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          !&  ( )     )  '    R    !          )         *$'0$+1    (1./+    fter massive controversy  !  Aerupted over CRPF-MP quating the police-CRPF Police face-off in during Eface off to West Bengal Income Tax raid on Chief incident, former Chief Minister    )/, Minister Kamal Nath OSD aide’s Shivraj Singh Chouhan called residence in Bhopal, the Election it an unprecedented constitu- eaders of the two Kashmir- Commission (EC) has advised tional crisis questioning what Lbased regional parties, all enforcement agencies that was the fear out of IT action. National Conference and actions should be impartial, If there is corruption, it People Democratic Party, on neutral and non-discriminato- should be exposed. He also Sunday staged protest demon- ry during the election period. warned CM Kamal Nath strations against ban on move-                The EC further stated that %  !          ! &' !&(      against any such misadven- ment of civilian vehicle on the    ! in case of use of suspected black   )           ! !  + tures. Amid model code of con- national highway between money to woo voters, the chief   ! duct, police needs to answer on Baramulla and Udhampur and amid tight security arrange- to defy the ban on Srinagar- electoral officers of State whose instructions they provoked common people to ments. To allow smooth move- Jammu highway. Government should also be Those raided were CM’s inside. While CRPF officials based on variety of inputs and reached the said spot. It’s (raids) defy the ban in large numbers. ment of civilians, in special “The road belongs to kept informed during the model nephew Ratul Puri, Officer on stated that they were not allowed actionable intelligence , as per the outcome of what tran- The Jammu & Kashmir cases only, the district admin- Kashmiri people and not the code of conduct period. Special Duty (OSD) to Nath, to give entry to anyone into the extant laws,” the letter read. spired in MP in last 100 days Government had earlier istration in Srinagar had made Government of . If the In a letter to Secretary Praveen Kakkar and a close building during the raids, State Earlier, Chief Minister and of Congress government. announced that the national elaborate arrangements and Government of India thinks (Revenue) of Ministry of Finance associate RK Miglani. The raids police officials said they have Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Asked whose men are being highway from Baramulla to senior officers were stationed at that they can “suppress” the by Vikram Batra, Director (EE), in that began received calls for medical assis- national president N raided, Chouhna replied every- Udhampur will be put out of different locations to facilitate people of Kashmir by such acts, the Commission has advised that at about 3 am on Sunday are said tance from the residents of the Chandrababu Naidu staged a one knows it. bounds for civilian traffic two their smooth travel. they are wrong. Mehbooba all enforcement actions during the to be a part of IT department’s building as the CRPF as closed protest at the Ambedkar Statue days in a week — every Sunday Ironically, both the region- said, her party will not leave a election period even when con- nationwide raids on 50 locations. the entire complex. on Friday in Vijayawada, to nephew. The raids were also car- and Wednesday — till May 31 al parties utilised the occasion stone ‘unturned’ to revoke the ducted ruthlessly with a view to The scuffle between CRPF The letter further stated, draw the attention of the nation ried out at the residences of to facilitate smooth movement to garner votes in support of ban. curb this blatant electoral mal- and MP police outside the res- “Use of money power with the to the Income-Tax raids on PWD minister H D Revanna’s of security convoy. their party candidates and “We are also approaching practices should be absolutely idence of Ashwin Sharma is a intention of influencing voter party leaders across the State. close associates Narayana But as very few people played ‘smart’ politics. the court in order to revoke the neutral, impartial and non-dis- reminiscent of the Kolkata behaviour has over the years The series of “selective search- Reddy, Ashwath Gowda and responded to their calls, First PDP chief Mehbooba ban, because why would criminatory. Police-CBI February faceoff in emerged as one of the biggest es” on senior TDP senior lead- Raya Gowda in Hassan . On Kashmiri leaders swiftly Mufti stepped out of her home Kashmiris need permission “Further in case of suspect- West Bengal. Madhya Pradesh challenges for the conduct of ers - TTD chairman Putta March 14, Income Tax depart- changed gears and made fer- and took out a rally. Second- from Government of India to ed use of such illicit money for police and CRPF on free, fair, ethical and credible Sudhakar Yadav, YS Chowdary, ment raided a retired 1979 vent appeals to the rung leaders of PDP, accom- use their own roads,” electoral purposes, the chief Sunday came to verbal fisticuffs elections, in the process under- CM Ramesh and others, ahead batch IAS officer, Netram had Government of India to revoke panied by former MLA, took Mehbooba told reporters. electoral officer should be kept in Indore. Sharma is an associ- mining the very fabric of the of the elections set the tone for held key positions in the UP the ban with immediate effect out a token protest march near After PDP’s demonstra- suitably informed during the ate of Nath’s OSD Pravin Kakkar. democracy”. the sit-in by Naidu. Government when Mayawati as it was causing lot of hard- Srinagar bypass and demand- tion was over, National MCC period,” the EC said. Madhya Pradesh police offi- “It is understood that all Earlier on March 28, was the ships to common people. ed immediate revocation of the Conference president Farooq The Income Tax depart- cials were stopped from enter- enforcement agencies working Income Tax officials along with Chief Minister from 2007 to Meanwhile, large number ban order. Abdullah arrived at Sanat ment on Sunday conducted ing Sharma’s residence by CRPF under the administrative control CRPF personnel carried out 2012. According to reports, of vehicles, ferrying security Speaking to reporters, for- Nagar Chowk in Rawalpora raids on residences and offices personnel who had cordoned off of the department of revenue , raids at the residences of Netram was seeking ticket to personnel, travelled on the mer Chief Minister and PDP area of Srinagar to lead protest of Nath’s nephew and two close Sharma’s house as the I-T Ministry of Finance must be Karnataka Minor Irrigation contest the Lok Sabha polls this 300-km long Jammu-Srinagar chief Mehbooba Mufti pro- march by NC workers. aides. department conducted the raids undertaking enforcement action minister C S Puttaraju and his time. National Highway smoothly voked common people people Continued on Page 4 !       !   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Therefore, Congress-AAP alliance outside in the same Honda City car this year to promote their poli- Sunday targeted both BJP and Congress party has fielded the national Capital and said were injured on Sunday. cies and achievements ahead of Congress and cautioned the candidates from such castes candidates for Lok Sabha elec- According to Inspector the Lok Sabha polls. The major members of the minority com- and religion which will bene- tions in Punjab and Haryana Rajveer Chauhan, Station chunk of spending came from munity not to waste their votes fit BJP,” she said. would be announced soon. Officer Noida sector-20 police the ruling BJP and its followers. by backing the Congress. With a large number of Congress’ chief spokesper- station, Shweta was returning, According to the Facebook In a massive show of people in the rally being son Randeep Surjewala said the along with her friends Garvita Ads Library report, the BJP and strength in Saharanpur district, Muslims, she asked the minori- party is yet to reach a decision Shah, Navjot Prakash Verma its followers cornered a bulk of which goes to polls in the first ties to vote en bloc for the BSP- on stitching an alliance with the and Nakul Prakash Verma, advertisement spend with phase on April 11, BSP supre- SP-RLD alliance after accusing AAP in Delhi but asserted that Chandigarh (one Lok Sabha). after attending a party in Delhi ‘Bharat Ke Mann Ki Baat’ page mo Mayawati, SP chief the Congress of trying to split there will be no truck between In another pre-condition for and it was then the mishap took continuing to be the top spender Akhilesh Yadav and Rashtriya the anti-BJP votes. “If Muslims the rivals in neighbouring firming up an alliance, the place. It appears that the car was with well over 3,726 ads and Lok Dal leader Ajit Singh want BJP to lose, they have to States. “There’s no talk on AAP had asked the Congress to speeding and the man on the pumping in more than 2.23 addressed the rally, and stand firmly behind gathband- alliance with any party, includ- openly declare its support to wheels lost control as it hit the crore (under two categories). announced only their alliance han. The alliance is winning, ing the AAP, either in Haryana full Statehood for Delhi, to divider. The BJP had about 7194 can challenge the BJP. provided they don’t tamper or in Punjab. We are soon which the Congress is under- They were rushed to ads on ‘My First Vote for Modi’ “The Congress is not with the Electronic Voting going to declare our candidates stood to have agreed over it. Kailash hospital where doctors and spent over 1. 05 crore. lakh. Talangana For Modi page Singh Hooda spent 78,000 on strong enough to give a tough Machines (EVMs),” Mayawati (for the two States). The party Congress sources said if declared Shweta brought dead Similarly, the party had 2,288 spent 1 lakh on 15 ads. BJP 30 ads. Naveen Patnaik of Biju fight to the BJP. Only the said, adding that the voters is yet to reach a decision on AAP would be adamant on while others are said to be crit- ads on”Nation with Namo” in Arunachal spent over 65,000 Janata Dal spent 28 lakh on 91 grand-alliance can,” said would end the “drama of forging an alliance with the Haryana, then the grand old ical but stable. Police said they two different categories and it on 14 ads. ads. In another page, Patnaik Mayawati. chowkidari”. AAP in Delhi,” Surjewala said party might announce its seven have sent the body for the spent over 1.19 crore. Compared to this, the spent 11 lakh on 99 ads. Biju “I want to tell the Muslim Modi, the BSP leader said, at AICC Press conference. candidates for Delhi without autopsy report and investiga- The BJP had also about Congress page had 410 ads and Janata Dal had a spending of community to not let their had not fulfilled even one Congress sources said wasting any further time. The tion has been launched. 1,101 ads and spent over 36.2 its ad spend was 5.91 lakh in 8.56 lakh on 29 ads, Telegu votes divide. I ask you to vote fourth of the promises he made when the idea of Cong-AAP names of the proposed candi- The DND Flyway is a 9.2- lakh, while other pages like ‘My the February to March 30 peri- Desam Party (TDP) 1.58 lakh together for BSP, SP and RLD. before the 2014 Lok Sabha alliance was mooted, the AAP dates have already been kilometre Delhi-Noida-Direct First Vote for Modi’ and od, as per the data. and Nationalist Congress Party I am warning, especially peo- elections that brought him to wanted to discuss 18 seats — approved by the Screening flyway which crosses the ‘Nation with NaMo’ also had Indian Youth Congress (NCP) 58,355 in the said ple of Muslim community, that power. The Prime Minister Delhi (seven Lok Sabha), committee. Yamuna river and connects large spending. “MyGov India spent 88,145 on 29 ads. timeframe. Congress isn’t in a position to had also failed to protect the Haryana (10 Lok Sabha) and Continued on Page 4 the South Delhi to Noida. had 131 ads and its spent 28 Congress leader Deependra Continued on Page 4 fight BJP in UP. Only ‘gath- Continued on Page 4 

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Specialist also analysed these Uattacked a 24-year-old complaint with the Aishbagh items and advertisements, ticipants to take their desig-   However, it is also important to aspects and made consent to youth with a sharp-edged police. especially paid political adver- nated duties seriously.      address the psycho-social needs incorporate these into their during treatment and during weapon and robbed him of a The victims and two of the tisements, a committee under Addressing the senior that affect the quality of life of routine clinical practice. He the remission were highlight- bag carrying 6,400 at Housing accused, Danish and Daryab, the name, The MCMC members, he said that while   the patients and their caregivers further briefed that this initia- ed by those affected them- Board Colony late in the after- are students of same private Committee has been formed. some are aware of their expect-    during the course of the illness. tive is supported by Brain selves. Doctors listened to them noon on Saturday. college and were acquainted. This committee has been ed duties, there are people To understand these issues, Tumor Foundation of India and tried to understand these. Police said that the victims, Based on the complaint entrusted with the task of mon- who have joined recently and    on the third day of the confer- (BTF) and International Brain They realised the impor- Aman Singh and Khusboo and after the preliminary itoring all political advertise- that it is imperative that they     ence, Inauguration of Bhopal's Tumor Alliance (IBTA). This tance of having these in their Singh Parihar, were robbed by investigation, the police have ments that appear on various ,too, are well informed and brain tumor support group group will conduct bi-month- routine clincial practice. Faiz, Salman, Daryab and registered a case under section print and electronic media trained about the procedures. took place on the last day of ly meetings of brain tumor Dr Rakesh Jalali, radiation Danish of bag carrying 6,400 394 of the IPC and have start- apart from FM Channels. Speaking about the paid Election Commissioner for four-day long Neuro-Oncology affected patients and their fam- oncologist in Apollo cancer near Barkhedi under Aishbagh ed further investigation. A day long training work- political news and advertisings, further action. conference ISNOCON 2019. ily members. center, , and a leading police station area. Police would investigate shop for all the members and Maurya said that in order to The Additional Director On this occasion, patients, who Dr Savita Goswami, expert in the field of Neuro- The victims work as col- CCTV cameras, installed in other officials of the commit- have fair elections, it is impor- also said that a monitoring cell, successfully fought and won the Psycho-Oncologist from Tata Oncology has been holding lection agent with a financial the nearby areas, which would tee was held at Moti Mahal tant to monitor the various too, has been formed in the disease, shared their psycho- memorial Hospital, Bhopal, these sessions since 2002 at Tata firm and were at Housing help in nabbing the accused. today to give inputs about var- advertisements and political office of the Public Relations logical issues which they and conducted sessions for patients, Memorial Hospital. He tells Board Colony after collecting The details of the robbery ious aspects related to moni- contents that appear on differ- Department which will func- their family members face. their families and doctors. For that addressing these issues money when Danish asked would be investigated as police toring the media activities of ent media, including social tion round the clock. Media In- This psycho-oncology session the first time, about 20 patients adds much to the better social Aman to give bag carrying have found that the victims candidates and their aides. media. He further asked them charge, NK Gulati, too, spoke was conducted by Savita and their families participated integration of the patient and cash and when Aman refused used to roam in and around Briefing the members and to monitor all media very on the occasion and gave inputs Goswami, psycho-oncologist in a scientific programme along their family. Patients motivate to give bag, he was attacked by the area for a long time. Later, other staff of the committee, S closely on a daily basis and about ways to monitor and reg- at the Tata Memorial Hospital. with their treating doctors. themselves and instill confi- the miscreants with sharp a complaint of robbery was Maurya, the Additional report any irregularities, which ulate the print and electronic Dr RK Pandey, head of Issues faced by them right dence to overcome this difficult edged weapon in his legs. lodged with the Aishbagh Director of the Department of would be forwarded to the media. organising committee of ISNO- from the time of diagnosis, phase in their life. Victims were rushed to hospi- police. /    R O- "     01 -   Q( & ++   R

     2     (1./+ Shah, Atul Tiwari and Ranjit allowed in the competition. All writers and playwright are   +  Kapoor. Theatre veteran Satish Alekar requested to send their plays, he playwrights and writers These plays will be direct- and other prestigious person- which have not yet been dis-   %  Tof the city have an oppor- ed by three promising young alities of the theatre, Jayant played in any other place. Send 0 ++   tunity to give a platform to directors of the country and Pawar and Iravati Karnik will your entries to the given email their scripts. A Sanhita Drama will be staged in different cities be included in the Marathi Jury address    (1./+    Competition will be organ- of the country. The winners will Committee. ([email protected]) or    ' ised for which the entries have be given a sum of 50,000 as a Three reputed dra- email to the Code platform. 0 & && he Bhopal music lovers        been started. The last date for reward. Not only that, this mas and one Marathi drama The admission letter for the Tenjoyed a calm musical   ( submission is April 10. year, there is a special catego- will be published in a book competition is available on the night 'Lekar Hum Deewana Dil' To give the hidden talent a ry for Marathi plays. But only compiled by The Beijing given website (www.beingas-   1.' Delhi and then CM of MP, Ek Shaam Sadabahar Geeton   )& platform, the Sanhita the original Marathi plays are Association Theatre Group. sociation.com). Arjun Singh, brought this tehsil ke Naam performed at State     ' Association, started delegation of local resi- from Mhowgaon to its present Museum here on Sunday. The    ' organising 'Samhitya Manch' Adents, led by senior place— and also inau- tracks of 70's and 80's were + + '  drama competition from 2017 Congress leader Govind gurated this new Tehsil builing beautifully performed before and in the first two years, Sharma and members of Nagar which is in the centre of Mhow the Bhopalites.    many writers from whole of Jagrati Manch, met Indore town and is well connected The Bhopalites enjoyed as    India were associated with Commissioner, Akash Tripathi, with villages with fourlanes many as 30 songs of the golden    them. demanding not to shift the from all sides and all the era. The event was jointly organ- In the last two years, the tehsil office. important offices of ised by Khushboo education Sanhita Association has com- In the memorandum sub- Government are situated and welfare society and performed. Songs like 'Hoga posed 6 new Hindi plays mitted to the Commissioner, it around Mhow tehsil office. Harmony Instruments. The tumse pyara kaun, neele ambar through sanyitamchas. The was demanded not to shift the The Congress leader told singers of Harmony par, Aa jaane jaan, aaiye mehar- year-on-year displays have office to Mhowgaon which is that the new tehsil building in Instruments troupe performed baan spellbound the audience. earned widespread praise from at the end of Mhow geo- Mhowgaon will be around 30 the songs of golden era of Hindi Singers like Nusu Ahmed, across the country. Now graphical area where there is to 40 kilometres from hundreds Cinema. Naina Nayak, Sa Mazhar Ali, nationwide search of Hindi no approach road and public of villages of Mhow Tehsil The event began with the Farhat Khan, Rupa Mahwar, dramas has reached its third transport. It was also pointed area. Due to the better func- song Ab Ke Baras Tujhe Dharti Rajendra Malviya, Suleiman year and on a large scale, once out that no local resident tioning of this present Mhow Ki Rani. After this songs like Khan, Gyanendra Sharma, Babli again, the Samhita Forum is would be able to reach the Tehsil office, the former SDM, Pukarta Chala Hoon Main, Khan, Salil Mathur, Devendra being organised. Newly-written office, if it is shifted to a new Mhow Swati Meena, has sent a aankhon ki kayamat ke kajal, Sharma performed the melodi- Hindi dramas are invited from location. proposal to Government for aate jaate khunsoorat, zindagi ous tracks. every corner of the country. It was mentioned that in construction of a few rooms at maut na ban jaye, chala jaata Being the wondrous pre- The authors can send orig- the year 1989-90, thousands of this place due to the availabil- hoon, piya aisa jiya me, taaron sentation for the old music inal, customized or translated congressmen, under senior ity of land and parking facility se pyare, dil aaj shayar hai and lovers, the show evoked a good Hindi drama completely. Best congress leader Mishri Lal and connectivity of this present many more. response. The event began with three Hindi plays will be select- Khandelwal, had done a tehsil office from all parts of After the solo performances, the prayer song and was fol- ed by celebrities of prestigious ,              #     hunger strike and walked till Mhow through fourlane. some enthralling tracks were lowed with Bollywood melodies. senior theater, Ratna Pathak -.  #+   ! /       7 #8  +      

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   (1./+ the country’s Judiciary, Nirbhaya’s Parents will be pre- e the Women-Bhopal sent and will speak on Has India WChapter will be organised forgotten Nirbhaya Movement? by Facebook in association with Other than then, Talat National Law Institute Jahan first female auto driver of University (NLIU), Bhopal on the city, Revolver Dadis World’s Monday. old female sharp shooters, Women empowerment is Sanjana Singh first Transgender not just a trending topic in government official of Madhya today’s world, it is the need of Pradesh and others will be pre- the hour. UN Women India is sent. also committed to this cause and This event “WE THE therefore, it is also rendering its WOMEN” will bring together support in organising this event. feministic voices from a range As many as 19 speakers of professions, spanning from from different fields will be a cinema, politics and sports to lit- part of the programme. erature and law, all under one Bollywood actress Taapsee roof. The issues that will be dis- Pannu will also be present at the cussed at the forum are diverse event. She will speak on Heroes to say the least—the fight of of new generation and the topic women against the religious alternative masculinity. Other orthodoxy, whether in ending than her Saxophone player the triple talaq ritual or Subbalaxmi will be performing demanding the right to enter at the event. Justice Gyan Sudha Sabarimala; the battle by Bohri Mishra will speak Why there are women to end female genital few number of women judges in mutilation.      !"#  , 3      ! ) 

/  '3 (IELTS) coach, Vicky, a herbal authenticity. It was revealed that them to make them look like fre- stamps for Saurav and his  '4 products businessman and two there was no travel history of the quent travellers, the DCP said. associates, he said. Vicky used       agents Sachin Kumar and couple in the immigration pas- He said Vicky during ques- to induce people on the pretext     Mukesh Goyal, they said. A senger log and the Indian immi- tioning disclosed that it was of arranging visas and sending couple, Ravinder Singh and his gration stamps affixed on their Kumar who had procured the them abroad. For which he      wife Sunita Kumari, who want- passports were fake and forged, fake immigration stamps and arranged meetings of the *$'0$+1    *$'0$+1 ed to travel to Canada, were also Bhatia said. placed the same on the pass- clients with Kumar, Bhatia arrested for getting the forged Investigations have revealed ports. Agent Kumar was arrest- added. he National Capital Region he Delhi Police has busted a immigration stamp from the that Kumari and Singh wanted ed in this regard on March 27, Kumar, who was in touch TTransport Corporation Twell heeled gang involved in agents”. to go and settle down in Canada Bhatia said. with various agents in Mohali (NCRTC) has started the work issuing fake immigration stamps The gang members were and in their quest they Kumar disclosed that he and Kurukshetra, used to take of mapping underground util- and also in human trafficking. identified after a complaint was approached their friend Shyam gave the passports of Singh and passports of the clients on the ities in the Delhi-Gurugram An IELTS coach and five others received on the intervening who in turn introduced them to his wife to one Saurav who got pretext of preparing the file and portion of the Regional Rapid were arrested for issuing fake night of March 1 and 2, about an agent named Vicky, who runs the forged immigration stamp through agent Saurav and oth- Transit System (RRTS) corridor immigration stamps. Police also suspected fake and forged Indian a shop in Kurukshetra in affixed on passports to make ers used to affix fake immigra- that will run between Delhi and seized 28 fake stamps and 62 immigration stamp in respect of Haryana, the DCP added. them look frequent travellers. tion stamps of various countries Alwar. passportsfrom their possession. two Indian nationals namely Vicky took 6 lakh from Saurav, who runs an office in on the passports to create a fake NCRTC, which is mandat- According to Sanjay Bhatia, Sunita Kumari and Ravinder them on the pretext of arrang- Kurukshetra, was also arrested travel history as this assisted in ed for implementing the Deputy Commissioner of Police Singh who were seeking depar- ing Canadian visas. Vicky took in this regard on March 29, the procuring a visa from the Regional Rapid Transit System (DCP), Indira Gandhi ture to Canada on the strength them to another agent Sachin DCP said. embassy concerned, police said. (RRTS) project, will execute the International Airport, “Those of Canadian visit visa by Air Kumar, who took the couple to After him, Goyal was It was also revealed that they process through a Ground arrested have been identified as Canada, Bhataia said. Chandigarh and arranged for arrested and he revealed that used bank stamps create fake Penetrating Radar (GPR) tech- Saurav, an International English Police scrutinised their trav- their visa. The agent arranged for till date he had prepared 20-25 bank account statements, Bhatia nology. Language Testing System el documents to verify the fake immigration stamps for fake immigration and bank said. NCRTC officials said the underground utility mapping is a process of identifying the position and labeling public    ' ))  ) utility mains which are locat- ed underground. These mains may include lines for telecommunication,  !" electricity distribution, natur- +     al gas, water mains, and waste- water pipes. The GPR method      against the culprits at Udyog down shutters at various parts uses radar pulses to detect 3,2,32/ Vihar police station. The police of the city on Saturday. We will these utilities. The process is have arrested two culprits iden- continue to carry out this executed through a GPR tech- embers of several tified as Rajesh alias Cheeka and drive,” a member of Shiv Sena’s nology that helps detect the #$#% $$$ Mrightwing outfits took to Pramod of Dundahera village. Gurugram unit said. utilities. the streets on Saturday, forcing “It is illegal to forcibly Apart from the raw meat “The process started this around 180 meat shops to shut close licensee meat shops in the sellers, the organisation had week and will carry on for the down during the ongoing 9-day city we will not allow anyone to also served notices to the non- next 40 days from Gurugram From Page 1 the ad as the social media Navratri festival. disrupt law and order situation vegetarian hotels and eateries, itself. We have already initiat- giant looks to bring trans- Members of in the district. We have including food chains like KFC, ed pre-construction activities, Indian Political Action parency into political ads ahead Sena brandishing batons, hock- deployed police personnel at to shut shops during Navratri, like Geotechnical Investigation Committee has spent 41 lakh of elections in India. ey sticks, swords and iron rods prominent markets so that he added. and pile load test,” an NCRTC on 431 ads. YSR Jagan Mohan This was done to give peo- were seen pulling down shut- (meat) shop owners don’t feel “I shut shop after some official said. Reddy led YSR Congress party ple more information about ters of multiple meat and chick- threatened,” a senior police Hindu members forced to do The NCRTC Board, in its spent 1.09 lakh on 171 ads. who is responsible for the ads en outlets. officer said. this. We will raise this issue in meeting held in December Till the previous week they see. Over the past few The outfits shut down hun- Members of the outfit front of the district adminis- 2018, had approved the Gurgaon-SNB Urban Complex corridor will be elevated for (ending March 23), the num- months, social media players dreds of meat shops and threat- claimed they had issued a fresh tration, whatever they will say Detailed Project Report (DPR) of 106 km will be made. In the about 71 km (including 11 ber of such ads was 41,974, like Facebook, Twitter and ened the shopkeepers at the reminder to the district admin- we will follow their instruc- of the Delhi-Gurugram-SNB second phase, it would be stations) and the remaining 35 while the total spending was Google have promised to infuse Sheetla Colony, Sanjay Gram istration and Municipal tions,” Imran Malik, a meat (Shahjahanpur-Neemrana- extended to Sotanala. km (with five stations) will be 8.58 crore. more transparency into polit- Palam Vihar, Badshahpur, Om Corporation of Gurugram shop owner, said. Behror Urban Complex) RRTS In the last phase, the rapid underground, mostly in Delhi Facebook said these ads ical advertisements on their Vihar, Surat Nagar, Sadar Bazar, (MCG) to prevent a sale of However, some meat shop corridor. rail network will be extended to and Gurugram, he said. were related to politics and platform and have since Anaj Mandi, Dhanwapur, meat during Navratri, earlier in owners say they don’t have a Pre-construction activities Alwar. “It is a new, dedicated, issues of national importance. announced a slew of measures Dundahera, Molaheda, the week, but the same was problem with the demands. like Geotechnical Investigation “The high-speed trains high-speed, high-capacity, With elections drawing closer, as part of election integrity Sikandarpur and many other ignored. “We have no information and Pile Load Test have already network in the Regional Rapid comfortable regional rail-based campaigning on social media efforts. Realising the impor- places and forced meat sellers “We had requested the dis- regarding the selling meat dur- been initiated. Transit System will cover commuter service connecting platform Facebook is also pick- tance of social media and its to shut shops. trict administration to do not ing Navratri. But we respect reli- The corridor is part of 106km, from Sarai Kale Khan regional nodes of NCR to ing up pace with political par- misuse during the elections, the In connection with the mat- allow opening meat shops dur- gious sentiments. So we have no the Delhi-Gurugram-Alwar in Delhi to SNB, in approxi- Delhi. The RRTS will be inte- ties and their supporters spend- Centre had warned social ter, a case under relevant sec- ing Navratri. Since they con- objection to keeping his shop RRTS corridor, which will be mately 70 minutes,” an official grated with train and metro ing well over 10 crore on media platforms of strong tions of the Indian Penal Code tinued to ignore our requests, closed,” Rashid Khan, a meat constructed in three stages. In stated. stations, ISBTs and the airport,” advertisements in February- action if any attempt was made (IPC) has been registered we asked meat shop owners to seller in Sector 13 said. the first phase, the Delhi- The Delhi-Gurugram-SNB he added. March this year. to influence the country’s elec- In February, Facebook had toral process through undesir- said political advertisements on able means. Political adver- !&  its platform will carry a ‘dis- tisements have to display details R        claimer’ offering details about of their publishers and funders. those responsible for running R     $$$ '   $$$ !  444 From Page 1 Commission guidelines and jobs for unemployed youths, From Page 1 Baramulla district on Sunday taken all necessary permis- farmers, women reservation, termed it a “mindless” order From Page 1 Pitching for a majority for sions for its publicity. simplified GST, universal “It is a wrong order. They because of its inconveniences borders, she added, citing "   #! # the BJP in the Lok Sabha polls Main theme song of health care, education and star- should use train service for which lead people to suffer. increasing instances of terror- like it got in 2014, Jaitley said Congress ‘Main hi toh tups as promised in the the movement of the forces “Driving to Uri I’m get- ism in Jammu & Kashmir in it enabled the party to take Hindustan hoon’ has been Congress manifesto. personnel. Or they can allow ting to see first hand the particular. Mayawati did not     <<< decisive and big decisions on a penned by famous lyricist and Party leaders said it is a them to move during the extent of disruption & incon- spare the Congress either, call- host of measures, including a former Rajay Sabha member 360-degrees cross-platform night so that people don’t venience that is being caused ing its recently released election national security, corruption Javed Akhtar, while the cam- campaign that includes TV have to suffer,” demanded to people because of the manifesto as ‘hawa-hawai’. and black money. paign film has been directed by films, cinema spots, radio jin- Abdullah. “This order should mindless highway closure The BSP leader said that her From Page 1 Delhi Lok Sabha seat while the Congress campaign will Nikkhil Advani and the cine- gles, hoardings and digital be revoked. It sounds like dic- order that is in place today,” party never issued election The AAP has already leaders of Congress believes it be centred around ‘Nyay’ and matography is by Tushar Kanti screens, print advertisements, tatorship.” Omar tweeted. manifestos as she believed in announced candidates for all the to be their traditional voters the word not only alludes to the Ray, the concept and script was social media and public trans- In Wanpoh area of Peoples Conference talking less and delivering more. seven Lok Sabha seats almost a constituency which is very Congress’ proposed minimum provided by Anuja Chauhan, port. Anantnag district in South Chairman, Sajjad Lone, also Samajwadi Party chief month ago. important to revive the fortunes guarantee scheme but encom- and the music was composed A special feature of the Kashmir, NC’s Parliamentary gave vent to his ire on the Akhilesh Yadav asked voters to In the event of alliance, of Congress in national Capital. passes justice to all sections of by Arjunna Harjai. campaign will be thousands of Candidate Justice Hasnain social media. “The highway not vote for Congress saying Congress has asserted its can- “Both the parties have dis- society, senior leader Anand Congress president Rahul container trucks with Congress Masoodi along with others ban is now turning into a there is no difference between didates for New Delhi, Chandni cussed their internal surveys of Sharma said at a Press confer- Gandhi, General Secretary campaign advertisements on took out protest rally against humanitarian disaster. the party and BJP. “There is not Chowk and Northwest Delhi all the constituencies in Delhi ence. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, mem- them taking the party’s message the Government’s decision. Flooded will calls from much difference in Congress Parliamentary constituencies. as well as Haryana and both “There is a cry for justice bers of the campaign panel as to various parts if the country During the protest, lead- across the State. People in dire and BJP, if you will look at their Even in this format, AAP is have wanted to score a battle in the country which has been well that of the core committee starting Sunday. ers also raised slogans against need to travel in order to tend policies. They are both same. pressing for the Northwest over each other,” sources said. denied to the poor,” he said were involved in brainstorming The campaign also has the Government banning the to their day to day needs of This grand alliance is meant to while emphasising that “the the campaign strategy. regional adaptations in six ver- movement of civilian traffic survival stuck in a state of bring change in the country, campaign will focus on win- The themes covered in the nacular languages, including on the highway. helplessness. @jandkgover- but Congress party doesn’t 3 +    ning hearts”. Sharma said the campaign include the ‘Nyay’ Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Earlier, the NC’s vice- nor urgently needs to scrap want that. Instead of defeating party has followed the Election scheme, poverty eradication, Assamese, and Malayalam. president who was heading the inhuman order,” Sajad the BJP their priority is to ) ,&4 towards the Uri area of Lone said on twitter. revive and rebuild the party.

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Dr Brijpal Tyagi, who S Gewal, who is known by the ised at Vrindavan Garden, Class 12 examinations were has been in the limelight for renowned “Facial Nerve DGP Singh assured the office awarded 10,000 each at the three consecutive years in the Expert” (face specialist in the bearers of the Madhya Pradesh programme which was organ- Limca Book of world records, face) of the country, shared his Police Pensioners Welfare ised by Madhya Pradesh Police is close to establishing another expertise how the vein gets out Association that they would get Service Pensioners Welfare record for the fourth consecu- of the ear, how to keep it safe all possible help for creative Association. The nine students tive year. during operation. work and along with this asso- who were felicitated were Dr Tyagi announced that Dr Ahilya Swamy ciation should come forward Sanjana, Sonam Rajput, Anjali 100 poor patients from all over (Chennai) preached the junior and support police in develop- Gupta, Lakshmi Tiwari, Yogita, the country will be operated on doctors how can flowing ear ing and establishing good Rishab Tripathi, Adarsh Tiwari, Scorlace (without incision) free can be cured with the nasal image in the society which Yogesh Singh and Mohammed of cost. Through this marathon bone, and how to make the cur- could help to communicate Shahid. surgery, Dr. Brajpal Tyagi is in tain from the cartilage obtained and coordinate for people in a On the occasion, DGP the forefront of registering his by straightening the nose bone. better manner. Singh felicitated retired senior name in Guinness book of Both such intriguing operations He said the valuable expe- police officers and employees World Records. In the two-day can be done at one time. rience of retired police officers on this occasion. Among the workshop, experts from all over Dr Vetri Vel, who is a mes- will be used in the training of felicitated officers were 94- the country shared their ther- siah of South India for ear police officials and personnel. year-old retired police officer apeutic experience with junior surgery by endoscope, will share Nine students of police SS Srivastava and about 75- doctors as well as tips on them. his experiences with Minimal official and personnel from year-old KL Acharya and R K   O"   %  ! P   ! )     '!)(+   ! 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TSupreme Court seeking   &      committed by the West Bengal saying his comments were The MEA spokesperson recall of the court’s February 5          police officials and others in the aimed at whipping up war said Pakistan has been advised order staying the arrest of for-   &   case, had perused the CBI hysteria in the region. to use established diplomatic mer Kolkata police commis- director’s reply and the fresh Qureshi told reporters in and DGMO (Director General sioner Rajeev Kumar to let the enable the CBI to subject him to around 270 Ponzi firms oper- not providing it full call detail status report, pertaining to Multan that Pakistan has “reli- of Military Operations) chan- agency put him to custodial interrogation in accordance ating in West Bengal of which records (CDRs) of the scam quizzing of Kumar. able intelligence” that India nels to share any actionable and interrogation in the Saradha and with the law to unravel the Saradha and Rose Valley groups accused despite repeated The apex court had said was planning to attack Pakistan credible intelligence it has Rose Valley ponzi scam cases. entire gamut of larger conspir- were the most important ones. requests. The agency had the allegations made by the CBI again between April 16 and 20, about imminent terror attacks. In its plea to the apex acy in these ponzi scam cases It said Saradha group collected recently filed a status report on were serious enough and it was adding that five permanent terrorist attack. India struck the Earlier in the day, Qureshi court, the agency said the recall and its subsequent investiga- around Rs 2,450 crore and even Kumar’s interrogation in con- an “obligation” on the part of members of the UN Security biggest terrorist training camp told a press conference in his of the order granting Kumar an tion,” the CBI’s application said. after the scam came to the fore, nection with the scam. the agency to disclose full Council were apprised about it. of terror group Jaish-e- hometown of Multan that India interim protection from the The agency said it needs to the Rose valley group managed The apex court had on details of the alleged contempt In a strongly worded state- Muhammed deep inside was devising a new plan to arrest was necessary “to unrav- examine Kumar and other to collect around Rs 2,536.80 March 26 termed as “very very committed by the then police ment, External Affairs Ministry Pakistan on February 26, twelve attack Pakistan. “A new mishap el the entire gamut of the larg- police officials to recover the crore in 2013-14 from the pub- serious” the revelations made by commissioner. Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar days after the dastardly could be staged... And its pur- er conspiracy in the ponzi material evidence and to inves- lic at large. the CBI in its status report relat- It had questioned the CBI termed Qureshi’s comments Pulwama terror attack in which pose will be to justify their scam cases”. tigate into the acts of omission The CBI application said ing to Kumar’s interrogation. for the delay in moving the as “public gimmick” appearing 44 CRPF personnel were killed. (India’s) offensive against The CBI also sought the and commission on the part of former Bidhan Nagar Police The top court had said it apex court when the agency to be “a call to Pakistan-based The JeM had claimed respon- Pakistan and to increase diplo- court’s directions to the West Bidhan Nagar police commis- Commissioner Rajeev Kumar cannot “close its eyes” if some allegedly noticed the tampering terrorists to undertake a terror sibility for the attack. matic pressure against Bengal authorities to comply sionerate and SIT officials in “by his inaction or otherwise “very very serious facts” were of electronic evidence in June attack in India.” On February 27, the Islamabad,” he alleged. with the court’s earlier orders causing concealment of the facilitated Saradha Group to disclosed to it and directed the 2018. The probe agency came “India rejects the irre- Pakistan Air Force retaliated by “If it happens, you can “in letter and spirit” and not to evidence collected by them illegally operate and further agency to file an application out with a contempt petition sponsible and preposterous unsuccessfully targeting sever- imagine the impact of the create any hurdle in the CBI during investigation. collect Rs 805.77 crore during seeking appropriate relief after the February 3 incident in statement by the Foreign al military installations in occurrence on the peace and probe or try to “intimidate, It said erstwhile Bidhan 2012-13 and Rose Valley Group against Kumar, who had earli- which the CBI sleuths, who had Minister of Pakistan with a Jammu and Kashmir. Kumar stability of the region. harass and scare the agency Nagar Police Commissioner to illegally operate and collect Rs er headed the state SIT prob- gone to probe Kumar at his res- clear objective of whipping up said it has been made clear to According to our information, officials” probing the cases. Kumar besides the then deputy 6,865.85 crore during 2012-14”. ing the chit fund scam. idence, were taken into custody war hysteria in the region. Pakistan that it cannot absolve the action could be taken A Bench of Chief Justice commissioner of police (detec- On March 29, the apex It had refused to drop the and manhandled by the West This public gimmick appears to itself of responsibility of a between 16-20 April,” Qureshi Ranjan Gogoi is to hear the tive department) and other SIT court had agreed to hear a CBI contempt proceedings against Bengal Police. be a call to Pakistan-based ter- cross-border terrorist attack said. He added, “We want the CBI’s plea on Monday. officials did not cooperate with plea against mobile service the West Bengal DGP, the chief The apex court had taken rorists to undertake a terror in India. “No attempt at creat- international community to “Recall the interim protec- the CBI in investigation and did providers Vodafone and Airtel secretary and Kumar. note of the February 3 incident attack in India,” Kumar said. ing an alibi for its complicity in take notice of this irresponsi- tion granted to Rajeev Kumar not help in making available to that they were not cooperating The apex court is hearing in which top officers of the state He said India reserves the such attacks will succeed. ble behaviour and reprimand for no coercive steps, including it all the material evidence in the with the investigation in a CBI’s plea to initiate contempt police allegedly sat with Chief right to respond “firmly and Pakistan needs to take credible them (India) for taking this arrest, granted by this court by Ponzi scam cases. Saradha chit fund scam cases. of court proceedings against Minister Mamata Banerjee on decisively” to any cross-border and irreversible steps against route.” PTI order dated February 5, 2019 to The CBI said there were The CBI claimed they were various senior officials of the dharna. 6  2    2  2   :)      6   P  

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The Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, North- A team of about 200 I-T underlying principle of both is East and Madhya Pradesh. The Department and police officers the same,” Jaitley said in his blog Election Commission and the simultaneously reached these titled ‘The Choice of Political Income-tax authorities work in premises around 3 am and an Funding — Cheque, Electoral close tandem during elections. undisclosed amount of cash Bonds or Blackmoney from In many cases, monies have was recovered during the Contractors and middlemen’. been coming from searches, officials said, adding Highlighting the problem which, through PWD and political parties as part of its Government contractors and the raids were linked to sus- of black money in elections, other Departments of the efforts to bring transparency in beneficiaries,” Jaitley said. pected movement of hawala Jaitley said as per reports Rs Government, is being siphoned political funding. Under the He said in one State, con- money in the run up to the 1,500 crore has been seized as out and round-tripping into scheme, the name of the donor tractors passed on monies to Parliamentary polls and tax a result of initiatives taken by politics. is known only to banks. engineers who were to distrib- evasion, they said. the Election Commission and “Is that a better option or Jaitley said both the elec- ute it to the candidates. Locations in Indore, revenue authorities. He added the reformed system of all white toral trusts, proposed by the “In another State, which Bhopal and Green Park in the in absence of the electoral money and improved, if not a then Finance Minister Pranab only four months ago elected a national Capital were raided bonds, the donors will have no perfect transparency? NGOs Mukherjee in 2010, and elec- new Government, 50,000 and premises searched includ- option but to donate only by and commentators must look toral bonds assured total white Government transfers became ed Nath’s former Officer on )            6 % #  %  cash after siphoning monies beyond their nose,” he added. money and improved trans- a revenue generating exercise. Special Duty (OSD) Pravin !   % 6   #  #  !) from their businesses. The Government had in parency but masked the iden- Reports have also indicated that Kakkad, former adviser “The recent EC and IT 2018 brought in the electoral tity of the link between the an amount of about Rs 1,500 Rajendra Miglani and execu- to power in the State in 2018. now having a complaint against where the Election Commission raids have shown that it is tax- bond scheme as an alternative donor and the party. “This crore has already been seized,” tives linked to his brother-in- He earlier served as OSD to the ‘watchman’. and the revenue authorities, payers/Government’s money, to cash donations made to obviously has been done to Jaitley added. law’s firm Moser Bayer and his former Union minister Kantilal “Black money worth crores both separately and acting joint- nephew Ratul Puri’s company, Bhuria during the UPA regime. was recovered during the ly, were trying to curb the use of they said. Bhuria is contesting the Income Tax department’s raid black money in elections. ""   Both Kakkar and Miglani upcoming Lok Sabha poll from at the house of private secretary “These actions have been 6 )      resigned from their posts just Ratlam- seat in MP. of Madhya Pradesh Chief particularly significant in States ❝ 4     before the Lok Sabha polls Kakkad’s family is associat- Minister Kamal Nath. This has like Karnataka, Tamil Nadu,  O "4   were declared. ed with a number of businesses, made one thing clear that those Andhra Pradesh, North-East    In Indore, the raids were including hospitality. Ratul Puri who are thieves have a com- and Madhya Pradesh. The    )   "#      conducted by a team of officials was last week grilled by the plaint against the watchman,” Election Commission and the   from Delhi at Kakkad’s resi- Enforcement Directorate in the BJP’s national general secretary Income-tax authorities work dence in Vijay Nagar area and national capital in connection Kailash Vijayvargiya said. in close tandem during elec-   *$'0$+1 ❝ #  & " other places associated with with the Rs 3,6000 crore Last month, the tax depart- tions. In many cases, monies       him, sources said. AgustaWestland helicopter scam. ment searched premises of have been coming from ongress president Rahul   Searches were also con- Reacting to the raids, MP aides of a JD(S) Minister in Government contractors and CGandhi on Sunday again ❝ '    E ducted at Kakkad’s house in Congress’ media cell vice pres- Karnataka, leading to the State beneficiaries,” Jaitley said. challenged Prime Minister  &   & Bhopal’s Nadir Colony and ident Bhupendra Gupta, also a Government terming the raids In one State, contractors Narendra Modi for a debate on   two other locations in the State former OSD to Nath, said, “The as politically motivated. passed on monies to engineers the issue of corruption. He capital. Documents seized dur- BJP Government has been tar- Likewise, searches were who were to distribute it to the shared a clip of Modi’s inter- ❝ %    ing the searches were being geting Opposition leaders across conducted at the premises of candidates, he said. view to a TV channel on      scrutinised. the country due to political senior DMK leader “In another State, which Twitter in which the Prime  &   The searches were also enmity. Due to such act of Duraimurugan in Vellore dis- only four months ago elected a Minister is seen asking the     conducted against Kolkata- political vendetta, Andhra trict over suspected use of new Government, 50,000 reporter if she believed the    E    based businessman Paras Mal Pradesh Chief Minister (N unaccounted money for elec- Government transfers became Supreme Court verdict on   & Lodha, sources said. Chandrababu Naidu) and DMK tioneering and Rs 10 lakh of a revenue generating exercise. Rafale fighter jet deal with      Kakkad, a former Madhya leader MK Stalin had to stage alleged “excess” cash was seized. Reports have also indicated that France. &    Pradesh police officer, was protest against the Centre.” Union Finance Minister an amount of about Rs 1,500 “You can run Mr Modi but appointed OSD to Nath after the However, the BJP hit back, Arun Jaitley said the past few crore has already been seized,” you can’t hide. Your karma is   Congress-led Government came saying thieves were days have witnessed several cases Jaitley added. about to catch up with you. The country can hear it in your media to announce if voted to Rahul also said a Congress gov- voice,” Rahul tweeted. “Truth is power, his party will introduce ernment will waive outstanding a powerful thing. I challenge a single-window system for interest on old education loans &   !       you to a debate on corruption,” education loans and bring a law prior to March 31, 2019. he said. that will “list the rights and On the other hand, Rahul had first challenged duties of students”. Congress General Secretary   *$'0$+1 other media was given due , Bihar, Rajasthan, Modi for a debate on national In a Facebook post, Rahul Priyanka Gandhi Vadra too attention for the last one year. Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and security, corruption and foreign Gandhi asserted that a took to twitter to express her he process of casting votes This would probably be for the many other places. policy on April 2 while address- Congress Government will solidarity with the farmers of Tfor the 2019 Parliamentary first time that a large number Other ITBP units deployed ing a gathering at Congress’s ensure free education to all stu- Uttar Pradesh whose crop has polls through postal ballet for of service voters are expected in the Arunchal Pradesh also manifesto release event at the dents from Class 1 to 12 in been destroyed by hail and nearly three million defence to exercise their franchise,” casted their votes through party headquarters. The oppo- Government schools in the unseasonal rain. “Hail and and paramilitary personnel ITBP spokesperson Vivek postal ballot. sition party has repeatedly crit- country. unseasonal rains have began on Friday from remote Pandey said in a statement. The ballot paper for the icised the new Rafale deal He said the Congress will destroyed farmers crop in Northeastern town of Lohitpur The first vote of the coun- service voters only identifies signed by the Modi govern- restore the independence and thousands of acres of land in in Arunachal Pradesh, over try of the Lok Sabha Polls the name of the candidates ment, claiming it is costlier autonomy of colleges and uni- Uttar Pradesh. Farmers have 2,600 km away from the 2019 was casted in Arunachal along with their photos and the than the one negotiated by the versities and will open new suffered a lot because of this national Capital. Pradesh by service voters. A political parties they represent UPA and there is corruption State-run varsities in back- natural calamity on the eve of With the Election remote Indo-Tibetan Border but do not have party symbols. involved. ward areas of the country to harvest. In this hour of grief, I Commission taking a series of Police (ITBP) unit located in It is bilingual, one language The Congress has also ensure the expansion of the stand with you,” she wrote on measures to enroll maximum the eastern tip of North East, being English and the other one accused Modi of helping busi- education sector. Twitter. Hundreds of acres of number of service voters, the has started the service voting by is the one prevalent in a par- nessman Anil Ambani make a “We feel that education crops was destroyed by hail and count of such votes is expected secret postal ballot on Friday at ticular constituency. The ballot profit of Rs 30,000 crore by empowers a child and it should unseasonal rains that swept the in large numbers. DIG of Lohitpur, he said. is folded and put inside an favouring him as the offset be made available to all chil- region Saturday night. Animal Training School of ITBP This is for the first vote of envelope and after sealing it, partner in the deal. dren. The Congress promises )         &  )+! India that service vote has the same is collected in front of The Government has to ensure free and compulso-  )   ')(   -  !   been cast from Animal the senior most officer of the denied any wrongdoing in the ry education to all in govern- Training School of ITBP at unit and then oraganised in a fighter jet agreement. Ambani ment schools from Class 1 to Sudhakar Natarajan cast the steps to add more and more Lohitpur for many constituen- bag and sent to the nearest post has also strongly rejected all 12. We will raise the budget on first vote at Lohitpur on Friday. service voters in the process. cies in India. After the voting, office for onward transmis- allegations. education to 6 per cent of “This year, the Election Awareness campaigns through ballot papers were dispatched sion through Speed Post, Rahul also took to social GDP,” he said in another post. Commission has taken many electronic, social, print and to Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Natarajan said.      !"#    4     & "G  I# 0   "G G /,+/)$ %'*  3 9<  + & 7 ++ 8  +      9     *:;9           .     &    O&       @2;         /  .  ,/.-   $       ?  +     (   &( FCF/6  &"'     J   /S     7( ( 6(        1           (     6%(24 1     A +  B      $             $(               (      $         /.     0*)1 %/# /                   ometimes it pays to look into his-   $ #     B      RS  tory. The same is the case with avi- $  .  .(49 /              .( ation. In 1991, a United Airlines 49       /           plane smashed into the ground in Colorado. 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What is interesting to note here is that  /E A    $ $  6 /  0    the aircraft in question was the Boeing 737.              /S       Even though there were thousands of 6                  E 1   Boeing 737s already in service at that time, the aircraft, initially developed by American         /.      A + manufacturer Boeing in the 1960s, was B      .(49       going to become an integral part of global                6!6   aviation. Today, a Boeing 737 either takes        /           off or lands somewhere in the world every two seconds. Over 10,000 Boeing 737s have it was conceived in the 1960s. with at these airports. As ing the 737 Max appealing to ly, Boeing was forced to respond    , &&   "       ,  been built and while the latest iteration, the In addition to modern avionics engines became bigger, they existing operators of the Boeing quickly. Both companies were    E78     Boeing 737 Max, bears a resemblance to the and on-board systems, it has posed another problem for 737NG. modifying older designs in a  3EA7" 1   $            original aircraft, it is just cursory. What came modern fuel-efficient engines. Boeing designers and while It seems increasingly like- money-saving move instead of to be known as the “rudder hardover” issue, If you look at a picture of the they have had a myriad of ly that the fault in this software designing new aircraft, given       1               which might have derailed the aircraft’s early 737s, such as those oper- solutions to it, they solved this system is what might have the huge capital costs of design-        /         /S ( future, is now just a footnote. ated by Indian Airlines in the slightly by mounting the caused both the Indonesian ing a new plane. Airbus had its        .(49           So, events in the past six months, when 1980s and 1990s, you will notice engines ahead and above the and Ethiopian accidents. own issues with the A320Neo two Boeing 737 Max 8 jets crashed — one that it had small pencil-like wing. This was apparent in the Boeing’s initial reticence to and its engines that are best 1            (      in Indonesia and another in Ethiopia, engines, compared to the com- previous Boeing 737NG series ground the aircraft, pending the illustrated by issues suffered by       (      $S      killing close to 400 people — is worrying paratively large engines of today. of planes. The new CFM leap investigation and giving the Indian carriers IndiGo and DD                  ( for the American manufacturer and the This because modern aircraft engines on the 737 Max are big- aircraft a clean chit, impacted GoAir. Boeing’s problem with global aviation industry as well. And these turbine engines have what is ger still and are, thus, mount- its reputation. Reports in the 737 Max has turned out to                    F    events may prove to be far more damaging called a high-bypass ratio. ed even further forward, caus- American newspapers, includ- be far more serious. / *  *                to Boeing than the ones in the 1990s. This Basically, much of the air that ing major changes to the han- ing The Seattle Times, revealed But the aircraft manufac-   A                 because a few things have changed since. For is sucked into the engine is dling characteristics of the new that Boeing rushed the MCAS turer has also suffered problems one, commercial aviation has become blown straight back out and NMax series from earlier ver- system into flight and effective- before with the 737 as this col-         incredibly safe. Back in the 1990s, there were only a small bit, around 10 per sions of the 737. ly self-certified the software umn has mentioned and the a few large air crashes every year and while cent, actually goes into the core Airlines spend millions of with a little oversight by company thrived even after tragic, the flying public accepted the risk. of the engine for combustion dollars to train the pilots so that American regulators. As the that. However, rushing an air- But advancements in technology and the that drives the big fan in the they are able to fly a particular United States’ largest exporter craft into service, as seems to be    way aircraft crashes are investigated have front of the engine. In fact, it is aircraft. One way Boeing want- of goods, Boeing is an essential the case here, might have been made commercial air travel unbelievably not so much the exhaust that ed its customers to save cost was part of the American economy. a mistake. While we all live in 3 09(   +  )  0  safe. In 2017, there was not a single large provides much of the power to by keeping pilot-training sim- It has emerged that the US an increasingly software-depen- passenger-carrying commercial aircraft modern aircraft but the huge ilar between 737 Max and Government gave it a wide dent world, we should all )     .     + that crashed. In addition, the aviation fan at the front of the engine. 737NG generation of aircraft so berth. remember that software is not industry, too, grew several times over since Unfortunately, the Boeing that pilots could switch between That said, nobody is accus- perfect and when there are        (    the 1990s with air travel becoming a fact of 737, having been conceived in aircraft with comparative ease. ing Boeing of knowingly selling human lives at stake, mistakes           ( life and not a luxury in countries like China the 1960s, has a couple of This despite differences in char- a faulty aircraft but such are the can prove to be fatal as they # and India. This, coupled with the growth shortcomings that were not acteristics of the two types of dynamics of global commercial have. Hopefully, Boeing will fix        ) $ of the mass media and the internet, air found initially. One of the planes. Boeing claimed to have aviation industry, despite it this mess and we can go back *  + ,)$*+-  . crashes, which have always been massive demerits is that the aircraft sits solved this by using a software being an effective Coke vs Pepsi to not worrying about the               headline-grabbing incidents, have become very close to the ground. Back called the Maneuvering style duopoly between Boeing inherent dangers of travelling in a global phenomenon. in the early days, many small Characteristics Augmentation and European firm Airbus, it is a thin aluminum tube, hurtling  /         # So, the news of a Lion Air Boeing 737 airports that the Boeing 737 System (MCAS), that made as ferociously competitive as the through the atmosphere at  0 0       ( Max 8 jet crash in Indonesia last year made flew into, did not have spe- both types of planes, despite war between the sellers of fizzy, incredible speeds, truly one of    //# 1        global headlines as did the supposed cause cialised ground equipment. having different flying dynam- sugary drinks. When Airbus the engineering wonders of #        2345     of the crash in initial reports. The Boeing Easy access to the luggage ics, feel very similar to fly for announced the “new engine modern mankind. 737 Max, as mentioned before, is the third holds, engines and fuel systems pilots. This saved airlines mil- option” (Neo) variant on its 737 (The writer is Managing            iteration of the Boeing 737 from the time made the plane easy to work lions in training costs and mak- competitor Airbus A320 fami- Director, The Pioneer)    " #         25                 S        9  0 " 1/ 6         /        # #     '  L    & E  ()       7    1       6 )     &&   "'                  &      "#   ,6)-           /                   E    E            #     (    " & " " E  "     89          ,44    ( 74: 47<:##"&: ;$4: %$"7#!:$5""&: ;$4:B!4$;"7  : 42     44          ( K 3 K1   K0+ K     - 1                             0          (                            #   9  &   "/9#          1     *  * 0  1     Mehbooba Mufti lost no time to    234;                           counter him and said, “If Article                  ( 370 is revoked, Jammu &   <               Sir — The Bengaluru civil court’s  &     L/LMM/  Kashmir’s relation with India blanket order restraining 49 8N"     &    E will end”.                       ( newspapers, television channels #"#   &   &LE The two provisions give tem-   45(     #            and other media outlets from M L  M    "+- porary autonomous status to                publishing anything “defamato- /   "0    Jammu & Kashmir as also special 1  /L &                  /       ry” about Tejasvi Surya, the rights and privileges, including BJP’s candidate for the           &  "0  owning immovable property, jobs             )$*+       Bengaluru South Lok Sabha  &&      /(  and scholarships to permanent                   constituency, merits reflection as 5       &  residents of the State. It will be pru-                     it goes against the law and the  &   ".  &   L dent for parties to exercise restraint Constitution.  &     E as any escalation could further                     Vilification of an individual &5                 alienate the people of the State.          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A sweep-     L ME   Sir — Congress chief Rahul S   1 7     *  7    ( ing gag order foretells a balanced Gandhi’s decision to contest         /            approach. from Wayanad, Kerala, is simple:          *           The case in point is best      speech is the calumniation of a     It is not to jeopardise the Left’s adjudicated by the Election very large community as worship- prospects but to ensure his own      1         7   Commission because the Code pers of false gods by propagators electoral victory since Amethi is      1    ) $    P  Q   of Conduct is in force. Its pow- Sir — This refers to the article, of aggressive proselytizing reli- Sir — With elections round the no longer that safe a bet. This is        /!*         /*     ers and ambit may need to be “Hate speech vs free speech” gions. If this is resolved and corner, the debate on Article 370 also a case of political oppor- expanded for speedy redressal. (April 4) by Raghav Pandey and respect for every shade of opin- and 35A has once again gained tunism to build stock in the     S       #          This will help protect the right Neelabh Bist. The writers have ion, whether sacred or profane, is momentum. BJP chief Amit South.     (      "       to freedom of speech. Gag analysed the problem of hate propagated and inculcated into Shah’s recent statement that Aditi    ? S               orders run counter to the demo- speech in view of the the public psyche, such issues will “Article 35A of the Constitution Via email cratic spirit. Constitutional provisions. In my become a thing of the past. will be abrogated by 2020” creat-           * .   #  R Narayanan view, in the Indian context, one SC Panda ed quite a furore. People’s  >        S          Navi Mumbai of the biggest sources of hate Bhubaneswar Democratic Party (PDP) leader $$:#$4!47:A< "2;4       !"#    :     2/#9%0 1 ! !! " 90# " !      2    +       2,   ! 2 C   D  D          ,2  ,   E       F2      ,   2 O  &  &  L    L                      O   9   +  &34  ";#               0R            +             P         Q G#        R1  S      + )     +   + +  6            : RS         6        (  ,                  $  -:  R S                    (                 DD 1   H2(  ( $      S   (  (          1           #                           (             / ,    - /S          " 0* <&9&                       G    /  Feminism isn’t about making women       43(      /  ( stronger. Women are already strong. It’s about   G            “changing the way the world perceives that 4IH3             strength,” says activist and writer GD Anderson      4II4  /    G    of an effort that has still not taken off in many          R  S ,  -  disadvantaged countries, India included, when we should not be lumped in this category at all.                So when BJP spokesperson Shaina NC recently        expressed her concern that her own party was not # /           fielding enough women candidates for the gen- /        (        / eral election, she was just a vent for the volcanic     R  S         anger of women who are struggling to find polit- 4$ '.$*        433333        ical representation in the world’s biggest democ- 1/5$,*%1$0     2332        racy despite forming half its electorate. 1.+$ * 2.            O   If a study by the Inter-Parliamentary Union #.. '#1#1$2 #                1  is to be believed, then India ranks 149th in a list *050,/+        #            of 193 countries in terms of women’s represen- tation in the lower or single House of Parliament $2# /*0      I3   *  $     (Lok Sabha) as of July 1, 2017. The average per- /(+#4"(,# 1            1  centage of women’s participation in political '1$2$/2$#1$              ( processes stands at about 22 per cent globally .+%4E/-$2                  while in India it is a mere 11.8 per cent. /*0            Shockingly, lesser developed countries like +$3 +/#.2 / S AS      (     ( Rwanda, Burundi, Zimbabwe, Iraq, Somalia, '1.%/*2/ $  K G (     S  (83     Saudi Arabia, Fiji and Ghana rank higher than #1$2 #             ( India. In South Asia, the reports say, we are %.++$%#5$+.#J ment and seen as a continuity of a male ernment has factored in women as a ever-gathering brute force what with                behind Nepal, Afghanistan, Pakistan and #1  $+$%#5$ line rather than as an independent constituency, be it through the Ujjwala steady increase in sex-selective abortion,                 Bangladesh in percentage terms. Even in the leader. Be it Indira Gandhi, who inher- scheme of distributing free LPG cylin- infanticide, sexual harassment and Rajya Sabha, women MPs are just 11.1 per cent. #/33*3. ited much of the halo of her father, ders that revolutionised kitchens and abuse and honour killings. There is no   *   (83  (     S ( Both the national parties, the BJP and the N'.$* Sonia and Priyanka Gandhi, to Meira the Uttar Pradesh Assembly verdict of concrete plan or proposal in any man-         <      Congress, despite their existing schemes and /%1$5$2  *. Kumar, who took over the legacy of 2017, the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao pro- ifesto yet to tackle widowhood, old age      S         .   promises, have fielded just 12 per cent and 13.5 +.*3$2 Babu Jagjivan Ram, or even J gramme or even the toilet project as part and disability among the disadvantaged 4I92 R  S        # " ( per cent women candidates this time. And both 3+.2., (,#/ Jayalalithaa, who inherited an ideolo- of Swachch Bharat. In fact, this govern- and marginalised classes. And without  K A    E   are equally guilty of shying away from affirma- %.*5$*$*# gy and was hand-held in her journey by ment has gone a few steps ahead of past an increase in health budgets, Indian #                ( tive action and not pushing the Women’s /05$2# $$*#" M G Ramachandran, women leaders regimes in prioritising women’s health women continue to be the most  A  @   < 6  ,2I    Reservation Bill so far. It must be remembered %/*/*4 have been legacy-keepers than forgers. and normalising taboos of menstrual anaemic in the world and suffer severe  -              2344 that when Parliament passed the 73rd and 74th .+#%/+/2#4 This tokenism and substitution have hygiene in the public discourse. But malnutrition. The budget for midday  6 1      "      Constitutional amendments in 1993, reserving /.201/+#1$ cost us. Grassroots leaders like empowerment figures are nothing to meal schemes and anganwadis are                one-third of the seats in all local bodies for Mayawati and Mamata may have write home about. India’s female labour actually down. While India has seen a women, it not only challenged the patriarchal $+$%#.2/#$*.# bucked the trend and waged their bat- force participation rate is among the significant reduction in maternal mor-   #            ( clichés about their ability but empowered them 5.#*3.2/*4 tle ground up but in the process of lowest in the south Asian region and if tality in recent years, it still figures high              A  ?  enough to effect a socio-economic change in their .#1$J establishing their credibility and accept- latest estimates are anything to go by, on the global burden of maternal  6 % ,L2     -     circumstance. Their multi-tasking, managerial #1$2$ /231# ability, they followed the mainstream the rate is dropping, the reasons being deaths with women still lacking access                abilities cascaded into practical and dynamic deci- #.5.#$ 35$ template set by male predecessors. attributed to supplementary family to quality maternity care. And though           6       sion-making in the constituency they served. #1$#1$231# Given their imperatives of wooing the incomes and their prioritisation of the allocation for girls’ education was  /             Some legislative bodies in Bihar and Delhi #.%.*#$ # backwards and minorities, they hard- maternal and care-giver roles. Equal announced at 100 crore, with disparate  A  *   1 ( ,4H     -   have reserved more than one-third of the total ly addressed the women’s question as opportunities for women could add as States expected to share the financial       (       2342    seats for women. Meanwhile, the Trinamool one meriting attention. To win a game, much as $770 billion to the country’s burden, this has clearly floundered too.    1              Congress, led by Mamata Banerjee, has appor- they played by the rules than bending GDP, according to McKinsey. But The neo-age liberalism in slogans           tioned 41 per cent of her party’s seats to women them. Until now. women are still not seen as a produc- has only entrenched patriarchy and cir- candidates while the Biju Janata Dal leader Truth is in any political discourse, tive human resource but an emergency cumscribed all remedial action to the *             ( Naveen Patnaik has set aside 33 per cent. Yet women have always been looked upon reserve force. In the labour sector, they male gaze, which is exclusivist to its con-  E G            winnability is a big concern, with most unsuc- as another votebank to be encashed are seen as a floating rather than a guar- cerns. If we do not allow half the pop-  S /    %       cessful women candidates losing deposits in past than empowered. Campaign after cam- anteed presence and schemes enhance ulation the right to decide what is good                 elections, be they national or local. paign pitch talks about how women can their traditional gender roles rather than for them or what they need, we will  (       (     1 S It is rather ironic that this should happen in change the verdict as they comprise 50 incentivising them in economic terms. never figure respectably in the global   #  S          a country which has seen many tall women lead- per cent of voters. Survey after survey Even “sensitive” steps like extension of polity despite our space age conquests.                ers helming parties and had a woman Prime has shown how women, who have out- maternity leave to 26 weeks from the Yes, women have punched holes in        S       M   Minister much ahead of its time despite a patri- numbered men in State poll turnouts, previous 12 weeks have not worked for ISRO, too, with their individual merits     archal society that is but expected to not yield actually vote independently of their the women workforce, who have either and ability. But where are the policy- #             ( ( space in the one place where its power is mani- family choices and usually act practical- been passed over for promotion, let go makers and legislators who can raise fest — in politics, and by extension the law of the ly, prioritising domestic budgets and the of projects or simply benched. Such their collective lot? This selective tag-    2344            ( land. While women have been able to swell up economy as their key concern, going for benefits have deterred the new-age ging of “women achievers” is no longer 83      /S             an emergent tide to renegotiate their space in candidates who matter to their liveli- competitive sectors like start-ups and glorious but an easy advertisement. Can              social, cultural and economic spheres, this is one hood. But there is no concomitant cam- small businesses from hiring women. any political party afford half the elec-              O  area where even all-women’s parties have been paign, not even a social service message, Wage and pay disparity, lack of social torate not voting for any of them? If   S     #       seen more as an aberration than normal. This is about fielding them as candidates. security of working women and the there is a right to vote, give them the    O  S            because the women we have grown accustomed Yet every party has schemes which glass ceiling continue to be barriers in right to contest.  S         to in helming political leadership have almost hand out benefits as patronising doles. the face of a more equitable social con- (The writer is Associate Editor, The !  " #$ always assumed that role out of dynastic entitle- Apart from States, even the Modi gov- tract. Violence against women is an Pioneer)    +  *                                                   

2,00,000 crore, serving over 50 mil- financial instability. The exuberance first generation model, which focussed designed. ple are lining up the way pollsters and unfamiliar with interest rate cal- lion end clients — of which 95 per cent surrounding it has now worn off. on organic growth. The success of the One concern is that as micro- queue up for freebies? The second culations but usually, they have little plus are women and for whom this is Critics argue that those who have ben- original model was largely on account finance becomes more commer- question one should ask is whether it or no awareness of local demand for the first credit facility in their life — efitted from the industry overstate its of green field methods, where micro- cialised and increasingly concerned is part of his/her financial plan. If it is, goods and services. Consequently, they through over one lakh employees, value in order to keep the model going. finance institutions (MFIs) laborious- with the large-scale impact, profits take are you sure you are going to get a often fail to establish successful including more than 60,000 outreach The social mission has been aban- ly promoted their own groups, nur- precedence over the social mission. return higher than what you will pay? income-generating ventures. staff. This financial interface translates doned and financial mission is now the tured them and painstakingly created Anything not strictly financial is cut This financial return should also There is now a growing awareness to over a billion transactions per year primary aim. Micro-finance is basical- a culture of credit discipline and high in the name of “efficiency.” Profit- cover your own effort that will go into that credit is not always transforma- and can be a potent platform to ly the distribution of small loans to repayment based on peer respect and minded shareholders see training for generating that return. tive. Although certain people will be 5 " !=>/ achieve financial inclusion in the six help the impoverished, who otherwise mutual trust. These principles were entrepreneurs, financial literacy and A vast majority of micro-finance able to use micro-finance to transform key areas as defined by the Reserve do not have access to loans to engage then abandoned by many MFIs counselling, skill training, or even the clients have no prior business or and build their businesses, that is not icro-finance continues to Bank of India — access to a bank in a variety of economic activities and because of their urgency to grow fast. extra five minutes a caring loan offi- banking experience and little formal the case with a majority of the people thrive despite being under account, formal credit facility, insur- cope with the financial shocks. While There’s little doubt that the cer might spend with a client as a cost education. The intermittent income of who receive a loan. Most are going to Mfire. One plausible reason for ance cover, pension, savings accounts the objective is laudable and has a pow- founders of these organisations gen- rather than as an investment. Since clients makes it difficult for them to use it to smooth out their consump- the lingering faith in it is that it pro- and investment options. erful social and economic philosophy, uinely wanted to help the poor and most micro-finance clients have little pay back loans. When micro-enter- tion. As micro-finance finds itself at vides a convenient strategy to investors Earlier, debates over the true the impact has been varied across dif- low-income people improve econom- or no security or collateral to pledge, prises fail to make profits, clients are one of the most defining intersections to demonstrate that they are active value of micro-credit programmes ferent profiles. ic and social prospects. Over time, providers instead turn to what is called forced to reduce consumption, skip in its evolutionary history, it needs to fighters against poverty and are trying relied mostly on anecdotal observa- A growing body of research sug- organisational goals (growing big, “social collateral,” which is built meals, sell their land, take additional answer several hard questions. Can to save the poor while at the same time, tions. But now, we have a plethora of gests that micro-finance doesn’t work making higher profits and achieving through groups of borrowers, who jobs, fall behind on other bills, sell valu- new-age technology provide new they make a substantial amount of studies to draw upon. For years, the for all communities. It may have international fame) have displaced the guarantee each other’s loans. able assets or default their loan and go products, mitigate risks and reduce money. It is built on a false belief that development community promoted a worked well in Bangladesh in the 70s original mission. Micro-finance, Debt may not be the appropriate without household necessities. costs to bring about a paradigm credit is the most vital need of the mar- fancy narrative of micro-finance, but failed to keep pace with changing including micro-credit, is often con- tool to alleviate financial woes of low- The biggest problem is that peo- change in the micro-finance sector? ginalised. It has now become a vast transforming lives by millions. But that needs and behaviours of the client at sidered to be an instrument that pro- income communities. It is one thing ple, who get these small loans, usual- Will the group lending model and global industry and attracts the atten- account has not been held up. The ver- the lower socio-economic pyramid. motes empowerment. While it can sta- that has both the greatest promise and, ly start or expand a very simple busi- mono-product model continue to be tion of a large number of dict is now clear: Micro-finance can The poor take loans with crippling bilise livelihoods, broaden choices, perhaps, also the gravest peril. Debt or ness. The most common business for relevant? Will regulations enable fur- Governments, banks, non-govern- at best smoothen temporary financial interest rates or sell their tools and pos- provide start-up funds for productive credit, the cash that we borrow from micro-finance is simple retail-selling ther growth of the sector? mental organisations and firms. bumps. It has moved from being good sessions and, hence, lose their basic investment and help the poor lending institutions, exists for a reason. groceries, where there exists fierce (The writer is Member, NITI The sector would have closed the to bad, from being lauded as the sil- means of sustenance. smoothen consumption flows, it can Before you apply for it, you should ask competition and they don’t really Aayog’s National Committee on March 2019 balance sheet with a cred- ver bullet for poverty reduction to The present second generation also lead to indebtedness and increased yourself if you have a valid reason for earn enough money. Not only are bor- Financial Literacy and Inclusion it portfolio outstanding of nearly being derided as the progenitor of micro-finance is far different from the exclusion unless programmes are well it, or are you taking it just because peo- rowers often innumerate, illiterate for Women)      !"#  6

!    &     #-       ! Q +   R  >%)  ,0/,2 the Left, or there was no game the prime minister said they      -.+-/#/ rejected leaders whom we have behind the curtains, why would consider their “party’s consti-      -.+-/#/ driven out because of their itting out at the Congress the namdar of the Congress go tution bigger than that of the aunching a frontal attack on criminal activities,” Banerjee Hand the Left Front, Prime to Kerala for the contest?” country’s”. rime Minister Narendra LPrime Minister Narendra said. Minister Narendra Modi said Congress chief Rahul “The Left parties don’t PModi on Sunday attacked Modi for peddling lies after lies Referring to the “question- on Sunday the Opposition par- Gandhi is contesting the gen- want to give the country a “speed-breaker Chief Minister” to cling on to power Bengal able conduct” of the BJP candi- ties were hell-bent on remov- eral election from Wayanad in direction. They are only keen Mamata Banerjee saying Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee dates in North Bengal she said ing him from power, even if Kerala and Amethi in Uttar on furthering their own inter- “Bengal can never develop till on Sunday said she had worked “those who were once involved that meant singing paeans to Pradesh. ests in the country,” Modi said. there is a Government that pro- with many Prime Ministers but in rioting, smuggling and mur- Pakistan. “If he (Rahul Gandhi) Heaping praise on Chief motes goondas, mollycoddles, not a person like the present one. der have now been given ticket Addressing a rally in wanted to contest from south, Minister Biplab Deb, he said infiltrators and backs the per- “I have worked with many by the BJP.” Udaipur, Modi said the people he could have gone to the state government has petrators of chit fund.” Prime Ministers but I never saw Referring to the Alipurduar of Tripura has set a precedent Pondicherry or Karnataka. He improved the law and order sit- Modi who was addressing an incumbent as shameless and BJP candidate John Bulra she for the entire country by oust- could have also gone to Andhra uation and developed infra- a rally at Coochbehar in North liar as this one,” Banerjee told said “this man was involved in ing the Left Front Government Pradesh, where the Congress structure in just one year. Bengal wondered “how can from her twin rallies at triggering riots between Bengalis after 25 years. has recently forged friendship “Our Government has your State develop when it is Moynaguri and Jalpaiguri in and the tribal people.” About “Mamata Banerjee’s with U-turn Babu, or to started procuring agricultural ruled by a speed-breaker of a North Bengal. Nisit Pramanik the Coochbehar Trinamool Congress has been Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan produces from the farmers Didi? How can it develop when !%   %        +.! In her speech coming close BJP candidate she said “he was trying its best to make inroads and Chhattisgarh.” directly. The middlemen and it is backed by goons? How can      -      % 2 +  on the heels of the Prime involved in human trafficking into Tripura, but people here Modi has coined the the moneylenders have suffered it develop when infiltrators  , +   !) Minister’s who addressed a rally and cattle smuggling.” would not let that happen. moniker “U-turn Babu” for a setback,” he claimed. are welcomed” on priority at Coochbehar also in North On the BJP’s alleged influ- They have tolerated the atroc- Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Under the Saubhagya basis? — every single paisa they loot- starts losing ground beneath Bengal Banerjee reacted to ence — on the Election ities of the Left Front, waiting chief Chandrababu Naidu, who scheme, the NDA Government Modi said the Mamata ed from you.” once feet.” Modi’s Sharada-Rose Valley- Commission — in transferring patiently for the BJP to rise. I pulled out his party of the NDA has ensured power connec- Banerjee Government had sul- Attacking the Banerjee for The Chief Minister was Narada aspersions the Chief key police officers of Bengal she thank the people of Tripura for in March 2018. tion in almost all homes in the lied the name of the State by playing a “narrow politics” losing her sleep by hearing the Minister saying “those who talk said “they are thinking that believing in the BJP,” he stated. “He (Gandhi) would dare state, the prime minister noted. protecting and preserving the with the progress of the State chants of “Modi! Modi!” from about Sharada and Narada are transferring officers will win the Modi asserted that the not enter Punjab as people “A s p r o m i s e d b e f o r e t h e chit fund scamsters. “You elect- Modi said “there from Delhi we the people, he said. holding rallies with the perpe- day for them then they are liv- opposition parties could stoop there haven’t forgotten the 1984 assembly election, we have ed Mamata Didi with great release schemes for your devel- Now when she was facing trators of this fraud sitting by ing in fool’s paradise. Even the to any level to remove him (anti-Sikh) riots,” the prime initiated work on broad gauge expectations. But what did she opment and here this speed- problems in implementing her their sides.” new officers are my officers from power. minister added. rail line, built bridges, started give to you?” the Prime breaker of a Chief Minister plans to manipulate the elec- Apparently referring to for- and we will take care of that.” “The Congress and the Taking a jibe at the train services, connecting Minister asked adding “she applies brakes on the projects tions “she is taking out the mer Railway Minister Mukul Wondering as to why the Left are working together to Congress manifesto, Modi said, Agartala with other parts of the only brought your State to dis- so that the credit does not go anger on the Election Roy who subsequently left the Cabinet Secretary of India and oust Modi. They have stooped “The grand old party came out country. Work is also under- repute with Sharada, Rose to the Centre,” and wondered Commission,” Modi said TMC to join the BJP Banerjee why the Prime Minister’s own too low, singing paeans to with its 50-60 page hypocrisy way to give Maharaja Bir Valley and Narada scams.” “why there should be mean adding Banerjee was trying all said “Modi Babu refers to the secretary should not be trans- Pakistan even when the NDA document, where there is no Bikram Airport an interna- Five years after making politicking with people’s issues.” means to thwart BJP’s advance chit fund scams but himself ferred before the elections government was taking on the mention of middle-class. tional makeover,” he said, the first promise — before That Mamata Banerjee’s in Bengal. But no amount of addresses rallies with a Gaddar Banerjee said “they have trans- terrorists on the soil of the “The middle-class has long adding that his Government 2014 general elections — to recent diatribes on the Prime unworthy amount means (traitors) who has mastermind- ferred the Chief Secretary of a neighbouring country. suffered under the Congress has taken adequate measures catch Ponzi scamsters Modi Minister only signified the her adopted by her to cling on to ed the scams sitting by his side.” State, and senior officers of “In Tripura, they (Left and rule. Some parties, including to ensure safety of women once again offered justice say- state of mind Modi said “the power will help her because She added, the BJP was many other States. But I want to Congress) are fighting each the Congress, have said that and children. ing, “I want to promise you all sleepless night she is spending “people have made up their inducting all the “rejected items ask why the Cabinet Secretary other, but in Delhi they stand more taxes should be levied on Election to two Lok Sabha that this chowkidar will make these days only shows what mind to do away with your (leaders)” from the Trinamool and Prime Minister’s Secretary united, holding each other’s the middle-class.” seats in Tripura will be held on them account for — eke k paisa happens to a person when one regime.” Congress. “They are taking the will not betransferred.” hand. If there was no help from Attacking the Left parties, April 11 and 18.    !% %   /? #/" Q9)  R    2 ! &5  &)  +) )        +  Yavatmal: A 24-year-old farmer     +  +  ,3 =  2 allegedly committed suicide at a village in Maharashtra’s    Yavatmal district, police said on  %1$**/ ducted by the Income Tax Duraimurugan in Vellore dis- Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal jail and undergoing treatment in Sunday. authorities at the residences trict over suspected use of leader Tejashwi Yadav alleged on a hospital under security but his A family member claimed lamming the recent IT raids and college owned by his son unaccounted money for elec- Sunday that he was not being room is being raided everyday,” Jodhpur: Congress spokesper- practicality and verifiability. that the deceased, Shreejit Sat the premises owned by his Kadhir Anand, the DMK can- tioneering and seized Rs 10.50 allowed by the “autocratic” BJP the leader of Opposition in the son Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Taking a dig at the BJP over Vilasrao Hathe, was under stress son, contesting the Vellore Lok didate in Vellore, were part of lakh of alleged excess cash. Government in Jharkhand to Bihar Assembly said. Sunday challenged Prime its promises ahead of the Lok due to his crop failure. Hathe Sabha seat, Dravida Munnetra this trend. Though "nothing Two days later, the Income meet his father, Lalu Prasad Tejashwi, who is spear- Minister Narendra Modi to Sabha polls, he claimed that the allegedly hanged himself to a Kazhagam (DMK) Treasurer M illegal" was found, they were Tax officials raided several Yadav, who is undergoing treat- heading the RJD’s poll campaign contest the Lok Sabha elections Congress’s manifesto contained pole in front of his house at Duraimurugan on Sunday said being closely monitored even places in Vellore district and ment at a hospital here. in his father’s absence, alleged from any southern State. all issues, except “jumlebaazi” Wadgaon village in Ralegaon nothing incriminating could be after the raids, he claimed. seized 11.53 crore cash from Lalu Prasad Yadav, who is that injustice was being meted He also rubbished claims (rhetoric) and “fekubaazi” tehsil on Saturday, a police offi- found and it was an attempt by In the statement, a cement godown belonging to the RJD president and serving a out to Lalu Prasad Yadav and he that Gandhi’s decision to con- (making tall claims). cial said. A probe was on to the Centre and Tamil Nadu Duraimurugan alleged he had a DMK leader's associate, trig- jail term following his conviction was not being treated properly test from Wayanad in Kerala “This manifesto is unprece- ascertain the reason behind his Governments to wreak per- been receiving information gering speculations that the in several fodder scam cases, is in jail. was because of the large pop- dented in all respects. Such a extreme step, he said. sonal vengeance. that attempts would be made to poll in the constituency could currently lodged at the RIMS “Doctors had asked the jail ulation of minorities like manifesto has never been made However, a relative of Hathe In a statement here, he said frame them to spoil Kadir be postponed. hospital on account of multiple superintendent two weeks ago Muslim and Christians there by any party , but it does not said the farmer owned four winning or losing an election Anand's chances in the Lok I-T sources had then told ailments. for conducting echo (echocar- and told reporters that 50 per have ‘jumlebazi’ and ‘fekubazi’ acres of agricultural land but his and having differences of opin- Sabha polls. that cash stuffed in cartons and “I have been waiting since diography) and X-Ray on Lalu cent of Wayanad’s population in it,” Singhvi said. crops were failing every year, ion between political parties "This is not only anti- gunny bags, neatly packed for yesterday (Saturday) evening to ji. But the tests are not being was Hindu. “Can Modi dare Highlighting its three com- because of which he was under were only common. democratic but fascist," ward and division-wise distri- meet my father who is undergo- done as security is not being pro- contest elections from any of ponents of the NYAY scheme, stress. Kishore Tiwari, chairman “But what stands out today Duraimurugan, a veteran bution, was unearthed by the ing treatment at a Ranchi hospi- vided to take him to another the constituencies of Andhra Kisan budget and MNREGA, of the Vasantrao Naik Shetkari is the ruling party's attempts to leader and considered close to department's investigation tal but the autocratic BJP building (for tests). This is injus- Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala or Singhvi said everything about Swavalamban Mission, a state wreak personal vengeance in party President MK Stalin, wing officials on April 1. Government is not even allowing tice. Proper treatment is not Tamil Nadu like Rahul Gandhi these schemes is verifiable and government agency, said Hathe’s order to bring disgrace to the said. Stalin had condemned the a son to meet his father as per the being meted out (to Prasad). did,” he questioned. the BJP has been unjustifiably father also committed suicide opponent,” Duraimurugan Income Tax sleuths had on I-T searches and alleged it was rules,” Tejashwi Yadav tweeted. This is an absolute violation of Singhvi also praised the raising questions on their prac- last year by jumping into their alleged. March 30 conducted searches a misuse of powers by Prime “A conspiracy is being human values,” Tejashwi Yadav Congress’s manifesto for its ticality. PTI farm well. PTI The recent searches con- at the premises of Minister Narendra Modi. hatched against Lalu ji. He is in added. PTI  ?    1          >) %    Karur (TN): Tamil Nadu Chief have been implemented, the Minister K Palaniswami on chief minister said.  3,'/1/# Sunday said DMK president He said the Congress and MK Stalin was not qualified to the DMK remember the peo- he Election Commission speak on the Cauvery issue ple only during elections and Thas banned all political since the party had failed to condemned the latter’s mani- advertisements in newspapers notify the final award of the festo for confusing the people on poll day and preceding day Cauvery Water Dispute to gain votes. of the polling unless it is pre- Tribunal in the gazette. Noting that farmers living certified from the concerned Also, he said the DMK had in and around Karur and authorities at State or District not fulfilled any of the promis- addressed, which solved the Dindigul were into cultivation level. es it had made during the last Cauvery issue raging for of fruit and vegetables on a According to a press assembly elections. decades. The DMK does not large-scale, he said steps would release from the office of the Palaniswami made the alle- have the right to talk about it,” be taken up to set up a 70- Chief Electoral Officer of gations while campaigning for he said. crore mega food park on a 10- Assam on Sunday, no political M Thambidurai contesting Palaniswami criticised acre land at Tharangambadi in party or candidate shall pub- from Karur and alliance party Congress leader and former Nagapattinam district to store lish any advertisement in print candidate PMK nominee S Finance Minister P the farm produce. media on poll day or one day Jothimuthu from Dindigul. Chidambaram for not allotting “At this park, the produce prior to the poll day in all the “It was only the sufficient funds to Tamil Nadu. will be sourced directly from phases. Government of amma, as Had he allotted funds, several the farmers who can store it However, the advertise- %                6         !) Jayalalithaa was fondly farmer-friendly schemes would free of cost,” he added. PTI ments can be published if these are are pre-certified from the Media Certification and (+ Q   R+ Monitoring Committee -.!         (MCMC) at the state or district level, it added.    ,5R  “In the context of Assam, Patna: The Lok Janshakti Party, seats in the country and would fulfilled most the promises the restricted days of adver- an ally of the BJP on Sunday form the Government at the which it made five years ago. tisement are 10th and 11th Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief ers are working and some are promised extending job reser- Centre under the leadership of Paswan claimed the two April for Phase-I, 17th and Minister HD Kumaraswamy not working (in Mandya), but vation in private sector, stern Prime Minister Narendra major achievements of Modi 18th April for Phase-II, 22nd on Sunday said a section of I am not upset with that. action against those involved in Modi. Government was providing and 23rd April for Phase-III,” people wanted to “finish him There is a section out to cow vigilantism and mob Asserting that there is no toilets in 98 per cent house- the release said. off politically” by defeating his finish me off by defeating lynching, if elected to power in fight at all either in Bihar or holds and electricity to almost The ECI has directed that son Nikhil Kumaraswamy in Nikhil Kumaraswamy. the coming Lok Sabha election. elsewhere in the country, LJP all the villages in the country. in order to facilitate publica- the Mandya Lok Sabha con- However, they don’t have the Releasing the party’s man- chief said that “Initially, we The NDA Government has tion of the newspaper adver- stituency. support of the local people ifesto for the Lok Sabha elec- thought that provided LPG connection to tisements, MCMC at State and Reflecting the widening there,” Kumaraswamy alleged. tions LJP chief and Union Mahagathbandhan will give poor families, health insur- District level must examine cracks in the ruling coalition, He was responsing to a Minister Ram Vilas Paswan some fight in Bihar and in the ance cover of 5 lakh to 10 and pre-certify all such adver- Kumaraswamy said he was rely- query about the squabbling said stern action would be country but it is not so. There crore families and has fulfilled tisements received from the ing “only on the JD(S) MLAs, among coalition partners--JDS taken against those found it also talked about incorpo- The manifesto also talked is no challenge by its promise of fixing MSP at political parties, candidates MLCs and the sitting member and Congress. guilty of mob lynching and giv- rating right to work as funda- about giving 12 decimal of Mahagathbandhan either in cost of production plus 50 per and others, it added. of parliament LR Shivarame “I have eight MLAs (in ing speeches which incite com- mental right. land to landless people irre- Bihar or in the country as the cent, annual assistance of The three-phase voting for Gowda (in Mandya).” Mandya Lok Sabha con- munal flare up in the society. The LJP has been raising spective of their caste and reli- Mahagathbandhan is in disar- 6,000 to farmers, the Union 14 seats in Assam will take Speaking to reporters in stituency), three MLCs and Pitching for reservation in the issue of constituting gion. ray and grappling with so many minister claimed. place on April 11, 18 and 23, Udupi, the Chief Minister said the sitting Lok Sabha member private sector, Paswan said that ‘National Youth Commission’ Paswan claimed that NDA problems.” Paswans LJP is contesting while the counting of votes will he did not depend on the (LR Shivarame Gowda) are his party has promised to which would take care of all the is all set to win all the 40 Lok He claimed that the six seats in alliance with BJP be on May 23 after completion alliance partner, Congress in there.. They will work.. I won’t extend the benefits of reserva- problems of faced by youths, he Sabha seats in Bihar while Narendra Modi Government and JD(U) in Bihar which are of the entire seven-phase vot- Mandya. “Some Congress lead- blame anybody.” PTI tion in private sector. Besides, said. NDA would win more than 350 has done a lot of work and has contesting 17 seats each. PTI ing across the country.      !"#  @

- !    R5 (    >O9 #P   & %6:          +   "5    #    2 !R       )/, pride’ and warns the electorate vent the attack. He is also pos- not to fall prey to the hands of ing some tough questions for Perambalur (TN): Senior BJP “The anti-democratic      -.+-/#/ t 88 years of age, former those who are exploiting the the union government to leader and Union Home Congress has been chased out of  ,  ASadr-e- Riyasat and vet- sentiments of common people answer in his campaign meet- Minister Rajnath Singh Sunday Tamil Nadu several decades he Election Commission of eran Congress leader, Dr in the name of restoring pride ings. “Why no inquiry has slammed the DMK-Congress ago. And this election will see TIndia on Sunday gave out a Karan Singh, is aggressively of Dogras. been ordered till date to ascer- front in Tamil Nadu, saying it that it is swept clean out of the strong reply to Bengal Chief campaigning in support of Due to his age, Dr Singh tain the security lapses which was not a progressive alliance, state”, he said, referring to the Minister Mamata Banerjee’s his elder son Vikramaditya prefer addressing short meet- led to the Pulwama attack in but a ‘corrupt’ and ‘unholy’ ouster of the Congress in 1967. strongly-worded letter, ques- Singh, contesting against sit- ings and delivering crisp mes- which 40 brave CRPF men combine which would end in a Pointing to the dismissal of tioning the trans- ting Member of Parliament sages to the electorate to had to sacrifice their lives”. ‘disaster’. DMK governments by the fer by the and MoS PMO, Dr Jitendra strengthen the hands of the On its part, BJP is also Canvassing votes for Congress misusing article 356 of Election Singh from Udhampur- Doda congress party to evict sitting countering the campaign of Perambalur Lok Sabha con- the Constitution in the past, Commission of Parliamentary constituency. BJP MP. the congress candidate and stituency candidate Sivapathy of Singh said “Their alliance is not some senior IPS In the last few days, Dr Commenting on the per- asking some ‘uncomforting’ AIADMK here, he said, “in the only opportunistic but unholy.” officers including Karan Singh has addressed formance of the Narendra questions to the members of Congress-DMK alliance, many The BJP leader recalled the Kolkata Police more than one dozen election Modi government, Dr Karan the Royal Dogra family. people are on bail or in jail. It was comments made by late DMK Commissioner Anuj Sharma. meetings across his hilly par- Singh says, Modi made sev- BJP is making passionate not a progressive alliance but a patriarch M Karunanidhi. Rejecting Banerjee’s alle- liamentary constituency. He eral tall promises during 2014 appeals to the people to not to corrupt alliance”. “I still remember those gold- gation, the Commission said himself represented the same Lok Sabha polls but he failed fall prey to their emotional DMK is leading the Secular en words spoken by Dr that it “does not need to prove      seat for four terms stretching to deliver. He failed to creat exploitation in the name of Progressive Alliance in the state Kalaignar Dr M Karunanidhi its credibility” and that the from 1967 to 1980. more jobs for the youth, Dogra legacy. BJP spokesman which also comprises the when he said, “unholy alliances action taken by the ECI was in Lakhimpur Kheri (UP): A indicated that the death could Wherever Dr Karan Singh penalised common masses by Brig Anil Gupta said, “they Congress and the Left parties will always end in disaster. The the interest of free and fair elec- leopard was found dead in the have been caused due to goes to address public meet- going ahead with demoneti- need to be made answerable among others, while the BJP is DMK-Congress alliance will tions.” buzzer zone of the Dudhwa infighting, said Ramesh ings, he strikes an emotional sation and failed to prevent for their acts and omissions part of the AIADMK-led front also end in disaster”, he said. The Chief Minister had in Tiger Reserve in Uttar Kumar Pandey, field director chord with the voters by escape of Nirav and Lalit leading to the near extinct of for the April 18 Lok Sabha elec- However, on the other hand, her letter termed the EC deci- Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri of the tiger reserve. telling them their grand par- Modi after they duped sever- Dogra heritage in the state. tions in Tamil Nadu. the AIADMK-BJP combine was sion to transfer four senior IPS district on Sunday, an official A team of doctors from ents had a unique bond with al banks. Brig Anil Gupta said, “If The Congress was trying to well received by Tamil Nadu officers, including Sharma and said. the Indian Veterinary the Royal Dogra family and Referring to ‘surgical’ anybody is responsible for get a foothold in Tamil Nadu people, he said. “If the BJP was his Bidhannagar counterpart The leopard bore canine Research Institute and the now, he is introducing his son strike inside Pakistan in the hurting Dogra pride and lega- through the “backdoor” by elected, it would protect the Gyanwant Singh “highly arbi- injuries on the head, tufts of Lucknow Zoo will conduct a to them to carry forward the wake of Pulwama terror attack cy, it is the last scion of Dogra stitching alliances with the Tamil culture and tradition,” trary, motivated and biased another leopard’s hair in its post-mortem to ascertain the relationship and legacy. In Dr Singh is repeatedly ques- dynasty who is now trying to Dravidian parties after being Singh said and assured Special towards BJP.” These officials claws. The presence of pug exact cause of death, the offi- his speeches, Dr Singh is also tioning the failure of the gain sympathy by distorting totally rejected by the people Economic Zones would be set had been debarred from elec- marks of different leopards cial added. PTI raking up the issue of ‘Dogra Government as it failed to pre- the historical facts”. several decades ago, he said. up in Perambalur. 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Though the Jammu: The BJP’s Jammu and security personnel, who killed Supporters of the Bharatiya Modi wave, young Lok as the de facto leader of the Sivaganga in Tamil Nadu, mence the works for Interlinking DMK joined the Congress-led Kashmir unit on Sunday 250 terrorists in anti-terror oper- Janata Party and the Rashtriya Janshakti Party leader Chirag party his father Ram Vilas sprang a surprise on Sunday rivers in the country, no visible Government in 2004 and was in accused the Congress of being ations, but the Congress is seek- Lok Dal clashed in Uttar Paswan made a successful Paswan had founded nearly when he assured the voters that serious effort has been done by power at the Centre till 2013, the in habit of backing anti-Indian ing to restrain them by diluting Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar dis- debut five years back from the two decades ago, has quite a he would take steps to interlink the Centre in this regard. KS party remained silent over the forces, saying its promise to the AFSPA, he added. trict on Sunday, police said. reserved parliamentary con- few accomplishments under rivers to resolve the water crisis Radhakrishnan, an activist of the issue. amend the AFSPA in militancy- “What one fails to under- A roadshow by the RLD stituency named after this dis- his belt which he banks upon brewing in the State. This is in MDMK had approached the But the project is back in the hit Kashmir will only embold- stand is the Congress’ attitude,” reached Nona Kheri village trict, but the going may not be in addition to the formidable contrast to the stance of party’s apex court with a plea to direct news as the DMK has declared en terrorists. he said. under Titawi area when BJP that easy this time due to caste arithmetic that the BJP- president Rahul Gandhi who is the Centre to take up the ILR its mission to inter link the rivers “The Congress has always “Is it the same Congress of supporters allegedly confront- changed caste equation. JD(U)-LJP alliance brings to against the project to interlink and the court order was in of the country. The Dravida strengthened the hands of anti- Sardar Patel? Is it the same ed it. The confrontation turned The 36-year-old Chirag the table. rivers in the country. response to the petition. party has waxed eloquence on Indian forces. It is shocking Congress that Netaji Subhash into a violent clash in which a Paswan, whose political debut Voters of the constituency “It would lead to ecological Radhakrishnan had left the the project in its 2019 manifesto that the Congress has promised Chandra Bose was a part of?” he number of vehicles were dam- came a couple of years after his acknowledge developments like disaster and we are against such MDMK and joined the DMK and has assured the people of to revoke the AFSPA. It will only asked. “It’s the Congress’ attitude aged, the police said. acting debut received critical a central school, a medical col- a project,” Rahul Gandhi had because of differences of opin- Tamil Nadu that it would give be a morale booster to terrorists of always trying to strengthen Police rushed to the spot appreciation but met with com- lege, road connectivity to the vil- said when asked about the mis- ion with Vaiko, his mentor. top priority to it. The Congress and embolden them,” senior anti-Indian forces due to which and brought the situation mercial failure, had achieved a lage Chirag had adopted and a sion to interlink rivers in the The then NDA manifesto is silent at the ILR. BJP leader Sham Lal Sharma they have gone on to question under control. Cases have been comfortable victory with a mar- new railway line as his achieve- country. Karti’s announcement Government led by Atal Bihari Karti assured the voters in told a public rally in Aknoor even the surgical strikes by the registered against supporters of gin of about 80,000 votes. ments as a first-term MP. is diametrically opposite to the Vajpayee appointed a Task Force Sivaganga that he would take border belt. The Congress is Indian forces,” he said. both the parties under various The return of Bihar Chief Tall and handsome, the stance of the Gandhi clan. headed by Suresh Prabhu, a steps to interlink the rivers to promising to dilute the Armed “They insult the bravery of sections of the Indian Penal Minister Nitish Kumar, who young MP easily strikes a chord Farmers all over Tamil Nadu chartered accountant-turned- bring water to the parched Forces (Special Powers) Act, our defence forces,” he added. Code, it added. RLD chief Ajit heads the JD(U), to the NDA with the people by virtue of his have been waiting for the Centre politician as its head and was regions. But Union Minister when 91 security personnel and Sharma also questioned the Singh will contest against sit- has earned a following among humble demeanour. The con- and State Governments to given the mandate to prepare a Nitin Gadkari had declared the 38 civilians were killed in over Congress’ allies in the state, ting BJP MP Sanjeev Balyan the ‘mahadalits’ through tar- stituency has about 15.5 lakh announce the launching of the detailed project report for the mission to bring surplus waters 600 terror strikes, said Sharma, including the National and eight others for the geted affirmative action and voters, 46.58 per cent of them Interlinking of major Indian ILR, a massive project costing 5 from Godavari in Andhra who recently quit the Congress Conference and the Peoples Muzaffarnagar Lok Sabha seat, would provide the ballast that women. Rivers, at least the peninsular lakh crore at the 2004 price lev- Pradesh to Cauvery in Tamil and joined the BJP. Democratic Party for “support- where polls will be held in first may be crucial in this Lok Nevertheless, caste often Indian Rivers which alone could els. Nadu by a network of pipelines. Thanks to the valour of ing” the Congress. PTI phase on Thursday. PTI Sabha segment which is spread trumps everything else in Bihar across three districts Munger, politics and some political Jamui and Shekhpura and developments have made re- encompasses six Assembly seats. election for the LJP MP a task %   #-1   +.!P 2        The poorest among the not easy. dalit groups were given the Bhudeo Chaudhary as an name ‘mahadalits’ by the Nitish RLSP candidate would bank on    /1$0/(/0    >! Kumar government in 2007 for the support of Kushwahas who whose welfare, special schemes have a sizeable presence here. he Bharatiya Janata Party Shillong: Former Union resolved,” he said. were started. The party is headed by Upendra Ton Sunday drafted a team Minister and Congress candi- Pala said he is very However, Paswan stares at Kushwaha, a former associate of of 52 magicians to crisscross all date for the Shillong Lok Sabha approachable. “I have been a contest that could still turn Nitish Kumar, who charted his the 26 Lok Sabha constituen- seat, Vincent Pala claimed that approachable as ever. I meet out to be tight, a reason why he independent course a few years cies in Gujarat to campaign for he has done enough for his con- people till as late as mid night has hardly stepped out of his ago with the aim of getting for the party, backed up by an stituency in the last 10-years to and then in the morning again. constituency for past several his community its due. equal number of digital LED be re-elected again. I have never denied meeting days and star campaigners who Kushwahas exit from the raths (chariots) which were The highways were in anybody who comes to me,” he have canvassed in his favour NDA a few months ago and the set rolling with a message to shambles when I became MP for said. include heavyweights like BJPs inability to give a ticket to elect the Narendra Modi the first time in 2009. I have Pala said his priorities this Kumar, Prime Minister its state vice-president Samrat Government again. managed to convince all con- time will be to move to the Narendra Modi and Union Chaudhary, who belongs to the “Phir ek baar, Modi sarkar” cerned and successfully built and Government of India to pro- Home Minister Rajnath Singh. community, from anywhere in is the theme of the campaign completed the Shillong- mote tourism in the state by The Lok Sabha seat came Bihar is said to have not gone which will focus on creating Guwahati four lane road, the allowing Government officials to into existence in the delimitation down well with members of awareness about the works Shillong byepass, Jowai-Silchar avail certain percentage of airfare of 2008 and Bhudeo Chaudhary, this caste group. undertaken by the Modi-led highway, ShillongNongstoinTura if they travel to the north east. who won it in the first general Besides, denial of ticket in Central Government.      highway, said, Pala the sitting Pala, 51, an engineer by pro- elections that followed, is now the adjoining Banka to Putul According to state BJP MP from Shillong seat. fession and a native of pitted against the LJP MP. Kumari who has been expelled spokesperson and former leg- to every Lok Sabha con- show three types of videos. According to him, the pur- “I have done enough for Lamyrsiang village in coal-rich The constituency will see from the BJP for entering the fray islator Bharat Pandya, two stituency for the campaign, “One 17-minute video will pose of these chariots is to Shillong constituency in last 10 East Jaintia Hills district, said voting in the first phase on as an independent candidate, is teams of magicians each would while more than 550 such depict the achievements of the ensure that the “achievements years as an MP. I have been suc- “This election is important for April 11. said to have angered the Rajputs travel through rural areas in all chariots would cover all the 543 BJP Government led by of the government” are dis- cessful in getting infrastructur- the people of this country as this Chaudhary, who was the here since her late husband the 26 constituencies and high- seats in the country. Narendra Modi, another of cussed by the people as against al projects worth over 8,000 election is about which party NDA candidate in 2009, fought Digvijay Singh, a several-term light, through various ways of Giving details, Pandya said seven minutes will be on the “the failures of the Congress”, crore,” the two time MP told respects your sentiments and on a JD(U) symbol and beat by MP from the neighbouring con- entertainment, the “people- each chariot would carry an theme ‘Mein Bhi Chowkidar’ to encourage heavy turnout of PTI. which leader is not.” about 30,000 votes his nearest stituency and a minister in gov- oriented works and schemes of appeal to the voters to “press and third three-minute video voters and form a BJP “My constituency has issues The former Union Minister RJD rival Shyam Rajak. He is ernments headed by Chandra the BJP Government”. the lotus symbol and once will have ‘Modi Hai To Government with absolute with connectivity and conges- alleged that the BJPs politics are now with the RLSP and the can- Shekhar and Atal Bihari Vajpayee He said at least two digital again elect the Modi Mumkin hai (It is possible, if majority to repeat the electoral tion and I have tried my level hurting the sentiments of peo- didate of the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ is held in very high esteem in the LED raths had been allocated Government”. Each rath would there is Modi),” he said. performance of 2014. best to ensure that these are ple in the country. PTI (grand alliance). entire region. PTI >   ,?R    +   

Baghpat: With just four days to cynicism about politics and medical facilities are a constant # ++P            talisation under Ayushman know who to ask,” she said. for the BJP in the elections as it go for polling, the election buzz politicians, said several locals in worry.         Bharat, offers hope but people Besides lack of healthcare carried out air strikes in is getting louder but it’s not the town. Rajjo’s pregnant daughter is say they still await their health facilities, the locals also complain Pakistan. “They are doing big- enough to quell the voices of dis- The district hospital, the critical and has been admitted in           cards. about sanitation issues and lack ger things for the country. My content that echo through the only Government hospital in the the district hospital for the last     (M  “We filled up the form of toilets. vote will be for Modi,” he added. streets of this western Uttar area where patients and their rel- three days but is yet to be exam- under the government health “There is so much filth and Balbir Singh, a businessman, Pradesh town. atives find either doctors are ined by a doctor.          ( scheme five months ago, but dirt everywhere that it is tough also backed Modi. The lack of health facilities, missing or medicines, sums up “They say there is no gynae-        " ( have no word on the status of to breathe. There are no toilets. “Development may not be much sanitation and electricity tell the state of affairs. cologist to check her. They are our health card,” said Hajra, a The current government has not in Baghpat but he is doing well the sorry tale of development in “If a person needs emer- now asking us to go to Delhi. & /      DN resident of Qyampur village done anything for us,” said Ram for the overall growth of the the town of 50,000, which goes gency treatment here, she or he How will I take her in this con- 43? ? '       that falls in the constituency. Singh, a sweet shop owner. country.” Shamim, a transport to polls on April 11. is most likely to die rather than dition?” the 65-year-old said, Daily wage worker Kamla, Consumed as they are by company employee, said he sup- The contest here is between get treated,” said a distraught bursting into tears. who works in the sugarcane their everyday problems, many ported the BSP-SP-RLD ‘gath- Bharatiya Janata Party’s Satya Pal Aamir, who had to rush out of Also in the hospital is Sonu, owner. private hospitals. Mostly, patients fields outside Qyampur, said she residents say they will look at bandhan’ or alliance. Singh, who is hoping for anoth- the town to get his 10-year-old who has been diagnosed with According to general physi- are turned down due to lack of applied for benefits under the the macro picture while casting “We don’t want BJP but er term in the Lok Sabha, and daughter treated for jaundice. gallstones. cian Dr Azad, Baghpat is the medicines and injections. There scheme three months ago but is their votes. “I am a Modi fan anyone fielded by Akhilesh’s Jayant Chaudhary, RLD leader “We come under the nation- “I have been sitting here for most neglected town, especial- are many vacancies in these hos- yet to get a response from the and I voted for BJP in the last coalition. There is no devel- Ajit Singh’s son being fielded as al capital region but lack basic five hours. No one has paid me ly when it comes to healthcare. pitals,” said the doctor, who authorities. election, but no work has been opment and we are living in a candidate of the Samajwadi amenities. Politicians make big attention. Each time I ask the “We don’t have basic health runs a clinic here. “A g o v e r n m e n t r e p r e s e n t a - done here. The BJP candidate poor conditions in terms of Party-Bahujan Samaj Party- promises which they are unable staff to send me to a doctor, they facilities. If there is an emer- The government’s National tive came to our house and told who won in the name of Modi healthcare, electricity, infra- Rashtriya Lok Dal alliance. to fulfil,” he said, adding there ask me to wait. I am sure there gency, the patient will surely die Health Protection Scheme, aim- us about this scheme. We filled from here is hardly seen,” said structure.” Baghpat is one of Both the candidates will has been zero development is no doctor. It is tough to keep as there is zero care in such cir- ing to provide health cover of up the form as we liked the scheme. Vishal Singh, a grocery shop the eight western UP con- have to address the pressing local under the current MP. travelling to Meerut or Delhi for cumstances. We have one gov- to Rs 5 lakh per family for sec- But now there has been no com- owner. stituencies which go to vote on concerns of the people and the The lack of doctors and treatment,” said the tea-stall ernment facility and two-three ondary and tertiary care hospi- munication at all. We don’t He said he would still vote April 11. PTI      !"# 7

2)        )  .   ! 2         #:    -?* )++  6        (2, $+ issues of foreign policy, allow- President Xi Jinping for a sum-  *$'0$+1 bills with the sales shown in sales ing China to pursue one-on- mit with German Chancellor returns helps taxmen in assessing op EU leaders meet one deals with individual coun- Angela Merkel and European ST officers have started seek- whether the supplies have been TChinese Premier Li tries. Commission President Jean- Ging clarification from com- accurately shown in the returns Keqiang this week at a summit “When economic policy Claude Juncker — may also panies whose tax payments did and GST paid on the same. in Brussels, but their hopes of intersects with foreign policy have been a double-edged not match with the e-way bills GSTN has also provided the winning solid commitments and security, the EU lacks the sword for the EU. generated, as revenue authorities facility to businesses to include on trade look set for disap- will and capacity to act strategi- The meeting in Paris gave start matching supplies data to details of e-way bills generated pointment. cally,” Philippe Legrain, visiting the EU — through its two most check tax evasion, sources said. while filing the final monthly Brussels is trying to beef up senior fellow at the London powerful members — the Touted as an anti-evasion sales return under GSTR-1 to its approach to the Asian giant School of Economics’ European chance to press its concerns measure, e-way bill system was avoid double data entry. as it shows little willingness to Institute, wrote in an analysis for directly with the paramount rolled out on April 1, 2018, for The Government is bank- listen to longstanding com- Project Syndicate magazine. Chinese leader. moving goods worth over ing on anti-evasion measures to plaints about industrial subsi- “Apart from France and the But analysts say it also 50,000 from one state to meet its GST collection target dies and access to its markets, UK, which is leaving the EU, seriously undercut this week’s another. The same for intra or for the current fiscal. and as fears grow about grow- member Governments lack a summit in Brussels, where Li within the State movement For fiscal 2019-20, the ing Chinese involvement in geopolitical mindset.” will hold talks not with heads was rolled out in a phased man- Government proposes to collect European infrastructure. This most striking recent of Government but with ner from April 15, 2018. 6.10 lakh crore from Central But the half-day summit on example came last month when Juncker and EU Council Following this, it has come GST and 1.01 lakh crore as Tuesday is on course to fizzle Italy became the first G7 nation President Donald Tusk. to the notice of tax officers that compensation cess. The out with little to show in terms to sign up to China’s “Belt and “The China summit has some transporters are doing Integrated GST balance has of agreements, with European Road Initiative” (BRI), a mas- already taken place. It is not multiple trips by generating been pegged at 50,000 crore. sources saying it looks highly sive network of transport and Europe for China without only a single e-way bill or not AMRG & Associates unlikely a final joint statement trade links stretching from France and Germany in the  ,(/ SBI is the lead lender to Jet explored in case the stake sale reflecting e-way bill invoices Partner Rajat Mohan said tax will be agreed. Asia to Europe. same room,” Hosuk Lee- Airways, which has a debt efforts do not result in an while filing sales return. It has officers have started using the EU officials say China is Concerns have been raised Makiyama, director of the he bidding process for stake burden of 8,000 crore. “acceptable outcome”. also come to the notice that pile of GSTN data retrieved unwilling to give binding about the way the BRI saddles ECIPE Brussels think-tank, Tsale in the cash-starved Jet Under the debt resolution After taking stock of the certain businesses are not gen- through return filings and e- commitments on their key countries with Chinese debt told AFP. Airways is likely to commence plan approved by the Jet Airways’ current situation at the airline, erating e-way bills even as sup- way bill mechanics to carve out demands, including the inclu- and leaves key infrastructure “Xi has already spoken. Xi from Monday as the bid doc- board on March 25, lenders which is currently operating plies are being made. a summary reconciliation state- sion of industrial subsidies as nodes owned by a potential has already shaken hands with ument is still to be given a final have taken majority stake in the less than 30 planes, the lenders Goods and Services Tax ment of estimated tax liability, part of World Trade strategic rival, though Beijing his counterparts so by default shape, a source said. airline and are set to infuse said they would pursue reso- Network (GSTN), the compa- compelling businesses to justi- Organisation reform, and they insists the initiative is a “win- the summit has already taken The SBI-led consortium 1,500 crore funds. Besides, the lution plan for the carrier in a ny which handles the technol- fy the outward tax liabilities in are reluctant to agree the kind win” arrangement. place. In a sense, they only of 26 lenders, which now has carrier’s founder and promoter time-bound manner under the ogy backbone for GST, has a comprehensive manner. of anodyne declaration of good Former Greek Finance bring out Li for Europe or the management control of Naresh Goyal as well as his wife present legal and regulatory started sharing details of e-way “Tax authorities would be intentions pushed out after Minister and scourge of the EU, when something bad is going the full-service carrier under a Anita Goyal quit the board. The framework. bills vis-a-vis taxes paid to at fault if they presume that rec- last year’s summit in Beijing. Yanis Varoufakis, said Europe to happen and somebody needs debt-recast plan, last Thursday shareholding of Goyals have “The lenders are cognisant help tax officers identify any onciliation difference is due to The European only had itself to blame if to take the blame.” said bid for the stake sale in Jet come down to 25 per cent from that the outcome of efforts of discrepancy, sources added. tax evasion only. There be Commission last month issued Mediterranean countries At the same time, Lee- Airways airline would be issued 51 per cent earlier. the lenders will depend on the In one of the letters issued other reasons for this difference a 10-point plan proposing a turned to China. Makiyama warned, Europe on April 6. Acute financial crunch has interest shown by the parties on by Ghaziabad GST commis- like clerical errors, cut off sup- more assertive relationship “We created a vacuum and risks being left playing catch- “The expression of interest forced the airline to ground air- sale of stake in the company,” sionerate, a taxpayer has been plies and pre-delivery expiry of with Beijing, labelling China a the Chinese are filling it. The up if ongoing US-China trade (EoI) for stake sale in Jet craft, cancel flights and delay the statement issued by lenders asked to provide “clarification” e-way bills,” Mohan added. “systemic rival” — a move wel- Chinese are coming in because talks result in a deal between Airways will now be issued payment of salaries, including last week said. within three days on the differ- To further streamline the e- comed by French President there is a dearth of investment in the world’s two biggest Monday (April 8),” said the to pilots. “Whilst all efforts will be ence between taxes paid and the way bill system, GSTN is plan- Emmanuel Macron as a belat- this continent... We are failing to economies. source. Amid uncertainty over made for the stake sale by liability which the tax officer has ning some changes, including ed awakening. generate investment that would “China is going to proba- Accordingly, the last date future of Jet Airways, the con- lenders, other options may be ascertained after analysing sales auto calculation of route dis- But while the EU’s 15 tril- give our business the opportunity bly offer us some watered down for submission of the bids, sortium of SBI-led lenders last considered by the lenders return GSTR-3B and e-way bill tance based on PIN code and lion euro market gives it sig- to compete with them,” he said version of what they gave to the which was April 9 earlier, is also Thursday said bids for selling should these efforts not result data for the period October blocking of generation of mul- nificant economic clout, it in Brussels last week. Americans, but that also means likely to be extended by a day stake would be invited on April in an acceptable outcome,” it 2018 and January 2019. tiple e-way bills on one struggles to maintain unity Macron’s own China ini- that we have to give some- to April 10, he said. 6 and other options would be said. Matching of invoices of e-way invoice/document. among its 28 members on tiative last week — hosting thing,” he said.   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They suspect around $5 time till April 30 to opt for the opting composition scheme understand changes in the ernment used to provide bulk Ghosn was re-arrested last million of these funds were composition scheme and pay 6 recently but were denied due to Indian economy and job cre- of the jobs and then came the week in the Japanese capital siphoned off for Ghosn’s use, per cent GST. a legal embargo. Now with this ation that is happening at a private sector. over fresh allegations of finan- including for the purchase of a The option to pay Goods clarification, GSTN would start rapid pace. He added that now start- cial misconduct which will see luxury yacht and financing and Services Tax (GST) at accepting the intimations soon”. The minister’s comments ups too are providing huge him held in custody until at personal investments. reduced rate of 6 per cent The GST Council, headed have come against the back- job opportunities but the least April 14. Prosecutors say Ghosn would be effective from the by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley drop of former RBI Governor challenge is to capture that Speaking to the Journal “betrayed” his duty not to beginning of the financial year and comprising state minis- Raghuram Rajan recently data. du Dimanche newspaper in cause losses to Nissan “in order or from the date of obtaining ters, in its meeting on January raising doubts over the Questioning growth France, his wife Carole detailed “He didn’t leave me until by his wife. to benefit himself.” Ghosn new registration during the 10 had permitted service Indian economy growing at 7 numbers, Rajan had said that the latest twists in the extraor- the plane,” she explained. “Up Carole intends now to try denies the allegations and says financial year. providers and those dealing in per cent when not enough the current cloud over the dinary saga, saying that Ghosn to the last second, I didn’t to pressure the French he is also innocent of the three Service providers opting both goods and services with a jobs were being created. GDP data must be cleared by had recorded a video interview know if they were going to let Government to do more for her formal charges he faces: two for the composition scheme turnover of up to 50 lakh to opt In response, Prabhu said, appointing an impartial body in English before his detention. me fly. It was surreal.” The role husband whose 108-day charges of deferring his salary can charge a lower tax rate of for composition scheme with “We have to have proper to look at it. “He names the people of the French Ambassador imprisonment in Japan and concealing that in official 6 per cent from customers, as effect from April 1. matrix to be developed to Questions have been responsible for what has hap- could lead to fresh friction between November 19 and shareholders’ documents, and against the higher rates of 12 The GST composition understand this changing raised about the government pened to him. The lawyers between the countries over the March 6 had left him a “differ- a further charge related to and 18 per cent for most ser- scheme was so far available to profile of India’s economy not making public the NSSO have it. It will be released highly sensitive case, which ent person,” she told The investment losses. vices under GST. traders and manufacturers of and in which job creation is labour survey that reported- soon,” she told the newspaper. involves Nissan and French Financial Times in a separate The man previously seen as In a circular, the Central goods with an annual turnover happening at rapid rate.” ly put the unemployment Carole added that she had car maker Renault, which were interview. the most powerful figure in the Board of Indirect Taxes and of up to 1 crore. He said that the relation rate in 2017 at a 45-year fled Tokyo on a flight to Paris both previously run by Ghosn. France’s Foreign Minister global car industry told French Customs (CBIC) said suppliers This threshold too has between employment gener- high. — with support from the Japanese news channel Jean-Yves Le Drian said channel TF1 last week that he who want to opt for composi- increased to 1.5 crore from ation to GDP (Gross Last month, a group of French Ambassador to Tokyo NHK said prosecutors in Tokyo Saturday he had raised the was “a combative man and an tion scheme would have to file April 1. Domestic Product) will 108 economists and social - because she “felt in danger.” wanted to question Carole on case during talks with his innocent man” and vowed to Form GST CMP-02 by select- Under the scheme, traders always undergo a change scientists said that lately Despite her Lebanese passport a voluntary basis. Japanese counterpart Taro “defend myself to the bitter ing ‘Any other supplier eligible and manufacturers are required depending upon the profile of Indian statistics and the insti- being confiscated by Japanese Other reports in Japan say Kono on the sidelines of the end”. for composition levy’ latest by to pay only 1 per cent GST on the economy. tutions associated with it authorities, Carole said she that investigators are looking meeting of Group of Seven And he voiced concern April 30, 2019. goods which otherwise attract Despite the fact that only have come under a cloud for was able to use her American into allegations that company (G7) foreign ministers in the that he would not be given a Businesses which apply for a higher levy of either 5, 12 or 16 per cent of the GDP comes being influenced and indeed passport to board a flight and money allegedly misused by French resort of Dinard. fair hearing in Japan where new registration may avail the 18 per cent. Such dealers are from agriculture, the sector even controlled by political was accompanied by the Ghosn could have transited Le Drian said he had around 99 per cent of trials said benefit in Form GST REG- also not permitted to charge engages over 60 per cent of considerations. Ambassador to the airport. through a business that was run “reminded him of our attach- result in a conviction. 01 at the time of filing appli- GST from the purchaser.       ; 2 ! ,+ ,!  !+ 0      C&    0 R  +    % 6      ! !'=-%%%!!   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February period of FY19, a look for the Indian steel sec- its employees across the coun- crore in the rights issue of ered as foreign investment in pected of laundering $1.2 billion company through over-invoic- “In this case Dutch com- report said. tor. Real estate and auto sec- try with quality healthcare facil- Vodafone Idea, which includes the rights issue, Aditya Birla through over-invoicing services ing services and works ren- panies are suspected of assist- This comes at a time when tor’s consumption of steel was ities. Microsoft Kaizala app will a major chunk from promot- Group may also route funds and works rendered for a gas dered to RGTIL were “creamed ing an Indian client to launder the government is looking at down, which impacted pro- enable serving and retired rail- er Vodafone Group, sources from its foreign entities, pipeline built by a unit con- off” to Singapore-based suspected illegal earnings,” AFP relaxing the timeline for the 1 duction. way employees to avail health- said. sources said. trolled by billionaire Mukesh Biometrix Marketing Ltd, a quoted the statement as saying. billion tonne coal production “Non-coking coal offers, care services of 125 railway and The company’s 25,000 The board of directors of Ambani, a charge vehemently company they claim is alleged- The real losers “were prob- target it had set earlier for Coal however, eased during the 133 private recognised hospitals. crore rights issue will open on Vodafone Idea on March 20 denied by Reliance Industries. ly linked to Reliance. ably individual citizens in India (CIL), which accounts for month in select markets, lead- The Kaizala group, managed by April 10. cleared the planned 25,000- East West Pipeline Ltd An AFP report quoting a India” as the cost of production over 80 per cent of the domes- ing to steady import demand,” doctors from South Central “Vodafone Idea had crore rights issue at a price of (EWPL), which was previous- statement issued by public of gas is passed onto the con- tic coal output. mjunction MD and CEO Railways will be complemented approached government for 12.50 per equity share, a ly known as Reliance Gas prosecutor’s office said that sumer, it added. The country produced Vinaya Varma said. with focused groups of doctors, FDI approval. The proposal steep 61 per cent discount to Transportation Infrastructure the company acted as “invoice Reached for comments, 196.59 million tonnes (MT) of Mjunction — a joint ven- paramedical staff and nurses. has received clearance from the prevailing market rate. Ltd (RGTIL), denied that any duplicator” to enable the Indian EWPL said the pipeline project coal in April-February period ture between Tata Steel and On registering for the Cabinet. It is expected that In a regulatory filing, the money was laundered at any firm to claim costs twice from was built by a privately owned of fiscal 2017-18, according to SAIL — is a B2B e-commerce healthcare services, Indian 18,000 crore during the rights company had said the rights stage during implementation of gas customers. entity, in which promoters’ the report by mjunction ser- company and also publishes Railway employees will be able issue will come from foreign entitlement ratio has been the project and that higher cap- “It is suspected that the private funds were invested. vices. research reports on coal and to search on Microsoft Kaizala, sources,” an official said. fixed at 87 equity shares for ital cost of a pipeline would Dutch company used to “No public funds were “During April-February steel verticals. nearest hospitals and doctors, Any foreign funding every 38 shares held by eligi- result in higher tariff for users increase the amounts on the invested and all borrowings 2018-19, coal and coke imports Of the total imports during list of empaneled diagnostic above 5,000 crore requires ble shareholders of the com- for receiving natural gas invoices for the materials and from banks, financial institu- stood at 212.11 MT, about 7.89 February 2019, non-coking centers and health units. Cabinet approval. The Cabinet pany on the record date, that through the line. services supplied,” it said. tions and others have been fully percent increase over 196.59 coal was at 13.86 MT, against Employees can book doctor had on February 28 cleared is April 2, 2019. Ambani’s listed firm Reliance “The ‘profits’ earned in repaid by the promoters. We MT recorded for the same 14.59 MT imported in January appointments, share diagnostic the company’s FDI proposal. According to Citi Industries too denied any link to this way were subsequently strongly deny any suggestion of period last year,” it said. 2019, it said. lab reports directly with their The promoter sharehold- Research, the successful com- the pipeline company saying he creamed off via the Dutch any money having been laun- Coal imports in the month Coking coal imports were doctors and save digital records ers — Vodafone Group and pletion of the capital raise neither set up any gas pipeline in company,” it said. dered at any stage during the of February was at 18.31 MT at 2.93 MT in February 2019, in ‘Me Chat’ of Microsoft Aditya Birla Group — have would be positive for the 2006 nor did it have contracts The gains were then trans- implementation of the pro- (provisional) as compared to down against 3.32 MT a month Kaizala. They will also be able reiterated to the board that company as it could strength- with any Netherlands company ferred via a complex web of ject. Suggestion of such impro- 21.15 MT (revised) in January ago. access key announcements, they intend to contribute up to en the balance sheet, remove for any gas line. businesses based among others priety lacks logic and eco- 2019, it said. Metallurgical coke imports share their feedback to improve 11,000 crore and up to going concern risks, and help The Fiscal Intelligence and in Dubai, Switzerland and the nomic rationale and is emphat- Coal and coke imports in during the month were at 0.26 quality of medical service with 7,250 crore respectively, enhance network capacity and Investigation Service & Caribbean, before eventually ically denied,” EWPL said in a February 2018 stood at 15.98 MT, while 0.34 MT was built in action cards. amounting to total of 18,250 coverage. Economic Investigation Service ending up at a business owned statement. MT, according to mjunction’s imported in January. C M Y K

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 +.*0.* that can win a majority in         Parliament and winning that cornered Theresa May      majority is the only way to  /+$ outlined in the president and gone through a tumultuous Aissued a “stark” warning to deliver Brexit,” she stressed. government’s manifesto.” transition that threatened to the warring factions within 2  % 2 May is set for another trip aldives President Ibrahim As his party began cele- drag the Maldives back to its the UK Parliament that the to Brussels next week to follow MMohamed Solih’s party brating after the vote counting autocratic past. Yameen had choice was between agreeing   2$**$ M2/*%$N years. up on her letter to European declared a sweeping victory on started Saturday night, Solih curtailed freedom of speech on a withdrawal agreement or Sandra Sheward and her Council President Donald Tusk Sunday in the country’s par- said the people should not for- and jailed his political rivals. risk no Brexit at all. fter Britain leaves the husband moved to the western seeking a short extension to liamentary elections that could get “the immense challenges Solih was only a fallback In her latest statement from AEuropean Union some 900 French region of Brittany 13 Article 50 until June 30. give him a free hand in efforts that lie ahead of us.” choice as president for his Downing Street on Saturday Britons serving on local coun- years ago. However, it remains to be to restore political freedoms “The work to strengthen party because charismatic for- evening, the British Prime cils in France will also have to “Our children fled the nest seen what the remaining EU and tackle corruption. our democratic institutions, to mer President Mohamed Minister sought to defend her give up their seat at the table. and we decided to drop out of member countries will be will- Local media reports said deliver basic services for citi- Nasheed was sentenced to move to reach out to Like all EU citizens living the rat race in London,” said ing to agree to, with any deci- Solih’s Maldivian Democratic zens, to our promise of bring- prison under Yameen and was Opposition Labour Party in another member country, Sheward, 58, a former training sion on an extension to the Party was leading in 60 of the ing corruption, past and pre- ineligible to run. leader Jeremy Corbyn in an comes amid a mounting Britons in France have the specialist for a property services Brexit mechanism requiring 87 seats in parliament follow- sent to book and ending Solih promised reforms, attempt to break the ongoing mutiny within her own right to vote in local elections company. their unanimous backing. ing Saturday’s vote. impunity starts now,” he said in an end to political influence parliamentary deadlock over Conservative Party for sitting and stand for election to their The pair restored a farm- The UK has already sought Official results were a statement Sunday. over the courts, police and the Britain’s impending exit from down with Corbyn to thrash local council. house on the edge of Saint- one extension to the March 29 expected late Sunday, but there “I look forward to working bureaucracy, and the recovery the European Union (EU). out a solution, which will But in leaving the bloc Caradec, a riverside village of Brexit deadline and is set to was no announcement yet. with all of you to realise our of money lost through corrup- “Because Parliament has inevitably take the form of a so- Britain will forfeit that right, 1,200 people, where Sheward crash out of the bloc on April It could be the first time a promises to the people.” tion. Opposition politicians made clear it will stop the UK called soft Brexit given Labour’s meaning that British residents was courted by the mayor to 12 unless an alternative single party wins a majority in Solih’s party is seeking at came together in a grand leaving without a deal, we now preference for a common will no longer be join his slate of candidates arrangement is agreed with parliament since the Indian least 44 seats for a majority to alliance to defeat Yameen, their have a stark choice: leave the Customs Union with the EU as able to represent the commu- for the municipal council in the EU. Ocean archipelago nation pass legislation needed to common foe. European Union with a deal or part of any future relationship nities some have served for 2014. British MPs have rejected became a multiparty democ- implement pledges from last But soon the coalition do not leave at all,” she said. with the economic bloc. May’s EU divorce bill three racy in 2008 after decades of year’s presidential campaign. cracked and despite repeated “My answer to that is clear: However, the British PM would mean letting the Brexit MPs, May insisted that there times over the controversial autocratic rule. His coalition currently has efforts, Solih failed to secure we must deliver Brexit and to highlighted that it was either the British people voted for slip are areas where the two main Irish backstop clause and last Afshan Latheef, the cam- 52, but one partner with 22 parliamentary approval for do so we must agree a deal. If that or not leaving the 28- through our fingers. UK parties, Conservatives and week’s talks between the two paign spokeswoman for Solih’s seats is aligned with former promised commissions to we cannot secure a majority member economic bloc at all “I will not stand for that. It Labour, agree. main parties were aimed at try- party, told The Associated Press strongman Yameen Abdul inquire into corruption, the dis- among Conservative and DUP and reneging on the June 2016 is essential we deliver what peo- “We both want to end free ing to find a proposal which that it was a “resounding vic- Gayoom. appearance of a journalist and MPs we have no choice but to referendum in favour of Brexit. ple voted for and to do that we movement, we both want to could break the deadlock in the tory” that “undoubtedly reflect- Solih defeated Yameen last the killing of a blogger during reach out across the House of She said: “The longer this need to get a deal over the line.” leave with a good deal, and we Commons before an emer- ed the people’s desire for reform year, giving new hope to the Yameen’s rule. Commons,” she added. takes, the greater the risk of the In a clear attempt at pla- both want to protect jobs. That gency EU summit on and implementation of policies young democracy, which has Her latest intervention UK never leaving at all. 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The Justice and power. as guarantor of Israel’s securi- "7""E, 7F 4    Allegations this week that Trump, who declared a Development Party (AKP) will Electoral authorities are ty and economic growth, &&  the US Justice chief down- “complete and total exonera- make the demand by 5 pm conducting a recount in scores Netanyahu has spent more       played serious evidence of ille- tion” when Barr announced (1400 GMT), its vice president of districts in Ankara and in than 13 years as premier and        gal obstruction by Trump in Mueller’s conclusions, said this Ali Ihsan Yavuz said. A recount Istanbul where tallies showed opinion polls show that he "# && Special Counsel Robert week that Democrats “are fight- is already under way in sever- the opposition CHP candidate could well win again.     Mueller’s final report are fuel- ing hard to keep the Witch al of Istanbul’s 39 districts. Ekrem Imamoglu with a very He would be on track to said Saturday he was planning Palestinians if done on a large  :@    ing demands that he release the Hunt alive.” On Saturday, a party slim lead over the AKP. surpass founding father David on annexing Israeli settlements scale.  "  entire, unexpurgated docu- “This is the highest level of spokesman said the AKP Losing Istanbul would be a Ben-Gurion as Israel’s longest- in the occupied West Bank if he Netanyahu is fighting for     " ment to Congress. Presidential Harassment in the would accept the results of blow to Erdogan, who built his serving prime minister if he wins. his political life while facing a # 1     News reports, citing history of our Country!” he local election recounts in political career as mayor of the wins. The deeply controversial dual threat in this year’s elec-     AD7@ unnamed members of Mueller’s tweeted. Istanbul as well as Ankara, no city before becoming Prime In a last-minute appeal to move could end hopes for a tion.   &&  "#    staff, said Barr ignored the On Tuesday, members of matter which party is declared Minister and later President. right-wing voters, Netanyahu two-state solution with the The possibility of indict-       E  summaries Mueller’s team pre- Congress might get their first        pared for public release, and chance to press Barr in public    " instead issued his own on about the Mueller report, when March 24, in which he peremp- he appears before the House #  "    ,    6 torily cleared the president of Appropriations Committee in     any wrongdoing. a hearing nominally focused on "74E<:"F #   And Barr now says he will the Justice Department Budget.  -  #  ,        CD not release key evidence given In his four-page summa-     to Mueller’s grand jury, a spe- tion of the 22-month investi-  %.+.(. Lanka maintains friendly rela- country can come there. But we     *  cial panel used by prosecutors gation on March 24, Barr said tions with all countries and is control the operations,” he  2(;  &      in politically-sensitive cases. that Mueller found no evi- he security and operations well aware of the current glob- added.   "# Democrats suspect the evi- dence of collusion between Tof the strategic Hambantota al trends. Wickremesinghe said that &       dence could be damning to the Trump’s campaign and Russia port are totally under the Sri “India is our partner from it was important for the island  -3/+ African Union and the        president -- setting up a legal in the 2016 election, and that Lankan government’s control, our history. We share same nation that there is no military European Union.   0 and political showdown. there was insufficient evidence Prime Minister Ranil civilisation with Pakistan and conflict in the Indian Ocean. wanda on Sunday somber- “I am moved beyond    &   The Democrat-led House to charge Trump with obstruc- Wickremesinghe has said, Bangladesh.We joined Japan at “What is important to us is Rly commemorated the start, words at this memorial to   & (1  Judiciary Committee this week tion. allaying fears that the Chinese the San Francisco Conference. that there is no military conflict 25 years ago, of its genocide in tragedy,” said Jean-Claude   " prepared to subpoena the full Yet Barr also conceded investment in the island nation Despite the opposition from in the Indian Ocean. There is which some 8,00,000 people Juncker, president of the report, a move Barr and the that Mueller did compile evi- could cause concerns for coun- the United States, Sri Lanka only one military base there were killed, as the country European Commission.  , White House will almost cer- dence of obstruction, tries like India. recognised People’s Republic of that is of the Sri Lanka Navy,” continues to grapple with the There will be a procession    + '6 tainly contest. and quoted the special counsel Sri Lanka in 2017 reached China and first signed a trade he said. lasting consequences of the through the capital to Kigali’s :5$  3   And on Thursday Jerry as saying that: “While this a long-term lease agreement agreement. We will maintain Wickremesinghe said Sri mass killings. National Stadium where are &       Nadler, the committee chair- report does not conclude that with China to set up an indus- this situation.We do not get Lanka has control over the President Paul Kagame and many as 30,000 are expected to   &    man, demanded Barr turn over the president committed a trial park at Hambantota and caught up in someone’s com- strategic Hambantota port. first lady Jeannette Kagame participate in an evening can-    O   all communications between crime, it also does not exoner- convert Colombo’s high com- petition,” he was quoted as “Any ship can come but it laid wreaths and lit a flame at dlelight ceremony.   7C   his office and Mueller’s, fol- ate him.” mercial debt with Beijing into saying by the Colombo Page. is us who control entry and the mass burial ground of “Twenty-five years ago,   E  lowing the reports Mueller’s Suspicions are deep among equity, triggering concerns in “Many people consider that access,” he stressed. 250,000 victims at the Kigali Rwanda fell into a deep ditch 3    staff were unhappy with the Democrats that Barr took New Delhi over Beijing’s efforts the Hambantota port as a He said that for the Genocide Memorial Center in due to bad leadership, today, we   "#      way Barr presented their con- advantage of his position to to expand influence in the Chinese military base. I accept Hambantota airport the Sri the capital, Kigali. are a country of hope and a &  E  clusions. clear Trump and now wants to region. that there will be a military Lankan cabinet has approved a Those attending the cere- nation elevated,” Agnes     2  Barr’s distillation “appears keep the most damaging parts Addressing the two-day camp. But it is a Sri Lanka Navy joint-venture between the monies included the leaders of Mutamba, 25, a teacher who #    3 to minimise the implications of of the report secret to protect long Third Asia Europe camp. Once installed, a Sri Sri Lanka Airport Authority Chad, Republic of the Congo, was born during the genocide &&  " the report as to the president,” the White House. Political Forum here, Lankan Rear Admiral will be in and the Indian Aviation Djibouti, Niger, Belgium, told The Associated Press in said Nadler. Wickremesinghe said that Sri control. Any ship from any Authority. Canada, Ethiopia, as well as the Kigali.

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Iyer then shared 39 runs with .*0/4  BPDD 20 overs. Our shot selections wasn't good," he told Colin Ingram (22), who blasted two With the ball not coming on to reporters in the post-match press conference. fours and a six in his 21-ball stay the bat, Kohli scored almost a-run- "Obviously we needed a good partnership. before being trapped by Moeen Ali a-ball before hitting two sixes late in I think, we started off well, but could not cap- in the 14th over while trying to play 0A" -!)1! !+ !2+ his innings, consuming 33 balls for italise on it. Also we gave away wickets at the a shot over the leg side. his 41. end and probably it wasn't smart enough," he Rishabh Pant came out with Had it not been for Kohli and said. intent, blasting a couple of fours, !+ !  2!, Moeen Ali's contributions, RCB The English off-spinner said his team is while Iyer too smashed a six off would have been in deep trouble. Ali repeating the same mistakes of dropping Yuzvendra Chahal in the 17th over hits a 18-ball 32. catches and giving away wickets. but the skipper miscued a pull off  .1/+  , P    South Africa paceman Kagiso "Obviously it is very frustrating as play- Navdeep Saini and was caught at Rabada (4/21) accounted for four ers. We are training hard. We are doing right short cover by Chahal. top-heavy Sunrisers Hyderabad    1  &  - RCB batsmen to lead Delhi's bowl- things in the training, but not delivering on With just five runs needed, Aare seeking to sort their middle- 6 7C 1  ing attack, which also comprised the field. We are making same mistakes - Delhi survived some anxious order woes against Kings XI Punjab as - 6        Chris Morris (2/28), Axar Patel dropping catches and giving away wickets." moment after losing Chris Morris the two teams eye a return to winning 1 7:  (1/22) and Sandeep Lamichhane After this loss, it will take a herculean task (0) and Pant -- both trying to clear ways in the Indian Premier League here   (1/46). for RCB to win all the remaining eight match- the in-field and perishing in the on Monday. Shreyas Iyer then played a cap- es to qualify for the knockout stage. process. Both Sunrsiers and Kings XI have 0'   AF9  tain's knock, making a 50-ball 67 to "You can't afford to do that in IPL. We got Axar Patel then smashed a four garnered six points after three wins     & 89"F:       guide Delhi Capitals to a comfort- to improve and we have to win remaining to take Delhi home. from five games but the Hyderabad out- &7:B":A       able win, bringing their IPL cam- games. We know that," he said. Earlier, Rabada was introduced fit is placed second in the eight-team +" &1-&&1)91 paign back on track. to bowl the last over in Powerpay standings on account of a better run Iyer anchored the chase with and he got his national teammate AB rate. Sharma and Siddharth Kaul have been some crucial partnerships as Delhi which helped Delhi grab the fifth de Villiers (17). Kings XI, meanwhile, are lying fifth descent so far while the Afghan spin overhauled the target with seven place in the points table, snapping And then in his third over he in the points table. duo of Rashid Khan and Mohammad balls to spare. a two-match losing streak where dismissed the rival captain, But, having suffered defeats in Nabi have been more than impressive Iyer smashed eight fours and they lost to Kings XI Punjab and Akshdeep Nath and Pawan Negi to their previous games, both Sunrisers in the middle overs. two sixes in his 50-ball innings Sunrisers Hyderabad in the last two trigger massive collapse. and Kings XI would be desperate to get Kings XI, on the other hand, lost back to winning ways. the plot despite half-centuries from K While Sunrisers lost by 40 runs L Rahul (55) and Sarfaraz Khan (67) against Mumbai Indians in Hyderabad while chasing 161 as they were restrict- 7 E   .)   ,5  :    on Saturday while chasing a below-par ed to 138 for five by CSK. 136, Kings XI were beaten by 22 runs Kings XI batsmen were choked for by Chennai Super Kings. runs by the CSK spinners and with  ($*3/+,2, match presentation ceremony. happy getting out at the stage, that time." Sunrisers have been threatening in Rashid and Nabi in Sunrsiers' rank, it "We just weren't good on the could've made 25-30 more for the Looking forward, Kohli said their first three games when David is going to be another difficult outing elplessness was palpable when given day. That's the whole story of team if I was still there till the end, his side needs to needs relax and Warner and Jonny Bairstow stitched for the home team batsmen. HVirat Kohli spoke after his RCB this season," he said in dejec- but felt 160 was a good score." accept whatever comes "in front of century-plus stands but once the duo Kings XI would be hoping for Chris side's sixth straight defeat this IPL tion. Talking about poor fielding of us". got out cheaply, the Hyderabad team's Gayle to be back among runs at the top, season as he defended his atypical Kohli, who took 33 balls for his his side which has now dropped 15 "There's nothing more you can middle-order looked in complete dis- while the likes of Mayank Agarwal, slow knock against Delhi Capitals. 41 runs after largely going a-run-a- catch chances, Kohli hinted pressure tell the team. We've asked the boys array. Mandeep Singh, David Miller need to "We thought 160 would be com- ball, said he had no option to play is playing in players' mind. to take responsibility. It hasn't hap- Sunrsiers' middle-order has hard- take more responsibility in the middle petitive, but we kept losing wickets in that fashion. "When the mind is cluttered, pened so far, and that's the reality. ly been tested and when the opportu- overs. at regular intervals, so I wanted to "The wicket was tough. 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You never otherwise we won't be able to play On the bowling front, the pace trio company of Sam Curran, Murugan es every day," said Kohli at the post- the other senior to anchor. I wasn't know, could've come into the game any good cricket," he said. of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sandeep Ashwin and Andrew Tye. %)"4AB)61 07933D709(92     >.   49-(9(D((0/-  140$2/(/0 oung West Indian pacer 7C-)73AD:A  140$2/(/0 YAlzarri Joseph described his record-breaking bowling effort raditionally a slow starter, Mumbai on his IPL debut as "unbelievable", TIndians skipper Rohit Sharma says he saying he will cherish the moment wants his team to win most of its initial for a long time to come. matches this IPL season, as some of his The soft-spoken Joseph (6/12) players will leave for World Cup prepara- claimed the best bowling figures in tions at the back-end. IPL's history, bettering Sohail "We want to win as many games as pos- Tanvir's 6/14 registered in the sible at the start because we know how hec- inaugural edition in 2008. The pre- tic it gets in the end. A few of the guys leav- vious best figures on IPL debut was ing for the World Cup doesn't help either," Andrew Tye's 5/17, in 2017. Rohit said after his team's victory over "Unbelievable. It's a great start. games. play on, so 136 from 120 balls we Sunrisers Hyderabad on Saturday night. note. I dont' think I could have asked for Asked what was going on his knew we were in for a game if we "We don't want to be a team who starts "We didn't bat well to start with, kept anything better. So I will really mind before his debut match, he take some early wickets," he said. off poorly." losing wickets and we knew after a few cherish this moment," said Joseph said: "It was my first game. So I just Stating that his sole aim is to The win was made possible by Alzarri overs that it wasn't a 170-180 pitch. The at the post-match press conference wanted to go out and put all my help his side win the IPL crown, Joseph's dream IPL debut, returning with pitch was under covers for a day, it was rain- after helping Mumbai Indians effort into this team. Joseph said he was happy to fin- figures of 6/12, which is the best in the ing as well and the wicket was a bit sticky," secure a 40-run win over Sunrisers "The score doesn't really mat- ish off things for Mumbai by  )/,2 league's history. Rohit said. Hyderabad here on Saturday night. ter. I just go out and put my best claiming the last wicket of Kaul. Rohit was in awe of the young pacer "So we knew that 140 would be a good Defending a modest 136 for foot forward. You get the informa- "It's not something I play for. ustralian batsman Steve from the West Indies. score to defend because we've got the qual- seven, Joseph wreaked havoc with tion from the first ball so you know I play for wins. It's a good feeling ASmith scored 73 not out to "It was a sensational bowling effort ity in our bowling and we back them to the ball to bundle out SRH for 96. what variations you need to use." but I want to win this tournament," anchor Rajasthan Royals to 139 from Alzarri, to bowl like this in first game. defend whatever we get. Joseph claimed the wickets of Joseph said the Wankhede he said. for 3 in their IPL match against He's come in with a lot of confidence from "We knew that once we got an early dangerman David Warner, Vijay pitch was not the best one for shot- "The last wicket because that Kolkata Knight Riders here on the CPL and he's carrying it here," Rohit wicket we were in the game and with the Shankar, Deepak Hooda, Rashid making and they believed in gave us the win. My aim is to do Sunday. said. spin and the seamers we have, we knew we Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and defending the modest total at the my best to win games for my team. Smith struck his first half cen- Earlier, a brisk 46 from Kieron Pollard could knock them out in the middle," the Siddharth Kaul to hand Mumbai break. Just put my whole effort into the tury of this IPL season as he helped Mumbai Indians finish on a decent MI captain added. Indians their third win from five "The pitch wasn't the easiest to team." remained not out on 73 off 59 deliveries after the home side was invited to bat on a tricky track. The former Australia captain, )C,!,!,+! +,   1   who returned to competitive cricket last month after serving when the scoreboard read just 5. one-year ban for his involve- Buttler hit a couple of fours in !C,!3!, + "   ment in the infamous ball-tam- the fourth over bowled by Krishna pering scandal in South Africa, hit and after that runs were hard to   40*$4 seven fours and one six in his come by before one-down Smith  -/2/%1 match ODI series against England unbeaten knock. hit another couple of boundaries besides some matches against English hamed former Australia captain Steve He shared 72 runs in 10.4 in the ninth over off chinaman ohammad Amir's World Cup counties in May and since every SSmith has backed fellow ball-tamper- overs with opener Jos Buttler (37 Kuldeep Yadav. Mselection was throw into uncer- country has to give final shape to its er Cameron Bancroft as an astute choice off 34 balls) for the second wick- Buttler hit the first six of the tainty after captain Sarfaraz Ahmed 15-member World Cup squad by to skipper English county side Durham et after captain Ajinkya Rahane match in the fourth delivery of the expressed concerns over the experi- 23rd May, the selectors might want after his appointment raised eyebrows. was out cheaply for 5 in the sec- 12th over bowled by debutant enced left-arm pacer's inability to to have a final look at Amir before Smith, Bancroft and David Warner ond over. pacer Harry Gurney (2/25) but he take wickets in One-day deciding on whether he plays in the were all banned over the scandal involv- On a slow track at the Sawai was out the next ball while going Internationals. mega-event or not," a source said. ing sandpaper to alter the ball in South Man Singh stadium, the runs were for another big shot with "When your main strike bowler Sarfaraz agreed that there had Africa last year, but are now back play- his ban and return to cricket. a premium as the ball did not Subhman Gill taking a fine catch is not taking wickets regularly obvi- not only been a drastic cut in the ing. "Cam is a good choice for captain," come on to the bat easily. The sta- near the boundary ropes. ously it causes concern to the cap- strike rate for Amir but his pace had While Warner was also barred from Smith told ESPNcricinfo. dium was also engulfed by a sand- Smith reached to his 50 off 44 tain," Sarfaraz said. also come down. ever holding a leadership role again and "He's got a good head on his shoul- storm before the tie but the match deliveries in the 15th over and Since the Champions Trophy "I can't say whether he (Amir) Smith prevented from doing so for 12 ders and has shown great character in the started on time. after that he opened up his arms final at the Oval in 2017 when he will be in the World Cup squad or months after his one-year suspension way he has come back after his time out. The home side were 56 for 1 in search of runs. He hit a mas- produced a match-winning spell of not but our minds are clear about our expired, Bancroft was free to assume a "It has been a tough time for him no at halfway stage but increased the sive six off Sunil Narine in the 3 for 16, Amir, 26, has not taken plans and when the squad is captaincy. doubt, but he's a good guy who will do scoring rate at the back end of the 18th over and a couple of bound- more than a wicket in 14 ODIs and announce everyone will know," the Durham appointed him last month, his best for Durham and will lead them innings to add 83 runs from the aries in the next two overs to take has also gone without a wicket in The selectors are due to Pakistan skipper added. insisting he was "the best available well. next 10 overs with Smith scoring Rajasthan Royals to a respectable nine of these matches. announce the Pakistan World Cup The source confirmed that option" despite criticism from some quar- "He gets the game pretty well and has the bulk of the runs. total. Even he has hit an average of squad on April 18 and sources say Amir's selection is dicey since even ters, including former English bowler a good understanding of strategy and Rajasthan Royals were imme- Ben Stokes remained not out around 85 per wicket in these 14 that they are likely to announce 17 the head coach Mickey Arthur and Darren Gough who slammed it as "dis- players," he added. diately at the backfoot as soon as on 7 off 14 balls and shared 34 games and even his pace and strike to 18 players to go to England on bowling coach Azhar Mahmood graceful". "He's found a bit of form with the bat the match started as Rahane was runs with Smith from 4.2 overs for rate has gone down in Test match- April 23. seem to have lost faith in him mak- But Smith said Bancroft had shown and will be able to use his experience in trapped LBW by Prasidh Krishna the unconquered fourth wicket. es. "Pakistan is due to play a five- ing a comeback. 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You need to find ways to prepare your built-in. And hey dudes, listen up: some er to concentrate, get up from your table, Split up projects into individual tasks so mind for work, and find simple ways to research suggests men have a harder time go take a walk, grab a cup of coffee. You’ll they’re easier to accomplish. keep it from straying to non-essential focusing than women and are more like- surely find that when you get back to Anything from Post-Its to pretzels and thoughts as well. ly to suffer from attention span issues. work, it’ll be a lot easier to avoid distrac- family photos can become a distraction. A good way to prime your mind for Turns out, brain structure might tions Clear off the workspace and have out only work is to have a dedicated work station. also be to blame for a wandering mind. It’s possible to find flow — or effort- what’s needed to help stay in the zone. If you always work in a specific area, then The prefrontal cortex is the area of the less concentration on and enjoyment of Discard any distractions with a little your mind will associate that area with brain that regulates attention span and a task—by tackling a challenge that’s help from technology. Certain apps can work related thoughts. handles our emotions. So, any strong sen- meaningful and manageable. Having a job block websites (so long, Pinterest) or black Simple enough, right? When you take timent, from frustration with a boss to you love with a reasonable workload out computer screen backgrounds so only breaks make sure to leave your work sta- being angry with a significant other, can makes achieving flow a lot easier. But one program is in view at a time. There tion, that way you’ll know when you’re be a case for distraction. Still, people aren’t regardless of the task at hand, there are are web tools that can calculate how much “allowed” to let your thoughts roam free born with a mind in complete disarray. lots of useful tips that can help people stay time is spent on websites, too. as well. The brain works hard to stay attentive: one focused on their work and make the most Getting to the office early, working Focus your attention on what you study found that when listening to bor- of the day: Pinpoint the problem. What through lunch and staying late doesn’t CAN do, keep working “mindlessly” at all ing people, the brain prevents us from los- causes you to lose focus? Is it fatigue, necessarily mean getting more stuff done. costs. All this means is that you should ing focus by “rewriting” speech so that it hunger or a Twitter addition? Figuring out Short bursts of hard work followed by focus on the easy parts first. sounds more interesting and we’re more the issue is the first step toward trying to quick breaks can be more beneficial Eventually you can come back to the apt to pay attention. fix it. Plan ahead. Envision what the work- than never taking a breather, since the more difficult parts, and hopefully by then People normally do that when they day will look like before it happens. Write brain may just burn out. it’ll have come to you or you’ll have built believe they won’t be able to do everything down what things need to get done or <99"F;9#/%;9#%/0"29# An easy way to kill your focus is to up enough momentum that it won’t they need without getting distracted. what you want to accomplish. Setting see a goal for the big giant accomplish- break your focus if you work on it. Impossibly huge tasks make it even hard- goals can help people stay on track. Eat F9#-/9&A""/"F9#- ment that it is. 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The ing about all that she had learnt reality is that despite a plethora over the 10 days of Poshan of state and centre-run pro- Pakhwada celebrations in grammes to boost the nutrition- Bhiwandi, an overcrowded, large- al status of children (zero to six ly impoverished loom town, a years age), pregnant women and mere 20 kilometres outside of lactating mothers, there is a dis- Mumbai, in Thane district. tinct lack of coordination in Chotu’s mother was one of the linking the schemes and making many women who attended the them easily accessible to the peo- activities organised as part of the ple. Consequently, the state of fortnight long string of events health of women and children in with a firm resolve: to do her best the country is far from perfect. for the good health and well- A total crowd-pleaser was being of her child. She was also the cooking demonstration under- eager to know how to take care taken by the anganwadi workers. of herself so she could enjoy a The idea was to motivate women healthy and happy motherhood. to use their ‘Take Home Ration’ by Poshan Pakhwada, a nation- teaching them easy recipes. ‘Take wide awareness and outreach cam- Home Rations’ are roast-dried, paign to mark the first anniversary packaged, ready-to-cook meals he confrontation between two east Asian of Poshan Abhiyaan, the govern- that are typically made of wheat, countries, the unresolved conflict between ment’s overarching scheme for sugar and soybean, fortified with Ttwo gulf nations and the communal or reli- holistic nourishment took place specified quantities of micronutri- gious disharmony in various other parts of the between March 8 and 22, and ents. Due to a lack of awareness world remind us that there has been a vast dis- included events that ranged from and crime. consequences of teenage preg- about preparing meals out of the crepancy between what religions have preached nutrition counselling; talks on The focussed health drive nancy and the importance of a ‘Take Home Ration’ ingredients, and what most of their followers have actually hygiene, exclusive breastfeeding was indeed a welcome move, as balanced diet were also addressed more often than not, the women practised. The gulf between preaching and prac- and immunisation; anaemia it brought home the message of in the session. The idea was to would simply take them and tise has steadily deepened and widened. However screening for pregnant women; making available improved prep them with information that either throw them away or have lofty their ideals and injunctions regarding the among others, in a bid to ensure anganwadi services, undertaking would hold them in good stead them straight from the packet norms of conduct, religions in the world have been adequate nutrition for pregnant better monitoring of expectant in the future. They were also told without cooking. The anganwa- unable to mitigate wars and other forms of con- women, mothers and children. women and newborns, and, of about the importance of complet- di workers, aware of this situation, flict throughout. Providing sustained and course, building greater synergy ing their secondary education took it on themselves to show They have failed to realise the glory of God quality healthcare services on among the different government and the right age to get married. them the different delectable and goodwill towards fellow beings in day-to-day the ground is essential in a place agencies and frontline health In addition to the immense- treats that can be whipped up life. They have not been able to foster amity and like Bhiwandi. Stepping into this workers for the benefit of the ly popular adolescent awareness with the free ration supply. bring peace to the world. Therefore, here arises town, one simply can’t miss the already struggling community, programme, there were interac- Delicious sweetmeats like ladoos the question — are religions any beneficial to the shanties, with their narrow, dingy, largely comprising loom workers. tive talks held with women to and halwa, along with crisp hot mankind? Have they not caused enough confu- airless lanes that double up as an The sessions organised during the #1$/%#5#$ She feels that this knowledge will bring them up-to-date with the paranthas (leavened Indian sion and conflicts? When we give an impartial overpass for the drains. The var- Pakhwada were attended by chil- *%+,0$0**.5/#5$ help her deal with situations different facets of mother and bread) were prepared and distrib- thought to this charge against religions in gener- ious slums, be it Shanti Nagar, dren, mothers of newborn babies, when boys tease her. Now she child care. Issues like immunisa- uted during this session much to al, we find that, to a great extent, it is true. Well, Gayatri Nagar or Fatima Nagar, expectant women as well as ado- 3/$ #12.,31 will not remain quiet. She also tion, regular weight checks, hav- the delight of the women in in the first stage of their growth, followers of every present a picture of squalor, lescent girls. '1%1/0.+$ %$*# feels that the other things that she ing a nutritious diet, feeding of attendance. In the end, the pur- religion had a good understanding of real religious chaos and destitution. Nothing The activities included inno- learnt at the programme about colostrum, exclusive breastfeed- pose of the demonstrations was spirits in the form of observance of their cardi- really seems to be working out for vative, fun games through which 32+ '$2$/0$ health, nutrition of mothers and ing and supplementary meals fulfilled — the women were con- nal principles. However, that was short-lived, the thousands of workers and adolescent girls were sensitised /'/2$/(.,##1$ babies will equip her with the once the baby is six months old vinced that, when used in the because successive generations of followers learnt their families who toil away on about good and bad touch. Shuja 0$2$*%$ knowledge that she will need were keenly discussed. The ses- right way, ‘Take Home Rations’ mainly the rituals and customs. They said their the power looms, but it’s the Ramja, 14, liked the session when she gets married and have sion on the importance of main- can not only taste great, more prayers, made some donations and felt elated to women and children who bear ‘attending the programme was ($#'$$*/3..0/*0 children. Apart from being taught taining a three-year gap between importantly, they are beneficial to see their numbers increase but dissensions, rifts, brunt of crushing poverty that useful, I got to know a lot, espe- /(/0#.,%1 about these, menstrual hygiene two children, the need for insti- their health. sectarianism and quarrels among themselves and brings on ill-health, illiteracy cially about good and bad touch. and using sanitary pads, the dire tutional delivery, the ambulance L   &  with others increased. Hence, today, no one can deny that to a great extent if not totally, religions have failed in making their followers conform to obacco use, particularly smoking, mon cold, influenza, pneumonia, lung economic factor, is a contributor to their prescribed ethical norms and to the golden is widely recognised by the med- fibrosis, lung hemorrhages and sponta- morbidity and mortality of tuberculosis. rule of love towards the fellow beings. However, Tical community as well as the neous development of air leak from the In 2002, in first such review article pub- it should also be noted that though this charge general public as a major public health !,!, +- lung leading to lung collapse. lished in the International Journal of points to the fact that there are serious flaws, defor- hazard. Despite the fact, unfortunately Smoking not only contributes to Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, it was mities and discrepancies in the existing religions, smoking has always received social mortality from pulmonary diseases, concluded that smoking could be consid- it does not necessarily imply that religion, even acceptance across the world. It is the sin- which includes deaths from lung cancer, ered as an important risk factor for the in its real form also is unnecessary, for the truth gle most important preventable risk to !+! ,+ and chronic obstructive pulmonary dis- development of tuberculosis. Not only remains that it fulfills man’s many needs. human health and an important cause of ease but it also contributes to cardiovas- active but also passive smoking was It was not so long ago, when Swami premature deaths. Globally it kills near- & 8059(9?629)      cular diseases like heart attack and found to be associated with increased risk Vivekananda reflected on the necessity of the con- ly six million people, of which 0.6 mil- stroke. It increases the risk of type-2-dia- of tuberculosis. As we know that in our cept of universal religion for the society. He lion is due to passive smoking. By 2030, )   +    +  betes and can make sugar control diffi- country tuberculosis is widely prevalent, realised the nature of man, according to which with current trend, more than eight mil-    +  cult if not stopped. If a diabetic person smoking can increase the risk by many mankind in the whole world has been trying to lion people will be killed every year smokes, they have a higher risk of seri- folds. look beyond in the quest of his ultimate destiny worldwide. Nearly 80 per cent of deaths ous complications including heart and Quitting smoking lowers the risk of or search for God. Therefore, whole of the world will be in underdeveloped countries. In kidney diseases, eye problems, neuropa- many diseases and can add years to our community is today expecting a religion, which India, smoking is one of the major cause thy and vascular complications. life. It not only reduces the risk of heart is acceptable to all, universal in its scope and teach- of deaths and diseases, accounting for Smoking affects nearly every organ attacks but also the risk of stroke, can- ings and which works as a unifying force. millions of such cases daily. and harms a person’s overall health. It cers and other disorders. Quit smoking The need of the hour is to have a religion of Guidelines for tobacco have been even makes difficult for a woman to con- clinics, where smokers are helped in quit- spiritual love and brotherhood that could inspire published by the Ministry of Health. This ceive and can cause premature deliver- ting the habit by proper counseling and men, women and children to build up a new world should be known to all physicians in ies, still births, sudden infant death syn- recommended pharmacotherapy are the of complete peace, friendliness and brotherhood. order to help the patients to stop smok- drome, and ectopic pregnancy if they need of the hour. There are a few centres Moreover, people now don’t want a religion which ing which will further help in prevention conceive. In men, it worsens the sperm in our country but that too are restrict- offers them an imaginary heaven or gives them of disease or its progression. count, which can reduce the fertility rate ed to some medical colleges and hospi- fear of an imaginary hell. Instead, they want a reli- Cigarettes contain about 600 ingre- and can increase the risk of birth defects tals but the requirement of such centres gion which gives them uprightness and happiness dients. Smoking generates more than and miscarriages. In women, during are in massive numbers. in this very life and enlightens them on how to 7,000 chemicals. Many of these are poi- childbearing age it can result in bone There is a need of increase and much transform this world of sufferings, that is, the hell sonous and almost 69 of them can weakness and increases the risk of frac- stringent government regulation on into paradise. It is this religion, which is univer- cause cancer. tures. Smoking can also affect tooth and smoking. The addiction which is con- sal, altruistic and practicable. Many of the elements are found in gums and can result in tooth loss. It is also nected and gives only diseases and also cigars and hookah pipes. Cigars have a a cause of rheumatoid arthritis, which is increases countries’ medical costs is higher level of carcinogens, toxins, and equal or higher levels of nicotine, tar and ynx, larynx (voice box) and windpipe a crippling joint disorder. rampant at the moment. The cigarette tar as compared to cigarettes. While other toxic chemicals.’ cancer it can also cause cancer almost Risk from tobacco smoke is not lim- company’s argument that they bring rev- smoking hookah, one is likely to inhale After inhalation, these compounds anywhere in our body. This includes — ited to the person who smokes alone but enues to the country is nothing else but more smoke than a cigarette. It has many not only reach lungs but are absorbed and in bladder, food pipe, stomach, large also to those around the smoker. This is a sheer myth being propagated as the toxic compounds and even exposes to can damage almost every single organ of intestine, cervix, kidney, liver, pancreas called second-hand smoke or passive costs involved in treating the diseases more toxic carbon monoxide (CO) gas the body. and blood. Among asthmatics, smoking smoking. The risk of lung cancer increas- caused by smoking is enormous and runs than cigarettes. Hookahs produce more Smoking harms the overall health, is considered as one of the major risk fac- es by 30 per cent due to passive smok- in billions of rupees. Secondly the loss of passive smoke. In India bidi consump- increases absenteeism from work and tor for acute attacks and thereby increas- ing and this also contributes to work humanity is priceless and irreversible. tion is seven to eight times more com- also extends health care utilisation. It is ing morbidity and mortality. Other res- absenteeism in non-smoking adults (The author is the director and head, mon than conventional cigarettes and a burden on the country’s economic costs. piratory diseases whose incidence or because of respiratory illnesses. department of pulmonology and sleep dis- when compared them, ‘bidis produce Apart from lung (deadliest), orophar- severity is increased by smoking are com- Smoking which is a harmful socio- orders, Fortis Hospital.)

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     +.*0.*     evin De Bruyne admits the strain of Kchasing the quadruple means 7DE /  Manchester City are almost certain to fail in their historic bid.   (/2%$+.*/ Pep Guardiola's side edged closer to an unprecedented clean-sweep of all uis Suarez and Lionel Messi four major trophies as they beat scored twice in two minutes Brighton 1-0 in Saturday's FA Cup Las Barcelona broke the resis- semi-final at Wembley. tance of 10-man Atletico Madrid Having already won the League on Saturday to go 11 points clear Cup, City are through to their second of their La Liga title rivals. domestic final of the season. Diego Costa was sent off in They are also embroiled in the the 28th minute at Camp Nou Premier League title race, trailing lead- after insulting referee Gil ers Liverpool by two points with a game Manzano but while Atletico held in hand. on for almost another hour, Suarez On Tuesday, they face Tottenham in and Messi struck late to seal a piv- the Champions League quarter-final otal 2-0 win. first leg in north London. The victory leaves Yet Guardiola described the quadru- Barca almost out of sight ple attempt as "almost impossible" after with seven games left to the Brighton game. play and maintains O0   )   $7    City midfielder De Bruyne agrees momentum ahead of   $G that the congested fixture list presents Wednesday's trip to a tough obstacle due to mounting men- Manchester United in the N-6-(3D89/8-6&- tal and physical strain. first leg of the Champions G0  ) +  $7 E   "It is nearly impossible. I don't League quarter-finals. =) !)   $G think it is impossible to win every game, "It is three crucial points," (looking) game by game, but if you see coach Ernesto Valverde said. "We N/?0((?96-I the fixtures coming up — I think every are a little closer." G0      + game we play now we are going to be at "It gives us a big margin," said a disadvantage physically and mental- Suarez. "We've taken not just one,  +   +$D ly," he said. but two steps forward."         "We will have a game before the United coach Ole Gunnar other teams, the other teams will have %  P  +   &  Solskjaer was in the crowd along  )  =)   a rest. The Champions League is the     +     with his assistant Mike Phelan but  $G same. So, it is difficult." this was a familiar story of N&0-4D(0-D- City are now staying in London Everybody knows how they play. They Barcelona's deadly duo delivering ahead of their next testing task at will not change. when it mattered most. Tottenham. "It is going to be exciting, it Costa's early and needless after a brilliant backheel by Suarez. To underline his point, is going to be tough because we dismissal left Atletico needing Messi came alive at the start De Bruyne noted that play them three times in 10 snookers just to avoid defeat, let of the second half as one shot was Tottenham, who City also days." alone pull off the win that their saved by the excellent Jan Oblak face in the Premier League While City were involved in coach Diego Simeone had said last and another mesmeric run ended this month, have had a free FA Cup action over the week- week was the only result to keep with a feathered pass to Suarez but weekend ahead of the clash. end, title rivals Liverpool their challenge alive. again Oblak saved, this time with "Every game is difficult. We returned to the top of the table with "I asked the referee and he told his foot. just now have to prepare for Tuesday," a win at Southampton. me Costa said something to him," - %         0     - -        Finally, the resistance of De Bruyne said. City are still favourites because of Simeone said. "Other players have Atletico and their goalkeeper was "We know Tottenham played their their game in hand, but De Bruyne does said things and not been sent off contention and more likely is Atletico seemed to be finding broken as Barca scored twice in last game on Wednesday so they will be not think the Reds will allow any mar- but that does not justify what Barca have earned themselves ,/2$?*#$25$*$0'#1/ their way into the game when two minutes. The first was a more fresh than us. We have to prepare gin for error. Costa did." the luxury of resting players, ,$2(+.*3E2/*3$ #2-$ Manzano showed a red card to the peach as Suarez lined up a shot ourselves mentally and physically to be "Probably they will (win their Suarez intervened with a around an even greater focus on *#1$B:#1*,#$ ($.2$ Spaniard, who had pursued the from 25 yards and whipped it past ready." games). We just have to look at ourselves superb long-range strike in the success in Europe. $ /00$0/ $%.*0* referee and seemingly insulted the left hand of Oblak into the bot- The game will be Tottenham's sec- and try to win game by game. We will 85th minute, before Messi added Antoine Griezmann, who #1$B8#1"#1$/21/5$ him after a tangle with Philippe tom corner. ond at their new stadium, but De see in the end what happens," he said. a second in the 86th. The pair have decided against joining Barcelona Coutinho. The second was a display of Bruyne insists City won't be troubled by "No matter who is champion or sec- now scored 53 league goals last summer, was whistled as his *.' %.2$0:C+$/3,$ A fuming Costa was escorted Messi magic, his weaving run the passionate atmosphere. ond, we've had a great season. What can between them this season while name was read out before kick-off 3./+ ($#'$$*#1$#1 away by Gerard Pique and Barca from the right leaving both Jose "The stadium doesn't matter. They you say if you get 92 or 95 points and for Messi, this was a record 335th and he struggled for chances in $/ .*'1+$.2$  took control. Jordi Alba had Gimenez and Diego Godin on are going to be excited because it is a in the end you are second? La Liga victory. what quickly became, after Costa #1 '/ /2$%.20CC:#1 already hit the post after defence- their backs. A tucked finish found Champions League quarter-final," he "Normally that's historic in the Only a monumental collapse departed, a contest of attack +/+3/5%#.24 splitting pass by Messi and its way in to finish off the game said. Premier League, to get these points. could now bring Atletico back into against defence. Coutinho should have scored and, probably, Atletico too. "Spurs are a very good team. Imagine being second with it." Q7-(30//7933D703'-/-94?-E

  ,*%1 09$91<#029#-9A tory behind us."    (  %$. "The players need to enjoy orussia Dortmund CEO - E1 2    playing again and have fun, BHans-Joachim Watzke has   *- because yesterday was not fun." said that his team are still hop- & &     Watzke said that the fact that ing to win the Bundesliga title ( L :ED  his team were still in the race at after their 5-0 humiliation at the    ( 0  " all at this stage was "a great suc- hands of Bayern Munich on S*    cess". Saturday. (     "This is only the third time in - 1  Bayern reclaimed top spot a decade that we have a title race    S2   " with their emphatic S/ L            in the Bundesliga," he said. victory on Saturday,      "S      "If we have to congratulate ))-1 792") but they remain only a #   -         Bayern on the last day of the sea- point ahead of   (         S son, then we will do so." Dortmund with six   & (   2     Bayern chief executive   -,/+/+,,2 games to go.   L  T  -L &  & Rummenigge, meanwhile, said "Of course we 0  " & (   he was now confident that his hinese badminton ace Lin Dan clinched the want to win the league," said 4  A@       " team would claim a seventh suc- CMalaysia Open on Sunday after an electric perfor- Watzke during a Sky Sports chat 2    - S4    S cessive Bundesliga title. mance against countryman Chen Long to claim his first show appearance with his Bayern & & ( L    2     - "We will win the league," he major title in two years. counterpart Karl-Heinz     "  S   & L declared. The win comes after the five-time world champi- Rummenigge. S. *    &  S"  "We have big goals, and we are on made several early round exits since January, includ- "In a few days, Bayern will in a promising position in both ing at the Indonesia Masters, German Open and the All- notice that they only got three domestic competitions, so our aim England. points for their win, and we will ed that his team could bounce both teams are going to win all is to win the double," he said. But in a nail-biting realise that we are only a point back and keep the pressure on of their last six games," he said. "There were definitely weeks 78-minute match, the behind them." the Bavarians. "Our team has enormous which didn't go so well for us this world number 16 Watzke admitted Dortmund "Bayern are obviously potential, and it will be part of season. In the last six games, we smashed his way back were now underdogs, but insist- favourites, but I don't think that the learning curve to put this vic- need to play as we did yesterday." to victory with a final score that tallied 9-21, 21-7, 21-11. 2/-$ 1).* Speaking to   !6-4 >@@8     reporters afterwards, 1/24/*/ #$$+$2 Lin said his game /!& +   against two-time world 0$* ! ;!1!*" !  champion Chen was a / 1$/0%./%1     ,     , sign that his spate of    %   / 0 &  2 E / 0 &  2 E #.#/+ bad luck was finally Haryana 2  # 2  # over. Steelers on Sunday "My performance announced Rakesh / A 9 B 79 D 7 D 7 AD last year was not ideal, Kumar, as the fran- ( : 79 AA @8 7 D 7 A @B and I was under a lot chise's head coach % 8A BF 7DC A:A 78 77 AC :D CDA of pressure and even ahead of the upcom- doubted myself," he ing season 7 of the *4 7C CA AF FA D D D D FA said. Pro Kabaddi League. CB9 :C @@A "But here in Malaysia, I was determined to play well Kumar replaces and was hungry for victory ... I think the bad times are  4.-.1// Fresh from his recent Rambir Singh over." title win at the Challenge Plus Khokhar, who was   *$'0$+1 Like the previous year, allowed to retain only four The title is Lin's first win this year, and also his first ndia's G Sathiyan booked a Oman Open, the world no 21 with the team since the concept of "Final Bid members from their previous major success since taking the Malaysia Open in 2017. Iberth at the World Cup Lin seemed far superior than its entry into the total of 442 players will be Match" (FBM) will continue squad, the number of Elite The two-time Olympic Gold medallist received a after finishing sixth in the the 26-year-old Indian. league two seasons ago, a media release said. Aup for grabs at the two- this year too. As per the FBM Players that can be retained by $49,000 cash prize presented by his long-time Malaysian ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup in The left-hander was at Kumar brings a wealth of experience in PKL day auction, beginning on process, the franchises will be a franchise has been increased rival Lee Chong Wei, who sat out the Open over his can- positions 5-8 match here on his usual best and quickly and was the most expensive player in the inau- Monday in entitled to match to six across categories A, B, cer recovery. Sunday. took the first game. Sathiyan gural season in which he was picked by the Patna Mumbai, for the the final bid made C with a maximum of two Lin said he hoped to meet Lee on court again, as Sathiyan, who had managed a few more points Pirates as the team's captain. seventh edition of by another fran- each from Category A and both men prepare for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. stunned World No 14 Chun in the next two games but He has played 55 matches in the PKL, earn- the cash-rich Pro chise, for one or at Category B. The women's singles saw top seed Tai Tzu-ying Ting Wong of Hong Kong on Lin, exploiting the angles ing 260 points through the first five seasons of Kabaddi League most two players For auction, players have clinch her third consecutive title after a dominant 21- Saturday, couldn't produce well, mounted the attack to the league and this will be Kumar's first coach- (PKL), starting on from its previous been split into five categories 16, 21-19 triumph over Akane Yamaguchi. his best against 17-year-old put pressure on the Indian. ing stint. July 19. season squad. (A, B, C, D and NYP). China dominated all the other events, winning the Lin Yun-Ju of Chinese Taipei, The world No 28 Indian "I am excited about returning to the PKL mat Of this, 53 players are For the upcoming sea- The base price of each cat- mixed doubles, women's doubles and the men's dou- who notched up a 11-4, 11- could have taken a game as coach of the Haryana Steelers and am thank- from 13 nations, and 72 come son, 29 players have been egory has also been raised this bles. 8, 11-8, 14-12 win to finish from the Taipei's No 2 pad- ful to the franchise for giving me this opportu- from the league's New Young kept in the Elite Retained year. Players in the A, B, C, Chinese duo Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen beat Japanese fifth. dler as he had two game nity," Kumar said on the eve of the 2019 auction. Players Programme (NYP), a Players category. These play- and D categories have been set pair Takeshi Kamura and Keigo Sonoda 21-12, 21-17 Despite the defeat in the points in the fourth set, but "It is my first time as head coach of a team nationwide talent scouting ers will continue their associ- a base price of  30 lakh, 20 to win the men's doubles. positions match, Sathiyan the wily teenager pocketed it and I intend to lead this team after the auction programme organised in 12 ation with their respective lakh, 10 lakh and 6 lakh, Zheng Siwei-Huang Yaqiong and Chen Qingchen- sealed a spot at the World to push Sathiyan, who is through hard work and discipline to ensure we cities, which received an over- franchises. respectively, while NYP will Jia Yifan also clinched the mixed doubles and women's Cup, to be held in Chengdu, competing in his first Asian can take the team to the top of the league," he whelming response with 2,991 However, unlike last sea- go with fixed a price of  7.26 doubles respectively. China from October 18 to 20. Cup, to the sixth spot. added. PTI participants. son when each team was lakh.

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