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P-5 P-8 P-10 Briefs Rahul hits back at Sasikala set to be Tamil Modi over ‘SCAM’ jibe Nadu CM, DMK shocked Lucknow, Feb 5 (IANS) Akhilesh ‘modesty’,” he said at the rally in gov- Chennai, Feb 5 (IANS) Tamil alleged that the Modi government ernment inter-collge ground here, giv- Nadu is set to get its third woman has given nothing to the people but ing his own coinage for the acronym. Chief Minister. AIADMK MLAs on false promises in its tenure. Hitting Attacking Mr. Modi over note Sunday elected General Secretary back at Prime Minister Narendra ban, the Congress vice president V.K. Sasikala as their legislature Modi over his ‘SCAM’ jibe, Congress said, “Demonetisation has hurt leader, two months after her men- vice-president Rahul Gandhi on the poor most. Do not raise these tor J. Jayalalithaa died. Sunday alleged that one who is in slogans (denouncing Modi) but The legislators unanimously the wrong, sees scam in everything vote for Congress, SP alliance and chose Sasikala, who is not a mem- while ally and SP chief Akhilesh Ya- ensure that Modi never utters the ber of the assembly, for the post. dav said the acronym stood for “save name of Uttar Pradesh again, like And she lost no time in saying that country from Amit Shah and Modi”. he forgot to say Bihar after the As- outgoing Chief Minister O. Pan- Addressing a joint rally in Kanpur sembly elections there“. neerselvam himself wanted her to of India’s biggest states. AIADMK. Bharatiya Janata Party’s with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mr. Gandhi said that Mr. Modi is head the government. “People didn’t vote for Sasika- Tamil Nadu President Tamilisai Akhilesh, Mr Gandhi urged voters “afraid of the youths, who will give Addressing the legislators, the la,” DMK Working President M.K. Soundararajan agreed that elect- to ensure that the outcome of Bi- a befitting response to him in UP 59-year old Sasikala, a long-time Stalin said. The DMK said Sunday ing Sasikala was the AIADMK har election is repeated, where BJP elections as he gave the slogan of confidante of Jayalalithaa, said was a “black day” for Tamil Nadu. MLAs’ right but wondered what Katrina Kaif joins the league of Princess Diana, was trounced by a coalition led by Make in India, made promises, but Panneerselvam had also insisted Sasikala said: “Since everyone was the urgency. Born in 1957 in Scarlett Johanson, Angelina Jolie, Kate Moss Nitish Kumar. “Whenever Modi is provided no jobs“. earlier that she become the party stressed that one person should Thiruthuraipoondi, about 330 nervous, he starts giving labels PPE, Mr. Akhilesh Yadav, who reached head too. Panneerselvam, who hold both the posts - Chief Min- km from Chennai, Sasikala was Now, BSNL offers mobile ABC, DEF, GHY. Now this SCAM.... an hour ahead of Mr. Gandhi, also had earlier been acting Chief Min- ister and General Secretary of the married to M. Natarajan, a Tamil Internet at 36 per GB A person, who is in the wrong, sees took on the Prime Minister for his ister twice, sent his resignation to party - I agreed.” According to Nadu government official. scam everywhere because this is yesterday’s SCAM taunt, where Sasikala, party sources said. AIADMK sources, Panneerselvam In the 1980s, Natarajan urged New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) State-run telecom his reality,” he said, adding that the Modi had asked people of Uttar The main opposition DMK said proposed her name and the other South Arcot District Collector V.S. firm BSNL has slashed 3G mobile internet Congress-Samajwadi alliance in Pradesh to “rid the state of SCAM it was “shocked” that the AIADMK MLAs seconded it to show una- Chandralekha to introduce Sa- rates by about three-fourths, bringing down the state had made Modi jittery. for Samajwadi (party), C for Con- had chosen an administratively nimity in the party. Sasikala be- sikala to Jayalalithaa so that the the cost of per GB data to as low as 36 under a “S infact stands for ‘service’, C for gress, A for Akhilesh (Yadav) and M inexperienced Sasikala as the longs to the Thevar community, then AIADMK Propaganda Secre- special pack. ‘courage’, A for ’ability’ and M for for Mayawati“. Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, one which has a dominant say in the tary would get due publicity. “Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has decided to offer up to four times extra data on existing data STVs (special tariff vouchers) Govt may take available in the market,” the company said in Political parties angry with me as Thousands of Jews, a statement. major step to ban Under 291 plan, a customer will get four I’m tightening screws: Modi in UP Arabs march against times more data at 8GB with a validity of 28 days against 2 GB earlier. triple talaq after Aligarh, Feb 5 (IANS) off... The people of UP The Rs. 78 plan will offer double data at 2 GB. Mocking at opposition want change and jus- racism, house demolition “With these offers BSNL is now offering data UP polls: parties for joining hands tice.” Jerusalem, Feb 5 (IANS) was killed during the op- at the rate of 36 per GB which is one of the low- fearing that BJP will get a Attacking the opposi- Thousands of people, Ar- eration to demolish illegal est in the Industry,” BSNL said. Law Minister majority in Rajya Sabha tion, Modi said “we are abs and Jews, marched in homes in the unrecognised after the UP polls, Prime working to save money Tel Aviv in a protest against Bedouin village of Umm al- Re-poll at one Goa polling Minister Narendra Modi by adopting strict mea- the house demolitions in Hiran in January, said: “It booth on February 7 on Sunday took a dig sures. Will they not Israeli towns and villages in is important to pass on the at the SP-Congress al- Modi said, “If, for once be angry with me and recent weeks, and against message to the Prime Min- Panaji, Feb 5 (IANS) The Election Com- liance saying the BJP you oust politicians who will not come together further steps to demolish ister (Benjamin Netanyahu) mission on Sunday ordered re-polling at one “storm” has forced Chief shelter gundas (goons), to defeat Modi...They more homes, a media re- and ministers that despite booth in south Goa’s Margao constituency on Minister Akhilesh Yadav the safety of women will feel that if they remain ported on Sunday. your wild incitement, the February 7, after balloting was called off on to desperately seek the be ensured automati- alone, Modi will get ma- Organisers said some racism and discrimination Saturday due to alleged failure of election of- help of anything, “even cally”. jority in the Rajya Sabha 5,000 protestors participat- in legislation, enforcement, ficials to follow the set procedure. a pole”, to retain power. Maintaining that he and make such rules ed in the march on Saturday infrastructure and govern- In a letter addressed to the Goa Chief Elec- Ghaziabad/Lucknow, Feb 5 Addressing an elec- had come to Aligarh in that thieves, looters and evening, which began at the ment services -- you will not toral Officer, EC Secretary Sumit Mukherjee in- (IANS) The Centre is likely to take tion rally in Aligarh, he 2014 as the PM candi- the corrupt will not get intersection of King George succeed in dividing between structed that political parties and candidates be “a major step” to ban triple talaq also launched a scath- date, Modi said “not any help. This is their and Allenby Streets and the country’s citizens.” informed in writing about the fresh voting. after the ongoing Assembly polls, ing attack on the SP even half this ground fear.” ended in Dizengoff Square, “All of you who are stand- “Please ensure that wide publicity is given Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar government for “doing was filled then. But to- “I am tightening the Haaretz news reported. ing here today, you are proof in the media and also by beating of drums in Prasad has said and dared Sama- nothing” for develop- day there is a ‘kesariya screws to teach those A number of Jewish and that Jews and Arabs can and areas that come under that polling station,” jwadi Party, Congress and BSP ment in the state, as he sagar’ (saffron sea) be- supporting black mon- Arab organisations par- want to live together and Mukherjee said. to make their stand clear on the used his signature style fore me. ey a lesson,” he said. ticipated in the demonstra- with equality,” she added. Voting at the polling station No. 8 set up at contentious issue. Insisting that of coining acronyms to “And when the wind is Attacking the SP gov- tion, which the organisers She called on the govern- Government Primary School in Aquem, Mar- the issue is not related to religion assert that BJP will bring so strong, even a young ernment, Modi said termed a new stage in the ment to establish an inde- gao, was cancelled after election officials post- but involves respect and dignity of “Vikas” – ‘Vidyut’ (elec- leader cannot face it “past governments in civil struggle of Jews and pendent commission to in- ed at the booth failed to delete sample votes women, he said the government tricity), ‘Kanoon’ (law and seeks help of any- UP worked in such a Arabs. The speeches were vestigate the evacuation of logged in an electronic voting machines. As “respects faith but worship and so- and order) and ‘Sadak’ thing ...even a pole...but manner that it led to given in Arabic and Hebrew, Umm al-Hiran. Al-Kiyan was per the standard procedure, these votes have cial evil cannot co-exist”. (roads), if voted to pow- this time BJP ‘aandhi’ the closure of famous and marchers waved both killed by the police when he to be deleted before the actual voting begins. He said the tradition of triple ta- er in Uttar Pradesh. (storm) is so strong that Aligarh lock industry as Israeli and Palestinian flags. ran over and killed a police laq denies respect for women and Speaking on the safety the Chief Minister fears they could not provide Amal Abu Sa’ad, the widow man and injured another of- BSE 28,240.52 the central government is commit- of women in the state, that he might be blown enough electricity.” of Yakub Abu al-Kiyan, who ficer with his car. Sensex ted to end the “evil social practice”. NSE 8,740.95 “The government may take a GOLD 22 CT 29,550 major step to ban triple talaq after the UP Assembly polls,” he said Modi government trying to SILVER 1 KG 42,200 while addressing a press confer- ence in Ghaziabad last evening. end quotas: Mayawati The Assembly polls being held in Forex Rates UP and four other states will con- Sitarganj (Uttarakhand), Feb 5 The BSP leader raked up the is- Indian Rupees clude on March 11. (IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) sues of Hyderabad University’s Asserting that “every pernicious chief Mayawati on Sunday accused Dalit student Rohit Vemula who had US Dollar 67.38 practice” cannot be part of a reli- the central government of trying to committed suicide as well as atroci- gion, the minister, who is a lawyer do away with reservation for Dalits. ties on Dalits in Una in Gujarat. British Pound 84.32 himself, said the Centre would “The BJP-led government is try- “The BJP and the Congress are the raise the issue in the Supreme ing to end the quotas for Dalits, it is same within. That’s why Dalits and Euro 72.44 Court on three points -- justice, trying to end reservation,” Mayawa- tribals of Uttarakhand are not get- Qatar Riyal 18.55 equality and dignity of women. ti told an election rally here. ting job promotions.” “We are the only party which Hitting out at the Bharatiya The former Chief Minister of Ut- Saudi Riyal 18.20 respects women. Neither do other Janata Party and the Congress, tar Pradesh appealed to the Dalits parties offer a good place to wom- Mayawati said: “The Dalits and and backwards to vote for the BSP The Minister of State for Labour and Employment (Independent Charge), Shri Bandaru Dattatreya reviewing the Railway projects UAE Dirham 18.36 en nor do they respect them,” said tribals are treated as vote bank by in the 70-member Uttarakhand as- with the South Central Railway General Manager and Hyderabad Prasad, a senior BJP leader. these two parties.” sembly election of February 15. Metro Rail officials, in Hyderabad on February 05, 2017. Indian Horizon 2 City Monday, February 6, 2017 ‘Kamaanuveedi Shabbir demands white paper on development in GHMC area Kathalu’ Book wards in the Greater Hyderabad GHMC had not taken up repairs Municipal Corporation elections. to roads in the city though sched- released Pointing out to TRS promises in uled in October last year. He con- Hyderabad, Feb. (NSS): “Kamaanuveedi Kath- its manifesto during GHMC polls tended that majority of the urban Congress men stage alu” story book penned by Ramadurgam Mad- last year, Shabbir Ali demanded infrastructure visible inHyder- husudhan Rao was released here on Sunday. that the government release a abad and GHMC area was actu- dharna at Charminar At the book release function, senior journalist white paper on the state-of-affairs ally developed by the previous Hyderabad, Feb.5: Alleging that TRS activists removed Ramachandra Murthy, Vasireddy Naveen, Sun- in the urban local body. ‘Things Congress government likeInter- Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Yatra Commemoration pole daraiah, Kuppili Padma participated. Ramachan- have gone from bad to worse in national Airport, Outer Ring Road, at Charminar, the Congress leaders staged a dharna at dra Murthy said the book was remembering his the State capital due to inefficien- Flyovers, Metro Rail, the forma- Charminar today. Speaking on the occasion, they flayed childhood memories. Kuppili Padma, Vasireddy cy, corruption and nepotism’, he tion of GHMC and Drinking Wa- the act of removal of pole and alleged that it was the handi- Naveen also spoke. charged. ter projects and so on. Speaking work of the TRS activists. The program was held under the Addressing the media at the on the occasion, former minister leadership of Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavan Yatra Commemo- Danam flays Hyderabad, Feb.5: Leader CLP along with former minister Danam Nagendar said Hyderabad ration Committee chairman G Niranjan. Former minister of Opposition in the Council Danam Nagender, the Leader of had achieved the status of Global Marri Shashidhar Reddy, Rajya Sabha member Rapolu Mohammed Ali Shabbir today the Opposition in the Council al- City back in 2007 itself with the Ananda Bhasker and MLC Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy and TRS govt charged the TRS government with leged that the citizens of Greater World Bank rating that Hyder- others participated in the program. Speaking on the occa- Hyderabad, Feb.5: Former minister Danam Na- failing to take up any develop- Hyderabad were hoodwinked in abad had the best environment to sion, they flayed the act of removal of pole and alleged that gender has alleged that the ruling party made GHMC ment in the capital city even af- the name of Double Bedroom do business, live and also invest in it was the handiwork of the TRS activists. Mayor Bonthu Rammohan as a processional idol ter a year it bagged 99 of the 150 Houses. He also alleged that the the entire Asian continent. (Utsava Vigraham). Nagender, on Sunday, asked the IT Minister to tell as to how many IT companies came toHyderabad. He said that he was ready to accept Give up moves for SC Around 1 lakh ration cards political sanyasam if anybody proves his allegations wrong. Stating that the IT companies came more categorization, Mala to Andhra Pradesh state than Telangana, Nagender cancelled in Hyderabad opined that there was no need to do newly to the Hyderabad city as it was already world class city. It Mahanadu warns all parties Hyderabad Feb 5 : was not proper to the TRS party to say every time that The State Civil Supplies Congress did nothing to the Hyderabad, he said and Hyderabad, Feb.5: Indian National Department, which alleged that the TRS government was showing heav- Central Executive Committee of Mala launched special drives en in the palm. “We gave Rs.1 crore each Corporator Mahanadu has strongly opposed the to weed out duplicate during Congress regime. At present, the Corporators moves for classification of SC res- and bogus ration cards situation turned vulnerable in TRS regime”, he said. ervations by all political parties and has cancelled nearly their decision to go toDelhi under the 1 lakh cards that were Two organ leadership of Chief Minister K Chan- in the name of non-in- drasekhar Rao. tended beneficaries in- donations and 11 Speaking to mediapersons here on cluding those of 10,000 Sunday, Mala Mahanadu national government officials organs retrieved secretary Vadala Baskar, Vadlamuri and staff. Krishna Swaroop, Raju, Suresh and The stamping out pro- Hyderabad Feb 5 : Relatives of two youngsters, others demanded that the State and cess which was initially who were declared brain dead by attending neuro- Central Government shun the moves taken up under Greater physicians, ensured that the untimely demise of the for categorization of Scheduled Hyderabad Municipal young men did not go waste. The relatives decided Castes. “The Telangana State Chief Corporation (GHMC) limits is soon expected the initiative till the end of this financial year to donate organs under the State-run Jeevandan or- Minister must withdraw his decision The Mala Maha Nadu leaders also to be carried out throughout the State. as it would help the government plan better gan donation scheme, under which 11 organs were to go to Delhi with all political par- alleged that the TRS government has The initiative has the Civil Supplies offi- in earmarking funds in the budget and ensure retrieved from the two brain dead persons and dis- ties on the issue” They also reminded diverted the SC, ST sub-plan funds of cials carrying out door-to-door scrutiny and that only genuine families are benefitted. tributed to various centres in the city for transplan- about the Supreme Court had reject- Rs 17,000 crore to other schemes in collecting thorough details of those in pos- It was also said that several government tation. On January 29, along with two of his cousins, ed the petition for categorization of the State. They also criticized Chief session of cards and narrowing down on th e staff and others from the above poverty line Gudem Yashwanth, a 23-year-old student of Nagu- Scheduled Castes under Article 341 Minister KCR for failing to anoint a actual beneficaries, to whom benefits can be continued to hold ration cards. “Several of lakunta, Jammalmadugu in Kadapa, was returning on December 22, 2002, during Chan- Dalit as CM and also failed to distrib- extended under public distribution system. them do not avail the benefits, but retain the back home in a car after distributing his brother’s drababu Naidu regime. Now, again ute three acres to SCs and STs. The Officials said the exercise as one taken up card as an identity proof,” said the official. wedding invitation cards. As fate would have it, the all political parties --- TRS, TDP, Con- Mala Maha Nadu leaders also warned with proper checks and balances to ensure The exercise at times did end up with names car lost control, swerved and hit the divider. While gress, BJP, MIM, CPI and CPM --- are that they would revive their agitation that genuine benefciaries did not suffer. “So of genuine beneficiaries deleted due to over- one of the cousins, who was at the wheel, died on the supporting SCs Categorization, the against the State and Central gov- far over 1 lakh bogus cards have been can- sight or for other reasons, but the department spot, Yashwanth was seriously injured and was tak- Mala Maha Nadu leaders said and ernments from February end of end celled in the city and in the process, the de- said that such cards were restored after con- en to a local hospital and then immediately shifted demanded that they withdraw their of March. They also said they would partment has saved nearly Rs 5 crore,” an of- firmation that they were from below poverty to Aware Global Hospital, L. B. Nagar on January 30. futile efforts, otherwise, the Malas will stage a dharna at CM’s office on Feb- ficial said. line families. “So far we have activiated 17,000 After repeated failed attempts to revive, hospital’s oppose these parties in 2019 elections. ruary 11 followed by Chalo Delhi. The department has decided to carry out such cards,” saidd an official. neuro-physicians declared Yashwanth, who had received grievous head injuries, as brain dead on February 2. The organ donation coordinators from Jeevandan did the grief counselling and consent to “Vijayeebhava” Walk-a-Thon donate organs was given by Yashwanth’s father Jay- anna, mother Ramadevi and brother Shekhar. The doctors retrieved two kidneys, liver and two corneas and sent them to various hospitals for held at Sanjeevaiah Park transplantation. The surgical team retrieved heart, two kidneys, liver and two corneas and sent to vari- ous hospitals for transplantation. In another inci- on Sunday morning Ramaiah exhorted parents and that the students of government made it clear to the students that dent, Sathyanarayana Goud (37), who works as an at Sanjeevaiah Park teachers not to pressurise the schools and colleges were out- their future is in their own hands assistant line man in the electrical department, here. students to study more and cre- shining their counterparts in the and asked them to devote more Kondapur, Nawabpet mandal, Mahabubnagar Deputy Chief Min- ate congenial atmosphere for the private corporate convents and time on studies. He also exhort- district, collapsed in his house with high blood ister Kadiam Srihari, children to devout towards their colleges, Srihari said the State ed them to keep off bad habits pressure and giddiness on January 31. Relatives well-known edu- studies in a peaceful manner. government proposed to open and shun examination phobia. shifted him immediately to Yashoda Hospital, cationalist Chukka He also exhorted the students 600 more residential schools and On the occasion, the speak- Malakpet where he was treated for two-days by Ramaiah, Board of to exchange views with other colleges all over the State in the ers appreciated the KAB Edu- the attending neuro-physicians. With no sign Intermediate Com- students and gain knowledge. ensuing financial year. He also cational Consultancy director K of improvement, Sathyanarayana was declared missioner Ashok, IAS, He also asked them to write they reminded the words of Prime Venkatesh and his functionar- brain dead on January 2 due to internal bleeding Income Tax depart- read several times, eat nutritious Minister Narendra Modi in his ies for organizing such a good and blood clot in the brain. Following grief coun- ment Deputy Com- food, go to bed early. ‘Man-Ki-Baath’ program that program. Residential school selling, the family members of Sathyanarayana missioner Venkate- Deputy Chief Minister Kadiam students must have freedom students, teachers and par- including his wife Himabindu, brothers Suren- sham, prominent Srihari said educational stan- in learning. BIE Commissioner ents of Gowlidoddi and Gach- der and Chennaiah decided to donate organs. Hyderabad, Feb.5: KAB Edu- psychologists, many dards in government residen- Ashok said parents should bear chibowli residential schools The brain dead person was survived by his wife cational Consultancy, in associa- students along with their teach- tial schools and colleges have in mind that every child has cre- and volunteers in hundreds and three daughters. The surgical team retrieved tion with TV9, organised Walk- ers and parents participated in improved after Telangana State ative power and encourage them were present. Major Laksh- heart, two kidneys, liver and two corneas and sent a-thon “Vijayeebhava” aimed at the event. came into being and girl stu- but not frighten them under any man Rao, Srinivas, Devendar, to various hospitals for transplantation. counselling students to reduce Addressing the gathering af- dents were achieving pass per- circumstances. Income Tax Dep- Shyam, Baru and others of KAB their stress before examinations, ter the walk-a-Thon, Chukka centage over the boys. Stating uty Commissioner Venkatesham were also present.

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Prepare district-wise actively working to find solutions this growth rate in future too. ming in the lakes and ponds plans for SCs/STs. All proposals to the problems and issues. I am The financial resources that due to Mission Kakatiya pro- from the district should come happy with your performance. are accrued should be used to gram. These water resources before we present the State’s I am confident that if you con- develop the human resource. will be ideal for fish breeding. Budget in the Assembly. Encour- tinue to work with the same zeal, Study and understand the Utilise the water available at age people in Agriculture, Self- we will achieve our goals ahead ground level situation in towns several barrages and reservoirs employment, Industries and of the schedules. You are provid- and villages and take measures planned in the State for fisher- other fields and prepare plans ing leadership at the district lev- to eradicate the poverty. Our ies. Prepare a comprehensive for empowering them,” the CM el. You’re an inspiration to the State has more rural region. action plan for fish breeding at asked the Collectors. Hyderabad, Feb.5: CPI national secretary Dr administration. Under your able Special focus should put on all the barrages, reservoirs and “We are launching on a mas- K Narayana has felt that by not getting appoint- guidance, officials should work strengthening the rural econ- tanks. Many new methods and sive scale residential schools for ment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief more effectively,” the Chief Min- omy. Identify human resource techniques are available now, the SCs, STs, BCs and Minorities Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao proved himself Hyderabad, Feb.5: Chief Min- ister exhorted the Collectors. through Resource Mapping. utilise them,” he said. in the State. Identify lands for nothing and brought an insult to the people of ister K Chandrasekhar Rao has Showering praises on the Col- There are 25 lakh Yadavs in the Pointing out that the SCs con- the setting up of these instruc- Telangana State. Speaking to the media here reiterated that the government lectors of the newly formed dis- State. They have expertise in stitute 16 to 17%, STs 10% and tions. Take measures make the on Sunday, Narayana alleged that both State programs should be implement- tricts, the Chief Minister said, Sheep rearing. There is no need women 50% in the State popula- residential schools as hub to and Central governments have no sincerity to- ed more effectively through the “There is a wonderful human for them to get trained. This tion, the Chief Minister said the create better future generations. wards categorization of SCs for reservations. new districts, formed for decen- resource in Telangana State. is the reason why we have de- SCs were kept outside the village BCs are large in number in the Opining that the categorization of SC would be tralisation of administration, Identify the human resource cided to give more encourage- and STs were confined to their state. The government is ready possible only with movements, Narayana made better governance and for the and encourage it. The artisans ment to sheep breeding. It is Thandas or gudems. The women to take measures to help fish it clear that he will file another writ in the High convenience of the people. The from Jangoan-Pembarthy and painful that though we have 25 were confined to the kitchen. In and sheep breeding and other Court with proofs about the nexus among po- Chief Minister has asked the of- the filigree Artists from Karim- lakh sheep breeders, we are im- this manner, over 75% of human hereditary professions. Plans litical leaders, police officials and slain gangster ficials to study each and every nagar are world famous for porting 500 truckloads of sheep resource is being wasted. are afoot to set up hygienic Nayeemuddin. family, their living standards, their artistic skills. Such artistic from the neighbouring States. “Ours is the only country in Laundries, Hitech saloons and It may be recalled that Narayana filed a peti- identify the poor among them skills are there in abundance A stage should come wherein the world, which is not utilizing other such activity. The state tion in the High Court seeking CBI inquiry into and design exclusive programs in every region in the State. our state start exporting the the human resource to such a government has commitment the Nayeem case as several police officials and for their benefit. Identify and encourage them,” sheep and this will strength- large extent. We have to get rid of towards BCs, other hereditary political leaders had links with Nayeem and it Addressing District Collec- the CM advised. “Telangana en our rural economy. A new this malady. Women, SC and STs professions. Special officers will was not possible to do inquiry impartially by the tors at Pragathi Bhavan here on State stood number one in the Sheep rearing policy should be should be encouraged. Don’t be appointed in the CMO to co- CBCID. Narayana addressed a letter to Home Sunday, the Chief Minister said, country by registering 19.5 per announced in the state and the waste the human resource. Spe- ordinate these programmes and Minister Nayani Narasimha Reddy and DGP An- “The new districts should be sta- cent growth rate. This is pos- officials should get prepare for cial funds will be provided for activities,” the CM declared. urag Sharma in this regard on Sunday. In the letter, the CPI leader stated he got proofs to prove his allegations and the proofs Values-based education were the photos published in all newspapers Congress demands free power that several police officers were having dinner with Nayeem. He also asked the State govern- supply for places of worship needed: Dattatraya ment to tell whether the police interrogated any one and the same submitted to the Court Hyderabad, Feb.5: The The TPCC Spokesper- Kamareddy, Feb.5: Stat- ers. Stating there was a need or not. If the government failed to interrogate Telangana Pradesh Con- sons said several places ing that Indian culture and to protect Indian culture in this direction it will become a mistake on the gress Committee (TPCC) of worship in the twin traditions are great, Union and traditions, Dattatraya part of it, he said asking the government to sub- has demanded that the cities of Hyderabad and Minister Bandaru Datta- stressed the need of guru- mit the answer to the Court or to him. CPI State State Government supply Secunderabad and also treya has stressed the need kulams like Arsha more in secretary Chada Venkat Reddy demanded that free power to all places of other parts of Telangana for values-based education the country. Trust repre- the State government allot funds to SCs and STs worship in the State. State have very little or in the country. The Union sentatives Raji Reddy, Acha- on the basis of their population. He opined that “The energy de- din said in his letter to nil sources of revenue. minister was participating rya Vedhamitra, Acharya announcing schemes without having proper ac- partment is collect- Chief Minister K. Chan- Therefore, he said that the in 35th Yoga competitions Poornakumbham. The Narendra, SP Swetha, DSP tion plan was nothing but deceiving the people. ing huge amounts from drashekar Rao. Citing an State Government should organised by Arsha Guru- Minister went round the Prasanna Rani, BJP leaders the places of worships instance, Syed Nizamud- consider providing free kulam at Patharajampet Veda Vidyalayam in the Palle Ganga Reddy, Banala Congress to like Mosques,Temples, din said that the Secretary supply of power to all in Kamareddy Mandal on Arsha Gurukulam and later Laxma Reddy, Ittam Sid- Churches and Gurdwaras of Masjid Char Chaman, places of worship, irre- Sunday. Earlier, Arsha Gu- participated in the meeting. haramulu, Krishna Goud, pressurize govt on towards power consump- Jahanuma received a bill spective of religion. rukulam founder Swamy Addressing the gather- Satheesh, Channarajulu, BC sub-Plan: Bhatti tion charges. Shockingly, of Rs. 416,019. The power If not, a special tariff can Brahmananda Saraswathi, ing, Dattatraya said every Arya Samajam representa- these places of worship supply to the Masjid has be fixed for such places with trust representatives wel- student should be patriotic, tives and Veda students par- Hyderabad, Feb.5: TPCC working president are being applied the been disconnected on the State Government add- comed Dattatraya with devote and respect teach- ticipated in the program. Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka has alleged that the commercial tariff. Hence, January 30 due to non- ing subsidy component, he State government was not allocating funds based the monthly billing for payment of bill. “This is said. The Congress leader on the population of various sections. Participat- these religious places a small mosque with very also urged the government Rs 1000-crore for Kalwakury ing in the TPCC OBC Cell meeting held at Gan- is amounting to several little sources of revenue. to waive off all pending dhi Bhavan here on Sunday, Bhatti alleged that thousand and even lakhs It pays the salaries of power arrears of all places the TRS government failed to spend the funds of rupees in some cases. Imam, Maozan and other of worship in the State. project: Harish Rao allocated to the BCs. He said the TPCC would Consequently, the man- staff with great difficulty “The TSSPDCL should be dation stone for construc- pur. Speaking on the occa- appoint party committees from district-level to agements of most of the by taking small donations directed to immediately tion of a reservoir at Neredu sion, the minister reiterated mandal level by Ugadi festival. He said the Con- institutions are unable to from the worshippers. restore the power supply to Cheruvu of Mamidimada that Rs 1000 cr will be spent gress would mount pressure on the State govern- clear the bills leading to How this mosque can be all places of worship whose village in Khilla Ghanapur to complete Kalwakurty lift ment on BC Sub-plan. He said the TPCC OBC disconnection of power expected to pay a whop- connections were discon- Mandal of Wanaparty dis- project for which Rs 900 cr Cell would install Jyothyrao Phule statues across supply,” TPCC Spokes- ping sum of Rs. 4.16 lakh nected due to non-payment trict. The reservoir is aimed was spent so far. It is esti- the State. He asked the TPCC to allocate 50 per- persons Syed Nizamud- power bill?” he asked. of bills,” he demanded. to impound waters of Ma- mated to cost another Rs cent of Congress tickets to OBCs and opined that hatma Gandhi Kalwakurty 1000 cr for this project to be the Samajika Telangana would be possible only Lift scheme to cater to the completed on a war-footing. with the Congress. irrigation needs in the area. Harish also said they are TMREIS to set up full-fledged Estimated to cost about Rs committed to complete the GITAM hosting Mahabubnagar, Feb.5: 86.64 cr, the reservoir, on irrigation projects on time. “Robotics center” Irrigation Minister T Har- completion, will irrigate Chief Minister K Chan- global meet on Hyderabad, Feb.5: Hyderabad District as pilot will conduct classes for ish Rao today said the State about 25,285 acres in Ad- drasekhar Rao was spending Feb. 17 & 18 Telangana Minorities project and it is expected Telangana Minorities Resi- Government was ready to dakula, Bhootpur, Tim- huge funds for the speedy Residential Institutes Edu- to be extended to all other dential school students. irrigate at least one lakh majipet and Bijinepally of completion of the irrigation Hyderabad, Feb.5: GITAM University here is cation Society (TMRIES) schools in the remaining Mohammed Faisal, III year acres in every constituency Nagrarkurnool district and projects to irrigate one crore hosting the 4th “International Conference on is dedicated to providing districts in the State. TM- ECE student of MJCET and in Mahbubnagar district Ghanapur mandal in Wa- acres over five years, Harish “Information Engineering, Management and high quality education to REIS Secretary said it was team leader of External as part of irrigating one naparty district. The minis- Rao claimed. Security-2017” (ICIEMS) on its campus on Feb- the poor and underprivi- planning to establish a full- academia program of this crore acres in the State by ter also inaugurated a power For this, efforts are on to ruary 17 and 18. The aim of the conference is to leged students of Minority fledged “Robotics center” project feels this will help completing the ongoing ir- sub-station to provide elec- complete the projects in provide a platform for researchers, engineers, communities, which is the as one of the best centers the engineering students rigation projects. As part of tricity at Karne Thanda and the districts, he said. Harish academicians as well as industrial professionals vision of Chief Minister K in the country where the to interact closely with developmental programs in Mission Kakatiya works of Rao took a dig at the Con- from all over the world to present their research Chandrasekhar Rao, TM- students do innovative and the school kids and will the backward Palamur dis- lakes restoration at Ghana gress for coming in the way results and development activities in Engineer- REIS Secretary B. Shafiul- challenging projects like develop empathy in the trict, the minister laid foun- Samudram of Khilla Ghana- of the ongoing projects. ing Technology, Industrial Engineering, Appli- lah, IFS, has said. Robominton, Parent and students and make them cation Level Security and Management Science. In a pressnote here on Child Robot, quadcopter, more socially responsible The conference provides opportunities for the Sunday, B. Shafiullah, said Ocean Roverbot, Spider- citizens. At the end of the delegates to exchange new ideas and application TMRIES was running 71 bot, cleanerbot and so on Robotics Workshop, each experiences face to face, to establish business residential schools cur- and will participate in vari- student will learn to de- or research relations and to find global partners rently and the State govern- ous State-level and national sign and build a complete for future collaboration. ICIEMS-2017 accepts ment has further increased level robotics competitions. Manual Robot. A multiple unpublished research papers only in English. the number to 201 to cover He also said the potential choice question based Submitted conference papers will be reviewed the entireTelangana State. of young Engineering col- test will be conducted and by technical committees of the Conference. All In order to leverage this ef- leges’ students will be great students securing above accepted papers will be published in the con- fort, TMRIES has tied up boost to TMREIS efforts and 50% will be presented with ference proceeding by Association of Scientists, with Robotics Center of it will encourage and bring certificates. Further, first, Developers and Faculties and indexed by EDLIB Muffakham Jah College of momentum in creativ- second and third prizes which in turn indexed by other major indexers. Engineering and Technol- ity and innovative thinking will be given based on Those interested could submit their research ar- ogy (MJCET), Banjara Hills, among students. scores. The students will ticles and papers. For more information, visith- to impart Robotics Educa- External Academia, a be selected to form the ro- The Minister of State for Labour and Employment (Independent Charge), ttp://iciems.in. tion to VII Class students group of engineering col- botics team of that school Shri Bandaru Dattatreya reviewing the Railway projects with the South Central of eight TMR schools in lege students of MJCET (just like a cricket team). Railway General Manager and Hyderabad Metro Rail officials, in Hyderabad. Indian Horizon Monday, February 6, 2017 South 4 Congress demands Kerala CM’s India to host women’s Panneerselvam apology for his rudeness Asia Cup basketball Bengaluru, Feb 5 (IANS) with utmost confidence resigns as CM a row over the nearly 12 acres India will host two inter- and support, based on the of land that is in possession of national events in 2017: steady increase in on-court Chennai, Feb 5 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minster O. the Kerala Law Academy lo- the FIBA Women’s Asia quality of the Indian na- Panneerselvam resigned on Sunday, paving way for par- cated in the capital city. The Cup and FIBA Under-16 tional teams over the past ty General Secretary V.K Sasikala to take charge of the academy’s students are on an Women’s Asian Cham- two years since the new state. “He submitted the resignation to Sasikala,” AIAD- indefinite protest, demanding pionship, the Basketball leadership of the BFI, led MK spokesperson C.R. Saraswathi told IANS. Earlier on the resignation of its principal Federation of India (BFI) by President K. Govinda- Sunday, AIADMK legislators elected Sasikala as leader of Lekshmi Nair for her misman- announced on Sunday. raj and Secretary General their legislature party.. agement and rude behaviour. The FIBA Women’s Asia Chander Mukhi Sharma, The land in the possession of Cup will be held from July took over,” the release the academy originally be- 23 to 29 in Bengaluru while said. The Men’s National Anasuya to star longed to Nataraja Pillai and the FIBA U-16 Women’s Teams made it to the quar- was taken over by the then Asian Championship will ter-finals in the 28th FIBA Diwan of Travancore C.P. Ra- be held from October 22 Asia Championship in 2015 in club number in maswamy as a punishment to to 28 in Hyderabad, a BFI and again to the quarter- Pillai for participating in the statement said. Fourteen finals, bagging an all time freedom struggle. Pillai, a re- teams will take part in both best seventh place in the ‘Winner’ Thiruvananthapuram, Feb from a Chief Minister. “The spected figure in the state pol- events, with eight teams in FIBA Asia Challenge 2016. 5 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minis- best that Vijayan can do now itics, served as a state Minister Division A (which include “With these two events Chennai, Feb 5 (IANS) Television anchor-turned-actress ter Pinarayi Vijayan should and that too at the earliest is for Finance for Travancore- new Oceania teams Aus- being hosted in India, the Anasuya Bharadwaj has grooved to a special club number apologise for his rude remarks to apologise to Pillai’s fam- Cochin (1954-55). He was also tralia and New Zealand) BFI looks to promote and - shot in Ukraine - in Telugu actioner “Winner” starring Sai against former minister P.S. ily. It is most unfortunate that a member of the Constituent and six in lower Division B. develop the women’s Na- Dharam Tej in the lead. Talking about the song called ‘Suya Nataraja Pillai, the state Con- Vijayan addressed Nataraja Assembly (1948-50), the Tra- This will be the first time tional Teams to reach the suya..Anasuya’, director Gopichand Malineni told IANS: gress demanded on Sunday. Pillai ‘as some Pillai’,” said vancore legislative assembly since 2009 that India will same success as the men’s “It’s one of the three songs we shot in Ukraine. We filmed it State Congress President Sudheeran. Vijayan made (1944-47 and 1948-50), and host a major Internation- sides,” the BFI said. Gov- in a plush pub featuring a lot of foreign artistes. It has come V.M. Sudheeran told the the rude reference to Nata- the Travancore-Cochin leg- al Basketball Federation indaraj also announced the out very well.” Also starring Rakul Preet Singh and Thakur media here that Vijayan’s raja Pillai on Saturday when islative assembly (1951 and (FIBA) event. “FIBA has conduct of a men’s nation- Anoop Singh, the film is set for release on February 17. Ma- remark was not acceptable he was asked to comment on 1954-57). allotted this event to India al league this year. lineni is extremely satisfied with the output. “We’ve com- pleted the film on time and are set for release. One of the highlights will be the nail-biting horse-racing sequence. Gopichand’s stunning The whole action episode was shot under the supervision Actor Srinivas all set of Bulgarian stunt director Kaloian Vodenicharov, who has makeover for worked in films such as ‘Baahubali’ and ‘World War Z’,” he for Tamil debut said. The team also shot in Istanbul, Pollachi, Bengaluru and Hyderabad.. to the actor told IANS: “The makers ‘Gautham Nanda’ finalised him because he was tailor- stylish avatar was well received. made for the role. He will be seen as “His character in the film required Film society to take a cop and will provide some comic him to shed nearly 10 kg and look relief at important junctures. He will stylish. The director wanted him to be joining the sets from the second be leaner and fitter. A stylist was spe- online route to week of February.” Actors Karthi cially flown down from Mumbai to and Rakul Preet Singh are paired take care of his looks in the film. The together for the first time. Last team is thrilled with his transforma- connect with kids seen in Vikram’s Tamil actioner “10 tion,” a source from the film’s unit Endrathukulla”, actor Abhimanyu told IANS. Also starring Catherine BENGALURU: Feb 5 (IANS) The Children Film Society Singh will play the prime antagonist Tresa and Hansika, the film is gear- India is planning to launch a web series in March to reach Chennai, Feb 5 (IANS) Actor Narra in the film, which is being helmed by Chennai, Feb 5 (IANS) Actor Gopi- ing up for release in April. “The final out to kids from all sections of society. Listing their plans Srinivas, best known for his comic Vinoth, who earlier made “Sathuran- chand has undergone never-seen- leg of shooting will be completed by on Saturday, Shravan Kumar, CEO of the society, said the performance in Pawan Kalyan-star- ga Vettai”. In the movie, Karthi es- before makeover for his upcoming month-end. In March, we plan to aim is to put India on the global cinema map by focusing rer Telugu actioner “Gabbar Singh”, says a character called Dheeran, and Telugu actioner “Gautham Nanda”, unveil the audio which will be fol- on budding directors. The quality of the content will be the will be making his Tamil debut with he will be playing a straight-forward a Sampath Nandi directorial. The lowed by the release in April,” the key differentiator for commercial success, given the pleth- upcoming action-thriller “Dheeran: police officer who will be required to film’s first look poster was released source said. The film is jointly pro- ora of choices filmmakers have nowadays to propagate Adhigaaram Ondrua. A source close go undercover at times. earlier this week and Gopichand’s duced by J. Bhagwan and Pulla Rao. cinema, he added. Speaking on the occasion, S V Rajendra Singh Babu, chairman of the ninth edition of Bengaluru In- ternational Film Festival (Biffes) said the festival has grown What stories do Health Ministry launches in terms of the number of movies screened and the enthu- siastic viewers. book covers tell, Measles-Rubella vaccine campaign Bengaluru, Feb 5 (IANS) With will reach out to and cover 41 as health facilities and outreach Lakshay wins writes author an aim to eradicate Rubella and crore children in the age group of session sites,” the ministry said. Measles from India, the Union 9 months to 15 years,” said Fag- Measles is a deadly disease and Jhumpa Lahiri Health Ministry on Sunday gan Singh Kulaste, Minister of one of the main causes behind trophy on launched the Measles-Rubella State for Health, at the campaign child mortality in the country. It (MR) vaccination campaign here, launch. campaign will first be is highly contagious and spreads BENGALURU: Feb 5 Upon close inspec- targeting 41 crore children across launched in Karnataka, Tamil through coughing and sneezing. sports day tion, my covers tend perfectly to mirror my the country. According to the Nadu, Puducherry, Goa and Lak- Globally, in 2015, measles own double identity, bifurcated, disputed. As a ministry, after the campaign the shadweep, covering nearly 3.6 killed an estimated 1,34,200 chil- BENGALURU: Feb 5 Yet again he has proved that he’s a result they are often projections, conjectures. MR vaccine will be introduced in crore target children. However, dren, mostly under the age of five winner all the way. Little Lakshay, who survived a medical All my life I have been in conflict between two routine immunisation, replacing it will later be extended to cover years. In India, it killed an esti- negligence case last year, won a trophy at his school sports different identities, both imposed. No matter the two doses of measles vaccine the entire country. mated 49,200 children. Rubella day on Saturday. The sports meet for kindergarten chil- how I try to free myself from this conflict, I find given to children at 9-12 months According to a Helath Ministry is generally a mild infection, dren was held at the Bishop Cotton Boys’ School. The boy myself, as a writer, caught in the same trap. For and 16-24 months of age. “The statement, all children aged be- but has serious consequences participated in an event titled, Favourite Delight, where he some publishing houses, my name and pho- government is committed to tween nine months and less than if infection occurs in pregnant had to run with a cup towards a van to get his cookies. “He tograph are enough to quickly commission a eradicating Measles and Rubella 15 years will be given a single women, causing congenital ru- is living a normal life. The fact that he is able to play and cover that teems with stereotyped references from the country. We have taken shot of MR vaccination irrespec- bella syndrome (CRS), which is take part in sports today makes us forget the difficult times to India: elephants, exotic flowers, henna- this as an achievable target. This tive of their previous measles/ a cause of public health concern. we had as parents,” said Purushottam, his father. painted hands, the Ganges, religious and spiri- shall be taken up in a mission rubella vaccination status or Currently, Measles vaccine is tual symbols. No one considers that the greater mode and rolled out in partner- measles/rubella disease status. provided under Universal Im- part of my stories are set in the United States, ship with state governments and “MR vaccine will be provided munisation Programme (UIP). Cancer treatment and therefore pretty far from the river Ganges. NGOs, among others. “In this free of cost across the states from Rubella vaccine will be a new ad- Once, after I complained that the cover of a onwide campaign, the ministry session sites at schools as well dition. book in which the protagonist was born and goes from blanket raised in the United States seemed too “ex- Chennai, Feb 5 (IANS) Tamil otic,” that a less “oriental” approach was bet- Nadu’s traditional rural sport Jal- ter suited, the publisher removed the image of likattu, bull taming sport, was held Jallikattu held in chemotherapy to an enchanting Indian building and replaced it at Avaniyapuram in Madurai dis- with an American flag. From one stereotype, trict on Sunday after a gap of three that is, to another. For me, therefore, a wrong years. In Jallikattu, a bull vaulter is Madurai district targeted attacks jacket is not just an aesthetic issue, because it expected to hang on to the bull’s retriggers a series of anxieties felt ever since I hump for a stipulated distance or BENGALURU: When Rohan, 12 was diagnosed with Chronic was a child. Who am I? How am I seen, dressed, for a minimum of three jumps by Myeloid Leukemia (CML) with a very high white blood cell perceived, read? I write not only to avoid the the bull. At Avaniyapuram Jallikat- count, his parents didn’t opt for the traditional chemotherapy question, but also to seek the answer. I have tu, over 900 bulls and bull tamers and bone marrow transplant which has serious side-effects. the good fortune to have been translated into participated. Both the bulls and Instead, his doctor used a targeted drug which dramatically im- several foreign languages. Given that I am now bull tamers were subjected to medi- proved his condition. By popping just one tablet a day, he was the author of five books, I would guess that this cal tests before to the event. Prizes able to tackle the disease quite well -after six months, no cancer means, in all, around one hundred different ranging from cycles, cupboards, cells were detected and it all happened without any hospital stay book covers. One hundred different interpre- travel bags and other items were and wearying side-effects. Ditto with 2-year-old Aliya, who was tations. If I place the differ ent jackets of just awarded to bull tamers. Similarly, found to have a high-risk type of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia one of my books all in a row, it becomes obvi- prizes were awarded to the owners placing the Prevention of cruelty to statewide protest by Tamil Nadu’s (ALL). When she started chemotherapy, the leukemia was under ous how they change in tone, spir it, identity. I of the animals if their bulls wriggled Animals (Tamil Nadu Amendment) youths who demanded Jallikattu control. However, it recurred when she stopped the treatment. see a lively one, a gloomy one, a bright one. I out of the bull tamers’ hold. The Ordinance, 2017, that was promul- be allowed. The Supreme Court She didn’t respond to second chemotherapy and the minimal re- see birds of various kinds. I see designs, both event was held with strong po- gated recently. The law was passed banned the sport in 2014. Normal- sidual disease was still high. She suffered significant side-effects intricate and minimalist. I see a jacket with just lice deployment after Tamil Nadu with the cooperation of the central ly, Jallikattu would be held as part of till she was started on immunotherapy with a specific antibody. the title, my name, and nothing else. passed a law legalising Jallikattu, re- government following a week-long the Pongal festivities in Tamil Nadu. 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Short Takes Bodies of parents of Odisha chit fund firm owner Bhopal man recovered in CBI custody Cold returns in Himachal Bhubaneswar, Feb 5 (IANS) A special company in Nigeria where it acquired an from Raipur court here on Sunday sent chit fund iron ore mine on lease. after snow, rain Raipur, Feb 5 (IANS) A joint parents constantly nagged him company Green Ray International Ltd. The dubious chit fund firm is accused team of West Bengal and Madhya regarding his job placement even (GRIL) Managing Director Mir Shahrud- of duping gullible investors of Odisha Shimla, Feb 5 (IANS) After days of pleasant weather, the Pradesh Police has recovered the though he had failed the engineer- din to six-day custody of the Central Bu- and 13 other states of nearly Rs 1,000 cold returned to Himachal Pradesh on Sunday with the bodies of parents of a Bhopal resi- ing course which he was pursuing reau of Investigation (CBI). crore by promising good returns. state’s higher reaches witnessing a fresh spell of snow, dent, earlier arrested on charge of from a private institution. He had The CBI had sought a 10-day remand In October 2014, the Chhattisgarh while lower areas received moderate rain. murdering his live-in partner and not told his parents about his fail- of the accused in court. Police had arrested another Grill direc- The temperature remained near the freezing point in entombing her body in his Bhopal ure in exams. The agency earlier brought Mir to tor Ayub Shah from Ajmer in Rajasthan many places, a meteorological department official here house, the police said on Sunday. Das earlier told the police in Bhubaneswar on a transit remand while he was trying to flee to Nigeria via told IANS. “We have found two human Madhya Pradesh capital city Bho- from Kolkata, where he was arrested Bangladesh. The state capital, which saw a low of 5.5 degrees Celsius skeletons during digging at the pal the details of murder of his on Friday. The state Crime Branch, which was and a high of 14.4 degrees, was lashed by rain, while Key- family’s Raipur house. We will live-in partner Shweta Sharma A native of Balasore district, Mir re- probing the case, confiscated 20.68 acres long in Lahaul-Spiti district received 13 cm of snow, the now conduct a DNA test on the (28). turned to India from Nigeria a few days of land belonging to the company, be- official said. human remains. Udyan Das will He also told his interrogators ago on a Bangladeshi passport by imper- sides freezing cash deposits of Rs 57 lakh Other areas of the state including Dharamsala, Palam- also be brought to Raipur with that he murdered both his par- sonating as Ahmed Hussain, CBI sources in 46 accounts. The CBI took up the in- pur, Solan, Nahan, Bilaspur, Una, Hamirpur, Mandi, Dal- court permission and questioned ents in 2010 and interred the two said. The CBI said GRIL tied up with a vestigation in May 2014. housie and Manali towns received moderate rain, bringing regarding the murder of two el- bodies in their Raipur house in a down the temperature considerably. derly persons in DD Nagar police way similar to what he did in the Naina Devi in Bilaspur district received 30 mm of rain, station area in the Chhattisgarh case of Shweta, Madhya Pradesh Himachal produces 42,881 the highest in the state. capital,” said Raipur Superinten- Superintendent of Police Sidhar- “The high hills in Lahaul and Spiti, Kinnaur, Kullu, Man- dent of Police Sanjiv Shukla, who tha Bahuguna told IANS on Sat- di and Chamba districts have been experiencing light to was present when the two skel- urday. tonne fish in four years moderate snowfall,” said the weather department official. etons were unearthed in the city’s A police team was dispatched Shimla, Feb 5 (IANS) The fishery indus- lution scheme during this fiscal. Under He said the weather would be dry after Monday. Sundar Nagar area. from Bhopal to Raipur to check try in Himachal Pradesh has produced the scheme, hatcheries, fish farms, small The skeletons were stuffed in the veracity of Das’ statement re- 42,881 metric tonne of fish worth Rs and big fish ponds, fishery feed units and rucksacks before these were bur- garding his parents’ murder. A 38,994 lakh in the past four years, an of- trout units are being established. 3,700-crore Noida ponzi ied in eight-foot pit, the police native of Raipur, Das was the only ficial said on Sunday. The spokesperson said to engage the said. son of his parents. The fisheries department is earning youth in fisheries activities, various scam: ED slaps PMLA case; One of the human remains still Das had come in contact with more than Rs 4 crore annually, a govern- schemes are being implemented in the had gold bangles and other jewel- Shweta, who hailed from Bokaro ment spokesperson told IANS. state. For construction of pond of one conducts raids in U.P. lery on it, leading to suspicion that in West Bengal, through a social He said with the technical assistance hectare size, financial assistance of Rs 1 it could be of Das’ mother Indrani. networking site and was living with of the Central Institute of Technology in lakh is being provided to Scheduled Caste Amritsar, Feb 5 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh STF arrested The other skeleton could be of his her at his Saket Nagar residence Kochi, the state is establishing four fish and Scheduled Tribe applicants, and Rs the owner of the Noida-based company Anubhav Mit- father V.K. Das. since June 2016. Both had a fight in processing units -- one each at Bhakra 80,000 to the general category. tal, its CEO Sridhar and the technical head Mahesh on Das told the police that he com- December 2016, following which and Pong dams, Katauhad Kalan in Una With the concerted efforts of the state February 2. mitted the two murders as his he allegedly murdered her. district and Ratyod in Solan district. government and keen interest shown by The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Sunday con- In order to create self-employment the people towards fisheries activities, ducted searches in various Uttar Pradesh cities after it opportunities in the fishery sector, he full-time self employment has been pro- registered a money laundering case to probe the alleged said schemes amounting to Rs 35 crore vided to 6,098 fishermen in major reser- 3,700 ponzi scam case perpetrated by seeking fake social Video on Arunachal’s Kro-Cheykor apart from regular budgetary provision voirs of the state. The department is pro- media ‘likes’ from lakhs of gullible investors by a Noida- were sanctioned and implemented in the viding fishery support services through based firm. festival wins tourism film award past four years. A sum of Rs 13 crore is 12 fish seed farms out of which six are The agency conducted raids at the business and resi- being spent alone under the Blue Revo- trout and the remaining carp farms. dential premises of the owners of the said firm and oth- Kolkata/Itanagar, Feb 5 (IANS) A wildlife and people’s biodiversity in ers in Noida, Ghaziabad and Kanpur, officials said add- community-based video that cap- northeast India. ing “incriminating documents,” that reveal assets worth tures the intriguing Kro-Cheykor The Arunachal Tourism Awards Indian media focuses more on crores of rupees of the accused, were seized. festival of Arunachal Pradesh’s also recognised Tawang for the ‘Best They said the ED’s zonal office in Lucknow registered Sherdukpen tribe has bagged the Tourist Destination’ of the year (2016- a criminal case under the Prevention of Money Launder- honour for the best tourism film in 2017), while Pappu Passa Valley China’s rise: Study ing Act (PMLA) based on an FIR of the U.P. police’s Spe- the state’s tourism awards. bagged the award for the ‘Emerging Kolkata, Feb 5 (IANS) Indian newspa- fined between the two neighbours. China cial Task Force (STF) which unearthed the alleged illegal The 14-minute video encapsulates Destination’ of the year.A Ace moun- pers, in their coverage on China, have claims India’s Arunachal Pradesh as its ponzi or multi-level marketing scam few days back. the fest celebrated by the Sherdukpen taineer Anshu Jamsenpa was chosen moved away from a “single-minded con- own while New Delhi calls Chinese-occu- The Central probe agency said the fraudsters allegedly community in Shergaon village in the as the ‘State Tourism Icon’ of the year. cern” with the border issue and now de- pied Aksai Chin. The two countries fought cheated about 6.5 lakh gullible investors of an estimated state’s West Kameng district nestled Tawang Festival won the award for vote more attention to its status as a ris- a brief war in 1962. The 3,488-kilometre- 3,700 crore, a fraud many more times in value than the within thick forests. The documenta- ‘Best Cultural Tourism Festival’, while ing power, an analysis said on Sunday. long Line of Actual Control (LAC), re- infamous Saradha Chit Fund scam of West Bengal and tion is an effort of Genesis 4, a group of the awards for ‘Best Tourism Festival The focus is also on emerging issues like mains undefined between the two neigh- Assam which is pegged at 2,500 crore. youth under 30 who represent differ- (Music)’ and ‘Best Tourism Festival river water sharing and climate change, bours. China claims India’s Arunachal ent parts of northeast India. (Adventure)’ went to the Ziro Festival according to a report titled “Indian Me- Pradesh as its own while New Delhi calls They were trained in the first vid- of Music (ZFM) and the Orange Festi- dia’s Perception of China: Analysis of Chinese-occupied Aksai Chin. Fake e-wallets looming eo documentation batch of Green val of Music & Adventure. Tom Meitei Editorials”, published by think tank The China, the world’s second-largest Hub, a youth and community- was honoured as the ‘Best Tourism Observer Research Foundation (ORF). economy, is the No. 1 trading partner of threat for consumers’ based video documentation cen- Photographer’ at the award ceremony The report, which examines the data over 120 countries. tre for recording the environment, held recently in Itanagar. collected from select national newspa- The national newspapers chosen from money pers, covering a period of three years India are The Times of India, The Hindu, from 2012 to 2014, says: “The news- The Indian Express, The Economic Times New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Digital payments have papers devote more and more atten- and The Financial Express. gained popularity among consumers but have also Nitish lends colour to ‘lotus’, tion to China’s status as a rising power In each of the newspapers, the authors brought in the threat of cybercriminals placing fake e- or to emerging issues like river water looked at the editorial pieces relating to wallet apps to dupe users. According to cybersecurity creates social media buzz sharing, environment protection and China - “as these articles are indicative of solution firm Kaspersky, no such incident has been Patna, Feb 5 (IANS) Bihar Chief have shared the Janata Dal-United climate change or trade between the a newspaper’s overall perception”. reported yet but the probability of cybercriminals Minister Nitish Kumar lent colour leader’s ‘lotus picture’ on social two countries and have moved away Their report said the media devoted adding fake apps on app stores remains high. “Digital to a lotus sketched by an artist, media, drawing comments. from a single-minded concern with considerable time and space to China- payment companies ensure that the transactions are creating a social media buzz on However, neither the JD-U nor the border issue.” related matters even though its concern safe on their apps. Besides, there are checks like two- Sunday, with some seeing in it his its major alliance partner Rashtriya “While the border remains a sensitive with China is not overwhelming, while it factor authentication for ensuring secure transactions “closeness” to the Bharatiya Janata Janata Dal (RJD) of Lalu Prasad has issue, the newspapers are of the view that further showed that though the border for consumers,” Altaf Halde, Managing Director at Party (BJP). reacted over it. In fact, leaders of there are multiple areas in which India still remains a “very sensitive issue” for Kaspersky Lab, South Asia. Nitish Kumar coloured the lotus the ruling JD-U and RJD seemed to can move forward in its relations with India in particular, the newspapers do In such a scenario, cybercriminals could look at trick- sketched by artist Baua Devi at the have ignored it. China.” not allow it to hijack all other issues. ing consumers into downloading fake apps that look inaugural function of Patna Book “There is nothing unusual... Nit- The report authored by Rakhahari The researchers found the print me- almost like the genuine one, allowing a backdoor entry fair here on Saturday. ish Kumar used red colour to fill a Chatterji and Anasua Basu Ray Chaud- dia’s interest in China is expanding to into their smartphone. While financial institutions like It was widely seen by a section in sketch of lotus,” a senior JD-U lead- hury is part of a larger study of public per- cover its domestic issues as well. banks and mobile m-wallet companies take steps to social media as his growing close- er said. A senior RJD leader said, ception of India-China relations. “Despite this, it is apparent that the protect customer information, users also need to take ness with friend-turned-foe BJP, “BJP’s paid supporters are behind The two countries fought a brief war media’s sensitivity to the border issue de- precautions as negative experiences could lead to los- whose party and election symbol making the picture go viral on the in 1962. The 3,488-kilometre-long Line termines it’s perception about, and pro- ing trust in digital transactions. is lotus. Also, thousands of people social media”. of Actual Control (LAC), remains unde- jection of, China,” it added. Minerva Punjab in a soup over bust- Das vicious man, want harshest up between technical director, owner Kolkata, Feb 5 (IANS) Struggling season which saw them dwell at and formation,” a source told punishment: Deceased’s father I-League football outfit Minerva the foot of the table. But on Satur- IANS on condition of anonymity. Kolkata, Feb 5 (IANS) The TV channel in West Bengal’s on charge of murdering Shweta working site and was living with Punjab FC is a divided house with day ahead of their seventh-round “Toal has said he does not wish to family of Shweta Sharma, who Bankura. and entombing her body in his her at his Saket Nagar residence just-appointed technical director game against Mumbai, a match continue after Bajaj took all the was allegedly murdered by her Accused Udyan Das revealed Bhopal house. since June, 2016. Both had a Colm Toal and majority owner, which they won 2-1, Toal’s pre- credit for the win against Mum- live-in partner, on Sunday de- during interrogation over the Das had come in contact with fight in December last year, fol- founder, and executive director ferred team selection and forma- bai and left him (Toal) fuming,” manded the “harshest punish- murder of his partner Shweta Shweta, who hailed from Boka- lowing which he allegedly mur- Ranjit Bajaj engaging in an alter- tion was rejected by Bajaj who, it the source further revealed. ment” for the arrested Bhopal that he murdered both his par- ro in West Bengal, through a so- dered her. cation over technical decisions was learnt, set out his own team Before Saturday’s win over resident, who they described as ents in 2010 and interred the cial networking site and was liv- He built a concrete plat- before their game against Mum- full of youngsters which irked the Mumbai at home in a seventh- a “vicious” person. two bodies in their house in ing with her at his Saket Nagar form in his first floor house bai FC on Saturday, sources close US-based 66-year-old. round clash, where Baoringdao “I would want the harshest Raipur in Chhattisgarh in a way residence since June, 2016. over Shweta’s body to conceal to the development said. Toal later said he would step Bodo became the youngest play- punishment for him (Udayan similar to what he did in the Both had a fight in December his crime. The murder came Toal, India’s veteran youth down from his position as his er in the league’s history to find Das). He is a vicious man. He case of Shweta. last year, following which he al- to light following Das’ inter- team coach, has just taken over decisions were not being paid the back of the net at the age of moved with thorough planning A joint team of West Bengal legedly murdered her. Das had rogation by the police after the the responsibility to steer the team heed to. “There was an alterca- 17, Minerva had lost four of their and after murdering my daugh- and Madhya Pradesh Police on come in contact with Shweta, tower location of Shweta’s mo- out of choppy waters after a poor tion between Bajaj and Toal be- six outings, eking out goalless ter, he tried to erase all signs,” Sunday recovered the bodies of who hailed from Bokaro in West bile phone was located to Saket start to their maiden top flight fore the match regarding team draws in the other two. the deceased’s father told a parents of Das, earlier arrested Bengal, through a social net- Nagar area. Indian Horizon 6 Edit Monday, February 6, 2017 Indian Horizon Budget provides leeway to increase power demand, wanting in tackling stressed assets: Experts

By Bappaditya Chatterjee These measures are expected to Partner and Head of Energy and players planning to set up their he problem of subdued pow- trigger higher industrial activity, Natural Resources Manish Aggar- manufacturing base in India, the er demand ailing the thermal thus translating into greater de- wal told IANS. Crisil report said. Tas well as renewable energy mand for industrial power. On the positive side, halving of However, Vinay Rustagi, Man- sectors was addressed by Union “Moreover, an increased alloca- the basic customs duty on LNG aging Director of solar consulting Monday, February 6, 2017 Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his tion for the infrastructure segment from five per cent to 2.5 per cent firm Bridge To India, said the 10- budget proposals for fiscal 2017-18 is likely to result in an increase in would support stranded gas power year tax holiday and GBI (genera- on February 1, but there is no “di- energy demand from the industrial plants. It would also help ease FDI tion-based incentive) for the wind We all must awaken to the rect, head-on tackling of stressed sector, which has shown subdued regulations with the proposed abo- sector, as expected, have been power assets”, experts say. demand in the past two-three lition of the Foreign Investment phased out. destructive thinking, which is Jaitley said the country was well years,” he added. Promotion Board and extension of “Reduction in corporate tax on its way to achieving 100 per However, according to a report concessional withholding tax on rates and MAT (minimum alter- dividing human beings cent village electrification by May prepared by ratings agency Crisil, ECBs (external commercial bor- native tax) credit extension will 1, 2018, and proposed an increased overall infrastructure investments rowings), enabling foreign inves- help small- and medium-sized It is a strange combination of changes with destruction allocation of Rs 4,814 crore under will take longer to pick up, espe- tors to pump money into the en- businesses. There is also some ra- the Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram cially given the private sector’s ergy sector, he said. tionalisation of duty structure for everywhere in the world. There is no reason for such an Jyoti Yojana in 2017-18. inability to invest due to below- The Budget has also outlined components used in manufactur- attitude which human beings have adopted except the “The progress towards 100 per expectation performance. measures to support the devel- ing solar modules to help domestic cent rural electrification target by “Investments have been steadily opment of solar capacity such as manufacturers,” Rustagi told IANS. fact that stability and the continuity of life through prog- May 2018, as announced in the falling -- to 29 percent of GDP in taking up the second phase of So- The experts said there was no big ress was more or less considered the most important. budget for the previous financial fiscal 2016-17 from 34 per cent in lar Park development for an addi- bang or material announcement in year, is on track and thus a higher fiscal 2011-12,” the report said. tional 20,000 MW capacity and the the budget. We are living in a world in which, changes are abundant. level of funding support in the cur- Interestingly, no specific mea- plan for installation of 1,000 MW of “We wanted the Budget to ad- Why life has taken such a route which gives no certainty rent budget is likely to gradually sures have been highlighted in solar capacity at railway stations. dress the issues of curtailments and even normal comfort that human beings need after improve the energy demand, and the budget to address the issue of “While these measures would and payment delays that have in- the PLF (Plant Load Factor) levels stressed power assets. support off-take from solar power, creased substantially over the last hard work and many disappointments are completely for power generation entities to “We would have been heartened they would affect the demand for one year for the renewable sector. absent and there is no continuity to this unwanted life some extent,” Sabyasachi Majum- to see a direct head-on tackling of thermal power generation to some A limited play guarantee fund dar, Group Head, Corporate Sector stressed power assets. The latest extent,” Majumdar said. only for renewables that can take because there are forces clashing with each other end- Ratings at ICRA, told IANS. Economic Survey ignited hopes The Make in India programme in care of payment delays to inde- lessly and purposely. Youth have been in search of edu- The government has sustained by talking about a very innovative the solar sector, which was being pendent power producers beyond its focus on infrastructure spend- solution by creating a Public Asset affected by imports of cheap Chi- a defined timeframe of say three cation, employment and a stable life to raise families, ing, which is budgeted at Rs 3.96 Rehabilitation Agency (PARA). nese modules, has also got a fillip. months would have gone a long but it is not easy for them to float through these ups and trillion ($59 billion) in 2017-18, an “However, while the Finance The significant rise in allocation way to get an exponential jump in increase of 10.5 per cent over the Minister talked about recapital- under the Modified Special Incen- investments from overseas inves- downs and without any certainty. Every country is pass- previous fiscal. ising the banks to the tune of Rs tive Package Scheme (M-SIPS) tors, as well as domestic players,” ing through a flux of changes for which, there appears to Allocations for power in the lat- 10,000 crore, the Budget was si- and the Electronics Develop- Aggarwal said. “We are disappoint- est budget shows an increase of 51 lent about a direct measure to ment Fund (EDF), which provides ed that there is no funding set aside be no control and there is no certainty element towards percent, while that for road trans- address this big challenge facing capital subsidy of up to 25 per for new transmission schemes or a life which will give relief and comfort. The question is, port, railways and shipping have the (power) sector. Maybe, we cent, is expected to benefit major any skilling and customer educa- gone up by 31 per cent, 19 per may see a post-budget follow- domestic solar cell and module tion initiatives,” Rustagi added. why this sort of life is continuing endlessly. At least af- cent and 16 per cent, respectively. on around PARA,” KPMG (India) manufacturers, as well as foreign ians ter the Great wars, we had expected good progress and construction of a new world, but it’s a hope which never won here and also ascended to seems to be realizable. A change in weather is a com- Constituency which shows who will power in Lucknow. The Congress regained the seat in 1974 and the mon feature and a source of trouble and misery. Millions party returned to power. of people are suffering for reasons unknown from this rule UP keeps cards close to chest The Congress lost the seat in the Janata Party wave of 1977 and the way of life. Almost all countries in the world, be it south By Brajendra Nath Singh state saw a government led by Ram or north, east or west, we see organizations are formed the state -- is triangular, with the the fight is between BSP, BJP and Naresh Yadav of that party. He ocated to the west of the SP-Congress alliance, the Bharati- SP,” Sachin Kumar Prajapati, 28, an later joined the Congress. In 1980 with great hopes, but they don’t seem to produce any- Ganga, this legendary capital ya Janata Party (BJP) and the BSP engineer, told IANS. He, however, and 1985, the Congress won the thing permanent and substantial for human beings to Lof the Kauravas in the Ma- slugging it out. added that the BSP’s Verma was the seat and saw a string of party lead- habharata may have lost much of The ruling SP has fielded its sit- most accessible of the candidates of ers becoming Chief Ministers for live a modest life because nature itself seems to be bent its glory, but it has earned a repu- ting MLA Prabhu Dayal Balmiki, the three main parties. brief tenures -- V.P. Singh, Sripati on giving a destructive, endless and hopeless future. tation as a bellwether constitu- who is facing some anti-incum- Dinesh Kumar, 35, who works Mishra, N.D. Tiwari twice, and Vir ency indicating who will rule Uttar bency heat. He first won from at a medical store, said, “The gov- Bahadur Singh. There have been no programmes with production for Pradesh. here in 2002 and, in the 2012 polls, ernment should be changed every In 1989 the seat went to the Jana- human beings sustenance insight because the cycle of For several years after Indepen- emerged victorious by a narrow five years. I will vote for change.” ta Dal and Mulayam Singh Yadav dence, Hastinapur’s seat -- and margin of 6,641 votes over Yogesh Kumar, however, said he was not became the state’s Chief Minister the weather has changed. We can go on repeating these the state -- went to the Congress. Verma, then a candidate of the against Chief Minister Akhilesh for the first time that year. sorts of problems in life, which human beings are facing But later, it also elected candidates Peace Party. Verma, who won the Yadav. “He has carried out devel- Much of the 1990s was a period from the Bharatiya Kranti Dal seat in 2007 as a BSP candidate, opment works though not in Has- of ferment in Uttar Pradesh and throughout the world and there is no real model which (BKD), Janata Party, Janata Dal, has since rejoined the party and is tinapur,” Kumar added. saw Mulayam Singh’s second ten- can give comfort and hope to human beings. Differences Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan its nominee for the seat. Asked about the impact of de- ure (1993), several BJP Chief Min- Samaj Party (BSP). The BJP has fielded Dinesh Kha- monetisation of Rs 500 and Rs isters (Kalyan Singh, Ram Prakash of ideology don’t seem to be enlightening for human be- Most of the time, the winning tik, a young candidate who is hop- 1,000 notes, he said it had hit the Gupta, Rajnath Singh), and the rise ings to carve out a life of comfort and a hopeful future candidate’s party was elected to ing to ride on the charisma of Prime businesses and livelihoods of of Mayawati, who became Chief rule the state, giving Hastinapur, Minister Narendra Modi. The BJP many. Hastinapur has an estimat- Minister twice (1995 and 1997). for themselves and others. Everyone has to face unusu- in Meerut district, the stature of a had finished fifth in the constitu- ed 300,000 voters with Muslims It was during this period of tur- al problems. Governments are continuously engaged somewhat prescient constituency. ency in the 2012 assembly polls but and Gujjars being the two main moil that Hastinapur turned to its And locals are quick to point out, had remarkably improved its posi- communities. Dalits too have a lone independent legislator. in wars and there seem to be no end to these useless tongue firmly in cheek, that when tion in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, considerable presence. In more recent times, as politics troubles, but no one seems to be in a position to con- Hastinapur in 1996 elected an in- getting the maximum votes from Hasrat Ali, a resident of the in the state became more stable, trol it. Millions of people are migrating from their own dependent candidate, Atul Kumar, this assembly segment. town, said minority community the SP’s Balmiki won the seat in no party got an absolute majority, Hastinapur is the only reserved members are yet to make up their 2002. Though Uttar Pradesh saw place of birth in the hope that they will get some comfort forcing imposition of President’s constituency in Meerut district and mind. “They have not yet decided the formation of a BSP-BJP govern- and stable life in some other country. First of all, there is Rule for some months. will vote on February 11 in the first whether to go with the SP or with ment for over a year (Mayawati’s That, however, was not unusual phase of Uttar Pradesh’s seven- BSP. If the situation persists, it will third stint as Chief Minister), the no certainty that they will reach their destination safely. for the state through much of the phased election. “It’s a tough elec- help the BJP,” he said. Hastinapur SP eventually returned to power Even if they reach in a scanty number with lots of losses 1990s. Locals say this time the tion this time. I can’t say which par- elected a non-Congress candidate under Mulayam Singh. fight in the constituency -- as in ty will emerge victorious here, but for the first time in 1969. The BKD ians on the way, there is no one to welcome them. What is the solution to all these uncomfortable experiences hu- (NCT) formed the All Tripura In- man beings are facing? We think that man has become Political realignments could see digenous Regional Parties Forum a puzzle for himself. As there is no permanent aim he (ATIRPF) to oppose the bill intro- duced in parliament by the BJP- grows with because every second moment in his life, he some strange bedfellows in Tripura led National Democratic Alliance. faces uncertainty. There is at least one element we can The shutdown has been called By Sujit Chakraborty in the jurisdiction of the Tripura definitely point at and that is the man capable of hope misused and unemployment has up with the Congress. Tribal Areas Autonomous District and construction, which is slowly disappearing. Greed is year ahead of the assembly risen.” The TMC’s main leader and The Congress’ Nath told report- Council (TTAADC) to oppose the polls in Tripura - under Left legislator Sudip Roy Barman has ers that, at the moment, he would bill that aims to recognise illegal indeed a most dangerous disease for human beings. At Arule for over two decades endorsed Deb. “We would go any not disclose the issues discussed Bangladeshi immigrants. least the land on which he/she were born, should give now -- a realignment of opposition extent to form a ‘mahajote’ among with the BJP’s Deb -- but did leave The TTAADC was formed in parties and leaders has already be- all opposition parties” to defeat the a window open. “The BJP govern- 1987 under the Sixth Schedule of them the mere relief of life and comfort but there are gun as they seek to defeat the ex- Left Front in the assembly elec- ment at the Centre is doing many the Constitution to protect and endless reasons for which they are fighting with each isting dispensation -- making for tions, Barman asserted. good things for the people,” said safeguard the political, economic some rather strange alliances. Barman, then with the Congress, Nath, who, during a recent debate and cultural interests of the tribals. other. Women usually find their married lives rendered Biplab Kumar Deb, the Tripura had quit along with five MLAs in the state assembly on demoni- The politically important council hopeless. Very often we find that women before killing unit chief of the Bharatiya Janata and joined the TMC, opposing his tisation, supported Prime Minister constitutes two-third of Tripura’s Party (B JP), has held separate party’s alliance with the Left in the Narendra Modi. 10,491 sq. km area. herself, she kills her children, which means she wishes meetings with Trinamool Congress West Bengal assembly elections On his part, state Congress Presi- The INPT and IPFT would also to give a message that there is nothing in life worth liv- (TMC) MLA Biswabandhu Sen and last year. dent Birajit Sinha said he has written organise a “Delhi Abhiyan” (march former Congress legislature party A ‘mahajote’, it should be re- to the party high command in Delhi to Delhi) this month end to press ing for. It is high time that we try to give a positive vision leader and incumbent MLA Ratan membered, is a rare phenomenon to take disciplinary action against their demands with the central for men and women to change their attitude towards Lal Nath, raising the possibility that in Indian politics. It was last seen Nath “for breach of discipline”. government. the duo might join the saffron outfit. when the Janata Dal-United (JD- In another political develop- Just how this movement pans life. As far as we see man is a victim of his own faults “To defeat the ruling Left parties, U), the Rashtriya Janata Dal and ment, three rival tribal-based out is bound to have an impact in life and we get disgusted with the life they developed a ‘mahajote’ (grand alliance) would the Congress came together to parties in Tripura have come to- on the assembly elections. This be formed among the opposition roundly defeat the BJP in the 2015 gether and called for a 12-hour is because tribals, who constitute under extreme hope and greed. Content, love, patience, political parties,” Deb said rather Bihar assembly elections. shutdown on February 8 to op- one-third of Tripura’s 3.7 million understanding of problems and trying to exchange their enigmatically when asked wheter The JD-U attempted a similar pose the Citizenship (Amend- population, play a crucial role in Sen and Nath would join the BJP, exercise for the February-March ment) Bill, 2016. The Indigenous politics in the ethnically-mixed views and find a solution is lacking. Therefore, there is adding: “During the 24 years of un- Uttar Pradesh assembly elections Nationalist Party of Tripura state with 20 of the 60 assembly an urgent need of people who can play a positive role interrupted rule of the Left Front, but it fell through due to the lack (INPT), the Indigenous People’s seats and one of the two Lok Sab- no development had taken place of enthusiasm by the state’s ruling Front of Tripura (IPFT) and the ha seats reserved for them. in bringing comfort and positive thinking into the life of in Tripura. Central funds were Samajwadi Party, which has tied National Conference of Tripura ians people and keep them away from greed, meaningless enmity, dislike and hatred to each other. Readers Response and contribution Welcome Indian Horizon Monday, February 6, 2017 op-ed 7 Trump’s visa ban: US-Russia cooperation can start with Libya Indian scientists By Leonid Bershidsky The Kremlin is highly likely to approach Washington with offers of ready to welcome hose who are waiting for the first signs of cooperation between United pacifying the country and thereby weakening Daesh stranded peers TStates President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin should ons. When he fell in 2011, the Russian state to Moscow last November and then host- ing the new US president as a potential ally By Sahana Ghosh keep an eye on Libya. The scene of an open railroad monopoly lost a lucrative contract ing him on the aircraft carrier Admiral against extremists.Moscow likely wouldn’t rivalry between the European Union (EU) to build a rail line along the Mediterranean Kuznetsov last month, where he held a mind testing the opportunities for coop- efusing to bow before US President and Russia could suddenly turn on Trump, coast, one of many voided Russian invest- teleconference with Russian Defence eration with Trump in Libya. Donald Trump’s controversial travel who could turn to Putin. ments. Putin watched the Arab Spring with Minister Sergei Shoigu. On Thursday, the state propaganda Rban, scientists across the world, in- Libya is important for three reasons. It’s dismay — not just because it dispatched Russia is obliged to follow the UN arms agency RIA Novosti published a column by cluding India, have opened up their lab the starting point of the so-called Cen- kleptocrats, but also because those secular embargo against any Libyan forces except Avigdor Eskin, an Israeli political consul- spaces to counterparts stranded outside tral Mediterranean route by which tens of authoritarian rulers were often replaced the Al Serraj government, so it cannot pro- tant close to the Russian nationalist Right, America. Under the Science Solidarity List thousands of undocumented immigrants with Islamists. vide official military aid to Haftar. There asserting that the Trump administration — (SSL) initiative, researchers from over 30 reach the EU. It’s also a major oil produc- To Putin, these strongmen were a bul- have been unconfirmed reports, however, namely National Security Adviser Michael countries have agreed to host the affected. er that can affect global prices. Lastly, the wark against extremism. He drew a clear that the Kremlin has struck an unofficial Flynn — had a plan on Libya that might What began on social media as spontane- chaos in Libya makes it, in the US State de- red line at Syrians’ western-backed attempt deal to supply Haftar via Algeria, a long- involve Russian cooperation via Haftar. ous offers of help from scientists to accom- partment’s terminology, “a terrorist safe- to overthrow Syrian President Bashar Al time arms client of Moscow. The supposed plan involves building new modate banned peers awaiting US clear- haven”. That’s why presidents Obama and Assad, forged a cordial relationship with That’s potentially scary for the EU. If a “micro-cities” rather than refugee camps ance, following Trump’s January 27 order, Trump have sought to limit the entry of Egyptian President Abdul Fattah Al Sissi Putin ally takes over Libya, any deal on in Libya, with factories and oil facilities to has emerged as a clarion call to support Libyan citizens and those who have visited and restored ties with Turkish President their primary issue — refugees — could put them to work. those in need of immediate work spaces. the country. Recep Tayyip Erdogan. His alliance with be threatened. If Haftar allows Russian Although that sounds like wishful think- Anchored by the European Molecular At an informal summit on Malta on Fri- Iran fits that line of behaviour because Shi- military bases in Libya, Putin’s strength in ing, the Kremlin is highly likely to approach Biology Organisation (EMBO), the SSL day, the leaders of EU states affirmed their ite Iranians are hostile to Sunnis — whom Middle East politics will continue to grow the Trump administration with offers of is a “list of scientists offering temporary support for the United Nations-backed Putin considers especially dangerous as well. pacifying Libya and thus weakening Daesh bench or desk space, library access and government, run from Tripoli by Prime since they emerged as a force in separatist This sets the scene for a potential clash (the self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq possibly even accommodation for US- Minister Fayez Mustafa Al Serraj. They also Chechnya in the 1990s. between the EU on one side and Putin and and the Levant). The US wouldn’t even based scientists who are stranded abroad backed a deal that Italian Prime Minister In Libya, Putin’s axis of influence can- Trump on the other. There are major rea- need to do anything except turn a blind eye due to the White House Executive Or- Paolo Gentiloni signed on Thursday with not include Al Serraj since he holds onto sons for Trump to support Haftar over Al to Russian support of Haftar. der 13769, ‘Protecting the Nation from Al Serraj. Italy is taking the lead in funding power with support from some Islamist Serraj. Haftar had spent 20 years in the US, As in Syria, Putin’s unique selling propo- Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United the construction of refugee camps in Libya, groups and Putin’s western adversaries. living not far from the Central Intelligence sition is that he is not squeamish when it States’ of 27 January, 2017.” and the EU as a whole recently earmarked Khalifa Haftar, a powerful military com- Agency’s Langley headquarters and work- comes to dealing with strongmen and that, On Friday, a US judge in Seattle issued an additional 200 million euros (Dh792.39 mander who controls eastern Libya and ing to undermine Gaddafi, his one-time unlike any western leader, he is uncon- a temporary nationwide block on Trump’s million) for its efforts to keep potential mi- resists the Al Serraj government, fits the friend and ally. strained by the need to seek political sup- ban on travellers from seven Muslim na- grants in Libya, Tunisia and Niger. bill much better. Trump is also highly sceptical of the then port at home: He knows by now how to tions. However, the White House said the But refugees are not Putin’s priority in Haftar chased Islamist fighters out of US secretary of state Hillary Clinton’s ac- create it through a powerful propaganda Justice Department will challenge attor- Libya. He’s far more interested in restoring Benghazi and the surrounding area and tions in Libya as the Gaddafi regime disin- machine. If Trump’s isolationist team is ney’s decision. Offers continue to pour in Russian influence there and establishing a took over Libya’s key oil terminals from tegrated, and, like Putin, he doesn’t believe willing to cut its risks and outsource at least as science, literally, attempts to trump the military presence if he can.Under former pro-government forces last Septem- in imposing democracy on Middle Eastern part of its promised fight against terrorism ban. There are currently over 800 offers of leader Muammar Gaddafi, Libya was a Rus- ber, boosting the country’s output. The nations where Islamist groups enjoy popu- to Russia, an understanding on Libya is a assistance and the list gets a new entry ev- sian ally, a playground for Russian energy Kremlin has been cultivating a relation- lar support. Haftar and his supporters cele- possible first step down that road. ery five minutes or so. companies, and a buyer of Russian weap- ship with Haftar, inviting him for a visit brated Trump’s victory last November, see- courtesy : al-jazeera “We felt we had to do something. It is very discriminating. This impacts science a lot. It impacts the work of the lab. Their proj- ects do not get done because the scientists Is Pakistan getting ‘Trumped’? are missing. It impacts everyone,” Maria Leptin, director EMBO, told IANS over the It was clear that the new administration would increasingly exert pressure on Islamabad to crack down on groups such as the phone from Heidelberg, Germany. “We (scientists) see ourselves as a world- Jamaat-ud-Dawa. The half-hearted action against the JuD and confinement of its leaders may not satisfy the global community. wide community and it is a completely nat- By Zahid Hussain ural thing for us to do,” she said. IS on their soil. Notwithstanding the mas- the JuD was the new banner for Lashkar-e- volved in terrorist attacks inside Pakistan. EMBO is an organisation of more than ITH one stroke of the pen Donald sive protests across the US and in western Toiba, the most lethal of Pakistani militant Maulana Azhar came into focus again late 1,700 leading researchers that promotes ex- Trump last week slammed the capitals, Trumpism seems unstoppable. outfits that was banned in 2002 because of last year after JeM was accused of master- cellence in life sciences. Wdoors on people from seven pre- Understandably, more worried are Wash- outside pressure. minding the attack on the Indian air force Its programmes and activities are funded dominantly Muslim countries throwing ington’s traditional allies with a reckless Pakistan was forced to close down JuD base in Pathankot. by the European Molecular Biology Con- the United States and the world into un- president at the helm of the world’s sole offices after the outfit was put on the list Cases have also been registered against ference (EMBC). The EMBC, founded in precedented chaos. This vile piece of leg- superpower which is the linchpin of the of terrorist organisations by the United some JeM leaders suspected of involve- 1969, is an inter-governmental organisa- islation targeting people belonging to one geopolitical order. Now this order is threat- Nations. But the action was short-lived ment in the attack. But Maulana Azhar has tion comprising 33 member- and partner- particular religion smacks of the worst kind ened by the policies of a rogue leader. as a Lahore High Court bench found no remained free. Pakistan has been able to states, including India, which came under of racism the world has witnessed in recent Understandably, Trump’s radical steps grounds for banning the group, providing block the move in the UN Security Council its fold in February 2016. history — and it is just the beginning. are cause for serious concern to Pakistan Islamabad with a convenient excuse to defy to declare him a terrorist with the help of The solidarity list comprises offers from Extreme vetting of travellers from Pak- too. Notwithstanding the friendly phone international pressure. China. But this can’t be sustained for long. both EMBC and non-EMBC countries. istan and Afghanistan has already been conversation between the Pakistani Prime Hafiz Saeed roamed around freely ad- It will be another test for Islamabad. Leptin was the first to join the list, ex- ordered and a complete ban on them is Minister and Trump soon after the latter’s dressing rallies and appearing on pri- Yet another pressure point for Pakistan tending help to host stranded researchers not being ruled out. The registration of election in November, the signals from metime TV, reinforcing international is the detention on treason charges of Dr in her own lab at the University of Cologne. the Muslim population in the US is also Washington have not been encouraging. scepticism regarding Islamabad’s double Shakeel Afridi who helped CIA in the hunt While most of the host offers are from Eu- reportedly under consideration, setting It was clear from the outset that the new standards in dealing with the scourge of for Osama bin Laden. Trump had vowed to rope, the list includes labs in India, Canada, a cruel precedent somewhat reminiscent administration would exert increasing militancy and extremism. get him released and bring him to the US. Israel, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Singa- of Nazi rule. pressure on Islamabad to crack down on The 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks in- This presents a very tricky situation for the pore, Brazil, and China. Seemingly, the travel ban has been im- Pakistani militant groups such as the Ja- volving members of the banned outfit in- Pakistani government. The “overwhelming response” from the posed to make the country more secure maat-ud-Dawa. tensified the call by the international com- It remains to be seen how Islamabad fraternity is trending under the hashtag Sci- but there has not been any instance of a True to character, the Sharif government munity for action against the JuD and its avoids any punitive action by a rogue enceShelters. citizen of one of those seven countries be- waited passively for things to pass. But now leaders. The anger grew further after Zaki- American administration. Although the Among the first to make personal offers ing involved in terrorist activities in the US. there is sign of panic with Trump moving ur- Rehman Lakhvi, the alleged master- Trump administration still does not have of assistance via Twitter were population In fact, all those countries have been the fast on his election promises and the im- mind of the carnage, was freed by the court. a clear Afghan policy, the issue of how to geneticist Magnus Nordborg and plant bi- target of American military aggression and pending threat of extending the travel ban All this obscured the success in containing deal with the crisis remains a source of ologist Jurgen Kleine-Vehn from Austria. victims of terrorism themselves. to Pakistanis. The dramatic crackdown on militant violence inside the country. conflict between Islamabad and Washing- A look at some of the tweets reflects the Iraq particularly has been destroyed by the JuD and the decision to place Hafiz But now, the belated and somewhat ton. There is some indication of continued gravity of the situation, relegating scientists the American invasion, the action Trump Saeed under house arrest highlights panic. half-hearted action against the JuD and US demand on Pakistan for taking action to an almost refugee-like status. had strongly condemned during his elec- Interestingly, the crackdown came hours confinement of its leaders may not satisfy against the Haqqani network, the strongest “Another example of consequences... bi- tion campaign. No wonder such xenopho- after the publication of a report in a nation- the international community, particularly faction of the Afghan Taliban believed to be ology postdoc meant to join our School w/ bic actions taken by the Trump administra- al daily claiming that Pakistan was threat- the Trump administration. The pressure operating from its sanctuary in Pakistan. new faculty has visa but cannot come -- Ira- tion are being celebrated by jihadist groups ened with sanctions if it did not act swiftly will intensify to crack down on the banned There is no doubt that Pakistan should nian passport,” tweeted Georgia Institute of like the militant Islamic State group. It has against the group. For many years Islam- militant group Jaish-e-Mohammad and its have acted against the groups in its own Technology Professor Joshua Weitz. provided fuel to their radical narrative of abad had resisted pressure from Washing- leader Maulana Masood Azhar who has national interests long ago. It will cer- “I was pretty excited to join @soumya_ Islam versus the West. A pro-IS website ton and other countries to clamp down on resurfaced after keeping a low profile for tainly bring more humiliation if we wait boston’s lab but denied boarding due to my has described banning Muslims from en- the groups that were still being protected several years. The JeM disintegrated into for the Trump whip. Have we not already Iranian nationality. Feeling safer?” tweeted tering America as a “blessed ban”. All the under various pretexts despite Pakistan’s various cells after being proscribed in 2002 been trumped? Samira Asgari. countries on the ban list have been fighting war against militancy. It was apparent that and many of its senior members were in- courtesy : gulf news The Kleine-Vehn Lab tweeted in response to an update of 420 offers of assistance: “Took less than 24h, reflecting the strong ond-round run-off election in May. Tusk against those who believe that “the disin- political statement!#ScienceSheltersAagain EU kicks off tumultuous year and other EU leaders are well aware that if tegration of the EU will lead to the restora- st Trump’s immigration ban and discrimi- By Andrew Hammond she pulls off an upset victory this Spring, it tion of some mythical, full sovereignty of its nation!” Coming to the rescue of their peers which will provide a lodestar this year on would be an even more savage blow to the member states, but [instead] to their real are also scientists from India. urope’s political leaders met in Malta whether right-wing populism will continue bloc than Brexit, not least given France’s and factual dependence on the great su- Till February 4, three offers were made on Friday for the first summit of what to find fertile electoral ground. membership of Eurozone. perpowers...Only together can we be fully from the country, all of them from Beng- Ecould be of the most tumultuous ever In elections in countries beginning with In Germany, incumbent Angela Merkel is independent”. Interestingly, it was Trump aluru-based National Centre for Biologi- years for the EU. The bloc expressed con- The Netherlands in March, where polls in- presently tipped to win power again, but is who received particular scorn at the sum- cal Sciences (NCBS). Theoretical physicist cern about the early actions of US President dicate the far-right Freedom Party could facing her toughest ever election fight, and mit with, for instance, French President Sandeep Krishna has proferred desk space Donald Trump, and continued mapping emerge as the largest single party, left-wing could yet lose out, partly because of grow- Francois Hollande stating “it cannot be and access to computers, while Shashi out how the continent best moves forward and centrist parties are under pressure ing support for the far-right Alternative for accepted that there is, through a certain Thutupalli’s lab, dealing with experimental post-Brexit in what could be another highly from insurgency parties championing Eu- Germany. This group founded less than a number of statements by the US president, physical biology, is also available. uncertain election year with populist forc- rosceptical, anti-immigrant platforms. It is half decade ago as an anti-euro group has, pressure on what Europe ought to be or “Can provide experimental facilities, es potentially making big gains across the France, however, which alongside Germa- since then, tapped into discontent toward what it should not be”. desk space, lab space, library access and continent. ny has traditionally been the ‘twin-engine’ her immigration policies, and is polling at Long and shorter-term solutions to this a warm welcome.” NCBS’s Arati Ramesh Some 60 years after the Treaty of Rome, of EU integration, which will be the key almost 15 per cent, nationally, with seats in potentially existential crisis for the EU has stepped forward with “desk space, which was one of the EU’s founding trea- election to watch in the continent. more than half of state legislatures. were discussed at Malta. Tusk believes this lab bench space, access to lab equipment ties, European Council President Donald The reason is the far right, National Front The third threat cited by Tusk, this time agenda must centre around improving the and computers” in her lab that works on Tusk said that the challenges facing the EU candidacy of Marine Le Pen who has called external to the EU, is what he calls the new internal and external security of Europe, RNA biology. are now “more dangerous than ever”. He for closer ties with Russia, and questioned geopolitical reality that has witnessed an while also improving the socio-economic “I am a theoretical physicist who uses identified 3 key threats “which have previ- need for Nato in the 21st Century, assert- increasingly assertive Russia and China, welfare of its citizens through socially- tools and ideas from physics and maths to ously not occurred, at least not on such a ing that it now exists to serve “Washing- and instability in the Middle East and Af- inclusive growth and a new series of trade try and pose new kinds of questions about scale” that the EU must tackle. ton’s objectives in Europe”. She is running rica which has driven the migration crisis treaties with interested partners. basic processes in biological systems. Thus, The first two dangers relate to the rise of a Trump-style populist campaign and has impacting Europe. Intensifying this is the While the latter agenda is, however, what I can offer is simply desk space and ac- anti-EU, nationalist sentiment across the said that “2016 was the year the Anglo-Sax- new uncertainty coming from Washington divisive in Europe as was witnessed last cess to computers and a scientific environ- continent, plus the “state of mind of pro- on world woke up [with Brexit and Trump’s with the Trump administration’s ques- year by the near collapse of the trade deal ment where a stranded scientist can con- European elites” which Tusk fears are now victory]...I am sure 2017 will be the year the tioning of much of the post-war tenets of with Canada, there is growing consensus tinue their work, at least to some extent,” too subservient to “populist arguments as people of continental Europe wake up”. Le US foreign policy, including broad-based for a package of measures to enhance Krishna told IANS. Expressing his views on well as doubting in the fundamental val- Pen has called for a French referendum on support for European integration. With the security and border protection to em- the “Muslim ban”, Krishna reckons it would ues if liberal democracy”. The EU chief is the country’s EU membership and, while longstanding antipathy of Russia to the EU, phasise the resilience and integrity of the do more harm than good to the US. conscious here that, following Brexit, and she is not currently the favourite to win, she plus newfound critiques from Washing- continuing EU project. ians Trump’s election, it is continental Europe stands a realistic shot of getting to the sec- ton under Trump, Tusk warned this week courtesy : gulf news

The views expressed in these columns are the writers’ own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Indian Horizon or its management.-Editor Indian Horizon 8 International Monday, February 6, 2017

WORLD SNIPPETS Trump bid to restore Pain relievers during flu may up heart Kidnapped Honduras teens’ travel ban rejected attack risk bodies found Washington, Feb 5 (IANS) Justice Department had ar- in retaliation for Mr Trump’s The US federal appeals court gued that states did not have order. However Mr Trump has Taipei, Feb 5 (IANS) Peo- Taipei City. On the other Tegucigulpa, Feb 5 (IANS) Firemen in northern Hondu- has rejected the Trump ad- the authority to challenge a called Judge Robart’s ruling ple who use pain killers for hand, when patients had an ras have found the remains of four teenage boys who were ministration’s request to re- presidential executive order. “ridiculous”, described him as treating respiratory infec- infection but did not take kidnapped on 31 January. The bodies of the victims, aged be- instate a travel ban blocked Lawyers for the states of a “so-called judge” and vowed tions like common cold or the drugs their risk was 2.7 tween 15 and 19, were found in plastic bags by the river Ulua by a federal judge on Friday. Washington and Minnesota to restore the ban. flu may be at an increased times greater compared to a in Yoro province. Their hands had been tied. The late night ruling means had argued that the ban was Judge Robart has served on risk of heart attack, research- healthy person. The boys were kidnapped by armed men in a village 15 km the travel ban will remain unconstitutional because it the federal bench since 2004 ers have warned. But, that dropped to 1.5 (9 miles) from where their bodies were found. suspended until the full case denied people with valid en- after nomination by President The findings showed that when they took the drugs It is not clear why the boys - who worked as farm labourers has been heard. The court try documents the right to George W Bush. Friday’s ruling using the nonsteroidal anti- while infection-free, the re- and motorbike taxi drivers in - were abducted. gave the White House and the travel without due process. has also seen visa holders from inflammatory drugs (NSAID) searchers said. The Honduran authorities have not said whether the kid- states challenging it a dead- It also violated freedom of the affected nations scramble during an acute respiratory Patients seeking relief nappers demanded a ransom for their victims, EFE reported. line of Monday to present religion rights by appearing to get flights to the US, fearing infection could raise the risk from cold and flu symp- An average of 11 people are murdered every day in the more arguments. Two states to target Muslims, they said. they have a slim window to en- for a heart attack by 3.4-fold. toms should consult with country, according to official figures. argued that the travel ban, Iraq, one of the countries ter. The State Department has The risk was 7.2 times their doctor or a pharma- Neighbouring El Salvador is currently the most deadly affecting people from seven named in the ban, has praised been reversing visa cancella- higher when patients re- cist before using NSAIDs, country outside a war zone, with almost 100 murders per mainly-Muslim countries, the revocation of the travel tions and US homeland secu- ceived the pain-relieving Fang added. 100,000 people a year. was unconstitutional. ban as a “move in the right rity employees have been told medications via a drip in In the study, published Latin America makes up just 8% of the world’s population In its appeal, the Justice direction”, Reuters reported. by their department to comply the hospital. in the Journal of Infectious but accounts for nearly a third of all murders. Department said Judge James Iran has also responded to with the ruling. “Physicians should be Diseases, the team aimed Robart had overreached by Judge Robart’s ruling by saying Customs officials told air- aware that the use of NSAIDs to investigate whether two “second guessing” the presi- it would allow a US wrestling lines that they could resume during an acute respira- potential cardiac risk factors France election: Le Pen to launch dent on a national security team to compete in a World boarding banned travellers. tory infection might further -- an acute respiratory infec- presidential bid matter. It also argued that Cup event it is hosting later this Qatar Airways, Air France, increase the risk of a heart tion, such as a cold or influ- only the president could de- month. The US wrestlers were Etihad Airways, Lufthansa attack,” said Cheng-Chung enza, and NSAID use -- have cide who can enter or stay in initially denied visas after Iran and others said they would Fang from the National Tai- a combined, joint effect on Paris, Feb 5 (IANS) French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is the US. In Friday’s case, the said it would ban Americans do so. wan University Hospital in heart attack risk. set to launch her presidential election campaign in the city of Lyon. The National Front (FN) manifesto, which lists 144 commitments, promises to offer France a referendum on its membership of the EU. A growing number of presiden- Trump defends Putin over tial hopefuls are pledging their commitment to a new kind Protest in Austria over of politics. France goes to the polls on 23 April in one of the most open Russia killings allegations possible ban on full-face veil races in decades. The incumbent Socialist President, Francois Washington, Feb 5 ahead of the full interview men spoke on the phone Hollande, is not standing for a second term. (IANS) US President Don- being broadcast by Fox last Saturday and have Vienna, Feb 5 (IANS) Nearly added that a woman should not The FN is styling itself as the original anti-establishment ald Trump has defended ahead of Sunday evening’s agreed to stay in “regu- 1,000 people demonstrated in Vi- be excluded from public office be- party, with its leader hoping to cash in on the “time for Vladimir Putin when ques- Super Bowl, and on the two lar personal contact” but enna against the Austrian govern- cause she wears a hijab (Islamic change” feeling generated by Donald Trump’s election and tioned over allegations of following nights. no date has been set for a ment’s plans to bar people from headscarf). the Brexit vote in Britain. murders carried out by the Asked whether he re- meeting. wearing the Islamic full-face veil The Austrian government, BBC Paris correspondent Lucy Williamson says the party, Russian state. spected Mr Putin, the US Mr Trump was also in public places. made up of a coalition of the So- which has never won more than a third of the popular vote, In an interview with Fox president replied: “I do asked whether it was re- The march on Saturday, in cial Democratic and Austrian has been trying to soften its image recently, in order to broad- News, he said: “There are respect him... well I re- sponsible to make claims which the protesters carried signs People’s parties, this week re- en its appeal. a lot of killers. We’ve got a spect a lot of people. That about issues without cit- with slogans denouncing the pro- leased a document expressing Its manifesto promises to take back powers from Brussels, re- lot of killers. What do you doesn’t mean I’m going to ing facts to back them up, posed ban, proceeded through their plans to ban the full-face veil duce immigration, pull France out of the euro currency and pro- think? Our country’s so in- get along with him.” such as his contention the centre of Vienna and ended in in public places. tect companies from what it calls “unfair foreign competition”. nocent?” Mr Trump said He added: “I say it’s bet- that millions of people front of the square where the For- The document also said civil It also outlines plans for a two-tier France - with social housing he respected President ter to get along with Rus- voted illegally during the eign Ministry building is located, servants in uniform should refrain priority given to French citizens; a “pro-birth policy” for French Putin and would prefer to sia than not. And if Rus- US presidential election Efe news reports. from wearing Islamic headscarves families; and taxes on employers who hire foreign workers. “get along with him”. sia helps us in the fight that he won - but with al- The demonstration was organ- and limit their use of religious He said he wanted help against Isis [so-called most three million fewer ised by several Austrian Muslim symbols to ensure the state pres- from Russia in the fight Islamic State], which is a votes than his Democratic associations, and most of the par- ents itself in a religiously neutral Iran agrees to grant visas to US against “Islamic terrorism”. major fight, and Islamic opponent Hillary Clinton. ticipants were women. manner. The government intends wrestling team Excerpts of the interview terrorism all over the He replied: “Many peo- One of the organisers said they to secure parliamentary approval with Bill O’Reilly, carried world - that’s a good thing. ple have come out and were against the Islamic veil ban for these measures over the next out at Mr Trump’s Florida Will I get along with him? said I’m right, you know because they opposed the exclu- 18 months, or prior to the end of Tehran, Feb 5 (IANS) The Iranian Foreign Ministry on home, have been released I have no idea.” The two that. sion of Muslims from society. She the current legislative session. Sunday announced that it would allow the US wrestling team to enter the country in order to participate in the Freestyle World Cup competition. like to tell the Filipino The event was scheduled to take place in the province of Romania Duterte signals end of peace people: Peace with the Kermanshah on February 16-17, Efe news reported. Communists might not After Iran dened visas two days ago, Foreign Ministry talks with Communists come in this generation,” spokesman Bahram Qasemi said in a statement that his government scraps Manila, Feb 5 (IANS) (NPA), the armed wing of causing Duterte to lift the Duterte said. department had decided to grant the US athletes visas. Philippines President Ro- the outlawed Communist ceasefire - which he had The main hurdle in the This change of decision came after a federal judge issued corruption decree drigo Duterte signalled party, carried out attacks announced after the two negotiations was the gov- on Friday a temporary restraining order blocking enforce- the end of peace talks with against security forces, parties began the talks - ernment’s unwillingness ment of President Donald Trump’s executive order ban- after protests Communist rebels, with Efe news reported. two days later. to set free 140 political ning people from seven Muslim-majority countries from the government pulling “Peace talks will re- In January, the gov- prisoners from the NPA. entering the US. Bucharest, Feb 5 (IANS) Romania’s gov- out of the negotiations main cancelled unless ernment and the rebels The NPA, a Maoist Tensions between the two countries soared after Iran ernment has scrapped a controversial de- days after both parties there is a compelling rea- began the third round group created in 1969, tested a ballistic missile last week and Washington re- cree that would have shielded many poli- announced an end to the son that will benefit the of negotiations in Rome consists of 6,000 fighters sponded with imposing new sanctions against individuals ticians from prosecution for corruption, truce, the media reported interest of the nation,” and were to meet in the and has carried out nu- and groups linked to its weapons programme. ministerial sources say. The cabinet held on Sunday. Duterte de- Duterte said late Satur- Netherlands to discuss a merous attacks, murders, Iran reacted to both actions by taking reciprocal mea- an emergency meeting on the issue Sun- cided to withdraw from day. The attacks occurred bilateral ceasefire before kidnappings and extor- sures, and also carried out missile tests, an action con- day, following days of large street protests. the negotiations after after the rebels ended resuming peace talks in tion over the last few de- demned by Washington. PM Sorin Grindeanu said on Saturday: “I the New People’s Army the truce on February 1, Oslo in April. “I would cades. do not want to divide Romania.” Protesters have vowed to keep the pres- Egypt condemns Louvre attack sure on the cabinet, with some demanding the entire government quits. Philippines marches against Trump policies Cairo, Feb 5 (Xinhua) Egypt condemned the recent terrorist The decree was passed on Tuesday and Manila, Feb 5 (IANS) Dozens Donald Trump which read “No The protesters also urged Trump attack by a mechete-wielding man against soldiers outside Lou- was due to come into effect on 10 February. of people in the Philippine capi- deportations”, and several people to remove from the US list of for- vre Museum in Paris, media reports said. The protests have been the country’s tal marched in front of the United held up a wide banner with the eign terrorist organisations the “The Egyptian government and people support France largest since the fall of communism in States Embassy to protest the poli- message “Fight Trump! Resist fas- New People’s Army, the guerrilla and its people against terrorism,” Xinhua news agency cited 1989. cies of the new US president. cism and imperialism!” wing of the Communist Party of the the statement, which urged the international community to Before the meeting, Mr Grindeanu, from Almost 100 people joined the The groups chanted and de- Philippines. intensify collective efforts to combat such “a serious phe- the leftist Social Democratic Party (PSD), protest on Saturday, which consist- nounced Donald Trump’s execu- Around 200 police officers, some nomenon”. said he “heard and saw many opinions”, ed of members of various groups tive order barring entry to the US armed with anti-riot gear, stood On Friday morning, a man holding two machetes rushed at including from “the voice of the street”. including the League of Filipino of citizens from seven Muslim- guard near the marchers and gave four soldiers patrolling the Carrousel du Louvre shopping centre However, a planned conference to an- Students and the left-wing New Pa- majority countries, and criticized an ultimatum calling on the people in the French capital city, shouting in Arabic an Islamic phrase nounce the shelving of the plans was called triotic Alliance, Efe news reported. the joint US-Philippine military to disperse by 12 pm local time. meaning “God is the Greatest”. off, with sources saying an official state- As they marched, they carried exercises that have been held in the The protesters agreed and there The perpetrator was shot and seriously wounded after he ment would be released soon. placards featuring the image of Southeast Asian country. were no arrests. slightly injured one of the soldiers. The decree would have decriminalised Later in the evening, Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said in abuse of power offences where sums of a press conference that initial investigations showed the man less than €44,000 (£38,000; $47,500) were were the mountainous north- might be a 29-year-old Egyptian citizen who arrived in France involved. One immediate beneficiary would Afghanistan and Pakistan eastern province of Badakhshan, from Dubai late January with a tourist visa. have been Liviu Dragnea, who leads the PSD Nangahar in the east and Parwan France has imposed emergency rules since November and faces charges of defrauding the state of avalanches kill dozens near Kabul. The main international 2015 attacks in which gunmen and suicide bombers loyal €24,000. Kabul, Feb 5 (IANS) Heavy snow bul. Thirteen people were killed in airport in Kabul has been closed to the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group killed 130 people The government had earlier argued that and avalanches have killed dozens of an avalanche in northern Pakistan, because of snow and ice on the in Paris. the changes were needed to reduce prison people in Afghanistan and Pakistan. nine of them in the town of Chitral. runway. The snow caused havoc on In July 2016, at least 86 victims were killed as a man drove a overcrowding and align certain laws with In Afghanistan nearly 100 have Several homes were destroyed in major roads, including the Kabul- truck into a crowd celebrating the Bastille Day in the southern the constitution. But critics saw it as a way lost their lives in the past three days the town, and more people were Kandahar Highway, where police city of Nice. for the PSD to absolve officials convicted or - including 16 in overnight ava- feared trapped under the snow. and soldiers rescued some 250 ve- accused of corruption. lanches just north of the capital Ka- The worst hit areas in Afghanistan hicles trapped by the storm. Indian Horizon Monday, February 6, 2017 Business 9 RBI expected to hold interest rates Oil firms’ merger will create at Tuesday’s review multiple entities also problems constraint for the central bank, retail New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Pe- acquisitions. Possibilities of such said Hindustan Pteroleum Chair- inflation rose for the fifth straight troleum Minister Dharmendra restructuring are visible in the oil man M.K. Surana. Analysts, howev- month in December, touching 5.61 Pradhan has clarified that Budget and gas sector.” Without spelling er, were guarded in their reaction, in per cent on the back of higher veg- 2017-18’s bare announcement of out more details about the proposed view of the fact that the official com- etable and cereal prices. In this the government intent to merge merger, Jaitley said combining them mittee that studied the matter in connection, while state-run oil mar- state-run oil companies into a single will increase their bargaining and 2005 had advised against a merger at keters failed to make the fortnightly entity will actually mean creation risk-taking capacity. It “will give the time as it felt the process could revision in transport fuel prices due of multiple entities. The proposal, them capacity to bear higher risks, be lengthy and problematic. “I think earlier this week, the Indian basket though welcomed by industry of- avail economies of scale, take higher the motivation is right but the gov- of crude oils closed trade on the last ficials, has drawn mixed reactions investment decisions and create ernment has to be very careful in trading day on Thursday at over $55 from analysts, who see multiple more value for shareholders,” he going ahead with the merger as that a barrel, latest official data showed. challenges in it. “It will not be one said. Among the 13 state-run oil can take a lot of time in integrating Rising oil prices present a challenge company. It will not be wise to put companies being considered for cultures of various companies and to India’s growth, said the Economic all eggs in one basket. There will be merger are the explorer Oil and Nat- the market conditions could also Survey presented in Parliament ear- multiple companies...but all these ural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and change,” said Anish De, Partner at lier this week. “Price of crude oil will be integrated,” Pradhan told Oil India, oil marketers Indian Oil KPMG in India. “The integration (Indian basket) has increased from reporters here following the budget Corp, Bharat Petroleum, Hindustan may take more than a year, unless $39.9 in April 2016 to $52.7 in De- presentation earlier last week. He Petroleum, Mangalore Refinery and the government has already done Mumbai, Feb 5 (IANS) The Re- cal beginning April 1. Earlier in De- cember 2016. For the next financial elaborated that each new company Petrochemicals, Chennai Petroleum considerable groundwork. These serve Bank of India (RBI) is expected cember, the RBI’s Monetary Policy year, the recent uptick in global com- would deal with aspects of the entire and Numaligarh Refinery, and gas are all listed entities and the pros to hold key interest rates at its mon- Committee (MPC), during its second modity prices, in particular crude oil value chain such as exploration and import and transportation utilities and cons of such a move need to be etary policy review - its second after bi-monthly monetary policy review prices, pose an upside risk,” it said. production, refining and marketing. GAIL and Petronet LNG. “A much assessed carefully,” said Debasish November’s note ban - in the wake -- the fifth of the fiscal -- kept the While announcing its monetary Reviving a proposal first mooted bigger entity will give us bigger ne- Mishra, Partner at Deloitte Touche of banks being flush with funds post- repurchase rate, or the short-term policy review last month, the RBI, more than a decade ago by then gotiating power in almost all activi- Tohmasu India. “The move will not demonetisation and a firming up of lending rate it charges on borrowings acknowledging the demonetisation Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar ties globally such as the purchase of have an immediate impact on the global oil prices. As a result of the by commercial banks, unchanged factor, lowered its gross value added Aiyar during the first UPA govern- crude, technology, R&D expertise, sector. The planning and setting up surge in bank deposits following the at 6.25 per cent. According to the growth estimates for the current fis- ment, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley as well as faster decision making,” of such a corporation will take 2-3 recent demonetisation of high-value panel, its decision to keep the key cal to 7.1 per cent from 7.6 per cent in his Budget 2017-18 said: “We pro- ONGC Chairman D.K. Sarraf said. years and the results will be appar- currency, lending rates have fallen lending rates unchanged was taken forecast earlier. Meanwhile, with a pose to create an integrated public “The new entity will have economies ent in a 4-5 years’ time,” said Deep- by up to 1 per cent. Industry cham- after considering various global and key macroeconomic data showing sector oil major which will be able to of scale, which will also contribute ak Mahurkar, Partner at PwC India. ber FICCI, has said that the RBI is local factors, such as a likely hike in services sector contracting for the match the performance of interna- to improved stability of the industry “Historically such amalgamations likely to maintain status quo in the the US interest rates, which has since third straight month in January, also tional and domestic private sector because of integration,” he added. have been successful as it results in upcoming monetary policy and cut been effected by the US Federal Re- provoked expectations of a rate cut oil and gas companies.” “We see op- “A merged entity can give the bene- strengthening of balance sheets as rates in the first half of the next fis- serve. Moreover, acting as a further by the RBI. portunities to strengthen our CPSEs fit of a sheer size of resources which margins improve due to economy of (cenrtal public sector undertakings) is so far not available to any of the scale,” ratings agency ICRA’s Senior through consolidation, mergers and oil and gas companies individually,” Vice President K. Ravichandran said. China urges US to correct unfair duties on steel products Arun Kumar named KPMG sidy duties from 75.6 per cent to 190.71 per cent, Xi- India Chairman nhua news agency reported. China is disappointed by a series of decisions by the US related to high Beijing, Feb 5 (IANS) China Trade Organization rules by ne- anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on Chinese urged the US to correct its unfair glecting the abundant proof of- steel products and questions its unfair investigation decision to impose high anti- fered by Chinese companies and methods, said Wang Hejun, head of the Ministry dumping and countervailing du- has treated them unfairly simply of Commerce (MOC) trade remedy and investiga- ties on imports of Chinese stain- because of their state-owned- tion bureau. The United States has violated World less steel sheet and strip. The US enterprise status, Wang said. Ac- Trade Organization rules by neglecting the abun- Department of Commerce said on cording to Wang, the root cause dant proof offered by Chinese companies and has Thursday that it had determined for current challenges facing the treated them unfairly simply because of their state- that imports of Chinese stainless steel sector is the sluggish world Beijing, Feb 5 (IANS) China urged the US to cor- owned-enterprise status, Wang said. According to steel sheet and strip should be to high anti-dumping and anti- economy and shrinking demand, rect its unfair decision to impose high anti-dump- Wang, the root cause for current challenges facing subject to anti-dumping duties subsidy duties on Chinese steel which calls for global cooperation ing and countervailing duties on imports of Chinese the steel sector is the sluggish world economy and from 63.86 per cent to 76.64 per products and questions its unfair instead of protectionism. The stainless steel sheet and strip. The US Department shrinking demand, which calls for global coopera- cent and anti-subsidy duties from investigation methods, said Wang US should abide by WTO rules of Commerce said on Thursday that it had deter- tion instead of protectionism. The US should abide 75.6 per cent to 190.71 per cent, Hejun, head of the Ministry of and correct their unfair practices mined that imports of Chinese stainless steel sheet by WTO rules and correct their unfair practices and Xinhua news agency reported. Commerce (MOC) trade remedy and China will take the necessary and strip should be subject to anti-dumping duties China will take the necessary steps to protect due China is disappointed by a series and investigation bureau. The steps to protect due rights of Chi- from 63.86 per cent to 76.64 per cent and anti-sub- rights of Chinese enterprises, Wang added. of decisions by the US related United States has violated World nese enterprises, Wang added.

IDBI Bank employees Doha, Feb 5, Qatar Airways launched the world’s Qatar Airways launches longest scheduled commercial service with its in- to strike on Monday augural flight from Doha to Auckland taking off eight minutes early today, a company spokes- Employees Association) to find world’s longest flight woman said. Flight QR920 left the Qatari capital at an amicable solution, the IDBI 05:02 (local time) and is set to land in New Zealand management took a negative ap- at 07:30 (local time on Monday. The Boeing 777 proach. As a result there was no flight will take 16 hours and 20 minutes, pass over agreement forcing the union to go 10 time zones, five countries and travel 14,535 ki- on strike,” C.H.Venkatachalam, lometres before reaching Auckland. But even that General Secretary, AIBEA told flying time may be looked on jealously by pas- IANS on Sunday. “Around 2,000 sengers on the return flight which, due to high- employees-clerks and sub-staffs- altitude winds, will take 17 hours and 30 minutes, will be on strike in IDBI Bank on according to the company website. This will make Monday,” Venkatachalam said. it the world’s longest passenger service in terms of Chennai, Feb 5 (IANS) Employ- According to Venkatachalam, flying time, according to tracking website flightra- ees of the IDBI Bank will strike the IDBI Bank had always signed dar24. Qatar Airways did not immediately have a on Monday pressing demands a separate wage agreement with figure for the number of passengers who boarded like wage revision, opposing out the unions and is not part of the today, but it is believed there are four pilots and sourcing and others, said a top industry wide wage agreement. 15 crew on the plane. In March last year, Emir- leader of All India Bank Employ- “Normally they would get a bet- ates airline launched what was then thought to be ees’ Association (AIBEA). “The ter deal. But this time around the the world’s longest non-stop scheduled commer- conciliation meeting was held IDBI Bank management’s offer cial flight, with a service from Dubai to Auckland, in Mumbai for the past three is lesser than what bankers in spanning 14,200 kilometres. days but despite the reasonable other banks are getting,” Ven- stand of the Union (All India IDBI katachalam said. as saying in a statement. “With major expansion Zoom Air looks at starting operation plans in Europe, this design centre will help us pro- Steel sector facing tough duce technology and design to cater to differenti- from Arunchal’s Pasighat ated products to suit the needs of different Europe- business environment: SAIL an markets.” “Our strategy is two-fold: To develop lion pounds or Rs 16.95 crore, to develop the next British brands in the UK, build them and export New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) this crucial juncture for steel generation of bicycles design and technology. The them across the Europe, Africa and India and sec- State-run Steel Authority of industry across the world, company launched the centre during early morn- ondly, to increase the value of our Indian-based India Ltd (SAIL) on Sunday SAIL management realises ing hours (India time) on Friday. According to the bike brands,” Munjal pointed out. The company said it has identified five core that business environment world’s largest bicycle manufacturer by volume, elaborated that the bikes designed at the GDC will areas, including optimisation has become extremely chal- the GDC located in Manchester, the home of Brit- be manufactured at Hero’s plant in Sri Lanka and of new assets utilisation, to lenging. Thus the company, ish cycling comes as the company tries to increase exported to Europe, Africa and India. turn ongoing challenges into in a recent meeting of top its overseas revenue share from around 20 per cent “The GDC will employ 25 of the industry’s best opportunities in a context management, devised ap- to 60 per cent by 2018. “As we focus on global ex- designers and marketers from across Europe,” the where the business environ- propriate responses for the pansion plans, we need to harness global talent and statement said. “The team will work across sev- ment is extremely challeng- impending challenges to turn New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) Hero Cycles has have a design center that is located closer to some eral bike segments including mountain bikes, road ing for the steel sector suffer- them into opportunities,” the launched a Global Design Center (GDC) in Man- of our targeted markets,” Pankaj Munjal, Chairman bikes, ladies and kids, as well as cutting edge elec- ing due to weak demand. “At company said. chester, established at an investment of 2 mil- and Managing Director of Hero Cycles, was quoted tric bikes.” Sports Indian Horizon 10 Monday, February 6, 2017 NZ v Aus 3rd ODI : Taylor and Boult wrest trophy for NZ Howson New Zealand 281 for 9 (Taylor eclipses Froome 107, Brownlie 63, Faulkner to win Herald 3-59, Starc 3-63) beat Australia 257 (Finch 56, Head 53, Boult Sun Tour 6-33) by 24 runs

caught at midwicket. In his next over, Boult bowled to a plan set up by Williamson, who had placed a floating third slip, and Adam Zampa’s steer found the man perfectly. Five balls later, Boult finished the job by bowling Josh Hazlewood. It left Boult with 6 for 33 from his ten overs, and New Zealand with a 24-run win and the trophy. The fortunes of the teams had fluctuated all day. New Zealand looked set for a huge total batting first, lost their way, and then smashed 30 off their final two overs to reach MELBOURNE FEB 5 (IANS) : Young a competitive but far from daunting 281 for Australian Damien Howson upstaged 9. Australia’s chase was looking good while international stars Chris Froome and Aaron Finch and Travis Head ticked the score Esteban Chaves Sunday, winning the along in the first 20 overs, but a run of wickets overall Herald Sun Tour ahead of fellow put them on the back foot. Yet not until Boult’s countryman Jai Hindley. late wickets could New Zealand feel safe. Briton Ian Stannard (Team Sky) crossed By the barest of margins, Australia held the line first on the 121-kilometre (75.2- on to the No.1 ODI ranking, although they mile) fourth and final stage in Kinglake in may yet lose it in the coming week if South Victoria state, just ahead of New Zealander Hamilton FEB 5 (IANS) : This was up an eighth consecutive bilateral one-day the tail-enders needing 84 off 65 balls, but Africa continue to dominate in their home Aaron Gate (Aqua Blue Sport). some sort of day for New Zealand. Ross series win at home. And they did it all in Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins plundered series against Sri Lanka. Australia sorely Howson (Orica-Scott), 24, and 20-year- Taylor equalled Nathan Astle’s record for front of a sell-out crowd at Seddon Park. 31 from a pair of Mitchell Santner overs and missed their captain and vice-captain, old Hindley (Australian National Team) the most ODI hundreds for New Zealand. They also did it in a fashion that would have the required rate fell back towards a run a Steven Smith and David Warner, in this led the overall standings since stage Trent Boult completed a career-best six- pleased some of their cheekier fans: getting ball. New Zealand fans became suddenly series; while there were contributions from one on Thursday ahead of third-placed wicket haul. New Zealand regained the Australia’s hopes up, and then dashing nervous. But all Kane Williamson needed to their top-order replacements, none were Frenchman Kenny Elissonde (Team Sky). Chappell-Hadlee Trophy. They jumped them. Set 282 for victory, Australia looked do was call on Boult, whose pace and bounce sufficient to set up a win. Here, it was a pair "I'm really happy to join that list of guys to No.3 on the ODI rankings and wrapped sunk when Marcus Stoinis holed out to leave forced a false shot from Cummins, who was of fifties from Finch and Head. (of former winners including Froome and Bradley Wiggins)," Howson said. HIGHLIGHTS "It's my first overall win ever. It's also nice to break into new territory for myself." Davis Cup: Ramkumar trounces Tearney Ramkumar cruised to a 7-5, Defending champion and three-time 6-1, 6-0 win over the Kiwi Tour de France winner Froome (Team to pilot India past New Zealand Sky) hailed the Australian's efforts to opponent in exactly two hours become the overall winner of his country's PUNE FEB 5 (IANS) : Ramukumar singles to provide the hosts with an his serves to take full advantage of this The victory gave India an oldest stage race. Ramanathan routed Finn Tearney unassailable lead has rendered fifth hustling tactic. "Damien Howson was really strong," with clinical precision as India took an rubber between Bhambri and Statham Ramkumar put only 51 per cent of his unassailable 3-1 lead over said the 31-year-old Briton, who finished unassailable 3-1 lead over New Zealand in inconsequential. first serve in but won 85 per cent points New Zealand sixth in the overall standings. the Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group I first The 22-year-old Chennai-born with it as against 82 per cent of his rival’s. "He rode a great stage on Falls Creek round tie here on Sunday. 276-ranked Ramkumar fired 12 aces but Both had four break points apiece and India play Uzbekistan in the and has defended the jersey really well." A lanky Ramkumar cruised to a 7-5, 6-1, also committed nine double faults as the Indian managed to convert one while second round scheduled from Colombian Chaves was ninth in the 6-0 win over the Kiwi opponent in exactly compared to Tearney’s 16. Tearney failed with all of his. overall standings. two hours in windy conditions at the Shiv The Kiwi player committed a staggering Ramkumar, in spite of committing five April 7-9 Froome's teammate Stannard, 29, Chatrapati Sports Complex in Balewadi. 10 double faults in the opening set, double faults including three in the third attacked following the final climb, opening Ramkumar, who had won his singles including three in the 12th game in which game which he held after saving a break up a gap that his rivals could not close to rubber on day one against Jose Statham he was decisively broken by his Indian point, raced away with the second set by take the stage. in straight sets in very impressive fashion, opponent. breaking his error-filled rival’s serve twice "I knew the guys wanted to spice it up clinched a closely fought 51-minute first set. The 6-foot-2-inch tall Indian youngster - in the fourth and sixth games. behind," Stannard said. "I wasn't sure how Tearney’s game went to pieces thereafter also had to dig himself out of the hole in In fact the Chennai-born player was I felt. I had a big day chasing that last 30 as his rival seized on the opportunities and two service games in which he faced break lucky that his rival could not convert his kilometres yesterday, I went pretty deep ran away with the second and third sets points. He saved three in the fifth game in mistakes into an advantageous position. and felt not great early and came around with two and three breaks of serve each to which he committed the first of his two The first break was secured by Ramkumar towards the end of the race." propel India into the second round for a double-faults with the help of his strong soon after he made his escape with the help meeting with Uzbekistan from April 7-9. first serve clocked at over 200 kmph. of two unforced errors from Tearney and a Uzbekistan got past South Korea in Later he saved the fourth in the 11th net-cord point in his favour as the Kiwi’s another first round away tie. game with his fifth ace to lead 6-5 before forehand drive-volley hit the tape and went BCCI opposes India had taken a 2-0 lead on the first Tearney self-destructed when serving out to provide the Indian with three break day when Yuki Bhambri and Ramkumar to be in the set for the second time by point chances. Tearney dropped serve by changes in ICC’s clinched their singles rubbers against committing three double faults, including burying his backhand into the net. Tearney and Statham respectively. the last one when he was down 15-40, to The plethora of double faults cost the financial model New Zealand clinched the doubles hand over the set on a platter to the Indian. Kiwi his next service game as the Indian rubber on Saturday when Artem Sitak and The Kiwi kept the Indian guessing on took a commanding 5-1 lead and then new delhi FEB 5 (IANS) : The Michael Venus got the better of Indian his serve by alternating between following served out the set in style by acing his International Cricket Council (ICC) has veteran Leander Paes and Vishnu Vardhan. it to the net and staying behind, but did rival on the last two points. The second set agreed, in principle, to new changes to the Ramkumar’s victory in the first reverse not have the consistency or power in lasted just 31 minutes. financial model and governance structure. However, these changes have met with opposition from Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), which was Serbia storm into Davis Cup last eight represented by Vikram Limaye, a member HIGHLIGHTS number 223 Franko Skugor unexpectedly of the new Committee of Administrators. defeat 26th-ranked Pablo Carreno Busta The decisions taken will be up for final Serbia, the 2010 champions, on Friday before world number 16 Roberto approval once again in April 2017. ICC has took an unassailable 3-0 lead Bautista Agut levelled the tie overnight by given time for the members to recommend over Russia in their World Group beating Davis Cup debutant Ante Pavic, the any changes in the given time. world number 486. A media release from BCCI soon after the opener. Meanwhile, Carlos Berlocq and Leonardo ICC Board meeting on Saturday (February Djokovic could face Nadal in the Mayer kept defending champions Argentina 4) stated: “The BCCI representative, Mr. last eight in April should five- in their tie against Italy in Buenos Aires with Vikram Limaye expressed his concern a marathon 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 2-6, 7-6 (9/7) win over both the documents especially in time champions Spain see off over Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini. light of the insufficient time available to Croatia. That made the overall score 2-1 after the Hon’ble Supreme Court appointed Australia, captained by Hewitt, Paolo Lorenzi and Andreas Seppi had won Committee of administrators to take an the opening day singles against an Argentina informed view on the said proposal, and will now host the United States team missing Juan Martin del Potro and also there being no scientific basis behind in the quarter-finals on April 7-9. Federico Delbonis, the stars of their 2016 the percentage distribution allocation that final triumph over Croatia. On Saturday, was being proposed other than “good faith could face Nadal in the last eight in April Berlocq and Mayer needed six match points and equity”. should five-time champions Spain see off to secure their win. The changes that BCCI are opposing Croatia in Osijek. Nadal was sitting out the Australia, the 28-time champions, currently are amongst the same changes PARIS FEB 5 (IANS) : Serbia reached (5/7), 6-4. On Friday, Troicki beat Karen trip to Croatia after reaching the Australian completed a 3-0 drubbing of the Czech that were recommended in 2014 with the Davis Cup quarter-finals on Saturday Khachanov 6-4, 6-7 (3/7), 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (8/6) Open final last weekend but would be Republic in Melbourne when John Peers respect to a larger share of ICC’s revenue to set up a possible mouthwatering clash in the opening singles before Djokovic made certain to return to face a Djokovic-inspired and Sam Groth breezed past Jiri Vesely and to be given to India. The new changes between Grand Slam heavyweights Novak it 2-0 when Daniil Medvedev retired with Serbia. However, Croatia were trying their Jan Satral, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. Australia, captained after the ICC Board meeting on Saturday Djokovic and Rafael Nadal while champions cramps in the fourth set allowing the 12-time best to ignore the script when they took a by Lleyton Hewitt, will now host the United include. “A revised financial distribution Argentina stayed alive. Serbia, the 2010 major winner to claim a 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 1-0 win. 2-1 lead over the Spaniards thanks to Marin States in the quarter-finals on April 7-9. The ensuring a more equitable distribution champions, took an unassailable 3-0 lead “I have to congratulate Viktor for an excellent Draganja and Nikola Mektic carving out a US, the 32-time champions, completed a of revenues. A revised constitution to over Russia in their World Group opener in match after spending five hours on court 6-7, (6/8), 7-6 (9/7), 7-6 (7/5), 2-6, 6-4 win 3-0 win over Switzerland in Birmingham, reflect good governance, expanding and Nis when 40-year-old Nenad Zimonjic and Friday,” said Zimonjic, the Serbia captain. over Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez, the Alabama, on Saturday when Steve Johnson clarifying of the roles and objectives Viktor Troicki downed Andrey Kuznetsov “It was a massive challenge even though he’s French Open champions. Croatia, playing and Jack Sock beat Henri Laaksonen and of the ICC to provide leadership in and Konstantin Kravchuk 6-3, 7-6 (7/3), 6-7 one of the fittest players on tour.” Djokovic without top star Marin Cilic, saw world Adrien Bossel 7-6 (7/3), 6-3, 7-6 (7/5). international cricket.” Indian Horizon Monday, February 6, 2017 Entertainment 11 See how Team Raees made Mahira What made Shraddha break down on the sets interact with Indian media Shah Rukh Khan and team expressed how popular it is in ‘Raees’ had a light-hearted, fun Pakistan. She says, “It’s playing of Haseena biopic? interaction with the media yes- here, everywhere, in every nook terday on the success of ‘Raees,’ and corner. I love it. It is a really which has already surpassed nice song and I have some really the 250 crore mark worldwide. good memories.” ‘Raees’ has The press conference had the been entertaining the audience likes of King Khan, Nawazuddin with SRK’s new gangster avatar, Siddiqui and Ritesh Sidhwani. the movie’s thrilling sequences Joining them finally was SRK’s and hard hitting dialogues and co-star Mahira Khan, who was is doing outstanding business. virtually present via a video call Raees gathers 6.6 crore on Fri- and addressed the Indian media day. The film has accumulated for the first time. Mahira was 128.96 crore so far in India and immensely excited to be a part $11.60 million (78.88 crore) of the press conference and the overseas. Total worldwide gross media had a lot of questions for is 259.42 crore. Producer Ritesh her. When asked about how she Sidhwani shared his emotions feels about the stupendous suc- on the reactions of the cine- cess of the film, she expresses goers towards the film. He says, her gratitude and says, “I wasn’t “We’re always happy if the film expecting such an amazing re- is being appreciated and unique sponse and so it’s just surpassed combination hai ki you’ve got everything I could’ve imag- critical acclaim as well as the ined.” The actress looked pret- box office numbers. Box office ty in her ‘Zaalima’ t-shirt and numbers equate to the num- when asked about her favorite ber of people. I’ve been told song from the film, she immedi- that families, parents and even ately said it’s ‘Zaalima’ and also kids have enjoyed the film. Katrina Kaif gives a haircut Is Ranbir trying to to Anurag Basu and we are highlight Sanju Baba’s sure all the guys out there mistakes? From stardom to sub- are damn jealous stance abuse to his time in jail, Sanjay Dutt’s Kaif, the film has been talked about. life would be panned However, something very humorous out in his biopic, ex- happened lately when Ranbir and Ka- actly as it happened, trina played a prank on Anurag Basu. which will also serve as They decided to give Anurag a haircut. a lesson for the youth, Yes, as per a source, Anurag being a reveals Ranbir Kapoor prankster had forcibly given a haircut to who plays Dutt in the two or three of his assistants. So, RanKat upcoming flick. In an decided to cut his hair and help the ADs interview with Filmfare, seek revenge for their lost mane. (Also RK said, `The biopic Read: Katrina Kaif and Ranbir Kapoor that Rajkumar Hirani is making will teach you look cute as buttons in this still from something. It will talk about human flaws, the Shraddha Kapoor recently had a meltdown on the set of Haseena Parkar biopic. Jagga Jasoos) The source told, “Most as- emotional father-son story (between Sanjay The actress has been shooting for Apoorva Lakhia’s Haseena since the past week, sistants run scared of Anurag, so none of and the late Sunil Dutt), his relationship with and during an intense scene, she broke down, sobbing uncontrollably. Says a unit them mustered the courage to touch his his best friend, with the women in his life. source, `Shraddha got so immersed in the scene that she started wailing. Unit hair. Instead, they approached Ranbir It’s emotional, it’s funny, it’s sad, it’s bitter- hands were wondering what had happened since her tears didn’t stop even when and he agreed. Katrina and he ganged sweet. The youth have a lot to learn from his the camera stopped rolling. Apoorva had to halt the shoot for an hour so that up, and waited till the sun went down. mistakes.` Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan Starrer she could regain composure.` Shraddha’s brother Siddhanth, who plays Dawood, Then they forcibly made Anurag sit on Badrinath Ki Dulhania’s Trailer Review The was also part of the scene. `He comforted her and eventually, he too welled up. a chair, picked up a trimmer and took ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ star, who considers the Normally, Shraddha is able to switch off as soon as the director says ‘cut’, but this turns in chopping his hair. Since the cuts 57-year-old as a real rockstar, also said it’s not time, she couldn’t contain her emotions. Something just triggered the tears,` were quite random, Anurag’s hair looks a propaganda film. `Sanjay’s lived his life. He adds the source. Says director Apoorva Lakhia, `When Shraddha and Siddhant Anurag Basu’s Jagga Jasoos has been quite odd now. He doesn’t have an op- owned up to his mistakes, he’s paid the price broke down, the cast was amazed at how close their relationship is. There was making news for a number of reasons. tion but to wait till the hair grows back for it. He’s been through much... his mother pin-drop silence and we cleared the set to give them personal space. Right from the delays to the breakup of and then give it a decent cut, hopefully (the late Nargis Dutt) passing away just be- the lead pair, Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina not a forced one this time around. fore the premiere of his film, drug abuse, be- ing labelled a terrorist, his failed marriages, the grind of punishment... We’re not trying Katrina Kaif, Alia Bhatt, Anushka Shahid Kapoor takes to project Sanjay Dutt in any way, it’s not a propaganda film,` Ranbir asserts. On a re- lated note, the untitled biopic is set to have a Sharma – meet the worst Mira Rajput out Christmas release. dressed celebs of the week on a lunch date Why Jacqueline Once again, I’m back with my became nostalgic! list. This week wasn’t surpris- ing as I did expect quite a few worst dressed. And as my an- tenna searched for who made blunders at the airport, events or premieres, I managed to find them. The funniest part about finding celebs make blunders is that Lakme Fashion Week 2017 Summer/Resort has kick- started. Being a Fashion Week, it really isn’t the right time to make faux pas, right? But here we got a few celebs who have done some errors. While some of them may be minor, they make a big impact on the ensembles. Last week, I was very baffled to see style queen, Sri Lankan beauty Jacqueline Fernandez has Kangana Ranaut make a debut established herself as one of the top actresses in on my worst dressed list. But B-Town today. The self made actress has made a this week, we don’t really have Shahid Kapoor and his wife Mira Ra- otherwise, Mira is always happy to be mark for herself in Bollywood, making her one of any newbies. Yep, the celebs jput stepped out on a lunch date on a snapped by the papparazzi, this time the most commercially viable actress’s of B’town. have already made their name Sunday afternoon today. They were she didn’t seemed too pleased.. coz she Her journey has been inspirational and her hard to the list in the past. Breaking seen getting out of Hakkasan, a popu- kept covering her face. They keep going work has won the audiences’ hearts over! A lesser the suspense over this, I now lar restaurant in Bandra. While Mira out on dinners or lunch dates and the known fact about the ‘Kick’ actress is that she was a present the worst dressed for looked perfectly dressed for a lunch cameras love to click them. It has been Mass Communication student. Further to which an this week! We have the very gor- date, Shahid was a little too casually over three to four months now since interesting unknown fact is that the actress was a geous Katrina Kaif, Alia Bhatt, dressed. To me personally, it looked like their baby girl Misha was born and now reporter in Sri Lanka. Her mother recently found an Anushka Sharma, Sonam Ka- he was heading out of the gym. But the (at least now) we are hoping that Sha- old reporting tape of her and sent them to Jacque- poor and Disha Patani. couple looked too cute together. While hid shows her to the world.. line, who was completely struck by nostalgia. Entertainment 12

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Kareena Kapoor Khan is all set to bring Shah Rukh Khan and Alia Bhatt’s Dear Zindagi the curtains down at the Lakme Fashion is the BEST Movie of 2016, beating Salman Week Summer/Resort 2017 tonight.. Khan’s Sultan and Aamir Khan’s Dangal Kareena Kapoor Khan is gonna be walking the ramp Khan wrestling biopic Dangal, tonight at the Lakme Fashion Week 2017 and we are Salman Khan’s wrestling drama so looking forward to it. Primarily because this is Sultan, Shah Rukh Khan and Alia an official sign that she is getting back to wrok after Bhatt’s Dear Zindagi, Sonam Ka- pregnancy and also because she is a fashionista poor’s Neerja, Shahid Kapoor and herself so we are sure she will wear something really Alia Bhatt’s Udta Punjab, Akshay classy to look her best. At the press interviews today Kumar’s Airlift, Sushant Singh Ra- at the Lakme Fashion Week, the actress wore a blue jput’s MS Dhoni: The Untold Story and black coloured dress and like always, she had and others. While we had our picks her fashion game on point. Also, if you observe, she with Sonam Kapoor’s real-life based is shedding all the pregnancy weight so quickly. We hijack drama Neerja or the biggest just cannot help but wonder how! Within two months, money-spinner of all time, Dangal Bebo is back in shape and we must admit, we are to get the trophy, surprisingly, it’s quite liking it.. How we wish she shared her secret to Dear Zindagi that won the poll. The fitness with us too! Just yesterday, we spotted Kareena slice of life drama, directed by Gauri stepping outside her yoga class. Clearly, Bebo is in Shinde, got nearly 35% votes with a no mood to compromise with her health and fitness. big edge over its closest competitor, (ALSO READ: Kareena Kapoor Khan’s rapid weight loss Sultan which got 21% votes. We have would make you curious about her fitness regime – to say Shah Rukh Khan has quite a view HQ pics) Talking about her at the Lakme Fashion huge fanbase among our readers. As Week, for all those who don’t know, she is gonna be the far as other entries go, the third spot showstopper for Anita Dongre tonight. The last time went to Neerja (which in my person- we saw her walking the ramp was for sabyasachi and al opinion was the BEST movie of she looked absolutely majestic as she walked the rap 2016) with nearly 14% votes; Aamir with her baby bump. We are expecting that this time Khan’s Dangal came fourth with too, Bebo will look drop- dead gorgeous at the Lakme 13.5% votes. The rest of the order are Fashion Week Summer/ Resort 2017. For all those like this in descending order: Udta who are wanting to know about what the theme is all Punjab, Kapoor & Sons, Ae Dil Hai about, we have got you some interesting information.. As the year ended, we had run a we considered movies that had Mushkil, Pink, MS Dhoni: The Un- This year Anita Dogre has gone bold with gold and her poll on our website about which, got good reviews while also work- told Story, and surprisingly Airlift collection is all about bringing alive “liquid gold”. according to you, is the best main- ing well at the box office. The mov- in the last position. Here’s the poll stream movie of 2016. In the poll, ies we had considered were Aamir result… Tiger Shroff, Krishna Shroff, Sunny Kritika Kamra’s television comeback Leone attend Super Fight League has got people hell excited

Tiger Shroff attended the Su- Last week we asked you guys now all set to make a comeback per Fight League with his sister whose comeback are you most on television as a princess Chan- Krishna Shroff at Siri Fort in excited for – Kritika Kamra drakanta on her show, Chan- New Delhi on Friday. This is one (Chandrakanta), Sidharth Shukla drakanta – Prem aur Paheli on of those rare outings when the (Dil Se Dil Tak), Surbhi Jyoti (Koi Life Ok. Kritika made her debut siblings have been spotted to- Laut Ke Aaya Hai), Shrenu Parikh with Yahan Ke Hum Sikander gether. Krishna was at her styl- (Dil Bole Oberoi), Rashami De- with Ravi Dubey. She shot to ish best, while Tiger was looking sai (Dil Se Dil Tak), Mohit Malik fame with Kitni Mohabbat Hai sexy in a simple shirt and jeans. (untitled), Shoaib Ibrahim (Koi with Karan Kundra. The Ekta Ka- Being hot is certainly in the Laut Ke Aaya Hai) or Shamata poor show was a bitter sweet love genes of the Shroffs. Tiger Shroff Achan (Bin Kuch Kahe). And we story where she played Aarohi. has associated with Super Fight are delighted to tell you guys that The show had two seasons and League (SFL), a mixed martial with a whopping 13K votes, Kri- made Kritika a popular TV star. arts (MMA) league, by co-own- tika has emerged the winner. The She later did a couple of shows ing Bengaluru Tigers. He even beauty beat Rashami and Surbhi, with Sony TV, Kuch Toh Log Ka- was invited to the ring to show who enjoy a strong and loyal fan henge where she played a doctor a few moves, and Tiger happily base in the country. Clearly, Kri- and Reporters with Rajeev Khan- accepted. He showed a martial tika’s royal princess avatar has delwal. Kritika took part in Jhalak arts moves that he has learnt for got people really excited. Fantasy Dikhhla Jaa 7 too. Chandrakanta his movies, and the audiences dramas are anyway the flavor of marks the actress’ comeback to was left impressed. Also present the season. Check out the poll the small screen. The show will at the league was Sunny Leone, results here After being absent be a bi-weekly one like Naagin along with her hubby Daniel from the small screen for more 2 and will, in fact, compete with Weber. When Tiger came out of than a year and a half, Kritika is the supernatural show. the ring, Sunny happily posed with the Baaghi actor, and the pictures will sure make you wish that they starred in a movie to- gether. The league, which began Alia Bhatt and Sidharth on January 20, already has ce- lebrities like Ajay Devgn, Arjun Rampal, Salim and Sulaiman, Malhotra spotted together Tiger Shroff and Randeep Hoo- da co-owning Mumbai Mani- acs, Delhi Heroes, UP Nawabs, in Bandra Bengaluru Tigers and Haryana Sultans teams respectively. Fri- They are one of the most closely followed couples day’s match was fought between of Bollywood. Yes, we are talking about Sidharth Gujarat Warriors and Bengaluru format to bring the fans to the her brothers, Ryan and Warren, Malhotra and Alia Bhatt. While the two refrain from Tigers. Bill Dosanjh, SFL’s CEO stadiums and in front of televi- has also become the new co- talking about ‘their relationship’, their fans do see and Principal Founder, had said sion.” Jacqueline Fernandez has owner of the team. Jacqueline them as a pair. After attending the Dangal success in a statement: “It is with great been announced as the brand says she is happy to “be able to bash last night, Alia was seen with Sidharth and pride that I welcome Tiger to the ambassador of Goa Pirates for support so many things in this friends outside a eatery. The two were all smiles. Sid- Super Fight League. I’ve always the Super Fight League (SFL), one opportunity” We can’t wait harth was seen waving her off. The handsome actor believed Indian MMA needs an a mixed martial arts (MMA) to see Jacqueline attend the was seen wearing denims, a checked shirt, cap and innovative and experimental league. Jacqueline along with matches of her team! boots. Alia looked girly in a shirt dress with mercury glares with neon green frames. We are sure many girls will aspire to get those shades. Alia was wearing white sneakers with a black tote. (Also Read: Varun Lakme Fashion Week Dhawan, Alia Bhatt, Sidharth Malhotra: Here’s who made it to Bolly Insta this week) Her dress read Let’s Summer/Resort 2017: Get Lost. We wonder who was it directed to. With the paparazzi constantly behind her, we are sure the Karishma Kapoor, walk girl craves for some time alone. Or rather with some- one special. Alia will be busy with the promotions of Badrinath Ki Dulhania now. It has her reuniting the ramp in style with her Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania co-star Va- run Dhawan. The trailer has got a good number of Karishma Kapoor got all gram and not in for of live views from audiences. Sidharth also wrapped up the eyes hooked on her as she audience. Karishma did shoot of Reloaded, which is a sequel of Bang Bang. walked the ramp walk the ramp, but it was Jacqueline Fernandez is paired with him in the film. The actress walked the all over social media. Post Alia was seen bonding big time with Ayan Mukerji ramp for Arpita Mehta to- her marriage and divorce, and Shahid Kapoor-Mira Rajput at the success bash day. And we totally love she has maintained a dis- of Dangal. Buzz is the pair of Alia-Sid might just do it when she is on the run- tance from Bollywood. But Aashiqui 3 together. Sidharth also has Ittefaq with way. Arpita showcased we really wish she makes a Sonakshi Sinha this year. Stay tuned to Bollywood her collection over Insta- comeback soon. Life for more scoop and updates…

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