) said stones were also pelted at the police. efforts are being made to negotiate with the pro- parts of the country, had no pub- clip, riding on a chariot with The event has been named majority. In my view, it will be (Sanshodhan) Adhiniyam “The situation has been brought under control. testers at Shaheen Bagh whose agitation has lic engagements on Saturday. First Lady Melania. A few stills ‘Namaste Trump’ on the lines fair to accept this law.” 2019”, a law to ban cow slaugh- Adequate personnel have been deployed and are resulted in traffic snarls along the Delhi-Noida Trump did not go for a later, Trump is seen riding a of the ‘Howdy, Modi’ pro- He said Parliament did not ter, presented in the Legislative conducting flag marches.” route. A small stretch of the road closed for over round of golf, which is normal- horse carrying on his soldiers his gramme organised in the US belong to any one party, adding Assembly. Taking to twitter, Mishra said, “We have two months was “opened” by a group of ly the case for him on a bright son Donald Junior and daugh- last year. that the Congress too changed “People in many countries given a three-day ultimatum to the Delhi demonstrators on Saturday, though police bar- sunny weekend day in ter Ivanka. PNS The administration is all laws “when we had a have reduced or stopped eating Police to get the road cleared. Get the Jafrabad ricades continued on one side. Washington. . geared up for the big day and Government at the Centre”. beef for environmental reasons. preparations are in full swing “How would we When people can do this inter- to present “best face of (Congress) have felt if any nationally, then we can also Agra”. state government had opposed change here,” he said. PTI    "  " Another billboard shows Trump and Modi shaking From Page 1 according to Indian and US offi- hands with the message ‘Two It would be followed by cials. From Page 1 commuters has been “deliber- and under-privileged citizens of great nations. One great friend- restricted and delegation-level Trump’s visit to India comes Naqvi and Azad, in their ately orchestrated by the police” India”. ship’, ‘Namaste Trump, 4 talks between Trump and Modi at a time when the country has joint affidavit, have alleged that by blocking all the surrounding He has said, “The assembly February 24’. at Hyderabad House. Prime been witnessing widespread “the present ruling dispensation, roads as well as the arterial roads is peaceful. The question of their Minister Modi would host a protests against a new citizen- at the behest of its political mas- connecting Delhi, Noida and security is also crucial. Any lunch for the US president fol- ship law and strain in New ters, had devised a strategy of Faridabad. They have further attempt to forcibly shift them lowing the bilateral talks. Delhi’s ties with Islamabad over extinguishing these protests by alleged that one of the petitions from the present site would 2     $.4' In the afternoon, Trump is the Kashmir issue. falsely attributing violence and has been filed by lawyer Amit compromise their safety.” expected to attend certain pri- The visiting American del- acts of vandalism to peaceful Shani, who is an active member Restrictions have been n a noble act, family vate events at the US Embassy, egation includes Commerce protestors”. and supporter of BJP posing as imposed on the Kalindi Kunj- >?    Imembers of a deceased including a roundtable with Secretary Wilbur Ross, Energy They have also said that a concerned citizen, as his place Shaheen Bagh stretch and the person donated eyes of industry representatives. In the Secretary Dan Brouillette, police has “unnecessarily” bar- of residence, office and direct Okhla underpass, which were their dead kin to the evening, the US president will Acting Chief of Staff Mick ricaded numerous roads that route of daily commute are closed on December 15 last year    MKCG Medical College meet President Ram Nath Mulvaney and National Security “have no connection with the nowhere near Shaheen Bagh. due to protests against CAA and Hospital for transplanta- Kovind at the Rashtrapati Adviser Robert O’ Brien. protest” and are at a great dis- Habibullah, in his affidavit, NRC.The apex court was hear- Coimbatore: One person was tion in needy patients in Bhavan. Senior advisers to the tance from the site, thereby, has also stated that the protes- ing an appeal filed by Sahni, gored to death While 17 oth- future. A banquet will be hosted by President Stephen Miller, Dan “abdicating their responsibilities tors have asked him to convey who had first approached the ers were injured, one of them Tangudu Iswar Kovind. President Trump would Scavino, Chief of Staff to the and duties and wrongly laying to the apex court that their dis- Delhi High Court seeking direc- seriously, during jallikattu Prasad (62), a resident of depart from India later that First Lady Lindsay Reynolds, the blame on the protest”. sent “was out of desperation and tions to Delhi Police to ensure (bull-taming) here on Sunday. Chandrashekhar Mandir Sahi, out his two eyeballs at around evening. Assistant to the President and “It is these barricading of compulsion” as they see the smooth traffic flow on the Subash Chandra Bose (24) died at the MKCG Hospital 8 am. In their talks on Tuesday, Special Representative for unconnected roads that has led CAA, National Population Kalindi Kunj-Shaheen Bagh of Pudukkottai died after the early on Saturday morning. Prasad’s wife P Sandhya Trump and Prime Minister International to a chaotic situation,” Register (NPR) and National stretch, which was blocked by horn of a bull went to his chest Getting consent of Prasad’s Bhali, son P Hari Nath and Modi are likely to focus on a Telecommunication Policy and Habibullah has claimed and Register of Citizens (NRC) as a anti-CAA protesters on while another Murugan (37) of family members through the daughter Kushuna Kumari said wide variety of bilateral and Senior Adviser to the Chief of added that if the barricades are “death knell” for their and future December 15 last year. Madurai district got critically Brahmapur Friends’ Helping that they fulfilled his wish of regional issues including trade Staff Robert Blair, and White removed from the 10 points he generations’ survival and exis- Separately, former BJP hurt when another bull gored Club, a team of ophthalmolo- donating eyes for others. Club and investment, defence and House Press Secretary Stephanie has mentioned in the affidavit, tence.The other concerns voiced MLA Nand Kishore Garg has him in his throat. About 1,000 gists from the MKCG Medical members Jamula Suresh, J security, counter-terrorism, Grisham are the other members “the chaos complained of in the by the protestors were that filed a plea in the apex court bulls and 820 tamers took part College comprising Prof Mohan Rao, K Ram Gopal, E energy security, religious free- of the delegation. petition would cease”. CAA and the intention behind seeking directions to authorities in the event flagged off by Suchitra Mishra, Dr Samir Badrinarayan, P Lingaraj, K dom, proposed peace deal with United States Ambassador In a separate affidavit, it, as publicly voiced by those in to remove protestors from Tamil Nadu Minister of Dash and Dr G Naina went to Arabinda Subudhi and Babul Taliban in Afghanistan and sit- to India Ken Juster is also part Naqvi and Azad have claimed power, “has struck a deep fear Shaheen Bagh. Municipal Administration S P the deceased’s house and took Jagdish coordinated. uation in the Indo-Pacific, of the delegation. the issue of inconvenience to into the hearts of many poor Velumani. PTI   )   ! " " #$ +  +# 6  # # 89 Beijing/Wuhan: President Xi firmed cases of coronavirus Jinping on Sunday said the infections, it said. coronavirus epidemic is Hubei province, where the %! China's "largest public health virus first emerged in emergency" as the death toll December last, reported 630 Washington: US Senator from the deadly virus climbed new confirmed cases, taking Bernie Sanders on Sunday to 2,442 and the number of the total confirmed cases in the secured a convincing victory in infections hit almost 77,000 in hard-hit province to 64,084, the crucial Nevada caucus, giv- the country. state-run Xinhua news agency ing a big boost to his campaign President Xi, who attend- reported. for the 2020 White House bid ed a meeting here to double Officials in Wuhan ordered as the race to Democratic efforts in coordinating the pre- that all patients who have party's nomination gathers vention and control of the recovered and discharged from momentum over the next few COVID-19 outbreak, said the hospitals be sent to designated months. epidemic "has the fastest trans- places for two weeks of quar- Multiple American media mission, widest range of infec- antine and medical observa- outlets declared Sanders as the tion and has been the most dif- tion. winner of the Nevada Caucus ficult to prevent and control". So far 15,299 people who for the Democratic Party's pres- In comments reported by were cured of the virus have idential primary. state broadcaster CCTV, Xi been discharged from the hos- The 78-year-old senator said, "This is a crisis for us and pitals in Wuhan. But they were from Vermont had 54 per cent it is a big test." He called the all asked to go for two-week of the county delegates available "Looks like Crazy Bernie is hundreds and hundreds of epidemic China's "largest pub- quarantine after some of them when several national news doing well in the Great State of thousands of doors," Sanders lic health emergency". tested positive after being dis- networks, including Fox news Nevada. Biden and the rest look was quoted as saying by CNN The meeting, in the form of charged from hospitals, Hong and MSNBC, called the race weak, and no way Mini Mike in San Antonio. tele-conference, was presided *#*   # #6       #+# 6 5     :#,   # Kong-based South China with only four per cent of can restart his campaign after "That no campaign has a over by Chinese Premier Li  5 #% +# 6 :#,     Morning Post reported. PTI precincts reporting. the worst debate performance grassroots movement like we Keqiang. When last reports came in, in the history of Presidential do, which is another reason why Xi acknowledged that the as a team of WHO experts vis- Sanders had garnered more debates," the president tweeted. we're going to win this election." epidemic will "inevitably have ited the worst-affected Wuhan 89 than half of the votes, with for- "Congratulations Bernie, "Trump and his friends a large impact on the economy city in Hubei province. mer vice president Joe Biden and don't let them take it away think they are going to win this and society", but he said the By the end of Saturday, Tokyo: A third person who The ministry did not con- Despite a quarantine trailing at 19 per cent. from you!" Trump tweeted. election," Sanders continued. effects will be "short-term" and 76,936 confirmed cases of became ill on board a coron- firm whether the man had imposed on the Diamond "Breaking: We won "We did it! We won the "They think they're going to win controllable. novel coronavirus infection avirus-stricken cruise ship tested positive for COVID-19, Princess, more than 600 peo- Nevada! We are building an Nevada caucus, and we won this election by dividing our Chinese health officials in had been reported in 31 quarantined off the coast of saying it could only disclose the ple on board tested positive for unprecedented grassroots BIG!" said Faiz Shakir, the cam- people up, based on the colour worst-hit coronavirus hit provincial-level regions, Japan has died, the country's information that the family of the virus, with several dozen in movement, and together, there paign manager for Sanders. of their skin, or where they were Wuhan city ordered 14 days' China's National Health health ministry said on Sunday. the man had consented to serious condition. is nothing we cannot accom- "This win is our win, in born, or their religion or their quarantine for all recovered Commission (NHC) said in its In a statement, the ministry make public. It gave the man's In total, Japan has so far plish," Sanders tweeted. large part because of the record sexual orientation. We are going patients following reports that daily update on Sunday. identified the victim as a cause of death as pneumonia. recorded four deaths linked to Sanders, who lost to former number of donations and vol- to win because we are doing some of them tested positive for Ninety-six deaths were Japanese man in his 80s who The death comes after two the new coronavirus outbreak, secretary of state Hillary unteer enthusiasm for Bernie in exactly the opposite. We're the virus after recovery. reported from Hubei province was removed from the other elderly passengers, also which has infected more than Clinton in the 2016 presidential the state," he said. bringing our people together." Ninety-seven more peo- for which Wuhan is the provin- Diamond Princess and taken to both Japanese and in their 80s, 130 people excluding those primaries in New Hampshire, Nevada is the first state Ahead of the US ple died in China due to coro- cial capital and one from a local hospital after suffering died on Thursday after con- linked to the Diamond had won the New Hampshire with a diverse population to Presidential election later this navirus, taking the death toll to Guangdong province on "symptoms." tracting the virus. Princess. AFP primary recently and was in a hold a nominating contest. year, White House hopefuls 2,442, officials said on Sunday, Saturday besides 648 new con- virtual tie with underdog Pete "In Nevada, and in New are contesting for their party's Buttigieg in Iowa. Hampshire and in Iowa - what nomination in primary elec- $& Trump congratulated we showed is that our volun- tions, known as primaries, 677 Sanders in a tweet. teers are prepared to knock on across the country. PTI 67 Beijing: A 29-year-old female expressed condolences for her Q(() doctor died on Sunday after con- family. Rome: The number of coro- be placed under quarantine, ; tracting the coronavirus while The Chinese medical staff, navirus cases in Italy has affecting about 50,000 people. treating patients at a hospital in who are on the frontline fighting jumped to over 100, the pres- Two people have already China's worst-hit Wuhan city, the COVID-19, are paying a Seoul: South Korea is raising ident of the Lombardy region died from the so-called taking the death toll of the med- heavy price in treating the surg- its alert on the new coron- said on Sunday, as northern COVID-19 epidemic in Italy, ical staff to 10, according to a ing number of cases. avirus to the "highest level", towns struggle to contain which was the first country to media report. China's National Health President Moon Jae-in said on rising infections. ban direct flights to and from Ankara: Nine people were killed Turkey's Baskule district. people had been injured, six of Xia Sisi, a gastroenterology Commission earlier said that a Sunday, as the country report- "More than 100 cases" China in January. in Turkey in a magnitude 5.7 Koca later updated the whom were hospitalised. physician got infected while total of 1,716 medical workers ed 123 new infections. have now been reported First to contract the virus earthquake that struck western number of fatalities to nine and According to the European working at the Union Jiangbei had contracted the infection as South Korea has seen a throughout the country, were two Chinese tourists Iran early on Sunday morning, wrote on Twitter that 37 people Mediterranean Seismological Hospital of Wuhan in Hubei of February 11. Xia's death takes rapid surge in the number of Attilio Fontana told SkyTG24 who were placed under quar- Turkish Health Minister were injured, including nine in Center (EMSC), the quake, province, the epicentre of the the death toll among the medical coronavirus cases in recent television, with 89 of those in antine in Rome and remain Fahrettin Koca said. a critical but not life-threatening which happened at 9:22am local virus. She was hospitalised on staff to 10. On February 20, Peng days after a cluster of infec- Lombardy, centred around there. Another man, who The quake centered west of condition. time (0552GMT), had a depth January 19 and later transferred Yinhua (29), who postponed tions emerged from a religious the small town of Codogno, was also held at the same the Iranian city of Khoy and Emergency teams have been of 5 kilometers (3 miles). to Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan his wedding to treat patients sect in the southern city of about 70 kilometres (43 hospital in Rome, has since affected villages in the Turkish sent to the remote mountainous The region has a history of University on February 7 after infected with the coronavirus, Daegu last week. miles) southeast of Milan. recovered and been released, province of Van. region. Iran's official IRNA news powerful earthquakes. her condition worsened. She died. Earlier, Li Wenliang, a 34- The national toll of 556 Responding to a rising authorities said. Turkish Interior Minister agency said the earthquake Last month a quake cen- died on Sunday, state-run year-old doctor, who was one of cases is now the highest out- number of new cases, Prime The number of those Suleyman Soylu told a news affected 43 villages in the moun- tered on the eastern Turkish city Xinhua news agency reported. the first people to sound the side China, apart from the Minister Giuseppe Conte on infected also includes people conference that three children tainous Qotour area. of Elazig killed more than 40 The Union Jiangbei Hospital alarm about the new outbreak Diamond Princess cruise ship Saturday announced that 11 living in four other regions of and four adults were killed in It later added that at least 75 people. AP mourned the death of Xia and died on February 7. PTI in Japan. AFP towns in Italy's north would Italy. AFP ? &    <*  -    

Colombo: The Sri Lankan 52.25 per cent of votes polled ing in the statement. Government on Sunday against 41.99 per cent. The team has been tasked Samy Magdy (Egypt): Egypt's statement from his office. No appointed a six-member team The 6-member task force to "collect authentic informa- chief prosecutor Saturday date has been set for their tri- to help police collect authentic has been appointed to help tion and evidence to take legal referred a physician to crimi- als. information and expedite an police's CID to "speed up the action against all those involved nal trial for allegedly mutilat- The doctor, Ali Abdel- ongoing presidential probe into ongoing investigations" and in supporting the extremists". ing the genitals of a 12-year-old Fadeel, told investigators he the devastating Easter Sunday will submit weekly reports to Nine suicide bombers girl, leading to her death, his was performing cosmetic terror attack that killed over the defense ministry on the belonging to local Islamist office said. surgery on the girl, according 250 people. progress of investigation, extremist group National The girl bled to death last to the prosecutor's statement. President Gotabaya according to a statement. Thawheed Jamaat (NTJ) linked month in the southern But that claim was refuted Rajapaksa decided to hasten "The CID investigation to ISIS carried out a series of province of Assiut following a following an examination of the the probe into the April 21 into these attacks was not con- devastating blasts that tore 30-minute surgery. Her death girl's body by forensic experts. attack which had proved cru- ducted in an effective way by through three churches and sparked a nationwide outcry. The state-run National cial in his decisive electoral vic- the last regime," defense min- three luxury hotels on the Despite battling the prac- Population Council said in tory last November. Rajapaksa istry secretary Kamal Easter Sunday, killing 258 peo- tice for decades, Egypt has 2019 that 82 per cent of girls used the Easter Sunday terror- Gunaratne was quoted as say- ple, including 11 Indians. PTI one of the highest rates of under age 17 in Egypt have ist attack to portray himself as female genital mutilation, also undergone the procedure. the leader who could stop ter- known as female circumci- The practice generally rorism. sion, in the world. involves removing all or part of The voters gave him a big <= Many families fear that an the clitoris and sometimes the mandate and elected him as uncircumcised daughter will be labia. President in November last > unable to marry. It is performed on both year. Rajapaksa stormed to Public prosecutor Hamada Muslims and Christians and is victory, trouncing his nearest          &  # 4    ),   # # el-Sawy also referred the girl's misguidedly believed to control rival Sajith Premadasa by a )  =# %#   ) )) %4      parents to trial, according to a the girl's sexual desires. AP margin of over 13 lakh votes - Colombo: Sri Lankan Foreign Sri Lanka by the UN Human Minister Dinesh Gunawardena Rights High Commissioner will officially announce and is scheduled to meet the Colombo's withdrawal from High Commissioner for        #8 co-sponsoring a 2015 UN Human Rights Michelle Human Rights Council reso- Bachelet in Geneva. lution on accountability for Sri Lanka decided to with- Washington: The Taliban in September that he was calling war crimes during his address draw from co-sponsoring the Afghanistan are tired of fight- the peace talks off after a US at the council's session on resolution after the US imposed ing and want to make a peace service member was killed in a Wednesday, according to his travel restrictions on Army deal with the US, President suicide attack in Afghanistan's office. chief Lt Gen Shavendra Silva Donald Trump said on Sunday capital, Kabul. Sri Lanka co-sponsored and his immediate family as he left for his maiden visit to The US currently has less the resolution along with 11 members over alleged gross @ India during which the two than 14,000 troops in other countries, including the violations of human rights dur- countries will significantly Afghanistan, but military offi- US and Britain, calling for an ing the final phase of the island Bamako: At least three Mali sol- the armed forces." ramp up the defence and strate- cials would not confirm the investigation into alleged nation's Civil War in 2009. diers were killed and five wound- "Three of our men fell gic ties. exact number. human rights violations during The resolution 30/1 on ed Sunday in a suspected jihadist Sunday during a jihadist attack Just before his departure Trump is accompanied by the island nation's civil war, promotion on reconciliation in attack on an army camp in the in Bambara Maoude," a mili- for India, Trump told reporters First Lady Melania, daughter which ended in 2009. Sri Lanka was co-sponsored in far north of the country, the tary official told AFP from at the White House that the Ivanka, son-in-law Jared Gunawardena will make 2015 by the Lankan govern- Malian military said. Timbuktu earlier. time had to come for the US Kushner and the top brass of the announcement on ment headed by then President The outpost in Bambara A local official confirmed troops to "come home". his administration on his maid- Wednesday during his address Maithripala Sirisena. Maoude, about 100 kilometres the toll of three soldiers dead The President said he en visit to India. at the 43rd Session of the Sri Lanka's ruling and (60 miles) south of the city of and said two more were miss- would sign a peace deal with day after the US and the from Afghanistan. During his visit, the two Human Rights Council (HRC) opposition parties have strong- Timbuktu "was the object at ing. According to another local the Taliban if it worked out Afghan Taliban started a seven- In November, Trump countries are expect to signif- in Geneva. ly opposed the US move to about 0500 GMT of a terrorist official, "the terrorists left, tak- over the next week. day partial truce ahead of a announced the resumption of icantly ramp up bilateral Ahead of the Session, impose the travel ban on Lt Gen attack," the military said on ing vehicles and military equip- "I want to see how this possible peace deal to end peace talks with the Taliban, defence and strategic ties. Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Silva, saying America's decision Twitter. ment with them... Together period of a week works out. If more than 18-year-long war, but refused to give a timeline The nearly 36-hour-long Aryasinha briefed the President was based on independently "During this attack, we with the bodies of two of their it works out over the next less- raising hopes for a resolution to for the drawdown of the US visit by Trump is also set to send of the UNHRC Elisabeth unverified information. regret to report a provisional comrades." than-a-week, I would put my America's longest war. troops from Afghanistan, as he across a clear message of grow- Tichy-Fisslberger in Geneva Foreign Minister toll of three dead, five wound- The attack is the latest in a name on it," he said. The agreement struck dur- made an unannounced visit to ing congruence of interests on on Lanka's decision to with- Gunawardena earlier said that ed, together with material dam- long series of deadly incidents "Time to come home. The ing negotiations between the American soldiers stationed major geopolitical developments draw from the resolution, the Lt Gen Silva was only con- age," it said. in Mali's north, where French Taliban want to make a deal US and the Taliban, if main- in the war-torn country. in the region and beyond, par- foreign ministry said Saturday. ducting a war against a desig- "The wounded were air- forces said Friday they had too. They're tired of fighting," tained, may secure a peace After nine rounds of nego- ticularly when China has been Gunawardena will also nated terrorist group which was lifted to Sevare... The outpost killed about 50 jihadists so far he said. deal that would lead to a with- tiations with the Taliban, expanding its military might and respond to the oral update on the LTTE. PTI remains under the control of this month. AFP Trump's remarks came a drawal of American troops Trump announced in economic clout. PTI   ! 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A five mile long high- emotions is unnecessarily raked Bhava (Guest is God) has very          Delhi, does not reflect the socio-economic way from the airport was cov- 1'4 2 I with debates on such “walls”, limited resonance with hard-        diversity, reality and depravity of some other ered with a 10 feet “wall” that -22 1 which could be more meaning- nosed businessmen like Trump  parts of the capital that is spared the caval- was painted with welcoming fully directed at the more sub- or Xi.       cade of such dignitaries. murals. Everyone knew that it 0++4+*1 stantive part of the visit ie, the Hindi Chini Bhai Bhai (India O         !  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The minor “walls” in     $         Varanasi during Japanese Prime Minister of cynicism and revolt against determine how much is “too 2020, though not very elegant, $        Shinzo Abe’s visit or Chennai, which host- the Government. But then, the much” on such “walls,” common ought not to be the substantive         ( ed Chinese Premier Xi Jinping. Ahmedabad, alternative of leaving the reality sense suggests that an element of concern of the day. which had previously hosted Xi and is again in its naked sores is, perhaps, beautification and related (The writer, a military veter-        %)     prepping for the next high-profile foreign equally untenable and unhelp- requirements does require a an, is a former Lt Governor of      * +  S(   visit, may be benefitting disproportionate- ful, considering the larger stakes semblance of “cover-up.” On Andaman & Nicobar Islands)      -     " #      !  . 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Trump” event, Agra’s Taj Mahal stopover and the tion of successful US-India bilateral important development regarding the Trump is a known pusher for India’s "    789D(78 $  789E( critically-decisive talks between Prime Minister * 1.+ relations to defence deals, security Indo-US joint vision in the Indo- greater role in Afghanistan and this visit 9D#%2  $    $    0  Narendra Modi and Trump along with the visit *%2&33  cooperation and a commonly-visu- Pacific. The US moved to correct a could see a diplomatic nudge to New        .6  ) ! to the Raj Ghat, tie concrete deliverables with cul- '3. %++*3+ alised regional order in the Indo- potential disconnection in the Indo-US Delhi to change its role in Afghanistan, "  $  '' #     tural symbolism. %+- + Pacific. As such, defence deals are like- common view by declaring that its own if not increase it. President Ghani’s   $78B8      : For the US, as the domestic primaries are -+-6 12 $+ 1.+ ly to be the highlight of the visit. In par- vision in the Indo-Pacific now includes return to power in Afghanistan, the US’ %&  ''  &        ( heating up, running up to the presidential elec- .0.-0.1 2 ticular, the $2.6 billion deal to buy 24 the Gulf region, which the US’ Indo- deal with Taliban to be signed on  %     / $      tions at the end of the year, the timing and the 1.+ 51 * Seahawk helicopters from American Pacific Strategy Report excluded initial- February 29 and its subsequent with-  &           targetted constituency of the Indian-Americans 13'- 1.+ defence manufacturer Lockheed Martin ly. This small but significant change drawal could be used as diplomatic         %  as vote bank, could draw significant advantages J( K $--2* Corporation is going to capture head- builds a common platform to advance tropes for India to increase its securi-   $        for the Republican Party and the Trump admin- %+- 12 $'6 (L lines. cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region ty role in Afghanistan. istration. The Cabinet Committee on for both the countries. However, even India should be wary that it does .6  ) !" .6)!#    $ Trump’s tweet that, “We’re not treated very +., Security headed by Modi recently as both countries try to find common not cede ground in dealings with the $  '' % well by India”, but that he happens to “like Prime .+-321+ cleared the purchase of the 24 heli- ground in the Indo-Pacific to work hard negotiators accompanying Trump +      .6)!    Minister Modi a lot” underscores the comfort- 24 4+3* copters and the deal is going to bene- with, New Delhi should try to empha- and end up doing what doesn’t suit its     B@    $789C$   able-uncomfortability of this visit. Both leaders %++*3+ fit India as these platforms are expect- sise certain uncompromising positions national interests — an Iran yet again.   789D            realise the value of each other’s partnership in 4*'31'+ ed to boost the Navy’s anti-submarine of geopolitics in this vast region. India’s Even if nothing much comes out of the  9E     %+   .6)! times when China is not the same option for part- -23.++% warfare operations — an emerging area own relation with Iran has to be upcoming Trump visit, India should            nership for either country as they are for each 41* of maritime cooperation with the US worked up, despite pressures from prepare for uncompromising negotia-  $      %   other. 32212*  and a critical component of the Indo- Washington and significant cuts in oil tions. sYet, the visit has the potential to        %+    Trump’s declaration that he is “saving the big 02*0 12 Pacific security resolve. At the level of imports from Tehran. catapult bilateral ties to a new level and $ $       deal” with India for later and he “does not know” 31'+ the regional order in Asia, two issues India should deftly employ strate- set new grounds for engagements in the if it will be done before the presidential election will be very critical during this visit. The gic hedging to work with both Iran and future. If Modi has initiated the culture              "  in November, signals two things: First, that the .+%-*+ Trump administration could nudge the US. While New Delhi knows that of “informal talks” with China, with the &  #%         ( ongoing negotiations on trade are a hard bargain New Delhi to play a larger and stronger for a middle power like it, balancing US it is the “grand events” that mark a    $  $   for either side and that neither party is willing regional role in the Indo-Pacific region. between two major players — the US distinct note in bilateral relations. As           / % to give concessions or cede positions. Second, First, the role that New Delhi and China — is going to be much eas- such, the Ahmedabad event in the +          both sides have desisted from earmarking a dead- would play in the Indo-Pacific region ier than balancing between a major cricket stadium further pushes the            line for the finalisation of these negotiations, is of utmost importance to Washington. force and a regionally-strong yet sub- idea of a large gathering to welcome vis-       %! 7878   which speaks of the complex nature of the con- For a long time, the US and other part- middle power like Iran. The real chal- iting Heads of State towards a concrete $              ( sultations involved. ners of the Quadrilateral security lenge of diplomacy for India lies in its diplomatic norm.   0      % In the end, the lack of availability of an grouping view India as a “dithering” ability to navigate successfully without (The writer is Deputy Director, "                    immediate trade deal to sign for Trump may not member. The US views itself as having creating hostilities, especially in times Kalinga Institute of Indo-Pacific Studies, be a pressing irritant. India’s trade surplus with taken quite a few steps in the Indo- when partisan geopolitics has threat- Bhubaneswar and Research Fellow,   # the US has significantly come down in the last Pacific that haven’t been well recipro- ened to become a diplomatic norm, ICWA, New Delhi)                         ",/+2

of textbooks that were first authored forces left the region, in the late 1980s, to become an ally of Germany during Tunisi. According to Samuel Krug, in militant propaganda devised by the US and printed in the US in the early and these books became part of the Afghan World War-I. The Sultan accepted a his essay for the research project to linger in the region. No wonder then, mid-1980s. They were then shipped to school system’s core curriculum. hefty payment from Germany to bol- Making War, Mapping Europe, the when the US forces invaded Kabul to Pakistan, where they were distributed Stephen and Ottaway write that the ster the ailing Ottoman economy. He booklet contextualised jihad according topple the Taliban regime in 2001, they to various schools and madrasas coun- same books were also used by the vio- also saw the alliance as an opportuni- to contemporary politics, whereas found madrasas still using textbooks trywide and to madrasas and schools lent Taliban regime that came to power ty for the empire to regain the regions Tunisi’s brochure explained it as a bind- that the US had circulated in the in the villages of Afghanistan near the in Kabul in 1996. that it had lost in the 19th century and ing theological concept. Both texts were 1980s. What’s more, according to a Pak-Afghan border. This was done dur- In 2002, just months after the US onwards. published in Berlin by the German December 2014 report in The ing the anti-Soviet insurgency in forces ousted the Taliban from power, In the April 2011 issue of the jour- Society of Islamic Studies. Washington Post, despite the fact that, 53126 2 1.+ & '(( / Afghanistan between 1980 and 1988. an American foreign aid official stated nal War in History, historian Mustafa The fallouts of the two schemes, ever since 2002 ,Unicef in Afghanistan 0++* $0%+ Afghan and Arab insurgents were sta- that a major “scrubbing operation” in Aksakal writes that, to anti-German one by Germany and the other by the destroyed almost half a million of these n 1992, while working as a reporter tioned in Pakistan and sustained by Pakistan and Afghanistan had been forces, the Ottoman jihad proclamation US, were completely different. Due to books, many were still being taught to 1       for an English-language weekly in financial aid and support from the US launched “to purge from the books all was understood as “a linchpin of the the fact that Germany and the children in areas under the control of   O      IKarachi, I was assigned a feature on and Saudi Arabia. references to killing.” This was briefly German scheme to revolutionise Ottomans badly lost the war, secular Taliban insurgents.      certain books that were part of the cur- In the March 23, 2002 issue of The covered by a 2002 issue of Daily News, Muslim populations in territories of Muslim nationalism and hybrid Leftist In 2015, Pakistani soldiers found riculum in schools operating in two Washington Post, Joe Stephens and the now defunct Pakistani English Germany’s enemies.” ideas completely sidelined the jihadist similar textbooks in seminaries and      low-income areas of the city. David Ottaway write that, during the newspaper. The reporter had added According to Aksakal, the German fervour roused by German propagan- schools in areas that were once domi- "   These were not Government insurgency, Ronald Reagan’s that, before “scrubbing” the books that lawyer, historian and archeologist Max da. German and Ottoman defeats nated by extremist groups. These "       schools. They were largely run and Government spent millions on the it had circulated, the US was the first von Oppenheim was one of the main strengthened secular nationalist narra- groups were ousted through a military +       funded by “charity organisations”, two printing of textbooks (in Pashto, Dari non-Muslim power to have propagat- architects of the “scheme.” A propagan- tives in Muslim countries and discard- operation. In other words, until 2015, of which were eventually banned by the and Urdu) “filled with violent images ed “holy war” among Muslims to da organisation, the Nachrichtenstelle ed theocratic ideas. textbooks authored and published in        Government in 2003. I managed to and militant teachings, as part of undermine a “common enemy”. This is für den Orient (The Intelligence Bureau On the other hand, as British the US in the 1980s to glorify “holy war”      acquire two Urdu textbooks that were covert attempts to spur resistance to the not correct. for the East), headquartered in Berlin, author Jonathan Steele demonstrates in in the minds of young Muslims were     1   being taught to students between the Soviet occupation.” These books were The first to do so was Germany. On produced and then circulated jihadist his 2011 book, Ghosts of Afghanistan, still being used in various seminaries        ages of eight and 12. In simple Urdu, sent to Pakistan with the billions of dol- October 14, 1914, a senior cleric in literature among the Muslims of Asian even though it was the collapsing and schools of the region.     the books had chapters on jihad, infi- lars’ worth of “aid” that Pakistan Istanbul — which at the time was the and African territories held by the Soviet economy that forced Soviet Some commentators suspect many dels, obscenity and so on. When I asked received from the US to facilitate the capital of the Ottoman Empire — British. The two most prominent texts forces to leave Afghanistan and then the of these tomes are still out there. And        "   an active member of one of the chari- insurgency. declared a “holy war” against Britain, in this context were a booklet by stopping of aid to the Government that they are expected to make a full come-          ty organisations about the books, he Stephens and Ottaway add that the France, Russia and Serbia. He did this Jewish scholar and founder of Modern it left behind in Kabul, the US and back if (and/or when) the Taliban man-      "  told me the tomes were not originally books “were filled with talk of holy war with the approval of the Ottoman Islamic Studies in Germany, Eugen Pakistan spun the Soviet departure to age to return to power after the immi-        published in Pakistan. To my astonish- and featured drawings of guns, bullets, Sultan and on the behest of Germany. Mittwoch and a 1915 brochure by the mean a “victory of faith against com- nent departure of US forces. ment, the books were actually reprints soldiers and mines.” After the Soviet The bankrupt empire had decided Muslim scholar Salih Ash-Sharif Al- munism.” It was this perception that saw (Courtesy Dawn) A   B   ! " " 

    2$             .)     Ahmedabad: India's cultural diversity along with rich tradi-   # #   tions of Gujarat will be on full Coimbatore: A 90-year-old master Agra (UP): Walls are being adorned with paintings display during the roadshow of  .4+%$% back in place, he said. tailor from nearby Pollachi has a sur- reflecting the Brij culture and architectural heritage US President Donald Trump “The (VVIP) entry gate col- prise gift for US President Donald of Agra, victorian-style lamp posts installed and the and Prime Minister Narendra day before US President lapsed when fabrication work Trump during his two- day visit to lawns of the iconic Taj Mahal bedecked with colour- Modi in Ahmedabad and their ADonald Trump's visit to was going on. It was not a major India — a white khadi shirt stitched by ful blooms as the historic city gears up to welcome joint address at a cricket stadi- Ahmedabad, a makeshift VVIP incident. No one was injured in him. US President Donald Trump. um here on Monday. entry gate erected outside the the incident,” said special com- VS Vishwanathan hit upon the idea Trump is slated to arrive in Agra on Monday Replicas of historic places in newly-built cricket stadium in missioner of police, Crime after seeing Trump on television many evening after attending the mega 'Namaste Trump' Gujarat are also being placed at Motera area here collapsed due Branch, Ajay Tomar times and in photographs and has event at the newly built Motera cricket stadium in strategic locations along the to gusty winds on Sunday morn- said. expressed confidence that the US Ahmedabad. roadshow route. ing, an official said. President Trump and Prime President would accept it and appre- The city administration is all geared up for the Dance groups and singers The entire incident was Minister Narendra Modi will ciate his gesture, family members big day and preparations are in full swing to pre- from different parts of the coun- stages, they said. Purushottam Upadhyay and recorded by a bystander and participate in a roadshow here said. sent the “best face of Agra”. try, including Gujarat, will stage The performances will pro- Sairam Dave will perform at the aired on local television chan- on Monday and later address the The shirt has been sent to the “We are fully prepared, and we wish to present performances on the roadshow vide a glimpse of the country's stadium, officials of the Gujarat nels. 'Namaste Trump' event at the Prime Minister’s Office in Delhi, the best of Agra to the US President and his dele- route as well as the newly-built cultural diversity, the officials Cricket Association The makeshift entry gate Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera marked to the US Embassy, they said. gation. At the Kheria airport, upon his arrival, cricket stadium in Motera area said. said. was made of welded steel rods area where over one lakh people Vishwanathan had gifted such expected at about 4:30 pm, hundreds of artists will of the city, officials said on Besides, folk and Bollywood Students of various and covered in flex banners. are expected to be shirts to various political leaders, welcome him with 'mayur nritya',” Agra's Divisional Sunday. singers will also perform on a Government and private schools After sometime, a portion of present. including former Tamil Nadu Chief Commissioner Anil Kumar told PTI. Performers from 28 States stage set up at the Motera stadi- have also been roped-in to per- another makeshift gate structure The stadium has already Ministers, the late K Kamaraj and CN Security has been stepped up in the city ahead have been allotted stages erect- um for the 'Namaste Trump' form at the cultural events. They at the stadium's main entrance received 'Building Use' permis- Annadurai and also former President of Trump's visit, his first to India. His daughter ed along the roadshow route, event, where Trump and Modi were asked to practice for the also collapsed due to the windy sion from the Ahmedabad R Venkataraman, his family Ivanka, son-in-law Jared Kushner and a galaxy of where the two leaders will be will address a gathering of over event over a week in advance, an weather, another official Municipal Corporation, an offi- said. top US officials will be part of the high-level dele- greeted by people on both sides one lakh people. official said. said. cial earlier said. He once ran a tailoring shop but gation accompanying him during his visit to India of the road. Bollywood singers Kailash Replicas of historic places No one was injured in both It is the world's largest sta- does not do so now due to old age.] on February 24 and 25. There will also be a 'Garba' Kher and Parthiv Gohil, and from Gujarat are being placed at the incidents and work was dium with a capacity to accom- At present, he trains budding tai- In Agra, the Trump family will spend about an performance, the traditional Gujarati folk singers like strategic locations along the underway to put the structures modate 1.10 lakh spectators. lors free of cost, they said. PTI hour at the Taj Mahal before sunset. They will then Gujarati dance, on one of the Kirtidan Gadhvi, Gita Rabari, route of the roadshow. PTI leave for Delhi. PTI  %+>     8  .4+%$% in a 22-km roadshow from the vehicles, they said. Ahmedabad international air- Along with police person-  0 ver 10,000 policemen from port and then proceed for the nel, who will be led by 25 IPS Odifferent parts of Gujarat 'Namaste Trump' event at the officers, teams of the Rapid S President Donald Trump will be wel- have been deployed at strategic newly— built Sardar Patel Action Force, State Reserve Ucomed by Uttar Pradesh Governor locations in Ahmedabad as Stadium in the city's Motera Police, Chetak Commando and Anandiben Patel and Chief Minister Yogi part of the elaborate security area, where over one lakh peo- Anti-Terrorist Squad are also Adityanath on his arrival at the airport in Agra arrangements for US President ple are expected to be deployed at strategic where hundreds of artistes will perform, a top Donald Trump's visit here on present. locations. official said on Sunday. Monday, officials said. Police will be using the Before the US president's The city has been decked up to welcome The massive police deploy- anti-drone technology to neu- arrival, at least four C17 the American president who will visit India on ment is in addition to officials tralise any suspicious drone on Globemaster cargo planes of February 24-25. He will visit the Taj Mahal in of the United States Secret the route, officials said, adding the US Air Force have landed the evening after arriving here on Monday from Service, and India's elite that an anti-sniper team of the at the Ahmedabad interna- Ahmedabad, before leaving for Delhi. National Security Guards NSG will also be stationed tional airport with security “The UP governor and chief minister will (NSG) and Special Protection along the roadshow route, and communication equip- welcome US President Trump at the Kheria air- Group who would also be starting from the airport till the ment, Trumps' official heli- port. However, they will not accompany him guarding the US president's Motera stadium via Indira copter 'Marine One' and a to the Taj Mahal. The governor and the chief visit. bridge. mammoth SUV-like minister would also be at the airport to send The Secret Service agents With the help of sophisti- vehicle. him off,” Agra District Magistrate (DM) along with other US security cated hand-held devices, the The giant SUV, which Prabhu N Singh told PTI. personnel have already arrived entire route has been scanned would be part of Trump's cav- Trump's convoy route from the airport to with their equipment and vehi- several times by the Bomb alcade during his 22-km long the Taj Mahal is about 13 km, and along the cles in at least four cargo planes Detection and Disposal Squad. roadshow on February 24, is way thousands of artistes will welcome him during the last one Police and other security known as WHCA Roadrunner. with special performances. “At the airport, week. agencies have also conducted a WHCA stands for White about 250 artistes will do special perfor- Trump and Prime Minister rehearsal on the entire road- House Communications mances reflecting the beauty and culture of Narendra Modi will take part show route using over 100 Agency. ) " D)"E       % #  P   4 %#    4 Uttar Pradesh.  %?@, +    4P 6 @F    )#  0&  '     Jaisalmer: Three dalit youths were . "+.*  +.*./ -+.   .  %     assaulted after being accused of steal- *+-&#* / #-&#/ ,   ing donkeys in Jaisalmer district, the Darbhanga/Sasaram: Seven people, third such incident to come to light in /" <"< ;" *+- including three of a family, were killed  3.+** Jamui (Bihar): A top Maoist conducted in various parts of Rajsthan in recent days. /"#*3 .  + and 15 others were injured in two road carrying a total reward of 11 naxal-affected Munger district Five persons have been arrested and .// " +" . <"-& accidents in Bihar's Darbhanga and amil Nadu Chief Minister lakh on his head died in the leading to the seizure of a three detained after a video of the inci- Rohtas districts on Sunday. TK Palaniswami on Sunday custody of Bihar police hours large number of arms and dent surfaced, police said on Sunday. of theft in Nagaur. In the first incident, three persons ordered 2 lakh as after he was brought from ammunition, Maharaj said. The incident occurred on February The Barmer incident occurred on were killed and three others were assistance to a class IX girl stu- Jharkhand, a senior officer said The Maoist, who carried a 15 in Rama village of Fatehgarh tehsil January 29. injured when their car collided with a dent, a space enthusiast, for on Sunday. reward of 1 lakh in Bihar and of the district. Police have arrested at least seven road divider on NH 57 and overturned successfully qualifying in an Siddhu Koda, a 40-year-old 10 lakh in Jharkhand, com- The youths were thrashed with persons in connection with the Nagaur near Kakarghati village in Darbhanga online test to visit America's CPI (Maoist) zonal comman- plained of severe pain in chest sticks and kicked by nearly a dozen peo- case which occurred on February 16. district, Deputy Superintendent of including a woman, were killed, while space agency NASA and par- der, died at a hospital where he and abdomen around 11 pm on ple for stealing donkeys. They were later The Dalit men were beaten up, Police (DSP), Darbhanga, Anoj Kumar a dozen other passengers were injured ticipate in an international was admitted late Saturday Saturday. handed over to Sangarh police. stripped and tortured by staffers of a said. when the bus carrying them collided conference. night after he complained of He was taken to Jamui “Five persons have been arrested motorcycle service agency in Karanu Of the six persons, five were of the head-on with an orange-laden truck The student V Abinaya pain in chest and abdomen, Sadar Hospital where he died. and three minors have been detained village after accusing them of com- same family, while one was a family near Auwa village on NH 2. studying in Namakkal district Deputy Inspector General of Since he died in police custody, so far. A case has been registered in the mitting theft. friend. The incident happened under the got through the exam held by Police Manu Maharaj said. the post-mortem examination matter under sections of SC/ST Act and In the video, a group of men is seen Three of them died on the spot, the jurisdiction of Shivsagar police station firms here and in America, the Koda, who hailed from was conducted in presence of further investigation in the matter is thrashing two persons with rubber official said, adding the three injured in Rohtas district, police said. Chief Minister, in a statement, Chakai block of Jamui dis- a magistrate as per rules, the on,” Station House Officer (SHO) of belts. They later dipped a piece of cloth have been admitted to the Darbhanga “The deceased have been identified said adding the opportunity to trict, was arrested Saturday DIG said. Sangarh police station Ugam Raj Soni wrapped on a screwdriver in petrol and Medical College and Hospital. as Vikram Pal (65), Reshma Khatoon visit NASA and take part in a morning from a railway station Maharaj did not divulge said. inserted it in the private parts of one of The deceased have been identified (55), Mukhtar Khan (42), Ajit Kumar global space science sympo- in Jharkhand's Dumka by an the details of the post-mortem Similar incidents had come to the victims. as Raju Jha (45), his mother Rekha Devi (38),” Satyendra Satyarthi, SHO, sium is a “victory for her tal- STF team comprising police- report. light in Nagaur and Barmer The incidents have triggered a (75) and sister Madhu Kumari (22), the Shivsagar police station said. ent.” men from Patna and He said Koda's family has A chilling video of a man being political storm in Rajasthan with the DSP said. Both the vehicles overturned after Wishing her many more Jamui. been informed of his death and beaten up brutally in Barmer alleged- BJP attacking the ruling Congress. Jha's wife, his three-year-old son the collision, he said, adding the private successes in space He was wanted in about 70 his body “may be disposed of ly for committed a theft had gone viral Union minister Arjun Ram and a family friend were injured in the bus was on its way to Sasaram from science, Palaniswami lauded serious cases including murder, in accordance with law” by the here, prompting the police to arrest a Meghwal has alleged that the Ashok incident. Bhabhua, while the truck was moving her for the “achievement and to robbery, kidnapping and extor- police if nobody comes forward man and detain another on Friday for Gehlot-led Congress government is The family was going to their in the opposite direction. encourage younger tion, Maharaj said. to claim his mortal remains. their alleged roles in the crime. unable to rein in crime in Rajasthan. native village in Saharsa from Sasaram civil surgeon Janardan generation, I have ordered 2 After being brought here, Two automatic rifles — an The video surfaced on Thursday Meghwal, who is an MP from Bikaner, Muzaffarpur to celebrate the boy's Sharma said four bodies have been lakh assistance from the Chief Koda was interrogated, the AK 47 and an INSAS — have close on the heels of brutal assault on had accused the police of manipulat- birthday, police said. brought to Sadar hospital for post- Minister's Public Relief DIG said. Based on the infor- been seized from Koda at the two Dalit youths on similar allegation ing the Nagaur case. PTI In another incident, four persons, mortem. PTI Fund.” mation he provided, raids were time of his arrest. PTI .E./ Jammu: Accusing the Jammu erstwhile State,” he said The NPP leader said the & Kashmir administration of addressing a public meeting in public interaction campaigns of failure to address the basic Domana and Gho Manhasan advisors and secretaries had issues of the people, National here. also proved to be “exercises in Panthers Party (NPP) on He said the advisors to futility”, like the two successive Sunday said the public were Lieutenant Governor G C 'Back to Village' programmes fatigued with the ‘bureaucrat- Murmu and secretaries were earlier. ic and proxy’ rule and called for organising 'public hearing' Decrying the withdrawal early restoration of democracy campaigns but these had “failed of election notification for in the Union Territory. to inspire the people in view of vacant panchayat seats after NPP chairman and former their lack of productivity”. having announced the poll minister Harsh Dev Singh said “The cosmetic public hear- dates, Singh said there were elected representatives alone ing exercise by the advisors and action programmes, tion which had failed to address several other instances to show could appreciate the concerns secretaries and the sojourns of issues discussed therein and even their basic concerns. that the present regime was of the public as against the “out- central ministers had failed to action taken in pursuance “With people across the moving in fits and starts side bureaucrats” who hardly inspire the masses who missed thereof so as to make the 'pub- new UT protesting on a day-to- accompanied by reverses. have any accountability to the the much needed delivery on lic hearings' relevant and mean- day basis for uninterrupted “People were repeatedly people. the ground,” Singh said. ingful. power and adequate water sup- assured of domicile law for J&K “The general masses were He appealed the Lt Claiming that bureaucrat- ply, restoration of roads and in public meetings by helms- fatigued with the bureaucratic Governor to put on the official ic rule in the erstwhile state had other essential services, there men and BJP leaders only to be rule. There is a need to end the website of various departments, proved a “flop show”, Singh did not appear to be any tak- told in the Parliament that the proxy rule (of BJP) and early the details of representations claimed people were fast losing ers for their shrill cries,” he Centre had no proposal in this restoration of democracy in the received in various public inter- faith in the present dispensa- said. regard,” he said. PTI )A   O2,   6  C#   % #  4   ! " " 7

        "  # P #          ;    8# )A Mumbai: Senior BJP leader Devendra /4 Fadnavis on Sunday attacked NCP chief Sharad Pawar over his demand Mumbai: Hours after the BJP criticised Mumbai: BJP leader Devendra )!!    !  for creation of a trust for construction The Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) Fadnavis on Sunday alleged of a mosque in Ayodhya on the lines dispensation over the law and order sit- that NCP chief Sharad Pawar “The entire investigation Surendra Gadling, Mahesh of a similar body for Ram temple. uation, Chief Minister Uddhav was trying to implicate and its progress has not been Raut, Shoma Sen, Arun Speaking to reporters here on the Thackeray hit back at the party saying ‘Hindutvawadis’ (Hindutva objected either by the Bombay Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves, eve of the Budget session of the that those targeting his Government supporters) in the Koregaon High Court or by the Supreme Sudha Bharadwaj and Varavara Maharashtra legislature, Fadnavis should first see what is happening Bhima violence case despite the Court. Still by setting up a sep- Rao in the Elgar Parishad case asked why Pawar wanted to build a under their watch. absence of any concrete evi- arate SIT, Pawar wants to impli- for their alleged Maoist links. mosque in the name of a invader like He asked why no “terrorist” dence. cate Hindutvawadis in the Pawar had earlier termed Babar. (assailant) involved in the attack on Fadnavis made the allega- Koregaon Bhima violence inci- the arrest of activists in the “Babar (the first emperor of he knows that a Waqf has to be students at the Jawaharlal Nehru tion while talking to reporters dent,” Fadnavis alleged. Elgar Parishad case as “wrong” Mughal dynasty in Indian sub-conti- formed for the same,” Fadnavis said. University (JNU) last month has been a day before the Budget session According to Pune police, and “vengeful”, and demanded nent) was an invader. Why on the A five-judge bench of the arrested so far by the BJP-ruled Centre. of the Maharashtra legislature the Elgar Parishad conclave that a Special Investigation earth did NCP chief Sharad Pawar Supreme Court in November 2019 Thackeray was talking to reporters commences. held in Pune on December 31, Team (SIT) be set up to probe want to erect a new mosque in the ruled unanimously in favor of Ram on the eve of the Budget session of the the JNU and beat the students,” he said. “During my tenure, the 2017, was supported by Maoists the action taken by the Pune name of Babar? If Muslims want a temple in Ayodhya. The court had Maharashtra legislature. “I am going to call those assailants as state home department had and inflammatory speeches police. Replying to a query place for prayer, they should have one said the whole disputed land spread Earlier in the day, the State BJP crit- terrorists. Despite so many days, not a sin- carried out a thorough probe made at the event led to caste over it, Fadnavis said, “The but why in the name of Babar?” asked over 2.7-acre will be handed over to icised his government over the recent inci- gle assailant has been arrested so far,” he into the Koregaon Bhima vio- violence at Koregaon Bhima Maharashtra police have found Fadnavis, the Leader of Opposition in a trust formed by the government, dents of crime against women. said. lence case,” the former chief war memorial in the district the a strong evidence that urban the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. which will examine the construction When asked about the BJP’s allega- “Those targeting us on unjustified minister, who also held the next day. Naxal issue is not restricted to Speaking in Lucknow on of Ram temple at the place. tions, Thackeray said, “Every crime grounds should first see what is happen- home portfolio then, said. Right wing leaders Milind Maharashtra alone. It has February 20, Pawar demanded the Prime Minister Narendra Modi against women is condemnable and not ing under their watch and then comment “NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s Ekbote and Sambhaji Bhide are spread in other parts of the Central Government to form a trust announced on February 5 the for- a single such incident should occur about us,” Thackeray added.Thirty-four first reaction on the violence accused in Koregaon Bhima country as well. Hence hand- for building a mosque in Ayodhya mation of ‘Shri Ram Janambhoomi again.” people, including students and faculty, was that Hindutvawadis were case. ing over its probe to the NIA is similar to the trust to oversee the con- Tirath Kshetra’ trust which would “While targeting us, the BJP should were injured on January 5 when a masked behind it. But police did not The Pune Police have a welcome move of struction of Ram temple. oversee the construction of Ram also see what is happening in the States mob entered the JNU campus and find any evidence to back up arrested Left-leaning activists Maharashtra Chief Minister “I also wonder why Pawar Temple. PTI ruled by it. Especially in the centrally- attacked them with rods and sledgeham- his claims,” he said. Sudhir Dhawale, Rona Wilson, Uddhav Thackeray.” PTI demanded a trust for a mosque when ruled New Delhi, where terrorists stormed mers. PTI /  12 13      4'4$ with dues up to 2 lakh each. apparent effort to exploit the police force in the State...This Unlike the previous BJP-led     ! differences among the ruling Government has stayed the s the Budget session of the Government (of which my MVA partners on contentious implementation of various AMaharashtra Legislature party was a part) which had Uddhav said: “Our is not a gov- Andhra Pradesh Criminal Law issues – dared Uddhav to move decisions taken by our gov-   gets underway on Monday, the made farm loan waiver without ernment that is counting Amendment Act 2019 – better a resolution on the floor of the ernment like the water grid and Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) home work and did not execute days. known as the Andhra Pradesh State Legislature to hail the con- our flagship schemes like Gram  4'4$ People coming from noti- Government will put its best its announcement, we have The BJP is unable to stom- Disha law, which stipulates tributions of Veer Savarkar on Sadak yojana and Jal Yukt fied nations including China, foot forward on the first day by planned the loan waiver ach the fact that ours is a sta- death sentences to convicts in the occasion of the latter’s Shivara. The Shiv Sena is not he Maharashtra Hong Kong, Thailand, releasing the first list of farm scheme well. We will complete ble government. We have not rape cases within 21 days. “We death anniversary on February ready to speak on the insults TGovernment on Sunday Singapore, Japan, Malaysia, loan waiver beneficiaries, even the execution of the entire just made promises, but we are have set a five-member official 26”. being heaped by the NCP and said that 81 out of 83 people South Korea, Nepal, Indonesia as the Opposition BJP will go loan waiver process within implementing out promises. committee to study the Andhra Slamming the Uddhav Congress on the descendents of admitted in isolation wards for and Vietnam are being moni- all out to drive a wedge three months,” Uddhav said. The people in the state think Pradesh law and come out Thackeray dispensation for not Maratha warrior Chhatrapati suspected exposure to the novel tored as part of the protocol in between the ruling Shiv Sena Dismissing the criticism that it is their Government”. with a report on the proposed being able to come grips with Shivaji,” Fadnavis said. coronavirus have tested nega- place to tackle the outbreak, he and its alliance partners — of his Government by the “We are implementing a legislation that we intend out to the challenges facing his gov- On its part, the ruling tive. added. Since the outbreak of the NCP and Congress — over the Opposition BJP on various people-friendly initiate like introduce in the State ernment, Fadnavis said: “Three MVA is preparing to dig up While 80 of them have virus in China and its spread contentious issues like the counts, Uddhav said: “I do not Shiv Bhojan Yojana ( 10 a Legislature,” he said. months have passed but the alleged irregularities in sever- been discharged, three others across the globe through trav- CAA, NPR and Veer think it is necessary for me to meal scheme). Still the Informed sources in the MVA Government is still in a al schemes, including Fadnavis’ continue to be hospitalised. ellers, the Maharashtra gov- Savarkar. respond to the issues raised by Opposition is criticising us. Opposition BJP said that its state of confusion. It has not pet project “Jal Yukt Shivara”, The outbreak of the virus, ernment, acting on the guide- Addressing a news confer- the Opposition. Just because it Here is a party (BJP) that did leaders would go out all the way implemented the promises it implemented by the previous officially called Covid-19, was lines issued by the Centre, has ence after the Opposition BJP criticises the Government does not did anything good for the to corner the Shiv Sena-NCP- made in the run-up to the BJP-led saffron alliance gov- first detected in Wuhan in been placing people in isolation boycotted the customary tea not make it a good opposition. people when it was in power. Congress front Government Assembly elections. Though it ernment. During the course of China in December and has wards and screening those hosted by him on the eve of the At a time when the government We are getting good response over contentious like announced it would waive the the budget session, the state since affected thousands of arriving at the Mumbai Legislature session, Chief is doing good work, it is for the Shiv Bhojan Yojana. We Citizenship Amendment Act loans of farmers. But, it has not government is expected to people across the globe. international airport from Minister Uddhav Thackeray improper on the Opposition’s are planning to enlarge the (CAA), National Population begun implementation of farm either order inquiries or come “Out of the 83 persons, 81 places affected by the outbreak. said that as part of the first list part to say that the scope ofthis scheme in the Register (NPR) and Veer loan waiver scheme”. out with details of corruption have tested negative for the Since January 18, a total of of farm loan waiver, the State Government is not doing any- coming days,” the Chief Savarkar. “The Government has lost in the earlier Government. coronavirus infection. Of these 48,295 passengers have been Government will write off thing.” Minister said. Talking to media persons its control over the increasing Available indications are 80 have been discharged. screen at Mumbai airport. loans up to 2 lakh each taken Charging that the Among other things, after boycotting the session-eve atrocities against women. The anything to go by, both the Three persons are under Officials said a 14-day fol- by farmers across the State. Opposition BJP could not Uddhav said that the state hosted by the Chief Minister, Government is not sensitive at Houses of the State Legislature observation in Mumbai’s low-up of 207 of 291 people “Tomorrow, we will stomach the fact the ruling government was planning to leader of the Opposition in the all when it comes to women are expected to witness a lot of Kasturba Hospital,” a state who arrived in the state from announce the first list of list of MVA was providing a stable come out with a legislation Assembly and senior BJP leader issues. The government is try- fireworks during the budget health department official said covid-19 affected areas had farm loan waiver beneficiaries government in the state, along the lines of the the Devendra Fadnavis — in an ing to erode the morale of the session. on Sunday. been completed. 3      &    4 C   O#  P8    -  $       2-1  " : ,$33 "  16-year study conduct-     2-1 “Bengal Government is facing obligations for the welfare of the state, Aed by the researchers of Malda (WB): WBPCC presi- not ballot papers for the civic great financial hardship … but still she said. Indian Institute of dent Somen Mitra on Sunday polls. ith the municipal elections Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Reminding that the delay in Technology, Kharagpur, said the Congress will have a The grand old party has no Wknocking at the door, the has been pleased to allow a hike in release of central funds which were have made a frightening seat-sharing arrangement with problems about the timing of Bengal Government has decided to pension of retired school teachers,” due to the State was creating hardship revelation that rampant the Left Front for the West the polls, the WBPCC presi- effect a fat hike to the pension of State Education Minister Partha in implementing the schemes that deforestation and construc- Bengal civic polls but will not dent said. retired school teachers. Chatterjee said adding “no other State were essential for a welfare the letter tion have made Kolkata an form an alliance with it. However, the dates should The new pension rate will apply have shown such genuine concern for said, “you will, no doubt, appreciate extremely heated zone —the Going by the formula, the be fixed with due consideration to the teachers who have retired the retired teachers the way we have that both the central and the State “hottest island” of the coun- Congress and the Left Front about the schedule of different before January 2016 and the order done, despite the limited financial Governments are expected to fulfill try. constituents will field their board exams, he said. will apply to the family pensioners capacity.” the constitutional obligations and the The study says that rapid candidates from their respec- “We have conveyed our and teachers of Government-aided Incidentally, Chief Minister has commitments to the people, so that urbanisation and deforestation have ably the difference between day and tive strongholds, Mitra told stand to the SEC,” Mitra said. schools who have already been get- written to the Narendra Modi respective Governments run smooth- made the City of Joy the “hottest of all night temperatures has decreased reporters here. The state secondary board ting pension post December Government to clear dues worth ly … However West Bengal is being the urban heated islands.” While an implying a rise in mean temperature, Reacting to Mitra’s exam which started on 2015. 50,000 crore. deprived of the huge outstanding extended spell of winter has still kept experts said. remarks, CPI(M) legislature February 18 will end on According to sources in the State She wrote to the Centre about dues.” the Kolkatans away from the “burning This is a trend in 44 big cities of the party leader Sujan Chakraborty February 27. The higher sec- Education Department, the new how there has been a “steady reduc- Bengal BJP president Dilip reality” a sweltering and harsh summer country including Delhi, Mumbai, told PTI in Kolkata, “We have ondary examination will be order will imply about 20 percent rise tion” in the central funds apart from Ghosh on Sunday reacted to the State is awaiting the people of the city Chennai, Bengaluru, Pune, Guwahati always called for putting up a held between March 12 to in the pension of those who are in the inordinate delays in the release of Government’s repeated grudge which till a couple of decades ago etc the study has said. While average joint fight to defeat both the March 27. age group of 80-85 years. Those who such funds. “I write to you with deep against non-payment of its dues by would not see the summer temperature temperature of the other cities have BJP and the Trinamool Restrictions are in place on are above 85 years and less than 90 concern regarding steady reduction the Centre saying that “the Chief climb beyond 36-37 degrees. risen by about 2 degrees in the past 30 Congress in West Bengal.” the use of loudspeakers due to years will get a hike of 30 percent of central funds to the state and also Minister will only write letters and Unregulated urbanisation has let years that of Kolkata has gone up even Mentioning that the State the examinations. The state sources said. inordinate delay in release of funds not visit Delhi personally as she will Kolkata’s temperature climb more than more than that the study conducted by Election Commission (SEC) BJP had urged the state election In any case the Government has to us from the Government of India,” have to provide the accounts of the 2 degrees in the past three decades, IIT’s Centre for Oceans Reverse, should ensure that civic elec- commissioner to be given effected a minimum revised basic Banerjee wrote reminding how the amount received and spent over the experts say. A study conducted by IIT- Atmosphere and Land Science said. tions are held in a free and fair “ample time” to campaign for pension at 8,500, sources quoting Centre was yet to release a grant of years He termed Banerjee’s letter to k researchers between 2001 and 2017 The problem is going to rise and manner, Mitra said, the the municipal polls as the state notification said adding the new Rs 50,000 crore to the State. the Centre a “political ploy to befool have revealed that while day and night multiply the experts have cautioned, if Congress is in favour of using board exams will continue till order will be effective from April 1, This “extraordinary situation” is people” ahead of civic polls in the temperature of the urban centres necessary measures are not taken with electronic voting machines and the end of March. PTI this year. creating major difficulties in meeting Sstate. including Kolkata has gone up remark- immediate effect. GG4 C  C# P   E   #  Patna: Schools in Bihar would ing to the provisions of “A student can either Gorakhpur (UP): The mater- month arrested under charges soon have ‘POCSO cells’ to POCSO Act,” Kiran Kumari, directly submit a written com- nal uncle of Dr Kafeel Khan, of giving a provocative speech hear complaints of sexual mis- special project officer, Bihar plaint of sexual exploitation or who was recently arrested for during a protest against the conduct and exploitation, a Education Project Council misconduct to the committee allegedly making inflammato- CAA and NRC at Aligarh Government official said here (BEPC), told PTI. or leave it in the complaint ry statements during anti-CAA Muslim University and was on Sunday. Bihar Education The Protection of box, with or without men- protests, was shot dead in front later charged with the National Project Council, an organiza- Children from Sexual Offences tioning his or identity. The of his house at Bankatichak in Security Act. tion dedicated to achieving (POCSO) Act, 2012 aims to complaint box will be opened Rajghat area here, police said Warsi on Saturday evening Universal Elementary punish those engaging in sex- once every week. on Sunday. had gone to his lawyer Siraj Education (UEE) in the State, ual crimes against children, “If the committee deems Dr Nusratullah Warsi aka Tariq’s house, a few metres had last week issued direction while safeguarding their inter- fit, the complaint will be for- Dada (55), a property dealer, away from his own house, and to all district education officers ests at every stage of the judi- warded to the nearest police was shot dead on Saturday was returning home on foot to set up POCSO cells in cial process. station. It will be the panel’s job night at about 10:45 pm and an when a man shot him in his schools, with students among In the first phase, the units to find out the identity of the FIR against two people was head, killing him others as its members, she would be established in sec- complainant at the time of filed in this connection on a on the spot. said. ondary schools, she said, lodging of an FIR. As per written complaint of his fami- “On the written complaint “We have given directions adding that the model would POCSO rules, confidentiality ly members. of family members, case of to the district education offi- be later replicated in primary of the complainant will be According to police, it murder against one cers (DEOs) to set up POCSO and middle schools. maintained,” she said appears to be a case of murder Imammuddin and Anil Sonkar cells in all schools of the state, Each committee will have Noting that the “cells due to monetary and property has been registered and police starting March 1... the school principal or head- would work at two levels”, the dispute and they has initiated probe and is “There will be a commit- master, a senior school teacher, BEPC state programme officer are searching for both the searching for both the accused. tee headed by the headmaster a panchayati raj representative, said awareness would be gen- accused. Police met the women in their in each school, which will a girl student, a boy student erated about sexual harass- Dr Kafeel Khan, suspend- house and is interrogating look into the complaints and and a clerk as its members, ment in schools, as part of the ed doctor of Gorakhpur BRD them,” Circle Officer VP Singh take necessary action, accord- Kumar explained. initiative. PTI Medical College, was last said. PTI  C )#   ."   #  .  C     4   ! " "  

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The crucial funds to tide over the AGR cri- mobile carriers such as Bharti Telecom czar and meeting comes at a time when sis, Vodafone Idea — that has Airtel and Vodafone Idea Ltd enior officials of the telecom Chairman of Bharti Airtel Sunil the telecom companies are only paid just seven per cent of for extension in the payment Sdepartment and other key Mittal had last week made an staring at 1.47 lakh crore in its total 53,000 crore statuto- schedule and asked all of them ministries met on Sunday to appeal to the government for unpaid dues — 92,642 crore ry dues — remains deeply vul- to deposit an estimated 1.47 discuss urgent relief measures cut in levies and taxes to pull in unpaid licence fee and nerable. lakh crore in past dues for spec- that can be extended to the tele- the sector out of what he had another 55,054 crore in out- The Government, mean- trum and licences. com industry, which is battling described as an “unprecedent- standing spectrum usage while, is looking to strike a bal- It threatened to initiate an unprecedented crisis on ed crisis”. charges. ance between complying with contempt proceedings against account of massive statutory Telecom department offi- Of the estimated dues that the Supreme Court order on top executives of these firms for dues it owes the government. cials remained tightlipped after include interest and penalty for AGR dues, ensuring health of non-payment. The meeting, held at the high-level government meeting late payments, Airtel and the sector and safeguarding Some telecom firms are Department of Telecom, lasted on Sunday, where officials from Vodafone Idea owe about 60 consumer interest. already struggling with mount- for over an hour and is said to NITI Aayog and Finance per cent. Both Mittal and VIL ing losses and debt and the have deliberated on options Ministry are said to have been While Airtel has raised $3 Chairman Kumar Mangalam additional liability has raised before the Government to pro- present. DoT Secretary Anshu billion in last few months and Birla continued to meet top concerns of them defaulting on vide much-needed lifeline to Prakash remained unavailable is expected to have sufficient government functionaries existing loans. throughout last week to seek Vodafone Idea has so far prompt measures that would paid only 3,500 crore in two offer a breather to the sector. tranches. Airtel has paid P   #       A top Government official 10,000 crore out of its esti- had said recently that attempts not elaborated, sector watchers and one public sector compa- the annual Adjusted Gross mated liability of over 35,000 are being made to balance the had said the statement alludes ny). The statutory dues arose Revenue (AGR) of telecom crore. Tata Teleservices has  .      8+(4 need for health of the sector, to the government keen on after the Supreme Court, in companies, a share of which is paid 2,197 crore, the entire consumer interest while com- ensuring adequate competi- October last year, upheld the paid as licence and spectrum outstanding it believes to have  *+, %+-. Mathews added. The for extension in the payment plying with the Supreme Court tion by retaining the present government’s position on fee to the exchequer. arisen after the October ruling Government has made it clear schedule and asked them to order on statutory dues. three-plus-one model of com- including revenue from non- The Supreme Court earli- of the apex court for calculat- erming “test checks” pro- that it will verify the compa- deposit an estimated 1.47 Although the official had petition (three private players core businesses in calculating er this month rejected a plea by ing dues. Tposed by the Government nies’ claims on AGR math and lakh crore in past dues for on telcos’ AGR arithmetic as examine any deviations from spectrum and licences. standard audit procedure, its own calculation, through The apex court had Industry body COAI has said random ‘test checks’ before warned that it will initiate the DoT needs to ensure con- March 17. contempt proceedings against 45689 sistency among its different cir- The Government will con- top executives of these firms cles on calculation of dues to duct ‘test check’ for any one for non-payment. E minimise any differences. year (of telcos’ dues) to exam- Some telecom firms are Cellular Operators’ ine variances between tele- already struggling with mount-  *+, %+-. . &/ <" +. 56 it default swap market, chang- Association of India (COAI) com companies’ assessment ing losses and debt, and the ing the method of buying and also cautioned that any deci- and the government’s own cal- additional liability has raised inance Minister Nirmala &"+-* +" * +.+ selling bonds electronically . sion to encash bank guarantees culation of AGR liabilities. concerns of them defaulting on FSitharaman on Sunday said +. &"*** *"+-" through exchanges, and facil-  *+, %+-. The Finance Minister’s will be “disastrous” for the The test check will happen existing loans. Of the estimat- the international community ,- /"</ , 56 itating on-tap issuances for all, announcement should help telecom industry, which only for all telecom firms, but could ed dues that include interest has a unique opportunity to -&*- ;:"# ;" among others, for further inance Minister Nirmala boost investments in the Indian has three private players. start with those, which have and penalty for late payments, design a new international tax enabling greater investments in FSitharaman on Sunday debt market, the Ministry said, “Any move to encash bank already claimed they have Airtel and Vodafone Idea owe system to handle the chal- //**- + India’s bond market. apprised the G-20 countries on adding Sitharaman looked for- guarantees will precipitate an made full and final settlement about 60 per cent. Vodafone lenges of digitalisation with a &.* -*- ;": Speaking during the ses- the steps taken in the Union ward to continued engagement already precarious situation,” towards their statutory liabil- Idea is confronted with total cost-efficient dispute preven- sion on infrastructure invest- Budget to open up India’s bond with the G20 on this agenda. COAI Director General, Rajan ities, like Tata Teleservices. AGR dues of over 53,000 tion mechanism. /--+-*+-" -* + ment, Sitharaman welcomed market. Hiking the FPI limit in cor- Mathews told PTI. In all, as many as 15 enti- crore. Of this, it has so far paid She called upon the G20 -&*- &&"/- +" the efforts underway in G20 to During the Finance porate bonds and concession- Mathews termed the ‘test ties owe the government 1.47 only 3,500 crore in two countries to ensure that the ++* , +. -& develop infrastructure tech- Ministers & Central Bank al tax rate on interest income checks’ being proposed by the lakh crore — 92,642 crore in tranches earlier this week. consensus solution being devel- --*+ nology — the InfraTech Governors meeting in Riyadh, earned by FPIs are among the telecom department to exam- unpaid licence fee and anoth- Airtel has so far paid oped by G20 inclusive frame- Agenda. she outlined the efforts taken to steps that can ine deviation in calculation of er 55,054 crore in outstand- 10,000 crore out of its esti- work for addressing tax chal- However, she also cau- deepen India’s bond market increase capital flows into the dues by companies as a “stan- ing spectrum usage charges. mated liability of over 35,000 lenges arising from digitalisa- taken by the Government of tioned that G20 should refrain such as removal of capital con- market. dard audit procedure”. These dues arose after the crore.Tata Teleservices has paid tion is truly inclusive, accord- India to deepen the corporate from developing any common trols for identified categories of To promote a deep and liq- He pointed out that while Supreme Court, in October last 2,197 crore, the entire out- ing to tweets by the Finance bond market, such as removal prescriptive approach since G-Secs and increased FPI limit uid market, the government amounts need to be finalised as year, upheld the government’s standing it believes to have Ministry. of capital controls for identified various countries are at varied on corporate bond market in has announced that a netting soon as possible, operators position on including revenue arisen after the October ruling The Finance Minister categories of government secu- stages of adoption of technol- the session on “Financial legislation would be formulat- too should be given a fair from non-core businesses in of the apex court for calculat- emphasised on the need for a rities (G-Secs) and increased ogy in infrastructure, accord- Resilience & Development” on ed to expand the scope of the opportunity to explain the calculating the annual adjust- ing dues. closer collaboration between Foreign Portfolio Investment ing to the tweets. the second day of the confer- corporate default swaps market. deviations in calculation. ed gross revenue (AGR) of tele- Tata Teleservices and Tata revenue agencies to investigate (FPI) limit on the corporate The Minister highlighted ence, the Finance Ministry This would also significantly “There should be consis- com companies, a share of Teleservices Maharashtra have tax affairs of offenders who bond market. successful Indian experience in said. help banks manage their capi- tency amongst all LSAs which is paid as licence and submitted to the government cross-borders for escaping tax The Finance Minister said the area of adoption of tech- FPI limits with respect to tal requirements and exposure (Licensed Service Areas) of the spectrum fee to the exchequer. the details of calculation in investigation, a tweet said. she looked forward to contin- nology in infrastructure such as investment in corporate bonds monitoring. DoT (Department of The Supreme Court earli- support of its payment, but During the second day of ued engagement with G20 on FASTags. She also pointed out are proposed to be increased to Sitharaman also congratu- Telecommunications) on how er this month rejected a plea by sources in the DoT said that the G20 Finance Ministers and this agenda. the efforts being taken for 15 per cent. This may be a step lated the G20’s Saudi the amounts are calculated, so mobile carriers such as Bharti wide gap between the compa- Central Bank Governors According to the tweets, installation of smart energy towards local bond inclusion in Presidency for identifying the differences are minimised,” Airtel and Vodafone Idea Ltd ny’s calculations. Meeting in Riyadh, Sitharaman Sitharaman explained the steps meters across India to reduce global indices and interna- development of capital markets highlighted the efforts under- being taken to reform the cred- revenue leakages. tionalisation of the rupee. as a priority area. &   4 % 44 E H=  4'4$ stake in the mortgage financier. Housing & Urban Development  *+, %+-. gation by the Enforcement CAIT, which has been protest- 567    “We plan to exit from Cent Corporation (HUDCO), Unit Directorate (ED) should be ing against what it calls “deep tate-run Central Bank of Bank Home Finance. The bank Trust of India (UTI) and ollowing the completed first. Last year, the discounts” by the e-commerce  *+, %+-. The rates, besides dictating SIndia is looking to sell its already provides housing loans, National Housing Bank (NHB). FHigh Court ordering a stay ED initiated insvestigation majors and reached out to the the price of urea, electricity and entire 64.40 per cent stake in its and so, we feel that there is no The bank is facing operational on the anti-trust probe against against both Amazon and CCI and the government atural gas prices in India CNG, also decide the revenue housing finance subsidiary – need to have a housing finance curbs under the Reserve Bank’s e-commerce giants Amazon Flipkart for alleged violation of against them. Nare likely to be cut by a of gas producers such as Oil Cent Bank Home Finance subsidiary,” Central Bank of (RBI) prompt corrective action and Flipkart, the Confederation the foreign exchange law. “The CCI is duty bound to steep 25 per cent beginning and Natural Gas Corp (CBHFL), a top bank official India managing director and (PCA) framework. of All India Traders (CAIT) is The anti-trust body had in act with caution, especially, in April, in line with the slump in (ONGC). said. The lender has floated a chief executive officer, Pallav Mohapatra said the process likely to file a petition chal- January ordered an enquiry assessing the bona fides of the global rates, sources said. Natural gas price was last request for proposal (RFP) for Mohapatra, told PTI. of determining the valuation of lenging the stay in the Supreme into the operations of both informant. In this, the peti- The price of most of the cut by 12.5 per cent on October appointing merchant bankers. The bank holds 64.40 per the Bhopal-headquartered Court in the coming week. Amazon and Flipkart on mul- tioner submits that natural gas produced by state- 1. Rates were cut to $3.23 per The shortlisted bankers will cent in the unlisted housing home finance company will Speaking to IANS, Praveen tiple counts, including deep Confederation of All India owned ONGC and Oil India mmBtu from earlier $3.69. For help the lender scout for a finance company, while the begin as soon as the merchant Khandelwal, National General discounts and exclusive tie-ups Traders has repeatedly Ltd, which account for the difficult fields, the rates were potential investor to buy its remaining stake is held by bankers are appointed. Secretary of CAIT said that the with preferred sellers. indulged in forum shopping bulk of India’s existing gas out- cut from an all-time high of trade body’s lawyers are cur- Further, days after the against the petitioner by put, is likely to be cut to around $9.32 per mmBtu to $8.43. rently working on filing a peti- Karnataka High Court ordered approaching various judicial $2.5 per million British thermal Sources said the reduction tion. a stay, Walmart-backed Flipkart forums, directly and through its unit for the six-month period would impact revenues of 78;<5$(= “I hope by Thursday or also moved the court urging it sister entities raising exactly the beginning April 1, from $3.23 India’s biggest producer ONGC Friday we will be able to file the to set aside the probe. In its writ same baseless allegations as of now. as well as Reliance Industries New Delhi: A 28 per cent will take the total GST incidence supply of lotteries. petition. The lawyers are petition, Flipkart Internet against the petitioner,” it said. This will be the second and its partner BP plc which Goods and Services Tax (GST) on lotteries to 28 per cent. AMRG & Associates already working on it,” he said. Private Ltd said that although The organisation has time reduction in six months and plan to start gas production will be levied on lotteries from “This notification shall Senior Partner Rajat Mohan “We can go to Supreme the High Court has ordered a and again written to and met will reduce rates to the lowest from their ‘second-wave’ of March 1, according to a noti- come into force on the 1st day said: “Gambling in the form of Court, because that is the right stay on the investigation, the Commerce Minister Piyush in two-and-half-years. discoveries in eastern fication. The GST Council had of March, 2020,” the revenue Lottery has been allowed in a forum as the High Court has probe order of the Competition Goyal, among others, to regis- Sources said the price of offshore KG-D6 block from in December last year decided department notification said. few states, where it has pene- given its order. Most likely, it Commission of India (CCI) ter their protest against what it gas produced from difficult mid-2020. to impose a single rate of 28 per Currently, a state-run lot- trated at grass root levels, now will be Supreme Court,” “deserves to be set aside”. describes as deep discounting fields too is likely to be cut to The cut in price will lower cent on state-run and autho- tery attracts 12 per cent GST, changing the tax rate from a Khandelwal told IANS. It said that the CCI direct- and unfair means by both the $5.50 from $8.43 per the earnings of producers like rised lotteries. while a state-authorised lottery prospective date would help the On February 14, the ed an investigation without online platforms, which has mmBtu now. ONGC but will also lead to a The revenue department attracts 28 per cent tax. dealers in effectively imple- Karnataka High Court ordered the existence of a “prima facie” impacted the offline traders. Prices of natural gas, which reduction in the price of CNG, notified the GST rate on supply There were demands that menting the new tax rate”. a stay on the CCI probe into case. It further said that the CAIT has blamed both the is used to produce fertiliser and which uses natural gas as input. of lotteries and amended its ear- a uniform tax rate should be EY Tax Partner Abhishek violation of competition laws order was passed in a pre- platforms of violating the generate electricity and is also It would also lead to lower lier Central Tax (Rate) notifi- imposed on lotteries following Jain said a uniform rate on lot- by e-commerce majors. The determined manner, by treat- norms for foreign direct invest- converted into CNG for use in cost of natural gas piped to cation. Accordingly, the Central which a group of ministers tery brings a parity between order came on the writ petition ing allegations of abuse of ment (FDI).The traders body automobiles as fuel and cook- households (PNG) for cooking Tax rate for supply of lotteries were set up to suggest the GST state-run and authorized lot- filed by Amazon seeking a dominance as an anti-com- had staged protests across India ing gas for households, are set purposes as well as of feedstock has been amended to 14 per rate. Following this, the GST teries; thereby aligning an equal stay on the investigation. petitive agreement. during the visit of Amazon every six months — on April 1 cost for the manufacturing of cent and a similar percentage Council in December voted for footing for businesses in the The High Court was of the In its petition, Flipkart also CEO Jeff Bezos to India last and October 1 each year. fertilisers and petrochemicals. will be levied by the states. This a single rate of 28 per cent on same line. PTI view that the ongoing investi- questioned the “bona fides” of month.  *+, %+-. the trend will continue in the has a trade surplus. On the of Foreign Trade (IIFT) Rakesh have continued to decline and coming years also as New Delhi other hand, India has a huge Mohan Joshi said that India it went down from $372 mil- =J7 he US has surpassed China and Washington are engaged in trade deficit with China. should be a bit cautious while lion in 2017-18 to $247 million Tto become India’s top trad- further deepening the eco- In 2018-19, India has a negotiating a trade pact with last year. This is only 2.5 per Riyadh: The deadly coron- disrupted economic activity in nesses are forced to close their ing partner, showing greater nomic ties. An expert said that trade surplus of $16.85 billion the US in areas, including agri- cent of our overall $9.74 billion avirus epidemic could put an China and could put the recov- doors. Georgieva told the two- economic ties between the two if the countries will finalise a with America, while it has a culture and food products, as steel export to the world,” already fragile global economy ery at risk,” she said in a statement. day Riyadh gathering that the countries. free trade agreement (FTA), deficit of $53.56 billion with the America is the world’s largest Pawan Gupta, the Founder recovery at risk, the “I reported to the G20 that outbreak would shave about 0.1 According to the data of then the bilateral trade would neighbouring country. producer and exporter of cer- and CEO of online trade plat- International Monetary Fund even in the case of rapid con- percentage points from global the commerce ministry, in reach at different levels. The data showed that tain commodities like maize form Connect2India observed. head told G20 finance minis- tainment of the virus, growth growth and constrain China’s 2018-19, the bilateral trade “FTA with US will be very China was India’s top trading and soybean. Commenting on trade with ters and central bank governors in China and the rest of the growth to 5.6 per cent this year. between the US and India beneficial for India as the US is partner since 2013-14 till 2017- “A trade deal between the China, Gupta said despite the on Sunday. world would be impacted.” The IMF chief urged G20 stood at $87.95 billion. the biggest market for domes- 18. Before China, UAE was the US and India would further fall in volume exports to the Global growth was poised Alarm has been growing over nations to cooperate to contain During the period, India’s tic goods and services,” country’s largest trading nation. increase the trade between the Asian neighbour increased 25 for a modest rebound to 3.3 per the new virus as Chinese the spread of the virus. two-way commerce with China Federation of Indian Export A top American business two countries easing tariff per cent last year to $16.7 bil- cent this year, up from 2.9 per authorities lock down millions “COVID-19 is a stark aggregated at $87.07 billion. organisations Director General advocacy group has said that a restriction and opening up of lion while imports decreased by cent last year, IMF chief of people to prevent its spread, reminder of our interconnec- Similarly, during April- Ajay Sahai said. free trade agreement between bigger market for products. around 8 per cent to $70.3 bil- Kristalina Georgieva said at the with major knock-on effects tions and the need to work December 2019-20, the bilat- He said that India’s exports India and the US is a key to India is a major exporter of lion last year. meeting in the Saudi capital. economically. The virus has together,” Georgieva said. “In eral trade between the US and as well as imports are increas- resolving their trade disputes as steel, steel products and alu- The major reduction in “The projected recovery... now claimed 2,345 lives in this regard, the G20 is an India stood at $68 billion. It ing with the US, while with it will cover biggest irritants in minium products with com- imports from India has been on Is fragile,” Georgieva said. China, cutting off transporta- important forum to help put stood at $64.96 billion with China both are declining. ties, including tariffs and bined exports of $22.7 billion electrical machinery, equip- “The COVID-19 virus -- a tion, disrupting trade and fan- the global economy on a more China in the same period. America is one of the few mobility of Indian profession- last year. ment and apparatus category, global health emergency -- has ning investor alarm as busi- sound footing.” AFP Trade experts believe that countries with which India als. Professor at Indian Institute “Steel exports to the US the CEO said.   ! " " %   Boult, Southee leave India on thin ice

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(3/27 in 16 overs) high- *> Pujara and Agarwal quality swing bowling too 4 "* did add 51 runs for the sec- hot to handle. ond wicket but it was large- India now trail New 4 E6   ly because of the Karnataka Zealand by 39 runs going    opener, who played his into fourth day, which  shots and showed positive could well be the final day 4    intent. He, in fact, hit Ajaz of this game unless  "O Patel for a six and a four Ajinkya Rahane (25 bat- L )   but Pujara, at the other ting, 67 balls) and Hanuma end, only looked keen on Vihari (15 batting, 70 (58 defending. balls) show the art of sur- off 99 balls) was impressive Just like first innings, vival that was distinctly in one session and lost Pujara was leaving balls on lacking in some of the concentration in the sec- length but at one stage, he other top-order batsmen. ond, ditto to what hap- was stuck on personal Asked what kind of pened on the first day and score of 6 for 28 consecu- total can be defended in 2 C#     #      #  was caught down the leg- tive balls. While leaving the fourth innings, senior side. Jamieson from length was spinner Ravichandran a good score to defend,” he &8%92*'3: sure. The bowler on both not an issue, Pujara did not Ashwin remained non- said. ; <==%* If Cheteshwar Pujara the occasion was Boult, account for Boult, shoul- committal. There is still some- $*$0$=%+0& (11 off 81 balls) paid for who successfully took over dering arms a delivery that “I know to keep it sim- thing there in the Basin his ultra-defensive mind- the job of tormenting the came in sharply. ple and say this is defend- Reserve pitch, reckoned where we can look at it set shouldering arms to an Indian batsmen from Tim In the first session, able and this is not, (it) is Ashwin. very far.” in-dipper, skipper Virat Southee (1/41 in 15 overs) Jamieson (44) continued pretty much how you “We have to take every After New Zealand’s Kohli’s (19 off 43 balls) and Kyle Jamieson (0/33 in with his dream debut as he would want me to present ball at a time to be honest tail wagged big time to split-second indiscretion 17 overs). It was a top-class and No 11 Boult belted the it, but it’s too much — like because there is still post a good first innings became his undoing as he seam and swing bowling Indian bowlers for fun. six sessions to go and we enough in the surface. We total of 348, the deficit of went for a needless pull- show on a third day pitch, Ishant Sharma (5/68 are not even at a stage are not yet in a stage of the 183 understandably put shot to a well-disguised which still had something in 22.2 overs) remained the +# # ,  % : 6 ) ??#      #  where we can say what is game from our perspective India under severe pres- short ball. for fast bowlers. stand-out bowler for India. 4 #     #:    *  21 +-M$+1. match in Johannesburg on # , % KJ7K  4%% Friday. outh Africa's bowlers held He hit two sixes in the sec-  +1. den Hazard’s season Stheir nerve as the hosts ond over, bowled by Pat   Ecould be at risk after bounced back from a record Cummins, and raced to 50 off 31 heir confidence on a high after Real Madrid defeat to win the second T20I balls.  %. Tthe impressive win over title announced on against Australia at St George's Warner, Aaron Finch and holders Australia, India will look Sunday that he Park on Sunday. Steve Smith got Australia off to ajmul Hossain and skipper to carry forward the momentum had fractured Opening batsman David a similarly fast start but both NMominul Haque hit half-centuries against a plucky Bangladesh in his right ankle Warner hit an unbeaten 67 for teams found scoring increasing- as Bangladesh replied strongly to their second Group A match of during his Australia but it wasn't enough as ly difficult on a slow pitch with Zimbabwe in their one-off Test in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup team’s 1-0 La South Africa defended a modest low bounce as the ball lost its Dhaka on Sunday. here today. Liga defeat at total of 158 for four to win by 12 shine and hardness. Najmul made 71 off 139 balls Leg-spinner Levante. runs and level the three-match “We realised the new ball is while Mominul was unbeaten on 79 as Poonam Yadav’s Belgium forward series. really key with the bat,” said De Bangladesh magical spell helped Hazard, whose first season Australia lost three wickets Kock. “It gets more difficult reached 240- Q89'3: India beat Australia at Real has been plagued by injury, will now miss for eight runs in the last 2.1 overs towards the end so we were try- 3 at stumps ; ?==%* by 17 runs in the Wednesday's Champions League last 16 clash with to finish on 146 for six. It was ing to capitalise on the powerplay. on the sec- $*$0$$+7+= tournament opener Manchester City and the Clasico with league lead- their first T20 defeat in nine “We thought 160 was par ond day, on Friday but the ers Barcelona next weekend. matches going back to November because we know this wicket. It trailing Zimbabwe by 25 runs in the first Harmanpreet Kaur-led side can’t Madrid did not announce a recovery time for 2018. was always going to be more dif- innings. afford to take Bangladesh lightly Hazard but his latest setback will be a worry for South Africa captain ficult towards the end.” Pace bowler Abu Jayed earlier fin- as their eastern neighbours had Belgium boss Roberto Martinez ahead of Euro 2020 Quinton de Kock was named The series decider takes ished with a career-best 4-71, as beaten them twice in the 2018 T20 this summer. man of the match after he place on Wednesday at Zimbabwe were bowled out for 265 in Asia Cup. On Saturday, Madrid coach Zinedine admit- slammed 70 off 47 balls to get the Newlands in Cape Town, the the opening session, after the visitors Jemimah Rodrigues and 16- ted that the 29-year-old’s injury “doesn’t look good” home team off to a blazing start scene of the ball-tampering resumed on 228-6. year-old promising opener Shafali ahead of those two huge matches, which could as they set out to recover from a scandal which led to bans for Najmul, who struck seven fours in Verma, who hit a typically aggres- define his side’s season. record 107-run defeat in the first Smith and Warner. his fluent innings, led Bangladesh’s ini- sive 29 off 15 balls against %  tial batting charge after Victor Nyauchi Australia, were not a part of that ; <3=%* removed opener Saif Hasan for eight to Asia Cup team and the duo will $*$0$8%+0&  24+ give Zimbabwe an early breakthrough. need to play crucial roles if India ;  AQ He was involved in partnerships of want to beat Bangladesh. batswoman Deepti Sharma came azio kept their bid for a first Serie 78 and 76 runs with Tamim Iqbal and In the last five meetings good against Australia with an LA title in 20 years on track as a Mominul on his way to a maiden Test between the two sides, India lead unbeaten 49 off 46 balls and she 3-2 victory at Genoa on Sunday kept that all sporting events in two north- utes into the second half. fifty in only his fourth match. 3-2 on head-to-head record and would look to continue her good them one points behind leaders ern regions would be suspended on The Italian striker pulled six Tamim made 41 runs before he a win today will take them clos- form. Juventus, but four Serie A football Sunday. goals clear of Juventus star Cristiano edged Donald Tiripano to wicketkeep- er to the knock-out rounds from Medium pacer Shikha matches were postponed amid grow- Strong measures are being taken Ronaldo who scored for a record- er Regis Chakabva. the five-team group. Pandey also bowled well against ing coronavirus fears in northern in Italy with over 132 con- equalling 11th consecutive Serie Charlton Tshuma dismissed India will, however, need to Australia and Harmanpreet is Italy. firmed cases in an outbreak A game in his 1,000th profes- Najmul for his maiden Test wicket as improve their batting perfor- happy that her team is not depen- Reigning champions Juve had that has claimed two lives in sional match against SPAL. Chakabva claimed a third catch behind mance as they scored a below par dent on a few players only. edged out bottom club SPAL 2-1 on the country. Francesco Cassata pulled the stumps. 132 against Australia. For Bangladesh, the key play- Saturday, but Lazio responded to “I think it’s right to take one back for the relegation- Mominul, who hit nine fours, and Since the tri-series preceding ers will be all-rounder Jahanara keep the pressure on at the top, the necessary precautions,” threatened hosts, but Danilo Mushfiqur saw off the day without fur- this World Cup, the Indian batting Alam and top-order batswoman extending their unbeaten run in the said Lazio coach Simone Cataldi secured Lazio all three ther damage as they shared 68 runs in has been inconsistent and has not Fargana Hoque. league to 20 games in the north-west- Inzaghi. points despite Domenico Criscito's an unbroken fourth-wicket stand. posted big totals barring a few The 26-year-old seasoned ern port city. “Do a lot of prevention, try to late consolation. Mushfiqur, who returned to the side matches. Hoque has a T20I hundred to her Third-placed Inter Milan, who defeat and understand the problem “We’re doing something great. after skipping the previous Test against Captain Harmanpreet and name. She had played a major role are six points behind Juve, saw their by stopping the championship, The lads know it and I’m not hiding Pakistan, remained unbeaten on 32. opener Smriti Mandhana, who in Bangladesh’s group stage win game scheduled for later on Sunday because we shouldn’t underestimate from saying it,” said Inzaghi. Zimbabwe earlier added 37 runs to both have done well in the tri- over India in 2018 T20 Asia Cup. at the San Siro postponed, with what is happening.” “In 21 games between the cham- their overnight score before Jayed and series before this World Cup, Alam is another key player for Thursday’s Europa League match In Genoa, Adam Marusic scored pionship and the Super Cup we have left-arm spinner Taijul Islam wrapped contributed little with the bat in Bangladesh and she was a part of against Bulgarian club Ludogorets at Torino and Parma, Atalanta versus the opener for Lazio with less than won 17 times. In other champi- up their innings. the previous match and both will the IPL Velocity team under risk, along with next weekend’s Sassuolo and Hellas Verona against two minutes on the clock before Ciro onships we would be first, but here Jayed dismissed overnight batsman need to fire for India to put up a Mithali Raj in India’s domestic league clash with Juventus in Turin. Cagliari. Immobile, the top flight’s leading you have to fight with Juve and Inter. Tiripano for eight when he nicked an big total or chase down a target. Women’s T20 Challenge tourna- Three other top-flight matches Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte scorer this season, netted his 27th “We are there in the chase and edge to wicketkeeper Liton Das in the Another key middle-order ment in Jaipur last year. were also pushed back — between announced late on Saturday evening Serie A goal of the campaign six min- we will try to fight.” seventh over. The same bowler trapped Ainsley Ndlovu leg before for a duck in his next Gujarat thrash Goa by 464 runs, enter Ranji semis over.  -+3+1+ convert a penalty put them 17 Naim, Afif back for ODIs  5-% and Kashmir let the virtually seal a semifinal points clear of Tottenham and )>*  ) advantage slip by losing ; ?3=%* berth with a massive 443- abriel Jesus struck late sends them into their midweek Bangladesh have called up eft-arm spinner Siddharth Desai wickets at regular inter- $*$0$>%+0& run lead over Odisha. Gto give Manchester match against Real Madrid in uncapped batsmen Mohammad Lgrabbed a fifer as Gujarat vals to be bundled out At close on the City a 1-0 win at good spirits. Naim and Afif Hossain for their 15- thrashed minnows Goa by a whop- in 62.4 overs. penultimate day, Bengal were Leicester on City looked like man squad for the first two ODIs ping 464 runs to storm into the Ranji Pacer M 361 for seven following half Saturday, strength- they might have to of a three-match series against Trophy semifinals, here on Sunday. (4/42) impressed once again centuries from Shreevats ening their hold settle for a draw Zimbabwe next month. Set a daunting target of 629 for as he returned with a four- Goswami (78), Abhishek on second place after squandering Naim and Afif have played an improbable win, Goa were bun- wicket haul, while Jagadeesha Raman (67) and Shahbaz behind champi- their fourth penal- T20 for Bangladesh, but were not dled out for 164 in their second essay Suchith (2/46) and Ronit More Ahmed’s unbeaten 52. ons-in-waiting ty in a row in the part of the ODI side to be led by on day 4 of the quarterfinals at the (2/40) grabbed two wickets each and It was almost all over for Odisha Liverpool Premier League, pacer Mashrafe Mortaza. Sardar Patel Stadium. Krishnappa Gowtham (1/30) as there was no sign of a declaration despite more with each being Mashrafe was retained as cap- Desai (5-81) ran through the claimed one. from Bengal, who already had woe from the missed by a different tain despite concerns over his Goa batsmen and got able support For the hosts, Abdul Samad secured three points by virtue of a penalty spot. player. future, and will lead the side for the from pacer Arzan Nagwaswalla (4- scored a 50-ball 43. first-innings lead to put one step Pep “We have missed first time since the World Cup last 18). In their second essay, Karnataka into the semifinals. Guardiola’s men four penalties in a row year. Barring Suyash Prabhudessai reached 245 for four in 67 overs with have endured a but maybe we will Batsman Liton Das and all- (66), no other Goa batsman could opener (74) SAURASHTRA ON TOP turbulent week after they shoot a penalty when rounder Mohammad Saifuddin even put up a fight. J&K OUT FOR 192 and Krishnamurthy Siddharth (75 !! Saurashtra batted Andhra were banned from European we need it to win also return to the ODI side after Earlier, Goa’s medium-pacer   Karnataka took the crucial not out) doing the bulk of the scor- out of their quarterfinal by extend- club competitions for two something,” missing the previous series against Lakshay Garg (4/30) grabbed four first-innings lead after bowling out ing. ing their overall lead to a mammoth years for breaches of financial Guardiola told the Sri Lanka in July. quick wickets as Gujarat declared Jammu and Kashmir for 192 on the 658 runs. fair play rules. BBC. “The keepers The first two ODIs against their second innings for 199/6, with fourth day. BENGAL VIRTUALLY IN S/F By stumps on the fourth day, But a second-half winner are good too, but the Zimbabwe will be held in Sylhet on an overall lead of 628 runs. Resuming the day on 88 for two   Bengal put up a strong bat- Saurashtra had made 375 for nine from substitute Jesus after next one we are going March 1 and 3. AFP in reply to Karnataka’s 206, Jammu ting display in their second essay to in their second innings. Sergio Aguero had failed to to score.”   ! " " %  

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Abdulsalam quarterfinal bout against Two-time Olympic medallist “I tried one move towards the Abdulwahhab Al Uzbekistan’s Jahongirmirza NISHIOKA REACHES DELRAY BEACH FINAL Sushil had skipped the continen- end but could not execute it Obaidi, the Turobov, Rahul won 11-9, large- Miami: '  6  *   # "  tal event citing an injury. properly, it could have got me the Indian looked a ly because of his superior  >&K K&L K&N    &  ' A Gold eluded India on the Gold. There are improvements in different man, defence. .      1 %  $    *   second day of the men’s freestyle the my game and it could be seen. winning it The Pune grappler lost ""              competition with Deepak Punia This Silver is special. Now I will easily. He his semifinal to Kyrgyzstan’s                (86kg) and Rahul Aware (61kg) try harder to get Olympic quota,” defated his Ulukbek Zholdoshbekov 3-5.   .     "         finishing with Bronze medals. said Jitender. Iraqi rival He won Bronze after (N>O Up against Kazakhstan’s His attacking moves from a by technical downing Iran’s Majid Daniyar Kaisanov, Jitender distance were not good enough to superiority. Almas Dastan 4-2 in THIEM THWARTED IN BID TO PASS FEDERER showed tremendous defensive get a good grip on his rivals. “I had not an exciting bout. Rio De Janerio: ,    %  1  skill, but was lacking in attack. Largely, he was defending from trained enough In the 125kg,             &     The Indian lost 1-3 to the defend- standing position. because of an injury I Satender won  1     2" ;  &    ing champion. In fact, in the semifinal suffered during train- his qualification  = 0  4  4   >(O&  ;  However, his performance against his Mongolian opponent, ing after I arrived in bout but later "           &   was enough to convince the all three points were scored on India from Russia. I had lost his quarter-   (N>?   " 1 ?&K A?/LB ?&)               .  1 national federation that he should passivity and the bouts lacked AC     C  #    C  1H  # 4 six stitched just above my final and repechage travel to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan for flare. right eye,” Deepak, who rounds.    &    (N(N  &    the Olympic Qualifiers, without Before that, Jitender had won “We will not have trials in any Much to the disappointment won a Silver at 2019 In the 92kg,              a re-trial. his qualification bout rather eas- category in men’s free style. We of the home fans, world champi- Worlds, said. Somveer’s challenge 4  = 1   It means that Sushil, who also ily but just about managed to win will see how our wrestlers per- onship Silver medallist Deepak In the non-Olympic lasted just 24 seconds competes in 74kg, will have to his following bouts against Iran’s form in Bishkek,” Wrestling lost his 86kg semifinal to Japan’s 61kg category, Rahul, against his Uzbek GOA TO HOST ISL FINAL: NITA AMBANI wait and see how Jitender fares in Mostafa Mohabbali Hosseinkhani Federation of India (WFI) pres- Shutaro Yamada. who won a Bronze at rival Ajiniyaz Mumbai: 4    0           Bishkek, where the finalists will (2-2) and Mongolia’s Sumiyabazar ident Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh His style was identical to the Worlds in Nur Saparniyazov.   =   " -   4  >L   directly qualify for the Tokyo Zandanbud (2-1). said. Jitender’s and his moves from dis- Sultan, paid the price "  %"  -=      "  *    1        ?:7N "  4  >L   #     *         4   L0        -   #  #% #   #  1         0                             Indian men’s doubles    ""  0 M    pair of Achanta Sharath Kamal   Stefanos Tsitsipas suc- Tour-level finals. and Gnanasekaran Sathiyan set- cessfully defended his Marseille title “Playing a final is wonderful, WINDIES RECALL RUSSELL FOR SL T20S tled for a Silver medal at the ITTF on Sunday with a straightforward you have to have that perspective, Colombo: ,      &  &   World Tour Hungarian Open victory over Felix Auger-Aliassime. remember that everything is going        "  1(N        after losing the summit clash to Greek star Tsitsipas eased to a in the right direction despite every- - 1 7>& &    "   "  German combination of Benedikt 6-3, 6-4 win to leave Felix still wait- thing,” said Auger-Aliassime.   ,  = (N>K ,  1(N  "   "  Duda and Patrick Franziska. ing for his maiden ATP title after “It’s heavy, losing every time in         = )N& ,  3"   The Indian pair, which his fifth final defeat. the final. There is a little doubt...      1(N     (N>O   defeated top seeds Ho Kwan Kit Tsitsipas, who had arrived in when will it be my turn?” .          + - and Wong Chun Ting of Hong southern France with a 3-4 losing World number six Tsitsipas,      2% ;     -      Kong 3-2 in the semi-finals, put record this season, enjoyed an the ATP Finals champion, broke in      ;           up a strong effort in the summit emphatic return to form as he the third game and saved three ;  1 ,      -      clash but eventually went down clinched his fifth ATP trophy. break points to serve out the open-    4  L  K fighting 5-11, 9-11, 11-8, 9-11 to “I did well mentally,” said ing set. The second seed got the HANSINI WINS BRONZE IN ITTF EVENT the 16th seeds German pair in a Tsitsipas. “I didn’t crack when I was better of a run of three successive New Delhi:     ""   30-minute showdown on under pressure.” breaks in the second set to move     1  1    A11B   Saturday. Auger-Aliassime would have 4-3 in front and only dropped one     3 =     "  4  It is Sharath Kamal’s second been confident of finally ending his more point on serve.   .   " " "   "     medal from the prestigious tour- wait for tournament success after He will now travel to the UAE     $       4 &3  0  = nament. He also won a Bronze two wins from his three previous for the Dubai C’ships, where he is      # FC             #   3  2" with Manika Batra in mixed meetings with Tsitsipas, but has still second seed behind number one  2     -+4- doubles. PTI ##   #  #G failed to even win a set in his five          ### #6       Novak Djokovic. AFP