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His driver Rajkumar alias has been sentenced to a two- also contest from ’s !  !L#    M he was a “failed” PM who is the Directors and Secretary of Additional Sessions Judge Ramesh Malhotra was sen- year jail term by a court in Wayanad constituency, Modi ! *     0   desperate to “manufacture one the said company. PS Gadhvi handed down the tenced to six months in prison. Japan over possession of drugs. had said the party was taking ;  false allegation everyday”. Continued on Page 4 sentence to Sai and asked him Detailed report on P7 According to The Financial “refuge in areas where major- Times report, Wadia was arrest- ity is in minority”. This is the Maharashtra’s Wardha “in ed in early March at New first time the commission took accordance with the extant Chitose Airport in the north- a call on the several com- guidelines/provisions of the 1% " O   "P( ern Japanese island of plaints pending against the Model Code of Conduct, the Hokkaido after customs offi- Prime Minister. Representation of the People cials found 25g of “what At the same time, the Act, 1951 and the report of the  1 P   appeared to be cannabis resin Supreme Court also sought Chief Electoral Officer, in his trouser pocket”. response from the poll body on Maharashtra”, it was of the   &49+4 : once the BJP wins the polls. Reacting to the report, a a plea by Congress MP view that “in this matter no “We would like to bring to Wadia group spokeperson said Sushmita Dev, contending such violation has been he Trinamool Congress your kind notice the lies uttered Ness Wadia is in India. “The inaction by the poll panel on noticed”. T(TMC) on Tuesday alleged by Mr Narendra Modi, the judgment is clear. It is a sus- several complaints made “Accordingly, the commis- that Narendra Modi’s recent Prime Minister, regarding pended sentence,” the against Modi and BJP president sion is of the considered view speech where he claimed that horse trading, hinting that the spokesperson added. Amit Shah for violating the that in this matter no such vio- 40 TMC MLAs are in touch members of the All India Meanwhile, shares of Model Code of Conduct, lation has been noticed,” the EC with him indicates “impending Trinamool Congress (AITC) Wadia Group firms tanked up including hate speeches and said. Complaining against the horse-trading” and asked the will cross over to the BJP and to 10 per cent on Tuesday using armed forces for “polit- Prime Minister’s speech in Election Commission (EC) to using this lie to influence the amid media reports that Ness ical propaganda”. A Bench of Wardha, the Congress had cancel his nomination for such voters,” a letter from the party Wadia has been sentenced to a Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi alleged that Modi made some “provocative and undemocra- to the EC said. two-year jail term. and Justices Sanjay Kishan “hateful, vile and divisive” tic” statements. “You (EC) are thus request- Bombay Dyeing shares Kaul and KM Joseph sought remarks against Congress pres- In its letter to the EC, the ed to ask Mr Narendra Modi, plunged 9.78 per cent to close the Election Commission’s ident Rahul Gandhi. TMC demanded “strong the Prime Minister, for evi- at 112.60 on the BSE. During reply in the matter and put it During the meeting, the action” for the “unfounded, dence in support of his state- the day, it tumbled 17.42 per for consideration on Thursday. EC s discussed the MCC vio- inappropriate and illegal” cam- ment, failing which his nomi- cent to 103.05. Shares of The court, however, said it lations by Modi, BJP president paign and utterances of Modi. nation should be cancelled for Britannia Industries went down would be open for the EC to Amit Shah and Congress pres- During an election rally in violation of the Model Code of by 2.50 per cent to 2,893.10 pass its order. ident Rahul Gandhi as there Sreerampur on Monday, the Conduct by making such P                        and Bombay Burmah Trading Giving clean chit to Modi, were number of complaints PM had claimed that 40 TMC provocative and undemocrat-   !  !    !   "  "  # $%   '  (  Corporation fell by 2.40 per the EC said after examining the pending with the commission. MLAs were in touch with him ic statements,” the letter said.      )      *++          cent to close at 1,241.30. Prime Minister’s speech at Continued on Page 4 and will desert their party Continued on Page 4     M- N LM  NL "'      0 Detailed report on P10    !    !/        

    responsible to provide home to many issues with that she is in open, snatching is very com- of new buildings and intro- adding that the party would &49+4 : people on affordable rates failed going to the voters. mon even in upper class areas ducing world class facilities, met with same fate again all to do so, adding that it (DDA) Stressing that the develop- such as Vasundhara Enclave now they can stud y in a good over. he AAP Government will has become land mafia and ment is only possible in Delhi and Mayur vihar,” she said, environment,” she added. Talking about whether Tprovide affordable housing works in connivance of after getting full Statehood, adding that these all can only On being asked who she alliance with Congress will to everyone in 10 years if Delhi builders”, she said adding, she highlighted the issue of be resolved after Delhi Police thinks the strong contestant cost the party, she said “We is granted full Statehood,” said “People cannot afford to pur- safety and security in the con- act under ambit of the Delhi against her, she said the wanted alliance across India, Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Lok chase house legally that is why stituency, saying, “Ensuring Government. Congress seat is reserved for not only in Delhi. We wanted Sabha candidate for the East illegal construction is rampant women safety is one of the On being asked whether third place. alliance on potential seats Delhi constituency Atishi. in these areas”. major concern”. reforms in school education The BJP’s candidate is where BJP could be stopped In an interview to The Atishi, an alumnus of “You cannot see police will help her in the elections, automatically out of the contest from winning. Pioneer, she said to carry out Delhi’s St Stephens and Oxford here. Does that mean that peo- the 37-year-old Oxford gradu- as people would not waste We were in favour of any kind of development pro- University, is known for intro- ple living here do not need ate said, “It will help for their votes knowing that his alliance in 33 seats of Punjab, ject, such as hospital, schools, ducing reforms in the State of security? Whether it is rich or sure.There are two lakh chil- election will sooner or later Haryana and Chandigarh but collages, and universities, we education in Government run poor, safety is the issue for dren studying in government would be cancelled, she said they did not agree,” she said, need land and the land owning schools in the national Capital. everyone,” she lamented, run schools in East Delhi alone. referring to the allegation alleging that the Congress is all agency in national Capital is She is pitted against BJP’s adding that people living in If you say these all are a fami- against BJP candidate Gautam again ‘Delhi Development Gautam Gambhir and unauthorised colonies such as ly of three thus the number of Gambhir that he has two voter helping the BJP and doing Authority’(DDA) that is not Congress’s Arvinder Singh Trilokpuri, Kalyanpuri, Kundli  :   -;:   voters becomes six lakh,” she identity cards. everything to defeat the third under the Delhi Government. Lovely in an expected triangu- etc are the worst affected if we said. Congress has been relegat- front. She cited the example of “Almost 70 to 80 per cent lar contest. talk about security. “Women need to be addressed and this crime in East Delhi, Atishi “There was time when ed to the third place in last four Uttar Pradesh where Congress areas in East Delhi are unau- When asked about the living in these areas can tell you could only be possible after said you cannot see police children were forced to study in elections in Delhi and even in did not go with Samajwadi thorised and these unautho- other key issues, she is willing they cannot go out after dark, Delhi become full State,” she patrolling van here but in other a dilapidated building, dirty toi- 2015 state assembly election, 90 party and Bahujan Samajwadi rised constructions were hap- to take up after winning elec- citing safety issue. Some of the said. area of the city you can easily let sand broken chairs and per cent of their candidates lost party alliance in order to help pened because DDA, which is tions; Atishi said that there are issues that is related to safety Highlighting prevalent spot it. “Illicit alcohol is sold out tables but with the construction security deposits, she said, the BJP.  +(    !4,6!6          !"#$%     0 0     !7 &'(&)*' (+     "    5!6*5 &*! &'8&!!9 &'8&!!9 &'&8)!!5 &*! &'&8       &49+4 : &(**); **&&;*& **&( &!!9**& &!!9**&(       &49+4 : Tiwari said, “How can a       &49+4 : ed officials to take anti-terror patriot like Sharma be with measures during polling. oll authorities on   * 712 23EF F 23EF ormer Congress Member of Congress whose president uses ith 12 days left for Lok “DCP election cell also PTuesday issued a showcause & 4  GEE 127E F 127E FLegislative Assembly Gandhi surname but talks WSabha polling in nation- gave presentation regarding notice to the Managing 4  GG7 2877 F 2877 (MLA) Bhisham Sharma who about Jinna.” al Capital, Delhi Police the preparation for elections. Director of the Delhi Metro &+ 7FE 2H1H F 2H1H was expelled from the party last Joining the BJP, Sharma Commissioner (CP) Amulya CP had also directed officials to for playing a video on its Pink & 9  72E 17=1 F 17=1 week, joined the BJP on said that he was “pained over Patnaik, on Tuesday took meet- follow guidelines issued by Line showing events related to 9  7G8 1187 F2 1183 Tuesday in a boost to the saf- Congress leaders questioning ing of officials regarding the Election Commission,” said the metro’s inauguration - GFH 283G F2 2837 fron party’s Delhi unit chief surgical strikes and the Balakot security arrangements during Anil Mittal, Additional Public featuring “dignitaries from &*! 0<11 -4.- 10 -4.-. Manoj Tiwari who is contest- air strike... And was feeling suf- election in national Capital. Relation Officer (APRO), Delhi three political parties that ing the Lok Sabha polls from focated there.” The meeting was attended Police. are contesting the general       &49+4 : threat and intimidation’. For ry because of which the areas North East Delhi seat. He said that after four by Special CPs, Joint CPs, “Commissioner also direct- elections”. such places, the CEO office has has been considered as sus- Sharma, who was a decades of association with Deputy Commissioners of ed to have vigil security The video was noticed elhi will have a total num- also identified such hamlets ceptible to threat and intimi- Congress MLA for two terms the Congress he was severing Police (DCP), Anti-Terrorist arrangements at critical and by the Media Certification Dber of 13,818 polling sta- where about 30 polling stations dation during election time. from Ghonda Assembly seg- his ties with the party and join- Officer (ATO) and Station sensitive booths. CP also and Monitoring tions in the national Capital for would be set up. The Delhi CEO Ranbir ment under North East Delhi ing the BJP as he was “inspired House Officers (SHO). directed to keep eye on activi- Committee (MCMC) of East the seven Lok Sabha seats for Most of these polling sta- Singh had earlier said that the parliamentary constituency by Prime Minister Narendra Following the recent terrorist ties on city’s bordering areas,” Delhi constituency, following which election commission has tion are also falls on some parts commission have mapped such between 1998 and 2008, had a Modi”. attack in Sri Lanka, CP direct- said Mittal. which the returning officer for identified 2,700 spots across the of South Delhi such as Masjid areas under the ‘Vulnerable long-running difference with Sharma also asserted East Delhi Lok Sabha con- city where these stations will be Moth, Lado Sarai , Shahpur Jat, Hamlets’ where the voters can the party’s Delhi unit chief that thousands of his support- stituency — K Mahesh, issued set up. The commission has also Tehkhand, KM Pur Village be influenced by various anti- Sheila Dikshit. He was expelled ers will quit the Congress and a notice to Delhi Metro Rail decided to set up two auxiliary and Neb Sarai and others. social elements and also these from the Congress for six years join the BJP in the coming Corporation MD Dr Mangu polling stations in South and Further, North East and have history of communal on charges of anti-party activ- days. A senior Delhi Congress Singh. West Delhi. Polling for the East Delhi’s Nizamuddin, clashes and intense political ities. leader said Sharma was issued The notice said a video is seven parliamentary seats in the Garhi-Moholla, Bhogal, Okhla, rivalry. Sharma was welcomed into warning but he did not pay being played on Pink Line National Capital will take place Shaheen Bagh, Taimoor Nagar “Keeping all such the BJP fold by party vice pres- heed to it leading to his expul- Metro showing the events relat- on May 12. and Shahdara, Rohtash Nagar, incidents in mind, the com- ident and its Delhi unit in- sion. ing to inauguration of Delhi Besides this, the office of Seelampur, Jangpura, Kasturba mission will deploy special charge Shyam Jaju and Manoj He was recently seen in Metro. Various dignitaries the Chief Electoral Office Nagar, Madangir and Sangam security team in all these sta- Tiwari. Jaju termed Sharma an a photo along with related to three political parties (CEO) has also declared about Vihar. Shaheen Bagh and Abul tions and also the team will “asset” for the BJP who will Manoj Tiwari, whose Congress that are also contesting gener- 30 hamlets situated across the Fazal Enclave areas in Okhla. keep a close eye these areas boost winning chances of the rival in the North East Delhi al elections of 2019 are appear- city mostly in North East and As per the officials, these areas through the CCTV cameras,” party candidates in the Lok Lok Sabha constituency is ing in the video, it said. East Delhi as ‘Vulnerable to have about 19 criminal histo- said an official. Sabha elections. Sheila Dikshit. :   %          "( 12 !,34/     89     5        &49+4 : Dikshit said that she under-       &49+4 : DD entry), Thirty Three North Delhi Municipal ttacking Bharatiya Janata stands the diffi- against Bhartiya Janata Party Corporation. AParty’s (BJP) sitting MP culties of the vot- he office of the Chief (16 FIR’s and 17 DD entry), Further, the Surveillance and candidate Manoj Tiwari ers, particularly TElectoral Officer (CEO) Eleven against Congress Party Statistic Team (SST) constitut- from North East constituency, the women vot- has received as many as 1,930 (3 FIR’s and 8 DD entry), One ed specially by the election Sheila Dikshit, former Delhi ers, as before complaints through the ‘C- gainst Bahujan Samaj Party (1 commission to keep a close eye Chief Minister and Congress entering active Vigil’ app, out of which 1,392 FIR) and one against on the violations of model candidate from North politics, she had cases were found to be correct Samajwadi Party (1 DD entry), code of conduct has seized a East constituency said played the role of and about 327 cases has been four against CPI (M) (02 FIR’s total amount of 3,53,86,850. Tiwari had kept a blind a devoted mother dropped by the State election and 02 DD entry) and 137 (133 Further, a total number of 431 eye towards the problems faced and a housewife. commission. FIR’s and 4 DD Entry) are FIR’s have been registered by the resident in the con- She said that The app was developed to against under the head of oth- under Arms Act, in which 508 stituency. she realizes the provide a ers/non-political. persons are arrested and Addressing the gathering % "   '   9 : anger and help- platform for the citizens to file The CEO office along with 1411.1264 Kg. in NE constituency on Tuesday,  "        lessness of the the complaints against any the civic authorities has Narcotics/Drugs has been Dikshit said when the sealing people affected political party and leaders removed a total number of seized. Besides, 573 numbers of and demolition drives were nothing to stop the sealing and by the sealing and demolition found violating the model code 340109 hoardings- unlicensed arms/weapons and being carried out, the demolition drive, which could drive, as these reckless moves of conduct such as distributing /banners/posters all over Delhi. 2813 numbers of BJP MP kept a blind eye, have easily saved the livelihood by the BJP and AAP cash and kind to influence the Out of these 30533 are cartridges/explosives/bombs instead of taking up the issue of lakhs of people, and protect Governments have ruined voters. removed from New Delhi have been ized. with the authorities and find- the jobs of several lakhs of the lives of lakhs of people. She As per the data shared by Municipal council,43075 from The Delhi Police have ing a satisfactory solution to workers. She said the actor-neta said that these drives have par- the CEO office, a total number East Delhi Municipal deposited 4769 licensed arms save the livelihood of lakhs of of the BJP, who is the MP of the ticularly affected the mothers of 210 FIR’s/DD entry have Corporation, 2411 from Delhi deposited and arrested 95389 people. area, only indulged in lip ser- and their children, as they been lodged, out of which, Cantonment Board, 150888 under various sections of She said the BJP vice instead of initiating strong stare at an uncertain future Twenty Three is against Aam from South Delhi Municipal CRPC/Delhi Police Act, as pre- Government at the Centre did action to stop the sealing drive. with anxiety. Aadmi Party (14 FIR’s and 9 Corporation, and 113202 from ventive action measures. P=>?   ( 6       &49+4 : the AAP came into existence by “Ironically, Kejriwal has The BJP leader, who is sumption of electricity now,” he Centres, he said, “Not even one challenging the stance of the removed the internal Lokpal of also the Director of the PPRA, said. third of the PHC’s have been haratiya Janata Party (BJP) established national parties the party Admiral L Ramdas,” which was founded in 2011, Slamming the AAP created under the scheme of Bnational vice president and its leaders. he alleged. said that the another important Government, he said that they Mohalla Clinics.” Vinay Sahasrabuddhe on “Ahead of the 2015 Attacking the AAP issue of Swaraj Act to devolve also did not fulfill the promise He said, “According to Tuesday accused the Aam Assembly Elections in Delhi Government in the directly to the people has not of getting the CAG audit of the Economic Survey of Delhi, Aadmi Party (AAP) of betray- they released a 70 point action national Capital over the issue been fulfilled and the Kejriwal power discoms. “There has only 9,098 beds have been ing on 96 per cent of its promis- plan. The analysis reveals that of full statehood, the BJP Government in last four and not been any audit of the added in the government hos- es made to the people of Delhi 67 out of 70 promises remains leader said, “In the last four and half years no mohalla sabhas power discoms by the pitals under AAP’s tenure of and saying even the issue of Jan unfilled,” Sahasrabuddhe said. half years the AAP and the have been created. Comptroller and Auditor last four and half years.” Lokpal which he raised remains He said that the main rea- city Government have never “While on the other hand General (CAG). “The Delhi Government unfulfilled after four and half son behind the non delivery of tried to work amicably to dis- the centralisation of power has The Delhi Electricity has also not joined the years of his rule in the nation- the promises are due to the pol- cuss the issue of full statehood happened in the AAP,” he said. Regulatory Commission Central Government’s al Capital. itics of obstruction adopted by to Delhi despite knowing the The BJP leader then (DERC) already conducts Ayushman Bharat scheme till Releasing the report pre- AAP. fact that the status of full state- targeted the AAP leader over audits of the discoms on a reg- date because of political issues,” pared by the Public Policy The politics of obstruc- hood can only be granted to promise of reducing the elec- ular basis but even those he said. Research Centre titled ‘A tale tion not only created an atmos- Delhi after an Act is passed in tricity bills and said saying it is reports have not been made The BJP leader then also of betrayal’, Sahasrabuddhe phere of pessimism for the peo- Parliament.” a farce. available in the public domain,” pointed the promises of pro- said, “The key promise of the ple but has also stalled imple- “And instead of working “The minimum bill and he said. viding wi-fi, CCTVs in the AAP Government, Jan Lokpal mentation of important welfare with the central government, the fixed charges have Slamming the AAP over its buses, Mahila Suraksha Dal has Bill till today remains in dol- schemes like Ayushman Bharat. they have indulged in the pol- increased in last four years of promise of increasing over not been formed, and no sub- drums and it has not been ful- He said AAP has failed to itics of confrontation with the the AAP government and the 30,000 beds in the Delhi stantial progress made to pro- filled.” deliver on its promise of mak- constitutional representative,” residents of the Delhi have to Government hospitals and cre- vide marshals in the public BJP leader also alleged that ing its own Jan Lokpal. he said. pay more for the same con- ating 900 new Primary Health transport.

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      &49+4 : tures in favour of a contesting replacing sitting party MP       &49+4 : Jakhad while on May 6 and 8; candidate of a particular polit- Maheish Girri. he would campaign for North he Returning Officer of ical party which is contrary to A triangular contest on am Aadmi Party (AAP) West candidate Gugan Singh TEast Delhi Lok Sabha con- the Model Code of Conduct,” the seat is on the cards, with Anational convener and and New Delhi stituency has issued a show- it said. Gambhir pitted against Atishi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal candidate Brijesh Goyal, cause notice to Bharatiya Janata According to the notice, of the Aam Admni Party would lead roadshows of all the respectively. Party’s (BJP) East Delhi candi- the advertisement, which car- (AAP) and Arvinder Singh seven candidates from May 1. The party had designed a date Gautam Gambhir for ries the tagline ‘Ab Mere saath Lovely of the Congress. Senior party leader Gopal Rai three-tier campaign in the first allegedly violating the model India khelega’, also committed Atishi has already moved said on Tuesday the AAP lead- phase of which 1,000 teams will code of conduct after an adver- for a daily cash prize to the the court against Gambhir ers and candidates would go to go door to door, covering seven tisement featuring him winner of the game. alleging that he had enrolled the people and talk about ben- Lok Sabha constituencies divid- appeared in a national daily. The notice issued to twice as a voter in Rajender efits of full Statehood instead of ed into 560 zones, and distrib- According to notice issued Gambhir and the publication Nagar and Karol Bagh assem- holding rallies. ute the Delhi chief minister’s by poll authorities, the Media on April 29, directed to submit bly segments in violation of the On May 1, Kejriwal letter to people on full state- Certification and Monitoring or produce documents or cer- Representation of the People would join the road show of hood. In the second phase, all Committee of East Delhi tification obtained from the Act. Chandni Chowk candidate AAP legislators held extensive noticed the advertisement Media Certification and The Delhi Police had on Pankaj Gupta and on May 2, he campaigning in their con- which appeared on April 26 in Monitoring Committee set up Saturday lodged a formal com- would participate in the road- stituencies. the newspaper promoting a by the Election Commission by plaint against the cricketer- show of East Delhi candidate In the third phase of cam- game app — CricPlay — May 2, failing which action will turned-politician for allegedly Atishi. paigning, AAP has fielded “star along with a photo of Gambhir. be initiated. holding a public meeting in On May 3 and 4, he would campaigners” in rallies and 1 ;  ""    -;:   “This appears to be a sur- The BJP has fielded Jangpura without prior per- join road shows of North East street meetings. The third rogate advertisement which Gambhir from the East Delhi mission from the authorities, candidate Dilip Pandey and phase of campaigning started       &49+4 : Resident Welfare Association said that Chief Minister Arvind appears to have political over- parliamentary constituency officials had said. South Delhi candidate Raghav from Tuesday and would con- (RWAs). Accusing AAP Kerjiwal came to power with Chadha, respectively, Rai said. tinue till May 10. elhi Bharatiya Janata Party National convener Arvind the support of Rehri-Patri and On May 5, Kejriwal would Delhi goes to poll on May D(BJP) and Lok Sabha can- Kejriwal, Bidhuri said Kejriwal Weekly Bazar Walas but has participate in the road show of 12 and the results will be didate from North East has failed to deliver the promis- not worked in their interest.    P   West Delhi candidate Balbir announced on May 23. Parliamentary constituency on es. “No development work has At the time of taking oath, Tuesday held several meetings been done in previous five Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Timarpur and Burari areas. years,” said Bidhuri. said that his Government will       &49+4 : Starting his campaign on BJP nominee from be dedicated to the poor and 6 "    the success of the Prime Chandni Chowk parliamentary has worked for the last man in am Aadmi Party (AAP’s) Minister Narendra Modi’s flag- constituency Dr Harsh the queue. “There are 4.5 lakh AEast Delhi candidate Atishi " ! 81  ship schemes ‘Ujjwala and Vardhan said that parking Rehri Patri Walas in Delhi and informed residents of Shahdara Ayushman Bharat, Tiwari said problem around a number of five lakh Weekly Bazaar how full statehood to Delhi can that May 12 is the day to congested localities near his- traders. Kejriwal has only change their lives, especially in       &49+4 : ing in Mayapuri, Maken said expose Aam Aadmi Party torical Chandni Chowk is betrayed this Rehri Patriwalas the areas of education, safety, that correcting these (AAP). “This is a good oppor- becoming worst day by day. and has done nothing for healthcare and employment. ormer Union Minister and faulty economic policies would tunity to expose Kejriwal who “One of the reasons for this them,” said Goel. Atshi received a grand wel- FCongress candidate from be the top priority of the has obstructed the implemen- is addition of large number of The Street Vendors Act come as locals threw rose petals New Delhi constituency Ajay Congress Government if voted tation of free medical treatment vehicles every day, hence, it is was introduced during the on her as she undertook her Maken while lashing out at to power. of Rs 5 lakh and reservation to essential to derive a permanent tenure of late Atal Bihari ‘padyatra’ through the lanes of Bharatiya Janata Party Maken said that economy Economically Weaker Section solution to provide permanent Vajpayi and passed in 2014. Swami Amardev chowk in (BJP) said the BJP is trying to is not safe in the hands of (EWS).” solutions to residents and vis- “Delhi Government did Shahdara Tuesday, making hide it’s failures by raking up Narendra Modi government. “It also necessary to itors,” said Dr Vardhan not frame any policy/rule under stopovers to meet local non issues instead of “It is Congress which has large strengthen the spirit of nation- “Parking space for more which they may be given licens- community members and addressing people’s issues, team of economic experts like alism on all the seven seats of than 8000 vehicles will become es,” “Kejriwal had in the year explain the benefits of full    : 9      boosting economic activity and Dr Manmohan Singh, P Delhi because the historical available within 12 to 14 2013 and 2015 promised to give statehood. employment. Chidambaram, Raghuram win of BJP will be decisive to months and this will not only license to them but there was no She pitched for the AAP’s The 37-year-old Oxford Atishi is locked in a three- Maken on Tuesday under- Rajan guiding it to bring India’s end the mis-governance and solve a parking problem but progress in it,” Goel said. primary poll plank full state- graduate said that no single way contest with BJP candidate took various padyatras and economy back on track,” said corruption of Kejriwal also go a long way in curbing “The people of Delhi feel hood while explaining resi- party is going to get clear man- Gautam Gambhir and addressed public meetings in Maken. Government”, Tiwari said while pollution level. With this, even that these licenses should be dent of the benefits that can be date this time. In this scenario, Congress candidate Arvinder Rajinder Nagar and Delhi Attacking BJP MP exhorting his party workers to petty disputes, including skir- given by the Municipal availed after Delhi become full seven MPs of Delhi can play an Singh Lovely. Delhi goes to Cantt Assembly area. Meekashi Lekhi from New take it to the voters. mishes, will become a thing of Corporations but Delhi State. She also explained how it important role in formation of polls on May 12 in the sixth Holding BJP led Centre Delhi, he said that she believes Meanwhile, South Delhi the past,” the BJP leader said Government had to form can benefit various sectors like government and then demands phase of the election. The Government responsible for that Narender Modi’s name sitting Member of Parliament further. Vending Committee and issue healthcare, schools and colleges of the people of Delhi can be results would be announced on manhandling and beating was enough to get her re- and BJP candidate Ramesh Addressing the media per- licenses but it has failed to do and woman safety etc. put forward, Atishi said. May 23. traders protesting against seal- elected. Bidhuri met members of sons,Union Minister Vijay Goel so,” the BJP leader added.    !    +1 6          "  

ern region was "according to ically wrong," it said in a state- as an executive director by Air 8  )!      law". ment. India. 7    The position of regional A person who has broken In February 2017, when New Delhi: Within hours of the Pankaj Kumar, Air India said in director is equivalent to execu- the law and has charge sheet Kathpalia was working at the announcement, Air India on an order. tive director, a post he held ear- pending against him cannot position of executive director of New Delhi: Shaurya Doval, son About 15-16 commands Ahluwalia, Cooch Behar can- Tuesday put on hold the In a flip-flop, the airline lier, the spokesperson had said. take disciplinary action against operations, his flying licence was of National Security Adviser have been "detailed" for the didate Nishit Pramanik, former appointment of senior official issued another order saying that The Indian Commercial other employees, the statement suspended for three months on Ajit Doval, has been accorded security of Shaurya Doval, they IPS officer and Ghatal seat Arvind Kathpalia, whose flying the appointment has been kept Pilots Association (ICPA), which added. charges of skipping a pre-flight a top 'Z' category level securi- said. candidate Bharti Ghosh have licence was suspended in in abeyance till further orders. represents pilots flying Air On November 11 last year, alcohol test. ty in view of potential threats Shaurya Doval heads the been accorded the 'Y+' cover November last year, as regional Sources in the civil aviation India's narrow body aircraft, Kathpalia tested positive for After being removed from to him, officials said on think-tank 'India Foundation'. that entails about 5-6 armed director of northern region. ministry said Air India decided "strongly" condemned the alcohol in two breath analyser the post of executive director of Tuesday. NSA Doval enjoys the top- commandos. BJP leader The flying licence of to keep the appointment order appointment. (BA) tests before he was to fly operations, in March 2018, he Similarly, 10 BJP candi- most category of 'Z+' provided Siddharth Shekhar Das has Kathpalia, who had served as in abeyance following direc- "Top officials are bending Air India's New Delhi-London was appointed as director of dates, who are contesting elec- by the Central Industrial also been given the security. director operations, was sus- tions from Civil Aviation backwards to elevate a tainted flight. operations. tions from West Bengal, have Security Force. Ajit Doval was BJP candidate from North pended after he failed pre-flight Minister Suresh Prabhu. official. He's been made in- The next day, aviation reg- Rule 24 of the Aircraft Rules been accorded security by the brought under this security 24 Parganas Shantanu Thakur alcohol tests. Soon after the issuance of charge of NR (Northern Region) ulator DGCA suspended his fly- prohibits crew members from Centre for a "limited period", umbrella about four years ago. has been accorded a 'Y' cate- "Capt. Arvind Kathpalia the appointment order, which where he will be able to intim- ing licence for three years, and partaking any alcoholic drink 12 they said. In a similar move, the gory cover while the lowest 'X' will take over the charge of the drew flak from pilots' body idate people who had given on November 13, the ministry hours prior to the commence- The officials told PTI that Government has accorded a category cover has been given post of Regional Director ICPA, an Air India spokesper- statements in police enquiry. issued an order removing him ment of a flight, and it is manda- junior Doval has been "brought "limited period" VIP security to Dulal Chandra Bar and (Northern Region) with effect son issued a statement saying Disciplinary action against from the position of director of tory for him/her to undergo an under the mobile security cover to a number of BJP can- Khagen Murmu who switched from May 1, 2019", consequent that the appointment of commanders come under operations. alcohol test both before and after cover" of a central paramilitary didates contesting the general sides to the BJP from Congress to the retirement of incumbent Kathpalia as director of north- Regional Director-NR. It's eth- A week later, he was posted operating a flight. PTI force after a security perception elections in West Bengal. and CPI(M) respectively. report prepared by central BJP candidates Aupam A similar 'X' category secu- agencies claimed that he faced Hazra, contesting Lok Sabha rity cover, that entails about 2-    !  9  A      "threats from people inimical to polls from Jadavpur and Arjun 3 commandos with escort vehi-   his father and others". Singh, who joined the party cle, has been accorded to Kabir Post this report, the Union after deserting the Trinamool Shankar Bose. +%9: ;# %6   P 6-:B  Home Ministry has ordered Congress (TMC) and is con- All the political people deployment of CISF comman- testing from Barrackpore, have getting security cover in West  =       Patna: Alleging "targeted "I demand CBI inquiry dos to guard Shaurya Doval been given a 'Y+' cover of cen- Bengal will have the armed victimisation", Dr Kafeel Khan, into the deaths and also that the (43) under the 'Z' category of tral armed paramilitary com- commandos with them till the   . who was suspended trial be transferred outside VIP cover and AK-47 wielding mandos. polls get over and the MHA following the deaths of over 60 Uttar Pradesh. Those respon- commandos will be guarding Similarly, Minister of State (Ministry of Home Affairs) has +  >( children at Gorakhpur's BRD sible for the tragedy including him everytime he moves in any in the Union Cabinet and can- directed to withdraw the cover Morena: BJP president Amit Hospital in 2017, on Tuesday top health department offi- part of the country. didate from Durgapur, S S from them by May-June. PTI Shah on Tuesday said Article demanded CBI probe into the cials and the minister con-       370 will be withdrawn from tragedy. cerned, are going about scot &49+4 : Jammu & Kashmir, if the saf- Khan, who was in Bihar free and even heading the   888 “I felt that this committee comprising of himself and two fron party is voted back to for his "health for all" departmental inquiry which will hear my sufferings and other judges and in that hear- major fire broke out on the power. campaign, alleged that he has has been going on for the past finally justice will be done to me ing levelled various allegations Asixth floor of Shastri Addressing an election been made a scapegoat in the 18 months," he told reporters From Page 1 and my family,” she added. The against her in her absence. Bhawan in national Capital on rally here in Madhya Pradesh, incident which occurred here. The former woman woman claimed that on April “Despite the fact that this Tuesday afternoon. Seven fire Shah also slammed National because of shortage of During his visit to the employee, who narrated the 19, she had made a detailed was an in-house committee tenders were rushed to the Conference (NC) leader Omar oxygen cylinder supply caused State, he also campaigned for sequence of events since April complaint of sexual harassment and not an external committee, spot. Shastri Bhawan houses Abdullah for his statement by non-payment of dues to the CPI candidate Kanhaiya 20 when her allegations against and victimisation against the I decided to participate in the Ministries of Law, Information seeking a separate Prime supplier. Kumar in Begusarai. PTI the CJI became public to the set- Chief Justice of India by means proceedings. I, however, and broadcasting, Corporate Minister for Jammu & ting up of the panel and its pro- of an affidavit dated April 18. requested the committee to Affairs, Chemicals and Kashmir. ceedings for three days, said she She said she had written to all inform me about the procedure Petrochemicals, and Human "We will remove Article 370 joined the proceedings with a lot the Judges of the Supreme to be followed by the commit- Resources Development. if voted back to power," Shah 1R  ; of hope. Court to constitute a special tee, to follow the requirements According to a senior said. Article 370 gives special “But due to serious con- enquiry committee of senior of the Vishakha guidelines and Delhi Fire Services official, a status to Jammu & Kashmir. cerns and reservations, I am no retired Judges of the apex court the Prevention of Sexual call about the blaze was a dig at Prime Minister Shah also alleged that the  R<888 longer participating in these in- to enquire into her complaint of Harassment Against Women received at 2.15 PM on Narendra Modi. He tweeted Opposition, including the house committee proceedings. sexual harassment and the con- at the Workplace Act, to allow Tuesday following which seven "Modiji burning files is not Congress and the NC, wanted From Page 1 filed against Modi and Shah for I joined and participated in the sequent victimisation. me to have the assistance of a fire tenders were rushed to the going to save you. Your day of a separate Prime Minister for While Modi and Shah have “egregious” statements made in Committee proceedings in good “I did not think that any in lawyer/support person of my spot. judgment is coming." J&K. been accused of making “hate violation of the model code of faith on April 26 and 29, 2019, house body or the committee choice and for video recording "The fire which broke out The DFS official denied "The Congress, the NC, SP speeches” and “using” the conduct. She contended the with the hope that this com- constituted under the of the proceedings,” she said. at sixth floor was later brought the allegations made by the and BSP all wanted to separate armed forces for “political pro- complaints filed with the poll mittee would proceed in a man- Prevention of Sexual “I had also pointed out to under control by 2.55 PM. No Congress President Rahul Kashmir from Hindustan. But paganda” during their Lok panel must be decided within ner that is fair to me and sensi- Harassment Act, would be able the committee that I had lost injury or casualty has been Gandhi regarding the fire. this Narendra Modi Sabha poll campaigns, the 24 hours, saying the delay of tive to my circumstances,” she to fairly deal with my complaint, hearing in one ear completely reported," said the senior DFS Refuting to his tweets they Government will never allow complaints against Rahul relate over three weeks for “deliber- said. given the fact that the person due to stress and I was under- official. said, fire broke at sixth floor secession (of J&K) from India. to his use of the “chowkidar ate and repeated violations The woman said despite the against whom I had made the going daily treatment for the "Prima facie it indicates terrace, which doesn't have "No BJP worker will let chor hai” slogan and murder affected the level playing field fact that it was an in-house com- complaint was the Chief Justice same. As a result of this I was that short circuit could be the any government offices. such a thing to happen. We will accused jibe at Shah. The com- and made the PM a habitual mittee of sitting judges junior to of India. My complaint is in the sometimes unable to hear what reason behind the fire. "The area where fire took remove Article 370 if you make plaints against Modi, Shah offender”. the CJI and not an external public domain,” she said in her was being dictated by Justice However the exact cause of fire place only had old furniture Narendra Modi the PM again," and Rahul were pending for committee as she had request- press statement. Bobde to the court official as a is yet to be ascertained," said and waste materials lying there, Shah told the gathering. the 2-4 weeks. The ed, she “joined the proceedings She also expressed dismay record of my statements before the Senior DFS official. not even a single file or The BJP chief also hit out Commission meets every with a lot of hope considering that the CJI on April 20 on the committee,” she said adding Taking the political advan- Government documents were at the Congress over its poll Tuesday and Thursday to dis- that the committee comprised Saturday, which was a court hol- she was orally instructed not to tage of the situation Congress damaged or gutted in fire," said promise to scrap sedition law cuss important issues. “The of such eminent judges”. iday constituted a special bench disclose anything to media. President Rahul Gandhi took the senior DFS official. PTI if voted to power. PTI Election Commission secre- tariat has processed every- thing and placed the details before the Commission,” said        9 Q the sources. According to Congress, it has given 37 representations to !"#$ %  the EC of which 10 can be cat-   R, R888 egorised under “hate speeches, virulent, divisive, polarising” From Page 1 one can doubt his citizenship.” has worked with in London by Modi and BJP president It has been further brought However Rahul did not replied confirms him as British From Page 1 “Moreover, this tone of speech name of the martyrs of the Amit Shah. out in the complaint that in the on his self-declared citizenship National. “You (EC) are thus request- is very likely to create an indi- Pulwama attacks. The leaders The EC had on Monday Company’s Annual Returns in the UK Company Register. Congress’ chief spokesper- ed to ask Mr. Narendra Modi, cation of impending horse- even attempted to dissuade said that it would hold a meet- filed on 10/10/2005 and After this the Ethics son Randeep Surjewala the Prime Minister for evi- trading related to election. the electors against other par- ing on Tuesday to decide on 31/10/2016, your date of birth Committee did not proceed claimed that Modi has no dence in support of his state- “We demand that the EC ties by using the same propa- the complaints. has been given as 19/06/1970 further and Swamy answer on unemployment, ment, failing which his nomi- take cognisance of this ganda. “Regarding the alleged and that you had declared approached Home Ministry agrarian distress and black nation should be cancelled for unfounded, inappropriate and “Thereafter, they tried to complaints of violation of your nationality as British.”) directly in September 2017. money, and hence he is resort- violation of the Model Code of illegal campaign and utter- use religion to persuade the model code of conduct against Hours after the MHA’s Meanwhile, describing ing to “fake narrative” through Conduct by making such ances of Narendra Modi and voters. Now, they are hinting at senior leaders of two political notice, Home Minister Rajnath Congress president as a “man his Government’s notices to provocative and undemocrat- take strong action against him horse trading and how the parties, the Commission has Singh said the timing of the of mysteries”, BJP spokesper- divert attention. ic statements,” the letter said. as per rules,” the letter said. Opposition parties are making already taken all the inputs and communication is not relevant, son Sambit Patra questioned “Prime Minister Narendra The TMC said it is very Alleging that the BJP’s arrangements with BJP for the details and has scheduled a even though it came in the him asking which is real - Modi has lost the plot. After “unbecoming” of the Prime campaign has been “appalling”, 2019 general elections,” the meeting on Tuesday for taking middle of general elections. “It “Rahul Gandhi London wale four phases of elections, it is Minister as he is trying to influ- the TMC claimed that the party alleged. a decision on each of the is not a big development. It is or Lutyens wale”. clear that Modiji and the BJP ence the voters to vote for BJP, leaders and members of the Meanwhile, YSR Congress issues,” Deputy Election a normal process,” he said. Attacking the Congress are hurtling towards an immi- by creating a mala fide impres- party in power at the Centre MP V Vijaya Sai Reddy has Commissioner Chandra “If any Member of president, the BJP spokesper- nent defeat at a breakneck sion in their minds that many have shown no regard or written to CEC Sunil Arora Bhushan Kumar had told the Parliament raises a question in son said the entire Rahul citi- speed. Consequently, they seek MLAs of AITC are in touch respect for the Model Code of highlighting the party’s appre- media. Parliament, it becomes neces- zenship saga is a story of three to manufacture one malicious with him and will cross over to Conduct or the guidelines hensions about pre-planned On the other hand, sary to respond to it. Cs - citizenship, confusion and fallacious agenda every- his party. issued by the EC. violence during the counting of Congress MP Dev through If any MP writes a letter to and clarification. day,” Surjewala said at a Press The party also lodged a “Initially, the leaders of votes and requesting the poll her petition to the Supreme any Ministry, then necessary Addressing a Press con- conference. strong protest against the “mis- BJP tried to seek votes by body for taking special mea- Court, sought a direction to proceedings are undertaken ference at the party office, Surjewala said these are chievous” campaign of Modi. appealing to the people in the sures. the EC to act on complaints by the Ministry. It is not a big Patra said there are questions “rehashed allegations” from development, it is a normal about Rahul Gandhi’s citizen- the year 2014-15 that were process,” Singh said. ship and asserted that “if you rejected back then. The entire In November 2015, Swamy create a confusion you have to set of allegations are based on     888 filed a complaint to Lok Sabha clarify.” alleged citizenship title given in Speaker Sumitra Mahajan that He said these questions are a certificate of incorporation of Rahul had declared himself as based on authentic documents. a company called the Backops From Page 1 There have been many regarded the Yeti as a legend. Plateau. a British citizen to UK com- “Rahul is synonym of con- limited of which Rahul Gandhi Makalu is the fifth highest stories about the mystery of In one genetic study, Of those, one turned out pany registration authorities fusion and he has become a was once a Director, he said. mountain in the world at the “the abominable snow- researchers matched DNA to be from a dog. The other when he was Director of a pri- man of mysteries. We would Surjewala, displaying some 8,485 metres. It is located in man”, mostly based on uncon- from hair samples found in the eight were from Asian bears - vate limited company in like to ask him which one is document, said the fourth the Mahalangur Himalayas firmed, often fantastical Himalaya with a prehistoric - one from an Asian black London. real - Rahul Gandhi London page therein shows that Rahul on the border between Nepal accounts of its giant size and bear from the Pleistocene bear, one from a Himalayan The Speaker forwarded wale or Rahul Gandhi lutyens Gandhi is an Indian. “Rahul and Tibet, China. Army terrifying howl. Though sci- epoch. brown bear, and the other six the matter to Ethics wale,” Patra said. Gandhi is an Indian by birth. sources said its report about entists are yet to acknowledge Though the hunt for the from Tibetan brown bears. Committee headed by BJP vet- He said there are verified Everybody knows about the sighting is based on “physical the existence of such a beast mythical beast stretches back “Our findings strongly suggest eran leader LK Advani. The documents carrying his sig- sacrifices his family has made proof of on-the-spot narra- or creature, the Yeti is part of centuries, tales of a wild hairy that the biological underpin- Committee issued notice to nature as British National. for the country -- three gen- tion”, photos and videos. “We folklore in South Asian beast roaming the Himalayas nings of the Yeti legend can be Rahul and he replied that “no Patra said the company he erations thereof,” he said. got the inputs about 10 days region. captured the imagination of found in local bears, and our back and yet we held on to it,” Some reports in the past climbers in Nepal in the 1920s, study demonstrates that they said, promising that the have declined to give cre- prompting many, including genetics should be able to “photos and videos may sur- dence to the existence of the Sir Edmund Hillary. Sightings unravel other, similar mys- prise you.” Yeti and said the creature have been reported for cen- teries,” said lead scientist of “We tweeted as we sighted by may have been dif- turies. Footprints have been that study, Charlotte thought prudent to excite sci- ferent kinds of bear including spotted and stories have been Lindqvist, an associate pro- entific temper and rekindle the the Asian black bear, the passed down from genera- fessor at the University at interest. Some of us who reject Tibetan brown and the tion to generation. Buffalo College of Arts and the story surely shall have a Himalayan brown bear. A 2017 DNA study of Sciences. definite answer to the evi- In Nepali folklore, Yeti is purported Yeti samples from Lindqvist’s team was not dences. As they say nature, his- a mythical ape-like creature museums and private collec- the first to research Yeti DNA, tory and science never write taller than an average human tions provided insight into but past projects ran simpler their final story,” said a source. that is said to inhabit the the origins of this Himalayan genetic analyses, which left He also said the photographs Himalayas, Siberia, Central legend. The research, pub- important questions unre- were transmitted through and East Asia. Stories of the lished in the journal solved. “This study represents satellite phone and video Yeti first emerged as a facet of Proceedings of the Royal the most rigorous analysis to footage was likely to be avail- Western popular culture in the Society B, analysed nine Yeti date of samples suspected to able after the team gains more 19th century. specimens, including bone, derive from anomalous or height and get clear atmos- Given the lack of evidence tooth, skin, hair and faecal mythical ‘hominid’-like crea- pheric conditions for com- of its existence, the scientific samples collected in the tures,” Lindqvist and her co- municating. community has generally Himalayas and Tibetan authors wrote in their paper.    !   

./01    + R(     .0   0   <    ?    &49+4 :  . 0* 0 -!$   I    ! *    &49+4 : aking forward its earlier    KL;  Tcharge that Congress pres-     oonam Sinha, wife of ident Rahul Gandhi was a  )*   PCongress leader Shatrughan British national, the BJP on 0  #. Sinha and the Samajwadi Party Tuesday asked the Opposition 0* 0     (SP) candidate from Lucknow, leader to demystify his citizen- ;    0   is the richest candidate with ship status after the Home    K declared assets of over Rs 193 Ministry served him with a     0#  crore in the fifth phase of Lok notice. Describing the Congress     Sabha polls. president as a “man of myster-         According to the ies”, BJP spokesperson Sambit !    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Ttermed Narendra Modi a +5&*5,(,*$ (Lohia) candidate from Sitapur,  !00            The Home Ministry has “failed” Prime Minister who is with over Rs 177 crore assets. ; 2=G   $% 5!   #   served a notice to Rahul, ask- He said there are verified desperate to “manufacture one &*;(M5)++(N'M* The third on the list was (6(***(&)*&885 -!5  K L  !- 0 #  ; 2EE ing him to clarify within a fort- documents carrying his signa- false allegation everyday”. The BJP candidate from Hazaribagh     night his “factual position” on ture as British National. Patra party hit out at Modi after the ***69*+!&(9/N Jayant Sinha, with declared a complaint questioning his cit- said the company he has worked Home Ministry issued a notice assets worth over Rs 77 crore.     .  !  $.- # ((,/**;>9*         ; EE   izenship status. with in London confirm him as to Congress president Rahul 5)!9A5* Three candidates in the fray In a letter, the Home British National. Has he taken Gandhi on his citizenship status, have declared zero assets.             Ministry said it has received a British nationality under some Congress’ chief spokesper- According to NEW and  ) &49 )+;#287HH8      representation from BJP MP compulsion, he asked. son Randeep Surjewala claimed set of allegations are based on party. Surjewala said that the ADR, 184 of the 668 candidates  0 *-$  #   ; 2   Subramanian Swamy in which Patra said even that Modi has no answer on alleged citizenship title given in same allegations, using the same contesting in the fifth phase of  ! (  287    !. it has been brought out that a Congressmen are confused and unemployment, agrarian dis- a certificate of incorporation of documents, were levelled against Lok Sabha elections, have assets company named Backops want a clarity on the status of tress and black money, and a company called the Backops Rahul Gandhi in a litigation filed worth Rs 1 crore or more. Most Limited was registered in the their leader. In a swipe, Patra hence he is resorting to “fake nar- limited of which Rahul Gandhi in the Supreme Court. of these 184 candidates are Congress candidates, 17 of the assets of Rs 6.91 crore, 45 United Kingdom in 2003 with sought to ask whether rative” through his government’s was once a director, he said. The petition came up for from the BJP. 33 BSP candidates, 8 of the 9 SP Congress candidates have aver- Rahul as one of its directors. Congress leader was an Indian notices to divert attention. Surjewala, displaying some hearing in the Supreme Court The ADR has analysed the candidates and 31 of the 252 age assets of Rs 8.74 crore, 33 Addressing a Press confer- citizen under compulsion and “Prime Minister Narendra document, said the fourth page on November 30, 2015, and was self-sworn affidavits of 668 out independent candidates have BSP candidates have average ence at the party office, Patra a British national as a choice. Modi has lost the plot. After therein shows that Rahul dismissed, he said. “Is the MHA of the 674 candidates contest- declared assets more than Rs 1 assets of Rs 3.32 crore, and 9 SP said there are questions about Answering a question, he four phases of elections, it is Gandhi is an Indian. “Rahul now bigger than the SC? Does ing in the fifth phase of polling crore,” it said. candidates have average assets Rahul Gandhi’s citizenship and said Allahabad court had sent clear that Modiji and the BJP Gandhi is an Indian by birth. the BJP not accept the decision on May 6 across 51 Lok Sabha It added that the average worth Rs 31.57 crore,” it said. asserted that “if you create this issue to Home Ministry in are hurtling towards an immi- Everybody knows about the of the highest court now?” constituencies in seven States. worth of assets per candidate While 264 candidates have confusion you have to clarify.” January, this year. nent defeat at a breakneck sacrifices his family has made In November 2015, the “Six candidates have not contesting in the fifth phase of declared their educational qual- He said these questions are Patra said under Indian speed. Consequently, they seek for the country — three gen- Supreme Court had dismissed been analysed due to unavail- polling was Rs 2.57 crore. ifications between Class 5 and based on authentic documents. constitution, double citizen- to manufacture one malicious erations thereof,” he said. a public interest litigation seek- ability of their properly scanned “Among the major parties, Class 12, 348 candidates have “Rahul is synonym of con- ship is not allowed and in fact and fallacious agenda every- In Amethi, Congress leader ing a CBI investigation into the and complete affidavits, till 48 BJP candidates have average declared themselves as gradu- fusion and he has become a it is a criminal act. day,” Surjewala said at a Press Priyanka Gandhi Vadra came to citizenship of Rahul Gandhi the time of making this ate or above. man of mysteries. We would BJP had earlier also raised conference. the defence of her brother and while noting that PILs are not report,” the organisation “Forty three candi- like to ask him which one is real this issue and sought his clar- Surjewala said these are said the MHA notice was a meant to target one individual said. dates in the race are just — Rahul Gandhi London wale ifications when both sides had “rehashed allegations” from “rubbish”. “It seems that it is out or organisation but was a medi- “A m o n g t h e m a j o r literate and six candi- or Rahul Gandhi lutyens wale,” locked horns over the contro- the year 2014-15 that were of fear that they might be losing,” um to resolve human suffering parties, 38 of the 48 BJP dates are illiterate,” said Patra said. versial Rafale fighter jet issue. rejected back then. The entire she said, attacking the ruling through good governance. candidates, 32 of the 45 the oragnisations.  +@ (    9%%6   "       =        $ !%          %* &    .,' =     1   0    !0   O       "    !     &49+4 :  &.# .!  :$  !#K.:L       +   I ! 12       $!$         - * !C     (L ! ! ri Lankan terror outfit 4  - *   13G0    5 $3FF :    $     SNational Thowheed Jamath    &49+4 : *    $( (NJT) chief and one of the sui-    !    !       ! 0   &49+4 : D 00# cide bombers Zaharan Hashim     0 $ !       he Supreme Court directed the embat- !0    was a follower of Sufi Islam up        he Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Ttled Amrapali Group on Tuesday to     !  to 2011 but switched to Sunni-  +     - : ! #   !   TCBI to furnish evidence for seeking cus- explain by Wednesday its monetary     I !  Wahabi sect and remained          *  - ! todial interrogation of former transactions and agreements with Indian 12      with it from 2011 to 2014. But          Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar, cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the real-  #M    not satisfied with the Wahabi who was earlier heading the West Bengal ty firm’s brand ambassador between   + ;5 !. 0  ideology, he joined radical Police SIT probing the Saradha chit fund 2009 to 2015. !    group Sri Lanka Thowheed ed to prove his belief that only the main organisation and scam case. The top court said it wants the entire N4  #4 0   0 Jamaat and then headed the establishment of a caliphate is form the NTJ with an agenda A Bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan picture to be placed before it as also the detected 24 transactions between  4  O( splinter group of the outfit the solution to problems being to form a caliphate in the Gogoi asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, explanation of each and every transactions Amrapali Group and M/s Rhiti Sports under the banner of NTJ. faced by his community. island nation. appearing for the CBI, to satisfy it that its and dealings with Dhoni. Management Pvt Ltd, which manages  $   The NTJ, along with the During his stint with the Counter-terrorism expert request for seeking custodial interrogation It said the group might have “cheat- endorsement and advertisement rights of       Jamathei Milathu Ibrahim, Sufi Islam sect, Hashim is Dr Rituraj Mate said, of Kumar was bonafide and was in interest ed” Dhoni as well and that is the reason Dhoni. !)  (JMI) carried out a series of learnt to have realised that he “Disenchanted with the various of justice. some media houses have reported about Agrawal told the bench that in one of  ! suicide bombings in churches could not grow in the organi- Islamic sects for not recognising The Bench also comprising Justices his case. A Bench of Justices Arun Mishra the transactions around Rs 25 crore was 4 !!  and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka zational ranks as Sufism has a him as an important leader, Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna asked and UU Lalit asked the firm to submit the given by Dhoni to Amrapali and there !    0  9  on Easter Sunday killing over strict hierarchical tree. This led NTJ chief Hashim decided to Mehta to bring evidence to satisfy it that details by Wednesday as to how much were several transactions between dif-  0      253 persons and injuring about Hashim to follow Sunni- break away from Sri Lanka Kumar was even remotely involved in money was transacted between Amrapali ferent group companies.  $  .( 500 others. Wahabi sects but there he Thowheed Jamat. During his destruction or disappearance of evidence in Group and Dhoni. Advocate ML Lahoty, appearing for 4   9  0   Preliminary assessments realised that instead of Islam stints with the various religious the chit fund case. “By tomorrow, we want entire picture home buyers, said that Dhoni’s wife     0  suggest he got radicalised at first, the sect recognised mis- groups, he got re-radicalised Mehta told the court that he will file the before us. How much money was trans- Sakshi Dhoni was an ex-director of the )0 22(    multiple levels and is suspect- sion first with regard to the eventually leading him to evidence against Kumar by Wednesday acted between you and Dhoni and what group. !4   . ! ed to have blown himself as he belief system of the Wahabis. become a suicide bomber. This after which the Bench listed the matter for were your agreements with him. How The Bench then asked senior advo- ;! #; 0-  was hardly heard in the outfits In the company of the Sri is a classic case of transnational further hearing on Wednesday. much money you have paid for the cates Geeta Luthra and Gaurav Bhatia, - 5#)$ * with which he owed allegiance. Lanka Thowheed Jamat, radicalization wherein Hashim The apex court was hearing CBI’s appli- advertisements (branding). We want appearing for Amrapali, to furnish all the -  #0   ! The chief of a terror group Hashim realised that the out- was following radical videos of cation in which the agency, which was asked entire detail. You might have cheated him details by Wednesday.   #-$! * himself turning a suicide fit was hardcore in the Islamic Zakir Naik, wanted in a terror by the apex court to investigate the case, was also that’s why media houses have recent- Dhoni in an earlier affidavit filed in $  +$ ! ! ( bomber is a first of its kind beliefs but did not seek an case in India. Hashim’s radical seeking custodial interrogation ly reported about his case,” the bench said. the apex court had said that he was a cred- $$   example and is clearly indica- Islamic governance mecha- videos were being followed for of Rajeev Kumar on grounds that At the outset, the court-appointed two itor of Amrapali Homes Projects Pvt Ltd $   tive of the fact that Hashim was nism in Sri Lanka. This pro- Islamic State radicals in Tamil he had given evasive replies during forensic auditor Pawan Agrawal and and had entered into a joint venture agree- an attention seeker and want- pelled him to break away from Nadu and others States.” questioning. Ravi Bhatia told the bench that they have ment with it on June 14, 2011. !):)+  % -!!00   4 !!  *   0 )!!**  ;*     !K)L !            !$  3     3P6 1    0  ! & (   = -    *   &49+4 : their State Disaster Response to moderate rainfall is expect- (NCMC) on Tuesday met with out of the Cyclonic storm Fani. Commissioner, Bishnupada 0 ) *         Fund (SDRF) to assist them in ed at many places. Downpour states and concerned depart- NCMC will meet again on Sethi on preparedness for ):)+O  $    he “severe cyclonic storm” undertaking preventive and at isolated places is also very ments of Government of India Wednesday to take stock of the cyclone said IMD has predict-    ( TFani that would most like- relief measures in response to likely to start over coastal dis- and reviewed the preparedness emerging situation. ed cyclone is likely to hit Odisha New Delhi: The CBI on ly hit the Odisha coastline by the cyclonic storm. tricts of West Bengal from to deal with the situation arising Odisha, Special Relief coast in Puri district on May 3. Tuesday searched the residential      early morning of May 3 may not Odisha Chief Minister Friday, the IMD said. “All district collectors have and official premises of YSR $  $    just affect the polls in the State Naveen Patnaik met Chief In view of the cyclone, the been alerted. All cyclone cen- Congress candidate from ! 4   but also the Indian Air Force’s Election Commissioner Sunil Indian Air Force (IAF) and tres are being kept ready. “For Narsapuram, K Raghurama 00 9 4/ plans to test the air-launched Arora and other officials of the BrahMos Aerospace have put search & rescue operation, we Krishnam Raju, for alleged loan 0! *  $ * version of the BrahMos. For, the poll body urging to postpone on hold the testfire of the air- have alerted 20 units of Orissa default of over Rs 947 crore.  O !    $ storm between Gopalpur, the Patkura assembly by polls launched version of super- Disaster Rapid Action Force Raju has contested this  -   Chandbali, south of Puri and if cyclone ‘Fani ‘hits the State. sonic cruise missile from a and 12 units of National Lok Sabha election from ) !$(L:  0 Kendrapara will wind speeds of On the other hand, the EC also Sukhoi-30 combat aircraft. Disaster Relief Forces are ready. Narsapuram constituency in  0    175-185 kmph and even gusting asked the authorities of Odisha, The air-launched version of There is still some uncertain- Andhra Pradesh. H) !$ ! # up to 205 kmph. Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and the BrahMos was to be test- ty about the exact place in The agency has alleged ! *  $0 O The India Meteorological Andhra Pradesh to ensure safe- fired by the Air Force over Odisha where it would come that Raju’s company Ind Barath    #M   ( Department (IMD) is yet to ty of the Electronic Voting southern India this week for on to the land. According to its group had taken loans worth specify the exact location of Machines (EVMs) in the States giving a homegrown weapon current trajectory, it could be over Rs 2,655 crore from three    $  landfall but Kerala, Odisha, if Fani hits these States. system to the force for carry- somewhere near Puri. But we non-banking financial com-      % West Bengal and Andhra “It (cyclonic storm over ing out Balakot-type air strikes. can know this better only by panies — Power Finance !+ * * 5# Pradesh coastal areas have been south-east Bay of Bengal) is Indian Coast Guard and tomorrow,” he said. Corporation, Rural    0& put on high alert. Cyclone “Fani” very likely to move north-west- Navy have deployed ships and According to Madhavan Electrification Corporation + $  * 5 intensified into a very severe wards till May 1 (Wednesday) helicopters for relief and rescue Rajeevan, Secretary, Ministry of Limited and India )    $$  storm on Tuesday and thereafter, and thereafter re-curve north- operations. Army and Air Earth Sciences, as many as 14 Infrastructure Finance   - ! into an extremely severe storm northeastwards towards Odisha Force units in Andhra Pradesh, severe tropical cyclones formed Company Ltd, officials said. )   1F28 2= by May 1. The impact of the coast,” said the Ministry of Odisha and West Bengal have in April between 1891 and The company defaulted in 4 )   (D cyclonic storm would be felt in Earth Sciences in a statement been put on standby. The 2017 over the Bay of Bengal payments of Rs 947 crore   ! #   the State by May 2. on ‘Fani’. The precipitation is National Disaster Response and only one crossed the India which which subsequently  $  $ The Ministry of Home likely to increase intensity with Force is deploying 41 teams for mainland. Fani is the second turned into non-performing - ! :  # 0   Affairs (MHA) has ordered ‘heavy to very heavy rainfall’ at prepositioning. States have tropical cyclone forming in assets, they said. The CBI had    ( - 5 for advance release of financial isolated places over coastal issued advisories to ensure that April crossing Indian main recently registered an FIR on 0    * 5 assistance of Rs 1,086 crore to Odisha and adjoining districts fishermen do not venture into land. Cyclone Nargis was the the basis of which it carried out 0  )!$   Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil of north coastal Andhra the sea. The National Crisis first forming in April in 2008 searches at four offices and two :  - ( Nadu and West Bengal for Pradesh from Thursday. Light Management Committee devastated in Myanmar. residential premises of Raju on Tuesday, they added. PNS    ! 

  ! "  (  $#6         ;  R     5   .8    R          Chennai: The Madras High over use of social media by the   ,;  Court on Tuesday held that Administrator (Bedi) to sum- Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran mon officials, the Judge said, Bedi "cannot interfere" in the "The Government officials can- Amethi (UP): Congress leader day-to-day affairs of the elect- not use their personal media to Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on ed Government of the Union address the grievances of the Tuesday termed "rubbish" the Territory, a decision hailed by public. MHA notice to her brother Chief Minister V Narayanasamy "A public redressal forum in and Congress president Rahul who termed it as "victory" of the form of official e-mails, tele- Gandhi on his citizenship sta- Mumbai: The wife of a Shiv democracy. phone numbers are to be cir- tus, and claimed the ruling Sena MP and 17 party workers Allowing a petition by K culated and used, if already not party's "fear of losing" the Lok tioning his citizenship status. were on Tuesday given one year Laksminarayanan, a Congress put into use." Sabha polls might have The notice was served follow- jail terms by a court here in MLA, Justice R Mahadevan set "The Administrator has no prompted this move. ing a representation from the connection with an incident in aside the two communications exclusive authority to run the "I have never heard such BJP's Rajya Sabha MP which a police constable was issued in January and June administration in derogation of rubbish. All know Rahul Subramanian Swamy. injured in a clash between 2017 by the Union Ministry of the Constitutional Principles Gandhi was born, raised here," Citing the letter, the Home Maharashtra Navnirman Sena Home Affairs "elevating" the and the Parliamentary Laws she said. Ministry said it has been (MNS) and Sena workers in power of the administrator. governing the issue," he added. "All kinds of misleading brought out that a company 2014. Referring to the Supreme In her reaction, Bedi said, opposite Government within Government of Pondicherry, Responding to the court publicity are being undertak- named Backops Limited was Kamini Shewale, wife of Court judgement on the tussle "We are examining the judge- the Government," he claimed. 1963. order, Narayanasamy said: "The ing. They are such liars that registered in the United Rahul Shewale, sitting MP between Delhi Chief Minister ment." The judge in his order The petitioner also alleged "...They cannot jump the High Court has in its order they say that Rahulji is not a Kingdom in 2003 with Gandhi from South Central Lok Sabha Arvind Kejriwal and Lt said, "The Administrator cannot that the Administrator was gun and run a parallel pointed out unequivocally that Hindustani... You all know as one of its directors. constituency, and the party Governor Anil Baijal, the judge interfere in the day-to -ay affairs interfering in the day-to-day Government under the direc- Kiran Bedi does not have inde- about my family... We don't Swamy's letter also men- workers were sentenced after said restrictions imposed on the of the Government. The deci- administration of the territori- tions of the Administrator," the pendent powers and she must need to give evidence. People tioned that in the British com- sessions court judge D K Government of Delhi are not sion taken by the Council of al Government, its policies and judge said. work in tandem with the elect- are our proof," she said. pany's annual returns filed on Gudadhe found them guilty applicable to the Government of Ministers and the Chief programmes. The court said elected ed government in administra- "The entire Hindustan October 10, 2005, and October under sections 149 (unlawful Puducherry. Minister is binding on the The judge observed that the representatives of the tive and service matters, finan- knows that Rahul Gandhi is a 31, 2006, Gandhi's date of assembly), 427 (mischief) of "The apex court has clear- Secretaries and other officials." court had already discussed Government play a major role cial aspect of governance." Hindustani... He was born birth has been given as June the Indian Penal Code. ly held that there is a distinction The petitioner the role of secretaries. They nor- in decision making, or else, "We are examining the before them... He was brought 19, 1970, and he had declared However, they were acquit- between the National Capital Lakshminarayanan is an elect- mally act only as a medium of there would be no purpose in judgment, after which we shall up before them...He grew up his nationality as British, the ted of all other charges, includ- Territory of Delhi and ed member of the Puducherry communication, utmost to ren- having an elected Government, take a view," Bedi said in a before them...What rubbish ministry said. ing attempt to murder. Puducherry", the judge said. assembly from the Raj Bhavan der their opinion at circum- who are the true representatives Whatsapp message to media. is this?" Priyanka shot back An objection on the citi- Constable Vikas Thorbole Though Puducherry was constituency. stances and have no power or of the people. She said the Model Code of when asked about the notice zenship issue was also raised was injured during the clash on not a State, the Legislative He submitted that there authority to override the deci- "...The elected Government Conduct in the context of the issued by the Ministry of by an Independent candidate Lok Sabha polling day in April, Assembly would have the same were political differences sions of the Council. functioning through the parliamentary polls was still in Home Affairs. against Rahul Gandhi in 2014 after both Sena and MNS powers as that of a State, he said. between the elected "Though they may report to Council of Ministers cannot be force and "files which require Lt Asked about the inten- Amethi, but the returning alleged that cash was being dis- Hailing the judgement, Government of Puducherry the Administrator nominated defeated by the act of the Governor's approval such as ser- tion behind it, she said, "I have officer declared his nomina- tributed to voters in suburban Congress leader and Chief and the Centre. "She (Bedi) con- by the President, still they can- Administrator, who is also func- vice matters, promotions, not heard anything like this, it tions papers as valid on scruti- Trombay, part of the Mumbai Minister Narayanasamy, who ducts review meetings with the not shed their duty to the deci- tioning under the provisions of appointments, disciplinary mat- seem that it is out of fear that ny. South Central seat. Based on has been at loggerheads with officials directly, by-passing the sion of the Council of Ministers the Constitution, by way of ters and financial sanctions for they might be losing." Rahul Gandhi is seeking the statement of the constable, Bedi over various issues, said the elected Government, carries taken as per the procedure laid interfering in the day to day grant in aid are being received The MHA has asked re-election from Amethi Lok an FIR was registered and 18 court order was "historic and out inspections and issues on- down in the Government of affairs of the Government...," it and being examined." "They are Rahul Gandhi to clarify with- Sabha constituency which goes people, including Kamini demonstrates the victory of the-spot orders and thereby Union Territories Act and the said. being cleared on merits of each in a fortnight his "factual posi- to polls in the fifth phase of Shewale, were named as democracy." runs a parallel and diametrically Rules of Business of the Alluding to the allegations case," she added. PTI tion" on a complaint ques- voting on May 6. PTI accused in the case. PTI %$  ((&)('('    '$( /'$) )$& Lakhimpur with 17 years New Delhi: The Election While this year's two bans Khiri/Bahraich/Amethi (UP): of the SP and Commission on Tuesday are pan India, Khan had faced Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister BSP imposed a fresh ban on a similar UP-centric ban in the Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday Governments Samajwadi Party leader Azam 2014 Lok Sabha polls for his charged that the Congress has then the BJP Khan from campaigning for 48 inflammatory remarks. "lies" in its DNA and asked how will prove to hours for his provocative In his reply, Khan had it will give "Nyay" when it has be much bet- speeches against the local poll apologised for his remarks, always done injustice. ter. machinery and also making but the EC "strongly con- He also said there is no He also said during the inflammatory communal On another occasion, he demned" him and "warned" "dalali" in the BJP Government Congress governments, remarks. had allegedly claimed that the him from repeating "miscon- and if funds are given under "Pakistani terrorists used to This is the second time this prime minister has killed duct" in future. any scheme, they go straight to behead jawans, but now when month that the EC has imposed Muslims. Using its constitutional beneficiaries. soldiers are martyred, it is a ban on him. The fresh ban He had also allegedly said powers, the Commission Speaking at an election avenged by going inside will come into force at 6.00 AM that criminals were occupying barred him from holding ral- meeting, Adityanath said, "The Pakistan". Wednesday. constitutional posts, in an lies, campaigning, giving state- Congress has lies in its DNA. Later, addressing an elec- Earlier he was barred from apparent dig at Rajasthan ments to media for the next 48 They say they will give Nyay tion rally in Bahraich, campaigning for 72 hours for Governor Kalyan Singh. hours beginning 6.00 AM (justice)...We ask you have Adityanath said, his 'khaki underwear' jibe at The EC pointed out that Wednesday. always done injustice with the "On internal and external BJP candidate Jaya Prada. FlRs have been registered The poll panel said he has people here. How will you give fronts, the Modi Government He was issued a show cause under various sections of the violated the provisions of the Nyay now." has done wonderful work. notice for making inflamma- Indian Penal Code and the model code dealing with mak- He was referring to the 'Ab Terrorism and Naxalism, which tory remarks at various places Representation of the People ing communal remarks and Hoga Nyay' election tagline of had spread almost across the in Uttar Pradeh in the past few Act against him in the cases. "intimidation" of voters. the Congress. entire country, is now confined days. The notice had also point- The order did not specifi- The Chief Minister said if only in some districts of the Giving instances of his ed out that the Supreme Court cally mention where he had five years of the BJP country." He claimed during remarks, the EC had said on has noted that religion and made speeches against district Government are compared with the reign of the SP and the BSP, one occasion, he had alleged- caste cannot be used by anyone poll machinery. Khan is a can- 55 years of the Congress, and if there was no electricity as both ly said that "fascists are trying while making any statement didate from Rampur in Uttar two years of the BJP indulged in "discrimination" in % " "      AD      "    " " to kill him". during electioneering. Pradesh. PTI Government in Uttar Pradesh supplying power. PTI  E 9 C        = "  E 1>E9  '9      F:1C      )      Srinagar: The authorities have for the conduct of polls.      set up 559 polling stations The Nubra assembly seg- 1EG:1C   across four Assembly segments ment constitutes 14,148 voters, *   #   for over 1.74 lakh electorate in including 6,967 male, 6,913 Chennai: Tamil Nadu given a week's time to respond. outcome of bypolls to 22 the Ladakh Lok Sabha con- female, one transgender voter Assembly Speaker P Dhanapal DMK, which has been assembly seats. stituency for the smooth con- and 267 service voters (248 on Tuesday issued notices to opposing any action on the Bypolls were held to 18 Jaipur: Rajasthan Deputy Chief duct of the polls in the fifth males and 19 females). three AIADMK MLAs siding AIADMK petition, dubbed seats on April 18 and four Minister and State Congress phase on May 6. In the assembly segment 69 with rival leader and AMMK Dhanapal's move as "murder of more segments will go for president Sachin Pilot on The Ladakh Lok Sabha polling stations have been set founder TTV Dhinakaran, democracy," and submitted a byelections on May 19. Tuesday said his party is aim- constituency, spread over dis- up, the spokesman said. days after the ruling party resolution seeking his removal Stalin has last week threat- ing to bring 'employment rev- tricts of Leh and Kargil, has There are only four candi- petitioned him for action from the post. ened to move a no-confidence olution' in the country and four assembly segments -- dates in the fray from the against them for alleged anti- The resolution by Leader motion against the Speaker if accused the BJP of polarising Kargil, Zanskar, Leh and Ladakh Lok Sabha seat. party activities. of the Opposition in the he heeded the ruling party's castes and communities to Nubra. voters (1,041 male and 3 has set up 84 polling stations in While Rigzin Spalbar is Official sources said the Assembly and DMK chief M K plea. "hide" the NDA Government's The constituency has an females) and one transgender Zanskar. contesting on a Congress tick- Speaker issued notices to A Stalin was handed over to the The official sources "failures". electoral strength of 1,74,618 voter. As many as 181 polling The spokesman said the et, Jamyang Tsering Namgyal is Prabhu (Kallakurichi), VT Assembly Secretary, party Tuesday did not elaborate on He also alleged the BJP voters which included 86,752 stations have been established Leh assembly segment has an the BJP candidate. Kalaiselvan leader R S Bharathi told the contents of the notice to the failed to counter the narrative males and 85,064 females, in this segment, he said. electoral strength of 72,689 Asgar Ali Karbalai, a (Vriddhachalam)and E reporters here. MLAs, but hinted explanation set by the Congress in the 2,799 service voters and three The spokesman said the voters, including 35,728 males, Congress leader, has filed nom- Rathinasabapathy The DMK and MDMK had been sought from the general elections and is run- transgenders, an official Zanskar assembly segment 35,746 females, 1,214 service inations as an independent (Aranthangi) based on the have opposed any possible dis- three in the backdrop of them ning away from real issues spokesman said Tuesday. constitutes 22,487 voters, voters (1,192 males and 22 candidate. petition filed by Chief qualification of the three MLAs publicly hobnobbing with concerning the country. The Kargil assembly seg- including 11,162 males, 11,051 females) and one transgender Another independent can- Government whip S Rajendran claiming that the AIADMK Dhinakaran, who has floated Rather than speaking ment has a total of 65,294 vot- females and 274 male service voter. didate Sajjad Hussain has the seeking "due legal action" move was "only to protect" the the Amma Makkal Munnetra about its performance in the ers, including 32,895 males, voters. A total of 225 polling sta- backing of the influential cler- against them. Palaniswami government as it Kazhagam after he was side- last five years and the promis- 31,354 females, 1,044 service The Election Commission tions have been set up in Leh gy in Kargil. PTI The three MLAs have been will 'lose' majority after the lined by the AIADMK. PTI es made in the last Lok Sabha polls, the BJP is raising senti- mental and emotional issues, Pilot alleged. ;#  1   % - A D      '-  "Green revolution hap- pened in India when Indira Gandhi was the prime minister. Amaravati: The Election force. nected to it, which is intended the said movie is publicized as The Congress has now com-  1   .4  Commission on Tuesday Dwivedi cited the Election to, or which has the potential to a biopic of late N T Rama Rao, mitted itself to have an employ- directed film maker Ramgopal Commission of Indias April 10 disturb the level playing field which purported to depict N ment revolution in the country Varma on Tuesday not to order related to biopics and said during the elections should not Chandrababu Naidu, Chief and therefore the party's plan in Jaipur: Stepping up his tirade President". tion and recognition. I tried release 'Laxmi's NTR', the it should be adhered to. be displayed in electronic media Minister of Andhra Pradesh the elections is focused on job against the BJP which he “BJP wants dalits, not dalit also. Anyways, after that he biopic based on the life of for- The EC had on April 10 including cinematography dur- and a leader of a recognized creation," Pilot told PTI here. recently quit after being denied leader. They would have made became governor and then mer Andhra Pradesh Chief ordered the producers of ing the operation of Model political party, in a manner "Jobs can be created and ticket, Udit Raj on Tuesday me prime minister if I had president also ,” Raj said. Minister NT Rama Rao RPT 'Laxmi's NTR' and 'Udyama Code of Conduct. allegedly diminishing the elec- backlog vacancies can be filled," alleged a dalit can rise to any been deaf and dumb in the “If a dalit is deaf and Rao, reiterating its April 10 Simham', the two biopics based 'Lakshmis NTR' is based toral prospect of his party. he said, adding, the Congress position in the saffron party party. They want a deaf and dumb in the BJP, he may order not to screen it and on the lives of former Andhra on the life of Telugu Desam You are hereby directed not has presented its vision for the only if he is "deaf and dumb". dumb dalit and dalit votes but reach any position. Earlier, another movie till further Pradesh Chief Minister N T founder and former Chief to exhibit the film till further country. Raj, who has joined the not a dalit leader,” Raj, who was they made (one dalit) the orders. Rama Rao and Telangana Chief Minister N T Rama Rao. orders," the ECI had said in its Referring to the Congress' Congress, suggested that Ram BJP MP from North-West party's national president and The biopic was planned to Minister K Chandrashekar Rao Following a ban imposed April 10 order. proposed minimum income Nath Kovind was nominated Delhi, said at a press confer- now they have made a presi- be released on May 1. respectively, not to release the by the Andhra Pradesh High As the general elections in guarantee scheme — 'NYAY' — by the BJP to the president's ence at Congress office here. dent,” he said. However, he State Chief Electoral movies till further orders. Court, the movie could not be the State were completed on Pilot said it will push the econ- post as he did not raise his “Mr Ram Nath Kovind was quick to add that he was Officer Gopal Krishna Dwivedi It had said that any biopic released in the state early this April 11, Ramgopal Varma omy and generate jobs. The voice in the party and added he came to me on 20 May 2014 not commenting on the posi- informed Varma, in reply to the material in the nature of biog- month, though it hit the wrote to the CEO on April 25, party has promised to give an was expressing his views with his biodata asking me to tion of the president but refer- latters letter, that the movie raphy/hagiography sub-serving screens in all other places. requesting exhibition of annual income support of "about a person and not mak- recommend him to the party ring to condition of dalits in should not be released till the the purpose of any political enti- "It has been brought to the "Lakshmis NTR" in Andhra 72,000 to poor families under ing a comment on the office of so that he may get some posi- the BJP. PTI model code of conduct was in ty or an individual entity con- notice of the Commission that Pradesh. PTI the 'NYAY' scheme. PTI    ! #        !;  "1"  %  Varanasi: The Election lines, was dismissed from ser- had contested against PM Modi !/* 4  Commission on Tuesday vice in April 2017. and got more than 2 lakh served notice to the Samajwadi After Home Minister votes. Party’s Varanasi candidate Tej Rajnath Singh ordered an Today, in a dig at the BJP, Surat (Guj): A sessions court Dharmishtha alia Ganga, Bahadur Yadav and directed inquiry and the Prime Lalu Yadav's Rashtriya Janata here on Tuesday sentenced Bhavna alias Jamuna and Pavan him to procure a no-objection Minister's Office sought a Dal tweeted, "Vote for the sol- Narayan Sai, the son of jailed alias Hanuman, were sentenced certificate (NOC) from the report, a court martial inquiry diers directly — in Varanasi... If self-styled ‘godman’ Asaram, to to 10 years each. Border Security Force (BSF). found him guilty of making your patriotism is not hollow". life imprisonment in a rape Dharmishtha, Bhavna and The EC asked Yadav to file his nomination, he had accepted false charges. Contending that Various BJP leaders, case filed against him by a for- Pavan were held guilty of being response by 11 am on May 1. that he was dismissed. he was victimised because he including Prime Minister mer woman disciple in 2013. part of a conspiracy, while In its letter, the But when he filed his spoke the truth, Mr Yadav said Narendra Modi, have Additional Sessions Judge Sai's driver Malhotra was con- Commission on Tuesday said papers again, he had omitted it, he would go to court for justice. accused the Opposition of PS Gadhvi handed down the victed under IPC section 212 employees of the State or causing a discrepancy. On the In a massive exercise in neglecting the requirements life sentence to 47-year-old Sai (harbouring offender). Central Government who have basis of his reply, his nomina- optics, Tej Bahadur Yadav was of the armed forces and and imposed a fine of 1 lakh The two women disciples been dismissed for "corruption tion would be accepted or fielded against PM Modi on highlight the Government's on him. The court also direct- (sadhvis) were accused of or disloyalty to the State" shall rejected. Monday by the Samajwadi efforts in this regard to under- ed Sai to pay 5 lakh as a com- putting the victim in illegal be disqualified from cam- The jawan, who had post- Party. The jawan claimed that score its commitment to pensation to the victim. confinement and thrashing her paigning for a period of five ed videos on social media even Arvind Kejriwal's Aam nationalism and national secu- Sai's father Asaram was at Sai's behest. years. complaining about the food Aadmi Party had promised to rity, its central theme in this convicted by a Jodhpur court in Pavan, a "sadhak" (disciple) When he had filed his served to troops on the front- back him. In 2014, Mr Kejriwal election. AGENCIES a rape case in April last year of Sai, was accused of abetment, and sentenced to life term. including taking the victim to Besides Sai, lodged at the Sai's room. * '   Lajpore Jail here since his arrest Dharmishtha, Bhavna and ' 9    : 9  %  9     in 2013, the court on Tuesday Pavan were fined 5,000 each     sentenced his three aides, by the court. no more than four years in jail accused the godman's son of including two women, to 10 Of the 11 accused, the — on the grounds that the con- sexual assaults when she lived years each in jail for various court had acquitted six for vict had already spent over five at Asaram's ashram in the   offences related to the case. lack of evidence against them. years in jail and was all of 32 Jahangirpura area of Surat His driver Rajkumar alias Earlier in the day, while years of age when the offence between 2002 and 2005.   .; )8 Ramesh Malhotra was sen- arguing over the quantum of was committed. The incidents of multiple tenced to six months in jail. sentence, special public prose- The defence lawyer also sexual assaults and unnatural Mumbai: The Bombay High The court had pronounced cutor PN Parmar sought said the victim was not a sex with the victim had taken Court on Tuesday observed the judgement in the case on "exemplary punishment" for minor. place between 2002 and 2005, that the Maharashtra govern- April 26 when it convicted Sai to set an example in soci- The Surat police had filed but the case against Sai had ment should take steps to five of the 11 accused and ety and 25 lakh compensation a 1,100-page chargesheet been filed only in 2013. include a for transgenders in acquitted the rest. The judge for the victim. against Sai in 2014. Sai was arrested from the the online application form had fixed April 30 for deciding Defence lawyer B M Gupta In 2013, after Asaram was Delhi-Haryana border in for change of name in the offi- the quantum of sentence to the pleaded for minimum sen- arrested for allegedly raping a December 2013. cial gazette. convicts. tence and argued there was no girl in Rajasthan, two Surat- When Sai was in jail, Surat A division bench of Justices The court had convicted evidence of use of force, allure- based sisters had accused police had claimed to have A S Oka and M S Sanklecha Sai under IPC sections 376 ment or pressure on part of the Asaram and his son of sexual unearthed elaborate plans to was hearing a petition filed by (rape), 377 (unnatural convict. exploitation. bribe police officers, doctors a 29-year-old transgender seek- offences), 323 (assault), 506-2 He said the FIR was The elder sister had and even judicial officers to ing directions to the (criminal intimidation) and delayed by over a decade and accused Asaram of sexual weaken the case against him. Maharashtra government to 120-B (conspiracy), while his lodged more than 11 years assaults between 1997 and 2006 The trial against Asaram in allow her name change appli- aides were found guilty of after the crime was committed. when she lived at his the case filed by the Surat- cation. abetment to the crime. Gupta sought the mini- Ahmedabad ashram. based woman is going on at a The petitioner approached Sai's three aides, mum possible punishment of The younger sister had Gandhinagar court. PTI C    (  1""  (   9 "     the high court after the Directorate of Government Printing and Stationery reject- ed her application to change the QC  >&; *(+@H     " &' ')) ! name three times. The high court said the government has to take steps to include a separate column for ;   E %(6  8ICA  $&-&'  transgenders. The bench directed that the Jammu: The Jammu & Department (RDD) and till were decided to be construct- petition be converted into a    Kashmir Government on date, 2,041 bunkers have been ed through RDD to ensure public interest litigation (PIL) Tuesday said 2,041 bunkers completed and work plan has their speedy completion, )($'  ') considering the wide issues have been constructed along also been prepared to accom- spokesperson said. raised in it, and posted the mat- the Line of Control (LoC) and plish the remaining assign- With regard to ex-gratia Agartala: Four Rohingya The SDJM sent the three ter for further hearing on June Bengaluru: BJP MP Shobha faced in 2018. the International Border (IB) in ment in a time-bound manner, relief to the victims of cross- Muslims refugees, a woman minors to a juvenile home and 14. Karandlaje on Tuesday came "Why cases were not reg- Jammu region. spokesman said. border firing, the governor and three children were arrest- remanded the woman to judi- The petitioner stated out in support of a journalist istered when the letter first sur- This was revealed at a Malik expressed satisfac- was informed that the relief has ed from Tripura’s Unakoti dis- cial custody for 14 days. though she was born a woman who was arrested recently for faced in 2018..It is a proof that meeting chaired by Governor tion over the progress in exe- been paid in respect of all eli- trict for staying in India with- During preliminary inter- but started identifying herself allegedly circulating a 'fake let- a political conspiracy is going Satya Pal Malik, who reviewed cution observing that in the gible and approved cases of out valid documents, police rogation, the woman said they a transgender from the year ter' purportedly written by on in the State against the BJP the progress of construction of past the construction of death, permanent disability, said on Tuesday. came to India to visit relatives 2014. State Home minister MB Patil rank and cadre," Karandlaje bunkers, payment of relief and bunkers had remained sluggish injuries and damage to crops, Acting on a tip-off, police by crossing the Indo- Thereafter, the petitioner to Congress supremo Sonia told reporters. ex-gratia to the victims of which has gained traction dur- houses and livestock, up to raided a house in Yeazikhaora Bangladesh border illegally and adopted a new gender neutral Gandhi two years ago on reli- She also trashed the charge cross-border shelling on ing the recent months. March this year. village under Irani police sta- reached Assam with the help of name and decided to legally gious minority tag to Lingayats. that the letter originated in the Tuesday. However, the executing The assistance has also tion limits and arrested them a person, Hossain said. change it, according to the Patil had termed the letter BJP office. BJP leader The Governor was agencies and deputy commis- been provided under Security on Monday, Officer in-charge At least 50 Rohingya petition. fake and alleged that it was a Shivakumar said Karandlaje informed that 10,260 number sioners were directed to accord Related Expenditure (SRE) in of the police station, Alamgir refugees were arrested in The petitioner said she conspiracy against him by his met Kumar at the Criminal of bunkers are to be con- primacy to the construction of respect of 73 cases and central Hossain, said. Tripura since January. wanted to pursue further edu- rivals. Investigation Department structed in the border districts bunkers — it is a strong felt assistance to 50 cases, the It is yet to be ascertained On January 18, 31 cation with the new identity. The MP wanted to know office here while he was being — Jammu, Kathua, Samba, need in the border areas. spokesperson said. whether she is the mother of all Rohingya Muslims were arrest- As per the petitioner, her why the 'fake letter' based on taken to court as his police cus- Rajouri and Poonch. As many as 215 bunkers in The Governor expressed the children. ed by the BSF from the no- first application seeking change which journalist Hemanth tody ended on Tuesday. Cases These are being executed Samba and Poonch districts, satisfaction, especially with The refugees were pro- man's land of the Indo- of name in November 2018 was Kumar, reportedly a BJP sym- have also been registered by the Public Works which were being executed by regard to disposal of relief duced before Kailashahar Sub- Bangladesh border at rejected on the ground that rel- pathiser, was arrested, not against two women for alleged- Department (PWD) and the the PWD and have remained cases of the displaced persons Divisional Judicial Magistrate's Kamalasagar in Sepahijala dis- evant documents were not investigated when it first sur- ly circulating the letter. PTI Rural Development unallotted and untendered of 1947, 1965 and 1971. PTI (SDJM) court on Tuesday. trict. PTI attached with. PTI  $  Q9AB (   R

$   ticipated in an exhibition held dressing down to Dayanidhi  4&&): at the temple city of Madurai for not making himself avail- on Friday and Saturday. able for interrogation in con- t has come to light that cer- Dayanidhi, manager of the nection with the earlier case. Itain powers in Tamil Nadu gallery along with her employ- The “police officer” instructed Government and some leaders ees were on their way back to them to wait at their office in of certain political parties do Chennai on Sunday when a Whites Road for further ques- not want the Idol Wing- group of seven persons posing tioning. The hapless employees Criminal Investigation as officers from the Idol wing- proceeded in their van to the Department of the Police to CID interrupted the van and office of Rao and waited for make any inroads into the started physically examining hours. It was late into the investigation in the missing the ‘goods’. A person posing as night that they understood antique idols and artifacts the officer- in charge who was that they have been taken for worth billions of rupees from in police uniform instructed a ride by the tricksters in the the temples in the State. More him an office room and it Dayanidhi and his assistants to police uniform. A case has than 5,000 antique copper idols shows the able designs of the shift the jewellery and old to been registered by Chennai and artifacts of the State tem- authorities concerned ,” said TR the “official” car for physical Police following a complaint ples have been found in the art Ramesh, a banker–turned- verification. cheating by the jewellery shop museums in global capital temple activist. The officer also gave a employees. cities. The shadow boxing The Madras High Court between Manickavel and the which is hearing various peti- Idol Wing –CID came to light tions moved by devotees in the on Sunday when a gang of State. The HC has asked the tricksters decamped with cash State Government on Monday worth 11 crore and gold to furnish the details of the weighing 150 sovereign from infrastructure facilities pro- a jewellery shop. The CID was vided to A G Ponn Manickavel, unfortunately waylayed to the former Inspector General of outskirts of Chennai city. Police who was heading the The incident has all the Idol Wing-Criminal ingredients of a Tamil pot- Investigation Department. boiler and included imper- Mentionworthy, he has been sonation executed with per- made officer on special duty to fection. The cash and gold investigate the disappearance of jewellery belonged to Kiran the antique idols from the Rao, a Chennai-based socialite State-run temples. and leading antique jewellery Though Manickavel was dealer who is already in the appointed as OSD by the dock in connection with the Madras High Court to probe seizure of temple idols and the cases of missing idols, the artefacts from her Poes State Government has not pro- Garden residence early last vided any office facilities or year by the Idol Wing-CID of men to the former to take up Tamil Nadu Police. Madras the investigation. The High Court had given antici- AIADMK-led Government patory bail to Rao and Ranvir does not want Manickavel to Shah, city-based art collector probe the case and us trying all and businessman in connec- tricks in its armour to derail the tion with the seizure of tem- investigation. “The callous atti- ple artefacts from their tude of the Government is premises. such that it is not providing Rao’s art gallery had par-    ! %  & 4)'' 4- $*(!A  0   @+      !(!A  0  A #+#"*>8#+*/ $     )       9;R   "/9@ >&;R     *             )  0 3F   4 + 1F1F#00 =        > *         (            !   ! * !    1  . ?1.@                            A0    (                    (    :      $  9    9                               arth Day is celebrated on April                  22 each year. 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This would hopefully rations hardly needs any explanation within an era when human sustainable development, mit- embarrass adults as well in because the earth’s population today is beings have become responsi- igate the emissions of green- changing their own lifestyles. moving towards eight billion people. The ble for geological changes house gases and adapt to the (The writer is former chair- "   population in 1970 was around 3.7 billion defined by earlier epochs. impacts of climate change. 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Both par- joblessness” (April 29) by Rishi on ease-of-doing indices in makes sense to sell it off. The Modi              = )   the Prime Minister’s statement ties must maintain a semblance Chandiok. Indeed, nothing can annual surveys but the Government had came close to that his party would wipe out the of decorum without resorting to be more heartening for the Government must get it going doing so but backed off at the last                   TMC by hook or crook, oblique- repartee coated with threats. Indian youth to give jobs rather efficaciously. It should tireless- moment, given the mindless oppo-           :        ly referring to horse-trading. TK Nandanan than seeking them from Indian ly work towards ensuring that sition of freeloaders thriving at the                -    As a matter of fact, the ongo- Chennai Inc. 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S  @      Regarding the first benefit, that is the boards’ pared to homogeneous groups, diverse ones “Women have insight into our customers that no ple investors, customers and communities) place             1F provision of advice and counsel, we see that the exhibit increased information, search and greater man — no matter how bright and hard-working pressure on such firms to increase female repre- # 1F             directors’ tasks are non-routine and involve “big range of perspectives. Further, they generate more — can match. This is important when 85 per cent sentation in their upper echelons. The second pre-   0,    4      (      picture” matters rather than day-to-day operational alternative solutions to the issues. Specifically, with of all consumer-buying decisions made in our stores dictor is the nature of the industry. In particular,                  issues. Boards set the parameters within which regard to gender, research suggests that people of are made by women.” businesses vary in their degree of dependence on               5  strategic decision-making occurs, are often different genders possess different norms, attitudes, In addition to linking an organisation to cus- females in the labour pool. Thus, being in an indus-    <            involved in strategy initiation and participate in beliefs and perspectives, based on these differences. tomers, female directors serve as role models to try with a large female employment base should all phases of a firm’s strategic development Gender diversity has been found to facilitate cre- individuals inside the firms, as mentors for aspir- tend to increase the benefits of female representa-   4   ?        @     ( process. However, boards also meet infrequently, ativity within groups but also leads to clashes with- ing women employees and as a signal to other tion on a firm’s board of directors.    C 1          have limited information about the firm and rarely in groups because others find it difficult to iden- women in the company and in the labour force that The third predictor is diversification and the            #        involve themselves in strategy implementation. tify with those of a different gender. However, their concerns and issues will be heard. Similarly, firm’s corporate strategy or level of diversifica-                    Because of their fiduciary responsibility to share- because boards are engaged in non-routine prob- women directors signal that an organisation offers tion, too, may influence the value of these ben- F*  .  ! 4       C holders as overseers of management, boards are lem-solving and meet infrequently, improved opportunities for career growth to both current and efits. Firms operating in a single business envi- # 1F          5    ( often characterised as active questioners of man- brainstorming, creativity, consideration of diverse prospective employees. ronment face confined environmental dependen-        *   F     agement and the status quo, but at the same time, perspectives and questioning of status quo, in which Finally, female directors may also link a firm cies compared with those operating in multiple 4   1      1F       "  due to paucity of time and information, we should they engage, may represent “functional conflict” and to important suppliers. As already mentioned, many product-market environments. Spanning multi-       *   F     $S also acknowledge their limited roles as overseers. benefits that outweigh other, possibly negative institutional investors have policies of investing only ple product-markets likely increases the value of !             Providing a second category of benefits, direc- implications for communication. in firms with a commitment to gender represen- a broader set of perspectives and ties to external tors lend legitimacy to organisations. Directors of The legitimacy of organisational practices is tation. Female directors can provide important ties constituents provided by gender diversity at the        L !         large corporations are highly visible to societal conferred by societal members and the society’s val- to these organisations, serving as symbols of com- board level. That is, as a firm’s scope of environ- 9 1             actors, who grant legitimacy and who are influenced ues regarding organisational diversity put signifi- mitment to minorities and females. In sum, mental dependencies increases as a result of diver- # R S             by prestige, such as institutional investors and, thus, cant pressure on firms to include females on their female representation on boards of directors may sification, the value of ties to different stakehold-  02   %     1F      directors can legitimise firms. The final benefit is boards of directors. The pressure for gender link firms to different customers, current and poten- ers in the environment and the increased breadth                the provision of channels of communication to diversity comes from a number of different stake- tial employees and important suppliers, including of perspectives represented by females on the        external entities and gaining influence, support, holders that firms depend upon. Few organised investors. Given these statistics and pressures for board are likely to grow in importance. # !(          1   commitment or favorable access to resources via interests have argued against such board appoint- greater female representation, why do some firms Proper board linkages are important for man- $      MA     A3/(  $   these channels. Researchers have found that valu- ments. For example, institutional investors scruti- have more women on their boards of directors but agement practice. At its broadest level, firms can              +/      able information is disseminated between firms nise corporate boardrooms for diversity, reputation others do not? Are their any organisational predic- benefit from such links and a purposeful selection S   5  FJ     1F        through boards and that they are helpful in acquir- and credibility of a firm, in both internal and exter- tors for determining the women participation in of board members who can help manage environ- ing resources from important external sources. nal labour markets. The situation may improve if boards? Focussing on organisational characteris- mental dependencies is valuable to a firm. In terms             S     ( Having discussed the board of directors link- they include women on the board. Thus, all other tics that are predictive of women on corporate of female representation on boards of directors more   #               age benefits, let us look at the effects of female rep- things being equal, gender diversity within boards boards, on the other hand, allows us to systemat- specifically, the size of the organisation and nature   #              resentation on these advantages. Although we con- of directors adds legitimacy to an organisation. ically explore under what conditions a firm’s board of industries are important predictors and can pro-             1F    tinue to examine each benefit separately for ease By virtue of their different experience sets, is more likely to include female directors. 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Modi has done a lot but it is “work-in- masjid adjacent to the temple. RSS cleaning. Modi had announced a 21, progress” still, as Professor AK leader Ramesh and VHP leader 000 crore plan to clean up the river with Srivastava of the Banaras Hindu Divakar claimed that pilgrims were 600 crore allotted for Varanasi. University claimed. I found that now able to move about freely. Haji Habibullah, a Muslim weaver, Varanasi stands divided between those Incidentally, a visit to the temple pointed out that the famous Banarasi who support Modi’s ambitious devel- proved that the pilgrims welcomed this silk industry is almost on the verge of ) )&4/ opmental push and those who oppose corridor. a collapse because of mass production it. In 2014, he had promised a metro, The boatmen, who row the guests of garments and Chinese competition. ;4))&4 a monorail, six-lane highways, flyovers, around the 90 ghats, are Modi bhakts. There are about six lakh weavers in the )  0    9 + satellite towns, 24-hour electricity and Showing the installation of lights on the city, most of them Muslims, and many -   water, a clean Ganga, luxury cruises on riverfront, our boatman, Mahesh Saini, have abandoned their profession -0  ! rime Minister Narendra Modi the holy river, solid waste management was proud of the improvements. because it was no longer profitable. has represented Varanasi for the plans and other developmental works. “Modiji ne bahut kaam kiya” he said. Modi’s Mudra loan schemes have 0  ! (%   Ppast five years. Has the con- Modi’s supporters point out that he There is a visible difference in Assi, helped them but the number of ben-      stituency changed for the better? Has has not only focussed on improving pared to three hours earlier. A clear drainage system was still a problem. Rai Dashashwamedh and other ghats. The eficiaries is falling. Besides, they face $    O  ! it become cleaner? Has it transformed roads but has also improved the over- view of the Ganga, wider roads, fly- was critical of a dedicated Viswanath Alaknanda, the 60-seater luxury ves- the difficulty of filling forms for GST       !( into another Kyoto as promised by all infrastructure in and around the city. overs and bridges welcome you on corridor to the temple. The project sel floated by Nordic Cruise Line, offers as most weavers are illiterate. him? Are the weavers better off? Is the The Multi-Modal Terminal and the entering Varanasi. But there were no involves a 50 feet wide pathway after breathtaking rides on the Ganga. Modi has no challenger in -#$* !  air less polluted? Is the Ganga clean- Trade Facilitation Centre & Crafts signs of posters. demolishing around 250 structures, But Samajwadi Party candidate Varanasi. So the BJP and RSS workers  #  er? Is the infrastructure better? The jury Museum and heritage lights installed According to Anand Chaube, a some built in the 17th century. The Shalini Yadav noted that not far away are complacent. Ajay Rai and Shalini 5    will be out on May 23, when results to across Varanasi are some examples. On staunch Modi supporter, improve- 600 crore project will create 45,000 from the Assi ghat, most of Varanasi’s Yadav are weak candidates. Had !  the general elections will be declared. paper, Modi has brought about projects ments include gas pipeline, the Ring square metres of prime space. waste spills into the Ganga. More than Congress’ Priyanka Gandhi contested, !   ! Modi filed his nomination on April 26 worth 30,000 crore in five years. Road, bridges over the Ganga and the During a recent visit, this writer three-fourth of the total sewage gen- there would have been some excite- from Varanasi, seeking a second term. The first thing that grabbed our Varuna. But Modi’s critics pointed out found that some of the residents from erated in the city is dumped in the ment. The only debate now is the mar-     He has stuck to the seat of our civili- attention after landing at the Lal that roads had been dug up for lay- whom the houses were bought were Ganga through Assi and other drains. gin of victory. Modi had won with over    O   sational consciousness yet again and Bahadur Shastri International Airport ing underground cables. The city was not happy. Some religious leaders, too, Varanasi is also faced with a severe pol- 580,000 votes in 2014. He told his sup- 00  0  !( the frenzy of supporters was on full was the four-lane road to the city with dotted with filth, bumpy roads, pot- opposed the project, saying the project lution problem. Vishwambhar Nath porters after filing the nomination:  # 0 play during the mega road show on three flyovers. One of the cab drivers, holes and crumbling bridges as a result. was trampling “Kashi’s soul.” Mufti Mishra, the mahant of Sankatmochan “Mother Ganga will take care of me.”  # $ !! ( April 25. Kamalesh, pointed out that it now takes Congress candidate Ajay Rai noted that Maulana Abdul Batin Nomani was temple, was the most vocal voice on the (The writer is a senior political com- A visit to Varanasi will reveal that 45 minutes to reach the city as com- sanitation had improved but poor concerned about the security of the lack of a sewage system and Ganga mentator and syndicated columnist)       ! , -.

5    !// 1 P "4  /) -))0 -0 6P '  5    ,"//   ?(   (&  "      "): rivate sector lender Yes PBank has an overall stressed advance of 8 percent and new ,1  - 2 chief executive Ravneet Gill’s  3). 4 ,5 clean-up will keep profit under pressure for up to the next 18 0-%0)6 % months, ratings agency 6 B    E  #6B E$  -       7/0)- - 7 2 Moody’s warned on Tuesday. #-$(      1  B    However, looking beyond      " 1 J        ;    -))8 5 the near-term stress, Gill’s   !      -9"(9   (:    B   clean-up is positive, once the #:B$( 1 J" - J   (:  (--  de-risking is completed, the A (A1!0# 99A$(6B E9 (% I1"":  (6B E   &49+4 : agency noted.      :B(-6B E       “We estimate that Yes hares of Wadia Group firms Bank’s overall stressed assets are Stanked up to 10 per cent    "): Tuesday was the last day of about 8 percent of its total Tuesday amid media reports the two-day recruitment drive loans, taking into account this that Ness Wadia has been sen- n one of its largest hiring for the cabin crew at the Tatas- new disclosure,” Moody’s said tenced to a two-year jail term Iexercise since it began oper- Singapore Airline-run Vistara, after the bank Friday reported by a court in Japan over alleged ations over three years back, the which took place simultane- its maiden loss of Rs 1,506 possession of drugs. premium carrier Vistara is hir- ously in Mumbai and crore for March quarter. Bombay Dyeing shares ing around 500 — 100 pilots Gurugram, they said. Gross non-performing plunged 9.78 per cent to close and 400 cabin crew — mostly “Vistara, which is likely to assets shot up to 3.2 percent, at Rs 112.60 on the BSE. from the grounded Jet Airways, begin international operations while Gill also marked out a Rs During the day, it tumbled say industry and airline soon, is in the process of 10,000-crore portfolio as 17.42 per cent to Rs 103.05. sources. inducting 100 pilots besides potentially stressed. Shares of Britannia The grounding of Jet has 400 cabin crew. Most of the Provisions on account of Industries went down by 2.50 come as an opportunity for the new workforce is expected to higher NPAs and also a con- per cent to Rs 2,893.10 and Wadia Group scion and co- Reacting to the report, a market to hire readily-available come from the grounded car- tingent provision representing Bombay Burmah Trading owner of IPL team Kings XI Wadia Group spokeperson said skilled workforce from the rier Jet,” said a source. 20 percent of the 10,000 -crore Corporation fell by 2.40 per Punjab, Ness Wadia has been Ness Wadia is in India. licenced categories — pilots, A Vistara spokesperson portfolio resulted in the losses, 1 J"   %E:    E "(1   cent to close at Rs 1,241.30. sentenced to a two-year jail “The judgement is clear. It engineers and cabin crew — was not available to comment. Gill explained. %  I (A    (    9 9    Meanwhile, the BSE term by a court in Japan over is a suspended sentence. Hence, and deploy them directly into Earlier, budget carrier The agency said the bank #E "$'9 J "6   1 J"  Tuesday sought clarification alleged possession of drugs, a it will not impact Ness Wadia specifics roles, thereby saving SpiceJet said it would hire expects 50 percent of these 9 ( 9   #E "$(A    9' ( from the three companies with media report said. in the discharge of any of his time and money on training 500 from Jet, including 100 potentially stressed loans to slip ' % (%E#%    E "  $ respect to the news. The Financial Times responsibilities and he will them, they said. pilots. into NPAs and will provide “Wadia group shares such reported that Wadia, who was continue to play the role that he After unsuccessfully look- Air India Express has also more for the same going forward. as Bombay Dyeing, Bombay on a skiing holiday, was arrest- has done hitherto, both with- ing for an investor or fresh inducted around 25 comman- The 8 percent dud loans Burmah, Britannia slipped ed in early March at New in the Group and outside,” the bank loans for months, Jet ders from the grounded airline’s include a gross NPAs of 4 per- today as the Wadia Group heir Chitose Airport in the north- spokesperson added. Airways had finally on April 17 and plans to induct 20-25 more cent which has been called out 8$((P  Ness Wadia was sentenced to ern Japanese island of Ness Wadia is director in stopped operations, leaving pilots. Its parent Air India has as potentially stressed, net two years jail in Japan due to Hokkaido after customs offi- major firms of the Wadia over 22,000 employees in the been discussing an internal standard restructured loans possession of drugs,” said cials found 25g of “what Group, including Bombay lurch. Of these around 1,300 proposal to lease five of the 10 and security receipts of 0.8 per- $'(Q$& Umesh Mehta, head of appeared to be cannabis resin Dyeing and Bombay Burmah are pilots and over 2,000 are Boeing 777s of Jet to expand its cent of gross loans, the research, Samco Securities Ltd. in his trouser pocket”. Trading Corporation. cabin crew. international footprint. agency said. !=>?-' ' Q'  =            #   &49+4 : no longer citizens of India. "     Thereafter in March 2019, 0 0   *EGE)P   n a first, the Government has the Cabinet cleared the mech-  (  HK?1 Isold ‘enemy properties’ worth anism for monetisation of    :)/ concerned shareholders used quality and integrity.” 1,874 crore in April, as it seeks immovable ‘enemy property’    &49+4 : the annual meeting to propose The 737 MAX has been to fast-track the sale process of assets held under the custody -  R oeing executives success- a plan to oblige more trans- grounded since mid-March such assets to meet the of the Custodian of Enemy he growth of eight core sec- Bfully beat back challenges parency by making the chair- following the crash of an 90,000-crore disinvestment Property for India (CEPI). Ttors improved marginally their authority on Monday as man an independent director Ethiopian Airlines flight and an target set for the current fiscal. According to the asset to 4.7 per cent in March 2019 the company signalled it and to disclose lobbying activ- earlier Lion Air crash, a crisis The Government has monetisation guideliness laid hile choosing the lumi- great potential in the Indian against 4.5 per cent in the expects regulators to take a key ities and trade association that has raised questions about mopped up 2,350 crore as the down by DIPAM, the CEPI or Wnary, price is the most market. same month last year. step next week in the effort to memberships. whether the US giant sacrificed disinvestment proceeds in the the Ministry of Home Affairs important factor for Indian For the full 2018-19 fiscal, get the 737 MAX back in the air But those proposals gar- safety in its zeal to market a first month of 2019-20, of selects the properties for sale in consumers but priority is grad- There is a general per- the expansion rate of eight infra- following two deadly crashes. nered just 32 and 34 percent of new narrow-body plane and which, 476 crore was on consultation with stakeholders ually shifting more towards ception in India that Chinese structure sectors — coal, crude The aerospace giant, under the votes, respectively, some- compete with Airbus. account of IPO of Rail Vikas and the State Government. quality, says Rambo Zang, goods are of inferior quality. oil, natural gas, refinery prod- scrutiny following the crashes what better than similar steps The shareholders meeting, Nigam Ltd (RVNL) and 1,874 Such assets would have to country head of Opple Lighting How Opple will overcome to ucts, fertilisers, steel, cement and that killed 346 passengers and last year, but still well below 50 held at the Field Museum in crore from the sale of ‘Enemy be free of encumbrances and for India to The Pioneer’s this? electricity — remained flat at 4.3 crew and grounded the MAX percent. The defeat of those Chicago in an auditorium Property’, according to data on encroachment. The final Vikas Kumar. At Opple, we don’t just per cent, official data released worldwide, won a vote of con- motions no doubt was relief for about 60 percent full, the DIPAM website. approval for sale of such assets Here are excerpts build better lights; we invent Tuesday showed. fidence from its investors, even Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg faced some point- The Cabinet in November is given by a ministerial panel better lights crafted with world Coal generation growth as company management faced Muilenburg and other compa- ed questions from sharehold- 2018 had given its go-ahead to headed by the finance You are setting up a man- class technology. We keep was flat at 9.1 pet cent in tough questions over plane ny brass, but there was little ers, but defended the design of the Department of Investment minister. ufacturing unit in India. Tell improving the quality of prod- March 2019. Natural gas, design and the possible mis- sense of triumph at an annual the 737 MAX as “thorough” and Public Asset Management In the previous financial us why has Opple chosen ucts with research and devel- refinery products, fertiliser, steps in getting the aircraft to meeting that included a and “disciplined.” Boeing has (DIPAM) to sell ‘enemy shares’ year, the government mopped Indian market? opment. Our focus is on pro- steel and cement sectors market. moment of silence over lives said both crashes involved and ‘enemy properties’ — up 84,972 crore from disin- Opple is one of the leading viding healthy and eco-friend- recorded positive growth rates. Boeing expects the Federal lost. erroneous information that which refers to the assets left vestment, including sale of home lighting companies in ly options to the consumers, Crude oil production, how- Aviation Administration to The company faces an came to the airplane through its behind by people who migrat- ‘enemy shares’ worth 779 India and worldwide. We are under which they can work, ever, contracted by 6.2 per cent conduct a test flight by the end uncertain timetable for bring- anti-stall system, the ed to Pakistan or China and are crore. China’s no. 1 lighting compa- study and live comfortably. in March. Electricity generation of next week of the software fix ing the grounded fleet back Maneuvering Characteristics ny. Till now, we were exporting declined by 1.4 per cent during it developed for the flight sys- into service and tough ques- Augmentation System our products to India. But now You must have done some the month under review. tem on the 737 MAX, a com- tions over a new plane design (MCAS), which the software we are preparing to work in consumer surveys. What is A fall in production of pany spokesman said Monday. that crashed twice, as well as update is meant to address. -     ! tandem with the Indian your take on India’s consumer crude oil and refinery products That would be a critical step in potential costs from the crisis. “We know that in both Government’s ‘Make in India’ behavior? had dragged the growth of the certifying the aircraft as flight Muilenburg was asked dur- accidents there was a chain of   - $*   mission to produce lighting India is a very critical mar- eight core sectors to 2.1 per worthy. ing a press conference if he events that occurred. One of products completely in the ket. While choosing the lumi- cent in February. However, an FAA considered resigning. “We’re the links was the activation of country itself. We are planning nary, price is the most impor- The infrastructure sector spokesman said the agency focused on safety and I can tell the MCAS system because of 0   7(32 to partner with another com- tant factor for Indian con- growth will also have an impact has not released a date or time you these accidents weigh the data,” Muilenburg said at pany and hire 500+ employees sumers, whereas the quality of on the Index of Industrial for the flight yet. heavily on us as a company,” the press briefing. “We know   &49+4 : for the unit. The upcoming the product is secondary. But Production (IIP) as these seg- Amid reports of missteps Muilenburg responded. “My we can break that link in the facility will be fully functional priority is gradually shifting ments account for about 41 per in developing the newest ver- clear intent is to continue to chain the software update pr 30 (PTI) The GST investigative arm has found Tata from next month. There is more towards quality. cent of the total factory output. sion of its most popular aircraft, lead on the front of safety and does that.” AStarbucks guilty of profiteering to the tune of 4.51 crore by not reducing prices of coffee despite a cut in the rate. Investigation by the Directorate General of Anti Profiteering J9%  (DGAP) has revealed that Tata Starbucks, the equal joint ven- A@9(   : O    0 ture between the Tata and global coffee chain Starbucks, had hiked the base price of one its coffee variant after the GST Council cut 9   ) tax rates on restaurants from 18 per cent to 5 per cent with effect  2Q=(721  from November 15, 2017.        This kept the retail sale price of the product pre and post -    GST rate reduction intact.  9   Sources said the DGAP has concluded its investigation in   &49+4 : gage or any other instrument” up within four weeks.   1> March and found that Starbucks profiteered 4.51 crore. of RCom would continue as per RCom made the payments   &49+4 : 80.326 MT, up 10 per cent from This case will be now heard by the National Anti-Profiteering he National Company Law the norms of the Insolvency & in March and later moved an 73.047 MT produced in March Authority (NAA), which will pass the final order about the quan- TAppellate Tribunal Bankruptcy Code (IBC) 2016, application to withdraw the ndia’s crude steel production 2018, worldsteel said.   &49+4 : tum of profiteering. (NCLAT) on Tuesday allowed it said. challenge to the insolvency, a Ifell by 1 per cent to 9.412 mil- Japan’s crude steel produc- When contacted, Tata Starbucks spokesperson said: “As a insolvency proceedings against Originally, Ericsson India move that Ericsson India lion tonne (MT) during March tion remained unchanged at 9.1 S Commerce Secretary responsible organisation, Tata Starbucks conducts its business Reliance Communication had in September 2017 moved termed as “dishonest” intend- 2019, according to World Steel MT in March. UWilbur Ross will meet ethically and complies with all the local laws and regulations”. (RCom) after the Anil insolvency petitions against ed to frustrate court orders. Association’s (worldsteel) The US produced 7.8 MT Commerce Minister Suresh The company, since its entry in October 2012, operates Ambani-led firm withdrew a RCom and its subsidiaries In insolvency proceedings, report. of crude steel in March, up 5.7 Prabhu on May 6 here to dis- around 140 outlets across Mumbai, Delhi-NCR, Hyderabad, challenge to such a move. Reliance Infratel and Reliance Ericsson will be treated as only India had produced 9.506 per cent, while South Korea cuss trade-related issues amid Chennai, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Pune and Kolkata. RCom will be admitted Telecom before the Mumbai an operational creditor and MT crude steel during the reported a 2.8 per cent rise in America’s decision to with- back to insolvency proceedings bench of NCLT after failing to may end up losing the 550 same month a year ago, the its output at 6.3 MT. draw export benefits to Indian after the NCLAT allowed the recover about 1,500 crore dues crore it had got as financial global steel industry body said “In the EU, Italy’s crude exporters, sources said.        debt-laden firm to withdraw its from the company. The petition creditors have first say on pro- in its latest report. steel production for March “Ross is coming to partic-   $   petition challenging a deci- was admitted on May 15, 2018. ceeds from such proceedings. India produced 9.412 MT 2019 was 2.3 MT. France pro- ipate in the Trade Winds Indo-         <9 sion of the Mumbai-bench of The NCLAT had on May Following the withdrawal, crude steel in March 2019, duced 1.4 MT of crude steel Pacific Forum and Mission   $  National Company Law 30, 2018, stayed insolvency May 15, 2018 order admitting down 1 per cent from 9.506 and Spain 1.4 MT,” the report and would hold bilateral meet- Tribunal (NCLT) to initiate proceedings after RCom chal- insolvency petition would MT in March 2018, it said. said. ing with Prabhu,” one of the   &49+4 : such proceedings. lenged it. become operational now. This is the second fall While Ukraine produced 2 sources said.   &49+4 : RCom had moved the In subsequent proceedings During the proceedings, reported by India in crude MT crude steel, Brazil and Issues such as withdrawal harti Airtel on tuesday application to withdraw its before NCLAT, RCom had RCom was represented by steel production since January. Turkey produced 2.8 MT and of GSP benefits by Washington ower Cable Alliance (PCA) Blaunched music streaming challenge to the insolvency reached an agreement with senior advocate Kapil Sibal, Before registering a 2.3 3 MT, respectively, in March are expected to come up for the Pin association with Delhi app — Wynk Tube. order after its board felt insol- Ericsson India to pay 550 which asked the appellate tri- rise in crude steel output in 2019. discussion. Metro Rail Corporation The app, which has been vency was the best course after crore by September 30, 2018. bunal to allow the company to February, India had reported The World Steel Currently, the India-US (DMRC) organised a seminar crafted by Airtel’s in-house teams, failed attempts to revive the This deadline was extended till withdraw its appeal, a move 1.9 per cent fall in steel pro- Association (worldsteel) is one trade relations are going on standardization of power aims to simplify the digital enter- firm. December 15, 2018, after which was contested by duction in January. of the largest industry associ- through a rough patch as the cables for metro railways. tainment experience for hun- An NCLAT bench headed RCom petitioned the Supreme Ericsson. “Global crude steel produc- ations in the world with mem- US has decided to withdraw PCA is an association pro- dreds of millions of smartphones by Chairman Justice S J Court. Last year, when on May 30 tion for the 64 countries report- bers in every major steel-pro- export benefits to Indian moting the creation of safe, reli- users, particularly in Tier 2 and Mukhopadhaya ruled that After it failed to make the NCLAT had stayed the insol- ing to the worldsteel was 155 mil- ducing country. exporters under the able, efficient and high-quali- 3 towns and villages. Smartphone moratorium on liabilities payments within the stipulat- vency proceedings, RCom was lion tonne (MT) in March 2019, It represents steel produc- Generalized System of ty electrical infrastructure in customers in these markets have would start. ed deadline, a contempt peti- hopeful of selling its telecom a 4.9 per cent increase compared ers, national and regional steel Preferences (GSP) pro- India through copper power a strong affinity for streaming Moratorium over “sale, tion was moved before the towers, spectrum and fibre to 147.71 MT in March 2018,” industry associations, and steel gramme, which is expected to cables. It is supported by videos of their favourite music transfer or alienate any move- Supreme Court which threat- assets to Reliance Jio to clear the association said. research institutes. Its members impact India’s exports to the International Copper tracks and want the convenience able or immovable property” or ened to jail top executives of some of the 45,733 crore debt China’s crude steel pro- represent around 85 per cent of US worth $billion under this Association, which is a not-for- of being able to listen and watch “invoke any guarantee or mort- RCom if the firm did not pay it owes to banks. duction during March was at global steel production. scheme. profit organization. their favourite tracks.     ! , -..

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The company had %$"=  -H<   delivered a large March quarter negative on the BSE.   &49+4 : Already, the country’s posted a PAT of 165.6 crore for the corre- New Delhi: Realty firm Godrej Properties    loss and two of the Reliance Stocks like Yes Bank, Hero largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki sponding period of the previous financial year. on Tuesday reported nearly four-fold jump in ADAG finance companies’ Motocorp reacted to results, S automaker Ford will India (MSI) has announced to Revenue from operations rose to 4,384.02 its consolidated net profit to 156.66 crore for credit rating was downgraded, while realty shares suffered on Ucontinue to sell diesel phase out all diesel models by crore, compared with 4,007.24 crore a year ago, the fourth quarter of last fiscal on higher sales.   "): according to analysts. fears of liquidity drying up for models in India and has no April 1, 2020. The company TVS Motor Company said in a regulatory fil- The company had posted a net profit of Yes Bank shares crashed near- them and PSU Banks came plans to pull the plug on such says the increase in cost would ing. The company’s overall two-wheeler and 42.28 crore in the year-ago period, the arket benchmarks Sensex ly 30 per cent after the lender under selling pressure on fears vehicles, a senior company put most of the diesel cars, three-wheeler sales, including exports, grew to Mumbai-based developer said in a regulatory Mand Nifty on Tuesday posted a loss of 1,506.64 crore of fresh slippages occurring due official on Tuesday said. especially the smaller ones, 9.07 lakh units during the January-March filing. Total income more than doubled to closed with marginal losses after for the March quarter, hit by to the issues faced by NBFCs The automaker, which out of reach of small car buy- quarter, against 8.89 lakh units in the year-ago 1,203.21 crore during January-March quarter a volatile session as a massive 30 higher provisioning for bad and some other corporate sells models like EcoSport and ers in the country. period. For the entire 2018-19 fiscal, the com- of 2018-19 from 533.09 crore in the corre- per cent plunge in Yes Bank loans. groups, analysts said. Endeavour in the country Raina, however, said his- pany posted a PAT of 670.1 crore, up 1.13% sponding period previous year. During the full shares overwhelmed the gains of Shares of housing finance Metal stocks rose despite a through a wholly-owned sub- torically consumers for utility from 662.6 crore in 2017-18. Revenue from 2018-19, Godrej Properties reported nearly HDFC twins and IT stocks. companies remained under poor factory data from China. sidiary, said it would also be vehicles (UVs) have preferred operations for 2018-19 stood at 18,209.92 crore three times jump in its net profit to 253.15 The BSE Sensex heavy selling pressure with Jet Airways fell 8.4 per cent as no ready with BS VI-compliant diesel powertrains. as compared with 15,518.63 crore in 2017-18. crore as against 86.91 crore in the preceding closed with 0.09 per cent or Indiabulls Housing Finance and resolution of its problems seems diesel powertrains for its model “For instance , over 65 per The company said its overall two-wheeler sales year. Total income rose to 3,221.98 crore in 35.78 points loss at 39,031.55, PNB Housing finance diving as to be in sight. range before the April 1, 2020 cent of the consumers today stood at 37.57 lakh units in the last financial year, the last fiscal from 2,102.36 crore in the 2017- while the NSE Nifty ended 0.06 much as 6 per cent. “Indian Markets continue to deadline. buy EcoSport diesel variants compared with 33.67 lakh units in 2017-18. 18 fiscal. The board, in its meeting held on per cent or 6.50 points lower at Besides Yes Bank, other remain volatile owing to soft Q4 “We will continue to offer compared to petrol. Despite Tuesday, approved raising of funds up to 11,748.15. major Sensex laggards were earnings performance in certain the power of choice to con- government lifting subsidies on  $   G"   2,500 crore through issue of equity shares, pref- After a three-day IndusInd Bank, HeroMoto Corp, pockets coupled with jitters over sumers and will not stop diesel diesel over the years, we have -"F 0/14.   erence shares, debentures and qualified insti- break, Indian bourses started off Maruti Suzuki, PowerGrid and general election outcome (May models. Ford will also be fully seen the demand for diesel stay New Delhi: Kotak Mahindra Bank on tutions placement (QIP). “... This has been the the session Tuesday on a nega- Mahindra and Mahindra — 23). Long term investors should ready with its range of BS-VI and expect the same to con- Tuesday reported 14% rise in consolidated net best ever quarter for business development in tive note and struggled through plunging as much as 5.21 per cent. use this uncertainty to accu- compliant diesel powertrains tinue in 2020 and beyond,” he profit at 2,038.27 crore for March quarter, 2018- the history of company. We expect to further the day fighting volatility. Indian On the other hand, HCL mulate quality stocks where val- ahead of April 2020 imple- noted. He said with the imple- 19. The private sector lender had registered a prof- scale our business development and sales financial markets were closed on Tech, Tata Steel, HDFC Bank, uations remain reasonable and mentation,” Ford India execu- mentation of BS-VI norms, it of 1,789.24 crore in the same quarter of the momentum in FY20, given our exciting launch Monday due to elections in Infosys and HDFC emerged as growth in future earnings visible,” tive director (marketing, sales the company expected the previous financial year. Total income rose to pipeline across the country,” said Pirojsha Maharashtra. the top gainers, which restrict- said Hemang Jani, head of advi- and service) Vinay Raina told prices of passenger vehicles in 13,823.33 crore during the latest quarter, up from Godrej, executive chairman, Godrej Properties. The 30-share gauge opened ed the Sensex from suffering a sory at Sharekhan by BNP PTI. the industry to increase by up 10,874.12 crore in the year-ago period, the bank lower at 39,056.92 and touched heavy loss. Paribas. This shows the company’s to 8-10 per cent. said in a regulatory filing. Consolidated net prof- $$      a low of 38,753.46 and a high of Of the 30 Sensex con- Indian markets will remain commitment in offering what However, the price increase it for 2018-19 financial year increased to 7,204 -0"    =G  39,105.88 — swinging over 352 stituents, 15 ended in the red closed on Wednesday on consumers want, he added. coming into effect due to BS- crore from 6,201 crore in the previous year. New Delhi: Infrastructure firm Gammon points during the session. and as many stocks in the green. account of ‘Maharashtra Day’. With diesel cars set to VI norms will be across vehi- Income during the year rose to 45,903.36 crore India said on Tuesday its standalone loss nar- Similarly, the NSE bench- Sectorally, telecom, realty, Meanwhile, the Indian become costlier from next year cle segments, not just diesel from 38,723.67 crore. Gross non-performing rowed to 124.34 crore for the quarter ended mark Nifty started on a weak auto and banks were among the rupee rose by 46 paise to close with the implementation of vehicles, he added. assets (NPAs) or bad loans of the lender were December 2018 from 146.51 crore in the year- note at 11,748.75 and fell further top losers, shedding as much as at 69.56 on Tuesday. stricter BS-VI emission norms, “Ford has launched its first 1.94% of the gross loans as at March 31, 2019, ago period. The standalone revenue from to hit a low of 11,655.90 during 2.22 per cent. Global crude benchmark, major automakers in India are CNG vehicle (Aspire) to sup- slightly down from 1.95% at March-end 2018. operations in the October-December period the day. Its high was 11,756.25. Broad market indices like Brent futures, rose 1.34 per cent contemplating about the future port any possible shift from Likewise, net NPAs were 0.70%, down from increased to 27.33 crore from 5.68 crore in A fresh round of panic the midcap and smallcap lost to trade at USD 72.50 a barrel on of such vehicles in their port- diesel in the time to come,” 0.86% a year ago. The bank’s board has recom- the year-ago period, Gammon India said in a gripped banks and finance more, thereby underperforming Tuesday. folios. Raina said. mended a dividend of 0.80 per equity share for filing to BSE. PTI

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876.90 BATAINDIA 1448.75 1462.55 1436.95 1453.80 REDINGTON 99.45 103.80 94.20 100.35 QUESS 703.00 704.00 691.80 698.40 GRASIM 918.00 923.80 896.75 900.70 -12.75 TECHM 823.00 839.00 823.00 834.70 SUNTV 587.00 587.00 559.25 574.70 SOMANYCERA 409.20 446.90 408.00 424.95 GREENPLY 177.00 177.00 159.30 165.75 JSL 37.50 37.80 36.55 37.50 BHARTIARTL 324.00 326.80 314.05 319.75 -5.70 AMBUJACEM 226.55 227.80 217.90 220.70 APOLLOTYRE 209.10 209.40 204.35 205.70 GSPL 194.75 200.00 194.20 197.80 NAVINFLUOR 678.00 678.00 662.10 668.20 FORBESCO 2285.05 2319.95 2249.95 2280.75 SUNPHARMA 464.00 464.00 446.00 455.60 -8.50 PNB 88.00 88.00 83.60 84.80 RAYMOND 757.00 778.00 754.45 771.35 KPRMILL 633.00 633.00 593.75 599.10 HIMATSEIDE 219.60 219.60 210.00 214.00 GET&D 261.55 262.05 253.00 255.05 BAJAJ-AUTO 3045.00 3050.00 2942.90 2988.70 -55.95 ASHOKLEY 88.40 88.40 85.40 86.70 HEXAWARE 350.50 354.30 343.60 348.40 FCONSUMER 43.00 43.60 41.95 42.75 GMDCLTD 73.05 74.30 72.95 73.95 BOSCHLTD 18085.00 18133.20 17948.50 17980.00 M&M 659.70 662.20 640.00 646.00 -13.45 PFC 116.00 116.40 114.10 115.95 PHILIPCARB 158.65 158.65 153.40 156.60 IDFC 41.65 41.65 39.05 40.05 JKCEMENT 886.35 916.90 876.00 909.35 MAHLOG 525.65 543.95 525.65 539.20 POWERGRID 191.70 192.50 185.40 186.45 -4.35 HEG 1668.00 1689.00 1601.30 1626.25 SYNDIBANK 40.50 40.50 37.35 37.60 OMAXE 209.50 209.50 207.65 207.85 APLAPOLLO 1535.75 1596.90 1535.75 1588.40 NH 208.00 211.90 200.05 202.15 BRITANNIA 2970.00 2974.90 2876.05 2899.00 -68.70 ITC 305.00 307.45 300.15 301.55 BAJAJ-AUTO 3060.95 3060.95 2950.10 2993.25 CUMMINSIND 752.00 752.00 724.15 728.75 FINCABLES 450.00 450.00 440.00 441.40 GEPIL 910.00 913.00 897.55 903.35 BAJAJFINSV 7721.25 7730.00 7449.15 7515.00 -206.25 STRTECH 199.40 201.00 188.50 190.95 SPARC 173.85 175.45 165.15 168.55 BAJAJHLDNG 3260.00 3260.00 3010.00 3100.05 ZENSARTECH 234.95 235.90 230.00 233.80 NIACL 182.45 183.90 180.00 180.15 MARUTI 6700.00 6750.00 6630.00 6638.60 -204.25 JPASSOCIAT 5.59 5.59 5.36 5.41 MARICO 359.00 366.00 355.65 358.35 EICHERMOT 20324.00 20351.10 20145.50 20313.05 ABB 1478.05 1486.45 1468.45 1473.40 SHARDACROP 370.00 370.00 359.50 365.70 INFRATEL 273.70 278.90 256.50 262.55 -10.35 LT 1362.00 1365.05 1340.10 1347.75 HAVELLS 766.95 776.70 760.65 774.10 LAKSHVILAS 79.10 79.10 75.65 75.65 RATNAMANI 872.00 900.00 870.00 899.85 HEROMOTOCO 2573.00 2574.00 2477.00 2505.05 -98.95 M&M 660.00 662.35 640.00 645.45 GSFC 101.10 102.00 97.25 97.90 GICHSGFIN 255.20 262.80 255.00 257.50 SUPPETRO 214.60 215.95 208.60 208.65 INDUSINDBK 1679.90 1679.90 1575.20 1600.30 -98.55 ONGC 168.00 171.00 166.20 169.30 TIINDIA 377.00 387.60 366.05 376.70 TATACOFFEE 90.25 91.40 88.75 89.10 SJVN 24.60 24.60 23.85 24.05 IBULHSGFIN 737.70 738.40 670.60 691.20 -47.25 HINDPETRO 284.00 294.75 279.75 290.35 GHCL 259.20 259.80 248.85 252.50 SUNDRMFAST 548.95 554.85 546.30 550.65 INOXWIND 66.40 66.40 63.75 64.25 IDFCFIRSTB 51.75 51.85 48.95 49.65 VOLTAS 618.00 618.00 599.00 602.85 VINATIORGA 1770.65 1814.30 1764.00 1801.80 YESBANK 213.50 213.50 165.60 166.75 -70.45 MHRIL 239.65 239.65 229.85 235.75 IBVENTURES 317.55 317.55 286.65 297.25 LICHSGFIN 500.00 505.25 488.40 495.80 AARTIIND 1637.00 1645.25 1615.05 1621.60 BAYERCROP 4102.30 4175.00 4051.05 4110.00   HINDUNILVR 1747.00 1762.00 1742.40 1753.95 COLPAL 1204.10 1212.00 1190.00 1207.45 NLCINDIA 67.10 67.30 64.70 65.50 NAVNETEDUL 112.50 112.50 110.25 110.95 EXIDEIND 216.00 220.50 211.65 214.35 HINDZINC 271.75 277.90 268.50 276.80 GESHIP 284.95 291.20 281.60 287.60 ASTRAL 1279.95 1279.95 1214.25 1230.80 BHARTIARTL 324.00 326.55 314.25 320.20 MGL 965.00 971.15 946.75 965.25 COROMANDEL 433.70 434.80 425.05 432.90 KALPATPOWR 468.35 468.35 460.00 464.10 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE INFRATEL 273.05 275.00 255.00 261.85 JSWENERGY 69.65 71.40 68.50 69.65 GILLETTE 7507.00 7576.90 7452.00 7507.75 UNITEDBNK 11.00 11.04 10.65 10.85 NIFTY NEXT 50 27888.55 27921.55 27608.05 27800.25 -120.80 DLF 174.40 174.40 167.15 172.85 HFCL 22.40 22.65 22.10 22.15 JAGRAN 116.85 116.85 110.75 113.85 TIMETECHNO 93.30 93.60 90.55 90.65 HDFCAMC 1635.00 1738.00 1631.00 1690.00 76.95 TVSMOTOR 505.00 505.35 486.00 491.15 TRIDENT 67.00 67.00 65.05 65.50 ALLCARGO 114.10 114.10 106.20 107.95 TATAINVEST 854.50 857.00 850.25 851.90 HINDPETRO 284.80 294.85 279.35 291.55 8.65 BHEL 71.25 72.25 69.45 70.75 NAUKRI 1915.90 1975.10 1870.00 1937.50 SCI 34.30 35.00 34.20 34.45 GDL 135.10 135.15 132.45 133.35 MCDOWELL-N 543.20 562.90 543.20 561.40 14.40 SUNPHARMA 462.30 463.90 446.00 456.95 ADVENZYMES 194.20 194.20 189.35 190.80 SFL 1345.05 1360.00 1296.25 1352.10 GSKCONS 7215.70 7267.00 7203.75 7256.10 INDIGO 1494.90 1522.90 1473.25 1516.25 34.45 ADANIPOWER 48.45 48.70 44.00 44.85 FRETAIL 420.65 426.20 412.00 418.85 HEIDELBERG 183.00 184.40 179.75 182.35 CARERATING 977.25 988.40 977.25 983.45 HINDZINC 272.95 277.80 268.25 276.00 5.55 SAIL 56.75 56.80 54.20 55.85 PAGEIND 23000.00 23165.95 22651.00 22947.75 SHK 147.95 153.00 146.00 149.95 THOMASCOOK 245.30 249.90 243.00 245.55 HDFCLIFE 400.00 406.40 395.00 405.45 5.80 SBILIFE 631.00 644.50 631.00 639.60 CROMPTON 230.85 237.50 224.70 236.65 LAXMIMACH 5871.00 5900.00 5625.00 5778.10 AIAENG 1776.05 1840.00 1755.45 1815.00 MOTHERSUMI 144.50 148.00 141.40 146.55 2.05 MCX 850.00 866.15 830.40 857.90 SUDARSCHEM 330.25 342.30 325.55 332.85 PFIZER 3134.30 3168.80 3088.10 3128.60 CORPBANK 28.00 28.00 27.30 27.30 DIVISLAB 1722.35 1750.00 1707.05 1745.00 22.65 CANBK 273.45 273.45 254.65 260.30 VMART 2711.00 2798.00 2711.00 2780.35 IEX 160.00 161.35 158.00 158.35 PGHH 10420.00 10420.00 10074.00 10160.20 NMDC 100.00 101.45 99.05 100.80 1.05 BANKINDIA 92.15 92.15 87.00 88.30 GMRINFRA 17.00 17.10 16.40 16.60 PRSMJOHNSN 97.50 97.50 92.80 94.55 CERA 2836.60 2836.60 2776.45 2794.05 HAVELLS 760.00 778.25 760.00 774.25 7.45 GODREJPROP 854.90 858.00 816.95 829.70 BIRLACORPN 498.95 512.80 498.40 502.95 PRESTIGE 261.50 264.00 253.30 259.15 APARINDS 652.85 677.00 645.05 668.85 PIDILITIND 1224.00 1243.00 1211.60 1232.00 10.60 RAIN 121.90 121.90 113.40 115.20 INDOSTAR 402.55 402.55 377.60 394.25 COCHINSHIP 380.00 383.95 374.60 375.80 SCHAEFFLER 5425.00 5471.00 5350.00 5384.15 PAGEIND 22920.00 23306.00 22650.00 23175.00 177.85 BPCL 373.00 383.35 369.10 378.95 AMARAJABAT 668.00 668.00 658.70 661.25 SHILPAMED 401.70 404.00 386.00 390.50 THYROCARE 490.50 494.50 488.00 490.45 SBILIFE 635.10 644.75 635.10 639.95 2.70 UNIONBANK 87.55 87.95 82.40 83.25 ISEC 227.00 227.10 218.00 221.55 EIHOTEL 190.00 190.15 186.30 189.00 SHRIRAMCIT 1720.00 1720.00 1650.00 1657.35 COLPAL 1205.00 1211.45 1189.75 1209.00 4.90 INDIGO 1494.00 1525.05 1474.40 1515.35 CADILAHC 330.85 330.85 320.90 324.95 JBCHEPHARM 346.00 351.25 341.20 344.05 LALPATHLAB 1035.95 1046.90 1028.70 1039.45 LUPIN 868.35 875.15 863.00 871.50 3.15 ORIENTCEM 117.00 117.00 105.00 106.95 CUB 203.90 203.90 198.10 200.35 GUJGAS 157.35 159.50 153.70 157.10 PTC 70.55 70.55 69.00 69.25 HONAUT 23861.00 24249.00 23311.50 23975.20 BANDHANBNK 598.80 603.80 581.05 602.00 2.10 GAIL 351.90 356.70 348.50 355.65 PERSISTENT* 623.20 643.65 623.20 639.35 UBL 1420.00 1434.55 1413.30 1418.85 ITDCEM 122.90 123.95 121.15 123.10 SOLARINDS 1080.00 1080.00 1046.05 1067.20 MARICO 358.90 366.50 355.60 360.00 1.10 DMART 1301.10 1306.85 1276.40 1293.60 NHPC 23.60 23.65 23.05 23.30 EQUITAS 131.00 131.35 127.20 130.50 IBULISL 315.00 315.00 301.45 301.45 ELGIEQUIP 266.90 266.90 262.10 263.70 CONCOR 489.00 498.10 480.00 495.00 1.05 AUROPHARMA 834.00 838.00 811.00 818.65 GREAVESCOT 144.65 149.20 142.75 146.65 ITI 92.50 92.60 89.80 90.70 WABAG 294.00 294.00 282.50 285.15 AKZOINDIA 1700.80 1734.45 1685.45 1718.85 PETRONET 238.00 242.30 237.75 240.00 0.25 MAHABANK 19.90 20.00 17.67 18.17 ABCAPITAL 99.00 99.15 97.30 97.80 INDHOTEL 152.10 154.55 150.80 153.95 CCL 257.00 262.00 256.85 260.00 SHOPERSTOP 455.00 461.35 447.50 458.55 CADILAHC 328.00 328.85 320.50 327.90 -0.10 INDIACEM 110.60 110.90 105.10 106.90 CASTROLIND 155.40 156.85 150.65 152.80 MRF 54395.75 54590.00 52550.15 52925.20 ENDURANCE 1150.05 1179.00 1144.00 1170.10 ITDC 267.80 268.30 258.30 260.35 DABUR 398.55 403.10 397.00 397.80 -0.15 PNBHOUSING 772.00 772.00 701.40 711.70 TATAELXSI 924.00 936.00 916.35 930.25 CENTURYPLY 179.00 179.00 172.15 173.35 MAHINDCIE 225.60 229.60 222.15 227.70 MINDACORP 130.00 130.20 126.55 126.90 GODREJCP 651.00 658.20 645.65 652.85 -0.35 PEL 2409.60 2409.60 2302.70 2356.40 CGPOWER 39.50 39.50 37.30 37.55 KEI 412.00 413.00 400.25 408.75 TIMKEN 567.60 569.95 545.00 552.10 HATSUN 696.60 707.00 692.70 700.60 BOSCHLTD 17952.00 18198.65 17900.00 18001.25 -17.35 M&MFIN 414.00 414.75 396.50 400.85 RNAM 208.00 208.00 188.00 197.50 COFFEEDAY 273.90 284.15 258.00 260.45 SUPRAJIT 235.00 235.00 226.00 230.05 LAOPALA 207.00 207.00 203.65 205.35 ICICIGI 1083.10 1100.20 1079.60 1087.00 -2.15 INFIBEAM 44.75 44.75 41.40 41.70 DCMSHRIRAM 420.80 435.00 418.00 433.70 FDC 159.00 175.00 154.75 172.10 MMTC 26.45 26.55 25.95 26.10 NETWORK18 33.80 33.80 33.05 33.30 ACC 1640.00 1649.30 1601.05 1631.85 -3.50 BEL 88.10 88.10 85.40 87.10 MANAPPURAM 118.95 119.00 115.00 117.90 CARBORUNIV 366.50 366.60 358.00 359.65 ISGEC 574.00 575.00 551.00 560.05 IFBIND 894.95 907.70 883.05 902.00 ICICIPRULI 366.70 372.50 363.25 368.00 -1.05 GRASIM 915.00 923.15 896.90 904.40 CIPLA 568.55 570.60 558.80 564.25 BERGEPAINT 322.00 324.70 315.00 318.20 SCHNEIDER 100.60 102.20 98.95 99.70 CHOLAHLDNG 510.00 518.65 502.15 510.70 PGHH 10445.00 10445.00 10055.10 10200.00 -28.25 IDEA 16.20 16.20 15.25 15.60 LEMONTREE 74.00 75.20 73.10 74.95 IPCALAB 951.00 959.00 945.00 953.55 BLUEDART 3093.55 3300.00 3044.25 3266.00 DBCORP 185.30 190.00 182.30 187.35 ABB 1480.40 1489.00 1472.50 1476.10 -5.00 DABUR 399.05 403.05 397.10 398.00 ASTRAZEN 2296.00 2398.55 2285.00 2360.85 BLISSGVS 170.70 171.00 166.10 168.85 JKLAKSHMI 372.15 373.00 364.70 371.50 ZYDUSWELL 1300.40 1307.05 1290.90 1301.60 SIEMENS 1173.30 1181.55 1162.25 1172.40 -6.70 DISHTV 36.15 37.20 34.45 36.00 LUPIN 865.00 875.00 862.00 870.70 INOXLEISUR 312.00 317.85 302.90 313.65 MAHSCOOTER 3830.65 3830.65 3670.05 3692.35 TTKPRESTIG 8295.00 8295.00 8081.60 8178.15 NHPC 23.50 23.55 23.05 23.35 -0.15 HINDALCO 202.00 206.50 199.05 205.85 APOLLOHOSP 1238.80 1242.15 1208.25 1215.95 KEC 287.75 291.00 282.90 285.00 NILKAMAL 1353.85 1353.85 1315.60 1322.55 FLFL 491.40 495.00 478.00 481.90 OFSS 3544.15 3563.85 3507.00 3519.90 -24.25 ESCORTS 734.30 743.05 720.90 739.90 VIPIND 472.15 472.55 462.50 469.95 MINDAIND 372.80 372.85 358.25 363.55 ALKEM 1710.00 1722.75 1702.00 1719.95 CENTRUM 31.00 31.20 30.05 30.45 BHEL 70.55 72.20 69.40 70.65 -0.60 NATIONALUM 52.75 52.90 51.00 51.70 JUBLFOOD 1326.60 1340.00 1310.50 1324.05 KSCL 455.15 455.15 439.60 444.75 LINDEINDIA 486.10 490.45 475.05 476.65 SIS 805.00 832.30 803.50 831.05 DMART 1305.00 1308.65 1275.00 1290.00 -11.15 ENGINERSIN 114.00 114.90 110.10 112.20 ICICIPRULI 369.00 372.00 362.50 369.30 HSCL 112.20 112.20 110.00 110.75 IOB 15.10 15.10 13.92 14.17 STARCEMENT 107.55 107.75 104.05 104.40 UBL 1433.25 1434.75 1412.75 1419.70 -15.95 CONCOR 491.20 498.95 480.30 492.60 NATCOPHARM* 531.55 548.00 520.00 544.15 SHREECEM 20059.25 20199.95 19469.00 19738.15 PNCINFRA 151.55 153.35 150.00 151.80 SUPREMEIND 1144.00 1147.00 1137.55 1140.10 SHREECEM 19950.05 20200.00 19622.35 19780.00 -235.90 BAJFINANCE 3085.15 3105.00 3042.70 3094.25 AVANTI 383.05 383.05 360.00 362.45 WELSPUNIND 54.00 54.00 52.95 53.15 EIDPARRY 198.00 200.40 193.05 194.25 SUNCLAYLTD 2800.10 2808.00 2775.00 2807.75 DLF 174.00 174.30 167.05 171.90 -2.40 PVR 1700.00 1774.00 1699.15 1763.95 GODREJCP 655.00 657.45 645.80 651.10 CHENNPETRO 260.00 260.00 247.50 253.55 UCOBANK 18.25 18.50 17.80 17.90 GAYAPROJ 162.00 167.40 159.25 161.80 ASHOKLEY 87.90 88.35 85.30 87.10 -1.40 NAVKARCORP 38.45 38.45 32.20 33.45 INDIANB 257.00 257.00 243.40 252.35 SOBHA 485.05 487.75 475.50 482.10 GPPL 89.00 91.25 88.00 88.10 VTL 1133.65 1133.65 1120.00 1122.00 SAIL 56.70 56.85 54.15 55.80 -0.90 JUSTDIAL 580.00 583.25 563.50 577.95 UPL 970.00 974.70 959.90 967.50 PARAGMILK 242.55 244.00 237.45 240.70 MAHLIFE 379.00 380.00 372.10 379.10 THERMAX 967.20 978.95 963.60 972.05 AUROPHARMA 831.15 838.00 810.85 816.75 -14.40 SUNTECK 470.15 470.15 452.75 457.35 GRANULES 113.75 115.00 111.15 112.00 BALKRISIND 936.10 939.95 911.00 914.40 AEGISLOG 201.00 201.00 192.50 195.50 SANOFI 5607.15 5680.00 5600.00 5633.35 GICRE 243.50 244.75 238.00 240.00 -4.60 IDBI 42.80 42.80 39.10 39.40 ALBK 49.00 49.15 46.05 46.85 JINDALSAW 83.50 84.00 80.90 81.40 LUXIND 1355.95 1355.95 1300.05 1314.10 TVSSRICHAK 2200.00 2200.00 2157.00 2174.80 NIACL 182.70 183.85 179.25 179.25 -3.45 WESTLIFE 406.00 408.80 397.10 400.05 NIITTECH 1313.45 1313.45 1287.35 1295.05 SWANENERGY 108.00 108.85 106.30 108.00 KNRCON 245.00 245.00 233.15 238.65 WABCOINDIA 6287.60 6287.60 6242.00 6250.30 PEL 2400.00 2400.00 2300.00 2350.00 -53.80 CHOLAFIN 1440.00 1440.00 1378.00 1389.50 STAR 479.55 484.00 467.00 480.15 JAMNAAUTO 56.65 57.10 54.40 54.85 CRISIL 1447.50 1449.90 1430.00 1432.30 ERIS 628.20 631.40 620.70 630.35 SRTRANSFIN 1134.00 1138.95 1086.00 1109.90 -25.60 NCC 103.30 103.40 98.15 99.15 ORIENTBANK 100.30 100.30 95.10 96.45 KAJARIACER 595.00 598.90 581.15 594.35 GUJALKALI 486.05 489.90 480.10 483.55 DHANUKA 380.00 380.00 371.50 372.00 MRF 54410.05 54589.75 52500.00 53155.00 -1255.05 ANDHRABANK 27.35 27.35 24.00 24.25 WHIRLPOOL 1397.75 1409.00 1369.00 1387.70 BASF 1325.05 1393.00 1308.25 1368.35 FINOLEXIND 465.85 469.00 458.40 462.15 ASAHIINDIA 236.30 239.00 235.40 238.15 AMBUJACEM 227.00 227.70 217.60 220.25 -5.75 MEGH 69.05 69.15 65.15 66.05 FORCEMOT 1730.00 1730.00 1660.00 1682.35 MUTHOOTFIN 590.00 599.25 579.80 594.95 TEAMLEASE 2972.45 2976.60 2908.70 2941.90 MONSANTO 2530.95 2530.95 2502.75 2504.10 BIOCON 619.80 619.80 585.40 594.05 -26.55 COALINDIA 250.30 253.75 246.60 251.95 BBTC 1265.75 1269.95 1193.20 1241.30 HINDCOPPER 48.00 48.00 45.85 46.00 APLLTD 572.90 572.90 543.95 556.35 TVTODAY 308.40 308.85 306.05 308.15 L&TFH 135.70 135.75 129.50 130.85 -7.05 ADANIGREEN 43.00 43.00 40.00 40.25 JUBILANT 659.00 672.65 645.50 659.30 SONATSOFTW 329.10 335.00 326.55 331.50 SREINFRA 26.25 26.90 25.75 26.00 KIOCL 127.50 129.75 127.00 129.20 BAJAJHLDNG 3261.00 3271.15 2980.00 3090.00 -178.60 EDELWEISS 159.85 159.85 147.45 148.95 GLENMARK 646.00 653.60 634.10 638.00 JKTYRE 89.05 89.15 86.50 86.75 GLAXO 1299.95 1299.95 1275.00 1281.55 TRITURBINE 107.25 107.25 105.00 105.40 BANKBARODA 123.00 123.00 113.75 116.50 -6.75 BAJAJFINSV 7727.00 7740.40 7470.40 7532.00 DBL 580.85 582.15 535.05 540.35 BAJAJELEC 567.15 573.45 551.60 570.15 BAJAJCON 330.05 332.30 326.05 328.90 GRINDWELL 598.00 602.70 598.00 602.70 IDEA 16.10 16.20 15.25 15.35 -0.90 EVEREADY 147.80 147.80 116.85 116.85 TATAGLOBAL 211.00 213.00 207.20 209.10 ASHOKA 127.25 127.40 122.90 123.65 NESCO 504.10 504.70 490.15 495.65 JCHAC 1850.00 1909.00 1850.00 1860.00    ! 0'5.

-    $ $ #     +   ! !! %   9 E $  $O    0    P$   !   1 8%  &)! )   &      .       "- -  - *!0 Colombo: Sri Lankan   /// also attended the private memo- guilty of being part of the Easter  L       4:.:& erly resolved,” Geng added. President Maithripala Sirisena rial mass. Sunday bombings,” he was quot-  M#   9   He was responding to has assured hoteliers that the ublic mass in the terror-hit Commenting on Prime ed as saying in the report. L !M   hina said on Tuesday that questions on the media reports government will give them PSri Lanka would resume in Minister Wickremesinghe’s Cardinal Ranjith said he   5     C‘some progress’ has been that China has reportedly con- maximum financial relief to certain Catholic churches from statement that the bombings wasn’t consulted prior to the !    ( achieved on designating Jaish- sented to lift its technical hold revive the lucrative tourism May 5 and no bags will be allo- could have been averted had the appointment of a presidential e-Mohammed chief Masood on a fresh proposal moved by industry hit by the country’s wed inside as part of the tight Counter-Terrorism Act been commission to probe security J   OP Azhar as a global terrorist by France, the UK and the US to worst terror attack on Easter security measures, according in force, he said that amending lapses that led to the Easter $$    the UN and hoped that the list Azhar under the 1267 Al Sunday that killed 253 people, to Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith. the Prevention of Terrorism bombings. B9   P . 0  vexed issue will be “properly Qaeda Sanctions Committee. including 42 foreigners. All public church services Act (PTA) is better than bring- “We are oblivious to the    O   resolved” but refused to give The US, the UK and Tourism accounts for about were cancelled after the Easter ing in a new piece of legislation backgrounds of the members in $!!  any timeline. France this time stepped up five per cent of Sri Lanka’s econ- Sunday bomb blasts that ripped to counter terrorism, the Daily the commission. We urge the     00 The comments by the pressure on Beijing by taking omy, with India, Britain and through three churches and Mirror reported. government to appoint anoth- 0    !  Chinese Foreign Ministry the issue directly to the pow- China being the main markets. high-end hotels, killing 253 “It is easier to amend the er commission comprising reli-    0! *  spokesman on Tuesday came ber of questions on designating erful UN Security Council India is the largest source people and injuring 500 others. existing legislation rather than gious leaders. Buddhist clergy is    0  ( days after President Xi Jinping Azhar as a global terrorist (UNSC). market for Sri Lanka, which The prelate said on Monday bringing in a new one. Effective eligible to lead such a commis- met Pakistan Prime Minister under the 1267 Al Qaeda Though China can exercise received 2.3 million tourists that vigilance committees measures should be taken to sion as they will look into the $      Imran Khan here. Sanctions Committee of the its veto power as a permanent from around the world in 2018. formed by the residents of the apprehend the individuals and matter impartially,” he said.     China put a technical hold UN Security Council. member of the UNSC, Beijing Around 450,000 Indian parish would be responsible to groups responsible for these Meanwhile, the Cardinal &,& "   in March on a fresh proposal to “First, we support the list- has staunchly opposed the tourists visited Sri Lanka last identify individuals who enter attacks in order to prevent peo- refused to accept a bullet-proof !$   impose a ban on the head of ing issue being settled within issue to be taken to the apex year and the island nation was their respective churches and ple from taking the law into vehicle provided for his securi-       Pakistan-based JeM which the 1267 committee through UN body as it has to publical- expecting the total Indian parishioners will have to con- their hands,” he said. ty by Prime Minister    0 0  claimed responsibility for the dialogue and consultation and ly explain its stand on its reser- tourist arrivals to cross one mil- firm their identity before enter- The religious leader said a Wickremesinghe, saying what 8FF   deadly Pulwama terror attack. I believe this is the consensus vations to list Azhar, whose lion in 2019. President Sirisena ing a church. new government comprising matters most at present is the          It was for the fourth time, of most members. Second, the group JeM has already been acknowledged during his meet- The cardinal, who con- all parties should be appointed. safety of people.   !$  China blocked Azhar’s listing as relevant consultations are going designated as terror outfit by ing on Monday with the coun- ducted a private memorial mass “No party should think of He also reiterated that much  ! (    0 a global terrorist by the UN. on within the committee and UN, before exercising its veto. try’s hoteliers that the tourism, on Sunday fearing repeat of the elections at this moment. We needs to be done to restore I         “Regarding the listing issue has achieved some progress. China has accused the US hotel industries were worst hit Easter attacks, told media that will even have to take to the normalcy, Times Online report-         in the 1267 Committee, we Third, I believe, with the joint of scuttling progress to resolve after the string of powerful bags will not be allowed to be streets and lead peaceful protests ed. A total of 106 suspects,       have expressed our position efforts of all parties, this issue the issue by taking it to the blasts ripped through three taken inside the churches owing if the government continues to including a Tamil medium       $ many times and I just want to can be properly resolved,” he UNSC and insisted that it churches and as many luxury to security measures. handle the situation in the man- teacher and a school principal,     !0 stress two points,” Foreign said at a media briefing here. should be resolved at the 1267 hotels on Easter Sunday, killing President Maithripala ner it presently does. Action have been arrested in connec- 0   #   Ministry spokesman Geng “I can only say that I Committee whose proceed- 253 people and injuring more Sirisena and Prime Minister should be taken against minis- tion with the Easter Sunday $I      ( Shuang said answering a num- believe that this will be prop- ings are not publicised. than 500 others. PTI Ranil Wickremesinghe’s had ters and MPs if they were found blasts. 9 OJ "  " P   J9   "          ('9  9%  1     "     :-)))+ Geo News reported. ed,” the application said, adding Last week, the 69-year-old that there was hope that the   9)- :&/& That made Rosenstein Rosenstein had made clear iling former Pakistan prime and three-time prime minister review petition filed in the apex effectively the one buffer last year that he would step   &49=   = (    (       /&+/& to twice delay its intended exit. Reports suggest the gov- “There were serious and ernment is aiming to decide by   4;:& on a visit to Berlin. ross-party talks to resolve constructive discussions last the middle of next week if the “One and a half years ago Cthe Brexit crisis are reach- night, and we will now look to talks will ever succeed, or if they raqi Premier Adel Abdel Daesh controlled large areas in ing the end, Prime Minister hold further talks in the com- should be abandoned. IMahdi said Tuesday the Iraq and Syria, and now Theresa May’s government ing days,” May’s spokesman May has said that if no deal Islamic State group had been Baghdadi appears in an isolat- indicated Tuesday, with reports said. is possible with Labour, she militarily weakened but not ed, unknown location,” he said suggesting she wants a conclu- “Further talks will now be would ask MPs to vote on a defeated as the recent deadly Sri about the world’s most wanted sion by the middle of next week. scheduled in order to bring the series of possible options. Lanka bombings had shown. man, using another name for IS. Ministers held their latest process toward a conclusion,” he The House of Commons An ISIS propaganda “He did not seem to be talks on Monday with senior added. has three times rejected video released Monday with among his followers like the members of the main opposi- No announcements are the divorce deal she struck a purported appearance by first time in Mosul”, he said, tion Labour party. expected this week due to local with the EU in November, the jihadist group’s elusive referring to a 2014 video in They are seeking a way elections being held on intended to ease Britain’s supremo Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi which Baghdadi announced through the political deadlock Thursday, but the spokesman split from its largest trading showed him in what appeared the birth of IS’s much-feared over how to leave the European said progress must be made “as partner after four decades of to be a “very simple and “caliphate” across swathes of Union, which has forced Britain soon as possible”. membership. isolated” location, Mahdi said Iraq and Syria. 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Young chil- What does the update mean for stu- enable businesses to strike while the numerous. Studies after studies have exposed to screens beyond a certain dren love listening to their parents dents? The course structure ensures iron is hot, in a manner of speaking. shown us, that reading has wide- number of hours every day show evi- speak, so book time before it is time that students possess the right IoT Analytics these new advancements are chang- At the end of the day, progress spread benefits across cognitive and dence of structural alterations in the to tuck in every night works won- knowledge and skills they need to Artificial Intelligence in busi- ing traditional industries. For is imminent, and there is nothing we psychological domains in children. brain, and those changes are defi- ders. Let them pick a book they like, succeed in more high-skilled roles ness applications instance, the subject Financial can do to stop it, neither should we Good reading habits have effects nitely not for the better. and read it together. that come with greater responsibil- Machine learning and cogni- Analysis is designed to teach stu- want to. Machines and humans that reach well beyond childhood in But the million-dollar question Setup a cozy environment when ities. Therefore, the aim is to assure tive intelligence (using Python) dents how Artificial Intelligence is together can achieve a lot more than the adult life. Apart from the obvi- remains, how do we raise our chil- you’re reading with your child. A that students understand the chang- Data security and data priva- and will affect this industry. 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When they start reading, try not dents can understand emerging  Business analytics project tors. bigger than the last three industri- improves attention span as well as The best answer for this is to to moderate the books they pick too technology like machine learning, management How does this help aspiring al revolutions.” However, if we pre- ability to focus on a task and in many look at how children learn behaviors. much. Children can sometimes business analytics, and data science, Data science applications in management students? pare the next generation of leaders ways result in a calmer tempera- Most commonly, they learn by imi- come to see reading as a chore and colleges have started providing var- business As mentioned above, those who to handle this revolution, we will ment. tation, that is, they model behavior not an activity to enjoy, if they are ious courses covering the topics In fact, various management possess high-level skills and can witness only more prosperity. Educators across the globe have they grow up watching around dictated about everything they read mentioned above. A few manage- schools provide specialisations that work hand in hand with Artificial been telling us, backed by neuro- them. If you are an avid reader your- too minutely. That puts them off ment schools have the following sub- not only teach the basics of business Intelligence will succeed in the    :  (C      science data, that reading from self, you’re halfway there already. from loving the activity. jects in their curriculum: analytics but also touch upon how future. There is no debate that  1" 9 ( books is also a better approach than Your child is likely to reach for books    1:(%  " 9  9B@ >..'   1!1J: "    &49+4 : viding formal training to budding fac- ith hard core expertise and time earned Suresh Prabhu. Both awards are given for the also been conferred with The Best ulty and working managers, with incli- Wexperience, GL Bajaj Institute of excellent placement, modern infrastructure, Management College in North India for he All India Management nation for teaching, training, research Technology and Management, Greater Noida strong industry interface, competent faculty Teaching Excellence Award. TAssociation (AIMA) — a national and consultancy. The entire programme is scaling new heights in the country. In fact, and brilliant academic atmosphere. The chairman of the group, Dr RK apex body of management profession is facilitated through a number of face GL Bajaj has set a benchmark in the field of The institute has also been ranked among Agrawal, a Chemistry doctorate, gives the and Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) to face sessions and regular counseling. technical and management education. Its the top 200 engineering colleges of India credit of this success to the rock-solid prin- — A premier central university in The participants can complete appearance in list of the top 200 institutes of including IITs, NITs and RECs as per National ciples, faculty members and robust teaching India have been offering the collabora- this programme within five years. India including IITs and NITs testifies its Institutional Ranking Framework 2018 issued methodology. “A team of over 300 competent, tive PhD programme in Business The admissions notification for the unparalleled position in the field. by MHRD and released by Minister of HRD committed and experienced faculty members Administration since the year 2000. Till programme in Business Now, it’s time for merry making as the Prakesh Javadekar. This is the second time in offers modules of teaching, guide and prepare now 179 PhDs have been awarded under Administration for July session has university results and the placement records a row that the institute has made its presence young career aspirants to attain profession- this programme. already been made. Candidates may have been fantastic. To double the treat, GL among the top 200 engineering institutes of D%;"       1 ; alism. Experts from private and public sec- AIMA-AMU PhD Programme has apply online at Bajaj has also been bestowed with the Most the country. The institute has been constantly tor undertakings, multinationals, boards, been specifically designed for working https://apps.aima.in/phd2019june/. The Preferred Engineering Institute of the Year — listed amongst the top institutes of India for corporate magazine Data Quest ranked GL corporations are also invited as guest faculty professionals who are constrained by admission test is scheduled to be held North Award, 2019 by former President differentiating itself from others in the terms Bajaj amongst leading colleges for engineer- to help the students in achieving a high degree time and location to pursue regular PhD on June 2, 2019 and the last date for Pranab Mukhrjee and the Best Engineering of academics and placements. India’s Top T- ing education — at par with several NITs. Not of excellence in theory and practice,” Agrawal from universities offering full time online registration for RMAT is May Institute of the North Award by Minister School survey conducted by a very reputed only engineering, but recently GL Bajaj has said. PhD. The programme is aimed at pro- 25, 2019.    ! - /-). +!   Q   )//<);).))   "  O  !  R   5$  9  ! .44) !#  he green canopied walkway tices,” Fr Abraham says for whom  !0   0  0  at Christ University’s main holistic education is a passion. Tcampus on Hosur Road is Also, the faculty training  0 0#  ); ) )+); brimming with students hurrying begins well before the academic to attend their classes. Established year commences. Over sessions as Christ College in 1969 with just lasting about a fortnight, faculty he most coveted engineering entrance 350 pupils and 18 faculty mem- from different departments exam and the gateway to the IITs, the bers, the varsity today caters to a receive training on various themes TJEE Advanced 2019, is scheduled on whopping 21,000 students from by resource persons. the May 27, 2019. It is imperative to prepare India and abroad. The training also includes a systematic and a full proof concept-wise Known for its academic educational visits to other cam- revision plan. The following tips will guide rigour and discipline, the univer- puses, department wise discus- you through your preparation: sity offers 49 undergraduate, 48 sions, syllabus updating, devising During revision, remember it is the postgraduate, 16 MPhil and 20 detailed course plans for every quality of time spent that is important and PhD programmes in disciplines semester. not just the quantity. Thus, you must like Humanities, Social Sciences, Then there are numerous engage in concept wise revision and not Science, Commerce, international collaborations. Every chapter wise. Concept wise revision pre- Management, Engineering, year, the university hosts a num- vents missing out on anything. Education, Law and Architecture. ber of students from different US Pick up representative questions spe- However, its journey has not universities under the University cific to a concept or chapter and solve them, been an easy one. Studies Abroad Consortium while revising. Established in line with the (USAC). It is the only university If you could not revise Class XI syl- vision of St Kuriakose Elias in India where students from labus before Class XII Board exam and or Chavara, an educationalist and USAC visit for a semester before JEE Main then you must do it now social reformer of the 19th cen- 1     %% JJ (66 "  exchange programme. as 40-45% of the questions in JEE Advanced  BB tury, the university is administered At present, the varsity has could be from Class XI syllabus. %  B (3 (;6"(' :  and managed by the catholic duced computerisation in the under Section 3 of the UGC Act, active collaborations with over a In JEE Advanced, every year there is priests of the Carmelites of Mary subsequent years, which led to 1956. hundred international universities always a surprise element mostly in terms Success in JEE Advanced is directly Immaculate (CMI) congregation. better attendance monitoring and The university now has cam- across the US, UK, Europe, China, of question paper pattern and its marking proportional to the number of questions An academician for the last academic discipline,” says Fr puses in Kengeri and Banerghatta Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Sri Lanka scheme. Usually it affects a student’s per- solved by “You” and not “solution seen by three decades, Dr Fr Abraham V Abraham. Road, Bengaluru. The varsity will among others. formance. Hence, focus should be given to you.” Hence, you must not refer to the solu- Mani, the present Vice-chancel- The late 1980s also marked also begin operations at two Fr Abraham who has recent- solve questions by applying reasoning and tion without solving a question by yourself. lor reminisces coming to another significant change, the newly opened campuses in ly became the VC plans to expand analytical skills. Students should refer to Give sufficient time to think logically and Bengaluru as a young philosophy introduction of self-financing Lavassa, Pune and Ghaziabad, and enhance the research atmos- archive i.e. JEE Advanced question paper analytically to arrive at the solution student in 1978. “I was impressed courses. Delhi this academic year. phere at Christ University. But real bank of previous years. approach.To start with, apply convention- when I saw the architecture of The Christ College to come It would not be wrong to note challenge for the new VC how- Develop time management strategy to al methods of solving. Later, gradually devel- block 1. It was a spacious, green up with innovative degree pro- that the university was one of the ever, is to sustain operations at off- deal with the various sections — Physics, op smarter and efficient ways to solve ques- campus that was well-known for grammes in electronics — first institutes in South India to center campuses across Bengaluru Chemistry and Mathematics. tions, to save on time.   its spring time cultural fests. Commerce, Accountancy, Math : 3   D1 introduce imaginative under- and other cities. It is important to subscribe to a good Question selection is extremely cru- Apart from block 1, we had a and Statistics (CAMS) and graduate courses. From triple At present, the university has all India computer based (mock) test series. cial. Every paper consists of easy, moderate small bank building and another Computer Science. major degrees in interesting sub- a ranking of 301-plus in The Such test series should be attempted in sim- and difficult questions. JEE Advanced will one which housed the principal’s “In addition we could invest N ;/" /"; ject combinations to the latest University Impact Rankings 2019 ulated environment. It is advisable to solve be no different in this regard. In fact a good office,” Fr Abraham says. better in development activities D)"< courses in performing arts and conducted by Times Higher at least one mock test every week. quality Test series will give you similar expe- There were two noticeable and come with up with various +4%4/4& western music. Education. The varsity stands at Performance in mock test must be rience. Hence while solving mock test things — the absence of two main other campuses,” he tells you. These revolutionary courses 451-500 in the QS Asia University analysed, drawbacks must be identified and develop an eye for selecting the right ques- features that according to him, Moreover, self-financing courses ;/;)4#94 can be attributed to the vision of Rankings 2019. In the first ever steps for improvement must be prepared. It tion. By quickly solving the easy and mod- characterise the development of also paved way for the varsity to )4-";4/"; Bishop Antony Kariyil, the third released India University Ranking will give insight to an ideal approach erate questions you will be able to clear the an educational institute: discipline hire new faculty members who 4) :&-)DD Principal of Christ College in by QS, Christ University is ranked required to do well. cut-off. To go the next level,attempt diffi- and attendance. were rewarded with UGC stan- 1989. Today, the university is the at 71-75. While writing the tests you should cult questions. Judicious attempt should be He noted how attendance dard salaries. /&:&"/"-< most sought after educational Despite the challenges, the look at building the right exam tempera- practiced. Idea is to keep negative marks at was considered seriously in his Christ College became the ";)+4-# destination for many students university has emerged as an ment, body clock adjustment, ability to focus bay. This approach will automatically cre- previous institute despite a stag- first private educational institute )+/-;44%)& from across India and other esteemed educational hub owing in various test-taking environments etc. ate a huge difference with others as major- gering number of students involv- from Karnataka to be accredited countries. to the choice of courses offered, Maintain concept clarity at all times, ity of students would be randomly attempt- ing themselves in active politics. by the National Assessment and 4+)/:))&+ One of the reasons for the quality of teaching, multicultur- there should not be any room for any kind ing questions thus picking up negative Hence, one of the initial chal- Accreditation Council (NAAC) in ;4-4); renowned legacy is the support of al ethos and well-rounded expo- of doubts. Every question will have some marks. lenges for the early management the year 1998. This was followed 4 /+-O its dedicated staff. “Through our sure it offers its students. unique keywords. Keep a note of it while Keep referring to high quality notes of Christ College was introducing by subsequent accreditations in faculty development programme, As much as he cherishes the reading the question. By deciphering these prepared over the last 18-24 months. compulsory attendance in the the year 2004 and 2016. At pre- we make sure our teaching staff remarkable journey of 50 years, Fr keywords, the linked concepts and or hid- One must remain physically fit and year in 1989. sent, the institution has Grade A ment came in 2008 when the continuously upgrade, adopt rel- Abraham wants the varsity to con- den concepts which form the basis of a ques- mentally focused. Hence practice medita- “Often it was met with resis- in the 4-point scale of the NAAC Ministry of Human Resource evant pedagogical and research tinue to strive and produce happy tion will direct the student to develop the tion to develop inner calm, self control and tance from students, but we took grading system. Development declared the insti- methods that are on par with students who become ‘ethical solution approach to the problem. Hence power of concentration. This will matter a them into confidence. We intro- The proudest accomplish- tution a Deemed to be University, global higher education prac- leaders and conscious citizens’. students should not rush through while lot and will help you on the day of exami- reading the question for the first time. nation. Do not overstress yourself.

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   4&&): Live on Star Sports 1& 2 HEAD bowlers. TO The spin-heavy CSK led by heir net run-rate slipping HEAD and Harbhajan Tinto negative after a defeat $ -2 Singh could prove quite a against Mumbai Indians, @ 1 handful for Dhawan & Co.  defending champions Chennai %B '' And how they cope with that Super Kings will be keen to get 94+&4-+)<  8FF  would determine the game's back to No 1 spot when they outcome, as would the Delhi take on current table-toppers tweakers performance. Delhi Capitals in an IPL match )9:&D/;4: 4; here on Wednesday. $M $N An interesting contest is on -:+49: 4: : MS the cards between two current /&-/:+)4:- Dhoni (captain & WK), top teams and a win for either , Ambati side will help it consolidate its /-::/&)&+ Rayudu, , Faf position and ultimately could du Plessis, Murali Vijay, have a bearing on where it fin- ":)4</"+ Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra ishes in the final standings. )%4)4);:& Jadeja, Dhruv Shorey, Mahendra Singh Dhoni- Chaitanya Bishnoi, Rituraj less CSK went down rather /&9 4;4: Gaikwad, , tamely to Mumbai Indians in , Imran Tahir, their last game, which saw D:&:- 4-:& 4 Harbhajan Singh, Mitchell their net run-rate falling. Now D:&)-)&+:&- Santner, , with just two games left in the Mohit Sharma, K M Asif, league stage, CSK will look to , N roar back with victories to team, which also has 16 points Jagadeesan (wk), Scott  ■ 4&)";" opted to field but rain arrived seal a spot in the top two and from 12 games, and has scored Kuggeleijn. and delayed the start of the game get the home comfort in important runs. Delhi Capitals: Shreyas Iyer ajasthan Royals leg-spinner by three hours and thirty min- Qualifier 1. He will be keen to put on (captain), Prithvi Shaw, RShreyas Gopal took a mem- utes. Without his inspiring pres- some valuable runs on board Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh orable hat-trick in a five overs a The game finally began after ence, CSK's batting collapsed against the formidable CSK Pant, Colin Ingram, Keemo side contest that was eventually a long delay, courtesy a com- against MI and they lost the and would also expect Shikhar Paul, Axar Patel, Rahul called off due to intermittent mendable effort from the game by 46 runs to surrender Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw and Tewatia, Amit Mishra, Kagiso rain, pushing Royal Challengers ground staff which readied the their position at the top of the Rishabh Pant to find ways to Rabada, Ishant Sharma, Bangalore out of the IPL play- ground following multiple spells points table to Delhi. score on a sluggish Chepauk Hanuma Vihari, Ankush off race here on Tuesday. of heavy rain. With 16 points from 12 track. Bains, Chris Morris, Sherfane Needing 22 off the final 10 RCB skipper Virat Kohli (25 games, CSK will be hoping that It will be fascinating to see Rutherford, , balls, Royals were favourites to off 7) was on fire from ball one, their talismanic captain recov- ture in the last home match of rounder to be confidence having posted four how the league's top wicket- Sandeep Lamichhane, Trent pocket two points but showers depositing pacer Varun Aaron ers from the bout of fever, the league phase. back in the mix too. wins in their last five matches. taker Kagiso Rabada does on Boult, Avesh Khan, Nathu lashed Chinnaswamy again and for a straight six. The loyal fans which forced him to sit out the Also, the home team will Delhi Capitals, on the Young Shreyas Iyer has CSK's home turf, traditional- Singh, Bandaru Ayyappa, both teams had to share a point of the hosts, who stayed back for MI fixture, and be ready to fea- be expecting influential all- other hand, would be high on done a good job of leading the ly known to offer help to slow Colin Munro, Manjot Kalra. each. The no result keeps Royals hours in the hope of a game, mathematically alive in the tour- managed to get their money's nament as they have 11 points worth with Kohli smashing from 13 games with one match Aaron for another six before AB 0 C         to go. The visitors were 41 for de Villiers (10 off 4) got into the one in 3.2 overs when the rain act as the first over went for 23 returned to the Chinnaswamy runs.  ■  4&&): will be taken before the Dhoni didn't take Whenever he wears a players who needed late pullout last game with (28 off 13) However, Gopal brought toss. part in Tuesday's train- singlet, means he is in to step up in case the and also we have other being their top-scorer. Royals right back into the game hennai Super Kings "Dhoni is progress- ing session and also good shape. Jadeja's skipper is not avail- big players who RCB got a point from the in the following over by remov- Chead coach Stephen ing and he's been pretty missed the practice on training well. They are able. haven't fired yet. called off game, taking them to ing Kohli and de Villiers off suc- Fleming on Tuesday said sick during this week. Monday. definitely into consid- "Yes, we have. That's an exciting nine points from 13 games, cessive balls before sending back captain Mahendra Singh We will make a call on On the availability of eration for tomorrow." Though it's one game, aspect for us to work ending all their hopes of pro- Marcus Stoinis for a memorable Dhoni had been "pretty him tomorrow (on South Africa star Faf du Asked how they here and there, that on those players who gressing in the tournament. hat-trick. sick" last week and a call Wednesday). He is pro- Plessis and Ravindra intend to fill the gap in can be disruptive. If it's have got great IPL Royals limited RCB to 62 for With the following batsmen on his participation in gressing which is good," Jadeja who too missed case Dhoni misses out, two-three games in a records up to speed. seven in five overs following going for the big hits from the the game against Delhi Fleming told reporters the MI game, he said: the CSK head coach row, you start prepar- We can get them firing Gopal's hat-trick. word go, RCB did manage to Capitals on Wednesday on eve of the game. "Faf's been fine. said there were other ing differently. Dhoni's in the last four games." Royals had won the toss and cross the 50-run mark. 1 "  ( '()($' ($      *"  ./.)   ■ "):

umbai Indians all-rounder  ■ <+4;))+ has left Indian shores to join MKrunal Pandya on Tuesday said Australia's World Cup camp — in though they have done well in the sea- igning off his IPL campaign with the business end of the tournament. son so far, the three-time IPL cham- Sanother match-winning half-cen- Warner, who recently returned pions are not yet thinking about the tury to help Sunrisers Hyderabad to competitive cricket after serving play offs. take a step closer towards qualify- out his one-year ban for ball tamper- While Delhi Capitals and Chennai ing for the play-offs, David Warner ing, has been named in the 15-mem- Super Kings have booked the two slots said the cash-rich tournament is a ber Australian squad for the mega for the playoffs, there is competition stepping stone for the World Cup. event. among five others teams for the Playing his last match of season "I can not express my gratitude remaining two positions. on Monday before heading home for enough to the @SunRisers family for Currently, Mumbai Indians, are World Cup preparations, Australia's your support, not just this season placed third with 14 points from 12 Warner struck a belligerent 81 off 56 but also for the last year. It's been a games and they take on Sunrises balls to complete his IPL 2019 cam- long time waiting but it was great to Hyderabad on Thursday at the paign with 692 runs, the highest so be back," the swashbuckling open- Wankhede Stadium. far in the tournament, and guided er posted on his official Twitter han- R   :) Sunrises Hyderabad are placed Sunrisers Hyderabad to a 45-run dle. fourth on the points table with 12 win over Kings XI Punjab. Sunrisers head coach Tom points from 12 games. two games and wanted to do well in "I am looking forward to the Moody also lavished praise on his "It (the season) has been very good those matches. World Cup and this (IPL) was a compatriot for the great character (:  . @0 for us (the team), specially like after "I guess we (the team) are not stepping stone to that," the Sunrisers and resilience shown by him. playing 12 games, we are almost there thinking of (about) play-offs or any- Hyderabad opener said at the post- they're great. We are the reigning "Another phenomenal @IPL for  ■ <+4;))+ "Not always as a batsman at (with) 14 points and still there are thing. We are just focussing on next match presentation ceremony. champions and for us it is going out @davidwarner31, takes more than you will get off to an amazing two games to go, so it has been a good two games, which are league games, Warner predicted high scores in there backing our abilities and being skill to emerge from the recent past ings XI Punjab opener KL start, you don't get a 20-ball 50 season for us," said Krunal, who has and we just want to do well in those the upcoming ODI World Cup in our best selves," he said. it shows great character, resilience KRahul defended his strat- each time. Sometimes when picked up 8 wickets from 12 matches two games and then (we will) see how England, starting May 30. and determination to rise as he has. egy of playing slow initially you get off to a start like that so far. it goes into the play offs," Krunal noted. "This World Cup, you'll see O  $P #welcomeback #ClassAct #IPL2019," while chasing a mammoth you have got to make it count The left handed batsman, who has After the Thursday game, Mumbai some high scores. Hopefully the ball Sunrisers Hyderabad players Moody, who also represented 213 against Sunrisers but sometimes when you are scored just 167 runs this season, said will face Kolkata Knight Riders in their doesn't swing as much. Obviously and support staff say the team will Australia, wrote on his Twitter han- Hyderabad, saying one not finding your touch you that the team was focussing on the next last league game on Sunday. England are the home team and miss prolific David Warner — who dle. between him and Chris Gayle have to hang in there. I know was supposed to go all out that if I am set I can make up upfront while the other tried to for it," said Rahul. take the game deep. He rued that lack of part- Chasing a huge total, nerships hampered his team. 9 O "  "  8A" Rahul (79 off 56; 4x4, 5x6) "We couldn't get enough made a valiant effort with the batting partnerships. We were bat but lacked support from batting well, unfortunate that  ■  4&&): Ganguly said. "On Edens Gardens pitch, the XI that matters. The real the other end as Kings XI were each time we tried to take a Asked if India could go all nobody bowls well. You only see credit should go to the players." restricted to 167 for eight. chance we found a fielder." ormer India captain Sourav the way with three front-line scores of 220 and 230. Just see About the standout per- "That's been the team plan. Rahul also backed Mujeeb FGanguly on Tuesday backed pacemen, Ganguly said that's the the number of runs that have formers for the Delhi team, One of me or Chris Gayle look ur Rahman, who conceded 66 Tamil Nadu all-rounder Vijay way the team wants to play with been scored. Kuldeep is a huge Ganguly said everyone had done to bat 15-16 overs as deep as runs in his four overs, highest Shankar to do well in the an all-rounder at number 7. talent, some times we judge well and praised Shikhar possible so the others can play in this year's IPL. upcoming World Cup, saying his "Pandya is the first choice. bowlers on the basis of T20 Dhawan, Kagiso Rabada, around," said Rahul. "Obviously, anybody who bowling would come in handy If he gets injured, then cricket which is not the best Rishabh Pant and the young "That doesn't mean that goes for that many runs will be in the English conditions. (Ravindra) Jadeja. That allows thing to do, especially with captain Shreyas Iyer. you don't play your shots. I disappointed. Sometimes it is There has been debate over them to play three fast bowlers. spinners. He will come back "I think everybody has tried my shots a few times, it not your day. In T20 cricket Shankar being picked in the If anybody gets injured it is just well," the former captain added. played well, that's why you get didn't come off, few went for that happens. Everyday one of England-bound India team a 10-hour flight," he added. The former Bengal cricketer, there. Shikhar has been out- boundaries, few hit the field- the bowlers will get targeted ahead of , with On the 50-overs World Cup, who has taken over as the advi- standing. Rishabh Pant whenev- ers." and go for runs. the selectors saying they went for Ganguly said this edition could sor at DC this season, credited er he has got away from Delhi Rahul though finished "He is a young guy, he has the "three-dimensional skills" be very competitive due the for- the players for the way they have on good pitches, hard pitches with a strike-rate of 141.07 but a lot of skill. This is the first offered by the Tamil Nadu play- mat, where all teams play each performed and sealing a spot in where there is carry, he has been at one stage he had just made time he has gone for so many er. other in the league stage. the playoffs. exceptional with the bat. 39 off 36 deliveries when the runs. Before this he has done "Vijay Shankar will do well. "This format was last tried "I think a lot of credit should "Shreyas Iyer has been required rate was well above 15 really really well for Kings XI He is a good young cricketer. His in 1992 when everyone played Zealand is strong, India is strong. cern with the World Cup round go the people who play in the XI. exceptional as a young captain runs per over. and yeah one-off game this bowling will come handy. Let's everyone. In the past we felt And Pakistan played very well in the corner, Ganguly said the Because we guide them and try and taken the responsibility and The 27-year-old explained happens to every bowler. The not be too negative about him. there were one or two weak England," he added. Eden Gardens strip didn't have to help, try to keep them in a taken the team forward. He has that he knew he could make up best of bowlers will get hit for He has got a place because he ones. This time it is not so. West To a question if Kuldeep much in it for the spinners and good frame of mind, keep the been brilliant with the bat under for it in the back end had he 50-60 runs, you just have to has played in Australia and Indies is strong, Australia is back Yadav's loss of form during the backed the Chinaman bowler to good confidence going. Even pressure. Axar Patel, Rabada has stayed at the crease in the mid- look to bounce back," said New Zealand and done well," to where they were, New ongoing IPL was a cause for con- come back well. when I was the captain, it is the been superb. dle overs. Rahul.    ! )%0. % C% D   1   EE"     E " "%  E "  % '  )- )( ' '"/EF)  /=>"">/@ 6 O@++  O   );4/&)

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They will host Liverpool this 5A&&!&4 son with the troubled Bale's Madrid contract week, four days after celebrating 54 Spanish club. runs until 2022, but the winning La Liga on Saturday, 5;!&&0 The 29-year-old has return of Zidane, with and with a Copa del Rey final to had to endure claims that he whom he reportedly has a come next month against 3%6   OE  1 (  (   "   9 %  3%6    A  9 * 5 ;&5 &6A**& doesn't have a strong rela- difficult relationship, has Valencia. It means a treble is in  :   3%6   "E    " %  E "  )    GF 2=EH   0 F 2 "4D)0 tionship with his team- revived talk of a potential their sights. mates, while Real have suf- move. 27)0 2=EH +  2 2 "4D)0 "Whenever our captain says ure in Europe, after a 3-0 defeat )+/4-:+/"4 Klopp has caused a stir by dis- fered a woeful campaign on Despite winning four something the rest of us follow," by Roma ensured Barcelona missing the idea his players F3)0 1FF2 +  F F "4D)0 the pitch. Champions League trophies said Rakitic at a press conference was left watching Real Madrid )--4)-/&/"+ could be intimidated at Camp 2=)0 1FF2   0 2 F "4D)0 Bale played the full 90 and one La Liga title in on Tuesday. triumph again. &/)4"D/; Nou, which he described as "just 1F&1FF2   2 G "4D)!0   minutes when Real suffered Spain, Bale has come under- "Leo has been a La Liga "We want to be in the D):";4:&4";/4# a stadium". 2G 1FF1 +  F F "4D)!0   a shock 1-0 defeat against fire for his inconsistent per- champion 10 times in 15 final but we have to under- )D4;)G F+4D4)< Rakitic believes Barcelona's lowly Rayo Vallecano on formances and injury prob- years and of course, after see- stand the last few years home advantage is significant. 12D$1FFE   0 2 1 "4D)!0   Sunday, but Madrid boss lems from Real fans. ing him lift the cup (on weren't the best for us," ;/)4&-";4+ "I understand he wanted to FH 1FFE   F 2 "4D)!0   Zinedine Zidane later ques- Zidane, who is back Saturday) with such Rakitic said. "We );4/&)9)-4D take a bit of pressure off his play- tioned whether he was fully after quitting at the end of happiness, that moti- have to learn from 9) :&;4))+;:+ ers, he wants them to see it as focused. last season, recently warned vates everyone. that." another stadium. All I can say term and are still fighting with heads." Bale's agent Jonathan Real stars who are unhappy "If Leo is happy to win The pressure is partic- ;:" )):& is playing at Camp Nou is a dif- Manchester City to win the title. "We know how valuable a Barnett has responded to with their playing time every title, it makes us even more ularly intense for Messi, whose ferent thing, something special Mohamed Salah, Sadio clean sheet is but our aim is to Zidane's comments by should "go elsewhere and eager too. We know we're Barca, four Champions League titles said: "Nobody has to do any- and you have to respect that." Mane and Roberto Firmino win," said Valverde. telling BBC Sport Wales: get more minutes". we have to give everything and include only one in the last seven thing. We embrace the challenge Valverde added: "Our fans already boast 68 goals this sea- "We know in these ties one "Gareth is 100 per cent Manchester United and following the best player in his- seasons and still fewer than the to win but there is no obligation. can be decisive. We feel it, our son between them. good game is not enough, you committed to Real Madrid." Tottenham are among the tory gives us more confidence to five of Cristiano Ronaldo. Every team that starts in rivals have felt it and we hope it "We need to stop them need to play two great games. If Referring to his past clubs said to be interested if do that." Asked if Messi has to win September wants to play in will be the same tomorrow." running at our defence," Rakitic you switch off for five minutes assertion that Bale wanted Wales international Bale A domestic double last sea- the Champions League this games like this." Liverpool have lost only said. "We are going there to against Liverpool, they can fin- to spend the rest of his wants to leave the son could not make up for fail- year, coach Ernesto Valverde Liverpool coach Jurgen once in the Premier League this score but we mustn't lose our ish you off." career with Madrid, Barnett Bernabeu.

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