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galaxy of political per- ,-  -,  <51 prominent Muslim faces and  P $  BJP Government, Jaitley wrote Asonalities, cor- Labpur MLA Monirul Islam to the Modi saying he would porate honchos, film day after saying that she joined the BJP on Wednesday. $%  not like to take ministerial stars, Chief Ministers, Awill attend Prime She tweeted, responsibilities in his new and heads of BIM- Minister ’s “Congratulations, new Prime ",     Government on account of his STEC countries will watch     R swearing-in ceremony, Bengal Minister Narendra Modiji. It health conditions. President Mamata was my plan to accept ‘con-   45: Jaitley posted on administer the oath of office     Banerjee did an about-turn. stitutional invitation’ and Twitter the letter he wrote to and secrecy to 68-year-old Her decision comes in the attend the oath-taking cere- rime Minister-designate Modi requesting recusal from Narendra Modi and his minis- wake of the BJP inviting saf- mony. However, in the last PNarendra Modi being a part of the terial colleagues at the forecourt fron supporters whose kin one hour, I am seeing media called on senior new NDA of majestic Rashtrapati Bhavan 1 O  %    :* / 0 0   +   1 were allegedly murdered by reports that the BJP is claim- party leader Arun Government. on Thursday. % + #0* # (/ > *     #4  * # Trinamool Congress workers. ing 54 people have been mur- Jaitley at his resi- Jaitley said soon “This is for the first time 4  ** # *  1 /  * /#30#   About 54 “special invitees” dered in political violence in dence late on after BJP won a that 8,000 guests will be attend-   +        %   & */   / 0/*   from a various villages of the Bengal. Wednesday massive majority in ing the swearing-in ceremony *  * *1 /   #/*    State on Wednesday left for This is completely evening and asked the just-concluded that will be held from 7 pm to /  *      #3  ###> + **0 Delhi by Rajdhani Express. untrue. There have been no him to reconsider elections, 8.30 pm on Thursday,” said (     * ( * O -/ * ##>  4 +    0  Meanwhile, one of TMC’s political murders in Bengal. his earlier decision he informed Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesper-  0E    # / **   % + +  #   *   to opt out of the Modi orally about son Ashok Malik. The swear-    * ( * O 0E        * the day written a letter to the Sabha seat in last month’s elec- Cabinet on health ground. his intentions of taking time ing-in ceremony will last about Prime Minister that tion, the leader said on On the eve of the swear- out for treatment of an undis- 90 minutes and after that a din-  #  % #   1 01 + *  #* + *#  jhe would not be able to take Wednesday. ing-in ceremony of the new closed illness. ner will be served to around 40 #* 00   #   *  *   0# 0  % Government responsibilities dignitaries, including Vice # *  ++ +  #*  / 0&1 *   ##/  on account of his health con- President M Venkaiah Naidu 3  # /  *& /D %   0* 0   #*  0  N4#   C ditions. :((0 04  * / 0  * E0      %+ +# N( $%     and the Prime Minister, besides On the eve of the leaders of all BIMSTEC (Bay of  -  50 * + *+* 0  + %  %  4#C   D  Government formation, sus- Bengal Initiative for Multi- # /  *   0   0 #  *  *8   pense mounted on who all will Sectoral Technical and  *  +   get the Big Four berths — Economic Cooperation) coun- Home, Finance, Defence and    . tries, said Malik. tions for Dal Raisina started on Lankan President Maithripala Gandhi and UPA chairperson External Affairs — as sources He said it will be the biggest Tuesday and it will be served to Sirisena, and Prime Minister of Sonia Gandhi, besides former maintained that “non-per- event held in Rashtrapati foreign delegates in a dinner to Nepal K P Sharma Oli too have Prime Minister Manmohan forming Ministers” of previous    leader of the House, the Chief Bhavan ever. About 4,500-5,000 be hosted by the President,” the confirmed their attendance. Singh will attend the event, regimes may be dropped. Minister will remain present guests have attended such cer- spokesperson said. President of Myanmar U party sources said. Arvind Sawant, Shiv Sena hief Minister Naveen during the occasion. So, Chief emonies earlier. There will be Leaders of all BIMSTEC Win Myint and Bhutanese The hectic consultations MP from Mumbai South, will CPatnaik will not be attend- Minister Naveen Patnaik is not light snacks for the guests like countries have confirmed their Prime Minister Lotay Tshering were on for the Cabinet for- be sworn in as Union Minister ing the swearing-in ceremony able to visit Delhi tomorrow to paneer tikka, the official said. participation. too have confirmed their atten- mation as Prime Minister on Thursday, a senior party of Prime Minister Narendra attend the swearing-in cere- “Dal Raisina, a speciality of Mauritius Prime Minister dance. From Thailand, its reached out and met senior leader said. Modi on Thursday as newly- mony of Prime Minister and Rashtrapati Bhavan’s kitchen, is Pravind Kumar Jugnauth and Special Envoy Grisada BJP colleague to He will replace Anant elected MLAs in the State will his Council of Ministers,” an cooked for about 48 hours. Its Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Boonrach will represent the persuade him to reconsider his Geete, the lone Sena Minister in take oath on the same day. official communication issued main ingredients are brought Jeenbekov, President of country at the ceremony. decision to opt out of the the previous Government, “The newly elected mem- by the CMO said on from Lucknow. The prepara- Bangladesh Abdul Hamid, Sri Congress president Rahul Cabinet. Jaitley had earlier in who lost from the Raigad Lok bers of the 16th Vidhan Sabha will take oath tomorrow. As Wednesday.          (% ) 

                             resident Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister-         Pdesignate Narendra Modi and many other       dignitaries on Wednesday congratulated Naveen     Patnaik after he was sworn in as Chief Minister           for a record fifth consecutive term. The President spoke to Patnaik over phone the Centre for ’s progress.”     many terms. conveying his good wishes to him and his entire BJP leader Dharmendra Pradhan too con- After taking oath, Patnaik team for the development of the State. gratulated the Chief Minister for his record feat. JD supremo Naveen Tweeted, “It’s a nostalgic and Modi in a Twit said, “Wishing Patnaik and Patnaik thanked the President, Modi and BPatnaik was sworn in as the personal journey for me to his Council of Ministers in fulfilling aspirations everyone else for their support and good Chief Minister of the State for reminiscence the past 19 years. of people. Assured complete cooperation from wishes. a fifth consecutive term in a Today, while I take oath of grand ceremony held at the office for the 5th term, I Idco Exhibition Ground here humbly accept the responsi- on Wednesday. bility that comes with the faith    Besides, 11 Cabinet my 4.5 crore family members Ministers and nine Ministers of (the State’s population) have State were also administered reposed on me, yet again”.    !"# $"# oath of office and secrecy by Patnaik’s elder brother Governor Prof . Prem Patnaik and sister Gita $%$#"& '("#  )$! " Patnaik became third in Mehta, MLAs, industrialists the five-term Chief Ministers’ and many SHG women were    Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik retained Home, General club of the country. Earlier, present among about 10,000- distributed portfolios among Administration and Public and Pawan stong crowd. man Sanjeev Puri, Tata Steel Puneet Dalmia of OCL, ologist Dr Ramakant Panda, Dr oon after his Ministers’ the Cabinet Ministers and Grievance Departments with Chamling had served West Among others, industrial- TV Narendran, Tech Mahindra Sangeeta Reddy of Apollo TP Das and Sswearing-in on Wednesday, Ministers of State while he him. Bengal and Sikkim, respec- ists MD CP Gurnani, Mind Group, PV Venkat Ramraja of sDr Subrat Acharya attended tively, as Chief Minister for as and Naveen Jindal, ITC chair- Tree chairman KK Natrajan, Ramco Group, eminent cardi- the function. )  %  > #*    !/# > *   4+  + % ##  0*

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D      #+   *&  ** the motorbike by which they Brajrajnagar SDPO NC Ramachandra Das. The injured and relief distribution in the sation like Cesu, NDRF, police- Under the banner of the %  **     **&1    * / # were going was hit by a coal- Dandsena said a compensation persons were shifted to the affected areas. men and fire personnel, who Mahuda Pharmacy College ++#  * **  *  # * ##3 & laden truck on National of Rs 1 lakh would be given by District Headquarters Hospital The association supported were carrying out restoration Bachao Milit Manch, repre- Highway-49 near Pipilimal in the truck owner to the at Baripada. All the victims the Khordha district adminis- works. sentatives of organisations like  (9&,  P  Jharsuguda district early in deceased’s family members. were going to attend a marriage tration in restoration of elec- NYCA president Dr Manav Adhidkar Suraksha )$'; 1   % the morning. In another incident, two engagement ceremony. tricity and providing drinking Prakash Chandra Panigrahi led Manch, Ganjam Zilla Bikash :* =:? 0 *0 The deceased were going to persons were killed and seven In the third mishap, a per- water and other necessities to a team consisting of general sec- Manch, Bharat Bikash   O   0    Kudaloi village from Belpahar others injured when a four- son died while 10 others sus- affected people. retary Biswajit Patnaik and Parishad, Lok Shakti Abhiyan,    #* 0  when the tragedy took place. wheeler by which they were tained injuries when a four- It also tried to stop black- members Prakash Chandra Indian Citizens’ Action for /  1*   While the driver of the truck travelling hit a roadside electric wheeler they were travelling in marketing of essential com- Sahu, Sisir Kumar Maharana, Nation and Teachers’ %*/G00 %  fled the spot, the Belpahar pole near Khirpada Chhak on overturned near Budring Ghat modities. Govind Biswal, Arjun Dehuri, Association met the RDC on     +   police seized the vehicle. the Baisinga-Manatri road in in Gajapati district. The injured NYCA members distrib- Batakrushna Panda and media the latter’s invitation.   %  & *;; Later, locals blocked the Mayurbhanj district. were admitted to a nearby hos- uted breads, bananas, curd, cell secretary Sukant Rout for Discussions were held on    **  NH demanding compensation The deceased were identi- pital. water bottles, biscuits and other the relief operation. issues of alleged mismanage- /  0*0 ment of the college and court’s  %*/  ##/   %/ :%   recent order for freezing /% &:- #->( #*>(4(  * accounts of the college and the      &   $  %# &# GPCDA bank accounts. Members urged the RDC to =>,    (&   ( . & bring all expenditures of the )?$J- /#       contaminates due to open defe- An infil- added the JE. The people, how- college since its inception in %%   (      cation around that runs back tration ever , demandedan early solu- 1979 to the purview of the -*   +*  ++   into the supply pipes when the gallery tion. "Otherwise, we would Government audit system and  *   ** 0& pump is stopped," said the vil- with have to depend upon the fluo- to probe expenditures incurred 9&  -* *    lagers. People have demanded perfo- ride contaminated water of the for the visit of former President *0  (  E E#4 @ &  4 immediate replacement of the rated hand pumps," said the locals. APJ Abdul Kalam. 5  (  * #* damaged pipes. pipes It is to be noted that most RDC T Aao assured that he *0  E E# %/*    utbreak of jaundice has The villagers also com- has also of the people of Karlakot village would take up the demands    * /*&(  Ocreated panicamong the plained that the quantity of been are affected with the dreaded with the State Government +    *  *+ *  #  +   *+ * people of Karlakot village in water has reduced this summer. made to disease fluorosis due to con- soon.  #& Nuapada district. Amongst the "The water flow in the pipes is collect sumption of fluoride contam- Among others, Abani affected most are children. so low that it takes half an hour water inated water. The matter came Kumar Gaya, Rajendra Kumar  # ,&& &  ( @ 3  The villagers have com- to fill a bucket," complained the from to limelight when one of the Panda, Shiba Prasad Mishra, @?; / /// % *** 0 /0 # plained that the cause of spread women. thevillagers Prafulla Behera Surendra Panigrahi, Krushna *  3+ (  +#   of the disease is contamination The officials of RWSS aquifer became crippled with the dis- Charan Panigrahi, Maguni **  0&5 # of drinking water due to break- Department however said that is also drying," said RWSS underlying the river. "It is an ease in 1985. Three decades Nahak, Shyamsundar + *  * 0%* 0 ing of supply pipes. "The pipes some households are drawing Boden JE Akshyaya Samal. old project. The infiltration have passed. Many people Khadanga, Surjya Narayan  ** % & 0 are leaking near village more water by fitting water The well has been made in the gallery might have been including Prafulla have suc- Behera, Ramesh Chandra Sahu % *+ # *- #*5  Dargaon, resulting in creation pumps in the supply bed of Sundar river below the checked resulting in less col- cumbed to the disease, but the and Bijay Kumar Sahu were +  # * + * of swamps. The swamp water pipes.Moreover, the source well Lower Indra Irrigation Project. lection of water in the well," problem of water remains. present.   * //&+ / #*     * &  * 0  +   # 9&  ,9&3  ,9(3-  &3    %  0 *      + #/   #  * %* #+ &1  + *  ##* '%   2% (  (  //*   / *  & 2' % $       & (- 9  ,  - (9 P =  )$'; <* E/  *#  (    0          *#   # 0  /  5#   ( he Smart # O+  0   TCity Limited (BSCL), * N(##O&-  ++   ruti Kumari and Divya through its Bhubaneswar 3*3% O ( SBhanjani have launched a Socially Smart Programme, for  %# * * campaign to fight stigma and the first time included boys in      0D& social taboos related to the the observance of the     #*  menstrual of teens in the slums Menstrual Hygiene Day on *#   # %   in Brahmapur. Tuesday. +++*/ * While Sruti is leading the As the boys of today would  L<0<(> 0* Berhampur Children and other adolescent leaders Jagabandhu Street. be the fathers of tomorrow, the O  D#   # /# *  # DM Federation, Divya is a summer throughout the year. They already have a inclusion of boys in the pro- intern at Youth for Social They started their action in roadmap to sensitise more than gramme would be immensely Smart Programme is a flagship women are developed.  ( 9;4  & (  & # PB,& Development (YSD) a local April by just talking to young 100 adolescent girls in 10 slums helpful as the fathers also have initiative of the BSCL in asso- The BSCL-UNFPA pro- )$'; 1 +# % <* /+#*   8E NGO. They volunteered to girls and boys on related issues and are taking aid of ASHA, an important role in ensuring ciation with the gramme is now being under- / :*  O  %  : O  spare their summer vacation by to their health, education, and ANM and Anganwadi workers better menstrual hygiene along Population Fund (UNFPA) taken in 100 slums across the  #  ; 9*#* /0  3 .&1  sensitising adolescent girls and skill development in three in these localities to improve with the mothers, said speak- through which social awareness city in association with imple- *%* 4+>  5 * *% #* 5 # ( & boys in 10 slums but they have slums i.e. Raghupati Nagar, service delivery to the adoles- ers. and leadership qualities among menting partner Humara decided to engage themselves Gramdevati Street and cents. Bhubaneswar Socially youths, adolescent girls and Bachpan. 2% % P     1%%  )   % 4  / 2      %  ( !     ocals have strongly opposed the transfer of a nurse from the 7,,8 LBhapur Community Health Centre (CHC) and threatened to  3R45  take to the streets against the move taken by the Nayagarh Chief  15- been affected largely through pipes by '  District Medical Officer (CDMO). the PHED. DHENKANAL: The Excise Department Nandan Kumar Sahoo and his brother.  ( ) P “While the CHC lacks adequate numbers of doctors, there he residents of Talcher are living The judicial campuses and lock on Wednesday busted a fake country “The liquor was being supplied to are only four registered numbers of nurse posts and, of them, Twithout electricity and water since offices are also going without power. liquor manufacturing unit in Nua Bhuban dhabas in the area. Six litres of caramel, BHUBANESWAR: The only three nurses are on the job. Recently, Nayagarah CDMO Tuesday evening as gusty wind at a No official works are being done due village in the district and arrested four 2,000 bottle caps, 4,000 seals, two Freethought Party of (FPI) Dr Shweta Mohapatra has ordered to shift Nurse Prabhati speed of 120kmph created havoc and to failure of electricity. persons in this connection. machines used for bottling and sealing, has said Rahul Gandhi should Mohapatra to the District Headquarters Hospital on deputation,” uprooted trees and electric poles, On the other hand, due to the On a tipoff, a joint team of excise per- empty bottles, cartons and a car were stay on as the president of the said villagers. besides snapping wires. The workers’ unrest in ENZEN, the service sonnel, mobile squad and the Bhuban seized in the raid,” informed district Excise Congress and act firmly as the When contacted, CHC Chief Medical Officer said health ser- Kalabaisakhi continued for half an provider agency of Cesu, over last two police conducted a raid and busted the Superintendent Manoj Kumar Sethi. Leader of the Opposition in the vices would be impacted if a nurse is shifted. hour. months, power supply is erratic and factory which was being run from a “The raw materials used for the Lok Sabha. It is he who can However, CDMO Mohapatra said a nurse from the CHC Due to non-availability of electric the consumers are not getting regular house. The arrestees were identified as liquor were being procured from Kolkata,” alone take on PM Modi and his would be transferred only after a substitute is posted. power the supply of drinking water has power supply in the hot summer. Laxmidhar Sahoo, Kapila Sahoo and added he. PNS Government and save all the high principles of good life as enshrined in the Constitution of India, it said. 9'412       Rahul should stand tall and ' 5  5    ,   stay unperturbed in the face of unfair criticisms mounted :!;  % against him by “bought-over”   TV channels. Rather, he should      do his job of serving the Indian  < 5 nation fearlessly and he must demand that Indian he TRB Iron Ore   :  Parliamentary democracy TMines of Jindal should be modelled on the Steel and Power he ShapoorjiPallonji Group politico-electoral principles of Limited (JSPL) in Treached out to the people of Puri  55  German Parliamentary democ- Tensa has extended who lost their livelihoods in the Fani. racy, told an FPI release. support to Fani- Members of the group visited allahara Congress campaigning committee Rahul’s description of Modi affected people by the gram panchayats of Pchairman Raghunandan Acharya has resigned as ‘Chowkidar Chor Hai’ has sending 50,000 litres Gandamundabhoi and Bilabhoi from the party. He sent his resignation letter to been accepted by 12.3 crore of of drinking water to under Puri Sadar block and dis- PCC president Niranjan Patnaik Indian voters. This itself is a Puri district. tributed relief materials among the on Tuesday. huge number. Rahul has a huge Under direct supervision of Foundation had provided one affected families. Acharya alleged that Patnaik had selected responsibility on his shoulders. EVP and TRB Mines Head lakh cooked meals to Fani vic- The kits included a number of unworthy candidates for which they were defeat- It is he who can check the Pramod Kumar Patra, the tims in Puri. Besides, it also shelter items like tarpaulin and ed in the elections. authoritarian attitude of Modi. water bottles were handed over provided rice, dal and vegeta- rope, household kit including plates They were not even in the race, he added. He Besides, Mamata Banarjee to the Puri Collector. bles for 5,000 meals for people and tumblers, sleeping mats, buck- is feared to be contaminated. ShapoorjiPallonji Group is com- also alleged that Pallahara Assembly seat Congress of West Bengal and Mayawati of Patra said, “Post cyclone, all in Puri town. ets and mugs, toiletries including Villagers appreciated the efforts mitted to the noble cause of serving candidate Subrat Garnayak became inactive four BSP in UP will not be consid- water bodies in the affected The materials were hand- soaps, towels, toothbrushes and of the team. the cyclone-affected people.” days before the polls and didn’t contact party ered at all as alternatives lead- areas got contaminated and ed over to local volunteers by toothpaste apart from mosquito Company associate vice-presi- The relief programme was host- workers. ers to Modi because they are people need potable water. As JSPL executive VP and group coils and sanitary napkins. Also, dent, corporate affairs and commu- ed by the group with support from Acharya was a local Congress leader for the State-centric and can never be a humanitarian gesture, we head (CSR, Education and chlorine tablets were provided to the nications, Port Maintenance Limited Habitat for Humanity India and last 39 years. His resignation has immensely dis- effective as Prime Minister, the have extended our support.” Sustainability) Prashant Kumar families as groundwater in the area Jagadish Chandra Rout said, “The Mahashakthi Foundation. appointed party workers in the area. release said. PNS Earlier, the JSPL Hota.

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             +$ J %   -    -  D   -  .R/  $ 7     + +# Bengaluru: The BJP would   >5  wait for the Congress-JDS gov- ,C - D,E1:    -9, , ernment in Karnataka to col- s the Lok Sabha election lapse on its own due to its local court here has acquit- Adebacle pushed the ruling n expansion or reshuffling infighting, state party chief B S Ated 12 people due to lack of coalition in Karnataka into a Aof cabinet would not help Yeddyurappa said Wednesday. evidence in connection with greater turmoil, the Congress JDS-Congress coalition gov- Hitting out at the ruling the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots Wednesday went into an over- ernment, which is facing a alliance for creating an “atmos- case. drive to avert a potential exis- turmoil after the Lok Sabha phere of confusion”, the former tential crisis to the one-year-old election debacle, senior Chief Minister asked them to '   H D Kumaraswamy ministry. Congress leader Veerappa perform or “resign and go #  , Rushed here by the party Moily said. home”. high command on a damage He suggested that the cab- “We don't have any feeling    control mission, Congress gen- inet reshuffle or expansion that we have to go for elections.  eral secretary K C Venugopal should happen only after ascer- It is certain that they (Congress met Kumaraswamy, senior taining reasons for the failure and JDS) will go home fighting   -+   party leaders and ministers         '  8   ( of JDS and Congress alliance in each other. We will wait. We are #    and attended a legislature party   (   ;? %( %   Lok Sabha polls. 105 (MLAs), we are ready to meeting to save the coalition   ; -  (   <;=   “I think, going for expan- wait,” Yeddyurappa said. ./0 .+"   % %1 % (; - ( ( %<= from an intensified BJP sion or reshuffle immediately is Speaking to reporters here, 123  onslaught.  ( 2 (%% >    not going to help. It may fur- he said “Our legislators also feel CLP leader and Congress- ther disrupt coalition govern- that the government will fall    JDS coordination committee KPCC president Dinesh which emerged as the single- ment's prospects,” Moily, a for- because of their infighting and chief said no Gundu Rao said senior leaders largest party in the 224-member mer state chief minister, told let's wait. There is no need to #   one would leave the Congress and ministers would meet assembly in the May polls last PTI. talk about dissolving the            %    $%  ( and there was no disgruntle- Thursday to discuss cabinet year, is reportedly eyeing to His comments come amid assembly or anything else.”   %$  >    ment either. expansion, a solution that has capture power amid reports of reports that a cabinet expan- “Let them (Congress-JDS)  “All of us are together.This been proposed to quell snow- a rift between Congress and JDS. sion or reshuffle was on the work efficiently or resign and government is strong and will balling dissent. The BJP had won 104 seats cards in a bid to save the coali- go home. Instead of that by cre- Additional District    9  # 9,  -( survive. If BJP tries to desta- A joint legislature party and added one more to its tally tion government with Congress ating an atmosphere of confu- Sessions Judge Sanjive Kumar &- -   & ,  &  @; = bilise the government, they meeting of the Congress and in the bypolls held along with General Secretary K C sion and loot they are indulging Tiwari acquitted them under will be biggest fools,” he told JDS would be held soon, he Lok Sabha elections. Venugopal, deputed by the in, they cannot be forgiven,” he sections 395 (dacoity) and 436 @!)?$; + #   #      +   / reporters after the CLP meet- added. The Congress had won the high command, holding meet- added. (arson) of the IPC on Tuesday *0 0 >  :*   *+ & ing, attended by 72 Congress The state congress unit Kundgol bypoll. ings with senior leaders and Boasting about the BJP's in the riots case.  C- % #*# %  * *1      MLAs, with two rebels Ramesh revoked the suspension of In the 224 member assem- ministers and attending a leg- performance in the state in the According to prosecution, 0 #  4+    -   + % #+  * Jarkiholi and R Roshan Baig MLA Kampli Ganesh, who bly, the ruling combine has a islature party meeting. Lok Sabha polls, Yeddyurappa an SIT had filed charge sheet *#  / 00       #   giving it a miss. had faced the action after an strength of 115 (Cong-78, JDS- Buoyed by the landslide had said on Tuesday it would against 13 people under sec- **& Two other missing law- alleged brawl with a party col- 37) excluding the Speaker. BSP win in the LS polls, the BJP, be “better” if the ruling tions 495 and 436 of the IPC. 1#  + * 3 # C   * **  0 makers-- Ramalinga Reddy league at a resort in January, with one member and an inde- which emerged as the single- Congress-JD(S) coalition in One person died during the   +  %    0%   */  and Byrati Basavaraj-- had party sources said. pendent are currently sup- largest party in the 224-mem- the state dissolves the assembly pendency of the case. 0     +*0  5  -  #< 0  4+  obtained permission not to Coalition worries have porting the ruling alliance. ber assembly in the May polls and goes for fresh polls. During hearing, three wit- 4  5>   *&  attend the meet, he said. multiplied after BJP's spectac- KPJP has one member. last year, is reportedly eyeing to With the Congress-JD(S) nesses, including complainant Ramesh Jarkiholi has been ular win with 25 of the 28 Lok In the meetings earlier, capture power amid reports of alliance suffering a rout in the Mohammed Suleman, turned hobnobbing with the BJP lead- Sabha seats in its pocket, leav- plans for cabinet expansion or a rift between Congress and Lok Sabha polls, managing to hostile and did not support the ers indicating that he may ing a mere one seat each to reshuffle were discussed by JDS. win one seat each, and growing prosecution. jump the ship, while Baig has Congress and JDS, which, Venugopal with Moily, who himself tasted disgruntlement within the par- It was alleged that a mob been ridiculing the party lead- despite a joint fight, were swept Kumaraswamy, Siddaramaiah, defeat in Chikkaballapur Lok ties blaming the partnership for set houses on fire and looted ership and praising prime min- away by the Modi wave. Deputy Chief Minister G Sabha seat, said there was no their “worst-ever” perfor- property during riots at Iisadh ister Narendra Modi, leaving Buoyed by the landslide Parameshwara and Rao, question of Congress with- mance, coalition leaders fear village in the district on the Congress red-faced. win in the LS polls, the BJP, Congress sources said. drawing support to JDS. that BJP may poach its MLAs. September 7, 2013.

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The youths Sambhal resident Sana-ul Haq, Al-Qaeda Kashmir unit was trict, and 24-year-old Nadeem from June one this year. Earlier, # %  sources in the security agencies in the Valley are particularly alias Maulana Asim Umar. also known as Ansar Akhter, son of Mohd Shafi of there was no such cap if the   **  said, adding more information avoiding any association with While the AQIS has India Ghazwatul Hind. Malhar area of Kathua district. vehicle was bought from CSD.  0# /%  is being collected on the the Jaish that has been hit minus Jammu & Kashmir, Following continuing Earlier, Chinese-make As per a letter issued by the antecedents of the new head of hard due to the airstrikes Mynamar and Bangladesh reverses at the hands of the grenades were recovered in Quartermaster General’s Branch the terror outfit. against it by India. under its ambit for the terror security forces during the last Jammu and the terror groups at Army Headquarters on May affect the morale of the of former servicemen, has writ- The Jaish-e-Mohammad The al-Qaeda has formed agenda, the al-Qaeda Kashmir’s three years, Pakistan’s Inter- have executed some murders of 24, starting from June, only armed forces personnel as ten to the Army headquarters, on the other hand is unable to two units for its nefarious so called area of operation is Services Intelligence that men- RSS and BJP leaders in the vehicles with an engine capaci- many young officers aspire to calling for a rollback. It added find leadership in the Valley agenda in India — one titled al- the Valley where the terror out- tors the terror affiliates like region in order to get traction ty of up to 2,500 CC and cost- buy SUVs and other such vehi- that the new policy is against the after the Indian Air Force hit Qaeda Kashmir and the other fit could also be eyeing on the JeM, Lashkar-e-Tayyeba and among the gullible youths, ing up to Rs 12 lakh (excluding cles priced beyond the Rs 12 terms and conditions of service. the terror group’s training- labeled as al-Qaeda in the illicit cultivation of opium in Hizbul Mujahideen has been sources added. GST) will be available through lakh tag. “The customers are paying CSD for armed forces personnel The Indian Ex-Servicemen cost of the vehicle before deliv- 43  in the pay level of 10-18. Movement (IESM), which is ery, then what is the need of The frequency of purchase leading the campaign for One funds. CSD neither purchases  (   (9-  as per the new directive has Rank, One Pension (OROP) cars nor stocks cars like grocery    9 5  6  3   also been reduced to one vehi- and is one of the biggest groups items,” it said. &); - %( # cle in eight years. Earlier, it was 4   ** once in four years.  * /  %-  Those in the pay level of '  %- % % %%-       '$     '%   3A to 9 can purchase vehicles %   0 0- % with a capacity of up to 1,400 * # #5/    CC that cost within Rs 5 lakh.    45:  *&1- % % %% symbols of parties and refer- Responding to a question The purchases can be made      -   +  % % ences received for the President on the Opposition’s allegation once during service and once   *  hief Election Commissioner and Governors are quasi judi- that the EC was slow in dealing after retirement, with the gap  *    CSunil Arora on Wednesday cial where both the sides are with the MCC violation com- being eight years. Services per-    $%    /  ++  *  rejected criticism that the poll represented by counsels. plaints related to Modi and sonnel in uniform and civilians  +  &1-  % body gave clean chit to Prime “MCC by definition is Shah, prompting the Supreme employed in Defence estab- - % % %%-    Minister Narendra Modi and short-lived. There is hardly Court to step in, Arora said the lishments are eligible for   45: *  0 0 BJP chief on com- any time for a proper quasi- apex court did give some adverse exemption from GST on the  0     * plaints related to Model code judicial hearing,” he said, remarks but there was a “gross value of the car in addition to here will be no roadblock  #    0 *# violations due to its “bias”, say- adding that the opinions of the mismatch” between the under- the regular cash benefits. Tto Vice Admiral Karambir    # ##0 ing it was decided on merit and three — the CEC and the two standing of the brief by the EC’s Justifying the restriction, Singh’s taking of charge as the % 0   & disapproved fellow fellow commissioners — are advocate-on-record and the brief officials said there was a need Navy chief on Friday after Commissioner Ashok Lavasa always noted on files. given by a deputy election com- to regulate and balance the incumbent Admiral Sunil ,> -   raising the issue of dissent in the quence of silence is always dif- “When we formally com- missioner. CSD budget since a major Lanba retires. The Armed  9-  =   middle of the poll exercise. ficult but far more desirable to municate the decision, whether He said when the EC start- chunk was taken away by cars Forces Tribunal (AFT) on &);1% E/ Arora also said there are see the election process through it is a 2:1 majority decision or ed to decide on the complaints, and other high-priced items. Wednesday allowed the +#  0/E “times to remain quiet and instead of creating ill-timed unanimous, we don’t write on the top court did not press fur- Moreover, the change in poli- takeover and deferred hearing  0   %<  times to speak up”, indicating controversies.... And I stand by that (order). UPSC (Union ther on the issue. cy to extend subsidized CSD on a petition filed by Vice  *-#=<-? that the issue could have been that.” He also reiterated that all Public Service Commission) “In all these matters (of facilities to retired Defence Admiral Bimal Verma chal- /0    %  raised post elections. the three members of EC are not too is a multi-member body. complaints of model code vio- civilians besides personnel lenging Singh’s appointment to     ##3#' / In an interview to PTI, the expected to be template or When they fail or pass a can- lations) you have to get the cer- below officer rank being also the top post superceding him.   *     *& CEC said he is not a “moral clones of each other. didate, they just inform about tified transcripts from the field allowed to buy cars increased The case will now come up 1   % %    % judge of anybody, least of all “Whether it is this ECI or the result but never mention and you have a report from the the burden on CSD budget, for hearing on July 17 as the  0       somebody as senior as Lavasa”. past ECIs, people are not pho- about which member wrote district election officer and they said. Government sought more time % * < / ; 6& “Whatever may have been tocopies of each other. But what,” Arora said to drive from the CEO and then a con- Terming this decision as ill- for placing records relating to ministry rejecting his plea his misgivings or feelings, ulti- there are times for everything, home his point. scious decision is taken,” he treatment, the veterans said Singh’s appointment before the against the selection. 4 ,&  , mately none of us can tell a lie time to speak, time to remain Lavasa had dissented on a said referring to time taken to such restrictions are not applic- tribunal as sought by Verma. In its order, the Defence

9 & .    to ourselves,” Arora said, while quiet,” he said. series of clean chits given by the deal with the cases. able to personnel of central He approached the AFT to Ministry said Verma’s statuto- &);('( *   noting that all the members of Citing a legal opinion EC to Prime Minister Modi He said the EC dealt with armed police forces besides question Singh’s selection as ry petition dated April 10     (# % the poll body are not supposed obtained by the Commission and BJP president Shah con- all the cases despite being busy central and police organisations the next Chief even as Verma against the appointment of ++ - /#1    to be “photo copies” of each from its former legal adviser SK cerning their speeches during in carrying out the “gigantic” who avail of subsided facilities is the senior most officer. The Singh to the top post is devoid   # %* %     other. Mendiratta, Arora asserted the the election campaign. electoral exercise. through Central Police Canteen Government in March of merit and has been reject- %# N O *E Asked whether the contro- model code violation com- After Lavasa’s demand to “... And yes, when you are (CPC). Moreover, the police announced Singh’s name for ed in exercise of powers under  * *    %<* & versy relating to Lavasa’s dissent plaints do not fall in the cate- record his dissent notes in the EC in the election process, you do personnel can buy cars of any the top post thereby ignoring Section 23 of the Navy Act 1 # %+0 #** was ‘avoidable’ during elections, gory of quasi-judicial cases. orders was not accepted, he had several things. Still a nudge price tag and capacity and the convention of appointing 1957. On April 25, the tribunal # %  * Arora replied, “I did not start the “It is the law. It is the law recused himself from cases relat- from the court, especially the time period is four years, they the senior most officer as the directed the Defence Ministry  *0   +  & controversy ... I had said that elo- of the land. Cases related to ing to violations of the MCC. SC, is always helpful,” he said. said adding the new rule will next chief. It was the second to decide Verma’s petition time the previous NDA within three weeks. Government gave the senior- Rejecting Verma’s plea, the ity criteria a go by as Bipin Defence Ministry said a thor- '(     %    $  6.  R Rawat was selected as the ough selection process was Army chief in 2016 overlook- conducted under which over- ing senior most officer Lt all service profile of all the con-      %  '4 General Praveen Bakshi. tenders for the top post was   '7    The AFT posted the mat- examined. It said specific para-    45: Bench said. The court said that that a person can be arrested by ter for hearing on July 17 as the meters for selection were at this stage it would not like to the authority concerned in Government sought more time applied uniformly to all the he Supreme Court agreed interfere with the pre-arrest cases of GST evasion. New Delhi: The Supreme Otherwise, what we can do is for placing records relating to contenders and, based on the Ton Wednesday to examine bails granted to these individu- On April 18, the Telangana Court on Wednesday dis- that you take back Rs 10 crore Singh’s appointment before assessment, it was found that the powers of tax authorities to als by the Bombay High Court. high court had said it was not missed Congress MP Karti deposited by you and we would the tribunal, Verma’s lawyer Verma, though being the arrest an individual for GST “However, we make it clear inclined to grant relief against Chidambaram’s plea seeking make the next amount (as a Ankur Chhibber said here on senior most eligible officer, was evasion saying that different that the High Courts while arrest to petitioners who had return of Rs 10 crore which he condition for travelling abroad) Wednesday. He said the AFT unsuitable to hold the post of high courts have taken diver- entertaining such request (pro- approached it challenging the had deposited with the court’s as Rs 20 crore,” the Bench told allowed Singh to take charge as the chief of the Naval Staff. gent views on the issue and it tection from arrest) in future, will summons issued by registry as a condition for his counsel. the new Navy chief on May 31 In his petition to the was necessary to clarify the keep in mind that this Court by Superintendent (Anti-Evasion) being allowed to travel abroad. The Bench was hearing and that his continuation will Defence Ministry, Verma said position in law. order dated May 27...Had dis- of the GST A vacation Bench com- Karti’s plea in which he had depend on the final outcome why he was overlooked for the A vacation Bench com- missed the special leave petition Commissionerate under the prising Chief Justice Ranjan sought return of Rs 10 crore of the case. top post despite being the prising Chief Justice Ranjan filed against the judgment and Central Goods and Services Gogoi and Justice Aniruddha deposited by him in the court On May 22, the tribunal had senior-most in the line of Gogoi and Justice Aniruddha order of the Telangana High Tax Act, 2017 and invocation of Bose rejected the plea by Karti, registry, claiming he had taken directed the government to pro- command, terming “wrongful” Bose issued notice on the Court in a similar matter, where- penal provisions under the law. who is facing criminal cases the money on loan and was duce before it on May 29 all the Government’s decision to Centre’s plea against the in the High Court of Telangana The high court had deliv- which are being probed by the paying interest on it. records and documents relating appoint Singh to the post. Bombay High Court verdict had taken a view contrary ered the verdict which dealt CBI and Enforcement made. The application is On May 7, a bench head- to selection of the new Navy Besides Verma, the other which had granted protection (refused to grant protection with a batch of petitions filed Directorate. accordingly dismissed,” the ed by the CJI had allowed chief. However, the Government contenders for the Navy chief’s from arrest to certain individ- from arrest) to what has been by some private companies, its “Now you pay attention to Bench said in its order. Karti to travel to the United could not produce the records post included Vice Chief of uals in the Goods and Services held by the High Court in the top officials and others. your constituency,” it said. The During the hearing, Karti’s Kingdom, US, France, and sought more time. Naval Staff Vice Admiral G Tax evasion cases. present case,” the Bench said. The government had told son of former Union Minister counsel told the Bench that as Germany and Spain in May Earlier this month, the Ashok Kumar, Western Naval “Issue notice returnable in The Bench listed the batch the high court that petitioners and senior Congress leader P per apex court’s order, Karti had and June this year. Defence Ministry issued an Command chief Vice Admiral four weeks. As different High of petitions before a three- before it were allegedly Chidambaram has won the deposited Rs 10 crore in the “The applicant (Karti) shall order rejecting Verma’s peti- Ajit Kumar and Southern Naval Courts of the country have judge Bench to decide the involved in incorporating sev- Lok Sabha election from court registry as a condition for make a deposit of Rs 10 crore tion before it. Following the Command chief Vice Admiral taken divergent views in the question of law on the power of eral partnership firms and had Sivaganga parliamentary con- travelling abroad and the money only before the Secretary General defence ministry’s order, Anil Kumar Chawla. Singh at matter, we are of the view that arrest. The top court had on claimed input tax credit on the stituency in Tamil Nadu. should be returned to him as he of this Court, which will be Verma filed a fresh petition at present is the Eastern Command the position in law should be May 27 dismissed a plea chal- basis of certain invoices, with- “Having heard counsel for had came back to India. “Every returned to him after he comes the AFT challenging Singh’s chief while Verma is heading the clarified by this court. lenging the Telangana High out there being any actual the applicant (Karti), we are not time you (Karti) go abroad, you back to the country,” the bench appointment as well seeking tri-Service Andaman and Hence, the notice,” the Court verdict which had said physical receipt of goods. inclined to allow the prayer have to deposit Rs 10 crore. had said in its May 7 order. quashing of the order by the Nicobar command.   #         670$'!

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India is a great are taking India. We look for- moned to appear before a attend this court for a prelim- Tuesday. ally and partner of the United ward to seeing our partnership London court to face allega- inary hearing, and the case will State Department States,” Ortagus said. continue to strengthen,” tweet- tions of misconduct in public then be sent to the crown Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus Her comment came amid ed Indian-American politician office, judge Margot Coleman court for trial. The charges can also said that Secretary of State a report that Pompeo may visit Nikki Haley. said in a written decision with- only be dealt with in the crown Mike Pompeo was looking for- New Delhi next month on his “Congratulations to Modi out specifying the date. court.” Johnson, a former ward to have a “robust discus- way to Osaka, for the ‘on being re-elected’ as Prime The private prosecution is London mayor, is running to sion” with his Indian counter- G20 summit to be attended by Minister of India, said being brought over the 2016 replace Theresa May as leader part on a wide range of issues. Prime Minister Modi, US Congressman Al Green. claim that Britain sends ?350 of the governing Conservative The Trump administra- President Donald Trump and “I wish peace and pros- million ($440 million, 400 mil- Party, and therefore prime tion, including President other leaders. perity for India and its neigh- lion euros) a week to the minister. Donald Trump, Vice President Meanwhile, US lawmakers bours and look forward to see- European Union. Johnson was not present at Mike Pence and Pompeo, con- and senior government officials ing you at India House in my The decision follows a last week’s hearing, but his gratulated Prime Minister continue to congratulate Prime congressional district in hearing last week at lawyer Adrian Darbishire said Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Minister Modi on his electoral Houston, Texas, USA,” he said. Westminster Magistrates Court the pro-Brexit figurehead Party on the spectacular elec- victory. In the first back-to-back in London, during which staunchly denied acting in an toral victory in the Lok Sabha According to a compilation majority for a single party in lawyers for businessman improper or dishonest manner. elections. made by the Indian Embassy over three decades, the Modi- Marcus Ball, who crowd-fund- The maximum penalty for “We, of course, will work here, more than 50 led BJP won 303 out of the total ed the bid, lodged an applica- misconduct in public office is closely with Modi, as we have Congressmen, Senators and 542 Lok Sabha seats. tion to summon Johnson. life imprisonment.  + +     A (  )53   % (   3) +      + % 9     $   =@    9);  /  %  Dhaka: The Bangladesh police ( * E#*3(  :3:> hardware. ing it had filed a motion in US has finalised chargesheet /  *% ##0*# The warning is the latest court for summary judgment against 16 people in connection  ## 0%*%   hinese state media on salvo in a dispute that has in its bid to overturn US legis- with the death of a teenaged +  /*  0 + * CWednesday dangled the intensified since President lation that bars federal agencies school girl who was burnt to +  %  0# /# threat of cutting exports of rare Donald Trump ramped up tar- from using its equipment over death by her madrasa principal        / earths to the United States as a iffs against China and moved to security concerns. for reporting a sexual harass-  %  0&1-   counter-strike in the trade war, blacklist telecom giant Huawei Beijing had already ment case against him, trig- 1 4+   %  potentially depriving earlier this month, while trade dropped a big hint that rare gering nationwide protests in / #  * ** Washington of a key resource talks have apparently stalled. earths could be in the firing line the country, according to a    % * *   used to make everything Huawei stepped up its legal by showing images last week of media report on Tuesday.  %  0#*2  from smartphones to military battle on Wednesday, announc- President Xi Jinping visiting a Nusrat Jahan Rafi, 18, was 3(    > # rare earths set on fire at her school /   ';E%  & factory in (madrasa) on April 6 by four Ganzhou, burqa-clad assailants few days &,    central China. after she complained against   93-&3 Anprincipal Siraj-ud-Daula for &$';  #+/# +#  unnamed inappropriately touching her 4/  / 0 * *   official from after calling her in his office. . :   #A 04 the National Siraj is one of the 17 peo-  /  +  Development ple arrested in connection with #   +  and Reform the case. 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Federal Minister Fawad              #     )S 1(   Chaudhry has plans to launch a mobile application for moon sighting soon in line      @           *+$    with several international apps on the sub-    )S    # *+$      ject.      * S          ( The object of developing a calculation- based lunar calendar was to make the       )S     )     beginnings and ends of Hijri months  AB #). )=               S independent of visibility of the new moon.    *+$    #).         *  Though the moon sighting stays in the news only thrice every year — the begin-  O                ning of the Ramzan (the 9th and holiest #     *+$        )     month of Islam), end of Ramzan, and     (       = S CA(   3     beginning of Dhul Hijjah (the 12th and final month in which both Hajj and Eid-                ( ul-Adha take place) — it actually affects the                =    ( beginning and end of every Hijri month.      3       *        An Islamic republic like Pakistan diverts disproportionate amount of resources to fix                 #S  those loose ends.        =   .           Pakistan’s meteorological department uncommon to see muftis and not visible on 29th Ramadan persons. The Misnah Torah, a motion of moon is 29 d. 12 h.          *             has 288 observatories, most of them locat- maulanas hunting for the means that Eid-ul-Fitr is post-Biblical sacred book of the 44 m. 2.87s or 29.53059 days ed in rural and sequestered areas with the moon on the western horizon delayed by another day. Days in Jews, describes the process of though its actual length can                * S    advantage of a clearer sky. These, apart immediately after sunset with Hijri calendar are either of 29 rigorous examination of the vary up to 13 hours on account               #   from gathering meteorological data, also their trendy telescopes. But days or 30 days. witnesses who presented them- of eccentricities and perturba-      * S          collect data on moonrise and setting. The this often leads to contrary However, moon-sighting selves at the Sanhedrin. The tions of the orbits of moon department employs theodolite for observ- decisions and split verdicts. in Islamic nations is more of a decision then used to be around the earth, and earth           ! 3  )    ( ing the new moon. A theodolite is a pre- The visibility, itself, is subject religious than astronomical relayed to Jewish communities around the sun.  # *+$              ( cision instrument fitted with a movable to a host of conditions like issue. This is evident from the living in various parts of the While the Jews made a       0      $       telescope, which could turn in both verti- width of the crescent, position proceedings of several moon- eastern Mediterranean. But smarter choice on lunar calen-             *   )    ( cal and horizontal directions. It can record of the moon on its orbit round sighting conferences, which following the destruction of dar at least one millennium the azimuth and altitude of the moon. But, the earth which affects its this author has had the oppor- ancient Israel and dispersion of ago, the Islamic world remains    )                as a study revealed, there was no case where apparent size, brightness of tunity to pursue. For Pakistan’s Jews across various lands, the caught in a time warp.   0             *     theodolite had demonstrated proven the background, meteorologi- new calendar, therefore, to old system of fixing dates Determining new moon by    (  0              advantage over naked eye. cal conditions, altitude of the pass the muster at the Council became unviable. This finally observation is characteristic The data on lunar visibility is passed location and so on. of Islamic Ideology (CII), a led to growth of a perpetual of elementary level of astron-   D     ,            ( over to Ruet-e-Hilal Committee The time lag between the constitutional body was found- Jewish lunar calendar based on omy. It makes the whole calen-  -   )       3     = 0  (estd.1974), Pakistan’s official though non- sunset and moonset, depend- ed in 1962, which advises the algorithm. The tradition has it dar uncertain. Even when this                        statutory body, authorised to determine the ing upon the season, varies government on whether a cer- that the same was developed by practice was formalised in beginning and end of a Islamic month between one to one-and-a- tain law is repugnant to the Rabbi Hilel, the Jewish patri- Islam, astronomy in the ancient             #          based on evidence of moon-sighting. The half hours, without the advan- principles of Islam. The CII has arch, in the middle of the world had advanced far enough     3   (               committee is organised at three levels — tage of the night sky under any already begun a consultation fourth century AD. However, to predict tithis and eclipses   *               *+$S national, zonal and district. Every 29th of situation. The crepuscular process but its chairperson Dr Prof Sacha Stern of University based on calculation. Today, we a lunar month, the zonal/district commit- game of moon-hunting is long Qibla Ayaz has played his cards College (London), a contempo- have GPS-enabled mobile apps          /E  AB       =  tees meet at the camp offices of the over before the night sets in. diplomatically by saying that rary authority on Jewish reli- like MoonCalc etc which places  .    *  #).       CF  AC    # Pakistan Meteorological Department. The There is no separate moonrise the role of Ruet-e-Hilal, the gious history, affirms that it accurate data on lunar move-          (             main meetings happen for key events. For because during conjunction official body on moon-sight- dates back only to 10th or 11th ment, position, phases, merid- the rest of the year, their members join the (amavasya) the positions of sun ing, should not be under- century AD. ian crossing time on our very               ( meetings of zonal/district committees and moon on the celestial lon- mined. With many of the top A key feature of this per- palms. There have been sever-         )          (  S  (vide answer to Oral Question No.13, gitude coincide. In the days that Muslim clerics in Pakistan petual calendar is molad, liter- al attempts in the Muslim         (  )         2BBG Pakistan National Assembly, January 14, follow, the angular distance gone for Umra in Mecca, no ally meaning renewal or reju- world to develop a calculation- 2019). The committee also admits evi- between the two celestial bod- decision is likely to be forth- venation in Hebrew. It implies based calendar, for instance,          2BBF         (  dences from private persons in Pakistan on ies is extremely narrow. The coming soon. the new moon was mathemat- the Makkah Calendar. But      *+$       moon-sighting. Decisions are taken in moon is still lost in the glare of The observation-based ically derived, which replaced these have only polarised the accordance with the Islamic law. the sun. The 29th day of a Hijri beginning of a lunar month the system of observation. Islamic world. Pakistan’s calen- The slender crescent of the new moon month coincides with dwitiya was originally a Judaic practice. However, the length of the drical venture needs to be $  3 visible to the naked eye days after the con- tithi when the chances of lunar Prior to 70 AD, when ancient lunation adopted by the watched with interest. junction is called Hilal in Arabic. Its visi- visibility are dicey. If the cres- Israel existed, the Jewish grand founders of the calendar is (The author is an indepen- ,  .          bility marks the beginning of a new Hijri cent is not visible that evening, council called Sanhedrin took fixed, whereas in reality the dent researcher based in New month. The naked eye viewing (ruya in a Hijri month is extended by a decision on the beginning of length of lunation varies due to Delhi. He is currently working                Arabic) nowadays includes optically-aided one day, whereupon it auto- a new month based on evi- eccentricity of moon’s motion. on a book on calendar reforms. viewing, for instance, by telescope. It is not matically ends. The crescent dence from various private The mean length of synodic Views expressed are personal.)           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But the fact remains that he -1<13     (       $  ( took no time in frittering away the gains of the 1 1< 1              #   S casteist “Mandal” politics. Primarily, because he lacked the vision to foresee that by mocking devel- <:11                  11R:14      *    .          opment, encouraging corruption and lawlessness, and giving Yadavs a carte blanche to do what they 1 :(               pleased to do, he was turning against his own clan 4 4               ( and the very forces of social justice that brought (<4:&(1        #            him to power. I51<      S          Lalu failed to evolve with time and ignored <-14 in making every possible compromise supply and the end of the kidnapping for gory. Lalu ignored the advice of his                3     the omen that threatened to shatter his image as 114-:44 to stop Nitish from going to the BJP. The ransom trade had brought much relief senior party colleagues like Raghuvansh  (             % ( the messiah of the entire OBC pantheon and usher 1< 55< : miscalculation not only gave the BJP a to the people. The State’s revenue col- Prasad Singh, who openly criticised his   @               in his political doom. Over a period of time, his  :44 chance to share power in Bihar through lection and development expenditure decision. While Lalu’s decision complete-    .           P!   comrades in arms of the social justice movement the backdoor but also broke the back- took a huge leap in 10 years. And the ly antagonised the upper castes, Nitish — , Ramvilas Paswan and others — --11 bone of Opposition unity at the nation- voter was not ready to turn the clock Kumar’s hold over the EBCs is so firm         Q 3        ( 54 :<                ) ! deserted his caravan, reducing it to an assembly al level. Nitish, a Kurmi leader, had the back. So when Lalu (let’s assume that it that the former’s gambit failed miserably. of Yadavs and Muslims alone. The way extreme- ::11  :I5 image and social background to chal- was he who was dictating the course of The outcome of the polls showed %S    5   ) M0 + !   ly backward castes led by Nitish Kumar and Dalits, <4I lenge Modi at the national level. He was RJD politics from behind the prison that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s    O       O        under the stewardship of Ram Vilas Paswan, came O1:<4: the lone leader who could have been a walls) tried to expand his M-Y alliance astutely cultivated EBC lineage and                    together to challenge the Muslim-Yadav combine 4&:1 1 rallying point for consolidation of by roping in other backward castes like Nitish Kumar’s sway over the non-Yadav M0 !   !      # 8 ) !     by joining hands with even the upper castes in the 1:(<(1 extremely backward castes behind the Kushwahas and Mallahs and joining OBC went a long way in blunting the .          $       = Lok Sabha polls has a clear message. Unless Lalu 55 Opposition. The breakdown of the RJD- hands with Upendra Kushwaha and edge of Lalu’s rusted caste device. Lalu 0   Prasad’s outfit goes through a complete metamor- <54I JD(U) alliance was a turning point in Mukesh Sahni, the experiment had few failed to realise that times were chang- #                  phosis, it will never again regain the crown of -145: national politics and precursor to the takers. ing and the hackneyed slogans of social             #      Bihar. return of the Modi regime at the Centre. A section of Yadavs may have emo- justice didn’t mean much to a new gen- It was this lack of political foresight that saw 11(4 Lalu’s supporters may argue that tional reasons to support Lalu Prasad in eration of voters oblivious to the                    ( (4A                  ( Lalu forcing Nitish Kumar to walk out of the Nitish had made up his mind — for his moment of crisis, and Muslims may obnoxious caste discrimination of the alliance government in 2016. It was this lack of ( < some reason or the other — to join have their own compulsion to remain past. The days ahead could be nightmar-   . "            5     political foresight that stopped him from walking - ::-1< hands with the BJP and Lalu could have hyphenated with him, but the rest of ish for both Lalu and his party. His health                ( the extra mile to protect the RJD-JD(U) alliance  11 done little to prevent the parting of ways. Bihar found no reason to leave its is sinking and there is no hope of his                in Bihar. The break-up of the promising politi- 1<<:1:< However, few care to ponder that it future in the hands of someone like release from jail any sooner. Both his "        4 * 0      cal collaboration and the return of Nitish Kumar (:4 would not have been so easy for Nitish Tejashvi Yadav, who had spent most of sons are on the warpath and voices     "     *+$   .   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Switzerland is the other maintains and is ready to infuse up to The IRP has called a Forex traders said persis- nation that has been removed ample reserves according to the ly undervalue its currency by 1,700 crore to expedite the meeting of the Committee of tent foreign fund outflows by the US on Tuesday from its IMF metrics for reserve ade- selling its own currency to construction of stuck housing Creditors (CoC) Thursday for and a sell-off in domestic currency monitoring list which quacy, the Treasury drive down its value, making its projects of the debt-laden further discussion on the res- equities kept pressure on the among others include China, Department said in its report. exports cheaper and more realty firm and deliver flats to olution plan submitted by local currency. However, eas- .' $     ' ) ( %       8  ' Japan, South Korea, Germany, In both Switzerland and competitive. home buyers, sources said. 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Malaysia and Vietnam. decline in 2018 in the scale and placed by the US in its curren- infuse another 1,000 crore in Adani’s bid is not on the Globally, the US dollar “India has been removed frequency of foreign exchange cy monitoring list of countries two equal tranches of 500 agenda of the CoC meet, and Japanese yen strengthened from the monitoring list in this purchases, the report said. with potentially questionable crore each to settle claims of sources said, but added that after the 10-year US bond ) -       % ("( report, having met only one out “Neither Switzerland nor foreign exchange policies in workmen as well as secured lenders and home buyers yields slipped below the 3- of three criteria — a significant India met the criteria for hav- May 2018 along with five other and unsecured financial cred- could decide to take up dis- month rates — which is con-    ( : bilateral surplus with the ing engaged in persistent, countries — China, Germany, itors, besides meeting cost cussion on the offer during sidered a leading indicator of United States — for two con- one-sided intervention in Japan, South Korea and for insolvency proceedings. the meeting. a recession.  > > ( Revolution that profoundly secutive reports,” the Treasury either the October 2018 Switzerland. 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It finally ogy can transform the way peo- 5G and cloud-led network ners of the US sent to the in its report running into would be removed from the insolvency process but did projects of the company and ended at 69.83 per dollar, down ple live and work as well as transformation to drive inno- Congress. over 40 pages. currency manipulation list in not bid in the current round delivery of the possession of 14 paise against its previous enhance the industrial produc- vation through an all-digital After purchasing foreign A country can intentional- the next report. within the fixed timeframe. the same to the home buyers”. close of 69.69. tivity in India. At the event, the network with 100 times today’s company, as a global leader in capacity and lightning fast 5G technology with its end-to- response times which fluidly /   %    &  &&  end portfolio, is presenting how adapts to our needs.   9-    )4 - 8,' this technology can immense- Enterprises, on the other hand,    %##@ & 99     ly benefit telecom operators, can be empowered, directly and ++    ##/" enterprises and individuals. in partnership with service 3 The Future X Network will providers, to win through dig-   .S      ( trigger a 4th Industrial ital transformation. 3       45:    45: fter touching more than -  *  418   %    45: ed panel, in March (2019), hares of Punjab National Aone lakh lives in the last    ($ interviewed candidates for the SBank fell by over 5 per cent financial year ended March   *  ''C  he Finance Ministry for the post but did not find any one Wednesday, its second day of 31, 2019, Small Industries    45: Law Appellate Tribunal Tthird time invited applica- suitable to lead the organisa- fall, even as the lender nar- Development Bank of India (NCLAT) also said that if   45: tion for the post of managing tion. rowed its loss to 4,750 crore (SIDBI) is set to deepen the he NCLAT Wednesday ‘amber’ listed companies are    45: director of India Infrastructure According to a public during the fourth quarter of entrepreneurship culture across Tasked IL&FS group com- not reclassified into ‘green’ ARI (Thought Arbitrage Finance Company Ltd (IIFCL) notice, the candidate should fiscal ended March 2019. the country by setting up and panies, which are being category, then it may pass an he committee of creditors TResearch Institute) on as they failed to find a suitable have at least 25 years of expe- The scrip dropped 4.99 stepping up credit plus engage- upgraded to ‘green’ category, order directing such compa- Tof debt-ridden telecom Wednesday shared its study candidate on previous two rience as on the date of vacan- per cent to close at 81.90 on ments. to start servicing their debts nies to pay 100 per cent of firm Reliance with ASSOCHAM, stating that occasions. cy (June 12, 2017) in different the BSE. During the day, it In the present financial as per the payment schedule. their obligations towards Communications is sched- as per an economic metric The Government had first verticals in commercial banks declined 5.56 per cent to year, SIDBI is planning to scale A two-member NCLAT provident and pension funds, uled to meet on Thursday, the model it has measured the invited application for the job or financial institution or other 81.40. up the “Swavalamban” initiative bench headed by Chairman and rest other creditors company said in a regulatory total cumulative intrinsic eco- in May 2017, but could not public sector organisations On the NSE, shares tum- by setting up dedicated centres Justice S J Mukhopadhaya would get on note. nomic value generated by a sec- find a suitable candidate. with 3 years experience prefer- bled 5.16 per cent to close at for handholding and guidance said the IL&FS board should “proportionate basis”. “...A meeting of commit- tor over the years. This model Subsequently, another failed ably in project finance, credit 81.75. to budding entrepreneur. allow the new entities, which “We make it clear that tee of creditors will be held on is developed by combining attempt was made last year. appraisal and large corporate In terms of traded vol- “Swavalamban” is a mission to are coming into ‘green’ list once one or other entity is May 30, 2019,” RCom said in financial reports, econometric The Government-appoint- credit. ume, 36.95 lakh shares were encourage masses to select from ‘amber’ to pay their declared as Green entity the the note on Wednesday. and statistical methodologies. traded on the BSE during entrepreneurship as the pre- debts after getting their board of directors of IL&FS the day, while over 5 crore ferred occupational choice terms-sheet approved by the will permit such Green enti- shares changed hands on the through the right enablers. retired Supreme Court judge ty to service their debt oblig- NSE. The objective is to enable Justice D K Jain. ation as per its sequence of The scrip of Punjab credit access to unorganized Justice Jain is supervising repayment,” the tribunal said. National Bank had fallen by livelihood ventures from chal- operations of the resolution These ‘green’ companies 3.5 per cent on Tuesday. lenged/underserved segments. process undertaken by debt- will service their debt as per laden IL&FS. the February 11 order passed The National Company by the appellate tribunal.   /   !" #$

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Suzanne Kasler’s bold, to a home’s waterside location — California ceramicist Lorien Stern. graphic nautical flags come framed that our drama will improve, 4>  *%  actual or aspirational — but in a “For this Montauk project, the in natural wood. no doubt... like Delhi Crime is      stylish way. client’s roots are strong in Florida Salvaged wood from Thai a huge achievement for Indian * 0 *  New York designer Ghislaine and she has fond memories of time fishing boats is used to make shows but I also think there are expectations for Bollywood to /   & Vinas recently did a project out in spent on the beach in the 1970s,” interesting lamp bases in several the sandy seaside enclave of sizes at Continental Home. There match up.” L #* Vinas says. “So we adopted a super Montauk, New York. A fresh tongue-in-cheek aesthetic and are floor and table lamps made of “Now, when you see the = ? palette of white and blue was mixed it in with a classic but cool gathered driftwood here, as well. 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For example, in the open plan with fruit cut-outs,” she says. crafted in Northern California of “larger in life stories” in Hindi already done that. It’s a formu- This is not the first time  *  0  living area, Vinas hung a group of While Vinas went for a playful solid brass and when arranged on a films. la for them just as much as the Abhay will be seen playing a    M *& white sphere light fixtures seaside vibe, Minneapolis-based wall they do resemble sunlit water “It’s because people are formula for a lot of producers con man. It is a role he mem-  *  O suspended in blue netting; they designer Raena Albers opted for — or mermaid’s scales. watching actors performing and studios in our country’s orably played in Oye Lucky!  0     look like boat buoys. something a little more serene in If you like the idea of a siren’s roles that are heroic but you Bollywood.” Lucky Oye!. Blues ranging in intensity from one of her recent projects. “My song on the wall but don’t want to believe them as they look like Abhay asserted that the “This (Chopsticks) char-  + %+  0 sky to pool to navy were used in clients moved to Minnesota from go with tile, consider designer you, act like you and act real. digital platform’s formula is acter is far more suave and   &L:O0  textiles and rugs throughout the the Pacific Northwest and have a Genevieve Gorder’s Pearl Belly Now, suddenly they are spoiled “about diversity, being provoca- urban from that of Oye Lucky...  #%&:  house. And there’s loads of lively huge affinity for sailing,” she says. repositionable and removable as they are like, ‘Okay, I want tive, original and so for any And for him, stealing is some-  *+ : . art, from photoprints of giant Albers referenced that coast’s wallpaper at Tempaper. A dreamy, to watch that in films now,’ The artiste that matter it’s an oppor- thing he does with passion. 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+ $&1+$ $&%-"2< o promote Delhi as a film- Tfriendly shooting destina- 1 #(  #4# + - +  =(4-?5  *  **  ' +  tion, Delhi Tourism participat- ed at this year’s Cannes Film   *#  + %   ).'&66 %  D  **( ; 9&1 + Festival, in association with the Confederation of Indian *+  * *# + %  %  ;.&8.   + *#  Industry (CII). Led by Delhi Tourism’s MD and CEO, Shurbir Singh, the tourism he chairman-cum-man- been recorded at 7,198 crore board showcased the capital’s aging director of NMDC, against 6,179 crore during numerous offerings as a cre- TN Baijendra Kumar, 2017-18, registering an impres- ative canvas as well as a facil- believes that the recently sive growth of 17 per cent. itator. declared financial results of the Similarly, the profit after tax “These filmmakers are company have displayed (PAT) for the year 2018-19 has some of the best storytellers in '% ' $   (%$ 1 44  , ,   NMDC’s strong character to been recorded at 4,642 crore the world, and Delhi has a bounce back in spite of opera- against 3,806 crore during multitude of stories worth- enhancing relations between and producers at the Cannes tional challenges. He was speak- 2017-18, registering a record telling. We are committed to the two film production Film Festival. Delhi Tourism ing at a press conference in the growth of 22 per cent. enabling creators craft their industries. itself has few properties which capital, where he said, “Last year NMDC’s turnover during the narratives staged on the ever- In the last five years alone, can be used as ideal location has been extremely good for us fourth quarter is 3,643 crore inspiring platform of Delhi,” over 200 films have been for shootings. as far as fiscal performance of comparable with turnover of said Sudhir Sobti, the chief filmed partially or completely In terms of logistics, Delhi the company is concerned. 3,883 crore of CPLY. manager, Public Relations at in Delhi, out of which the year proffers includes hotels, trans- However, some parameters have The company has record- Delhi Tourism and 2018 saw many films being port, communication, film been a mixed bag.” ed PBT of 2,197 crore and Transportation Development shot in Connaught Place. On shooting equipment, and film NMDC produced and sold PAT of 1,454 crore which are Corporation Limited the international front, processing to ensure stream- 32.36 million tonnes of iron ore higher by around 10 per cent (DTTDC) from Cannes. Chandni Chowk has been in lined film shooting. Effectively during 2018-19 against the pro- and 31 per cent respectively Delhi Tourism was also a extensive demand due to its binding the resources available duction of 35.58 million tonnes over the fourth quarter of part of the Indian delegation cultural authenticity. Delhi and the procedures involved in and sales of 36.08 million tonnes CPLY. The company’s pro- for the India-Nordic witnesses an average of 30 acquiring them, the Delhi gov- during the previous year. The duction of iron ore during the rable to the big global payers in system for evacuation and set- Countries Partnership ses- films being shot every year. ernment facilitates all the per- suspension of operation at fourth quarter is 10.59 million the industry and its is our ting up a new slurry pipeline. It sion at the Nordic Pavilion The availability of new missions to aid production in Donimalai mines in Karnataka tonnes (MT) registering a prices that has given the steel is also in the process of doubling and bore witness to the agree- talent, lower production cost, Delhi. All applications may be was cited as a major reason for decrease of seven per cent 1:-:5 industry in India its edge over of railway line between ment signing between the international connectivity, and sent directly to Delhi Tourism reduced production in addition over CPLY while sales of iron 51<1 the rest. India is in a unique Kirundul and Kothavalasa (KK Producers Guild of India and more than 200 locations to stating the desired locations to to the loss of man days in the ore was 10.17 MT which is -<(AI position where we have abun- line). The PSU is also setting up the European Film shoot at were the key offerings shoot at, and the Film Shooting Bailadila sector caused by heavy about three per cent less than dance of iron ore which can be screening plants in Karnataka Commissioners Network for Delhi put forth to filmmakers Facilitation Cell. rainfall. Despite this, the com- that of the CPLY. 4:5A4(4-O mined and simultaneously have and Chhattisgarh. pany’s turnover for the year The officials informed that 1 <> a huge steel producing potential. The event also highlighted   & 9(   !      2018-19 is 2,153 crore against the operational cost of NDMC - -1 1< We have to leverage this,” said various accolades gathered by 11,615 crore during 2017-18, is on a par with its global <-- an official. the company. NMDC bagged ( (9 registering a growth of five per peers—BHP, Rio Tinto, Vale The company has planned the prestigious S&P PLATTS +     ! cent. Without production from and FMG. Also, its EBITDA 4:1 for sufficient evacuation capac- Global Metals Award for 2019 Donimalai mines, NMDC margins are comparable to the < 1:<5 ity to meet the requirements of in Corporate Social expects 31-32 million tonnes best in the world, yielding in -55> production ramp up from var- Responsibility category for the during the current fiscal. handsome rewards to the com- ious capex projects. At Bailadilla second consecutive time, NMDC’s profit before tax pany’s shareholders. “Our per- in Chhattisgarh, the company is becoming the first company to (PBT) for the year 2018-19 has formance indicators are compa- creating a rapid wagon-loading achieve this. ! * + %  delegation of Public ARelations Society of India  +       (PRSI), Delhi Chapter led by its n annual affair, the camp. During their stay, chil- chairman Naresh Kumar, GS ASouthern Command dren will participate in various Bawa, KN Dhawan and JP Children Summer Adventure indoor and outdoor activi- Dhaundiyal met the chief min- Camp 2019 is being organised ties, including trekking, caving, ister of Himachal Pradesh, at Mount Abu from May 27 to boating and other competi- Jairam Thakur to apprise him June 3. This eight-day camp is tions.   ( 8          < 8= (   about the knowledge sharing being conducted under the The camp provides a plat-  %       % .    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Pradesh as a vibrant tourist des- Command of the Indian Army ities, goal setting and achiev- Rifles HQ conducted ENT specialists from TServicemen (AR ESM) The DGAR comment- tination. have subscribed to attend the ing the same. the first ever specialists' Assam Rifles Rally was conducted at ed that ESM of Assam medical camp at Composite Hospital Darjeeling recently, which Rifles continue to be an Vijaynagar, Arunachal and two doctors from saw participation of over important constituent of Pradesh. The camp Jairampur Battalion of 600 ESM, Veer Naris, other the society and have  1    + #*   aimed at providing Assam Rifles, conduct- ladies and dependents. The humungous potential to specialist medical facil- ed this camp, benefit- event was presided over by make positive contribu- reshToHome, a Bengaluru- informs that overall, the cold is backed by angel investors ities to the residents of ing 99 patients from the Director General tion towards nation build- Fbased online marketplace chain market for perishable such as Rajan Anandan, Mark the area since it is vir- the Vijaynagar Circle. Assam Rifles, Lt Gen ing. Issues related to pen- for perishable goods like fish, products logistics is projected Pincus, David Krane, among tually impossible for The follow up actions Sukhdeep Sangwan, Sena sion, healthcare and re- 4   8  E (     $  " poultry, mutton, steaks, and fil- to reach 2,618 billion by 2024, others. In November 2018, the the populace to avail in terms of providing Medal and Bar along with employment were also OF (  B  ! 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But, at that juncture, he used to Mahabharata period, followed Hanuman destroyed Ashok Interested to go but the costs are pray to God to extend his life the Vedic path and therefore Vatika and in return, Ravana burning a hole in your pocket? Many for another hundred years to maintained several pious qual- sentenced him to death, the would be surprised to know that this study the Vedas further since he ities like peace, divine pleasure, learned Vibheeshan asked country can be visited on a budget. You was not yet satisfied from his justice, brotherhood, respect Ravana to reconsider since the do not have save it for a special occa- learning. However, after study- towards women, control over ambassador of a King can never sion like a honeymoon or an anniver- ing the Vedas up to three hun- senses and perceptions. be sentenced to death but other sary, but visit this country multiple dred years of age, he prayed to To establish this further, lesser punishment can be times as it is bound to surprise you God to leave his corporal, some instances are highlighted. awarded. Keeping in mind the every time. Here is how you visit the destructive body, saying— When Bali was hurt by an Vedic dharma, Ravana with- Maldives without splurging your sav- “Ananta VaiVedaha” i.e. knowl- arrow of Lord Ram, he was drew his death punishment ings. edge of Vedas is unlimited. approached by Lord Ram and but punished Hanuman by (Note: As per Yajurved mantra Laxman before he was about to burning his languli (extended +9 -(   93 3/62, saints or followers of the die. Bali asked the Lord that if portion of langoti). This is a key to travelling within the and restaurants. An ideal stay at this sider. At these properties stay in ocean ries and boats. Though speedboats are Vedas could extend their lives he (Lord Ram) was merciful The above instances reveal budget. International carriers flying to destination would include a guesthouse villas to experience the ocean up close a faster way to travel, they cost much up to four hundred years only.) and pious then why he would that in the previous yugas, the the Maldives are a mixture of scheduled at a local island along with a few days like never before. higher for a single trip as compared to In Vedas, God has kill the innocent such as him. Governments did not make and charter airlines. Indian low cost in resort islands. a local ferry. Local ferries run on a preached all matters from the To this, the learned of the their own constitution but carrier like Go Air operates from Since the tourism industry has been . 93  somewhat infrequent schedule but are tiniest straw to the Almighty Vedas, Lord Ram replied that he preached, ordered or advised Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru. booming, the type of guesthouses are Since 99 per cent of the Maldives is cov- quite cheap. Avoid the seaplanes if God. Therefore, the subject of is designated as a King by based on the Vedas, to give jus- nothing less than a 4-star hotel and ered with water and only one percent you’re on a budget but if money is not politics has also not been left virtue of being the elder broth- tice. Today, every country has . 9 9#  offer exclusivity as its unique selling contributes land mass, it is quite nat- your concern then this too is an expe- untouched. God is the Lord of er of King Bharat. Bali ignored its own constitution but in Go during low season, which runs from point. Consider this, an island which ural that most of the transport is by fer- rience not to miss. universe and to command it, traditional humanity to enjoy addition keeping in view the May to November, Maldives will sur- has only 30 inhabitants including the He has showered knowledge of his younger brother's wife as his Vedas traditionally if a King, his prise you with the rates of accommo- staff of the guesthouse and you. Such four Vedas as constitution of the own despite knowing that her politicians and intellectuals also dation. However, since this period could be your stay at Plumeria Boutique -& +# all major credit cards and currency universe. In this connection, I husband was still alive. In this become learned of the Vedas coincides with the monsoon season Maldives on the Thinadhoo Island ■ When staying a local island be are acceptable. would like to draw the readers' way, he had finished the tradi- then I think more justice would (May to October), you will get cloudy (Vavoo Atoll). Enjoy a sandbank break- aware of the restrictions on wearing ■ Alcohol is only permitted for attention on the following evi- tional morality, duly indulged be delivered in the public. Since skies and rains, which has a charm of fast or swim with the sharks at reason- a bikini in public beaches. There are foreigners in resorts or on liveaboard dences. As per Yajurved mantra in heinous crime, and had Vedas are impartial and univer- its own. able prices here and be assured this designated bikini beaches for vessels. Alcohol and alcoholic 9/32, the King (all politicians) become a slave of sensuality, sally applicable, whereas the would change your perspective on tourists. beverages are not allowed on any must be learned of Vedas, dis- thus ignoring the eternal, tra- respective constitutions are  3 99 9& affordable luxury. ■ If you want to visit a resort, you'll inhabited island even for guests charge his moral duties to ditional and moral duties of a applicable to respective coun- Maldives offers two types of islands: For those who wish to consider have to pay for a speedboat, as the staying in a guesthouse or hotel. nurse and protect the public King, entrusted by God in tries, shouldn't we revert back local and private. The private islands are staying at private islands, the Aitken local ferries don't stop at the resort ■ A Green Tax of $6 per person per and animals properly. The Vedas. Vedas in this matter ask to the Vedas? usually owned by resorts while the local Spence properties- Adaaran Club islands. day is levied on guests staying at Yajurved mantras 11/14 and the King/Prince to give death (The author is Swami Ram islands are the ones that are inhabited Rannalhi (Kaafu Atoll) and Adaaran ■ Maldivian Rufiyaa (MVR) is a resorts, hotels and liveaboards. For 10/29 preach that the King punishment to the culprit. This Swarup, Yogacharya, the chief and offer the true Maldivian flavours Select Hudhuranfushi (North Male nonconvertible currency only those staying in guesthouses, the along with his ministers, must is the reason that Lord Ram editor of Ved Ishvareeya Vani, a and also offer a wider range of shops Atoll), are some good options to con- available in the Maldives. 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