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Chief Election Commissioner       (  )           to the final electoral roll pub- communities.” Political parties, Sunil Arora announced that K4  C   K ,',-     K    lished on January 18 by the Continued on Page 4 Governments, administra- Continued on Page 4          #                     !   "                   ,, !  "     4--4+4+4 sorry to know about the unfor-          #$  tunate crash of Ethiopian         our Indians, including an Airlines plane ET 302. We         *3 -)44-4 tures. I have also sent a pro- FEnvironment Ministry have lost four Indian nation-      posal to all the national parties consultant, were among those als in the air crash. I have        iju (BJD) supre- and Chief Ministers in this killed when a Nairobi-bound asked Indian High L    M     Bmo and Chief Minister regard,” Patnaik said Ethiopian Airlines plane Commissioner in Ethiopia to   Naveen Patnaik on Sunday “I would like to announce crashed after take-off from provide all help and assis- announced a 33 per cent reser- here at Kendrapada that Addis Ababa, External Affairs tance to the bereaved families,”       vation for women in the list of Odisha will send 33-per cent Minister said. Swaraj tweeted.         BJD candidates in the upcom- women to Parliament in the The Boeing 737 crashed She said the Indian  ! "  $$% ing Lok Sabha polls. coming elections. The women minutes after an early-morn- Embassy in Ethiopia has L  M     He made the politically of Odisha will lead the way in ing takeoff from Addis Ababa informed her that the       O significant announcement at a women empowerment in on Sunday, killing all eight deceased Indian nationals are       (  Mission Shakti convention in India. If India is to lead the    )4=) crew and 149 passengers on Vaidya Pannagesh Bhaskar,     Kendrapada. world, if India is to be an board, Indian Environment Vaidya Hansin Annagesh,   (  )   “In the 1990s, Bijubabu advanced nation like America hhattisgarh Chief Minister Ministry consultant, Shikha Nukavarapu Manisha and *         showed the way to the entire and China then women CBhupesh Baghel said on Garg, who was on her way to Shikha Garg. )    +   country by implementing, for empowerment is the only Sunday that the BJP-led Modi attend a UNEP meeting. “I am Detailed report on P12  the first time, a 33 per cent answer,” Patnaik said in his Government at the Centre reservation for women in the address to a huge gathering. failed to live up to expectations     three-tier Panchayati Raj “I call upon all the nation- of people and claimed that his   !"#$   Institutions and government al parties that they be true to party would win all  ,-  jobs. In 2012, our Government their words and must follow 11 Lok Sabha seats in      (  enhanced it to 50 per cent. what they are propagating for Chhattisgarh. just one. sweep polls in Chhattisgarh in      ./0 Taking the move forward last women empowerment. This The polling for “BJP leaders and cadres in wake of poor performance of  $111  (     year, our Government for the announcement at Kendrapara, Chhattisgarh to be held in state are in a sort of dejection the BJP government at the   ( first time passed a resolution in the sacred land of Lord three phases on April 11, 18 after suffering a crushing centre. He added “people of         the State Legislative Assembly Baladevjew will create history and 23 and counting will be defeat in assembly polls,’’ state have already rejected ( (       to provide 33 per cent reser- in the journey of women held on May 23. In 2014, the Baghel told reporters at his and now they  2  vation for women in both empowerment in India, BJP had won 10 seats in the official residence. He stated will also reject ”. &           ( () ) " Parliament and State legisla- Patnaik added. State while Congress bagged that the Congress would Detailed report on P3   !   (*  %       &% '' 3         (      44-*             --* (  "      56        + &%  3:-38; Janata Dal (LJD). While February, announced that his on all the 543 parliamentary “bottle” symbol. Jan Sangh  .78 (   Haasan’s party has been allot- party would go it alone in the constituencies. The LJD was Party has been allotted “green  ,    hat is common to lady’s ted “battery torch” as common upcoming elections. floated by Yadav in 2018 after chilli” to Delhi and Bihar while Wfinger, green chilli, water- symbol, LJD was given the An independent candidate his fallout with Bihar Chief “dish antenna” allotted for 416       melon, lunchbox, sewing symbol of a “man blowing or someone contesting on Minister over the parliamentary constituencies ($)*      machine, pencil box, razor, turha”. A person contesting on behalf of an unrecognised latter’s decision to end the across the country.       boat with man and sail, violin, behalf of a recognised political political party has to approach alliance with the RJD and enter Bahujan Awam Party has  7 $1     battery torch, man blowing party will inherit the party’s the EC and get a symbol allot- into a tie-up with NDA-led by been allotted “toothbrush”        turha, toothbrush and many symbol. ted from the list of ‘free’ sym- BJP. After his fallout, the three- symbol to contest        more? They are all election Last year in February, bols available. time Rajya Sabha member was Parliamentary constituencies       symbols allotted to 39 regis- Kamal Haasan announced his In the case of a recognised disqualified from the Upper in Uttar Pradesh; Hindustan     2    tered un-recognised parties set plunge into politics launching political party, the Commission House under the anti-defection People Party has been allotted   /% 91   7 to contest 2019 Lok Sabha his political party Makkal allows it to ‘reserve’ a symbol. law. “pencil box” for Uttar Pradesh,       O elections. Needhi Maiam (people justice For example, if a political party Loktantarik Rastravadi Bihar, Karnataka, Gujarat   The Election Commission centre) at a massive rally in recognised in a particular State Party has been allotted “tractor Ganasangam Party of India (EC) on Sunday allotted com- Madurai. In December, Haasan wishes to contest in elections in chalata kisan” sympol for 11 allotted “lady finger” for       mon party symbols to 39 reg- announced that his party will another State, it can ‘reserve’ parliamentary constituencies Telangana, Andhra Pradesh,       istered un-recognised parties contest the 2019 Lok Sabha the symbol being used by it. in Gujarat. Communist Party of Karnataka, Kerala and  ,2 

that included filmstar Kamal polls in all the 39 parliamentary The Commission will oblige, India (Marxist-Leninist) Puducherry Maharashtra          Haasan’s Makkal Needhi constituencies of Tamil Nadu provided the symbol is not Liberation) has been allotted Parivartan Sena is given ‘sewing         Maiam (MNM) and former and the lone seat in Puducherry being used by anyone else. “flag with three star” symbol. machine’ symbol and Apni        Janata Dal (United) president Union Territory. The actor- As per the EC notification, Party given “lunchbox” symbol    $7(  Sharad Yadav’s Loktantrik turned-politician then in Sharad Yadav’s LJD will contest (Ulgulan) has been allotted by the EC.   ()  ( **+ ,-*.  ! % & '( ) '  *+    ! ! !%,!( -   3:-38; "all talk no work". remained "unfulfilled". termed the government as and policy paralysis", he said, BJP ally and Lok Janshakti  ! ! / Seeking people's support At a Press conference after "anti-poor and pro-capitalist" adding that India's self-confi- Party president Ram Vilas s the Election Commission for the BJP, its president Amit the announcement of the poll and which disturbed peace, dence was at an all-time low Paswan expressed confidence Aon Sunday declared a Shah said the Modi schedule, Congress leader K C caused unrest & anger among and people wanted to rid the that the NDA will win over 350 seven-phase general election Government has taken bold Venugopal said people will masses. nation of such "decay and pes- of the 543 Lok Sabha seats. 1!2!3 ! 4 starting April 11, political par- decisions for their welfare in its change the Modi Government Modi in his tweets drew a simism". The choice before people is ties welcomed the much-await- first term and will ensure India's that believes in all talk and no comparison of his government's "Guided by 'Sabka Saath, whether to elect a strong gov-       Ahmed Patel said BJP is walk- ed announcement with the rul- giant leap to make everyone work. performance with the preced- Sabka Vikas, NDA seeks your ernment or a helpless 3:-38; ing down a dangerous path by ing alliance making a pitch for "happy and prosperous" in its All its promises have ing Congress-led UPA govern- blessings again. We spent the Government, he said, express- "using the military" to conceal its re-election while its rival second. remained unfulfilled, he said ment, asserting that the last five last five years fulfilling basic ing confidence that Modi will ongress president Rahul its own "failures" and asserted expressing confidence of The BJP-led National asserting that it will be defeat- years have shown what was ear- necessities that were left unful- be Prime Minister for another CGandhi on Sunday asked that the EC's circular prevent- unseating it. Democratic Alliance ed when votes are counted on lier deemed impossible has filled for 70 long years. Now, term. The NDA will sweep the Prime Minister Narendra Modi ing the use of armed forces in Prime Minister Narendra Government has achieved "phe- May 23. Senior Congress leader now become possible. time has come to build on that polls in Bihar, which sends 40 to tell the families of the 40 election campaign was much Modi sought people's "bless- nomenal results" in various Ahmed Patel claimed the The 2019 polls are about a and create a strong, prosperous MPs to the Lok Sabha, he CRPF jawans killed in needed. ings" for the NDA in the Lok spheres of governance during upcoming elections will herald spirit of confidence and posi- & secure India," he said. added. Pulwama as to who released The Election Commission Sabha polls, saying his this term, he said, citing a a new era ending five years of tivity with which India is ful- CPI(M) general secretary president Masood Azhar, whose Jaish-e- (EC) on Saturday asked polit- Government has made possible number of its welfare initiatives. "chaotic, despotic and destruc- filling the aspirations of its Sitaram Yechury said the Akhilesh Yadav predicted a Mohammed claimed responsi- ical parties to "desist from dis- what was earlier deemed The Congress, however, hit tive" dispensation and the coun- people, he said. announcement of polls will loss for the NDA, saying the bility for the terror attack. playing photographs of defence impossible, but Opposition par- out at the Government saying try will return to the path of In 2014 people compre- end the unfair use of official poll announcement is also an Taking to Twitter, he alleged personnel" against the back- ties said voters will throw it out it will e best remembered for "sobriety, integrity and inclusiv- hensively rejected the UPA as resources by the Modi announcement of a "big change" that it was the present National drop of a picture showing a of power for "wasting" its his- "wasting" its historic mandate ity". there was unprecedented anger Government as the model code in interest of people and the Security Adviser who went to hoarding with images of Indian toric mandate and practising and that all its promises BSP supremo Mayawati over its "corruption, nepotism of conduct has come into force. country Kandahar to hand over the Air Force Wing Commander "murderer" Azhar. Abhinandan Varthaman as well  Azhar, along with some as leaders of the BJP. other terrorists, was released by "The EC's circular on pre-    " P      4* the Indian government in venting the use of of armed %& $  December 1999 in lieu of the forces in election campaign     release of over 150 hostages of was much needed. This needs  4       said. the IC-814 Indian Airlines to be implemented in letter & +  * ( ( " ;4F4+4- "When you frisk, some flight that was hijacked to spirit. Let's keep security forces      people get annoyed and even Kandahar. out of politics," Patel tweeted.        rime Minister Narendra say 'I will see you' and you have "PM Modi please tell the "By using the military to con-   (  4 $ PModi on Sunday sent across to tell them that it is your duty families of our 40 CRPF ceal its own failures the BJP is       a strong message to terrorist which has to be done," the PM Shaheeds, who released their walking down a dangerous    * (  forces targeting India, saying added. Therefore, he contin- murderer, Masood Azhar? Also path," he said. A (%1$9   the country cannot keep suf- ued, "I would dare tell such tell them that your current In a fresh instruction        fering forever and that his people to be disciplined and NSA was the deal maker, who issued to all political parties,   G AHAI ; Government has taken some cooperate with the security went to Kandahar to hand the the EC referred to its      A "strong decisions" against such personnel in carrying out their murderer back to Pakistan," December 2013 letter in which  4 %1$> * (  elements. task." CISF gets a number of Rahul Gandhi tweeted. At least it had "called upon all politi- $7D."( 4: "For many decades, the complaints from legislators and 40 CRPF jawans were killed in cal parties to advise their can- +    ,4  country and numerous families others categories of VIPs alleg- the terror attack in Jammu didates and leaders to desist 2  2 (    have suffered the wounds and ing high-handedness by their and Kashmir's Pulwama dis- from displaying photographs      pain given by terrorism, staff at various airports. trict on February 14 for which of defence personnel or pho-   -   + Naxalism and insurgency. The PM said it was his JeM has claimed responsibili- tographs of functions involv-  *     What happened in Pulwama "emotional feeling" that secu- ty. ing defence personnel in          and Uri was heartbreaking. rity personnel donning the Senior Congress leader advertisements". We cannot bear this pain till 'khaki' have not got the recog- O     eternity. Enough is enough," nition and respect they deserve.       P the Prime Minister said while The PM asked the CISF to !  addressing CISF personnel at create a "monitor and study in      (6    its base. The paramilitary force realtime global trends and       on Sunday celebrated the 50th techniques of terrorism" so (        year of its raising. * $            #!- ./ 0   "1  ) !   *& that a better preparedness is          This is the first time Modi ensured against. He also direct-   0>       J    attended the event of any of the taken some strong decisions, in of duty. it was wrong on part of such ed the force to install 'digital        five Central Armed Police an apparent reference to the The PM lauded the valour people to throw their weight museums' or electronic walls at       3:-38;        Forces (CAPF) since he took IAF strike on terror camps and dedication of CISF men around, get angry and humil- airports so that people get to       charge in 2014. Raised in 1969, after the Pulwama attack. He and women who protect "vital iate security personnel, a major know about CISF's history, ifty-six of the 112 “inspiring” personalities, who were select-        the Central Industrial Security said the government has adopt- assets" of the country in the brunt of which is faced by the role and its expectations from Fed for this year’s Padma awards, will be conferred the presti-         Force has about 1.56 lakh per- ed "a new policy" to act against face of a "hostile neighbour CISF. "I'd say the biggest prob- the citizens. "You are not only gious honour on Monday by President Ram Nath Kovind at a spe-    J6  sonnel in its ranks at present. terrorism and that it was its which does not have the capac- lem while carrying out your standing at the gate, you are cial function in Rashtrapati Bhavan.    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Khan (posthumous) will be honoured with Padma Shri, Dhindsa and Nayar (posthumous) will be honoured      with Padma Bhushan, a Home Ministry official said. &  :   #  #   Noted theatre personality from Maharashtra Babasaheb A     Purandare alias Balwant Moreshwar Purandare (Padma    : G   Vibhushan), Bihar leader Hukumdev Narayan Yadav (Padma 4 8         Bhushan), former CEO of multinational techno giant Cisco sys-      tems John Chambers, renowned dancer and filmmaker Prabhu J-  )      Deva (Padma Shri) will also be honoured.    :   %$ Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra 2   B4    56"  1 Modi and other dignitaries are expected to attend the function. )  3L  J ,(6    3:-38; on unverified reports. For meet- financial grants, or promise any The Padma awards were announced on the eve of Republic Day          3:-38; and who is this important, pow- ings, it is mandatory for the construction of roads, provision and the remaining awardees are likely to be conferred the hon-         erful man who is saving him. s the Election Commission political parties to inform the of drinking water, and so on. our at another function to be held on March 16.        ongress on Sunday claimed Why the Modi government A(EC) announced the 2019 local police about their rallies Other parties must be allowed This year's awardees are from across the nation, all segments           Cthat fugitive diamantaire applied for extradition of Choksi Lok Sabha poll schedule, the and public meetings and provide to use public spaces, and it must of society and the government has gone beyond excellence alone,     (    Mehul Choksi has applied for from Antigua with which India Model Code of Conduct came them time to make adequate not be monopolised by those in recognising larger impact and their selfless service, the official said.       registration of a new company in has no extradition treaty," he into force with immediate effect security arrangements. power.        the United Kingdom and asked questioned. on Sunday evening. Among Carrying or burning effigies  H- I- * +    the Narendra Modi Government Choksi, along with his other things, the Model Code of of the opponents is not allowed. 2  4 8  how serious were its efforts for nephew Nirav Modi, is accused Conduct bars the Government It needs to be ensured that in         his extradition. of defrauding the state-run from announcing any policy case two rival parties plan a road         Congress spokesperson Punjab National Bank of Rs move that may impact voters' show in the same area, then their        2     (     (   Pawan Khera said Choksi had 13,000 crore. He fled the coun- decision. routes must not clash. During 35+        (       applied for the registration in the try last year after the scam came Opposition parties have the polling day, all those work-        232  4     L        +    (  UK of his company with its prin- to light. 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      month. It was found that the 4 (   : ?     helped in maintaining histo- Ram Hospital Dr Manish mode in district hospitals 3:-38; creatinine and urea level in her               logical parameter of kidneys, Malik agreed: "Scope of treat- across the States. blood had gone down signifi-        (      apart from reducing high lev- ment in allopathy is very less, As per Indian Renal ialysis is a way of life for cantly to a healthy level. Not              (  els of uric acid and electrolytes. is costly and not fully suc- Foundation, in the private sec- Dmany patients suffering only this, her hemoglobin level                The study said that "the syrup cessful as well. Hence, bal- tor haemodialysis with 12 ses- with kidney ailments in the had also improved. Hence, the   (      ;  (Neeri KFT) is a potent anced diet and ayurvedic cost- sions every month costs country. However, as the World study concluded that        "(     nephro-protective formulation, effective drugs like Neeri KFT around Rs 12,000 to Rs 15,000 Kidney Day approaches on Punarnava-based medicines    G  (   protecting kidneys from based on herbs like Punarnava while peritoneal dialysis costs March 14, health experts say not only ensure kidney's health  (   ,     +  nephrotoxins including oxida- can help all those kidney around Rs 18,000 to Rs 20,000 that one can definitely help but also improves hemoglobin ; =   H+;=I tive damage induced by lead patients who are under the monthly. Kidney transplants slow the disease's progression level. The study was conduct- acetate." regular dialysis." can cost Rs 4 lakhs to Rs 6 lakh, and treat its symptoms and ed in Banaras Hindu University Head of Department of Sanchit Sharma, Executive depending on the hospital. complications by following a (BHU).      (      BHU's Dravayagunavigyan Director of Aimil Annually about 2.2 lakh new careful diet, exercise and hav- Similarly, another study 4 ?     )   Vibhag KN Dwivedi asserted Pharmaceuticals, which is patients of CKD get added in ing medicinal plants like published in the Indo   (      (  that herbal formulations in engaged in manufacturing and India resulting in additional Punarnava based formulations, American Journal of (             Neeri KFT can be an alternate marketing of Neeri KFT said demand for 3.4 Crore dialysis as has also been found by var- Pharmaceutical Research too      6( (  to dialysis to some extent. In that it has been developed every year. ious studies. talked about the efficacy of         (6   fact, because of limited options after intensive research. Doctors warn that in the For instance, a study pub- Punarnava based herbal for-             in allopathy for kidney treat- In view of increasing cases next two decades, apart from lished in World Journal of mulations including lotus             ment, which is witnessing of CKD and rising cost of out heart ailments and brain Pharmacy and Pharmaceuticals leaves, patharchur and other           increasing trend due to chang- of pocket expenditure of the strokes, CKD will be the next Sciences noted that a woman major herbs besides Punarnava ing lifestyles, now emphasis is patients on dialysis, the gov- major ailment that would kidney patient was given when given to the subjects. It on ayurveda drugs. Senior ernment has initiated national potentially cause a lot of pre- Punarnava based syrup for a was found that the drug had nephrologist from Sir Ganga dialysis programme in PPP mature deaths among adults. RAIPUR | MONDAY | MARCH 11, 2019 chhattisgarh 03 Over 1.89 cr voters for three-phased C’garh polls STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR add their names till last date for filling hhattisgarh will go to Lok Sabha Polling for insurgency- of nomination papers. Cpolls in a three-phase voting for all “State has 23,727 polling centres 11 Lok Sabha seats on April 11, 18 and riddled Bastar will be held in in which 19,284 are in rural areas and 23, said Chhattisgarh Chief Electoral the first phase on April 11 4,443 in urban. Lok Sabha 2014 had Officer Subrat Sahoo while briefing the 21,424 polling centres. Around 5,625 media just after poll schedule while voting for Kanker, are critical polling centres. Each announced by Election Commission of Assembly constituency will have two India on Sunday evening. Rajnandgaon and ‘Sanghwari’ polling centres Polling for insurgency-riddled Mahasamund has been (Women),” Sahoo informed. Sahoo Bastar will be held in the first phase on added, “notification for first phase of April 11 while voting for Kanker, scheduled on April 18. The poll will be issued on March 18, last Rajnandgaon and Mahasamund has day for filing of nomination is March been scheduled on April 18. polling for remaining seven 25, scrutiny of nominations is on March 26 and last date of withdrawal The polling for remaining seven seats- Raipur, Bilaspur, of nomination is March 28 while in seats- Raipur, Bilaspur, Raigarh, Korba, second phase notification will be Janjgir-Champa, Durg and Sarguja, will Raigarh, Korba, Janjgir- issued on March 19, nomination last be held on April 23. Champa, Durg and Sarguja, date is March 26, scrutiny of nomina- The counting of votes will be held tion is March 27, nomination with- on May 23 along with others states. will be held on April 23 drawal is March 29. “After final publication of electoral The third phase notification will roll, state has 1,89,16,285 electors out of Sahoo informed. In Lok Sabha 2014, the be issued on March 28, final date for which 94,77,113 are men and 9438463 total voters in the state were 1,76,64,520. filing nomination papers is April 4, are female while third gender voters are The number of voters in 18-19 years scrutiny will be held on April 4 and 709 and service electors is 15758,’’ category is 4,60,394. The electors can the last date for withdrawal is April 8.” ‘BJP will repeat Cong will walk away with all 2014 poll 11 LS seats, claims Baghel performance’ STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR He added “people of state have already slashed power tariff, returned land acquired rejected Raman Singh and now they will for Tata Steel plant to the tribals of Bastar, ommenting on claim of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, newly hhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Cappointed State BJP president Vikram Usendi said on Sunday that Baghel said on Sunday that the BJP-led also reject Narendra Modi” Accusing the commenced rural development to empow- C BJP of indulging in divisive politics in name er rural residents under Narwa, Garva, Congress was daydreaming of win- Modi government at the Centre failed to ning all the 11 seats. live up to expectations of people and of caste and religion, Baghel further said he Ghurva, Badi scheme. would seek votes in the state in Lok Sabha The tribal leader Usendi claimed that his Congress party would win The Chief Minister also claimed that he on the basis of performance of Congress claimed that BJP would repeat its all 11 Lok Sabha seats in Chhattisgarh. had opened employment avenues in state government which was voted to power in by starting recruitment processes of 2014 performance and in fact, it The polling for Chhattisgarh to be held December last year. Assistant Professors, Teachers, Sports would win all the 11 Lok Sabha in three phases on April 11, 18 and 23 and Regarding charges of borrowing loan Officers and Nurses and had not fooled seats. The BJP had won 10 seats in counting will be held on May 23. In 2014, one after another, Baghel said his govern- people like Narendra Modi government. 2014 Lok Sabha polls. the BJP had won 10 seats in the state while ment has taken loan for waiving off farm Regarding criticism of his government Usendi further said the issues Congress bagged one. loan and not for silly things like previous of not enforcing a total prohibition in the in Lok Sabha elections would be “BJP leaders and cadres in state are in a BJP government’s Skywalk, footwear and state as it was claimed by his party in run up different from that of state assem- sort of dejection after suffering a crushing mobile distribution schemes. He further to assembly polls, the Chief Minister said bly polls. He said that performance defeat in assembly polls,’’ Baghel told cited the work done by Congress govern- `this social evil would be curbed in state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi reporters at his official residence. He stated Chhattisgarh in wake of poor performance ment in past 60 days and said apart from through a social movement and taking peo- would ensure a splendid victory for that the Congress would sweep polls in of the BJP government at the centre. waiving off farm loan the government has ple into confidence’. the BJP in Chhattisgarh. ‘Credibility Cell’ at PHQ to Govt job to martyred cops’ kin Baghel instructs SPs

STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR cop’s children. Baghel declared that if to rein in criminals handle public grievances hhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh any cop was wounded while in line of STAFF REPORTER n CBaghel on Sunday announced to duty and had been medically retired, he RAIPUR appoint on compassionate basis to a too would be absorbed in state govern- STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR pset over rising family member of martyred cops’ who ment. He also announced that a transla- Ucrime graph in n a bid to address the grievances of common hail from Chhattisgarh and die while in tor who is well versed in local tribal state, Chief Minister Ipeople who had to run from pillar to post to line of duty. dialects would be appointed in each of Bhupesh Baghel on get justice, a ‘Credibility Cell’ will be set up at The government would also bear all the police station in insurgency-hit Sunday issued letters Police Headquarters (PHQ) in Atal Nagar, Naya expenses on education of martyred Bastar region. to all the Raipur. Superintendent of The Credibility Cell would directly work Police and had warned under command of Director General of Police stern action against and will work for immediate disposal of griev- Subramaniam sneaks into state planning panel them in case they fail to rein in criminals. ances of common people. n STAFF REPORTER RAIPUR Expressing con- Official sources at PHQ informed that the hhattisgarh government has cern over deteriorat- cell which would directly be under DGP, D.M. Cappointed Dr K Subramaniam ing law and order situ- Awasthi would work under supervision of (Retired IFS) as permanent member of ation in run up to cru- Deputy Inspector General (DIG), Crime Chhattisgarh Planning Commission till cial Lok Sabha polls, Research Department. next order. Baghel asked all the SPs to own up respon- There would a gazetted official for each of At present, he is holding the posi- the police division which would table the mat- sibility for containing on a busy national highway. tion of Director General, Chhattisgarh crime in their respective dis- ters after getting information from the police Opposition came down Council for Science and Technology, tricts. stations of concerned district. Raipur. heavily over the fast deteriorat- Notably, a couple of days ago ing law and order situation in A prompt response would be given to the He will have to resign from the post The order stated that the service condi- some culprit in a broad daylight state. The incident also tainted application and a legal action under set rules and take over the new charge which will tions and other details will be issued looted Rs 9 lakh from a collec- the image of the new Congress and regulation would be taken urgently. be effective from date of his joining. through a separate letter. tion agent at gunpoint in Bhilai government. Kids below 5 years get polio drops in mega campaign STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR As part of the national drive, hhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh in Chhattisgarh the polio CBaghel on Sunday formally com- menced the National Pulse Polio pro- drive is being organised to gramme in state by administering polio drops at Girls’ School, Bhilai-3 while cover 35.98 lakh children Health and family welfare, Medical aged up to 5 years through Education Minister T S Singhdeo administered drops at Ambikapur. 14395 permanent vaccination Urban development minister Shiv Kumar Dahariya administered polio centres. drops at Chhattisgarh Club, Raipur to administered at the permanent booths. start the drive in Raipur district. On March 11 and 12, the health workers As part of the national drive, in will conduct door to door visit and Chhattisgarh the polio drive is being administer the vaccine to those children organised to cover 35.98 lakh children left out from the campaign. aged up to 5 years through 14395 per- Raipur Chief Medical and Health manent vaccination centres. Officer Dr K R Sonwani said that in As per information from health Raipur district the target is to adminis- department, 28759 vaccination teams ter 3,26,168 children through oral polio have been constituted with 57580 vacci- vaccine at 1204 booths. Each block has a Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel administers polio vaccine drops to a girl child in Bhilai on Sunday while a kid receives polio vaccine drops from Health Minister TS Singhdeo nators and 2879 supervisors. On day nodal officer to monitor the pro- in Ambikapur. More than 17 crore children below five years across the country will be given polio drops this year as part of the central government’s drive to eradicate polio one, Sunday, the oral polio drops were gramme. from the country. Pioneer Photo   ()  ( **+ ,-*. (

)*+ + *  (  )   "  ")   ")(    ." /0 1. 2   )"      &     78  9 +  034(  )" &    & &  =+4 BJP- combine will already held talks with these Congress-NCP alliance will   4#9 accommodate smaller con- two parties. agree to SSS’ demand. Jammu: Amid criticism by ith the two major polit- stituents like the Ramdas However, the Congress- Raju Shetti has walked political parties over the ECI's 034   Wical formations — BJP- Athawale-led RPI (Athawale), NCP alliance has not yet out of the ongoing seat-shar- decision not to hold state Kolkata: Availability of forces ber of constituencies in the next Shiv Sena alliance and Mahadev Jankar-led Rashtriya decided as to what kind seat- ing talks among the con- polls with the upcoming Lok was the most crucial reason in four phase polls. Opposition Samaj Paksha and Vinayak sharing arrangement it can stituents of the Congress-NCP Sabha elections, Jammu & deciding the seven-phase Lok For the fourth phase,   3:-38; “Mahaghatbandhan” — having Mete-led Shiv Sangram which have with Prakash Amedkar- alliance-led Kashmir Chief Electoral Sabha elections in West Bengal, polling will be held in more or less formalised seat- have collectively demanded led Bharipa Bahujan Mahajan “Mahaghathbandhan” on the Officer (CEO) Shalinder Chief Electoral Officer Ariz Baharampur, Krishnanagar, he Election Commission ( sharing arrangements between three seats. Sangh, which has tied up with ground that the mainstream Kumar on Sunday said "we Aftab said on Sunday. Ranaghat, Bardhaman Purba, TEC) has appointed three them, the stage is now set for As against the 22 seats it Asaduddin Owaisi-led parties have done precious must respect the wisdom of Besides, there were "other Bardhaman-Durgapur, eminent former civil servants a battle royale between the rul- had contested in the 2014 Lok AIMIM and launched little to address the farmers’ the election commission" as issues", Aftab said without Asansol, Bolpur and Birbhum. as special observers for the ing saffron alliance and Sabha polls which it had con- launched Vanchit Bahujan issues and announced that his simultaneous polls were not elaborating it. The fifth phase will witness forthcoming elections in Congress-NCP combine-led tested in alliance with the BJP, Aghadi, which has several party would go it alone in the possible due to the prevailing The country will go for Lok voting in Bongaon, Jammu & Kashmir. joint Opposition in the Lok the Shiv Sena will contest 23 Dalit, tribal, Muslim, Lok Sabha polls. security situation in the state. Sabha election in seven phas- Barrackpore, Howrah, The observers are Amarjit Sabha polls to be held in four seats. In essence, the BJP has Dhangar, Koli and Agri com- The Congress and Sharad He said the incident like es between April 11 and May Uluberia, Srirampore, Hooghly, Singh Gill, an IPS of 1972 phases between April 11 and given up one seat, by agreeing munity leaders as members. Pawar-led NCP is yet to take February 14 Pulwama terror 19, and West Bengal will have Arambag. Batch, former DG, CRPF, 29, 2019. to contest 25 seats instead of Ambedkar has staked claim a decision whether or not to attack on a CRPF convoy has its share of polls in each of For he sixth phase, it will be Noor Mohammad, IAS of Unlike in the past, both 26 seats it had fought in the for 12 seats from the offer seats to Samajwadi Party put the administration on those seven days. held in Tamluk, Kanthi, Ghatal, 1977 and Vinod Zutshi, (IAS the major political formations previous polls. Congress-NCP alliance but led by Akhilesh Yadav and alert and all necessary mea- Counting of votes will be Jhargram, Medinipur, Purulia, 1982). had begun their preparations The two parties had put the latter has committed only Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj sures have been taken to held on May 23. Bankura, Bishnupur. According to EC, Gill for the Lok Sabha polls very up a spectacular performance four seats. Party. Maharashtra Congress ensure free and fair elections The opposition parties of The seventh and last phase has wide experience in field early. While the BJP and Shiv in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls by Raju Shetti-led chief Ashok Chavan and his across the state including the the state claimed that the polls on May 19 will be held in of security management in Sea struck seat-sharing 25:23 together winning 40 seats Swabhimani Shetkari NCP counterpart Jayant Patil border areas facing frequent seven-phase polls reflects the Kolkata and two neighbouring difficult areas. He worked as deal on February 18, the (BJP-22 and Sena-18 seats) out Sangathana (SSS) – which was and other senior leaders have ceasefire violations by "deteriorating" law and order districts. The seats are IG, CRPF in Jammu & Congress and NCP have for- of total 48 seats. part of NDA and later walked been holding parleys with Pakistan. situation under the Trinamool Dumdum, Jadavpur, Kolkata Kashmir. malised 50:50 seat-sharing Similarly, the total 48 Lok out of the Government –may smaller parties. "We must respect the wis- Congress rule, while the ruling Dakshin, Kolkata Uttar, Noor Mohammad, for- arrangement between them Sabha seats in Maharashtra, contest the Lok Sabha polls on Maharashtra Navnirman dom of the EC for whatever party alleged that Centre has Barasat, Basirhat, Jaynagar, mer secretary has worked and are currently in the the Congress and NCP had its own strength. Sena chief Raj Thackeray has decision has been taken. It is "misled" the Election Mathurapur and Diamond more than a decade in the process of cobbling tie-ups fielded candidates in 26 and 21 The SSS had last month been lobbying for his party’s decided, now so why and Commission about the situa- Harbour. fields of election management with smaller constituents. constituencies respectively in pulled out of the ongoing seat- inclusion in the what may not be serving any tion in the state. The CEO said with the as chief Electoral officer of UP, Having decided on the the 2014 polls. The two parties sharing talks among the con- “Mahaghatbandhan”. While the purpose... Let us take it in a Polls will be held for two announcement of dates, model Deputy Election number of seats to be con- had won two and four seats stituents of the Congress-NCP NCP has shown readiness to stride that single election has seats on April 11, three on April code of conduct comes into Commissioner in the tested by their parties, respectively. However, the alliance-led involve the MNS in the been announced and now let 18, five on April 23, eight on force with immediate effect. Commission, senior consul- Maharashtra Chief Minister two parties had contested the “Mahaghathbandhan” on the “Mahaghatbandhan”, the us conduct single election in April 29 seven on May 6, eight He said an estimated 6.97 tant in iiidem and interna- Devendra Fadnavis and Shiv subsequent October 2014 State ground that the mainstream Congress has expressed serious a most free and fair manner," on May 12, and nine on May crore voters were eligible to tional consultant on election Sena president Uddhav Assembly polls separately. parties have done precious lit- reservations. It remains to be Kumar told reporters here 19. exercise their franchise in in Afghanistan. Thackeray are in the midst of The Congress and Sharad tle to address the farmers’ issues seen if the MNS will be a part this evening. Aftab said while polling 78,799 polling stations across Zutsi, former secretary in resolving issues over the Pawar-led NCP may offer at and announced that his party of the “Mahaghatbandhan” or Asked if security atmos- will be held in Coochbehar and the state. the Central Government also choice of a few seats on which least two seats to the would go it alone in the Lok contest the elections on its own phere was the condition for Alipurduar in the first phase, There will be Voter has wide experience for more both the BJP and Shiv Sena Samajwadi Party led by Sabha polls. As a consequence, strength. not holding simultaneous and Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling and Verifiable Paper Audit Trail than a decade in elections at have staked claim. “We will Akhilesh Yadav and Pawar is not taking any chances. Now that the election noti- elections, then how the EC Raiganj in the second. (VVPAT) in all the polling the state level as well as at the sort out the issues in the next Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj The SSS has asked for 15 fication has been issued, major going to conduct Lok Sabha The third phase polls will stations, the CEO said. commission level. The three few days and come out respec- Party. Maharashtra Congress seats from Mahaghatbandhan political parties will stitch up polls, he said "having both the witness voting in Balurghat, To a question the CEO said special observers will soon tive candidates’ list soon,” a chief Ashok Chavan and his and has given two days time to loose ends, formalise their elections together means that Malda North, Malda South, the process to identify vulner- have a meeting in the senior Sena leader said. NCP counterpart Jayant Patil Congress and NCP to take a alliances and go whole hog into you need more security for Jangipur and Murshidabad. able polling stations was still Commission before visiting It remains to be seen if the and other senior leaders have final call. It is unlikely that the their respective campaigns. candidates." PTI There will be higher num- on. PTI Jammu & Kashmir. /// ,   ) ' !  6 From Page 1 order to fight the scourge of social media platforms fake news, all candidates * 7  8. such as Google, Facebook, standing for the 2019 Lok YouTube and Twitter have Sabha elections will have to said all political advertise- declare their social media Hyderabad: In further set- ments will be certified by accounts to the Election back to Congress in them before releasing. He Commission as part of their Telangana, another MLA is also said that Twitter, affidavit. All advertisement on likely quit the party and join Facebook and Google will social media will also require Chennai: Defence Minister the ruling TRS. also highlight political adver- pre-certification. All expen- Nirmala Sitharaman avoided Congress MLA from tisements on their platforms diture on campaigning adver- taking a special aircraft and Yellandu Haripriya Banoth specifically. Facebook and tisement in social media is to chose a commercial flight to would join the party, TRS Google have already deputed be included in the election New Delhi from here Sunday as sources said on Sunday. a dedicated a grievance offi- expenditure account, said the model code of conduct Already, three Congress cer to receive complaints of Sunil Arora. came into effect with the MLAs Rega Kantha Rao, any violation of EC guide- He also mentioned the C- announcement of Lok Sabha Atram Sakku and Chirumarti lines. Vigil app which was launched election schedule. Lingaiah have announced The CEC informed that last year by the election com- Sitharaman, who earlier in their decision to join the IT giants have promised to mission. The app will help cit- the day participated in a func- Telangana Rashtra Samithi take action against hate izens to confidentially report tion here, also avoided govern- (TRS). speech. Stringent monitoring any violation of the election ment car and escort vehicles and The development is seen as of all events on election days code of conduct and any mal- arrived at the airport in the car a jolt to the Congress ahead of will be done using informa- practices. of a BJP leader, the party said. the MLC election (to be elect- tion technology, he said. In a decision taken earli- The Minister was scheduled ed by MLAs) scheduled for Arora also said that a social er, EC had also asked politi- to board a special aircraft but March 12. media expert is also going to cal parties to “desist from dis- shortly before her departure The Congress has fielded be part of the Media playing photographs of time, the Election Commission one candidate in the March 12 Certification and Monitoring defence personnel” against announced the schedule for the a release. election to fill five vacancies in Committee. the backdrop of a picture seven-phase polls commencing Airport sources said she the Council. According to the EC, the showing a hoarding with on April 11 and imposed the had also told officials not to Meanwhile, speculation is candidates will have to fur- images of Indian Air Force Model Code of Conduct. come to the terminal to see her rife that Congress MLA and nish the details of their social Wing Commander Sitharaman took a private off. Among other things, the former minister P Sabita Indra media accounts at the time of Abhinandan Varthaman as carrier's 8.40 pm flight to the code of conduct bars the Reddy would also quit the filing their nominations. In well as leaders of a party. national Capital, the BJP said in Government from announcing party and join TRS. any policy move that may Sabita Indra Reddy had impact voters' decision and served as Home Minister dur- restrains Ministers from mak- ing the Congress regime before ing use of official machinery or 2014 in undivided Andhra personnel. PTI Pradesh. PTI *  *      4!    #  & &  =+4 counter the issues raised by Sabha polls, Swaraj its part, the IAF has taken a stand that the Opposition on the said: “We (BJP) should it “does not count human casualties, only otwithstanding the Election Balakot air strikes, Swaraj ask questions like what has been hit and what hasn’t”. NCommission’s diktat to political said: “We should ask ques- whether you (voter) Union Home Minister and senior parties to desist from making references tions about whether our will support parties BJP leader said on Friday to armed forces in their poll campaign, jawans should count the that side with sepa- the IAF pilots were on a targeted mis- senior BJP leader and External Affairs dead bodies (after dropping ratists. We should ask sion to destroy terrorist facility in Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday bombs on terror camps) or people whether they Pakistan and not go on any pleasure trip indicated the IAF’s air strikes on terror return safely after carrying want to vote for those or to shower petals. camps in Pakistan would be an issue for out the air strike. Our party who question the val- Earlier this month, senior Congress her party in the Lok Sabha polls. workers should counter- our of our jawans”. leader and former Defence Minister AK Speaking at a gathering of the BJP’s question those who raise doubts about Swaraj’s remarks should be seen in Antony had urged Prime Minister women workers here, Swaraj said that the impact of our air strike”. the context of the barbs being Narendra Modi and the BJP president the BJP would soon come out with two Swaraj said that the IAF had gone exchanged between the Opposition not to “politicise the armed forces”. leaflets - one containing initiatives to kill the terrorists across the border parties and the BJP over BJP president Swaraj’s remarks should also be seen taken by her party for the welfare of and not bring the bodies back. “They ’s claim that over 250 ter- in the context of the Election women and another with questions were supposed to go and launch an rorists were killed in the air strike on Commission’s advisory to political par- countering issues raised by the attack and return,” she said. the Jaish-e-Mohammed training camp. ties about the usage of defence person- Opposition vis-a-vis the Balakot air Hinting that the BJP would shy The Opposition parties have nel in party advertisements and refer- strikes. away from whipping up nationalist fer- demanded to know how Shah has ences to armed forces in their political Exhorting the party workers to vour during its campaign for the Lok arrived at the Balakot causality figure. On campaign.

Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Meghalaya, Mizoram, Pradesh, Punjab, West Bengal, Nagaland, Punjab, Sikkim, -. Chandigarh (UT), Uttar Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh. Uttarakhand, Andaman and The CEC said 22 States and Nicobar Islands, Daman and /// Union Territories will see sin- Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, From Page 1 gle-phase election, Karnataka, Lakshadweep, Chandigarh, The Manipur, Rajasthan and Delhi and Puducherry. (AAP) is the first major polit- Tripura will see polling in two To conduct the polls in a ical party in Delhi to From Page 1 Pradesh and West Bengal. phases, Assam and safe and secure atmosphere, announce its candidates. The States are: Bihar, The polling in the phase VI Chhattisgarh will have three- Arora said a large number of The party has fielded Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, will be held on May 12, in 59 phase polling, Jharkhand, Central Armed Police Forces Atishi (East Delhi), Dilip Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Lok Sabha constituencies Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra (CAPFs) will be deployed. He Pandey (North East Delhi), Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar spread across Bihar, Haryana, and Odisha will see four-phase said a sufficient number of Raghav Chadha (South Pradesh and West Bengal. The Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, polling & Jammu and Kashmir video cameras and CCTVs Delhi), Gugan Singh (North fifth phase of polling will be held Uttar Pradesh, and West will have five-phase elections. besides web-casting will be West Delhi) and Pankaj Gupta on May 6 in 51 Lok Sabha con- Bengal. Polls in Delhi-NCR The places where elections used during the electoral bat- (Chandni Chowk) for the Lok stituencies spread across seven will be held in phase VI. The will take place in a single phase tle. “There will be extensive Sabha election. The candidate States including Bihar, Jammu polls in phase VII will be held are Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal web-casting of sensitive voting for West Delhi seats is likely & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Madhya on May 19. The election will be Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, booths. All critical events will to be declared soon. Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar held in 59 constituencies of Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, be videographed.”   ()  ( **+ ,-*.  %!.

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But no one government and the will to injuring more than 80 people, Sunday morning, killing all 157 Islamic State group jihadists Leader Kim Jong Un’s rul- does. share their destiny with social- local media reported. on board, including Indians, hunkering down in their east- ing Workers’ Party has an iron By 6pm, the official KCNA ism to the last”, it said. The accident happened just authorities said, as grieving ern Syrian holdout and an grip on the Democratic People’s news agency reported, all elec- With a total absence of after noon Saturday off Sado families rushed to airports in assault was imminent. Republic of Korea, as the iso- tors in all constituencies had electoral competition, analysts Island, Kyodo News agency Addis Ababa and the destina- "The timeline (we gave) lated, nuclear-armed country is voted, “except for those abroad say the election is held largely reported, citing Japan’s coast tion, Nairobi. ISIS to surrender themselves is officially known. or working in oceans”. as a political rite to enable the guard. More than 30 nationalities over," Syrian Democratic Every five years it holds an Turnout in 2014 was 99.97 authorities to claim a mandate Five of the injuries were are among the dead. Forces spokesman Mustefa Bali election for the rubber stamp per cent and the vote was 100 from the people. serious and a 15-centimeter It was not immediately clear said on Twitter, using another legislature, known as the per cent in favour of the named It was the result of “estab- crack was found at the ferry’s what caused the crash of the acronym for IS. Supreme People’s Assembly. candidates, a result unmatched lished institutional inertia and stern. But ferry operator Sado Boeing 737-8 MAX plane, "Our forces have The exercise has all the anywhere else in the world. a need to legitimise the Steam Ship Co. Said the jetfoil which was new and had been received orders for military trappings of votes elsewhere, “Our society is one in Government by simulating ferry still reached its intended delivered to the airline in   )           ( () ) action to finish off what is from electoral rolls to sealed which the people are gathered democratic procedure”, said destination on the island, locat- November. The pilot sent out a      !   (* left of the terrorists in ballot boxes to scrutineers for around the respected Supreme Andrei Lankov of Korea Risk ed off the west coast of Japan’s distress call and was given clear- Baghouz," a village near the the count. Leader with a single mind,” Group. main island of Honshu, accord- ance to return, the airline’s CEO The airline said 149 pas- The plane crashed six min- Iraqi border, he said. "The But in keeping with one of election official Ko Kyong Hak Soviet-style Communist ing to Kyodo. told reporters. sengers and eight crew mem- utes after departing Addis assault will start at any Pyongyang’s most enduring told AFP outside a polling sta- states had a long tradition of The ferry, which departed The state-owned Ethiopian bers were thought to be on the Ababa on its way to Kenya’s cap- moment," he told AFP. slogans -- “Single-minded tion at the 3.26 Pyongyang holding general elections, he from Honshu’s Niigata Port, Airlines, widely considered the plane. ital, plowing into the ground at The SDF, who are backed unity” -- there is only one Cable Factory. said, even if the ruling party was carrying 121 passengers best-managed airline in Africa, Indians, Kenyans, Hejere near Bishoftu, or Debre by air strikes of the US-led approved name on each of the Participation in the elec- ignored its own rules about and four crew members. calls itself Africa’s largest carri- Canadians, Chinese, Americans, Zeit, some 50 kilometers (31 coalition, have slowed red voting slips. tion was a citizen’s obligation, holding regular congresses -- The cause of the accident er and has ambitions of becom- Ethiopians, Italians, French, miles) south of Addis Ababa, at down their months-long With portraits of the he said, “and there are no peo- something the North skipped was under investigation by ing the gateway to the continent. British, Egyptians, Slovakians 8:44 am. campaign against the jihadists leader’s father Kim Jong Il and ple who reject a candidate”. for more than 30 years. coast guard officials, who said It is known as an early buyer of and others were among the The airline later published in recent weeks to allow civil- grandfather Kim Il Sung look- An editorial in the Rodong “North Korea is just emu- the ferry may have struck a new aircraft as it assertively dead, said the airline’s CEO, a photo showing its CEO stand- ians out from the shrinking ing down on every ballot box, Sinmun, the mouthpiece of lating all other Communist whale or some other sea ani- expands. Tewolde Gebremariam. ing in the wreckage. enclave. voters lined up to drop their the ruling party, reinforced states,” he said. mal, Kyodo reported.   & O  &    4  (     P 0  P O    P  A2A: formers who have complained  C- 3C Donald Trump stuck up a con- also leaving parliament, Kelly of government pressure in  ;A *A  the office said in a statement. win,” he said. “The Chinese versation with him, the O’Dwyer, reportedly said as a housands of people rallied recent months. US officials and UN Communist Party must hear ustralia’s former Foreign Australian Broadcasting warning in a party meeting Tagainst Russia’s increasing- “The government is battling hina has issued a protest experts say China is believed to the cry of its people for reli- AMinister says she was mis- Corporation reported. several months ago that the ly restrictive internet policies freedom, including freedom on Cover remarks the US be holding 1 million Uighurs, gious freedom.” taken for the spouse of a politi- “Melania, standing by, Liberals were widely viewed by Sunday which some say will the internet, I can tell you this ambassador-at-large for inter- Muslims and members of other Brownback was expected cian by US First Lady Melania assumed David was the foreign voters as “homophobic, anti- eventually lead to “total cen- as somebody who spent a national religious freedom majority Muslim ethnic groups to meet local religious Trump, in her latest comments minister and she said to me: women, climate-change deniers”. sorship” and isolate the country month in jail for a tweet,” one made criticising Beijing’s in political education camps in leaders and religious studies on the subordinate role of ‘Julie, will you be coming to my Bishop said she was not from the world. of the rally speakers Sergei polices toward Muslim and Xinjiang. The US and other students and instructors while women in conservative politics. ladies’ lunch tomorrow?,” Bishop comfortable being the only The mass rally in Moscow Boiko, an internet freedom Tibetan Buddhist minorities governments have criticized in Hong Kong. The territory Julie Bishop has been vocal said of the encounter at the UN woman among 18 men in cab- and smaller events in other activist from Siberia, said. and saying the country was “at the crackdown. enjoys freedom of speech and about the treatment of senior General Assembly Leaders’ week inet after Turnbull’s predecessor cities across the country was Police detained several war with faith.” The Chinese government religion far beyond that in female politicians since she in 2017. “And I said ‘No, David’s Tony Abbott won national elec- called after the Russian lower people without explanation. An The Foreign Ministry’s says those camps are vocational mainland China, where the stepped down after the ouster of going to the partners’ lunch’. She tions in 2013. “This isn’t fine. house of parliament backed a AFP correspondent saw a man office in Hong Kong said the training centers designed to rid officially atheist government former prime minister Malcolm thought about that for a while, This is not completely normal,” bill to stop Russian internet traf- being dragged away by arms speech Sam Brownback gave the region of extremism. keeps tight control over any Turnbull last year. thinking: ‘Why would Australia’s she said of the situation. fic from being routed on foreign and legs near the entrance to the Friday “slandered” China’s reli- Brownback said President potential challenges to its Bishop, who was Australia’s foreign minister come to the There have been growing servers, in a bid to boost cyber- rally. gious policies. It said it had reg- Donald Trump’s administration authority. first female foreign minister partners’ lunch?’ calls for the Liberals to introduce security. The popular Telegram mes- istered its dissatisfaction is “deeply concerned and con- Brownback, the former and deputy leader of the Liberal “So this went on for a while quotas to improve the low lev- The move was labelled by saging app, which Russian Saturday with the US Consulate sidered it a deliberate attempt governor of Kansas, was due to Party, is among several senior until the president explained that els of female representation in critics as the latest attempt to authorities have been unsuc- in the semi-autonomous by Beijing to redefine and con- travel to Taiwan for a regional politicians from the centre-right I was the foreign minister.” the party. This is not the first control online content under cessfully trying to block for Chinese region, where the trol these Muslim minority meeting on religious freedom government set to quit parlia- Australia’s embattled minority time the issue of sexism has been President Vladimir Putin, with many months, called on its speech was given. groups, (their) identity, culture Monday. ment at upcoming national elec- government has been accused of raised in Australian politics. some fearing the country is on users to attend the rally last China’s constitution and and faith.” He urged In his speech, the Catholic tions amid expectations of an having a “women problem”, Former prime minister Julia track to completely isolate its week. A message in Russian on laws protect freedom of religion Beijing to grant free access to conservative called on China opposition win. with Prime Minister Scott Gillard became a torchbearer for network like in North Korea. its official account said that the and critics should “cease their the camps to investigate claims to release Wang Yi and John She told a talk in Adelaide Morrison recently boosting the women around the world in Activists counting people bill on internet centralisation slander of China’s policies on of abuse of inmates. Cao Sanqiang, detained pastors Saturday that Melania thought number of female politicians in 2012 with her fiery speech about said more than 15,000 people aims to “cut off Russia from the religion and the situation with More generally, Brownback in the “underground” her partner David Patton was his cabinet to counter the criti- misogyny in parliament, where have turned up to listen to rest of the world, after which freedom of faith and cease said, China is “at war with church that operates indepen- Australia’s foreign minister, cism. she accused Abbott of sexism. internet and media rights they can block foreign social using religious issues to inter- faith.” dently of official Government instead of her, after President One cabinet minister who is activists as well as music per- networks and messengers.” fere in China’s internal affairs,” “It’s a war they will not agencies. 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We are Ccriticized policies toward facts and figures” related to if North Korea conducted a new the North’s Sanumdong site, Since then, Trump has been Bolton said he was “not Aforced an Air France A380 returning to Abidjan,” Mieu Tibet 60 years after the Dalai development “debunk the missile test, but he refused to where missiles and satellite- cautious in his prognostica- aware of any” contact with the jet with more than 500 passen- said. Lama fled abroad amid an repeated lies and accusations confirm reports that such a test launching rockets have previ- tions, continuing to suggest a North since the Hanoi summit gers on board to turn back to the The Air France-KLM man- uprising against Chinese rule. that aim to smear Tibet’s may be near. ously been assembled. deal remains possible. but was expecting an update Ivory Coast capital Abidjan ager for West Africa Jean-Luc The official Xinhua News human rights with vile John Bolton appeared NPR quoted an expert on He said Kim promised in Monday from his South Korean where it landed without further Mevellec confirmed the inci- Agency says economic growth, motives.” notably cautious when asked on the North’s weapons programs, Hanoi that he would do no counterpart. incident early Sunday. dent. “Technically, it is what is increases in lifespan and better The article didn’t ABC’s “This Week” about a Jeffrey Lewis of the Middlebury more missile or nuclear testing, He said time remains on “We were flying over Niger called an engine blow-out. It is education refute the claims of directly mention Sunday’s report that satellite imagery Institute of International Studies adding, “I take him at his word.” Washington’s side, adding that (to Paris)... I saw a ball of flame a well known problem,” Mevellec critics. uprising anniversary, referring appears to show preparations at in Monterey, California, as say- Bolton declined to say the president “is not under for a few seconds and then a told AFP. Tibet is ruled under a to the events of 1959 instead as a North Korean site for the pos- ing, “When you put all that whether the US was aware at the pressure to make any deal. He large bang on the left side of the “It happens from time to smothering Chinese security the inauguration of “democra- sible launch of a missile or space together, that’s really what it time of the Hanoi summit of any wants to make the right deal.” aircraft,” Baudelaire Mieu, a time. It is a well known phe- blanket and many Tibetans tic reform” that saw the rocket. looks like when the North suspect satellite imagery from With North Korea still journalist with Bloomberg nomenon, well understood and abroad say the Himalayan dismantlement of the “I would rather not get into Koreans are in the process of North Korea. under economic sanctions, “the News, told AFP. crew are well trained on simu- region’s resources are being Buddhist hierarchy and feudal the specifics on that,” he said. building a rocket.” But he sent a strong signal leverage is on our side right now, “The plane began to roll, lators all year long to deal with exploited for Beijing’s benefit structures. “I’m not going to speculate Trump, who once warned to the North that it cannot and not on North Korea’s.” everything was shaking and this type of fault,” he added. 7   " <      *    -/3!3! ! 51   $ 4  O       P  Q/!/ 3!3 !/3!8  ,3;)4 O.-7'P/-  ,3;)4 flying into Iraq under the cover Tehran sees the US military  43C raids. ;.-<<,'.=' of darkness meant “defeat” for presence at its doorstep in Iraq N484)3 In November, around a ran’s President Hassan ,-/,--/'/ ran’s president is making his the U.S. In Iraq and asking the as a threat — one that could even soldiers and 38 mili- O=4 ,,CA! dozen girls were taken in raids IRouhani has demanded /-;-7'/,.<<;/ Ifirst official visit to Iraq this U.S. President why he didn’t also undermine Iran’s influence Stants died in an assault by on several border villages in the Pakistan act “decisively against week as he faces mounting make an “open and official over Baghdad. the jihadist group Boko Haram :34A H!A=) southeast. anti-Iranian terrorists” in a /,,-,./?,-7=7.;7. pressure from hard-liners at visit.” Zarif alluded to that on in southeastern Niger, the In the same month, seven phone call with the country’s //-/@'-<,-A home in the wake of the Trump “You have to walk in the Sunday, saying that any coun- defence ministry said on 4*9/)!83 local employees of a French premier, Tehran said, a month ,/,'? administration’s unraveling of streets of Baghdad ... 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even though it looks like an appease- Management Act (CMMA), which judicial authority should also be con- Well-managed migration brings nerable population” in need of rescue fees should be borne by the employ- ment exercise, keeping the more should end the stark exploitation in stituted at the Centre and in all the development to both India and the but too often, find themselves in vul- er, not the migrant worker and any than three-crore strong Indian dias- the migration cycles, mainly in the States. For the inclusion of migrants countries of destination. In this per- nerable situations due to (migra- fees collected from the migrant work- pora in mind. The Emigration Act of recruitment process, at work and in the democratic and developmen- spective or guiding principle, the new tion) policies, values and the denial of er should be treated as bonded labour 1983 had many anomalies like not return and re-integration of the tal process and for governance, a body comprehensive migration Act should rights. Hence, this new enactment and trafficking in humans. being migrant-friendly and was not migrants. The new Act should be with legislative powers should be con- be developed. should ensure without fail the rights Portability of salary, social secu- representative of the the multi-layered inclusive to result in a win-win situ- stituted under this Act both at the The very basic element of the new to migrant women and their children, rity benefits, indemnities and pen- immigration problems and chal- ation for all the migration stakehold- Centre and State levels. The legislation Act should focus on implementing all as enshrined in the Constitution of sion etc should be guaranteed to the lenges. ers. Further, the new CMMA should aspects of the migration governance the UN and International Labour India, UN treaties and conventions. migrant worker without any hin- *4 )!4 * 4 The Government’s approach view migration in the developmental can be through a quasi legislative body, Organisation (ILO) conventions, There should not be deportation drance, both from the destination towards the restructuring and perspective and an economic activi- having specific rules and regulations. treaties, multilateral commitments of children in any circumstances and countries and the employers. Forced he Indian diaspora’s long cry revamping of the Emigration Act was ty for both India and the Countries It is appalling to note that the to migrants’ human and labour rights. they should not be separated from repatriation and administrative may turn bitter if the new draft callous, which was evident in the hur- of Transit and Destination. Indian Government has no data Those not yet ratified should be their families. Provisions should be deportation should not be allowed. TEmigration Management Bill riedly-convened stakeholders’ meet A Migration Management bank on its migrant demography. It done, made binding and applicable to made to protect and respect citizens Their voluntary return should be 2019 is passed. The need for a com- and the draft Bill. In the Bill drafting Ministry should be created at the should be provisioned in the Bill for migrants across the board. and organisations that help undocu- tailor-made and context specific, prehensive legislation, revamping the process, the real migrants, their CSOs, Centre besides a Migration compulsory data collection of Indians The proposed legislation should mented migrants in need. The new involving a process with true choic- existing Emigration Act of 1983, was or the State Government bodies like Management Authority in all States as going abroad for whatever reasons. have the migration elements related law should have a human touch. es, including choosing the moment well understood by all parties and NORKA and APNRT were neither well as the Centre. The responsibili- Identity smart cards should be provid- to those of the SDG goals and should Provisions against commodification of return. To change the narrative stakeholders in the field of migration. consulted, nor their opinion sought. ty of complete restructuring and ed to the migrants. It should address be in the broader framework of the 23 of the migrants/trading of migrants and perceptions on migration, the Even though the process for a new Going through the provisions of the revamping of the recruitment, place- both permanent and contractual directive principles and objectives of should be incorporated. migrants’ voices need to be migration legislation gathered steam draft Bill, it looks headed to meet the ment, work, return and re-integration migration and should be able to pro- the Global Compact on Migration. A majority of the Indian migra- audible. in 2012, the Government never same fate as the 1983 Act even as it is should be vested with the State tect and safeguard the interest of all Regularisation and regular pathways tion is Asia-centered and economical- What the Indian migrant wants showed the needed political will to treacherously disappointing. Governments and the institutions and migrant workers. for human mobility across the plank ly on temporary contractual migra- is a CMMA that will protect and safe- enact it. The new draft does not address authorities constituted for this pur- The underlying ethos of the should be core to the drive for the new tion. The interest of this segment of guard them in the true sense. We can It was a pleasant surprise at the the welfare needs and the kaleidoscop- pose through the Comprehensive CMMA should be based on the CMMA of India and should facilitate migrants should be well protected in always wait for a few months more for fag end of the present Government’s ic changes in the socio, political, eco- Migration Management Act. The principles of freedom, equality and human mobility with human rights the upcoming Act. The CMMA this to become a reality since we have tenure that a sudden “stakeholders’ nomic, demographic and cultural Protector of Emigration is a colonial dignity, as enshrined in the and labour rights of the migrants. should address the need for ethical been waiting for the last 35 years. meeting” was called and a draft Bill relationships in the countries of des- institution and it should be abolished Constitution of India and the new Act There should also be strict pro- recruitment, decent jobs and labour (The writer is an NRI working on prepared and published. For the tination. The need of the hour is a and put into the restructuring process. should ensure the same in the desti- visions for the protection of migrant mobility with the protection of the the welfare of migration workers in the Indian diaspora, it is a welcome sign, Comprehensive Migration A Pravasi Commission with quasi nation countries. women. “They are not by nature vul- labour rights of migrants. 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English and Urdu — printed a hope that the solution will Even after the signing of geting forward posts and vil- injured in a ceasefire violation The Kashmir Editors' blank front page on Sunday. come before the election," he the framework agreement with lages at four places along the by Pakistani troops along the Guild (KEG) had claimed last The front pages of these said. the NSCN(IM) in 2015 and six Line of Control (LoC) in Line of Control in Jammu & month that the State newspapers only carried a mes- Rio was speaking on the Naga nationalist political Jammu & Kashmir's Poonch Kashmir's Baramulla district on Government had stopped giv- sage from the KEG — "In occasion of the completion of groups joining the peace talks district, officials said. Sunday, officials said. ing advertisements to two protest against the unexplained one year of his People's separately, there has not been The firing was intense in reported from the Balnoi and ceasefire violations by Pakistan Pakistani troops resorted to major local dailies — Greater denial of Government adver- Democratic Alliance (PDA) a breakthrough on the decades- the Krishna Ghati sector, Mankote (both in Mendhar after India's preemptive air unprovoked firing towards Kashmir and Kashmir Reader. tisements to Greater Kashmir government of which the BJP old Naga problem. where the Pakistani troops sector), besides from Shahpur strike on a Jaish-e-Mohammed Indian posts and villages in "With utmost regret, the and Kashmir Reader." is a part. The PDA, comprising 17 resorted to mortar shelling sector, all in Poonch district, terror camp in Balakot on Kamalkote area of Uri in north Kashmir Editors' Guild wishes A spokesperson of the A new Government, which Nationalist Democratic and firing by small arms from for a brief period in the early February 26 following the Kashmir, a police official said. to inform that the Jammu and KEG said the guild and the came to power in Nagaland Progress Party (NDPP) MLAs, around 04.30 AM, which was hours of Sunday. February 14 Pulwama terror He said four civilians, Kashmir Government has Kashmir Editors' Forum had under Rio early last year, had 12 BJP, 2 NPP and one JD(U) retaliated to befittingly by the The firing was mild in attack in which 40 CRPF per- including a woman, were stopped State Government on Saturday taken the decision raised hopes of a solution to the and an Independent, came to Indian Army, a defence nature and lasted for a brief sonnel were killed. injured in the firing. advertisements to two major to print a blank front page Naga political problem. power after defeating the 15- spokesman said. period without causing any Four civilians, including The injured were admitted daily newspapers — Greater against the Government's move Earlier on Sunday in Delhi, year-old Naga People's Front He said the cross-border harm, they said. three members of a family, to a hospital, the official said. Kashmir and Kashmir Reader," "to scuttle" the media in the Election Commission Government in the 2018 shelling between the two sides On late Saturday as well, were killed and several others An Army official con- it had said in a statement, Kashmir. announced that the Lok Sabha assembly election. continued till 07.30 AM. There the Pakistan army had target- injured as Pakistan targeted firmed the ceasefire violation adding that the decision was He added that the guild election will be held from April Thanking the allies, was no report of any casualty ed Indian positions In over 80 villages in more than by Pakistani troops, but said the neither conveyed formally nor would also hold a protest at the 11 to May 19. Rio said, "We could not have on the Indian side, he said. Sunderbani sector of Rajouri 100 incidents of ceasefire vio- Indian Army has responded to was any reason detailed to the Press Club here on Sunday The Government and the made it, unless we received Officials said firing and district for several hours. lations along the LoC in the Pakistani firing in adequate respective publications. afternoon against the Naga people now do not know firm support from our alliance shelling by Pakistan were also There has been a spurt in state since then. measure. PTI As a mark of protest, the Government decision. PTI what the negotiating parties are partners." PTI 66 6   8  :      ,, Panaji: The Congress on led protests against the casinos Chennai: Days after formalis- among the factors that were Sunday criticised the Goa vessels in 2012 ahead of the ing seat sharing with allies for taken up for consideration. Government's decision to grant Assembly polls that year. the Lok Sabha elections, DMK On Saturday, Stalin held another six-month extension to "The BJP came to power in has convened a meeting of its interviews for aspirants seeking all offshore casino vessels in the 2012 with an assurance that it senior office-bearers on to contest bypolls to 21 State to move out of the river will move out casinos from the Monday to fine tune its strate- Assembly constituencies. Mandovi. Mandovi river," he said. gy for the polls. Recently, the DMK com- There has been a demand Kawthankar said the BJP Deliberations on bypolls tune the poll work and the pleted the seat sharing exercise from a section of people to shift was yet to set up a Gaming to the 21 Assembly constituen- party's propaganda drive to with its allies for the Lok Sabha casinos from the Mandovi river Commission and draft a casi- cies and the Lok Sabha elections reach out to the electorate. elections. in Panaji, where they are cur- no policy, as announced earli- scheduled for April 18 would be DMK president M K Stalin, Setting aside 20 LS seg- rently anchored. er. the agenda for the meeting, the meanwhile, held interviews of ments for itself in Tamil Nadu, Goa Congress spokesman He also accused the BJP- party said. candidates seeking party tick- the Dravidian party allotted Sunil Kawthankar told led State Government of The meeting, to be held at ets for the Parliamentary elec- nine seats to Congress in the reporters here that the resolu- paralysing the mining and the party head quarters 'Anna tions on Sunday here. state and the lone constituency tion granting extension to off- tourism industry, both key rev- Arivalayam,' here would see the Party Rajya Sabha MP in neighbouring Puducherry. shore casinos was passed by the enue earners for the coastal participation of district secre- Kanimozhi, (her tenure ends on The CPI(M) and CPI, Government on Friday by cir- state. taries, MLAs, and MPs, a party July 24, 2019) eyeing Tuticorin besides the VCK, have been culating a note among state The -led release here said. constituency is also one of the given two seats each and one Cabinet members, without Government earlier gave exten- Coming days after DMK aspirants who attended the seat each to the MDMK, IJK, holding any discussion on such sion by six months to the ves- chief M K Stalin's State wide interview during which senior IUML and the KMDK. The a crucial issue. sel-mounted casinos on tour covering gram panchayats leaders Duraimurugan and T R MDMK has also been assured He said senior BJP leader September 30, 2018, which and a recent public rally at Baalu were also present. of one nomination to the Rajya Manohar Parrikar, who is cur- was to expire on March 31 this Virudhunagar, the meeting on Winnability and track Sabha, the election for which is =             ! )  6!   *& rently the State Chief Minister, year. PTI March 11 is expected to fine record in party work were expected in June. PTI P" ! /! /= 5  #"$#)  .&    >  3! 3   !  ! !2 3 * ( -   ,>>>   3 ! 3/3!# Jammu: Union Minister "When the Kandahar inci- said.  Jitendra Singh on Sunday dent happened, there was a Singh said the BJP can go // ! 3!( 31!  3 attacked the Congress and NC demand from the entire coun- back into the history since 1947. for blaming the BJP for the ter- try for securing the release of the "Let us start from 1947, the Thiruvananthapuram: The ror outfit JeM founder Masood hostages and the then A B first mistake was done by his Sabarimala temple will open for Jaipur: Asserting that the itself answerable on its perfor- Azhar's release in 1999, saying Vajpayee government held talks (Rahul Gandhi's) great grand- the annual temple festival for 10 Chennai: Top film star Congress is "gaining momen- mance to people. the two parties "were part of the with all opposition parties and father (Pandit Jawahar Lal days, starting from March 11. Rajinikanth on Sunday said he tum", Rajasthan Deputy Chief "The current ruling dis- decision and will face difficul- moved ahead after getting their Nehru) when he forced Sheikh A release issued by the would not contest the bypoll in Minister and State Congress pensation is not confident ty if they go into the past". consent," Singh said. Mohammad Abdullah on the Travancore Devaswom Board the Tamil Nadu Assembly, near- president Sachin Pilot has exud- enough of its performance. The minister also defended "Among the opposition people of Jammu and Kashmir," (TDB), which administers the ly a month after declaring that ed confidence that "UPA Plus Therefore, Ram Mandir, other the National Investigation leaders, the first meeting took Singh claimed. shrine, said that head priest his target was only the Plus" will secure the mandate to religious issues, cow vigilantism Agency's summons to sepa- place with Rahul's mother "Rahul's grandmother Kandararu Rajeevaru would Assembly election. govern in the coming Lok and love jihad were brought in ratist leader Mirwaiz Umar (Sonia Gandhi). That means she (Indira Gandhi) committed the preside over the temple open- While bypolls are expected Sabha election. from time to time to divert Farooq, asking if being a reli- was then equally responsible," second mistake when she ing ceremony. to 21 Assembly constituencies He claimed the NDA is attention from the main issues. gious leader grants one immu- added Singh, the minister of picked up Sheikh Abdullah The festival will end on in the State, Rajinikanth, when becoming weaker and the BJP, "Lack of job in economy. nity from law "to receive hawala state in Prime Minister's Office. from isolation and installed March 21. asked if he would fight the having lost three states in Corruption is there. funds and encourage terrorism". As far as Abdullah's state- him as the J&K chief minister. The temple will also get a bypoll since he had declared the assembly polls last year, had to Autonomous institutions were Singh accused Congress ment that the terrorists were Another mistake was done new gold-plated door for the Assembly polls to be his only compromise to form coalitions weakened and attacked by president Rahul Gandhi and released despite his opposition when she engineered a coup to sanctum sanctorum when the target, tersely said, "No." for Lok Sabha polls. Modi government. The gov- National Conference president is concerned, Singh said he has pull down the Farooq Abdullah hill shrine opens for the festi- The actor is yet to launch they thought would perma- The BJP lost power to the ernment cannot hide behind Farooq Abdullah of suffering forgotten that his party (NC) government and paved the way val tomorrow. his political outfit, though on nently resolve the issue by for- Congress in Madhya Pradesh, other (religious) issues," he from selective amnesia of his- was part of the then NDA, led for Gul Shah (G M Shah) to The existing door, which December 31, 2017, he had mulating and implementing Chhattisgarh and Pilot's home said. tory. by Vajpayee and therefore was become the chief minister," he developed tiny cracks, would be announced that his political projects. state, Rajasthan, in December. In Rajasthan, the PCC "Rahul Gandhi is a victim of equally responsible for the deci- added. replaced with the new one. entry was sure to fructify. The jargon "water problem" "The Congress party is president said the party is fully selective learning of history, sion of the then government. "The fourth mistake was The holy door, made of To questions like which is perceived as a reference to gaining momentum by aligning prepared for the general elec- while Farooq Abdullah is a vic- "Handling the hijacking the 1987 state elections which quality teak wood, has been party he would support (in the water scarcity in parts of the with many more parties in var- tion. tim of selective recall of histo- incident was the responsibility were rigged by Abdullah, plated with at least four kilo- bypolls), Rajinikanth told state and the vexed Cauvery ious states, therefore, the UPA "Congress is very well pre- ry," he told reporters here, of the Ministry of External paving the way for terrorism to grams of gold after engraving reporters at the airport here, issue as well. Plus Plus will be a formidable pared for the Lok Sabha elec- responding to a question on the Affairs and Abdullah's son take roots in the State and his and embossing it with copper. "Sorry, I cannot say anything Rajinikanth had strongly alliance which will be defeating tion. Right after taking charge two leaders' recent statements (Omar Abdullah) was then behind-the-veil support and A group of Sabarimala now." pledged his support for inter- NDA in the coming Lok Sabha of the Government in the state, blaming the BJP for the release working as the minister of state encouragement to Jammu & devotees, led by one Unni Asked whether he had linking rivers on more than one election," Pilot told PTI. we have started living up to the of Jaish-e-Mohammad's (in the External Affairs Kashmir Liberation Front Namboothiri, met the expens- meant a national or a regional occasion in the past. Raising questions on the promises we had made, founder Azhar in exchange of Ministry)," pointed out Singh. (JKLF), one of whose leaders is es of the new door as an offer- party when he had mentioned The top actor had also performance of the Modi gov- whether it is unemployment the passengers of the hijacked "He (Omar) had no regret, Yaseen Malik (who was recent- ing to the presiding deity, TDB last month that only that party said last month that he would ernment, Pilot, a former Union allowance or loan waiver," he Indian airlines flight IC-814 in leave aside resigning under the ly arrested under public safety president A Padmakumar had should be supported which not contest the upcoming Lok minister, said it should make said. PTI Afganistan. protest over the decision," he act)," Singh said. PTI said. PTI would resolve the "water prob- Sabha election. "Our target is lem" of Tamil Nadu, he said, only the Assembly polls. I am "Both." not supporting anyone," On February 17, he had said and barred anyone =           Rajinikanth had said "water is from using his images or Tamil Nadu's important prob- the flag of the Rajini Bahraich: The forest depart- lem" and asked his fans and Makkal Mandram for political ment is using drone cameras to people to vote for a party whom purposes. PTI catch a leopard which has killed three children and cattle in the past one month in villages close to Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary, officials said. Speaking to newsmen on Sunday, Field Director of Dudhwa Katarniaghat Tiger Reserve Ramesh Pandey said, "In the past few days, there have been cases of children being killed in leopard attacks. Apart from this, death of cattle was also reported." He said two drone cameras have been launched to spot the alone, especially after dark, he proved that the leopard is He said thermo-sensor animal, further two elephants said. "All the attacks committed attacking humans and eating images are being examined are being used for patrolling. by the leopard are accidental their flesh," said Pandey, when to ascertain whether there Villagers have been told to killings. The man-eating nature asked whether the animal had are more than one attacking not venture into the forest area can be confirmed only if it is turned into a man-eater. leopards. PTI   ()  ( **+ ,-*. +

    034 &      * 7  & % &  ?4= ( )   R ainstream Kashmiri lead- Mers on Sunday reacted strongly over the postponement #     of Assembly polls in the State. = Questioning Election Commission’s decision National @6  4# %  % +3 48=)= 2A )34 - Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah said,”First time he Election Commission of ?-HI834-3)4C since 1996 Assembly elections in Srinagar: The Jammu & rations of the people,” he said. TIndia (EC) on Sunday has J&K are not being held on time. Kashmir unit of the Congress The PCC president recalled announced the poll dates for 2A !-3 ,8C,;4, Remember this the next time on Sunday alleged that that during the UPA Karnataka in two phases on you are praising PM Modi for Assembly elections in the State Government’s tenure, elections April 18 and 23 for the 28 con- ,;3C;,2)A his strong leadership,” he tweet- were deferred due to the were conducted in 2014 despite stituencies for the next Lok ed. Centre’s “mishandling” of the unfavourable conditions, but Sabha. Even though the coali- In another tweet Omar said, situation. the state recorded the “highest tion Government led by JD(S) $034, A8- “In 2014 we had Lok Sabha elec- The Election Commission poll percentage”. leader HD Kumaraswamy as tions on time & Assembly elec- to the all party meeting recent- needs an immediate review,” CPI (M) leader MY on Sunday announced that Lok “This time, elections have Chief Minister has become a C=)=4)344 - tions on schedule even after the ly in Delhi that all forces would Mehbooba said in a statement. Tarigami in a statement said that Sabha polls in Jammu & been deferred due to the mis- platform for Opposition unity, most devastating floods. Shows be made available for simulta- The PDP president added this was done despite that almost Kashmir will not be held along handling of the situation on the the congress wants to gain by A),;*4) 4,4*4 how badly the BJP & earlier the neous polls?,” Omar also wrote that this was not expected of the all the political parties had with general elections. part of the Centre,” Mir alleged. this alignment to beat the BJPs BJP-PDP mishandled J&K,” on Twitter. Election Commission of India urged upon the Election “The Centre’s tall claims Senior CPI(M) leader M Y dominance in the State.  *484+=) Omar wrote on Twitter. Former Chief Minister and and the decision to hold Lok Commission to hold both the regarding the situation in the Tarigami said deferment of Already the leaders of the both He also said that Prime President Peoples Democratic Sabha polls and at the same time elections simultaneously. Not state stand exposed. The Centre assembly polls will send out the parties have started vigor- +448*A,+4884) Minister Narendra Modi has Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti delay Assembly elections does- holding assembly polls will send has itself certified that the sit- wrong signals to people with- ous campaign touring across created a mess in Jammu & also opposed the decision taken n’t make any sense. “It sows the wrong signals to people within uation is out of control and not in and outside the State. the State. 2;**A-)42;=) Kashmir. by the Election Commission of seeds suspicion among the peo- and outside the state. conducive for holding simulta- He said the Chief Election Prime Minister Narendra “In a Balakote & Uri are not India (ECI) of not holding ple about the designs of the “The Chief Election neous polls,” Pradesh Congress Commissioner during his Modi, BJP chief Amit Shah, 4 -+-4) symbols of PM Modi’s handling assembly and parliament elec- Government of India and does- Commissioner during his press- Committee president G A Mir presser in New Delhi repeatedly union Home Minister Rajnath of national security, J&K is and tions simultaneously in Jammu n’t convey a good message to the er in Delhi repeatedly quoted said in a statement. cited recent incidents of vio- Singh and other national and look at the mess he has made and Kashmir. people of Jammu & Kashmir recent incidents of violence in Mir said it was a golden lence in Kashmir as the reason state level leaders are cam- BJP will go to elections in his there. The abject surrender to In a statement, Mehbooba about an independent institution Kashmir as the reason for not chance for the Centre to hold for not holding assembly polls. paigning as part of the strate- leadership waving of the party anti-India forces is a crying said, “ postponement of assem- like the Election Commission,” holding Assembly polls,” said Assembly elections to give an “If that is true, then how gy has been working to retain rule of not giving tickets to shame.” “With the amount of bly polls in Jammu and Kashmir said Mehbooba. Tarigami. “If that is true, then elected Government to the peo- could Lok Sabha polls be held? the dominance of the BJP in leaders who have crossed 75. international attention elections is tantamount to denying basic She added that ECI’s deci- how could be Lok Sabha polls be ple, as all political parties Even the J&K Governor recent- Karnataka However Congress The defection of some in J&K attract I never thought rights of the people of the State sions goes contrary to what the held? Even the J&K Governor favoured simultaneously elec- ly said that Prime Minister with some skirmish with JDs Congress leaders to BJP and the PM Modi would be willing to to have a popular Government”. Home Minister has repeatedly recently said that PM Modi tions in the State. Narendra Modi complimented their partner is also working threat of operation lotus might confess his failure on a global “It is very dangerous to keep the said that GOI is ready to hold complimented him for “suc- “But, the Centre has once him for ‘successful’ conduct of out strategy to end the domi- help BJP to either retain same stage but we all make mistakes state in the hands of unelected simultaneous elections in cessful” conduct of the civic elec- again failed to hold assembly civic elections in Jammu & nance of BJP in Karnataka. number of seats or might lose & that was mine,” Omar tweet- representatives of the centre. It Jammu and Kashmir. This tions in Jammu and Kashmir. elections citing volatile situation Kashmir. When these polls Congress President Rahul two to three seats is the pre- ed. “What happened to @raj- will further complicate the prob- change in the schedule makes When these polls could be held, as the reason which is indica- could be held, what is the logic Gandhi and other leaders have diction of the party insiders. nathsingh’s assurance to Lok lems in the state and the decision the entire process highly suspi- what is the logic for deferring tive of utter failure of the Centre for deferring assembly polls?” been campaigning in the State Congress and JD(S) leaders Sabha & Rajya Sabha as well as taken by Election Commission cious, PDP president added. Assembly polls?,” he said. to respect the urges and aspi- Tarigami questioned. to consolidate the votes of say confidently that they might backward classes and minori- cross 15 seats in old Mysuru ties to counter the high voltage area and north Karnataka in campaign by the BJP. Kalaburgi, Bagalkot, Ballari, >  ((61  ) ? Karnataka with 28 seats is Chikkodi, Raichur and Bidar . crucial for both the parties. If there is a triangular contest However for BJP after the BJP leaders say with the Modi %  &   has made the Palaniswamy troubles,” said G Satyamurty, Sam Rajappa, veteran com- alignment of Akilesh Yadav wave might win more seats. 2;3 4 Government a ‘sitting duck’. veteran commentator and mentator. and Mayawati, Karnataka has BJP is confidant of consolidat- The House has an effective scribe. According to That Stalin is in full control become more important to the ing its position in Aizawl: Over seven he fate of Edappady strength of 234. The ruling Satyamurthy, even if the party of the DMK became clear with saffron party. An insider in the Karnataka and urban areas to lakh electors would TPalamiswamy-led Tamil AIADMK has 115 members manages to win four or five the side lining of T R Baalu and party said the party is working fight the JD(S) – Congress be eligible to vote Nadu Government would be while the Opposition DMK has seats and touches the finish the Maran brothers from major out an inclusive strategy to combine. on April 11 for elec- known on May 23, the day 88 MLAs. With the eight mem- line, Dhinakaran and Stalin responsibilities. “Stalin deput- counter both the Congress Karnataka has been crucial tion to the lone Lok when votes are counted. bers of the Congress and one would be breathing down the ed Kanimozhi for holding dis- and the regional party JD(S) for both Rahul Gandhi and Sabha seat in The Election Commission representative of the Muslin necks of Palaniswamy. cussions with the Congress led by HD Devegowda. Many Narendra Modi. The euphoria Mizoram, the state’s of India announced on Sunday League, the Opposition bench Stalin is giving top priori- High Command to clinch the predict that the alliance of elections in Karnataka has Chief Electoral that the bypolls to the 21 has a total strength of 98 ty to the by-election from the deal for the ensuing election. It between JD(S) and the already churned lot of heat. Officer (CEO) vacant Assembly constituencies (including TTV Dhinakaran of 21 constituencies. He wrote a is almost sure that she would be Congress might help consoli- This time experts feel it is also Ashish Kundra said in the Tamil Nadu Legislative the AMMK) . letter to the party cadre all over the face of the DMK in New date some of the vote share in going to be violent. on Sunday. Assembly would be held on The AIADMK’s 115 Tamil Nadu reminding them Delhi,” said Sam Rajappa. central and southern districts According to Election Of the 7,84,405 April 18 along with the election include 3 members who were that the DMK has been out of The final composition of in the State. Commission of India Polls eligible voters, 51 to 39 Lok Sabha constituencies elected under the Two Leaves power for the last eight years the AIADMK-led team is yet Since 2004 for Karnataka will be held across the state in per cent are women, from the State. symbol of the party. But it is an and they have to pull up their to be announced as the dis- has been the BJP’s forte in the two phases with 14 con- Kundra said. While 18 rebel AIADMK open secret that they would socks to bring the party back to cussions for an amicable set- lok sabha elections. In 2004 stituencies going to the polls on Addressing MLAs were disqualified by the cross over to greener pastures the government. tlement remained inconclu- BJP won 17 out of the 28 seats April 18 and 14 constituencies media persons in Aizawl after pared to the State Assembly Speaker of the Assembly under at the first available opportu- DMK observers are of the sive even on Sunday. and won in 18 constituencies in on April 23. The counting of the Election Commission of polls held on November 28 last. the provisions of the anti- nity. Palaniswamy government view that Stalin was more Premalatha Vijayakanth, trea- 2009 Lok Sabha polls. In 2014, ballots for the Parliamentary India announced the dates for Deployment of central defection law, two seats should have a minimum of bothered about the by-polls surer of the DMDK, belittled the BJP won 17 seats; the Election will take place on the seven-phase poll exercise armed police force would also (Thiruparankundram and 118 members in the House than the Lok Sabha election. the AIADMK asking what was Congress won 9 while the May 23. 14 constituencies in across the country, Kundra be “immensely reduced” dur- Thiruvarur) fell vacant follow- after the by-elections. But for “He could complete the seat the contribution of the 37 MPs JD(S) managed to win only 2 that go to the polls on April 18, said polling would be held in ing the elections, he said. ing the death of sitting mem- a trouble-tree administration, sharing discussions with the of that party. This led to a constituencies. In 1999 was the the last date for filing nomina- 1,175 polling stations, of which “Though we are yet to bers including former Chief the AIADMK should win at alliance partners because he round of slanging match last election Congress bagged tions is on March 26. The last at least ten per cent would be receive specific instructions, Minister M Karunanidhi. A least ten seats out of the 21 at was considerate to their between the DMDK and the 18 seats. date for scrutiny of nomination manned by all women polling arrangements would be made legislator belonging to the stake, pointed out commenta- demands and allocated 20 AIADMK. Even though there is a dis- is March 27 and the last date for officials and security personnel. for Bru voters in six Tripura AIADMK lost the membership tors and analysts alike. “The seats for them to contest. But But the AIADMK made a content in saffron party to withdrawal of nomination is Noting that the state elec- relief camps by setting up tem- of the House following his AIADMK had won 136 seats in he was adamant that the DMK strategic move on Friday by accept Lingayat strongman BS March 29. For those 14 con- tion department was fully pre- porary polling stations at the conviction by a court of law in the 2016 assembly election. If would contest all the 21 by- reinstating K C Palamisamy, Yeddyurappa , the reality is the stituencies going to the polls on pared to conduct the elections, Mizoram-Tripura border a riot case. they win 20 seats in the by- elections which is further former MP and minister who party at this juncture cant’ April 23, the last date for filing the CEO said that expenditure Kanhmun village, as was done The present composition of election, they may be able to proof of his immediate agen- had been expelled from the dump Yeddyurappa owing to nominations is April 4 and the for the coming polls would be in the last State Assembly polls,” the Tamil Nadu Assembly is sail through the remaining da, that is to pull down the party last year for criticising the Lingayat consolidation. Even last day for withdrawal of nom- at least 15 per cent less com- he said. PTI precarious and fragile which period of the tenure without AIADMK government,” said AIADMK’s links with the BJP. though Yeddyurappa is over 75, ination is April 8. ,& 6 6 7 %% 8

    where CPI(M)’s sitting MP On the other hand charisma of Narendra Modi or *A8*4,4 Badruddoza Khan will con- Pradesh Congress president Mamata Banerjee.” Though test. He won the seat by 25,000 Somen Mitra says, “The vot- the CPI(M) still has substan- fter much quibbling, the votes in 2014. As a quid pro ers will want to know about tial support base it is doubt- ACPI(M) and Congress quo the Left is likely to back the nature of the partnership ful whether they will be able seemed to be reaching an Dasmunshi in the next year’s and we will have to give them to convert it into votes, he electoral alliance. For the first Rajya Sabha elections apart a substantial reason. They adds. time, it has happened in from leaving a whopping 17 will not take any hide-and- The Congress is almost decades that the Marxists are seats to the tri-colour party. seek. They will definitely want sure to get the Purulia seat being forced to leave as many Settlement of Raiganj and to see a full-fledged alliance despite the fact that second as 17 seats to a non-Left Murshidabad apart, a minor for future. If there is no largest Left partner Forward alliance partner. issue still remains between the alliance then we will go it Bloc has a sizeable presence in According to sources, the two groups as the Left wants alone.” the district. The party will CPI(M) has agreed to contest to go only for a seat-sharing On whether the two sides field Nepal Mahato from this on 25 seats, leaving 17 for the system with the Congress can contest on their own the seat, insiders say. Bloc has Congress. The deal was while the latter wants a full- political analyst IK Lahiri already objected to an alliance clinched after the Congress fledged alliance till 2021 says: “On organizational terms with the Congress even threat- gave up its claim on Raiganj a Assembly elections. the Left is a poor shadow of a ening to go it alone in some traditional bastion of late On whether it is going to glorious past which means seats if need be. Union Minister PR be an alliance or a seat adjust- that on its own it will not be The problem this Dasmunshi and his wife ment CPI(M) State secretary able to win a single seat in time with the CPI(M) the Deepa Dasmunshi — but cur- Suryakanto Mishra said “there Bengal for two reasons. Firstly largest Front partner it will rently held CPI(M) MP Md is no question of alliance. We the Left organizers at booth have to leave seats for its Salim who in 2014 won the will go for a seat adjustment level have either joined the partners from the given 25 seat by a wafer thin margin of because the issue today is not Trinamool Congress, or been seats agreed upon in the little less than 2,000 votes. anything else but to keep a sitting idle or joined the BJP agreement. In such a case the The second seat that the two communal and fascist for its political clout in Delhi CPI and Bloc are likely to get = )           ##             1    ?/,> Congress had to shed to the forces like BJP and Trinamool and secondly they have a clear three seats each whereas the *   AB(  ) C!   *& Left is Murshidabad from Congress out.” leadership crisis to match the RSP may get one.  4=     *  P 8     )  

Mumbai: At least three Lok announced he will not contest walk,” the observer said. Another source said that porters want him to contest the   !   Sabha seats in Maharashtra, the Lok Sabha polls, but recent- The former Union Minister, , from where Union Assembly election due in the sec- including the one on which ly changed his decision. whose party is in talks with the Transport and Shipping Minister ond-half of 2019, a source said. Siwan (Bihar): A marriage please cast favour of Modi ji because there NCP chief Sharad Pawar will He said some of his party Congress for seat-sharing, earli- Nitin Gadkari is likely to contest, Maharashtra, which has invitation card urging guests to your votes is no other leader better than contest despite his earlier deci- colleagues were insisting he con- er said there will be state-specific will also be keenly watched by around eight crore voters, sends vote for Prime Minister in favour of him. He thinks about the coun- sion of withdrawing from elec- test the Lok Sabha poll from alliances and not a national tie- political observers. 48 MPs to the Lok Sabha, the Narendra Modi in the general Prime try while others think about toral politics, will be keenly Solapur’s Madha seat, currently up against the BJP and he will try Former BJP MP Nana Patole second highest after Uttar elections as a wedding gift has Minister themselves,” added Singh, who watched in the upcoming general represented by party leader to bring all like-minded parties is likely to contest on Congress’ Pradesh which has 80 seats. become the talk of the town in Narendra has been staying in Kuwait for polls. Vijaysinh Mohite Patil. on one platform to take on the ticket against Gadkari. The BJP, riding on the ‘Modi Bihar’s Siwan district. Modi in the the last 15 years where he Besides Madha Lok Sabha According to a political saffron outfit. Besides, former Patole, who quit the BJP last wave’, surged ahead in the state Ashok Singh, a resident of upcoming Lok Sabha polls,” the works in a private company. seat from where 78-year-old observer, prime ministerial Union minister Sushilkumar year, had defeated NCP stalwart in 2014 by winning 23 seats Siwan Kala village, printed the message on the card read. His son Ravindra Singh too Pawar is likely to contest, the ambitions have always been Shinde, who faced defeat for the Praful Patel from Bhandara- while its ally Shiv Sena bagged message on the envelope of his Asked about the reason echoed similar sentiments. other constituencies such as associated with Pawar, but the first time in the 2014 Lok Sabha Gondia seat in 2014. 18. The Congress, which ruled daughter’s marriage invitation behind his appeal, Singh said: “Narendra Modi is the only Nagpur and Solapur will also be veteran politician earlier said he poll, was also being persuaded by State Congress chief Ashok the state in alliance with the NCP card, sources said. “There is no other objective one who can take the country in the limelight. was not eyeing the top post. the Congress leadership to con- Chavan, the sitting MP from for 15 years, managed to win just “To bless my daughter and except for the nation’s interest.” forward and no other leader Pawar, currently a Rajya “Pawar may still win from test from Solapur again, a party Nanded, may also contest the two seats while Pawar’s party in the interest of the country, “People should vote in can do that,” he said. PTI Sabha member, had earlier Madha, but it may not be a cake- source said. Lok Sabha poll, though his sup- bagged four. PTI   ()  ( **+ ,-*. ' * 2  % .*    '+   '

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India’s refining & petrochem- half of the 1.5 million tonne month. “Both the ministers the ruling BJP and Shiv Sena. ical sectors. strategic oil storage at agreed to take concrete steps   3:-38; “The (two) Ministers reviewed '.7,';<-,' Strategic engagements in Mangalore and 2.5 million for early implementation of the various Saudi investment pro- .,7=/-'' energy will mutually benefit tonne Padur facility. decisions taken in the oil and ndia has invited Saudi Arabia posals in the Indian oil and gas both our countries and further In Phase-II, India plans to gas sector during the visit of Ito invest in its strategic oil sector, including the urgent .7==.6/./ bolster our bilateral ties,” he build an additional 6.5 million His Royal Highness Crown storage even as it looks to res- steps to be taken to expedite the ,?/-<<,./,<7. tweeted after the meeting. tonne facilities at Chandikhol Prince Mohammed bin Salman urrect a $44 billion (3.08 lakh implementation of the first The official statement said: in Odisha and Padur, which is bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to India crore) refinery project with joint venture West Coast /-7/;,7- “Saudi Arabia’s participation in expected to augment the emer- last month,” it said. the world’s largest oil produc- Refinery and Petrochemical ./-,'/ Indian Strategic Petroleum gency cover against any supply The visit, it said, reflects the er after the BJP-ruled Project in Maharashtra, esti- Reserve (SPR) program was disruption by another 11.5 intensifying engagement Maharashtra government mated to cost $44 billion, which <;/.';.-< also discussed.” India has built days. between the two countries in denied land at the initial site. will be the largest greenfield 'A,?'; 5.33 MT of emergency storage India, which meets 83 per the hydrocarbon sector. Saudi Saudi Oil Minister Khalid refinery in the world,” an oil enough to meet its oil needs for cent of its oil needs through Arabia is the second largest Al Falih, on his second visit to ministry statement said Sunday. 9.5 days, in underground rock imports, built the storages as supplier of crude and LPG to India in three weeks, discussed The two Minister held talks ing out the project as part of the statement did not elaborate agreements to take 50 per cent caverns in Mangalore and insurance for any disruption in India. In 2017-18, India’s crude with its Indian counterpart late last night. Shiv Sena had electoral understanding for the on steps to be taken for imple- stake in the project. Padur in Karnataka, and supplies. It has the right of first oil imports from Saudi Arabia Dharmendra Pradhan the 60 opposed the project at ensuing Lok Sabha polls. mentation of the project. Saudi The remaining is held by Visakhapatnam in Andhra refusal to buy the crude oil were 36.8 MT, accounting for million tonne (MT) a year Ratnagiri district and the BJP No alternate site of the pro- Aramco and its partner public sector oil firms — IOC, Pradesh. stored in the facilities in case of 16.7 per cent of its total mega oil refinery cum petro- agreed to its demand of shift- ject has yet been identified and ADNOC of UAE have signed BPCL and HPCL. Pradhan It has allowed foreign oil an emergency. imports. 05?23   +  =$  # !/ 3 /!3! 3    3:-38; Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday conveyed India’s con- ?@A! !3 !+B?,,!4)4/! etrol prices rose in the cerns over rising crude oil Prange of 9 to 10 paise in the prices and its effects on the   3:-38; On the issue of number four metropolitan cities of the domestic fuel rates during his   3:-38; and value of invalidated or country on Sunday, while diesel meeting here with Saudi he RBI in reply to an RTI demonetised currency notes prices remained unchanged. Arabia’s Minister of Energy, tate-owned Punjab National Tquery said it has no data on being exchanged, the RBI in the In the national Capital, Khalid Al-Falih. SBank (PNB) has sanctioned the old 500 and 1,000 rupee RTI reply referred to a petrol was priced at 72.40 a However, domestic fuel loans worth 689 crore to over notes used to pay for utility bills November 28, 2016 press state- litre, 9 paise higher than prices are likely to remain sub- 1,600 Micro, Small and such as fuel at petrol pumps — ment where it had stated that Saturday’s level. dued till the upcoming gener- Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) payments that are anonymous “Banks have since reported In Kolkata and Mumbai, al elections end, to prevent any through the psbloansin59min- and are believed to have Government, however, stopped that such exchange/deposits the price of the fuel rose by 9 outrage among the consumers, utes.Com portal as part of its formed a good part of the the use of even this currency at effected from November 10, paise to 74.48 and 78.03 per said informed sources. effort to promote such indus- demonetised currency that petrol pumps and for the pur- 2016, upto November 27, 2016 litre, respectively, according to Diesel prices across the tries. returned to the banking system. chase of air tickets at airports amounted to 8,44,982 crore data on the Indian Oil four metros remained Under the Mudra Yojana, After the November 8, abruptly with effect from (exchange amounted to Corporation’s website. The unchanged for the third the bank has offered loan to 2016 shock decision to ban the December 2, 2016, after reports 33,948 crore and deposits price of petrol in Chennai straight day. While the fuel was over 2.69 lakh small entrepre- use of old 500 and 1,000 rupee that they were becoming fronts amounted to 8,11,033 crore). increased by 10 paise to 75.19 priced at Rs 67.54 per litre in neurs this fiscal (till February notes, the Government had for laundering of old currency “The facility of exchange of a litre. The rise in fuel prices Delhi, in Kolkata, Mumbai and 14, 2019). allowed the exchange of the notes. Specified Bank Notes at banks’ can be largely attributed to the Chennai, diesel prices were at “In November 2018, junked notes as well as they In reply to the Right to counter was available up to increase in crude oil costs. 69.33, 70.76 and 71.38 per Hon’ble Prime Minister being used for payment of Information (RTI) query, the November 24, 2016,” it said. Petroleum Minister litre, respectively. announced the launch of the 59 It is a strategic initiative of helped millions of small enter- utility bills for 23 services. RBI said: “information on Specified Bank Notes or minute loan portal to enable SIDBI led PSB consortium prises in the country and will Both 500 and 1,000 rupee (invalidated) notes used for SBN is the term used to denote easy access to credit for incubated under the continue to do so, in the com- notes could be used at govern- paying utility bills is not avail- the demonetised currency MSMEs. Under this initiative, Department of Financial ing years. The bank has exceed- ment hospitals, railway ticket- able with us”. which was allowed to be QR the bank has sanctioned loans Services (DFS), ed the government targets ing, public transport, airline As much as 99.3 per cent of deposited in bank accounts to over 1,600 accounts with Ministry of Finance. Other under Mudra scheme and has ticketing at airports, milk the junked 500 and 1,000 till December 30, 2016. total sanctioned amount of partner banks are the SBI, provided additional working booths, crematoria/burial notes have returned to the The Reserve Bank of India 689 crore (till February end),” Bank of Baroda, PNB, Vijaya capital limit to MSMEs,” he grounds, petrol pumps, metro banking system, the RBI had also said it did not have infor-    ?4= Rapid Transit Corp. PNB managing director Sunil and Indian Bank. said. rail tickets, purchase of medi- stated in August last year, indi- mation on the number of SBNs “While thinking anything Mehta told PTI. With regard to the Pradhan PNB has bagged many cines on doctor prescription cating that just a miniscule per- used to buy KYC-compliant he Jammu & Kashmir about the Mass Rapid Transit MSMEs through this por- Mantri Mudra Yojana, Mehta awards last month under the from the government and pri- centage of currency was left out instruments like insurance TGovernment on Sunday systems in India, the first name tal can avail loans of up to 1 said since the inception of the Enhanced Access and Service vate pharmacies, LPG gas of the system after the policies. appointed E Sreedharan, pop- which comes to everybody’s crore in 59 minutes or less than scheme, PNB has sanctioned Excellence (EASE) reforms cylinders, railway catering, Government’s unprecedented The central bank referred ularly known as the ‘Metro mind is of Dr. Elattuvalapil an hour. MSMEs apply for loan to over 17.16 lakh agenda. The bank won the electricity and water bills, ASI note ban aimed at curbing a part of the RTI to the Man’, as principal advisor to Sreedharan, a retired IES loans using their GST regis- accounts with total amount of Reforms Excellency Award. It monument entry tickets and black money and corruption. Insurance Regulatory and two mass rapid transit corpo- (IRSE) officer, Padma Shri and tration as the portal is inte- 21,019 crore till December 31, was also declared the winner in highway toll. Of the 15.41 lakh crore Development Authority of rations in the State. Padma Vibhushan, popularly grated with GST server at the 2018. the customer responsiveness, On November 25, 2016, worth 500 and 1,000 notes in India (IRDAI) which also stat- The government has known as ‘Metro Man’, who is back-end as well as IT, credit “In the current financial responsible banking and cred- the exchange of old notes was circulation on November 8, ed that it does not have infor- approved setting up the two credited for changing the face bureaus and banks. It is able to year, the bank has offered the it Off-take category. stopped and the Government 2016, when the note ban was mation on old notes used to mass rapid transit corpora- of public transport in India quickly score the applicant on loan to over 2.69 lakh accounts The bank has also figured allowed the use of only old 500 announced, currency worth pay for insurance policies as “it tions. These have been named with his leadership of building individual models of lenders with total amount sanctioned in the Forbes world’s best bank rupee notes at these utilities till 15.31 lakh crore have been is not maintained by the the Jammu Mass Rapid Transit Konkan Railway and the Delhi (currently only public sector being 5,290 crore till February 2019 report in terms of cus- December 15, 2016. The returned. Authority”. Corp and the Srinagar Mass Metro,” a statement said. banks). 14, 2019. The scheme has tomer satisfaction ratings. !)      / +      & ' &%'( D@   "      +  +      :     )   3:-38; and workforce, have started ers of LIC as well as IDBI cus-   3:-38; time next year,” a senior labour automatically. leveraging their mutual busi- tomers. ministry official said. The offi- At present after changing DBI Bank on Sunday said it ness synergies,” the bank said “Towards this end, bank’s ubscribers of retirement cial said, “The EPFO had job, a subscriber provides his   3:-38; posal to impose a lesser penal- Iis strategising to be a ‘one-of- in a release. board has approved appoint- Sfund body EPFO would not engaged the C-DAC to study its UAN to the new employer, who ty is different from granting its-kind’ financial conglomer- The bank said these strate- ment of LIC as a corporate require to file employee prov- operating systems to achieve uses it for depositing his or her ith an aim to bolster its immunity, Sebi has said the ate and plans to bring banking gic initiatives will pave the agent under bancassurance,” ident fund (EPF) transfer the goal of becoming paperless EPF contributions. But the Winformation-gathering conduct of a person in an and insurance services under a way for improved operations the release said. claims on changing jobs from organisation. At present, 80 per UAN account does not reflect mechanism and fast-track its actionable proceeding may be single platform. and better financing which in As part of this initiative, the the next fiscal as the process cent of the work is being done the EPF contributions made probe, market regulator Sebi considered as a mitigating fac- The country’s largest and turn would lead to wealth chairman of LIC has been would be made automated, online. The automated transfer during the subscriber’s previous has sought direct powers to tor and the regulator or its the only state-owned life insur- maximisation for all of its appointed as the non-executive according to a labour ministry of EPF on changing jobs is one job and interest accrued on grant immunity in select cases adjudicating officer should be er LIC now holds a majority stakeholders, including LIC chairman of the bank. official. At present, the sub- of the tools to be used to that. The subscriber has to file and to impose lesser penalty if empowered to impose a small- stake in IDBI Bank. Also, the and the government. “The bank is considering scribers of the Employees achieve that objective.” an online claim through the the accused agrees to provide er fine against an individual change in ownership of IDBI This strategic plan would the name of Rakesh Sharma, Provident Fund Organisation The official explained that activated UAN to get credits of assistance against other wrong- providing help in probe. Bank from a government- enable IDBI bank as well as LIC the current MD of the bank, for (EPFO) are required to file the moment the new employ- EPF contributions made dur- doers. This would, however, owned to LIC-owned has led to to realise the full potential appointment for a further peri- transfer of EPF claims on er would file the monthly EPF ing his or her previous job. In two separate proposals depend on the person having the lender becoming a private arising out of business syner- od of three years as MD and changing jobs despite having return including the UAN of The official said, “After the for the government, the made a full and true disclosure sector entity. gies, the bank said. CEO of IDBI Bank,” it said. universal account number the new employee, the EPF automation of the EPF transfer Securities and Exchange Board in respect of his or her alleged “IDBI Bank is putting in The major areas identified The new board will be (UAN). The EPFO gets about contributions and interest on changing jobs, the sub- of India (Sebi) has opined that violations and the disclosure place necessary business are pertaining to selling of LIC entrusted with the responsi- eight lakh EPF transfer claims earned on that would be auto- scribers would be benefitted such provisions would help it should be vital for the regula- enablers to bring the conve- policies through IDBI branch- bility of charting out a fresh every year. matically transferred. immensely as the UAN would in establishing and securing tor. nience of banking and insur- es, management of cash and growth strategy for the bank “The EPFO is testing the This will enable the be like a bank account. No mat- stronger findings and orders Also, the penalty cannot be ance services at one stop for all other premium receipts of LIC, and also revamping the cor- automation of EPF transfer on employee to get the credits of ter a subscriber changes place against defaulters against reduced in cases where the dis- of its customers. IDBI Bank enabling the technical where- porate governance structure changing jobs on pilot basis. his EPF contribution during his or employer, his or her social whom sufficient evidence may closure is made after receipt of and LIC, through its collective withal for offering digital solu- to ensure best-in-class business The facility for all subscribers previous tenure with old security benefits would be not be available otherwise, offi- report of inspection, inquiry, network of branches, offices tions to both the policy hold- practices, it added. is expected to be launched any employer into his or her UAN accessed through the UAN. cials said. audit or investigation. The new powers can be In cases where the infor- crucial for Sebi in some ongo- mant stops cooperating with ing cases, including one involv- the regulator before ing a large bank and several completion of the proceedings 32?? high-profile names, officials would also not qualify for the added. At present, any immu- leniency.    3:-38; rural schools. dors and sector-specific indus- nity for securities law violations Besides, Sebi can act “A key measure would be trial parks need to be promot- can be granted only by the cen- against such an informant at a aking suggestions for to link universities with the ed through public-private part- tral government. later stage if it finds that the Mdrawing up election man- industry and increase govern- nership. Citing similar powers avail- person has failed to comply ifestoes for the upcoming polls, ment funding for R&D Micro, small and medium able with the fair trade watch- with the necessary conditions industry chamber CII on (research and development) to enterprises (MSME) should be dog Competition Commission for the leniency, had given Sunday said the next govern- 1 per cent of GDP,” it said. allocated 25 per cent land in of India (CCI), Sebi has pro- false evidence or the disclosure ment should lower the corpo- The industry body also industrial corridors at lenient posed to impose a lesser penal- was “not vital or to the satis- rate tax to 18 per cent and targets an average GDP growth rates, it said. ty on a person who may have faction” of the regulator or its increase the public expenditure rate of 8 per cent per annum for In the infrastructure sector, violated securities laws but adjudicating officer. on healthcare and education. the next five years and called public-private partnerships provides assistance to the reg- On the proposal regarding A statement by the for reducing the Good and needs to be strengthened, and ulator in proceedings against “power to grant immunity”, Confederation of Indian Services Tax (GST) rate slabs to the issues of delayed projects other accused before comple- the regulator is of the view that Industry (CII) said their “sug- 2 or 3, from the current four and delayed payments to pro- tion of investigation, inquiry, such powers currently lies only gested election manifesto” slabs of 5, 12, 18 and 28 per ject contractors must be inspection or audit with the central government. favoured the “lowering of cor- cent. addressed, it added. ordered by it. However, the Committee porate income tax to 18 per Commenting on the sug- On electoral reforms, CII Responding to Sebi’s pro- on Fair Market Conduct has cent with no exemptions to gestions, Chandrajit Banerjee, suggests devising a model for posal, the Finance Ministry recommended that such a make Indian tax rates globally Director General, CII said: simultaneous elections of has opined any such powers power can also be exercisable competitive”. “The CII suggested manifesto Parliament and State should remain with the central by Sebi. Currently, the corporate envisages a continued high Legislatures from 2024. government and a The Committee has also tax for companies with pace of reforms, enabling India CII said it has shared the provision for that can be made suggested necessary amend- turnover of up to Rs 250 crore healthcare should be increased mortality ratios must be taken GDP. It suggests making voca- to take a lead in a world of mul- suggested election manifesto by suitable amendments to the ment to the Section 24B of the is 25 per cent, and for those to 3 per cent of the GDP. up on priority basis,” the state- tional training part of the cur- tiple transformations in the with all the major political Sebi Act and the Securities Sebi Act to give power to Sebi with a turnover of over Rs 250 “The healthcare sector ment said. riculum and incentivising bet- global and technology envi- parties, both national and Contracts Regulation Act to impose lesser penalty along crore it is 30 per cent. should be notified as an infra- The CII note advocates ter performance of teachers ronment.” regional, for their consideration (SCRA). the lines of a similar provision The suggested manifesto structure sector. Reducing raising public expenditure on with upgraded digital school According to the suggest- and inclusion in their party Clarifying that the pro- in the Competition Act. said public expenditure on India’s maternal and infant education to 6 per cent of infrastructure, especially in ed manifesto, industrial corri- manifestos.   ()  ( **+ ,-*. /  ** /! !3 !! !  8> " 8> . 8   >/! 5! 1!*> 1           D  ■ =+4 Cup). If they become the number one side in the world, )   (    .>   9) op Indian players like skip- going forward in the World Tper Virat Kohli and Jasprit Cup, you go there as a num-       ?8? Bumrah need to be careful not ber one which will boost their to get injured or pick up nig- confidence," he said. gles during the IPL that pre- Praising the phenomenal  ■ A;48 cedes the ICC World Cup exploits of Kohli, who this year, feels Harbhajan cracked his 41s ODI hundred nheralded Ashton Singh. against Australia at Ranchi in Turner took an experi- Saying the mega event, the third game of the series, Uenced Indian attack to commencing on May 30 in skyhigh Harbhajan said the the cleaners with some unbe- England, is still some way off, Indian skipper has hit a "pur- lievable hitting, helping the former India off spinner ple patch", and is one of the Australia chase down a record said Kohli's men will go into toughest batsmen to bowl to as breaking target of 359 runs and it with their confidence high he doesn't show any weakness. level the five-match series here by winning the ongoing ODI Looking at his (Virat's) on Sunday. series against Australia and form, from the last four-to-five It was the highest ever becoming the top ranked team years, he has hit that purple total that Indian team failed to in the world. patch and he is definitely one defend in its ODI history, los- "World Cup is still very far. of those toughest batsmen ing the game by four . We will have to wait and that you will come across as a Playing only his second watch what happens. But this bowler. ODI, Turner hit an unbeaten 84 is a kind of a team which can "Every batsman has a off 43 balls with five boundaries lift any major championship. weak point where to bowl at and as many six sixes to help overs) and Jhye Richardson World Cup or any big tourna- where fitness will come into be on their best of form and and, at the moment, we dont Australia win in only 47.5 (3/85 in 9 overs) shared the ment, — they can definitely play. (play) best of ," said the see that with Virat Kohli. overs. Earlier in the day, spoils but were taken to task by win. They have the team (for "You don't want your key veteran who was part of the Every ball you bowl to him, he Shikhar Dhawan fired India to the Indian openers for their it)", Harbhajan said. players to get injured some- 2011 World Cup winning has got an answer for that. But 358 for nine with a sublime 143 wayward . "But they have to be care- one like Virat Kohli, Rohit squad. if I have to bowl to him, I'll off 115 balls. Dhawan, who last reached ful. IPL is a tournament in Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah you "Obviously, this current have to look for one thing to The partnership of 86 off a three-figure mark against between where they will be dont want them to miss the series (against Australia) will get him out somehow and to 39 balls between Turner and Pakistan in an Asia Cup match playing a lot of cricket, one World Cup because of injuries help them (India) to get that make sure bowl the best Alex Carey became the turning in September 2018, was in flu- game after the other. That's or niggles. You want them to confidence (before the World against him," said Harbhajan. point after Peter Handscomb ent touch from the onset, hit- and Usman Khawaja had set ting 18 fours and three sixes. the platform with a 192-run It released the pressure on third- stand. Rohit, who initially was watch- 2  (  * G The big lad, who has been ful even as Dhawan went after a designated finisher for Big the bowling. Bash League side Perth With another opening slot  :    (  Scorchers, showed his finishing hopeful KL Rahul inducted skills against world's best death into the playing XI, the 33-year- bowler Jasprit Bumrah (3/63), old Dhawan finally looked to hitting him for an effortless have been shaken out of his ramp shot. comfort zone and played like The swagger with which he * <  )        9   only he could. lofted Bhuvneshwar Kumar On a ground where it all (1/67) over long-on and deep &&          started with a dream Test debut mid-wicket, earned him a few back in 2013 against the same   * & fans among the home crowd 7'. ,/',. '7 / opposition, the southpaw and the poor Indian fielding $7.  -  P)     $1"1."%1$7 decided to ease any worries that did help his cause with Kedar $/D  -  P)    .1"$1"%1$. the team management had  ' &  Jadhav and Shikhar Dhawan $/>  -  P)   ?  $>"$1"%1$. with regards to his form going dropping sitters. into the World Cup. Turner used his big reach $/0    P  ,    *  1/"19"$77D On a track, where the +% to hit those big sixes down the $91    P  ,     $9"$1"%11/ bowlers needed to pitch it fur- ground off Kuldeep and      ther up, the Aussies bowled Chahal. short and it helped Dhawan to  ■ -3;)4-=  Khawaja (91 off 99 balls) found the gaps with ease and runs on arguably the flattest muscle it through the mid- and Handscomb (117 off 105) the dew made it difficult for the track on offer during the ongo- wicket region repeatedly. aul Stirling and Andy Balbirnie blasted set the tone as they played Indian spinners with ball look- ing series. Dhawan continued to Pscintillating fifties to guide Ireland to a Yuzvendra Chahal (1/64 in 10 ing like a slippery bar of soap. While Dhawan got his 16th attack as he surpassed his pre- comprehensive five-wicket win over overs) and Kuldeep Yadav (1/80 Khawaja was finally done hundred in ODIs, vice-cap- vious best of 137 against South Afghanistan in the fifth ODI and level the five- in 10 overs) with ease. in by a short ball from Bumrah tain Rohit (95 off 92 balls) Africa at the MCG during the match series 2-2, here on Sunday. The duo kept Australia in and once Handscomb was dis- missed out on what could have 2015 World Cup. Stirling hit a strokeful 88-ball 70 laced the hunt taking 73 runs off missed, India was smelling vic- been a very well-deserved 23rd He looked good for a dou- with seven fours and two sixes, while Balbirnie Vijay Shankar (0/29 in 5 overs) tory but Turner changed it all. hundred with Australian ble hundred but was out trying anchored the Ireland innings, making a 91- and Kedar Jadhav (0/44)'s com- Batting first, India looked bowlers looking like lambs for to give Cummins the charge but  ■ 3:-38; and again this morning: is Virat Kohli ball 68 as the duo added 81 runs to lay the bined 10-over spell. a completely different side with slaughter. the platform for a big score was the best player in one-day cricket? Is he foundation for the chase after Afghanistan Khawaja and Handscomb opening duo putting on 193 Pat Cummins (5/70 in 10 set by then. o bowlers bruised and battered, and better than Tendulkar, is he better than posted 216 for six. Tfaced with the frightening prospect Lara? I'm still thinking about it, I'm still Stirling also shared a 57-run opening of again running into Virat Kohli, spin trying to work that out." stand with Porterfield, while Balbirnie forged great Shane Warne offered an advise: Since the start of 2016, Kohli has a 46-run partnership with KJ O'Brien to take bowl at either leg or wide of off stump, amassed 3985 runs in 59 ODI innings, the team home, scoring 219 for five in 47.2 but not at the stumps. maintaining a staggering average and overs. "If you're going to bowl to Virat strike rate at the same time. For Aghanistan, Zahir Khan (2/55) took .7E Kohli, you either bowl at leg stump and Warne continued, "The one thing two wickets, while Muheeb Ur Rahman protect the on side, or you bowl wide we can say is I don't think we have seen (1/26), Mohammad Nabi (1/47) and Rashid  ■ -=+4 of off stump and you protect the off side. anyone dominate one-day cricket like Khan (1/41) scalped one each. You cannot bowl at the stumps, because Virat Kohli has. The best player I saw "All the batters are aware how good their ndia opener Smriti he can hit you both ways," Warne was — (Don) Bradman's the best so he does- spinners are. I just kind of knew my game, we IMandhana has jumped three quoted as saying 'ESPNcricinfo'. n't even come into the equation — but watched a lot of their footage," said Andy places to reach a career-best "So, I think you've to take out one Viv Richards is the best player I saw. As Balbirnie, who was adjudged the man of the third position in the latest ICC side of the field. Protect just one side of a player, playing against them, Lara and series. Women's T20I Player rank- the field, that's how you bowl to very Tendulkar were the two best players that Earlier put into bat, Asghar Afghan (82) ings released on Sunday. good players," the Australian added. I bowled to." starred in two valuable partnership — 76 with Mandhana, the top-ranked Warne plotted Kohli's dismissal if The Indian has just scored his 41st Mohammad Nabi (40) and 65 with Rashid ODI batter who led the T20I he were to actually bowl to him. ODI century, inching closer to Khan (35) — to help Afghanistan score 216 side in the absence of "I'd be bowling wide of off stump Tendulkar's record of 49 tons. for six in the stipulated 50 overs. Harmanpreet Kaur, scored 72 and letting him try to cover drive with "You know records are different in Afghan's 111-ball innings was studded runs in the three matches, a slip, short cover and some protection different eras and it's very hard to judge. with six fours and a couple of sixes. including a fifty in the third out there. So then it'll be very hard for All you can judge is how a player is in "It was a good series, we are targeting the match. him to get it over the leg side. That's their era, and Virat Kohli is so far ahead world cup, so we made changes in every Harmanpreet, who had what I'd be trying to do and hopefully in one-day cricket than everybody else match. Top order's a concern, the Test match missed the England series due get a little bit lucky and he mis-hits one." - in hundreds made, especially while should offer an opportunity," Afghan said after to an ankle injury, slipped two Warne said he has not seen anyone chasing — that sets him apart from the match. *      places to the ninth spot. "dominate" one-day international crick- everybody else that is playing," said George Dickrell (2/46) snapped two Among bowlers, Radha !     )      et like Kohli has, but steered clear of call- Warne, known for his aggressive wickets, while , Andy McBrine, Yadav has gained five slots to ing him the greatest of all time. approach in his heydays as the world's James Cameron-Dow and Simi Singh con- reach fifth position after grab- moved up from 35th to 31st "I got asked the question last night best leg-spinner. tributed with one wicket each for Ireland.  +   bing three wickets from two position. matches while other left-arm England have overtaken  ■ 3:-38; after making the jump to ban- spinner Ekta Bisht has also New Zealand to reach second tamweight. finished with three from two to position in the ICC Women's   Q*    & @  A* 8 avinder Singh Bisht (56kg) Sahani started off strongly gain three places and reach 56th T20I Team Rankings, gaining Kstruck Gold while Shiva against Thailand's Thitisan in the list. three points to reach 277 points, Thapa (60kg) and three others Panmod in his summit show- Off-spinner Anuja Patil has six behind leaders Australia. ■ :388 ,A Islam put on 75 for the first claimed Silver medals to end a down, clinching the opening wicket — their third consec- fine Indian campaign at the 38th round unanimously. However, ew Zealand short-ball utive fifty-plus stand as new- GeeBee Boxing Tournament in Panmod found favour with a Nmaestro Neil Wagner ball pair Boult and Tim Helsinki, Finland on Sunday. majority of the judges in the next : !// believed a result in the rain- Southee were unable to gen- Signing off with Silver two rounds and the messy bout affected second Test against erate much swing or effective medals were three-time Asian ended 3-2 in the flamboyant  3! !3 ! Bangladesh is still "definitely seam movement. medallist Shiva Thapa (60kg), Thai boxer's name. possible" after New Zealand Once they were out of the rookie Govind Sahani (49kg), Thapa (60kg), a three-time trailed by 173 at stumps on attack the wickets began to fall Commonwealth Games Bronze- Asian medallist lost 1-4 to local ■ C- 3C day three in Wellington on with Colin de Grandhomme medallist Mohammed favourite Arslan Khataev. In an Sunday. accounting for Shadman for Hussamuddin (56kg) and intense battle, Thapa claimed the avid Warner smashed a New Zealand reached 38 27 before Wagner weaved his Dinesh Dagar (69kg). final round honours but the Drapid-fire century for his for two in reply to magic. In a rare all-Indian final, a judges ruled the first two rounds Sydney club side on his return Bangladesh's first innings 211 Unlike the first Test when gritty Bisht was up against in favour of Khataev. from elbow surgery, reinforcing after the first two days were the Bangladesh batsmen were Commonwealth Games Bronze- Dagar, a Silver-medallist his destructive abilities ahead of washed out. troubled by the menacing medallist Hussamuddin in the from last year's India Open, was the World Cup in England. Thirteen wickets fell in height he extracted from the 56kg summit clash. Both the up against Commonwealth The opener plundered the 72 overs possible, leading pitch, this time they were the boxers are from the Services Games Gold-medallist England seven sixes and four fours in his New Zealand's chief wicket- architects of their own down- Sports Control Board (SSCB) Pat McCormack in the finals. 77-ball onslaught for Randwick- taker Wagner to think there fall with the wickets coming and the familiarity with each The Indian entered the bout Petersham, better known as the was still time to force a result from injudicious pull shots or others' techniques was apparent with a heavily swollen left eye Randy Petes, in a one-day game in the remaining two days. unnecessary leg side flicks. in the intense bout. due to an injury sustained in the against Penrith that they lost. "It's definitely possible," In a telling 13-ball spell But it proved to be Bisht's semifinals. He was finally caught dur- Wagner said having removed either side of lunch, Wagner day and the Navyman overcame But to Dagar's credit, he ing Saturday's match, in front of They were both left out of the cream of the Bangladesh Tamim Iqbal gave the ied the innings before the rain first removed Mominul a cut sustained above his right fought hard and withstood three a few dozen fans, off the bowl- Australia's squad on Friday for side with four for 28. tourists a sound start with 74 returned to force an early Haque (15) and Mohammad eye in the final round to emerge eight counts before the referee ing of 18-year-old left-armer the upcoming one-day series "If we keep taking it ses- as Bangladesh reached 119 for close. Mithun (three) before the triumphant against his Army ended the contest a few seconds Henry Railz, the Cricket against Pakistan despite being sion by session and get our- one before the next nine wick- Williamson, who won the break and soon after the rival. into the third round. Australia website reported. eligible for the final two games. selves into the lead and pile on ets fell for just 92 runs. toss, had no hesitation in resumption took the key The boxer from Ending with Bronze medals Year-long ball-tampering Selector Trevor Hohns said whatever we can, anything is New Zealand, in reply, bowling first on a green wick- wicket of Tamim, who top- Uttarakhand is a world champi- after semifinal losses were Sumit bans from state and internation- they would be better served eas- possible." New Zealand will were reduced to eight for two et but it did not hold the edged an attempted pull shot. onship quarterfinalist in the Sangwan (91kg), Sachin Siwach al for Warner and former ing their way back at the Indian resume on Monday with Ross as Abu Jayed claimed both demons that conditions sug- Boult mopped up the tail flyweight category and this was (52kg) and Naveen Kumar Australian skipper Steve Smith Premier League, which gets Taylor on 19 and Kane openers cheaply, but gested. with three wickets for four his maiden international Gold (+91kg). run out on March 28. under way this month. Williamson on 10. Williamson and Taylor stead- Tamim and Shadman runs in nine balls.   ()  ( **+ ,-*. /  * -4#B!4 #!C  !#!"(* +((        (  9"% +  4  

■ 853)AA8 Champions League. They trailed for just 13 minutes, oberto Firmino returned to equalising with a flowing move goalscoring form at the perfect started when Mohamed Salah and Rmoment for Jurgen Klopp's Georginio Wijnaldum exchanged Liverpool, hitting the net twice in a passes and the Egyptian drilled over 4-2 victory over Burnley that hauled a pacy near-post cross. them back to within a point of Burnley's England goalkeeper Premier League leaders Manchester Tom Heaton and Tarkowski both had ! + City. chances to clear but somehow Sadio Mane was also on the allowed the ball to pass through them scoresheet twice in a game in which for Firmino to tap into an open net. Liverpool were required to respond / + + &+% to falling a goal behind against Sean       Dyche's struggling side. Liverpool were now firmly in And with City having opened a control, clicking through the gears ■ 4-)- Iniesta and behind only Xavi four-point gap over and placing the Burnley defence Hernandez, on 505, in the club's all- Liverpool, with a victo- under increasing pressure before ionel Messi and Luis Suarez time list. ry over Watford on Mane shot them into the first lead of Lmight have been rested but Samuel Umtiti started his sec- Saturday, the pres- the afternoon shortly before the half instead both played and scored as ond match in three months after sure was clearly on hour. Barcelona came from behind to beat recovering from a knee injury. Klopp and his play- The goal owed much to the per- Rayo Vallecano, ahead of their "Little by little he is reaching his ers to respond, which sistence of midfielder Adam Lallana, crunch Champions League second level," said Valverde. they did impressive- who charged down an attempted leg against Lyon. But Philippe Coutinho was ly despite the con- clearance by Phil Bardsley, with the Raul de Tomas' scintillating underwhelming again, despite being troversial manner ball breaking for Salah, who was well strike gave struggling Rayo a sur- picked ahead of Ousmane Dembele. of Burnley's open- tackled by Charlie Taylor. prise lead at the Camp Nou but He poked an early chance wide ing goal. The rebound fell for Mane, who Messi converted a penalty and after a Messi cross and De Tomas Firmino had a 0)  )                ( !    curled a magnificent finish past the Suarez finished a brilliant passing put Rayo in front soon after, driving large role to play in steadying diving Heaton from 15 yards, scor- move to seal a 3-1 win, after at Pique before unleashing a siz- Liverpool nerves, taking his league ing in a sixth consecutive home Gerard Pique had headed in zling shot past Marc-Andre tally for the season to 11 and ending league game in the process. an equaliser on Saturday. ter Stegen. a six-game goal drought as his side 9   +% It was hard to see a way back for When Barca kicked Pique headed one reacted impressively to going a goal 4-A4 3:4 struggling Burnley, who started the off, Atletico Madrid had Messi free-kick wide and down in the sixth minute.  8A -A  ee Paul Tierney awarded the day just two points outside the rele- just completed their own then another in at the Defender Joel Matip needlessly goal because Janmaat's interven- 48AA ,;3 gation places as the second half 1-0 victory over Leganes, near post, nipping in conceded a corner which Ashley aheem Sterling's rapid sec- tion meant Sterling was onside. quickly threatened to turn into a one- although Diego Simeone front of Rayo goalkeeper Westwood took from the left wing Rond-half hat-trick moved "The first goal will be debat- 2A)3;33,,:23 way procession towards the visitors' was more cautious, resting Stole Dimitrievski to nod and curled directly into the Liverpool Manchester City four points ed. I don't like this situation but  443 :;2; goal before Liverpool struck again Antoine Griezmann, in his sixth goal of the goal, with home goalkeeper Alisson clear at the top of the Premier it is what it is. I'm sorry if it was midway through the second half. Alvaro Morata and Saul season. protesting furiously that he had League with a 3-1 win over offside but we deserved to win," 853)AA8:3)3 Salah broke clear and was poised Niguez, with Tuesday's trip Dembele came on been impeded in his attempts to deal Watford before it was reduced to said City boss Pep Guardiola. to shoot when Taylor made a superb to Juventus in mind. for Arthur Melo at half- with it. one after Liverpool’s Sunday "Next season, hopefully, we )3O=)3-,A tackle which, unfortunately for the Barca stay seven points clear of time and Coutinho dropped deep- Replays suggested Alisson had a triumph. will have VAR and it will be visitors, left the loose ball sitting up Atletico and, temporarily at least, er, but it was right-back Nelson strong point, with defender James City and Sterling had for- clear." )3A -,A neatly for Firmino to drive it into an move 15 ahead of Real. Semedo that earned the penalty, Tarkowski leaning on the Brazilian tune on their side to end There was no doubt when !488 4A48 open goal from 12 yards. Even with a two-goal cushion after a foul from Jordi Amat. Messi from behind and Jack Cork making Watford's resistence after a goal- Sterling rounded off a fine team There was late anxiety after for the final eight minutes, Ernesto made no mistake. contact in front of him. The goal- less first-half. move involving David Silva and +3; -44 , Johann Berg Gudmundsson made it Valverde kept Messi and Suarez on Rayo's belief, and energy, melt- keeper's furious reaction, sprinting 40 A minute into the second Riyad Mahrez four minutes 3-2 with an injury-time consolation until the end, which may have sur- ed away and Barca's third was yards to remonstrate with referee period Sterling was initially later. 34 -C2;3G after a knock-down in the area from prised some, given he was accused their best of the night. Suarez Andre Marriner, earned him a book- flagged offside as Daryl Sterling then completed his Burnley substitute Peter Crouch. of exhausting key players last sea- freed Dembele down the right and ing. Janmaat's attempted clearance hat-trick with some neat foot- ,)=8 -3 But with virtually the last kick of son at the expense of success in he found Suarez again with a pull- This was a real test of Liverpool's ricocheted off the England work from Silva's pass before the game in the 93rd minute, Mane Europe. back. Instead of shooting, Suarez mental fortitude after a run that has winger and into the net. Watford substitute Gerard chased a long through ball, round- Messi's appearance was his bounced the ball off Ivan Rakitic in seen them draw five of their previ- However, after a long dis- Deulofeu pulled a goal back just ed Heaton and completed the victo- 443rd for Barcelona in La Liga, the area before finally tapping ous seven games in the league and cussion with his assistant, refer- 22 seconds after coming on. ry by kicking into the open goal. moving him ahead of Andres home. 3Q/! 5!!5  !//!4  >5 ■ 84  header amid a goalmouth scramble, dur- ■ 4) forward Bertrand Traore, ing which the Pole looked to have struck attacker Memphis Depay as rzysztof Piatek struck again to rescue a a Chievo player while attempting an over- yon's stand-in captain well as midfielder Tanguy K2-1 win for AC Milan at bottom club head kick. LMarcelo left the field with Ndombele started on the Chievo on Saturday, keeping their A VAR review confirmed the goal to a leg injury as his side strug- bench as Genesio attempted to Champions League push firmly on track, but the fury of Chievo coach Domenico Di gled to a 2-2 draw at rest the influential four as the the Polish striker was accused of scoring Carlo. Strasbourg on Saturday, just French club eye a first quar- with a 'kung fu' kick. "I don't want excuses but in the last days away from the ter-final in Europe's top-tier Piatek joined Milan from Genoa in six matches all the VAR decisions have Champions League last 16 competition since 2010. January and has now scored gone against us," said Di Carlo, whose side second leg at Barcelona. Fekir and Traore were eight goals in nine matches, as have won just one of 27 games played. Bruno brought on during the last the club notched up a fifth "Piatek's move on (Fabio) Depaoli Genesio's side quarter of an hour looking for straight league win to remain wasn't football, it's kung fu. head to the La a late winner but their efforts unbeaten since before "You can write the headline: 'Chievo Liga giants with were in vain. Christmas. beaten by a kung fu kick.'" the tie finely bal- Lyon remain in third place Returning from injury, Lucas Biglia Piatek joins Juventus star Cristiano anced at 0-0 in the table, four points opened with a curling free kick after 31 min- Ronaldo and Sampdoria's Fabio after the first leg behind Lille who travel to utes in Verona. It was just his second goal Quagliarella on top of the Serie A scor- in France but Saint Etienne on Sunday. for Milan and first since February last year. ers' chart with 19 goals this season. the Brazilian Elsewhere big-spending Finnish midfielder Perparim Hetemaj Milan consolidate third position to defender is a doubt  )  )              Monaco dropped down to got his head to the end of Leris cross to move five points behind second-placed for Wednesday's fixture. 17th place after a 1-1 draw pull the hosts level four minutes before the Napoli who travel to Sassuolo on Sunday. "It's too early to know if Sunday," Genesio told Canal+. twice for Lyon at the Stade de against Bordeaux as 10-man break. However, coach Gennaro Gattuso he'll play against Barcelona. Genesio added he plans to la Meinau before Ludovic Amiens beat mid-table Nimes But once again Piatek proved crucial, was sent to the stands for arguing on the He has a little issue with his talk to the club's doctor after Ajorque claimed a double of 2-1 to move to 16th and Dijon scoring the winner after 57 minutes in sidelines with Chievo midfielder Riccardo hamstring. We'll do every- extra tests are carried out on his own in the space of 60 sec- rose out of the automatic rel- controversial circumstances. Meggiorini in the first-half and now risks thing we have to so he plays, the centre-back on Sunday. onds during the second half. egation places with a 1-1 stale- The 23-year-old met Samu Castillejo's 6  *  )       a suspension for the derby. but we have to wait until Moussa Dembele scored Club skipper Nabil Fekir, mate against Reims. %   -6   !       &   ■  -4 :388 ing 6-3, 2-0.     Action opened on stadium ! * + orld number one Novak court with 18-year-old WDjokovic shook off a Canadian Felix Auger-        L  ,   ( 7/   -4 :388 nervy start to dispatch US Aliassime powering past  6                (   qualifier Bjorn Fratangelo in Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas, 6- (              orld number one Naomi Osaka launched straight sets on Saturday to 4, 6-2, for his first win over a        "     6   ( Wher Indian Wells WTA title defense with reach the third round of the top-10 player. ($D  +     +   G        a 6-3, 6-4 victory in a grudge match against ATP Indian Wells Masters. In a battle of two ATP     :  4,            Kristina Mladenovic on Saturday. Djokovic, playing his first young guns, 58th-ranked                     .$ Osaka, whose second straight Grand Slam match since winning a record Auger-Aliassime came out fir-     title at the Australian Open in January propelled seventh Australian Open title ing, and his aggression paid off            ,      her to the top of the rankings, was beaten by in January, was less than sharp with a victory over 20-year-old                    65th-ranked Mladenovic in Dubai last month in conceding an early break to Tsitsipas, who shot to promi-  "    "    (     +    in her first match since she lifted the trophy in his 128th-ranked rival. nence with a victory over >"9 >H>I"/ /">H9I          Melbourne. He broke back as Federer at the Australian         .%  6         Keen to avoid a repeat, Fratangelo served for the set to Open.           Osaka marched through the knot it at 5-5, and then raced Auger-Aliassime, who J          opening set in 38 minutes, to a 4-1 lead in the tiebreaker. next faces Japan's Yoshihito       (  but she hit a speed bump as low American Christina McHale, a 6-4, 3-6, 6- Djokovic had to dig deep, Nishioka, is one of four teens        she was broken when serv- 4 winner over 30th-seeded Russian Anastasia however, when Fratangelo bat- in the draw, along with coun-      (    

ing for the match at 5-2 in Pavlyuchenkova. tled back to lead the tiebreak- tryman Denis Shapovalov,          the second. There was disappointment, too, for 2011 er 5-4. a 6-4, 6-4 winner over Alexei Popyrin and lucky loser      (     After Mladenovic held serve to narrow the winner Caroline Wozaniacki, who fell 7-5, 2- After a double fault and a Australian Nick Kyrgios. Miomir Kecmanovic.          %1J deficit to 5-4, the Japanese player faced anoth- 6, 7-5 to 59th-ranked Russian Ekaterina forehand error from the 25- Kyrgios, seeded 31st, was Kecmanovic gained entry  6    er break point before wrapping up the match Alexandrova. year-old American, Djokovic coming off a scintillating run into the second round in place +    6     after one hour and 21 minutes. Elsewhere on Saturday, fifth-seeded suddenly had a set point, and to the Mexico Open title in of injured fifth-seed Kevin       (%. She booked a third-round meeting with Karolina Pliskova shook off a slow start to defeat once he'd pocketed the set, the Acapulco, where he defeated Anderson. -     ( American Danielle Collins, a 6-4, 6-1 winner Japanese qualifier Misaki Doi 6-7 (4/7), 6-1, 6- second went all his way. Nadal, ninth-ranked John Isner He made the most of his          over Kirsten Flipkens. 1. Djokovic, currently tied and, in the final, third-ranked chance, beating Germany's 4,%01    Seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Pliskova next faces another qualifier, with Roger Federer on five German Alexander Zverev. Maximilian Marterer, 6-3, 6-2,  6        Williams pulled off the upset of the day, rally- Belgian Ysaline Bonaventure, who defeated wins in the California desert, As men's seeds swung into to reach the third round. (D72  G *   ing from a set and two breaks down to topple 28th-seeded Donna Vekic of Croatia 1-6, 7-6 can also tie world number two action after first-round byes, At the other end of the age      ;    third-seeded Petra Kvitova 4-6, 7-5, 6-4. (7/5), 6-4. Rafael Nadal's record of 33 third-seeded Zverev advanced spectrum, 40-year-old Ivo    (     "I just fought and tried my hardest," said Eighth-seeded German Angelique Kerber Masters 1000 titles. when Slovakian foe Martin Karlovic advanced with a 6-4, !   +        Williams, currently ranked 36th in the world. eased into the third round with a 6-0, 6-2 vic- Djokovic next faces Klizan retired with an ankle 7-6 (7/4) victory over 11th-      She booked a third-round clash with fel- tory over Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva. German Philipp Kohlschreiber, injury with the German lead- seeded Croatian Borna Coric.