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Digvijay has been a bitter # critic of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), the ideological guide of the BJP, and had allegedly linked it to the 2008 Mumbai terror attack $ R carried out by Pakistani ter- rorists. !(.!-/0 The BJP also decided to field KP Yadav from Guna, a etting the stage for an epic seat held by senior Congress Sbattle in Bhopal, the BJP on leader Jyotiraditya Scindia who Wednesday fielded Sadhvi is contesting from there. The Pragya Singh Thakur, facing BJP has named Raj Bahadur trial in Malegaon blast case, in Singh and Ramakant Bhargav Lok Sabha elections, against as its nominees from Sagar and Congress heavyweight and for- Vidisha respectively. mer Madhya Pradesh Chief External Affairs Minister Minister Digvijay Singh. Sushma Swaraj had won from Out on bail, Sadhvi joined Vidisha in 2014 but she is not the BJP only hours before the fighting polls this time due to party announced her name as health reasons. its candidate from Bhopal. This Born in Bhind district of is being seen as a clear attempt Madhya Pradesh, Sadhvi has by the BJP to bring the had a long association with the Hindutva plank at the centre Sangh Parivar. A post-graduate stage of polls in the State, in history, she worked with the where the BJP had won 27 out RSS student wing Akhil of 29 seats in 2014 LS polls. Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad “I will contest the election and Durga Vahini, women’s from Bhopal and win. Former wing of the Vishwa Hindu Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Parishad. Chouhan is with me,” Sadhvi Arrested in the 2008 * said after emerging out of the Malegaon blast case, she was BJP office at Bhopal. given a clean chit by the In a way, the face-off National Investigation Agency between Digvijay and Sadhvi (NIA), but the trial court sented by the AIADMK, fol- will also be seen as a battle refused to discharge her from !(.!-/0 lowing recovery of huge between the hardcore Hindutva the case. amount of cash allegedly from represented by the likes of !" # # # The court dropped the he second phase of Lok an associate of a DMK leader. Sadhvi and equally dyed-in- # $ % ! # $ % charges under the Maharashtra TSabha polls for 95 seats will The EC also announced the-wool “secularism” propa- Control of Organised Crime decide the fate of several stal- postponement of polling in gated by the likes of Digvijay. people’s court by fielding several accused, including A senior BJP leader said Hindutva” faces of the Act (MCOCA) against her, warts, including Union Tripura (East) Lok Sabha seat At a rally in Odisha, BJP Sadhvi against Digvijay, he Swami Aseemanand, in the party decided to field Congress. and she is now being tried Ministers Jitendra Singh, Jual to the third phase on April 23, president Amit Shah on said, accusing the Congress of Samjhauta Express blast case, Sadhvi, who joined the party Also being a high-profile under the Unlawful Activities Oram, Sadananda Gowda and saying the prevailing law and Wednesday described Digvijay defaming India by coining Shah attacked the Congress and hours before her candidature seat as the Madhya Pradesh Prevention Act. She was grant- Pon Radhakrishnan, former order situation there is not con- as the “creator” of “saffron ter- terms like “Hindu terror” and said people of Bhopal will pun- was announced, against capital, it can help rally support ed bail by the Bombay High Prime Minister HD Deve ducive for free and fair polls. ror” phrase. The BJP has decid- “saffron terror”. ish Digvijay and Congress pres- Digvijay as the latter has been for the BJP across the State and Court in 2017. Gowda and DMK’s Dayanidhi The stake is high for the ed to take the matter to the Referring to the acquittal of ident Rahul Gandhi. one of the most visible “anti- even outside, he added. Continued on Page 4 Maran, A Raja and Kanimozhi. AIADMK which had swept Altogether 1,600-odd contes- the polls in 2014 and has gone tants are in the fray from 11 from one internal crisis to States and the Union Territory another after the death of its of Puducherry. supreme leader J Jayalalithaa. Thirty eight of the 39 Lok The party has formed a strong Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu will alliance with PMK and DMDK !(.!-/0 Modi took to twitter in the go to polls and bypolls will be to take on the might of DMK- morning to express anguish held in 18 Assembly con- Cong-Left alliance, which is s many as 50 people died over the loss of lives in the rain stituencies. The Election expected to win at least two Aand several others injured in Gujarat and announced Commission cancelled the third of the 39 seats, as per var- due to unseasonal rain, dust relief. Soon afterwards Madhya polling in Vellore Lok Sabha ious opinion polls. storm and lightning in Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal seat, which is currently repre- Continued on Page 4 Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Nath hit out at the Prime Maharashtra and Gujarat. It has Minister, accusing him of being !(.!-/0 caused damage to property, concerned only about his home wheat crops, mango, and pota- State Gujarat. elhiites woke up to a pleas- toes and vegetables in north, The PMO in a tweet later Dant Wednesday morning, central parts of the country. said, “PM @narendramodi has with the temperature drop- It is estimated that proper- expressed grief at loss of lives ping following overnight rain ties and crops worth several due to unseasonal rain and that returned in the afternoon. hundred crores have been dam- storms in MP, Rajasthan, The maximum temperature aged. Several cattle were also Manipur & various parts of the settled at 29.5 degrees Celsius, killed in rain-related incidents. country”. seven notches below the sea- According to the India ) # ) “An ex gratia of 2 lakh son’s average, the minimum Meteorological Department ' * ) $ % each for the next of kin of those temperature was recorded at (IMD), unseasonal rain, thun- who lost their lives due to 19.0 degrees Celsius, three derstorm, lightning and high Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram unseasonal rain & storms in notches below the normal, a speed wind were caused by Haryana, Punjab and Bihar. An and Tripura, and Odisha are MP, Rajasthan, Manipur & Met department official said. active Western Disturbance amber colour warning indicates likely to get rain and thunder- various parts of the country has The Met office has forecast (WD) over eastern Iran that is that authorities have to remain storm on Friday. been approved from the PM’s overcast skies for Thursday moving towards east-north- alert for any weather-related Several parts of north and National Relief Fund. 50,000 along with the possibility of eastwards across Afghanistan, exigency. The situation is central India have been wit- each for the injured has also light rain and thundershowers. Pakistan and northwest India. expected to remain the same in nessing thunderstorms, dust been approved,” the PMO said. “The maximum and minimum According to IMD, the next two-three days in storms, lightning and heavy Union Home Minister temperatures are likely to hover Uttrakhand, Punjab, Haryana, North-East and southern parts rain since Sunday. Rajnath Singh said the at 33 and 18 degrees Celsius Chandigarh, Bihar, Gangetic of the country. According to reports, Government is closely moni- respectively,” the Met said. & ' $ West Bengal and Delhi-NCR As per IMD, Kerala, Rajasthan witnessed the max- toring the situation in rain-hit The humidity oscillated on Wednesday witnessed squall Telangana, Sikkim, Karnataka, imum casualties with 21 peo- areas and is ready to provide all between 82 and 54 per cent. (wind speed reaching 60-70 Assam, Jharkhand, Meghalya, ple killed in overnight rain- possible assistance to States The Safdarjung observatory, ! #$ kilometres per hour) accom- West Bengal, Arunachal related incidents followed by affected by rain and thunder- recording of which is consid- panied with hail and Pradesh and Puducherry may Madhya Pradesh where 15 storm. Officials of the ered the official figure for New Delhi: An Indian Crested Porcupine was rescued by Wildlife SOS after it was hit by a vehi- lightning. witness rain, thunderstorm were killed. 10 people were Agriculture Ministry said the Delhi, received 1 mm rain till cle in Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi on Tuesday night. The porcupine sustained injuries The IMD has issued an with gusty wind on Thursday, killed in Gujarat, three were assessment of loss of crops is 8.30 am after which it record- on its hind legs and is currently under observation. Wasim Akram, Deputy Director-Special amber-coloured warning for while West Bengal, Andhra killed in Maharashtra. being carried out. ed traces of rainfall till 5.30 pm. Projects, Wildlife SOS, said, “We are thankful to JNU students for taking quick action that helped parts of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Prime Minister Narendra Continued on Page 4 Continued on Page 4 save the animal’s life.” Detailed report on P3 O P
% & N O ' !(.!-/0 liamentarians they keep meet- When asked about AAP ! ' ing and declined to state any- leader Sanjay Singh meeting " # fter a fresh round of dis- thing about the meeting. him, Azad said as Member of Acussion for the Congress- “Alliance talks between Parliament we keep meeting !(.!-/0 AAP alliance in Delhi and AAP and Congress has been each other so nothing new neighbouring States of Haryana called off following disagree- should be read about. Both !" # eetering for over four and Punjab, the Aam Aadmi ment over tie-up in Haryana Azad and Singh are members $ Tmonths due to cash- Party (AAP) on Wednesday and Delhi. The Congress has of the Rajya Sabha. & drought, Jet Airways, flying for said the Congress has refused refused to form an alliance in When specifically asked Q& over 25 years, on Wednesday ing from the lenders or any appeal to the lenders for an to form an alliance in Haryana Haryana, and we do not want in the Press conference about '&& said its last flight will takeoff on other source is forthcoming, emergency 400 crore funding, and thus the party does “not a tie-up only in Delhi,” said the Congress-AAP alliance for $ Wednesday night, after its the airline will not be able to and if not the demand is not want a tie-up only in Delhi”. Sanjay Singh , who earlier held Delhi Lok Sabha seats, Azad ) ' ( # $ lenders refused to offer a 400- pay for fuel or other critical ser- met, take a final call on the While AAP leader and a meeting with Azad following said he is not aware as he is not crore lifeline. vices to keep the operations future of the airline on Rajya Sabha member Sanjay the fresh rounds of expression the AICC incharge of Delhi. %&% P “With immediate effect, going... And has decided to go Wednesday. Singh said alliance talks by party chiefs — Rahul In very defensive answer ()( we are compelled to cancel all ahead with temporary suspen- On Tuesday night, Jet between the AAP and the Gandhi of the Congress and about alliances, Azad said the !R our international and domes- sion of operations,” it said. Airways — which carries the Congress was called off fol- Arvind Kejriwal of the AAP. Congress is always open to tic flights. The last flight will The last flight of the airline, slogan “the joy of flying” — lowing disagreement over tie- On his part, Azad said he alliances as the party has done Congress would fight from six operate today,” Jet Airways left the Amritsar airport at was informed by SBI, on behalf up in Haryana and Delhi, was not aware of any alliances, it in Bihar, Tamil Nadu, seats, while the Jannayak Janata ) " $ informed the exchanges. 10.30pm for New Delhi. of the consortium of lenders, senior Congress leader particularly in Haryana of Maharashtra and Jammu & Party (JJP)would field its can- )$* ( The airline said the deci- After a board meeting on that they were unable to con- Ghulam Nabi Azad, who was which he is also incharge. Kashmir. didates for three seats and one sion follows the lenders refus- Tuesday, the management had sider its request for critical part of the discussion on “Who is doing the alliance? As According to the sources, candidate would be fielded by +,+, ing to offer a lifeline. authorised chief executive interim funding, the airline Wednesday, presented a defen- for Haryana there no such Singh proposed 6:3:1 seat shar- the AAP. *-. # “Since no emergency fund- Vinay Dube to make one last said in the statement. sive statement and said as par- talks,” said Azad. ing in Haryana in which Continued on Page 4 !"#$ % ) '''561 ' P ) # + + , # !(.!-/0 operator,” said the DCP. “During interrogation, the rked at being bullied almost accused confessed to their crime !(.!-/0 Narcotic Drugs and Ieverybody, a school cab dri- and revealed that Sombir and Psychotropic Substances ver, along with his accomplices Vicky had an old enmity with 31-year-old Nigerian (NDPS) act and 14 Foreigners killed a 22-year-old man by Kashyap. He had beaten them a Anational was arrested by Act was registered at NFC stabbing and then strangulating few years ago and since then Delhi Police for allegedly sup- police station,” said the DCP. him at an abandoned farm- they were holding a grudge plying ‘cocaine’ and ‘brown “During interrogation the house situated barely 800 metres against him. The accused said sugar’ to other drug-dealers of accused disclosed that couple from the Neb Sarai Police that Kashyap used to bully and Delhi and National Capital of months ago he came in Station in South Delhi on threaten Sombir almost on a Region. The accused a football contact with a Nigerian person Tuesday night. To evade arrest, daily basis,” said the DCP. player turned drug peddler, had called as Tiger. Herry stated the accused disposed of the “The accused also disclosed arrived in India six months ago that Tiger was his nickname body by throwing it in a near- that on April 15, Kashyap had to try his luck in country’s foot- and Tiger had never disclosed by ditch and covering it with again threatened Sombir. In ball club but could not get any his real name to him. Tiger was some leaves. the evening, he got information opportunity. already involved in the drug The deceased has been that Surjit was sitting with one The man has been identi- peddling and he persuaded identified as Surjit Kashyap, a of his friend. Sombir along fied as Herry, who was present- Herry to work for him. In order resident of Jawahar Park in with his friends went to the ly living in national Capital’s ' # to earn quick money, Herry Neb Sarai. Police have arrested abandoned farm house, stabbed Vasant Kunj area. According to # agreed to join Tiger,” said the four accused while two are still and strangulated him. They Chinmoy Biswal, the Deputy DCP. at large. “On April 17, at about disposed the body by throwing Commissioner of Police police, the foreign national got “The accused further dis- 12.12 am, Amit Kashyap filed a it in a nearby ditch and covered (DCP), South-East district, on suspicious and he tried to run closed that Tiger used to give complaint at the Neb Sarai it with some leaves,” said the April 15, specific inputs were from the spot and while run- him packets of cocaine and police station that his younger + )# # DCP. received regarding a foreign ning, he threw away a poly- brown sugar and directed him brother Surjit Kashyap is miss- “Four accused have been dug peddler following which a thene packet from his pocket. to deliver the same to other ing and has not returned home,” his friends and suspected foul taken up,” said the DCP. worked as a school cab driver in arrested. Two more of their trap was laid near Batra He was arrested by the police drug-dealers of Delhi and said Vijay Kumar, the Deputy play behind his disappearance. “During investigation, Neb Sarai and Saket area, Vicky accomplices identified as Golu Cinema, Community Center team after a brief chase. The NCR,” said the DCP adding Commissioner of Police (DCP), A case under section 302, 201 police identified a few people Jha, who worked as a helper in and Ravinder Bisht are still Market, New Friends Colony. polythene was also recovered that further investigation of the South district. of Indian Penal Code (IPC) was who were last seen with Max Saket, an unemployed absconding and police had “At about 8.45 pm, one for- by the police team which con- case is in progress and efforts “In his complaint Amit said registered at Neb Sarai police Kashyap. Police identified the youth named Satbir and Vicky launched manhunt to nab eign national was seen near tained 35 grams of cocaine. A are being made to nab the asso- his brother had gone out to meet station and investigation was accused as Sombir Singhal who Bhatt who was a data entry them,” the DCP added. Batra Cinema. On seeing the case under section 21 of ciates of the accused. !"# #$ !$ ! - P.
!(.!-/0 ident of Nawada, Bihar them. After finding mobile “Vishwajeet also arranged !(.!-/0 Nuh, we had conducted a test to “In rural areas, students, as about their subjects,” he said. According to Vijayanta numbers of the accused different mobile numbers for check the teachers’ ability in the well as teachers, have a serious “We are also planning to he Delhi Police has arrest- Arya, the Deputy switched off, Karan visited the calling the customers. Accused n an effort to enhance the subject and were shocked that issue with the language and visits the government’s schools Ted three for allegedly cheat- Commissioner of Police address provided on the web- Vikas Kumar provided his bank Iquality of education in some of the teachers do not these activities will definitely in Gurugram and adjoining ing people on the pretext of (DCP), North West district, a site in West Bengal but found account detail to Vishwajeet Gurugram and adjoining dis- know the basics of English. help student for their better district twice a week. So that we providing them Customer complaint was received in that no such company existed Singh for transferring money tricts, the Haryana Government “The first session which future,” he added. can monitor the quality of the Service Point (CSP) of a bank which the complainant Karan on that address,” said the DCP on a commission basis, the will soon start English training we have started with the Nuh The official also informed education in the government’s under an e-governance scheme Singh alleged that he had adding that a case was regis- DCP said. sessions for Government school district. We have prepared that the government will eval- school.” by creating a fake website. applied for a CSP on the web- tered and all the accused were “Accused Sunny Shankar teachers. around 80 teachers all over uate the teachers at the end of According to administra- A customer service point site “cspbankmitra.In” under an arrested. and his associate from Nawada The first of this programme government school in Nuh,” a the programme. tion officials, the state govern- functions like a mini outlet e-governance scheme. “During interrogation the in Bihar were the main was recently conducted in Nuh. senior official with the educa- “After the session, we will ment wants to improve the where deposit and withdrawal “He was asked to deposit accused disclosed that accused involved in creating There the Haryana government tion department said. “Now we take one on one test of each quality of education in the up to a certain amount can be several amounts on different Vishwajeet Singh used to fake website and offering lucra- had conducted the session with are planning to continue these teacher to check how much they region and these practices will made. The accused have been occasions in various bank arrange different bank tive government schemes support from an NGO who had sessions in the adjoining dis- have learnt during the session.” surely help students to improve identified as Vishwajeet Singh accounts for which he was accounts from several people for committing online frauds,” helped the English teachers to tricts of Gurugram as well. The “This is actually not good their skills. (22), Vikas Kumar (19), both charged on behalf of the com- and sold it to Sunny Shankar said the DCP adding that improve their teaching skills and administration has taken this for the state as such kind of residents of Kapashera in Delhi pany, said the DCP. for transfer the cheated another co-accused is still command over the language. step to improve quality educa- teachers to educate the stu- and Sunny Shankar (24) a res- “Karan paid 4,89,300 to amount,” said the DCP. absconding. “During the sessions in tion in government-run schools. dents who have no knowledge %&'' $ # !") ! !
!(.!-/0 shifted to a rented accommodation in nearby 50-year-old man was area around two months Aarrested on Wednesday for ago,” said the senior police allegedly raping his minor official. niece multiple times in “After her medical exam- Dwarka’s Najafgarh area. ination, a case under section According to a senior police 376 (Punishment for rape) of official, a 13-year-old girl the Indian Penal Code and 6 approached them on Tuesday POCSO (Protection of and alleged that she was raped Children from Sexual by her maternal uncle multiple Offences) has been regis- times. tered and the accused has “The victim’s mother had been arrested on died 12 years ago when she was Wednesday,” the senior police six-month-old and soon after official added. her father also went missing. The accused works in a Later, she started living with tyre puncture shop and has her uncle,” said the senior two married sons and three police official. daughters. “The victim was “She said that she to live in the only child of her parents. her uncle’s house at Najafgarh She was school dropout and area and alleged that she was had studied up to fifth stan- raped at least four to five times dard,” the senior police offi- when she was alone. They had cial added. : !(.!-/0 the child but failed to find him following which a cash 14-year-old boy, who went reward of 50,000 was Amissing two years ago from declared,” said Additional CP. Delhi’s Narela was reunited “A few days ago, a good with his family. Police said that samaritan saw the picture of the boy, a class five student of a the missing boy on a ‘Hue and Government school in Narela, Cry Notice’ pasted at the Old ran away from the school two Delhi Railway Station and years back after being repri- recalled that he had also seen manded by his family members and spoken to the boy at the for not faring well in studies, ‘langar’at Sisganj Gurudwara police said. recently. He informed the According to Rajiv Ranjan, Anti Human Trafficking Unit the Additional Commissioner of of the Crime Branch after not- Police, Crime Branch, a com- ing down the contact details plaint was filed in the regard in from the notice,” said the 2017. Additional CP. “The complainant had then “On Tuesday, the boy said that his 12-year-old nephew was spotted near Sisganj had been missing since Gurudwara and was reunited February 13, 2017. The boy with his family after he was belongs to Shamali in Uttar produced before the Child Pradesh and had been staying Welfare Committee. The boy with his uncle in Delhi. On did not allege any maltreat- February 13, 2017, the boy had ment by anyone. He stated run away from school in his that he had run away from the uniform,” said the Additional school after being repri- CP. manded by his family mem- “A case was registered and bers for not faring well in an investigation was taken up by studies,” the Additional CP the local police initially but it said. was later transferred to the “For the past two years, Anti Human Trafficking Unit of he had been moving from the Crime Branch,” said place to place in Delhi and Additional CP. had finally settled near Sisganj “The Crime Branch teams Gurudwara. He would often visited Haridwar, Meerut, work, eat and sleep in the Mumbai, Roorkee, Kerala, Gurudwara itself,” the Shamli and Saharanpur to trace Additional CP added.
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Prime Minister will talk about “Crores of traders want to been delayed as the saffron elections together, there only 2-3 sitting MPs may be Ramayana and Dilip Kumar, Meeting has been convened by greater participation of traders express their gratitude to the party was eagerly waiting the are chances of consolidation of replaced with fresh candidates,” are among the candidates who the Delhi BJP and the in national economy and devel- Prime Minister for the BJP’s result of ongoing seat sharing vote share and he said. have filed their nominations for Confederation of All India opment of the Country. Sankalp Patra promising mea- talks between the Aam Aadmi anti-incumbency factor for sit- The BJP is ready to face the the Lok Sabha polls in Delhi. Traders (CAIT) at Talkatora “The BJP manifesto has sures like accident insurance of Party and Congress. Delhi BJP ting BJP MPs also a significant situation where it will have to According to the affidavit stadium. included various issues of all 10 lakh, pension after 60 insiders say names will be factor, hence AAP - Congress contest the elections against an submitted on Tuesday during epic Ramayana. Praveen Khandelwal, sections of traders which also years, traders credit card, sim- announced on April 21. alliance factor may propel to alliance in Delhi, said a Delhi filing of the nominations, Dilip The nominations also Secretary General of CAIT include Loans up to 50 lakhs plification of GST and also There are enough indica- opt for old candidates. BJP leader. Kumar is the son of one Ram include a quirky name, one said the Bharatiya Jantata Party without any collateral guaran- exemption from income tax up tions that BJP would prefer to However, if AAP and Congress “We are confident of win- Iqbal and is the resident of Manager Chaurasiya, who will (BJP) has included core and tee to MSME, technology to 5 lakhs,” Goel said on field the sitting MPs if AAP and contest separately, then BJP ning the elections, alliance or Molerband Extension area near fight North East constituency fundamental issues of the busi- centre across the Country to Tuesday. Congress join hands. However, would be sitting pretty in the no alliance in Delhi. For them Badarpur Border. on a ticket from Socialist Unity ness community which include develop skills of startups and It may be noted that new candidates will be fielded National Capital. (Congress and AAP), its a This 44-year-old namesake Centre of India (Communist) formation of a National Traders other traders, minimum the trader’s body had said it in the event of Congress — Buoyed by the political choice between durgati (mis- of the famed Bollywood actor party. Welfare Board, a national pol- purchase of 10 per cent has been conducting a AAP alliance not being for- development, the BJP has ery) and veergati (martyr- has thrown his hat in the ring Delhi, which has seven icy for retail trade, pension to by Government departments national campaign for the past malised. speeded up its candidate selec- dom),” he said. for the South Delhi con- parliamentary constituencies, traders above from women entrepreneur, he three months to convert seven Meanwhile, senior AAP tion process for the seven Lok It may be noted that BJP stituency. will vote on May 12. The seven the age of 60 years, said, adding that these steps crore traders into a vote leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sabha seats. Delhi BJP presi- had won all seven Lok Sabha Twelve candidates, 10 from constituencies are — New accidental insurance of 10 will not only strengthen the bank to play a “decisive” role in Sanjay Singh on hinted the dent Manoj Tiwari, who is seats in Delhi in the 2014 “unrecognised parties” and two Delhi, South Delhi, West Delhi, lakh to traders who are regis- domestic trade but will also the upcoming Lok Sabha elec- talks between AAP and campaigning in West Bengal, General Elections. Independents, submitted their East Delhi, North East Delhi, tered under Goods and enable small traders to make tions. Congress have failed as was summoned back for an The list of BJP papers on Tuesday, the first day North West Delhi and Chandni Services Tax, Vyapari Credit large exports to other The CAIT had said that Congress has been too intran- important meeting on candi- candidates in Delhi is expect- of nomination submission. Chowk. Card on pattern of Kisan Credit Countries. about 40 thousand trade asso- sigent over seat sharing for- date selection on Wednesday, ed in next few days after the Kumar has filed his nomi- Of the 12 nominations Card to traders etc. Delhi BJP president ciations and federations all mula. The development has sources said. picture of the alliance is clear, nation for Sanatan Sanskriti received so far, three each were Khandelwal further said Manoj Tiwari on Tuesday India will play an active role in come a day after a public spat The party is “keenly watch- the party leader added. Raksha Dal, while another can- received for East Delhi and that it is gratifying that BJP has said the party manifesto for the the elections and will be between Congress president ing” developments related to The nomination process for didate Sugreev (50), is trying his New Delhi seats, two each for included the most important Lok Sabha polls has “raised ambassadors for carrying poll Rahul Gandhi and AAP the alliance but it is ready with seven Lok Sabha seats in luck as an Independent from Chandni Chowk and West issues of trading community in hopes” of the people including message of the traders’ body to (AAP) convener Arvind its strategy to tackle any emerg- Delhi began Tuesday. The last the East Delhi constituency. Delhi and one each for North its election manifesto which has traders in the country who every nook and corner of the Kejriwal on social media per- ing situation, a top BJP leader date for filing nominations is Sugreev is the name of one of East Delhi and South Delhi encouraged the traders across want to bring Modi back as the Country. taining to on/off speculations said. “Some adjustments may April 23. the legendry characters in the constituencies. the Country and traders real- Prime Minister. ) P P !(.!-/0 cy for retail trade, pension to the Prime Minister will talk Delhi BJP president Manoj years, traders credit card, sim- traders above the age of 60 years, about greater participation of Tiwari on Tuesday said the plification of GST and also he Confederation of All accidental insurance of Rs10 traders in national economy and party manifesto for the Lok exemption from income tax up TIndia Traders (CAIT) have lakh to traders who are regis- development of the Country. Sabha polls has “raised hopes” to 5 lakhs,” Goel said on lauded the efforts of the Prime tered under Goods and Services “The BJP manifesto has of the people including traders Tuesday. Minister Narender Modi for Tax, Vyapari Credit Card on included various issues of all in the country who want to It may be noted that the taking a positive step to address pattern of Kisan Credit Card to sections of traders which also bring Modi back as prime min- trader’s body had said it has the issues of traders. Thousand traders etc. include Loans up to 50 lakhs ister. been conducting a national of traders from Delhi and Khandelwal further said without any collateral guaran- Union minister Vijay Goel campaign for the past three other States of the Country that it is gratifying that BJP has tee to MSME, technology cen- earlier said prominent busi- months to convert seven crore will participate in the conven- included the most important tre across the Country to devel- ness leaders and office-bearers traders into a vote bank to play tion that will be addressed by issues of trading community in op skills of startups and other of all market associations in a “decisive” role in the upcom- him on April 19. its election manifesto which traders, minimum purchase of Delhi have been invited to ing Lok Sabha elections. Praveen Khandelwal, has encouraged the traders 10 per cent by Government “Rashtriye Vyapari Dhanyawad The CAIT had said that Secretary General of CAIT said across the Country and traders departments from women Mahasammelan”. about 40 thousand trade asso- that the Bharatiya Janta Party really wish to compliment and entrepreneur, he said, adding “Crores of traders want to ciations and federations all India (BJP) has included core and congratulate the Prime Minister that these steps will not only express their gratitude to the will play an active role in the fundamental issues of the busi- for such a positive step. strengthen the domestic trade Prime Minister for the BJP’s elections and will be ambas- ness community which include He said that on the one side but will also enable small traders Sankalp Patra promising mea- sadors for carrying poll message formation of a National Traders the traders will thanks the to make large exports to other sures like accident insurance of of the traders’ body to every Welfare Board, a national poli- Prime Minister on the other side Countries. 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If this inci- DRanbir Singh inaugurated a of which, sixteen is against Aam 1320.8431 Kg of narcotics/drugs sified vigil to check Delhi Government are contin- dent had taken place before voter awareness campaign on Aadmi Party (9 FIR’s and 7 DD have been seized respective- supply of illicit liquor uously being violated but the 12:00 pm, it could have been a Wednesday by flagging off Delhi entry), twenty one against ly.”Till date cash of 2, 82, in the national Capital. ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) istration does not wake up serious fatal accident as thou- Metro (Pink Line) which was Bhartiya Janata Party (15 FIR’s 22850, 442 numbers of unli- In two separate inci- Government is still in slumber. from the incident of fire in tents sands of people, with their fam- carrying messages on to create and six DD entry), seven against censed arms/weapons and 2610 dents, the police have As per the instruction the at Netaji Subhash Place on ilies participate in season of awareness among voters in Congress Party (2 FIR’s and 5 numbers of cartridges/explo- seized a huge cache of height of the ceiling of pandals Monday night, it would be very weddings/ social festivities in Delhi. A senior official of DEC DD Party (1 DD entry) and sives/bombs have been seized. liquor in North and should not be less than three painful,” he said. these pandals, he said. said that a total of 311430 CPI (M) (1 DD entry) and 107 It further said that 4546 North-West district. intercepted a vehicle coming meters, no synthetic material to Gupta has demanded that Gupta said that thousands hoardings/banners/posters have are against under the head of licensed arms deposited and In the first police action, from Punjabi Bagh side and be used, structure should be the administration should take of temporary structures are been removed by various civic others/non-political, according 70420 persons have been the sleuths of North district going towards Azadpur. erected reasonably away from strict steps to save people from erected in various parts of the bodies in all over Delhi out of to a statement issued by the booked under various sections arrested a 37-year-old boot- “The driver of the vehicle electric sub-stations, furnaces or such accidents of fire. If there are capital for weddings/ social which 30533 are removed from DEC. It also informed that till of the Code of Criminal legger identified as, Dinesh was apprehended, who was other hazardous places, exits on flaws in the existing rules, these functions but no fire safety New Delhi Municipal Council, date 1361 bottles, 91 half, 127911 Procedure (CrPC ) of Delhi Kumar a resident Bahadurgarh, identified as, Ashok (45) a res- all sides of the Pandals, provi- should be plugged and their arrangements are made at these 43075 from East Delhi quarters of Indian made foreign Police Act as part of preventive Haryana and seized 26 car- ident of village Mubarakpur sion for standby emergency strict adherence be ensured. sites. Either the rules/guidelines Municipal Corporation, 2411 liquor (IMFL) and 949 bottles, action measures. toons containing 1284 Qtrs. of Dabas, said Vijayanta Arya, the lights etc, Gupta said. Strict action should be taken made by the Delhi administra- from Delhi Cantonment Board, 1161 half; 256208 quarters of The DCE office further said illicit liquor. “The car used for DCP, North West district. He alleged that these against officials who fail in their tion for fire safety at such 130699 from South Delhi country liquor and 5837 bottles cases are also recorded against carrying illicit liquor was also On checking the vehicle, 50 instructions are not being fol- responsibility to implement Pandals are insufficient or these Municipal Corporation, and beer were seized. A total num- the violation in other cases seized, said Nupur Prasad, the cartons containing 50 Quarter lowed but Delhi government these rules which causes such rules are not followed by the 104712 from North Delhi ber of 909 FIR’s have been reg- (misuse of vehicles, violation of Deputy Commissioner of bottles were recovered inside has closed its eyes to the viola- fatal fire accidents, he said. Tent mafia in connivance with Municipal Corporation respec- istered and 906 persons are loudspeakers, illegal meetings Police (DCP) North district. the vehicle. Accused is found tions of norms. “These instruc- Expressing his anger over the officials, non adherence of tively. arrested in Excise Act, it said. and gratification of electors, While, the police of North- previously involved in two tions have become only a heap the serious incident of fire at two which leads to fatal fire inci- Under violations of model The official also informed etc). West district, acting on a tip off cases of Excise Act. of papers. If the Delhi admin- pandals in Netaji Subhash Place dents, he added. ,-% #".. # ) "+! A /, !'1 + + " B !(.!-/0 Director-Special Projects, !(.!-/0 to the South Delhi Deputy Wildlife SOS, said, “We are Commissioner and DPCC by n Indian Crested Porcupine thankful to the respective JNU !(.!-/0 he National Green Tribunal e-mail for compliance,” the Arescued by Wildlife SOS students for taking quick action, Thas directed the Delhi bench said in a recent order. after it was hit by a vehicle inside as it helped save the animal’s life. he Central Board of Pollution Control Committee The NGT clarified that the the Jawaharlal Nehru University Wildlife SOS has carried out sev- TSecondary Education (DPCC) and Deputy order of the tribunal is binding campus. The porcupine has sus- % # !'1 eral rescues from JNU as the (CBSE) has decided to drop Commissioner of South district as a decree of Court and its tained injuries on its hind legs )# sprawling campus is located in five social science chapters to submit a report on a plea non-compliance is actionable and is currently under observa- a lush green belt and is home to from Class 10 syllabus from alleging that illegal slaughter by way of punitive action, tion. It will be released back into Tuesday night, the Wildlife SOS a variety of wildlife mainly this academic session, accord- house and meat shops in Uttam including prosecution, in terms the wild once affirmed fit. team received a call from a stu- birds, reptiles, nilgais (blue bulls) ing to the new curriculum. The Nagar here are causing pollu- of the National Green Tribunal According to Wildlife SoS dent of JNU, requesting them to as well as small mammals such dropped chapters, including tion in the area. Act, 2010. rescue team, heavy showers on rush to the aid of an injured por- as porcupines and civet cats. It three on political studies and A bench headed by The tribunal was hearing Tuesday night caused a power cupine thathad been hit by a is essential that we remain sen- two on environment, will only NGT Chairperson Justice a plea filed by city resident cut in the premises which led to vehicle,” said a rescue team sitive to the presence of wild ani- be part of internal assessment, Adarsh Kumar Goel asked Bharat Batra seeking action the accident. The animal has member. mals in the national capital but not the final board exam. them to file an action report against illegal slaughter house sustained injuries on the hind Narrating the rescue oper- region.” The Indian Crested The chapters are — within two months. “Let the and meat shops at Uttam Nagar limbs and is currently kept ation, he said that when the team Porcupine (Hystrixindica) or Challenges to Democracy, South Delhi Deputy here. under observation. arrived at the locations, they the Indian Porcupine is large Democracy and Diversity, Commissioner and DPCC look The plea alleged that these “The accident took place found the animal in a semi- con- species of hystricomorphrodent Political Struggles and into the matter, take appropri- slaughter houses were causing while I was returning to my hos- scious state. “After implement- and is native to Southern Asia Movements, Forest and ate action in accordance with pollution and discharging tel from the library. Owing to ing all safety protocols to ensure and the Middle East. Porcupines Wildlife and Water Resources. law and furnish a joint factual waste water in drains which disturbed weather conditions, that it experienced minimum mainly consume roots, bulbs, “The chapter will be and action taken report in the was a health hazard for the res- there was a power-cut on cam- stress, the porcupine was care- fruits, grains as well as insects assessed in the periodic tests, matter within two months by idents. It also claimed that pus and I had to take a closer fully transferred into a transport and small vertebrates. They are but will not be evaluated in the e-mail. these slaughterhouses were dis- look to confirm if the porcupine carrier, designed for the pur- therefore considered to be agri- board examination,” the brief “A copy of this order, posing their wastes illegally vio- was injured,” a JNU student said. pose,” said a wildlife SoS official. cultural pests and often hunted attached with the syllabus sent # )! )) # along with complaint, be sent lating environmental laws. “At around 10.00 pm Wasim Akram, Deputy for food. to schools read. ! & ) !"#$ % ! % .0" /3-)0C&.0+/)D Odisha on her way to a polling " 1 1 station. Heartfelt condolences he Maoists struck on the to the bereaved family and )3 Teve of second phase elec- prayer for the departed soiul,” tion in Odisha, gunning down Patnaik twitted. head of the second phase a woman poll official and set- She was an officer of the Aof polling on two Lok ting ablaze two poll vehicles state panchayat department. Sabha seats of Srinagar and and a motorbike on way to In the other incident, the Udhampur-Doda on April 18, booths on Wednesday, police red rebels set ablaze two vehi- terrorists attacked a CRPF said. Both the incidents cles and a motorbike carrying camp in Tral area of Pulwama occurred at separate places of election officials to a polling late on Wednesday in which Maoist affected Kandhamal station in a village in remote one CRPF jawan received district where the red rebels Phiringia police station area. minor injuries. have asked the people to boy- Kandhamal district collec- Official sources said, “ter- cott the elections. tor cum returning officer D rorists hurled a grenade at Following the incidents, Brunda said armed Maoists in CRPF camp at Nowdal, Tral in the police have set up a uniform asked the officials to Pulwama district wednesday Command Centre here for get down from the vehicles and evening in which one CRPF smooth conduct of voting on the motorbike before they set personal received injuries. Thursday. those ablaze. Police said the The injured CRPF The ultras gunned down officials are safe but all poll jawan,identified as TL Prasad the officer when she was tak- materials like EVMs were of 160 CRPF battalion, was ing a team of poll personnel to destroyed in the fire. shifted to the nearby hospital a booth, police said. “Alternetive arrangrments after the grenade attack. Sector Officer Sanjukta are being made for smooth Earlier, on Tuesday major Digal was shot dead when she conduct of polling. But the pol- tragedy was averted when got down from the vehicle to ing officials are intensely ter- National Conference candi- check a suspicious object lying rifed by the incidents and date from Anantnag con- on the road while passing reluctant to perform their stituency and retired Justice, moved inside the house and ty apparatus was further beefed through a jungle near ) + , # # # duties unless they are provid- Hasnain Masoodi, escaped escaped unhurt. up to prevent any toward Balandapada village under # , * ) 2 $ % ed with adequate security,” unhurt in a similar strike in Meanwhile, the entire secu- incident. Elaborate security Gochhapada police station lim- Brunda said. Tral area of South Kashmir. rity grid has been kept in a state arrangements have been made its, DGP BK Sharma told PTI. under Kandhamal Lok Sabha district headquarter of Phulbai mobilised to Kandhamal,” Police suspect that the Terrorists had lobbed a of high alert along the Jammu in Doda, Kishtwar and Other four polling personnel seat where polling is scheduled and a comprehensive plan has Sharma said. KKBN (Kalahandi- grenade at the residence of a Srinagar National Highway fol- Ramban to ensure incident were in the vehicle and they to begin at 7 am on Thursday. been put in place, he said. Chief Minister Naveen Kandhamal- Boudh-Nayagarh) National Conference leader lowing reports of possible ter- free polling on Udhampur- were unhurt. “The Maoists fired and a “Senior police officers have Patnaik expressed grief over the division of the CPI(Maoist) was where Masoodi was present to ror strike by fidayeen squad of Doda Lok Sabha seat. Dr There were also reports of bullet hit her on the head rushed to Kandhmal. They killing of the officer. involved in both the incidents. address a workers meeting. Jaish-e-Mohammad. Jitendra Singh, sitting BJP MP an explosion at the spot but the killing her on the spot,” DGP B will operate from there to “Deeply anguished by the A few days ago, the Maoists At the time of the explo- Ahead of polling in is facing a tough challenge police are yet to confirm it. K Sharma said. ensure an incident-free polling sad demise of polling super- have put up posters and ban- sion, NC candidate was not Srinagar,from where National from the joint candidate, of The incident occurred in A Police Command Centre tomorrow. Additional armed visror Sanjukta Digal in Maoist ners in the district asking the present in the open. Masoodi, Conference Chief Dr Farooq Congress-National Conference, Phulbani assembly segment has started opertating at the force units have also been attack in Kandhamal district of people to boycott the polls. according to reports, had Abdullah is in the fray, securi- Vikramaditya Singh. E== , . 9 F 70* 4 ," New Delhi: As many as 300 of Journalism and vestigated and unproved academicians have approached Communication. The police charges,” the letter stated. /3)!+()* the DIG of police, the EC has Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, has booked former Vice- Extreme steps, such as taken action against the seeking his intervention for Chancellor BK Kuthiala of the lodging an FIR against univer- he Election Commission General Observer of quashing of a criminal case University along with 18 other sity teachers, can and must log- Ton Wednesday suspended Sambalpur came a day after the against former vice-chancellor officials on charges of fraud and ically follow an adequate an officer posted as General prime minister's visit there on and 18 officials of Bhopal- criminal breach of trust. enquiry and a notice seeking Observer in Odisha for alleged- Tuesday. based Makhanlal Chaturvedi “We are rudely surprised explanation, it said. ly checking Prime Minister “Checking of the prime University. 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()%) 3)0 B Chavan’s son-in-law and Ashokrao’s brother-in-law ith absolutely no wave in Bhaskarao Khatgaonkar has Wthe air and severe drought represented the constituency conditions spelling trouble for thrice (1998, 1999 and 2009). the ruling Sena-BJP alliance, the In 2014 LS polls, Chavan Opposition Congress-NCP romped home comfortably. alliance smells a real opportu- Pritam Munde, daughter of nity to improve vastly upon its late senior BJP leader Gopinath miserable 2014 tally of two in Munde, is re-contesting the the second phase of polls for 10 ted suicide during the three ditional Congress-NCP votes. polls on a BJP ticket from Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra months of the current year. At stake are the reputations Mundes’ home constituency scheduled for Thursday. With the Modi magic not of senior leader and former of Beed against the NCP’s Like in the case of seven working on ground and anti- Union Home Minister Sushil Bajrang Sonawane. constituencies of eastern incumbency factor weighing it Kumar Shinde (Solapur), for- The contest in Beed has Maharashtra that went to polls down, the BJP and Shiv Sena — mer chief minister Asho become a prestigious battle a week ago, the ten poll-bound which had collectively won Chavan of the Congress Ashok between Pritam’s sister and a constituencies — six of which eight out of ten seats in the Chavan (Nanded) and late BJP minister in Maharashtra fall in Marathwada, three in 2014 Lok Sabha polls — are leader Gopinath Munde’s Cabinet Pankaja Munde and Vidarbha region and one in struggling to retain its hold in daughter Pritam Munde her cousin and leader of the western Maharashtra — have more than half the poll-bound (Beed). Maharashtra Legislative been reeling under one of constituencies. Shinde, who suffered a Council Dhananjay Munde of worst agrarian crises that the On the contrary, the humiliating defeat at the hands the NCP. Dhanjay had rebelled state has witnessed in recent Congress — which had picked of Sharad Bansode of the BJP against his late uncle Gopinath decades, a situation that has up the only two seats it had by a massive margin of 1,49,784 Munde and joined the NCP made matters very difficult for won in the 2014 polls in votes, is taking on BJP’s when the latter was still alive. the ruling saffron alliance. Maharashtra from Marathwada Mahaswami Jaisiddheshwar In the politically significant Though it attempted to — and the NCP — which had Shivacharya and Bharip constituency of Osmanabad in ease the farmers’ distress bagged all its four seats from Bahujan Mahasangh leader Marathawada, NCP’s Ranajagjit through its the Rs 34,022 crore western Maharashtra in the Prakash Ambedkar, who is sinh P Patil is taking on his loan waiver scheme, the BJP- previous polls — are showing also contesting from his home cousin and Shiv Sena nominee led saffron alliance has lost the signs of making a recovery this constituency of Akola. Omraje Nimbalkar. perception battle against the time around. Chavan, who was inciden- Ranajagjit sinh is the son of Opposition which has made The constituencies that are tally is one of the two Congress Maharashtra’s senior former agrarian crisis a major issue in going to polls on Thursday are: candidates (out of its 26 can- minister and Sharad Pawar’s the polls. No wonder that there Hingoli, Nanded, Parbhani, didates) elected to Lok Sabha in close confidant Padamsinh Patil. are not many takers for chief Beed, Osmanabad, Latur (SC), 2014 polls from Maharashtra in Padamsinh is one of the nine minister Devendra Fadnavis’ all from Marathwada, the face of a fierce Modi wave, accused others in the much-dis- claim that the saffron alliance Buldhana, Akola, Amravati is seeking re-election against cussed murder case of 2006 in government has waived farm (SC), all from Vidarbha and BJP’s Pratap Patil-Chikhalikar which Congress leader loans amounting to nearly Rs Solapur (SC), which is in west- in his home constituency of Pawanraje Nimbalkar and his 24,000 crore and benefitting 51 ern Maharashtra. Nanded in Marathwada region. driver Samad Abdul Wahid Kazi lakh farmers (out of the total 89 The main contests are Barring four terms, at Kalamboli, near Panvel, were lakh beneficiaries). between the BJP-Sena combine Nanded has been under the shot dead on February 3,2006. Notwithstanding the claims and Opposition Congress-NCP control of the Congress since In Amravati, four-time that the Maharashtra govern- in a majority of the con- 1952. While late S B Chavan Sena MP Anandrao V. Adsul is ment has extended relief to the stituencies. In a few of the con- represented the constituency pitted against South Indian affected farmers, the suicides by stituencies like Akola, twice (1980 and 1984), Ashok actress Navneet Kaur Rana of farmers are continuing unabat- Osmanabad and Solapur, the Chavan himself was elected to the Yuva Swabhiman Party ed in Vidarbha and Marathwada Dalit-Muslim front of Vanchit Lok Sabha once in a bye-elec- (YSP), supported by the regions, More than 300 debt- Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) are tion in 1987, following the Congress-NCP led trapped farmers have commit- threatening to cut into the tra- resignation of his father. Late S Mahagathbandhan. / 789 % % ) 9 ) ) ) ))%% )% ) 0:20 32 @ @ / CD F) C" D + I. CD C.@D $C" D @ . " / @&-@)) Ajay V Nayak as the Special a history of political violence + I CD + C*-.D 8 C.3D C" D 9 Observer. He will work in tan- will be manned by 69 compa- $ )$ C 8 oters on Wednesday asked dem with Special Police nies of CAPF whereas ( # )% I ) D CD I Vfor cent per cent CAPF Observer Vivek Dubey. Jalpaiguri will get 52 companies )*IC.@D *I" CD *I ) + coverage of polling booths The ECI has requisitioned of central forces, EC sources I C)0).@D C" D 8 C+D + .C" D % C"D even as Bengal prepared for 195 companies of Central said. 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%) "/!)0 dence and business premises of be announced on May 23. Nadu. What is unique about the he has at least 130 MLAs for Karunanidh could be buried in the DMK candidate Kathir The high decibel campaign bye-election is that if the DMK smooth sailing in the House. Marina Beach though there are 3 4# .%P ore than 5.86 crore voters Anand. The date for the new for the Lok Sabha and 18 manages to win 21 of the 22 The April 18 election in no rules which mandate that a Mspread across 38 Lok election from Vellore would be Assembly by-election came to seats, then there would be a Tamil Nadu would go down in former chief minister should be %) "/!)0 sabha constituencies in Tamil announced afterwards. an end on Tuesday evening. change of Government in Tamil history as the most fiercely buried at Marina Beach. Nadu will march to the polling Along with the 38 Four more Assembly con- Nadu. The DMK alliance has 97 fought poll. By Tuesday evening, While the DMK-led he Madras High Court in Wednesday upheld the decision booths on Thursday to cast Members of Parliament, elec- stituencies in the State would members as of now and requires when it was time for switching Secular Progressive Alliance Tof the Election Commission rescinding the Lok Sabha elec- their votes to elect 38 law torate in 18 Assembly con- elect their representatives on 21 seats to unseat the AIADMK off microphones and loud began the campaign much ear- tion from the Vellore parliamentary constituency in Tamil Nadu. makers who would represent stituencies will elect their leg- May 19 as the Election Government which has only speakers, Stalin raked up the lier and with a clear advantage A Division Bench consisting of Justices S Manikumar and them for the next five years. islators to fill the vacancy Commission could declare the 113 members (excluding the refusal by Edappadi over the AIADMK-led front, Subramanium Prasad dismissed the petitions filed by AC Though there are 39 Lok caused by disqualification of schedule to these constituen- Speaker). M K Stalin, the DMK Palaniswamy adminis- the latter picked up momentum Shanmugham, the AIADMK candidate and an independent can- Sabha constituencies in the some of the AIADMK MLAs by cies only after getting clearance chief has been claiming from day tration to intern his father and caught up with the rivals. didate seeking an order from the court for quashing the Election State, the President of India the Speaker. Though there are from the Madras High Court one onwards that his party M Karunanidhi at the Though two more parties, Commission’s decision. President Ram Nath Kovind rescinded heeding the request of the 22 vacancies in the Tamil Nadu which was hearing petitions would win all the 22 seats. Marina Beach. It was at the AMMK of TTV Dhinakaran the Vellore Lok Sabha election on Tuesday. The judges said the Election Commission of India Legislative Assembly, election with respect to these con- If Edappadi Palaniswamy’s instance of the Madras and MNM of film star Kamal EC which has the power to issue notification for conducting elec- rescinded the election from for the remaining four seats stituencies. AIADMK wins five seats, he High Court which over ruled Haasan are also in race, it is tions, also has the power to recommend for cancellation if it has Vellore following large scale would be held on May 29. The Hence a total of 22 by-elec- would get the absolute major- the Opposition from the widely believed that they would arrived at the view that it is necessary to halt the election. seizure of cash from the resi- results of all the elections would tions are being held in Tamil ity but it would be advisable if AIADMK-led Government that end up as ‘also ran’. !"#$ % ; %' 4% % #7' , 4&-
+3*!.*))8)*2 he did not fall prey to Pakistan’s lies in his home State, Modi replied in the positive. we conducted surgical strike, /0))8)*2)). nuclear blackmail, because also claimed that the then UPA “Today is Mahavir Jayanti, Congress questioned us. When India has the “mother of Government arrested BJP pres- the day to observe peace. But we conducted air strike, it asked rime Minister Narendra nuclear bombs”. ident Amit Shah and some when shall we have peace? Will for proof. Do you (Congress) PModi on Wednesday said Addressing three poll ral- police officers in Gujarat to anyone listen to a weak man trust your own sons or Pakistan’s topple the State Government making an appeal for peace or rhetoric?” the PM said. then headed by him. to the warning of a strong man Earlier, speaking at a poll At a campaign rally at who can flex his mussels? Only rally in Himmatnagar, Modi Surendranagar, Modi referred the peace appeal of a strong man said the then UPA Government to the surgical strikes and air will be respected, not that of a arrested BJP president Amit strikes by India inside Pakistan weak person,” Modi said. Shah and some police officers in in response to terrorist attacks He also alleged that the Gujarat to topple the state in Uri and Pulwama. Congress spoke ill of the armed Government then headed by “Earlier, terrorists from forces. “You must have seen how him. Modi also said this election Pakistan would come here and the character of the Congress will decide if nationalist forces go back after conducting an party has changed in this elec- will rule the country or those attack. Pakistan would threat- tion. The way the Congress who want to help the “tukde en us, saying it has the nuclear spreads lies, and questions the tukde gang” by scrapping sedi- bomb and will press the button country’s military, saying its tion law. “From 2004 to 2014, (if India retaliated). seniors are street goons, the Air there was a ‘remote control “We have nuclear of Force chief is a liar...If you say government’ and you know # &- # )# $ $ % nuclear bombs (the mother of something like this, will it not who was in control. In those 10 nuclear bombs). I decided to make Pakistan happy?” he said. years, those sitting in Delhi tried Wayanad/Alathur: Launching dent Amit Shah had chided decided by the people and not tell them, do whatever you Modi also slammed the to damage the interest of Gujarat a blistering attack on Narendra Rahul for selecting his second by Modi or the RSS chief. want to do (but we will retali- Congress for seeking proof of and acted as if the state is not in Modi, Congress Chief Rahul seat in north Kerala, saying In three rallies in Wayanad, ate),” the Prime Minister said. action against terrorists. “When India,” Modi said. Gandhi said all that the Prime “when a procession is taken out he tore into BJP-led NDA “In the past our people Minister “does is tell lies and there, it is difficult to make out Government and said the saf- would weep, go around the steal from the poor people.” whether it is India or Pakistan.” fron party was only interested in world saying Pakistan did this, Rahul, who addressed three Shah was referring to the imposing its ideology on people did that....It is now Pakistan’s " 7 election rallies in his Wayanad IUMLs green flags during of the country. “Who is Mohan turn to weep. “Didn’t our Lok Sabha constituency, spread Rahul Gandhi’s roadshow in Bhagwat to teach us about cul- jawans kill them by entering over the districts of Wayanad, Wayanad on April 4 after filing ture and history? Kerala should their houses? Shall we not kill " Malappuram and Kozhikode his papers. Rahul also said the be run by the people of them by entering their houses? and campaigned in Thirthala in saffron party was arrogant and Kerala.This is same sentiment in Shall we not take revenge for Palakkad district, attacked Modi believed that they can re-define State after State,” he said, ()%) 3)0 ) ' ) + , our martyred soldiers?” he “But your model is a spe- and RSS and touched on cor- Indian history. addressing a rally in Wayanad. $ % asked the large crowd which cial family (Nehru-Gandhi) ruption. “Only the Indian people Taking a jibe at Modi, Rahul lamming NCP chief Sharad from Delhi. You have learned “All the PM does is tell lies can define, decide about the said he was not here to tell his SPawar for raising questions things only from them and you and steal from the poor people. country. It does not matter that ‘Mann Ki Baat’, but understand about his family, Prime have been serving only that Six airports were given to his Uttar Pradesh is much bigger the various difficulties, including '' 3 , ! Minister Narendra Modi on family,” Modi said. friend Adani on the day the than Nagaland.The voice of all the night travel ban, man-animal Wednesday took a vicious dig Addressing a public rally in Pulwama attack took place. Indians matter. This is the conflicts and lack of medical at Pawar for “serving” only one Solapur, Modi said he had And he (Modi) says they were fight that is taking place. Why facilities being faced by the peo- %( (% @&-@)) huge rally at Kandi in special (Nehru-Gandhi) fami- been at the receiving end of fighting black money. Modi do these people want to define ple here. “I understand there are Murshidabad which has three ly from Delhi for some many abuses from Opposition lead- said demonetisation was to India? The entire goal to re- complex problems here. There sking the voters to shun the parliamentary constituencies decades. ers. “Despite that, I have been fight black money, but it define India is to steal from are man-animal conflicts. There ACongress and the Left for traditionally dominated by the “You (Pawar) are elder to sincerely working for progress destroyed the Indian economy. India. The entire idea is to cre- is a conflict between develop- their RSS links Mamata Congress and the Left. me. You have a right to say of nation and empowerment of Fifty lakh people lost their ate two Indias.One India for the ment and environment. I want Banerjee on Wednesday Attacking the Prime whatever you want to. Pawar poor people. jobs after demonetisation,” the Ambanis, Adanis, Nirav Modis, to see a solution. I don’t believe appealed to the voters to send- Minister for trying to suppress can say anything as per his Exhorting the people to Congress chief said while wind- Mehul Choksies, Vijay Mallyas in imposing a solution. I believe maximum number of voice of Opposition she said understanding and values. But, vote for a “stable” and “strong” ing off his campaign at and one for others”, Rahul said in the wisdom and intellectual of Trinamool Congress MPs to “whenever anyone raises his let me tell you that the life that government, Modi said:” In Thrithala on Wednesday. lashing out at the PM. our people in resolving such Parliament “so that Bengaltakes voice against the Prime Modi is leading is based on the 2014. you gave me a full major- All praise for Wayanad,the He also said poor farmers issues,” Rahul said. “I am not like the lead in forming a Minister officers of Income inspirations of various families. ity and I could work with full second constituency from where who took meagre loans of the Prime Minister. I am not Government in Delhi” by Tax and Enforcement I have been inspired by the fam- strength to take firm decisions Rahul is contesting for which he around Rs 20,000 were behind going to make false promises and removing the “Gabbar Singh of Directorate are sent to his ily traditions of the greats like and work for public welfare. was attacked by Modi and BJP, bars for non-repayment while tell you I will give you two crore a Prime Minister.” house… See what they are Mahatma Jyotiba Phule, Bhagat You have witnessed how I ran Gandhi said he wanted to rep- the rich who availed loans jobs or Rs 15 lakh in bank Attacking Narendra Modi doing against Chandrababu Singh, Sukhdev Rajguru, Sardar the country past five years”. resent the remote district as the over Rs 35,000 crore were accounts or that I will give farm- for disturbing the peace of the Equating the Prime Naidu in Andhra Pradesh, Vallabhbhai Patel, Veer Savarkar “The country needs a “beautiful place” symbolises dif- walking free. Continuing his ers whatever they want. I am not country in his bid to divide Minister with as dreaded a per- Kumarswamy in Karnataka and others,” Modi said. strong Government, not a ‘maj- ferent ideas and cultures. tirade against Modi and the going to lie to you. Because I votes, Banerjee said “Modi son as Gabbar Singh of Sholay and MK Stalin in Tamil Nadu.” Modi said the NCP chief boor’ (helpless) one. Only the Addressing a rally in RSS, the Congress president respect your intelligence, your Babu thinks that he is themost fame Banerjee said “today It was this habit of clubbing would have learned more about BJP can provide a strong gov- Nagpur last week, BJP presi- said issues of Kerala should be wisdom,” he added. PTI powerful person in the coun- whenever the people hear of his the opposition to silence with family traditions if the latter had ernment not the Congress- try. In his lust for power he has name they think that Gabbar the help of central agencies that taken inspiration from late Y B NCP alliance.... Even in your set one community against the Singh has come. He scares the people would not take kind- Chavan whom Pawar considered villages, you want a tough cop, $ ) !,# other and has divided India as everybody into submission like ly. “The BJP will be defeated for his “mentor”. “I know it is beyond not a ‘dheela-dhaala’ (weak never before.If he is not defeat- the Bargis (the Maratha this haughtiness of theirs.” your capacity to lead the life of and loose) policeman. The ! ed this time then he will demol- invaders of Bengal of early Attacking the Congress for hav- Modi. But, please learn from the same is required for running ish the democratic set up of the 17th century) used to do.” ing been a “stooge of the CPI(M) families of those who sacrificed such a vast country, we need a , country once and for all.” Banerjee was addressing a all these years,” she said. their lives to the country.” strong leader,” Modi said. 8 Panaji: Senior BJP leader Nitin Mumbai: Union Minister Gadkari said here on Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Wednesday that four genera- Wednesday said Congress gen- 4) ' tions of the Nehru-Gandhi eral secretary Priyanka Gandhi family have promised to erad- Vadra poses no threat to Prime icate poverty without success. Minister Narendra Modi even Only the poverty of if she contests against him 9 Congress leaders was alleviat- from Varanasi Lok Sabha seat. 9 8 6 " & ( ed in the process, he quipped, He also criticised Congress C(.D addressing BJP workers in president Rahul Gandhi for cre- ! %( (% @&-@)) influence a particular commu- Mandrem Assembly con- ating a “fake narrative” against -$+! @ $# nity in the elections,” said BJP stituency in Goa. the BJP. “Someone is going to be @ $" ! ot happy with mere can- leader GVL Narsimha Rao. A by-election will be held there in the fray (from Varanasi). & Ncellation of the business TMC leader and outgoing in Mandrem on April 23. The But Priyanka does not pose any #) & :L= visa of Bangladesh cine star Serampore MP Kalyan Union minister said that challenge to Modi. The so- (. Firdaus for taking part in an Banerjee however said he had Jawaharlal Nehru, the country’s called ‘mahagathbandhan’ ( # election rally favouring Raiganj “no information of any elec- first PM, fought elections on (grand alliance) is already falling TMC candidate Kanhaia Lal toral law that debars foreign cit- the plank of poverty eradica- apart...,” Naqvi said. 1 0 Agarwal, the BJP on 8 izens in taking part in election tion. “But people remained “I am not even sure how 9 8 6 ) -3"@&( god paying them a visit. “We did not have enough hief Minister Yogi to offer. The Chief Minister had CAdityanath continued to roti and sabzi and later took gur send out subtle political mes- (jaggery) and water,” she said. sages on the second day of his Savitri told reporters that three-day curb on campaigning the Chief Minister was pained in the ongoing Lok Sabha elec- at the condition of her house tion by visiting a Dalit’s home and offered help to get it for lunch and meeting triple repaired. talaq victims in Ayodhya on Before lunch, Yogi met a Wednesday. six-year-old girl, Neha Soni, Yogi offered prayers at and took her on his lap after Hanumangarhi temple and which the girl came up with recited Hanuman Chalisa. In several innocent questions. the evening, he went for dar- When the Chief Minister shan of Ram Lalla and then asked whether she was afraid of took part in aarti on the banks coming there, the girl said of the Saryu river. where was the fear when Yogiji The Chief Minister started was there. She even sang a his Ayodhya sojourn by visit- song, much to the amusement ing the house of Mahavir, a of the Chief Minister. Dalit, at Suthati Malin Basti Later, Yogi went to nearby and had food with the family Ashrafi Bhawan on foot and ! # ) ## members. spoke to the people standing in / +# , , $ % Mahavir’s wife Savitri said the by-lanes. He also spoke to that the visit of the Chief students and enquired about Minister to their house was like their studies. 1 9 # ) + , $ % !"#$ % 7 7 $# !7 ) $#2 1. #2 2 &;-%4>&33%.# - !R %8 * . * . ! O I I # ( 0 !1!Q ) ) % %)() ) B ( ) ) # 9% ) , )% ) % , ) $ ,/ L: )) L9: )() ( ) 6 # &R 7 7&,.R 7 22 $ S S 9 1 7 # ! 333 y now, it’s common knowledge that ; Mahatma Gandhi, without whom the call for independence from British # rule would never have reached the 5 #S Indian masses, had wanted the Indian 6 @ # > BNational Congress (INC) to be disbanded after S independence. That it was a party of the British ( and the Indian English-educated elite was clear to him and he knew that this was not what ; ( S “freedom” truly meant. The purpose of INC as # envisaged was to achieve independence from A ( British Raj and to not hand over the country . ( to them on a platter. Gandhiji was clear that the INC needed to be disbanded after the British 7 left India. But what he wanted did not happen. < He increasingly became disillusioned after inde- . pendence. After his assassination, pressure to have a truly representational democracy took 3 a backseat and the corrupt cronyism of the INC held sway. . ( Gandhiji was indeed right about INC. It did ( ; not quite truly understand what nationalism # ; was. It still does not and does not even seem # P Q ; to care about it. As the 2019 election campaign is in full swing right now, we can see how the ; grand old party relentlessly disparages the # nation, fails to stand by our brave armed forces @ % and even scoffs the country’s phenomenal P7 Q ; 4 achievements —Mission Shakti and the testing 7 of the first anti-satellite missile system that made us the fourth nation in the world to have this critical defence capability are a few exam- #S ; ( ples. With 70 years of independence, we are now a witness to some of the most negative state- 3 ments against the nation by INC members. So O 4 : / O much so that today, even those Indians, who #S 3 ( ; # # ! were supportive of the Congress, are stunned ; at the lows the party has taken. " In no other democratic country does the P (Q # 7 Opposition party ridicule the nation’s achieve- P ( ments or take sides with the enemy country — even said that British rule in India was the Bose, that pushed the British to the wall and policy except for mentions like secularism, the Q when its soldiers have been massacred by ter- “greatest gift of providence to his race.” raised the daunting prospect of an outright party members’ lack of national pride remained rorists like in Pulwama — as in India. For, their Point to be noted here is that nowhere does mutiny — the INA’s contribution to India’s inde- obfuscated from public knowledge all these # C . D 4 opposition is to the ruling party and never to the INC website mention about Hume. History pendence is undeniable. The sacrifices made by decades except for the occasional mention of P ( their nation. The INC’s behaviour as an of this party is one that was never actually root- INA soldiers are, however, not what we think 1971 and Bangladesh (of course, it didn’t Q ( Opposition party will be unthinkable say in ed in India’s cultural identity as a basis for about in the common narrative of India’s inde- explain why 90,000 PoWs had to be returned ; ( Britain or the US where leaders’ loyalty to their nationhood. This is a deeper theme in itself. pendence. to Pakistan to keep aflame the fire of hatred % % country remains unquestioned — it defines who In the historical context, recent public pro- Unlike other nations, India did not really against India in them as free Pakistanis and go # P they are as a people. nouncements by INC members, who have win a war and defeat foreign forces to reclaim on to spawn anti-India terrorism). The truth Q 3 So, why is it that in India we have a party alarmed many Indians and provided fodder its sovereignty. So, post-independence, the INC of the INC — as a party still comprising the like INC, whose statements, like the one doubt- dangerously enough to Pakistan, bears reference captured national consciousness by means of English-speaking elite, scoffing at all that is ing the Balakot strikes, sound like they are the to the party’s history. The INC was indeed so educational propaganda that highlighted the anti-thetical to its understanding — is being ; same as the ones made by politicians in cosy with the British that its prominent mem- party’s role in the freedom struggle when the exposed now. All of this reveals a well- Pakistan? Why is it that the leading Opposition bers failed to create a national identity that fact remains that none of the prominent lead- entrenched disconnect with Indian ethos and O ( party is unable to distinguish between the nation could resonate in its being — either before or ers from INC lost their lives to gain indepen- pride of the people. 7 and the ruling party and spares no opportuni- after independence. The ones, who stood for dence. The great sons of India, who sacrificed In the 10 years of UPA rule, there was noth- ; ty to belittle the country? It’s, therefore, worth a stronger and more assertive tone in demand- their lives like Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, ing much to feel proud about but much to be ( asking: Does this disconnect with the country ing legitimate rights for the people, were Chandrashekhar Azad and Khudiram Bose, disheartened about, including the cowardly ? # have much deeper roots, going back to the for- staunch nationalists but were deemed as were not talked about in the public domain. silence by the Congress’ powers-that-be in Delhi 7 P$ ; Q mation of the INC itself? “extremists.” And this is well-known viz, the Instead, India’s freedom from the British was after the horrendous Mumbai 26/11 attacks. But P)(()Q INC still not rooted in India: The party divisions between the “moderates” and the and is still showcased as being an INC affair, after losing power in 2014, party leaders have was founded in 1885 by AO Hume, a British “extremists” in the INC. failing to highlight the internal struggles with- maintained a unified stance to run down India’s imperial civil service officer. But did the party The firebrand, who gave the first clarion call in the party in its early days with the “moder- significant achievements. ask for complete independence soon after it was for swarajya before Gandhiji, was Lokmanya ates” toeing the British line of administrative Since the last five years, India has touched formed? No. It was only after 44 years of its for- Bal Gangadhar Tilak, who said, “Swarajya is my reform and discussions and “extremists” significant highs on defence and technology 3 4 # ! mation that the INC demanded poorna swara- birthright and I shall have it” in 1906. This call demanding freedom from foreign rule before fronts, something it had not pursued in its years % jya for India in December 1929. Until then, all came at a time when the INC was led by the Gandhiji came to India and led the struggle. in governance. So its principal strategy is to % # that it meekly asked the British was a domin- moderates (which was true for its first 20 years Needless to say, these “extremists,” or assertive attack Prime Minister Narendra Modi. ; ; ion status for the country. And who were the of existence, working only on policy changes nationalists, didn’t really make it big in INC as Given its origin, it is difficult for the INC party’s members? They were a part of the through administrative means). INC’s top time went on after independence. to internalise the idea of India, the nation, its < British elite — those Indians who were educat- leaders didn’t really want to let go off the British This then is the problem with INC: It never pride, its spirit and its civilisational sanctity. For # ed in England and who held wealth and social rule as they thought of it as being beneficial to believed in the main pillars that define a coun- it, poll time means reviving divisive agenda and standing. The formation of the INC can itself the nation. This can be seen in the stated posi- try — a unified core cultural identity and mil- let’s not forget that the divide and rule policy be seen as a smart move by the British to main- tion of several INC presidents of the early days. itary strength that builds a nation. This is why worked well for the British, who inspired and 7 $ S ( tain a sense of stability, badly shaken as they What is INC’s position on nationalism? when quite naturally all Indians would feel a founded the INC anyway. And so this saga were by the First War of Independence or what The party has never come to terms with what swell of pride on the achievements of the mil- endures. It is time for the voters to inform them- ( # they called the Mutiny of 1857. It is an unde- its position on India as a nation is and what it itary, Congressmen don’t. The INC’s disparag- selves of the history of the INC and realise that ! " # niable fact that early members of the INC means to be an Indian. This could be because ing stand on the brave and impactful Balakot it never really came around to re-modelling $ % 3 looked up to British education and governance like many Indians believe, there was no armed strike by the Indian Air Force even disturbed itself from its British past as colonised subjects. # as means to achieving a “stable India.” There struggle by its members to achieve indepen- former party leaders like Tom Vadakkan, who And any party, which chooses to ally with the P are documented references to past Indian pres- dence, no suffering and no pain. It was, in fact, spoke about it later when he was asked as to INC now, is also standing by the same credo Q C; D ! idents of INC eulogising the British Raj and one the armed resistance by the Indian National why he decided to join the BJP. of perpetuating that legacy. & ' ! ( ) ( * of its presidents, Pandit Bishan Narayan Dar, Army (INA), led by Netaji Subhash Chandra A disconnect with India: With no clear (The writer is a social activist) - 7 /2 1 4 Gyrqvvywxqxu9qqyxysxuu suqs yw qwuxqt qqxuqysutu xqqsyyyuyu yyw Xxuqwu tqxqruttuuyvyutqtuut usy Xxutysyqyuuu extends across more than 693 kms is exactly the problem with conserva- ties admit that the State’s progress from Gujarat to Delhi (through tion initiatives for the Aravallis as the must happen at the cost of ecology Rajasthan and Haryana). The people as also the officials have not and the environment. Aravallis, with their vast landscape realised the potential of natural mar- There is no way to undo the dam- and biological diversity, have shaped vel that they have at their disposal. age done to the Aravalli range. India’s northern landscape in more They could only decipher the econom- Humans have exacted a terrible price ways than one. ic value of the range. As a result, this from nature. The sad thing is that all = 2 2= They guide the monsoon clouds amazing creation of nature with all its of this is happening under the super- and act as a groundwater recharge unique flora and fauna was taken for vision of State authorities. Mining &*!.)!3+ he might of the mountain zone. Thus, they are important for granted and exploitation started to fin- mafia trucks ply day-in and day-out, !)()*08 ranges is almost mythical. These long-term ecological security of Indian ish off large stretches. carrying loads of stone extracted Tnatural formations have not cities. The Aravallis also help in pre- To make matters worse, the from the quarries deep within the only shaped history and topography venting long-term desertification. Haryana Government recently Aravallis. . but have also played a pivotal role in They act as a barrier against the wind, task, thanks to the many problems already delicate condition of the passed an amendment in the Punjab In the midst of these dreary and conserving the ecology. These once carrying sand from the Thar Desert associated with it and the continuous range. And it’s not that only the ter- Land and Preservation Act, a law that grim conditions, all hope is not lost. formidable ranges — be it the Western and prevent it from entering the intervention of humans. The situation rain has been affected. People and was drafted by the British in 1900. The judiciary of India is playing a van- Ghats along the south-western coast Delhi-NCR region. has been exacerbated due to a decline communities, who were dependent on With a change in the law, it is now guard role by taking up critical issues of India or the Aravallis in the North Greenery associated with this in rainfall in the past few decades, the Aravallis, are now faced with an being feared that large areas of the pertaining to the well-being of the — have existed unchallenged through- mountain range has been replaced which has led to the depletion of the uncertain future. Further, large-scale Aravalli forest area, that were earli- country and environment is certain- out the history of time. But the reign with dry and dusty shrub-like environ- groundwater table. mining with dynamites blowing up er protected, will now face the risk ly one of them. The National Green # of supremacy for these colossal won- ment. This is due to the mountain As the Aravallis paid the price of huge tracts of granite rocks caused of being used for development pur- Tribunal (NGT) has intervened many $ ders seems to be waning thanks to range being subjected to decades of being close to human habitations, relentless vibrations and tremors that poses. But the Haryana Government times to ensure that the environment deteriorating environmental and wors- abuse and threats from mining activ- human intervention sadly did not stop led to the permanent displacement of defended the Act by stating that even is safe. In matters pertaining to the $ ening climate conditions. The nega- ities and large-scale real estate devel- at deforestation of the mountains. The many bird species that were native to though the protection of forests was Aravallis, too, the judiciary must tive role played by mankind is unfor- opments. The degradation of the real estate lobby and the mining the area. its priority, the present scenario also intervene. This alone can stop the oth- tunately expediting the end of these Aravallis has led to a decline in mafia started eyeing the geological Prosperity of a region is directly required changes to be done, espe- erwise certain doom and death for the marvels of nature. wildlife habitat, thus adding to the ani- wealth of the mountain ranges. proportionate to the concern and care cially at a time when the State has to much-fabled Aravalli ranges. # The Aravalli mountain range is mal-human conflict. The revival of the Political protection and apathy of the shown by the local people towards progress ahead. (The writer is an environmental one of the oldest in the world. It Aravallis has become almost an uphill authorities further compromised the their natural assets and resources. This This is shocking as the authori- journalist) = ) > !"#$ % ,&> )& % .- ,.> %# R ''9'$< 6 . R ,& 7 $3'(=, *'+&# $&%+ $ least once a year. these engines, manufactured by 3)0 ##+&# & He, however, did not com- the US firm, since their induc- !(.!-/0 ment on the show-cause notice tion three years ago. ndia’s fast &$@0 saying, “we conduct detailed “We confirm that there is Imoving con- he NCLAT has sought a &% &# audits of all airlines at least once currently a DGCA audit on sumer goods Tresponse from Reliance a year. IndiGo’s audit is this IndiGo which is combined (FMCG) indus- Group Chairman Anil Ambani $'&$# month, and another airline’s is with the annual main base try is likely to within 10 days over a contempt # *& +' in June. Every audit involves audit. We have received a lim- grow at a slow- plea filed against him and some action.” ited number of show cause er pace at 11-12 other officials by the minority “The DGCA has issued a notices,” IndiGo said in a percent in 2019, shareholders alleging non-pay- show-cause notice last week to statement to PTI. almost 2 per- ment of dues by one of its 3)0 IndiGo’s chief operating officer The airline also said it has cent lower than group firms. that in 2018, An NCLAT bench headed racking the says a report. by Chairman Justice S J Cwhip on The indus- Mukhopadhaya said he would budget carrier try is also like to hear Ambani and other IndiGo over the expected to grow at 12-13 per- from the previous quarter). respondents over the contempt issue of faulty cent during the April to June “Similar sentiments are petition filed by HSBC Daisy Pratt & Whitney quarter of the calender year witnessed in the economy with Investments (Mauritius) and passed by NCLAT on June 29, its plea to approach again with engines, aviation 2019, according to Nielsen. a 6.6 percent GDP growth in some other minority share- 2018 amounts to an undertak- its contempt plea against the regulator DGCA “In line with the FMCG the December quarter of 2018 holders of the company over ing given by the parties in a officials of Reliance Infratel. has served show- growth forecast for Q1 2019 at against an expected 6.8 percent. alleged breach of undertaking consent decree over payment of HSBC Daisy and other cause notices to 13-14 percent, this sector grew Inflationary pressure is also for payment by group firm 230 crore and a breach of such minority investors of Reliance its chief operat- at 13.6 percent. We are wit- seen mounting in recent Reliance Infratel. undertaking amounts to Infratel had moved National ing officer and nessing a softening of growth by months from 2 percent in “We intend to hear the Contempt of Court. Company Law Tribunal engineering 1-2 percent sequentially every January 2019 to 2.9 percent in learned counsel appearing on As per the consent terms of (NCLT) Mumbai alleging head, sources quarter leading to healthy dou- March 2019,” it added. behalf of the contemnor- the agreement between oppression and mismanage- close to the ble digit growth in the first half “While slight drop is wit- respondents (Anil Ambani and Reliance Infratel, HSBC Daisy ment after the company had development of the year followed by a high nessed in urban growth, there others),” the bench said. and others, recorded by the allegedly not taken their con- said on single digit growth in the second is a significant softening of “They may file short reply NCLAT in its order dated June sent for selling the tower and Wednesday. half of the year,” Nielsen said. growth trends in rural which is within ten days. Rejoinder, if 26, 2018, the Anil Ambani- fiber assets. The Nielsen maintained that dampening the overall FMCG any, may be filed by the appel- owned firm was to pay the NCLT in March 2018 halt- Directorate the FMCG industry growth industry growth from third lants within a week thereof,” it amount in the next six months. ed the sales process, following General of Civil Aviation Wolfgang Prock-Schauer and responded accordingly and it outlook will be in the range of quarter of 2018 to first quarter added. The six-month period has which Reliance Infratel moved (DGCA) is also carrying out a engineering head SC Gupta can only comment on this 11-12 percent in 2019, almost of 2019. The National Company come to an end following NCLAT challenging the order. special safety audit of the car- over the Pratt & Whitney matter after it has discussions 2 percent lower than that in Historically, rural has Law Appellate Tribunal which HSBC Daisy and other Later, on June 29, Reliance rier as it has found issues in engines issues,” the source said. with the regulator on the mat- 2018. grown 3-5 percent points faster (NCLAT)has directed that the nine minority shareholders Infratel and its minority share- “operations and engineering “The regulator is also con- ter but refused to comment on The volume growth which than urban and the recent matter be listed on May 20, holding 4.26 per cent stake in holder, HSBC Daisy submitted of the country’s largest airline,” ducting a special safety audit of the reasons for the audit. peaked in 2018 to 11 percent is slowdown in rural growth has 2019 for admission. Reliance Infratel filed the con- final consent terms of their set- an official source said. the airline after coming across “We can confirm that our expected to be healthy but brought the growth closer to HSBC Daisy moved the tempt plea. tlement before NCLAT over While IndiGo confirmed issues in its operations and operations are run in more lower at 8.5- 9.5 percent in the urban growth. appellate tribunal over alleged Earlier, on January 2, the sale of tower and fibre the receipt of show-cause engineering,” he said. stringent ways as prescribed by FY19, it added. “The overall drop wit- default of payment of 230 NCLAT had disposed of the assets. notices and the safety audit, IndiGo and GoAir, which regulatory framework. As this It noted that the 13.6 per- nessed in rural growth is crore by Reliance Infratel. contempt plea filed by HSBC Following this, the appel- DGCA chief BS Bhullar said have Pratt & Whitney-powered is an ongoing audit we can only cent growth in first quarter is majorly driven by slow down in During the proceedings, Daisy on technical grounds. late tribunal had disposed of the regulator carries out Airbus A320 Neo planes, have comment after the process is slightly lower than the last packaged food category,” it counsel appearing for HSBC However, the tribunal had the appeal filed by Reliance detailed audit of all airlines at been facing problems with over,” the airline added. quarter of 2018 (-2.3 percent noted. Daisy submitted that the order given it the liberty to withdraw Infratel. & 7 ++ ) #) " R 71 =01 30!.)0&+ the world. These are nations demand from younger coun- follow-up (FfD Forum) is an ,? that have benefited tremen- tries outside, especially devel- annual platform to promote ? rotectionism does not real- dously from the open world oping countries and emerging consensus among key stake- ) ) Ply help preserve jobs and order,” he said. markets to boost growth,” he holders on financing for sus- offers little defence against the Rajan, the Katherine said. tainable development. '@<A'@) job-destroying effects of Dusak Miller Distinguished “Is it wise to block imports Ministers, senior UN officials, !(.!-/0 had allotted secured automation and Artificial Service Professor of Finance at today from the very countries high-level finance officials, civil redeemable debentures (SRDs) Intelligence, Former Reserve the University of Chicago you will have to export to in the society, business representa- !(.!-/0 nesses up until 2021. arkets regulator Sebi has between financial years 2010- Bank of India Governor Booth School of Business, said, future? Probably not,” he said. tives and local authorities, are Deep diving into the $136 Mbarred Bengaluru-based 11 and 2012-13 and raised at Raghuram Rajan has said, “We know that protectionism Rajan said that while meeting at UN Headquarters he Indian traveller has billion spending, the report Siyaram Development and least 4.22 crore from more asserting that industrial and does not really help preserve nations recognise the cost of for the four-day FfD Forum, Tcome of age, spending cites a 12 percent growth in Construction Ltd and its eight than 49 allottees. developing nations cannot jobs. In this competitive world, protectionism, it is true that which will run from April approximately $94 billion in transportation ($50 billion), directors for at least four years The number of allottees afford to ignore the democra- jobs gained by a country in the “we cannot afford to ignore the 15 to 18. 2018, on approximately 2 bil- as well as a 13 percent growth from the securities market for and the amount of money tic reaction from those left protected sector are often lost democratic reaction from Rajan told the audience at lion domestic and internation- in lodging ($21 billion) and illegally raising funds. raised during the said period behind by globalisation and in other sectors that are now those left behind by globali- the forum that there is a need al trips, helping the Indian consumption. This includes Besides, the regulator could be more, Sebi said. technological change. rendered uncompetitive sation and technological to preserve a world open to travel and tourism industry spending on shopping, recre- directed the entities to refund Moreover, the firm creat- Delivering the keynote because they pay higher prices change. This should be true trade and investment but “we achieve unprecedented scale. ation and food, which are set to the money collected by the ed a charge for an amount of address at the 2019 ECOSOC for inputs. both of industrial, countries need to keep democratic sup- The momentum is expected to grow at 13 percent ($65 billion) company along with 15 per 70 crore and appointed Forum on Financing for He added that protection- and developing countries. We port in order to do it.” continue and the industry will over the next three years. cent interest. Kalpana Guha as its debenture Development at the UN ism offers “little defence” have to pay more attention to “I would argue that we grow at a 13 percent CAGR to Additionally, as more people Based on a complaint by trustee. Headquarters on Monday, against the job destroying those left behind.” must follow the principle of $136 billion by 2021, according come online, smartphone pen- an investor regarding non- As the number of allottees Rajan said the open liberal effects of automation and He added that if concerns subsidiarity much more strict- to a new report titled, ‘How etration will continue to payment of maturity amount was more than 49, it was democratic market system that Artificial Intelligence, which of these people are to be ly going forward. Decisions Does India Travel’, released by improve and the use of digital of his investment, Sebi con- deemed to be a public issue brought the world enormous often are the larger source of addressed while preserving should be taken at the lowest Bain & Company and Google payments goes up, with the ducted a probe to ascertain and required a compulsory prosperity in the six decades or job losses. an open world, “we should level consistent with effective India today. report estimating that Indian whether the firm had made listing on a recognised stock so after the second World War “The only guarantee start by recognising that the governance. These decisions The report outlines, how travellers will spend an addi- any public issue without com- exchange. is now under attack. against redundancy is to help globalisation of trade and must be taken with an idea of India as a market spends on tional $24 billion on online plying with the relevant pro- Further, the company was “Interestingly the critics the workforce stay ahead investment flows has disem- cooperation, they must be travel, the influence of online travel bookings over the next visions of Sebi and the required to file a prospectus, are not the usual radical acad- through constant retraining. As powered people and their taken responsibly given the channels in their purchasing three years, a growth from 25 Companies Act. among others, which it failed emics or leftist leaders, instead populations age in industrial communities.” spillovers both to the country journey and potential growth percent in 2018 to 35 percent During the probe, the reg- to do, Sebi said in an order on they come from some of the countries, more of them will The ECOSOC Forum on as well as to the rest of the opportunities for travel busi- in 2021. ulator found that the firm Tuesday. most prosperous nations in become reliant on foreign Financing for Development world,” he said. :A(& A ! ! $2 N $ O " $ ) !(.!-/0 fishery subsidies and public stockholding in agriculture, !(.!-/0 -&.& he meeting of 25 WTO they said. Tmember countries on May India has convened a meet- he Government has invited mbattled liquor tycoon 13-14 here is expected to come ing of 25 developing member Tinitial bids for selling its EVijay Mallya on out with a declaration on crit- nations of the World Trade entire stake in Indian Wednesday took to social ical issues including ‘special Organisation (WTO) on May Medicines Pharmaceutical media once again, this time to and differential treatment’ for 13-14 here. Corporation Ltd (IMPCL). express his solidarity with Jet developing nations and The meet assumes signifi- IMPCL is engaged in man- Airways founder Naresh impasse over the appointment cance as several countries are ufacture and supply of Goyal and repeat his own of members to the appellate raising questions over the rele- ‘ayurvedic’ and ‘unani’ medi- offer to repay all the money body of dispute settlement, vance of the Geneva-based glob- cines and is under the Ministry he owes to India’s public sec- sources said. al trade body. Many countries are of AYUSH. tor banks. The other issues that could also taking protectionist mea- The Government holds The 63-year-old, fighting figure in the meeting include sures, impacting global trade. 98.11 per cent stake in IMPCL his extradition to India on and the rest 1.89 per cent is charges of fraud and money held by Uttarakhand laundering amounting to an Government PSU Kumaon alleged 9,000 crores, claims Mandal Vikas Nigam Ltd. private airlines were discrim- The Government has come inated against by the Indian out with a “global invitation” for Government, which bailed Expression of Interest for the out state-owned Air India proposed strategic disinvest- but did not assist his own ment of its entire stake in Kingfisher Airlines and now IMPCL. 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NEOs. after the driver of the truck passed away later in hospital,” “If we find an object only printer toner, and trying to spot warmed by the sun and so glow For instance, one defensive “We are proposing to coming from the opposite he said. a few days from impact, it them against the black of brightly at thermal wavelengths strategy is to physically “nudge” NASA a new telescope, the direction lost control of the Earlier in July last year, greatly limits our choices, so in space is very hard,” Mainzer (infrared), making them easi- an NEO away from an Earth Near-Earth Object Camera vehicle near Mastung on the 20 people including women our search efforts we have said. er to spot with the Near-Earth impact trajectory, they said. (NEOCam), to do a much highway. had lost their lives after focused on finding NEOs when Instead of using visible Object Wide-field Infrared However, to calculate the more comprehensive job of The final rites of the their vehicle fell down off the they are away from Earth, pro- light to spot incoming objects, Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) energy required for that nudge, mapping asteroid locations and deceased were held on road near Mastung on the viding the maximum amount Mainzer’s team at JPL/Caltech telescope. details of NEO mass, and there- measuring their sizes,” Mainzer Wednesday. highway. of time and opening up a has leveraged a characteristic “With the NEOWISE mis- fore size and composition, are said. > !"#$ % D%'- -&. ' $ P#& ( " $ )./3*0.0B0 *$ &', $$ %&# +)00 +))* 5 ) )) ) s soon as the teasers of Kalank came out, the comparisons between -- Madhuri Dixit’s por- trayal of Chandramukhi inA Devdas and Bahaar Begum in the ' new film became inevitable. :C , However, Madhuri feels that while D the appearance might be similar, in # grain, they are different women. + “Bahaar Begum is a very reticent L( person. She is an introvert and is B emotionally scarred because of a past tragedy which has made her #( , what she is. She is silent, yet conveys @)8))*))3O a lot through her eyes. As compared to her, Chandramukhi wore her )-0)/) O #/ heart on her sleeve. Her love for - $ #0 $0 Devdas was there for everyone to *)8&-0"/).!- I O see. She could go all out and sing $ Maar Daala,” says the actor, who +&0*)R.) *).!! critics say, “lit up the screen in every /&&.) O frame” in her newest outing. Madhuri, known for her danc- f actress Kangana Ranaut’s tirade against Alia Bhatt was- ing prowess, reunites with Sanjay n’t enough, the former’s sister Rangoli Chandel entered #( Dutt in Kalank, to whom she was Ithe ‘war of words’ zone, as did the Raazi actress’ moth- #M rumoured to be romantically linked er Soni Razdan and co-actor Randeep Hooda. / in her younger days. But she values Kangana has been calling out Alia since earlier this year the co-star bit. Besides, she stepped for not supporting her film Manikarnika: The Queen of into the shoes of Sridevi who was Jhansi, and had claimed this was all a part of a “strange sort " supposed to essay the role before her of racket” in a section of the film industry. She had also called * ' tragic death. She says, “There was Alia a product of Karan Johar’s “nepotistic gang.” an emotional context to taking up Ever since, Kangana has made several references the role. They were about to start regarding Alia, the latest being over her “mediocre” perfor- O/$,&9 and then things went haywire. mance in the otherwise widely lauded Gully Boy. # Karan (Johar) is a friend and I But Alia said, “I respect Kangana’s work a lot and I decided to help them.” respect her opinion. If she feels a particular way she must (+ The film talks about ‘Eternal have reason to feel that way. I would rather remember how Love’ and Madhuri believes that it much she had praised me after watching Raazi. And I’d just $ +$9 does exist. “I am a romantic person like to focus on my work. Maybe she will appreciate me again (+ (+ and I do believe it exists as whether if I work hard enough.” '& B # you find it or not is your journey. The controversy took a different turn with Kangana’s There was a dialogue in Dil To Pagal sister hitting out at Alia and her mother Soni Razdan, call- &$& Hai where I said Kahin na kahin, koi ing them “non Indians who are living off this land, using #,& % na koi mere liye banaya gaya hai... and abusing its people and its resources, lying about intol- + aur kabhi na kabhi main usse zaroor erance and spreading hatred.” + +$ milungi. And I used to believe in “Time to think about their agenda and not to get car- $ &$ # that and I did meet Ram (Shriram ried away with their provocations,” Rangoli Madhav Nene). He is my soulmate,” had written on social media recently, refer- + C+&+ ' she says. ring to an article about the mother- +$ & & The film also stars younger daughter duo’s British passports. '& * D # actors Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt, Soni finally broke her silence over &## (+ $&# ' Sonakshi Sinha and Aditya Roy the issue. In a now-deleted tweet, she ,$& (+ Kapur and she says, “The characters wrote, “Mahesh Bhatt is the man who are complicated as their lives are not has given her a break... She goes on to $ &$ # #BP straight and each of their paths is attack his wife and daughter over and L: $5 # interwoven with the others. All over again. What is left to be said then characters have a lot of angst and about abusing and hatred I wonder. ) regrets. They are all grey and that is Apart from character of course. what makes the story interesting.” Agenda. What’s hers?” ) ) She is all praise for the four with Rangoli had a response soon whom she has worked this time after. “Dear Soniji, Mahesh Bhatt around. “They are very profession- never gave her a break, Anurag / $ al. They are always on time. They Basu did. Mahesh Bhattji works as , learn their lines and work hard.” a creative director in his broth- While the youngsters often er’s production house. Please # imbibe the nuances of acting from greater part of the nineties. Madhuri that was put out in the films. note that he doesn’t own that ! her, there are tricks that they have saw both commercial and critical Women are no longer caricatures. production house. After Woh L/ taught her. “You see a new side to success and received six Filmfare They are not victims or avengers, Lamhe, when Kangana refused everything with them. It is wonder- Awards, which she topped up with they are roles and characters. The to do a film written by him , ful to see this generation which is not a Padma Shri in 2008. She says, thought process of this generation called Dhokha, where he want- only acting in movies but has a pres- “Films are made professionally now. is very different and this is reflect- ed her to play a suicide bomber, #), ence on the social media. There are When I was doing a film like Tezaab, ed in the scripts. Otherwise, you he got so upset that he not only so many different things that they do. the only women that we saw on the wouldn’t have a Badhaai Ho, Gulaab shouted at her in his office, but later #( You get to learn from them and they sets were the co-stars, hairdressers Gang or Dedh Ishqiya,” says the actor when she went for Woh Lamhe pre- , get to learn from us. So we inspire N!!*"!0!(&! and me. There were only two women who proved her acting chops with view to a theatre, he threw a chappal , each other. It is a symbiotic relation- directors, Sai Paranjpye and Aparna a film like Mrityudand (1997) by (slipper) on her. He didn’t allow her ship. There is a lot of synergy,” she 0).077!*!()5# Sen. Women could only be hair Prakash Jha. She also famously to see her own film. She cried the says and as someone, who too has dressers and not make-up artists as served as a muse for painter MF whole night, and she was just 19 years #0O signed up on various platforms, !)*-0!* 0()+) men blocked their entry and made Husain who made Gaja Gamini old.” @ %C goes on to add, “I enjoy social !*5)*0)*"/)- sure that they were confined to one (2000) starring her. Alia’s Highway co-star Randeep $D ) $C$D media as it is a great tool to connect )-!,.&0)!.0!( role. However, when I walk on to the So, would she say that it is a bet- Hooda also stepped in, saying, directly to fans. One can voice any- sets today, there seem to be women ter time for women like Alia to be in “Dearest Alia, I’m so glad you are not C@ D thing that has happened or if you /)()+3&3 everywhere. There is no concept of the films as there are more roles for letting the opinions of very occasion- 0 have been misquoted, you can reach 070-+#/!/&38/ you can do this and you can’t. Every women? “Why just them?,” she asks al actors and chronic victims affect you out to your fans directly through department has women.” and adds, “It’s a great time for me as and your work. Kudos to you for your $ #M Twitter. You can share things when- *&"!++&7/0+ This is also reflected in the kind well. The audience has matured and continued efforts to outdo yourself.” ever you want to.” 8!!*)0&0+!*5 of stories that are now being told. wants to see different kinds of sub- But Rangoli retorted saying Not just the stars, but even the With more women writers, there are jects. In Andhadhun, Tabu’s charac- Randeep has been pushed to come for- way that the film industry functions .077!*!(/0"/0+ characters with more flesh and ter is so different from the usual.” ward in Alia’s support as the “nepotism +$&$ +% has changed drastically since the time *!7-!"!. blood. “Men perceive women in a Clearly, there is a lot more on the gang” didn’t have the courage. 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Admire it from afar or bet- when one talks in terms of ter still take part in the process of $ places, the United Nations has rebuilding by contributing to the selected some which can be national fund set up by the French #M considered as humanity’s most government for the purpose. + significant locations. These cover patches which range from %& historical icons like Venetian Spain is home to a staggering ) ! ! A $ # $$ $ ndia has inherited a rich Vedic Icultural legacy from its glorious # ")) )$# ! ! !" $ past. It is also a well-known fact that all the rishi-munis and yogis rom pristine sandy beach- accept Vedas as their soul. Rishi es to lush jungles, bustling Kashyap after studying Vedas con- busy cities and tradition- tinuously for 300 years expressed al villages, Michelin- his views that their knowledge is starred menus to roadside endless and eternal. So, it shall not noodleF stalls, historic Buddhist be out of place to mention that temples to 21st century skyscrapers, women have always enjoyed high Thailand could be truly amazing. respect from the society in the sacrifice by a wife for her ascetic The country also has world-class Vedic period. husband. Once, there lived a golf facilities. We must not forget the invalu- philosopher, Vachaspati Mishr, The Tourism Authority of able lesson from Atharvaved who was married in his childhood. Thailand, New Delhi, has intro- mantra — Stree Hee Brahma He forgot his wife as he was med- duced a FAM trip to Thailand to Babhuvith — which means that itating intensely. After the death of explore the various possible ways to women have been given the title of her parents, the girl attained puber- make ‘Thai Golf Passport’ a success Brahma. Even Yajyen considered ty and went to his ashram in the and an exciting golf travel loyalty woman as Brahma as she always hope of a happy married life. programmes for those who [pursue gives Vedic advice to everyone. Finding Vachaspati deeply the sport avidly. The highlight of the If we delve deep into our his- engrossed in meditation, she decid- event would be the Thai New Year tory, especially of Vedic age, we dis- ed not to disturb him. She started — The Songkran Festival. cover various names like Sita, managing the affairs of the ashram There are more than 200 golf Ansuiya, Madalsa, Savitri, Bhamati, and serving the rishi day in and day courses around the country, by the Katyayini, Lopamudra, King Janak’s out. With the passage of time, she sea, mountains, lakes, in the cities acharya Gargi and Kunti, who crossed the age of 75. One day and even besides its airports. From through their devotion, dedication when Vachaspatiji was busy writ- Phuket to Bangkok and Pattaya, and deep knowledge of Vedas ing a book in the light of an oil there are golf courses to suit differ- enlightened mankind. There are lamp, the flame started flickering. ent preferences. numerous quotes in our scrip- Seeing that the oil was finished, she Anil Dev, managing director, tures including that the Devta tried to pour in some to replenish Golf Plus Monthly said, “When it always experiences divine pleasure it. It was a moonlit night and the comes to golf tourism, there is no and gives blessings to those who gleam fell on her face. He was sur- destination which comes close to respect women. prised to see her and asked her who Thailand. The Thai Golf Pass is a A child owes a lot to his/her she was. The woman tried to make unique programme that pushes mother because she is the one who him remember their marriage dur- players to experience the sport in nurtures him/her from the begin- ing their childhood. When he this paradise. The programme has ning. Her teachings hold much came to know this, he felt ashamed been appreciated by the golfing more importance than even the that he could not look after his wife community in India as well as the teacher in the school. She is the rather she was left to manage the various partners of the programme.” moral builder, that is why we eulo- affairs of his ashram. The aged rishi Besides networking with the gise her by saying, “Matri Devo slowly started moving towards his golf suppliers, the delegates can Bhava” i.e. serve the mother wife to embrace her. Immediately experience the hospitality of the because she gives birth and nurs- she moved back and said that by Zign Hotel in Pattaya and Centre experience for me.” hope to welcome more golfers from es the child and “Mata Nirmatri serving him for several years, she Point Sukhumvit 10; the teeing off Adding to that, Meraj Shah, India to enjoy the world-class cours- Bhavati” i.e. mother constitutes the had experienced the divine plea- at the Chee Chan Golf Resort and writer and producer, Wion Traveller, es which the country has to offer, bright future of the child. sure of maintaining Brahmacharya, Pattana Golf Club freezing tour of said, “I have been to Thailand for along with the famous Thai hospi- The veteran warrior and wise so she should be allowed to remain ice sculptures at the frost magical ice Anil Dev and his team for the validating this claim. We are proud golfing many a times. I’ve played in tality.” man of Mahabharat, Bhishma so. The rishi stopped and went of Siam. success of the project. With to be associated with Tourism Hua Hin, Pattaya, Phuket, Khao Yai, The programme will also give Pitamah is respected even today towards his seat. He asked her Rishi Tomar, chief operating ‘Amazing Thailand,’ golf paradise Authority of Thailand and this Chiang Mai, to name a few places. ‘Amazing’ rewards on redemption of because his mother Ganga, gave name. She replied that it was officer, SLW Golf Management with more than 250 international first-ever golf travel loyalty pro- I couldn’t be happier heading back loyalty points. With the fully-auto- him the right kind of education Bhamati. By then the rishi had said, “The initiative was launched in standard golf courses, professional gram.” to the same places. It’s my favourite matic and user-friendly online pro- from the beginning. It was she who completed his spiritual book based India to offer Indian golfers a seam- caddies, warm hospitality, Rajan Sehgal, president, Indian country to visit — for the golf, its gramme, it aims to bring all the sup- persuaded Guru Parshuram, the on Vedas but he was yet to give it less experience in Thailand.” wellness, food and entertainment, Golf Travel Association, said that food and beaches and its nightlife.” pliers under one platform. greatest teacher in weaponary and a title and named it Bhamati. He added, “A number of qual- we look forward to Indian golfers golfing in Thailand is memorable. With NokScoot Airlines provid- The activities that began from warfare at that time to teach him Sometimes I wonder why the ity service providers like Thai being a part of this loyalty He said, “The programme is unique ing direct flights from Delhi to December 2018 has the following the skills of fighting. For the birth of a girl is not welcomed. Airways, Cox & Kings, Callaway programme and experience to India. While hotels and airlines Bangkok, travel has become smooth focus points — To integrate their knowledge of scriptures, she sent Whereas Vedas preach that a and other golf courses, resorts and services.” have loyalty programmes, this will and hassle-free. website with their travel partner Bhishma Pitamah to Brihaspati, the daughter is a lamp and enlightens hotels have come together to part- Commenting on the initiative’s be a first of its kind where a coun- Yodchai Sudhidhanakul, chief websites; To host promotional events biggest scholar of Vedas at that two houses — one of her parents’ ner this initiative.” success, Chitranjan Bakhshi, busi- try will be executing something like executive officer, NokScoot Airlines, in India with three of them in time. Thus he became not only a and the second of her husband’s Isra Stapanaseth, director, ness head, Golf Holidays, Cox & this. With well-maintained courses, said, “NokScoot has recently Thailand; To increase the number good warrior but also a great like maa Sita. Tourism Authority of Thailand, Kings said, “We believe in provid- professionalism, high connectivity launched direct flights from Delhi of loyalty partners to 200, To scholar and spiritualist. The cred- So, a family must rejoice at the said, “I would like to congratulate ing quality service to our customers and great hospitality, golfing in to Bangkok, offering high service increase membership’s base to cover it goes to none else but to his moth- birth of a daughter considering her all the partners of Thai Golf Pass, and this initiative will also help in Thailand has always been a great standards at affordable prices. We 5,000 golfers. er. as a pure blessing, harbinger of Women, after the Mahabharat good fortune and glory to the period, due to the lack of knowl- family. As quoted above, woman is edge of Vedas, have been mistreat- “Brahma”, so a creator must be % 6FF ed and abused. By not educating revered. ' them in the Vedas, we are depriv- (The author, Swami Ram ing the country of the ability to be Swarup Yogacharya is the chief ) # +# # )+ stronger. editor of Ved Ishvareeya Vani, a bi- There is the story of extreme annual magazine.) )$! " $ # ! =, ) he 11-member ‘Himalayan ardous and unforgiving terrains. THeights Motorcycle In freezing winds, it is a remark- Expedition,’ flagged off from able tribute to the immortal Karu in Leh on April 7, tra- courage and bravery of the versed the challenging terrain Indian army. In a rare gesture of eastern Ladakh, across the of encouragement for the expe- ydroelectric power generation company, + +222 # &, # Chang La pass. The expedition dition members, Lt Gen YK HNHPC celebrated the 128th birth anniver- # ) < + reached the mighty Karakoram Joshi, general officer command- sary of Bharat Ratna Dr B R Ambedkar, the prin- -# ,) # ) ) 222,*3 pass situated at an altitude of ing, Fire & Fury Corps reached cipal architect of the Indian Constitution and + #6B<) ,*, : 2;, , 18,176 feet on the Karakoram the Karakoram pass to meet social reformer. :&;,& *) , :8 ;, 222 range on Tuesday. and motivate the riders. Balraj Joshi, chairman and managing direc- # < The joint expedition com- Speaking on the occasion, tor of NHPC along with N K Jain, director (per- he Reputation /!-0+7!)3*!+ prises six Indian Army person- Lt Gen YK Joshi lauded the sonnel), and Janardan Choudhary, director TManagement )*!.*)&.0 nel from the Army Service efforts of the team, especially (Technical), graced the occasion. Consultancy in its Reputation Corps, four from Royal Enfield the two women officers from Joshi described the life of Dr Ambedkar as > $ $2 Poll International announced 3@!+/))0 "!&&7 and one from the Himalayan the army service corps and the a “shining example for others to follow.” He high- the 2019 list of the 100 most 8&&8-!+3.)*0"/)0 Motorsports Association. The woman member of the Royal lighted his role in the country’s development and CD $, reputable persons on earth. &!--)3*!)! Fire & Fury Corps and the Enfield team who “proved equal in laying down one of the most descriptive The list features person- @)0-)+/+)5)*/0 expedition is celebrating the in strength, skill and spirit to the Constitutions in the world. A special highlight alities from various sectors 20th Anniversary of Kargil other members.” of evenings was a talk on Manavta ka Utthan by like entertainment, politics, (*0!**&0+/)*) Vijay Diwas, that marked the The expedition salutes the Bodhisattva Bhante Dr Karunashil Rahulji. religion, education, philan- 7&3.!*&7 victory of the Indian armed victory of the Indian army A documentary highlighting the life and thropy, business, politics, etc, )---).0!+-!)83! forces over Pakistan in 1999. during the Kargil war of 1999. contributions of Dr Ambedkar was also screened from 44 countries and recog- With temperatures as low They aim to “remember, rejoice during the event. Other attendants of the event nises leaders who have dis- .*/)*!!)*&*) as -40 degrees Celsius, the feat and renew” their spirit of for- were office-bearers of NHPC, SC/ST employee charged their duties and ).0&,"/!0+ is unprecedented over haz- titude, bravery and adventure. welfare association and OBC association. maintained a high level of *05)@)&+/0 credibility, and have kept exemplary reputation for pub- lic emulation. motivational speaker Robin Looking at the statistics, Sharma, founder and global /$ ))) )+ P + the USA had the largest share chairperson of All Ladies of reputed personalities in the League (ALL) and Women he 128th birth anniversary of Dr list with a representation of 38 Economic Forum (WEF) Dr TBhim Rao Ambedkar was observed '* , ) # )) females, 61 males and 1 cou- Harbeen Arora, and Bio- in Chittaranjan Locomotive Work’s ple. According to the age, the chemist Priyanka Joshi. (CLW) administrative office. he N F Railway celebrated the and also future projects to be under- oldest reputable person in The list also features Ram Prakash, Ravij Seth, B K T64th railway week with proper taken. the list is Queen Elizabeth II, influential international per- Singh, S P Marandi along with senior gaiety and merriment at Rang A K Yadav, chief administrative 92, whereas, the youngest sonalities like Dalai Lama, officers and other members of SC/ST Bhawan, Maligaon. officer cited last year’s record break- being Pakistani activist Michael Bloomberg, Tim association garlanded the portrait of Dr N K Prasad, general manager of ing performance completion of Malala Yuzafzai, 21. Cook, Michelle Obama, Xi Ambedkar and paid the tribute. the construction organisation, who Bogibeel Bridge Project in particu- The list features seven Jinping, Pope Francis, Warren S P Marandi recalled the efforts of was the chief guest, gave away prizes lar which was inaugurated by the PM Indian personalities, five Buffet and Ismail Ahmed. Dr Ambedkar on upliftment of social- to the awardees and also addressed on December 25, 2018. males and two females — There are also actors and ly downtrodden people and their to the congregation comprising of A group cash prize was also Prime Minsiter Narendra persons from the entertain- rights in society. Sanjiv Kumar deliv- officers, staff and N F Railway fra- awarded to the staff whose dedicat- Modi, Indian business mag- ment industry like Ed ered a speech on political contribution ternity. ed services made possible to com- nate Mukesh Ambani, CEO of Sheeran, Emma Watson, of Ambedkar from national freedom In a nut-shell GM spoke to the plete India’s longest Rail-cum-Road Google Sundar Pichai, Nobel Nicole Kidman and John struggle to strengthening of Indian Praveen Mishra, general manager Dr Bhim Rao and stressed upon to fol- gathering about achievement done in Bridge and Asia’s 2nd longest Laureate Kailash Satyarthi, Legend. democracy. of CLW also expressed his respect to low the path shown by him. the previous year, ongoing projects Bogibeel Bridge Project. !"#$ % # $ >- 1 A '>0 # # ) ) + ! 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But Ronaldo latched onto a Miralem But Ten Hag's side's incessant on aggregate. mode, helped by a vintage Teenage centre-back De Ligt struck Pjanic corner with a downward head- pressure paid off with 19-year-old A dizzying opening spell, United were brilliant for eight Coutinho curler after he had cut midway through the second period, er that left Onana with no chance. skipper De Ligt towering above Alex in which Marcus Rashford minutes and could have been inside from the left. though, to seal a 3-2 aggregate win and It was the Portugal star's 126th Sandro and Daniele Rugani to head had hit the crossbar, was long- ahead within 30 seconds as Messi even attempted a bicy- set up a last-four clash with either Champions League goal and sixth of this home Lasse Schone's corner on 67 forgotten, even if it could offer Rashford raced onto a curving cle kick and there were celebra- Manchester City or Tottenham. campaign, having now scored in his past minutes. Barca's next opponents some Paul Pogba pass and toed away tions from the home fans when The young Dutch side had already six European games against Ajax, net- Ziyech looked as if he had fired a encouragement. a shot, which Marc-Andre ter news went round that Ajax had eliminated three-time defending ting nine goals in total. third past Szczesny, but his goal was Liverpool, who take a 2-0 Stegen bravely left to graze his taken the lead in Turin. They champions Real Madrid en route to the But Van de Beek soon silenced the ruled offside after a VAR check. lead to Porto on Wednesday, own crossbar. believe this is their year. quarters, overturning a 2-1 home cheers of the home crowd when he con- And the Dutch visitors held on, are now the most likely obsta- defeat against the Spanish side with a trolled a wayward Hakim Ziyech shot with Ronaldo unable to make a cle between them and their first ( memorable 4-1 victory at the Santiago six minutes later, rolling the ball past difference after his incredible Champions League final since Barca were flustered, so Bernabeu. Szczesny to cancel out Juventus' away hat-trick had pulled Juventus they last won this tournament much so the crowd even Juventus had been looking to goal and make it 2-2 on aggregate. into the quarter-finals in the in 2015. cheered with relief when reach the Champions League semi- Teenage striker Moise Kean replaced last-16 win over Atletico Instead, United's pair of Arthur Melo played his team's finals for the third time in the past five Dybala after the break, but it was the Madrid. early errors made this another first convincing pass. seasons. Dutch who turned on the style, with Four-time winners Ajax night about Messi and ensured Then, Barcelona had their But Ronaldo, who scored an away only Szczesny's reflexes keeping won their third consecutive any faint hopes of repeating the own eight-minute flurry as goal last week with a diving header in Juventus in the tie. title in 1973 at the expense comeback against Paris Saint- United almost conceded a Amsterdam, was Juve's only weapon The Polish keeper denied Ziyech of Juventus, and last lift- Germain, or even the famous penalty, ruled out after Fred against the impressive Dutch side. from close range with one hand, ed the trophy in 1995, 1999 rescue act against Bayern took the ball before bringing The 34-year-old was signed for 100 and minutes later tipped Van with their last semi- Munich, on this same pitch, down Ivan Rakitic, and then million euros ($117 million) last sum- de Beek's curling effort final appearance ending were dashed. did concede, twice, to Messi. mer from Real Madrid in a bid to win over the bar. in defeat by Juve 22 Messi now has his 109th Both could have been the European trophy for the first time The years ago. and 110th Champions League avoided, even if Young's turn since 1996, when they Juventus Juventus now goals and, potentially, three on the edge of his own box was beat Ajax in the turn their focus back extra matches to reduce the gap punished in devastating fash- final. to Serie A where they on Cristiano Ronaldo's 126, ion. Young lunged in to atone "Ajax deserved can win an eighth after Juventus were dumped for his mistake but Messi to qualify," said Juve consecutive title out by Ajax. Barcelona's fans skipped away from him, poked coach on Saturday. celebrated that too. it through Fred's legs and then Massimiliano && They could have hardly whipped the ball into corner. Allegri. have asked for a better start. The second was simpler. # ! 2 /*%-''.$ /. %22' & ).*0. tract with Atletico Madrid until June 30, 2023," a club statement read. tletico Madrid goalkeeper Jan "The Slovenian player has signed ) AOblak has signed a new contract his new contract that commits him to until 2023, the club announced on our club for four more seasons." Wednesday. Oblak's previous contract con- &!")*-& Oblak's commitment comes as a tained a release clause of 100 million boost to Atletico, with the 26-year-old euros, which is likely to have been afael Nadal charged out of the establishing himself as one of the increased, rather than removed, in his Rblocks on Wednesday to ham- world's finest goalkeepers since join- new deal. According to reports in the mer Roberto Bautista Agut 6-1, 6- ing the club in 2014. Spanish press, the adjusted release 1 in his opening match at the ! 2+ # "Jan Oblak has extended his con- clause will be 120 million euros. Monte Carlo Masters. The 11-time champion showed no sign of the knee prob- lems which forced him to quit ahead of an Indian Wells semi- final against Roger Federer a month ago. The 32-year-old had expressed pre-tournament caution regarding the health of his knee — a worry which appeared to be groundless after a 76-minute masterclass. "I'm happy for this very pos- &' itive start. I had good feelings on court," he said. three of their meetings, tamed the 18-year-old Nadal collected the opening while Nadal improved his who broke through for a five games of the afternoon in 17 incredible record here to Miami semi-final last minutes as he set the tone for 69-4 as he takes aim at a month. another dominant display in the fourth consecutive title at The 21-year-old principality. the event. Zverev played the semi- He was equally in control "This is just the first finals in Monte Carlo a year during the second set, where he match and it's been a very pos- ago but has yet to hit his stride saved three break points in the itive start," Nadal said. "The results this season. fourth game and two more in the say that." That may be starting to sixth. Roland Garros finalist change. "It was a great start, it's good Dominic Thiem, who lost to The third seed will next face to be back here," the 17-time Nadal in Paris last June, beat Italy's Fabio Fognini, who reached Grand Slam winner said, keeping Slovakia's Martin Klizan 6-1, 6-4. the third round when French talk of his knee to a minimum. Thiem, who won the Indian opponent Gilles Simon withdrew "I can't pretend to not have Wells title over Federer, made a because of back problems. pain at all, but professionals nor- successful switch to his favourite Greek sixth seed Stefanos mally play with pain," Nadal said. surface as he prepares for the pre- Tsitsipas moved ahead, defeating "It's part of the sport at the French Open sequence of events. Mikhail Kukushkin 6-3, 7-5. highest level and it's no limitations Alexander Zverev rediscov- Britain's Cameron Norrie at all. I was able to move well and ered traces of his best form with a defeated Marton Fucsovics of be confident with the things that 6-1, 6-4 defeat of Canadian teenag- Hungary 7-6 (7/3), 6-3, while I did." er Felix Auger-Aliassime. Pierre-Hugues Herbert stunned Bautista Agut has now lost to The German, locally based, 2018 finalist and fifth seed Kei his Spanish countryman in all reached the third round as he Nishikori 7-5, 6-4. ') !"#$ % >8 80 G 0 0 - 1 44!EF 4 = >; =" 2EE1F C - )*"/!*0+&!-)5!*0&3*!) F (/&/)+.!-0!*!.0!!*5 E D < 8)! /!/)+!!!B"!0&)- K 554 JI) H & # 3$#%3;3 &)@4. . !(.!-/0 & ustralian great Ricky Ponting on Wednesday Aexpressed surprise at Rishabh Pant's exclusion -%##%# -&=3 from India's World Cup squad, saying he could have been the X factor in the playing eleven. Ponting met Pant on Monday night, hours after the India squad was announced with Dinesh 7 ( +*/ $"+@I Karthik being preferred over the 21-year-old for the reserve wicketkeeper's slot. /5.!*)). runs. "Yes I was surprised when he was left out of the In a manner least convincing, Indian squad. I thought he would be in and he avid Warner played in the CSK found their first boundary would be in the starting eleven. I thought someone manner that defines his when Watson's thick edge went fly- like him batting at four or five could have been that Dbatting after the bowlers ing over the slip cordon. X factor and the difference between India and the gave very little away, helping Du Plessis drove Khaleel over other teams," Sunrisers Hyderabad humble his head for a boundary in the said the Delhi Chennai Super Kings by six wick- fourth over, a proper cricketing Capitals head ets in the IPL here on Wednesday. shot this time around, and CSK coach. While the outcome ended followed that with a flurry of Ponting had Sunrisers' run of three straight loss- fours and sixes. nothing but es, it also brought to a screeching While Watson found the fence !(.!-/0 HEAD words of halt CSK's ruthless streak, the four times, Du Plessis hit two max- TO encouragement sound of which though failing to imums to up the ante at the Rajiv ishabh Pant will be in focus HEAD for the star drown the chants of 'Dhoni, Dhoni' Gandhi International Stadium. Rafter his fiercely-debated 15 Delhi Capitals that reverberated across the stadi- Having added 79 runs in just World Cup exclusion when a ) % '( player. um. under 10 overs, Watson was buoyant Delhi Capitals aim to '.$./% "One thing Mahendra Singh Dhoni bowled by left-arm spinner replicate its stellar away form at /3*+.)5 GN== '' we know about watched the proceedings from the Shahbaz Nadeem, giving the home home against the Mumbai Indian cricket dressing room after being ruled out fans something to cheer about after Indians here at Feroz Shah Kotla that there is a lot of the game with back spasm, the a prolonged wait. on Thursday. up five wickets. The batting of depth around first time since 2010 that he was not The Australian's dismissal trig- Pant has been mum on unit, led by captain Shreyas in batting and leading his beloved yellow brigade, gered a collapse, from which the being ignored for the World Cup Iyer, is also hitting its strides with this time and the team missed him. Super Kings struggled to recover. in favour of Dinesh Karthik and Dhawan back among the runs Rishabh has Warner smashed a 24-ball half it would be interesting to see following a few quiet games. missed out. century before his opening partner 9 % % how the 21-year-old's bat His opening partner is due Knowing what Jonny Bairstow (61 off 44 balls) Struggling with back spasm, responds to the disappointment. for a big knock after making lit- he is like and completed the chase of 133 with as CSK skipper Mahendra Singh With 10 points from eight tle impact in the last five games. the talent he has, many as 19 deliveries to spare. Dhoni rested for their IPL clash games, both teams are on course But the centre of attention I would be sur- Leading the side in the absence against Sunrisers Hyderabad, the to make the play-offs. While that will be Pant, who will be play- prised if he of Dhoni, Suresh Raina opted to bat first time he is not leading the yel- counts as familiar territory for ing his first game after missing doesn't play in at least three world cups before his after the coin landed in his favour. low brigade since 2010. three-time IPL champions out on a World Cup spot, a deci- career is over. But the decision did not work won- Suresh Raina was handed over Mumbai Indians, Capitals are in sion that has divided opinions. "I had a quick chat with him. He seems to have ders for the visitors as Sunrisers the captaincy for the away game at the middle of a remarkable The focus will also be on the taken it pretty well. There is no doubt that he is dis- bowled a nagging line and length the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium. resurgence, having not finished Kotla pitch which has already appointed, he would have loved to be in that squad to pick up five wickets for 22 runs. "Dhoni wanted to take some in the top-four since 2012. copped criticism for its slowish but the thing he still has to remember is, potential- Coming into the game against rest, he'll be back in the next game," The celebrated duo of head nature. Ponting had described it ly he will get the opportunity to play in three to four a team that was eyeing a playoff Raina said at the toss. coach Ricky Ponting and men- as the "worst possible" track for World Cups. berth after winning seven of their The decision to rest the veter- tor Sourav Ganguly has man- the home team after a loss ear- "What is negative thing for the Indian team is eight matches this season, a tricky an was a precautionary measure. aged to instill belief in the team lier in the tournament. positive for Delhi capitals. Really happy that the test awaited the hosts. The two-time World Cup win- members and that is visible on Apart from the super over decision has been made and he can focus on the But things panned out quite ! + )) $ ning captain had suffered the the field. The team now seems game against KKR, the other back half of the tournament." well for Sunrisers, whose bowlers # )# #* injury against Kolkata Knight to believe that it can win the title two matches here have been Pant at times has been criticised for throwing laid the foundation for what should Riders and after that game, Dhoni after a long spell as the perenni- low-scoring affairs with the away a good start. Asked if that could be the rea- be a morale-boosting result. to the mid-off. Cup, Ambati Rayadu remained not had said, "It's a little tight right now al underachiever of the compe- home team ending on the wrong son selectors did not pick Pant, Ponting said: "I don't Warner then launched into an Though SRH lost a couple of out on 25 off 21 balls. but hopefully, it will get better". tition. side of the result on both occa- know the selection criteria. Don't know why he is assault in his typically trademark wickets in quick succession, While leg-spinner Rashid Ahead the match, Dhoni was The South African pace sions. not being picked. I don't know why the other guys fashion, hitting the CSK bowlers for Bairstow was there till the end to Khan was the most successful seen warming up by playing some combine of Kagiso Rabada and Like Capitals, Mumbai is have been picked ahead of him. To be honest it is 10 boundaries while adding 66 see his team though with a six. bowler with economical figures of football before Raina walked out Chris Morris have delivered for also getting better with each none of my business. runs for the first wicket with Earlier, Sunrisers Hyderabad 2/17 in four overs, seamers for the toss. the team. Even in the previous game and look a more potent "Though I don't think he is impatient, he is a Bairstow, who struck three fours restricted Chennai Super Kings to Bhuvneshwar Kumar (0/21) and This is only the fourth time game against Sunrisers outfit with the return of Lasith very smart player. I think he sums up situations and and as many sixes. 132 for five. Khaleel Ahmed (1/22) were also Dhoni is not playing for Chennai Hyderabad, the two pacers Malinga. Hardik Pandya is also conditions really well. But they obviously have their Having belted Imran Tahir Opener Faf du Plessis top- miserly. Super Kings in the cash-rich shared seven wickets to fashion firing on all cylinders. reasons for not picking him and I am not going to for three successive boundaries, scored with a 31-ball 45 and added It was a quite beginning for league. an unlikely win for Capitals who Capitals got the better of comment on that. Warner scored two more fours 79 runs for the opening wicket with CSK as Bhuvneshwar conceded Dhoni has been in good form successfully defended 155 by Mumbai Indians at Wankhede "I actually think he missing out you will see a against Deepak Chahar in the Shane Watson (31). CSK did not just one run in the opening over. for Chennai Super Kings in the bowling out the hosts for 116. earlier in the competition, so different player in the IPL. His determination will next over but, going for one too have much to cheer about after that Complementing his senior pace 2019 IPL, leading the team's run West Indies pacer Keemo expect the Rohit Sharma-led shine through and I am sure he will score heavily many, the swashbuckling as the hosts made a remarkable partner, Khaleel also bowled a tight chart with 230 runs from eight Paul too has come to the party squad to come back harder at in the back half of the tournament," he said. Australian ended up giving a catch comeback. Ignored for the World first over, giving away only three matches, including two fifties. in the last two games by picking Kotla. @ 3/ ,& )% H + $ "&-&& to a historic 2-0 Test triumph in !(.!-/0 be going," a senior BCCI official South Africa and made Sri said on Wednesday. eteran pacer Lasith Malinga Lanka the only Asian side to win oung wicket-keeper Rishabh While Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Vwas sacked as ODI skipper a Test series in South Africa. YPant and veteran batsman Khan and Deepak Chahar will be with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on The other option was Ambati Rayudu were on travelling with the team purely as Wednesday naming Test captain Angelo Mathews, who has been Wednesday named among the net bowlers, they can also be Dimuth Karunaratne to lead the Sri Lanka's ODI captain in two standbys for India's World Cup drafted in if the management feels country at the 50 over World separate stints before. But squad, reigniting their dashed so. cup in England beginning May Mathews is said to have declined hopes of making the trip to the UK "Khaleel, Avesh and Deepak 30. the offer to captain citing his dis- in case an injury setback hits the are not designated standbys. In The World cup squad will agreements with coach side. case of bowlers, that possibility is , !) be announced on Thursday, Chandika Hathurusinghe. Speedster Navdeep Saini also there but when it comes purely to SLC said. He will replace Malinga, The news will come as a found a place in the list of three batsmen, it will be either Rishabh "Karunaratne's appoint- who had captained the team blow for Malinga, who had back-ups for the mega-event start- or Rayudu," the official said. 48 ment was ratified by the during the 0-5 loss to South played a domestic match in ing on May 30. In other developments, there Minister of Africa in the ODI series. Kandy, only 14 hours after play- With the ICC doing away will be no Yo-Yo Test for the World Telecommunications, Foreign Malinga, who led Sri Lanka ing an IPL match for his fran- with the practice of letting coun- Cup-bound players as the IPL is Employment and Sports to a World T20 trophy in 2014, chise Mumbai Indians in tries announce a probables' list going to end only on May 12, just Honorable Harin Fernando," had personal disagreements Mumbai, earlier this month. before the final squad, the BCCI a few days before India head to the @)*)"/0 Sri Lanka Cricket said in a with the team management Apart from Malinga and also has the option of including UK. release. and certain senior players, Mathews, Sri Lanka had also anyone apart from these three but "The players are already in the attling concerns over the form and fitness of 31-year-old Karunaratne, which also soured his stint as tried Dinesh Chandimal and it is unlikely to happen. middle of a gruelling T20 season. Bsome of their players, the Pakistan selection who didn't play a single ODI captain. Thisara Perera to lead the side "Just like ICC Champions Once the IPL ends, they will need committee headed by Inzamam-ul-Haq has since the 2015 World Cup, has Karunaratne, a Test opener, at various stages over the past Trophy, we have three standbys. recovery time. decided to announce the World Cup squad on only featured in 17 ODIs and forced himself into the ODI cap- two years since the retirement of Rishabh Pant and Ambati Rayudu "It's not like that there is a gap Thursday with two reserves. averages 15.83 with a high score taincy following his success in Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela are the first and second standbys between two series and you are The selection committee has decided to utilise of 60. the Test arena. He led Sri Lanka Jayawardene in 2014. while Saini is the bowler in the list. having a test. If you are tired, the the five-match one-day series against England and So if anyone gets injured, as per results may vary," the official some side matches as the barometer for making requirement, one of the three will explained. changes in the 15-member World Cup squad, if required, by the deadline of 23rd May. $) "The selectors after consulting head coach, Mickey Arthur have more or less decided on the 6 %0&%8>>8H.>/8 15-member World Cup squad and two reserves -&.& Under the previous system, he would not who will be on the flight to England for the World have been eligible until the winter of 2022 after Cup and before that play at the one-day series ngland chief selector Ed Smith is confident a seven-year residency. against England and some side matches," said a Ethe call-up of uncapped all-rounder Jofra Archer and another Barbados-born Sussex /,.6,G%%G>G868 0% source close to the selectors on Wednesday. Archer will have no adverse affect on team player Chris Jordan were both added to the 15- "The concerns are over the fitness of left arm morale in the run-up to the World Cup. man squad that played a one-day series in the .3)0 "I don't get involved "They (who missed spin allrounder, Imad Wasim, the present form Rising star Archer was included on West Indies earlier this year. in selection. If we have out) shouldn't lose heart. of experienced left arm pacer, Muhammad Wednesday in a 17-man squad for next They were also included in the 14-strong ndia coach Ravi Shastri any opinion, we let the It's a funny game. There Aamir and a debate on who will be the reserve month's one-day internationals against party for a one-off Twenty20 against Pakistan. Ion Wednesday said he captain known," Shastri could be injuries. So you opener in the World Cup. Ireland and Pakistan. Archer has been impressing in the Indian would have preferred a was quoted as saying by never know when you The source said Imad would be picked in the The dynamic Barbados-born Archer Premier League, where he took three for 15 16-member World Cup the 'Sport360' website. could be called up," he squad with the other left-arm spin allrounder was left out of the 15-man preliminary for the Rajasthan Royals against Kings XI squad instead of the man- "When you only have said. Muhammad Nawaz among the reserves so that World Cup squad also announced by Punjab on Tuesday. dated 15 and urged those 15 to pick, there is bound When pressed on if Imad is unable to be 100 percent fit before the tournament hosts England. "The selection panel has been who missed out to "not to be someone or the Vijay Shankar's selection World Cup he can be replaced. But he could have as many as six impressed with Jofra Archer's per- lose heart". other who misses out, for the No 4 slot months Muhammad Aamir managed to snap just five one-day internationals — one against formances in domestic and fran- India on Monday which is very unfortu- after captain Virat Kohli wickets in his last 14 ODIs and the source said Ireland and five against Pakistan —to chise cricket," said Smith. "He is a announced a 15-strong nate. I would have pre- declared Rayudu as the selectors and team management have some reser- stake his claim before England con- very talented and exciting crick- squad for the mega-event, ferred 16 players. We had front-runner for the vations over the form of the experienced pacer. firm their final World Cup squad on eter. starting May 30, and the mentioned to the ICC position, Shastri said the "Fakhar, Imam, Haris, Babar Azam, Shoaib May 23. "In line with ICC regulations, omissions of young keep- that in a tournament that spot remains a flexible Malik, Muhammad Hafeez, Muhammad Rizwan, Sussex paceman Archer, 24, has we have to name a preliminary er-batsman Rishabh Pant long, 16 players makes one. Sarfaraz Ahmed (Capt), Shadab Khan, Faheem an English father and holds a British squad of 15 for the ICC Men's and veteran Ambati sense. But the diktat was "Total flexibility (on Ashraf, Junaid Khan, Emad Wasim, Shaheen Shah passport. Cricket World Cup before April 23. Rayudu triggered a 15," he added. No 4 position) depend- Afridi and Muhammad Aamir are certain selec- He completed a three-year "However, all 17 players named in debate on the choices Shastri said those ing on conditions, oppo- tions while for the one slot the toss up is between qualification period on March 17 the Royal London ODIs against made by the selectors. who missed the final 15 sition. I would say the top Abid Ali and hard-hitting middle order batsman, after the England and Wales Pakistan can stake a claim to be in the Shastri steered clear should look ahead as three… but after that Asif Ali. Cricket Board changed its residen- final 15-man squad, finalised at the end of commenting on the opportunity can knock you can be very flexible," "The reserve players will include Muhammad cy rules. of that series." furore. anytime. he said. Nawaz and Muhammad Hasnain."