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   ' 5 said that corona virus sanitizer time to time, the mass level to educate the peo- tilators are ready each in assemblies must maintain one recently returned from coron- Senior officials of the (COVID-19) is spreading all Minister said: “No self med- ple to adopt strict preventive Government Medical Colleges meter distance between each avirus-affected countries, went Punjab Police have also con- s a precautionary measure over the world, and it was ication to be taken and medical measures to check the spread of at Amritsar and Patiala,” said other. missing from Ludhiana on firmed that the persons who Ato check the spread of necessary that precautionary specialist should be consulted the virus in the State. Mohindra after the GoM meet- The Minister said that the Friday. The police have issued had returned from coron- corona virus, Punjab measures should be intensified for the treatment.” Chief Minister Capt ing on Friday. Group of Ministers would a lookout notice to trace the avirus-affected countries fled to Government on Friday to prevent the disease and sen- Cautioning to refrain from Amarinder Singh had consti- He said that the consistent review the action taken report individuals who, upon their Ludhiana, and ever since went announced the closure of its sitize each and everyone. unsafe contact with pets and tuted a high level group of min- awareness campaign would be to review the compliance and arrival, were advised to under- missing. The Punjab police schools, colleges and universi- “All Government and pri- wild animals, he said that if any isters under the chairmanship launched in close coordination progress of directions issued by go home quarantine or visit the and the Administration have ties, both Government and vate schools in the State will be symptom of corona virus of Brahm Mohindra, with OP with all the Government the GoM on Monday. hospital. said that even if one of them private, till March 31. However, closed up till March 31 as pre- found, isolate the patient and Soni, Tript Rajinder Singh departments, Indian Medical On its toes, the State health turns out to be positive, he or the school examination would cautionary measures. But the immediately report to the near- Bajwa, Razia Sultana, Balbir Association (IMA), social and RELIGIOUS LEADERS, authorities have sought the she may infect several others. continue as per schedule. schools holding exams will est health authorities. Singh Sidhu, Vijay Inder Singla religious organizations and DERA HEADS APPEALED help of District Administration Realizing the rate of trans- Announcing this, the State remain open and examina- Pertinently, the State and Bharat Bhushan Ashu as its NGOs to educate the masses to TO POSTPONE MASS CON- and the Police to locate seven mission from coronavirus Higher Education Minister tions will continue as per Government has set up members, to take stock of the refrain from shaking hands, GREGATIONS people after their addresses infected persons as a single Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa schedule,” he said. helpline-104 for any health situation on day-to-day basis. mass gatherings, religious con- Punjab Government has were found to be incorrect. infected individual had spread said that on the directions of Singla said that fever, related information and sug- Besides, the GoM also has gregations and to follow the issued instructions to the Ludhiana Civil Surgeon COVD-19 to 10,000 people in the Chief Minster, this decision coughing and difficulty in gestion. In addition, National to ensure the availability of req- disinfectant practices to keep Deputy Commissioners that Rajesh Bagga said that the South Korea, the police have has been taken keeping in view breathing are common symp- Call Center No. 011-23978046 uisite medicines, availability themselves away from reach of no permission be granted for seven people from Ludhiana put in all efforts to trace the the threat of corona virus toms of corona virus. Hence, it and State Control Room No. of medical and para medical COVID 19. any mass gatherings. At the district had recently returned missing persons and to admit (COVID-19). is important to use tissue or 88720-90029 and 0172- staff and setting up of adequate He said that Anganwari same time, the religious lead- from the coronavirus-hit coun- them into a quarantine facili- “As this virus is spreading handkerchief while coughing 2920074 have also been acti- quarantine wards across the Workers, district and block ers and dera heads have also tries. “These seven people are ty immediately. all over the world, the Chief and sneezing, cover nose with vated. State to isolate the suspected development panchayat officers been requested to postpone the not traceable and the address- Notably, as on March 13, a Minister Capt Amarinder elbows and maintain respira- COVID 19 cases. (DDPOs and BDPOs), pan- schedule of their religious con- es given by them at the time of total of 88,209 passengers, Singh has issued directions to tory or sneezing etiquettes. PUNJAB ISSUES PRECAU- “The State administrative chayat secretaries would estab- gregations. their arrival are found to be including at Amritsar and the Higher Education Use mask, frequently wash TIONARY ADVISORY machinery took immediate lish personal contact with all incorrect,” he said. Mohali international airports, Department to take precau- hands with soap and maintain To keep a close tab on the action to check the spread of the households in the rural PUNJAB LOOKS FOR 7 “We have sought the help had been screened for coron- tionary measures to prevent distance from person having emerging threats of COVID-19 the disease, and at present, 2200 areas to sensitize the ruralities. PERSONS WHO of district administration and avirus in Punjab. So far, one spreading of corona virus,” he fever or cough, he added. in the State, the Group of quarantine beds are ready Likewise, the District RETURNED FROM COVID- the police to help locate the person in Punjab who returned said. Categorically appealing to seven Ministers (GoM) on throughout the State, besides Education Officers (DEOs) AFFECTED COUNTRIES people so that they can be med- from Italy had tested positive The State Education the students to wash hands Friday decided to launch a 250 ventilators in private sec- would ensure that the school Seven suspected patients of ically examined,” said the Civil for COVID-19, while eight are Minister Vijay Inder Singla with soap or alcohol-based statewide awareness drive at a tor hospitals, whereas 20 ven- students gathered in morning coronavirus (COVID-19), who Surgeon. found to be symptomatic. ,-  #   ./&      


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       !   ' to enforce the preventive steps schools of Chandigarh shall the UT’s order further stated. evening. The situation in the is no hoarding of any medi- she has been suffering from The Government also      7 for control of COVID 19. remain closed till March 31. “After reviewing the situa- city is under control and peo- cines, masks, sanitizer etc. fever and cough from last three decided to close schools in five " "   The notification empowers The order will come into force tion in Chandigarh, the ple do need not to panic but A day before, the days. Sampling has been done districts -- Gurugram, Sonepat, the Administration to inspect with immediate effect.” Administration has decided to take precautionary measures, Chandigarh Transport and her reports are awaited, the Rohtak, Jhajjar and Faridabad Gurugram districts will remain any suspected person travelling The students will be shut down the Government he added. Undertaking (CTU) had decid- spokesperson added. till March 31, officials said. closed till March 31 with imme- or otherwise, and the segrega- allowed to attend the school and private schools as a pre- The Administration has ed to sanitize its buses as a pre- The PGIMER had on However, school students diate effect, except for holding tion, in hospital, temporary only to appear in the Board cautionary measure. Classes also made an appeal to all the cautionary measure. The March 7 started the testing of in these districts will take their examinations." accommodation or otherwise examination, annual exami- have been suspended but the residents to avoid mass gath- Administration is also putting COVID-19 itself. Currently, exams as per schedule, accord- "The students will attend the to prevent the outbreak of the nation and assessment exami- students will be allowed to erings. up posters related to Do’s and 142 travelers are under home ing to a school education school only to take the board disease. nation etc during March as per appear in the ongoing exami- The Punjab Raj Bhawan Don’ts on Coronavirus in the surveillance in Chandigarh. department order. exams, annual exams and assess- It was issued after Punjab the schedule, the order said. nations,” UT Home Secretary has suspended the upcoming buses for public awareness. All suspected cases of According to an advisory ment exams, March 2020 as per Governor and UT Also, all teaching and non- Arun Kumar Gupta while talk- outside engagements as a pre- The CTU has a fleet of 533 Coronavirus admitted to the issued by the Panchkula based previous schedule. However, all Administration VP Singh teaching staff members will ing to The Pioneer. cautionary measure. buses operating from four PGIMER has been tested neg- Director General of Higher the teaching and non-teaching Badnore reviewed the pre- attend the school as usual till On closing down of other To deal with any eventual- depots and as many as two lakh ative till Friday evening. Education, "The State staff members will attend the paredness for the Coronavirus further orders. Parents are also educational institutions and ity, the Administration has commuters use CTU buses A day before, the PGIMER Government has decided that school as usual," it said, adding in a high-level meeting held advised to instruct their wards places of gatherings, the Home identified Infosys Sarai adjoin- every day. had decided to cancel all its all universities and colleges that schools in remaining dis- with the Health Secretaries of to avoid any large gathering or Secretary said that no decision ing PGIMER with a provision national and international con- situated in Haryana state will be tricts shall function as per nor- Punjab, Haryana and union crowds during this period. has been taken on shutting of 262 beds for quarantine of SUSPECTED CORON- ferences as a preventive mea- closed till March 31 as a pre- mal territory of Chandigarh along Students may also be advised to down the Colleges, Universities patients especially for asymp- AVIRUS CASE OF DOCTOR sure to contain the spread of cautionary measure." schedule. with UT Deputy follow the school advisory or and Cinema halls in the city. tomatic patients travelling from REPORTED IN PGIMER Coronavirus. The department of school The State Government had education Haryana, meanwhile, on Thursday declared the coro- in its order stated, "All the navirus an epidemic and Government as well as private Health Minister Anil Vij had )  .$1"$"50&( schools situated in Sonepat, advised people to avoid large Rohtak, Jhajjar, Faridabad and gatherings.

   ' 5 the Congress candidate,  former ll three Rajya Sabha candi- Talking to reporter, Adates from Haryana---two Deepender Singh Hooda ''"%#$ #()!## from BJP, Ram Chander Jangra downplayed any differences in and Dushyant Kumar Gautam the party on his nomination. and the lone Congress nominee “Soon after my name was *# +,  *# Deepender Singh Hooda, are declared on Thursday evening, set to be elected unopposed for I met State Congress chief the Upper House of Parliament Kumari Selja in New Delhi to #!"##-   " from Haryana after they filed seek her blessing. All the party their nomination here on MLAs and leaders are united. Chandigarh: Punjab Technical issued orders in this regard to all Friday. Due to some reason, MLAs like Education, Tourism, and the department heads under They are set to enter Rajya Kiran Choudhary and Kuldeep Cultural Affairs Minister him and directed to start the Sabha unopposed as there was necessitated a bypoll arose fol- Earlier, Congress and BJP Bishnoi could not attend the Charanjit Singh Channi on process to recruit youth against no other candidate in the fray lowing the resignation of for- called their respective MLAs to nomination,” he said. Friday issued orders to imme- the vacant posts without any for the three seats. The last date mer Union minister and BJP reach Chandigarh during the In the 90-member Haryana diately relieve the officers and delay. Notably, Punjab for withdrawal of nominations and former chief minister, from the state. leader Birender Singh and nomination. Ahead of nomi- assembly, the BJP has 40 MLAs employees above the age of 58 Government has only recently is March 18. Bhupinder Singh Hooda, to The two Rajya Sabha Gautam is set to enter the nation on Friday, BJP MLAs while its alliance partner JJP years working under the out- decided to revert the retirement While Jangra and Gautam submit nomination papers to vacancies are due to resignation Upper House for the remain- met under the chairmanship of has 10. The main opposition sourcing and PPP Scheme in the age to 58 by ending the option- were accompanied by Chief Returning Officer Ajit Balaji of BJP's Ram Kumar Kashyap der of the term. Chief Minister Manohar Lal Congress has 31 members various departments under him. al extension policy that had vir- Minister M L Khattar, Home Joshi. and the expiry of Congress Talking to reporters, BJP Khattar at the auditorium in while six out of seven inde- “Under the aegis of Chief tually ceased the recruitment in Minister Anil Vij, State BJP Deepender had been a leader Kumari Selja's term next nominees Jangra and Gautam the Vidhan Sabha. Both the pendent MLAs have extended Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, the government sector. chief Subhash Barala and some three-time Lok Sabha member month. Jangra and Deepender expressed their gratitude to candidates Dushyant Kumar support to the BJP-JJP coalition the Punjab Government aims to As per the decision, all those party legislators, Deepender from Rohtak. In 2019, he nar- entered the race to fill these the party high command and Gautam and Ramchandra government. The INLD has provide more and more employ- employees turning 59 on March was accompanied by a major- rowly lost to Arvind Sharma vacancies which will last a full Haryana Chief Minister for Jangra were introduced to one MLA while one member ment opportunities to youth of 31, 2020, will retire, and those ity of Congress legislators from of the BJP as the saffron party term of six years. sending them to the Upper MLAs in the meeting. On the belongs to the Haryana Lokhit the state,” said Channi while issu- completing 58 years, will retire the state including his father won all 10 parliamentary seats A third vacancy which House. other hand, to ensure victory of Party. ing the orders. The Minster has on September 30, 2020. PNS 8- *  ! *  " " " * :

   ' 5 present State Government has atmosphere being created by the officers of Class I and II date for making competition recognized the talent of the the Government in the State including the Doctors so as to based selections, provide a aryana Chief Minister candidates which the previous that the percentage of candi- bring brilliant people into the secure and stable Civil Service HManohar Lal Khattar on government neglected during dates passing prestigious exam- government system which oth- which is necessary for trans- Friday said about 70,000 youth their tenure. Apart from this, inations like National Eligibility erwise usually go to the private parent and impartial have been recruited in the we have also eliminated the cum Entrance Test ( NEET), sector due to want of good Governance. He said that in State through Haryana Public game of ‘Parchi and Kharchi’ in JEE and other engineering salaries. Similarly, during the two recent instances, that is the Service Commission (HPSC) the selection process thus examinations are continuous- selection process, local lan- lateral entry scheme for Joint and Haryana Staff Selection paving the way for meritorious ly increasing. He said that guage in which the candidate Secretaries level officers of the Commission (HSSC) in the last candidates to join Government though population wise communicates should be given Government of India and five years by adopting a trans- service. Haryana is comparatively a priority so that he could effec- empanelment of Director parent recruitment policy. Khattar said that most of small State, yet on an average tively deal with the people. General of Police for States and Besides, recruitment of the recruitment made during 40 candidates are clearing IAS The Chief Minister said it Union Territories, the Union 18,218 candidates of Group D the previous regimes are facing exam every year. is a matter of pride that Government and the Supreme have been made in one go in a litigation but contrary to this, Khattar said online system Haryana is hosting this two-day Court of India respectively transparent manner without as a result of transparent of examination should be intro- National Conference of State reposed faith in UPSC for car- any recommendations which recruitment policy adopted by duced as this would not only Public Service Commissions rying out fair and transparent have further enhanced the faith the present State Government, enable the candidates to take for the second time after a gap selections purely on merit of people in the State candidates are being selected in examination nearer to their of six years. He hoped that the basis. Government. the Government jobs in fair homes thus save their travelling deliberations held here would He said that between 2007- Speaking in the inaugural and transparent manner with- time but also help in enhanc- go a long way in further 08 and 2018-19, UPSC have session of 22nd National out any irregularities. For this, ing transparency. Describing improving the functioning of developed IT tools to reduce Conference of State Public he also congratulated the HPSC selection process as this way system of recruitment in the the names of only those HCS cheating as a challenge, he the recruitment agencies which the processing time for direct Service Commissions here, and SSC for adopting such a only they could discharge their State. It is for the first time or Class I officers would be sent asked the agencies to find new would result in increasing peo- recruitment cases from 397 Khattar said that the State flawless system. responsibility towards building when the State Government to UPSC for selection as IAS and effective ways to deal with ple’s faith in the governance. days to 194 days. Apart from Government has also scrapped The Chief Minister exhort- a strong nation. He said that the has eliminated the interview officers who would clear the this problem. In his address, Chairman this, some innovative steps interview process in Class III ed the recruitment agencies to present State Government has process . Apart from this, we written examination to be con- He said the present State UPSC, Arvind Saxena said that have also been taken to and IV category posts. take all out efforts for further been continuously working are also going to implement ducted by the HPSC. Government is giving good the State Public Service streamline the process for The Chief Minister said the bringing transparency in the towards building a transparent another reform under which, He said it is the result of the salary package and facilities to Commissions have the man- screening applications.   !"#"# "  9

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   ' 5 s the unseasonal rains crop over one lakh hectares in Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) /! #+"  " ! also, he said. #& Aaccompanied by hailstorm Punjab, the State Congress president Sukhbir Badal on “Besides immediate and strong winds flatten Rabi president Sunil Jakhar and Friday come on the same page ! +  "  # "+"* Girdwari, farmers should also be given compensation for ,4. " - "  +;<"1 " !" # crop damage as soon as possi- ! +  "   !#  !* *  ble as in many districts, farm- ers had not received compen- sation for crops damaged dur- demanding immediate gir- “The Government must ing the last rabi season,” he said. dawari (revenue assessment) to announce enhanced compen- Underlining that the hor- assess the crop damage. sation for wheat crop damaged ticulture crop loss is many Jakhar asked the Chief due to rain and hail storm as it times higher than that of con- Minister Capt Amarinder is the moral responsibility of ventional crops, Jakhar Singh to get the girdawari done the State to bail out farmers in appealed to the Chief Minister to assess the damage done to times of natural catastrophe to give full compensation to the the wheat crops and kinnow and also minimize their losses,” farmers by forming a policy to    ' 5 produce due to recent rains so he said. compensate the loss of horti- that farmers can be compen- Sukhbir said that as per culture. ainfall lashed various parts sated. reports, there was widespread “Farmers of Abohar and Rof Punjab and Haryana on Also demanding the same, damage to wheat crop as well others areas in Fazilka district Friday with the temperature SAD chief also demanded as mustard and vegetable crops have adopted the government’s levels witnessing a sharp increasing the crop compensa- in Nawanshahr, Kapurthala, crop diversification program decline from the normal. tion rates in Punjab by increas- Jalandhar, Amritsar, Ropar, and have left the traditional Chandigarh, the joint cap- ing the state quotient share in Sangrur, Mansa and Ferozepur wheat-paddy crop cycle and set ital of Punjab and Haryana wit- the compensation amount as districts due to heavy rain and up kinnow orchards. But, the nessed 9 mm rainfall till Friday had been done earlier by the hail storms. Reports of mod- Thursday’s hailstorm has morning. The minimum tem- Parkash Singh Badal led SAD- erate damage to crops were severely damaged the age-old perature recorded in the city BJP Government. reported from other districts gardens,” said Jakhar. was 11.2 degrees, one degree below normal while the max- imum settled at 25.3 degree Celsius, two notches below "          normal. The Met Department has forecast light to moderate rain-   !  
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TFriday approved four    During the discussion on Demands +  + -++%  T Sumathy (DMK) said the gov- per cent increase in dearness for Grants of the Ministry of Social ernment should take steps for imple- allowances (DA) for total of 3,337 children from Justice and Empowerment, members "  +"  "  mentation of 33 per cent reservation for Government employees and AIndia were adopted in the last also demanded that in the upcoming * ! + ! *  women in Parliament. pensioners. one year, the Women and Child census the population count of OBCs * "  ! *  # “We are still fighting for this. The move will benefit over (WCD) Development Ministry said should be undertaken. Reservation is our birth right,” she said. 45 lakh employees and 65 lakh on Friday. Initiating the debate, K Suresh 3 * % Talking about social justice, pensioners. The DA will come Responding to a query in the (Congress) said the government has *  "1 Sumathy raised questions on whether all into effect retrospectively from Lok Sabha, Women and Child applied “dubious and clever method” for people have access to protect their January 1, 2020. Development Minister Smriti Irani allocation of resources to SC/STs in the hence their allocation should be hiked. lives and wealth after last month’’s The Union Cabinet, gave out data that said in 2019-20 Budget. She said the census should also Delhi riots. chaired by Prime Minister (till March 11), 2,944 children were “The government has been ignor- count the population of Other Backward She demanded that justice should be Narendra Modi, has approved adopted within the country ing SC/ST in a systematic manner... This Castes (OBCs) in the country. given to all people and also said that to release an additional install- added. 2021),” the statement said. It while 393 inter-country adoptions is not a pro- SC/ST budget, this is a Amol Kolhe (NCP) said in the next great injustice has been done to OBC ment of DA to central govern- “The combined impact on will benefit about 48.34 lakh were made. assault on their existence,” Suresh said. census there should be a separate col- students by Medical Council of India as ment employees and dearness the exchequer on account of central government employees In 2018-19, a total of 3,374 chil- The SCs, STs and OBCs are living umn for OBCs so that there is a popu- they are not properly implementing the relief (DR) to pensioners with both dearness allowance and and 65.26 lakh pensioners. dren were adopted within the coun- with fear in their minds, he said, adding lation count. 27 per cent reservation for OBC stu- effect from January 1, 2020, an dearness relief would be Rs “The increase is in accor- try and 653 inter-country adoptions that the BJP government has been Ganesh Singh (BJP) said the gov- dents. official statement said. There 12,510.04 crore per annum dance with the accepted for- were made. diluting the reservation norms and ernment has been hiking allocation for A Samanta (BJD) said the Budget will be an increase of 4 per cent and Rs 14,595.04 crore in mula, which is based on the In 2017-18, a total of 3,276 chil- denying them their rights. SC/STs and OBCs every year while gives a decisive push to the social sec- over the existing rate of 17 per financial year 2020-21 (for a recommendations of the 7th dren were adopted within the coun- Pritam Gopinath Munde (BJP) Congress reduced the allocation. tor and demanded that the post-matric cent of the basic pay/pension to period of 14 months from Central Pay Commission,” try and 651 inter-country adoptions demanded that OBCs constitute a sub- He demanded that the government scholarship for SCs/STs should be compensate for price rise, it January 2020 to February it added. were made. stantial portion of the population and conduct OBC census this year. hiked. PTI &&11 * " 01R  %"  > 9$$. "  -P    ! ###,#,$   $%  C$      %   Kolkata: Fearing that he could New Delhi: A parliamentary victims in fraudulent mar- "# be killed, West Bengal’s ruling standing committee on Friday riages with NRIs. Bengaluru: A day after a and took us to the local police He said the father had come TMC MLA Jayanta Naskar has approved a Bill which calls for The bill proposes to pro- Minister in the crisis-stricken station without any reason.” here on the request of his son to got his own statues built so that compulsory registration of NRI vide for compulsory registra-  O#0 , Kamal Nath Government was “As all of us have come from meet him, but police did not people remember him after marriages within 30 days. tion of marriage by an NRI allegedly stopped by police from Madhya Pradesh to see my son, allow them. his death. The standing committee within a period of 30 days from Sitapur: Five people, including entering a resort near here who is in the custody of the local Noting that he has highest The 71-year-old two-time on External Affairs approved the date of marriage. It also three women, have died in where 19 of the 22 rebel people, I request you kindly pro- respect on the police of MLA from Gosaba in South 24 the Registration of Marriage of seeks to amend the Passport rain-related incidents in Uttar Congress MLAs from Madhya vide necessary protection to us Karnataka, he said police with- Parganas district hired a sculp- Non-Resident Indian Bill, 2019 Act, 1967 and the Code of Pradesh’s Sitapur district, offi- Pradesh were believed to be and allow us to meet my son out allowing any BJP leaders or tor three years ago from with inclusions of recommen- Criminal Procedure, 1973. cials said. holed up, Karnataka Congress’ without any further delay,” he others, should allow them to Kumartuli, a Kolkata neigh- dations made by its members. The proposed amendment In the latest case on Friday, President-designate DK added. meet. bourhood famous for potters The bill empowers pass- of the Passport Act, 1967 Ram Prasad (55), who was Shivakumar along with him MP Minister Jitu Patwari, “I’m sure that police will be and sculptors, to craft his two port authorities to impound or empowers the passport author- under a tin shed during hail- approached the ADGP, seeking was briefly detained along with fair.” life-size statues made of fibre- revoke passport or travel doc- ity to impound or cause to be storm, was killed when a tree help. a few Congress supporters on Responding to a question glass and a clay bust. uments of NRIs who fail to reg- impounded or revoke a pass- fell on it, police said. Shivakumar, accompanied Thursday as he sought to enter about reports that MLAs will “Four criminals had ister within 30 days after get- port or travel document of an In another incident, a 15- by Madhya Pradesh Ministers the resort in BJP-ruled leave for Bhopal to meet the escaped from the Alipore ting married. NRI, if it is brought to his year-old girl in Rampurkalan Jitu Patwari and Balaram Karnataka, and had engaged in Madhya Pradesh Speaker, Central Correctional Home. The committee called for notice that the NRI has not reg- area died as a wall collapsed on Choudhary, along with Narayan a heated argument with the Shivakumar said he has heard After they were recaptured, amending the proforma for istered his marriage within a her due to rains, they said. Choudhary, who is father of one police. about the movements, but does- they admitted they were hired registration of NRI marriage to period of 30 days from the date A father-son duo were of the MLAs Manoj Choudhary, Patwari had later called on n’t want to comment. by local politicians to kill me. make it “exhaustive incorpo- of marriage. struck by lightening in Sandana met ADGP Amar Kumar Shivakumar, considered a trou- Regarding Karnataka The then district SP Praveen rating all the germane” details The proposed amend- area leading to the death of the Pandey at the DGP office here. bleshooter of the party, along Congress extending help to Tripathi had informed me related to passport, visa or ments to the Code of Criminal son, while one Resham (14) of Narayan Choudhary with Narayan Choudhary, and Madhya Pradesh Congress, he about this. The state govern- permanent resident card and Procedure, 1973 would also Sadarpur died when a tree fell requested police to give him an alleged they were not allowed to said, “...Our entire life is dedi- ment enhanced my security to address in foreign country with countries. empower the courts for on her due to heavy rains and opportunity to meet his son and meet Manoj (the MLA) and cated for (party). We don’t want Y-category after that,” said proof. The committee also noted issuance of summons, war- thunderstorm, police said. submitted a memorandum in were forcefully taken to the to make it a big issue. Very Naskar, who is now guarded by It strongly recommended that 5,298 complaints have rants through the specifically A 40-year-old woman, this regard. police station. patiently we are waiting for 11 policemen. that the efforts must be inten- been received related to NRI designated website of the identified as Daya, was killed in Alleging that his son Manoj Speaking to reporters after various things.” “I then decided to get my sified to establish better coor- marital grievances between Ministry of External Affairs. It Sandana on Thursday when a was forcibly brought here by meeting police officials, The 19 legislators, said to be statues built so that if get killed dination with the member January 1, 2016 and October further provides for attach- wall of her house collapsed due “some people” and kept in the Shivakumar on Friday said, “we loyalists of Jyotiraditya Scindia these statues will remind peo- countries of Hague Convention 31, 2019. ment of the properties, both to heavy rains, they said. resort, Narayan Choudhary have requested police to facili- who has joined the BJP, in their ple of me,” he told PTI. and to take up the issues of NRI The bill was brought in by movable and immovable, Rainfall and thunder- said, “Though my son wanted tate the meeting of father and letter to the DGP earlier this Naskar, who has been with marital disputes during former External Affairs belonging to a proclaimed storms have occurred in the to meet us, he was not allowed the son, without any threat or week had said they have come the TMC since its inception, bilateral meetings and con- Minister Sushma Swaraj amid offender. district in the last two days, by some local people said to be force and in a free and fair man- to Karnataka “voluntarily” on said his family members are sular dialogue with foreign reports of Indian women being PTI officials said. PTI BJP members threatened us ner.” some “important work”. PTI also fear that he could be killed and keep calling him to inquire if everything was fine. “I’ve many enemies within the TMC. These leaders *" !" " "  ##" +   :"" belonged to other parties ear- lier and they are my enemies since then,” said the father of   For 2018-19, the arrears have He said the Centre has five. come down to 1,314 crore on created buffer stocks of 40 After he hit upon the idea, ugarcane arrears of farm- SAP basis and 931 crore on lakh tonnes of sugar, costing Naskar started looking for a Sers have come down sig- FRP basis, Paswan said. Rs 1,674 crore to the exche- sculptor in Kumartuli. nificantly to 1,314 crore “Low realisation from sale quer. That apart, an assistance “After finding one, I had to from 28,222 crore for the of sugar due to surplus sugar of 6,268 crore is being pro- go there more than five times 2018-19 marketing year. stocks had adversely affected vided to help mills export 60 for sittings to ensure the sculp- Sugar marketing year runs the financial health of sugar lakh tonnes of sugar. tor builds the statues with from October to September. mills, resulting in accumula- During the sugar season utmost exactitude possible,” In a reply to Rajya Sabha dur- tion of cane arrears of farm- 2018- 19(October- he said. ing Question Hours, Union ers which peaked at 23,232 September), the sugar pro- The septuagenarian politi- Food and Supplies Minister crore during sugar season duction in the country was cian admitted he felt a bit awk- Ramvilas Paswan on Friday 2017-18 in May 2018 and at 331.20 lakh tones. The sugar ward after people came to said the cane price arrears 28,222 crore during the production during current know of it. now are almost “negligible” sugar season 2018- 19 in sugar season 2019-20 is like- “These statues were built a for the last two sugar mar- April 2019,” Paswan said. ly to be reduced by about 18% few years back but nobody keting years. Paswan said some states, to 273 lakh tonnes. The knew about it. The statues are “As a result of these mea- including Uttar Pradesh, reduction in production of kept in a room on the ground sures, the all-India cane price announced their own cane sugar is due to fall in pro- floor of my house. During a arrears of farmers have come price called SAP, which is duction of sugarcane mainly recent mass outreach pro- down to 251 crore for 2017- higher that the Centre’s FRP. in the major sugar producing gramme of the party, some 18 based on state-advised The minister highlighted that states of Maharashtra and people saw them and clicked price (SAP) and 134 crore the Centre has taken many Kamataka, due to drought in photos. I feel a bit awkward based on the central price steps in 2019-20 as well to some parts and healy rains now,” he said. called the Fair and help sugar mills clear cane and floods in some other PTI Remunerative Price (FRP). dues. parts ofthese states.   !"#"# "  ?   ##     %     # ) " "
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He also retweeted his riot which claimed 53 lives with the navirus (COVID-19), the the functioning of the courts February 12 post in which mid reports of an early conclu- government insisting that the debate Supreme Court on Friday shall be restricted to urgent ormer Congress chief he had said coronavirus is Asion of the ongoing Budget could be held after the festival of 'holi' !     decided that from March 16 matters with such number of FRahul Gandhi on Friday a huge threat to the Session of Parliament due to the ris- when passions would have subsided. it will take up for hearing benches as may be found continued attacking the people. ing scare of coronavirus, Union The debate eventually took place after Kottayam: Three male nurses, only urgent matters and no appropriate,” the notifica- Government over the spread On March 3, he had Parliamentary Affairs Minister the festival on March-11 & March 12. who were taking care of coro- persons except lawyers con- tion said. “It is hereby noti- of coronavirus in the coun- tweeted there are moments Pralhad Joshi on Friday asserted Speaker Om Birla, this week, navirus affected patients at the cerned will be allowed inside Kalgaonkar, said it has been fied that no persons except try saying the Modi dispen- in the life of every nation that there was no question of cur- asked members whether they are Kottayam medical college hos- its courtrooms. decided that its functioning the lawyers who are going to sation was in a “stupor” and when its leaders are tested. tailing of the session. “There is no ready for the Lok Sabha proceedings pital, were asked to vacate their The apex court, which shall be restricted to urgent act in the matter, that is the economy would be “A true leader would be question of curtailing the Budget during Saturday and Sunday to make rented home by their landlord. has been mulling over the matters with such number of either for argument or for destroyed if a strong action completely focused on avert- Session. The session will not be cur- up for the loss of man-days to which The three were working in dif- issue in its meetings held at benches as may be found making oral submissions or is not taken. Describing the ing the massive crisis about tailed,” Joshi said. The Budget members did not agree to apparent- ferent shifts. the residence of Chief Justice appropriate. to assist along with one liti- contagious disease as a “huge to be unleashed by the virus Session started on January 31 and ly due to their own preoccupations When they completed their of India S A Bobde on “On reviewing the advi- gant only, shall be permitted problem”, he said ignoring it on India and its economy,” then it went on recess on February 11. back home . shifts this morning and went Thursday and Friday, took sory issued by the in the court room,” it said, was a “non-solution”. Rahul stated in a It resumed on March 3 and will con- Post-Delhi riot debate, the pro- home for taking rest, the house note of the government's Government of India and in adding that the mentioning “I will keep repeating tweet. clude on April 2. ceedings in Parliament had a smooth owner asked them to vacate, one March 5 advisory cautioning view of the opinion of pub- of matters for urgent hearing this. The coronavirus is a At that time, he had also On Thursday, some members run and some of the pending bills of them said. The landlord against mass gatherings in lic health experts including will be made only before the huge problem. Ignoring tagged his February 12 post had sought Speaker to get thermal were introduced and passed with due could not be reached for com- view of the fact that the medical professionals and mentioning officer. the problem is a non solu- in which called coronavirus scanning system installed in the discussions. The rapid pace devel- ments. When a television chan- World Health Organisation also considering the safety The apex court has tion,” Rahul said in a tweet. “an extremely serious threat Parliament house as a precautionary opment in Madhya Pradesh with a nel aired their plight, it came to has declared COVID-19 a and welfare of all the visitors, sought others' cooperation “The Indian economy to our people and our econ- measure . demand for test of majority in the the notice of the Kottayam dis- “global pandemic”. litigants, lawyers, court staff, in this regard considering will be destroyed if strong omy”. “My sense is the Almost no business could be state assembly did not have its trict collector PK Sudheer Babu The apex court's notifi- security, maintenance and the importance of the safe- action is not taken. The Government is not taking transacted during three days of the adverse echo in the Lok Sabha which who made arrangements for cation, issued by its secretary support staff, student interns ty measures to maintain government is in a stupor,” this threat seriously,” he had current budget session due to continued with its question and zero their stay at the medical college general Sanjeev S and media professionals, the public health. PTI the former Congress chief said. Opposition's demand to have an hours without any disturbances. quarters. PTI $# 2<=        !    ;/ 6$         Jammu, in exercise of power patient, with a travel history to tested positive in Jammu and vested under Section 144 CrPc, South Korea, was discharged Kashmir. fter second case of has ordered closure of all shop- from Government Medical Persons who are in hospi- (9(#9# ACoronavirus tested posi- ping malls, gyms, swimming College hospital, Jammu late tal quarantine stand at 18 and tive in Jammu, the district pools, recreational clubs in Thursday evening after his sec- 81 persons are under home sur- Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala authorities ordered closure of district Jammu with immediate ond sample tested negative. veillance, he added. Government on Friday decid- all shopping malls, gyms, effect. This order shall remain According to Bhupinder As per the latest travel ed to use the tailoring units in swimming pools, recreational in effect till 31st March, 2020. Kumar, Mission Director, advisory issued by the Central prisons of the State to deal with clubs across Jammu district Any violation of this order National Health Mission and Government, all travellers hav- the shortage of masks following with immediate effect till shall invite action under Indian nodal officer, a total number of ing travel history to coron- the coronavirus scare.Chief March 31, 2020. Penal Code”. 1743 travellers and persons in avirus affected countries are Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said According to official The government had contact with suspected cases advised to undergo self- the central jails of the state sources, “one of the persons already ordered closure of cin- have been put under surveil- imposed quarantine for a peri- would begin the manufacture of who came in contact with a 63 ema halls, multiplexes after lance while as 1485 persons are od of 14 days from the date of masks soon. year old coronavirus patient, closing down schools, colleges under home quarantine. their arrival. On its part, “Since there is a shortage of with a travel history to Iran, and Universities across Jammu He said, a total number of Jammu and Kashmir police masks in Kerala due to coron- tested positive on Friday”. “The and Kashmir to prevent spread 85 samples have been sent for has also launched a special avirus scare, the state govern- patient has been kept in an iso- of coronavirus cases. testing, of which 77 tested as drive to spread awareness ment has decided to manufac- lation ward of GMC, Jammu In another related devel- negative and only two cases among commuters using pub- ture them at the tailoring units for last three days and is being opment ,Dr Shafkat Khan, have tested positive, so far lic transport buses for travel. in the prisons,” he said. monitored by the team of doc- Nodal Officer Coronavirus while as reports of six cases are Pilgrims arriving at Katra, base In a Facebook post, Vijayan tors”,official sources said. Control Efforts was also placed awaited till March 13, 2020. camp of Mata Vaishno Devi said, “Kannur, Viyyur and According to a statement under suspension with imme- He also informed that 159 shrine are also being screened Thiruvananthapuram central issued by Department of diate effect for dereliction of persons have completed their by the team of doctors sta- "     ! 
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Chengalam here and under ACoronavirus cases climbed to 17 in the state, Uddhav said: “Cinema Uddhav said that in the list of home quarantine, died on in Maharashtra, the MVA halls, gyms, swimming pools and seven worst-Coronavirus hit coun- Friday en route to hospital Bengaluru: The Karnataka Government on Friday invoked the malls will remain closed in the cities tries given to the State by the and authorities are awaiting the Government on Friday asked Epidemic Diseases Act of 1897 to of Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Centre, the names of United States post-mortem report and test doctors and other health staff prevent spread of the pandemic in Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad and and Dubai did not figure. “Because results of samples to confirm March 8. to work on public holidays also the State and ordered closure of cin- Nagpur. While 10th and 12th stan- we have positive cases of people the cause of death. “The son is under obser- till the spread of coronavirus is ema halls, auditoriums, gyms and dard examinations will go on as coming from US and Dubai, we will Kottayam district collector vation. Neither he nor any contained. swimming pools in Mumbai, Navi scheduled, we are closing schools in be bringing this to the attention of PK Sudheer Babu said the other members of his family Accordingly, starting from Mumbai, Thane, Pune, Pimpri Pimpri Chinchwad and Pune till the Centre,” the chief minister said. deceased did not show any has any symptom of the infec- tomorrow— a second Saturday Chinchwad and Nagpur cities from further notice”. Meanwhile, State Health Sabarimala: Amid coronavirus scare, the hill signs of the virus and a pre- tion now. — and Sunday followed by all the midnight. Indicating that Cinema halls, Minister Rajesh Tope has appealed shrine of Lord Ayyappa here opened for month- liminary medical examination Yet to rule out any doubt, public holidays subsequently, Making a statement in the State gyms, swimming pools and malls to people to remain calm and not to ly poojas on Friday evening. showed that the death had we are waiting for the post- they have been asked discharge Assembly, chief minister Uddhav would remain closed in six major resort to panic purchases of masks, Police sources said there were very few devo- occurred due to heart attack. mortem report and the samples their duties. Thackeray confirmed that the cities in Maharashtra till March 30, sanitizers, medicines, etc. He said tees who had come for darshan. Most of them were He said the deceased was have been sent for testing,” the The Government issued a Covid-19 positive cases had risen to Uddhav said: “We have taken this that family doctors could easily from neighbouring states. Devotees were informed a “secondary contact” of the collector said, adding the per- circular stating that certain 17 in the state. Of the 17 cases, Pune decision ( of closure), as we need to treat CoronaVirus symptoms with- about the coronavirus scare following which infected person. “We are son was brought dead to the emergency measures are being accounted for a maximum 10 pos- take precautions for a minimum of out the need for quarantine. some decided not to proceed further, while some quite sure the death was not medical college hospital. taken to control the spread of itive pandemic cases, while Mumbai 14 days”. In a related development, many others wanted to offer prayers at the shrine, police related to the coronavirus. The The collector convened the coronavirus is some parts of the recorded three such cases. Nagpur “However, we can not close mosques in Mumbai cancelled or said. deceased did not show any sign press conference after rumours State. and Thane reported one down malls, restaurants and hotels. truncated the traditional Friday Devotees are allowed to proceed to the sanc- of the virus. were spread that the person To manage things in a Coranavirus positive cases. But, we request people to avoid prayers, while the BCCI has post- tum sanctorum only after being checked at down- Our preliminary exami- who died was affected by coro- result-oriented manner, doc- “Fortunately in none of the 17 going to places where there are poned the upcoming IPL tourna- hill Pampa and being convinced that they do not nation shows the death had navirus. tors, office personnel, para- persons tested positive for Covind- crowds like malls, restaurants and ment. Meanwhile, a flight carrying have any symptoms of the virus, they said. occurred due to heart attack. Kerala has been hit by the medical staff and other per- 19, there are serious symptoms of hotels,” he said. 46 Indians -- evacuated from the “We are not stoping anyone,” police sources But, we can confirm it only second round of coronavirus manent and contract employ- the pandemic. I am confident that The chief minister exhorted Coronavirus-hit Iran-- arrived here said.Some pilgrims wearing masks were also seen after the post-mortem. The cases after the country's first ees in hospitals coming under if we take adequate precautions, we the private companies to allow in Mumbai from Tehran on Friday at the temple. person was under home quar- three positive cases in the state the Health Department have will be able to overcome serious employees to “work from home” in afternoon. Besides the passengers, The shrine will be open till March 18. antine,” the collector told were successfully cured and been instructed to work on all medical situation we are facing,” the view of coronavirus threat. He also there are 17 crew members in the The state government and Travancore Devaswom reporters.Babu said it was the discharged from hospitals last public holidays. chief minister said. urged the people not to undertake aircraft. The aircraft has been parked Board (TDB), which manages the hill shrine, have son of the deceased who is the month. “Till the situation The chief minister announced unnecessary tours and take steps to at an isolated spot on the Mumbai urged devotees not to visit the temple in the back- “primary contact” of the infect- The state has reported 16 improves, office heads have the state government's decision to avoid crowds in public places. Airport to avoid any contact with drop of the COVID-19. ed person and not the father. cases and 270 people are in iso- been instructed not to grant invoke the Epidemic Diseases Act of “We cannot prevent people other passengers or flights. Sixteen people have tested positive for the virus According to an official, his lation wards at various hospi- any holiday for doctors, offi- 1897 ( from Friday midnight), from travelling by trains and buses. “All the passengers would be in the state. “The pilgrims will not be prevented son had come into direct con- tals. There are 4,180 people cers/staff. which among other things empow- But, we will not allow religious, cul- shifted by an Indian Navy team to from coming. But it is our appeal to them to desist tact with one of the COVID-19 under observation, of which Those who are already on leave ers the state government to quar- tural, political and sports events. We the naval quarantine facility at Navy from visiting the shrine due to the present cir- patients from Chengalam 3,910 are under home quaran- should be instructed to return antine persons showing symptoms will not give permissions for such Nagar in south Mumbai,” a senior cumstances,” TDB president N Vasu recently between February 29 and tine. PTI to work,” the circular of Coronavirus , if needed forcibly. events. In case where such permis- government official said said. PTI read. PTI   !"#"# "  8

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The two parties are Sujit Kumar and Mamata a “secret understanding” BJP’s votes may be crucial in a Conference patron and former the release of all those detained ational Conference patron Harivansh, NCP supremo comfortably placed to ensure Mahanta -- are also expected to between the BJP and the tight situation,” said a senior Chief Minister of Jammu & following revocation of the NFarooq Abdullah's release Sharad Pawar, Congress veter- the win of one of their candi- win from Odisha. Trinamool Congress the latter Left leader. Kashmir Farooq Abdullah. special status of the erstwhile from detention will be a right an Digvijay Singh and JMM dates, and while the Congress For the seven Rajya Sabha on Friday fielded a former Former CPI(M) MP Samik While Abdullah's party, state under Article 370 of the step for the restoration of a chief Shibu Soren are among initially appeared to have an seats falling vacant in party MLA Dinesh Bajaj as its Lahiri said Bajaj enjoys good the National Conference (NC), Constitution. genuine political process in those in the fray for elections edge for the third seat, the res- Maharashtra, Pawar and Union fifth candidate for the upcom- chemistry with the saffron termed his release a "step in the "Time to release all Jammu & Kashmir, the party to 55 Rajya Sabha seats to be ignation of 22 of its MLAs has minister Ramdas Athawale, ing Rajya Sabha elections. party adding TMC’s fielding right direction towards restor- detainees including thousands said in a statement here on held on March 26. made the numbers game tricky. both sitting Rajya Sabha mem- While the TMC had earli- the fifth candidate was the ing genuine political process in of young men languishing in Friday. The NC said the process Friday was the last date of Apart from Madhya bers; BJP's Udayanraje Bhosale, er fielded four former MPs — result of secret talks with the Jammu & Kashmir", former jails outside J&K. This has will receive a further fillip filing of nominations for the Pradesh, there are seven vacan- a descendant of Maratha war- Dinesh Trivedi,Mausam BJP which too like the Union Minister and senior gone on for far too long & must when party vice-president biennial polls wherein a num- cies from Maharashtra, six rior king Chhatrapati Shivaji Benazir Noor, Subrato Bakshi Trinamool Congress wants to Congress leader Shashi Tharoor end now," Iltija tweeted. Omar Abdullah and other ber of the contestants are set to from Tamil Nadu, followed by Maharaj, and Bhagwat Karad; and Arpita Ghosh — it was block the passage of the Left said he welcomed Abdullah's Senior CPI(M) leader political detainees are set free. get elected unopposed. five from West Bengal and Congress general secretary unsure of fielding the fifth from entering Parliament. “But "belated release". Sitaram Yechury said "We urge the Government to Fifty-one of these 55 seats Bihar, four each from Odisha, Rajiv Satav, Shiv Sena deputy candidate considering its we are confident that the "...I hope he will soon Abdullah's release was long do so at the earliest," it said. from 17 states are falling vacant Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh, leader Priyanka Chaturvedi strength in the State Assembly. CPI(M) candidate will win the resume his rightful place on the overdue. "The imposition of "As the pre-eminent polit- on different dates in April due three each from Assam and and former NCP minister “Though according to the elections,” he said. front bench of the Lok Sabha, PSA on and detention of Dr ical party of Jammu and to retirement of sitting mem- Rajasthan, two each from Fauzia Khan are in the fray. numbers we may not be able to Though the Left and the where he can address with his Farooq Abdullah was illegal, Kashmir, the National bers, while four other seats are Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Neighbouring Gujarat is get the fifth seat we do not say Congress feel Bhattacharya can usual compelling vigour the undemocratic and unconstitu- Conference has played a key already vacant due to resigna- Haryana and Jharkhand, and also expected to witness a close that we will not field a fifth can- comfortably win the fifth seat issues facing his state and the tional. We have all been con- role in strengthening the voice tion of members. one each from Himachal contest with three candidates didate. We willtake a decision the experts feel that Trinamool state of the nation. His deten- cerned about his health and of the people through democ- Bypoll will also be held to Pradesh, Manipur and from the BJP -- Abhay very soon,” TMC general sec- is banking on a possible rift in tion was a disgrace," Tharoor well being. His release was racy and will continue to do a Rajya Sabha seat from Meghalaya. Bharadwaj, Ramilaben Bara retary Partho Chatterjee had the Congress over its support said in a tweet. long overdue". PTI so," the statement said. Haryana vacated by former The Trinamool Congress and Narhari Amin -- and two said on Wednesday. Bajaj is to the Left a party against Union minister Birender Singh. and the YSR Congress Party are from the Congress -- contesting as an Independent which it had been fighting for Counting will be held on the expected to make significant Shaktisinh Gohil and candidate backed by the TMC. the past more than 60 years. *2 " %&)   evening of March 26, an hour gains in the 245-member Bharatsinh Solanki -- filing The CPI(M) which had “We will leave it on the after the conclusion of polls. Upper House after the March their nomination papers on with the backing of the conscience of the Congress A keen battle is on the 26 elections. The ruling YSR Friday for four vacant Congress Party nominated for- MLAs to decide whether they     # 451 cards in Madhya Pradesh, Congress is expected to com- seats. mer Kolkata Mayor and senior will vote for a party which had where the Kamal Nath gov- fortably bag all the four seats in All the five candidates in counsel Bikash Ranjan tortured massacred its mem- New Delhi: Senior Congress in the Union ernment faces a grim future fol- Andhra Pradesh, given its Bihar -- Harivansh (JDU), Ram Bhattacharya for the fifth bers for more than three leader P Chidambaram on Territory. lowing rebellion by at least 22 strength of 151 in the 175- Nath Thakur and Vivek Thakur vacant seat however saw a decades of its rule,” said Friday hit out at the Modi Chidambaram's attack on MLAs, as both the BJP and the member assembly. In West (both BJP) and Prem Chand “secret understanding” between Chatterjee. Government for keeping for- the government came after Congress have announced two Bengal, the ruling TMC has Gupta and A D Singh (both the TMC and the BJP. Experts also said that if the mer Jammu & Kashmir Chief Abdullah was released follow- candidates each for the state's fielded Dinesh Trivedi, Arpita RJD) are expected to be “Going by its strength in BJP decided against refraining Minister Farooq Abdullah ing the Jammu and Kashmir three seats. Ghosh, Mausam Noor and declared elected on March 18, the House it can only elect five from voting then its members under detention for seven administration's revoking of Scindia and Digvijay Singh Subrata Bakshi. Its former the last date for withdrawal of candidates. Now it has decid- might not prefer a Left candi- months, alleging that "despo- the stringent Public Safety Act are expected to comfortably MLA Dinesh Bajaj has also nominations. ed to field a fifth candidate date to the one from the TMC. tism and arbitrariness" (PSA) against the former chief constitute the rule of law minister. PTI  P "   
  

 #    B favour. The Sena announced Priyanka’s hiv Sena’s deputy leader nomination after ignor- SPriyanka Chaturvedi, ing the claims of senior Congress general secretary Shiv Sena leader Rajiv Satav, NCP’s former Chandrakant Khaire. Minister Fauzia Khan and BJP’s A four-time MP Bhagwat Karad on Friday filed from Aurangabad Lok nominations for the March 26 Sabha constituency, Rajya Sabha polls from Khaire was trounced by Maharashtra. nation on behalf of the BJP. He AIMIM’s Imtiyaz Jaleel in 2019 Friday was the last day for was accompanied by former polls. Khaire had been lobby- the elections to seven Rajya Maharashtra Chief Minister ing for his rehabilitation by way Sabha seats from the State. Devendra adnavis, state BJP of nomination to contest the NCP president Sharad president Chandrakant Patil March 26 RS polls. Pawar and Union Minister and ex-state minister Pankaja Priyanka’s nomination has Ramdas Athawale, both sitting Munde. apparently not taken kindly by Rajya Sabha members, and Incidentally, Karad is the Shiv Sena MP and spokesper- BJP leader Udayanraje Bhosale, third BJP candidate to have son and MP Sanjay Raut, who 13th descendant of Maratha filed nomination for the polls had till now become the face of warrior king Chhatrapati after Athawale and Bhosale, the Shiv Sena in New Delhi. Shivaji Maharaj, had already who submitted their papers on Now, he will have a completion filed their papers for the March Thursday. Athawale heads the in Priyanka who speaks well 26 polls. RPI (Athawale), an ally of the both in English and Hindi. In The elections to seven RS BJP. effect, the Shiv Sena will have from Maharashtra have been Though it has gone on a charming face in the nation- necessitated by the impending expected lines, the Shiv Sena’s al capital, in addition to Raut, end of the terms of NCP decision to nominate Priyanka who being a close aide of chief supremo Sharad Pawar, Union Chaturvedi has sparked a minister and Sena president minister Ramdas Athawale, debate within the state politi- Uddhav Thackeray will have a Congress' Hussain Dalwai, cal circles in general and in the bigger say in the party affairs. Sena's Rajkumar Dhoot, BJP's Sena circles in particular. As the lone candidate of Amar Sable, BJP-backed Informed party sources Shiv Sena, Priyanka’s election to Independent Sanjay Kakade said that Priyanka had been Rajya Sabha has become a and NCP's Majeed Memon, on hand-picked by Sena leader mere formality. Her election to April 2. and minister Aditya Thackeray, Rajya Sabha will come as a Karad, a former Mayor of whose recommendation of her major break for Priyanka in her Aurangabad, filed the nomi- name tilted the scale in her decade-long political career. *    )    2+

  sources also vary," Javadekar said. Replying to another question, he said water he Government will create railway ticket bodies in the country are polluted because 70 Tbooking jobs for youths by first barring the per cent of sewage goes untreated. private vendors and touts from doing the same, "People used to say 'Ganga maile ho gay. Railway Minister Piyush Goyal told Lok Sabha Papiyon ke paap dhote dhote'. But this not not as he also informed members that vacant lands true," Javadekar said citing the untreated sewage of railways would be used for setting up solar treatment as a major source of pollution. panels, producing 20,000 MW electricity, lead- Earlier, the Common Effluent Treatment ing to zero cost on power for running locomo- Plant (CETP) was built and operated by differ- tives. ent entities which created problems, Javadekar Replying to a discussion on the demand for said. grants of the Railway Ministry, the minister "Now, we have decided that those who built spoke about his Ministry's crackdown on touts, and operate the sewage treatment plants are the including arrests, and asserted that private agents same. They will operate the plant for 10 years," are no longer needed when most people can he added. book tickets on mobiles. The minister also cited that the examples Those who need help can go to "common of water bodies in Bengaluru where sewage water service centres" which are run by Government, is being let in without being treated and he said. emphasised on preserving water bodies. The touts used to book tickets in large num- To another question, Javadekar said the bers within moments of their availability using Centre on Friday said it has permitted fencing certain softwares, he said, adding that his min- around forest areas to ensure safety of people liv- istry has taken action against them. ing in adjacent villages from attacks by wild ani- Goyal also said that on the suggestion of mals. Responding to a question the nvironment Prime Minister Narendra Modi , his ministry Minister said the government is providing finan- would use vacant lands available with the rail- cial and technical assistance to state governments ways for generating solar energy. He estimated for activities like erection of physical barriers that this could generate solar power to the tune around forest areas to avoid man-animal con- of 20,000 mw, reducing power expenditure for flict. Responding to a yet another question , running trains to almost zero. The Minister said Javadekar said over 300 out of 700 industries whenever land was needed for other use, it solar inspected by the Central Pollution Control Board panels could be shifted elsewhere. (CPCB) have been found violating environ- During question hour, Environment and mental norms and causing pollution in the last Forest minister Prakash Javadekar said the four years. National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) is Most of the industries which were found vio- meant to ensure that the problem of pollution lating environmental norms were steel, cement, is addressed at the local level and cities have been power and pharmaceutical. asked to prepare plans to deal with the issue. However, out of the 342 units found non- Replying to a question in Lok Sabha, complying during inspection, 293 are comply- Javadekar said NCAP envisages drawing city- ing as on date, the minister said, adding that specific plans. directions/ notices issued for the remaining 49 "Every city has different pollutants and the non-complying units are still in force.   !"#"#   6      &"9+"(:$  8$  #1(+"(:$ : '   &'(!) " #  "   3#& "  3R     & # ,*+ 6  ))         (   #                  $   81  +       S         '
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B  ing touch as well. Making the “Henna Pride” quilt  5                    was particularly liberating for the team from  5  O                ( Vadodara-based Vikalp, a not-for-profit organ- /   5 C 0               isation that works with tribal and transwomen, / 6  .    #         + 6#    as homosexuality was considered a crime in India  C 5C 5           + 6#        at the time. 5'  0           5        “The whole process of coming together to   560 +  6#     (        ( make the quilt was empowering,” says Maya                  #   Sharma, co-founder of Vikalp. “They didn’t have 5   she, too, had human rights. Today, she country, Fitzsimmons was able to over- Under this programme the CPIK a voice and finding that voice was important. 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Each  0 0 5 made possible because of the efforts of resents people whose lives were torn Once the children became friends,           -    (     ( of them developed their potential,” explains 5  the Advocacy Project (AP), a global apart by their loss,” she says. their families ended hostilities. Various                  ( Sharma.    not-for-profit organisation that helps Fitzsimmons was also involved in activities over the past three years,    +  6#           Life for Payal, a 30-year-old transwoman took   marginalised groups tell their stories helping to make the Kenya Cow quilt including a five-day peace camp for the             a turn for the better after the quilting project and become agents of change. AP col- presented by Children Peace Initiative children, helped them become agents -              began. A male by birth, Payal prefers to be called laborated with Vikalp to use the quilt- Kenya (CPIK). This quilt showcased for reconciliation between their tribes. (2!+* DEDE           ( that and not Mukesh, the name given by his fam- making process to help the group. how cows and children played a role in This peace was sealed by gifting two ily. He joined Vikalp to be with like-minded peo- “The Advocacy Project uses bringing peace between warring tribes families one heifer. Once the heifer gave   *              "   %   ple and was chosen to contribute to the “Henna embroidery and quilting as a tool for in north-west parts of the country. birth the calves were distributed among     $5(C             # Pride” quilt because of his talent as a henna artist. therapy, rights awareness and advoca- Salaiton Lenguris and Joyce them, thus ending the perennial con-    +          "   ( Although Payal is one of the few educated, young cy. Funded by the United National Leiririo, mothers of some of the quil- flict over livestock.              $5(C  ( tribals in his village, he had not been able to gar- Population Fund to train women, AP ters from Kenya present at the summit, Lenguris and Leiririo were among         S     ner enough support to effectively combat stig- connects the artists with professional pointed out how freedom from conflict the first from the Samburu tribe to #                 ma and discrimination. But joining hands with quilters to produce stunning advocacy had given them a chance to become become friends with mothers and chil-      "    "        others like him boosted his confidence and self- quilts. Then they are exhibited to a larg- economically independent. Lenguris dren of the Pokot tribe. No fighting has            "      belief. Today, he is the leader of a group and helps er global audience to push for social stated that the quilts portrayed how been reported between the two tribes                    ( young people in tribal areas around his village change,” says Karen Delaney, Deputy drought forced pastoralists to take for some years now.                   live a dignified life. Now, there is greater freedom Director, AP. their cattle into the grazing grounds of Now that there is peace, the moth- to dress and feel like a woman and to dance and Interestingly, the process of quilt- other tribes, triggering a conflict. It also ers have been able to make use of their *    ,  <  =  DE08    celebrate without facing any backlash. ing has also brought change in the lives showed how children became the quilting training to make more quilts    DG         * )    ( Payal’s colleague, Dakshaben, who joined of professional quilters like Bobbi torchbearers of peace. and the sale of their products has given           "     Vikalp nearly 15 years ago, has become a jour- Fitzsimmons. Little did Fitzsimmons The Children Peace Building them economic freedom as well.               nalist in a small newspaper. Dakshaben, a sur- realise that her life would change when Programme came about after the CPIK “Besides getting the opportunity to -                vivor of domestic violence, initially worked at she engaged with the project some years decided to use them as the primary come together, we gained skills that can       =               women’s courts in Tilakwada to arbitrate cases ago. Fitzsimmons, who was present at actors in the peacemaking process. be used to generate income for the rest                  (  of women like her, who were exploited and bat- the Nairobi Summit where AP present- “The idea is that children are not just of our lives. So, for the first time, we   "      -        ( tered by their husbands. She brought a gender ed 18 quilts from 14 countries, narrat- victims of conflict; rather, they are the have the resources to look after the                ( perspective to the quilting process, having been ed how the project helped her gain con- bridges of peace in their families and health of our children and families. This                   an outreach worker and possessing deep knowl- fidence to move on in life. communities that can combat and is why these quilts have become so edge of her tribal community. While working in Nepal to create resolve inter-ethnic conflicts,” con- important for us,” says a contented   For Anika, a sex worker, quilting gave her the two quilts with women who lost fam- tends Samson, programme officer, Lenguris. A      B chance to overcome stigma and understand that ily members during the civil war in the CPIK. (The writer is a senior journalist)    #  3.                                     

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  SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NIFTY 50 9107.60 10159.40 8555.15 9955.20 365.05 Script Open High Low LTP EXIDEIND 135.00 153.05 121.90 148.40 TATAINVEST 700.00 763.15 660.00 720.90 NETWORK18 21.00 21.90 20.45 20.45 SBIN 200.00 248.80 184.65 244.25 31.65 HDFCBANK 977.00 1081.35 919.55 1071.15 CASTROLIND 127.40 130.50 112.05 123.60 DEEPAKFERT 68.00 76.00 57.15 73.35 TIINDIA 441.00 481.00 401.10 472.20 TATASTEEL 270.00 332.10 255.35 329.20 41.75 RELIANCE 1005.00 1139.90 939.85 1106.90 GNFC 130.00 140.60 114.25 134.80 AAVAS 1603.00 1863.35 1506.45 1775.30 HAL 538.35 580.00 475.00 534.70 HDFC 1780.05 2123.70 1688.15 2072.65 196.95 SBIN 200.70 248.95 184.25 242.25 KTKBANK 55.00 58.00 45.05 57.20 FSL 33.40 36.95 30.05 36.45 LAURUSLABS 337.45 391.55 332.00 374.60 BPCL 337.80 396.70 275.45 377.50 33.20 TATAMOTORS 82.20 94.20 78.00 89.75 VENKYS 720.00 910.90 720.00 861.50 MOTILALOFS 607.05 687.75 520.00 642.05 RESPONIND 80.00 82.75 78.80 80.95 SUNPHARMA 341.00 402.95 325.00 386.00 31.20 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668.00 597.00 655.25 NH 302.50 306.00 272.00 296.75 BAJFINANCE 3444.00 4043.15 3253.00 3955.35 MCX 1100.00 1170.90 980.05 1126.80 BIRLACORPN 525.05 603.95 500.00 577.30 FINOLEXIND 492.00 530.40 435.00 507.20 AXISBANK 516.95 585.65 451.10 578.50 35.25 TATASTEEL 272.25 331.80 252.20 325.45 SUNTECK 288.00 326.40 259.50 310.30 ADANITRANS 162.00 180.00 147.50 176.45 GALAXYSURF 1250.00 1473.50 1250.00 1428.60 BAJFINANCE 3440.00 4043.50 3281.05 3965.00 230.65 IDEA 3.86 5.80 3.78 5.63 DBL 242.00 309.00 226.00 294.20 VGUARD 180.00 214.95 160.00 172.95 DCAL* 62.75 69.35 62.75 67.60 ICICIBANK 401.00 464.75 395.20 449.95 24.30 YESBANK 22.55 27.55 21.30 25.55 BASF 998.95 1111.10 795.00 1093.80 FINEORG 2038.00 2227.50 1671.00 2179.45 IOB 7.25 7.90 6.17 7.57 GAIL 75.00 91.65 65.00 84.50 4.55 IOC 82.50 93.20 77.00 92.20 BALRAMCHIN 95.90 118.20 84.00 114.70 SKFINDIA 1616.40 1779.95 1460.00 1753.00 VMART 1950.00 2199.95 1651.00 1936.60 JSWSTEEL 188.00 217.95 175.20 214.55 11.35 TCS 1690.65 1819.00 1504.40 1807.30 DELTACORP 90.00 97.05 78.15 91.65 RELINFRA 12.90 13.90 12.90 13.05 GET&D 104.45 104.50 88.00 98.65 EICHERMOT 15900.00 18528.65 15202.00 17808.70 930.95 INFY 586.00 667.60 568.80 642.20 ABFRL 203.00 236.60 195.00 227.80 CREDITACC 650.00 838.75 650.00 823.50 BALMLAWRIE 81.00 89.55 71.90 85.65 NTPC 90.00 100.75 81.25 99.50 5.15 IBULHSGFIN 146.65 177.00 146.65 163.45 JUBILANT 349.00 362.85 303.70 357.85 GILLETTE 5350.00 5880.00 4888.05 5403.50 UFLEX 158.05 183.75 150.00 179.00 BHARTIARTL 453.80 509.05 420.00 489.80 24.85 LT 964.40 1060.45 890.10 1052.85 MPHASIS 700.00 772.70 678.00 747.20 JBCHEPHARM 459.80 575.90 459.80 568.15 CYIENT 356.95 380.00 332.45 366.30 M&M 400.50 449.75 345.65 445.35 22.00 ADANIPORTS 269.00 300.30 234.55 292.70 LALPATHLAB 1550.00 1651.65 1406.95 1571.25 NESCO 575.00 618.90 473.00 591.50 TATAMETALI 535.75 535.75 445.00 512.85 HDFCBANK 980.05 1081.45 919.20 1074.00 52.70 MARUTI 5465.00 6053.70 4797.60 5840.65 INOXLEISUR 267.90 331.05 255.00 316.80 GESHIP 190.00 242.00 177.50 236.30 CCL 180.80 195.00 160.00 190.10 RELIANCE 998.00 1140.00 942.40 1116.95 53.95 AXISBANK 520.00 585.15 461.45 568.20 PVR 1222.65 1336.05 1156.00 1288.85 WHIRLPOOL 1885.00 2221.00 1860.00 2204.35 TEAMLEASE 2288.80 2472.00 2232.50 2295.05 ITDC 146.65 165.85 146.65 157.20 ITC 150.00 164.00 134.60 163.40 7.60 ITC 150.00 164.00 134.95 162.25 POWERGRID 161.00 172.65 150.00 167.95 SANOFI 6800.00 7300.00 6383.00 7228.90 CENTRUM 13.00 14.00 11.40 12.55 MINDACORP 73.90 95.00 67.75 79.35 IOC 80.30 93.25 76.00 91.95 4.05 BAJAJFINSV 6900.00 7880.00 6500.00 7737.40 LICHSGFIN 242.70 283.65 217.30 280.25 RAYMOND 299.45 369.00 288.00 345.65 HUDCO 23.25 26.50 19.00 24.00 ANDHRABANK 9.25 10.25 7.95 10.08 MARUTI 5325.20 6063.50 4803.05 5900.00 256.85 VARROC 251.00 284.95 229.60 232.20 MRF 60000.00 66399.00 55996.70 66024.35 IDBI 18.00 23.90 17.50 23.25 SOBHA 202.50 248.95 202.50 219.90 JKLAKSHMI 229.25 252.10 215.65 248.65 LT 950.00 1060.45 890.00 1060.00 43.45 SHREECEM 19680.00 21594.00 18277.00 21347.15 NCC 21.00 24.20 18.00 23.40 RPOWER 1.31 1.39 1.31 1.32 LAKSHVILAS 15.55 15.80 14.30 15.80 MAXINDIA 74.55 92.75 65.00 81.15 BAJAJFINSV 6800.00 7883.90 6524.25 7728.00 289.95 RBLBANK 190.00 220.75 174.95 206.85 LUPIN 575.00 616.00 505.00 605.30 KANSAINER 450.00 462.55 403.00 453.00 LINDEINDIA 482.00 542.95 470.50 528.75 JISLJALEQS 4.50 4.51 4.30 4.33 ULTRACEMCO 3470.30 4011.50 3114.00 3786.90 123.40 BHARTIARTL 432.00 511.40 419.00 494.20 DABUR 448.90 472.35 398.00 450.90 RVNL 15.00 17.65 13.25 17.00 CRISIL 1386.00 1498.15 1278.05 1486.35 ESSELPRO 155.00 171.95 146.05 164.90 INFRATEL 221.00 241.70 208.05 228.75 7.45 TTKPRESTIG 5200.00 5518.00 4650.00 5300.00 BEL 60.10 70.45 60.10 69.90 DCBBANK 141.00 147.90 126.85 143.80 VAIBHAVGBL 857.95 890.80 765.00 811.00 CORPBANK 9.80 11.10 9.75 10.80 INFY 592.00 667.00 570.00 652.15 20.95 ONGC 60.00 67.50 51.80 65.90 AUBANK 930.00 1020.00 835.00 963.80 SOUTHBANK 6.74 7.60 6.29 6.89 MAHSCOOTER 3005.00 3361.80 3000.00 3298.05 THERMAX 795.00 879.85 665.10 834.20 BAJAJ-AUTO 2249.00 2432.45 2040.00 2408.90 70.00 EICHERMOT 16548.80 18502.45 15650.00 17435.30 MANAPPURAM 125.00 139.95 112.00 134.30 VIPIND 310.00 397.90 274.00 313.10 HSCL 38.15 42.85 35.00 39.40 TIMETECHNO 31.00 36.75 30.00 35.80 DLF 148.90 171.85 140.80 166.65 EDELWEISS 55.00 69.60 54.00 67.00 NLCINDIA 44.10 53.00 38.90 45.45 INDOSTAR 270.05 276.55 226.00 274.05 INDUSINDBK 724.00 834.70 551.10 807.30 22.65 MFSL 430.00 457.30 373.10 429.85 ZEEL 178.25 197.10 160.80 182.85 IRCON 349.00 381.60 315.00 375.10 SYNDIBANK 14.50 17.00 12.50 16.70 KALPATPOWR 255.00 294.85 230.00 281.30 TATAMOTORS 81.90 94.15 78.05 90.50 2.50 MGL 880.00 970.35 805.00 937.95 ASIANPAINT 1794.00 1844.15 1658.60 1797.60 PNBHOUSING 215.00 248.00 191.25 239.00 LAXMIMACH 2540.00 2600.00 2304.75 2503.80 ASTERDM 108.10 121.90 100.00 118.65 TCS 1687.90 1820.00 1506.05 1820.00 50.15 MUTHOOTFIN 724.00 818.00 641.80 802.80 HINDUNILVR 1995.00 2120.85 1856.50 2033.20 METROPOLIS 1550.00 1700.00 1516.00 1691.10 FLFL 329.00 358.85 285.10 354.85 SCHAEFFLER 4000.00 4306.45 3300.00 4265.05 ADANIPORTS 260.00 300.70 232.00 295.00 7.35 ACC 1100.00 1186.90 1010.00 1180.00 HDFCLIFE 436.90 525.00 430.25 511.90 HAVELLS 569.70 622.85 520.00 600.30 AMBER 1220.00 1354.60 1020.00 1331.80 BAJAJCON 150.00 159.00 119.90 137.55 SOLARINDS 900.00 1083.00 900.00 1069.60 DRREDDY 2729.95 3135.40 2610.00 2920.00 69.60 VEDL 72.05 86.50 68.95 83.80 RECLTD 91.00 102.60 84.00 100.85 INDHOTEL 96.00 117.20 96.00 115.45 CENTRALBK 13.00 13.10 10.20 12.05 ITDCEM 46.70 48.40 38.70 45.85 TECHM 603.25 670.00 525.90 663.25 13.40 HDFCAMC 2152.00 2795.00 2058.00 2686.45 TATAMTRDVR 43.00 48.70 39.40 47.25 PCJEWELLER 11.70 12.30 10.45 11.80 AEGISLOG 163.45 188.00 143.00 178.50 CERA 2255.00 2420.75 2200.00 2345.30 YESBANK 22.55 27.70 21.35 25.50 0.45 IEX 142.00 151.55 119.00 146.70 BALKRISIND 965.00 1045.00 880.00 1019.85 CEATLTD 838.00 877.80 675.00 848.70 SONATSOFTW 250.00 270.40 210.00 249.90 MAHLOG 292.25 314.95 234.00 290.85 POWERGRID 162.80 172.60 149.50 169.00 2.90 PHOENIXLTD 700.05 765.10 625.15 751.50 IGL 370.00 429.00 350.60 416.00 APLAPOLLO 1621.00 1621.00 1296.65 1543.00 SYNGENE 275.00 289.40 225.00 279.30 ADVENZYMES 115.80 125.15 102.05 122.95 KOTAKBANK 1400.00 1505.00 1172.05 1478.05 13.00 BANKBARODA 51.00 66.30 47.00 65.25 VOLTAS 577.00 663.45 560.00 656.50 RITES 245.00 272.90 201.30 268.25 JSWENERGY 46.00 49.85 41.10 47.95 SHILPAMED 375.00 398.95 375.00 375.00 TITAN 1055.60 1134.70 946.05 1085.00 8.25 COALINDIA 148.90 161.40 127.00 154.45 SIEMENS 1150.00 1232.75 1030.00 1212.35 ADANIGREEN 118.25 130.60 118.20 124.80 JAMNAAUTO 25.00 31.00 22.00 26.95 SUNDRMFAST 360.00 369.25 348.00 365.90 HCLTECH 460.00 517.25 395.95 497.00 3.65 ALKEM 2250.00 2606.95 2000.00 2422.40 JCHAC 2915.00 3070.45 2750.00 2872.45 AKZOINDIA 2250.00 2408.35 1905.10 2392.60 TATACOFFEE 61.00 79.00 55.15 67.10 JSL 29.45 32.75 26.80 31.85 COALINDIA 146.25 161.55 123.65 155.35 0.80 SRTRANSFIN 804.00 876.55 717.00 826.80 AMBUJACEM 170.00 190.45 153.30 187.30 ITI 46.05 58.10 44.90 52.90 ORIENTELEC 191.00 230.00 175.00 220.80 REPCOHOME 192.00 212.75 177.95 207.50 WIPRO 199.00 204.45 169.25 199.00 -0.10 SUNPHARMA 348.00 402.85 336.55 384.45 PAGEIND 19000.00 21193.15 17476.20 19964.55 CANFINHOME 370.00 418.80 325.00 394.75 JMFINANCIL 82.35 93.65 79.80 90.45 MAHINDCIE 100.00 106.60 98.50 105.15 HEROMOTOCO1761.00 1943.00 1535.00 1902.00 -5.20 AUROPHARMA 345.60 449.35 337.05 416.05 NAUKRI 2260.00 2355.05 2150.00 2292.45 FORCEMOT 885.00 930.00 740.00 910.50 JYOTHYLAB 101.05 115.50 97.90 113.35 HINDUNILVR 1970.00 2120.00 1888.10 2045.00 -10.95 TITAN 1030.00 1139.25 945.05 1084.10 STAR 340.00 420.00 340.00 401.05 AMARAJABAT 530.00 595.00 506.70 588.55 TCIEXP 552.00 725.00 551.00 699.80 BRITANNIA 2700.00 3049.90 2410.00 2758.80 -51.85 HEROMOTOCO 1840.00 1936.80 1650.00 1888.60 NAVINFLUOR 1260.00 1385.00 1100.00 1351.80 ENGINERSIN 56.00 66.00 50.10 61.40 KNRCON 208.05 247.05 197.00 242.90 ASIANPAINT 1785.00 1843.75 1669.85 1797.75 -45.60 BIOCON 271.00 293.25 240.00 287.65 GHCL 109.75 109.75 87.85 103.35 KEI 379.90 420.20 315.00 380.95 FINCABLES 277.00 284.50 248.00 269.70 NESTLEIND 15341.00 15855.00 14050.00 14990.15 -575.40 CIPLA 391.00 434.30 356.75 425.20 COLPAL 1205.00 1267.20 1096.00 1201.75 LTTS 1321.00 1437.10 1160.00 1411.70 REDINGTON 100.00 110.90 97.75 109.40 ZEEL 177.00 197.50 155.15 182.70 -7.95 JINDALSTEL 104.70 125.85 97.00 121.40 BEML 485.00 575.00 427.40 537.30 IDFC 24.00 26.10 19.60 24.75 DHANUKA 329.90 360.40 285.00 345.80 HINDPETRO 179.90 202.05 155.00 197.65 VINATIORGA 786.00 875.00 675.00 844.55 MHRIL 161.00 186.05 139.15 164.00 UPL 428.00 438.00 377.10 411.90 -31.70 WOCKPHARMA 189.80 227.35 186.05 224.70 L&TFH 77.40 86.20 70.40 83.40 BHARATFORG 339.00 381.90 331.75 377.35 SUDARSCHEM 343.00 403.70 286.25 364.10 EIHOTEL 93.00 117.15 78.15 103.25   ERIS 390.00 410.00 368.00 400.70 UJJIVAN 245.00 283.45 224.70 273.50 PGHL 3600.00 3754.00 3200.00 3732.45 ZYDUSWELL 1360.00 1361.00 1070.00 1302.80 NESTLEIND 15600.00 15682.70 14100.00 14975.80 SBILIFE 680.00 795.15 624.10 761.55 CESC 499.95 529.50 431.00 525.15 MAGMA 26.00 30.00 25.30 27.95 ULTRACEMCO 3537.70 3994.00 3250.00 3789.70 UBL 1074.00 1189.95 973.00 1048.95 PNCINFRA 140.00 154.40 130.00 149.40 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE UNIONBANK 24.00 31.60 24.00 30.95 PNB 31.00 38.15 28.75 37.40 RAJESHEXPO 720.00 720.00 603.05 606.90 MASFIN 874.30 1078.00 855.00 1061.15 GEPIL 512.00 607.80 500.20 592.75 NIFTY NEXT 50 21140.65 23851.45 20224.00 23423.80 647.40 SPICEJET 44.95 48.00 43.70 43.70 GRAPHITE 137.65 190.00 128.00 149.70 AJANTPHARM 1280.00 1343.90 1125.00 1269.40 UNITEDBNK 4.59 5.00 4.13 4.76 IDEA 4.00 5.80 3.85 5.70 1.50 MOTHERSUMI 63.80 76.65 52.50 64.55 ADANIGAS 87.70 108.80 85.00 105.25 ASTRAL 997.00 1190.00 852.00 1094.65 ORIENTCEM 56.00 61.25 50.00 57.25 BANKBARODA 51.05 66.35 46.50 66.20 9.55 M&MFIN 274.00 309.40 241.20 283.20 ABBOTINDIA 13886.45 15591.50 12500.00 15009.05 WELSPUNIND 26.00 33.65 22.55 32.95 CARBORUNIV 253.20 270.00 215.40 262.70 PFC 84.50 103.95 82.80 102.50 12.10 PEL 950.10 1110.00 890.10 1026.55 INDIACEM 76.15 87.55 72.00 87.25 TV18BRDCST 16.40 17.85 14.00 17.15 MAHSEAMLES 233.00 247.00 217.20 232.50 PNB 31.20 38.15 28.05 38.00 4.25 ESCORTS 638.00 725.00 581.25 700.75 BERGEPAINT 454.00 491.10 405.00 458.40 RAIN 67.00 77.00 57.25 71.60 GRINDWELL 507.50 559.80 492.90 543.75 AUROPHARMA 340.10 448.70 340.00 415.75 41.25 HCLTECH 485.00 516.00 400.00 492.65 ISEC 359.00 400.00 300.10 379.65 CARERATING 398.00 398.00 340.20 382.50 GPPL 65.00 67.55 59.00 65.45 HDFCLIFE 435.00 525.00 429.10 512.45 39.55 JSWSTEEL 193.75 217.80 172.60 214.85 PETRONET 210.00 231.60 183.25 229.50 APLLTD 559.95 596.40 500.00 575.00 ORIENTREF 164.00 166.00 152.65 161.70 PETRONET 201.10 231.50 182.00 230.70 17.40 PIDILITIND 1549.70 1569.00 1425.00 1524.70 PFIZER 4000.00 4334.90 3588.15 4306.45 INDIANB 45.50 64.70 45.05 56.10 HIMATSEIDE 76.00 81.40 64.30 78.25 AMBUJACEM 166.00 190.70 152.05 189.25 13.75 TORNTPOWER 265.00 298.05 239.65 288.90 TVSMOTOR 351.00 407.90 350.55 403.45 GODREJAGRO 372.55 419.75 315.00 353.10 SJVN 19.90 21.10 17.15 20.80 TVSSRICHAK 1179.00 1300.00 966.00 1178.90 HINDPETRO 179.40 201.90 150.00 198.55 14.35 APOLLOHOSP 1420.00 1558.35 1369.15 1513.15 OMAXE 153.85 171.55 152.90 156.40 ORIENTBANK 38.45 43.50 30.60 42.40 WABAG 132.00 142.90 110.05 137.00 SIS 486.90 516.45 422.45 468.30 HDFCAMC 2166.00 2799.00 2002.10 2665.00 187.70 TATAPOWER 39.00 42.85 36.45 42.15 CONCOR 355.00 402.25 315.00 388.85 GODFRYPHLP 1040.00 1156.00 906.45 1111.55 OFSS 2100.00 2250.00 1974.00 2130.20 LAOPALA 172.15 198.90 172.15 188.80 PGHH 8959.65 10389.95 8400.00 10251.00 691.35 JUSTDIAL 369.00 387.75 284.00 380.30 FRETAIL 170.80 170.80 170.80 170.80 BBTC 950.00 1159.95 833.05 1007.80 SHANKARA 368.40 394.00 368.40 368.40 TNPL 126.05 131.20 110.00 127.40 CADILAHC 219.00 255.00 202.00 253.00 16.10 BAJAJ-AUTO 2285.00 2411.00 2010.90 2360.95 GMRINFRA 14.50 17.30 14.10 16.75 HEIDELBERG 148.35 168.00 137.95 162.90 COCHINSHIP 230.00 257.95 212.05 246.55 MAHABANK 8.79 10.99 7.71 9.63 DLF 145.05 171.95 142.00 166.65 9.75 DIVISLAB 1845.00 2001.05 1725.00 1954.50 SUNTV 360.35 397.95 325.20 380.65 NHPC 19.50 20.90 17.05 20.50 TIMKEN 835.95 995.70 815.00 966.85 KPITTECH 71.50 73.70 61.60 70.50 NMDC 67.75 77.00 61.55 76.10 4.05 NAM-INDIA 260.05 312.00 235.00 304.05 CGCL 184.50 205.00 184.00 201.10 PHILIPCARB 75.50 82.00 63.85 80.25 MMTC 12.65 13.60 10.45 13.05 ENDURANCE 750.00 999.00 750.00 805.85 GICRE 123.25 148.25 123.15 144.45 7.65 DMART 1917.30 2119.10 1917.30 2114.20 NIITTECH 1438.15 1553.25 1259.75 1376.95 KEC 228.00 290.00 228.00 281.00 FDC 204.00 234.40 192.60 219.60 PRSMJOHNSN 43.00 48.35 37.20 45.95 BAJAJHLDNG 2700.10 3075.00 2474.90 3070.00 159.40 CANBK 91.90 108.50 83.75 107.40 HEG 680.00 749.45 592.65 708.40 GSFC 43.00 47.85 39.20 45.40 MINDAIND 320.00 332.85 274.00 326.00 BLUEDART 2225.00 2407.35 1976.00 2325.10 ASHOKLEY 57.00 68.50 52.00 66.75 3.45 UPL 429.90 445.00 378.00 410.80 ABCAPITAL 54.50 62.30 49.95 59.95 HFCL 9.05 11.80 8.75 10.64 ALLCARGO 88.00 97.75 79.00 93.10 BRIGADE 156.10 204.55 156.10 189.65 SHREECEM 19100.50 21613.00 18250.50 21350.00 1076.50 TATACONSUM 281.20 327.30 270.00 324.05 ASHOKA 54.00 64.00 50.60 62.70 WESTLIFE 331.60 374.90 300.00 365.85 RELCAPITAL 4.57 4.96 4.57 4.84 SUPRAJIT 159.00 168.60 150.05 158.65 NHPC 19.25 20.95 17.50 20.85 1.05 TRENT 554.00 615.20 529.00 600.05 ATUL 4400.00 4608.40 3800.00 4432.60 HEXAWARE 288.00 331.80 237.85 310.00 RATNAMANI 1070.00 1333.60 1000.00 1286.10 DBCORP 92.90 95.00 82.00 92.55 DMART 1904.30 2104.70 1904.30 2104.70 100.20 M&M 409.70 450.00 371.25 428.95 TORNTPHARM 1836.00 2021.00 1790.00 1980.20 JINDALSAW 55.00 67.00 53.20 65.95 QUESS 416.50 455.35 366.00 441.45 ARVINDFASN 280.00 301.80 232.00 292.20 MCDOWELL-N 506.00 584.55 506.00 569.70 26.35 GRASIM 558.00 631.35 507.35 605.15 BANKINDIA 31.00 37.15 30.45 36.75 GLAXO 1190.00 1290.30 1046.40 1258.95 CENTURYPLY 133.00 143.15 114.65 129.20 SADBHAV 46.00 49.65 45.90 47.85 SIEMENS 1082.20 1290.00 1003.25 1230.00 49.75 GLENMARK 197.70 217.00 168.00 209.60 LTI 1510.05 1930.95 1350.00 1632.45 COROMANDEL 505.00 628.70 485.00 598.30 GUJALKALI 250.00 257.90 205.00 248.30 GDL 101.85 108.85 99.45 107.30 BIOCON 247.25 293.65 238.90 286.05 11.50 JUBLFOOD 1377.00 1612.00 1260.00 1530.75 WELCORP 96.80 104.85 96.80 98.45 SCI 37.25 43.25 37.00 42.60 CAPPL 260.00 290.50 231.00 286.05 TAKE 49.35 58.30 49.35 52.65 CONCOR 342.00 402.15 300.95 391.00 14.85 DRREDDY 2750.00 3002.90 2589.85 2889.90 OIL 73.00 85.30 66.00 81.40 PTC 37.00 39.25 35.00 37.90 THYROCARE 450.00 520.15 410.00 497.00 JAGRAN 44.80 48.90 43.15 47.05 HAVELLS 532.50 623.45 531.95 600.50 21.80 GODREJCP 540.00 554.40 489.95 548.45 AVANTI 280.10 337.30 279.45 315.65 JKTYRE 52.20 52.45 42.20 51.50 WABCOINDIA 6364.00 6599.95 6200.00 6460.65 MAHLIFE 296.80 311.50 276.60 310.20 DIVISLAB 1800.00 1993.40 1626.00 1985.00 72.15 BANDHANBNK 320.00 362.70 284.60 327.90 APOLLOTYRE 95.00 105.00 89.00 104.00 RELAXO 600.00 675.45 590.05 648.55 SUPREMEIND 1125.70 1127.85 1045.70 1103.85 ECLERX 380.00 462.00 380.00 460.60 ICICIPRULI 347.00 396.80 320.30 385.00 13.05 GAIL 76.05 87.75 67.10 84.60 POLYCAB 831.70 946.65 715.00 930.65 CUMMINSIND 415.00 453.45 405.00 449.15 AIAENG 1610.00 1809.30 1497.85 1754.25 IBREALEST 56.30 56.30 56.30 56.30 LUPIN 550.00 615.95 504.75 612.95 19.15 INDIGO 916.65 1031.25 875.00 999.40 NATIONALUM 25.90 30.95 24.45 30.60 IIFL 116.00 128.55 99.10 117.50 JSLHISAR 46.00 48.00 39.35 44.65 ZENSARTECH 102.00 107.00 88.00 105.10 ACC 1079.35 1189.30 1020.15 1180.00 36.70 TATAELXSI 849.95 888.00 745.50 848.55 BOMDYEING 47.55 55.60 42.00 53.55 SUZLON 2.10 2.16 2.08 2.11 SCHNEIDER 75.05 80.00 72.95 79.20 VRLLOG 190.00 210.20 160.75 199.25 PAGEIND 18700.00 21229.00 16475.00 19950.00 567.70 GUJGAS 253.90 285.15 211.10 258.65 BOSCHLTD 10800.00 11839.60 9800.00 11476.85 ASTRAZEN 2124.00 2417.40 1902.05 2387.00 BAJAJELEC 350.00 387.00 300.00 369.35 NBVENTURES 47.00 51.20 40.20 49.00 BOSCHLTD 10601.00 11871.15 9700.00 11599.00 289.50 SAIL 23.75 30.50 21.05 29.45 DIXON 3969.00 4099.95 3320.05 3919.90 BDL 184.00 210.40 173.00 203.70 FCONSUMER 12.88 13.14 12.88 12.88 SFL 1400.00 1599.00 1400.00 1578.50 L&TFH 75.40 86.30 70.00 83.45 1.80 NTPC 91.90 100.10 81.50 98.85 SPARC 110.00 121.25 90.55 117.35 VBL 722.00 780.90 675.00 775.60 GARFIBRES 1273.00 1273.00 1100.00 1258.50 SOMANYCERA 136.90 148.20 126.70 144.50 ICICIGI 1010.00 1150.00 883.35 1125.00 20.85 IDFCFIRSTB 25.00 30.35 22.10 29.80 RADICO 277.00 361.00 252.50 340.85 CROMPTON 235.00 251.15 221.35 245.15 TRIDENT 3.79 4.61 3.70 4.56 VTL 924.50 965.15 902.00 952.15 OFSS 2000.00 2251.10 1964.95 2215.00 37.20 BRITANNIA 2725.00 3040.00 2429.95 2759.20 MINDTREE 802.00 888.10 700.00 862.10 GSKCONS 8778.00 9640.00 7500.00 8832.10 UCOBANK 10.99 11.80 9.90 11.16 HATHWAY 15.00 17.15 12.00 14.80 SBILIFE 665.00 795.00 625.10 762.00 10.30 TECHM 640.00 669.80 550.00 655.40 PIIND 1348.00 1366.70 1200.50 1349.15 BAJAJHLDNG 2904.00 3070.00 2459.50 2968.75 LUXIND 1150.00 1271.45 1125.05 1236.10 TVTODAY 171.10 180.35 145.00 171.25 COLPAL 1170.00 1277.40 1084.55 1213.00 7.95 ADANIENT 147.00 161.35 130.05 148.55 NMDC 70.00 77.00 62.00 75.80 KRBL 180.00 240.00 170.00 228.00 GREAVESCOT 109.35 110.40 100.20 106.55 HERITGFOOD 278.05 324.20 252.00 313.50 IBULHSGFIN 147.25 177.00 140.00 164.20 0.60 HINDALCO 111.50 129.75 102.15 127.25 IPCALAB 1283.00 1350.60 1162.00 1320.20 GSPL 206.95 216.85 180.00 204.40 NIACL 90.30 92.10 79.00 88.15 KPRMILL 518.00 535.10 497.00 520.20 MARICO 245.85 272.25 236.05 260.50 0.65 BHEL 23.45 26.35 20.60 25.90 GRANULES 148.10 163.95 138.00 157.10 CHAMBLFERT 116.00 135.80 99.05 129.40 DCMSHRIRAM 207.00 299.00 207.00 257.75 TEJASNET 41.00 46.05 39.00 44.80 NIACL 85.00 92.00 74.10 90.65 0.15 PFC 86.00 103.30 83.00 102.55 FORTIS 127.00 142.15 120.00 138.05 HINDCOPPER 24.25 26.40 20.00 26.00 PERSISTENT 602.60 661.45 518.50 649.75 SHK 83.00 89.75 79.00 87.85 PEL 951.00 1111.90 900.00 1035.00 -2.55 SRF 3300.00 3593.40 3031.00 3569.00 3MINDIA 19001.00 20050.35 17000.00 19760.85 SWANENERGY 100.00 112.00 98.00 102.65 IFCI 3.60 4.21 3.31 4.02 INOXWIND 23.90 25.10 20.00 23.75 BANDHANBNK 301.50 362.80 271.00 334.00 -0.95 INFRATEL 215.50 241.65 211.25 227.25 NBCC 17.40 19.25 15.50 18.85 CUB 185.00 196.40 152.00 195.20 JKCEMENT 1090.00 1220.00 961.25 1213.50 SHOPERSTOP 314.20 333.05 294.05 311.40 DABUR 425.00 472.75 401.70 453.65 -1.60 WIPRO 191.00 204.25 170.05 197.40 NOCIL 74.00 83.45 63.35 81.05 PRESTIGE 211.00 264.00 186.50 252.45 EMAMILTD 188.00 218.35 170.00 207.45 IFBIND 351.00 409.00 301.30 369.90 INDIGO 916.60 1032.75 865.65 1013.25 -5.15 ICICIPRULI 365.00 396.50 334.85 383.10 IRB 60.00 70.20 51.50 67.30 NATCOPHARM 543.50 573.50 450.05 562.30 ALBK 7.90 8.93 7.31 8.85 SHRIRAMCIT 1213.50 1250.65 1147.00 1162.65 MOTHERSUMI 61.15 77.90 50.95 67.50 -0.40 MIDHANI 178.90 226.70 165.50 223.45 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We have tried to include it in the menu to suit the palate of North $(#&",$,.1.# Indians while staying true to the flavours of Arunachal.” (#&",+   / / Puta, a famous dish in Monpa (an ethnic group in Arunachal)  What is new in the 73rd  How has the festival cuisine is made of buckwheat noo- edition of Shriram Shankarlal evolved over the years? AND LEAVES dles with fermented soya beans and Music Festival? Having had this festival chillies. “It is a meal in itself,” chef Through it is one of the for 73 consecutive years, where says and adds that he has prepared oldest festivals, we aim to make every well-known name has he spread on offer is special on it using the Bhut jolokia. a mark in the arena of perform- performed, it’s an achievement several counts. Not even a sin- One is naturally curious if such ing arts and nurture the basic in itself. And that too, without Tgle dish is cooked in oil. Most food festivals have enabled chefs and ideology of binding rich Indian any sponsors. It began in 1947 of them are steamed. The ingredi- steamed dishes and organic ingredi- bamboo shoot since it has a delicate patrons explore newer cuisines? He traditions with the current gen- and since then it has evolved in ents, like turmeric and bamboo ents from the state set it apart as do flavour and is a chief component of feels that it’s actually the other way eration. It brings forth Indian many ways. Earlier, there were shoot, are organic and freshly the native leaves, which are quite the food in the state. Chef Sanjay round. “People have started travel- classical music in the most only instrumentalists, now we sourced from Arunachal Pradesh. rich in iron.” enjoyed cooking Khawlam, which is ling more, which, in turn, has unique way carrying with it the have vocalists too. Even the The chefs have used leaves like Chef Sanjay points out that a dish of steamed rice in fresh opened them to the idea of trying essence of a nation as cultural- participation of good artistes banana and poto (a native leaf), understanding the nuances of this green bamboo, the most. The dish, out more cuisines and becoming ly rich as ours. has increased over time. We which is good for controlling blood cuisine surprisingly turned out to be he tells us, is prepared by the Khamti more experimental in their tastes. We don’t have a particular have seen the best musicians pressure. While most of the dishes easy for him. “That happened only tribals using a long hollowed out And people’s extensive travels are the theme. Everyone is free to sing performing here, who have in the buffet are non-vegetarian, when I actually started cooking the bamboo stick which is stuffed with reasons that such food festivals gain and play what they want to. We kept alive the interest in clas- there is a special section dedicated dishes. The transition was smooth. plain rice. The stick is then heated so much attention. There are a lot of just have some new artists who sical music. While celebrating to the vegetarians. I realised that in Arunachali food, on coal fire, and the natural flavour new cuisines coming in and, with will perform for the first time. renowned names, it serves as a Executive chef Sanjay’s there’s a special emphasis on bring- of bamboo seeps into the rice. The them, equal footfalls too. People Of the established artistes, emi- platform for new artistes to Arunachali cuisine festival at Hotel ing out the flavours of the ingredi- chef says he would even like to call really like South Korean and nent sarod player Ustad Amjad showcase their talent. It gets Ashoka lays out a meal for the city’s ents. Extra spices are not added for it his signature dish now since he has Japanese food now while earlier, Ali Khan will also perform bigger and better with every food connoisseurs from the north- flavour,” he says and explains further learnt it so well. The only variation nobody knew wasabi and kimchi. I after a long gap. There’s dhru- year. eastern state. For somebody, who with an example. “If you are prepar- being that he would stuff “chicken” had literally thrown up when I ate pad by Prashant and Nishant specialises in Awadhi at The Oudh, ing bamboo shoot, the speciality of instead of rice now, “especially keep- sushi for the first time. But now, I Mallick, vocals by Manjiri Do you think it is impor- it was an experience preparing the that dish would be that its original ing North Indians in mind,” he says have developed a taste for it. Asanare Kelkar, Ulhas tant to try something new to spread. He says, “Initially, we were flavour will be kept intact. No and laughs. Similarly, foodies have started exper- Kashalkar and Bhuvanesh keep the audience hooked? a bit hesitant because Arunachali masala would be added to it to Talking about other commonly- imenting with bamboo shoot in food Komkali, sitar by Niladri We don’t want to step out cuisine was absolutely new. We did- impart a spicy taste. If we are using used ingredients in the state, he which is almost identical to Japanese Kumar, santoor by Rahul of our traditional mythology n’t know what it would taste like. But an Arunachali leaf, no other ingre- explains, “Nobody uses spices in wasabi due its pungent smell,” he Sharma and many more. and dance forms because that’s once we started the process, we dient is used to dominate the orig- Arunachal Pradesh. There, they says. our forte. I recently saw the learnt some new recipes and its inal essence of the dish,” he adds. only use ginger, a lot of garlic and Special chefs from the region  Is there a specific criteri- dance performance of a classi- nuskhas (tricks). We realised that it’s There are several dishes in the chilli to enhance taste. We must along with the chef of ITDC are on to choose the artistes? cal Bharatnatyam dancer. She a very healthy cuisine. No oil, buffet which are prepared using understand that there is not much preparing Arunachali delicacies. We have a community that attempted to do something works all round the year and new and it failed terribly. So I keeps selecting and discarding don’t want to try something  #   E #  artistes. One month prior to the new but prefer a contemporary festival, we observe the pattern touch to old classics.  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He thinks that he is have become a part of it. to the movie as such; but pre- still intact as it helps to under- old and you can’t agree with it the story is fantastic but it’s the doing it for the right reasons and cisely because I wasn’t there stand the elements of culture, anymore. I try to add my per- characters that jump out at you in his mind he is being practi-  You decided not to direct every day that Christian was heritage, history and the emo- sonal understanding to it in a when you read these unbeliev- cal. So, he pushes the story in the movie and offered the shooting it, even though I tions of a country. The changes way that it is relatable to the ably good books. This film is place that makes it dark and opportunity to Christian helped with all the things pro- over time reflect in “tradition- current generation. just the first one. grim, but he is thinking that he Rivers. ducers do I can actually sit back al music” too through a differ- (The festival is on till March is doing it all for the right rea- Christian has been doing and enjoy Mortal Engines as a ent kind of rhythm or a musi- 15 at Shriram Bharatiya Kala  What are these traction sons — which to me is much storyboards for me since he left film – which is an interesting cal instrument. Kendra.) cities? more interesting. I guess that school, when he was only 17- experience. And I am extreme- They are cities that have more than a villain he is just a years-old and collaborated on ly proud of it and of what risen from the rubble and ended very flawed character, with a Braindead. And along the way Christian has achieved up on wheels, chasing each never knew she had. and downs, it would be the most damaged soul. he worked on all my films other across these wastelands boring one in the world. No and moved on to quick  The attention to detail in that were formally Europe and  And what can you say about relationship can be just on a  What kind of world previz (visualising of the movie is extraordinary... that are now known as The Tom Natsworthy? straight, upward trajectory and are you depicting in complex scenes in a If you are making a movie Great Hunting Ground. So, He is funny, social and very that is why this is the polar Mortal Engines? movie before filming) in a time you are not familiar there are no countries or bor- optimistic. He doesn’t know opposite. 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(played by Hugo Weaving) a name like that And then, it believable. And in that sense psychopathic robot, she is very confront them... isn’t going to be more we tried to not to trivialise it or antisocial. Hester has never had  How would you describe I love working with Hugo. very good, is it? important- demean it simply because it was a real relationship with a human the relationship between And Valentine is interesting So, there has been ly, in The all made up and not real, but being since her mother died. So Hester and Tom? because I think the best villains a cataclysmic event Hobbit, he actually tried to create the most she is carrying that sorrow and If you read the books, you are the ones that actually believe that happened prob- directed a lot believable world that we could. pain inside her. She wants to kill will see that it’s never perfect. 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I person- through the red light area, De museum dedicated to it which Therapist.” The peep sex show love their beer need not be dis- ally feel they get even more tasti- Wallen, where sex workers had made my heart melt and made is great entertainment for all appointed as it all culminated er with Nutella and strawberries. positioned themselves in glass me very emotional. The Red couples. with some delicious tasting ses- Amsterdam is the real city rable to the Louvre. Actually, I No visit to Amsterdam is windows and called out to Light Secrets was once upon a But that is not all that one sion. of canals, since there are over a would say, better. Besides the complete without visiting the tourists, for a sneak peek. In all time an actual brothel. It was in can experience in the city. The Amongst my favourite hundred of them. What better beautiful paintings, some of Dutch countryside. I’m sure, the lanes there must be over this place that a very famous sex next day promised to be spirit- things-to-do here was the way to soak in the city than by them very vibrant, my favourite most of us, including myself, hundreds of them. And extend- worker Annie was murdered ed, practically, with a visit to the Heineken beer pouring compe- sitting in a boat, sipping some sections were the libraries of have seen the very unique ing the contours of sexuality and till today her death is a mys- Heineken Experience. It is def- tition, where one needs to pour champagne and experiencing books, tile art in blue and European windmill. To see where heterogeneous coupling tery. There is a memorial to all initely considered one of the top the drink into a glass in the cor- the local life and colourful nar- white and the dollhouse sec- these, drive about 45 miles to is not the only normal, there like her who have worked here beers in the world and rect manner, so that there is just row houses of Amsterdam tion. Even the dollhouses of the the village of Zaanse. I loved through the waters? In most of Dutch royalty bore the imprint dancing in the wind and pos- the city, houses are very narrow of their grandeur. They are ing around these beautiful as people are taxed on the basis quite comparable to life-size structures. of the width of the house and so houses. I am sure if any of your you will see long houses which Another museum, which friends have visited Amsterdam, are very narrow. A bit of dispro- cannot be missed, is Van Gogh. you would have seen a magnet, portion. There is limited entry and thus or a wall hanging of those Another unique feature in needs to be booked about a week wooden shoes. These are clogs, the city is bicycles. The parking in advance over the web or that are worn by the inhabitants lots outside the canals are filled depending on length of stay, at of the Market Village even today. with them. The stands always an area called Noord. The next the tourist offices. The way the Due to technological advance- make for a lovely picture, to post day, when we actually reached museum is made, I actually felt ments, crafting them has on social media. In a city with that place, the sign was missing. the artist come alive. His paint- become easy. These make for the so many canals and narrow It was almost like a real treasure ings are so real that I felt he’s best souvenirs to take back in the roads, most places become inac- hunt to find it. Apparently the right in front of me. The most form of a magnet or a hanging. cessible by car. The ratio of car previous day, there was such a touching part of the museum is Holland and cheese are to bicycles is, for every one car huge crowd which wanted to the life of Theo and Vincent as synonymous. Visit a factory in owned there are four bicycles. take pictures that it caused well as the role of Johanna Voladem and try out over 50 I’m sure most of you would chaos. Overnight the city offi- Gazina (Theo’s wife) who show- flavours of this dairy product. have seen the “Iamstsrdam” cials changed the location. Many cased her brother-in-law’s work I brought back home basil sign. It’s quite famous. In fact, it locals too didn’t know where it to the outside world. pesto and truffle. The best is the first of place signs. Every was. 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League will be suspended until April 3 at the interests of public health but, equal- the coronavirus said goalkeeper Emirates. “In this unprecedented situation, we the earliest. ly, the health and safety of players, match pandemic, European football’s governing body Artur Boruc and “Above all, are working closely with our clubs, England’s two friendly matches at officials, and staff across the game,” said said on Friday. four staff members we wish Mikel Government, The FA and EFL and can home to Italy and Denmark later this Ian Maxwell, Scottish FA Chief Executive. The move comes after two of next week’s were taking the Arteta and reassure everyone the health and welfare month have been postponed as has Wales’ “It is also why the Scottish FA is com- four scheduled Champions League last 16, sec- same precaution. Callum of players, staff and supporters are our pri- clashes with Austria and the US. pelled to ensure that the suspension is cas- ond legs — between Manchester City and Real West Ham staff Hudson-Odoi ority.” However, the authorities still hope to caded through the non-professional and Madrid, and between Juventus and Lyon — had are also self-isolating speedy recover- The English Football League, which be able to resume and complete the sea- grassroots games until further notice.” already been called off on Thursday. Two other matches scheduled for next Wednesday, between Barcelona and Napoli and "  5 between Bayern Munich and Chelsea, were ini-   A    -= tially due to go ahead behind closed doors. ormula One’s season   +*  “In the light of developments due to the Fwas thrown into turmoil spread of COVID-19 in Europe and related Friday with the Australian doubt on Thursday when The fast-moving devel- decisions made by different governments, all Grand Prix cancelled just McLaren pulled out after opments sparked a crisis UEFA club competitions matches scheduled hours before cars were due one of its team members meeting between the race next week are postponed,” UEFA said in a state- to hit the track amid fears tested positive for the virus. organisers, the FIA, teams ment. that more races will be McLaren revealed on and Formula One promot- “Further decisions on when these match- called off as the coron- Friday that 14 other staff ers late Thursday to discuss es take place will be communicated in due avirus pandemic takes its were now in a mandatory whether Sunday’s race course.” toll. two week quarantine after should go ahead. The postponements also affect all the sec- The decision follows being in close contact with “Those discussions ond legs of the Europa League last-16 round. April’s Chinese Grand Prix the man, casting doubts on concluded with a majority Six of the eight first-leg matches were being postponed and with whether it will be able to view of the teams that the played on Thursday, four behind closed doors. the second race of the year compete in Bahrain even if race should not go ahead,” The other two matches, between Inter in Bahrain, Vietnam also the race goes ahead. they said in a joint state- Milan and Getafe and between Sevilla and scrapped, leaving huge The McLaren employ- ment just hours before the Roma, were called off. question marks over the ee was among eight first official practice session UEFA also confirmed that the draws for the rest of the calendar. Formula One personnel and with fans queueing to Champions League and Europa League quar- “We will in the coming who went into isolation get in. ter-finals, which were supposed to be held next days be looking at races after showing flu-like It added while fans Friday, March 20, were postponed as a conse- that are more imminent B !         ! !        / " symptoms typical of the would be disappointed, quence. like Bahrain and Vietnam,” disease this week. “the safety of all members The body will hold a crisis meeting next F1 chief Chase Carey said decisions on how we navi- there.” The other seven — of the Formula 1 family and Tuesday to work out a way forward for their in Melbourne. gate the short-term ele- The future of the including four from the the wider community, as club competitions and for Euro 2020, which “And we will have fur- ments of our schedule. 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  * co-owner Ness Wadia   Chennai Super Kings’ practice sessions will stand suspended from Saturday in view of the   5 6  novel coronavirus pandemic, it was announced here on Friday. o human life is The three-time IPL champions had com- “Nworth sacrificing menced training from March 2 at the M A for IPL which should not Chidambaram Stadium with captain Mahendra take place if the situation Singh Dhoni, Suresh Raina and Ambati Rayudu doesn’t improve in two- getting down to work. three weeks,” said co- “Chennai Super Kings practice sessions at M owner of IPL franchise A Chidambaram stadium stands suspended Kings XI Punjab Ness from March 14, considering the present COVID- Wadia following the 19 situation,” Tamil Nadu Cricket Association BCCI’s decision to sus- (TNCA) secretary R S Ramasaamy said in a press pend the T20 tournament release. in some big hitting, much to the delight of the fans. till April 15. The 38-year old Dhoni has been training with The others who took part in the team’s net Wadia, who spoke to the CSK players and the practice sessions have sessions were Murali Vijay, Harbhajan Singh, who the BCCI officials includ- been drawing thousands of fans each day. linked up with the squad a couple of days ago, ing president Sourav The talismanic CSK skipper has been the star Kedar Jadhav, new recruit Piyush Chawla, Karn Ganguly on Friday, said attraction during the team’s practice with fans Sharma, K M Asif and local players R Sai the situation has to expressing their love for the veteran. He indulged Kishore and N Jagadeesan among others. PTI improve for the IPL to take place. “There can be no '  "   compromise for even one human life. If we cancel 2+  the IPL and end up saving one life, it will be worth it.    That is my personal opin- ion. It is better to be safe CCI president Sourav Ganguly than sorry,” Wadia said. Bon Friday said the “first priori- The IPL governing ty is safety” after the Board suspend- council meets in Mumbai ed the start of this year’s IPL from on Saturday to decide the March 29 to April 15 in wake of the next course of action. COVID-19 pandemic. Besides the possibility of “Let’s stick to the postponement cancelling the event, con- (at the moment). First priority is ducting the IPL without safety, so we postponed the games,” spectators is also an Ganguly said in his first reaction. option after April 15. “We will see what happens. It “The first benchmark is too early to answer,” said Ganguly is April 15. when asked if there will be more If the situation double headers if they are able to improves after two-three host it from April 15. weeks, it could be recon- The BCCI also called off the sidered, if not then IPL ongoing ODI series against South should definitely not hap- Africa. pen,” said Wadia. Asked whether the IPL fran- Wadia, along with the chises are happy, Ganguly said, rest of the franchise own- “Nobody has a choice.” ers, will be meeting the A senior BCCI official said that IPL officials on Saturday only the start date has been pushed before the governing while the window remains the council meets. same with regard to the IPL.