Follow us on: facebook.com/dailypioneer RNI No.2016/1957, REGD NO. 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Parliamentary Committee and comments against Prime He also referred to a media proceeded against thereafter”. Minister on the interview by Prime Minister Away from the SC pro- basis of a recent order of the top Narendra Modi in which he ceedings, Rahul once again court in the Rafale deal case, had said the apex court had raked up his often-repeated but wasted no time in repeat- given a clean chit to the poll theme of alleged corrup- ing his “Chowkidar chor” jibe Government in the Rafale deal. tion in the Rafale deal and against the PM in Amethi. He maintained that there exhorted people to ask the Rahul expressed “regret” in was no “slightest intention” to Prime Minister what he got in the Supreme Court for claim- “insinuate” anything regarding return for benefiting Anil ing SC had justified his the Supreme Court proceed- Ambani with `30,000 crore in “Chowkidar chor hai” allega- ings in any manner as he holds the fighter jet deal. A Sri Lankan woman living near St. Anthony’s shrine runs for safety with her infant after police found explosive devices in a tion in its order. He said the the top court in the highest Mocking at the PM’s “Main parked vehicle in Colombo on Monday AP comment was made in the esteem. bhi chowkidar” campaign, “heat of political campaigning”. Clarifying further, Rahul Rahul said, “When his (Modi’s) The apex court on April 15 said he had made the statement theft was caught in the Rafale had given a categorical clarifi- after filing his nomination deal he says “hum sab chowki- cation that in its Rafale verdict paper on April 10 without dar hain.” SL fears Thowheed there was no occasion for it to “having seen or read the order” Addressing an election make a mention of the con- of the apex court passed on that rally in his parliamentary con- temptuous observation that day relating to the admissibil- stituency here, Rahul said, “chowkidar Narendra Modi ity of certain documents relat- “When the PM comes and chor hain” as has been attrib- ed to the Rafale case in the makes false claims, just ask him got foreign terror aid uted to it by Rahul. The court review petition. why he gave `30,000 crores to had directed Rahul to give his However, on the issue of Ambani and what Ambani did the blasts that also killed eight Police spokesman Ruwan explanation on April 22 on a Congress president addresses an election campaign meeting at Tiloe slogan “Chowkidar chor hai”, for him in return... Soon after 7 of its fidyeen Indian nationals. Gunasekera said that 24 arrest- petition filed by BJP MP in his parliamentary constituency Amethi on Monday PTI Rahul in his affidavit re- the Congress comes to power Police said that 9 out of the ed suspects have been trans- seeking crim- affirmed his stand and belief after the elections, carried out Easter 24 arrested for involvement in ferred into the custody of the inal contempt action against Tuesday. court’s order, said his statement and that of his party that Rafale an enquiry would be institut- the blasts were ordered to be Criminal Investigations him for his remarks. It is sched- Rahul, who filed an affi- was “purely political” and was deal is a “tainted transaction” ed in the Rafale deal and the blasts, 87 bomb remanded by the Colombo Department for further inves- uled to hear Lekhi’s petition on davit in response to the apex made to counter the “misin- and a “gross and brazen abuse truth will be before everyone.” magistrate’s court till May 6. tigations. President Sirisena detonators found Government’s spokesman has appointed a three-member Rajitha Senaratne said NTJ is committee to conduct investi- at bus station suspected of plotting the blasts gations. The committee will that struck three churches submit its report to him with- Ph-III test for Shah, Sheila faces Manoj; Gambhir PTI/AGENCIES n COLOMBO when the Easter Sunday mass in two weeks. were in progress and three Health Minister Senaratne he Sri Lankan Government five-star hotels. said the Chief of National Ton Monday accused a pre- “All suicide bombers Intelligence had warned the Rahul, MSY clan challenge for Atishi, Lovely viously little-known Islamist involved in the blasts are Inspector General of Police outfit called the National believed to be Sri Lankan (IGP) regarding the probable PNS n NEW DELHI cash in on the resentment of Thowheed Jamath (NTJ) of nationals,” said Senaratne, who attacks before April 11. the patidars and rural-urban having carried out the Easter is also the Health Minister. “On April 4, international ll 26 constituencies of divide to win at least five to six Sunday attacks, and said an Speaking at a press con- intelligence agencies had AGujarat and 20 of Kerala seats in the State. international terror group ference here, Senaratne said the warned of these attacks. The will go to polls on Tuesday in On the other hand, Prime might have been behind the Government was investigat- IGP was informed on April 9,” the third phase of Lok Sabha Minister Narendra Modi and atrocities, the worst in the ing whether the group had he said. polls for 116 seats spread over have made repeat- country’s history. “international support”. “There He demanded resignation 14 States. ed pleas to the voters to make However, neither the NTJ, may be international links to of police chief Pujith BJP president Amit Shah, sure than the Congress didn’t nor any other group, has admit- them,” he added. Jayasundera in view of the Congress chief Rahul Gandhi open its account from the ted carrying out the wave of The “conditional state of major security lapse. and patri- State. bombings which tore through emergency” in force since Prime Minister Ranil arch Mulayam Singh as While Shah, who replaced the island nation, killing 290 Monday midnight would target Wickremesinghe said that an well as several Union Ministers LK Advani as the party nomi- people and injuring nearly 500 terrorism and would not limit investigation must be launched and senior Opposition leaders nee from Gandhinagar, Union others. freedom of expression, said a as to why intelligence reports of are contesting the Tuesday poll. Minister of State for Tribal Seven suicide bombers of statement from the President’s the attack was not taken seri- The polling in Tripura East Affairs Jaswantsinh Bhabhor, is the NTJ carried out a series of media unit. “These will be ously. Rauff Hakeem, a constituency, which was earli- the BJP nominee from Dahod devastating blasts, authorities limited to counter terrorism Government minister and the er scheduled for April 18, will seat. said on Monday. As many as 87 regulations. This is being done leader of the main Muslim be held in this phase, as also in About 18.56 crore voters bomb detonators were found to allow the police and the party — Sri Lanka Muslim a part of the Anantnag Lok are eligible for voting in this on Monday at a bus station in three forces to ensure public Congress — said that it was Sabha seat in Jammu & phase and the Election Colombo, police said. security.” lamentable that no preventive Kashmir, where election is Commission has set up 2.10 Police have so far arrested The Government has also action had been taken despite being held in three phases. lakh polling booths/stations Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari with party leaders Vijay Goel, Vijendra Gupta, actor-dancer Sapna Chaudhary during a 24 people — mostly members declared Tuesday as a nation- the inputs. This phase is seen crucial and has made elaborate secu- roadshow before filing his nomination papers from North East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency in New Delhi on Monday of NTJ — in connection with al day of mourning. Related reports on Page 12 for the NDA, which won 66 of rity arrangements. Ranjan Dimri | Pioneer the 116 seats in 2014 and BJP In the first two phases, made a clean sweep of winning election was held to 91 and 96 Udit Raj revolts, Maken from New Delhi seat, posted a series of tweets on Sheila, who took over from said her party was prepared to CAPSULE all the 26 seats of Gujarat. The seats on April 11 and April 18 Delhi Congress working pres- Monday to express his concern Maken as the Delhi Pradesh face the challenge of a trian- Congress and its alliance part- respectively. Elections are being Lekhi retained; ident Rajesh Lilothia from as the BJP has not declared his Congress Committee (DPCC) gular contest in Delhi. FIR AGAINST PRAGYA FOR ners won 27, and the rest went held in seven phases and with North west seat, Mahabal candidature. president earlier this year, was Interestingly, senior BABRI MASJID REMARK to other Opposition parties the completion of third Maken picked Mishra from West Delhi, five- Udit held a Press confer- last a Member of Parliament Congress leader Kapil Sibal Bhopal: Acting on orders of the and Independents. phase, the election process will term Lok Sabha MP JP ence later in the evening to air from 1984-89 from Kannauj. has not been named from the Election Commission, the police Besides all seats of Gujarat be completed in southern for New Delhi Agarwal from Chandni Chowk his grievance and asked the Sheila had unsuccessfully con- Chandni Chowk seat from on Monday filed an FIR against (26) and Kerala, four seats in states. and former Delhi Minister party leadership to come clean tested from East Delhi con- which he has been fighting BJP Lok Sabha candidate from Assam, five of Bihar, seven of The Congress also hopes to PRAMOD KUMAR SINGH n Arvinder Singh Lovely from on his nomination from the stituency in 1998. Again in since 2004. After two terms, Bhopal Sadhvi Pragya Singh Chhattisgarh, 14 each of improve its tally in Kerala, NEW DELHI the East Delhi constituency. North West Lok Sabha seat. He 2013 Assembly polls, she lost to Sibal had lost to Union Thakur for her remark that she Karnataka and , where the cadre is galvanised Meanwhile, the BJP has took the names of senior party Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan in was “proud” of her participation six of Odisha, 10 of Uttar by Rahul Gandhi’s decision to ith the Congress decided to field sitting MP leaders, including BJP president Kejriwal from Gole Market 2014. In fact he came third with in demolition of the Babri Masjid Pradesh, five of , contest from Wayanad besides Wannouncing its list of six Meenakshi Lekhi from the New Amit Shah and Home Minister Assembly seat. Since then she journalist turned politician at Ayodhya in 1992. both seats of Goa, and one each his traditional Amethi. While candidates for the general elec- Delhi seat and former cricketer , and claimed has not contested any election. Ashutosh being second. of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, the fight is between the tradi- tions on Monday, the North- Gautam Gambhir from the that he was promised re-nom- Sheila will take on BJP’s sit- This time, Congress party 72-HOUR CAMPAIGNING Daman and Diu and Tripura tional rivals UDF and LDF, the East Delhi seat appears to be set East Delhi, where Atishi is ination. ting MP Manoj Tiwari and has fielded Agarwal, who had BAN ON SIDHU BY EC will go to polls on Tuesday. BJP has also aggressively cam- for a humdinger of contest fighting on AAP ticket. Sources said the BJP may ’s (AAP) also won from North East seat New Delhi: The Election While the Congress is hop- paigned in the hope of open- between Delhi Congress pres- The BJP did not declare the field popular Punjabi singer Dilip Pandey. “We will begin in 2009 and will take on Commission on Monday ing to make dent in the BJP ing its account in the southern ident and three-term Chief name of its candidate for the Hans Raj Hans from the North campaigning soon by high- Vardhan of the BJP and Pankaj censured Congress leader Navjot tally in Gujarat after the grand state by capitalising on the Minister Sheila Dikshit and North West constituency. west seat and announcement to lighting achievements of Gupta of the AAP. Singh Sidhu for his remarks in old party put up an impressive Sabarimala shrine women Delhi BJP president and the sit- Sitting MP Udit Raj has raised this regard is likely to be made Congress Governments in In a late night develop- which he allegedly warned the show in the 2017 Assembly entry issue. ting Member for Parliament the banner of revolt as he feels by Tuesday morning as both Delhi as well as at the Centre,” ment, the Congress announced Muslim community that efforts polls. The Congress hopes to Continued on Page 7 (MP) Manoj Tiwari. that the party has not been fair the party president and the Dikshit said after her name was to field boxer Vijender Singh were on to divide their votes in The Congress has fielded to him. Former Indian Revenue Prime Minister were not in the declared as a candidate from from South Delhi seat. Bihar, and barred him from former Union Minister Ajay Service (IRS) officer Udit Raj national Capital. North East Delhi. She also Continued on Page 7 campaigning for 72 hours. Dynasts slug it out to defend Maha forts TN RAGHUNATHA n dynasts in the Lok Sabha poll fray in the State. In Tuesday’s ore than half a dozen polls, there are at least six Mprominent dynasts — prominent dynasts in the fray. including Maratha warrior Being the third generation Chhatrapati Shivaji’s direct dynasts contesting the polls, descendent Parth Pawar and Dr Sujay and NCP chief ’s Vikhe-Patil lead the pack. daughter — are While Parth Pawar is the grand slugging it out to retain their nephew of NCP chief Sharad hold over their respective bas- Pawar and son of Maharashtra’s tions, as Maharashtra witness- former deputy Chief Minister es fierce contests in a majority Ajit Pawar, Sujay is the son of of the 14 constituencies that go the leader of the Opposition in to polls in the third phase of the the Maharashtra Assembly Lok Sabha polls on Tuesday. Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil of The BJP, the NCP and the seats respectively. Incidentally, The 14 constituencies that Satara, Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg, but dynasty is a watchword for the Congress and grandson of have a lot in stake in the NCP had in 2014 picked up are going to polls in the third Kolhapur and Hathkanangale. all political parties — including late Balasaheb Vikhe-Patil, who Tuesday’s polling as they strug- all its four seats in western phase of polling are: Jalgaon, The BJP may have been the Amit Shah-led party — in was a Minister in the gle to retain and if possible Maharashtra — of which polls Raver, Jalna, Aurangabad, using Gandhi-Nehru dynasty Maharashtra. It may come as a Atal Bihari Vajpayee improve their respective 2014 are scheduled in eight con- Raigad, Pune, Baramati, as a stick to beat up the surprise to many, but fact Government. tallies of six, four and three stituencies on Tuesday. Ahmednagar, Madha, Sangli, Congress with for years on end, remains that there are at 35 Continued on Page 7 LUCKNOW | TUESDAY | APRIL 23, 2019 city 02 Rahul again challenges PM Has Modi visited any village of his constituency? asks PGV for debate on corruption PNS n LUCKNOW ing is that after seeing Rahul’s Dubbing Bharatiya Janata picture in an advertisement Party’s Amethi candidate Smriti PNS n LUCKNOW Addressing election meet- aring to take on Narendra about opening of Central school Irani as an ‘outsider’, the ings, first in Barabanki from RModi in Varanasi, Congress in Amethi, Modi immediately Congress general secretary ongress president Rahul where Tanuj Punia, son of general secretary and east UP in- got the project shifted to some accused her of distributing shoes Gandhi once again chal- senior party leader PL Punia is charge, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, other place,” she pointed out. in order to insult the locals and Clenged Prime Minister the Congress candidate, and on Monday asked if the Prime Priyanka asked, “If Modiji said the people in Congress Narendra Modi for a one-to- later in Amethi, Rahul Gandhi Minister had visited any village wants development, why was he chief’s Lok Sabha constituency one debate on corruption in hit out at Modi for his false of his parliamentary constituen- stalling projects in Amethi just were not beggars. Amethi as he raised the slogan promise of creating two crore cy in the last five years. because the constituency is rep- “If anyone has to beg, it is ‘Chowkidar...’ and his support- jobs every year. “In the last five years, Modi resented by Rahulji (in the Lok them (BJP), who will beg for ers shouted ‘chor hai’ in unison’. Dwelling on the Congress just snatched away all projects Sabha)?.” She also reminded the years.” your votes,” a visibly agitated Raking up his often- poll promise of NYAY (the from Amethi, even those which youths of how they were cheat- The Congress leader alleged Priyanka told the voters in the repeated poll theme of alleged Nyuntam Aay Yojna or the were set up there only because ed in the name of employment that Modiji was busy watching presence of reporters at the corruption in the Rafale jet minimum income scheme my brother Rahul Gandhi is the and over 50 lakh jobs were the business interests of a select nukkad sabha (street corner fighter deal, the Congress chief which envisages a grant of Rs MP from there,” Priyanka said snatched from them. few industrialists and ruined the meeting). said, “The Prime Minister 6,000 a month to 20 per cent at a street corner meeting in her Priyanka said, “My father lives of other people. “The people of Amethi are should not be afraid of a debate of the poorest people in the mother and United Progressive Rajiv Gandhi visited every vil- Priyanka also targeted Yogi very sensible. You all know who on corruption if he is so hon- country, Rahul said it was a Alliance chairperson Sonia lage of Amethi and even Rahul Adityanath on his recent visit to was going to open a food park est and has done nothing in the well thought out scheme that Gandhi’s constituency Rae has done the same. But when I Varanasi and his lunch with in Amethi and the fact that it has Rafale aircraft purchase.” was viable and would be Bareli. went to Varanasi recently and Dalits. “The Chief Minister not been opened till now. The Talking to media persons implemented by his party after “First Modiji stopped the asked people, they informed went to a Dalit’s house and later food park would have benefit- while campaigning in his par- Congress president Rahul Gandhi being garlanded during an election campaign forming government at the Food Park, ITI and several other me that Modi had not visited a got his face and hands washed,” ed five lakh farmers in Amethi liamentary constituency, rally at Tiloe in his parliamentary constituency Amethi, on Monday AP Centre. projects in Amethi. What is glar- single village in the last five charged Priyanka. and Rae Bareli,” she said. Amethi, on Monday afternoon, “We will fill up 22 lakh gov- Rahul Gandhi said, “I just want ernment jobs and also give jobs a 15-minute one-to-one debate to lakh of youths in panchayats,” anywhere as suggested by the Rahul’s nomination for Amethi LS he said in Tiloi in Amethi. PM on corruption and then Rahul Gandhi said if the people of the country will come seat found valid: Returning officer Congress came to power, with- Akhilesh flays BJP for delaying polls to know the real face of the in three months a kisan-orient- ‘chowkidar’.” Amethi (PTI): The returning officer of Amethi on Monday ed budget would be presented PNS n LUCKNOW BSP-RLD alliance in UP as ‘mahamilavat’, “The BJP has failed to give the report “Dudh ka dudh, paani ka set aside objections on Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s nom- besides a separate budget for the Akhilesh asked what should the BJP be card of its five-year rule at the Centre and paani ho jayega. I am telling you, ination papers filed for the seat and held the document valid, after entire country. amajwadi Party president Akhilesh called as it had allied with 38 parties. “The two-year-rule in . We don’t Narendra Modiji won’t be able scrutinising allegations of discrepancies over citizenship and other “In the Congress regime, SYadav on Monday accused Prime SP-BSP-RLD alliance is for a long term as want a ‘chowkidar’ who cannot safeguard to show his face before the issues. After hearing KC Kaushik, the Congress leader’s counsel, farmers will not have to go to jail Minister Narendra Modi of delaying the it is an alliance of hearts,” he said. our money in banks which have been loot- nation,” he added. returning officer Ram Manohar Misra declared Gandhi’s nom- for not repaying their loans.,” he poll schedule by a month, thereby creat- Dismissing the BJP’s claim that “the ed by industrialists,” Akhilesh said. Alleging that there were ination papers for the Amethi Lok Sabha seat as valid. “There is said and promised that 150 ing problems for political parties and the boundaries of the country were safe due to irregularities in the Rafale air- no relevance for rejecting the nomination papers and therefore new factories would be set up in voters. The SP chief said that the unusual- it”, Yadav charged the ruling party with play- SP CHANGES CANDIDATE IN craft deal, the Congress presi- all the objections are being rejected,” Misra said in his order issued Amethi and the food park taken ly long poll schedule spread over nearly ing politics with nation’s security. He said, MIRZAPUR dent said now every citizen of on Monday. An Independent candidate, Dhruv Lal, and three away from Amethi would be three months would cause immense prob- “The truth is that the boundaries are safe Meanwhile, the Samajwadi Party on the country knew about the cor- others had on Saturday raised objections over the Congress pres- returned. lems to the voters due to heat wave condi- due to our brave (army) jawans”. Monday replaced its previous candidate ruption of the Prime Minister. ident’s nomination from the constituency, alleging discrepancies Later in the day, Rahul tions as the temperature soars. Attacking the Prime Minister, the SP and fielded Bharatiya MP Ram Though refusing to com- over citizenship and educational qualifications in his election affi- Gandhi addressed two election “The forced the supremo said, “PM Narendra Modi came Charitra Nishad from Mirzapur Lok Sabha ment on any other issue, Rahul davit. Dhruv Lal’s lawyer Ravi Prakash had also submitted copies meetings, one in Rae Bareli, his Election Commission to delay polls by a to power in 2014 pretending to be a ‘chai- seat. “ will be the said the media were also pres- of a certificate of incorporation of a UK-registered company in mother’s constituency, and month so that they could inaugurate all their wala’. Now after 5 years, he has become party candidate from Mirzapur in place of surised by the Prime Minister. which the Congress leader is stated to be a British national. another at Sultanpur, where projects and schemes,” the SP chief said chowkidar. The people of Kheri should take Rajendra S Bind,” a Samajwadi Party “If you all (media) say your senior party leader Sanjay while addressing a series of poll meetings away the ‘chowki’ of the chowkidar.” release issued in Lucknow on Monday said. mann ki baat, then the PM will you can write whatever you a slogan of ‘achhey din ayenge’, Singh is the candidate. Rahul in Lakhimpur Kheri and Sitapur in support attacked the Yogi Nishad, the sitting BJP MP from beat you up. But you should not want,” he said. but in this election, it is ‘chowki- Gandhi’s aunt of SP candidate Purvi Verma from Kheri Adityanath government for the problems Machhlishahr constituency, joined the worry as in this election Modi Addressing a gathering, dar’,” and the4 crowd shouted is the BJP candidate from and BSP candidate Arshad Siddiqui from caused to farmers by stray cattle and the SP in the presence of party chief Akhilesh will be out and we will be in and Rahul said, “In 2014, there was back ‘chor hai’. Sultanpur. Dhaurahra, on Monday. Hitting out at Modi financial hardship faced by cane farmers due Yadav last week. Mirzapur goes to polls and other BJP leaders for terming the SP- to delay in payment of arrears by sugar mills. in the last phase on May 19.

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What makes the BJP out of their houses and voted ith voters so far remain- apprehensive is report from in favour of the party. “Take the PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW Wing unresponsive and booths which say that the party case of Jats. The older genera- silent in Uttar Pradesh, politi- may win eight out of 16 seats tion voted for the alliance but amajwadi Party candidate cal parties are groping in the which have gone to polls in the the younger generation voted Sfrom Rampur, Mohd Azam dark about the fate of their can- first two phases. for the BJP,” he said. Khan’s son and MLA Abdullah didates in the two phases of “The report from booth A Samajwadi Party leader proved to be a chip polling that have been com- chiefs is not very encouraging. on the other hand said that off the old block when he took pleted. Though all parties claim The alliance has worked well. poor selection of candidate by the ‘Anarkali’ jibe at BJP can- of “clean sweep” in the first two Dalits and Muslims have voted BSP affected the alliance. “In didate at a poll rally phases in public, they appear together which is a worrying the first phase, there were on Sunday. sceptical in private conversa- sign,” the leader said on con- reports that Jats voted for BJP Rampur district authorities tion. A senior leader of the BJP dition of anonymity. and if this has happened then have ordered registration of a vouched that if a few sitting The BJP campaign rested it is a worrying sign for the case against the SP MLA for his MPs were replaced with fresh on booth management. It was alliance,” he said. “The most derogatory outburst. faces, the results could have the first among all the parties disturbing factor in this elec- On Sunday evening, the Azam Khan Jaya Prada been different. Elsewhere in in UP to get off the block and tion is the silence of voters. last day of campaigning for the Samajwadi Party, the common start working at the booth Generally, voters in rural areas third phase, Azam’s son fired seat in 2004 and 2009 as mem- chief could imagine what all he refrain of the leaders is that level. The party appointed has been a spoilsport. At pub- Gandhi’s policies. are vocal both before and after the salvo at the BJP candidate ber of Samajwadi Party, joined will be looking at with his X- their alliance partner BSP field- booth presidents and even lic places, people discuss the The only saving grace for casting votes. This time they are saying, “Ali bhi hamare, the BJP in March and has Ray vision if she came along ed weak candidates on some panna incharge (in-charge of non-performance of the MP the party is that around 60 per silent. The thumb rule says that Bajrangbali bhi hamare. been fielded against Azam with him. seats which may harm the poll voter list page) to ensure that and this negative publicity is cent polling in both the phas- if voters are silent, they might Humein Ali bhi chahiye, Khan, her former mentor. The contest between the prospects of the alliance. people came out to vote. The hitting the party,” the leader. es witnessed high turnout. have voted against ruling party. Bajrangbali bhi chahiye lekin Rampur votes on Tuesday. “I one time buddies and now A senior BJP leader told committee submitted its report The BJP announced can- There was fear that polling per- We are basing our prediction Anarkali nahi chahiye.” (Ali is cannot decide whether to laugh arch rivals was always expect- this reporter that had the party to the party brass on Sunday. didates for all 80 seats and centage would go down due to on this postulate only,” he said. ours and so is Bajrangbali. We or cry. Like father like son. ed to be fierce but the saga of changed 40 per cent of its sit- “There is anger against the changed just 17 sitting MPs apathy of voters which did not But when in public, the want Ali and Bajrangbali but Hadn’t expected this from acrimony took an ugly turn ting MPs as planned earlier, it sitting MPs. People in majori- which is close to 20 per. One of happen. In the first phase, same leaders have been brag- we do not want Anarkali). Abdullah as he is educated. His with the SP veteran’s ‘khaki would have been easy for the ty, wanted to bring BJP back to the candidates, Savitribai Phule there was dip of around 2 per ging about bagging not less The reference of Anarkali father says I am Amrapali and underwear” jibe. With it the party to touch the halfway power and see Modi as the next was changed from Bahraich as cent in polling, while in second than 60 seats. What will be the was obviously to Jaya Prada, he says I am Anarkali. Is that electoral contest in Rampur has mark. “The scenario is now Prime Minister of the country. she joined the Congress after phase, it peaked by less than 1 outcome will only be known on who is known for her dancing how they see women in soci- become more about personal unpredictable,” he told this But anger against sitting MPs reposing faith in Rahul per cent. BJP leaders said that May 23. skills in films. Jaya Prada had ety?” Jaya Prada asked. Earlier, insults than anything else. urged the Election the Election Commission had As Jaya Prada has turned Commission to take note of the cracked down on Azam Khan this election into a fight for derogatory jibe without delay and barred him from cam- women’s dignity, Khan has which comes close on the heels paigning for 72 hours after his given it a religious colour with Mayawati: Why is 3rd phase poll: Azam has of a similarly devastating derogatory comments against speeches seemingly intended to remark by Abdullah’s father Jaya Prada. appeal to Muslims. Azam Khan. Meanwhile, Jaya Prada too Melodrama and emotion- EC not cancelling most criminal cases: ADR The Azam Khan (SP)-Jaya landed herself in a mess by al appeals have also been aplen- Prada (BJP) hostility has offering an advise to BSP chief ty with first Jaya Prada break- PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW already assumed legendary Mayawati. A case was regis- ing down at a public meeting Pragya’s nomination proportions and both do not tered against Jaya Prada after earlier this month and then he Association for spare any opportunity to strike she told a gathering in Rampur Khan letting tears flow at a PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW TDemocratic Reforms at each other. Jaya Prada, who that the way Azam Khan was meeting on Friday after his 72- (ADR) claimed that Samajwadi won from Rampur Lok Sabha commenting on her, the BSP hour ban came to an end. ahujan Samaj Party chief Party candidate from Rampur, BMayawati on Monday tar- Mohd Azam Khan, had the geted Pragya Singh Thakur, most criminal cases among asking the Election candidates in the third phase Commission why her nomi- polls and all these cases were Candidates cock a snook at nation was not cancelled so far not political in nature. even when the Bharatiya Janata “Khan is on the top of the Party candidate from Bhopal list of candidates with criminal Election Commission order was issuing controversial state- records with 10 cases against ments. “The Malegaon blast him for “torturing” her in cus- him that include 15 IPC sec- PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW found that no candidate or wide publicity in newspapers case accused and BJP candidate tody when he probed the tions registered under heinous political party has published with wide circulation in the from Bhopal Sadhvi Pragya is Malegaon blast case as crime,” ADR head in UP, Sanjay ocking a snook at Election details about criminal record of constituency area,” the EC said claiming that she is contesting Maharashtra Anti-Terrorists Singh, said in Lucknow on ADR head (UP) Sanjay Singh addressing mediapersons in Lucknow Pioneer CCommission’s directives, their candidates. The ADR will in an order sent to chief elec- a ‘dharma yuddh’. This is the Squad chief. Monday. Khan is trailed by two candidates with criminal wait till the end of the last phase toral officers of all states and real face of BJP/RSS which is The BJP candidate from Independent candidates — Yadav, who is contesting from , Saleem Shervani has records are yet to publish their of polls in UP to register a com- Union Territories as well as to being exposed continuously. Bhopal retracted the statement Choudhury Bashir contesting Mainpuri , has also declared declared assets of Rs 76 crores. criminal history in newspapers plaint with the EC,” he said. all parties separately. But why is the Commission after it drew severe criticism. from Firozabad with 10 cases one criminal case against him BJP candidate from and other media forum in Singh also claimed that The declaration is to be only issuing notices and not Six people were killed and against him and Javed Khan for criminal intimidation under Pilibhit, , has Uttar Pradesh. This disclosure during three phases of polls in published in a given format ‘at cancelling the nomination of over 100 injured when an from Bareilly with four cases. Section 506 of the IPC. assets worth Rs 60 crore while was made by Association for UP, not a single candidate least on three different dates’ BJP ratna (gem) Pragya?” explosive device strapped on a Singh, however, said that BJP candidate from SP candidate from Mainpuri, Democratic Reforms (ADR) in admitted that he was owner of from the day following the Mayawati tweeted. motorcycle went off near a there was a decline in the Budaun, , Mulayam Singh, has assets Lucknow on Monday. any foreign assets. last date for withdrawal of can- “If the Election mosque in Malegaon in north number of criminal and also has two criminal cases worth over Rs 20 crore. BJP “We have not seen or reg- On the directive of didatures and up to two days Commission is not able to Maharashtra on September 29, crorepati candidates in phase against her. Similarly, 46 can- candidate from Rampur, Jaya istered a single media adver- Supreme Court on criminal before the date of poll. work in an impartial manner to 2008. Thakur has also said she three, polling for which will be didates are crorepatis. Prada, has assets worth over Rs tisement about criminal record antecedents of candidates, the “However, in the case of the satisfaction of people was “proud” of her participa- held in 10 Lok Sabha seats on “The average assets of can- 27 crores. In the third phase all of candidates so far even as two EC has amended rules for dec- declaration in TV channels, the despite severe criticism in the tion in demolition of the Babri Tuesday. In this phase, 20 per didates in this phase is Rs 6.71 candidates, except three, dis- phases of election covering 16 laration of criminal cases by same should be completed media, it is an issue of grave mosque in Ayodhya. The cent candidates have criminal crore which is less by around Rs closed their PAN details. Lok Sabha seats have been candidates and has come out ‘before a period of 48 hours concern for democracy and no Election Commission has background and 38 per cent are 2 crore as compared to candi- While 35 candidates have completed and the third phase with a format for publishing ending with the hour fixed for one else but BJP and PM Modi, issued a show-cause notice to crorepatis. Of the total 120 can- dates’ average assets in the disclosed that they are 8th to polls for 10 seats are slated for media advertisement by them conclusion of poll’,” the EC said. who are surrounded by serious her. On Monday in Kolkata, didates in the fray for the third first and second phases,” Singh 12th standard pass, 65 have Tuesday,” ADR, Uttar Pradesh, ahead of the elections. Candidates will have to electoral allegations.” BJP president Amit Shah phase, 24 (20 per cent) have said. SP candidate from Etah, claimed to be graduate or post- head Sanjay Singh said on “The candidates to elec- submit the copies to district Pragya Thakur is out on defended his party’s decision to admitted in their affidavits Devendra Singh Yadav, is the graduate. A total of 12 candi- Monday. Singh said that it was tions to the Lok Sabha, Rajya election officer concerned, bail in the Malegaon blast case field Thakur as its Lok Sabha about criminal cases against richest with assets of Rs 204 dates are literate while three a serious violation of the EC Sabha, Legislative Assembly or along with ‘account of election of 2008. She is under fire for candidate, saying allegations them with 19 (16 per cent) crore followed by Praveen Aron have declared themselves as order and the ADR would cer- Legislative Council, who have expenses to be filed by them saying that Hemant Karkare against her are false and the real have heinous crime lodged (Congress) from Bareilly with illiterate. Two candidates have tainly raise the issue before the criminal cases against them, under Section 78 of the died during the 26/11 terror culprits in the Malegaon blast against them. asset of Rs 147 crores. Another not declared their educational appropriate forum. shall publish a declaration Representation of the People attacks because she had cursed case have evaded the law. SP patron Mulayam Singh Congress candidate from qualifications. “We have checked and about their criminal cases for Act, 1951,” the EC said. Nominations begin for 7th phase polls Residents of Old City to 50-year-old farmer bludgeoned PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW vote for development to death over land dispute ominations for 13 constituencies Ngoing to polls in the seventh phase PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW of Lok Sabha elections commenced from Monday with the Election 50-year-old farmer was Woman strangulated by husband Commission issuing a notification in this Abludgeoned to death by regard. This phase includes the VIP con- five persons in a village in PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW said to be absconding there- started beating her up. She ran stituencies of Varanasi from where Madiaon. Identified as Thakur after. The police said that the out of the house to save her- Prime Minister Narendra Modi is con- Prasad, a resident of Bhuda woman was strangled to couple had been living in the self but he caught hold of her testing the election, Gorakhpur, Kheda under Madiaon police Adeath allegedly by her village for the past 25 years and and strangled her with his Ghazipur, Chandauli and Mirzapur. station, he was attacked husband over some domestic their relations had not been gamchha (scarf) near the Polling in the seventh phase will be allegedly by Balbir and four issue in Usrana village under cordial for the last few months. house. After strangulation he held on May 19. aides. The accomplices were Itaunja police station on Anisulnisa’s brother closed the toilet door and left With the issuance of notification for identified as Nanke, Arun, Raj Sunday evening. The victim Mehmood Ali, who is a resi- for jail to surrender him. the seventh phase, polling process in all Kishore, and a contractor who was identified as Anisulnisa dent of Bakshi-Ka-Talab, was Mehmood rushed to his 80 Lok Sabha constituencies of Uttar runs a country-made liquor (40) while her husband as first informed about of the sister’s house immediately Pradesh has been carried out. Polling has shop in the area. The motive for Punnu. Interestingly, after incident by a neighbour after getting the information been completed for the first two phases murder was said to be land strangulating his wife, Punnu around 7 am. Police claimed and found her lying dead with and for the third phase it will be held on dispute. reached the district jail to sur- that the couple were involved the scarf tied around her neck. Tuesday. The nomination process for the Balbir, who is a resident of render but the authorities in a verbal spat on Sunday Hectic searches were made by fourth phase has been completed and for Imliapurva, a village next to refused to take him into cus- evening and Punnu was so the police to trace Punnu, but the fifth phase ended on Monday. Bhuda Kheda, was not on cor- tody on legal grounds. He is annoyed with his wife that he to no avail. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is dial terms with Thakur and expected to file his nomination papers would often pick up fights with while he was sozzled. As there while searching for him. grab Thakur’s land. He also from Varanasi on April 26, while Union him over a land dispute. Thakur refused to sign the Kanhai Lal took him to the named Ram Kishore, owner of minister will file his papers Most of the Old City residents feel that the area has been neglected by political leaders Pioneer Reports said he wanted to buy paper, the accused started house where he narrated his the shopping complex where on April 25. As per Election Commission Thakur’s land but his offer was thrashing him with sticks and ordeal. As his condition start- the liquor shop is located, and poll schedule, nominations for the sev- PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW ter economic situation for us. We want the turned down by the latter. On iron rods, leaving him uncon- ed deteriorating in the wee the unidentified contractor run- enth phase will continue till April 29 and facilities at the markets to be improved. Sunday afternoon, Balbir, along scious with multiple injuries. hours, he was rushed to the ning the shop. He said Kishore scrutiny of papers will be done the next ost of the residents of Old City feel There is no toilet for women in Chowk with Nanke and Arun, barged Considering him dead, they left community health centre where was aware that Thakur was day. Candidates can withdraw the can- Mthat this part of Lucknow has been market,” he said. into the house of Thakur when him in the basement of the he succumbed to injuries in the overdrunk and lying in an didature on May 2. neglected and they have decided to vote on Ridhi Gaur, a resident of Chowk and he was all alone and dragged liquor shop and fled the scene. morning. unconscious state with multiple The constituencies going to polls in the issue of development. The Pioneer inter- a member of Shubh Sanskaar Samiti, said him to the nearby country- As Thakur cried for help when Kanhai Lal lodged a com- injuries, but he did not inform the final phase are Maharajganj, acted with the residents to know about the they had seen no development in the past made liquor shop. They forcibly he regained conscious around plaint at Madion police station the police or any family mem- Gorakhpur, Kushinagar, Deoria, major issues on which people will be cast- years in the area. “The old parts of the state made him consume liquor in midnight, those in and around on Monday afternoon. He ber. Investigating officer Bansgaon, Ghosi, Salempur, Ballia, ing their voters in the upcoming Lok Sabha capital have always been neglected, be it in huge quantity and later forced the shop rushed to his rescue. alleged that Balbir, Arun and Santosh Singh said probe into Ghazipur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Mirzapur elections on May 6. terms of cleanliness or traffic management. him to sign a blank sheet with In the meantime, Thakur’s elder Nanke beat Thakur to death. He the case was in progress and the and Robertsganj. The voters said that the focus of polit- Scores of people have settled in trans- a view to grabbing his land brother Kanhai Lal also reached said the accused wanted to culprits would be arrested soon. Besides Prime Minister Narendra ical leaders elected from Lucknow had Gomti areas while the Old City remains a Modi (Varanasi), the fate of Union always been on trans-Gomti areas. picture of neglect. The old bylanes of ministers Manoj Sinha (Ghazipur), Organising secretary of Lucknow Lucknow are still the same,” Gaur pointed of Apna Dal (Sonelal) Sarrafa Association Adheesh Jain said out. Jeweller bashed up, bag of ornaments snatched (Mirzapur), BJP state chief Mahendra that as jewellers, their primary concern was Masood Abdullah, a fashion designer Nath Pandey (Chandauli), Bhojpuri security. “There have been incidents in the and a resident of Chowk, said he would like PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW on his head, face and chest. The jewel- bished reports of firing. actor and BJP candidate recent past, raising security concerns for us people to vote on the issue of heritage er was identified as Dileep Kanaujia, a Dileep lost control of his vehicle (Gorakhpur) will be decided in this and this is a prime issue. It is unfortunate development. “The heritage area needs to hree unidentified miscreants held a resident of Vrindavan housing scheme which rammed into a tree. He was phase. In the seventh phase of polls, 2.32 and ironical that police and people blame be developed and the issue of cleanliness Tjeweller at the gun-point and on Rae Bareli road. bashed up by the miscreants and his bag crore voters, including 1.26 crore males, it on jewellers when we are targeted by needs to be taken up. These are the issues snatched his bag containing ornaments Dileep shut his shop in Neelmatha was snatched at the gun-point. Reports 1.06 crore females and 1,416 of the third criminals,” he said. on which we are going to vote,” he said. worth lakhs of rupees near Neelmatha market at 8:45 pm and left for home by said that Dileep had ornaments to be gender, are eligible to cast their votes in He pointed out that the other issues Abu Bakr of Idris Biryani fame also railway crossing under PGI police sta- his car. The bike-borne miscreants who delivered to different customers. A 13,979 booths. The counting of votes for included cleanliness of the city and traffic said that there had been less development tion on Monday night. The miscreants were trailing him fired at him thrice at passerby informed the police all 80 Lok Sabha seats in UP will be taken management. “Traffic management needs in old parts of the city and work needed also hit the jeweller with the butt of their a secluded place few metres away from after which the jeweller was rushed to up on May 23. to be improved because it can add to bet- to be done in terms of cleanliness. country-made pistol, inflicting injuries the market. However, the police rub- hospital. LUCKNOW | TUESDAY | APRIL 23, 2019 city 04

Boycott politicians allowing companies to commodify water: Rajendra Singh PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW been revealed in the NEERI report,” he pointed out. He said projects like Namami ajendra Singh, popularly known as the Gange had helped only in superficial R‘Waterman of ’, on Monday dis- beautification of the river. “The most cussed issues for the upcoming Lok important aspect of maintaining the Sabha elections in Lucknow. He said cur- continuity of the river is ignored. Today, rently, more than 362 districts in India in the name of development, rivers are were drought-hit and there was water cri- being destroyed. In India, electricity sis in more than 16 states. production is more than that required. “Privatisation of water in India is Still dams are being constructed on against its culture but private companies rivers for production of electricity while have entered India and made water a no effective measures are being taken for commodity even as 60% of the popula- false promises. My appeal to fellow rainwater conservation. The culture of tion cannot even afford drinking water. Indians is to vote for those who support ponds is also dying,” he added. In our country, water is a natural resource and work for the cause of water,” he He pointed out that due to lack of shared by everyone and cannot be owned added. water conservation efforts, rainwater by any government or company. “The water crisis is increasing in 16 went waste. “A state like Maharashtra, Therefore, we must stop these companies states. Almost 90 per cent of the rivers in where the most number of dams have and boycott politicians who allow them the country are either dried-up or hav- been constructed after independence, is to enter India’s market to commodify ing flow of water only during monsoon. facing acute water crisis today. Among the water,” he said. He pointed out that no The condition of major rivers is also dete- 36 districts of Maharashtra, 26 have political party had given attention to the riorating by the day. Ganga, which sym- been declared drought-affected while issues of water, environment and climate bolises the faith of crores of people of the situation in other districts is more or change. “The political parties are making India, is more polluted today. This fact has less the same,” he added.

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CITYBRIEFS Rita Joshi files nomination EARTH DAY ‘Gomti Gaatha’ shramdaan, Lucknow Metro Rail wall art and calligraphy and PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n ALLAHABAD Corporation (LMRC) on contributed their bit in clean- Monday celebrated Earth Day ing and beautifying the ghat. t was the day of the BJP at the with a host of cultural events ICollectorate where nomina- and activities for school stu- ‘BA AND BAPU’ tion papers for the Lok Sabha dents and kids of NGOs. A The Lucknow chapter of elections in Phulpur and drawing competition was held National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad seats are being filed. for children on ‘Earth and India (NASI) organised a spe- Exhibiting their strength the Environment’. Their drawings cial programme on ‘Ba and BJP official candidates Kesari and paintings depicted the Bapu’ on the 150th birth Devi Patel (Phulpur) and Dr different environmental issues anniversary of Mahatma like global warming, Gandhi at Biotech Park on (Allahabad) reached the Greenhouse effect, and ozone Monday. Welcoming the par- Collectorate in a joint proces- layer depletion. These kids direct impact on humans and department at Jhulelal Park ticipants, NASI (Lucknow) sion accompanied by a number also enjoyed a Metro ride ecology.” She also requested the Gomti river bank on Monday. chairman and CEO of Biotech of vehicles and motorbikes. from Hazratganj to Badshah children to learn to respect Municipal Commissioner Park Pramod Tandon said that Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Nagar. Several cultural activi- biodiversity and ecology. Indramani Tripathi, along with Gandhi preached non-violence, Prasad Maurya and ministers, ties were organised at the per- others including forest officials a virtue needed the most in Anupriya Patel, Nand Gopal forming arena of Hazratganj ELECTED and school teachers & stu- view of the turmoil all over the Gupta ‘Nandi’, Siddharth Nath candidates was to be taken out. when the other members of the station where the budding tal- The annual general meet- dents, participated in the drive. world. He enumerated the con- Singh besides Neelam Karvaria Kesari Devi Patel, the can- Nehru family preferred not to ents from different schools ing of Bengali Club and Founder of Prithvi Innovations tributions of ‘Ba’ in civil and many others addressed a didate from Phulpur, reached contest from the constituency of showcased their talents. A Youngmen’s Association was Anuradha Gupta said: “It is actions and protests organised public meeting near the Vigyan Azad Park where a public meet- Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru, she street play was held on ‘Our held on Sunday. Current pres- important to bring about grad- by Gandhi all over India. “Ba Parishad auditorium before the ing was organised by the party. came here as a family member Mother Earth’ by the students ident Arun Kumar Banerjee ual behavioural change in peo- taught women hygiene, disci- filing of nominations by Kesari After the leaders addressed the to win the seat after a gap of of CMS to highlighting the was unanimously re-elected ple and help them be a part of pline, health, reading and writ- Devi Patel and Dr Rita meeting, both the candidates decades. need for conservation of for- while Shankar Bhowmick was the solution rather than the ing. It is befitting to celebrate Bahuguna Joshi and mentioned boarded a chariot-shaped vehi- Priya Singh Paul, est and hydro energy. A spe- also elected as general secre- problem.” As many as 22 the contributions of ‘Ba and the achievements of the Modi cle and reached the Collectorate Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party cial quiz competition was also tary for 2019-2022. saplings were planted on the Bapu’ on this occasion,” he government to create a pro-BJP to file nomination papers. (Lohia) candidate from the hosted at the radio station in occasion. ‘Special Green added. Cardiologist Mansoor wave in the district. Besides the BJP candidates, Phulpur Lok Sabha seat during collaboration with LMRC. CLEAN-UP DRIVE Heroes Awards’ were also Hassan, who was the chief Dr Rita Bahuguna Joshi, Pandhari Yadav of the her interaction with the people A ‘clean-up and green-up given away. More than 200 stu- guest on the occasion, related who is a minister in the Yogi Samajwadi Party also tried to said that she would make efforts CAMPUS MEET drive’ was organised by Prithvi dents from Seth MR Jaipuria, the contributions of his fami- cabinet, reached the ancient show his strength and filed his to get heritage status for the A campus meet was organ- Innovations in collaboration CMS, Shri Ram Swaroop ly in freedom struggle and Kalyani Devi Temple in the old nomination for the Phulpur Sangam city. She further said ised by Climate Agenda at an with Lucknow Municipal Memorial Public School, along realising the dream of Gandhi locality of Khushal Parvat and seat. Priya Singh Paul, who that Sangam city bore a testimo- institute on the occasion of Corporation and Forest with their teachers, joined to provide healthcare to the took out a road show from claims herself to be the daugh- ny to the India’s struggle for Earth Day (Monday). Students poorest of the poor by estab- there after offering prayers at ter of Sanjay Gandhi, filed her freedom and had the legacy of and the teaching & non-teach- lishing ‘Cipla’. Director of the shrine. Covering almost all nomination for the Phulpur seat several Prime Ministers. But it ing staff of the school, along Anthropological Survey of the areas of the old city she on Monday on the ticket of was lagging behind in almost all with campaigners of Climate India (Kolkata) VK Srivastava reached Azad Park from where Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party of the parameters of development, Agenda, attended the event. delivered the keynote lecture a joint procession of both the Shivpal Yadav. She said that she said. The students wrote hundreds on ‘Gandhi and the process of of postcards to Chief Minister marginalisation: The case of the Yogi Aditynath requesting him tribes’. He said Gandhi was a to safeguard the earth. Saniya holistic philosopher and Youth planning to commit theft nabbed Anwar from Climate Agenda thinker besides being an PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW near Scooter India crossing involving anyone for help. He said: “The earth is already in embodiment of Indian tradi- during a checking drive. said that pretending to be a danger due to climate change. tions. BK Agarwal spoke on olice stumbled upon a The cops grew suspicious wholesaler, he would collect Pollution is one of the most ‘Mahatma Gandhi’s views on Pyouth, identified as Golu due to his contradictory state- goods and keep them in bags influencing factors of climate science & technology’, and Gupta (22) of Unnao, who was ments and took him to the before going to big shops and change. The government is Geetika Ranjan from North- planning to commit theft in police station. During interro- showrooms. The police recov- trying to control pollution, Eastern Hill University Sanik Colony in Sarojininagar. gation, he disclosed that he ered stolen goods from his but the speed is not satisfacto- (Shillong) on ‘Mahatma The bike-borne youth was used to commit theft in hous- hideout in Naseemganj ry. Climate change has a Children taking part in a painting contest on Earth Day Pioneer Gandhi’s views on education’. stopped by the police picket es and big showrooms without (Sarojininagar).

GANG OF ROBBERS fied as Aditya Pratap Singh, SCHOOLSCAN BUSTED; 4 HELD Vineet Namdev, Ram Vishal Allahabad (PNS): The Singh and Brajesh Jaiswal, res- WORLD EARTH DAY Agrawal & Seema Agrawal TEACHERS’ TEAM Khiri police busted an inter- idents of Rewa district in MP. World Earth Day was cele- encouraged the students to do A 15-member teachers’ state gang of robbers and Cash worth Rs 1.30 lakh, two brations at St Joseph Inter their best to save the planet and delegation of visited nabbed four of them with the countrymade firearms and two College in Thakurganj on its natural resources. Meanwhile, City Montessori School, looted cash and firearms. The stolen motorcycles were recov- Monday. The students partici- all the five branches of SKD Gomti Nagar Campus II, and gang used to commit loots ered from their possession. pated in speech & elocution and Academy celebrated Earth Day got acquainted with the teach- and other crimes in Uttar Aditya and Brajesh had looted poster-making contests. The by planting saplings. In each ing methodology. Earlier, Pradesh and . Rs 5 lakh from a finance com- students of primary section pre- branch, the children along with director of strategy (CMS) SSP Atul Sharma said SHO pany manager in Khiri area in sented a skit giving the message their parents planted a variety of Roshan Gandhi, senior prin- Khiri Ved Prakash Pandey and the month of February. Earlier, ‘Save the earth’. A dance drama saplings and pledged to keep the cipal Manjit Batra and princi- his team conducted a raid at the the gang members had sneaked was presented by students of the planet clean and green. The stu- pal Sangeeta Banerjee accord- educational tour would and Germany because both Patharpur canal culvert close to into a guesthouse in Khiri and junior section. Managing direc- dents took part in a programme ed a warm welcome to these strengthen the relation the countries had lots of things the MP border and arrested looted Rs 36,000 cash, the SSP tors of the school Rajesh on awareness. teachers. Gandhi said that this between the teachers of India to learn from each other. four robbers who were identi- added. LUCKNOW | TUESDAY | APRIL 23, 2019 nation 05 Coast Guard on alert after Easter blasts in Lanka PNS n NEW DELHI which claimed nearly 290 lives. may try to engineer terror Sri Lanka President attacks in India, sources said. n the backdrop of the serial Maithripala Srisena declared a Keeping this in view, secu- Iblasts in Sri Lanka on nationwide emergency on rity was ramped up around all India alerted Colombo 2 Sunday, the Indian Coast Monday. defence and other vital instal- Guard has intensified patrolling The preventive measure in lations including naval bases in to prevent terrorists responsi- India was also taken to avoid a coastal region, they said. ble for the dastardly act from repeat of 26/11 Mumbai terror Moreover, all the stake holders weeks ago of terror attack escaping from there and sneak- attacks in 2008 when Pakistani in coastal security including the ing into India through the sea terrorists managed to reach the local police increased patrolling RAKESH K SINGH n NEW DELHI Following the inputs of the Sri Lanka of ISIS. route. The precautionary step metropolis through sea and at all landing points in the impending terror strike, Estimates here suggest was taken on Sunday itself launch a series of attacks in coastal region especially in ver two weeks before the the Lankan police had Hashim has a follower base of after the enormity of the situ- which 166 people were killed. Tamil Nadu and deployed Odeadly suicide bombings also issued an alert to the nearly 400 radicals and the ation became clear and more There were concerns that ter- security pickets to prevent infil- in Sri Lanka, India had alert- effect but could not assess attack on the churches could fast patrol boats besides sur- rorists escaping from Sri Lanka tration. ed Colombo of possible terror the magnitude of the be a tactical ploy to deflect veillance planes and helicopters hits at churches and prelimi- problem that was in the attention of the aggrieved were deployed. nary findings suggest the slain Buddhists against the Muslims Maintaining high alert, the suicide bomber and chief of making who are lesser in number in Coast Guard has mounted the National Tauheed Jamath has put in place a tight secu- the island nation than the for- round the clock vigil all along Blasts could have TN repercussions: Security experts Whavan Hashim alias Zahran rity cordon and sophisticated mer, sources said. the Indian maritime boundary KUMAR CHELLAPPAN n Jamath is a name which caus- Of the scenes were not services) is coming in the way Hashim had attempted to access control paraphernalia. Pakistan’s covert agency with Sri Lanka to thwart any CHENNAI es fear and terror in the minds deleted, the organisations, led of tracking the real activities of carry out blast at the Indian Following the inputs of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) attempt by the terrorists to of the people was made known by Thowheed Jamath had Thowheed Jama’ath which are embassy and at the US impending terror strike, the Sri in Colombo might have pro- avoid the security dragnet in Sri he repercussions of by the then Chief Minister of threatened to stage demon- shrouded in mysteries, accord- embassy earlier this month. Lankan police had also issued vided facilitation for logistics Lanka and infiltrate into India TSunday’s serial blasts in Tamil Nadu J Jayalalithaa her- strations in front of the 524 the- ing to insiders in these depart- However, given the tight an alert to the effect but could supplies to Hashim through its through sea, officials said here Colombo that claimed more self while speaking to reporters atres where the movie was to be ments. security at these two installa- not assess the magnitude of the terror proxies like the Lashkar- on Monday. than 200 lives could have a in January 2013. released. “We need 56, 440 Since then the strength of tions, the bomber decided to problem that was in the mak- e-Tayyaba and its humanitar- They also said all ships major effect in Tamil Nadu, “There are more than 7.5 policemen to ensure security Thowheed Jama’ath has hit three luxury hotels and two ing. Initial assessments here ian assistance arm Jamat-ud- from Coast Guard stations at according to intelligence and lakh active Thowheed Jamath and law and order in these the- increased manifold in Tamil major churches taking a toll of suggest the serial suicide Dawah that has been presence Tuticorin, Mandapam and security experts in the State. activists in Tamil Nadu,” atres on a round-the–clock Nadu. Though the organisation over 200 and injuring about bombings in and around in Sri Lanka since the 2005 Karaikal were pressed into ser- Thowheed Jamath, an Islamic Jayalalithaa had told a Press basis and hence we decided to is not visibly active in the 500 others. Colombo were essentially an tsunami. The JuD had pur- vice for heightened patrolling terrorist organisation, the name meet specially convened by effect the ban in the movie State, it is very much present in The National Tauheed outcome of Islamist versus chased a number of orphans along the sensitive sea lanes. of which is linked to the serial her to explain the reasons under Section 144 of the IPC,” areas of conflict between caste Jamat is a breakaway faction of Buddhist conflict. for the purpose of radicaliza- Medium range maritime sur- blasts in Sri Lanka, has a strong behind banning Viswaroopam, Jayalalithaa had told during the Hindus and Dalits. The Sri Lanka Tauheed Jamat, Hashim is said to have tion from Sri Lanka and other veillance aircraft were provid- presence in Tamil Nadu. The a Tamil movie produced by press briefing. Thowheed Jama’ath is actively branch of Tamil Nadu Tauheed undergone treatment earlier countries hit by tsunami. ing aerial support to the ships open sea between Tamil Nadu Kamal Haasan. About 24 She said she was very much propagating Islam among the Jamat under the scanner of the for mental illness and wanted The terror targets which in an effort to detect any hos- and Sri Lanka offers immense Islamic organisations had worried about the law and Dalits by distributing the Holy Intelligence agencies at least to become a social worker in include three luxury hotels- tile movement and alert the scope to the volunteers of this expressed their opposition to order situation at that time as books and religions literature. since 2016. 2011. However, Hashim joined Shangri La, Kingsbury and patrol boats for interception. organisation to shift from one the release of the movie there were many instances of A status report prepared by Sources in the security religious groups like the Sri Cinnamon Grand-and St Vigil was increased soon place to another. It is an open because they alleged that the throwing of petrol bombs and a Chennai based intelligence agencies said the Indian Lanka Tauheed Jamat and sub- Anthony Church Zion Church after Sri Lanka said a local secret in Tamil Nadu that all film contained anti-Islam ref- vandalising film theatres. But think tank for the union home embassy in Sri Lanka is heav- sequently got in touch with the and St Sebastian church were extremist group National anti-national and extremist erences and they wanted such the frequent shuffling and ministry has this to tell about ily fortified and armed with ISIS especially those based in identified after the failed bids Thowheed Jamath (NTJ) may organisations work in unison. scenes to be deleted from the transfer of intelligence offi- the state of affairs in Tamil anti-aircraft batteries of a the UAE and went on to at the Indian and American be responsible for the blasts The fact that Thowheed film. cials (both in State and Central Nadu. Central paramilitary force and become the chief of Khorasan missions in Colombo. IN SHORT Modi to file LOKPAL TO WORK FROM BJP says Rahul ‘liar of first order’ EC submits detailed report on 5-STAR LUXURY HOTEL New Delhi: The country’s first nomination Lokpal, the anti-corruption after he expresses regret in SC Modi biopic to Supreme Court ombudsman, will work from the on April 26 five-star luxury hotel, The Ashok, PNS n NEW DELHI PTI n NEW DELHI top court that the poll panel has had said that the entire movie in Delhi. The Lokpal chairperson taken the decision after watch- was not available and a decision New Delhi: Prime Minister PC Ghose, all of its eight s the BJP demanded an he Election Commission ing the promo, and not the to ban the release Narendra Modi will file his members and support staff are Aapology from Rahul Ton Monday submitted its entire movie. was taken after watching the nomination from Varanasi on being allocated space in the Gandhi and called him “liar of detailed report to the Supreme EC’s counsel Amit Sharma trailer. April 26 and will be accompa- hotel premises the first order” in public opin- Court on the biopic of Prime nied by the party’s top brass, ion after the Congress president Minister Narendra Modi. including BJP national presi- SC REFUSES TO ENTERTAIN expressed regret in the A bench headed by Chief Notification for last phase of LS polls issued dent Amit Shah. PLEA ON BRIBING IN POLLS Supreme Court on Monday Justice Ranjan Gogoi took the Chief Ministers of NDA- New Delhi: The Supreme Court over his remarks in connection EC’s report on Modi’s biopic New Delhi: The EC on Monday issued the notification for the ruled states and BJP allies are on Monday refused to entertain a with the Rafale judgment, the and asked the poll panel to sup- seventh and last phase of the Lok Sabha elections in which 59 expected to attend the event, plea which alleged that people main opposition party ply a copy of the report to the constituencies spread across eight states and union territories will party sources said. were being bribed on a massive described the saffron inter- producer of the movie. go for polls. While the first phase of election was held on April Modi will file the nomina- scale for the Lok Sabha polls in pretation as “blasphemous” The bench, which also 11, the last phase will be held on May 19. So far, two phases have tion papers from Varanasi in Tamil Nadu. A Bench headed by amounting to criminal con- comprised justices Deepak taken place, while the third phase of polling is on Tuesday. All Uttar Pradesh on April 26, Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said tempt of court proceedings guilty in the “court of public The Congress, however, Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna, has the 13 seats of Punjab, four in Himachal Pradesh and one in they said, adding a road show it was not inclined to hear the even as it insisted “ek hi chowki- opinion”, Rao added that all said it did not agree with BJP’s now fixed the plea of produc- Chandigarh will go for polls in a single phase on May 19. PNS will be held there on April 25. matter since the elections in the dar chor hain”. Congress cadres across the interpretation of Rahul’s regret ers challenging the EC’s Various leaders of the state were already over. Addressing a press confer- country hang their heads in as submitted with the apex ban on the movie for hearing National Democratic Alliance ence here, BJP spokesperson shame that there leader has court. on Friday 26. (NDA), including Bihar Chief NGO AROH CELEBRATES GVL Narsimha Rao said, been blatantly lying on the “Issue is sub-judice, stop The apex court had on Ex-deputy EC appointed Minister Nitish Kumar, are WORLD EARTH DAY “Today, by filing an affidavit in Rafale jet dea. passing verdict today! We reit- April 15 directed the Election slated to attend the road show, New Delhi: NGO AROH the honourable SC, Rahul While senior BJP leader erate -- ek hi chowkidar chor Commission to re-examine its special observer for Tripura the sources said. Foundation celebrated World Gandhi accepted that he had and union defence minister hai (only one watchman is a earlier order and take an “Honourable Prime Earth Day by organising lied on his allegations against Nirmala Sitaraman said the thief)!” , said Congress’ chief informed decision on banning PNS n NEW DELHI polling in the Tripura (East) Minister Narendra Modi will plantation drives, awareness PM Modi on the Rafale deal.” Congress leader’s lie has given spokesperson Randeep pan-India the release of the Lok Sabha seat to the third be filing his nomination later rallies and competitions in “This was an attempt by a big hit to his credibility in the Surjewala. biopic on Prime Minister ormer deputy election com- phase on April 23 (Tuesday) this week and given his track schools and villages in different Rahul Gandhi to manufacture public eye, BJP MP Meenakshi Surjewala hit out at the BJP Narendra Modi after watching Fmissioner Vinod Zutshi was from April 18, saying the pre- record as a Member of States. Neelam Gupta, president a lie and create a controversy in Lekhi said Rahul expressing saying, “Fakery has no bound- the full movie. on Monday appointed as spe- vailing law and order situation Parliament and Prime Minister, AROH Foundation said, “World the Rafale deal... He should “regret” over his remarks on aries. Lies no limitations, dis- Senior advocate Mukul cial observer for Tripura where there is not conducive for hold- Varanasi will be looking for- Earth Day is a day on which apologise to the people of this Rafale verdict was an “admis- information no confines! BJP’s Rohatgi, appearing for film the Lok Sabha polls to one of ing free and fair polls. EC ward to welcoming him,” BJP millions of people across the country,” he said adding “In sion of his guilt” and “wrong- blasphemous misrepresenta- producers who have challenged the seats was postponed in view sources said, the Commission spokesperson Nalin Kohli said. globe participate to accelerate public opinion, Rahul Gandhi doing” by him. It was Lekhi tion of Rahul ji’s reply to the SC the EC’s ban on the biopic’s of the law and order situation. has issued orders appointing Modi represents Varanasi work towards conservation and is a liar of the first order”. who had filed the criminal is itself a criminal contempt of release till the current general On Tuesday last, the Election Zutshi as special observer for in the Parliament. The city of sustainability. Stating that Rahul stands contempt petition against him. court proceedings.” elections are over, had told the Commission had postponed Tripura. temples votes on May 19.PTI PM’S COPTER ROW: OFFICER SENT BACK TO KARNATAKA PM’s nuke-boast Apex court But apex court New Delhi: The Election SC directs Commission general observer, issues notice 2 lawyers’ bodies of SC disapprove Employees Welfare Mohammed Mohsin (1996-batch not in interest of IAS officer), who was suspended to Irani on Madras HC Association comes for checking Prime Minister national security, Narendra Modi’s helicopter in Nirupam’s plea of CJI’s handling of allegations out in CJI’s support Odisha’s Sambalpur in violation says Congress to decide of norms for dealing with SPG New Delhi: The Congress on PTI n NEW DELHI PTI n NEW DELHI “The Supreme Court protectees, has been sent back Monday attacked the Prime TikTok plea Employees Welfare Association to Karnataka. Minister Narendra Modi over he Supreme Court on wo lawyers’ bodies of the on behalf of all the employees his remarks on nuclear arsenal, TMonday issued notice to PTI n NEW DELHI TSupreme Court on Monday strongly condemns the false, SC SEEKS REPLIES OVER saying his “boastful claims” of Union Minister disapproved of the manner in fabricated and baseless allega- RESTRICTION ON TRAFFIC being “ready for an atomic that pertains to two cross he Supreme Court on which Chief Justice Ranjan tions against Chief Justice of New Delhi: The Supreme Court missile attack” on Pakistan are defamation complaints filed TMonday directed the Gogoi dealt with the sexual India Ranjan Gogoi,” it said. on Monday sought responses uncalled for and not in the by Congress leader Sanjay Madras High Court to decide harassment allegations against The SCAORA, which is a from the Centre and Jammu & interest of national security. Nirupam and the BJP leader on April 24 a plea of TikTok him, calling it “procedural body of lawyers comprising Kashmir on a plea seeking Slamming Modi for his against each other. app seeking vacating of its ban impropriety” and “violation” of advocates empowered by the quashing of an order which remarks, the party said PM’s In one case, the Delhi High order. procedures. apex court to file pleadings on restricts civilian traffic two days election speeches and irrespon- Court had quashed the sum- A Bench headed by Chief As the apex court reassem- behalf of parties in the top a week on the national highway sible statements point to the mons issued to Irani in a Justice Ranjan Gogoi said if the bled after the weekend recess in court, sought immediate (NH) stretch from Udhampur to growing desperation in the BJP. defamation complaint filed Madras High Court fails to the backdrop of the stunning appointment of a committee Baramulla for movement of Modi, at an election rally in against her by Nirupam. decide on the plea of TikTok allegations by a former court headed by full court of the apex security forces. Rajasthan’s Barmer on Sunday The High Court had how- app then its ban order will staffer, the Supreme Court Bar court to impartially investigate said India is no more afraid of ever dismissed a similar plea of stand vacated. Association (SCBA) and the and inquire into the allegations nuclear threats of Pakistan. Nirupam seeking to set aside The apex court had earli- Supreme Court Advocates on and give an independent find- Explain why infiltration, “Otherwise, Pakistan used to the summons issued against er refused to stay the Madras Record Association (SCAO- ing. give nuclear threats. What do him in a cross defamation High Court order that direct- RA) urged the Full Court to “Supreme Court Advocates casualties highest under we have? Have we kept it for complaint filed by Irani. ed the Centre to ban the take all such necessary steps as On Record Association BJP Govt: PC to Jaitley ‘Diwali’,” the PM had said. The High Court, on “Tiktok” app over concerns may be required in law to deal expresses its deep reservation Anand Sharma said the December 19 last year, had said about access to pornographic with the charges. against procedural impropriety New Delhi: After Congress would like to remind the case against Nirupam will content through it. The allegations cropped shown by Justice Ranjan Gogoi criticised him for his recent Modi that these elections are continue. Senior advocate Abhishek up against Justice Gogoi on in the suo motu proceedings remarks on Pakistan, senior about unemployment, farm On Monday, a Bench head- Manu Singhvi, appearing for Saturday prompting him to held on April 20 in the issue Congress leader P distress and the betrayal of the ed by Chief Justice Ranjan the Chinese company convene an urgent extraordi- regard to the allegations from body, said in a resolution that relating to allegations of sexu- Chidambaram Monday hit voters on electoral promises. Gogoi issued the notice to ByteDance, had told the top nary hearing by a three-mem- electronic, print, social media the allegations against the CJI al harassment against Justice back saying that the Union Every Indian is proud of the Irani on two appeals filed by court earlier that there were ber bench headed by him dur- and other available sources for have to be dealt with as per the Ranjan Gogoi, by an ex- minister must explain why valour of our forces and our Nirupam. over billion downloads of the ing which he asserted that the consideration at its next meet- established procedure of law Supreme Court employee,” the infiltration, the number of nuclear capabilities, but the The Congress leader had mobile app and ex-parte orders charges against him were ing. and law must be applied in each SCAORA resolution said. infiltrators and casualties last government cannot hide challenged a magisterial court’s were passed by the Madurai “unbelievable”. “The executive committee and every case uniformly. “It is therefore resolved year were highest under the behind this, he said. March 11, 2013 order sum- Bench of the Madras High The allegations by the has resolved that procedure The Supreme Court that the SCAORA strongly dis- BJP government. Sharma targeting the PM moning him in Irani’s defama- Court. woman, who had worked at adopted for conducting the Employees Welfare Association approves the manner in which Slamming former Union for his “boastful remarks” was tion complaint against him. He He had said the court did Justice Gogoi’s home office in court proceedings on April 20 on its part came out in support the complaint was dealt with minister P Chidambaram’s also in reference to Modi’s had also sought quashing of the not even issue notice in the Delhi, dates back to October in the matter of allegations of Justice Gogoi, claiming that and seeks enquiry and action in statement that comments in Gujarat’s Patan in January 1, 2013 complaint filed matter and an order was passed last year, days after he was made by ex-employee of the the allegations were “false and the above matter...” it added. India must “change its which he stated that after by Irani. without hearing them. appointed the CJI. Supreme Court against the fabricated”. Justice Gogoi said during behaviour” towards Pakistan, Indian Air Force pilot In her plea, Irani had The High Court had on After an emergent meeting Chief Justice of India is in vio- The association, in a reso- the Saturday hearing that the Jaitley said, “Why Mr P Abhinandan Varthaman was sought quashing of the sum- April 3 directed the Centre to of its executive committee, the lation of procedure established lution, said it strongly con- allegations were part of a con- Chidambaram is siding with held by Pakistan, a senior mons issued to her by a trial ban mobile application SCBA said in a statement that by law as well as principles of demned the “false, fabricated spiracy by some “bigger force” Pakistan by asking India to American official on the sec- court on June 6, 2014. “TikTok” as it voiced concern without prejudice to any natural justice,” SCBA Secretary and baseless allegations” to “deactivate” the CJI’s office. change its behaviour? Should ond day said that “Modi has She had also sought quash- over “pornographic and inap- enquiry which may be initiat- Vikrant Yadav said. against the CJI which is aimed The CJI also said he would we remain victim of terrorism kept 12 missiles ready and ing of the complaint filed by propriate content” being made ed the full court should collate In a resolution, the SCAO- at maligning the institution of not stoop too low even to deny & not do anything?” PTI might attack . PNS Nirupam. available through such apps. all the materials and facts with RA, the top court lawyers’ judiciary. them. LUCKNOW | TUESDAY | APRIL 23, 2019 06

TOP CANDIDATES Buses to ferry 206 voters of Guj village ASSAM GOA KARNATAKA KERALA UTTAR PRADESH WEST BENGAL DHUBRI NORTH GOA KALABURAGI WAYANAD MAINPURI JANGIPUR bound by river, sea Maulana Badruddin Shripad Yesso Naik, Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, , SP vs Mafuja Khatun, BJP vs Vadodara: A small hamlet Ajmal, AIUDF vs BJP vs Girish Congress vs Umesh Congress vs MAHARASHTRA Prem Singh Shakya, BJP Abhijit Mukherjee, bound by Narmada river and vs Abu Taher Bepari, Congress Chodankar, Congress Jadhav, BJP Thushar Vellapally, BARAMATI Congress Khalilur Arabian Sea in Gujarat’s RAMPUR BJP ally Bharath Dharma Jana Supriya Sule, NCP vs Rehman, TMC Bharuch, where villagers previ- BIHAR GUJARAT UTTARA KANNADA vs vs Sena PP Suneer, LDF Kanchan Rahul Kul, BJP Jaya Prada, BJP ously used boats to reach their MADHEPURA GANDHINAGAR Ananth Kumar Azam Khan, SP MALDAHA UTTAR polling booth to cast votes, will vs THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Sharad Yadav, LJD Amit Shah, BJP Hegde, BJP RAIGAD Khagen Murmu, BJP this time be provided buses, a (RJD alliance) vs vs CJ Chavda, Anand Asnotikar, Shashi Tharoor, PILIBHIT vs Isha Khan senior poll official said. Aliabet, vs , vs Pappu Yadav, Jan Congress JD(S) Congress Shiv Sena vs Varun Gandhi, BJP Hemraj Chowdhury, Congress part of Bharuch Lok Sabha seat, vs vs Adhikar Party Kummanam , Verma, SP Mausam Noor, has 206 voters whose polling J&K SHIMOGA Dinesh Chandra Rajasekharan, BJP NCP TMC booth is almost 65 kilometres Yadav, JD(U) ANANTNAG BY Raghavendra, vs C Divakaran, LDF FIROZABAD away in Vagra tehsil in the dis- Mehbooba Mufti, BJP vs , MURSHIDABAD ODISHA trict, around 80 kilometres from CHHATTISGARH PDP vs Ghulam Madhu Samajwadi Party Humayun Kabir, BJP vs PURI here. This year, the water level in DURG Ahmad Mir, Bangarappa, Lohia vs Chandrasen Abu Hena, Congress vs vs the Narmada river is low and Vijay Baghel, BJP vs Pratima Congress vs Congress Sambit Patra, BJP Satya Prakash Nayak, Jadun, BJP vs Janab Abu Taher Khan, Congress vs Pinaki Misra, BJD using a boat would not have been Chandrakar, Congress Hasnain Masoodi, NC , SP TMC possible, the official said. PTI

Priyanka accuses UP to decide fate of four Saurashtra to be Smriti Irani of Why 2nd phase distributing shoes of elections is members of Mulayam’s clan real test for BJP to insult Rahul Lucknow: The third members who are seeking member Tej Pratap Singh in the phase of polling for ten re-election respectively subsequent bye-election. Ahmedabad: With unemployment and Amethi: Dubbing the BJP’s Lok Sabha seats in Uttar from Mainpuri, The electoral fortunes of memories of the 2017 adverse impacts of Amethi candidate Smriti Irani crucial for BJP Pradesh will decide the Badaun and senior SP leader Azam Khan Assembly polls fresh in twin blows of as an “outsider”, Congress electoral fate of four Firozabad in will also be decided in this mind, the Saurashtra demonetisation leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra KESTUR VASUKI n Narendra Modi being the members of the SP patron this phase are phase from Rampur which region, which has seven Lok and Goods and on Monday accused her of BENGALURU mascot of the party has Mulayam Singh Yadav’s clan Samajwadi witnessed a new low in cam- Sabha seats, will be the real test Services Tax (GST) distributing shoes in order to campaigned many times in besides those of senior party Party founder paigning this time. for the ruling BJP when ballot- on the small scale and medium insult Rahul Gandhi and said he second phase of the name of Rashtravad. He leader Azam Khan and film Mulayam Singh Known for his controver- ing is held in Gujarat tomorrow. scale industry as well as the the people in the Congress Telections is a crucial also raked up the dynasty actor and BJP candidate Jaya Yadav and his two nephews, sial statements, Azam Khan The region, which used to trading class. chief’s Lok Sabha constituency test for the BJP in politics and politics of Prada. and made an “indecent” remark, be a BJP bastion since 1995, The Congress kept harping are not beggars. Karnataka. Mumbai “gathbandhan” Amit Shah, The polling for the third Akshay Yadav. targeting his BJP opponent gave jitters to the ruling party on these issues which are still Interacting with the voters Karnataka, Central Karnataka SM Krishna, Devegowda, phase is to be held on April 23 Pitted against Akshay Jaya Prada in Rampur by in the Assembly polls held just very much alive. in this key parliamentary con- and Hyderabad Karnataka will Kumara-swamy, Siddaramaiah for ten Lok Sabha seats in the Yadav, son of Mulayam Singh allegedly speculating on the over 17 months back, as it lost Besides this, firebrand stituency, the Congress gener- go to the polls in the second DK Shivakumar and host of Rohilkhand region of the state Yadav’s cousin Ram Gopal colour of her underwear and 14 of the 35 seats it had won youth leader Hardik Patel’s al secretary in-charge of east- phase on April 23. Riding on a other leaders are camping there along with 105 other seats Yadav, is another brother of the attracting the saffron party from among the total 54 seats massive agitation for reserva- ern Uttar Pradesh said the Modi wave the BJP bets big on as last leg of elections which are across 13 other States. party patriarch, Shivpal Yadav, wrath, besides that of the in the region in the 2012 tions to his Patidar (or Patel) people of Amethi and Rae 14 seats in these areas, a space crucial for both BJP and The BJP, which had won who has fallen out with SP National Commission for Assembly elections. community made a huge Bareli have self-respect and the saffron party thinks it can Congress. seven out of the ten seats in this president Aklhilesh Yadav, and Women. In those polls, the Congress impact in Saurashtra which has they do not beg from anyone. do well. They are in a process The back to back campaign region in 2014, has a huge stake fighting from Fiorozabad after The other political heavy- had doubled its tally to 32 seats sizeable population of the “...If anyone has to beg, it is of consolidating votes against by Modi and Rahul shows the in this phase in Uttar Pradesh floating a new political outfit, weights, whose fate are in the from 16 it had won in the pre- Patidar community. And now them (BJP), who will beg for the united might of the importance of these constituen- as the area is considered a SP Pragateesheel Samajwadi Party poll balance in the third phase vious elections. Because of the Hardik Patel is in the Congress. your votes,” a visibly agitated Congress and the JDs. cies. The parties also think that stronghold as three of the total (Lohia). of elections here, include Union reverses in this region in the Clearly cognizant of this, Priyanka told the voters in the For the first time the BJP is the add-up number will play a five members of the Yadav In 2014, Mulayam Singh minister Santosh Kumar December 2017 Assembly polls, the BJP pulled out all stops in presence of reporters at a facing the challenge of two crucial role in national politics family had won from this had won both the Mainpuri Gangwar, who is fighting from the ruling BJP had come close Saurashtra this time, with Prime “nukkad sabha”. forces, one is a vokkaliga and government formation. region despite a Modi wave in and Azamgarh seats, but had Bareilly and BJP’s Varun to losing power in the state for Minister Narendra Modi him- She also slammed “out- (Gowda) party and second one While BJP hopes for “agali baar the last elections. vacated the first one, which was Gandhi from Pilibhit. PTI the first time in three decades. self holding as many as seven sider” Irani for distributing is the ‘secular Congress’. It means Modi sarkar “ and Congress with The three Yadav family won by his another family In the 182-member rallies in this region only. shoes in Amethi. “She (Irani) Congress leader Siddaramaiah “mahagathbandhan” pitching Assembly, the party won 99 Electoral performance of thinks she can insult Rahul and Kumaraswamy are betting for “Make Rahul the next prime seats, just 7 more than the sim- the BJP in Gujarat is a person- Gandhi by doing this,” big to lure minorities (politics of minister”. With Devegowda’s ple majority and 16 less than al prestige issue for Modi who Priyanka said, adding that the AHINDA) and other commu- acumen in politics Karnataka the previous time. was the CM of the State for Union minister was in fact nities in the name of secularism became a platform for opposition The key reasons for this three consecutive terms before insulting the people of to take on and break the BJP’s unity. With political permuta- reversal were farm distress, he became the PM. IANS Amethi. vote bank, the Lingayats. tions and combinations Gowda “The people of Amethi are Congress hopes to with the hopes to play a major role in the very sensible. You all know who united force and Rahul Gandhi next Government formation. was going to open a food park and Devegowda, break the The BJP is contesting all 14 in Amethi and the fact that it supremacy of the “communal seats, while the Congress in 11 has not been opened till now. party BJP”, in the northern dis- and JD(S) in 3. In 2014 general The food park would have tricts of the State. elections, BJP had won 11 seats benefitted five lakh farmers in The 14 parliamentary con- and Congress remaining 3, with Amethi and Rae Bareli,” she stituencies which are going to none going to JD(S). Congress said. polls are Chikkodi, Belgaum, is contesting in Chikkodi, Union Textiles Minister Bagalkot, Bijapur (SC), Gulbarga Belgaum, Bagalkot, Gulbarga Irani had lost against Rahul (SC), Raichur (ST), Bidar, (SC), Raichur (ST), Bidar, Gandhi from Amethi in the Koppal, Bellary (ST), Haveri, Koppal, Bellary (ST), Haveri, 2014 Lok Sabha polls. Five Dharwad, Uttara Kannada, Dharwad and Davanagere. The Election officials along with security years later, she is again hoping Davanagere and Shivamogga JD-S is contesting from Bijapur personnel travel by tractors to reach a to breach the Gandhi family where BJP is hopeful of main- (SC), Shivamogga and Uttara polling station, at Hajo in Kamrup A woman gets her hair styled for voter awareness in Ahmedabad on Monday PTI bastion. PTI taining the lead. The PM Kannada. district of Assam, on Monday PTI Wayanad hogs limelight in poll season, courtesy Rahul CAPF in 92% booth in Wayanad: All eyes are on the Bharat Dharma Jana Sena Two Assembly segments in Wayanad, a bastion of Gandhi as people feel that they policies of both the Congress Wayanad parliamentary con- (BDJS) from the constituency the constituency — Sulthan Congress-led UDF, is a safe seat suffer due to the anti-farmer and the BJP governments at the stituency on the slopes of the comprising seven assembly seg- Bathery and Mananthavady — for Gandhi. According to them, Centre. “There is no Congress all 5 seats of Bengal Western Ghats in Kerala, cho- ments in Wayanad, Malappuram are reserved for tribals who the one thing that matters is the wave in Wayanad. The sen by Congress chief Rahul and Kozhikode districts. constitute around 18 per cent winning margin. Congress or its leader Rahul SAUGAR SENGUPTA n KOLKATA ple of years with both the Gandhi to seek people’s man- The Wayanad seat, which of the Wayanad’s population. Senior Congress leader and Gandhi have no specific plans TMC and the BJP having come date, besides his family bastion was created in 2009, shares its Vandoor in Malappuram dis- INTUC state president R for addressing their problems. s an uneasy lull prevailed a up in a big way replacing the Amethi in Uttar Pradesh. borders with the Nilgiris of trict is reserved for Scheduled Chandrasekharan, who cam- Farmers are on the verge of sui- Aday ahead of the third two traditional outfits. He is facing CPI’s PP Suneer Tamil Nadu and the Mysuru Caste. Female voters are more paigned for his party chief in cide due to the wrong policies phase of polling for five Lok About 80,23,000 electorate fielded by Kerala’s ruling LDF in region of Karnataka. It is pre- in number compared to male Wayanad, said Gandhi’s candi- of the Governments led by the Sabha constituencies in Bengal will decide the fate of the 61 the April 23 election on the soil dominantly rural and of its voters in the Lok Sabha seat dature has given a new dimen- Congress and the BJP,” Prasad, the Election Commission made candidates. About 324 of legendary king Pazhassi Raja seven assembly segments, three which has a total of 13,57,819 sion to the constituency. His a former MLA, told PTI. a massive bandobast covering companies of CAPF will be who fought a guerilla war against are in Wayanad district, three electors. There are 6,84,807 vision is upliftment of people What Rahul is seeking is a more than 92 per cent of booths deployed for the five con- British colonialists. The NDA has in Malappuram and one in females, there are 6,73,011 dependent on farm, labour lifelong relationship with the by Central Armed Police Forces stituencies, Additional CEO fielded Thushar Vellappally of Kozhikode district. male voters. While the differ- and rural sectors. people of Wayanad, leaving the remaining about 8 Sanjay Basu said. ence is 11,796, there is only one “People have faith in Chandrasekharan said, refer- percent to be manned by State As of now Balurghat has third gender elector in the Gandhi. Many of them are ring to the Congress president’s armed police. the sitting TMC MP in Arpita constituency. small and marginal farmers, speech at an election rally at The lathi-wielding police- Ghosh while former Congress Out of the 13,57,819 vot- who grow mostly hill produce Sulthan Bathery Assembly men have been asked to remain MP and now a TMC candidate ers, 2,951 are overseas electors. and coffee, in Wayanad. segment on April 17. at least 200 metre away from Mausam Benazir Noor is con- Senior Congress leader MI Gandhi understands their “I just don’t want to have a the booths, sources said. testing from North Malda. Shanavas, who died last year, problems due to the fall in relationship of just few months. The fate of 61 candidates Her uncle and outgoing had been winning the seat prices of agriculture produce I want a lifelong relationship would be decided on Monday MP AH Khan Chowdhury is ever since the constituency and crop loss caused by natur- with you. I want the sisters of as five constituencies of contesting against TMC’s was carved out in 2009. al disasters and extreme weath- Wayanad to say that I am like Balurghat, North Malda, South Muazzam Hussein and BJP’s He had trounced CPI’s M er events,” Chandrasekharan their brother, the fathers and Malda, Jangipur, Murshidabad Srirupa Chowdhury. Rahmatullah by over 1.5 lakh told PTI. mothers to say that I am their go for polls. Noor is pitted against her votes in 2009 and defeated CPI(M) leader P Krishna son,” Rahul had said. Traditionally a Congress own cousin and Congress can- CPI leader Sathyan Mokeri by Prasad, who is campaigning for Wayanad has significant belt with the Left place in the didate Isha Khan Chowdhury a margin of 20,000 votes in Left’s candidate Suneer, said it Muslim and Christian second slot things tended to and BJP’s Khagen Murmu, a 2014. Political analysts say is not going to be easy for populations. have changed in the past cou- vocal former CPI(M) MLA. 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poll PM: Have taken strong Rahul: Ask PM what he got snippets in return for helping Ambani DEORA RAKES UP SAWANT’S CRIMINAL CASES action against terrorists The Congress’ Mumbai South Lok Sabha candidate on PTI n Monday referred to criminal charges against his opponent and AMETHI and the truth will be before cent women will be seen in sitting Shiv Sena MP and asked voters if they wanted PTI n UDAIPUR ‘mahamilavati’ (wordplay on demand ‘saboot’,” he asked. everyone...What ex-French legislature and Gover-nment to be represented by a person with such a record. Pointing to mahagathbandhan) say Modi The Prime Minister tar- ongress president Rahul President Francois Hollande jobs. He promised that Sawant’s affidavit, Deora said there are 13 criminal charges against rime Minister Narendra should not talk about national geted the previous UPA CGandhi on Monday said and what is in the French recruitment will be initiated the Shiv Sena leader and demanded that the sitting MP explain if he PModi on Monday said his security and terrorism in elec- Government, saying that it exhorted the people to ask defence files will come for 22 lakh vacant posts and tried to “abuse and misuse” his influence in the Maharashtra Government had taken strong tions. Someone else may get pressured the banks to give Prime Minister Narendra out...Only two persons’ names 10 lakh youths will get jobs in Government to get the cases withdrawn. According to Deora’s action against terrorism and deceived but not Modi,” he said. loans to “its millionaire friends, Modi what he received in will come out, first Anil Panchayats. affidavit, there is no criminal case pending against him. that the Congress does not It is okay if issues like nation- but our Government gave loans return for “giving” Anil Ambani and second Narendra Rahul said after coming to understand the importance al security are not highlighted to the poor, tribals and youths Ambani Rs 30,000 crore under Modi.” power, the Congress will see to PM, ADVANI TO VOTE TODAY IN AHMEDABAD of the issue because of its “nar- in local elections, but in Lok under the MUDRA scheme”. the Rafale deal. Asking if anyone has seen it that all the people who Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Minister Arun Jaitley and BJP row mindset”. Sabha polls it is very “Now, if someone has fled chowkidar in front of a farmer have been harassed in the patriarch LK Advani are among top leaders who will vote Tuesday in “Modi is taking action much an important abroad, either he will have to or labourer’s house, he said for past five years are compen- Gujarat, which will have a single phase polling for its 26 Lok Sabha against terrorism. Modi is hit- issue, Modi said. return or he will be extradited Addressing a the past some time, every sated. seats. The BJP, in a release here said, all its key leaders, including ting them in their “They (opposition) just like Michel ‘mama’ of poll meeting in farmer has been forced to do Addressing an election Modi and Advani — who are registered voters in Gujarat — will homes,” the prime min- have narrow mindset. Naamdaars. If any rich does not his parliamen- ‘chowkidari’ of his agriculture meeting in Barabanki earlier, exercise their franchise in morning hours. The PM, who is expected ister said, in an election Even after 60 years, return money taken as loans tary constituency field. “Modiji had stated that he said the Congress will take to land in Ahmedabad on Monday night, will cast his vote at a booth rally here. He said nation- they do not understand from bank, then he will not be here, Rahul said, he does not want to be historic decisions for farmers set up inside a school in the Ranip area of the city, which falls under al security is “very much” what the issues of the able to sleep comfortably,” he “When the Prime made a prime minister but and bring a separate budget the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency, it said. the issue of Lok Sabha elec- country are. They said, referring to British- Minister comes a chowkidar... When his for them. Campaigning for tions, but the are roaming national Christian Michel, and makes false theft has been caught in party candidate Tanuj Punia, RAHUL’S NOMINATION FOR AMETHI FOUND VALID Congress, due around the coun- alleged middleman in the claims, ask him the Rafale deal, he says he alleged that Modi ran a The Amethi returning officer (RO) on Monday set aside objections to its “narrow try with five-six AgustaWestland VVIP chopper one question. Why ‘hum sab chowkidar Government which helped on Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s nomination papers for the mindset”, does abusive case who was arrested after his has he has given hain,” he claimed. just 15 people in the last five seat and held the document valid, after scrutinising allegations of not under- words,” Modi extradition from Dubai. Rs 30,000 crore to Rahul also hit out years. discrepancies over citizenship and other issues. After hearing stand this. said. He said the NDA Ambani and what the PM over the Goods It also took a sudden deci- Gandhi’s counsel, Returning Officer Ram Manohar Misra declared “Congress Targeting Government has showed that has Ambani done and Services Tax, saying sion on demonetisation and his nomination papers for the Amethi Lok Sabha seat as valid. and its Congress running an honest in return for him.” when the ‘Gabbar Singh made the entire country stand leaders for ask- Government in the country is Speaking in Tax’ was imposed, the in queues, the Congress pres- SECURITY BEEFED AHEAD OF POLLS IN MAHARASHTRA ing for evi- possible. Modi said the foun- Tiloi area, he said, money was taken from ident alleged. Security has been beefed up in Maharashtra for the third phase of dences of sur- dation which will be laid in the “Soon after the people and it went to “The BJP conducted sur- Lok Sabha elections for 14 constituencies, scheduled to be held on gical strikes, next five years will decide the Congress comes to thieves and overseas. gical strikes on poor people of Tuesday. Besides local police, companies of Central Reserve Police Modi said the future of the 21st century. power after the “The moment money the country, while we will Force (CRPF), personnel from the Railway Protection Force (RPF) ‘saboot gang’ has “The upcoming polls are Lok Sabha polls, went out of your conduct surgical strikes on and those from Andhra Preadesh and Telangana are also roped in to put the country very important for those who a probe will be pockets, you stopped poverty. If the Congress is ensure that no untoward incident takes place, a police official said down, but people are going to vote for the first held in the purchasing and the voted to power, it will give 22 Monday. have now given time. Those who are born in Rafale deal factories closed lakh jobs to youngsters,” he the Opposition the 21st century will nurture down, leading to said addressing an election NC, PDP LEADERS PLAYING EMOTIONAL CARD: BJP ‘saboot’ (evi- dreams and realise them in this unemployment... meeting in Prashedpur in Rae BJP leader Kavinder Gupta on Monday accused the National dence) in the ini- century. A strong foundation In every 24 hours, Bareli. Rahul also claimed Conference and the Peoples Democratic Party of playing emotional tial phases of will be laid in the next five 27,000 youths lost that ‘chowkidaar’ has meted card to seek votes instead of focussing on development and polling in the years,” Modi said. their jobs... This out injustice to the people of maintaining peace in Jammu & Kashmir. The former Deputy Chief country. “Will The PM said the Congress is the work of Amethi and Rae Bareli. Minister also alleged the two regional parties are “targeting” security you be trust- knows very well how to spread chowkidar,” he Later, the Congress pres- forces to please Hurriyat and Pakistan. ing ‘sapoot’ lies and do manipulations. In the claimed. ident told reporters, “If Prime (soldiers) rally, Modi highlighted the TheMinister Narendra Modi sits CLASH BETWEEN SUPPORTERS, VILLAGERS: FIRs LODGED or those achievements of his govern- Congress for a face-to-face conversation Cross FIRs were lodged on Monday in connection with an incident who ment and sought vote for the president for 15 minutes, everything of clash between supporters of CPI candidate from Bihar’s Begusarai BJP. said after will be clear.” seat Kanhaiya Kumar and a group of locals, police said. Two 2019, 33 per complaints have been lodged by both sides at Gadhpura police station about Sunday’s clash, which erupted after the former JNU students’ union president was shown black flags at Koray village DYNASTS SLUG IT... practising neurosurgeon. After CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 his last contest. met the Congress president in here during a roadshow. With Sr Pawar out of the Sujay quit the Congress to join Voting will be held in seven 2018.This will be Lovely’s first fray, Parth is now contesting the BJP, his father and senior Lok Sabha seats in Chhattisgarh, parliamentary polls contest. FATMI WITHDRAWS NOMINATION FOR MADHUBANI from Maval constituency in Congress leader Radhakrishna Shinde - who is the brother of is re-contesting of which the BJP had won six in Meanwhile, the Congress is Former Union Minister Mohd Ali Ashraf Fatmi, who had quit RJD Pune district, while Sr Pawar’s Vikhe-Patil came under a lot of MLA Babanrao Shinde and the polls from Kalyan in coastal 2014. The Congress, buoyed by yet to announce its candidate for and had entered the fray from Madhubani Lok Sabha seat on a BSP daughter Supriya Sule is re-con- pressure to resign from his post also the president of Solapur Konkan region. Maharashtra’s its victory in the Assembly elec- the South Delhi seat. In the 2014 ticket, on Monday withdrew his nomination citing the refusal of rebel testing from Pawars’ home con- as leader of the Opposition in Zilla Parishad--as its candidate former Congress chief Prabha tions last year, is hoping to national election, the BJP won Congress nominee Shakeel Ahmed to do so and apprehending a stituency of Baramati in Pune. the State Assembly. However, Sr against Ranjitsinh from Madha Rau’s daughter Charulata Tokas improve its tally in the State. all seven seats in Delhi. split in votes benefiting the BJP candidate. “I took the decision (to Maval is going to polls in the Vikhe-Patil stood his ground. constituency. from Wadha constituency in In Goa, there are 12 candi- Talks for an alliance withdraw) based on the feedback by my close supporters on whose fourth and final elections on In the neighbouring Satara The sugar rich Sangli is wit- Vidarbha region. In Mumbai, dates in the fray for the two Lok between the Congress and AAP insistence I had filed nomination papers. It was observed that the April 29. constituency, Chhatrapati nessing an electoral battle with , daughter of late Sabha constituencies, including broke down over AAP’s insis- reluctance of Ahmed to withdraw would have lead to votes getting Baramati, the home turf of Udyanraje Bhosale - who is the the Swabhimani Shetkari actor-turned-MP Sunil Dutt, Union AYUSH Minister tence that the grand old party split between us. This would have helped the BJP,” Fatmi told PTI- the Maratha leader from where 13th descendent of Maratha Sanghatana (SSS) putting up late and Milind Deora, son of late Shripad Naik from North Goa should agree to share seats in Bhasha over phone. Sharad Pawar had won six warrior Shivaji Maharaj, is seek- Chief Minister Vasantrao Patil’s Mumbai Congress president where he is pitted against state Haryana, Chandigarh and LAND ACQUISITION WORRIES FARMERS IN GUJARAT times, his nephew Ajit Pawar ing re-election for his third grandson, Vishal Prakashbapu Murli Deora, are the prominent Congress chief Girish Punjab apart from Delhi. The once and Supriya Sule twice in term. (Satara was the capital of Patil (of the Congress-NCP dynasts in the poll fray. Chodankar. AAP has already named its Standing in his sugarcane farm in Navsari’s Sadlav village with his the past, has a prestigious bat- Shivaji. As a scion of Shivaji, alliance led 56-party Anand Paranjpe (NCP, In Bihar, close to nine mil- seven candidates in the nation- arms stretched wide apart, Pinakinbhai Patel explains that in 3.5 tle ground this time around, Udyanraje Bhosale is extremely Mahagathbandhan) against the , son of late Sena MP lion voters will be deciding the al Capital and six of its candi- kilometers of his “fertile land”, three major infrastructure projects especially after Shah went town popular in Satara, where he is BJP’s sitting MP Sanjay ‘Kaka’ Prakash Paranjpe), Hina Gavit fates of 82 candidates in five Lok dates filed their nominations on have been planned. “Right through this land, the Bharatmala road as early February this year, locking horns with the Shiv Patil. Vishal’s nomination has led (BJP, Nandurbar daughter of Sabha seats of Bihar. Monday for the upcoming Lok project will pass. One kilometer to the left the (Vadodara-Mumbai) when he announced in Pune Sena’s Narendra Annasaheb Patil. to a family feud with his elder former Medical Education Four sitting MPs Ranjeet Sabha polls in Delhi. expressway will be constructed and 2.5 kilometers to the right, the that his party wanted to win as Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg is the brother and ex-union minister Minister Dr Vijaykumar Gavit), Ranjan (Supaul), her husband The six candidates who bullet train will pass,” he said. “Out of the 16 acres of my land, many as 45 seats - including stronghold of Shiv Sena’s Chief Pratik P. Patil quitting the (BJP, Raver, Pappu Yadav (Madhepura), filed their papers are Chandni Government wants seven acres for the Bharatmala project, but it is Baramati -in Maharashtra. Minister Narayan Rane and his Congress and politics. Sanjay daughter-in-law of senior BJP Sarfaraz Alam (Araria) and Chowk candidate Pankaj Gupta, offering only four times the ‘jantri rate’, which is way lower than the Speaking at a meeting of family Rane’s son Nilesh Rane Mandlik, son of Independent MP leader Eknath Khadse), Kunal Mehboob Ali Kaiser (Khagaria) East Delhi candidate Atishi, market rate,” he added. ‘Jantri rate’ is the minimum price of the land party workers and leaders from had bagged this seat in 2009, Sadashivrao Mandlik, is con- Rohidas Patil ( Congress Dhule, would seek to retain their North West Delhi candidate notified by the Gujarat Government for a particular area. Months Pune, Shirur and Baramati Lok defeating Sena’s Union Minister testing from Kolhapur on a Shiv son of former minister Rohidas respective seats. In the six seats Gugan Singh, South Delhi can- ahead of the polls, the BJP-led Gujarat government suspended the Sabha constituencies, Shah had Suresh Prabhu. However, the Sena ticket, while the Sena has Patil and Smita Wagh ( BJP, in Odisha, the main contest in didate Raghav Chadha, North land survey for the Bharatmala project — a centrally-sponsored Sena recaptured in 2014 when fielded Narendra Patil, son of Jalgaon, wife of district party scheme to construct 83,677 km of highways across India, in said: “No one will accept our between the State’s ruling BJD East Delhi candidate Dilip January. victory if our alliance wins less won, but in 2017 former MLA Anna Saheb Patil president Udhay Wagh). and the BJP. The BJD had won Pandey and New Delhi candi- than 45 out of 48 seats in the Rane floated the Maharashtra from Satara. all the six seats in 2014. date Brijesh Goyal. state. The 45 seat winning tally Swabhiman Party (MSP) and In the neighbouring PH-III TEST FOR... The ruling Trinamool The BJP on Sunday fielded is something that can be cher- allied with the NDA. Marthawada where the polling Union Minister Alphons Congress in West Bengal, BJP its four sitting MPs from Delhi ished only if the BJP wins the Unable to get the BJP’s nod was over in the first two phas- Kannamthanam is seeking to and Congress are the main - Harsh Vardhan from Chandni Baramati seat.” to put up Nilesh as candidate, Sr es, former Chief Minister Ashok make his Lok Sabha debut from contenders in the five seats — Chowk, Manoj Tiwari from Picking up the gauntlet Rane has fielded his son Nilesh Chavan was another promi- Ernakulam. Sitting Congress Balurghat, Maldaha North, North-east Delhi, Parvesh thrown by Shah, Sharad Pawar Rane as MSP candidate against nent dynast. , MP Shashi Tharoor is facing a Maldaha South, Jangipur and Verma from West Delhi and has dared the BJP to “uproot” the Congress’ Navinchandra who has been re-nominated by triangular contest in Murshidabad. Ramesh Bidhuri from South NCP from Baramati. “The BJP Bandivadekar, who was the Congress from Nanded Thiruvananthapuram, where Four seats will see four-cor- Delhi. However, Congress has president has urged the voters to embroiled in a controversy for constituency, is the son of late the BJP has fielded former nered contests between the not announced its candidate defeat the NCP in Baramati. alleged links with the right-wing Congress leader and former Governor Kummanam three parties and the Left Front. from South Delhi constituency. Almost half of the Ministers in outfit Sanatan Sanstha. Union Home Minister S B Rajasekharan and the CPI C It will be a three-cornered con- Congress sources said Olympic the Union Cabinet have already In Raver, Raksha Khadse, Chavan. , Divakaran. It is a do-or-die test in Maldaha South as no Left boxer Vijender Singh is the campaigned in Baramati. I dare daughter-in-law of senior BJP daughter of late senior BJP battle for both the ruling CPI party is in the fray in the seat. front runner and can be field- the BJP president to uproot me leader Eknath Khadse is slug- leader , re- (M)-led LDF and the In Assam, prominent candidates ed from South Delhi seat. and my party from Baramati. All ging it out against Congress can- contested the polls on a BJP Opposition Congress-headed in the fray are two sitting MPs Vijender met the Congress I can tell the BJP leaders that they didate Ulhas Patil. ticket from Mundes’ home con- UDF in most of the 20 Lok AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal president Rahul Gandhi on do not know much about It may be recalled that on stituency of Beed against the Sabha seats. in Dhubri and Independent Monday afternoon. The other Maharashtra. I can assure the BJP June 4, 2016, Khadse had NCP’s Bajrang Sonawane. The BJP-led NDA is posing Naba Sarania in Kokrajhar, claimants to this seat are the president that there will be no resigned from his post as the Pritam’s cousin Poonam a formidable challenge State Social Welfare Minister former MP Ramesh Kumar Bharatiya Jan Kranti Dal candidate from Patna Sahib Basant Singh Rajput effect on the Baramati poll out- State Revenue Minister over Mahajan -who is the daughter of to the two traditional fronts in Pramila Rani Brahma of BPF and former Delhi Speaker Dr rides a horse on the way to file his nomination papers for the Lok Sabha come even if scores of traders irregularities in the purchase of late BJP Pramod Mahajan - is re- at least three constituencies — from Kokrajhar and Congress Yoganand Shastri, both Jat elections, in Patna, on Monday PTI come here to campaign from a plot of land at Bhosari in Pune contesting from Mumbai north- Thiruvananthapuram, MLA Abdul Khaleque. In the leaders. Gujarat,” the NCP chief said. district. Though Maharashtra’s central constituency ( Munde had Pathanamthitta and Thrissur. Union Territories of Dadra and Pawar’s daughter Supriya Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) married Pramod Mahajan’s In Karnataka, the battle Nagar Haveli and Daman and Sule is taking on Kanchan Kul has given a clean chit to him in younger sister Pradnya). In the lines clearly delineated for a Diu, the BJP had bagged both in Baramati which is one of the the alleged Pune land scam case, politically significant con- bipolar contest between the seats in the last election. two seats after Mumbai North- Khadse continues to be in polit- stituency of Osmanabad in ruling Congress-JD(S) com- The Lok Sabha polls are Central constituency where a ical wilderness. Marathawada where the polling bine and the BJP. being held in seven-phases for direct woman-to-woman con- The NCP-controlled was over April 18, NCP’s The BJP that has consider- 543 seats and the counting of test. Kanchan is the wife of Madha, from where Sharad Ranajagjit sinh P Patil took on his able presence in these con- votes will be on May 23. Rahul Kul, sitting legislator of Pawar had been elected to Lok cousin and Shiv Sena nominee stituencies aims to improve its Mahadev Jankar’s Rashtriya Sabha on 2009, is witnessing a Omraje Nimbalkar. tally banking on what it calls the SHEILA FACES... Samaj Party (RSP). bitter political battle. Ranajagjit Sinh is the son of “Modi wave” and the support of Chandni Chowk battle is Notwithstanding Shah’s After he backed out of the Maharashtra’s senior minister dominant Lingayat communi- likely to generate a lot of heat as claim about bagging the contest from Madha con- and Sharad Pawar’s close con- ty, considered as its vote base. the three main candidates are Baramati seat, Supriya has a dis- stituency, Sr Pawar wanted sit- fidant Padamsinh Patil. It is also a test for Congress- from the Baniya (traders com- tinct edge over Kanchan and her ting NCP MP and his close aide Padamsinh is one of the nine JD(S) coalition Government munity). Agarwal has been an victory is a foregone conclusion. Vijaysinh Patil to contest the accused others in the much-dis- headed by H D Kumaraswamy old war horse had won from this In the neighbouring Madha seat. However, an ambi- cussed murder case of 2006 in in the State. seat four times. He is expected Ahmednagar, there was a lot of tious son Vijaysinh Mohite Patil which Congress leader The third phase of polling to put up a stiff contest to drama before the nominations staked claim for this seat. Pawanraje Nimbalkar and his for 10 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Vardhan. However, the arith- were finalised by the Congress Realising the NCP would not driver Samad Abdul Wahid Pradesh will decide the electoral metic appears to have tilted and BJP. Sujay Vikhe-Patil, nominate him from Madha, Kazi at Kalamboli, near Panvel, fate of four members of the SP towards the BJP as whose father Radhakrishna Ranjitsinh quit and joined the were shot dead on February patron Mulayam Singh Yadav’s Confederation of All India Vikhe-Patil is the leader of the BJP in the hope of getting a Lok 3,2006. clan, besides those of senior Traders (CAIT) had recently Opposition in the Maharashtra Sabha ticket to contest the Incidentally, the Sena nom- party leader Azam Khan and announced to back the BJP Assembly, resigned from the Madha seat. inee Omraje Nimbalkar is the film actor and BJP candidate candidates after Prime Minister Congress and joined the BJP in However, the BJP denied son of slain Congress leader Jaya Prada. Narendra Modi held an open a development that embar- ticket to Ranjitsinh Mohite Patil Pawanraje Nimbalkar. The BJP had won seven out session with the traders’ com- rassed his father and proved to and has nominated former In another key contest of the 10 seats in 2014, while the munity at Delhi’s Talkatora sta- be a setback for the Congress. Congress man Ranjitsinh Naik being witnessed in Nashik in SP bagged three. Samajwadi dium. Having been in touch with Nimbalkar, who joined the BJP north Maharashtra, senior NCP Party founder Mulayam Singh Another interesting pick him through its senior Minister last week, as its candidate from leader ’s Yadav and his two nephews by the Congress is former Girish Mahajan for more than Madha constituency. Ranjitsinh nephew is con- Dharmendra Yadav and Akshay DPCC president Lovely from two months before the Naik Nimbalkarn is the son of testing against Shiv Sena nom- Yadav are seeking re-election East Delhi where he will take on announcement of Lok Sabha former MP Hindurao inee , nephew of from Mainpuri, Badaun and AAP’s Atishi. Lovely had left polls, the BJP succeeded in Nimbalkar. late MP Rajabahu Godse. Shiv Firozabad seats respectively. Congress to join BJP but came wooing the 37-year-old Sujay, a On its part, the NCP Sanjay Sena minister ’s Mulayam has said this will be back to the party fold after he LUCKNOW | TUESDAY | APRIL 23, 2019 op nion 08 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Terror returns Sri Lanka has enjoyed a tremendous peace dividend. This Money rules the roost momentum shouldn’t be lost after the Easter attacks irst things first, any attack on a house of worship, no matter which religion’s, by Although muscle power has been brought under control, electoral spending has reached Fsomeone who claims to be a religious supremacist is not an attack by an individual monstrous proportions. The Election Commission must come face-to-face with this reality who believes in God. It is an act by a cow- ardly individual who does not believe in any ideology of humanity. Whether those strikes happen in Varanasi, Christchurch or as it hap- pened this past Sunday, in Colombo. These blasts shattered the peace of the last decade in the island nation, a peace achieved after a two-decade civil war that cost thousands of A SURYA PRAKASH lives, including those of 1,200 Indian soldiers between 1987-1990 who were part of the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF), an unmitigated disaster of our lthough the use of muscle foreign policy and military intelligence, likened by some as India’s Vietnam. A power to capture booths and hard-handed and brutal approach by the Sri Lankan military wiped out the Tamil intimidate voters belonging to vulnerable social groups separatists in the north of the country, who had through several high-profile ter- has drastically come down in rorist targets, killed hundreds of civilians and completely devastated the nation’s recentA years, the percentage of candidates economy. But following their rout, the country has enjoyed a huge peace divi- with criminal records still remains a mat- ter of concern. But the bigger worry is dend with rapid economic progress as well as a revival of the tourism sector. money power. During a recent tour of However, there is little doubt that Sri Lanka, like India and many other coun- some constituencies in Karnataka, this tries, has underlying religious tensions. These have only accelerated over the writer heard from political leaders and those in the know that in most constituen- past few years with the rise of fundamentalist forces such as the Islamic State cies, candidates have to spend upwards of as well as religious fundamentalism in South and South-East Asia. While this `20 crore to be in the reckoning. There was attack is a symptom of this rising wave of fundamentalism, it is strange that the also near unanimity that some candidates in the old Mysore area had spent over `100 killers targetted the Christians in the nation, since neither the Tamil separatists crore! With top contenders in every Lok nor the Sinhala majority ever zeroed in on them during the civil war. But Sri Lanka’s Sabha seat spending phenomenal sums of really small Muslim population on its eastern seaboard was singled out by both money, the democratic process is now out- Tamil and Sinhalese forces. There have been rising tensions between Sinhalese of-bounds for an average citizen. The National Election Watch (NEW) Buddhists and Muslims for some time now. Though Buddhism is seen as a reli- and the Association for Democratic gion that advises mindfulness and the Middle Path, fact is the Sinhalese have, Rights (ADR) have been providing like their counterparts in Thailand and Myanmar, linked it to issues of identity detailed analysis of the information pro- vided by candidates in their sworn affi- and they justify violence when they are under threat. With the Tamil issue gone, davits while filing their nominations. these people have latched on to Islamic fundamentalism as the new threat. This Their analysis of the 521 members of the is something for the government of Ranil Wickremasinghe to address, although outgoing Lok Sabha, based on their affi- davits, should be a matter of deep concern. with polls scheduled later this year, the situation could easily degenerate. It is The NEW-ADR analysis found that also important for India to help Sri Lanka with intelligence and information at this 174 of the 521 MPs had declared that candidates will be much, much of these cases on a priority and drugs and narcotics worth time. The scale and coordination of the attacks make it obvious that a small band criminal cases were pending against higher when you look at the basis as recommended by the `1,152 crore. They have also them, constituting one-third of the Lok amount of money being spent National Commission to seized gold and precious met- of terrorists could not have pulled this off without support from forces abroad. Sabha. Further, among them, 106 MPs (20 in each constituency. Review the Working of the als worth over `500 crore. It is likely that some of the executors could have an Indian connection, which per cent) were facing serious criminal A comparison of criminal Constitution, which was head- Although this is unprecedent- means India itself should be on guard to ensure that violence does not spread cases like murder, attempt to murder, kid- records of outgoing MPs and WHAT DO WE DO ed by former Chief Justice of ed, it is still the tip of the ice- napping and communal disharmony candidates in this election India, MN Venkatachaliah. berg. to its mainland or that the island doesn’t become a festering launchpad. Most among others. Thirty-five per cent of the shows that the new House WITH THE FACT THAT Five decades ago, there Having travelled in some importantly, it is important that Sri Lanka’s bountiful years of peace are not brought MPs belonging to the Bharatiya Janata will have its share of such indi- ONE-THIRD OF OUR would be large scale violence States and heard reports of Party (BJP) and 16 per cent of the viduals. Although statistically during elections in the coun- voter bribing, one can safely to an end. These terrorists clearly wanted to send not just a message of reli- MPS HAVE CRIMINAL gious fundamentalism but also one that punctured the nation’s burgeoning tourism Congress and AIADMK MPs in the out- speaking, criminal record of try. States like Bihar and Uttar say that although the Election going Lok Sabha have criminal back- candidates in the present elec- RECORDS AND 20 Pradesh were notorious for Commission has raised the economy with scare-mongering. They wanted to make a splash. They must fail. grounds. However, the Shiv Sena topped tion is lower than that of suc- booth capturing. Prominent permissible expenditure in a the list with 83 per cent of this party’s MPs cessful candidates in 2014, PER CENT OF THEM candidates in the fray would Lok Sabha constituency in having criminal records. one must remember that the ARE FACING SERIOUS have their own armed gangs to larger States to `70 lakh, the As regards the financial muscle of can- winnability of candidates with disrupt polling in booths spending is upwards of `20 A matter of honour didates, the survey showed that of the 521 criminal records is higher than CRIMINAL CASES? which were not favourable to crore per candidate. Thus, if sitting MPs, 430 (83 per cent) were those who come with a clean THIS NEEDS TO BE them. The gangs would open we have two main contenders Whatever the allegations against the CJI, a due process needs crorepatis in 2014 and they had average slate. Therefore, we must await fire, chase away election offi- for each of the 543 elected assets of `14.72 crore. Eighty-seven per the results and see what per- REVERSED AND THE cials and electors, capture the seats in the Lok Sabha, the to be followed to expose the truth. For every citizen’s sake cent of the BJP MPs are crorepatis, as centage of the members of the booths and burn the paper bal- candidates and their parties against 82 per cent in the Congress and new Lok Sabha have criminal BEST WAY TO DO IT lots. This is now a thing of past would have splurged over ocial activist Swami Agnivesh summed 78 per cent in the AIADMK. The average cases pending against them. IS TO BAR ALL But the other big issue — `20,000 crores, mostly to up the controversy over sexual miscon- asset base of BJP MPs was `12 crore, while What do we do with the money power — has reached bribe voters in this election. that of Congress MPs was `15.47 crore. fact that one-third of our THOSE, AGAINST monstrous proportions. With feudal, caste-based Sduct allegations against the Chief Justice A recent report by NEW-ADR, after MPs have criminal records WHOM SERIOUS Although muscle power has political families loaded with of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi with a rounded examining the affidavits of candidates in and 20 per cent of them are been brought under control, such huge, ill-gotten resources statement embodying what the judiciary, fac- the fray in the first two phases of the cur- facing serious criminal cases CRIMINAL CHARGES spending in elections has gone playing the game, democracy rent Lok Sabha election, is also revealing. like murder, attempt to mur- HAVE BEEN FRAMED, completely out of control and is becoming a no-entry zone ing a crisis of confidence, should do. “The Out of the 2,923 candidates, the NEW- der and kidnapping? This the Election Commission for an average citizen. The maturity, authenticity and stature of the ADR analysis of 2,856 affidavits shows needs to be reversed and the FROM CONTESTING appears to be totally helpless Election Commission must Supreme Court will be tested on how this cri- that 464 have criminal records, constitut- best way to do it is to bar all ELECTIONS UNTIL despite huge deployment of come face-to-face with this sis is weathered and how the majesty of law ing 16 per cent of the total. Of them, 313 those, against whom serious observers and seizure of cash, reality and find ways to stop candidates have serious criminal cases. As criminal charges have been THEY ARE ACQUITTED gold, liquor and drugs meant the bribing of voters. Failing is upheld without fear or favour,” he said. For regards the net worth of candidates, 824 framed in a court of law, for bribing voters. In the first which, democracy will be there is a gathering cloud of judgements of them — 29 per cent — are crorepatis from contesting elections until two phases of this election, the reduced to an absolute farce. swirling around the case already, one that has and they have, on an average, assets of over they are acquitted. In order to Election Commission already (The writer is an author spe- `5 crore. But this is the average of 2,856 prevent vindictive prosecu- seized close to `700 crore in cialising in democracy studies. to be dispelled convincingly. Is this another attack on an institution, as has been candidates. The net worth of successful tion, the courts must dispose cash, liquor worth `218 crore Views expressed are personal) suggested by the CJI himself, to deactivate a position that is tasked with fair dis- semination of justice on the eve of crucial rulings that can have a cascading consequence on polity, not too favourably may be for certain political parties? S O U N D BITE Is this a motivated attack, using the old trope of blackmail by a victimised woman, Whatever we do, we have Getting into an unknown Common interests far outweigh I will be very happy if Muslim on a man who has been largely known for his personal decency for the most to make Pakistan change and uncharted territory differences between China and brothers vote for me. But part of his judicial career and is looking to bow out with the same grace? Or is its behaviour. That means today. Doing something I India. Both sides should sus- even if you don't, no problem we must also change our have never done before. tain the positive momentum of at all. You can still come to it comeuppance for moments that are unrecorded in the legal chambers? Is some behaviour towards it. Excited and nervous both. sound and steady relationship. me for your work. vested interest taking advantage of the fact that there is no legal framework with- Congress leader Actor Chinese Foreign Minister BJP MP in the top court’s rulebook whereby a CJI could be investigated on allegations —P Chidambaram — —Wang Yi —Varun Gandhi such as these, his removal being only possible through parliamentary impeach- ment? Finally, in the age of #MeToo, this charge by a junior staff against the topmost office-bearer at the workplace ought to be dealt with high standards of objectivity and due process so that working women demanding justifiable rights L E T T E R S T O T H E EDITOR are not trivialised anymore or subjected to innuendos of “I told you so.” For the sake of all women out there, if the accuser is guilty of fabrication, coercion and Congress revolt songs in this movie were written Regional parties must bury the hatchet as well as composed by Satyajit mala fide intent, she should be booked, too. And for the highest court, which Ray himself. Ray got many awards has been guaranteeing women’s rights, it becomes imperative its highest office- Sir — Priyanka Chaturvedi’s exit is his refers to the editorial, “A Mulayam transition” for the best music direction for bearer be seen as acting justly in matters concerning women employees. definitely a loss to the Congress. (April 22). Initially, when the Samajwadi Party (SP) this film. One of these songs, However, she could have given Tand the (BSP) announced a ‘Kotoi Rongo Dekhi Duniyay’ (the Gogoi has already been in the public eye for joining three of his colleagues those she had grievances against poll pact to fight Lok Sabha elections, speculation was world is full of wonders), was in the collegium last year for questioning the process of case allocations by the another chance to express their rife that Mulayam Singh Yadav might not have sung by Amar Pal. Amar means office of the then CJI and the independence of the institution. He risked his ele- standpoint. The party leadership agreed to this formula due to the old animosity between immortal in Bengali. Indeed, his could have ensured this. Further, him and Mayawati. But Mayawati and Mulayam voice has immortalised the pow- vation by taking a public stand on the internal workings of the court, something she should have waited to see fur- Singh Yadav turned the tables by not only sharing the erful words of Ray in this song. which many believe should not have played out in the public space. Which is ther developments without quitting stage at a historic rally in Mainpuri but also heaping Sujit De why he cannot afford a similar public jury verdict on the propriety of handling the party in a huff. The fact that she praises on each other. It seems both have come very Kolkata rushed to join the Shiv Sena soon far from the guest house episode days. another delicate manner. Already some experts are saying that the CJI might have after leaving the Congress is shock- Indeed, the need of the hour is for the alliance to the mahagathbandhan would be a pan-Indian affair. But Restore the judiciary just hastily launched his defence through a suo moto hearing. Assuming he is ing. People have lost faith in her put forth a united face and wage a coordinated fight only SP-BSP have walked the talk. On the other hand, right, a knee-jerk reaction only raises more questions and doubts. In the absence and will consider the entire episode against the ruling party to stand a chance of reaping the Congress has not shown any pragmatic approach. a pre-planned farce. maximum seats from the largest State of the nation. After If Mulayam and Mayawati can join hands, it's not impos- Sir — It is regretful that the sanc- of a credible mechanism, the woman had no option but to appeal to the Justices Shalini Gerald the Karnataka State elections — where an unprecedent- sible for other regional leaders to forget past differences. tity of the highest court of the of the Supreme Court to create a Special Inquiry Committee comprising retired Chennai ed alliance between the Congress and the They should move on with changed ground realities. land has been under threat since judges. Besides, the top court’s “In-House Procedure” lays out the process to (Secular) was forged — the way regional party lead- Bal Govind the last five years. Earlier, it was Stand firm on terror ers came together to join hands, it was assumed that Noida an unprecedented January 2018 deal with allegations of sexual harassment, instructing an inquiry committee to revolt by four sitting judges of the take cognisance of complaints and initiate proceedings only after giving notices Supreme Court and now, the CJI to the respondent (the CJI in this case) and the complainant (the woman). However, Sir — This refers to the editori- impending disaster, no preventive fully the terrorists missed the tar- Versatile singer has been accused of sexual harass- al, “On Easter, violence resurrects measures were taken by the get. The modus operandi of the ment by a former woman staffer. this is yet to happen. Neither did the CJI’s special hearing in court include the in Lanka” (April 22). A series of authorities to thwart the nefari- perpetrators is very clear. The The incident highlights the fact complainant, though remarks were passed about her and her faulty legal record. explosions in churches and hotels ous designs of religious funda- Islamist terrorists want to bleed Sir — Amar Pal, the renowned that even the office of the CJI can So this imputation that the allegations were a proxy war against the judiciary would in Sri Lanka during an Easter mentalists. Further, it is distress- not only India but the rest of the folk singer, passed away at the age easily be tarnished. A thorough Sunday by suicide bombers linked ing that more such attacks will be world. India must take the lead in of 98. He was the first folk musi- investigation is the need of the look one-sided without meaning to be so. In the end, the Supreme Court is the to a Muslim organisation, Jamaat, planned in the near future at dif- fighting terrorism and urge world cian, whose song was broadcast hour. country’s most honourable institution, upholder of Constitutional morality and a has shaken the conscience of the ferent places across countries. leaders to take decisive action to over the All India Radio in 1951. Ravi protector of the citizen’s rights. And if it is indeed under attack, then its justices world. Since it was a well-planned Along with the churches and prevent catastrophes instead of I will always remember him Via email attack, it is disappointing that the hotels, the Indian High just condemning incidents. for the songs he sang in one of should set an example why one should never attempt to defile it. If not, then they despite the intelligence having Commission in Sri Lanka, too, KR Srinivasan Satyajit Ray’s legendary films, Send your feedback to: need to restore faith in its infallibility in a manner that there is no room for doubt. alerted the Government about the was on the attack list but thank- Secunderabad Hirak Rajar Deshe. All the 12 [email protected] LUCKNOW | TUESDAY | APRIL 23, 2019 analysis 09 www.dailypioneer.com FIRSTCOLUMN ‘Orwellian' state of POINTCOUNTERPOINT EVERY OTHER DAY PAKISTAN USED TO GIVE PRIME MINISTER'S BOASTFUL CLAIMS OF BEING an island nation NUCLEAR THREATS. WHAT DO WE HAVE? HAVE WE READY FOR A NUCLEAR ATTACK ON PAKISTAN IS KEPT IT FOR ‘DIWALI'? UNCALLED FOR AND NOT IN NATION’S INTEREST. There are several harrowing facets to Brunei’s —PRIME MINISTER —SENIOR CONGRESS LEADER administration that resemble a backslide into archaic NARENDRA MODI ANAND SHARMA intolerance. The new stoning law is one among them No outsiders in Kerala PRASHANT SINGH MEGHNA SHARMA n his book, 1984, George Orwell narrated a claustrophobic tale The Congress and the CPI(M) pretend to be arch rivals in the State even as they work of a dystopian and totalitarian society through the eyes of his pro- Itagonist Winston Smith. Though the book was written over 70 together at the Centre. They alternate power in the State to keep a third entity out years ago, it seems more relevant today than ever. No wonder, the sales of this book has seen a significant surge around the world lately. Renewed interest in dystopian literature has emerged primar- ily because it serves to remind us to look out for signs around us that have the potential to bring out the fictional hell into life. Early this month, Brunei, a small island state, became the cen- tre of attention as it introduced a Sharia’h law at the national level that makes gay sex and adultery punishable by stoning to death. The Sultan of Brunei had announced these changes in 2014 but amendments came into effect only this year. Since these changes go against the decades of progress made under the international human rights law, this move has drawn fierce condemnation from the global community. The Human Rights Watch has characterised KUMAR CHELLAPPAN this law to be “barbaric to the core.” Regardless of growing inter- national pressure from all quarters, including the UN, the country very election in Kerala, whether it is to the has no plans to halt the implementation of these laws. In this con- Lok Sabha or the State Legislature, brings text, the themes discussed by Orwell have regained relevance, cour- Eto mind the famous play Ezhu Rathrikal tesy the totalitarian regime of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah. (Seven Nights), directed by Kaladi Gopi in The ministry of love in Brunei: The Sultan’s aim is to trans- 1963. Ezhu Raathrikal must have been the first play in Malayalam that was based on the lives form Brunei into the same ‘Orwellian’ state as described in 1984. of the marginalised and oppressed sections of It isn’t surprising, therefore, that he described these amendments society. The play is set in a street-side bus shel- as a “great achievement.” Parallels do not, however, end here. The ter that is home to a group of beggars, road- “big brother” in Brunei exercises complete authority over public and side vendors and anti-social elements. The cen- private life of the individual. Sexual autonomy is not the only sphere tral character of the play is Pazhanam Varkey, of private life that is controlled here. The same penal punishment a professional beggar. “Pazhanam” is the is also provided for adultery, abortion and alcohol consumption. Malayalam word for “poison.” One, therefore, WHAT MAKES THE The harsh forms of punishment, apart from death of stoning, include need not elaborate about his character. 2019 LOK SABHA amputation of limbs and flogging. While homosexuality is being Varkey’s style of begging is unique and that’s the reason behind the success of the character. ELECTION IN decriminalised in several nations, Brunei has managed to enter the KERALA UNIQUE league of those states that consider it to be a capital offence. The Even 50 years after its first show, the play and Varkey remain engraved in the minds of theatre IS A SERIES OF state of Brunei or rather, the monarch of Brunei, has not just retained buffs in the State. Varkey wears a scapular that REPORTS ABOUT death penalty but ensured that it is provided in the most cruel and has two pendants. One is a crucifix and the other THE BJP-LED NDA vicious way — death by stoning. is that of Lord Krishna. When Varkey goes to OPENING ITS Thought control: Another major theme from 1984, which has Christian houses, he wears the scapular in such ACCOUNT. THE found a second wave in Brunei, is through control. While the recent a way that the crucifix is visible to the people. SABARIMALA amendments have generated outrage across the international level, Whenever he goes to the house of Hindus, he dis- AGITATION AND the people of Brunei are strangely silent about the entire episode. plays the locket with Lord Krishna. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) THE CPI(M)’S The Sultan has maintained a firm grip over the media and its right ACTIONS, to free speech. Thus, any medium through which such criticism (CPI-M) is the new Varkey of Kerala because of TARGETTING Whenever there is a remote possi- Congress candidate from Chalakudy. can be manifested is curbed. Quratul-Ain Baidul, in Brunei Times, the twin roles played by it in and outside the State. thus, they could mobilise the Ezhava While in Kerala, the CPI (M) considers the HINDU PLACES OF community under the communist flag. bility of the BJP winning a seat in the The comrades want to ensure that the said that although there is no censorship body in Brunei, the extent Congress to be its main enemy, outside the State, WORSHIP AND Over the years, however, the State, the CPI(M) transfers its share of Congress’ candidate is elected with a big of self-censorship is such that everybody is afraid of overstepping it mingles freely with the latter. The CPI(M) is, INSULTING THE CPI(M) has lost its proletarian image votes en masse to the Congress. This has majority though the CPI(M) has field- their line. Journalists have become mere stenographers at the hands perhaps, the best defender of the Congress, espe- ACHARYAS, HAVE and become a party promoting crony been happening with active connivance ed cine actor, Innocent Vareed of the Government. While traditional media has ceded space for cially the Nehru-Gandhi clan, when reports of HURT HINDUS capitalists. It also ensures that the State of the local media. P Narayanan, octo- Thekkethala, in the constituency. dissent, critics have turned to the Internet and social media. scams featuring the family members surface in AND HAS does not progress an inch, economi- genarian journalist, reminiscences how TP Senkumar, former Chief of Anticipating these changes, the Government has planned to regu- the public domain. RESULTED IN THE cally or socially. The much-hyped Mathrubhumi, a leading Malayalam Kerala police, articulated the Hindu late online speech as well. The imposition of the current penal code But why is that both parties pretend as if they POLARISATION OF Kerala model of development has daily, violated all media ethics during angst: “It is time the majority commu- was also preceded by a warning that online critics will be dealt with are at loggerheads and that, too, for the consump- ended in a disaster. The last six the Assembly election held in 1960. nity, too, gets the same rights and free- tion of the public? Since the formation of THE COMMUNITY. months have seen more than 40 farm- “There was a big speculation that TN dom that is enjoyed by the minorities. harshly once it is implemented. ONE MUST NOT Much like the “Orwellian” state of Oceania, Brunei’s Sultan insists Kerala in 1956, by merging the old princely States ers committing suicide because of the Bharathan, the Jana Sangh candidate Sabarimala is the beginning. The next of Travancore, Kochi and parts of the Madras BE SURPRISED IF debt trap they have fallen into follow- from Guruvayur, would romp home in line is Sree Padmanabhaswamy on presenting his own reality. While the Sultan “does not expect province, the political centrestage has been THE BJP WINS ing crop failure. And the Marxist because of the excellent work he had Temple in the State’s capital.” Kerala is other people to accept and agree with it, but it would suffice if they monopolised by two fronts led by the Congress ONE OR TWO Government has done nothing to done to save the Manathala Temple the only State that issues monthly just respect the nation in the same way that it also respects them.” and the communists. Supporting characters SEATS revive the fortunes of either the farm- from miscreants. But on the day of pension to widows belonging to minor- The recent changes giving effect to harsh penalties are part of the differ, depending on the political wind blowing ers or the marginal entrepreneurs. polling, Mathrubhumi came out with a ity communities. Social benefits should Sultan’s effort to impose conservative Islam in the country based across the State. But the two fronts, known in Three small entrepreneurs based in banner headline proclaiming that Jan be all inclusive. on the restrictive interpretations of Sharia’h. Amnesty Journal report- modern parlance by the names of the United Kollam, too, committed suicide Sangh supporters would vote for the More than 4,000 people, who took ed that the proposed amendment seeks to impose further restric- Democratic Front (UDF), led by the Congress because they could not withstand the Congress. This upset the party work- part in the Sabarimala agitation, are tions on women, like making it mandatory for them to stay at their and the Left Democratic Front (LDF), led by the harassment of their party bosses. ers. This has been the style of Kerala still in jail under various charges that guardian’s house till marriage. CPI(M), are the central characters. Though there is a change of guard media since then,” said Narayanan. are non-bailable offences. KP Sasikala, There are many other harrowing facets to Brunei’s adminis- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) or its pre- in Thiruvananthapuram every five What makes the 2019 Lok Sabha the frail looking leader of the Hindu vious avatar, the Jan Sangh, were never a force years, what generally happens is that election in Kerala unique is a series of United Forum, has 475 criminal cases tration that resemble the ‘Orwellian’ state. The Government has also to reckon with in this State that has a split reli- the CPI(M) and Congress-led fronts reports about the BJP-led NDA open- slapped against her, including that of arrogated the power to ban any religious practice it considers “deviant” gious demography. The State consists of nearly alternate between themselves. The ing its account in this State. The murder, attempt to murder, stone-pelt- to Sharia’h principles. It does not allow workers to strike or partic- 51 per cent Hindus, 26 per cent Muslims and 23 two parties do not provide space for Sabarimala agitation and the CPI(M)’s ing and other such criminal offences. ipate in collective bargaining. Child marriage over 14 years of age per cent Christians. Without active support from a third alternative because they know actions, targetting Hindu places of These things have happened even as is allowed. No civil society organisation in Brunei is allowed to raise the minority communities, no front can win any it well that their relevance will be lost worship and insulting the acharyas, those, who chopped off the right concerns about human rights violations. As per the Human Rights election in Kerala. the moment a third party finds space have hurt Hindus and has resulted in hand of Prof Joseph, are out. This Report 2018 released by the US Government, every humanitarian Interestingly, the CPI(M)’s vote bank is the here. Hence, all elections in the State the polarisation of the community. So Friday saw the Marxists publicly organisation here is required to work directly under the Government. powerful Ezhava community, the society which have followed a match-fixing arrange- it is advantage BJP in two or three con- silencing the chanting of God’s name Similar to the Orwellian dictator, the big brother, Hassanal Bolkiah gave birth to Sree Narayana Guru, the most rev- ment between the Congress and the stituencies of the State. Congress chief at a temple in the capital city because has sweeping powers and continues to rule Brunei since 1961. olutionary social reformer of the 20th Century. Marxists. Though the two may act as Rahul Gandhi will definitely win from the Chief Minister does not like it. It was his teachings and uncompromising stance if they are arch rivals, both have an Wayanad because the LDF has fielded Varkey would beg in Kerala display- Unfortunately, there is no end in sight. He has been able to assuage that led to the eradication of social evils like unseen umbilical chord between them. a “decoy” candidate against him as part ing one-half of the scapular featuring discontent among people with free healthcare and education, zero untouchability and marginalisation of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi of a game of match-fixing between the the crucifix. He can show the other half taxes and free housing. For the sake of the people in Brunei, one oppressed classes in the State. He could inspire exposed the same while he addressed CPI(M) and the Congress. The with Lord Krishna’s pendant while in can only hope that this backslide into archaic intolerance doesn’t the people to agitate for the right to walk along a public rally at the State capital Marxists want the Congress to win the New Delhi and the rest of India. go unnoticed and the bleakness of the Sultan’s dystopia gets exposed. the roads leading to the temples which ultimate- recently. He said, “It is kusti in Kerala 2019 Lok Sabha election and that’s Kerala goes to the polls today to elect (Prashant Singh is research fellow and Meghna Sharma is ly culminated in the Temple Entry Proclamation and dosti in New Delhi. The CPI(M) about it. Card-holding members of the 20 members to the Lok Sabha. research intern at the Centre for Human Rights Studies, OP Jindal of 1936. At one stage, the communists had and the Congress are the two faces of CPI(M) had the audacity to ask this (The writer is Special Correspondent, Global University) hijacked the agitation launched by the Guru and, the same coin.” writer to vote for Benny Behanan, the The Pioneer) The bottom line on free electricity For a State where agriculture is largely based on ground water, provision for round-the-clock power supply may not be the best policy. Instead, the Telangana Government’s scheme has led to increasing farm distress. Alternatives such as recharging wells, water harvesting and conservation must be explored

State’s desperate response to climate rock formations, farmers are competing in tressed the discoms. Distribution compa- Look for alternatives: While the pol- which reduces risk of borewell failures, is change? Or will it really help the farmers a game they cannot win. According to fig- nies were already heavily in debt when the icy has been around too short to draw any another alternative that can be explored. in the long run? Similar policies have been ures from the Central Ground Water 24-hour free electricity scheme was intro- definite conclusions, on their own account, In an attempt to discourage over- launched in many other States, including Board, farmers are not likely to hit major duced from December 31, 2017. With farmers must shift their cropping patterns exploitation of groundwater and ensure a Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Maharashtra water-bearing fractures below 100-110 feet. groundwater table declining, electricity use to sowing water-intensive crops such as more robust regulatory mechanism in the since the late 1970s. Groundwater levels had already sunk is bound to increase because of the extra paddy. This is not to say that it is a sus- country, the Government has proposed to Never mind the answer, more power beyond that level in many places due to power needed to pump water from deep- tainable policy or that the farmers’ slap for the first time a Water Conservation does not equal more water in the long extensive well drillings when the 24x7 free er levels. response is viable. High informal debts due Fee (WCF) on extraction by all users of JIN KATHRINE A AMARENDER run. Water being a limited resource, free electricity policy was implemented. Discoms all around the country are to investments in digging borewells was groundwater in the country, barring the FOSLI REDDY electricity for agriculture can lead to over- Besides poor and erratic rains, over- adversely affected by subsidies such as free one of the causes for farm distress. armed forces, farmers and individual extraction, failed investments and worse exploitation of water without sustainable electricity. This is one of the factors that Although free electricity contributes to households. attaiah, a farmer in Shivampet village still, borewell failures rather than making recharge options has led to a decline in contributes to the widening gap between reduced input costs, it does little to There are questions that are hard to of Medak district in Andhra Pradesh, this scarce resource cheaper. Depletion of groundwater levels in villages. The unfor- income and cost of supply, according to the address the risks and losses faced by farm- address for State politicians but should be Sdug another borewell to save his groundwater levels to 1,000 feet and more tunate outcome is the diminishing of the Central Electricity Authority. One can even ers. There is a need to strengthen institu- addressed at the national level. Faced with standing crop from drought as his existing has been reported in some drought-prone common resource base, losses on invest- say that falling groundwater levels lead to tions where farmers can acquire low-risk the consequences of climate change and borewell had dried up in January. Like his areas due to excessive digging of ments, crop failures and possibly, drink- higher levels of debt for electricity com- formal loans and facilitate viable payment disintegration of the rural resource base, previous one, the new alternative, too, failed borewells. The Telangana Government’s ing water shortage. As of today, about 31 panies or levels of expenditure that are hard conditions. how can farmers and the landless rural and he incurred huge losses. Studies con- move to provide 24x7 free electricity to per cent of blocks in India are at a semi- to recover. Farmers need information and educa- population make a living in a sector depen- ducted by the Indian Council of farmers is lopsided and neglects other critical, critical or over-exploited stage in Electricity consumption for agriculture tion on which crops they should opt for dent on monsoon rains, frequent failures Agricultural Research and the World Bank water sources such as farm ponds and vil- terms of groundwater exploitation. in Telangana amounted to 29 per cent of in water-scarce conditions. They should be of rains, prolonged dry spells, lack of water prove that groundwater-irrigated farms lage tanks. Complementary water sources Fiscal costs to the Government: The the total consumption in 2016. The same given incentives to grow suitable variants. and decreasing hopes of livelihood? have twice the crop productivity as com- and recharging systems are left to dry up, central electricity authority, which sector contributed only three per cent to Instead of blindly digging borewells on Should these forces be left to live their own pared to rain-fed farms. However, ground- rather than being maintained. In the cur- announced the details of the progress of revenues for the electricity board. Still, farmers’ fields, they must be given assis- lives? Without any concerted effort, the water must not be over-exploited as it is a rent situation, every farmer must fend for various States in the power sector for the there has been no policy shift to bridge the tance by hydrologists or technical experts. common rural inhabitant will drift like a natural resource with limited availability. himself, in contrast to the traditional sys- year 2017-18, observed that Telangana gap between electricity consumption and Many farmers also hold the opinion that splint in the open seas tossed by the forces In this context, is the Telangana tems which usually required cooperation, secured the first place in the country in revenue generation. There are many other instead of a 24-hour electricity, about five of climate change, market fluctuations and Government’s scheme to provide round- whether voluntary or forced through reg- power consumption and per capita power options that are more viable, environmen- hours of uninterrupted electricity are shifting policy regimes. the-clock power supply to 2.3 million ulation. consumption. The free electricity scheme tally and economically, such as construc- enough to pump water for crops. (A Amarender Reddy is Principal Scientist, farmers for free just another populist pol- Due to the geology of our States such was introduced with an aim to reduce farm tion of farm ponds, reviving village tanks Promoting groundwater recharging struc- Agricultural Economics, ICAR and Jin icy? Or is it a predominantly agricultural as Telangana, which have underlying hard distress but has in turn financially dis- and promoting micro-irrigation systems. tures like farm ponds and village tanks, Kathrine Fosli is with the University of Oslo) pioneer THE PIONEER LUCKNOW | TUESDAY | APRIL 23, 2019 10 PatchIt Researchers from Brown University, US; Fudan University, and Soochow University, China have developed a patch that could reduce the stretching of cardiac muscle fol- lowing a heart attack. The patch is made from a water-based hydrogel material and can be placed directly on the heart to pre- vent left ventricular remodelling

DOCYARD CONTROL THE DR ATUL PRASAD SEIZURES Director & HOD, Neurology SATKAM DIVYA BLK SUPER SPECIALITY HOSPITAL, tells you the NEW DELHI symptoms to look out for in epilepsy and its cure

pilepsy is a central nervous system (neurolog- Eical) disorder which brings about abnormal- ity, causing seizures or periods of unusual behav- ior, sensations and sometimes loss of awareness. TAKETAKETAKE It can happen to anybody at any age. Epilepsy affects both males and females. nSymptoms: Epilepsy symptoms can vary wide- ALTERNATEALTERNATE ly. These can include where an individual with ALTERNATE epilepsy may simply stare blankly for a few sec- onds before having a seizure, while others repeat- edly twitch their arms or legs. At least two unpro- voked seizures are generally required for an epilep- sy diagnosis. Some of the seizure signs and symp- toms may include: nUncontrollable jerking movements of the arms and legs. nLoss of consciousness or awareness ROUTEROUTEROUTE nTemporary confusion nA staring spell nPsychic symptoms such as fear, anxiety or déjà vu. A five-stage MUSBA HASHMI speaks with DR KUSHAL BANERJEE about the advancements However, symptoms may vary depending on the type of seizure. At times, a person with epilep- in homeopathy and how it is effective in curing various diseases sy will tend to have the same type of seizure each time, so the symptoms will be similar from episode ollution, stress, hectic The early findings have shown the possibility of kidney failure to episode. Doctors basically classify seizures either horror lifestyle and unhealthy food positive impact on patients with increases, if you have hypotension as focal or generalised based on how the abnor- P— all lead to various diseases kidney failure and hypothyroidism. from a long time then also the mal brain activity begins. arkinson’s is a progressive neurodegenerative condition most in our lives. With various treat- Banerjee says that although chances of chronic kidney failure nFocal seizures: Seizures appearing in just one Pcommonly seen among the ageing population. After Alzheimer’s ments for various diseases, one these two diseases are very com- increases. Drug toxicity also leads area of the brain they are called focal or partial disease, it is the second most common age-related neurodegener- often gets confused with which mon but conventional medicine to kidney failure. If someone is seizures. ative disorder. An estimated seven to 10 million people worldwide way to opt for. This is when have no cure for them. using painkillers for a long time nGeneralised seizures: These appear to involve are victims of Parkinson’s. Globally, neurological disorders are now Homeopathy comes to the rescue. “Hypothyroidism and chronic kid- then kidney damage is a known in all areas of the brain and listed below are six the leading source of disability and ageing is increasing the bur- With so much advancement in ney disease or kidney failure are side-effect. And one of the emerg- types of generalised seizures. den of neurodegenerative disorders. Parkinson’s disease is one such medicine and technology, home- very common diseases and have no ing cause is auto-immune condi- nAbsence seizures: They often occur in children example. In the year 2016, 6·1 million people had Parkinson’s dis- opathy has also come a long way. resolution in conventional medi- tion in which the immune system are characterised by staring into space or subtle ease globally, compared with 2·5 million in 1990. Total number of With treatments for common cine. But, in our study we have automatically decides to attack body movements such as eye blinking or lip deaths caused by this disease in the year 2016 is 211,296.The preva- cough and cold to severe diseases found that these two diseases can the kidney,” he tells you and adds smacking. lence of the disease varies according to age. It ranges from 41 peo- like cancer, homeopathy promise be cured or atleast prevented from that when the causes of the disease nTonic seizures: These affect muscles in your ple per 1 lakh among people in their forties to more than 1,900 to provide a treatment for all. further progression. In hypothy- differs, the management and the back, arms and legs and which may also cause you people per 1 lakh among those who are eighth decade of life and Dr Kushal Banerjee of Dr AN IMPORTANT roidism study, the data indicates prevention of the disease also dif- to fall to the ground. older. According to several surveys conducted on this disease, men Kalyan Banerjee Clinic says that that specific homeopathic medi- fers. nAtonic seizures: They cause a loss of muscle are 1.5 times more prone to have Parkinson’s than women. though many people don’t go for THING TO KEEP IN cines given to patients were able to Banerjee opines that unhealthy control, which may cause you to suddenly collapse Although Parkinson’s disease (PD) is progressive in nature Homeopathy as the first treatment, MIND IS TO GO TO improve the functioning of the thy- lifestyle opens door to many dis- or fall down. and worsens over time, it is highly individual and affects peo- it is the best on to take. roid gland, thereby bringing down eases. nClonic seizures: These seizures are repeated or ple differently. Not everyone who has Parkinson’s disease will “Many people are sceptical to BED AT THE RIGHT the Thyroid Stimulating Hormone “The most common cause for rhythmic, jerking muscle movements. These experience all the symptoms, and symptoms between patients- go for homeopathy as the first and TIME AND AVOID (TSH) readings. This runs contrary majority of diseases is unhealthy usually affect the neck, face and arms. may vary in their severity. The speed of the progression differs foremost treatment for any dis- to the fact that says the progression lifestyle. Leading a healthy lifestyle nMyoclonic seizures: They usually appear as sud- from people to people as well. However, physicians have distin- ease. They think that the treatment AN IRREGULAR of the disease cannot be con- will keep your sugar in place, den brief jerks or twitches of your arms and legs. guished definite stages that describe how the disease progress- is very long and the results are SLEEPING trolled. The study was done your blood pressure in place and nTonic-clonic seizures: These are the most dra- es. There are five distinctive stages that are usually seen in a per- very slow. But, if one wants to cure between 2011 to 2015 and a case your immune system in place. matic type of epileptic seizure and can cause an son with Parkinson’s disease. their disease and is looking for a PATTERN. records of 2083 patients were Unnecessary and indiscriminated abrupt loss of consciousness, body stiffening and These five stages are known as permanent treatment instead of ANOTHER NO-NO studied and analysed. That is usage of over the counter allopath- shaking and at times loss of bladder control or bit- The first stage the Hoehn and Yahr Scale used just suppressing it for the time when we came up with the results. ic medicines should be stopped. ing of the tongue. has mild by physicians throughout the being, then homeopathy is the best IS TO SKIP MEALS. A total of 35 per cent patients saw Popping painkillers for every small A strict meal plan like opting for a Ketogenic world to classify patients in treatment. For instance if someone positive results in their treatment thing is a habit that many of us diet can help children especially after working symptoms like research studies. has migraines and he wants to IF ONE FOLLOWS by the fourth visit to the clinic,” he have, it is very bad for health and closely with a doctor and a dietician. The diet usu- tremors along nStage 1: The first stage cure and control it instead of just THESE TWO tells you. should be stopped immediately,” he ally starts with a fast that lasts 24 to 48 hours. Foods usually has mild symptoms such managing it for that particular The study for chronic renal tells you. that are high in fat and low in carbohydrates are one side of the as tremors along one side of the time that is when homeopathy is THINGS, THEY CAN failure was done for two months Banerjee says that taking small introduced. If the diet is strictly followed, stud- body. Slight body. Slight changes in walking, helpful,” Banerjee explains and KEEP MANY and the records of 61 patients were significant steps can help to live a ies showed that two-thirds of kids who follow it posture, or facial expressions adds that a large number of analysed. healthy lifestyle and eliminate are able to stop their seizures. changes in may be noticed by those around patients suffering from some DISEASES AT BAY “Through this study we found many diseases. Recently new surgical techniques have walking, posture, them otherwise often the symp- major diseases like cancer and — DR KUSHAL BANERJEE that serum urea and creatinine “The basic thing which we improved the outcomes. Depending on the type or facial toms are mild enough not to brain haemorrhage have respond- readings, two of the most impor- advised to our patients is having all of seizure or if the patient has tried several med- interfere with daily life. ed well to the homeopathic treat- tant clinical readings while study- the meals at the right time is a ications without success, doctors may recommend expressions may nStage 2: In this stage, both ment. ing kidney failure, showed reduc- must. Skipping meals is the worst surgery. be noticed by sides of the body may be affect- “We have seen a large number tion in them. Even a slight reduc- thing one can do to their body. The Dos: Keep a cool head under pressure and try to ed by slightly worsened tremors of patients who were a failure of tion in these readings is a big thing. other important thing is to go to keep the person safe till the seizure stops those around or rigidity. Everyday activities chemotherapy and they also No currently available treatment is bed at the right time and avoid an nGently try to put the person onto a flat sur- them may get harder to achieve and responded to the treatment, which able to do this. These readings irregular sleeping pattern. If one face so he does not fall issues with posture and walking is very significant. But, not to for- shows whether a patient should follows these two things, they can nPut something soft and flat under the head. may become quite noticeable but get that cancer is not a single dis- undergo dialysis or not and home- keep many diseases at bay. Dont’s: Don’t restrain the person or you could the patients are still more or less independent in this stage to do ease, there are various types of opathic treatment may help Additionally, regular exercise is injure the person or yourself. things for themselves. cancers. So, the treatment can be patients avoid going through dial- also important for a healthy nDon’t offer even a sip of water as that could nStage 3: In the third stage of PD, with the motor symp- effective in one and not another,” ysis,” Banerjee tells you. lifestyle. Moderate amount of reg- cause choking toms becoming worse, patients may begin to experience loss of he tells you. Banerjee says that there are ular exercise also helps to eliminate nAttempting to put an object in the individ- balance leading to falls and movement can become very slow. In a recent study conducted at various causes and symptoms of various diseases from life. If one ual’s mouth could be dangerous for you and him However, for many patients living independently it is still pos- the Dr Kalyan Banerjee Clinic, it chronic renal failure. keeps in mind these basic point- nDon’t attempt artificial respiration unless the sible, but they may have difficulty in everyday activities such as is found that Homeopathy can be “There are many causes of the ers of a healthy lifestyle then, person is not breathing when the seizure has eating or dressing. beneficial in kidney failure and disease. Some of them being — if medicines will work better and dis- stopped. nStage 4: In this later stage, patients experience extremely hypothyroidism too. you are an old patient of diabetes, eases will stay away,” he tells you. The writer is CEO, KlinicApp limiting. With greatly impaired movement, most will need help with everyday activities and will not be able to look after them- DadiKaKehna STUDY selves. There are exceptions who can still stand without assis- TOP CENTRE tance. TIP nStage 5: At this advanced stage of the disease, most peo- With sun comes tanned skin. eople who wish to ple will require a wheelchair as they experience difficulty in walk- ndia rolled out the National Viral The programme will also focus on live longer must ing and standing. With seriously impaired motor skills, assistance More so if your work keeps you IHepatitis Control Program (NVHCP) screening of pregnant women for hepati- Preduce their sitting will be needed in all areas of daily life. Hallucination is an addi- exposed to the sunlight for long last week with the aim of eliminating viral tis B, in places where institutional deliv- time and replace it with tional nightmare at this stage of the disease. hours. ROSHANI DEVI shares hepatitis. The disease infects and kills ery is less than 80 per cent, to ensure pro- just 30 minutes of physical Parkinson’s disease is like a doom to the ones affected and more than HIV, malaria and tuber- vision of birth dose Hepatitis B vacci- activity, according to findings of a recent their dear ones as well. It affects patients’ quality of life in a hor- simple home remedies that one culosis combined. The National nation and Hepatitis B study published in the American Journal rible way, making social interaction more difficult and worsen- can use to get rid of the tan Action Plan – Viral Hepatitis immunoglobulin, if required. of Epidemiology. The results highlight the ing their financial condition, due to the medical expenses asso- instantly was launched in Mumbai by Acute hepatitis due to any importance of movement - regardless of ciated with the disease. the Union Minister of State virus is usually self-limiting its intensity or amount of time spent mov- for Health and Family and requires a good diet, bed ing - for better health. Studies indicate that SUMMERCOOLERS ummer months are fun. masoor daal powder, a table- Welfare. Viral hepatitis is rest and only symptomatic about one in four adults spends more than Kids have vacations, you spoon tomato juice and a tea- recognised as an impor- treatment. Urgent hospital- eight hours a day sitting. can take a break, go to the spoon aloe vera extract. Apply tant public health problem isation may be required in Adults who sat for long stretches at a RAW MANGO: Kachchi kairi, or raw mango, is etched in all of Sbeach and relax or just have fun it on the tanned area. Leave it across the world. cases of acute liver failure in time - an hour or more without interrup- our summer memories, as strongly as are the scorching with friends. But the downside on for half an hour. Wash it off According to the WHO, acute viral hepatitis. One may tion - had a greater risk of early death than winds, the uncomfortable heat and the relentless sun. Drinking of staying out in the sun for with cold water. viral hepatitis caused 1.34 also need intensive treatment those who were sedentary for the same juice of raw mango during summers is more than a mere too long is tanning. But If you are million deaths globally in 2015, and liver transplant. Chronic total amount of time but got up and moved exercise in palate pleasing. The drink reduces the effects of fret not. There are rushed for time, a number comparable to deaths due hepatitis B and C can be treated with around more often. Thus, even short bursts intense heat and prevents simple things that a pack made to tuberculosis, worldwide. There are antiviral drugs — oral and injectable. of activity - of just a minute or two – can dehydration, by stopping one can do to get with half a cup about 4 crore people suffering from Hepatitis C virus is curable now and provide health benefits. excessive loss of sodium chloride rid of it instantly. ripe papaya Hepatitis B in India, and another 0.6 to HBV can be controlled with medication. Tips from Heart Care Foundation of and iron from the body. These First, slice the and a table- 1.2 crore people suffering from Hepatitis The vaccine is available for hepatitis A India: minerals often tend to leach out lemon and rub it spoon honey C. virus and HBV only. nTake the stairs as often as possible. into your sweat, during on the tanned works won- nGet off the bus one stop early and summers, making you region. Leave it on ders. Leave it on SLIM walk the rest of the way. dehydrated. for a few minutes for half an hour. LINE nHave “walk-meetings” instead of Raw mango is also consumed before you go for your Wash off with cold or scientist at the National Institute for children. Though women are born with a “sit-in” meetings. for its action against gastrointesti- bath. Do this at least once a day. lukewarm water. Do this Research in Reproductive Health in lifetime reserve of oocytes (immature eggs), nWalk to the nearby shops instead of nal disorders, which tend to go up during the summers. It is often You can also make a pack twice a week. AMumbai — an institute under the Indian these are wiped out by oncotherapy. In driving. prescribed to people with morning sickness, constipation, diar- and use this once a day. Mix a Four, one can make a pack Council of Medical Research (ICMR) — says males, the testes responsible for the nStand up and walk while talking on rhoea, chronic dyspepsia and indigestion. tablespoon lemon juice, a table- using a tablespoon plain yogurt a new type of stem cell identified by her team production of sperms, stop making them the phone. Raw mangoes are great for the liver, and are believed to treat spoon cucumber extract and a and a tablespoon tomato juice. can help restore fertility in men and women following cancer treatment. nWalk down to speak to your col- liver ailments. Having a little bit of raw mango powder cures the tablespoon rose water. Apply apply the paste on the tanned who have undergone treatment for cancer. Currently accepted approaches for league instead of using the Cancer treatment that involves use of fertility preservation require male patients to afternoon drowsiness that often takes effect after your meals. This this to the tanned areas. Rinse area. Let it dry for 30 minutes. intercom/phone. radiation and chemicals, renders patients deposit their sperm in ‘cryo-banks’ before n is because raw mango gives your body an energy boost that wakes after 10-12 minutes. Cleanse with water. infertile as an unwanted side effect and, beginning cancer treatment for later use. Walk around your building for a you up and helps you perform well. Second, mix a tablespoon while cured of cancer, they cannot beget — IANS break during the work day or during lunch. nBuy a pedometer. LUCKNOW | TUESDAY | APRIL 23, 2019 money 11

Trai warns MTNL’s sustainability important Sensex crashes over 495 pts cable TV, DTH for customers, market: CMD

cos violating PTI n NEW DELHI market share in landline for owned corporations viable as crude woes resurface Delhi and Mumbai (circles), and competitive. new norms TNL’s sustainability as a we also have a substantial “Private sector players are PTI n MUMBAI Secretary of State Mike M“viable operator” is market share in broadband. surviving on the strength of Pompeo is set to announce that PTI n NEW DELHI important both for customers When it comes to mobile ser- their promoters...so PSUs arket benchmark Sensex as of May 2, the State and market, and the PSU has vices segment, we have a less- should not be discriminat- Mon Monday nosedived Department will no longer elecom regulator Trai on not lost its relevance even in er market share but customer ed... Government has two 495 points to end at 38,645 grant sanctions waivers to any TMonday warned it will the intensely-competitive tele- is still looking for services of roles, government as a sover- owing to intense sell-offs in country that is currently come down heavily on cable com sector, the company’s MTNL,” Purwar told PTI. He eign authority and govern- energy and financial stocks as importing Iranian crude or TV and DTH players who are Chairman and Managing asserted that both from cus- ment as owner of a company... investors weighed soaring condensate. found to be violating its new Director PK Purwar has said. tomer and market point of As the owner, they have to crude oil prices and a mixed China and India are cur- tariff order and regulatory The comment assumes view, MTNL’s sustainability infuse capital, if the private start of the corporate earnings rently the largest importers of regime. The watchdog also significance as loss-making as a viable operator is required. sector promoters are doing the season. The broader NSE Nifty Iranian oil. If they don’t go promised to shortly begin telecom PSUs MTNL and “So, still MTNL is very same to keep their companies too shed over 158 points to along with Trump’s demands, “audit” of subscriber manage- BSNL are saddled with mas- much relevant for the telecom competitive,” he pointed out. close at 11,594. that could cause tensions in ment and other IT systems of sive debt and have faced prob- sector and we expect that the The telecom department Market sentiment was hit both bilateral relationships and errant operators. lems in clearing staff salaries steps that are being taken by has prepared a rescue plan for as macroeconomic worries spill over into other issues, like in the recent past. A revival the government, will lead to MTNL and BSNL in form of resurfaced following reports trade, the report said. package is being worked out revival of MTNL,” he said. a revival package that entails that the US will end sanctions Reacting to reports on US by the government to keep the Purwar claimed that at a time components like Voluntary waiver on Iranian oil imports. terminating exemptions on two PSUs afloat, amid cut- when private sector players are Retirement Scheme, asset Soaring crude prices at a six- Iranian oil imports, global throat competition in the tele- “surviving on the strength of monetisation, and allocation month high level led to massive benchmark Brent crude com sector driven by Reliance their promoters”, the govern- of 4G spectrum. The revival sell-offs on bourses. Bank, RIL, ICICI Bank, HDFC Meanwhile, shares of Jet climbed to a multi-month high Jio, Bharti Airtel, and ment, as promoter of telecom plan is expected to be taken up Besides, the weakening and Axis Bank — plunging as Airways continued to fall for of USD 73.81 per barrel, a 2.56 Vodafone Idea. “Even today, PSUs, too needs to extend by the Cabinet soon, accord- rupee and a caution ahead of much as 6.62 per cent. the third day in a row on per cent rise. As a result, the MTNL has over 50 per cent support to keep the state- ing to sources. some key corporate results also While, bucking weak mar- Monday, tumbling over 23 per rupee Monday dropped 32 played in the minds of ket trend, Bharti Airtel, TCS, cent. Analysts said investors paise to 69.67 against the US investors. Rising crude prices Infosys, NTPC and PowerGrid also turned cautious ahead of dollar. are negative for oil importing ended in the green, rising up to announcement of results from Meanwhile, foreign insti- Trai Chairman RS Sharma Baleno with BS VI petrol engine launched countries like India as higher 0.89 per cent. Sectorally, BSE key index heavy weights tutional investors (FIIs) pur- said consumer choice and con- New Delhi (PTI): The country’s largest car- we strive to bring newer, better and environment prices lead to widening of fis- energy slumped 2.72 per cent, including large corporate chased equity worth Rs 73.08 sumer interest are “non nego- maker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Monday friendly technologies to our products. Baleno cal deficit and put the curren- tracking developments around banks. crore on Monday, and domes- tiable” and “cannot be com- said it has launched its premium hatchback Smart Hybrid with BS VI stands testament to cy under pressure. US sanctions on Iranian oil “Indian markets had a tic institutional investors (DIIs) promised” and that companies Baleno with BS VI emission norms compliant the same. We are confident that the premium The 30-share BSE index imports. BSE finance slipped 2 rough day on the back of sharp sold shares to the tune of Rs not adhering to rules will have petrol engine, priced between Rs 5.58 lakh and hatchback Baleno will present a complete pack- settled 495.10 points, or 1.26 per cent as Jet Airways crisis rise in crude oil price above 68.16, provisional data available to face the consequences. “We Rs 8.9 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi). The auto age in line with aspirations of evolving cus- per cent, lower at 38,645.18; loomed large over health of USD 74 per barrel. As a sig- with stock exchanges showed. have received complaints about major has also introduced two variants of the tomers,” MSI Senior Executive Director while the broader NSE Nifty banks and lenders. nificant importer of crude oil, Elsewhere in Asian mar- inconvenience to customers. car with smart hybrid technology. The trim with Marketing & Sales RS Kalsi said in a statement. tumbled 158.35 points, or 1.35 Running into debt of more the high oil price is not good kets, China dropped up to 1.70 These complaints relate to soft- 1.2 litre DUALJET, DUAL VVT petrol engine The company said in order to achieve the strin- per cent, to close at 11,594.45. than Rs 8,500 crore, Jet Airways for Indian macros,” said per cent. and ware and systems put in place is priced at Rs 7.25 lakh, while the Zeta variant gent emission regulation requirement, it has Sensex heavyweight Reliance has shut down operations tem- Jagannadham Thunuguntla, Sr Japan also ended higher. by distributors not enabling is tagged at Rs 7.86 lakh. upgraded both engine hardware and software Industries fell 2.76 per cent. In porarily after lenders decided VP and Head of Research European bourses remained true choice for consumers, As per the company, the models with along with exhaust system. “Baleno is country’s percentage terms, major lag- against extending emergency (Wealth), Centrum Broking. closed on account of Easter on which is the aim of the whole smart hybrid technology would deliver a fuel first premium hatchback to be offered with gards were Yes Bank, Indusind funds for its survival. According to a report, US Monday. framework,” Sharma told PTI. efficiency of 23.87 km/litre. “At Maruti Suzuki, Smart Hybrid technology,” it added. NIFTY 50 BSE 500 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NIFTY 50 11727.05 11727.05 11583.95 11594.45 -158.35 Script Open High Low LTP ONGC 160.90 161.10 157.05 157.75 BAJAJFINSV 7566.00 7566.00 7465.00 7482.55 TEJASNET 187.45 188.10 181.25 186.45 BHARTIARTL 344.00 358.55 336.60 352.00 5.05 JPASSOCIAT 5.55 5.80 5.40 5.72 INDIACEM 108.90 108.90 103.10 104.35 MUTHOOTFIN 610.00 612.35 586.85 589.85 SJVN 24.30 24.50 24.10 24.25 WIPRO 285.50 289.00 285.10 288.25 3.45 RPOWER 8.20 8.39 7.92 7.97 LUPIN 834.50 837.45 827.00 831.55 INDIANB 265.50 265.50 254.00 256.15 SKFINDIA 2022.00 2041.05 1991.25 2027.40 TECHM 800.70 810.80 798.80 806.00 5.65 SPICEJET 140.00 141.70 124.50 125.15 NTPC 135.40 136.25 134.75 135.75 CONCOR 518.00 522.20 501.65 503.70 TNPL 205.75 205.75 200.80 201.70 INFY 717.05 725.75 715.00 721.30 4.25 JETAIRWAYS 157.50 168.00 132.20 154.60 TATACOFFEE 94.70 95.40 91.70 92.55 VIPIND 475.00 475.00 457.30 460.55 CHAMBLFERT 165.00 165.00 161.70 162.25 TCS 2148.00 2176.00 2145.60 2160.30 10.25 SUZLON 7.04 7.04 6.72 6.79 SBILIFE 615.00 624.35 606.00 616.75 VENKYS 2156.00 2156.00 2090.10 2099.60 SUPPETRO 219.85 230.85 219.00 222.95 NTPC 135.10 136.40 134.35 136.00 0.65 PCJEWELLER 143.30 146.80 127.00 129.20 JISLJALEQS 59.00 60.25 57.00 59.15 GRUH 287.00 291.30 281.10 282.60 GUJALKALI 491.00 494.50 487.00 489.35 COALINDIA 251.45 252.50 248.95 252.00 0.55 RELCAPITAL 148.00 148.00 131.60 135.50 UJJIVAN 339.05 339.65 322.00 324.00 ISGEC 565.00 570.15 559.75 562.65 NIACL 190.00 190.00 184.65 185.20 UPL 931.10 942.35 922.95 936.00 1.95 YESBANK 254.40 254.40 237.00 238.40 ESCORTS 768.00 776.45 754.00 755.85 TATACHEM 607.50 607.50 585.00 588.00 IEX 158.00 159.50 157.60 157.90 POWERGRID 194.20 196.70 193.40 194.55 0.25 DHFL 153.40 153.40 138.30 140.05 IDBI 43.40 43.45 42.40 42.55 SUNTECK 490.00 490.00 477.00 480.75 BALMLAWRIE 178.40 178.40 176.05 176.45 BRITANNIA 2989.00 3014.00 2971.00 2998.00 0.25 IBREALEST 102.90 110.50 99.50 105.60 BEML 947.20 950.00 913.40 925.35 ULTRACEMCO 4250.00 4275.00 4181.05 4205.00 BAYERCROP 4141.00 4204.65 4141.00 4182.90 RELIANCE 1364.00 1365.15 1341.00 1344.80 PEL 2641.05 2648.90 2525.00 2554.85 MEGH 64.00 64.40 62.95 63.20 GREENPLY 165.00 167.15 163.30 166.80 DRREDDY 2810.00 2819.95 2775.00 2797.95 -1.15 IBULHSGFIN 795.00 795.00 725.10 733.00 IGL 326.00 326.00 312.65 313.75 ISEC 225.50 225.50 217.00 219.85 RALLIS 155.65 157.50 155.30 156.30 HINDUNILVR 1740.00 1745.00 1730.10 1738.80 -1.10 TATAMOTORS 235.90 239.10 231.75 234.65 ASIANPAINT 1464.00 1464.00 1435.10 1443.25 GMRINFRA 18.25 18.25 17.70 17.80 SUPRAJIT 225.25 232.00 220.10 229.20 ADANIPORTS 388.40 391.80 384.25 390.05 -0.50 RELINFRA 120.50 120.95 114.00 116.35 SRTRANSFIN 1215.00 1215.00 1168.00 1171.40 IPCALAB 989.00 989.00 947.05 962.50 PHOENIXLTD 614.00 616.00 601.00 612.30 CIPLA 560.00 566.00 556.60 560.00 -1.55 WIPRO 285.90 288.80 285.75 288.25 ADANIPORTS 390.00 392.00 384.20 390.85 BLISSGVS 174.50 177.00 167.20 169.30 KNRCON 241.75 246.45 239.25 243.70 SBIN 308.80 312.30 306.35 309.90 -0.90 HDFCBANK 2330.00 2330.00 2265.35 2268.25 RAJESHEXPO 673.50 708.90 659.20 697.40 IDFC 45.90 45.90 43.15 43.25 NLCINDIA 68.75 68.85 68.10 68.50 TITAN 1125.00 1132.00 1119.10 1122.00 -3.40 SBIN 309.05 312.40 306.50 310.00 PERSISTENT* 630.00 643.80 626.35 629.90 PAGEIND 23508.50 23508.50 22818.10 22927.25 FORTIS 140.70 140.70 139.15 139.60 LT 1362.00 1370.90 1352.50 1356.65 -4.05 RAIN 127.40 134.40 120.90 128.40 APOLLOTYRE 217.00 217.00 209.00 209.85 MAGMA 124.40 125.90 118.55 121.95 BIRLACORPN 515.40 516.55 507.55 509.30 HCLTECH 1103.50 1114.30 1095.00 1099.05 -3.60 DLF 181.90 181.90 172.25 172.95 ANDHRABANK 28.40 28.40 27.45 27.60 OMAXE 212.85 212.85 210.15 210.50 THYROCARE 511.00 515.80 495.00 497.45 TATAMOTORS 235.00 239.35 231.70 235.30 -0.95 INFY* 716.40 725.75 715.00 720.60 JUBLFOOD 1345.90 1347.20 1325.00 1331.15 EVEREADY 176.00 176.05 167.20 168.95 GILLETTE 7564.25 7613.00 7502.80 7586.70 ITC 303.85 305.50 301.05 302.75 -1.65 BHARTIARTL 344.80 357.95 336.70 349.85 SOUTHBANK 17.20 17.20 16.85 16.90 BHARATFIN 1107.00 1107.00 1052.10 1057.60 FORBESCO 2425.00 2514.00 2420.00 2425.45 GRASIM 866.50 871.40 855.10 862.30 -4.95 DCBBANK 200.95 210.75 200.25 207.55 JAGRAN 117.40 124.30 115.00 119.05 ASHOKA 130.00 131.50 127.70 128.45 REDINGTON 95.50 98.60 95.00 95.80 BAJAJ-AUTO 3055.50 3079.00 3041.50 3050.00 -19.50 TCS 2148.00 2175.95 2147.25 2164.35 TATAELXSI 954.95 973.00 950.15 958.00 EMAMILTD 393.00 395.00 389.00 391.60 SYMPHONY 1372.95 1372.95 1344.55 1352.35 BAJFINANCE 3010.00 3010.00 2975.00 2986.00 -28.45 BANKBARODA 126.50 126.55 123.00 123.65 SUNTV 588.65 605.25 584.50 599.55 BRITANNIA 2997.00 3014.10 2972.65 2997.50 CENTRUM 32.30 32.40 31.50 31.85 BAJAJFINSV 7580.00 7580.00 7455.35 7485.00 -86.15 INDIGO 1532.00 1544.30 1476.60 1489.10 BIOCON 618.00 618.00 606.00 607.75 CROMPTON 233.20 234.75 230.35 232.50 PNCINFRA 153.55 154.45 151.30 152.80 HDFCBANK 2325.00 2325.00 2261.00 2266.90 -26.75 PNB 90.00 90.00 86.15 86.60 DIVISLAB 1720.35 1737.00 1695.55 1702.00 PIIND 1015.10 1025.55 1007.05 1010.65 SOBHA 506.00 506.00 493.75 497.95 INDOSTAR 409.15 410.85 400.20 400.60 KOTAKBANK 1360.00 1365.80 1346.10 1350.55 -19.10 ASHOKLEY 95.75 95.85 91.55 92.05 MARICO 366.20 366.20 362.25 364.25 RAMCOCEM 773.05 773.05 756.25 761.50 GODREJIND 521.95 521.95 503.00 503.95 AIAENG 1800.50 1825.00 1800.00 1809.60 ULTRACEMCO 4235.00 4279.00 4180.00 4200.15 -59.80 AXISBANK 770.25 770.25 751.20 755.40 BHARATFORG 500.00 500.00 480.10 481.90 VOLTAS 615.00 615.50 605.95 612.20 HIMATSEIDE 225.45 228.30 222.00 222.75 BOSCHLTD 18150.00 18157.45 18041.25 18126.15 ZEEL 402.50 405.70 394.50 396.30 -6.00 JINDALSTEL 183.00 186.85 175.10 176.35 RECLTD 152.00 152.10 146.10 147.35 SHILPAMED 413.95 416.00 395.05 399.85 DCAL 228.00 228.50 223.20 226.10 IOB 14.80 14.80 14.28 14.34 TATASTEEL 540.00 545.75 533.10 534.80 -8.30 BPCL 354.75 354.75 338.65 340.45 GAIL 351.70 352.90 342.50 344.45 NMDC 104.65 104.65 102.00 102.15 VINATIORGA 1758.00 1758.00 1720.00 1723.30 INOXWIND 70.80 70.80 66.80 67.00 GICRE 260.50 262.60 253.35 254.65 MARUTI 7422.00 7424.90 7300.00 7325.00 -122.45 HEG 2020.00 2020.05 1925.00 1929.35 AUBANK 621.00 625.00 606.05 608.85 GHCL 240.00 246.90 232.55 245.75 MAHLOG 540.00 543.00 528.60 531.55 ICICIBANK 404.30 404.30 393.20 394.60 LICHSGFIN 516.00 520.00 501.00 505.10 GODFRYPHLP 1160.00 1180.00 1144.05 1150.10 JBCHEPHARM 349.50 349.50 339.95 342.25 FLFL 480.90 482.50 476.50 477.40 ONGC 160.70 161.50 156.90 157.90 -2.70 LT 1361.00 1370.70 1353.45 1358.85 PFC 118.10 118.80 115.00 115.50 PETRONET 240.50 240.50 235.10 235.80 JMFINANCIL 89.35 89.75 87.05 87.65 LUXIND 1363.20 1405.00 1363.20 1395.45 M&M 681.00 685.75 670.90 673.00 -11.65 INDUSINDBK 1755.00 1755.00 1682.70 1691.45 EDELWEISS 179.50 179.50 170.40 172.30 UBL 1439.90 1439.90 1408.45 1420.45 ADANITRANS 223.60 227.50 219.90 221.20 TIMKEN 586.00 587.10 576.50 580.25 ASIANPAINT 1459.95 1459.95 1435.00 1444.35 -25.25 DMART 1362.70 1365.50 1323.15 1325.75 PVR 1714.00 1714.00 1638.00 1675.45 KEC 292.80 296.70 287.20 294.30 NAVINFLUOR 710.00 710.00 686.65 692.55 TTKPRESTIG 8300.00 8394.00 8271.00 8293.55 HEROMOTOCO 2741.55 2749.95 2685.00 2690.00 -51.55 HINDPETRO 259.95 259.95 248.50 250.30 TATAPOWER 70.20 70.35 68.90 69.20 DCMSHRIRAM 400.20 411.00 391.10 398.70 GODREJAGRO 518.00 522.00 513.35 517.30 NETWORK18 34.50 34.50 33.75 33.85 VEDL 178.90 179.45 174.70 175.25 -3.35 GRAPHITE 451.60 451.60 431.00 432.40 TVSMOTOR 516.00 520.40 505.10 512.05 HINDZINC 282.30 284.40 275.00 276.70 ABFRL 218.10 222.35 216.65 219.40 ITDC 269.95 277.00 263.70 267.50 SUNPHARMA 464.00 465.05 452.40 453.50 -9.70 IOC 152.80 153.00 148.90 149.70 FORCEMOT 1753.95 1778.00 1735.00 1765.20 COLPAL 1219.00 1219.00 1201.30 1205.25 WELSPUNIND 56.50 56.80 55.10 56.45 CCL 270.00 270.00 257.60 259.50 AXISBANK 768.90 768.90 750.55 755.05 -16.15 IDEA 17.45 17.50 16.85 17.25 ACC 1698.95 1698.95 1659.05 1662.25 ABB 1415.05 1454.30 1411.35 1433.05 JSWENERGY 72.10 73.00 70.95 71.30 GSKCONS 7220.00 7224.85 7165.10 7180.85 GAIL 351.30 352.40 344.05 344.45 -7.50 MARUTI 7434.00 7434.00 7282.95 7305.45 CASTROLIND 163.35 163.35 158.00 158.55 SADBHAV 237.45 237.45 230.00 233.90 FDC 164.90 171.90 162.25 164.00 ELGIEQUIP 255.00 255.70 253.05 253.70 HDFC 2005.00 2010.00 1948.00 1958.50 -45.25 STRTECH 197.00 204.00 194.45 202.45 HEXAWARE 337.30 342.85 336.90 339.30 IFCI 12.65 12.65 12.31 12.39 WELCORP 132.10 136.00 132.10 134.40 ATUL 3506.30 3520.60 3501.00 3507.80 ICICIBANK 404.25 404.60 393.70 394.75 -9.65 INFIBEAM 48.10 50.35 47.05 47.50 PARAGMILK 244.50 245.45 240.30 241.90 JINDALSAW 85.95 86.50 83.65 84.30 SUPREMEIND 1135.00 1140.90 1119.05 1126.30 JSWSTEEL 298.70 302.45 289.25 291.50 -7.65 TATASTEEL 542.05 545.60 534.45 535.30 SUVEN 270.15 271.00 263.75 266.25 TORNTPHARM 1810.00 1821.05 1795.05 1814.05 GET&D 256.70 257.10 252.00 253.35 INFRATEL 306.80 310.85 295.55 299.00 -8.20 ZEEL 402.50 405.80 394.50 396.65 BERGEPAINT 327.00 327.00 321.20 322.20 INOXLEISUR 315.00 320.55 301.95 304.00 HERITGFOOD 502.40 503.40 484.00 489.55 EICHERMOT 20850.00 20994.80 20345.00 20400.00 -623.90 ADANIGREEN 44.80 46.95 43.85 44.65 J&KBANK 64.30 64.30 58.05 58.55 THERMAX 970.00 980.10 967.50 974.20 COFFEEDAY 263.40 264.50 261.25 263.50 RELIANCE 1360.00 1367.00 1341.30 1344.00 -41.95 HDFC 2006.00 2010.00 1950.05 1955.05 SYNDIBANK 40.50 40.50 39.15 39.25 MAHABANK 15.80 15.80 15.33 15.62 GESHIP 290.55 293.00 286.10 287.30 HINDALCO 207.30 207.80 199.60 199.70 -7.50 JSLHISAR 87.65 90.70 86.50 88.90 BATAINDIA 1416.20 1422.00 1408.30 1413.00 TATAMETALI 659.95 668.95 641.35 663.20 GULFOILLUB 870.00 870.05 856.00 862.25 IOC 152.50 152.75 148.85 149.90 -6.20 ADANIPOWER 53.90 54.50 50.35 50.85 CUMMINSIND 739.85 741.10 717.00 720.50 PFIZER 3200.00 3219.70 3155.05 3170.40 TIINDIA 370.60 374.25 353.60 359.20 INDUSINDBK 1759.00 1760.00 1682.95 1688.70 -75.60 ICICIGI 1093.00 1094.00 1039.10 1064.95 FCONSUMER 44.40 44.40 42.75 42.85 MMTC 27.35 27.40 26.80 26.95 TEAMLEASE 2938.05 2978.00 2890.00 2922.75 BPCL 353.80 354.40 339.00 339.95 -22.95 KOTAKBANK 1374.90 1374.90 1348.00 1360.35 GUJGAS 160.40 162.00 156.25 157.80 JYOTHYLAB 183.00 185.10 181.00 182.75 AKZOINDIA 1754.30 1754.30 1732.00 1741.35 YESBANK 253.95 254.40 237.00 238.10 -17.70 HINDALCO 205.00 208.20 200.05 200.85 SHK 153.30 153.30 149.00 150.65 GUJFLUORO 1048.65 1065.00 1025.60 1043.25 ZENSARTECH 237.20 238.00 231.05 231.65 SUNPHARMA 462.75 464.10 452.00 454.50 MINDAIND 386.95 387.00 376.30 379.70 SUDARSCHEM 338.30 339.25 330.60 332.85 MAHSCOOTER 3876.00 3890.00 3801.25 3808.35 IBULHSGFIN 795.00 795.00 725.00 727.95 -72.60 JUSTDIAL 577.35 587.00 551.10 558.20 ADVENZYMES 192.15 192.35 188.10 188.50 BASF 1368.40 1400.00 1362.65 1383.10 ASTERDM 150.60 153.70 150.00 150.50 NIFTY NEXT 50 VEDL 179.00 179.70 174.70 175.10 AARTIIND 1625.00 1625.00 1578.00 1589.05 LAURUSLABS 388.95 388.95 383.20 386.50 CORPBANK 28.00 28.35 27.60 27.95 BOMDYEING 130.95 130.95 123.65 124.35 GSFC 104.90 104.90 101.20 102.20 MRPL 70.30 70.30 69.00 69.45 JKLAKSHMI 372.00 372.00 364.60 367.45 RBLBANK 677.10 682.45 662.20 680.60 IBULISL 349.00 351.75 325.60 334.75 CENTURYPLY 185.80 185.80 181.25 182.65 ORIENTCEM 93.75 93.90 89.20 90.80 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE IBVENTURES 309.80 309.80 292.00 294.00 CADILAHC 336.85 336.85 329.20 330.65 MPHASIS 968.05 983.05 968.00 979.75 BLUESTARCO 659.80 659.80 650.10 651.05 NIFTY NEXT 50 28317.15 28326.85 27882.45 27907.25 -512.30 MOTHERSUMI 157.15 157.15 150.20 152.45 BALKRISIND 963.00 963.00 936.65 948.70 MRF 57800.00 57804.15 56415.00 56634.35 TATAINVEST 860.00 860.75 848.00 850.60 HAVELLS 757.50 764.00 754.00 762.70 5.00 TECHM 803.00 810.00 800.20 803.60 GSPL 188.00 190.50 187.75 189.75 MERCK 3782.00 3802.05 3752.70 3777.65 GPPL 95.10 95.25 93.00 93.75 3MINDIA 24873.45 25142.75 24715.05 25024.80 ICICIPRULI 363.95 376.30 362.70 368.00 2.00 BHEL 76.00 76.00 73.00 73.15 GRASIM 867.00 870.65 856.80 862.75 HSCL 115.60 117.05 115.00 115.30 NESTLEIND 10950.30 10960.60 10875.85 10909.85 SOLARINDS 1055.00 1082.15 1045.05 1067.70 ABB 1420.00 1455.00 1406.40 1442.00 5.20 RADICO 335.45 352.45 333.00 340.90 JUBILANT 701.90 701.90 677.05 680.90 APLLTD 536.00 565.00 535.50 559.30 WABCOINDIA 6306.40 6306.40 6252.05 6267.55 TIMETECHNO 97.90 97.90 94.60 94.95 IDEA 17.35 17.40 16.85 17.30 0.05 TATAMTRDVR 113.50 115.00 111.75 113.25 LTI 1650.00 1672.65 1641.15 1666.05 GODREJCP 668.75 671.25 663.00 666.85 NAVKARCORP 38.60 38.60 37.35 37.50 LAXMIMACH 5955.00 5980.00 5925.00 5947.65 MARICO 366.00 366.45 362.10 366.25 0.15 M&MFIN 417.00 420.00 412.55 414.15 ALBK 51.15 51.15 48.25 48.65 RCF 60.05 60.05 58.35 58.50 MINDACORP 132.45 138.50 132.15 137.05 CARERATING 993.85 993.85 980.00 981.45 UBL 1424.40 1433.50 1408.00 1420.00 -0.05 DEEPAKFERT 159.25 160.40 145.40 149.40 CIPLA 561.95 565.80 556.60 560.15 INDHOTEL 153.00 156.05 153.00 154.05 THOMASCOOK 248.95 248.95 242.25 243.75 BLUEDART 3236.15 3237.00 3142.35 3227.40 GODREJCP 667.70 671.50 663.00 667.20 -0.45 RCOM 2.09 2.31 2.09 2.09 INFRATEL 307.90 310.25 295.90 300.55 LINDEINDIA 480.00 489.90 471.50 474.05 ALLCARGO 115.00 116.70 114.10 115.10 ALKEM 1722.50 1739.95 1717.30 1725.75 DABUR 405.70 405.85 401.50 404.65 -0.30 ITC 304.35 305.15 301.00 301.70 PNBHOUSING 790.00 798.00 781.00 786.65 TRENT 358.95 360.75 352.30 359.85 CARBORUNIV 369.35 372.20 368.55 371.40 NBVENTURES 104.40 104.55 103.15 103.70 BAJAJHLDNG 3290.00 3313.05 3258.90 3285.00 -4.40 L&TFH 146.20 146.60 140.00 140.60 PIDILITIND 1254.00 1254.10 1226.05 1232.55 TORNTPOWER 259.30 261.00 256.40 259.80 WHIRLPOOL 1440.00 1444.00 1426.00 1433.55 VTL 1141.20 1142.25 1105.75 1119.15 BANDHANBNK 566.00 579.90 557.95 567.00 -0.95 M&M 688.00 688.00 669.45 671.95 DABUR 406.80 406.80 401.90 403.50 LEMONTREE 79.25 79.25 75.50 75.85 WABAG 297.50 297.50 288.50 289.65 GALAXYSURF 998.25 1008.75 998.25 1004.20 OFSS 3528.00 3549.85 3493.55 3517.80 -10.75 SAIL 57.35 57.35 56.30 56.55 GLENMARK 639.60 640.70 621.45 625.65 KANSAINER 450.05 450.05 439.60 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suicide bombers involved in Easter blasts 24 held as toll SL announces compensation for victims rises to 290 Colombo (PTI) The Sri of Batticaloa around 8.45 am Sunday Times reported. PTI n COLOMBO Lankan government on (local time) as the Easter He said that the injured in Monday announced that it Sunday mass were in progress. the attacks would be paid even suicide bombers will compensate the victims of Three explosions were between 100,000 Sri Lankan Sbelieved to be members of an the ghastly bomb blasts that reported from the five-star rupees (USD 570)- 300,000 Islamist extremist group carried hit churches and luxury hotels hotels - the Shangri-La, the Sri Lankan rupees (USD out a series of devastating blasts in Sri Lanka, killing over 290 Cinnamon Grand and the 1717). The spokesperson that tore through churches and people and injuring over 500 Kingsbury. Foreigners and also stressed that all the dam- luxury hotels in Sri Lanka on others during Easter celebra- locals who were injured in aged churches will be com- Easter Sunday, killing 290 peo- tions, according to a media hotel blasts were admitted to pletely repaired by the gov- ple and wounding 500 others in report. Eight coordinated the Colombo General ernment.Police have till now the country’s worst terror attack, explosions targeted Easter Hospital. Government arrested 24 people, reported- authorities said on Monday. A worshippers and high end spokesperson Rajitha ly members of a Muslim rad- state of emergency was declared hotels popular with interna- Senaratne said that the each ical group, in connection with from midnight Monday after a tional guests. victim in the attacks will be the country’s bloodiest attacks Relatives weep near the coffin with the remains of 12-year Sneha Savindi, who was a victim of Easter Sunday bombing at St. Sebastian Church, Mondayin Negombo, Sri crucial meeting of the National The blasts targeted St paid 1 million Sri Lankan in a decade. The government Lanka (2) A Sri Lankan woman living near St. Anthony's shrine runs for safety with her infant after police found explosive devices in a parked vehicle in Colombo. AP Security Council chaired by Anthony’s Church in rupees (USD 5,722), while has said it will not disclose the President Maithripala Sirisena. Colombo, St Sebastian’s about 100,000 Sri Lankan details of the suspects No group has claimed Church in the western coastal rupees (USD 572) would be involved in the attacks to responsibility for Sunday’s town of Negombo and anoth- given for the costs of the prevent them from getting Buddhist monks Indians at Shangri-La Hotel attacks, but police have so far er church in the eastern town funeral processions, The publicity. arrested 24 people - mostly members of a same group - in ing six Indians, were killed in police chief Pujith Jayasundera tional airport Sunday night and saw fellow guests injured connection with the blasts that the blasts that left more than 500 in view of the major security safely defused it. visit attack sight also killed six Indian nation- others injured, police lapse. Prime Minister Ranil “It was a crude six-foot by huge glass shrapnels als.Police said that 9 out of the spokesman Ruwan Gunasekera Wickremesinghe said that an pipe bomb that was found by ... say ‘we don’t have ill 24 arrested for involvement in said.He said that 24 arrested sus- investigation must be launched the roadside,” an air force Colombo (PTI): An Indian ing the injured guests outside.” the blasts were ordered to be pects have been transferred as to why intelligence reports of spokesman said. On Sunday, national, who escaped the worst “It was a horrific sight. When I remanded by the Colombo into the custody of the Criminal the attack was not taken seri- External Affairs Minister towards any religion terror attack in Sri Lanka on saw injured guests, they seemed magistrate’s court till May Investigations Department ously. Sushma Swaraj identified three Easter Sunday, said it was a “hor- very serious. Some of them 6.Government’s spokesman (CID) for further investiga- Rauff Hakeem, a govern- Indians as Lakshmi, Narayan Colombo (PTI): A small only in this country, but in the rific sight” to see huge chunks of [had] chunks of glass stuck in Rajitha Senaratne said local tions.The National Security ment minister and the leader of Chandrashekhar and Ramesh group of monks in saffron whole world,” he said. glass on the bodies of fellow their body. I could see some of Islamist extremist group called Council (NSC) has announced the main Muslim party - Sri who died in the blasts. robes visited the bombed St Sri Lanka is a country of guests and white aprons of chefs the chefs in white aprons covered the National Tawheed Jamath plans to impose a “conditional Lanka Muslim Congress, said The Indian High Anthony’s Church here on great religious diversity that drenched in blood after a suicide in blood.” Police, army and (NTJ) is suspected of plotting state of emergency” from mid- that it was lamentable that no Commission Monday con- Monday and said they dont crosses ethnic lines, and the bomber struck a luxury hotel emergency services personnel the blasts that struck three night, said a statement from the preventive action had been firmed the deaths of two more have any anger or ill will monks’ presence at the church here.Sri Lankan authorities said began arriving within five min- churches when the Easter president’s media unit. taken despite the inputs.“They individuals in the blasts - K G towards anyone of any other was a sign of this, CNN com- 290 people were killed and over utes, Saraf said. Guests were Sunday mass were in progress It said the measures would have known this..., the names Hanumantharayappa and M religion in the Buddhist- mented. Sunday’s attacks are 500 others injured when suicide evacuated offsite, and then to a and three five-star hotels.“All target terrorism and would not have been given, identified, but Rangappa. Kerala Chief majority nation.The Buddhist the deadliest seen in Sri Lanka bombers attacked three church- nearby shelter with a few hours, suicide bombers involved in the limit freedom of expression. (they) took no action,” he added. Minister Pinarayi Vijayan monks visited the historic since the end of the country’s es and luxury hotels in the he added. blasts are believed to be Sri “These will be limited to Two Sri Lankan Muslim Sunday identified a Keralite, P Catholic church located at civil war in 2009. The civil war country. At least six Indians died in Lankan nationals,” said counter terrorism regulations. groups - the All Ceylon S Rasina (58), among those Kochchikade, a day after a sui- ended with the defeat of the Akshat Saraf, 30, was in the blasts. On Sunday, India Senaratne, who is also the This is being done to allow the Jamiyyathul Ulama and the killed in the blasts. Four of them cide bomber reportedly trig- Tamil Tigers, who had fought Colombo’s Shangri-La Hotel identified K M Lakshminarayan, Health Minister. Speaking at a police and the three forces to National Shoora Council - have died in the Colombo National gered a huge blast, killing for 26 years for an indepen- with his wife and infant daugh- Narayan Chandrashekhar and press conference here, Senaratne ensure public security,” the state- condemned the blasts and Hospital while the bodies of two many worshippers who had dent homeland for the minor- ter when the explosions struck. Lakshmana Gowda Ramesh as said the government was inves- ment said. demanded that all culprits be Indians who succumbed to gathered for the Easter Sunday ity ethnic Tamils. The war is They could hear blasts from their the three Indians who died in the tigating whether the group had The government has also brought to book. Meanwhile, as their injuries from the blast at morning mass.Venerable Prof thought to have killed between room on the 25th floor.“First blasts. The Indian High “international support”. declared Tuesday as a national many as 87 bomb detonators the Shangri-La Hotel has been Pitigala Vijitha Thero was 70,000 and 80,000 people. blast was very loud and our Commission on Monday con- “There may be interna- day of mourning. President were found on Monday at the sent for autopsy, the National outside St Anthony’s Shrine The nation has seen some room started shaking. At first I firmed the deaths of two more tional links to them,” he added. Sirisena has appointed a three- Central Colombo bus station in Hospital spokesperson said. said he was “extremely sad- sporadic violence since. In thought it was a thunderstorm Indians in the blasts - K G The Government Analyst’s member committee to conduct Pettah area. The police initial- Sri Lanka Monday ordered dened and grieved” by the March 2018, a state of emer- and I didn’t pay too much atten- Hanumantharayappa and M Department was quoted as say- investigations. The committee ly found 12 bomb detonators a new night-time curfew fol- incidnet. gency was declared after hard- tion. It had been raining in Sri Rangappa. ing by the Sunday Times that will submit its report to the scattered on the ground. A fur- lowing the multiple attacks. “Since the (civil) war, peo- line members of the majority Lanka for some time,” he told Kerala Chief Minister the blasts at the Shangri-La, President within two weeks. ther search revealed 75 more, a The blasts shattered a decade ple belonging to all religions Buddhist Sinhala community CNN.“It was the second blast Pinarayi Vijayan Sunday identi- Kingsbury and Cinnamon Health Minister Senaratne said police statement said. of peace in the island nation and faiths had been co-exist- attacked mosques and when I sensed that something fied a Keralite, P S Rasina, Grand hotels, and also at St the Chief of National A safe house where the since the end of the brutal civil ing and living together in Muslim-owned properties. was not right,” he said.Saraf said among those killed in the blasts. Anthony’s Church in Kotahena, Intelligence had warned the bombers had lived for nearly war with the LTTE. The civil unity and harmony. According to census data, he and his family grabbed their The Government Analyst’s St. Sebastian’s Church in Inspector General of Police three months leading to the war ended with the defeat of This is not something 70.2 per cent of Sri Lankans passports and took the emer- Department said the blasts at the Katuwapitiya and the Zeon (IGP) regarding the probable attacks was found in the south the Tamil Tigers, who had that anyone could have antic- identify as Buddhist, 12 per gency exit to head to the ground Shangri-La, Kingsbury and Church in Batticaloa have been attacks before April 11. “On of Colombo suburb of fought for 26 years for an inde- ipated,” he told the BBC.He cent Hindu, 9.7 per cent floor. Cinnamon Grand hotels, and identified as suicide bombings. April 4, international intelli- Panadura. Sri Lanka Air Force pendent homeland for the said he condemned the Muslim, and 7.4 per cent “When we reached the 4th also at St Anthony’s Church in “A total of seven suicide gence agencies had warned of said it found an improvised minority ethnic Tamils. The attacks, but “we don’t have any Christian. floor we saw blood on the stairs,” Kotahena, St. Sebastian’s Church bombers had carried out these these attacks. The IGP was explosives device along a road war is thought to have killed anger or ill will towards any- It is estimated that 82 per Saraf said. “When we evacuat- in Katuwapitiya and the Zeon explosions,” the department informed on April 9,” he said. leading to the departure termi- between 70,000 and 80,000 one of any other religion”.“I cent of Sri Lankan Christians ed that’s when we saw a lot of Church in Batticaloa have been said.Around 290 people, includ- He demanded resignation of nal at the Colombo interna- people. pray that peace prevails - not are Roman Catholic. ambulances and hotel staff help- identified as suicide bombings. Mudslide GLOBE TROTTING US to sanction nations for importing Iranian oil kills 17 in AP n WASHINGTON when it re-imposed sanctions Barrymoore: My daughters on Iran after Trump pulled the he Trump administration is US out of the landmark 2015 Colombia have theatrical family genes’ Tpoised to tell five nations, nuclear deal. ZCZC WH: US President to end Los Angeles: Hollywood star including allies Japan, South Trump decides not to AP n BOGOTA Drew Barrymore says her Korea and Turkey, that they will grant waiver to India, 7 oth- daughters, Olive and Frankie, no longer be exempt from US ers importing Iranian oil waivers on Iran oil imports t least 17 people were are “very theatrical” and enjoy sanctions if they continue to In a move that could have Akilled and 13 others coming on film sets. The 44- import oil from Iran, officials implications on India’s energy Washington (AFP): The were missing after a mud- year-old actor said she can sense said Sunday. Secretary of State security, US President Donald White House announced on slide that buried eight hous- her children are interested in Mike Pompeo plans to Trump on Monday decided not Monday it will no longer grant es early Sunday in south- pursuing acting.“They’re very announce on Monday that the to grant sanctions exemptions sanctions exemptions to Iran’s western Colombia, authori- theatrical. They definitely have administration will not renew to any oil customers of Iran, oil customers, in a bid to ties said. a Barrymore gene strong with- sanctions waivers for the five further squeezing Tehran’s top squeeze the Islamic republic’s The national risk manage- in the two of them, but they’re countries when they expire on export commodity.“President top export. ment agency gave the updated funny and they’re cool and May 2, three US officials said. Donald J. Trump has decided “President Donald J toll after rescue efforts in Rosas, they’re adventurous and they The others are China and India. not to reissue Significant Trump has decided not to reis- in the department of Cauca, love coming to set,” Barrymore It was not immediately Reduction Exceptions (SREs) sue Significant Reduction were halted at nightfall. told Us Weekly. The “Santa clear if any of the five would be when they expire in early May. Exceptions (SREs) when they Reducing by two an Clarita Diet” actor, who shot to given additional time to wind This decision is intended to expire in early May,” the earlier toll of 19 killed that fame as a child star with Steven down their purchases or if they bring Iran’s oil exports to zero, administration said in a state- was given by firefighters, it Spielberg’s “E.T. the Extra- would be subject to US sanc- denying the regime its princi- ment.“This decision is intend- File photo added that five people had Terrestrial”, said she never want- tions on May 3 if they do not pal source of revenue,” White ed to bring Iran’s oil exports to also been injured. ed her kids to choose the pro- immediately halt imports of House Press Secretary Sarah zero, denying the regime its not issue any additional allies and partners as they Meanwhile, the estimated fession. She, however, is okay with them joining the industry Iranian oil. Sanders said. principal source of revenue.” Significant Reduction transition away from Iranian number of missing was con- at an “appropriate age”. “I always thought the second they were The officials were not The US re-imposed sanc- Exceptions to existing crude to other alternatives,” he firmed by an agency official born like, ‘Oh God, I don’t want you to be an actress.’ But what authorised to discuss the mat- tions on Iran last November, ‘US WILL ACCELERATE importers of Iranian oil. said, adding that countries speaking on condition of I really realised is that I just don’t want them to not have a child- ter publicly and spoke on con- after President Trump pulled ITS PRESSURE “The Trump have to bring down their anonymity. hood. “If they were to go into acting in an appropriate age, I’d dition of anonymity ahead of out of the landmark 2015 Iran CAMPAIGN ON IRAN ‘ Administration has taken import of oil from Iran after A search had been be, like, the most supportive, fiercest lion for it... Now I’m like, Pompeo’s announcement. The nuclear deal.The US’ move The US will dramatical- Iran’s oil exports to historic May 2. underway for people who ‘If you want to do that and go into theatre in high school and decision not to extend the which is seen as an escalation ly accelerate its pressure cam- lows, and we are dramatical- Pompeo said the US has might be trapped under do that for a living, I’m behind you.’ I just want them to have, waivers, which was first report- of President Trump adminis- paign on the Iranian regime ly accelerating our pressure had extensive and productive rubble. like, a normal childhood,” Barrymore said. ed by The Washington Post, tration’s “maximum pressure” until its leaders change their campaign in a calibrated way discussions with Saudi Arabia, The injured were treat- was finalised on Friday by on Iran comes after it last year destructive behaviour, respect that meets our national secu- the United Arab Emirates and ed at hospitals near the President Donald Trump, gave temporary 180-days waiv- the rights of their people, and rity objectives while main- other major producers to ease scene of the disaster, the Ed Sheeran responds to fate according to the officials. They er to eight countries, including return to the negotiating table, taining well supplied global oil this transition and ensure suf- agency said. said it is intended to further India, China, Turkey and Japan Secretary of State Mike markets,” Pompeo told ficient supply.“This, in addi- It attributed the mud- ramp up pressure on Iran by among others. As a result of Pompeo said Monday. reporters at an early morning tion to increasing US produc- slide to the heavy rains that reveal of his ‘GOT’ character strangling the revenue it gets this decision all countries Pompeo remarks came news conference. tion, underscores our confi- have battered the country London: Ed Sheeran has from oil exports. including India would have to soon after US President The Secretary of State dence that energy markets for several weeks. Mudslides thanked “Game of Thrones” The administration grant- bring down its import of oil Donald Trump announced warned countries of importing will remain well supplied,” he are common during writers for not killing off his ed eight oil sanctions waivers from Iran by May 2. that his administration will oil from Iran.“We stand by our said. Colombia’s rainy season. character in the HBO series.The singer appeared as Eddie, a Lannister soldier, in the seventh season premiere episode of the Dog owners more likely to meet weekly exercise goals show on the request of his friend, series star Maisie PTI n LONDON whether this effect occurs in all ical activities. The effects of dog er proportion of outdoor pet-friendly housing; Williams (who plays Arya members of a dog-owning ownership on physical activity dogs in the US and Australia failure of plan- Stark).In the episode, Sheeran’s og owners are estimated to household, or whether dog levels in the UK reported in the than in the UK. “Our find- ning and character is seen crooning a song Dbe four times more likely walking replaces other forms of present study are greater than ings provide support for the policy as a part of the chance encounter than their peers to meet rec- exercise.Dr Carri Westgarth those reported in previous role of pet dogs in promot- makers to with Williams’ Arya.Eddie was, ommended physical activity from University of Liverpool in studies of North American ing and maintaining posi- provide however, nowhere to be seen or guidelines, according to a study the UK assessed the self- and Australian populations. tive health behaviours such these may talked about in the series till the that highlights the role that reported physical activity of For example, 64 per cent of dog as walking. Without dogs, signifi- eighth season premiere — where dogs may have in helping to 385 households. Dog owners owners in the new UK study it is likely that population cantly one of the prostitutes says she keep humans healthy.It is rec- walk more frequently and for reported that they walk with physical activity levels damage had heard the character’s face ommended that adults should longer periods than non-dog their dogs for at least 150 min- would be much lower,” popula- was “burned right off” and had do at least 150 minutes of owners, according to the study utes per week, compared with Westgarth said. “The health tion levels no eyelids after he was subject- moderate-to-vigorous physi- published in the journal only 27 per cent in a US study. benefits of dog ownership of physical ed to one of Daenerys Targeryen’s three dragons’ fire. Sheeran cal activity per week. Scientific Reports. Moreover, The study suggests that should be recognised and activity,” took to social media over the weekend to thank the show’s Dog ownership is expect- dog walking in this population these discrepancies may be facilitated through the pro- she said. screenwriters.“Thanks @GameOfThrones, I knew I was a sur- ed to encourage physical activ- is undertaken in addition to, due to social and climatic vision of dog-supportive vivor,” he wrote in his Instagram Story. ity, but it has been unclear and not instead of, other phys- differences, such as a high- walking environments and LUCKNOW | TUESDAY | APRIL 23, 2019 world 13

Gokhale hold talks with Chinese FM Kim Jong heads to Russia ... discuss post-Wuhan summit progress to revive old friendship AFP n PYONGYANG PTI n BEIJING with Chinese Vice Foreign counter China’s technical hold Minister Kong Xuanyou on in the 1267 committee, the US, n the neighbouring mound oreign Secretary Vijay Monday. the UK and France have taken Oto Mansu hill, where giant FGokhale on Monday held In his opening remarks, the Azhar issue to the UN statues of Kim Il Sung and Kim talks with Chinese Foreign Wang said China and India are Security Council (UNSC), Jong Il look out over North Minister Wang Yi and dis- two emerging market countries which Beijing firmly opposed, Korea’s capital, stands the cussed the progress in bilater- besides neighbours and “each saying that it should be Liberation Tower.The star- al ties since the Wuhan sum- other’s strategic partners.” “In resolved by the UN’s 1267 topped stone obelisk has a mit last year and said both that sense, it is important for Sanctions Committee. China bronze Soviet Union flag at its sides were implementing the the two countries to work also said the issue moved base and and a panel showing decisions in a manner in which together to increase strategic towards settlement and Soviet and Korean troops going “we are sensitive to each other’s communication, deepen mutu- accused the US of attempting into battle together against the concerns”. al political trust and strength- to scuttling its resolution. Japanese. His meeting with Wang, en strategic cooperation on Gokhale’s visit also coin- The ties between who is also the State international and regional cides with China holding its Pyongyang and Moscow, once Xi Jinping four times in the from Japanese oppression” and Councillor, a high-level post in issues. “Given that it is timely biggest international event, the its most important ally, go back space of a year but is now look- their “heroic” deeds “will shine the hierarchy of the ruling and important for you to have second Belt and Road Forum decades. And after years of ing for wider international sup- for 10,000 generations and Communist Party of China regular consultations with the (BRF) next week to showcase abeyance, current leader Kim port in the standoff, say ana- more”. In fact the Soviet Union (CPC), took place as both the Chinese side,” he said. its BRI projects.India, like the Jong Un — the son and grand- lysts. only declared war on Japan on countries grappled with a host One of the issues that was first BRF held in 2017, is son of the chiefs immortalised Moscow has already called August 8, 1945 — after the US of issues, including Beijing’s expected to figure during this reportedly not attending its on Mansu hill — is looking to for international sanctions on nuclear bombing of Hiroshima. continued attempts block round talk was China’s con- second edition being held here revive links with nuclear nego- the North to be eased, while the The destruction of the city and efforts list Pakistan-based tinued attempts block efforts from April 25-27. tiations with Washington dead- US has accused it of trying to the follow-up strike that Jaish-e-Muhammed (JeM) list JeM chief Azhar as global Foreign Minister Wang locked and as he seeks a coun- help Pyongyang evade some of reduced Nagasaki to a post- chief Masood Azhar as global terrorist by the UN.China said on Friday that differences terbalance to China. the measures — accusations atomic hellscape forced Japan’s terrorist by the UN.In his blocked Azhar’s designation for over the BRI would not come Kim is expected to meet Russia denies. After the Hanoi surrender, ending World War II opening remarks, Gokhale said the fourth-time recently in the way of the development Russian President Vladimir summit, Russia’s ambassador to and Tokyo’s colonial rule over it has been year since Prime stalling efforts by the US, the of India-China relations and Putin in Vladivostok this week, the North Alexander Matsegora the peninsula.But Pyongyang’s Minister Narendra Modi and UK, France move at the 1267 China is preparing for a reportedly on Wednesday and told AFP Pyongyang had been official history gives the US Chinese President Xi Jinping UN counter terrorism com- Wuhan-style summit meeting Thursday. Few details have disappointed by the outcome. barely any credit for its role in met at the Chinese city of mittee following the February this year. He also said the been released, but the summit In its state media, when that conflict, and blames it for Wuhan where the two leaders Pulwama terrorist attack. It CPEC is an economic project — the first between the two Kim “departed from Pyongyang the division of the Korean reached many understandings. was the first technical hold put and has nothing to do with the neighbours’ leaders since Kim the purpose was the second peninsula, glossing over an He said both sides were up by China post Wuhan sum- sovereignty issues. Jong Il met Dmitry Medvedev summit and when he returned agreement to do so between making efforts to implement mit. “One of our differences is eight years ago — comes less he returned from an official Moscow and Washington. the understandings reached at Also, India continues to how to look at the BRI. The than two months after the visit from Vietnam”, he said. “It The Soviets later installed the Wuhan meeting.“As your have strong reservations to Indian side has their concerns. Hanoi meeting between Kim means that it was not the result Kim Il Sung as the North’s excellency said we will work join China’s mega Belt and We understand that and that is and US President Donald they wanted to get.” leader. together with the Chinese side Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Keshav Gokhale, left, and Chinese Foreign Minister Road Initiative (BRI) due to its why we have stated clearly on Trump broke up without reach- Washington should offer con- An exile who fought as a to deepen understanding to Wang Yi pose for a photo during a meeting at Zhongnanhai leadership compound in objections over the China- many occasions that the BRI ing agreement on the North’s crete concessions rather than guerrilla against Japanese forces strengthen trust to implement Beijing Monday. AP Pakistan Economic Corridor including the CPEC is only an nuclear arsenal. “only promises, which are noth- in occupied China, he had fled the decisions that are taken by (CPEC) as it is being laid economic initiative and it does Pyongyang last week ing”, he added. to the Soviet Union, where leaders and to do it in a man- since the Wuhan summit, Swaraj is “looking forward to through Pakistan-occupied not target any third country launched a blistering attack on “It is not acceptable.” The records show his son Kim Jong ner in which we are sensitive including Wang’s visit to New come to China this Kashmir. and has nothing to do with the US Secretary of State Mike inscription on the monument Il was born — although to each other’s concerns,” he Delhi to launch people to peo- year”.Gokhale, who arrived Both the issues have sovereign and territorial dis- Pompeo, demanding he be in Pyongyang proclaims that Pyongyang insists his birthplace said. He also referred to the ple mechanism and External here on Sunday is also sched- become major irritants in the putes left from history between removed from the negotiations. “the great Soviet Union mili- was a secret camp on the sacred “brisk” political exchanges Affairs Minister Sushma uled to hold detailed talks bilateral ties. In order to any two countries,” he said. Kim has met Chinese President tary” had “liberated Koreans Mount Paektu. Zelensky wins presidency in landslide Ghosn hit with fresh charge in Japan AFP n KIEV(UKRAINE) Zelensky in Kiev. AFP n TOKYO tigated fresh allegations against “I think it just cannot get him. Hironaka lashed out, say- comedian with no political any worse and I hope he’ll live apanese authorities on ing this was an unnecessary step Aexperience won a land- up to his promises,” said Larisa, JMonday hit Carlos Ghosn and “equivalent to forcing con- slide victory in Ukraine’s pres- an 18-year-old student from the with a fresh charge of aggra- fession by taking into custody.” idential election, drawing con- government-held eastern port vated breach of trust, the fourth Nissan itself said it had gratulations from global lead- city of Mariupol. indictment against the former filed a criminal complaint ers while dealing a stunning Zelensky supporters say Nissan boss who promptly filed against its former boss “after rebuke to his country’s political only a fresh face can clean up for bail. Experts say Monday’s determining that payments establishment.Volodymyr Ukraine’s politics and end the charge is the most serious yet made by Nissan to an overseas Zelensky, whose only previous separatist conflict. levelled against the auto sector vehicle sales company via a political role was playing the But others doubt the show- legend, whose rollercoaster case subsidiary were in fact directed president in a TV show, man will be able to take on the has gripped Japan and the busi- by Ghosn for his personal trounced incumbent Petro country’s influential oligarchs, ness world since his dramatic enrichment and were not nec- Poroshenko by taking 73.2 per- negotiate with the likes of arrest in November over alleged essary from a business stand- cent of the vote, according to German Chancellor Angela financial misconduct. point”. nearly complete official results Merkel and stand up to Putin. According to a statement The Ghosn case represents released early Monday. “People have gone mad,” from the Tokyo’s prosecutors’ a precipitous downfall for an Poroshenko garnered just 24.4 Viktoriya Olomutska, a 39- office, Ghosn is accused of fun- executive who has gone from a percent, losing to the 41-year- year-old Poroshenko support- nelling millions of dollars in life of luxury and private jets as old comedian and actor across er, said in Kiev. “Cinema and Nissan funds to a dealership in he ran three huge car companies the country, with 85 percent of reality are two different things.” the Middle East and syphoning to a small cell.He has already ballots counted after Sunday’s In this photo taken on Sunday,Ukrainian comedian and presidential candidate Poroshenko had previously off around five million dollars been stripped of his position on election. Volodymyr Zelenskiy leaves a minivan as he arrives at a polling station, during the mocked his rival’s lack of polit- for personal use.The transfers the board at Nissan and It was an extraordinary second round of presidential elections in Kiev, Ukraine. For his presidential ical experience, arguing he was were made “with the purpose of resigned from the head of outcome to a campaign that campaign popular Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy has literally taken the unfit to be a wartime com- benefiting himself by receiving Renault and the three-way started as a joke but struck a script from a TV show in which he plays the Ukrainian president. AP mander-in-chief, and the pair part of the money”, prosecutors alliance the two companies chord with voters frustrated by traded insults during the cam- charged. share with Mitsubishi Motors. social injustice, corruption and minister Jeremy Hunt on ly stress — I will not quit poli- paign. But on Sunday the two Shin Kukimoto from the His wife Carole has also a war with Russian-backed sep- Twitter, pledging London’s sup- tics,” Poroshenko said in a men were respectful, with Tokyo prosecutors’ office told been questioned by prosecutors aratists in eastern Ukraine that port. speech at his campaign head- Poroshenko offering to coach reporters they had “enough evi- in Tokyo.She was allegedly pres- has claimed some 13,000 lives. NATO Secretary-General quarters, where supporters the political novice and dence for guilty verdicts.” ident of a company registered in The star of the TV series Jens Stoltenberg and President clapped, cried and chanted Zelensky saying he might seek However, the 65-year-old stren- the British Virgin Islands which “Servant of the People” will now of the European Council “thank you” to the outgoing Poroshenko’s advice. uously denies all allegations received some of the five million take the helm of a country of 45 Donald Tusk said they looked leader. The outgoing leader came against him and insists they dollars moved from Nissan million people beset by chal- forward to continuing support He also appealed to the to power after a 2014 pro- have been cooked up in a “plot” funds to go towards a luxury lenges and having run on the and cooperation.“We congrat- international community to Western uprising ousted a by Nissan executives wary of his yacht.She has also denied any vaguest of political platforms. ulate President-elect Volodymyr help safeguard Ukraine’s pro- Kremlin-backed regime, trig- plans to bring the Japanese car This March, 2019, photo shows former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn, right, and wrongdoing, and been active in “I will never let you down,” Zelensky,” the US embassy in Western course. “We realise that gering Moscow’s annexation giant closer to its French part- his wife Carole in Tokyo. Japanese prosecutors said Monday, they have indicted the media in recent days — Zelensky told jubilant support- Ukraine said on Twitter. On the the Kremlin might be enjoying of Crimea. His supporters cred- ner Renault. Nissan’s former chairman Ghosn with additional charges of breach of trust, with his writing an opinion piece in the ers at his campaign headquar- streets of the capital Kiev, some the election result,” he said. ited him with rebuilding the A Ghosn spokesperson said alleged misconduct expanding outside Japan.AP Washington Post calling on US ters where he was showered Ukrainians expressed guarded Observers say Ukraine’s new army and securing an the former tycoon would “con- President Donald Trump to with glittering confetti. “I can optimism about their new leader may seek to use his out- Orthodox Church indepen- tinue to vigorously defend him- as agreeing not to leave the had to question Ghosn, who is lean on Japanese counterpart tell all post-Soviet countries: leader. sider status to try to improve dent of Russia. But many feel self against these baseless accu- country and living under sur- now technically in pre-trial Shinzo Abe to allow her hus- ‘Look at us! Everything is pos- “Ukraine has passed the ties with Moscow. the country’s ruling elite have sations and fully expects to be veillance. detention.The case of the exec- band to obtain bail. sible!’,” he declared.The remark democracy test,” said Mykola, a Zelensky said he wanted to forgotten the promises of the vindicated.” When he last won bail, utive, once revered in Japan for Ghosn’s lawyers have appeared aimed at neighbour- 66-year-old pensioner. “I hope “reboot” Western-brokered revolution. The comic shunned Ghosn’s lead lawyer Ghosn walked out of the deten- saving Nissan from the brink of expression reservations that he ing Russia, where Vladimir it will be the people and not the peace talks that have so far traditional campaign rallies and Junichiro Hironaka filed for tion centre in front of the bankruptcy, has also shone a will receive a fair trial as 99 per- Putin has been in power for 20 elite who will live better.” Exit failed to end the conflict. instead performed comedy gigs bail just hours after the charge world’s media dressed like a spotlight on the Japanese legal cent of all cases that come to years and many followed the polls showed Zelensky took 87 Moscow said the vote result and used social media to appeal and said he was confident his Japanese labourer with a cap system that has come in for trial end in a conviction. Carole Ukrainian election with keen percent of the vote in eastern showed Ukrainians wanted to voters. The Ukrainian pres- client would be released as he and a face mask in an apparent some criticism, especially from Ghosn has also said she is con- interest. Congratulations Ukraine and defeated “change”. From Ukrainian- ident has strong powers over prepares to fight the allegations. attempt to give reporters the abroad. cerned about her husband’s poured in from Europe and Poroshenko even in the west, speaking regions in the west of defence, security and foreign “In order to prove his innocence slip.He also had to stump up one Japan’s justice system allows health in conditions in the beyond, with French President where the incumbent tradi- the country to Russian-speak- policy but needs backing from at a trial as soon as possible, we billion yen (USD 9 million) for authorities to keep suspects in Japanese jail that Ghosn himself Emmanuel Macron and tionally enjoyed strong support. ing territories in the war-torn parliament to push through want (the court) to approve our bail but Hironaka said they custody for prolonged periods said he would not wish on his Poland’s Andrzej Duda con- Poroshenko, 53, said the east, many voters said they reforms. Poroshenko’s faction bail request so that we can pre- were prepared to produce more and trials almost always result “worst enemy”.But prosecutor gratulating the Ukrainian pres- results were clear and enough feared uncertainty but yearned has the most seats in the cur- pare a good defence,” Hironaka cash if necessary to secure his in a conviction. And just one Kukimoto said Ghosn’s treat- ident-elect by phone. “You will reason to “call my opponent for change. “We’re tired of all rent legislature and new par- told reporters. Ghosn has release. month after he was freed on ment “is not different to what a now truly be the Servant of the and congratulate him”. “I will the lies,” said Marta Semenyuk, liamentary polls are due in already won bail once before — Monday was the end of the bail, authorities re-arrested normal Japanese national would People,” said British foreign leave office but I want to firm- 26, who cast her ballot for October. but under strict conditions such maximum period authorities Ghosn on April 4 as they inves- receive.” Strong quake sends Philippine workers fleeing buildings Manila (AFP): A powerful were worried but we did not earthquake rocked the panic,” she said. “We planned Philippines on Monday, sending how to evacuate the building. thousands of people fleeing There were too many people high-rises in Manila as buildings going down the stairs, so we shook. Office workers piled out waited for our turn. People onto the streets as emergency looked in shock, but no one was alarms blared, AFP reporters shouting or anything like that,” saw, but there were no immedi- she said. ate reports of injuries or damage. The quake was centred on the Feliza Villanueva, 21, a busi- town of Castillejos, about 100 ness process outsourcing kilometres (62 miles) northwest of employee told AFP she and four Manila, local geologists said. colleagues were at work when the Scientists from the US Geological quake struck. Survey logged its magnitude at 6.3, “This was the second and said its epicentre was 40 kilo- strongest quake I’ve felt in my metres (25 miles) below the Earth’s entire life,” she told AFP as she surface. Dani Justo, a martial arts joined hundreds of others in the instructor, told AFP she was at her Wearing protective helmets, employees evacuate their office building courtyard of an office building, Manila home when the quake Local residents of the region wearing traditional costumes are on their way to get blessing for men and beasts at the St. George following an earthquake in Manila, Philippines Monday. AP waiting for the all clear.“We struck. church in Traunstein, Germany on Monday. AP LUCKNOW | TUESDAY | APRIL 23, 2019 vivacity 14

wear “smart suits, blacks and whites, but It’s important to look change colours to look attractive. They have a style of their own. Look at how beyond men’s personal they go to the gym and exercise reli- giously, their accessories and clothes accomplishments and have matching colours, making them appear like they do have a fashion see their fashion sense sense.” Giving the example of ’s Farhan will be as well as the manner King, Sethi said, “I recently attended an event, where Gauri Khan, wife of Shah guest at UEFA in which they are Rukh Khan, told me that her husband would take two to three hours to get Actor Farhan Akhtar has bagged a making informed ready for an event. He pays attention to seat among one of the special details like matching right coloured-tie guests at the UEFA Champions choices and respecting with his shoes and suits. This sensibil- League Finals, this year. the changing dynamics ity has come with time in today’s men.” As UEFA’s official With changing roles of both men and women today, the former’s fashion guest from India, he of women in the choices have transformed as well. Men’s will watch the finals and fashion has evolved manifold whether get a taste of the UEFA society. By TEAM VIVA it is formal suits, ties and pants or infor- Champions League mal clothing and tracksuits. experience at the From the fitness industry, “there can be no one better than Sangram Singh to Metropolitano ARE YOU A talk about who a man of substance is?,” Stadium in said Karan. Madrid, Spain on “Nothing is more fashionable than June 1. being fit. No matter what you wear or Farhan is a buy, the most important thing should be to keep yourself fit and healthy. When football enthusi- you are fit, your confidence grows by ast and has often OF leaps and bounds,” said Sangram at the MAN panel. He recalls that there have been spoken about his passion for days when he was short on resources. “I didn’t have good clothes. Today, I have sports, especially reached this level because I was men- football The actor will tally tough. Discipline and moral values be seen across the are important to succeed in life,” said he. Sony Pictures Sports SUBSTANCE? women coming to the fore, the show The panel also saw Rajiv Makhni, Network, showcasing questioned who after all is a “man of the tech guru, who talked about how substance?” He added, “Even if the man personal looks mattered in today’s his love for the tourna- hether it is style, fash- is successful in his endeavours, he social media world. “I do make-up. I tell ment in the My ion, fitness, travel, tech- needs to be much more accepting of the my children that they have a father who Reasons to Watch UEFA nology or personal ‘WE SHORTLISTED changing roles and desires of women does indulge in make-up to enhance Champions League on- space, men have more MEN FROM EVERY too. They need to be ‘clean’ enough to looks. So that they can brag about it air campaign. often than not taken a FIELD LIKE FASHION, talk about society as whole. Hence, we rather than hide it. I think it is a great Wlead and in the bargain evolved mani- shortlisted men from every field like thing. For me, a ‘man of substance’ fold. Or so believes Karan Bhardwaj, co- TECHNOLOGY, fashion, technology, hospitality, fitness means the one who is unique and solid, ‘I feel founder of the India Men Show. HOSPITALITY, and more, who aren’t controversial or learns through his life and teaches Arshad He pointed out that despite that haven’t been charged of any accusations back.” He added that in an age of social there hasn’t been a portal or space which FITNESS AND MORE, under the #MeToo campaign and media, good looks matter a lot. (Warsi), as talks about how men’s lifestyle and per- respect humanity and feminism. Of “Instagram is the proof. There, you an actor, is sonality has evolved over the years. The WHO AREN’T course, they have contributed to the would realise people who feature in top quite show was conceptualised keeping this CONTROVERSIAL OR society in a great way.” trends are actually the ones who take understated. aspect about technology, food, travel, HAVEN’T BEEN Present at a panel discussion, talk- care of their looks. So in today’s time, He is one of way of living, fashion, luxury, fitness, ing about the changing trends in men’s it gives you instant attention,” said entertainment and lifestyle in mind. CHARGED OF ANY lifestyle in India, FDCI president Sunil Rajiv. the best Karan said, “It was to provide some Sethi said that a man shouldn’t try to be Karan added that not just looks or actors I’ve worked direction to the lifestyle industry and ACCUSATIONS just successful, rather be of value, quot- personal achievements, “it’s about today’s with. When it comes give them a new subject to work on. The UNDER THE #METOO ing Albert Einstein. “If you are a man men, who are aware of their actions and to comedy, he is one show not just looked at how their per- of value and ethics, you’re a man of sub- are making informed choices towards the sonal choices have changed with time, CAMPAIGN. THEY stance,” he said, adding that “Achievers society and their evolution. It’s indeed a of the best in the but also defined the ‘man of substance,’ are not necessarily defined by clothes.” brilliant shift and the show celebrated just country, for he who has evolved by accepting the cur- HAVE CONTRIBUTED Talking about how the fashion that. They are not just investing smartly improvises with every rent scenario and change in the society.” TO THE SOCIETY IN A sense in men has evolved, Sethi said that but also creating opportunities through take. His spontaneity With so many campaigns against GREAT WAY’ men haven’t been adventurous in the multiple start-ups.” makes the scene so the harassment and injustice towards past. However, today, they don’t just exciting and keeps you constantly on your toes. I had thoroughly enjoyed Real talent ON A SPANISH NOTE working with him in Ishqiya.’ —Vidya Balan While received the Best Actress Writer SALMAN RUSHDIE’s new novel is inspired by the classic Don Quixote Actress has been award for again, VINEET KUMAR was panish classic Don Quixote, which opioid crisis, cyber-spies and the end of roped in for filmmaker Rohit remains the most-translated book the world. Shetty given the Best Actor for Mukkabaaz at the Sin the world after the Bible, has Calling the book a perfect follow- ’s next, titled Sooryavanshi inspired a new novel by Man Booker on to the success of Rushdie’s 2017 starring actor Akshay Kumar. Critics’ Choice Film Awards Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie, novel The Golden House, the publish- Akshay wel- publisher Penguin Random House er’s Senior Commissioning Editor comed the actress. fter her victory at the Filmfare India announced. Manasi Subramaniam said that the “Welcome to our and Zee Cine Awards this year for The publisher in a statement author remains the master fabulist. her notable performance as a spy announced acquisition of the novel “In Quichotte, this rich epic of the cop universe A in Meghna Gulzar’s directorial Raazi, Quichotte which is expected to hit immigrant experience in modern Katrina Kaif... Our Alia Bhatt walked away with the Best Indian stands in August. America, we are delighted to see that Sooryavanshi Actress Award at the Critics’ Choice Inspired by the classic by the six- Rushdie is back — with his signature girl,” he wrote. Film Awards ceremony here. teenth century writer Miguel de dazzling prose — to tell the tale of the Filmmaker Alia, who opted for a denim jump- Cervantes, Rushdie’s Quichotte is the here and now within the realm that all suit for the gala, took to Instagram to story of “an ageing travelling salesman that could’ve been,” she said. , who share her look for the ceremony that who falls in love with a TV star and sets The book will be published under is bank rolling the film, shared a took place on Sunday. off to drive across America on a quest tragicomic tale is one of a deranged time Penguin’s imprint Hamish Hamilton, photograph of himself with Surekha Sikri, 74, was felicitated to prove himself worthy of her hand”. and deals, along the way, with father-son which has many distinguished titles in Akshay, Katrina and Shetty, cap- with Best Supporting Actress Award for The publisher said that the title’s relationships, sibling quarrels, racism, the literary fiction. —IANS tioned the image, “Welcoming the her portrayal of a nagging grandmoth- er in . While receiving the Sooryavanshi girl on board. award, she got a standing ovation from Releasing on Eid 2020!” the audience. Due to health reasons, she Best Actor: Akshay plays the role of Veer attended the event in a wheel chair. The Vineet Singh for Mukkabaaz presenters got off the stage to hand over Best Actress: MC Sher on highway to heaven Suryavanshi, who was introduced as an Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) the trophy to Surekha, who adorned a Alia Bhatt for Raazi green sari. oya Akhtar’s On the other hand, Zoya officer in a cameo in . Best Director: Bollywood’s first stuntwoman Sriram Raghavan for Andhadhun brought the growing Akhtar too reacted to the Reshma Pathan was honoured with the hip-hop culture in success of her last director- Best Supporting Actress: Z Extraordinary Achievement Award. India to the fore. While ial Gully Boy by saying that Nick, Priyanka Reshma is popularly known as the Surekha Sikri for Badhaai Ho! received while making a film, a film- Sholay girl as she had played Best song: glowing praise for his por- maker shouldn't look at the celebrate Easter ’s body-double Halla from Manmarziyaan trayal of Murad, a slum boy end result and should enjoy Actor NICK JONAS and wife and in the cult film. Best Film in Tamil: who uses rap as an outlet for the process of filmmaking. In the Best Actor (Male) Pariyerum Perumal his frustration, his mentor Zoya started 2019 on a actress category, Vineet Kumar MC Sher played by Siddhant positive note as both her Best Film in Malayalam: JONAS celebrated their first Easter bagged the golden trophy Chaturvedi came in for film and digital project Ee Ma Yau after marriage. for his role in praise for his rapping skills. Made in Heaven received a Mukkabaaz. Sriram Best Film in Gujarati: Siddhant’s fan-base has good response from the The two celebrated Easter in Tatvamasi Atlanta and shared photographs of Raghavan received the grown substantially since audience. Best Director Award Extraordinary the release of the film. And Talking about her forth- their family time with mother, for his thriller Achievement Award: now, according to a daily, coming projects, Zoya said, Denise Jonas on Instagram. Andhadhun, which Reshma Pathan producer Ritesh Sidhwani “It's been a good start. We The couple can be featured actors and Zoya are planning a are working on Made in seen with gift baskets in Ayushmann spin-off focused on MC Heaven season 2. We are Khurrana, and your love flow,” he added. Sher. also working on another one photograph as Radhika Apte. Music composer Amit “The film is entirely show. We are working on Priyanka hugs her After the win, Trivedi also bagged the based on Siddhant’s charac- two feature films with two mother-in-law while Vineet took to trophy for Best Song for ter and traces MC Sher’s other directors and we are Denise can be seen Instagram to thank fans Halla from Manmarziyaan journey to becoming a hero. working on Reema's (Kagti) happily dancing in a and the entire team of that starred Taapsee Pannu, This will also give the mak- and my next film. It's Mukkabaaz. Vicky Kaushal and Abhishek ers a chance to delve deep- action-packed writing hap- video. “This award means Bachchan. er into hip-hop culture and pening right now." While Nick so much to me and The gala was hosted by you can expect many engag- Talking about the suc- wrote: “Happy everyone who has actress Neha Dhupia but it ing rap battles,” says a cess of Gully Boy, which Easter to you and worked hard for was superstar Shah Rukh source. featured Ranveer Singh and yours! From me and Mukkabaaz. Thank you Khan who turned out as the Gully Boy was inspired Alia Bhatt in lead roles, so much Anurag surprise guest of the evening by Naezy, aka Naved Sheikh, Zoya said, “It feels good mine.” Kashyap (sir), Aanand and entertained the attendees who shot to fame with the when it does well at the box Priyanka cap- L Rai (sir), my co- with his humour and wit. song Aafat. office and when you have tioned the image, actors, all the boxers, In the videos from the On a show, Siddhant certain amount of critical “Happy Easter from my coaches and the extravaganza that have sur- also opened up about his appreciation. I feel you have entire team of faced online, SRK is seen first meeting with Zoya. “It to do something that you ours to yours.” Mukkabaaz,” h e speaking about the craft of cin- was at a party. I was danc- believe in and you have to On the work front, wrote. ema. ing to a Govinda song, do it as honestly and truth- Priyanka has wrapped “A n d l a s t b u t Celebrities like Zoya Tujhko Mirchi Lagi Toh to her and danced with her. Gully Boy, which also fully as you can and then, up filming The Sky is not least, all my Akhtar, Jackie Shroff, Aditi Main Kya Karoon. I was She was like, 'Hey, who are starred Alia Bhatt, crossed whatever happens, happens ` Pink, directed by friends and fans Rao Hydari, Rasika Dugal full-on and she saw me. you?' And I said I was an over 100 crore at the box for the best. You can't look who have been and Richa Chadha were also Then the DJ played Gallan actor on Inside Edge. She office in India and received at the end result. You have Shonali Bose. pouring their present. Goodiyaan from Dil asked me to come and audi- glowing reviews from both to just enjoy the process.” love on me... Let —IANS Dhadakne Do and I went up tion for Gully Boy,” he said. critics and the audience. —With inputs from IANS LUCKNOW | TUESDAY | APRIL 23, 2019 sport 15

Hockey coach Reid asks Gomathi wins India's first Gold players to put team first PTI n BENGALURU

ndia's newly-appointed men's hock- Iey chief coach Graham Reid on Monday took charge of the national in Asian Athletics C'ships camp and asked his players to put the team first in his maiden address to them. Reid, who arrived in Bengaluru on Marimuthu runs supreme in women’s 800m to win yellow metal; Shivpal wins Silver in Javelin April 20, got down to business on Monday, meeting players for the first PTI n DOHA time at the SAI Centre. "The turf here is world class. I nheralded Gomathi addressed the players when I arrived Marimuthu gave and expressed my expectations as one UIndia its first Gold unit, one team and that we always need medal in the women's 800m to put the team first," the 54-year-old race as the country added Australian said. four medals on the second "We also spoke about the impor- day of the Asian Athletics tance of trust and communication and Championships here on to make sure it is both ways," he said. Monday. Reid said the available talent in The 30-year-old India makes him optimistic about the Gomathi clocked a person- future. al best time of 2 minute 02.70 "I am really glad that I also got to play a four-match series against the seconds in the half mile Qatar won Gold with a world watch the 33 players from the Junior Australian national team as part of their event to win a surprise Gold leading time of 47.51 sec- Core Group and being part of the preparations for the FIH Men's Series for India. onds. National Trials this morning gives me Finals in Bhubaneswar. Shivpal Singh then In the women's 100m a good sense of the talent that is avail- "We extend a warm welcome to added a Silver in men's dash, Dutee bettered her able at the moment and it makes me feel Graham Reid on his arrival to India. javelin throw by sending the own national record of 11.28 very positive about the future," said Many players in the senior team are spear to a distance of seconds set on Sunday dur- Reid, a former player of the Australian already familiar with him due to his stint 86.23m, his personal best. In ing the heats by clocking national team. as coach during Hockey India League," the process, the 23-year-old 11.26 seconds while winning Reid's first big assignment as chief Hockey India President Mohd Shivpal also booked a berth her semifinal race on coach will be the upcoming FIH Men's Mushtaque Ahmad. for the World Monday. She is, however, Series Finals in Bhubaneswar, starting "The Australia tour will be an ideal Championships to be held at yet to touch the World June 6 where India will vie for top hon- ground for him to understand further the same venue in Championships qualifica- ours against Asian Games champions about the team and their temperament September-October as he tion mark of 11.24. Japan, Mexico, Poland, Russia, South and short comings ahead of the crucial crossed the qualifying mark However in the men's Africa, USA and . FIH Men's Series Finals in Bhubaneswar. of 83m. India's Gomathi Marimuthu, left, competes in the women's 800-meters race final; Jabir Madari Palliyalil celebrates with his national flag after winning the 400m, India suffered set- The Indian team will go for on an We wish him the very best in his new Jabir Madari Palliyalil bronze medal in the men's 400-meters hurdles; Saritaben Laxmanbhai Gayakwad rests after racing in the women's 400-meters hurdles final AP backs as defending champi- exposure tour to Perth, Australia role with the Indian Men's Hockey and Saritaben Gayakwad on Muhammed Anas and between May 6 and May 18 where it will Team," he added. bagged a Bronze each in Sprinter Dutee Chand finish third in women's sonal best of 49.13 seconds. World Championships qual- last edition silver winner men's and women's 400m also shared some of the lime- 400m hurdles, behind In the process, the 22- ifying mark is 49.30 seconds. Arokia Rajiv failed to win a hurdles respectively to swell light as she smashed her Vietnam's Quach The Lan year-old Jabir joined nation- Dharun, who set a new medal. the Indian medal tally. own national record in 100m (56.10) and Bahrain's al record holder Dharun national record of 48.80 dur- Rajiv finished fourth With the four medals on dash for the second time in Aminat Yusuf Jamal (56.39). Ayyasamy as the second ing the Federation Cup last with a personal best time of Bajrang, Sakshi to lead Monday, India's medal tally two days. His male counterpart Indian to qualify for the month, missed this Asian 45.37 seconds while Anas, stood at 1 Gold, 3 Silver and The first Indian medal of Jabir then added a Bronze by World Championships 400m Championships due to who has been struggling 5 Bronze. India had won 2 the second day came from running the third fastest hurdles event to be held at injury. after a leg injury in an acci- Silver and 3 Bronze on the 24-year-old Gayakwad who men's 400m hurdles by an the same venue in Pre-race favourite dent last year, ended at eighth India's challenge first day on Sunday. clocked 57.22 seconds to Indian as he clocked a per- September-October. The Abderrehman Samba of with a time of 46.10 seconds. PTI n XI'AN In the same competi- National champion tion, Bajrang, who was Amit Dhankar will partic- lympic Bronze competing in men's 65kg ipate in men's 74kg in the Omedallist Sakshi category, clinched a Gold. absence of two-time Kavinder stuns world champ, Panghal beats Dusmatov Malik and World No 1 Sakshi, the Bronze Olympic medallist Sushil Bajrang Punia will spear- winner at the Rio Kumar, who decided to head India's campaign at Olympics, also settled for give the Championship a PNS n NEW DELHI maiden Asian championship after Afghanistan's Ramish the Asian Wrestling a Silver, in women's 65kg, miss. medal. Rahmani gave him a walkover Championships starting while Pooja Dhanda won Dhankar is a former avinder Singh Bisht (56kg) Panghal, who claimed a Bronze owing to injury. on Tuesday. the yellow metal in Asian Wrestling Kupstaged reigning world cham- in the 2015 edition of the event, However, world championship Besides Sakshi and women's 59kg category. Championship Gold pion Kairat Yeraliyev, while Amit also secured a hard-fought 3-2 tri- Bronze-medallist Lovlina Bajrang, Vinesh Phogat is At the Asian medallist at the 2013 New Panghal (52kg) edged past famil- umph over Dusmatov, the former Borgohain (69kg) bowed out of another big names who Championships, Sakshi Delhi edition. iar foe and Olympic champion world champion Uzbek he defeat- contention after a quarterfinal loss would be vying for top will go back to her 62kg Rahul Aware, the Hasanboy Dusmatov, assuring ed to claim the Asian Games Gold to reigning world champion Chen honours during the mega- category, while Navjot wrestler from themselves of medals at the Asian just a few months ago. Nien-Chin of Taiwan. event. Kaur will represent India Maharashtra, is making a Championships in Before that, the two boxers had In another women's bout, Vinesh will hope to in women's 65kg. comeback to the Indian Bangkok on Monday. also clashed in the world champi- Seema Poonia (+81kg) lost to give a good account of Pooja Dhanda will team and will compete in In the women's draw, world onship quarters where Dusmatov China's Yang Xiaoli 5-0, ending herself in the women's fight in 57kg in this tour- men's 61kg weight divi- Silver-medallist Sonia Chahal had emerged triumphant. another disappointing internation- 53kg — a relatively new nament. sion. (57kg) advanced to the last-four Sonia too fetched a similarly al outing for her. Poonia had got a weight category for her. Asian Games Bronze In men's freestyle, stage at the continental show- close victory over Korea's Jo Son bye into the quarters. She had competed for medallist Divya Kakran Praveen Rana (79kg) and piece. Hwa. In the last Indian bout of the the first time in that cate- will return to competitive Satyavrat Kadian (97kg) Bisht clinched a split verdict Also making the semis was day, Rohit Tokas (64kg) fought hard gory at the UWW Dan wrestling having recov- are other key wrestlers over Yeraliyev, who hails from national champion Deepak Singh but could not avert a 2-3 loss to Kolov-Nikola Petrov tour- ered from an ankle injury from India who are , in a high-intensity (49kg), who did not have to step Mongolia's Chinzorig Baatarsukh nament in Bulgaria and and is all set to compete in expected to finish on the contest to assure himself of a inside the ring to fight for the spot in the quarterfinals. had bagged a Silver medal. women's 68kg category. podium. Former foes unite to lead Mbappe flattens Monaco in title party France into Fed Cup final

AFP n PARIS Garcia, her country's top play- AFP n PARIS offside, meaning that PSG's famed knock to his left ankle. er. front three are back together follow- PSG took the field wearing a shirt rance set up a Fed Cup final "Every match was incredi- eymar joined the Paris Saint- ing months apart. with a large image of Notre Dame Fagainst Australia on Sunday ble," said Benneteau. "I am so NGermain title party on Sunday Mbappe has thrived in the replacing the usual sponsor's when Caroline Garcia and proud of them. It was always my when he made his first appearance absence of his strike partners, and gave logo."Notre-Dame" replaced the play- Kristina Mladenovic, who once intention to put them together since January as Kylian Mbappe swept his side a 2-0 first-half lead with two er names on the back of the shirts. The were barely on speaking terms, — and it was not hard to do." aside Monaco with a hat-trick in a 3- neat finishes, the first coming in the iconic Paris cathedral was damaged in teamed-up to crown a 3-2 vic- Earlier on Sunday, French 1 win for the newly-crowned Ligue 1 15th minute and the second seven a spectacular blaze last Monday. Sissoko likely to tory over Romania. Open champion Halep won champions. minutes before the break after a The club said that they would put Former Roland Garros her second singles of the week- Mbappe took his league tally for beautiful pass from Dani Alves. a limited edition of the shirts on sale miss Ajax opener doubles champions Garcia and end, seeing off Garcia 6-7 (6/8), the season to 30 following his treble, The World Cup winner then put on line during the match for 100 euros Mladenovic beat Simona Halep 6-3, 6-4 for a 2-1 lead in the which came just hours after PSG were the three points beyond doubt when each. The club said the money "will AFP n LONDON and Monica Niculescu 5-7, 6-3, semi-final. crowned champions for the sixth he tapped in Alves' low cross nine be donated to associations related to 6-4 to secure the winning point Veteran Pauline Parmentier time in seven years when closest chal- minutes after the break. firefighters". ottenham Hotspur suffered a and a final date against Australia then beat a hobbling Irina- lengers Lille dropped points. Aleksandr Golovin rolled home a The club also posted a "Hommage Tfresh blow to their Champions in November. Camelia Begu 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 to Neymar's return at the start of the consolation for the away side, who to Notre Dame" video on their web League hopes on Monday when Victory was a diplomatic pull France level. second half replacing Layvin Kurzawa remain in trouble in 16th place and site in which players praised the Moussa Sissoko appeared to be ruled coup for France coach Julien In a tense deciding rubber, is the cherry on the cake for Thomas are only four points away from the rel- team-work of the Paris fire brigade out of the first leg of their semi-final Benneteau who teamed up Halep, whose doubles ranking Tuchel's side, who had been without egation play-off spot. brate the title after missing chances to and made a gesture that imitates the against Ajax. Garcia and Mladenovic for the is in the 400s, committed a dou- the Brazilian superstar since January On Sunday afternoon Lille ended seal it in their previous matches. two famous towers that form part of The midfielder, one of first time in Fed Cup since 2016 ble fault to concede the break in 23 with a right foot injury. their challenge with a goalless draw at The Parisians have struggled with the cathedral's facade. Tottenham's outstanding players this after which the pair had a bit- the ninth game of the final set Edinson Cavani also returned to Toulouse that left them 16 points key injuries in recent weeks and they The club said it was also using season, suffered a groin injury in the ter falling out which led to a self- before Garcia held her nerve to action as a second half substitute, hav- behind PSG with only five games to lost Italian international midfielder Sunday's game to thank the firefight- return leg of the quarter-final tie at imposed Fed Cup exile for serve out the victory. ing a late strike correctly ruled out for play and allowed capital club to cele- Marco Verratti with what looks like a ers. Manchester City and Spurs manag- er Mauricio Pochettino believes he will not be fit for another two weeks. That would rule Sissoko out of LOCAL EVENTS the north London club's home leg Davies sets top four target for Spurs against Dutch giants Ajax on April 30, HOCKEY CAMP six wickets in a league match of with Tottenham already missing As many as 25 probables the 1st Gaurav Mehta Memorial South Korea star Son Heung-min have been selected for the Cricket Tournament at Multi AFP n LONDON Sunday, Tottenham remain Demanding Tottenham won all three of their match- through suspension. training camp of the Uttar Activity Centre on Monday. third, but they will drop to display a more predatory es at the $1 billion arena, scor- Son has been a key man for Spurs Pradesh team, which will take BRIEF SCORES: en Davies has challenged fourth if Chelsea defeat instinct in front of goal after ing seven goals and conced- while England captain Harry Kane part in the 9th Hockey India MCA: 137 (Rohit Kumar 58, BTottenham to win their Burnley on Monday. missing a host of chances in ing none. has been sidelined with an ankle Sub-Junior Men’s National Ayushi 25, Vikas 24; Prabhat last four Premier League With the race to qualify the City defeat, Davies said: "It will be tough, they are injury. Hockey Championship at 19/3, Yash 17/2, Tushar 39/2) games as they aim to get for next season's Champions "It's always hard to see any fighting for every- "Moussa Sissoko is not going to Raipur from May 11. MSC: 138 (Shivam 70, Vipin their top four push back on League heating up, positives straight after a thing and they be fit, maybe for the next two weeks, PROBABLES: Ali Khan, 22; Harsh 42/2) track against Brighton on Tottenham defender Davies defeat. will go the full 90 we hope he can recover before but I Prateek, Talmizur, Mohd Haris, Tuesday. knows his team have no mar- "We certainly created minutes to try to am not so optimistic," Pochettino said Manoj Yadav, Siddhant Singh, ANJANEY SHINES Mauricio Pochettino's gin for error in their remain- the chances but unfortu- get something out ahead of Tuesday's Premier League Satyam Yadav, Chandan Yadav, Anjaney Pandey’s allround side suffered a setback in ing fixtures. nately we didn't take them of the game. We match at home to Brighton. Rajesh Yadav, Ankit Singh, show, 59 runs and 3 wickets, their bid to repeat their league Davies believes only four this time. have to be ready," "Harry Winks we don't know Amir Ali, Sandeep Pathak, helped Soni Cricket Academy finish for a fifth straight sea- successive victories will be "That's the difference Davies said. because it is a problem that is one day Shanu Khan, Deepak Patel, beat Kalyanpur Strikers in a son when they were beaten 1- enough to secure Tottenham's between this game and "We've played well at the very good, next day not very good, Ajay Yadav, Ankit Prajapati, league match of the 15th BBD 0 at Manchester City at the place in Europe's elite club Wednesday night, we were a new stadium so far and we it is about assessing each day. Nagendra Kumar, Arun ‘D’ League at RB Tiwari weekend. competition. bit more clinical." need to keep that momentum "We hope he will be available for Sahani, Saurabh Anand, Sujit Stadium on Monday. It was a frustrating end to "It's never easy to reflect Brighton are desperate going for the rest of the sea- Tuesday but we are not sure." Kumar, Mohd Jaid, Nitish BRIEF SCORES: a memorable week that saw but look, it's about kicking on for points as they battle to son." Brighton are just one There are also doubts over the fit- Bhardwaj, Prashant Shukla, SCA: 191 (Anjaney 69, Nimay Tottenham reach the and trying to win every game avoid relegation, but Davies place and three points above ness of France goalkeeper Hugo Adnan, Noor Yusuf. 30, Aayush 30; Aditya 42/2, Champions League semi- between now and the end of hopes the feelgood factor the relegation zone after Lloris, with Pochettino saying: "Lloris Aryan 9/2) finals with a dramatic away the season," Davies said. from Tottenham's new stadi- Saturday's 0-0 draw at Wolves. I hope yes, we are going to assess, we MEDHAJ CLUB WIN KS: Utsav 30, Ayansh 29; goals success at City. "That's the target and it um will continue to provide Chris Hughton's side haven't have a training session and we hope Medhaj Sports Club defeat- Anjaney 23/3, Sundram 19/2, Aided by Arsenal's sur- starts against Brighton on a welcome lift. won in their last six matches it is not a big issue, we hope he is ed Multi Cricket Academy by Ayush 26/2). prise loss to Crystal Palace on Tuesday." Pochettino's men have in all competitions. going to be available." 16

LUCKNOW | TUESDAY | APRIL 23, 2019 LEADERBOARD RUNS 517 David Warner (SRH) WICKETS 23 Kagiso Rabada (DC) 6S 496 IF MS HAS A FEELING THAT HE'S GOING TO WIN IT THIS WAY, I'M 4S 1117 GOING TO BACK HIM EVERY TIME { — STEPHEN FLEMING } Rahane’s ton in vain ...as Pant helps Delhi beat Rajasthan by six wickets

PTI n JAIPUR Unfazed by the sight of pacer Kagiso Rabada steaming ishabh Pant (78) and in, he smoked the South RShikhar Dhawan (54) African's short of a length deliv- slammed half-centuries to help ery down the ground for anoth- Delhi Capitals beat Rajasthan er maximum. BCCI shifts IPL Royals by six wickets in the He reached his fifty by dis- Indian Premier League here patching Chris Morris over the Monday. mid-wicket for a four and cele- final to Hyderabad Sent into bat, Rajasthan brated it with fist pumps. A flur- Royals scored 191 for six in the ry of boundaries followed as PTI n NEW DELHI he added. stipulated 20 overs, and then, Rahane galloped along to bring The three stands make up Delhi Capitals chased down the up his second IPL hundred, the he Indian Premier League for more than 12,000 tickets target with four balls to spare. first coming seven years ago. He Tfinal scheduled on May 12 and BCCI would have lost out Earlier, blending panache raised his bat to acknowledge the was on Monday shifted from on a few crores of gate money. with power, Ajinkya Rahane applause from the crowd and his Chennai to Hyderabad after The stands have remained roared back to form with a dugout that was as relieved as the the Tamil Nadu Cricket closed since 2012 save one scintillating century. batsman himself. Association (TNCA) failed to international match between Rahane remained not out Meanwhile, Smith, who get requisite permission from India and Pakistan when an on 105 off 63 balls, decorating replaced Rahane as captain the government to open the exception was made. his knock with three sixes and 11 hours before the start of their last three closed stands. Asked if all the knock-out fours, while Steve Smith con- match against Mumbai Indians, While the Chennai Super matches' ticket sales are BCCI's tributed 50 off 32 deliveries. struck medium pacer Sherfane Kings still have a chance to play prerogative, why was Qualifier Asked to bat after Shreyas Rutherford for three consecutive Qualifier 1 at home if they fin- 1 allotted to Chennai, Rai rea- Iyer called correctly at the toss, boundaries to score his second ish among the top two teams in soned: "CSK, by virtue of being Rahane spearheaded Rajasthan successive half century of the the league but the Eliminator defending champions, were Royals' innings after getting a life season. (May 8) and Qualifier 2 (May allotted the Qualifier 1 and on 16, the culprit being Ishant And even as Smith and Ben 10) has been shifted to final. Now if they finish in top Sharma, who dropped a sitter at Stokes gout out in quick succes- Visakhapatnam. two, you cannot take away all sort fine-leg. The drop hurt the sion, Rahane was going strong, "We had to shift the match- the games. They deserve to get visitors, but Delhi did well to swiftly hitting Morris for a es from Chennai to Hyderabad at least one of the knock-out prevent RR from going past 200. boundary over mid-off. At the after TNCA intimated us that games." Entering the game with over other end, Ashton Turner fell for they have not procured the req- Hyderabad only got the 650 runs against Delhi in the a third golden duck. uisite permission to open the final and not the Eliminator or league, Rahane chose his BRIEF SCORES: three stands I, J and K," Qualifier because of the gener- favourite opponents to find Rajasthan Royals: 191/6 in 20 Committee of Administrators al elections in the Cyber city on form, and when he walked back overs (Ajinkya Rahane 105 not (CoA) chief Vinod Rai said on May 6, 8 and 10. to the dressing room, he had gance written all over it. the Sawai Man Singh Stadium, out, Steve Smith 50; Kagiso Monday. The first three-team mini over 750 to his name. Stripped of captaincy last which had a dash of pink. Rabada 2/37). "Since the gate sales of the women's IPL will be held from To start with, Rahane drove week following a string of poor Seeing the flight early, Delhi Capitals: 193/4 in 19.2 knock-out matches is BCCI's May 6-10 in Jaipur with a new Ishant through a crowded off- results, the 30-year-old went Rahane danced down the crowd overs (Rishabh Pant 78 not out, prerogative, we had to take a team Velocity being added to side field for a boundary, a shot into attack mode and smashed to hoist's Axar ball over him and Shikhar Dhawan 54; Shreyas call. We would be having two the existing Trailblazers and that had his characteristic ele- Axar Patel for a six and a four at into the sightscreen. Gopal 2/47). knock-out matches in Vizag," Supernovas. MI release players ‘SRH will badly miss Up Next to manage workload Warner, Bairstow’ CSK, SRH AIM TO SORT PTI n HYDERABAD IANS n NEW DELHI avid Warner and Jonny Bairstow have OUT BATTING WOES umbai Indians have released all Dbeen primarily guiding Sunrisers Mthe players for four days to Hyderabad to victories in the ongoing IPL and Live on Star Sports 1& 2 HEAD ensure that they relax, spend time captain Kane Williamson says the departure TO with their families and return strong of the two openers will be a huge loss to the HEAD for the business end of the tourna- side. M 11 ment. With the 2019 World Cup With the CSK vs SRH CSK 8 starting just after the 12th edition of ODI World Cup CHENNAI the IPL, India skipper Virat Kohli scheduled to TUESDAY | 8:00 PM SRH 3 had time and again spoken about the start on May 30, need for players to be smart and the two prolific manage their workload well to stay batsmen will be PTI n CHENNAI fresh for the showpiece event. leaving the IPL Never expected The only team in the competi- mid-way owing he wretched form of tion apart from Chennai to have to national duty. TChennai Super Kings' top three Indian players who will be "Without a three will be primary worry Dhoni to miss that headed to the World Cup — Rohit doubt Warner for Mahendra Singh Dhoni as Sharma, Hardik Pandya and Jasprit and Bairstow Chennai Super Kings aims to Bumrah — the MI franchise made will be big loss- arrest the mini-slide when last ball: Parthiv the move keeping in mind the inter- es, they are they take on Sunrisers est of the players and the need to world class play- Hyderabad in an Indian PTI n BENGALURU keep them fresh not just for the sec- ers. We knew at Premier League encounter at ond half of the IPL, but also for the the start of the Chepauk on Tuesday. MS Dhoni chats with Sunrisers players after SRH beat CSK on 17th April IPL/Twitter arthiv Patel, the man whose direct World Cup. tournament that we will lose them at the back If CSK's problem is the Phit gave Royal Challengers As per the sources, the manage- end of the tournament and new guys will come non-performance of the top- effort to pull off another finish more matches," Dhoni Bangalore an improbable one-run ment decided to release the players in then," Williamson said. order, Sunrisers Hyderabad's miraculous chase has been the said after CSK's one-run loss win over Chennai Super Kings, said after their game against Rajasthan Warner and Bairstow are currently sitting issues are that there are no talking point, it is difficult not to RCB. he was left quite surprised when Royals on April 20 and the players at the first and second spots respectively in the performers in the middle- to shed light on the poor Back at its den after a Mahendra Singh Dhoni missed hitting will reunite in Chennai on April 25 leading run-scorers' list in the IPL, and their order with bulk of the runs show of CSK's top three which schedule of away games, the last ball of the cliffhanger. before the game against CSK. We have the likes of Quinton de formidable partnership at the top of the order being scored by openers is putting the skipper under Dhoni's men will be slight Patel wasn't expecting a maraud- "Players are the priority and the Kock, Lasith Malinga and other has been the biggest reason behind Sunrisers' David Warner (517 runs) and unimaginable pressure. favourites as it will be ing Dhoni to miss Umesh Yadav's only instruction to the boys was that players as well who will be playing five wins this season so far. Jonny Bairstow (445 runs). Last season's hero Shane Bairstow's last game for the slower delivery before his direct throw whatever you do, don't get anywhere the World Cup. The idea is to man- Warner, the top-scorer this season with A win will almost ensure Watson (147 runs), Ambati last year's runners-up as he sealed it for the home team on Sunday. near a bat or ball. They should age their workload in such a man- 517 runs at an average of 73.85 and a stagger- a play-off berth for the Rayudu (192) and Suresh heads back to England for Dhoni scored 24 off the first five unwind, relax, switch off and focus ner that they can give it their best ing strike rate of 148.56 from nine games defending champions, who Raina (207) haven't lived up to World Cup preparations. balls of the final over before missing on enjoying the four-day break," the when they play in the showpiece including six half-centuries and a ton, will lost back-to-back away match- expectations. The pressure The Chepauk pitch has the last ball. A scramble for one run source said. event. While the foreign players depart for Australia by the end of April. es against Sunrisers has been entirely on Dhoni, been sluggish in the games ended in Parthiv's direct throw leav- Asked if the move was aimed at have mostly gone to Chennai direct- Bairstow, who is at second position with Hyderabad and Royal who leads the charts with played so far and coach ing Shardul Thakur short of his keeping the Indian boys fresh for the ly and are enjoying there with their 445 runs, including a century, from the same Challengers Bangalore respec- 314 runs and the batting unit Stephen Fleming attributed it crease. World Cup, the source said: "Not just families, the Indian players have number of matches at a strike rate of 158.36, tively. needs to step up. to being one of the reasons for "We honestly wanted him (Dhoni) the likes of Rohit, Bumrah or Hardik. headed home." will leave for England after Tuesday's match. While Dhoni's Herculean "The top three needs to top-order's poor show. to hit through the off-side on the shorter side of the ground. If he had hit it on the leg-side, there were two runs because I don't think the way he runs, there was any chance of stopping Good to be World Cup underdogs: Sarfaraz Hassan and Asghar named those two," an elated Patel said at the post-match press conference. AFP n LONDON "we have, we will", citing the "So we wanted (Umesh) to bowl team's previous glories. in Afghan WC squad slower and outside the off-stump and akistan captain Sarfaraz Along with the Champions surprisingly he missed it. I wasn't PAhmed said on Monday that Trophy two years ago, Pakistan PTI n KABUL expecting him to miss it but surpris- being underdogs in next month's won the 1992 World Cup and the ingly he missed it," he said. World Cup eases the pressure on 2009 World Twenty20. acer Hamid Hassan Patel said if Dhoni is around then his young team, who leave for the "I think these are exciting Pand former captain 70 to 80 runs in the last five overs is tournament this week. times for Pakistan cricket and for Asghar Afghan were on always gettable at the Chinnaswamy. Pakistan will play three warm- the team," said Mickey Arthur, Monday named in "Playing in Bangalore or Mumbai, up matches before taking on joint- who took over as head coach in Afghanistan's 15-strong you know that 70 runs in the last five hosts England in a five-match one- May 2016. World Cup squad head- overs is gettable. You need at least day series and a Twenty20. "We leave on a journey for lined by IPL stars Rashid have 80-90 runs to get in last five The 1992 World Cup winners which we have worked really Khan and Mohammad overs to defend. So, we wanted to start their campaign against the hard," he said, adding that they Nabi. squeeze him. West Indies in Nottingham on have "a good team, both in talent Gulbadin Naib will "We wanted to bowl as many dot May 31. and attitude". lead the side which also balls to him as possible, and put pres- Sarfraz he would prefer his "The initial thing is to quali- features Mohammad sure on other batsmen because every- side to go into the tournament fy for the last four and take it from Shahzad and spinner body knows how MS is. He wanted under the radar. there, so I think we have the poten- Mujeeb ur Rahman. credit. which starts May 30 in the game to go down to last three-four "Look, when we go as the squad before the competition. who have won all six of their pre- tial to certainly go all the way but Afghan was removed as "We selected the best the United Kingdom. overs and he almost won the game," favourites, then it's a problem, but The high-voltage clash vious World Cup clashes. before that we have to play very captain in all formats squad considering factors "The mission is to said Patel. if we go as underdogs then other between arch-rivals Pakistan and But Pakistan took the well," South African Arthur added. earlier this year. such as experience, fit- play inspirational cricket The wicketkeeper-batsman scored teams feel the danger, so I think India scheduled for Manchester on Champions Trophy against India Pakistan have named two Hassan has been ness, team balance, cur- in the tournament; I his second half-century of the season being underdogs is good for us and June 16 promises to be one of the in 2017 with a stunning 180-run extra players in their squad for the recalled after nearly a rent form & know there are strong and said that coach Gary Kirsten's eases the pressure," Sarfraz told a most tense of the tournament. victory in the final. five-match one-day series against three-year hiatus. conditions,"chief selec- teams but we will do our advice of choosing the correct bowlers press conference in Lahore before But Sarfraz played down the "We have beaten India in a England, with paceman However, his fitness tor, Dawlat Khan level best to achieve our was key to his success. they depart for England on hype, saying all games are impor- bigger event recently so we will Mohammad Amir and batsman remains under scrutiny Ahmadzai said in a state- goals," he said. "Before the game started, I was Tuesday. tant. have that advantage," said Sarfraz. Asif Ali in addition to the 15 for after he had been laid low ment. Ikram Alikhil, Karim talking to Gary and he said 'you don't Sarfraz, 31, was among five "For us all nine matches are the World Cup. by a thigh injury. The 31- Ahmadzai said the Janat and Sayed Shirzad have worry of anything you need to key players rested for the white- important so we will take every ‘WE HAVE, WE WILL' But they have until May 23 to year-old has represented side will aim to play were named the three choose your bowlers' and that is wash ODI series defeat by match as a match against India," He said the theme of finalise their squad for the tourna- Afghanistan in 32 ODIs inspirational cricket dur- designated reserves by exactly what I did," said Patel. Australia last month to freshen up he said of Pakistan's bitter rivals — Pakistan's World Cup mission is ment. with 56 wickets to his ing the tournament the committee.