Follow us on: facebook.com/dailypioneer RNI No.2016/1957, REGD NO. SSP/LW/NP-34/2019-21 @TheDailyPioneer instagram.com/dailypioneer/ Established 1864 OPINION 8 WORLD 12 SPORT 16 Published From THE RAIL UKRAINIANS VOTE FOR PREZ SUNRISERS BEAT LUCKNOW BHOPAL BHUBANESWAR RANCHI RAIPUR CHANDIGARH NETWORK DILEMMA AMID VOTER BRIBERY CLAIMS RCB BY 118 RUNS DEHRADUN HYDERABAD VIJAYWADA Late City Vol. 155 Issue 87 LUCKNOW, MONDAY APRIL 1, 2019; PAGES 16 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable KIARA WRAPS UP KABIR SINGH} SHOOT} 14 VIVACITY www.dailypioneer.com Rahul eyes south via Wayanad Cong cons poor with Cong chief picks Kerala besides Amethi; Left vows to trounce RaGa PNS n garibi hatao, says PM NEW DELHI he will never leave it. Reacting to the develop- he Congress on Sunday ment, CPI(M) Politburo mem- Tended weeks of speculation ber Prakash Karat said the Pak rebuilding about party president Rahul decision of the Congress to Gandhi contesting from two field Rahul from Wayanad Balakot to hide seats in the polls. It shows that the party wants to is now official: Rahul will be in take on the Left in Kerala. evidence of IAF the fray from Wayanad in “Their priority now is to Kerala besides his traditional fight against the Left in Kerala. air strike: Modi stronghold of Amethi in Uttar It goes against Congress’ Pradesh. national commitment to fight PNS n NEW DELHI Wayanad district is in the BJP, as in Kerala it’s LDF which north eastern part of Kerala is the main force fighting BJP n a free-wheeling interaction touching border with there,” he told reporters. The Iat a “Main Bhi Chowkidar’ Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, CPI(M) ex-general secretary event, Prime Minister and houses various tribal said his party will work to on Sunday groups of the latter. The area ensure the defeat of Rahul in attacked Congress dynasty, was badly affected in the last Wayanad. credibility of its “garibi hatao” Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets people during “Main Bhi Chowkidar” year’s floods. BJP chief Amit Shah too slogans, and discomfort of programme in New Delhi on Sunday PTI While the Congress said it took a dig at Rahul. “Congress’ dynasty with his popularity. was part of strategy to improve votebank politics has worked Replying to a question, would not allow anyone to people to scrutinise the track the party’s prospects in south on playing with the security of Modi also said Balakot area in loot country’s wealth by saying record and credibility of suc- , the BJP was quick to the country. It is the result of Pakistan is being reconstruct- “main kisiko panja rakhne cessive Congress Prime claim that Rahul’s decision this that has left ed so as to hoodwink the world nahin doonga..” (I will not Ministers in implementing reflected his fear of losing from Amethi and run away to Kerala that no terror camps exited allow anyone put his hands on anti-poverty schemes. Amethi seat. because he knows that voters there and asserted that Indian India’s wealth.) He said while Jawaharlal Veteran Congress leader will seek account from him in Airforce at Balakot established Asking why Congress dis- Nehru sought to remove pover- from Kerala and former Amethi this time,” Shah said. that epicenter of terror was in liked word “Chokidar”, the ty, his daughter increased Defence Minister AK Antony Earlier, Surjewala said the Pakistan. Prime Minister sought to “garibi” while also raising the made this announcement at a State units of Kerala, Karnataka The event organised by explain that people feel good decibel level of “Garibi hatao Press conference here on and Tamil Nadu had request- the BJP was beamed across the when a strong and stern slogan”. Her sons and remote Sunday, saying Rahul had con- ed him to contest from south country at 500 places where policeman moves in a locality, control Congress Governments sented to fighting from India at a time when there is gatherings of party workers, but the same is not the feeling (Sonia and Manmohan Singh) Wayanad following requests attack on the language and cul- professionals, chowkidars of thieves who wish for the and “Shahzada” too are doing from the party’s State unit. ture from the Modi (watchmen), traders, farmers cop’s early transfer. the same, he added. The decision is seen as an Government, he said. among others listened to Modi “It is natural,” he said, “Voters should understand attempt by the Congress to “This is a fight to espouse and interacted with him adding that those who were the repeated lies of four gen- consolidate its electoral base in the aspirations of south India. through video-conferencing. rulers for generations have the erations,” he said. south India, especially Kerala This is a fight to give a befitting Attacking the Congress feeling that this country and Modi said his last five years which has 20 Lok Sabha seats. Congress president Rahul Gandhi gestures during a public meeting at Anantapur on Sunday PTI reply to those forces that attack and “dynasty”, he said he had Government is their paternal were spent in filling holes dug Tamil Nadu has 39 Lok Sabha cultures, languages, way of life taken some of them close to the property. “They are now grudg- up by the Cong Government seats and Karnataka has 28. presence on this seat will gal- deeply valued and respected. are an important part of India’s and also the deep connect doors of jail in last five years ing this chaiwala,” he quipped. and he requires next five years Congress leaders also feel that vanise Congress workers in all Congress president Rahul way of life,” Congress chief between north and south India, and would need more time to On Congress announce- to construct a splendid build- since Wayanad is strategically the three States. Gandhi has said he will repre- spokesperson Randeep where the BJP has created a land them behind bars. ment of `72,000 yearly direct to ing on the foundations he laid located on the border of Tamil “This is a message to the sent Amethi but will also rep- Surjewala said, adding Amethi division,” he said. In a swipe at the Congress bank transfer scheme to 20 per down in his first term. Nadu and Karnataka, Rahul’s southern States that they are resent southern States as they is Rahul’s “karmabhoomi” and Continued on Page 4 poll symbol, Modi said he cent of population, Modi asked Continued on Page 4 Late night dust Major Gogoi may lose seniority storm lashes city Govt forms omnibus anti-terror squad in J&K Multi-Disciplinary taken reports regularly. PNS n LUCKNOW for fraternising with Srinagar girl It is also tasked to “take Terror Monitoring coordinated action in all reg- he city witnessed a dust PTI n NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR he was allegedly trying to enter istered cases that relate to ter- Tstorm for over an hour past inside with an 18-year-old Group to comprise ror, terror financing and terror Saturday midnight as high- he court martial proceed- woman. related activities and bring velocity winds uprooted sever- Tings against Major Leetul The woman had expressed J&K Police ADG, them to logical conclusion.” al trees and billboards in many Gogoi, who was at the centre of her unwillingness to depose It further underscored the areas. the 2017 “human shield” con- during the court martial pro- IB Addl Dir, officers mandate of the monitoring The weatherman said that troversy, have been completed ceedings and informed the group “to investigate the net- the storm was caused by the and he may face reduction in Army authorities that she had from CBI, CBDT, NIA works of various channels presence of a western distur- seniority as a punishment for given a statement before a being used to fund terror and bance. However, in the morning, “fraternising” with a local magistrate and the same should RAKESH K SINGH n NEW DELHI terror-related activities and the skies remained clear and the woman in Srinagar last year, be treated as her final stand. IDENTIFY-TRACK-CRIPPLE take coordinated action to stop city recorded the maximum officials said. The woman had also stat- n a major initiative to tackle * Multi-Disciplinary Terror Monitoring Group (TMG) will be tasked flow of such funds.” temperature at 37.8 degree The court martial process ed that she had gone out with Iterror, radicalisation, and to identify, track and cripple the nefarious agenda of terror groups The copy of the order along Celsius, which was three notch- against his driver, Sameer Major Gogoi of her own will, overground terror activities in and source of their funding with the terms of reference of es above normal. The minimum Malla, who was facing charges besides disclosing that she had Jammu & Kashmir, the Centre * the TMG has been forwarded temperature was 22.7 degree of unauthorised absence from become a friend of the Army on Friday constituted a high- It will be headed by an Additional DGP, Crime Investigation to Security Adviser to the J&K Celsius, which was five degrees the unit, was also completed officer through his fake level Multi-Disciplinary Terror Department, Jammu & Kashmir Police, as Chairman Governor, Director of IB, above normal. The forecast is for recently in the Kashmir valley Facebook profile, where he Monitoring Group (TMG) * The Group has also been tasked to take action against hardcore Director of CBI, Director clear sky while the maximum and he is likely to be given a had named himself Ubaid comprising a host of Central sympathisers amongst Government employees including teachers General of NIA, Chairmen of and minimum temperature is “severe reprimand”. Arman. agencies. The TMG will be or such Government functionaries who are providing covert or CBDT and CBIC, Chief expected to be around 37 degree Malla was recruited in the Immediately after the inci- tasked to identify, track and overt support to such activities Secretary of J&K, Principal Celsius and 22 degree Celsius Territorial Army in 2017 and dent came to light last year, stop the nefarious agenda of Secretary to Governor of J&K respectively. Across the state, the he was posted with 53 sector of Statements of the accused Army chief Bipin Rawat had terror groups and source of Taxes (CBDT) and Central terrorism in any form and and Principal Secretary weather is expected to be dry. Rashtriya Rifles, a counter- as well as other witnesses were said that exemplary punish- their funding. Board of Indirect Taxes and investigate the networks of (Home), J&K. The copy has Mercury soared in all the dis- insurgency force fighting mil- recorded by the Army court ment would be given to Major The TMG will be headed Customs (CBIC) will also be various channels being used to also been forwarded to tricts with Banda recording the itancy in Jammu & Kashmir. and the punishment, which will Gogoi if he was found guilty of by an Additional Director members of the TMG aimed to fund terror and terror-related Principal Private Secretaries maximum temperature at 41 After completion of be vetted by the Army head- “any offence”. General of Police, Crime “ensure synergised and con- activities among others. to National Security Adviser degree Celsius. Summary of Evidence against quarters, has been given, they “If any officer of the Indian Investigation Department, certed action against terror The TMG has also been Ajit Doval, Union Home Weather experts have pre- Major Gogoi and his driver in added. Army is found guilty of any Jammu & Kashmir Police as financing and other terror tasked to take action against Secretary Rajiv Gauba and dicted hot summers this year. early February followed by the The Army Court of offence, we will take strictest Chairman, and will comprise related activities in the State of hardcore sympathisers among Additional Secretary (J&K). Climate expert Dhruv Sen Singh initiation of court martial pro- Inquiry (CoI) had recom- possible action,” General Rawat Inspector General of Police, Jammu & Kashmir.” Government employees, Officials said this is for the said the heat was because of El ceedings, the two men have mended disciplinary action had said. J&K Police, Additional The Chairman can co-opt including teachers or such first time that terror sympa- Nino effect. “When there is been held guilty on two counts against Major Gogoi after it Major Gogoi hit the head- Director, Intelligence Bureau any other member in the TMG. Government functionaries, thisers, including those in the more heat at the Tropic of — “fraternising” with a local in indicted him as well as his dri- lines after he tied a man to a (IB), and representatives of The terms of reference of who provide covert or overt State Government and their Capricorn,the Pacific Ocean on spite of instructions to the ver for the Srinagar hotel inci- jeep purportedly as a shield other federal probe agencies. the TMG include coordinated support to terror activities. various agencies, have been the western coast of South contrary and “being away from dent on May 23 last year. against stone pelters during Representatives of Central action in all terror-related cases, According to the terms of brought under the ambit of America heats up and these the place of duty while in Major Gogoi was detained polling in the Srinagar Lok Bureau of Investigation (CBI), identify key persons, including reference of the TMG, the close monitoring and action by warm currents and winds from operational area”, the officials by police following an alterca- Sabha by-election on April 9, National Investigation Agency leaders of the organisation(s) body will meet on a weekly a high-level committee on ter- that side impact India. said. tion with the hotel staff when 2017. (NIA), Central Board of Direct who are involved in supporting basis and submit their action ror for the Valley. Noida cops wade through ISRO mission with many a firsts

PTI n CHENNAI for the launch. PSLV, also used Yamuna to reach here in India’s two key missions — 27-hour countdown began “Chandrayan” in 2008 and PTI n NOIDA Aon Sunday for the launch Mars Orbiter in 2013, is a reli- of India’s EMISAT satellite able and versatile launch vehi- olicemen in Noida are risk- along with 28 nano satellites of cle for ISRO with 39 consecu- Ping their lives in the line of global customers from tive successful flights till June, duty, case in point being Sriharikota on Monday, a mis- 2017 and five-in-a row from Dalelpur village where they sion which would witness the January 2018. reach by crossing the Yamuna ISRO placing payloads in three The rocket has encoun- river either on a boat ride or orbits and conducting space tered only two failures so far — on foot. experiments for the first time. its maiden developmental flight Dalelpur is a sparsely pop- The EMISAT satellite is aimed ended unsuccessful way back in ulated village and the only vil- at electromagnetic measure- 1993. In September, 2017 the lage in the region which falls on ment. The countdown began at flight went off without any the other side of Yamuna in 6.27 am for the launch on hitch but the IRNSS-1H Haryana but is still a part of board Indian Space Research Satellite could not be released . The only way to A policeman sails on a boat to cross the polluted Yamuna River to reach a village Organisation’s third genera- into orbit after the PSLV-C39’s reach it is to get on the sole pri- in Noida, Uttar Pradesh PTI tion workhorse Polar Satellite heat shield failed to open on vately-arranged boat that sails Launch Vehicle (PSLV), in its reaching the orbit. In Monday’s on the river to fetch people 70 km on one side. station in Noida, whose per- 47th flight, ISRO said. mission, ISRO scientists would between the Yakutpur and The village, bereft of roads sonnel have been crossing over The four-stage PSLV-C45 from here, at 9.27 AM Monday, as it would manoeuvre satellites According to ISRO, a new place the satellites and Dalelpur sides of the Yamuna and power supply, among other the polluted, stench-emanating will blast off from the second agency officials said. The mis- in various orbits and orbital variant of the rocket PSLV-QL payloads in three different or a road trip via Delhi and basic amenities, falls under the river for years now. launch pad at the spaceport of sion will mark several firsts to experiments including on mar- equipped with four Strap-On orbits, a first for the Faridabad that is a journey of limits of Knowledge Park police Continued on Page 4 Sriharikota, about 125 kms the credit of the space agency itime satellite applications. motors in the first stage is used agency. LUCKNOW | MONDAY | APRIL 1, 2019 city 02 Campaigning picks up for first phase polls in western UP

PNS n LUCKNOW Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Kairana. Barring the Kairana Buddha Nagar, Raghav ures, Gujjars and Jats constitute getting divided between of Dalit votes in . ister, Satyapal Singh. also addressed public meet- seat, which it lost to BSP sup- Lakhanpal from Saharanpur 38 per cent of the population in Congress’ Imran Masood and Traditionally, this section The Congress has not field- ampaigning is picking up in ings in Saharanpur and ported SP-RLD candidate in the and Rajendra Agarwal from Baghpat, with the latter making alliance candidate Hazi Fazlur has voted for the BSP. But the ed candidates from these con- Cwestern Uttar Pradesh Ghaziabad. bypoll held last year, the BJP Meerut. All of them are sitting up 23.8 per cent of this. Jats also Rehman, who is fighting on BSP BJP has made a big dent in this stituencies in a show of support. where caste and religion are Samajwadi Party, Bahujan holds all the other seven seats, MPs. make up 12 per cent of the pop- ticket. Masood was runner-up segment in both the previous In Meerut, the alliance has likely to play a crucial role when Samaj Party and Rashtriya Lok Most of these constituen- The non-upper caste ulation in Muzaffarnagar and in the 2014 Lok Sabha election. elections in 2014 and 2017. fielded Haji Yakub Qureshi. eight parliamentary constituen- Dal will organise a joint rally in cies witness a direct fight Hindus are the most sought 10.8 per cent in Bijnor. While Muslims make up 32 per In Baghpat and While the sitting BJP MP can cies of this region go to polls in Deoband town of Saharanpur between the SP-BSP-RLD after voters for both the BJP and the Jats are concentrated in a cent of the voters in Bijnor, Muzaffarnagar, the Jat-OBC expect 25 per cent of the upper the first phase on April 11. on April 7. Congress, however, alliance and the BJP, but the the alliance partners. In the last few constituencies in this 31per cent each in Meerut and factor will be the most decisive caste vote, the winning candi- Prime Minister Narendra is missing from the campaign presence of Congress may have general election in 2014 and the region, the Gujjar population is Muzaffarnagar, 26 per cent in one. RLD chief Ajit Singh, a Jat date will have to get the bigger Modi sounded the Bharatiya scene in most of the constituen- an impact on the results in 2017 UP assembly polls, a large evenly scattered – around 7 per Kairana, 20 per cent in Baghpat, by caste, is the alliance candi- chunk of OBC and Dalit votes. Janata Party’s poll bugle here cies going to polls in the first some seats. number of this section of vot- cent in Kairana, 6.5 per cent in 18.5 per cent in Ghaziabad, and date from Muzaffarnagar and is In Gautam Buddha Nagar with his first rally in Meerut on phase. The BJP is banking on ers had shifted to the BJP. Jats Gautam Buddha Nagar, 5.5 per roughly 14 per cent in Gautam pitted against BJP MP Sanjeev and Ghaziabad, the OBC-Dalit March 28 and is expected to The eight constituencies continued loyalty of the upper and Gujjars make up most of cent each in Meerut, Buddha Nagar. Baliyan, who is also a promi- combination will play a decisive address another public meeting going to polls in the first phase caste voters. It has fielded four the OBC population in these Saharanpur and Ghaziabad, The Scheduled Castes in nent Jat leader. role. Although the alliance has in the region on April 5. include Ghaziabad, Gautam upper caste candidates in this constituencies — on an average, and 6 per cent in Bijnor. the region comprise Jatavs, Ajit Singh’s son, Jayant not fielded well-known faces BJP president Amit Shah Buddha Nagar, Baghpat, phase polls — General (Retired) it ranges over 20 per cent in The Muslim vote bank, who constitue 9 per cent of the Singh, is the alliance candidate from these seats, the caste and addressed two rallies, in Nagina Saharanpur, Meerut, VK Singh from Ghaziabad, each of these seats. around 38 per cent in voters in Kairana to nearly 17 from Baghpat and is pitted political equation will matter and Bijnor, on Sunday while UP Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor and Mahesh Sharma from Gautam According to available fig- Saharanpur, stands a chance of per cent of the total 20 per cent against another Jat Union min- the most.

CM, BJP leaders India needs Modi as PM for dev: Yogi take part in BJP’s Bhim Army chief PNS n LUCKNOW chowkidar drive PNS n LUCKNOW a stooge of BJP, hief Minister Yogi CAdityanath said that India needed Narendra Modi as the enior leaders of Bharatiya prime minister because the SJanata Party from Uttar country had galloped on the Pradesh, including Chief says Mayawati path of development during the Minister Yogi Adityanath, took last five years and had grown part in the ‘Main Bhi PNS n LUCKNOW manifold in stature globally. Chowkidar Hoon’ (I am also a “Modi is a charismatic watchman) campaign launched day after Bhim Army leader. During the last five by Prime Minister Narendra Afounder Chandrashekhar years, Modiji has shown his Modi through video conferenc- Azad alias Ravan held an mettle. Various schemes ing, asking leaders to protect impressive roadshow in launched by the BJP govern- the poor. Varanasi and announced to ment have helped the poor get Yogi took part in the cam- contest election against Prime access to toilets, free LPG con- paign in Agra while BJP state Minister Narendra Modi, BSP nection, uninterrupted elec- president Mahendra Nath supremo Mayawati hit out at tricity, health cover of Rs 5 lakh Pandey participated in it in the BJP for trying to promote and the marginal farmers Rs Mirzapur. The campaign was Ravan to divide the Dalit votes 6000 per annum,” Yogi said held at around 100 places in the of her party. while addressing a rally at state spread over all the parlia- Dubbing Chandrashekhar Sardar Patel Park in Ghaziabad mentary constituencies. Azad as a “stooge” of the on Sunday. While inaugurating the , He said before 2014, the campaign, Prime Minister Mayawati said that the ruling country was suffering from Narendra Modi said the coun- party was promoting the scams, terrorism and people try needed chowkidars and young Dalit leader to ensure spiracy failed as we rejected were in distress but Modi not raja or maharaja because victory of Narendra Modi him,” Mayawati said. brought the dignity back. the chowkidar was the true sav- from Varanasi. The BSP president assert- The Prime Minister has iour of people. “Ravan is an agent of the ed that Dalits were aware of launched many schemes, keep- Yogi said that as a sanyasi, BJP, as the party is behind the the conspiracy hatched by the ing the benefit of poor in he was the chowkidar of dhar- formation of Bhim Sena BJP and the community mind. The poor is now living ma while as Chief Minister of which later engineered the would reject Chandrashekhar with dignity,” he said. Uttar Pradesh, he was chowki- Dalit-Thakur clash which in Varanasi. Attacking the previous gov- dar of Indian Constitution and led to violence in Sabbirpur “The sudden appearance ernment for its soft approach Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath waves at the supporters at an election rally in support of BJP candidate VK Singh in Ghaziabad on Sunday PTI the people. “The slogan ‘Main village of Saharanpur district of Chandrashekhar in towards terrorists, Yogi said Bhi Chowkidar’ has become a in April 2017,” Mayawati. said Varanasi proves the close links some parties had been offering Opposition. tivity for which the government “Every vote of yours will issue, Yogi said during previous craze with the people who The between Bhim Army and the biryani to terrorists while the “Pakistan was counting the is spending `32,000 crore to make Modi strong. Vote for years, the state had seen migra- want to see India as a devel- supremo alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party,” she Modi government offered them dead bodies of terrorists. At connect Ghaziabad with Delhi development, vote for smart tion from cities like Kairana but oped nation. There is a mad entire conspiracy was hatched said. bullets. that time, our opposition was and Meerut. Work on Metro city, vote for economic devel- in the last two years not a sin- rush among people to call to establish Chandrashekhar The Bhim Army is emerg- “How can we ignore the asking questions about the rail connectivity and airport at opment, vote for a strong gle family had migrated from themselves as ‘chowkidar’ as a leader of the Dalit com- ing as an alternative Dalit martyrdom of our men in airstrike. This will not be tol- Hindon has started. The civil India,” appealed Yogi. the state. “In fact, people are because they know that munity. force in UP and recently, even Pulwama. When Indian Ari erated at any cost,” Yogi said. terminal at Hindon is ready The Chief Minister also now coming back to UP. Only ‘chowkidar’ is the man who In a statement here on Congress general secretary Force took revenge and carried He said the opposition par- and should be operational highlighted the work done for criminals are moving out of the ensures protection,” Yogi said. Sunday, Mayawati said that at Priyanka Gandhi Vadra met out airstrike, Congress started ties had come together only to starting next month.” Yogi said. making the city safer for women. state,” he said. Senior party leaders and first, the BJP sent Chandrashekhar in Meerut asking for proof,” Yogi said. capture the national resources, He said the BJP was ensur- “Today nobody can misbehave Gen (Retd) VK Singh, who ministers took part in the cam- Chandrashekhar to jail and for seeking his support during Only two factions were which they want to loot. ing world class facilities in the with our sisters and daughters. is BJP candidate from paign at various places. then freed him for their own the Lok Sabha polls. But he “pained” by the post-Pulwama “We are committed to the Ghaziabad district and when Now nobody can stare at our sis- Ghaziabad, said the vote to BJP Earlier, the party had narrow political ends. rejected the offer and retaliatory airstrike at Jaish-e- development of India. It is in people go for voting on April ters and daughters. The city is would ensure continuation of unveiled ‘Main Bhi Chowkidar’ “Ravan even tried to join announced to contest against Mohammed (JeM) camp in BJP rule that Ghaziabad is get- 11, they should vote for the BJP now safe,” he said. development works for the caller tune which is available in the BSP so that he could act as Prime Minister Narendra Balakot — Pakistan and the ting a 12-lane (road) connec- on the basis of development. Raking up the Kairana next five years. all leading cellular networks. a spy of the BJP. But the con- Modi from Varanasi.

ABEPWA extends Series of Congress rallies Yogi asks Priyanka to clarify support to RLD Guv for renaming Sultanpur in west UP next week as Kush Bhawanpur how RJB is a disputed site Lucknow (PNS): Akhil Meerut (PTI): Congress president Rahul Bharatiya Ex-Paramilitary Gandhi, along with party’s star campaigners Navjot Lucknow (PNS): Uttar Pradesh renamed to honour Lord Ram’s son PNS n LUCKNOW series of tweets through his per- according to her it is disputed, Welfare Association (ABEP- Singh Sidhu and Jyotiraditya Scindia will hold a Governor Ram Naik, in a letter to Kush. sonal tweeter handle Chowkidar she should clarify if she also did WA) has extended support to series of roadshows and rallies in western Uttar Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, has While the history of the place hief Minister Yogi Yogi Adityanath, questioning not visit her mother Sonia Rashtriya Lok Dal candidates in Pradesh in the first week of April, AICC members said that the name of Sultanpur dis- could not be independently verified, CAdityanath has asked Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s state- Gandhi, brother Rahul Gandhi the Lok Sabha election. said Sunday. trict be changed to Kush Bhawanpur. the Sultanpur district website also Congress general secretary ment on Ram Janmabhoomi. and husband Robert Vadra, ABEPWA general secre- Speaking to Bhasha-PTI, Congress west UP co- Union minister Maneka Gandhi refers to the same incident. Quoting Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to clar- “Ram Janmabhoomi in who are out on bail. tary Ranveer Singh met RLD incharge Raghav Singla said the party president is the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate the Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers ify how Ram Janmabhoomi Ayodhya is a symbol of Hindu “Priyanka Vadra did not vice-president Jayant would be joined by general secretary Priyanka from the Sultanpur Lok Sabha con- 1982, it says that “about 750 years ago, was a disputed site and why she faith. In the view of the country visit Ram Janmabhoomi just Chaudhary on Sunday and Gandhi Vadra and MP Jyotiraditya Scindia during stituency. it is said, two brothers, Sayid did not go there for darshan of and the world Ayodhya is asso- because she feels that a section extended association’s support his April 8 rallies in Saharanpur. Maneka Gandhi has started her Muhammad and Sayid Ala-ud-Din, Ram Lalla during her recent ciated with Ram Janmabhoomi,” of society will be upset. And to the party. He said RLD was The party is planning to hold rallies in Meerut, campaign in Sultanpur, the place horse dealers by profession, visited visit to Ayodhya. he said and added: “I want to ask because of this she is calling the the only party in Uttar Pradesh Hapur, Bijnor, Ghaziabad, and Fatehpur from where she began political jour- eastern Avadh and offered some hors- “Priyanka Vadra’s recent Mrs. Vadra, that if on September matter of Hindus faith disputed,” which always fought for farm- Sikri, though exact dates have not yet been ney. es for sale to Bhar chieftains of Kusha statement that she did not go to 30, 2010, the special bench of the Yogi said in his third tweet. ers and youths. finalised. Singla said the Congress should not be In 2018, Bharatiya Janata Party Bhawanpur, who seized the horses and Ram Janmabhoomi during her Allahabad High Court admitted In another tweet, Yogi said “Our members will cam- taken lightly in Uttar Pradesh as the people were MLA from Lambhua constituency in put the two brothers to death.” recent visit to Ayodhya because in its decision that place where that the issue of Ram paign for Ajit Singh in looking towards his party for change. He said the Sultanpur district, Devmani Dwivedi, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath it is a disputed land is a disre- Ram Lalla is seated is actually Janmabhoomi was not being Muzaffarpur, Jayant Chaudhary Congress would win at least a dozen seats out of the had tabled a proposal in UP assem- has renamed Allahabad district as spect to Hindus. How can a Ram Janmabhoomi, so how did solved because whenever the in Baghpat and Kunwar total 28 in west UP. bly for renaming Sultanpur district as Prayagraj, Faizabad district as place where Ram Lalla is present it become a disputed place?” Supreme Court hears the mat- Narendra Singh in Mathura,” he The Congress in not looking to hold grand ral- Kush Bhawanpur. He had claimed Ayodhya and Mughalsarai railway be disputed”?” Yogi asked in a In another tweet, Yogi said ter, an army of lawyers deputed said. RLD national spokesman lies in the state, concentrating on smaller roadshows that the name of the district was junction after Rashtriya Swayamsevak tweet on Sunday. that if Priyanka Vadra did not by the Congress attempt to Anil Dubey thanked the ABEP- and campaigns to put its view in front of the peo- changed after Allauddin Khilji, who Sangh ideologue Pandit Deen Dayal On Sunday, Yogi made a visit Ram Janmabhoomi, as delay the case unnecessarily. WA for the support. ple, Singla explained. was an invader, and it should be Upadhyaya.

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Man murdered while partying DUST STORM LEAVES TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION at under-construction house PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW reveal the facts related to the incident. He is on the radar 35-year-old man was LESA employee and the police are searching murdered at an under- for him,” the police spokesman Aconstruction house in said. He said the knife recov- Itaunja some time on Saturday ered from the scene was being night. He was partying with electrocuted sent to forensic lab for test. his friends on Saturday night After the incident, a huge and the incident came to light PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW that the sub power station offi- number of residents assembled when his family went to the cials did not give a shut- at the scene and they criticised house while searching for him. contractual employee of down when Naseer was fixing the police for the poor show Police recovered some empty ALESA was electrocuted the snag. The police assured on the crime and order front. liquor bottles and a kitchen when he was fixing a snag in residents an action after which Some local leaders also knife from the scene. The vic- the overhead electric wire in they ended their protest. The reached the scene and they tim was identified as Qadeer Indira Nagar on Sunday after- police spokesman said the tried to propagate election- Khan aka Guddu of Sheikh noon. The deceased was iden- Indira Nagar police were yet related rivalry as motive for Mohalla of the locality. tified as Mohammed Naseer to lodge a case. “The police the murder giving police a As per reports, Guddu Ahmad (40) of Takrohi village were yet to get a complaint tough task to handle. The was partying with his friend of Indira Nagar. Indira Nagar from the family of the spokesman, however, denied Vishal, to whom he got SHO said that Naseer was sent deceased,” he said. that Guddu’s murder had any acquainted in the recent past. to Jarhara village after some connection with political rival- Around 8 pm on Saturday residents complained to the INJURED ry. “We are hunting for Vishal Vishal called him for the party LESA about the disruption in Two labourers suffered and things will be clear after and after this he left the house. the power supply. “Naseer injuries after they were buried in that,” he exuded confidence. Deceased’s brother climbed up an electric police the debris during sewer digging Meanwhile, a 19-year-old Mohammed Samir Khan told to fix the snag and suffered the work in Madiaon on Sunday girl ended her life at her house police that both Vishal and fatal electric shock when he afternoon. LMC was carrying in Itaunja on Sunday. Police Guddu reached an under-con- was doing the work. He was out laying of sewer line in sent the body for autopsy and struction house located close rushed to a hospital where he Mauryabagh locality in further investigation into the to their house. “They enjoyed was declared brought dead,” Faizullaganj and a contractor case were on. the party late at might. We he said. The SHO said Naseer was carrying out the work. As per reports, the girl, thought Guddu would be rest- was assigned the work from Around 1 pm, a land digging identified as Arti of Rajapur ing there and will come back the department. “Usually, the machine was excavating land for locality of the area, was found on Sunday morning. He, how- sub power station gives a a drain in which concrete pipes hanging when her younger sis- ever, did not come back fol- shut-down when a snag is were to be laid. The victims, ter Shivani went to the room lowing which we went to the being fixed by any employee. identified as Azad (22) of to wake her up in the morn- house and found him lying in We are probing if the sub Malihabad and Bablu (25) of ing. She was shocked to see a pool of blood. He had deep power station had given the Maal, were standing on the Arti hanging from an iron grill cut wounds on his body, face shut down,” he said. brink of the dug-out when it in the tin shed room of the and throat. The assailant prob- A huge number of resi- suddenly caved in and both were house and alerted her parents. ably used some sharp weapon dents in support to the buried under the soil. They Later, the family called the to attack Guddu,” he told deceased assembled at the were pulled out by fellow labour- police. Initial investigation police. scene and they demanded a ers and were rushed to Trauma revealed that Arti was class X The police said Guddu police case against the LESA Centre. Both the victims were pass and had dropped the was lying on a bed and had his officials for the laxity alleging said to be out of danger. studies. It also surfaced that throat slit. “There were her parents were looking for a wounds on his body and it police said. The police added had a verbal spat with those suitable boy to marry her off. seemed that he was attacked that empty liquor bottles were partying at the house on Police said they were yet to A tree lies uprooted near Shaheed Smarak and a police booth in with some sharp-edged also recovered from the scene. Saturday night. Vishal is conclude the cause behind Hussainganj damaged by the late night dust storm Pioneer weapon, one like knife,” the “It seemed that the victim absconding and he could the suicide. STF catches idol-seller LDA identifying Smart trap to help zoo officials PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW port team was deployed around the scene. Around 6 pm, three during man-animal conflict he Special Task Force (STF) men met the constable and the illegal structures Tbusted a gang fleecing deal was finalised for Rs 5 lakh. PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW sometimes in the night hours He said the trap was not very innocents in the name of sell- One of them, who was arrest- PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW existence, it will be compulso- when the cage is placed for trap- expensive and it would be used ing an old asthdhatu idol of ed later and identified as ry for private builders to reg- he Lucknow zoo has pre- ping an animal, deer and other in the rescue operations by Lord Mahvir by arresting a Namonarayan, later came to ucknow Development ister their projects with the Tpared a smart trap with the animals get caught,” he added. deputy director Utkarsh Shukla. gang member from Amausi in the spot with a bag containing LAuthority (LDA) has initi- RERA. It was introduced in help of Ambalika Institute of Sarojini Nagar police station the idol. The support team sur- ated a vigorous exercise to May 1, 2016. Now any struc- Management in view of the area on Saturday. rounded the miscreants but identify those disputed struc- tures without being registered man-animal conflict situation. The miscreant arrested was two of them fled the scene. tures (residential and as well as with the regulatory authority According to zoo director RK identified as Namonarayan Namonarayan owned up commercial) which have come would be declared illegal and Singh, the trap has been fitted Singh of Ballia. The cops recov- his crime and disclosed that he up after May 1, 2016, after vio- could be pulled down after with cameras and sensors to ered the idol, a mobile phone, several persons were duped in got the idol from his relative lating rules and regulations set serving notice to vacate the capture the images of animals a fake test report of the past by the gang. According Deepak Singh of Azamgarh by the state Real Estate premises for demolition. entering it while it is placed for Khunkhunji Lab Technology to police, the team got a tip-off and was in the plan to sell it. He Regulation Authority (RERA). LDA Vice-Chairman PN trapping stray tigers and leop- Private Limited and Rs 110 in about the gang members and, added that he was trying to sell It is said that private Singh said it was a matter of ards. He pointed out that it cash. The accused was to sell subsequently, a constable was the idol for the first time and developers have to register great concern for the mush- would also help if the controller the idol for Rs 5 lakh. asked to contact the sellers. The was nabbed. Police lodged a their projects with details to a rooming growth of illegal was over 100 kms away from the The police said they were constable was asked to contact case against him and an inves- competent officer who will structures. He added the LDA trap. working on the case in which the gang member and a sup- tigation was underway. scrutinise minutely and can administration would work “The controller will receive restrain builders from devel- sincerely in the assignment a message and video of the ani- oping them in an irregular given by the regulatory mal in the trap even if he is 100 manner. After it comes into authority. kms away. This is useful because 23 unprotected wetlands need monitoring PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW included man-made wetlands. tivation along the marginal Kathauta lake (50, 17), Dhan duck, Asian open bill, painted “All the wetlands are unpro- areas of wetland cause Taalab (50, 15) and storks, sarus crane, pied etc study carried out by the tected sites and significantly encroachment. The study has Chandnapur pond (57, were also seen during the sur- AZoology department of important and have biological been designed so as to deci- 16)because of increasing pop- vey. The wetlands are also Lucknow University shows and ecological importance. pher and monitor uncon- ulation pressure and unsus- infested with vegetation like jal that 23 unprotected wetlands Some of them can be taken up served wetlands and to com- tainable development. kumbhi, water chestnut, water of the city need to be moni- for eco-tourism except pile a checklist of flora and Area-wise species com- meal, lotus, water lily, coon tored. The study has been Kathauta Jheel, Chandnapur fauna existing there, to create position of faunal and floral tail, hydrilla, pond weed, pat- conducted by research schol- Pond and Dhan Talab due to awareness among the masses species of all the wetlands era cuttail, big duck weed, ar Adesh Kumar under the encroachment by people and so as to ensure the people par- studied in Lucknow was gerga grass, water spinach,tape guidance of associate professor other anthropogenic activi- ticipation and finally to eval- recorded. Fauna like major grass, wild rice, pola and smart Amita Kanaujia. ties. Most of these wetlands are uate the economic value of the pisces rohu, grass cutter, girai, weed. “Most of the wetlands, Kanaujia, while talking to in a bad shape owing to sev- wetlands for their better con- channa, heteropneustis fos- being part of Gram Samaj list, The Pioneer, said that the eral reasons,” she said servation and status up grada- silis, clarius, puntius, some are deployed for fish cultiva- study was aimed at providing, She pointed out that var- tion. Initially, 23 wetlands snails like apple snail, amphib- tion to people by the Fisheries in a nutshell, the distribution ious threats faced by wetlands have been identified and being ians like skipper frog, turtle, department of Uttar Pradesh. of wetlands, the value of wet- were excessive fish cultivation surveyed and monitored as the dragonfly, and other insects, Due to lack of proper monitor- lands, the causes and conse- and harvest, soil-digging, over- part of study. earthworm, lapwing, jacana, ing, water chestnut cultivation quences of the loss of wetlands grazing near wetland area, She said that the 23 wet- whistling duck, little cor- with fish culture is preferred. in the district of Lucknow. A use of pesticides and non-bio- lands included a maximum morant, great cormorant, pea- Cultivation along the mar- study has been undertaken in logical fertilisers, draining for 125-118 species of fauna and cock, red-crested pochard, ginal areas of wetland cause Lucknow and its associated irrigation purpose, other 37-44 species of aquatic flora grey-leg goose, purple encroachment and reduction areas (Itaunja, Gosainganj, developmental and anthro- were observed in man-made moorhen, common pochard, in water spread,” she said. Amethi, Mahona, Bakshi-Ka- pogenic activities, bird hunt- wetland Behind Deen Dayal Indian pond heron, purple Kanaujia pointed out that Talab, and Unnao) from ing, natural weed eradication Park and Behda pond respec- heron, little grebe, common wetlands had accessible signif- School bags being given away to children on the occasion of the birth anniversary of former Union minister Akhilesh Das in January 2013 to December through fire, excessive cultiva- tively. Minimum fauna and pygmy goose, gadwall, spot- icant economic, ecological and Lucknow on Sunday Pioneer 2016 and the study also tion of water chestnut and cul- flora were observed in billed duck, lesser whistling cultural values. Strawberries produced in subtropics pesticide-free PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW such conditions as they were He pointed out that earli- from a hectare. “Also, the most very attractive profits from plants for the farmers in oping a technique for getting produced during winters when er, strawberry was considered costly input component, the strawberry cultivation,” the subtopics. He is conducting early crop so that farmers can trawberries grown in the the attack of pests was mini- as a suitable crop for hills but planting material which may CISH director said. participatory research along produce crop for longer peri- Snorthern plains are safe to mum and the diseases were now, it has adopted subtropics cost Rs 3-6 lakh per hectare, Principal scientist (CISH) with farmers for saving lakhs od and get benefits of early eat because they are pesticide- also not prevalent. “This helps of the country where its com- and other expenditure of Rs 3 Ashok Kumar helped the of rupees required for pur- fruiting,” he added. free. Organically grown straw- the farmer in strawberry pro- mercial cultivation is coming lakh growers as he had experience chase of planting material. “Being low in carbohy- berries may open a new mar- duction without the use of pes- up. “The crop is common in may of this crop in “Ap a r t f r o m s t r a w b e r r y - drates, strawberry is safe for ket with high profits for grow- ticides. Although sometimes at cooler places but fruits pro- fetch Sikkim. He modi- growers, his research will result diabetics. Dietary fibres avail- ers in subtropical north India the time of planting, fungicide duced in northern plains are fied many of the into development of entre- able in the fruit are important for markets in the UK and may be used, it disintegrates no less. Interestingly, the practices as preneurs who will produce for beneficial microbes in the USA. Director of Central before the crop is ready for fruits are sweeter, bigger perplanting material locally,” gut for improving our digestive Institute for Subtropical harvest. It shows that organic in size and the yield is subtopics and Rajan said. In general, major health. Strawberry is rich in Horticulture (CISH) production of strawberry is larger,” he added. tried to iden- crop is harvested between vitamin C and magnesium Shailendra Rajan said that in easier in subtropics for which Handholding tify suitable January and March and at the and high in folate, hence good the US, strawberry was consid- very high price is paid by the by CISH in straw- varieties end of the season, the farmers for pregnant women and older ered as a fruit laden with UK and US consumers. berry growing has and major get only Rs 100 per kg where- adults. Higher potassium con- insecticides. Organic strawberry produc- revealed that the emphasis as if the crop is produced tent helps in body functioning Luckily, he said, that the tion is difficult in their climat- farmers can get was laid early from November to such as regulation of blood strawberries produced in sub- ic and growing conditions,” he profits ranging on pro- January, the fruits are sold at pressure,” the CISH director tropical countries did not face Rajan said. from Rs 8 lakh to 10 lakh duction of Rs 400 per kg. “CISH is devel- said. LUCKNOW | MONDAY | APRIL 1, 2019 city/nation 04

Ghongha Basant CITYBRIEFS AUDITIONS Ahmad Ali Khan, Zoheb MERGER Farooqui, Kshitij Kumar and Sammelan: Poets to Salman Khayal presented thought-provoking ‘shayari’. tickle funny bone HOLI MILAN Manav Adarsh Sewa Samiti PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW be the most likely target by organised ‘Holi Milan’ which poets. “The behavior of was marked by cultural pro- In a press conference held at hongha Basant Pakistan at the time of air grammes and a felicitation cer- the head office of Gramin Bank ‘GSammelan’, the annual strikes in Balakot was some- emony. Citizens of Lucknow of Aryavart on Sunday. chairman event organized on the occa- thing which will definitely be were awarded for their signif- SB Singh said the bank would be sion of April Fool’s Day by taken up by the poets. icant services to the society and merged with Allahabad UP Rangbharti, will witness poets However, the poets have their for promoting the feeling of Gramin Bank in compliance dole out humour on contempo- favourite targets in policemen oneness through socio-cultur- with the Government of India rary issues at Ravindralaya on and politicians,” he added. al activities. notification. Gramin Bank of Monday. Main organiser Kumar pointed out that he Aryavart has 711 branches under Shyam Kumar said Governor organised the programme sole- The auditions for ‘Way to UTKARSH’19 12 regional offices having their Ram Naik would be the chief ly on his steam without bor- Stage’ were organised by The third and final day of presence in 15 districts such as guest on the occasion. rowing anything from every- Endowment Artedu founda- BBD Educational Group’s Agra, Aligarh, Etah, Barabanki, Kumar, who has been where. “It is for the longest ever tion in which more than 200 annual festival Utkarsh’19 cul- Lucknow, Farrukhabad, organising the event for the period that ‘Ghongha Basant participants from 40 schools, minated with several events on Mainpuri, Kannauj, Unnao, past 58 years, said he started Sammelan’ has been organ- colleges and academies turned Sunday. The chief guest at the Hardoi, Hathras, Mathura, out in a bid to tickle the funny ised, which is an achievement up to showcased their talents closing ceremony was chairper- Kasganj, Ayodhya and Firozabad bone of people to make their in itself,” he said. in performing arts. “We at Food items being distributed among slum kids by Abhinav Foundation on Sunday son of BBD Educational Group while the Allahabad UP Gramin forget their worries for some- Poet Kamlesh Dwivedi (EAF) will give training to Alka Das Gupta, who appreci- Bank has 654 branches under 10 time. “The first time I organ- from Kanpur will be felicitat- participants, who are not select- winners in all categories. Sunday. The programme start- Kidwai, and Sunita Paul shared ated the efforts of the students regional offices having presence ised the event, it was in ed with ‘Banarasi Bedhab ed, to groom their talents,” ed with SDGs questionnaire their thoughts and experiences. and congratulated the organis- in 11 districts such as Banda, Allahabad. Later when I shift- Samman’ on the occasion. manager Apoorva Shukla said. JASHN-E-YUVA followed by a panel discussion A ‘kavi sammelan’ and musha- ing committee. The chief guest Shravasti, Bahraich, Sitapur, ed to Lucknow, I started organ- Kumar said they would also be She said they were planning a Yeh Ek S o ch Foundation in which panellists Sharad iara was also organised on the gave away medals to the suc- Lakhimpur Kheri, Mahoba, ising the event here,” he said. announcing ‘gandharva vivah’ big grand finale to give away organised a youth festival, Patel, Byomkesh Mishra, theme of peace and harmony in cessful students (2017-18 Hamirpur, Chitrakoot, Mirzapur, Kumar said Pakistan would and ‘murkhistan’ awards. prizes and certificates to the ‘Jashn-e-Yuva’, in Lucknow on Ambareen Abdullah, Hafeez which Gaurav Dixit Masoom, batch) of AKTU. Jalaun and Sonebhadra. SCHOOLSCAN CONCORD-2019 LS polls: ‘Bulawa The five-day international football tournament ‘Concord- 2019’, organised by City tolis’ to consist Montessori School, Station Road, was inaugurated at Kanpur Road auditorium on Sunday. Songs of world unity of scouts, guides and world peace rented the air while the presence of bub- PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW they would be forming a bling, young footballers from human chain with students on Nepal and various states of istrict inspector of April 18 from Kalidas cross- India made the atmosphere Dschools Mukesh Singh on ing to Parivartan Chowk and jubilant. The programme was Sunday released the schedule on the sides of Gomti river. inaugurated by Additional of SVEEP activities involving “The human chain will be 7- Chief Secretary Rajendra school students. He said direc- 8 km-long,” he added. Kumar Tiwari by lighting the tions had been issued for for- Among other competi- lamp of learning. The tourna- mation of ‘bulawa tolis’. tions to be organised is a ment will be played at Chowk “The ‘bulawa tolis’ con- debate contest on April 15, Stadium and Jai Jagat Stadium sisting of five scouts or guides, essay contest on April 23, on Kanpur Road. Speaking on who will also be at polling rangoli competition on April the occasion, Tiwari said that booths on the day of voting on 27 and slogan writing compe- discipline, dedication, team Earlier, the opening cere- Earth!’ The students presented May 5, will visit houses to help tition on April 29. On April 8, spirit, self-sacrifice and good mony began with the all-reli- various cultural items display- the voters. These scouts and 40,000 students from govern- sportsmanship were the qual- gion and world peace prayer. ing the rich diversity of Indian guides are a dedicated lot ment and private schools will ities of a good player. He con- The CMS students marched culture amidst synchronisa- who will put efforts to ensure form the national flag at gratulated CMS on organising ahead sending across the mes- tion of light and music, leaving maximum turnout of voters,” Smriti Upvan and will also Members of Christian community organised a bhandara at Epiphany Church in Lalbagh on Sunday Pioneer the mega sports event. sage ‘May peace prevail on the audience spellbound. he said. He pointed out that take a pledge. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 UP STF arrests kingpin in Marijuana tops list of drugs RAHUL EYES SOUTH... about the future slowly,” he tion to the village, which they ` On BJP’s criticism that said in reply to a question on said otherwise has remained 200-crore cyber fraud Rahul is “not very strong” in whether Rahul will retain “neglected” till now by “other Noida: The Uttar Pradesh Paytm, Snapdeal, Shopclues, Amethi, Surjewala said: “Why Amethi or Wayanad seat if he official agencies” due its loca- police's Special Task Force HomeShop18 etc, besides gen- recovered by G’gram police doesn’t BJP answer why wins both. “Don’t question tion. “The police are the only (STF) on Sunday said it has eral and life insurance compa- Modiji left and went Amethi’s intelligence. Amethi agency which cares for us. nabbed the kingpin of a gang nies. PARVESH SHARMA n buy marijuana from Delhi’s to Varanasi. Does that mean has chosen Rajivji, Soniaji They reach out to us as soon that procured data of 14 lakh The officer further said GURUGRAM ‘As Gurugram has Subhash Nagar and sell it to that his condition was bad in and Rahulji in difficult cir- as they can. Every night some customers illegally and alleged- that scam callers would call over 170-night regular customers from home Gujarat. Instead of discussing cumstances. They trust the official from Knowledge Park ly duped people to the tune of innocent persons, giving an onsumption of drugs and clubs, we maintain and was in this trade for these types of immature fact that this country’s man- police stations calls someone `200 crore through online impression that they are from Cillegal substances has around two years,” he said. things, they should discuss agement and Amethi is secure in the village to ask if every- fraud over a period of time. online shopping and insur- increased in the millennium extra vigil on Jugati Yadav, a resident of key political issues. Why is in the hands of Rahul Gandhi. thing is fine,” said Tyagi, 42, Nandan Rao Patel, arrest- ance companies and wanted to city. The Gurugram police have suspects and the Dhanwapur, was arrested by BJP so scared.” In a swipe at Nobody can break the bond resident of Dalelpur. When ed here on Saturday by the transfer them money. registered a total of 30 cases cops rigorously the crime branch and 1.05 kg Union Minister Smriti Irani between Amethi and Rahul asked about the situation, Noida field unit of the STF, "The gang used to lure under the Narcotic Drugs and contraband was seized from who is contesting against and least of all BJP,” he said. Senior Superintend of Police used to procure the data of people by offering them fake Psychotropic Substances check taxi stands, him. Interestingly, he also Rahul in Amethi, he said, Congress had won eight Lok (SSP) Gautam Buddh Nagar clients of major online shop- lucky draws and expensive (NDPS) Act. paan shops and bought it from Subhash Nagar,” “Pehle Delhi mein Chandni Sabha seats in Kerala in the Vaibhav Krishna said he was ping companies and sell them gifts against the online shop- The district is apparently street vendors’ the police said. Chowk ne haraya, phir 2014 Lok Sabha elections, seized of the matter. “I am to fake call centres, police offi- ping they would have recently witnessing a rise in the illegal In another case, Guddu Amethi ne bhagaya. Jis mantri besides two by its ally Indian aware of the difficulties that cials said. The first related case made. They further ask them to trade of marijuana with the called ganja, was a challenge,” Singh was arrested from the mahoyadaya ki charcha kar Union Muslim League the police personnel have to was registered in Varanasi in deposit a certain amount as police seizing 65 kg of Subhash Boken, spokesperson posh sector 53 area with 250 rahe hain, jinko ticket di hai, (IUML) and one by Kerala go through in case of 2008, they said. registration fees in order to the banned substance Gurugram police said. gram of ganja. Involved in the ab haar ki hattrick ka mahaul Congress (Mani) and one by Dalelpur,” he said, precisely Explaining the modus operan- claim their gift. "They tricked worth around `1 crore till “We have also issued strict business for only a month, he bana hai (First lost from Revolutionary Socialist Party aware of region’s geography. di, STF Deputy Superintendent the target into believing in March 2019. directions to heads of police claimed association with a syn- Chandni Chowk, then (RSP). The party is hoping to “We coordinate with the of Police Rajkumar Mishra them and upon getting the card According to the police, the stations, crime units and intel- dicate. Amethi. And now, the further consolidate its posi- Haryana Police also and our said that Patel was the "direc- and account details of the tar- residents of Gurugram alleged- ligence units to keep a close “As Gurugram has over Minister in question has cre- tion this time in the State. personnel also try to ensure tor" of a digital promotion and get customer, the gang used to ly take different types of pro- watch on the suspects,” Boken, 170-night clubs, we maintain ated an atmosphere of a hat- that they reach out to the vil- bulk SMS firm by the name of transfer money to payment scribed substances like said. Recently on March 20, the extra vigil on suspects and the trick of defeats)”. NOIDA COPS... lage, either by road or through Anic World Company. merchants such as PayU, Cannabis, Marijuana and Gurugram Police arrested two cops rigorously check taxi Surjewala said the people “Connectivity is a major the river. A bridge or some "He would get the (con- Paytm, Olacabs, Mobikwik, Flavored Hukka. However, the persons for alleged involvement stands, paan shops and street of Amethi trust the fact that problem. It’s difficult to reach sort of direct connectivity sumer) data hacked through and a few bank accounts," said police have nabbed a couple of in the smuggling of opium, a vendors,” the PRO, said. they are protected with Rahul Dalelpur and takes lot of time, would be better,” he told PTI. people he knew and buy it for the DSP. The gang also used people who were involved in contraband drug. The seized 1 Police sources suspect that Gandhi being there. “The BJP but our work is to reach out to Station House Officer, Rs 2-3 per customer. He would UPI payment modes like trafficking of drugs but they are kg and 560 gm opium is valued most of these drugs are com- has the task of conspiracy any call or complaint there,” Knowledge Park, Arvind sell this data to fake call centres, Paytm, PhonePe, Tez, BHIM unaware of where the materi- at `25 lakh in the market. ing from Uttar Pradesh, while we have the task of con- Sub-inspector Pramod Kumar Kumar Pathak said despite the duping online buyers in Delhi- for committing fraud and these al is being supplied in the city. On March 19, the crime Himachal Pradesh, , struction,” he said. He said told PTI during a visit to the difficulties the officials have NCR, Bihar, , accounts were made on fake “We have registered 30 branch of the Gurugram police and Wayanad has a unique geo- village where he had come to been performing their duty Rajasthan, Punjab, etc for Rs 5- profiles, the STF officer said. FIRs connected to the illicit arrested a woman, Poonam, a Rajasthan. “The department is graphical feature as it links all record some statements in a for years now. SI Kumar said 6 per customer," Mishra said. This gang has deep network in trade and transportation of resident of Helimandi near making an effort to connect all the three States of Tamil case recently. during his 18 months here he He said Patel and his gang Delhi-NCR's Ghaziabad, Noida contraband. Of this, 18 are Pataudi town, with 1.7 kg mar- backward and forward links to Nadu’s Nilgiri, Karnataka’s “There is only one boat has not heard of anything would target customers of and more details about Patel's linked to marijuana export. ijuana. unearth the entire chain of sup- Mysore and has the geograph- and I was waiting on the like a bridge or road coming online shopping sites like works are being gathered, he Curbing illegal trade and smug- “During interrogation, ply and mode of trafficking, ical and cultural representa- other side (Yakutpur) but up that could bring into main- Flipkart, Amazon, Myntra, said. PTI gling of the contraband, also Poonam revealed she would end users and source of origin tion of the three States. there was no one who could stream the village, where he “That is why party decid- bring it. I could not wait there has to go at least twice a ed that Gandhi will, in a way, for long so I had to cross the month. represent the three States and river on foot and reach strengthen the unity between Dalelpur,” he said, as he CONG CONS POOR... Cong launches ‘Haath Ke Saath Cycle Yatra’ north and south India. showed some selfies showing On the much debated IAF Senior Congress leader him waist-deep in the black- air strikes following Pulwama STAFF REPORTER n NEW DELHI deposit `15 lakh to the Antony said Wayanad is situ- ened river water with a paper terror attack in Kashmir on accounts of every bank ated in Kerala, but also sur- file, his boots and trousers in the CRPF convoy, he said ntensifying its campaign, account holder two crore rounded by Tamil Nadu and one hand. Kumar, who has Pakistan is in a fix because if IDelhi Congress on Saturday employment would be made Karnataka. “In a way it’ll sat- been doing this for one-and- it acknowledges the air strikes, launched ‘Haath Ke Saath Cycle available every year to the isfy the requests of three a-half years since being post- it will have to accept that there Yatra’ with an aim to directly youth of the country, shop- southern States,” he said. ed at Knowledge Park, was was terror camp there. “They inteact with the people and tell keepers would be freed from There were many requests lucky to have got a boat ride have been saying that there are about Congress chief Rahul the ‘inspector raj’ and the from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu back that day. Reaching the no terror camps. Now they Gandhi’s promise of `72,000 young people would be provid- and Kerala, the former shore does not mean the task have to hide it. They are not per annum payments to poor ed free education but did not Defence Minister said, adding is over, Kumar said, adding it allowing anybody to go there. people. Inaugurating the yatra, fulfil these promises,” he said. that one of the major reasons was another 3-4 km of walk We’ve been told Balakot area Chairman of All India Delhi Congress working for consideration was that it is on dirt-track before one can is being reconstructed by Congress Committee (AICC) president Devender Yadav said a trijunction of the three reach Dalelpur. “It’s only dur- Pakistan to show that a school communications department that the workers and leaders of southern States. “Amethi and ing raids that an official vehi- is being run there, so that peo- Randeep Singh Surjewala said the party would publicise the Rahul do not have a political cle goes to the village, cover- ple can be taken there and that the 13-day yatra covering programmes and policies of the relationship. Amethi ke mann ing a distance of 70 km via shown that no terror camp 27 assembly constituencies Congress party. “The cyclists mein Rahul baste hain. It is a Delhi and Faridabad,” he said. existed there,” he said. Those being undertaken to send out would cover all the 27 family relationship and cannot On fortunate days, he gets a abusing Modi on Balakot air a very loud message across the Assembly constituencies in a be broken by BJP’s politics,” ride in the SUV of Dalelpur’s strikes are helping Pakistan country. Surjewala said that the Congress president Rahul name of the woman of the fam- Minister gave false hopes and disciplined manner to popular- Surjewala said. He said when Satbir Tyagi, if he is around with their statements, he said. cycle yatra would also expose Gandhi will benefit 20 per ily,” he said. made hollow promises to the ize the policies and pro- the Congress Government and willing to come to the Tensions between India and the failures and falsehood of the cent poorest people in the Flagging off the cycle people during the 2014 grammes of the Congress party, will be formed with the bless- river bank. Pakistan escalated after Indian Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) led country, which works out to yathra, Surjewala coined a new Parliamentary elections to get to reach out to every voter, and ings of 130 crore Indians, Home to some 250-odd Air Force fighter jets bombed Central Government. five crore families and about 25 slogan “Le Haath Me Haath, their votes, but none of the ensure the victory of the Rahul Gandhi will represent people, Dalelpur locals, how- terror group JeM’s training “The dynamic Minimum crore people in all, as the Chalte Jaaye Vikas Ki Dagar Me promises made by him have Congress candidates in the every corner of the country in ever, heaped praises on the camp near Balakot deep inside Income Guarantee Scheme Congress Government will Saath-Saath”. Hitting ou at the been fulfilled in the last five upcoming Lok Sabha elec- a bigger way. “We will discuss local police for their dedica- Pakistan on February 26. (NYAY) announced by deposit `72,000 annually in the BJP, he said that the Prime years. “Modi had promised to tions,” he said. LUCKNOW | MONDAY | APRIL 1, 2019 nation 05 CRPF drafts new op procedure in J&K Rahul’s decision evokes sharp Maximum 40 vehicles to be reactions from BJP inducted in PNS n NEW DELHI mobilisation ongress president Rahul CGandhi’s decision to con- PNS n NEW DELHI test from Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala besides he CRPF has drafted a new his traditional stronghold of TStandard Operating Amethi in Uttar Pradesh Procedure for convoy move- evoked sharp reactions from ment in Jammu and Kashmir the BJP on Sunday which saw wherein the paramilitary it as his attempt to “escape” motorcade will now be com- defeat at Amethi and seek “safe mandeered by an SP-rank offi- sanctuary” in a southern State. cer. The new SOP has also laid BJP chief Amit Shah down that a convoy will not ridiculed Rahul for deciding to have more than 40 vehicles contest from Wayanad Lok Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala, along with senior party leaders during such movement. The Sabha seat besides Amethi, AK Antony and KC Venugopal, addresses a Press conference at the AICC move comes in the wake of the saying the Congress president headquarters in New Delhi on Sunday PTI Pulwama terror attack that has “fled” to Kerala fearing that killed 40 paramilitary person- the voters in his traditional politics. Wherever you go, the about 49 per cent minorities, nel in a suicide bombing by the stronghold would seek an people of the country will ask implying that that the Congress Pakistan-based terror group account of work done by him you to give an account (of leader was feeling secure with Jaish-e-Mohammad. and his party over the years. work),” he said. the kind of constituency profile. The SOP, officials said, also Shah was addressing his The Congress had earlier He also ridiculed and sought to provides for strict ‘passenger first election meeting in west- on Sunday said Rahul Gandhi know whither manifest discipline’ and an face continuous threat from the leads the entourage in a vehi- which was the worst in the last Pulwama incident, the terror ern Uttar Pradesh, where vot- will contest from Wayanad ‘Mahagadbandan’ with Rahuol Inspector or Sub-Inspector rank terror groups. cle fitted with communication three decades of insurgency in hit could have been avoided. ing will be held in the first Lok Sabha constituency in contesting against one of the official will be responsible to The SP rank convoy com- equipment and has armed the Valley, over 2,500 CRPF With a strength of 65 bat- phase on April 11. The saffron Kerala besides his traditional so-called Congress ally (left maintain during such transit. mander will directly report commandos for quick reaction men were travelling at one go talions (65,000 personnel), the party had won all the eight stronghold of Amethi in Uttar parties) in Kerala. He said with An officer of second-in- and co-ordinate with one of the in case of any untoward even- in the terror-sensitive Kashmir CRPF is lead force for internal seats in the region in the 2014 Pradesh. The decision is seen Mayawati, Mamta , Akhilesh command rank (equivalent to three CRPF Deputy Inspector tuality. Valley, a pointer to the lack- security duties and anti-ter- Lok Sabha polls. as an attempt by the Congress and even “one leader in Bihar” SP rank) of the force will lead General (operations) based in While the upper limit of adaisical approach of the top rorist operations in Jammu “Rahul has fled to Kerala as to consolidate its electoral base too staking claim at prime the convoy instead of the cur- Kashmir. the convoy strength has been paramilitary leadership based and Kashmir. he fears that Amethi voters will in south India, especially Kerala minstership , what is the stand- rent practice of a junior Earlier, the convoy com- fixed at 40 vehicles, the Force in the national capital as well as Stung by the Pulwama inci- seek an account (of work) from which has 20 Lok Sabha seats. ing of Rahul in ‘ Assistant Commandant-rank mander under the charge of an is also looking at ways to min- in Jammu and Kashmir. dent, the CRPF is also in the him,” the BJP chief said. Senior BJP leader and party Mahagadhbandan’. (Assistant SP) officer heading Assistant Commandant used to imize the number of vehicles to CRPF insiders said had process to procure a new fleet “In Kerala, there is politics candidate from Patnasahib Prasad said Rahul’s run to the convoys. report through the 10-20 for a more secured trav- the paramilitary leadership of mine protected vehicles of appeasement, hence he is Ravi Sankar Prasad sought to Wayanad is a clear attempt to A senior official will be Commandant to their higher- el as well as effective manage- shown dynamism in formulat- (MPVs) and bullet-resistant going there. You (Gandhi) have dissect Rahul’s move to contest find a safe sacture in Kerla as having more experience to ups. ment and control, officials said. ing effective strategies for con- 30-seater buses for secure played with the security of the from Wayanad by saying that the former fears losing h is tra- manoeuvre the convoys which The convoy commander In the Pulwama incident voy movement before the movement of personnel. country for your vote-bank the constituency consisted of ditional seat in UP.

KANHAIYA’S CANDIDATURE FROM NREGA wage hiked BEGUSARAI BECAME ‘DEAL-BREAKER’ from `1 to `17 this year BETWEEN CPI, RJD New Delhi: Candidature of PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n former JNUSU President NEW DELHI Kanhaiya Kumar from Begusarai constituency in Bihar he wage rates for NREGA was the “deal-breaker” between Tworkers for 2019-20, noti- CPI and RJD as the Lalu fied on Saturday has revealed Prasad-led party doubted that the hike for NREGA work- Kumar’s winnability quotient in ers ranges from a meagre Re 1 view of several controversies to `17 for various States and surrounding him. Union Territories (UTs). According to Rajya Sabha Workers of 6 states and MP and RJD spokesperson UTs will have to be content Manoj Jha, the CPI-RJD with no hike at all. Workers of alliance could not be forged poor states like Jharkhand and also because his party was not Bihar, who did not get a hike willing to compromise on its last year, are lucky that will get candidate Tanveer Hassan, con- an increase of `3 and `2 respec- sidering his popularity and the tively. The average increase in work done by him in Begusarai. NREGA wage rate across the “RJD has been a very country is a measly 2.6%, strong force. Even in the so- according to a statement issued called Modi wave in 2014 elec- here by NREGA Sangharsh The SC has NREGA wages is nothing less tions, our candidate got almost Morcha. than a much-touted “surgical four lakh votes and since then It pointed out that for 33 repeatedly strike” on the poor, said the he has never left Begusarai. It Para-athlete Deepa Malik flags-off the ‘Defence Wives Power Drive’, a rally for the wives of Armed forces officers in New Delhi on Sunday PTI states and Union Territories the statement. was impossible for us to set NREGA wage rate is less than upheld minimum The Supreme Court has aside Tanveer Hassan’s candi- the corresponding minimum wages as a repeatedly upheld minimum dature. We have a strong cadre wage for agriculture, con- wages as a fundamental right and that wanted Tanveer demning its employment guar- fundamental and equated payment of any- Hassan and there is nothing we Rail zones asked to remove political ads antee act workers to another thing less as “forced labour”. could have done. It is all about year of bonded labour. right and Unremunerative NREGA our cadre, our people, there- New Delhi: Railway Board after railways had to explain graph of any political leader on violation of the model code of The difference is greatest in equated wages, coupled with long delays fore, another candidature than Chairman VK Yadav Sunday why tickets issued to passengers railway ticket, any other railway conduct. It has also been asked Goa, where the NREGA wage in wage payments - even non- his became a deal-breaker,” he wrote to all zones, asking them had photographs of Prime stationery, railway coaches, rail- to explain the person responsi- rate is only 62 per cent of the payment of payment of wages in many told PTI. to remove all kinds of political Minister Narendra Modi after way stations, any other railway ble for the tea cups carrying the state minimum wage for agri- cases - has turned many rural In 2014 Lok Sabha elec- advertising from railway the MCC had come into force. premises should be immediately chowkidar slogan. culture. This ratio is in the anything less as workers away from the employ- tions, Hasan had finished sec- premises after a series of Just two days ago, a tea cup removed and advertising agency The EC is learnt to have range of 60-70 per cent for a “forced labour” ment guarantee programme. ond by losing to BJP’s Bhola instances of violation of the bearing the BJP’ election cam- should be suitable informed,” invoked the ‘party in power’ number of poor states such as The NREGA Sangharsh Singh by a small margin of over model code of conduct. paign slogan “main bhi the message from Yadav says. clause of the poll code in the case Telangana and Odisha (see try is going through one of the Morcha has demanded an 55,000 votes. CPI’s Rajendra The message sent to all chowkidaar” created a furore. EC sources on Saturday as it could be averred that party table). worst employment crisis in increase in the NREGA wage Singh was at a distant third zonal general managers and “Dear GMs/DRMs, any said that Railways have been in power’ is using government At a time when the coun- decades, this meagre hike in rate to `600 a day. with nearly 1.92 lakh votes.PTI divisional railway comes days advertisement having photo- asked to explain the prima facie transporter for publicity. PTI Joining Cong as it is national party in true sense: Shatrughan Will ensure defeat of RaGa PTI n NEW DELHI his own merit, without support from Bhagalpur. Arun Jaitley the grace of God and with great from the BJP and feels that this had a humiliating defeat.” support from the people, I from Wayanad, says Left ctor-politician Shatrughan time he could break his “pre- Sinha said he purposely did could break my previous ASinha, who has announced vious records in terms of vic- not call top BJP leaders such as records also in terms of victo- that he is quitting the BJP, on tory”. “friend, philosopher, guide” ry.” PNS n NEW DELHI needed to intervene in that. Sunday said he decided to go He slammed the BJP’s lead- Advani, Joshi, Yashwant Sinha, His remarks came after “The priority of the CPM is to with the Congress as it was a ership of Prime Minister Sushma Swaraj, Rajnath Singh daughter Sonakshi Sinha on pset over Rahul Gandhi’s oust Narendra Modi from national party in the “true Narendra Modi and party chief in the 2014 polls for cam- Friday said he should have Udecision to contest in power,” he said, adding that the sense” and family friend Lalu Amit Shah saying earlier there paigning. “moved on” from BJP long Kerala’s Wayanad, the Left par- LDF would register a thump- Prasad also advised him to do was “lokshahi” (democracy) “I did not even call my own back as he did not get the ties on Sunday said they will ing win in Kerala. so. and now there is “tanashahi” daughter Sonakshi Sinha so respect he deserved. Sonakshi work to ensure the defeat the Kerala Chief Minister He said leaders such as (dictatorship) in the party. that people don’t get to say said joining Congress is his Congress president, who took Pinarayi Vijayan said Gandhi Trinamool Congress chief “There used to be collective things. I won on merit, on prin- choice and she believes the vet- a decision to fight with them contesting from Wayanad could Mamata Banerjee, Samajwadi decision during Atal (Bihari ciples, without anybody’s sup- eran actor will be able to do instead of fighting with main only be seen as a move to fight Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav Vajpayee) ji’s time. There was port or help. They (the BJP) did good work with the party. enemy BJP. the Left parties and not the BJP, and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) democracy in the true sense. not give me the help they were Shatrughan Sinha also “Their priority now is to and asserted that the LDF national convener Arvind But now, there is the case of giving to other candidates, hailed Rahul Gandhi’s leader- fight against the Left in Kerala. would defeat him in the April Kejriwal, among others, want- one-man show and two-man they did not give me any help,” ship qualities, saying the It goes against the Congress’ 23 Lok Sabha elections. In ed him to join their respective army,” said the 73-year-old he alleged. Congress president is a man to national commitment to fight Wayanad constituency, the CPI parties, but he had made it clear leader, who is in Muscat where Congress President Rahul Gandhi meets BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha in New Delhi “Despite the Modi leher or be watched for his vision and the BJP, as in Kerala, it is the is contesting representing the that whatever be the situation, he is being honoured as a cin- on March 28 PTI qahar in the entire country, by dynamism. LDF which is the main force Left front. the constituency he would be ematic legend. the grace of the people of “The way he has taken up fighting the BJP there,” CPI(M) CPI leader D Raja also contesting in the Lok Sabha Asked why he decided to Congress). We are there with president) Akhilesh Yadav, and Patna, in my victory, I had the issues boldly, he has proved politburo member Prakash questioned the decision of the polls would be Patna Sahib. go with the Congress, Sinha you and will be together polit- (Delhi Chief Minister) Arvind highest vote share percentage in himself and in one year as as Karat told reporters. Congress, saying it made no The actor-turned-politi- said there were several reasons ically also’. It was done with his Kejriwal among others, want- the country,” Sinha said. Congress president he has won “To pick a candidate like sense. “This makes no sense. I cian, who has been criticising such as it is the grand old party (Lalu Prasad’s) permission and ed me to be in their party. But Asked how he sees the three states despite EVMs and Rahul Gandhi against the Left don’t understand what politics the Modi government for long, which has had great leaders like in agreement with him,” said I had to come to this place impending clash with senior many hurdles. He is the origi- means that the Congress is the Congress is playing here. said it was “painful” for him to Mahatma Gandhi, Vallabhbhai Sinha, who won the Patna because I had said that what- BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad nator of the most popular slo- going to target the Left in There is no BJP to fight in leave the BJP with which he has Patel, , and Sahib seat back to back in 2009 ever be the situation, the loca- on the Patna Sahib seat, Sinha gan -- ‘chowkidar chor hai’,” Kerala. This is something Kerala, it is the Left versus the had such a long association, but those of the Nehru-Gandhi and 2014 parliamentary polls. tion will be the same,” Sinha said the Union minister is like Sinha said. which we will strongly oppose Congress-led UDF. By choos- was disturbed at the treatment family. He said an important fac- said, adding that the Congress a family friend and he has On whether Gandhi could and in this election, we will ing a constituency in Kerala for meted out by the party to its The party also has a great tor is that the Patna Sahib seat was a great party. respect for him. be the next prime minister, he work to ensure the defeat of Rahul Gandhi, what message is stalwarts such as LK Advani, contribution in the country’s has gone to the Congress quota On claims by BJP leaders Asserting that he doesn’t said it all depends on the bless- Rahul Gandhi in Wayanad,” the Congress conveying to the Murli Manohar Joshi, Arun freedom movement, the sitting in the mahagathbandhan that he got votes in Patna due want to comment on person- ings of the people the number Karat said. country,” Raja asked. Shourie and Yashwant Sinha. MP from Patna Sahib said, (grand alliance) seat sharing to the party, the former Union alities as he has only spoken of seats Congress gets. CPI(M) general secretary “The primary objective is The BJP has not fielded adding another reason was and he had said that whatever minister said, “I would like to about issues, Sinha said, “For “Rahul Gandhi has all the Sitaram Yechury, who is in to defeat the BJP, how does this party veterans Advani and that it is a national party in be the situation, the con- say that in the last election it Ravi Shankar Prasad I can capabilities,” Sinha added. Thiruvananthapuram to cam- move help in that? We are not Joshi in the Lok Sabha polls. “true sense”. stituency for him to fight the was not just Modi ‘leher’ (wave) only convey my best wishes. Sinha met Rahul Gandhi paign for the elections, said going to withdraw our candi- In an exclusive interview to “Our family friend (RJD polls would be the same. but Modi ‘qahar’ (destruction) After all, the people of Patna here last week and is set to for- deciding on candidates was date from the seat. Rahul PTI, Sinha said he had won chief) Lalu Prasad also sug- “Many people like (TMC on certain seats like we saw will decide. We will accept the mally join the Congress on the internal matter of a politi- Gandhi has to answer to the from Patna Sahib in 2014 on gested ‘you go there (to the chief) Mamata Banerjee, (SP Shahnawaz Hussain losing verdict. I have a feeling that by April 6. cal party and no other party people of this country,” he said. LUCKNOW | MONDAY | APRIL 1, 2019 nation 06 Rahul fled to Kerala out of fear: Shah Throw out Modi Govt from Bijnor/Baghpat (UP): BJP Modi Government which has lowing the Pulwama terrorist power: Mamata to voters chief Amit Shah on Sunday honoured him." attack, he said, "Pakistan killed ridiculed Rahul Gandhi for In a jibe at Opposition 40 of our CRPF jawans. Modiji deciding to contest from parties, the BJP chief said they demolished the hideouts of SAUGAR SENGUPTA n KOLKATA Wayanad Lok Sabha seat have united due to the fear of the terrorists by conducting air besides Amethi, saying the Modi. strikes in Pakistan on the 13th engal Chief Minister Congress president has "fled" to "By chanting 'Modi, Modi' day of their death." BMamata Banerjee once Kerala fearing that the voters in people have made it clear that Later, at a rally in Baghpat, again lashed out at the BJP for his traditional stronghold Modiji should become Prime Shah said, "If they (Pakistan) destroying India’s democratic would seek an account of work Minister (again). But whom fire bullets at us, we will reply setup and called upon the peo- done by him and his party over will the 'gathbandhan' with shells. If they hurl stones ple to throw out the Narendra the years. (Opposition alliance) project as at us, we will reply with bricks." Modi Government from power. Shah was addressing his Prime Minister? They do not "The people of the country Moments before leaving first election meeting in west- have any 'neeti' (policy) or said Modiji has done a good by for Hyderabad, at the invitation ern Uttar Pradesh, where vot- 'reeti' (manner). The fear of hitting terrorists. But Sam of her Andhra Pradesh coun- ing will be held in the first Modiji have united them," he Pitroda, the guru of Rahul terpart Chandrubabu Naidu phase on April 11. The saffron in south India, especially Kerala religion and demanded Rahul said. Gandhi, said the attack was not for delivering a grand alliance party had won all the eight which has 20 Lok Sabha seats. Gandhi's apology to the coun- Citing various welfare good and there should have (Mahagathbandhan) rally, saffron outfit that had of late Centre. seats in the region in the 2014 Shah also hit out at the try. schemes of the Centre, Shah been talks," he said. sponsored by Telugu Demas witnessed a meteoric rise in “It is possible to defeat Lok Sabha polls. Congress, claiming it "gave a "They have committed the said the Modi Government There was an atmosphere Party, Banerjee told reporters Bengal replacing the Left Front this autocratic rule. This can "Rahul Gandhi has fled to clean chit" to Pakistan-based sin of insulting the glorious has given gas cylinders, power of festivity across the nation fol- that under the BJP “our democ- as the principal opposition only be done if all the opposi- Kerala as he fears that Amethi terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba in Hindu community for their connections and houses to the lowing the air strikes, but Rahul racy is in danger,” as “dictators party, said “in the present sit- tion parties unite to dislodge voters will seek an account (of the Samjhauta Express train vote-bank politics. Can a poor. Gandhi, Mayawati and are trying to take control of the uation when the common them from power,” she said. work) from him," the BJP chief blast case, sent Swami Hindu ever be a terrorist? Is it "In the last five years, gas Akhilesh Yadav had a long entire country.” man’s interest is hurt and the On the same day however said. Aseemanand and other "inno- possible that Rahul Gandhi cylinders were given to seven face, the BJP chief claimed. Naidu had attended the country’s democracy is in dan- the CPI(M) which still enjoyed "In Kerala, there is politics cent people" to jail and "put a does not know that we crore poor women, 2.5 crore Blaming the successive BSP January 19 grand rally of 21 ger by the this dictatorial about 20 per cent vote share in of appeasement, hence he is tag of terrorism on Hindus". (Hindus) even feed wheat flour people got houses and nearly and SP Governments in UP for opposition parties organised by regime which has subverted the the State conceding about a going there. You (Gandhi) have He claimed that in "the to ants? How can we kill peo- 2.35 crore families got elec- alleged non-payment of sugar- Banerjee at the Brigade parade Constitution the people must good 15 per cent to the BJP, played with the security of the Samjhauta blast case, the then ple? Rahul Gandhi should apol- tricity connections. Apart from cane dues to farmers, he said, grounds in Kolkata. unite and vote to throw out the said the Bengal Chief Minister country for your vote-bank Union Home Minister P ogise to the people of the this, 50 crore poor got the ben- "Our Government has paid Banerjee whose visit to BJP Government from power.” was the biggest hurdle in the politics. Wherever you go, the Chidambaram, Sushil Kumar country for this," the BJP chief efit of free treatment up to `5 `58,000 crore to sugarcane Hyderabad was seen as the cul- She said “people have lost formation of a people’s alliance people of the country will ask Shinde and Rahul Gandhi had said. lakh," he said. farmers. By April 5, almost 75 mination of her attempt to their freedom of speech under and that she was in fact an you to give an account (of said in front of US officials that Alleging the Congress had Referring to PM Modi per cent of cane dues this year stitch together the grand this Government. Those who agent of the BJP who was try- work)," he said. Lashkar-e-Taiba is not a threat, denied Dalit icon Bhimrao washing the feet of sanitation will be paid by the Centre and alliance bid she started in speak out in protest are either ing to divide the anti-BJP votes The Congress had earlier but people spreading Hindu Ambedkar his due honour, workers during Kumbh Mela in the UP Government." Kolkata said, under the Modi threatened with government to serve her own prime minis- on Sunday said Rahul Gandhi terrorism are." Shah said, "I want to ask Rahul Allahabad, the BJP chief said, Prior to beginning his Government the interest of agencies or silenced.” terial dreams. will contest from Wayanad "However, court has given baba why your great-grandfa- "This has not happened earli- speech in Baghpat, Shah paid the common man was hurt as At this juncture there was In North Bengal city of Lok Sabha constituency in a clean chit to Swami ther (Jawaharlal Nehru) er. The Prime Minister hon- tributes to former Prime never before. The Government a dire necessity not only for the Siliguri CPI(M) State secretary Kerala besides his traditional Aseemanand and other stopped Bhimrao Ambedkar oured them and also sent a Minister Chaudhary Charan had “subverted all the democ- people to unite but also the Dr Suryakanto Mishra ques- stronghold of Amethi in Uttar accused," Shah said. from going to Parliament? His message of social harmony." Singh and said, "How we ratic institutions and constitu- entire opposition to come tioned Banerjee’s “shrill cry Pradesh. The decision is seen He alleged that the picture was not installed in Lauding Modi for the deci- should work for farmers has tion of India,” she added. together beneath the umbrel- for Opposition unity,” when she as an attempt by the Congress Congress had committed the Parliament. Today you are sion to carry out anti-terror air been told to the country by Banerjee whose party was la of a grand alliance to defeat was “herself breaking it to help to consolidate its electoral base sin of linking terrorism with quoting Ambedkar, but it is the strikes in Pakistan's Balakot fol- Chaudhary Sahab." PTI facing a stiff challenge from the the despotic power in the the BJP Government.” Rahul asks JD(S), 6 booked for NPF to back Cong LS TN election observer not depositing Cong to strive unitedly from Haryana fires in weapons in to defeat PM Modi candidate in Nagaland J&K's Kishtwar Kohima: In a major boost to regionalism. Also, the NPF is decided to support the air, relieved from duty Jammu: Six persons were Bengaluru: Congress President doing anything to help the the Congress, the Naga not an ally of the Congress," Congress candidate in the booked on Sunday for not Rahul Gandhi on Sunday asked farmers who were in distress. People's Front (NPF), which is Liezietsu clarified. interest of the Nagas," he said. Ariyalur (TN): An election room and resuming his sleep as depositing their licensed leaders and workers of the He also raked up the the main Opposition party in The NPF, which has 26 Asked about the seven observer from the IPS cadre of if nothing happened, they said. weapons in Kishtwar district of Congress-JD(S) alliance in "Yeddyurappa diary" issue, the 60-member Assembly, has MLAs in the Assembly, wants NPF MLAs, who openly Haryana caused a flutter here Police said the constable Jammu & Kashmir, police said. Karnataka to strive unitedly to referring to the allegation that decided to support KL Chishi, to bring all secular forces pledged their support to the when he fired nine rounds in could not refuse when the In run up to the Lok Sabha defeat the Modi Government in the former Chief Minister had the grand old party's candidate together for the upcoming PDA government and its con- the air from a constable's gun observer asked for the gun as elections, the district magistrate the Lok Sabha polls. paid `1,800 crore as bribe to for the lone Lok Sabha seat in Lok Sabha election, he said, sensus candidates for the Lok early on Sunday and was he was a higher ranked police of Kishtwar had issued an Gandhi's comments come the party top brass. the State. adding that the NDA, if it Sabha polls and the promptly relieved from duty, official. order on February 28, directing amid reports of deep resent- "Whose money is `1,800 The NPF, which is not comes to power, will push for Aonglendeng Assembly officials said. According to officials, all licensed weapon owners to ment in several constituencies crore?" Gandhi asked, as he fielding any candidate for the the Citizenship (Amendment) bypoll, Zeliang said, "It is evi- DIG Hemant Kalson, sus- Kalson, who was among the deposit their weapons at con- among local leaders and work- mentioned about the alleged general election, announced its Bill, putting the interests of dent that they have bargained pected to be under the influ- observer for the April 18 Lok cerned police stations. ers of the Congress and JD(S), entries in the diary about pay- decision to back the Congress indigenous people under the trust of people and that of ence of alcohol, asked the Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu, "Since the last date for which are fighting the polls ments having been made to candidate during a consulta- threat. the party for their personal Police constable posted there to had been relieved from duty depositing such weapons has unitedly. senior BJP leaders. tive meeting of central office T R Zeliang, NPF legisla- benefits." give the semi-automatic gun with immediate effect based on expired, police lodged FIRs in He asked the Congress "Where did this money bearers and MLAs here on ture party leader, said the "A showcause notice has andstarted firing in the air on the recommendation of different police stations against workers and leaders to work for come from?" he asked, adding Saturday. objective was to defeat been issued to the MLAs on a road near the Circuit House, District Collector M the persons who failed to JD(S) candidates and made a it came from farmers. "The NPF has decided to Tokheho Yepthomi, the con- March 26. The party will be where he has been staying. Vijayalakshmi, who is the deposit their weapons thus similar appeal to JD(S) coun- Yeddyurappa has rub- lend issue-based support to sensus candidate of the ruling compelled to take action Others staying in the cir- Election Officer. violating the order," a police terparts, emphasising that their bished the allegations as "atro- Congress candidate KL Chishi PDA, of which the BJP is a against them if they fail to cuit house rushed out on hear- State Chief Electoral spokesman said. main target was to "defeat cious and malicious" while the in the upcoming Lok Sabha part. respond within seven days," he ing gun shots when they found Officer Satyabrata Sahoo in He said police is also iden- Modi." Gandhi accused the Income Tax department has election," its president "The people here are con- added. the officer firing in the air. Chennai said the officer had tifying more persons who have Modi government of benefit- dismissed it as a "forgery doc- Shrhozelie Liezietsu said. fronted with issues of secular- Elections to the lone Lok Kalson then handed back been relieved as observer and not yet deposited their licensed ting only the rich and his ument" and a "set of loose "That, however, does not ism, citizenship bill and Naga Sabha seat in Nagaland will be the gun to the shocked con- an FIR registered against him. weapons so that action can be "industrialist friends" and not papers". PTI change the party's stand on political issue. The NPF has held on April 11. PTI stable before going back to his Police were investigating. PTI taken. PTI Guj BJP announces LS polls a formality to candidates for 4 LS re-elect PM Modi: BJP seats, drops 3 MPs Imphal: The BJP on Sunday "always had a special affection" asserted that the upcoming for the north east. Lok Sabha elections is just a Manipur has two Lok Ahmedabad: The BJP on from Anand. Junagadh "formality" to re-elect Narendra Sabha seats — Outer Manipur Sunday announced four more Member of Parliament Rajesh Modi as the Prime Minister. and Inner Manipur — and Lok Sabha candidates for Chudasama has been renomi- The parliamentary elec- both the constituencies are Gujarat, dropping three sitting nated from the same seat. tion, beginning April 11, will held by the Congress. MPs. Vaghela had declined to contest be all about Modi's perfor- Kohli exuded confidence Bharatsinh Dabhi, sitting the April-May Lok Sabha polls mance, leadership and how he that the BJP would wrest the MLA from Kheralu Assembly citing poor health. wants to take India to the two seats on the back of the constituency, will contest from The ruling party has so far next level, BJP national Central Government's initia- Patan while Geeta Rathwa, a announced candidates for 23 spokesperson Nalin Kohli told tives to develop the state and district panchayat member for out of the state's 26 seats. reporters here. the region. the last five terms, will be the It is yet to announce can- "This election is a formal- The Outer Manipur con- BJP candidate from Chhota didates for Mehsana, and ity to re-elect Prime Minister stituency will go to polls on Udepur (ST). Ahmedabad (East) Lok Sabha Modi, who works and cares for April 11, while elections to the Mitesh Patel, a district- seats, the last held by actor- the poorest of the poor in the Inner Manipur seat will take level treasurer in the BJP, will politician who country, especially the north place on April 18. fight from Anand. The three refused to contest this time. east region," he said at a func- Meanwhile, state BJP pres- will replace sitting MPs The BJP, while announc- tion to welcome 71 Congress ident K Bhabananda claimed from Patan, ing candidates for the 23 Lok workers into the BJP fold. that the 71 Congress workers from Chhota Sabha seats, has dropped eight Kohli added that the joined the BJP, "as it is coming Udepur (ST) and sitting MPs. PTI Devotees from Thailand offer prayers at Mahabodhi Temple, in Bodh Gaya on Sunday PTI Bharatiya Janata Party has to power again in Delhi". Trekkers help tribal students develop penchant for reading Bengal Special CAB not passed in RS respecting Police Observer Pune: Students of nearly 200 pri- received several letters from takes charge mary schools in the far-flung students sharing their thoughts the NE people's interests: Rijiju tribal areas of Sahyadri hill after reading these books. ranges in Maharashtra are get- "So besides the habit of Itanagar: Union Minister Kiren Pakistan and Afghanistan after Rijiju will contest from the PNS n KOLKATA ting into the habit of reading reading, the habit of writing is Rijiju on Sunday said the Centre seven years of residence in India Arunachal West constituency in books, thanks to an initiative by also being inculcated among stu- did not introduce the Citizenship instead of 12 years, which is the the general elections. Former ivek Dubey, the Special a group of trekkers from Pune. dents," he said. Amendment Bill in Rajya Sabha norm currently, even if they do chief minister Nabam Tuki has VPolice Observer for Libraries consisting of books Savlaram Pote, a teacher at respecting the interests of the not possess any documents. It is been pitched against him by the Bengal appointed by the on history, environment, ani- a primary school in a tribal area people of Northeastern States. now set to lapse on June 3. Congress. Arunachal will wit- Election Commission of India, mals, forts and stories of well- near Shivneri Fort, said they The people of the region, he Rijiju claimed that the bill ness simultaneous polls to the reached Kolkata on Sunday. known scientists, authors, received over 150 Marathi books said, had staged protests without would in no way affect assembly and the Lok Sabha. He would take charge from sportsmen and freedom fighters from the Marathidesh understanding the pros and Arunachal Pradesh, from where Rijiju said the opposition Monday beginning talks with are being set up in these schools Foundation and students were cons of the citizenship amend- he hails, as it is governed by a dif- had raised the issue of granti- the Chief Electoral Officer by the Marathidesha Foundation enjoying reading them in their ment bill. ferent set of laws and under the ng refugee status to Tibetans, and the top administrative throughits movement recess or other free time. The government, respecting Bengal Eastern Frontier Chakmas and Hajongs, who officers of the State. 'Shivsahyadri Granthdindi'. planned to donate books that aim was to take this number to "The students are reading their sentiments, had decided Regulation Act. are residing in the state, with- Dubey was appointed in Damodar Magdum, one of can be used for extra-curricular 2,000 in future. books, explaining what they not to introduce the bill in the People from other states out the knowledge of the place of KK Sharma, the for- the members of the foundation, reading," he said. The group members make understood from it and also Rajya Sabha though many states need to take Inner Line Permit ground reality. The Tibetan mer DGP of the BSF, who was said during their treks and fort Several trekkers and fort sure that students read these writing letters to the foundation were supporting it, the Union to enter Arunachal Pradesh, refugees who came to India in allegedly seen last year attend- conservation-related activities lovers were now coming forward books in their spare time. members," he said. minister of state for home told while foreigners need to obtain 1959 and are settled in five ing a programme sponsored in the Sahyadri ranges, they and contributing to the cause, he "We ask schools to designate Bhagwan Chile, a fort reporters here. Protected Area Permit (PAP) refugee camps in the state, are by the IAS in uniform. realised that the schools and stu- said. one day as 'reading day' and also researcher associated with the The controversial bill, and Restricted Area Permit not willing to take citizenship Apparently following a hue dents there were facing resource "As of now, we have set up ask students to write letters to us initiative, said it was a "great passed in the Lok Sabha on (RAP), he pointed. of India even if the Supreme and cry by Bengal Chief crunch. over 200 libraries at schools in explaining about the book they thing" to get students of these January 8, sought to provide "I am committed to protect Court grants it to them as they Minister Mamata Banerjee, "So, we decided to do some- various small tribal villages," read," he said. schools, located in remote areas, Indian citizenship to non- the interests and rights of the are fighting for their country's he was replaced Dubey sources thing for such schools and Magdum claimed, adding their Magdum said they have into the habit of reading. PTI Muslims from Bangladesh, people of state," he added. freedom, he said. PTI said. PTI LUCKNOW | MONDAY | APRIL 1, 2019 nation 07

Honour killing: 17-yr-old girl IAF's MiG 27 strangled by father, 3 arrested aircraft crashes Ahmednagar: A 17-year-old 51, asked her several times to Saygunde and the girl's uncles - girl in Ahmednagar district of discontinue her friendship with Rajendra Jagannath Shinde (30) Maharashtra was allegedly killed the boy but the girl failed to heed and Dnyandev Jagannath Shinde near Jodhpur by her father who was against his advice, he said. (35) - were arrested on Saturday her friendship with a boy study- On March 23, Saygunde, in evening, Pawar said. ing with her in a college here, a fit of anger, allegedly throttled The accused were booked Jodhpur: A MiG 27 aircraft of police said on Sunday. his daughter to death at their under Indian Penal Code the Indian Air Force crashed on Jamkhed police station home in Chondi village, locat- Sections 302 (murder), 201 Sunday near Jodhpur in inspector Pandurang Pawar said ed around 60 km from here, (causing disappearance of evi- Rajasthan but the pilot ejected they suspected it to be a case of Pawar said. He also allegedly dence of offence) and 34 (acts safely, official sources said. 'honour killing'. tried to burn the body with the done by several persons in fur- The MiG 27 UPG jet took The incident took place in help of the girl's two uncles and therance of common intention), off from Utarlai airforce base Chondi village, the native place on March 24 lodged a missing he said, adding that a probe was and the jet experienced engine of state minister Ram Shinde, complaint about her at Jamkhed underway in the case. problems leading to the crash who demanded stringent pun- police station, he said. When contacted, Shinde, at around 11:45 AM in Sirohi ishment for the accused. The half-burnt body was who is also the guardian minis- district about 120 km south of The deceased's father and spotted by the deceased's sister ter of Ahmednagar, said, "The Jodhpur, they said, adding that mission, they said. two maternal uncles were arrest- on March 25 near a water body incident is shocking and those the pilot ejected safely. The fighter aircraft crashed ed in connection with the inci- close to their house, he said. found guilty should be awarded The sources said a court of in Shivganj police station area dent, Pawar said. The police later sent the maximum punishment." inquiry has been ordered to near Godana dam in Sirohi dis- The girl used to frequently body for postmortem. Chondi village was also the investigate the cause of the acci- trict. Police and administrative chat with the boy over phone They questioned around 35 birthplace of late Ahilyabai dent. Preliminary reports indi- officials have reached the spot and go to college with him on his people and based on informa- Holkar, the former ruler and cate no loss of life and proper- to cordon off the area, Sirohi two-wheeler, he said. Her father tion and evidences gathered in queen of the Maratha- Malwa ty on ground. district SP, Kalyan Mal Meena, Pandurang Shreerang Saygunde, connection with the incident, kingdom. PTI The jet was on a routine told PTI. PTI BJP candidate Jaya Prada waves at the supporters on her arrival in Rampur on Sunday PTI BJP did nothing to Cong launches Smriti Irani takes dig at 13 bogies of Tapti Ganga LS campaign in Priyanka for not visiting Express derail, 6 injured solve flood problem in Pune without Ram temple in Ayodhya Assam: Cong leader candidate Pune: The city Congress on Kolar (Ktk): In an apparent dig strategy, had announced to go Guwahati: The Assam Promotion Policy (NEIIPP) Sunday launched its election at Congress leader Priyanka to Ayodhya. Congress on Sunday accused 2007, which has affected the campaign sans the candidate. Gandhi Vadra, Union Minister They go to Ayodhya, but the Narendra Modi economy of the state to a large While the BJP has Smriti Irani on Sunday said they don't do pranam in the Government of doing nothing extent. announced the candidature of that from the time Narendra temple, they say if they do to solve the State's perennial "Not a single new project Maharashtra minister and local Modi became the "chowki- pranam to god their vote bank flood problem, and destroying was announced by Modi in the MLA Girish Bapat for the Pune daar" of the country, those will go away from them," she its economy. last five years. Assam has total- Lok Sabha seat, the Congress is touring foreign countries have added. Addressing a press confer- ly been neglected by the BJP-led yet to announce its nominee. started remembering the moth- Priyanka Gandhi had ence here, Assam Pradesh central government. Modi's City Congress leaders were er Ganga. prayed at the popular Congress Committee president schemes are only to help the hopeful that the announcement Also hitting out at Priyanka Hanuman Garhi temple in Ripun Bora alleged that the capitalists, but not the poor," will be made by Sunday morn- Gandhi for not visiting the Ayodhya, but kept away from BJP-led central government did Bora alleged. ing, but there was no word from makeshift Ram Lalla shrine the Ram Lalla shrine. not announce a single new He pointed out that the the high command, a party during her recent visit to Her visit to Ayodhya, project for the state in the last foundation stone of the Jorhat- source said. Ayodhya, she said there is fear where the disputed Ram five years. Majuli bridge over the The party workers launched among the Congress leadership Janmabhoomi- Babri Masjid "What has Modi done to Brahmaputra was laid three the campaign by taking out a that if they do "pranam" to god site is located, came on the last solve the flood problem of years ago, but not even the DPR procession from Kasba Peth, in the temple, their votes will day of her three-day trip to Assam? You (BJP government) has yet been prepared. Bapat's Assembly constituency. go away from them. Uttar Pradesh. A view of the derailed Chapra-Surat Tapti Ganga Express train in Chapra on Sunday PTI only organised 'Namami Bora slammed the BJP City Congress chief Ramesh "Those people who gave The Hanuman shrine 'dar- Brahmaputra' and 'Namami leaders for criticising the min- Bagwe and four ticket aspirants affidavit in court....Congress shan' was the latest in a series Patna: Six passengers were the injured had been admitted The main line (up line) has Barak' by bringing the priests imum income guarantee -- former state legislator Mohan government in an affidavit told of temple visits by Priyanka injured on Sunday after 13 to local hospital. been blocked because of the from Haridwar. Is that all for the scheme, 'NYAY', announced Joshi, Arvind Shinde, Abhay the court that there is no exis- Gandhi, who is in charge of coaches of Chapra-Surat Tapti All the six passengers, who accident, the CPRO said. flood problem?" the Rajya by Congress president Rahul Chhajed and Pravin Gaikwad tence of Lord Ram; today they eastern Uttar Pradesh for her Ganga Express derailed in received minor injuries, were According to some offi- Sabha member asked. Gandhi and said the UPA had (who joined the party Saturday are roaming around the streets party. Bihar's Saran district. discharged after being admin- cials, rescue operations are On the industrial front, introduced "revolutionary pro- in Mumbai) — took part in the as Ram Bhakts," Irani said. Pointing out that farmers The accident occurred near istered first aid, the CPRO underway. the senior Congress leader said people projects" like the MGN- event. While speculation is rife Addressing a BJP rally dur- of Kolar who produce tomato Gautam Asthan railway station said, adding no coach over- "About 180 passengers, who the prime minister "stripped" REGA and the National Food that Gaikwad will get the tick- ing her Lok Sabha polls cam- in large numbers had stopped in Varanasi division at 9.45 am, turned in the incident. wanted to continue their onward Assam of the 'special status' tag. Security Act. The State et, some Congress leaders said paign here, she said "Those sending their produce to minutes after the Surat-bound The accident spot is 10 km journey, have been sent for their "It is a big blow to the eco- Congress chief said Modi had either Shinde or Joshi could be who tour foreign countries, Pakistan, Irani took a dig at train left Chapra Junction, from Chapra town, he said. destinations by a special train, nomic development of Assam. said that all illegal Bangladeshis the high command's pick. "Party from the time Modi became Congress President Rahul Sanjay Yadav, chief public rela- "The cause of the accident the CPRO said, adding others There was a distinct industrial would have to leave the state by workers are eagerly waiting for the chowkidaar of the country Gandhi, without naming him, tions officer (CPRO) of North is yet to be ascertained and we were served refreshments and policy of Assam, but that was May 16, 2014. "What happened? announcement of candidate and have started remembering who, she said, sought evidence Eastern Railway said. are waiting for more details," sent to Chapra (Saran district withdrawn," he . On the other hand, he tried to with every passing day they are mother Ganga." for the Indian armed forces No casualty has been Yadav said, adding it will be headquarters) by bus from Bora also said that the bring in more Bangladeshis becoming impatient," admitted "Recently the Congress attack on terror hideouts in reported so far, the CPRO told clear only after an investigation where they left for their native Centre abolished the North through the Citizenship Ramesh Iyer, city Congress leadership, as per their election Pakistan. PTI PTI over phone, adding that is conducted. places. PTI East Industrial and Investment (Amendment) Bill." PTI spokesperson. PTI Former Bihar Min, Suspended Wayanad in national police constable who recently quit dies in custody limelight after Rahul HAM, joins RLSP Imphal: A constable of the decides to contest Manipur police, who was sus- Patna: Former Bihar Minister could have created problems. pended and arrested in con- Vrishan Patel, who recently But since he has already spent nection with the escape of an quit the Hindustani Awam some time outside it, there undertrial prisoner, died in Morcha (HAM) in February, should be no issues," Kushwaha custody here, a senior police on Sunday joined the Rashtriya told reporters. officer said on Sunday. Lok Samata Party (RLSP) Replying to queries from A magisterial enquiry was another constituent of the journalists, Patel said, "I had ordered into the custodial Opposition quit the HAM but had made it death Manjur Ahmed and a "Mahagathbandhan". clear then that I was upset over police inspector was suspend- Patel, who used to head the certain matters which were ed, Director General of Police HAM state unit, was inducted not in the interests of L M Khaute said. into the RLSP by the party's Mahagathbandhan. My com- Ahmed was found dead in national president and former mitment to the anti-NDA for- an interrogation cell on Union minister Upendra mation was always intact and Saturday. Kushwaha. there is nothing odd in my He was arrested in con- The development will have joining another constituent of nection with the escape of no adverse effect on the party's the Grand Alliance." Thokchom Nando, a leader of ties with the HAM, headed by Patel had resigned from proscribed militant outfit ex-chief minister Jitan Ram HAM in February on a day Kangleipak Communist Party Manjhi. when its national spokesperson (KCP), from the Jawaharlal "Patel had quit the HAM Danish Rizwan also quit the Nehru Institute of Medical more than a month back. Had party with both leaders trading Sciences here on Tuesday, Women living in slums fetch drinking water from a roadside tap provided by the municipality in Kolkata on Sunday PTI he been still with that party, it charges. PTI Khaute told PTI. PTI

Thiruvananthapuram: announced its candidate here Centre turns down Wayanad Lok Sabha constiu- so far. tency in north Kerala has The predominantly agrar- WB Govt plea to Union Min drives e-rickshaw, LS poll: 198 symbols been catapulted to the nation- ian constituency, Wayanad, al limelight with Congress where coffee, tea, cocoa, pep- retain Central forces President Rahul Gandhi decid- per, tea and Cardamom are the for Independent ing to contest from the hilly chief agricultural crops, is also in Maoist-hit region leaves Patna residents bemused district. a much sought after tourist Patna: It was a "roadshow" mobile phones as Yadav made Yadav is pitted against the After a week-long sus- destination with its stone age Kolkata: The Ministry of Home with a difference for the resi- a round of the sprawling park, daughter of his former mentor, pense, Congress formally carvings of Edakkal caves, Affairs has turned down a plea dents of the Bihar Capital. which has a perimeter of more Misa Bharti, whom he had candidates in Maha announced that Gandhi would scenic locales, breathtaking of Mamata Banerjee Joggers and morning walk- than two kilometers. defeated five years ago. try his luck from Wayanad, waterfalls. Government to retain 35 com- ers at the historic Gandhi "It was nothing. I come to Yadav had joined the BJP Mumbai: Independent candi- fruits, vegetables, kitchen arti- besides Amethi in Uttar It is also a trekkers delight, panies of central forces posted in Maidan here were bemused on Gandhi Maidan ever morning. just ahead of the previous Lok dates contesting the April- cles and utensils, electronic Pradesh, giving the much with some of its peaks towering once Maoist-dominated Sunday morning when they This has been my routine for 30 Sabha polls, in one of the biggest May Lok Sabha polls in items like computer, laptop needed boost to the Congress 2,100 metres above sea level. Jangalmahal region in south found a Union minister, who is years. Besides getting some jolts to Prasad's RJD, and bagged Maharashtra will have 198 and pen drive, farm imple- led United Democratic Front Wayanad constituency Bengal, a senior State the BJP candidate from a neigh- exercise, the daily jaunt helps me the seat, which came into being symbols to choose from, up ments, sand timer, gramo- (UDF) workers. consists of Mananthavady, Government official said on bouring constituency, driving an to learn about the people's in the 2008 delimitation. from 87 in the 2014 general phone, typewriter, toothpaste The late M I Shanavas Sulthan Bathery, Kalpetta, Sunday. The State Govt has then e-rickshaw. problems first-hand and I try to Prasad, too, had fought elections. and toothbrush, footwear, (Cong-UDF) had sucessfully Thiruvambady, Ernad, written to the ministry to recon- Ram Kripal Yadav, remem- help them in whatever way it is unsuccessfully from the seat in These symbols, compris- socks, helmets etc. represented the constituency Nilambur and Wandoor seg- sider the decision stating that the bered by many as a hands-on possible," Yadav told PTI. the 2009 Lok Sabha polls. He ing items of daily use, are dis- Agriculture-related sym- in 2014 and 2009 defeating ments and has a total voter move might re-ignite Maoist deputy mayor of the city who "This morning, this e-rick- lost to another confidant- tributed to Lok Sabha and bols include sugarcane farmer, LDF candidates. population of 13,25,788, of problems in the region, he said. rose to become an MP and one shaw driver asked me fondly - turned-adversary Ranjan Yadav Assembly candidates as per the coconut garden, diesel pump, He passed away in whom 6,70,0002 are females. The forested areas of West of the closest aides of Lalu sir, would you not honour me of the JD(U). Election Symbols (Reservation farmer driving tractor, tiller, November last year. Wayanad also has a large Midnapore, Jhargram, Bankura Prasad, when he held sway with a ride. I said why not. I Although fairly popular in and Distribution) Order 1968 wells and the like. Vehicles like The LDF candidate in mix of Scheduled Caste and and Purulia districts in the over Bihar, was seen clad in a T- know how to drive the vehicle his constituency, the BJP can- in a prescribed format, an the rickshaw, truck, helicopter, Wayanad this time is P P Scheduled Tribe community. southern part of the state forms shirt and track pants, deftly nav- and asked him to move aside didate faces an uphill task this official release informed. ship etc are also part of the list Suneer of the CPI. Perched on the western Jangalmahal. The areas which igating the three-wheeler and took the steering handle," time in view of the fact that Misa Symbols of national and of 198 symbols for The BJP has given the ghats, Wayanad shares its bor- share border with Jharkhand through the traffic. he added. had lost by a margin of just state-level parties are reserved. Independent candidates and seat to its partner BDJS ders with Mysore and were once affected by Maoist Many youngsters were seen Seeking re-election from about 40,000 votes, despite the As per the release, the so are items like bat, ball, (Bharat Dharma Jana Sena Chamarajanagar in Karnataka insurgency. PTI capturing the moment on their Pataliputra Lok Sabha seat, Modi wave. PTI 198 symbols include various football, chess board. PTI (BDJS) and has not formally and Nilgiris in TN. PTI LUCKNOW | MONDAY | APRIL 1, 2019 op nion 08 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION One car, two cars? The Supreme Court’s proposal to limit vehicles in Delhi isn’t The rail network dilemma beyond the realm of technology but is difficult to implement any cities across the world have brought technologies to reduce traf- With more than half of the electricity being generated from coal, we may end up burning Mfic congestion, thus to also combat the pollution problem. Solutions have been this dirty fuel in power plants rather than in the furnace of engines as previously thought manifold. London, for example, has put in place a congestion tax for those who enter the heart of the city. Likewise, in Beijing, cars, whose number plates end with two particu- lar numbers, have to stay off the roads on particular weekdays on a rotational basis — a more evolved form of odd-even, one could argue. Further, many provinces in China have PRIYADARSHI DUTTA adopted the Singaporean model of restricting car ownership in the first place, having a lottery to see who can buy cars in addition to the egregious taxes on ent per cent electrification of motor vehicles. While India has high taxes on motor vehicles, no city here has broad gauge, which compris- considered restricting vehicular access or charging for the same. But with traf- es over 90 per cent of the net- work, is on the Indian fic congestion becoming worse and, thus, vehicular pollution adding consid- Railways’ agenda. The goal, erably to the breatheable air crisis across the country, solutions have to be Chowever, is not as closer as it is project- found. It is here that the Supreme Court has suggested that car ownership be ed. “Electrification of the remaining length of the network” is the refrain used restricted to just two cars per family. Indeed, a laudable idea but one that will to describe the project. But the “remain- be almost impossible to implement given that many cars in the capital and ing” portion is not even in the range of elsewhere are bought through companies or leasing plans. 10, 20 or 30 per cent. The aggregate length of railroads being 67,368 km, the At the same time, traffic management is a shambles in India. This will make electrified length is only 30,212 km; any scheme almost impossible to administer. However, this is slowly witness- whereas unelectrified portion is 37,156 ing change with traffic authorities across the country taking action against offend- km (Lok Sabha unstarred question no: 1351, dated July 25, 2018). In other ers. The use of technology is vital. Recently, the Delhi Traffic Police, in associ- words, the electrified section of the net- ation with Maruti-Suzuki, has installed traffic light monitoring cameras that can work is not more than 45 per cent, where- read number plates and issue traffic fines automatically. This is not state-of-the- as the unelectrified part is 55 per cent. art technology but just a start. In Mumbai as well, a series of traffic cameras on Why has the pace of electrification been excruciatingly slow in our country? high-speed stretches like the Bandra-Worli Sealink can monitor speeding and The first electric train in India ran issue challans automatically. Similarly, it may not be a bad idea to use such cam- between Victoria Terminus (now eras to monitor traffic restrictions as well, especially now when newer vehicles Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus) and Kurla on Harbour Line in Mumbai (then will have radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags that can share data. Something Bombay) on February 3, 1925. By March akin to London’s congestion charge can be put into force in central Delhi or south 1928, the suburban railway of Bombay Mumbai, with the proceeds going towards funding better public transportation (then Mumbai) had been completely elec- trified. But this early success of the mega options for those who have to give up their personal vehicles. But in many cities, city was not extended to whole of India. When steam locomotives started Limited for the establishment of an the major competent of thermal energy where such schemes have been introduced, there was already an existing and Until the time of independence in 1947, losing dominance in the mid-1980s, the electric locomotive factory at Madhepura in our country. Other components are highly dense public transportation system. While Metro systems are being built, not more than 388 km of railroad had vacated ground was occupied by diesel in Bihar. gas, lignite and oil. The railways may be been electrified, which constituted even engines, not electricity. Choosing diesel But subsequently, an action plan to replacing diesel with, figuratively speak- and in some smaller cities in advance of demand growth, much more has to be less than half a per cent of the network. obviated the need for raising heavy electrify the whole of broad gauge net- ing, coal. Instead of burning the coal in done to improve the bus systems that ensure last mile connectivity because hair- Until 1980s, the pace of electrification engineering work, necessary for electri- work came into being. Yearly targets were the furnace of an engine, as previously, raising rides on e-rickshaws are not feasible and in extreme climatic conditions, was slow and uneven. fication of the route. Electricity has ambitious to the extent of seemingly we would be burning it in thermal Reason for this is not too far to seek. come a long way since then indeed but impossible — 6,000 km for 2018-19, power plants. expecting commuters to walk even medium distances is not a viable planning India was deficient in electricity with the balance is still titled, even if slightly, 7,000 km for 2019-20, 10,500 km for Does this really provide any relief for solution. India does have a major opportunity though; newer developments in competing claims on this scarce resource. in favour of diesel locomotives. 2020-21 and 10,500 km 2021-22. This the environment? It is true that one-fifth its urban areas do not have to be built around the cult of the car. Proper plan- On the other hand, proven reserves of By the end of 2017, there were 5,868 shift in plan naturally put into quandary of India’s energy is nowadays produced coal were in abundance. Electrification diesel locomotives on broad gauge as the future of the Marhowra Diesel from new and renewable sources like ning of public transport, both intra-urban and regional, can dramatically reduce involved raising heavy engineering works, against 5,590 electric locomotives. The Locomotive factory. solar and wind among others. But there the demand on Indian roads. Car users will not be happy with some of the pro- which implied high capital expenditure. numbers correspond, fairly, though not Would their locomotives be absorbed is a long way to go before renewable ener- posed solutions, whether it is demand restriction through taxes, vehicular restric- It also involved using electric locomotives, exactly, to the length of route electrified if, in principle, diesel was to be phased gy can be harnessed for high-voltage rail- which was not manufactured in our and still unelectrified. There are, howev- out as a dirty and expensive fuel? The way traction. At present, its use in the tions through odd-even plans or even congestion management. We have to start country. India had developed the technol- er, certain railway zones which had been Government decided to convert the railways is limited to power bulbs and considering these solutions immediately. ogy for manufacturing steam locomotive electrified the least. They are the North entire fleet of diesel engines into electric fans. since 1862 (when Jamalpur Locomotive East Frontier, North Western and South ones. Technologically, this is eminently As per the Indian Railway Year Book Workshop was commissioned by the Western railways, where electric locomo- possible because there are not vast dif- (2016-17), coal constitutes 48 per cent of British). The establishment of tives are altogether absent. These are ferences in internal workings. As against its bulk cargo. Of the cargo traffic, 22 per Kartarpur impasse Chittaranjan Locomotive Works in 1950 either due to their terrain types or envi- common misconception, a diesel loco- cent is that coal, which is transported in West Bengal resulted in the manufac- ronmental factors. motive does not burn fuel in internal from collieries to power plants. If demand turing of modern steam engines. There The drive towards complete electri- combustion engine. Instead converts it for coal increases to meet electricity sup- India has rightly called off talks after Pak appoints was, thus, little incentive to electrify. fication is a mid-course correction of the first into electric energy. This makes a ply for the Indian Railways, there is a fear Khalistani leaders on joint panel The dominance of steam locomotives Modi Government. Even by the end of diesel locomotive far more energy-effi- that the tracks can get choked. While continued unabated until the mid-1980s. 2017, the Government had plans to pro- cient than a diesel automobile. diesel is supplied through underground t seems that Pakistan and good intentions In 1981, the Indian Railways had 10,908 cure 1,107 diesel locomotives for broad The projected benefits of railway pipe nowadays, transporting coal will can never really go hand-in-hand. Turns locomotives. Of these, the number of gauge and 25 for narrow gauge lines (vide electrification are numerous. It will lead require mobilisation of more railway steam locomotives (7,469) exceeded the Lok Sabha unstarred question no: 831, to an approximate saving of `13,000 crore wagons. This may become self-defeatist Iout India’s suspicions about its gra- combined number of diesel locomotives dated December 20, 2017). The contract in fuel bill, rid the railways of using 2.8 for the Indian Railways. ciouness and haste over opening the (2,403) and electric locomotives (1,036) agreement between the Indian Railways billion litre of imported diesel, speed up Further, using only one kind of Kartarpur corridor, linking Gurdwara Darbar by twice over. In 2014, our fuel use pro- and GE Diesel Locomotive Private passenger and goods traffic, lend freedom energy has certain security implications. file had completely changed; although the Limited, for the establishment of a diesel to tap energy from renewable energy Hacking of the grid, in a highly digitised Sahib in Pakistan’s Kartarpur — the final total number of locomotives was almost locomotive factory at Marhowra, Saran sources and curtail the carbon footprint. world, can bring trains across a region to resting place of Guru Nanak Dev — to Dera the same as or actually less than (10,499) district, Bihar was signed by the Modi But are we overlooking a huge cost to the a standstill. The use of an energy basket Baba Nanak shrine in India’s Gurdaspur dis- in 1981. In 2014, the field was almost Government on November 30, 2015. On environment by complete electrifica- will be a better choice. divided between diesel and electricity, the same day, another contract agreement tion? (The writer is an independent trict, are not entirely unfounded. For it now with steam engines almost but finished was signed between the Indian Railways Around 54 per cent of electricity in researcher based in New Delhi; views looks like another ruse by Pakistan to revive on the broad gauge. and Alstom Manufacturing India Private India is still derived from coal, which is expressed herein are his personal) the Khalistani movement and foment trou- ble in Punjab, now that it has been squeezed on Jammu and Kashmir post-Balakot. It has now appointed sev- S O U N D BITE eral Khalistani separatists in a committee on the Kartarpur corridor much to Found a lot of enthusi- It's his (Shatrughan Those who do not have the Previously, the temple issue India’s discomfort. So pending an explanation of India’s concerns, there won’t asm at the fish market Sinha) choice. If you courage to pay obeisance to was important for them (the lalla be any deliberation on it. This comes at a time when India, despite the cross- in Thiruvananthapuram, aren't happy at a place, Ram will not be able to BJP). Where is it now? Has even for a squeamish, you should definitely get the votes of the Ram Balakot eaten it? border tension after the Jaish attack on Pulwama and the counterstrikes on vegetarian MP. change it. bhakts (devout followers). its bases in Balakot, had delinked a people-to-people contact issue from diplo- National Conference Congress MP Actor Union Minister leader matic hostilities. —Shashi Tharoor —Sonakshi Sinha —Smriti Irani —Farooq Abdullah No matter how hard India may try, the fact is that Pakistan’s initiative on the Kartarpur corridor is not entirely free of politics. It seized the first mover’s advantage in propaganda by declaring its intention to operationalise the old link soon after Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh blamed the ISI for the L E T T E R S T O T H E EDITOR grenade attack on a Nirankari gathering near Amritsar. With that announce- ment, Pakistan got its own minority Sikhs on board, a favourable opinion from Retrograde step India must tread carefully with China Harbouring terrorists the extended community around the world, revived the hardline Khalistan sen- timent and eventually tried to foment disturbance in Punjab. India had no choice Sir — This refers to the editori- his refers to the editorial, “US move on Azhar” Sir — This refers to the editor- but to get into the act immediately before it could assess if it was another al, “The need for reform” (March (March 29). It is gratifying to note that the US has ial, “US move on Azhar” (March 29). The Election Commission Tdefied China insofar as blacklisting Jaish-e- 29). Judging the dastardly acts of attempt by Pakistan to woo the Sikh community. Pilgrimages between India has risen to the occasion to ques- Mohammad founder Masood Azhar is concerned. The violence unleashed by terrorists and Pakistan are governed by the 1974 Protocol on Visits to Religious Shrines, tion the Union Government’s US, along with the UK and France, has been reported- in different parts of the world, decision to introduce electoral ly moving a resolution in the UN Security Council to black- they deserve no mercy. They are but Kartarpur being not on that list, needs a separate code of engagement, bonds. Rightly so, ever since they list the Pulwama attack mastermind. It has also been equivalent to barbarians, who one where both are still jousting for a say. India has to be alert that the base were introduced, they have reported that there are two types of resolutions, name- disregard the value of a civilisa- camp on the Pakistani side doesn’t become a hotbed for Khalistani propa- become a major source of fund- ly, ‘procedural’ and ‘substantial’ or non-procedural. tion, harmony of society and ing for political parties. The rul- On the one hand, procedural resolution does not avowedly resort to destructive ganda and meetings in the name of allowing faith congregations. Pakistan’s ing party itself was the beneficia- invalidate a decision on account of negative vote if there forces to create devastation. haste in pushing the corridor now after years of dilly-dallying does raise ques- ry of 95 per cent of the electoral are nine affirmative votes. On the other, ‘substantive’ Pakistan not only harbours tions about its intentions. The first demand for a visa-free access was made bonds purchased in 2017-18. decision requires all the permanent members to vote. ed by the US, the UK and France gives a ray of hope terrorists but also acknowledges by then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1999. In 2004, Dr Manmohan Contributions made to polit- Negative vote of even a single permanent member will that the terrorist mastermind is going to be blacklist- it as strategic policy, especially ical parties should be perfectly invalidate the decision. In all the previous four occa- ed if nine countries give their affirmation. While India against India to achieve its Singh suggested a corridor as Prime Minister. On both occasions, there was transparent and cashless. Further, sions, it was non-procedural resolution that impeded must applaud the steps taken by UNSC members, it heinous objective. India has fre- no positive response from Pakistan. However, the very day Imran Khan took electoral bonds must carry the the UN from blacklisting Azhar. China is the only coun- must also tread carefully. quently absorbed several shocks oath as Prime Minister, the message for opening the corridor was conveyed names of contributors to prevent try that has been consistently blocking the move to KV Seetharamaiah of terrorist attacks. It is an undis- indirect and legalised bribing to blacklist him. The procedural resolution now adopt- Hassan puted fact that China brooks no by Pakistan Army Chief Qamar Javed Bajwa to Punjab Minister and Congress the ruling party. With the Union dissent with respect to Uighur leader Navjot Singh Sidhu, knowing full well the latter’s flamboyance and abil- Government motivating even Muslims and inflicts brute force ity to shoot off his mouth, which he did, catching India completely off guard. small payments through digital Don’t be fooled sister-in-law when he went to his and family members. and cruelty to silence them. It is banking like Bhim app and father-in-law’s palace on the However, instead of playing also strange that terrorist outfits The “deep state” had succeeded in championing a delicate cause for the Sikhs. PayTM, it will be ideal to totally first of April by mistake as he jokes on people on this day, we and groups in Pakistan remain And yet again, as General Bajwa stood in Kartarpur, shaking hands with a ban cash contributions to any Sir — The first day of the month had been invited there on the must plant at least one sapling in apathetic to the cruel atrocities known Khalistani face in Pakistan, Gopal Singh Chawla, he added to our wor- political party. With elections of April is called ‘All Fools’ Day’ first of May. our surroundings to celebrate meted out by the Chinese com- just round the corner, it is imper- or ‘April Fool’s Day’. On this day, Today, centuries later, April April ‘cool’ day. This small cam- munist regime. Is it not a prac- ries. Pakistan is trying to project itself as a champion of minority rights and ative that the top court takes cog- every year, people take delight in fool is played on people on a paign of ours may help in mak- tice of quid pro quo? religious freedoms and desperately trying to project India as the biggest obsta- nisance of the matter soon. There playing practical jokes on each large scale. It is played by stu- ing the earth cooler and a bet- Nimai Charan Swain cle in the pursuit of altruistic goals. But India cannot afford to let its guard must be an immediate ban on other. The custom started in dents in schools and colleges and ter place to live. So don’t get Bhubaneswar electoral bonds. Rome when King Leopold of also by employees with their col- April fooled this year. Be alert. down or allow a new domestic crisis to brew. Though Pakistan would like to Madhu Agrawal Belgium, who was married in leagues in offices. It is also Jubel D’Cruz Send your feedback to: use faith to forge another front in its proxy war. Delhi Rome, was made a fool of by his played at home with neighbours Mumbai [email protected] LUCKNOW | MONDAY | APRIL 1, 2019 analysis 09 www.dailypioneer.com FIRSTCOLUMN Managing POINTCOUNTERPOINT IF VOTED TO POWER, WE WILL REPLACE THE NITI AAYOG THE SHEHZADA IS SPEAKING UNDER ANARCHY OF THE jurisprudence WITH A LEAN PLANNING COMMISSION WHOSE MEMBERS FEUDAL FAMILY AND IS THREATENING AND DEFAMING WILL BE RENOWNED ECONOMISTS AND EXPERTS. CONSTITUTIONAL INSTITUTIONS. The gradual and systematic erosion of credibility —CONGRESS PRESIDENT —UNION MINISTER in the system must be checked. This matter is RAHUL GANDHI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI far too serious to be left to the Government alone Jinnah’s real identity VINAYSHIL GAUTAM ll domains of activity require some organisation. From the Before his final disillusionment with Gandhi and Congress, he was truly neutral about various kitchen to the space, there is no effort that can produce Aresults without some kind of planning, and that requires an ability to anticipate and see the consequences of one’s action. communities. Poet Sarojini Naidu had described him as a true ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity It requires sequencing of activities — in a manner of speak- ing. Illustratively, if one is building a wall to a house, he/she cannot first build a wall and then break it to find a place for the window. The wall has to be designed, keeping in mind a suit- able space for the window. And to locate space for the win- dow, one will require an understanding about its length and breadth. Hence, measurement becomes necessary. Put sim- ply, anticipation, sequencing of activities, ability to measure and estimate are some of the fundamentals for the planning process. Planning, as stated above, is integral to management. Therefore, the assumption, popularly pedalled in classrooms that modern management began post World War I, is not only PRAFULL GORADIA misleading but erroneous. Civil society carries with it the seeds of management. It also carries the seeds of an organised frame- t was well-known that in 1947, Pakistan work of reference and that is law. Thus, law and management was a geo-political idiosyncrasy in sev- are the two basic wheels on which civil society has moved. eral ways. First, its architect, engineer and Subsequently, as civil society evolved, so did legal frame- founder, Quaid-e-Azam MA Jinnah, was not a purist Muslim, who led the creation work and management orientation. The interfaces, therefore, Iof a ‘New Medina’. The Caliph at Istanbul was of law (some understand it better as jurisprudence) are basic exiled and the institution of the Caliphate, to human evolution. It is, therefore, unfortunate — while being established in 661 AD, was abolished by true — that this interface has not received attention in a man- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the moderniser of ner it should have, either in research, conscious practice, acad- Turkey. But how was Jinnah not a dyed-in-the- emia, teaching or wherever else. Whereas reams of paper and wool Muslim? His grandfather, Jeenabhai, was heaps of time are spent, perhaps rightly so, in understanding converted from being a Hindu Lohana to an precedence, articles of law, sub-clauses, the core of the con- Ismaili Khoja. The family belonged to Dhoraji, cern, namely its management structure, still largely goes by not far from Rajkot. The area, and in fact, the IT IS DOUBTFUL IF default. Even while some attempts are made to raise these entire peninsula of Saurashtra, then called JINNAH HAD, Kathiawar, had hardly an Islamic atmosphere. issues, the domain of electronics enabled system has entered BEFORE THE Junagadh, in the south-west of the peninsula, ELECTION the court scene. In many cases tracking can be done through was the largest of the area’s princely state head- the court system, electronically. This is all good and welcome. CAMPAIGN, BEEN ed by a nawab, with a Muslim population of TO MOST AREAS But this is not what management is about. some 12 per cent. Like any living system, the court system requires sched- Jinnah’s family shifted to Karachi to do big- OUTSIDE THE uling, record-keeping, classifying, remembrance and archiv- ger business but grandson, Mohammed Ali, PROVINCIAL ing. Much that goes into management. However, basically, long before at the age of 16, moved to London CAPITALS. THIS the domain of jurisprudence or law has not attacked the issue to become a Barrister-at-law. There he took to WAS ONE OF THE of “conscious management” for a fair and equitable admin- the English way of life and soon became a REASONS FOR HIS istration of justice that the situation would require. Results brown Englishman, which during the high LACK OF A noon of the British Empire, was not uncom- are there for all to see. Much of the legal system, from appoint- CORRECT mon. He took four years to return to Bombay ASSESSMENT OF ment of judges to the scheduling of cases to review of peti- (now Mumbai). His three older sisters were called for namaz. Willy-nilly, the We must also remember that before the fact that he owned some 200 Savile tions, is marked by norms that are either debated or ques- HIS NEWLY-WON married and moved with their in-laws. The NATION. WE MUST crowd dispersed in order to pray. his final disillusionment with Gandhi Row formal suits and was always tioned or implemented in a high-handed manner with few youngest sibling, Fatima, Jinnah took under his Meanwhile, Jinnah sat down on a and Congress at the Calcutta (now impeccably dressed in public. His shift remarking the quality of the process itself. wings and began educating her at Bandra (a ALSO REMEMBER chair on the platform, brought out a Kolkata) session of the party, he was to the pyjama-achkan attire in his later There are a whole lot of areas where even a discussion on suburb of Bombay) in a Christian missionary THAT BEFORE HIS cigar, lit it and had several puffs before truly neutral about various commu- avatar as the Muslim League president legal processes, whether on merit or otherwise, of a decision school. He was not very close to his younger DISILLUSIONMENT the crowd returned. He resumed nities. Poet Sarojini Naidu, popular- and Prophet of Pakistan notwithstand- or a system, is not susceptible to expert analysis or even seri- brother, Ahmed Ali, yet gave him a regular WITH GANDHI speaking quite nonchalantly and the ly called the nightingale, had ing, Jinnah insisted on reverting to his ous and professional media attention. The bane is manifested allowance, sufficient for him to marry a Swiss AND CONGRESS audience shrieked and shouted when- described Jinnah as a true ambassador Savile Row self when he was sick and in many ways and a time has come where even the judges seem lady, who bore him a lovely daughter before AT THE CALCUTTA ever there was a reference to “Islam is of Hindu-Muslim unity. After his dying. “I will not travel in my pyja- to feel the heat. It manifests itself in discussion on the process- departing for good for her European home. (NOW KOLKATA) in danger.” He had become a foreign- leaving Karachi at the age of 16, he mas,” he reportedly asserted, insisting Professionally, life was somewhat difficult; SESSION OF THE er in many of his ways and habits, and had, until his parting of ways in that he buried in them. The late Justice es of appointment of the judges, allocation of work in the court briefs were difficult to come by for a new his followers of the mid and late 1940s Calcutta, never weighed people in MC Chagla, in his autobiography room or indeed the time that is taken in disposing off the cases. PARTY, HE WAS Barrister. The acting Advocate-General of TRULY NEUTRAL did not mind one bit so long as he terms of Hindu and Muslim. Roses in December, made a reference The frivolity with which many adjournments are sought and grant- Bombay, John Molesworth Macpherson, how- would get them Pakistan. They right- When the Gandhi finally returned to Mohammad Ali eating sandwich- ed is, of course, the quickest and the shortest way of manoeu- ever, took to Jinnah and got him an appoint- BETWEEN THE ly believed that he was the only in 1915 from South Africa, his first es lovingly made and brought by his vering to beat the possibility of fair play. This is only the tip of ment as Bombay Presidency magistrate at a VARIOUS leader, who could get them their public reception was held at Gokuldas wife Ruttee for her husband. the iceberg. There is the whole paraphernalia of support staff handsome salary of `1,500 a month. As a COMMUNITIES Pakistan, the land of the pure. Those Tejpal Hall. Jinnah presided over the Incidentally, she was not a Muslim but in the courts, beginning with peshkars and the works, on whom Barrister, Jinnah came in contact with who lived in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, meeting; when Gandhi had to stand a Parsi. His only child was Dina, who the court has to depend for its servicing. Clearly, gaps are so Westernised Parsis, upper-class Gujarati busi- Bihar or Bombay had nothing obvi- up to reply, he started by saying how married Sir Neville Wadia, a distin- wide that they begin to look like reality itself. Perhaps the issue nessmen, solicitors and only a few rich Muslim ous to get from Partition. happy he was that a Mohamedan guished Parsi industrialist. can be partially resolved by rules and regulations, which put clients, mainly Khojas, some Memons and Hijrat or migration, like Prophet leader of eminence should welcome Thus, Quaid-e-Azam Jinnah did Bohras, all converts from Hindus. The first Muhammad’s flight from Mecca to him and say such nice things. Jinnah not qualify to be, by any means, an a halt to some of the aberrations. named were like Jinnah himself, the second also Medina in 622 AD, sounded religio- for his part was mightily annoyed that ideal Muslim. When he felt jilted by Illustratively, how can the administration of justice take longer recently converted from Kutchi Lohanas and the romantic. Nevertheless, it was gener- Gandhi should talk about a leader by the Congress in Calcutta, he left the than the average lifespan of an adult since the time he entered last were Brahmins before becoming Shia ally a tough call to be a muhajir in his referring to his religion. What had metropolis with tears in his eyes as he into litigation? It sounds dangerously close to the membership Muslims a few centuries earlier. All the three Pakistan as it turned out certainly. Yet, that to do with the function or its pro- bid goodbye to his friend Dewan application of an elite club in Delhi where the waiting time for spoke Gujarati as their mother-tongue like students from the Aligarh University gramme? His brother Ahmed, a friend Chand at Howrah station. Before consideration for the application is longer than the average lifes- Jinnah, except that the Memons were also at also went to Punjab to campaign in of this writer’s grandfather, long, he went away to London to set pan itself of the applicant from the day he/she applied. Many home in Kutchi dialect. 1945 for Partition. Such was the virus Dharamdas Vora of 401 Girgaum up his practice there. He bought such instances can be cited. The important thing is that the Otherwise, the Qaid-to-be was at home in of hysteria that swept through what is Road, Bombay-2 (of 1946), had said, himself a commodious bungalow credibility of the system is progressively under erosion. Faith English, written and spoken. Urdu remained far India post-Partition, but not half as “We are not authentic Muslims; we are with a spacious garden. Daughter in the law is central to any civil society. Custodians of the legal for him until he began to address mass meet- much in provinces that were likely to culturally Parsi. We do not know how Dina joined him to go to an upper- ings, especially while campaigning for the cru- go to Pakistan. to pray by doing namaaz. My broth- class school. Soon, he became the system need to be conscious that popular references like ‘Your cial 1945-46 general elections. It was too late The people of say, West Punjab, er did not have appropriate garments highest paid barrister in the British Honour’ can become a source of ridicule and derision if not and the Qaid addressed his mass audiences in Sind, NWFP and East Bengal, did not for prayers until he returned to India Empire. He had no plans to return to duly earned. The time has come to review the whole gamut and English, which most did not follow. In those feel half as excited; although certain- in 1935 as life president of the Muslim Bombay until Nawabzada Liaquat Ali spectrum of management of jurisprudence. Unless this is taken days, there was no system of simultaneous ly they were not unhappy. It is doubt- League. We normally wear lounge Khan, on behalf of the Muslim League, in a mission mode, some pillars of the society, beginning with translation as in the days of . ful if Jinnah had before the election suits, my brother prefers those tailored was able to persuade him to return as the Election Commission to arbitration, may have forfeited the Pran Chopra once reported on a 1945-46 campaign, been to most areas outside in Savile Row, London. We eat and life president of the party. act of faith which keep it going. This matter of governance is meeting he was covering at Jalandhar. It was the provincial capitals. This was one drink what we like.” (This is the first in a two-part series far too serious to be left for the Government alone. evening and the crowd comprised a mass of of the reasons for his lack of a correct Indeed, Jinnah’s love for the on MA Jinnah by this columnist. The (The writer is a well-known management consultant) thousands. In the middle of it, the muezzin assessment of his newly-won country. English way of life can be gauged by second will appear here this week. ) Toxic fumes threatening lives FOREIGN EYE Air pollution is a growing threat to people of all ages but particularly harms children’s health and development. It is laudable that the Government has taken noteworthy steps to rein in the problem but it needs to nudge more inputs into policy-making 50-100 is ‘moderate’, 100-150 is can cross from the lungs to the blood- 2024, needs further urgent and pro- ‘unhealthy for sensitive groups’ stream and from the bloodstream to active actions to protect the young (including children), 151-200 is the brain. There, they actually cause generation. Stringent law enforce- ‘unhealthy’, 201-300 is ‘very brain cells to inflame. This damages ment regarding polluting industries unhealthy’ and 301-500 is ‘haz- the brain cells and affects the child’s and burning of solid waste/residues ardous’. In the four-day period cognitive and intellectual develop- among others should be non-nego- FACEBOOK FACES A between January 8 and 11, the num- ment. Today’s generation kids will be tiable. Policy shifts such as the switch RECKONING FOR ber reached 417 in New Delhi (haz- affected for life and as adults, we have from pollution fuel options like diesel REDLINING GOUGH ardous), 310 in Kathmandu (haz- a pressing and serious duty to reverse or petrol to CNG or electrical cars JEAN ardous), 328 in Dhaka (hazardous), this horrendous trend. and increased investment in public ll day, every day, even while 510 in Kabul (hazardous) and 234 in Early and high exposure of transport among others are notewor- The Department of Housing they sleep, tens of millions of Karachi (very unhealthy). These children and their vulnerability to thy efforts taken by the Government. and Urban Development Achildren in South Asia are large numbers mean deaths and air pollution complicate the situa- However, further investment and charged Facebook with being seriously harmed as they are serious, lasting harm. air pollutants of all are the smallest year-old child takes around 20 to 30 tion and call for the need to address incentives to adopt clean energy, espe- central violations of the fair exposed to toxic air. The region leads In India, nearly 1.3 million prema- particles. They reach deep down into breaths a minute and a new-born this issue with urgency. We need cially in smaller towns, are crucial. the world in air pollution — and not ture deaths occurred just in 2017 due our lungs. From there, they pass into takes 30 to 40. So, young children adapt cleaner and renewable Incentivising the use of LPG in rural housing law, including in a good way. An estimated 1,30,000 to indoor and outdoor air pollution. the bloodstream and then circulate breathe polluted air two to three sources of energy. We also need bet- areas as against the highly polluting allowing advertisers to children under five are killed every Ten of the world’s top 20 most pollut- all around the body. Air pollution is times as much as adults do. ter waste management options to fossil fuel is another critical need. exclude specific groups. single year. It is a staggering fact that ed cities are in India. Around 77 per a severe and growing threat to peo- Second, children’s lungs and prevent open burning of harmful Reducing indoor and outdoor air The government says that 12 million babies in South Asia are cent of the country’s population is ple of all ages but particularly, it is other organs are still in the develop- chemicals. Of course, precise solu- pollution must be integrated in all advertising designed to exposed to air that is six times the exposed to outdoor air pollution lev- bad for the children’s health and ing stage. This makes them particu- tions vary across the region. We major Government programmes such safe limit set by the World Health els above the US National Ambient Air development. A 2018 study by WHO larly vulnerable to damage. This cannot let our children breathe as Smart Cities, rather than institut- exclude certain groups Organisation (WHO). This means Quality Standards’ safe limit. Average revealed that over one lakh children can have both immediate effects such toxic air. Speaking up for one’s chil- ing stand-alone interventions. This violates the Fair Housing that South Asia accounts for three- life expectancy in India would have under the age of five died in 2016 as causing asthma and long-term dren should be the first step. can go a long way in promoting pos- Act. The suit against quarters of the global total. been 1.7 years higher if air pollution because of air pollution in India. effects such as reducing their lung The Government of India’s efforts itive behaviour, big and small, among Facebook could well be just The full impact of breathing levels were less than the minimal level. There are three main reasons why volume for life. towards launching a National Clean citizens and initiating a drive towards harmful air may not be visible to the Cough, sore throat or swollen children are particularly at risk: Third, the youngest children are Air Programme, that aims to cover a pollution-free India for us and for the beginning of the naked eye but the Air Quality Index eyes are common symptoms that are First, they breathe faster than also in danger because the barrier 104 cities, are commendable. the generations to come. government’s inquiries into measures how toxic the air is. noticed but the real damage is far adults. A typical adult takes around between the bloodstream and brain However, the target to reduce air pol- (The writer is Regional Director this problem. A measurement of 0-50 is ‘good,’ more serious. The most dangerous 12 to 18 breaths a minute. A three- is not yet fully formed. Air pollutants lution by only about 30 per cent by of UNICEF in South Asia) (The New York Times) LUCKNOW | MONDAY | APRIL 1, 2019 money 10

Jet Airways pilots defer BoB now third largest Roll-out of new, simplified lender as Dena, Vijaya GST return forms deferred not to fly decision merger takes effect PTI n NEW DELHI PTI n MUMBAI said. On March 21 the NAG had AK Purwar likely to The Government- We would work for the he pilot project envisaged major crisis at the strug- requested the Government to forced merger, success of the amalgamation by Tfor rolling out simplified Agling carrier Jet Airways intervene for the survival of Jet chair Jet Airways' effective execution of all the monthly GST return forms was averted on Sunday after its Airways, after which State Bank announced last in activities to build a stronger from April 1 has been deferred pilots’ body, National Aviator's of India (SBI) stated that the interim management September, organisationand collectively and the new forms would be Guild (NAG), deferred till April lenders will infuse interim deliver more to the stake hold- made available once they the 15 its call for halting operations. funding of `1,500 crore to sus- creates the third ers than that of sum of indi- notified and the software is The decision was taken at tain its operations for the next committee largest bank in vidual entities," BoB chief PS ready. an open house meeting of two months. Jayakumar said in a release. The GST Council had in NAG members which took Last Monday, Jet Airways' PTI n NEW DELHI the country The Reserve Bank had July last year decided that the place in both Mumbai and board approved a resolution Saturday said branches of Dena simplified GST return forms — Delhi on Sunday afternoon, plan formulated by SBI-led he consortium of lenders to Bank and Vijaya Bank would Sahaj and Sugam — would be NAG president Karan Chopra domestic lenders. Under the TJet Airways is considering PTI n MUMBAI function as BoB outlets from rolled out on a pilot basis from told reporters after the meeting plan, lenders decided to take roping in former SBI chief A K April following the amalgama- April 1, 2019, while mandato- which lasted for about four control of the airline and Purwar as chairman of the tate-run Bank of Baroda is tion. ry filing across the country hours. make a fund infusion of interim management commit- Scatapulting itself for a larg- BoB said the consolidated would kick in from July. The NAG, which claims to `1,500 crore. tee as the cash-strapped airline er play in the system with the bank will have over 9,500 In July last year, the Central first; following which, the pilot Besides, businesses making represent around 1,100 of the It has been only six days looks for a new investor, a merger of Dena Bank and branches, 13,400 ATMs, 85,000 Board of Indirect Taxes and would be launched. Systems are supplies to both businesses 1,600 Jet Airways pilots, had since the lenders, who are senior official said. Vijaya Bank with itself from employees to serve 12 crore Customs (CBIC) had come being developed for the new (B2B) and consumers (B2C) announced earlier that its now the new owners, The official of the State Monday. customers. out with the draft GST returns forms," an official said. have to file returns form members will not fly from announced additional funding Bank of India (SBI) also said The Government-forced The bank will have a busi- forms and sought comments Small taxpayers, with 'Sugam'. It includes summary April 1, unless their salary to Jet Airways, and that is why the lenders are in the process merger, announced last in ness mix of `15 lakh crore of from stakeholders. turnover of up to `5 crore in of supplies made and tax lia- dues were cleared and clarity they should be given more of appointing SBI Capital as September, creates the third balance sheet, with deposits Under the new return fil- the last financial year, can file bility, summary of inward sup- provided on future payments time to resolve the issues, advisor in efforts for finding a largest bank in the country and advances of `8.75 lakh ing format, taxpayers who have quarterly return with monthly plies for claiming ITC, along by March 31. Chopra said. the new investor. after State Bank of India and crore and `6.25 lakh crore, no purchases, no output tax lia- payment of taxes on self-dec- with details of interest due "The management has He, however, urged SBI As the full service carrier HDFC Bank. respectively. bility and no input tax credit in laration basis. and tax payment. shown us a positive intent by chairman Rajnish Kumar to struggling to stay afloat, its This is second merger of "The diverse bouquet of any quarter of the financial year The return form 'Sahaj' is for When goods and services transferring our(December) hold a meeting with pilots' board on March 25 approved State-run banks in the recent products from the three banks, would have to file one 'Nil' businesses which make supplies tax (GST) was rolled out from salary and we thought we representatives for a clear a debt resolution plan that years in the banking sector after substantial investments made return for the entire quarter. to only consumers (B2C). It July 1, 2017, a three-stage should give them at least a cou- assessment of the affairs at the would see immediate fund State Bank had merged five of in technologywillhelp in ben- Facility for filing quarterly includes details of outward sup- monthly return filing system ple of weeks to settle down and airline. infusion of `1,500 crore and its associate banks- State Bank efiting a wider customer base," return shall also be available by plies and inward supplies attract- was set up — GSTR-1 (sales form the interim board and SBI had said the salaries lenders taking control of the of Patiala, State Bank of Bikaner he said. an SMS. ing reverse charge as well as return), GSTR-2 (purchase solve our issues which they will be paid out of the interim airline. and Jaipur, State Bank of The lender said the com- The new return filing for- summary of inward supplies for return) and GSTR-3 (final have already spoken about ear- funding, Chopra noted, adding According to the official, Mysore, State Bank of plementary branch presence mat would replace the current claiming input tax credit (ITC). returns based on GSTR-1 and lier. that last night pilots were inti- Purwar is expected to be soon Travancore and State Bank of will add to its network in requirement of filing final sales Also, such B2C businesses 2 matching). "Therefore, the collective mated about disbursal of appointed as chairman of the Hyderabad and also Bhartiya Western and Southern States. return GSTR-1; but as per the will have to show harmonised However, with businesses call taken by the pilots in both remaining 87.50 per cent of the interim management commit- Mahila effective April 2017. Post-amalgamation, the plan, summary sales return system nomenclature (HSN)- facing trouble, the GST Council Mumbai and Delhi of no flying, December salary. tee. "We are extremely pleased bank will have a 22 per cent GSTR-3B would continue for wise summary of supplies and decided in November 2017 to which was supposed to start Jet Airways has been Purwar was the chairman that Bank of Baroda, Vijaya market share in Gujarat and 8- some time. interest and late fee liability keep filing of GSTR-2 and 3 in from April 1, has now been defaulting on salary payments of the State Bank of India Bank and Dena Bank are com- 10 per cent market share in "The pilot project of new details along with payment of abeyance. It also introduced a deferred to April 15 in a hope to pilots, engineers and senior between 2002 and 2006. The ing together creating the sec- Maharashtra, Karnataka, return filing has been deferred. tax and verification. HSN is a simpler GSTR-3B to facilitate that something positive pans management since August bank is also the lead lender to ond largestbankin terms Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, it New date would be decided. code number to specify a par- easier return filing and tax out in two weeks," Chopra 2018. Jet Airways. ofnetwork and customer base. said. The forms would be notified ticular product. payment. India to be among RBI may go for 25 Govt notifies new Govt extends deadline top-10 media markets accounting for linking PAN with by 2021: Study standard on leases; PTI n bps rate cut on April 4 effective from Apr 1 NEW DELHI od 2017-2022. Aadhaar till Sep 30 "During the same period in PTI n NEW DELHI ndia is expected to be among India, the segment is expected PTI n NEW DELHI of 4 per cent and need the for est rate. PTI n NEW DELHI the matter was considered by Ithe top-10 entertainment to grow from $297 million to boosting economic growth is "In view of the visible signs he Government has notified the government and the date and media markets globally by $823 million in 2022 at a he Reserve Bank of India pressing. of a growth slowdown in the Ta new accounting standard he Government Sunday extended till September 30. 2021 in terms of absolute num- CAGR of 22.6 per cent. With T(RBI) may cut key lending V K Sharma, Head PCG second half of 2018-19, it is Ind AS 116 that will bring in Textended the deadline for "Notwithstanding the last bers, according to a joint study increasing smartphone pene- rates by another 25 basis points and Capital Markets Strategy at requested that the RBI should more transparency in recogni- linking PAN with biometric ID date of intimating/linking of by ASSOCHAM-PwC. tration and lower data tariffs, on Thursday to boost eco- HDFC Securities, said the mar- reduce the repo rate by at least tion and disclosures about leas- Aadhaar by 6 months till Aadhaar Number with PAN The country's per capita VoD is showing promising nomic activities amid fears of ket has factored in a 25 basis- 25 basis points in the upcom- es in companies' balance sheets, September 30, as per an official being September 30, 2019, it is media and entertainment growth," the report said. global slowdown impacting point cut and a change in ing policy and maintain a soft- a senior official said Sunday. statement. also made clear that w.E.F. spending is likely to be capped Globally, the industry has domestic growth prospects, stance to accommodative from ening trend in monetary poli- The Indian Accounting However, quoting of April 1, 2019, it is mandatory at $32 or `2,080 by 2021, the recently witnessed a shift in experts said. neutral, adding that the expect- cy," he said. Standard (Ind AS) 116 is expect- Aadhaar will remain manda- to quote and link Aadhaar study noted. focus from content and distri- The RBI had reduced the ed increase in liquidity and cut Banerjee was also said in ed to have a significant impact tory for filing income tax number while filing the return By some estimates, India is bution to user experience. repo rate by 25 basis points in in interest rates auger well for order that the rate cut be effec- on various industries, including returns (ITRs), following the of income," it added. among the fastest growing "India's per capita media February after a gap of 18 the market. tively transmitted to banks, a aviation where airlines mostly Supreme Court order. The apex court, in OTT markets in the world and entertainment spend will months. A back-to-back cut in PFB Shanti Ekambaram, reduction in the cash reserve operate planes on lease. This is the sixth time the September last year, had and will be one of the top-10 by be capped at $32 (about `2,080 interest rate would provide President (Consumer Banking) ratio (CRR) is also recom- Ind AS 116 — to be effective government has extended the declared the Centre's flag- 2022, it said. The market size is ) by 2021. The spend is much relief to borrowers in the elec- at Kotak Mahindra Bank, said mended so that it frees up banks from April 1 — sets out the prin- deadline for individuals to link ship Aadhaar scheme as con- expected to reach $52.68 billion lower than that of China, which tion season. global and local factors will cash for lending purposes. ciples for recognition, presenta- their Permanent Account stitutionally valid and held in 2022 from $30.36 billion in will stand at $222 (`14,430 ) for The six-member Monetary guide future policy action. The MPC, which includes tion and disclosure of leases. Number (PAN) with Aadhaar. that the biometric ID would 2017, it claimed. the same period, and that of the Policy Committee (MPC) Consumption has slowed down two representatives from the It has been notified by the In June last year, the remain mandatory for filing "It (India) is set to be in the USA, which will have the high- headed by RBI Governor a bit and the investment cycle central bank and three external corporate affairs ministry. Government had said that PAN of I-T returns and allotment top 10 entertainment and est spend at $2,260 (`1.46 Shaktikanta Das will meet for is still slow. members, will take into The official said the stan- has to be linked with the bio- of PAN. media markets globally by 2021 lakh)," the study said. three days in Mumbai and "It is likely that there could account the data on retail infla- dard will help in ensuring metric ID by March 31. A five-judge constitution in terms of absolute numbers," The large number of choic- announce the decision on be another 25 basis-point rate tion, industrial production and more transparency when it "....Now the cut-off date for bench had, however, said that the study said. es in the video-on-demand interest rate on April 4. cut later in the year, but that global economic outlook while comes to recognition of leases intimating the Aadhaar num- it would not be mandatory to It attributed growth of segment has spoilt consumers It would be the first bi- would be dependent on infla- arriving at its monetary policy. by companies and also prevent ber and linking PAN with link Aadhaar to bank accounts OTT content to increasing in India, the study noted. monthly monetary policy of tion and growth data. In addi- Subdued performance of "window dressing" of accounts. Aadhaar is September 30, 2019, and telecom service providers penetration of smartphones in "Hotstar has had a first- 2019-20. tion, the central bank will keep manufacturing sector, espe- "Lessors will need to re- unless specifically exempted," cannot seek its linking for the country and continuous mover advantage in the OTT Das has already held meet- an eye on the post-elections cially capital and consumer look at their accounting poli- the Central Board of Direct mobile connections. rise in data consumption. space in India. Other top play- ings with stakeholders includ- budget, monsoons and oil goods, had pulled down the cy of recognising lease income Taxes (CBDT) said in a state- Till September last year, of The OTT market (trans- ers in the OTT ecosystem ing industry bodies, depositors prices," Ekambaram added. growth in industrial produc- on transition to Ind AS 116 and ment. the 41 crore PANs issued, over actional video on demand and include Voot, SonyLIV, Netflix, association, MSME represen- Director General of CII tion to 1.7 per cent in January it may have significant impact The CBDT said there were 21 crore were linked to subscription video on demand) Amazon Prime, Eros Now and tatives and bankers. Chandrajit Banerjee said the from 7.5 per cent a year ago. on ongoing recognition and reports that those PANs which Aadhaar. is set to grow at a compound- ALTBalaji. Start-ups such as The industry is pitching for inflation trajectory has The data on Index of Industrial measurement of rental income are not linked with Aadhaar The Supreme Court in its ed annual growth rate (CAGR) Arre and YuppTV are an addi- another rate cut as the inflation remained benign which further Production (IIP) for February in the financial statements," number by March 31 may be order upheld section 139AA of of 10.1 per cent during the peri- tional presence," it added. is well below the RBI's mandate warrants a reduction in inter- is yet to be released. Sandip Khetan said. invalidated, following which the Income Tax Act. Inbuilt sports Infra in Airlines responsible for their Westway unveils Real Estate projects is direct cool Market sees foreign fund outflow must to create future financial performance: Prabhu refrigerator series Olympians: Mary Kom worth `44,500 cr in 2018-19 PTI n NEW DELHI al and domestic PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n NEW DELHI needs. PTI n NEW DELHI market witnessed fficient operations and "It is our estway Electronics Ltd., reversal in the trend. ce Olympian boxer Mary Efinancial performance are endeavour to Wan Indian manufacturing espite heavy fund infusion We received `48,411 AKom on Sunday said individual responsibilities of support the and trading company in the Dby FPIs over the past two crore and `1,44,682 Indian real estate sector should carriers, and the Government industry, how- consumer durables category, month, the domestic financial crore in the year have in-built sports infra- cannot interfere in their day-to- ever, as stated launches its newest range of market suffered a foreign fund 2016-17 and 2017- structure in housing projects to day operations, Civil Aviation we cannot Direct Cool series refrigerators outflow of over `44,500 crore 18, respectively. create a perfect platform for Minister Suresh Prabhu said interfere in day specially in the North of India. on net basis in the fiscal 2018- Global and domestic young athletes. amid Jet Airways crisis and tur- to-day opera- Westway Electronics, with 19 as macroeconomic head- causes alike have She was speaking at the bulent times of the domestic tions of the air- an extensive range of LED winds weighed on investor prompted the flows unveiling of Boxing Ring for airlines industry. lines," he noted. Televisions, Air Coolers, Semi- sentiment through the year. of funds in 2018-19 kids at Happy Trails project by In view of intense compe- About Air Automatic Washing Machines, Hike in rates by the US from the markets and ATS HomeKraft in Greater tition, rising costs, shortage of India, the Air Purifiers and Bluetooth Federal Reserve, depreciating both the equity and debt seg- attributed to the shift in stance Noida (West). pilots and grounding of planes Minister said a Smart Watches, will look at rupee, rise in crude oil prices, ments have witnessed out- on monetary policy outlook by "We need to focus on gener- hurting many domestic carri- revival plan has penetrating the Northern worsening current account flows", Alok Agarwala, Senior various central banks globally, ating interest for sports along with ers, the minister also said the been prepared Market with the launch of the deficit, concerns over fiscal VP and Head Investment which led to the improvement the right infrastructure within the government has been con- for the nation- Direct Cool refrigerator series deficit and current account Analytics, of Bajaj Capital said. in global liquidity condition. In housing premises. Having sports stantly responding to industry al carrier that within the price range of deficit target, coupled with FPIs remained net sellers January 2019, the US Fed infrastructure within one's soci- conditions and cited measures focuses on var- `12000 to `15000. trade tiff between the US and almost throughout the recent- announced a pause in rate ety will help parents to introduce taken, including reduction in ious aspects, The 190 litre refrigerator China dampened the mood in ly concluded fiscal except for hike, followed by China and their kids to a variety of sports at central excise duty on jet fuel resources. including a comprehensive with a tropical compressor, an emerging markets, experts said. the past couple of months. European Central Bank pro- a young age. This will greatly help to 11 per cent from 14 per cent. "Based on its business plan, financial package and trans- anti-rust body and icing tech- In financial year 2018-19, October emerged as the month viding stimulus to their respec- in identifying raw talent at young Cash-strapped Jet Airways the efficient operations and ferring non-core debt and nology facility will allowcon- foreign portfolio investors of steepest outflow with FPIs tive economies," said age and with the right advice and has been forced to ground financial performance are the assets to a special purpose sumers to do a lot more and (FPIs) pulled out a net sum of pulling out a massive `38,900 Himanshu Srivastava, Senior coaching can grow to a profes- planes, cancel flights and delay responsibilities of each indi- vehicle. conserve energy as it has a 1 `1,629 crore from equities and crore from the market. Analyst Manager Research, at sional level," Mary Kom said at payments, including salaries to vidual airline and its share- The revival plan also focus- star energy rating. `42,951 crore from the bonds However, fresh fund infu- Morningstar. the event. pilots, while Air India contin- holders. es on higher level of operational Available in a premium market, taking the total net out- sion was witnessed in the last This, along with expecta- "Sports is a critical aspect ues to grapple with financial "However, the government efficiency by strengthening wine red colour, the refrigera- flow to `44,580 crore, the two consecutive months of the tion of a positive outcome for holistic development of woes. On March 25, the board has constantly been responding management and implement- tor has a high glossing finish. depositories data showed. fiscal, with March alone from the US-China trade any child and we wanted to of ailing Jet Airways cleared a to industry conditions and ing best practice business Sumit Maini Director of In comparison, FPIs had accounting for a net infusion of agreement bolstered the risk- ensure that residents in our debt resolution plan whereby undertaking specific measures processes and robust organi- Westway expresses, “We ensure infused a net amount of `45,981 crore including a net on sentiments among foreign project get top class boxing lenders would take control of to facilitate and enable growth sational and Governance that we make the best use of `25,634 crore in the equities `33,980 crore in equities and investors who diverted huge facility for their children. It will the carrier. of the sector," he told PTI. reforms, he added. available facilities and offer and over `1,19,035 crore in the `12,001 crore in debt. investments towards emerg- help many children to learn Against this backdrop, In written replies to PTI Debt-laden Air India is products in varied sizes, mod- debt market, a total net invest- In February, the overseas ing markets, Srivastava point- and train within the safety and Prabhu said that each airline queries, Prabhu said the airline staying afloat on taxpayers' els and technicalities so as to ment of `1,44,669 crore in the players pumped in a net ed out adding "it is difficult to within and security of their prepares its own business plan industry is a dynamic industry money and an effort for its meet demands of a large num- previous fiscal. amount of `11,182 crore in say anything conclusive about homes," Prasoon Chauhan, on the basis of its own market which requires continuous strategic disinvestment did not ber of clients within their bud- "After two years of good capital markets. continuity of foreign funds at CEO, HomeKraft said. assessment and financial adjustment according to glob- take off in May 2018. get.” foreign fund inflows, Indian This inflow "could be this stage". 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Ukrainians vote for Prez amid voter bribery claims 18 KIDS AMONG 20 HURT AS TORNADO HITS CHINA AP n KIEV, UKRAINE lusionment with the country’s Ukraine’s return to the in 50 years,” said Olha Suhiy, a Beijing: A powerful tornado hit political elite. European family of nations,” 58-year-old cook. “I want hot a playground in China’s oters in Ukraine cast bal- “(We have) no trust in old and was confident about the water and heating to cost less central Henan province on Vlots in a presidential elec- politicians. They were at the ballot despite the bribery alle- tomorrow.” Sunday, injuring 20 people tion on Sunday after a cam- helm and the situation in the gations. A military embezzlement including 18 children, official paign that saw a comedian country has only gotten worse “I’m sure that the election scheme that allegedly involved media reported. with no political experience — corruption runs amok and was well organized,” top Poroshenko associates as become the front-runner and the war is continuing,” said Poroshenko said. “The expres- well as a factory controlled by PAK ARMY CHIEF TO two other top candidates, businessman Valery sion of the will of the citizens the president dogged BRIEF LAWMAKERS including the current president, Ostrozhsky, 66, another will be protected.” Poroshenko ahead of the elec- Islamabad: Pakistan Army chief face allegations of voter bribery. Zelenskiy voter. The president’s priorities tion. Ultra-right activists shad- General Qamar Javed Bajwa will Opinion polls have indi- Poroshenko, 53, a confec- persuaded schoolteacher owed him throughout the brief the parliamentarians next cated that Volodymyr tionary tycoon when he was Andriy Hristenko, 46, to vote campaign, demanding the jail- week on “hostile situation at the Zelenskiy, who stars in a TV elected five years ago, pushed for him ing of the president’s associates Line of Control” in the aftermath sitcom about a teacher who successfully for the Ukrainian “Poroshenko has done a accused in the scheme. of recent tension with India, becomes president after a video Orthodox Church to be recog- lot. He created our own church, Zelenskiy and media reports said on Sunday. of him denouncing corruption nized as self-standing rather bravely fought with Moscow Tymoshenko both used the goes viral, is leading a field of than a branch of the Russian and is trying to open the way alleged embezzlement to take TAIWAN BLASTS CHINA 39 candidates. The polls also church. to the EU and NATO,” hits at Poroshenko, who shot FOR JET INCURSION had Zelenskiy outpacing However, he saw approval Hristenko said. Ukraine’s for- back at his rivals. He described : Taipei hit out at China on incumbent President Petro of his governing sink amid mer prime minister, them as puppets of a self- Sunday for what it said was a Poroshenko and former Prime Ukraine’s economic woes and Tymoshenko, shaped her mes- exiled billionaire businessman “reckless and provocative” Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, a sharp plunge in living stan- sage around the economic dis- Igor Kolomoyskyi, charges that incursion by two fighter the other top candidates, by a A woman prepares to cast her ballot at a polling station during the presidential election in Kiev, Ukraine on Sunday AP dards. Poroshenko campaigned tress of millions in the country. Zelenskiy and Tymoshenko jets across a largely respected broad margin. on promises to defeat the rebels “Ukraine has sunk into denied. However, many polit- line dividing the two sides in the “Zelenskiy has shown us 21. Campaign issues in the porters of Poroshenko and didacy. He proposed a lifetime in the east and to wrest back poverty and corruption during ical observers have described Taiwan Strait. The Defence on the screen what a real pres- country of 42 million included Tymoshenko had offered ban on holding public office for control of Crimea, which the last five years, but every the presidential election as a Ministry said Taiwan scrambled ident should be like,” said voter Ukraine’s endemic corruption, money in exchange for votes. anyone convicted of graft. He Russia annexed in 2014 in a Ukrainian can put an end to it battle between Poroshenko and its own aircraft morning and Tatiana Zinchenko, 30, who its struggling economy and a By Sunday afternoon, the also called for direct negotia- move that has drawn sanctions now,” she said after voting Kolomoyskyi. broadcast warnings after two J- cast her ballot for the comedi- seemingly intractable conflict Interior Ministry said it had tions with Russia on ending the against Russia from the U.S. Sunday. Both the president and 11 fighter jets crossed over the an. “He showed what the state with Russia-backed separatists received about 950 complaints conflict in eastern Ukraine. and the European Union. During the campaign, Kolomoyskyi relied on an arse- “median line” within the waters leader should aspire for — in eastern Ukraine that has of voting violations, including “A new life, a normal life is Speaking at a polling sta- Tymoshenko denounced price nal of media outlets under that separate the island from the fight corruption by deeds, not killed 13,000 people since 2014. unauthorized campaigning at starting,” Zelenskiy said after tion Sunday, the president hikes introduced by their control to exchange blows. mainland. China has ramped up words, help the poor, control Concern about the elec- polling places, attempts at vote- casting his ballot in Kiev. “A life echoed his campaign promis- Poroshenko as “economic Just days before the election, the number of fighter and the oligarchs.” tion’s legitimacy have spiked in buying and the removal of without corruption, without es of taking Ukraine into the genocide” and promised to the TV channel Kolomoyskyi warship crossings near Taiwan If no candidate secures an recent days after Ukraine’s inte- ballots. bribes.” EU and NATO. He said hold- reduce prices for household gas owns aired a new season of the or through the straits in recent absolute majority in Sunday’s rior minister said his depart- Like the popular character His lack of political expe- ing a fair, free election was “a by 50 percent within a month “Servant of the People” TV years, rattling nerves on the vote, a runoff between the two ment was “showered” with he plays, Zelenskiy, 41, made rience helped his popularity necessary condition for our of taking office. series in which Zelenskiy stars island at a time when relations top finishers will be held April hundreds of claims that sup- corruption a focus of his can- with voters amid broad disil- movement forward, to “I don’t need a bright future as Ukraine’s leader. are at a low point. Arab summit to showcase unity Erdogan support tested in Anglicans pray for against Trump’s Israel policy AP n TUNIS Turkish local polls; 2 killed unity in Brexit chaos eaders meeting in Tunisia AP n ISTANBUL cities, 51 provincial capitals and vate voting booths instead of Lfor the annual Arab League hundreds of districts as Turkey out in the open, Karamollaoglu AFP n CHELMSFORD Despite a sharp decline in I also think... We need to see summit on Sunday were unit- illions of Turks voted in copes with a weakened cur- tweeted. church attendance, Cottrell more of God’s love,” she said. ed in their condemnation of Mmunicipal elections rency, a double-digit inflation Speaking to reporters after ith Britain’s political believes faith still has the power As sunlight flooded Trump administration policies Sunday that President Recep rate and soaring food prices. he voted, Erdogan said he was Wworld in chaos over to unite the country after through the ornate stained seen as unfairly biased toward Tayyip Erdogan depicted as a The high stakes of the local sad about the deaths and did- Brexit, Christians across the Brexit. glass windows of Chelmsford Israel but divided on a host of fight for Turkey’s survival, and contests were brought into n’t want them to become a country this weekend took “It’s no good the church Cathedral, Cottrell told the other issues, including whether which are a crucial test of the stark display with the deaths of cause for “a questioning or a part in special prayer sessions standing on the sidelines, wav- group of around 20 worship- to readmit founding member strongman’s own support amid two members of the Islamic- judgment between political hoping for some divine help in ing our hands saying ‘why pers that the values of the Syria. a sharp economic downturn. oriented Felicity Party, a small parties.” healing bitter Brexit divisions. doesn’t everybody just love church could be expressed This year’s summit comes The voting, which ended in rival of the president’s Justice Fights related to local elec- “It doesn’t matter whether each other’, what we’ve got to do through a return to “British val- against a backdrop of ongoing the evening, was marred by and Development Party. tions in several provinces also you voted leave or remain, is show what that love looks ues” that were “rooted in the wars in Syria and Yemen, rival reigns. scattered election violence that Felicity’s leader, Temel produced dozens of injuries, we’re still one humanity, one like in action,” he said. Christian tradition”. authorities in Libya and a lin- Representatives from the killed at least two people and Karamollaoglu, alleged a Turkey’s official Anadolu news nation,” Stephen Cottrell, Worshipper Angela Sadler, “Those British values of gering boycott of 22-member league — minus injured dozens of others across polling station volunteer and a agency reported. Bishop of Chelmsford, told 65, said the church needed to care for the underdog, care for Qatar by four fellow League Syria — aim to jointly con- Turkey. Results were expected party observer were shot by a At least 21 people were AFP after imploring his con- play a larger role in helping the stranger, tolerance.” members. demn President Donald late Sunday. relative of a ruling party can- injured in southeastern gregation to heal the rift. resolve the broader issues sur- As the floor was opened to Algeria’s President Trump’s recognition of Israeli Economic prosperity pro- didate. Diyarbakir province from The Church of England has rounding the crisis. parishioners, one woman called Abdelaziz Bouteflika and control over the Golan Heights, vided Erdogan and his party The killings weren’t caused brawls over the election of promoted the initiative as “tea “It’s quite difficult for the for help in being “patient”, Sudan’s President Omar al- which Israel seized from Syria with previous election victories. by “simple animosity,” but hap- neighbourhood administra- and prayer drop-ins” -- com- church because the church something she was struggling Bashir skipped the meeting as in the 1967 war, and Trump’s But the party could lose pened when the volunteers tors, Anadolu said. bining two of its most well- needs to be seen as a non-polit- with in the inescapable and they contend with mass decision last year to recognize key posts in the mayoral elec- tried to enforce the law requir- The exact causes of the known sources of comfort. ical body, which is correct, but ever-growing crisis. protests against their long Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. tions taking place in 30 large ing ballots to be marked in pri- fights remained unclear. US struggling with growing number of asylum-seekers Israel reopens Gaza crossings AP n WASHINGTON with Central American and cases to progress, and officials any felony convictions and Mexico has been treading Mexican officials. say some people game the sys- notify Mexico at least 12 hours lightly on the subject. After closed for days after rocket strike order officials are aiming to The efforts are being made tem in order to live in the U.S. before they are returned. Trump lashed out, saying Bmore than quadruple the while President Donald Trump Officials hope to have as Those who cross illegally Mexico and the Central AFP n JERUSALEM after tens of thousands of 2008, has not commented on number of asylum seekers sent is doubling down on threats to many as 300 people returned must have come as single American nations were “doing Palestinians protested along the claims of an agreement. back over the southern border shutter the U.S.-Mexico border per day by the end of the adults, though the administra- nothing” about illegal immi- srael reopened its crossings the Gaza border with Israel on Israel goes to the polls in a each day, a major expansion of entirely, a move that would week, focusing particularly on tion is in talks with the gration, President Andres Iwith the blockaded Gaza Saturday, marking the one- keenly contested general elec- a top government effort to have serious economic reper- those who come in between Mexican government to Manuel Lopez Obrador said his Strip on Sunday after having year anniversary since demon- tion on April 9 in which Prime address the swelling number of cussions for both the U.S. and ports of entry, said the official, include families. Children are country would do everything it kept them closed for nearly a strations and clashes erupted Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Central Americans arriving in Mexico but wouldn’t stop who had knowledge of the not returned. could to help to maintain a week following a rare long-dis- there. faces a stiff challenge from the country, a Trump admin- migrants from crossing plans but was unauthorized to Homeland Security offi- “very respectful relationship” tance rocket strike from the Four Palestinians were centrist former military chief istration official said on between ports. speak publicly and spoke to cials have been grappling with with the U.S. government and Palestinian enclave, an official killed on Saturday during Benny Gantz. Saturday. It was the latest His administration also The Associated Press on con- an ever-growing number of Trump. said. protests and clashes, but unrest He is widely seen as want- attempt to ease a straining announced it was cutting aid to dition of anonymity. Central American children and Meanwhile, Nielsen sent a The Erez crossing for peo- was limited and fears of mass ing to avoid a major escalation immigration system that offi- the Central American countries But the process so far has families coming over the bor- letter to the heads of other ple and the Kerem Shalom bloodshed were averted after before the polls, but has faced cials say is at the breaking home to most of the migrants. been slow-going, and such a der. Arrests soared in February agencies within her sprawl- crossing for goods reopened Egyptian-led negotiations. accusations from political point. Right now, about 60 asy- sizeable increase may be diffi- to a 12-year-high and more ing, 240,000-person depart- Sunday morning, a spokes- Five rockets were launched opponents of being soft on Hundreds of officers who lum seekers a day are returned cult to achieve. than half of those stopped ment, asking for volunteers to woman for COGAT, the from the Gaza Strip at Israel Hamas. usually screen cargo and vehi- to Mexico at the San Ysidro, The plan has already been arrived as families, many of help with border duties. defence ministry unit that over- overnight, leading Israeli tanks On Sunday, while wel- cles at ports of entry were Calexico and El Paso ports to marred by confusion, schedul- them asylum seekers who gen- And she wrote to Congress sees the crossings, told AFP. to fire on Hamas military posts. coming Brazilian President Jair reassigned to help manage wait out their cases, the official ing glitches and an inability by erally turn themselves in asking for more temporary They were closed on No casualties were report- Bolsonaro for a three-day visit, migrants. said. some attorneys to reach their instead of trying to elude cap- facilities to process people, Monday after the rocket fire ed from either the rockets or Netanyahu again said Israel was Homeland Security They are allowed to return clients. ture. more detention space, and the that wounded seven Israelis tank fire. prepared for a major operation Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to the U.S. for court dates. In San Ysidro alone, Guatemala and Honduras ability to detain families indef- and led to Israeli retaliatory Hamas officials say an in the Gaza Strip if necessary. asked for volunteers from non- The plan was announced Mexico had been prepared to have replaced Mexico as the top initely and to deport unac- strikes across the Gaza Strip, understanding was reached “You arrive in Israel in a immigration agencies within January 29, partially to deter accept up to 120 asylum seek- countries, a remarkable shift companied minors from another serious flare-up that would see Israel ease its tense period, and so I gave the her department, sent a letter to false claimants from coming ers per week, but for the first six from only a few years ago. Central America. between the two sides. crippling blockade of Gaza in order to leave military forces in Congress late this past week across the border. With a back- weeks only 40 people per week Migrants from Central While children from Hamas announced an exchange for the protests full deployment around the requesting resources and log of more than 700,000 were returned. America cannot be easily Mexico can be returned over Egyptian-brokered truce that remaining calm. Gaza Strip,” Netanyahu said broader authority to deport immigration cases, asylum Plus, U.S. officials must deported, unlike people cross- the border, laws prohibit depor- ended the exchange of fire. Israel, which has fought during a ceremony at the air- families faster, and she met seekers can wait years for their check if asylum seekers have ing from Mexico. tation to other countries. The reopening also comes three wars with Hamas since port. First Rohingya woman shot dead Pope in Morocco warns Catholics off converting others AFP n RABAT in Morocco,” King Mohammed made the issue a focal point of “moderate Islam” and is backed in B’desh drugs clampdown VI told crowds on Saturday, fol- his papacy. by the king. ope Francis on Sunday lowing the pontiff’s arrival. On Saturday he visited The Moroccan monarch AFP n DHAKA medicine” -- which has become Islam told reporters the Pwarned Catholics in There are a few thousand migrants at a Caritas charity also welcomed Francis to the popular in Bangladesh. woman’s body was found after Morocco against trying to con- Christian converts in Morocco, centre, where the pope criti- royal palace, where the two angladesh security forces More than 300 people — a 15-minute gunbattle “along vert others to boost their small who since 2017 have called cised “collective expulsions” addressed the “sacred charac- Bhave shot dead a Rohingya including nearly 20 Rohingya with 10,000 pieces of yaba and numbers, during a rare visit by openly for the right to live and said ways for migrants to ter of Jerusalem” in a joint dec- woman in a border town — have been killed in the three sharp knives in her bag”. a pontiff to the North African “without persecution” and regularise their status should be laration. known as a gateway for smug- clampdown launched in May Akter came from a refugee country. “without discrimination”. encouraged. The city should be a “sym- gling meth pills from neigh- last year. Impoverished camp in Teknaf. Speaking in Rabat’s cathe- Francis is the first pontiff Morocco says it has a bol of peaceful coexistence” for bouring Myanmar, officials Rohingya refugees are used by Rights activists questioned dral on his second day in the to visit the North African “humanistic” approach to Christians, Jews and Muslims, said Sunday. dealers to transport the drug the death, saying the woman’s Moroccan capital, Francis country since John Paul II in migration and rejects allega- they said in a statement Rights activists said from Myanmar, officials say. name was not on a list of insisted trying to convert peo- 1985 and the cathedral had tions by rights groups of “bru- released by the Vatican. Rumana Akter, 20, was the first A military crackdown known drug traders kept by ple to one’s own belief “always been repainted for the occa- tal arrest campaigns” and “The specific multi-reli- Rohingya woman to be killed against the Rohingya in August Bangladeshi law agencies. leads to an impasse”. Islam is the state religion sion. “forced displacement” to the gious character, the spiritual in a clampdown by Bangladesh 2017 sparked an exodus of Two alleged drug traders “Please, no proselytism!” and authorities are keen to Waiting for the pope out- country’s southern border. dimension and the particular authorities against the nar- 7,40,000 refugees to flee the were killed by police in a sep- he told an audience of around stress the country’s “religious side, a Nigerian man said the Earlier on Sunday, Francis cultural identity of Jerusalem... cotics trade. country and join some 300,000 arate incident in Teknaf late 400, who greeted the pope’s tolerance” which allows visit “shows that living togeth- visited a social centre run by Must be protected and pro- She was one of three refugees already in camps in Saturday. Police said 10,000 arrival by ululating and Christians and Jews to worship er is possible in Morocco.” But nuns and volunteers near moted,” said the text, which was alleged smugglers killed in two Bangladesh. pieces of yaba, six guns and 18 applauding, while hundreds freely. “there are things to improve, Rabat, including a health cen- jointly signed at Rabat’s royal separate incidents in Teknaf, Border Guard Bangladesh rounds of ammunition were more gathered outside the But Moroccans are auto- notably the question of tre where he met with unwell palace. which is close to refugee camps (BGB) said the Rohingya found. cathedral. matically considered Muslim if migrants and that of Moroccan children. The Moroccan king chairs housing about one million woman was killed during a As part of clampdown Christians are a tiny they are not born into the Christians,” said 36-year-old The previous day he visit- a committee created by the Muslim Rohingya who have gunfight between security Bangladesh authorities in minority in Morocco where 99 Jewish community, apostasy Antoine, who works for an ed an institute which hosts Organisation of Islamic fled from Myanmar. forces and armed smugglers on October made yaba a class-A percent of the population is is socially frowned upon, and association to defend migrant around 1,300 trainee imams Cooperation to safeguard and Teknaf is a hub for dealing the Naf river, which acts as a banned substance and parlia- Muslim, with sub-Saharan proselytising is criminalised. rights. and preachers. restore Jerusalem’s religious, in “yaba” -- a methampheta- border between Bangladesh ment passed a law allowing the Africans making up a large part “I protect Moroccan Jews The need to support There they heard from a cultural and architectural her- mine-based stimulant that and Myanmar. death penalty for dealing in the of the country’s 30,000-strong as well as Christians from migrants was mentioned again French and a Nigerian student itage. Jerusalem’s status is per- translates in Thai as “crazy BGB spokesman Shariful drug. Catholic community. other countries, who are living Sunday by Francis, who has of the institute, which teaches haps the most sensitive issue in vivacity {mindspace} 13 LUCKNOW | MONDAY | APRIL 1, 2019

Practise Yog Nidra GREEN LIVING FOR THE MASSES and sleep in peace In the hustle bustle of living a modern, fast- MITU MATHUR suggests why it is crucial for architects to consider sustainability right from the conceptual stage paced life, we tend to forget our health that and maybe even redesign their policies to accommodate concerns within them worsens with growing anxiety and lack of sleep, says RAJYOGI BRAHMAKUMAR NIKUNJ JI ne of the biggest ques- tions raised in the con- ecently, a newspaper clipping grabbed many eyeballs when an struction industry is elderly woman started the ‘Sleep Service Centre’ for those who how rapid urbanisa- Rwere not able to get peaceful sleep. Through the initative, the tion is changing the woman would talk to the person and sing a lullaby to him/her to Oface of mass housing in India. This make them fall sleep like a also raises the issue of the impor- mother makes her child tance and validity of sustainable sleep. Result? The client solutions and makes evident the comes out rejuvenated in just need for architects and planners to half an hour of sleep session. integrate them within the policies Isn’t it surprising and even that promote development. We saddening that now we need cannot lose out on an opportunity a sleep therapist to make us to create a better future for the com- sleep naturally and peaceful- ing generations — an issue of ly? What kind of a society are prime concern today. It is crucial we living in? If animals and that developers as well as architects birds can sleep well, why consider sustainability right from can’t humans? the conceptual stage and maybe Sleep is the best form of even redesign their policies to relaxation and is close to accommodate sustainability con- meditation. Those who sleep cerns within them. well will always do well. If we If we consider some facts, 590 get sound sleep during the million people live in Indian cities, night, we get up fresh, feel- which is twice the population of ing more active and ener- USA in the near future. Around 91 getic. However, in today’s world getting a sound sleep has become million urban households will be a rare phenomenon. It’s because today millions of people suffer from middle class, which is 22 million sleep disorders like sleep apnea, insomnia, restless leg syndrome, nar- higher than today. Sixty-eight cities colepsy, etc. In fact, the count of those who get a broken, fitful sleep will have the population of one mil- would be surplus. Sadly, many of these individuals resort to sleep- lion plus which is 42 more than ing pills and drugs which ultimately worsens the proble. today, while Europe has 35. Recent extensive medical surveys reveal that nearly 75 per cent This implies that 700-900 mil- of Americans were found with some kind of symptoms of sleep dis- lion square meters of commercial order and they needed tranquilisers for a few nights per week. Sleep and residential space will need to be disorders mostly result from anxiety and mental depression. This built to accommodate these figures. land use by 2030 is believed to be increase of about eight per cent. designed completely on the green raises the question: ‘Where are we heading?’ The biggest causes of This is another way of saying this 1,00,000 million square feet. Out of The key stakeholders in the concept have been approved by the sleeplessness is bad mental health. We must understand that to not is that a new city the size of this, a major chunk, about 69,830 development process are Authority. be able to have a sound sleep is not only in itself an unhealthy con- Chicago will have to be built every million sq ft are going to be con- builder/developer, architect/ con- The key features of green devel- dition but it also causes or aggravates many other diseases. year. Studies from around the world sumed for residential spaces as sultant, local government authori- opment are For instance, sleep disturbance is one of the factors that leads show that denser cities actually pro- opposed to the 16,300 in 2005, ties, buyer/end-user, and construc- ● Energy Efficiency to coronary heart diseases. However, most of us would subcon- duce a lower demand for energy, demonstrating an increase of about tion labour and project manage- ● Solar Passive Architecture sciously agree that tranquilisers are not the solution. The med- indicating that India’s urbanisation five per cent. The commercial sec- ment team. All of them have to con- ● Sustainable Site Development ical profession also now recognises that these tranquilisers, on has the potential to help, rather than tor, which used about 2,900 million sider the environment being affect- ● Efficient Water use which people highly depend, have various side-effects. These drugs hinder the efforts to cut carbon square feet in 2005, is expected to ed as beneficial to all. ● Waste management represent a purely symptomatic approach, ignoring the underly- emissions. One of the reports from see an increase by almost eight per In this aspect, the Noida ● Indoor Air quality ing problems which actually cause these conditions. A British med- McKinsey & Company states that cent, increasing their usage to authorities are encouraging sustain- ● Effective use of material ical journal had recently published a report about experiments that India’s urban awakening is because 20,000. The hospitality industry is able practice policies by providing resources have shown that sympathy can work well in cases of sleep disor- of building inclusive cities, sustain- expected to see an increase of five per cent additional floor area Balancing these key elements ders. It further said that in one trial, the doctors, instead of giv- ing economic growth — 2030. almost 10 per cent, thus changing ratio (FAR) for free, to achieve at will help in social and physical well- ing tranquilisers, spent some time with the patients and talked In India, in 2005, the total 730, the figure in 2005, to 7,909 in least Gold certified LEED rating or being of all. to them in an open space. They just had a brief chat with them, land use in million square feet was 2030 and the retail industry to equivalent IGBC rating. In the last (The author is the director of sympathising with them, and also gave them a few words of advice, below 20,000; while at the current increase from 930 million square six months, layout plans of around an architectural design and engi- explaining them why they had those conditions. There was no rate of growth, the expected total feet to 6,428 million square feet, an 20 buildings that have been neering firm.) attempt at psychotherapy, but simply an attempt at being sympa- thetic. The results of these informal chats were astounding and the assessment showed that, with this replacement of allopathy media. This survey confirms WHAT CAN NEW ENTRE- by sympathy, depression in those patients dropped from a level the vital role that social media PRENEURS DO? of 80 per cent to 40 per cent and the additional benefits were that SUDHANSHU RAI can play in increasing brand They need to leverage the the patients suffered no side-effects. It indicated that mental depres- engagement and winning new potential of social media chan- sion, anxiety, etc., are mainly due to certain lifestyles, behaviour- talks about how customers. This medium can nels. They can organise paid al patterns and personality traits. It was also felt that the pattern be used to generate leads; the campaigns on Facebook etc. of behaviour, designated as type ‘A’ which is characterised by com- people are using interested readers can be Instagram is one of the biggest petitiveness, impatience, etc., predisposes a person to coronary engaged to pass on the mes- platforms for influential mar- diseases and hypertension. As a result, the doctors all over the world new-age media sage to their connections; this keting. Even the paid cam- are now increasingly advising such patients to practise medita- can be done at many levels; paigns are cost-effective. Using tion and to have proper diet pattern. It’s a medically-proven fact as an influential thus adding more prospective social media in your advertis- that ill mental health adversely affects one's eating habits, which medium to customers and multiplying ing and branding strategy is a in turn, drastically influences our sleep and overall health. the probability of converting must and no more a choice. A high intake of tea, coffee and colas also contributes to an promote their them into lucrative deals by One of the common chal- inability to sleep. Under such a medical condition, proper med- manifold. Thus social media lenges identified is regarding itation technique can be of great help if practiced regularly. In the brands increases the reach and pen- the choice of the social media hustle bustle of living a modern life, we tend to forget that it is etration with minimum platform that can yield the the quality of life which matters the most and not the quantity. investment, what is required is best results. This can be Hence, if we jeopardise our sleep for silly reasons, and knowing- an involved and creative decided with research and ly undermine our health. It’s better to be wise for our own health The game of approach. This is an extreme- the kind of audience you benefits and make a habit to meditate everyday before going to ly effective marketing strate- want to target. Posting the bed to disengage the mind from unnecessary thoughts and have gy with a frugal budget. right messages at the right a sound and peaceful sleep. However, on similar lines, sites can reach more net- branding if something discouraging works. Choosing relevant about a service is published role models whose values then the chances that the are aligned with the brand he widespread digitalisa- readers will think twice before values will enhance the Ttion demands that every purchasing the service or authentic factor and having business, irrespective of its size product increases. transparency regarding the or type has a social media Another survey by a brand its product or service strategy in place. This new age Nielsen and McKinsey sug- is what attracts millennials. media which includes social gests that around 60 per cent Finally crafting a dynamic, media is centered around of consumers who research engaging campaign, sparking interactions among people. It products online check for off conversations, using inno- facilitates broadcast messaging information about a brand or vative methods to make the that is accessible to everyone organization on social net- message viral can go a long and can trigger a chain of working platforms. Most way in establishing your more communication. The capture their maximum time have such a profound and to post their experiences social networking platforms brand. messaging can be person- and attention. The informa- powerful impact? Information regarding services or products have information on product A well thought through alised and updated keeping in tion posted on these sites regarding a brand is posted by of a brand on their Facebook reviews, customer feedbacks, strategy to tap the power of mind the rapidly changing affect the users without them social media influencers. We pages can inspire more people product ratings and user the social media can prove to dynamics. Research conduct- realising, it shapes their can easily relate to these influ- to checkout the products. information that play a role in be immensely beneficial, it ed confirms that today con- thoughts, attitudes, and behav- encers, they are credible, According to a recent survey, shaping their decisions. can decide the fate of the sumers spend at least an hour ior. attractive and yet normal and 71 per cent of consumers who Prospective customers prefer brand i.e. make or break it. on digital media out of which down-to-earth people like us have enjoyed the services of a this approach as there is trans- (The author is a brand social media sites such as TAPPING THE POWER so relating to them comes nat- brand are likely to recom- parency and the information strategist and a motivational Facebook, Instagram, Youtube Why does social media urally. Encouraging customers mend it to others on social is easily available. speaker.)

A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy? —Albert Einstein

SMOKING IN PREGNANCY RISKS KID'S HEALTH LATE MENSTRUATION RAISES DEMENTIA RISK C-SECTION DEATHS HIGHER IN DEVELOPING NATIONS OBESITY, ALCOHOL MAY UP BREAST CANCER RISK MANY URINAL TRIPS HINTS AT HIGH BP Children whose mothers smoked during their pregnancy Women whose menstruation Deaths from caesarean sections Drinking one alcoholic drink If you need to visit urinal are at increased risk of being obese later in life, say starts later and those who are higher in low and middle- daily as well as being frequently at night, get your researchers. enter menopause early may income countries, suggesting a overweight can increase the blood pressure checked as The findings, published in the have a greater risk of threat to the lives of women and risk of developing breast researchers say it may be a journal Experimental Physiology, developing dementia, say babies there, finds a study cancer, warns a study of over sign of hypertension. showed that chemerin, a protein researchers. published in The Lancet journal. two lakh women. “Our study indicates if that is produced by fat cells and The findings showed that The study found that “That means that you need to urinate in the appears to play a role in energy women who had their first menstrual cycle at age 16 or older maternal deaths in low and consequently, even relatively night — called nocturia — storage, was more prevalent in the had a 23 per cent greater risk of dementia than women who middle-income countries are 100 times higher, particularly in sub- small preventable proportions you may have elevated blood pressure and/or excess fluid skin and isolated cells of infants had their first menstrual cycle at age 13. Saharan Africa and the Middle East, than in some high-income translate into large numbers of preventable breast cancers,” in your body. If you continue to have nocturia, ask your whose mothers smoked during pregnancy. Women who went through natural menopause before age 47 countries, and that a third of all babies in some regions do not said Maarit Laaksonen, from the University of New South doctor to check your blood pressure and salt intake,” said Previous research had shown that chemerin is present in had a 19 per cent greater risk of dementia than women who survive caesarean section. Wales in Australia. study author Satoshi Konno of Tohoku Rosai Hospital in higher levels in the blood of obese people. went through menopause at age 47 or older. All the deaths following caesarean section could be attributed to Over the next decade, drinking alcohol will lead to 13 per Sendai, Japan. The new results suggest that smoking in pregnancy could In addition, women who had hysterectomy — surgery to postpartum haemorrhage (32 per cent), pre-eclampsia (19 per cent increase of breast cancer cases in pre-menopausal The study examined the link between nocturia and lead to changes in the regulation of the genes that play an remove all or part of the uterus — had an eight per cent cent) and sepsis (22 per cent), and 14 per cent to anaesthesia women and six per cent in post-menopausal breast hypertension in the general Japanese population. important role in fat cell development and, by extension, greater risk of dementia than those who did not, according to related causes. cancers. Being overweight or obese will contribute to 13 The researchers enrolled 3,749 people who had an annual obesity. the study, published in the journal Neurology. “Caesarean sections are the most commonly performed operation per cent cases. health check in 2017. Blood pressure was measured and “It has been consistently shown that mothers who smoke “Oestrogen levels can go up and down throughout a worldwide. They are meant to be life saving for both the mother Together, these modifiable risk factors — regular alcohol information on nocturia was obtained through during pregnancy confer increased risk of obesity to their woman's lifetime. Our results show that less exposure to and the baby, but because of many factors, such as poor access, consumption and excessive weight gain — will be questionnaire. Nocturia was significantly associated with baby, but the mechanisms responsible for this increased oestrogen over the course of a lifetime is linked to an late referrals, inappropriate procedures, poor resources and responsible for nearly 30,000 cases of breast cancer by hypertension, showed the findings presented at the 83rd risk are not well understood,” said Kevin Pearson from the increased risk of dementia,” said Paola Gilsanz, Researcher training, this is not always the case,” said lead author of the study next decade, noted the study published in the International Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japanese Circulation University of Kentucky in the US. at Kaiser Permanente - a US-based healthcare company. Shakila Thangaratinam, a Professor at the Queen Mary University. Journal of Cancer. Society (JCS 2019). LUCKNOW | MONDAY | APRIL 1, 2019 vivacity 14

t is high time we talk openly. Be it a virginity test. A beauty contest to Ichoose a perfect bahu (daughter-in- law). An impotent man’s ego to marry a potent woman. Choosing superstitions over personal relationships. The children’s inability to accept their 60-year-old mother’s second marriage. Then there are political, religious and patriarchal restric- Kiara wraps up tions imposed on women, or the aspira- Kabir Singh shoot tions of the poor crushed under the afflu- ent’s power. Even a landlord’s intrusion Actress KIARA ADVANI who will into the privacy of his homosexual guest next be seen in Kabir Singh opposite — the women and men in Made in Heaven are victims of hypocrisy, patri- Shahid Kapoor said that the makers archy and misogyny. And not surprising- of the film have completed shooting ly, the show is making huge waves by a the romantic-drama film. close and critical look at all of these. “The movie will be out on Created and penned by Zoya Akhtar, June 21. We have Reema Kagti, Nitya Mehra and Alankrita Srivastava, the new digital series is a fresh wrapped up the shooting, take on how modern aspirations and tra- however a small por- ditions jostle as the supposedly progres- tion of it is left. It sive Indian upper class creates a space for was an amazing evils in the society to grow. It was after experience and I am Nitya’s wedding a few years ago, that the idea of a show on Indian weddings looking forward to birthed, said Zoya at a panel discussion its release.” in Gurugram. However, there were a Kiara, who featured number of elements that had to be in the song baaki looked at closely. And for that, the direc- tor started a search for other filmmakers sab first class hai and story-writers. Post that, in 2016, in the movie Kalank “there were only Reema, Nitya and me in along with Varun the room. Alankrita joined later after I Dhawan, was appre- read the script of her film, Lipstick ciated for her Under My Burkha.” Reema laughed to say that those who chemistry with the haven’t watched the show even now will actor. “I hope we have to watch it to discover the amount will do a film of research that they had to do before set- together in ting up the project in a full-fledged man- future and ner. She said, “It was a vast project. We had to shoot 10 episodes (the original entertain the series has only nine), which means 10 audience. People have loved our weddings and each of which was of 50 They held up a chemistry in the song and I think minutes. There was a different cast for a that’s great,” said Kiara. different episode. It was huge!” They reached a point where none of the directors wanted to attend or even talk about a wedding anymore. “Also, every ‘Akshay wedding/episode had a different budget. (Kumar) sir After we completed the 10 episodes, our mirror is the most producer told us that the budget was Why is the web series Made in Heaven grounded exceeding. That’s when we cut short the span and combined two episodes into working with the audience? Its directors say superstar. one. This is why nine instead of 10 Even episodes were released,” said Zoya. that the show’s characters, so beautifully though Since the characters are life-like, etched, are lifelike. By CHAHAK MITTAL Kesari is while creating and writing them, it was not enough to just pen down their good largely based on his qualities or achievements. Their flaws types, Jaspreet’s or Jazz’s (played by in terms of their backgrounds but their character and the were equally important and the directors Shivani Raghuvanshi) character is the ideas about aiming for something big battle, he always told explained that there were times when they one that holds the scene and makes the were completely different, believed me ‘you see how questioned their own personality in the show relatable to many Indian middle Sobhita. “They saw the world different- much you will be process. Said Zoya, “The idea of a flawed class women. Shivani’s ly. On one hand, Tara protagonist in today’s time is received portrayal of a young ‘AFTER PLAYING MY lost her individuality praised.’ I used to really well. However, they forget that the woman from a humble and roots to the upper feel that he is being writer might face a lot of personal ques- background in the city PART, I REALISED HOW crust, on the other Jazz generous, but it was tions too while writing them down. At and having big dreams DIFFICULT IT IS FOR maintained her roots some level, they would also judge the has found a huge reso- and tried to make a absolutely true. I am HOMOSEXUALS IN happy I did this film, characters. I do judge the impotent guy nance. She wasn’t the space for herself while who wants to marry a potent girl, the guy one who tried to fit in, INDIA. IT WILL HELP keeping who she was who try to defy it. Arjun Mathur aka probably might never be able to explain even though in a who asks for dowry, or even the gay who rather someone who intact. Tara married Karan Mehra said that the show is like to the society and their families,” said guest appearance.’ wants marriage as a front to hide his sex- wanted to make a space YOU UNDERSTAND money only to be later a voice for all those who might not con- Arjun. —Parineeti Chopra ual orientation. In a way, I am judging for herself in that world. THOSE THINGS WHICH betrayed by it and lost form to societal norms. “I had to play a The show sets out to do more than them because they could be annoying as “Jazz’s character is so THEY PROBABLY MIGHT herself amidst all the gay character, which I discovered later. just raise societal biases. It doesn’t cat- real people.” beautifully etched, it’s riches,” she said. However, after playing the part so egorise women filmmakers under a Actress KAREENA KAPOOR Talking about the characters, Nitya my personal favourite,” NEVER BE ABLE TO The show initiated intensely, I realised how difficult it is for typical set of films. The two directors KHAN has joined actor Irrfan said that even though Tara (played by said Nitya. EXPLAIN TO THE a dialogue on how the homosexuals to live a normal life in pointed out that when women consist of Khan Sobhita Dhulipala) is the ultimate woman Many found that society imposes restric- India. They have fought for establishing half of the population, why shouldn’t 50 in the sequel to Hindi who could handle all the mess single- Tara and Jazz probably SOCIETY AND THEIR tions, blatantly ques- their identity. The show will help you per cent of the stories belong to, be about Medium. handedly, defying all the society’s stereo- did have a lot in common FAMILIES’ tions and judges people understand those things which they and be created by them? A source close to the actress said, “She is play- WEBBED ing the lead role in TECH TALK the film and might UNICORN STORE turn into cop fter failing mode for it.” Aout of art It is also reported school and tak- that the film’s Wait until the next G ing a humdrum office job, a shoot will take whimsical place in London. To imagine the future of 5G, experts recall how 4G speed allowed us to painter gets a Saket Chaudhary’s directorial chance to fulfill Hindi Medium which released in browse content that was nearly impossible with the pace of 3G her lifelong dream of adopt- 2017, starred Irrfan and Pakistani he mobile industry is cranking up its hype ing a unicorn actress Saba Qamar in pivotal Tmachine for sleek new “5G” networks that when she receives a mysterious invitation to fulfill a childhood roles. The film was based on it says will make your phone and everything else dream. India’s education system. faster and wonderful. If you believe the market- Starring Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Joan Cusack, Apart from Hindi Medium 2, the ing. Unicorn Store is set to release on Netflix on April 5. But no one can really say how 5G will actress will next be seen in Takht change your life; many of the apps and services and Good News. that will exploit its speed haven’t been created THE PERFECT DATE yet. Look back at the last big wireless upgrade, though, and you can get a sense of how profound that change might be. Cillian joins A Apple launched the iPhone in 2007, and it Quiet Place quickly became obvious that the era’s 3G wire- less networks couldn’t handle millions of peo- Irish actor CILLIAN MURPHY is in ple uploading photos of their kid’s playdate to talks to join John Krasinski’s A Facebook or obsessing over “Words with Quiet Place sequel. Friends.” Not to mention managing their finances, health care and shopping for every- The sequel will also thing from shoes to homes. star Emily Blunt, “When the smartphone came out, it brought Millicent Simmonds the 3G network to its knees,” Stanford engineer- and Noah Jupe, as per ing professor Andrea Goldsmith said. “The suc- reports. cess of smartphones was because of 4G.” 4G speeds, the ones we’re used to today, Krasinski is made possible many of the things we now take o earn money for college, a high schooler launches an app returning to direct for granted on our phones — Instagram, cloud Toffering his services as a fake date. But when real feelings the untitled storage, Netflix streaming. Or, for instance, that emerge, things get complicated. sequel for ride you got home from the bar. Directed by Chris Nelson, from a screenplay by Steve Bloom Paramount. A Without 4G, there would be no Uber or Lyft, and Randall Green, the comedy film stars Noah Centineo, Laura which need connections fast and strong enough Marano, Camila Mendes, Odiseas Gerorgiadis and Matt Walsh. Quiet Place to call a driver on a moment’s notice, show cus- The film releases on Netflix on April 12. grossed $340 tomers where their driver is and give the com- attention spans were whipsawed by constant revolution and spawned startups now worth bil- million at the panies the ability to track drivers in real-time. pings and constant hot fresh “content.” lions, even it wasn’t all it was hyped up to be. BLACK SUMMER: SEASON 1 global box office That’s not something 3G could handle. To watch Netflix in high-definition video, See AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson in last year. Since Today, about 80 per cent of US adults have you need speed of at least five megabits per sec- March 2011, talking about 4G and cloud com- n the dark, early days a smartphone, according to Pew Research ond; that’s where Verizon’s 4G network down- puting in an attempt to win support for a pro- Iof a zombie apoca- then, the film has Center, while industry group GSMA says 60 load speed range started in its early days. posed acquisition of rival T-Mobile: “Very soon lypse, complete won several per cent of the world’s five billion cellphones (Upload was and remains slower, a frustration we expect every business process, we expect strangers band togeth- awards, including users do, too. Mobile video, including ones cre- for anyone who has ever tried to send a video every system in your home and in your car, every er to find the strength the Screen Actors ated by ordinary people, makes up 60 per cent from a crowd.) appliance, all your entertainment content, your they need to survive of all data traffic globally, according to telecom- Trying to stream a live video over Facebook, work, all of your personal data, everything is and get back to their Guild Award for equipment maker Ericsson. had this feature even existed in the 3G era, going to be wirelessly connected.” loved ones. Set in the Blunt in the sup- “Video was near-impossible to use effective- “wouldn’t have worked, or it would have Not quite yet. Smart homes are not main- ‘Z Nation’ universe, porting actress ly on 3G,” said Dan Hays, a mobile networks worked inconsistently, or only under the best stream, and wireless business processes are a lot the series follows a category. expert at consultancy PwC. “4G made mobile conditions,” said Nikki Palmer, head of product of what’s exciting the wireless industry about 5G. crack team of special Krasinski video a reality.” development for Verizon, the largest US mobile Hays remembers talking about the possibil- forces as it fights for Its influence has marked our world. Citizens carrier. “You would have got failures, you ities 4G would create for virtual and augment- hope in the darkest hours of the apocalypse. also wrote the screenplay with filmed protests, police violence and revolutions would have got retries, you would have got the ed reality. Those, of course, have yet to materi- Created by Karl Schaefer, John Hyams, the series star Jaime Bryan Woods and Scott Beck. on their phones. TV and movies disconnected equivalent of stalling on the network.” alise. Just wait until the next G. King, Justin Chu Cary, Christine Lee. Season one of the show from the living-room set and movie theater. Our While 4G brought on a communications —AP releases on Netflix on April 11. LUCKNOW | MONDAY | APRIL 1, 2019 sport 15

Olympic qualification system is putting strain SRIKANTH ENDS on players: Gopi RUNNER UP AT PTI n NEW DELHI hief Indian national coach CPullela Gopichand believes that the Olympic qualification Kidambi fails to end title drought as Axelsen beats India’s top shuttler in straight sets system in is "unfair" and putting a "lot of strain" on the players. The Olympic qualification I have put my injury behind, says Axelsen after win period for the Tokyo Games starts April 29 this year with the PTI n NEW DELHI should be like I win in Badminton World Federation thing like an Olympic quota, Denmak and he wins in (BWF) considering the ranking rather than spreading it over a ormer world champion India and I will be cool list, to be published on April 30, year's time. FViktor Axelsen of with that." 2020 to allocate spots and "It just makes a mad rush, Denmark Sunday said he has Talking about the sum- Gopichand feels BWF needs to travelling across the world. It is finally put his ankle injury mit clash, Axelsen said: "It have a relook at the qualification making things difficult for play- behind him following the was easier to control in the system. ers," he said. title win at the India Open. first game and in the second "I understand it is very The BWF revamped its After winning five titles, an injury can take a toll and game Srikanth stepped up. important that players earn structure in 2018, making it including the World how long it takes to comeback We were so close, and it is good amount of money and the compulsory for the world's top- Championship and BWF to normal fitness and level of small things which makes prize money goes up but it is also 15 players in the singles events Super Series Finals in 2017, play. So I am just happy the the difference. So you never unfair that the Olympic qualifi- and top-10 pairs in the doubles Axelsen had to undergo an way I came back. know what would have hap- cation should last a year long. It disciplines to play a minimum ankle surgery early last year, "It is great to win the pened if Srikanth had won is something which needs to be of 12 out of 15 World Tour tour- which forced him to miss the tournament. I don't know the second game. looked at," Gopichand said. naments or face a penalty. All England Championships. what to say. It is always a "You need a little bit of "I think if you win an All The first three months of the He recovered to win the confident booster, especial- luck. I had a lucky net chord. England or a World new BWF season has already Indonesia Open Super 1000 ly after the All England final, That's how sports is, it is Championship or Asian or seen injuries to top players such but has struggled in the sec- it is nice to win here." fragile." European Championship, there as three-time world champion ond half of the year. Srikanth too have bat- It was after 17 months is a moment where you could Carolina Marin, former world The former world No 1, tled with ankle issues for the that Srikanth had reached think of direct qualification for No 1 Korean Son Wan Ho and however, made a promising last couple of years. the finals of a BWF World these five six slots atleast, some- China's fast-rising Gao Fangjie. start this year with a title win Axelsen and Srikanth Tour event and the Indian at the Barcelona Spain had a 4-3 head-to-head said he was satisfied with the Masters and a final appear- record before the final way the week has panned Tokyo Olympics going to be tougher ance at the All England before match with the Indian get- out for him. claiming the India Open ting the better of the Danish "I'm just happy with my than last three Games: Saina crown. shuttler at the 2017 performance in the last PTI n NEW DELHI "Now I can say that I have Denmark Open. week. I just want to take it put the injury behind me," Asked about their on- the way it comes. I know I ndia's ace shuttler Saina Nehwal says the badminton compe- PTI n NEW DELHI have tried something different," Srikanth failed to engage his Axelsen told reporters after court rivalry, Axelsen said: was trailing in most of the Itition at next year's Olympics will be tougher than the last three Srikanth said after the loss. rival in rallies with Axelsen pun- defeating Kidambi Srikanth "Srikanth beat me in matches but somehow I Games and she is working on fitness and improving her game idambi Srikanth's hopes "I think I gave him too ishing any weak return. The in straight games in the final Denmark last time, so I wanted this kind of momen- in the run-up to the showpiece event in Tokyo. of ending a long title many chances to attack in the Indian's backhand was particu- Sunday. thought it was nice of him to tum. I wanted these kind of Saina has been troubled by injuries of late. After her knee Kdrought came crashing first game and tried to avoid it larly weak and he lost a lot of "It has taken a lot of time allow me to win here in wins. I want to continue this surgery in 2016, she has been striving hard to return to her peak after going down in straight in the second and it was okay till points there. Axelsen eventual- and Srikanth here knows how India. May be next time, it form now," he said. form. games to former world cham- the 20th point. If I could have ly took the opening game when "Yes, it (competition in 2020 Olympics) will be much tougher pion Viktor Axelsen in the taken it to the decider, I could Srikanth went long. (than earlier three editions). The Chinese shuttlers are playing men's singles final of the Yonex- have had my chances." After the change of sides, it 12-12 and led 14-13 after Bingjiao with a 21-15, 21-14 of and Apriyani really well. More than them, a lot of other girls are playing real- Sunrise India Open, here on "I was slow to start with. I Srikanth conceded a 1-5 lead to Axelsen smashed wide. win, completing a hattrick of Rahayu secured their second ly well. It is going to be very tough," Saina said. Sunday. was able to control my lifts and his opponent early on. Another smash helped India Open crowns. She successive title at the India "But as of now, I'm not thinking about Olympics or about Srikanth, a 2015 winner, defend well but in the end he The Indian took the Srikanth grab two game equalled Malaysian legend Lee Open with a 21-11, 25-23 win how I will qualify for it. I am thinking more about doing well blew away two game points in was a little brave." next three points but points. He lost both Chong Wei, who has also won over Malaysian third seeds in tournaments, improving my game and keeping myself injury the second game to lose 7-21 The final was a close affair Axelsen was always a with a wide return and three titles here. Chow Mei Kuan and Lee Meng free and fit," Saina added. 20-22 to Axelsen in the summit in the beginning with Srikanth step ahead. With after failing to connect Chinese top seed Wang Yean in the women's doubles. For India to send two shuttlers in Tokyo Olympics clash. and Axelsen splitting the initial Srikanth's lifts going a shot. A net dribble Yilyu and Huang Dongping Chinese Taipei's Lee Yang women's singles, both of them will have to be inside top 16 in It was the Indian's first 10 points but a series of long coupled with some gave Axelsen his first notched up a 21-13, 21-11 win and Wang Chi-Lin also claimed the world rankings which will be released after the end of qual- final in a BWF world tour unforced errors from the Indian wrong line calls, Axelsen match point and he sealed it over Indonesian fifth seeds their maiden BWF World Tour ification period, on April 30, 2020. event in 17 months. He last won allowed the Danish player to grabbed a 11-9 lead at the with a precise return. Praveen Jordan and Melati Super 500 title with a 21-14, 21- Tokyo Games will be her fourth Olympics, having repre- a title at the 2017 French Open. move ahead as he unleashed a break. Thailand's Ratchanok Daeva Oktavianti to claim the 14 win over Indonesian Ricky sented the country in 2008, 2012 and 2016. She reached the quar- "I haven't played anything smash to seal an 11-7 advantage A fighting Srikanth, howev- Intanon improved her head-to- mixed doubles crown. Karandasuwardi and Angga terfinals in 2008, won a Bronze in 2012 and crashed out in group differently and so I lost. I should at the break. er, clawed his way back to make head record against China's He Top seeded Indonesian pair Pratama in men's doubles. stages in 2016 when she played with a knee inflammation. SINGLES Indian shooters make a KARUNARATNE ARRESTED BARTY CAPTURES MIAMI TITLE AFTER TRAFFIC ACCIDENT n Colombo: Sri Lankan Test cricket captain clean sweep of Gold medals AFP MIAMI now, but I certainly feel like Dimuth Karunaratne has been arrested and I'm a very different person. PTI n NEW DELHI charged with driving under the influence of least experienced international shleigh Barty's transfor- I feel like I'm a more com- among the three, led from the start mation is complete after Barty's victory plete player, I'm a better alcohol after an accident in the capital, police A ndian shooters made a clean to shut out the challenge from the the Australian defeated Czech means that for player. said on Sunday. Karunaratne, 30, was taken Isweep of Gold medals in 10m Koreans. fifth seed Karolina Pliskova 7- "I was an average crick- into custody following the pre-dawn Air Rifle event to continue their The Indian trio clinched the 6 (7/1) 6-3 to win the biggest the first time eter and I'm becoming a accident that resulted in the driver of a three- dominance at the 12th Asian team Gold with a total of 1880.7 singles title of her career at the ever there have better tennis player. wheel taxi being taken to hospital. The Airgun Championships in to leave behind Korea with 1862.3. WTA Miami Open. "I feel like when I play incident comes as Sri Lankan cricket officials Taoyuan, Taipei. In the women's final, Elavenil The 22-year-old Aussie been 14 my best, I'm good enough mull who to name as captain of the one-day India have won 12 out of 14 also led from the front to shoot a quit tennis five years ago different to match it with the very squad for the World Cup hosted by England Gold medals so far and their over- score of 250.5 and emerge tri- after finding the mental grind best in the world." and Wales from May 30. Karunaratne, who all tally stand at 12 Gold, four umphant. of the tour too much to bear, winners in 14 Barty hit 15 aces and 41 led Sri Lanka to a stunning Test series Silver and two Bronze medals. Hosts Taipei's Lin Ying-Shin turning to professional crick- WTA events so winners compared to 22 victory against South Africa last month, had On the fifth day of the com- won Silver with 250.2 while Park et in a bid to find sporting from an out-of-sorts been in the frame to lead the one-day side as petition, Divyansh Singh Panwar Sunmin of Korea bagged Bronze happiness. far this season Pliskova. well. Sri Lanka's cricket board said it would and Elavenil Valarivan bagged the with a score of 229.1. Barty, however, knew she Barty's victory means investigate the incident. 10m Air Rifle men and women's The Indian women's team of had the tennis skills to com- that for the first time ever individual Golds. They combined Elavenil, Apurvi and Meghana pete at the very top and after and become the first there have been 14 differ- STRASBOURG WIN FRENCH with respective teammates to win claimed the top spot with a com- returning in February 2016, Australian woman since ent winners in 14 WTA LEAGUE CUP two Team Gold medals as well and bined total of 1878.6. Taipei were has taken her career to an elite Sam Stosur in June 2013 to events so far this season. Paris: Strasbourg won their first major ensured a clean sweep. second with 1872.5. level, culminating in her first- crack the top 10. Pliskova, who will rise trophy since 2005 by edging out Divyansh shot 249.7 to Kim's In the men's event, all three ever WTA Premier "It feels like it's a long to fourth in the rankings Guingamp on penalties in Saturday's 247.4 for Silver and Shin's 225.5 Indians including Apurvi Mandatory title to follow on time ago now since I took despite a disappointing French League Cup final after a drab for Bronze. Chandela and Meghana Sajjanar from the US Open doubles the break and since I came final, badly struggled with goalless draw in Lille. The victory He shot 628.2 to top the had also made it to the finals but crown she won last back," said Barty, who also her serve and movement, completed an incredible rise back to the qualification and lead two other finished fourth with 207.8 and September. reached the doubles semi- off the pace mentally and top for a club which was relegated to the Indians -- Ravi Kumar (626.3) and seventh with 143.3 respectively. Barty, a junior finals at the Hard Rock physically after reaching fifth tier in 2011 after financial difficulties. Deepak Kumar (626.2) -- into the The competition concludes Wimbledon winner at age 15, Stadium with Victoria the quarter-finals or better It was their fourth League Cup triumph, to eight-man final. on Monday with the junior events will rise from 11th to number Azarenka. in her five prior tourna- add to three French Cups and the 1979 In the final, Divyansh, the in the 10m Air Rifle. nine in the world rankings "It's been a few years ments this year. Ligue 1 title. Neither side managed to create much in normal time, although Ludovic Ajorque did force Guingamp goalkeeper Marc-Aurele Caillard into a fine Kean steps up to rescue Juve 89th-minute save. At the end of the added half-hour it was Guingamp who almost Atletico thrash Alaves 4-0 n snatched the trophy, but Alexandre Mendy AFP MILAN options ahead of his side's n mishit an effort straight at Strasbourg Champions League quarter- AFP MADRID club's all-time list — 102 adrift 'keeper Bingourou Kamara. ising teenage star Moise final against Ajax. of Xavi Hernandez. RKean stepped up in the The youngster became the ionel Messi continued his Meanwhile Atletico at JKP TROPHY FROM APRIL 2 absence of Cristiano Ronaldo to second youngest player after Lremarkable run of form as least did not give up further LUCKNOW: The 5th edition of JKP Trophy rescue a 1-0 win for Juventus Mario Balotelli, aged 18 years his second-half double, ground to Barcelona as Diego State Prizemoney Cricket Tournament will against lowly Empoli as the and 242 days in 2009, to score including an impudent free- Costa scored for the first time be played at Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari champions opened up an 15- eight Serie A goals. kick, helped Barcelona contin- since November in an impres- Vajpayee Ekana International Cricket point lead at the top of Serie A. "I'm ready to pursue new ue their march towards the La sive win at fifth-placed Alaves. Stadium from April 2. The tournament will The 19-year-old — who records," he warned. Liga title with a 2-0 win The Spanish interna- be played on knock-out basis. burst into the limelight during "What the Mister (Allegri) over Espanyol. tional has struggled for Participating teams: Moradabad, Akhil Italy's opening Euro 2020 qual- says is right: I hope to become The visitors gave form and fitness this sea- Infra C Club, Meerut District Cricket ifiers — came on as a substitute like the greatest players in the their city rivals a tough son, but grabbed his sec- Association , Kanpur Cricket Association, in Turin and three minutes world, through commitment game at the Camp ond league goal of the Varanasi Cricket Association, Allahabad later scored his third league and hard work." Nou, but Messi's campaign with a magnif- Cricket Association, Gorakhpur Cricket goal of the season after his Juventus are without chipped free-kick over icent 11th-minute strike Association, Saharanpur Cricket double against Udinese ear- Juventus against Genoa wingers Douglas Costa and the wall from 19 yards from the edge of the area, Association, Wonders Club Ghaziabad, lier this month. and the Portuguese star is Juan Cuadrado, with centre- and a late second kept the six minutes after Saul Niguez Cricket Association Lucknow. "I am neither (Lionel) now recovering from a back Andrea Barzagli also out reigning champions 10 points had put Atletico in front. Messi nor Cristiano but right thigh injury picked injured. clear of second-placed Atletico Costa was replaced by NOIDAITES COMMIT FITNESS one day I hope to become like up on international duty. Kean replaced Blaise Madrid, who thrashed Alaves Thomas Lemar at half-time, AT HALF MARATHON them," said Kean. Argentina striker Paulo Matuidi in the 68th minute 4-0. but the Frenchman sent Noida: Over 800 runners from Noida & Juventus got back to win- Dybala also pulled up with a and had an immediate impact, Messi has now netted Alvaro Morata through on the National Capital Region congregated at ning ways after falling to their thigh problem during the warm- latching onto Mandzukic's eight times in his last four goal to put the game to bed Shiv Nadar School, Noida in the early first league defeat of the season up before Saturday's game. knock-down. games for Barca, and leads the just before the hour mark. hours of Sunday to participate in the first to Genoa before the internation- But coach Massimiliano Ten minutes later, the way in the La Liga scoring The on-loan Chelsea edition of the Xpress Fitness Half al break. Allegri insisted he had wanted teenager was denied a second, charts with 31 goals, 13 ahead striker has now scored four Marathon. The event themed around While second-placed to ease the pressure on Kean by with a desperate one-handed of teammate Luis Suarez. goals since joining Diego 'Commit to be fit' was organized by a Napoli beat Roma 4-1 on opting for Rodrigo Bentancur to save by Dragowski giving It was a fitting way for the Simeone's men in January. group of running enthusiasts from 'Xpress Sunday to close the gap to 15 replace the Argentine. Empoli hope. Argentinian to mark his 675th Thomas Partey added Fitness & Running' and Shiv Nadar points with nine games remain- Kean's form, with goals for The Tuscany side remain Barcelona appearance, which extra gloss to the scoreline late School. ing. Italy against Finland and one point above the relegation moved him ahead of Andres on with a fine 20-yard strike Ronaldo had been rested by Liechtenstein, gives Allegri more zone. Iniesta into second on the into the top corner. 16

LUCKNOW | MONDAY | APRIL 1, 2019 LEADERBOARD RUNS 254 David Warner (SRH) WICKETS 6 Yuzvendra Chahal (RCB) 6S 162 Rather than scoring one run, I was looking to hit it big because I didn't 4S 357 want the game to get this close { — PRITHVI SHAW } DHONI SHINES Bairstow 114 > RCB 113 IN CSK’S WIN Jonny, Warner score hundred before Nabi picks 4/11 to help SRH win by 118 runs

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onny Bairstow and David Warner smashed sensational Jcenturies to guide Sunrisers Hyderabad to a comprehensive 118-run win over struggling Royal Challengers Bangalore in an Indian Premier League match at Stadium on Sunday. Englishman Bairstow struck 114 from just 56 balls while Warner carried his bat for a 55- ball 100 in a record 185-run first-wicket partnership to post a This is one of our worst losses: Kohli mammoth 231 for two after being PTI n HYDERABAD opening partnership. put into bat. "Credit to them (Warner and Bairstow punished RCB with oyal Challengers Bangalore Bairstow). We could have tried a 12 fours and seven sixes while Rcaptain Virat Kohli termed few different things, like taking Warner hit five fours and as Sunday's 118-run defeat against pace off the ball. But once those many sixes in his 55-ball knock. Sunrisers Hyderabad as one of guys got in, they just kept going. With a gigantic target to their "worst losses ever" in the You need a few things to go your eclipse, RCB needed a rollicking Indian Premier League. way, and a few catches fell in start but the visitors' chase never "One of our worst losses between fielders. They were got going as they kept on losing BAIRSTOW AND ever. Literally nothing I can world class today and they wickets to be bundled out for 113 explain. Nothing went right for us deserve to be on the winning in 19.5 overs. WARNER from ball one until our last wick- side," he said. It was RCB's third consecutive BLUDGEONED et fell in the second innings. We Sunrisers' stand-in captain loss in the tournament, while THE BOWLERS, were outplayed in all departments Bhuvneshwar Kumar lauded his PTI n CHENNAI Royals were disciplined through- Sunrisers registered their second BETTERING THE by a quality side. They showed bowling unit, especially the per- out but pacerer Jaydev Unadkat con- win out of three games this sea- EARLIER that they are a champion side - formance of Afghan Mohammad hennai Super Kings bowlers kept ceded 28 runs in the final over with son. they were finalists last time and Nabi, who picked up 4/11 in his Ctheir nerves in death to beat Dhoni finding three of his four sixes Playing his first IPL match HIGHEST OF 184 beat us in the final (in 2016)," a first outing this season. Rajasthan Royals by eight runs in an in that over after Ravindra Jadeja (8) this season, Afghan all-rounder BETWEEN KKR'S dejected Kohli said after the "It shows how good a spinner IPL game, here on Sunday. lofted the paceman for a maximum. Mohammad Nabi did the early GAUTAM match. he is (Nabi). He was spot on from Earlier, negotiating largely disci- The Royals pace trio of Jofra damage as he picked up three GAMBHIR AND Kohli credited Bairstow and the first ball. It was a good batting plined bowlers on a tricky pitch, skip- Archer, Dhawal Kulkarni and Ben quick wickets — two in his sec- Warner for taking the game away track in the second innings but per MS Dhoni produced a well-calcu- Stokes kept the CSK batsmen on a ond over — as RCB's slumped to CHRIS LYNN IN from his side with their explosive our bowling was brilliant," he said. lated half-century as Chennai Super tight leash in the powerplay overs. 22 for three by the end of the THE 2017 Kings posted 175 runs on board. They conceded just 29 runs and also fourth over. EDITION The pitch used in the previous got rid of three top-order batsmen. Nabi first accounted for AGAINST a hundred each. ninth over and later smashed De match was a rank turner but on Each of them accounted for one Parthiv Patel and then came back GUJARAT LIONS Bairstow was finally out in the Grandhomme for 14 runs in the Sunday it turned to be a different chal- CSK batsman, bringing experienced to remove Shimron Hetmyer and 17th over off Yuzvendra Chahal 10th over. He also did not spare lenge for the batsmen since it was not Dhoni and Raina together at the dangerous A B de Villiers in the as he went for yet another big shot India pacer Umesh who he hit for conducive for stroke-play and helped crease. fourth over. David Warner congratulates Jonny Bairstow after English batsman completes his first IPL but only got the leading edge for 16 runs in the 12th over. pacers initially. The runs came in singles with To make matters worse for hundred during clash against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Sunday at Hyderabad PTI Umesh Yadav to take a running Warner played second fiddle Dhoni paced his innings beautiful- spinners Shreyas Gopal and RCB, Sandeep Sharma then dis- catch. He reached to his hundred all this while and allowed ly scoring unbeaten 75 off 46 balls to Krishnappa Gowtham maintaining missed skipper Virat Kohli in the Nabi starred with the ball for against Gujarat Lions. in 52 balls. Bairstow to take the initiative but seize momentum from Royals bowlers the pressure with tight line and first delivery of the seventh over. Sunrisers with figures of four for Sunday's innings was also He was particularly harsh on hit fours and sixes in between. who were off to an inspiring start. length. As if that was not enough, 11, while Sandeep (3/19) too was only the second time in IPL his- 16-year-old Ray Barman from The Australian later swung his Dhoni and Suresh Raina (36) The ball stopped a bit, specially Moeen Ali was run out in the very not far behind, scalping three tory in which two batsmen scored whom he took 17 runs in the arms to complete his hundred. added 61 runs for the fourth wicket, when Gopal operated, making stroke- next ball as RCB' chase fell by the wickets. pushing the ball around and later the making even more difficult. At half- wayside. At that stage the visitors Earlier, RCB captain Kohli's former India skipper raised a 56-run way mark, CSK out on board just 55 slumped to 30 for five in 6.2 overs decision to put Sunrisers in back- PRAYAS YOUNGEST TO START IPL GAME stand with West Indies' Dwayne Barvo, runs and only seven boundaries were which soon became 35 for six fired as all his bowlers were taken HYDERABAD: Teenage leg-spinner youngest player but one of the hogged the limelight last year at the who added quick 27 runs. struck. after Shivam Dube’s departure. to cleaners by Bairstow and Prayas Ray Barman on Sunday youngest to play in any of the T20 Vijay Hazare Trophy where he scalped The dew is already troubling the Raina meanwhile hit a massive six From there on, it was almost Warner who became the first became the youngest player to make a leagues across the globe. 11 wickets at an economy of 4.45. bowlers and it will be a challenge for off Gopal but the two spinners did an impossible task for RCB to get pair in IPL history to post three debut in the IPL when he was named Barman replaced Afghanistan's Against Mizoram, Barman returned the home bowlers to control the ball. well to concede 37 runs while bowl- back into the game and Colin de consecutive hundred-run stands. in the Royal Challengers Bangalore Mujeeb-ur-Rehman as the youngest to figures of 4/14 to further underline his Dhoni used his vast experience to ing in tandem for five overs. Grandhomme (37) and 16-year- Bairstow and Warner blud- (RCB) team playing against Sunrisers start an IPL game (Mujeeb was 17 potential. read the conditions and mostly worked In came Unadkat and went for a old Prayas Ray Barman (19), the geoned the bowlers, bettering Hyderabad. years and 11 days). "We've added a spinner. Prayas Ray the ball around to keep the scoreboard few runs but broke the stand by youngest player to make his IPL the earlier highest of 184 between Barman, all of 16 years and 157 days, Barman, who made his T20 debut 38 Barman gets a game in place of ticking. Whenever he got chance he castling Raina with a quick delivery. debut, just did their bit to delay KKR's Gautam Gambhir and replaced pacer Navdeep Saini in the days ago for Bengal against Mizoram Navdeep Saini," Kohli said during the opened his arms and hit four fours and Raina missed the line and Unadkat hit the inevitable. Chris Lynn in the 2017 edition side and became the not only IPL's in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, toss. IANS as many sixes. the stumps. Up Next BACKED MYSELF TO Kings, Capitals battle BOWL YORKERS: RABADA

PTI n NEW DELHI the Super Over, Rabada second guessed myself, to build on winning run was pretty confident that which is not a very good low balls and bouncers bowling yorkers was the thing. You don't want to PTI n MOHALI Swere "gamble balls" best option. run in having two things while a length ball would "I thought, what do in your mind. But again, I ith Kagiso Rabada's yorker Pant’s stump Mic have been dispatched eas- we bowl here? We could backed the yorker." Wbeing the talk of the town, ily by big-hitting Andre bowl bouncers. We could Rabada cited example it will be interesting to see how the Russell, so it was best to bowl slower balls. But it's of bowling greats who Delhi Capitals pacer counters the chatter goes viral fall back on 'yorkers', risky. It's gamble balls. I relied on yorkers to sub- hard-hitting Kings XI Punjab PTI n NEW DELHI explained Kagiso Rabada wasn't really feeling (like) due batsmen. batsmen when the two teams after leading Delhi them on the day. On "If you see, some of clash in an IPL match at PCA sta- ndia's young wicketkeeper-batsman Capitals to Super Over another day, I could have the bowlers like (Curtly) dium on Monday. IRishabh Pant was on Sunday caught win over KKR. felt (like bowling) them. Ambrose, (Wasim) Rabada helped the Capitals in the eye of a storm owing to an edit- With just 18 runs But today I felt (like bowl- Akram, Waqar Younis defend the lowest total (10) in a ed stump microphone clip from an IPL required from 18 balls ing) the yorker," said the (they) used the yorker as Super Over in IPL history after game which went viral on social media and later six from the South African paceman at a wicket-taking delivery the scores were tied at 185 in the but was dismissed by the BCCI as "mis- final over, Rabada thought the post match press con- and surprised batsmen allotted 20 overs each. construed". the game was done and ference. with it. The batsmen knew Focus will now be on how the The less-than-a-minute long clip dusted and he was sitting And it worked as he it was coming, but could- South African paceman would was from Saturday night's match in his shorts, chatting with hit the base of the middle n't do much about it. fare against the likes of Chris LAST YEAR’S MATCHES between Pant's Delhi Capitals and teammate Shikhar stump to dismiss danger- Those players as also the Gayle, Lokesh Rahul, Mayank * Kings XI Punjab defeated Kolkata Knight Riders. Dhawan. ous Russell. likes of Lasith Malinga Agarwal and David Miller. Delhi Capitals by 4 runs at Delhi It shows Pant, from behind the However, the Capitals "At the start of my run and Jasprit Bumrah are Both sides are riding high on stumps, saying that "yeh to chauka hai" could not score those six caught when just two were up I was thinking, 'do I go natural with the yorkers. confidence having won their * Kings XI Punjab beat Delhi (this is a boundary) as KKR's Robin runs with a batsman like needed off two. length', because Andre But you can also develop respective matches on Saturday. In Capitals by 6 wickets at Mohali Uthappa took guard against Sandeep Hanuma Vihari playing Entrusted with the job Russell is going to hit any- it with practice," he fact, both the teams' opening Faisel Features Lamichhane. aerial shots and getting to defend just 10 runs in thing that's full. So I still explained. batsmen were the architect of "No one heard what Rishabh said their victory. Shaw but they failed score six runs before that particular sentence. He was While Delhi's Prithvi Shaw from the last over, taking the apparently telling (Delhi Capitals cap- (55-ball 99) almost took the team match to Super Over. tain) Shreyas Iyer to increase fielders on home against Kolkata Knight However, Rabada's sensation- off-side to stop an imminent four," a top Rabada's yorker to Russell will Live on Star Sports 1& 2 HEAD Riders, Rahul (57-ball 71) finished TO al yorkers in all six balls restrict- BCCI official said. the job for Punjab against HEAD ed KKR to just seven runs while The next delivery was pushed Mumbai Indians. chasing 11. through the covers for a boundary and be Ball of the IPL: Ganguly Playing on home turf, Rahul, M 22 Delhi will be hoping not to let the edited clip of Pant's purported pre- who had failed in his first two KXIP vs DC that advantage slip. diction started doing the rounds from PTI n NEW DELHI has gone through prolonged rough matches, played a controlled KXIP 13 Besides Shaw, Delhi also have unverified Twitter accounts, claiming to patch over the years. MOHALI innings while Gayle (40) and DC 9 the likes of Rishabh Pant, who be cricket fans. ormer India captain and Delhi "This team needed this win. Mayank Agarwal (43) also MONDAY | 8:00 PM played a superb knock of 78 to pile What wasn't clear from the video FCapitals advisor Sourav They did not have a great season chipped in with crucial runs to up a mammoth 213 against clip was the context of Pant's comment. Ganguly termed Kagiso Rabada's last year. It's a young team. These help Punjab comfortably chase headed by Mohammed Shami Mumbai Indians in the first match, It has been learnt that Hotstar, who match-winning yorker to KKR's sorts of wins change the confi- down the 177-run target, set by and with other key players such Shikhar Dhawan, captain Shreyas hold the digital (streaming rights) Andre Russell as the "Ball of the dence. It is still a long season, but Mumbai. as Andrew Tye and Hardus Iyer and Colin Ingram. They rights of the IPL, have complained to IPL". this win is more than just a win," Gayle was his usual self and Viljoen in their ranks, it may not would expect their batsmen come various social media platforms for ille- With just 11 to get for a Super Ganguly said. batted in the manner only he can be easy for the visiting batsmen. out all guns blazing against Punjab gal use of their footage and are getting Over win, but Rabada, though He felt sorry for Prithvi Shaw, as 36 of his 40-run knock came in Moreover, Ravichandran on Sunday. the clippings removed. under pressure, produced a fast Andre Russell failed to counter yorker & was who fell just one short of his hun- boundaries and sixes. Ashwin-led KXIP would also The bowling department The BCCI official said that it was inswinging yorker that castled the bowled by Kagiso Rabada in superover IPL dred in Saturday's IPL encounter, Rahul has the ability to steady have the advantage of playing at comprising Kiwi speedster Trent "very unfortunate" that social media ran Jamaican. but insisted that the youngster the innings and play sheet home and they will look to exploit Bolt, Ishant Sharma and Axar Patel an incomplete clipping. "Kagiso Rabada's Super Over IPLT20.Com. would get many centuries across anchor's role and Gayle can punc- familiar conditions once again. besides Rabada, is also capable of "Maligning a young cricketer with- and the ball that he bowled to Rabada defended 10 runs in formats in days to come. ture opposition camp's plans to Delhi though will be desper- causing damage to the opposition. out even knowing the details is so unfor- Andre Russell is probably going to the Super Over to steer Delhi "Unfortunately, he got out on control the run flow, something ate to get the momentum going Delhi would be hoping to put tunate. A section of media allowed the be the ball of the IPL. To bowl that Capitals to a thrilling win and the 99 and you feel sorry for him. I that Delhi would be worried after winning a close game. up an all-round performance social media to insinuate and vilify a kind of a delivery to Andre Russell, former KKR captain termed the think he will get a lot more 100s in about. Chasing 186 to win against against Punjab, who have shown young talent without getting into details. who is probably in the form of his victory against his erstwhile fran- IPL and in all formats of the Punjab's bowling is spear- KKR, Delhi were set up nicely by they are not an easy side to beat. This is so disgusting," said the official. life, is unbelievable," Ganguly told chise is as "special" as Delhi team game," Ganguly said.