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 on Thursday around 11.45 am. and a massive hunt was Addressing a Press confer- launched to nab the attacker,  -." ence in the evening, IGP the IGP who rushed to the Jammu MK Sinha said Yasin spot. Earlier, a police post on Javid Bhat was nabbed by a % & the bus stand premises was tar-  $     012 1% police party at toll plaza in geted by suspected terrorists on Nagrota of Jammu for the ter- injured received splinter December 29, 2018. he Congress has become ror attack. Bhat was in contact injuries in their abdomen and Three people, including Tfirst off the block in nam- with Farooq Ahmad Bhat, dis- chest, said police, adding that two policemen, were injured in ing candidates for the Lok trict commander of Hizbul the deceased has been identi- a similar grenade attack on Sabha polls in UP and Gujarat the cadres and fine tune her Mujahideen in Kulgam, said fied as Mohammad Sharik. May 24, 2018. when its announced the list of campaign strategy. The list of Sinha, adding he was arrested He was among 33 people Senior State Government 15 candidates — 11 for UP and Gujarat candidates is also sig- on basis of CCTV footage and brought to the hospital. He officers, including Chief four for Gujarat — on nificant. testimony by eyewitnesses. succumbed to splinter injuries Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam, Thursday. Ending all specula- The Congress Working During questioning Bhat in the chest, police said. Advisor to the Governor K tion about Sonia Gandhi fight- Committee is scheduled to said he had procured the A high alert was sounded Vijay Kumar, visited the ing eletion due to ill health, the meet there next week followed grenade from Farooq in in Jammu immediately after the grenade attack location at bus Congress announced that the by a public rally of Rahul- Kulgam and reached Jammu on  !! !  $ $ grenade strike, which is stand. Several political parties UPA chairperson will contest Priyanka combine in the home Thursday morning. believed to be aimed at dis- in the State condemned the from her Rae Bareilly Lok State of Prime Minister The condition of four included 11 residents of Eyewitness said the terror- were parked. Due to impact of turbing the communal har- grenade strike at Jammu bus Sabha constituency. As expect- Narendra Modi. injured people is “critical” and Kashmir, two from Bihar, and ist lobbed a grenade while the blast, window panes of mony in the region. This is the stand and urged the ed, Rahul Gandhi will seek re- In the 2014 Lok Sabha two of them were operated one each from Chattisgarh and passing through the general bus several parked buses and shops third attack on Jammu bus Government to ensure fool- election from Amethi. elections, Congress had man- upon by doctors. The injured Haryana, officials said. stand area where several buses were shattered. Majority of stand since May 2018. proof security arrangements. However, the party has aged to win from only Amethi kept everyone guessing and Rae Bareli in UP. whether Priyanka Gandhi, The Congress has fielded )*#

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 sile defence systems last year. speculation that Priyanka will 2014 Lok Sabha elections from #    The two countries recently be fielded from Rae Bareli. Vadodara. Imran Masood has $ 012 1% $ 012 1% signed another deal for manu- Sonia has been representing been fielded from Saharanpur, $ 012 1% of the Central Government facturing more than seven lakh this constituency ever since she while former Union Minister he Supreme Court will take and the Delhi Government. ndia and Russia on Thursday another five years till INS AK-203 rifles in India. The deal launched herself in politics. Salman Khurshid from Ta call on Friday whether to head of the coming Lok “The three corridors have Iinked a deal worth three bil- Chakra Three joins service. is worth over 12,000 crores The first list of Congress Farukkhabad. Sources said the refer Ayodhya’s Ram ASabha polls, the Narendra been chosen as they have high- lion dollars for a nuclear-pow- Incidentally, the new deal and the rifles will be manufac- UP candidates has been party will repeat all the 22 win- Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid Modi Government on er ridership and are extremely ered submarine for the Indian is the biggest since the two tured at Amethi factory of announced before Priyanka ning Lok Sabha candidates of land dispute case to mediation Thursday approved the three essential to address the con- Navy. The submarine will be countries inked a 5.5 billion Ordnance Board. revisits the State to galvanise the 2009 general elections. for amicable settlement. A five- corridors of the phase IV of gestion and pollution issues,” acquired on a lease of ten years judge Constitution Bench Delhi Metro. the Ministry said. to enable the Indian officers headed by Chief Justice Ranjan In its last Cabinet meeting, Reacting on the Union and sailors to gain operational Gogoi on Wednesday had the Modi Government Cabinet decision, Delhi Chief experience in handling such reserved the order after hear- approved Metro corridor from Minister Arvind Kejriwal said complex machines. At present, ing various contesting parties. Aerocity to Tughlakabad, that people of Delhi are very India has one Russian subma- Hindu bodies except Janakpuri West to RK Ashram, disappointed that the Centre rine on lease. The Navy had Nirmohi Akhara and one fac- and Mukundpur to Maujpur. has decided to approve only 3 acquired a submarine in the tion of Hindu Mahasabha The total length of these of the 6 corridors. “Why is the 1980s too from Russia. opposed the suggestion to refer three corridors is 61.679 km. Modi Government so much As of now, India has 12-14 the issue for mediation, while Out of the total 61.679 km, against the people of Delhi? conventional submarines pow- Muslim bodies have supported 22.359 km will be built under- Why does the Modi ered by diesel and two nuclear- it. Hindu bodies like Nirmohi ground and 39.320 km will be Government create obstacles in powered submarines, including Akhara suggested the names of constructed as elevated section. every project?” Kejriwal said. indigenously manufactured Justices (retd) Kurian Joseph, The phase IV project of the The three proposed corri- INS Arihant and INS Chakra. AK Patnaik and GS Singhvi as Delhi Metro has six corridors dors not yet approved are: The latter was inducted on a mediators, while the Hindu which will connect the far- Rithala-Bawana-Narela, lease for ten years some years Mahasabha faction of Swami fetched areas of the capital Inderlok-Indraprastha and back and the lease term is Chakrapani proposed the and will ease long journeys for Lajpat Nagar-Saket G Block. expected to end in 2022. names of former CJIs Justices regular Metro passengers. Sources said the Finance The proposed new subma- JS Khehar and Dipak Misra According to Ministry of Ministry has approved the rine, likely to be inducted in and Justice (retd) AK Patnaik Housing and Urban Affairs three corridors with riders that 2025, will help the Indian crew to the bench. (MoHUA), these corridors will operational losses will be borne in mastering the technology The Bench, also compris- consist of 46 stations, of which by Delhi Metro. If it fails to pay and the experience will come in ing Justices SA Bobde, DY 17 stations will be underground back, the State Government handy while using the three fol- Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and the rest 29 stations will be will have to bear the losses. low-up submarines after and SA Nazeer, had concluded constructed as elevated sec- The Central Government Arihant. They are under con- the hearing by asking stake- tions. The total completion has assigned the task of bear- struction in India. The Russian holders to give the names of cost of the three Metro corri- ing the operating losses on the submarine will be named INS possible mediators. dors will be 24,948.65 crore. State Government along with Chakra Three. Negotiations Another petitioner and BJP The project will be imple- repayment of the loan from the for the submarine was on for leader Subramanian Swamy mented by Delhi Metro on the Japan International the last two years and sources argued mediation is sterile basis of the existing 50:50 Cooperation Agency (JICA), said the lease of the present INS exercise. Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) the report said. Chakra may be extended by  
         
             
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As per ore than a month has were result of the beneficiaries the standards, the water level in Mpassed since the panic but- mistakenly pressing the button. the Naini lake should be about   ton was launched by the State However the State minister eight feet by the end of Government on the occasion of for Women and Child Welfare, February. However, despite the     the Girl Child Day on January Rekha Arya said, “The report we recent rainfall and snowfall in 24. Nearly 100 panic buttons have received about the distrib- and around Nainital, the level  were distributed during the event uted panic buttons has been of water in this lake was only to selected beneficiaries in four good so far. Women and girls about 5.65 feet on Wednesday. 'P districts-Dehradun, Haridwar, have used the panic button mis- Despite the rain and snow- Tehri, and Pauri. It was also stat- takenly or sometimes like a drill fall experienced in Nainital $ 0+%0%+ ed that the Government will and it has been working nicely. and in higher altitude areas facilitate subsidy through One can state that by god’s grace nearby, the level of water in the he level of water in Naini Corporate Social Responsibility nothing bad has happened to any Naini lake has not risen as Tlake has been on the wane (CSR) activity to lower the price of our beneficiaries.” expected. In Nainital, about due to various reasons. of the button in the State. Adding more to this Arya three inches of snowfall was Observers opine that one of the However, the ground reality is said, “The panic buttons will be recorded on February 27 and major reasons is the illegal con- that neither has the panic button on trial for a period of six 28. The level of water in the structions in Sukhatal area. A been practically useful for months after which we will Naini lake had risen by 1.5 inch bulk of the water in Naini is females nor will it be easy to pro- likely bring it with a subsidy.” during that period. After that recharged from the watershed vide it to more girls and women It should be mentioned there was consistent rainfall but area of Sukhatal. across the State as officially here that the market price of the level of water in the lake water in the lake had dropped These reasons include the fact the high court recently. It good snowfall nor rain during However, rampant illegal claimed by the Government. the button is 2,360 which actually dropped by 1.5 inch. In to 2.60 feet. Compared to that that rainwater from residential should be mentioned here that the winters which has affected constructions and protracted Uttarakhand is considered to after subsidy may come down recent days too, despite rainfall, the water level this year is still areas is not harvested but naturally, 60 per cent of the the level of water in Naini lake official apathy towards be among the safest States in to about 1,600. Observers the level of water in the lake has three feet higher. Still, consid- drained into sewerage lines, water in Naini lake is rainwa- negatively. Sukhatal has exerted a negative India considering the rate of state that involving CSR activ- been dropping by about half an ering the consistent rainfall water is also wasted during sup- ter while recharged ground According to sources, effect on Naini lake. Further, crimes. However, the State ity and bringing it with subsidy inch on a daily basis. However, and water supply from the ply through pipelines and lack water accounts for 40 per cent. about 8,00,000 litres of water is the remaining quantity of Government decided to distrib- makes it time consuming the situation so far is not as lake being facilitated as per a of water retention in the water- The snowfall and rains during supplied per day from 11 tube- water supplied for domestic ute panic buttons to girls and process. Even after subsidy, alarming as it was during the roster, the water level in the lake shed areas of the lake. the winter play an important wells in the watershed area of use should be returned to the women for use during emer- 1,600 remains a considerable previous year. is still not satisfactory. The issue of rainwater from role in recharging the ground- Naini lake by the Jal Sansthan lake but this is being drained gencies and gender crime sce- amount for many which makes It should be mentioned Observers state there are many homes being drained into water.During the past three for drinking purposes and through sewerage to outside nario. More than a month after it impractical for a majority to here that last year the level of reasons for this state of affairs. sewer lines had also reached years, Nainital neither received other domestic use. The natural the town. the panic buttons were distrib- buy the panic button. $
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 & and laboratory amounting to (TDS) related to the tourism income tax department offi- Similarly, others who have Bisht, Anjali Khandelwal, Along with residents of the dis- the CM and 88 schemes cost- & % 47.50 crore. department. cials conducting the survey. been accorded state minister Ashutosh Verma, trict, this will also benefit the ing 183.72 crore for which the He inaugurated and laid The survey activity was It will be recalled that ear- rank positions include Chandraprakash, Rajesh pilgrims who visit Haridwar foundation stones were  
 the foundation for various conducted under the supervi- lier in February, the Income Tax Ramkrishna Bhatt who has Kumar, Rohit and Pushpa throughout the year. The elec- unveiled. " %   departmental schemes sion of additional commission- department had conducted a been made vice chairman of Barthwal have been made tricity supply will not be dis- Speaking on the occasion, " %  amounting to 101.52 crore on er of income tax (TDS) survey of irrigation department Uttarakhand scheduled tribe members of GMVN board of rupted even during inclement Rawat said that the state gov- the occasion. Rawat said there Shumona Sen and headed by the at Kashipur on the basis of welfare council, Murat Ram directors while Kamal Jindal, weather following the comple- ernment is facilitating various    are 20.06 lakh bovines and assistant commissioner of some information they had Sharma who has been made Taradatt Pandey, Kundan Bisht tion of this task, he said. developmental schemes includ-    9.80 lakh buffaloes in the state. income tax (TDS) Amandeep received earlier. vice chairman of Uttarakhand and Ram Singh Koranga have Cabinet minister Madan ing the renovation of Bagnath    Native breeds of cows comprise Kaur. The survey found anomalies scheduled tribe welfare coun- been made members of KMVN Kaushik, MLAs Adesh shrine in Bageshwar, con-    -  5.42 lakh while crossbreeds According to the income tax in the TDS. It was stated by reli- cil, SP Chamoli who has been board of directors. Chauhan, Suresh Rathore and struction of roads and con- comprise 2.56 lakh. Under the department, the action had been able sources at the time that the others were also present on the struction of factory in Garud. ernment to achieve the poten- Gokul Gram scheme, the conducted in order to verify the Income Tax department is aware occasion. Referring to Pirul (dry pine tial. He also spoke in detail native breeds are being facts of sudden reduction of of varied means being used to In the Kapkot Vidhan needles) he spoke of potential about the initiatives of the encouraged also because the pending demand against the orchestrate anomalies in TDS by *   Sabha constituency of for employment through this Government in various sectors. quality of their milk and urine Tourism Department by way of both governmental departments + *,  Bageshwar district, he inaugu- and the work done by the gov- At Shyampur in Rishikesh, is superior. revision of TDS returns. and private enterprises.

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$ ,%% 3++0 !48+" our Indian Air Force (IAF) and which the Chief Minister has amid loud cheers. country against which Guru put it in the pocket of Anil launched the fourth phase on Alleging that the Goods Nanak Dev ji had spent his hrowing a challenge at the Ambani? Can he explain why Thursday to provide relief and Services Tax (GST) was entire life…In a way, his (Guru TPrime Minister Narendra his government is not return- worth 200 crores to another brought without any consulta- Nanak’s) thoughts are being Modi, Congress national pres- ing 31,000 crore of Punjab 15,000 small farmers besides tions, Rahul said that it had attacked. It is not only hap- ident Rahul Gandhi on which is hard-earned money of bringing Dalit and landless resulted only in losses to busi- pening in Punjab, but in the Thursday dared him to hold a farmers?” said Rahul while labourers into the purview of nesses. “We will change GST entire country,” said Rahul. 15-minute on-camera televi- lashing out at Modi. the scheme by waiving off  520 once we are in power in 2019,” Alleging that the real issues sion debate on serious issues, “It is right when our Prime crores of the loan of 2.82 lakh he announced. were being ignored, Rahul while dubbing the battle Minister says he has worked a farm labourers. Gandhi attacked Modi for between the Congress and the lot in five years...He indeed has Lambasting Modi for    .6$ / allegedly failing to honour BJP as a ‘fight of ideologies’. worked a lot for rich industri- “tweaking” the Rafale deal con- $ 2   promises he made five years At the same time, Rahul alists but not for poor and ditions to favour Ambani, he Accusing the Prime back, such as two crore jobs Gandhi accused the saffron farmers. But Congress is doing said: “Modi has played a cruel Minister and BJP of spreading each year and remunerative party, and the PM Modi of that in Punjab and other states. joke on the farmers by giving hatred in the country, Rahul prices for farmers. “If you look spreading hatred during a pub- If debts of rich can be waived, them 3.50 a day while giving said that the next election in the country and ask the lic rally ‘Mission 13’ in Killi why not those of poor,” he said. industrialists crores of rupees would be an ideological fight youth what do you do? They Chahlan village on the outskirts “While ‘chowkidar’ is as a gift. The Congress, on and Guru Nanak's philosophy will reply: ‘nothing’,” he added. of Moga town, to officially always at service for rich and coming to power at the Centre, of love and mutual respect sound the poll bugle in Punjab. mighty, he is not ready to would ensure a minimum would win. “On the one hand, 4     Lashing out at the BJP return 31,000 crore to Punjab guarantee scheme for all.” there is Guru Nanak Devji's $  0/  from left, right and centre, Government which is hard This chowkidar is clearly a ideology, and on the other, it is Reiterating the slogan Rahul Gandhi touched sever- earned money of the farmers,” chor, declared Rahul, while the RSS ideology of spreading given by his grandmother and al issues ranging from the farm said Rahul while referring to pointing to the 30,000 crore hatred,” he said. former Prime Minister Indira distress to poverty, drugs, * / ! $   the Cash Credit Limit (CCL) benefit given to Ambani and “We remember Guru Gandhi of “gareebi hatao” (alle- besides national issues like issue of food account ongoing the missing Rafale files, which Nanak Dev ji on this land. viating poverty), Rahul blamed Rafael deal, increasing pover- and farm loan waiver. “People’s the state that had fought ter- years...including that of coun- between the Centre and Punjab would have shown that the Guru Nanak ji had shown the Modi for increasing poverty in ty, among others. hard-earned money is being rorism. try’s richest industrialist. Government since 2017. arrival of the jets was delayed path of love and brotherhood, the country. Rahul Gandhi, in his half- given to certain industrialists,” In a no holds barred attack Everyone knows his name! But Alleging that Punjab’s because of the parallel negoti- not only to Punjab but also to “Hindustan main jo an-hour address, took on the he alleged without naming on Modi, Rahul claimed that when it comes to farmers, he money is being held back just ations by the Modi government. the whole nation...But today, Narendra Modi ji ne garibi Prime Minister for his failure anyone. the Prime Minister waived off cannot waive off a single because it is not BJP-ruled The delay was costing the the situation in the country is badhai hai, jin logon ko beroz- on all counts, while challeng- He alleged that Modi was “debt amounting 3.5 lakh rupee”. state, Rahul, on the other hand, Indian Air Force (IAF) heavi- of hatred and anger. The BJP gaar kiya hai, hum Hindustan ing him to a 15-minute debate giving money to industrialists crore of 15 rich industrialists in “Can Modi explain why he lauded Capt Amarinder for ly, whose pilots’ lives had been people and Prime Minister ji se garibi ko mita denge,” he on critical issues such as Rafale but was not waiving the debt of the country in past five snatched 30,000 crore from the farm debt waiver scheme of endangered by Modi, he said are spreading hatred in the declared. ' ,+    0*          , --.   /     !! &/ $+ 0 with the terrorists in Turigam $ 3+0 %8+: -
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       stints in field and operational Moreover, a new post is like- one department known as strikes against terror camps the IAF in a statement said here     formations. The ultimate ly to b created to look after Capability Development. there on February 26 and the preparedness. The drone fell in on Thursday it is “in a high objective of the revamping is human rights aspects since the The government has also retaliatory action by the Pakistani territory. state of preparedness, to proac- A NOTAM is a notice to Barmer and Suratgarh sectors to reduce 1.5 lakh posts over Army is engaged in anti-ter- given the nod for the creation Pakistani fighter jets the next Moreover, Army chief tively engage any perceived alert aircraft pilots of potential and was briefed and updated by the years and save 5,000 to rorist and anti-insurgency of a single information warfare day when they intruded into General Bipin Rawat also vis- threat in the present security hazards along a flight route or local commanders on the cur- 7,000 crores in revenue operations for long in Jammu wing that will subsume two India in Rajouri sector and tried ited forward locations along the scenario. at a location that could affect rent operational situation, pre- expenditure. and Kashmir and the North- existing wings under the to target military installations. Line Of Control(LOC) in A strict vigil in the skies to the safety of flight. Most flights vailing security scenarios and The decision to restruc- east, they said. DGMI and the DGMO. The In this backdrop, the IAF is Jammu & Kashmir and the detect and thwart any act of to and from Europe and the US preparedness of the forma- ture the Army Headquarters As regards merging of DG (Military Training) will in a high state preparedness to international border in aggression from Pakistan Air besides some other destinations tions, an Army statement by doing away with some departments, they said two now be merged with the proactively engage any per- Rajasthan on Thursday to take Force is being maintained. to India fly over the Pakistani issued here said. posts by relocating officers in weapons and systems pro- Shimla-based Army Training ceived threat in the present stock of operational prepared- On the issue of airspace, it airspace. Since the closure of Rawat expressed his com- the field and merging some curement agencies were amal- Command. security situation. ness. He instructed troops to said “as per A Notice to the airspace, all commercial plete confidence in the capa- departments for better co- gamated. A new post of The Army also conducted Moreover, the IAF has kept remain prepared for all even- Airmen(NOTAM)No. flights now have to take alter- bilities of the Indian Army to ordination came after the force Deputy Chief will coordinate three other studies and sub- all its bases in Western sector tualities in close coordination A0234/19 issued by Pakistan, it nate aerial routes, sources said. thwart any nefarious Pakistan submitted an in house study with military intelligence, mitted them for approval on high alert and a SU-30 with the Air Force. has opened their airspace with Meanwhile, the Army chief design to destabilise any situ- conducted last year to the operations and logistics wings, which is yet to be given. These fighter jet shot down a The Army had warned Oman, Iran, Afghanistan and visited forward areas on the ation. He praised high state of Defence Ministry. was also cleared, they said. include “Reorganisation and Pakistani military drone in Pakistan on Wednesday that China only. The eleven LOC in Jammu & Kashmir and morale of troops and instruct- At least 30 per cent of the The new Deputy Chief rightsizing of the Army”, Bikaner sector earlier this week any “provocation or misad- Entry/Exit points located along international border in ed them to remain prepared for officers now serving in the will supervise strategy and “Cadre review of officers” and when it tried to gather intelli- venture” will be responded to Indo-Pak airspace boundary Rajasthan to review readiness. all eventualities in close coor- Army Headquarters will now operations, intelligence colla- “Review of terms of engage- gence about India’s military in a befitting manner with are still closed.” He toured forward locations of dination with the Air Force. be available for field duties in tion, conduct of operations ment of rank and file”.  
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 things that have ‘vanished’ we are the poster boys. He is strange and irresponsible Modi will attend the 50th include two crore jobs for poster boy of Pakistan hugging chowkidari”. Raising Day celebrations of the   youths, right prices for farmers’ Mr Nawaz Sharif, calling Mr “The Modi Government Central Industrial Security produce, 15 lakh in everyone’s Nawaz Sharif to his made a sensational disclosure Force (CISF) on Sunday. bank accounts, farmers’ insur- swearing-in ceremony doing in the Hon’ble Supreme Court “It is a moment of great day after the Government ance and promise of eradicat- drama,” he said. that secret documents per- pride for the CISF as in the last Atold the Supreme Court ing black money after demon- He alleged Modi was taining to Rafale fighter deal four decades no Prime Minister that documents related to the etisation, etc. responsible for delay in deliv- were stolen from the Defence had graced the occasion of Rafale deal have been stolen Alongwith Rahul, other ery of Rafale fighter jets as he Ministry. Very strange & irre- Raising Day parade,” CISF from the Defence Ministry, Opposition leaders including was holding “direct negotia- sponsible chowkidari. Is Director General Rajesh Ranjan the Opposition on Thursday West Bengal Chief minister tions” in the deal and asked national security & interest in said at the annual press brief- , * 1/+/+  $',  /+,  attacked the Centre over Mamata Banerjee and BSP why there was no investigation the safe hands? Think long & ing on the eve of the Raising the issue. supremo Mayawti also against him when the govern- loud,” she tweeted. Day on Thursday. over the security of the three ed the story of bravery and his powerful voice to the spe- Congress President Rahul questioned the Government ment was talking of probing West Bengal Chief Minister On a question if there was airports in Jammu & Kashmir devotion of CISF personnel in cial film made on the force,” Gandhi sought to know why a on the matter. others for theft of documents. Mamata Banerjee said the theft any specific reason behind the including Jammu, Srinagar and a 14-minute commemorative Ranjan added. probe cannot be ordered Hitting back at Prime Repeating his allegation of a was a matter of concern and PM’s decision to join the event, Leh airports, Ranjan said the film made by the force to mark During the event the Prime against Prime Minister Minister Modi for calling the “30,000 crore scam” in the described the entire matter as the DG said he was not aware. Ministry of Civil Aviation has 50 years of its raising. The film Minister will review a parade Narendra Modi for a “30,000- Congress a “poster boy” of Rafale deal, he also accused the ‘tamasha’ (farce) and hinted “I can guess that he may cleared the proposal and the depicts various operational and address the personnel. crore scam” when an investi- Pakistan for questioning the air Government of manipulating that its fallout would be known discuss the recent Pulwama Union Home Ministry has to roles of the Force and has recit- Raised in 1969, the 1.56 gation has been initiated into strike on terror camps in institutions to “save” Prime after the Lok Sabha elections. attack and the unfortunate vet it now. Presently, the three ed a few lines from the famous lakh strong force provides secu- the theft of official documents Balakot, Rahul said, “It is he Minister Modi and said justice “What would the Government death of a CISF trooper in a airports in the insurgency-hit ‘Agneepath’ poem penned by rity to 345 vital installations related to the fighter jet deal. who is Pakistan’s poster boy, should be for all. say on this? Who is the hidden Delhi fire and enhance the State are secured by the Central his father, Late Harishvansh Rai including 61 airports, seaports, Rahul said “gayab ho gaya” not us”. “Prime Minister got ISI BSP chief Mayawati also person behind this? morale of Central Armed Police Reserve Police Force. Bachchan. nuclear and space installations, There must be an enquiry into Forces,” Ranjan said. On a The DG said actor “We are thankful to the Delhi Metro and different steel &+,"2 +3& it,” she added. question if the CISF will take Amitabh Bachchan has narrat- actor for the gesture of lending and power plants. O )  $   4   ! & *8 $96P 012 1%        #  $   4   012 vacancies by direct recruitment Sabha and Rajya Sabha over to calculate the number of n the wake of complaints of      S 1% in teachers’ cadre. the issue. Javadekar had said in teaching posts to be reserved for Iparty workers and volun- The Ordinance will ensure the Lok Sabha on February 11 the SC and ST candidates, fol-
    teers about the long gap after he Centre on Thursday that constitutional provisions of that the government can “bring lowing an order by the her last visit as also the atidar leader Hardik Patel will join the Congress and like- Tapproved a proposal for reservation for SC, ST and an ordinance if its review peti- Allahabad High Court in April    demand from them that she Ply to contest the Lok Sabha election from Jamnagar con- promulgation of The Central SEBL in the faculty recruitment tion filed in the top court is 2017. should come to the State, stituency in Gujarat. AICC sources said Patel, who led the Educational Institutions will be protected and current rejected. The Supreme Court had last newly-appointed Congress agitation demanding reservation for the Patidar communi- (Reservation in Teachers’ impasse in recruitment would University Grants month dismissed a review peti- New Delhi: A compilation of General secretary Priyanka ty in Gujarat, is likely to join the Congress on March 12 in Cadre) Ordinance, 2019 to pro- be resolved. Commission (UGC) had tion filed by the HRD Ministry Prime Minister Narendra Gandhi will be on a three-day the presence of party chief Rahul Gandhi who will be visit- vide for the reservation of fac- There had been series of announced last March that an after its special leave petition Modi’s selected speeches Uttar Pradesh visit, starting ing the state for the Congress Working Committee. ulty in appointments by direct protests including from individual department should against the court order was reflecting his vision of taking Friday. The Jamnagar Lok Sabha seat is currently represented by recruitment of persons belong- Parliamentarians in the Lok be considered as the base unit rejected by the apex court. everyone along on the path of Priyanka is likely to hold Poonamben Maadam of the BJP. ing to Scheduled Castes (SC), development will be released by a series meetings with the Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley incharges and coordinators “She will also take the Gandhi and general secretary Socially and Educationally ,3P#!,43#3 on Friday. of Eastern UP region of which feedback from the volunteers West UP incharge Jyotiraditya Backward Classes (SEBL) in The book titled ‘Sabka the party has bestowed her whom she had tasked with Scindia were among the other central educational institutions Saath Sabka Vikas’ is in five vol- responsibility. certain roles. She had created party leaders who were part of It will also restore the ear- umes and has been brought out Interestingly, Priyanka’s an intelligence unit to gather it. lier 200-point roster-based       by Publications Division, visit coincides with Prime information from booth level Priyanka had then stayed reservation system in Higher Ministry of Information & Minister Narendra Modi’s visit so that next course of action there for three days and held Education Institutions (HEIs). Broadcasting. It will be released to the state for holding rallies be undertaken,” said the party discussions with state party The new system will consider    $   in Hindi as well as English, an and inaugurating projects in sources. leaders on election prepared- the university or college as one official statement said. the run up to the Lok Sabha Priyanka was in the cru- ness which came as a morale unit, instead of treating depart- Each polls. Modi represents the cial state on February 11 booster for Congress workers ment or subject as one unit. $ 012 1% Singh Puri accused Delhi Chief of the Varanasi Parliamentary con- when she made her debut in of the state after the party’s HRD Minister Prakash Minister Arvind Kejriwal of volumes stituency of which Priyanka active politics with a massive poor show in last few elections Javadekar said the decision will o reach out to the huge 40- “delaying” the process of regu- is cate- has the mandate to look for roadshow in Lucknow. including 2014 general elec- also now pave the way for fill- T50 lakh migrant population larising unauthorised colonies. gorised her party. Congress president Rahul tion and 2017 assembly polls. ing up of more than 5,000 in the national capital in over Reacting to the Union in five 1,700 unauthorised colonies Cabinet’s decision, Kejriwal segments ahead of the Lok Sabha elec- sought to know what the BJP covering tions, the Narendra Modi was doing in the last five years Prime   

    
 Government on Thursday over the issue and alleged that Minister’s approved a proposal to consti- they (the BJP) do the same ideas on tute a committee, under the thing before every election and good $ 012 1% Jaitley said during a Cabinet high TRP on Pakistan television press and we respect it. Even Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, later, forget their promises. gover- briefing here . but there is revulsion as far as framers of the Constitution said to recommend a process to Sources said the nance, escribing Congress He told reporters that every domestic opinion in India is con- national security is an exception confer ownership or transfer Committee will suggest process making India competent and DPresident Rahul Gandhi’s falsehood the Congress and cerned,” he said. and that has never been chal- rights to residents of unautho- or mechanism for conferring/ efficient, hailing India’s brave- attack on Prime Minister Rahul Gandhi have spoken on Therefore, the motivation lenged in last 72 years,” he said. rised colonies. The 10-member recognizing rights of ownership hearts, farmers and brilliant Narendra Modi on the Rafale the Rafale issue has been today was collateral, to shift the On Congress President’s committee will submit its (DDA), Additional Secretary, or transfer/ mortgage to the scientists, taking along the fighter jet issue as an attempt to “exposed”, adding that no dynast focus and take up an issue which criticism of the Rafale fighter jet report within 90 days to the MoHUA, Delhi Chief residents of unauthorized people on an inclusive path of shift focus of his narrative of can claim that he is above the is “false” and whose every “false- deal with France , the finance Ministry of Housing and Secretary, Commissioners of colonies and consequential growth and hope, and sharing “lies”, the BJP on Thursday Supreme Court and the CAG. hood” has been exposed, he minister said the Supreme Court Urban Affairs (MoHUA). three MCDs, Chairman, Delhi benefits. the message of a resurgent claimed that the Congress has “Words were very few, facts added. has spoken on it and the peti- After the report is submit- Urban Arts Commission, The Committee will look India with international com- been cornered as far as the sub- were completely wrong and the He also defended the gov- tioners are taking one more ted, Cabinet Secretariat will be Professor, Urban Transport, into all these issues, examine munity. ject of National Security is con- motivation was also collateral,” ernment’s stand in the Supreme chance, he said, adding that the informed and further action School of Planning & the need and recommend the Information and cerned. Jaitley said of Rahul’s press con- Court over publication of criti- CAG has already analysed it. taken after considering rec- Architecture (SPA), Urban process to consider confer- Broadcasting Minister “The Congress has in the last ference. He claimed that the facts cal media reports that they were During the day Union ommendations of the Planner & Director, National ment/ recognition of rights of Rajyavardhan Rathore will also few days through statements of which have emerged about the based the Rafale documents Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Committee. The decision was Institute of Urban Affairs, for- ownership or transfer/mort- be present at the event. its senior leaders has boxed itself matter so far have “proved” that “stolen” from the defence min- also launched an attack on the taken at a Cabinet meeting mer Director, Delhi Fire gage of property for creating an Last week, Jaitley had into a corner. They are getting the Congress and its leader have istry and that they violated Congress leader saying he nei- chaired by Prime Minister Services and Principal opportunity for redevelopment released a book titled ‘Mann Ki high TRP on Pakistan television spoken “lies” on every issue. Official Secrets Act. ther believes the Indian Air Narendra Modi. Commissioner, DDA as of such areas for improving the Baat —A Social Revolution on but there is revulsion as far as “The Congress has in the last “It is obvious that defence Force nor the Supreme Court The Committee will com- Member Secretary. quality of lives of residents in Radio’ —which is based on domestic opinion in India is con- few days through statements of notings of an issue of sensitive verdict and asked if he needed a prise of Vice Chairman, Delhi Union Minister Housing a planned manner through Prime Minister Modi’s month- cerned,” senior BJP leader & its senior leaders has boxed itself interest to the country have certificate from Pakistan about Development Authority and Urban Affairs Hardeep urban renewal. ly radio broadcast. Union Finance Minister Arun into a corner. They are getting been leaked... We have a very free the fighter aircraft. PTI %# %#( )#%*+,-./  ;

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Sudhish, Murshidabad Lok Sabha con- have started making prepara- Uttar Pradesh. to the BJP, which was counting It is a different matter that brother-in-law of Vijayakanth, stituencies, the Marxists have tions for an ekla chalo cam- He said Lucknow like inci- where he asserted that "our on his inclusion in the the DMDK had failed to win a who represented the party in its begun preparations to go it paign, insiders said. dents hurt the idea of India. fight is for Kashmir, not against Sahib, this is what you had spo- AIADMK-led front. The char- single seat and finished fourth talks with the BJP was holding alone at the hustings, inside “The State committee has Two Kashmiris selling dry Kashmiris", Abdullah said either ken against & yet it continues ter of demands submitted by in most of the constituencies. parallel talks with DMK trea- sources said. decided to begin it early. We fruit were thrashed by a group his words were not being imple- unabated. This is the state gov- PMK founder S Ramadoss to This has brought to light surer Durai Murugan with a The CPI(M) had proposed have the names of our candi- of saffron-clad men in Lucknow mented or they were just a erned by your handpicked Chief Prime Minister Narendra Modi the chaos, confusion and lack plea to accommodate their a “no mutual contest” formula dates ready. We have already Wednesday evening, following "jumla". "You (PM) have to Minister. Can we expect action for staying in the front too has of cohesion in the NDA's Tamil party in the UPA. Murugn for six seats where the two out- given our proposal of a joint which four persons have been prove whether your words have in this case or do we file your shocked the BJP. Nadu unit, said a BJP leader in told reporters that he had told fits have their sitting MPs. fight. Now it is upon the arrested. "What message do weight or not, you have to prove concern & assurances as a jumla, Ramadoss has asked the the State. It was Union Power Sudhish it was too late as there Currently Congress has its sit- Congress to decide on the plan. they (attackers) want to convey? that when you talk as the PM of meant to placate but nothing Centre to exempt Tamil Nadu Minister Piyush Goyal who was no more space in the UPA. ting MPs from Behrampore, If we fail to come to an under- What do they want to tell us? this country, your words are more?" he asked. from NEET and also the imme- held discussions with L K The absence of G K Vasan Jangipur and Malda North and standing then we are ready for That this state is theirs but not implemented or not, you have to The NC leader also posed a diate release of the seven assas- Sudhish on Wednesday. also belied the claim by the South while the CPI(M) has two a four-cornered fight,” a CPI(M) its people, that Kashmir will prove that the political structure question to Union Home sins of Rajiv Gandhi serving life "There was no need for the AIADMK that the Tamil MPs from Murshidabad and State committee member said remain part of India, but not you have grown up in, learnt Minister Rajnath Singh, who sentence in a Tamil Nadu BJP to intervene in the seat Manila Congress would join Raiganj, with the latter being a adding “the Left Front will do Kashmiris? When accession politics from and, to some represents the Lucknow seat in prison. allocation discussion with the the NDA. It is said that Vasan, stronghold of late MP and much better than what some (with the Union) took place, it extent, lead, whether you have Lok Sabha, that if he would step Vijayakanth's intransigence DMDK. The AIADMK should who was not considered by the Union Minister PR Dasmunshi. people are thinking it will do.” was not only about land, but its your say or not in that structure," in to deliver justice in this case. not to accept the number of have sorted out the issue," a DMK for inclusion in the UPA According to inside sources Meanwhile, Congress people as well. the former Jammu & Kashmir "Jenab @rajnathsingh Sahib. seats allocated by the AIADMK senior BJP leader told The was struggling to salvage his the late Congress leader’s wife sources said party president "You own the land, but not Chief Minister said. You represent this constituency to the DMDK and the absence Pioneer on Thursday. party by anchoring it in any of Deepa Dasmunshi — also a for- Rahul Gandhi had on its people, then how do you even Earlier, in a series of tweets, in the Lok Sabha, this is the con- of his party leaders and cadre Though the Prime the fronts. "He is having reser- mer Raiganj MP who lost the Wednesday sent Gaurav Gogoi think that the people here will Abdullah said Lucknow like stituency where Vajpayee Sb in the election rally addressed Minister flew down to Chennai vations against sharing a plat- seat to CPI(M)’s Md Salim in to CPI(M) general secretary say yes they are your integral incidents hurt the idea of India. was elected from & went on to by the Prime Minister on on Wednesday to launch the form with Prime Minister 2014 by a paltry 2,500 votes has Sitaram Yechury for exploring part. Just owning the land is not "Nothing will do more dam- be PM. If no one else will step in Wednesday at Kanchipuram campaign for the 2019 Lok Narendra Modi as he is still refused to sacrifice her claim on other options to let the alliance enough, you have to own the age to the idea of India in J&K & deliver justice can we expect has embarrassed the BJP more Sabha election, the schedule of hoping that he would get a call the seat. survive. Gogoi is the Congress’ people here," Abdullah said. He than videos like these. Keep you to punish those guilty of this than the AIADMK. which would be announced in from the Congress High Though the two parties observer for Bengal. It was was addressing a function here thrashing Kashmiris like this on assault?" Abdullah added. PTI Vijayakanth is insisting couple of days, the AIADMK Command," said a source close have been working out on a there that the Congress pro- where former PDP MLA the streets at the hands of that his party should be allo- let him down by failing to to him. “plan-B” being — whereby the posed the idea of leaving a Mohammad Shafi Wani joined RSS/Bajrang Dal goons & then CPI(M) may be asked to back Rajya Sabha seat for the National Conference. try to sell the idea of 'atoot ang' Congress’ Dasmunshi for the Dasmunshi. The CPI(M) has Referring to Prime (Integral part), it simply won't lone Rajya Sabha seat getting not given any confirmation Minister's speech in the Tonk fly," Abdullah said. 0 #  ,  vacated next year — the Left from its end, sources said. area of Rajasthan last month "Dear PM @narendramodi $         ! 6  Srinagar: A Jaish-e- Mohammad (JeM) terrorist from Pakistan was killed in an Wayanad (Ker): A suspected found next to his body," Kannur encounter with security forces Maoist leader, who has a slew of Range IG Balram Kumar in Kupwara district of Jammu & cases against him, was killed Upadhyay told PTI. He said the Kashmir on Thursday, police early on Thursday morning in force was on full alert after said. an exchange of fire with police there was an intelligence report Security forces launched a personnel which lasted for sev- on the movement of Maoists in cordon-and-search operation eral hours, officials said. hilly Wayanad district which in the Kralgund area of The gunfight started on shares border with Tamil Nadu Handwara in the north Kashmir Wednesday night and went on and Karnataka. "Two members district late Wednesday night till early Thursday morning, of the gang reached a private following information about they said. resort on Wednesday night and the presence of some terrorists "A resident of Malappuram demanded food for 10 members in the area, a police official said. district, C P Jaleel was killed dur- of their team and money... We He said the cordon was ing the exchange of fire between have estimated that there were maintained during the night Maoists and the police. A coun- around five to eight people in the and contact was established try-made firing weapon was group," IG said. PTI with them in the morning after ) !6 the forces zeroed in on the loca- $ $ tion. There was an exchange of He said the slain terrorist Incriminating materials, includ- firing between the two sides, in was identified as a Pakistani ing arms and ammunition, were which one terrorist was killed, national, known as Anwar, who recovered from the site of the the official said. was affiliated to the JeM. encounter, he added. PTI %# %#( )#%*+,-./  =   &$       
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  Take it from me in writing that as 50 proposals — including that time, the people had Minister Narendra Modi of denying any wrongdoing. I congratulate the people of the  6!   '!$ $ there will not be simultaneous several major policy initiatives shown the door to the Sena- politicising the Indian Air Further hitting out at Modi city for this feat. It is a special Lok Sabha and Assembly polls aimed at doling sops to various BJP Government in the state. Force's (IAF) air strikes on over IAF's air strikes in moment for me. It gives me a honour of inaugurating the The Nagpur metro is the in Maharashtra”. sections of the people –at its The situation is no different this Jaish-e-Mohammed's camp in Pakistan, Pawar said, "It is not kind of double happiness today. first section of the Nagpur second metro service in The speculation about state Cabinet meeting sched- now. The Congress is fully pre- Pakistan in retaliation to the the Opposition, but PM Modi Because, it was I who laid the Metro five years later on behalf Maharashtra, after the one in simultaneous polls had uled for Friday. pared to face simultaneous terror outfit's attack at politicising the situation, and foundation stone for this pro- of my Government at the Mumbai. Nagpur is the second stemmed from the fact that the Fadnavis sought to dis- Assembly and Lok Sabha elec- Pulwama in Kashmir where 40 that's sad." ject in 2014 and now I have the Centre”. capital of Maharashtra. State Government has taken miss the possibility of simulta- tions in the state,” Sawant said. CRPF personnel were killed India wanted peaceful and last month. friendly relations with all The Centre told the neighbours, including Pakistan. *! Supreme Court on Tuesday "But Pakistan's intentions are (    )      that documents related to the not similar," he said. Rafale aircraft deal being stolen, Even the families of mar-   ! ! prompting the Opposition par- tyrs are saying sacrifices of sol-    ties to again raise questions diers should not be politicised,   %3&# over the 58,000-crore defence he added.  2    /5+% deal which is already mired in Pawar also claimed that controversy. during the recent all-party     anding out an ultimatum to defaulting political enti- "If confidential papers are meeting over the issue, the BJP Hties ahead of the Lok Sabha polls in the State,  $,  stolen, then what will be the sit- did not have a representative. Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Maharashtra State Election Commissioner (M-SEC) JS uation on the security front," Criticising the BJP-led on Thursday said the theft of Rafale files from the Union Sahariya on Thursday directed 14 recognised political par- Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister thrashing the MLA with his shoe, as Pawar wondered while inter- Government over its demon- Ministry of Defence was a matter of concern and ties in the State to submit details of their election expen- Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said television cameras recorded the episode. acting with NCP workers in etisation, he claimed around 15 demanded an enquiry into it. diture on or before March 10. indiscipline will not be tolerated in the The MLA reacted, landing a few blows Kolhapur through video- con- lakh people lost their jobs due She also sought the Central Government's version In show cause notices served on various errant par- party, a day after two elected represen- on Tripathi. ferencing. to the note ban decision. about the theft and asked who was the 'chhuppa rustam' ties, Sahariya stated that in the event of the political par- tatives of the ruling BJP came to blows The incident had left the party red- "How can confidential There is no record of how (hidden person) behind this act. ties failing to comply with the M-SEC’s directive, the reg- during an official meeting. faced. papers go missing from the much black money was In a tweet in Hindi, Banerjee, also the Trinamool istrations of errant parties would be cancelled. The fight, caught on tape, took place Meanwhile, the UP CM exuded Ministry of Defence. It is clear unearthed, but people had to Congress supremo, described the entire matter as As per the notification issued by the M-SEC on during a meeting at the district collec- confidence that the BJP will win over 74 now that the Rafale deal was face lot of hardships, he said. 'tamasha' (farce) and hinted that its fallout would be October 15, 2016, it is mandatory on the parties to sub- torate in Sant Kabir Nagar in the pres- seats in the northern state, including done to benefit some people. Pawar also claimed that in known after the Lok Sabha elections. mit their election expenditure accounts to the ence of minister in charge of the district, Amethi and Azamgarh. Why did the Government hide the last two-and-a-half years, "What farce is going on in the country? Documents Commission. “We have reminded the political parties in Ashutosh Tandon. "I believe that people will give us the theft from Parliament. "11,000 farmers have commit- are being stolen from the Ministry of Defence itself. This this regard from time to time. We have issued the latest Speaking at a programme here, more seats," he said. The papers definitely had ted suicide". is a very dangerous situation for the country," she tweet- notice to defaulting political parties to comply with M- Adityanath said, "BJP is a disciplined "In the last 23 months, we have some important information," He acknowledged the role ed. "What would the Government say on this? Who is SEC’s directive and avoid getting their registrations can- party. Indiscipline will not be tolerated. efficiently improved law and order sit- he said. of social media and said it the hidden person behind this? There must be an enquiry celled,” Sahariya said. In this particular case, strict action will uation in the state. The successful Terming the Government's played a "very important role" into it," she added. Among the prominent parties that have been served be taken against the guilty." organisation of Kumbh and Pravasi stand on Rafale deal issue as in BJP's victory in 2014. Later, in the secretariat, the Chief Minister wondered show cause notices are: the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, Sant Kabir Nagar MP Sharad Bharatiya Divas speaks volume about surprising, he said, "These are Referring to the Congress- if it was not the "fault" of the Government, adding "if a Shiv Sena, and opposition parties like Congress, Tripathi and Mehdawal MLA Rakesh the change in the state administration," the same people who are refus- NCP alliance in Maharashtra, Government cannot protect a document, how can the Nationalist Congress Party, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena Baghel got into an argument at the he said. The priest-turned-politician ing an inquiry into the deal Pawar said two joint rallies have country be safe under it"? "The country is under threat. and Samajwadi Party. The other smaller parties served with meeting over taking credit for a newly also said that there should be no poli- while having demanded a taken place so far and discus- Has there been any FIR lodged in this case? We also run show-cause notices are: the CPI, CPM, Bahujan Samaj laid road. tics on issues related to national secu- probe into the Bofors case." sions are underway for a cou- a government and we lodge FIRs if we lose a document," Party, Janata Dal (S), Lok Janshakti Party, AIADMK, After a brief exchange of words, the rity, while referring to the Pulwama ter- Taking a swipe at the prime ple of seats. PTI she said, terming the episode as "big corruption". PTI AIMIM and JD(U). MP got up from his seat and began ror attack. PTI !  72 +8 +  ! *  0+9

Jammu: The 46-day long begin on July 1, the day of ' annual pilgrimage to the Masik Shivratri according to Amarnath cave shrine in south the Hindu calender and would Gorakhpur (UP): The Uttar force and stopped them. Kashmir Himalayas will begin conclude on August 15, the Pradesh parliamentarian from "The police had used on July 1, a Raj Bhavan official day of Shravan Purnima and Gorakhpur and 20 others were batons on us. Around 100 peo- said here on Thursday. Raksha Bandhan festival, the detained on Thursday while ple were injured... I have also The decision was taken at official said. staging a demonstration for received injuries at my hand. the 36th meeting of the Shri The Sri Sri Ravi Shankar granting reservation to the We were demonstrating for Amarnathji Shrine Board Committee had been set up to Nishad community under the our constitutional right," he (SASB) which met at the Raj advise the board regarding Scheduled Caste category, said, adding that even an MP Bhavan under the chairman- the duration and schedule of police said. was not safe under the ship of Governor Satya Pal the pilgrimage. Gorakhpur MP Praveen Adityanath government. Malik, he said. After considering the car- Nishad and people from the Senior Superintendent of The SASB manages the rying capacity of the tracks community were staging a Police (SSP) Sunil Gupta said annual pilgrimage on the tra- and available infrastructure demonstration in Bhagwanpur the protesters had permission ditional Pahalgam route in in the yatra area, the board area. for the programme in Anantnag district and the decided to allow 7,500 pil- Nishad said they were Bhagwanpur only. shorter, Baltal track, in grims per day on each of the going towards the 'mini office' The SSP said when the Ganderbal district. two routes, excluding those of Chief Minister Yogi protesters started marching Based on the approach set travelling by choppers, to Adityanath at the Gorakhnath towards the temple, the police by the Sri Sri Ravi Shankar secure advance registration temple to hand over a memo- tried to stop them but they did Committee, the board decid- for the pilgrimage, the ! !! 
   
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So 1:1:+4:.                whether they belonged to Rajasthan, West 41%08 + to outrage her modesty. has given courage to the women was tion. So, public meetings were held to              Bengal, Goa, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, But here, too, courage has come in seen when an attempt to assault a SHG raise awareness and discussions, ques- Uttar Pradesh or Kerala, the women overcame +,1 %101 the form of rural women collectives member was made recently. Over 100 tioning this custom, began at meetings            barriers of language, region and religion to speak 34/:+81* 1C which are standing up against violence. members rushed to the village after organised by SHGs. Why are only              up against the culture of victim-shaming and sup- 4 :1+%1 + In villages of Deoria district in hearing about the incident through female dolls beaten? Why are guddas or     port each other. 5C 34%08 4/. Gorakhpur division, women collectives the helpline and tracked down the cul- male dolls not beaten? When no logi- *             ( This was what the Rashtriya Garima Abhiyan 1 :%, 4$ have developed their own helpline to prit. They sat in front of the house of cal explanation could be found, a col-        (      (RGA) wanted. Organised by RGA, a coalition :1:%+ + protect themselves and others from sex- the perpetrator (who belonged to an lective decision was taken by the SHGs     R (   S      of civil society organisations working against gen- %03:1+1 . ual violence. Used by the members of upper caste) and refused to move even to stop following the doll-beating tra-   der violence, the march gave the survivors a plat- 340% 1:%08 the collectives in times of distress, this though they were threatened. After dition. Instead they started placing the 3     *    =     ( form to make their voices heard. “Despite fac- 1C 51408 4 innovative helpline has become lifeline several hours, when the police realised doll on a swing and rocking it. Initially,    R!   ) F  0 ing sexual violence, most women did not report +:8%0+%1 for the 240 self-help groups (SHGs) in they would not be able to move the many of them had to face taunts and  S     8D *         ( it”, according to Ashif Shaikh, convenor, RGA. the district. Since each SHG has a mem- women unless they took action, the even abuses. But when the women did One of the main reasons for this under-report- 34/0%%1 bership of 10-15 marginalised women, perpetrator was nabbed. not change their decision, many others               ing was that women were made to feel guilty for +0 +3, more than 2,400 women are connect- Courage has also come in the way followed their example.      R   S      the violence perpetrated against them. “The 13404%3 +0 ed in times of need. It is one of those of women changing traditional cus- Today, on International Day for    R S  RS     ‘Dignity March’ gave the women a chance to 43%+ 421: groups that set up a chain of support toms like gudiya peetna or doll beat- Women, the courage of these margin-            # ( break this culture of silence,” said Shaikh. 4 345+ the moment a woman dials the helpline. ing. This age-old custom has been an alised women needs to be celebrated       R      S The women are not only speaking out but 1%: The idea of the helpline came only integral part of Nag Panchami, a pop- more than ever. They don’t have the              ( are also daring to take on their perpetrators, %0$/10%+ after women formed SHDs with help ular festival in Uttar Pradesh. It is pop- backing of the community and in              something that takes immense courage. They 1:1:+4:* from the Rajiv Gandhi Mahila Vikas ular in eastern Uttar Pradesh, partic- many cases, even their families aban- @          do realise that by coming out, the risk of reprisal 1C +:1 +4 Pariyojana (RGMVP), a not-for-prof- ularly in Sitapur district. Here, young don them. These women from the            has increased, considering they belong to mar- 3+08%08 it organisation working for women’s men between 18 and 25 years of age Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled    R  S   8-9,    R)  ginalised communities and lack economic and empowerment in Uttar Pradesh. After pound the dolls with decorated sticks, Tribe (ST) have had to deal with the social power to combat their influential perpe- :+ %%40+ women understood the importance of unmindful of the culture of violence double-whammy of caste oppression *   ) S #      ( trators. Yet, they have not shied away from being 3/4 %,1 collective strength, they gained the con- it was perpetuating among young and gender discrimination. Data shows               ( seen and heard. This makes their march against 451+%08 fidence to tackle sensitive cases of sex- boys and men. that the percentage of women (age 15-            R( sexual violence even more admirable and ual harassment and domestic violence. The first to oppose this custom was 49), who have experienced physical vio- S            inspirational. The decision to create a helpline came Mahila Samakhya, an autonomous lence since age 15, is greater among SC             Their stories have re-focussed attention on up during one such meeting when they unit of the Government’s Ministry of and ST women (35.7 per cent for SC #           ( impunity in which perpetrators of crimes discussed how members could access Women and Child. It demanded an end women and 31 per cent for ST women)    S       against women roam free. The National Crime help in an organised manner. to this tradition that devalued girls. By as compared to that faced by other       Records Bureau (NCRB) data revealed that Now, they all know that instead of allowing them to be beaten, the tradi- women. Justice is often delayed with 0            while 106 rapes were reported every day in 2016, becoming distressed or frightened, tion gave boys and men sanction to use their cases hanging in court. NCRB data          *  conviction rate was just 18.9 per cent. In fact, they can get the support of the collec- violence against women under the shows that almost 90 per cent of the there has been a steady rise in crimes against tive with just one phone call. “Just this garb of religion and custom, contend- cases filed under the SC/ST Act remain A S            women. Cases of rape increased from 34,651 in knowledge gives them the confidence ed Mahila Samakhya. It asked for pending at the end of every year. It takes    S R ( S A   2015 to 38,947 in 2016. to fight for their rights”, said Rita Devi, gudiya jhulana or placing the dolls on an average of five years for a trial to be                ( With nearly 11.4 per cent of total crimes block president of 240 SHGs. decorated swings and rocked with completed with a majority of them end-              against women in India being committed in Uttar This self-belief has led them to respect at such ceremonies. Some years ing in acquittals.              Pradesh, the State ranks a dubious first in the take on the police when they refuse to ago, Mahila Samakhya organised a spe- Even then, women are no longer             national list of crimes against women (2014 register their complaints in their bid cial programme to condemn this tra- willing to go quietly into the night. They              NCRB). In fact, in 2013-14, Uttar Pradesh, which for justice. They have also come dition at the Naimisharanya pilgrimage have shown spunk, grit and courage to   !"# "   $ !    has 16.8 per cent share of the country’s women together to bring perpetrators to site in Sitapur where this tradition was speak up. They deserve respect, digni- " %  &# population, saw an increase of 73 per cent over book even if they belonged to the celebrated with great fanfare. ty and most of all, justice. the previous year in cases of assault with intent upper castes. Just how such a helpline Expectedly, this met with opposi- (The writer is a senior journalist) 4           > +                                  

that women from within their ed a school for girls along with her decline comes from the ‘developed’ ening misogyny that exists in our a crucial component for the devel- and development. Between the last collective played to rebuild the friend Fatima Sheikh in the 19th States like Andhra Pradesh, Tamil public life point to the gender bat- opment of girls in their early and Women’s Day and the one this year, State after the devastating impact century. We have indeed come a Nadu and Karnataka. tle that remains half-won. The vio- late adolescence as they prepare for the Indian #MeToo happened and of the floods. It left me with a long way since then but have miles These States traditionally had lence, intimidation and discrimina- a life of adulthood. The opportu- jolted ‘powerful’ men used to get- mixed feeling: India is making to go before we achieve true equal- a more balanced sex ratio at birth tion that our girls face remain a blot nity and ability to interact in pub- ting away with exploitation of progress for our girls and women ity. but economic anxieties and deep- on India and its people. lic spaces enable them to get their their women colleagues and but the progression is not uniform We have achieved almost uni- rooted social bias against the girl A 2018 study, World of India’s education, exchange ideas and juniors. It also shook the public and is not moving at the pace it versal enrollment for girls in pri- child have meant that more parents Girls, on the perception of safety thoughts with their friends and from their silence of convenience should. This means that more mary school but not all of them go are accessing sex-selective proce- among girls, found that half of the peers and offers overall develop- and made them face the elephant 1  33 needs to be done. on to complete their schooling. dures like amniocentesis and surveyed adolescent girls fear they ment. It is essential for the girls to in the room that gender-based International Women’s Day is Every one out of six girls in the age sperm or embryo selection to pre- would be groped, assaulted and develop a world view, to pursue a abuse and discrimination is. have just returned from Kerala, a celebration of the rights of group of 15-16 years drops out of vent the birth of a girl child. This even raped in public spaces. More career, or even go out for recreation Through the power of social where one of the largest women and an occasion to remem- school, almost never to return. is a serious cause for concern. It tellingly, perhaps, for our own or run errands. Such exposure is media, it provided a great fillip to Iwomen’s collectives in the ber the battles that still lie ahead Similarly, while India has had an means that development, educa- collective mindset, almost half of paramount for girls to become self- the movement for equal rights for country — aiming to provide post- to realise true gender equality in anti-child marriage law for almost tion and economic growth alone the girls felt that their parents confident in their interaction with women and girls across India. flood relief, building resilience every sphere of life. It is a day to a century now, 27 per cent of all are not enough to ensure gender would respond to such instances of the world outside their homes The courageous women, who and confidence among children renew our vows to make the world marriages still happen before 18 equality. The role of education is abuse by curbing them inside and to become capable to pursue broke the silence and called out and women from the most margin- a safer, better and fairer place for years of age. While today more crucial in the empowerment of homes. The survey also revealed gainful employment and become their abusers, have given millions alised communities — is under women and girls. women are joining the organised women and remains the most that one in five parent marries their self-reliant. of Indian adolescent girls and way. At an event presided over by The theme for Women’s Day job sector, they grapple with invis- effective driver of change. But girls early in the interest of their As a major signatory of the post- young women the confidence that the State Finance Minister, over this year is #BalanceforBetter — ible glass ceilings and discrimina- without an equally strong gender- own safety and well-being. 2015 Sustainable Development they, too, can raise their voice 3,000 women gathered and underlining the great inequity and tion at the hands of male col- equal foundation, it does not bring Similarly, brothers of girls, who Goals (SDG) framework, it is against discrimination and abuse. demonstrated the power of engage- inequality that prevails between leagues. While there is greater lasting change as far as gender bal- were part of the survey, felt their incumbent upon India to achieve We must build on this momentum ment and empowerment, to be the men, women and others, who awareness about the rights of the ance is concerned. Why else do we sisters ought to dress only a certain gender equality and equally empow- with new rigour and must realise change-makers for themselves, espouse other gender-based iden- girl child owing to campaigns like still bear the ignominious label of way and not go out of the house er all girls (SDG 5 and SDG 10). that gender equality can be their families and the community tities. This year India will also cel- Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, the sad being ‘no country for women’? unaccompanied. In brief, the study These global goals give us — the achieved only if we treat both boys at large. The energy in the room ebrate the 187th birth anniversary fact is that over the last few years, The impunity with which par- revealed that anti-women atti- civil society and women and chil- and girls equally. Because balance filled with these fantastic women of its first woman educationist, the national Child Sex Ratio has ents abort female foetuses; relatives, tudes remain entrenched in our dren’s rights movements — the can only be for the better. was palpable. They danced, Savitri Phule, who faced severe declined from 887 in 2014 to 877 family friends, neighbours and collective psyche. perfect tool to ensure that no girl is (The writer is CEO, Save the cheered and applauded the role social oppression when she start- in 2016. Moreover, much of this strangers abuse girls; and the sick- Interaction in public spaces is left behind in the march of progress Children) %# %#( )#%*+,-./ &)

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Thursday said it has been crore rights issue in a bid to 37.5 billion (approximately laws,” the statement said. investors sentiment remained 70 against the US dollar on Thursday amid robust foreign The market breadth was selected by Rolls-Royce Plc infuse funds in the company. USD 525 million), representing Airtel is in the process of positive amid a strengthening inflows and strong buying in domestic equities. This is the third tilted in favour of sellers as 1,349 UK as one of its strategic long- “The entire rights entitle- the rights entitlement for its appointing banks to execute rupee and sustained foreign straight session of gain for the domestic currency, during which scrips declined while 1,309 term partners to deliver digital ment of promoter and pro- direct stake of 15 per cent”. this. “The rights issue reiterates fund inflows. it has strengthened by 92 paise. advanced. Investor sentiment and engineering services. moter group of approximately With this rights issue sub- the confidence of our share- The BSE benchmark Forex traders said optimism regarding a trade deal got a major boost from a con- As part of this engage- 167,857 million (16,785.7 scription, Singtel’s effective holders in the competitive Sensex climbed 89.32 points or between the US and China and weakening of the greenback stant rise in the Indian rupee. ment, Infosys will leverage its crore) will be subscribed by interest in Airtel will be 35.2 strength and sound business 0.24 per cent to finish at versus other currencies overseas also supported the rupee. Meanwhile, foreign port- turbo machinery and propul- them and GIC,” Bharti Airtel per cent and the company will strategy of Airtel. It shall fur- 36,725.42, while the broader However, rising crude prices capped the gains. folio investors (FPIs) purchased sion practice to offer Rolls- said in a statement on Thursday. continue to be the single largest ther strengthen our balance NSE Nifty inched up 5.20 At the Interbank Foreign Exchange market, the rupee shares worth 1,130.78 crore, Royce end-to-end complex The statement further shareholder in Airtel. sheet with desired financial points or 0.05 per cent to opened stronger at 70.08 a dollar. The local unit moved in a while domestic institutional engineering and digital solu- added that the promoter and The board of Bharti Airtel flexibility so as to meet future 11,058.20. The Sensex has now range of 70.15 to 69.94 before finally ending at 70.00, show- investors (DIIs) offloaded equi- tions, Infosys said in a state- promoter group will subscribe approved the rights issue to raise opportunities, particularly in gained nearly 858 points in four ing a gain of 28 paise over its last close. The rupee on ties to the tune of 878.45 crore ment. to 117,857 million (11,785.7 up to 25,000 crore through the the rapidly transforming Indian sessions. Wednesday had strengthened by 21 paise to close at 70.28 Wednesday, provisional data Infosys has extensive expe- crore) and GIC will subscribe issuance of fully paid up shares mobile market,” Gopal Vittal, Larsen and Toubro against the US dollar. This is its highest closing level since showed. rience in delivering complex to 50,000 million (or 5,000 at a price of 220 per share and MD and CEO (India & South emerged as the top performer January 8, when the rupee had finished at 70.21. Asian markets showed programmes in aero and land- crore) by way of renouncement to raise an additional 7,000 Asia), Bharti Airtel, said. in the 30-share Sensex pack “There is lot of optimism regarding trade deal between the weakness, tracking lower Wall based gas turbines spanning in their favour. crore via the foreign currency He said the fresh capital after the engineering major US and China. Having said that, volatility is expected to rise Street stocks and awaiting fresh component development, man- One of the promoters. perpetual bond issue. infusion will help the compa- announced large order wins in coming sessions for the rupee as the country is heading developments on the China-US ufacturing technologies, service Singapore Telecommunications The GIC has confirmed to ny to continue investments in from domestic clients. towards the general election,” said Anand Rathi Shares and Stock trade front. engineering, support, testing Ltd (Singtel), said it would subscribe to this renounced future rollouts to build large Other gainers were Brokers research analyst Rushabh Maru. A weaker-than-expected and validation services, it infuse 3,750 crore in Bharti entitlement on behalf of network capacity and create Mahindra and Mahindra, Axis private US jobs data pulled US added. Airtel by subscribing to the Government of Singapore and content and technology part- Bank, ITC, SBI, HDFC, market was mixed ahead of 36,744.02 and hit a high of stocks lower. No financial details of the proposed 25,000 crore rights Monetary Authority of nerships to ensure the best cus- PowerGrid, Tata Motors, TCS, important central banks meet- 36,830.25 and a low of Shanghai Composite fell partnership were disclosed. issue of the company. Singapore. “The promoter and tomer experience. Tata Steel and Reliance, rising ings, including ECB, Fed and 36,590.88. It finally settled at 0.14 per cent, Japan’s Nikkei up to 1.77 per cent. BoJ. Rise in US trade deficit 36,725.42, 89.32 points, or 0.24 ended 0.7 per cent lower; while On the other hand, Coal and deteriorating global out- per cent higher. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng India, Sun Pharma, NTPC, look impacted the sentiment,” The broader NSE Nifty dipped 0.89 per cent and / *! !   F?68FC6 ONGC and Yes Bank were said Vinod Nair, head of opened at 11,077.95 and shut- Korea’s Kospi dropped 0.45 among the major laggards, research at Geojit Financial tled between 11,089.05 and per cent. declining up to 3.09 per cent. Services. 11,027.10, before ending at In Europe, Frankfurt’s New Delhi (PTI): Reliance Capital Thursday said it would monetise 43 per of Reliance Capital. It said it has an over- “Mid and small-cap took a Of the 30 Sensex scrips, 12 11,058.20, showing a rise of DAX dropped 0.49 per cent, plans to reduce its overall debt by 10,000- cent of its stake in Reliance Nippon Life all strategy to reduce debt by approximately breather but exuberance ended with gains while 18 saw 5.20 points, 0.05 per cent. while Paris CAC 40 slipped 12,000 crore in the next three to four Asset Management (RNAM) and 49 per “10,000-12,000 crore in the next 3-4 remains due to investors’ losses. Sectorally, BSE Capital 0.39 per cent in their early months through stake sale in two ventures cent shareholding in Reliance General months”. The transactions would help the change in preference to cheap The Sensex started off the Goods topped the gainers’ deals. London’s FTSE also fell and monetisation of several non-core Insurance Company Ltd (RGICL). company to bring down the debt burden valuation. On the global front, day on a positive note at chart, spurting 1.51 per cent, 0.41 per cent. investments. In a release, the company on RGICL is a wholly-owned subsidiary by around 50-60 per cent.

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21411.25 21549.00 45.05 SUNPHARMA 458.50 463.20 449.25 450.90 TATAMETALI 631.20 704.10 620.70 672.45 MARICO 337.00 339.60 332.65 337.00 CHENNPETRO 255.20 260.80 253.10 255.85 ASIANPAINT 1398.60 1405.50 1392.00 1395.50 1.80 TATAELXSI 961.90 997.50 958.00 963.00 J&KBANK 49.50 49.70 45.60 46.10 SADBHAV 229.00 240.50 224.55 233.05 BOSCHLTD 18942.75 18942.75 18443.50 18509.45 TATASTEEL 519.85 523.20 513.55 521.50 0.65 AXISBANK 722.00 738.40 719.75 732.20 INDIACEM 98.05 98.80 95.55 96.60 TIINDIA 383.00 396.40 380.70 384.40 TEJASNET 187.95 188.30 176.20 180.15 JSWSTEEL 290.40 294.00 285.40 289.95 0.00 SBIN 279.70 282.00 277.65 281.15 GREAVESCOT 130.10 134.20 128.90 133.25 MUTHOOTFIN 569.00 578.30 562.00 571.85 DBCORP 192.25 195.00 189.05 193.20 GAIL 344.55 350.35 343.05 345.00 -0.35 ENDURANCE 1160.00 1206.60 1151.10 1177.70 DMART 1474.95 1496.05 1451.60 1457.95 GODREJCP 707.70 715.40 703.00 706.10 GRINDWELL 554.00 572.50 552.70 565.10 INDUSINDBK 1534.90 1544.95 1520.15 1531.00 -3.85 IDEA 31.60 33.05 31.30 31.95 INDIANB 253.80 255.00 247.20 249.80 SRTRANSFIN 1244.25 1246.20 1221.00 1228.90 BAJAJHLDNG 3235.00 3299.00 3235.00 3274.05 BAJAJ-AUTO 2927.00 2927.00 2900.00 2919.50 -8.10 JETAIRWAYS 241.50 250.00 237.65 243.00 NBCC 60.00 60.00 58.00 58.95 PERSISTENT* 684.00 684.00 630.10 640.30 WABAG 327.00 328.35 319.65 326.20 SUPREMEIND 1092.95 1102.70 1075.10 1081.15 HDFC 1892.00 1892.00 1865.20 1879.00 -6.20 AVANTI 389.70 416.40 386.00 406.05 EVEREADY 212.00 218.55 209.10 211.25 KEC 278.35 280.25 269.40 273.85 JSLHISAR 94.00 94.00 91.45 91.80 MAHLOG 468.55 495.70 468.00 487.25 BAJAJFINSV 6580.10 6668.60 6565.00 6581.70 -27.45 DBL 595.00 596.60 566.10 573.95 DRREDDY 2690.00 2726.00 2669.25 2686.10 PFC 115.00 115.25 112.05 112.40 MAHINDCIE 240.55 241.00 237.85 238.20 IFBIND 925.45 940.10 881.75 886.25 ITDC 288.00 288.00 280.05 281.10 ICICIBANK 371.50 374.00 368.50 370.30 -1.65 RPOWER 12.65 12.75 12.21 12.33 IBVENTURES 294.15 294.15 285.60 286.75 LAXMIMACH 6099.00 6382.00 6080.00 6271.80 CEATLTD 1135.50 1135.50 1113.20 1122.50 IEX 159.95 160.95 158.00 160.45 KOTAKBANK 1244.00 1246.00 1235.20 1235.70 -5.60 IDFCFIRSTB 49.90 51.00 48.65 48.95 DLF 177.30 179.00 173.70 175.75 EICHERMOT 21575.05 21668.50 21386.75 21501.85 KANSAINER 437.35 440.00 432.10 434.25 APLAPOLLO 1380.00 1413.70 1368.60 1402.50 MARUTI 7078.00 7092.50 7002.00 7020.00 -36.90 NAVKARCORP 42.40 46.30 41.75 45.00 JISLJALEQS 62.20 63.40 60.90 62.75 IGL 292.00 294.00 287.95 289.50 MERCK 3525.00 3540.00 3430.05 3459.55 JBCHEPHARM 339.30 339.90 330.10 335.10 BHARTIARTL 310.00 312.20 307.00 307.40 -2.00 HEG 2203.00 2274.00 2170.00 2231.10 GLENMARK 604.00 620.50 600.05 609.55 JINDALSAW 94.55 96.10 92.50 93.10 UFLEX 218.80 223.95 216.45 217.90 ZYDUSWELL 1274.65 1324.85 1263.25 1290.15 UPL 877.00 877.00 867.25 871.40 -5.95 M&M 663.90 677.00 655.00 670.85 GMRINFRA 16.85 17.70 16.70 16.95 MFSL 409.05 415.75 405.10 409.30 SCHNEIDER 109.00 109.80 104.70 105.30 HINDUNILVR 1717.00 1721.00 1698.50 1703.35 HEROMOTOCO 2788.00 2788.00 2726.20 2734.20 GUJFLUORO 976.15 1000.00 976.10 992.35 SREINFRA 31.40 31.40 30.35 30.50 PIIND 969.00 970.75 962.05 965.90 HCLTECH 1047.60 1050.50 1032.00 1035.00 -8.25 ORIENTCEM 81.80 83.05 80.75 81.40 BPCL 373.55 376.95 369.00 369.70 -3.00 BANKBARODA 112.20 116.75 111.05 115.15 UBL 1405.10 1416.15 1379.65 1385.75 BLISSGVS 178.00 178.20 171.60 173.30 HIMATSEIDE 175.95 180.65 175.25 178.25 ZEEL 472.60 478.05 455.00 458.55 MANAPPURAM 119.75 120.00 117.90 118.65 IDFC 40.00 41.20 39.90 40.05 CAPPL 407.50 423.00 399.30 411.05 LALPATHLAB 1021.50 1023.30 1005.15 1009.00 CIPLA 547.65 550.00 539.65 542.95 -4.60 TCS 2000.50 2021.00 2000.50 2011.50 GUJGAS 126.30 131.70 126.00 128.25 COFFEEDAY 285.00 293.55 284.10 290.20 CORPBANK 30.00 31.00 29.90 30.15 SWANENERGY 114.40 114.40 108.50 109.65 DRREDDY 2690.00 2725.90 2668.90 2669.10 -24.55 ASHOKLEY 91.35 92.00 89.50 90.75 VENKYS 2240.00 2279.00 2193.35 2207.25 MINDAIND 333.05 348.95 330.95 340.35 ZENSARTECH 212.85 219.20 209.70 217.40 GREENPLY 148.00 148.00 141.35 145.75 GRASIM 821.00 824.35 808.50 812.35 -7.75 TATASTEEL 522.00 523.25 513.75 520.70 NCC 98.75 98.75 96.50 96.75 WELCORP 118.00 122.50 116.50 119.80 SANOFI 5700.00 5718.95 5556.00 5594.25 SHREECEM 17550.00 17666.60 17368.25 17527.70 HINDALCO 203.75 203.75 199.90 200.55 -2.20 JINDALSTEL 167.40 169.55 162.80 167.15 HINDALCO 203.70 203.70 200.00 200.55 INDHOTEL 140.10 142.85 138.55 142.10 GPPL 89.10 90.80 88.00 89.00 VTL 1042.00 1063.00 1039.20 1049.90 TITAN 1069.00 1069.00 1039.00 1044.00 -11.95 BIOCON 609.80 621.55 608.00 611.40 ASIANPAINT 1399.05 1405.20 1392.05 1397.25 LTTS 1550.00 1550.00 1522.00 1527.20 GODREJPROP 700.00 704.90 691.00 696.90 INDOSTAR 346.00 360.00 345.60 354.70 INFY 734.00 734.50 720.55 723.30 -9.20 SUNTV 622.50 626.55 611.15 613.90 ACC 1554.70 1570.35 1536.90 1552.00 EXIDEIND 225.35 227.40 223.20 224.00 HERITGFOOD 485.00 505.00 485.00 495.00 BLUESTARCO 663.60 663.60 655.00 659.75 IBULHSGFIN 725.00 727.30 704.20 721.10 -9.40 IFCI 14.00 14.05 13.72 13.79 ORIENTBANK 94.15 97.60 93.05 96.10 PAGEIND 23349.50 23833.00 22987.45 23131.35 KRBL 378.70 381.75 365.55 368.75 GSKCONS 7139.80 7160.10 7060.00 7065.85 BAJFINANCE 2774.95 2782.30 2725.00 2730.20 -36.50 REPCOHOME 449.90 461.20 436.50 446.35 BAJAJFINSV 6599.80 6663.75 6561.00 6612.40 INDIGO 1231.00 1233.00 1209.60 1222.40 HSIL 240.00 246.20 237.10 242.40 JAGRAN 105.15 105.15 101.00 102.20 YESBANK 235.50 236.00 228.65 231.85 -3.45 ITC 285.90 290.90 285.60 290.05 SOUTHBANK 15.10 15.38 14.78 15.17 FCONSUMER 48.30 50.50 48.30 50.15 TATACOMM 612.50 615.00 606.60 611.15 NBVENTURES 110.75 111.15 108.50 109.35 VEDL 178.95 178.95 172.60 175.85 -2.65 SUNTECK 388.00 409.80 387.00 394.50 HUDCO 46.40 46.70 45.10 45.25 HEIDELBERG 172.95 177.50 170.55 175.70 MAGMA 113.10 117.00 112.40 115.20 GDL 124.50 125.75 121.00 123.90 HEROMOTOCO 2770.00 2779.00 2721.00 2724.95 -40.90 RAIN 107.40 112.00 102.65 106.90 MINDTREE 916.00 935.00 915.00 918.00 DEEPAKFERT 140.50 145.80 135.90 136.60 JYOTHYLAB 191.00 194.85 185.00 187.15 PGHH 10670.00 10716.45 10225.00 10399.85 ULTRACEMCO 3978.80 3987.80 3900.35 3917.80 -60.85 IDBI 45.70 46.10 43.50 44.05 FRETAIL 441.65 458.80 441.55 449.70 PRSMJOHNSN 88.60 92.75 85.80 91.45 GSPL 172.85 173.15 170.00 170.25 ABBOTINDIA 7410.00 7410.00 7250.15 7282.95 TECHM 823.55 825.45 806.25 809.00 -14.55 ALBK 51.50 56.00 50.85 54.65 NIITTECH 1315.00 1349.45 1315.00 1321.80 HEXAWARE 363.05 363.05 349.75 350.65 SYMPHONY 1334.40 1342.50 1304.00 1315.25 BLUEDART 3240.00 3312.00 3190.00 3235.65 THYROCARE 539.00 539.00 525.00 526.40 ONGC 154.80 155.50 151.50 152.00 -2.80 PCJEWELLER 78.45 81.45 78.20 79.15 RADICO 399.00 399.05 389.15 391.00 SHANKARA 473.00 474.05 449.85 453.25 SONATSOFTW 337.10 343.00 329.70 338.60 FINOLEXIND 540.00 540.00 523.50 533.35 SUNPHARMA 459.50 463.00 448.80 450.65 -9.90 SPARC 195.90 198.60 187.90 189.10 ICICIPRULI 338.55 338.55 328.10 330.30 GRASIM 820.00 824.10 808.95 810.10 IBULISL 330.00 330.00 304.00 318.20 CENTRALBK 32.20 32.40 31.60 32.00 NTPC 149.10 150.60 145.50 145.60 -3.35 STRTECH 260.00 270.40 257.10 266.85 OIL 182.00 182.60 176.90 177.10 PNBHOUSING 903.90 903.90 887.00 888.95 SOMANYCERA 358.00 374.50 358.00 365.75 BALMLAWRIE 188.65 188.65 186.00 187.05 WIPRO 280.00 280.30 267.50 269.00 -8.45 MARUTI 7059.00 7081.50 7000.80 7030.65 GAIL 346.65 350.10 343.30 344.20 CADILAHC 328.55 333.75 324.10 327.10 CARBORUNIV 381.45 383.95 380.45 380.85 EDELWEISS 165.70 165.95 159.35 164.30 ADANIPORTS 336.00 342.45 334.95 340.85 ABFRL 222.30 224.50 219.90 223.35 ASTRAZEN 2080.00 2080.00 1956.25 1968.05 NILKAMAL 1389.50 1401.75 1373.40 1376.35 ZEEL 476.25 478.55 454.90 456.00 -14.90 SOBHA 439.95 441.70 435.25 436.30 COALINDIA 243.00 243.00 233.35 234.45 -8.30 RCOM 6.07 6.15 5.86 5.91 M&MFIN 440.55 441.40 435.00 437.40 CENTURYPLY 188.95 189.90 184.05 187.80 VEDL 178.20 178.90 172.75 175.90 EIHOTEL 189.95 192.30 187.05 189.45 WHIRLPOOL 1574.80 1586.50 1560.00 1569.80 TIMKEN 589.90 600.00 582.45 592.60 IOC 155.45 157.20 149.15 149.55 -5.35 HINDPETRO 248.65 253.50 246.50 248.85 TATAGLOBAL 198.25 199.70 196.20 196.55 GESHIP 287.00 290.45 285.70 286.90 TVTODAY 345.00 345.00 333.65 336.50   FORCEMOT 1697.50 1760.00 1660.00 1711.35 NIACL 207.95 208.00 192.10 197.70 KNRCON 235.85 239.20 232.10 234.55 ITDCEM 116.10 117.85 115.00 115.35 NHPC 23.90 25.90 23.90 24.80 CHOLAFIN 1307.40 1322.00 1291.00 1299.60 WESTLIFE 369.90 373.70 363.00 368.70 FINCABLES 430.00 435.00 424.20 433.00 JUBLFOOD 1340.00 1359.70 1315.85 1325.40 KTKBANK 121.00 122.25 118.70 120.75 PFIZER 3291.30 3298.50 3201.10 3222.60 SIS 831.10 850.00 825.25 844.25 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE TECHM 822.95 824.50 806.00 808.10 OMAXE 206.70 207.15 204.50 205.05 KPRMILL 584.15 592.80 579.45 589.30 CHAMBLFERT 162.35 165.60 162.35 164.40 NIFTY NEXT 50 27598.55 27668.55 27393.95 27429.50 -128.60 NATIONALUM 58.30 58.30 56.45 57.15 APOLLOTYRE 219.90 219.95 215.90 216.25 BASF 1429.90 1460.00 1393.00 1428.75 TNPL 207.00 210.35 207.00 208.00 NHPC 24.00 25.90 23.90 24.85 0.95 ADVENZYMES 156.95 167.30 156.95 163.25 JAMNAAUTO 61.70 61.90 60.20 60.55 KALPATPOWR 404.90 406.50 394.50 402.55 GMDCLTD 85.35 86.20 83.80 85.15 BANKBARODA 112.00 116.90 111.15 115.20 3.10 BANKINDIA 89.70 92.30 88.55 90.85 BAJAJELEC 472.25 482.95 472.00 481.20 BHARATFIN 969.05 970.20 957.35 961.45 SHARDACROP 371.25 375.10 366.00 371.85 IDEA 31.60 33.10 31.30 32.10 0.85 SUVEN 252.50 272.85 251.10 266.80 PIDILITIND 1141.30 1148.55 1132.00 1135.75 SUNCLAYLTD 3001.00 3190.00 3001.00 3104.50 HONAUT 22129.40 22189.00 21415.00 21996.80 ABB 1252.00 1294.90 1244.75 1271.00 26.45 TATAMTRDVR 96.60 97.55 93.65 94.90 COROMANDEL 461.15 477.00 460.70 472.10 MRPL 71.40 71.85 70.30 70.80 CUB 189.05 190.75 186.50 187.65 NMDC 107.75 109.30 107.00 108.60 1.60 COALINDIA 243.90 243.90 233.20 235.15 AARTIIND 1525.05 1538.70 1470.00 1481.15 INOXWIND 77.90 80.50 75.50 76.50 AKZOINDIA 1768.15 1768.20 1741.10 1752.70 HAVELLS 714.00 728.00 711.15 720.90 7.20 BHARTIARTL 309.50 312.30 307.75 308.75 AJANTPHARM 989.00 993.45 971.00 975.60 MINDACORP 151.00 151.00 144.00 145.20 TEAMLEASE 3000.00 3040.00 2976.25 3015.65 ASHOKLEY 90.95 92.10 89.40 91.30 0.70 HDFC 1897.00 1897.00 1865.45 1879.45 JSL 42.00 42.25 40.55 41.45 FORTIS 134.25 135.70 134.15 134.70 APLLTD 545.00 546.00 541.35 544.00 HINDZINC 268.15 271.20 266.50 269.50 1.40 TATAPOWER 72.80 73.90 70.25 70.55 NAUKRI 1735.00 1735.00 1695.00 1708.50 BDL 287.95 287.95 278.00 279.35 CRISIL 1515.30 1516.50 1491.65 1492.55 PETRONET 228.00 233.00 227.55 228.50 1.15 IOC 154.90 157.00 149.30 150.55 VIJAYABANK 44.90 46.80 44.50 46.10 TRENT 338.00 338.40 333.50 334.50 SUDARSCHEM 344.75 345.80 341.85 344.80 AMBUJACEM 221.50 224.90 219.15 221.20 0.95 JSWENERGY 69.00 72.80 67.95 70.50 CUMMINSIND 735.00 744.75 725.00 740.05 SHK 153.00 154.00 148.70 151.40 SHILPAMED 382.60 384.45 374.15 378.80 LUPIN 788.00 803.50 785.30 792.00 2.95 WOCKPHARMA 430.00 436.25 423.20 427.75 KEI 392.20 394.95 381.20 390.75 PRESTIGE 206.00 208.20 204.25 205.15 WABCOINDIA 6518.45 6624.00 6396.00 6417.55 ACC 1550.00 1571.85 1537.00 1558.70 4.30 RBLBANK 624.30 631.50 617.40 619.90 ASHOKA 139.00 139.00 133.35 135.00 GRANULES 105.90 106.65 102.65 103.80 SKFINDIA 1959.95 1967.05 1945.05 1950.10 BRITANNIA 3045.00 3069.00 3028.70 3034.95 8.10 LAKSHVILAS 81.30 82.35 73.20 73.20 TRIDENT 67.80 67.80 65.30 66.25 ELGIEQUIP 264.30 265.70 257.15 260.30 CARERATING 1010.80 1012.45 991.80 999.05 MARICO 336.95 339.60 335.25 337.50 0.65 MANPASAND 89.45 101.00 86.00 99.20 NMDC 107.30 109.15 106.90 108.75 TORNTPOWER 248.80 249.90 244.70 248.55 PNCINFRA 135.00 136.80 134.20 135.40 MAHLIFE 380.00 380.00 371.60 374.20 GODREJCP 706.40 716.00 703.95 706.90 1.20 ONGC 155.00 155.50 151.10 152.20 UPL 875.25 875.25 867.85 871.55 MOTILALOFS 590.00 609.15 588.55 603.05 PVR 1538.55 1540.00 1512.00 1519.80 ERIS 616.25 621.25 605.05 614.30 PEL 2568.00 2585.85 2525.90 2579.90 2.85 PETRONET 227.95 232.95 227.95 229.15 AUROPHARMA 734.00 740.65 720.80 724.05 HINDZINC 267.65 270.85 266.30 269.90 QUESS 761.00 772.00 754.85 763.00 SCHAEFFLER 5455.10 5545.00 5366.15 5535.20 HDFCLIFE 390.60 394.00 384.30 390.40 0.35 INDUSINDBK 1535.00 1544.85 1522.00 1529.20 VOLTAS 590.00 601.80 590.00 593.55 RALLIS 159.60 163.30 157.55 161.25 COCHINSHIP 386.85 386.90 376.15 378.45 FDC 174.95 176.90 173.75 175.55 SIEMENS 1019.70 1034.15 1012.40 1020.10 0.90 LUPIN 788.00 803.10 786.50 791.10 BANDHANBNK 505.00 507.00 494.70 497.15 MGL 892.85 895.00 875.00 878.80 ISGEC 5377.60 5488.00 5205.00 5283.70 MONSANTO 2660.00 2660.00 2585.00 2614.85 L&TFH 141.80 141.80 138.75 140.80 -0.25 BPCL 372.90 376.85 368.55 370.30 DIVISLAB 1720.00 1720.00 1645.25 1652.65 AUBANK 582.95 596.90 576.00 580.80 JKLAKSHMI 341.55 345.30 338.15 341.75 TVSSRICHAK 2344.95 2344.95 2205.00 2239.25 LICHSGFIN 488.95 489.95 481.40 488.10 -1.85 DISHTV 41.20 41.20 38.40 38.95 FSL 47.50 48.50 46.25 47.15 MCX 741.65 746.00 730.25 734.70 TORNTPHARM 1798.30 1799.00 1771.00 1775.80 JCHAC 1895.10 1976.90 1895.10 1916.15 SHREECEM 17540.00 17696.90 17290.55 17400.00 -74.20 BEML 911.10 914.05 876.65 888.85 COLPAL 1280.75 1297.80 1257.25 1265.35 DENABANK 12.39 12.83 12.20 12.59 GALAXYSURF 1069.75 1093.05 1002.60 1083.90 SOLARINDS 1035.00 1062.70 1029.65 1033.55 CONCOR 488.40 490.85 481.10 484.20 -2.70 HDFCBANK 2110.00 2129.80 2096.00 2122.65 TVSMOTOR 493.50 493.50 480.35 486.30 TIMETECHNO 105.40 108.50 101.30 104.45 IOB 14.69 14.80 14.16 14.28 CERA 2495.40 2588.00 2495.35 2576.00 COLPAL 1281.30 1298.00 1262.00 1267.90 -7.85 RNAM 185.50 200.80 183.00 194.75 WELSPUNIND 56.10 60.80 55.75 60.10 IRB 149.95 149.95 147.10 147.60 SUNDRMFAST 527.00 529.20 517.00 522.20 DHANUKA 441.60 449.75 435.00 438.05 MCDOWELL-N 563.95 568.50 558.10 559.15 -3.90 MOTHERSUMI 167.05 168.00 161.30 165.25 FEDERALBNK 87.85 89.25 86.60 88.00 ASTRAL 1190.00 1229.00 1183.95 1194.35 PTC 81.00 81.80 78.75 79.15 GEPIL 816.50 829.95 815.00 829.05 INDIGO 1234.00 1234.00 1210.00 1220.10 -8.60 CGPOWER 38.40 38.40 36.20 36.45 INOXLEISUR 294.00 299.45 291.30 292.80 CYIENT* 670.75 672.90 667.00 668.10 SUPRAJIT 212.00 216.00 205.90 214.95 BAJAJCON 356.70 357.25 348.25 349.05 DABUR 438.75 441.80 432.10 432.80 -3.95 SJVN 24.10 27.40 24.00 24.90 APOLLOHOSP 1196.00 1201.70 1182.65 1188.25 INTELLECT 199.70 200.10 193.05 194.60 JKCEMENT 781.10 805.40 772.80 801.55 HATSUN 671.30 685.00 670.00 674.95 PIDILITIND 1144.50 1149.90 1130.00 1131.05 -11.00 SPICEJET 85.00 85.30 80.80 83.15 KAJARIACER 565.00 578.05 561.85 565.80 GUJALKALI 523.00 523.00 510.90 513.65 TATAINVEST 840.00 852.00 838.00 846.60 TRITURBINE 110.00 112.90 110.00 112.35 SRTRANSFIN 1244.75 1248.15 1220.00 1228.00 -12.45 PHILIPCARB 178.75 183.70 175.60 177.90 JMFINANCIL 85.65 88.40 85.10 86.15 GODFRYPHLP 905.00 940.80 905.00 932.70 CCL 298.90 298.90 288.00 292.80 NH 226.45 233.25 220.00 223.80 SUNTV 622.00 626.95 610.65 614.85 -6.90 IBREALEST 79.75 79.75 75.75 76.20 KSCL 429.90 433.15 417.95 420.60 CASTROLIND 165.40 165.60 161.35 161.80 ANDHRABANK 26.25 27.25 26.05 26.85 AIAENG 1780.50 1810.00 1775.25 1793.55 DMART 1471.05 1499.00 1451.60 1453.00 -17.35 ESCORTS 735.00 745.05 726.75 735.10 HAVELLS 714.00 728.00 712.00 719.65 VGUARD 218.00 220.25 215.00 216.70 ATUL 3412.80 3425.00 3350.00 3362.25 FORBESCO 2220.00 2263.95 2220.00 2221.15 DLF 176.95 179.05 173.60 175.15 -2.20 TAKE 142.00 149.30 138.95 143.95 BALKRISIND 913.15 925.50 905.00 919.95 ITI 98.80 99.25 96.70 97.40 THERMAX 998.00 998.90 975.00 979.65 GILLETTE 6497.10 6497.10 6405.55 6441.50 ICICIGI 977.00 979.00 946.00 957.00 -12.10 UJJIVAN 317.50 325.80 311.40 318.90 JAICORPLTD 102.60 102.70 99.45 100.00 RAJESHEXPO 576.90 580.15 572.50 574.85 MHRIL 218.55 221.40 215.15 220.00 ALKEM 1753.95 1758.15 1744.15 1748.85 ABCAPITAL 100.00 102.75 97.80 98.50 -1.30 UNIONBANK 79.05 81.80 78.45 80.10 CIPLA 552.80 552.80 539.00 540.85 BBTC 1286.00 1286.80 1263.40 1274.15 MRF 58693.00 58693.00 57742.50 57936.45 PHOENIXLTD 639.05 640.00 619.95 626.25 BANDHANBNK 506.00 507.00 494.20 494.50 -6.55 LTI 1670.00 1670.00 1639.00 1645.05 ABB 1245.00 1290.00 1245.00 1269.45 SRF 2363.00 2378.00 2345.00 2352.90 AEGISLOG 206.00 206.00 200.35 203.00 ESSELPRO 114.00 114.50 110.00 112.75 CADILAHC 330.95 333.65 324.00 325.95 -4.40 KOTAKBANK 1247.65 1248.20 1235.00 1237.05 ULTRACEMCO 3975.00 3980.85 3900.85 3914.05 TTKPRESTIG 8856.10 9030.70 8383.00 8575.10 NETWORK18 34.75 34.90 33.90 34.30 KIOCL 145.50 146.75 142.50 145.15 GICRE 250.40 254.30 246.00 247.10 -3.35 VIPIND 445.50 449.00 430.00 439.90 NTPC 149.00 150.95 145.55 146.10 IPCALAB 871.95 880.75 863.80 869.30 NAVNETEDUL 108.75 110.50 106.50 108.15 SHOPERSTOP 486.55 490.10 483.00 487.00 MRF 58570.00 58594.85 57645.10 57699.00 -867.40 BAJFINANCE 2777.00 2779.95 2727.00 2735.80 EIDPARRY 203.60 212.70 202.70 208.80 BERGEPAINT 307.95 307.95 299.00 300.80 GICHSGFIN 254.00 254.00 248.00 249.00 BAYERCROP 4300.00 4300.00 4266.00 4281.45 AUROPHARMA 735.00 740.80 720.10 722.40 -10.95 ISEC 228.00 235.30 222.45 230.50 MPHASIS 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It required that the more I concentrated on the sup- some effort to school myself, physically pression or sublimation of the sex- and mentally, for a life of service and instinct, the stronger it seemed to become, unavoidable hardship. But it required an at least in the initial stages. Though I unceasing effort, which continues till gradually made progress, the degree of today, to suppress or sublimate the sex - purity which Ramakrishna had insisted instinct. on, seemed impossible to reach. I persist- Avoidance of sexual indulgence and ed in spite of depression and remorse, lit- even control of active sex-desire is, I tle knowing at the time how natural the believe, comparatively easy to attain. But sex - instinct was to the human mind. for one's spiritual development, as under- It is now a moot question whether we stood should spend so much of our time and by Indian Yogis and Saints, that is not energy in trying to eradicate or sublimate enough. The mental background - the life an instinct which is as inherent in human of instinct and impulse - out of which sex- nature as in animal life. Purity and con- desire arises has to be transformed. When tinence in boyhood and in youth are of this is achieved, a man or woman loses all course necessary, but what Ramakrishna sex-appeal and become impervious to the and Vivekananda demanded was much sex - appeal of others; he transcends sex more than that, nothing less than com- altogether. plete transcending of sex-consciousness. But is it possible or is it only midsum- Our stock of physical and psychic mer madness? According to Ramakrishna, energy is, after all, limited. Is it worth- it is possible, and until one attains this while expending so much of it in an level of chastity, the highest reaches of endeavour to conquer sex? us with a fresh, clean slate as She simple than we realize, or more infinite. We naturally feel spiritual consciousness remain inaccessi- If I could live my life over again, I pours out of the glacier. simple than we want to realize. helpless and overwhelmed; ble to him. Ramakrishna, we are told, was should not in all probability give sex the There is still time. The Complexity absolves us of hence the reaction is to shut often put to the test by people who exaggerated importance which I did in my molecules of water locked into responsibility. Complexity ourselves down, to once again doubted his spirituality and mental puri- boyhood and youth. the Gaumukh glacier and the requires new infrastructure, new narrow that circle so that we may ty, but on every occasion that he was Himalayan snow cover are still systems, the passing of legislation not be face to face with such clean and pure. The water and the enforcement of legislation pain. However, we can't do that saturated with our pollution of passed. For those of us without a anymore. Politically, yesterday will empty into the Bay personal sphere of influence environmentally, socially-the of Bengal tomorrow and merge affecting municipalities, cities world of today requires us to be Bhagawati Saraswati into the mighty ocean by the day and states, we shrug our present and aware even with that after. Fields and crops irrigated shoulders resignedly and say, which seems out of our control he grace of water is that it by toxins will take longer to "Someone really should do and beyond our reach. We will Tkeeps flowing. Stagnant recover, but a heavy monsoon something." find that so much more than we water dies quickly. The nature of can easily carry away a huge Simplicity, on the other hand, is thought is within our power to live, fresh, life-giving water is its amount of polluted topsoil. both empowering and also change. Perhaps we can't change movement. In that movement Those who have died and those frightening. If I could make a entire industries, or entire there is forgiveness. The trash I on their deathbed from illnesses difference, why am I not? government systems, but every toss nonchalantly into Ganga carried upon Ganga's waters can, Simplicity holds the mirror of choice we make of what to here, in this moment, is replaced of course, not be restored, but responsibility uncomfortably purchase, what to wear, and what in the next moment by fresh, next year's deaths can be close to our own faces. Today, to eat has an absolutely direct clean, unpolluted water. My trash prevented. however, we cannot afford to and powerful impact upon life has been carried downstream, Like a mother upon whom her turn away. The world today situations for children dying of and I-here in this spot in this sick child has vomited, our waters requires us to look into that starvation, pre-pubescent girls moment-am given another have been defiled by our illnesses mirror, not with guilt, not with and boys working eighteen or chance. No constant reminders of near-sightedness, of greed, of disdain, not with judgment, but twenty-hour days in toxic of my trespass, no immediate myopia, of sloth, of idleness. Like simply with awareness of what sweatshops, cotton pickers dire consequences, each moment that mother, our waters will we could and should be doing. suffering from pesticide induced is new. Of course, my brothers forgive us. However, we must The world today requires us to cancers, suicidal farmers, and and sisters downstream are stand up, brush ourselves off, not only connect on facebook upon the health and balance of reaping the bitter fruit of my wipe our Mother's sullied brow and twitter, to not simply count the water, the air and the land of trespass, are drinking and and heal ourselves of the diseases our global presence by the Mother Earth. bathing in my wanton disregard; that are devastating our water number of "friends" or however, that moment is fleeting, bodies, our planet and ultimately "followers" we have, but to truly (The writer is the president of even downstream. The river our own lives. and deeply take the world into Divine Shakti Foundation, forgives. She keeps moving, SOLUTIONS our heart. It is not easy. The Rishikesh. She left America in keeps flowing, keeps providing The answers are actually more suffering is vast and seemingly 1996 and settled in Rishikesh.) 6 '

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ed way back 3000 years walking along the sea of Galilee and the Yogi may or may not realise himself or herself to be a disciple, Simon, Peter or Paul or connected to other Masters from before. From this state of Sarvikalpa Samadhi, the constantly striving Yogi is ready to move into more profound states. After getting these deep intuitions and fin- ishing with them, the Yogi gets to the Mount of Olives, contacting the higher portion of Jesus, the son of man, and Christ, the Son of God. The Christ state of temporary Nirvikalpa Samadhi is a radiant aura of electric blue. The Yogi merges Yogiraj Siddhanath into that aura, and here there's no form or fig- ure, just an eternal bliss called the Christ he purpose of Yoga, in general, and in this Consciousness, Krishna Consciousness. Tinstance Kriya Yoga, in particular, we could This is what the persistent gradual practice say, is to comprehend 'God' in a final state called of Yoga does; from curing a practitioners ankle- Samadhi. A God who is often said to be beyond bones of pain and ulcers and headache to get- comprehension! ting into the state of Nirvikalpa Samadhi. And So how do we comprehend a God who is in the transfiguration, the Yogi not only sees incomprehensible through the practice of Yoga? Elijah and Moses and Christ- the trinity on earth- What seems like an impossible dichotomy the trinity in creation-Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh- to the mind is to the realised masters very achiev- but is transformed into this state. able through the tried and tested of practice of Finally moving further from the Christ state, Yoga. the Yogi gets into the ineffable state of the In yoga, the first stage of this comprehension Christos, Shiv Goraksha Babaji, the Babaji state begins from the body. Preparing the body to be of comprehending God. healthy, to be fit, have no aches and pains, have But this, my dear souls is not the final stage a healthy digestive system, a healthy circulato- yet because the Yogi not only has to comprehend ry system, a healthy endocrine system, a healthy the God who is incomprehensible but also the respiratory system, and a healthy nervous sys- God who is complete and therefore also com- tem achieved by the practice of asana. ma, the practice of a systematic rhythmic crystal mind is a beautiful mind. Then tamed and tuned to nature's flow prehensible, complete and incomplete. All dual- As a leaking vessel (diseased body/mind) breathing, cures psychosomatic disorders, like Mind melts into an opal glow ities have to dissolve and merge for the Yogi to never can fill ulcers and asthma and sclerosis by calming the Steady poise the arrow of your will Which radiates from the soul within achieve this state. The waters of life so pure and still mind. And shoot the fleeting mind to still Where wisdom's mystic fire is king. The Yogi then in this ultimate leap merges So distracted mind fails to retain To ease disease of random mind The deer of thoughts hinds and harts into the finality of the comprehensible and the Wisdom's nectar in its brain. A remedy suitable we must find. Felled by your concentrated darts. Mind you, the practitioner has still not yet not comprehensible, the zero and the not zero, A rhythmic breathing tension free reached the stage of comprehending an incom- whose centre is everywhere and circumference For the practicing Yogi, a healthy process of With Kriya Yog the sovereign key. As one by one they die away prehensible God but step-by-step through the nowhere, the state of Niranjan Nirvan, Kaivalya. circulation, assimilation and elimination is also Mind opens up to new day practice of Yoga, the Yogi is getting there. I address this Consciousness simply as the Isness. the power of god working in the body. Then moving to the next stage, the emotions Where streams run tranquil and willows Continuing the journey of Yog, the Yogi gets That's where the finality of Yog takes one, to In the next level of comprehending God that are hurt are transformed into devotion and sway into states of mysticism, from an unkempt, the true innermost being who is one with the through Yoga, the practitioner finds that the bal- life becomes a flowing stream towards God in Here tame and gentle deer do play. dishevelled and disorderly mind, the Yogi has Supreme Being. sam of yogic breath soothes turbulent emotions, pratyahar; which gives rise to Love. This man- organised the mind and the mind dissolves into "Composed of nothing yet of which all else the hurt, and the suffering, refining and trans- ifests in devotional chanting, singing Christmas Then begins the journey through various the opal glow of divinity and becoming one with is sure composed forming them to devotion and love. All the insults carols, singing God's praise, bhajans and hymns. states of Samadhi. This thought-free state it, the Yogi gradually transforms to light. It stands Supreme beyond all dreams that the person has borne, all the hardships, the The process of refining carries on step by step becomes the constant state of the Yogi's mind. The refinement of the mind continues fur- Eternally reposed." treacheries that the near and dear ones have com- through consistent Yoga practice. With additional practice of special techniques ther and the Consciousness expands and intu- mitted, all these are healed by the rhythmic devo- Then as the Yogi begins to concentrate (dha- given by the Satguru, the mind is gradually tran- ition sharpens. The Yogis get visions of gods and (Yogiraj Siddhanath empowers disciples into tional breath of Kundalini Pranayama. rana) and meditate (dhyan) the mind gradual- scended leading to an internal glow. saints and goddesses. 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Australia may be going through est format. Ibowlers could pick and half of IPL," replied Ganguly termed the current one of their worst phases but Chasing 112 for an unassailable 2-0 lead choose matches during the sec- Bhuvneshwar, making it clear Indian pace attack as "fantastic" and Ganguly still believes the return of in the three-match series, England complet- ond phase of IPL as part of the that it will also be a prerogative said the duo of Jasprit Bumrah and Steve Smith and David Warner will ed the task in 19.1 overs, holding nerves after workload management pro- of the players and their discus- Mohammed Shami will play a cru- be a big boost for the reigning world losing a few quick wickets. gramme, senior pacer sions with franchises. cial role during the World Cup. champions. Opener Danielle Wyatt was Engalnd's Bhuvneshwar Kumar said on Bhuvneshwar said that if he "The Indian pace attack is fan- "Australia may be going through star performer with the bat, top-scoring with Thursday. feels tired, he will take rest, but tastic. Whether its Bumrah or Shami, a rough patch. But there is no an unbeaten 64 off 55 balls. During her stay The Indian team manage- only after taking the franchise the Indian pacers are performing doubt that the return of Smith and in the middle, Wyatt struck six boundaries, ment has been categorical in its into confidence. consistently. The pacers will play an Warner will change the entire com- and was ably supported by Lauren Winfield demand that the troika of Jasprit "There isn't a surety for any- important factor for the team in plexion of the team and with (29). Bumrah, Mohammed Shami thing. Yes there is something England," said Ganguly. Maxwell already there, they will be While Wyatt held one end firm on the and Bhuvneshwar Kumar's which is mind, if I feel that you According to Ganguly, Umesh a totally different outfit," he said. way to her fourth T20 half- century, workload be effectively man- know if I feel that I am tired, Yadav will go to the World Cup as Ganguly feels it's too early to England needed three back-to-back bound- aged by franchises ahead of the then we can take rest. So of fourth pacer after Bhuvneshwar predict India's playing XI in the aries by Winfield to take the game away World Cup starting May 30. course it upto the franchise." Kumar. World Cup but has picked up his 15- from India. Asked about the gruelling The pacer is hopeful that Shikhar Dhawan might be going man probable squad. Opting to bowl, England produced a IPL schedule, Bhuvneshwar, each and every franchise will through a lean patch off late, but "My squad will be — Rohit brilliant performance to prevent the hosts who is Sunrisers Hyderabad's have the Indian team's interests Ganguly backed the aggressive left- Other than the two, Rahul is "Virat should bat in is usual sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, K L from putting up a big score at the Barsapara key bowler, said: "That's there in in mind. hander to partner Rohit Sharma up another batsman who can open." number 3 slot. Rayudu at 4, Rahul, Virat Kohli, Ambati Rayudu, Cricket Stadium, with Katherine Brunt our minds. It will come into "I am sure they will coop- the order. Ganguly feels in-form India Dhoni at 5 and Kedar at number Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Kedar emerging as the most successful bowler. play after the first half of IPL, erate with each and every play- "The opening combination skipper Virat Kohli should con- 6." 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The International Boxing Association (AIBA) has A 2015 finalist, Saina was The 48kg category is not finalised the eight men's and five women's divisions for blown away by world no 19 Line part of the Olympic roster. the 2020 programme. in the opening game but the expe- Her 2012 Olympic Bronze The new weight categories finalised for men are 52kg, rienced campaigner kept her cool medal came in the 51kg divi- 57kg, 63kg, 69kg, 75kg, 81kg, 91kg and +91kg, while for to take the match to the decider sion. women, the divisions would be 51kg, 57kg, 64kg, 69kg and eventually come up trumps In Berlin, Mary Kom country on Saturday morning. The 36-year-old Manipuri and 75kg. against her Danish rival. defeated Ukraine's Daria "It is never as easy as the credited her coach Chhote Lal The AIBA has also decided to introduce a bout review The eighth seeded Indian ral- Sierhieieva Germany's Ursula score-line suggests. But I am Yadav, who is also an assistant system from September lied her way to a 8-21, 21-16, 21- Gottlob and Norway's Veronica feeling good about my body coach in the national camp, for this year through which 13 win over the 24-year-old Line Losvik for a confident start to and also very confident about the success she has enjoyed. teams would be allowed in a 51-minute match and is the season. All her victories my abilities. Let's see how it "He keeps me on my toes to challenge decisions of expected to take on her nemesis were unanimous 5-0 triumphs. goes from here," Mary Kom and his inputs are valuable to a maximum of two bouts and two-time champion Tai Tzu She would be returning to the said from Berlin. my training," she said. in a tournament. Ying of Chinese Taipei, an oppo- The change means nent who defeated her in last 12 that Panghal, an Asian outings. Games Gold-medallist in Earlier, Saina had defeated ,)  49kg, will now have to Scotland's Kristy Gilmour 21-17, move to 52kg, while 21-18 in 35 minutes in her open- Denmark to bow out of the tour- pose off France's Brice Leverdez /$ %0 %+0 21 final. Thapa and Kaushik will ing match on Wednesday night. nament. 21-13, 21-11. "Of course it's going to be a have to forego the 60kg In men's singles, former The women's doubles pair "I really enjoy it a lot, it's wo-time Indian Wells champi- very special match for us," she said division and move up to the newly-created 63kg. Singapore Open champion of Ashwini Ponnappa and N something every player looks up Ton Victoria Azarenka shook of their first clash since both "We were prepared for this, we knew that weight cat- B Sai Praneeth's fight last- Sikki Reddy fought a gru- to and the challenge is even off a slow start to beat Vera Lapko became mothers. egories would be rejigged and the boxers will be mak- ed just 35 minutes as he elling battle before losing more tougher than regular Super 6-2, 6-3 on Wednesday and set up "We have such a big history, ing the transition after the Asian Championships next went down 12-21, 17-21 21-16, 26-28, 16-21 to Series events," Saina, an Olympic a second-round meeting with it's going to be really special. She month. There is no other way, they have to go up if they to 24-year-old Ng Ka seventh seeded Japanese Bronze medallist, said after pro- long-time rival Serena Williams. motivates me, she inspires me, she want a shot at an Olympic medal," Indian Boxing's High Long Angus, who had pair of Shiho Tanaka and gressing to the next stage. Azarenka, a former pushes me to be better," Performance Director Santiago Nieva said. denied Sameer Verma a Koharu Yonemoto. "Everyone wants to have that world number one now Azarenka said of Williams. Panghal has already moved up after a Gold at the title win at the 2016 Hong Sikki and Pranaav Jerry trophy but, as I said, you have to ranked 48th in the world, The opening day of Strandja Memorial last month. Kong Super Series. It was his third Chopra, who is coming back from play your natural game to be the said she started a little too women's main draw play The rejigging was necessitated by the IOC diktat to loss to the World no 15 from Hong an injury, lost 21-23, 17-21 to Hong best and can't really put pressure passive in dropping the first saw highly touted teenagers expand women's boxing in Tokyo from the previous three Kong. King's Chang Tak Ching and NG on yourself that you have to have two games against her fel- Bianca Andreescu and weight categories — 51kg, 60kg and 75kg — to five. On Wednesday, Srikanth had Wing Yung in the mixed doubles. it. If it is in your destiny you will low Belarussian, but roared Amanda Ansimova reached The earlier Olympic men's categories were 49kg, 52kg, disposed off France's Brice The men's doubles pair of definitely get it, but the challenge back to seal the win with ease. the second round. 56kg, 60kg, 64kg, 69kg, 75kg, 81kg, 91kg and +91kg, Leverdez 21-13, 21-11 in the open- Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy is to give your best and beat the She was looking forward to Canada's Andreescu, 18, ral- adding up to 10 in all. ing round to set up a clash against also lost 19-21, 21-16, 14-21 to the best players," she added. taking on 10th-seeded Williams, lied from a set down to beat Speaking about the transition for men, Nieva con- Asian Games gold medallist Chinese combination of Ou Sameer Verma squandered a who like all the seeds in the com- Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu 6- ceded "it won't be easy" but insisted that the Indian camp Jonatan Christie. Xuanyi and Ren Xiangyu. first game advantage to go down bined WTA and ATP Masters 7 (3/7), 6-3, 6-3. has enough time to adapt and be ready for the new divi- Sameer Verma, however, Earlier on Wednesday, A fighting 21-16 18-21 14-21 to event has a first-round bye. American Ansimova, 17, lined sions, which will be in place for the World Championships squandered a first game advantage former finalist, Saina defeated former world champion and The American has won 17 of up a meeting with 16th-seeded in Russia, also the first Olympic qualifying event. to go down fighting 21-16, 18-21, Scotland's Kristy Gilmour 21-17, world no 1 Viktor Axelsen of their 21 prior encounters, but Elise Mertens of Belgium with a 6- "The boxers will have to adapt quickly but it's not that 14-21 to former world champion 21-18 in 35 minutes, while Denmark, bowing out of the Azarenka won their most recent 0, 6-4 victory over Serbian it's a challenge for just us. Every team will have to adjust and world no 1 Viktor Axelsen of Srikanth took half an hour to dis- tournament. clash — in the 2016 Indian Wells Aleksandra Krunic. we are not special. And I am sure we will do it," he said.